Suhaib Webb – How One Word Captures The Relationship Between Student & Sheikh
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The speaker discusses the use of the word Bab in Islamic school, including its meaning as a door for entering a new place and its associated etiquette. They also mention the importance of the shaykh or shaykhah, the etiquette of the student and the etiquette of the host in the school. The speaker emphasizes the significance of the word Bab in the schools' culture.
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The bab. The word bab is translated as
chapter, but a bab actually is a door.
If we say that bab is applied to
a a literal meaning, like right in front
of me now, or the bab of my
house.
That's the bab of my house, the door.
But also as a as a metaphor or
as a figurative usage,
babb is used to express that you are
entering into something.
One of my teachers
years ago in Egypt, over 10 years ago,
he told me something beautiful, that the reason
that the scholars would call chapters of religious
books,
is
to remind you of
To remind you of the doors of Jannah,
SubhanAllah.
So that as you're studying,
as I'm studying,
bab,
bab,
badu,
babbadi
al wahi.
A chapter on how wahi started.
So immediately I remind myself to be sincere,
like the reason I'm studying this knowledge
is Insha'Allah,
Udd
Khal Insha'Allah
be
Abu Abul Jann.
That hopefully I will be able to be
placed
in the doors of Jannah. So we see
something that's very different than other academic systems.
And we're gonna talk about this a lot.
That
Islamic, the Islamic academic framework
is not simply concerned
with
the educational
acumen
and educational
accomplishments,
but it is also concerned
with your character.
And your akhlaq
physically,
socially
and even spiritually.
So bab
badi al wahi. Al babbadu al wahi also
either one is correct.
The the door,
right, because you're entering into this new place.
And it reminds you of
the Another thing he told me that's nice,
the recent chapters are called Abweb, is how
how do we act when we enter into
someone's home?
So one of my other teachers used to
say, all the etiquettes of the student and
the teacher are found in the door in
the in the word
Bab,
akem tasharifiy.
Bab kedah, bab kedah.
Because when you enter to someone's house,
and I I enter into someone's house, there's
certain etiquette that we have in their home,
and also
the the host
is also going to engage in certain etiquette.
So the word bad
not only implies,
a
a a a
a
an etiquette on behalf of the teacher,
but also the etiquette on behalf of the
student. Not just the etiquette on behalf of
the student, but the etiquette of the teacher.
So you see the word beb
has like so many beautiful meanings, SubhanAllah.
But the first is to remind us, Alhamdulillah,
abarjannah.
And the second, when we say bab firk,
bab tasir, bab tajweed.
Right? The chapter for this or this or
this, we're reminded I'm entering into a new
place.
I'm entering into the home of that teacher,
metaphorically,
and I'm about to be served. I'm not
gonna get served food. I'm not gonna get
served water. I'm gonna get served knowledge.
And the one who's serving it is not
going to make it too spicy,
too hot,
is going to take care.
So also the one serving will have etiquette.
So if you pay attention,
the word bab
encapsulates,
number 1, sincerity for jannah,
number 2, the etiquette of the one entering
into the home, the student, number 3, the
etiquette of the one who serves the student
is the shaykh
or the shaykhah.
SubhanAllah, our deen, our deen is Jameel, man.
It's a beautiful religion. SubhanAllah.