 Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Alhamdulillahi Rabbi Al-Alamin. Was-salatu wa s-salamu ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa min tabi'ahum bi ihsanin ila yawmidin. Amma ba'ud. I began in the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful. I bear witness that there's none worthy of worship except Allah and that His beloved Nabi and Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, is his last and final messenger. Gives me great pleasure and honor to be here with all of you on this blessed Saturday morning during this very, very interesting time as we've been reminded time and again, we pray, we begin by praying to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for making this difficult time an easy one for all of us and praying to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to let us get through this difficult time with immense ease and blessings and let this time be a memory for all of us, insha'Allah, something that we can put behind us, insha'Allah. I mean, Ya Rabbi Alameen. I also wanna take a moment to begin by thanking all of you for joining and for your continued support to the North American Islamic shelter for the abused Nissa over the years, whether you are a donor who's been donating for a number of years or you're a new contributor. We value and appreciate your generous contributions and know that there are a number of individuals and families right here locally in our community in the Bay Area that are being assisted with your funds and literally being given a brand new life through the course of the services that we provide which would not be possible without your contributions, your support and your prayers. So Jazakumullah here for that. So I want to jump sort of right into the topic today. The topic at hand is what our family needs from us maintaining domestic harmony. Really, it's a very cliche title. It's not like anything new needs to be said really but honestly, this event today is to serve as a reminder, a stark reminder of how the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam lived, how the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam treated those around him be they immediate family, extended family, his friends, his community and even his foes. And also at the same time just reminding ourselves of what is essentially common sense. Just that putting our priorities straight, setting our priorities straight and asking ourselves before we do anything. There's a hadith. In fact, the Sahih of Imam Bukhari begins with a hadith of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam which is heavily, heavily commented upon by various different scholars. Imam Nawawi begins his Al-Arba'een and Nawawi, the 40 hadith collection of his with this hadith as well as do many other reputable collections of a hadith. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is narrated to have said, Innamal A'malu Bin Niyat. Our actions are based on our intentions. In other words, it's the foundation of anything and everything that we do happens to be our intention. While there's a number of things that we do in life, some significant, others insignificant, some we do them just because we're supposed to do them, some we do them because we're required to do them. But the question is, and this is a question that every believer asks themselves is that how can I make a difference? What benefit can I get out of this? And when we speak of benefit as believers, we don't simply think of benefit of this world, rather more importantly, we think of the benefit of the hereafter. In Surah Muzzamil in the 29th Jews, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions a verse where he says, Wa ma tuqaddimu li anfusikum min khayriin tajiduhu an'Allah. Whatever good you will send forth, you will find it with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Though we're also reminded in the Quran, where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, Man amila, Saliham min dhakarina wa untha wa hu wa mu'minun fa la nuhiyayannahu Whosoever male or female does good deeds in their believers, we will give them a goodly life, a purified life, a sanctified life, a tranquil life. In other words, there's consequences to everything that we do in our lives, right? Consequences to everything that we do in our lives, no matter how significant or insignificant that we may think they are, which is why we are continuously reminded by our pious predecessors that whatever it is that we do, think of the intention as to why you're doing what you're doing, turn an insignificant act into an act of worship. Turn a required act that you may be required to do that you do not want to do into an act of worship as a result of which the benefits of that ibadah and the benefits of that worship would come and assist you and help you in this world and the hereafter, right? Help you in this world and the hereafter. I'm reminded of a tradition, a hadith of the Prophet, alayhi salatu wa salam, where he, salallahu alayhi wa salam, is narrated to have said, khiyarukum li ahlih, the best of you are those who are best to their families. The best of you are those who are best to their families. In other words, and this is not foreign to anyone, our spouses know us the best, we can put a persona when we step outside our door, we can be a different person at work, we can have a different personality within our friends, we can have a different personality within our acquaintances, we can have a completely different personality when we are interacting with individuals at the masjid or wherever it is. Yet when you come home, you are who you are. While you