Yasir Qadhi – Scholarship As a Beacon of Hope

			Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Mala Nebia BARDA, Amma,
		

			you know, brothers and sisters, it is awkward to be talking about institutes and knowledge, when we
know what is happening in the holiest of holy places. And at times there is this sense of fighting a
battle that isn't quite the most important battle. And I get that we all get that. As we speak, you
know, the toll has already cost 10,000 lives Subhanallah more people have been massacred on live TV,
literally, we're getting updates every single hour, then we're massacred in Srebrenica, in Bosnia,
more children have been killed in the last three weeks than in all global conflicts of this century.
And yes, so here we are talking about an institute of knowledge. And it's very easy for us to
		

			wonder, why isn't there something better to do? Isn't there something more important for the OMA to
do.
		

			And the fact of the matter is that there are multiple good things we can be doing. But one of them,
one of them is to be brave enough and courageous enough to understand that even at times of grief
and stress, even at times as dire as these, we need to think not one, three, to five to 10 steps
ahead. We need to have a vision not just for tomorrow, but for the next generation. And that
requires a sense of courage, a sense of stamina, that we can only get from the CEO of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam, you know, one of the stories of the Sierra that really, it moves me
beyond, I can't express how it makes me personally feel, knowing how much our Prophet system loved
		

			his Alma knowing that he sacrificed for his Alma knowing that, as you all know, in the one Hadith, a
bit of a tangent, as you all know, in the Hadith, that every prophet is given one special dua that
they're guaranteed to answer, right. And every Prophet used that dua in this world. There is only
one prophet that took that special request, and he kept it. He kept it to his heart, he did not use
it, even though he's being tortured to death he's seen or he's seen his uncle, he's seen so many
things, and he did not use that one guaranteed dua because he said to her lumati I kept it for my
ummah, on the Day of Judgment. That's how much love he had for us. sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the
		

			DUA was the entirety of my own ma I want them to enter Jannah eventually, anybody who says the
Kadima La ilaha illallah, Muhammad Rasool Allah, they shall enter Jannah because our Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam saved that special dua, somebody with that much love. I want you to
imagine back in Makkah, the third fourth year of the Dawa, and he passes by Bilal being dragged in
the streets. He passes by Yasser and soma Yeah. And they're literally being tortured to death. The
first shahada, as you know, ya said, the one my father named me after that sabe he was literally
martyred by two camels or two horses being told to go in opposite directions and his body torn apart
		

			as a type of joke in Makkah. And so Maria, you know, she was stabbed in her private areas with the
Javelin in the hotel hotel villa. How do you think he felt? How do you think he felt when he saw the
very people who embraced Islam because of him? Because of his clout because they trusted him and he
could not protect them in this dunya all he could say as you would pass by them sovereign Alia
surfer in the Maori, Docomo Jana, sovereign, Allah Yasser, for integrado. That's all he could say,
be patient. I can't help you now but your reward is in Janna, be patient, but Allah will help you in
the era. And the same goes for the Treaty of are they be under famous incident when Abu Jandal came
		

			the famous incident when Abu Jandal comes and he's literally the shackles around his hand. The
torture is imminent on his body. He's literally bleeding. He's been trapped in a dungeon in Makkah
for months. And as you're aware in the Treaty of are they be as you're aware, right when this when
the final signatory is going to happen? And the the Sahelian ama is there, and he's trying to
negotiate with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And he says that we will make a condition
that any Muslim from your side who comes to Makkah, he's not going to be returned, but any person
from Makkah who migrates to Medina, you have to return to him. And they said that's not fair.
		

