 Okay, so I'm going to go to everyone, and we're going to leave that down. Thank you for coming to this pre-event Al-Qa. Does everyone know why they're here? Tcha? Demid Khabib? Well, inshallah he comes. Let's make dua. But, even if he doesn't come, which let's hope that he does, we are inshallah going to use this time to learn a little bit from him, even though it's not directly. But were you all able to see, like, on the event page for this event, there was an article that was posted. Did anyone get a chance to look at that article? Okay, that's fine. So everything will be new. No one's going to know the answers, because there will be a quiz at the end. We're not in school anymore. These are my students right here. Can I take my notes? Yeah, they're going to be picked on extra for notes. Okay, so hopefully you guys, who wants to go ahead and just mention Khabib's name, full name, who wants to give it a try? Yes, come up here to my name. Do it. You're in your name first. You got to do it. You got to say full name. Like, you're announcing it as if he's walking into the U.S. arena. You got it? You ready for it? Let's do it. Okay. Are you in your mom's room? All right, there we go. Now let's want to do it with some hype. As if he's about to enter into it. Okay, let's go. Come up, come up here. Introducing Khabib! I'm more excited. You guys got it. All right, awesome. Does anyone know what his name means? Any idea? That's okay. We'll get to it. Just think about it, okay? Oh, you got it, yeah. Good, okay. So we got a part of it, right? So just try to figure it out, right? Think about his name. You probably can figure out parts of it. Sorry? Oh, no, sorry. Yeah, we'll get there. He was the closest so far. But yeah, Inshallah, we'll get to his name also. So basically what this article does is it's looking through lessons that we can learn from Khabib's win. So who knows Khabib's record? Yes. 30 and 0. Not 30 and 0. 29 and 0. And what about his MMA record? So his professional record, right? 29 and 0. His MMA record is 13 and 0. So he's undefeated all around no matter what, right? Never been taken down, undisputed, champion in his division. Awesome. So what are the things that stand out about Khabib? So after he wins his last fight, who was his last fight against? Yes, good. Justin Gagey. And how did he win that round? Yes. What type of submission? Triangle. There we go, right? He got in the nut, triangle choke. And he put actually Justin to sleep. Ref didn't see him tap. Justin went out. Nap time. Right? After he wins, what was the thing that Khabib did the first? Who remembers? You know all the answers. You know all the answers too. And you. Okay. Who else wants to give it a shot? What's the first thing Khabib does after he wins? Yes. Huh? Sujood. And what is he doing in Sujood? Thank you. He's crying. He's crying. Right? As soon as he wins, 29-0, the ref calls the victory. The first thing he does is he goes down into Satsvah and he begins to cry. Who knows why is he crying? Is this that bad? What about it? Yeah. Yeah, so his father passed away before his final fight. But his fight was coming up. And so in the preparation for his fight, he was basically blocking out this major aspect that was going on in his personal life. And he had to focus on training. He had to discipline his mind so that he could focus on making sure that he was able to perform. And as soon as that moment ended, all of those emotions flooded into him and in front of millions of people. He breaks down into Satsvah and begins to cry. Now just imagine this scene for a moment. This man who is the manliest of men in our times, completely undefeated, has never been taken down. Pure strength. When his victory is secured, he has these two responses that show what type of man he is. One, he is a man that is dedicated first and foremost to his faith. He falls after every single one of his fights, after every single one of his victories, straight into Satsvah. Recognizing that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is the one who is in control. There is no one that has power. No one possesses an ounce of power. Except for Allah. And he is able to show that to Muslims and non-Muslims across the world. So you guys are familiar with this concept. That none have power except Allah. What's the saying that you say for that in Arabic? What is the saying for that in Arabic? Try again, yeah? There we go. La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah. That none has power and none has might except Allah. And so Khabib is able to demonstrate this type of strength and give all of his credit away to where it belongs to Allah. And then one of the first words that come out of his mouth, after he takes his victory, what's the first thing that he says? Alhamdulillah. Right, and what does Alhamdulillah mean? Okay, good. So what was the word that you used? Think, right? To thank Allah. Anyone else want to try? We have that on the board. What else could Alhamdulillah mean? Not that it's great. Not that it's willing. Okay, gratitude. So thankfulness, gratitude, yeah? Thankfulness, okay. So we have this idea of thankfulness. So this is where we're going to do a little bit of learning today also, okay? Alhamdulillah has two aspects, okay? Two aspects that no other word consists, can mix these two words. So when you say Alhamdulillah, you are acknowledging two things. One of them is that the aspect of sugar, gratitude, thankfulness and why would you thank someone? Because they did something for you, right? So if someone gives me something, I respond and I say, thank you. So Alhamdulillah has this aspect of thanking Allah because of all of the blessings that he gives to us. But it has another aspect as well, which is to praise Sana'a. That we're praising Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala. We're glorifying him. We're saying