Ali Dawah - March 22, 2020


FAMILY GOT VIRUS & I HIT STREETS - CORONAVLOG DAY 1


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12 minutes

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2,105

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196

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5

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London is on lockdown due to a new virus that has infected a family member of mine's and the whole place is a ghost town. What's going on? Is this just the beginning of what's to come?

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00:00:00.000 You can see these measures are in place, so the same thing doesn't happen what happened in 1918 or 1919.
00:00:07.000 You can see this is Oxford Street, and Oxford Street is on lockdown. Look at that.
00:00:18.000 This journey, this road that I travel on, it all seems crazy, over the years, I picked up thousands of tagalongs, inspired by my story, from a juvenile, when my clothes had holes in the, and my afro was picky, to them 90s, Moschino and Versace, no laces in Arachis, new millennium.
00:00:46.000 So, first day of partial lockdown of the UK, found out that my auntie, who's got underlying health conditions, both physical and mental, has got the virus, she tested positive to it, she's at a hospital.
00:01:07.000 But I'm going to go about, throughout my day, through London, and show you guys what's exactly going on, the streets, etc.
00:01:16.000 And reminders we're going to share along the way, inshaAllah. So yeah, let's see how the day goes.
00:01:21.000 As we can see, I had to come out, to get some stuff, for the house, a few stuff, but you can see that it is slowly, the first day of the lockdown, you can see that it's becoming like a ghost town.
00:01:43.000 So, less and less people on the streets, drastically, all the restaurants are closed, all of them are closed, as you can see, going past green lanes.
00:01:54.000 And it's surreal, it's like you're in a movie. It's like you're in a movie. It's like, who would have thought, or expected, the Western world, Europe, the superpowers, to all of a sudden, within a matter of month, one month, couple of weeks, the whole place is on absolute lockdown.
00:02:21.000 And is it just the beginning? And obviously, these measures are in place, so the same thing doesn't happen, what happened in 1918 or 1919, which was called the Spanish Flu, which some, well, Spain kind of declined, even though there was a lot of deaths there.
00:02:39.000 That's one of the reasons why historians say it's called the Spanish Flu, but there's no evidence that it originated from there, and some people say because of, you know, World War I, even though it caused more deaths than World War I, about 50 to 100 million people are expected to have died from that, people bleeding from their nose and ears.
00:02:56.340 Because that was, that was some kind of next level virus, which mutated and was spreading like wildfire.
00:03:04.540 You can see everywhere, all shops are closed, everywhere, that there is a sign going on.
00:03:11.640 This is to let us know, and I've always wondered, you know, I would do a lot of charity projects on Iman Channel, where we raise funds for Palestine, for Syria, for Rohingya, you name it, you know, for Ghana, for all these places.
00:03:29.040 And I've always wondered, I always thought to myself, you know what, like we are just too selfish, we have become too selfish, all we care about is our own lifestyles, increasing our own lifestyle, how could we have better lifestyles, comfort, comfort, comfort.
00:03:46.040 And I'm not saying this just because, you know, I'm some kind of a peer, you know, I have this, but I'm just, I would think to myself, you know what, like, I won't be surprised if Allah was about to teach us a punishment, and it was to teach us a lesson.
00:03:58.020 But I always wondered, how would that be? Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has his sunnah, Allah has his way of doing things, but I always thought, what would it be?
00:04:07.960 Would there be like a war in the UK, or Europe, World War 3, and then we will realise what the Syrian, the Palestinians, our brothers in Kashmir, the Uyghur Muslims, what would it be?
00:04:20.840 And I always wondered to myself, what's Allah going to do that would cause us to fear not coming out?
00:04:30.280 Just as our brothers is the fear of bombs being dropped on them, we live in a, you know, in fear, you know, looking behind us, or, you know, having this fear, food, having desperation for food.
00:04:43.080 So now, it's like a realisation, where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is working in such a mysterious way, that we cannot come out our houses, not in fear of bombs being dropped, but the fear of another person. 0.53
00:04:53.820 Somebody coughing.
