Riding the Tiger of Modernity - Abdal Hakim Murad

This talk was given at the Cambridge Muslim College Retreat, March 2016
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[@Bellg]

As a western non muslim, i have to say I enjoyed this talk a lot. The speaker's analysis of western society and its dissidents is spot on. Perhaps it helps that he himself is a westerner. I think we need more dialogue like this to show both sides. The sides being non western dissidents, specifically muslims in this case, and their western counterparts. They actually have a lot in common. I think a lot of people would realize the division that exist between us are actually not that big at all (certainly not compared to our relationship with the modern world) and that most of that division is actually fueled by those very same populist ultra globalist capitalist class that we both dislike.. but who have hijacked the western dissident movement

[@jcivilis533]

The far right wing is very blind to the fact that many muslims in the west have the same trouble as them keeping to the values and traditions that are valuable to them in an ever shifting morass of opinion that the west has become. Because both muslim and far right communities are incredibly self-sustaining they however never talk to each other so they never find the common ground of the loss of meaning which both experience. As the sufis said, one never knows another until he breaks bread with him. A concerted movement in which multiple faiths work together to ward off the influence of modernity is far more efficient than when we fight each other because of the opinion of mass media. - A far right western man who converted to islam

[@gevonuealon7349]

@@jcivilis533 a far right muslim ? wtf. like we all know that islam is the most far right religion lmao.

[@GhostDcuo]

@@jcivilis533 I realised this when i found myself basically on the Taliban's side recently.

[@Alejandro-te2nt]

@@gevonuealon7349 its not right, left or center. it predates all those liberal political "wings" it just is what it is.

[@Bellg]

I edited my comment to correct some spelling mistakes and now i've lost the heart I got... I shall never recover from this loss

[@nahumhabte6210]

Reading about Evola and Guenon is very interesting indeed. Sadly most muslims have no idea about this european school of traditional thought

[@gilliqbal13]

What a great mind. Islamic world should cherish people like him.

[@zmk2896]

Shaykh has a peerless vocabulary and what an eloquence!😭😭🙏🙏

[@MrMikkyn]

I agree. University Educated British are extremely well spoken. It’s like elocution, and poetry lessons I think. I don’t know why or how.

[@AlIskanderZhao]

In Chinese there is a saying called 騎虎難下 it means: "once you ride the tiger, it is difficult to dismount. I find it interesting and perhaps even relevant to "riding the tiger."

[@notadane]

Different tigers, mate.

[@leenamin3099]

@@notadane I ride both

[@ddevvnnull198]

I could listen to this 100 times and still learn a new thing every single time. May God reward him for sharing his wisdom.

[@tomward5293]

This speech is a goldmine.

[@nyahhbinghi]

tell us why

[@saimbhat6243]

@@nyahhbinghi Simply by showing the possibility of alternate narratives about what might be wrong with the world. A coherent critique of modernity is very rare in current discourse. As the hype of "death of god" provided a fertile and philosophically robust grounds for europe to plunge into two world wars, one has to question whether the proponents of destruction of traditional values do have a vision with certainty that it would not lead to another nightmare for humanity. By just a cursory look at it, no society in history has flourished with nihilism or materialism at its core, and this might be an important empirical data for people to ponder upon. While people talk about materialistic analysis of fall of societies, one might ask a valid parallel question, what was the popular philosophies of societies which fell. The current left and right in the west are nihilistic, with people running behind demagoguery of identity politics and agitation over ideas that they themselves cannot base upon any objective arguments/truths. A loss of objectivity, probably the only common thing among various antagonistic tribes in the west, to a rational mind, points the obvious fact that modern world, being driven by groups having freedom to define their own objective truths, is pushing itself towards uncertainty and strife.

[@shezyam460]

@@nyahhbinghi describing why modernity has "killed" religion, and a small guide on how to get over the lack of Tradition and Culture in today's world. He also goes into people not really going into the religion, instead fighting on the surface on issues like hijab, conflicts in the ME and elsewhere, etc. They focus on making Islam a part of their identity rather than studying and learning from it. A good example of this is the western convert who wears traditional ME clothes in cold and wet Germany; they make Islam an identity rather than a way of life and source of knowledge, beauty, and hope because they have very little identity of their own. The same can be seen in many far-right circles who define themselves as whatever they are not. The Outside must be expelled and destroyed, because there is nothing Inside to wonder at beyond superficial architectural and clothing styles and fashions.

[@insekta1701]

I highly appreciate Dr. Murad presenting the Great Julius Evola as great thinker on the subject of Modernity and as the Traditionalist he was. It’s refreshing to see someone whom isn’t a Fascist talk about Evola, whom referred to himself as a ‘Superfascist’ without reflexive and reactionary terms of insult, but instead actually refer to his thoughts and works on Modernity and the damage it does to we humans. This was a wonderful presentation!! Thank you Dr. Murad!

