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Why do you say jokes in your lectures?

That's an amazing question. I tell you something, when I was young we grew up with a lot of fear of the scholars the imams in the

masjed there was a distance even though my father in imam and a scholar and a

mentor of it but very strict and initially it was so difficult to communicate I saw a clear

gap between the scholars and the masses and I always told myself that I'd like to bridge this gap. There needs to be something.

You know, we, scholars are looked at as harsh people who never smile, they're always attacking people.

You know what, you've got to say a thing or two, especially for the newer generations,

and I think I'm probably similar to you in age, if not, maybe a little bit older.

A little bit older, sheh.

There we go. So what I want to say is if you know as we grew up it was very different and in fact the world is becoming more and more filled with so much of

difficulty depression hardship anxiety the last thing you want is the person

calling you towards Allah doing the same thing to you.

So I say, you know what, keep it light.

And you know, I'll still crack a joke, a little bit of wit,

a little bit of banter now and again.

If you get it, you get it, if you get it if you don't you don't mostly

there is a lesson behind the there is a lesson behind whatever joke might have

been cracked subhann Allah