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It's real
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pleasure to, be with you,
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in this 3 consecutive,
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days
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in which we are going to talk about
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the issue of the day
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or the issue of the hour
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about
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the nature
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of our faith
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and the challenge
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of
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radicalization
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or
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violent extremism
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or
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so many names were given to
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describe this phenomenon.
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East and West,
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Last month
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alone,
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I was in Australia
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and then India
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and then
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Brussels.
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The same day
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of the attack,
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the grand Mufti and myself were
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80
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800 meters away
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from the second blast in the, subway station,
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800 meters away
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in the heart of the European Parliament.
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So
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everybody knows we are living at difficult times.
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And, I'm sure,
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yesterday,
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when candidate
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Trump was around, everybody felt that
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difficult times are ahead of us.
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And as Muslims, we should not
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get
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so surprised
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because of these difficult times. We are in
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the Quran have been promised
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over and over again that we will be
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visited with hardships and difficulties.
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As a matter of fact, the Koran beautifully
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sums up
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life as
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an abode of testing.
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It is a testing ground.
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And man
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was created in toil.
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Man has to
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work hard
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and work at
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odds and difficult circumstances,
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so that
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when he or she tries to please God
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on earth,
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he is promised
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eternal happiness.
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So we should not get surprised
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by these difficult
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occurrences
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and difficult happenings and difficult events,
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but we should maintain an attitude.
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This is
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what defines a Muslim.
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It's that even though
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we are living
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at difficult times, but we should maintain an
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attitude,
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an attitude of positive
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attitude, an attitude of hope,
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and attitude of responsibility.
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We should own the situation and we should
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try
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to discuss it among ourselves and see what
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we can do together.
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Can we do something
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in the face of
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so many challenges we are
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encountering?
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And the answer is always yes, we can
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definitely
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do something about these difficult
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circumstances.
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I believe that the first step that we
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should do
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is that we should
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honestly
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discuss among ourselves
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what went wrong,
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how we can
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get back to the genuine,
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correct,
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authoritative
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understanding
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of our faith,
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how we can address this phenomenon of radicalization
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and extremism,
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which
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by way of honesty also, we have to
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face it,
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that a
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large
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part of the Muslim population,
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unfortunately,
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fell prey
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to this disease of radicalization,
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how we can immune
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or immunize ourselves from falling prey to radicalization,
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how can we win our children back
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to the genuine understanding
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of the faith.
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There are so many
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misconceptions
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about our face,
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misconceptions
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from within, and misconceptions
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from
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without, from the external
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factors.
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And there is no end for misconception, because
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if you misunderstand
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a certain part of the faith, you will
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make it a misconception.
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And unfortunately,
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at
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this
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fast
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pace
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of the social media outlets,
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Internet,
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communications,
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misconceptions
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are on the rise,
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especially
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about our faith.
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So what we are trying to do in
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these 3 consecutive
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nights, inshallah,
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1 hour each night,
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we're going to openly
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discuss
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these questions
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and hopefully I will try to be very
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brief and try to give some
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time for interaction.
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And I would really
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hope that each and every one of you
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opens up to this
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sensitive important issue.
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If you have any questions,
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of course there will be
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no time to answer each and every question
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about this important presentation,
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but I
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am committed
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to take your questions and feedback
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because
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eventually
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what we hope to do is we would
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like to transform
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this
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compact
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presentation
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into a full fledged program
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where we can
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share it, it is replicated in other
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mosques,
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about
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the the true nature of our faith and
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the peril
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or the threat of radicalization.
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So I hope,
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Insha'Allah,
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that you also share this commitment
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by
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coming
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to
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to other sessions and also
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interact and engage and discuss
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it with your children
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or with your friends
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because as I said, this is the issue
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of the time. We need
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to own
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to have this ownership of the situation,
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honestly and transparently
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discuss
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what went wrong,
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get to the bottom or the genuine
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understanding
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of our faith,
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and immunize ourselves
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and our
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children
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from the threat of radicalization.
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So
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let us start the the breakdown of of
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the sessions will be
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certain
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bullet points.
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Okay, so hopefully
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tonight inshallah, this evening, we are going to
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cover
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5 points
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that
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essentially
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lead
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to
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a genuine understanding
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of our faith,
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an authoritative
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understanding of Islam.
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And after we finish, there are 10 points,
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10 bullet points. We'll
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have 5 points
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this evening, 5 points
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tomorrow's evening, inshallah.
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And the last
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part
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will be dedicated to dismantling
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radical ideas.
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Before
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we
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elaborate on
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the 5 points,
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this evening,
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I just want to remind myself and to
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you,
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my brothers and sisters,
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with 2 verses
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from the Quran
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which
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define us as,
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Muslim community.
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This
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is the,
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the first
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verse
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chapter
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3 verse 1
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110
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that says, you, meaning
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the Muslim community, are the best community
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brought
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forth for the man.
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And here, the Quran reminds us
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that
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there is essentially
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goodness
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This carries
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some
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thank you.
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General
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application. So Muslim community
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shall be good.
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There is goodness
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in Muslim community.
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This was true at the time of the
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prophet, is true right now, and will be
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true in the future. Even though
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there are
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imminent
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problems,
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stereotypes,
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difficulties,
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but still this there is goodness
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in the Muslim community.
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And this is supported again by one of
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the Prophet's
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teachings.
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He said,
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there is goodness in me and my community
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till the end of time.
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This goodness
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is stipulated
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by doing some homework.
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We are
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we are going to be good as long
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as
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we do certain things.
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So the completion of the verse
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says,
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you are the best community
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that was
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raised in humankind
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because you believe in God,
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you enjoying what is good, and you forbid
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what is evil.
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So these are the criteria of goodness.
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And part of enjoying what is good and
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forbidding what is evil is that we have
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to apply to ourselves first.
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We have to see, and
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honestly see
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what has gone wrong.
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So that
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when we try
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to
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better ourselves and better our communities and better
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our families,
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we
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become
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true
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to the criteria set by this verse.
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We are
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good as long as
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we do some positive work,
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as long as we rely on God.
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Because regardless
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of the difficulties and dangers
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and problems we are having,
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we have to be assured
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that
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God or Allah is still in control.
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God is in control.
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Regardless of the chaotic situations
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in many parts of the world,
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God is in control.
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You believe in God. You believe in Allah.
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That's the first step.
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And the second step
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is that we correct
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what went wrong. We try if we slip,
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if we run into
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obstacles
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and problems,
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we
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try to correct ourselves.
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The second verse,
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this is again a very important verse
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regarding the theme
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that I choose
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upholding
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moderation
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and resisting
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radicalization,
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where Allah says in chapter 2
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verse 100143,
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thus we have made you
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a justly, balanced community.
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In Arabic.
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So this moderation is not an option.
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It is not something that,
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all of a sudden we decided to
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adopt.
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This is a divine mandate
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for Muslims, that you are a community of
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moderation.
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Who
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is declaring this statement?
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Who?
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It's you.
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Allah is declaring it. You
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are a community of moderation.
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So this moderation is not
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a matter of choice.
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It is actually an imperative. It is a
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mandate from
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that you are a community of moderation,
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that you never resort to extremes
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as a community.
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But it doesn't mean that each and everybody
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will resort to this
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way of moderation.
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Indeed,
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few
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fringes, few radicals
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will resort to extremes.
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So we have a global we have a
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collective mandate.
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For those who
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go to extremes,
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we have a mandate to bring them
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back to the middle way,
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to the path of moderation.
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This is the mission statement for Muslims,
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that the majority of the Muslim community
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naturally
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is on the middle path.
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Few of them
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go to extremes,
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we should not let them
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on the extremes, rather we have a mandate,
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we have a homework
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as a community
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to win them over, to
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win them back to the middle path.
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With this,
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we are we are going to start
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our 5 points
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for,
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this evening,
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and
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they are bullet points. Of course, they will
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require further
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explanation,
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but we are going to try, as I
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have said, we are going to try to
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highlight these bullet points and leave
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the,
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the discussion and the interaction
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to the question and answer session.
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So the first point, if you have this
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write up,
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I wrote
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as Muslims I'm sorry. As
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Muslims. It says a Muslims. As Muslims
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as Muslims,
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we should not lose
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sight of the lofty goals of all religions
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and faith traditions.
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Okay?
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And I'm going to explain what
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are the lofty goals of all religions and
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faith traditions
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as mentioned
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in the Quran,
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and as well as the higher purposes of
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Islamic law.
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What are
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the lofty goals
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or the higher goals of religions as perceived
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in the Quran?
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There are
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about 12 verses
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which were
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read over and over.
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You'll find them in the Quran. Over and
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over, they'll talk about
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3
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higher goals
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of
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Islam
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as a faith
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tradition, as well
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as all religions.
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Three higher goals.
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The first is worshiping God.
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So all religions
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came to assert
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the importance
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of worshiping God.
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As a matter of fact,
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this is the
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purpose
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why Allah put us on this earth,
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is to worship.
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Okay?
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And,
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of course, we can talk about worship and
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its meaning, and it is very inclusive,
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it is not just about prayer or fasting
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or making pilgrimage, it is actually each and
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every movement
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that you do
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to please
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God, that is the first condition,
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and that is done in accordance
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with faith,
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what Islam is all about, what faith is
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all about.
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These are the 2 conditions. If you do
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them, in each and every movement,
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you are getting reward
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because you are actually executing
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and implementing
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worship,
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Ibadan.
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So, as a matter of fact,
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we are here
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to
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discuss things about our faith.
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If we are here
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sincerely for this purpose
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and we are doing it in a manner
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that is pleasing God, we are going to,
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you
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know, execute
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the very meaning of our battle.
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Okay?
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So
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number 1 is our battle.
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This is something that we all know.
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But look at the other 2.
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Okay? The other 2
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lofty goals of all religions
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is
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Tasgia, and Tasgia means to purify yourself,
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purification
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of the Self.
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This is a higher goal of all religions.
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So we are not just talking about
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formalities,
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we are talking about
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inner purification,
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that each and everyone
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need to work
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with his or herself.
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Because
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if you cleanse what is inside,
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the other job is going to be easier.
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Okay?
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So you have to fight your own ego.
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You have to cleanse yourself
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from all bad feelings.
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You have to fill
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because this process of tazkir,
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and again, this is something that we can
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talk about for days days,
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it involves
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2 things, taking out bad
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stuff
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and putting good stuff in your heart.
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Okay?
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So
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this process
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is very integral
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to all faith traditions,
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particularly
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Islam. And unfortunately,
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because we are
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talking about the theme of moderation and
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extremism,
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unfortunately, part of the reasons why
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extremism
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is on the rise because of the neglect
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of this important factor,
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of working
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hard on yourself.
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And this, as a matter of fact,
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if you if you look at one of
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the
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most important
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hadith,
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prophetic teachings of the Prophet, that was
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given to us.
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Okay?
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You know the famous Hadith of Jibril.
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He came and asked the Prophet
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4 questions.
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The first question is,
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what is
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Islam?
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1st is, what is Islam?
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Okay. And he answered by saying the 5
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pillars.
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Islam is to testify that there is no
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God
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but Allah,
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and that Muhammad
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is one of the messengers
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of God,
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is to pray 5 times a day,
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is to
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to give alms,
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number 4, to fast
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during the month of Ramadan,
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and number 5, to go to pilgrimage if
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you are capable of making the journey.
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That is the outward expression of Islam.
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But there is a higher level.
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So the second question was about,
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what is
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imam? What is belief?
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So he started
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telling
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the person,
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Sayyidina Jibril, that belief is to believe in,
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first
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Yes. Number 2, the angels and the last
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day
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on the books, messengers, and the Kaaba, the
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predestination
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that everything is predestined by God.
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These are the 6 pillars of faith.
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And yet, there is a another higher level.
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And this is mind me,
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this is a level that we
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do not talk about much. And this level
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of,
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the Arabic word is ghasan.
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To feel the presence of God.
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To feel that Allah is watching over us.
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That's the level
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that is meant by purification.
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To have the consciousness
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of Allah.
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That he is monitoring you all the time,
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that you ought to develop
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awe
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and fear of him all the time.
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This is purification.
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And the third aspect that is also less
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talked about,
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the third goal is Umran.
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And I prefer to
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retain the Arabic word because
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there is not one single
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equivalent
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for this word in English. What does Umran
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means?
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Umran.
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Umran
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means
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development,
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construction,
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positiveness.
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It means
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responsibility,
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vice guarantee.
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It means
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contribution.
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It means
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building.
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It means
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bettering
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the life,
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making the life better,
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habitable.
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This
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all these meanings are contained in the Arabic
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word,
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Umrah.
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In other words,
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one of the higher goals
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of faith of Islam,
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and all, as I said, we're talking about
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faith traditions,
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is that a human being, when Allah puts
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him on
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earth, he is obliged,
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he is commanded
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to contribute
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positively
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to make this life
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better,
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to develop
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the life,
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to do some
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work, to make it a better,
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a bold
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for human being.
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The
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single
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objective of the person that he is here
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just to worship God,
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so he goes to prayer all the time,
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to fast, and he every other month, he
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goes to make Umrah, and that's it.
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That is a crooked understanding
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of what faith is all about.
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Okay? So
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1 third
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1 third of this faith
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is this
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shared responsibility
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to constructively
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develop the Earth.
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Okay?
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To do some positive work
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so that you can make
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life on this earth
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better
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in the sight of God.
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Okay?
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These
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3 higher goals,
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unfortunately,
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were neglected in the minds of Muslims.
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And this has caused
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these phenomena
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of
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extremist ideologies and extremist talk, rhetoric.
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Okay?
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In our engagement and in our effort
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to come to the middle path, in our
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effort to rediscover the genuine Islam,
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we should remember these higher goals.
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Worship
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and then
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work on yourself, purify
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yourself.
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And what are you going
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or what
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are you doing
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to make this life better?
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What kind of positive work you are putting?
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Each one according to his or her ability.
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Okay? Physicians, they are trying to do some
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positive work
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to respond to the ailment of people.
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Engineers, they are building
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and expanding.
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Religious
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scholars, they are teaching and imparting knowledge
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to the people, and so on and so
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forth.
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And we cannot ridicule
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or belittle any kind of work.
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Each and every
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each and every one of us needs
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each other, some way or another.
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So
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someone who devotes his entire life
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to worship alone
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is a crooked
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understanding of what faith is all about.
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So
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these are the 2 the 3
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higher goals
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and, of course, each and every one
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of these higher goals is supported by verses
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from the Quran.
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There is another aspect also.
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It's called Maqas of the Sharia,
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the higher purposes of Islamic law.
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And the scholars have talked about 5 higher
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purposes of Islamic
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law.
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Preservation of life.
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Life is so sacred.
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Life of a human being, we're not talking
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about
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Muslim
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blood or non Muslim
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blood. Human life.
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It's it's in Arabic, nafs, human soul,
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is sacred.
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And the highest
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objective of Islamic law, of Sharia law,
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is the preservation
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of this human life.
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To such an extent,
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I will share with you just one prophetic
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teaching.
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Maybe it will be surprising
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for some of you,
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but this is how Islam
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asserts
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the sacredness and sanctity
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of the human life.
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So one time, the Prophet
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was
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going around
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the Kaaba.
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Okay?
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And all of a sudden, he stopped.
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He was walking, so he stopped, and he
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looked at
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the Sacred House.
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And looking at the sacred house is a
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00:30:07
form of worship.
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00:30:08
Okay?
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00:30:11
So he looked at it
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and said,
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by Allah,
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00:30:16
I know
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that you are Okay.
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So
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Okay.
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00:30:37
So this is the most sacred place.
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00:30:39
Yeah. And our hearts,
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00:30:42
whenever we talk about Kaaba,
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00:30:44
you know,
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00:30:47
it tries to jump out of yearness and
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00:30:48
longness
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00:30:49
to go there.
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00:30:52
And now the Prophet is saying that that
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00:30:53
human blood
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00:30:56
is more sacred in the sight of God
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00:30:57
than
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00:30:58
this
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00:31:00
sacred place.
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00:31:03
Okay? So all
00:31:04 -->
00:31:04
rulings
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00:31:06
of shari'an came primarily
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00:31:08
to preserve
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00:31:11
the human life.
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00:31:13
So
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00:31:18
all these ridiculous actions and barbaric actions of
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00:31:20
killing people and and,
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00:31:22
suicide bombing,
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00:31:23
it is,
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00:31:23
again,
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00:31:26
a crooked understanding
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00:31:27
of
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00:31:30
the shari'a and Deen.
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00:31:32
Because because
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00:31:35
even in terms of priority,
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00:31:37
okay,
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00:31:39
scholars discuss
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00:31:41
these 5
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00:31:45
higher purposes of Islamic law, and they prioritize
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00:31:46
them.
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00:31:49
Number 1 is the preservation of the human
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00:31:50
life.
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00:31:51
It comes
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00:31:53
before each and everything.
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00:31:55
The sacredness
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00:31:57
of the human life.
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00:31:59
Preservation
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00:32:00
of the human intellect.
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00:32:03
Intellect is very important
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00:32:06
because when we pray, when we do each
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00:32:09
and everything, we need the intellect. We need
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00:32:11
to preserve the intellect.
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00:32:15
And then preservation of freedom of religion.
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00:32:20
And then the preservation of family relations. Family
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00:32:21
is so important
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00:32:22
in Islam.
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00:32:25
And then the preservation of private property.
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00:32:31
Each and every action of Muslims,
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00:32:32
individuals,
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00:32:34
groups, communities,
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00:32:36
each and everything
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00:32:37
has to bear in mind
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00:32:41
these 5 higher purposes.
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00:32:43
Are we complying
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00:32:45
with these 5 higher purposes?
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00:32:49
Are we abiding by these 5 higher purposes?
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00:32:51
Or are we negating
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00:32:54
them
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00:32:56
by one way or another?
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00:33:00
So as Muslims,
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00:33:02
we need
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00:33:03
to measure
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00:33:04
our
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00:33:07
actions
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00:33:08
with
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00:33:10
the three goals of religions
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00:33:14
and the 5 higher purposes of Islamic law.
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00:33:17
So to have this
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00:33:20
sort of
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00:33:21
vision and mission,
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00:33:25
it will keep us on the track.
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00:33:27
So
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00:33:31
any actions that we do, individually or collectively,
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00:33:34
we have to bring
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00:33:36
this mental
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00:33:37
vision
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00:33:41
in front of us.
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00:33:43
Are we true
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00:33:47
to these 3 higher goals
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00:33:48
and these 3
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00:33:50
5 principles or not?
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00:33:52
That is number
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00:33:56
1.
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00:34:03
I mentioned here anything
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00:34:07
that goes against these principles is antithetical
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00:34:10
to the spirit of Islamic law. And this,
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00:34:12
by the way, is not my wording.
00:34:13 -->
00:34:15
These are the wording
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00:34:17
of eminent scholars,
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00:34:19
one generation after another.
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00:34:21
They said
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00:34:24
that each and everything that goes against
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00:34:29
these three goals and 5 higher principles
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00:34:30
or purposes
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00:34:33
of Islam law is not part
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00:34:37
of Sharia even though some people would argue
00:34:37 -->
00:34:37
this,
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00:34:39
but it is not.
00:34:40 -->
00:34:40
Anything
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00:34:42
that
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00:34:43
sheds the blood
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00:34:46
of a human being is not part of
00:34:46 -->
00:34:46
Sharia.
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00:34:49
Even though you will find a lot of
00:34:49 -->
00:34:51
people arguing for this,
00:34:52 -->
00:34:55
there are certain systems and rules
00:34:56 -->
00:34:57
within
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00:34:58
the governments,
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00:34:59
within
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00:35:00
shari'ah,
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00:35:04
like the court system, for example,
00:35:05 -->
00:35:05
that
00:35:07 -->
00:35:09
in case somebody kills someone,
00:35:11 -->
00:35:14
these are the proper channels. But individuals cannot
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00:35:16
do it themselves.
00:35:19 -->
00:35:21
Okay? And I I know that,
00:35:22 -->
00:35:24
some of you might have a lot of
00:35:24 -->
00:35:25
questions, but
00:35:25 -->
00:35:26
hold on.
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00:35:30
We'll go to the second point. If you
00:35:30 -->
00:35:33
have this, I'm going just to read it.
00:35:34 -->
00:35:35
Quran
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00:35:36
represents
00:35:36 -->
00:35:39
the living miracle for Muslims.
00:35:41 -->
00:35:43
The living miracle for Muslims.
00:35:44 -->
00:35:47
Muslims. Living miracle. So it is not a
00:35:47 -->
00:35:51
book about antiquity. It is not an archaic
00:35:51 -->
00:35:51
book.
00:35:52 -->
00:35:53
It is a book
00:35:53 -->
00:35:56
that was given to prophet Muhammad, peace be
00:35:56 -->
00:35:57
upon him,
00:35:57 -->
00:36:00
to be a guide manual
00:36:01 -->
00:36:04
for Muslims until the end of time.
00:36:07 -->
00:36:08
Now,
00:36:08 -->
00:36:10
this is a very important document
00:36:22 -->
00:36:23
If it
00:36:24 -->
00:36:26
If it is a book of guidance, I
00:36:26 -->
00:36:27
need to approach
00:36:29 -->
00:36:29
Quran
00:36:30 -->
00:36:33
in a proper way so that I can
00:36:33 -->
00:36:34
take it
00:36:34 -->
00:36:35
as a guidance manual
00:36:36 -->
00:36:39
for myself and my family and my community
00:36:50 -->
00:36:50
prophet,
00:36:50 -->
00:36:51
peace be upon him,
00:36:52 -->
00:36:55
and the subsequent generations of Muslims.
00:36:56 -->
00:36:58
They did a lot of homework
00:36:59 -->
00:37:00
in developing
00:37:00 -->
00:37:02
disciplines and sciences
00:37:03 -->
00:37:04
to
00:37:05 -->
00:37:05
maximize
00:37:06 -->
00:37:07
the benefit
00:37:09 -->
00:37:10
from the Quran.
00:37:13 -->
00:37:14
Some
00:37:14 -->
00:37:15
scholars
00:37:15 -->
00:37:15
counted
00:37:17 -->
00:37:19
these disciplines and these sciences
00:37:19 -->
00:37:21
to be 32 sciences
00:37:22 -->
00:37:23
that were developed
00:37:24 -->
00:37:25
to
00:37:26 -->
00:37:28
benefit the Muslim communities
00:37:28 -->
00:37:30
on how best
00:37:31 -->
00:37:32
to get the guidance
00:37:33 -->
00:37:33
from the Quran.
00:37:36 -->
00:37:37
K?