[@sophiaperennis2360]

Evola did that a tendency to put too much stress on the warrior path though. This is why the other Perennialists didn't feel like he was one of their own, because they favored the way of contemplation, and not that of action.

[@lionelchan1601]

@@sophiaperennis2360 Yes, but Guenon agreed that Westerners are "Ksatriya heavy", not so many constitutional Brahmins. So perhaps Evola is the man to understand, at least a useful door, in these times... even if he wasn't invited to parties. I have found Evola's understanding of Originary Buddhism to be very useful to grasping certain Sufi concepts, and accepting many Muslim Aquidas.

[@Neorient]

I am a post Buddhist Indo Scythian Hindko speaking Muslim. Thanks for insights.

[@Anskurshaikh]

@@Neorient Whats Indo Scythian Hindko?

[@ddevvnnull198]

@@Anskurshaikh He's just Pakistani. Abdal Hakim Murad talks of his kind in that they don't go deeper so they obsess over bizarre neologisms for their "indigenous" identity. He has yet to ride the tiger.

[@leenamin3099]

western non muslim here, great talk. Cover Guenon

[@khaledal-kassimi7121]

A true A'lim. Ma'shallah

[@maq739]

subtitles would have been awesome. Speeches of the like require subtitles for non-English speakers like me. A humble request.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

It is a very important lecture for both Musilms and even western conservatives , but unfortunately, I am not good at creating subtitles, and I admit i am bit too lazy , but nevertheless, I would like to help! What part/sentence/idea don't you understand? I believe I can explain quite a lot, but it would be simpler if you asked specific questions!

[@shathaa98]

@@Danko_Sekulic thank you! I find the introduction: the first 20 minutes, set the tune for the rest of the talk. Your help in that will be highly appreciated. Thank you!

[@abubakkersiddique1479]

same

[@innaali6915]

This lecture is very much relevant today and the future:it is timeless. I enjoyed it.

[@raymond7427]

As a Christian, I must say, what a wise, erudite and compassionate teacher Islam has in this man, Abdal Hakim Murad. His is a voice of intelligence and moderation. This is definitely a talk for anyone of whatever religious persuasion to highlight as a favourite and to listen to again and again.

[@dinoslayerslayer435]

You are the best sheikh in the whole wide world

[@bechkrisalah6416]

I am glad i stumbled in this holy month upon your videos. You just opened a new perspective to understanding this beautiful religion in a big classy way. Remain blessed brother.

[@jylyhughes5085]

Marvellous! "Solitude in the crowd". Gratitude and respect to Sheikh Abdal Hakim.

[@memyself8912]

Mashallah ya Shaikh long and healthy age biiznillah now you are one of my Shaikh besides al gazali and rene guenon

[@KevinKanthur]

Showing the audience that was in there at the time, wow, there's just a few people in there. But this was seen 152k times at the time of this comment, truly it's like being a fly on a room of a small lecture. Being a western non-muslim I really enjoyed this and if Islam would teach the way this guy is telling people it's more effective to teach, I would maybe have converted. Dawah muslims really boast on people "reverting" on the street but they just take shahada and 95% for sure just go on with their lives changing nothing at all, just to end the "debate" from these dawah people and basically apostasizing next day. Any western person who is not deep into Islam would be able to see that so transpatently. This guy really is a treasure for Islam, watching his lectures really makes me consider Islam. But sadly the experience is usually bad after you 'revert', this is haram, that is haram, change your name, don't shake hands with women, why aren't you praying? And for women wear hijab, don't do this or that, etc. Sad.

[@magnus8704]

Being a revert is not easy, specially in these dawah communities or amongst other reverts. People are more focused about legalistic issues (of a very specific branch btw, usually salafis) than with spirituality. If you turn religion into a " legal manual" where you are just concerned to be a robot following rules, you'll never become a true religious person. You will never find God. Rules are important, there are things we must follow and obey, and some of them come with time and not immediatly after converting. Also, we cannot forget that as western converts we have our culture we were raised in, and we can't just erase that (and Islam doesn't ask us to do, unless if it's conflicting with religion like drinking alcohol). One mistake most converts make is trying to create an arab persona and revolve around it; well, nedless to say it can't work out and leads to apostasy. Something Sh. Abdal Hakim once said and stuck to my head: there are spiritual (internal) and formal (external) aspects in religion, but nowadays some people just want the internal side (being spiritualistic without a religious system) or the external side (ignoring tasawwuf and just shouting halal and haram). Run away from both of them, they'll lead you astray. I'm also not a muslim, but I've been considering Islam for a while now. These salafi, wahhabi and other people shouting halal/haram made me stop considering the religion a few years ago, but now I'm once again studying and reflecting upon it. I know your struggles, as they're also mine, and something I should tell you is: ignore those people, run away from them. Seek the path of the awliya and the great sages of the Umma, like shs. Abdal Hakim, Hamza Yusuf, Yahya Rhodus, Musab Penfound, Habib Umar, Muhammad al-Yaqoubi and so many others. We should look to religion through the lens of its best examples, not the worst. May God guide us.

