The deep sincerity and concern of the Mashaikh is quite awe inspiring and humbling. Before Shaykh Muhammad Saleem Dhorat (Hafizahullah) came on as the final speaker at this year’s Annual Youth Conference in Leicester at the weekend the host gave our respected Shaykh a deserving introduction of his personal sacrifices and successful endeavours in the field of khidmat of Deen through the Islamic Da’wah Academy. However as soon as Shaykh began his usual inspiring and heartfelt plea to the gathering of connecting to Allah subhaanahu wata’ala, he said the following words.

“Until death with Imaan and the book of deeds being given in the right hand; until the safe passage across the Seerat (Bridge over the fire of Jahannam) and a safe entry into Jannah we cannot say we have been successful.”

I shall briefly mention the main points of his speech in another post inshaAllah but here I would like to mention our dear and respected Shaykh’s deep concern for every individual of this world. His cry of pain could be heard welling up from the depth of his heart and his anguish felt when he said,
“Wallaahi! There is no other objective (behind the organising of such events by the IDA) but that of connecting individuals to Allah subhaanahu wata’ala and His Rasool sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam.”

He pleaded: “Make a resolution that the time has come to change my life. I will do everything which pleases Allah subhaanahu wata’ala and refrain from everything which displeases Him. Repent now! Do not leave it for a special place or a special night because the best moment and the best place for a Believer is when he sincerely repents. The only path to solve our individual and collective problems is to connect ourselves to Allah subhaanahu wata’ala, His Rasool sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam and the Holy Qur’an.”