Firm Roots: Certainty in Age of Doubt | Ustadh Parvez Ahmed
Channel: Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
Date: 2019-10-04

Ustadh Parvez Ahmed delivers a Khutbah about the lessons from God's parable about a believer being a good tree. 

Ustadh Parvez says that the believer is like a tree that is always giving fruits, no matter what time of year it is, a believer nourishes the souls of others, gives shade to the needy and oppressed, and the roots of faith are firm in his or her heart and cannot be shaken.

"Have you not considered how Allah sets forth a parable of a good word (being) like a good tree, whose root is firm and whose branches are in heaven.It produces its fruit all the time, by permission of its Lord. And Allah presents examples for the people that perhaps they will be reminded (Qur'an 14:24)."

He emphasizes the analogy of a tree that provides shade and comfort, and sustains life for generations upon generations to come. With internal solidification and purity the tree will inevitably, (with Allah’s help), grow and become stronger, but it all starts with a single seed. 

This sermon was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on Friday, October 4, 2019.

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About the Speaker:
Ustadh Parvez Ahmed is an attorney specializing in business litigation and electronic discovery. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco where he teaches a course on Islamic Jurisprudence and serves as Chair of the Development Committee of the Board of Directors at Ta'leef Collective. He has taught undergraduate courses related to Islam and Islamic Civilizations at the University of Arkansas and Wayne State University and has lectured on topics related to Islam at various college campuses, forums, and religious institutions. Parvez studied Arabic, Islamic Theology and Jurisprudence under the tutelage of teachers in Michigan, Chicago, and Cairo. He has been involved with the Muslim community for over 25 years serving as advisor and on the boards of several Muslim organizations and institutions. For almost 5 years, Parvez has co-hosted Diffused Congruence: The American Muslim Experience, a monthly podcast seeking to celebrate the many facets of the American Muslim experience. A native Texan, he presently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two daughters.