[@tomimn2233]

Ah...he's talking about *Tombo Ati (Cure of the heart).* Look it up. Yeah, we love that song. Me mum taught me that one. She's from Surabaya. Me dad is from Magelang and he knows that song too (even if he never memorized it). Everyone I know _recognizes it_ even if they don't know where it's from or what's its name. The melody is usually played as some kinda christmas jingle during _Eid._ No, really, we indonesians treat Eid like it's goddamned christmas. Just like how every american knows Marry's Boy Child, Silent Night or Santa is coming to town, and you'll have ppl in bizzare costumes singing them on stage with remixes etc, Indonesians do that too with Tombo Ati. Every year some pop singer artist made their own rendition of Tombo Ati.

[@NigelJackson]

Exceptionally interesting and impressive exploration of Evolan ideas from the traditional Muslim perspective.

[@abduyimer7900]

Excellent as usual! Thanks Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad!

[@PT-kk8dp]

Wow beautiful channel. Glad I found this.

[@mikhailbabushkinum]

A great lecture , thank you very much indeed shaykh Murad

[@fafanua]

SubhanaAllah! Jazaka Allahu Kher for awakening my soul

[@asadqaraxan]

thanks a lot for sharing.

[@alhdafe]

بارك الله فيكم وجزاكم خيرًا

[@m.h.5929]

JazakAllah Khair

[@mohamedabdikarin3913]

MASHA ALLAH you are looking forward and something that nobody thinking Up to now nowhere

[@shujath9176]

Dear uploader, enable the captions for this video from the settings.

[@samimaaroufi4841]

The greatest intellectual explanation of our age from a muslim point of view I've ever heard.....

[@abdiali2227]

Beautiful

[@asadqaraxan]

Dear Cambridge Muslim College It could be very helpful, if you could add the names of the books an authors which Sheikh refers to in his lecture to the video description .

[@khaledal-kassimi7121]

Renée Guenon, Julius Ebola...

[@Danko_Sekulic]

@@khaledal-kassimi7121 Well, that does not help much, since everyone has heard of Guneon and Evola - BTW its Evola not 'ebola' and Renee is a girls' name 😁 - but Ayaz Asad was probably adking about less known authors mentioned in this lecture

[@ahditah8102]

@@khaledal-kassimi7121 😁

[@mikhailbabushkinum]

@@khaledal-kassimi7121 Evola

[@whywhat9018]

Roger Garaudy, Vincent Monteil and the Wali Songo in Indonesia

[@sheffieldguidancehub5794]

Insightful lecture. Jzk

[@elfatihhumeida3059]

Brilliant thanks

[@zarahm43]

Shaykh Abdal Hakim president of the world ! My mind went on a Triathlon trying to catch up with the wisdoms and the vocabulary on this speech. I can not believe he wasn’t even reading or looking at some notes. Praise to the Almighty for creating such blessed souls. May you live a long and healthy life and transmit the blessing of our lord to us sir 🤲

[@alexace5584]

I would like to see more of such videos!

[@williamhearnden8089]

Keep this coming

[@ameeraradwan1445]

This would be more amazing (as it is already very very) if it had arabic translation subtitles

[@iratepirate3896]

A fascinating lecture.

[@notredamian005]

Alhamdulillah

[@ahditah8102]

I wish there was a script, or a list of further resources

[@ddevvnnull198]

In his lecture, some of the books he refers to: The Secular Age by Charles Taylor, Ride The Tiger by Julius Evola, Generation Identity by Markus Willinger, thinkers like Al Ghazali, Ibn Tammiyyah, Aux cinq couleurs de l'Islam by Vincent-Mansour Monteil, etc. I hope this helps, inshallah.

[@bayreuth79]

I suspect that Zizek's analysis of Buddhism is wrong. Yes, its true that in Buddhism everything is impermanent (anicca) and not-self (anattā) but there is something permanent 'outside' the flux of samsara, i.e., nibbana. Buddhism is wrongly construed as a form of nihilism since it does have a transcendent 'goal' outside of time and space.

[@KJ-zb6xw]

Alhamdulilah for dear Shaykh AHM, who most eloquently translates wisdom of Islam for our time and in the language we can understand. May Allah SWT reward you with the Best. Ameen

[@petrabuis]

thus guy can talk ...

[@zese5178]

I need the written forms of the lecture, I cant properly hear on youtube. Can anyone give a link

[@marcobelli6856]

Thank you!!! Finally I can cite evola without sounding Like a yt supremacist. Crazy that Muslim College Are more Open minded that secular ones. Respect !!!

[@marcobelli6856]

Someone say Evola was a closeted Sufi just wanted to Share this fun fact😉

[@badarulmuneer4840]

Please enable subtitle

[@sophiaperennis2360]

What he is talking about towards the 50 minute mark is what in the New Testament is referred as the ability to speak in tongues, which is to say the ability to convey the essence and meaning of the Revelation while speaking the language a given culture, and by that i mean not merely the words but all the visible elements of said culture.

[@bez1196]

The problem is that if this isn't guided by sacred law and firm principles it can end up diluting the very essence of religion. There's a very thin line between presenting the Truth in a language that is comprehensible to the people and selling out the essence of your religion in order to be accepted by the masses.

[@peterclaassen8139]

Very enlightening talk. I would be interested to see a talk on the book the Political Aesthetics of ISIS and Italian Futurism. I think it helps pull these points out.

[@markulrich5919]

He spoke of digitizing old manuscripts...does anyone know of any groups that are doing this for old Islamic manuscripts?

[@PA_hunter]

Mark Ulrich some universities such as McGill and Princeton. Perhaps others...

[@aakifahkhan736]

The Djenne manuscript library, Hill Manuscript library and The Centre for Arabic Manuscript Verification and Editing in Istanbul. There is probably a lot more.

[@MrMikkyn]

It’s unfortunate what Abdal Hakim mentions as the Islamic tradition, because when I meet Salafis online on Discord, which I’ve stopped using, they will refer to Quran, Hadith without having a guide. The whole power of Salafism is for the individual to go through the texts, and arrive at the conclusion the think the texts state. Rather than relying on a presence and physical testimony of a person wiser than them. And the Salafi method matches with the individualistic nature of people to live their own lives. They cannot commit to a formal organisation of the traditional Madhabs. They follow youtube, or internet scholars. And so the advice the Abdal gives falls on deaf ears. And he precisely diagnosed the exact problem that it is thinkers like Ibn Taymiyya who have the biggest influence as opposed to al ghazali.

[@bayezidhtanu2907]

Please add auto generated English subtitle.

[@johnstewart7025]

This reminds me a bit of Jordan Peterson and Prof. Vervake's Meaning Crisis series on KZbin. I know the Enlightenment roots of the USA are showing their age and may have actually lost connection with the deep source of their life. However, I reject the instinct to cast it aside and decleare it a lost cause. The Enlightenment was racist in its origins, so we are left with that heritage. It also endorsed Manifest Destiny, along with the Protestant sects, which led to the decimation of the native population, as well as foreign adventures around the world. But a civilization based on reason still seems a brave and worthy project. It does need to maintain its roots in humanism, so that we aren't just chasing higher and higher levels of material wealth. There must be some values, like reason and respect for spirituality, so that we remain human and not just cogs in a machine. Let human reason remain supreme, not "machine learning."

[@amjanwaters6142]

Hasan, thank you

[@johnstewart7025]

@N L Yes. The progressive elements in the US yearn for the leadership of President Franklin Roosevelt who wanted to temper capitalism with government. Bernie Sanders is of that type. Just as Karl Marx did, I admire the plenty generated by capitalism, but I want to make sure we are all cared for as well -- equality, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

[@Anskurshaikh]

@@johnstewart7025 pursuit of happiness is just a codeword for material hedonism within a capitalistic framework. Enlightenment was a fatal blow to God and he bled till he died in the 20th century as was prophesied by Nietzsche. Let Our Lord remain supreme rather than reason, reason is just a means to get closer to the end i.e. God.

[@johnstewart7025]

@@Anskurshaikh I am interested in religion, but mainly from a psychological point of view. I agree that attempting to be rational about happiness ignores our irrational needs for fellowship, spirituality and the like. To be generous to Thomas Jefferson, I interpret pursuit of happiness to mean freedom to do what makes us happiness. Many may indeed pursue hedonism, but not necessarily. Look at the Puritans, the Amish, the Shakers, the Quakers, the Unitarians, the Mormons and on and on. In fact, there are some neoreactionaries today who claim that nominally nonreligious progressives in America today are the spiritual descendents of the Puritans.

[@sophiaperennis2360]

The Catholic Church in the middle ages was based on reason, as exemplified by the works of Thomas Aquinas. The Enlightmenet wasn't build on reason but rationalism, the idea there is no other source of knowledge beyond what one can obtain through reason alone, meaning, no Revelation, no intellection, no inward realization of any kind. If you can't prove it rationally, it doesn't exist. The subsequent intellectual suicide of the west was the result of realizing that reason is ultimately limited, and having denied the possibility of kowledge coming from any other source the only logical step was to declare nothing at all can be proven hence stuff like post-modernism

[@arkadashh]

need english sub-titles please, at least you may allow the automatic one.

