Episode 32 Etiquette It Up
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Episode 32: Etiquette It Up
Sunday 19th April 2026 / 1st Thul Qa'ada 1447AH 14h00 - 15h00 (CAT)
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Episode 32: Etiquette It Up
Sunday 19th April 2026 / 1st Thul Qa'ada 1447AH 14h00 - 15h00 (CAT)
Transcript
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Dear listeners, it's 11 minutes past 200 p.m. right here in South Africa and it's our favorite day of the week, Yom Aad.
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It's not the 30th day of Shawal 1447 ah. Alhamdulillah, it's the first of 14478.
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And I'm going to tell you in just a moment why. Alhamdulillah, we've reached and it corresponds to this to Sunday the 19th of April 2026.
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I'm Zad Plachis and with me are my co-hosts Nabya and Issa Plachis. And brother Ziad will be looking after us
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this afternoon. Inshallah. We are coming to you live from the Radio Islam International studios right here in
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Johannesburg, South Africa. Welcome to Level Up, where we listen, learn, and grow, inshallah, with Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala's guidance, and we break down the week's news and talk about what really matters to young Muslims today. Our
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WhatsApp line is open. The number is 0727861548.
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You can call in on 0185472 or DM us on iils.com. That's ov zoom m.
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We're currently live on Instagram. You can find us on Facebook um x LinkedIn, YouTube, Tik Tok threads as well as upscrolled.
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So as I mentioned um there was a community update of the moon sighting results. So last night at about 10 to
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11, the UUCSA uh sent out a message. It said, "Assalamu alaykum. We would like to inform the community that a late report
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of moon moon sighting that is said to have taken place just after 6:00 last night on Saturday has reached us at
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about 10:00. Since this information was not available at the time of the last moonset time in South Africa, UUSA
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had determined that the moon had not been cited. So last night when we went to bed, the moon had not been cited and we all thought that if we missed our
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shawal fast, we still had one more day to fast. Right. Meanwhile, members of the UUCSA hilal committee uh some of
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whom are not available at this hour, of course it's 11:00 at night, um will consider the news of the moon sighting
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for the final decision on Sunday the 19th of April. that was this morning and the final decision will be communicated thereafter. So that message was sent out
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at 10 to 11 last night. This morning at about I think it was now at least like a few minutes ago uh we received this
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message to say the start of the 1447 a community announcement in light of the moon sighting report received after 10
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p.m. last night. It was cited after 6, but was only um communicated after 10 p.m. last night. The United Council of
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South Africa, UUSA, Hilal Committee convened this morning to review its earlier announcement.
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At the time of the last moon set in South Africa, UUCSA had not received any information of a sighting accordingly in
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line with standing procedures and guidelines of confirmation of moon sighting. UUCSA announced that the
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crescent was not cited. Having fulfilled the criteria for verification and confirmation, the late sighting report
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has now been accepted and therefore first of the 1447 is accordingly confirmed as corresponding to Sunday the 19th of April 2026. Alhamdulillah.
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As additional information of the reported sighting was was received well into the night, UUSA deferred the
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meeting for the uh decision as most Hilal committee members were unavailable at the late hour. Hence his convening
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this morning on Sunday the 19th of April 2026. The meeting has facilitated full consultations with all members of the
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Hilal committee ensuring clarity, unity and to prevent further confusion. UUCSA appreciates the community's patience as
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we endure ensure decisions are made transparently and with full consultation. Further, UUCSA pledges to
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continue with wider consultations with relevant parties and stakeholders so as to institute clear protocols in order to
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prevent any such confusion in the future. Inshallah.
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Yes, I was very confused because last night before I went to bed, I made sure that I wrote down on my calendar. I always write on the calendar
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as in today and the new month I always write the first of a new month. So I wrote Monday 20th of April is the 1st of Sulka and I was already planning my
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month and now I'm very but I al I also we saw it together because I went we went out to to search
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for the moon like we do uh every 29th every 29th night we couldn't see it as happens every 29th night
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we don't ever see the moon but we came back and then we saw the message um on social media and I must say 6:00 this morning I
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received receive you know broadcast messages from one of my WhatsApp groups and they also had 30th sha so I don't
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think that they got the message as well but I went on radio Islam international's um website this morning
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and it was probably after faj and it said the first of the 144 they were confused and I thought they were confused
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okay all right and then before you continue with any more news um you know last week I was curious to know if there were any
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others out there like you, like Zad, who had their phones completely on mute, as
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in not even vibrate, and had absolutely no notifications come through at all.
