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SBIA Family Night Feb11th, 2023 with Tawassaw

Shaykh Alauddin ElBakri (unverified)

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and we're delighted to have you all here
today for family night which we're going
to Rebrand is family afternoon for today
we have a special unique program uh
those of you who have been coming to
family night for a number of years know
that it's typically on a Friday night
but when we had an opportunity to pair
with tawasu.org we thought that what a
great opportunity let's make sure and we
change our schedule so as to be able to
accommodate this program so we're really
pleased to have a very unique family
event today and I'm actually going to
pass it on to a representative of
thorasso brother Malik al-bakri who is
going to take you through the agenda for
the day talk a little bit about the
content of today's event and I
um I'm sure you'll find it to be very
inspiring and fulfilling so with that
brother Malik please come to the stage
so
um
I want to welcome you guys all to the
third annual uh Speech competition slash
poetry competition
um it's been
it's been three years of us running this
program and subhanallah like
I I don't know how many of you guys were
with us from the beginning but to also
started out like this uh you know the
the talk show and subhanallah this
brings me back to the old days
subhanallah 2018
Insha'Allah the name of the event as you
guys can see is
um
rasulullah his character inspires me
so without further Ado I'd like to bring
up to the stage uh brother Adib he's one
of our tawaso mentors and also Hafiz in
the community beautiful voice inshaallah
he's going to read some Quran for us
be good
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I said no thank you
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inshallah I'll be doing the translation
surely following the Heavenly record we
decreed in the scriptures my righteous
servants shall inherit the land
surely this Quran is sufficient as a
reminder for for those devoted to
worship
we have sent you o Prophet only as a
mercy for the whole world
say what has been revealed to me is this
your God is only one God will you then
submit
if they turn away then say I have warned
you all equally I do not know if what
you are threatened with is near or far
Allah surely knows what you say openly
and whatever you hide
I do not know if this delay is possibly
a test for you or an enjoyment for a
while
in the end the prophet said my lord
judge between us in truth and our Lord
is the most compassionate whose help is
sought against what you claim
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be great
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okay so uh before we start the event I
want to talk to you guys a little bit
about salasso
um for those of you that this is your
first event and for those of you who
haven't been fully introduced to the
concept so to also uh like I said was
founded in 2018
and the goal is in the name itself uh I
don't know if you guys heard what Allah
and then also with Allah
so by going through these three themes
learning the truth the way rasulullah
let your brothers and sisters help you
become consistent in your faith and be
there for others and let others be there
for you um and show me to others and let
them show Mercy to you this is something
that we've been trying to embody since
2018 and it's been such a long journey
and I'm so happy to have you guys here
with us
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our mission is to inspire Muslims and
adults from all ages through Iman
um
a service to become upright people and
leaders who passionately serve their
community and the um large people who
are
want to be there be true Muslims
submitters to Allah
through the organization and through
other means inshallah
our vision for the future of torasso is
to have chapters all over the nation and
all over the world so that Muslims can
be connected with their communities and
with the goal of learning from each
other and to support one another as
Muslims I think it's super important
um I feel like if someone new comes to
the community like a convert
um
they come they introduce they get
introduced to Islam and they're left
alone
um everyone has their small clicks
they're small things in their community
and we need something that connects
people together on a larger scale make
it a whole Uma project not just for this
Masjid or that Masjid something to
connect us together as Muslims
all right
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t uh limited you know there's definitely
more but the five main goals I would say
first is impactful learning and we have
programs such as speech competitions
um and other like today and also public
speaking classes uh we put on so many
different events to help the kids learn
um inspiring mentorship I think it's
when you look at the Sunnah of
rasulullah there is always
he would always assign that sahaba to
someone above them a mentor for them
um so that they can learn Islam through
someone they look up to so uh with also
we have the the elementary school
because the most cool thing for
elementary school is to have a middle
school friend so we make the Middle
School their friends and we help them
Mentor the elementary school and then
the high school and went to middle
school and so on and so forth
um
the third is strengthening identity and
obviously this comes with learning and
with action
and doing things with your brothers and
sisters in Islam theater also
encouraging community service we have
multiple events around different
communities we're not the only ones
doing things we're not the only ones
running the programs so we want to
connect people with their local programs
as well because we're never going to be
able to do everything and so we want
people to also give service to the
community that raise them
the last is promoting leadership I think
it's super important I think many people
think I'm not a leader
um I can't do what this other person
does comparing to them I think every
single person is a leader in their own
aspect
um and that's what we promote as though
into law so you lead what you're good at
you do what you're good at
um and inshallah it's a community that
helps everyone grow
so I want to show you guys this is the
the first speech competition that we
ever had this was in 2020
um in honor of rasulullah
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and then the next
um
this is the next one sorry I can't read
and then
why why I love rasulullah and uh it was
2022 and uh sorry
2021 and now we have
um this spoken word 2023 and we're so
excited to have you guys inshallah
thank you
something
so I'd like to introduce to the stage
one of my
one of my old Middle School teachers he
is like the coolest guy in all of the
community all the younger kids know him
