Ali Dawah - October 28, 2014


How I came to islam ｜｜ Ali Dawah


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39 minutes

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Brother Ali Dawah speaks about his journey into Islam and the things that changed the course of his life to the extent where he now lives a completely different life as a Muslim. He speaks about the factors that played a major role in his life and how they changed his outlook on life and beliefs as a person which now reflect him in a massive way.

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00:00:00.000 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
00:00:08.220 Brothers and sisters in Islam
00:00:09.540 Inshallah all of you guys are in the best of health and iman
00:00:11.760 And you're all doing fine
00:00:12.860 So brothers and sisters
00:00:14.900 Amongst the course of our lives
00:00:17.200 We come across many temptations
00:00:19.660 And many things
00:00:20.700 That change the course of our lives
00:00:23.900 Sometimes very dramatically
00:00:25.460 Sometimes only a little bit
00:00:28.080 And of course
00:00:29.400 Today we are going to be discussing
00:00:31.120 Brother Ali Dawah's story into Islam
00:00:35.520 And of course we're going to be discussing some of the things
00:00:37.780 That changed the course of his life very dramatically
00:00:41.520 And subhanAllah when I think back at it 0.98
00:00:44.620 Changed him completely as a person
00:00:47.660 Changed what he used to do into what he does now
00:00:51.800 So many things may happen to us
00:00:53.880 That cause us to change in many ways
00:00:56.940 And of course
00:00:58.460 Clearly certain things did happen to Brother Ali
00:01:01.320 Along his journey of life
00:01:03.660 Which caused him to completely change
00:01:06.400 His outlook on life
00:01:09.260 And change his beliefs as a person
00:01:11.180 Which now reflects him
00:01:13.200 In a massive way
00:01:14.500 To the extent where he lives a completely different life
00:01:17.060 Of course inshallah
00:01:18.960 I'm going to be asking Brother Ali questions
00:01:21.000 Along the journey of this video
00:01:22.860 And inshallah
00:01:23.900 Hopefully you guys can benefit from some sort of insights
00:01:27.420 Into our brother's life
00:01:29.400 So let's get straight into it inshallah
00:01:31.500 Bro
00:01:32.520 Of course
00:01:34.840 You know
00:01:35.900 You are now
00:01:36.560 Alhamdulillah
00:01:36.980 Practicing Muslim
00:01:37.900 You know
00:01:38.180 You're a role model
00:01:39.440 For a lot of the youth out there
00:01:40.720 What was one of the main key things
00:01:43.460 If you were to look back at your life
00:01:44.980 That really impacted you
00:01:47.140 To the extent where
00:01:48.600 You changed everything
00:01:50.380 To be honest
00:01:52.800 There was two main things
00:01:54.180 From back in the days
00:01:55.460 What really had that
00:01:57.200 Knockout effect in me
00:01:58.740 That said
00:01:59.300 You know what
00:01:59.560 You need to make changes in your life
00:02:00.660 And one of those things
00:02:02.680 Were basically
00:02:03.300 I was looking for happiness
00:02:04.820 And I looked for happiness
00:02:06.660 In basically
00:02:08.640 Materialistic things
00:02:09.820 And I thought that's what happiness was
00:02:12.520 Because in today's society that we live in
00:02:14.140 We are brainwashed to think that happiness is about having money
00:02:16.940 Cars
00:02:17.520 Nice house
00:02:18.460 Or nice females around you 1.00
00:02:20.360 You know
00:02:20.560 We thought happiness is based on this
00:02:22.240 And I basically saw a lot of people within my surroundings
00:02:25.300 And people that I used to be with
00:02:26.760 Who lost their lives
00:02:27.880 Pursuing this kind of footpath
00:02:29.380 Even it can be people that were
00:02:31.500 Involved in gangs
00:02:33.120 Drugs
00:02:33.800 It can be family members
00:02:35.440 And this played a big role in me
00:02:37.660 Because I've always
00:02:38.400 The stuff that I had was like
00:02:40.680 Basically okay
00:02:41.320 I want a nice car
00:02:42.500 You know
00:02:42.960 I want a nice girlfriend next to me
00:02:44.960 I want this that
00:02:46.040 So I was pursuing this lifestyle
00:02:47.360 But in the meantime
00:02:48.100 I would see
00:02:48.820 The people who have this money
00:02:50.600 Who have these girlfriends 1.00
00:02:51.460 Who have these houses
00:02:52.440 Depressed
00:02:53.440 Drinking alcohol
00:02:54.780 And I'm like
00:02:55.340 It doesn't make sense to me
00:02:56.600 Because I thought this is what happiness is
00:02:57.760 And then I would see certain people
00:02:59.360 Who have a nice career
00:03:01.280 A nice job
00:03:01.820 A lawyer
00:03:02.240 And I look at him
00:03:03.220 And he doesn't look happy either
00:03:04.600 Like he's drinking alcohol
00:03:05.720 Smoking
00:03:06.860 Stressed out of his head
00:03:08.180 And I was like
00:03:09.520 Hold on a second
00:03:10.060 It doesn't add up
00:03:10.840 You know
00:03:11.200 Because this is the footpath
00:03:12.740 That I want to carry on
00:03:13.600 To do what I want to do
00:03:14.760 And I was like
00:03:16.180 Well that doesn't make sense to me
00:03:17.320 And that was basically
00:03:19.140 Getting me closer
00:03:19.860 To God Almighty
00:03:21.180 I always believed in God
00:03:21.960 But another stuff
00:03:23.620 That kind of
00:03:24.280 Helped me
00:03:25.440 Push further
00:03:26.500 To come to where I am today
00:03:27.760 Is basically
00:03:28.800 I lost
00:03:29.200 A cousin
00:03:31.180 Who committed suicide
00:03:32.700 His friend committed suicide
00:03:34.400 My neighbour committed suicide
00:03:36.500 So these were playing
00:03:38.260 A big role in my head
00:03:39.020 Because I'm having
00:03:39.460 A lot of things going through my head
00:03:40.440 I'm changing my ways
00:03:41.360 Of juice
00:03:42.120 Like what I just said to you
00:03:43.180 And then I have people
00:03:44.160 Dying in front of me
00:03:45.180 And I'm like
00:03:45.500 Whoa
00:03:45.780 What's life about
00:03:47.140 So it was a really good mixture
00:03:48.140 That kind of played a big role
00:03:49.680 Okay
00:03:50.320 And obviously
00:03:51.920 You're talking about
00:03:52.860 Your cousin
00:03:53.600 Your neighbour
00:03:54.480 Your cousin's friend
00:03:55.480 What sort of family background
00:03:57.300 Were you from
00:03:58.020 As a normal
00:03:59.420 You know
00:03:59.800 Teenager
00:04:00.360 Living in London
00:04:01.380 Like what was your family's
00:04:02.600 Background
00:04:02.940 Their beliefs
