 فالخير وفير وانصر ما ينجل ما أثوم من النار لأنك لا تنجل فقط one من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك من نفسك from our own articles of belief in terms of our faith and what we believe in there is no question of living just once in fact this is only a transitory life where you will end up in the eternal permanent life basically what to produce what you produce for yourself in this life is what you will find for yourself in the hereafter الله سبحانه وتعالى says in the Quran ووجدوا ما عملوا حاضرة they shall find for themselves what they have achieved and encountered in this world it is in this very context brothers and sisters that you as a youth is to find your place in this world we are living in you are constantly presented with the nafs which is the self worship and this what they want to promote youth therefore must swim upstream and carefully consider the significance of this age in the formulation of future concepts the beliefs and schemes that are formed in youth are carried throughout life and are almost impossible to shatter or even alter later on we should therefore be very careful to note how and with whom are we spending our time from where are we building the concepts that carry us into tomorrow the images that we now allow our eyes to feast on and our minds to capture and our hearts to worship and the very images that will have an effect on us in adult life and in our graves later on should we therefore then should we then not examine who our heroes are and from where we are getting our ideals from what kind of traits do we covet what are we striving for why and we have to be careful when many of our heroes maybe unfortunately football players and cricket players than the heroes of Islam normally we look out for heroes we look out for Michael Jackson we look out for Lady Gaga we look out for Britney Spears we look out for Madonna but none of us look out for Ali Fatima Hassan and Hussein these are our real heroes and from them we learn how to live a life of dignity and a life of progress a life of respect something that we ought to learn when it comes to our interaction with our teachers because the Prophet ﷺ have emphasized so much on respect to teachers but if you read or if you read in the Risala of Imam Zayn al-Aabideen which is called Risalaat al-Hukouk which is called Risalaat al-Hukouk you will find that the Imam ﷺ lists a number of conditions for a student and how that student should relate to his teacher and among the things that are listed in this Charter of Right in as far as the rights that a teacher has over the student his first and foremost is to show him atmost respect not to speak in his presence you don't go into the classroom it's like a market it's like going to Sunday market you know Sunday market or Zaynab market you go and all you hear is Hassel and Basel you go into the class while the teacher is trying his atmost to prepare his notes to prepare his lesson for the day every Ali, Jaafar and Muhammad in the class are talking while the teacher has spent the best years of his life the best years of his youth in order to be a role model for his students and how do we reciprocate this to our students or to our teachers is we put pins and needles on their chairs we do these nice paper balls and we blow it I was a student so I know these things we all went to school and we all experienced such disciplinary malfunction if I can call it where we thought that school is for us to have fun with the teachers yes of course you can have fun with the teachers but have fun that is based on discipline have fun that is based on respect have fun that is based on your own goodness as opposed to the goodness of others don't allow peer pressure as they call it to subject you to lose your principles never allow peer pressure to subject you to lose your principle Imam Ali صلى الله عليه وسلم عليه he says he said I shall never foster compromise I shall never remember these words very carefully brothers and sisters I shall never foster compromise on the basis of weakening my faith and my respect I will not foster compromise so people can allow me to fit in as they say because if you are not one of us you cannot hang out with us that means you have to give up on your principles and one of these principles you have to give up is you cannot be disciplined anymore you have to be a menace and you know what that word means you have to be a rascal you have to be a nuisance you have to be someone that breaks things you have to be put to a day and dare you if you don't pass that day right do you know what a day you know what a day I dare you to do this I dare you to go to Seir and stand behind him and say that's what we do sometimes or to go to a teacher and say something to her behind her back and if you don't do it you are a lost case you cannot fit in Islam says no stand for your principles and when someone comes to tell you to do such things say to him Islam does not allow me to do that and I'm proud that I don't do that and I'm proud not to fit in in the so-called you know gang mentality right either you join us or we will gang against you no go to the principal go to your teachers tell them what you are going through and what you are experiencing you are not dobbing in when you tell about someone that is doing something wrong you are actually creating an environment that is based on discipline and that's what we should all cooperate in doing Allah سبحانه وتعالى has told us that in the Quran in the most emphatic and beautiful words when he told us المؤمنونة والمؤمنات بعضهم أولياء بعض يأمرون بالمعروف وينهون عن الممكر meaning what believing men and believing women are the protectors of one another they enjoy what is right and they forbid what is evil so any act that undermines the authority of the school any act that undermines the status of the school that you belong to any act that