all the older people know him he's that
connect that meshes you know everyone
together in masha'allah Vice principle
of Granada Islamic school founder and
head instructor at Indonesia academics
and has a local tutoring service please
help me introduce to the stage Asif
so
next introduction I mean you guys all
know him he's your your local guy uh you
know I'm so I hit it
um
all right give me one second
the slides aren't working but this may
not please help me welcome to the stage
he's one of my enons someone I go to
um for advice
okay
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and lastly
lastly is
the the founder of torasso he is you
know one of my greatest role models and
like you know a great long life for the
community masha'allah and please help me
introduce him to the stage so I could
love it
and without further Ado
we start in the name of Allah
the college spoken word competition and
the topic as you guys all know him
I and the world
the first competitor
um that we would like to introduce
isbia youth president and speech and
debate second place state championship
please help me introduce her to the
stage
okay
thank you
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Allah
if you're here today I would cry Wallah
if you could see how we treat each other
in this ummah the way they disregard the
Great
ulama
I see our people
begging for Iman
yet why does no one stand in a year
if you were here
how would you tell your people to pray
but you get down on your knees and beg
Allah to forgive them and their ways
I see my people getting trashed every
day song for wearing makeup and some for
not praying five times a day
if you were here how would you explain
to them
that each person is responsible for
their own and unjudgment day that is how
they will be seen alone not for the
actions and the decisions of their
friends that they spent most of their
life pretending to amend but for who
they are and how they repay their debt
how do I fix my ummah's vision
do I lead by example
or do I stand and stay quiet
do I let my family and friends drown in
their bigots
maybe I am too young
and the Elders of my community would
shame me for my fast tongue Allah
how were you able to show them Islam
that their ears would listen
but their hearts would melt and drown
when I raise my hands and make dual
give me countless reasons to say that I
love my ummah thank you
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Allah that was amazing one more round of
applause please yeah
so um if I can have uh
give us some judging commentary
one thing that popped out to me is just
the emotion and the intonation that you
use while you were up there on stage
um the slight pauses raising the voice
lowering the voice
um that in and of itself is a very
moving feature of the spoken word so I
really love that about it
um I was also looking for a little bit
of more metaphoric language I I think
that would have been a a great place to
really capture the essence of rasulullah
a lot of times it's hard to be
explicitly direct when describing their
profit so sometimes we have to use
comparisons to do that but overall that
was an amazing moving performance
mashallah
all right
extremely extremely powerful
as haseeb mentioned uh just the
intonation the sound the voice the way
it was going up and down extremely
extremely powerful
uh brings you uh close to the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam in a language
that most of us are able to understand
a lot of us were raised reading poetry
in other languages
and to be able to hear some of that in
English I think masha'allah extremely
extremely powerful
thank you
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um
I'll start with the criticism first
why did you stop
that's my criticism I was getting worked
out I was getting into the speech I was
getting you know you were building the
momentum and then you end I really would
have loved to hear more
um
my you know my I love how you brought
your family like you into the thing you
did not only talk about the ummah but
you actually talked about your family
your mom your dad uh what to say how to
do it I like how you spoke to the
Prophet sallallahu this is called munaja
and we do monajah with Allah we can also
do munaja through poetry which munaja
meaning letting your heart out to Allah
or letting your heart out to the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam in the form
of poetry so this was uh brought
something that is old that our poets
used to use in the past and we're not
using anymore but mashallah great job
thank you
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the second condenser Contender is liba
Hussain a student at zetuna College an
active volunteer in the Bay Area
Community please help me welcome to the
stage
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always
the world we live in today affects us in
so many ways
fast-paced days ideologies that sway
people who slowly Decay life passing by
in a haze Stress and Anxiety Prevail and
take over but we stay strong by
following the order
the way of Islam worshiping Allah and
following our blessed Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam my beloved
Prophet the most perfect man
my beloved Prophets The Walking Quran my
beloved Prophet the best of all Humanity
if you were here with me I would feel
only peace and Tranquility if you were
here with me I wouldn't need anybody if
you were here the world would be free
free of troubles really worries fruit
problems
wouldn't it
yet you also face difficulties trials
tribulations and unwelcoming Society a
world of impropriety in fact you face
the most difficulty of all
so maybe all of our problems today
wouldn't just magically go away if I had
a chance to fix the world's problems
with you what would I do
for me the answer is clear from the life
you led when you were here
rather than seeing faults in everything
around me I would learn how to start
with me myself
as you were able to overcome the hardest
of challenges I too aspire to learn to
do the same with the obstacles I face in
life
that is what I would want to learn from
you my beloved prophets
was so strong how you were kind to those
who Did You Wrong how your character was
the best how you prayed through your
tests how your nuts was converted how
your family was supported how you had
unending patience how you cared the most
for your almost guidance if I had the
chance to solve The World's problems
with you Allah I would start with fixing
myself
then no problem would be too big because
I have the knowledge to deal with it and
then with the knowledge that I gain I
could face the world's problems and try
to ease others pain but to tell you the
full truth if I was with you my beloved
prophet I would be in so much awe I
don't think I would be able to speak I
would sit in your shining presence and
weep because
I love you rasool Allah