00:37:37 -->
00:37:39
Now I'm talking about
00:37:41 -->
00:37:42
a very
00:37:43 -->
00:37:44
tricky problem here.
00:37:48 -->
00:37:48
Okay?
00:37:51 -->
00:37:51
What happened,
00:37:53 -->
00:37:55
with the self acclaimed
00:37:55 -->
00:37:57
Islamic State and other
00:37:58 -->
00:37:59
groups, extremist
00:38:00 -->
00:38:00
groups,
00:38:02 -->
00:38:03
is that they
00:38:04 -->
00:38:04
directly
00:38:05 -->
00:38:06
went to
00:38:07 -->
00:38:08
isolated
00:38:08 -->
00:38:10
individual verses from the Quran.
00:38:11 -->
00:38:12
They opened the Quran,
00:38:14 -->
00:38:15
and
00:38:15 -->
00:38:18
they go to a certain verse,
00:38:19 -->
00:38:22
taking it out from its contexts.
00:38:24 -->
00:38:26
They do not have any knowledge
00:38:28 -->
00:38:29
of these
00:38:29 -->
00:38:31
many disciplines and many sciences
00:38:32 -->
00:38:33
that were developed
00:38:34 -->
00:38:34
to help
00:38:35 -->
00:38:35
Muslims
00:38:36 -->
00:38:37
understand the Quran
00:38:38 -->
00:38:38
effectively
00:38:39 -->
00:38:40
and properly.
00:38:41 -->
00:38:42
And he said,
00:38:43 -->
00:38:43
well,
00:38:44 -->
00:38:44
Allah
00:38:44 -->
00:38:45
said in the Quran
00:38:47 -->
00:38:48
to kill
00:38:49 -->
00:38:50
non Muslims.
00:38:51 -->
00:38:54
Because in chapter so and so, God says
00:38:54 -->
00:38:54
so and
00:38:56 -->
00:38:57
so. Okay.
00:38:58 -->
00:38:59
This is
00:39:00 -->
00:39:01
a crime.
00:39:02 -->
00:39:02
This is
00:39:03 -->
00:39:04
a crime
00:39:05 -->
00:39:07
that is done to the Quran.
00:39:08 -->
00:39:08
A crime
00:39:09 -->
00:39:10
that is done to the Quran.
00:39:13 -->
00:39:14
Because
00:39:15 -->
00:39:16
they have neglected
00:39:18 -->
00:39:20
all of the efforts that were done,
00:39:21 -->
00:39:23
even with the Prophet himself.
00:39:23 -->
00:39:25
Because one of the mandates of the prophets
00:39:28 -->
00:39:30
that was given to him by God is
00:39:30 -->
00:39:32
to explain the Quran.
00:39:40 -->
00:39:42
We have revealed onto you this Quran so
00:39:42 -->
00:39:44
that you explain
00:39:45 -->
00:39:45
explain
00:39:46 -->
00:39:47
the Quran
00:39:47 -->
00:39:48
to the people.
00:39:48 -->
00:39:50
Explain the Quran.
00:39:51 -->
00:39:52
And
00:39:52 -->
00:39:55
the scholars said that the best interpreter
00:39:56 -->
00:39:57
of the Quran
00:39:58 -->
00:39:58
is
00:39:59 -->
00:40:00
the Prophet himself.
00:40:02 -->
00:40:03
The best interpreter.
00:40:05 -->
00:40:06
He did not give
00:40:07 -->
00:40:08
the linguistic
00:40:08 -->
00:40:10
meanings of each and every verse,
00:40:11 -->
00:40:12
but his life pattern,
00:40:13 -->
00:40:13
his guidance,
00:40:15 -->
00:40:16
is the best
00:40:17 -->
00:40:17
interpretation
00:40:18 -->
00:40:18
of the Quran.
00:40:20 -->
00:40:21
Okay?
00:40:21 -->
00:40:23
So if you want to see
00:40:25 -->
00:40:26
the best
00:40:27 -->
00:40:27
translation
00:40:27 -->
00:40:30
of the Quran, look at the Prophet himself
00:40:31 -->
00:40:33
and see. Did the prophet kill
00:40:34 -->
00:40:36
non Muslims or not?
00:40:37 -->
00:40:38
When he went
00:40:38 -->
00:40:41
to his hometown, Mecca,
00:40:42 -->
00:40:43
victoriously,
00:40:44 -->
00:40:45
what did he do?
00:40:47 -->
00:40:50
Forgive. He forgave? Yes, he did. He could
00:40:50 -->
00:40:50
have
00:40:50 -->
00:40:52
killed them all,
00:40:53 -->
00:40:54
but he forgave.
00:40:57 -->
00:40:57
So
00:40:58 -->
00:40:59
what I am saying is that
00:41:00 -->
00:41:02
we need to benefit. If we want to
00:41:02 -->
00:41:04
go to the Quran and understand
00:41:06 -->
00:41:08
the Quran, we need to benefit from the
00:41:08 -->
00:41:09
so many sciences,
00:41:10 -->
00:41:11
so many disciplines,
00:41:11 -->
00:41:13
Muslim scholars have developed
00:41:14 -->
00:41:15
over the centuries,
00:41:15 -->
00:41:16
and they become
00:41:17 -->
00:41:18
standard words
00:41:19 -->
00:41:22
for approaching the Quran in a better way,
00:41:22 -->
00:41:23
in an effective way.
00:41:24 -->
00:41:25
Okay?
00:41:36 -->
00:41:37
Examples of these sciences?
00:41:39 -->
00:41:40
As Bab al Nuzoor.
00:41:41 -->
00:41:44
The causes of the revelation of certain verses.
00:41:44 -->
00:41:46
So there is a historical background.
00:41:47 -->
00:41:50
In order to understand the implications
00:41:50 -->
00:41:53
of this verse, or the who
00:41:53 -->
00:41:55
were the audience
00:41:55 -->
00:41:57
of this verse, you need to
00:41:58 -->
00:41:59
look into
00:41:59 -->
00:42:00
the causes of revelation.
00:42:02 -->
00:42:02
Okay?
00:42:03 -->
00:42:05
When the Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
00:42:05 -->
00:42:08
and this is a legitimate statement, this is
00:42:08 -->
00:42:09
an authentic
00:42:09 -->
00:42:10
statement,
00:42:11 -->
00:42:12
I was ordered
00:42:13 -->
00:42:14
to fight
00:42:15 -->
00:42:16
with the people.
00:42:16 -->
00:42:19
Umerto and oqatil al naz. I was ordered
00:42:19 -->
00:42:20
to fight with the people.
00:42:21 -->
00:42:22
Now these
00:42:22 -->
00:42:24
lunatics and these extremists,
00:42:25 -->
00:42:27
they say, I was ordered to fight with
00:42:27 -->
00:42:28
the people,
00:42:28 -->
00:42:30
so this is a license to fight and
00:42:30 -->
00:42:31
kill everybody.
00:42:32 -->
00:42:33
But if you
00:42:33 -->
00:42:34
look at
00:42:34 -->
00:42:38
this Hezbollah nazul, the head the causes of
00:42:38 -->
00:42:38
revelation,
00:42:39 -->
00:42:40
you will find
00:42:41 -->
00:42:44
that the people here meant the hostile
00:42:45 -->
00:42:45
people
00:42:46 -->
00:42:48
who lived at the time of the prophet
00:42:48 -->
00:42:49
in Mecca.
00:42:51 -->
00:42:53
So this is an important
00:42:55 -->
00:42:55
concession
00:42:56 -->
00:42:57
that will clarify
00:42:58 -->
00:42:59
the whole statement.
00:42:59 -->
00:43:01
So the Prophet, peace be upon him, was
00:43:01 -->
00:43:04
not talking about their people in general.
00:43:05 -->
00:43:06
This was a historical
00:43:06 -->
00:43:09
reference to certain group of people
00:43:10 -->
00:43:13
who were very hostile to his message, who
00:43:14 -->
00:43:16
persecuted him and persecuted
00:43:16 -->
00:43:17
his companions.
00:43:18 -->
00:43:20
But even though
00:43:20 -->
00:43:21
he said this,
00:43:21 -->
00:43:22
he never
00:43:23 -->
00:43:24
was an aggressor.
00:43:25 -->
00:43:25
Rather,
00:43:26 -->
00:43:27
all of his his
00:43:29 -->
00:43:29
fights
00:43:29 -->
00:43:31
were in defense
00:43:32 -->
00:43:32
of
00:43:33 -->
00:43:33
Medina.
00:43:34 -->
00:43:35
So all of these
00:43:37 -->
00:43:40
fighting occurred at his hometown.
00:43:41 -->
00:43:44
Okay? So the causes of revelation is extremely
00:43:44 -->
00:43:45
important.
00:43:45 -->
00:43:47
Katayi and Damni.
00:43:48 -->
00:43:49
Katayi means definitive.
00:43:50 -->
00:43:51
Definitive,
00:43:51 -->
00:43:52
conclusive.
00:43:54 -->
00:43:55
Amzani
00:43:56 -->
00:43:57
means probable.
00:43:57 -->
00:43:59
So, for example,
00:43:59 -->
00:44:02
when the Quran says, kulu washrabu walatusrifu.
00:44:03 -->
00:44:04
Kulu washrabu,
00:44:04 -->
00:44:05
eat and drink
00:44:06 -->
00:44:07
and do not
00:44:08 -->
00:44:09
be extravagant.
00:44:10 -->
00:44:12
What is the meaning? Is the command here
00:44:12 -->
00:44:13
is for
00:44:15 -->
00:44:15
imperative?
00:44:18 -->
00:44:19
Or it is
00:44:19 -->
00:44:22
just a general command that we may or
00:44:22 -->
00:44:23
may not take it.
00:44:24 -->
00:44:27
Certain orders in the Quran are definitive and
00:44:27 -->
00:44:28
conclusive.
00:44:29 -->
00:44:31
Certain others are not definitive and conclusive.
00:44:32 -->
00:44:33
Which is which?
00:44:33 -->
00:44:35
Who determines it?
00:44:37 -->
00:44:37
The extremists?
00:44:38 -->
00:44:40
I doubt. They don't have any
00:44:40 -->
00:44:42
background in this
00:44:42 -->
00:44:44
special subject. And so many
00:44:45 -->
00:44:46
other aspects,
00:44:47 -->
00:44:49
I will not deal with into.
00:44:51 -->
00:44:53
I wrote here, while most of the Quran
00:44:53 -->
00:44:55
are geared towards general readership,
00:44:56 -->
00:44:57
indeed many verses
00:44:58 -->
00:45:00
need to be understood by making use
00:45:01 -->
00:45:02
of these many sciences.
00:45:05 -->
00:45:05
The Quran
00:45:06 -->
00:45:08
also should be understood holistically.
00:45:09 -->
00:45:11
I cannot just single out one verse and
00:45:11 -->
00:45:14
say, the Quran says so and so.
00:45:14 -->
00:45:16
Look at other
00:45:16 -->
00:45:18
verses about the same subject
00:45:18 -->
00:45:19
in order to
00:45:20 -->
00:45:21
be able
00:45:21 -->
00:45:24
to say this is the Qur'anic guidance regarding
00:45:24 -->
00:45:25
this.
00:45:27 -->
00:45:29
The best interpreter of the Quran is the
00:45:29 -->
00:45:32
example of our prophet Muhammad, peace be upon
00:45:32 -->
00:45:32
her.
00:45:33 -->
00:45:34
This is very important.
00:45:36 -->
00:45:37
Look at the example
00:45:38 -->
00:45:40
and the pattern and the life of the
00:45:40 -->
00:45:42
prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
00:45:43 -->
00:45:45
And this is the best translation
00:45:46 -->
00:45:47
of the Qur'an.
00:45:49 -->
00:45:50
3rd point.
00:45:51 -->
00:45:53
Sunnah, which is the example of our Prophet,
00:45:54 -->
00:45:55
explains the Qur'an.
00:45:56 -->
00:45:57
Sunnah
00:45:58 -->
00:45:59
explains the Qur'an.
00:46:00 -->
00:46:01
You have to
00:46:01 -->
00:46:03
also put this in your mind.
00:46:04 -->
00:46:05
Sunnah cannot
00:46:05 -->
00:46:07
go against the Qur'an.
00:46:09 -->
00:46:11
The role of the sunnah, it explains
00:46:12 -->
00:46:13
the Qur'an.
00:46:16 -->
00:46:18
Sunnah, in terms of authority
00:46:19 -->
00:46:21
and in terms of authenticity.
00:46:22 -->
00:46:22
Each
00:46:23 -->
00:46:24
prophetic
00:46:25 -->
00:46:26
statement,
00:46:28 -->
00:46:30
when we look at each hadith,
00:46:31 -->
00:46:32
we should look
00:46:32 -->
00:46:34
at it from 2 perspectives.
00:46:36 -->
00:46:38
Does this hadith
00:46:39 -->
00:46:40
hold authority?
00:46:42 -->
00:46:43
Which means I am obliged
00:46:44 -->
00:46:45
or I am commanded
00:46:45 -->
00:46:46
to do
00:46:47 -->
00:46:48
what is included
00:46:48 -->
00:46:49
in this hadith,
00:46:50 -->
00:46:52
and the other question,
00:46:52 -->
00:46:53
is this statement authentic or not? These are
00:46:53 -->
00:46:54
the
00:47:07 -->
00:47:07
statement.
00:47:09 -->
00:47:10
I will just give you,
00:47:11 -->
00:47:12
a taste
00:47:13 -->
00:47:14
of the discussion.
00:47:15 -->
00:47:17
Of course, we will not be able to
00:47:17 -->
00:47:18
exhaust
00:47:18 -->
00:47:19
talking about this.
00:47:20 -->
00:47:21
In terms of authority,
00:47:24 -->
00:47:25
in terms of authority,
00:47:26 -->
00:47:26
am I bound
00:47:27 -->
00:47:28
to do
00:47:28 -->
00:47:31
what is included in each and every hadith
00:47:31 -->
00:47:32
or not?
00:47:34 -->
00:47:35
I will tell you simply,
00:47:36 -->
00:47:37
this is a vast
00:47:38 -->
00:47:40
topic, a vast theme
00:47:41 -->
00:47:44
that you need to grapple with many issues
00:47:46 -->
00:47:47
because
00:47:48 -->
00:47:49
the prophet, peace be upon
00:47:50 -->
00:47:51
him, when he said
00:47:52 -->
00:47:53
or did
00:47:54 -->
00:47:55
or approved
00:47:55 -->
00:47:56
certain things,
00:47:58 -->
00:47:59
you need to distinguish
00:48:00 -->
00:48:01
and please mind me.
00:48:01 -->
00:48:02
Okay?
00:48:03 -->
00:48:05
I know it's a working
00:48:05 -->
00:48:06
day, but,
00:48:07 -->
00:48:09
this is very important.
00:48:10 -->
00:48:12
We need to distinguish
00:48:13 -->
00:48:14
whether the Prophet,
00:48:14 -->
00:48:16
peace be upon him, uttered
00:48:17 -->
00:48:19
or did or approved such
00:48:20 -->
00:48:23
teaching is imparting to his community.
00:48:24 -->
00:48:25
In terms of
00:48:26 -->
00:48:26
legislative
00:48:27 -->
00:48:28
authority
00:48:30 -->
00:48:31
or non legislative
00:48:31 -->
00:48:33
authority, I hope I'm
00:48:34 -->
00:48:34
not,
00:48:34 -->
00:48:35
complicating
00:48:35 -->
00:48:36
the discussion.
00:48:37 -->
00:48:38
But very simply,
00:48:38 -->
00:48:40
I will just give you examples.
00:48:42 -->
00:48:43
When
00:48:44 -->
00:48:45
we learned
00:48:45 -->
00:48:46
that the Prophet
00:48:48 -->
00:48:50
loved certain type of food,
00:48:54 -->
00:48:55
or
00:48:55 -->
00:48:57
certain type of perfume,
00:49:00 -->
00:49:03
Or, he walked in a certain manner. Or,
00:49:03 -->
00:49:05
he ate in a certain manner.
00:49:05 -->
00:49:08
Or, he slept in a certain manner.
00:49:09 -->
00:49:10
Okay?
00:49:12 -->
00:49:14
We need to see whether the prophet
00:49:15 -->
00:49:15
was uttering
00:49:16 -->
00:49:17
these statements
00:49:21 -->
00:49:21
in terms
00:49:22 -->
00:49:22
of
00:49:23 -->
00:49:23
setting
00:49:24 -->
00:49:24
guidelines
00:49:25 -->
00:49:26
to his community,
00:49:26 -->
00:49:30
or was he talking about certain things
00:49:31 -->
00:49:32
as a human being?
00:49:34 -->
00:49:35
And who is going to determine
00:49:36 -->
00:49:37
which is which?
00:49:39 -->
00:49:40
Okay.
00:49:41 -->
00:49:43
In terms of the clothes
00:49:43 -->
00:49:46
that the prophet used to wear, for example,
00:49:48 -->
00:49:50
okay, certain colors, certain
00:49:51 -->
00:49:52
Style. Style,
00:49:53 -->
00:49:55
are we bound to
00:49:57 -->
00:49:58
to do the same?
00:49:59 -->
00:50:00
Okay.
00:50:02 -->
00:50:05
In terms of the things that were peculiar
00:50:05 -->
00:50:06
to him,
00:50:08 -->
00:50:09
you know,
00:50:09 -->
00:50:10
the manner
00:50:11 -->
00:50:14
how the Prophet kept Roza, kept the fast?
00:50:16 -->
00:50:17
You know, usually,
00:50:18 -->
00:50:20
especially in the long hours of the summer,
00:50:22 -->
00:50:23
when the time comes,
00:50:24 -->
00:50:25
we eat.
00:50:25 -->
00:50:26
Okay?
00:50:28 -->
00:50:31
We start with dates and milk and water
00:50:31 -->
00:50:33
and stuff like that, and then we have
00:50:33 -->
00:50:34
our dinner.
00:50:34 -->
00:50:37
Okay? And then maybe after that we have
00:50:37 -->
00:50:40
snack, and then after that we have suhoor.
00:50:41 -->
00:50:42
You know the prophet
00:50:44 -->
00:50:45
used to keep continuous
00:50:46 -->
00:50:46
fasts.
00:50:48 -->
00:50:50
He never ate
00:50:50 -->
00:50:51
or drank.
00:50:52 -->
00:50:53
I'm talking about, of course,
00:50:54 -->
00:50:57
his normal way of doing things.
00:50:57 -->
00:50:59
His normal way of doing
00:50:59 -->
00:51:03
things. He did not do this. Some other
00:51:03 -->
00:51:04
instances
00:51:04 -->
00:51:07
Yeah, he drank and he and we learn
00:51:07 -->
00:51:09
from his Sunnah about dates and everything,
00:51:10 -->
00:51:12
from the way he did. But
00:51:12 -->
00:51:13
in other circumstances,
00:51:13 -->
00:51:16
he never had any food or drink
00:51:16 -->
00:51:17
at all.
00:51:18 -->
00:51:21
And he forbid his community
00:51:21 -->
00:51:23
from following him,
00:51:23 -->
00:51:27
and told them, do not follow me in
00:51:27 -->
00:51:30
this because Allah gives me food and drink.
00:51:32 -->
00:51:32
Okay?
00:51:33 -->
00:51:36
So there are certain things that were done
00:51:36 -->
00:51:36
peculiar
00:51:38 -->
00:51:40
to the prophet that we cannot
00:51:42 -->
00:51:44
Copy. Follow him, we cannot copy him.
00:51:45 -->
00:51:47
There are certain things that were done
00:51:48 -->
00:51:51
from the prophet as a human being,
00:51:52 -->
00:51:53
a human being.
00:51:54 -->
00:51:56
He likes certain food,
00:51:58 -->
00:52:00
okay, in a certain way.
00:52:01 -->
00:52:01
He
00:52:02 -->
00:52:04
likes to do certain things
00:52:04 -->
00:52:06
as a human being.
00:52:06 -->
00:52:08
And then, other
00:52:09 -->
00:52:09
circumstances,
00:52:10 -->
00:52:11
he was setting guidelines.
00:52:12 -->
00:52:14
He was guiding his community.
00:52:15 -->
00:52:17
Which is which?
00:52:18 -->
00:52:19
This is a very technical
00:52:21 -->
00:52:24
discussion. And as I said about the Quran,
00:52:25 -->
00:52:26
I say again
00:52:26 -->
00:52:29
that Muslim scholars have developed
00:52:29 -->
00:52:30
sciences and disciplines
00:52:31 -->
00:52:32
for Muslims
00:52:32 -->
00:52:34
to be able to understand
00:52:35 -->
00:52:38
these prophetic teachings in a better way.
00:52:39 -->
00:52:40
In terms of authenticity,
00:52:41 -->
00:52:41
many
00:52:42 -->
00:52:44
disciplines and sciences were developed
00:52:45 -->
00:52:46
to make sure
00:52:46 -->
00:52:47
that
00:52:48 -->
00:52:50
what is attributed to the Prophet, peace be
00:52:50 -->
00:52:54
upon him, actually he uttered, or he did,
00:52:54 -->
00:52:55
or he approved
00:52:56 -->
00:52:57
these things.
00:52:57 -->
00:53:00
You can trace it back to the prophet.
00:53:02 -->
00:53:02
We need
00:53:03 -->
00:53:04
to make use
00:53:05 -->
00:53:07
of these sciences in order
00:53:08 -->
00:53:08
to
00:53:10 -->
00:53:11
understand our Prophet
00:53:12 -->
00:53:13
better. Otherwise,
00:53:13 -->
00:53:15
we will be misquoting him.
00:53:17 -->
00:53:20
We will be misquoting him, as
00:53:21 -->
00:53:21
the other
00:53:22 -->
00:53:23
radicals and extremists
00:53:24 -->
00:53:26
are actually doing.
00:53:30 -->
00:53:31
There are calls
00:53:31 -->
00:53:34
to do a way to trash sunnah.
00:53:35 -->
00:53:37
There are people now, and they are very
00:53:37 -->
00:53:39
active by the way,
00:53:39 -->
00:53:42
to say the problems came from the sunnah,
00:53:42 -->
00:53:44
so we are better off
00:53:44 -->
00:53:45
trashing it
00:53:47 -->
00:53:50
and we don't we just need the Quran.
00:53:50 -->
00:53:52
This is a very, again, very crooked,
00:53:54 -->
00:53:55
extreme understanding
00:53:55 -->
00:53:57
of our faith. We cannot do away
00:53:58 -->
00:54:00
with our sunnah. The issue is,
00:54:01 -->
00:54:02
we need to approach
00:54:03 -->
00:54:05
the sunnah and hadith
00:54:05 -->
00:54:08
in a proper way, so that we can
00:54:08 -->
00:54:09
get the benefit
00:54:10 -->
00:54:11
from them.