undermines the integrity and the discipline of the school becomes your own responsibility you should be in a position to bring things into perspective when they go wrong because you have a duty to yourselves and a duty to the school that you belong on or you belong to you have a duty to your own faith to your own آخر day of judgment to your own action that will come to either be with you or against you in your final or semifinal about when we go into our graves the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم has told us has told us that when someone enters his grave and I don't want to scare you I'm not going to talk about فيشاري قبر today I'm going to talk about something good when a person goes into his grave a mu'min a good person a good student may Allah give you a long life because you're not a student simply when you reach matriculation or university or PhD you remain a علم a scholar as long as you consider yourself to be a student but when a scholar considers himself to have reach the apex of knowledge and he calls himself a علم then he had become a جاهل because a علم should always learn because there is no end to learning right الله سبحانه وتعالى tells us that the Prophet said to Allah in the Quran وقل ربي زدني علم say or Muhammad to the people that always or Lord increase me in knowledge so what did the Prophet tell us he said when you go into your grave as a mu'min as a discipline person as someone that knows right from wrong as someone who lived up to his own goodness and principle a man or someone will come into his grave that person is dressed in the best attire and has the best looking face and the best smell that anyone could have ever encountered you will ask that person who are you I have never met you before you are something phenomenal you are something that pleases me that person or that deity or that creature that Allah brings into your grave is none other than your good deeds it has formed into that beautiful being at the behest of Allah سبحانه وتعالى to keep you company till the day of judgment so isn't it worthwhile investing in something like this isn't it better investing in someone that will keep you company in a good sense rather than someone that gives you trouble day and night rather than to live under the threat of someone who is calling you home every day and telling you don't forget tomorrow at school we are going to create one, two, three and if you are not party to it you know what is going to happen to you we know where you live right isn't that what happened and we will come to you doorstep don't be afraid because you are a Muslim and you believe in Allah I want to ask you a question why does 22 soccer players or football players kick a ball for I want answers this has to be interactive session today why do 22 players kick at a ball come on guys don't you play football why does David Beckham or Zinedine Zidane yes brother to achieve their aims one answer yes but why something else girls you don't play soccer come on man where you live in which planet come on anyone to win to win now let me ask you this and think carefully about what I'm about to say would you attempt in your wildest imagination to kick that ball if it was made from steel no so why do they kick it because it made of rubber it's air it won't hurt them don't be that ball kicked around be a steel ball because you're a Muslim you don't get kicked kicked around by anyone right don't allow anyone to kick you around because you are not to be messed with you are an identity and an entity in your own right that should make you proud of who you are the principles that you hold for today are the principles that will carry you into the future and if you are a principal person you will demand respect even with those that they don't like you you know why because they know that you will never change that no matter how many attempts will come your way no one is able to change you look at your prophet look at your Imam Hussein when in Karbala and before Karbala when in Medina when the lures and the temptations were put before him to give his oath of allegiance to Yazid what did the Imam say did he accept or did he say that I shall leave the city of my father in what and under what mission did the Imam leave the city of his grandfather رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم he said ما خرجت أشرا ولا بطرة وإن ما خرجت لطلب الإسلاح في أمة جدي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم I did not come out of out of arrogance or hotness I don't want to show off I don't want to stand out in the crowd in being a macho and an Arnold Schwarzenegger right where I use my muscle of my body instead of the muscles of my brain No I want to use my brain first because my intelligence is what make me eternal not my muscles so he said I don't want to come out from the city of my grandfather رسول الله of being arrogant or hot or showing off or boastful but I want to come out in order to reform the society that I am in you are brothers and sisters as I've always said and I've always projected and I've always propagated you are and you represent half of our present as a youth and you are all of our future and if we lose half if we lose you then we would have lost half of our present and all of our future and that is something no community can ever afford to lose once we lack investment in our youth then we have lacked in investing in our future and that's why people on the board and your teachers they are doing everything at hand and everything possible and your parents of course first and foremost is to provide you with such venues with such places of learning so the least we can do is to honor these places of learning and to respect these places of learning and to be the reformist that our Imam صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلي expected us to be when he left the city of Medina and went to