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uh poetry is really just sound
comparisons and imagery and one of the
beautiful things I liked about light
Buzz
um spoken word was the rhyme as simple
as as it is or something very attractive
about rhyme when we introduce poetry to
young children it usually starts off
with Rhymes and just the way she was
able to connect meaning with the Rhymes
that shows a talent that we see here
today and I I really appreciate that
about lipa's poem
of course very well done
the fact that she made it very personal
and the fact that she Masha Allah
there was a self-reflection in her piece
that was really really powerful that it
wasn't just about speaking about the
grandness of the nabia as he was so
rightfully deserves but it was also
speaking to oneself as to ensuring that
there's things as someone who truly
believes and loves the messenger
that I have a responsibility as well and
I appreciate that responsibility piece
that she spoke so well about masha'allah
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again
I
feel like
was a perfect length and you took us in
a journey from talking about yourself
um as Imam Tahir said and that we need
to fix ourselves uh with the knowledge
that we have before we try to fix the
world
and then I also
um
uh you you took us a journey about
talking about the prophet sallallahu
sallam then talking about the ummah so
you hit and and the point of this whole
competition this whole spoken word was I
you know him I and the world how would
you fix the world's problems with the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam so I
felt that you addressed that I wish you
even addressed it more uh with more uh
talking about specific problems and
specific maybe uh solutions that you
would propose
you know the elements the
your your voice vibrations going up and
down and uh making it personal and
really giving it all of yourself it was
beautiful thank you so much
the third Contender today is Miriam
Sirhan a Communications major uh to also
Mentor who enjoys doing graphic design
Circle
to mend a broken world
life slides by like a bird with wings
weighed down by the unknown
waiting for the destination no GBS to
tell it where to go but as each day
gives way to a dark and peaceful night
and the bird is better silhouette brings
arched mid-flight nothing remains but
the Luminous Beacon and its Celestial
companions shining bright and as this
Moon glows cradled in the Velvet arms of
the night sky I know that with every
tear the world cries and every flower
that Withers and dies there was a time
when these very streets now shining with
pearly marble with people checking their
Reflections in the Gilded golden doors
only the reign of respect and the Sands
of sincerity used to brush these blessed
beautiful floors there were people that
never touched gold but had hearts of
gold markets were bred and dates were
bought and sold and as the sky weeps
filling the rivers with memories of
companions that lived and died for Islam
of bustling streets with the music of
Salam of a prophet who was a mercy to
man I wonder
what could I tell and I mean about this
world a world that replaced the tune of
nasiha with a deathly silence washing
houses burn and people go astray without
a breath of defiance letting the ones be
claimed to love walk into dens filled
with lions all under the premise of no
hate and no judgment forgetting about
the fast approaching day of judgment I
wonder
what could I tell al-sadiq about this
world where truth is a rare occurrence
drowning in an ocean of excuses and an
intricate woven Web of Lies where
promises are made and broken like pieces
of an old puzzle we said we'd finish but
never even tried and millions of people
just drifting with the tide depression
and despair just along for the ride I
wonder what could I tell al-habib about
this world well the wheels that spurry
from ear to ear eager to strike and
match and light a fire burn Bridges and
bonds in seconds are constantly turning
never Tire what could I tell you
how we all wish we could go back today's
prior your light is missed every day and
all how we aspire
for your companionship yet even in your
absence I see your presence in the
spoken world the string you left behind
to mend this tapestry unfold I see your
patience in every eye that sheds a tear
at night not knowing if tomorrow will
finally bring an end to its plight in
every heart that goes against itself and
does what is right
I hear your wisdom and your repeated
reminders carried by the breeze putting
my mind into perspective and my heart at
ease I hear your love laced in the
laughs that echo in the cave of
camaraderie in the gentle pitter-patter
of hearts that beat for Allah's sake and
strive to meet on a day where only
thakura can compete I see your
persistence in the oppressed that don't
miss a beat stand with their heads held
high when told to take a seat in the
Wounded Warriors that still greet the
ones who wounded them with a smile
refusing to accept defeat I hear your
truth and conversations carried out on
quiet evenings reflecting on the rules
of the world and pondering on people's
reasonings I see your Hope on the days
where a single word makes the gray
clouds fade in the transformation of
opinions I thought would never be swayed
I see your resilience in the beads of
sweat that streak down a tired face and
the runners that keep running even after
losing a race I see your ummah hurting
yearning growing learning striving and
with Allah's guidance and your legacy
ever improving always surviving thank
you
one thing that I that stuck out right
away to me is the high level of language
vocabulary
a lot of metaphoric language a lot of
modifiers there's double entendras in
there I'm sure you guys caught some of
those so high level of language
mashallah
yeah I think that that really stood out
I think uh the deep meaning you had to
be a present
uh to understand what was going on you
had to pay attention
and uh that just goes to show the talent
of the speaker masha'allah and we ask
Allah to continue blood continuously uh
bless her insha Allah but also another
thing that stood out for me was speaking
to the realities and I think all the
speakers have done that in some way
shape or form but this was speaking to
those
um to those realities of what's going on
and addressing those in a beautiful way
yet also despite some of the uh
blameworthy traits that human beings are
going through that were mentioned
um ended on a positive note and so I
think that that's really powerful
alhamdulillah may Allah bless you
inshallah
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um mashallah I've noticed uh
that you were reading uh not only from
your memory
uh you were not reading uh from your
from a page or from a phone so that you
committed all of that to memory but I
felt that you were reading it from your
