Ali Dawah - November 29, 2019INSTAGRAM GIRL ACCEPTS ISLAM LIVE!! - STARTS CRYING
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Summary
In this episode, we talk about how important it is to take care of your family when it comes to shahada. We also talk about what it means to be a good role model for your family and how to deal with the pressures of being a religious leader.
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One day I'm checking my messages on Instagram and randomly I just see this message.
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And it's a sister who is interested in Islam. So this is what she sent me.
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And obviously at first I was thinking, okay, it could be a fake account, etc.
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So I was talking and she was saying that she's ready to accept Islam.
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So just talking to her a little bit, I decided that, okay, let's meet.
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Obviously before I did, I had to ask her to prove that it's not a fake account.
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So she sent a voice note. You know, I could hear a voice that it's a female.
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So yeah, we met and this is how it went. Enjoy it. This was an emotional story.
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Yeah. So yeah, basically the thing with Shahada is when you take it and the person assists you in doing it, then it's an equal reward.
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And also what is very important is for you, I want you to understand that if you take your Shahada, that it doesn't stop there.
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You live down the road if you have any questions.
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Because we know how difficult it can be sometimes at the beginning.
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But the more support you have, the easier it gets.
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And you said that you pretty much have done your research.
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Because when I was there with the sister, basically I thought, you know, okay.
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Because I got hot chocolate. It might be a long conversation.
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And she was like, no, you know, she watches my videos, Mufti Meng's, a few other brothers as well, etc.
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And I thought, okay, subhanAllah, let's just get the coffee and takeaway and come and see Brother Dawood's wife, inshallah.
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Because obviously, we're brothers, you know, sister to sister, I can show her how to pray.
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And I was just giving her a reminder, I was just telling the sister that, you know, if you think about it, like, I'm a revert to Islam.
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Dawood is, his wife is, and inshallah, this sister is going to accept Islam now as well.
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If you think about it, it's like Allah chooses specific people.
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Because a lot of revers, if you think about it, sister, it's like, you're chosen to bear that flag.
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And you're representing it to your family, you know.
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And a lot of people, like you said, your siblings came to Islam, right?
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So bear that in mind that Allah has chosen you, sister, to be that representative, yeah.
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And now, along the lines, it's going to be ups and downs.
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Because Allah says in the Quran, do you not think that you're going to say, I believe and not be tested.
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To see the true for ones compared to the false ones.
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And I would say the best representation that you could do, and I said this to you as well when it was coming here,
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is your behaviour, your akhlaq, your character, your manners, the way you carry yourself.
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Because a lot of the time, sometimes, you know, you might be hot-headed like Daoud, like his dad used to say.
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And his dad said that he was very proud of him.
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And I've seen that in him as well, alhamdulillah, after I came to Islam and, you know, being a father himself.
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But it's very important for us to understand that.
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Because sometimes you get caught with certain groups, and these groups can take you on a road to destruction.
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And what will happen is you will start despising your family.
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And sister, my advice to you, do not ever fall for that.
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If you have a group of people like, oh, these people are innovators, these people are disbelievers,
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what happens is you're going to build this hate.
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Because what they're doing is you're sincere, you're still young, yeah?
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You're going to be thinking to yourself, yeah, you know, I've got, and you're going to get an imam boost, a faith boost, yeah?
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So when you come to Islam, it's going to be all lovely, yeah?
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Everything is rose, you see roses everywhere, yeah?
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But what's going to happen is people take advantage of that.
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And then what happens is that you come home and you start despising your family.
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Oh, you guys are Christian, you guys are this, or you guys are Buddhists, or you guys are whatever, whatever.
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And now they're going to be looking at you and thinking, okay, so this is the beautiful Islam that you've been telling us about.
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And they're going to judge you based on your behavior.
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And that's the reason why the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to us, he said this, and it's very profound.
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He said, I did not come for nothing but to perfect good character.
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And that is profound because Islam should beautify one, you know?
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It's very important for you to understand that it's going to be a struggle, yeah?
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When I came to Islam, I don't know about you, I got kicked out of my house.
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I had to live in Musa's house for about three weeks.
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I lived in Brother Imran's house as well, yeah?
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And one thing that I noticed with my dad, every time he would come to me and see Bin Laden on the TV and say,
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Hi, look, there's your friend there, and take the mick out of me, I realized that instead of, at the beginning, I was, I didn't have the mentality of,
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But I was angry because of the way he was treatment.
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You need to understand from their perspective, Islam, ISIS, they're thinking, oh my gosh, she's going to travel.
