 Bismillahi wa sallatu wa sallam ar-ranu Rasoolillahi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam ama ba'dah salam ar-rahmatu bi-lahi wa barakatuh brothers and sisters it gives me great pleasure to welcome you and to introduce you to a brand new show and a brand new podcast called The Hot Seat. To understand a little bit more about The Hot Seat we first have to understand the context of the modern day world we find ourselves living in in the year 2019. It is a world in which perhaps there are more doubts misconceptions and misinterpretations that are thrown around about the religion of Islam than in any other period of time in the history of mankind. The internet is a number one source used by people globally to acquire information on any topic and it is riddled and full of false notions and erroneous ideologies about the Dean of Allah Aziz al-Wajal. Our kids ourselves are being exposed to this kind of information on a daily and if not daily then at the very least weekly basis and whether we know it or not whether we choose to accept it or not it is having an effect on ourselves our hearts our minds and ultimately our understanding of this beautiful religion. To further complicate the problem many of us find ourselves living in western societies where the governments and the social norms and pressures are constantly trying to redefine what is good and what is bad what is accepted and what is rejected what Islam is and is allowed to be and what Islam is never allowed to be. All of this my brothers and sisters ultimately leads to confusion at least the ignorance and if Allah permits it can lead to misguidance. The hot seat has therefore been designed with the permission of Allah alone to counter these kind of modern-day contemporary issues head on by using the knowledge and the guidance of the Muslims of the past the early generations of Muslims the best of generations there's not a single Muslim on the face of the planet today that would doubt the fact that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala completed our religion for us over 1400 years ago and that that completed holistic perfect religion is just as applicable now in the year 2019 as it was back then we truly do have classical solutions for contemporary problems however this isn't your normal average Islamic lecture series first of all it's not a lecture it's a discussion between two parties often opposing parties in an attempt to reach the truth bit in there and secondly and perhaps more importantly it's a unique one of its kind interactive podcast where you from the comfort of your own home have the opportunity to vote for and to choose the topic we'll be discussing on the show you also have the chance to ask your own questions on these contemporary issues and to grill the speaker if you feel like he hasn't been grilled enough on the show itself i'll be releasing details of how you can do both of those things at the end of this episode but for now without any further ado let's get into this episode of the hot seat