 The legacy of an individual begins typically at the very last part of their life The last moments of a man's life a woman's life is an indication of the life that they have spent in this world What they did what they accomplished what they didn't accomplish what they weren't able to do and What will live on after? What will live on after all the things that they did in this life? How will they be remembered? How will they be recognized for generations and progenies to come? So I thought why not examine the legacy of our Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and see From the last moments of his life What life that he lived and what legacy did he leave beyond? The best way to do this is just to look at in my opinion a great way to do this is to look at just a Few moments from the very very end of the life of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in particular There is an instance when the peace sallallahu alaihi wa sallam fell ill and this was the illness which would take his life So at the very final days of his life Peace of Allah alaihi wa sallam was bedridden so you couldn't get out of bed That's what happens, you know when you become very ill very frail and weak The peace sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was not able to even get up So at this point he knew that he could not lead the salah anymore Now it was the responsibility and the obligation of every prophet to lead his people in prayer and in salah So the peace sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was no longer able to do that. So what does he do? He commands the people who are around him Meen ahli he women ashabi he from his family from his companions and he tells them that Muru aba bakrin fal yusalli bin nas Command Abu Bakr. He doesn't give them a choice. He doesn't say, you know, you should recommend to Abu Bakr He should lead the salah. No, he says command Abu Bakr Rally Allah want who to lead the salah and Tell him that he has to lead everybody in prayer Now the people who are there they all listen to the command and you know, they're ready to do it But it is the daughter of Abu Bakr Rally Allah and who herself the wife of Nabi sallam Who's the only one who has you know The the let's say the himma the bravery to actually offer a secondary opinion Nabi sallam gives a command and she offers She says yeah, Rasulullah says, you know sallam again only a wife can talk, you know And say give a second opinion to her husband. So she says hold on My father is a very soft-hearted man You tell him to go and lead salah while you are still here. You're right here Just you know mere feet away and you want him to stand on the masala you want him to lead everybody in Sada He is not going to be able to handle it. He'll break down into yours. It's a very emotional person You know this maybe it's better if you tell Omar to lead Because Omar is known as what he's known as kind of you know a tough guy, right? This is his personality. I'm gonna be long was known some people would call them very Shadeed He was known as a person who was very strong and very firm not somebody who would really give into what you and I would Call fleeting emotions and Nabi sallam does not back down He doesn't back down. He tells him again. It's the moon. What about that one for you? Salli bin nas tell Abu Bakr. He knows and this awesome knows the decision. He's making he's not choosing on what he's choosing Abu Bakr to lead so that's what happens. Well, but the one who begins to lead the Salam so he leads several salawat and then Eventually, Nabi alaih salatu was salam one day Abu Bakr. He's leaving the side. He's leading the Salah Maybe sallam is there. He's praying he is laying on his bed So he can hear now those of us We've been blessed to go to Medina and see the Masjid of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam If you go there the roda is like it's right in front of you, right? Slightly to the right is the mehrab where the Imam would lead Salah and on the left hand side is the hujra The Aisha radi allahu alaihi wa sallam which is the room the Aisha radi allahu alaihi wa sallam would spend her time And Nabi sallam would spend her to his time there. That is where he is buried currently that is his current abode So keep that in your mind's eye the Imam is leading right over here and Nabi sallam is on the left hand side And he is resting in his bed After this Nabi sallam hears Abu Bakr al-Di Alana leading the Salah. So he gets up from bed He's barely able to move again, you know, he can't leave the people in prayer He's able to barely able to move but he makes you know, this movement He takes expense whatever energy he has to get up out of bed Go over to where the barrier is between his room and the Masjid So the room the rooms of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam with his wives were just Covered by a curtain on this side So Nabi sallam stands at the curtain and he opens the curtain And he looks out upon his companions and he sees each and every one of them standing in Salah He sees