Omar Suleiman - Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant

About this lecture

In this powerful lecture, Sheikh Omar Suleiman explores the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ that "the greatest jihad is to speak a word of truth in the face of a tyrant," drawing on the stories of Musa (AS), Al-Husayn (RA), Asiya, the hairdresser of Fir'awn's daughter, and the companions of the Prophet ﷺ during the era of Al-Hajjaj. He demonstrates that speaking truth to power takes many forms — from direct confrontation to quiet moral clarity — and that true victory in Allah's scale is never defined by worldly outcomes. The lecture concludes with a call to principled, sincere activism for oppressed Muslims around the world, including those in Kashmir, Palestine, and the Uyghur community.