Ali Dawah - I REVEAL HOW INFLUENCERS MAKE MONEY FROM CHARITIES？

00:00:00.000 to all the influencers this is a reminder to every single influencer out there you trying to go and

00:00:05.160 get more money etc whatever because you want the dunya dunya dunya you're only going to get what

00:00:09.520 allah's decreed from you so your effort on trying to get something at the cost of doing haram or

00:00:13.560 doing things that you know it's not for the palestinians or whatever it is for your pocket

00:00:17.240 all you're doing is losing the hair after and you'll be questioned you will be questioned

00:00:20.680 everything you own from your clothes to your car to your wife or your husband is going to forget

00:00:28.060 you and move on and be replaced the moment you die that's what allah says you are busy with the

00:00:36.620 worldly affairs until you visit the graves brothers and sisters masjid norway the one that we built 0.96

00:00:40.760 is looking to another masjid around the area of norway subhanallah where there's so many muslims

00:00:45.300 that do not have somewhere to pray this masjid is only five hundred thousand dollars and any 0.62

00:00:49.840 donation that you give will go towards your akhira because when you enter that grave nobody's going

00:00:54.720 to remember you except Allah so make it count brothers and sisters and donate towards this

00:00:59.320 masjid inshaAllah a new project that's only five hundred thousand dollars and believe me if every

00:01:03.820 single one of us give one pound ten pounds a hundred pounds a thousand pounds that's going

00:01:08.120 to be something you will never regret on your maqiyama and everything that you lose is going

00:01:13.180 to perish and go but your deeds on your maqiyama are not donate to the link inshaAllah let's get

00:01:18.320 to the video assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh brothers and sisters and dear friends

00:01:22.360 I'll be doing its first of its kind ever video on social media influences

00:01:28.140 Which I am one, how we make money

00:01:31.220 Or are we doing it for the money?

00:01:33.380 I'm going to be talking about sponsorships

00:01:34.980 I'm going to be talking about YouTube revenue

00:01:37.240 I'm going to be talking about those who take percentage

00:01:40.100 Those who take a cut, those who get paid wages

00:01:42.820 Those who do it for free, those who do mixture

00:01:45.180 I'm going to break this down, why?

00:01:46.940 Because I believe it is important as public figures for us to be transparent

00:01:50.940 And I ask Allah to put barakah in this

00:01:53.540 And inshallah give clarity for you guys inshallah

00:01:56.500 And understand how the industry, you want to call it, works

00:02:01.200 There's pros, there's cons, there's ethical things, there's unethical things

00:02:05.380 And each to their own

00:02:07.060 I'm just going to give you guys an idea of how it works

00:02:11.120 And I'm just going to give you my little two-pence piece

00:02:12.740 I'm not here to sound better than thou or whatever it is for that matter

00:02:17.540 I'm just here to give you an idea of how things work

00:02:21.120 And my principle in life

00:02:23.140 Now, let's get straight into it

00:02:24.720 Did I start the dawah?

