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Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 5 – Allah is the one who gives rizq
Last Thursday at 1:40 AM

In this reminder, Shaykh Mirza Yawar Baig refers to his book and lecture series on Rizq: Book: Rizq – Obtained or Ordained? Lecture series: The Question of Rizq – Obtained or Ordained? (Standard Bearers Academy) Auto-generated transcript: Al-Rahim, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wa Salatu wa Salamu ala Ashrafi al-Anbiya' wa al-Mursaleen Muhammad wa Rasulullah Sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi salam. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. Faham abadu. My brothers and sisters, we are looking at the hikmah, the words of wisdom of Prophetﷺ. He spoke about things that are taught to us and which Allahﷻ makes manifest in our lives. He previously said that who...


Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 4 – There is no discrimination in Islam
Last Tuesday at 11:26 PM

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-'Ālamīn, wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā yashārak wa ilā anbiyā' wal-mursalīn Muḥammadur Rasūlallāh ﷺ, wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallamu tasliman kathīran kathīra. Umarabadu brothers and sisters, we are looking at the advice of Fatima Rasam Rahmatul Ali which he gave with respect to the truths of life. Sheikh Shakhique al-Balkh Rahmat al-'Ālamīn: "I have seen these two things today, friends. The first one: as we know, he said that everything is love. Whatever I want to love in my h...


Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 3 – What sacrifice really means
Last Tuesday at 1:26 AM

Auto-generated transcript: We have been looking at the advice of and the lessons from the great scholar Hatim al-Assam, the student of Shaikh Shaqeeq al-Balkhi and a contemporary of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal. اس نے دوسروں سے دیکھا کہ میں نے کہا کہ ہمارے ساتھ کوئی یا کچھ سے پیدا کرتے ہیں۔ لیکن میں جانتا ہوں کہ جب وہ اپنے گھر میں جاتے ہیں تو وہ ان کے ساتھ کمپری کرنے کی ضرورت ہے۔ لہذا میں نے اپنے گھر میں اپنے دوستوں کے ساتھ اپنے دوستوں کے ساتھ اپنے گھر میں جاتے ہیں۔ جو وہ نے ذکر کیا ہے۔ وہ کہتا ہے کہ اللہ سبحانہ وتعالیٰ نے قرآن میں ذکر کیا ہے کہ جو رب کے پاس رہنمائی ہے اور اسی طرح انہوں نے خیال کیا ہے اور خیال کیا ہے، تو بالکل جنہاں اس کی جنگ ہوگا۔ وہ جنہ میں ہوگا اور اسی طرح کہتا ہے کہ میں نے to restrain myself from worldly desires and I have tried to become steadfast in my devotion to Allahﷻ. I remind myself and you that the purpose of all of this is for us to take stock of our own lives and to change our own lives. It's not just to sit and listen, but to implement, because knowledge which is not implemented does not benefit. Knowing the recipe of something will not fill your belly. You have to cook that food and eat it. Knowing the name of a medicine that cures your illness will not cure the illness. You have to take the medicine. You say, no, I know the medicine, but the pain is still there. the illness is still there because you are not eating the medicine. You only know the name. So, similarly, just kno...


Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 2 – How real is the Akhira to you
Last Monday at 2:30 AM