can try to put a persona on at home that can only last so long, our children know who we are. Sadly, one of the reasons why many teenage and adult children don't have a lot of respect for their parents, for their biological parents and some of their immediate family is as a result of knowing exactly who they are as individuals. Are you a compassionate individual? Are you a kind individual? Are you an empathetic individual? And everything that we do, every action of ours has consequences. Some consequences are that of this dunya and then the more graver of those consequences are that of the hereafter. Because we will be responsible for everything that we have done in this life in the hereafter, no matter who we've done it to, right? No matter who we've done it to. Now, Subhanallah, there's also a tradition of the Prophet, alayhi salatu wa salam, narrated, you know, the Prophet, alayhi salatu wa salam, says, visit each other infrequently. Don't hang around with each other too much. Why? Because it will increase your love, right? It'll increase your love for one another. Your love for one another, which is why when, you know, in some of our sort of normal lives, if we may, which I don't know how normal they were to begin with, but in some of our normal lives, we'd leave the house in the morning, come back in the evening, go away on a trip, come back from a trip. We'd go on vacations with our family, kind of get out of the, you know, day-to-day routine that we are in and be able to spend time with each other in a different setting, in a more relaxed, more calm setting and be able to come back home, recharge, rejuvenate, kind of restart, rekindle that, you know, relationship. And I'm not just speaking specifically to spousal relationships, rather I'm talking about just your entire familial relationships, right, with your family, be it your wife, your husband, your children, your parents, your grandparents, whoever it is. And then you'd come back and kind of, you know, start that all over again. As a result of the pandemic, sadly, one of the things that we have all seen is that everyone is kind of stuck at home. And people are working from home, people are schooling from home, you know, people are having most, if not all of their meals at home, even if you're, you know, ordering out, you're still sitting on the same table with the same people. You know, people are, people are stressed out, people are stressed out as a result of, you know, what their jobs hold for them. Part of the stress is we're probably to blame our, we're probably to blame ourselves for part of those stresses. We've taken on responsibilities, we've taken on payments. We've taken on lifestyles that can only be maintained if we have a fat paycheck for a lot of us. Neighborhoods that we live in, cars that we drive, you know, the friends that we hang out with, the life, just the overall lifestyle that we've chosen, or a persona, right? It's sort of a fake persona that we're putting on. And so people are stressed out, people are schooling from home, children are stressed out. You know, parents think, a lot of times parents think that, you know, there's nothing I need to worry about. What do the children have to worry about? I'm the one working, I'm the one paying the bills. But if you have teenage children, they're probably more stressed out than, than the adults. They're being schooled from home. They don't know what their future holds. They don't know when they'll be able to get back to school. They don't know what detriment this entire year of, you know, not being in school in person may cause them and their lives. There's just so much going on. And as a result of that, there's people that are completely stressed out. Or maybe not, not completely stressed out, but there's just that element of kind of being stuck or feeling stuck. And as a result of that, what's happening is that people are snapping. People are snapping. People are getting angry at the very least, angry at each other, not wanting to help each other, not wanting to communicate with each other, blaming family members for little, little things that happen around the home, screaming at times, put downs, emotional abuse. And we're also seeing that there happens to be, you know, all of that in that trajectory, God forbid can lead to physical abuse, domestic violence, all kinds of really, really bad things that our Dean, the faith of Allah, the Quran, the Sunnah of the Nabi A.S. doesn't sanction, right? Doesn't allow any of this. And so, you know, when I was asked to say a few words, and you know, we were trying to think of the title as to what the title would be, you know, I just wanted to be really, really basic. And we titled this and said, what our family needs from us? What does our family need from us? What does my, what does my, what do my children need from us? What do, what does my wife need from me? What does my husband need from me? What does my parent need from me? And in addition to that, what can I do to make life simple, easier for the people that I am living with, the people that I am in the house with, however they may be related to me. And we're reminded of this tradition of the Prophet, sorry, we're reminded of this quality of the Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, where he was compassionate. There's a lot of things that I could say, but really I just want people to think and focus on this one quality and one quality alone, Just being compassionate, just having compassion, right? Having compassion towards the other individual, no matter who that individual is, no matter what shortcomings that individual may have. Acknowledging, you