all goodness belongs to him. So we're elevating Allah above everything else. So, alhamdulillah has these two aspects then, of sugar and Salat, gratitude and praise. So think about that the next time you're saying Surah Fatiha, right? The next time you're saying Surah Fatiha and you thank Allah Alhamdulillah, we're not just thanking Allah for the blessings that he has given us, but we're praising him even if he didn't give us anything. So it's praise and thanks. Is that clear? Okay, awesome. What else? So what lesson can we kind of take from Khabib being able to stand there and say Alhamdulillah in front of millions of people? Any ideas? What do you think? Sorry? Can you speak louder? Don't be afraid of being Muslim. Good. So what's one way that we can not be afraid of being Muslim? One way that is teaching us to not show fear for being Muslim is to have a type of Muslim vernacular, have a type of Muslim slang, a Muslim way of talking. Right? How many times do you hear in English, right? Ways to speak that are inherently Muslim. So for example, you'll see sometimes people, they'll have like their entire sleeve, their entire arm filled with tattoos. And then they'll have some Chinese symbols and then they'll have some Buddhist symbols and then they'll have something written in Arabic and then all of them mean weird different things and you're just like you don't know what this guy's thinking about. And then in the middle of all that, they'll throw in something like, Oh, with hardship comes ease. Right? With hardship comes ease. Where's that from? The Qur'an. Right? Indeed with hardship comes ease. Or someone they're talking and they say God willing. They'll say what is God willing? Insha'Allah. So there's this thing that needs to be introduced that you all have the power to do. That you all can make the next trend on Tiktok, the next hashtag on Twitter, the next whatever it may be. Of using Muslim vernacular. Using Muslim lingo that becomes widespread and popular and so when people say, oh what's that mean? Where's that from? Oh, it's those Muslims like Khabib who talk like this. So introducing a type of Muslim language into our culture. Does that make sense? Us. Okay, so that's the first idea. Khabib also gives some other advices and suggestions to people. So there's this famous hadith of the Prophet ﷺ in which he says that the strong believer al-wukmin al-qawwi khayyum min the weak believer is better than the weak believer. That the strong believer is weak is better than the weak believer but in both of them there are good. al-wukmin al-qawwi khayyum min right is better than the believer that is weak. So what does this mean? What does it mean to be a strong believer versus a weak believer? So they have more actions. Okay, good. A strong believer has more actions. What else? What else is a strong believer? Embrace their religion more. They don't have fear for being Muslim. What's the easiest answer here? Yes, good. Practice in Muslim. More actions, more understanding. What's the even more obvious answer? A strong believer is better than a weak believer. Khayyum min, good. Easier answer. Belief, good. Easier answer. He's strong. That he is strong. That the believer is physically... What? Strong. Right? Let's listen to the words again. A strong believer is better than a weak believer but in both there are good. So what does that teach us then? That yes, we're supposed to have high faith. Of course, we're supposed to exert our efforts in memorizing and believing and praying and all of these things. But what else does that mean? Very good. Focus on the things in this life as well. Focus on building up your strength in this life. Focus on learning how to be strong physically and mentally and spiritually in this life. What's the first one of those? Physically as well. Right? To be strong physically. That's also a part of our religion. We don't just give up on physical strength. We learn how to protect ourselves, how to protect our families, how to defend ourselves, how to defend our honor. How are we going to defend our honor if we're weak physically? If we're weak physically, if you look at the descriptions of the Prophet ﷺ, he was stronger than 40 men. If you look at the descriptions of Umar ﷺ, Khalid bin Walid, Ali ﷺ, all of these great Sahaba, the names that you know, all of them had physical strength. They were strong physically as well as spiritually. That they would be able to carry swords in one hand that it would take the average person two hands to carry. Their horses with swords and bow and arrows when other people would only be able to carry one weapon. They were strong physically as well. Both the men and the women, they had this physical strength to themselves. So that's something we should also take seriously. So what is it going to be known for? What type of fighting style? You guys should know this. What type of wrestling? Grappling. Good. What is grappling? It's based around submission. It's good. So grappling is a non-striking type of martial arts. Meaning you know there aren't strikes to the body with your arms and with your legs. It's about movements and controlling your body with the other person's body to manipulate their body and forcing them into a submission. Does that make sense? Okay, who wants a demonstration? Alright, hands up. Alright, just very simply. We're not going to hurt anyone. But imagine striking. When you strike, so boxing for example. Boxing is all about punching. So as you get into a boxing stance you're jabbing, you're hooking, you're uppercutting, right? So these are strikes to both the face and to the body. And he's doing the same back to me. But with what? With grappling, you don't strike the opponent. You manipulate their body in comparison to your body so that you can bring them into a submission. So we're just going to act this out very slowly and be super