			They're still negotiating before they write it down. And Abu Jandal comes Abu Jandal the torture is
clear. He's heard the Muslims are outside and he manages to break free and run outside thinking I'm
safe thinking finally I'm here I can see the Muslims I'm not going to have to go back and the
Prophet
		

			So Allahu Allah, he was setting them turns and says, Okay, I'll agree to the condition but only
after this one we save him at least let us save this one. Let us save agenda and no that's not going
to happen. That's not going to happen we're not going to allow you are prophets Assam attempted 567
times in my reading of the Sierra, I have never seen our Prophet system negotiate with more passion
more frequently, only to be told no, no, no, no, no compromise. And even on top Can you imagine the
scene, even herbal photography, Allah Ron, he's fuming. How can this happen? Ya rasool Allah, we
will accept humility, we will accept humiliation and we are the people of Allah. How can we allow
		

			this to happen? Even he's above the law one could not understand. And he marched close to Abu Jandal
with his sword on his on his you know, on his belt, and he's pointing here, you take it, I can't
help you. Maybe you can do it and do whatever you want. That's how he felt. And yet our profit
system could only say to him, may Allah make us a deal for you? May Allah make a way out for you.
Because sometimes strategy requires that you think long term, you don't necessarily have to win
every single battle for today. And so yes, well, Allah, He, I do understand, but I look at the
Sierra and I look at our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam. And I know that he felt infinitely more
		

			compassion that we do now. He felt the pain and the burden of the violence and bloodshed against his
own community, complete injustice. And yet he understood that the mission is bigger than this one
small issue and cause the overall mission of Islam mission. The mission of this deen is bigger than
one particular issue, even though yes, we tie it all to that issue. And so yes, I'm here to tell you
part of what we need to do apart. And I'm not going to say exclusively a part of what we need to do,
even in these difficult and dire times, is to think 10 steps ahead, and to understand and appreciate
that the fundamental backbone of our religion, the permeating thread, that every single aspect of
		

			our religion is linked to is the backbone and the thread of knowledge in isn't Ms. where everything
begins. You want any proof for this, the entirety of the Sierra shows this, what did our process of
do for 13 years in Makkah, there was no state, there was no political establishment, there was no
waging war and jihad, there was nothing except the preaching of him. It was teaching and preaching
that is the backbone of this entire faith tradition for 13 years. That's all the Profit System was
doing. Because Islam and all that we do its entirety. It begins with knowledge. You want evidence
for this, look at the Quran. Look at the first three revelations and it will explain to you the
		

			philosophy of Islam. Look at the first three revelations and it will summarize for you the entirety
of our religion. The first revelation when our Prophet system is sitting in Hatha Hara, the first
revelation is caught up this Mira beacon lady Hara in the land in a society in a place in time where
hardly anybody read and write there was not a single madrasa in all of Arabia. There was not a
single library, a shelf of books, there was not a single shelf of books in the entire land of
Arabia, civilizations were up north and down south Arabia did not have academic civilization in that
civilization. What did Allah begin with? Ikura you need to read and our Prophet system said I don't
		

			know how to read my answer because I don't know how to read nobody knows how to read we're not
taught how to read and write in Quran and decode it It caught up man a bit caught it and Allah
subhanho wa Taala then said no, but your camera is not reading because there are means two things
that can mean to read from a book and Clairol can mean to recite, to recite, not necessarily from a
book our Prophet system understood is crap from a book. I don't know how to read. I don't know how
to read I don't know read. And then Gibreel tells him to read recites to him, God reveals through
Allah subhanho wa Taala is ye Gibreel reveals your reading is not from a book. You don't need the
		

			books of men. You don't need encyclopedias, in your case, yellow suit Allah, the fact that you
cannot read and write in your case it will flip over and become something of pride and honor anybody
else. If they cannot read and write it's not something to be proud of. But in your case out of SUTA
Allah it is something to be proud of. And Allah will call you a newbie or me the unlettered prophet
because for you, you don't need to read and write why would you need to read the writings of men
when Allah azza wa jal is communicating directly to you if Cara Bismillah Arabic Allah the hara, you
shall recite from Allah through Allah with Allah your recitation is not from men, it is from Allah
		

			directly. If Quran this mirror big you shall be the conduit through which Allah shall communicate to
mankind your camera will be the way from ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. So everything big
		