Mecca and then ultimately was trying to get to Kufa but he was stopped on the way to Kufa in Karbala yet he did not gave up and never did he compromise right على إن اللعين قد ركز بين السلة وزلة وهيهات هيهات من الذلة right Imam Hussein said what do you see he said that person that person على إن الدعي sorry not اللعين على إن الدعي ابن الدعي قد ركز بين السلة وزلة he said that person the son of that person who claims to have authority he is talking about Yazid has given me two choices either to fight and lose my principles or to be subjected to humiliation and to recognize his government and by Allah Allah does not allow us to give in easily and be humiliated meaning what do not give up on your principles right be there for one another brothers and sisters help one another towards achieving what is best and not achieving what is anything less than what is best because that what makes you the human being that your parents want that Allah wants that your teachers want and let me tell you one thing there are only two people in this world who wish to see others better than them if you lose them you've lost your own sense of identity your parents and your teachers there are the only two type of people in the whole world that want to see others better than them parents want to see their children better than them and teachers want to see their students excel better than them and you will not see this what else in the world today you will not see it even amongst brothers and sisters right because brothers and sisters are always competing with one another to achieve what is best and to be better than one another but when it comes to questions of parents when it comes to questions of teachers they give everything they have and mind you teachers don't only serve from I don't know 9 to 5 year what's your working hours 8 to 2 8 to 2 no no not 8 to 2 the amount of work they do at home in their own spare time preparation marking your books and exams thinking about the best methodology to teach you is priceless and there is no money that can be put towards what teachers do and I believe that the least paid teacher the least paid profession in the world is teachers and teaching then tell me something why does a teacher become a teacher why go for the headache because a teacher is a human being at its best he has so much passion to teach and educate people so that people will become better and better and that's why people become teachers of the dollar sign it means nothing to a teacher when it comes to questions of money it is because they feel they have a mission that they want to give and they leave that mission to its best one of the poets in the Arab world he said what he said a teacher was that far from becoming a prophet why because a prophet spends his life entire life educating others and keeping to his principles and that is exactly the very mission of a teacher help one another brothers and sisters excel in what you do help one another and take your ideals not from what you see in movies not what you see in you know some soap operas and what have you not from hollywood and hollywood but take your principles from Allah سبحانه و تعالى take your principles from رسول الله صلى الله عليه و عليه وسلم who says what who says no foot of a servant on the day of resurrection will move before being asked about four things every one of us brothers and sisters when we come to the day of judgment will be asked about four things number one his life and how he spent it how do you want to spend your life do you want to spend your life playing you want to spend your life in wastefulness you want to spend your life in total anarchy and chaos you will be asked on it or you will be asked about it on the day of judgment then the prophet says and about his youth and how he wore it out because that age of youth is what makes you later on it's this golden era between the age of 14 to about 35 this is your youth after that there are no more chances you are set in your ways and how you think no one can change you after that if you struggle between the age of 14 15 to 35 that's it you've already paved your life in this world and for the hereafter it is seldom that you find someone changing after 35 seldom the mind is already set even if you talk to people day and night about something and they are not convinced because they've lived their golden youth age between 15 and 35 they will not change themselves and it will be very difficult to change oneself so utilize that youth in every possible way in every minute in every hour to excel at what you do to excel morally to excel academically to excel intellectually to excel physically but use your physical being in something useful not to bully people don't build your muscles and get the six abs that every youth wants everyone wants to go to the gym to get the six abs why? because it's a sign of manhood it's a sign of being macho it's a sign of attraction it's and the abs of course and the biceps everyone wants biceps everyone wants to be like an American football player so that when he walks the street no one can miss with him or he will get the gaze of the opposite gender wow look at his body yes isn't that what we want because that's what they tell us that's what we want but what Islam tells us is that what you want is what's in your brain your mind is what demand respect not your biceps and not your six abs that demands respect in the world that you are living in today so use your youth in its most potential way that Allah has given you and then the prophet says and your wealth and how you spend it your wealth and finally your health and how you use it يعني utilize the time when you are healthy to draw closer to Allah to draw closer to goodness to grow closer to being a good human being before you are unable as they say once I received an email come to the mosque while you can before you are forced on