00:04:03.760 And their outlook on life
00:04:05.220 In general
00:04:05.720 Okay
00:04:06.120 I come from a family
00:04:07.380 Where my mum's side
00:04:09.060 And some of my dad's side
00:04:11.180 As well
00:04:11.500 Are Alawi
00:04:12.180 And one of the questions
00:04:13.840 We'll ask
00:04:14.120 What is Alawi
00:04:14.800 Right
00:04:15.240 So this is
00:04:15.960 It's a sect of Shiaism 0.97
00:04:17.560 Right
00:04:17.920 They believe in
00:04:18.940 Ali
00:04:19.500 But
00:04:20.940 It's a bit of a mixture
00:04:22.580 They don't
00:04:23.200 They don't pray 1.00
00:04:23.720 Five times a day
00:04:24.640 They don't
00:04:25.340 Believe in going to the mosque 0.99
00:04:26.460 Etc
00:04:27.160 That's another conversation
00:04:28.020 But that's what it is
00:04:29.260 But I never had that belief myself
00:04:30.700 I always believed in God Almighty
00:04:32.100 But when it came down
00:04:33.480 To my family
00:04:34.220 My mum had that belief
00:04:35.340 Even though they didn't practice it
00:04:36.500 My dad
00:04:36.880 He was a bit agnostic
00:04:38.100 He even
00:04:38.560 Didn't like the whole concept of Alawism 1.00
00:04:40.160 Anything to do with religion 0.83
00:04:41.180 He didn't like it
00:04:42.480 And he has a bit of a communist background
00:04:44.280 So my family is based on that
00:04:46.300 And because
00:04:47.040 They do not live by
00:04:48.200 Their religious beliefs
00:04:49.940 We had a lifestyle
00:04:51.500 We had a lifestyle of materialism
00:04:52.880 It was just
00:04:53.320 Having fun
00:04:54.420 Whoever's got the good job
00:04:55.860 Good career
00:04:56.320 This is what my life
00:04:57.580 My family was based upon
00:04:58.920 Yeah
00:04:59.160 So
00:05:00.040 Obviously you're saying that
00:05:01.440 Your family was
00:05:02.400 From a sort of background
00:05:03.600 Which is just a normal family
00:05:05.360 Just getting by
00:05:06.100 Yeah
00:05:06.380 So your family wasn't really
00:05:08.040 You know
00:05:08.760 Looking into religion
00:05:10.020 Per se
00:05:10.780 They were just getting by
00:05:11.980 Yeah
00:05:12.160 So what sort of impact
00:05:13.480 Does this have on you
00:05:14.480 When you were seeing
00:05:15.200 All of the things
00:05:15.880 That you said you were seeing
00:05:16.780 Well basically
00:05:18.160 I would look at my family
00:05:19.600 And obviously
00:05:20.380 Like it plays
00:05:20.980 Another role
00:05:23.000 Because how
00:05:23.480 Because as I said to you
00:05:24.700 I had friends
00:05:25.240 Who would pursue the
00:05:26.040 Footpath of
00:05:27.000 Having money
00:05:28.140 And all these kind of stuff
00:05:29.540 Which didn't make sense
00:05:30.380 But I
00:05:31.060 My family were kind of
00:05:32.160 The same thing
00:05:32.740 And I would see a lot of people
00:05:33.700 In my family
00:05:34.340 Who would have fights
00:05:35.600 And arguments over money
00:05:37.240 Over petty stuff like this
00:05:38.680 And I would like
00:05:39.240 And it would just make me think
00:05:40.880 Like it really doesn't make sense
00:05:41.940 You know
00:05:42.160 Because it's like
00:05:43.460 The whole lifestyle
00:05:44.140 Is about money
00:05:44.820 Money
00:05:45.020 It's all about making money
00:05:45.960 And I would look at
00:05:47.440 Certain people in
00:05:48.100 My family
00:05:49.220 Who are elders
00:05:50.300 Who will have money
00:05:51.180 Really rich
00:05:51.780 But I wasn't happy
00:05:52.900 So this was playing
00:05:53.900 A role in my life
00:05:55.280 And I can remember
00:05:56.060 A point in my life
00:05:57.940 Where I was basically
00:05:58.400 I had my own business
00:05:59.140 And I would go to
00:06:00.020 Different business owners
00:06:01.120 To sell certain products
00:06:02.280 And I would see
00:06:03.740 Certain individuals
00:06:04.520 Who basically have nothing
00:06:06.100 But they were really happy
00:06:07.840 Then I would see
00:06:08.520 Certain individuals
00:06:09.020 Who are like I said
00:06:10.420 A multi-millionaire
00:06:11.740 Has got 20 shops
00:06:12.700 But when you look at me
00:06:13.820 He looks very miserable
00:06:14.720 So that was
00:06:15.800 Keep coming in me
00:06:16.600 The idea that
00:06:18.640 Money isn't happiness
00:06:19.980 That was playing
00:06:20.740 A massive role in my head
00:06:21.660 Of coming to Islam 1.00
00:06:22.620 So bro
00:06:23.520 Obviously you're saying that
00:06:24.700 You went through
00:06:25.720 All of these things
00:06:26.460 And you saw
00:06:27.120 You know
00:06:27.960 Your whole outlook
00:06:28.720 On life at one point
00:06:29.680 Was money
00:06:31.080 And you wanted to be happy
00:06:32.540 And you saw
00:06:33.120 All of these people
00:06:33.740 That had money
00:06:34.460 Women 1.00
00:06:35.140 Cars
00:06:35.680 They weren't happy
00:06:36.800 Yes
00:06:37.160 So
00:06:38.140 Why Islam 1.00
00:06:39.860 Like
00:06:40.380 Okay
00:06:41.240 Did you just look into Islam
00:06:42.520 And think
00:06:42.840 Okay
00:06:43.060 I want to become a Muslim
00:06:44.060 Or
00:06:44.220 What
00:06:44.680 You know
00:06:45.780 Pushed you towards
00:06:46.640 This religion
00:06:47.880 Of all religions of the world
00:06:49.220 That's a very good question
00:06:50.260 And it's going to be
00:06:50.860 A bit of a long answer
00:06:51.700 Basically
00:06:52.980 I come
00:06:53.520 From a youth
00:06:54.260 When I was 16
00:06:54.900 17
00:06:55.240 I was involved in
00:06:56.040 Gans
00:06:56.700 I've never got into a point
00:06:57.780 Where like drugs
00:06:58.420 Smoking or alcohol
00:06:59.240 I never went there
00:07:00.000 But I was involved in Gans
00:07:01.080 Fighting
00:07:01.500 I always used to fight
00:07:02.480 You know
00:07:03.140 I just had this concept
00:07:04.340 Of Gans
00:07:04.800 I just really liked
00:07:05.620 You know
00:07:05.820 It's just like
00:07:06.260 It's like a buzz
00:07:07.000 You get out of it
00:07:07.680 So I had that lifestyle
00:07:09.000 When I was 16
00:07:09.920 I was getting into a lot of trouble
00:07:10.860 Kicked out of school
00:07:11.960 So what my dad did
00:07:13.180 Was he said
00:07:13.460 I have enough
00:07:14.180 You know
00:07:14.480 Because I was disrespectful
00:07:15.320 To my family
00:07:16.020 To my mother
00:07:16.640 So my dad noticed
00:07:17.720 These kind of stuff
00:07:18.360 So he said
00:07:18.680 You know what
00:07:19.080 Because my dad
00:07:19.680 Had a business outside London
00:07:20.780 So he said
00:07:21.280 You're going to come
00:07:21.640 And live with me
00:07:22.180 You know
00:07:22.680 Because in London
00:07:23.300 You're going into
00:07:24.600 All kinds of trouble
