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Yasir Qadhi

Keynote Address

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Islam, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. And the Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

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Thank you very much.

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O'Alam An Itaba al-Huda.

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We begin, as all religious people should begin, by praising God who alone deserves our ultimate

0:39.6

praise.

0:40.7

And as we have gathered here today on this beautiful Sunday in the city of Harrisburg,

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and even though it is my utmost pleasure, and I'm humble to be here at the same time,

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I must confess that there's a sight of me that is somewhat tired.

0:55.0

Why? Because I have to stand here to talk to you about something that frankly I don't

1:01.0

want to talk about because I don't find any relationship and any reason to talk about this particular group or trend except for the fact that others have assumed that somehow I too am a part of it. I am frankly

1:15.9

somewhat tired to always have to stand up and tell people that I have nothing to do with

1:21.7

murdering and bloodshed and terrorism that just because they have a similar skin color as me or maybe even profess the same God as I do, that I have grown up my entire life as a Muslim and I've studied at one of the most

1:34.2

prestigious seminaries and that version of Islam is as alien and as foreign to me

1:40.3

as it is to you and yet if for some of us the calling involves the healing

1:46.6

of the sick, for others the protection of those that need protection, perhaps my

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calling is to educate and to explain to others what my faith

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really is about. So no matter how tired I am, I have to always thank God that I have the

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opportunity to serve. No matter how much I have the opportunity to serve.

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No matter how much I have to travel,

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yesterday I was one city the day before another,

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tomorrow yet another city.

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No matter how much I have to travel,

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