Assalamu alaykum all,

Was posted by Imam Anwar alAwlaki on May-31-2008

First of all I would like to thank the brothers who are behind the idea of this website. They suggested it, and then implemented it and now they are maintaining it. So may Allah reward them.

In the old times it used to take a few days to travel, for example, from Makkah to Madina which are only 450km apart. Now we can communicate all over the globe within seconds; text, audio and video, all within seconds. So I would like to tell all of the brothers out there whom I personally know and whom I spent memorable time with: Assalamu alaykum and insha Allah I will never forget you.

And to those whom I grew to know through these modern means of communication but the circumstances have separated me from meeting them, nevertheless, I still feel a bond with them and I love them for the sake of Allah because they have chosen to follow Islam: Assalamu alaykum, and if we don’t meet in this world then we ask Allah to make us of those who would meet while reclining on the thrones of Paradise.
And to all my brothers and sisters who are reading this: Assalamu alaykum and we ask Allah to provide us with guidance and to keep us on the straight path.
And finally to all of the ghurabaa out there: I send you a thousand salaams …

Your Brother,
Anwar al-Awlaki