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلات السلام عليه الشرف الانبياء والمرسلين محمد رسول الله ﷺ تسليمان كثيران كثيران. اب ماں بعدو بھائیو، ہمیں حدیث اور لسنوں سے بھی دیکھ رہے ہیں۔ ہاتم الاسم رحمت اللہ علیہ غوروں اور متوقعات ہیں۔ اللہ تعالیٰ اس درجات انتباہ کرے۔ یہ اسلام کی تنبیہ اور علم بدنے کے وجہ ہے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ It causes your name and causes your memory to remain long after you have gone. We are talking about somebody who died in 1851 and today it is, this year is 2026. سو سو ہر ہزار سال پہلے اور ہم اس نام کو بھی اپنے نام کو احترام کرتے ہیں۔ Not because we are connected in some other way, but because of Islam and because of the teaching of Islam. So, therefore, it is very important for us to keep this in mind. So, he mentioned, as I said, eight things that when the Sheikh asked him, what did you learn from me, he said eight things. And the first of it we have mentioned yesterday where he said, what did he say? انہیں اس زندگی میں کھانا چاہتا ہے۔ ایک ساتھ رسول اللہ ﷺ نے کہا کہ آپ کے ساتھ اپنی صحابتوں ہوتی ہے۔ تو میں نے اپنے صحابتوں کے لئے ایک حب کو پیدا کیا۔ کیونکہ سب صحابتیں ہو جائیں گے۔ یہ صحابتیں نہیں ہوتی۔ اگر آپ صحابتیں ہوتی ہیں تو آپ کو اپنے گھر میں اپنے خبر میں اچھا مہارت ہے۔ So he said, I have tr...


Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 1 – Only your deeds go with you
Last Sunday at 2:57 AM

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to God, the Lord of all men. Peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his family. Peace be upon him, and upon him, and upon him. Today we will start a series of Qatiras on some of the pieces of advice that were given by Sayyidina Hatim al-Assam. Hatim al-Assam was a very great scholar. He was a scholar and Zahid from...


Leave the doubtful
09/12/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CBE6RmEJF/?mibextid=wwXIfr Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، الحمد لله رب العالمين، والصلاة والسلام على شرف الأنبياء والمرسلين، محمد رسول الله ﷺ، تسليماً كثيراً. Yesterday somebody asked me about a couple of things, he asked about day trading, he asked about cryptocurrency and so on. Now all of these are matters in which there is a difference of opinion, where there is an opinion for and an opinion against. So I want to talk with you about this. Two things I want you to understand: one is that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala is our Provider (Razzaq). Allah said, "Allah is the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth." With His power. The second thing to understand is what Allahﷻ also said, where He said, "Say, 'My Lord expands provision for...


Movie is over
09/11/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil 'Alameen, wa salātu wa salāmum 'alā ash-shadhab bi-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ﷺ, tas-salēeman kathīran. I think it was 1997 or '98; I went to San Francisco to teach a course for AMA International, which is the largest training company in the world. So, I landed in the afternoon. The course was for the next morning, so I landed in the Marriott in the afternoon, then the whole evening was free. So, I noticed that there was a cinema theatre out on the… across the road...


Say Allah is my Rabb and be steadfast
09/10/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakatuhu, wa bil-'amīn. Wa salātu wa salām 'alā ašrafil-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadur-Rasūlullāh ﷺ, taseemun kathīrun kathirah. Wa ma ba'du. My brothers and sisters, every day we get a reminder that the day is coming when we will meet Allah ﷻ. Yesterday at Maghrib time, a very dear friend and relative, Mr. Arif Mirza, passed away. And his janazah was that night. And I was thinking that I will talk today about this meeting with Allah ﷻ. And I turned on my phone to start this recor...


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09/09/2026

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to God, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the Prophet and the Messengers, Muhammad, the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and companions, and upon many, many. From now on, today, inshaAllah, we'll talk about a few things together, which are, they may look small, but they're important. One is the blessing of the Adhan. The Prophet said, the meaning of which is, he said, when you hear the Adhan, then repeat...


Forgive others
09/08/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen, wa salatu wa salamu ala al-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammad wa Rasulullah ﷺ, tasbihim an katira an katira. On my badu, my brothers and sisters, yesterday my friend Babi asked me this question: he said he saw a Instagram or something, where one of the so-called sheikhs is telling somebody that not to forgive somebody is it a sin? Somebody did something wrong, then they came and apologized. They came and they seek forgiveness. But you refuse to forgive. Even though they are seeking forgiveness, you refuse to forgive. Is that a sin? And th...


