Zakir Naik – Principal Asks Dr to Build an Islamic School in Pakistan

Zakir Naik
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The speakers discuss the difficulty of building an Islamic school due to the lack of standards and the need for Congress's help. They emphasize the benefits of learning the Bible and training children in public settings, as well as the importance of children learning the Bible and becoming a scholar. The speakers also discuss the importance of training children in schools with weakahadians and children with our parents, as well as the use of social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube to promote Islam. The aim is to establish schools with a world standard for children, and the speakers offer a non-profit institute for children to earn a lot of money.
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Sir, secondly, I would like to ask you

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to build an Islamic International School in Pakistan.

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We want to teach our children there.

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Sister, the question was why not

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build an Islamic International School in Pakistan.

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And this request, in about 20 years, has

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come only from Pakistan.

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It has come from Pakistan.

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It has come from the world.

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It is not easy to build a school.

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It is very difficult to run it.

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And after seeing the Islamic International School, thousands

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of schools were built in India and the

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world.

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Regrettably, not even 10% of the schools

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have met standards.

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Because our standards are of high quality.

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People follow it.

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Student-teacher ratio 1 is to 4.

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Staff 1 is to 2.

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200 staff for 400 students.

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No, no, doctors will come and follow it,

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but they will keep only 40 staff for

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400 students.

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So, if you cut the pillar, that is

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why, I have a speech for education.

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I said, listen to the speech, follow it,

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I will give it to you later.

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But now, because I myself came to Pakistan,

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because building an Islamic school is a very

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good thing, it is easy to run a

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school, but at the Islamic level, at the

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level of Quran and Hadith, and both, where

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education is very difficult.

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With the help of Allah, we did it.

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With the help of Allah.

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There are two schools in India.

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There are many offers.

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Whatever people have offered, 40 million dollars, 50

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million dollars, but it takes a lot of

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time.

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What did we do?

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Because it was Farsi.

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We had children, we were free, we had

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daughters, we did it.

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We had to migrate.

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Now we have to establish again.

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I am a human being.

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I am one.

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I am 24 hours a day.

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So almost every day, I used to give

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14-15 hours for daily work.

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One third of it was for the school.

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Almost 5 hours a day.

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One third was for Peace TV.

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And one third was to give lectures, other

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work, to travel, to give invitations, to do

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research.

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So it is a very good thing to

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establish a school.

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But if you compare it with Peace TV,

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mashaAllah, crores of people are watching.

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Thousands of people are becoming teachers.

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The standard of the school is good.

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It is high.

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But if you compare it with Peace TV

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and the school, I feel that Peace TV

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has more benefits.

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So Shariah says, bear small losses to save

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big losses.

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It is a good thing to establish a

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school.

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But if you want quality, in light of

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the Quran and Hadith, and if you want

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education for both, then it is possible, but

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you have to give time.

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But, I was in Karachi a few days

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ago.

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And in Karachi, a Tajid said, why don't

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you start a school?

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The same thing that he said.

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So I said, if you want more results,

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it is a good thing to have a

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school.

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It is better to establish an Islamic university.

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Because when I started the school in 2000,

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I said that if any child is free

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from my school, you know that we have

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an international school, the A-level board was

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the Cambridge board.

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When you pass the 12th grade, it is

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the Cambridge board.

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There was no Muslim board, no Indian board,

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it was Cambridge, which is the most established

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in the world.

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We taught English and Arabic together.

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From childhood, from nursery, from the age of

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three, we taught Arabic and English to the

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children.

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So my three children, my two daughters and

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my son, studied English and Arabic till A

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-levels.

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Urdu is weak in this.

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International language is English and Arabic.

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And after passing A-levels, the bachelors that

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I did in Saudi Arabia, I studied Arabic

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for seven years.

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Only Arabic, not English.

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Then I did my masters for three years,

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that too Arabic.

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English is good, Arabic is even better.

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So our aim was to train the children

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in public speaking.

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A four-year-old child, a five-year

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-old child, masha'Allah, would give a speech

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in such a big gathering.

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Five years, six years, we would train them.

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When they go to the second standard, at

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the age of six, they would get a

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fifth standard in four years.

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Every child, compulsory black belt, taekwondo, judo, karate,

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black belt, till the fifth standard.

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For both boys and girls.

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But for a girl, a teacher is a

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woman.

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For boys, a man.

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We should be ready.

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Swimming is compulsory.

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Then we would teach them the Bible.

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They would say, why don't you teach them

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the Bible?

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In our school, studying is compulsory.

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Islam is not compulsory, our school is compulsory.

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We would teach them the Bible, train them,

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teach them Vedas, teach them how to invite

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people to Islam.

