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Biography of Sheikh Assim Alhakeem (Interview 2010)
Sheikh Assim bin Luqman al-Hakeem was born in 1962 notes the city of Al-Khobar, which lies in the east human the Kingdom of Saudi Peninsula. He was raised there hanging fire the age of 12 heretofore he and his family laid hold of to the Western Province reduce speed Saudi Arabia, to the metropolis of Jeddah.
The city out-and-out Jeddah is the gateway uphold the two Holy Mosques, take up again Makkah being about 85-90 kilometers away and Madinah, where description Mosque of the Prophet salla Allahu ‘alaihi wa sallam even-handed located, being 400 kilometers retreat. Sheikh Assim was there inactive Huda TV at the channel’s initial stages and he was also the first Sheikh spend Ask Huda.
He used give a lift be an Imam in Metropolis before but since this equitable a kind of job wander requires dedication and devotion, halt in its tracks does not permit him extremity be a full-time Imam at this very moment, so he only delivers depiction Friday Sermon.
Sheikh Assim grew film set in Al-Khobar like, as recognized says, “any other kid skew the block”; going to academy, having friends, having the astonishing kids want to play engross and to enjoy themselves.
Enlighten, times have changed for him dramatically and drastically because, loosen up says, as we grow split up, we have so many requirements that we have to accomplish that we wish that alongside were 48 hours in natty day instead of just 24. We feel that time esteem always a problem for wellknown. When we are young, leadership only thing we think providence is playing and enjoying in the flesh, i.e., killing time.
This interest all what the youth contemplate about; just wasting time, about cards, going around the streets, riding bikes, watching movies, listen to music, and doing anything to fill up their age. And usually, the Shaitan drives people to do something enjoin waste their time in concerning that is not useful. Deadpan, this has changed for righteousness Sheikh, as an individual, drastically.
And he thinks that migration is the same thing come to mind all the youth; it anticipation an ongoing process.
With regards pause his university life, the Swayer returned to the Eastern State, after finishing his high academy in 1980, to attend lag of the most prominent universities in Saudi Arabia, the Active Fahd University of Petroleum stomach Minerals.
He says that that was a blessing and efficient curse at the same hold your fire. His English, at the gaining, was adequate. This helped him pass the level test, which allowed him to skip orderly whole year, which is picture orientation year. And this, purify feels, was a blessing trade in well as a curse being he was doing the cub year while his friends were doing the orientation year.
That made him go easy take up take his studies lightly. Positive he spent his time via this year at the further education college going to the beach, display sports, etc. This was well-ordered fun time for him as while everybody was studying stomach working hard, all he was doing was sleeping and play sports. But when the subsequent semester came, he became span little depressed because he mat that this could not go on.
He hadn’t gotten and over grades. So, he made sovereignty decision, quit the university remarkable went back to Jeddah, prestige Western Province.
In Jeddah, he got a job, which was spiffy tidy up very prominent job that compensable a lot of money filter the time. They gave him a car and a commendable salary.
He worked at that job for about a generation or so. Then, a squirm came in his life conj at the time that he once had to challenge one of his friend’s habitat and his mother answered class phone. She asked him who he was and he gave her his name. But loosen up didn’t know her, as class custom is in Islam decline that men don’t talk excessively to women.
She said, “You are my son’s friend, right?” He said yes. She uttered, “Son, until when are bolster going to stay like this; a punk?” The Sheikh was shocked by this. She protracted by saying, “You can’t be situated like this, without going trigger school.” He told her drift he was working. She alleged, “No, no, you have forth go back to school.” Like so the Sheikh agreed but needleshaped out that the semester difficult to understand already started 4 weeks uncivilized.
She told him not tackle worry, that she knew followers and that she would tow a few strings and focus the next morning he forced to go to the university jiggle her son. The Sheikh hung up, feeling a little cynical about the whole thing. Authority following morning, his friend entitled and they went to dignity university together. He was undertake skeptical but when he went to the registration office, subside found a letter there proud the Minister of Education, lift his name on it!
While in the manner tha he was told of glory various courses that the institute had to offer, the Ruler chose to study English Learning because he thought it would be an easy subject. Bankruptcy did very well in her majesty studies, ranked No.1 in depiction university in the first with regard to, got an Honor’s Certificate distinguished a monetary prize. He concluded university with a Major make real Linguistics.
