Sheikh Dr. Sajid Umar

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#CapturedThoughts Your parents are not background characters ﴿وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا﴾ "Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you show excellence to your parents." (Al-Isrā' 17:23) One observation has stayed with me for many years. We naturally think about the passage of time in relation to ourselves. We think about our careers, our families, our ambitions, and the years that lie ahead. Rarely do we pause to consider that, while our lives are moving forward, our parents are moving into a stage of life that Allah specifically draws our attention to in the Qur'an. It is remarkable that, immediately after commanding His worship, Allah commands excellence towards parents. Then He singles out the period of their old age. It is as though the Qur'an is teaching us that there will come a time when our parents will need us differently from how we once needed them. Parents are one of Allah's greatest coverings over our lives. Their du'ā' for us is a blessing whose true value is known only to Allah. Their concern for us does not end when we become adults, nor does their happiness at seeing us thrive diminish with age. In our pursuit of serving our communities, building our careers, and raising our own families, it is easy to assume there will always be another opportunity to visit, another opportunity to sit with them, another opportunity to ask about their health, or simply another opportunity to make them smile. The Messenger ﷺ taught that despite the immense virtue of serving one's parents in their old age, there are people who will still allow that opportunity to pass them by. That lesson has always struck me, because it reminds us that honouring our parents is not simply a social responsibility. It is one of the greatest acts of worship available to us. Perhaps one of the most overlooked realities of life is that our parents are not a permanent chapter in it. Allah has entrusted them to us for a time, and He has entrusted us to them for a time. The wise person recognises that this trust should not be taken for granted. Follow for more: https://t.me/SajidUmarOfficial

#CapturedThoughts *Marriage & Intimacy* One of the recurring observations from my years in community development and serving on the Shariah Council concerns an issue that is rarely spoken about publicly, yet affects many marriages: intimacy. From time to time, I meet couples in their thirties and forties where a wife is seeking an end to her marriage because intimacy has been absent or severely diminished for years. What often surprises me is not the existence of the problem, but that the husband is frequently unaware of how serious it has become. Marriage is distinguished from every other human relationship by rights and responsibilities that belong exclusively to husband and wife. Physical intimacy is one of those rights. It is not an optional extra, nor merely a biological need. It is one of the ways Allah nurtures mawaddah (deep affection) and rahmah (mercy) between spouses. When that aspect of marriage is neglected over a prolonged period, many women do not simply describe the absence of intimacy. They describe feeling unwanted, emotionally disconnected, or no longer valued as a wife. For many, the physical act itself is only one part of the issue. What hurts more deeply is what its prolonged absence appears to communicate. Modern research reflects this reality. Studies consistently find that sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction are closely linked, particularly for women, because intimacy is often experienced as an expression of emotional closeness, security, and mutual care rather than merely physical fulfilment. Researchers also note that unresolved desire discrepancies, avoidance of difficult conversations, excessive screen time, compulsive gaming, work overload, untreated depression, relationship conflict, and pornography use are among the factors that can contribute to declining intimacy within marriage. While every couple's circumstances are different, these themes appear repeatedly across the literature. From an Islamic perspective, identifying the cause matters because the response will differ. Fatigue requires one approach. A medical condition another. Emotional disconnection another. Addiction, including pornography, demands sincere repentance alongside professional support and a structured path to recovery. Perhaps the lesson is this: No husband should first discover the depth of this issue when sitting before a scholar or counsellor. These conversations belong first within the privacy of the marriage itself. Not every concern can be resolved immediately. But many can be addressed before years of silence allow distance to become normal. Some conversations are uncomfortable. That does not make them unimportant. In marriage, the conversations we avoid are sometimes the very ones that preserve the marriage itself. Follow for more: https://t.me/SajidUmarOfficial