00:54:14 -->
00:54:14
Now,
00:54:14 -->
00:54:17
this is something that will be surprising
00:54:17 -->
00:54:18
for you also,
00:54:19 -->
00:54:19
this point.
00:54:21 -->
00:54:23
Okay. Let me quiz you.
00:54:23 -->
00:54:24
Okay?
00:54:25 -->
00:54:27
How many Hagis
00:54:29 -->
00:54:31
are in the Sunni collection?
00:54:33 -->
00:54:34
How many?
00:54:35 -->
00:54:36
Of 60,000.
00:54:37 -->
00:54:38
60,000.
00:54:39 -->
00:54:41
That's the answer. About 60,000
00:54:42 -->
00:54:43
if we drop.
00:54:47 -->
00:54:49
You mean I reckon? Yes.
00:54:54 -->
00:54:55
There are 60,000
00:54:56 -->
00:54:57
if we drop
00:54:57 -->
00:54:58
the repetitions.
00:54:59 -->
00:54:59
Okay?
00:55:00 -->
00:55:01
We have 60,000
00:55:02 -->
00:55:04
hadith in the Sunni collection.
00:55:06 -->
00:55:06
Okay?
00:55:08 -->
00:55:09
Out of these
00:55:10 -->
00:55:11
60,000
00:55:11 -->
00:55:13
Hagiz, we have only
00:55:14 -->
00:55:15
2,000
00:55:15 -->
00:55:19
that talk about do's and don'ts, about legal
00:55:19 -->
00:55:21
issues, about matters of law.
00:55:23 -->
00:55:23
Okay?
00:55:24 -->
00:55:24
And
00:55:26 -->
00:55:26
58
00:55:27 -->
00:55:28
talk about ethics,
00:55:30 -->
00:55:31
ahlag,
00:55:31 -->
00:55:32
etiquettes,
00:55:33 -->
00:55:33
interactions.
00:55:36 -->
00:55:36
Okay?
00:55:37 -->
00:55:38
Now,
00:55:39 -->
00:55:40
percentage wise,
00:55:41 -->
00:55:43
it's about we are talking about
00:55:43 -->
00:55:43
5%
00:55:44 -->
00:55:46
that talk about legal issues,
00:55:47 -->
00:55:50
about how to pray, how to fast, how
00:55:50 -->
00:55:51
to do this, how to do that,
00:55:52 -->
00:55:52
those and those.
00:55:53 -->
00:55:54
And
00:55:54 -->
00:55:55
95%
00:55:56 -->
00:55:57
of hadith
00:55:57 -->
00:55:58
talk about
00:56:00 -->
00:56:01
ethics, moral ethics,
00:56:04 -->
00:56:05
how to be a good
00:56:06 -->
00:56:07
human being?
00:56:08 -->
00:56:08
Okay?
00:56:10 -->
00:56:12
This is extremely important.
00:56:13 -->
00:56:14
Extremely important
00:56:16 -->
00:56:18
as we are battling with these
00:56:19 -->
00:56:21
phenomena of radicalism
00:56:22 -->
00:56:24
and formalism and literalism,
00:56:25 -->
00:56:26
to
00:56:26 -->
00:56:29
bring this point to such people and tell
00:56:29 -->
00:56:30
them 95%
00:56:32 -->
00:56:34
of the teachings of the prophet
00:56:34 -->
00:56:35
revolved around
00:56:35 -->
00:56:36
being ethical,
00:56:37 -->
00:56:38
being honest,
00:56:40 -->
00:56:41
having good manners,
00:56:43 -->
00:56:44
having good hearts,
00:56:45 -->
00:56:45
sharing,
00:56:46 -->
00:56:47
caring, all these beautiful
00:56:48 -->
00:56:49
aspects.
00:56:50 -->
00:56:52
And also, a similar
00:56:53 -->
00:56:55
percentage is with the Quran.
00:56:56 -->
00:56:58
If you look at the Quran, how many
00:56:58 -->
00:56:59
verses? 6000
00:57:01 -->
00:57:02
233 verses.
00:57:04 -->
00:57:06
Out of which, only 300 verses
00:57:06 -->
00:57:09
talk about 'those and don'ts' legal issues.
00:57:09 -->
00:57:10
And then,
00:57:11 -->
00:57:14
the other remaining verses talk about ethics.
00:57:16 -->
00:57:19
That is infused with correct understanding.
00:57:21 -->
00:57:24
This is what the Quran is all about.
00:57:24 -->
00:57:25
This is what the hadith
00:57:26 -->
00:57:29
is all about. It's not about formalism, it
00:57:29 -->
00:57:30
is not about literalism.
00:57:31 -->
00:57:33
Essentially, it's about core values,
00:57:34 -->
00:57:35
core ethics
00:57:35 -->
00:57:37
that we need to inculcate,
00:57:37 -->
00:57:38
without which
00:57:40 -->
00:57:42
Islam would be just restricted to a number
00:57:42 -->
00:57:43
of formalities.
00:57:49 -->
00:57:51
I will skip examples
00:57:51 -->
00:57:53
of how people
00:57:54 -->
00:57:54
miscode
00:57:54 -->
00:57:55
our Prophet
00:57:58 -->
00:57:59
but I will just jump.
00:58:01 -->
00:58:03
How are we doing with the time?
00:58:04 -->
00:58:05
It is We have It is 10 to
00:58:06 -->
00:58:09
9. Okay. We have about 10 minutes. 7
00:58:09 -->
00:58:09
minutes. Okay.
00:58:10 -->
00:58:12
Quickly, the 4th point
00:58:13 -->
00:58:14
says and
00:58:14 -->
00:58:15
this is again,
00:58:15 -->
00:58:16
reinforces
00:58:16 -->
00:58:17
the other
00:58:18 -->
00:58:18
three points.
00:58:20 -->
00:58:22
I will just read it and comment,
00:58:25 -->
00:58:25
on it.
00:58:26 -->
00:58:27
Muslim scholars
00:58:28 -->
00:58:32
have developed very rich legacy of classical works
00:58:32 -->
00:58:35
in many fields of Islamic knowledge,
00:58:35 -->
00:58:40
works on Hafsir, Hadith, Aqeeda, Sharia, faq, comparative
00:58:40 -->
00:58:41
religions,
00:58:41 -->
00:58:42
and many, many others.
00:58:44 -->
00:58:44
Okay?
00:58:47 -->
00:58:50
What should we do with this rich legacy
00:58:50 -->
00:58:53
as Muslims living in this time and age?
00:58:54 -->
00:58:54
This is
00:58:56 -->
00:58:59
a very critical question. And, again, this question,
00:58:59 -->
00:59:00
we can,
00:59:03 -->
00:59:04
delve into it,
00:59:05 -->
00:59:07
and we can talk about it for days
00:59:07 -->
00:59:08
days.
00:59:09 -->
00:59:11
Because we have to admit
00:59:11 -->
00:59:13
the fact that
00:59:14 -->
00:59:18
most of what the terror groups are saying
00:59:18 -->
00:59:19
about certain
00:59:20 -->
00:59:20
incidents
00:59:21 -->
00:59:21
in
00:59:22 -->
00:59:23
Islamic history,
00:59:24 -->
00:59:26
okay, are found in books
00:59:27 -->
00:59:29
that were written centuries ago.
00:59:30 -->
00:59:32
They called certain
00:59:32 -->
00:59:34
demands and certain
00:59:34 -->
00:59:35
leaders
00:59:35 -->
00:59:38
that they did this, they did that,
00:59:38 -->
00:59:41
and, indeed, they are found in these works.
00:59:43 -->
00:59:44
So some
00:59:45 -->
00:59:46
reformers,
00:59:48 -->
00:59:49
they
00:59:49 -->
00:59:52
are advancing the claim that, again, with the
00:59:52 -->
00:59:53
sunnah, we need
00:59:54 -->
00:59:56
to trash each and everything, and we start
00:59:56 -->
00:59:57
from the scratch.
00:59:59 -->
01:00:00
So what is the best way
01:00:01 -->
01:00:02
to deal with
01:00:02 -->
01:00:03
this legacy
01:00:04 -->
01:00:05
of 100
01:00:05 -->
01:00:07
of 1000 works?
01:00:09 -->
01:00:09
Okay?
01:00:10 -->
01:00:14
One of the richest legacies in the human
01:00:14 -->
01:00:14
civilizations.
01:00:16 -->
01:00:18
Look at, for example, how Muslims interacted
01:00:19 -->
01:00:20
with the Book of Allah,
01:00:21 -->
01:00:24
and they came up with these many, many
01:00:24 -->
01:00:24
volumes
01:00:25 -->
01:00:26
and many, many
01:00:26 -->
01:00:26
books
01:00:27 -->
01:00:27
about
01:00:28 -->
01:00:30
how to understand the Quran.
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01:00:32
Similar works were done
01:00:33 -->
01:00:34
to
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01:00:35
sunnah,
01:00:36 -->
01:00:37
Islamic history,
01:00:38 -->
01:00:38
theology,
01:00:40 -->
01:00:41
and name it.
01:00:41 -->
01:00:44
What is the best way to deal with
01:00:44 -->
01:00:45
this rich legacy?
01:00:49 -->
01:00:50
First of all,
01:00:51 -->
01:00:52
here are some
01:00:53 -->
01:00:54
bullet points.
01:00:55 -->
01:00:58
First of all, we should we should not
01:00:58 -->
01:00:58
regard
01:00:59 -->
01:01:01
this legacy as sacred.
01:01:02 -->
01:01:04
We should not regard it as sacred.
01:01:05 -->
01:01:07
This is a human product.
01:01:08 -->
01:01:09
Okay?
01:01:10 -->
01:01:12
This is a human product and
01:01:13 -->
01:01:14
not sacred.
01:01:16 -->
01:01:17
We also
01:01:18 -->
01:01:21
should say thank you to
01:01:22 -->
01:01:25
the many scholars that they have written
01:01:26 -->
01:01:27
such elaborate
01:01:27 -->
01:01:28
elaborative
01:01:29 -->
01:01:29
works
01:01:30 -->
01:01:30
about
01:01:31 -->
01:01:33
Islam and about Quran and about Hadith.
01:01:34 -->
01:01:35
They did their homework.
01:01:36 -->
01:01:37
They did
01:01:38 -->
01:01:39
their homework.
01:01:40 -->
01:01:42
They did not do
01:01:42 -->
01:01:45
our homework. They did their homework because they
01:01:45 -->
01:01:45
were living
01:01:46 -->
01:01:48
at such times and circumstances
01:01:48 -->
01:01:49
and contexts
01:01:50 -->
01:01:54
and social, political, name it. They did their
01:01:54 -->
01:01:55
homework, and they did
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01:01:57
fairly a good job.
01:01:58 -->
01:02:01
So Muslim scholars did their homework to relate
01:02:01 -->
01:02:01
Islam
01:02:02 -->
01:02:03
to the lived reality
01:02:04 -->
01:02:05
at their time.
01:02:05 -->
01:02:07
They produced solutions
01:02:07 -->
01:02:10
and alternatives for their congregations,
01:02:11 -->
01:02:11
their
01:02:12 -->
01:02:12
their,
01:02:13 -->
01:02:14
not ours.
01:02:16 -->
01:02:19
The third point here, we should engage in
01:02:19 -->
01:02:20
a similar process.
01:02:22 -->
01:02:25
We, meaning Muslims of this time and age,
01:02:26 -->
01:02:28
we should engage in a similar process to
01:02:28 -->
01:02:31
relate Islam to our lived reality,
01:02:32 -->
01:02:33
to our lived reality.
01:02:34 -->
01:02:36
We can make use
01:02:36 -->
01:02:39
now, this is again a very important point.
01:02:39 -->
01:02:42
Now what can we do with these massive
01:02:42 -->
01:02:42
works
01:02:44 -->
01:02:48
of tafsir and hadith and dhik and aqid
01:02:48 -->
01:02:48
and
01:02:49 -->
01:02:52
we can make use of the methodologies
01:02:54 -->
01:02:55
within the methodologies.
01:02:56 -->
01:02:57
Earlier,
01:02:57 -->
01:02:58
scholars have applied
01:02:59 -->
01:03:02
and not sink into their issues,
01:03:02 -->
01:03:06
which were shaped by their contexts at the
01:03:06 -->
01:03:06
time.
01:03:07 -->
01:03:08
Methodology
01:03:08 -->
01:03:09
the keyword is
01:03:10 -->
01:03:10
apply
01:03:11 -->
01:03:13
or make use of
01:03:14 -->
01:03:14
the methodology
01:03:16 -->
01:03:17
they have applied,
01:03:18 -->
01:03:20
but not sink into
01:03:22 -->
01:03:23
the little issues
01:03:24 -->
01:03:27
of their time, because these issues
01:03:27 -->
01:03:29
do not relate to us anymore.
01:03:30 -->
01:03:32
I will just give you a funny
01:03:33 -->
01:03:34
example of what I'm
01:03:36 -->
01:03:37
saying here.
01:03:38 -->
01:03:38
Now,
01:03:41 -->
01:03:44
do you know the Arabic word for coffee?
01:03:45 -->
01:03:45
Coffee?
01:03:47 -->
01:03:47
Kawwa.
01:03:49 -->
01:03:52
The Arabic word for coffee is kawwa.
01:03:53 -->
01:03:54
Now,
01:03:55 -->
01:03:57
I'll ask you to do a little bit
01:03:57 -->
01:03:57
of homework.
01:03:58 -->
01:03:59
Go and search
01:04:00 -->
01:04:01
the linguistic meaning
01:04:02 -->
01:04:04
of the word the Ka'wah in Arabic.
01:04:05 -->
01:04:06
You know,
01:04:07 -->
01:04:09
one of the meanings of coffee
01:04:10 -->
01:04:11
is liquor.
01:04:14 -->
01:04:15
One of the meanings
01:04:15 -->
01:04:17
of Ka'wah is liquor,
01:04:17 -->
01:04:19
And liquor is
01:04:19 -->
01:04:20
forbidden in Islam.
01:04:22 -->
01:04:22
It's white.
01:04:23 -->
01:04:23
Okay?
01:04:24 -->
01:04:25
So this is one of the meanings.
01:04:27 -->
01:04:30
Now, if you and you know, if you'll
01:04:31 -->
01:04:33
read about books of fiqh,
01:04:34 -->
01:04:37
you will find a statement that coffee is
01:04:37 -->
01:04:37
prohibited
01:04:38 -->
01:04:39
in Islam.
01:04:40 -->
01:04:41
Why it is prohibited?
01:04:42 -->
01:04:44
Because it is one of the names of
01:04:45 -->
01:04:46
liquor,
01:04:46 -->
01:04:47
which is prohibited.
01:04:49 -->
01:04:49
Nobody
01:04:50 -->
01:04:51
had the audacity
01:04:51 -->
01:04:53
to taste it and see
01:04:54 -->
01:04:56
the the content of
01:04:57 -->
01:04:57
coffee.
01:04:58 -->
01:05:00
Except 300 years later,
01:05:01 -->
01:05:03
they actually discovered
01:05:04 -->
01:05:05
that instead of
01:05:06 -->
01:05:07
putting the mind to sleep,
01:05:08 -->
01:05:09
it actually alerts
01:05:10 -->
01:05:10
the mind.
01:05:11 -->
01:05:13
And this was actually it is I'm I'm
01:05:13 -->
01:05:15
I'm not making it up. This is a
01:05:15 -->
01:05:16
true story
01:05:17 -->
01:05:18
that happened in Al Azhar.
01:05:19 -->
01:05:21
The students, when they drink coffee, they become
01:05:21 -->
01:05:22
more alert.
01:05:23 -->
01:05:25
And that's why they changed the rulings.
01:05:26 -->
01:05:28
So what I'm telling you,
01:05:28 -->
01:05:31
this legacy is full of odds and full
01:05:31 -->
01:05:34
of things that do not relate to us.
01:05:34 -->
01:05:37
We cannot just go buy books,
01:05:37 -->
01:05:37
but,
01:05:38 -->
01:05:40
again, we should not trash
01:05:40 -->
01:05:43
this legacy. This legacy is very important
01:05:44 -->
01:05:45
for Muslims.
01:05:46 -->
01:05:48
We need to adopt the methodology.
01:05:50 -->
01:05:53
The fact that they did their homework, they
01:05:53 -->
01:05:54
tried to find solutions,
01:05:55 -->
01:05:57
and similarly, we need to engage in a
01:05:57 -->
01:05:58
similar process.
01:05:59 -->
01:06:02
We are bombarded with many moral issues nowadays,
01:06:03 -->
01:06:05
with many legal issues nowadays.
01:06:05 -->
01:06:07
We need to
01:06:08 -->
01:06:11
bring up a cadre of the scholars to
01:06:11 -->
01:06:12
probe these issues
01:06:14 -->
01:06:14
with
01:06:15 -->
01:06:16
the three goals
01:06:17 -->
01:06:20
of religion and the five goals of of
01:06:20 -->
01:06:21
Islamic law in mind,
01:06:22 -->
01:06:24
to make religion relevant
01:06:24 -->
01:06:25
to the reality
01:06:26 -->
01:06:26
of people.
01:06:28 -->
01:06:29
And the last statement,
01:06:30 -->
01:06:32
this is a specialized
01:06:32 -->
01:06:35
project. It is not just the work of
01:06:35 -->
01:06:35
laymen
01:06:36 -->
01:06:37
or laywomen.
01:06:38 -->
01:06:40
This is the work of scholars.
01:06:42 -->
01:06:44
And also in terms of honesty,
01:06:44 -->
01:06:45
we have
01:06:45 -->
01:06:46
been miserably
01:06:47 -->
01:06:47
failing,
01:06:49 -->
01:06:50
miserably failing
01:06:52 -->
01:06:55
in bringing up this category of scholars
01:06:56 -->
01:06:57
who will bring back
01:06:58 -->
01:06:58
Islam
01:06:59 -->
01:07:01
to the left reality.
01:07:01 -->
01:07:03
So we'll conclude here, and
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01:10:10
My dear beloved brothers and sisters,
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01:10:15
first of all,
01:10:17 -->
01:10:19
let us congratulate each other
01:10:20 -->
01:10:21
for
01:10:22 -->
01:10:24
the coming of a blessed month,
01:10:25 -->
01:10:26
the month of Rajab.
01:10:28 -->
01:10:30
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
01:10:31 -->
01:10:33
when he used to spot
01:10:34 -->
01:10:35
the crescent,
01:10:37 -->
01:10:40
heralding the beginning of the month of Rajab,
01:10:41 -->
01:10:42
he used to raise
01:10:43 -->
01:10:44
his hand
01:10:45 -->
01:10:47
to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
01:10:49 -->
01:10:52
with a prayer that we should also
01:10:53 -->
01:10:53
say.
01:10:55 -->
01:10:58
He used to say, Allahumma bariklana fiyrajabal
01:11:01 -->
01:11:01
Ramadan.
01:11:03 -->
01:11:04
You Allah,
01:11:04 -->
01:11:05
bless
01:11:05 -->
01:11:07
the month of Rajab for us,
01:11:09 -->
01:11:12
bless the month of Sha'aban for us,
01:11:12 -->
01:11:13
and
01:11:14 -->
01:11:15
make us live
01:11:16 -->
01:11:16
through
01:11:17 -->
01:11:18
the month of Ramadan.
01:11:20 -->
01:11:21
So in this
01:11:22 -->
01:11:22
prayer,
01:11:24 -->
01:11:27
we know that the month of Rajab is
01:11:27 -->
01:11:28
a blessed month.
01:11:29 -->
01:11:31
And with the coming of the month of
01:11:31 -->
01:11:32
Rajab,
01:11:32 -->
01:11:34
we anticipate
01:11:36 -->
01:11:37
the coming of
01:11:38 -->
01:11:40
the blessed month of Ramadan.
01:11:42 -->
01:11:43
So just make
01:11:44 -->
01:11:44
this
01:11:45 -->
01:11:46
dua, this is the 1st day
01:11:47 -->
01:11:48
of the month of Rajab,
01:11:49 -->
01:11:52
and ask Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, to extend
01:11:52 -->
01:11:54
your life so that you could witness
01:11:55 -->
01:11:56
another Ramadan,
01:11:56 -->
01:11:57
another
01:11:57 -->
01:11:58
blessed guest
01:11:59 -->
01:12:01
of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And no matter
01:12:01 -->
01:12:03
how many Ramadans
01:12:03 -->
01:12:05
we have in our lifetime,
01:12:06 -->
01:12:08
we will not have enough of Ramadans.
01:12:09 -->
01:12:11
So just yearn,
01:12:11 -->
01:12:13
long for, ask
01:12:14 -->
01:12:16
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to extend your life
01:12:16 -->
01:12:18
so you could witness
01:12:19 -->
01:12:21
the blessed months of Ramadan.
01:12:21 -->
01:12:23
Say, Ameen. Ameen.
01:12:23 -->
01:12:25
My dear brothers and sisters,
01:12:26 -->
01:12:28
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam taught us
01:12:29 -->
01:12:30
that the purpose
01:12:32 -->
01:12:32
of
01:12:33 -->
01:12:35
the Khutbah or the sermon
01:12:36 -->
01:12:37
of Jumu'ah
01:12:39 -->
01:12:40
is to discuss
01:12:42 -->
01:12:43
community affairs,
01:12:45 -->
01:12:45
to
01:12:46 -->
01:12:47
instruct
01:12:47 -->
01:12:48
Muslims
01:12:49 -->
01:12:49
how
01:12:50 -->
01:12:51
best
01:12:51 -->
01:12:52
to apply
01:12:52 -->
01:12:53
their faith,
01:12:55 -->
01:12:56
to
01:12:58 -->
01:12:58
discuss
01:12:59 -->
01:13:00
ways how to
01:13:01 -->
01:13:04
get closer to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
01:13:06 -->
01:13:07
And indeed,
01:13:09 -->
01:13:10
we are
01:13:11 -->
01:13:13
facing as an Ummah,
01:13:14 -->
01:13:17
whether we're talking about this part of the
01:13:17 -->
01:13:18
world or globally,
01:13:19 -->
01:13:20
we are facing
01:13:21 -->
01:13:22
imminent
01:13:22 -->
01:13:23
challenges
01:13:24 -->
01:13:25
as Muslims.