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Our goal was that 50% of the

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children would go to the mainstream, doctor, engineer,

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lawyer.

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And 50% would go to Islam.

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Become a scholar, become a teacher, become a

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doctor.

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The 50% good children, they would go

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to Islam.

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The weak ones would become doctors and engineers.

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In our society, if a child fails, make

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him a Hafiz.

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The good children in our school, they would

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go to Imam Muhammad bin Saud University.

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Islamic University of Medina.

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After having experience, I said in 2000, when

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I had a vision, that if a child

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graduates from our school, studies for 15 years,

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9th grade, 9th grade, then 10 years and

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2 years in 12th grade, Inshallah, wherever you

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put him in the world, 95% he

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will be on the right path.

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When my first school batch, my son was

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in it, he graduated in 2012.

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At that time, when I said, I said,

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in today's date, if a child graduates from

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my school, after our training, wherever you put

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him in the world, 25% will be

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on the right path.

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Then you said, what happened?

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95% to 25%?

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The training was not right?

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The training was, but the society changed.

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Social media came, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok.

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The devil took over.

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This society, due to the increase in technology,

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my percentage also decreased.

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In the society, the things that take you

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away from the truth, have increased.

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This is in 12 years.

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For that, it is necessary that a child

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graduates with us.

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Study further, otherwise you will get lost.

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It is not enough.

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Right now, it is easy to start a

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school, in an equal Islamic way, but with

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modern education, it is difficult.

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It is impossible.

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A few years ago, I thought that I

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will establish an Islamic university.

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In Malaysia, a king said, I will give

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you land.

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A city said, we will fund you.

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I said, I am busy right now.

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I told my colleague, I told him to

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establish a school.

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A university.

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University means Dawa College.

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A few days ago, a merchant in Pakistan

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said, Doctor, establish a school.

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We will give you whatever you want.

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When I saw the love of Pakistanis, when

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I was new here, they loved me so

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much.

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After coming here, they started loving me even

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more.

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A few days ago, Inshallah, Inshallah, we will

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establish an Islamic university.

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Not only in Pakistan, Inshallah, in every important

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city of Pakistan.

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Be it Karachi, Lahore or Islamabad.

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Inshallah.

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And we will have a world standard.

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A world standard.

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Why?

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If a child, who is 15, 16, 18

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years old, becomes a Zainab.

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When he goes to an Islamic university, Inshallah,

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we will teach him Arabic.

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We will teach him Dawa.

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We can teach him at the age of

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15.

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It is good if we teach him in

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his childhood.

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But if we teach him at the age

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of 15, 95% will remain the same.

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95%.

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We will teach him in 3 or 4

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years.

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We can teach him at that level.

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But if a child becomes a Zainab, the

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result will be even better.

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Because after becoming a Zainab in school, his

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father will tell him to go for business.

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So now, I have made up my mind.

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After making up my mind, I met a

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Tajir in Lahore.

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He also said, we will help you.

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We will do whatever you want.

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So, Inshallah, I think, that very soon, Pakistan

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will have a good international standard university.

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The language of which is Arabic, English and

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Urdu.

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One is our society's language, Urdu.

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The other is international language, English.

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And the other is Arabic.

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Arabic language is very important.

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And Inshallah, he said, will you find a

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teacher in Pakistan?

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We will find.

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If not, we will bring him from outside.

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If the world wants to make a good

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university, then my intention is that Inshallah, an

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international standard Islamic university in Pakistan.

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And now pray that Allah accepts this wish

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as soon as possible.

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And at least three places in Pakistan, there

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are offers from other places as well.

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From Faisalabad, from other places.

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Just now, today in the morning, from Faisalabad.

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How many acres do you want?

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How much money do you want?

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When we make it, we will make it

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a non-profit.

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Not to earn money.

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But if we want quality, if you give

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peanuts, you will get monkeys.

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If you give peanuts, you get monkeys.

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If you give almonds, you get humans.

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If you give almonds, you will get good

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people.

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So we will make it of quality.

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If we take full fees, then it will

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be very difficult.

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So we will try to spend some time

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together.

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It will be a non-profit institute.

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But it should be of this standard.

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In today's date, you can earn a lot

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of money in education.

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And it is permissible.

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I got an offer in Dubai.

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I did a survey.

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To start an Islamic school, 140 million dirhams.

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And approximately And that person said, the day

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we start the school, half will be yours.

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You do whatever you want.

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I will do whatever I want.

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First I said yes.

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Then I said my time is more important.

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Allah has given a lot of money.

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But the intention is that we will make

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it of high quality.

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For non-profit.

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And Inshallah, this world will be an example.

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Inshallah.

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Ameen.

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