Am I a Momin – #3
09/07/2026

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلات السلام على شرف الانبياء والمرسلين محمد رسول الله ﷺ تسجيبة كثيرة. فامبادو، میرے بھائیوں اور بہنوں، الحمدللہ آج یہ سوال ہے: "Am I a Momin?" اور میں نے سمجھا کہ میں اس کے ساتھ بڑھتا ہوں کیونکہ ہر چیز جو مفیدی ہے سلسلت سے پڑھتی ہے۔ اگر ہم چاہتے ہیں کہ ہماری ضرورتیں کیا ہیں، ہمیں جو ہم سب سے پڑھنا ہے... اور پھر آپ میں نے یہاں اور میں اس سے بہت زیادہ مجھے ضرورت ہے اور اسی وجہ سے ہم نے کہا کہ ہم کم میں مومن ہوں کے ساتھ بھی سننا چاہئے تو دو اپنا سواہی۔ اور اللہ کے عزت کے لیے اور جو ہوگا جب قرآن بیت گیا ہے ایمان، اگلی جزاک اللہ خیر اور ان دو چیزوں کے نظر میں وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ہمارے اندر سبیلی اور کل یقین کیا ہے اللہ ﷻ کیا ہے توکل کیا ہے کیا آپ جانتے ہیں اگر آپ یقین کیا ہے یہ ہیں میں آپ کو اس کی طرح کیا کہہ رہا ہوں کیا ہے توکل کیا ہے میں نے یہ کیا بند ہوتا ہے کیا ہے اللہ ﷻ: the heart should be free from the fear of anyone other than Allah ﷻ. My رب should be pleased with me, that's it period, rest of the world I don't care. If this is not that then we need to work towards that. And then Allah said that's a fairly simple thing to measure for ourselves: what do you do with Salah? And again everything is measured when conditions are are not conducive. Will you pray when everything is going? Yeah, we will pray. But what happens supposing you are in a hurry, supposing there is some meeting, supposing there is some telephone call that is going to happen or you expected that to happen. What happens when there is some demand on your time? You say to that, "Stop, I have to finish my Salah, then I will come back." Or do you say to the Salah, "You stop, I have to deal with this"? Which one? Because if you are leaving Salah, or even if you are not leaving مجھے دعا کیا یہاں تونے سے ناکالا کہا، desires gonb بھی Finan مجھے دعوے عذ resolute scantyy coworkers tout ہمدوز نہیں ہے! میں جانسکتا بھی افراد کیوں کاربگی کیا کہیں چاہتا ہے؟ کیا کیوں آپ یہ بھی چاہتے ہیں؟ سوچو یہ، کم چاہتے ہیں سے کیوں آپ چاہئے کہ آپ کو بہت زیادہ...


Am I a Momin – #2
09/06/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ. Tasleeman kathiran kathirah. Fahamabadu. My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah. Today, the topic is, and I thought I'd begin with this, because everything beneficial and useful comes from self-assessment. If we want to know what our needs are, we must begin with what we already have. And that's what we're going to do. And then you bridge the gap, and you say, "I already have this, and I need this much more." And that is why we said, let us begin with: Am I...


Am I a Momin – #1
09/05/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathirah. Faham abadhu. My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah. We are here for what we intend to be a series of lectures like this, one every month. So, Saeed Bhai will give you a number, a WhatsApp number, which you can send your suggestions on that number, insha'Allah. Today, the topic is: Am I a Momin? And I thought I'd begin with this because everything beneficial and useful comes from self-assessment. If we want to...