know, we're reminded, the Prophet, aleyhi salatu wa salam, reminds us, ma lam yashkirin nas lam yashkirillah, whosoever hasn't thanked people has not thanked Allah. If there's someone, and a lot of times we take these things for granted, right? Some of us have probably been in a marital relationship for a number of years, and a lot of the things that our spouses do for us, they've just kind of taken it on, it's just a responsibility, and we've just taken it as, we've taken it for granted. And the reality is that some of the things or a lot of the things that our spouses may be doing for us are not even required, specifically in Shadiah speaking, right? People ask me all the time, what are the rights of the wife and what are the rights of the husband? And that's a very tricky question because there's so much in there, yet a lot of things that we do for each other as human beings are not individual rights. And so being compassionate, being grateful, saying thank you to each other, right? Seeing thank you, someone has done something at home, saying thank you, looking around and seeing what can be done. Just because someone else at home is doing this all the time, that doesn't mean that they should be expected to do it all the time. There's times when you can go out of your way and make that thing happen. And if the other person does do that for one of them, then at the very least, acknowledging that they did it, just saying thank you, right? Forgiving people for their mistakes. Forgiving people for their mistakes. People will make mistakes. People will do things wrong. Children will make noise. You know, as one of our elders would tell us, you know, what good is a house in which you have children but no noise, right? Or what good is a house without any noise inside it? Children are going to make noise. That's what children do. That's what they're supposed to do. And I'm not saying that we should tolerate children making noise all the time, but we can set some guidelines. We can do it in a way in which we look out for each other. You know, the same message can be conveyed in so many different ways. We can get angry, we can scream, we can nag, we can bring it up all the time. And we're all human beings. These are things that are going to happen. I'm not saying they're not. But what I mean to say is that knowing in that moment that there is a better way to do this. And let me change the way I'm doing things, right? Let me change the way I'm doing things. The same message can be conveyed differently. There can be, there can be changes in our schedules. There can be changes in the way we do things at home so that there's compassion, right? There's compassion in all of this. So many a times, you know, I get parents and I'm going to share a few stories here really quickly. So many a times I get parents that will call me, email me, you know, want to talk to me and complain about their children. In some cases, rightfully so. But if I ever and whenever I get the opportunity to speak to that child, I realize really, really fast that that child's personality is what it is as a result of the way that child has been treated by the parent. And I don't mean to say that parents are bad people or parents have done wrong things. It's about how you convey the message. It's about when you convey the message. It's the, it's the tone in which you convey the message in. It's the, it's the, it's the language or the parables or the stories that you use to convey that message with respect with dignity, right? The absolute worst one is when people are continuously nagging, whoever that may be children, spouses with each other. At some point, no one wants to listen to you, right? At some point, no one wants to listen to you. And what we don't realize at times is that sometimes you're slightly stuck in a relationship. And in being in that relationship, you're just kind of like you're pretty much writing out the relationship with your spouse or with your parents. And I won't say children because children at some point make their way out of the house. But you know, you're just sticking it out. You're just getting through that relationship, not realizing that you're causing immense harm. Why, why would you want to do that? The Prophet ﷺ was extremely compassionate with those around him. Were there times when the Prophet ﷺ became slightly upset with his spouses? Absolutely. But did that carry on for days and weeks on end? Absolutely not. Right? The Prophet ﷺ, you know, he taught us through his actions that people made mistakes. Forgive them and erase it. The Qur'an literally uses the term wasfah, right? Forgive them for their shortcomings. Erase it. In other words, it never happened. It never happened. It doesn't help when we bring things up again and again and again. Right? We need to be mindful of this, that our spouses become our best friends. Right? Our spouses become our best friends. There's, sometimes we just don't know what to do very recently. And this was something that, you know, I've never experienced before but a very, you know, a stark reality. It's something that just really woke me up. A youth from the community, you know, sent me an email. I don't know who this youth is and I don't know who this, who the parents are. But you know, sends an email and it's not about who the person is rather the parable or what I want to, what I want for us to learn from this story is that, you know, your father and father have had their differences and, you know, the way they're being treated. And keep in mind that sometimes they, you know, we have certain cultural ways in which we treat our spouses just because it's culturally the