Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb Madrasah Isha'atul Haq · Albert Falls Albert Falls, KwaZulu-Natal
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Teachers Programme | Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb
Teachers Programme Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb
Hijri date 19 Sha'baan 1439
Date 5 May 2018
Duration 58:08
Venue Cape Town Summary Main Topic
The sacred responsibility, role, and spiritual duty of Islamic educators (Mu'allimin and Mu'allimat) in shaping the faith and future of the Ummah.
Key Lessons
Special Duty: Teachers act as spiritual guides linking the creation to the Creator, which brings immense joy to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.Leading by Example: Humans are primarily led by practical examples, which is why Allah sent human prophets and why teachers must embody what they teach.Spiritual Noor: Knowledge is transferred from heart to heart through spiritual light (noor ), which is generated by personal worship (a'mal ) and abstaining from sins.Fulfilling the Trust (Amanat ): Teaching time is a sacred trust. Educators must be punctual, present-minded, and avoid personal distractions like cell phones or non-beneficial chatter during class.Intention and Sincerity: Teaching Deen must be done for the pleasure of Allah (ikhlas ) rather than solely treating it as a financial job or business venture.
Quranic/Hadith References
Surah Ar-Rahman: "Ar-Rahman, 'Allam al-Qur'an..."Surah Al-'Alaq: "'Allam al-insana ma lam ya'lam."Surah As-Saff: "Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu lima taquluna ma la taf'alun..." (Warning against saying that which one does not practice).Hadith on Teaching Quran: "Khairukum man ta'allama al-Qur'ana wa 'allamah" (The best among you are those who learn the Quran and teach it).Hadith on Allah's Joy: The narration of the traveler stranded in the desert who regains his lost camel, illustrating how pleased Allah is when a servant returns to Him.Hadith on Hypocrisy in Preaching: The narration describing a person in Hellfire circling their own intestines because they commanded good without practicing it.Hadith on Tashahhud: Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Mas'ud's (RA) narration of how Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam taught him the Tashahhud with affection and care.
Practical Advice
Arrive Early: Practice going to class five minutes before time and leaving a few minutes late to protect the amanat of time. Transcript Machine-generated, so it will contain mistakes — the audio is the reference. Tap any line to play from that moment.
0:06 Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. 0:13 Alhamdulillah. 0:15 Alhamdulillahi wa kafaa. 0:17 Wassalatu wassalamu ala Sayyidinil Mustafa. 0:21 Sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa ashabihi wa baraka wa sallamu tasliman kathiran kathira. 0:29 Amma ba'd. 0:30 Faqad qala Allahu tabaraka wa ta'ala fil Qur'anil Majeed. 0:35 A'udhu billahi minash shaitanir rajim. 0:37 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:41 Ar-Rahman. 0:42 Allama al-Quran. 0:44 Sadaqallahu ladeem. 0:47 Wa qala allahu wa baraka wa ta'ala. 0:50 A'udhu billahi minash shaitanir rajim. 0:52 Allama al-insana ma lam ya'lam. 0:57 Sadaqallahu ladeem. 0:59 Wa qad qala qala rasoolullahi sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 1:06 Khairukum man ta'allam al-Qur'ana wa'allamah. 1:11 O kama qalan Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 1:17 Alhamdulillah. 1:19 It is only with the grace and mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that we are gathered here today. 1:27 And this is a very very special gathering. 1:33 Countries 1:35 Have what they call special forces. 1:40 Special forces are called in for, you know, special forces are not just called in all the time. 1:48 You got one traffic problem somewhere, you don't call in the special forces. 1:53 You got some congestion, you don't call in special forces. 1:57 But, when there is serious work now, which others cannot handle, 2:05 Then you bring in your special task force. 2:08 Special forces are brought in. 2:10 So when there is a meeting of this nature where people who are the fashioners and the shapers and the designers of the future of the Ummah when there is a gathering of those type of people 2:33 People who are the shapers and the fashioners and the designers of the future of the Ummah. 2:40 Then this is definitely, you know, a meeting of special forces. 2:46 Very, very special meeting. 2:48 Very, very special gathering. 2:50 So firstly, we thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for bringing us together. 2:58 And we make shukr to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that despite our shortcomings, our weaknesses, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in His infinite grace and mercy is utilizing us. 3:11 To serve and uplift and preserve his deen in some way despite Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala not being in need of us. 3:21 Allah ta'ala doesn't need us but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is still allowing us to serve his deen in some little way, in some little form. 3:29 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is allowing us to serve his deen. 3:32 So Alhamdulillah you are very very 3:34 Fortunate that you are serving in the different different fields. 3:38 Some of you may be conducting HIVS classes. 3:41 Some of you are teaching in higher education institutes like this one. 3:47 And others may be teaching in Makati. 3:50 Madrasah. 3:51 Some of you may be having some madrasah in your home, etc. 3:55 So whatever it is, but you are serving the deen of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 4:00 You are engaged in ta'aleem and ta'allum. 4:03 And this is the greatest thing that one can do. 4:06 It's the greatest gift that one can give. 4:08 You know, it's ironical and actually surprising, you know, that you would get a friend in school 4:20 Who would pass a phone number to a friend. 