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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى أَشْرَفِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالمُرْسَلِينَ، نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا، أَمَّا بَعْدُ. My brothers and sisters, we are all in a race. Allah ﷻ said: وَسَارِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ “And hasten to forgiveness from your… Continue reading The Race of Life — Who Is Your Advisor? (Part 1)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى أَشْرَفِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالمُرْسَلِينَ، نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا، أَمَّا بَعْدُ. My brothers and sisters, Rasulullahﷺ had a beautiful habit. He would say to Sayyidina Bilal, R.A., “Arihna ya Bilal.” He would say, “Give us relief, ya Bilal.” Means, call the… Continue reading Living in an Upside Down World

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى أَشْرَفِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ: My brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah, now we are talking about connection with Allahﷻ, the importance of connecting to Allahﷻ, of purification of the heart. Therefore, I want to share with you what I… Continue reading Audit Your Soul

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى أَشْرَفِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالمُرْسَلِينَ، نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا، أَمَّا بَعْدُ. If you see how our Prophet presented his message to them, to the Quraysh, he started basically from his image with them. So he said to them, if I tell… Continue reading Leaders stand out

Auto-generated transcript: In the life of every person, there comes a time when there is an opportunity to make an impact. Now you can only make that impact if you are ready for it and that is a function of your anticipating that opportunity. So that’s the reason why you need to keep thinking about… Continue reading The Price Tag of Your Choices

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والسلام على شرف الأنبياء والمرسلين وحمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم تسليما كثيرا. My brothers and sisters, الحمد لله بإذن الله تعالى. Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala blessed us in a way which we cannot truly understand today because we cannot see the… Continue reading Take ownership of your learning

Auto-generated transcript: Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim). Alhamdulillah, Allah has given us the framework. My brothers and sisters, I remind myself and you that life is a set of choices. Every instance in life, we are making choices. Some choices we make consciously, most we make unconsciously. But there are always… Continue reading The choices that shape your life

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fahamabadu. My brothers and sisters, I want to share with you some thoughts. You know, people say we only live once, and that is true. That we only live… Continue reading Lesson 1 – Confidence

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen, wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen Muhammadin Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam tasliman kaseeran kaseera, fama abaduh. My brothers and sisters, I am here at the grave of my very dear and good friend Tajib bin Hajar, rahmatullah alayh. I… Continue reading What remains

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-‘alameen, wa-salātu was-salamu ‘ala ashrafil anbiyā’ wal-mursaleen, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, taslīman kathīran. My brothers and sisters, one of my very good friends, Ashraf Buhari, sent me a wonderful little reminder which says, if we had uninterrupted success and endless accolades, we would fall prey to kibr… Continue reading Failure is a blessing

Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, Allah blessed us with the greatest resource and the greatest wealth that we can ask for, and that is the wealth of guidance. Guidance. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala sent His Kalam, and He mentioned His Kalam, and He called it *Hudan lin-Nas*. He said this is guidance for all… Continue reading Love Arabic the language of the Qur’an

Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu, my brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah. One of the examples that our elders and the ulama have always given about this life is the example of a train journey. It can be any journey, but they usually give the example of a train journey. So in a train… Continue reading The ring and jilebi

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Was-salatu was-salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen Muhammadin Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kaseeran kaseera. Fama ba’du. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about our core faith which begins with belief in Al-Ghaib. Al-Ghaib is the unperceivable. As I mentioned yesterday,… Continue reading Belief is superior to certainty

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-Ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-‘Ālamīn. Wa-salātu wa-salāmu ‘ala ashrafil-anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadir-Rasūlallāh ﷺ, wa ‘ala ālihi wa ṣallām taslīman kathīran kathīrān. Aumadhu billāh. My brothers and sisters, I am on myself and you that our religion is based on *Iman bil-Ghaib*—on having faith in the unperceivable. Now, this is not blind faith, even… Continue reading Iman bil Ghayb – Faith in the Unperceivable

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen Muhammad wa rasool Allahi sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahibu salam. Tasleeman kathiran kathira. And then, my brothers and sisters, we have been talking about the importance of the niyyah, the importance of the intention, and the… Continue reading Purity of intension first