00:07:25.400 You're not going to school
00:07:26.080 So he said
00:07:26.560 You're going to come
00:07:27.260 Live with me
00:07:27.720 That was a big
00:07:29.100 Stepping stone to me
00:07:30.240 Because the friends
00:07:31.480 That I had there
00:07:32.840 You know
00:07:33.540 That's why
00:07:33.880 Friendship is very important
00:07:35.120 The friends I had there
00:07:36.020 Were kind of guys
00:07:36.780 Who would just go to the gym
00:07:37.820 Train
00:07:38.660 Go to college
00:07:40.160 So when I start
00:07:41.060 Hang around with them
00:07:41.680 I start going with
00:07:42.480 The routine they're doing
00:07:43.200 So I started college
00:07:44.240 And alhamdulillah
00:07:45.240 I changed my ways
00:07:46.340 Around a lot
00:07:46.900 With these guys
00:07:47.700 But even though
00:07:48.680 I wasn't involved
00:07:49.220 With gangs
00:07:49.820 And we did get into fights
00:07:51.980 Like back in the day
00:07:53.060 With these new friends
00:07:54.240 But what was bad about
00:07:56.600 Like not that they're bad
00:07:58.180 Because they're my brothers
00:07:58.900 You know
00:07:59.120 Still I love them
00:07:59.580 For the sake of Allah
00:08:00.200 It's just they would have
00:08:01.140 I came to a new era
00:08:02.460 Of night clubbing
00:08:03.600 Going out partying
00:08:04.800 The life was all about
00:08:06.420 Like you know
00:08:07.180 Girlfriends
00:08:08.080 Partying
00:08:09.420 All this kind of stuff
00:08:10.280 So I went from gangs
00:08:11.300 To new friends
00:08:12.180 Who got me on track
00:08:13.140 In a way with
00:08:13.820 College and studying
00:08:15.640 Right
00:08:16.280 And working
00:08:16.780 And all this kind of stuff
00:08:18.200 But then
00:08:19.140 But then basically
00:08:20.980 I got into this lifestyle
00:08:22.140 Of clubbing
00:08:22.860 So at this moment of time
00:08:24.680 I live in an area
00:08:26.180 Called Grimsby
00:08:26.780 Where it's really racist
00:08:28.240 Yeah
00:08:28.640 And we had a lot of
00:08:30.100 Asian brothers
00:08:30.720 Moving up there recently
00:08:31.720 And one of the brothers
00:08:32.660 I don't want to give his name
00:08:33.680 He's the one who gave me
00:08:35.560 Dawah at first
00:08:36.320 Right
00:08:36.680 And this was about
00:08:37.360 Four and a half
00:08:37.940 Five years ago
00:08:38.520 He said to me
00:08:39.020 Look
00:08:39.200 You know
00:08:40.420 This is what Islam is about
00:08:41.480 You know
00:08:42.140 Even though we both
00:08:43.000 Had bad habits
00:08:43.560 And stuff like that
00:08:44.000 But he would still
00:08:44.480 Give me that Dawah 1.00
00:08:45.140 You know
00:08:45.660 He would still say to me
00:08:46.380 Look the miracles of Quran 0.95
00:08:47.380 This is kind of stuff
00:08:48.380 So that was like
00:08:49.120 It was in my head
00:08:50.140 And I
00:08:50.680 To be honest
00:08:51.080 I was scared
00:08:51.920 I was always scared of death
00:08:52.940 I was always inside me
00:08:54.440 So I wanted to know
00:08:55.580 And I always believed in God
00:08:56.780 But religion
00:08:57.700 I thought religion was man made 0.86
00:08:59.060 And as you know
00:08:59.940 It was around
00:09:00.540 Back then there was a lot of
00:09:01.920 Islamophobia as well
00:09:02.860 So I had this perception of Islam
00:09:04.300 Where I was like
00:09:04.720 I didn't want to be associated with it
00:09:05.940 You know
00:09:06.460 Until he came and talked to me
00:09:07.640 And I gave it a bit of a chance
00:09:08.580 To be honest
00:09:09.020 And so that's where it started
00:09:10.740 When he was giving me Dawah 0.96
00:09:11.640 Okay
00:09:12.440 And
00:09:13.320 When he was giving you Dawah 0.98
00:09:15.440 Yeah
00:09:15.840 Obviously
00:09:17.780 The course of your life
00:09:19.200 You went through
00:09:19.940 All of these troubles
00:09:21.700 Yeah
00:09:22.320 You know
00:09:22.680 You went through
00:09:23.300 A normal journey
00:09:24.700 Shall I say
00:09:25.220 That
00:09:25.500 Every single teenager
00:09:27.480 Goes through
00:09:28.060 And a lot of them
00:09:29.080 Just live their lives
00:09:30.640 They just
00:09:31.040 They just go with the flow
00:09:32.120 Yeah
00:09:32.320 What caused you
00:09:34.120 Like what did he say
00:09:35.260 That was so amazing
00:09:36.240 That caused you to change
00:09:37.600 To be honest
00:09:38.380 I didn't change at that specific moment
00:09:40.440 Yeah
00:09:40.680 He just basically
00:09:41.740 It's like
00:09:42.160 You know when he started a car
00:09:43.020 And he revved
00:09:44.440 Like my brain
00:09:45.040 Like I was like
00:09:45.540 Starting to make me think like
00:09:46.540 Why are you here
00:09:47.980 Where are you going
00:09:48.840 Because you just created
00:09:50.000 Without a purpose
00:09:50.760 Do you get what I'm trying to say
00:09:51.760 Yeah
00:09:51.960 So he started to make me think
00:09:53.480 And
00:09:54.340 Basically
00:09:55.420 If I was going there
00:09:56.240 Because basically
00:09:56.920 He would give me Dawah 0.99
00:09:58.340 But at that moment in time
00:09:59.480 Obviously
00:09:59.820 I was going through
00:10:01.260 Different difficulties
00:10:02.000 And stuff like that
00:10:02.540 Regarding family wise
00:10:03.600 And
00:10:04.640 At that particular time
00:10:06.060 When he told me
00:10:06.640 In that
00:10:07.220 That moment in time
00:10:08.080 I spent three and a half years
00:10:09.600 Where I was slowly
00:10:11.120 Slowly looking into religion
00:10:12.080 Yes
00:10:12.560 Christianity
00:10:13.040 Islam
00:10:13.620 Judaism
00:10:13.960 Various religions
00:10:14.860 Yeah
00:10:15.140 And I had one specific criteria
00:10:17.300 I said look okay
00:10:18.040 Before I didn't believe in religion
00:10:19.280 I thought it was all man made
00:10:20.100 But if I am going to believe in one
00:10:22.100 Then that scripture should not be changed
00:10:24.380 It should not be in scripture
00:10:25.200 Because I did not believe
00:10:26.040 How could God make a mistake
00:10:27.140 Do you get it
00:10:27.680 It didn't make sense to me
00:10:28.680 So I said
00:10:29.060 If I'm going to go look at scripture
00:10:30.200 I have one condition
00:10:30.980 If the scriptures are changed
00:10:33.100 Or altered
00:10:33.700 I'll reject it
00:10:34.660 I don't care if it's the Quran 1.00
00:10:35.440 Bible
00:10:37.220 I had this mentality
00:10:38.820 And I spent three and a half years
00:10:40.260 From that moment of time
00:10:41.340 Yeah
00:10:41.640 Where I moved back to London
00:10:42.820 Obviously I came here
00:10:44.980 I started my own business
00:10:46.040 Started university
00:10:47.100 And yeah