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So, unless you go into the app, you don't know if you're getting a message.
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And surprisingly, there were actually two brothers, so two males who also don't have any notifications um or
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messages come through unless they go into the app. And they have their phone on mute just like you're not even vibrate, non silent, you know, like
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completely muted. So, I don't know if they're ever going to get a phone call. I started a trend.
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I don't know. Maybe they just think like you. So there's two other people out there who just are their names also ziad
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I wonder I don't know um no actually I do know sorry okay
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but um they didn't say what they do and uh we also received some messages saying that they prefer notifications and their
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phone on so that they don't miss anything they also didn't say what they do so I don't know you know if it's important there were a few people who
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said that they do keep their phone on silent but they like the notific notifications to come through so that they can see the messages before they go
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into the app to see whether or not they should reply to us which which we spoke about last week. So, okay.
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Okay. Okay. You may go into the news now.
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Okay. So, um one of the big stories I think this week was Julius MMA's sentencing. It's become very
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controversial in the sense that um there was somebody else that had a similar
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incident um many years ago. Many years ago.
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Okay. So, let's let's let's just just get into it. So, basically what happened was uh Julius MMA disarmed a firearm
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um in a public place, right? It was during a rally and obviously there were lots of supporters around and it was reckless, right? We're not we're not
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condoning the behavior. We're not saying that, you know, he shouldn't be sentenced, right? Um we're just saying
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that he's been given a 5-year uh prison sentence, right? Um nobody was harmed. Alhamdulillah.
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Alhamdulillah. Because apparently he shot it in the air as a celebration.
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Yeah. He shot it in the air, which is very reckless cuz it could go anywhere, right? But it nobody was harmed.
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Alhamdulillah. Okay. But now we go back a few years, right? And this is what's been the hot debate on social media at
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the moment is that Oscar Ptorius um former Olympian um former athlete
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um did a similar thing at a restaurant in Maldos Arch in Johannesburg where he
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took a friend's um firearm and wanted to see what it looked like because he was
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getting a similar firearm And um the firearm went off. Apparently someone the
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bullet grazed someone's toe or something. I think so. I think I I read something. Right.
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And um so it harmmed somebody firstly.
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Secondly, it was also in a public place.
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It was also in a public place, but people are disputing that it wasn't seen because it was under the table and Julius MMA's one was seen.
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Seen, right?
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Okay. which makes it even more uh of a problem because it wasn't seen you know it was done sus I mean why would you you
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with your friend why do you need to see how the firearm looks like in the restaurant you can go to his house you can go to a shooting range you can you
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know but anyway let's not get into the details okay so um that happened in January right and
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in February we know that Um he thought he he was shooting an intruder.
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Yes. And Remcom was the unfortunate victim.
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Um, so with that in mind, not oh, not only that, uh, a few years before that, I
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think it was 2012 or something in September, he was also, um, not charged,
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but well, he was charged with illegal possession of ammunition and shooting through an open sunroof of a car with
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his 9mm pistol um, while driving with friends in Mo Fontaine. That was in September of 2012, right? So, this guy
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already had a track record um of being reckless with his firearm. Wait. So, um so the that that's that's what happened.
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So, apparently he had a three-year sentence which was suspended for 5 years, right? meaning he did not go to prison
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specifically for the incident for um that firearm incident at the restaurant. Okay.
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Okay. Because it over overlapped him uh being charged for culpable homicide, right?
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Okay.
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So, um so what you're trying to do is compare not similar because it's actually not
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even similar incidents. Yeah, it's I'm I'm just trying to I'm putting out facts. I'm not I mean Julius MMA is not
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my favorite person, politician, like anything. I'm not like in his favor. I'm just saying, you know, don't condone that.
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No, obviously. I mean, any firearm, there's firearm safety, right? We're going to talk about etiquette. Yes.
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Uh later in the show, inshallah, after the half hour. Um, so it's, you know, there's certain things and and if you
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own a firearm, you you know, you go for training, you know what you need to do and how you should conduct. And I mean,
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yes, uh, Julius Malama did it intentionally, right? According to Oscar Ptorius, he didn't do it intentionally,
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but this particular firearm has a safety lock on it. So he you have to override that in order to pull the trigger for
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this bullet to leave the chamber. Okay.
