The Responsibility of the University and Students in Da'wah and Self-Accounting
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The Shaykh:
Participation in the island, and he was the one who carried it out, began speaking about it, and defended it. I find that many of our students and brothers are likewise. In such a case, we are facing a position that should not be missed by us, and it should serve as a lesson for us in what lies ahead in our lives. May Allah spare us much of the interpretation and character [issues], and not let our deeds be lost.
The presenter:
With strength. Your speech, may Allah preserve you, Exalted and Majestic is He.
The questioner:
Beginning teaching at the start of your lives. You began and hastened to it and participated in it in all your contradictions. We see it as strange for students to be absent from lessons and strange for professors to sit for teaching. If you saw in that advice what was appropriate in this situation. May Allah reward you for us with good. And it is sufficient for the participating brothers and those who interjected, and may Allah suffice everyone. Whoever means to be firm in such a meeting, and in all its activities, and the faculty of intercession, may Allah protect it, Glorified and Exalted is He, and keep it a place for knowledge, illuminated with virtue, a place for evil, ignorance, and falsehood. Indeed, our Lord protects everyone.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I have said repeatedly that this university was specifically founded and planted by the mujahid Imam Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul Rahman al-Faisal (may Allah have mercy on him), and it was cared for and established by His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim. It is the one that inherited this blessed da'wah upon which this country was established.
So upon this university and its officials lies a great responsibility and a great trust. They have carried it. So they must know their mission and be keen on this blessed university, encourage its students, check on them, and help them carry out their missions. And they must urge them to call to Allah in their countries, whether their countries are inside the Kingdom or outside the Kingdom. They are, in fact, delegates to their countries. They carry the good and return with it to their countries.
If this were to happen, this country and others would be illuminated, and the light would extend to the east and west of the earth. What is the mission of a person? To succeed? And in his studies, that he obtains a distinction and obtains an honor? Rather, his mission is to hold himself accountable between himself and Allah: What did he present to the Muslim community? What did he present to the knowledge he carries? He holds himself accountable because he will be held accountable for this on the Day of Resurrection.
So it is upon each of us to hold himself accountable, to purify his knowledge, to correct his work, and to give sincere advice in his speech and his action, and in everything that issues from him, so that he may be a good role model, and be beneficial and a sound member of the community. May Allah guide everyone, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and all his Companions.
Participation in the island, and he was the one who carried it out, began speaking about it, and defended it. I find that many of our students and brothers are likewise. In such a case, we are facing a position that should not be missed by us, and it should serve as a lesson for us in what lies ahead in our lives. May Allah spare us much of the interpretation and character [issues], and not let our deeds be lost.
The presenter:
With strength. Your speech, may Allah preserve you, Exalted and Majestic is He.
The questioner:
Beginning teaching at the start of your lives. You began and hastened to it and participated in it in all your contradictions. We see it as strange for students to be absent from lessons and strange for professors to sit for teaching. If you saw in that advice what was appropriate in this situation. May Allah reward you for us with good. And it is sufficient for the participating brothers and those who interjected, and may Allah suffice everyone. Whoever means to be firm in such a meeting, and in all its activities, and the faculty of intercession, may Allah protect it, Glorified and Exalted is He, and keep it a place for knowledge, illuminated with virtue, a place for evil, ignorance, and falsehood. Indeed, our Lord protects everyone.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I have said repeatedly that this university was specifically founded and planted by the mujahid Imam Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul Rahman al-Faisal (may Allah have mercy on him), and it was cared for and established by His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim. It is the one that inherited this blessed da'wah upon which this country was established.
So upon this university and its officials lies a great responsibility and a great trust. They have carried it. So they must know their mission and be keen on this blessed university, encourage its students, check on them, and help them carry out their missions. And they must urge them to call to Allah in their countries, whether their countries are inside the Kingdom or outside the Kingdom. They are, in fact, delegates to their countries. They carry the good and return with it to their countries.
If this were to happen, this country and others would be illuminated, and the light would extend to the east and west of the earth. What is the mission of a person? To succeed? And in his studies, that he obtains a distinction and obtains an honor? Rather, his mission is to hold himself accountable between himself and Allah: What did he present to the Muslim community? What did he present to the knowledge he carries? He holds himself accountable because he will be held accountable for this on the Day of Resurrection.
So it is upon each of us to hold himself accountable, to purify his knowledge, to correct his work, and to give sincere advice in his speech and his action, and in everything that issues from him, so that he may be a good role model, and be beneficial and a sound member of the community. May Allah guide everyone, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and all his Companions.
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