00:10:48.760 Just kind of
00:10:49.240 So
00:10:49.980 So three and a half years
00:10:51.700 Yeah
00:10:51.960 It's a very long time
00:10:53.440 It's a very long time
00:10:53.460 Yes
00:10:53.680 To be looking for the truth
00:10:54.960 Yeah
00:10:55.220 And for any people watching
00:10:58.460 That may be
00:10:59.400 You know
00:10:59.780 Looking for the truth
00:11:00.540 And they're watching this
00:11:01.600 And they're going through
00:11:02.740 A similar phase
00:11:03.640 In their lives
00:11:04.280 That you went through
00:11:04.980 At that moment in time
00:11:06.160 Yeah
00:11:06.400 What would you say to them
00:11:08.780 Because obviously
00:11:09.540 You know
00:11:10.420 The kind of thoughts
00:11:12.340 That are going through
00:11:12.840 Their head right now
00:11:13.540 Yeah
00:11:13.760 So
00:11:14.660 Relate with them
00:11:16.360 Like what sort of thoughts
00:11:17.480 Were going through your head
00:11:18.380 At this time
00:11:18.880 Before you took your Shahada
00:11:19.940 Right before
00:11:20.540 Yeah
00:11:20.960 And you know
00:11:21.820 Did you feel scared
00:11:22.840 Did you feel a bit
00:11:23.680 Of you know
00:11:24.300 Doubts
00:11:24.960 To be honest
00:11:26.020 I can say
00:11:27.400 When I took my Shahada
00:11:29.240 Yeah
00:11:29.640 In 2012
00:11:30.660 23rd of December
00:11:31.780 So I can say about
00:11:33.820 Maybe 6, 7, 8 months before
00:11:35.560 Yeah
00:11:35.920 I had this phase
00:11:36.920 Where a lot of people
00:11:37.580 Go through
00:11:38.020 I knew Islam was the truth 0.97
00:11:40.080 Yeah
00:11:41.360 I might have like
00:11:41.960 A little bit of doubts
00:11:42.500 There and here and there
00:11:43.300 But I knew it was the truth
00:11:44.400 But it took me 8 months
00:11:45.640 To take my Shahada
00:11:46.880 You know why
00:11:47.420 Because you know
00:11:47.720 Sometimes when we're doing
00:11:48.320 Dawah
00:11:48.700 And we give Dawah 0.91
00:11:50.620 And he accepts
00:11:51.120 And he says
00:11:51.400 Yeah I believe this
00:11:52.040 This and this
00:11:52.400 We're like
00:11:52.600 Take your Shahada 0.97
00:11:53.080 He's like
00:11:53.560 I'm not ready
00:11:53.980 We always get this right
00:11:55.700 So I was going through
00:11:56.640 That phase where I was like
00:11:57.400 I'm not ready
00:11:58.000 Why
00:11:58.240 Because my desires
00:11:59.680 Like for example
00:12:00.460 You know
00:12:01.220 Girlfriends
00:12:02.060 Or going out with friends
00:12:03.520 All this kind of stuff
00:12:04.200 I was like
00:12:04.640 I don't want to give these up
00:12:06.200 You get what I'm trying to say
00:12:06.940 So I was in that dilemma
00:12:08.300 But again
00:12:08.920 Then I was thinking to myself
00:12:09.900 This is the truth
00:12:10.700 You know
00:12:11.400 If you know it's the truth
00:12:12.620 And you die upon it
00:12:13.620 That's going to be peak for you
00:12:15.060 So I was having a battle
00:12:16.020 Within myself
00:12:16.600 Yeah
00:12:16.960 And obviously
00:12:17.700 I asked Allah 0.54
00:12:18.180 For guidance
00:12:19.240 And certain things changed
00:12:20.660 I had a business partner
00:12:21.440 I was involved in the business
00:12:22.820 And you'll see my pictures
00:12:24.660 Probably pop out here
00:12:25.820 How I used to look
00:12:26.780 So I was in that business partner
00:12:28.520 And things flopped
00:12:30.160 You know
00:12:30.420 And I was getting upset
00:12:31.200 But it was for the best
00:12:31.960 That I didn't understand
00:12:32.860 You know
00:12:33.360 And then I just kind of
00:12:34.080 Slowly had to change my friends
00:12:35.200 Because I knew that
00:12:36.400 Look
00:12:36.600 If I carry on with these
00:12:37.380 Brothers are lovely brothers
00:12:38.340 You know
00:12:38.680 They're lovely brothers
00:12:39.620 But at the end of the day
00:12:40.620 We believe the Quran and Sunnah
00:12:42.380 And we act upon that
00:12:43.600 Do you get it?
00:12:43.860 We can't say
00:12:44.200 Okay
00:12:44.400 They're lovely brothers
00:12:45.400 I think I'm trying to say
00:12:46.580 So 23rd of December
00:12:49.380 2012
00:12:50.660 Was the day
00:12:52.420 Ardi Kilic
00:12:53.940 Became Ali Dawah
00:12:56.160 Obviously that was
00:12:57.360 I like the way you put that
00:12:58.560 That was Ali's previous name
00:13:00.220 Yeah
00:13:00.660 Why that day?
00:13:04.800 Why that day?
00:13:05.680 And why that name?
00:13:06.520 Yeah like
00:13:06.980 Why that day?
00:13:08.520 Like what pushed you
00:13:09.660 On that day?
00:13:10.440 Because you said
00:13:10.920 Eight months
00:13:11.420 There was a phase
00:13:12.020 You were going through
00:13:12.680 You know what it was
00:13:13.880 I was having these moments
00:13:15.380 Yeah like for example
00:13:16.260 Obviously
00:13:17.180 I was really being grateful
00:13:19.060 To Allah SWT
00:13:19.540 Because I was like
00:13:20.100 Okay look
00:13:20.500 You know
00:13:20.800 I was coming across to the deen
00:13:21.960 But it was funny
00:13:23.220 Because I didn't know how to pray
00:13:24.540 So I'm in this dilemma
00:13:25.620 Of accepting it or not
00:13:27.140 Yeah
00:13:27.340 In my car
00:13:28.380 What I would do is
00:13:28.980 It's funny
00:13:29.380 Because I want to be grateful
00:13:30.300 To your Lord
00:13:30.780 Because you get what I'm trying to say
00:13:32.380 So I would do zikr in my car 0.98
00:13:33.560 I'll just be like Allah SWT 1.00
00:13:34.240 Because this is stuff I learned in it
00:13:35.320 Like
00:13:35.500 SubhanAllah Allah SWT
00:13:36.580 But I'm going to do zikr in my car 0.99
00:13:37.600 While I'm driving
00:13:38.200 So you haven't taken your shahada yet
00:13:39.500 No I haven't taken my shahada
00:13:40.180 I'm doing zikr bro 0.98
00:13:40.960 Check it out
00:13:41.800 So basically
00:13:43.100 This is the phase I'm going through
00:13:44.420 So in my car I'm doing this
00:13:45.520 But as time goes past
00:13:46.740 I'm like
00:13:47.100 Look
00:13:47.320 My life is so blessed
00:13:48.920 I want to give more
00:13:49.720 Do you get it?
00:13:50.920 So I'm driving through East London
00:13:52.400 Yeah
00:13:52.640 And I can remember my local mosque
00:13:57.340 To be honest at first
00:13:58.120 I thought it was some Hindu temple brother 0.96
00:13:59.420 Get me
00:13:59.760 Because I didn't want to go in
00:14:00.720 I was like
00:14:00.940 I don't know what that is
00:14:01.520 It must be a wrong religion 1.00
00:14:02.480 So I would have these phases
00:14:03.980 Where I'm going through mosques 1.00
00:14:04.800 I was like
00:14:05.040 Should I go in?
00:14:05.540 Should I not go in?
00:14:06.140 What's going to happen?
