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Life Lessons – Nobility | Shaykh Waleed Basyouni

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July 11, 2013

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Dr. Hamad Alshittwy taught me so much knowledge but he also instilled noble principles and a code of honor in me that I have been trying to live by since then. One time I asked him, “Shaykhana, you use to be very critical of so-and-so (well known shaykhs), but now I see you say positive things about them! Did they change or have you changed your position from them?” He said with his well-recognized smile, “Neither! But as you know, those students of knowledge are in jail and their imprisonment was not fair, so their right upon us now is to support them and before they were imprisoned their right upon us was to advise them and to challenge some of their opinions.”

At that moment I realized the great blessing of Allah on me to learn from such teachers and to know how to be just and wise in the way we deal with our brothers and sisters. That was one of the best lessons on Al-wala wa Al-bara I ever had.

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Today when I see my brothers talking about Muslim Brotherhood’s mistakes in Egypt and President Morsi’s poor choices while he is under arrest and his group are on the run and they are unfairly treated, I remember what my teacher taught me.

When I see my brothers transgressing, I should condemn their actions and not justify them as we hear sometimes in the cases of attacks on Western civilians by extremist Muslim groups.

That being said, my teacher also used to insist on the differentiation between the person and the idea. You should stand for the truth all the time using the wisdom of how, where, and when to say it. This mentality of black-and-white or hundred percent or zero will never take us forward. We should always try to find a “win-win” situation.

I ask Allah to help all of us to benefit from Ramadan, to worship Him in the way that will please Him and to bring goodness and blessing to our communities and the rest of the world.

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Sh. Waleed Basyouni

is Vice President of AlMaghrib Institute and Director of Clear Lake Islamic Center (CLIC). He is a frequent guest speaker at Universities, Conventions, Radio Talk Shows, Television, Interfaith meetings, and community centers nationally and internationally. He is also a member of the North American Imam Federation (NAIF), Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America (AMJA)-Fatwa and Research Committee, Director of Texas Dawah Convention, and Advisor to numerous Islamic Societies/Organizations around the US. Shaykh Waleed Basyouni graduated with a Bachelors in Islamic Sciences from Al-Imam Muhammad University, KSA; did his Masters in Islamic Theology, World Religions and Modern Religious Sects from Al-Imam Muhammad University; and acquired a Doctorate in Theology. He is also an instructor at the American Open University in Alexandria, VA, USA, and serves as, the Imam of Clear Lake Islamic Center, Houston, TX, USA. Shaykh Waleed has Ijaazahs in reciting the Holy Quran and in several books of Hadeeth, awarded by various scholars. He studied with great scholars time such as Shaykh Ibn Baz, Abdul-Razzaq Afify and others.

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Abu Hafsa

July 12, 2013 at 8:36 PM

BarakAllahu Feek for sharing with us these Life Lessons. Very Beneficial

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Nadiyah

September 15, 2013 at 5:13 PM

Salaam…i am reminded that we should also pray to Allah to guide and bless those who may have transgressed against us and to forgive us for our transgressions. I have encountered a trial in my life where i thought highly of an individual, only to be reminded how so very human and flawed we human beings are. Inner jihad should be a constant for us all. Shaytan is enemy enough along with our own nafs when weak. I am not this individual’s enemy though treated as such. I will not see this individual as my enemy though we are duplicitous; we humans. I can barely trust myself not to ruin my own soul; how can i trust another. I trust only my Maula; Allah, Allah.

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- O H
  
  October 6, 2013 at 2:15 AM
  
  One of the biggest personal trials for me is to avoid negative assumption of my Muslims brothers and sisters as well as pardoning them for their shortcomings or what I perceive to be flaws and shortcomings. It involves immense striving of ones nafs. May Allaah forgive us and enable us to be merciful towards the believers and strive hard to avoid obtaining traits of the khawaarij who are harsh against the believers. In addition to du’a, we should try to help them financially or other ways if possible as mentioned in the article.
  
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O H

October 6, 2013 at 1:47 AM

Jazak Allaahu Khair Shaykh for these gems. Its my favourite segment of this wesbite.

May Allaah grant us all hikmah/wisdom. Ameen

“He gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. And none will remember except those of understanding.” [Surah Baqarah v269]

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