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Asalam allayikum and a very good morning to you all. Welcome to Salam Britain. I'm Tusma. It's lovely to have you with us on this beautiful weekend morning. We hope you're feeling rested, refreshed, and ready to ease into the day with us. Weekends are such a blessing, a chance to slow down, reconnect with family, and take a moment for ourselves after a busy week. It's always good to remind ourselves of the importance of balance. The Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam encouraged us to care for our bodies, our minds, and our spiritual well-being. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, "The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, while
there is good in both." What a beautiful reminder that strength isn't just physical, it's emotional, spiritual, and even the strength to keep going, to stay hopeful, and to look after ourselves and others. Weekends just give us the space to recharge. Whether it's spending time with our loved ones, enjoying nature, reading, or simply taking a quiet moment to breathe. What a wonderful program we've got lined up for you today. We have so many inspiring guests, uplifting conversations, and plenty of stories to brighten your morning. So stay with us as we ease into this lovely weekend together. But first, before we take a look at the latest news stories and updates from the
UK and around the world, we are joined by a very special guest this morning. Mashallah, the youngest in the charact category of above 16, Muhammad Aman Shek is the winner of this year's 2026 Islam channels Adan. Salam alalayikum Muhammad, thank you for joining us this morning. So, first of all, I would like to congratulate you martial muk. Well done for winning the awards and we've seen here that you've brought your uh trophies and certificates for us this morning. So, the first question I have to ask is how did you feel when your name was announced as the winner? So, um, alhamdulillah, it was a great honor to share stage with the Egyptian, uh, judges and, um, as you could probably
tell from the, um, episode where they announced my name. I couldn't hold in my smile. Um, and yeah, I didn't know how to react. So, alhamdulillah, I was really grateful for them to announce me as the winner. Mashallah. And you said you couldn't hold in your smile. I think as well if anyone in was in that situation quite rightly so you shouldn't hold in your spa cuz you should be very pleased and very um happy about it. And what about your family's response? How did they feel? Were they with you at the time or um Yeah. So um my mom came to pick me up and she was really happy to find out that I won and my family supported it a lot. So that was really good handle that.
Did you have kind of like any idea? You know sometimes like you have a feeling like oh you did really well performance and you were like yeah I think I did the best. Do you have any idea or was it a complete surprise? Was it a complete shock to you that you were announced as the winner? I was really surprised. I was the youngest there and um I got told that I was going up first. So the nerves hit me really like I was very nervous and um when I uh performed the adan and got through the first stage. So, alhamdulillah, it was like I was happy to go through the next stage. And then on the last episode, um, alhamdulillah, uh, when I completed myan, the other competitors stepped up and did the too.
And, um, at that moment, I didn't know who won. And we were all uh, so conf like we didn't know who was going to win at that moment. And when they announced me as the winner, I kind of felt like some ease, sense of ease on myself. And, alhamdulillah, I was really happy. Alhamdulillah. So maybe it was a blessing that you went first then. Yeah. Um at so where did this passion um like for reciting the aan come from? When did you realize that um this is something that you um enjoyed and you wanted to pursue? So there's a bit of a story to this. So um back in 2022 Ramadan 2 or 3 days before I went umrah um my moss teacher was telling all the students to perform the adan for as um I asked if I could do
it a bit earlier as I was going for omrah and I wasn't sure when I was going to come back if I was going to be back in time for me to do the adan as well. So um Oh so you mean that everyone was scheduled at a time to do it but you because you were going to Umra you asked if you could have your turn a little bit earlier. Okay. Mah. Yeah. So um I did the adan and uh I received a lot of um positive feedback. Alhamdulillah. And from then until recently I just really wanted to do the adan again. And uh when I went Omra I had many more and it was really beautiful listening to them and also listening to behind all of so that kind of motivated me to recite
more better when reciting the Quran. So I was more focused on reciting the Quran at that stage. Then in 2024 summer I asked the imam if I could do the adan for Juma and alhamdulillah he let me and that gained my confidence and even now during college um I asked if I could do the adan. So if I didn't put myself out there I don't think I would be here today. Yeah. Mah, I think that's a really um great thing hopefully to inspire um others out there um you know that it's not um a shame to ask and you know look how much you've achieved so far and how old were you at that time when
you first start asked in 2022 right how old were you then um 13 or 14 oh martial law 13 14 okay and we have a VT I think we're just going to show the clip where you just won the award for 2026 ADAN Islam channel Awards very competitive participants the panel has come to the conclusion that this year's 2026 ADAN competition for the 16 plus has been won by Muhammad I am a man she is going to be the winner for this year's uh AAN competitions and I would like to ask the sheh to come and uh you know um uh deliver present the trophy which is just next to me here and uh subhan Allah Uh and uh I'm going to ask brother Aan if you could just come and stand here and the sheh will be handing the trophy to you.