4:28 If it's girls, amongst girls, so you get one girl, she passes a phone number of a certain boy who may be interested in this girl. 4:39 And she is the one who makes the contact. 4:43 She is the one who is the go-between or the in-between to make the contact between these two. 4:50 And these two are ever grateful to her or him, whoever it may have been, to have created this contact for them to get involved in an illicit, haram type of relationship for which there will be no thawab. 5:04 In fact, there is azab and which will bring a lot of heartache. 5:09 And if not heartache, then pocket ache. 5:14 The person is going to lose a lot of money on the way, air time and gifts and whatever. 5:21 So, but those two people are very very indebted and they feel, you know, indebted to this person who created the connection. 5:30 Right? 5:31 Imagine, Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala becomes more pleased. 5:42 Right? 5:43 More pleased with that servant who was astray from 5:48 And the servant now makes ruju in Allah. 5:51 The servant now comes back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 5:55 Then that person who was travelling in the desert, he had his conveyance, his camel or donkey or whatever it may have been. 6:04 And on this he had all his goods. 6:07 All his food and his clothing and his water and whatever. 6:12 And this conveyance of his manages to slip away. 6:17 And he is now left in the desert with absolutely nothing. 6:22 The only thing he sees around him, everything he looks at spells death and destruction. 6:30 The only thing he sees around him is death. 6:33 He is stranded in the desert with no food, no water, no conveyance. 6:38 Right? 6:40 And he decides that look well I am going to die so it's no sense me running about. 6:44 I rather just take some shade under this little shrub. 6:48 Some greenery that may be there. 6:50 Let me just take some shade and wait for my death. 6:54 And in this despondent condition of his he falls off to sleep. 6:59 And when he awakes he sees his conveyance with all his goods everything on it 7:08 Nothing's been touched and the conveyance is standing in front of him. 7:13 So he grabs hold of the reins of this conveyance and being intoxicated with happiness, right? 7:22 Such happiness that takes him to the brink of insanity. 7:27 He's so happy that he makes a statement in this intoxicated state of happiness. 7:33 He says, that O Allah, 7:38 You are my slave. 7:42 And I am your Rabb. 7:45 He wanted to say the other way round. 7:48 That I am your slave and you are my Rabb. 7:50 But in this happy state of his, the wrong words come out. 7:54 Now Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gets even more happier than this person when a slave of his comes back to Allah. 8:08 Slave of peace comes back to Allah. 8:12 Now, what are teachers? 8:16 What are teachers? 8:19 Teachers, Muallimat, Ulama, Shuyuh, whatever you want to call them. 8:26 What are they? 8:30 They are the people who are linking the creation with the Creator. 8:37 They are the ones teaching that little child how to speak to Allah. 8:45 They are connecting the child with Allah. 8:47 They are showing the child the road back to Allah. 8:53 And Allah is getting so happy when this child or this teenager is coming back to Allah. 9:02 More happier than that person in the deserts. 9:06 Allah is getting more happier. 9:09 So, can you now try to imagine how happy Allah is getting with the one who gave that child his phone number. 9:24 The one who taught that child how to read Surah Al-Fatiha. 9:30 The one who taught that child how to say Allah. 9:33 The one who taught the child how to say La ilaha illallah. 9:38 How to make sajda. 9:39 How to make ruku. 9:40 How to recite tashahud. 9:43 So it's not a small thing. 9:45 It is a great thing. 9:46 This is a great, great boon that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala affords us. 9:52 Allah ta'ala blesses us. 9:54 And we must never ever think it to be a small thing. 9:57 It is a great thing. 9:59 But great things... 10:01 Isha. 10:01 Isha. 10:29 I mean he won't be fired if there is some dust in some corner somewhere. 10:33 It may just be overlooked by the boss. 10:36 Or at most he may just shout. 10:37 He may come back. 10:39 You left this dust here. 10:40 Clean it up. 10:41 But the manager of the store. 10:45 He earns a better salary. 10:47 He has more status in the sight of the employer. 10:52 But he is answerable for a lot more as well. 10:55 He needs to carry himself in a very very different way from the sweeper of the store. 11:01 Right? 11:03 Now if he makes blunders, the manager of the store, if he has to make blunders, he makes mistakes. 11:12 His mistakes can cost the whole company. 11:17 If the street sweeper doesn't sweep at most, there'll be some dust on the floor. 11:22 If the manager doesn't carry out his tasks, this can lead to the bankruptcy of their company. 11:29 It can lead to everybody losing their job. 11:33 So the teachers are like the managers. 11:38 The response, the work is greater, the status in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is greater, the rewards are greater, but at the same time, 11:48 The responsibility is also greater and we will have to answer more. 11:53 There are more things that we will have to answer for on the day of Qiyamah. 11:58 Right? 11:59 So, this particular, it's not my intention to give you a lengthy bayan, but what we want to do is just discuss a few points that we can keep in mind to assist us in this mammoth task of 12:15 Of fashioning and designing the minds of our little children so that they become the future leaders of tomorrow, the flag bearers of the ummah, those who will preserve and practice the deen in its pure and pristine form. 12:33 And in some way, we become a motivation for them that they become ulama, they become muallimat going forward. 12:43 So, 12:45 As I said to you, we're going to discuss a few points. 12:50 The first thing that we need to remember is that man is led most successfully and largely by example. 