MESSAGE TO ANTHONY JOSHUA
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Summary
In this video, we talk about Anthony Joshua's recent bout with his opponent and how he handled the situation. We also talk about the recent comments he has been making on social media about being a Muslim and how people have reacted to it.
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As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh you brothers and sisters and dear friends,
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welcome to this video. Before I start, I want to praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the most merciful,
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the most just, all praise His glory and gratitude belong to Him for the works that we do. Anthony
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Joshua, do you know Anthony Joshua? Who doesn't know Anthony Joshua? You know what I saw Anthony
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Joshua once I was telling you guys before we started the video as well is when he was having
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a face-to-face, you know, face-to-face and his opponent was being a bit cheeky and was like,
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you know, trying to act hard and then that's the moment where I kind of got a grasp of his character
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because he was just like, look, why are you, like, why are you, like, why are you acting
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like that for? Do you get what I'm trying to say? Like, be yourself, you know, don't be
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fake. So that says a lot about an individual because the fact that, yes, he's a boxer,
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he could have easily gone and do the same and make a scene and make the hype so they can
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sell tickets, but it shows that, to me, that's how he seems, do you get what I'm trying to
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He's very modest, like, I've seen him speaking in press conferences and stuff. He's not really
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the kind of arrogant type. Exactly, yeah. He doesn't exhibit those kinds of, like, characteristics.
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Yeah. Yeah, so he's always been humble. He's always played at Humble. Exactly. So, from
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there, obviously, that's, I don't know much about him. That's the first time that I saw
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and I love boxing, but sometimes I don't even get time to watch boxing. So, obviously, as
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you guys know, lately, he's... Obviously, he's been doing a lot of, like, posts regarding
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Islam, like, before you go on a flight, say, Alshallah. He's been saying a lot of that and
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obviously, it's a bit... Like, people that are watching will think, is he a Muslim? You
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know, it seems like he's on that, on the route there, inshallah. But, he made a post, I
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think, a couple of days ago where he's in a mosque and he's praying. He prayed the Asa
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prayer and what did he say? He said, besides luck, hard work and talent, prayer is a solid
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foundation. It was nice to join my brothers as he led through afternoon prayer, Asa.
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Yeah? So, obviously, he's just done a general post, saying that I'll come in Dubai, just
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joined the guys to pray. Yeah? Maybe it's just, you know, getting to know about Islam.
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But, what's funny is, and we've... I've done a video a couple of weeks ago with Lindsay
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Lohan, maybe a couple of months ago, actually, with Lindsay Lohan when she was attacked and
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she... Like, she had an interview with the Turkish TV where she was saying, look here, like,
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they just crucified me in America. Like, they were like, the shaitan. Why? Because she was
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carrying the Quran. Do you get what I'm trying to say? So, it's starting to see that there's
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Every celebrity or someone known, when they find interest in Islam, boom, you know, people
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hate on them. And to be honest, obviously, this message is to, like, Joshua, and I hope
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you guys help us reach it to him, yeah, so we can, like, send it to him, inshallah,
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if he watches it. Like, to be honest, Joshua, I'll be very straight to the point. Like, these
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individuals, you can see, like, this is... One of the things that I learned from this
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to myself personally is that it shows us how the people that we have or love, like,
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people around us, yeah, your fans, yeah, specifically your fans, yeah, their love is
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conditional, yeah? They love you conditionally, yeah? Because if they didn't, just because
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you're praying, they would have not turned against you. Or let's put praying to a side,
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yeah? If, for example, you lost, yeah? Or if, for example, let's say, your arm was broken,
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then, God forbid, or something happened to you and you couldn't carry on your boxing
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career, these individuals are going to forget about you, yeah? And one of the signs, I think
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it's a big sign for us to learn from, is that the way they've reacted and they've seen,
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oh, you've lost a following, oh, but what? You've just seen an individual that's praying,
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that's his religion, you're unfollowing, like, not that it's important, like, I don't think
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Joshua cares, like, a bloody EDL member who's ended up not wanting to follow him. But it
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just shows, it shows that, look, that these individuals love you conditionally. Do you get
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what I'm trying to say? They love you because you offer something, entertainment, whatever
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it may be. In Islam, we have a concept called loving for the sake of God Almighty. You know,
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when we love someone, like, let's say, Brother Muhammad, yeah? If I do something for him,
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I don't do it and say, you know what, let me give him some apple juice, so he can give
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me some orange juice in return, yeah? Our love is for the sake of Allah, it's for the
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sake of God Almighty. Whatever I do for this brother, or whatever he does for me, it should
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be, and inshallah it is, unconditional. How? Like, he doesn't just love me because I love
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him. Even let's say we had a dispute or whatever, we'll say, look, we're brothers, we love each
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other for the sake of Allah, yeah? Let's leave it at that. And this is a really important,
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fundamental thing in Islam, you know? And unfortunately, like I said to you before, in this life, people
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are always going to love you conditionally. And the fact that this has happened, I hope it
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just kind of makes you realise that ultimate true love, and unconditional love only comes
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from the one who created you, you know? And who has bestowed his mercy upon us with everything
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that we have, and I'm sure you're aware of this, I don't need to go into much detail,
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but what we know, from what I can see, is that you have an interest in Islam, you know?
