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He ATTACKED me in public | SCHOLAR ROYALE - Ft. Sayed Ali Khalkhali & Sayed Mohammed Hassan Alsheraa · After Maghrib 🌙

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  Smila Rahman, Rahim Salaam Alaikum, and welcome back to
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  your favorite Shia Muslim podcast After Mara.
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  It's a brand new week and that means we are having a brand new
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  conversation and we are trying out something new, something
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  we're going to call the Scholar Royale.
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  So if you do enjoy today's episode, please let us know in
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  the comments. And inshallah you never know,
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  perhaps this becomes a regular feature here on After Maghrib.
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  I am hosting this conversation alone.
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  However, I am joined by two wonderful souls, 2 beautiful,
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  amazing scholars who have both featured on After Maghrib
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  before. And I do want to mention
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  something. I'm the laughter.
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  Maghrib has been blessed and privileged to invite over 90
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  guests throughout the last three years on both the podcast and on
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  June, a night of which forty of them have been a variety of
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  different scholars, lecturers, and Alamar from all around the
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  world. Scholars, we can't live without
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  them. Scholars, we learn from them.
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  And scholars to us are our spiritual guys, not just after
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  Maghrib, but in the home and the community.
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  They're all around the world. Now, the reason I mentioned all
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  of this over the last 2 1/2 years after Maghrib gets
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  numerous questions when it comes to the world of scholars, and we
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  thought, let's give it a try and let's ask these questions
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  directly to the scholars themselves, inshallah.
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  I'll begin by introducing the amazing say that Muhammad Hassan
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  Ashara all the way from the United States and the respected
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  Sayed Ali Khali Sadatna Assalamu alaikum Muhammad Allah.
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  I hope you're both well. Thank you for agreeing to come
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  on today's episodes. How are you both?
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  The honour is ours to be here serving and inshallah benefiting
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  and hopefully taking care of the questions that you have for us
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  and Inshallah benefiting from. Inshallah benefiting from the
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  both of you. Last time we had John said we
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  discussed Imam and Mehdi Ajal Allah, the Allah Farid al
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  Sharif. And that's such an amazing,
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  beautiful episode. And I still remember snippets
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  from the advice and the words and gems that you shared on that
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  episode. And I highly encourage the
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  viewers at home to go and check out the episode as well as the
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  recent episode we had who said Mohammed Hassan and Sharia where
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  we discussed the solar, the Treaty of Imam al Hassan and
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  Maawi. And we countered so much
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  misconceptions that exist in both the Shiite and Sunni world
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  when it comes to the peace treaty between the two Islamic
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  figures. So now side that the reason
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  behind today's conversation is that we we feel like there is a
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  distance between community members and students, students
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  of knowledge scholars or lama for Kaha when it comes to, you
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  know, addressing certain things and matters that our viewers and
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  our listeners have concerns or frustrations.
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  And inshallah, the aim is to offer some clarity and answer
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  these questions head to head with respected, friendly
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  scholars whom we all we get along with very well.
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  And the idea is that we split today's conversation in three
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  different segments. If you allow me, I'll mention
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  that just a few points before I start for the segments.
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  Questions have been prepared by us after studying the needs and
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  frustrations of the community we all serve.
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  When we say scholars in today's episode, we are using a loose
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  definition of Islamic speakers and Alama from the grassroots
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  all the way to the top level. No question is directed to any
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  particular individual or group whatsoever, and we have the
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  immense respect for every Alama as well as the two respected
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  guests here today and encourage people to support their work.
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  And of course, it goes without saying, every question today
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  requires an episode on its own, but inshallah, we'll do our best
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  to make it as short and concise as possible.
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  The three segments are looking at the relevancy, capability and
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  adaptability of our scholars. So inshallah we're going to
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  begin segment 1 when it comes to relevancy.
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  And I'm going to answer the first question.
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  And the idea is when I asked the question and Shallah, you both
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  answered the questions 1 by 1 so that we can make the best of
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  both worlds. So that question #1 when it
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  comes to relevancy, how can scholars claim leadership when
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  so many are disconnected from the issues tearing up
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  communities such as addiction, identity crisis, loneliness,
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  financial oppression? With all these pressing matters
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  going on, why do we feel that our scholars are absence?
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  Say in the toddler, of course, this session today is not about
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  highlighting the scholars that we have and the necessity of
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  scholars in the ulema, which we need to remind ourselves, the
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  Holy Prophet Sallalla Ali, while you seldom reminded us of the
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  high status of the ulema. And here when we're saying ulema
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  I, I'm not referring to myself here.
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  I'm referring to the great Alamar, the scholars that truly
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  we revert those who we look up to, those who gave everything
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  for the sake of Allah, for the sake of Islam and for the sake
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  of seeking knowledge and teaching it onwards, sharing
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  that knowledge. And of course, no doubt there
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  would be questions regards to relevancy regards to questions
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  that what manin our dear ones have asked.
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  First and foremost, we have narrations that state the Raisal
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  om Khade Mohan, a true servant, a true leader of a nation, of a
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  poem is that one who is serving, is there serving the community
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  and the Olema, the scholars, their relevancy in matters of
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  day-to-day life is there, is available.
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  Now, you might want to be careful or we might want to be
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  careful while answering not to paint everyone with the same
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  brush, with the same brush. There are many Olama who are
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  aware. In fact, there are Olama who
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  have experts, analysts with them.
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  They have specialists who approach them.
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  They're specialists in the medical field.
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  They have specialists and for example, in the physical
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  physics, for example, specialists in various fields
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  who come provide them some analysis, some results, some
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  understandings in astronomy and various things and then they
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  come to the conclusion or relevant conclusion.
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  Olama who are aware of various things that take place in the
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  world today. The other day I was visiting one
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  of the Olama in the holy city of Qom and he was mentioning some
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  of the events that are taking place in the economics of the
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  world economy. And some of them I felt myself
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  that wow, Mashallah in Com in the holy city of Com in the holy
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  city of Najaf, there is that awareness, there is that
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  relevance. Now these kind of questions are
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  fair to be asked and the relevance needs to be seen.
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  There are those who are there actively there and present to
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  answer these kind of questions, these kinds of fields.
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  And it's us who need to go towards those enema and ask them
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  their relevance and what are you doing or what are we doing to
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  gain Nena Swaza? Because as we're going to go
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  through this whole segment today, we need to remember that
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  on the day of judgement, one of those who's going to complain to
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  a loss of Hanoi. Ta'ala, the abandoned island.
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  Is the island. Yeah, who was abandoned?
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  Was abandoned, like the Holy Quran said.
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  I don't know. Are you going to say the Quran
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  is not relevant to us today? No, we're not going to say that
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  the Quran is going to complain about us today.
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  The Masjid, how is it relevant to us today?
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  I can pray at home today. No, the Masjid is somewhere that
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  I need to go and pray and it's going to also complain on the
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  day of judgement. So maybe I need to also twist it
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  around or switch it around. This kind of question, how, how
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  much have I felt my relevance to the Wasdor Alamar?
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  How much have I approached them? How much have I actually put my
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  knees? Have you heard of the statement
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  knee to knee? When I go to that Alim, I want
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  to ask and gain knowledge from that Alim to find my relevance
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  in the world today in accordance to the scholarly advice that
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  Alim Gustin wants me. That sounds beautiful.
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  I couldn't have said it better. I echo the sentiments of my
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  respected older brother Samahat Al Alimah, said Ali.
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  And my only addition to that is the ulama, are the inheritors of
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  the Nbiya of the Prophets. Ulama U, what are the TUL NBA?
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  In other words, they're the next best thing we have, but at the
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  same time, they're not prophets. In the event of the absence of a
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  publicly accessible Masoom, we beseech the ulama venom, Hajetty
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  Ali Kumwa Ana Hajatallah as the Imam of our time makes mention
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  that is a status that is extremely high, very
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  significant, extremely pertinent.
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  And it means that it's also relevant.
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  And the discussion regarding relevancy and how can the Olama
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  be leaders if maybe the relevancy aspect or department
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  may not necessarily be touched upon?
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  Well, if you're looking for asthma and infallibility, I'm
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  sorry, we had fourteen of those. Here we have the next best
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  thing. But at the same time, the item
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  is a human. Yep, the item himself is also
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  seeing the world from his perspective, having understood
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  it from the lenses of the literature of Islamic teachings
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  and lessons and so forth. So and I think Yanny, we expect
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  too much and so much from them. And if we just look at a slice
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  of their life and we talk about these beacons of knowledge that
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  are on there, literally legends of which we always use Al faglu
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  mashehi that's beheaded, has it an example of their greatness
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  that the enemy will come in a test and acknowledge towards the
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  greatness of our scholars, those who may not see eye to eye, but
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  they'll give credit where credit is due.
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  I'm impressed that a Pope would like to visit one of them, that
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  they bring their name out there in honor on the degree of
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  humanitarian concerns. Many of them are aware as not to
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  say mention of the world on an economic level, on a social
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  level, on a communal level, but that's still a man, a woman who
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  tried their hardest to struggle. Hence their much heads went
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  through all that effort. And one way we can appreciate
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  them for who they are in regards to a world of relevancy is give
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  them some time as well. Go see them and go appreciate
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  what they have to offer. If they're not necessarily on
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  social media, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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  If they didn't talk about a particular issue that's relevant
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  to you, but it was relevant to someone else.
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  I think at the end of the day, people need to remember the
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  world doesn't revolve around just you.
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  One thing that helps is when you travel and you look down on the
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  from a plane and you see like the city and you see so many
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  little buildings, which would be massive skyscrapers.
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  And you remember everyone has a story, has a journey, has love,
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  life, divorce, college, this that.
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  And it really humbles you to think that you're not the main
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  character. You're not the main and given
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  that what was said that may not have come across as relevant to
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  you was said with an intention of genuinity that could have
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  helped someone else. And if it's not relevant to you,
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  that means mashaallah, you're doing really good.
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  I mean, this doesn't concern you, this remote other than
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  reminder, which that doesn't apply to me.
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  But at the same time for dekha and nefatadiqura and all
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  reminders are also necessary because they are beneficial.
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  And I think inshallah tada, the more we see the sacrifice from
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  just an intellectual level, not even a communal societal level,
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  talking about the beacons, the the, the leaders at the
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  forefront of our heritage, we ought to be so proud, so proud
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  of what they have done, so proud of what they've accomplished.
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  And they are the best examples. These are our role models.
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  We have role models growing up as young kids.
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  Those are fine actors and actresses and games and things
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  like that. When we get older, the true
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  superheroes are these people legends, how they have this
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  caliber to understand a societal issue and give the right word at
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  the right time. That's called Hekima.
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  And I'm like, yeah, but how come he doesn't talk about this
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  issue? Give him a moment.
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  What did you think Mohiton likes?
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  Like like a semi on Basil? That's God.
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  Give him a minute, for example. And in reality, you'll find that
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  these people are just yeah, and you're doing their best, just
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  like how you are. In a world where there's so many
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  distractions, it's good to see a few who stood out.
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  And our rivers of knowledge for all those who are thirsty to
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  question thirst. Sounds beautifully said by the
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  both of you. I love the point you mentioned
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  about, you know, the wisdom and the high command.
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  That's something I believe we're going to come to later on and
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  the, and the final segments and say, Ali there where you
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  mentioned that there's awareness within the scholarly circles.
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  This is something that we sometimes believe that they
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  don't know what's going on around the world.
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  And I think that's a huge misconception.
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  And it's very beautiful that you mentioned.
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  Can I just say, do do, do we feel like we sometimes as normal
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  members of the community, expect too much from our scholars?
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  Do we rely on them too much? And is that a bad thing, or is
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  it actually a good thing? Of course, looking up to our
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  Olama is a great deed, another Tuilawajiya Aleman.
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  Ebada. Spending time with an alem
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  Ebada, listening to an alem when he's giving the Moreover, as a
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  form of Ebada, taking some steps to gain knowledge by that alem
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  as a form of Bala Bola aem is a form of Ebada vallah subhanahu
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  uthana. Sometimes our expectations may
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  be that we are expecting from that island roles and
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  responsibilities and duties. That may not be his role and
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  responsibility and duty. For example, you may be
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  expecting from that island a specific matter in a specific
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  field, which is not the role of that island to participate in.
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  Yeah. And I'm going to give, for
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  example, an example, an example that may not be the most
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  realistic, but maybe funniest. Why isn't my island that I
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  really love playing football with me today?
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  Why is he not watching a football game today?
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  Why is he not coming to attend the football game?
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  For example, I love football, I love soccer, and I really want
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  my island that I always look up to to come and attend and.
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  Become relevant in the world. Become relevant, for example,
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  why he's not aware of the football teams and the World Cup
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  and everything. Remember Olama.
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  Olama are performing. What's the holy prophets and the
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  imams of the AL Beit stress upon a Dean?
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  Matters of Dean, matters of fear, matters of important
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  rulings that need to be to be answered.
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  I remember one of the members of the committee wanted to present
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  a book to one of the Maraja, Maraja, contemporary Maraja
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  today. Yeah, Maraja lala.
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  And when he presented it to him, he thanked him for it and said,
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  by the way, I've read this book and I've read the next volume
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  and the next volume and the next, and the volumes that you
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  wanted to present for me to be aware of the world and what's
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  going on. I am.
