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We're always feel like it ends up in some sort of betrayal, someone taking advantage of me.

And at this point I'm just sick of people.

It reminded me instantly of the Hadith of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, that the one who mixes with the people and encounters what naturally is some of the hardship that comes when you deal with people is better than the one who shuns the people and does not tolerate what comes from them.

It's not patient with the hardship that comes from them.

And that Hadith obviously is speaking about encountering people and mixing with the people in a healthy way.

Injecting Ahsan, injecting excellence in spaces that lack excellence, injecting trust in spaces that have been poisons by betrayal, bringing good language to places where foul language is normal, bringing Allah's remembrance to places where he is not remembered.

All of these things is what is being spoken about. And obviously, no one tolerated more abuse than the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam despite who he was.

Nice people generally get taken advantage of, honest people generally end up in situations that they regret.

And so a question comes up, you know, what am I supposed to do?

What am I supposed to do?

I have gotten to a certain age in my life. You know, they talk about the innocence of someone who's young.

By the time you've gone through enough business partnerships and relationships and friendships, you're just done.

You become a very jaded person. And of course with some, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala help them, that's even marriages, right?

Betrayal and marriages and hardship that comes through that, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ease that pain and allow us to have healthier marriages without betrayal and infidelity and some of the things that people encounter.

They're doing everything they're supposed to do in a marriage. So it can leave you as a very jaded person.

So where do we go from here?

And I wanted to actually reflect on some of the analogies from the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and his companions.

And then what that means for us, something constructive in a few minutes.

I found a beautiful narration from Abu Dardaa, Abu Dallahu Alaihi Wasallam,

He said that I remember living amongst people and they were like leaves with no thorns.

Meaning you walk around and you don't have to worry about something pricking you, right?

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