[@hibohaginur9874]

Going with the devil 😈 Ayah 102 Albaqra.... You are a force! Jazaa'aka Laah

[@sm743]

Assalamu Alaikum-does anyone know if 'the five colours of Islam' has been translated to English?

[@bez1196]

I don't think it has. I've looked for it and couldn't find anything.

[@shathaa98]

Any chance subtitles can be provided to this particular lecture. Non-English speakers need it. Thank you!

[@YusufRPS]

Could you add the English subtitle to the video? Even it can be auto-generated.

[@abduljaliladamu8610]

Good idea

[@qarulxira8697]

Afaraayta man I takhada ilaahahu... hawaahu... subxanaLahu.

[@ibtisamurrehmanyaseen6045]

Please add Urdu subtitles!

[@farisazim7049]

Please add subtitles

[@gevonuealon7349]

based

[@eminbayraktutan512]

please add Turkish subtitles

[@spritualelitist665]

He should listen to Johnathan Bowden was a far right BNP/Revolutionary conservative who breaks modernity down and how immigrants are just apart of that mass culture of labour and consumers, most facists are not these raging skin head racists that the left sided liberal media show. Facism is not Nazism as well. Even Bowden himself who knew loads about Islam had great admiration for the religion and what it teaches, he just believed in Europe it will see conflict on the fact Europeans and people from the Middle East have an identity that is both rich that when mixed will eventually lead to disaster through liberalism. Evola was also a Catholic Pagan but he also had a deep respect for Islam but he was very much a facist. Many countries in the Middle east like Iran follow fascistic ideologies. Most Muslims themselves are very right wing and theirs nothing wrong with it but in the UK they tend to vote for the party that lets them stay and invite more in not knowing these parties are completely against the ways of the Q'uran and very progressive. Even the conservatives in the UK are very liberal. Muslims are not liberal at all much like the facists so their is common ground but the media doesn't want you to think that

[@goyonman9655]

Have you heard of bio-leninism

[@spritualelitist665]

@@goyonman9655 yep I know it very well ;)

[@MrMikkyn]

This is correct in Lauren Southern’s documentary ‘Borderless’ she reveals a very complicated story on the ground. But it further clarifies this narrative of how refugees are subsumed in the larger scheme of globalised labour and consumption. That men are engaged in human trafficking, many refugees are actually economic migrants, that NGO’s deliberately coach individuals on how to answer questions in order to have their VISA’s accepted, and how the money going to philanthropic organisations does not actually go into the hands of the people who need it the most, but actually in the hands of criminals. She also reveals the lack of social integration that the refugees and economic migrants have once they arrive. That nice neighbours welcoming them and offering food is useless when they have no home to live in, and they are sleeping on the streets, cannot speak the European language required to survive, and become clustered in ghettos, and in tents. It’s very sad. And its all for profit, profit for the NGOs, profit for the human traffickers, profit for the politicians. And the people who should be helped, actual people in wartorn countries, they actually can’t afford to go on boats, which coast hundreds of euros. It’s the slightly more privileged of the few who can pay hundreds and thousands of euros to the boat captains. Money and resources are inefficiently being redistributed to feed the corporate industrial stock market machine complex.

[@zias5012]

Was a source ever found for Evola's "Catholic Paganism?" I love Bowden, but he occasionally makes things up when he's speaking.

[@bez1196]

Migration is as ancient as time itself. The ancestors of Bowden were immigrants, unless he believes the British people emerged from the soil of England, so immigration as such is not a product of modernity. Yes, Muslims came to the West for economic reasons. However, any incompatibility between Islamic and modern Western ideals is rooted in the West's rejection of its own past. The modern Western man is alienated from his own roots and resembles no other creature that has lived. The Muslim man is, by and large, still rooted in a traditional understanding of the world. Your pre-modern ancestors would feel more comfortable living around Muslims than their modern descendants. From this perspective it can be argued that Muslims are a bulwark against modern ideals and can help westerners rediscover their own roots, but only if they can overcome their own arrogance. Muslims are not fascist. A cursory read of history will show that, although Muslims believe in a natural order, hierarchies and such, these do not translate to "political movements" in the modern sense. Countries like Iran are an anomaly and are based on modern principles. Look into the spiritual founder of Iran, Shariati, and his works, he was very much a fan of modernity and rejected traditional Shi'ism. You are making the mistake of viewing Islam through a westernized lens and forcing it into categories that are alien to it. If you want a better understanding of Islam on its own terms, look into the works of Charles Gai Eaton. He was a British diplomat, who had a profound knowledge of these things. Read "Islam and the destiny of man". I can also recommend the works of university of Columbia prof. Wael Hallaq, himself a Christian Palestinian, on Islam's conflict with modernity. "The impossible State" is a good start.

