 I'm so happy that you guys are here today, inshaAllah, when I was your age, I didn't have anyone to teach me the azan or give me the opportunity to even give the azan. When you go to local massages, right? When you go to the masjid, for example, you have someone like an older uncle that gives the azan, right? And sometimes you don't get that opportunity, but you guys have to understand that, subhanAllah, you guys are the future. We depend on you. Everything is for you, and inshaAllah, whatever I know, inshaAllah, I will pass down, inshaAllah, expect you to pass down to your brother. We're all brothers, alhamdulillah, right? Alhamdulillah. So, with that said, has anyone in this room given the azan before? Can I get it? Raise of hands, inshaAllah? MashaAllah, MashaAllah. Have you given the azan publicly in a mosque? MashaAllah, MashaAllah. Can I get five volunteers? Five volunteers. I just need five volunteers to come right here with me. InshaAllah, we're going to recite if that's okay. Is that okay? Yeah? InshaAllah, yeah. Okay, so I need my hand, please, inshaAllah. I can get three volunteers, that's fine, inshaAllah, three. So, three volunteers, Bismillah. This is, so, yes, MashaAllah, MashaAllah. The most important thing is, you have to understand this, that when you are a muazzin, is MashaAllah, is you want to break that barrier, that ice, a fear, because one day, inshaAllah, right? And I know that, inshaAllah, each one of you will be giving the azan, and you will stand up in that fear of being 500 people behind you or 300 people that can get to you, right? And so, Alhamdulillah, this is the opportunity right now, think of me as your older brother, you can recite, we can break that ice, inshaAllah, and I can coach you guys, inshaAllah, one on one. Okay? So, inshaAllah, the most important key aspect when it comes to the azan, is the pronunciation first and foremost, right? We have to pronounce the words correctly, for example, right? I come from an Afghani background, I'm a non-Arabic speaker, right? But, Alhamdulillah, I've practiced enough to work, Alhamdulillah, but I could say it right, and I'm assuming that, inshaAllah, everyone can do it as well. It's possible, Alhamdulillah, okay? So, for example, when I was younger, I used to pronounce it like this, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, right? That's not the correct pronunciation, right? It would be pronounced as an Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. So, the first key to becoming a Muazin is that you need to focus on your pronunciation. The voice and the tone, inshaAllah, that's going to come in time. That's very simple and very easy. That's something you have to focus on yourself, but the most important thing at the same time is that you ask your mother and your father to make du'af for you. The power of the du'af for a mother and a father is tremendous. And inshaAllah, with that, you can become the greatest Muazins, and I can see that, inshaAllah. You guys are the future, you guys will become the best Muazins to work. InshaAllah, the goal is when you call the azan, the main goal, obviously to call people towards the prayer, but at the same time, you touch a heart when you call, right? When someone has a good voice, in a sense, when they're reciting, doesn't it feel good when you hear it, right? It feels good, you feel it. Imagine if someone's sleeping in the mosque, or someone's far away, and they hear that voice, and it wakes them up and it brings them. Now just imagine if there's a non-Muslim, inshaAllah, they can take the shahada. You ask any non-Muslim that hears the azan, for example, they say it's the most haunting and beautiful call I've ever heard in my life. It's such a beautiful call that it grasp, it pulls people. And on top of that, the rewards of being a Muazin, the rewards. If people knew the rewards, people would be fighting, fighting each other, arguing to give the call to prayer. It's very, very important, inshaAllah. If you could please introduce yourselves, inshaAllah. I'm so happy that you two came up, inshaAllah. Your name, brother? Sayaka, my name is Hamza. Sayaka, my name is Adam. And now, for example, what you want to do is the first thing that I always recommend, inshaAllah. And after this, inshaAllah, I'll give you my number, I'll quote you one on one. You could record your voice, send it to me, and I'll tell you exactly where to fix the tone. I'll help you with your breath, inshaAllah. It's very simple, inshaAllah. But first and foremost, the first step you have to do is take the step, which these two Masha'Allah brothers have taken, is you break that fear, the ice. You break that ice so then you stand up with courage and you can call. Because sometimes if you don't break that ice and you try to call, sometimes you lose your breath in that sense, right? And everyone, you know, no one really wants that in that sense. So inshaAllah, for example, there's different styles as well of giving the azan as well, right? There's the Egyptian style, which is going, it goes like this. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, right? And then there's Haramein style, for example, in Mecca and Medina. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, right? There's different styles, right? Different tones, everyone can pick their own tone and anyone can master any tone. But you need to practice, inshaAllah, okay? So inshaAllah, what that said, I'm going to have the brother right here give a demonstration and you can just, you can say the first four, you can say Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah, Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah, okay? And you can say it in whatever tone you want, inshaAllah. The four, yes. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah, Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah, Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Mashallah, mashallah, mashallah. It's very, very simple, inshaAllah. You have to believe in yourselves. It's very, very, very easy. You just have to practice, inshaAllah. Now who wants to be a Muazin? Raise their hand. Mashallah, mashallah. See, there you go, there you go. So who, raise, keep raising your hand, raise your hand. Okay, I need you guys to come here, Bismillah. Come, whoever raised their hand, come, Bismillah. Come on. I know each and one of you, inshaAllah, can be a Muazin. And not just the Muazin, one of the greatest Muazins. You have to believe in yourself. Okay? What is your name, brother? Yusuf. Yusuf, mashallah. Very nice to meet you. Can you do the same thing as they did, inshaAllah? Four? Yes. Mashallah. Mashallah. Mashallah. Bismillah, brother. You're next. I always thought you say Allah Akbar four times. That's what I would say. Well, you can say it four times. It's like when you go fast-paced, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar. Okay, that's it. Okay. Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar. Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. You're just going to say Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. And try to say it in the tone inshaAllah, try to say it. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Ashad wa la ilaha illa Allah, Ashad wa la ilaha illa Allah. Aasha Allah, Aasha Allah, Aasha Allah. Very, very nice. Beautiful, beautiful voice, everyone, Aasha Allah. So, inshaAllah, so the key concept inshaAllah to becoming a Muazin is one believing in yourself, okay, one making sure that your pronunciation is perfected, because you can change the meaning, right, in Arabic, right? For example, if I was to say, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, right? It's not Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Your pronunciation is very crucial, okay? So you have to make sure that you're pronouncing everything to the T, exactly, inshaAllah. After when you're done fixing your pronunciation, inshaAllah, you can work on your voice. You can work on your tone. You can go, for example, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, right, with the high pitch, right? Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, with the low tone. You could fix and fix your own tone, inshaAllah. But what you need to do is what I recommend, inshaAllah, for the younger generation, inshaAllah, to go on YouTube, look at videos, yes, do you have a hand? Question? You want to, oh, inshaAllah. You want to give the azan? You sure? Okay. Okay, so what you want to do is what I did is when I was younger, I went on YouTube and obviously asked my mom to make dua, because I was terrified of public speaking, or even just giving the azan in general. But what you want to do is go on YouTube, listen to a muazzin, record yourself, let your parents listen to you, send the recording as well to me, let me listen to it. But your number one critique is yourself. You can change your voice. When I started out, I couldn't even, I couldn't even, I didn't even have the breath to give the azan. I couldn't, I could even copy what I wanted to copy. My voice was so scratchy and screechy, like that I could even comprehend, or like, I couldn't even think that one day I wasn't be able to give the azan. But you need to believe in yourself. You need to believe in yourself, you need to record your voice, and you need to keep pushing. You need to practice and believe it or not, inshaAllah, you'll be surprised of how far you can reach with your voice. It's amazing, SubhanAllah. And it's the most beautiful thing in the world to become a muazzin, and one to help your community, but at the same time to touch other people's