way it's been done in your family or in your ethnic background doesn't necessarily make it right. We need to, we need to learn to stand up for it. When, when your wife is being abused by your sisters or by your mother because of the language that they use or because of the freedoms that they strip away from your wife, it's the husband's responsibility to stand up. And I'm not saying that should be done rudely, you know, you need to be able to have a conversation nicely respectfully with your sisters and your mother and say that this is not right. Sure, they may hurl all kinds of cultural abuses at you and so on and so forth. That doesn't take away our responsibility to serve our family. But at the same time, we need to be able to be that defender. What's right is right. What's wrong is wrong. We need to be able to learn to call it out with dignity. We need to learn to be able to call it out with respect. We need to be able to acknowledge the amazing things that the individuals around us are doing. And so in this specific case, you know, mother and father probably had their differences. This young child teenager I'd like by the language and by from what I understood probably a middle school child says very long email, by the way, and says that I have been making do I to a law for a law to fix my parents relationship, and a law is not fixing my parents relationship, which means that my prayers are not being answered, which means does, you know, Allah doesn't like me, or that Allah does not. Allah doesn't exist. So what's the point in praying to God and what's the point in God. At all. And all of a sudden, I realize and I responded to this, my immediate response to this individual was acknowledging receipt of your email it's a long email I'll get back to you within. In the last few days, I immediately received a response that said that, you know, don't get me wrong, there's been a lot of good days between mom and dad and you know we've had a lot of happy times and which which I understand are, you know, as part of a relationship and this young individual acknowledges it. So it's not like it's all a bad relationship. At the same time, you know it just woke me up just sort of woke me up and said that, because of mom and dad's arguments that make the children upset that make the children upset. What ends up happening is that this one child is now losing all faith in God. Right. The greatest loss of all losses in the world. One is to be turned off one is to stop praying one is to one to completely say that I'm going to stop believing as a result of God not listening to me and answering my prayers. And you know upon realization of how great the situation was I took some time out and responded with a very lengthy response. So we're reminded that compassion. That's the one word I want to touch upon right just sheer compassion is what we need for everyone in the house acknowledging that everyone has their talents, their strengths. Everyone has their weaknesses, their shortcomings, and doing whatever it is that we can to assist them in those roles and responsibilities, assist them in their roles and responsibilities. The family comes from the, you know, the South Asian culture or the Middle Eastern culture, we have some very very interesting things right so it's like, you know one of the spouses takes care of all of the house work, even if they happen to be a working mother a working spouse and then the other spouse has certain other responsibilities. And it's almost like, you know, people never take the initiative to help out the other spouse in so many different ways there's simple things that can be done. You know, very simple things don't get me wrong you know the garbage can at home is full packet up go throw it in the garbage can right there's dishes in the sink. You can there's certain certain some things that everyone can do some things, you know, some people just may not be able to do or learn is what I would say but you know there's things that you can do to make the other person feel appreciated. And at the same time there's things when when someone went even if it's your spouse your child your parent has done something for you to be able to say thank you to that individual, and it's really weird. Honestly it's really weird I'm just going to be honest with you. You know, just the other day I did something for you know my dad and and he comes out of his room and he says beta. Thank you. I just felt, I'm going to be honest just kind of felt weird that you know my dad is not supposed to be thanking me for what is supposed to be an obligation, but it makes you feel good on the inside that I might be you know my efforts, my hard work, my efforts have been done so all it takes is what we learn from our elders. And that's why if we happen to be elders if we happen to be, you know, people who are going to become, you know, mother in laws and father in laws in the upcoming years and all of us will do you really want to be that monster. You know, do you really want to be that monster for your daughter in law or your son in law because it's not worth it. We are lives miserable as a result of it we make our children's lives miserable as a result of it we make our son or daughter in laws lives miserable as a result of it. That's not the way it's supposed to be done. And as far as, you know, serving one of the biggest sort of things within immediate or family relationships are expectations. Everyone has expectations from this other individual. We shouldn't have expectations learn to do things yourself, right help the other while they're doing things whatever it may be. Appreciate the hard work that's being