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Alhamdulillah all praises you to Allah the one and the unique. He alone it is whom we worship and it is his aid that we seek.

He is the Lord of the oppressed and he hears the dua of the weak. Brothers and sisters there is a

crisis going on that we are all familiar with and it is one that perhaps clouds the good experiences

we are expecting for in Ramadan but it is still worthy of our attention and we need to address it head on and this is

but the first of inshaAllah many more lectures and holbas and durus. Brothers and sisters we live in different times,

strange times and the world health organization has alerted the global community to the rise of depression

and suicide across the globe not just in North America. The CDC of our own country has mentioned that in the last 10 years

suicide rates amongst those from 15 to 25 have increased an astronomical 65%

in the last 10 years suicide rates in this age group have skyrocketed

15 to 25 years old they have gone up 65% now psychiatrists and researchers are trying to figure out why

and we have the right to have our opinions and perhaps there is no doubt that this over materialization

and this narcissism and this hedonism and the social media and the breakdown of families and friendships

and the breakdown of religion perhaps we can all pontificate and perhaps we are all right

but you know brothers and sisters it doesn't change the fact that suicide is on the rise

it doesn't change the fact no matter what your opinions are about why it is happening

it is happening no matter how irritated or how callous you feel

it doesn't change the fact that this is a phenomenon that needs to be addressed

and you know I will be the first to say I grew up in the 80s born in the 70s

I don't understand why this generation seems to have everything that I could have only dreamed about

I don't understand why but the fact that I don't understand does not change the reality that it is actually happening

and unless on until we snap out of our arrogance of not understanding and begin to empathize

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