With all due and respect to all speakers/Shuyukh of the conference, Yasser Qadhi, another splendid speech, another splendid perormance, he blew it away!!! Tony Blair himself would envy YQ’s oratory at the conference.

The topic was “How do you talk to your Lord?

Just to summarise this amazing speech:

-It is one of attributes of Allah, al-Kareem, ar-Rob that He provides to all of our needs.
- Servitude, humility: It is the attribute of a human being, thus it befits him to beg Allah with Dua. Dua is the pinnacle, crest, highest point of a sign of a Servitude towards the being who is The Absolute Provider, Cherisher, Nourisher, and all Mercifull.

-al-Hayi – is one of the attributes of Allah, i.e He is to shy not not respond to supplication of His servant.

-Thus, there is NO dua that is not answered. If one is not granted what he asked for, let him know Allah will replace that with something far better.

If one were to ask Allah, to grant him for ex., a sister A for a marriage. Allah will either give that one individual for marriage or He will give him someone better than her. Because Allah knows best what is best for us. If Allah were to give him a sister B instead of A, then one should thank Allah because Allah knows what we do not know and He always gives us the best decision.

I encourage all of you to purchase the DVD of this talk at http://www.store.journeyconference.com/servlet/StoreFront 2009 conference should be available in a few days.

Wassalam alaikum wa rahmatullah.

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Get ready for a slamdown with Zakir Naik, Yasir Qadhi, Dr. Bilal, Dr. A. H. Quick, Sh. Tawfique and all the speakers!

I hate to argue on public forums but I cannot allow you to the blame the organizers of the conference.
How can you say that efforts have not been made to cut down the ticket prices? Can you prove it?
I personally know some of the organizers and I can attest that they have made a lot of effort to cut down the prices. If not for their effort instead of $40 you could have seen a price like maybe $50 or more. This is after all of the organizers are volunteers, imagine the cost if people were being paid to do the work they are doing!!
Instead of arguing over the price and what not why don’t we make dua to Allah to make a way for everyone to attend the conference and benefit from it. !

JazakAllah Khayr…

Conventions isnt the only mean to get the knowledge…. so dont come here and act as if ALL the knowledge being withheld from our brothers who dont have enough money.

You have the internet that has LOTS of authentic books open freely for download like the books of Ibn Uthaymeen and lots more… go download them and read them… if one cant afford the internet… then they can go to public libraries… if you dont have a library card… get one…

Point is…. poor or not… the knowledge is still accessible wa alillahi alhamd…

As for those who charge for it… they too need to pay their bills.. and if they dont find their means of rizq in spreading the knowledge… they will leave spreading the knowledge for the sake of getting a job to pay the bills… we dont want that to happen now… do we?!!

I will go to sleep at night tonight not feeling any injustice being committed towards our brothers and sisters who cant afford conventions…. not only coz knowledge is open for them… but also because those “conventions” and classes… offer scholarships and free admissions for those who cant afford it…

so…. to sum this up…. I make dua for my brothers and sisters who are in patience working and waiting for the rizq of Allah to make their pass to Paradise a lot more smoother and quicker than others…. Ameen

PS: I had the honor of discussing this very point with three of the shiyook of Canada when I was up there.. and their unanimous reply was……… where are those student of konwledge? we are in the masajid waiting for them… looking for the committed of them… but they dont show up… we ask them to commit to reading a full book… but they show up for one or two weeks and then quit…

Bottom line …lets bare our own responsibilities as well..

:) Peace …
wassalam

Next time you decide to open your mouth, think about how money opens are closes gates. These brothers were fortunate enough not to have needed to spend money to get the knowledge they earned, and yet the only ones who will be able to go to this even are professionals and people who are able to enjoy the luxury of listening to them.

1) What is the need of this event when we already have RIS – which is big, goes on for 3 days and costs the same?

The need for more da’wah is always there. I don’t think we can ever say that we have filled the void for spreading knowledge and giving da’wah. The more the better inshaAllah.

I understand there are costs involved in running an event of this magnitude. But two questions.

1) What is the need of this event when we already have RIS – which is big, goes on for 3 days and costs the same?

2) Can the organizors not make up the deficit by having a bazaar section and through corporate sponsorship? Or make the the shortfall from a lower ticket price by higher turn over?

As you can already see this cannot happen in this society. Please wake up and smell the coffee. Not charging this much would mean we don’t have this conference and even if we had it and charged less, we would run massive deficits, which isn’t good is it?

If we want change in our society, we have to work together and pool together financially as well to generate the greater good (i.e. such as this massive da’wah effort).

If you are truly having issues with coming up with the money, inshallah email info@journeyconference.com and we will try to help you out with whatever we can or point you in a direction of sponsors that may be able to help.

The way I look at this and anything that requires money relating to deen is the following:

Our programs, our conferences, our schools, our masjids, our youth groups, our associations deserve our money…If we don’t support them, where else will they get the ability to spread the dawah in such a manner? Every last penny goes to the aid of spreading the message of Islam…is this not a worth while cause to support? The prices are not outrageous when you take into consideration the multitude of costs associated with doing such a grand event.

We should be a people who support and seriously, as was mentioned above I believe, we should make du’a for the flourishment of such dawah activities in North America. May Allah bestow upon us all khayr and guide us towards His love and mercy.