#CapturedThoughts Alḥamdulillāh, I'm back home in Zimbabwe. The place where I was born, where I grew up, and where I completed my primary, secondary, and post-secondary education. Returning here has reminded me that my childhood was largely lived outdoors in our backyard that still seems enormous as an an adult, as it did as a child, alhamdulillah. The blue skies. The balanced weather. Football barefoot if required, cricket with improvised wickets, climbing trees, walking barefoot across the grass and riding our bikes with friends until the street lights began to change the colour of the evening. I still remember our mothers insisting that we wear our hats because the African sun showed no mercy. There were no mobile phones... No live location sharing... No constant messages asking where we were every fifteen minutes... We would return home with scraped knees, bruised elbows, twisted handlebars, and stories that somehow made all of it worthwhile! Looking back, I've begun to wonder whether those were not merely memories. Perhaps they were part of our tarbiyah! When I read the Qur'an and the Sunnah, I don't find an upbringing detached from the real world. I find an upbringing that develops resilience, responsibility, courage, companionship, and reflection. Children who walked, relished being deployed, served observed and learned. Perhaps one of the clearest changes of our generation is not that childhood has moved indoors. It is that the world now comes to our children before our children have had the chance to discover the world Allah created, in the forms of screens and apps. And then we have the issue of parents who come across sometimes as servants of their children, which I will share a thought on in another post inShaAllah... And I wonder and worry what all of this is doing to the way our chosen grow. Your brother, Sajid Umar https://t.me/SajidUmarOfficial

This weekend marks the 31st anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, one of the darkest chapters in recent history for both the Ummah and humanity as a whole. In July 1995, during the Bosnian War, more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were systematically separated from their families and murdered by Bosnian Serb forces as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing. At the same time, countless women and girls endured unimaginable violence, trauma, and displacement. More than three decades later, the pain of Srebrenica has not faded. As mass graves continue to be uncovered and victims identified through forensic work, families still gather each year to lay their loved ones to rest in a collective janazah, a poignant reminder that the wounds of genocide do not simply disappear with time. Srebrenica stands as a solemn reminder of the devastating consequences of hatred, dehumanisation, and Islamophobia. Remembering its victims is not only an act of honouring those who were lost, but also a commitment to confronting injustice wherever it exists and ensuring that such atrocities are never forgotten or repeated. https://t.me/SajidUmarOfficial

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#CapturedThoughts Many people abandon their goals because they become obsessed with the distance that remains. They look at the mountain and forget to focus on the next step. They look at the years ahead and lose motivation for the day in front of them. But victory is rarely won in giant leaps. Victory is won in inches. A little progress today. A little patience tomorrow. A little consistency the day after. Then holding your ground when life tries to push you backwards. The greatest achievements are often nothing more than small victories repeated over a long period of time. The Qur'an was not revealed in a day. The first Muslim community was not built in a month. Even the strongest tree begins as a seed hidden beneath the soil. We live in a world that celebrates dramatic breakthroughs, but real success is usually measured. It is the person who keeps going when nobody notices. The person who remains steadfast when results are slow. The person who understands that progress is progress, even when it feels small. Win a little now. Hold your ground. Then win a little more. Over time, those inches become feet. Those feet become miles. And before long, what once seemed impossible stands behind you as a completed journey. Do not underestimate the power of small victories. Many people fail because they quit too early. Many others succeed because they simply refused to stop. Follow for more: https://t.me/SajidUmarOfficial

#CapturedThoughts One of the greatest gifts you can give your future self is not found in a pill 💊, a supplement, or a piece of equipment. It is found *in a book* 📚 Many people understand that muscles weaken when they are not used. Yet they forget that the mind is no different. The brain was created to think, reflect, analyse, connect ideas, and learn. When it is regularly exercised, it remains sharper and more resilient. When neglected, it becomes more vulnerable to decline. Reading does something unique. It is not merely the act of receiving information. It is the process of wrestling with ideas, making connections, asking questions, and allowing knowledge to reshape the way we think. As Ezra Klein observed: "Part of what is happening when you spend 7 hours reading a book, is you spend 7 hours with your mind on the topics in the book, grappling with them, drawing connections, having thoughts you would not otherwise have had." This is why reading a book is not the same as scrolling through social media. A forwarded message may inform you for a moment. A book trains your attention, strengthens your memory, deepens your understanding, and develops your ability to think. Research continues to highlight this connection. Studies have found that older adults who engage in regular reading experience a lower risk of cognitive decline, while other research has associated lifelong reading, writing, and learning with delayed onset of dementia and stronger cognitive function later in life. Some studies have even suggested that mentally stimulating activities may delay dementia symptoms by several years. If you are in your seventies, it is not too late. Read the Qur'an with reflection. Read beneficial Islamic books. Read history. Read biographies. Read about subjects you never had the opportunity to study when you were younger. Every page is an investment in your mind. Every chapter is a gift to your future self. The goal is not simply to accumulate information. The goal is to remain mentally alive, intellectually engaged, and continually growing until we meet Allah. A healthy body matters. But a healthy mind matters too. And one of the simplest ways to nourish it is to keep turning the pages. For more, follow: https://t.me/SajidUmarOfficial

