Salams,

I have been working on my final assignment which weighs 50% of the assessment. I chose the topic of The decline of Women’s rights in the Muslim World. Its pretty interesting but I’m pretty scattered right now Academically, emotionally, mentally and everything. There is something wrong with me but I don’t really know what it is. I keep having certain ’nightmares’ which make me kinda distracted and disturbed.

So I have started researching about Women’s Rights in Islam since yesterday and Ive been pretty unproductive today coz I was just watching videos by Dr ZAkir Naik. Another Prominent figure in Islam. MashaAllah he is a specialized doctor as well as a well-known Da’ie (A caller to the truth). You guys can research more about him on the internet. I really admire his work for Islam. MashaAllah Allah has given him the power of memory that he memorized the whole Quran and its INTERPRETATION word by word and the number of the verses as well as the page number. He was inspired by Sheikh Ahmad Deedat who was also an expert in comparative studies. They don’t only truly understand the Quran but other religious scriptures in detail as well! And they are steadfast with their religion.

Unlike me, I’m taking Islam in the Modern World and Arabic in Melbourne university. And learning Islam in a western country unlike the way we learn Islamic Studies in the Middle-East or Asia. It’s waaaay tooooo different. Most of the time very liberal and at the same time ‘logical’ thats why people agreed. Sometimes I did fell into the pit hole and got sooo confused. Sometimes I thought that i was being BRAINWASHED to think how they want me to think. I have to go back to all authentic sources on Islam as I know that reading the books in the libraries about Islam will make me more confused than ever. I have to go back to islamqa.com (if im not mistaken) recommended by knowledgeable scholars in Australia whom I studying with and it is very helpful as I have not been to any halaqas nor usrahs nor kuliahs in uni since Ramadhan and I don’t know why. Things happened. Yeah seems like Im the bad one huh.. Yeah I feel so distant and empty now I really need to go back to my Ramadhan mode. It was so beautiful.. I need to be consistent in my Ebaadah! Oh Allah! Please make it easy for me!

SO then I was browsing ZAkir Naik’s videos. And I saw his son’s giving lectures as well during the international peace conference 2009 in India. It was a massive event! . I think he is around 14yrs old MashaAllah and he is a reflection of his father. There are videos of his little daughters as well singing nasheeds by zain bikha and dawud wharnsby ali. MashaAllah the whole family is trained to be the asset of the Ummah.

But again you can never please everyone. Some thoughtless people were claiming that zakir naik is ‘abusing’ his children and trying to ‘sell’ his family. HELLLOOOOOO????

How is he abusing his children? I don’t get these people man! I don’t understand these people who made ridiculous comments, have they ever organized anything which call people towards islam and spread the universal truth? Like seriously, it is very hard indeed to organize such religious event and it is really hard to get people attend to those events. And from what I have seen, there were thousands of people who attended that conference be it Muslims or Non-Muslims.

And how many youth are deviated, corrupted and misled because their parents are too busy in search for materials and forget their responsibility as parents?

For me, Dr Zakir Naik, knowing that he is busy with spreading the truth all around the world, he actually brings his children so that they understand and being exposed to the work of da’wah because it is an obligation of every Muslim. And the responsibility that a person withhold is greater than a normal Muslim who just stays at home and worships Allah because a Da’ie holds the responsibility so that he is OBLIGED to do what he has called people to do and if he doesn’t, he will be first to be punished in the hereafter in the Hellfire. BUT if he spreads the knowledge and truth to thousands of people and every single one of them is practicing what he has preached, and Allah will reward him for every single being who implemented that deed and the reward continues even after he dies so as long as there is someone who still practices the knowledge. MashaALLAH!

That exposure to be in public, speaking about the absolute truth since childhood is absolutely amazing! I didn’t have that much public exposure and now I’m so reserved and not confident with whatever I am doing. I hesitate to talk about Islam to others. I’m amazed by the Christian youth who open up booth everyday infront of the library to preach their religion. Why cant Muslim youth do that?? A slap on my face.

So, to conclude, it is very incompetent of any of us to criticize and cowardly make ridiculous comments on youtube about people who are making extensive efforts to spread the message of Islam while we are just sitting at home in front of computer checking on other people on facebook. Especially that they are the prominent Scholars of Islam that you are complaining about. They are people of knowledge and more beloved to Allah hence should be respected. It is as if you are digging your own grave. If you do have any disagreement with whatever they said, I am sure most scholars nowadays have forums which you can ask questions and clarify your doubts. Scholars nowadays are updated with the modern technologies so InshaAllah they will definitely get back to you.

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, I’m firstly reminding myself and all of you guys not to make comments out of ignorance and stupidity on random places without firstly refer back to the authentic sources, The Quran and The Sunnah and accusing the scholars for their stance.

Peace Out,

Umairah