Fariq Naik – Is a Student of Shaikh Ahmad Deedat
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Is doctor Zakir Naik a student of the
blessed
Sheikh Ahmed Dida?
What does
a student mean or what does a student
refer to? Previously,
during the olden days at the time of
the prophet, the Sahaba, the
100 of years a few 100 years ago
when science was not that advanced,
a student
referred to a person who physically studied under
a teacher
because there was nothing as online videos
and the use of cameras to record videos
and online class. All of these were not
available previously
during the olden days.
So a person, if you wanted to be
a student, he had to physically study under
teacher. But now after
technology has advanced,
a person
can study offline
and online as well. A person can be
a student offline and online as well.
A person can study physically under a teacher
or a person can study online as well
by doing certain courses,
by watching the videos of the instructor of
the teacher,
by referring to the material of the instructor
of the teacher. Even such a person will
be considered as a student.
Now as far as my father, doctor Zakir
Naik is concerned,
he did not physically study under Sheikh Ahmed
Dida for a long duration of time. He
just met him a few times. He was
inspired by Sheikh Ahmed Dida, but he did
not do any particular course except for a
short course that was a 2 hours course
related to Dawah.
But besides this, he did not attend
any course wherein he went to wherein he
studied under Sheikh Ahmed Didda.
He was inspired by him. He met him
a few times and he learned several things
from him. He watched his video cassettes
and he took he learned a lot from
sheikh Ahmadinejad when he met him, and he
asked him for his advice as far as
dawah is concerned. So in this sense, he
was a student of sheikh Ahmadinejad.
But
if
you are asking
as far as him being a student, when
he physically studied under sheikh Ahmad Didad for
a long duration of time or he did
a particular course, a long course with sheikh
hamadidat, this was not done by my father.
Sheik hamadidat
was instrumental
as far as
my father
becoming a full time die is concerned.
And
one of the incidences
that comes to my mind
regarding the meeting of my father with Sheikh
Ahmed Diddat from among the various meetings that
he had is that he my father, he
asked Sheikh Hammadiddath
that uncle,
why are you so tough when you do
dawah? So sheikh said
that you can fight the devil in 2
ways, with holy water or with fire. I
have chosen the fire. And he said, I
am militant, son. I'm not harsh. So my
father asked him, mother, why are you so
harsh, uncle, in a nice way? Why are
you so tough? So he said, sheikh and
madi had said that I am militant.
So there are various techniques and strategies of
doing dawah. Sometimes you have to talk in
a gentle way. Sometimes you have to be
tough with the non Muslims.
So there are strategies of doing dawah.
And sheikh Ahmadinejad Alhamdulillah, he was impressed
by the dawah activities that my father is
doing. That he gave him a plaque
on which it was written.
And this is, alhamdulillah, one of the most
valuable
awards or the gifts that my father has.
And it is written on the plaque,
son, what you have done in 4 years
took me 40 years to accomplish
with the thumb impressions of Sheikh Ahmed Dida.
This was given by Sheikh Ahmed Dida to
my father.
So a person can be a student of
a teacher
even if he studies online.
We have the Alida platform wherein course of
sheikh hai madiddaat
are present,
are available. So a person if he does
these courses, he's a student of Sheikh Ahmedidat.
If a person does course of my father
on Al Hidaya, he is considered as a
student of my father. So the terminology
of being a student, it is very vast
and it can include
various aspects. So I hope that answers your
question.