			ends with what with knowledge with Clara with reading everything begins with that first foundation.
The second foundation. What is the second sort of revealed? Yeah, are you * Muslim mill or
Malayala Illa Cadila Noosphere who I went postman who Cadila once you learn the basics you have
better start applying it start praying start to head June that's what the process is being told. You
have to really make sure your personal iCloud your personal Ibadah is down on par So once you learn
it caught up the next thing you won was Xinmin como la la la casa de la nuestra who are in Cosmo
naka de la oz de la Hirata the Quran it says Dr. DE LA in San Liu P alayka. Polenta Taylor, the book
		

			is going to be heavy, the book is going to be heavy. You need to prepare for that through your
spirituality. So after in spirituality after knowledge, your personal rebuy that your camera, your
liquor, your club, you're reading the Quran in the middle of the night. That's the second
revelation. Then what is the third one? Yeah, Johan with death hit home for India. What are the
Kapha cabbage? What's the Yerba for target? We're Ruzafa wala tam notice texture, a list of actions,
do's, this is what you need to do. You need to preach to the others you need to purify you need to
do this and that. So action comes after when what is action after in and personal test gear. Now you
		

			do your actions. Actions come in the very third category. This shows us the philosophy of our faith
tradition, what is the ultimate and the beginning backbone? It is the backbone of him. And this is
where at times like this, we really have to think long term. Imam Al Bukhari has that famous chapter
in his book, Bob alum Pablo Kohli will handle the chapter of knowledge before you say anything or do
anything. Knowledge comes before actions, knowledge comes before preaching and teaching. And that is
why regardless of what is happening in the world, one segment of the Ummah must always be
continuously engaged in knowledge, in fact, in Surah, and so that the Toba What does Allah subhana
		

			wa Taala say that follow Allah Allah forum and Khalifa ricotta minim for for dunya de facto who fit
Dini, what do you do? Oh, Mom era Jerry de him. I love him your journey Allah azza wa jal says in
the Quran, that even when people need to go and engage in actual physical battle, when the situation
is dire, Allah says make sure some of you remain behind. Don't leave the entirety of people some
need to remain behind. And what should they do yet to fucka who fifth Dean, they understand the
fifth of the religion, literally this is in the Quran, even when the situation is dire. And the Imam
and the Khalifa calls out everybody go and defend. Even then Allah says up but but there's one
		

			aspect it needs to continue. And that aspect, scholarship scholarship needs to remain because it is
the ultimate backbone. It is how we will situate ourselves scholarship is our moral compass
scholarship is what we need to tap into so that we can think forward. So without scholarship, we are
nothing and you want to speak about OXA you want to speak about you want to speak about Villa
Duchamp, you want to speak about the Crusades and whatnot, I just gave a hot that maybe some of you
listen to it. I'm going to develop a little bit more from that, even during this timeframe. Because
again, most of us we have a very superficial understanding of Islamic history. Well, I that is true.
		

			We have a very idealized understanding of Islamic history and our history. It's it's it has its ups
and downs, right? We love to look at the ups and we ignore the negatives. And I have said many times
our religion is divine, our history is very human, or religion is divine. Our history is very human.
And once you study history, you have to re situate yourself. Fact of the matter fact of the matter
is that we lost we lost an axon, despite the fact that we had a powerful civilization. Why did we
lose the lochsa? In the first crusades? Why did we lose it multiple reasons, but there was so much
internal warfare so much bickering, and also a really awkward thing to say. There was really,
		

			overall a lack of piety and Taqwa it's really awkward to say this, but that's just a fact of the
matter. You know, alcohol was rampant in that timeframe in those lands. Again, we have a very naive,
romanticized version of the past. And I don't like mention these awkward facts, but I've mentioned
them because, frankly, if we have naive understandings of how to proceed, if we have utopian,
idealistic, you know, it Dilip, really just grandiose understandings of what's going to happen, then
we're just going to remain immobile, doing nothing. Because we're expecting the MADI to come with
Gibreel on his side, it doesn't work that way. When you study history, you realize there's a good
		

			there's the bad, there's the beautiful, there's the ugly and you have to negotiate even some of our
heroes in medieval times. They have darker sides as well. I've tried to reference reference that in
the past, the founder of the Zen good dynasty, and not mentioning his name looking at the founder of
the Zen good dynasty, who
		