heart not from your memory not from your
mind
um so that was something that stood up
to me I also
um alhamdulillah
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the metaphors that you used and the uh
connection to the reality that we live
in and proposing Solutions I think all
of that was uh very powerful and
masha'allah
was uh was very moving I would like to
say
so look we're going to give a few
minutes for the judges to uh you know
talk behind the scenes Insha'Allah so if
we can get Nasheed in the background
Insha'Allah and we'll get to it
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listen to me
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come on
come on
thank you
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this was a very very hard judgment just
so that everyone knows here
we switched our opinions back and forth
two three times
um so we kept on going back and forth
and back and forth and going back to the
rubric because we're actually judging
based on a rubric
and um
so that that's what we were discussing
uh just so that you know the rubric that
we have
first point
vocal intonation and expression
land number two language used
number three volume
loudness and up and down and number four
audience address
so these are the four things the rubric
we all three judges have the same rubric
and uh we got it from
uh basically the website any website so
um so I would read for you like the
highest marks so we have one two and
three so and four so number four is the
highest Mark so basically highly
effective expressive intonation
used to reinforce change in mood voice
setting and or characterizations that's
the the highest level uh and that's
under vocal intonation and expression
under language used highly effective
used highly effective use of strong
vocabulary
as it relates to the storyline some
words were taken from the vocabulary
Journal right so this is basically just
the volume highly appropriate audience
volume used when speaking and Performing
so that's where you you go up and down
and you engage and you feel like you're
drawn into the speech and number four
um appropriate audience
address
um audience basically
appropriate audience address with a high
likelihood to engage and entertain
so that's what we're looking at and we
had to go back and forth and back and
forth masha'allah three uh powerful
speakers
and uh if I may say with very
um
uh
hard line uh I would like to announce
the third place first
so alhamdulillah the third place was
Allah
okay
um and uh again we loved your speech and
we all really really really wanted more
so that's like really what got you in
the third place you were powerful but we
really wanted next time
make it longer okay inshallah we loved
it alhamdulillah
so can we have some drumming or
something
I'm the last second place
in first place Maryam sarhan
so I would like us our mashallah board
member sister Sadia azim to bring the
gifts inshallah and inshallah we'll hand
it over
so the contenders the first prize was
500 the second prize was 300 and the
third prize was two hundred dollars just
so that you know and alhamdulillah uh
today sbia sponsored this event because
after Madrid we're gonna announce the
elementary middle and high school and if
you think these three speakers are
powerful think again once you hear these
younger kids they're gonna put them to
the side basically they're they're like
not effective basically masha'allah so I
would like to call Imam Tahir to give
this to first person this sister Maryam
sarhan please come Allah
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I'd like to call on the second basis
thank you so much
alhamdulillah
masha'allah imanta her teaches
and third place sister
thank you so much
may Allah bless you thank you
masha'allah I'll get it back to
Malik I yeah
so look before we take a break from I'd
like to
if you could please give us a small
speech about you know the character of
rasulullah
you know Allah thank you so much
welcome once again everyone may Allah
bless our presence in sha Allah and
allow for these moments to be in our
book of Good Deeds
uh Malik mentioned and asked me to speak
about what was the words that you used
the character of
rasulullahi wasallam
when I think of the character of the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
there's just one word and one word that
comes to my mind and that is easy
as we all know he was a messenger for
all of humanity the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam was a Mercy to Mankind
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
was
he was the last and final of all of the
prophets the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam was USANA he was the final and
complete example perfect example for all
of humanity and so by Design Allah
sent the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam not only to convey the Quran
but also his character his speech the
way he walked the way he talked the way
he dealt with others and this was for
everyone all human beings until the day
of judgment now that is billions of
individuals from the time of the Prophet
salaam all the way till the very end and
if that happened to be God's goal for
human Humanity then it had to be
something that was
easy
for everyone men women young old for
everyone to be able to emulate that when
I think of a characteristic of the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
something as easy as smiling to someone
something as easy as speaking truth to
someone something as easy as not lying
to someone something as easy as
respecting my Elder something as easy as
being kind to those who are younger than
me these are all good qualities now I
understand at times they can be
difficult because of certain
circumstances but in reality all of
these things happen to be easy
right these happen to be easy and when
we do them
we are elevated if you in any Gathering
Muslim or otherwise if you are in a
parking lot at Costco or Safeway and
there's an elder individual and you help
one that you help them with their cart
or you help put things away for them
just today I was contemplating I think
last night
I just wish we had a neighbor I've
shared this story many times their young
child a teenager would mow our lawn for
us my brother and I were still very very
young but it's something that I haven't
forgotten we've completely lost touch I
have no idea where they're at and I wish
I could find them but again that's not
the point the point is any Act of
goodness all that which we find in the
Sunnah and the characteristic of the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam makes
us better people not just as Muslims but
as human beings and ultimately all of
that happens to be
easy may Allah bless us Allah
please one more round of applause
and then um
instead I see you I see mashallah your
daughters on your lap but if I can uh
have you come up which I'd like give a
