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Dear brothers and sisters, I want to begin this khultba first and foremost by

remembering our brothers and sisters in Morocco and Libya and in every other

place where we have suffered with these disasters that have struck us and shaken

us may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala have mercy on their dead may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

protect their living may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala comfort their hurting may

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala find those that are lost and recover them so that

their families can be at ease with them may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala protect

our Ummah protect the Fukhara and the Masaqeen the weak ones wherever they

may be and relieve the stress of the distressed Allah ma'amim and Allah knows

that it is indeed distressing when we see these images coming out on such a

recurring basis from Turkey from Indonesia from now Morocco and places that

we don't even expect it from places like Libya but at the same time dear

brothers and sisters what I wanted to focus on was a very different angle I

hope in shah Allah with this particular subject of natural disasters but with a

very familiar question a question is often asked as we see these things around

us is this a sign of the day of judgment does this mean that the day of

judgment is near because generally speaking when you read the signs of the

day of judgment you see that the Prophet's life is speaking about mass

deception he's speaking about mass disaster salallahu alayhi wa sallam he's

speaking about the loss of clarity the death of the scholars the loss of

morals the the appearance of all sorts of diseases spiritual and physical

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