Ibrahim Dremali – The Strangers

About this lecture

In this powerful lecture, Sheikh Ibrahim Dremali explores the concept of "the strangers" (*al-ghuraba*) — those believers who hold firm to the Quran and Sunnah even when the world around them makes that feel foreign and difficult. Drawing on the famous hadith that "Islam began as something strange and will return as something strange," he walks through stories of the Prophet ﷺ in Mecca and Ta'if, the steadfastness of companions like Bilal, Khabbab, Abdullah ibn Hudhaf, and Nusaybah bint Ka'b, and the essential reminder that this dunya is temporary while the Akhirah is eternal. The lecture closes with an encouraging call to the Muslim youth of America to embrace their identity with pride, work hard for their deen, and carry the torch of Islam forward.