Message to Jamiat ul Ulama, South Africa on their Centenary

Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa salatu salam ala shuffelin Babel mousseline Muhammad Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he was able to send them to Sleeman cathedral cathedra. From Abbado, it gives me great pleasure. And it's a great honor to congratulate the Jamaat Allamah South Africa on their centenary

Alhamdulillah, my association with Jamil goes back to 2003. So I've been associated with the jamiat, for now 20 years. And it has been an association of love and affection, and great honor and great satisfaction. I have always said this, and I continue to say that, that I have the greatest admiration for the gentleman, South Africa and for the amount of South Africa

for the amazing work that they have done through history,

to keep the community together,

and to continue the education of Islam

in the raising of children.

Through these now 100 years, South Africa stands out as a shining example,

to the rest of the world,

especially in their mcta program. I think that is one of the finest things and absolute fundamental of the basis of raising children. So Hala, it's

all these years every time I've been to South Africa, it's been a I've been honored

by the jamiat. And I've spoken there I have taught there are

of course I have my dearest and closest friends, there are so many of them. I don't want to start naming them because if I forget somebody then it looks like I I named them I didn't need somebody, but they all know me, I will know them. It's a great pleasure. I want to just say a couple of things. And of course you're welcome to shut this video down at this point and not listening, not listen to the couple of things. But thinking back every age, and every era has its markers has its symbols. If you go back the two prehistoric times practically we have the pyramids of the Egyptians, absolute marvels of of architecture and construction. We have the ayah Sophia in Istanbul, which was

completed in 537 ad by the Roman Emperor Justinian the first that was 33 years before Rasul Allah is Allah Selim was born. At the same time they also constructed the Yerba Tan Sri or the Erbert answer Nikki, the sunken palace of the sunken sister, which is across from Sophia, which is, again, another Marvel of construction, the ayah Sophia was the for centuries, it was the largest covered area in the world. And this system water system was one of hundreds in

in Constantinople at that time, which brought water from the Belgrade forest, to

Constantinople to drinking water to the grid, what is called the valance aqueducts, the Byzantine aqueduct. So you have these pyramids of the of the Egyptians, you have all these fantastic construction projects of the Romans, which have lasted now, practically 1500 years or more. And of course, the Egyptians are, are almost for 5000 years. You have Greek sculptures and construction and the Parthenon and all of that. Now, if I think about our modern times, what are our symbols? So one alarming ajeeb if I think about that, our markers and our symbols are ICBMs, intercontinental ballistic missiles, highly sophisticated planes and ships to carry highly complex scientific Marvels

built at billions of dollars worth of cost created for the sole purpose of destroying life in the most massive scale. Now people will marvel and say that these people like us had all this knowledge and all these wealth, and yet they did nothing to solve real problems of their society, but instead spent it on creating ways of killing each other. Now, what kind of people were there? This is what the you know, I imagined archeologists have,

you know, maybe 500 years later, we'll dig up us and this has happened and this is what they will say that that is how sick we are.

So what is the solution? What is the marker on should be the marker of

The Muslims in my view the markers of the Muslims are not scientific instruments and scientific

inventions and discoveries and so on. The marker of the Muslim is Islam. It is the the the concept and the dean of Tawheed and the dean of the result of Muhammad Mustafa sallallahu alayhi wa he was able to sell him the last and final of the messengers of Allah subhanaw taala and the concept of accountability before Allah subhanaw taala This is the cure to the sickness that the world is suffering from, which I just described for you. And so, therefore, this the Jama tautomers

and all such organizations, the dermatology, Sri Lanka for example, which celebrated its centenary, last year, and others all of whom stand up as the markers and as the standard bearers and as the the mush ol the the light houses in this world of turbulence and storms. So that people will still know the truth whether they follow it or not is up to them, but they nobody can say we did not know because these are the people who will who are have been doing for the last 100 years and who will inshallah continue to do that. I my doors from my heart and in my doors in my schedule are for the GMAT of South Africa and may Allah subhanaw taala continue to give you strength and continue to give

you guidance and continue to use you for His purpose. Like my share, he has to say, Allah to Virgo Tala apne khidmat me to make Tagada and that is what I say to you. May Allah Samantha tie you out in the fifth of this deed in the headmaster of the sonata, Mohammad Rasool Allah SallAllahu sallam, and in the headman of Allah subhanho wa Taala Jerry Dinallo. And then when you are raised before in gelada, Allah may Allah subhanaw taala honor you in keeping with his majesty and grace, and this is my dua, and I'm now 70 years old. So I think I'm in the position of giving those to people. It is my dua for all of you in the Jamia

who are there today, and many beautiful people who I had the great honor of knowing who have passed away. Chief of them always by my is hope Barack Obama Bajirao Talalay and then others. So may Allah subhanaw taala keep you in his special care and in his special Rama and forgive your sins and forgive your shortcomings and keep you as the adhesive to keep the hearts of Muslims together. I think this is the biggest challenge. And this is the biggest Hilma that anybody can do is to keep the hearts of the Muslims together. And I and this is what you've been doing 100 up and I wish you all the best. And I wish Allah subhanaw taala that I make dua that Allah subhanaw taala we should be

pleased with you and to show His pleasure in this world. And the next day as I go well, okay, and for this opportunity to speak to you, my salaam, everybody, and I request you for your dua for me, was Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh