In this episode, we talk about a very important topic that is very common in our culture, especially in our Kurdish culture. This is a topic that has been on my mind for a long time and I have been trying to educate my family about it. But what do they think about it? Do they see it differently than I do? Is it a good or a bad thing? What does it mean and how can we stop it?
00:03:38.260This is not just a good thing, it can only be a good thing, it can only be a good thing, it can only be a good thing, it can only be a good thing.
00:03:47.260So mom said, for example, that she said before she goes, it has no power to protect us.
00:03:51.260So I said to mom, if I was to break this, can I protect myself?
00:03:57.260So mom said never, it cannot protect me from itself.
00:04:01.260Because I can smash this flower, I can just break this into pieces, which I'm going to do after with great delight.
00:04:06.260But the point is this, now a lot of Turkish families, Turkish, Kurdish, or if you have this in your house, you might be from a different background.
00:04:13.260The point is this problem, sisters, you might see this as something very trivial, something not really important, we'll just put it.
00:04:19.260But what happens is these superstitions grow, you know, and one of the reasons I found out, because this goes back 3000 years ago, it's not even for any religion here.
00:04:26.260So basically, what I found out is that, yes, okay, although the Nazar is attributed to Turkey, the symbol goes back about 3000 years ago.
00:04:33.260It is said that the Nazar-born Jew can be traced to ancient Egypt, where the eye of the god of Osiris was believed to have protective powers, and from this grew the idea of the benevolent eye.
00:04:45.260So the thing is, what we're trying to raise here, brothers and sisters, is to educate your family members, don't go home and start going in a madam and start, we have a quote, go home and start getting these things and start smashing down, you know, getting excited.
00:05:05.260There's no wisdom behind that, you're going to make your family think, you know, you've lost the plot.
00:05:09.260So the thing is, it's very important to educate, because I've been telling my mum about this, and she says that herself.
00:05:14.260But the point is, though, sometimes those habits stay with you, so they'll be like, oh, it's just, we're just leaving it there.
00:05:18.260And what happens is, brothers and sisters, if you believe that, I was watching this in the video, if you believe that this protects you with the will of Allah, that's a form of minor shirk.
00:05:28.260If you believe this, this thing protects you, that is major shirk.
00:05:32.260And we know the dangers of shirk, brothers and sisters, and it's easy.
00:05:35.260Like, we have Quran, Allah SWT says in Surah Falaq.