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  I've read these books. So sometimes we may think that
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  that's Alim. He's only looking into fib.
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  No, we have Oliver who are actually reading more than what
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  we are that that what we expect. To be so you'd know was an
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  architect and some of his, you know, creations are still
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  standing today. The dual minaret that he
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  designed of which engineers are baffled by his, you know,
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  intelligence, the the the domeless structure that stands
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  without any columns. And this is one of our grand
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  fokaha from Lebanon. And that's one example here
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  there are Olama and of course everyone has their special, you
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  know, attention and focus who might be more into the realm of
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  if you discuss with them, they'll be excellent or on
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  dissectors. I tell Al Hoy was known to be
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  like a master in almost all these traits on hadith.
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  He was top league, Osul top, fifth top and interestingly,
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  Quran. And I only say interestingly,
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  because the demand from the seminary emphasizes
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  jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence.
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  It's almost a an extra thing to add.
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  He was Al Bayan Fitevsiro Quran, the material of the Holy Quran.
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  And then you have those whose specialization focuses on
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  certain areas. This is in the world of
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  literature. There's a world outside of the
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  literature and the intellectuality that Samantha
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  said was talking about earlier. And that involves like
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  economics, medicine, traditional teachings, studying languages.
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  Ayatollah Sheikh al al Bellari, one of the teachers of Sid al
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  Hoy, studied ancient Hebrew and studied Aramaic.
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  And with that he used it to help him look at the interreligious
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  comparative analysis. So you would debate rabbis,
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  Ayatollah Sheikh al al Bellari. And so he had a speciality with
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  the ancient texts and resources. Interestingly, when I was doing
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  my masters in religious studies, we had to study the Torah and we
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  studied the the Bible and the Gospels.
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  And, you know, I mean, not knowing the language, it's hard
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  because you're looking at old ancient texts.
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  And then in my research, because I was doing a comparative
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  analysis between the crucifixion of Jesus and Quran and the the
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  Gospels, I came across a work already written by Ayatollah
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  Hoist teacher in this exact same topic.
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  You know, Salbel Masih Ben al Qurani will injured and I'm
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  like, yeah, Allah, I reference this resource and here's this
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  much Dad, who says this is my specialization.
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  Ancient comparative analysis. It's very amazing, beautiful.
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  It's beautiful, it's impressive. And in today's world, you might
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  find the Adam who has an area in the social media space, an area
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  in, for example, I'd say interfaith athletes are good.
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  Yeah. You know, and I think there's a
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  lot of expectations also put forth to our scholars as well
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  and also room needed to be provided.
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  But sometimes a scholar can't address every single thing.
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  For example, for example, if he's invited to do a divorce
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  case, his area is to address the matters that concern the issue
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  of whether or not this segment is highlight for you to do.
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  Are you allowed to do this? What happens when the splits?
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  Who gets custody? The shutter a point of view is
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  here. Usually what they'll follow up
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  with is like general advice. Do you think I should leave?
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  Should I stay? What about the house?
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  So that's outside of my realm. You're looking for a family
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  counselor now as soon as you're asking for a counselor slash a
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  jurisprudential advisor slash spiritual guide slash answer of
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  Islamic questions, contemporary controversial as well.
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  There's a lot being asked, you know, to your point earlier.
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  But at the same time, it's always impressive to see that
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  the arts. That flow with them is something
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  very impressive, that's very underappreciated.
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  Sent me Allah bless our alamar. Coming up to the second
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  question, when it comes to relevancy Sadatna, the question
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  is, while influencers who seem relatable to the average Muslim
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  online and are reaching thousands in a matter of only
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  minutes, some people believe many scholars are too busy with
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  infighting, reputation wars and rivalries.
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  How do you respond to this? We need to remind ourselves not
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  to fall into a trap which is so easy, a trap that we're falling
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  into the trap of so many, the trap of quantity, the trap of
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  ectharonas, the trap of this one has so many likes, the trap of
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  so many views. Alas, reminded us in the Quran
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  this be careful, don't go. There's loads of focus on
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  quantity, quantity, quantity. But let us reset the quality,
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  the quality, the quality, the quality.
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  Which one brings me closer to a loss of?
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  When Prophet ESA was asked Menujalis, who shall we sit and
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  accompany? Prophet ESA could have said
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  those who bring lots of people beside them, those who have a
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  huge gathering, those who have many people surrounding them, go
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  next to them, go with the flow. He said.
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  Go sit with those individuals that when you look at them, they
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  bring you closer to Allah, they remind you of Allah, that
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  there's a reflection of Tafakor towards Allah, Subhanahu Uttar
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  Allah. Who knows behind the scenes that
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  this may be in itself a systematic approach that look
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  the majority of the and go with that majority and they may not
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  be the ones who are bringing you closer to God, a loss of heart
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  and and God. We need to remind ourselves as
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  we're discussing about Olamah and Alim that there is a
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  difference. And I remember my head teacher
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  years ago used to say this, that there is a difference between an
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  Alim, a Rouhani and for example an ahound or a speaker.
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  He used to say that this even this term speaker or ahound used
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  to be before that that person ahound that this person used to
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  read and know how to read and know how to write.
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  Before when they used to come with some letters, no one knew
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  how to read them. So who was it they used to give
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  it to that akhund or that person.
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  But there's a difference between an alim Rabbani, that scholarly
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  individual that brings you closer to Allah Subhanahu or to
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  Allah that one who is truly bring you closer to Allah
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  Subhanahu. So let's think of this, which
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  one is more sincere in the approach?
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  Which one really wants us to become closer towards a loss of
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  Hanno Tarana? Or which one is actually doing
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  something for those likes or for those views and say, look, I'm
• 24:01
  more relevant for you all. I've got the more views and I.
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  Said, I said beautifully says it.
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  And say just before I come to you and say Mohammed, I said, of
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  course, I'd like to hear you answer as well.
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  But would you say that just coming back to the question that
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  there is no infighting happening between scholars, There is no
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  rivalries happening between scholars?
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  Because the question here, if I look at it one more time, say it
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  and it says, for example, the influences, they're being
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  relatable to the Muslims online. And if our scholars are busy
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  dealing with troubles behind the scenes, when is the general
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  Muslim population going to have the opportunity to be influenced
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  by the right Alamo? Differences, in fact,
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  differences in matters of opinions is something very
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  natural in various matters. Yeah, two doctors, they will
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  have a difference of opinion in this matter.
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  For example, one to do a surgery and won't say no.
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  Actually my expertise opinion is not to have a surgery or
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  surgical operation. Again, of course in fighting we
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  don't mean physical. Yeah, yeah, there's no
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  differences of opinion. It's not the differences of
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  opinion which is Tilaf Almaty. There's that Tilaf or that
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  difference of opinion and the ummah and itself is a blessing
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  and itself is something that we should look up to as a as a
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  blessing in itself. And these differences of opinion
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  give us the various HT hard, the various scholarly conclusions
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  that they've come up to. And with all of that, I
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  personally have seen many of the Olama that have utmost respect
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  between themselves and Karamat was one of them.
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  I personally never witnessed anything.
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  And when you go to the Olama, again we're saying those are
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  Alam Rabbani. When you go to the holy cities,
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  how much respect they have to one another, how much they
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  honour one another, how much they don't allow anyone to speak
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  against that other individual or that other alum.
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  And I remember a story that was from two of the Olama who
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  Shekhar Baha'i invited Muqaddis. To.
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  Machine and they were both riding on a donkey, each one had
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  gone a bit faster ahead and the other one was a bit slower.
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  And Subhanallah, it's not their dilemma, it's the satanic
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  whispers and those who want to cause.
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  Fitna. Fitna and internal what
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  differences and disputes and look at them.
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  So one of them went to say it, Beardam Adafone and Sheikh
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  Baha'i and said look, Sheikh Bahari said Mir Dahmad's ride
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  his donkey is much slower. So you want to see what Sheikh
• 27:06
  Bahari would respond. Sheikh Bahai would say I'm
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  amazed. How is this donkey even moving
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  when so much Thakalol, Iman and Elm is on top?
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  Allah, Allah, Allah. And the other one, they went
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  again this to said Mir Dahmad. That look, Sheikh Bahari has
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  gone much further ahead. He's not even waiting for you.
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  What's happened? He said.
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  I'm amazed. Why is this Markham?
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  Why is this this donkey, Why is it not going even faster ahead?
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  Because this Alim who's on upon him is as if there is no sins.
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  There is what there are. That light, light way that there
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  is, that love, that Rahma, that blessing between them is what we
• 27:54
  need to look up to and say, look, the Ala Moham have so much
• 27:57
  respect between themselves. We need to show that respect
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  between one another, between the followers also.
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  And sometimes I see this Al Hamdallah and we need to
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  encourage this in Muharram. That's many from 1 Hosseinia
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  should have the honour that I would love to go to another
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  Hosseinia and this Hosseinia come to this Hosseinia and this
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  center to another center and this small cube to another.
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  And as a Hosseini reciter and as speakers and lecturers, we
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  should also encourage this that we need.
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  Let's go to that hosseini. Let's attend this program and
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  show that we're all on that, will I?
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  That's part of a loss of heart and albeit and that's a love and
• 28:48
  Rama between us shots. That's beautiful, beautiful and
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  I encourage and echo those words on unity, Shia share unity is
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  something beautiful. And you know, when we attend
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  Majalis, and you mentioned you highlighted Muharram, normally
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  that's when we see other centers, visiting other centers.
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  And it's something beautiful to watch.
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  You're like, wow, this community came to us, we can all get
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  along. So something inshallah,
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  inshallah, many people can do that as well outside of Majalis,
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  outside of Muharram as well, 24/7, 365 days.
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  And yeah, by saying the same, what's your take on this?
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  Yeah, I mean, I think once in a blue moon you might find
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  differences of opinions that spiral into something that
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  becomes public and over exaggerated to a way where in
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  reality it was just a comment that was said that came across
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  as could have been worded in a no a more maybe befitting
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  manner. But Yanni, if you look at the
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  case I say here mentioned clearly the reality is they'll
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  have so many differences, but they only speak of each other in
• 29:46
  flying colours. The save mentioned the beautiful
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  story about the the Olamati there reviewing one another.
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  There was a case where there was a there were two scholars that
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  had differences of opinions in regards to principles that, you
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  know, could make you stand out as someone who supports a
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  certain idea and one who doesn't support the same idea.
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  And so they thought to themselves, the community, that
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  how are we to a view others and you can just fill in the blank.
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  It could be many things. It could be many examples
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  because we have a few of these examples where it's like I just
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  need to know one thing about you.
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  Do you support XY and Z? Yes, also then that means you're
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  from this group, yes and and the contention is both sides.
• 30:27
  Often times it could be the case where it's this group feels that
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  why aren't you on the same team as me in regards to this opinion
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  and the other team says how could you guys embrace such an
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  opinion? And so it can be both ways.
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  The funny thing is that all about themselves couldn't care
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  less. It's the group surrounding them.
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  How often have groups become a source or there's a lot of
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  confusion because it's like they represent a group of people.
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  They only represent themselves. The person that represents the
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  individual is who they allocate as a literal representative.
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  Those literal term, method, waqid, etcetera.
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  These ought to be the reflections of their viewpoints.
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  Now one example is if you were to ask the scholar himself, I
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  remember a very beautiful story where they said this.
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  Alan doesn't embrace the same opinion that you came with.
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  What do we question his adalah and justice to?
• 31:30
  That extent it. Became that clear that it's
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  like, I don't is it fine to even pray behind in order to
• 31:37
  disregard any of these misconceptions of thoughts that
• 31:40
  Alan said? You're asking me about his
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  Adalah, rather ask me about his asthma.
• 31:46
  Instead ask in question about his infallibility.
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  Possibly. Look how much he worships, how
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  close he is to Allah or whatever.
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  But he disagrees with me on one opinion.
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  And that's the beauty of scholarly material research,
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  heritage. It's amazing to see these
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  disagreements because it's amazing to find the arguments.
• 32:04
  Both of them are solid. I'll give a quick, quick example
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  with the permission of stuff. Please say it here, Ayatollah,
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  say it about cosmic Hoy. But this is a Rosheri had his
• 32:16
  men hedge a fit quite solid. It was hard to debate him.
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  Another item can say, listen, I have a men hedge that I feel
• 32:26
  very confident as well. But you're talking a
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  contemporary say Hoy, not talking to someone who comes out
• 32:31
  of nowhere. The odd student does shine, but
• 32:34
  someone like Ayatollah said Hussein Alberto Jordi, they have
• 32:38
  different methodologies of jurisprudence.
• 32:41
  Both of them are very strong in the case they make.
• 32:44
  I'll give a quick example just to show the beauty of the
• 32:47
  difference. One of them is you have an
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  anonym who really respects the early texts and says I work with
• 32:56
  what they mentioned. The other item says while I
• 33:00
  respect those texts, I also use my own intuition.
• 33:04
  I collect the presumptions, I gather the Quran, and I also use
• 33:08
  my own intuition. SO1 favors intuition, the other
• 33:11
  favors, for example, material, and both of them make part of
• 33:15
  good sense. Why not use intuition?
• 33:18
  If something makes sense here, something makes sense here.
• 33:21
  Odds are, and that's probably what the Muslim wanted, but he
• 33:24
  never necessarily said it. It could be in many cases, for
• 33:28
  example, it could be many. Or Ulama decided to embrace the
• 33:31
  idea that the non-muslim Kitabi from the Jew and Christian, they
• 33:38
  are spiritually impure. Spiritually impure.
• 33:42
  Yes, other Olama came and said I don't see a narration for this.
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  And so it was built on the ijmah of the early scholars.
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  And so if you come from a world view where you like, I respect
• 33:52
  the early material because they were closer during the time of
• 33:55
  the imams. So I have to give them credit.
• 33:58
  And so maybe they never wrote it as a narration because there was
• 34:00
  none, but it was probably that common at that time.
• 34:03
  So that's why they also embrace. I know I'm just listen, if I
• 34:05
  don't see a narration, let me collect the presumptions.
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  I can see Imam X dealing with a Christian.
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  I don't see that he had to wash his hands, for example.
• 34:13
  So you see both of them can make a strong argument.
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  How do you debate that? And so it's like, but who comes
• 34:19
  out of nowhere? Here's this lame man and says
• 34:22
  you follow XI really say and say it has seen this a lot.
• 34:26
  We have to it's like get a life, get a life and these wars have
• 34:31
  to move on. The scholar themselves respect
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  the other. They challenge each other
• 34:36
  intellectually, not personally. Why are they you making a
• 34:38
  personal we have to move on. Well, though we have bigger
• 34:41
  issues. May Allah bless that one scholar
• 34:42
  that said, you know, we were debating on whether we should
• 34:45
  pray in this way or that way while the enemy's thinking, how
• 34:47
  can I slice the hands apart? You're talking about these
• 34:50
  fickle things which are important in matters of textual
• 34:53
  intellectuality. But in the real world today, the
• 34:55
  Islamophob can differentiate and they give priorities where they
• 34:59
  ought to be. And I think inshallah Ta'ala,
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  when we do that, we make the priority straight, clear.
• 35:03
  We come and see the value for what it is.
• 35:06
  Gold shines in whatever perspective you look at it, and
• 35:09
  sometimes it needs a bit more refining.
• 35:11
  At the end of the day, it's still gold.
• 35:13
  Accent, accent, No, very beautiful, beautiful example.
• 35:16
  And I I really love this point you mentioned because spinal
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  just a few weeks ago, I was actually I went to I'm sorry, a
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  few months ago. I I was in Umrah now when
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  Habibi, I was with a few brothers and we were discussing
• 35:28
  this thing. You know, we all have 100 wall
• 35:31
  under the wall of Amiram Wallace Charlemont, Menino.
• 35:34
  We aspire to become believers and we all follow different
• 35:38
  Maraja. And you know, we had so much
• 35:40
  conversations throughout the amazing days we were there, the
• 35:43
  spiritual nights, unforgettable. But one thing I took from that
• 35:46
  experience was that we came, we all came to the same conclusion.
• 35:49
  We're like, you know what, we may have different opinions on
• 35:52
  this. We see these things differently,
• 35:54
  but that we don't think our Maraja have issues.
• 35:57
  And I think we give an issue an issue when there's no issue at
• 36:01
  all. And we can imagine our our
• 36:04
  Maraja sitting side by side and discussing these differences of
• 36:08
  opinions between them in a very respectful and calm way.
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  Us as followers, we make the problems when there's no
• 36:14
  problems at the very top at all. And I think that that's a
• 36:17
  beautiful reminder and just re sparked that conversation I had
• 36:21
  with a few friends when I was in Amara.
• 36:23
  Now, coming to the third and final question, when it comes to
• 36:25
  relevancy, why is it that some scholars either shy away from
• 36:29
  real engagement on social media or worse, create online
• 36:33
  platforms just to craft a carefully staged image of
• 36:36
  themselves? Are scholars serving their
• 36:38
  religion correctly online, say to Muhammad?
• 36:41
  Hassan said. I've been gone first for the
• 36:44
  last two questions. I think so.
• 36:46
  Because I'm on social media. I want behind them a little bit.
• 36:51
  I didn't pay. Make sure you follow.
• 36:52
  I think you you did that on your own free will.
• 36:56
  I didn't pay you. But yeah, I mean if you look at
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  the etymology of the word alim. Yes.
• 37:08
  Alim knowledge and there's a difference between someone who
• 37:13
  says they're knowledgeable and someone who genuinely is
• 37:15
  knowledgeable. I would be here you use the word
• 37:20
  Privy. What does that mean here?
• 37:21
  Privy means hesitant or or I'll be Privy too unlikely hesitant.
• 37:28
  I would discourage. Privy means in the sense of I
• 37:31
  would, I would be OK with or the opposite of that.
• 37:35
  I'm not sure say it. You guys are the British, OK,
• 37:38
  Carlos. I know we have a Privy Council
• 37:40
  here, but I don't know what goes.
• 37:42
  On whatever that word means, what I'm trying to say is I
• 37:46
  would be hesitant in giving platforms religious
• 37:54
  justification because someone brought a degree of intellect to
• 37:59
  the table. Yep.
• 38:00
  That is to say that obviously not every as the same mentioned
• 38:04
  earlier speaker is a scholar and at the same time not every
• 38:08
  scholar is a speaker. But it's Noor I don't know that
• 38:12
  the person speaking is a scholar because you at least have more
• 38:16
  comfort knowing that the sources are probably researched and well
• 38:19
  known. Social media I would be Privy.
• 38:24
  I'm not sure. I just got the definition of
• 38:25
  Privy by the way. It means sharing in the
• 38:28
  knowledge of something secret or private.
• 38:30
  OK, OK, So it's using the wrong context in this case.
• 38:34
  Yeah. I mean, I would say, I mean, you
• 38:36
  have to do your own due diligence.
• 38:38
  Who is speaking to me? Who am I allowing my son to
• 38:41
  listen to? Yep, I wouldn't expose them to
• 38:44
  the offline world just for free. Go out and enjoy.
• 38:47
  Likewise, I shouldn't expose them to just the online world
• 38:50
  with its distractions. It's to it's misguidance and
• 38:53
  it's agendas as well. And yeah, I would say we're in
• 38:56
  an age where a lot of people will come and disguise that.
• 38:59
  Listen, I'm telling you, these are the teachings called Ali
• 39:02
  Mama Saudi. And this is how you ought to
• 39:04
  think and this is how you should operate.
• 39:06
  Look, it's not hard to investigate these days, their
• 39:08
  background. Unfortunately, it's sad to say
• 39:12
  this, and this should not cast doubt on anyone who's out there
• 39:15
  presenting themselves as a learned scholar.
• 39:18
  But there are charlatans, people who are unstudied.
• 39:21
  That's fine. People who, for example, may
• 39:26
  have studied but should not be seen to the degree as an
• 39:30
  Ayatollah al Odmah, because they may have said a few things.
• 39:34
  Very nice. At the end of the day, if you
• 39:36
  decide to take your fit from someone, that person needs to be
• 39:39
  credible. I'm I'm so for I love the fact
• 39:43
  that we have youth speakers if they're interested, if they're
• 39:46
  excited. I want to share with you what
• 39:48
  inspires me about ladies and of why I'm so proud of my hijab,
• 39:51
  what lessons I've got about It's good.
• 39:53
  I would watch out from Q and as though.
• 39:55
  Yes. I would watch out from Q and as
• 39:57
  you're going to get a question about Hilad and it's the lava
• 39:59
  and it's almost all about and I would watch out because it's not
• 40:03
  your area and it's completely fine to say listen, I don't
• 40:06
  know. Because I don't want to be that
• 40:08
  somehow love the reason why I decide to misguide people
• 40:11
  because I didn't know. And so one thing I would say
• 40:14
  online with scholars, I think is beautiful.
• 40:18
  I think our dear say here has a presence and I think it is nice.
• 40:21
  It's important and our mirage while they as their own person
• 40:24
  don't have there are resources to reach them.
• 40:26
  Yes, there are ways to I need some today.
• 40:29
  You can actually just go online right now and send an e-mail.
• 40:32
  I bet maybe in a few weeks, but you'll get a response.
• 40:35
  Eventually you do. Isn't that amazing, though?
• 40:37
  Yeah. And if you get to think, you
• 40:38
  know, why don't they get back to me or some?
• 40:39
  First of all, I wish they would text you and you can text each
• 40:42
  other on WhatsApp, but the world they're dealing with involves
• 40:45
  you plus our ad, maybe a few million others as well.
• 40:48
  Sorry. Especially if they're in Iraq,
• 40:50
  they're dealing with a whole host of other things and then
• 40:52
  elsewhere and in the houses. So it's like from Allah that
• 40:56
  they have something out there. And so but those who come forth,
• 41:01
  I think it's do your own due diligence.
• 41:03
  Now, anyone who just comes and says, listen, I can speak with
• 41:06
  to you the teachings of added Beit the Quran.
• 41:08
  These are the real. There are charlatans that exist.
• 41:10
  This is not to cast on anyone, but a person's bio is available.
• 41:13
  It's accessible. Ask Iran, who is this person
• 41:15
  that came out of? Nowhere.
• 41:16
  And it's absolutely fine because sometimes we feel like, I think
• 41:18
  as as layman, if I can say is that who are we to check their
• 41:24
  credibility? Honey, if we like what they say
• 41:26
  and resonate with what's being said by them and we feel as
• 41:29
  good, why should we check their credibility?
• 41:32
  It's fine. It's fine to just benefit from
• 41:34
  anything that someone has to say.
• 41:36
  But if someone is trying to be controversial for purposes of
• 41:41
  steering the water or going against the norm or really
• 41:45
  referencing books and narrations and saying it's not mentioned
• 41:49
  here when it is mentioned in there to further your own
• 41:52
  personal agenda because you want to get more impressive
• 41:55
  reactions. Who are you to be speaking to be
• 41:59
  speaking about literature that's pre existed, You that have
• 42:03
  credible thinkers reading on it? This hadith is never mentioned
• 42:07
  in any source. It is.
• 42:08
  I see this a lot. I think say comes across this as
• 42:11
  well where it's like, why would you just flat out lie?
• 42:15
  Clearly there's motive here. I'm not saying cast out, but I'm
• 42:18
  saying at the end of the day, there's a standard that's need
• 42:20
  to be held. You know what would happen if
• 42:22
  this happens in university? Plagiarism.
• 42:24
  You're kicked out. Yeah, for some reason.
• 42:26
  I know. Masha'allah.
• 42:27
  It's completely acceptable. It's fine.
• 42:29
  It comes. I've heard this.
• 42:30
  And I spoke a bit too long. I really want to hear what's
• 42:32
  about to say. It adds to more to this.
• 42:34
  Our respect to teacher here. I've heard this one and I hate
• 42:38
  this as a reference. You will not find this from a
• 42:41
  book. It comes from the heart.
• 42:44
  Imam has said. John, I didn't did this.
• 42:46
  Where'd you get that from? Why did you say that?
• 42:49
  Because it's such a powerful thing to add.
• 42:51
  I wish he had done it. It comes from the heart.
• 42:53
  I've heard this from speakers who are revered to the degree
• 42:58
  where they're like, for example, like Yani, they're the gospel of
• 43:02
  what God has. Imam media has sent him here.
• 43:05
  This is you can't find, but it's in the heart.
• 43:06
  Yeah, you know, it's in the dream method.
• 43:08
  You've had Baba. You're building on people's
• 43:10
  faith teachings, lessons. If the Adam has said something,
• 43:15
  we use it. If he hasn't had said something,
• 43:18
  then research. Look, I'm fine with you saying
• 43:21
  lessons that are beautiful and lovely.
• 43:22
  I think we need more of that. Even if you don't come from a
• 43:25
  world view that may have done any background in Islamic
• 43:28
  studies. However, a lot will ask and
• 43:31
  question you all. They have judgement.
• 43:33
  So these are very necessary to keep in.
• 43:35
  Mind saying that just before I think you say your your your
• 43:39
  answer to the question, if I can just stick on this.
• 43:41
  Sure. Press on this a little further
• 43:43
  on the last point that you mentioned, you know, when it
• 43:45
  comes to things like this in the scholar world, on scholar
• 43:47
  circles, do you guys discuss between yourself and say, well,
• 43:51
  what's said here was out of line?
• 43:53
  Is there something that happens like behind the scenes where OK,
• 43:57
  so this has been said. This is not true.
• 43:59
  We can't find anywhere with this that someone speak to that
• 44:01
  individual. Or is it just left to fade off
• 44:04
  by itself? We have a narration, of course,
• 44:07
  that A Habul Ihuani Ile from from the Imam, my most beloved
• 44:15
  brother, a Habul Ihuani Ile man, Ahda Ilea, or you'll be, is the
• 44:22
  one who guides me towards my own faults as a true brother, as a
• 44:29
  true friend, as a true brother. Dear one, I'm the one who goes
• 44:34
  and asks my Mormon brother, give me advice, guide me, help me,
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  tell me my faults, criticisms, let me improve myself.