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Okay. So I'm just going to put it out there. Uh if you want to contribute to this conversation, you can. Um
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yeah. So one actually not one one person in many occasions has been reckless
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been reckless and um harmed people not just one person people
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and in the other ones has also been reckless but it didn't harm anyone. No. Okay.
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But this is now the precedent that has been set because obviously Julius Mimm has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.
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So anybody else that thinks of doing it or does do it, that's the sentence that they they should be getting.
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Okay. All right. So basically what we're also trying to say is um there's different standards and there shouldn't be different standards as well.
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Yeah. Okay.
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All right. So that is quite a loaded topic. Um I'm going to go into something
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a little bit less loaded. Um I I read recently that there's name changes coming to Johannesburg. I know that's
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not a favorite topic of many people as well because why why would you want to do that?
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Well, especially for businesses because the thing is um you have to change all your stationery.
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Um lots of people still use the old names. Obviously now it's been quite a few years like in places like Durban and
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uh that it has been changed but it takes it takes some time. Yes. To get used to it.
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To get used to it. I mean to update everything. It costs money just to change it the on the maps like Google maps and stuff. Exactly. Yes.
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So yeah.
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Okay. But um so why is this happening um in Johannesburg city center? Well, basically they're paying tribute to the
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu and um they're actually honoring they're aiming to honor him and his lifelong commitment to
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social justice by creating highquality public spaces that are and I'm actually quoting what the what's been said um
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highquality public spaces that are welcoming, walkable, safe and accessible
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to all as des Bishop Desmond Tut who has played an important role in South Africa's transition to democracy and he
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remained a steadfast advocate for human dignity equality and social cohesion throughout his life.
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So where exactly is this place this precinct going to be? Yeah. Where is it? It's a good question.
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It's it's going to be interesting. So it's a new precinct.
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It's not it's going to be a new Yes. is going to No, the streets are there. I went to go um see on the map. I didn't go see in person. I've never been to
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I've actually never been to Joberg in a city. Okay. Ever. You take I need to take you there.
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Do I really need to go though? I'm a bit scared. But I actually saw on the map um it's going to be located in Johannesburg city center, Hillbrow.
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All right.
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Okay. And then it's going to be from the four from the north it'll be Sophie De Brain Street until Commissioner Street until which is the south. Okay.
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And then um bounding it the area from the east would be Claim and Moy Street until Harrison Street in the west. Okay.
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Okay. And then um they're going to also close off a certain street for motor vehicles and turn that into a walkable space.
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Oh, okay. So they're trying to make a safer space for walking.
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For walking, but also obviously upgrading the the inner city so that people like you can go there.
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I'm hoping. I don't know. But like I said, I went to check on a map to see exactly where this place is and then I saw that there's a Sophie de Brain
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Street in this, you know, so this Hillbrow city center, but there's also one in Ptoria Central
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and then after Claim Street towards the east, I noticed that there were streets called Nugget and Blanket Street, which
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actually was quite funny. So yeah, I am interested to go and you maybe see it in person because
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but they do have tours as well. So there's those red bus tours where they go and it's a group of people. Um so
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it's a safe environment as well. So those who are looking to explore Johannesburg, you can, you know, go on a tour. You don't have to go by yourself.
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Um and yeah, so uh one of the other things that I just want to mention is there was something a local event that
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happened that actually became international. It was on like ABC News and I think some other international things. But basically it was a video of
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uh people in traffic. Yeah. In South Africa and they were playing a game of rock paper is the two drivers in their car in in their car in the traffic. Okay.
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And I think it's it's um it's apt for South Africa because alhamdulillah we're always a happy nation. No matter what struggle we have, we can go through co
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we can go through price increases. We can go through everything and we always there's always video circulating about us being very joyous. I mean even the
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fact that that people used to say that when um people are on strike they're happy and they're singing and dancing
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that's you know like that's uh South Africans for you. So that's a little bit of a light-hearted story. If you would
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So, most of us know these examples of etiquette, right? Social etiquette, holding doors open, making eye contact,
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offering polite greetings, um dining etiquette, eating without making a noise, u not chewing with your mouth open, and using appropriate utensils.
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Then there's the etiquette of um professional and business related you know in the corporate environment being
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punctual for meetings not interrupting colleagues and using professional calm tones.
