Jummah Kutbahayyah (God's Messenger) stopped me from wearing a fob and I don't know what to do with it. So I decided to take a look at it and see what he has to say about it.
00:09:03.000They automatically go and jump to conclusions and start judging the individual.
00:09:07.000Secondly, even if the individual has done wrong, they advise in a very bad way.
00:09:12.000No manners, no advising, for example, in private.
00:09:15.000Now, when it comes to this matter that I've mentioned this now, is that you should advise in private.
00:09:21.000You know, and it depends on individuals.
00:09:22.000Because if it's somebody that has a big influence on a lot of people, even then you should advise in private as much as you can.
00:09:28.000But if the individual doesn't listen and carries on and is influencing a big amount of people, you have to advise them in public in the best way possible.
00:09:36.000So their followers or whoever it may be, they can understand and change their ways inshallah.
00:09:40.000So that's why this individual is doing another form of extreme.
00:10:07.000Because a lot of Muslim YouTubers and people in general, when somebody comes and advises them in genuinely, in a genuine manner, not extreme, not extreme, but in a genuine manner.
00:10:28.000Or Aki, or sister, you're in a nightclub, it's wrong, and they advise you in private, or let's say public, for the sake of argument, yeah?
00:10:35.000What they do is automatically go, hey you, you're a haram police.
00:10:39.000And what I want to say is this, why do we have to call the individual haram police?
00:10:44.000If I am committing a sin, as an individual, if for example, I am doing a sin, if somebody comes to my public post, or whatever it may be, and advises me.
00:10:54.000For the fact that I turn around and say, hey, you're a haram police, what that means is that, look, I don't want to hear what you're seeing, yeah?
00:11:02.000I just want to sin in peace, just allow me to sin in peace.
00:11:06.000Yes, I know it's wrong, but just let me be, let me do what I want.
00:11:09.000And this is wrong, brothers and sisters, because at the end of the day, you can't label everybody haram police.
00:11:14.000There is genuine people out there that want the best for you.
00:11:17.000Just because you want to follow your desires, and you just want to do things that are against Islam and have fun.
00:11:23.000And I'm not talking about little pay stuff, major stuff, for example.
00:11:26.000If you want to do that, don't label everybody haram police.
00:11:29.000To be honest, I am being totally honest, I would rather have haram police on my case, looking out for me,
00:11:36.000than me having individuals or fans, or whoever it may be, or friends, coming up to me and telling me, hey, have fun man, do this, don't worry.
00:11:44.000Ah, there's haram police, you know, enjoy, only God can judge you.
00:11:48.000I truly believe these individuals are my enemies.
00:11:50.000Because if they wanted good for me, they would come and advise me.
00:11:53.000And what is more important is that Allah SWT says, let there rise amongst you a group of people who will enjoy good and forbid evil.
00:12:01.000This means that we as a ummah, why has Allah SWT said we are the greatest ummah?
00:12:05.000Because what the previous generations didn't do, we do today.
00:12:08.000And this is the reason why, alhamdulillah, a lot of us, we remind each other, we have this brother and sisterhood,
00:12:14.000where we look out for each other, it's not about bloodline, it's about Iman.
00:12:17.000The Iman that we have, the belief that you share with me, is what keeps us going, that I look out for you the way you look out for me.
00:12:23.000And this is what Islam is about, this is the beauty of Islam, that a lot of nations before didn't have.
00:12:28.000And this is the reason why the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said, indeed if you do not enjoy good and forbid evil, Allah SWT will send down a calamity upon your head, even if you prostrate it will be rejected from you.
00:12:38.000Now, I quickly want to wrap it up, I want to go to a few narration of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, and learn how we can advise people with the best conduct and behaviour.
00:12:46.000For example, one of the narrations is that when a man came to the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, and said, oh Rasulullah, make zina permissible for me.
00:12:53.000Now, when Sahaba heard that, they were like, whoa, what's going on, they just wanted to kill him.
00:12:57.000Like, how could you come to the messenger and say such a stuff? So they were ready to kill him, but what did the Prophet peace be upon him?
00:13:01.000He said, look, calm down. And he said to the boy, sit down, let's talk. He said, would you want that for your mother?
00:13:08.000As you know the narration, would you want that for your sister? He said, no, he made him understand.
00:13:12.000If you attack him, he's not going to understand, you know? So we need to learn how to advise somebody.
00:13:19.000And there is also another narration from Imam Malik, when he was going to one of his halakas on the way to the masjid,
00:13:24.000and he saw a man drunk and he's shouting, Ya Allah, Ya Allah, he's screaming.