put in some sometimes people will work hard to be able to make ends meet or whatever it may be. I appreciate that. Say thank you. The Prophet, alayhi salatu wasalam reminds us to add the taboo exchange gifts exchange love. Exchange gifts gifts don't have to be expensive. Right gifts don't have to be reserved for certain times of the year when it's your anniversary or your birthday or whatever it is gifts don't have to be as I said expensive. It's just honestly it's just about common sense. Right but being compassionate. It's individual. Your father, your mother, your wife, your husband is a human being. And just like you, they have feelings. Right just like you they have feelings. Just like you. They also get tired. Just like you. They also want to rest. Just like you when you are thanked makes you feel good. They feel good. Just like you when something angers you, something will anger them as well. And if you've been in a relationship long enough, you know each other's trigger points. Right, don't use those trigger points stay away from them. Right. Be kind to others. Allah will reward you. You know in this whole story. It's a long story of Aisha radi allahu anha, when she was heard the story of her accusation. The person that accused Aisha radi allahu anha was a relative of theirs. Right. People say he's my relative. How could he do that to me? Well it's been going on forever. It happened with the likes of Abu Bakr radi allahu anhu. And who was this relative? This relative was a poor relative. And this relative also happened to be someone who Abu Bakr radi allahu anhu financially supported with a monthly stipend. In other words, you know this person had no job. Despite that Abu Bakr didn't go around saying, oh, you don't have a job. I'm spoiling you. I shouldn't give you a monthly stipend. You need to learn your own lesson. No, he just did what the goodness that he did was for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. But of course, Abu Bakr was angry radi allahu anha as any human being would when his daughter was accused. And so Abu Bakr took an oath. Abu Bakr radi allahu anhu said that I'm not going to support him anymore. This is it. This is the end of it. You're done. I'm done with you. I got nothing to do with you. Allah didn't like that. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala didn't like that. Allah revealed the verse in the Quran. It is not honorable. It is not good of those with honor, dignity, wealth amongst you to take an oath not to help those that happen to be in need. Then Allah says in the Quran, to all of humanity, but specifically to Abu Bakr, we learn this lesson, right? This timeless, this extremely valuable lesson through the story of Abu Bakr. Allah says, wa liyaafu, wa liyaafu, forgive them. Wa liyasfahu, and erase it. Don't bring it up again. Don't bring it up again. Wa liyaafu, wa liyasfahu, don't bring it up again. Alatu hibbuna an yakhfirallahu lakum. Would you not love that Allah would forgive you? Would you not love that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would forgive you? That's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in another place reminds us that a true believer is one through whose tongues and hands others are saved. Not just hands but tongue as well, right? Through their tongue and hands that others are safe. There's, you know, there's a few things that I want to go through before I close really quickly, but you know, there's all kinds of damage. If we don't have a healthy, and people, we need to change this. We need to work on this. If we don't have a healthy relationship at home with our spouses and with our children, there's all kinds of impacts that this will make. It'll make, you know, emotional impact, mental impact, spiritual impact. A lot of times children specifically associate Islam to their parents, to the people that they interact with at the masjid. If those individuals are abrasive, then they don't want any part of that life, and part of not wanting that, that, that lifestyle of the abrasive individual are there. Is there faith as well? Is there faith as well? Parents don't realize that our relationships with each other make an impact on those around us, especially our children. And as far as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, you know, talking about being kind, there's two or three hadith I want to share really quickly. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, your duty is to be gentle and beware of harshness and bad words. Don't be harsh. Sometimes people just feel that the only way they can get across others is by being harsh. Right, just being angry all the time, by being mean all the time, screaming all the time, you know, trying to be controlling all the time, get over it. Okay, we're living in very, very different times. Those children will turn 15, 16, they will leave. And if you happen to be in an abusive relationship with your spouse, right, your children, when they get older will take their mother with them. And that's saying that's the only reason why we should be kind to our spouses. But that abuse is not going to last forever, and we will be responsible for it on the day of judgment. How were you with those around you? How were you with those that happen to be immediately around you? That's why there's another hadith the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam says, and I want to close in a minute or two. Like Anas is the young man that lived with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam for 10 years. Right, he was the Khadim of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam for 10 years. And what does he say? Anas sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, he never said a word to me. He didn't say a word. Now, does this mean that Anas was, you know, he's a Sahabi, of course, sallallahu alayhi wasallam, but as a child, everyone was a child. Right, there's a narration once when Anas sallallahu alayhi wasallam, I haven't even mentioned the hadith. I'm just sharing a story about Anas sallallahu alayhi wasallam, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam sent Anas on a task. And Anas sallallahu alayhi was a young child. He goes out to do the task and he sees other children playing in the street and he starts playing with them. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam is waiting and waiting and waiting and, you know, goes out and it says, you know, where is Anas? And he goes out looking for Anas sallallahu alayhi wasallam and he goes out looking for Anas and he finds Anas sallallahu alayhi wasallam and Anas sallallahu alayhi wasallam is playing. And when he's playing, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam just calls him in one narration that just taps him and says, Oh Anas and Anas sallallahu alayhi wasallam completely forgot. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam didn't scold him, didn't curse at him, didn't do any put downs, no emotional blackmail, you know, none of that. Oh, you will never become, this is what parents do, they see parents. You will never become anything, you know, when I used to be your age, there's a time and place. You want to share it when I was your age, share a good story, share a fun story, share it at a good time, share it when you're all sitting together when I was your age. There's two ways to tell the exact same story. When I was your age or when I was your age, there's two ways to share the exact same story. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam taught us through our actions. What does Anas say? No physical abuse, no emotional abuse, no mental abuse, no verbal abuse. He would not use obscene words. You know, and I won't share them, but you know what I'm talking about. And I'm not talking about obscenity and just even just bad words, calling people names. The Quran doesn't allow this. Calling people names is a major sin in Islam, even if it's your own children. He would not use obscene words. He would not curse others. If he wanted to admonish any one of us. Whenever he wanted to admonish us, he would say, what is wrong with him? What is wrong with him? His forehead be dusted. It was just a way of saying that, you know, may he clear his mind, may he do things right. May he do things right. Brothers and sisters, the last thing I will share before I close is that have a sense of humor. Smile. The glass is always half full. Rather than worry about the things that you don't have, be grateful about the things that you do have. Right. Life is never going to be perfect. Life is not perfect. Life will never be perfect. A lot of the things that we so desire, we're never going to get. It's as simple as that. And I don't mean to say we shouldn't be making dua to Allah SWT. We won't get in this life. We're going to get it in the hereafter. Because whatever we get in this life would be temporary. Allah SWT wants to give it to us in the eternal afterlife. A lot of things we're just never going to get. That's the way, that's what Allah SWT has decreed for us. This life was never meant to be perfect. The tests in life in this life are far easier. At least for the people that are probably going to be watching watching or going to be watching this live stream at some point. Our tests in life are so much easier compared to the tests of others. Most of our problems are first world problems. Right. Life is temporary. Right. Be nice to each other. Be kind to each other. Have a sense of humor. If you have a humorous individual at home, entertain them. Humor them. It's okay. Some people are just like that by their nature. Trust me. I have people that complain and say, well, you know, they're joking all the time. Trust me. Having someone at home that jokes all the time is far better than someone having someone having someone at home who's just harsh all the time. So have a sense of humor. Smile. Be grateful. The glasses have full. Allah will look after us. Allah will relieve us of our difficulties. The same Allah that brought us here today to this day will take us till the end of our lives. Allah will look after us. Right. There's not a creature on the face of this earth that Allah is responsible for its sustenance. We were helpless and Allah made sure we were looked after. Right. Allah will continue to look after us. May Allah bless us all and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to be kind and compassionate and empathetic and sympathetic at times towards the individuals around us. May Allah bless us all. Jazakum Allah khayr. For those of you that are still with us, may God bless you. May Allah bless you. May Allah reward you. As I said in the beginning, I want to take a moment to thank you. Thank all of you on behalf of Nissa, North American Islamic Shelter for the abused for your support over the years are on behalf of the staff, the board, the clients at Nissa. We all would like to thank you for your continued support over the years. For those of you that may or may not know we run a shelter for victims of domestic violence in the Bay Area we have also recently for the last year now been running a transition home for those victims once they leave the shelter so your contributions go a very, very long way to assist us in this cause. Please continue to support us. Jazakum Allah khayr.