			When we aggrandized you know how he died? drunken stupor I mean just the fact I'm sorry to be blunt
to you, but there was good from him, but he died because his his slave stole from his liquor
literally. And in the middle of the night he woke up and he goes, Oh, you're, you're stealing from
my liquor. I'm gonna go, I'm gonna, I'm gonna punish you in the next morning. And the slaves like
I'm not waiting for you to punish me. He kills him in the middle of the night. This is the founder
of the Xanga dynasty, right? Well, that's the founder, but then new to Dean comes along. New to Dean
he's not the founder. New to Dean comes along. And new to Dean is a different character, Notre Dame
		

			without a doubt, as one of the chroniclers of an athlete, he mentions him know that he is the great
historian, one of the greatest historians, if not Athena mentions that when I read the Sierra who
the biography of Neutrogena zanghi, the only person I can think of in the past that resembles him is
or would have not had that disease and before him to call a rush you don't like from the time of the
whole effort you have Omar, and then you have no That means only like even even a theory saying this
guy's legendary. Noda Dean is one of those few people genuinely pious, you know, living the life of
Zaha even though he's the ruler and remember Notre Dame did not conquer Jerusalem right? nurudeen
		

			paves the way and by the way, even though Dean he's a politician, there are things about him that
you know, politicians have to do it is what it is, but overall, his heart is in the right place. And
you know, one of the things that he does New to Dean brings an entire revival of knowledge and
religiosity, while Aqsa is burning under the Crusaders, because Notre Dame did not pre Aqsa, while
OXA is doing what it is doing right now. The dean has two visions. Number one is the jihad number
one is the military. And number two, it is the intellectual. And so what does Newton then do? New to
Dean and this is part of the research that had not only for my PhD, but I'm continuing doing this
		

			research, may Allah make it easy to write and give what the more lectures I traveled so much because
of these guys, I don't have time to give more lecture, but Inshallah, let's hope to, I always say
I'm going to retire this year, but it doesn't work. Subhanallah so much, you know, to do Wallahi I
wish I could stay in my library and just write and type and give those but I have to travel and that
kind of diminishes some of the lectures I'm giving, but I'm doing research on this actually have
research done on design good. And the Salahuddin a UB is the Ayyubid Dynasty and the intellectual
revival that they've done. So the Zen get dynasty, newsworthiness. zonkey one of the things that he
		

			did I'm chronicling right now, I have written down over 15 madrasas over 15 madrasahs that nurudeen
either revived and sponsored or founded from scratch, founded he literally founded madressa, from
his own personal wealth and from donors that he knew and some of them from the public treasury,
which he is allowed to do and of course, the most famous madrasa Of course, I mean, this is
understood they name it after themselves, this is the reality and Nordea nurudeen, a Nuria just like
Salahuddin had the solid here right this is it is no problem. We don't care I mean, you want to find
a for your just found some addresses you you guys take their credit, no problem. We need mattresses
		

			right? While the Crusades are happening. He's making sure that 15 mattresses are sponsored by the
way of the sub to take note of this. He sponsors what is noted these methods do you know
		

			how Hanafy Mashallah. But guess what, he sponsors multiple metres of other mud hubs.
		

			He's so broad minded, even though he himself is Hanafy. And in a time when there was some
sectarianism between the metal hubs, right. And yes, it is true, most of his mother of mothers are
Hanafi it is true, that's fine. We give him that. But Subhanallah he founded multiple Shafi
madrasahs, he founded one or two humbly when we founded means he supported I should say, he
supported multiple humbly madrasas. He understood that it's not just my school that I need to
support. This is what you call a visionary, right? That's why I'm fundraising for your school. Even
though I have a school as well. Islamic seminary American, we plug that in for free, but we need
		

			scholarship. We need scholarship to flourish, right? We all have our mantra says here and we want
all madrasas to flourish. It's a win win for all of us, right? Just like new to Dean so he founds
the new media now listen to this again, this is something that I've uncovered really interesting
tidbit of history that I haven't said this in a hotter so when I do say it you can say oh, I
listened to it first Indium of that fundraiser eventually Oh, man gets in the hotter as well. Maybe
next week, we'll give it so this is an interesting tidbit. Of course, due to the never lived to see
the conquest of Jerusalem right. Salahuddin the UB is the one who conquered Jerusalem and when
		

