Matchmaking service for you freedom family, dating for YouTubers, for you, you wish guys, although I'm a guy and I kind of wish that too. No, this is a professional matchmaking service to help you find collaborators to grow together with. This is the form that you will fill out if you click the link down there in the description below. I'll go over it, but first I want to show you that 911 people have already clicked it because it's been advertised in our shiny freedom forums at www.community.tm. The link to this forum post is also down there in the description below where we talk about how to use the tool and how to get started by clicking that link. It is a matchmaking service where we, after you fill out the form telling us about you, will connect you with other people that we believe will be a good collaboration partner for you. If you remember, a few months ago I advertised this service behind me, your channel checkup tool. Click that I to see the video in case you missed it, where down there in the description is a link where you can get a free channel checkup by the freedom team. That was clicked 855 times. So clearly, before even promoting it on the George show, we have 911 clicks of this freedom collab tool, which tells me you guys are much more interested in collaboration than channel checkups. So let's go over what this means. You will simply enter your email address and tell us where you found it. Hey, they didn't say the George show. So make sure you say other and type the George show if you get this from this show. And when you click next, you'll be asked a lot of other questions. Be patient, fill it all out because that's how we can find good collaborators for you. In the future, we will create this in the freedom dashboard where we will build like a match.com website designed for connecting YouTubers together, a real dating for YouTubers. But for now, we're using this Google form and we will manually pick people that we believe are good fits for collaboration because the fastest way to grow on YouTube is collaboration. So we want you to help. We want to help you grow, of course. For those of you who've already used this service, one of the 911 people, tell us down there in the comments below what you thought. Did you have a good experience? Did we find a good collaboration partner for you? Tell us so we can all grow together as a family by helping each other grow. Share your best experiences and your best practices. We are also getting ready to pay you your crypto minor earnings that you made in February at the end of this month, March. This is the crypto minor tool that all of you can download for free in your shiny freedom dashboard. The direct download link is down there in the description below. Here is the Zcash amount that you collectively mined using the crypto minor. This is our Bitrix account, which is a cryptocurrency exchange. And you can see that we have mined 0.4 Zcash, which I will show you in the next video where I will show you how we transfer that Zcash into US dollar cash that we will use to pay you at the end of this month. Cryptocurrency is probably brand new to many of you, and many of you have probably ran the crypto minor only for a short time after we show the first crypto minor payment. I bet many of you will be running that software a little bit more often, especially when you're sleeping. I know up till now, none of you have been paid, so it's a little questionable whether you should be running it, but I promise you will pay you. And after we announce it, I think many of you will have the confidence that this does actually work. We have a crypto forum at community.tm, what you see behind me. 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Here are three questions that you should ask yourself if you're looking for direction. Number one, what am I skilled at? Number two, what am I passionate about? Number three, what opportunities do I have? Even though these questions are good at helping us understand ourselves, God could very well draw us into an area that we're not skilled, or maybe there's no opportunities yet and he needs to open a door. The hard truth is that God can do anything he wants and we need to be attentive to where he's leading. Ask wise people in your life for their counsel. Pour into God's word and be attentive in prayer. So if you're still trying to figure out what next step you should take.


Hello people of the internet, my name is Johnny. Welcome back to yet another FNAF movie news video. And once again, we just got a whole bunch of stuff to take a look at in today's video, ranging from brand new locations that are gonna be showing up in the film and update to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place and also a leaked scene featuring Josh Hutcherson. So we got so much to talk about in today's video. Let's not waste any more time. If you're brand new, consider tickling the sub button and let's hop into the FNAF movie news. First up, we have some exclusive news from me, actually. I was contacted by a background actor in the FNAF movie and they informed me they've been booked for a 1980s crime scene. And coincidentally, this lines up pretty perfectly with another scene happening around the same time, which involves a child's birthday party. A lot of people are speculating this could be either the missing children's incident or maybe could even be the bite of 87, the bite of 83. Who knows? And now let's move on to an update for Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place. Last we took a look at it, it was being built. We also had an official sign for the pizzeria be made by, I think their name was SignWorks LLC. Well now, as you can see, they've added the sign onto the building. This is what it looks like in HD and my God, it just looks absolutely phenomenal. Here's a quick image and video of them actually putting the sign up onto the building itself, which is pretty fascinating. Once again, very, very surreal that something like this is happening. Even if it is just a facade of the building it's not gonna be a full scale pizzeria. It's still very, very crazy to actually look at this and to know in real life somewhere out there in Louisiana this is a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place. We also got a few more shots and updates of the facade. Looks like they're bringing it out just a little bit for a bit more depth of exterior shots for the building. Highly, highly doubt they're going to build a fully fledged pizzeria. That seems a bit excessive, but they are building it back quite a bit. So maybe we're gonna get a few more exterior shots and maybe we were first expecting. Then we've got nighter to night back in the news. They've been one of the main people providing updates on the facade of the building. They posted a video a couple of days ago showing off the lights lit up at nighttime, which again, looks absolutely phenomenal. It might look just a bit bright, but also keep in mind this was shot on most likely just a normal like iPhone. And in the movie they'll be using professional, you know, actual filming cameras for movies. So I'm sure it won't look as bright and saturated like it does in this shot. Speaking of the sign actually, it looks like they're gonna be putting up a road sign pretty soon. This was spotted off to the side of the facade set. You can see it once again, the exact same silhouette of Freddie in the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place sign. A bit below him, you can also see an area where they can put up text on the sign. Most likely it's gonna say help wanted. And I'm sure Mike's gonna be driving across the road. And at some point, you know, he looks over, sees the help wanted sign at Freddy Fazbear's and is like, yeah, I can pick up that job. And also people notice on the same set across the street from the facade, the crew has started to put up a whole bunch of vines and shrubs around what appears to be this abandoned apartment building. Once again, not entirely sure what this building is gonna be for, if this is where Mike and Abby live. We do know based off their leaked descriptions, Mike is having a pretty tough time trying to live on his own, taking care of his sister. Another theory I've seen been going around is that this could possibly be the location of Afton Robotics, where William constructs all of his, you know, murderous robots. There's also been a few other updates to the facade, also adding a few vines around the place, even security cameras on the outside, which again, just adds to that fanat feel. And that's all the updates we have on the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place building. Once again, tell me your thoughts on how everything's going with that facade in the comments down below. You think the building looks interesting, you still a fan of the sign, maybe it's growing on you now that you see it actually on the building itself. And now we can move on to some of the brand new news, some very interesting news, because we got another location we're gonna be seeing in the film we revealed to us, and I don't think anyone was expecting this. This is ice cream parties. There's a better shot of this area we're gonna be taking a look at pretty soon, but just taking this for a second. You see that right up there on top of the sign? What is she doing here? Why is Chica's magic rainbow from FNAF World update two in the freaking FNAF movie?  