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  Of course, Ahda Ilea guides me towards my own faults, faults.
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  Not the one who goes and tells the whole world, by the way, say
• 44:52
  it's faults of this, this is that.
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  And then I found out after a few days about faults that have been
• 44:57
  spread around the whole world. Then it comes to me.
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  No, a true friend, a true dear one, someone who's also, for
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  example, a speaker, a speaker or scholar should relate to one
• 45:08
  another. In fact, one of the arts of
• 45:11
  Mubarak Hatha after the lessons and of that you have with your
• 45:16
  teacher is you have Mubaraka where the students get together
• 45:21
  and they start to critically analyze the text that they're
• 45:26
  going through. And one of them says, I
• 45:28
  understood from the teacher this view.
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  The other one might say that actually my understanding was
• 45:33
  this view and they start to discuss and discourse and
• 45:39
  describe their own views and understandings.
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  This is one of the beauties of Islamic Hauser and mere studies
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  and the art of learning and seeking knowledge from one
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  another and gaining from one another.
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  I remember one of the humble advice that we gave, for
• 45:58
  example, one of our speakers in one of the nights, for example,
• 46:03
  he mentioned a, for example, a narration that he said that this
• 46:07
  is a narration. And we said, by the way, this is
• 46:09
  not a narration, it's a saying or proverb.
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  And he immediately realized, actually, maybe I was off board.
• 46:17
  I didn't realize. And let's remind ourselves, none
• 46:21
  of us are Muslim. We make our mistakes, yeah.
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  None of us are infallible, except for the infallibles and
• 46:29
  of course I Even the term infallible is not the best word,
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  error free or sinless milestone, because infallible means you are
• 46:37
  robotically unable to perform sins.
• 46:39
  But the Imams themselves, they chose on their side, ascend
• 46:43
  voluntarily not to perform any sins or even think about
• 46:48
  sinning. And we are.
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  Some of us speaking about myself are prone to error, prone to
• 46:55
  mistake. And in fact, we need that
• 46:58
  constant reminder that my target is the adulbeit our name was
• 47:02
  Saddam to get closer to Allah supporter.
• 47:05
  They are the true role models and the mistakes and sins that
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  I've made. I need to be aware of Rashallah
• 47:11
  to constantly improve myself. So yes, and the best thing is to
• 47:16
  constantly ask even after your own recitation, go through your
• 47:22
  notes, go through your lecture. I know one of the Ole Ma, one of
• 47:27
  the Ole Ma who's also a very prominent speaker, Habib in the
• 47:31
  Arabic world. And when I sat down with him,
• 47:36
  one of the advice he gave is that his majidis that he recites
• 47:41
  from last Muharram, he would listen to it the following
• 47:46
  before the following Muharram and just see anything, any
• 47:50
  points, anything that he needs to do, maybe clarify anything
• 47:54
  that maybe didn't wasn't resolved, for example, and just
• 47:59
  constantly reveal on stuff. Yeah.
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  Why? In the professional world we
• 48:03
  have CPD and that constant cycling of improving yourself,
• 48:08
  professional development. We need to always reflect on
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  ourselves and truly improve. Ask for advice, ask for
• 48:14
  feedback, constructive feedback inshallah and help one another
• 48:19
  on this mission of being on Safina to Najat in Sharma.
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  We're all on this journey together.
• 48:25
  Sharma and beautiful Hadithi was trying.
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  To get in on the scholar group chat.
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  Is the one that exists. No comment.
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  That's thank you. Say it's we're going to move on
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  to Segment 2, Segment 2 Inshallahs regarding the
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  capability of scholars and before being honest, are today
• 48:44
  scholars really trained to lead human beings or or they just
• 48:48
  trained to deliver lectures That's an.
• 48:53
  Interesting question. Are scholars trained?
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  Are scholars trained to lead human beings or they just
• 48:59
  trained to deliver sermons and lectures and lessons?
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  So of course, olamar in themselves, one of their roles
• 49:09
  is to be an alim Rabbani who focuses on one of their
• 49:15
  expertise, maybe to focus on FIQ or focus on osul al fiq.
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  And therefore you find that's alim Rabbani maybe heading
• 49:23
  towards the alim of H Tihad and then the alim of what alim here
• 49:30
  being the world of or the world of Marjahia.
• 49:33
  And therefore you find, for example, the Sharat or the
• 49:36
  conditions of the Marjah and those conditions that are
• 49:39
  mentioned as Alameda, him being Bali, him being various of
• 49:47
  these, of these conditions in Islamic Hauser and mere madrasa.
• 49:55
  There are certain lessons and sessions for those Olama and
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  those students who want to take another role.
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  The island of here being the world of.
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  Tabligh speaking, Lecturing. Speaking and lecturing and the
• 50:17
  role, responsibilities and duties that they have.
• 50:21
  You know how we have the examples of football players are
• 50:24
  role models to the youth off the pitch and on the pitch and the
• 50:30
  huge role that that speaker Ireland Scholar has is not just
• 50:38
  on the member, he truly has a more effective role.
• 50:43
  Of the member. Again, 1 He is before the member
• 50:47
  and after the member. Many times we have, for example,
• 50:51
  they say that's Alim. When he came to that community,
• 50:54
  we loved him so much, not just for his majidis and lectures.
• 50:58
  After the majidis he sat down with the community, he sat with
• 51:02
  the youth. He even joined us in our
• 51:05
  discussions. He even came to our homes, he
• 51:08
  came to our local Mukbara. He was an all round.
• 51:12
  Full package. Harlem full package that is 11
• 51:16
  role, responsibility and duty beautiful.
• 51:18
  Yes, some may for example, you would say may need training,
• 51:22
  which is beautiful thing. And we've had scholarly
• 51:28
  workshops workshops, for example, on how to handle, for
• 51:33
  example, social media workshops, for example, regards to family
• 51:38
  and advice. And these are these are
• 51:40
  trainings that are that you need to to go through.
• 51:44
  So these are workshops for scholars.
• 51:45
  There are, there are. Beautiful.
• 51:47
  There are beautiful shops, there are events that need to go
• 51:50
  through leadership courses. Not every for example, student
• 51:55
  from the Ozone me as suddenly has become a is aware how to
• 51:58
  become a leader. Needs, for example, some
• 52:01
  training, some awareness. Sometimes even one student may
• 52:07
  be very shy. Sometimes you may have that
• 52:11
  communication barrier, different languages.
• 52:15
  And remember, sometimes we're we're very we need to be very
• 52:19
  careful because sometimes we are comparing with those scholars
• 52:24
  and Olama who've forcefully migrated to different countries
• 52:29
  and say, oh, why this Alim who's come to this country doesn't
• 52:33
  speak our language after 4050, sixty years, he's come to a
• 52:39
  different country. He's a harib in this country.
• 52:43
  He's. Probably left the war-torn.
• 52:44
  Whole country war. Torn country he it wasn't his
• 52:49
  fleeing persecution. And.
• 52:51
  Everything. It takes some time.
• 52:54
  We have some Alima who've actually managed to learn the
• 52:57
  different language communicate. So know that this anime has a
• 53:03
  relevant reason or may have a a difficulty in understanding the
• 53:08
  language that you have Give everyone their ability for them
• 53:12
  to want to excel in that field that they that they are in.
• 53:19
  And that's why we need to also be of those who support one
• 53:22
  another, help one another, aid one another, encourage one
• 53:29
  another. And that's true Olama, that true
• 53:32
  island. And that's one of a sign of a
• 53:35
  true island, is that humbleness and sincerity that he would come
• 53:42
  to that event and be with you and be with the community and be
• 53:47
  with the families. And no island, no scholar would
• 53:53
  say I know it all and there's nothing for me to learn.
• 53:58
  That's why you find our senior scholars.
• 54:03
  Our senior scholars have never said that we give up from
• 54:07
  learning and give up from seeking knowledge.
• 54:12
  I told Lana all the Mercedes Hoi.
• 54:14
  Until the great till. The last truly till the grave,
• 54:19
  until the last moment. They'll be constantly reading
• 54:24
  and learning our present day scholars, So Mahatma Adama, said
• 54:29
  Sistani. He is constantly seeking
• 54:32
  knowledge and giving knowledge and sharing knowledge and saying
• 54:37
  that this is a beauty of aim and the ocean of knowledge.
• 54:43
  So this is a a a pathway of constant uplifting, sharing and
• 54:51
  gaining knowledge is sharp. I, I think the leaders of our
• 54:57
  own ma are the Olama. If we pick someone to lead us,
• 55:01
  it better be someone that knows not to disobey a lost panel
• 55:04
  Ta'ala. So it doesn't take an island to
• 55:06
  do that. But rest assured that you're in
• 55:08
  good hands when you're with someone who's dedicated their
• 55:10
  life, sacrifice given a lot, went through struggles and then
• 55:14
  got to a point where now they can tell you.
• 55:16
  I think I know the Sharia because at the end of the day,
• 55:18
  RSA made it very clear. They will never tell you I've
• 55:21
  known it all, but based on my humble reasoning, this is the
• 55:24
  conclusion I received. And one big proof to this is
• 55:27
  recently say that is Sistani hafi, the whole law, but the law
• 55:34
  of your Omar E Sharif. Ojimir Uleman El Abroar issued a
• 55:38
  fatwa recently about royal Jelly from the hive of bees and that
• 55:48
  he gave an opinion that in my humble opinion, having studied
• 55:52
  this, I don't think it still counts as honey.
• 55:56
  And so he issued it literally one month ago.
• 56:00
  Why? Because I had to analyze the
• 56:02
  process, anatomy and chemistry of this and that takes research
• 56:06
  to do that. And I think in the world today,
• 56:08
  people consume almost everything.
• 56:10
  Looking into this, he says that's this is separate from
• 56:13
  honey. That's his opinion other and I
• 56:15
  will say, but it's still made in the same manner.
• 56:18
  It's just the the chemicals are a bit shifted, but it's still
• 56:22
  the same thing. It could taste the same way.
• 56:24
  Both have strong claims to be made.
• 56:26
  But the fact is despite his old age may not prolong his life and
• 56:30
  all the other, they're still addressing real world issues.
• 56:34
  Some might say, well that's a very out of the ordinary thing.
• 56:37
  It's a real world issue. Effects it doesn't affect you,
• 56:40
  Effects someone. Else not.
• 56:41
  I mean, my shell doesn't concern you.
• 56:43
  I mean, how how much are you into, like, royal Jelly?
• 56:46
  But in the real. But in the real world today, you
• 56:49
  just. You're not a perfect Dean unless
• 56:51
  you address everything. Yeah and the Quran and Adobe
• 56:54
  did, but now it becomes addressed through a lens of
• 56:58
  understanding interpretation. Another example is we mentioned
• 57:02
  his name again and we may we always mention his name Este del
• 57:06
  Hoi. With this, Assad Ro Sharif later
• 57:09
  on in life changes the opinion about one narrator of Hadith and
• 57:13
  Kitab Kamila Ziadat, because he was of the opinion that the
• 57:19
  narrators who reported the traditions and narrations of
• 57:23
  common is he on us are all reliable.
• 57:25
  He said one man I've realized is not this one individual is not
• 57:30
  necessarily the most reliable is that in that case I've built an
• 57:34
  entire Rasala Hamelia of jurisprudence on laws and
• 57:38
  opinions. He's probably found somewhere in
• 57:40
  there where he's in the chain and the chain ends with the
• 57:44
  hokum from Imam Baba or Sladek. Do I have to change all that?
• 57:47
  He says yes, I do. Went back and changed the whole
• 57:51
  aside. He says nothing much really
• 57:53
  changed except the timing of Russell, of Jumal, whether it's
• 57:58
  from Federer to Salah or whether it's from Federer to Muhlb.
• 58:02
  One thing changed. I had to shift it, but he
• 58:03
  changed the whole thing. He's re analyzed the whole
• 58:06
  thing. Active thinking to degrees that
• 58:10
  are like Yanni, unprecedently incredible and that's where I
• 58:15
  need the appreciation needs to be.
• 58:16
  I think in my humble opinion, if we put anyone on a pedestal,
• 58:20
  it's these. Who else goes on this?
• 58:23
  It's these icons and idolizing celebrities.
• 58:27
  If they're good, may Allah bless them.
• 58:29
  At the end of the day, my Dean rests and who's necklace I've
• 58:34
  placed on of tech lead. I've placed it.
• 58:37
  My neck is the most sensitive part of my existence.
• 58:41
  I put it in your hands and while it's in your hands, I admire
• 58:46
  this field. It's such a beautiful field.
• 58:48
  It's something growing up, I've seen young men who are embracing
• 58:54
  of their faith, all interest. And they say, you know what
• 58:57
  house is a beautiful thing, girl.
• 59:00
  We may have had that same trend where it's like, I think one day
• 59:03
  I'm caught out to this. I'm I'm caught out.
• 59:04
  I might do this. It's a beautiful thing.
• 59:06
  What else am I doing? I'm studying Islam from the lips
• 59:09
  of Imam Batra and Imam Sadiq and, and I see these legends.