Emaan and Yaqeen
09/04/2026

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على شرف الأنبياء والمرسلين محمد رسول الله ﷺ صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليماً كثيراً كثيراً. My brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah Allah ﷻ used two words in the Qur'an al-Karim to describe faith. One is the word Iman. Allah ﷻ said ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ الْأَرَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدَى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ. Allah said this is a book in which there is no doubt and it is a means of guidance for people of Taqwa, and then He said these are the people Allah is not describing: who are the Muttaqeen. ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ الْأَرَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدَى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ. And then Allah said الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ—these are the people who have Iman in the unperceivable, in Al-Ghaib. Then later on, Allah ﷻ said وَبِلْكَ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُقِنُونَ. Allah said "And with the Hereafter they have Yaqeen." Now, Al-Ghaib is the Akhirah; the Akhirah is from Al-Ghaib. So Allah ﷻ already said those who believe in the unseen (Iman). Then why is He saying جَلَّ جَلَلْهُ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ? It means that these two words are not the same. They both mean faith, but Allah ﷻ is describing different degrees of faith, different levels of faith. Iman is to know something and...


Why should we study Seeratun Nabi ﷺ – Niyyah
09/03/2026

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلات والسلام على شرف الأنبياء والمرسلين محمد الرسول الله صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم تسليم كثيرا. My dear brothers and sisters, friends, I was asked to deliver this address in Urdu because most people understand it. However, looking around, I see that the majority of you here are English speakers. You seem to be from our older generation or members of our mosque community who prefer English, even though they should know Urdu. Since their native language is not understood well by them either, I ask: Should I speak in Urdu or English? English... half English, half English. So, Insha'Allah, since you understand, we will proceed in English. In between, there will be some Urdu. Anyway, let us begin. First, I offer infinite thanks to Allah Almighty, and I request that you also express grat...


How to make dua
09/02/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Alhamdulillahil Alameen, wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadun Rasulullah ﷺ tasliman kaseeran kaseeran, khawam wa badu. My brothers and sisters, we spoke about dua a few days back and I mentioned to you all the dalail about dua and so on. Dua is to ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. As we know, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la Himself commanded us to make dua. He said, "Ask me, I will give you." Then in another place, in the middle of the ayat concerning fasting, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la said, "When my slave asks about me, I am...


Standards of Success
09/01/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen, wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadun Rasulullah ﷺ tasliman kaseeran kaseera. My brothers and sisters, in our lives we need metrics; we need ways of measurement to see if we are successful or not. Without them, we do not know if our efforts are working or failing. Therefore, if you have some *ma'arat* (standards) against which we can measure ourselves, I can say whether I am successful or not succeeding. Now, these measurements will be based on the ultimate goal that I have to achieve. For example, if you ar...


Become beneficial
08/31/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alḥamdulillāhi Rabbil 'Alāmīn. Wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā ash-sharafi al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ﷺ. Rasūlullāh kathīra kathīra. My brother and sister, Allāh subḥānahu wa ta'ālā comes under us and said: "Yā ayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū, wata'simū bihawli Allāhi jami'an, wa la tafarraqū." Allāh subḥānahu wa ta'ālā said, "Hold together firmly to the rope of Allāh and do not create divisions." Today, if we look at the Muslim Ummah and our situation, what is the single biggest problem...


How to make dua accepted
08/30/2026

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين فالصلاة والسلام على شرف الأنبياء والمرسلين محمد ورسول الله ﷺ صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليماً كثيراً كثيراً فما بعد. My brothers and sisters, الحمد لله Allah ﷻ سبحانه وتعالى gave us the ability to make dua and Allah ﷻ permitted us to make dua. So we thank Allah ﷻ for permitting us to make dua to call upon Him directly and to seek His help because only He can help. لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله. There is no one who has any ability, any strength, any power except Allah ﷻ. And Allah ﷻ gave us the ability to make dua and Allah ﷻ gave us the permission and the ability to seek that help. Now how do we make dua accepted? One of the most powerful ways of making dua accepted is to make dua for others. As Rasulullah ﷺ said to us in his hadith that when a brother makes when a person makes dua for his brother then Allah ﷻ appoints him to make dua for his brother then Al...


What is dua – #2
08/29/2026

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon the honor of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his companions, peace and blessings be upon them all. My brothers and sisters, yesterday our brother Zafar Ansari asked a question: "Why should we make dua if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has decreed whatever He has decreed?" As Rasulullah s.a.w. said, the pens have been lifted and the ink is...


