Eidul-Adha in Nashville
Alhumdulillah, this year our brother Shaykh Abdullah Al-Ansari was the khatib for Eidul-Adha in Nashville. Shaykh Abdullah is a recent graduate of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud University in Riyadh. He is a native of the metropolitan Detroit area.
It has been a few years since I have seen him, and it was a pleasure to benefit from him. I am post a bit of his Eid khutbah. InshAllah in a few days, I will try to post the whole khutbah.
About Me
- Khalil Al-Puerto Rikani
- I am 35 years old, and I adhere to the Salafi methodology/way. I was born in the Bronx to New York Puerto Rican (Catholic) parents. During my teenage years, I starting to learn about my history since of course they don't teach us that in school. As a teenager, I had a lot of interaction with "Latino" and African-American Muslims. That lead to me taking my shahadah during my first semester of college. I eventually earned a bachelor's of art with a double major in Arabic and political science at the State University of New York at Binghamton. My concentration was in the Middle East and North Africa Studies. In 2000, I was offered a scholarship to study at Umm Al-Qura University. I studied there from 2000 to 2005. May Allah reward King Fahd (rahimahullah) for giving me a scholarship to teach in Saudi, Amin. Alhamdulillah, I have been fortunate to have sat with several scholars in Saudi Arabia. I currently live in Saudi Arabia with my wife and two children. I also hold a master's in TESOL.