Sulaiman Moola – Sacred Knowledge

Sulaiman Moola

Livestream Sacred Knowledge Shaykh Sulaiman Moola Guest speaker at the INTEGRATED QURAN HIFDH PROGRAM FIRST ANNUAL GRADUATION Brighter Horizons Academy – Houston (USA)

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The speakers emphasize the importance of physical beauty, de skill, activating youth, and balancing knowledge and wealth in shaping one's appearance. They stress the need for personal growth, setting boundaries, and preserving memorization. The COVID-19 crisis has affected the economy and the world, and there are new series and TV series due to its impact. The speakers also mention favorite movies and series, including The Biggest Wife, which is a remake of the first season of The Biggest Wife, and The Greatest Man, which is a television series.

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			throughout the world,
		
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			he began his his Islamic Studies after the age of 14, where he finished up on the memorization of
the Quran. And he began his Islamic theology for extensively seven years, who has mastered the
Arabic language, master data Farsi, the different the Farsi chef sorry mama is also I'm not sure if
you know his but he's also from my hometown. We actually share the same street that one of his
		
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			his family members was also in. But I've learned immensely from chef, you know, through his lectures
through his advice. And currently chef Solomon is his teaching and is part of the senior advisors of
the Jamia in South Africa also. He currently goes on teaching and lecturing throughout the world.
And we ask Allah subhana wa tada to preserve him. We ask Allah subhana wa tada to grant him the best
of both worlds to put Baraka in his in his in his wife in his life and his family's life as well. We
ask Allah subhana wa tada to make us benefit from his from his teachings and from his lectures to
supplement our famous chef with with with that being said we give the mic over to chef in sha Allah
		
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			does that come along fail for all those who are listening for all those who have joined us wherever
you may be throughout the world locally internationally and fully for for the beach, a family Sapna
fate again to all of you, whatever whichever way you have helped and and elevated our family and you
know give us give us insight May Allah subhana wa tada grant you the best results more faith I said
I'm ready to take more time to wait we're gonna catch up
		
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			Alhamdulillah healer and email hobby Alma Trini vermelha elemi Bella marine in wanna sleep for
Subhana Allah He led the Hikmah to who barely knew who was he? When he mo who was Silla tune Isla de
moi Kabir wanna shadow Allah Allah Allahu wa de la sharika lahu finitary monotony when I say the NSA
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Tbilisi sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi, Madame de kawaki Buddha seal
		
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			call a la junta Baraka tala filco, an image evil for corneal Hamid also below him in a Pani rajim
Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem. What Allah Domine Esma akula from Morocco malamala aka Fatah MB only be
as smart as Ola in Gundam saw the T in sada Kala will have him I greet you with the universal
greetings of Islam Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. So, I managed to secure the tail end
of the events that were unfolding back there in Houston, Texas, and I could actually feel the vibe
and the ambience and the excitement Mashallah. And as the names were being called out of the
different participants, so I'm going to try and develop from there and time is of essence, because
		
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			I'm kind of given a window period of half an hour and I have been asked in this half an hour to
motivate our parents, our teachers, tutors, and more importantly our learners to advance the cause
of studying Dean etc.
		
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			So, Imam Shafi Rahim Allah said,
		
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			Masahiko who karimun whenever when added to Burnley, Mo Mohammed bin Idris, a chef, he was a man
whose name is synonymous to knowledge. Right? He said Rai to Laila Sahaba, who carry him I observe
that the possessor of knowledge, the one who has knowledge Sahaba who Karim he he is a noble, a
dignified and an honorable, honorable person or fellow Allah that who only even if he is born into a
home where there isn't much social standing, and that reminds me of a good Asian enough hydrilla
that I read that there was a man by the name of this masumi so he didn't have much external
appearance he didn't have much external appearance. And you know what today much is focused on a
		
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			person's features, beauty, complexion, etc. But it is not coupled with
		
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			With value and quality, then there's no meaning to it. There is no meaning to it. Abu lahab is the
uncle of the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. His name was Abdullah Rosa, he was referred to
as Abu lahab. lahab in Arabic means flames. So he was fair skinned with the rosy cheeks, which by
the definition of many because everybody's beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or like I say,
Beauty is in the eye of the beard holder. Beauty is in the eye of the beard holder. You know, that's
the challenge with online you don't know if people are having a chuckle with you. But anyway, my
producer is given me a smile and a chuckle.
		
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			So Abu lahab was the person who was perceived as handsome beautiful, rosy cheeks, etc. And then
Allah subhanho wa Taala preserved that same name in the Quran when addressing him, but the ones who
tested me I was different the motivation behind the name was different and this is mentioned in some
serious money that by the other biela have been with my ohana and omalu America sub that may the
hands of Abu lahab be perish because that's the phrase he hurled towards the messenger sallallahu
wasallam turban la casa yo yo, Mama Jama Jenna in la lucha de Magana and whoo man Oh, mama Kassab
mama and woman who is welded not avail him one ma gosub and what he
		
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			earned and gained and one tafsir of cassava is his children, his children, that's one Topsail. So he
had the physical beauty but he was devoid and be left of spiritual beauty. In order they say Seurat
kidney he hood surah toe see rocky montage hottie surah Kitani hood superato see rocky matar Jyoti
here, regardless of how beautiful the external is,
		
