Ali Dawah - January 19, 2017


MESSAGE TO ANTHONY JOSHUA


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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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00:00:00.000 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh you brothers and sisters and dear friends,
00:00:29.200 welcome to this video. Before I start, I want to praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the most merciful,
00:00:33.540 the most just, all praise His glory and gratitude belong to Him for the works that we do. Anthony
00:00:38.520 Joshua, do you know Anthony Joshua? Who doesn't know Anthony Joshua? You know what I saw Anthony
00:00:42.700 Joshua once I was telling you guys before we started the video as well is when he was having
00:00:46.020 a face-to-face, you know, face-to-face and his opponent was being a bit cheeky and was like,
00:00:50.700 you know, trying to act hard and then that's the moment where I kind of got a grasp of his character
00:00:56.860 because he was just like, look, why are you, like, why are you, like, why are you acting
00:01:01.000 like that for? Do you get what I'm trying to say? Like, be yourself, you know, don't be
00:01:04.240 fake. So that says a lot about an individual because the fact that, yes, he's a boxer,
00:01:08.700 he could have easily gone and do the same and make a scene and make the hype so they can
00:01:11.920 sell tickets, but it shows that, to me, that's how he seems, do you get what I'm trying to
00:01:15.580 say that? He seems real, you know? He's not...
00:01:17.860 He's very modest, like, I've seen him speaking in press conferences and stuff. He's not really
00:01:23.680 the kind of arrogant type. Exactly, yeah. He doesn't exhibit those kinds of, like, characteristics.
00:01:29.740 Yeah. Yeah, so he's always been humble. He's always played at Humble. Exactly. So, from
00:01:33.660 there, obviously, that's, I don't know much about him. That's the first time that I saw
00:01:36.600 and I love boxing, but sometimes I don't even get time to watch boxing. So, obviously, as
00:01:41.460 you guys know, lately, he's... Obviously, he's been doing a lot of, like, posts regarding
00:01:48.080 Islam, like, before you go on a flight, say, Alshallah. He's been saying a lot of that and
00:01:51.880 obviously, it's a bit... Like, people that are watching will think, is he a Muslim? You
00:01:54.900 know, it seems like he's on that, on the route there, inshallah. But, he made a post, I
00:02:00.760 think, a couple of days ago where he's in a mosque and he's praying. He prayed the Asa
00:02:04.320 prayer and what did he say? He said, besides luck, hard work and talent, prayer is a solid
00:02:10.540 foundation. It was nice to join my brothers as he led through afternoon prayer, Asa.
00:02:14.860 Yeah? So, obviously, he's just done a general post, saying that I'll come in Dubai, just
00:02:19.160 joined the guys to pray. Yeah? Maybe it's just, you know, getting to know about Islam.
00:02:23.540 But, what's funny is, and we've... I've done a video a couple of weeks ago with Lindsay
00:02:27.580 Lohan, maybe a couple of months ago, actually, with Lindsay Lohan when she was attacked and
00:02:32.140 she... Like, she had an interview with the Turkish TV where she was saying, look here, like,
00:02:36.200 they just crucified me in America. Like, they were like, the shaitan. Why? Because she was 1.00
00:02:40.080 carrying the Quran. Do you get what I'm trying to say? So, it's starting to see that there's
00:02:42.780 this pattern. Do you get it? Yeah.
