Ali Dawah - October 29, 2021


JADA SMITH FORCED INTO HIJAB


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Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

240.44997

Word count

1,368

Sentence count

76

Harmful content

Misogyny

7

sentences flagged

Hate speech

8

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In this episode, we talk about the fear of losing your hair and the fear that comes with it. Is it something we choose or is it something that is forced upon us by the higher power? Is this something we willingly or unwillingly?

Transcript

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00:00:17.520 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, brothers and sisters and dear friends.
00:00:20.080 Before I start, I want to praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the most merciful,
00:00:22.240 the most just, or praise his glory and gratitude belong to him.
00:00:24.160 Will Smith's wife, she's forced to wear the hijab, but why? 1.00
00:00:26.720 Now brothers and sisters, as you can see I'm in Turkey, I'm living in Lodz,
00:00:29.120 you know as you can see Louis Vuitton, no I think it's Burberry, Burberry as you can see guys,
00:00:32.880 but it's a fake, original fake, usually I go and ask them, is this fake brother?
00:00:36.400 They say no, it's not fake, this is original fake.
00:00:38.480 So anyways, I needed a scarf, bought this for 30 pounds, it's quite nice, nice material as well.
00:00:42.480 Anyways, it's not the topic here, just made that clear, just in case you guys think I'm living a lavish life,
00:00:46.480 sadly not, well yeah, in a fake way.
00:00:48.240 Anyways, let's get straight into the topic.
00:00:49.920 Brothers and sisters, now Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, 0.86
00:00:52.640 when he talks about in the Qur'an, when he commanded the sky and the heavens,
00:00:56.400 he said, come together willingly or unwillingly?
00:00:59.840 And they said we come willingly.
00:01:02.000 Now the question that we need to ask here and the main topic is, willingly, unwillingly?
00:01:05.200 Brothers and sisters, there are certain things Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala asks us to do willingly,
00:01:08.640 because we are human beings and we have the free will to do, to choose or not to choose.
00:01:12.240 The animals are not like that, neither are the angels.
00:01:14.080 The angels do as they're told, the animals act based on instinct.
00:01:17.040 So the question here is this, willingly or unwillingly?
00:01:20.080 There are certain things Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will tell us not to do.
00:01:22.800 No drink alcohol, don't commit zinnah, don't commit murder, don't gamble. 0.93
00:01:26.400 Now we would either do this willingly or one day be forced to do it unwillingly.
00:01:31.440 And in that very instance, maybe we won't even get the rewards because we were forced into it.
00:01:35.840 Will Smith's wife has come and we saw this about a year ago,
00:01:38.880 where Simata Jannah covered the video as well of her wearing a hijab. 0.81
00:01:42.560 Now we came to know from this video, which we're going to watch right now and come back
00:01:45.680 and we're going to discuss this a little further.
00:01:47.040 I'm getting a lot of questions about why I've been wearing this turban.
00:01:51.120 Yeah.
00:01:51.840 Well, I've been having issues with hair loss.
00:01:56.720 And I'm going to tell you, it was terrifying when it first started.
00:01:59.920 You know, I was in the shower one day and then just handfuls of hair just in my hands.
00:02:04.240 And I was just like, oh my God, am I going bald?
00:02:07.600 It was one of those times in my life where I was literally shaking with fear.
00:02:11.440 Even in my terror and even in my fear and in the moment of just going, oh my God,
00:02:15.120 I'd like, why are you so terrified that you might lose your hair?
00:02:18.640 Yeah.
00:02:18.880 Right.
00:02:19.600 I really had to put it in a spiritual perspective of like,
00:02:23.120 the higher power takes so much from people.
00:02:24.880 Mm-hmm.
00:02:25.360 People are out here who have cancer, people who have sick children.
00:02:28.640 I watch the higher power take things every day.
00:02:31.760 And by golly, if the higher power wants to take your hair,
00:02:36.160 that's it?
00:02:37.200 God, you want my hair?
00:02:38.720 When I looked at it from that perspective,
00:02:40.640 it really did settle me.
00:02:42.800 So in that video you saw, guys, she's talking about losing hair.
00:02:45.280 And she's saying that her daughter is actually in tears because as a woman,
