Saad Tasleem - Strangers

Saad TasleemFebruary 18, 20240 comments

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Hadith Trials & Tribulations Social Pressures Aqeedah Unity Muslim Identity Scholarship & Knowledge Iman

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In this lecture, Saad Tasleem unpacks the famous Hadith of the Strangers — "Islam began as something strange and will return to being strange" — breaking it down into three components: a history lesson, a prophetic warning, and a promise of glad tidings. He challenges Muslims to understand that true strangeness is rooted in morality and aqeedah, not appearance, and calls on believers to anchor their identity and self-worth in their submission to Allah rather than the approval of society. The lecture closes with a powerful reminder of who the ghuraba truly are — those who stand for goodness when the world around them has become corrupted.

Shaykh Saad Tasleem is an AlMaghrib Institute instructor. In his past life, Shaykh Saad was the lead singer of a punk rock band, and used to snowboard and skateboard, but he's still rocking his Converse sneakers like a boss! There’s probably nobody better than him to understand the plight of Muslim youth in the face of today’s pop culture pressures. Shaykh Saad studied Art History, Modern Art, Graphic Design, and Psychology at the University of Maryland. He started his Islamic education at IIASA in Fairfax, VA. He then went on to study in the Islamic University of Madinah where he dedicated himself to the study of Islamic Sciences. He graduated with a Bachelor’s from the Faculty of Shariah, University of Madinah.

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