Ali Dawah - April 10, 2023


1 MILLION SUBSCRIBER CONFESSION - FORGIVE ME EVERYONE


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In this episode, I talk about how I became a YouTuber, the lessons I've learned, and the lessons that I've passed down to the next generation of YouTubers. I also talk about why I decided to start my own YouTube channel.

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00:00:00.000 Were you faithful to her?
00:00:01.480 Don't speak to me like that, you're what?
00:00:13.460 I do not want to stand in front of Allah 1.00
00:00:15.240 and Allah asks me,
00:00:16.660 Ali, what did you do for me?
00:00:18.580 And I say, oh, Allah, I did dawah. 1.00
00:00:21.180 And it says, you are a liar. 1.00
00:00:23.100 You are a liar. 1.00
00:00:24.560 You did it for the fame, 1.00
00:00:25.780 you did it for the money,
00:00:26.740 you did it for the views.
00:00:30.400 Guys, I'm in front of the Kaaba.
00:00:32.320 What I'm about to say is not made up.
00:00:34.300 Imagine you watch this video
00:00:35.380 and donate 100 pounds for 10 salaamats
00:00:37.820 and from 10 of them,
00:00:38.940 only one just comes to the Kaaba
00:00:40.280 and prays all their salaah for four days.
00:00:42.280 Prays their janazah, 0.78
00:00:43.180 prays their jummah,
00:00:43.960 prays their tahajjah,
00:00:44.780 prays all their five salaahs.
00:00:46.340 Every single salaah is equivalent to 100,000. 0.98
00:00:49.640 And guess who gets the reward?
00:00:51.280 You.
00:00:51.940 You literally taught them how to pray
00:00:53.760 by donating this guided prayer mat.
00:00:55.580 So do not miss on this reward.
00:00:57.320 JazakAllah khairan.
00:00:58.160 Click the button or the link and donate now.
00:01:00.960 It went quite fast this year, didn't it?
00:01:02.720 Yeah, it did.
00:01:03.620 Yeah, alhamdulillah.
00:01:04.220 But it went really fast, subhanAllah. 0.99
00:01:05.400 I'm already on the 15th day.
00:01:06.640 Yeah.
00:01:07.640 Yeah.
00:01:08.660 It's crazy.
00:01:09.320 It is, it's mad man, subhanAllah. 0.99
00:01:11.120 Have you reached it yet, bro?
00:01:13.620 Yeah, we have actually.
00:01:15.100 Oh, we reached it, yeah?
00:01:16.000 Yeah, we reached it.
00:01:16.640 Oh, okay.
00:01:17.260 Let me start the video then.
00:01:19.100 Okay, guys.
00:01:19.620 So I've reached 1 million subscribers.
00:01:22.900 I don't know what you're expecting.
00:01:24.440 Should I clap, jump?
00:01:25.740 What should I do?
00:01:26.340 Should I be happy?
00:01:28.040 Alhamdulillah.
00:01:28.740 Yeah, like Shaykh said,
00:01:29.760 we can say alhamdulillah.
00:01:31.340 And it's true, we should say alhamdulillah.
00:01:32.820 We all praise and belong to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:01:34.680 But there's,
00:01:35.480 I'm going to have a heart to heart with you guys.
00:01:36.660 I'm going to be very honest and brutal
00:01:37.980 for the 10 years I've been in the dawah
00:01:40.100 and the lessons that I've learned.
00:01:42.480 And I'm being brutally honest
00:01:43.680 for the sake of the future generation of,
00:01:46.600 I'll say YouTubers, 1.00
00:01:47.320 I won't say duat.
00:01:47.900 I don't class myself as a duat.
00:01:50.060 People call me that.
00:01:51.100 I prefer, actually,
00:01:51.740 I'm even thinking of changing my name
00:01:52.720 to Ali Needs Dawah on the YouTube, inshaAllah.
00:01:54.540 And I'm being quite brutally honest.
00:01:56.460 I have the Qur'an in my hand.
00:01:58.340 Shaykh Muhammad is here.