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			its beauty is dependent on inner beauty. When a child has a sweet tongue he has a loving demeanor,
they may say Oh, what is sweet Charlie is so adorable, Mashallah he's so obliging, isn't it? So
angelic. When he grows up, he becomes a young boy, he becomes an adolescent child, he becomes a
young adult. Wow, that's an amazing boy. He's got outstanding character. He's got great values. He's
got amazing morals. He becomes an adult, he becomes a dad, he becomes an old man. The beauty of
character never fades. But if a person has physical beauty only, and is devoid of character, then
I'm afraid the vacuum and the emptiness of character invalidates his supposedly beauty. When Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala speaks about the damsels of gender. Allah says hi Ratan Hassan hirelateral Allah
Hassan will do. They won't only be striking in their appearance sublime in their character. So Oh,
it is masumi Rahim Allah he says I was a person who did not have much physical beauty. My mom sat me
down and my mom said Allah cubby deal, oh, my son pursued deal study Islam, and studied sincerely
and passionately and actively. And Mashallah, I was very delighted to Europe, the amount of learners
in conjunction with their academic studies in conjunction with the academic studies, and that's what
we saying, We want our kids to excel on all friends, we need them to be active citizens of the
		
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			country in which they live and reside and to play an active role. We need them to come into the
legal force, we need them to come into the police force. We need them to have the intrapreneurial
skills, we need them to become physicians, doctors, scientists, but remember to have that Islamic
values and morals to imbibe the teachings of the Quran.
		
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			And at that, that that, you know, combination would be the most ideal acid that we can give to the
world.
		
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			So my mom said to me, it could be Dean pursue Islamic knowledge for in Allah Yara v al hasa. Where
you team up and nothing so because by virtue of that, Allah will perfect the defected and elevate
the downtrodden for now for any Allah will be Colombia, the words of my mom struck my heart, it
struck a chord with me and then I started my journey of knowledge for would lead to Kabbalah. Then
came the day where I was crowned as the official Judge of Macumba Rama adira the Allahu anhu said,
and so me and JT Timothy Lee akufo abou whom Adam will will on how well Neptune can have seen what
erwan Mashallah done while I'm on holiday but fee him
		
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			for he akula home in Asli him has a brand new fancy Runa be here for cleaner welcome.
		
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			Metal metal follow
		
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			me in whom Allah Allahu dalaman is a de la Oh waka Drew kolibri Makana your sin Oh, well Jay Hello
Nellie I think
		
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			that if you were to analyze the human from a anatomy perspective, then everyone is pretty much the
same the composition of the average human, his eyes his body veins, you know, blood the heart organs
lumps x and nurserymen getitem Fili AK fo a boom oedema. Well, our ancestor been Adam and Eve,
Neptune can have seen what moussaka Obama nominated for him.
		
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			For
		
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			him, hacer Ufa sirona beat him. If we want to boast on our region, then it's either water or sand.
We will create it from blood from from,
		
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			from from mud and clay. Right. So that's our origin mentality membrane, an extract of clay hammer,
Ms noon, Allah says from muddy water Miss noon, which gave off a stage salsa in Kalfa Hall like the
potter's clay. So these are the different verses in the Quran. That that's our origin. So if you
want to both, that's your origin melfa de la me, yes. If you want to give credit that it goes to
those who possess knowledge, couldn't even amend their work. That's a bad about uniqa mahamadou. And
in necessity, you can be born in any home to any family. But if you carry knowledge, then your
knowledge will make you independent of introducing yourself through any other way. But when we talk
		
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			of knowledge, my young brothers learners sisters, we're not only talking about the sheer acquisition
of words, but we're talking about imbibing the tacks, coupled with executing the meaning of Mohammed
Al ghazali. Rahim Allah said to his student and disciple, lo, Cora, atel alma mater, elf, no para
Tell me at the center, where I left the alpha khudobin. If you were to study religion for a century,
and you were to author 1000 books, it will not attract the mercy of the Almighty until you do not
practice it. And he also said why real men law you
		
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			remember the knowledge that cannot distinguish you from vice in this world will not distant you from
* in US era. So
		
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			there is this amazing dialogue. There is this amazing dialogue in
		
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			1841 late summer Tandy Rahim Allah has made mentioned about it and I think today we need to
stimulate our youth on all fronts. A believer is never stagnant. Right, stagnation is not in the
life and the vocabulary of a believer. Abdullah minimus Rudra Viola who said, in Nila orajel inilah
on the head or Raja nefarian, Laffy Amelie dounia when a farmer in Accra
		
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			if there's something I despise is to find a person in active inactive, neither objectively engaged
in material worldly things or nor religious things in although they say hazhar Kamiya dunya maker
naked as our karma da dunya mechanic a Jonah cucina e Kurt a command kurta, hazare, calm head of
dunya McConaughey, Jo Cocina, he karte karte there's just so much to be done. The day is too short.
The week is too short. I'm not yet getting done. I haven't ticked all my boxes. And then people are
sitting idle few times. How does a person do that?
		
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			So you know what, unfortunately, this has become a common condition with youth and it has almost
created like a type of paralysis, which has incapacitated them and paralyze them. There's just
stagnation. We need to motivate them stimulate them and in fact say that our honor, he was so
meticulous that if you seen people walk in and they were slow and lame and sluggish, he would
discipline them and said that's not the work of a believer. A believer has meaning in his world he's
he has an object you can see he's he's on a header fees on a target he has a goal so a believer
starts off with with with a vision he retires to bed with a vision and that's what we need to to to
		
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			inject in our youth. When Abdullah Mubarak Rahim Allah was as low and Allah Oh Ha La Liga. Anika may
you? li si Yama anthocyanin Elio if you were told that this is your last day and you won't see the
sunset. How would you like to spend the last hours of your day
		
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			Without touching his eye without any reservation or apprehension, he said I will engage in the
learning of Dean so that's the vision of a believer that he wants to learn he wants to better he
wants to improve himself and Subhana Allah the lives of the self is blooming is brimming with this
you're constantly trying to pick up learn memorize acquire, you know do this
		
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			why why are you pursuing this simultaneously acquire that when?
		