Mark the of course the climax of this year's 2026 competition. I think very many of you have been inspired by the competitions and also the delivery from our notable shakes have been to the panel of judges. So what I'm going to ask inshallah brother can you make for us as the shakes are standing here you're going to come back to microphone make a short aan it doesn't have to be I don't know this should it be complete or half of it just half of the aan inshallah uh because we run out of time I'll let you know when to stop inshallah Allahbar. Wow. Mashallah. Subhan Allah. You do have such a beautiful voice. Um, may Allah give you baraka and inshallah I hopefully at the end of the segment
we'll be able to hear that adan alive. But before then let's go into some more questions. So obviously we saw there on the screen that um there was a lot of shakes obviously that deliberated um to give this um prestigious award to you. But I would like to know for you yourself who is your inspiration um you know for obviously um recitation and how did they like help to perfect your recitation? So my biggest inspiration has probably got to be the haram and as as I said before when I went I got to heard I got to hear the especially last year October when I went Omra again alhamdulillah um I got to record uh most of the even now to this day I always listen back to the recordings and just close my eyes and it
just makes me feel like I'm there again and um most of them I try to not imitate them but try to perfect their taj and how they ponder upon the meaning which is obviously a lot important as well. And how do you actually um obviously because mah you have a gift but do you have like to do some sort of training for your voice and how do you train your voice obviously to make sure as you were saying about the tajid and the actual correct way of pronouncing. So how do you train yourself for that? So um I listen to various Mins and I just listen to how they pronounce the letters, how they pronounce the words, like how often like they would take a breath and how long they would pause in between the um
words and the thean and obviously with um the meaning as well like you need to understand that if you change a letter or a word then it changes the whole meaning and uh that's really important as well. Yeah, especially um Arabic language um there's you know so many different meanings for one particular word as well especially if you as you were saying even if you change a letter that changes the entire meaning of the whole entire word um are there any particular like teachers or imams or curries who have helped you like guided you on this journey? So there's um there's a imam at my local mosque alhamdulillah supported me a lot with the adan and always put me forward um in
jum as well. So he had helped me a lot and in regards to listening to madins so I listen to many but in particular the do you have a specific favorite one? Do you have a specific one that's like on the top of your playlist? Yeah, there's there's many but in Medina he's very famous. you probably had isan as well and in Makkah there's many more but there's one that really stood out to me wash so inshallah if you anyone gets time to listen to him please do yeah inshallah okay and tell us about your experience in the competition like what was the most memorable moment for you in the competition so the most memorable moment has to be when the judges obviously said my name and uh alhamdulillah I couldn't hold my
smile as I said earlier and It just I just felt very happy that I won the competition that I was really like hoping to participate in. What do you think um makes like an aan for you? Obviously you said about your inspirations and you mentioned like um you know who your favorite is but what do you think makes um a powerful adan to you? What do you think you know is like oh wow mah when you hear it really the adan is to calling us to prayer. What do you think for you um like is and is an example of like a powerful adan that actually is what is meant to do is like call people to obviously come to the masjid and pray.