00:02:26.200 I don't know when to ask this question

00:02:26.940 But when I started the dawah

00:02:28.140 I did not in a million years

00:02:30.280 Think that I will become a famous guy

00:02:34.480 Who will get millions of views

00:02:37.080 Who will make money

00:02:38.800 That was not in my agenda

00:02:40.860 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is my witness

00:02:41.820 I just came from a jahiliyyah 1.00

00:02:43.520 That was horrendous 0.94

00:02:44.960 Just being lost

00:02:45.800 Being blind of the heart

00:02:47.560 Is such a scary thing

00:02:49.160 Like I cannot even explain to you

00:02:50.300 Okay

00:02:50.460 I'm losing my eye condition

00:02:51.660 And obviously it's too soon for me to speak

00:02:53.380 But being blind

00:02:54.600 I don't think there's anything that can match 1.00

00:02:56.200 That's what Allah SWT says

00:02:57.320 It's not that the eyes are blind

00:02:58.440 It's the heart

00:02:59.140 And being blind from the heart

00:03:00.420 Is such a disgusting thing 1.00

00:03:02.120 Wallahi when I came to Islam 1.00

00:03:03.260 I can remember working in 95

00:03:04.860 I think in Tesco's etc

00:03:06.140 And I would finish and go to the dawah tables

00:03:08.820 And I was

00:03:09.460 Like it's like the whole world was mine

00:03:11.360 Just going and doing dawah 1.00

00:03:12.740 And knowing that Islam is the truth

00:03:14.440 And knowing Allah

00:03:15.760 You know when you're lost

00:03:16.720 And you're in a dark room

00:03:17.800 And you see a light

00:03:18.840 That means so much to you

00:03:20.520 And I cherish that

00:03:21.700 And value that so much

00:03:22.740 Subhanallah

00:03:23.340 So when I became a Muslim

00:03:24.180 Alhamdulillah 1.00

00:03:24.640 Islam changed my life 1.00

00:03:26.560 Wallahi 1.00

00:03:27.300 I know my purpose

00:03:28.560 I know my Lord

00:03:29.420 I know why I'm here

00:03:30.260 I know where I'm going

00:03:31.060 And I got tested

00:03:32.400 Oh boy did I get tested

00:03:33.700 But

00:03:34.040 That's a different story

00:03:35.100 For another day

00:03:36.000 The key was this

00:03:37.220 I just wanted to work in 95 1.00

00:03:38.860 Provide a halal income 0.96

00:03:40.360 For my family 1.00

00:03:40.940 I did not want the riches

00:03:42.280 The fame

00:03:42.660 I didn't want none of that 0.92

00:03:43.720 I was trying to chase that in Jahiliyyah 0.99

00:03:45.400 And it was disgusting 0.99

00:03:47.120 And I hated it

00:03:48.340 I moved away from that 0.74

00:03:49.060 I just wanted to do dawah

00:03:50.380 I didn't even want to get into the dawah

00:03:51.720 Filming etc

00:03:52.440 Until

00:03:52.800 Brother dawah man 0.90

00:03:53.800 Ibn Mansour

00:03:54.940 May Allah bless him

00:03:55.500 His family did a lot for me

00:03:57.440 So did Adnan Rashid

00:03:58.740 Musa Adnan

00:03:59.200 Their family looked after me

00:04:00.060 When I got kicked out

00:04:00.840 May Allah bless and bless him

00:04:02.160 I will never forget that

00:04:03.060 And he encouraged me to do videos

00:04:05.080 I was camera shy

00:04:06.340 Yes I was camera shy

00:04:07.280 I would go to speaker school

00:04:08.000 And I was passionate etc

00:04:08.920 But he said to me

00:04:10.160 Look just do a video

00:04:10.760 People will benefit

00:04:11.400 I've done my first two videos

00:04:12.480 On a phone

00:04:13.160 And I saw people benefiting and I carried on from there

00:04:15.180 For the first five, I think no, I would say even seven years

00:04:18.320 I did not get paid from YouTube at all

00:04:20.600 Because the ads were haram

00:04:21.860 The revenue was haram

00:04:23.340 So I did not do it, okay

00:04:24.700 So after that, obviously

00:04:26.500 Eventually, we would not get paid by YouTube

00:04:28.840 Me and myself, Mohammed Hijab, etc

00:04:30.640 Because the ads were haram

00:04:32.200 Then sponsors came through 0.99

00:04:33.880 I didn't go look for them, there's nothing wrong

00:04:35.780 But people come and say, look, Nature's Blend, for example, is one of those

00:04:38.360 Can you give us a shout out?

00:04:39.620 There was a few others I can't really remember

00:04:40.880 can you give us a shout out clothing etc i said look no problem the video is going out anyways

00:04:45.100 and it will help me a bit because at the end of the day i need to do that it requires my for me

00:04:49.200 to do you know research etc so no problem so one way of income made through is through sponsorship

00:04:55.200 which is very critical okay sponsors for example can you give us a shout out for this etc for

00:05:00.760 example a project i believe i work with people that i believe in the project i don't like just

00:05:05.320 doing any video oh i'm gonna pay you 10 000 pounds no no if i don't believe in it and i believe it's

00:05:10.520 dodge you or whatever like this get rich screams etc i don't know thank you very much i'm not going

00:05:14.500 to get people to lose their money or whatever it is so i can have 10 000 money in my account no

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00:05:40.960 So I like to work with principles and ethics in that specific perspective because I believe

00:05:44.800 barakah comes from Allah and I believe it's taqwa and I'm not saying I'm that, I'm far from it.

00:05:49.920 Taqwa like Allah says in the Quran in Surah Talaq, if you have taqwa, I will give you a 0.93

00:05:53.440 way out from places you can never imagine. Rizq is connected to taqwa, fear of Allah. 0.97

00:05:57.920 No fear of Allah, you'll be in poverty. Wallahi, I'm telling you. Have taqwa of Allah,

00:06:01.680 be God conscious, do the right thing, give Allah's hak, Allah will give you the dunya and the

00:06:06.000 the akhirah and i'm a living proof of that so sponsorships came subhanallah yes and all the

00:06:10.340 sponsorships allowed me to you know not work four or five days a week but i took days off etc where

00:06:15.340 i could focus more then i you know i was doing uber etc now going into inshallah now brothers

00:06:21.520 and sisters that is one way influences make money sponsorship there's nothing wrong with that there

00:06:25.640 are businesses or etc people who are coming and saying can you push this etc it's fine the main

00:06:30.180 thing is this if you start and there's nothing wrong if you say you know what i want to start

00:06:34.420 this my intention was not to start to make views that this text should make money it came along

00:06:39.340 the way and if it came along the way it's halal no problem but if you're gonna start this and come

00:06:44.720 into the dawah scene or whatever islamic sphere whatever it is to make money i don't think this

00:06:48.720 is a good start if you come and say i want to serve the deen of allah yes i just want to make

00:06:54.040 enough that i can get by maybe have some little savings for my family in the future and serve the

00:06:58.960 ummah the key here is what it's not that the dawah serves you the or the ummah serves you

00:07:05.040 you should be serving the ummah you should be serving the dawah my principle is this

00:07:09.960 if your expenses in total let's say living in london is expensive it's three thousand pounds

00:07:14.320 a month once you've got that covered argument say for sponsorship or whatever and there's nothing

00:07:18.680 wrong with working for organizations and being paid it's halal even the one that collects zakah

00:07:23.420 allah gives him says that he has to be paid there's nothing wrong with that let's not go to 0.85

00:07:26.940 two extremes of you have to eat grass please get lost with all your respect come to reality

00:07:30.460 okay why don't you leave your job come to dawah full time and then come and complain about it okay

00:07:34.440 people in the dawah should get paid the key here is this my principle and my ethics is is what if

00:07:40.880 somebody's making enough amount after you've got that let's say three thousand three thousand two

00:07:45.440 hundred pounds you can pay your rent and save some money you should now serve the the umma the dawah