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			When I have been manic and as Jerry when I have been manic as Jerry are the Allahu anhu had passed
on lamella Hippo fuba nomadic as Jerry as Jerry bgv Robbie
		
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			over it was actually another Sahabi had passed on then alveolar Malik as Jerry, labia London seen
him in a dream. And he seen murjani right there was this metal about green lush,
		
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			fussy *, Raja waffle afia beautiful landscape lovely cascades and this is the dream of a zombie
Fie Hippo baton Avi Mattoon min admin, and in the dead center there is like this dome like structure
and for Paula Abdul Rahman Minal Koba suddenly I'm drama and evening for the exits from this
beautiful structure. And then he said, Yep,
		
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			yep.
		
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			Yep, Anna Malik has Amma upon Allah as the agenda below Quran. This is how Allah has compensated us
for our service for the Quran. So the real reward for your passion of studying Deen is what Allah
will give you in other in this world, you know, you have a graduation you have a ceremony. But
understand my young boy and my sister, the privilege and the honor to imbibe the Quran, in your
heart and your bosom is such that Allah has elected you and selected you to be part of the
custodians for the preservation of the final revelation. So when when the devil was expelled from
Paradise, right, and then he wasn't allowed to enter into paradise, however, they use to eavesdrop
		
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			and this is in the Quran, in madness, taraka, some
		
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			bamboo she has been elaborated many star aka the one who would eavesdrop who would steal and
intercept for at Tibet or who it would be followed by a star. And that would then drive him away. So
they used to, you know, what, hang out, they used to intercept and eavesdrop. And occasionally, they
would pick up on some discussion of the melodica communicated to the fortune tellers, and the
fortune tellers would then add 1000 lines to it, and that's how they would exploit and abuse people.
And you know what, I take a lot of money out of them. But when the Quran came down Mali at Harrison
Shadi de moolah in Surah, telegin, in the 2019, Mali at its fold, Mali at Harrison with security
		
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			shady that intense, right? That now nobody likes it, he'll bathroom in baney, he will I mean,
healthy, all these measures were put in place for the preservation of the final revelation. And
Salah said, what will happen? Well, now what will happen as well, we sent it with purity, and it
arrived with purity. Sometimes you send a gift wrapped very beautifully, but by the time it ends up
at the person to whom you've sent it, it's not in the most present table of manners or, or you know,
in the most appealing of manner. Why? Because it's changed hands. It's gone through so many
different people, etc. And it loses its fresh nature or crispy nature, or that elegant touch to it.
		
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			What Bill had the einzelner, who were Bill hackday, Nazzal we've dispatched it with truth and it has
arrived with truth. And you know what my brother and you know, what, my sister, the greatest comfort
and I've said this in, in many of my dogs, is that Subhan Allah The beauty of the Quran is that it
was revealed in a particular instance. But its message is so general and broad that it applies to a
million scenarios, and it will continue applying as though it was revealed independently for that
situation. And I can tell you in my own way, and I've said it to my students and in my talks and my
discourses, there's nothing there's nothing trust me and I swear by a line this is absolute truth.
		
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			There is nothing that can give you direction, navigation, comfort and solace in the challenges of
your life. Other than the words of the Quran. So a person is going through difficulty and May Allah
make it easy and it's happening right across right to one end.
		
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			All and it's going through a very, very challenging period.
		
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			And I always say that as challenging as it is, it could be more intense. It could be more severe.
Cigna, Amara villano, passed by a person Maru B ra Julian mobitel. And he was afflicted with them.
He had leprosy ama, he was visually impaired. A some he had hearing impairment. And he was in a
pitiful and a very, you know, appalling state. So say now Omar looked at those present and he said,
Allah, Allah, Allah has a meaning. I'm Elijah, do you people see this man as a recipient and a
beneficiary of any bounty of Allah? And they said, No, not really. The poor man is in an awful state
and said, no hamara delana said ask him, can he pass urine with ease? And he said, Yes, I can pass
		
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			urine with ease. He said, haha, Ivan Minami LA, this is the bounty of Allah that He can drink water
and he can pass water is a great bounty of Allah. So in other words, a number of the olana was seen
as challenging as the situation is, it could be more severe, it could be more severe. So the point
i'm saying is, the Quran is the greatest book and is the divine speech of the Almighty to give you
comfort, you're going through a difficulty someone can say persevere, what cannot be cured, you must
endure be okay take it easy, different motivation says but the Quran tells you one thing, cola you
see Bana in llama kata Bella hula hula Maulana Li evaluate our Kalyan Menon say unto them, nothing
		
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			but nothing afflicts us, other than that which Allah has decreed and ordained for us. Who am Alanna
he's our guardian. He's our helper. He's our ally, while ally he fell yet what kalila means known
and upon Allah should the believer rely.
		
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			So in every stage and phase of your life, if you engage in poron, you will get a sense of direction,
meaning and fresh motivation. Time is running out very softly. I actually wanted to share one
dialogue here, where some people had a discussion and a debate. What's the greatest legacy I can
leave for my children. As parents we all want the best and I speak with the cap of a father on my
head. If we don't want the best for our children, we're not parents, but we cannot claim that what
we define is the best is always the best. Let's be clear on this year. I don't doubt your motive. I
don't doubt your your your passion. You're a parent you selfless you want the best for your
		
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			children. Right? That's why this girl is different than anyone portobay has made mention of it, that
when Satan aiyar qubes son use of he had the dream that he said like duck sauce, Roja Kala aquatic
Oh my son, don't rate your dream to your brother's for your key do like a Qaeda leaves they plot
against you. But Satan I aku. Allah His Salam did not tell you so don't tell me that. He didn't say
Don't tell me that *. Because the father is the only one or the parent who has the capacity to
see that his child can outshine him can can go beyond him. If you excel me good luck. To me, the
apple doesn't fall far from the tree. It's a credit for me, it's a feather in my cap. It's an
		
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			accomplishment for me. It takes the entire family to another notch and another level. But siblings
won't necessarily share that sentiment. Hence a nyako said lotso through a gala equity, your
brothers they might react differently for your key do like a K that leaves the plot for you.
		