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I think I think there's a lot of etiquette and I'm not sure if we're going to be able to get through everything.
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I honestly don't think we'll be able to but I think let's start inshallah um even if it's with one or two and then
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as the weeks go on we'll introduce more inshallah. inshallah. I think definitely because there's also digital etiquette which is actually called netiquette.
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Um but yes like you said we're going to be expanding on them as well as adding the Islamic values to it. Now first
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before we get into that and even if we do continue throughout the weeks many weeks inshallah amen let's first
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understand what exactly does etiquette mean right so etiquette refers to the established code of polite behavior social norms and
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conventional rules governing social or professional interactions. So it guides how individuals should behave to show
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respect, consideration and proper conduct often ensuring smooth communication and preventing awkwardness
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in a specific setting. Now in Islam, etiquette is known as adab.
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Okay? And that and there's a whole book that uh when you go to Madressa then you learn that all through um from grade one to
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what do they have till grade 12 to wherever I'm not sure cuz right now I I've seen it till grade six is the other okay and
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then that refers to a comprehensive code of conduct good manners morals decency and humaness that covers every aspect of
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a Muslim's life because we know that Islam is a way of life and the and we should be following those rules for
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everyday life. You know, it's not just practicing at a certain time. So yes, this is a holistic system that guides a
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personal relationship with Allah and the interactions with all of creation. Okay.
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And then the key aspects of Islamic etiquette include like I said relationship with Allah which involves having proper respectful and sincere
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conduct when worshshiping such as humility in prayer reciting the Quran with respect and holding the Quran in
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with respect and also having the proper attire when you're making salah and reading the Quran and woodw especially and sincere
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supplication. Okay. And then obviously emulating the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam because adab
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is actually rooted in the sunnah the practices of the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam who was sent to perfect good character and his
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actions and manners are the model for believers.
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Well you said character so that's so adab and go hand in hand basically.
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Are you remembering that Madressa book of Isa? No, but I'm saying it it also goes hand in hand that your etiquette
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and your character are Yes. So, okay. One of the things we'll be talking about and like I said, if not today, in the day in the weeks to come, inshallah, there's social interactions.
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It includes treating others with kindness, respect and empathy, showing um respect to elders, compassion to the young. People always forget that part.
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There always respect to elders but no compassion to the young, greeting with salam, helping the needy, maintaining
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family ties. Then there's the personal the daily personal habits and that's etiquette as well.
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Yeah, it covers personal hygiene, you know, using your right hand for eating, keeping the body clean, speech, truthfulness, avoiding gossip. That is
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an etiquette in its own. Speech, you know, being truthful in your speech and avoiding gossip. Yeah. People don't seem to realize that.
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And then behavior. What do you say? And lying.
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And lying. Yes. Obviously. And modesty in dress, walking, and sitting. Then there's spiritual significance. Good manners.
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They're not just social graces, but a form of worship that is believed to earn the pleasure of Allah and hold heavy weight on the day of judgment.
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So there's examples of adab in daily life, right? Like I said, there's eating, there's greeting, speech, privacy, anger. There's also, which Issa
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is going to mention, um sleeping. He's going to expand on that one. That's an interesting one. Yes, there's sleeping etiquets as well.
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And then like I mentioned, there's um netiquette, the digital um the online
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your online presence. So, I think should we start with that or do you want to go you you find sleeping interesting?
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I find sleeping interesting. I want to know more about sleeping and I'm sure our listeners as well want to know a little bit more about the sleeping etiquette.
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Okay. So Isa you can take it away and tell us the sleeping etiquette. Okay.
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So etiquets of sleeping number one it says sleeping at night is one of the
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many signs of Allah tala. Allah says that he has made sleep for relaxing and
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the night as a cover and the day for normal activity.
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Number two, the doors in the house should be closed and locked.
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Stuff that has food and drink should be covered.
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Number three, if you sleep before reading your isha, it is then a sign of negligence.
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After you have read your ishasah, you shouldn't have useless conversations.
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After doing what you need to do, then you should go and sleep.
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Number four, if you have some necessary work to finish, then you may do so, but
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only after you've read your ishas salah and then going to sleep. But it is also better to finish that work after faj
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salah. Number five, before you lie down on the bed, you should dust it out three
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times properly and then lay down on your right side.