00:02:44.040 Every celebrity or someone known, when they find interest in Islam, boom, you know, people
00:02:50.100 hate on them. And to be honest, obviously, this message is to, like, Joshua, and I hope
00:02:54.520 you guys help us reach it to him, yeah, so we can, like, send it to him, inshallah,
00:02:57.540 if he watches it. Like, to be honest, Joshua, I'll be very straight to the point. Like, these
00:03:03.640 individuals, you can see, like, this is... One of the things that I learned from this
00:03:07.220 to myself personally is that it shows us how the people that we have or love, like,
00:03:14.080 people around us, yeah, your fans, yeah, specifically your fans, yeah, their love is
00:03:19.260 conditional, yeah? They love you conditionally, yeah? Because if they didn't, just because
00:03:25.540 you're praying, they would have not turned against you. Or let's put praying to a side,
00:03:29.500 yeah? If, for example, you lost, yeah? Or if, for example, let's say, your arm was broken,
00:03:35.080 then, God forbid, or something happened to you and you couldn't carry on your boxing
00:03:38.440 career, these individuals are going to forget about you, yeah? And one of the signs, I think
00:03:43.320 it's a big sign for us to learn from, is that the way they've reacted and they've seen,
00:03:46.820 oh, you've lost a following, oh, but what? You've just seen an individual that's praying,
00:03:50.040 that's his religion, you're unfollowing, like, not that it's important, like, I don't think
00:03:53.920 Joshua cares, like, a bloody EDL member who's ended up not wanting to follow him. But it
00:03:59.080 just shows, it shows that, look, that these individuals love you conditionally. Do you get
00:04:04.420 what I'm trying to say? They love you because you offer something, entertainment, whatever
00:04:08.020 it may be. In Islam, we have a concept called loving for the sake of God Almighty. You know,
00:04:12.980 when we love someone, like, let's say, Brother Muhammad, yeah? If I do something for him,
00:04:18.180 I don't do it and say, you know what, let me give him some apple juice, so he can give
00:04:22.160 me some orange juice in return, yeah? Our love is for the sake of Allah, it's for the
00:04:26.640 sake of God Almighty. Whatever I do for this brother, or whatever he does for me, it should
00:04:32.580 be, and inshallah it is, unconditional. How? Like, he doesn't just love me because I love
00:04:38.800 him. Even let's say we had a dispute or whatever, we'll say, look, we're brothers, we love each
00:04:43.080 other for the sake of Allah, yeah? Let's leave it at that. And this is a really important,
00:04:46.180 fundamental thing in Islam, you know? And unfortunately, like I said to you before, in this life, people 1.00
00:04:52.800 are always going to love you conditionally. And the fact that this has happened, I hope it
00:04:56.220 just kind of makes you realise that ultimate true love, and unconditional love only comes
00:05:01.060 from the one who created you, you know? And who has bestowed his mercy upon us with everything
00:05:05.580 that we have, and I'm sure you're aware of this, I don't need to go into much detail,
00:05:10.380 but what we know, from what I can see, is that you have an interest in Islam, you know?
00:05:16.020 So, Brother Muhammad maybe would want to share a bit in detail, or if you want, we can maybe
00:05:21.520 go through some comments before you get into this, to see how ridiculous it is, yeah?
00:05:25.100 Like, this is what some stuff the people have been saying, like, because he's like, Anthony
00:05:30.160 Joshua, I'm gutted, AJ, gone right off you, Islam is a disgrace, what are you doing? Loose, 1.00
00:05:37.500 lost some fans today, big man, yeah? Somebody goes, time to unfollow, you have lost my support
00:05:43.100 and I hope Klichko irons you out, yeah? Yeah? Do you see how petty and how, like, stupid
00:05:49.240 it sounds, yeah? But, obviously, there's some positive feedbacks as well, like, you
00:05:52.680 know, what a world, somebody, some, someone, Miss O, whatever she is, she said, what a
00:05:57.040 world we live in, I'm worried about the future for my kids, if this is how grown adults act,
00:06:00.840 ignore them, champ, yeah? So, you do get some support as well, and obviously, you have your
00:06:04.240 support from us, um, so, like I said before, we're going to give you a little hint, I'm sure
00:06:09.560 you know, about Islam, you know? Now, he might, obviously, Josh is looking into Islam, yeah?
00:06:13.460 Yeah. Is Islam something new? Is Islam a new religion that's coming about? 0.99
00:06:17.360 Yeah, this is the thing, Ali, yeah? Yeah. Listen, Joshua, hopefully you're watching
00:06:21.040 this, yeah? First of all, as, uh, as Ali kind of alluded to before, Islam is not something
00:06:26.660 new, yeah? The, the narrative is as follows, we literally just believe that you ought to
00:06:32.020 worship God and do what God wants us to do, that's all it is, yeah? So, we have prophets
00:06:36.200 and messengers that have come four times, like Jesus and Abraham and Moses, uh, and this
00:06:42.640 crystallized at the end with Prophet Muhammad. So, basically, we basically believe that all 0.98
00:06:47.020 of these prophets came with one simple, pure message, which is to believe in one God and
00:06:51.720 worship in one God, and this is the purpose of life. Because the thing is, Anthony, yeah?