dramatized so that you guys can talk real obviously. But just watch. So Hamza is coming at me with a punch for example. So it goes slow motion punch. What I learn is to redirect his motion and for example get behind him. This is a very simple, it's just called an arm drag. It's called an arm drag. It exposes their arm. You can step behind them. Now see how I got his bicep here? All I'm going to do is I'm going to keep sliding my arm into and around his neck. Then I lock it and bring it back here. Now I have him in a choke. So here, did I ever strike him? No, I never hurt him. He's not ever going to bleed. But I have him under my control. Then if he tries to get out of here, are you okay? You're breathing? If he tries to wiggle out of it, I just position him down so now he doesn't have balance either. And then if I want to start squeezing, I can start squeezing until he chokes and he'll tap out. So it's very simple. But that's one example. So if you guys saw the Conor McGregor fight with Habib, Conor was on his knees and his hands. Habib had his back and this is the choke that he performed to submit him and then Conor tapped. And grappling also, thank you Hamza. Round of applause for Hamza. Graffling also what? Majority of it takes place on the ground. So if you're fighting at a height, if you're fighting standing up and someone gets hurt, what's going to happen to that person? They're going to fall. And if they fall and they're unconscious, they're at risk of what? Hurting themselves. They'll hit their head, they'll make their head, they'll hit the ground, they can begin to bleed, so on and so forth. But if the people are already on the ground and that person gets injured, they're not going to get hurt more. So the type of fighting style as well that Habib is known for, this Dagestani type of grappling exemplifies the very important part of our religion. That we do it in the most merciful way as possible to our opponents. The most merciful way possible to our opponent. So there's a Hadith that the Prophet's of Allah, Allah has written over everything to have excellence and beauty in it. So when you are fighting someone, to fight them with excellence and to fight them with mercy, and when you are even sacrificing an animal for the purposes of slaughter to even treat that animal with beauty and excellence and mercy. So with any type of interactions and engagements that we have, even to the point the best way to engage in these types of actions is with beauty and mercy. And you can see that demonstrated by Habib. So one of the comments that Justin Gaichi said at the end of the fight, in the last fight after Habib submitted there, he said, have the quote, let me actually find the quote exactly. He says, okay here, I don't know what this comment is. Okay, yes. He noted that he was much happier to be choked out in submission as all he would get is a pleasant nap as opposed to striking, which could have long-term health consequences. Did that make sense? So if you get choked out, if you're put into a submission and you pass out, what's going to happen? You're just going to fall asleep. And then you'll wake up again. But if you get knocked out with a strike to the face, to the chin, to the head, this could cause long-term permanent damage. So even the fighting style that Habib demonstrates is filled with what? Yes, son. Beauty, excellence, and mercy. Making sense? Any questions so far? Okay, let's just do a quick recap. We learned about Alhamdulillah and it has two meanings, right? Sanaa, praise, and shukr, gratitude. We also learned about... What next? Why are you staring at me? You guys just said you were taking notes. I never said that. Hamza said that. Hamza, what's next? I'm starting now. It's empty. It's empty. It's empty. Right? We also learned about trying to incorporate Muslim language into our daily lives. So to not be shy to say Assalamualaikum To not be shy to say insha'Allah Masha'Allah Alhamdulillah To not be shy to say these types of words because the more that we use these words the easier it's going to be for other Muslims to also use them. So we don't have to be shy about these words. And then we learned about becoming strong, not just spiritually, not just intellectually and mentally but also to become strong physically. And then of course about the mercy even in the type of fighting style that Habib has. So these all demonstrate this first aspect of Habib. What type of fighter is Habib? He's strong. He's proud to be a Muslim. He embraces that aspect of his identity and he proclaims it to everyone. And no one ever questions him about his Islam. And if someone says something against his Islam then he is ready to say something and fight back. So that's his first aspect. All of this is taken from that first Sajda that he makes. He is first fighting for the sake of Allah. What is the second aspect that was said in that? Was the reason why he was crying. The reason why he was crying when he had that victory. And what was that reason? His father passed. His father passed away and so all of these emotions rushed into his heart and he began to cry. So this demonstrates then the relationship that he had both with his father and his mother. So his father was his number one supporter and his father is the one who wanted to see him as champion. And so whenever Habib would fight he would do it for the sake of his father. And so he dedicated his life to serving his father in this way. And then after his father passed after his mom passed away and his mom tells him now stop fighting. No more. So what does Habib say? After this fight I promise you my mother I will never fight again. After Habib wins 29-0 he says because my mother asks me to I am giving up fighting. What does it mean to give up fighting for Habib? He retires. What else does that mean? Any type of material game that he dedicated his life to