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~25~ then seek refuge with Allah. You should pray a lot to come under Allah’s protection. We should say the prayer: o ِ اَعُوْذ ُ بَاللّٰہ ِ مَن ِ الشَّیْطٰن ِ الرَّجَیْم ‘ I seek refuge with Allah against Satan the accursed ’ Say: لَاحَوْل َ وَلَا قُوَّۃ َ اِلَّا بِاللّٰہ ‘There is no might nor power except through Allah’ Allah, Who sees and listens, gives us hope that if a prayer is made with sincerity of intent, God certainly listens. ” • Friday sermon delivered 18 October 2013 at Baitul Huda Mosque, Sydney, Australia • Published AlFazl International 08 November 2013 On several occasions Huzoor-e-Anwar has advised us to avoid vain things (which include TV and the Internet). At the occasion of Lajna Ima’illah Ijtema in Germany, he (aba) said: “Then there is idle and vain talk. I especially need to draw the attention of young children towards the fact that idle talk is not merely conversations carried on by elderly women, who do it and should abstain from it. However, TV and Internet are now considered vain for the girls between the ages of 10 to 12 years old and young ladies, as well. If you are spending your entire day watching programs which contain no moral lesson, then this amounts to a vain and useless activity. Furthermore, on the Internet, you sometimes visit such sites from where there is no point of return and this continuously spreads immorality. Sometimes such cases are reported in which girls are trapped by boys in wrong groups and have to leave their homes; thus, becoming a disgrace for their families and the Jama’at. Therefore, it is extremely important to save yourself from the Internet etc. Other than this, there are many other programs on the Internet that poison minds. There are many immoral programs on TV. Parents should block such channels, which leave a filthy effect