the back of the six strong men to bring you to the mosque you know what that means when you are in your taboot six men will carry you into the mosque then you have no choice you're not going to say no no please send me back now I'll realize I'll start doing good it's too late mate it's too late my friend so you make an effort to be a role model so now people can point fingers at you and say by God this person is an amazing principle the human being just like people used to say about your prophet although they did not believe in him I will conclude shortly with one story or two stories about the prophet and then I'll round up when the prophet migrated to Medina صلى الله عليه وسلم he left behind Imam Ali right to sleep in his bed is that the only reason why he left Imam Ali does anyone know why رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم left Imam Ali in particular in Makkah before he left historians tells us there are three reasons reason number one is so that Imam Ali sleeps in the place of the prophet reason number two so Imam Ali when he eventually migrates from Makkah to Medina he will bring all the ladies who are called فاطمة from the household of the prophet such as فاطمة بن تو أسد the mother of Imam Ali فاطمة بن تو زبير the cousin of the prophet فاطمة بن تو محمد the daughter of the prophet so all the fatim Imam Ali will bring them with him and the third reason is so that Imam Ali will return all the trusts and goods that non-Muslims left in the house of the prophet now imagine this scenario brothers and sisters I don't believe in you I hate your gods I don't hate you I love you all but I'm saying these people they hate the prophet they don't believe in him but when they want to bank their properties where did they go they went to the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم can you imagine I don't like you I can't stand you I can't kill you and that's exactly what they did to the prophet they wanted to kill him right yet I have no one to trust in all of Makkah except someone called Muhammad so I'll go and I'll put my gold with him I'll go and put my money with him that's why we are told in history that when the prophet left Abu Jahl seized the opportunity to again attack the prophet so what he did he went into the Kaaba he said this Muhammad of yours that you used to respect and call him the trustworthy Al-Amin right isn't that one of the titles of the prophet Al-Amin he had already left Makkah and he had taken with him all your property then Imam Ali comes into the Kaaba and he shouts very clearly and loudly anyone who has left a property with Muhammad let him come and claim it from me because your properties are safe and sound this is discipline this is principle this is a humanity that even when someone hates you you don't hate him back you still treat him wisely you still treat him with respect and you know what the best thing is when someone doesn't like you is to do what let's say here we all have our issues at school right girls have issues with girls boys have issues with boys boys have issues with girls oh God help us when it comes to boys and girls right what is the best way to resolve an issue is to backbite to go and tell the whole school about it and the person himself doesn't know about it the person himself that you have an issue with does not know why you have an issue with him while already the whole school knows about it and then the next day someone comes oh Fatima do you know that Ali has an issue with you I don't know that a few minutes later another student comes oh Fatima do you know man what's going on who's telling you this nonsense where you getting this news from because the person that should know about it does not know about it why because we are not transparent what does that mean we are not transparent is that we don't see eye to eye with one our movement is like a mirror image like a mirror image means what means we see our shortcomings and our good points in one another and we recognize our good points and we work together to overcome our bad points but without hurting anyone you know why did you ever think why would the Prophet use a mirror image and not any other image what does a mirror do to you brothers imagine you wake up in the morning your hair is all over the place your eyebrows I don't know what's happening to them the makeup from yesterday's Mendi party or wedding party is all over the place you stand in the front of the mirror when you see yourself in such a mess do you break the mirror do you tell the mirror how dare you show me myself in this way you never on the country you respectfully stand in front of the mirror take your comb out you comb your hair you comb your eyebrows and you say thank God for mirrors thank God for mirrors so that when I leave the house I can at least make myself presentable that's why the Prophet used the word mirror image because he wants you to show one another the way and the mistakes without hurting one another just like a mirror never offends you when you stand in front of it right so you never get offended by your brothers and sisters if they come up to you and you say you know what we have an issue let's resolve it let us not make this issue escalate beyond its proper proportion and dimension let us be brothers as the Quran told us to be brothers and sisters be transparent before the problem gets out of hand go and tell your teachers go and get counseling sit together and resolve the issue engage the services of those among you who are prefix because they're supposed to be the role models of the school involve them use them go up to them tell them and prefix need to also live up to their names and be role models in the schools and I'm sure they are doing an excellent task in being role models for the rest of the school and the rest of the students so go to them and tell them I have a problem I need