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Mufti Menk

Threats of Being Jailed

Mufti Menk

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Islam

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2016

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

An influential talk by Mufti Menk emphasizing on doing good and taking an inspiration from the story of Yusuf AS in difficult times. A question we should often be asking ourselves, how do we react when the environment and the people around us are corrupt, do we give in to sin or seek refuge in Allah? May Allah guide us so we may make the choices that please HIM.

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0:21.0

We thank him upon all conditions we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam

0:26.3

his entire household, all his companions, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless them all

0:31.5

and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless every single one of us.

0:35.3

I mean my brothers and sisters when we are born everyone is happy.

0:41.3

Everyone is happy and everyone is congratulating the parents to say that a child is born

0:48.3

on MashaAllah and there is a lot of excitement.

0:51.9

The innocent child grows up without knowing that already there are prejudiced against

0:58.2

depending on their race, depending on where they were born, depending on the family

1:02.3

they were born into, depending on a lot of other circumstances.

1:06.9

People don't realise that.

1:08.6

Already when you are born there is a lot that happens.

1:11.2

The choice was Allah's for you to be born in a specific family, in a specific area,

1:17.8

in a specific locality, under certain circumstances.

1:22.2

Some people are born in a war zone.

1:24.8

It was not them who requested that.

1:27.7

It was Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

1:30.0

And then sometimes born into a society where things are normal.

1:34.7

Normal meaning the child grows up, the child progresses, sent to a school.

1:39.1

The innocent child really knows very little of what goes on in the real world.

1:44.0

And as they grow up they begin to become more and more acquainted with the news around

1:49.1

them.

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