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The most noble of all those who are sent by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

Wa Allah alaihi wa s-habi'ajrameem, may the blessings be upon his family members,

his companions, all of them, may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless every one of you

and every one of the Ummah and may Allah bless humanity at large.

My brothers and sisters, if I were to look at my own life,

and if I were to see how I developed and where I progressed,

in a way that today I have got to where I am,

I am never certain as to whether I will be going to gennital firdous,

but I do know that by the mercy of Allah we have been promised

that we shall all enter gennital firdous if we follow Allah

if we follow Allah, in Allah, Muhammad, Rasulullah,

Salallahu alaihi wa s-salam.

As I was young and I grew up and I am mentioning this for a reason

and perhaps you will pick it up as I am speaking.

I grew up in a very strict home, very disciplined.

It had to be a certain way.

If it wasn't, we were beaten into submission in a lot of cases.

It's a reality and we enjoyed it because that's how we grew.

Perhaps the generations now are very different.

But I can tell you, as I grew up, I started studying the Arabic language

at the age of four and five, six, I was already in an Arabic school.

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