few words or I can bring the mic to you
yeah
uh I've never heard of that description
before uh and I I really love it that's
gonna stick with me the easy part of it
uh when it comes to the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam I think
um as a parent
we all want our children to embody his
character when I think of the prophet
salallahu
the thing that comes to mind is how can
I
share his life with other people share
his examples with other people so that
our world becomes a better place
I currently work at Granada Islamic
school and one of the I feel like one of
my callings is to work with Muslim youth
it's something that I get a lot of
fulfillment and satisfaction from
and when we expose them to his character
through our own actions and then just
direct teaching what he used to do you
can see there's a switch that goes on in
their mind
and it's a very powerful switch
and a lot of times you don't see it till
years later
and they'll even recall a story that you
told them about the prophet or about a
companion
and whatever the case may be it sits in
their mind
and they can't forget it and truly
rasulullah is Unforgettable
and I guess my biggest takeaway from his
character me learning about it I know
the powerful effect it had on me of
course we're gonna have shortcomings
we're never going to reach his status
but it's something that we can strive
towards and it's something that we want
to pass on to our children right so
whenever we hear Prophet Muhammad what
do we say Asia
and what do we say
there you go
and I'll end it with that
second look okay I want everyone to stay
and show Allah come after Melody the
best part is optim the the the meat and
potatoes Insha'Allah
um so we want to see everyone back
inshallah but before we go can I take a
selfie with all those speakers
just you know just for the Instagram
Michelle
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thank you
Allah Akbar Allah
Akbar
Allah Akbar Allah
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Allah
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you still want to do
Allah
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then inshallah dinner will be served
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starting with the event
and we're going to start with
announcing
the winner
for the speech competition
one by one inshallah
if we could have the the judges to come
up
when you're right
okay first up by the elementary school
winners
in third place
we have
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is he here today it's fine
you can come with this
someone
you want to give us a few words that I
should
no okay
okay Elementary winners second place
another Applause
is she here
congratulations
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first place
second place is
and then third place
okay so they must have like
okay now if we can get uh
this yeah can we display the first place
winner
video of the first place
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I would like to talk about how the
prophet
Muhammad's actions have influenced me
and my life
all of us know our beloved Prophet
Muhammad
and the great things he has done like
spreading The Message of Islam to
thousands of people
choosing the religion over anything
overall he's a good role model in every
aspect of life
as a son a friend a father a husband a
relative a queer a teacher and as a
ruler
he's one of the most influential people
who's ever lived on Earth and has
impacted the lives of many children and
adults
for me he has helped me to become more
of a kind and compassionate kind of
person through his actions
I recently read the book Muhammad his
character and conduct by Adam Sarai
in this book there are a lot of hadiths
and events from the prophet's life as
well as verses from the Quran which some
are about loose kindness and compassion
one verse is
oh Prophet we have not sent you but as a
mercy to the worlds
this Ayah shows how when Allah
sent the prophet to Earth it wasn't to
hurt people by making so many rules and
restrictions but to show them mercy and
the prophet is Mercy to the whole world
that means it anyone and everyone
in Syrah we can find an incident where
the sahabas approached the prophet
requesting him to make Dua against their
persecutors they were going through a
lot of hardships just because they
followed the prophets and
practiced the deed of Islam
but the prophet refused to make Dua
against them instead he said
I'm not here to curse anyone
I'm here as a mercy to all
this required really surprised me it's
easy to be nice to people who are nice
to us but we should practice to be kind
even to those who are not so nice to us
there's a Hadith recorded in El bukhari
and Muslim from a man named Malik who
was a member of a group who went to the
prophet and stayed with him for 20 days
to learn about Islam
the prophet sent that the group was
their family so we asked them about whom
they left behind and let them go back
home if they wish he was both caring
and compassionate
this is very important Hadith shows how
when the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam had people staying with him he
would look after them and care for them
as well as tend to learn if he sense any
discomfort or nervousness without them
even telling you
this inspired me to always ask how
people are and to ask if they're okay
and if I sense anything to help them
sure there are times when I remember the
confidence words like one time I saw a
kid who was looking very sad so I went
up to him and asked him if he was okay
if there's any way I could cheer him up
after listening to him I felt so happy
knowing that I made another person smile
I know there's a lot of other people who
have been impacted by The Prophet's
words
deeply what about you
may Allah help all of us to study the
life of the Prophet so we can all become
better
I mean thank you for listening
good
mashallah the next
inshallah no kidding
Abel where where are your parents from
uh they're from India
and how old are you I'm 10 10 years old
and in which grade fifth grade fifth
grade mashallah
um how long did it take you to like put
this speech together in terms of writing
and research and all of that I think
like a month or two a month or two
months how many takes did you have to
record to record it right at the end
maybe like 10 20 10 20 wow masha'allah
you can tell because I know these things
you know you might have not thought
about it but for him to take that
perfect take I thought that he recorded
at least 10 times again and again Masha
Allah uh Imam haseeb Imam do you have
any question or comment on the speech
that you heard please I just want to say
I like how you went with the theme you
gave a story of how
it his character actually inspired you
and what happened so I really
appreciated that part uh of your speech
what made you decide to pick that