01:13:27 -->
01:13:28
So naturally,
01:13:28 -->
01:13:29
the forum
01:13:31 -->
01:13:32
in which we should
01:13:33 -->
01:13:33
discuss
01:13:34 -->
01:13:35
these challenges
01:13:35 -->
01:13:37
and discuss ways
01:13:37 -->
01:13:38
of
01:13:39 -->
01:13:40
overcoming these challenges
01:13:42 -->
01:13:43
from the perspective
01:13:43 -->
01:13:44
of our faith,
01:13:45 -->
01:13:46
from the perspective
01:13:47 -->
01:13:49
of of the Quran and
01:13:49 -->
01:13:51
the the beloved
01:13:51 -->
01:13:54
guide, Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
01:13:56 -->
01:13:59
Hence, I'm going to share with you
01:14:00 -->
01:14:03
few points how to effectively,
01:14:04 -->
01:14:06
number 1, and adequately,
01:14:06 -->
01:14:07
number 2,
01:14:08 -->
01:14:10
respond to the many challenges
01:14:10 -->
01:14:12
that we have as an Ummah in
01:14:14 -->
01:14:15
America and also
01:14:16 -->
01:14:16
globally
01:14:17 -->
01:14:18
are facing.
01:14:21 -->
01:14:22
Of course,
01:14:22 -->
01:14:24
each and every one of you, brothers and
01:14:24 -->
01:14:25
sisters,
01:14:26 -->
01:14:27
know
01:14:28 -->
01:14:29
the magnanimity
01:14:29 -->
01:14:31
of what we are going through.
01:14:35 -->
01:14:37
And also, we know
01:14:37 -->
01:14:40
that as Muslims, as good practicing Muslims,
01:14:42 -->
01:14:45
we should not bury our heads in the
01:14:45 -->
01:14:45
sand.
01:14:46 -->
01:14:47
This is
01:14:48 -->
01:14:49
a passive
01:14:50 -->
01:14:51
response
01:14:52 -->
01:14:54
and this is not an Islamic response.
01:14:55 -->
01:14:57
Rather, we should rise
01:14:58 -->
01:15:00
to meet the different challenges
01:15:02 -->
01:15:03
we are experiencing
01:15:05 -->
01:15:08
and to tap into
01:15:09 -->
01:15:09
our
01:15:10 -->
01:15:11
guidance
01:15:11 -->
01:15:12
to see
01:15:13 -->
01:15:14
what we can do together
01:15:15 -->
01:15:15
as individuals
01:15:16 -->
01:15:16
and as
01:15:17 -->
01:15:17
community
01:15:18 -->
01:15:20
to respond effectively
01:15:21 -->
01:15:22
to the many challenges
01:15:23 -->
01:15:23
we are having.
01:15:24 -->
01:15:27
And you agree with me my brothers and
01:15:27 -->
01:15:27
sisters,
01:15:28 -->
01:15:29
that Muslims,
01:15:30 -->
01:15:32
again whether we're talking about
01:15:32 -->
01:15:34
America or globally,
01:15:34 -->
01:15:36
have the lion's shares
01:15:37 -->
01:15:37
of
01:15:38 -->
01:15:39
the current
01:15:39 -->
01:15:41
problems and difficulties
01:15:42 -->
01:15:43
and challenges
01:15:44 -->
01:15:45
that we have
01:15:46 -->
01:15:47
right now.
01:15:50 -->
01:15:51
And I'm proposing,
01:15:51 -->
01:15:53
my dear brothers and sisters,
01:15:54 -->
01:15:54
5
01:15:55 -->
01:15:55
points
01:15:57 -->
01:15:58
that will help us
01:15:59 -->
01:15:59
meet
01:16:00 -->
01:16:01
what we are experiencing
01:16:02 -->
01:16:03
in a positive,
01:16:04 -->
01:16:04
proactive,
01:16:05 -->
01:16:06
effective,
01:16:06 -->
01:16:07
adequate
01:16:07 -->
01:16:08
manner.
01:16:11 -->
01:16:12
The first point
01:16:14 -->
01:16:14
relates
01:16:16 -->
01:16:18
to the fact that as Muslims,
01:16:19 -->
01:16:21
we should not be
01:16:22 -->
01:16:22
surprised
01:16:24 -->
01:16:25
of
01:16:25 -->
01:16:28
having tough times and difficulties and trials and
01:16:28 -->
01:16:29
tribulations.
01:16:31 -->
01:16:34
All of these difficulties and tough times should
01:16:34 -->
01:16:36
not come as a surprise for us.
01:16:37 -->
01:16:38
Why?
01:16:38 -->
01:16:40
Because we have been promised
01:16:41 -->
01:16:42
over and over
01:16:42 -->
01:16:45
in the Quran and in the prophetic teaching
01:16:46 -->
01:16:48
that Muslims,
01:16:49 -->
01:16:50
indeed human beings,
01:16:51 -->
01:16:53
shall experiencing shall experience
01:16:54 -->
01:16:55
tough times and difficulties,
01:16:56 -->
01:16:58
trials and tribulations and tests.
01:17:00 -->
01:17:02
We have been promised in the Quran
01:17:02 -->
01:17:03
that will
01:17:03 -->
01:17:05
we shall be visited
01:17:06 -->
01:17:08
with trials and tribulations.
01:17:09 -->
01:17:10
This is a fact of life.
01:17:11 -->
01:17:12
And when Allah
01:17:13 -->
01:17:16
summed up the very purpose
01:17:16 -->
01:17:18
of our existence
01:17:19 -->
01:17:21
on this planet Earth.
01:17:22 -->
01:17:22
He said
01:17:23 -->
01:17:24
in Surah Tabarak
01:17:31 -->
01:17:32
So that
01:17:32 -->
01:17:34
He, subhanahu wa ta'ala,
01:17:34 -->
01:17:35
test you.
01:17:37 -->
01:17:37
This is
01:17:38 -->
01:17:39
the purpose
01:17:40 -->
01:17:41
for which Allah
01:17:42 -->
01:17:44
has put us on this planet Earth,
01:17:45 -->
01:17:46
to test us.
01:17:48 -->
01:17:49
So life
01:17:49 -->
01:17:52
on this planet Earth is a testing ground.
01:17:53 -->
01:17:55
And each and every one of us
01:17:56 -->
01:17:58
shall have his or her
01:17:58 -->
01:18:00
shares of tests,
01:18:01 -->
01:18:02
trials, and tribulations.
01:18:04 -->
01:18:07
Even prophets? Yes, even prophets, as a matter
01:18:07 -->
01:18:08
of fact,
01:18:09 -->
01:18:11
they carry
01:18:12 -->
01:18:13
the biggest
01:18:14 -->
01:18:14
burden of
01:18:15 -->
01:18:17
or shares of trials and tests,
01:18:18 -->
01:18:19
even though
01:18:20 -->
01:18:22
they are regarded as the chosen people
01:18:23 -->
01:18:24
of Allah
01:18:25 -->
01:18:26
Allah,
01:18:26 -->
01:18:27
but
01:18:27 -->
01:18:28
the prophet
01:18:29 -->
01:18:30
had had
01:18:30 -->
01:18:32
his shares
01:18:32 -->
01:18:35
of trials and tribulations and tests.
01:18:37 -->
01:18:39
It is a fact of life,
01:18:40 -->
01:18:42
my dear brothers and sisters,
01:18:43 -->
01:18:44
that we experience
01:18:45 -->
01:18:48
difficulties and hardships and tough times.
01:18:51 -->
01:18:54
And it depends on our response.
01:18:58 -->
01:18:59
Our response
01:18:59 -->
01:19:00
as Muslims,
01:19:01 -->
01:19:04
which moves me to the second point,
01:19:05 -->
01:19:07
is that we should take ownership
01:19:08 -->
01:19:11
of the situations we are experiencing
01:19:12 -->
01:19:13
and see
01:19:13 -->
01:19:15
what we can do.
01:19:17 -->
01:19:20
Now my dear brothers and sisters, I just
01:19:20 -->
01:19:20
want you
01:19:21 -->
01:19:23
to reflect and reflect deeply
01:19:25 -->
01:19:26
about
01:19:27 -->
01:19:29
what I'm going to share with you from
01:19:29 -->
01:19:30
the Quran.
01:19:33 -->
01:19:34
I'm referring
01:19:35 -->
01:19:38
to how Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
01:19:38 -->
01:19:41
and please pay attention with me, my dear
01:19:41 -->
01:19:42
brothers and sisters,
01:19:42 -->
01:19:44
because this is a focal point in the
01:19:44 -->
01:19:45
Khutba.
01:19:47 -->
01:19:48
Allah
01:19:49 -->
01:19:50
in Surah Maryam,
01:19:52 -->
01:19:52
he
01:19:53 -->
01:19:53
recounted
01:19:56 -->
01:19:56
the story
01:19:57 -->
01:19:58
of Maryam
01:20:00 -->
01:20:01
giving birth
01:20:01 -->
01:20:03
to Sayyid Naias
01:20:03 -->
01:20:03
salam.
01:20:08 -->
01:20:08
And
01:20:09 -->
01:20:09
when
01:20:10 -->
01:20:11
Lady Mary,
01:20:12 -->
01:20:14
Sayyidah Maryam alaihi salam,
01:20:14 -->
01:20:15
was experiencing
01:20:16 -->
01:20:16
the childbirth,
01:20:20 -->
01:20:21
Allah instructed
01:20:21 -->
01:20:22
her.
01:20:23 -->
01:20:24
She was hungry, she
01:20:25 -->
01:20:26
was at a fragile
01:20:27 -->
01:20:28
situation.
01:20:31 -->
01:20:32
Sisters would relate
01:20:33 -->
01:20:34
to this state
01:20:35 -->
01:20:36
after giving birth
01:20:38 -->
01:20:39
to a child.
01:20:40 -->
01:20:41
She would be very
01:20:42 -->
01:20:42
fragile.
01:20:44 -->
01:20:45
But nonetheless,
01:20:47 -->
01:20:50
if she is looking for food, for nourishment,
01:20:51 -->
01:20:53
she got to do something
01:20:53 -->
01:20:54
about this situation.
01:20:58 -->
01:20:59
Was Allah incapable
01:20:59 -->
01:21:00
of providing
01:21:00 -->
01:21:03
her food and drink?
01:21:03 -->
01:21:07
He was He is capable of doing this,
01:21:07 -->
01:21:08
but nonetheless,
01:21:09 -->
01:21:10
Allah instructed
01:21:10 -->
01:21:11
her:
01:21:22 -->
01:21:25
Allah is instructing her at this fragile,
01:21:26 -->
01:21:27
fragile state
01:21:29 -->
01:21:30
to shake,
01:21:31 -->
01:21:31
and
01:21:32 -->
01:21:34
now pay attention to the words,
01:21:34 -->
01:21:36
to shake the trunk
01:21:37 -->
01:21:38
of the palm tree.
01:21:41 -->
01:21:43
Now mind me, my dear brothers and sisters,
01:21:43 -->
01:21:45
if I pick 10
01:21:45 -->
01:21:47
strong young people
01:21:48 -->
01:21:50
to shake the trunk
01:21:50 -->
01:21:51
of the palm tree,
01:21:53 -->
01:21:55
it is very likely that they will not
01:21:55 -->
01:21:56
be able to do it.
01:21:59 -->
01:22:01
But Allah is instructing
01:22:01 -->
01:22:02
her to do this.
01:22:04 -->
01:22:05
Why?
01:22:06 -->
01:22:06
Because
01:22:07 -->
01:22:08
she got to do
01:22:09 -->
01:22:10
her homework
01:22:12 -->
01:22:13
to resolve this situation.
01:22:15 -->
01:22:15
When she
01:22:16 -->
01:22:18
put her blessed hand
01:22:19 -->
01:22:21
on the trunk of the palm tree,
01:22:22 -->
01:22:23
it shook
01:22:24 -->
01:22:25
and
01:22:26 -->
01:22:28
fresh dates came to her.
01:22:30 -->
01:22:31
That is the moral
01:22:32 -->
01:22:34
lesson, my dear brothers and sisters.
01:22:36 -->
01:22:39
It is not enough just to sit on
01:22:39 -->
01:22:40
the janamaz
01:22:40 -->
01:22:42
and pray that
01:22:42 -->
01:22:45
you Allah help Muslims, you Allah help us,
01:22:45 -->
01:22:46
you Allah.
01:22:46 -->
01:22:47
Of course,
01:22:47 -->
01:22:49
dua is a powerful tool,
01:22:50 -->
01:22:52
but Allah is asking
01:22:52 -->
01:22:54
us to do
01:22:55 -->
01:22:56
the extra step,
01:22:58 -->
01:23:00
which is based on our
01:23:00 -->
01:23:01
limited
01:23:04 -->
01:23:04
capacities,
01:23:05 -->
01:23:07
we are required to do something.
01:23:09 -->
01:23:10
And if you sincerely,
01:23:11 -->
01:23:12
like Lady Mary
01:23:16 -->
01:23:17
if you sincerely
01:23:17 -->
01:23:19
try to do one step,
01:23:19 -->
01:23:22
Allah will take 10 steps to you.
01:23:24 -->
01:23:25
That is
01:23:29 -->
01:23:30
the the shared
01:23:30 -->
01:23:31
collective
01:23:32 -->
01:23:33
responsibility
01:23:33 -->
01:23:34
and accountability
01:23:34 -->
01:23:37
that our beloved Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
01:23:38 -->
01:23:41
instructed us in the famous hadith
01:23:41 -->
01:23:43
called hadith as safina,
01:23:44 -->
01:23:45
the hadith of the ship,
01:23:46 -->
01:23:48
the hadith of the boat.
01:23:49 -->
01:23:51
And for those of you who know the
01:23:51 -->
01:23:52
hadith,
01:23:52 -->
01:23:53
which is authentic
01:23:54 -->
01:23:55
Hadith
01:23:55 -->
01:23:57
in the collection of Imam Bukhari,
01:23:58 -->
01:23:59
that you will find
01:24:01 -->
01:24:04
the example that our beloved Prophet sallallahu alaihi
01:24:04 -->
01:24:05
wa sallam
01:24:07 -->
01:24:08
drew for us
01:24:08 -->
01:24:12
is very relevant to our lived reality as
01:24:12 -->
01:24:13
Muslim Ummah,
01:24:15 -->
01:24:15
which is
01:24:16 -->
01:24:17
we are collectively
01:24:18 -->
01:24:19
accountable
01:24:19 -->
01:24:20
and responsible
01:24:20 -->
01:24:22
for our affairs.
01:24:22 -->
01:24:25
We have to look after each other, we
01:24:25 -->
01:24:28
have to protect each other, we should not
01:24:28 -->
01:24:28
let
01:24:29 -->
01:24:30
people
01:24:30 -->
01:24:31
to draw
01:24:31 -->
01:24:34
or to dig a hole in the ship,
01:24:35 -->
01:24:37
because if we let them do this,
01:24:38 -->
01:24:40
we will all drown,
01:24:40 -->
01:24:42
we will all sink.
01:24:43 -->
01:24:44
That is the moral
01:24:45 -->
01:24:46
of the hadith.
01:24:47 -->
01:24:49
We need to look after each other, we
01:24:49 -->
01:24:51
need to protect each other,
01:24:51 -->
01:24:53
we need to work together.
01:24:54 -->
01:24:55
Whether we
01:24:55 -->
01:24:58
like each other or don't like each other,
01:25:00 -->
01:25:02
the fact is that we are in one
01:25:02 -->
01:25:03
ship,
01:25:03 -->
01:25:05
we are in one boat.
01:25:07 -->
01:25:08
We have
01:25:08 -->
01:25:10
to work together
01:25:11 -->
01:25:13
in order to reach to the shore of
01:25:13 -->
01:25:14
safety.
01:25:15 -->
01:25:17
If we picker and fight
01:25:18 -->
01:25:19
with each other,
01:25:21 -->
01:25:23
the thing is that we will all drown.
01:25:27 -->
01:25:28
My third point,
01:25:28 -->
01:25:30
my beloved brothers and sisters,
01:25:33 -->
01:25:33
relates
01:25:34 -->
01:25:34
to
01:25:36 -->
01:25:37
how the Prophet
01:25:38 -->
01:25:39
was handling
01:25:40 -->
01:25:41
persecution
01:25:44 -->
01:25:45
and tough times
01:25:46 -->
01:25:48
in his early days in Mecca.
01:25:50 -->
01:25:51
He maintained,
01:25:53 -->
01:25:55
and here is the keyword,
01:25:56 -->
01:25:57
hope and optimism.
01:25:59 -->
01:26:01
And he asked
01:26:02 -->
01:26:02
his companions
01:26:04 -->
01:26:06
to maintain this positive
01:26:06 -->
01:26:07
attitude.
01:26:11 -->
01:26:14
I hear, especially a lot of young people
01:26:15 -->
01:26:16
from my country,
01:26:19 -->
01:26:22
they say now, you know, we're giving up.
01:26:23 -->
01:26:24
There's no
01:26:25 -->
01:26:25
hope
01:26:26 -->
01:26:27
about doing anything.
01:26:31 -->
01:26:33
And this is, my dear brothers and sisters,
01:26:33 -->
01:26:34
this is the worst
01:26:35 -->
01:26:36
feeling
01:26:37 -->
01:26:38
that we could ever
01:26:39 -->
01:26:39
have.
01:26:40 -->
01:26:41
Feeling of despair.
01:26:43 -->
01:26:44
And Allah
01:26:45 -->
01:26:46
in the Quran liked
01:26:47 -->
01:26:48
likened
01:26:49 -->
01:26:49
despair
01:26:50 -->
01:26:51
to disbelief.
01:26:52 -->
01:26:52
Very powerful.
01:27:02 -->
01:27:02
Surely,
01:27:03 -->
01:27:03
the people
01:27:04 -->
01:27:05
who despair
01:27:09 -->
01:27:11
from the mercy of Allah
01:27:12 -->
01:27:14
are the ones who are disbelievers.
01:27:16 -->
01:27:17
This is very powerful.
01:27:18 -->
01:27:20
My dear brothers and sisters,
01:27:21 -->
01:27:22
never ever
01:27:23 -->
01:27:24
resort to despair.
01:27:26 -->
01:27:29
Know for sure, my dear brothers and sisters,
01:27:29 -->
01:27:30
that Allah
01:27:31 -->
01:27:33
has put you on this planet Earth
01:27:33 -->
01:27:34
for a purpose.
01:27:36 -->
01:27:38
You cannot individually change the world.
01:27:39 -->
01:27:40
You're asked
01:27:40 -->
01:27:42
to do what you can do
01:27:43 -->
01:27:44
in your ability.
01:27:46 -->
01:27:47
You cannot
01:27:48 -->
01:27:49
pass the buck.
01:27:50 -->
01:27:52
We cannot pass the buck anymore.
01:27:54 -->
01:27:55
We have
01:27:55 -->
01:27:56
to take ownership,
01:27:58 -->
01:28:00
and while we are trying to do
01:28:01 -->
01:28:02
our homework,
01:28:04 -->
01:28:05
we should be hopeful.
01:28:06 -->
01:28:09
We should have this positive attitude
01:28:10 -->
01:28:13
that Allah will never put to waste
01:28:13 -->
01:28:15
the good deeds of the righteous.
01:28:17 -->
01:28:18
This is what Allah
01:28:22 -->
01:28:24
has re emphasized over and over in the
01:28:24 -->
01:28:25
Quran.
01:28:29 -->
01:28:31
Allah will not put to waste
01:28:32 -->
01:28:34
the good deeds of the righteous people.
01:28:35 -->
01:28:36
Just hammer
01:28:36 -->
01:28:38
this in your mind
01:28:38 -->
01:28:40
as you walk through
01:28:40 -->
01:28:42
these tough difficult times.
01:28:43 -->
01:28:46
The the little good that you do
01:28:47 -->
01:28:50
will never ever put to waste.
01:28:50 -->
01:28:53
It shall bear fruits, my dear brothers and
01:28:53 -->
01:28:53
sisters,
01:28:54 -->
01:28:57
whether we are around to see the fruits
01:28:58 -->
01:28:58
or
01:28:59 -->
01:29:00
we are no more.
01:29:01 -->
01:29:03
The promise of Allah is
01:29:04 -->
01:29:05
that He will
01:29:06 -->
01:29:07
make
01:29:07 -->
01:29:10
even little good deeds bear the fruits.
01:29:12 -->
01:29:13
And he,
01:29:14 -->
01:29:16
in in in a hadith
01:29:16 -->
01:29:17
likened
01:29:18 -->
01:29:18
just
01:29:19 -->
01:29:22
one small charity that we give.
01:29:23 -->
01:29:25
The hadith says half a date.
01:29:25 -->
01:29:28
It is nothing. It is a penny.
01:29:30 -->
01:29:32
You will see this half a date
01:29:33 -->
01:29:35
on the day of judgment, a day in
01:29:35 -->
01:29:38
which each and every one of us will
01:29:38 -->
01:29:41
be looking even for half a good deed.
01:29:42 -->
01:29:44
You will see it as in the hadith
01:29:45 -->
01:29:47
like the mountain Uhud.
01:29:49 -->
01:29:51
Allah will take care of it.
01:29:52 -->
01:29:53
We are just responsible
01:29:54 -->
01:29:55
for doing the homework,
01:29:56 -->
01:29:58
but the question is: are we doing our
01:29:58 -->
01:29:59
homework
01:30:00 -->
01:30:02
or we are just passing the buck?
01:30:03 -->
01:30:06
You know, we this is the leadership is
01:30:06 -->
01:30:09
responsible, the Imam is responsible, I I don't
01:30:09 -->
01:30:10
have to do anything.
01:30:11 -->
01:30:12
Now with the
01:30:12 -->
01:30:13
unfolding
01:30:14 -->
01:30:16
drama of Islamophobic
01:30:16 -->
01:30:17
rhetoric,
01:30:17 -->
01:30:19
with the rise of extremism,
01:30:20 -->
01:30:21
with tensions and conflicts,
01:30:22 -->
01:30:24
we have to take ownership and do
01:30:25 -->
01:30:26
what we can do
01:30:27 -->
01:30:28
as human beings.
01:30:30 -->
01:30:31
My
01:30:32 -->
01:30:34
last point, my dear brothers and sisters,
01:30:36 -->
01:30:37
again,
01:30:38 -->
01:30:40
if you don't get anything from this Khutba,
01:30:40 -->
01:30:42
listen to this point.
01:30:45 -->
01:30:46
Allah
01:30:47 -->
01:30:50
is instructing our beloved Prophet in the Quran
01:30:50 -->
01:30:50
now.