00:07:50.260 why number one when you're invited like for example me mohammed hijab etc okay uh you know

00:07:56.480 When we call for public speaking

00:07:58.500 We don't charge

00:07:59.440 We've done hundreds of talks

00:08:01.400 Around cities, universities

00:08:03.060 Around the world

00:08:04.500 We never ask for money

00:08:06.960 Like university talks etc

00:08:09.120 If they want to give

00:08:11.540 We don't ask for it

00:08:13.900 If they give us a gift

00:08:14.660 The Prophet will accept gifts

00:08:16.120 So to understand that 1.00

00:08:17.800 You should not come into the 0.97

00:08:19.400 Be it Quran, be it whatever you're teaching 1.00

00:08:20.980 Your intention should not be 0.99

00:08:22.560 I'm going to make money out of this

00:08:24.540 I'm not saying that's a bad thing 0.97

00:08:26.300 You can come and say, look, I want to serve the deen of Allah. 0.99

00:08:28.360 If I can make something to get by, I'll appreciate it.

00:08:30.880 But if the main thing is how I'm going to enrich myself and be a public speaker

00:08:35.260 and then have business classes, you know, for me and my two, three, four wives and this and that. 0.93

00:08:40.180 Allah, look, I genuinely believe Allah SWT will humiliate you. 0.78

00:08:43.600 If you come to use Allah's deen to enrich yourself, Allah will humiliate you. 0.75

00:08:48.500 If you come and say, no, I want to serve the deen of Allah.

00:08:51.380 And these perks come with it

00:08:54.400 It's a blessing from Allah

00:08:56.400 But you have to take control

00:08:58.540 Because it can easily grab you by the throat

00:09:00.960 And before you know it

00:09:02.200 You justify it to yourself

00:09:03.380 Oh no, but you know

00:09:04.300 I need this, I need that, etc

00:09:05.920 Next thing you know, brother

00:09:06.760 You're charging 10,000 pounds for khutbah

00:09:08.860 Send me business class, etc, etc, etc

00:09:11.760 So, sponsorships is one way

00:09:13.780 That influences make money

00:09:15.980 Nothing wrong with that

00:09:17.520 So, that's one part

00:09:18.860 Now, I believe people in the dawah specifically and those of religious, in the religious sphere, etc.

00:09:25.060 That they should try to do things free as much as possible.

00:09:27.400 For example, if people come and say, for example, I'm doing this.

00:09:30.280 It should not all be about money.

00:09:31.900 Oh, brother, can you give me a shout?

00:09:32.980 Yeah, bro, how much are you going to pay?

00:09:34.360 I believe this is unethical. 0.59

00:09:35.700 As a person in the dawah, you should know better.

00:09:38.840 Not everything should be, how much?

00:09:40.300 Yeah, how much?

00:09:41.040 How much are you going to, yeah.

00:09:42.140 Well, I believe this is a disservice to the ummah.

00:09:44.860 That every time, like people come and say, Habibi, like, you know, we call.

