Mufti Menk – We Live In A Non Ideal World

So if there is someone generally practicing, they may not

appreciate that we're actually aiming at the vast majority who

are struggling to practice or not practicing, sometimes not even

Muslim I studied in Madina Munawwara in 1991

onwards, for a few years, and I can tell you that I was also very

hard initially and rigid with what I learned and the way I wanted to

do things. But when I got home, my father told me, sit and watch the

people for a whole year. Don't go out and start talking to them

until you see them for one whole year. So for a whole year, I was

just sitting and watching teaching little children Aleph and BA at

the at this madrasa. And it was very humbling, because I was

bubbling and bursting with a lot, and ended up teaching at a madrasa

adjacent to the masjid I was leading the Salawat. Barely ever

spoke to anyone, and so on. And then by the time I opened my

mouth, I was already calm. I already saw that. You know, you're

trying to bring people into an ideal situation, and we're living

in a non ideal world. So it's really a beautiful experience to

have had someone who's an expert in addressing people discipline

you and your own wishes at the same time, bringing the two

together. You.