WHERE DID MILLIONS OF $$$ GONE? - I GO TO NORWAY!!
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Summary
In this episode, we take you on a tour of the Save Iman Norway Masjid project, a masjid, dawah and community centre in the capital of Oslo, Norway. We talk about the importance of this project and the benefits it can bring to the community.
Transcript
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Have you heard of the Save Iman Norway Masjid project?
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Your brothers and sisters at IslamNet are establishing a one-of-its-kind masjid, dawah
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and community centre in the capital of Norway and they need our urgent support now.
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Every person that accepts Islam through this centre, every revert who learns about their
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deen and calls their family to the worshipper Allah you will get the rewards inshaAllah.
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So here's what you must do, you must contribute to get your rewards and share this project.
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Where is the masjid, where is the masjid, where is the masjid, where is the masjid, no where is
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Why are you not telling me all this time it's behind me?
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Alhamdulillah looks like a beautiful masjid Alhamdulillah, we need to go and see this masjid.
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Bro Alhamdulillah, the donors, the viewers of Ali Dawah's YouTube channel, they have been
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Had it not been for you guys, we would never have come as far as we have.
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And as you guys know, brothers and sisters, this is the product of your guys' generous
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Alhamdulillah, this is a huge complex, let's take a tour of the masjid so you guys can
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So, Akhi Ali, we're now inside the main masjid hall.
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We're building the mahrab, we have ordered the carpets for the floor.
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All of that will inshaAllah be ready before the month of Ramadan.
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Everyone who has been donating and supporting this cause, you guys will be getting the rewards
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for everyone who will be praying on this carpet.
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I think we can have at least six, seven hundred people in here.
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They used events before they had to rent from other places.
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Now, any events, debates, discussions, whatever it is, inshaAllah, it will happen in this
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Number two, if you look behind me, guys, this is where the classes were happening.
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When we first arrived, there were kids here, young kids running around, running around literally,
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memorizing the Quran, learning about the Quran.
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And to me, what's profound is what they have said.
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They are putting it into practice as we speak, inshaAllah.
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So here, kids are coming here and learn the Quran and lessons.
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And we're going to go deeper because there are so many other rooms.
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Because on the left-hand side, they have like a little nursery play area for the kids to play.
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Alhamdulillah, they've got their control center when it comes to filming.
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And going through here, inshaAllah, we're going to quickly show you guys, inshaAllah,
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Wait till you guys say, I really want you guys to be patient with this.
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Because if you've donated, you really want to see where your donations are going, inshaAllah.
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Here through these doors, guys, on the right-hand side is something that I can relate to.
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Because my daughters, they love it when there's a little kitchen or play area.
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When you come here, as you can see, guys, for even mothers, you know,
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they can leave their kids here and go pray, inshaAllah.
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They've got a little kitchen here, little tables, coloring, whatever it is,
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This is where they can play, leave their kids, inshaAllah, which is very important,
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As you can see, when it comes to producing high content, you guys know,
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the enemies of Islam, they spend millions of pounds on jets.
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Okay, here Brom Sisters, they have the latest equipment to produce these materials,
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Alhamdulillah, which you're going to be seeing, these podcasts are done with Mohamed Hijab,
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And for the Deen of Allah, the best of the best is needed, Alhamdulillah.
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We can go this way, I was going to say, let's go this way.
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We can take a look at the sisters' area as well.
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This is where, inshaAllah, the sisters will be praying.
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One of the things I personally don't like, guys, is when I go to a masjid,
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if I'm with my wife, they say, oh, there's no sisters' area.
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Yeah, as you can see, Brom Sisters, that they can see, inshaAllah,
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They've got chairs, I'm assuming some other classes happening here.
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Now we're going to go down and you're going to realize what I mean when this place is like a bit of a maze.
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So, we're going to head, inshaAllah, down this hall.
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Alhamdulillah, it was very, very good, mashaAllah.
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And we plan on doing that, inshaAllah, regularly in Norway.
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So, this is where kids, you know, sisters, brothers, whatever it is for that matter, can come and eat, brothers and sisters.
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As you can see, when we was here, it was so vibrant.
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They had, you know, little cookies and stuff like that here.
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Taking a little break from class, be it Quran, be it tafsir.
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Whatever they are learning, inshaAllah, they would come here.
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And they would enjoy their self coming together, inshaAllah.
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As you can see, on the walls, the walls are not finished.
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So, this is where, when we came in, there was a sister leading the class, Alhamdulillah, as you can see.
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And there was some young sisters here sitting down.
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This is where, inshaAllah, those seeds are being put in, inshaAllah.
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And we're going to see the fruits of it for the generations to come, inshaAllah.
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Now, you're going to ask, what is a trampoline doing here?
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So, Hamdulillah, Brom Sisters, what's this place going to be used for?
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So, we're waiting to have the basketball, what you call it?
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We have a dedicated room for that as well, I'll show you that.
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From here, Brom Sisters, they have a gaming room.
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And this is where, when we came in, when we arrived, we saw sisters playing the football,
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as you can see here, you know, playing the football.
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Some sisters were scoring goals, Alhamdulillah, as you can see.
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And then from here, they have another little area.
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And this is the gaming room, guys, for the kids.
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And you know what's really beautiful about this?
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Because it encourages youngsters, Brom Sisters, to come here.
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We want to encourage our youngsters to have the masjid a place where they can, inshaAllah,
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It's not just about Qur'an, memorizing, learning lessons.
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Sometimes they come and be like, you know what?
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We just don't want it to be a place where they're told to be quiet.
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And for me, PlayStation, if it's going to bring them here, and they're going to play their
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salah, learn Qur'an, take a little break and play PlayStation, 100% all day, every day.
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They'd rather be in the house of Allah than be in a bad friend's house, playing PlayStation,
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So, Inshallah, this is fantastic here, as you can see.
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So, if anyone is good at playing table tennis, please come, Inshallah.
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They've even got vending machines with Zamzam water.
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So, Alhamdulillah, this area, as you can see, they have like chairs.
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It's not properly built yet, but we need to build that as a proper classroom.
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The building can take place, but the fact that it's already started is what we need to know.
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Now, the people donating are thinking, hold on a second, man.
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I'm very, like, because you just think, okay, it's just a masjid.
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And like, when I walked through the door, I thought, okay, that's the hall.
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And one thing that when you, I'm a person, I like to be happy with small things.
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And when I saw it, I was like, this is a beautiful project.
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When I saw the rooms, it was like a bonus for me.
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It's like, when you buy something and they say, by the way, you get this, this, this,
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And you're like, oh my gosh, I was already happy with the car.
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So to me, these are like all bonuses, the gaming room, the classrooms, the canteen, the nursery,
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But as I continue, you're going to be thinking, okay, brother Ali, we've been asking for a long time.
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And now we're showing you guys, and you're going to feel as much as I feel that my donations,
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my Sadaqa Jariya went somewhere more than where I expected.
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If a lot of people come, you can use this at Masjid.
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I know you said you might do or not because you wanted to make it a place where, when we
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We had young kids here running around playing football.
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If it wasn't for the sisters, then we're going to have to have questions with you.
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But now that you said sisters, we're not going to.
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So sisters, as you can see, Fahad and his team.
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I don't know what that is, but somebody's doing some good work.
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Because our sisters also want to keep fit for their husbands.
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So as you can see, guys, the work is continuing here.
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As you can see, the brothers there here are doing some work.
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So next time we come here, we're going to update you with the changes that's happening.
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But you do know that if a lot of people start coming and it becomes a hub, a place,
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where you can even, like, people come and pray here.
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You can come and pray here if there's empty space, bro.
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If you're into your martial arts, it's a fantastic place.
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Sometimes my trainer, when he has newcomers coming, Muslims, he specifically tells them,
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So when you come to the masjid and the adhan goes off, who's going to be doing?
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I say, sometimes people come to Islam for the wrong means, for the wrong reasons,
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They come for the wrong reasons, stay for the right reasons.
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Their sister comes to Islam because her boyfriend is a Muslim.
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One of the reasons I came to Islam was the whole scientific miracle narrative.
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But then after that, I thought to myself, subhanAllah, when this whole thing happened,
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that science is not a yardstick for our religion, I stayed in Islam.
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I didn't say, oh, the scientists, there's a question mark on it, et cetera.
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So it's fantastic that people come here to train.
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You might even have a non-Muslim who might come and say, I want to join the martial arts.
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I'm telling you guys, these things are really, really important for us to understand.
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Even the children, in the weekend school, we're teaching the martial arts.
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As you can see, guys, still latest equipment, alhamdulillah, as you can see, brothers and sisters.
