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Assalamu alaqa.

People are asking me, why don't you say,

bismillah, rahman, and raheem at the beginning of your talk?

You used to before, why don't you now?

My brothers and sisters, who said I don't? I do.

But do you know the Prophet,

Sallah a sallah a sallem says anything of importance that does not start in the name of Allah

will actually be void of success.

You know, for hua aqta, it will be chopped off, it will be cut,

there will be no prolonged benefit and so on. So he's encouraging

us to say, bismillah, in the name of Allah, before we start anything important, be it saying or doing,

you know, you must ensure that you start in the name of Allah. So I either say, bismillah, or I say

bismillah

rhamman and rheim similarly praise Allah send blessings and salutations upon the

messenger peace be upon him alhamdulillah all praise is indeed due to Allah

was Salatu alas Salamu alasu alasu'll blessings and salutations upon the

messenger of Allah may peace be upon upon Him, and upon his family,

his household, and his companions, all of them, ajimaein.

So yes, we start off with that.

I recall, many years ago I used to have a very prolonged starting point, you know, and

I used to go on for at least one

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