hearts, for them to make dua for you, for non-Muslims to hear the azan, for them to be pulled into Islam, they love that. Every non-Muslim, the first thing they say, they say that call to prayer is the most haunting, beautiful call I've ever heard in my life. The Christians have a bell, the Jews have a horn, but think about it. The most beautiful thing is what? A human's voice, the Quran, the recitation, the prayer. What is it? It's all voice, it's vocal. So imagine hearing the call to prayer with a beautiful voice, with the pronunciation, you pull someone. Someone's tired, they don't want to pray when they hear that call that wakes them up, it gives them the energy, SubhanAllah, and they come and they pray, and imagine how much reward you get and how much hasana you get, inshaAllah. So any questions for me? Any questions at all? For the brothers that came on the stage, any questions? Any questions at all? Any questions at all, the azan, anything? Yes, SubhanAllah. Yes, right, absolutely. There should be a different, a different version, sorry, like a differentiation between like- Absolutely, so the brother is right exactly what he is saying, mashaAllah, with the beautification and the tone. For example, the tone is right, your tone of how low and how high you go. The beautification is to make sure that you're not, for example, when you're reciting, you're not making it screechy and you're making it smooth and you're making it sound very beautiful at the same time. That's what you focus on, inshaAllah they answered it, inshaAllah. And then, and if anyone inshaAllah, anyone, like I said, when I was your age, I didn't have anyone to teach me. I'm first and foremost not even a teacher. I don't consider myself a scholar or nothing. I'm just a brother. I'm your brother in Islam and we're all, alhamdulillah, brothers. And inshaAllah, I've learned some things, and alhamdulillah, and I'm willing, inshaAllah, and I'd love to teach my own brothers, inshaAllah, in Islam. And we're all one family. Yes, brother. I don't think my voice is good, but alhamdulillah. My mom, the story behind it is what I mean by the prayer and du'as of a mother and a father. My mom went to Hajj and when she went to Hajj, she touched the Kaaba and she made du'a and she said, Ya Allah, make my son a muazzin. And I'd never in my life have given the call when she came back and she said, you have to become a muazzin. I was like, this is impossible. I can't do this. I was like, I'm terrified of public speaking, but I don't have a voice. I don't know anything. And alhamdulillah, she brought some CDs back. I went on YouTube. I taught myself. I took the courage to learn and I practiced. And alhamdulillah, it took me two years. And masha'Allah, that's me. Everyone's different. I'm sure anyone here could learn within a week, a month, a year, or maybe less than that, insha'Allah. It's possible. It's just how much you practice. Practice is very important. For example, like Qari Abdu'l-Basr, Al-Rahman-Allah, right? We all know Qari Abdu'l-Basr. Super long voice, Qari Men-Shari, long breath. I couldn't even be close to pronouncing the way they were pronounced, but it took me a year and I focused on my breath to where I could do the same thing that they're doing, same level, but obviously not close to them, masha'Allah, something else. But it's possible, anything is possible, insha'Allah. As long as you make your dua, your intention, your niya, and you ask your parents to make the dua for you, you can do it, insha'Allah. Absolutely. There's no difference between you and anyone here. Anyone here can do it, insha'Allah. And I see the future of our ummah and the future generation of the maizans here, insha'Allah. Remember, you have a very important task, and everyone here, alhamdulillah, that's here, that's going to be a future maizan, is that I'm not going to be here, I'll be gone. You are the future, you are the generation of the ummah. This masjid, that building, that land that they purchased, masha'Allah. It's for you guys, for you to pass Islam down, for you to teach the next ummah, the next generation. It's all up to you. You guys are all the future. You guys are the most precious thing to all of us, insha'Allah. May Allah preserve you, may Allah grant you all afya. I'm sorry, the brother had a question? Or any questions? Or okay. May Allah grant you guys all afya, insha'Allah. May Allah make you amongst the greatest of the maizans, insha'Allah. I mean, say Ameen, Ameen, insha'Allah. And insha'Allah, you can all do it. And insha'Allah, my contact information will be with Brother Muneer. If you guys need anything, my personal cell phone, you can text me anytime, send me your azan, and I will coach you one on one. And insha'Allah, I promise you, you can do it. No problem. And I'll teach you, I have seven different styles. Alhamdulillah. I've mastered seven different styles. I'll try to do four, so I don't mix it up too much. But for example, like again, we'll start with the Egyptian in the beginning. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Right? And then Haramein, which is in Saudi. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Right? And then you have the Surya style, which is Syrian style. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Right? And then you have so many different styles. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Sorry, my voice is a little screechy. I didn't drink enough water. But there's a lot of different styles. What you want to focus on first, your pronunciation, then you pick a style that you want, insha'Allah. And then from there on, you try to master that first style. Once you've mastered the first style of whatever adhan style that you picked, you can master anything afterwards, insha'Allah. You can pick and choose, insha'Allah. Now, now what we're going to do is, insha'Allah, we're going to focus on pronunciation. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to give the mic to these brothers here. We're going to do the same thing that we did before, right? But now we're going to focus on not the voice, but just the pronunciation, insha'Allah. Right? So try to repeat after me exactly the same if you can, insha'Allah. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Okay? Bismillah. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Allahu akbar, allahu akbar. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Ash-hadu wa-l-la ilaha illa Allah Ash-hadu wa-l-la ilaha illa Allah For the younger brothers that are sitting down I'm not going to let you guys sit down We're all going to stand up, Bismillah Stand up everyone inshaAllah Everyone here is going to be participating InshaAllah, very very happy that everyone is here So now we're going to put some pressure Actually I'll be the podium Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Ash-hadu wa-l-la ilaha illa Allah Ash-hadu wa-l-la ilaha MashaAllah MashaAllah Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Ash-hadu Allah ilaha illa Allah Ash-hadu Allah ilaha illa Allah The main purpose is insha'Allah to break whatever fear you have, the fear of speaking insha'Allah and at the same time it's practice and we're all here as one family alhamdulillah. So insha'Allah the more practice, the more confidence, the more better everything insha'Allah. For example, the brother was asking why do you put your finger or your hand near your ear? Sometimes when you're doing the azan it's echoing so sometimes you want to kind of close off your ear to where you could hear your inner voice. You could hear yourself exactly and you can kind of fix your tone in that sense. Me personally, I don't do that. I don't put my finger in my ear. I just put my hand like towards like the side of my sideburn right here. I hold it like that and that for example, that helps me focus in that sense. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Ashhadu Allah, ilaha illa Allah. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. Next, you guys are stars right now, alright? Masha'Allah. The brave ones. Okay, Bismillah, next one. Look at that mic. You get that fear in that sense, right? But what you do is what I do is I take a deep breath, I exhale, take a deep breath, close your eyes. Don't pay attention to the picture that is here. It's only you and the microphone. Remember that. Okay, and the most important thing is you're pleasing Allah. That's the most thing, right? You're pleasing Allah. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Ashhadu Allah, ilaha illa Allah. Ashhadu Allah, ilaha illa Allah. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. Okay, my brother, you're next. Bismillah. Yes, yes. I actually don't know. Really or no? Yeah, I actually don't know. No, I'm not joking, don't lie. Okay, alright, you don't have to say that. But if you have to go, go to the restroom, it's okay. But you know one thing, brother, the minute you come back, you're next. Remember that. I'll come and get you, don't worry. But remember, Masha'Allah, imagine right now, the ability that you have to speak and say this out loud, you can easily say it. So go Bismillah, go to the bathroom, we'll wait for you, insha'Allah. Now, can I get the next, brother, insha'Allah. Anyone, insha'Allah. Bismillah. Allah the great Allah, the great Allah, the great Allah. Ashhadu Allah, ilaha illa Allah. Ashhadu Allah, ilaha illa Allah. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. Next. Oh yeah, anyone that's cold can sit down, alhamdulillah. JazakAllah, okay, I'm so sorry. Allah, the great Allah, the great Allah, the great Allah, the great Allah. I want you to exhale. There you go. Breathe again. Good. Close your eyes. I'll say it again. Those who have signed up for dinner, your dinner is here. Please proceed to Banker Hall and you can have your dinner there. InshaAllah we'll start the Town Hall at 7.30. So Town Hall presentation will be at 7.30. Allah Hu Akbar Allah Hu Akbar Allah Hu Akbar Allah Hu Akbar Allah Hu Akbar Say La ilaha illallah Say La ilaha illallah Masha Allah Masha Allah Next Yes brother I heard Masha Allah that you have a great rhythm and I've heard you many times give the event and I wanted to understand how you were able to find the tone to and to extend your tone at the right moment to decrease your tone at the right moment because you sound Masha Allah just like the Mauddin's on YouTube. First and foremost, I have no voice. I'm nobody but Alhamdulillah I've practiced. So what the tone is the most important thing is when you're giving the azan is to record yourself and listen to yourself. When you hear the Muazin, you hear the Muazins and Haramain and Mecca and Masud, right? When you hear them and you hear how beautiful their voices, you record your voice and then you can imitate and you can copy, you can fix that tone. You can correct your mistakes and you could literally fix your tone. Brother, would you like to come and give it a try? Bismillah, come on. My tone ain't like yours though. Bismillah. Same thing as the rest of them inshaAllah. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. Ashadu an la ilaha illallah, Ashadu an la ilaha illallah. Masha Allah, Masha Allah, Masha Allah. So, you see how their brother just came with that confidence upon Allah. He just gave it, right? I'll tell you this right now. Within two months he can change his whole voice and he has a beautiful voice, Masha Allah. His pronunciation, he'll probably master it inshaAllah in two months. That, I can tell you right now, because just that confidence right there of walking to the microphone in front of everyone, that's the most key factor right there when giving the azat. You can have a good voice, you can have good pronunciation, but if you don't have that confidence, if you have that fear and you let the fear get into you, you're going to hear your voice tremble on the microphone, right? And so what you want to do inshaAllah and this is the reason for it, right? Don't worry about no one here is mastered anything, no one here is a scholar, no one here is anything, right? We're all here as one, we're brothers. We're here to help each other out in that sense inshaAllah, right? So everyone can do it inshaAllah, it takes a little to practice. Lots of dua from the mother and the father inshaAllah and you can do it inshaAllah, okay? So next, Bismillah. I believe you're next. And then we'll look for the brother that's in the restroom. What's his name? Anyone know his name? Iyad? MashaAllah, okay we're going to get him inshaAllah, go Bismillah. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Ashifullah ilahi illallah Ashifullah ilahi illallah MashaAllah, MashaAllah. How do you feel? Good? Yeah, MashaAllah. Beautiful, beautiful, okay next. Yeah inshaAllah, of course. Okay, Bismillah. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Ashifullah ilahi illallah Ashifullah ilahi illallah MashaAllah, now what I want you to do, don't you stand here again, take a deep breath, exhale, pretend no one's in this room, okay? And then go again. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Ashifullah ilahi illallah Ashifullah ilahi illallah MashaAllah, MashaAllah. Okay, next. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Ashifullah ilahi illallah Ashifullah ilahi illallah MashaAllah, MashaAllah. Next. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest I bear witness that there is no god but Allah Do you see the confidence right there? Do you see how his tone was? Mashallah, that's what I want to see. Next. And the brothers that are sitting down, inshallah, you guys are participating as well, inshallah. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest I bear witness that there is no god but Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest Mashallah, next. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest I bear witness that there is no god but Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest Mashallah, next. Look at that conference, wait brother, I need you to be back here, now you're going to do the same thing, you're going to look at everyone doing it. You see the confidence? MashaAllah, look. Let's go. Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest. MashaAllah, MashaAllah. You guys are really confident, so go for it. Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. MashaAllah, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest. 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