 Peace be upon you that blessings be upon you Peace place upon you beloved hair manager Peace be upon you meditation That was my favorite movie in the whole If you can hear me talk once One of my hits, analysis, or some of the best I ever heard. You listened to me while I told this story without talking. Do you think you can do that? The Lion King was my favorite story in the whole world. He was full of being the light touches your kingdom. Yeah, he was full of souls. Oh, he put me off the beat! I sang the whole song too, but when I was seven years old, I remember going to my school during show and tell my chair. And I sang this song for my whole class because I loved it so much. So here's the thing, my mom knew that I loved it a lot too. So one day, when I came home and I went into my bedroom, I noticed that there was a little shoebox. That's several lines. When I got closer towards it, I grabbed it and I put it into my hand. It looked amazing. Inside, there was a fully functioning Simba. Now, those of you who had not watched it before, the Lion King, it's the story of a little lion coming Simba. He poses as mom and dad and looks like father. Now, this Simba action, it would go side to side, and it had a little button on it. When you press the button, it would go, I want you guys to all do it. We're going to press the button, it goes, I remember it would put Simba next to me, and I'd be like, I said, I want it, and Simba had a good night. And he would look at me, he would go, and press the button, it goes. I remember in Minnesota, during the beat, spring and fall, we'd go outside, we'd see some geese, and when we'd go next to the geese, we'd press the button, and it would go. Now, back about that time, something interesting started happening in my mush. There was a new group of people who started coming to my mush. They spoke a different type of language than I spoke, and then more different kind of clothes, too. These people were called refugees. I want you to say that. They were refugees. One more time. Refugees. Now, a refugee is someone who had to leave their homes. They had to leave their toys, and leave their clothes, and leave all of the food in their fridge, because their home was not safe anymore. It could be a war. It could be a natural disaster, like a tornado or an earthquake, but they had to leave everything, and come to a new country for sanity. Now, these kids who came to my mush should be from a place called Kosovo. Can you say Kosovo? Kosovo! My mush, the Imam of the mush, he comes to the front of the mush, and he opens up these plastic bags. He opens up what? And we all kind of respect him. Why is the Imam holding up a plastic bag? He held it up, and he said, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, today I'm going to give each and every one of you a plastic bag. And when you go home, I want you to find the toy that you love the most. I want you to put it in the plastic bag. I want you to come back to the question. I want you to bring it, and we're going to give it to you refugees. Why? Because Allah, our Creator, wants us to give Allah the love, the love. So, for my brother, it was super easy. He came home. He ran into the garage. He opened up the plastic bag. He found his baseball glove. He put his baseball glove in. He came into the kitchen and he said, mummy, this is what I look the most. For my older sister, Shireen, it was super easy to do. She ran up to her bed. She opened up her plastic bed. She put in her stuffed animals. She came to the kitchen and she said, mummy, this is what I look the most. Do you guys know what toy I look the most though? I remember that moment. I was standing outside of my door. I put my hand on the door knob, and I twisted it open. I went inside Simba's room. And Simba looked. I got closer towards him and I grabbed. I put him in my hands and I looked at him. I opened up the plastic bag. He couldn't travel. Sweat started to drip down my cheek. My throat started to feel dry. But I just couldn't. I put Simba down. There was a Thomas the train puzzle in the corner of my room. So, I went to the corner of my room. What a Thomas the train puzzle. I opened up the plastic bag. I put it in. I wiped downstairs and I said, here, mummy, this is what I look the most. Do you know what she said? I hope you know. Not so fancy, mister. She said, just like that. I was like, yes, mom, what? She said, I mean, you were supposed to give the toy that you love the most. Why didn't you bring Simba? It was a good question. I needed to figure out the perfect answer. I didn't know what I was going to tell her. I was thinking about it. And then she came to watch. I go to my mom. Hey, mummy, that's what I call it. She said, yes. I said, hey, mummy. She said, yes. I said, hey, mummy. She said, yes. I said, mummy, do you love me? Me for you. And she's like, yes. And I was like, mummy, do you love me a lot? A lot? She said, yes. I mean, being in the whole wide world. And I said, yes. I said, what, mom, if