00:09:48.400 Before we do it's how much

00:09:50.380 Business class

00:09:51.280 And when we're going to stay

00:09:52.000 Hotel

00:09:52.240 This is to me sickening 0.99

00:09:53.820 Whoever you are 1.00

00:09:54.380 Quran, reciter 0.95

00:09:55.140 Whatever it is for that matter 0.95

00:09:56.420 Okay

00:09:56.700 This is going to be a long one guys

00:09:57.840 So stick through it

00:09:58.480 Okay

00:09:58.660 I'm not going to keep this short

00:10:00.020 I'm going to be straight to the point

00:10:00.800 Inshallah

00:10:01.020 So

00:10:01.760 It should be 0.96

00:10:02.960 You serving the ummah 0.94

00:10:04.660 Yes

00:10:05.380 If there's a certain amount

00:10:06.140 You're making good

00:10:06.880 Serve the ummah now

00:10:08.300 Okay

00:10:08.700 So

00:10:09.400 Going from that

00:10:10.700 Inshallah brothers and sisters

00:10:11.320 Now

00:10:11.580 Do things free

00:10:12.860 Brother I'm starting a new app

00:10:14.440 To help people get married

00:10:15.200 Alhamdulillah bro 0.99

00:10:16.120 You're serving the ummah 0.96

00:10:16.800 I'm going to do the

00:10:17.820 You want to share

00:10:18.300 I'm doing shout out for free etc

00:10:19.620 Now

00:10:20.300 These are situations

00:10:21.920 Where for example

00:10:22.620 I've done things for free

00:10:23.800 And the brother will say 0.99

00:10:24.960 Ah Habibi 0.98

00:10:25.600 It really worked well 0.51

00:10:27.480 People came etc

00:10:28.160 And he's charging

00:10:28.680 It's a business etc

00:10:29.520 He's charging for that service 1.00

00:10:30.900 Good as long as it's halal 1.00

00:10:31.820 Okay 1.00

00:10:32.360 Brother can you do me

00:10:33.820 Four videos a month 1.00

00:10:34.620 I'm like Habibi 0.91

00:10:35.100 I've got my set sponsors 0.96

00:10:36.420 Nature's Blends 0.54

00:10:37.020 Quranly 0.99

00:10:37.440 Whatever it is for that matter

00:10:38.220 Okay

00:10:38.460 It's full

00:10:39.820 I don't have slots

00:10:40.540 Ah brother

00:10:41.480 Please can you fit me in

00:10:42.320 Habibi 0.70

00:10:42.600 In order for me to fit you in 0.98

00:10:43.720 That means arguments

00:10:44.820 For example

00:10:45.380 Let's say

00:10:46.080 If someone's paying me

00:10:47.100 200 pounds per video

00:10:48.500 Argument's sake

00:10:49.080 I'm going to have to take that slot

00:10:50.540 That means that's going to come out

00:10:51.500 My rent

00:10:51.860 My rent

00:10:52.340 That's like my rent money 1.00

00:10:53.400 If you want the Habibi 1.00

00:10:54.440 You need to cover that 1.00

00:10:55.380 So I can add you there

00:10:56.280 And tell the brother

00:10:57.000 You got four slots

00:10:58.080 Can you give two

00:10:59.400 To this brother

00:11:00.520 And I can just do two videos for you

00:11:01.900 And brother

00:11:02.580 You just need to cover the cost

00:11:03.500 I'm going to lose from here

00:11:04.160 Because I've got my shopping

00:11:04.860 I've got family to feed

00:11:05.660 That's the way I operate

00:11:07.380 Okay

00:11:07.720 So other than that

00:11:08.980 If I've got set sponsors

00:11:10.040 Done

00:11:10.480 Alhamdulillah 1.00

00:11:11.020 People come to me

00:11:11.900 I'm like bro

00:11:13.320 I'll do it for free

00:11:14.300 Okay

00:11:14.740 There should be that element

00:11:16.060 For your conscience

00:11:17.000 I'm saying it to discipline yourself

00:11:18.180 Otherwise, this can go off

00:11:20.340 Real fast, real quick

00:11:22.180 When money is involved

00:11:22.980 We are all human beings

00:11:24.780 Now, when it comes to

00:11:26.980 Working with charities

00:11:28.620 This is where we've done a whole podcast

00:11:30.320 On the Dial Bros podcast

00:11:31.260 With Sheikh Aetham

00:11:31.940 Myself, we are someone from the charity sector

00:11:33.840 We hid this identity

00:11:34.740 Telling you guys how it works

00:11:36.820 Myself, I'm involved in a charity

00:11:39.000 I'm a volunteer myself

00:11:40.100 I don't get paid

00:11:41.180 Okay, this is my choice

00:11:42.980 Okay, because I have the luxury

00:11:44.960 I'm not saying I'm doing anything special

00:11:46.440 I have the luxury

00:11:47.500 And for a discipline of my own nafs

00:11:50.180 This is why I've chosen to do that

00:11:51.920 Now

00:11:52.300 You guys know

00:11:53.580 The Salah Pro Project

00:11:54.680 Yes

00:11:55.240 I've been with this project for 9 years

00:11:57.000 We've become a charity 4 years ago

00:11:58.860 Yes

00:11:59.640 I'm at this charity

00:12:01.960 I'm working for free volunteer

00:12:04.020 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

00:12:07.020 Okay

00:12:07.740 A lot effort goes into it

00:12:09.500 It's a humongous project

00:12:10.400 It's a beautiful project

00:12:11.280 Alhamdulillah

00:12:11.720 And may Allah bless my whole team

00:12:13.400 Okay

00:12:13.940 They're doing the main work

00:12:14.880 If I was to get paid

00:12:16.440 My wages of salary would be anywhere from

00:12:19.000 35,000, maybe 30 to 35,000 pounds

00:12:21.780 A year, which is decent living in London

00:12:23.320 Okay, if you times that

00:12:24.880 You're looking at

00:12:25.800 160,000 pounds

00:12:28.080 If I'm not mistaken, 369, 12

00:12:29.260 140,000 pounds if I'm not mistaken, yeah

00:12:31.160 Four years

00:12:32.040 So I haven't been paid that

00:12:34.780 Okay, which is fine

00:12:35.760 Because at the end of the day

00:12:36.580 Not everything should be about money

00:12:38.780 So I could have get paid

00:12:40.800 Not only that, that's me working here

00:12:42.560 I also fundraise for the course

00:12:44.420 We fundraise

00:12:46.060 Alhamdulillah 0.96

00:12:46.440 Anywhere

00:12:47.360 Like it changes

00:12:48.500 About half a million pounds a year

00:12:50.600 Alhamdulillah

00:12:51.360 And it all goes to the causes 1.00

00:12:52.780 SubhanAllah 1.00

00:12:53.180 Teaching people how to place salah

00:12:54.360 You guys know

00:12:55.260 One-to-one salah instructors

00:12:56.500 Guided salah mass

00:12:57.620 Over 200,000 we've printed

00:12:59.040 And we're printing more

00:12:59.980 Soon we want to move into a warehouse

00:13:01.700 Salah Pro app 0.63

00:13:03.640 The salah hubs

00:13:04.560 Yes 1.00

00:13:04.860 Okay

00:13:05.260 The whole infrastructure

00:13:06.700 Of this project

00:13:07.780 That's going global

00:13:09.160 With amazing more projects

00:13:10.260 Yes

00:13:10.500 Okay

00:13:10.980 Alhamdulillah

00:13:11.760 Abram sisters

00:13:12.220 It goes towards the cause 0.99

00:13:13.780 Okay

00:13:14.120 So I don't get paid for that

00:13:15.960 Now I fundraise half a million pounds

00:13:17.680 Now brothers and sisters

00:13:18.740 Half a million pounds

00:13:20.040 If I was to charge commission

00:13:21.760 Which is not my wages

00:13:22.660 Is me just doing the work here

00:13:23.720 If I was to get paid

00:13:24.400 If I was to charge commission

00:13:26.640 Which is about

00:13:27.780 Let's say

00:13:28.220 If I was to say

00:13:29.040 You know what

00:13:29.360 People would say

00:13:30.520 10%, 15%, 20%

00:13:32.820 Yes

00:13:33.260 I would have made

00:13:34.540 125,000 pounds

00:13:39.400 Yes

00:13:40.080 125,000 pounds

00:13:41.560 If I'm not mistaken

00:13:42.040 I'm quite good at maths

00:13:42.760 But let me just double check

00:13:43.600 100 000 pounds sorry 100 100 000 pounds now there are three other causes that i have raised funds