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			So we all as parents wish the best we wish the best, but it's always not what we define as the best
as the best.
		
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			You know,
		
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			time is so short, I was in in California. I was in California, years back and I was there for the
Ramadan prayers. And I used to deliver discourses after taraweeh prayer and one day when I was
delivering a discourse and I was speaking about Arthur and the letter life etc and the transitory
nature of this world, blah blah blah and I said Listen, you know what?
		
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			We all are worried about what they say are Bob key effects take a minute Myrna kebab Marionette caca
banega arch kiss Bob Conficker, heck Ma, Allah k Myrna Gabbard, Mary olanka Cabernet Agha, we all
are like, okay, the day I die if my eyes closed now, I hope my kids have adequate resources to rely
on. I need investments. I need to diversify. I don't put all my eggs in one basket. I have out sure
investments. So this can mature. My son can take this great, awesome, lovely, wonderful. It's okay,
because quotevalet comida Hazara had Kumamoto, it has been decreed upon you if death overpowers you
in Iran and your higher means wealth if you left behind wealth, so the scholars say that it's quite
		
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			clear
		
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			That unethical mal law unifi, a taqwa to die leaving behind wealth does not go contrary to the
station of nobility, because Islam has legislated there are rules of law of inheritance. So the fact
that Allah gives you the rules of inheritance, that means it's fine to leave behind wealth. Of
course, we need to qualify it in a context and understand the dynamics of it. But principally, it is
fine. Anyway, I'm saying that we all take care of living wealth assets for our children. But what
about what would happen to my child the day he dies, and I'm always concerned by what would happen
to my kids the day I die, right, and no man prepares for the death of his beloved. Because that's
		
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			human nature. We just shut down and we blocked that off. We it's a it's a dark corner, we don't want
to go into it. But how many of us think of it?
		
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			Anyway, I gave my dog and I encourage parents prepare for your children in this world and prepare
for them in Arthur as well. And then there was a brother in the audience, he was sobbing, he was
weeping profusely. After the talk, he contacted my host. And then he said, is it possible for the
chef to come home by me tomorrow, and I'm like, fine, that's fine. And then I went in, and I had
this vivid memory, I have this vivid memory, it was in California, and we get there to his house, La
ilaha illAllah. And then he walks me through a room where his late son, a young boy, and I pray for
him whenever I speak about this year. And may Allah allow for my humble prayers to descend on his
		
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			blessings, soul in the form of ease and comfort and tranquility. And the dad walked me through and
it evoked a nostalgia and he started crying. And everything of this young boy was left as it was his
pillow, his checkered his laptop, his mobile phone, his car keys, and tragically, he had met up in
an accident. And he was pronounced dead when he was, you know, rushed to the medical adjacent
facility. And the dad cried, and he said, I've made peace on the decree of Allah. But I'm grappling
to make peace on the fact that I left behind, I prepared a healthy life for my son year, but I
prepared nothing for his grave, I prepared absolutely nothing. I obviously embraced him. It was
		
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			emotional. It was a poignant moment, we both cried, and then I comforted him to teach him or to
share within teachings from the teachings of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam about the
importance or that you can still do a solid job, and you can do so many good things. My time is
running out. I didn't even even start what I wanted to say.
		
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			I bring you back to this year, and I'm gonna mention this and I hope I can get a little extension of
five minutes if, if everyone is on board that side. I'm not gonna get a signal but I hope so.
		
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			Okay, so I was saying to you that we have, we have their interest at heart, but we cannot swear an
oath that our interest is the absolute flawless
		
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			choice that we've made because we can earn we can earn in the choice. So there's, again the
authentic hadith, in Sahih Bukhari and in Sahih Muslim where the messenger sallallahu wasallam says
a mom was nursing her child, she was suckling her child, right? lactating her child, and then a man
passed by Aurora Julian has a doula. Hey, these are the words of the Prophet sallallahu wasallam,
well attired, well clad mounted on a horse moving swiftly trotting and galloping. And the mum is
like, you know, busy nursing her child, and, and and
		
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			suckling her child, and she looks at this fully grown Evolved Human. Well, a diet in an impressive
physique mounted onto his horse galloping and trotting. And this is her prayer, understand this year
Allahumma Gianni Allahumma Ebony Mithra the Hadith in Sahih Bukhari Allah make this baby this infant
of minds one day like this man, the words of the Prophet sallallahu wasallam, and we believe it it's
authentic hadith taraka sadya. The child detaches from the chest of his mom. And then he looks up
and there's an infant which speaks miraculously. And the Hadees speaks about the infants that spoke
in the infancy as the medical and the child said, Allahu mulata Gianni mithila Allah Don't make me
		
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			like that man. The mother made a prayer in her own sincere interest. But as I mentioned, she urged
she didn't know better, superficially, cursory glance, externally, outwardly apparently looked like
great, wonderful, a great future for my child. And then she continued again and the child started
drinking etc. And then after a period of time a woman passed by and people were accusing her people
accusing her Zen at Surat, isn't it correct? Isn't it does daddy you guilty of theft, you immoral
your unchaste you immoral you unjust? So it was a
		
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			Quite a painful sight to see how she was being, you know, accusations were being hurled at her and
how she was being blemished and soiled etc. So the mom prayed Allahu malaita jolly Ebony Miss LA.
Allah don't make this child of minds this baby this infant like that at the baby again detached from
the mom and said Allahumma Gianni mithila Allah make me like this woman. And then the Prophet
sallallahu wasallam says, Raja al Kalam, mommy and baby started speaking. So mommy's like baby, my
baby My love My darling, my angel. This is the Hadith of the Prophet SAW some you can see it in
Buhari, we believe in the words of the messenger sallallahu wasallam.
		