up until this point all for one request from his mother needs to go and get away. Championship title for the MMA the world championship this is not Habib but your club basketball or football championship. This is the world championship. The best fighter in this division he sacrifices it for his mother's request. In one fight these fighters make millions of dollars millions and he's saying I'm not going to fight even for millions of dollars because if you put my record of 30-0 if you put my championship title if you put all of these things on one side and on the other side it's my mom asking me to do something I'm always going to take the side of my mom. That's the closeness that he had with his mother such an intimate relationship that she made one request and he gave it all up. So what does this tell us about Habib then? Yeah. Yeah, of course. Does his brother fight? I don't think he brother fights. I know it's cousin fights. I know it's cousin fights and it has a protege in Islam who he coaches. But I don't think his brother fights but we can check that. But I'm pretty sure, yeah. Habib's brother? What's his name? It's his cousin, right? Yeah, I know his cousin's a fighter and then he has Islam on the chat being coached. But I don't think it's his brother. So the point then is that based off of just the request for his mother what is the example that he is to all of us that we need to have these strong relationships with both our mothers and our fathers that that's what it means to be a world champion. It doesn't mean to be a world champion that it can beat anyone that comes into the ring with you. It doesn't mean to be a world champion that you're undefeated. It doesn't mean to be a world champion to do any of these things. The most important thing for Habib was that I'll do it all for my father That's the type of example that Habib is sending for us. That's, if we want to be like Habib that's the type of example that we need to incorporate into our lives. How can I be so dedicated to my parents that I can do everything for them and give up everything for them? I asked you a question at the beginning What was the question? What does his name mean? Why is that question important? It does. It does. There's a very important aspect of it that represents who he is. His name is very important to him. Did he choose his name? No. Who knows another very famous individual even one of Habib's role models? One of the greatest writers in history who chose his name Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali's name before Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay And then why did he change his name? When he converted Right? So Cassius Clay is this individual boxer fighter, converts to Islam and changes his name to Muhammad Ali So he obviously takes a lot of pride in his name His name needs a lot to him So what happens with Muhammad Ali when his name is in question? Do you know the story? So it was against Erni Tarell Good. So in his pre-fights with Erni Tarell that continues to call Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay to the point that Muhammad Ali gets more and more upset such that they've never seen him so upset before and he keeps telling Erni My name is Muhammad Ali And he says what? Cassius Clay He says my name is Muhammad Ali He says, Cassius Clay He says my name is Muhammad Ali and you're going to call me back and I'm going to beat it out of you I'm going to beat my name out of you So when they go up and they fight there while they're in the middle of the boxing ring Muhammad Ali is giving him a beat down that he's never seen before the speed of Ali and the strength of Ali over and over and over again screaming what's my name until he beats Erni Tarell because he didn't call him his name properly Muhammad Ali took that seriously because he knew that his name meant something he knew that Muhammad Ali meant something but now what happens oh my name is too hard to pronounce for the teacher or for the other people at school so I'm going to shorten my know-how it's too hard for people to say my name the way that it's supposed to be pronounced so I'm going to change the pronunciation of my name my name is too long to spell so I'm going to just put my initial so quick to give up our names why is it so easy for us to just say I'll shorten my name so that other people are more comfortable around me when people like Muhammad Ali fought so that people would call him the right name he just cried in his name he had honor in his name and the same thing is with Khabib so what does Khabib's name mean? Khabib Khabib can you guys see it in your minds? so just get re-educated what does it spell? Khabib, what does Khabib mean? the beloved the beloved what is the beloved, who is the beloved of Allah to the Prophet ﷺ his name is the title of Muhammad ﷺ so his name is sacred now his name is the title of the best of mankind Muhammad ﷺ so when people are out there chanting Khabib Khabib what are they chanting? they're chanting the title of Muhammad ﷺ that because of the victory that Khabib has millions upon millions of Muslims and non-Muslims are chanting Muhammad ﷺ and what does his last name mean? you, who had part of it? what was the part that you had? good so you know that the second half of his name means Muhammad what does the first half mean? this spell it out yeah newer, good I like the word Muhammad ﷺ in what was the the word Muhammad ﷺ that he means to make every single day Allah will make me in the heart of a qurah in the arms of a qurah in the arms of a qurah and in the arms of a qurah and we have the qurah and in the hills of a qurah Allah will make me a qurah Every single day the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam recites dua The dua of light The whole of Allah places it in my heart Light Place in my hearing Light Place in my eyes Light Place on the