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The brothers and sisters. I thought about what a khutbah to a convention about Palestine looks like and I realized

that

There are multiple routes that we can take when discussing the issue of Palestine and the issue of any cause that involves oppression

And I'm going to make the assumption that anyone here already understands the sanctity of

This cause

Already understands and is willing to take time out and to organize for this cause

Either because it is one that you have personally experienced in some capacity or one that you have a deeply held belief in that you would otherwise not be connected to

Except for your humanity or your dean or something else that

urge you to come to this convention on Palestine and to be a part of this cause

And so I'm going to forgo that based on those assumptions and challenge us a little bit

And when I say challenge us a little bit

I want us to think about this cause in the capacity

Not just of what we can do for Palestine what we can do for this cause and for the cause of oppressed peoples

But what we must make sure we don't do that would compromise the cause

You know when you talk about Tuschea to Nups when you talk about spiritual purification and your journey to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

It's more about what you don't do than it is about what you do do what I mean by that is that on the day of judgment

It is since that will corrupt a person and that will ultimately do them a person not their lack of

No laugh at the lack of voluntary deeds meaning on the day of judgment

You would have more to fear from your sins versus not having prayed more the amulet or not having given extra

In terms of your charity because the baseline is that your nefs is to be purified

Tuschea to be purged of the things that could possibly take it away from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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