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So, Brother Muhammad maybe would want to share a bit in detail, or if you want, we can maybe
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go through some comments before you get into this, to see how ridiculous it is, yeah?
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Like, this is what some stuff the people have been saying, like, because he's like, Anthony
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Joshua, I'm gutted, AJ, gone right off you, Islam is a disgrace, what are you doing? Loose,
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lost some fans today, big man, yeah? Somebody goes, time to unfollow, you have lost my support
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and I hope Klichko irons you out, yeah? Yeah? Do you see how petty and how, like, stupid
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it sounds, yeah? But, obviously, there's some positive feedbacks as well, like, you
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know, what a world, somebody, some, someone, Miss O, whatever she is, she said, what a
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world we live in, I'm worried about the future for my kids, if this is how grown adults act,
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ignore them, champ, yeah? So, you do get some support as well, and obviously, you have your
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support from us, um, so, like I said before, we're going to give you a little hint, I'm sure
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you know, about Islam, you know? Now, he might, obviously, Josh is looking into Islam, yeah?
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Yeah. Is Islam something new? Is Islam a new religion that's coming about?
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Yeah, this is the thing, Ali, yeah? Yeah. Listen, Joshua, hopefully you're watching
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this, yeah? First of all, as, uh, as Ali kind of alluded to before, Islam is not something
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new, yeah? The, the narrative is as follows, we literally just believe that you ought to
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worship God and do what God wants us to do, that's all it is, yeah? So, we have prophets
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and messengers that have come four times, like Jesus and Abraham and Moses, uh, and this
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crystallized at the end with Prophet Muhammad. So, basically, we basically believe that all
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of these prophets came with one simple, pure message, which is to believe in one God and
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worship in one God, and this is the purpose of life. Because the thing is, Anthony, yeah?
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Let me tell you something, yeah? This is my personal opinion. You're an athlete, you're a
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heavyweight boxer, it's a very dangerous arena for you out there. I mean, no matter how talented
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you are, you cannot control the extraneous variables. And the same applies not for boxers,
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for people in life, generally. You cannot control what's going to happen to you, yeah?
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So, one thing you are going to get knocked out, and we're all going to get knocked out
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That's a good idea. I was, I was, I was going to say that.
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No, not Klitschko. I'm not going to say that. I don't think Klitschko. Look, I'm just saying
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death, generally. This is, this is just a reality. I don't know how big you are, how strong
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you may be, but this is just a reality. All of us will be knocked out by death, yeah?
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So, we've got to really think to ourselves, what is, what is the purpose of life?
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We've got to come to this conclusion, yeah? And before time is up. And athletes die two
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lives, yeah? You're a boxer now, 35, 40, you're, that's it. You're not going to be the same,
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right? So, you've got 10 to whatever years, 10 to 15 years to do what you need to do.
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You need to think about that which is going to make you flourish, not only in this world,
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but in that time period when you do die. So, this is our message. And look, Joshua, generally
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speaking, don't worry about these guys that basically are hating on you. There's lots
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of boxers that basically followed in your, that are basically are Muslim, actually. Think
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about Muhammad Ali, who you, I know you respect him. Muhammad Ali is a Muslim. Yeah, Mike Tyson
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became Muslim. I don't know if Chris Cubank, he became, I became Muslim, I don't know. Like,
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I've heard of him. Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris was a Muslim. There's
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lots of, like, we have a community of Muslim boxes. Yeah, yeah. So, at the end of the
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day, like, don't worry about these guys. Yeah. And do your thing, you're a big man, you
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know, you've always shown resilience anyways. I'm sure this is not bothering you, but I'm
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saying, yeah, sorry, go, bro. No, and also they say that, for example, if you don't stand
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for something, you'll fall for anything, yeah? That's it. So, the thing is, we're not saying
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to you, oh, Muhammad Ali is a Muslim. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's a Muslim. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Tyson is a Muslim, you be a Muslim. Yeah, you be a Muslim. No, that's not a reason for
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you to be a Muslim. Yeah, exactly, exactly. What we're trying to say is, if you truly believe
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in this religion, yeah? Yeah. And this way of life, yeah? Exactly. Because it's not a new religion.