[@Yokorico27]

Assalamu'alaikum warrahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Indeed The Wali Songo (The Nine Waliyullahs) of Indonesia has converted the local beliefs into Islam. For all I know, please do correct me if I'm wrong, during the 7th century, Nusantara (Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Timor, modicum part of Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan) has influenced by Hinduism. Then, came The Hindu - Buddhist religion delivered through international trade by Southern Asia merchants. Although the natives of Nusantara accepted diversity in religion, thereof the intertwining of both religions has been favorable until it was not. Many scientists believe, the caste system encumbered local societies in favoring unity and devastation in harmony has concerned The Ottoman Empire to send Muslim Sufis, including Sheikh Mevlana Malik Ibrahim who was the first Waliyullah of Wali Songo to Java (The Capital of Nusantara) in a mission of spreading the Islam beliefs. Thank you for sharing this video, may Allah blesses us. Ameen Allahumma ameen.. Wallahua'lam bissawab, Wassalamu'alaikum warrahmatullahi wabarakatuh

[@asifsaifullah1990]

Why is there no subtitle in this lecture.

[@privatejr2702]

I honestly don't know how people understand what hes saying. Its so hard for me to follow each sentence

[@bez1196]

I couldn't follow along either a few years ago when I began watching his lectures, mainly due to the unfamiliar references he was using as well as certain terms that I was unfamiliar with. As you do your own reading on the side and keep watching his lectures, you'll naturally begin to pick things up better and better. English isn't my first language and I have no problems understanding his style now.

[@soulstice99]

try playback speed at .75

[@khaderlander2429]

Perhaps the fault lies with the listener

[@ellalinecarnaro9037]

💚🌷🤲🏻☝🏻

[@A.samyy1]

Where I can find this translated?

[@hmt340]

7:31-9:24

[@personanongrata7976]

changing of the guards in 1968 they played some show tunes from the latest Broadway musicals. This rot is not new.

[@kemalcalsr7591]

Could someone write down the names Sheikh mentions in this talk. I am not a native English speaker and cannot figure out the names. Please 🙂

[@ddevvnnull198]

Some of the books the sheikh refers to: The Secular Age by Charles Taylor, Ride The Tiger by Julius Evola, Generation Identity by Markus Willinger, thinkers like Al Ghazali, Ibn Tammiyyah, Aux cinq couleurs de l'Islam by Vincent-Mansour Monteil, etc. I hope this helps, inshallah.

[@kemalcalsr7591]

@@ddevvnnull198 Thank you!!

[@ddevvnnull198]

@@kemalcalsr7591 No problem at all.

[@abdulqadrluqman5236]

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[@fftt9360]

Remind me of what happened with reformation in the west. That was a fault in the tradition also that allowed this to happen.

[@lionelchan1601]

Assalam alaykum brothers and sisters @ Cambridge, There might be a way to integrate Ibn Taymiya and the way of the Muslim reversion of Indonesia. I would argue coming to properly understand another culture deeply is not one whose success rests on erudition, because erudition itself does not defeat errors in perception and prejudice. This is usually in the form of the judgement (or repressing judgement) of the actions of other as if they were using the same frame as self. If erudition were the answer, the Orientalists would not have, well, been Orientalists. The purified Fitrah can see perhaps, it's just that judging our own Fitrah's state of purity is unwise. Dawa as erudition as opposed to polishing the Heart, Ihsan a d subsistence in Allah SWT, will fall into the same Orientalist trap I suspect.

[@lionelchan1601]

Tying it together, that's where I think Evola and Guenon matter a lot. Fitrah cannot be undivided I suspect if there is ambiguity about pride in (or willingness to redeem the sins in) one's own an ancestry. Islam is different to Christianity (and hence modernity) in that the way of the Ancestors is not as high and appropriate as placing the Prophet pbuh before one's own parents, but it still has important value. Appreciating and seeing the influence and power of ancestry must be differentiated from "racism". That's why I think "Far Right" westerners make such high quality Muslim reverts. Their own Fitrah is much better intact than one enamoured by modern " multicultural tolerance and diversity" perspectives. And Allah knows best.

[@hmaljutaily]

Can you translate your speeches into Arabic.

[@krishnantampi5665]

Tiger of modernity is the colonization of the east by british and introduction of english as link language it's curse and blessing🙏 at the same time but china and many others haven't changed because for Chinese the link language is Chinese itself they have improved well in science and technology after Mao's cultural revolution read Edgar snow s Red star over china❤😅😅😅😅😅.