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			Like I pray for that man, and he was like, amazing. And the baby said, Oh, my mom, you looked at the
external but he was a tyrant person. He was an autocrat. He was an evil man. He was an oppressor.
You looked at the external wishing I must be like him, but he was an oppressor and Allah despise
them. So I pray that Allah mustn't make me like that. And the second person, people were accusing
her and hurling nasty commands, but she was innocent. So she was beloved to Allah. So I made that I
must be like her. What's my message from this year is that we sometimes in our passion, we feel that
we absolute, and this is my vision, this is my dream. And I need to do this, we often wish to give
		
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			our children what we didn't have, but we failed to give them what we had. So maybe we didn't have
wealth, we didn't have holidays, we didn't have luxuries, we didn't have amenities and perks. So now
I want my child to grow up in the lap of luxury insulate him, give him all that. But we forget, we
grew up with values and morals. And these are the we lose it on the way. Let me share this here
quickly with you. And then I believe there's a q&a session. So there was a discussion between
ignorance for some people, is wealth, a greater asset or knowledge and knowledge? Are we talking of
sacred knowledge, right, sacred knowledge. You know, what hurts me a lot is when someone pulls us
		
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			Islamic knowledge, then people are okay. And what's your academics like your data, you need to learn
academics as well, you need to cover it, you need to balance it, you need to flavor it, you need to,
you know, have some degree you need great, wonderful, nobody denies that. But if somebody goes the
other way exclusively into academics, then rarely would someone say to him, You know what, you also
need to have basic Islamic knowledge. And you know, what's the big difference between the two, my
brother and my sister, a person pursuing academics exclusively grows up with a mindset by and large,
and I'm not saying every person because there are great exceptions to it. By and large, such a
		
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			person grows up with a mindset of what the world owes me. So you've been told at 12, you request at
15, you're entitled, at 18. It's your right at 20. You take legal action. That's the world in which
we live. He owes me she owes me they owe me society owes me my parents owe me so often a child will
point fingers you did nothing you didn't achieve. You didn't take me growing up with that mindset.
And a child who's been nurtured with Islamic values. He grows up being taught what he owes. You owe
this to your mom, you owe this to your dad, you owe this to your parents, you owe this to your
teacher, you owe this to your mentor, you owe this to society say that our Amara, the Allahu anhu
		
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			said, Nah, man, oh, man, you're gonna get me started. We're not gonna go anywhere. Yeah. Right. You
owe it to the world. That's the different mindset that you come back. I need to give back to
community. And you you come in with a mindset of what the world owes you. So it's almost like I'm
entitled, I'm entitled, you delayed in giving me and yeah, it's like I've delayed in paying back,
right? islamically you owe this to your mom, you owe this to your dad and regardless of what you do,
you can never offset the favor.
		
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			So the best would be to balance it. Are they for a man saho silly. He said laser theodorou, common
Latina truco navdanya La La La La Nina through coonan. rollin. Tanya, what I can let you know, I
mean, heavy, heavy, the best among you are not those who forsake the latter world to secure this.
Neither are you the best, who secured this world who
		
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			forsake this world to secure that in totality when I came in, I mean, as he was he the best among
you are those who can strike the fine balance strike the fine balance. And that is what Islam says
it is mentioned about one of the great scholars that currently Ebony's Zubair mia tulameen right.
It's Harkins the ration that Abdullah Edna Isabella the Allahumma head and with servants, yet sokola
mokulua at minimum Beluga 10 Ohara each one of them spoke a distinct language for Cana immuno Zubair
you can leave a con la vida min whom Beluga t Abdullah, Roberto villano mastered 100 languages.
That's what I'm saying. We need to become assets. We need to work we need to toil we need to strive.
		
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			That's the passion of a
		
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			believer till his last breath he engages. He's learning he's improving himself for control either
Navarro to Ella Emery dunia who pulled to Hazara Julian Lem, you read the
		
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			terrain, what is on the verge to Ella Emery rotti he pulled to has orogeny. Tanya tie in. If I
looked at these religious matters, I would say this man has no worldly interest, no worldly
inclination. Yet when I looked at his worldly inclination, I would think for a moment, it looks like
he had no religious inclination, meaning he afforded both the Fine Time and the absolute balance. I
visited an institution in India, where people are studying Islamic knowledge coupled with academics,
you cannot distinguish in their garb in their attire in the character in the demeanor. It is a fifth
year medical student or a fifth year Islamic students. Wow, wow. Whoa. So I urge you let me say this
		
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			in India, they debated which is the great asset. Let me just give you a synopsis of it because my
time has lapsed. And then they said okay, let's send someone to Abdullah Abbas rhodiola Anima. So
they sent someone to the lab Now, what is the greater acid he said knowledge? They said okay, inside
a loony and in her grandmother akula home, if they asked me for a proof, what do I tell them? He
said sample li la la mirada will ambia because knowledge is the legacy of profits and wealth is not
the legacy of profits number one, number two Leanna Sahib Mal.
		