13:07 This is man's nature. 13:09 Man is led by example. 13:13 This is why 13:16 Our merciful Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent our beloved Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam to the world so that he may lead by example. 13:29 And this is why Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam was human. 13:33 Right? 13:34 If this leading by example was not necessary then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would have just sent the books. 13:43 Or Allah ta'ala could have sent 13:45 Jibreel alayhi salam himself. 13:47 There is no need for Jibreel alayhi salam to give the revelation to the Nabi and then the Nabi has to convey to the Ummah. 13:55 No. 13:56 Jibreel alayhi salam could have just come, stood on Table Mountain and just read out everything that look this is what you need to do. 14:04 Go and do it. 14:06 But no. 14:07 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent anbiya alayhimu salatu wasalam over the years from the time that the world came into existence, from the time Allah ta'ala put humans on earth. 14:19 Right? 14:20 Allah ta'ala sent anbiya alayhimu salatu wasalam so that one is the instructions that are given, the other is the example that the ummah, the community must follow. 14:32 This example was so imperative, so imperative that 14:38 Even when it came to the hudud, even when it came to the penalties, the penal code of the Sharia, they were sahaba radiallahu ta'ala whom who were like sacrificial lambs. 14:54 That they were sacrificed. 14:56 Right? 14:58 In order to show the ummah practically how this punishment must be meted out. 15:08 For example, you will find an isolated case of zina amongst the Sahaba. 15:18 You will find an isolated case. 15:21 Why? 15:22 That Sahabi was sacrificed so that Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam can practically show the Ummah how the had or the hudud for those crimes need to be carried out. 15:39 So those things which were appropriate for a Nabi, for a human, happened to Nabi salallahu alayhi wasallam. 15:47 For example, Nabi salallahu alayhi wasallam, his salah became qadha. 15:53 His salah became qadha. 15:56 Once or twice in his life. 15:59 Right? 16:00 Why? 16:01 So that Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam can educate the ummah how to read Qadha Salah. 16:06 Now Salah becoming Qadha is something human. 16:09 I mean you can oversleep. 16:11 There can be a situation when you can oversleep. 16:15 Right? 16:16 So it happened and Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam showed how the Qadha must be made. 16:21 Right? 16:22 So things that are appropriate for a Nabi, it happened to Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 16:27 And he showed it practically. 16:28 Things that are inappropriate for a Nabi, couldn't happen to the Nabi. 16:32 Maasi, sin is inappropriate. 16:35 It's not possible for a Nabi. 16:36 But those things happen to certain Sahaba, certain isolated incidents of theft, of zina, of consummation of wine. 16:48 Consumption of wine. 16:50 So all these things happened and the punishment was then meted out practically. 16:57 So this example, a practical example is imperative. 17:01 So as teachers this is the first thing that we need to understand. 17:07 That we have to be a practical example for our students. 17:14 Anything that I do in my life, I must ask myself, is this how Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would want my students to be? 17:28 What I am doing, is that how Allah ta'ala and Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam want my students to behave? 17:36 If yes, then I must do it. 17:38 If not, then I must abstain. 17:41 Inna sil'ata Allahi ghaliyah. 17:44 Inna sil'ata Allahi al-jannah. 17:47 Allah's merchandise is expensive. 17:50 Allah's merchandise is jannah. 17:52 The teacher is going to get a very high stage in jannah. 17:55 But it's not cheap. 17:57 We'd have to make sacrifices. 18:00 The teacher cannot be teaching the student to abstain from haram and the teacher himself or herself is watching television, movies and 18:10 What effect will it have if the child decides to come home in Ramadan, says, oh my muallima, you know, I want to take some cakes for her or some samosas for her or whatever and she comes into the house and muallima's big TV is lying there. 18:30 Now what effect will it have on that student? 18:33 Is the muallima or the muallim leading by example? 18:36 No. 18:38 So we have to lead by example. 18:40 Right? 18:40 That's the first thing. 18:42 The second point is our a'mal. 18:48 As teachers, as role models, our own a'mal. 18:56 Look, a'mal generate nur. 19:03 A'mal generate nur. 19:07 The bag of nur is the heart. 19:10 The bag of nur is the heart. 19:13 Knowledge is transferred from heart to heart. 19:19 In the dunya they have blood transfusions. 19:24 From one vein to another vein. 19:28 But the transfusion of knowledge takes place heart to heart. 19:34 The amount of nur we will generate is 19:39 Is the amount of nur we will be able to transfer. 19:44 So this will come with a'mal. 19:47 If we do not have a'mal, if we are not reading our salah with khushu, with khudu, if we are not making zikrullah, if we are not making our own tilawa, you know, I remember some years back when our late sheikh, Mu'anayus Patel, Rahimahullah, was still alive. 20:07 I had gone to visit him in Ramadan. 20:10 It was a Sunday. 20:11 I was sitting with him and I asked him for some advice. 20:15 It was the first Sunday of the month of Ramadan. 20:18 In that particular year. 20:19 So I asked him for some advice. 20:20 And just as he was going to speak, the phone rang. 20:24 And who had phoned was Qari Ismail Desai. 20:30 From Dawatul Haqq in Amjinto. 20:33 Right? 20:34 So he had phoned Hazrat Maulana. 20:37 And after making salaam and whatever, and then he asked Hazrat Ma'ana the same question. 20:42 Give some advice for Ramadan, you know. 20:45 So, Hazrat Ma'ana told him that, look, Ma'ana Dawood is also here, and he's also asking me the same question. 