we are supposed to give out of what we love the most, why? If we are supposed to give out of what we love the most, mom, why don't you give me? She said, what? Did you know what my mom did? She gave away. No! My mom did not give me. Mom. Oh, my mom. If you can hear me clap once. Is it in the mouth? Because I need to add one more. Can you hear me in the back? So, I have to protect myself. Smile. My mom didn't give me that. On that day, my mom told me this. She said, I'm moving. Do you know that Allah SWT is our Creator? I promise it. That when we give out of what we love the most, Allah gives us something so much better. So, are you telling me if I give away Simba, you're going to give me a better toy? She says, no. When you give away Simba, Allah, our Creator, will give us something so much better. And you know what? On that day, I gave away Simba. And she was right. So much better. Years later, after I gave away the Simba, I was invited to a special community in Northern California in Pleasanton, truly exact. And I was given the opportunity to share this story. Now today, ladies and gentlemen, girls, I want to talk about a topic that is near and dear to me. A being big hearted. Now, I know what you're thinking to yourself. You're saying, but brother, me, my heart is only this big. How can I make my heart bigger? And the answer is very simple. I want you to repeat after me. Plant-based. Whole foods. Of course, I'm joking. When I say being big hearted, I don't mean actually making our heart bigger. What I mean is becoming more calm and becoming more generous and becoming more loving and standing up against anyone who's being love. I care about this topic an awful lot. And the reason why I care about this topic is because of this guy over here, my big brother. And my brother. And my brother. And my brother. But here's the thing. Things weren't always super easy for me. I remember when I would come home after school every day, my brother and I, we would play baseball. It was the most fun thing ever. But one day, when I came home, and I went to his room, and I knocked on his door, and I said, Mama, can you come out? I can't hear you. I can't hear you. I can't hear you. I can't hear you. And I thought, what could it possibly be? Why is my brother not responding? So I put my ear against the door. My older brother was crying. I asked him if I could come in the room, and he said yes. And when I came in, I saw that my older brother was sitting on his bed crying. He sat next to me. I said, Mama, what's going on? He said something to me. He said to the kids at the musk gym are bullying. They're making fun of me. They all play together, but they don't invite me. Sometimes they call me bad names. Sometimes they make jokes about me, and they made my brother cry. And so today, I want to read you a special story, one that I love, and it's a novel book called American Stand Up to Bullying. Okay, but before I actually give you the story, allow me to introduce you a little bit about New York kids. New York kids call it a story of Amin Sheehan Assad at America. They live in a city very similar to this one. It's called Maple Grove. They go to a school called Northport Elementary. You'll see Amin over here. He's a sports star. He loves baseball and soccer and football. He's got an older brother who's already conceived, who's in college. Sometimes he does stuff without thinking about it, because then he gets in trouble. Then there's Uzzan. Uzzan is a scientist. He loves to break things apart, just to figure out how to put the facts together again. He has a little baby sister name. He's a sister. And then there's Shireen. Shireen is a trailblazer. She loves exploring all around the world. She has a twin brother named Jopper. And lots of times you'll see her exploring the world because she looks like her mom for a national degree. Then there's Amirah. Amirah is an artist. She loves exploring all of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala's blessings through arts and poetry and painting. Now these four are the Nordkits. Now for those of you who don't know, Nordkits is a character-building program. You'll notice some purple, some yellow, some are blue, some are green, because we tackle 36 topics. Okay? And for the moms and dads here, if you're not a part of Nordkits, please do take a look. So every month we'll get a new book delivered to your home. And every Thursday, we have a flip-flop for kids where kids are able to join in storytimes just like them. And we have a booth outside. Okay. So I'm going to give you one story out of this book called See Into the Future. But before we start, I need everyone to save this in the name of Allah, in the name of Allah, in the name of Allah, in the name of Allah, in the name of Allah, in the name of Allah, in the name of Allah, I can tell you this, but two weeks, I was out of bushy, very similar to this one. But it was in Dallas, Texas. And when I asked the children to save this minna aqui