Sadullah Khan – New Academic Year & the Islamic Legacy of Learning and Excellence
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Jana o Kumar call to Dr. Yara Sula, Allah, in the name of Allah,
most Gracious, most Merciful.
All praise is due to our Creator, our cherisher our naughty Shane
our Sustainer we bear witness this and unworthy of worship but Allah,
we bear witness, we believe in all the prophets who came in the great
line of divine And we bear witness the Prophet Muhammad, Abdullah,
that sort of allah sallallahu alayhi wa, he was happy he was
Salam is the final of all the emissaries of Allah.
Mr to Allah for fall for raw teachers, students, elders, so
that youth brothers and sisters visitors, I greet you with a
Islamic universal greeting of peace, made the peace, the mercy
and the blessings of Allah be upon each and every one at this
auspicious hour of Jumeirah in this beautiful house of Allah in
this most beautiful city in the world. I say to you As Salam
aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
We are well aware that Allah subhanho wa Taala commenced the
final divine communication. He has sent revelation throughout
history, but he concluded the revelation with Revelation to
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and he commenced that
final revelation with a single instruction with a particular
word. And that word, of course, ikura
ikura is an injunction to learn.
It is an exhortation to pursue knowledge. And so significant is
the pursuance of that knowledge that Allah subhanho wa Taala says,
yearn for Allah who Levine among women come when Latina Raja Allah
will exalt those who will elevate those who believe and those who
have knowledge, who will elevate them to higher ranks.
Beyond that, the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who
came as a mercy out to the universe also said in them
I have come as a teacher to humanity.
This hadith documented by mama daddy me and more than that, in
Hadith in Sahih, Al Bukhari Rasul Allah Allah wa sallam said, in
brief to return me, Monica, UCLA, I've also been sent to improve
human patterns of behavior and human conduct. These two prophetic
traditions emphasize two specific points, one, the prophetic task of
teaching and also that of moral training, the significance of
education and its confluence is flowing together with ethical
values and of moral conduct. So therefore, teachers, they are
people who follow the professional prophets. Teachers are those who
follow the profession of prophets, and with feelings, you have the
prophetic task combined, of fulfilling the following
responsibility. The teacher is known as a murderous and murderous
means one who schools are the people who know madressa does
teaching and modalities is one who schools other people by means of
instruction.
He is also a more huddling he or she is wildly more aneema In other
words, a transmitter of the knowledge which they have at their
disposal. They are also referred to as Murghab be Murabbi means a
facilitator of their development, which is pythons the most
important ut Murghab be the facilitator of development and
they also added which means inculcating etiquette, manners
skills
Whose disciplines morals and values and this task of moral
teaching of moral values of etiquette is among the primary
responsibilities of parents as well. And that's why they also
said Allah while he was in them in a hadith documented in booster the
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tyramine added been harsh and that no person gives his or her child a
better gift, or a better inheritance, then knowledge and
good moral training.
We thus ponder over the wise advice of one of the companions of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was bingeable, who is
reported to have said to either
find the time Luma who Leela Harsha Portola, who are you by the
way Musa Kurata, who does be well, and who jihad. He said, acquire
knowledge for knowledge and gender is piety. It brings reverence for
one's Creator and brings fear of wrongdoing. Seek knowledge
is an act of worship. Studying is a celebration of the glory of
Allah, searching for it is like a jihad a struggle. Then he said,
What are Aleem who? The Mullah?
were better than Julio early kuruva. Under humare will halali
will haram Romana was Abidal Jana, he said, teaching what you know to
someone who realizes the value of what you're teaching that is
sadaqa for them. Applying knowledge in your own home is a
means of cementing family relationship knowledge
distinguishes the permissible from the impermissible the right from
the long wrong knowledge is a lighthouse of the end of the path
to justice in paradise. Then he goes on sin says about even while
also feeling well mahadi To fill halwa or saw He will FILL he said
knowledge is a source of solace when you are alone. It is the
inner friend who speaks to you in your privacy. It is it accompanies
you even when you're alone on travel with the little brother
several he will go raw was Silla Allah was the winner in the Akela
will collibra angle Verba he said knowledge is a positive force.