00:13:50.440 for okay i've raised funds for half a million each half a million half a million half a million

00:13:54.460 one and a half million pounds now if i charged if i was to charge and this is the reality because

00:14:00.500 at the end of the day you need to understand it from the charity's perspective and influence

00:14:03.480 perspective if i was to charge percentages which i personally don't believe because in order for me

00:14:08.640 not to be biased to my nefs i had to go to someone who's very strict on this matter who's written

00:14:13.960 articles i could easily go and photoshop easy peasy i can go to someone he can tell me what i

00:14:19.300 want to hear i said no if i really want to fight the nefs i went to shaykh heatham al-haddad when

00:14:25.520 it comes to this he is very very strict and he's made articles in islam 21c we've done a whole

00:14:30.220 episode here about those who take advantage of these situations now before i get to disclaimer

00:14:35.900 yes so he said to me ali i said sheikh here is the situation okay obviously i'm an influencer i

00:14:42.560 can't be i'm i'm a controversial influencer i can't find the far right etc i can't be employed

00:14:46.960 i used to do uber okay anyone can come and accuse me of anything i had a camera inside a camera

00:14:51.020 inside rather than outside i was more worried about the collision inside than the collision

00:14:55.440 outside if someone's going to accuse me of god knows what i realized a couple of times i picked

00:14:59.280 up far right they noticed me etc going to a discussion but still it's not 95 it's not for us

00:15:04.460 Because we can get whatever it is

00:15:05.980 You can even do your own business

00:15:07.000 So he said to me

00:15:09.360 Ali, the way it works is like this

00:15:11.020 He said, listen

00:15:12.020 You charge people for your time

00:15:14.460 Or per video

00:15:15.340 So very simply like this

00:15:17.460 The way I work with charities is the following

00:15:19.840 Most of them, I do it for free

00:15:21.860 However, for example

00:15:23.480 If I was to charge, I say, listen

00:15:25.500 My conditions is the following

00:15:27.660 Number one, I am an employee

00:15:29.420 I am employed by you

00:15:30.820 Number two

00:15:32.520 Number two

00:15:33.540 Number two

00:15:35.740 I do not want any cut

00:15:37.480 Of the donations I'm raising

00:15:38.820 Because I already

00:15:40.080 We suffer with our intentions

00:15:41.220 I don't need to add that

00:15:42.900 Yes

00:15:43.280 Knowing that cut comes to me

00:15:44.820 Okay

00:15:45.360 Number three

00:15:46.440 Where you pay me from

00:15:48.140 Has to be through your

00:15:49.640 Admin cost

00:15:50.980 Gift aid that the government gives

00:15:52.780 Etc

00:15:53.040 Whatever

00:15:53.220 So admin cost

00:15:53.920 You have other really wealthy people

00:15:55.360 Who donate to the cost

00:15:56.500 They help you with the charity

00:15:57.360 Like for example

00:15:57.980 One Umar

00:15:58.440 One Umar is 100% donation policy

00:16:00.120 Because they have a specific project

00:16:02.120 on the side so the admin costs go come up from there not from the money you raised now is there

00:16:07.440 something wrong so sheikh told me that so i stick to that meaning if i get paid by a charity a

00:16:12.020 thousand pounds one thousand five hundred pounds whatever it is for that matter i'm employed by

00:16:15.080 them if they raise one million pounds i don't care if i was to charge 20 i will have two hundred

00:16:23.020 thousand pounds of that one million in my pocket now is it haram i'm not saying that i'm not saying

00:16:30.700 is a matter of haram halal i follow shakhaifim's opinion that if you are doing it for money for

00:16:36.680 money it can be classed as a river now this is shakhaifim's opinion people might differ okay

00:16:39.780 however my key is this for my ownness this is personal i just say i'm an employee those are

00:16:46.140 the free conditions i don't want to get paid from the money that i'm raising no that goes to them

00:16:50.540 yes it has to be from uh the the admin cost okay another third thing i forgot yeah okay

00:16:55.840 so it has to be in place now those who charge percentage are they bad no that is their own

00:17:04.900 conscious decision it is not haram they have a valid opinion that they can charge percentages

00:17:10.460 that is at their discretion now let me break this down because i work for a charity how does this

00:17:16.140 work so i have an understanding a bit and i'm speaking to many people in the child sector

00:17:20.040 as a charity when a charity raises arguments sake for example let's say a million pounds

00:17:25.640 with that million pounds if you think that one million pounds goes to for example

00:17:30.120 the needy and the poor directly which it does but you need to understand something if you take one

00:17:35.540 million pounds as fundraise and give it directly to the people in need directly yes for different

00:17:40.760 projects housing masjid orphans whatever number one that charity needs to run they need an office