20:52 So, you listen on the phone and he'll listen here directly. 20:56 And the gist of what he told us was this. 20:59 He said that, look, in Ramadan, as an Imam of the masjid, now, Qari Sahib, he, you know, he 21:07 He goes to conduct some programs there. 21:11 What is called the town? 21:13 No, no. 21:14 Opposite side? 21:15 Pakreni. 21:16 So he used to go to Pakreni to conduct some programs, etc. 21:20 And then he is running his Darul Rum, his Madrasa. 21:23 So he is very involved with people, right? 21:27 And then on this side also we got a little bit of things carrying on here where we are involved with some people. 21:32 So Maana mentioned to us, he said, look, 21:35 One is the programs that you have in the masjid with people. 21:40 You are having programs. 21:43 The other is your own personal ibadat. 21:49 If you are not going to pay attention to your own personal ibadat, then these big programs that you are having with the people is not going to have any effect. 21:59 And what is the proof of this? 22:02 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam that when you have finished with your work. 22:13 Right? 22:13 You finished with your work. 22:15 What was Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam's work? 22:17 The work of deen. 22:19 Da'wah. 22:19 In Allah. 22:20 Ta'aleem. 22:21 Ta'allum. 22:21 Taskiyatun nafs. 22:22 This was Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam's work. 22:24 Right? 22:25 So when you finish with your work. 22:27 Fansab. 22:28 Wa ilaha rabbika farghab. 22:31 Now go and tire yourself out in seclusion talking to your Ram. 22:39 Go generate that Noor. 22:43 The big tanker, the petrol tanker that goes from filling station to filling station, filling all the tanks, there comes a time when his own tank is empty. 22:57 His own tank is empty and he needs to go and fill up. 23:00 If he doesn't go and fill up, he can't carry fuel anywhere else. 23:03 So it's the same situation with us. 23:06 We also have to fuel up on Noor. 23:09 If we are not going to fuel up on Noor, we can go and shout there in the class and take off with the students and whatever, but it's not going to have an effect. 23:17 Because we won't be passing over Noor. 23:23 The difference between the professor in the university and the muallimah in the maktab or the muallim in the maktab is that the professor in the university he is passing over words. 23:34 So words you give off from the tongue and it goes in the ears. 23:37 Right? 23:40 The muallim and the muallimah is passing over nur. 23:44 Nur is generated in the heart and then it enters the next heart in capsule form. 23:52 That capsule then dissolves within the person who is receiving it. 23:57 And the effect of that nur is then evident in that person's body. 24:03 That's what's happening. 24:05 So the teacher has to generate a lot of nur to be able to pass over to 20, 30, 40 pupils, 40 learners. 24:14 So, Ibadat. 24:15 Tahajjud. 24:16 Tilawat. 24:17 Zikrullah. 24:18 Right? 24:19 And most importantly, staying away from sin. 24:21 Because you can generate so much of nur, but if there's sin in the life, then it's all contaminated. 24:26 It's like taking a utensil that has got najasat, it's got filth in there, and we go and put zamzam water in it. 24:34 It's a waste. 24:37 Everything gets contaminated. 24:39 So we have to stay away from sin. 24:41 Obviously we are humans. 24:42 We will err. 24:44 If we err then immediately Tawbah. 24:46 Istighfar. 24:47 Sadaqah. 24:48 And cleanse ourselves of the sin. 24:50 Keep clean. 24:51 Keep pure. 24:52 Generate the Noor. 24:53 And pass this on. 24:56 So much so that we should try and make it a habit that daily daily we should read at least two rakat Salah. 25:07 And ask Allah for Nusra. 25:10 Ask Allah for His help. 25:11 Before we go to class, make dua to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that He makes the lesson beneficial. 25:19 So this is the second point. 25:20 It's our personal a'mal. 25:22 Right? 25:23 Staying away from sins. 25:25 Then we will generate nur and we will be able to pass this nur over. 25:33 Azad Shaki Maktir. 25:34 Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. 25:36 He's actually got a poetry on this. 25:40 That why is it, right, we're not finding the same effect in our sermons as the sermons of the people of the past. 25:51 Now the teacher will blame the parents and blame the student. 25:55 Oh, they just worried about their sport and their parents are not interested and this and that and whatever. 26:00 But we don't look within. 26:02 Right? 26:03 When we ourselves do not have nur in our heart, what are we going to distribute from the pulpit? 26:11 So this is what we as teachers need to remind ourselves that if I do not have this nur within me, then what nur am I going to pass on to my students? 26:23 Right? 26:24 So that's the second point. 26:25 The third point is look, if we analyze 26:32 Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam's blessed life. 26:36 Then a very very integral thing in his life was to stay awake at night and cry for the ummah. 26:49 He would cry in dua for the ummah. 26:52 Right? 26:53 Let us ask ourselves. 26:56 When last did I wake up specifically 27:01 To cry for that weak student of mine. 27:05 The student who is not managing to memorize or just not managing to learn or he's got some naughtiness in him or her. 27:16 Did I wake up and cry for that student? 27:20 So dua for our students. 27:24 Make dua for our students. 27:26 Because at the end of the day it is only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who is going to make the teaching and the learning beneficial. 27:35 Right? 27:35 So we need to connect with Allah. 27:39 Allah is the controller of the hearts. 27:42 Allah is the controller of the hearts. 27:46 So we connect with Allah and ask Allah to give hidayah to ourselves and our students. 27:54 Ask Allah to open our hearts and open our students' hearts so that we are able to teach in the proper manner and they are able to study and learn in the proper manner. 28:07 Right? 