What is dua – #1
08/28/2026

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين، وسلامه على شرف الأنبياء والمرسلين. محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليماً كثيراً. My brothers and sisters, yesterday our brother Zafar Ansari asked a question: "Why should we make dua if Allahﷻ has decreed whatever He has decreed?" He cited the hadith that the pens have been lifted and the ink is dry; pages are dry. Then he asked, "So why should we ask? Why should we make dua?" The answer I gave was this: Maybe what Allah has written for you and me is that He will give him what he asks. So there is scope for dua. Therefore, I thought today let me remind myself and you about the whole point of dua. As we know from the hadith, Rasulullah SAW said, *Ahsanul Hadith Kitabullah*—the best of speech is the Bo...


Reclaim our mandate
08/27/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-'alāmīn. As-salātu wa-s-salāmu 'ala ash-sharafi al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn Muḥammad wa-rasūlullāhi, wa 'ala ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīra. Wa ma ba'du. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the importance of *dhikr*. And Allāh subḥānahu wa ta'ālā said: وَذَكِّرْ إِنَّ الذِّكْرَ فَوَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (*wa dhakkir inna adh-dhikra fawqa al-mu'minīn*). Allāh said, "Make *dhikr*, remember; remembering is beneficial for the believers." And as I mentioned, when we ask, what do we remember? First and foremost, we remember the purpose of our existence. Why are we alive? Why do we exi...


Remember our collective purpose
08/26/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. As-salatu was-salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi salam. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. My brothers and sisters, we spoke about yesterday that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala commanded us to remember Him. He said, "Remember, for indeed the remembrance benefits the believers." Verily, *dhikr* is beneficial for the believers. Remembrance brings benefit to those who believe. As I mentioned to you yesterday, when you say "remembrance," what are you remembering? Of course, all forms of *ibadah* (worship) are a form of remembrance. Reciting the Quran, performing Salah, repeating the names and at...


Remember why we exist
08/25/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Was-salatu was-salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadin Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajmain. Tasliman kathiran kathira. My brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, "Wadhakir inna dhikra tanfa'u al-mu'mineen." Allah said, which means, remember; make *dhikr*, remember. Remembrance is beneficial for the believers. The question to ask ourselves is: Remember what? If we say "remember," what are we remembering? So *dhikr*. Of course, one of the meanings of *dhikr* is *Tilawatul Quran*. *Dhikr* means *ibadat*, so *salah*. *Dhikr* means mentioning the names and attributes of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Al...


Celebration of Mawlid or Meelad un Nabi
08/24/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathira. Fama wadu. My brothers and sisters, we are in the month of Rabi'ul Awwal. And Rabi'ul Awwal is popularly known as the month of Rasulullah ﷺ. Because in this month he was born. Now, somebody might tell you, are you not happy that Rasulullah ﷺ was born? If you say I am not happy, then you have left Islam. Simple as that. As a Muslim, if you say I am not happy...


Celebration of Mawlid or Meelad un Nabi
08/23/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fama wadhu. My brothers and sisters, we are in the month of Rabi'ul Awwal. And Rabi'ul Awwal is popularly known as the month of Rasulullah ﷺ. Because in this month he was born. The date of birth of Rasulullah ﷺ is not known for certain. And the reason for that is because the Arabs did not have a calendar. So they did not have years until the Hijri calendar came. And the Hi...


Don’t destroy the Ummah
08/22/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammad wa rasulullahi ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. Fama ba'du, my brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us: "Inna hadha ummatukum ummatun wahidah, wa ana rabbukum fa'budoon." And in another place, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said: "Wa inna hadha ummatukum ummatun wahidah, wa ana rabbukum fa'taqoon." Allah said verily and truly this Ummah of yours is one Ummah, this brotherhood of yours is one brotherhood, and I am your Lord. Therefore worship Me. In another place, Allah said "Fa'budoon," therefore worship Me. In...


