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Imam of Zhabi,

Ramahuala Allah-ta-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-lansions this narration that I want to start with tonight,

and it'll make sense in a few moments, by-Nall Allahi.

He mentions this man, and unlike the majority of the stories that Imam al-Zhabi recounts, many of those that we cover in the first, when we talk about the companions and the illustrious, pious predecessors, this was a man who actually serves as a cautionary tale.

And Imam bin Laden al-Juze, Rahima Allah-Tal-Talā, talks about him in Talbis, the deception of the devil.

And so I want you to have the image in your mind.

His name was Ibn Ssaqa.

Ibn Sakaaqa was a reciter of the Quran.

He was a hafith.

He was someone who was distinguished in the recitation and the teaching of the Quran. He was a hafith. He was someone who was distinguished in the recitation and the teaching of the Quran.

And he was someone that used to go out in battle into the Roman territories,

There's Sabeel Allah, and he was distinguished in everything that he did.

And then one day, he found out and he was distinguished in everything that he did.

And then one day,

he fell in love with someone that wasn't Muslim.

And the condition of her accepting him was that he would relinquish his faith.

So he left his Islam.

After being a hafafah Islam after being a hafahs, after being a Mujah, after being a teacher. Years later, as he's on his deathbed in Constantinople, which is modern day

Istanbul in Turkey, some of his companions come up to him and they ask him,

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