In the Name of Allah; the Merciful, the Mercy-Giving:

In this episode, we read a translation of a recorded speech of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse (d. 1975) which was delivered in 1966 on the occasion of the ʿĪd celebration, coinciding with the commemoration of the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad (peace and blessings be upon him). In this seminal speech, he details the necessity of gaining an understanding of who Allah is and using that knowledge to inform our individual and collective identities as Muslims and to qualify the relationships we have with one another.

Many thanks to Ustadh Muḥammad Abdullahi for furnishing this translation.

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