Lecture - Ihsan SG Lecture Series, Sept 2019, Singapore

IHSAN Lecture Series with Shaykh Ahmed Saad⁣ during his visit in Singapore from the 16th to 22nd of September 2019.

Lecture 01 - Holding Onto Something: The Pillars of the Time

SHAYKH AHMED SAAD - Monday, September 16, 2019 - Masjid Sultan, Auditorium, Singapore

Lecture on empowering people to hold onto families, morality, certitude and spiritual truths at times when doubt and confusion overshadow tradition and the basics of our existence and feeds frustration and hopelessness. Stemming from the hadith of the Prophet, “If you have safety in your home, healthy in your body, and the food of your day, all the world is in your hand”, people are encouraged to be positive and to see day-to-day challenges as an incentive rather than destructive. Religion in general and Islam in particular gives us tools to be hopeful and positive like remembrance of God, understanding the reality of life, living with the contentment and holding fast onto these tools helps achieve that goal of spiritual health.

Lecture 02 - Traditional Islam: What Does it Mean?

SHAYKH AHMED SAAD - Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore

The word ‘traditional Islam’ sounds like a fashion, is it really so? Is traditional Islam a different Islam? The reality is ‘tradition’ refers to the very fact that Islam has been handed down through generations of authentic scholarship. Traditional Islam strengthens our relations to our societies, blends in with our culture, encourages us to be proud of who we are. It looks holistically to the life of a Muslim in terms of practice, beliefs and ethics. It is a no-stranger to our parents as it should not be to us. Being traditional means to have roots and to bear fruits. This lecture explores these themes.

Lecture 03 - Too Soon to Despair: Reflections on Tawbah in the Age of Attractions

SHAYKH AHMED SAAD - Friday, September 20, 2019 - The SingPost Auditorium, Singapore Regardless of your sinful past or neglectful present, the gates of Tawbah are always open. The only one wrong decision you should never make is to despair. Through stories from the tradition of people with heavy past, analysis of reasons of why people decide to despair and give up, practical tips to overcome barriers, this lecture’s main aim is to open hearts and alert the minds to the importance and urgency of connecting to Allah regardless of one’s state in life or his/her past.