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begin by bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for Allah

Subhano It's a Allah and we bear witness that Muhammad sabbalah al-I already was some them is his final messenger.

We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him

the prophets and messengers that came before him,

his family and companions that served alongside him,

and those that follow in his blessed path

until the day of judgment, and we ask Allah to make us

amongst them.

Allah Ma Amin.

Dear brothers and sisters, I hope you can appreciate

how difficult it would be to come up with a hiltba today that is beneficial, that speaks to how people are feeling, but also fulfills the purposes of being a reminder.

And I was thinking deeply about where we started four years ago and I was trying to think about you know what what the

hutbas were about then and how we were discussing the entrance of a new president

and a new way of thinking and a new demeanor in this country.

And I wanted to sort of pick up on that note, which is for us to reflect on our own character, on our own character,

because that's the purpose of a Jumahutba is for us to also think about our own character

and how we have changed or how we may have changed or how we may have

knowingly ingested some of the ways that have become normal around us

in the ways that we speak in the ways that we act and in our collective

character and so mamam law you know that's something that whether you look through

the books of history or the books of Tuskea the books of spirituality you find that there is a connection between the way that a person at the top

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