			Jerusalem is conquered, obviously you need to repopulate it with element or odema with Madras says
which you Right And subhanAllah guess who he chooses to become basically the first Mufti and the
first all the and the first 40 of Oxford that's conquered now the first Islamic law
		

			During 100 years is going to be the rector of new at your school that noted the innocent he founded
Subhanallah even though Notre Dame did not live to see the conquest, the intellectual, you know,
seeds that he planted the mud rasa that he himself built. The rector of that madrasa was the one who
eventually Salahuddin says okay, you're the most qualified guy come and so the first time Allah's
name is mentioned, the Salah is low, the Quran is recited the first time is taught after 100 years,
actually knew the Dean planted it even though he didn't live to see that this is what you call
visionary. I give a hotter last weekend. Last week. I don't want to repeat it about the foundations
		

			of the Salahuddin or UBS you know, what happened in the interim. And I mentioned if not a sharp,
right, the first the first person who literally, you know, raise the flag of how do we say this
politely struggling for the cause of Allah, we have to be careful here. Right. So raise the flag of
I'm not as brave as Dr. Jawad because I have different backgrounds and whatnot, Dr. Wilde will get
away with things I might not get away with Allah and Mustang. I say all the time, if Noam Chomsky
had brown skin in a beard, he'd be sitting in Guantanamo, okay, that's just a fact of the matter.
Chomsky will get away because of his white privilege. And so we have to look at who we are, because
		

			of my background, I will say scholars wrote treatises about struggling in the path of Allah subhana
wa Tada. And they kept this reality alive, who sponsored those scholars noted in zonkey, nurudeen,
zonkey, even Asaka, even a sack of that great scholar, every student of knowledge, thinks that
they've been as accurate as a historian. No, of course, he's a historian in our psyche was writing
history and reviving the legacy of OXA, the legacy of Jerusalem, because this is how you're going to
keep the spirit alive. How will the spirit of Oxford be kept alive through knowledge and so even a
saccade is supported by the Zen gets as well, even though he wrote all about history, and he didn't
		

			get involved in the struggle actually, but this is the intellectual struggle, he kept the memory
alive, right, other scholars as well. Zeno this time and how are we the first one to go to the salt
onto the Khalifa and literally chastise the Khalifa, another scholar from avant Hasan from Herat,
Afghanistan, he was the chief of the of Damascus and when and when Arcsoft was first rampage was
first you know, taken over it was a new Islam and how are we he closed his book he goes, There's no
more time for teaching, I need to have a bigger priorities. And he traveled from Damascus all the
way above that. And he made his way to the honey fist Palace through hook and by crook, you listen
		

			to the stories in the Katara he made his way and he challenged the Khalifa How can you be sitting
here doing nothing when Assad is burning? The first person to raise the conscience of the OMA was an
alum. And then if not a shot, the first person to say guys, you can't just sit back you need to
struggle for the liberation and he riled up the people to do that. And the first major victory that
took place on the battlefield. Ibn Al Shabaab was the one in that battle. And interestingly enough,
I gave the story is really interesting. You know, in those days, professors had garb and warriors
had their helmets and whatnot. Ignace Hashem came out to the battlefield wearing his professorial
		

			garb with the turban of the professor, the turban and the garb of the professor, so much so that
when the Crusaders saw him, Baldwin was on the other side, the ruler of Jerusalem fought with
eternal Hashem not in Jerusalem, it was outside but still you're actually getting you know, you're
getting there, right? Even though Hashem rode out on his horse, and the Crusaders laugh what is a
professor doing? What is an Adam doing here? He turned his back to the Crusaders because his goal
he's not the warrior. He's the chef and Adam, his goal he turns to the warriors, and he gives the
whole, the entire crusaders could see that the army is riled up, the Army is ready to fight. People
		

			are crying, shouting, and the Crusaders realize this is a no ordinary professor here, this professor
this shift, he is the one that's in that's really riling up the spirit, keeping that spirit of life
and that victory was the first major victory against the Crusaders. And it was even though Hashem
who single handedly instigated it riled up the people and then was on the battlefield, again,
sisters and brothers, we have to think so many steps ahead. One of the things by the way,
interesting anecdote here also found out from from design good write this, you can use it in your
classes, because you guys are 100 V. I'm humbly studying the humbling but we're all good at
		