00:04:55.640 Bro, how's he got the virus?
00:04:56.940 We're going to go get something to eat.
00:04:58.780 I don't know if we can find anywhere.
00:05:00.760 So, we're going to see, inshaAllah.
00:05:06.840 What can she be doing now? 0.89
00:05:08.120 What's up?
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00:05:33.800 So, guys, as you can see, we are in Leicester Square, and it's, you can just say, nearly empty.
00:05:39.800 Like, there's nobody there.
00:05:41.800 Um, you know what?
00:05:43.800 Let's go visit the Queen.
00:05:44.800 Let's go visit the Queen.
00:05:45.800 Let's go visit the Queen.
00:05:46.800 Let's see what the Queen's saying. 1.00
00:05:47.800 Yeah?
00:05:48.800 Let's see if the Queen is in quarantine. 1.00
00:05:50.800 Quarantine or Tyne, whatever you want to call it.
00:05:53.800 Yeah?
00:05:54.800 We're gonna go see if KFC is open.
00:05:55.800 As far as I know, this one is halal.
00:05:56.800 Yeah, it doesn't seem like they're taking orders.
00:05:57.800 Or Domino's.
00:05:58.800 Seems like there's a lot of junk food or fast food places that are open.
00:06:01.800 So we're in KFC.
00:06:02.800 And as you can see, we can't sit in, but we're getting a takeaway.
00:06:06.800 We've got a mighty bucket.
00:06:07.800 You know, I have to eat some greasy food.
00:06:08.800 You know, all the luxuries of restaurants.
00:06:09.800 I've gone out the window now.
00:06:10.800 Just waiting for our food.
00:06:11.800 And we're gonna go probably eat in the car.
00:06:12.800 And go check out the food.
00:06:13.800 And so, we've got the food from KFC.
00:06:14.800 And as you can see, we can't sit in, but we're getting a takeaway.
00:06:19.800 And I've got a mighty bucket.
00:06:21.800 You know, I have to eat some greasy food.
00:06:27.800 You know, all the luxuries of restaurants.
00:06:30.800 I've gone out the window now.
00:06:31.800 Just waiting for our food.
00:06:32.800 And we're gonna go probably eat in the car.
00:06:34.800 And go check out the food.
00:06:36.800 And so, we've got the food from KFC.
00:06:41.800 But you know, I have to touch the surface.
00:06:43.800 I have to touch the door.
00:06:44.800 You know, there's a few things that I touch.
00:06:46.800 So, if man now starts touching his food and eating that,
00:06:48.800 that's gonna go into my system.
00:06:50.800 So, we've got the one and only the Turkish Colonia. 0.77
00:06:52.800 It's got alcohol in it.
00:06:53.800 You know, if you follow the, if you follow one of the fiqhs, 1.00
00:06:56.800 which I don't know which one it is.
00:06:58.800 I follow the Hanbali one. 0.99
00:06:59.800 As far as I know, from what I've studied, from my teachers watching this,
00:07:01.800 hopefully I don't get refuted.
00:07:03.800 Alcohol is not najis.
00:07:05.800 It's pure.
00:07:06.800 If I'm not mistaken, as a Hanbali.
00:07:08.800 If there's any Hanbali watching this, please do correct me. 1.00
00:07:10.800 But if not, then I speak.
00:07:12.800 But as far as I know, it's not.
00:07:14.800 But if you follow the opinion, it is.
00:07:16.800 And you're using this, you just probably have to do.
00:07:19.800 No, does it actually, does it break your door?
00:07:22.800 Interesting.
00:07:23.800 I'll find out.
00:07:24.800 I'll ask my teacher.
00:07:25.800 That's interesting.
00:07:26.800 But yeah, so I'm gonna eat in the car.
00:07:27.800 I'm gonna head to Oxford Street.
00:07:29.800 So guys, it's at eight.
00:07:32.800 And it's mark of time.
00:07:34.800 By the time I get home, it'll be late.
00:07:36.800 Usually, we have the privilege of going to the Masajid to pray.
00:07:42.800 Regent's Park is closed.
00:07:44.800 This one I usually come to when I'm doing Uber.
00:07:46.800 I'm on a break.
00:07:48.800 But as you guys know, it's closed.
00:07:50.800 But the least I can do is pray at the doorstep.
00:07:54.800 At least it's out the way, you know, instead of...
00:07:56.800 Because I'm used to doing Uber.
00:07:57.800 I'm used to praying outside a lot.
00:07:59.800 So instead of being in people's pathways, I'm just gonna have to pray right here.
00:08:05.800 Yes.
00:08:06.800 I'm gonna probably...
00:08:08.800 Yeah, I need to be careful.
00:08:10.800 Never only might be from Corona.
00:08:12.800 I'll just put my jacket and pray.
00:08:15.800 So not only do we lose the privilege of restaurants that we can eat at.
00:08:20.800 Now, Masajid, warm places, playing in congregation.
00:08:24.800 Listen to the Quran.
00:08:25.800 It's not there anymore.
00:08:27.800 It's sad.
00:08:28.800 But when you have to pray, you have to pray.
00:08:30.800 No excuses.
00:08:38.800 So guys, we've cooked.
00:08:41.800 Now, obviously I'm in a, you know, open air.
00:08:47.800 But you know, I thought I'd just try this on.
00:08:50.800 You know, just to see how it is.
00:08:52.800 But if you think about it, even our...
00:08:56.800 One of the things that are restricted is fresh air.