some help it does not take your manhood away or your womanhood away or your dignity away if you say to someone I want help and I need to resolve it before it grows out of proportion may Allah SWT guide us all to the truth may Allah SWT give you a bright healthy and a very successful future may you all become leaders in your own way and in your own right and may the day comes where you all make your school your parents and the rest of the society very, very proud with this I conclude وأخروا دعوانا الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله وسلم وبارك على محمد وعلى آله الطيبين الطاهرين أمس الله سؤال إذا you have any questions please feel free to ask anything you want related not related anything you want السلام عليكم لا أستطيع أن أخبرك شكراً لك لتفقدك إسلام عندما أحدث عن الأبعاد كما أردت من الآن من أية القرآن التي أبدأ من أية القرآن مع مدينة أولياء المؤمنون و المؤمنات بعضهم أولياءه بعض أو المؤمنين أو المؤمنات بعضهم أولياءه بعض يعني أصدقائهم و أصدقائهم are the protectors of one another they enjoy what is right and they forbid what is wrong that in itself now say that in itself that particular ayah in itself indicates what indicates that there is interaction because how can we enjoy right and stop what is evil is if there is no interaction but that interaction between the genders have to be based on respect point number one I want my brothers and sisters to understand one thing when you relate to the opposite gender relate to them from here upward meaning what concentrate on the brains don't concentrate on anything else don't worry about anything else the world wants you to worry about something else right the world wants you to worry about the physical appearance of a person while islam says concentrate on his intelligence don't concentrate on anything else when you are able to concentrate in your communication on the intelligence of the person and this person happens to be from the opposite gender then the question of interaction is not a problem anymore why because there is no physical attraction between the two but when I want to interact with the opposite gender because I have a hidden agenda then the brain doesn't come into the game anymore right when I am on Facebook and chatting away until 4 in the morning I am not chatting with that person because she is smart am I right but because I am mismerized by the photo she has on the site right by the way she applies her makeup by the way she wears her hair and I am already thinking my brain is already going I am already in fantasy number 60 right not fantasy number one I am already beyond fantasy number 60 because I am concentrating on the physical part I am not concentrating on the intellectual part and that is why we see that the Prophet ﷺ had no problem at all interacting with the opposite gender so much so that it was told in history that the Prophet used to go himself and give a lesson to women every Tuesday night right but he is a Prophet but he is a man he is still a man even if he is a Prophet someone say you know I am amazed at some of our setups I am a Mawlana right a Mawlana can go and give a lesson to the sisters and he is the only male in a hall of 60 ladies but he is a Mawlana it's okay for him to be with 60 women but I am a man right but what makes us different not me I am not saying me I am saying what makes a human being different to be in a position like that is when he thinks intellectually so interaction within the parameters of religion yes can I call for example or chat to a sister on Facebook yes about what about the lesson that I missed yesterday I want to ask her about certain things and maybe she has a different point of view in regard to the lesson that I didn't I wasn't aware of no problem Islam says you can can I call a sister and ask yeah no problem can I call a brother and ask yes no problem but can I call a brother and say hello no then you can't we miss you today your presence in the class make such a difference that's nonsense that's not interacting in a healthy way that's interacting in an ulterior way and that is what Islam says you can why do I say that because you will be in a position one day where you will not have this segregation right when you go to college and you have your first encounter with a woman what are you going to do are you going to collapse because you never had an experience of talking to a girl I said what what do I do I don't know how to handle a woman oh my God is that how the way we're going to do it no be yourself and the same applies to our sisters in the same way because now you have to interact on an intellectual level what happens if you're a student in college or university and your lecturer is a woman you say Islam says Haram I can't listen to a woman so see you I'm going home replace the lecturer with a man otherwise I can't sit and listen to a woman because the voice of a woman is Aura right the voice of a woman is something Haram you can't listen to it where do you get this from what nonsense is this say the Fatima Peace be upon her when she gave her famous speech say the Zahra when she gave her famous speech where did she give her speech behind the curtain behind closed doors she was talking to someone and someone else was reaching out her message or did she go herself to the mosque and stand in front of the companions of the Prophet and gave her famous sermon say the Zaynab where was she when she spoke to Yazid where was she in front of Yazid do you know what she said to him oh Yazid كيدك وسعا سعيك فإنك لن تمحوا ذكرنا she said oh Yazid plot as much as you want with utmost confidence in herself plot as much as you want and plan as much as you want by Allah you will never be able to erase the name of Muhammad وقال Muhammad never be able to do it full of faith and confidence she did not crumble down why? because she respected herself and when she interacted she interacted within