them row after row just like you and I would hear so it's imagine It would be like this wall right here this wall right here That was where the road that would be and the Imam would be standing here at Nabi sallam Obviously, it's a little further down and he opens that like we have a curtain right there Imagine someone opening the curtain and looking across And so the Sahaba they themselves actually notice that Nabi sallam is standing there And they also turn and look at him Now I want to pause right here So you have this picture in your mind you see this incident is occurring this is happening So now let's look at what the Qur'an says because the Qur'an actually details a certain Picture for us. It's like a metaphor. Allah swt You know give us a parable to understand the legacy of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Because that's what we're talking about We're talking about the legacy and I want to do it by looking at this one incident That happened right at the very final stages of Nabi sallam's life Allah swt mentions the name of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Four times in the Qur'an as Muhammad Four times one time it's mentioned as Ahmad Four times it's mentioned as Muhammad one time is Ahmad So five specific times that his name is mentioned sallallahu alaihi wa sallam The fourth and final time that his name is mentioned as Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Is suratu al-Fatih the surah of victory At the very end of the surah the very final verse Allah swt says Muhammad the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam So this is very explicit very clear people ask Do you know that your Qur'an says that he's the prophet of Allah right here Right here Allah swt specifically says Muhammad is the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Then he continues And those who are with him Those who are with him so who are with Nabi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam His companions Na'iyah is you know when people are with you who are not just Like living with you or just spending time with you But rather if somebody says you know i'm with you that means i agree with you Whatever you stand for i stand for that as well So these are the companions of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam And Allah swt now describes them He describes Allah swt Nami sallallahu alaihi wa sallam And he describes the companions What does Allah swt say about them Allah swt says that they are firm and staunch against disbelief And those who engage in disbelief and they are merciful to one another Their personality is not like well you know what if i see wrong and evil I'm going to stand up to it and i'm going to shut it down I'm not going to allow that to happen And they carry that attitude with them wherever they go Into their house into the masjid everywhere else Absolutely not When something is bad and evil and and they don't like what they see Because it goes against the teachings of Allah swt Undoubtedly they will speak up because they have the bravery to do so And they have the moral fortitude to do so However that doesn't mean that they are rude and harsh with other people I had someone last week ask me they said that you know I know somebody who follows all the rules of Islam Mashallah they pray all the time They're you know big time religious and big time pious But they are the most toxic person I know They're so mean to people so rude and just I don't like to talk to them Because they make me feel bad I said I don't know what religion that person is following But it's not Islam Absolutely not Where do you see Nabi alaihi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Acting in this manner Where do you see the sahaba acting in this manner Where does it permit a person to treat others badly like this So clearly this person is on some other path Continuing Allah says about them That they are merciful to the believers You see them There's some things and actions that they do That define who they are And the words that Allah uses in particular Means that they are frequently engaged in worship And obedience of Allah Why do they worship Allah He tells us right after For two reasons Number one They seek from Allah to succeed in this life And to succeed in the hereafter Whenever you read the Quran and you find these words Right It's the bounties of Allah What does that mean It means Seeking goodness in this life We're talking whatever it is Money property wealth fame You know it will hopefully not too much fame But you know a good family and relationships All of these things fall under The follow of Allah So you should seek these things But always seek it from the true source Which is from Allah himself Because that comes no strings attached When you seek that from people They'll only give it to you If there's something in it for them You seek it from Allah So the companions It's not like Man they just sat at the masjid all day They just sat at home Just worshiped Allah They didn't do anything else Absolutely not Allah says