00:17:46.500 space they need employees the people who deliver the aid the boxes all this stuff is cost that's

00:17:51.900 understandable and they might have an admin cost which is and this is reasonable if you think

00:17:56.540 there's not been admin cost you're out of your mind now are the charities 100 donation policy

00:17:59.940 yes good they have their system in place but it's a unrealistic expectation to expect 100 come on

00:18:06.160 let's be real guys okay there are so many other costs of traveling people to go there to record

00:18:13.200 pay cameraman to record where your donations are going to show the beneficiaries now the charities

00:18:18.880 are like okay we want more people to benefit let's say without one million pounds we're going to help

00:18:24.080 10 000 people okay but we want to help a hundred thousand people so what do they do they don't take

00:18:30.320 the one million and this out there or let's say the admin cost 15 let's say 100 150 000 pounds

00:18:36.480 goes to the logistics or all that kind of stuff they're not going to spend 850 000 pounds there

00:18:41.360 they might spend for example half a million pounds where it needs to go or even maybe

00:18:45.440 maybe more, 600,000, the remaining they will use.

00:18:48.340 And now you need to put yourself in the charity's shoes.

00:18:51.840 Okay, and understand how this works.

00:18:54.980 If a charity has 350,000 pounds in the bank,

00:18:57.640 because you need to understand,

00:18:58.480 they can't just spend, they'll be left if a bad day comes.

00:19:03.460 What they do is they're like, okay,

00:19:04.880 if we do an event and bring people in, et cetera,

00:19:07.020 that event's gonna cost money, okay, good.

00:19:08.740 And how much we're gonna raise in that event?

00:19:09.840 100, 150,000, okay.

00:19:11.840 Now an influencer comes, which they believe is influential.

00:19:14.900 has the potential of raising a lot of money so they come to the influencer and say look we would

00:19:19.940 like to work with you that influencer will come and give them a couple of options i'll do it for

00:19:24.100 free may allah bless him and preserve him it's a very honorable thing to do i've got family to feed

00:19:29.780 can i can i can i be an employee can you just pay me a certain amount a month whatever it is

00:19:34.260 one thousand one thousand five hundred two thousand two and a half hours whatever it is and i will

00:19:38.820 fundraise for you guys throughout the year somebody might come and influence i might come and say look

00:19:42.500 Okay, that's good

00:19:43.200 I want 10%, I want 15%, I want 20%

00:19:46.500 That is at their discretion

00:19:48.140 Now the charity is looking to maximize the benefit

00:19:51.080 To reach not just 10,000 people like we said

00:19:53.000 To reach more people

00:19:54.560 To flip that money

00:19:56.040 So more people can benefit

00:19:57.920 Otherwise you're going to use that money

00:19:59.440 1 million pounds, 15% goes to that thing

00:20:01.600 You've got 850,000 pounds left

00:20:02.920 If you give that all out instantly in that moment

00:20:05.900 10,000 people benefited

00:20:07.300 But there are hundreds of thousands of people starting poverty

00:20:09.720 And they need so much stuff

00:20:11.960 So what the charity does is

00:20:13.640 The charity says okay

00:20:14.320 We're going to use arguments say

00:20:16.040 50,000 or 100,000 pounds off that money

00:20:19.260 And try to make another 500,000 pounds

00:20:23.200 So what do they do?

00:20:24.380 They go to these influencers

00:20:25.240 These influencers say okay

00:20:26.540 We can raise but we want a cut

00:20:28.580 Or it's at their discretion

00:20:29.660 So whichever influence they want to work with

00:20:31.140 Okay so if they work with an influencer

00:20:32.900 Who's just you know

00:20:34.000 Want to do it for free

00:20:34.820 It's better

00:20:35.560 And if they want to charge a specific wages

00:20:37.720 It's better

00:20:38.540 If they want to charge a percentage

00:20:39.460 It's still better for the charity

00:20:40.880 Why?

00:20:41.160 because they're going to fundraise by doing an event an event might cost anywhere from 60 70 80

00:20:45.340 thousand pounds if a influencer says listen i just want 20 of what i raised yeah so he does

00:20:52.380 fundraising in that year he raises quarter of a million pounds and a quarter of a million pounds

00:20:57.420 if i'm not mistaken to my calculation that's about if they charge 20 that's about 50 000 pounds now

00:21:04.580 you might be saying yo quarter of a million pounds and 50 000 pounds going to him i agree your

00:21:09.360 sentiments i agree i personally do not believe it's ethical it's not haram it's not ethical

00:21:15.460 but from the charity's perspective i'm looking at the maths and the maths works and again i'm not

00:21:22.180 saying this because if i was charging commission you might come and say oh you're being biased

00:21:25.060 i don't do commission i'm against it however it does not make it wrong for those who charge

00:21:33.120 commission because it works for the charity it works for the influencer and it works for the

00:21:37.420 beneficiary i'm just trying to come from an objective point of view and give you this idea

00:21:41.920 from sisters okay so that's why what they could do with that money is now imagine they have four

00:21:48.620 people that they give 50 000 they want 20 for example okay i believe it's i think it should be

00:21:54.260 something more reasonable maybe like five eight percent maximum ten percent anyways now they're

00:21:59.580 going to be dishing out 200 000 pounds to those four influencers who are going to raise funds for

00:22:04.220 them okay now they can raise that funds in one year time in one month time irrelevant okay now

00:22:10.280 that then gives an incentive to the influencer because they're making a cut out of it this is

