Navigating with knowledge, NOT emotions
About this lecture
In this khutbah, the imam urges his community at Masjid Rahma in Leeds to temper their emotional reactions to the ongoing crisis in Palestine and navigate the situation with knowledge, wisdom (*hikmah*), and the guidance of the Quran and Sunnah. Drawing on the Prophet's ﷺ example in Mecca, the fiqh of divorce, and real-world examples of misguided reactions, he calls on Muslims to prioritize their families, support their local masjid, exercise caution at demonstrations, and approach da'wah and boycotts thoughtfully rather than reactively.
Abu Usamah was born in New Jersey in 1964. He embraced Islam in 1986 and went onto studying in the Islamic University of Madina for eight years where he graduated from the College of Da'wah and Usool-ad-Din. Abu Usamah has been very active in da'wah since the day he embraced Islam. He has been the Imam of various mosques in the United States and in the United Kingdom. His zeal and eagerness in conveying the true message of Islam has lead him to many parts of the world, delivering lectures and seminars, as well as translating for many scholars and du'aat from the Arab world. Abu Usamah has been blessed in studying with some of the greatest scholars of our time, to name a few, Shaikh Umar Fulaatah at the Rawdah of the Prophets Mosque, Shaikh Muhammad 'Atiyyah Saalim (author of Tafsir 'Adwaa ul-Bayaan'), Shaikh Abdullah Muhammad al-Ghunaymaan, Shaikh Muhammad al-Jaami, Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan and many more. He was also very fortunate to have spent two summers in intensive study under Shaikh Ibn Baaz and Shaikh Ibn Uthaymin.
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