Mirza Yawar Baig – Teaching Quran – Part 1

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			my dear brothers and sisters, this series of lectures is is focused at those people, those of us who
teach the Quran
		

			This is a great and sacred responsibility
		

			and a series of lectures is to help us to reflect about this, to introspect and to try to ensure
that we do this work in a way which will be a source of benefit for us, both in our lives as well as
in the ACA and to correct those things which might be there in our teaching in our near in our
methodology, which instead of being a source of hire, become a source of problem for us. We need to
get rid of such things if they are there.
		

			I want to remind myself when you that to learn the Quran is for us to teach the Quran is not for So,
let us not do something which is not for to begin with. And then do it in a way which is not in
keeping with the Sunnah of Allah Allah Azza wa sallam. So that this thing which we need not have
done, if he had not done it, we would not be culpable. But because we do it in the wrong way, we
become punishable before Allah subhanaw taala that does not put ourselves into this trap. I want to
begin by the famous Hadith narrated by Othman if now follow the Allahu anhu whereas Allah is Allah
Allah Allah wa salam is reported to have said, Hey rakuen Mandela maharana wa Lama who which means
		

			the best among you are those who learn the Quran and teach it and in another generation, instead of
Wow, there is out. So that is hydro comenta Allah or Allah, O Allah, who the best among you are
those who teach the Quran or who learned
		

			how kumbhakarna Allah He salat wa salam, I think about this visa is Allah is giving a status to the
Muslims. And the status is not based on our line edge. It is not based on our tribe. It is not based
on our education, even it is not even based on how much wealth we have or how much power we have. It
is based on our teaching and learning the Quran.
		

			ask Allah subhanaw taala to help us to let this thing sink in to us. One of the problems of
education today, including the education of Quran is that we gave a great deal of emphasis and we
spent a great deal of time in focusing on telling and we spend very little time on listening. And we
spent no time at all on reflecting and thinking about what we heard. Now, this is a very major
		

			problem, because unless we are willing to listen and to reflect, then all the telling in the world
cannot get cannot get us anywhere. And that's why I want to remind myself when you let us reflect on
this hadith of NaVi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam where he said hydrocone mantella mal Khurana Allahu
Akbar Allah alayhi salatu wa sallam, my brothers and sisters, I want to remind myself I knew that
		

			teaching the Quran is a privilege, it is not a right privilege has to be earned. It is not
inherited. privileges come with responsibilities, and they are taken away if you fail to fulfill the
responsibility. And taking a privilege for granted is the best way to lose that privilege. So let us
think about this, the privilege of teaching the Quran
		

			do we really want this privilege because it comes with responsibilities. And the responsibility is
to teach it in the way that the first teacher of it taught it, the one who received the column the
way he taught it.
		

			And if you are unable to do that, for whatever reason, then I say it once again. Let us do ourselves
a favor. Let us say I will learn the Quran. I will read the Quran, I will follow the Quran, but I
will not teach the Quran because I find myself incapable of teaching it in the way of and to keep in
keeping with the standard that Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said for us
		

			there are seven critical principles to teaching the Quran I will list them and inshallah we will do
a series of this whole lecture series is based on these. The first one is his last one near which we
must check constantly. The second one is to love the Quran and to transfer this love into the
students. The third one is to follow the Sunnah, in the spirit of the teaching, the four is just get
to know our own first. The fifth is to understand what
		

			We teach the sixth is to live that column ourselves. And the seventh one is to bring it alive for
the students. On these basic seven principles, I have based this series of lectures, I asked Allah
subhanaw taala to enable me to say that which is beneficial and to save us from that which is not
beneficial, and to accept these lectures for his sake and to be pleased with them.
		

			We come to the first of the principles of a classroom near everything begins with the NEA. The
famous had his own Obi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam narrated by Omar Abdel Catalano, which is the
first hubby's in Buhari where Rasul Allah Salallahu alaihe salam is reported to have said in Nevada
armello Binney, at the outcome of the deed the reward of the deed the worth and value of the deed is
based on the intention with which that deed has been done.
		

			I remind myself a new for us that this new year is something which is internal is Nia is something
which is very shaky, which is very dicey, which does not remain constant. And therefore, it is very,
very important for us to constantly check this near, over and over again.
		

			There are three elements to this near three elements to achieving a lasagna, the first one is to
constantly remind ourselves and to make and remake this Nia to teach only and only to please Allah
subhanho wa Taala Jalla Jalla. Not to please anybody else, to teach the Quran only and only to
please Allah subhanho wa Taala. Who's calamities number one, number two, is to teach with the
intention of connecting the student to Allah subhanho that That must be the intention of teaching
the Quran, not anything else. My intention of teaching the Quran is to connect the student to Allah
Subhana Allah, Allah, Allah Allah.
		

			And to remember very clearly, that you cannot connect, unless you are yourself connected. There's no
way that you can connect to Allah, when the current does not pass through you. If you want to
connect an appliance to the source of power, you need a copper wire, you need a conductor of
electricity, you cannot cannot you cannot connect a an appliance to the source of power using a rope
using a threat. You have to have something which conducts the power. And that's what the student is
at. That's what the teacher is, is the conductor which connects Allah subhana wa tada to the
student. And the third and very important element of ensuring that we have the correct class of Nia
		

			is never to take money to teach the word of Allah. My brothers and sisters, Islam is not a business,
keep it free. The Prophet sallallahu Sallam never took money to teach the Quran. And let us not
violate the sun after we sell sell him by charging money to teach Quran
		

			talking about the issue of connecting the student to
		

			to a lot of annual data.
		

