Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick
Question
I accidentally stumbled across some online videos while I searched for scientific miracles of the Quran. I feel like the videos employ tactics of deception. Since I watched it, my Faith has been very low. Would you please assist?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah guide every dimension of our lives to that which pleases Him.
Many dangers come with learning Din from the internet, and, unfortunately, you have been victim to some of this. Instead of random viewing of online content that is often hard to authenticate, I want to advise that you sign up for one of the cost-free, organized, trustworthy, and reliable courses on SeekersGuidance.org.
Besides fulfilling your desire to learn, the courses would be a terrific way to address the unfortunate decrease in Faith you have suffered. Remember to turn to Allah and seek refuge from the traps of Shaytan and his tools of deception, and Allah knows best.
I pray this is of benefit and that Allah guides us all.
[Shaykh] Irshaad Sedick
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Shaykh Irshaad Sedick was raised in South Africa in a traditional Muslim family. He graduated from Dar al-Ulum al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah in Strand, Western Cape, under the guidance of the late world-renowned scholar, Shaykh Taha Karaan.
Shaykh Irshaad received Ijaza from many luminaries of the Islamic world, including Shaykh Taha Karaan, Mawlana Yusuf Karaan, and Mawlana Abdul Hafeez Makki, among others.
He is the author of the text “The Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal: A Hujjah or not?” He has served as the Director of the Discover Islam Centre and Al Jeem Foundation. For the last five years till present, he has served as the Khatib of Masjid Ar-Rashideen, Mowbray, Cape Town.
Shaykh Irshaad has thirteen years of teaching experience at some of the leading Islamic institutes in Cape Town). He is currently building an Islamic online learning and media platform called ‘Isnad Academy’ and pursuing his Master’s degree in the study of Islam at the University of Johannesburg. He has a keen interest in healthy living and fitness.