28:07 So dua for our students and with this you see when we will make dua for the students then automatically love for them will generate in our hearts. 28:20 So then we will teach with love. 28:24 So dua and teach with love. 28:28 Abdullah ibn Masud radiallahu ta'ala. 28:31 He recalls. 28:31 He says. 28:33 When Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam taught me tashahud. 28:37 So he called me. 28:39 And he held my hand. 28:42 Between his hands. 28:45 And with a lot of love and affection. 28:47 He taught me the tashahud. 28:51 So I am not saying that we must hold the students hands in our hands. 28:55 Especially in today's time of fitna. 28:59 Don't even allow students close to our desks. 29:04 Especially if it's a male teacher and you've got female learners in the class who are around 12, 13 years, 11 years, 10 years of age. 29:15 Don't call them anywhere near the desk. 29:18 At times the teacher is totally innocent. 29:22 But the student can make trouble for the teacher. 29:28 And at other times, shaitan can make trouble in the teacher's mind. 29:33 We are human. 29:35 So, do not have this type of contact and call them close to the desks and all those type of thing. 29:42 But the point here is that we should teach with shafqat. 29:46 We should teach with love, with muhabbat, with concern. 29:49 Right? 29:51 So that is the third point. 29:53 The fourth point is that look this teaching time is an amanat. 30:04 It's a trust. 30:05 Right? 30:07 Whether a person is teaching for a salary or not. 30:15 If a person is teaching for a salary then he has a double trust. 30:22 See, in one jihad, there was a person who was making khidmah of Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 30:37 Looking after Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam's matah. 30:41 Looking after Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam's goods. 30:46 And he was killed in that battle. 30:52 But Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam said huwa fin naar. 30:57 He is in hellfire. 30:59 He is in Jahannam. 31:01 And the Sahaba radiallahu tarnum were totally shocked. 31:06 I mean how? 31:08 How is this person in Jahannam? 31:10 I mean he was with us and he is in Jahannam? 31:15 And Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam said that he 31:23 Usurped something from the booty. 31:29 He usurped something from the booty. 31:31 He took one jubba, one cloak from the booty. 31:37 Now, when something is usurped, which is owned by the public, then you can't even ask for maaf. 31:47 Because, you see, if I have to take your 10 rand, 31:52 I take your 10 rand. 31:54 And later I get hidayah. 31:56 So I come to you and say, you know what, Afwan, Akhi, you know, forgive me, I took your 10 rand, please, here's a 10 rand, let me pay you back. 32:04 Or, you know, I don't have a 10 rand, please forgive me. 32:06 So if you forgive me, the story is over. 32:10 Right? 32:11 But, when something is jointly owned, we don't even know who the owner of it is. 32:19 And we usurp something from there. 32:23 Now who do we apologize to? 32:25 Who do we pay back? 32:28 So we've got a major problem on our hands. 32:31 So if we are teaching for a salary, then we must make sure that we are on time. 32:40 In fact, we should, the advice that Muhammad s.a.w. 32:44 used to give is go to your class five minutes before time. 32:50 Make sure you are at madrasah five minutes before time. 32:54 And leave a few minutes after time. 32:57 Leave a few minutes after time. 33:02 So the amanat of time. 33:04 Then while we are in the class. 33:07 One is to sit in the class. 33:09 But in the class we are supposed to be teaching. 33:11 Now a person says no I am on duty. 33:14 Now don't we get wives complaining. 33:20 That you're here but you're not here. 33:22 It's as good as you're not here. 33:24 So you rather just don't be here. 33:26 Why? 33:26 Because his head is in the cell phone. 33:29 He's at home. 33:30 But he's not talking to her. 33:34 He took her out to her parents' home. 33:39 And the next weekend she says, but you don't spend time with me. 33:42 So he says to her, what do you mean I don't spend time with you? 33:45 Didn't I just take you to your mother's home last weekend? 33:50 You took me to my mother's home. 33:51 You were sitting with my father. 33:53 I was sitting with my mother. 33:55 You didn't spend time with me. 33:57 We may have been in the same vicinity. 33:59 But you didn't spend time with me. 34:02 Spending time with me means you talking to me. 34:04 You giving me the time of day. 34:07 So as long as he is not spending time with her, she feels cheated. 34:12 In the same way. 34:14 The teacher is supposed to have his or her focus on the students, on the learners. 34:22 And what type of focus? 34:24 The focus of what's supposed to be taught. 34:29 Right? 34:30 Now, if a teacher is in the class, but he or she is doing their own thing. 34:36 Answering the WhatsApp message. 34:40 Making a personal phone call. 34:44 Or chatting amongst ourselves in the corridors. 34:50 One teacher comes to visit the other teacher. 34:54 Maanima, which way am I supposed to teach from? 34:59 And last week I came to your house when you made that cake. 35:03 You got the recipe. 35:06 And now the conversation carries on. 35:08 And we spent two minutes discussing a madrasa issue. 35:13 And another 10 minutes or 12 minutes discussing a personal issue. 35:18 But we're getting paid for that 10 minutes. 35:21 With funds that don't belong to a single person. 35:24 But now we've made khiyanat. 35:28 Right? 35:30 In this amanat. 35:32 How do we remedy it? 35:36 How do we pay back? 35:38 How do we sort the problem out? 35:42 We can't sort the problem out. 35:44 So the time that we supposed to be in madrasa, we must be teaching. 35:49 We must be focused on the students. 35:52 Then the focus must be on what we supposed to be teaching. 35:57 Not sitting there with them and making stories about what happened in the weekend and your sister's wedding took place so what was she wearing and where she gone for honeymoon and honeymoon and her husband so what is he where is he working and what's he doing. 