About this episode

The episode discusses the values and role models of contemporary society compared to historical figures.

https://youtu.be/C-y4j5BtyPY Auto-generated transcript: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to God, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophet and the messengers, Muhammad ﷺ and the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. Peace be upon you all. My brothers and sisters, you can judge a civilization, you can judge a nation by their role models, by their icons, by people who they look up to. So, if you ask this question today and say, "Who do we look up to?" Name three role models, three icons. What do you think you will get? What are the names you will get? Now, I have done this exercise multiple times with multiple people, including in the masjid in America, where I am the Imam. I asked this question and we had a whole lot of young people, all of them practicing Muslims, from families of practicing Muslims. And I asked this question, I said, "Name for me three role models." And they said, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates. Now, what does that tell you? The reason I'm asking this question is, if we go back in time, hypothetically speaking, and if you ask people, say a hundred…

People in this episode

Host: Imam

Topics covered

• role models
• values
• civilization
• icons
• Islamic teachings

Keywords

• values
• role models
• civilization
• Islam
• icons

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