specific moment do you have other
moments in mind
um that's one of the moments that like
really reflected to me about the prophet
and like what he did as a messenger
I thought that was a really nice
Personal Touch on your speech I really
appreciated that thank you yes
absolutely
um
I think you did a fine job in Allah
um as shikhana said and he asked you the
critical question how many takes you had
so I think uh you know I see that smile
on your face if there was something else
you could speak about what would that be
maybe how the prophets Companions and
people like Abu Bakr
who how what they what their role was
and like how they helped the prophets
masha'allah give our star of the night
mashallah big hand of applies thank you
brother congratulations on winning the
first place masha'allah and inshallah
you participate again and again and
again
um then
so then next we'll announce the Middle
School winners
third place is
she here with us today
okay
second place
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and now first place for
the first place for Middle School
winners
wow
are you here Mariam
perhaps masha'allah your second place
right
please if you can help us hand over this
is the third this is your second place
right
Allah please
and the first place is here
Mom oh masha'allah well-raised
so this is the first place right this is
first and the name on the first place
thank you so much mashallah
congratulations and inshallah we will
yeah in trouble
we can play the first place
of Middle School yes
about how Prophet
Muhammad's character inspiration
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's character inspires me so I chose one
characteristic humbleness
what do you mean by Humble Mists
being humble is when we do not think
highly of ourselves instead we are
modest respectful and submissive
what is an event
it was narrated the album was had said a
man came to the prophet saws
and his voice trembled out of us he
spoke to him the prophet saw Allah said
to him be calm for I am not a king
verily I am only the son of a woman who
ate dried me
and I sit as a servant since rarely I am
only a servant most of these hadiths
show that even though he was a messenger
of a war and the leader of Allah Prophet
Muhammad was humble and how he portrayed
himself how does this character of his
impact do well it may be more America
Act for example when someone compliments
me I don't press myself but but instead
I think Allah for the blessings he
bestowed upon me when someone advises me
I accepted by Central to implement it
instead of thinking I'm too good for it
a treat I also treat everyone the same
way despite their status after Allah
is the greatest human being to ever
lived
yeah he never thought I love himself his
narrated
he said Allah's messenger so I said do
not extort me as a Christians that stole
Jesus the son of Mary I merely a servant
so say he is a lost servant in his
muscle
in this beautiful characteristic that
the prophet saws
implement it into our lives see you next
time and chat Allah with the new moral
imbecile but I wanted from
them
yeah you can see that there is a lot of
production that was put in there how
long did it take her
three or four weeks yeah it looks like a
lot of work Masha Allah we would have
loved to have her here tonight but I
believe she was in a
another engagement may Allah bless your
daughter for you and alhamdulillah
so inshallah we move on
so Allah and now the high school winners
third group third place Amon Bose
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second place is uh Jannah husseini
masha'allah
and for first place can I get a drum
roll drum roll
wow
oh my God
alhamdulillah please have a seat here
you can have give her a mic
before you speak we would like to watch
your speech first please you can go
test Allah gives me I immediately
realize I need to work on my stubborn
and initially when I thought of Summer I
thought of patience I would think how
can I become a more patient person and
what better way to fix your character
than by the guidance of Islam in the
Prophet Muhammad
however the reading Hadith and analyzing
the experiences of our Prophet I
realized that summer is not just about
patience but also about perseverance and
sticking to your Islamic morals and
goals someone is remembering that Allah
is the best of planners and only gives
you what you can handle
subhanallah there are numerous stories
highlighting the immense summer of
prophet Muhammad
but one story specifically resonated
with me upon hearing it
one day when the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam was praying near the
Gaba Abu jahil and his friends saw him
and made a plan to disrespect him by
dumping camel intestines on top of him
while he was in sujud
when they committed this horrible act
the prophet didn't react he simply
stayed in sajut he stayed in prostration
until a man called out for Fatima had to
help him
the prophet had every right to get mad
seeing how these men ridiculed him and
his religion everything he stood for but
he stayed calm he put his trust in Allah
and knew Allah subhanallah would deal
with them
subhanallah between the disrespect the
murder attempts and the battles of the
Prophet sallallahu fought and he stayed
faithful in Allah and trusted Allah's
plans he continued to preach Islam No
matter what he faced
once you hear about all the tests Allah
put the prophet salallahu you cannot
help but think what issues in my life
are even slightly comparable to those
that the prophet faced how can I become
so angry and lose all my Hope from an
issue so insignificant compared to what
the prophet went through for Islam to
prosper
and through these stories of the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam I recognize
that someone boils down to having faith
in the love of Allah that he has for his
servants having confidence that he knows
what is best for us and that he gives us
the tests we can handle and learn from
may Allah be pleased with him reported
the messenger of Allah said if Allah
Wills good for someone he afflicts them
with trials I go through hardships and
stress because Allah loves me and
learning about the history of Islam and
the prophet
Muhammad's life reinstates my trust in
Allah and my love for Islam
truly there is so much to learn from the
wisdom of the prophet sallallahu
please
so I'm now you what grade are you in
high school now I
think Masha Allah so Junior and um
how long did it take you to come up with
that I think um it took me like an hour
but an hour
and did it just like click with you
um I had thought about what I wanted to
talk about and what story I wanted to
use however when I put everything
together it took me only an hour
mashallah
yeah brother hasid if you have any two
two things that stood out to me
one you made it personal again you know
I mean um Abel earlier I said the same
thing I love that you made it about you