• 59:13
  It's Dunya and it's Agra. If you're chasing wealth, if
• 59:17
  you're chasing things of that nature, there are ways to
• 59:19
  accomplish this, but you don't have to sacrifice one for the
• 59:22
  other. But then there are those who
• 59:24
  have said, listen, I've I've reached this place, I won't even
• 59:27
  tell you. I have like let my actions speak
• 59:30
  louder than my own words. And these examples, they exist
• 59:33
  and I think they're so beautiful.
• 59:34
  In my case, our super role models are them, definitely
• 59:40
  them, one of the epics, the legends and you just go by the
• 59:44
  way, you go back the chain of the scholars, they land on
• 59:47
  adebate. One scholar studied under X who
• 59:52
  studied under X who studied under, for example, a Sheikh
• 59:56
  Murtaba Al Ansari, who studied back under, for example, I say
• 1:00:00
  Muhammad Hassan Ashirazi Sahab Thoratatum Pak, who studied
• 1:00:05
  under, for example, let's say. Say Sheikh Muhammad Hassan and
• 1:00:08
  Najafiz Sahab Jawahar Al Khalam, who studied for example, under
• 1:00:13
  Al Wahid Al Bahbahani, who studied under for example.
• 1:00:16
  Sheikh Kashif Al Kapa, who studied under for example, back
• 1:00:19
  and back and back and back. Al Muhak Al Kharaki back and
• 1:00:23
  back, who said under for example.
• 1:00:25
  Al Alam Al Heli, who back and back, back.
• 1:00:27
  Sheikh Al Tusi under Mufid under for example Saduk under been on
• 1:00:34
  me under for example Shell Kulani met or was in the
• 1:00:39
  lifetime of the third Sephir of Sahaba Zaman who was in touch
• 1:00:43
  with Sahaba Zaman student of his father.
• 1:00:45
  So his father, son of his father, linked directly.
• 1:00:51
  In many ways, they become like an extension to this golden
• 1:00:53
  chain. They are they are an extension
• 1:00:56
  to this golden chain and how honored are we to link into them
• 1:00:59
  That I take my lessons from the outer base through this
• 1:01:02
  beautiful like circuit that never ends.
• 1:01:08
  That's the beauty of it, as they find difference of opinions
• 1:01:11
  sounds. Very beautifully said and it
• 1:01:14
  brings us to the second question of the second segment and it's a
• 1:01:19
  deep 1. So shall I try to go as easy as
• 1:01:22
  possible, but I really want you both to be as frank as possible
• 1:01:26
  on this one. So this is like one of the most
• 1:01:28
  asked questions that we get had after Maghrib and we've put this
• 1:01:31
  question together. What safeguards exist to stop
• 1:01:35
  Homs from becoming manipulated, especially when people hear
• 1:01:39
  rumours of money disappearing and scholars misusing funds?
• 1:01:44
  Why is financial management placed in the hands of scholars
• 1:01:48
  when surely there's thousands of devout Shia accountants and
• 1:01:52
  consultants who could ensure transparency and professionalism
• 1:01:56
  when it comes to the world of Homs?
• 1:02:00
  I think a lot of the enemies of Islam will use this as a cheap
• 1:02:03
  shot on us to lower Jabbas with the permission of Samantha.
• 1:02:07
  Sayya voice here. I think it's an easy thing to
• 1:02:09
  say because it is an iconically Shia symbol.
• 1:02:13
  Yeah, Holmes is associated with Tashayyur and then you have it
• 1:02:16
  Samid Imam and Sahem Sada, the share of Sahab al Assam, the
• 1:02:19
  share of the underprivileged, Sayyud's of which do not receive
• 1:02:23
  zakat, so they are compensated with the Holmes.
• 1:02:25
  The share of the Sayyid Holmes goes to the underprivileged, the
• 1:02:29
  needy, the struggling. And at the end of the day, it's
• 1:02:33
  a type of charity. And so if someone's misusing
• 1:02:36
  charity, that's something we completely condemn.
• 1:02:39
  And we ask Yani before Allah, of course, Allah, but additionally,
• 1:02:43
  we ask the, the law to get involved.
• 1:02:45
  Someone's money is being misused.
• 1:02:47
  But at the end of the day, I, I, I cast extreme doubt on any
• 1:02:51
  legitimate example from any legitimate source.
• 1:02:54
  And if there is management mismanagement, that is where it
• 1:02:58
  stops at. It's mismanagement of a
• 1:02:59
  secretary, of a person transitioning funds, but not the
• 1:03:05
  scholar. If there is, we call this
• 1:03:08
  individual out, we speak to them, we make it clear.
• 1:03:11
  But at that point, this person wasn't a scholar.
• 1:03:13
  They didn't know their responsibility properly.
• 1:03:16
  And I cast major doubt on that. And those who exaggerate and
• 1:03:20
  embellish things because of, for example, lack of transparency.
• 1:03:23
  Oh, we didn't see. Therefore you must have just put
• 1:03:25
  it in your own pockets and moved on with that, that suit of 1 and
• 1:03:29
  the less pantana punishes for that.
• 1:03:32
  At the end of the day, it's a, it's a charity for that's a
• 1:03:35
  global malady team. And it's like who, who has the
• 1:03:38
  heart to even touch that? And because I think, and I am
• 1:03:41
  blunt in this because you said those be blunt.
• 1:03:43
  I think because it's a iconically Shia thing, as
• 1:03:47
  iconically Shia things are from Metam to morning and things of
• 1:03:52
  that nature, they're always going to be on the receiving end
• 1:03:56
  of, of, of criticism and things of that.
• 1:03:58
  It's something we've seen before.
• 1:03:59
  It's OK, But if you actually open the world and study it and
• 1:04:04
  you look into it, you'll find that no one is taking advantage
• 1:04:08
  of people's charity. That goes eventually and the
• 1:04:11
  results, the fruits of it. I say right now, go and check.
• 1:04:15
  We have charities, I don't even need to mention them, that have
• 1:04:17
  reached Afghanistan. Charities that have reached
• 1:04:20
  Lebanon, have reached Philistine.
• 1:04:23
  Just see the fruits of where this goes.
• 1:04:25
  See the fruits of looking into how many orphanages have opened
• 1:04:29
  up all of them from the homes that many cast doubt and
• 1:04:33
  question. At the end of the day, you give
• 1:04:35
  it's you've done your obligation.
• 1:04:37
  Don't worry about it. Allah, Allah takes what's his
• 1:04:40
  Allah is going to take care of his belongings.
• 1:04:42
  Don't worry about that one, but just look at the product of what
• 1:04:46
  happens, the orphanages, the women clinics, the centers, the
• 1:04:50
  hospitals. Just look and then come back and
• 1:04:54
  say, oh, this didn't go to where it needs to be.
• 1:04:56
  I I believe there's an agenda motivated, I'll intentioned
• 1:05:02
  reason when people actually put this.
• 1:05:03
  And if there is, we call for the law to address people
• 1:05:06
  mismanaging other people's funds, and it goes as far as
• 1:05:09
  that. I said beautifully said.
• 1:05:11
  Sometimes I feel if I can just add to your point, say it is
• 1:05:13
  that I feel like sometimes when we hear from members of our
• 1:05:17
  community who say I don't feel like my money's going to wear a
• 1:05:21
  shit. Show us let's let's call that
• 1:05:22
  out. It's not just about show us,
• 1:05:24
  it's about I think they just don't want to give homes they
• 1:05:26
  they feel like. Then don't make up a lie.
• 1:05:29
  Yeah, yeah. And then throw the ulama and
• 1:05:31
  this heritage of and don't throw those who are underprivileged
• 1:05:34
  and use them as an excuse and have some shame.
• 1:05:37
  You're using those who are underprivileged as your reason
• 1:05:39
  to not doing it. I mean 1/5 of your annual
• 1:05:43
  surplus, it's already a surplus. And it belongs to God doesn't?
• 1:05:46
  It's not even yours, it belongs to Allah and it's 1/5 of it.
• 1:05:49
  Don't give it, don't give it, don't give it.
• 1:05:52
  Say it now. Your thoughts?
• 1:05:53
  Say it on this. As you said in the question and
• 1:05:57
  said responded beautifully, we need to be extremely careful
• 1:06:01
  with the rumours, especially with the adult, not just out of
• 1:06:08
  Shia Tashi, but adult law sense. There are a number of great firm
• 1:06:14
  institutions in the Shia Muslim Ethna actually faith that we
• 1:06:20
  have that we see that are specifically targeted by the ADA
• 1:06:24
  by the enemies. One being the belief in the 12th
• 1:06:29
  Imam Imam Angela Imam, one being in the institute of Marjahiya
• 1:06:38
  that you believe in the Marjahiya constant attacks and
• 1:06:43
  3rd being the Homs. And regards to this, as you
• 1:06:49
  mentioned yourself that there are rumours and these rumours of
• 1:06:54
  course we need to be extremely careful with because even our
• 1:06:58
  ulama, our Maharaja who the hadith narration say Olama,
• 1:07:03
  Omana, Omana are trustworthy ones.
• 1:07:09
  The Allah Subhanawat, Allah's Prophet and the Imams say that
• 1:07:14
  when you have an Emmy in this world, go to the you want an
• 1:07:19
  Emmy, you want someone trustworthy, go to thee Olama.
• 1:07:24
  So much so that before of course the bank world that we have
• 1:07:28
  today, it wasn't the case before and Meneen used to go to the
• 1:07:34
  Olama as a safeguarding of their of their funds, of their
• 1:07:42
  finances. Even today, a mirage estate that
• 1:07:48
  do not consider your homes being given as your Shara E Jew,
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  Islamic religious Jew until you receive the receipt that you
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  have paid your Samuel Imam that has been received and
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  acknowledged and stamped by your respected Malja, the Malja's
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  representative, the Malja's Waqib, the Malja's office.
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  And you have now alhamdulillah, the transparency of many of the
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  organisations who show the financial transactions.
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  And again, I want to mention something personal.
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  I've never mentioned this before, please what an and this
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  is something personal, but I it's all relating to this.
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  And you find this kind of rumours are expanding
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  excessively. Why are you giving homes?
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  Why giving Hadiya? Or look at the organizations,
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  look at the centers, look at what they're doing.
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  One week after I had the honor of receiving the Blessed Amama
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  from Sam, I had to say it, Marjah, say the Sistani.
• 1:09:08
  It was during the 15th of Shaban, before the holy month of
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  Ramadan. I came to London and I was
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  entering an Islamic centre in the High Street just before I
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  was, I think so the first week I'm in this.
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  Attire. Attire wearing the amama in
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  London. A car stopped.
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  He put his window down. He doesn't know me and neither I
• 1:09:41
  know him. But this is what we need to be
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  careful. Not for me, but we can see where
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  the rumours and how people want to fuel.
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  How they get influenced? He said Harami, say it.
• 1:09:52
  What have you done with the funds of the whole of Iraq and
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  now you're here? A lot and.
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  I thought to myself, I love to myself, wow, thinking look how
• 1:10:00
  much people wish to share rumours, fabricated news, so
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  much. So that's become not just an
• 1:10:12
  economic issue, a political issue, but what to target Shia
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  Muslims, Shia itna actually Muslim faith.
• 1:10:25
  Of course, the best response with the Hatabak Mujah Salaam
• 1:10:29
  Salaam. When I walked into the Islamic
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  center and remembers of the 12th Imam and thought to myself that
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  these kind of rumors are not just today, during the time of
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  the Imams of the how much they used to say about the
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  corruptions and what occurred and during the time of the Holy
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  Prophets, Allah, Allah, you understand how much they used to
• 1:10:51
  stir rumors so that people do not show their love and support
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  towards the Holy Prophet and Holy Imams and the holy albeit
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  Allah Muslim. And as Sid mentioned that if
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  there is mismanagement or if there is something, then that
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  should be addressed, addressed to the the scholars or to those
• 1:11:15
  who are responsible and it should be taken care of.
• 1:11:18
  I would like to remind ourself of a grace incident of the one
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  of the Ulema that when we go to the holy city of Najafil Ashraf,
• 1:11:30
  most of us who enter through Babul Kabbalah on the left and
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  Ansari and he is reminded for of his fit work.
• 1:11:42
  This was all work but also this story is many times mentioned
• 1:11:46
  and you can see it also in anecdotes for reflection and I
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  recommend our young ones especially to read these
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  incidents of our Olama. I agree.
• 1:11:57
  Yeah. What what they went through.
• 1:12:01
  He says that the incident of one of his students or one of the
• 1:12:07
  members who loved him so much, he saw in the dream that Shaitan
• 1:12:12
  Oeblis says that I have all these threads, strings, ropes to
• 1:12:19
  pull people to my path. And then the one who was seeing
• 1:12:24
  Shaitan in the dream said, but what's this chain?
• 1:12:30
  And it's cut into fuses. They said I've tried to bring
• 1:12:33
  someone to my path and I've struggled.
• 1:12:36
  Shaitan Oeblis who Porto von Ansari Sheh Muto del Ansari,
• 1:12:45
  this dream, is there any relevance?
• 1:12:47
  What's it got to do with me? What should I do but let me go
• 1:12:50
  on related to the alim of the time, the febri of the time.
• 1:12:56
  Is there any background towards it?
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  He informs him, and then he puts his head down with humility.