Yeah. So as I was saying before with the meaning so if you look at the part of the where it says they're saying come to your salah. So when you perform thean you're meant to call people to salah. So when you're doing it just make sure you're doing it at the best of your ability and to call people. So to make it like to make it sound really nice and to cool people as well. So make sure that it reminds them of salah. So that's uh very important as well. Yeah. And as you were saying before earlier um it's important not obviously just the recitation itself but also as you were mentioning about the meaning of it. So obviously understanding the meaning of it because it's like a duty
isn't it? It's like performing the adan and saying the adan. It's a duty to obviously as you me mentioned to come to the prayer and pray first mah which obviously that in itself is a blessing and a baraka to do. What do you say was like the most challenging part of the whole entire process? So when I walked into the studio um I was told that I was going up first. Okay. And then as I was And you didn't know that beforehand? No, I didn't know. So um as I saw all the other participants walk in, I realized that I was the youngest. So like I thought I might have a chance of winning when I first came
and then after my like obviously in my mind I was like okay maybe it might be very challenging for me as I was the youngest and there's probably many other um challenging competitors who are experienced. So um alhamdulillah that was a challenge a good challenge for me as well too. But then you just prove to show that actually it age doesn't matter and it's it's not necessarily about the years of experience but obviously the amount that obviously that you practice and you obviously perform and you train yourself. So yeah that just hopefully that's an inspiration to others that it doesn't matter that you're the youngest.
Um mah if you have the gift and um if it's meant for you then it is. So you should be very proud of the fact that um you know you were the youngest. So yeah. Um what does the adan personally mean to you? Obviously you mentioned about you know um yourself putting yourself forward but what does it personally mean to you when you have that opportunity to obviously go to these different locations like as you have done and um like you know done it in front of so many people that are listening to you. So when I'm told that I'm doing the adan, I'm always making sure that I'm practicing cuz it's never perfect
and there's always room for practice and to perfection. So um whenever I'm practicing, I just know that for example, if it's Jama next week and I'm doing the adan in college or the masid. So I know in my head that like I'm looking forward to doing it. So until that time comes, I'm always practicing, always making sure I'm doing my best. And um inshallah when the time comes to perform the adan I always make sure that my intentions are always pure and to always rectify my intentions. And has this achievement like changed your confidence in a way like or your goals? Yes. So cuz you mentioned you're at college.
What you studying at college right now? Um business law and criminology. Okay. So um it's changed my goals as I'm looking forward to like in the future to pursuing more um in the studies of Quran and uh even in the adan as well. So inshallah I'm looking to um maybe inshallah go to abroad go abroad and um perfect my taj and even learning the of the Quran and the importance of adan. Do you think that obviously if you didn't um you know find this gift or if you didn't like have these opportunities do you think you would have done that or is do you think it's because of um obviously in light of all these things
and mashallah winning the competition do you think that's helped to push you even more into that then? Yes. So, um, as me winning the competition, it's gave me a lot of confidence and a lot of courage to do more things. And, uh, if I was to look back a few years ago and to see that I would won would have won this competition, I don't think I would have won it. And I don't think I would have, um, thought further into studying the adan even more as I was more focused on uh, like perfecting my Quran, which is still um, like my goals. Yeah. Just as important. Yeah. So, um, that's as I'm doing as well. So um like it's contributing to me completing like and people are telling me like you need to complete like we're
all looking forward to listening to um when you complete. So inshallah that's uh the main goal at the moment. So when I complete that inshallah we'll look forward to um what's uh next and you mentioned that obviously you've had opportunities at Jamaalah and at your college to do it. Have you actually although you're so young still have has anyone actually said to you oh approached you and say oh I want to learn how do I learn like if obviously viewers out there watching like if they wanted to you know uh perfect their adan and like go into their Quran studies what advice what tips would you give and has anyone actually approached you to even like offer uh guidance and support and mentorship in this? Yeah. So off the
top of my head I think um I remember one person that came up to me in college I think and uh asked me like they needed help with how to pronounce like the adan properly as they wanted to um do the adan. So it's important to the first first step in adan and Quran assertation is so without and if you have the melody but not then there's there's no meaning into um reciting which is you have to perfect your taj first then automatically the melody would come. So for anyone that um wants to um learn how to do the adan I'd say focus on your um vocal tone. So if you have a high pitched voice then don't go for an adan uh that is low pitched then it will be very hard for you to maintain that the whole way.