Show Islam
08/21/2026

Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the Seerah and how the solution to our predicaments of today lies in the Seerah, in the life of Rasulullah ﷺ. If you take the Meccan period, and of course the Medinan period also is practically the same in that context. It is a period; the whole life of Rasulullah from the time he received Wahi, till the time he passed away. Twenty-three years is a time of stress of different kinds, stress of different levels, ranging from literally threat to his life, to threat to his reputation, threat to his sa...


Seerah is for life
08/20/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kaseeran kaseeran. Fama ba'du. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the importance and the power of following the Seerah and Sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ in times of stress. We discussed how that helps us to get over that stress and to understand the realities of this dunya which Allah created. I remind myself and you that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not tell us to follow the life of the Prophet ﷺ only when there is stress. Allah said...


Live the Seerah
08/19/2026

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to God, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his companions. Tasliman kaseeran kaseera. My brothers and sisters, we have been talking about the solution that we have in Islam to the difficulties that Muslims are undergoing all over the world. And as I reminded myself of you, the solution lies in the seerah of Rasulullah ﷺ. Al...


Look for solutions in the Seerah
08/18/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahirrabbilalamin. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajmain. Tasliman kaseeran kaseera. Fahmanni wadhu. My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah. We have been given a religion by Allahﷻ which is good for all time. Allah sent His book. Allahﷻ revealed His Kalam, which is good for all time. And He sent His messenger Muhammad ﷺ, whose life is an example for us, also for all time. Because Rasulullah ﷺ was sent as a messenger to all of mankind till the end of time. This is the difference between the Rasulullah ﷺ and the other prophets bef...


Begin with thanks
08/17/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-Ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-'Ālamīn, wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā ash-sharafi al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn: Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ﷺ, wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Taslimun dhikrun wa dhikrun. And after that, my brothers and sisters, Allāh Subḥānahu wa Ta'ālā began His words with the word of praise, the word of shukr, the word of glorification of Allāh Subḥānahu wa Ta'ālā and thanking Him. Allāh Subḥānahu wa Ta'ālā began after His name, Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-Ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-'Ālamīn. Al...


War with shaytaan
08/16/2026

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين محمد رسول الله ﷺ صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليمًا كثيرًا. My brothers and sisters, I remind myself and you that we, human beings, and we as Muslims are living in a state of war. By "war," I do not mean war with this country or that country, nor with this person or that person. The war is with Shaytan. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said: إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ (inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un). Allah said, verily the Shaytan is your enemy, so become his enemy. Allah did not say ignore him. Allah did not say don't listen to him. Allah said, "become his enemy." There is a big difference between ignoring somebody, not listening to somebody, and being an enemy. Ignoring, not listening, and so on—we should do with whoever is telling us things which are wrong—but that ju...


Only the Ridha of Allahﷻ matters
08/15/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Ameen. Ameen. My brothers and sisters, today we spoke about the issue of what our ambition should be. And as I told you, Allah ﷻ said, Allah is with the people of taqwa and Allah is with the people of ihsan. So when we say, what do I want to become? Then think about it and say, I want to become a mutafiq. Because if I am a mutafiq, I want...


Ambition is to be a Muttaqi
08/14/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-Ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-'Ālamīn. Wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā ash-sharafi al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadun Rasūlullāh ﷺ, wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathirahum 'abadhu. My brothers and sisters, Allah subḥānahu wa ta'ālā said: "Inna Allāha ma'a alladhīna ittaqaw wal-ladhīna hum muhsinūn." (inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un). Allah subḥānahu wa ta'ālā said, really, Allah subḥānahu wa ta'ālā is with the people of *Taqwa* and the people who do *Ihsan*. *Taqwa* is a condition where we are concerned...


