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So what made you follow the path of studying Islam?

Smilah Ahmed Rahim.

Just to add, sheh, you mentioned we don't look so much further, far

apart in age.

And someone once told me, I said, oh, he's my uncle.

So they said, oh, you are his uncle.

And I said, come on, man, come on.

You know, that's strange, because I have my son as well.

And when I'm with him he looks very similar

So someone said once that is that your brother I said no

It's not my brother. So he looked at me and he said that's crazy. They actually think I'm your brother

But then when we went somewhere else someone said is that your father? And I'm like, what my father, my son, man?

So the people sometimes don't really understand.

You're right, my shala, Varakala fik,

mamala.

So, alhamdalala, with regards to the question, I've been studying Islam with my granddad from a very young age.

In fact, my alif and bow was taught by him and I attribute my beginnings to him.

So essentially we were born into a family that studied Islam.

Al-Ham Doolah and that I attribute after Allah Subhanahua Taala to my grandfather. So that al-Hamehala was a huge driver for me to study Islam.

It was what I knew. It was what I was familiar with because he taught us the Quran he taught us

the taf-sir of the Quran he taught us I remember him sitting studying words for the next

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