00:01:59.020 And Shaykh, I know there's an opinion
00:01:59.820 that you can take an off
00:02:00.680 by the Kitab of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:02:03.120 So I'm going to take an off
00:02:04.560 because everything that I'm about to tell you guys,
00:02:05.940 it's genuinely from the heart
00:02:07.160 and genuinely for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:02:09.040 Anything that I say wrong is from shaytan
00:02:11.240 and myself,
00:02:12.360 anything good is from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:02:14.040 I take an off by this Kitab
00:02:16.320 that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent. 0.99
00:02:18.580 Wallahi billahi wa tillahi
00:02:20.000 and I swear upon the Rabbah of the Kaaba. 0.94
00:02:22.180 Everything I'm about to say
00:02:23.060 is inshaAllah true
00:02:25.320 and the lessons that I learned
00:02:26.480 and some things you guys might not know
00:02:28.320 but it's important for me to mention this to you guys.
00:02:32.100 Now, brothers and sisters,
00:02:33.180 when I first came to Islam
00:02:34.520 in Speaker's Corner,
00:02:35.800 I had no intentions of doing videos.
00:02:37.760 I met brother Imran ibn Mansur,
00:02:39.780 Dawaman,
00:02:40.380 may Allah bless him and his family,
00:02:41.680 Ustaz Adnan Rashid,
00:02:42.580 Musa Adnan.
00:02:43.800 When I was kicked out of my house,
00:02:45.220 they aided me,
00:02:46.040 they shouted me,
00:02:46.620 they looked after me.
00:02:47.880 They played a massive role.
00:02:49.900 Imran ibn Mansur,
00:02:50.660 Dawaman,
00:02:51.080 may Allah bless him
00:02:51.680 and preserve him.
00:02:53.540 He encouraged me to do videos.
00:02:55.160 He encouraged me
00:02:55.880 and obviously,
00:02:57.800 depends,
00:02:58.460 maybe some people might say to me,
00:03:00.220 you know,
00:03:00.380 maybe you should have not.
00:03:01.040 But anyways,
00:03:01.640 inshaAllah,
00:03:01.980 everything that I do of good,
00:03:03.640 he benefits from inshaAllah.
00:03:05.400 But anyways,
00:03:06.000 so he told me to do videos
00:03:07.140 and I said to him,
00:03:07.720 I'm happy we've come and speak.
00:03:09.660 It's going to just have a dialogue.
00:03:10.500 I'm not really a camera guy.
00:03:11.980 I don't want to be on camera.
00:03:13.020 He said,
00:03:13.320 no,
00:03:13.540 look,
00:03:13.720 you know,
00:03:13.820 what's wrong,
00:03:14.360 et cetera.
00:03:15.220 Anyways,
00:03:15.640 I decided to start recording my discussions.
00:03:19.160 Short story,
00:03:20.020 inshaAllah,
00:03:20.320 long story short.
00:03:21.720 And wallahi,
00:03:22.180 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.81
00:03:22.780 is my witness
00:03:23.460 and I've taken off by this kitab.
00:03:25.120 Wallahi billahi,
00:03:25.940 I've taken off by the speech of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.99
00:03:29.300 in this book,
00:03:30.440 subhanahu wa ta'ala brothers and sisters,
00:03:31.820 that I had no intentions ever to make money off YouTube.
00:03:36.320 Ever.
00:03:37.260 I had no intentions of views or this, that.
00:03:40.000 I genuinely love doing dawah
00:03:41.360 and that's what I wanted to do.
00:03:43.640 Now,
00:03:44.000 does this mean because you didn't start with that intention
00:03:45.920 that your intention doesn't change?
00:03:47.040 No way.
00:03:48.020 I would be a liar if I came and said to you,
00:03:50.220 my intentions don't change.
00:03:52.020 Everybody's intention changes.
00:03:53.280 You have some days that are for you,
00:03:54.800 some days are against you.
00:03:56.180 I think it was Imam Shafi,
00:03:57.000 he said,
00:03:57.320 I've never fought with anything so hard
00:03:58.780 except my intentions.
00:04:01.140 One day is for me,
00:04:02.200 the next day is against me.
00:04:03.140 And wallahi,
00:04:03.620 this is exactly the case.
00:04:05.100 Anybody who's in the YouTube scene,
00:04:06.980 who's involved in dawah or not,
00:04:08.780 if anyone come and says to me,
00:04:09.880 I have no intention problems,
00:04:11.020 I'll say to him,
00:04:11.480 you have the biggest intention problems.
00:04:13.080 If you can come and say,
00:04:14.040 I'm sure of myself,
00:04:15.560 wallahi,
00:04:16.060 the shaitan has got you from the jug living. 0.97
00:04:18.260 Everybody has intention problems,
00:04:19.980 brothers and sisters.
