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so a few years ago when I brought a group for hajj, one of the brothers comes up to me here in Mecca, and he was really upset,

and he says to me, you know, it's not fair. I said, what's not fair? He said, how come these people here get the reward of a hundred

thousand prayers per prayer so easily? As the prophet, sallu a a alexandah said that one

Salah here in Mecca is equivalent to a hundred thousand and they have such easy access to haj and

I said to him, I said first of all, you know, I want you to think

about the fact that there are people that work around here. And subhanna- Allah, can you imagine

they will never get to do hajj because this is their commerce, this is their season. And

that is the majority of people that are here. Secondly, they don't get to do umra much. Maybe

they don't have the means. And perhaps they don't get to pray the way that you get to pray

because they're so busy tending to things for their worldly needs. But on top of that, I put something back towards him.

And that is that, you know, the Prophet's Islam also authentically said that if Allah guides one person through you,

that is better than an entire valley of

camels, better than the world and everything that is in it for you. And that is an opportunity

that you have that people here don't have. You know, the opportunity of Da'a, the opportunity

of guiding someone to good. And imagine if someone takes Shahad at your hands and all of the Salawat that they perform here or elsewhere, that's on your scales.

And if they have offspring that do the same, that's on your scales, and everyone they influence and benefit, that's on your scales.

So focus on the opportunity that you have, the unique opportunity.

Don't compare 100,000 Salawat to that one shahadah that you have

without paying attention to the fact that Allah has given you

an amazing opportunity where you are.

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