right here They went out and they sought from Allah Goodness Just like you and I You get up in the morning You have to go to work You have to make ends meet You have to work And they did the exact same thing But they said that Allah is the one Who is in charge of our affairs Continuing Since Allah says What is the one And they also seek the pleasure Of Allah the happiness And Allah's acceptance His acceptance Because it's one thing to you know Succeed in dunya But at the end of the day This is temporary It's temporary How long will this last us Let's be honest 60 years, 70 years How long can you enjoy it If you're working for 60 years How long are you gonna enjoy it Truly Right 10 years, 20 at most After that what happens So these sahaba They did it's not that they were just deluded And say well I'm gonna just succeed in dunya And after that whatever happens happens No they wanted Allah to treat them well In this life And in the hereafter What did want them The verse continues Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says That the effects of their worship And he Allah swt Used the word Sajda Which denotes all forms of worship Sajda is the pinnacle of worship The Sajda that you and I do This is the pinnacle of all worship Nabi alaihi salam is a hadith And he says that The closest that a slave can be to his lord Is when he is in Sajda Is when you're in Sajda So make dua when you're in Sajda Allah swt This is the closest that you can be Because will you ever make Sajda For another person For another thing Absolutely not This is the one thing Anyone on earth tells you to do that Put your head on the ground How many people are gonna do that It doesn't matter who tells you to do it You won't do it Absolutely your mom and dad Tell you to do it You won't do it And you only do it for whom? Allah swt So why is it a worst surprise That this is the pinnacle of all worship Allah swt continues And he says that these people You can see in their actions Everything they do in their life This denotes that this is a person of worship So remember what I said earlier About that person who prays all the time But they're a very toxic person They have something wrong with their Sada Something wrong with their prayer Perhaps they're not making will do properly Perhaps they're not doing adah Of their Sada properly It is definitely something That is preventing them From getting the benefits of this worship Whatever worship they're engaged in Allah swt says That this is Semaahum fi wujuhih min aathari sujud Dali ka maathaluhum fit tawrat Allah swt says This is the example you will find In the book of Bani Isra'il This is in the tawrat This is in the revelation That was given to The generations previous That's the example that they're given So what is the example that they're given Allah swt the same example he gives For the Sahaba For the companions of Nabi sallallahu sallam In other books So Allah swt brings the example of Wa maathaluhum fil injil Allah swt what's in the injil Today we call the bible Allah swt says What's the example given For these people in the bible He says that Wa maathaluhum fil injil Ka zara'in Aakhraja shat'ahu fa aazarahu fa astahraza Fa astawa'ara suqih Allah swt says Their example is like a seed Take a seed You plant it into the ground Okay, so there's a farmer He brings a seed Plant it into the ground And he begins to care for it Obviously if you want Even if you want a massive tree To come from this tiny little seed It will require the same amount of effort As if you're planting like a tiny little plant A tiny little plant You want to grow tomatoes Versus if you want to grow like a redwood It's the same thing You start from that little seed So Nabi sallallahu sallam He sallallahu sallam is counted as that farmer According to many scholars This is how they view the tip seed of this They say that Allah swt said That this zara'ah This plant, this seedling This is the companions Nabi sallallahu sallam Plants them into the ground Zara'ah Aakhraja shat'ahu Just like that plant That seed A little bit of a shoot comes out You know that first little primary You know green sprout that comes out of there And how weak and feeble it is It has a couple of leaves with it It's very weak So what do you do at that point? You have to be very careful How you take care of it You can't over water it You can't let too much sun Too little sun Can't let an animal come and eat it Can't let weeds grow All of these kinds of things you have to do To make sure that that plant is taken care of You put in a lot of work until that plant Finally matures And then it grows Allah swt Allah swt says that Zara'ah Zara'ah Aakhraja shat'ahu And then the farmer continues to take care of it Until what? Fa-staghalada fa-stawah It becomes ghalid Ghalid means it became firm and strong Until it can now stand on its own You know sometimes when a plant starts to grow out Sometimes you have to put like a stick there And then tie it to the stick So that it actually doesn't grow wonky In all different directions So this is it growing firmly And