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Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatu

My brothers, my sisters

This is a beautiful evening and I'd like to address a very very important subject and that is the subject of charging

for the

Islamic events and the religious events lectures and so on

It's a topic that means discussion because many years ago

I was one of those who believed that it was actually wrong to charge for an Islamic event

But I was young and I didn't realize that every event has costs the venue costs money the preparation costs money

The salaries cost money the volunteers and the people not always are they available to work free of charge

Transport costs money food costs money logistics costs money and the sponsors are not able to

Actually sponsor full amounts all the time

So I grew up in an environment where people used to just have the events in a mustard and

That's it and in a lot of the massagered unfortunately, there was no place for women

So not only women, but a lot of people wouldn't come readily to a mustard

For certain events and sometimes the politics within massages is so bad that people don't attend a

Masjid just because the Imam there wears a cap that happens to be a different color

So this type of problem happened to be in every community and society

As I grew a little bit older I realized that not everyone had the facility that I had

Not everyone was able to have a an income that was separate from their activity for the faith and the religion

There were people who had to work as imams and get a salary and they they've been there all along

They're people who have to work as scholars and get a payment

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