[@eduardoxmenezes]

21:41 and Joko WIdodo's chauvists

[@nikiakbari]

50:06

[@nskeow]

9:32 what author is he quoting here?

[@yusufaden2432]

Roger Garaudy

[@WorldsEdge608]

Kindly make 5 min or less duration clips from these long lectures with various labels/topics as people have shorter attention spans due to social media. Adding some Islamic music and pics would also be beneficial as well. These types of videos get more hits and are easy to circulate on social media. Thank you for all your efforts.

[@bez1196]

Umm... No thanks!

[@Anskurshaikh]

This is the shortfalls of our Ummah that we need short clips with a nasheed in background to attract them to The beauty of Islam. Ask Allah for patience, and he shall allow you to be able to digest these lectures in one go. TIP: speed up the lectures to 1.5x or 2x, depending upon how quickly you can comprehend.

[@queensizedfun1]

I lead a very busy life as well. It helps to go to your youtube library, then click "history", and pull up the video. You can pick up where you left off, in sha Allah. 🥰

[@Saad-qe6ku]

Is the music suggestion a joke? I find it hilarious personally.

[@adeelali8417]

@@Saad-qe6ku I find it genuinely pathetic.

[@rameezabid356]

He's brilliant but wrong about Ibn Taymiyyah. The Hanbalis after him had a huge amount of respect for him. Their differences with him was only in a few things but overall agreed with him and used his statements as evidence! Just look at any Hanbali texts or talk to any Hanbali scholar. His understanding of fitrah is also flawed. I don't think he understood what Ibn Taymiyyah meant.

[@Hakim-it8fn]

Nah, he's totally accurate about Ibn Taymiyyah.

[@Alejandro-te2nt]

Ibn Taymiyyah was a great scholar...later in life. He reflected on his zealous youth and cringed. An appropriate response for most people

[@sabar2453]

Perhaps you can give some context and evidence to your statement? You are most likely speaking about more modern 'Scholars' particularly of those who say they are Athari..you'll be hard pressed to find it with traditional Hanbalis post him..or close to his own age.

[@MrMikkyn]

What he describes about the attention deficit of teenagers in the Queen’s house which was once a sacred place of God, signifies the nihilism of the modern generation. It happens in Australia too. Children lacking civility, discipline, honour, sophistication, respect. I’ve seen the lack of attention. The pointless giggling, and immaturity. Lack of focus and seriousness. Compared to Jewish children who are raised in Yeshivas, Kollels as adults and on the Halakha with the guidance of the fathers and their rabbis. Or with the brahmin varna of Hinduism who learn the Vedas with the utmost discipline, and memorise passages using mudras. Modern Western Culture is losing its tradition. Australia no longer aristocratic, in its British Imperial heritage. No longer racially proud of being from the land of the Queen. Now a multicultural globalist mass man where everybody is the same. Nihilistic materialism. You see the lack of focus in the children even towards each other and their own parents. The poison of individualistic nihilism and freedom. The swiping of TikTok, and the cancelling of the disagreeable, the attraction to wealth and capital, the binary of the left and right, the centrelessness of children, indoctrinated into beliefs about gender binaries and gender doctrines. Evola suggests to ride the tiger, meaning to defeat it once it tires itself. He says that all traditions have been corrupted and that there is nothing to join.

[@ramadan4660]

البغوى : لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ كَتَبَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْإِيمَانَ وَأَيَّدَهُم بِرُوحٍ مِّنْهُ ۖ وَيُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ حِزْبُ اللَّهِ ۚ أَلَا إِنَّ حِزْبَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ قوله - عز وجل - ( لا تجد قوما يؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر يوادون من حاد الله ورسوله ولو كانوا آباءهم أو أبناءهم أو إخوانهم أو عشيرتهم ) الآية . أخبر أن إيمان المؤمنين يفسد بموادة الكافرين وأن من كان مؤمنا لا يوالي من كفر ، وإن كان من عشيرته . قيل : نزلت في حاطب بن أبي بلتعة حين كتب إلى أهل مكة وسيأتي في سورة الممتحنة إن شاء الله - عز وجل - . وروى مقاتل بن حيان عن مرة الهمداني عن عبد الله بن مسعود في هذه الآية قال : " ولو كانوا آباءهم " يعني : أبا عبيدة بن الجراح قتل أباه عبد الله بن الجراح يوم أحد " أو أبناءهم " يعني أبا بكر دعا ابنه يوم بدر إلى البراز وقال : يا رسول الله دعني أكن في الرحلة الأولى ، فقال له رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - : متعنا بنفسك يا أبا بكر " أو إخوانهم " يعني : مصعب بن عمير قتل أخاه عبيد بن عمير يوم أحد " أو عشيرتهم " يعني عمر قتل خاله العاص بن هشام بن المغيرة يوم بدر ، وعليا وحمزة وعبيدة قتلوا يوم بدر عتبة وشيبة ابني ربيعة والوليد بن عتبة ( أولئك كتب في قلوبهم الإيمان ) أثبت التصديق في قلوبهم فهي موقنة مخلصة ، وقيل : حكم لهم بالإيمان فذكر القلوب لأنها موضعه ( وأيدهم بروح منه ) قواهم بنصر منه . قال الحسن : سمى نصره إياهم روحا لأن أمرهم يحيا به . وقال السدي : يعني بالإيمان . وقال الربيع : يعني بالقرآن وحجته ، كما قال : " وكذلك أوحينا إليك روحا من أمرنا " ( الشورى - 52 ) وقيل برحمة منه . وقيل أمدهم بجبريل عليه السلام . ( ويدخلهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها رضي الله عنهم ورضوا عنه أولئك حزب الله ألا إن حزب الله هم المفلحون ) .