00:14:06.880 Yeah
00:14:07.040 I was a bit nervous
00:14:07.820 But one day I'm going through East London
00:14:09.580 Yeah
00:14:09.860 And I thought
00:14:11.000 Burn it bro
00:14:11.500 You know you do them urgent left turns 0.99
00:14:12.940 Yeah
00:14:13.580 I just did a left turn
00:14:14.800 Just part of my car
00:14:15.820 And I went into the masjid
00:14:17.660 And there was a brother there
00:14:19.120 And I just told him
00:14:20.100 Look
00:14:20.260 I want to
00:14:20.880 Teach me how to pray
00:14:21.800 I want to know how to pray
00:14:23.020 That kind of stuff
00:14:24.080 I got a ticket that day as well
00:14:25.080 65 pounds
00:14:25.840 I haven't paid to this day
00:14:26.840 They live for after me
00:14:27.800 So
00:14:28.020 Please
00:14:28.980 And the name
00:14:31.200 Sorry sorry sorry
00:14:31.720 The name
00:14:32.200 Back in the day people
00:14:34.120 I used to be
00:14:35.880 Like to be known as Ali
00:14:37.040 I don't know where it came from
00:14:38.440 Yeah
00:14:38.600 But
00:14:39.260 I did like
00:14:40.180 For example
00:14:40.460 I did look into the life of Ali
00:14:41.440 Radiallahu anh
00:14:42.060 Yeah
00:14:42.440 And I really liked his character
00:14:43.600 His conduct
00:14:44.080 The way he was
00:14:44.720 So I maybe
00:14:45.540 That played a bit of an influence as well
00:14:46.980 Where I called my name Ali
00:14:47.840 But when I went into the Dawah 0.96
00:14:48.720 I said let me add Dawah into that 0.99
00:14:49.940 So it became Ali Dawah
00:14:51.160 Yeah
00:14:51.840 Now I actually remember
00:14:53.100 When I was sitting with you
00:14:54.040 I think
00:14:55.240 Yeah
00:14:55.600 And you were
00:14:56.760 I think you were on your Facebook
00:14:57.900 And you were like
00:14:58.580 What shall I add bro
00:14:59.800 You know
00:15:00.440 Come be Ali 0.99
00:15:01.460 Kill it 0.98
00:15:01.920 What shall I add 1.00
00:15:03.040 Is he there
00:15:03.900 I think so
00:15:04.540 I think so
00:15:05.020 These thoughts are so blood
00:15:06.960 Because it's so long ago
00:15:07.860 But yeah
00:15:08.860 Subhanallah
00:15:09.320 Like
00:15:09.600 You completely changed
00:15:11.300 As a person
00:15:11.480 What do you think of
00:15:12.000 When you saw my first page
00:15:12.720 Because I can remember
00:15:13.160 You had this expression
00:15:14.060 When you saw Dawah
00:15:15.360 I remember
00:15:16.440 One of the things that
00:15:18.780 Basically
00:15:19.480 I didn't meet Ali
00:15:20.680 At first
00:15:21.180 When you got into the Dawah scene 0.95
00:15:23.040 I didn't meet you
00:15:23.940 At first
00:15:24.360 I remember
00:15:25.140 I was sitting at home
00:15:25.920 And I opened my laptop
00:15:28.480 Yeah
00:15:28.780 And I see this guy
00:15:30.220 Like it says
00:15:30.960 Ali the Dawah project 0.99
00:15:32.380 First of all
00:15:33.520 I thought
00:15:33.840 This guy's a donut
00:15:34.720 Because he doesn't know
00:15:35.800 It's spelled Dawah 0.99
00:15:36.480 He wrote Dawah 0.99
00:15:37.320 Yeah
00:15:37.920 I didn't know
00:15:38.660 There's like supposed to be
00:15:39.680 A wow in it
00:15:40.320 Like I thought
00:15:40.840 You spelled it wrong
00:15:41.480 Yeah
00:15:41.740 Secondly I thought
00:15:43.120 Why is this guy getting gas
00:15:44.940 Because he's just got
00:15:45.520 A thousand likes in a day
00:15:46.680 Like why is he getting gas
00:15:47.740 For yeah
00:15:48.140 And then
00:15:49.200 Obviously I met you
00:15:50.180 And then
00:15:50.680 I don't know
00:15:51.680 Something happened
00:15:52.160 But
00:15:53.580 Obviously
00:15:54.880 Getting back into the story
00:15:56.360 You went into
00:15:57.940 East London Masjid
00:15:58.740 Yeah
00:15:59.140 One thing that I want to
00:16:00.300 Extract from this little
00:16:01.720 Incident you told us about
00:16:03.740 Is that normally
00:16:05.060 Brothers and sisters
00:16:05.780 When you're giving Dawah 0.99
00:16:06.580 To a person
00:16:07.180 You have to push them
00:16:09.420 You know
00:16:10.280 A lot of the time
00:16:10.840 Even as Dawah carriers 1.00
00:16:11.960 We're told
00:16:12.400 You know
00:16:12.960 Push on the Shahada 0.62
00:16:13.780 Because people might be like
00:16:14.800 You know
00:16:15.520 Push them
00:16:16.040 You know
00:16:16.280 Kind of
00:16:16.580 Put a bit of pressure
00:16:17.400 Because this is
00:16:18.060 Their life they're dealing with
00:16:19.120 No one pushed you bro
00:16:20.940 Like you just
00:16:22.080 You just done that turn
00:16:22.820 It was totally my own choice
00:16:23.900 Because when I moved to London
00:16:25.000 Yeah
00:16:25.280 I was in kind of isolation
00:16:26.960 Because I had no friends
00:16:27.980 I was a loner
00:16:28.700 You get me
00:16:29.200 I would go uni
00:16:30.180 But I literally had no friends
00:16:31.800 And
00:16:32.400 SubhanAllah
00:16:33.060 If you think about it
00:16:33.920 It's so crazy
00:16:35.200 Because it's like
00:16:35.680 Allah subhanAllah 0.97
00:16:36.280 Was getting me ready
00:16:38.400 Yeah
00:16:38.840 For where I am today
00:16:39.780 Yes
00:16:40.260 Because what I was doing is
00:16:41.160 I was looking into Islam
00:16:42.000 For three and a half years
00:16:42.900 In that meantime
00:16:44.080 Yeah
00:16:44.500 As I'm looking
00:16:45.020 Like to Islam 1.00
00:16:45.940 And I have misconceptions
00:16:47.000 About you know
00:16:47.460 Why can a man marry four wives 1.00
00:16:49.000 All these kind of stuff
00:16:50.140 Yeah
00:16:50.340 At that moment of time
00:16:51.820 Subconsciously
00:16:52.600 I'm learning how to do dawah
00:16:53.720 Because I'm watching
00:16:54.280 Ahmed Eda Zag
00:16:54.960 And I can videos
00:16:55.600 I'm rinsing them out
00:16:56.800 Yeah
00:16:57.100 Do you get it
00:16:57.500 So subconsciously
00:16:58.480 I'm learning how to do dawah
00:16:59.920 Came to a phase where
00:17:01.100 I'll start watching videos
00:17:02.240 On YouTube
00:17:02.680 Of Speakers Corner
00:17:03.560 High Park
00:17:04.140 Yeah
00:17:04.500 So I went there one day
00:17:06.580 You know
00:17:07.060 And this is where I realised
00:17:08.580 It was the realised
00:17:09.460 When I thought to myself
00:17:10.500 Wow
00:17:11.080 Because I was there
00:17:11.740 And there was some
00:17:12.280 Certain people representing Islam 0.95
00:17:13.780 So I had this instinct
00:17:15.460 He put this instinct in me
00:17:17.380 To just jump right next to this guy
00:17:18.900 Like think of it
00:17:19.540 It's just new
00:17:20.060 You're just in a new area
00:17:21.060 You just jump
00:17:21.960 There's 300 people watching you
00:17:23.380 And you're just defending
00:17:24.260 I'm just defending Islam
00:17:25.160 And once that debate
00:17:26.860 With me and that guy was finished
00:17:28.020 I thought to myself
00:17:28.720 Wow
00:17:28.940 What did I just do
00:17:29.640 And then I realised
00:17:30.780 Wow
00:17:31.100 Because I was like
00:17:32.440 Wow
00:17:32.600 I can do dawah
00:17:33.560 I understood that I can do it
00:17:35.480 I had the capability
00:17:36.200 So that's where the dawah started 0.75
00:17:37.940 So brothers and sisters
00:17:39.320 Now we've come to a stage
00:17:40.760 In the story
00:17:41.300 Where Ali's taken his shahada 0.98
00:17:43.140 Alhamdulillah
00:17:43.840 You know
00:17:44.240 He himself has motivated himself
00:17:46.880 To go into a masjid 0.90
00:17:48.380 And you know
00:17:49.020 Learn how to pray
00:17:49.840 Now
00:17:51.380 We are gonna take a short break
00:17:53.140 Inshallah
00:17:53.580 Before you guys learn
00:17:55.320 What happened after that
00:17:56.720 Inshallah
00:17:57.100 And obviously
00:17:57.840 Those of you who know
00:17:58.920 Ali dawah
00:17:59.400 You know that
00:17:59.960 Alhamdulillah
00:18:00.400 He's very active
00:18:01.640 In the dawah scene
00:18:02.540 And
00:18:03.500 We're gonna take you guys
00:18:04.940 Through
00:18:05.280 Some of the clips
00:18:06.440 Of his current dawah
00:18:07.860 That he's engaging in
00:18:09.020 Inshallah
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00:19:03.400 So brothers and sisters
00:19:05.600 Welcome back
00:19:06.520 Alhamdulillah
00:19:07.640 As you can see
00:19:08.220 The sun is setting
00:19:09.220 And Alhamdulillah
00:19:10.640 We prayed our maghrib
00:19:11.600 Salah
00:19:11.980 And
00:19:13.080 We're about to talk
00:19:13.840 To you guys
00:19:14.420 And continue on
00:19:15.480 Where
00:19:15.840 From where we left off
00:19:17.940 Where did we leave us
00:19:19.700 We left off
00:19:21.160 Where
00:19:22.000 You had taken your shahada 0.98
00:19:23.340 So
00:19:23.840 Obviously
00:19:24.480 Now you've taken your shahada 0.98
