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We begin by praising Allah Subhanoitad and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him.

And we bear witness that Muhammad

sallalah al-I-Waslam is 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, and we ask

Allah to make us amongst them. Allah Ma'amine.

Dear brothers and sisters, you spend your whole life crafting out a direction, a trajectory, and as you get

older and you look back at the twists and turns that happened and you wonder at those times

when those twists and turns were happening where am I going to end up and in the

midst of something you don't see the light you don't see the wear that you're going to end up.

And some, we see that obviously with trajectories more than anything else with families.

You know, I will not forget as we've been dealing with so many debts in this community,

recently so many people that are beloved to us a death that

shook our community a few years ago, the death of the young sister Zahra Khan,

Rahimah Allah and her parents who showed such

sabbur, such love. She was a daughter of the epic community and really a

wonderful person, a wonderful young woman,

machea and a comment that was made by one of her parents that,

you know, you spend that entire time and you want them to walk across the stage,

graduations, weddings, but how many people can say that their daughters

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