Inner dimensions of

the Seerah
Using the Seerah to build confidence
in the 21st century

IDB LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

Durban
March 2012
Ahmed Shaikh
 Group activity
• Draw up a poster/ group flag that expresses
the theme:

“Role of Muslim youth

in the 21st century”
 Complete this sentence...

• My role as a Muslim youth is to...

• My confidence as a Muslim is because...
 Relationship with the Prophet (s)

“The Prophet (s) is closer to

the believers than their
ownselves” (Al Ahzab, 33:6)

Example of Sayyidina Khubaib ibn Adi Ansari (RA)

“Ye have indeed in the
Messenger of Allah, a
beautiful pattern of
conduct…” (33:21)
 Exercise
Relate your ‘favourite’ Sahabah (RA)
 Information on the Seerah
must lead to Transformation

Example of
Mus’ab ibn Umayr (RA)

“From among the believers are some

who have fulfilled their pledge with
Allah” (Al Ahzab, 33:23)
Sahabah witnessed his (s)
great sunnah
• Resolution against the Quraish
• After Taif
• Strategy during the Hijra
• Cave of Thaur
• Love of Fathima (RA)
• Conquest of Makkah
• Children of Madinah
This great Sunnah has
been reduced to
mere externalities!
 inner
What the are the
dimensions of the
Sunnah?
Human values are built in your
inner self:
• Truth
• Justice
• Confidence
• Honesty
• Progressiveness
• Dynamism
• Optimism
• Courage
• Wisdom

These are all inner values. This is the Sunnah!

Today…
Our lives bear little resemblance to his (s)

• We praise him (s), but do not listen

• We claim to love, but refuse to follow
• We claim to believe, but behave like those
who did not

Incident with Ka’ab bin Malik

What needs to be
done?
Make JIHAD
…at all levels
Enter the world of the

Qur’an
Provide

Leadership
‘Khair Ummah’
Protect the integrity of the brand

‘ISLAM’
 student
Develop the

community as the
microcosm of the Qur’anic
Ummah
Live the

Sunnah
The critical challenge of
student life:
Have a clear,
guided sense of
purpose!
Mission:
battles to be
Key
adopted &
championed
“Al-Aqsa
fi Khatr!”
Become active in

Da’wah
in Southern Africa
Become change agents for

Muslim
civilisation &
culture
Seek, love & share the

‘Ransom of
Badr’
 Protect the
Environment
“Innal Arda Lillah”
Understand the Dimensions
of the Kalimah!
The principle of

Excellence
must guide all activities
“That nation is not in need of
a sword, the character of
whose youth is like that of
steel”

Allama Iqbal
 Conclusion:

The Archers of
Uhud
Shukran

Thank you!

Ahmed Shaikh