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			Use al a person leaving behind wealth will be interrogated will be questioned, he will have to
answer for everything. And the safaiwala a person who leaves behind knowledge, then his legacy and
his virtual continue. Number three Leanna gotta hustle man well, Maria. So if you live have wealth,
you need to look after your wealth. But if you have knowledge, knowledge will guide you knowledge
will protect you. Number four, Lee unelma, young possibile Bethany Well, he has died too badly, that
wealth will decrease by spending unless you spend it in avenues of good then it will multiply what
he has done to build badly and knowledge the more you spend it, the more it will increase. And then
		
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			he said, Well, he and Asahi Belmont de la Motta in Qatar as a crew. When a person dies, his wealth
is gone, and it's done and people forget about it, but the one with knowledge, his name will
prosper. So my time has lapsed, and I hope and I wish and I pray that my humble you know what words
would motivate each one, to go a notch higher to exert yourself and to commit yourself to commit to
yourself, you know what set a high goal in English they say, a poor person, a pauper is not one
without wealth, but one without the dream, a person without a dream, he is a poor, but you need to
Dream High, you need to Dream High, and you need to work towards that dream. You need to work
		
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			towards that dream, I can achieve it and I will achieve it with the grace of the Almighty and trust
me, it will become possible and once Allah has put that Quran in your heart, the new the placid
nature, the goodness of that is completely different. So I pray that this institution goes grows
from strength to strength, may Allah bless those that are the well wishes of this institution. Those
that are the teachers, the tutors,
		
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			the learners and the entire staff complement and inshallah You know what, we have many young
fathers, boys and girls coming out as graduates coming out as great assets to the oma insula locally
and globally. I mean, era balada mean.
		
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			Just below head on chef, we have a few questions here. First question is that
		
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			what advice would you give to someone who is struggling in their memorization? Okay, Bismillah R
Rahman r Rahim Jazakallah for the question. And at the onset. If I can say, please feel free to ask
any and every question, we welcome it. If I have the answer, I will reply. And if not, I will excuse
myself, but don't feel shy to ask. So thank you to the brother or the sister who has asked the
question.
		
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			Let's just understand this objectively. When it comes to Islamic learning and acquiring, then you
are winning from the word go. The fact that you engaged in the science, you're a winner already. So
it's not the former graduation, which is, you know, a milestone of success. Yes, in some way or the
other you've completed and it's a graduation, but in terms of reward and closeness and proximity of
the Almighty. As long as you are engaged, you are winning. There is a narration it's more silent.
It's not more for that
		
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			matter well who were yet to lose.
		
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			He'll Islam, but you know who were buying and Nabina da da da da, da da da. The scholars say it's
the quotation of Hassan Al bacillary, Rahim Allah etc, academically, you can go into the debate of
it, that the one who is engaged in learning Deen and he dies in the process with the primary aim of
reviving the faith, then for him is a very lofty abode in that up. So there are many examples of
people who had difficulties at the early years or in the beginning stages. And then at some point,
the hurdle just cleared up. And then Subhanallah they were flowing at a nother level. So you know
what, don't back off, don't die, don't surrender, don't give up. Remember, one of the greatest
		
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			efforts to divert someone from virtue is that of the devil in regards to a person studying Dean,
because you are just not a learner, you are a prospective ambassador, you are a prospective teacher,
and at your hands 1000s will be inspired. So I urge you, my brother, sister, don't back off
continue. If it's becoming too difficult. The key thing is focus on the preservation of what you've
memorized, and just move slowly forward. So instead of now trying to leap forward and compromise on
the 10 Jews or the 15 Jews, or the five Jews or the two Jews preserve that hold on to that, you
know, what, what absolute passion and optimism and move forward two lines a day, three lines a day,
		
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			one line a day, but just continue. I met a man in London, central London in his mid 60s or early
70s, who started memorizing the Quran at that age, and Subhana Allah on a subsequent visit, when I
got there, the man had memorized the entire Quran, he had memorized the entire Quran, he commenced
his journey in his late 60s. In a nutshell, don't back off, you are very beloved to Allah. It's not
like you know what you need the degree you need the testimony, you need the Shahada. If you die in
that process, Subhanallah, you will stand up as a heartbeat on the day of the AMA, your reward is
immense. preserve what you have an injury slowly as you go forward. And it's it is a win win for
		
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			you, in all regards.
		
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			The next question is, is six years old, too young to start shift? Or what is a good age to start
shift? So this is a very common question that people ask what is the right age? Right? I look at my
own self, I started at the age of 12 hamdulillah. And I don't have any regrets. Now, let me make a
clear distinction and yummy parents are very clearly people have this myth and this misconception
that you know what, when, when you are
		
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			reached the age of puberty and beyond that threshold, then it becomes more difficult to memorize.
And when you young, it is easier to memorize. Let me set the record correctly. And I heard this from
one scholar and it really very profound. It's not Junior versus senior. It's not juvenile versus the
senior. It is rather sinless versus sinful. So before the threshold of puberty, a child is not
McAnuff, he or she is not tasked with the responsibility of Dean. So they're not responsible, they
are not answerable. Of course, we encourage them motivate them, but if they have not prayed, there
is no consequences on them. And it is at that time when the slate is pure as the Quran refers to as
		
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			knifes and zakia, a pure soul. So the the soft memorization has more of a tie with the clean mind
than the junior age. It's not the age. It's rather the fact that the mind is clean and pure, they're
not answerable. And once they reach that age of adolescence, and into the early teens, and they're
having their hormonal spurts, etc. Now the mind starts going into different direction. And
unfortunately in today's world, there is an influx of so much evil vices in morality promiscuity,
and that obscures the the vision that derails the entire thing. So the earlier we start, the better
I've met personally, personally in Canada, and I even met elsewhere in the world. Kids at the age of
		
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			five have memorized the entire Quran. Yes, I know it's a miracle but the Quran itself is a miracle.
Once at at a competition and masaba Kala must have a lien on the entire Indian, you know, level
where 10s of 1000s of people had attended, and I was privileged to be there as one of the guests as
well, the young boy who took the award of the full position, right across the entire India was no
more than 12 years. And he came out first and he was tested by hundreds of scholars. And finally he
was asked in preparation for this great contest and masaba How much did you prepare and he said for
the last six months, I recited one Quran a day, one quarter
		