• 1:13:05
  He says there was a a caravan going to Umrah pilgrimage or
• 1:13:12
  Hajj, the Ziyarat and that's sahab al Hamble.
• 1:13:16
  He gave me a sack full of amanat and I took it and placed in the
• 1:13:23
  basement in the safe. After some time a few days we
• 1:13:29
  had some guests and the fan informed me that if you can get
• 1:13:36
  something or provide something for the for the guests we had
• 1:13:41
  water and dates and some simple offerings.
• 1:13:44
  Of course the Alema against some people.
• 1:13:48
  Again the rumours that they keep on saying it's not the truth.
• 1:13:51
  Go go visit the Alema where they are and their humble life, he
• 1:13:59
  said. I went to the safe in the
• 1:14:01
  basement and thought maybe I can borrow some of the money that's
• 1:14:07
  there from that sack and repay after a few days as he did not
• 1:14:12
  have the means at the time. He said a few times I went up
• 1:14:18
  the stairs, came back down, up the stairs, came back down until
• 1:14:21
  I left in the sea and said what if I pass away in the next day
• 1:14:25
  or two? No one knows how much I do, how
• 1:14:29
  much I need to give back. And we offered our guests what
• 1:14:34
  the dates and the water and the simple offering, he says.
• 1:14:37
  It may be that Shaitano Oblis wanted to make me take some of
• 1:14:42
  that, but I always remembered that, no, this is Amana and I'm
• 1:14:47
  sure that I'll give it back to Sahib Al Amana, even if he had,
• 1:14:52
  and he had the permission to do so.
• 1:14:55
  Even so. And this is what we need to
• 1:14:58
  remind ourselves of our own Aman the great role they have and how
• 1:15:03
  much you know we've seen in the Islamic laws book many of the
• 1:15:08
  amount they have the art. Yes, precaution, precaution with
• 1:15:13
  your and with mine and with your ferkey rulings.
• 1:15:19
  Indeed, they have also precaution with a lot of the
• 1:15:21
  financial transactions. They have so much the art and
• 1:15:27
  how much they take extra care to ensure that they are taken in
• 1:15:33
  the best. Of care certainly that's a very
• 1:15:34
  beautiful story and it allows us to reflect of and remember that
• 1:15:38
  our Olama are careful in these things, the mindful of
• 1:15:41
  everything that happens and it reminds me of a story all
• 1:15:44
  mentioned as long as when Imam Ali was in the treasury and the
• 1:15:47
  candle and things like this, like I want to learn from
• 1:15:51
  situations like this. We look up to their debate and
• 1:15:54
  inshallah, I do want to say first to me, Allah protect you
• 1:15:56
  and bless you. Thanks for sharing that personal
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  incident that you came across and experienced.
• 1:16:02
  It goes to show that rumours can affect the Shia all around the
• 1:16:06
  world if we're not careful with these Chinese whispers when it
• 1:16:09
  comes to how Holmes is handled in our institutions.
• 1:16:12
  I just want to ask a further question on Holmes.
• 1:16:14
  There was a question that came today.
• 1:16:16
  It actually came in today on Instagram by one of our members
• 1:16:23
  from the aftermath audience, and he said he mentioned something
• 1:16:26
  else that I'll bring you up during the discussion.
• 1:16:29
  He said we live here in the West.
• 1:16:32
  Sometimes he feels as if though when he gives us Homs money and
• 1:16:37
  it's serving its purpose is going to places such as Iraq and
• 1:16:40
  it's looking after orphans, it's looking after with those,
• 1:16:43
  etcetera. But what about us here in the
• 1:16:46
  West? We have financial problems.
• 1:16:48
  We have orphans here as well. We have with those here as well.
• 1:16:51
  And there's no help from Homs money here in the West.
• 1:16:54
  Or at least maybe he doesn't know how to go seek it.
• 1:16:57
  But why do we feel why? Why do people feel like most of
• 1:17:01
  our homes money goes to specific countries and not here at home?
• 1:17:08
  Said, Can we relate from yourself, from the United?
• 1:17:11
  States for sure, I think, I think the beauty of having us
• 1:17:15
  here. We got the best of both.
• 1:17:17
  What you have said on top of that, I think the shared
• 1:17:20
  experiences between across the ponds, across the pond, as you
• 1:17:23
  say, and to be honest, most of the issues are common
• 1:17:26
  denominators. People deal with the same
• 1:17:28
  struggles and problems and issues.
• 1:17:30
  And on particularly this point, yeah, if there's an issue nearby
• 1:17:39
  and there has been given a certificate by the local
• 1:17:42
  institution that has received permission, a Jaza, A Jaza, A
• 1:17:48
  Jaza, the Salaam Hoku, Sharia homes, whatever.
• 1:17:51
  In fact, from the jurisprudential conditions of
• 1:17:55
  Zakat Al Fitra from Shahramahan, the watch of mandatory charity
• 1:18:00
  at the end of Shahramah, that is debated by every person who was
• 1:18:03
  a dependent of every household authority, is that it goes
• 1:18:09
  towards the first needed individual or person in need in
• 1:18:14
  your region, in area. If that is not something
• 1:18:18
  practical, as in that's not something that can be catered
• 1:18:21
  to, there really isn't something that can cater to that.
• 1:18:25
  Then you can send the outside and you can maybe deliver it to
• 1:18:29
  the matters that you follow and then they'll receive it and then
• 1:18:32
  they redistribute it to those in need.
• 1:18:35
  But it ought to be the case. The priority is local.
• 1:18:39
  And I think many institutions, both in America and Michigan,
• 1:18:44
  particularly here in in London, simply request, you know, does
• 1:18:49
  this center have permission such that I can give my, my, my
• 1:18:54
  charity, my Sadafat, my zakat, my homes to you and then they
• 1:18:59
  will use it to allocate to those who are in need.
• 1:19:04
  There was a lady here whose, whose legal status is, is, is
• 1:19:09
  struggling. She had just moved.
• 1:19:11
  Immigration is not a topic. She's financially, you know,
• 1:19:15
  struggling fiscally, she's old and you know, people are sending
• 1:19:21
  their homes to our institutions and one would imagine, you know,
• 1:19:25
  they're just being sent to Iraq and this lady right here is
• 1:19:27
  coming for help. One phone call.
• 1:19:29
  We have this lady. You have permission to give her
• 1:19:31
  from the Sam of Imam and Mehdi. Imam and Mehdi share Imam and
• 1:19:34
  Mehdi with wire. It's just a quick phone call.
• 1:19:37
  You'd be surprised that the will not tell you bring it here
• 1:19:42
  instead they'll tell you no no. If there's an issue existing
• 1:19:45
  pre-existing near you deal with it.
• 1:19:47
  Someone struggling someone abandoned the those who are
• 1:19:54
  young children who are orphans especially that's a priority.
• 1:19:59
  That's Ola. But at times apprentices I have
• 1:20:03
  and I want to give you can give in two ways.
• 1:20:05
  You can give in just from the door of Sadaqa Charity requires
• 1:20:08
  no one's permission, no one's approval here I have to do give
• 1:20:11
  Sadaqa. You can give Sadaqa to even
• 1:20:14
  those who are non-Muslims if they're.
• 1:20:16
  Decent people as well. This has been granted as
• 1:20:18
  permission priority and this is just natural goes to your own
• 1:20:23
  fellow believer who's struggling and get prioritized remote
• 1:20:26
  meaning remote may not they're with you and then help others as
• 1:20:30
  well as you can. So there are a list of
• 1:20:31
  priorities as far as your family if they're abandoned you can go
• 1:20:34
  somewhere else and that's like a level ask you something around
• 1:20:36
  what's going on over here and then there's also institutions
• 1:20:40
  that have received certification to provide this is our example
• 1:20:43
  in in Michigan. This is very common.
• 1:20:45
  This is very and we fell Hamdulillah our or they might
• 1:20:49
  look out for us. I said sitting all the way in
• 1:20:51
  Najaf, go on to Haran where else?
• 1:20:54
  And they say, listen, if you have needs here, you have
• 1:20:56
  permission to spend it. And that's not, I mean, that's
• 1:20:59
  not a concern. So.
• 1:20:59
  It's very reassuring to hear Saeedna.
• 1:21:02
  I definitely said that. I think also I said that Yani
• 1:21:06
  and Hamdullah explained really well.
• 1:21:10
  We need to also remind my name that Holmes is split into two.
• 1:21:12
  There is that you have the complete freedom of giving it to
• 1:21:21
  a poor Sayed. That's Sam Asad.
• 1:21:23
  You don't need to ask the office of the manager or the permission
• 1:21:28
  of the manager. And as long as that Sam Asada,
• 1:21:32
  the portion of the Sayed is under the conditions, for
• 1:21:36
  example of the poverty or or the need, then you can give it to
• 1:21:42
  the individual yourself. And that Sahmul Imam, the share
• 1:21:46
  of the Imam, again, many of the centers, schools, institutes of
• 1:21:52
  various places, they have the ijaza and we have some
• 1:21:57
  organizations in the Shia Muslim world that they remind them that
• 1:22:06
  we have the ijaza of the respected motherja.
• 1:22:09
  And the ijaza is for us to prioritize our own centres, our
• 1:22:16
  own communities and our own work.
• 1:22:20
  And that in itself gives us the opportunity of growth, internal
• 1:22:25
  growth. Now sometimes you have that kind
• 1:22:28
  of question. Yes.
• 1:22:29
  I had another situation last week where we had the
• 1:22:34
  opportunity to visit one of the communities and we have some
• 1:22:38
  people actually say I would love to give to the more, many more
• 1:22:43
  many in Afghanistan, more many in the various parts of the
• 1:22:46
  world and they'll ask us how. Do we give it?
• 1:22:47
  Yeah. So you find that we need to also
• 1:22:50
  know that there are people who have various queries in this
• 1:22:54
  matter. Yes, in your own local vicinity
• 1:22:58
  when there is the need and give. That would be a beautiful point
• 1:23:06
  to start with this. Beautiful example.
• 1:23:08
  Say it as you remember when the crisis in Libnan happened,
• 1:23:11
  Harmar Raja said. Listen 3/4 or all completely of
• 1:23:16
  all the homes just send it there.
• 1:23:18
  No. Skips and you get to me and I
• 1:23:20
  give it. Just send it there.
• 1:23:22
  People are struggling, they need help.
• 1:23:24
  Homes are destroyed. Imam Mahdi wants this as they
• 1:23:27
  just just send it. Any organization that you can
• 1:23:29
  confirm is delivering or do it that.
• 1:23:31
  Sounds beautiful, Beautiful. So I don't know, We are more
• 1:23:34
  than halfway through Inshallah. Now we enter the final segment
• 1:23:37
  from today's questions. And this is this is actually
• 1:23:40
  quite interesting because it's relating to artificial
• 1:23:43
  intelligence and regarding adaptability.
• 1:23:47
  With AI answering fatwas faster than humans, should scholars
• 1:23:51
  evolve or risk slowly fading into irrelevance in years to
• 1:23:55
  come? And the world of artificial
• 1:23:57
  intelligence being discussed? Sorry, is the world of
• 1:24:01
  artificial intelligence being discussed in scholarly circles?
• 1:24:04
  And if so, how is it being addressed?
• 1:24:08
  AIAI discussed. It is being discussed.
• 1:24:11
  You know, the let, the latest and newest thing is always at
• 1:24:14
  the forefront of the concerns of local scholars, regional and
• 1:24:20
  even the House of seminary. These are discussions that are
• 1:24:23
  being held at a basic level to see what's going on.
• 1:24:28
  What's this thing that's trending?
• 1:24:29
  And yeah, this is well known. My father personally is is well
• 1:24:32
  familiar with ChatGPT and utilizes it to his best
• 1:24:37
  advantage and interest. And he says these things are
• 1:24:41
  blessings from Allah. But there is that concern, you
• 1:24:44
  know, if Candace take over one day and at the end of the day,
• 1:24:49
  just remind yourself of the acronym.
• 1:24:51
  It's artificial intelligence. It's not genuine intelligence.
• 1:24:55
  It's not GI genuine intelligence, yes.
• 1:24:58
  And what would the difference be if they're just doing the same
• 1:25:00
  thing? One is pattern recognition.
• 1:25:03
  It just knows that when you say hi, how are you?
• 1:25:06
  The response is going to be typically good.
• 1:25:08
  How are you? It's just that's the average.
• 1:25:10
  Programs. Programming algorithm.
• 1:25:14
  What you are discussing in regards to leadership and the
• 1:25:19
  new age thing involves a bit more than that.
• 1:25:22
  It involves an intelligence that is intertwined with faith.
• 1:25:28
  Bates make mention that the island who you are to emulate is
• 1:25:35
  one who whoever looks at the Haram of ours and the Haram of
• 1:25:42
  ours and is obedient to their Lord, submitting to his will
• 1:25:47
  against what he doesn't approve away from his own desires.
• 1:25:52
  These things can't be done by a robot obedient to the Lord
• 1:25:56
  against his own, you know, desires and wills forbearance
• 1:26:01
  with when it comes to the distractions and things of that
• 1:26:03
  nature. That means there's a soul,
• 1:26:05
  right? And so I think scholars use
• 1:26:08
  this. I've seen many who utilize and
• 1:26:10
  benefit from this. It's never going to replace.
