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I like to Allah rakadhi

I'd like to start by saying that I am in a serious time crunch. I don't know how I'm going to get

out of my head in these 20 minutes what I really want to. So I'm first of all asking

Allah that he gives me clarity in speech and that I don't overburden you or give

you overload of information which in and of itself is not very conducive for proper learning

or discussion.

Even if I get to communicate not everything that I intend to, even if I do

10% of it, I'd rather it be done properly than me burdening you with way too much information.

I wanted to divide this conversation into two halves, the first of it kind of theory and

introduction and the other, some practical examples that would be easy for anybody to

understand.

I know the vast majority of people sitting here

in the audience are Muslims. I can see that very clearly. You're not very easily, you know,

it's very easy to distinguish you but it's a same to yeah distinguish Muslims right

anyway so but anyway I think my priority is going to be the non-Muslim

audience here so if you don't hear me use a lot of

traditional terminology, I'm giving you a warning ahead of time. It is not a

deviation. It is simply a courtesy to those who are not familiar with Arabic

terms and may not be as accustomed to that kind of lingo.

We say those kinds of things among each other,

Hamdoolah, my sha Allah,

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