00:04:21.460 And along my journey,
00:04:22.600 brothers and sisters,
00:04:23.120 there's many things I learned.
00:04:24.340 One thing that I saw,
00:04:25.940 disturbing to me,
00:04:28.000 was as my numbers grew,
00:04:29.580 my subscriber base grew,
00:04:30.860 you know,
00:04:31.040 we've got a million now,
00:04:31.900 and even before that.
00:04:32.900 Wallahi,
00:04:33.380 I have never ever followed
00:04:34.920 or had an aim.
00:04:36.180 Uqsum billah,
00:04:36.960 if I had the aim of reaching a million,
00:04:39.780 or reaching half a million,
00:04:40.740 I have no concern.
00:04:42.220 If it reaches,
00:04:42.780 it reaches.
00:04:43.000 I have no concern of,
00:04:44.000 because some people were commenting
00:04:44.900 on the video saying,
00:04:45.880 yeah Ali,
00:04:46.440 put some more videos,
00:04:47.120 you're in nearly a million.
00:04:48.300 And I was thinking,
00:04:49.380 I don't care,
00:04:50.140 wallahi,
00:04:50.460 I don't care if I reach a million,
00:04:51.680 it means nothing.
00:04:52.580 Why?
00:04:53.100 Because brothers and sisters,
00:04:54.520 why are we so sure?
00:04:56.280 How do I know
00:04:57.160 this one million subscribers
00:04:58.460 is good for me?
00:04:59.560 How do you know?
00:05:00.900 How do you know
00:05:01.720 that we reaching one million
00:05:02.820 means Allah is pleased with me? 0.66
00:05:04.760 Why do we get this understanding from?
00:05:06.580 Do you know where to get it from?
00:05:07.660 Our aqal.
00:05:08.360 I always mention this,
00:05:09.460 aqal over the naqal.
00:05:10.740 We think,
00:05:11.600 just because,
00:05:12.840 in the materialistic world,
00:05:14.060 things are increasing,
00:05:14.700 I reach a million,
00:05:15.640 I've got this many views,
00:05:16.800 how do I know?
00:05:18.020 Number one,
00:05:18.800 it's genuinely for the sake of Allah.
00:05:20.760 Number two,
00:05:21.580 how do I know
00:05:21.960 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.81
00:05:22.580 has accepted it?
00:05:23.820 I'm a human being.
00:05:25.360 I make mistakes.
00:05:26.920 A lot of mistakes.
00:05:28.540 But brothers and sisters,
00:05:29.480 wallahi,
00:05:29.960 genuinely from my heart,
00:05:30.820 I want nothing but good.
00:05:32.340 If there's one thing
00:05:32.900 that I can say
00:05:33.360 I know about myself,
00:05:35.000 I hope I'm correct.
00:05:36.380 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.81
00:05:36.980 knows me better.
00:05:38.140 That,
00:05:38.540 I want goodness for everybody.
00:05:40.060 I don't look at anybody
00:05:40.900 with evil intent.
00:05:42.000 I don't look at him,
00:05:42.540 how can I see his downfall,
00:05:43.700 let me see him.
00:05:44.720 Personally,
00:05:45.240 that's only one thing
00:05:46.100 that I know of myself
00:05:46.820 that I can vouch for.
00:05:48.360 Genuinely,
00:05:48.840 I do this for the love of it.
00:05:50.000 And number two,
00:05:51.020 Ali needs da'ala. 0.86
00:05:52.220 I do this because
00:05:53.000 it keeps me in check.
00:05:54.200 Brothers and sisters,
00:05:54.860 today we're going to do
00:05:55.500 an appeal for salam.
00:05:56.980 I'm around practicing
00:05:58.080 beautiful brothers.
00:05:59.220 If I wasn't doing da'ala,
00:06:00.520 I might be going
00:06:01.080 and committing sins.
00:06:02.300 I do this because
00:06:03.360 it keeps Ali in check.
00:06:04.820 If Ali was not involved in da'ala,
00:06:06.260 I would be God knows
00:06:07.300 doing what sins.
00:06:08.440 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.81
00:06:09.280 protects me.
00:06:10.720 And in this journey,
00:06:11.840 if people can benefit
00:06:13.220 and I,
00:06:14.920 inshallah,
00:06:15.300 I'm in check,
00:06:16.160 wallahi,
00:06:16.540 that's the biggest
00:06:16.940 achievement for me.
00:06:18.100 All of my public deeds,
00:06:19.500 guys,
00:06:19.720 I see at null.
