Ali Dawah - ATTACKING MUSLIMS - MUFTI MUNEER & SH AHMED KHATER

00:00:00.000 You guys differing and fighting at each other's throats, the hatred that you have against a Muslim in your heart, the hiqt, malice. 0.82

00:00:06.820 You see a Christian walk by, you see a Sikh walk by, you'll speak to them, you'll hold the door for them.

00:00:11.480 You see a brother with a beard and a thobe and it's a, that can't be right. 1.00

00:00:30.000 A person who's a Muslim, who's a Muslim, who's a Muslim, who's a Muslim, who's a Muslim, who's a Muslim, who's a Muslim, who's a Muslim, who's a Muslim. 0.56

00:00:40.320 Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi barakatuhi brothers and sisters and dear friends, I hope you guys are doing well inshaAllah.

00:00:45.480 Before I start, I want to praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the most merciful, the most just, all praise is glory and gratitude belong to Him.

00:00:51.160 We are in California, alhamdulillah, an amazing event.

00:00:54.240 We had the hijabs debate and we'll be having talks in different places, tackling different issues.

00:01:00.000 Alhamdulillah, we came across the sheikhs, may Allah bless them inshaAllah.

00:01:06.280 It's an honor to be amongst them and with Sheikh Mufti.

00:01:13.440 Muneh was supposed to meet him in New York and Qadrullah was talking about it and it's so profound because we was on the way to see him in New York.

00:01:21.280 And some miscommunication happened, something like you wasn't well or something.

00:01:25.300 He was actually on the way and we told Allah he's not well and we just did a U-turn

00:01:28.460 and went to another restaurant and they was told, oh no, that wasn't the case.

00:01:32.480 But anyways, it was disappointing because we really wanted to see him.

00:01:35.620 And we came to California, hijabs debate and I'm sitting there and, you know, my vision has been not good recently.

00:01:41.840 And I see somebody coming to Baba Mohammed, look, he looks a bit familiar.

00:01:46.240 So I was just, I got a bit closer and I was like, subhanAllah, I couldn't believe it. 0.98

00:01:49.760 And actually, we were staying in the masjid in the room and they told us, okay, there's a Sheikh coming. 0.98

00:01:57.660 So we didn't know who we were and, you know, we had to evacuate and get kicked out.

00:02:01.260 SubhanAllah, subhanAllah, subhanAllah. 0.90

00:02:03.620 And everyone goes through this phase where you just, you know, you just...

00:02:07.740 Gung-ho.

00:02:08.280 Gung-ho, yeah, and then everyone, and you give label, you look down on people.

00:02:12.380 Now, how does someone deal with that?

00:02:13.900 Because when they go into this realm, it causes more damage.

00:02:18.860 And then you have, and then one thing that I don't see is like, sometimes I'm with certain brothers, etc.

00:02:24.180 And, you know, I think, and I'm around and I'm thinking to myself, was the Salaf really like this? 0.99

00:02:29.040 Like the way you see another believer and because you leave him to be something else

00:02:33.180 and the hatred you have towards him and to the level where if you saw him being attacked on the street, you're happier.

00:02:38.640 And I was thinking, it doesn't make sense to me.

00:02:40.080 Like, was the Salaf really like this? 1.00

00:02:42.460 But then when we're around certain brothers and the love that we see,

00:02:45.560 you know, what advice would you give to youngsters who are going through this phase?

00:02:50.140 And I've seen a lot of people, they actually go through this phase

00:02:52.880 and then they come out, they have a burnout and then they come out.

00:02:55.480 What advice would you give to those youngsters that are watching

00:02:57.180 and having this kind of mentality, this kind of thought process,

00:03:01.320 if you get what I'm trying to say?

00:03:02.740 Clear.

00:03:05.800 Yeah, I mean, as a little continuation before they start,

00:03:08.000 I don't want to hog the mic as we say, huh?

00:03:11.060 They're running from it, but it's okay.

