First annual Seerah conference “Darkness to light” hosted by Darul Qur’an academy’s student

Alhumdulillah, on Saturday, February 8th, 2019, the host, Hafiz Zubair Abid, A student from Darul Qur’an Academy of Canada and Hafiz Zakariya held their first annual Seerah Conference which was named “Darkness to Light”. This conference was solely focused on the life of our beloved and final messenger Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). This conference was held at the Crystal at York Banquet Hall. Master of ceremony for this esteemed and blessed event was Shaykh Anees Wahab, who is also a student of Maulana Zafar Abid, the principal and founder Darul Quran Academy. The program was very well organized and run by the youth of the community. The event began with a recitation of the Holy Quran by one of our esteemed

Huffaz from our community, Hafiz Zakariya Jama, his beautiful recitation mesmerized the crowd of the event. Right after, Shaykh Anees discussed the beauty of reciting the Qur’an. Following this was a speech from the first guest speaker, Shaykh Sadique Pathan from Edmonton, Alberta. Shaykh Sadique’s speech was more focused on the youth, he spoke about the prophetic interactions with youth focusing on how our beloved prophet Muhammad interacted with youth and how he always treated them with utmost respect. After the first speech, Hafiz Zubair, the host of the event spoke for a few minutes, thanking the guests and all the sponsors who had a part in the event followed by a 15-minute break which was given to the guests. As soon as the guests got back, the second speaker,

Mufti Shujaath Ali Nadvi, Imam of Masjid Haqq Vancouver spoke about how the beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH interacted with the non-muslims of his time and gave the crowd advice on how we should deal with non-muslims in our day and time. Thereafter, we had a word from our sponsor Islamic Relief Canada’s representative Hassaan Ghani Shaykh spoke about the projects and goals of Islamic Relief Canada followed by Imam Fawad Kalsi talking about Falcon Travel, a Platinum sponsor. They then began with their third speaker, Shaykh Ahmad Saleem the chief guest speaker who was called from Toronto, Ontario to speak at this event. His speech was deliberately focused on the pureness of the messenger prophet Muhammad PBUH. Thereafter, a question and answer session by the three speakers, Shaykh Ahmad Saleem, Mufti Shujaath Ali Nadvi and Shaykh Sadique Pathan was presented and had a beautiful outcome. The event was then concluded by a beautiful dua by the principal of Darul Quran Academy, Maulana Zafar Abid Saab. This event was hosted and presented to our community by Hafiz Zubair Abid, a young 18-year-old who is also a graduate from Darul Quran Academy. A special thanks to all the sponsors and everyone who helped and supported the event. –