			Hamdulillah. But this is 100 V. Looked for you guys up one of the scholars that are new to the
assembly sponsor, what is sponsoring mean, by the way sponsoring was something very common in the
past, right? And this was that great politicians, when they saw somebody who was really beneficial
to the OMA. They literally said, Okay, this is a work for you, you do you, you do your teaching, you
know the concept of endowment chairs, right. This comes from our oak off the concept of endowment
chairs and Professor Oriole colleges and universities. Because what an endowment chair does is that
it allows independence, it allows free thought it allows people that are qualified to just preach
		

			and teach so that even though Hashem
		

			Sorry Zen Gi, moodiness, zanghi, he had these types of endowed chairs and one of the people that he
endowed all of you studying in the Hanafi madhhab you know this very well and that is the author of
by Dr. osanna. Err, who is the author of adulterer. Sanaya
		

			who is the author of Buddha arrow? sunnah. Come on. Yeah, you should notice much of this up who is
the author now I'm gonna quiz you
		

			Cassani Cassani was actually sponsored by Notre Dame's engi and of course, by the way, Cassandra
story you know, Mr. Romance here, he thinks he's Mr. Romance actually. Let me not say too much, but
anyway.
		

			Casson is better Arizona air is actually one of the most romantic fixed stories
		

			so Carson is teacher was a summer candy and a summer Candy had a book called Don't forget to polish
which nobody actually studies in resist hardly ever printed. And he had mashallah number of
daughters one of them. Her name was Fatima and Fatima was known to be Masha Allah fucka, Idema and
Masha Allah Jamila as well, okay, all of the hasna was in her and she got sutras from all over the
world that is even said that Prince is, you know, gay for her and but she refused all of them. And
so our guy Cassani he knew the key to her heart was through fear, commercial law, martial law,
right. And so he took her father's book somewhere from this book to alpha. And he wrote a
		

			magnificent commentary, which is called Budhha, Arizona air, all of you, you know, Hanafi guys, you
know, this is one of the classic books that inherited his school, and he gifted it to the Father.
And He said, This is for the mother of your daughter.
		

			This is the mahute of Euro so but that your asana is actually the man, right, literally, and the
father and daughter willingly accepted that this is the metaphor so indeed Cassani married Fatima
bint a summer candy and the book but that Arizona became the method for the marriage right? So what
was your matter by the way anyway, so let's start to let's not do which book did you raise your okay
		

			so we have a teasing thing going on with nori.
		

			Where was I went into complete different tangents, Zandi. nerdiness engi imagine Part Time Warrior
by day, sponsoring Elon by night. This is using he was why, because in his Khilafah are not so so
tonic isn't a Khalifa in his soap on it. society began to change. He literally like go read YBNL
Athena, go read the books of history. The hamara began to shut down what are the Hemanth I'm sorry
to break your bubble the pubs.
		

			There were places to drink alcohol. Again, we have this really idealistic notion of the past. I'm
sorry, learn and read your history. This is the reality of us. We're all weak. They're all going to
in his reign, gambling and vices and these dens of iniquity they began to shut down. Why? Because
he's sponsoring it.
		