outstanding, they, they said it a little bit louder. At the count of three we're going to save this minna here okay, one, two, three. Yeah! You guys, that was pretty good. But there was a couple of dads who didn't do it, so we're going to do it again. Two, one. We didn't have to do it again. I'm just trying to get you out. We're going to read this. One, please sit down in your chair. A piece of paper for all of you to appear on TV. That's my piece. After class, can I show you what I've made? This is my mother's box. Of course, I'm sure it will be great. Here in the teacher, Zane felt dis. Basically, we need, like, I'm happy to do this. Dismay means you felt a little bit sad. The lunchtime you're away, except for Zane, decided to watch from the seat. They give you x-ray vision. Policemen can use the glasses to catch villains. Subhan Allah, says Mr. Salman. You're safe and sound. But Zane had hurt his mother on the ground. Mr. Salman said, don't worry. I said, I'm sure he will come around. Zane was jealous that a sub-project was so quick. So she said something mean and filled. I just saw the ugliest thing in the whole wide world. Zane says, was this seriously mean to Zane? I said, my friend, you need to be kinder next time, okay? How mean to throw up. And plus, says this gentleman, I think the eyeglasses are really cool. They are probably the best project at Zane. And during the compliments, Zane felt even more envious and cool. He stuck his foot out to trick Hassan and make him look like a fool. Hassan fell flat on his face, booed over the place. I tried to ignore you, but enough is enough, says Hassan. Stop this. You are making my life so tough. Hassan stood up for himself in front of Zane. Hassan tried to show him that bullying caused pain. When school was over, everyone climbed aboard the bus. Hassan was worried. He didn't want Zane to create another bus. Hassan says, I guess if you really have to, attention, is there any chance you would still let me see your invention? Sure, man. Okay, you guys, it's sure, man. But Hassan didn't realize Zane's evil. He fell into his belly and began to laugh. Whoa! You guys, allow me to do my interlapse. It's... Okay, so you guys, it is Hassan. Why is Zane bullying Hassan? Why is Zane bullying Hassan? Zane is jealous that Hassan's project is so good Zane probably doesn't have anything or his project is kind of good. Hassan's project is so good, so Zane is feeling jealous. That's why he's bullying. Number two, how did Hassan stand up for himself? Over here. I told him, he said, stop this. But did Zane stop? No. This is when you go to a responsible adult, okay? Especially if bullying ever becomes physical. Which, it is now physical, right? Because he broke his glasses. Physical means that it's like he broke something. He did something that's physical. He broke his glasses. Five, four, three, two, one. Yeah, today Zane broke my glasses because he wants to see Zane fail. He is evil. I want him to be behind bars in jail. I'm so sorry, son. Dad, I'll call his parents and tell them what he has done. His dad is wrong. I spoke with Zane's parents about what he did today. They said that Zane learned his lesson and will no longer teach him that way. Now, I think it's time he builds an even better invention. What do you say? Dad, I said absolute sport. Just ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for help. He is your very best son. Other than his tools and supplies, he was determined to win first prize. Us have worked the whole entire night. He wouldn't give up without a fight. After finishing us in the ways he stands and began to pray. O Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, you guided me through a tough situation. Now, my lord, I pray that you help me win this. People trickled into the school auditorium for the science fair and easing gadget to ships. Pajamasa, pair of judges, are waiting for you. What do you have to show us today? Behold, the eyeglasses too. It scans your mind to see how you think that it guesses your future and draws it in ink. These glasses you can see into the future. We are impressing the judges. Your invention is the best. The crowd gave a standing ovation. They love Asad's newest creation. Let's give Asad a round of applause. Asad came off the stage and went to go find Zayn. Asad came off the stage and went to find Zayn. He now has a way to show how bullying causes pain. Zayn, would you like to try these glasses on? Aren't you worried I will break them or do something wrong? No, just put them on and tell me what you see. When I look at you, I see a cake. I look at myself. I see someone poor. It's me. Oh, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala, what is going to happen? Recently asked Asad, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala, our Creator promises justice for every atom of good and evil. That means you will be punished if you continue bullying. I cannot believe I am in such a bad way. My bullying will stop forever starting today. You