Knowledge is the positive force that will help you surmount the
test of comfort of trials and of hardship. Knowledge is your most
powerful weapon against your enemy. It is your adornment in the
company of your friends, and it even brings you closer to those
who may be estranged from you. Knowledge therefore, is the key to
human progress as Mr. Musharraf. He said.
Knowledge indeed is light. And the acquisition of knowledge is
absolutely essential in enabling human beings to fulfill his or her
mission, and function as khalifa to live in other as vigilance of
Allah on earth. Hence the lessons of Allah Allah wa salam instructed
us in the Hadith documented in the Sunnah, the manager told me
forever, Allah Cooley Muslim men were Muslim, seeking of knowledge,
searching of knowledge, because she wants to have knowledge is an
obligation, all forms of knowledge. It's an obligation upon
every believer, male and female. In other words, there was no
barrier, no gender barrier to learning. He also said rather wise
ones have said,
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave, there is no age barrier
to learning. And some of the scholars have said Maalouf is seen
seek knowledge even if it been China. In other words, there is no
geographical boundary to learning, no gender barrier. There is no age
barrier. And of course, there's no geographical boundaries to
learning. So this legacy of Islam is the legacy of knowledge is the
legacy of learning. And that is why part of our history part of
our legacy reflects that. The University of Cairo in a
university located in phase in Morocco, is the oldest existing
university in the world is the first degree awarding institution
in the world, recognized as such by UNESCO itself, a institution,
the mosque and the institution was donated by a lady called Fatima Al
figuri in 859, of the Gregorian calendar, and we find subsequently
became a leading center not only for teaching Islam before all the
sciences, to the extent that pa some of the graduates of that
university was Pope Sylvester the second, Pope Sylvester The second
was a student there
Maimonides, the foremost Jewish scholar, he was a philosopher. He
was a student they're one of the foremost historians who happens to
be Muslim biblical Dune was a student there. And beyond that,
the oldest consistently used University is as a university and
is continuing this year is 1020 years of continuous imparting of
education and knowledge. And therefore, there are so so Allahu
alayhi wa sallam said, Man Celica Thalia Can you tell me Sophie here
Elman, Sal, Allahu Allahu be he thought he can, Ill Jana, whoever
goes out in search of knowledge, Allah paves the way for them to
paradise. May Allah include us among them.
And numerous Hadees, the student who's in search of knowledge in
the path of Allah until he returns, and if he dies, he dies a
martyr. And these are numerous Hadith, clearly indicating the
sanctity of learning and the importance of knowledge. Now we
are here in the first week of the new academic year, teachers and
learners are returning to classes at schools, colleges and
universities. Last week, my brother Muhammad, I think, made an
announcement about the Outstanding Performance by our students, when
brother just told me now Never mind the performance. You must
come in, yeah, 1000 kids here, and they're absolutely silent. I must
commend you for that. So may Allah bless you may keep it this way
next week as well, easy, but Al Hamdulillah
800 to 1000 people in the masjid and to be silent in the behave the
way they are, is part of the reflection insha Allah of the
Adam, in tribute to the principals and the teachers as well who are
present here today. So we are in the first week of the new academic
year Alhamdulillah. Some are produced outstanding results.
Among the best results, we are producing Hungary law. But we do
know that after the results, some had performed outstandingly beyond
expectation, but others did not quite achieve the academic results
that they may have desired. So as each one of us those who have done
well, not so well, very well, all of us equally. Let's look back at
2019 and ponder effectively and examine ourselves. What did I
really do? Well, and this applies for parents in the business as
well and relationship, but more to the students right now and the
teachers. What did I really do well in 2019, but I would like to
build on in 2020. How can I make my success of 2020 bigger than
success in 2019? What mistakes or shortcomings were there in 2019
that I need to fix and make sure I don't repeat in 2020 There is of
course eager anticipation of engaging this coming year in sha
Allah, whatever the results that may be attain. Everyone can always
do better. But one important thing I want to tell all of you as I
always remind you, a shoot Musa will hook pessimism is part of bad
character. Irrespective of how you perform, never lose hope. Have
faith in Allah, but do the best you can. You know, trust in Allah,
but tie your camel you know those do what needs to be done, improve
the unit improve and never lose hope. And hope is a very important
attitude. It's an attitude towards the future. You can't have hope
about the past, it can only be towards the future. And it is
amongst life's greatest motivators. We find
that hope is that optimistic expectation that something good or
better, could or will happen in sha Allah, if only we continue to
do our best. There is a fundamental reality that we have
to acknowledge.