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			The day like like, really, I just looked in tears just trickle down my eyes. So six is not early six
is great and wonderful. And in today's time, I strongly encourage the earlier the better. I have
observed myself that once you you will find a child, starting at the age of eight or nine, probably
11, he memorizes 20 Jews, once he hits 13, then from 13 to 17, sometimes at the next 10 Jews have
been dragged, and it's slow, and it's sluggish. And he's reluctant, and he's not productive, and his
mind change and his thoughts are elsewhere. And it's peer pressure. And it's evil company, and it is
the substance abuse. And it's a host of social evils that plague the youth. And unfortunately
		
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			destroy them. I'm not saying it applies to everyone. But unfortunately, it is fairly widespread. So
it's not a prerequisite for entire Navarra to be completed. I did not complete the entire Quran and
Alhamdulillah I started my tech field. And I had no of course there has to be basic recognition. If
the values at home are good, the you know, the data is right. The basic recitation and memorization
is in place. The earlier you start, the better for the simple reason that hopefully by the age of
Bulu, Amora. Here, they have completed the plan. Remember, the challenge still remains right? I
always say it's, it's easy to become a Muslim, difficult to remain a Muslim. It's easy to get
		
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			married, difficult to remain married, I'm sure you'll agree with me.
		
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			It's easy to become a half it's difficult to remain a half, right? It might be difficult to become a
half but comparatively that is easier, but to remain a half it is a challenge for the rest of your
life. So it's not like if they done by the age of puberty, okay, like cello is done. It's over. No,
no. Now it's a big responsibility for the rest of your life. But yes, if we can do the bulk and the
chunk before the age of puberty, most of today's time because everage Lee at that point,
unfortunately, the mind is diluted so we can get the most done. You know what in that time you will
travel while while while it's light before night falls so you cover most of your journey because at
		
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			nightfall it becomes a bit more complex to travel. So post puberty, you're dealing with a host of
external challenges, which can often impede the growth and the development. So the earlier the
better, the quicker the merrier.
		
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			Are there any doors that we can make the kids who are stuck on a particular journey or they kind of
have lost motivation? Any advice on getting them back on track you along with along with if I had
memorized some parts of the Quran, and you know some I guess some Jews are difficult I forgotten
them. Or how do I how do I get myself to continue? Okay, I don't have a flesh of a verse in the
Quran. When you have one memasuki Ruby when you have one memasuki Ruby one so and they forgot have
an abortion mingma from what Ruby they were reminded. This is the verse of the six Jews in Surah
Tula ADA and Abdullah Massara the islanders quotation is mentioned under this year in Madeira cotton
		
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			zeal in Del Mar, I answer that fairly often, a person tends to forget much of what he memorize.
Because of sins vies wrong transgression, there was a particular case of an individual who was
memorizing the Quran, and then he just could not make progress. And then they decided to look at
		
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			the food he was eating. And it was discovered that he was eating from a doubtful outlet. He was
eating food from a particular fast food outlet. And you know what, it was not halaal. And then once
that was put to an end, immediately, he just started moving in leaps and bounds. And he continued,
and he excelled. Let me say this also for parents when your child is studying, and I say this in
gratitude to the Almighty, that he made it possible for my three kids and sons to memorize the
Quran. And it's no claim and it's no achievement. It's only the grace of the Almighty. But I can say
this, my dear, that you know what, when our children are doing that field, then it involves a lot of
		
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			adjustment to the parents as well. So if you want your child to remain motivated independently,
without you having to make the adjustment, change the format of the house, make the good values
create the right atmosphere and ambience, then it's quite cumbersome for this time. Create a time of
Quran that we all said that's the vibe that's the atmosphere. Get rid of the other type of
addictions and devices that are just you know what, corrupting and paralyzing the minds of our
children. Nobody can trivialize the profound impact of drugs and supplements.
		
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			That's great. That's awesome. That's meritorious, but I think sometimes we elevated to like a
miraculous like, you know, just read this prayer and then like, okay, you're gonna get up in the
next day you know, the Quran is Subhana Allah in your bosom. So those things are not going to
happen. That if that was exclusive for the Prophet sallahu wa sallam sonoko Kabbalah tansa la la, la
Santa Clarita, jelibean Elena, Elena, that when jabril alehissalaam would come and the Prophet
sallallahu wasallam would listen then initially, he would try to listen and memorize so he was
multitasking simultaneously, which is difficult. And then Allah said LA to hire a copy Lisa Nikita
		
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			jollibee don't move your tongue to Hanson in La Nina gem Khurana it's our duty to insert the Quran
into your blessed mind and heart and bosom wherever
		
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			Elena bhajana and it's our duty for to confer its explanation to you. And Allah says once Elena in a
COVID currently to be an alumnus. So I would say to parents, don't be discouraged. Also also listen
to this very, very carefully.
		
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			The duration that it takes to memorize the Quran only has merit or significance for that period of
time. So Chinese memorizing Quran Okay, how long are you doing? Oh, it's two years. Oh, it's three
years already. Okay, really? Four years are you in two years? This discussion of how long is
irrelevant in the greater happenings of life. Once you've memorized the Quran, nobody wants to know
how long it took all they will say you must listen to his Koran. Mashallah. He knows his Quran very
well, you must see the confidence, you must see how melodious he resides, you must see how beautiful
you must see Subhana Allah, He knows his his his stuff. He does Moraga exceptionally well. So the
		
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			discussion of how long when you started when you ended features for that duration, which is very
transitory and temporary. But going forward in life, it is how confident how well and how much
you've preserved it. So it takes some two years, it takes some 12 years, it takes some 15 years, let
not the delay be because of negligence on your part, that not the delay because of negligence. And I
also want to impress upon parents, that if children are learning and they playful, we need to do it
in a loving way. The worst we can do is impose on them to a level where they start developing the
resentment to the Koran. So five fingers are not the same. Some have the passion, others don't have
		
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			the patient, those that have it might Excel and they would surpass the peers and siblings and others
might lag and be slow but ultimately inshallah they will make their way through. So let's not be
over enthusiastic, let's be practical and pragmatic, was set in manageable goals. exerting them, but
at the same time giving them time and space and doing it together, creating an atmosphere of them.
The key thing is don't back off, don't back up, be sincere, be passionate, be at it, preserve what
you have don't like oh yeah, it's five years already. And he's only on a dose when it No, no, no, I
know of one of my students that took close to nine years, nine years. Today, Mashallah is one of the
		
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			most successful teachers teach in Iran. And many a students have graduated yet it took him nine
years. And after that he started doing his are involved in code, which was much shorter for him when
his journey of the field took in nine years. And the examples of that are too many. So don't lose
hope and don't lose courage.
		