00:03:12.620 They're putting it on me, huh?

00:03:13.980 At the end of the day, it's very disheartening.

00:03:18.320 It makes you sad.

00:03:19.940 But at the same time, like I just said, it should make you happy

00:03:22.400 because it's a manifestation of what is mentioned.

00:03:25.320 They will continue to differ except for those whom Allah has mercy. 0.99

00:03:29.520 So you guys differing and fighting at each other's throats,

00:03:32.900 the hatred that you have against a Muslim in your heart, 0.89

00:03:35.660 the hiqt, malice. 0.81

00:03:37.240 You see a Christian walk by, you see a Sikh walk by,

00:03:40.040 you'll speak to them, you'll hold the door for them.

00:03:41.940 You see a brother with a beard and a fobe and it's a...

00:03:45.120 That can't be right.

00:03:46.460 Even if he's doing something wrong, but that cannot be right 0.98

00:03:49.800 that I have such a stoned face against a Muslim 1.00

00:03:52.200 and I have a smile when I see a polytheist, a mushtik, 0.85

00:03:56.280 and I speak to them and I'm nice to them.

00:03:58.520 That doesn't make sense.

00:04:00.720 So that's a very, very long discussion

00:04:02.200 with regards to the different dawahs and the different groups

00:04:05.760 and scholars and translations and harshness.

00:04:08.440 That's a long, long, long discussion.

00:04:10.780 My advice to the youngsters

00:04:12.400 that get caught up and swallowed and all of this stuff

00:04:15.400 is a statement

00:04:19.140 that some of the scholars of Islam used to say,

00:04:22.220 يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَطِيرُ وَلَمَّا يُرَيِّشُ

00:04:24.860 The birdie wants to fly,

00:04:27.380 but he still has bushy feathers.

00:04:29.680 The birdie wants to soar and swoop down,

00:04:32.340 but it's still in the nest

00:04:33.960 and it doesn't have long and straight feathers yet.

00:04:38.180 Yesterday you were a Christian. 0.99

00:04:39.600 Yesterday you were smoking weed with tattoos chasing girls.

00:04:43.100 Now you're an expert on الجرح والتعديل.

00:04:46.100 Now you're an expert on who's a مُبْتَدِل

00:04:48.120 and who's ضَال and who's مُطِيل.

00:04:49.400 Where did you study at, my akhi?

00:04:51.040 Where did you study at?

00:04:51.880 Just a basic question.

00:04:52.940 Did you study anything formal?

00:04:54.500 Just yesterday you were this and you were that.

00:04:56.420 Now you're this grand master of ilm.

00:04:59.140 يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُطِيرُ وَلَمَّا يُرَيِّشُ

00:05:01.200 He wants to soar like the falcon, swoop down,

00:05:04.860 and he still has bushy feathers.

00:05:06.760 Just yesterday he was being fed worms.

00:05:08.360 And anyone who studies birds of prey,

00:05:11.820 you know how difficult it is to actually have a successful hunt.

00:05:16.200 It's not like it's on TV or a movie.

00:05:19.180 Falcons and eagles, they oftentimes starve.

00:05:22.000 It's not easy to catch that rabbit or that rat in the field.

00:05:25.960 It takes a great little skill and practice.

00:05:28.240 So just yesterday you were in the nest, squeaking for a worm, 0.93

00:05:31.080 and now you're trying to soar down on other Muslims, 0.64

00:05:33.160 brothers that have been overseas, that have ijazah.

00:05:35.460 Remember, there's the Qur'an that have qiraat.

00:05:38.060 Qiraat, versions of recitation.

00:05:40.680 And you just yesterday were upon Allahu A'lam.

00:05:43.380 That's my advice, is to look at your feathers. 0.70

00:05:45.920 How long are your feathers?

00:05:48.160 What color are your feathers?

00:05:49.340 Baby owls don't look nothing like adult owls.

00:05:51.860 They're different colors,

00:05:53.140 let alone the nature of their feathers.