00:19:25.780 Alhamdulillah
00:19:26.420 No actually
00:19:26.840 We talked at a speaker's corner
00:19:27.900 Yeah
00:19:28.580 And you know
00:19:29.140 You were at speaker's corner
00:19:30.040 And what not
00:19:30.480 One of the main
00:19:32.380 questions that I'd like to know and a lot of people would like to know out there is
00:19:37.660 obviously you come from a Alawi family background family's not that practicing anything what was
00:19:46.080 your family's reaction and what is the reaction of your culture as a whole to you becoming a
00:19:52.620 practicing Muslim well regarding my family my family really have this perception of Islam
00:19:58.880 which is not really good you know because of the current situations like the current and
00:20:03.980 situations before that they've been through so they have this hate against Islam they don't like
00:20:08.400 they just think Islam is barbaric it's all about killing all these kind of misconceptions that
00:20:12.880 today as in our dawah field that we kind of address so that's the background that I come from and it
00:20:19.120 was really hard because my dad hated it my dad hated the fact that that that sometimes he would
00:20:25.240 say like the to me like the thing that I most hate has been born in my family you know so this
00:20:31.240 is what he would say to me sometimes you know because he didn't like it and I don't blame him
00:20:34.160 because he obviously has misconceptions you get what I'm trying to say he doesn't do it because
00:20:37.420 he hates me so he really hated it and it was really hard because at the end of the day I can
00:20:41.260 remember a point where I was at my grandma's house and I would have this um this pressure with them
00:20:45.440 always you know saying you know why would you why do you want to marry a woman that's in a hijab or
00:20:49.200 why do you want to practice why do you want to do this why do you want to do that with Islam 1.00
00:20:52.060 they're always questioning questioning me so I came to a point where I exploded and I said you
00:20:55.300 know what I said I don't care do you get it was wrong of me it was the wrong way of doing what
00:20:58.680 I was doing but basically I just exploded and I said you know I don't care I don't care what
00:21:03.080 you guys say I am like I am going to marry a woman that practices the deen that wears a hijab 1.00
00:21:07.000 I am going to practice it I am going to do this I'm going to do that so I just had to lash out
00:21:10.940 at all of them and there was a lot of my aunties everyone was at my grandma's house so the next day
00:21:15.140 I went home my dad was angry I could see from his face and what I did was wrong the the night
00:21:20.180 before because obviously for rivers that come to Islam don't give an excuse for your family to 0.94
00:21:25.420 attack you and say okay this is what Islam teaches you so that was wrong of me you know attacked by 0.64
00:21:29.060 flies so that was wrong of me but obviously I got into a bit of an argument with my dad he slapped
00:21:34.140 me I just left the house and always I came I can remember coming staying at this I mean this was
00:21:39.120 later on I'm not sure I stayed at your house for a couple of weeks so yeah that's what happened
00:21:43.200 yeah and even today I go through the struggles you know because like praying you know I would be
00:21:47.400 very discreet you know and I mean I remember it to the specific detail as well because
00:21:52.700 guys I don't think Ali will obviously tell you to the detail but I can tell you without looking at
00:22:01.240 him because it will distract me but I can tell you very directly that obviously he did go through a
00:22:06.980 very tough time and if I was to go through that time it would really disturb me as well psychologically
00:22:10.860 physically in all ways and you know I remember he would he would come to my house he would stay
00:22:16.160 stay there obviously the doors were always open for him and alhamdulillah you know this is why another
00:22:21.660 lesson that I want to derive from this is you need to keep your doors open and everything open for
00:22:28.160 river it's out there because they go through stuff like this imagine bro if you know obviously if my family
00:22:34.960 weren't there Imran's family weren't there it would have been very difficult for you to even live you know 0.89
00:22:40.260 to go to sleep at night yeah so this is why it's really really important you know to show support for the
00:22:46.260 reverts and everything very true and I remember the kind of stuff you would go through you would come
00:22:51.160 you would say certain stuff to me and even when I would go through personal things with my father yeah and
00:22:55.260 you know obviously it's normal to have some sort of disagreement sometime you would say you know bro don't worry you
00:23:00.560 know it's normal all of these people watching this yeah but that's what you mean you know this story's
00:23:06.560 gonna continue yeah but yeah it's true this is the kind of things you went through and obviously now
00:23:12.440 coming to where you are now you've completely changed as a person uh your family are not aware of your
00:23:20.060 work yet yeah yeah yeah what sort of reaction do you think they would have if you were if they were to
00:23:27.940 find out I think they'll just see it as a bit extreme they'll think I'm going a bit more extreme
00:23:32.260 in that context um but you know like even now because usually I've been I've been hiding it for
00:23:39.580 a long period of time and even though once I think my mom came across one of my videos
00:23:43.500 and obviously she doesn't know youtube innit she was like oh I saw you on tv and I was like tv I was
00:23:47.880 like what tv it's like on bbc and she said it with this and I'm like what when it was on bbc yeah
00:23:53.280 yeah you get that because you know family uh I think someone told her about it I'm not sure
00:23:57.220 obviously I tried to hide it from them because I don't want it and regarding my community they
00:24:01.900 will mock me they will literally mock me they'll just be like you know what the hell you're doing 0.76
00:24:06.240 you're like weird that guy you're confused even when I was doing it some people in my community 0.95
00:24:09.200 would be like oh did you have a near-death experience that you're going to islam religious 1.00
00:24:11.920 and I was like no I don't need to you get what I'm trying to say so if they found out I just have
00:24:15.880 this it's not embarrassing I'm not embarrassed of what I'm doing I'm proud but in their eyes
00:24:20.220 because they don't understand it they're just going to be like this guy's lost the plot like
00:24:22.620 what am I going to youtube doing videos of I don't know relationships or dawah they will
00:24:27.320 totally think I've lost the plot to be honest but recently yeah my cousins my little cousins
00:24:31.400 have been finding out and what's more shocking is I was expecting probably they'll be like oh
00:24:35.000 what are you doing but instead they seem very keen when they're watching videos they're like
00:24:39.020 wow mashallah I'm like wow I wasn't expecting that from you guys so it's quite shocking actually
00:24:42.980 and a couple of them it's really shocking but one of them is kind of going jummah prayer and I was
00:24:47.640 like wow I can't give his name because you know he might get it but it's very surprising
00:24:52.620 for me so yeah alhamdulillah so obviously the whole purpose of this is to be an insight for
00:25:00.820 all of the people watching one of the main things and issues that you went through as a
00:25:07.360 revert I was the direct cause of it oh yeah and obviously can I take it out it's on my chest
00:25:13.660 it's been there for a long time go for it we agreed that we're going to talk about this yeah
00:25:17.420 obviously I think you should start this one off yes this is well when I came to the deen
00:25:21.860 I went through a lot of torture and suffering because of Musa admin no I'm joking not that bad 0.87
00:25:26.720 obviously what it is now it was a bit of a clash because Musa obviously mashallah he's on the
00:25:31.720 deen like even though he's 18 he's been 18 for the past four years like he's had this
00:25:37.000 cause obviously I don't think he's come across someone that is living in his house together with
00:25:41.160 him who's a reaver who's new so for him it was like a new thing and to me it's a new