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			Sharla just the last season, any final pieces of advice you have for teachers, parents, students
shala.
		
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			to parents, I can say and again, it's a verse of the Quran and I just have a flash on what you've
asked. So it's a verse of the 12, Jews of the Koran, the 11th chapter, sort of who it is the words
of srivalli his Salatu was Salam. in which he says in od do El es la Hamas, Tata Otto, moto fi t
Illa. Bill, Allah etowah, to LA oni in Henri de el es la, my aim and my motive is nothing but to
reform. That's it right? In order to use law to reform to change to improve to better the kids, the
community, the society, the atmosphere, just to to make things better right, in
		
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			Stata to the best of my ability or motto Fie illa Billah. And my inspiration and my ability comes
from Allah, Allah he tawakkol to upon Allah de la la, la de nieve and to Him do I incline and this
mentioned in biannual Quran under this is under the topic of masala
		
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			Hello, fi he jumped on Bay nawapa A Phil Murphy de la ilaha illAllah. This brief comprehensive
verse, the statements, the utterance, the sentiments of srivalli in salatu salam, I told you it is
the 11th chapter that we have just of the Quran. It encompasses and outlines and defines the role
and the duties of a teacher, parent and mentor or guardian for that matter. fee john bainer wobba
will mercy the minister, a minister, de Lille is law Hey, what's the first duty as a parent? I need
to work to reform? Am I reforming myself? Am I reforming my kids? Am I making a change on myself? Am
I making a change in my classroom? Are we all coming closer to Allah Mina certainly is is our means
		
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			to toil to endeavor mean a certainly a lot in Islam, to change model a philosophy, but it has to be
paid with sincerity of motive. Because if if the motive is something else than Abrahamic, because
Allah said in Ghana custo, Kofi he, if your aim is that how people can Lord you or extol your
praises or congratulate you, or praise You for weighing luck or some luck, for where you lucky some
way you luck then won't be to you and won't be to you again. And in fact, he says fatty Jara
Takahashi Ratan Fatih Jara to kaha Sera, your engagement is few times. In fact, it comes as a loss
to you. One more Allah mocha marine en laka, Allah husana and your teacher will be an accomplice to
		
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			this loss of yours, because your motive is not right. So he jumped on benavente Phil mercy, the
Minister de Lille is lahemaa, a classy woman at the wakulla fee, and of course to rely on the
Almighty Allah, I am teaching my children I'm teaching my students our law only you can you can
effect the change in them. And I often say this and let me share it again with the parents and the
teachers. There's a verse again in the 20th chapter of the Quran, in Surah Taha in the 16 Jews, in
which Allah subhanho wa Taala says workaholic and Zelda workaholic Asana feminine worried that we
have turned unexplained different warnings in the Quran Lumia takuan. Hopefully, perhaps maybe
		
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			people will abstain and desist from the wrong Oh, you're de sola, whom they crawl, or you will
stimulate reflection. So keep on telling them maybe they won't change now, but you left him in
thinking mode. You advised your son You gave him that motivation, says Oh, you know what, my dad, I
think is making sense. Well, I don't have the courage now. But maybe someday, he will. It will it
will you know what, drive a lesson home, your home sacred. In other words, in this verse, Allah says
that either people adhere and heed your message, or even if you leave them reflecting that itself
also is a milestone.
		
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			So he jumped on benavente Phil Marcia, a minister in his law, he may or may not Tavakoli Fie, he.
Then He further goes on to say
		
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			Fela yet keelin. Allah subhanho wa Taala yet ruku Surya Leah jelly taco de la ilaha illAllah Fela
yet tequila, Alice
		
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			falaya. Tequila Anissa. You don't rely on your efforts. No, no, it has to bear fruits because I get
up early. I work. I come to class early. I'm devoted. I'm committed. I'm selfless. No, no, because
what did the Prophet say? My aim is to reform and allay tobacco to rely on Allah felonious tequila
Allah azza wa jal through Casa de la actually Tavakoli. But the balance is that because of relying
on Allah don't abandon your efforts either. Strike the fine balance as a very comprehensive My aim
is reformation. I ask Allah to give me sincerity in it. I continue toiling and I rely on Allah and
insha Allah, the results will follow suit. It's been amazing having this program with the
		
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			organization imaam Hamza Yusuf, and the rest of it my heartfelt gratitude to one and all, and my
congratulations to our young learners, boys and girls who have taken the different awards in Sharla
may just be a stepping stone for greater awards to come your way and inshallah the day is soon,
where you will bring that honor and pride and glory to us and to the oma at large. Remember, child
can come with a trophy or a team can come with a floating trophy, but there's no greater joy that
anyone can bring to his parents or his community or to the oma then to return what the Quran in your
bosom. May Allah make us amongst those who can preserve the Quran and be part of
		
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			That honorable group who are responsible for the preservation of the Quran, I mean your herbal Atomy
		
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			does not come along here and for joining a chef, may Allah Subhana Allah bless you and reward you. I
know you have to leave so inshallah we'll stay in touch. We just have a little bit less of the
program. With that being said, we make dua to Allah subhanaw taala for the sheriff. I'm going to go
ahead and
		
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			learn from him. Next year, we are opening up a new class.