00:05:55.240 So al-Dhahabi, rahim Allah wa ta'ala,

00:05:57.160 he quoted this about a muhadith or a student of hadith

00:06:01.180 that was trying to, you know,

00:06:02.800 butt heads with some other people.

00:06:04.120 He says,

00:06:04.260 He wants to soar,

00:06:08.100 but he doesn't have long feathers.

00:06:11.020 So,

00:06:11.240 know yourself.

00:06:14.560 Know, learn your place.

00:06:16.800 He may be a mubtadid, 1.00

00:06:17.860 mungkin,

00:06:18.620 maybe.

00:06:19.240 Maybe I'm a deviant or you're a deviant.

00:06:20.520 It's possible.

00:06:21.440 But it's not for you to say that.

00:06:23.480 Because just yesterday you were eating worms,

00:06:25.720 you're not hunting in the field like that.

00:06:27.720 You don't have no knowledge like that.

00:06:29.660 Going back to your analogy,

00:06:30.680 it's like talking about the counterfeit money,

00:06:32.540 but not everyone knows how to tell their notes.

00:06:35.460 We're going to the Shaykh, 1.00

00:06:36.280 and I want to get him a quote.

00:06:38.020 MashaAllah,

00:06:38.620 this is one of your areas of

00:06:40.000 Barak al-Haqida and all these things.

00:06:41.860 MashaAllah,

00:06:42.440 you know,

00:06:42.760 the Shaykh studied in Azhar,

00:06:44.400 and he's teaching in Berkeley University here

00:06:47.760 in California,

00:06:49.620 so he's much qualified.

00:06:52.440 And first and foremost,

00:06:54.180 I thank both of you once again

00:06:55.480 just for coming here and sharing your knowledge with us.

00:06:58.600 So the question is now,

00:07:00.580 because this is a matter of

00:07:01.960 knowing the notes, right?

00:07:05.380 Not everyone knows how to know the notes.

00:07:07.020 Not everyone knows how to distinguish

00:07:08.160 the counterfeit money from the real money.

00:07:10.460 And when people do try and do that,

00:07:12.840 once again,

00:07:13.260 it causes this social division,

00:07:15.400 which doesn't necessarily need to exist.

00:07:18.180 And I've made the point that in America,

00:07:20.600 for example,

00:07:21.000 when I looked at the numbers,

00:07:22.500 23% of Muslims are becoming apostates,

00:07:25.900 according to pure research,

00:07:26.920 23%,

00:07:26.960 which is a massive number.

00:07:29.040 And some of the reason for that

00:07:30.880 is because they see internal conflict.

00:07:32.820 I'm not saying that that conflict should never exist.

00:07:35.220 I'm just saying that,

00:07:36.440 you know,

00:07:36.760 this is an issue.

00:07:37.580 So can you give us a little bit more information

00:07:39.900 on who is qualified,

00:07:43.480 who are qualified people

00:07:44.760 to deal with this matter of,

00:07:46.980 not just tabdiya,

00:07:47.780 but all kinds of labeling in Islam?

00:07:51.500 In reality,

00:07:54.580 this phenomenon that you're referring to

00:07:56.640 where people,

00:07:58.060 as soon as they begin altizam,

00:07:59.680 as soon as they begin to become religious,

00:08:01.880 they start to grow their beard,

00:08:03.060 they start to shorten their throat,

00:08:04.760 and so on,

00:08:05.760 they automatically think

00:08:06.620 that they are the greatest of scholars.

00:08:09.240 As the ulema,

00:08:09.820 they say the knowledge is of hand spans.

00:08:12.460 The first hand span,

00:08:13.560 you read one book,

00:08:14.260 you think you're the most knowledgeable person

00:08:15.660 in the world.

00:08:16.220 The last hand span,

00:08:17.300 you end,

00:08:17.700 you actually find out

00:08:18.480 that you know nothing.

00:08:19.500 When you actually finish seeking knowledge,

00:08:21.140 you know that you know nothing.

00:08:23.160 And so,

00:08:24.240 I believe that this phenomenon,

00:08:26.060 the number one reason

00:08:27.000 for its spreading,

00:08:29.040 is being impatient

00:08:29.980 ala qalab.

00:08:31.120 Being impatient with seeking knowledge.

00:08:33.640 You want to reach a station

00:08:35.300 that you have not matured for yet.

00:08:37.640 You want to reach a station

00:08:38.720 that you are not qualified for yet.

00:08:41.380 As soon as you read one book,

00:08:42.800 two books,

00:08:43.640 you end up thinking

00:08:44.420 that you are going to pass jamban

00:08:45.420 on this imam

00:08:46.420 and this scholar

00:08:47.480 and you are going to debate this person.

00:08:50.000 This is the most dangerous thing

00:08:51.520 upon Islam. 0.59

00:08:52.720 Not just for you,

00:08:53.660 upon other Muslims too.

00:08:54.800 As the ulema,

00:08:55.280 they said,

00:08:56.020 the most dangerous thing

00:08:56.900 is half a faqee.

00:08:58.700 Half a faqee.

00:09:00.040 Same thing.

00:09:01.080 Half a linguist,

00:09:02.140 half an usooli,

00:09:03.260 half a muhadith,

00:09:04.200 half a doctor.

00:09:06.820 You start giving fatwas

00:09:08.720 and send someone

00:09:09.520 in the wrong direction.

00:09:10.980 And end up actually

00:09:11.740 debating an atheist

00:09:12.600 or debate someone

00:09:13.840 from one of the devious sects 0.91

00:09:14.960 and then Muslims hear this debate 0.63

00:09:16.180 and you don't have the knowledge

00:09:17.440 to debate him

00:09:18.000 and they hear that.

00:09:19.180 You're directly rich.

00:09:19.840 You sent the other one.

00:09:21.240 No,

00:09:21.560 no,

00:09:21.840 it's not for Allah. 0.72

00:09:22.840 No,

00:09:23.260 you're ahli dhalik.

00:09:24.380 Barakallahu alayhi.

00:09:25.000 But those people

00:09:26.160 who are not qualified,

00:09:27.000 have not matured yet,

00:09:28.360 what do with salah,

00:09:29.160 right,

00:09:29.400 when zakah of crops

00:09:30.200 and so on

00:09:30.660 and selling crops,

00:09:33.080 you have to have that maturity.

00:09:34.440 You have to be ripe.

00:09:35.600 And that's why

00:09:36.020 some of the ulema,

00:09:36.620 they said that

00:09:37.240 you shouldn't write books

00:09:38.040 before the age of 40.

00:09:39.220 Some of our ulema,

00:09:39.960 they said you shouldn't write books

00:09:40.980 before the age of 40

00:09:41.760 because your mind

00:09:42.800 isn't fully developed yet.

00:09:45.140 And that's why we see

00:09:46.200 even from amongst the Sahaba

00:09:47.280 where some companions

00:09:48.500 would not speak

00:09:49.300 in the presence

00:09:50.320 of other companions

00:09:51.140 who are more knowledgeable.

00:09:52.620 They would not speak, 0.95

00:09:53.680 even as a Sahabi, 0.90

00:09:54.880 but you would not speak

00:09:55.680 in the presence of someone

00:09:56.740 who is more knowledgeable.

00:09:58.260 And so dear brothers and sisters,

00:09:59.520 I really want to emphasize

00:10:01.000 this concept

00:10:01.660 that before you begin

00:10:02.960 to judge other scholars

00:10:04.220 or other imams

00:10:04.940 or this one's an innovator

00:10:05.900 and this one is wrong

00:10:06.840 and this is the authentic hadith,

00:10:08.340 this is the weak hadith,

00:10:09.340 this is a deviant opinion,

00:10:10.240 this is a rajah opinion,

00:10:11.660 you have to reach

00:10:12.520 the level that

00:10:13.220 these scholars reach first.

