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Fully aware of our belief in Allah subhanho wa Taala

allows us

and grants us entry when we are resurrected into janitorial dose

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one of the HECM or the wisdoms

of the Hajj

is that it connects people

in a physical way

to

the lands, which is pleasant and Mobarak.

It links us to

the to heed of Allah subhanho wa Taala

in a way,

that only a journey and a travel can, a physical journey and a

travel can

that when the judge when they reach Makkah,

they share the plains of Africa

with 10s of 1000s Millions

of Muslims from across the globe.

They all revere sanctify

the Shah,

those things which Allah subhanaw taala, which he required them to

sanctify of going around the Kaaba of making the sign of Safa and

Marwa of being present on the Day of Arafah

and pelting the Jamela on the days of the shriek.

And this is a physical connection that Muslims who have the capacity

to do so they are afforded this opportunity to physically connect

with the rest of the Ummah

and practically to try and establish

even greater connection with Allah subhanho wa taala.

And this is what it is about.

When we speak about submitting yourself to Allah subhanho wa

Taala

it is about spending a lifetime in Cordova

in approaching Allah subhanho wa Taala in a way that we become

fully aware of him, fully conscious of him.

To the extent that we

want to obey Allah subhanahu wa to Isla and that we are fearful of

disobeying Allah subhanho wa taala.

And this is a life well spent.

And in order for Allah subhanaw taala to assist men in this regard

in building this connection with him. Allah Subhana Allah to Allah

has revealed the Quran,

the Quran is that robbed?

It is that connection, that Allah subhanaw taala extended to

humanity in order for them to have an opportunity to understand whom

Allah subhanho wa Taala is and to reach the highest stages in terms

of humanity that they can and in worship to Allah subhanho Medina,

the Quran is that a rope

of which the Quran speaks about when it says what does the movie

humbler hold firm to the rope of Allah subhanho wa Taala

and ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala utilizes the prophets that Gambia

and part of our iman is that we believe in Allah, we believe in

the books the revelation that he had sent, and we believe in the

message or in the messengers, the prophets that came with those

revelation.

So we know you sent Ibrahim Alayhi Salatu was Salam. These were the

days that we were remembering Prophet Ibrahim Alayhi Salatu was

Salam abundantly and his life.

His son is married.

The Quran speaks about them. Kulu and Binhai Omar own Xena, Elena,

woman, Xena, Ibrahim, our smart healer. What is hard, is hard. The

other son of Ibrahim Waiuku, the son of his hug while us about the

tribes, the children of Yaqoob was also known as Israel eel. That's

why we get Bani Israel yield the children of Yaqoob the children of

Israel eel and from amongst them, was used of Allah Salatu was

Salam. And eventually fall amongst them was Musa either you Salatu

was Salam. And from that legacy they came isa salatu salam, and

from the legacy of Isma eel was settled in Makkah to mocha Rama

que Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

And through these individuals, prophets of Allah subhanho wa

Taala generation through generation, people are linked

constantly to the worship of Allah subhanho wa taala. And despite the

fact that there was about 700 years or so between Nabil Issa and

the coming of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, there

was still remnants of the worshipping of Allah. And by the

time the Prophet came, he obliterated the pig, the

worshipping of the pagan I O, the pagan worship in Makkah to macabre

Rama, and he re established that connection that man is supposed to

have with his creator. It's all about that connection. It's all

about not getting lost, not forgetting, not losing our way as

human beings.

And in the city God Allah subhanho wa Taala connects us to that

legacy. We're in the Quran, he tells us the most beautiful

stories, because he wants us to remember what happened to these

Zambia. In fact, in the beginning of Surah, use of Allah subhanho wa

Taala says, na na Cousteau Allah, Allah cosas Bhima ohioana Ilica

the Quran, we rehearse to you the best of stories, that which has

been we have inspired in the school and we're in condemning

cubberly Here, let me Navarre feeling even though before you

were unmindful of these happenings and these incidents. So Allah

subhanho wa taala, tells of the story of the prophets, the Stories

of the Prophets, in a bid to connect us with the obedience in a

bid to connect us with the machine,

in an attempt to connect us to the worshipping of one Allah.

And Alhamdulillah we hear these stories, and we hear about the

spread of Islam.

The uncle of the Prophet Alayhi Salatu was Salam having embraced

Islam after the conquest of Makkah Abbas Well, the Allahu Allah and

then him then the Abbas that Khalifa.

And then after that, another dynasty, and then another dynasty,

and then the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman dynasty, and we hear about

these things, and this is our legacy.

And we are here in Cape Town.

And we found ourselves here for the past few 100 years.

And we ask ourselves, what is our connection with this legacy?