01:30:54 -->
01:30:56
Allah is instructing our Prophet
01:30:57 -->
01:30:58
And therefore,
01:30:58 -->
01:31:01
because this is a living guidance for humanity,
01:31:01 -->
01:31:03
Allah is talking to us also.
01:31:07 -->
01:31:08
In the verse,
01:31:09 -->
01:31:11
for those of you who would like to
01:31:12 -->
01:31:13
go and look
01:31:14 -->
01:31:16
up these verses,
01:31:17 -->
01:31:20
it's the last two verses of Surah Al
01:31:20 -->
01:31:20
Hajj.
01:31:21 -->
01:31:23
Surah Al Hajj, last two verses
01:31:24 -->
01:31:27
where Allah is instructing our beloved Prophet sallallahu
01:31:27 -->
01:31:29
alaihi wa sallam. And those of you who
01:31:29 -->
01:31:31
don't know, Surah Al Hajj is one of
01:31:31 -->
01:31:32
the last
01:31:33 -->
01:31:34
revelations
01:31:34 -->
01:31:37
in Mecca times in which
01:31:38 -->
01:31:39
the the persecution
01:31:40 -->
01:31:41
got intensified.
01:31:43 -->
01:31:46
So Allah is instructing our beloved prophet sallallahu
01:31:46 -->
01:31:47
alaihi wa sallam.
01:31:59 -->
01:32:00
We know
01:32:00 -->
01:32:04
that what they say, what the polytheists
01:32:04 -->
01:32:05
say
01:32:05 -->
01:32:07
hurt your feelings.
01:32:11 -->
01:32:13
So, glorify your Lord
01:32:14 -->
01:32:19
and be from among the sajideen who prostrate
01:32:19 -->
01:32:20
to Allah a lot
01:32:21 -->
01:32:23
and worship Allah
01:32:23 -->
01:32:26
till that which is certain comes to you.
01:32:28 -->
01:32:31
And that which is certain meaning death comes
01:32:31 -->
01:32:32
to you.
01:32:32 -->
01:32:36
So there are 3 moral lessons in these
01:32:36 -->
01:32:36
two verses.
01:32:37 -->
01:32:38
The first one,
01:32:39 -->
01:32:40
it is very human
01:32:40 -->
01:32:41
to feel
01:32:41 -->
01:32:42
upset,
01:32:45 -->
01:32:46
to feel morally down,
01:32:47 -->
01:32:48
to feel heartbroken,
01:32:50 -->
01:32:52
because of these so many
01:32:53 -->
01:32:55
tough times we are going through.
01:32:58 -->
01:32:59
We are paying
01:33:00 -->
01:33:02
for the loss of lives, we are paying
01:33:02 -->
01:33:03
for
01:33:03 -->
01:33:04
injustices,
01:33:04 -->
01:33:05
and grievances,
01:33:05 -->
01:33:06
and tensions,
01:33:07 -->
01:33:08
and problems, and islamophobic
01:33:09 -->
01:33:09
rhetoric.
01:33:10 -->
01:33:12
So many things are so tough
01:33:13 -->
01:33:15
and it hurts our feelings. It's very human.
01:33:17 -->
01:33:19
It's very human and Allah is talking to
01:33:19 -->
01:33:20
our beloved Prophet
01:33:21 -->
01:33:23
So it is very human to feel
01:33:24 -->
01:33:24
the agony
01:33:25 -->
01:33:26
of these challenges.
01:33:26 -->
01:33:30
Number 1. And then Allah is instructing Prophet,
01:33:30 -->
01:33:33
Allah is instructing our beloved Prophet Muhammad
01:33:35 -->
01:33:36
and therefore all of us
01:33:36 -->
01:33:37
to
01:33:38 -->
01:33:39
go back to the spiritual
01:33:40 -->
01:33:40
reserve
01:33:41 -->
01:33:42
that we have.
01:33:43 -->
01:33:45
And the spiritual reserve that we have is
01:33:45 -->
01:33:46
Allah.
01:33:49 -->
01:33:50
Rely on Allah.
01:33:51 -->
01:33:52
Ask Allah.
01:33:54 -->
01:33:55
Ask Allah for help.
01:33:57 -->
01:33:59
Better your relationship with Allah.
01:34:00 -->
01:34:02
That's a very powerful tool.
01:34:04 -->
01:34:04
And then
01:34:05 -->
01:34:05
commitment.
01:34:09 -->
01:34:10
Serve Allah.
01:34:12 -->
01:34:14
Allah is your number one priority
01:34:15 -->
01:34:17
until that which is certain comes to you.
01:34:17 -->
01:34:18
Commitment.
01:34:19 -->
01:34:20
Commitment
01:34:20 -->
01:34:22
to serve Allah,
01:34:23 -->
01:34:24
to be on the right path, to do
01:34:24 -->
01:34:25
what you can do
01:34:27 -->
01:34:28
as human beings
01:34:29 -->
01:34:32
for Islam and for what we are going
01:34:32 -->
01:34:32
through,
01:34:33 -->
01:34:36
till that which is certain comes to you.
01:34:37 -->
01:34:39
So rely on the spiritual reserve,
01:34:40 -->
01:34:44
and the spiritual reserve that does not end
01:34:44 -->
01:34:46
is Allah
01:34:48 -->
01:34:49
This is my message to you, my dear
01:34:49 -->
01:34:51
brothers and sisters.
01:34:52 -->
01:34:53
Don't get despair.
01:34:54 -->
01:34:55
Don't get
01:34:56 -->
01:34:56
overwhelmed,
01:34:57 -->
01:35:00
but what by what we are going through.
01:35:00 -->
01:35:01
Rather,
01:35:02 -->
01:35:04
take ownership of this situation.
01:35:04 -->
01:35:06
Try as human beings,
01:35:07 -->
01:35:09
and I'm saying as human beings,
01:35:10 -->
01:35:12
to do what you can do
01:35:12 -->
01:35:12
for
01:35:13 -->
01:35:16
these problems and for the sake of Islam.
01:35:17 -->
01:35:19
And if there is a practical suggestion, my
01:35:19 -->
01:35:20
dear brothers and sisters,
01:35:21 -->
01:35:22
that let us
01:35:22 -->
01:35:24
help this community.
01:35:25 -->
01:35:27
We have this is the last stretch,
01:35:28 -->
01:35:28
and
01:35:28 -->
01:35:30
I, and Mashallah,
01:35:31 -->
01:35:32
my heart
01:35:33 -->
01:35:34
was overjoyed
01:35:34 -->
01:35:36
when I saw the development
01:35:37 -->
01:35:39
in this beautiful masjid. So I ask each
01:35:39 -->
01:35:42
and every one of you to complete this
01:35:42 -->
01:35:43
project inshallah before
01:35:44 -->
01:35:46
the month of Ramadan. May Allah reward
01:35:47 -->
01:35:48
all of you. May Allah
01:35:49 -->
01:35:49
forgive us
01:35:57 -->
01:35:57
all.
01:37:49 -->
01:37:50
My dear brothers and sisters,
01:37:52 -->
01:37:54
welcome to round 2 of,
01:37:55 -->
01:37:57
the presentation about
01:37:58 -->
01:37:59
upholding moderation,
01:38:00 -->
01:38:00
resisting
01:38:00 -->
01:38:01
radicalization,
01:38:03 -->
01:38:05
which we started last night
01:38:06 -->
01:38:08
with this blessed gathering,
01:38:10 -->
01:38:11
and welcome for
01:38:12 -->
01:38:13
the newcomers.
01:38:16 -->
01:38:16
Basically,
01:38:17 -->
01:38:17
I
01:38:18 -->
01:38:20
wrote a detailed presentation
01:38:21 -->
01:38:22
for these
01:38:23 -->
01:38:24
3 consecutive
01:38:25 -->
01:38:26
evenings.
01:38:28 -->
01:38:31
They revolve around the issue of moderation.
01:38:33 -->
01:38:34
And
01:38:35 -->
01:38:38
tomorrow evening we are going to delve into
01:38:39 -->
01:38:43
the danger of extremism and radicalization.
01:38:45 -->
01:38:46
And we said that
01:38:47 -->
01:38:47
this
01:38:49 -->
01:38:50
series
01:38:50 -->
01:38:51
of
01:38:52 -->
01:38:54
engagement and discussion
01:38:55 -->
01:38:56
is very important
01:38:57 -->
01:38:58
as effectively
01:39:00 -->
01:39:00
engaging
01:39:03 -->
01:39:04
among ourselves
01:39:04 -->
01:39:04
about,
01:39:05 -->
01:39:07
our deen, our faith
01:39:09 -->
01:39:12
which as you all know is facing a
01:39:12 -->
01:39:13
lot of,
01:39:14 -->
01:39:15
challenges.
01:39:16 -->
01:39:19
We discussed in the Khutbah for those of
01:39:19 -->
01:39:20
you who were,
01:39:22 -->
01:39:22
who had
01:39:23 -->
01:39:25
attended the Khutbah today. We talked about,
01:39:26 -->
01:39:28
these issues.
01:39:29 -->
01:39:31
And we said that what we
01:39:31 -->
01:39:33
are going to do is that to break
01:39:33 -->
01:39:36
down the discussion into points,
01:39:36 -->
01:39:37
bullet points.
01:39:38 -->
01:39:39
We briefly touched on,
01:39:40 -->
01:39:41
4 points,
01:39:42 -->
01:39:42
yesterday
01:39:43 -->
01:39:44
evening.
01:39:44 -->
01:39:46
And we are going to
01:39:46 -->
01:39:48
talk about 6 points
01:39:50 -->
01:39:51
this evening.
01:39:51 -->
01:39:53
I'm aware that,
01:39:53 -->
01:39:56
there was not sufficient time for
01:39:57 -->
01:40:00
interaction and engagement and questions and answers.
01:40:01 -->
01:40:02
So basically,
01:40:03 -->
01:40:04
we have,
01:40:05 -->
01:40:05
2 options.
01:40:06 -->
01:40:07
We can
01:40:08 -->
01:40:09
start right now
01:40:10 -->
01:40:13
by opening the floor for questions and answers
01:40:13 -->
01:40:13
and
01:40:14 -->
01:40:15
reflections and comments
01:40:17 -->
01:40:18
to make up
01:40:18 -->
01:40:20
for what we have missed yesterday
01:40:21 -->
01:40:21
evening.
01:40:22 -->
01:40:25
Or we go about the presentation
01:40:26 -->
01:40:27
for about,
01:40:28 -->
01:40:29
35 minutes
01:40:30 -->
01:40:31
and
01:40:31 -->
01:40:34
devote the last half an hour segment
01:40:35 -->
01:40:38
for questions and answers. I I do understand
01:40:38 -->
01:40:38
that
01:40:39 -->
01:40:42
some of you have many questions and comments,
01:40:43 -->
01:40:45
so the choice is yours.
01:40:47 -->
01:40:48
Okay, so we'll
01:40:49 -->
01:40:50
go with
01:40:50 -->
01:40:51
the presentation
01:40:52 -->
01:40:53
for about 35 minutes.
01:40:55 -->
01:40:56
Now
01:40:57 -->
01:40:58
we, can I ask
01:40:58 -->
01:41:02
to raise your hand somehow after 5 minutes,
01:41:02 -->
01:41:03
after 35 minutes,
01:41:04 -->
01:41:04
so we
01:41:05 -->
01:41:07
become conscious of the time?
01:41:09 -->
01:41:11
So we will talk about the 5th point
01:41:12 -->
01:41:13
and very very briefly
01:41:14 -->
01:41:16
we talked about the,
01:41:17 -->
01:41:18
lofty goals of,
01:41:20 -->
01:41:21
all religions.
01:41:21 -->
01:41:22
We talked about
01:41:23 -->
01:41:24
the 5
01:41:24 -->
01:41:26
higher purposes of Islamic law.
01:41:27 -->
01:41:29
We talked about the best way to engage
01:41:30 -->
01:41:30
the Quran,
01:41:31 -->
01:41:33
the best way to engage hadith,
01:41:34 -->
01:41:36
the best way to engage
01:41:36 -->
01:41:39
Islamic heritage and Islamic legacy.
01:41:40 -->
01:41:40
And
01:41:41 -->
01:41:43
now the 5th point for those of you
01:41:43 -->
01:41:44
who have this presentation,
01:41:47 -->
01:41:49
here it is written, I'm going to read
01:41:49 -->
01:41:50
and then
01:41:50 -->
01:41:50
elaborate
01:41:51 -->
01:41:51
further.
01:41:52 -->
01:41:54
It is written, reform
01:41:55 -->
01:41:55
and renewal
01:41:57 -->
01:41:57
is religiously
01:41:59 -->
01:41:59
mandated
01:41:59 -->
01:42:01
in our faith.
01:42:02 -->
01:42:03
Reform and renewal
01:42:04 -->
01:42:05
is religiously mandated.
01:42:06 -->
01:42:08
It is not an option.
01:42:08 -->
01:42:11
It is an imperative. It is an obligation
01:42:12 -->
01:42:12
to
01:42:13 -->
01:42:14
come up
01:42:14 -->
01:42:15
with solutions
01:42:16 -->
01:42:16
that
01:42:17 -->
01:42:17
basically
01:42:19 -->
01:42:22
relate to our concerns and our issues
01:42:22 -->
01:42:23
living
01:42:25 -->
01:42:27
in this time and age.
01:42:32 -->
01:42:35
The problem is that, my brothers and sisters,
01:42:35 -->
01:42:35
is that
01:42:36 -->
01:42:37
with the issue of
01:42:39 -->
01:42:39
reforming
01:42:40 -->
01:42:41
or reformation
01:42:41 -->
01:42:42
or
01:42:42 -->
01:42:43
renewal,
01:42:44 -->
01:42:44
we
01:42:46 -->
01:42:46
unfortunately,
01:42:47 -->
01:42:48
some of us
01:42:48 -->
01:42:50
feel a little bit
01:42:50 -->
01:42:52
reserved or conservative
01:42:53 -->
01:42:54
not to engage
01:42:55 -->
01:42:56
in this
01:42:57 -->
01:42:57
imperative
01:42:58 -->
01:42:59
of renewing the faith,
01:43:00 -->
01:43:01
of reforming
01:43:01 -->
01:43:02
our situations.
01:43:04 -->
01:43:06
And there is a word
01:43:07 -->
01:43:08
that is often
01:43:10 -->
01:43:11
put on our face
01:43:13 -->
01:43:16
if we try to renew the face
01:43:16 -->
01:43:18
or reform the face,
01:43:19 -->
01:43:22
they easily brand each and everything as
01:43:23 -->
01:43:24
bida.
01:43:24 -->
01:43:26
Oh, this is bida.
01:43:27 -->
01:43:29
This is innovation in the faith.
01:43:31 -->
01:43:32
While
01:43:32 -->
01:43:33
they
01:43:34 -->
01:43:35
unfortunately misunderstand
01:43:37 -->
01:43:38
the word bidah,
01:43:39 -->
01:43:39
okay,
01:43:41 -->
01:43:42
The word bidah
01:43:43 -->
01:43:44
to be
01:43:46 -->
01:43:46
understood
01:43:47 -->
01:43:47
clearly,
01:43:48 -->
01:43:49
clearly
01:43:50 -->
01:43:51
means
01:43:53 -->
01:43:54
something
01:43:55 -->
01:43:55
that
01:43:56 -->
01:43:58
is in sharp conflict
01:43:58 -->
01:44:00
with the basics of Islam.
01:44:02 -->
01:44:02
Okay.
01:44:03 -->
01:44:05
Something that is not religiously
01:44:05 -->
01:44:05
founded.
01:44:08 -->
01:44:09
Something that is against
01:44:10 -->
01:44:10
the spirit
01:44:11 -->
01:44:12
of Islam.
01:44:13 -->
01:44:15
This is what Bidah is.
01:44:18 -->
01:44:19
Now with customs,
01:44:22 -->
01:44:23
with norms,
01:44:26 -->
01:44:27
with worldly
01:44:27 -->
01:44:28
things,
01:44:31 -->
01:44:33
okay, bena does not exist.
01:44:35 -->
01:44:36
Even in terms of
01:44:37 -->
01:44:38
worship,
01:44:40 -->
01:44:41
there is a good
01:44:43 -->
01:44:45
bidah and there is a bad bidah.
01:44:46 -->
01:44:48
Do you know, my brothers and sisters,
01:44:50 -->
01:44:50
in
01:44:51 -->
01:44:52
the call to prayer?
01:44:53 -->
01:44:55
We have a call to prayer. Before we
01:44:55 -->
01:44:56
start
01:44:56 -->
01:44:58
praying, there is a call to prayer.
01:45:00 -->
01:45:01
Do you know
01:45:03 -->
01:45:04
that in fajr
01:45:04 -->
01:45:07
call to prayer, as in fajr,
01:45:08 -->
01:45:11
it is different from the other calls of
01:45:11 -->
01:45:11
prayer.
01:45:12 -->
01:45:13
What is the difference?
01:45:16 -->
01:45:17
Which
01:45:17 -->
01:45:18
means prayer
01:45:19 -->
01:45:20
is better than
01:45:20 -->
01:45:21
sleep.
01:45:22 -->
01:45:24
This was an innovation.
01:45:24 -->
01:45:25
This was a bidah.
01:45:27 -->
01:45:28
This addition
01:45:30 -->
01:45:31
to the wording
01:45:32 -->
01:45:32
of
01:45:33 -->
01:45:34
the adhan
01:45:34 -->
01:45:36
was actually introduced by
01:45:37 -->
01:45:38
Sayyid Nabila.
01:45:39 -->
01:45:40
And the prophet
01:45:41 -->
01:45:43
thought it is better to include it
01:45:44 -->
01:45:44
in
01:45:45 -->
01:45:45
the
01:45:46 -->
01:45:48
call to prayer to the adhan, so it
01:45:48 -->
01:45:50
is it was introduced.
01:45:51 -->
01:45:54
Do you know that also tarawih prayer,
01:45:56 -->
01:45:57
is a biddah?
01:45:58 -->
01:46:00
Okay, but it is a good one.
01:46:01 -->
01:46:04
Okay. Do you know that usually when a
01:46:04 -->
01:46:05
Muslim
01:46:06 -->
01:46:07
makes ablution
01:46:08 -->
01:46:09
ready for the prayer,
01:46:11 -->
01:46:12
It is
01:46:14 -->
01:46:16
recommended that once
01:46:17 -->
01:46:18
you make the ablution,
01:46:18 -->
01:46:19
you pray
01:46:21 -->
01:46:22
2 raka,
01:46:22 -->
01:46:24
2 units of prayer.
01:46:24 -->
01:46:25
This is also
01:46:26 -->
01:46:27
a bidah.
01:46:28 -->
01:46:29
It is actually
01:46:29 -->
01:46:31
was done by
01:46:32 -->
01:46:33
Sayyidna
01:46:33 -->
01:46:33
Saad,
01:46:34 -->
01:46:35
ibn Obadah,
01:46:36 -->
01:46:37
and
01:46:37 -->
01:46:38
he
01:46:39 -->
01:46:40
did this
01:46:41 -->
01:46:43
and the prophet told him, I
01:46:43 -->
01:46:44
saw you in
01:46:45 -->
01:46:48
the highest ranks in paradise. What is it
01:46:48 -->
01:46:50
that you do? He told him
01:46:51 -->
01:46:53
that once I make udu,
01:46:53 -->
01:46:57
I make the ablution, I stand up in
01:46:57 -->
01:46:59
prayer for 2 units of prayer and
01:47:00 -->
01:47:02
the prophet approved this.
01:47:03 -->
01:47:04
Okay?
01:47:05 -->
01:47:07
Now just think about it.
01:47:07 -->
01:47:09
If the prophet, peace be upon him, was
01:47:09 -->
01:47:10
born
01:47:11 -->
01:47:12
in Buffalo,
01:47:13 -->
01:47:15
what kind of clothing he would wear?
01:47:17 -->
01:47:18
Exactly.
01:47:18 -->
01:47:19
Okay.
01:47:20 -->
01:47:20
So
01:47:22 -->
01:47:24
this has nothing to do with,
01:47:24 -->
01:47:25
with bida
01:47:25 -->
01:47:26
as
01:47:26 -->
01:47:27
religiously
01:47:28 -->
01:47:29
disliked act.
01:47:30 -->
01:47:34
Now bidah again should be defined as something
01:47:34 -->
01:47:35
that is going
01:47:35 -->
01:47:36
against
01:47:36 -->
01:47:37
the religion.
01:47:38 -->
01:47:41
Like for example, introducing a 6th prayer.
01:47:42 -->
01:47:43
This is bidah,
01:47:43 -->
01:47:44
okay?
01:47:46 -->
01:47:47
Like for example,
01:47:47 -->
01:47:49
instead of 4
01:47:49 -->
01:47:51
units of prayer, I will say 3.
01:47:52 -->
01:47:54
That's something that goes against
01:47:55 -->
01:47:57
the principles of the faith.
01:47:59 -->
01:48:02
Now think about even collecting the Quran in
01:48:02 -->
01:48:02
1
01:48:03 -->
01:48:05
book, in a book form.
01:48:06 -->
01:48:08
This was an innovation. The pro the prophet
01:48:08 -->
01:48:10
himself did not do it.
01:48:10 -->
01:48:14
But the community after his death thought that
01:48:14 -->
01:48:15
this is something good
01:48:16 -->
01:48:17
to collect
01:48:17 -->
01:48:19
the Quran in 1 book form.
01:48:20 -->
01:48:23
But it turned out to be the best
01:48:23 -->
01:48:24
option
01:48:24 -->
01:48:26
that could have been made
01:48:26 -->
01:48:28
and we are thankful
01:48:28 -->
01:48:31
for the companions who thought about this.
01:48:31 -->
01:48:32
Okay.
01:48:34 -->
01:48:37
So bidah is defined as something that goes
01:48:37 -->
01:48:40
against the principles of Islam. Other than that,
01:48:42 -->
01:48:45
we can see. If it is good, we
01:48:45 -->
01:48:47
say it is good. Bad, we say it
01:48:47 -->
01:48:47
is bad.
01:48:48 -->
01:48:48
Okay.
01:48:49 -->
01:48:51
You know or you relate
01:48:52 -->
01:48:54
to some of us unfortunately
01:48:55 -->
01:48:56
who even forbid
01:48:56 -->
01:48:57
eating with the spoon.
01:48:58 -->
01:49:00
You say you eat and you eat with
01:49:00 -->
01:49:01
the 3 fingers
01:49:02 -->
01:49:03
and that's the only
01:49:04 -->
01:49:05
option you have.
01:49:06 -->
01:49:06
Okay?
01:49:07 -->
01:49:08
There are people who
01:49:09 -->
01:49:09
forbid,
01:49:10 -->
01:49:13
you know, wearing pants and wearing this and
01:49:13 -->
01:49:14
saying
01:49:15 -->
01:49:16
salaam to,
01:49:17 -->
01:49:19
non Muslims. They say it is bidah.
01:49:20 -->
01:49:22
Okay? So we have to look at bidah
01:49:22 -->
01:49:24
as something that goes against
01:49:25 -->
01:49:25
Islam.
01:49:26 -->
01:49:28
Now about renewing the faith,
01:49:29 -->
01:49:30
this is as I said religiously
01:49:31 -->
01:49:31
mandated
01:49:32 -->
01:49:33
that each generation
01:49:34 -->
01:49:35
has to interact
01:49:36 -->
01:49:37
with the sources
01:49:38 -->
01:49:38
of religion
01:49:39 -->
01:49:40
and
01:49:40 -->
01:49:42
they are obliged
01:49:43 -->
01:49:43
to renew
01:49:44 -->
01:49:45
the understanding,
01:49:46 -->
01:49:48
not renew the tenets of the faith,
01:49:48 -->
01:49:49
renew the understanding
01:49:50 -->
01:49:51
and the application
01:49:52 -->
01:49:53
of the faith
01:49:54 -->
01:49:54
to
01:49:55 -->
01:49:56
the living community.
01:49:57 -->
01:49:58
This is,
01:49:58 -->
01:50:00
as I said, religiously mandated.
01:50:01 -->
01:50:02
Okay?
01:50:04 -->
01:50:05
If you look at the Quran, you will
01:50:05 -->
01:50:08
find ample references to the word islah.
01:50:10 -->
01:50:12
As a matter of fact, each and every
01:50:12 -->
01:50:14
prophet that came to
01:50:15 -->
01:50:15
his
01:50:16 -->
01:50:16
community,
01:50:17 -->
01:50:21
it was a renewal movement or a reform
01:50:21 -->
01:50:22
movement.
01:50:22 -->
01:50:22
In
01:50:25 -->
01:50:28
I desire to bring about reform and renewal
01:50:29 -->
01:50:30
to you.
01:50:31 -->
01:50:31
So
01:50:32 -->
01:50:34
the call of each and every prophet was
01:50:34 -->
01:50:36
indeed a reform movement
01:50:37 -->
01:50:40
because what happens each and every generation,
01:50:42 -->
01:50:43
there is
01:50:44 -->
01:50:46
different levels of understanding
01:50:46 -->
01:50:48
and commitment even
01:50:49 -->
01:50:50
with the religious principles.
01:50:52 -->
01:50:52
So
01:50:53 -->
01:50:56
the call of renewal and reform is religiously
01:50:57 -->
01:50:58
mandated because
01:50:59 -->
01:51:00
to freshen up
01:51:00 -->
01:51:01
the message
01:51:03 -->
01:51:03
to
01:51:04 -->
01:51:06
the current lived reality of the people.
01:51:07 -->
01:51:09
The message has to be fresh.
01:51:10 -->
01:51:12
The message has to be relevant
01:51:12 -->
01:51:14
to the changing
01:51:14 -->
01:51:15
conditions
01:51:16 -->
01:51:17
of the different communities.
01:51:19 -->
01:51:21
The prophet himself
01:51:22 -->
01:51:23
has said in one of the authentic
01:51:24 -->
01:51:25
statements
01:51:26 -->
01:51:26
that
01:51:27 -->
01:51:28
God would raise
01:51:31 -->
01:51:32
someone
01:51:33 -->
01:51:34
or some group
01:51:35 -->
01:51:37
who would renew the faith
01:51:37 -->
01:51:38
for the community
01:51:39 -->
01:51:41
at the tip of every 100 years.
01:51:43 -->
01:51:43
Okay?
01:51:45 -->
01:51:46
There was consensus
01:51:46 -->
01:51:47
about
01:51:48 -->
01:51:49
the first 2 centuries,
01:51:49 -->
01:51:52
the 1st century and the 2nd century,
01:51:53 -->
01:51:54
about who
01:51:54 -->
01:51:55
were
01:51:55 -->
01:51:56
the reformers
01:51:56 -->
01:51:57
and the renewers
01:51:58 -->
01:51:59
of the faith.
01:52:00 -->
01:52:02
One in the political realm in the 1st
01:52:02 -->
01:52:03
century
01:52:03 -->
01:52:05
and one in the religious realm
01:52:06 -->
01:52:08
for the 2nd century. After that, there is
01:52:08 -->
01:52:13
no consensus. Indeed, many reformers and many people
01:52:13 -->
01:52:14
have been
01:52:14 -->
01:52:18
raised in the annals of Islamic history who
01:52:18 -->
01:52:19
did this magnificent
01:52:19 -->
01:52:20
work.
01:52:22 -->
01:52:23
The first
01:52:23 -->
01:52:23
reformer
01:52:24 -->
01:52:26
in the 1st century
01:52:26 -->
01:52:27
was
01:52:29 -->
01:52:32
Omar ibn Abd el Aziz. Omar ibn Abd
01:52:32 -->
01:52:33
el Aziz,
01:52:33 -->
01:52:34
the 6th caliph
01:52:35 -->
01:52:38
in the political realm. In the 2nd century,
01:52:38 -->
01:52:39
in the religious realm
01:52:40 -->
01:52:41
anybody knows?
01:52:44 -->
01:52:44
No.
01:52:47 -->
01:52:48
No. There was a consensus.
01:52:50 -->
01:52:51
Imam Shafir.
01:52:53 -->
01:52:55
Yes. There was a consensus
01:52:55 -->
01:52:57
that he was the
01:52:58 -->
01:53:00
second reformer in the 2nd
01:53:00 -->
01:53:02
century A. H.
01:53:03 -->
01:53:04
After that
01:53:04 -->
01:53:05
many, many reformers
01:53:06 -->
01:53:07
came
01:53:08 -->
01:53:09
and re renewed
01:53:09 -->
01:53:10
the faith
01:53:11 -->
01:53:13
to the community. Indeed
01:53:14 -->
01:53:15
if you look at the wording of the
01:53:15 -->
01:53:16
prophet
01:53:17 -->
01:53:18
you cannot just
01:53:19 -->
01:53:20
restrict it to individual
01:53:21 -->
01:53:23
because man in Arabic, man
01:53:24 -->
01:53:24
in Arabic
01:53:25 -->
01:53:27
can, can mean individuals
01:53:28 -->
01:53:29
or communities
01:53:29 -->
01:53:31
or groups
01:53:31 -->
01:53:32
or movements
01:53:33 -->
01:53:37
who can renew and reform the faith.
01:53:38 -->
01:53:40
Now mind me,
01:53:40 -->
01:53:43
and I think I have noted this,
01:53:46 -->
01:53:46
for
01:53:46 -->
01:53:48
the proper definition
01:53:49 -->
01:53:52
for the term tajdeed, which means renewal,
01:53:53 -->
01:53:55
and islah, which means reform.
01:53:56 -->
01:53:56
Okay?
01:53:59 -->
01:54:01
As you are aware and please now,
01:54:03 -->
01:54:06
listen up carefully to this point because
01:54:08 -->
01:54:10
we have been hearing calls
01:54:12 -->
01:54:12
from
01:54:13 -->
01:54:13
some
01:54:14 -->
01:54:14
Muslims
01:54:16 -->
01:54:19
who have been, yeah, fed up with what
01:54:19 -->
01:54:20
has gone on
01:54:20 -->
01:54:21
with
01:54:21 -->
01:54:22
violent extremism
01:54:23 -->
01:54:23
and terrorism
01:54:25 -->
01:54:28
and strict application of Islamic law,
01:54:29 -->
01:54:32
these things and of course,
01:54:33 -->
01:54:36
injustices being done to women,
01:54:36 -->
01:54:38
They are fed up and
01:54:39 -->
01:54:40
they are advancing
01:54:41 -->
01:54:42
certain
01:54:42 -->
01:54:43
calls
01:54:44 -->
01:54:48
that Islam needs to go through a similar
01:54:48 -->
01:54:48
process
01:54:49 -->
01:54:50
of reformation
01:54:51 -->
01:54:52
like what Christianity
01:54:54 -->
01:54:55
has gone through.
01:54:56 -->
01:54:56
Okay?
01:54:58 -->
01:54:59
And here
01:55:01 -->
01:55:05
I'm just proposing my point of view
01:55:05 -->
01:55:06
that Islam
01:55:07 -->
01:55:09
does not need to go to a similar
01:55:10 -->
01:55:11
process of reformation
01:55:11 -->
01:55:14
with a capital R, uppercase R,
01:55:15 -->
01:55:15
okay,
01:55:16 -->
01:55:18
because we are talking about a different context.
01:55:19 -->
01:55:21
We are talking about
01:55:21 -->
01:55:22
when it comes
01:55:23 -->
01:55:26
to our faith that there is there are
01:55:26 -->
01:55:26
certain
01:55:27 -->
01:55:31
dynamics in our faith that makes our faith
01:55:32 -->
01:55:33
cope with
01:55:35 -->
01:55:37
the changing circumstances,
01:55:38 -->
01:55:39
cope with the
01:55:40 -->
01:55:41
different contexts.
01:55:42 -->
01:55:45
There are certain elements within our faith that
01:55:45 -->
01:55:48
give rise to these type of things.
01:55:49 -->
01:55:50
We do not need to go to a
01:55:50 -->
01:55:53
similar process because we are talking about
01:55:54 -->
01:55:56
totally different concept concept. And
01:55:57 -->
01:55:58
I can give you,
01:55:58 -->
01:56:01
you know, the, the podium to
01:56:02 -->
01:56:04
to interact with this point,
01:56:05 -->
01:56:07
to give your own perspective,
01:56:08 -->
01:56:08
if you wish.
01:56:09 -->
01:56:09
Okay.
01:56:13 -->
01:56:14
So
01:56:14 -->
01:56:15
in my opinion,
01:56:16 -->
01:56:16
okay,
01:56:17 -->
01:56:18
yeah, these calls
01:56:21 -->
01:56:22
of reformation
01:56:22 -->
01:56:24
with an uppercase R
01:56:25 -->
01:56:26
does not relate
01:56:27 -->
01:56:30
to us Muslims living
01:56:30 -->
01:56:32
in this time and age.
01:56:33 -->
01:56:33
However,
01:56:35 -->
01:56:36
all of these grievances,
01:56:38 -->
01:56:40
all of these legitimate concerns
01:56:41 -->
01:56:43
are valid. We are not negating them.
01:56:44 -->
01:56:47
We are not negating that there are injustices.
01:56:47 -->
01:56:49
We are not negating that there are
01:56:50 -->
01:56:51
a lot of,
01:56:52 -->
01:56:53
especially
01:56:53 -->
01:56:54
to our sisters
01:56:55 -->
01:56:56
and unfortunately,
01:56:57 -->
01:56:58
and this has not
01:56:59 -->
01:57:01
been proven from our
01:57:01 -->
01:57:04
sources unfortunately, but from
01:57:04 -->
01:57:05
mainly certain
01:57:06 -->
01:57:06
traditional,
01:57:07 -->
01:57:08
misconceptions
01:57:09 -->
01:57:09
unfortunately
01:57:10 -->
01:57:11
which have been
01:57:12 -->
01:57:12
built up
01:57:13 -->
01:57:14
across many centuries,
01:57:15 -->
01:57:16
in inadequacies,
01:57:17 -->
01:57:17
injustices
01:57:18 -->
01:57:19
being done to our
01:57:20 -->
01:57:22
sisters, for example, just a case in point.
01:57:22 -->
01:57:23
So
01:57:23 -->
01:57:24
we are
01:57:25 -->
01:57:26
receiving these legitimate
01:57:27 -->
01:57:28
concerns and calls
01:57:30 -->
01:57:31
as valid.
01:57:31 -->
01:57:34
We have to do something about them.
01:57:35 -->
01:57:38
Why is it, for example, that
01:57:38 -->
01:57:40
Muslim communities in terms
01:57:40 -->
01:57:42
of corruption index,
01:57:44 -->
01:57:47
Muslim countries in terms of corruption index, you
01:57:47 -->
01:57:48
will see
01:57:50 -->
01:57:51
Muslims are in the
01:57:52 -->
01:57:53
top. Why?
01:57:53 -->
01:57:54
Okay.
01:57:57 -->
01:57:57
Why
01:57:59 -->
01:58:00
you see,
01:58:01 -->
01:58:02
as I'm going to talk about
01:58:03 -->
01:58:03
that,
01:58:05 -->
01:58:08
and this relates to Doctor. Farida's
01:58:08 -->
01:58:10
concern, that
01:58:10 -->
01:58:11
unfortunately
01:58:12 -->
01:58:12
somehow
01:58:13 -->
01:58:16
in terms of, how to make your prayer
01:58:16 -->
01:58:17
or how to,
01:58:18 -->
01:58:19
make wudu,
01:58:19 -->
01:58:22
you have very expansive elaborations
01:58:22 -->
01:58:24
about these types of things
01:58:25 -->
01:58:27
while in issues that
01:58:28 -->
01:58:29
are of relevance to
01:58:30 -->
01:58:31
everyday
01:58:32 -->
01:58:34
issues and concerns,
01:58:35 -->
01:58:38
and we have little or no guidance.
01:58:39 -->
01:58:40
Okay. Why we have
01:58:41 -->
01:58:41
many
01:58:42 -->
01:58:43
volumes
01:58:43 -->
01:58:44
talking about
01:58:45 -->
01:58:46
ritual purification
01:58:49 -->
01:58:49
and
01:58:49 -->
01:58:51
very little or no
01:58:52 -->
01:58:53
guidance about
01:58:54 -->
01:58:54
vital
01:58:55 -->
01:58:58
issues that are confronting us
01:58:58 -->
01:58:59
day in and day out.
01:59:00 -->
01:59:01
Why there is poor governance
01:59:02 -->
01:59:04
in Muslim countries,
01:59:04 -->
01:59:05
okay,
01:59:05 -->
01:59:07
while in non Muslim countries
01:59:08 -->
01:59:10
they are actually applying the principles
01:59:11 -->
01:59:12
of true faith.
01:59:12 -->
01:59:13
There are certain
01:59:14 -->
01:59:15
issues
01:59:16 -->
01:59:17
that we really need
01:59:18 -->
01:59:19
to probe into
01:59:20 -->
01:59:21
in an innovative
01:59:22 -->
01:59:23
legitimate ways.
01:59:25 -->
01:59:26
And
01:59:26 -->
01:59:28
I always, as I said yesterday,
01:59:29 -->
01:59:32
that Islamic law, there is a built in
01:59:32 -->
01:59:32
mechanism
01:59:34 -->
01:59:36
of relevance, of engagement.
01:59:37 -->
01:59:37
Okay.
01:59:38 -->
01:59:41
Islam came to make life easy on people.
01:59:43 -->
01:59:46
It did not come to drive people crazy
01:59:46 -->
01:59:48
or make their life miserable.
01:59:48 -->
01:59:50
This is what the Quran said.
01:59:58 -->
01:59:59
Allah God is addressing
01:59:59 -->
02:00:00
our Prophet
02:00:02 -->
02:00:05
And it's telling him that we did not
02:00:06 -->
02:00:09
reveal this Quran to you to make you
02:00:09 -->
02:00:10
miserable.
02:00:11 -->
02:00:13
We revealed it to make you happy,
02:00:14 -->
02:00:16
to make your community happy.
02:00:16 -->
02:00:18
This is the purpose. But unfortunately
02:00:19 -->
02:00:19
because
02:00:19 -->
02:00:22
of the lack of understanding of these vital
02:00:22 -->
02:00:23
issues
02:00:23 -->
02:00:26
and the lack of understanding that renewing the
02:00:26 -->
02:00:28
faith and making it relevant
02:00:28 -->
02:00:29
to the conditions
02:00:30 -->
02:00:32
of the people is religiously
02:00:33 -->
02:00:34
mandated. Unfortunately
02:00:35 -->
02:00:36
there is a lack
02:00:37 -->
02:00:41
of understanding about this vital issue that we
02:00:41 -->
02:00:42
have
02:00:42 -->
02:00:43
somehow
02:00:44 -->
02:00:45
have taken
02:00:46 -->
02:00:47
renewal
02:00:47 -->
02:00:50
and reform as something bad
02:00:50 -->
02:00:52
and as something that relates
02:00:53 -->
02:00:53
to Bida.
02:00:54 -->
02:00:56
This is innovation in religion, so you are
02:00:56 -->
02:00:57
better off
02:00:58 -->
02:00:58
not
02:00:59 -->
02:01:00
engaging in any
02:01:01 -->
02:01:01
real
02:01:02 -->
02:01:02
research.
02:01:03 -->
02:01:04
And as I said
02:01:05 -->
02:01:06
yesterday evening
02:01:07 -->
02:01:09
that we really have to be thankful
02:01:10 -->
02:01:14
to the imams and to the religious scholars
02:01:15 -->
02:01:16
who have really done
02:01:17 -->
02:01:18
their homework
02:01:19 -->
02:01:20
by
02:01:21 -->
02:01:22
providing solutions
02:01:23 -->
02:01:24
to the issues,
02:01:24 -->
02:01:25
to the concerns
02:01:26 -->
02:01:27
of their communities.
02:01:28 -->
02:01:29
They provided solutions.
02:01:32 -->
02:01:32
But
02:01:33 -->
02:01:33
unfortunately,
02:01:34 -->
02:01:35
somehow again,
02:01:35 -->
02:01:37
we have lost this spirit
02:01:37 -->
02:01:38
and we relied
02:01:40 -->
02:01:42
on very, very old
02:01:42 -->
02:01:43
opinions
02:01:44 -->
02:01:46
and we are when we are trying to
02:01:46 -->
02:01:48
relate them to our situations
02:01:50 -->
02:01:52
here in this country, for example,
02:01:53 -->
02:01:53
oftentimes
02:01:54 -->
02:01:56
do not work. So what we need
02:01:57 -->
02:01:58
is basically produce
02:01:59 -->
02:02:00
this cadre of religious
02:02:01 -->
02:02:01
leadership
02:02:02 -->
02:02:03
who both understand
02:02:03 -->
02:02:04
well
02:02:05 -->
02:02:08
the foundations and sources of Islamic law
02:02:09 -->
02:02:10
and the lived reality.
02:02:11 -->
02:02:12
The lived reality.
02:02:14 -->
02:02:15
We need homegrown
02:02:18 -->
02:02:19
Scholars
02:02:19 -->
02:02:20
homegrown,
02:02:21 -->
02:02:21
okay,
02:02:22 -->
02:02:25
with 2 legs. One leg
02:02:27 -->
02:02:30
is grounding in religious sciences and Islamic sciences,
02:02:30 -->
02:02:32
and the other leg
02:02:34 -->
02:02:36
is on the lived reality,
02:02:36 -->
02:02:37
the changing
02:02:38 -->
02:02:39
conditions,
02:02:40 -->
02:02:41
the context,
02:02:44 -->
02:02:47
where and when and how we are living
02:02:47 -->
02:02:48
or how we can
02:02:49 -->
02:02:50
make Islam relevant
02:02:51 -->
02:02:52
to
02:02:52 -->
02:02:52
our
02:02:53 -->
02:02:54
day to day concerns.
02:02:56 -->
02:02:57
And mind me,
02:02:58 -->
02:03:00
this is probably the last point about this
02:03:01 -->
02:03:01
aspect,
02:03:03 -->
02:03:04
when we are talking about
02:03:05 -->
02:03:08
this cadre of religious leadership, we are talking
02:03:08 -->
02:03:09
about a very
02:03:10 -->
02:03:10
specialized
02:03:10 -->
02:03:11
group.
02:03:12 -->
02:03:13
It is not amateurs.
02:03:14 -->
02:03:16
It is not someone who has read a
02:03:16 -->
02:03:19
couple of books or listened to a couple
02:03:19 -->
02:03:19
of lectures
02:03:20 -->
02:03:22
or have gone to a couple of,
02:03:22 -->
02:03:23
conventions,
02:03:23 -->
02:03:24
Islamic conventions
02:03:25 -->
02:03:27
or have picked up few
02:03:27 -->
02:03:31
things and, you know, on the way, but,
02:03:31 -->
02:03:33
you know, back and forth from work, you
02:03:33 -->
02:03:35
are listening or you are reading.
02:03:36 -->
02:03:38
We are talking about people
02:03:38 -->
02:03:41
who can spend their entire life and dedicate
02:03:42 -->
02:03:43
their entire life
02:03:43 -->
02:03:45
to seeking religious sciences.
02:03:46 -->
02:03:48
Unfortunately, we are lacking in this.
02:03:49 -->
02:03:50
We are lacking in this.
02:03:51 -->
02:03:54
And I have suggested before that we really
02:03:54 -->
02:03:57
need to encourage our young people and provide
02:03:57 -->
02:03:58
them with a scholarship.
02:04:00 -->
02:04:01
Scholarship funds
02:04:01 -->
02:04:02
to pursue
02:04:02 -->
02:04:03
religious sciences
02:04:04 -->
02:04:05
in an accredited
02:04:07 -->
02:04:08
academic environment
02:04:09 -->
02:04:10
while we
02:04:10 -->
02:04:14
keep polishing their skills and brushing their skills
02:04:14 -->
02:04:14
up
02:04:15 -->
02:04:16
to be able to
02:04:17 -->
02:04:18
fully understand
02:04:19 -->
02:04:20
the
02:04:21 -->
02:04:22
lived reality
02:04:23 -->
02:04:24
that we are facing
02:04:25 -->
02:04:27
in this time and age. There are
02:04:27 -->
02:04:30
several issues that we need to grapple with
02:04:31 -->
02:04:33
that affect us,
02:04:33 -->
02:04:35
but unfortunately we do not have
02:04:36 -->
02:04:38
solutions that
02:04:39 -->
02:04:40
can
02:04:40 -->
02:04:41
be
02:04:41 -->
02:04:42
a foundation
02:04:43 -->
02:04:43
for
02:04:44 -->
02:04:45
solid research.
02:04:47 -->
02:04:47
So
02:04:48 -->
02:04:51
this is something that we need to think
02:04:53 -->
02:04:54
about
02:04:55 -->
02:04:56
as we are
02:04:58 -->
02:05:01
talking about this important issue of moderation
02:05:02 -->
02:05:03
and resisting radicalization.
02:05:07 -->
02:05:08
My goodness, time is
02:05:12 -->
02:05:13
6th point,
02:05:19 -->
02:05:19
here I'm
02:05:20 -->
02:05:23
talking about the 4 paradigms of the Sira.