00:06:56.840 Let me tell you something, yeah? This is my personal opinion. You're an athlete, you're a
00:07:01.640 heavyweight boxer, it's a very dangerous arena for you out there. I mean, no matter how talented
00:07:05.740 you are, you cannot control the extraneous variables. And the same applies not for boxers,
00:07:09.860 for people in life, generally. You cannot control what's going to happen to you, yeah?
00:07:13.880 So, one thing you are going to get knocked out, and we're all going to get knocked out
00:07:17.760 by, is death, yeah?
00:07:19.500 That's a good idea. I was, I was, I was going to say that.
00:07:22.200 No, not Klitschko. I'm not going to say that. I don't think Klitschko. Look, I'm just saying
00:07:25.200 death, generally. This is, this is just a reality. I don't know how big you are, how strong
00:07:28.720 you may be, but this is just a reality. All of us will be knocked out by death, yeah?
00:07:32.900 So, we've got to really think to ourselves, what is, what is the purpose of life?
00:07:37.960 We've got to come to this conclusion, yeah? And before time is up. And athletes die two
00:07:42.340 lives, yeah? You're a boxer now, 35, 40, you're, that's it. You're not going to be the same,
00:07:49.060 right? So, you've got 10 to whatever years, 10 to 15 years to do what you need to do.
00:07:53.000 You need to think about that which is going to make you flourish, not only in this world,
00:07:57.800 but in that time period when you do die. So, this is our message. And look, Joshua, generally
00:08:04.480 speaking, don't worry about these guys that basically are hating on you. There's lots
00:08:09.820 of boxers that basically followed in your, that are basically are Muslim, actually. Think
00:08:14.780 about Muhammad Ali, who you, I know you respect him. Muhammad Ali is a Muslim. Yeah, Mike Tyson
00:08:19.480 became Muslim. I don't know if Chris Cubank, he became, I became Muslim, I don't know. Like,
00:08:24.180 I've heard of him. Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris was a Muslim. There's
00:08:26.080 lots of, like, we have a community of Muslim boxes. Yeah, yeah. So, at the end of the 1.00
00:08:29.800 day, like, don't worry about these guys. Yeah. And do your thing, you're a big man, you
00:08:33.860 know, you've always shown resilience anyways. I'm sure this is not bothering you, but I'm
00:08:38.280 saying, yeah, sorry, go, bro. No, and also they say that, for example, if you don't stand
00:08:42.240 for something, you'll fall for anything, yeah? That's it. So, the thing is, we're not saying
00:08:46.260 to you, oh, Muhammad Ali is a Muslim. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's a Muslim. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:08:49.660 Tyson is a Muslim, you be a Muslim. Yeah, you be a Muslim. No, that's not a reason for 1.00
00:08:51.820 you to be a Muslim. Yeah, exactly, exactly. What we're trying to say is, if you truly believe 0.92
00:08:54.500 in this religion, yeah? Yeah. And this way of life, yeah? Exactly. Because it's not a new religion.
00:08:58.800 Christianity, Judaism, what Ibrahim followed, all the thousands of prophets, it's one religion
00:09:04.920 calling to one message. Yeah. Unfortunately, as it came by, people distorted that. That's
00:09:09.620 why you, this is what we believe in, no offense to anyone, Christianity, Judaism, etc. So,
00:09:13.920 whatever you believe in, stand for that, you know? So, if you believe Islam is the truth, 1.00
00:09:19.360 and we, me and brother Muhammad, we're more than happy, if you want, we've got a busy schedule,
00:09:23.800 I'm sure you do as well. If you want, we can come and sit down with you, explain it more,
00:09:27.360 because it's what we do on a daily basis. We call people to Islam, explain misconceptions.
