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Omar Suleiman

Why do we grieve and what can we learn from celebrity deaths

Omar Suleiman

Muslim Central

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Islam

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Why do we grieve and what can we learn from celebrity deaths? Sh. Omar Suleiman addresses the recent death of basketball legend, Kobe Bryant, and why celebrity deaths affect us so much as well as what we can learn from moments like these.

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We begin by praising Allah Subhanoit-A-Lah by bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him.

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We bear witness that Muhammad Salahahahanih

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who is his final messenger.

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We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him.

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The prophets and messengers that came before him,

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his family and companions that served alongside him,

0:25.0

and those that follow in their blessed path

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until the day of judgment, and we ask Allah to make us amongst them.

0:30.1

Allah maiment.

0:31.1

Your brothers and sisters, many of you probably don't know

0:36.0

or have not memorized the date for a reason

0:39.9

that exactly one year ago we prayed Janaza on Brother Miles Rahimi,

0:46.3

the son of our brother Parvez.

0:48.2

May I was upon it to make it easy for him,

0:50.8

your wife, your family.

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May Allah's phanot al comfort you. your wife, your family, may

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Allah, so Pahad comfort you,

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may Allah,

0:55.7

join you all together in Jana Tifredos.

0:57.6

And I want to start with that, Allah Ma'am,

0:59.2

I mean, I want to start with that for a reason.

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