Suzy Ismail – #20 AlAleem

			Salam Alikum, it's nice to see you
again as we continue on our
		

			journey of understanding how we
can bring in the divine
		

			characteristics of the 99 names of
Allah subhanaw taala into our
		

			daily lives to improve our
relationships with our family and
		

			with our spouses. The name that
we're going to discuss today is
		

			Allah Halleen, which means the All
Knowing, when we think of enema
		

			from the religious perspective, we
view it as knowledge or the
		

			seeking of knowledge. And we
understand that in our faith, it's
		

			incredibly important to pursue the
seeking of knowledge. Now, what
		

			does that mean from a family
perspective, we live in a world
		

			today, where we tend to encourage
our children to seek an education,
		

			particularly our daughters, we
will often tell them, you know,
		

			make sure that you get your
bachelor's, get your Masters get
		

			your PhD. Yet at the same time,
we'll send the message that once
		

			you get all of those degrees, make
sure that you are also the best
		

			mother, the best spouse, you are
the best person at home who is
		

			cooking, who is cleaning. And so
we send Miss mixed messages to our
		

			children. Sometimes, rather than
encouraging the pursuit of
		

			education and the pursuit of
knowledge to be applied in our
		

			daily lives in the lives of our
children, and also to be carried
		

			out into the community, we tend to
send this mixed dichotomy of what
		

			one can do with the education when
we think of it also in terms of
		

			encouraging our children to pursue
knowledge to pursue education, we
		

			will often encourage our children
and tell them you know, they can
		

			be a doctor, a doctor or a doctor.
In reality, there are a lot of
		

			other fields in which our
knowledge needs to be propagated
		

			and needs to be applied so that
others can interact can learn and
		

			can be educated.
		

			In the home perspective, again,
recognizing the importance of
		

			education, recognizing the
importance of applying that
		

			education to both our dunya and
our deen is part of building a
		

			strong family building a
foundation of the family that can
		

			continue to grow on that sense of
		

			you know, there's a beautiful
quote by a man named Greg
		

			Mortenson who wrote a book called
Three Cups of Tea. He was a
		

			mountain climber who fell when he
was climbing mountains in
		

			Afghanistan and Pakistan. And the
family took him in and they drank
		

			three cups of tea with him. And so
he told them that he felt like
		

			they were family. And he would go
back to the US and raise funds to
		

			build schools in their country.
When he did come back to the US,
		

			he did build a foundation, an
organization called pennies for
		

			peace, in which he raised funds to
build schools. When he went back
		

			to Afghanistan and Pakistan. He
built schools for girls. And when
		

			the journalist began to ask him,
Why did you only build schools for
		

			girls? He explained, if you
educate a boy, you've educated an
		

			individual, if you educate a girl,
you've educated generation. And
		

			this is the truth that when we
educate our daughters, along with
		

			the education of our sons, we will
see that our communities will
		

			grow. The love within the family
will grow upon that foundation. So
		

			I pray that Allah Halim will give
us elmen filha a beneficial
		

			knowledge that will help us to
grow within our families in our
		

			homes and in our communities.
Joseph come along here and I look
		

			forward to seeing you again
tomorrow in sha Allah as we
		

			continue this journey together. I
said I'm out