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  • Kuwait Youth program – Importance of Seerah

    Kuwait Youth program – Importance of Seerah
    Dec 13 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. Alhamdulillah. As-salātu wa-salāmu ʿalā-i-rasūli-llāh wa-alā-ālihi wa-sahbihi wa-man walā. Wa-ba'āt. I am absolutely delighted to see all of you, mā shā'a Llāh. May Allah bless you and protect you. May Allah use you for His work, in shā'a Llāh. And the thing I want to remind myself of you is that the position of youth, of young people, in Islam has always been very, very important. And if you read the seerah of Rasulullah s.a.w., how many of you have read the seerah? One, two, three, four, mā shā'a Llāh, good, good. Mā shā'a Llāh. So, the others who have not read the seerah, please make the intention that you will read at least one book, any book of the seerah, the biography of Rasulullah s.a.w. Say now we are almost at the end of this month, so say by the 30th of December, before this year ends, in shā'a Llāh, you will read at least one book of the seerah, of the life of Rasulullah s.a.w. Right? Okay? Do that. In shā'a Llāh. Because the thing is that to love Rasulullah s.a.w., to love Rasulullah s.a.w., not just to love him, but to love him more than we love anything else, is a requirement of Islam. It is something which we as Muslims, we do and we should do. But also, a theological requirement in Islam. This has been commanded by Allah s.w.t. in the Qur'an. Allah s.w.t. in surah Tawbah, Allah s.w.t. says, أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّضِيمِ قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعْشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالُ لِتَّرَفْتُكُهَا وَتِجَارَةُكُمْ تَقْشَوْنَا كَسَادَهُمْ وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهُمْ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالجَّهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّسُوا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala said in Surah At-Tawbah Say to them, Ya Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam قُلْ Say to them إِنْ كَانَ خَبَابُكُمْ If your fathers and mothers وَأَمْنَاوْلُ and your children وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ and your siblings وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ and your spouses وَعَشِينَتُكُمْ and your extended family وَأَمْبَالُنِي تَرَفْتُمْهَا and the wealth that you accumulate وَتِجَارَةً تَخْشَوْنَا كَسَدْهَا and your tijara, your business and trade in which you fear a loss وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا and your houses, your palaces, your villas, your flats, your apartments which you build or you buy and you love them, you look at them, you feel happy about them أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ If these are more beloved to you أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِ More beloved to you than Allah and His Rasul Allah says فَتَرَبَّسُ Allah says get away Go away فَتَرَبَّسُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ Go away and wait for the Amr of Allah Wait for the Azab of Allah Wait for the punishment of Allah And then Allah real forces that and says وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِ الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِطِينَ Allah does not guide people who are rebellious Right? So the love of the Rasul ﷺ To love Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala And to love the Rasul ﷺ More than we love anyone and anything else Is not just a matter of discretion It's not just a matter of our nature It's a matter of our nature It's not because Rasul ﷺ was in any case a person Who is very easy to love Because he was such a beautiful being It is a religious requirement If somebody says I follow Islam But I'm sorry I don't love Rasul ﷺ This person is out of Islam This person has put himself in a place Where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala promised punishment He has said I will punish Right? Now how can you love somebody you don't know? To love somebody you have to know the right You can't love a stranger That is the reason why it is important To read the life of Rasul ﷺ To read his seerah Now the beautiful thing you will see Those of you who have read the seerah You will agree with me Those of you who have not read the seerah But you read it you will agree with me The beautiful thing about the seerah of Rasul ﷺ That unlike anyone else In the world Rasul ﷺ the more you know him The more the closer you get to him The more you love him The more you respect him Now this is not true of anyone else In English we say familiarity breeds contempt Right? This happens with a lot of people You look at somebody from a distance And say oh ...
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  • Some reminders about Salah

