 You guys, yeah, you guys are the family, the family, even if you have a rough day, trust me, I'm going to make it better right now because, you know, you're going to be entertained on hashtag LNT with your favorite entertainer Ahmed Ali and welcome to episode 14. And tonight's episode is going to be wild. It's going to entertain everyone and trust me when I say we're going to lit it up tonight. But before we do that, let's go and jump and see what's trending in the world today. Once again, as-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. So tonight, we are about to kick off today's episode with a couple of what's trending today. And, you know, Kim, Kimi, not that Kimi, not Kimi Cash, but, you know, that Kimi Jong Hoon, this Kimi right there, the fat guy on the left. Yeah, him. Now, this guy, you know, the leader of North Korea for the first time since he took power in 2011, he just finally got off his chair. You don't want to say got off his B, no, but got off his chair and, you know, went to China to discuss with the president of China and, you know, try to solve all this nuclear stuff. And, you know, he's saying that he's, he's discussing to give up nuclear weapons for North Korea. Now, what else is trending? You know, a couple of episodes ago, I think the episode before, episode before that, Google, Google and Orcel, Oracle, they lost a copyright claim or case to Oracle for over $1.8 billion. Now, I don't know what's going on with these websites. We talked about Facebook and losing over $80 million just last week and now Google just lost $1.8 billion in a case. I mean, come on. Why do you have to use the Java software to build your Android software? Anyways, that's not important for tonight. What's important is more is chilling in Karbala and more is about to present an episode. So why don't you guys tune in? Right after the short break. Now, to all you watching, including myself, are the backbone of society. All the others young and old, they depend on us on all works. You know, sometimes everything, if not all, you know, and 90%, if not 99.99999% can relate to this. Why? Because we have parents at home. We tell us to do the lawn. You know, we tell us sometimes the dishes some of them do. I'm not on the dishes. Do the laundry and do other stuff at work or do stuff at home. Chores, if you will. So we're greatly dependent on, due to the high dependency on youth in society, we have an important role to play in the future of our families, in the future of our communities, and in the future of our countries. The youth have to renew and develop society from all aspects through leadership, innovation, and skills. We are the most capable age group that has potential, that has the potential to change the world. If we were to look at what youth are doing in the world today, we have a lot of examples coming up. But we youth are like the main characters in a movie. We're like the chocolate chip on cookies. Without a chocolate chip, what are we going to do? How good will cookies taste? I mean, you just eat oatmeal cookies, which tastes disgusting. You know what I mean? I'm craving some cookies right now. I hope the genie that brought me the donuts a couple of episodes ago, I think it was episode five. I just hope that genie repeats that and brings me some cookies that can, you know, change my mood right now. Because honestly, when I ate those donuts a couple of episodes ago, I was, you know, I thought, you know, they came from heaven because honestly, those, Allah Akbar, the genie has come. Oh my God. Are those chocolate chip cookies? Subhanallah. That reminds me of episode five. That, wow. Wait, it's not coming over. Oh, hold on. Are those donuts? Yeah, subhanallah. You know, when a believer prays to Allah subhanallah, or has an intention to pray to Allah, you know, of donuts, you'll get them right away. These were delivered, especially to hashtag LNT with the camera. Oh, wow. That's actually good. Wow. Good memories. But subhanallah. You know, the genie comes again. I don't, you know, I don't call this genie. This guy is from heaven. Honestly, you know, if God gives you something, you should always be grateful. God is the greatest. You know what I mean? But this cookie looks deadly. Look at that. Look at that. I mean, shouldn't this be, you know, subhanallah. Look at those chocolate chips. Imagine this cookie being without chocolate chips. See, right there, see that chocolate chip right there? That's me. And that's me. And that's you. That's the youth. And this is the world. You know what I mean? We are these chips that are on the chocolate. But anyways, let me just enjoy this for a second. Anyways, wow. Wow. I'm going to eat some milk. I feel like, you know, I feel like I'm Santa Claus right now. I need some milk. But we'll continue this right after the short break. Let's go. Alright. So enough with eating cookies, but I'm going to finish these right after the show. You know, every, every break I get 10 seconds. I can probably eat one or two. But no, I'm kidding. Now, we always have to think together. We always have to work together. We have to put