02:05:23 -->
02:05:26
Sira means the biography of the prophet.
02:05:27 -->
02:05:29
The 4 paradigms of the biography of the
02:05:29 -->
02:05:31
prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
02:05:32 -->
02:05:35
that represent timeless guidance for Muslims
02:05:35 -->
02:05:35
now.
02:05:36 -->
02:05:37
This is very important.
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02:05:42
In order to understand this point,
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02:05:43
let me just
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02:05:47
tell you
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02:05:49
something about
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02:05:53
a concept in Islamic law called abrogation.
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02:05:55
Abrogation.
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02:05:56
Can anybody
02:05:57 -->
02:05:59
explain to me what abrogation means?
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02:06:05
In linguistic way, abrogation means what?
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02:06:09
Okay, something that is canceling
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02:06:12
either one thing,
02:06:12 -->
02:06:15
one another thing or a set of things,
02:06:16 -->
02:06:17
the concept of cancellation.
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02:06:20
This is something
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02:06:24
okay, and bear with me because this is
02:06:25 -->
02:06:26
a bit complex
02:06:27 -->
02:06:27
subject.
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02:06:32
This is something in Islamic law
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02:06:35
that a person
02:06:36 -->
02:06:39
who would like to explain the Quran or
02:06:39 -->
02:06:40
would like to explain hadith
02:06:42 -->
02:06:44
has to fully understand.
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02:06:47
Okay. There are certain verses
02:06:49 -->
02:06:50
that are canceling
02:06:50 -->
02:06:52
the ruling of certain
02:06:53 -->
02:06:53
other verses.
02:06:54 -->
02:06:57
And in terms of the prophetic teaching, certain
02:06:58 -->
02:06:58
prophetic
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02:07:00
statements are canceling
02:07:02 -->
02:07:03
another
02:07:03 -->
02:07:05
set of prophetic statements
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02:07:08
in terms of ruling, not just the verses
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02:07:11
or the hadith, in terms of ruling.
02:07:12 -->
02:07:13
So for example,
02:07:13 -->
02:07:14
the prophet
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02:07:16
forbid
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02:07:20
us from visiting the graves.
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02:07:24
You will find a hadith like that.
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02:07:28
But then there is another hadith that says,
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02:07:31
I forbid you from visiting the graves,
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02:07:33
but now
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02:07:36
visit them because it reminds you of the
02:07:36 -->
02:07:36
hereafter.
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02:07:39
And this is, by the way, for both
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02:07:40
men and women.
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02:07:41
Okay?
02:07:41 -->
02:07:44
So this is what the concept is about.
02:07:45 -->
02:07:46
Now
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02:07:49
what is the problem now and what what
02:07:49 -->
02:07:50
I'm trying to do?
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02:07:52
The problem lies
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02:07:57
when certain scholars
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02:08:00
expanded the concept of abrogation
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02:08:04
to mean
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02:08:05
each and everything
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02:08:07
that was done before,
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02:08:12
like the prophet for example,
02:08:13 -->
02:08:15
they only take his last statement
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02:08:19
and the other statements that he said
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02:08:21
in Mecca
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02:08:26
or when he ordered Muslims to migrate to
02:08:26 -->
02:08:26
Abyssinia.
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02:08:28
All of these statements
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02:08:29
and guidance
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02:08:31
is canceled.
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02:08:37
They also applied and this is very
02:08:38 -->
02:08:38
dangerous,
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02:08:43
very dangerous, and we are going to explain
02:08:43 -->
02:08:44
tomorrow why.
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02:08:48
They came to the Quran and they said
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02:08:49
that all verses
02:08:50 -->
02:08:52
talking about good relationship
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02:08:55
with Christians, for example,
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02:08:58
is, are canceled.
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02:09:00
And
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02:09:03
what we hold to be true
02:09:03 -->
02:09:07
are verses talking about warfare and conflict.
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02:09:09
So essentially to them
02:09:11 -->
02:09:14
that the relationship between a Muslim and a
02:09:14 -->
02:09:15
non Muslim
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02:09:19
is a relationship of conflict and warfare
02:09:19 -->
02:09:21
and the struggle and fighting.
02:09:22 -->
02:09:24
They have canceled all
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02:09:27
verses talking about
02:09:27 -->
02:09:28
good relationship
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02:09:32
that we should keep even with non Muslims.
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02:09:35
This is again very dangerous and this is
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02:09:37
actually the mindset
02:09:38 -->
02:09:39
of the terror groups.
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02:09:41
This is their mindset.
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02:09:42
They think
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02:09:44
that
02:09:45 -->
02:09:47
all verses talking about
02:09:48 -->
02:09:49
relations
02:09:50 -->
02:09:52
to maintain good relations with the other
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02:09:56
are canceled by verses talking about warfare
02:09:56 -->
02:09:59
and even verses talking about warfare
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02:10:02
are canceling verses
02:10:02 -->
02:10:05
that talking about war as a defensive measure.
02:10:07 -->
02:10:07
So to them,
02:10:08 -->
02:10:10
war is an offensive.
02:10:12 -->
02:10:13
It's an offensive.
02:10:14 -->
02:10:15
So you declare war
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02:10:17
on each and everybody.
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02:10:20
That is their
02:10:20 -->
02:10:21
danger.
02:10:22 -->
02:10:23
That's their
02:10:23 -->
02:10:24
pitfall,
02:10:25 -->
02:10:26
their error.
02:10:26 -->
02:10:28
Now what I am advancing and proposing
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02:10:30
is that
02:10:31 -->
02:10:33
the life of the prophet, peace be upon
02:10:33 -->
02:10:34
him,
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02:10:37
presents to us timeless
02:10:37 -->
02:10:38
guidance,
02:10:38 -->
02:10:39
timeless guidance.
02:10:40 -->
02:10:42
So if we find ourselves
02:10:43 -->
02:10:44
in situations
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02:10:49
like the prophet was in Mecca for example,
02:10:49 -->
02:10:50
very hostile
02:10:51 -->
02:10:51
environment.
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02:10:58
So we should take guidance from the prophet
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02:11:00
how he dealt
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02:11:04
with his community in a hostile environment.
02:11:08 -->
02:11:09
So for example,
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02:11:11
in 13 years of Makkah,
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02:11:15
people were rude to him, very hostile, persecuted
02:11:15 -->
02:11:17
him, stopped his message,
02:11:18 -->
02:11:20
harassed him, his family, his companions,
02:11:21 -->
02:11:23
but he never raised
02:11:24 -->
02:11:26
the sword against them.
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02:11:30
And he was very socially active
02:11:32 -->
02:11:33
in defending
02:11:33 -->
02:11:35
the rights of poor and needy.
02:11:37 -->
02:11:38
He participated
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02:11:41
in what came to be known as the
02:11:41 -->
02:11:41
alliance
02:11:43 -->
02:11:44
of the good people.
02:11:45 -->
02:11:47
So there were alliances and he was part
02:11:47 -->
02:11:48
of the community
02:11:51 -->
02:11:54
And people interacted with him. They entrusted him
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02:11:56
with money and with
02:11:57 -->
02:11:58
important stuff,
02:11:59 -->
02:12:01
you know, as a safe box,
02:12:02 -->
02:12:04
even with non Muslims,
02:12:05 -->
02:12:05
Okay? So
02:12:06 -->
02:12:07
this set of guidelines
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02:12:10
presents
02:12:11 -->
02:12:13
a timeless guidance for us. If we happen
02:12:14 -->
02:12:17
to find ourselves in such an environment,
02:12:17 -->
02:12:19
indeed there are lessons
02:12:20 -->
02:12:21
from the prophet's
02:12:21 -->
02:12:22
guidance
02:12:22 -->
02:12:23
to guide us
02:12:23 -->
02:12:25
how to behave
02:12:25 -->
02:12:27
in such an environment.
02:12:27 -->
02:12:28
Now similarly,
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02:12:32
when the prophet ordered Muslims to go to
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02:12:32
Abyssinia
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02:12:34
under a Christian king,
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02:12:38
a non Muslim rule,
02:12:39 -->
02:12:40
so to speak.
02:12:42 -->
02:12:45
This is again presents a timeless guidance.
02:12:45 -->
02:12:47
Why I'm saying this?
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02:12:48
Because there are
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02:12:50
few
02:12:51 -->
02:12:53
lunatics who are saying that
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02:12:55
Muslims in America or in the West or
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02:12:56
in Australia,
02:12:57 -->
02:12:58
they ought to migrate
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02:13:00
to
02:13:00 -->
02:13:02
to Muslim countries
02:13:02 -->
02:13:05
because they are not supposed to live there
02:13:05 -->
02:13:07
under a non Muslim rule.
02:13:09 -->
02:13:10
This is ridiculous
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02:13:12
because the prophet
02:13:13 -->
02:13:14
ordered the companions
02:13:15 -->
02:13:15
to go
02:13:16 -->
02:13:17
to Abyssinia
02:13:17 -->
02:13:19
under a Christian king.
02:13:19 -->
02:13:22
And now the companions, when they went there,
02:13:22 -->
02:13:23
they understood
02:13:24 -->
02:13:26
what the prophet meant. So they engaged
02:13:27 -->
02:13:29
in the community over there.
02:13:30 -->
02:13:30
They,
02:13:31 -->
02:13:33
according to authentic narrations,
02:13:33 -->
02:13:34
they
02:13:34 -->
02:13:36
even enrolled into army
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02:13:38
over there.
02:13:39 -->
02:13:39
They
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02:13:42
some of them settled there,
02:13:43 -->
02:13:45
so it was not just a temporary
02:13:47 -->
02:13:47
stay.
02:13:48 -->
02:13:49
Even when the prophet
02:13:49 -->
02:13:53
migrated to Medina and made it his hometown,
02:13:53 -->
02:13:57
some of them settled over there, settled over
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02:13:57
there.
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02:13:58
Okay.
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02:14:02
So this is again a timeless guidance for
02:14:02 -->
02:14:03
us.
02:14:03 -->
02:14:04
And this explains
02:14:05 -->
02:14:05
that
02:14:07 -->
02:14:08
regardless
02:14:09 -->
02:14:11
of the claims
02:14:12 -->
02:14:13
of the few radicals,
02:14:15 -->
02:14:15
Muslims
02:14:16 -->
02:14:20
across the history, across the history, they have
02:14:21 -->
02:14:22
gone to places.
02:14:23 -->
02:14:23
They
02:14:24 -->
02:14:25
settled there.
02:14:25 -->
02:14:26
They
02:14:26 -->
02:14:28
were socially
02:14:29 -->
02:14:30
and politically
02:14:31 -->
02:14:32
and religiously,
02:14:32 -->
02:14:32
you
02:14:33 -->
02:14:34
know, related to
02:14:35 -->
02:14:38
the conditions and contexts of these countries
02:14:39 -->
02:14:40
and they became
02:14:42 -->
02:14:42
citizens,
02:14:43 -->
02:14:44
practically,
02:14:45 -->
02:14:46
of these countries
02:14:46 -->
02:14:48
and contributed positively
02:14:49 -->
02:14:50
about,
02:14:51 -->
02:14:52
the well-being and welfare
02:14:53 -->
02:14:54
of these communities.
02:14:55 -->
02:14:56
So
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02:14:59
the point about number 6 again is that
02:14:59 -->
02:15:02
if you read the Sira, do not just
02:15:02 -->
02:15:04
focus on the last days of the prophet
02:15:04 -->
02:15:05
and cancel
02:15:06 -->
02:15:08
all the other guidance.
02:15:09 -->
02:15:10
You have to read it
02:15:11 -->
02:15:12
in such a way
02:15:12 -->
02:15:13
that it presents
02:15:14 -->
02:15:16
eternal guidance for Muslims.
02:15:17 -->
02:15:20
And our homework is to see which era,
02:15:22 -->
02:15:22
which
02:15:24 -->
02:15:25
time frame
02:15:26 -->
02:15:28
we are in as far as
02:15:28 -->
02:15:30
the guidance of the prophet.
02:15:31 -->
02:15:32
Are we in Mecca?
02:15:32 -->
02:15:33
Are we in Abyssinia?
02:15:34 -->
02:15:35
Are we in Medina
02:15:35 -->
02:15:36
1
02:15:37 -->
02:15:39
and Medina 2? The difference is that
02:15:40 -->
02:15:43
in Medina 1, there were a number of
02:15:43 -->
02:15:43
religious,
02:15:45 -->
02:15:45
diverse
02:15:45 -->
02:15:46
groups.
02:15:47 -->
02:15:48
Okay. And in Medina 2,
02:15:49 -->
02:15:50
even though
02:15:51 -->
02:15:54
Christians and Jews lived there but
02:15:54 -->
02:15:57
predominantly it was the Muslim community.
02:15:58 -->
02:16:00
Where are we in terms of this
02:16:01 -->
02:16:01
guidance?
02:16:02 -->
02:16:03
And you can agree with me we are
02:16:03 -->
02:16:05
in a Abyssinia era.
02:16:06 -->
02:16:06
So
02:16:07 -->
02:16:10
calls, why I'm saying this, why this is
02:16:10 -->
02:16:10
important,
02:16:11 -->
02:16:14
because we see also among us
02:16:16 -->
02:16:16
some
02:16:18 -->
02:16:21
people are advancing the call that okay now
02:16:21 -->
02:16:22
we are in in
02:16:24 -->
02:16:24
in in America,
02:16:25 -->
02:16:26
so
02:16:26 -->
02:16:29
let us apply Sharia law here.
02:16:30 -->
02:16:31
Let us
02:16:32 -->
02:16:34
bring about a caliphate here.
02:16:35 -->
02:16:36
All of these
02:16:37 -->
02:16:38
at this time and age
02:16:39 -->
02:16:41
and considering the circumstances
02:16:42 -->
02:16:42
of
02:16:43 -->
02:16:46
this country and the respect of the,
02:16:47 -->
02:16:49
the state laws and the constitution
02:16:50 -->
02:16:50
are
02:16:51 -->
02:16:52
irrelevant calls.
02:16:52 -->
02:16:53
It will
02:16:55 -->
02:16:56
make us go through,
02:16:57 -->
02:16:59
real trouble if we make these calls.
02:17:00 -->
02:17:02
The best that we can do is to
02:17:02 -->
02:17:03
look at
02:17:03 -->
02:17:04
this era
02:17:05 -->
02:17:06
that the prophet
02:17:06 -->
02:17:07
instructed
02:17:08 -->
02:17:11
his community to migrate, what the community, the
02:17:11 -->
02:17:14
Muslim community, did at this time,
02:17:15 -->
02:17:17
and what they did not do. We need
02:17:18 -->
02:17:19
to look at
02:17:19 -->
02:17:22
this guidance from this perspective.
02:17:23 -->
02:17:25
Let me just conclude,
02:17:26 -->
02:17:29
and, I touched upon it. I will just
02:17:29 -->
02:17:31
read, the 7th point,
02:17:32 -->
02:17:33
which basically,
02:17:33 -->
02:17:35
sums up what I have
02:17:36 -->
02:17:36
said.
02:17:37 -->
02:17:37
Relations
02:17:38 -->
02:17:39
with the other, we
02:17:40 -->
02:17:40
said that
02:17:41 -->
02:17:44
in in the understanding of our faith,
02:17:44 -->
02:17:47
this is the divine will. We are created
02:17:47 -->
02:17:48
differently.
02:17:49 -->
02:17:50
We live
02:17:51 -->
02:17:51
in a pluralistic
02:17:52 -->
02:17:54
world, and this is the will of Allah.
02:17:54 -->
02:17:55
The will of Allah.
02:17:58 -->
02:18:01
And Allah explains why we were created
02:18:02 -->
02:18:03
differently.
02:18:04 -->
02:18:06
The answer came from God
02:18:07 -->
02:18:09
to know each other, not to kill each
02:18:09 -->
02:18:12
other, not to despise each other. It is
02:18:12 -->
02:18:13
to know each other.
02:18:17 -->
02:18:18
I Jawad,
02:18:19 -->
02:18:20
raised his hand.
02:18:21 -->
02:18:23
Let me just read these lines.
02:18:23 -->
02:18:24
Islam established
02:18:25 -->
02:18:26
a moral and humanistic
02:18:27 -->
02:18:27
civilization
02:18:28 -->
02:18:29
that encompassed
02:18:31 -->
02:18:32
a plurality of religions,
02:18:33 -->
02:18:34
philosophies, and civilizations
02:18:35 -->
02:18:36
which contributed
02:18:36 -->
02:18:38
immensely to Muslim society.
02:18:41 -->
02:18:45
We see ourselves, we Muslims, see ourselves
02:18:46 -->
02:18:46
as
02:18:47 -->
02:18:49
people who have absorbed
02:18:49 -->
02:18:51
a multiplicity of civilizations.
02:18:52 -->
02:18:56
We have been exposed to and absorbed the
02:18:56 -->
02:18:57
great civilizations
02:18:57 -->
02:18:59
of the Persians, Indians,
02:18:59 -->
02:19:00
Chinese,
02:19:01 -->
02:19:03
and Greeks into our culture
02:19:03 -->
02:19:07
and intellectual life. And we benefited from all
02:19:07 -->
02:19:07
of them,
02:19:08 -->
02:19:08
as well
02:19:09 -->
02:19:09
as contributed
02:19:10 -->
02:19:10
to them.
02:19:13 -->
02:19:16
And the last thing, Egypt as a historical
02:19:16 -->
02:19:17
example, I will just
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02:19:21
share with you an important finding in half
02:19:21 -->
02:19:22
a minute.
02:19:23 -->
02:19:24
Egypt.
02:19:25 -->
02:19:26
We know historically
02:19:26 -->
02:19:27
that
02:19:28 -->
02:19:29
Islam went to Egypt
02:19:31 -->
02:19:32
right after
02:19:33 -->
02:19:35
the prophet died in the era of caliph
02:19:35 -->
02:19:37
Umar, the second caliph.
02:19:37 -->
02:19:38
Okay.
02:19:38 -->
02:19:40
Historically speaking, and this
02:19:41 -->
02:19:43
was so amazing to me to find
02:19:43 -->
02:19:46
because we are under the impression that when
02:19:46 -->
02:19:47
Islam goes to a country
02:19:48 -->
02:19:50
in matters of a few years,
02:19:50 -->
02:19:52
the entire population
02:19:52 -->
02:19:55
is converted to Islam. As if Yani, our
02:19:55 -->
02:19:56
mission is to
02:19:57 -->
02:19:59
bring people and convert them to Islam.
02:20:01 -->
02:20:01
Do you know
02:20:02 -->
02:20:03
after 250
02:20:04 -->
02:20:04
years,
02:20:06 -->
02:20:06
250
02:20:07 -->
02:20:07
years,
02:20:08 -->
02:20:09
the ratio of Muslims
02:20:10 -->
02:20:12
in Egypt was only 5%.
02:20:14 -->
02:20:16
This was a shocking
02:20:16 -->
02:20:17
finding for me.
02:20:18 -->
02:20:19
After 250
02:20:20 -->
02:20:20
years,
02:20:22 -->
02:20:23
the ratio of Muslims
02:20:23 -->
02:20:24
were only
02:20:25 -->
02:20:26
5%.
02:20:27 -->
02:20:28
So this tells you what?
02:20:30 -->
02:20:32
It tells you a lot of good things.
02:20:33 -->
02:20:35
That first of all, we are not just
02:20:36 -->
02:20:38
Muslims when they go to convert
02:20:40 -->
02:20:41
other people,
02:20:41 -->
02:20:43
it means that they
02:20:45 -->
02:20:45
went,
02:20:45 -->
02:20:46
they they
02:20:47 -->
02:20:48
were not having
02:20:49 -->
02:20:52
this mindset to convert people but to live
02:20:53 -->
02:20:54
peacefully, to
02:20:54 -->
02:20:56
exist, to have good relationships,
02:20:57 -->
02:20:58
to establish businesses,
02:20:59 -->
02:21:00
to intermarry.
02:21:01 -->
02:21:02
And this was the key
02:21:05 -->
02:21:05
factor.
02:21:07 -->
02:21:07
After
02:21:09 -->
02:21:10
700 years
02:21:10 -->
02:21:11
it was 50%.
02:21:12 -->
02:21:12
700
02:21:13 -->
02:21:14
years.
02:21:15 -->
02:21:16
Okay,
02:21:16 -->
02:21:18
so this tells you
02:21:19 -->
02:21:19
a lot.
02:21:20 -->
02:21:23
So I will just stop here because I
02:21:23 -->
02:21:24
promised and,
02:21:25 -->
02:21:26
let us open the floor for,
02:21:27 -->
02:21:27
discussion.
02:21:29 -->
02:21:30
Yes, brother.
02:21:30 -->
02:21:32
So we'll start.
02:21:52 -->
02:21:53
Yes, it was
02:21:54 -->
02:21:55
such a very
02:21:55 -->
02:21:56
tough time.
02:21:57 -->
02:21:59
Actually we flew in midnight
02:22:00 -->
02:22:01
the night before
02:22:02 -->
02:22:03
from Brussels,
02:22:03 -->
02:22:05
from Egypt to Brussels
02:22:06 -->
02:22:06
airport.
02:22:07 -->
02:22:08
We were transferred
02:22:08 -->
02:22:09
to the
02:22:10 -->
02:22:11
airport, to the hotel.
02:22:12 -->
02:22:14
So it was almost 3 in the
02:22:15 -->
02:22:15
morning.
02:22:16 -->
02:22:18
We just took a couple of hours of
02:22:18 -->
02:22:18
sleep,
02:22:20 -->
02:22:20
and then
02:22:21 -->
02:22:23
we went for breakfast. And this is when
02:22:24 -->
02:22:26
we heard the news
02:22:26 -->
02:22:29
about the blast in the airport.
02:22:31 -->
02:22:33
I immediately called
02:22:33 -->
02:22:35
the ambassador because we were supposed to be
02:22:35 -->
02:22:38
in the European Parliament at 9 AM.
02:22:39 -->
02:22:39
Okay.
02:22:40 -->
02:22:42
And the attack was 8:0:5,
02:22:42 -->
02:22:43
something like that.
02:22:44 -->
02:22:45
So,
02:22:45 -->
02:22:48
I called. So they said that everything is
02:22:48 -->
02:22:49
still on.
02:22:51 -->
02:22:52
And we demanded,
02:22:53 -->
02:22:54
you know, higher security
02:22:54 -->
02:22:56
and petrol and,
02:22:56 -->
02:22:58
so they came. We went.