the parameters of what constitute a woman or a Muslim woman and what constitute a man and a Muslim man don't allow people to tell you otherwise don't allow yourself to succumb to traditions and cultures and what have you know work and act within the parameters of what your faith allows you as long as you know the respect of each other in that interaction setup yes my question is that the year in which we are going we find everybody we find everybody unsatisfied because there is frustration everywhere so what should we do in this situation? I have been speaking at the at my night lectures and I wish I would see all these faces at my night lectures I don't know whether you can make it but to me with all due respect to all the audience that I am getting at the night lectures I would love love to be with you guys because I feel now at 47 I feel like I am still 14 years old I love the youth when I see the youth I go back 20 years back in time why? because I feel our youth can shape our future you are the ones who can create change in this frustrating society that we live in why? because there is a vacuum in our minds and in our hearts what is that vacuum that we have we call it the ideological vacuum because as I read to you the whole world today is geared towards what? materialistic things I want to drive the car that this guy is driving I want to be with that woman that this guy has I want to have that house that this guy has I want to have that jet ski that this guy is riding on I want this I want this I want this and I am never satisfied and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم you know what he says he said if a person had a mountain load of gold he would wish that he would have another mountain gold of gold but nothing fills the eyes of the son of Adam except sand when you go down then you will be satisfied then you say I reach my final abode so I think we need to shift the paradigm of focus from that of a worldly perspective to that of a hero of the perspective having said that however I'm not saying be negligent of your life here no go work and achieve the most you can achieve but in the quest of achieving the most take into consideration others with you don't be self inclined don't be exclusive but be inclusive exclusive means what that I work for my own inclusive I work for my own and I include others with me right so if we grow up in a community where we produce or we induce within us the concept of sharing is caring then we have a better society at hand right we don't become exclusive we become people who share everything that we have with one another this is only money I'm not talking about wealth I'm talking sharing emotionally sharing intellectually sharing by experience anything of value that you have share it and give it to others so that we can change our status quo we can change what we are suffering from today all this frustration of men and soul, anarchy, killing what have you you are the ones who tell me something a leader of a country any country comes from where? Mars? Uranus? where does he come from? from his own community right if the community is corrupt then the leadership is going to be what? corrupt so if you are the future of this country for example and you are disciplined and you are principled one day the whole leadership will what? will be a principled leadership right we need to think about us of how we can become the new leadership of tomorrow so that we can change the situation of frustration that we are living in today rather than having to put up with this frustration all the time because there is so much concentration on the physical side of our existence but not on the spiritual side of our existence for example have you ever seen a sign a billboard here in the streets of Karachi on the street of London on the street of America say look after your soul no one says that look after your hair look after your teeth come we'll whiten them for you within 2 hours look after your body yeah we have gyms galore but not a single billboard that says mind your language right we don't have that on the country they say be as foul as you can right and Allah Akbar the swearing words we have in schools are they that big or more why why do you need to bring yourself to that level this and this your mother and your dad hold on curb your tongue Imam Ali says what what he says he said the the tongue of an intelligent person is behind his what behind his brain but the tongue of a fool is in front of his brain you know what that means يعني he speaks then he thinks he's a fool right because he may say something that will implicate him but the tongue of an intelligent person he looks at the crowd and he says let me think what am I gonna say because one word I sleep it's gonna fire back at me right one word I say to my teacher because I'm angry with him it's gonna make me get expelled right or suspended keep your calm be a wise person be an intelligent person when you are being told one two three four stand take three four breath in and out in and out take it easy chew on a lolly get your tongue preoccupied and then when you are calm then what then speak I'll share a story with you about this the Prophet went to the graveyard once there was a lady sitting and she was mourning her lost one she was so bereaved at the loss of her husband that she didn't know even what is going around her so the Prophet came close to that woman and he said امت الله امت الله means what the slave of Allah for a male in Arabic we say what عبد الله for a girl we say امت الله okay means the slave of Allah the slave of Allah but one from female one from male he said امت الله be patient the lady didn't know who was speaking to her she said leave me alone will ya she said إليك عني in Arabic leave me alone so the Prophet went some people were seeing this scenario so they came to the woman ووه on to you do you