Ibrahim osi efa biography of william blake

Shaykh Ibrahim was born and raised in Liverpool, England. Initially studying for three years in Syria and Mauritania he then had the opportunity to spend over six years in the city of Tarim, Hadramaut where he studied under the hands of many high calibre teachers of our time.

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He currently resides in Liverpool, England with his wife and two children. After trying to poorly imitate the Shaykhs scouse accent, he had a lengthy chat covering issues from Tupac to drugs and alcohol abuse, marriage to culture, purification of the soul to Mosques and many more. Here are some of the questions put to the Shaykh:.

We always say that Islam is a complete way of life. Shaykh: I mean that comes down to teachings. When the children or the youth no longer see Islam being conveyed in a holistic sense, then lo and behold they have some type of dis familiarity with the actual tenants of the faith and the broadness of the faith itself. Shaykh: We need to become people who represent the religion; we need to take on the tenants and live the actual tenants of the faith.

So the heart of the problem is how we change environments in order to facilitate a more We always say that the Prophet pbuh should be our role model but the reality is for a lot of elders and youngsters, the Prophet pbuh is not our role model. So how can we transform the way the youngsters see the Prophet pbuh? Shaykh: The most powerful role models are those who are accessible.

When they are the accessible sort of figures for our youth then lo and behold they become role models, because every human being needs a role model. Allah swt crafted in us that innate potency to follow others, to seek others as those who guide us unto whether we believe it to be or good or whatever.