02:22:59 -->
02:23:01
And this is on the way we
02:23:02 -->
02:23:02
heard
02:23:03 -->
02:23:03
the other
02:23:04 -->
02:23:04
blast,
02:23:06 -->
02:23:07
in the subway
02:23:07 -->
02:23:11
station, which was about 800 meters away from
02:23:11 -->
02:23:12
the European Parliament,
02:23:13 -->
02:23:14
we, we heard actually.
02:23:15 -->
02:23:18
And soon after we got into the, the
02:23:18 -->
02:23:19
parliament
02:23:20 -->
02:23:23
and they closed the roads after that. Okay.
02:23:23 -->
02:23:25
So basically it was
02:23:28 -->
02:23:28
good
02:23:29 -->
02:23:31
in a way that the one of the
02:23:31 -->
02:23:32
highest
02:23:32 -->
02:23:35
religious clerics in the Sunni Muslim world
02:23:36 -->
02:23:39
was at the European Parliament to condemn and
02:23:39 -->
02:23:41
to explain what Islam
02:23:41 -->
02:23:44
has to say about these types
02:23:45 -->
02:23:46
of acts.
02:23:46 -->
02:23:47
Okay.
02:23:48 -->
02:23:50
We were of course bombarded
02:23:51 -->
02:23:52
with questions about
02:23:53 -->
02:23:56
why is this happening, why it is Islam,
02:23:56 -->
02:23:57
you know,
02:23:57 -->
02:23:59
what you are going to do with these
02:23:59 -->
02:24:00
kind of,
02:24:01 -->
02:24:01
few radicals,
02:24:02 -->
02:24:04
what kind of programs for,
02:24:04 -->
02:24:05
you know,
02:24:05 -->
02:24:08
engaging them or correcting the misconceptions
02:24:09 -->
02:24:09
that they have.
02:24:10 -->
02:24:11
It was very stormy,
02:24:13 -->
02:24:14
2 hours
02:24:14 -->
02:24:15
thing.
02:24:16 -->
02:24:17
But to me,
02:24:18 -->
02:24:20
I think it was very vital
02:24:21 -->
02:24:21
that we
02:24:22 -->
02:24:25
talk about these types of issues.
02:24:27 -->
02:24:29
And right after we departed,
02:24:30 -->
02:24:31
the king,
02:24:32 -->
02:24:34
the king of Belgium
02:24:35 -->
02:24:35
called us
02:24:36 -->
02:24:39
and he was informed about what we have
02:24:39 -->
02:24:42
said. So it was good in a way
02:24:42 -->
02:24:42
to,
02:24:44 -->
02:24:44
address
02:24:45 -->
02:24:46
these issues.
02:24:46 -->
02:24:48
But of course, you know,
02:24:48 -->
02:24:51
we were going with mixed feelings. Of course
02:24:51 -->
02:24:52
we feel the responsibility
02:24:53 -->
02:24:54
because now,
02:24:54 -->
02:24:56
you know, you can talk about,
02:24:57 -->
02:25:00
a 100 hours about Islam and Islam is
02:25:00 -->
02:25:02
the religion of peace and
02:25:03 -->
02:25:05
this and that. And one act of terror,
02:25:07 -->
02:25:08
you know, drives you
02:25:09 -->
02:25:11
maybe 500 years back.
02:25:12 -->
02:25:13
This is a collective responsibility.
02:25:14 -->
02:25:17
We talked to them and we are actually
02:25:17 -->
02:25:19
one of the positive things. I'm glad that
02:25:19 -->
02:25:22
you brought this. One of the positive things
02:25:22 -->
02:25:23
that we
02:25:24 -->
02:25:26
talked to the king about
02:25:27 -->
02:25:29
was that he should suggest a number of
02:25:29 -->
02:25:31
imams, religious clerics,
02:25:31 -->
02:25:33
to come to our office.
02:25:33 -->
02:25:36
And then we reeducate them and we
02:25:36 -->
02:25:40
engage them about these issues of radicalization
02:25:40 -->
02:25:43
and how best to address them. We are
02:25:43 -->
02:25:45
receiving the 1st batch in May.
02:25:46 -->
02:25:47
So that's a very positive,
02:25:48 -->
02:25:49
development.
02:26:13 -->
02:26:14
Yes. It is.
02:26:20 -->
02:26:22
I I totally agree with you. I'm just
02:26:22 -->
02:26:23
going to refer
02:26:24 -->
02:26:26
to the wording of the grand Mufti. He
02:26:26 -->
02:26:29
said it is a two way street. This
02:26:29 -->
02:26:31
is how he framed it.
02:26:32 -->
02:26:33
We share
02:26:33 -->
02:26:34
responsibility,
02:26:34 -->
02:26:35
but you also
02:26:35 -->
02:26:36
carry,
02:26:37 -->
02:26:39
you know, a big burden of the responsibility.
02:26:40 -->
02:26:41
And we talked about
02:26:41 -->
02:26:42
integration and,
02:26:44 -->
02:26:44
different programs
02:26:45 -->
02:26:47
to, help integrate
02:26:47 -->
02:26:48
these communities.
02:27:10 -->
02:27:10
In principle
02:27:12 -->
02:27:13
freedom of expression
02:27:13 -->
02:27:14
is sacred.
02:27:16 -->
02:27:17
In principle
02:27:17 -->
02:27:19
it is sacred,
02:27:19 -->
02:27:20
right?
02:27:20 -->
02:27:24
That Islam also came to guarantee and ensure.
02:27:25 -->
02:27:27
If you look at the Quran from an
02:27:27 -->
02:27:28
objective view,
02:27:29 -->
02:27:31
why Allah would
02:27:33 -->
02:27:34
include
02:27:34 -->
02:27:35
the arguments
02:27:36 -->
02:27:37
of disbelievers,
02:27:37 -->
02:27:39
for example, about him?
02:27:40 -->
02:27:41
Allah recorded
02:27:43 -->
02:27:44
these arguments
02:27:45 -->
02:27:46
even though
02:27:47 -->
02:27:50
they were talking about God in
02:27:51 -->
02:27:52
an improper way.
02:27:54 -->
02:27:57
Why Allah talked about the importance
02:27:57 -->
02:27:58
of the intellect
02:27:59 -->
02:28:00
and the mind
02:28:01 -->
02:28:01
as
02:28:02 -->
02:28:03
a tool
02:28:03 -->
02:28:04
for reaching
02:28:05 -->
02:28:05
God.
02:28:08 -->
02:28:11
Why the prophet, peace be upon him, in
02:28:11 -->
02:28:11
his
02:28:12 -->
02:28:12
model
02:28:14 -->
02:28:15
he
02:28:15 -->
02:28:16
did
02:28:16 -->
02:28:17
not kill
02:28:19 -->
02:28:21
the people who harassed him and
02:28:21 -->
02:28:23
verbally abused him
02:28:24 -->
02:28:26
and have done horrendous things to him.
02:28:27 -->
02:28:28
Okay?
02:28:29 -->
02:28:32
But of course you agree with me that
02:28:33 -->
02:28:34
this right
02:28:37 -->
02:28:38
of freedom of expression
02:28:41 -->
02:28:42
has to be
02:28:43 -->
02:28:43
within
02:28:44 -->
02:28:45
a certain framework.
02:28:46 -->
02:28:46
Okay?
02:28:46 -->
02:28:49
And we're not talking about Islam, we're talking
02:28:49 -->
02:28:51
about all legal systems.
02:28:52 -->
02:28:53
They,
02:28:54 -->
02:28:55
they they say
02:28:58 -->
02:28:58
absolute
02:28:59 -->
02:29:01
freedom means absolute chaos.
02:29:02 -->
02:29:03
Okay? So
02:29:04 -->
02:29:06
there have to be
02:29:06 -->
02:29:07
certain
02:29:07 -->
02:29:07
boundaries
02:29:08 -->
02:29:09
for
02:29:10 -->
02:29:10
this right.
02:29:11 -->
02:29:13
Now how we can interpret
02:29:14 -->
02:29:15
these boundaries,
02:29:16 -->
02:29:17
legal systems do.
02:29:18 -->
02:29:20
Legal systems do.
02:29:20 -->
02:29:23
In the case of Pakistan, I'm not aware
02:29:24 -->
02:29:25
of what
02:29:25 -->
02:29:26
the laws
02:29:27 -->
02:29:30
are in terms of blasphemy law.
02:29:34 -->
02:29:36
Okay. And what what constitutes
02:29:37 -->
02:29:39
I personally, personally don't agree
02:29:40 -->
02:29:41
with this type
02:29:43 -->
02:29:45
of law. This is my personal
02:29:45 -->
02:29:46
opinion
02:29:46 -->
02:29:47
because
02:29:48 -->
02:29:50
in one way, how to interpret
02:29:52 -->
02:29:54
that something is blasphemous
02:29:54 -->
02:29:56
and something that is not blasphemous.
02:29:56 -->
02:29:58
There has to be a due process
02:29:59 -->
02:30:00
to assess
02:30:01 -->
02:30:02
this
02:30:02 -->
02:30:04
and also about the impact
02:30:06 -->
02:30:07
of certain
02:30:08 -->
02:30:09
blasphemous statements
02:30:10 -->
02:30:11
on the community.
02:30:12 -->
02:30:15
How to assess that, you know, because basically
02:30:18 -->
02:30:21
religious symbols and icons and the Quran and
02:30:22 -->
02:30:23
the prophet's
02:30:23 -->
02:30:24
personal
02:30:25 -->
02:30:26
example ought to be
02:30:27 -->
02:30:28
respected in Muslim countries.
02:30:29 -->
02:30:33
These are the symbols, the identity for us
02:30:33 -->
02:30:35
and nobody can just
02:30:36 -->
02:30:39
say certain things that will eventually bring about
02:30:39 -->
02:30:40
chaos
02:30:41 -->
02:30:42
in the community.
02:30:42 -->
02:30:43
We need to
02:30:44 -->
02:30:44
see
02:30:45 -->
02:30:46
which is which.
02:30:47 -->
02:30:50
So a statement that can be interpreted
02:30:50 -->
02:30:54
as blasphemous ought to be investigated properly. So
02:30:55 -->
02:30:56
the person has to have
02:30:58 -->
02:31:00
the due process of the law,
02:31:00 -->
02:31:03
as to have the chance to defend himself.
02:31:04 -->
02:31:06
If he negates what he said,
02:31:06 -->
02:31:08
if he repents,
02:31:08 -->
02:31:11
if he said I don't mean this, you
02:31:11 -->
02:31:12
know,
02:31:13 -->
02:31:14
he has to be acquitted
02:31:15 -->
02:31:16
from
02:31:16 -->
02:31:17
these
02:31:18 -->
02:31:19
type
02:31:19 -->
02:31:21
of statements and allegations.
02:31:22 -->
02:31:24
I understand that as you mentioned it is
02:31:24 -->
02:31:25
taking a political
02:31:26 -->
02:31:28
twist and this is very dangerous
02:31:28 -->
02:31:29
to include
02:31:30 -->
02:31:31
such
02:31:32 -->
02:31:33
religious
02:31:33 -->
02:31:34
principles
02:31:34 -->
02:31:36
and symbols and icons
02:31:36 -->
02:31:37
into the
02:31:40 -->
02:31:41
dirty game of politics
02:31:42 -->
02:31:45
will eventually lead to chaos.
02:31:46 -->
02:31:47
But as I mentioned,
02:31:47 -->
02:31:49
you know, if you look objectively
02:31:50 -->
02:31:53
in the Koran you will see ample references
02:31:53 -->
02:31:56
to the protection of the freedom of expression.
02:32:25 -->
02:32:25
See,
02:32:27 -->
02:32:30
there is a difference between inviting
02:32:31 -->
02:32:32
and converting.
02:32:34 -->
02:32:35
In any religion,
02:32:37 -->
02:32:38
you ought to be a witness.
02:32:40 -->
02:32:42
Okay, and you talk about your faith.
02:32:44 -->
02:32:45
This is your homework,
02:32:46 -->
02:32:47
but the result
02:32:48 -->
02:32:50
is not in your hand. Whether the person
02:32:50 -->
02:32:52
is going to convert or not is not
02:32:52 -->
02:32:53
in your hand.
02:32:53 -->
02:32:55
Also in terms of priority,
02:32:55 -->
02:32:57
you can talk about
02:32:57 -->
02:32:58
your faith,
02:32:59 -->
02:32:59
okay,
02:33:00 -->
02:33:01
in a reasonable way
02:33:02 -->
02:33:05
and a forceful way. So I'm sure that
02:33:05 -->
02:33:06
they had other priorities.
02:33:07 -->
02:33:08
They were sharing
02:33:10 -->
02:33:11
their faith
02:33:11 -->
02:33:14
as talking about different
02:33:14 -->
02:33:16
cultures and different ways
02:33:17 -->
02:33:20
of living and their concern is to mingle
02:33:20 -->
02:33:21
and settle and
02:33:22 -->
02:33:23
make a living
02:33:23 -->
02:33:25
and establish relationship.
02:33:25 -->
02:33:27
And that's why the intermarriage
02:33:30 -->
02:33:31
was a key factor.
02:33:32 -->
02:33:35
And this is our role model, a model
02:33:35 -->
02:33:37
that I personally prefer
02:33:38 -->
02:33:38
to accentuate
02:33:39 -->
02:33:41
social relationships
02:33:43 -->
02:33:45
and religious relationship
02:33:45 -->
02:33:46
should
02:33:46 -->
02:33:50
be should not be accentuated in the first
02:33:52 -->
02:33:53
priority.
02:33:53 -->
02:33:55
So when you engage, yes, you talk about
02:33:55 -->
02:33:58
your faith but not in a forceful way.
02:34:01 -->
02:34:03
So we'll take one from the sisters and
02:34:03 -->
02:34:04
come back.
02:34:20 -->
02:34:22
What I say to everyone that that comes
02:34:22 -->
02:34:24
to me to speak about this issue,
02:34:25 -->
02:34:27
I said, you know, when the KKK
02:34:27 -->
02:34:30
was lynching blocks in the south, they did
02:34:30 -->
02:34:31
it in the name of Jesus Christ.
02:34:32 -->
02:34:34
These people who say they're
02:34:50 -->
02:34:51
the south with the blocks, they did in
02:34:51 -->
02:34:53
the name of Jesus Christ. And they consider
02:34:53 -->
02:34:56
themselves good Christians. Exactly. So I said it's
02:34:56 -->
02:34:57
the same thing for anyone because they said
02:34:57 -->
02:34:59
in the holy Quran, it says it's for
02:34:59 -->
02:35:01
good to kill innocent men. Exactly.
02:35:01 -->
02:35:03
So if they do this, they're in error.
02:35:03 -->
02:35:03
So
02:36:16 -->
02:36:18
no. No. No. No. You are a physician.
02:36:18 -->
02:36:20
You know your job. I am a religious
02:36:20 -->
02:36:22
scholar. I know my job. So you have
02:36:22 -->
02:36:23
to believe me and just to
02:36:27 -->
02:36:29
Yes. Yes. I I
02:36:29 -->
02:36:31
totally relate
02:36:32 -->
02:36:32
to
02:36:33 -->
02:36:36
this agony. I put it, it is a
02:36:36 -->
02:36:37
big dilemma,
02:36:37 -->
02:36:38
okay,
02:36:39 -->
02:36:41
which if you look at the genuine
02:36:42 -->
02:36:42
scholars,
02:36:43 -->
02:36:44
of
02:36:44 -->
02:36:45
the past,
02:36:46 -->
02:36:48
first of all, this dichotomy
02:36:48 -->
02:36:52
between religious sciences and secular sciences did not
02:36:52 -->
02:36:52
exist.
02:36:53 -->
02:36:56
So they were physicians, good physicians and good
02:36:56 -->
02:36:59
mufassirin and good scholars and good faqid.
02:37:01 -->
02:37:03
They have, they had well rounded,
02:37:05 -->
02:37:05
specializations.
02:37:07 -->
02:37:08
That's number 1.
02:37:09 -->
02:37:10
Number 2,
02:37:12 -->
02:37:15
which is what is miserably lacking
02:37:15 -->
02:37:16
nowadays,
02:37:17 -->
02:37:19
that when they engaged with
02:37:20 -->
02:37:21
the so called laymen,
02:37:25 -->
02:37:25
they
02:37:29 -->
02:37:30
interacted
02:37:31 -->
02:37:31
and
02:37:33 -->
02:37:35
engaged this layman
02:37:37 -->
02:37:38
with
02:37:38 -->
02:37:39
a number
02:37:41 -->
02:37:42
of
02:37:43 -->
02:37:44
concerns. So the layman,
02:37:45 -->
02:37:47
even though he's not a specialized
02:37:47 -->
02:37:48
scholar in
02:37:49 -->
02:37:50
religious sciences,
02:37:51 -->
02:37:54
but they took seriously
02:37:54 -->
02:37:56
his or her concerns.
02:37:58 -->
02:38:00
So if you have if a layman
02:38:01 -->
02:38:03
has certain issues,
02:38:04 -->
02:38:04
okay,
02:38:06 -->
02:38:07
so
02:38:07 -->
02:38:10
it is the role of the scholars to
02:38:11 -->
02:38:12
seriously consider
02:38:13 -->
02:38:15
these set of concerns,
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02:38:16
set of issues,
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02:38:19
set of
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02:38:20
problems.
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02:38:23
And then their responsibility
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02:38:26
is that they have to come up
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02:38:28
with solutions,
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02:38:29
with answers,
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02:38:31
with responses
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02:38:33
to these concerns
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02:38:35
and issues.
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02:38:38
This is, as I said, this is miserably
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02:38:39
lacking.
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02:38:41
They
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02:38:44
are in their, ivory castle.
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02:38:46
They think that
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02:38:49
I'm not generalizing, of course.
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02:38:52
Okay. They think that they've got it all.
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02:38:53
Okay.
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02:38:56
And who are you to talk to me
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02:38:58
about these type of things?
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02:39:01
You know, you are in your profession and
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02:39:03
I am this and that. Okay.
02:39:03 -->
02:39:05
So there is a disconnect
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02:39:07
between
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02:39:09
the two worlds,
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02:39:11
the two sets of
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02:39:13
sciences and disciplines.
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02:39:15
So
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02:39:19
in the Islamic tradition,
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02:39:25
for a scholar to be called as such,
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02:39:26
three conditions
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02:39:28
have to be met
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02:39:32
for him to be eligible
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02:39:36
to talk to the people and teach the
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02:39:39
people. Three conditions, not 1, not 2, 3.
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02:39:43
The first, that he has to be well
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02:39:43
grounded
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02:39:45
in religious sciences.
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02:39:47
That's the first.
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02:39:48
The second,
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02:39:51
he has to be well grounded in the
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02:39:53
lived reality surrounding him.
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02:39:56
He has to be part of this lived
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02:39:56
reality.
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02:39:58
He knows
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02:39:59
issues
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02:40:01
that his community
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02:40:04
are grappling with.
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02:40:06
And number 3,
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02:40:10
he has to possess certain skills
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02:40:13
to relate the religious sciences
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02:40:15
to the lived reality.
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02:40:18
Other than that, he is not regarded as
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02:40:21
a scholar. He is regarded as a worshiper,
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02:40:22
a moola,
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02:40:25
or someone who has,
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02:40:27
you know, it's crooked
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02:40:31
as if someone is just limping in one
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02:40:31
lick.
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02:40:32
Okay.
02:40:33 -->
02:40:33
But 3,
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02:40:38
the skills, there are set of skills. You
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02:40:40
have the religious sciences,
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02:40:42
the sources,
02:40:43 -->
02:40:45
and you have the changing reality,
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02:40:46
lived reality.
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02:40:48
Say for example,
02:40:51 -->
02:40:54
talk about the issue of life insurance.
02:40:56 -->
02:40:59
Okay, so you have certain sources
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02:41:03
and then you have this issue
02:41:04 -->
02:41:07
and now you want to have a ruling
02:41:07 -->
02:41:10
about this particular issue which is contemporary issue,
02:41:11 -->
02:41:12
never existed before,
02:41:14 -->
02:41:18
to be able to understand these sources
02:41:19 -->
02:41:22
and apply them to these changing
02:41:22 -->
02:41:23
situations.
02:41:24 -->
02:41:25
This is a craft.
02:41:26 -->
02:41:27
This is a specialty.
02:41:29 -->
02:41:30
Okay,
02:41:30 -->
02:41:32
that requires not only
02:41:33 -->
02:41:33
information,
02:41:35 -->
02:41:36
that requires
02:41:37 -->
02:41:37
engagement
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02:41:40
with the community, that requires
02:41:41 -->
02:41:42
intelligence,
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02:41:44
that requires methodology.
02:41:46 -->
02:41:47
Okay? So
02:41:48 -->
02:41:50
this is the time of the scholars we
02:41:50 -->
02:41:53
are looking for. And once we have these
02:41:53 -->
02:41:53
scholars,
02:41:54 -->
02:41:56
it is going to be very easy to
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02:41:56
engage and to bring about these words that
02:41:56 -->
02:41:57
we are like to do.
02:42:03 -->
02:42:04
If we start,
02:42:05 -->
02:42:06
I bet you,
02:42:08 -->
02:42:10
no, it would not take generations.
02:42:10 -->
02:42:13
But it is has to start from here
02:42:14 -->
02:42:15
with raising
02:42:16 -->
02:42:17
few kids
02:42:18 -->
02:42:20
and preparing them for this,
02:42:21 -->
02:42:21
job,
02:42:23 -->
02:42:24
mentoring them,
02:42:26 -->
02:42:27
giving them the support
02:42:44 -->
02:42:46
In reference to, Vita Yes. Is there consensus
02:42:46 -->
02:42:48
on the what is your basic principles
02:42:49 -->
02:42:50
about the or
02:42:51 -->
02:42:51
is there a
02:42:52 -->
02:42:54
You will find opinions
02:42:55 -->
02:42:57
each group of people
02:42:57 -->
02:42:58
would
02:44:24 -->
02:44:24
not,
02:44:26 -->
02:44:27
a bad thing.
02:44:28 -->
02:44:30
It is actually a commendable thing. But it
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02:44:31
depends on
02:44:31 -->
02:44:33
the way you channel
02:44:33 -->
02:44:35
your innovative skills.
02:44:48 -->
02:44:51
They just flash it in your face. Now,
02:44:51 -->
02:44:52
let's just Bilal.
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02:44:53
Okay?
02:44:54 -->
02:44:56
If you shake hand with the brother after
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02:44:58
the prayer, it's Bilal.
02:44:58 -->
02:45:00
If you make dua, it is Bilal. So
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02:45:04
I am against this type of mindset