			This is what happens when you organically not like some of the harsh regimes we're going to start
with with with the force No, you cannot force people without a backlash. Organically you help throw
them out. You bring preachers and teachers you open Madonna's This is what Notre Dame isn't good.
And when you do that, what happens the love you know, in the end of the day will Allah He the
average Muslim loves Allah subhana wa Tada loves the messenger. And if you just approach with the
right tools, the right equipment, they're going to want to come to you but if you come with the
dandy if you come with the luxury, if you come with the stick, right, I'm sorry, with Adams here, if
		

			you come with the Hashem and you're there, I want to just, you're gonna turn people away. This is
not the way to preach. So Nadine isn't you understood this he laid the foundation and in one
generation Subhanallah there was an overall revival of the deen. This is well known and documented,
that revival paved the way for the next generation. And that next generation included who Salahuddin
a UB and the entire entourage you needed Zen Gi, you needed that intellectual revival to pave the
way for the future. So again, I can go on and on sisters and brothers. But you know, I understand
it's frustrating for us when politically things are so dire, but I'm somebody who my reading of
		

			history shows me time and time again, that the backbone of revival always is going to come from the
intellectual side, from the visionary side from the side of him. And this is why we need to come
together and support every single Institute of knowledge. And I'm saying this as somebody who again,
I don't teach form if doc but Allah has Allah is my witness. It makes my heart so happy to see
Institute's like miftah and so many others flourishing. Again sisters and brothers, I want to
conclude on a personal
		

			Last year, I started my journey to religion to study, you know, my, my first chip and America 1991
Right 1991 When there was hardly anybody that spoke English fluently and had knowledge, and that era
1991 There were no institutes of learning in all of North America. There were no, nothing like this.
There was no seminary, there was no chef that spoke English as a mother tongue. I don't want to
mention names, but although the names you know, they weren't preaching in 9192. They weren't. The
people that I had to study with were either minor students or shoe that spoke Urdu or Arabic as a
mother language. In fact, that's one of my incentives for going to study Islam. I was born in the
		

			70s in Houston, Texas, there was no heartbeat I attended an English because the people that were
there what are the outcomes are this is and I spoke neither fluent or do nor fluent Arabic at the
time, my entire childhood, and I had no connection with the Masjid. Why? Because I didn't understand
a single nothing. That was one of the incentives that caused me as an adult and chemical
engineering, University of Houston. I don't know my faith. I have memorized the Quran at home as a
DC not knowing a single thing of Arabic memorize the entire Quran. I don't even know what it means.
I was so like, it really hurt me that I've memorized this book, I can't even understand it. And it
		

			really made me feel empty inside. I had to give up everything and go overseas. But times have
changed in the last 35 years of him to do nothing but hamdulillah there's institutes galore every
state has massive institutes. Every single large community has multiple you know, students of
knowledge Geneva ulama that speak English as a mother tongue, the world has changed and is changing
even more so. So the way I look at it, well, Allah He there's things that make me cry, but there's
other things that make me aspire that make me look forward and happy. The future is bright brothers
and sisters, the future is bright. And indeed the tide is changing, not just for federal Steen, but
		

			for Islam in the OMA there is a global revival going on around the entire world. Look around you in
every country in every lamp, and especially in places you would never think here in America. Look
around you who would believe we have a madrasa like this One who would believe hundreds of students
are studying here memorizing the Quran, and it is but one of so many other dozens if not more
madrasahs across this country and hamdulillah Al Hamdulillah the future is bright. We are seeing a
tidal wave of change and we are riding that wave but the goal is are we going to push it even more
forward? Are we going to incentivize it even more? That's what we're here for May Allah subhana wa
		

			Tada allow every one of us to be a part of that change. May Allah subhanho wa Taala allow us to be
visionaries, movers and thinkers, shakers who understand that the real revival is going to take
maybe 234 decades but this is what we need to do right now. We are doing what needed in a Zen guided
we don't have a Zen gear anymore. But collectively, all of us together, we can come together we can
help Institute we can found modalities. We can build professorial chairs and slowly but surely that
knowledge will trickle down to the masses. There is going to be a revival. We are seeing that
revival. We're witnessing that revival we are a part of that revival. So let us help whatever we can
		

			let us be a part of this change and we ask Allah subhana wa Tada in our own lifetimes. To see the
fruits of this result. We ask Allah that a muster the lochsa is freed in our own lifetimes. We ask
Allah for peace and stability in that land and region. We ask Allah subhana wa Tada to show us there
is an glory of Islam through his righteous servants and to make us amongst them which is our common
law. Hey, Ron, was Sarah modicum Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.
		

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