Sheikh Younus Kathrada is a South-African born Canadian Imam, Islamic Studies teacher, community and youth activist, counsellor, chaplain, and public speaker. He graduated with a BA from the College of Da’wah and Usool adDeen at the Islamic University of Medinah (1994) in Saudi Arabia. He has been involved in grassroots dawah [propagation of Islam] with the Muslim community of Canada, and of BC [British Columbia] in particular, for the last 20 years. He has presented many topics on Islaam at Universities in BC and Alberta for Islaam Awareness Week, and also presents “Introduction to Islam” courses for high school and middle school students. He was previously Imam of an Islamic centre in Vancouver. He was also the founder and teacher of Al Madinah Academy in Victoria, B.C, as well as the acting Imam of the Masjid [mosque] there. He then moved to Malaysia where he was a teacher and then Principal of Al-Tamimi International Islamic School in Subang Jaya for almost 7 years. While in Malaysia he continued to give talks at various universities and Masaajid [mosques]. He moved back to Victoria in 2016 and is currently the Imam of the Dar Al-Ihsan Islamic Center.
On September 21, 2021 Younus Kathrada posted on Facebook:
We find in Surah al-Fatihah: غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ {not of those who have earned [Your] anger}.
So we ask of Allah’s guidance (to the straight path) and seek refuge from being of the “maghdoobi ‘alayhim” [earned Your anger]. Who are these maghdoobi ‘alayhim [earned Your anger]? They are the Yahood [Jews].
Allah says, قُلْ هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَرٍّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَثُوبَةً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهُمُ الْقِرَدَةَ وَالْخَنَازِيرَ وَعَبَدَ الطَّاغُوتَ أُوْلَئِكَ شَرٌّ مَكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ عَنْ سَوَاءِ السَّبِيلِ
{Say, “Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allah? [It is that of] those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of ṭāghūt [idolatry]. Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way.”} (5:60) And those being referred to here are the Yahood [Jews].
وَلا الضَّالِّينَ {or of those who are astray} Who are the dalleen [of those who are astray]? They are the Nasara (Christians). This is mentioned by al-Imam ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) and others.
Isn’t it amazing that we ask this a minimum of 17 times a day, yet we try to imitate and be like them day and night?
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