00:06:21.380 And some of you guys
00:06:22.320 may be thinking,
00:06:22.760 subhanahu wa ta'ala,
00:06:23.120 look at brother Ali.
00:06:24.140 He seems so humble.
00:06:25.600 Once again,
00:06:26.260 wallahi,
00:06:26.940 if I was in double minds
00:06:28.240 about speaking about this
00:06:29.240 because I might sound humble.
00:06:31.200 Wallahi,
00:06:31.580 Allah is my witness.
00:06:32.960 Forgive me if I sound like that.
00:06:34.300 I'm just being genuine
00:06:35.180 with you guys.
00:06:36.460 My intention,
00:06:37.220 brothers and sisters,
00:06:38.120 is not to sound humble
00:06:39.140 but be real with you guys
00:06:40.200 and I have to.
00:06:41.120 So this keeps me in check,
00:06:42.620 guys,
00:06:42.800 because you know why?
00:06:43.600 Because if I'm involved in da'ala, 0.94
00:06:44.860 I have to be around people
00:06:45.740 who do da'ala,
00:06:46.300 I need to study materials to da'ala,
00:06:47.840 I need to do da'ala.
00:06:49.380 So it keeps me in check.
00:06:51.100 But brothers and sisters,
00:06:52.080 in this journey,
00:06:52.900 people have come to me and said,
00:06:54.060 Ali,
00:06:54.920 you're Ali da'ala.
00:06:56.320 Why do you,
00:06:57.240 Yanni,
00:06:57.600 you should have a certain,
00:06:59.440 the way you carry yourself,
00:07:00.820 the way you talk,
00:07:01.940 the way you have expectations.
00:07:03.080 People were coming to me and saying,
00:07:04.460 you know,
00:07:04.740 you should act a bit more like Ali da'ala.
00:07:06.300 And I said,
00:07:06.780 what do you mean by that?
00:07:07.440 I didn't understand what you mean by
00:07:08.440 acting and behaving like Ali da'ala.
00:07:10.600 What does that mean?
00:07:11.500 I mean,
00:07:12.100 should I be,
00:07:12.840 and this connects to monetary things,
00:07:15.120 by the way,
00:07:15.760 because some people will come and complain
00:07:17.100 about me and Mohammed Hijab
00:07:18.220 and be like,
00:07:18.940 for example,
00:07:19.780 my sponsors.
00:07:20.840 I have sponsors,
00:07:21.660 brothers and sisters.
00:07:22.740 And these sponsors,
00:07:23.980 wallahi,
00:07:24.440 none of them have gone and found them.
00:07:25.740 I've never gone to anybody and said,
00:07:26.700 can you be my sponsor?
00:07:27.620 They have come to me and I said,
00:07:28.640 brother,
00:07:29.340 we're not employable individuals.
00:07:30.720 Yeah?
00:07:31.160 I used to do Uber.
00:07:32.240 So whatever you want to give,
00:07:33.620 it's totally up to you.
00:07:34.760 But people will come and say,
00:07:35.560 oh,
00:07:35.900 you're undercharging,
00:07:37.160 this,
00:07:37.420 that,
00:07:37.780 you know,
00:07:38.180 people come and say,
00:07:38.940 oh,
00:07:39.080 how much do you charge to,
00:07:39.900 let's say somebody else.
00:07:40.880 And they'll say,
00:07:41.320 oh,
00:07:41.460 I want this much for this video.
00:07:43.440 And they'll say,
00:07:44.380 yeah,
00:07:44.500 but what about Hijab?
00:07:45.220 And they've got more followers,
00:07:46.120 but they're charging less than that.
00:07:47.760 People will be upset.
00:07:48.540 Brother,
00:07:48.740 you should put the mark up.
00:07:49.780 And I'm thinking,
00:07:50.240 yeah,
00:07:50.340 Aki.
00:07:50.940 And this is the point I want to come to.
00:07:52.820 People have turned Dawah 0.84
00:07:54.000 like it's their dad's business,
00:07:55.600 like it's their dad's money.
00:07:57.780 There are people who feel entitled.
00:07:59.600 And I'm not giving names to anybody.
00:08:01.720 Dawah is not your dad's.
00:08:02.980 It doesn't belong to you.
00:08:04.280 It's an amanah given by Allah SWT to you. 0.99
00:08:06.840 You cannot act and behave.
00:08:08.540 We hear stories of people coming to give speech,
00:08:12.020 talks,
00:08:12.740 and charging thousands of pounds.
