Abdal Hakim Murad – Ibrahim (as), the Archetypal Imam

Abdal Hakim Murad
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The transcript describes the history and culture of Islam, including the importance of acceptance and faith in Islam. The speakers discuss the various ways in which Islam is recognized and valued, including praying, attending events, and being recognized. They also mention the importance of acceptance and faith in Islam in modern times.

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			Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim. Salam
aleikum, everyone from the prayer
		
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			room here at the Cambridge Muslim
college. So in the Adel Aadhaar,
		
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			we tend to think of things
Abrahamic. It's the festival,
		
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			which reminds us of that ancient
patriarch and his importance in
		
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			our deen and the Hajj itself is an
enactment of some of the key
		
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			iconic moments in his career and
that of Warner Hajj and hazrat
		
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			Ismail Ali, he was silent. And
Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			Test Ibrahim, in ways that we can
learn from, after all, he is
		
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			rejected by his own father, his
ruler, Nimrod, throws him out,
		
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			tries to kill him persecutes him,
the city fathers of his town,
		
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			chuck him out is really the
archetype of the refugee and the
		
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			asylum seeker out in the desert.
Rather like those who are now
		
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			struggling to cross the channel or
to cross the various tripwires in
		
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			an unfriendly Europe, he is out
there with really no allies at
		
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			all, except Robin Alameen. Allah
subhanho wa Taala after the
		
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			greatest test of all, when it must
have seen that even heaven had
		
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			turned against him, and he was
really alone when he was told to
		
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			sacrifice his own son.
		
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			And he succeeded in fulfilling the
words that attend Mohan. Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala then tell us in in
Niger a locally Nursey mama
		
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			appointing you to be an imam
leader is one of the few times
		
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			where the word Imam actually
appears in the Quran is only about
		
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			half a dozen times. And here,
Ibrahim alayhis salaam is the
		
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			parodic Matic archetypal imam in
the original Arabic sense of the
		
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			word which is not just a leader,
but a model and an exemplar, that
		
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			original Arabic the word meant
somebody who is followed rather
		
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			like the Imam of the mosque is
followed by others is a prayer
		
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			leader, but basically he is there
to coordinate the movement to the
		
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			prayer so Sydney Ibrahim alayhis
salam who's gigantic sacrifices
		
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			for the one true God, we recall
and celebrate and humbly
		
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			internalize at this time of the
year with our various symbolic
		
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			sacrifices, whether it be on the
Hajj, or with our core banni. Here
		
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			at home, reminds us that the life
of faith for Abrahamic believers
		
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			is not supposed to be an easy
ride. There has always been Osama
		
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			phobia he faced it. There has
always been regimes who smack you
		
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			around, he faced that there has
always been problems with parental
		
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			incomprehension. There have always
been tests that heaven sends to
		
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			us. That sometimes seemed to make
no sense. Lucia Allah, why did you
		
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			do this? Why did you take my baby?
Why have I got toothache? Why is
		
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			this happening to those people and
we tend to interrogate heaven,
		
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			which is ignorance because heavens
wisdom is absolute and our
		
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			perception of things is radically
limited. But still, we protest but
		
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			the way of Abrahamic religion is
surrender, submit for lemma, s
		
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			lemma, Ibrahim and Ismail, Allah
He must allow together because his
		
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			man knew what was coming. He saw
the knife being sharpened, they
		
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			surrendered as lemma. That is the
victory, a base yourself in
		
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			scheduled and complete
unhesitating loving embrace of the
		
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			decree of heaven. And the most
extraordinary outcomes can take
		
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			place. And this is the test that
Abrahamic tests for Muslims in
		
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			northern Britain, modern Europe
and around the world, we protest
		
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			too much. We shout too much. We
interrogate heaven, we say we have
		
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			been abandoned. They're all
ganging up on us. But we've missed
		
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			this founding story of our
tradition, which is that things in
		
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			history and in the soul don't
follow the usual material, logic
		
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			of cause and effect. Everything is
determined by the Hand of the
		
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			Divine. So if we surrender, we
accept the Divine Decree, we
		
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			continue to be Imam. In other
words, righteous role models and
		
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			leaders for our communities,
people others can look up to
		
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			people who they can lean on and
rely on and not let them down.
		
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			Then we can see the doors of
Allah's Grace opening and
		
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			miraculous new things happening
with this Alma and you see it on a
		
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			small scale. You see it in some
places on a larger community
		
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			scale. But it's about time that
the OMA returned to the way of
		
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			stating that Ibrahim alayhis salam
that this is all mapped up for it
		
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			out for us in the beautiful
symbolism of the hygiene which we
		
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			swept and we run and we stop and
we stand and all these really
		
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			exhausting things in order to slap
us around a little bit so that we
		
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			recognize the meaning and the
value and the beauty, the unique
		
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			beauty of submission and accepting
the commands of Allah after that
		
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			There is the buyer and there is
the age there is the feasting
		
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			there is the community spirit and
a new year begins. So may Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala make this spirit
dominant in our hearts, that we
		
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			accept his wisdom and not rely on
our wisdom that we hand things
		
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			over to him that we do not fear
any other than Him. And that will
		
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			be people of hope, knowing that
the gates have an extraordinary
		
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			progeny. Look at what Sedna
Ibrahim alayhis salaam was given
		
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			his Alma not just his Doria, his
physical descendants, but all
		
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			those who say alayhis salam after
his name more numerous than the
		
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			stars of the sky, this
extraordinary fat opening. This
		
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			too can come to each and every one
of us if only we step in his
		
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			blessed footsteps and accept
Allah's wisdom or not our wisdom
		
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			and inshallah this will be our
takeaway from this aid.
		
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			And it will be the spirit with
which we embrace family and loved
		
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			ones and inshallah face with
confidence and trust. The
		
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			challenge is that the new year
will bring so many blessings to
		
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			all of you from our little team
here at the little college here in
		
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			Cambridge. We will be praying for
you and we look forward to your
		
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			prayers and to your visit insha
Allah and any contributions that
		
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			you might be able to make to this
small but we think very important
		
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			little new shoot that one day will
grow into a mighty sheltering oak.
		
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			So may Allah accept everything
that you have done and all of the
		
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			Hajj of those who are on the Hajj
and inshallah open the doors of
		
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			plenty and blessing and acceptance
and fit victory for all of the
		
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			Muslims insha Allah in the who
Allah Delica Kadir will bill each
		
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			other teacher dear BarakAllahu li
Walakum wa salam o aleikum wa
		
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			rahmatullah Cambridge Muslim
College, training the next
		
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			generation of Muslim thinkers