00:22:14.400 where i have a problem with the intentions because then it's like you're doing it for the money and

00:22:17.880 that's where i feel uncomfortable because when i'm being paid the wages your argument's sake monthly

00:22:22.200 i'm doing my job i'm not gonna be like i got commission i got a car etc my intention's the

00:22:27.420 wrong place oh i need to make some money let me do a video for the sake of it because no no no

00:22:30.780 Your intentions get corrupted

00:22:32.180 It's me personally

00:22:33.880 This might not apply to someone else

00:22:35.220 That's why

00:22:36.280 Now when you have these influencers

00:22:38.260 Who have all been paid 50,000 each

00:22:40.420 That's 200,000 pounds

00:22:41.280 But guess what

00:22:41.820 They raised 800,000 pounds

00:22:43.920 More people are going to benefit 1.00

00:22:45.800 So I understand the mats 1.00

00:22:48.160 And I understand the results 0.99

00:22:51.320 And charities are justified to do this

00:22:53.800 As a beneficiary

00:22:55.140 There's one thing you need to bear in mind

00:22:56.500 Because I give in charity

00:22:57.660 One ummah

00:22:58.960 Ummah Welfare Trust

00:23:03.040 Okay

00:23:03.720 There's a few others

00:23:04.600 I'm not trying to put everything

00:23:05.260 Do you get it?

00:23:05.700 There's a few other charities

00:23:06.440 That are there

00:23:07.600 That I know

00:23:09.380 There's new ones that are coming up

00:23:10.080 So I don't want to make it seem

00:23:10.660 It's just these two charities

00:23:11.260 These two charities

00:23:11.800 That I personally donate to

00:23:13.780 Okay

00:23:14.040 So what I'm telling you guys

00:23:15.460 Is very simply

00:23:16.220 Brothers and sisters

00:23:17.020 Is the following

00:23:19.340 Okay

00:23:19.700 That this is how it works

00:23:21.420 Because then

00:23:21.960 The beneficiaries

00:23:23.220 Benefit more

00:23:24.480 So the idea is this

00:23:26.140 Now

00:23:26.400 I personally believe

00:23:28.160 it's just a bit sticky for the influencer because now you are being affected by that because you're

00:23:33.700 getting a car but does it work yes it does does it benefit more people because that charity now

00:23:37.940 has an extra 800 000 pounds to help the promo now one thing you need to bear in mind which is

00:23:45.580 critical as a donor yourself as a donor yourself you need to these is two things you need to

00:23:53.860 understand number one your reward is 100% not affected in the akhirah in the sight of Allah

00:24:00.660 the hundred pounds that you gave you get the reward of that hundred pounds but not only that

00:24:07.000 when they use the hundred pounds that you gave 80 pounds or whatever is going to there 20% is going

00:24:13.100 to admin costs or whatever now when they use your money to flip it to make more money you get more

00:24:19.020 rewarded why because when they use your donations to fundraise more to fundraise more to benefit

00:24:27.560 more people that hundred pounds that was going to help argument say 27 people now with the

00:24:32.540 donation that they use to flip your money now you are benefiting 50 people this is the side that not

00:24:38.020 many people talk about and i can easily talk about this because guess what there's no conflict of

00:24:43.140 interest because I don't charge commission so again I'm not saying because I don't charge

00:24:48.840 commission my intentions are better than the one who doesn't believe me my intentions could be more

00:24:52.620 corrupt than the one that charges percentage and he uses that to donate back to Gaza or whatever

00:24:58.540 it's for that matter yeah I might not be charging commission and I don't donate so let's make that

00:25:01.860 clear I don't want to make this seem as if I am holier than thou etc no I wanted to give this

00:25:05.700 clarity because a lot of people have been talking about it etc and a lot of people are oh I don't

00:25:09.380 trust listen listen it's very important to build trust that's very key okay and i asked allah 0.96

00:25:14.260 subhanahu wa ta'ala to protect me from beliefs and shaitan and protect me from the fitna of woman

00:25:18.020 the fitna of money the fitna of fame these are always there yeah so allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

00:25:22.020 may allah protect me and not make me among those subhanallah i'm not money motivated that's not my

00:25:26.300 fitna okay alhamdulillah so what i'm saying is this guys the reason i've done this is because

00:25:31.200 at the end of the day it gives you clarity so anyone in your family please share this far and

00:25:36.020 white now you know and understand the dynamics of how things work as an influencer you got sponsor

00:25:44.020 etc but make it halal these days people they promote whatever their money they can make

00:25:48.180 and you're earning haram and you'll be questioned about how your money where you got it from how

00:25:54.360 you spent it so believe me wallahi if you stick true to allah subhanahu wa ta'ala avoid haram

00:26:00.880 income at any cost allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will put barakah okay and believe me and i want to

00:26:08.000 share and end on this note this is the most powerful one of the most powerful hadith that i

00:26:13.280 have ever heard yes and i want to share it with you guys anas bin malik reported the message of

00:26:20.440 allah peace and blessings will allah be upon himself whoever is concerned about the hereafter