So um that's really important as well. So if you have like a mid to low pitch tone uh voice then if you're going to imitate someone who has a high pitch voice you're going to find it very hard to maintain it. Yeah that's actually some really good advice there. Yeah, because I suppose it's kind of like when obviously artists, you know, there's so many different artists with different sounds, different voices, it's kind of similar to them mimicking, but if you don't have that vocal range, if you don't have that pitch, it's very difficult for you to do that if it's not your natural voice style. So really, um, your best advice is to try to obviously match the style
that suits your own voice then rather than obviously imitate something that is not in your vocal range. Yeah. Is there any way like they could like improve on that if they don't have that obviously natural ability because sometimes it's just you know a natural gift of the voice to perform. Is there any way they could train like obviously you do practice and you do train your voice. Is there any other things they could do to train that in order to improve it? Yes. So with the adan as well like if you listen to many more they stretch like they long out the words um which is uh obviously allowed to some words are allowed to stretch. So that's obviously got to do with breath control
which is very important. Yeah. So, so for those that are struggling with breath control, I'd say practice, but don't do the adan like don't stretch it too much to the point where you are like losing breath and it's really hard for you to maintain it because at the end of the day, it's most it's more important to call people to pray rather than making it sound very beautiful and longing it out, but you're straining yourself out at the same time. I think that's a really good piece of advice there. Breath control. So, you heard it here. So breath control obviously because it is you know using your voice and that there's so many different elements to the throat in order to pronounce and say. So you were
talking about perfecting your treid obviously and your pursuit in Islamic studies but how do you balance the both obviously because you're still in college and you're studying but how do you balance the both uh in your lifestyle? So, alhamdulillah, I'm really grateful in my college to have uh many free lessons and I live local to the college. So, um whenever I have a free lesson or if my lesson if my day finishes early, so I only have one lesson. So, I'm able to go home and I just learn my lesson for my Quran classes and if I have extra time, I just practice on my adan. So, when there's no one around, I just go in an environment where I can do it to the best of my ability. And I always listen to um this one sheh that does the adan and his
vocal tone kind of matches mine. So his name is Mahi. So um he's a of so um so when you listen to um a or for example that recites Quran if you're looking to recite Quran so um you listen to him uh and keep on listening to him and really reflect on where like his so it's really important to um listen to or that has really good so you can obviously reflect that. So when you're listening to it, try and read along with him and um really make sure that you're correct reading the words as correctly as the or the Okay, mah that's some really good advice there. Um just for obviously some people some viewers that might not know the difference. So what's the difference then? Just explain um if you can um of Vakari and Madam what's the
difference because obviously I've I've listened to some as well but what's the difference? what how are they different from obviously other people that recite the Quran. So a madin is a the person that recites the adan to call pe to call people to pray whereas akari is someone who has the um permission to recite the Quran at like the best of so um and recite as correctly as they can. Um so Akari um if you want to pursue um to become aari you would have to um complete an a jazza to get the permission to recite in there's various different ways of reciting the Quran and the most common one is hs so um when you're reciting the Quran normally many people like pronounce the letters wrong or read the words very wrong so it's
really important that if you want to pursue and to become a kari or even in general to just recite Quran, it's really important that you get the taj um really to perfection. And if you obviously um go to pursue a kari course, then you would have to um take like lessons and um so it's a lot more intensive as well than so um you would have to go to someone who has an so there's like a whole lineage from the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam all the way to your teacher who has recited the Quran in a correct way and for him to give you the permission to recite the Quran of after you've perfected the tajid and recitation.
Yeah, thank you for that explanation. I think that's really good especially if people are looking to pursue either one of them or both. Um so you mentioned uh obviously your inspiration a lot um stems a lot from Makkah and Medina and in mah you've had the opportunity and privilege uh to go to both um what is the difference between the adan in Makkah and Medina and can you do the both the different uh adan interpretations? Yes. So with Makkah it's more shorter compared to Medina. As Medina they um it's very melodic and uh it's really like it sounds really nice. With Makkah it's really it's not intense but it's short but it's like when you hear it you
know it's like the adan from Makkah. So that's one of the main differences between the both is that Medina has a longer adan whereas Makkah is shorter. Okay. Mashallah. You know what I'm going to ask you next? Could you give us a small demonstration between both? So the Makkah adan and the Medina adan inshallah. Okay. So um Maka first please. Allahbar Mashallah. Subhan Allah. May Allah bless you and give you more. Um now could we go to listen to the fud um adan in Medina?
Allahbar. Oh, Hal. Father. Now Allahbar Muhammad Aman Shik, thank you so much for joining us and ending on that be presentation.
