We begin by praising Allah Subhana with an a la.

I'm bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him.

And we bear witness that Muhammad Salalah alah alah al-Ahi was

Sala-Lah al-Lah al-Ahi was his final messenger.

We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him, the prophets and messengers

that came before him, his family and companions that served alongside him and those that follow

in his blessed path until the day of judgment.

We ask Allah to make us amongst them.

Allah, I mean, your brothers and sisters,

before I start with the story, I'm going to give you a disclaimer

that it's not that serious.

What I'm going to share with you to begin this kutba to frame it

is actually something very minor that happened,

but you'll understand,

insh a la Taala why I choose to start with this in a minute.

A few months ago I was riding my bike and I had my daughter, my youngest daughter,

behind me on the bike, and we weren't in the United States and so she wasn't wearing a helmet and she should wear a helmet and she was in that basket a little cubby behind me and as we were riding subhala the bike fell or I fell

with the bike and it fell in a way that Allah's so merciful.

Her head was right between two trees in front of a concrete wall

and Mohammedi Rubele Rubelei Rubeleine completely unscratched. of a concrete wall and al- ankle. And so, And so,

The reason why I start with this is because obviously when these types of things happen to us,

our minds as parents go to all of that what could have been.

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