guys, give me a round of applause. Pause, pause, pause. I'm going to sing you a song, but before I do, I have just a couple of questions. And these are important. Number one, what did Zayn see when he put the glasses on? What did he see? Yes. He saw Asad as a king, but what did he see when he saw himself? He saw himself pouring on his knees. Why did Zayn see that in his future? Because he's bullying. Look, I want us to learn a very important lesson. Number one, you can hear me clap once. As Muslims. We, as Muslims, we never treat people unkindly. We don't do that. We don't bully. Why? Why don't we do that? Because of what he said. There is justice. If we treat other people badly, if we bully other people, then in the future it's going to come back to us either in this world or in the future. So we don't do that. Do we do that? No. Number two, number two very important lesson. In this story, us have had a friend named Amin stood up for him. Do you remember? And as Muslims, any time we see anybody being treated badly, our holy Prophet Muhammad, we are getting sad. If we see injustice anywhere, we should first try to fix it with our hands. If we can't fix it with our hands, we should speak out against it. If we can't speak out against it, the least we should do is we should feel bad about it in our hearts. We have to try. If we see someone getting bullied, we have to tell them to stop. Okay, pause. Put your hands down. Now, I talked about my brother getting bullied, you know who got bullied a lot more than my brother? No. It's the staff. People. Our holy Prophet. A lot of people. Sometimes people would put thorns outside on the street so when he would walk his feet would get prickled. Sometimes people would say things to people. But when our holy Prophet, he's been upon him left Makkah the people welcomed him with a song. And we are going to do this together, okay? And I do not have a microphone. So, I need you to do this with me. And then afterwards we'll do a couple of questions, okay? Afterwards we'll do some questions. But I need you to sit on your knees like this with your chest out. Your hands on your knees. And the first thing that we're going to do is we're going to do Salawat. We're sending a call. We ask Allah to send His blessings on our Holy Prophet. Okay? You guys can all hear his throat too. Behind you, behind you. All together. So much. You know why? Because it is 9 o'clock in the evening. Many of you, it is even past your bedtime. But you, girls, and boys are on such amazing heat. I could have never imagined such a wonderful audience. Honestly, okay? I want you to give yourselves a round of applause. Now, now, here's what we're going to do, okay? We're going to pause for a moment. And I'm going to, we're going to spend five minutes to answer any questions you might have. Okay? So, if you have a question, we'll be able to ask, yes, over here. We're all listening. She knows how humble we are. Now, here's the thing. Pause. Once we finish the program, if you, for example, have a book you want me to sign, or if you want to say hello, I'm going to be sitting in the back over there, and we are, I can sign the book or I can take your photo, okay? So, if anyone wants to say something personal like that, we'll do the afterwards, okay? Question over here. How do you make a question? Is this a great question, okay? Okay. So, I want to teach you how we make a book. A book has four parts. The first part is research. Ever since research. That is when we research the topic and come up with a moral of the story. The second thing that we do is called plot development. I want to say plot development. That's when we think of the story. After that, we write the manuscript. Don't ever say manuscript. That's when we write the words that come in the story. And then finally, number four, we do illustration. That's natural images. Illustration. Okay, pause. Pause. Everyone, put your hands down. If you think that once, if you think that twice, you're going to have to go. So, we're going to end our program before we end it. I just want to explain to everyone one last time how Nordkitz works because there's only one of me and one of us. And if I can explain it once, that would be awesome, okay? So, Nordkitz is a character-building program that started 10 years ago as students at Harvard University. Now we have about 10,000 families at Harvard University. Every month, families get a new book in the mail. And then every Thursday night, at 4 p.m., we do a live story to our program where kids around the world joined, sort of like this, is $30 for four months. So, it's about $8 a month. Okay? So, one time for the month, that's more than $30. We get a new book every month for two months. And today, we get four books in three as a gift. Otherwise, if you want to buy books individually, you can also buy the books individually. Four books are for $30. One book is for $8. Okay? All right. Thank you so much. One last little applause. Thank you. Thank you.