00:08:15.480 They have been asked,
00:08:16.420 yeah,
00:08:16.520 I want me and my one and my two wives 0.98
00:08:18.240 to be thrown out in business class. 0.99
00:08:20.160 Who the hell do you think you are? 1.00
00:08:22.280 Who the hell do you think you are? 0.99
00:08:24.020 This isn't amanah for you to serve the deen. 0.99
00:08:26.400 This isn't amanah for you to serve the community.
00:08:28.480 Now there is another extreme,
00:08:29.620 which is eat grass.
00:08:30.880 No charge.
00:08:31.780 That's another extreme.
00:08:35.200 Yes?
00:08:36.120 No,
00:08:36.400 that's you.
00:08:36.820 That's the other extreme.
00:08:37.920 Oh,
00:08:38.580 sorry.
00:08:38.900 I thought you said the stuff.
00:08:39.600 No,
00:08:39.740 no,
00:08:39.880 it's not actually.
00:08:40.680 I'm far from that.
00:08:42.520 Sorry.
00:08:42.980 And the other extreme is,
00:08:44.840 eat grass.
00:08:45.460 Don't charge anything in exception.
00:08:46.860 No,
00:08:47.200 there are du'a to have to make a living. 0.98
00:08:49.040 They have to provide for their family.
00:08:50.520 Subhanallah.
00:08:51.340 That's the other extreme.
00:08:52.860 Brothers and sisters,
00:08:54.160 there are times I hear,
00:08:55.280 wallahi,
00:08:55.640 stories of people who are working for charities
00:08:58.020 and they are charging percentages.
00:09:00.520 30%,
00:09:01.240 20%.
00:09:01.800 You know what that means?
00:09:03.080 And there are some very rare individuals,
00:09:04.520 by the way.
00:09:04.700 I don't want to discourage you guys
00:09:05.900 from giving donations.
00:09:06.700 Charging 20%,
00:09:08.240 30%.
00:09:09.480 Ya Aki,
00:09:10.080 you are in the same breath saying,
00:09:11.740 Allah,
00:09:12.160 the messenger of Allah,
00:09:12.960 Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
00:09:14.060 if you give towards an orphan,
00:09:15.220 you'll be like this in heaven.
00:09:16.360 How are you lifting those two fingers up
00:09:18.320 when you know you're taking 30%
00:09:19.780 of the orphan's money?
00:09:21.740 Now,
00:09:22.520 am I saying it's haram?
00:09:23.580 No.
00:09:24.760 I hold Sheikh Haytham's opinion that
00:09:26.400 it shouldn't be done.
00:09:27.500 And I'm not trying to blast anybody,
00:09:30.000 but the point is this,
00:09:30.700 I'm being real.
00:09:31.420 I don't care if you hate me,
00:09:32.420 I don't care.
00:09:34.240 It's disturbing.
00:09:35.620 Now,
00:09:36.060 can somebody work for a charity
00:09:37.520 that you get paid
00:09:39.120 by their cost outside of the funds
00:09:41.540 and get 100%?
00:09:43.320 It's totally fine.
00:09:44.240 You're employed by them?
00:09:45.020 You're 100%.
00:09:45.960 No problem,
00:09:46.800 decent amount.
00:09:47.720 Not,
00:09:48.020 brother,
00:09:48.220 I want 5,
00:09:49.060 6,000 pounds a month,
00:09:50.160 please.
00:09:51.280 Wallahi,
00:09:51.760 brothers and sisters,
00:09:53.020 there was a time
00:09:53.920 where I gave my,
00:09:55.780 I can't remember what it was,
00:09:56.760 I think it was my YouTube,
00:09:58.780 yeah?
00:09:59.360 I gave my YouTube platform
00:10:00.500 to a brother and sister,
00:10:02.980 yeah?
00:10:03.960 They wanted to use it
00:10:04.840 to raise funds.
00:10:06.120 And they raised funds
00:10:07.000 and then some issue happened
00:10:08.620 and the brother,
00:10:09.380 one of the brothers
00:10:09.880 from the organization,
00:10:10.980 the charity they were raising funds for,
00:10:11.820 came to me and said,
00:10:12.940 yeah,
00:10:13.160 brother,
00:10:13.460 you know,
00:10:13.900 you're charging too much.
00:10:15.300 I'm thinking,
00:10:15.540 what's he talking about?