00:26:25.640 Allah will place richness in his heart

00:26:28.280 Bring his affairs together

00:26:29.900 And the world will inevitably come to him 0.99

00:26:33.480 Subhanallah 0.98

00:26:34.440 Now listen to the other side

00:26:36.040 To all the influencers

00:26:37.860 This is a reminder to every single influencer out there

00:26:40.700 Whoever is concerned about the world

00:26:43.820 Allah will place poverty between his eyes 0.97

00:26:46.500 Disorder his affairs 0.99

00:26:48.260 And he will get nothing of the world

00:26:50.540 Except what is decreed to him 1.00

00:26:52.480 Wallahi

00:26:54.160 This is a reminder to all the influencers

00:26:55.340 Whoever it is, including myself

00:26:56.740 You're trying to go and get more money

00:27:01.420 You're only going to get

00:27:03.760 Because you want the dunya, dunya, dunya 0.78

00:27:05.180 You're only going to get what Allah has decreed from you

00:27:07.640 So your effort on trying to get something

00:27:09.440 At the cost of doing haram

00:27:10.620 Or doing things that you know 1.00

00:27:13.660 It's not for the Palestinians 1.00

00:27:15.480 Or whatever it is, it's for your pocket 1.00

00:27:16.640 Let me tell you something

00:27:19.340 What's reaching your pocket

00:27:21.560 Is already what Allah has destined

00:27:23.360 There's nothing more happening

00:27:24.220 All you're doing is losing the hair after

00:27:26.140 And you'll be questioned

00:27:27.240 Yes

00:27:27.920 You will be questioned

00:27:28.960 So to me

00:27:30.220 I'll be honest with you

00:27:31.120 I don't know

00:27:32.540 Personally

00:27:33.340 Like the thing

00:27:34.360 Me personally

00:27:35.180 I can't reconcile with my intentions

00:27:37.620 Of knowing that I get a cut

00:27:39.040 From fundraising for like

00:27:40.520 Let's say orphans 1.00

00:27:41.300 Or the Gazan people 0.99

00:27:42.080 And I'm quoting 0.92

00:27:43.440 Saying

00:27:44.420 Oh

00:27:44.880 The one who gives to the orphan

00:27:46.880 They'll be like this

00:27:47.860 On the day of the day

00:27:48.740 And I know that I'm getting a cut from the

00:27:50.200 The

00:27:51.420 What I'm being raised

00:27:52.100 20% going to my pocket

00:27:53.240 I don't feel comfortable doing that

00:27:55.840 I don't have the conscience to

00:27:58.580 Do that call

00:28:00.520 Knowing that that cut is going into my pocket

00:28:02.340 So that's me

00:28:03.420 There might be someone out there

00:28:04.120 Who might say you know

00:28:04.560 I can justify it at the end of the day

00:28:05.700 I do this or whatever

00:28:06.980 I do good deeds 0.96

00:28:07.700 I'll give to Gaza 1.00

00:28:08.400 I don't know

00:28:09.540 But I just wanted to bring that to your attention

00:28:11.320 It's very important

00:28:12.560 Because there's a lot of people

00:28:13.300 Doubting the child sector

00:28:14.100 Should we give etc 0.99

00:28:14.760 In the sight of Allah 0.99

00:28:16.060 You're getting the reward

00:28:16.920 When you give 100 pounds

00:28:17.760 It's a 100 pound reward

00:28:18.420 So that's all I wanted to say

00:28:20.320 I don't think I've missed out anything

00:28:21.660 So

00:28:22.000 Yeah the categories are like that

00:28:23.800 Like I said before

00:28:24.400 Those who do it for absolutely free

00:28:26.560 Those who get wages 0.82

00:28:28.520 Which is understandable

00:28:28.980 And those who do commission

00:28:29.980 That's how it's broken down

00:28:31.100 I think it would be better

00:28:32.220 And more transparent

00:28:32.780 If people just be honest about it

00:28:34.760 But it's fine

00:28:35.720 At the end of the day 0.97

00:28:36.260 Your reward is what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

00:28:37.360 And understand

00:28:37.920 That you will be getting the reward

00:28:40.520 Whatever the case

00:28:41.420 If the charities they're using

00:28:42.600 Which they are going to

00:28:43.380 They're going to flip

00:28:44.000 They want to make

00:28:44.500 They want to benefit more people

00:28:45.840 They're not going to get your money

00:28:47.040 And just spend it straight away

00:28:48.000 No

00:28:48.220 They want to build the organization

00:28:49.600 So it becomes huge huge huge

00:28:50.760 Big big big

00:28:51.400 So big

00:28:52.300 That they can benefit

00:28:53.700 Hundreds of thousands of people

00:28:55.760 So you need to understand

00:28:57.540 That is why they're doing it

00:28:59.000 The aim is what?

00:29:00.400 That

00:29:00.560 Otherwise if you think

00:29:01.420 Every charity

00:29:01.940 When they give

00:29:02.600 They have a million pound

00:29:03.960 And the million pound goes

00:29:05.080 You're living in

00:29:05.820 Disneyland

00:29:06.520 It doesn't work like that

00:29:07.560 So

00:29:08.580 That's it inshallah

00:29:09.360 I don't think there's anything else

00:29:10.280 That needs to be said 0.83

00:29:10.820 May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

00:29:11.620 Bless you guys

00:29:12.300 Anything I said wrong

00:29:13.540 Is from myself and shaitan

00:29:14.620 And anything good

00:29:15.060 From Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.99

00:29:15.780 And his messenger

00:29:16.760 May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.98

00:29:17.320 Make us among those 1.00

00:29:18.160 Who put the akhirah first 1.00

00:29:20.000 before the dunya 0.99

00:29:21.600 and that's it

00:29:22.920 Assalamualaikum

00:29:23.580 Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

Ali Dawah - July 12, 2026

I REVEAL HOW INFLUENCERS MAKE MONEY FROM CHARITIES？

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