right of me Light And on the left of me Light Place above me Light And below me Light O Allah Making me light This is one of the dua As the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam The dua of lights So what is Khabib's name then? The beloved The light of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam What a powerful name What a powerful name The beloved The lights of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam And all of your names are important Every single one of your names is important Names represent who you are They're a reflection of your soul They're a reflection of your character They're a reflection of who you ought to be So Khabib took his name seriously Khabib alayhi took his name seriously And he took every single one of us Should take our name seriously Any other questions so far? Everyone doing okay? Right, let's look at this other idea So now we have a few ideas about what Khabib is Right About what he stood for So who was the follow A few of Khabib's friends Are you guys going to look like the Conor McGregor fight? Yeah Okay, so what was different about the Conor McGregor fight Versus all of the other opponents that Khabib faced Like I said I'm not going to be surprised by what he's saying It's like a tactic It's a snap It's a family Good Anyone else want to add anything? You have a technique for a while? Yeah Good, right? He's attacked both Khabib and he's attacked his religion So all of the other opponents that Khabib had What are you guys going to add some stuff to? Good family I've been on the most strikes in my life Oh wow, okay, I didn't know that Good So this was an opponent that Yeah, you can add some stuff The whole bus thing The whole bus thing Like the chair and the window breaking Yes, so again Coming after family Yeah, I tried to like force him to do it Right Because of this entire company and all that stuff Good So good So why was Khabib then Why was his response so aggressive? Because Conor did these three major things He attacked Khabib's religion He attacked Khabib's family And he made fun of Basically everything that Khabib stood for So yes, of course he attacked him personally But other people also attacked him personally But as soon as Someone began to make fun And mock The religion that Khabib followed And his family members People who he doesn't have Control over That's when Khabib said Enough is enough So this shows us a different lesson This shows us When it is wise To be aggressive and to stand your ground Versus when it's okay to be lenient And let the other person be Whatever way that they're being So Allah SWT says Quran, that this is a quality of the believers This is a quality of the believers That with other believers With other people who they get along with They are caring and kind and merciful But with their enemies They have Isa They have dignity They have respect They have courage Against their enemies So when someone attacks You personally If you have an enemy that's thinking on you If you have an enemy that's thinking in front of you If you have someone at school that's attacking you And you are able to bear that burden Then you continue to bear that burden If it's not affecting you And the thing, the part of you that wants to respond Is your ego Then you wait You ignore what they're saying You hear what they say and you shrug it off It doesn't mean anything to me You can make fun of me all in one But the moment They dishonor your religion The moment they disrespect your friends The moment they disrespect your family When they come after people who you are meant to protect Then you put your foot down You don't talk to my friend this way You don't talk to my sibling this way You don't talk about my parents this way You don't talk about my religion this way You don't talk about my prophet this way You don't talk about my Allah this way And then you stand out to them So how do you know When to stand your ground And when to be lenient This is how we learn If they're coming after you, you let it go If they come after something That you are supposed to protect You stand up and fight for that thing Connor came after his religion He came after his family He came after his father So Kameem went after him That's a quality of a believer To defend the people who you are meant to protect But anyone else When they go and attack Kameem He lets it go He's cordial with them He's nice with them He's easy with them So there's a famous story Of Ali al-Ali al-Baghwar Ali al-Ali al-Baghwar You mentioned his name already In one of the battles Before the battles would begin So you have a large group on one side And a large group on the other side Before these battles would begin You would have individuals That would meet Before the battle To have a duel A one on one fight And so during that duel That one on one fight Ali al-Ali al-Baghwar Defeated his opponent And as he's going To defeat his opponent And deliver the final blow The opponent spins And Ali al-Ali al-Baghwar So then Ali As he wipes off the spin And he's going to strike again He stops himself And he returns back to the army So then they ask him Ali you are about to deliver The final blow Then you spat on your face Then you were going to do it again But you stopped What changed? He says the first time I did it Was because I was doing it For the sake of Allah The second time that I did it It's because I was doing it for myself So the second time I stopped Does that make sense? So to honor yourself To have dignity and respect But when do you defend it When it's for your family members And when it's for your religion And the people that you're meant to protect? Does anyone have any questions? You guys are hopefully a little bit about For me some lessons that I can take From his practices, from his life From the way that he fights All of these things Does anyone have any questions?