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Christianity, Judaism, what Ibrahim followed, all the thousands of prophets, it's one religion
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calling to one message. Yeah. Unfortunately, as it came by, people distorted that. That's
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why you, this is what we believe in, no offense to anyone, Christianity, Judaism, etc. So,
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whatever you believe in, stand for that, you know? So, if you believe Islam is the truth,
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and we, me and brother Muhammad, we're more than happy, if you want, we've got a busy schedule,
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I'm sure you do as well. If you want, we can come and sit down with you, explain it more,
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because it's what we do on a daily basis. We call people to Islam, explain misconceptions.
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So, if there's something that you want to know, please do tell us. But if you truly
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believe in this, I genuinely think, and I believe, I don't think these comments even
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bothered you, yeah? Yeah. We just wanted to do this video just to support, so I will
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support you as Muslims, and if you do need our help, not to back you up. I'm sure you
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can do that with your right or left. Yeah, he is healed, yeah. Yeah. So, we can even do
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boxing, I like boxing as well. But if you do want to, I hope this message reaches
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you. Be strong if you really, if you... Did you just say we can just do
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like meeting that with him? You want to do it with him? With him? Ah, no, no, no, I'm
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okay. Yeah. I don't, I don't, like you said, death will knock you out. It's going to be
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death will knock you out. So, nah, I don't want that. So, basically, Joshua, yeah. Yeah.
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So, this is what you believe in. Don't be shy. If you truly believe in it, like I said
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before, follow it. You know, we just call to the fundamental thing of worshipping God and
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God alone. This is the message that's been conveyed from thousands of prophets.
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Worship God alone. Even Jesus, peace be upon him. Even if you're looking to the Old Testament,
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yeah, when, when the people came up to me and said, what is the greatest commandment?
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He said, hear O Israel, our Lord God is one. One, one, one. We call people to the true
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way of monotheism and you know, you know, and we all have this, our innate disposition, you
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know, I was talking about this to my friends as well. Your innate disposition, you have
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meaning, we call it fitrah, yeah? It's something that you can understand. And if I come and
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say to you, God is one, yeah? You're going to, that relates to me, yeah? That makes sense
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to me. There's one powerful God. If I came to you and said, God is five in one or 25 in
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one and there's a part-time God and a full-time God, it doesn't, do you get what I'm trying
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to say? So, Islam is about worshipping God and God Almighty alone. We are going to die
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and believe me, your parents, whoever they may be, they're not going to come in that
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grave with you. Believe me, it's going to be you and your Lord. Yeah, it's going to
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be you and your Lord. And believe me, money, cars, bills, I'm just doing a general by the
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way, yeah? All these kind of things are going to go, yeah? Because our true fitrah, Allah
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says, only in the remembrance of God, of Allah, do your hearts find peace. And if you forget
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my remembrance, indeed you'll have a depressed life. That means our heart is programmed to
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only find happiness with worshipping God alone. So, what happens usually is people go and think,
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okay, girls, they go after girls, no, they're still that void. Cars, no, still that void.
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Houses, so they go, because they're in a search, you know? But what we understand is that our
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heart's the only program to find peace in worshipping God and God alone. So, I hope you find that
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peace within yourself and in your life. So, that's about it for me, if there's anything
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glass that you want to see. No, no, that's 100%. Look, we're here for you. If you want
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to know about Islam, you know now it's a yes. Yeah. So, Joshua, take care, bro.
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Inshallah, look after yourself. And so, guys, we need one thing from you guys, is please send
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this to him, yeah? It's very easy and nobody's asking you to climb bloody Mount Everest. It's
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very simple. Hashtag Joshua, what was it? Anthony Joshua, sorry. Yeah, yeah. Hashtag Anthony
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Joshua and just send it to him. If he watches it and you play the part, Inshallah, your reward
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is with Allah. Inshallah. So, anyway, guys, it was emotional. Take care. Oh, my God.