No human being is perfect. Every drummer we could look at the
microphone, walk into wobbu Hadith and tell me the waiter salsa Salam
said all human beings, all human beings fall short all human beings
sin and the Best of those who sin who earn who do wrong or those who
rectify, who improve, who asked forgiveness and return to the
better way. So if you have not done what you should have done, if
you made some mistakes in the past, your mistakes do not make
you a failure. There are people who are somewhat failed in some
way, who fell short in some way. But all of those who tried the
best, who had Yaqeen.
Who do who did what was required of them in sha Allah, they did
Excel. So make sure each one of us learn from your errors and from
your setbacks. So that your past serves as a lesson for the future.
So get so that you can get better
And why is it improve every day that goes by? Remember the quest
for excellence is not a quest for perfection. Only Allah is perfect.
Our responsibility is it's gone in exile, excellence and goodness in
Allah you're
a youth Kena Allah loves. If you do something, do it to the best of
your ability because Allah will reward you Allah wants you to do
good Allah commands you to do good in Allah yet moto will deal with
your son. And as you always say, Hello Jessa
can the consequence of good be anything other than goodness
itself.
So make sure to build on what is good. learn from mistakes, and
realize that today well lived and tomorrow well plan can make every
day in the future, a vision of hope.
Why is once have said
to him, for in the limousine.
Or for goon we're on one only cooling Mohamed de facto who for
in Africa of the car, it will burn it will be ready with Taqwa who
are going to pass it. They said learn because knowledge is a
beauty for the one who possesses it. It is a virtue and a gateway
for all things that are praiseworthy, gain understanding
because that is the best guide for you in life guide towards
righteousness towards piety and towards noble objectives. But also
at the same time, make sure it's holistic learning. Holistic does
not only mean you learn Donita, Aleem and dunya Italian, as some
people may say, No,
it's not only the religious and the secular, it is a holistic
mind, body, spirit and soul. So be mentally fit and be physically fit
as well. Exercise, exercise, not the wrong exercise, by the way.
Some of us do kinds of exercise, it makes us sick, and make other
people sick. You see, I say we jumped to conclusions. We throw
our weight around, we rush to judgment, we blow our own trumpet,
we boost our egos we run from reality, which was the truth, we
stretch the lies, we bend the rules, we push our luck, not that
kind of exercise.
The right kind of exercise, when you're physically fit, eat
healthy, be aware of your environment and participate in
that which will develop you holistically and towards the path
of righteousness. So as 2019 has left us,
let us be grateful hamdulillah for the blessings that we have
received for the prayers that were answered. And some may not have
been answered because Allah may have something better in mind for
us. For the lessons we have learned, for the challenges we
have survived for victories that we have gained with a big or small
and let us learn from the mistakes that we have made. But focus on
completing what was not done, and improving on those things that
were not done well enough.
I conclude by reminding you a great legacy of Accra was not only
meant to be one of past glories of Halloween and of Al Azhar. It is
supposed to be an ongoing unfolding legacy from the days of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam till the end of time
because the school was meant to be a failure on
the best of communities evolved for the benefit of humanity. So
let us all be willing to learn and to understand as a soul allah
sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam said in the Sahale Buhari
document is available Ali yeah you have nurse in number L mu B
while fickle with de facto. That's what Allah said are people
knowledge comes by wanting to learn. Understanding comes by
seeking understanding. Akula kolyada was tougher Allah wa salam
aleikum wa rahmatullah.
I do want to say Strickland, Russia, and the Board of Trustees
of our school, for always extending the school to such an
extent that we can