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It's very easy for us to see people in desperation and to say that if we were in that position, we would be different.

It's very easy to see people in a state of power, in a state of goodness, and to say that if we had access to those resources, we would be different.

It's very easy to see someone who has fallen in a state of sin and think to ourselves, we would never act that way.

It's also very easy for us to have a certain trust in our ability, in our being, in our own stature to think that we would not be compromised if our circumstances changed.

And I want to give you a few examples of this before I get to insha'Allah ta'ala.

What I hope would be a point that we can take from this, as you're looking at the scenes of people rising from the rubble.

You know, insha'Allah, now you see everything in real time.

People rise from the rubble of a catastrophic earthquake and there's already a camera in their faces.

And some of them will say alhamdulillah and become a source of inspiration and some of them will express something of just deep, you know, human trauma.

You see people come out of a situation where people just got shot and immediately a camera is in their face to capture a salat al ula to capture the initial strike.

This is the first time in world history that you have this, that your reaction in the midst of this devastation is going to be viewed by millions of people very quickly.

And you might think to yourself, if I was in that position, I would probably do this.

If I was in that position, I would probably be doing that.

And all of us would like to think that if that hardship hit me, then I would be one of those people saying alhamdulillah as soon as I rose from the rubble.

If the hardship of literally not having had anything to eat or drink for three, four days and then finding out that family members did not survive, came to me, I would react this way.

I think I would say this. I think I would do this. If I was in Gaza, I would do this. If I was in this place, I would do this.

We might have a certain trust of our own reaction that might not be accurate while we certainly hope from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that would be the best.

Now I only use that example to start with because it's something that's immediate. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it easy for our brothers and sisters in Turkey and in Syria and have mercy on the Shuhadah.

But let's go to something that's not as extreme.

You're in Umrah or Hajj. You see people from a, quote unquote, third world country.

You might as, you might also originate from a quote unquote third world country and you see the way people are cutting lines and the way people are bolting and the way people are not respecting the signs and you think to yourself.

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