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Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family,

his wife, his wife, and his wife.

Today, inshallah, we'll do something different as most of you are aware

I'm speaking to those that are visiting, I know some of you are visiting outside.

Generally, we talk about obviously

i.e. Qur'an, Syirah, something from our tradition.

Once in a while, I think it is useful to mention a fact that is

related to our history as an Ummah, but not necessarily straight from our texts.

And as you know, in the last two years, I have sometimes given

issues of psychology, issues of sociology, things of benefit.

And by the way, footnote here, this is Sunnah.

Our Prophet ﷺ is a reporter in Sahih Bukhari

that many times after Sahaba would speak of the days of Jahiliya,

the wars of Jahiliya, they would even recite the poetry.

So to have beneficial knowledge in the Mesjid

is something that is a part of our tradition.

And so today inshallah, we're going to do a tangent

which is going to be especially useful to those who are

engaged in dialogue with people outside of our community

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