00:02:49.520 they know how terrifying that is for her because a woman loves attention. 1.00
00:02:52.320 You know, she likes to beautify herself, et cetera. 1.00
00:02:54.320 You know, and this is the fitness that our sisters face, sadly. 0.74
00:02:57.600 But the point here is this.
00:02:58.640 She's there and she's saying that she would get bundles of hair falling out.
00:03:01.840 And she goes, I was terrified.
00:03:03.120 But there's something she says, which I admired because in that very instance,
00:03:07.120 she said that when she thought about, because the Prophet said to us,
00:03:11.280 that when you're looking at people,
00:03:12.400 don't look at the people that on top of you have things that you don't have
00:03:15.280 because you'll be ungrateful to Allah .
00:03:17.120 Look at those that don't have what you have and be grateful to him.
00:03:19.840 I feel as if she applied the hadith in that moment where she said,
00:03:22.560 God Almighty could have, she was talking about God Almighty, the high power,
00:03:25.440 could have taken a lot of things like, you know, give cancer, et cetera, your health.
00:03:28.880 If it's going to be my hair, I submit my will, like, let it be the hair.
00:03:33.280 And to me, that was a form of submission.
00:03:35.280 Like Allah says to the bedrooms in the Quran, that they say, we've come to believe. 0.92
00:03:38.240 They said, don't say we've come to believe, but say we have submitted.
00:03:40.960 I'm not saying these are the same things with Will Smith's wife.
00:03:44.240 But the point is this.
00:03:45.360 Now she has to wear the hijab in that context, or a turban, or some sort of a thing, you know. 0.97
00:03:51.920 And maybe, inshallah, this would be a reason for her to come to Islam, maybe.
00:03:53.920 I don't know.
00:03:54.480 The point is the following, and I'm going to wrap up, inshallah,
00:03:56.640 I'm not going to keep it too long, inshallah.
00:03:58.320 Is the following, brothers and sisters, yeah.
00:03:59.840 My dear sisters, and this goes for brothers as well,
00:04:02.400 but we're speaking about a female here, is this. 0.88
00:04:04.960 You can either cover up willingly or unwillingly.
00:04:07.440 So don't let the day that you die be the day that you're shrouded and covered, finally, you know.
00:04:13.360 And the point here is this, brothers and sisters, and especially sisters as well,
00:04:17.680 is that in this very instance, like there was a man who migrated for the sake of a woman.
00:04:24.720 And the Prophet said, we know the Hadith, I think it's Bukhari Muslim,
00:04:28.720 that the one who migrates or does something for the sake of Allah, we're rewarded for that.
00:04:33.280 And the one who migrates for a woman or whatever it may be, 0.53
00:04:35.920 then there is no reward in the context where, because you're traveling just for that.
00:04:39.200 However, you can have double intention with the scholars I've talked about,
00:04:41.440 is that you can do both.
00:04:42.320 You know, I'm traveling for the sake of Allah, to not commit zina, to get married, 1.00
00:04:45.280 to get married to a woman, it can be both as well.
00:04:48.080 My point is this, she is now unwillingly having to cover her hair.
00:04:53.120 Not in a religious sense, but my dear sisters, the point that I'm trying to make is,
00:04:57.920 that don't let it be that day, because we even have sisters who wear the hijab,
00:05:02.320 but they're not doing it for the sake of Allah.
00:05:03.760 You will not be getting rewarded.
00:05:05.280 You will, I'll repeat again, you will not be getting rewarded
00:05:07.600 if you are wearing the hijab for a fashion sense or to look good.
00:05:10.560 Because Allah will ask you, what did you do?
00:05:12.320 I'll wear the hijab. 0.97
00:05:13.040 No you didn't, you didn't wear the hijab for my sake. 1.00
00:05:14.800 You wore it because of fashion reasons, or fashion or whatever it may be.
00:05:19.200 So my point is, let's just renew our intentions.
00:05:21.200 And for those sisters who are wearing the hijab for fashion reasons,
00:05:23.360 it doesn't mean take it off.
00:05:24.800 Renew your intentions and say, oh Allah,
00:05:26.800 I'm going to try to do this for your sake as well.
00:05:30.240 That's the message I wanted to share inshallah.
00:05:31.600 And we're here, hopefully, learn a lesson from Will Smith's wife,
00:05:35.040 and make some changes.
00:05:36.320 And this goes for both brothers and sisters in a nutshell.
00:05:38.640 Till next time.
00:05:39.360 Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.