like you really followed the theme which
is how how the prophet inspires you
specifically
I love that and then one other thing
your tone your tone was so encouraging
and self-reflective that it made me
self-reflective you know so I really
love how you use your tone as like a
tool in your speech and that's one of
the things that made you really stand
out so great job with that
too thank you so much
I what I found really powerful and I
mentioned this to brother haseeb as we
were as you were speaking in the video
is
um your ability to re make that
reflection
a very adult-like reflection
um that you know this is that you know
this is the character of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam and what he
went through and you know what we happen
to be going through and I think it's
extremely extremely powerful uh in the
time that we happen to be living in and
um the fact that you put it together in
under an hour
um that's awesome
yeah
that would take me a lot more than that
um
you go to uh public school which school
you go to I go to Lynbrook limb Brook
Masha Allah and um
do you see
how are you able to like carry yourself
as a Muslim there with your friends and
how's how's is like if you were to speak
to another girl Muslim girl that goes to
public school
and goes through that struggle I want to
fit in I want to like feel I belong this
and that but yet you have to keep your
Iman and your identity how how do you
deal how do you negotiate that
um it definitely is hard especially in a
school setting when you see other people
that aren't Muslim who don't have the
same values as you and they seem you
know happier than you however when you
you really have to focus on yourself and
stay true to what the Quran tells you to
do because when you reflect on yourself
and what Islam tells you and you know
you think about like what will I have in
the future in Jannah yeah and then you
know you have to focus on yourself
basically you know I have to do this all
the time I have to come home and you
know you pray and you make the line you
say like okay how can I make myself
better because I have control over
myself only and I know essentially if I
control myself and you know do things
that I know will benefit me then I
surely will be happier than those who I
think are happier than me right now oh
wow
thank you very much that was very
powerful
um
and what I've learned in life actually
is many times when I come across people
and they seem very happy and jolly that
there's a lot of pain behind that I
don't know about it so I have learned
not to compare myself to others because
I thought they were happier than me
but and then they have no struggle in
life but maybe I find out later on that
they have like maybe 10 times more
struggle than me and they're just
putting a smile so I learned from that
if you are going through struggle you
can also put a smile right and you can
move on so uh that's that's what I find
so alhamdulillah may Allah bless you
inshallah you
um always uh when inshallah this was a
hard one uh for you there was a lot of
high school submissions and uh it was
hard for the judges in the back to
decide masha'allah
um but alhamdulillah you earned it and
congratulations thank you so much
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as I said in the beginning this whole
event put on by tawaso is for the
purpose of trying to bring forth the
Future Leaders of this community to talk
about Islam
um to get them in tune with their
leadership and with their community
so we thank all of you for giving them
the chance to do that inshaallah I want
to thank everyone who came today from
the panel of speakers to the parat to
the winners to the people who didn't win
but still submitted still did their best
and put their heart and soul into their
work I want to thank all of you
thank you very much I would like to
personally thank brother haseeb hasi
what do you think of the event today
I love it and made me question like
why I wasted my childhood not being like
these kids but I love the event it's
inspirational it brings the community
together beautiful and they love me I
love this you brother like the first
speech I gave in my life about Islam I
was 23 years old and I almost had a
heart attack
literally I could remember seeing my
heart pumping here because I was put on
the spot
I was the only English speaking in the
middle of uh you know a crowd and they
were uh converts to Islam this is in
Saudi Arabia in Jeddah and someone heard
me speak in English conversation like Hi
how are you he thought I can give a
lecture about Islam and English just
because I know how to because it's a big
deal lucky this guy knows English so he
put me in front of the crowd and asked
me to speak and I almost like fainted
because I've never had spoken to a large
crowd more than five people so suddenly
I had a 50 people and that was very
large for me so that was the first time
I ever spoke in my life like as a happy
record or like a speech and that was at
age 23 so for you to do it at this age I
mean hands down I wouldn't had I didn't
have that when I was grow up subhanallah
Imam what do you think of today
mashallah
I think for
families
and young children
to have this opportunity
to have an entire organization
non-profit
run
very Hands-On by one of our great
teachers and mentors and leaders in this
community
uh goes to show the
sincerity and love that our beloved
teacher and Sheikh has
for the young in our community
but for the parents also that we have
this opportunity in this community to be
eight for the young to be able to
benefit directly
from one of our greatest teachers I
think that's a very very powerful
sentiment
um
is my friend colleague older brother but
most importantly a teacher
and
um people of his caliber
I'm sorry for putting you on the
spotlight no problem people of his
caliber are you know traveling on the
weekends and you know they're you know
and one of the greatest complaints we
hear
uh is that many uh should you are
serving their entire serving the entire
country but their communities
uh and when we have who's not just
serving our community but he is serving
Hands-On with our youth and I think it's
a really really powerful sentiment it
just goes to his to show his love and
his sincerity and we ask Allah to accept
it from him but also to all the parents
specifically the parents that we have
this opportunity to benefit and so let
us let's spread the word really you know
my my kids are a little older now so I
don't have this anymore my kids are but
in any case I I almost you know you talk
about having this when you were young I
you know and so do I but I just wish
something like this was around maybe
just even 10 or 12 years ago where my
where my own kids would have been able
to benefit from this and so I think it's
very very powerful and so uh
alhamdulillah very proud of all the this