36:15 Yes, I don't say you can't talk at all with your students. 36:18 Sometime you just create a little bit of a light atmosphere for a minute, 30 seconds or so. 36:23 It's understandable. 36:24 You just ask, Oh, so how was your weekend? 36:26 Alhamdulillah. 36:27 And you carry on. 36:29 But to now spend 10 minutes and 15 minutes and go into that type of discussion is khiyanat in the student's time. 36:36 Because they have given that time to learn Quran. 36:39 They have given that time to learn the surahs, to learn the kalimas, to learn the fiqh, to learn Islamic history. 36:44 They haven't given that time to explain how they spent the weekend. 36:50 Right? 36:51 So, amanat of the time is 36:54 And then what am I supposed to be doing? 36:56 One is I'm just sitting there and I'm doing my own thing or I'm engaging with the students but on things that I'm not supposed to be engaging. 37:03 So I've got to be there. 37:05 My focus and attention has to be given to the students and I have to be teaching them what I'm supposed to be teaching. 37:13 Right? 37:15 And look, even if we're not taking a salary, those students 37:25 Have been entrusted to us. 37:29 You know, my late shaykh, Mawlana Yunus Fatiha al-Rahimahullah, once, I wanted to join him for Umrah. 37:42 And, it was during Madrasa days. 37:47 He was going while it was still, it was not during the Madrasa holiday. 37:51 It was during Madrasa days. 37:53 Right? 37:56 So I requested permission from him. 38:00 And he said to me, what's going to happen to the madrasa? 38:04 So I said, you know what? 38:06 It was the trustees who came up with this decision. 38:10 They came up with this idea that I should go with you for Umrah. 38:13 They offered me. 38:14 I didn't even request leave. 38:16 They offered me that, Ma is going, don't you want to go? 38:19 I mean, if you want to go, it's no problem with us. 38:22 You can join him. 38:22 You can go. 38:23 Right? 38:26 They probably seen what a wreck I was when I came there. 38:31 And then after meeting Marana, they see, no, no, there's some changes here. 38:34 So they must have thought, hey, rather still maybe learn a little bit more, you know. 38:38 They were seeing the benefits. 38:40 Right? 38:40 So they offered me. 38:41 I didn't request leave. 38:42 They offered me. 38:43 So I told them, no, no, the trustees are the ones who came up. 38:46 Say, someone talking about the trustees. 38:49 What about the children? 38:52 Leave the trustees. 38:53 You don't work for trustees. 38:56 You don't work for the committee. 38:58 You're working for Allah. 39:01 Allah is sending those children to you. 39:04 Now who's going to teach those children if you're not there? 39:08 So I said, no, I've got a substitute. 39:13 I've got somebody to stand in for me. 39:17 So he said, look, you're going to come for Umrah for three weeks. 39:21 Right? 39:23 These learners are 39:25 They are used to your teaching methodology. 39:28 They're used to you. 39:32 Now you're going to bring in a substitute. 39:35 They're not used to the substitute. 39:37 The substitute is not used to them. 39:40 So it's going to take them a few days now to adjust now. 39:46 The substitute is going to be finding his feet and the students are going to be now trying to understand him now his way, his method. 39:55 Right? 39:56 So a few days are going to be lost in that. 39:59 Then eventually they're just going to get used to him. 40:03 And then you're going to come back. 40:07 Now another adjustment needs to take place. 40:11 So how much of time are they going to lose from the time that they have taken out to learn Allah's deen? 40:21 So it's an amanat all around. 40:25 It's an amanat. 40:26 All wrong. 40:27 Right? 40:30 The fourth point is what I mentioned in the beginning. 40:37 Right? 40:38 That in actual fact we are the designers and the fashioners of the ummah of tomorrow. 40:50 Right? 40:51 Look 40:53 From all the Muslim children that attend our madaris, our makatib, how many of them go on to study higher Islamic education? 41:06 A very small percentage. 41:09 A very small percentage. 41:12 Then, you will get an even smaller percentage that may get involved in the work of tabligh, 41:23 Or get married into a home where the work of tablir is active. 41:28 So that person may learn a little more fadail etc. 41:32 And have some consciousness of deen. 41:34 And then you will get an even smaller percentage who may get involved in the line of tasawwuf, taskiyatun nafs, with some shaykh or something where that person will have some sort of guidance and some sort of alignment. 41:48 But the general community 41:51 The masses. 41:52 The 90% of the ummah. 41:57 The only exposure they have to dini education is those few years with those couple hours in the day. 42:09 Right? 42:10 Because most of the day is given to school. 42:13 Now they have those few hours in between the hockey class and swimming lesson and eat shopping and seek and doctor's appointment and don't know what and what. 42:23 Right? 42:25 Now we have that little bit of time to secure this child's Iman. 42:33 Those few years to secure this child and make this child so strong in Iman that 42:39 That this child will remain firm upon Iman till this child's death. 42:45 Because look, 9 out of 10, there's no environment at home. 42:52 Right? 42:52 There's no environment at home. 42:55 Parents, even from good homes, are not really interested anymore in the deen-y education of their children. 43:06 Right? 43:07 And, 43:09 As soon as they leave you, when they go out, they are battered and blasted with every type of fitna on the outside. 43:21 Their very own homes in most cases are like vice dens. 43:29 Their very own homes are like vice dens. 43:33 And once that child reaches the grade 6, grade 7 level, I don't know what level you go up to here in the Cape, 43:39 But now a side is like a grade 7 level. 43:41 Right? 43:43 In most madaris. 43:46 From the time the child finishes grade 7, that child is going to have no exposure to any dini, constructive dini talim going forward. 