This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. to karate. O'Ala wahatam o'nahilah wah a tung muslimu.

Sallam Ali al-Aq al-Aqahatah.

Alhami al-qahale al-Ain, what's Sala to a szam al-Said al-Aibou al-Aulah al-Ahi what Sahiby al-Ahihah al-Ahi

at al-Iin thumma al-ma-ba'a-Dabad.

I have to start my speech by first fulfilling a religious obligation.

I have been commanded by my wife to give a shout out to Harun, so shout out from Suwapi.

So now that that obligation is out of my way, now I can talk to you about what I want to talk to you about, in chow,

okay.

So challenges and opportunities for the young Muslim Uma. I've been invited here to speak.

Al-Ham Doolah, this is actually the second graduation ceremony in two days that I'm attending

for high schools and I'm very proud of the Maryland community that these kinds of efforts are happening.

But in particular as I heard briefly about the young men that are graduating and the sister that's graduating today,

my wheels are just constantly spinning and I had to rethink all of what I was going to share with you in the last five minutes as I was just listening to just a few things that I've heard here.

And what I want to start with, in shalah, is just actually my speech isn't even to the rest of you. I'm just talking to six people here. I'm going to pretend the rest of you aren't here. You guys have been in an amazing environment, pretty much your entire, you know, the lives that you can remember. And you're about to head into a world that is not this nice. You're about to head into campus, you're

about to head into a college environment. Many of you, I don't know which of you are

considering pursuing further Islamic education and if you are in

shall address that a little bit in my talk too I want this to be a very short

practical orientation into the real world what you are going to see outside is going to be

very depressing and disappointing it's not going to be very depressing and disappointing. It's not going to be people that

inspire you and bring you closer to the Dean. Those are few and far between and

may Allah help you find those people and be in their company, but for the most part

you're going to find Muslims your age,

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