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One thing that I realized how it works with my family, sorry for the long lecture, guys.
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But it's that every time he will insult me, I'll just go and kiss him in the forehead.
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And what I realized with that, Aki, is that he would just be, like, dumbfound.
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Because he'll think, imagine somebody swearing at you, that slaps you in your face, and you go and kiss him in the forehead.
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You're either going to think he's lost his mind, or do you get what I'm trying to say?
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But anyways, I don't want to keep it any longer, inshallah.
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So you're already, sister, nobody's got, you're not held hostage, yeah?
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Yeah, we're not, you know, we're not giving any kind of promises or cookies or anything like that, are we?
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Yeah, I think, Ali, just before we start, it's amazing what he said, this religion, it's just about perfecting yourself and becoming a better person.
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If you do these two things, and you keep at it, and you put no partners aside to Allah,
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Wallahi, your life is going to lead you, and it's going to fill you with the happiness that you're looking for.
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So, the religion is based upon revelation, which is the Quran, sent down from Allah.
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So, it's the speech of Allah, and it's sent down through the Gabriel, and through the angel Gabriel.
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I mean, if you're Christian, you kind of know about angel Gabriel as well.
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And then it is, so it's brought to him, to the Prophet Muhammad, salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
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But he's not unique in that sense, because Gabriel brought all the message and revelation to all other prophets as well.
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So, we believe that the Bible, some parts of the Bible are divine, from Allah, and the Sabur, and the Torah.
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And we believe in angels, clearly, and the last day of judgment.
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And the more you learn, you find out, actually, that there's certain things you can do to kind of affect your destiny and things like that.
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So, these are basically now the six pillars of faith.
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So, do you accept, do you understand them and accept them?
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So, shahada, Allah, ilaha, illallah, wa shahadu, anna, muhammadin, rasulullah.
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Do you do translate as well so you get some results?
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Sorry, I didn't ask you to want to drink something.
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So, basically, what that means is that, after me in English, it means I bear witness that
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there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah and the Prophet Muhammad is his slave
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Okay, so, sister, now what you've done is just like, imagine it that there was a
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door in front of you, you've got the keys, you've opened that door.
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And we ask, inshallah, for it to, you know, be on our scale of good deeds as well, inshallah,
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And as a sister, I'll give you a reminder as well, inshallah, that be very careful in
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the context of, and to be honest, every time I give this reminder, I feel sad that I have
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You will have a lot of people, Muslims, you know, they might be going something in their
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life and they just want to, you know, take it out on people in a variety of other ways,
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Still, again, you will have Dawud's wife, our sister here, to consult.
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Anything like that, you know, just make sure, inshallah, you consult because there are people
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So you need to be careful because what happens is sometimes people have innocence in them
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and people take advantage and this can affect your faith, you know?
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Sometimes, sadly, Muslims have themselves put us to test and Allah will test people with
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Right now, Allah just wants to see, okay, your statement, you've said it.
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He knows, you know, that what you said you mean.
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But he's going to, it's like a seal or they'll say like a goat, you know?
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And we're not asking you to jump in the fire, yeah?
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The way it's done is that Allah's going to test you in different ways.
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I've been through stuff and I've had my up and downs.
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And every time I've been through something where I said, you know what?
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Wallahi, I tell you, within four to five days, Wallahi, I just click and say, you know
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Because at that moment in time, I was thinking, why?
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But what it is, sister, believe me, Allah tests you.
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And he's going to test you to purify you and bring you step by step closer to you.
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And believe me, when I looked at myself, when I first came to Islam, and you would testify
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to this, and I was sisterhood as well, is that, you know, I was thinking, where was I?
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But you see how Allah takes you by stages and stages and purifies you and purifies you
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and purifies you till the day you die, you know?
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Because he wants you to be at that specific level, inshallah, yeah?
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And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant you Jannah.
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And inshallah, on the day of judgment, sister, if you do not see us in paradise, ask Allah,
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you know, and maybe this little deed that we did, maybe Allah would have accepted.
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If you have anything, please, like, feel free, get the sister's number as well.
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Like, if there's anyone out there, because you reached out to me on Instagram.
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So, is there any advice that you would give to sisters or brothers out there
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who may know Islam is the truth or they're scared?
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Is there any advice that you can maybe give them?
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I would say just, it's always that thinking you're not ready.
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You kind of have to just put that to one side and just reach out and just try it.
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And we're going to get sister in contact with Revert to Reality as well.
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If there's anyone watching this, brother or sister, and you want to accept Islam,