In this short talk the speaker discusses the importance of keeping firm upon ones faith and the trails that one may face in upholding their beliefs.

An Inspirational Talk for Future Scientists

This talk was held at City Hall in Bangalore, India.

Part of Mufti Abdur-Rahman's Bangalore, India tour in 2018 this talk provides advice on how to be successful. Both in this world and the lift after.

The following talk was held at Hasanath College in Bangalore, India.

Continuing the discussion of mentioning brief biographies of prominent sufis of the past, discussed here is the founder of the Rifa'i Order, Ahmad ibn Ali al-Rifa'i. The Rifa'iyyah, an eminent sufi order that had a great following until the 15th century. Ahmad ibn Ali, known as the Great Ascetic has a number of miracles associated with him and several mystical incidents as mentioned in this lecture.

Concluding the discussion on the Sufis, the Shaykh discusses a few inflential personalities who had became well known in the Path of Tasawwuf: Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani; Sayyid Ahmad al-Badawi and Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili (may Allah have mercy on them all) .

Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord, like [that of] those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines? 47:15 Qur'an

His full name was Aamir ibn Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah. He was known as Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Of him Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), one of the companions of the Prophet, said:

"Three persons in the tribe of Quraysh were most prominent, had the best character and were the most modest. If they spoke to you, they would not deceive you and if you spoke to them, they would not accuse you of Lying: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, Uthman ibn Affan and Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah."

Al-Zubayr was born in Makka.

His father was Al-Awam ibn Khuwaylid of the Asad clan of the Quraysh tribe, making Al-Zubayr a nephew of Khadijah. His mother was Muhammad's aunt, Safiyyah bint ‘Abd al-Muttalib, hence Al-Zubayr was Muhammad's first cousin.