Where do we fit into this legacy of Islam, this beautiful story of

how Allah subhanaw taala connects human beings to his Deen how he

connects human beings to his Deen via the Quran and via the

teachings that the prophets came came to deliver to us.

And when we look into that legacy, and in that history, we find that

we are not a lost nation,

we find that we are not a lost people.

In fact, we find that there is a beautiful legacy. And there's a

beautiful story that connects us to the bigger picture and the

larger story.

And that story starts in 1652.

That story starts in 1652. between that time and 1700,

approximately 1200 or 1297 slaves were brought here

to the Cape.

Over 50% of them was from India.

The rest was from

there was from a large quantity from Madagascar.

And then there was from India from Indonesia, a large quantity lesson

number from Malaysia.

Other records talks about Bengal.

It talks about other islands in the regions also of Southeast

Asia.

But they came here

or rather, they were brought here.

They were brought here, under in chains.

They wouldn't grow to as free people. Not to say that they were

not free once upon a time. They were free people.

It was the politics of the time that they were brought here in

chains.

And they came here because of where they held. They came here

with the deen

they came here with an identity.

They came here with the knowledge that they are Muslim

and that they worship Allah subhanahu wa taala but they were

brought here under very, very trying circumstances. Because

basically you were a commodity

you you were the commodity and you were part

of the trade that was happening, you were part of the economy, not

as a participant, but as merchandise.

So it was extremely trying.

We find that after 1700, again, between 17 107 and, and the mid

1700s, we find that another group came

a group of free Muslims, what we would call free Muslims from

Indonesia. They needed skilled laborers to build a water break in

town, so that they could extend the harbor. They brought these

laborers from Indonesia, once again, Muslims,

they knew what they were believing in, they understood their own

identity. When the job was done, many of these artisans and

laborers they went back, but many of them stayed as well.

They became known as the free black Muslims, the free of

Aartsen,

the free black Muslims of the cape,

and we find that

they knew where they were in terms of their identity.

records

tell us that they were practicing the Islam.

And then comes the political prisoners. We are about to ng

Sayed

who was incarcerated in Robben Island for 11 years. And after he

left Robben Island, he went to settle in Cape Town. He was a

person who understood this Deen, he was a person who had the

ability to teach. And he took the opportunity to start teaching

Muslims anyone who wanted to learn

eventually,

or, as are used to the states that he we can be considered the first

official imam in Cape Town.

Don't say it.

They say that he went into the slave Lodge. And at the slave

Lodge, he gave Dawa, to the to the slaves there. And they say many of

the slaves in the slaves lodge embrace Islam record show that he

actually became a policeman eventually. And it was in this way

that he had access to the slave Lodge.

And this was the beginnings of a movement of an organized movement

of Muslims, where there's a consciousness that is someone who

has the ability to teach, and that there is something to learn, and

that there is something other than what the current status quo of

Dutch and English rule is offering.

And that is Islam.

And then there were others. Time is not going to allow us but we

know

to hang guru, Imam Abdullah bin kadhi Abdus Salam.

He was brought here, a political prisoner. He was incarcerated.

He was a man of Deen, a man of a man of knowledge.

And a man who, despite the circumstances, was not going to

allow his circumstances to get the better of him. Because he

understood his purpose as a Muslim, because he was motivated

by other than the political conditions of the time, he was

motivated with a higher purpose. And that higher purpose was he

wanted to be connected to Allah subhanho wa taala. And he wanted

to put the people that he came into contact with, he wanted to

connect them to Allah subhanho wa taala. He was the house within

Quran. We know famously the story of him writing copies from memory

of the Quran Subhana Allah.

When he was finally released, he went to Cape Town. He settled in

Cape Town, he befriended a man known as Muhammad fund Ben

garland, they became very close friends. Muhammad when Ben Garland

was married to a lady known as Seung Ki funda cup

sarchi Find the cup was the daughter of the Caribbean of salon

and three in Fond the cup.

This collagen of Solon was the first free black Muslim to own

land in Cape Town.

He owned land in Dover Street. He owned a house in dwarf Street and

attached out there was a warehouse.

Muhammad found Ben garland being married to his daughter, and being

a close friend of Tang, Yusuf, or rather Tuan guru, being a close

friend of him. They approached him and they told him allow us to use

each of this warehouse as a place of learning as the madrasa he

agreed, and the first madrasa in South Africa was started the first

madrasa free people and slaves came they are like because to

The Muslims who came there, they didn't see one another as either

being a free person or a slave. All they saw was Islam and Muslim.

Some of the first orlimar just recently come out of slavery. They

were taught in that madrasa. They endorsed St. Imam Abdullah Vasil

was some of the first Imam Abdul Bari Imam.

Imam * Imam Ahmed fund being garland

of the first Imams that came out of that school. At that school

they also taught that for