00:10:16.660 I said,
00:10:16.880 yeah,
00:10:17.120 it's like,
00:10:17.360 you know,
00:10:17.900 it was too much,
00:10:18.660 they didn't raise enough.
00:10:19.320 I'm thinking,
00:10:19.600 what?
00:10:20.620 I said,
00:10:20.980 I don't know what you're talking about.
00:10:22.380 And then he said to me this,
00:10:23.340 I said,
00:10:23.700 brother,
00:10:23.900 I'm not getting charged for that.
00:10:25.080 I let them use my platform.
00:10:26.740 And he's like,
00:10:27.280 yeah,
00:10:27.440 but they're charging us.
00:10:28.500 And I was shocked.
00:10:29.840 Well,
00:10:29.980 I was shocked.
00:10:31.220 I didn't know that
00:10:32.340 my platform was being used,
00:10:33.500 which I gave,
00:10:33.940 I said,
00:10:34.120 look and use it,
00:10:35.240 that he was under the impression
00:10:36.320 that I'm getting a cut out of it.
00:10:38.800 And I said,
00:10:39.080 okay,
00:10:39.260 I didn't ask for no money.
00:10:40.340 I gave my platform,
00:10:41.100 use it.
00:10:41.880 And I was so disturbed.
00:10:43.840 These are the things
00:10:44.500 that's happening,
00:10:44.940 brothers and sisters.
00:10:45.860 We get complacent
00:10:47.180 in the dawah.
00:10:48.320 This is the aman of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 0.90
00:10:50.240 This is not a money machine.
00:10:52.000 It has been turned into a business.
00:10:54.200 So much so in Speaker's Corner,
00:10:55.340 I see brothers,
00:10:55.980 may Allah bless and preserve them.
00:10:57.300 Yeah,
00:10:57.500 I believe I have very bad,
00:10:58.680 sometimes my intentions
00:10:59.840 need to be checked.
00:11:00.360 So I'm not trying to have a go at people
00:11:01.520 and be in the Mr. Righteous.
00:11:03.100 People are fighting over clips.
00:11:04.900 Let me record,
00:11:05.380 let me record.
00:11:05.820 Are you fighting over clips,
00:11:06.860 brother?
00:11:07.620 Like you're fighting for clips
00:11:09.000 that I need to get.
00:11:10.120 I understand everyone
00:11:11.260 has to earn a living.
00:11:12.640 But brothers and sisters,
00:11:13.700 you're fighting over a video.
00:11:16.040 Are you here to do dawah?
00:11:18.060 There's nothing wrong.
00:11:18.940 Yes,
00:11:19.220 record it,
00:11:19.700 you make some kind of living,
00:11:20.560 understandable,
00:11:21.120 you're putting effort in.
00:11:22.620 I'm hearing people
00:11:23.360 swearing at each other's mother.
00:11:25.100 I'm so sorry.
00:11:25.740 I saw two brothers arguing,
00:11:26.720 the other one's,
00:11:27.580 Wallahi,
00:11:28.180 a Muslim who prays,
00:11:29.840 who records in the park
00:11:30.860 saying your mother,
00:11:32.720 Iswara's mother,
00:11:33.400 Wallahi,
00:11:33.800 I was shocked.
00:11:35.420 Because they have a dispute
00:11:36.200 about a video.
00:11:38.060 And then subhanAllah, 0.66
00:11:38.940 there was times,
00:11:39.760 a couple of years ago,
00:11:40.980 I would invite a brother,
00:11:42.160 Aki,
00:11:42.380 can you come and
00:11:43.340 do this?
00:11:46.120 How much you paying?
00:11:48.700 And money's not an issue.
00:11:50.080 And I said,
00:11:50.480 brother,
00:11:50.840 for example,
00:11:51.280 I can afford this.
00:11:53.320 And he did not come.
00:11:55.140 I don't know if he didn't come
00:11:56.020 for that reason or not,
00:11:56.680 Wallahi,
00:11:57.460 but he seemed a bit like,
00:11:59.860 Aki,
00:12:00.220 can you not come?
00:12:02.040 That's what I can afford.
00:12:03.300 The organization can afford that.
00:12:05.260 Forgive me.
00:12:07.240 SubhanAllah.
00:12:08.560 These expectations,
00:12:10.520 these,
00:12:10.820 like I have to,
00:12:11.600 like I'm in the dawah,
00:12:12.540 Wallahi,
00:12:13.080 the fact that Allah chose you,
00:12:15.160 the fact that you're doing dawah,
00:12:17.180 the fact that you're calling
00:12:18.260 to Allah's path,
00:12:19.460 is more than enough
00:12:20.380 that we should spend money to.