43:58 Illa mashallah. 43:58 You may get the one or two that will attend the Jummah khutbah, the Jummah address in some masjid and they may hear something or some Eid mayan or some talk in some masjid or something and they may pick up a thing or two here and there. 44:16 Right? 44:16 So, the time that we have with these Maktab learners, especially especially these Maktab learners is precious, valuable time. 44:29 And we are tasked, we are tasked to give this child such deen that this child must remain firm till the child's death. 44:42 So don't just look at this child and look at the child as my reputation that this child must get good marks in the assessment or in the exam so that when the committee members come around they see I'm doing a good job and my job is secure. 44:56 No. 44:57 Look at this child as a servant of Allah. 45:01 And I'm connecting this child with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 45:04 Look at this child as an ummati of Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 45:09 Look at this child as a vulnerable member of the ummah that is exposed to all the attacks of nafs and shaitan. 45:22 And I'm here to equip this child 45:25 And assist this child. 45:26 And give the child the weapons and the armour that this child requires to ward off those attacks. 45:34 So that this child can go through life with his or her Iman intact. 45:43 So that is the fifth point. 45:51 The sixth point is something that we must 45:56 Always keep at the forefront of our minds. 46:02 And that is the ayat-e-karimah. 46:05 Limatakuluna ma la taf'aloon. 46:10 Limatakuluna ma la taf'aloon. 46:17 There is a hadith of Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam wherein Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam read this ayah 46:25 To explain what he was saying. 46:27 That Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam explained that there will be a person put into hellfire, into Jahannam, and he will be going around his own intestines. 46:51 No? 46:55 Just in circles. 46:58 And other inmates of Jahannam they will see him that he is in this punishment and this azab and they will be very very shocked that this person he is getting azab and they will ask him but weren't you the one who used to make Amr bil Ma'roof 47:26 You were encouraging people to do good. 47:29 You were making nahi anil munkar. 47:32 You were prohibiting people from evil. 47:35 You were giving advices. 47:37 You were addressing the ummah. 47:40 Why are you in this type of a condition? 47:44 Why are you in this type of a condition? 47:48 So he will say that yes, I did all of that. 47:54 But I never practiced myself. 47:56 I did all of these things but I never practiced myself. 48:01 So this is why I am now subjected to this type of punishment. 48:07 And Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam then recited this ayah. 48:09 Ya ayyuha alladheena amanu lima taquluna ma la taf'aloon kabura maqtan inda Allahi an taqulu ma la taf'aloon 48:18 Why do you say that which you do not do? 48:20 This is a very severe thing in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 48:26 Now we must understand. 48:30 One is that I have a weakness. 48:35 But it is my niyah, it is my intention to give up my weakness. 48:40 I am trying, I am making a concerted effort to give up my weakness. 48:45 I am not happy with this weakness. 48:46 I want to give it up. 48:48 Right? 48:51 And say for example it's concentration in salah. 48:55 I've got a weakness. 48:57 Now I'm teaching my students that you must concentrate in your salah. 49:02 But I myself am not concentrating. 49:04 But I'm trying to concentrate. 49:07 Right? 49:07 I'm trying sincerely. 49:09 I'm making an effort. 49:11 And I'm taking steps to try and concentrate. 49:14 Then I do not fall into 49:18 Within the ambit of the warning of this verse. 49:22 What this verse is referring to is a person who is acting like a hypocrite. 49:32 The person has got no intention of making any changes. 49:36 The person is teaching the children. 49:38 There are five pillars in Islam. 49:41 Iman. 49:43 Salah. 49:45 But I am not waking up for Fajr. 49:48 I don't even set my clock to wake up for Fajr. 49:51 I got no intention of waking up for Fajr. 49:54 I just don't wake up. 49:55 Right? 49:56 And I'm teaching the children. 49:57 No. 49:58 Islam got five pillars. 49:59 Right? 50:04 And if the child doesn't know the five pillars, I'm marking the child down also. 50:09 You don't even know your five pillars. 50:11 You don't even know after Iman comes Salah. 50:15 But I myself, I got no intention of reading my Fajr Salah. 50:21 I'm not making any effort whatsoever. 50:24 Right? 50:25 So now, I fall under the ambit of this ayah. 50:29 So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala protect us. 50:33 As I said in the beginning, that look, the rewards are great. 50:39 And it's a great bounty. 50:41 To be able to teach the deen of Allah subhanAllah, it's a great ni'mah, a great bounty. 50:46 But with the great bounty comes a great responsibility. 50:51 A major responsibility. 50:53 And we must not take this lightly. 50:58 Look, mothers, sisters, our elders, brothers, all our teachers, look. 51:06 Days and onslaught against our deen. 51:10 In certain countries, the onslaught is a physical one. 51:17 Where we see wars, right? 51:19 We see wars taking place. 51:23 Muslims are being wiped out. 51:25 Muslims are being oppressed. 51:26 They are being subdued. 51:28 And they think that by doing that, they will subdue Islam. 51:33 They will stop the spread of Islam. 51:35 That is their bottom line mission and game plan. 51:40 Is they want to subdue the spread of Islam. 51:43 Right? 51:45 Now you look at what an effort they are making even in Saudi. 51:48 Right? 51:51 Now we've got a crown prince who is even changing the textbooks. 51:57 He's even changing the textbooks. 52:00 You've got a crown prince who is now introducing places of sin. 52:07 Places of sin in the kingdom. 