Just, I still can't believe it. Chica's freaking magic rainbows in the FNAF movie. Maybe if you're a newer fan, you don't know who this character is. They're basically a very, very hard boss. In FNAF World, they have a platform or minigame which was just so unfair. It was rigged all in her favor. She's the final boss in the FNAF World update two version and she is just one snarky little rainbow. And it looks like in the film, she's going to have a ice cream parlor themed all around her. As you can see, this is a better shot of the ice cream area, ice cream parties. And what's fascinating about this area in particular is that it doesn't look like it's in Freddy Fazbear's pizza. It looks a bit too modern, way too clean. It looks like it's in some sort of shopping district, some sort of mall. A lot of people are speculating this is the workplace of Mike Schmidt before he goes on to land a job at Freddy Fazbear's, which would make a whole lot of sense, especially considering what we're about to take a look at. If you've made it this far in the video, I'd assume you don't care that much about being spoiled for the film, but I'm going to put a spoiler warning right here. What we're about to take a look at is a leaked video of a filming for an official scene in the film involving Josh Hutcherson, AKA Mike Schmidt. So last warning, if you don't want to get that scene leaked to you, maybe click off the video now. Hopefully you enjoyed it. Did he hit the sub button just yet? But now without further ado, let's take a look at this video. So it's about a 30 second long clip. I might cut it down in the video because the beginning few seconds aren't anything major, but in the video, you can see Josh Hutcherson in a water fountain in an area of the ball.   Here's another image of Josh. You can definitely make out he's wearing a security guard uniform. So maybe he's a security guard at this mall before he lands the job at Freddy's, or maybe he's already got the job at Freddy's and he's for some reason at the mall. And that theory gets a bit stronger as you take a look at what someone on the scene said about what was going on in that clip. Someone in the comment section on Twitter said, yep, I was there. It was a really sweet scene I saw, but I did overheard on what they were trying to do. So I hope this is right. The security guard, once again, Mike Schmidt fought someone's dad because they were suspicious of him. And you've got someone asking for clarification. The security guard was sus of the dad, or the dad was sus of the guard. To which the user responded, the security guard was suspicious of the dad, possibly William Afton, because the actor is Matthew Lillard. So if we're to believe what this person's saying, we've got Mike Schmidt, Josh Hutcherson, beating the crap out of William Afton, Matthew Lillard, in a water fountain of a mall, all because Mike was sus of William, the father of someone. Now, why would he be sus? Maybe it's because he knows that William is the killer. I'm spitballing here. This is a complete theory I'm throwing out. But because Mike is wearing the security guard uniform, I wouldn't be shocked if at this point in the film, the kills have already happened. Mike is probably suspicious of William of being the killer, sees him out in public at the mall, starts beating the crap out of him. And I'd assume the girl screaming in the background's Abby, which if that's true, then that does confirm, once again, spitballing here, that Mike is going to be the son of William in the film. I know in the games that's almost 100% guaranteed what we know, but because the movie's shaken up so many things, you got Vanessa in here for some reason, Elizabeth is now called Abby, you've got Garrett as well, Max, a whole bunch of new characters. We can't safely assume that was the case. Or maybe you know the little girl isn't Abby, because again, if we're to believe what that Twitter user says, William is a dad. So maybe that little girl who's screaming daddy is screaming daddy because her dad, William Afton, is getting his face punched in in a water fountain. I don't know, it's a very, very interesting situation. Once again, I'd love to know what are your theories in the comments down below. Also, can I just say, oh my God, those punches were brutal. I know a lot of people were talking about what the age rating of the film is going to be on Twitter a couple of days ago. Dude, if we get more punches like that, who knows, maybe we could get this movie actually rated R. Can you imagine that? I know my boy 3C Films had a theory where also shout out to 3C Films. He's been giving me a couple of shout outs in his videos. Absolutely love you, Chris.  It could be crazy. Next episode, we're gonna be taking a look at some Pop-Go's news, and then after that, well, we've got a whole bunch of other fan afternoons to talk about. Revolving YouTube, the cookbook, and a whole bunch of other stuff. So thank you so much for watching this video, and I will, of course, see you all on the flip side. Goodbye.


What can I do to keep my business Facebook page interesting and exciting? We're going to talk about that today. Hi there, I'm Angela Brown and this is Ask a House Cleaner. This is a show where you get to ask a house cleaning question and I get to help you find an answer. Now, today's show is brought to us by House Call Pro, which is a software that's on your phone, it's on an app on your computer, and it revolves around scheduling your business and dispatching jobs and keeping track of customer details and collecting money and invoicing and billing and one-click credit card processing. It does all that stuff. I know, it's super exciting. It saves on average about 10 to 12 hours of business admin tasks that you do as a small business owner. So for a fraction of the time it costs you, you can have the system systemized running automatically in the background of your business. So check it out at housecallpro.com forward slash Angela and start saving time in your business today. All right, on to today's show. We have a really interesting question. There is a house cleaner who wants to jazz up her business Facebook page and she wants to know, how do I keep it interesting? Well, I made a couple of lists of things that we can do as business owners to keep the momentum going. Now, I don't know why this is the case, but if you have a business Facebook page that has the same name as your business, if it's linked to your website and it's linked to your other social media, what happens is this, when people start commenting and responding and participating on your Facebook page and they recommend your business Facebook page, it shows up in the Google search engines. So even if you don't have a lot of ratings and reviews, those Facebook reviews speak volumes as far as people finding you in the Google search engines. So we do want activity on our regular Facebook page. All right, so what do you do? On Sunday, I call it Share It Sunday. This is where you share your best before and after pictures of the week. Now, house cleaners love to do these because when you see a really icky bathtub, for example, and then you take a picture before and then after, it shows what an amazing job you did. It's a showcase of your work. And so during the week, you have lots of bathtubs to clean. You have lots of toilets to clean. You have lots of sinks or bedrooms or playrooms or whatever. The rule of thumb is if you're going to take a picture, get the client's permission first and then make sure that there's no identifying information, like there are no pictures on the walls with the family's name, that there's no mail that has their address on it that someone could zoom in and see, things like that. So no identifying information and no pictures of the family. So if there's a family picture there, remove the picture or fold it down so that it's not visible when you take your before and after picture. You do not want to expose the family. All right, the second part of this, send the family the copy of the picture you took, right? I'm going to get back to that in just a minute, but send them the copy and say, hey, I loved how your playroom turned out. Check it out. This is the before. This is the after. What happens if they love it too? They're going to share it on social media with their friends. And so now they have a copy that you took. It's a picture you took. You took it from the right angles. You took them from the exact same angle so you could compare the before and after. You were there when the lighting was perfect. You were there when it looked super bad and now it looks super good. And it's never going to look as good as it does. Then right after you clean it, right? So you be the one that take the pictures and then give them to the customer and then on Share It Sunday, yeah. Tell your customers, hey, your house waited to my Share It Sunday social media. A lot of people will jump in and say, that's my house cleaner. That's my house. That's what she did. And they'll give you a testimony on your own website. It's also a great time after people start giving it a thumbs up and they start liking and loving the posts. When you get 107 likes on your post, contact the customer and say, oh my goodness, there were 107 people that voted for your house this week that said this was the best before and after picture. How do they feel about you now? Okay, so I call it Share It Sundays. Monday motivation. I don't know why, but since social media came into being, everybody loves these little inspirational quotes. So on motivational Monday, this is a great time to have some kind of inspirational quote. It doesn't have to be about cleaning, but it could be about living your best life, living your dreams, reaching your full potential, having more time with your family, all of the values that you represent as a cleaning company. And so the motivational Monday is just a touchy feel good thing where people like those. They love the pictures. There's usually some soft picture or whatever that makes your heart feel good. And people share those, they repost them, they pin them, all those things. So a motivational Monday, it's usually a good choice. All right, Tipful Tuesday. On Tuesday, this is a really great time to say, hey, as a cleaning business, here's what I recommend you do to keep your home clean between my visits.  They're simple things that you're not necessarily going to do as a professional house cleaner. So it's not going to take away from them hiring you, but this is a way to make your job easier because when you show up, if they've been following your Tipful Tuesdays and they've been using all these tips in their home, their home is going to be a lot cleaner and easier for you to clean when you arrive. So the Tipful Tuesday is just pure value.   Lots of different places you can repurpose that information. All right, Wednesday, Wednesday, who won? And so what I recommend for this is to hold a contest of some sort. At Savvy Cleaner right now, we're holding a daily contest for free t-shirts, and they're cleaning t-shirts. They're t-shirts for cleaning business owners and they're t-shirts for homeowners. Like we came out with one yesterday that says, this is my Saturday cleaning shirt. That's kind of funny. If somebody wears that, they're going to say, what are you doing today? Cleaning? Of course I'm cleaning. My house cleaner is not here. She doesn't come until Tuesday. This is my Saturday cleaning shirt, right? So here's the secret about the cleaning contest. It's absolutely free to you. It's a marketing expense to us. So if for nothing else, jump on our free t-shirts, win a couple of free t-shirts, and then hold your own contest and give them away to your homeowners, right? It may not cost you anything. If you want, you can also buy the t-shirts, pick the one that sings to you, and then hold it for your own contest. But here's what's cool about it. If one of your customers wins a t-shirt and it says something like, this is my Saturday cleaning shirt, every single time they wear that shirt from now through infinity, they're going to think of you.  They're going to say, my cleaning lady gave this to me, right? She doesn't come on Saturdays, so she gave me this shirt. And they're going to say, tell me about your cleaning lady. Do you like her? Tell me how it works. They're going to give you a recommendation because now they feel good about that you gave them this shirt, right? So I would say have some kind of a contest where even if it's not a free cleaning, because a free cleaning is very expensive, a t-shirt is not expensive, right? But a t-shirt lasts forever. We all have t-shirts that are in our closet that are 20 years old, right? Well, most of us do. If you're not 20 yet, you don't, but you will. They last forever. So who won at Wednesdays? All right, we're going to come back to this in just a minute. On Fridays, we're going to have a competition. The winner gets the winner at Wednesday's shirt. We'll get to that in just a second. Throwback Thursday. This is awesome. It's been around forever. I think Facebook started it. But on Throwback Thursday, you throw a picture that happened way back in the past, and it's different from today. Now, one of the cool things that's been happening lately is Throwback Thursday, which is like a week ago. And we're like, that's not funny. It was just a few days ago. I know, but it was Thursday a few days ago. And so people are showing pictures of their own house, of their kids, of themselves. It's a great way to tell your personal story so that your customers can learn a little bit more about you. So here's a throwback Thursday to the first dog that we ever had. And so you tell a little story about the dog. You show a cute picture of the dog.  Therefore, she's going to be a good fit for me because I have dogs, too. And now I know that she understands and appreciates and knows how to treat animals, right? So they learn a little bit about you through the throwback Thursdays, and it doesn't have to be about cleaning. It can be about you, about your family, about a picnic that you went on, about kayaking. It can be about anything, because what you don't know is there's somebody out there that has the same shared interests as you. When they see your throwback Thursday pictures, they're going to say, wait a second, and they will connect with you on a new level. Suddenly, we're the same. So you would make a good house cleaner for me because we are the same. We both love kayaking or crocheting, or we both teach piano lessons on the side or whatever. So this is really a great way to let your customers learn a little bit more about you. All right, so Fabulous Friday, this is where the contest for the free shirts or for whatever it is you're offering begins. So on Fabulous Fridays, what we do is because we've already sent the customers throughout the week. We've sent them pictures of the before and after of their home, and we strategically sent them two or three. We don't want to send them 20 because that's overwhelming, and they're going to delete those from their phone. But if you send them two or three, people are kind of proud, like, wow, my house never looks so great, right? So they're going to hang on to those pictures. So on Fabulous Friday, you get a chance to let your customers upload their own pictures. So we let them upload their own pictures, where they say, well, my house cleaner came to my house and we just had some kind of something happen, and this is how it looked so terrible when they arrived. Now it's so clean. Look how amazing this is. We let the viewers, whether it's their friends or your friends or whomever, vote on the best. Who got it best? And so once the voting happens, people are going to try to click on a lot of times. They're going to get their family members to click on. They might ask a few of their friends to click on. So the more likes a picture gets, and it's a contest on Fabulous Friday, who has the most fabulous home. So on the Fabulous Friday, what happens is the person that has the most wins your Wednesday prize. Wednesday, who won it from our Friday on Fabulous Friday? It's a great way to keep activity going all week and to keep people coming back to your social media page. The more interaction you have on your Facebook page, the more times it's shown to those same people. So if people drift away and they're gone for a couple of weeks, they may never see your feet again. It's just how the algorithm works. So you have to keep it active. All right, so Saturday, celebrating Saturday. This could be your own insights about your business. It could be about running a company. It could be things that you've learned by hiring people. It could be a shout out to someone in your company that just did an amazing job. I just want to give a shout out this week. And then you give a shout out to the people that have helped your company this week. Maybe they went above and beyond to help a particular client in a time of need. It could be there was a particular situation that revolved around quick thinking or resourcefulness or something like that. And so it's a chance where you get to kind of highlight the best of your company without sounding braggadocious. Like my company did this, my company did that, whatever, but a person from my company did this and we really want to highlight the values that this person represents and is an extension of our brand and we're so pleased that they're part of our company. So it doesn't sound so braggadocious, but yet you can use that as your fodder for social media on that day. So there are a lot of different things we can do that are not just about hire me, hire me, hire me, hire me, because we live in an era where that wanes really quickly. And the more you hear a company saying $25 off, hire me, we have this special going on right now. People are just like delete, delete, delete, delete, and they really don't give you the time of day. But if you come up with a new idea or an inspiration or a game or a contest or your customers are allowed to post their best pictures, all of a sudden it's a different feel, it's a different vibe. It's like, hey, there's this really active company. We want to support this company that's active and growing and having fun. That's the message you want to portray. All right, I hope this helps a little bit. Please send me a link to your Facebook page because I want to follow your Facebook page. I want to see the contest that you're hosting. I want to help out. I want to participate and I want to give some likes and some thumbs up. All right, if you found this helpful, please pass it on to a friend. If we've earned your subscription, please subscribe. And until we meet again, leave the world a cleaner place than when you found it.


