 So it was just requested that we spend maybe a couple of minutes just reflecting on what's going on in Palestine and across the world Just a few kind of thoughts that have been going through my mind On how we're responding to the situation that's going on the first is what we see is The enemies of Islam are taking our narrative away from us and So we know that there is truth and we know what is reality But the way that the enemies have taken this narrative away from us this narrative of truth and twisted it completely Has left us Across the world from where this is happening. It's left us scared and It's left us sad and feeling helpless But we need to start by reframing this idea within our own minds That the help of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is close to us no matter where we are It's close to the people who are being oppressed and who are being slaughtered and it is close to us here as We live thousands and thousands of miles away So within our minds, we need to reframe a lot of the narratives Things that might seem so scary to us that we're afraid to speak about them But we need to speak about them so that we can correct how we are supposed to approach situations like this The most contentious of all of these is of course the idea of jihad Jihad is something that if you speak about it automatically, you're just people are gonna start running away But as a concept It's something that we have to believe in it's something that we can't be afraid to talk about Whether or not we implement it how we respond to it how it is enacted. Those are different questions That's not what we're talking about the implementation of it, but as a concept within our religion It's not something that we should shy away from That's one point The other is the emotions that come about during a time like this That we might feel helpless. We might feel sad. We might feel angry. We might feel frustrated We need to know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has created these emotions within us and those emotions serve a purpose and So when those emotions are directed for the sake of Allah who subhanahu wa ta'ala those emotions carry reward and when those Emotions are used against Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and against the religion then they carry sin and so sadness That we might be feeling if it is for the sake of Allah and for the sake of his people It is something that we are rewarded with similarly anger When it is for the sake of Allah and for the sake of his people Then that anger is rewarded And so these emotions are not something that we should that we shouldn't allow them to overtake us, but we should Utilize these emotions so that it puts us forth to do action for the sake of Allah and his messenger and his religion and then Maybe just the last point that I'll touch on is this idea that we have adopted within our communities that our success is in material success our Success is in material power our success is in material means We've hear this over and over and over again that we have also spiritual success and spiritual power and spiritual means But we also need to understand At a very personal and individual level that there are also Ways of personal oppression that are based in the spiritual There are ways of personal spiritual diseases that have consequences to other people and So if we are sitting here and we are not taking into account our spiritual losses our sins that we are committing in The privacy of our homes in the privacy of the nights when we think that no one is being affected by them We have lost What it means to understand the spiritual world and what Islam teaches So our sins we need to view them as being the direct cause of the suffering of people other than us So the children and the woman and the elderly That are being oppressed and killed and tortured Do not blame some external power Do not blame some politics or some government look within Your own soul and see What sin am I committing that is causing the oppression that is taking place over there and The way to overcome this is to truly dedicate ourselves Truly and sincerely dedicate ourselves that if we want to see change within ourselves If we want to see change across the globe if we want to see Muslims begin to rise again We need to be the ones who rise in the middle of the nights praying to Allah One of our teachers said if a billion Muslims are standing up every single night in Prayer there is no chance that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will turn that dua away You are one in that billion If you are not doing that every single night not just once not just on a Thursday night Not just on a Friday not just when you feel good not just when you hear a talk not just when you see a video Every single night and you stick with it Without giving up hope on it You and the other 999,999,999,999 people Along with you that is what is going to change the suffering and the oppression of the Muslims So we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for Taufiq. We ask him for taseer We ask him to end the suffering and the plight of our Muslim brothers and sisters our fathers and our mothers our Sons and our daughters in Palestine in Afghanistan in Kashmir in India in China and across the world we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to bring his mercy to us quickly and to ease All of our sufferings and to make it so that we come out of this stronger and without any pain and without any hurt I mean La ilaha illa anastaghfiruqa wa natubu ilayk al-Fatihah Allahumma gafilil muslimin wa al-muslimat Warhamil muslimin wa al-muslimat Wabarik fil muslimin wa al-muslimat Wahdi al muslimin wa al-muslimat Allahumma arham umma tasaidina Muhammadin sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Wabarik fi umma tasaidina Muhammadin sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Wahdi umma tasaidina Muhammadin sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Wansur umma tasaidina Muhammadin sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Allahumma nsur ikhwanana fi ghazzaya rabbal alamin Allahumma nsurhum nsuran azeezan muazzaran t'uizzu bihi ddin Watudillu bihi rayaat shirk wal mushrikin Allahumma nsurhum min fawqihim wa min tahtihim wa min bayni aidehim Wa min khalfihim wa an aimanihim wa an shamailihim ya rabbal alamin Al-Qudsal shareefa ya rabbal alamin Allahumma fahl haad aajilin ya Allah Allahumma fahl haad aajilin ya Allah Allahumma aajil bin asrahim ya rabbal alamin Allahumma inna hum jia'un fa taimhum Wa inna hum qaliluna fa kathirhum Wa inna hum auratun faksihim ya rabbal alamin Allahumma inna hum khaifun fa amminhum ya ahumal rahimin Allahumma kullahum waliin wa mu'eenan wa muayyidan wa sultanan nassira kafaabika waliin wa kafaabika nassira Inna ka ala maa ta sha'u qadeer Wa bil'ijabat jadeer Wa an ta ni'mal maula wa ni'mal nassir Bi rahmatika ya arham al rahimin Amin, Amin, Alhamdulillah