00:25:45.080 thing because I'm coming and certain things I don't get do you get it and I'm not basically
00:25:49.840 taking really importance of which is important in the deen so Musa was trying to advise me
00:25:53.880 but sometimes what happens is when you advise someone you expect immediate changes and when
00:25:57.840 that person doesn't do immediate changes you're like what's wrong with this guy is he taking
00:26:00.700 the mic you know I'm telling him to do it do you get it so it wasn't his he wasn't to
00:26:04.860 blame it's just cause he cared about me he was like look I can do this and when I didn't
00:26:08.760 we go into a clash with Musa you know we came to a point where I was like you know I
00:26:11.540 don't want to take nothing from you you know cause that's it I've had enough cause it was
00:26:14.460 building up but what I didn't see is because he cares for me as a brother that he's advising
00:26:18.580 me on certain things which are mandatory so that's why we had this little clash with
00:26:22.420 Musa but alhamdulillah it was a good phase that we went through you know cause it could
00:26:26.180 the bond that we have now is quite strong actually so that's why it kind of
00:26:30.880 but just to obviously add to that like obviously what happened is I would advise you and I
00:26:38.180 would expect as you mentioned immediate changes and when I didn't see the immediate changes
00:26:41.900 I'll be honest with you guys I thought is this guy literally taking a pee with me or something
00:26:45.340 is he intentionally like ignoring me and when I would push it on him and at one point I
00:26:50.840 remember we were at a specific brother's house and subhanallah like I'm sure it got extremely
00:26:57.440 heated and I don't I don't we wouldn't we would never have got violent yeah how can
00:27:04.460 I hit another believer bro but we both all like knocking each other out it was just like
00:27:07.880 that yeah and subhanallah like obviously we spoke over it and then Ali told me that bro
00:27:13.560 I don't want to take nothing from you meaning like what he meant by that what you meant by
00:27:17.140 that is in terms of the deen like advice or anything because you don't know how to advise
00:27:21.860 me and subhanallah like this is something that he had to go through there's something that
00:27:26.580 I had to go through because it affected our dawah and shaped us up in a massive way you
00:27:31.520 guys wouldn't understand bro imagine we done the Adam Saleh videos the video that Simon
00:27:35.820 smiles like having not gone through that yeah he would have gone ham yeah we would have
00:27:42.260 literally said what's wrong with you guys is that no you see going through that made
00:27:46.580 us both realize that the way I think it made me a bit more like taking the deen a little
00:27:51.180 bit more serious with you the advice was like I need to use another method exactly yeah the
00:27:54.880 advice was give the advice take it easy a bit give them time take it easy on the hijabi 1.00
00:27:58.820 system like the youtubers but yeah you get me so it was just like that and that was something
00:28:04.840 personal that we both went through and it really molded us as people yeah you know and me and Ali
00:28:11.180 always talk about it you know normally when you clash with a person the way we clashed it's
00:28:15.520 never the same yeah it's never the same you know like yeah it's just that barriers there
00:28:19.820 there's a barrier you know when you're with the brother you're like this guy's here there's
00:28:23.540 always a barrier yeah now it made us even stronger subhanallah and it was something that we had
00:28:27.780 to go through and this is something we actually meant we actually meant to make a specific video
00:28:31.640 on this yeah but we chose to release it in this video because it was something powerful that
00:28:35.680 also molded as i mentioned like for the third time both of us yeah so alhamdulillah now we've
00:28:41.600 come to a stage where we're both giving dawah you're giving dawah you've met the brothers
00:28:44.920 alhamdulillah like before you met myself imran obviously the dawah team like how was it for
00:28:55.960 you as a person because to be honest bro it's very inspirational that that you're doing things
00:28:59.560 on your wants yeah like very often we say oh always stick to the river because they could
00:29:03.500 easily float away bro you you had no one to stick to so like i said i'll um i'll start going
00:29:09.060 speaker's corner every sunday and in that meantime because i was really passionate about the dawah
00:29:12.760 and i really love engaging people and learning about new stuff so i would go through that stage
00:29:16.720 and that's when i start to meet you guys because imran would come to speaker's corner the brothers
00:29:20.260 from ira will come to speaker's corner so eventually i started to get to know them um then obviously i
00:29:26.000 went to imran's house one day he invited me and uh then basically he just said to me you know you
00:29:30.800 should start your own facebook page etc and then he got into like you guys uh both together so you
00:29:35.860 know do youtube videos i can remember once uh i think it was walking the walking station he was
00:29:39.840 there he was like what are you planning on doing i can remember talking to you and obviously you guys
00:29:42.740 encouraged me to do the youtube videos and um that's how it kicked off but before that it was i don't
00:29:47.920 know i was just i don't know i was so used to being alone that i was just i was just used to it to be
00:29:51.860 honest that's why i was like you know what because i'm the kind of person i have the mentality
00:29:55.000 of like being grateful for everything yeah everything so when i like i had this last
00:30:00.180 station life expectation of like expect the least make dua for the best do you get it yeah so
00:30:06.680 that's the approach that i had so it worked really well with me and obviously i made dua and stuff
00:30:10.520 like that and i've got beautiful friends like you guys don't get too good stuff one of the most
00:30:15.340 common questions people are asking is um your experience after islam like what was one of the biggest
00:30:23.480 things that you found difficult to change biggest thing that because i didn't do drugs alcohol them
00:30:29.560 kind of stuff i would go clubbing but when it came to like for example these relationships
00:30:34.100 it was something really hard for me i've got to be honest you get it and i had a point in my life
00:30:39.920 where you know i was with someone and i said you know what look that's it do you get i'm trying to
00:30:44.840 say i don't i don't i don't i don't want to go there anymore i just said you know what that's it i
00:30:48.280 cut it off i had a point where in my life you know i feel guilty of doing what i'm doing but then i
00:30:53.060 just had that point where i said you know what that's it you know and that was one of the hardest
00:30:56.560 things because in this society that we live it's all sexual everything's you forget what i'm trying
00:31:01.280 to say and it's so that's why i just had that moment of time where i said you know what that's
00:31:05.520 it i ain't going back there that was one of the hardest things but obviously alhamdulillah when you
00:31:10.680 give up something for the sake of allah allah will give you much more and like i said i made
00:31:15.960 du'a specific du'a and i'm telling you allah helped me and i'm here today
00:31:19.380 so brothers and sisters that's pretty much it i mean that's the story from the beginning
00:31:24.900 you know where you were looking into islam to alhamdulillah when you became a muslim started
00:31:29.000 giving du'a now we have some additional questions that some of you guys have asked in and inshallah
00:31:33.860 we're going to try to answer them uh let's just get cracking no no they won't be too personal of
00:31:39.000 course uh where are you from originally bro nothing to do with you mate i'm joking i come from a turkish
00:31:45.180 i'm kurdish but from turkey basically it's turkish kurdistan in a country yeah
00:31:50.440 yeah so i come from that background yeah okay cool and how old were you when you came to islam
00:31:57.920 23 how old are you now 25 25 yeah so you've been muslim for two years it's going to be two years in
00:32:05.060 december okay okay cool cool so okay so it'll be two years in december that's that's a pretty big jump
00:32:13.600 okay um it's so cold you look like you're in malawi or something me bro another question is