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we will discuss how to use US and metric rulers to measure length. First of all we shall discuss how to use US ruler to measure length. Before learning how to read this ruler you must know the symbols used for representing inch that is this symbol and representing feet that is this symbol. While reading this ruler you should have a good knowledge of fractions. In US a standard ruler is divided into inches and feet. There are 12 inches in one foot. The inches unit is subdivided into number of lines that are of different lengths. In an inch the longest line in the middle marks the half inch and there is only one such line in an inch. There are two one quarter of an inch that is one by four inches which are represented by next shorter line in an inch. Here in this ruler these are represented by one by four and three by four. There are four shorter lines that mark one eighth of an inch that is one by eight inches and these are one by eight, three by eight, five by eight and seven by eight. And there are eight shortest lines that mark one sixteenth of an inch that is one by sixteen inches and these are given by one by sixteen, three by sixteen, five by sixteen, seven by sixteen, nine by sixteen, eleven by sixteen, thirteen by sixteen and fifteen by sixteen. In some rulers they extend to represent one by thirty two inches mark on ruler. But in most typical rulers the smallest measurement unit is set to one by sixteen inches. Counting the distance in an inch there are sixteen lines that represent an inch to be sixteen by sixteenth long. However in order to avoid complicated measurement we often express the fractional units into its largest unit hence an inch. Therefore when you have eight lines which basically represent the unit of eight by sixteen the largest possible unit of this measurement will be half an inch that is one by two inches. Similarly with four lines this represents the unit of four by sixteen inches that is equal to a quarter inch or one by four inches. Here let us consider an example. Here we are given a twelve inch ruler and we have to find the measurement indicated by this arrow. Let us see it closely. We already know that in an inch the longest line in the middle marks the half inch and there is only one such line in an inch and here between one and two this is the longest line. So this line is representing one by two inches but this is to the right of one inches that means it is representing one and a half inches. So the arrow indicates measurement of one and a half inches. Now we are going to discuss how to use metric rulers to measure length. Metric rulers are very easy to read because they deal with millimeters and centimeters only. Now this is a metric ruler. Now let us consider an example. Now here we are given a ten centimeter ruler and we have to find the measurement indicated by this arrow. Now here the smaller lines in the scale are millimeters and larger lines with numbers are centimeters. Here we have to see the difference between increment of millimeters and centimeters. You can see between two consecutive larger lines representing centimeters there are ten small divisions that is one centimeter is equal to ten millimeters or we can write one millimeter is equal to one by ten centimeter. It means if you measure two lines after one centimeter then it is one point two centimeters or we can also write it as twelve millimeters. Now here the arrow is given at the third line after four centimeters so it is four point three centimeters or forty three millimeters. Thus in this session we have discussed how to use US and metric rulers to measure length. This completes our session. Hope you enjoyed this session.


I want to start off by mentioning something interesting that I thought about while Hafid Emran was speaking. I was on a flight that was coming in from Monrovia to Freetown a few weeks ago and we were flying from Freetown to Akra and they happened to be a brother seated next to me and we got chatted, Muslim brother from Liberia. Assalamu alaikum, Sheikh. How are you? So nice to see you, etc. And we were speaking and I told him, you know, people get excited when they see me, when they hear about me, they sometimes go beyond the limit and my father, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant him good health and a long life to keep on doing the good he is doing. He always reminds me, you know what? You are just a number. That's it. Don't ever think that you're better than the people you're speaking to and don't ever think that you're higher than anyone else because if that's the case, you will never be able to reach their hearts. Speak as though they are better than you and you just need to get a message to them. So I was telling this brother that I want to learn something from you. Tell me, tell me something that I can take to people and he looked at me and he said something amazing. He said, look, I'm a businessman. Mashallah, I'm here, seated on this flight. I fly every week. And he says, every time I think about how I started, how we were when we were young and I want you to pause for a moment and every one of you think about yourselves or your fathers or grandfathers, where they started. There must have been a time when they could not afford shoes. I'm sure you all know that, right? There was a time perhaps when they could not afford school fees. But they were much more content than us and we today are sitting here, such a beautiful function. Subhanallah. And still we have more complaints than all of them put together. We complain more than what we used to when we did not have because that's how materialism works. When you run behind the dunya, guess what? It always runs faster than you, Subhanallah. You can never catch up. You have the latest phone today, the saddest news tomorrow morning. There's one later than that. You're depressed again. May Allah forgive us. So this brother was telling me, I recall the day when we struggled, we suffered, then I entered into business and Subhanallah I did well and suddenly boom, everything went because of something that happened. Now, sometimes the brother didn't explain to me, but some people, they have their factories burned. That's the plan of Allah. I told him, how did you cope with this? He says, it took me not long, it did not take me long to figure out that I can never ever suffer a loss. Never. Why? Because when I came into this world, I was naked. I had zero. So whatever I have today is more than what I had the day I was born. That's it. That's my motivation. I tell myself, oh Allah, the clothes I have, I did not have when I was born, so ya Allah, I can never be below zero. Subhanallah. He says, I was clothed when I came onto earth. I was given things. Imagine handouts. Whether it was your folks or someone else is besides the point. Someone was kind to you and that's why you had clothing. But when you came onto the earth, you had zero.  And I was very impressed by this. I looked at him and I digested what he said and I thought about it for a long time and here I am sharing it with you. My brothers and sisters, we have been blessed by Allah in a brilliant and one way. And indeed, if you were to try to count the gifts of Allah, you would never be able to count all of them.  That's what Allah is saying. But we are believers, we are different. We should be filled with gratitude. Part of gratitude is to understand the plan of Allah. Many of us do not understand the plan of Allah. Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, speaks about it in the Quran. The Quran is revealed and the Sunnah of Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, is there in order to teach us why we are here and what is expected from us while we are here? So Subhan Allah says in the Quran, Indeed in sustenance Allah has raised some of you above others. There is a reason. The reason is to test you. What are you going to do? I have given you. And your neighbor? I haven't given him as much as I've given you. What are you going to do? That's all. When you die, there are two things. What you earn is one and what you spend is another. Subhan Allah. You're going to be asked about both. And you know what will happen in the case of a lot of us? We've earned way beyond what we were able to spend. Subhan Allah. So Allah says we gave it to you. You know in another verse Allah speaks of Banu Israel and then he says It was in order for him to see what do you do? What's your deeds? I've tested you to see what are you going to do? I've given you to see what are you going to do? So what happens? We've been given. We've been blessed. Every one of us is blessed in our own unique way. Have you identified that blessing? Some have been blessed in more than one way. The blessing I have, you may not have. But you have a blessing that I may not have. It does overlap at times. Mashallah. But what do I do with it? If I am the top educator in the country, what have I done with it? Have I only made it a means of income for me to live on Earth? If that's the case, I've forgotten about the hereafter. I've taken it out of the equation. I've really misfired. I haven't understood. Allah's blessed me with the intellect that intellect is from Allah. And I happen to be the best educator or teacher of a specific subject. Have I ever reached out to people without wanting monetary reward and said, I'm going to spend some time teaching those who can't really afford to get to me.  