[@bazuin45]

Jesus, the Son of God, says, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

[@nanashi7779]

Hush and listen Gerrit, don't just repeat what you've been told for once. You might learn something

[@bazuin45]

@@nanashi7779 It cannot be said often enough. Any religion that denies that Jesus is God's Son is false.

[@nanashi7779]

@@bazuin45 What does it mean to be God's Son? And why do you believe that?

[@bazuin45]

@@nanashi7779 God has made himself known in His Son Jesus. God Himself says that Jesus is His Son and that is why I believe it. Jesus himself says: "I and the Father are one". Jesus did nothing that He did not see the Father do, and therefore Jesus is the perfect image of God, the same Being.

[@nanashi7779]

@@bazuin45 "Jesus did nothing that He did not see the Father do, and therefore Jesus is the perfect image of God, the same Being" But how can you argue this is the case when the Father knew things that Jesus didn't? How can Jesus be the "perfect image of God, the same being", when the Father had access to knowledge that Jesus did not?

[@Neorient]

Riding the wolf is more accurate

[@Neorient]

wolf is not a compliment. tiger is a compliment

[@Neorient]

Dawkins talks about hurting traditionalists

[@Neorient]

So traditionalists are justified in being counter sadistic.

[@celticcook3950]

Ride the rollercoaster (as opposed to sitting on its tracks, or worse, trying to combat it). Only once it stops may you be able to jump off and flick the switch.

[@IdoDarklyCute]

"or a relationship with an animal"

[@ALiJ4LIFE]

1:30 republicanism

[@peterchen3821]

This guy said nothing for 30 minutes in relation to Evola.....

[@ramadan4660]

It is really an absolute dishonest claim to suggest that claimants to any particular madhab actually follow the school honsestly in areas where their carnal self struggles to reconcile values and philosophy of law of the school with the modern boxes that they inhabit. A greal deal of the unpalatable ingredients in all madhas are treacherously and conveniently brushed under the carpet as it wouldn't allow a pleasant portrayal of it's adherents to the social order in which they find psychological security.

[@truebomba]

Can you kindly indicate to what timestamp of the lecture your comment is referring to? I am not sure if I understood your insight.

[@doggo8342]

Uffff too much monotone …..too difficult to keep up….half of the students are 💤 sleeping

[@ubayddesigner1801]

Most of people today do find it difficult! but there are sober people who love it ! He is Moderate in his speech ! which is the best thing about shaykh

[@sleeptherapy4811]

Unnecessarily lied against Imam Ibn Taymiah Rahimullah

[@janaams5078]

😆😆😆😆WTF IS THIS - Julius Evola 2022

[@michaelsccot9104]

This guy is the muslim Jordan Peterson 😂

[@mohamedsheekibrahim6650]

cambrige university in a islam college is not a logic.this is kind oftype of people are same type of isis and wahabi ideology.

[@Boss-313]

Firstly you need to go to college to learn English grammar and secondly Sheikh Abdul Hakim Murad is far from the ideology you’re trying to smear him with.

[@abusalih8638]

@Boss 313 Wording errors are sometimes overlooked by the purposeful presence of wisdom. Your~You’re

[@Boss-313]

Abu Salih shukran for the point out brother

[@alhassani626]

He's right actually when talking about the University of Cambridge. But saying Cambridge Muslim College is implying A College of Islamic studies situated in Cambridge nothing else.

[@PT-kk8dp]

@N L wahabism is a political corruption and tool of the British as petro$ puppets used to oppress the Muslim world using heretic extremist ideology of ibn tamayya more in common with Isis, literally no difference between them. Post Sykes picot the Muslim world had been ruled by proxy via the phony fiat money financial system, the modern form of slavery in collaboration with Saudis via petro$ standard. The Arabs sold their souls. See Imran Hosein for eschatology.