is my second speech competition I've
attended today I have a young lady right
here uh who was at both of them she won
there and here
Masha Allah so it goes to show how
amazing she is masha'allah but at the
same time
these opportunities and it's these
moments that will make us who we are as
we grow up into the future this this
will be a big part of our identity this
will be a big part of our personality
this be a big part of our lives and who
we all of these young people will end up
becoming as they grow into adults
inshallah
um
for all the kind words may Allah make me
as you think of me inshallah and bitter
the idea here is I want to say something
Abdullah I am hands on with tawaso but
believe it or not as far as what I did
today is I said we're gonna have a
speech competition
and then the rest was executed by the
youth I came half an hour before you you
some of you saw me roaming around youth
were here at one o'clock they were
setting up doing the balloons doing the
stage doing the program setting up the
show that you saw
communicating reaching out to brother
haseeb who's the our lead judge so
tomorrow alhamdulillah we have an event
Salah workshop for high schoolers we
opened 50 spots and
um 50 spots were full actually the
reason why we limited to 50 spots
because the space that was available for
us at MCA only could accommodate that
number also that event is also was
organized executed I just give their
knowledge and then they do the rest so
it's alhamdulillah I'm so happy that I
don't have to do the small things and
the little things and this is a training
ground for them we have programs for
Elementary online and in person Middle
School online and in person High School
online in person but when I say online
it's only one hour on zoom on Wednesday
one hour a week on Zoom it takes no
driving front no driving back so we have
three to four courses every year each
course is eight to ten weeks meaning
eight to ten hours basically and then we
have one hour a week for the parents I
found out that I'm teaching the children
but the parents don't know what I'm
doing teaching their kids so I opened up
the same thing that we teach the kids in
these courses is the same I think I
teach on a higher level sophisticated
deep level for the parents my goal is
the father the mother and their High
School Middle School elementary school
sit down on the dinner dinner table and
have a discussion about what they all
learned about the same topic at four or
five different levels we have a home
section for college students who
regularly visiting and doing programs
with standard Stanford MSA Santa Cruz
MSA UC Davis MSA you know UC Santa Cruz
UC Berkeley mashallah we're trying to
serve the college students so four or
five different levels Elementary Middle
High college and young professionals we
take these kids inshallah you will hear
from us soon about a trip only for 18
years Plus
and not anyone younger and not anyone
older like basically just for college
age 18 to 25 inshallah we're going to
spend two weeks in namra inshallah one
week five days in matka learning the
entire
on site
we we show them where the Prophet sallam
was born where he lived where he grew up
everything on site then five days in
Medina and then two days in the way of
Hijra it's getting developed right now
inshallah we will announce it my hope is
also to take the high schoolers but you
have to sign their life away for me
inshallah for me to go to umrah right
because there is a liability form but my
thing is it's gonna take more than one
thing to make these kids
holistically strong Muslims it's going
to take online education it's going to
take on in-person activity it's gonna
take that it's going to take a rehla to
Turkey to Morocco we have done all of
that 2019 we took 25 youth to Morocco
these 25 youth they're not their life
has never been the same after that they
left four of them took me aside four
Muslim kids took me aside after just
four days in Morocco out of 12 days
they took me aside and they said
we left Islam
we are here because our parents forced
us to come here but we right now we want
to pronounce our shahada in front of you
and I cried and I weeped and I sobbed
because four born Muslim kids took their
shahada with me in Morocco
this is crazy like subhanallah you know
and and they came back to the Deen why
because of experiential learning it's
gonna take so much effort to save our
kids
may Allah bless like sister Amna sister
Jannah they go to public school I'm
telling you I'm a Sheikh if I go to
public high school I don't think I'm
going to say
it's very hard it's very hard like
really genuinely very hard I do not
underestimate their struggle and now the
struggle is passing down to middle
school and in the last year it passed
down to elementary school we're gonna
have to do so much to save our children
and if we can save just our local
children alhamdulillah then they can
save their neighbors and you know
everyone else but we have a lot of
programs check our website
has been a supporter a board of advisor
and a Helper and I consult him even
today before the program starts I was
Consulting him may Allah bless you in
brother haseeb taught my daughter
Yasmine thoughts Maryam taught NADA or
every so many kids here that went to Nur
haves and that's why I'm so happy and
pretty you know like honored also for
you to be here masha'allah thank you for
answering the call and for doing all the
legworks
thank you very much inshallah let's go
and have dinner together inshallah
before we have dinner I want all the the
people who participated in sha Allah
feel like they were part of the program
I'd like everyone who participated to
come to the front over here and we'll
all take a picture together inshallah
um on your way out uh just a reminder uh
alhamdulillah this is a wonderful family
night too we were thrilled to SBA was
thrilled to partner with tawaso
four weeks from today we'll be having
isna Community Day in the Bay Area
Islamic Society of North America as you
all know very prominent National
Organization has chosen to have their
Western uh United States conference here
at SBA we're going to have an
opportunity here from speakers we
typically don't hear including brother
azer Aziz Dr mozamo Siddiqui who I've
been involving since I went to college
in LA in the 80s very well-renowned
speakers and several others mayor Matt
Mahan will be here mayor of San Jose so
please mark your calendar as four weeks
from today Saturday March 4th 1am to 8
P.M as uh shekela mentioned downstairs
is dinner uh and then eight o'clock
Salat Alicia it's wonderful to have you
all here this evening and hope to see
you at our family nights on a regular
basis going forward
and please say uh Malik mentioned uh
come up here for the photo
come on

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Published: February 12, 2023
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