They don't always want your money. Perhaps they might be able to benefit from your expertise way beyond what your money would have done. And I always tell people that I learned from the verse that Allah says, O you who believe, do not nullify your charities through bragging about it and harming those whom you've been charitable to. You know what that means? That means I must be the most humble person when I'm giving considering myself fortunate to have been given the ability to give whatever I'm giving. Considering myself fortunate to have been witnessing a need and it was made clear to me that there is a need. Do you know it's my duty to give? And it's my duty to search and to look for who I should give it to. I don't need to sit in my business, my shop, my school, wherever else at home and wait for people to come and beg from me. No! Your duty as a Muslim is to go out and hunt and look where is the cause. Where can I give? Where can I help? Where can I volunteer? Where can I donate? Where can I assist? Where can I be? A help? A helping hand? Where can I fit in? Some might not have much but trust me you can make dua. You can pray. And when you pray you need to thank Allah that He's given you a heart because that's the beginning. You will never pray for people suffering if you don't have a heart. Whenever I've seen and I'm sure 100% of us, whenever we've seen what's going on across the globe, we bleed. Look at what's happening in Syria up to this day. We're not happy. It's not like we're excited about it. We are so upset, we are desperate, we are frustrated. So what do you do? The first step is to call out to Allah. That's the first step. It's the most powerful step. It's not the only step because then Allah's given each one of us a different capacity to do different things. And all those things that we choose to do should be constructive and not destructive. You need to remember that. The same applies what's going on in Rohingya right now. None of us could say that we're not bleeding. We're frustrated. We want to see a solution. Even the non-Muslims want to see a solution. They don't want to see the ethnic cleansing that is being perpetrated there. It is frustrating. It is sad. Not every one of us can go there, but guess what? Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has given us a chance to get up for tahajjud. But Shaitan comes to us and makes us point fingers. What is he doing? He's a famous guy. He's doing nothing. By saying that, what have you done? He's this guy. He's done nothing. What have you done? You're passing the buck. Stop it. Don't pass the buck. You might want to encourage people. You might want to raise awareness. You might want to say something, but it starts with you. If you were really concerned, get up for Salat at tahajjud. Allah says that through your difficulty, He draws you closer to Him. You know when you have a massive problem, diagnosed cancer, may Allah grant cure to all those who are struggling and suffering with any form of disease, be it cancer, be it HIV, be it anything else, whether it is terminal or not, may Allah grant you cure. Say amen. When your diagnosed with a disease, people react differently. A mu'min becomes closer to Allah. It's a gift of Allah. And I can explain quickly why it's a gift, but before that I want to tell you, a person who doesn't have belief distances himself from Allah.  Why me? Why is this happening? What are you doing Allah? I'm calling out to you. I'm asking you. You're not doing anything for me. What are you doing? My child is struggling and suffering. Allah, I've called out to you for the last three years. What's the problem? Astaghfirullah. May Allah forgive us. Allah forbid. Never let that happen. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says Inna Allaha Idaa Ahabba Abdan Ibtala Allah. When Allah tests a worshiper, when Allah loves a worshiper, He tests him. So if you have a difficulty, guess what it will do to you? You did not use to read Salah. You did not use to do things according to what Allah wanted.  What do you do? You took a bit of time. Allah says, hang on, now you've got a cough. You're still taking a bit of time. The cough is nothing. I'll get the cough mixture. I don't need to read Salah for that. Astaghfirullah. But sometimes subconsciously that's our attitude. Then Allah says, okay, let me give you something bigger. If that's going to bring you, because I love you. I need you to come to me. So then you get something bigger. And what happens?  You're still not fulfilling your duty unto Allah and unto the rest of the creatures of the same Allah. That's an important point. It's not just the duty unto Allah. Part of your duty unto Allah is your duty unto the creatures of the same maker. He made them be they Muslim, non-Muslim, white, black, tall, short in Africa or anywhere else in the world.  They are the creatures of the same Allah. You have a duty unto them because he made them for a purpose. That's what it is. So Subhanallah, when you are turning towards Allah because of your difficulty and your hardship and because of your sickness, it's a sign that you've really been gifted by Allah and Allah keeps you that way. So now you start praying because now you start thinking to yourself, you know what?  You start becoming conscious of others with similar problems. You start joining little groups of people who have issues. You start calling out to Allah and you start reaching out to people and that makes you feel better.  You want to know who is the closest to Allah? He is the person who has the most beautiful character. Your closeness to Allah is very closely reflected in your character. Those who are harsh and hard-hearted, they cannot be close to Allah. It is by the mercy of Allah that you have become lenient towards those around you and you've been hard-hearted or harsh, they would have dispersed. They wouldn't even want to be in your company. But when someone is very polite, when someone is very concerned about the goodness reaching you, you want to be in their company. You are impressed. You feel so much at home. You feel like you know them.  You have feelings. You have a heart. You have a mind just like theirs and they are appealing to you because they are speaking the language of humanity as a believer.  I mentioned the two points. The one is some people through their difficulty, they get closer to Allah. Those whose iman is weak, their belief is weak, they question Allah. But sometimes Allah keeps you in your hardship. You know why? He knows if I were to take this away, this person might just go back. But Allah knows for certain we don't know. So he says, I love the way you're worshipping me. You're crying to me. You're softened. You get up every morning. You're reaching out to others. You speak so politely. Finally with your daughter, sorry to give that example, but anyway.    And you want it today? No. Well I want to give you good news. The Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him says, Allah remains in the assistance of the worshipper. For as long as that worshipper remains in the assistance of an other. If you want help, the first thing to do start helping others. You'll get the help. That's what the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him says. And like I said earlier, it's our duty to go out and hunt. You know I read the hadith of Mu'ad ibn Jabal, radiallahu anhu and Abu Musa al-ash'ari, radiallahu anhu ma, when the Prophet peace be upon him sent Mu'ad ibn Jabal to Yemen, one of the things he says about Zaka, he said you should teach people one, two, three, and then he said فأعلمهم أن الله افترض عليهم صدقة تؤخذوا من اغنيائهم فتردوا في فقرائهم Let them know. Let them know that Allah has made incumbent or compulsory upon them that they give a charity. It shall be taken from the rich and distributed into the poor. Subhanallah. That is why Allah gave you more. Allah did not give you more so that you can amass it to the degree that you have forgotten to build your hereafter. Allah gave it to you so that you can give others. وَاَتُوْهُمْ مِمْ مَالِلَّهِ اللَّهِ اَتَاْكُمْ Surat al-Nur Allah says give them from the wealth of Allah that he made you a custodian of. Do you know what that means? It's not yours. مَالِلَّهِ The wealth belongs to Allah, not to you.  