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Alhamdulillah,
last night I had the chance to attend a talk given by Prof.Tariq Ramadan held at Cultural Activity Centre [or known as CAC for IIUM-ians], IIUM.
Bought the ticket just before I went for umrah....Couldn't miss the talk given by the grand child of Imam Hassan Al-Banna.
Silly me left behind my precious notebook and pen so I had to borrow Eldee's pen whom by the way was my companion for the talk and jot down points on an A4 paper [which clearly wasn't enough].
I loved loved loved the talk!
The title was : In the Footsteps of the Prophet: How Muslims Should Contribute to The World
I hope my humble sharing wouldn't do injustice to whatever Prof said last night [when the video's up, I'll share the link here....inshaAllah]
Prof maintained his speech throughout the clock by relating what we should do as Muslims with how our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w did thousand years ago.
Prophet Muhammad as the best of man, an exemplary to the future generation, who lived his life according to the teachings of the quran, should be followed by the ummah. Being the person who has been promised jannah didn't stop him from performing additional ibadah along the obligatory ones because of his love for Allah...Even the sahabah couldn't match him in that sense and mind you, he was maksum.
He had beautiful qualities even before the revelation which he then become our last prophet to send the true message of Islam and that's why he was the chosen one. [falling in love much much more with this great man! allahumma solli a'la muhammad]
Furthermore, prof mentioned about the four qualities we should have that are:
1) Be confident
2) Trust Allah
3) Be ambitious
4) Have courage to speak out and do the right thing
The following will be in point forms and some sharing from FB posts:
- If you have the question "Does Allah still love me?" realizing you are full of sins, it means that Allah is still close to you, with that conscience alone.
- Be in touch with Allah.He is not monitoring our actions but He is welcoming our intentions,our quest for the truth
- Change the way you look at things. Look with your hearts,with compassion. The way you look at things is like looking into a mirror. It reflects how our hearts value them as gifts from Allah.
- To attain the love of Allah, follow the prophet with understanding, love our parents and love other people in the name of humanity
- Two things we should never forget:
1) We do not own anything and we will be accountable for everything
2) One day, we will die
"We are numerous, but yet we are nothing."
He added on by reciting a hadith:
"Thauban reported that the messenger of Allah said: "It is near that the nations will call one another against you just as the eaters call one another to their dishes."
Somebody asked: "Is this because we will be few in numbers that day?"
The prophet replied: "Nay, but that day you shall be numerous, but you will be like the foam of the sea, and Allah will take the fear of you away from your enemies and will place weakness into your hearts."
Somebody asked: "What is this weakness?" The prophet answered: "The love of the world and the dislike of death." (Abu Daud) [credits to Ameen Misran of LangitIlahi for this sharing]
Prof also didn't like the crowd to clap upon his "best" statements but rather he urged us to get up and do something to change it....
It was a fruitful speech and I cannot wait to listen back to everything....[heard the team is already processing it,wehoooo!]
I'll put down first his beautiful du'a which brought tears to many people in the crowd