know who you told leave me alone she said I don't know someone from the streets of Medina she said the person said he was the Prophet he was the Prophet she said the Prophet he's the one who came and spoke to me امت الله so she sent someone to apologize you know what the Prophet said he said patience is when you are struck first not later on what proves your patience is when you are hit first that's when your patience should what should glitter and should come to the surface not after two days اه الحمد الله I'm alright الحمد الله and before you say why me before when Allah was trying you you become so frustrated and say there is no one except Jihad you have to test in this world and you start firing your complaints to Allah and then after two days things change you say I'm sorry patience is when you're struck first when you are struck first this is what we need to help one another achieve shift the focus from just being materialistic to being a balanced person امام Ali and I will conclude says what live in this life as if you're going to live forever meaning don't stop at anything achieve the highest and I'm telling you ام not saying when you think of Akhira you should neglect this world no we want the best doctors we want the best engineers and we want also the best millionaires we don't want anyone among the Muslims not a millionaire why because if you have money you have power if you have knowledge you have power if you have respect you have power and without these three we are a non entity you know why I'll ask you a question what is and who is the cheapest blood in the world today which is the cheapest blood in the world today Muslim blood Muslim blood you know why because we have no power whatsoever or say in what's happening in the world we are like that ball I kick that Muslims man they're nothing they're nothing when it comes to science then nothing when it comes to money they are nothing when it comes to respect they are nothing when it comes to power they are nothing you need to change this we need you to be the most powerful the most intelligent the most you know richest and wealthiest why because then you can use all these towards making a difference towards making a difference not so that I have a Bentley now I have three right I don't want to become a millionaire so that I can have four or fifteen cars so that I'll have four or fifteen houses no I want to become a millionaire so I can change the world I'm living in I want to be an engineer so I can make my Islam proud and myself proud I want to become a doctor so I can help others so I can change the frustration that is happening in the world that is taking place in this world today yes any more questions sorry here yes بسم الله my Muslim is that looking at the situation of country that I am being a Muslim and as well as a Syriza and I am not going to get in the right which I have to get for the government and I am not satisfied with the government activity so in this situation I am doing the migration to another country I am in Christian I am doing both I am in Christian so if you are a Muslim this act is possible I mean is it right or wrong I am very grateful that you asked this question in fact the Quran tells us about this and it answers this question directly Islam says when you reach a position in the country you are living in where you cannot bring about change you've hit a brick wall right there is no way there is so much corruption there is so much nuisance there is so much injustice is taking place in the country you are living in it becomes a duty for you to migrate and come back to change the situation look at the ayah it says what اللذين تتوفاهم الملائكة ظالمي أنفسهم قالوا فيما كنتم قالوا كنا مستضعفين في الأرض قالوا ألم تكن أرض الله و سعة فتهاجروا فيه أف الملائكة تخلصونهم بعد أنهم يقومون باستخدامهم الملائكة will say to them what made you allow injustice to be committed against you they said we were oppressed in the country we were living in they didn't say that they said wasn't the land of Allah vast enough for you to migrate and change your situation and not allow injustice to take place on you look at the prophet how much injustice was taking place against the prophet in Makkah a lot right what did he do did he say in Makkah he went to Medina he went to Medina he went to Medina he went to Medina he went to Medina he went to Medina he went to Medina he went to Medina changed his position became more powerful and then he came to liberate Makkah again from all the injustice so if I feel that I am in a position where I can't change but there is a possibility that if I come out I'll be in a better position to have a say in my country then be it take that advantage take that path but never forget never neglect your country and try always to think about a solution or a way to change things and don't think that a one person cannot change things not far away from us here there is a country called South Africa right Nensil Mandela was one person brother he struggled for 25 years in jail alone to break apartheid was he able in the end? he was Mahatma Gandhi next door India there was no Pakistan then right was one place what did he do? he said what inspired me to revolt in that peaceful humanistic nature against the Britain is what do you know what? has anyone ever heard this statement by Mahatma Gandhi? he says it in his book that he produced in 1945 or whatever he wrote it you know what he said? what inspired me to revolt in a peaceful way was that that I learned from Hussein Ibn Ali Hussein Ibn Ali inspired Mahatma Gandhi to start his movement you know and who are we inspired with today? Lady Gaga that's who inspires us see that's the problem we face we won't change to happen but we don't look for it in the right way and in the right perspective yes I think there was a sister who wanted to ask a question sir can you tell us what is the logic