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Omar Suleiman

Taraweeh Reflections - Eating Iftar While Gaza Starves

Omar Suleiman

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Islam, Religion & Spirituality

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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I would be saying to me

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I'm going to say I'm not

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machim.

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I'm al-Alimine.

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What I'd want to Allah al-Labimine,

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what I'm al-Qibatu in my mind,

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Allah al-qqibatu, al-qibatu al-qifatou in al-Dah mean, al-Aibhibatu, al-Aah al-Aq al-Dikor al-Arakah al-Dikor al-Aurah al-I-I-Ari-I-Ari-I-Ihah, al-Sahabihya, al-I want to actually address to Pahin a sentiment that I think many of us are feeling this year and I actually

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want to ask you how many of you feel a sense of guilt when you're having Ifthar when you see what happens to the people

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in Gaza this year.

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Pretty much everyone I'm sure those that didn't raise their hands feel the exact same way.

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O'Lai, it's a strange year to be witnessing this genocide in real time and to see people

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die from hunger.

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And then, so on Allah, we break our facts. people die from hunger and then

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so on so on Allah we break our fast and I know that it's a strange

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sentiment and I actually wanted to address this from a perspective of the Sunna of the Prophet

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Salalah and he was

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and the way that the companions would act in such a situation.

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Now I want to preface this by saying that if you feel guilty when you are having your Ithah

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because you know the blessings that are available to you that you take for granted and you see the hunger of the people of

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Gaza, then that is a sign of Iman, that's a sign of faith.

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You should feel guilty.

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