    Some reminders about Salah
    Dec 12 2025
    14 mins
  • Parenting skills #7

    Parenting skills #7
    Dec 11 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and the Most Gracious is Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the Prophet, the Messenger of Allah, and upon all of his family and friends. Peace and blessings be upon him. We look at the rules of Islamic parenting. I call them the six rules. We ask Allah to help us to understand the responsibility of parenting and to fulfill it. And the last and most important, Akhlaq and Mahamirat. You know, I used to live in the US. I live again there now, but I used to live in the US in 1990. 1997, 2000. So, 2000, I came back to India. My father was not well, so I came back to be with him. Then I stayed for 20 years. I went back in 2019. Anyway, so I came back, and we had a flat, which we were renovating when we came to move into that flat. So, we were renovating the flat. And as part of the renovation, we wanted to put a water tank on top of the roof. So, the plan was, The guy who came and did the plumbing work and quite extensive plumbing work was a guy with big beard like this. And he said, I'm Hafiz Paran and so on and so on. So, I was very happy. Alhamdulillah, he's a Muslim guy. I'm very happy to give him this job. And he's happy to go to Paran and so on. So, he finished all the work. And I told him, get me a 1000 liter syntax tank, plastic tank for the roof. And install it. He brought the tank. Then the building people, you know, the committee, they said, we have a rule here. You cannot put a 1000 liter tank. You have to put only 500. I said, okay. I told the guy, take this back. Get a 500 liter tank. He did that also. He brought the tank, gave it. Now, I had given him the money for the 1000 liter tank. So, the 500 liter tank, the money was some 3000 rupees. Less. He did the work. He owes me 3000 rupees. He disappeared. Obviously, 3000 rupees won't kill me. But I thought to myself that, you know, at least I owe it to him that I should give him the opportunity to return the money. Right. Maybe I'll give it to him for free. But I don't want him to be a thief. So, I called him up. Once, I called him twice. I called him three times. I felt stupid calling him 3000 rupees. I said, what the hell. I mean, I can afford that. It's nothing. But I called him. Finally, I thought to myself, okay, one last call. By then, it was Ramadan. So, when I call him now, his wife picks up the phone. She says, he is in Etta Gap. He cannot talk. Huh? So, you steal somebody's money and you go into Etta Gap. And you cannot talk. This is our akhlaq. These are our mawila. We must be... The point is, you know, people watch. A job that is given to a Muslim must be super quality. By default. By default. Because you are a Muslim. Because you are the only one in the market who works or should work for the pleasure of Allah. Who works or should work with the knowledge that everything I do, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is watching that. He knows that 24-7. I have to answer him. Because that is your akhila. That's not the akhila of anybody else. Our akhila, your my akhila is what? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he is watching us 24-7. And I have to answer to Allah no matter what. Rasulullah s.a.w. said, if you take away somebody's rights, Allah will not forgive you until that person forgives you. And this is irrespective of whether the person is a Muslim or not Muslim. It doesn't matter. Muslims are not allowed to be unjust to non-Muslims. You can't say, no, I am stealing only from the Christians. No. You are not supposed to steal, period. No matter who. Right? Very important. Muammar al-Assad is, this is where, may Allah forgive us, this is where we Muslims, we get into trouble all the time. Because of our dealings. We must change that. Because remember, see something. We are having this gathering here. How many non-Muslims are here? Nobody. But when you drive on the road, I mean, in Kuwait, there are not that many, but still there are quite a number. But if you go to any other country, almost everybody else is non-Muslim. But they are seeing you there. Alhamdulillah, mashallah, you look like a Muslim, right? Your appearance and all that, they can recognize you as a Muslim. They say, ah, ah, there you go. This is how Muslims drive. I know it's an unfair statement. What else do you expect them to say? Okay. What else do you expect them to say? So, this is a great opportunity for us, that we live in pluralistic societies, we live in multicultural societies, it's a brilliant opportunity for us to showcase Islam, to show that this Islam, you want someone to behave responsibility, ask a Muslim. You want someone to give more than what they take, ask a Muslim. You want someone to give you quality work, ask a Muslim. You want someone to come and help you in the middle of the night, call a Muslim. This is the message that we should give. This is the message that we should give. With ordinary people on a daily basis. We are not talking about rituals of ...
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