together what our parents taught us, what education taught us. And the previous experience is what they taught us as well. Youth are creating new trends and are making new trends to change the world, to spread happiness in the world, to raise awareness in the world. If we were to take a few examples, I mean, look at vines. Vines were created by youth. You don't see an old person doing vines. They were created by, you know, youth to entertain the world. And what else do we have? I mean, you know, one of the groups who was Hussein, this was initiated by my good friend, Muhammad Abbas in the UK, a doctor who felt like something needed to be changed in society. So he took it to his hands and he created a group who was Hussein and basically in every western country and a lot of Middle Eastern countries and South Eastern countries as well. Now, we all of us have this potential, but how much of it is actually being put to work? Are we utilizing the skills and abilities that we have to upgrade and enhance the society we live in? Do we have that? We go to training courses to become pioneers. We utilize our time and to be more efficient and productive. We follow the footsteps of our parents while, you know, at the same time, we're going to have to follow the same mistakes they did, you know, because doing that or just, you know. But anyways, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I follow that motto. So that can also be taught. But we are strong, powerful, smart and loyal. You know, you're loyal, you're smart, you're powerful, you're strong. So all of that put together, that makes us youth. That makes what the world flourishes right now and the flowers in the world today. Now, this brings us to tonight's question. We want to pave the way for you guys, for the youth out there to become pioneers, to become entrepreneurs, to change this world. And to become leaders is most importantly, because we do need leaders right now, like Muah on hashtag LNC, the late night talk. That sign right there brings happiness to my heart. That sign right there, right there brings happiness to my heart. And my name actually being on TV brings happiness to you guys. Of course, you know, we've got Abba Fathers in the background. That's what brings happiness to the world. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have any more. But anyways, yeah. But tonight's question is what? Tonight's question is what? Tonight's question, how do you activate youth potential? How easy is that? How do you activate youth potential? Beautiful. Thanks to the co-producer for putting that right on the dot. How do you activate youth potential? Pick up the phone right now. Right now. Pick up the phone. The number's shown right there. Plus 964-774-067-1836. Or you can also tune in to our Facebook page at hashtag LNT, or at LNT.Show. Or at Imam Prasen3TV to tune in and watch the live broadcast on Facebook. You can, you know, put the thumbs up. You can put the reactions. You know, the best reaction I have is the heart, you know, because, you know, we love that. We give a reaction, share, do whatever, all the good stuff. But we're going to go into a very short break, 10 second break. Let me finish my cookie. And we'll be back very shortly. Welcome back, viewers. Hope you, inshallah. Hope you, inshallah, enjoyed that 10 second break. Because honestly, I did with the, you know, with the cookie. I felt like I was, you know, those youth on the nose chocolate chips. I'm kidding. But yeah, welcome back. We do remind the viewers that the question is how do you activate youth potential? The number is down below plus 964-774-067-1836. So back to tonight's question. How do you activate youth potential? Earlier I mentioned that we the youth are treasures. According to a study made in 2000 and something on UNFPA.org, 25% of the global population are youth between the ages of 15 and 24. So do you know how much that calculates up to? That's 1.8 billion youth. 1.8 billion treasures, shall I say. 1.8 billion. Just look at that. Although that's, you know, that diagram, but if you guys look like that, that's sick. But you guys don't, you know, imagine what would happen if we were to bring or all the youth were hand in hand and brought all their heads together. You know, as the saying goes, two heads is better than one. But imagine 1.8 ads. 1.8 billion ads. That's a lot of heads. That's a lot of heads. You know, let's take a look at a few teenagers, a few examples of teenagers who actually made history and changed the world. Now, Lewis Braille. Yes, Braille. Does that make, does that sound familiar? Lewis Braille is the inventor and the creator of the Braille language for the blind in 1824. He was just 15 years old and he was blind himself. You know, he, he was inspired and determined at a young age to create a language so he can write and read. You know, for a blind person, you can barely do a lot of stuff, but this person inspired himself. You know, because you can't be really inspired by another blind person. You have to inspire yourself. And this guy was so determined and courageous enough, honestly, that