00:12:21.760 But,
00:12:22.120 I understand not everyone's
00:12:23.280 situation is different.
00:12:24.720 I am not against those
00:12:26.280 who are getting paid
00:12:27.000 for their services.
00:12:27.880 100% imams.
00:12:29.180 These people should be paid properly.
00:12:30.620 Not peanuts,
00:12:31.260 they are underpaid.
00:12:32.440 I am not talking about that,
00:12:33.440 brothers and sisters.
00:12:34.300 We have to be just.
00:12:35.980 I'm sorry for this rant,
00:12:37.280 but brothers and sisters,
00:12:38.300 Wallahi,
00:12:38.980 I'm being genuinely honest.
00:12:40.180 I'm sorry if you wanted
00:12:40.920 to watch this video
00:12:41.480 of me being happy.
00:12:42.120 And Wallahi,
00:12:42.440 look,
00:12:42.640 let me be honest,
00:12:43.320 I am grateful and happy.
00:12:44.480 May Allah bless you guys
00:12:45.120 for supporting me.
00:12:46.080 May Allah bless you guys
00:12:46.740 for watching my videos.
00:12:47.960 I appreciate and value that.
00:12:49.900 But Wallahi,
00:12:50.560 I genuinely don't believe
00:12:51.800 that the direction
00:12:53.040 that we are going towards
00:12:54.200 is the direction it should be.
00:12:56.240 And once again,
00:12:57.080 this one million subscribers,
00:12:58.220 I'll be honest,
00:12:59.240 what,
00:12:59.500 am I going to enter Jannah?
00:13:00.380 Am I going to use
00:13:00.800 my one million subscribers?
00:13:02.100 I don't think so.
00:13:03.480 I encourage every single one
00:13:05.000 that's watching this.
00:13:06.020 If you're someone
00:13:06.540 who's a public influencer,
00:13:08.040 fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.96
00:13:08.920 and this goes to me first.
00:13:10.020 Anything I'm telling you,
00:13:11.200 I am going through
00:13:12.060 these issues myself.
00:13:14.460 Please,
00:13:15.040 please,
00:13:15.380 brothers and sisters,
00:13:16.060 Allah will take this 0.99
00:13:16.800 away from you like this.
00:13:18.060 Allah doesn't need 1.00
00:13:18.780 any single one of us.
00:13:20.460 None of us need,
00:13:21.800 none of us are needed
00:13:22.780 by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:13:23.560 He can replace us 0.98
00:13:24.300 in an instance.
00:13:25.580 When it comes to your
00:13:26.320 dealings with the people,
00:13:27.480 yes,
00:13:27.680 and myself,
00:13:28.120 look,
00:13:28.280 sometimes I've been very harsh.
00:13:29.480 There's mistakes that I've made
00:13:30.340 and I will carry on making them.
00:13:31.500 Forgive me.
00:13:32.580 But the point is this, guys.
00:13:34.260 This dawah is not a joke.
00:13:35.820 This is an amanah
00:13:36.540 given by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:13:37.440 and you will be questioned.
00:13:39.020 Yeah?
00:13:39.560 Do you not think
00:13:39.960 your subscribers,
00:13:41.040 your likes,
00:13:41.920 your comments,
00:13:42.700 your fame,
00:13:43.660 when I walk around,
00:13:44.840 many people come.
00:13:45.860 Can I take a picture with you?
00:13:47.040 Like Abu Bakr radiya Allah said,
00:13:48.820 Wallahi,
00:13:49.640 he said,
00:13:49.980 may Allah forgive you.
00:13:51.400 You know those people
00:13:51.840 who are taking a picture with me?
00:13:53.580 Those people who are 0.84
00:13:54.200 putting me on a pedestal
00:13:55.280 like I'm some kind of a champion.
00:13:56.800 May Allah forgive you guys
00:13:57.900 for what you do.
00:13:58.620 May Allah forgive me
00:14:00.420 for what you do not know about me.
00:14:02.660 And may Allah make me
00:14:03.860 better than what you think of me.
00:14:05.400 You know why?
00:14:06.200 Because brothers and sisters,
00:14:07.240 I'm a human being.
00:14:08.400 Yeah?
00:14:08.840 Yes,
00:14:09.200 I might have done a video
00:14:10.040 that might have impacted your life.
