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Mufti Menk

First thing to do when building friendship - Q&A

Mufti Menk

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Islam

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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The study of the people you are going to be addressing is far more important than just going

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and slapping the message on their face.

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There is something called a bridge.

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You know you slowly but surely need to make sure that they are going to take to what

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you have to say.

0:53.1

If a person comes to you and he is very close to you and you want to tell them something,

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it is easier than a person who has not come to you or a person who is not ready to listen

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to some topics.

1:05.1

I mean we have, I have people who I know don't want to hear certain topics and sometimes

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they need to hear it.

1:12.8

So you would have to at some point find a way of getting the message across.

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You know, I give an example and I am going to say this because I believe in studying

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the scenario and employing the best methods even if others don't understand them more than

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anything else.

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So I have given this example in Da'wa before, that of a burger.

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You know, the most important thing in that burger would be the patty in the centre or

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the what they would call the fillet or the chicken, the beef, the veg, whatever it is,

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that little patty in the centre.

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But if you look at it, it is presented in such a delicious way that just by looking at

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it your mouth is watering, the main thing to get in is actually the centre.

1:59.3

They have put in tomato sauce, they have put in lettuce, they have put in perhaps tomatoes

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