he, that he was determined. As a young boy, 15 years old, created a language that would benefit us in 2018. That's an achievement. We also have the famous Pakistani activist Malala Yusuf Zay, who in 2014 became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. She was famous for speaking against the Taliban and encouraging young girls to pursue a career in education. And honestly, this person is, is an inspiration herself because we do need people like her in the world. But we do have a call from Hussain from Iraq. Yes. Salamun alaykum, welcome to hashtag Galenti. And tonight's question, how do you activate youth potential? Well, thank you so much for having me in your program. My name is Hussain Allah. Okay. I'm Hussain Allah. I'm from Najaf. And I would like to say that society and Iraq's communities face many challenges from both external and internal factors. Okay. As part of my society and as part of my whole life, there are many factors, many influences, it's right upside down to decimate us. I like, I have found our turning blind eye toward these factors and toward these influences. Sorry, can you mention some of these factors? So, the problem is we need to raise the awareness of our people, of our own people. Okay. Of peace to all people from all over the world. Okay. And I think that is the way to activate our youth potential by using social media. Yes, yes. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, brother Hussain, from Iraq who joined us tonight and for letting us know what you think. And that's one of the ways that you can activate youth potential. So, social media is key for him. And if it works for you, that's beautiful. That's beautiful. But, I need to take a short break and eat another cookie. And I mean, I'm going to get fat tonight, you know? But, we'll take a short break and we'll be back very short. Do stay tuned. I'm just going to, I'm just going to, ya Allah, water. Ya Allah. Ya Allah, Subhan Allah. Come closer. You got all this way. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Thank you. Oh, Khuda, we thank you. Khuda means Allah. But, yeah, back to the topic. We do remind the viewers that we are alive in the Holy Syria in Karbala and with your favorite man, Ahmad Ali. And tonight's question. How do you activate youth potential? The number you can call is plus 964-774-067-1836. Now, before the break, we got a phone call from a brother who said that social media is key to activate youth potential. And honestly, that's one of the good ways to activate youth potential. To encourage others to activate other youth. Or, you can activate yourself. You know, just pressing the activation key. I know, I'm kidding. You know. But this person, before the break, we're talking about Louis Braille. At age of 15, he was able to create a whole language for an entire nation, if you will. The blind nation. You know. But for society and the future to thrive and prosper, all of this needs to happen. We need to keep a few key points in our mind. A few key, major key in our mind. Now, the first key is education. Education is critical. The knowledge of young people that the people, the young people acquire from school is actually beneficial. You know, a few episodes ago, you were wondering is college education worth it? And honestly, it's safe to say it kind of is. You know, you're spending a lot of money, but it kind of is. But we just have received a message before we continue with major keys. But Ali from Norway, what does Ali say? He says youth around the world should initiate movements for different causes to help society. Yes, thank you very much, Ali from Norway for joining us tonight. Yes. And honestly, and I do re-mention again. The team of who is Hussain are doing a great job in the UK, in India, in Canada and in the States and other countries as well. And they are doing amazing in the work. They are changing a lot of people's lives. They hand out soup in soup kitchens. They have soup kitchens. They have blood drives. They have other things as well that they offer for dental services. Dental services, you know, doctor services for the poor and the homeless. So that's actually beautiful to see that people are thinking of each other, not just selfish, not just being selfish. But we were talking about some of the keys we need to keep in mind. Now, one of the key was education and the knowledge that we get from school. Next is creativity. Adding your own flavoring to everything you do. You know, if you get to meet an artist, honestly, one of the great things that he's going to talk about is putting his own creativity in it. And sometimes you don't even get the picture. And one time I was walking in a museum, an arts museum. And I'm not even kidding. One of the pictures that was hung up, the paintings, it was over $500,000 and it was a couple of scribbles. What's in that? You know what I mean? Why is that so expensive? Oh, it's the creativity of the people. You know what I mean? So adding that flavoring is beautiful. Now, the next is involvement. Do we do have a call? Yes, from? Mohammed Al-Mousawi from the USA. Peace be