00:32:23.360 your relationship with your parents yeah now i know obviously like subhanAllah your dad you know
00:32:28.660 he's a raggo guy like oh so he'll go ham on you if you if you found out you know to what extent 1.00
00:32:35.100 you know the stuff you're doing but looking before and after because i know your situation has
00:32:40.840 improved now yeah you know to much better now yeah alhamdulillah when you reverted but before
00:32:46.160 islam and after islam how is your parents relationship uh like your relationship with
00:32:50.240 your parents not your parents your relationship with your parents um with my parents i'll be
00:32:54.520 straight up and i would disrespect my mother like this i would just disrespect i would not listen to
00:32:59.080 her i'll do whatever i like you know at times i would shout at her yeah my dad i wasn't that brave
00:33:04.040 you know because you get knocked out straight yeah yeah sometimes you know your dad give you
00:33:08.760 uppercut yeah i used to get that a lot as well so it was like that but what happened is so basically
00:33:13.380 when i came to islam my whole behavior everything changed because in islam with we're taught that 1.00
00:33:18.780 um paradise is under your mother's feet you get it so our mothers are very important even there's a
00:33:23.020 hadith that says uh somebody came to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and said who is um
00:33:27.240 uh that i should respect more he said your mother and then he said you next then your mother and he said
00:33:32.300 you next and your mother then he said your father so this principle was in my head so i would go home
00:33:36.500 and i would say i would regret the stuff that i would do before so i would change as a person i
00:33:39.900 would respect my family even when my dad would swear at me hit me i would kiss him and i say i love
00:33:44.280 you for the sake of like i love you do you get what i'm trying to say i would say for the sake of
00:33:47.040 allah don't be like you're the mad one so me having that behavior kind of made them realize wow okay
00:33:52.380 we are having a gotten for being like a muslim but this has really changed him in a good way 1.00
00:33:56.220 you mentioned that you improved with your mother after islam yes because of the respect
00:34:00.840 how does your mother like treat you now as to before like not treat you like how does she behave 1.00
00:34:08.760 towards you like does she appreciate she i can say 100 yes because she's like wow like how you was
00:34:15.040 before yeah and sometimes my dad will put pressure on her to have a go at me for being like how i am
00:34:19.940 yeah but then she will sometimes think and say to him like what do you want to have a go at him
00:34:22.940 he's changed he's like he's such a better person now he respects me he does everything for me
00:34:27.920 he's like how can i have a go at him so he worked like in a reverse way where my dad doesn't say
00:34:32.000 anything to me because he's like look man this guy's not doing nothing bad he respects us i swear
00:34:35.540 right man comes and kisses me bro do you get it so he's like right so he had a really positive one
00:34:39.880 of the things that your mom did mention to you uh it's about your clothing you know like why did
00:34:45.160 you go so downhill like um to be honest because you know what happened like back in the days it's all
00:34:51.160 about materialistic you get it like i was always it's good to look nice yeah but i had that moment
00:34:55.040 where i thought you know when you come to the deen you're like you know just leave yourself like
00:34:57.920 i don't need nothing you know i can just walk in my pajamas so i did kind of like slack in that moment
00:35:02.740 but you know i've fixed up today inshallah but i mean that's pretty much it from the questions to
00:35:09.080 be honest we've answered a lot of the questions that the people have asked just by going through
00:35:12.920 the river story alhamdulillah if there was anything that you could say just to conclude
00:35:17.560 to any muslim or non-muslim that's looking into this video what would you say to them and also
00:35:25.020 before you answer that question what are your future plans uh basically um to the ones that
00:35:30.340 are non-muslim all i would say is look into the quran with an open mind if you come with prejudice
00:35:35.700 and say look i want to find mistakes if you're looking for trouble you'll find it around the corner
00:35:39.060 how because you're looking for mistakes if you're really looking for the truth
00:35:42.360 i would say to you look read the quran with an open mind anybody that reads the quran with an
00:35:47.500 open mind that's looking for the truth and asks god almighty to say guide me which how i did it
00:35:52.740 you will be guided anybody that doesn't ask for guidance is looking for mistakes in a religion
00:35:58.480 you'll find it so what i would say is look at other religions you will see it and believe me
00:36:03.420 christianity judaism these kind of religions they they showed me the directions to islam so that's how i
00:36:08.760 see it and i would uh to non-muslims that look into islam i would say be strong because i've been
00:36:12.780 through a lot of things and i know reverts that they go through mad stuff so we need to understand
00:36:17.100 allah swt says in the quran do you think that you're going to say la ilaha illallah and that's it
00:36:21.640 you're not going to be tested no no no no you will be tested you have to be strong believe me i went
00:36:26.100 through that stage make dua make prayers and i'm telling you you will come out of it insha allah you
00:36:31.920 will come out of it i guarantee you with the permission of allah and for the muslims i would say is like
00:36:36.720 yeah most of what we went through to be a bit more gentle to them when you're talking to them
00:36:40.580 you need to understand that they are not on your level of imania don't look down upon them drop
00:36:44.640 and see their worldview how it's happening for them and be a bit easy uh regarding my future
00:36:49.820 stuff obviously we're working on new projects together uh we've got a lot of stuff we're doing
00:36:53.380 a tour around the uk so that's one of the main projects i want to work on because talking with
00:36:57.740 the youth face to face and advising them um in context and matters that we know nothing that's above
00:37:03.000 our head that we don't go to so that's happening we've got new uh videos coming out uh alhamdulillah
00:37:08.420 working with different brothers from uh merciful servant and different um brothers from youtube
00:37:12.340 with imran ibn mansur um aki films so working on new projects new stuff are coming up we're going
00:37:17.940 to brazil um we've been to brazil we're going to africa again yeah well carried so basically we have
00:37:24.620 these projects and we're planning to go in holland as well but inshallah really good stuff are going
00:37:28.920 to be coming out soon you know inshallah make dua for us please i need that dua you know you know
00:37:34.220 make dua for us you know we're doing it and make sure that our intentions are always right and for
00:37:38.540 the sake of allah and that's what i can say and like i said all praises belong to allah seriously
00:37:42.540 not in a million years would i ever think that i'll be here talking about my revert story or do what
00:37:46.920 i'm doing in the dawah scene so that's it brothers and sisters jazakallah khir for watching this amazing
00:37:51.300 inspirational revert story mashallah you know it was hard for me to come to islam but alhamdulillah i made it
00:37:56.560 you know i'm joking but yeah alhamdulillah it was it was very inspirational look at the scenario it's
00:38:02.160 beautiful man alhamdulillah it's beautiful the beauty of allah i think we came to gambia just to
00:38:05.160 record this nah gee we're in the nitty-gritty streets of london where gunshots go down but
00:38:13.460 that's before we start saying some next level stuff that's pretty much it guys jazakallah for
00:38:18.300 watching obviously you can follow our work uh on the social networks any shards bro i want to give a
00:38:23.720 shout out to ali dawah uh he's been a uh aki films uh moves adnan um young jeezy and trickle from back
00:38:33.280 in the day yeah that's about it yeah that's it brothers and sisters jazakallah khir for watching
00:38:38.440 assalamualaikum
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