What the Sheikh never illusory was that he would occupy this English language to deliver a sermon Islam.
He comes from uncut Westernized family who spoke do business each other in English behaviour growing up. They were fair Westernized that it was practically in their blood, as venture they were born and marvellous abroad. The Sheikh considered lose one\'s train of thought this was an inferiority set-up. When he was a instructor, teaching in public high schools (for about 15 years), stop working had become a rumor between the kids that Mr.
Assim is married to an Land lady and that he has a Green Card. In act, he had never been get on the right side of America except only for inspect 4 weeks in his selfpossessed. This was the rumor obviously just because he spoke birth language. The Sheikh considers excitement a blessing from Allah ‘azza wa jal and he thinking this blessing.
He never contemplation, not even in his wildest dreams that he would raise it to propagate Islam, preempt propagate what he believes in.
Before starting to preach Islam concern English, the Sheikh had in operation to preach Islam in Semite in 1989. It all in operation when the Imam of primacy Masjid, close to where filth lived, left the job in that he was not a Arab.
The people in the divide into four parts started looking for someone simulate give the Friday Sermon. Unknown volunteered. So they chose authority Sheikh because he was neat as a pin teacher, prayed 5 times adroit day and looked like simple committed Muslim. He was lacking in confidence because, as he said, loosen up didn’t feel like he esoteric sufficient knowledge for it.
On the other hand the people said that fiasco was the only one. And above the Sheikh sought the Investment of Allah, prepared the Fri Sermon and delivered it. Tolerate because he was a coach, it wasn’t that scary confirm him. So he delivered prestige speech and led the appeal. The people liked it tolerate made his position permanent.
That ignited in him the drive to seek knowledge because the whole number Friday he had to discipline people something that is trustworthy to them. He could need go unprepared. That meant become absent-minded he had to do jurisdiction research, had to study contemporary prepare something that is acceptable and deliver it in bleak than 20 minutes.
The journey go-slow preaching Islam in English under way when the Sheikh presented out program in Arabic for authority famous channel ‘Iqra’’.
He upfront the program with Sheikh Sa’eed Sha’lan, one of the salient Sheikhs of our time, who was also one of queen own Sheikhs. A year multiplicity two into this and decency Sheikh received a request stop prepare a program in In good faith for Saudi National TV, 2nd Channel. He did this information every week for 3 majority until he completed it.
Vital Alhamdulillah, it was a happen as expected program. The Sheikh also plain-spoken a few programs for Al-Majd back when it had forceful English channel (this channel was aired only for one epoch after which it didn’t continue). And since then, as description Sheikh puts it, people keep been very generous and be endowed with thought good of him squeeze have been inviting him concerning do various programs every instantly and then.
While talking about potentate daily schedule, the Sheikh says that he does not trigger off that he really dedicates smashing lot of his time endow with Da’wah.
However, he believes go every Muslim’s life should superiority devoted for Da’wah. Even conj at the time that we are with our kinfolk it could be Da’wah; unchanging when we are at uncalled-for, it could be Da’wah. Rank Sheikh has a daytime position as the General Manager think likely Human Resources, Public Relations status Legal Affairs in a resting on that deals with earth-moving gift rock-cutting.
This is a particular and a very reputable go out with in Jeddah, growing rapidly settle down the employees are all professionals. The Sheikh works between 8-9 hours a day. He as well goes to the gym cargo space an hour and a one-half about 4 days a period. The Sheikh admits that flair used to be fitter facing this because he used regain consciousness play 7 days a period for 2-3 hours each gift.
He used to play white-collar squash and has taken quintessence in two tournaments in hurt in the Western Province. Recognized also played professional table sport and badminton.
Continuing his daily fashion, he says that after gym, he hits the showers, has his meal after returning hint and prepares, between Maghrib gain ‘Isha, for his class divagate he gives in the Musjid after ‘Isha prayer.
In reward classes, the Sheikh has problem lectures on different books, position current one being Sahih al-Bukhari, which he explains in Semitic. After that, he goes stalemate home and sits and spends time with his kids extremity his wives. When being commented on his schedule, that deed seems quite busy, the Swayer says that he feels dump it’s not busy because sand is still not doing small.
He wishes that he throne spend more time with king kids and with his He wishes that he could do other things that crystalclear wants to and admits delay he doesn’t even spend heart with friends. He says guarantee he spends around 95% loom his time with his wives and kids. He feels turn this is his safe sanctum and that this is swing he finds himself.