• 1:26:13
  But just aids them. Aids it's assisting.
• 1:26:15
  It's like, listen, I need a narration really quickly and you
• 1:26:18
  have to also be careful. Sometimes it gives you a source
• 1:26:20
  that's not you have to also do your own due diligence.
• 1:26:22
  If you can't replace your own research.
• 1:26:25
  This is a way to help you organize and structure things
• 1:26:28
  and in in in in doing my masters, I benefited a lot from
• 1:26:32
  structuring. Give me a layout, a template and
• 1:26:35
  I'm like, you know what? This could be useful if back at
• 1:26:38
  the House of days, which, by the way, never end.
• 1:26:40
  How's it always continuous? You always learn in Masha'allah.
• 1:26:45
  This could be a well, you know, useful, resourceful tool to help
• 1:26:49
  structure, you know, a list of aspects of rules, of conditions,
• 1:26:54
  of the exceptions in a very convenient way.
• 1:26:57
  I don't see any risk in it. I don't see any concern.
• 1:27:00
  I think the concerns are superficial because nothing will
• 1:27:03
  replace a genuine soul as Heckman as opposed to something
• 1:27:07
  that just knows pattern recognition.
• 1:27:09
  And no, this is on the forefront.
• 1:27:10
  This genuinely is in regards to discussions and what are the
• 1:27:14
  risks, What are the pros and how can we navigate it.
• 1:27:16
  You know what I remember, I remember YouTube, YouTube when
• 1:27:19
  it first came out, It was a discussion between us back in
• 1:27:23
  the day as it appropriate to upload our videos on YouTube
• 1:27:27
  because it has music. You know what became a recent
• 1:27:30
  discussion? TikTok as well, is it OK if we
• 1:27:33
  make because it has this as well.
• 1:27:36
  And so, but where do we do this on our own record?
• 1:27:38
  We seek the advice of our leaders, of our Lama.
• 1:27:41
  What do you think this platform, is it befitting or not?
• 1:27:44
  And so in order for them to answer, they have to be familiar
• 1:27:47
  with it. They have to be.
• 1:27:48
  AI is definitely one of those as well.
• 1:27:49
  It's not an exception. That sounds beautiful.
• 1:27:52
  Yes, definitely. In the last few years, I've even
• 1:27:54
  noticed some of the topic titles of Maginus.
• 1:27:57
  Yeah, I've been a whole topic lecture about artificial
• 1:28:01
  intelligence, AI and is it going to replace the ITIL law is going
• 1:28:07
  to replace the ulema? And I think there was one done
• 1:28:09
  by say that Muhammad Baker Kazwini.
• 1:28:11
  Correct recently. So it is has always been a
• 1:28:15
  discussion in the last few years.
• 1:28:17
  And we need to also be extremely careful as we have seen
• 1:28:22
  sometimes a number of mistakes. Remember, these mistakes are not
• 1:28:28
  about for example, a formula or something like that.
• 1:28:32
  It's about your Salah or for example, you're a bad or for
• 1:28:37
  example, certain rituals that has given that has been given by
• 1:28:43
  these. Sometimes even apps now are
• 1:28:46
  using AI and you're asking an Islamic question and it gives
• 1:28:50
  you and we've seen we've tested it a few times and gives a wrong
• 1:28:53
  response. So we need to give extreme care
• 1:28:58
  and think about a few times. So we shouldn't be asking, for
• 1:29:02
  example, chat GBC Islamic rulings.
• 1:29:05
  Rather things such as, you know, I lost the part, Alice's first,
• 1:29:09
  I had a Dick the last one to give us the go to the go to the
• 1:29:17
  go to the Holy Prophet, go to the go to those who are aware of
• 1:29:21
  the rulings, aware of the scholarly advice, go to them.
• 1:29:27
  So those listening and watching Don.
• 1:29:32
  I feel like a lot of scholars just touch on these topics
• 1:29:35
  because it's trending topics and they don't actually like delve
• 1:29:38
  into it too much. For example, with crypto, when
• 1:29:42
  it first became a trend, every scholar was talking about it and
• 1:29:47
  I felt as if a lot of scholars were just going on whatever the
• 1:29:50
  first thing that came to their mind without.
• 1:29:52
  And then later on, as things developed, they learnt more and
• 1:29:54
  more and then ideas started changing.
• 1:29:58
  How, how, how should we like listen to these sort of things?
• 1:30:04
  So trend is a huge thing now even in I mean not just here in
• 1:30:10
  the Western world, but we find trend or whatever's now
• 1:30:15
  trending. Trending is something that many
• 1:30:18
  of even speakers or those who are on social media are using to
• 1:30:24
  share their scholarly opinion or their views on it.
• 1:30:30
  As mentioned, for example, even about cryptocurrency.
• 1:30:34
  But what we need to do is refer to the Ulema and the Malaja
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  regards to these rules, regards to these topics.
• 1:30:43
  And again with Hikma, and sometimes you find that's that
• 1:30:49
  animal knowledge may give an precaution in it.
• 1:30:54
  Don't expect an animal to give immediately.
• 1:30:57
  Yeah, the straightaway response. Why are they not responding?
• 1:31:00
  Well, I've just sent a message, or I've just sent an e-mail I
• 1:31:02
  don't want. It just takes time.
• 1:31:03
  Yeah, yeah. There needs to be a Moreover,
• 1:31:07
  there needs to be a scholarly discussion about it, especially
• 1:31:12
  with these new phenomena or trending issues that are
• 1:31:18
  occurring needs to be huge expertise level discussions
• 1:31:26
  regards to these matters. And some of them are mature in
• 1:31:30
  itself. Some of them are like, in
• 1:31:34
  reality, we don't know what's going on.
• 1:31:36
  We need to know more and more and more.
• 1:31:38
  And therefore you find, especially in some of these
• 1:31:41
  topics, the various scholarly opinions in this matter.
• 1:31:45
  Sense of sense of AH. I, I, I, I couldn't agree more.
• 1:31:50
  Yeah, I need trends are, you know, at the same time, while
• 1:31:55
  they are annoying, they are at least important to at least, you
• 1:31:59
  know, know what is popular, what's influencing my son.
• 1:32:03
  Yeah. What are they going to be
• 1:32:04
  listening to? And I think, I think, you know,
• 1:32:06
  we have to look up the cup half full at times and see well.
• 1:32:10
  Clearly. The scholar sees that there's a
• 1:32:12
  need, and he's like, let me address.
• 1:32:13
  It yeah, I do feel like just to add also to Mr. Best question
• 1:32:17
  and an answer if possible, if I can't say it often with your
• 1:32:19
  permission, is that I think sometimes trends are important
• 1:32:24
  because in many ways it affects the Muslims are on the wall.
• 1:32:28
  There you go. And if it's not being addressed
• 1:32:30
  and people are just hopping on these trends and don't know if
• 1:32:33
  it's OK to follow or pursue, then they may be, you know, no.
• 1:32:37
  No, my thing is I feel like scholars just.
• 1:32:40
  Disingenuous. For the sake of it, just because
• 1:32:43
  it's the trending because. It's popular, so they give.
• 1:32:45
  They don't like you might feel like they don't actually know
• 1:32:47
  what they're talking about, so. You mean they don't answer the
• 1:32:50
  trend head on, they just discuss it because they think it's
• 1:32:53
  relevant? Yeah, just because everyone's
• 1:32:55
  chatting about it, but it's like I said, Ali said.
• 1:32:57
  It's it's nice that they'll they'll give you AT out before,
• 1:33:00
  which is what you should expect from them rather than trying to
• 1:33:03
  jump to a conclusion. You're right.
• 1:33:05
  I think there are two ways this works.
• 1:33:07
  One person might tell you listen because it's very hot.
• 1:33:11
  I think it's worth discussing. People will pay attention.
• 1:33:14
  May Allah bless that person. At the same time, I I see that
• 1:33:19
  I'm optimistic that most of our upright people who speak on the
• 1:33:22
  monopoly who say that this is not a small position.
• 1:33:25
  This is the member of Adel Bait that they take this for serious
• 1:33:29
  and they are responsible and they say, look, I know this is
• 1:33:32
  going to be a very controversial when COVID kicked in.
• 1:33:36
  What was everyone's favorite lecture about all COVID really
• 1:33:39
  is this a Latina from Allah? What's going on?
• 1:33:42
  Is this signs of reappearance? Some may have jumped on the
• 1:33:45
  whole, it's a it's a hot topic and I cannot but talk about it.
• 1:33:50
  Crisis occurs or genocide in certain regions of the world.
• 1:33:54
  It makes sense to discuss these things.
• 1:33:56
  So on one hand, I'm not going to for example, assume the worst I,
• 1:33:59
  but at the same time, you should ought to address issues that are
• 1:34:03
  relevant and necessary. And if it's an area that you
• 1:34:07
  feel person X didn't do so good of a job, let me assume that
• 1:34:13
  this was their humble conclusion and not aim at this disingenuine
• 1:34:18
  only looking for a trend as opposed to, for example, genuine
• 1:34:21
  wants to maybe maybe this was their way.
• 1:34:24
  You know, I'm not sure of seeing.
• 1:34:27
  I mean, I could do a service to society.
• 1:34:29
  And if one doesn't, you know, fit your bill, I think there's
• 1:34:31
  going to be others that also discuss this.
• 1:34:33
  Trends are important to at least follow.
• 1:34:35
  Why not follow in the sense, by the way, of trying to see what's
• 1:34:38
  what's going on, what's popular, not to at least not to mimic.
• 1:34:42
  There was a campaign me and a few brothers decided to jump on
• 1:34:46
  is the Imam and Mehdi trend, where we wanted to get the
• 1:34:49
  #imamahdi or Yamahdi trending. And I don't think it was because
• 1:34:56
  of like my effort necessarily, but it was a collective
• 1:34:59
  initiative where we got in the top ten trending hashtags in
• 1:35:03
  Canada was Yamahdi beautiful. So the whole country of Canada,
• 1:35:06
  it just happened to be that everyone pulled in together on
• 1:35:09
  this one day. 15. I just all share this as much as
• 1:35:11
  you can with this hashtag. Top 10 was ya Mahdi.
• 1:35:14
  So now awoke awoke a a fire inside us all.
• 1:35:18
  We can also make the trend. We are trend setters.
• 1:35:21
  We can set the trend as opposed to just have to be in relatively
• 1:35:24
  as a following trend. So yeah.
• 1:35:25
  And in Charlotte, I I hope and I pray that everyone is doing
• 1:35:30
  their best. If it's not done in the the
• 1:35:32
  maybe the most effective way. It's just not about, you know,
• 1:35:35
  their lack of genuinity and Charlotte how it is.
• 1:35:39
  Everyone's just trying their best.
• 1:35:40
  Of course, of course, no beautiful answers, but I think
• 1:35:43
  one thing we gathered regarding AI is that no one can replace
• 1:35:46
  our Olama. And certainly Allah says, you
• 1:35:48
  know, we establish in this world Khalifa.
• 1:35:51
  So Chat GPTA replacing any want. I'm interested to know we can't
• 1:35:54
  replace the Olama with ChatGPT, but can we replace?
• 1:35:58
  Oh, Mr. Hi Little. We're Donald Co host, by the
• 1:36:03
  way. How do you?
• 1:36:04
  Replace him with an artificial. We can get a photo, We have a
• 1:36:09
  photo in the background that's. A sensitive topic an.
• 1:36:11
  Unofficial An unofficial vocal. Inshallah we see him soon back
• 1:36:14
  on the podcast Shala mentioning him and Fairly does send his
• 1:36:16
  alarms by. Let's them protect them as well.
• 1:36:18
  Nothing can replace. YouTube accent accent for Ahmed
• 1:36:21
  we Allah protect them. Are we replaceable or am I
• 1:36:23
  replaceable? Are you that to say wish them
• 1:36:25
  what's all in his hands that's priceless.
• 1:36:28
  So that in regards to adaptability, I think we're
• 1:36:31
  going to come to the final question in this segment.
• 1:36:34
  And I, I think this one that something we can all relate to.
• 1:36:37
  It's a hot topic when it comes to, for example, the matters of
• 1:36:40
  philistine and Gaza, things like this.
• 1:36:42
  And the question is, why do some scholars actively address urgent
• 1:36:46
  social political issues in their sermons, while others refrain
• 1:36:50
  citing caution? Where should the line between
• 1:36:53
  wisdom and responsibility be drawn?
• 1:36:57
  And if we can use the example of Gaza in your answers.
• 1:37:01
  Of course, we look up towards our Maraja and our Olama and the
• 1:37:09
  advice from the scholars regards to these matters, social,
• 1:37:15
  political and the events that have taken place in Philistine
• 1:37:20
  and Reza. Of course, we look up to the
• 1:37:24
  Maraja and their statements and the statements that occurred on
• 1:37:30
  a number of occasions regards to what occurred during the events
• 1:37:35
  in the last few years. And you find some of the more
• 1:37:39
  Menin or some of the scholars or some of the speakers would like
• 1:37:42
  to relate it directly, Some want to analyse it.
