Loving your Parents
Delivered 2018.
Discussing how special parents are, and the importance of loving and looking after your parents.
Belonging to Respected Professions
Why Teachers should belong to Respected Professions In the lengthy introduction of Sahih Muslim, Imam Muslim makes mention that it is impermissible for knowledge seekers to humiliate themselves. They should avoid entering professions that are viewed by the general public as lowly professions or looked down upon. E.g. like a street sweeper. This reflects badly…
How the Reward for Teaching depends on Intention alone
The Importance of having the Right Intention Purity of intention is one of the most important ingredients a teacher requires. He must be honest with himself and sincere with Allah Almighty about the true purpose of his acquiring knowledge. The moment a teacher takes a step in the circle of knowledge, he is looked upon…
2:74 How Can I Tell the Condition of my Heart?
When, even after that, your hearts were hardened, as if they were rocks, or still worse in hardness. For surely among the rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth, and there are others that crack open and water flows from them, and there are still others that fall down in fear of…
Materialism vs Everlasting Reward
The Connection between Abstinence and Knowledge Counter intuitively, instead of pursuing material gain, the best teachers of deen practice zuhud; abstaining from the quest for the perks of worldly life and possessing little of its luxuries. Ibn Abi’d-Dunya was told by some scholars: ‘The scholar should praise Allah for having deprived him of the luxuries…
Lessons From a Year at Cambridge
Delivered 2019.
Reflections on being a Muslim at Cambridge University, and the importance of balance when studying.
Protecting our Children from Atheism
Why Belief has to be Coupled with Thought Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the day and the night are evidence (of the existence of God) for people of reason. It is these who remember God while standing, sitting, or resting on their sides and who think…
Malcolm X
Delivered 2012.
A biography of Malcolm X, and the many lessons we can learn from his life.
Malcolm X – condensed version
Delivered 2016.
A condensed version of Malcolm X’s story, and the lessons his life can teach us
Miracles
Delivered 2014.
Some of the miracles given to prophets and mentioned in the Quran.
The Miracle of the Quran
Delivered 2014.
Reasons Muslims believe the Quran itself to be a miracle.
Muslims of the World
Delivered 2016.
Similarities and differences in dress and architecture of Muslims in different countries, and a discussion of how being different ultimately brings us closer together
The Nativity
Delivered 2017.
The Quranic version of the nativity story.
The Nativity – Quiz Version!
Delivered 2014.
The Quranic version of the nativity story, delivered as a quiz.
The ‘if only’ Trap
The Three Greatest Blessings on Earth How often are we waiting for just one thing to happen in order to reach a state of contment? The ‘If only I had…then everything would be perfect’ feeling Yet one simple hadith sums up everything that is perfect for us Right Now, and short du’a specifies the Two…