behind Attikaf? excellent thank you so much Attikaf is a system by which the Prophet ﷺ used to resort to some sort of what we call seclusion from the rest of the society the reason being that the Prophet ﷺ used to withdraw into seclusion for 3 days each month or in Ramadan the last 10 days of the month of Ramadan was basically so the Prophet can teach us how to withdraw away from the hustle and bustle of this world in order to think a little bit and be focused as to what really matters in this world what will make me a better human being because if you are surrounded by too much noise you can't hear yourself you cannot hear your thought so you need to withdraw that's why mediation in Islam is so important to knowing Allah سبحانه وتعالى the message of Islam it started with prayer it started with fasting how did it start? where did the Prophet ﷺ used to go? where? غار حراق to do what? to enjoy the scenery? he didn't go to the mountain to enjoy the scenery he was because it was the most peaceful unpolluted place by noise that anyone could think of and he used to sit there and contemplate about Allah and his relationship with Allah سبحانه وتعالى so we need to give ourselves a break from all this noise around us because without giving ourselves a break from the noise that is around us we can't concentrate we can't think healthy when you want to study brothers where do you go? a library you go and look yourself inside a room you go to Tariq Road you don't sit in Tariq Road and say today I'm going to study maths doesn't make sense because you need time to yourself where you can concentrate peacefully and to synchronize with your own internal ability to think and that's why اتكاف comes as a golden opportunity for us to think for ourselves as to what we want to do for ourselves in future and how we can enhance our relationship with our Creator Allah سبحانه وتعالى and also to shift the dimension of being worldly inclined to the hereafter inclined and I didn't finish my Hadith about Imam Ali in which he said live in this world as if you're going to live forever and work for the hereafter as if you're going to go tomorrow so you become a balanced person دنيا does not take your time آخر does not take all your time but you leave a balance between this world and the hereafter yes any more questions are you done? sorry I didn't read the first part I think we should look into what Imam Ali SAW said in regard to how you can identify the truth truth can never be identified through personality brother because if you follow a personality under the perception that he could be following the truth if he sleeps then your whole idea about the truth will be shaky right you won't believe in anyone after that why because he was supposed to be a role model and he did not live up to that particular title so Imam Ali SAW he said identify the truth then you will identify who is following it and don't identify who is following it in order to reach the truth so you have to first say what is the truth where do I find the truth and then I will see who is following it so that if these ones who are following it they sleep my belief in the truth will never be shaky because I have already identified the truth itself where the truth lies doesn't take a genius to tell us what is right and what is wrong especially if we focus on the book of Allah subhanahu wata'ala and we take it as our own GPS we have to have a GPS in this life what is our GPS in this life it's the Quran without the Quran you can never know where the truth lies because it's a separation one of the names of the Quran is what Al-Furqan what does Al-Furqan mean the one that separates falsehood from truth where truth stands to be very clear what else and how can we identify the truth look at the Prophet what he says or look what the Quran says about the Prophet the Quran says ما أتاكم الرسول فخذو وما نهاكم عنه whatever the Prophet brought forward take it and whatever he prevented you from taking then what leave it don't say but I think this but the Prophet is saying this but I feel this Allah says in Surat Al-Ahzab وما كان للمؤمن ولا مؤمنة إذا قضى الله ورسوله أمرًا أن يكون لهم الخيرة والأمر it is not befitting for a believing man and a believing woman when the Prophet decrease for them to have a say in it the Prophet say do it this way I say you know what we are living in a modern world I think it's better this way no then you are not identifying the truth or not you personally I'm not pointing at you then I'm saying in a general setup we are not trying to identify the truth and once we understand what Allah wants from us and what the Prophet wants from us on the basis of what is reliable and authentic then I will be satisfied to know that this is the truth I will follow it no matter what happens no matter who withdraws from it no matter who slips along the way now I know where the truth lies look for example when the Prophet told Ammar Ammar was a companion of the Prophet he said oh Ammar if the whole world moves in one direction and Ali ibn Abi Talib moves in another direction which direction do you take make sure you take the direction of Ali why because Ali is with the truth and the truth is with Ali so don't feel because you are a minority you are wrong no when in the Quran does it say that majority is right on the country look at the Quran in every page in the Quran you will find that the Quran says majority is wrong in often most cases you will find majority is wrong for example let's say in a parliament house 60% said we are going to legalize marijuana and 40% now what are you doing you guys are fools if the 60 overrides the 40 what should the 40 do join in no because they already identified the truth the truth says you should not legalize it even if the majority said you should so you struggle in that case to always remain with the truth yes sent call it today thank you so much