Ibrahim osi efa biography template

What do they get? But something about TuPac maybe, the way he holds himself and I mean the definition of cool, as some would say, and every human being, especially the youth, wants to be cool. So we bring a new definition of cool, and the Prophet pbuh IS that definition. The youth of today are no different from the youth of Makkah and Madina, and when we look at the actual life and times of the Prophet pbuh , his movement was a youth movement.

The YOUTH followed him, and just as we have an issue with elders today, there were the issues with elders THEN, and the Prophet Pbuh said that: 'when I came, the elders denied me and the youth gave me victory; they were the ones that supported me. If we look at the sahabah, the early youth that were sat around the Prophet pbuh , they had families; there was a dominant culture, a dominant way of life, but they PREFFERED something different that was more appealing to lead into the actual reality of who they were at that point in time.

He said that those who met him suddenly feared him but the ones who intermingled with him without knowledge fell in love with him. Ed: Jazakallah. I think one of the reasons why people are away from the Deen, going into drugs and so on is that they want that peace of mind, they want that buzz I mean, I grew up in that drug culture. I grew up in a city that is one of the highest drug cultures today, which is the city of Liverpool - that is a drug culture.

Many of the friends that I grew up with and people inside my own family are people who took to it in every possible way imaginable. And they will find that out sooner rather than later. Ed: An issue that some people bring up is that alcohol in Islam is crystal clear that it is haraam however the Quran and sunnah is kind of silent about weed and coke and drugs So therefore we see that the great Imams of the religion can clarify the rulings regards to all of those matters.

Islam promotes and nurtures the Intellect. Religion was sent for that. So anything that compromises on that great universal, the law will always consider it to be haraam… consider it to be unlawful. So cocaine is something which clouds the intellect. Ganja which is something which clouds the intellect. Weed is something that clouds the mind. Shaykh: I would say to them behave… behave Ed: Is there no clear cut text which can be quoted that the Quran and sunnah has openly said intoxicants including drugs are haraam?

I mean I lived in a generation where there was no crack cocaine and then there was so therefore we saw a new drug entered into a field. You have human beings with emptiness in their soul and are always trying to craft new ways to filling that void through things called drugs and there will always be new drugs and alcohol. The beauty of the Quran is that it can take care of all that with a few words- anything that intoxicates, anything that clouds the intellect is considered unlawful.

Ed: OK. But when I speak to a lot of youngsters that are into drugs or into alcohol, they all seem cool and chilled out and happy. And peace of mind, which is really peace of heart. That can only come through adherence of the way of the one who crafted the heart, and the one who knows how peace, or tranquillity, or serenity ultimately develops in that heart.

Ed: A lot of the time when we speak to scholars, they say you need to purify your heart and purify your soul. What does that mean and how do you achieve it? Shaykh: The purification of the heart or the purification of the soul means liberating the soul, which is the essence of the human being. We are mind, body and soul. But ultimately we are soul.

So our humanity is in our spiritual liberation, our spiritual realisation. How is that realised? Through morals, through virtues, through cleansing the self of blameworthy qualities and adorning the self with the higher qualities. Shaykh: The first thing to understand is that the struggle is where the reward lies. So sometimes the struggle sends the wrong message.

We interpret the struggle in the wrong manner. So first and foremost, struggle is good and the nation of youth LOVE struggle. The youth love struggle! Why do youths get into fights? Why get into a fight when you know you can be hurt? They love struggle! So the struggle is good. So we should engage with the struggle or embrace it thereafter.

The human being is environmental in nature- we are as good as our environment. So therefore, we struggle because our friends are struggling, our environment is struggling. And lo and behold when we change our friends, we start to see that suddenly you see a different type of struggle. Ed: So the first step is to get rid of your friends which are an obstacle in becoming a good Muslim?

Because I can remember when I was young a looooong time ago! Shaykh: Well there are two types of people: there are people who, in bad company, can negate the badness. Either they are influences or they are influenced. And there are many youths who are influences that are not influenced. He elaborates on what happens to the souls after death, based on the Quran and narrated authentic Hadith.

Ibrahim osi efa biography template

In the second video, he patiently answered queries from attendees of his talk about the journey of the soul after physical death, for the souls do not die. In this third video, Shaykh Ibrahim gives a comprehensive and intense narration on what happens on the Day of Judgement as promised by our Lord. He gives examples of the signs of the last days and also what we should expect to happen, based on all the Quranic warnings and narrations from authentic Hadith with regards to the topic.

His videos are compelling and intense, yet informative. He engages the audience with stories which one can really relate to and for one to take lessons from. Introducing… Born and raised in Liverpool, England, Shaykh Ibrahim Osi- Efa was blessed to have learnt from some very distinguished traditional scholars. He returned and spent a decade working as a Housing Officer whilst at the same time continuing his Islamic studies.

He received grounding in a number of sciences, particularly jurisprudence and language. During this time he taught students privately and on courses nationally. He then travelled to Syria in where he spent three years completing his studies.