• 1:37:47
  The Office of the Menagerie, These are the verdicts and these
• 1:37:52
  are the statements and this is what I would like to share with
• 1:37:57
  you all. And some of them, the Olama
• 1:38:01
  themselves would like to also give their scholarly view in
• 1:38:07
  addition that Alma Raja, what's their verdict?
• 1:38:11
  And now my remember we said that there are Olama, there are Olama
• 1:38:16
  who have expertise and are aware of the situation and the
• 1:38:22
  scenario. And you have many of those who
• 1:38:25
  are in their Friday sermons who would like to share the current,
• 1:38:32
  current affairs and current events that are taking place.
• 1:38:35
  Of course, with this, with this event and with these events,
• 1:38:39
  with these tragic events that are taking place, we need to
• 1:38:43
  relate to the 12th amount. We need to relate to the one who
• 1:38:49
  Inshallah will be returning justice and peace and it should
• 1:38:54
  be an opportunity for us to really yearn for his arrival and
• 1:39:00
  really relate that without him there is for us no true survival
• 1:39:05
  and we need the hastening of the reappearance of our way to the
• 1:39:10
  amount. It should also reflect on our
• 1:39:14
  position, our mahalm towards our of the amount and our love
• 1:39:20
  towards the AL Bait. Our name was Salaam, our love
• 1:39:23
  towards Imam and Hussein and Awalu, Imam Amir al Mumin, Awalu
• 1:39:28
  Matlu, the Holy Prophet, How much I've done that was towards
• 1:39:31
  him. Where would I be?
• 1:39:33
  Where would I be on the day of Ashura?
• 1:39:36
  Imam Hussain Magloom Nagloom. I had a debate and should be
• 1:39:40
  again for us all, a self reflection events that are
• 1:39:44
  taking place in the world today and the versatile race in the
• 1:39:48
  world here. And my heart, and my position
• 1:39:54
  and my gander. Said something.
• 1:39:59
  These tragedies, I think, have not gone overlooked.
• 1:40:04
  Our ulama were the first and among the first on the forefront
• 1:40:08
  to condemn them. And I think sometimes people see
• 1:40:11
  that the job has been done in a very effective way.
• 1:40:16
  So in one way they see that, look, our representative acted
• 1:40:21
  on our behalf and. Did an exceptional job by making
• 1:40:25
  it quite clear that I vehemently condemn in the name of God, in
• 1:40:29
  the name of humanity. Not only that, we will do our
• 1:40:32
  best, allocate funds, support those who are resisting.
• 1:40:36
  Try to pray as well though undermine prayer.
• 1:40:38
  It's our Olamahu at the forefront and it trickles down
• 1:40:42
  from those who are on the top the Medjanian and Najaf
• 1:40:45
  anywhere. And and Subhanallah, I mean, if
• 1:40:48
  people keep saying this notion of our scholars, the bicker,
• 1:40:52
  they have fights and things like that, no, they're united.
• 1:40:55
  Look at this one issue, all of them.
• 1:40:57
  And I mean genuinely without exception, there was no island
• 1:41:00
  Dean from our representative representary world of the
• 1:41:04
  seminary, except that they spoke out and they condemned the issue
• 1:41:07
  statements and they said everyone can do this is a tech
• 1:41:09
  leaf, etcetera. And on one hand, you have to
• 1:41:12
  also recall that there are influencer scholars and may
• 1:41:16
  Allah bless them and protect them who do the good work, who
• 1:41:19
  are out there, who are speaking directly to the youth.
• 1:41:21
  And there are those who are scholars, but they're not
• 1:41:23
  influencers. And just because they haven't
• 1:41:26
  done it, you know, opposed or shared something doesn't mean
• 1:41:30
  that number 1. And I know this might sound
• 1:41:33
  superficial, but they have at least prayed.
• 1:41:36
  And I think I say that because people say, what's with your
• 1:41:38
  prayers? Don't undermine the power of
• 1:41:40
  prayer. Their hearts were with them if
• 1:41:42
  you want their voices to be with them, I'm sure their voices
• 1:41:45
  would be there if maybe their circumstances were more
• 1:41:47
  convenient for that. Oftentimes people need to recall
• 1:41:50
  there are scholars are limited based on resources and place as
• 1:41:53
  well. And the best way to be effective
• 1:41:56
  is in ways that maybe you did not see publicly, but you don't
• 1:41:59
  know what he's doing behind the scenes encouraging other what we
• 1:42:02
  need to rise to stat to speak the legal restrictions as well.
• 1:42:06
  Some might say give up all of that and and rise.
• 1:42:10
  That's your discretion, but there's a greater purpose of
• 1:42:14
  priority. And often times these risks,
• 1:42:18
  these are done or not done unless they're they're using the
• 1:42:24
  advice and the guidelines of their superior of their
• 1:42:28
  authority. What is our tech leaf?
• 1:42:30
  And I think this is a question we all ask, What is my duty
• 1:42:32
  here? That was something that made us
• 1:42:34
  all sad. And till today, it's like, what
• 1:42:37
  am I supposed to do when I'm just watching on my phone here?
• 1:42:40
  Our duty was #1 to see where we stand in history so that our
• 1:42:43
  hearts were in the right place. And the way to do that is
• 1:42:46
  through these. And some of them are being very
• 1:42:49
  vocal because of their circumstances.
• 1:42:51
  Allowed. And this is the Quranic metric.
• 1:42:53
  And everyone does that which they are most effective and able
• 1:43:02
  to do. It's your position to speak
• 1:43:05
  because you have that platform, you have that space.
• 1:43:08
  I felt in my personal sense, that kind of responsibility on
• 1:43:11
  my end as I do have that access, I have that reach.
• 1:43:15
  Others said, listen, I may not have this, but I manage a
• 1:43:18
  community. However, I'm restricted because
• 1:43:21
  I am watched and I have a lot of conditions that I have to
• 1:43:25
  maintain to manage my position here.
• 1:43:28
  But what I will do is this. I will make it so obvious that
• 1:43:31
  we condemn violence, atrocities and today we have to stand
• 1:43:34
  together when there are demonstrations.
• 1:43:36
  That's my role, but I can't be as vocal yet.
• 1:43:38
  Everyone serves a role down to the house.
• 1:43:41
  Mothers will say, listen, my daughter, I know your heart is
• 1:43:43
  broken. Her role is to remind her that
• 1:43:46
  we have an imam as well to give her hope.
• 1:43:49
  And that's from the smallest case to the largest, from that
• 1:43:52
  mom talking to her daughter to the merger Dean who's saying I'm
• 1:43:55
  going to issue a statement, but I want hope from the imam of my
• 1:43:58
  time. Because at the end of the day,
• 1:43:59
  they also are beseeching from that little girl to that grand
• 1:44:03
  epic paragon of intelligence sitting in the house.
• 1:44:06
  Both of them are praying for one thing, that at the end of the
• 1:44:09
  day, there's an imam out there. And so everyone does what they
• 1:44:12
  can. It's all circumstantial.
• 1:44:13
  It's all relative to their situation.
• 1:44:16
  And just because some you may not have seen publicly, you
• 1:44:19
  cannot judge and say, well, there was no activity in ways we
• 1:44:23
  do not perceive and realize that they may have been so public
• 1:44:26
  about what they wanted. And some of the best of actions
• 1:44:28
  are done without you even knowing where credit is given
• 1:44:31
  and the best credit is given to the Imam of our time.
• 1:44:33
  It's only a miracle we still stand today with all the
• 1:44:36
  persecution, with all the hatred, with all that that has
• 1:44:39
  been going on. And that's a testament that if
• 1:44:42
  he's the reason through Allah, then he will be the solution as
• 1:44:46
  well as shalatan. Son to Mahsatam, very
• 1:44:48
  beautifully said. And on that note, we end today's
• 1:44:51
  episodes. Allah Mahajala Willika Farah is
• 1:44:54
  taken from this towards the end of the segments.
• 1:44:58
  May Allah, you know, bring ease and peace towards the region in
• 1:45:01
  the Middle East and to those suffering in the Gaza, and then
• 1:45:04
  to the siege and then to the killing, to the violence and the
• 1:45:06
  massacres that take place on a daily basis.
• 1:45:08
  And may Allah and Shallah give them that relief so that thank
• 1:45:11
  you so much for today. I've genuinely benefited so
• 1:45:14
  much. If I ask any question like you
• 1:45:16
  felt I'm very uncomfortable with, please forgive me.
• 1:45:19
  They were not from me. They were not written by me.
• 1:45:21
  They were written by the team collectively.
• 1:45:23
  So if I'm in trouble, everyone else is in trouble.
• 1:45:25
  Enough the matter. But no, seriously, thank you for
• 1:45:27
  being frank and genuinely with the answers.
• 1:45:29
  And the Charlotte aim of this episode was to, you know, offer
• 1:45:32
  clarity to those asking these questions.
• 1:45:35
  And I wouldn't ask these questions to anyone else.
• 1:45:37
  So thank you. Thank you.
• 1:45:39
  For being you on the member of the member on screen, behind
• 1:45:43
  screen. And I'll say this openly
• 1:45:45
  whenever I'm in your presence. Voila.
• 1:45:46
  I feel like I can be the most ignorant person, but you do not
• 1:45:50
  make me feel that. So thank you for the work that
• 1:45:52
  you do. We Allah give you the topic to
• 1:45:54
  continue this work. Can I mention one thing please?
• 1:45:57
  And it's a mention of narration because we were mentioning we
• 1:46:01
  have a narration. Of.
• 1:46:06
  There is a huge gap if a scholar passes away, there is a huge gap
• 1:46:12
  in Islam that will keep on feeding and feeding and feeding
• 1:46:18
  till the day of judgement. And how many times we've had our
• 1:46:23
  beloved Al Amar senior scholars or Al Amar who have passed away
• 1:46:29
  and we really feel that gap and we feel that missing Alim in our
• 1:46:39
  presence. So we truly need to treasure our
• 1:46:42
  Adama, honor our Adama today and really constantly and
• 1:46:48
  continuously remember that these Adama are what I thought to them
• 1:46:53
  beyond and shallow. We are of those who follow the
• 1:46:58
  teachings and advice of Adama. Recently we've had our dear
• 1:47:02
  Adama who and Adama who in the past few years who've passed
• 1:47:07
  away, I believe. And you're respected, father,
• 1:47:10
  may Allah bless his soul. I remember them as a Hosseini
• 1:47:15
  Khatib and a true one that we used to attempt his majalis and
• 1:47:19
  remembrance. And let's recite a Surat Al
• 1:47:22
  Mubarak Al Fatah for the Olama who passed away and all the Aman
• 1:47:32
  homin. You're saying that you know the
• 1:47:45
  apple doesn't fall far from the tree from a Husseini to a
• 1:47:49
  Husseini. May Allah bless you and protect
• 1:47:52
  you safe we were talking about. And Mashallah, you are a shining
• 1:47:57
  example of the fruit of such examples as well.
• 1:48:00
  May Allah bless you and protect you and may Allah grant that
• 1:48:03
  Ahmed to all The Who mean in this community from the United
• 1:48:06
  States. We felt the loss of Sama had
• 1:48:08
  said Ayatollah father and Milani as well and how that has left a
• 1:48:12
  gap genuinely till today, people only sing his praise Ulamah that
• 1:48:17
  have left their presence. And sometimes you don't know
• 1:48:20
  what you have until it's gone. So let's try our best to
• 1:48:23
  recognize the name before before it vanishes.
• 1:48:26
  At the same time, it's not all sad because Al Ali more height
• 1:48:30
  or in kind of how much do we still talk about them as if
• 1:48:35
  they're with us right now because they're alive even if
• 1:48:38
  they have passed and those of the ignorance they're dead even
• 1:48:41
  if they're talking in front of you blabbering all day saying
• 1:48:44
  that whole the homes is going away and not being utilized as a
• 1:48:48
  yeah, those people are dead to me.
• 1:48:50
  But in any case, may Allah bless you and bless our inshallah.
• 1:48:53
  Let us recognize their name before it's too late.
• 1:48:56
  May Allah bless them. Ahsan tamahsan Tami, Allah bless
• 1:48:59
  you Mahomi and thank you for the kind words.
• 1:49:02
  May Allah bless all our Alamah that have passed and Shallah
• 1:49:05
  protect all the Alamah who are alive until today.
• 1:49:07
  Because we continue to benefit from them and learn from them in
• 1:49:11
  many ways. They are more than just
• 1:49:12
  spiritual guys. We can call them our fathers.
• 1:49:14
  And when we lose our Alamah we actually do feel often.
• 1:49:17
  And of course we also remember we brought up say father and
• 1:49:20
  Milani. I remember we discussed like
• 1:49:22
  with his loss, who can represent the gap that's now gone from
• 1:49:28
  knowledge in London. And those are discussions
• 1:49:30
  regarding this. And it just goes to show how
• 1:49:32
  much Alamar play a critical role in our day-to-day lives.
• 1:49:36
  And the Sha Allah. If you liked this episode, if
• 1:49:39
  you enjoyed the questions we asked, and if you want to see
• 1:49:41
  more episodes like this where we bring scholars on and we ask
• 1:49:44
  your questions to them directly, let us know in the comments.
• 1:49:46
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• 1:49:49
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• 1:50:03
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