00:13:29.000So what did Imam Malik do? He went there, he saw him, he's on the floor, his dress is all dirty,
00:13:35.000picked him up, walked him to his house, cleaned him up, cleaned him up,
00:13:40.000and that day, Imam Malik goes to his house and he sees a dream.
00:13:44.000And in the dream, somebody coming and saying, we have, oh, Imam Malik, we have purified you the way you purified your brother.
00:13:52.000Subhanallah, look at the beautiful thing that he saw. Be gentle, know the person that you advise.
00:13:57.000The Prophet peace be upon him, when he would advise, he would know the person, the character of an individual.
00:14:01.000You know, maybe that individual needs a bit of more harshness. Maybe that one needs a bit of more, you know,
00:14:06.000like, for example, if I buy him a gift, he will listen more. Maybe, for example, this guy, he likes a lot of chocolate, ya?
00:14:10.000Or, for example, like Brother Ajman, you know, Brother Ajman, mashallah, behind the camera,
00:14:14.000I know he likes a lot of chicken, as far as I know, ya? He likes that chicken.
00:14:17.000So when I advise him, I have to buy him some chicken wings and go, hey, Aki, you know, yesterday he was, you know,
00:14:21.000walking a bit funny, that was haram, you know? So, do you know what I'm trying to say?
00:14:24.000So what it is, it's a way of advising, knowing the individual. So we should not be harsh,
00:14:29.000neither should we, we should be the other extreme of saying, hey, do what you like.
00:14:33.000This is not Islam, my brothers and sisters. So also in the Quran, Allah SWT mentions about Banu Israel
00:14:38.000where Allah SWT ordered them to not fish on the sabbath. So there was three kinds of groups.
00:14:43.000When Allah SWT told them not to fish in the sabbath, the first group went and they sobeid Allah and fished.
00:14:50.000The other group was the one who was silent. They saw what happened, they saw it, they did not advise them,
00:14:56.000they were just silent. And the other group was enjoying the good and forbid and evil and said,
00:15:01.000look, Allah SWT ordered us not to fish on the sabbath. Don't do it. They didn't listen and went ahead.
00:15:07.000Now Allah SWT, after talking about the story, mentions to us two things.
00:15:11.000The first one is the ones who went against Allah's commandment and fished.
00:15:17.000And the others is the ones who enjoined good and forbid evil and advised them in the best way possible.
00:15:22.000And Allah says that the ones that fished on the sabbath went to the hellfire.
00:15:26.000And the ones that tried to tell them and advise them were entered into Jannah.
00:15:30.000But don't you think to yourself, what happened to the third group? The third group who was there silently watching.
00:15:34.000Well, as we know from the scholars, is that basically the third group who was silent,
00:15:40.000and I just want to make you guys understand that they were silent, but this can go same with the one that comes and says,
00:15:46.000hey, only God can judge him. Hey, be quiet. It's a similar thing.
00:15:50.000So the third group who was silent, the scholars say that they were also sent to the hellfire.
00:15:56.000Why? Because when you see an evil and you're just quiet about it, you are a part of that evil.
00:16:02.000Because you're with it. You're not stopping it. You're not doing nothing to stop it.
00:16:06.000So that's why you're a part of the evil, and that's why those individuals were sent to the hellfire.
00:16:10.000So we need to understand and learn from these brothers and sisters.
00:16:13.000And this reminds me of the narration of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him,
00:16:17.000where he said, the one who stays silent in front of the evil is like a silent shaitan.
00:16:22.000Obviously, I don't want to carry on any further. I'm sure you guys get the point.
00:16:25.000But from now on, you know, like I said, don't make your desires, your God, and the things that you want to do, your Allah,
00:16:32.000and turn to other people that are trying to advise you genuinely and say you're a haram police.
00:16:36.000If being a haram police means following Allah and his messenger, and trying to help our brothers,
00:16:41.000and if this makes me or anyone a haram police, wallahi, we are more than happy to be a haram police.
00:16:47.000And please call us haram police, you know. I would love to change my name to, instead of Ali Dawat, Ali Haram Police, to be honest.
00:16:53.000Brother Gula al-Saf, he's right next to me. Obviously, he doesn't want to be on camera.
00:16:57.000Brother Ajmeh is smiling, he's the main haram police. He's the general, he's the commander.
00:17:00.000So yeah, that's about it from me. May Allah bless you guys.
00:17:03.000Don't forget to watch Brother Ajmeh's video at the end, where we have a little sketch about haram police.
00:17:08.000How would life be without a haram police? So check that out, inshallah.
00:17:12.000And may Allah's mercy and blessings be upon you all.
00:17:14.000May Allah grant every single one of you guys Jannah.
00:17:16.000Share the video. Stop calling me haram police, man.