standing up straight Fa-stawah That's what it means to stand up straight So now the plant is able to sustain itself Finally after all this time Man, it's a slow process right To grow a plant I mean even if it's like a tiny little plant You want to grow It's a very long, lengthy And arduous process that you have to undergo But what happens when it finally grows And you finally get to see the results Of all of that labour You're pretty happy right So Allah swt says Yura jibu zura'ah That zara'ah That farmer, the one who planted those initial seeds When he sees all that work He's like finally Now I've had so many people You can see people are like so proud Of like a tomato they have Hey, I grew this tomato myself And they're super proud Right Like can you imagine how much work And time and effort that went into it You can just go to the store And buy it for like a couple of dollars But instead of doing that What do you want to do You want to put in your own work And your own effort into growing that That's what you want to do So you can imagine I'm happy that person is Allah swt says Yura jibu zura'ah That farmer, the one who planted those initial seeds And those who are your haters Everyone has haters man Wherever you look unfortunately Right So what happens when people who don't want to see you succeed They see that Man, this guy was able to accomplish this Feel angry Feel furious They feel rage But Allah swt says that that is laith That is hidden inside of them That anger and hatred they have It's deep down within They're not going to show it Brother and sister, it's a little piece of advice Be very very careful About broadcasting your blessings Do not show people All these goodness that Allah swt has given you Alhamdulillah Doesn't mean you hide it away or something But don't go around telling people I have this I have that I have this And I have that A person who does this That is a sign of discontent That person is not happy with what they have Because they are seeking what? Validation from others They want people to say that Wow, you have a lot Wow, that's impressive Why are you seeking approval of others If you're happy with what you have Don't go and show people what you have Because what's going to happen People will come to your face And they'll say that Wow, that's pretty cool man Mashallah, congratulations Listen to that You have no idea what they're feeling inside No idea what they're feeling inside Be very very careful of this Amirah s.a has told us countless times Time and again in the Quran as well And in the hadith As well That we should be very careful about Broadcasting all of the goodness Allah has given us Show Shukr to Allah That's the best way to appreciate What you have been given Continuing Allah says that That hater The one who sees, you know The efforts of the first farmer He gets furious He gets angry But he'll still congratulate him Now we said that This has to do with the Sahaba How and why? That farmer is happy When he finally sees What? All of that effort he put in All that labour he put in He sees it finally giving fruit Nabi s.a goes back to that story I said imagine this picture in your mind Nabi s.a He opens the curtain And what does he see in front of him? Row after row after row after row Of all of his companions So the Sahaba We're talking hundreds and hundreds of companions Are there packed into his masjid Right All the men there All the women there All the children there Everyone is praying And he sees Abu Bakr all the Allah Who's standing there as the Imam Leading everyone in Salah This is Nabi s.a 23 years Can you imagine taking care of a plant For 23 years until you finally see results? 23 years he took care of these plants 23 years he planted the seeds Watered them Took care of them Protected them Again and again and again and again Without fail for 23 years You know if you plant something Let's say you plant something in your garden It takes just one day Of being negligent of it To lose years of effort Yes or no? One day An animal can come in and tear it up That's it. It's gone What are you going to do now? Right Or a weed It can be insidious Right A weed can grow And you have no idea And it kills your plant Just one day of negligence One hour of negligence This can happen Can you imagine Nabi s.a 23 years of absolute vigilance Taking care of his effort Taking care of these seeds Until they grew to what? The people that he sees in front of him Row after row after row And that is when Allah swt says That farmer gets happy When he sees his efforts Nabi s.a is looking out He finally sees the efforts that he has put in And his face is shining with happiness And the Sahaba his hadith is in Bukhari The Sahaba they actually can see Due to the light from Nabi s.a's face The nur of his face That they actually turn They're like what is this light coming from? They don't have artificial light like you and I They're surprised And they turn and they see Nabi s.a is standing there With the curtain parted They see him right there And they're thinking Nabi s.a is going to come out And lead them in Salah But he indicates that he's not going to come out He doesn't have the energy to him He doesn't have the strength to And he drops the curtain And he returns And the Sahaba say This is the final time that we saw Nabi s.a alive in this world The very final time And that is how he ended his legacy Salaam s.a That tells you right there Can you imagine I mean how many people man They're on their death bed And they're just desperate for another minute Another minute of their life Nabi s.a the very final time that All of those companions 23 years of hardship they watched him suffer from And look at him The very final expression that they see on his face The very final time they ever see him And he's smiling that happily He's happy man He's happy with the life he lived He's happy with the legacy that he left behind Not only that but he's happy He's pleased that this is the people that he is Left behind to take care of his message To take care of what he came with He's happy with them And they're happy as well They're happy because Nabi s.a is happy What kind of legacy was that that he left behind How many of us can confidently say You know what yeah it's going to be me I'll leave behind that same legacy Something like that Brothers and sisters You and I are part of that legacy You and I are part of the legacy of the Prophet s.a And of course that transfer to the Sahaba And generation after generation after generation We are from that same legacy I mean look around How many of us can raise your hand and say I'm from Makkah and Medina How many of us can raise your hand and say I would be surprised if one person says I was born and raised in Makkah and Medina One person says that Islam spread to where? Ilah and Ha'il Al-Alam Ha'Sha'Allah One person says I am surprised right One person that's it I'm sure maybe if there's a couple more Right Okay I don't see anyone else Thing How did Islam spread you know Ilah, Masharaq, Al-Ardi, Al-Magharribi How did Islam spread to every single corner of the earth Through the efforts of home These people Maybe Sassan didn't even leave Hijaz Didn't even leave Hijaz Islam went where it went This is why he was happy Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam That these are the people he's leaving You know in charge of the message of Islam And eventually it spread Although Sahaba didn't travel to all the countries So how is it that Islam has continued Because that legacy continued That mission continued And I'll end on this final point Right before this verse Allah SWT says that That he Allah SWT is the one who sent His messenger with what? Al-Huda Huda is the guidance Which is the Qur'an itself Wa-deen al-Haqt The true religion Or the religion of truth Capital T Objective reality Not my truth and your truth The objective truth Allah SWT has sent Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam With both of these things So that he could make The deen of Islam Ghalib And overtake Every other faith Every other false ideology And faith that exists out there Islam will become superior to it Look around brothers and sisters Has it happened? Not yet Not yet This means what? Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Played his part Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam's mission was what? His mission was to come And do his job Which was to give The Bli Ghur Risal To come and drop off the message And say hey guys This is the right way This is the path And to create a generation Of people who will continue that message That's exactly what he did The day of Only Hajj and Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Ever did in his life Hajjat al-wadah Day of Arafan Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Stands there And he says that Did I give you the message of religion? Did I give you the message of Islam? The religion of Islam What do the people say? Qaloo badah Said yeah you definitely did You did your job You came and you gave us the message of Islam Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says Allahumma fashhad Allah be my witness These people said I did the job I gave them the message Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam's mission Was complete after that That was it But this where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says liu the hirahu ada dini kulli Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will use This legacy of Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam To make Islam Spread all over the world And to make it the dominant way of life That hasn't come to fruition yet One day it will But that is our responsibility To carry on that message How fortunate are we that we have Islam How blessed are we that we have Islam Majority of those Sahaba The same ones in Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallahu alayhi wa sallam Saw standing there Majority of them There were converts Almost all of them Almost all of them There were converts to Islam They accepted Islam Many of them did not know what Islam was They lived in a time