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My brothers and sisters, Allah loves those who are clean and Allah loves those who are pure.

We have to purify the heart and we have to clean ourselves externally as well as internally.

Remember the Almighty says,

Allah loves those who constantly repent and those who cleanse themselves.

This is verse number 222 of Surat Al-Bakara.

So my brothers and sisters, if you look at cleanliness,

while we must keep our hands clean, while we must wash ourselves, while we must actually clean ourselves

in a specific way five times a day to make ourselves ready for the prayer, we must make sure that

our clothes are clean, our surrounding is clean, the environment is clean, the house is clean,

the bedding is clean, the food we eat is clean, all this is part of the goodness that the Almighty

expects from us. Now, the Almighty only tells us to do that which is actually beneficial for us.

So it can never be that He's instructed us something and it's not good for us. It has to be

beneficial, it will be whether we understand it or not, sometimes disease spreads and we don't

realize that the Almighty had granted us a gift by teaching us about cleanliness so it did not spread

as much amongst us. However, at times it's just a lesson for us to appreciate what the Almighty has

actually revealed. So we become more conscious of the cleanliness factor. That's a gift of Allah.

You want comfort in times of crisis? Make sure that you keep yourselves clean. Make sure you clean

your heart like I said. Because what's the point of having such a good looking outward

appearance and your hands are clean and everything else is smart, your clothes are

Iamed very well, you're looking very neat with your haircut and whatever else it might be,

but the way you speak is so bad, your heart is dirty, filled with disease, filled with hatred,

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