What problems do schools solve
08/13/2026

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. Alhamdulillahil-Rahmihil-Alameen. As-Salatu As-Salamu Ala Ash-Sharifil-Amin Bi Ayatumil-Salin. Muhammad Rasulullah, Insallahi Hayyuh, Ayyuh, S.S.A.M.T., wa S.S.A.M.T. From my mother, a very dear friend of mine from Australia, he said to me that one of his school friends when he was in school—so we were talking about kids in maximum high school who would probably be less than that, maybe 12 or 14—he said his friend dropped out of school. He said that schooling is only public day care. He said, "Everyone knows that schooling is only public day care." Now seri...


Ethiopia – First Hijra
08/12/2026

https://youtu.be/QenWKqT6LuQ Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil 'Alāmīn, wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā ash-sharafi l-'Abbīyī wa mursalin, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ﷺ, wa sahibihi wa salām, tasliman kathīran kathīrā. Wa ma'ādhu, my brothers and sisters, we are in Ethiopia, returning to India today InshaAllāh. And I was thinking to myself that this is the land of the first Hijrah. Rasūlullāh ﷺ sent his Ṣaḥābah from Makkah for them to a place where he knew that they would be safe and where they would form and c...


Taqwa is the OS
08/11/2026

https://youtu.be/Msr1oT5JRoM Auto-generated transcript: Think about it: if you have a laptop or computer, it has an operating system—the platform on which everything else runs. On that operating system, you upload different apps and software to perform whatever functions you want. The dangers come in two major kinds. One is a virus from outside the system, which can affect it. The second danger comes from within the operating system itself. Now, what happens is that your system seems to be working fine, but it gets infected by some virus and then stops functioning, or its va...


Forgive Your Brother
08/10/2026

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ونؤمن به ونتوكل عليه ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات أعمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضل له ومن يذلل فلا هدي له ونشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له ونشهد أن محمد ﷺ رسول الله أرسل الله تعالى بالحق بشيره ونذيره دعيا لله بإذنه وصراجه منيره فعما بعد فقال تعالى يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ قَاتُوا فَاتِهُ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ وقال يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُسْلِحَ لَكُمْ عَمَلَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ظُنُوبَكُمْ وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا وقال النبيون محمد ﷺ إِنَّ أَزْدَقُوا الْهَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَخَيْرُ الْهَدِيهَ ذِي مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمُ وَشَرُّ الظُمُورِ مُهْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلَّ مُهْدَثَةٍ بِدَعٍ وَكُلَّ مِدَعٍ ضَلَالَةٍ وَكُلَّ ضَلَالَةٍ فِي النَّار My dear brothers and sisters Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the glorious and the magnificent the one and only other than whom there is nobody worthy of worship ordered us and commanded us to be brothers and sisters to each other to live a life of harmony to live a life where we resolve conflicts not by force but by reconciliation. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created all human beings to be brothers and sisters, and He gave us Muslims a global mandate: to take goodness to all human beings no matter where they may be. Allah ta'ala said, "You are the best of peoples extracted for the benefit of the people." You promote good, you do good yourself, and you help others to do good. You stand up against oppression; you speak truth to power—all forms of good—and you forbid evil whatever that evil might be, whether it is personal or physical, such as drugs, alcohol, fornication, stealing, dishonesty, and corruption, or whether that evil is in discrimination. In Islam, there is no discrimination. Rasulullah ﷺ delivered Khutbatul Wada, the khutbah of Hajj, where he said very clearly that there is no Arab who is superior to a non-Arab, nor is there any superiority based on race or color. He stated that the best of you in the sight of Allah is the one who is most pious, the one with the most *taq...


How do you instill values in business families
08/08/2026

Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu, alhamdulillahi rabbil 'alameen, wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadur rasulullahi ﷺ wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam, tasliman kathir al kathira. Muhammad Badu, I am sitting here in Qantu, in Sibsony town, Port Elizabeth. And I remember this; we are sitting now in this beautiful hotel, which is lovely, it is very luxurious, very comfortable, alhamdulillah, beautiful food. The thing that I remind myself and you is, I remember a time when this... there was literally nothing here. The first time I came here, I stayed in lodges ab...