00:08:59.800 Like I can get fresh air, but it's not the same as breathing it in without the mask.
00:09:04.800 So you can see we're even limited from the food that we eat.
00:09:07.800 The place that we can pray.
00:09:09.800 Um, to the very oxygen that we breathe.
00:09:12.800 Because in this, I feel like I'm, I'm inside.
00:09:14.800 I'm not outside.
00:09:15.800 Um, I'm trying to obviously, it's not the same.
00:09:18.800 Like if I took this off, I was to breathe.
00:09:21.800 So for example, that fresh air I'm breathing in is not the same when I have it on.
00:09:30.800 So we can see this Oxford Street and Oxford Street is on lockdown.
00:09:34.800 Look at that.
00:09:36.800 You see that?
00:09:38.800 Nobody is here.
00:09:39.800 Absolutely dead.
00:09:40.800 And this is Saturday night.
00:09:41.800 You know?
00:09:42.800 So.
00:09:43.800 Yeah.
00:09:44.800 So it just shows us how instantly, well, it's like surreal.
00:09:51.800 I feel, I feel like I'm in a movie.
00:09:53.800 Don't you guys feel like you're in like a movie?
00:09:55.800 You know?
00:09:56.800 So it's like a movie.
00:09:57.800 So, you know?
00:09:58.800 And it's, it's, it's crazy.
00:09:59.800 Look, look around you.
00:10:00.800 This is Saturday.
00:10:01.800 Usually on a Saturday, I do Uber.
00:10:02.800 Here I pick up customers.
00:10:03.800 It's ramp up, busy.
00:10:04.800 People are still shopping.
00:10:05.800 What time is it?
00:10:06.800 It's half seven.
00:10:07.800 Yeah.
00:10:08.800 Half seven.
00:10:09.800 Yeah.
00:10:10.800 At this time, people are shopping.
00:10:11.800 Yeah.
00:10:12.800 So shopping stopped.
00:10:13.800 Clubbing stopped.
00:10:14.800 Restaurants have stopped.
00:10:15.800 Everything's stopped.
00:10:16.800 Yeah.
00:10:17.800 At this time, people are shopping.
00:10:19.800 Yeah.
00:10:20.800 So shopping stopped.
00:10:21.800 Clubbing stopped.
00:10:22.800 Restaurants have stopped.
00:10:23.800 Everything's stopped.
00:10:24.800 Like I said before, I can't even breathe.
00:10:26.800 So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
00:10:28.800 which shows us that he's the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
00:10:31.800 Because he said to us when there's a plague,
00:10:33.800 or something similar to this,
00:10:34.800 don't leave the place you're in.
00:10:36.800 If we look at Italy,
00:10:37.800 one of the mistakes they made is that they start panicking.
00:10:40.800 And people that were carrying the virus,
00:10:42.800 what it is, they're spreading their self out.
00:10:44.800 They went to different parts of Italy.
00:10:46.800 So what they did is they spread out.
00:10:48.800 So what they did is they spread out.
00:10:49.800 So what they did is they start spreading out
00:10:50.800 and they went to different parts of the country
00:10:52.800 and everyone started getting infected.
00:10:54.800 So what we learned from the Sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
00:10:56.800 is that when these kinds of things happen,
00:10:59.800 don't leave the place you're in.
00:11:01.800 Yes, stay there.
00:11:02.800 And as we know, like I was saying before,
00:11:05.800 one of the signs of the Day of Judgment is that
00:11:07.800 a time would come where you would want to give in Sadaqah,
00:11:10.800 but there's no way to give in Sadaqah.
00:11:12.800 Yeah.
00:11:13.800 Now, when I look at stuff like this,
00:11:14.800 and we would never in a million years think that this would happen.
00:11:18.800 And SubhanAllah, it's happening in our very,
00:11:21.800 in front of our very own eyes.
00:11:23.800 So we're going to take a little walk down on Rockford Street.
00:11:25.800 See, I've seen a few people, they've got their masks on as well.
00:11:28.800 You know, maybe we might speak to some people,
00:11:30.800 but it's absolutely dead, you know.
00:11:33.800 So everywhere is closed, except the Waffle Shop.
00:11:43.800 The Waffle Shop is open.
00:11:45.800 The Waffle Shop is corona-free.
00:11:48.800 Yeah, we're here.
00:11:49.800 This shop is open, dedicated to half nine.
00:11:52.800 But, yeah, we've got people on the bikes.
00:11:56.800 Keeping it real.
00:11:58.800 Salaam alaikum.
00:11:59.800 Yes.
00:12:00.800 Still got people working.
00:12:04.800 Yeah.
00:12:05.800 I'm going to head off to the studio.
00:12:07.800 Got a few things to do.
00:12:09.800 I don't want to stay at home all day.
00:12:11.800 But you guys should.
00:12:12.800 You know.
00:12:13.800 Ladies and gentlemen,
00:12:15.800 when people want second,
00:12:17.800 you can be surrounded with world sweet spirits.
00:12:20.800 Because you will be united upon people.
00:12:23.800 God is good.
00:12:25.800 But God is high with you.
00:12:26.800 God is good.
00:12:27.800 He is the highest authority.
00:12:29.800 I need You get authority to make sure
00:12:33.800 that people are in order.