upon you. Peace be upon you. Welcome to hashtag LNT. And tonight's question, how do you activate youth potential? Well, the subject regarding youth potential is super vital in today's society because if anyone has potential, it's the youth. You could think the older generations have, you know, tired and withered out by now. But inshallah, that's not the case. However, our hopes and our aims and our aspirations are toward the youth. But the issue is how do you activate that potential within? There's an old saying that goes, you can't force a horse to drink water if it's not thirsty. So one way to activate and get the youth involved and their potential unleashed, I believe, is marketing. If you want to bring them towards Islam actively, you have to market Islam in a way where the youth are very exposed to it and they like it and they enjoy it. Sometimes we take the old and traditional classical methods in advertising Islam, such as you might have, let's say, a respected elder discussing subjects pertaining to Salah, Ibad and Islam. However, the youth don't gravitate toward these sort of concepts or in this exact manner. Perhaps if they see other youths involved in expressing, speaking, they'll find this resonating with themselves. You know, someone out there is trying to bring me towards faith. But this person isn't someone far away from me. They're another Shabaab, another person. Or you could hold the community gatherings, massajid along the side. Let's say you have a soccer match following the program. This will definitely gravitate the youth and ultimately unleash the potential. Insha'Allah, insha'Allah. Thank you very much. Brother Muhammad Musawi from the USA for joining us tonight and honestly, beautifully said. And you know, why don't we switch places now? I'm kidding. You know, actually, let this camera stay there. One of the points that Muhammad Musawi from the USA, he mentioned marketing and he said we need to market to the youth. And this logo right here, this logo right here, the hashtag LNT is the best market for you guys. The best market. No need to spend anything. You know what I mean? Free of charge at home. You just chill, tune on to the hashtag LNT at IHTV3. And let's come back here. And all you got to do is pick up the phone, dial the number, plus 964-774-067-1836. And answer the question and give us your opinion on the question for tonight. Let's pop that out. How do you activate youth potential? How do you activate youth potential? Dive the number free, toll free at plus 964-774-067-1836. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. But going back to our discussion and you know me, the All-Knowledgeable Ahmad Ali. But we were mentioning a few key points. We talked about education. We talked about creativity. And now on our list, third place is involvement. And this is key. This is huge. Because honestly with involvement you can create a lot. As I mentioned earlier, if we brought 1.8 billion heads together and tried to work together, we can create a lot. We can create a lot. So involvement is one of the ways. How do you get involved? How do you get involved? How do you get involved? Mohammad Musaoui mentioned it to us. When there's an activity in your community, do get involved. Don't just sit there. A lot of people, I've seen this and it's unfortunate, a lot of people when certain activities are going on, they're not willing to participate in it. So get off and go and help others out. And even sometimes if there is a group and a big shout out to the members of MACE, Islamic Society at McMaster University, it was an honor to work with you guys a few years ago. And honestly they're doing a great job as well. And it's nice to see groups like that in universities initiate groups like that in universities. Because we actually need them. And one of the points that you can mention, what's nice about that group is you say something about the university. You want to create an initiative in the university. All you got to do is go through them and then they go through the MSU and then everything gets sorted. Alhamdulillah that we have groups like that. But we do have an audio message from Sheikh Mateen from the USA, my dear friend and brother, Sheikh Mateen. The question about how to activate youth potential can be answered by doing the following. Everyone has some sort of skill set or some sort of talent, something that they're good at. They have to take a look and analyze their self, analyze their potential, what they're good at, and learn how to get their skills to a good level. That way they can use these skills and these things they're good at to serve Ahlul Bayt alaihi mursalaam. Because we shouldn't waste our potential. We have to use this potential that Allah swt gave to us and use it for the betterment of mankind. To serve Allah swt and we should look around and see what things are needed in the community. What people need, how can we help, what are we lacking in, that we can try to step up and fill these positions that need to be filled. But we have to work on our self and seek knowledge and learn how to get our skills to be