Shadee Elmasry – Two pieces of advice to self and friends

			All right, so the first thing I
want to say to myself and everyone
		

			out there is that
		

			we should never lose sight of the
Rama of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada and
		

			Rama of ALLAH SubhanA, which Allah
in every era in which there is
		

			hardship, there's more Rama, Rama
increases the gamsat. I never
		

			change the rulings of our deen,
they don't change. But the
		

			drama that comes down and the
forgiveness that comes down,
		

			always increases. So that's
something that we have to realize
		

			and recognize. When we're
speaking, thinking about Allah
		

			subhana wa Tada. And thinking
about our states in our Islam is
		

			that the Rama of Allah azza wa
jal, it is always increasing upon
		

			us. And the harder things get for
us. And the more difficulty that
		

			we have, the more that we should
know that Rama of Allah azza wa
		

			jal is upon us and
		

			coming down on us in increasing
forgiveness, and increasing mercy.
		

			So that's something that I want to
start with. But secondly, I'm sort
		

			of becoming friends with some of
the people
		

			you know, see you all the same
people on Twitter and on Facebook
		

			and on all these sites. And I've
always said it, that when the
		

			Muslims use social media, it's
oftentimes really useful. It's
		

			really constructive, it's a lot
better than
		

			other communities and that you get
to know people, you have a lot in
		

			common and you have serious things
in common as well, not just minor
		

			things, you have the most
important things in common. So
		

			these relationships that are
virtual end up becoming more
		

			substantive than you know the what
you often hear from the largest
		

			society that you need, give us a
bunch of strangers Yeah, you do
		

			have trolls but I am starting to
see the same people. And in order
		

			for us to have any type of bomb
that's any use, what we should be
		

			doing is connecting on matters
that are eternal, and nothing is
		

			more valuable to a person on human
piano than his half of the Quran.
		

			So what we should be connecting on
and encouraging each other on is
		

			this great good which is have the
Quran. And so that's the second
		

			point that I just wanted to open
up with the first point is never
		

			to forget that um, of Allah azza
wa jal is always increasing in
		

			times of hardship. Okay, always
increasing. In times of hardship,
		

			Damschroder do not change.
However, the Rama is always in a
		

			state of increase. Okay. So that's
the first thing that I wanted to
		

			say. The second thing that I
wanted to say is, just to recap,
		

			for those that are just joining
us, is that the relationships that
		

			at least I'm forming with some
people that I see on a regular
		

			basis on these social media
platforms, okay, is that our
		

			relationship is meaningful, even
if it's virtual, if we're
		

			connecting on something that's
eternal, and from those things
		

			that are eternal, our knowledge in
general, and HIV, the Quran in
		

			specific, okay, and this is why
we're actually I'm taking the
		

			initiative, and also Ali, who you
see on his name on the thing, I've
		

			been sad, he lives near me. So we
work together on these things. And
		

			one of the initiatives we're
taking is that people, we want
		

			everyone to know Arabic, enough,
at least to read Quran and to
		

			start getting through classical
texts. So you don't have to rely
		

			upon a translation. Okay, of
course, translation we all still
		

			rely upon translations. But
		

			Ali and myself will be teaching
Arabic, I will be teaching them to
		

			videos, but Ali will be giving the
live tutoring, okay. And we're
		

			talking about Arabic from scratch,
we're not talking about elfia.
		

			We're talking about Arabic from
scratch, that ultimately we can
		

			get you to the digital media
level, where you could actually
		

			open up a classical text and start
reading it. And it will take it
		

			from from a from scratch, private
tutoring. And we'll have some
		

			classes, which we will announce
next week, not this week. But next
		

			week, and people can sign up for
that next week. In the meantime,
		

			and in between these classes, you
can watch the videos that we're
		

			putting it up and I'll just type
it in here real quick.
		

			Okay, the name of the website
where we're uploading all these
		

			videos. Okay. And this is really
the amateur that we're able to
		

			give to the world, which is to try
to connect people to the Arabic
		

			language
		

			through these prepared videos and
online tutoring classes between
		

			myself and brother Adi besides the
Tunisian, so hopefully, you know,
		

			this is Ahmed that will be a cause
of the forgiveness of our mozzie
		

			of our sins. And that's the only
intention that any of this data is
		

			being done. I'll be honest with
you,
		

			the only the the number one
attention if there's any other
		

			attention, I don't understand the
number one attention is that this
		

			is the kuthodaw of some of our say
at that we're not able to thank
		

			Allah and behave properly in this
world. Okay? And that hopefully,
		

			that Allah has given us some
interest in knowledge. So we
		

			learned something, and hopefully
through that learning,
		

			we can be forgiven. All right, by
doing that learning, you know, I
		

			mean by doing that
		

			Teaching what we've learned that
we could be forgiven for our
		

			indiscretions and our wrong
actions. And honestly, the more
		

			that we pump classes on the Arabic
language and emphasize the Arabic
		

			language and memorization of
Quran, okay, and being busy with
		

			this book, the better off we will
be as individuals and then our
		

			families will be in our
communities will be and if
		

			hundreds or 1000s of people are
doing these same basic things,
		

			then the whole OMA will be in a
state of increase. Okay, so with
		

			that those were the two points
that I wanted to bring up as my
		

			opening. No See how I guess you
could say to myself and to
		

			everyone else, but I wanted to
begin with sort of an hurrahs