00:14:11.000 Alhamdulillah.
00:14:11.560 That's good.
00:14:12.020 May Allah bless you.
00:14:13.000 I have no doubt
00:14:13.960 that my videos
00:14:14.680 and many brothers videos
00:14:15.660 impact your life.
00:14:17.260 But I don't want to be
00:14:18.400 someone who's a candle,
00:14:20.020 who's giving light
00:14:20.660 to someone else
00:14:21.300 while I am finishing myself.
00:14:22.640 I do not want to stand
00:14:23.940 in front of Allah
00:14:24.620 and Allah asks me,
00:14:26.060 Ali, what did you do for me?
00:14:28.000 And I say,
00:14:28.500 oh, Allah, I did dawah.
00:14:30.520 And he says, 1.00
00:14:31.000 you are a liar. 1.00
00:14:32.540 You are a liar. 1.00
00:14:33.960 You did it for the fame. 1.00
00:14:35.180 You did it for the money.
00:14:35.960 You did it for the views.
00:14:37.700 I fear that day.
00:14:39.660 And wallahi,
00:14:40.380 I see all this dawah null. 0.99
00:14:42.060 If there's one thing
00:14:43.000 that I rely on,
00:14:43.700 brothers and sisters,
00:14:44.240 and I give you as a one million,
00:14:46.200 with it one million
00:14:46.760 as a benefit for you,
00:14:48.500 forget the one million,
00:14:50.020 concentrate on your private deeds.
00:14:52.080 Concentrate on your private deeds.
00:14:53.200 Do as much private deeds
00:14:54.640 as you can,
00:14:55.240 as much as possible.
00:14:56.320 Because that is the only thing
00:14:57.640 that you know
00:14:58.100 and your Lord knows.
00:14:59.060 Do not rely on your public deeds.
00:15:00.560 If my public deeds
00:15:01.480 are accepted by Allah,
00:15:02.420 Alhamdulillah.
00:15:03.400 If it's rejected,
00:15:04.320 I don't even rely on it.
00:15:05.480 I will not even come to Allah
00:15:06.700 and say,
00:15:06.900 I've done dawah.
00:15:07.320 You know why?
00:15:07.840 I don't know.
00:15:09.100 One day it's for me,
00:15:10.000 one day it's against me.
00:15:10.720 I have intention problems.
00:15:11.960 I have many issues.
00:15:13.580 So all I wanted to say
00:15:14.660 was that,
00:15:15.000 brothers and sisters,
00:15:15.840 I know you might have expected
00:15:17.020 this one million
00:15:17.540 to be a surprise party,
00:15:18.780 drinking,
00:15:19.260 I don't know,
00:15:19.840 you can't drink with fasting,
00:15:21.060 you know, celebration.
00:15:22.080 Sorry.
00:15:22.800 I'm just being genuinely
00:15:23.540 honest with you guys.
00:15:24.460 I'm sorry if it came across
00:15:25.680 as negativity,
00:15:27.600 but we have to keep
00:15:28.860 each other in check,
00:15:29.700 inshallah.
00:15:30.160 And I want to thank
00:15:30.860 every single one of you guys
00:15:31.900 for supporting this project,
00:15:33.940 this work,
00:15:34.420 inshallah,
00:15:34.660 and what you see behind me
00:15:35.700 is the marriage documentary,
00:15:37.140 brothers and sisters,
00:15:37.720 inshallah,
00:15:38.340 which will be coming out soon
00:15:39.420 and we'll be doing
00:15:40.020 a seven city tour
00:15:40.880 around the UK
00:15:41.760 so we can benefit
00:15:42.960 you guys at home.
00:15:44.520 That's all I wanted to say.
00:15:45.720 May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 1.00
00:15:46.420 preserve us
00:15:47.040 and preserve you.
00:15:48.380 One dua, inshallah,
00:15:49.300 if you can make dua
00:15:49.880 for every single da'i and dua,
00:15:51.660 that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 1.00
00:15:52.660 purifies our intentions
00:15:53.560 and accepts our deeds.
00:15:55.620 Till next time,
00:15:56.640 from Ali Needs Dawah
00:15:57.960 with a one million subscribers.
00:16:00.800 Huh?
00:16:00.900 Needs Dua and Dawah.
00:16:02.700 Ali Needs Dua and Dawah. 0.86
00:16:04.320 Yes?
00:16:05.540 As-salamu alaykum.