00:10:15.220 SubhanAllah,

00:10:16.100 a person came to Imam Malik

00:10:17.240 and said,

00:10:18.000 you have placed in your muwatta 0.97

00:10:18.940 the hadith

00:10:19.440 that the buyer and seller

00:10:20.500 have the option,

00:10:21.640 have the option

00:10:22.080 to rescind the contract.

00:10:23.580 But you don't act upon it.

00:10:25.540 Imam Malik, he said,

00:10:26.300 I placed that hadith

00:10:27.240 in my book

00:10:27.820 so someone like you, 1.00

00:10:29.220 a fool, 1.00

00:10:29.720 an ignorant person like you 1.00

00:10:30.560 wouldn't come later 1.00

00:10:31.680 and say that

00:10:32.180 you didn't know the hadith.

00:10:33.520 I know the hadith,

00:10:34.580 but I have other evidences

00:10:35.400 why I didn't take the hadith.

00:10:37.120 This is a phenomenon

00:10:38.180 that really is causing

00:10:39.740 the destruction of Islam. 0.91

00:10:41.560 SubhanAllah,

00:10:41.920 some people say,

00:10:43.020 you know,

00:10:43.480 go against the Shafi Madal.

00:10:44.940 He didn't have the hadith.

00:10:46.120 He didn't know the evidence.

00:10:48.280 And Imam Shafi

00:10:49.140 came up to him

00:10:50.560 and said something similar to that.

00:10:52.000 He said,

00:10:52.300 SubhanAllah,

00:10:53.040 how do you think

00:10:53.840 I don't act upon the hadith?

00:10:55.160 Do you see a zunnar?

00:10:56.140 Do you see the belt

00:10:56.860 of the Christians 0.95

00:10:57.340 around my waist?

00:10:58.220 Do you see me going to a church,

00:10:59.500 coming out of a church?

00:11:00.100 Of course I'm going to act upon the hadith. 0.90

00:11:01.920 But I have other evidences

00:11:03.700 that made me realize

00:11:04.820 that this is the correct hadith,

00:11:05.960 not this one.

00:11:06.740 Like Imam Al-Tirmidhi, 1.00

00:11:07.500 he mentions all the time

00:11:08.380 in his book,

00:11:09.040 forgive me,

00:11:10.080 or Muhaddas,

00:11:10.640 forgive me.

00:11:11.320 He mentions the hadith,

00:11:12.920 it can be authentic

00:11:13.480 and there's no amal upon it.

00:11:15.300 He says it's not upon it.

00:11:16.420 Then there's a weak hadith,

00:11:17.240 wal'amal alayhi.

00:11:18.040 SubhanAllah.

00:11:18.700 The scholars act upon it.

00:11:20.720 SubhanAllah.

00:11:21.380 Ibn Khuzayma,

00:11:22.300 he said that

00:11:22.720 there is no hadith

00:11:23.520 in halal and haram

00:11:24.360 except in Shafi'inu.

00:11:26.100 Ibn Rajab,

00:11:26.900 he said that

00:11:27.580 Imam Ahmad,

00:11:28.800 all the hadiths

00:11:29.920 were presented to him

00:11:30.860 and evidences.

00:11:31.860 And he knew what to take

00:11:32.960 and what not to take.

00:11:33.660 What was shed

00:11:34.180 and what was acted upon.

00:11:35.340 What was strong

00:11:36.200 and what was weak.

00:11:37.800 So,

00:11:38.660 how are we going to come later on

00:11:40.100 after reading one book,

00:11:41.500 two books,

00:11:42.180 in English,

00:11:43.020 and now we're,

00:11:43.960 this one's a muqtada,

00:11:44.840 no, Shafi'i was wrong, 0.99

00:11:45.960 Malik was wrong, 1.00

00:11:46.760 Ahmad was wrong, 1.00

00:11:47.740 this is the right answer,

00:11:48.800 this person's this,

00:11:49.940 this is not the way.

