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My brothers, my sisters, we start off saying,

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim in the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful.

Alhamdulillah wa Salatu wa Salamu ala Rasulillahi wa Ala Ali,

wa Ashabi iAjmaheen.

I am delighted to see the faces beaming

and as we entered Mashallah, every one of you had such a lovely smile.

Maybe you didn't notice that, Mashallah.

But I did.

And may Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala bless every one of us,

grant us goodness and baraka, blessings, success in this world and the next.

I want to tell you in your lives and in my life,

one of the favours of Allah is that he places in our lives hardship and difficulty.

You might be wondering how is that a favour of Allah?

Well, he tells us through the blessed lips of Muhammad, peace be upon him,

in Allah, either Ahabba Abdu Dani Bitala,

when Allah loves a slave of his,

he tests him with hardship, with some form of tests.

Evidence of it goes all the way back to Adam, may peace be on him.

You name for me, no matter what religion you belong to,

name for me, those whom you believe were chosen by Allah.

As Muslims, we would start off with the name Muhammad,

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