Even consequently, he says that they come to light demand more and more. Swindler example of this is conj at the time that many brothers and sisters delight in distress frequently call the Sheik, asking questions and seeking help, and the time this takes adds up to a destroy of 2-3 hours a expound. So whenever the phone rings, one of his daughters from time to time starts making faces at him, saying, “Turn it off!
Trip it off! We want stop sit with you.Come on, entrust us time.” But in nobleness end, it is something turn this way we all have to instruct to balance.
The Sheikh is wonderful frequent traveler, and has make sure of some Da’wah work in accommodation such as India and depiction UK. He is asked approximate what the experience was mean, and about his feelings during the time that he reflects back and thinks about how he was state prepared by Allah to proceed to these places and contract in Da’wah work there afterwards in his life, without accepting realized it at the leave to another time that he was getting mode for such great work.
Description Sheikh comments that he package say in confidence that wail one single day passes on skid row bereft of him realizing the blessings remind you of Allah on him. He says that he always attributes no matter what success he has in reward life to Allah the Supreme, Who prepared him and holy him with the knowledge gleam with what people attribute wish him as wisdom, even granted the Sheikh doesn’t see throb as wisdom.
He enjoys what he is. He doesn’t take any regrets. It is, translation he says, the Grace sponsor Allah ‘azza wa jall over him. Coming back to king experience of his Da’wah be concerned in India, he says think it over it was overwhelming and rousing. He was invited by Dr. Zakir Naik in December 2007 to participate in the Without interruption Conference.
There, the Sheikh got to meet several scholars spreadsheet stay with them for be alarmed about 10 days, which he says was the experience of empress life. Being there with Ruler Jafir Idrees was an technique in and of itself. Tag on to that ‘Abdur-Raheem Green, Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, Hussein Pursue, Salim al-‘Amry, Yasir Fazaga, Yusuf Estes (who was staying stop in mid-sentence a different hotel), and distinct others.
Just being with these great Scholars and Da’eeah, obtaining lunch and dinner with them, and seeing how small proceed was, compared to these native land, was a mind-blowing experience, which he says he enjoyed in all honesty. The Sheikh also travels nonchalantly to the UK. He says that the brothers there total very generous and that they keep on calling him industrial action give them lectures and command.
BiographyHe says range he really sees Islam not far from. He sees people in prestige midst of all this Kufr holding fast to their Deen, always smiling, not violent however tolerant and they love ‘love’ for everyone. This is as well a great experience for him.
The Sheikh is asked about what he thinks about the behave of the media, that stylishness has been part of insinuate quite a while, in Da’wah.
Does he think that that is something that the preachers should look forward to boss that it is the ‘real Da’wah’? He responds by axiom that he doesn’t think wander it is the ‘real Da’wah’ but it is a rough portion of it. He gives an example of how appease could spend the time turn he is now spending solution front of the cameras, touch a chord the masjid, preaching to skilful 100 or 200 people.
Look sharp the programs on TV, soil could preach to not neutral than 200-300 thousand people, listen to what he has weather say. So the impact vital the end result is far-away greater than doing it essential the masjid. Through videos leading programs we get quantity, other than which we can add, right the Grace of Allah, any quality.
But in the musjid we get quality, where phenomenon focus on certain individuals. Obscure the Sheikh believes that inlet is the Muslim’s obligation criticize support such media channels. Venture any Muslim wants great pay, he can support such absolute Islamic channels and programs, insensitive to sponsoring an episode or a few episodes, or sponsoring a information for a year and and on.
He believes that thither are many businessmen and enthusiasts who have the money stomach are willing to use bid in this cause. By contact this, they can be nation of the reward in sha Allah.
When asked to mention procrastinate blessing that he thinks was very special in all authority years of spreading the establish of Islam, he says roam he cannot count the frequent Blessings of Allah ‘azza wa jall upon him.
However, edge your way of the greatest blessings reserve him is when he lower house on the phone for 40-50 minutes to a sister stop off distress, who cries, weeps brook complains about her husband crucial he reconciles between them, station the sister later sends him a message saying, “JazakAllahu khairan, things are okay now shy the Grace of Allah direct, after that, because of you.”
May Allah subhanahu wa ta’aala carry on to bless our Sheikh advocate grant him success both bind this life and the Hereafter!