When you shall leave, you shall leave with zero. What you did in the center in the middle, your transactions and the way you transacted, that is what will help you in your grave and in your hereafter. So build, build your palace in the hereafter. It is everlasting. Way beyond your imagination.  Hafid Imran made mention of my father. I was going to say that anyway. That I recall your dad, may Allah give him Jannatul Firdaus and for your information that's the reason why the moment I received the call I have a soft spot for the African Muslims agency. I told him, brother, I will be there.  We will this. I said, listen brother, I'm not interested in covering any costs. I will be insulted if you gave me anything. I'm coming for the sake of Allah and I'm coming because I believe it's good work and I'm coming because I'm impressed by what has been achieved.  No way. If you think that it's the devil making you run away because of some bad deed you've done from giving. It is money from here that's distributed across the globe. I promise you the South African example shines across the globe. It's one country that Allah has blessed in a continent that really needs a lot of help. So thank Allah. Keep on giving when you give Allah will give you more. I promise you manaka samalun min sadaqa the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says nobody has ever become bankrupt because of giving charitable subhanallah. That's a guarantee from your messenger. If ever you fear poverty, give charity. It will come back to you. I promise you. It's in the Quran. If ever you fear poverty, give charity. It doesn't have to be all your money like Abu Bakr, those who are superheroes. We could not compete with them. But what it definitely is, small portion, one round, five rounds. And this is why when you read surah al-Duha if you were to read it with its meaning your life will change. The prophet Muhammad peace be upon him by the choice of Allah divine choice. He was an orphan. Why? Isn't that consolation to all the orphans across the globe that the best of creation, the most noble of all prophets, the top of the top was actually there's hope for you, more than there is for me who had both parents. Wow. Wow. Allah has chosen you my beloved orphan child. Allah has chosen you way above me. Your head start is a few kilometers in front of me because the most beloved already there was a quality from birth that you share that I don't have. That's why Allah says As for the orphan, don't be hard on him. Don't be harsh. Don't rebuke. Don't abuse an orphan. Be kind. Subhanallah. And the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him speaks about an orphan. He says Myself and the one who takes care of an orphan shall be in paradise like these two fingers and he joined the two fingers that I'm showing you right now, the first and the second. Why? Those are in need. People say, innocent children yes, but they're in that condition because it's a test for you who are around. What will you do solely for the sake of Allah? Will you help? There is a widow. The hadith says those who spend their day or those who assist widows and orphans for the sake of Allah are equivalent in reward to the one who stood in prayer all night every night and the one who fasts every day on condition that you do it for the sake of Allah today, she's a pretty lady. Let's help. Subhanallah. You know what I'm talking about, it's facts but she's old. She might not be that attractive. Subhanallah. What hypocrisy is this? Is that what we've become? Is that how low we've become? I'd like to hope it's not the case. You help for the sake of Allah and Allah alone. Allah alone. And remember if you don't help, it's quite simple. It's going to come from someone else and it's been proven. Read the verse of the Quran Subhanallah. If you turn away, Allah says we will replace you with those who won't be like you. They won't be like you. They'll be better. So don't think the work of Allah and don't think reaching out to the poor across the globe is connected to you alone. No. If you are on it, it's a favour of Allah that He convinced you. He put it in your heart to give. But if you are miserly trust me, the work will continue even beyond your imagination with others. It will continue. I remember there was a brother who told someone at one of the organizations that you know what? After pledging so much he says, I'm not giving because he had a little misunderstanding. As he walked out of the office there was a brother sitting outside. He walked in, he put down a figure, twice the pledge of the brother who just walked out. I witnessed this with my own eyes and I was just looking. And I said Ya Allah, Allah, you have indeed spoken the truth. Replace with someone else. This man walked out. Another thing, my brothers, my sisters this evening, I said it elsewhere and I'm repeating it. A pledge is as good as a bird in the sky. Remember that. A pledge is as good as a bird in the sky. When you catch the bird and put it on the table you have now fulfilled your pledge. Otherwise I know of many who pledge huge amounts. They never put their money where their mouth is. Never. I hope we're not like that. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We can pledge the organizations come and showcase for us while we're on our beds in Ramadan. And at other times and we're sitting flicking and we're hearing you know these people are dying in Niger and this is what's happening and so on. You know my brother, my sister, it's your duty to feel the pain of all of those. Where is the Hadith? If a single part of it is struggling suffering in pain, the whole body shall struggle with sleeplessness, insomnia, pain etc. and perhaps fever. What was happening and what is still happening across the globe, we all want to help. Well, I can tell you I started off by saying make do after that. Reach into your pockets and you know what you will not all be able to go there physically. I've been to some places, not only in the world but also in the world. I've been there. I've been to some places, not all. And what could I have done? Very little. Had it not been for a lot of people behind me having sent me with a reputable organization to say you know what we would like to assist. Can you take this and make sure it gets to the recipient and if they're honest, subhanallah you will feel the blessings in your own selves and your children and your loved ones and your community. So don't think for a moment that you know what what are they doing? No, what am I doing? What did I do? How much do I have? What can I give? Subhanallah I was saying your father may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give him Jannah al-Firdaus. I've met him many times I met Dr. Abdulrahman al-Sumayt many times and they've been with Sheikh Saad al-Palib to my house sitting so many times you know sometimes together and separately as well. What was the discussion all about? I was a kid. I was a child remember 30 years ago I must have been what 15 gave my age away but at the same time subhanallah I recall and the discussion was all about going I used to go out with them to rural areas I used to go out and we used to see what was happening we used to distribute and you know what that continued all along so when I see the children of the same man doing the same work with the same dedication if not now that it's three people perhaps a little bit more but the barakah of that generation was something else trust me I always say this is a sign of acceptance from Allah I know with us we've taken from my dad in my family subhanallah and I start thinking to myself when people continue the effort that was good of their fathers it's a sign that Allah has accepted it I see amongst us some seated here and I know their fathers some of them are late and their mothers in some instances and I promise you the brilliant work they were doing is continued I want to cry when I think of what's happening but there are others who keep pointing fingers and their job is only to look for faults rather than to help to assist I'm doing something wrong please come to me and guide me tell me correct me I'm a human I'm your child I'm your brother come and tell me listen son listen my brother I think this wasn't right how you said it what you said what you did I will improve myself I promise you you don't have to go out and attack in a way that subhanallah you're destroying the entire umma and this is what's going on today we don't do the good work and we don't want