00:11:50.920 This is not the way to signal.

00:11:52.420 I just want to finish on a statement

00:11:54.120 because what you said

00:11:54.740 is very true

00:11:55.180 because,

00:11:55.860 and there is a statement

00:11:57.580 which I don't know

00:11:58.140 who it was from,

00:11:59.040 he said,

00:11:59.560 a scholar knows who's a jahir

00:12:00.740 because he was once one.

00:12:02.420 But a jahir never knows 1.00

00:12:03.280 who's a scholar

00:12:03.740 because he was never one.

00:12:05.000 I like that.

00:12:05.700 And it's such a profound statement.

00:12:07.540 And I just want to stand,

00:12:08.380 like finish off

00:12:08.900 with this dollar bill

00:12:09.620 because like you said,

00:12:10.840 Mufti,

00:12:11.620 that we have the pen

00:12:13.340 to know

00:12:13.880 if it's fake or not.

00:12:15.520 But when the pen

00:12:16.500 is given to those

00:12:17.520 who think they know

00:12:18.320 it's what is correct or not

00:12:20.580 and they mark it

00:12:21.700 and say

00:12:22.160 to a real note

00:12:23.300 it's fake,

00:12:24.120 it causes problems as well

00:12:25.780 because he's going to be telling people

00:12:27.000 oh this is fake.

00:12:28.560 Why?

00:12:28.840 Because he doesn't have experience

00:12:29.800 and he's marked it wrong.

00:12:31.480 And I just want to finish

00:12:32.920 on that statement inshallah

00:12:33.720 and keep this dollar bill.

00:12:35.500 I like that.

00:12:36.420 It's all right.

00:12:37.200 It's all good.

00:12:39.060 May Allah bless you guys.

00:12:40.340 Wallahi,

00:12:40.660 it's been absolutely amazing,

00:12:41.980 profound.

00:12:42.340 Inshallah,

00:12:42.680 brothers who are watching this inshallah,

00:12:44.480 they can benefit from this inshallah.

00:12:46.660 And yeah,

00:12:47.340 may Allah bless you guys.

00:12:47.900 Wallahi,

00:12:48.120 it's absolutely an honor

00:12:49.160 to have you guys around.

00:12:50.560 Same here.

00:12:51.080 And we always,

00:12:51.940 always ask our youngsters,

00:12:53.260 this is something in Salaam,

00:12:54.500 something that we do,

00:12:55.580 to always refer to people of knowledge.

00:12:57.500 Always,

00:12:58.020 always because

00:12:58.640 misguidance happens

00:13:00.100 because of,

00:13:01.000 yes,

00:13:01.220 I know,

00:13:01.980 me,

00:13:02.300 if you hear somebody say me,

00:13:03.460 I,

00:13:03.800 us,

00:13:04.380 you're always going to see this.

00:13:05.740 If Sheikh has a YouTube channel.

00:13:06.920 Yes,

00:13:07.240 yes,

00:13:07.500 inshallah,

00:13:07.920 yes,

00:13:08.100 definitely.

00:13:09.220 Disciples,

00:13:09.840 yes,

00:13:10.360 inshallah,

00:13:11.060 and if the other Sheikh is going to make one.

00:13:12.940 I'm waiting till I,

00:13:13.800 my mind ripens first.

00:13:16.900 Inshallah,

00:13:17.320 do follow them inshallah.

00:13:18.280 40 years,

00:13:18.840 then get a YouTube.

00:13:20.220 For YouTube,

00:13:20.960 you don't need for a year.

00:13:22.040 Yes,

00:13:22.300 we're going to put the description box inshallah,

00:13:23.560 you can follow them.

00:13:24.440 Till next time.

00:13:25.200 Asalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

Ali Dawah - April 24, 2019

ATTACKING MUSLIMS - MUFTI MUNEER & SH AHMED KHATER

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