able to fill these positions. Because if you try to fill these positions and try to help without knowledge, you can cause more harm than help. So you have to have the knowledge and seek knowledge in order to be able to help other people. And we should never waste our time. We always have to make the most of our time, no matter where we are. Most of us sit idly or play on our phones or we're occupied watching TV or playing video games or whatever else people think people do. But we have to use the most of our time when we're commuting to school or work, try to listen to some lecture. When we have free time try to read or even when we have some free moments try to use them reflecting on what we can do or how we can help or try to plan and strategize. So we have to make the most of our time and use the skills that we have to be able to help other people. And this is how we can use our potential to the fullest. We have to have an action plan and work on these things and have some clear set goals and start trying to work towards those goals and achieve those things. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for that. Those were beautiful words that you mentioned. My dear brother and good friend, Sheikh Mateen from the USA, a couple of points. And just to add a point to what you said, a lot of people do have the potential in them but they don't know that. They have skills that people need to go deep in themselves and explore their inner self. That way they can find, meditate a.k.a. prayer and try to find their self from within to change the world to the better inshallah. Because honestly change begins with me and then I can change you. So, you know, hashtag galenti changes the world. But tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight is a very, very, very happy occasion. And that's why I'm happy and excited and super hyped. I'm super hyped in all episodes. But and I wish you guys a very, very happy and joyous evening, day, night, morning, dawn, whatever. I just wish you guys a happy day on this very auspicious and blessed occasion. It marks the birth of the ninth infallible, eleventh Imam, Imam Al-Jawad, Muhammad Al-Jawad, peace and blessings. Be upon him who occupied the highest position. Look at these two domes, Imam Al-Jawad and Imam Al-Kawad. Peace and blessings be upon them both. But he possessed the highest position in terms of human virtue and moral attainments, if you will. And you know, and these characteristics are possessed by all the Imam of Al-Bait, alayhim as-salam. Now it was customary, you know, for the Imam to meet everyone humbly, to help the poor secretly and publicly, to even treat the foes with fairness and equality to everyone. And honestly, there's something unique about this Imam that really connects us to him is the fact that this individual, this great personality, lived for only 25 years. Right now, I'm about to turn 26, insha'Allah. So the Imam lived as many years of eyes, as much as I lived. And I don't know how much I can give in terms of, yeah, I'm not wearing my rings today. I don't know where they went, but we'll try to find them somewhere. But Imam Al-Jawad, peace and blessings be upon him. He lived up to the age of 25 and he, you know, gave so much to his community. I remember a simple story before we conclude for tonight. I think we have a minute left, a simple story. Imam Al-Jawad, alayhim as-salam, when he was playing in Baghdad, the person who killed his father was walking or was on his horse with his men. And he saw Imam Al-Jawad and he stopped because whenever Al-Ma'moon and his troops walked into the streets, everyone just ran away, including the children. Imam Al-Jawad was only around, as history tells us, around 8 to 11 years old, around that age. So when Imam Al-Jawad came, Imam Al-Jawad just stood there, so confident. Imam Al-Jawad said, why didn't she run away like the other kids? Imam Al-Jawad, alayhim as-salam, he says, why would I run? I haven't done anything wrong. Imam Al-Jawad is like, is this an 8 year old or is this a knowledgeable person? He says, why don't you go play with the other kids? He says, we were not created to play. Let's comprehend that. He's like, we were not created to play and I love playing. So that's a message to me first. I always play on my phone, I play Candy Crush and all that good games. But at the age from 8 to 11, he was able to say that. He says, what's your name? He says, I am Muhammad bin Ali. He says, son of who? He says, son of Musa. And then it goes back all the way to Prophet Muhammad as-salam. So he knew who he was talking to. Right away, he said to the Imam, come with me. And, you know, the famous story goes on. You can probably check the lectures of Saydam al-Nakshwani or other individuals that talk about this. But tonight, we should take only one message. It's to activate the youth potential. Hopefully, hashtag galaxy and the coup of hashtag galaxy. We're able to ignite that potential within you. And, you know, to pave the way and go help society to reach its best. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. Deuces, thank you very much.