			I was sitting in a mother's dark data phase of a mother and one of the students was reciting his
door for me. And he came to the ayat of the Quran where Allah subhanaw taala said, zero will or the
funds okay?
		

			So when he decided his I stopped him, and I said, what do you understand by this? So he said
massage, I don't know, I don't understand the meaning. So that's the first problem with us. We teach
students to learn to memorize the Quran, and they don't even understand what they're memorizing. So
I explained to him, I said, I'm not saying go around look in the world and see how we have created
things.
		

			And as it happened, when we looked out of the door of the mother, sir, we saw some chickens grazing
in the in the in the yard. So I told the student I said, Look at those chickens. What do you
understand about this? Ayah from those chickens? A poor student? I mean, nobody ever asked him this
question in his life. He was totally confused. He asked me sir mother, I don't understand what he
was saying. What? What does the chicken have to do with the caliber of Allah
		

			says the chicken has everything to do with the Kalam Allah. This is exactly what Allah subhanaw
taala is saying to you look around, see my creation and see what I have created, and wonder and
glorify me when you see my creation. So I said to him, I said, Tell me what is the chicken eating?
He says eating insects and it's eating, you know, things like that. So I said What happened? What
will happen to you if you go and eat what the chicken is eating? Supposing The chicken is eating a
lizard? What will happen if you eat the lizard? What will happen if you eat those insects? He said I
will die. I said you will die true. But the chicken is not dying. And when that chicken after the
		

			chicken has finished eating those lizards and whatever else it's eating, if you
		

			if you slaughter the chicken, and if you cook the chicken and eat it, the willow dies, no I will not
die. So as it is this not something that you need to wonder about and think and glorify a lost
battle.
		

			Tell about that he created this Buffalo, which can eat something which is poisonous to you, it goes
through the system of that knockaloe but when you eat the flesh of that animal, the thing does not
harm you. Even though if you are eaten that thing by itself, it would have killed you.
		

			This is the issue of connecting the student to Allah subhanaw taala and this is the, this must be
the purpose why we teach how to how can I connect the student to Allah?
		

			When my student learns from me, what is the effect of that on his on his, on his Salah, for example,
is the student able to get better also in his Salah when he learns the Quran from me is the students
better able to connect with Allah subhanho wa Taala when he learned the Quran for me, this is the
this is the last of the Nia that I'm talking about. And my brothers and sisters, I can assure you, I
can tell you, I implore you, I beg you I request you do not spoil that class by taking money to
teach the word of Allah subhanaw taala Islam is not a business. teaching the Quran is not a job
teaching the Quran is not a means of your livelihood. Don't make it a means of your livelihood, it
		

			is the means of earning the agenda of Allah subhanaw taala it is the means of gaining daraga before
Allah subhanaw taala it is the means of opening the doors of hedaya for yourself and for for all
those who come into contact with do not corrupt that do not spoil that influence by taking money
which will destroy all of this. You will get your money, the students may well benefit. I'm not
saying the students would benefit the students may well benefit but the benefit to you will be
nothing. Allah subhanaw taala causes benefit to come from all sorts of sources. For example, you
find you you see a a film on on natural history on biology, of the world of different kinds of
		

			things in the world, which is made by a non Muslim filmmaker. That film reminds us of Los Banos and
when I watched this film, I see these these creatures of Allah subhanaw taala. I keep saying Subhan
Allah Subhana Allah all the time, but the one who made the film, does he get the benefit of the
seeker of Allah subhanaw taala? No, even though his work is causing benefit to others, because this
is one of the big arguments that is that is used. People say about you see, after all, it is
beneficial. Don't worry about it is beneficial. Even things that are done by people who are not even
Muslim are still beneficial. But that does not mean that the person doing that thing is getting any
		

			benefit from it. So I am saying to you, when you are teaching the Quran, focus on yourself and say
what is my benefit to it?
		

			What is my benefit from this teaching? How am I benefiting from the teaching? And if the only answer
you get is I'm benefiting because I'm getting a fee, then I'm sorry to say you have to seriously ask
yourself, Is this why you're teaching the Quran, do not do this to yourself. I request you do not do
this to yourself, do not make teaching of the Quran, do not do not corrupt your class with taking
money. It's not my opinion. This has been the opinion of everybody from the masala salam to the
Sahaba to all our Salah Sally, who have all unanimously agreed that money corrupts and money spoils
the class of the near money and fame. These are the two major spoilers of the class of the year. And
		

			that is why I request you do not fall into this trap. Teach only and only for the pleasure of Allah
subhanaw taala teach to connect the student to Allah subhanaw taala and teach because you
		

			are focused on how you will benefit from this teaching. I ask Allah subhanaw taala to be pleased
with you and to make it easy for you to do this in a way that is pleasing to Him and to make this
hugely hugely beneficial for you in your dunya while akhira was Allah Allah Allah will carry while
he was savage when we refer to God