#Capturedthoughts Many people soften feedback because they are more concerned with preserving the comfort of the conversation than addressing the issue that needs correction. But sincere advice is not meant to protect our egos. It is meant to help us grow. The truth is, many people say they want feedback, but when it comes directly, they become more occupied with how it made them feel than whether it was accurate. And when a person focuses only on the discomfort of advice, they deny themselves the blessing of improvement. Growth requires two qualities: the courage to advise with sincerity, and the humility to receive advice with honesty. Exceptional results are not produced in environments where everyone protects feelings and avoids truth. They are produced where people care enough to speak clearly, and are mature enough to listen carefully. Follow for more: https://t.me/SajidUmarOfficial

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🪢My dua *from the plains of Arafah* for you on this list: Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. On this blessed day of Arafah, I wanted to send you a personal dua from my heart. May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala forgive your past, elevate your future, and open doors for you that are better than anything you have imagined. May Allah remove from you every form of doubt, fear, and inferior thinking, and replace it with clarity, strength, courage, and greater vision. May Allah make you a counted member of the ummah of Muhammad ﷺ, from those who stand for truth, serve with sincerity, and leave behind goodness. I sincerely believe that you are special. You have something meaningful to give, something worthy to stand for, and something valuable to be counted for. May Allah be pleased with you in this life and the next, grant you ease in your affairs, barakah in your efforts, forgiveness for what has passed, inspiration for what is ahead, and better than you dream of in both worlds. Ameen. I love you for the sake of Allah. Your brother, Sajid Umar https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9EmPc3bbV6egKs8r2h

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I wanted to share a piece I’ve been working on: *The Microscope and the Telescope: A Prophetic Framework for Seeing Systems* It began as a reflection on Hudaybiyah, but became something more personal for me... I tried to bring together three things: - the Seerah, - my background in IT and systems thinking, - and what I have witnessed in community development, mediation, and arbitration. I would be honoured if you had a chance to read it and share any thoughts in the comments section of the website. https://sajidumar.com/blog/the-microscope-and-the-telescope-a-prophetic-framework-for-seeing-systems/ May Allah make it a reading worthy of Dhul-Hijjah Ameen. Your brother, Sajid Umar

Contact me directly if you're interested in participating. Baarakallahufeekum... 👇 Alhamdulillah, we are in the best of all days — days in which righteous actions are especially beloved to Allah سبحانه وتعالى. As we strive to diversify our ibaadah during these blessed days, we should not forget the importance of worshipping Allah through our wealth as well. Financial ibaadah is a powerful means of drawing closer to Allah when done sincerely for His sake. At the same time, our giving should be balanced and impactful — supporting humanitarian efforts, educational initiatives, reactive support for immediate needs, and proactive efforts that create long-term benefit for the Ummah. With that in mind, I am currently looking for 10 people to contribute £500 each as an investment with Allah سبحانه وتعالى towards beneficial education, research, and proactive initiatives that will continue to benefit communities for years to come, inshaAllah. If you are interested in being part of this effort, please get in touch with me directly. Sajidahmed.umar@gmail.com May Allah accept from all of us and allow us to make the most of these blessed days. Your brother, Sajid Umar

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🌙 *The moon has been Sighted in Saudi Arabia* Making Eid in Saudi Arabia the countries following Saudi on Wednesday 27th May 2026. May Allah help us worship Him during this season of worship. Ameen. Your brother, Sajid Umar