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But obviously, it's not that kind of black magic.
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Guys, this is the ones that are helping edit, inshaAllah.
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4K, bringing you guys the finest looking podcast, inshaAllah.
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And it will be coming out in Ramadan, if I'm not mistaken.
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So this app is really nice, alhamdulillah, brothers and sisters.
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As you can see, this is where they'll be doing discussions, inviting other people, other speakers, inshaAllah.
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And Afin, what kind of stuff do you put up on your YouTube channel?
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So what we want to do is to produce high quality productions.
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Because a lot of the things that we've seen online for a long time, they're good.
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But they're not that good as the quality of the Muslim production should be.
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So our main focus is to produce high quality, high level Islamic productions, which will, inshaAllah, benefit Ummah, inshaAllah.
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They're not a place where it's like a little hub for the community to come.
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And social media is one of those ways, brothers and sisters.
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The fact that they are capitalizing on that is very, very important.
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Because while they are a young generation, alhamdulillah, they were born here.
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Alhamdulillah, him, Maher, the rest of the team, they were born here.
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And it is amazing to see that they are using their means around them to, inshaAllah, take it to the next level.
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Fahd has plans, brothers and sisters, to take this to the next level.
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And the video that we've done about the Waqf, that you're going to see.
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That they are investing in properties around Norway, so it can fund the masjid.
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Which means, which I've explained in the video, but I'll explain again.
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Instead of it going to the masjid argument take, a specific support argument take.
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Let's say individuals are going to pray, memorize the Qur'an, whatever it is.
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They use those funds so that it generates more money.
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So that instead of it being one prayer space that you paid for, it's going to be multiple prayer spaces.
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So they are actually doubling the sadaqah jariyah of the donors that are given.
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And to me as a donor, that is how it should be.
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And I'll be happy with that because you're maximizing my rewards in the hereafter.
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So brothers and sisters, hope you guys have seen this video.
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And for other people who have donated towards the project, please send it to them.
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As you can see, this is something completely different from what you have outside there.
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This will inshallah be twice the size of what we have now.
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And this is an investment for the future of Islam, the growth of Islam in the whole country of Norway inshallah.
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We know that they will be building 5,000 apartment buildings right outside this area, right here.
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Okay, so the investments are already happening.
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So this is something that will inshallah be a beacon of light, a symbol for Islam in the whole of Scandinavia.
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When this inshallah is finished, people will look at this masjid as something that, as a role model, as an example for other masjids in Europe inshallah.
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And the facilities will be of the best of the best.
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So brothers and sisters, if you guys want to continue having your share in this humongous project that we have in front of us, then we need your continuous support.
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Because giving something once and then forgetting about it, that's normal.
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But if you are a person who wants to stay loyal to the deen of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, loyal to the da'wah, loyal to the development of Islam and establishment of the Islamic institutions, we need your continuous support.
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Because this will take at least two, three years. Minimum two, three years. It's a humongous project.
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And alhamdulillah, we have seen how generous your support has been. And had it not been for you guys, we would never ever have reached the level we have reached as per now.
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All of those children who actually come here every single Saturday and Sunday in the weekends, and they are learning about the religion of Islam, you guys are getting the rewards for that. Allahu Akbar.
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So guys, so there's about, they're trying to create homes for 5,000 people. So there's new developments of how it's happening.
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If you notice, there's a, there's one thing that they have in common with what's happening with this masjid and those new developments for 5,000 people.
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They are investing in the dunya. The masjid is investing in the akhira.
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They're both doing something similar. One's investing for, it's normal, for people to live, etc.
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But the masjid's also investing in the akhira. And we talk about homes in Jannah, that these investors around you are developing to increase their wealth.
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Yes. For what? For homes, for human beings that's going to live. But brothers and sisters, we are going to die.
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Our bodies are going to die. All those people living in those buildings, 5,000 of them are going to die.
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But your investments will, inshallah, be a means for you to have a Jannah at home, where it really is going to happen, inshallah.
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And your soul is going to live in those houses forever. So invest as they are investing in the dunya, in your akhira, brother and sister, inshallah.
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It's a fantastic project. I cannot wait, inshallah. And I live to see that when I come back, when we come back, we say to you, remember this video, this is how the masjid looks now.
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So the link is there guys. Donate whatever you can, inshallah. May Allah bless and preserve you guys.