others to do the good work leave him alone my father has taught me that the best of people are those who don't harm you subhanallah I don't need your help anymore that's what I understood from what he said my father has a policy he says never ever go out for a collection I said but why not we're doing work with millions of dollars he says the work is open for everyone to see if Allah puts it in their hearts the money came from Allah if you scoundred it out of the people perhaps their dirty money might come and contaminate the work and we will be divided and split in no time that policy is not everybody's policy it's a very high level it's a very high level that's the reason why you might have known me for so many years you actually don't know what I do in real life maybe some might know you don't know what I do in real life you just know me for a man standing in front speaking and lecturing that's it and perhaps tweeting now and again may Allah bless you all and bless us but here we have a favor of Allah people are coming to you to show you how many masjids and it's a fact it's not it sounds so huge but you know what it's the barakah that Allah has bestowed upon some and I'm not saying it's the only organization but I am saying there's a lot of good work happening let's try and support it through Dua through reaching out into our pockets put in a little bit imagine there's a masjid being built or let's say right now people have gone to Rohingya in order to try and help the people and you gave a thousand grand Wallahi Wallahi when you see pictures of how the aid is being distributed won't it bring a coolness to your heart to think may my thousand is there Alhamdulillah you know there's a hadith which says whoever builds for Allah this place of worship Allah builds for them a house in paradise we might not be able to afford the large amounts that are required but trust me the mercy of Allah he donated a single brick by the will of Allah he's not just going to say right here's your brick now that's it in the Akhira he's going to give you the whole house even through that brick by his mercy so be charitable reach out make Dua for those who are charitable and guess what if you don't have much create an awareness by speaking to your friends your family members those who are wealthy your acquaintances in a nice way just create an awareness you know this is a really good cause strike them to say let me give something and if they do you get a full reward the one who showed others towards goodness gets the full reward of all of that goodness amazing amazing so I can't afford it but I'm talking to people who can in such a lovely way that I've convinced 20 guys to give they gave 2 million rand I'm sitting millionaire but please please don't get yourself become arrogant because of that when you give if you want to know I'm going to say a few things today that you will take home inshallah when you give you've got to remember the test is humility thereafter the best charity is that when you've given you don't want to score or clock mileage out of that giving no yes someone might respect you they might invite you they might call you you're a donor they happy they want to show you the activities and so on but when you start requesting your perks you're getting paid for what you've given in that way then the reward of it you're cutting it because you're getting something the best thing give and don't expect anything besides what Allah will shall bless you with listen to this verse of surah the true believers those who give genuinely for the sake of Allah do you know what they say we have fed you for the sake of Allah we don't even want from you a recompense nor do we want you to say thank you I don't even want you to say thank you shukr I don't want shukr from you thanks I want it's Allah my reward is with Allah it's okay what I've done for you is actually for Allah but because Allah made a need in front of my eyes it was my beauty to do something about it I did something that's why the end of surah Allah says as for the one who is asking don't rebuke him you know the beggars you see no matter where they are those who come to you in order to ask no matter who they are don't rebuke them don't insult them that's a verse of the Quran there's someone begging on crumbum here down the road every year I come I see the same guy if I can't give him at least alaykum as salam how are you my brother or maybe don't say anything some people say no you guys are giving you're going to support these guys you're going to create a huge syndicate whatever hang on either you give or you don't give the choice is definitely yours do it with respect that's all don't harm the man like I said earlier it is better to be a person who doesn't give and doesn't harm than to be someone who gives and harms I give and you've got to hear for the rest of your life you know I'm a person I'm going to let you in or something personal to accept a gift from people is very very difficult even if that gift is worth 10,000 rand yes I try my best to avoid it the reason is I know the payment of it shall be 50,000 rand I'd rather keep your gift we maintain that respect and I maintain my freedom subhanallah I'm giving you something about myself why did I learn that it might help me yes you wanted to give me a mobile phone thank you I appreciate your gesture but guess what I love you so much I don't want it to come between you and I I don't and I know I'm going to have to pay for it because tomorrow you phone me 12 at night hey I need this I need that I feel obliged I'm not a hypocrite I'm not doing it because I want to I'm doing it because hey the guy gave me a phone man it's tough not everyone thinks like that I'm one who prefers to say listen maintain your independence and you can make your decisions the point I'm raising is when you give someone something insure that it's respectful if I gave him it's for the sake of Allah if I didn't I maintained that respect and I walked away so this is Allah Allah's plan is that he will give you more than what you need in order to see what you do with the extra excess a lot of the times we have extra we forget about building the castle we're building our palace here and I always tell the brothers Masha Allah you know who work really hard and Masha Allah when you get to the age of 45 50, 60 you finally made a little bit of money but nowadays for our daughters we're looking for the wealthiest of the wealthy they must already have a house and a Porsche and a Ferrari as well as a Porsche because a Ferrari apparently is supposed to be better than a Porsche subhanallah but we don't realize when we married when our fathers married they didn't even have a house they didn't even own a car in a lot of cases and they worked for 30, 40 years and we were so happy we used to go to school and come back not knowing it's a rented property not knowing the guy is working so hard and he's sweating and he's making us but for our daughters we're looking for those who are already the kings wealthy otherwise so what happens we've compromised the quality of individual because we're looking only at wealth that's what it is why am I saying this because the average human around in fact do you know the majority of the people on earth can never own a home and they will not own a house if you have a house that belongs to you and you're sleeping in it you already top 30% of the global did you ever know that check the statistics tonight there's a sheikh that you can rely on for those type of statistics known as Google and to be honest you've worked so hard and now you're 50 years old 55, 60 you're building your house finally, finally masha Allah what's happening it's going to take you 2 years to build minimum 2 years to build if you're in Zimbabwe you can add a zero to that because we're famous to do that anyway but it's going to take you a while when you've built it how old are you 55 how many years do you have to live if you're lucky 75 right that's a brilliant age if you're beyond 75 you're beyond average beyond 70 is beyond average according to the hadith 65 is about average subhan Allah grant us good health I see people are looking at me so well it's okay don't worry relax may Allah give you long life may Allah give you health and happiness and contentment but you're going to live in this house for 20 years and after that where are you going to go for another already people have passed away for longer than they were alive have you ever thought of what that means people have passed away for longer than they were alive those who died a thousand years ago they lived for 60 70 years those who died 200 years ago they lived for 60 70 years if they were lucky so they've been dead for longer than they were alive but they prepared for those 20 years in a way that they forgot about preparation for the rest Allah says if you want to prepare for the rest reach out to others we'll do the rest for you link with Allah absolutely important prime it's number one don't compromise that but tonight we're talking about charity so I'm telling you you want to build your Akhira you want to build your hereafter you want to build your paradise learn to give and give so much that subhan Allah Allah keeps giving you I remember once I was sitting and discussing this matter and one of the ulama said when you pledge a monthly amount to a certain good cause say for example to orphans I pledge a thousand rand every month or 500 rand or 100 rand every month for this orphanage for example it's sustenance written for them not for you but Allah gave them through you so Allah has to give you before it gets to them so you will always have you're following what we're saying I pledged it and it's going to continue a day might come when you're struggling a little bit how am I going to give it Allah will give it to you but please understand you need to work for it and Allah gives you the barakah because you worked for it in the name of Allah you don't just sit back and say right guys did you hear what the mufti said the other day given you shall receive I gave 70,000 the ceiling hoping the tornado might come and wash your whole ceiling of me Allah not do that to us could happen you say hey that's the angel opening up there no way something grossly has gone wrong you're lazy you're sitting back go and work if you work Allah will give you blessing can I tell you this is by far probably the most powerful statement you're going to hear this evening zakat is 2.5% in most cases that you have to give of your savings and there is a way of calculating what you need to look at and after the year you need to give 2.5% for who for Allah it means that belongs to who to you or to Allah the wealth was Allah's and he gave you 97.5 and he told you hang on 2.5 is my change where is my change you need to give it to Allah it was never yours he's going to take it from you by hook or crook through sickness through illness through accident through disease through fires through anything the money is going to go from you it was never yours he's going to take it if you gave it with your heart Allah says it will cleanse you take from them that charity that zakat which will clean them it will cleanse them it's our wealth we want that back we gave you a hundred and you know we told you in advance hey we're waiting for the change someone comes to your store they buy worth 97.5 they give you a hundred dollar bill and you say thanks what I'm waiting but the amount is negligible negligible or not it's my change you're going to be in trouble if you don't give it to me same happens with Allah in fact all of Allah is far higher than that this is why they say when we're stuck with calamity and lots of money is spent or gone first question you ask yourself have I paid my zakat properly I'm sorry to say it is a question you have to ask yourself you may have if you have you've ticked that off it's now something else sometimes it's just a test from Allah a lot of the times if you're patient Allah will grant you much more it's just a test but it's a question you need to ask like when you're not well just to check all your markers not because you definitely have a certain disease but to tick it off to make sure it's not that so it's a question you need to ask yourself Subhanallah if you want to know the type of person you are if you want to know more about yourself your character because the hadith says the best from among you are those with the best character that's a hadith the best from among you are those with the best character if you would like to know where do I fit in there is a test you can test yourself ask yourself one question the answer of it will tell you who you actually are what's the question the person whom the world considers the lowest whom the world considers most insignificant whom the world considers almost irrelevant how do you treat that person will determine who you are there's no other one did you hear what I said you see a man cleaning you see a man guarding the cars you see someone coming to serve you on the table do you acknowledge they're human do you acknowledge they probably have families do you know what made them do this do you realize it could have been you do you greet them do you actually smile at them does it bring you inner peace when you see them smile back and acknowledge you for the sake of Allah just because I wanted them to feel important then you are definitely very high in character and conduct don't ever forget what I said tonight all those whom the world considers insignificant you should never consider them insignificant it's your test Allah put them in front of you for a reason to test what did you do so you can convert it into a huge act of worship by being kind by reading a lot of the people don't want your money they need you to just be kind be okay you know that's it may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us from those who can reach out to one another subhanallah if you want to know how generous you are then there is a test what is the test what do you give over and above zakah that's when you will know how generous you are zakah does not determine generosity you're just fulfilling an obligation that's it above zakah what do you give then you're a generous person may Allah make it easy for us may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala help us I have so much to say I've spoken for 45 minutes and I think that was way beyond my own time that I have set myself half an hour but subhanallah it's amazing it's a lovely evening it's so beautiful here and I really pray for everyone who's here to be able to carry this message throughout the globe those who are listening perhaps on the television those who may listen to this a little bit later may Allah make this a means of motivation a means of maghfirah for the late Muhammad Farid Chunara and all those who have set up this the late Dr. As-Sumad Abdu-Rahman As-Sumad also whose brain child it was and I'm sure there are so many of us doing so much of good work whatever you're doing may Allah accept it from you may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make you from those whose work can actually be increased and let's learn to cooperate with one another let's learn to cooperate with one another that's my last message we must cooperate with one another because at the moment the ummah is struggling due to us bickering and pointing fingers and becoming disunited over small matters I don't need to think like you or believe exactly what you believe et cetera et cetera but I need to respect you if I respect you I can be united with you with my difference and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant acceptance to this work and ultimately, may Allah grant us all gentlemen and for those in parallel to say Ameen I'll say this


The holiday festival featuring 50 artisans, 20 New England food trucks, performances by choral groups, and other holiday activities was held last weekend in Somerville. The holiday arts and eats festival was the first of its kind to hit the Boston area. We sort of did a modern American spinoff of the traditional European Chris Kindle market. Artists showcased their designs and guests were able to do some holiday shopping. The festival also featured an array of family-friendly activities, including photos with Santa, cupcake decorating, and crafts in Santa's workshop. Despite the cold temperature, guests were satisfied with the event. It's a really nice and kid-friendly event. The portion is a little colder, but it's great that I didn't know there was a portion where it was actually nice and warm when we got to see Santa. So overall, I'm really, really, really happy with it and I think we'll return next year. Hoping to make the holiday arts and eats festival a holiday staple, the Somerville community plans on holding the event for years to come. Reporting in Somerville, I'm Megan Riggs, BUTV News.


This study tests a multi-temporal facade damage detection approach using convolutional neural networks and compares it with monotemporal approaches. The results show that multi-temporal approaches outperform monotemporal ones by up to 25% in F1 score, with the best performing approach taking 6 tuples of 3 views per epoch as input for late fusion image classification. However, detecting small damages such as smaller cracks or areas of spalling remains challenging due to low resolution of the dataset used. This article was authored by Diogo Duarte, Francesco Nex, Norman Kerl, and others.