52:11 Where these things were not there. 52:13 Hijab was there. 52:15 He's removing it. 52:16 Place like France. 52:18 They're fighting to bring hijab. 52:21 And here in Saudi, it's supposed to be the pulse where everything started. 52:25 Hijab was there and you're fighting to take it out. 52:32 So you can see what, you know, the onslaught against the deen of Allah. 52:41 So these madaris, these are the pillars. 52:47 These are the pillars. 52:49 And the people that are used in these institutes, they are like the people who are standing on the frontiers of Islam. 52:58 The borders of Muslim countries. 53:01 These are our forts and our fortresses. 53:04 Right? 53:05 So, don't just take it as a job. 53:09 Don't just take it as an occupation, you know. 53:11 I'll just start a madrasa and children will pay fees and I'll earn something. 53:16 Or, you know what, that particular institute, they pay well, so let me just get a job there and, you know, at least the rent is covered at the end of the month and couple of my expenses are paid. 53:25 Right? 53:27 Right? 53:28 Mawlana Yunus Fateh Rahimahullah is to give this example. 53:32 He says, nobody buys the cow for the dung. 53:40 A person buys a cow for the milk. 53:44 Or you want the cow to have more calves. 53:50 So you buy it either for reproduction or you buy it for the milk. 53:55 But nobody buys the cow for the dung. 53:59 But the dung comes for free. 54:02 The dung automatically comes for free. 54:04 And the dung is something very very beneficial in rural communities. 54:09 They use the dung. 54:11 They take the dung. 54:12 They dry it. 54:13 And then they use it as coal. 54:15 That's one of the big uses they have for the dung. 54:19 Because what is it? 54:20 It's dried up grass at the end of the day. 54:22 Right? 54:22 So they use it as fuel to light their fires. 54:27 And they've got other uses for it. 54:29 You know what's the other use for cow dung? 54:37 Agarbatti. 54:38 What you call it? 54:40 Man stockies. 54:42 Right? 54:42 So when you buy man stockies, you must check. 54:47 You must buy the synthetic one. 54:49 Otherwise you burning the cow dung. 54:53 Okay. 54:53 So that's one of the major uses of cow dung. 54:56 Now the Hindu people, they worship the cow. 54:58 So for them that's a big thing now to burn the dung in the house. 55:02 The dung of the cow. 55:03 Because they worship the cow, you know. 55:05 So that's one of the uses of cow dung. 55:07 Right. 55:07 But what I'm saying is, nobody buys the cow for that. 55:10 Right. 55:11 You buy the cow for the milk. 55:13 You buy the cow for reproduction. 55:15 Right. 55:15 And the dung that comes automatic. 55:17 Now you take the dung and dry it and use it for fuel. 55:20 Right. 55:21 But if a person buys the cow and says I bought the cow for dung. 55:25 Now whatever milk comes he throws it away. 55:29 He doesn't allow for it to reproduce. 55:31 But he only wants the dung. 55:33 So what you say? 55:33 This is an international fool. 55:37 Where this international fool came from? 55:39 Right? 55:40 You don't buy a cow for dung. 55:41 Right? 55:43 Now when we will take this deen of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and we will consider it merely 55:50 A way of earning a few rands of the world. 55:54 And that is exactly what we are doing. 55:56 We are buying the cow for the dump. 56:00 No. 56:01 We must use this deen of Allah subhanAllah for all these things that we just mentioned. 56:07 To earn the pleasure of Allah. 56:09 We teach with ikhlas. 56:11 Then we will earn also through it. 56:15 Because we cannot live on love and fresh air. 56:20 We can't live on grass. 56:23 So you'll have to earn. 56:26 But you can never ever be paid your worth. 56:30 Because the thing that you are teaching, you can't put any price tag on it. 56:33 Only Allah can pay you in the akhirah. 56:36 But you are paid a little bit for your time. 56:38 You know, you're giving a little bit of time. 56:40 So some remuneration is given. 56:42 Right? 56:43 So that remuneration is something, by the way, it will come, like the dung of the cow. 56:48 But the main thing 56:50 Is for the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to spread the deen of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, secure the future of these little little children that are coming to us so that they die with Iman. 57:03 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give me tawfiq, give you tawfiq. 57:09 Look, we are just mentioning these things in point form. 57:12 It doesn't mean that I have it in my life. 57:15 Right? 57:16 So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala don't make me from 57:19 Limatakuluna ma la taf'aloon. 57:23 So make dua for me also. 57:24 I am in need of your duas. 57:25 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give me ikhlas. 57:27 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give me first the tawfiq to make amal on these advices which we have heard from our seniors. 57:34 I am just conveying to you like a tape recorder what we heard from the seniors. 57:39 Right? 57:39 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give us all the tawfiq and keep us with ikhlas and grant us qubuliyat. 57:45 Continue to utilize us despite our shortcomings and our weaknesses. 57:50 If I have said anything that is beneficial, then that is from Allah. 57:54 And if I have erred, then that is from myself. 57:57 And if I have said anything that has offended anyone, then I ask you for forgiveness.
Establish Personal Worship: Engage in Tahajjud, Zikrullah, and daily Quranic recitation (tilawat ) to recharge spiritual light before attempting to guide others.
Supplicate for Students: Regularly pray for weak or struggling students during Tahajjud and private duas.
Eliminate Distractions: Maintain full focus on students during lesson hours and refrain from personal phone use or non-essential conversations.
Teach with Compassion: Show mercy, warmth, and care (shafqat ) toward learners while maintaining proper Islamic boundaries.
Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb