 I have some really sincere hopes that collective du'as are very powerful. And when the believers don't exactly know what to do, we must not forget or underestimate the power of du'a. Many of us have felt really helpless in this week seeing all kinds of atrocities happen. And many of you very well may have also been facing an onslaught of people saying things and it's only going to get worse in the next few days. The believer is also very pragmatic, is one who knows and understands when trials and tribulations have come our way and particularly of course to those who are most directly affected. What we're experiencing is negligible in comparison. In this time as you hear all kinds of terrible things both the news and atrocities committed against our sisters and brothers and also being told that you and your belief as Muslims is equal as many of the statements that I have read from jobs, universities, companies essentially Islam equates you with terrorism. I urge you to hold on to the rope of Allah to know that Allah will see us through and will see the people of Palestine through. Also the many lives that were lost in Afghanistan also just in recent days passed in the earthquake and of course the many, many lives that have been lost in other natural disasters in the Muslim world and in humanity over the last several months. It's been one heavy news after another after another. The reason we come together for collective du'a is because the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says that when the du'a, when the person who is oppressed raises their hands in du'a, there is no veil between their du'a and between Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It is directly accepted. Many people don't say the rest of the hadith but I think it's important that you know that the rest of the hadith says even if that person were to be an atheist. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the Lord of all even if the atheist does not recognize Allah as their Lord Allah is still their Lord. And if they were to be oppressed, he would answer their prayers nevertheless. So imagine believers. We come together as believers. That's what binds us all. We're all from different backgrounds, different ethnic and racial backgrounds, different social economic backgrounds. Some of us don't even know each other's names yet and some of us are brand new in the faith. Masha'Allah Anjali, welcome again. But we come together because we know that the collective du'a that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is heard. And there is a potential, and this is my sincere prayer, there's at least one person amongst us in this room or on our virtual room online that has a sincere heart and that when they say that du'a, it's an accepted du'a. We don't know who that person is or the people are but this is why we read the Quran that we read and we did the zikr that we did so we can put ourselves in a place of humility in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that when we come to read the du'a, then he accepts it. I also want to say, because many of you have probably had thoughts running through your minds like why do these things happen and why do some people have terrible things happen to them over and over and over and over again. And I remind you that the most tribulated of people are the most beloved to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and that the prophets were the most tribulated of all people and those who come after them in levels of tribulation are the most beloved to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala just as the prophets were and they were his preferred people. I'll also say something that one of the shi'u had said especially related to us here in the west that there are people amongst us here who are literally losing faith over what they're seeing and the sheikh said to a young man who came to him and said, my faith over this crisis that I'm seeing look at the loss of lives and the destruction and the loss of property and the loss of wealth and the loss of and the sheikh said to him you're losing your faith over the loss of material things when those people there understand what martyrdom is shahada of the oppressed especially of the innocent gaining their jannah and they are gaining their faith over the thing that's causing you a loss of faith looking at it from your security of electricity and water and safety when we re-shift the way we think of things we reframe the way we see things and understand that we're judging something atrocious but from our comforts here it is not the same as the person there who understands that this is their direct ticket to jannah as hard and as hard as it is which is why and I encourage you to please unplug as much as you can please but what you have seen so far you have seen and heard the reels I know you've seen them and voice notes and such and videos as I have seen some of them as well that as much as you're hearing and seeing even with the cries and even with the screams Alhamdulillah Allahu Akbar that level of iman and faith is so hard for us here in our security like this to comprehend SubhanAllah but please keep up the prayers and the duaat because we need this to seize these I mean literally Ghazza is a prison made of 42% children and those who are dying it's like a kindergarten prison and a reminder that the Prophet Muhammad SAW also said that supplication or duaat is the true weapon of the believer it may not be the physical weapons it's the duaat that is the true weapon of the believer so all of you have the weapons inshallah with which to combat darkness and difficulty there is no god but Allah there is no god but Allah the high and the mighty glory be to Allah Lord of the tremendous throne all praise is to you Allah Lord of the worlds I ask you O Allah everything that leads to your mercy and your tremendous forgiveness enrichment in all that is good and freedom from all sin do not leave a sin of mine O Allah accept that you forgive it nor any concern accept that you create for it an opening nor any need in which there is your good pleasure accept that you fulfill it almost merciful O Lord of the worlds we ask you by your might and by your glory we ask O Lord of the worlds by all your names the name in which you said O Lord that if we call upon you you will answer and we will call you by that name only known to you Ya Rabbi please we ask you to lift the oppression from our sisters and brothers Ya Rabbi to seize Ya Rabbi the bombs Ya Rabbi to seize Ya Kareem the firing to seize Ya Rabbi all the chemical warfare that is coming down on them Ya Rabbi to protect them Ya Rabbi protect the children Ya Rabbi protect their well-being and protect Ya Kareem their material and spiritual wellness Ya Allah Ya Allah and for those who pass we ask you that they count as Shuhada Ya Rabbi Ya Kareem forgive us and forgive them Ya Kareem Ya Rabbi grant us and grant them the highest levels of Jannah Ya Rabbi protect us and protect them Ya Rabbi Ya Kareem protect their children Ya Kareem our children and their children Ya Rabbi Ya Allah grant them openings Ya Kareem openings that none of us can see now but only you have the capability of doing so Ya Kareem Ya Rabbi you are above all oppressors Ya Rabbi you are the one who can crush them so crush them Ya Rabbi crush them what seemingly is might what seemingly is power and numbers Ya Rabbi you are above all of this Ya Ilah Ya Rabbi raise our hands today and lower our heads with humble hearts in front of you broken broken Ya Kareem with this frail fragile state Ya Kareem we ask you to accept our dua Ya Rabbi to accept these meager efforts Ya Kareem Ya Allah in this broken hearted state we ask you to look upon us today and hear these words and accept them Ya Kareem Ya Rabbi from the tongues from the hearts Ya Rabbi from the minds Ya Kareem accept these duas every sister here raising your hands making dua Ya Rabbi we don't know who amongst us Ya Kareem you're hearing this dua and accepting so accept from us Ya Kareem accept from each of us and allow us to be people and continue to pray in bad and in good Ya Rabbi that we remember you in all of states Ya Rabbi and make us from those who are happy in both states Ya Rabbi and happy in both abodes the dunya and the akhira Ya Rabbi jalla min su'ada ildarain Ya Rabbi Alalameen we ask Ya Kareem for steadfastness in our faith and our unwavering commitment to this deen to the truth protect us Ya Rabbi Alalameen protect us from all evil and all harm protect us from those who want to harm us Ya Kareem and harm this deen Ya Rabbi protect us from falsehood and disgusting statements Ya Kareem Ya Rabbi protect our children from being shaken up Ya Kareem by these things Ya Allah Ya Rabbi make their faith steadfast unwavering true Ya Kareem this to make them stronger and bring them closer to this deen and not further from it Ya Rabbi Alalameen Ya Rabbi and for all those who've had difficulties across all the parts of this world Ya Rabbi we ask you that what you what seemingly was taken from them is actually what is given to them Ya Kareem given them jannah Ya Rabbi Alalameen Ya Allah for their suffering for their difficulties for their losses Ya Rabbi material losses that you replace in jannah with difficulties that we can't even imagine Ya Rabbi Alalameen Ya Allah Rabbi Ya Kareem anyone here and anyone across the Ummah that has lost Ya Kareem life or limb or wealth or security Ya Rabbi replace it with what is better than what was lost Ya Kareem Ya Rabbi replace it for them if not in this dunya than in the Akhirah Ya Rabbi Alalameen with the highest levels of jannah Ya Rabbi Alalameen Ya Rabbi and make us a firm faith to know that the Akhirah is true Ya Rabbi Alalameen Ya Allah Grant us and grant them Ya Kareem and grant us in this dunya ease and grant us in Yom Al-Hisaab ease and grant us Ya Rabbi from those who enter jannah without previous Hisaab previous judgment Ya Rabbi Alalameen Ya Rabbi the highest levels of jannah Ya Rabbi put us with the martyrs Ya Kareem and make our endings the best of them the best of them Ya Rabbi Alalameen we ask you the best of endings Ya Rabbi Alalameen wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah al-Aliya Al-Azim wa sallallahu ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam ajma'in wa ala liyaat al-Qabool wa al-Hidaya wa al-Nasr al-Salam in every place wa al-Salam in Palestine Ya Rabbi Alalameen wa al-Sir Risulat Al-Fatiha