00:09:31.940 So, if there's something that you want to know, please do tell us. But if you truly
00:09:34.760 believe in this, I genuinely think, and I believe, I don't think these comments even
00:09:38.520 bothered you, yeah? Yeah. We just wanted to do this video just to support, so I will
00:09:41.660 support you as Muslims, and if you do need our help, not to back you up. I'm sure you
00:09:46.840 can do that with your right or left. Yeah, he is healed, yeah. Yeah. So, we can even do
00:09:50.020 boxing, I like boxing as well. But if you do want to, I hope this message reaches
00:09:53.020 you. Be strong if you really, if you... Did you just say we can just do
00:09:55.880 like meeting that with him? You want to do it with him? With him? Ah, no, no, no, I'm
00:09:58.960 okay. Yeah. I don't, I don't, like you said, death will knock you out. It's going to be
00:10:04.560 death will knock you out. So, nah, I don't want that. So, basically, Joshua, yeah. Yeah.
00:10:12.540 So, this is what you believe in. Don't be shy. If you truly believe in it, like I said
00:10:17.200 before, follow it. You know, we just call to the fundamental thing of worshipping God and
00:10:22.720 God alone. This is the message that's been conveyed from thousands of prophets.
00:10:27.260 Worship God alone. Even Jesus, peace be upon him. Even if you're looking to the Old Testament,
00:10:31.900 yeah, when, when the people came up to me and said, what is the greatest commandment?
00:10:35.080 He said, hear O Israel, our Lord God is one. One, one, one. We call people to the true
00:10:40.720 way of monotheism and you know, you know, and we all have this, our innate disposition, you
00:10:46.100 know, I was talking about this to my friends as well. Your innate disposition, you have
00:10:48.900 meaning, we call it fitrah, yeah? It's something that you can understand. And if I come and
00:10:54.560 say to you, God is one, yeah? You're going to, that relates to me, yeah? That makes sense
00:10:58.000 to me. There's one powerful God. If I came to you and said, God is five in one or 25 in
00:11:02.700 one and there's a part-time God and a full-time God, it doesn't, do you get what I'm trying
00:11:06.980 to say? So, Islam is about worshipping God and God Almighty alone. We are going to die 1.00
00:11:12.060 and believe me, your parents, whoever they may be, they're not going to come in that
00:11:16.160 grave with you. Believe me, it's going to be you and your Lord. Yeah, it's going to
00:11:19.640 be you and your Lord. And believe me, money, cars, bills, I'm just doing a general by the
00:11:23.860 way, yeah? All these kind of things are going to go, yeah? Because our true fitrah, Allah
00:11:27.640 says, only in the remembrance of God, of Allah, do your hearts find peace. And if you forget
00:11:32.520 my remembrance, indeed you'll have a depressed life. That means our heart is programmed to
00:11:37.100 only find happiness with worshipping God alone. So, what happens usually is people go and think,
00:11:42.300 okay, girls, they go after girls, no, they're still that void. Cars, no, still that void.
00:11:48.220 Houses, so they go, because they're in a search, you know? But what we understand is that our
00:11:53.520 heart's the only program to find peace in worshipping God and God alone. So, I hope you find that
00:11:58.220 peace within yourself and in your life. So, that's about it for me, if there's anything
00:12:03.140 glass that you want to see. No, no, that's 100%. Look, we're here for you. If you want
00:12:06.760 to know about Islam, you know now it's a yes. Yeah. So, Joshua, take care, bro.
00:12:14.260 Inshallah, look after yourself. And so, guys, we need one thing from you guys, is please send
00:12:19.580 this to him, yeah? It's very easy and nobody's asking you to climb bloody Mount Everest. It's
00:12:24.060 very simple. Hashtag Joshua, what was it? Anthony Joshua, sorry. Yeah, yeah. Hashtag Anthony
00:12:30.540 Joshua and just send it to him. If he watches it and you play the part, Inshallah, your reward
00:12:34.680 is with Allah. Inshallah. So, anyway, guys, it was emotional. Take care. Oh, my God.
00:12:38.260 You're putting your hand out there.
00:12:39.180 Yeah.
00:12:40.180 And so, guys, let's talk about that.
00:12:54.720 Hey.
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