“O you who believe, obey Allah and His messenger and those of authority among you. Then, if you dispute in some affair, then refer it to Allah and the Messenger if you [truly] believe in Allah and the Last Day”. A pertinent question that arises in any discussion of authority and leadership is the criterion upon which any entity, whether an individual or a group, should be afforded power. What qualifies someone to hold the reigns of civilization, designate societal goals, and be trusted to take the appropriate steps to fulfill them? This piece does not aim to argue for the necessity of subservience to those already seated in leadership; it is questioning the philosophy that actualizes leadership altogether. At its essence, leadership is a system of delegating communal responsibility to a single entity for the sake of order. Society has an obligation to seek out the best possible model of existence and pursue it by making decisions that lead it there. For this to be achieved, and for chaos to be avoided, the responsibility of identifying successful parameters of living and the method of attaining it must be delegated to a single entity. A multiplicity of entities that wield decision-making power would be chaotic. The Qurʾan speaks to this reality: “Had there been [in the heavens and the earth] deities other than Allah, they (the heavens and earth) would have fallen in disorder” [al-Anbiyāʾ: 22]. Thus, it is incumbent to delegate the task of leadership to one, rather than share it amongst many.

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Tafsīr Pearl from Sūrah Nūḥ (71) Session 1 | Sunday Tafsīr with Shaykh Amin Kholwadia

«اللهم إني أسألك الهدى، والسداد»

"O Allah! I ask you for guidance and steadfastness."

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“We are witnessing how the Prophet ﷺ took [Abraham’s] ancient foundations [and] instituted them as a source for us as a part of our sacred law and completed them with hisﷺ own perfect character.”

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Key Quote:

“[On the Day of Resurrection] Human beings lose their senses, they lose the purpose of their existence, and mothers lose total compassion from themselves. So, what is the relationship between this ending of the human beings’ existence and the idea of Hajj?”

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Key Quote:

“We come to understand that these acts of Hajj [are] not just empty rituals. They discipline the soul, they refine character, and they remove arrogance and heedlessness from the heart.”

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• The Ka’bah is ancient, as is Islam, from the time of Adam.

• The human has a fiṭrah (natural inclination), the religion fulfills the internal and external faculties so human can be in line with its true inclinations.

• Humans are created to worship, and no one worships Allah more than Muslims.

• Hajj is both logical and beyond human rationality, such that love becomes creative and not destructive.

• Islam is universal, and it is beneficial for the entirety of the world.

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عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏”‏ مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ فِيهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ ‏”‏ ‏يَعْنِي الْعَشْرَ ‏

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“There are no days during which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these days,” meaning the (first) ten days of Dhul- Hijjah.

In just a few days, we will witness the ḥujjāj (pilgrims) from around the world make their way to the Holy Lands. Abstaining from the pleasures of this world and draped in the remembrance of Allah, they will emulate our father, Ibrāhīm ﵇, and the Best of Mankind, Rasūlullah ﷺ as they perform the manāsik (rituals of Ḥajj).

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Tafsīr Pearl from Sūrah al-Maʿārij (70) Session 4

وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: آيَةُ الْإِيمَانِ حُبُّ الْأَنْصَارِ وَآيَةُ النِّفَاقِ بُغْضُ الْأَنْصَارِ

It is reported by Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“The sign of faith is love for the Ansār, and the sign of hypocrisy is hatred for the Ansār.”

Key Quote:

“Overthinking at its very core is often the false belief that if you think long enough, if you circle long enough and replay long enough, somehow you're going to gain perfect certainty [and] control.”

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Tafsīr Pearl from Sūrah al-Maʿārij (70) Session 3

Follow along our latest series of Islamic Literature, wherein we discuss forty key points of our beautiful religion and begin to truly understand the core beliefs of Muslims through Imam Ghazali’s book The Forty Principles of Religion.

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“Surely, all things We have created in proportion and measure.” (54:49)

Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. He has created the cosmos with an underlying niẓam (order) and qadar (measure), weaving symmetry and harmony together seamlessly. We see this in the multitude of creation and in the geometry of patterns and shapes. A particularl…

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“The blessings and the sweetness of the Quran can only be reached by believers who are purified from faithlessness.”

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What does Ramadan teach us about the strength of the true believer?

Key Quote:

“Often we think that we have so many weaknesses and we transgress so often that maybe we aren't capable of leaving sin. Maybe we are not capable of overcoming an addiction. But the reality is that if you think about how capable we are, how much restraint that we show in the month of Ramadan, in private and in public…That shows incredible capacity.”

How can someone actually maintain that consistency after Ramadan? How do we use our Ramadan to strengthen our resolve?

Key Quote:

“The most critical time to develop these habits which we may do in Ramadan is the time immediately after Ramadan because we are already in a momentum.”

How do the three objectives of Ramadan: mercy, forgiveness, and salvation from the hellfire connect together to perfect our success as Muslims?

Key Quote:

“Even after an entire month of worship, fasting, losing sleep, exhaustion, it's not our actions that allow us to purchase our freedom, but rather it's the endless bounty of Allah that truly sets us free from the fire of Jahannam (hellfire)”

What are the layers of meaning in the word Qadr? How do we reflect its meaning as Muslims in these last ten nights?

Key Quote:

“The divine power is not just any power. It is a measured and precise power. Every praiseworthy aspect in the noble Quran is for humanity to aspire for as much as humanly possible.”

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