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Number six, when it is time to sleep, you should put your right hand beneath your right cheek.
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Number seven, there is a hadith which says that you should not sleep with one foot on top of the other which results an immodest position.
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Number eight, there's also another hadith which says that Allah tala doesn't like when a person sleeps upside
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down on the stomach. the harm in this posture then then your intestines may become dislodged.
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Number nine, it is good to have a nap in the afternoon. This sleep will
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facilitate waking up for in the early morning. Number 10, when you wake up, you should recite this dua.
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Alhamdulillah.
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All praise is due to Allah who has given us life after death and to him is our return after death. Amen.
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Number 11. After waking up you should make woo thereby cleaning the nose thrice.
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Number 12.
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If you had any pleasant dream, then relate relate it to those whom you have an affection.
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Number 13. If you had a nightmare, then spit thrice on your left side and don't
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tell anybody about that dream. You then should also turn sides before you go
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back to sleep again. Also recite
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Thereafter you should seek protection from the evil in the dream and it won't cause you any harm inshallah. A mean
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inshallah. Amen. Okay. So I noticed that you mentioned um dua after waking up but
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I don't think he mentioned um going to sleep with woodoo like making woodoo going to sleep and reciting your kalimas
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and dua before sleeping. No, he didn't mention that. But um I must say Shukan
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is for that. Um there was a lot of things that are not only just etiquette.
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It's also medically good the way that we sleep that we supposed to conduct ourselves when we go to sleep. And
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obviously like you say, reading your khalas and your duas before you go to bed and then the dua when you're waking up, you're remembering Allah also. We we must remember Allah throughout the day.
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Um I just want to mention something molana dorat molana Ibrahim Ali Dorat
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the founder of radio Islam we just happened to be don't ask me why but on Friday for Juma we landed up in
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Pochstrom right um don't like I said don't ask why we were there but uh we
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were at Masid Sirajul Islam and on the masid board it had another molana was going to give the lecture. When we enter
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the masid, I said but this molana looks familiar and he started talking and you know like and he was talking about what
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what uh caught me was the fact that he kept on saying which of your lord's favors would
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you deny and he started talking about you know the the amount of blood that pumps through our body um all our joints
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the fact that we can see and all that and Allah doesn't send us a bill every month for these things right when you go for a service for your vehicle. um you
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get a bill for it to fix the car and um and we need to make sure that even five times a day, five times is is is not
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even a lot for us to just thank Allah and go down into sujud and make salah and you know like you said remember
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Allah before we go to bed when we wake up those are not just yeah those are not just etiquets it's just
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um you know if if you remember your lord your creator. Subhan Allah. It's gonna
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make so everything so much easier. Then um your interactions with other people during the day are going to be so much easier as well.
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Um that etiquette becomes part of your lifestyle as well. That's so true. Yes.
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Okay. Um so basically you've moved on from um sleeping to which of your Lord's favors can you deny? Okay, I understand.
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Um, so I was actually going to start off with online, but let's do socially, right? Okay. So, we we we mentioned sleeping, right?
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Of course, there's eating. We're not going to expand on that today, right? There's let's let's talk about socially. Okay. Okay.
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What are we starting with? Because um because we were talking about the masid, right? There's a a message that I received on a um on a on a group, right?
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Um where is it? But basically, it's about the the parking situation um at Juma, right?
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Specifically for for Juma Salah because there it's it's become a big problem especially in uh suburbs where there are
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massages. Alhamdulillah, there's massages everywhere. And for us as travelers, it makes it very easy for us.
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Like we just landed up in Poch and there was a masid there and a female section as well.
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Alhamdulillah. But it it becomes very difficult when it's in a suburb where um there's not enough parking, right? So so
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there's houses surrounding it and we know the the objections from the community sometimes because of this
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problem. Um so they said this is the message it was what ideas could help improve traffic management both by
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organizers as well as parkers. So one is a park and ride system. Okay.
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Okay. Which I think could work in certain places but um how would that work? because everyone is
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coming from different directions, different places, and they all obviously need to get to the masjid before the
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time for a certain amount of people. It can reduce the amount of vehicles that are coming. Even if it's two, three, five
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vehicles that are not coming and people come in a park and ride service.
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Okay? So you should actually say um go to your neighbors, go to your community, go to um maybe if you're in a in a
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company, find out who else is Muslim and is going um for for Juma, then say okay, we should share a ride.