period called Jahiliya Can you imagine someone says Where are you from? Well I'm from the period of ignorance So Well as you know I'm actually from the dark ages And from the stone Who's going to be proud to say I'm from the stone ages? That's where these people are living That's where So imagine Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Brings them out of that darkness Into this pure light Live lives of absolute virtue So can you imagine how much they appreciate The religion of Islam This way of life That's on us now Are we taking it for granted Or are we appreciating what we have Are we appreciating what we have May Allah Almighty give us a tulfiq To appreciate what we have To spread it To act on it To implement it Well lay brothers and sisters Like I come from the subcontinent So I know that Generations I don't know how many generations ago Hundreds of years ago One of my forefathers Is probably some kind of pagan So he's probably worshiping Some kind of sticks and stones One day somehow he got the message of Islam And he became a Muslim Right Let's be honest I'm from the subcontinent That's what we're all doing That's what all those people Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Are still doing that One of them except the message of Islam And I'm sure he made dua to Allah SubhanAllah Oh Allah Make my progeny Muslim Make my progeny The people who come after me Generation after generation Make them all Muslim Because he was saved From that darkness And brought into the light So he made the same dua And as a result Look at where we are today Brothers and sisters Look at where we are today Sitting in the masjid here And you know In America How fortunate are we That we have this How fortunate are we That we have this So best way Allah is to appreciate this message of Islam Is to implement it in our lives Daily lives And to share it with others To share it with others Message of Islam Lives on through our actions Through you and I You and I are the flag bearers And the torch bearers Of Islam itself It is our obligation In our duty So we make dua to Allah SubhanAllah That he gives us the stufiq To do this That he makes us better Muslims Every single day And then he protects us from All fitan Zahirihah Wa Baqinihah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Kafa wa salamun a'la ibadihi Al-Lawdina astufa khususan a'la sayyidina wa maulana Muhammad ibn abdillahi Wa a'la alihi Wa sahabi al-adqiyah Amma baad Qar Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala Al-Qur'an Al-Kareem Ba'da na'awdu billahi Mina shaytan al-Rajim Muhammadun Rasulullah Wa al-Ladhi nama'ahu Ashidda'u A'la al-Kufa'a Ruhama'u beinahum Ta'rahum rukka'a Ansujjadan Yabtaqun Fadlam min Allahi Wuridwana Sinaahum fi wujuhihim Min athar sujood Zalikah Mathaluhum fi tawrat Wa Mathaluhum fi l-injil Ka-zara'in A'haraj shat'ahu Fa a'zara'u f astawrad Fastawa'a A'la suqih Yuu'jibu al-zurra'a Liyyagidah Bihim al-Kufa'a Wa a'du Allahun Ladina a'mun Wa amil al-Saliha'at Minhum maghfiratun Wa ajran a'zima Sadaq Allahun a'zim Wa sadaq rasuluhu al-kareem Wa na'hnu a'la daalikin min ash-shahidin wa ash-shahidin Aqoon qawlihada wa astaghfirullahli Wa nakum wa isa'idil muslimin Fa astaghfiruhu innahu wa al-wafurur rahim Inna alhamdulillah Na'hmaduhu wa nasta'inuhu wa nastaghfiruhu Wa n'umminu bihi wa na'tawakkanu a'leyhu Wa na'udhu billahi min shurur anfusina Wa min sayyiati a'malina Ma yahlihi Allahu fadamu dillahu Wa min yudlinhu fadahadiahu Wa nashadu an la ilaha ilnu Allahu Wa nashadu anna sayyiatana wa maulana Muhammad al-amdullahi wa rasuluhu Ar-salahu Allahu ta'ala bil haqq Bashi'irun wa nadirah Wa bayni yadihi al-sa'a Amma baad Qa'a Allahum Subhanu wa ta'ala fi al-Quran al-kareem Inna Allah wa malaiqatahu Yusalloon al-nabi Ya ayyifal nadina aamun Wa sallu a'layhi wa sallimu taslima Allahumma salli wa sallimu barikala Sayyidina Muhammad wa a'layhi wa sahbhi wa sallim Tasliman kathira Qa'a al-nabi Yusallallahu a'layhi wa sallim Ar-rahamu umati bi umati abu bakr Wa ashadum fi amrillahi umar Wa asnaqum haian athman Wa aqadahum a'layhi Wa fatimatu sayyetatu nisa'i ahlil jannah Wa al-hassan wa al-hussain Sayyeda shababi ahlil jannah Wa hamzatu asadu allahi Wa asadu rasulih Ridwanu allahi ta'ala alehim Ajman Allahum makfilil abbas Makfiratan zahiratan wa batinatan La tuqadir ghamba Allaha Allaha fi ashaabi La tattakiduhum gharadan min baadi Wa man a'habbuhum fa bi'hubbi a'habbuhum Wa man abghaduhum fa bi'buhdi abghaduhum Wa khairu al-Quruni qarli Thumma al-lathina yarunahum Thumma al-lathina yarunahum Allahum a'izil islamu wal muslimin Bil imam al-Aadili dhirquwatu al-Qahira Wa sultatu al-Zahira Ala al-Kafarat al-Baghia Allahum makfilil al-Mu'minina wal-Mu'minat Al-Muslimin wa al-Muslimat Al-Ahya'i minhum wa al-amwat Bi rahmatika ya arhamar Rahimin Ibad Allah Allah commands you to be fair and righteous and to be close to Him, and to avoid misguidance and misguidance and misguidance May Allah remind you, remember Allah, remember you and remember Allah, the Greatest of all. 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