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So that's just one car from that company, that community, that neighborhood going into Okay. Or that home. Okay.
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Yeah. So you could park your street.
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That's just like a car pooling. But basically, park and ride would be you park at a specific place and then you take like a like a shuttle service to the masid.
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Okay. I think that's a bit fancy though.
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No, I mean like say it's like at a mall or something that's close to the masid and then this shuttle service would obviously take you there.
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Okay. Um then they said multiple Jumas which becomes very difficult because um you know you have a second Jamaat or a
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third Jamaat or whatever but there are alhamdulillah here in South Africa I'm not sure where this message came from but here in South Africa we have
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multiple masids in a certain area we do have um there are certain places
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that do have multiple uh jamats I have seen they do but there are places where um okay no I'm
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actually thinking of um they they're taking the ladies section but that doesn't help with the parking no but um for example in in like the
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area in the north like like say Val Mashid will start uh Juma at like 12:40 but then if you move further up to
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Nisamia which is not far away they start juma at like quart 1 okay you know so there is the time difference as well.
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Okay. So, um that takes care of the multiple jamats. Okay.
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Right. Um traffic flow routes.
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So, you know, I've seen some of the mashids they have like a oneway. So, there in green side the mashid there's a oneway uh in front of the masid. Okay.
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So, that also alleviates the traffic congestion.
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That's good. Okay. But what about um double parking? Okay. So, so that is one
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of the things that I that I saw parking and traffic management training or e-learning and I think that needs to
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come from the mids themselves because um it it needs to be said that you know you can't park in somebody because you late.
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You can't just block somebody in or park in somebody's driveway.
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Um you need to be considered you're going somebody's driveway. You cannot park someone else in just because you are late.
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Yeah, because you Yes, we all going there to make salah. And yes, there could be a number of reasons why you're late. Um,
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we're not saying that, you know, anything could have happened and you could be late. We're not saying that you did it deliberately.
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Um, but there is etiquette involved. like you said the I mean the mere fact that that we are told
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that even if you're late for salah you mustn't run it's an etiquette so in the same way you shouldn't block a person in if you need
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to park you know quite far and you need to walk um it's it's one of those things Allah knows your intention Allah knows
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that you've made the intention to come for the salah you've taken your time out of the day and you will make your salah once you get to the masid inshallah so I
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think That's quite quite a lot of um things that that they've discussed. Um and then
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one of the other things is like you said in this precinct. Yes. Um they made a walkable infrastructure. Okay.
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So if they make that as well around the masid where it's easy for people to walk
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from their homes from work and they have sufficient space. I think a lot of the time masids are built um with the
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intention of obviously you know filling up the masid and it reaches a capacity where there isn't an infrastructure for
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parking or even um for people to walk to to the masid. Um so that also needs to
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be looked at when when uh building the masid. Now the masids that are there they need to obviously look at ways in
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which they can make it easier for people to manage this traffic congestion and the parking situation.
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I also think like like you said um the training needs to be there not just you know for um people outside to help
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people uh you know parking assist basically traffic.
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Yeah. traffic marshals but also for the actual Malalis maybe on the same day Friday when they're all coming together
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maybe you know explain and and so that they can actually take that etiquette with them not just to the masid because
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parking sometimes is a big problem not just mid you know in in neighborhoods in in in in complexes
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with your neighbors I mean there's a lot of people who park their neighbors in or get their guests to park their neighbors in
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or in their driveway or in their driveway and it makes it very difficult and our entire Islamic
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values and morals is basically also making treating others uh properly as well you know
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clearing a path for others as well so and being considerate to others. So yes,
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in terms of you know uh um socially there's that parking in the mus etiquette there's actually there you haven't even touched on mus etiquette.
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Yeah but I think uh we're running out of time already really. Okay. So, we won't there is a lot more etiquets that um we were
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supposed to touch on and like I said there's online etiquette that I really want to get into but inshallah maybe in a tech show in
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but um like you said uh our time has always you know come to an end but right
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now we also need to remember that etiquette isn't about being perfect it's about being respectful aware and kind in
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how we show up in every space you know whether it's in person whether it's at the mazjid whether it's sleeping or
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whether it's online and um you know we learned about adab as well in essence adab transforms everyday actions into
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acts of worship helping a Muslim build a character their which is pleasing to Allah and beneficial to society.
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