Jummah Kutbahaykum: How do we reconcile the Western and Eastern religions? What is the difference between them? What are the differences between the two? How can we reconcile both? Is Allah a man or a woman?
00:01:03.000That you speak. I appreciate that when it comes to the war between the West and Russia.
00:01:08.000But that's not really my concern. I'm a Muslim myself. I came to Islam 10 years ago.
00:01:13.000I just wanted to ask you a question. Can you speak up a bit?
00:01:16.000Yeah, if you can come closer, please. Yeah. So basically, in a nutshell, I want to know how you guys, the nation of Islam, do not contradict Surah Ikhlas.
00:01:25.000Surah Ikhlas is very clear. It says that Allah is one. He is self-sufficient. He does not beget, nor is he begotten, and there is nothing like unto him.
00:01:35.000So do you not realize that you are sharing an attribute of Allah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, when it comes to Asma wa Safad, with Elijah Muhammad, or whoever it is for that matter, where you are claiming because you're praising Allah, which is good.
00:01:47.000Which is good. I was saying the same thing when he was saying Safir, I was saying Allahu Akbar. But when it comes to Elijah Muhammad, you guys claim to be a Muslim when you're going to, when you have contradicted the very foundation of Islam, which we come and preach to the Christians that God is not a man, not a white man or a black man.
00:02:04.000So can you please just answer my question? You said you don't want to have that understandable, but can you please just tell me, how do you reconcile both?
00:02:12.000I understand your question, and it's a beautiful question, and I thank you very much for the spirit in which you asked that question.
00:02:20.000But I will say this, when we ask a question, we should be intelligent enough to listen to the answer.
00:02:28.000We should never ask a question with a preconceived notion or we believe that we know already and that, oh, you're just a bunch of fools, so now you're going to mock them and you're going to want to jump in.
00:02:40.000Let me say it like this to you. We agree with Surah Ikhlas. Say that Allah is one God. He's all independent.
00:02:50.000He begets not nor is he begotten and there is none comparable unto him. We agree 100%.
00:02:58.000The creator of the heavens and the earth. The creator of the heavens and the earth. He originated. He was not begotten. He is self created. He creates everything. So he's neither begotten nor does he begin. We agree.
00:03:19.000Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. 1400 years ago, went into a cave. And while in that cave, he heard a voice saying, Ikra, read in the name of dialogue.
00:03:34.000Prophet Muhammad, the prophet said, Oh, the prophet said, he looked and in all four corners. He saw a man.
00:03:41.000We agree. He saw a man. That man we call Jibreel or the angel. Gabriel.
00:03:49.000the prophet Muhammad one day is walking with the companions a man comes to him dressed in white
00:03:57.960the man stops him and asks him questions about the faith of Islam the prophet answers the questions
00:04:07.720the man walks away the prophet turns to the companions do you know who that was they said
00:04:17.020no he said that's Jibreel Jibreel is the one who through him almighty God Allah revealed the holy
00:04:29.700Quran make sense okay the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him he never said I am the prophet of Jibreel
00:04:39.620I am the prophet of Allah the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was an unlearned man
00:04:49.880couldn't read couldn't write looked down upon by many there were people who knew him when he was a
00:04:58.360child growing up I think they call it Alameen because he was a beautiful human being but nonetheless he
00:05:04.080was not somebody who was regarded highly in the society in fact when he married Khadija it was
00:05:10.700Khadija who basically paid his way because he had not the resources and that kind of money so this is
00:05:18.060not a man that was you know people are looking up to him in fact when he said I am the messenger of
00:05:24.620Allah he was persecuted I want you to think about some of your attitudes today see because they accused
00:05:33.440the prophet of blaspheme because they were worshiping stones and bricks and snakes and milk in the
00:05:41.900Kaaba all manner of idols but the prophet came and said as a man I am the messenger of Allah but he's a
00:05:54.280lowly man unlearned man see we got to understand man this is how Allah works who is Musa why is Moses
00:06:05.960mentioned more in the holy Quran than any of the prophets maybe you don't do you mean maybe me
00:06:13.580you just you just about speaking to him through a burning bush Moses speaks to Allah Allah speaks to
00:06:24.940Moses Moses is nervous he's scared he says who shall I say sent me he says tell him tell Pharaoh I am
00:06:32.680that I am in other words I exist I am real look man I say it to you like this you've got to listen
00:06:41.220very carefully to the language of the nation of Islam we believe now I want you to imagine for a second
00:06:48.360that you are ignorant that you don't know nothing maybe you're sitting over there you've got a
00:06:55.140a tin of tenants you're spaced out and and brother Leo comes to you that's me I'm brother Leo I come to
00:07:02.980you when I say my brother how are you you know what's happening man you say man I'm down I haven't
00:07:07.720got nothing whatever and I speak to you for a few hours about the beauty and the majesty and the love
00:07:13.920of God and you become inspired from that little talk and you get up and you go and you do your
00:07:21.760shahada and you become a beautiful Muslim and your life changes whether you understand this or not
00:07:28.960Allah came to you in the person of Leo Muhammad not that I am Allah Allah uses human beings Allah
00:07:41.300don't do magic he don't do spooks he comes to men and women through men and women in the holy
00:07:47.940Quran Allah said had you been an angel I would have sent you an angel but because you're a man
00:07:54.160the prophet went about in the marketplace eating food like everybody else he got sick like everybody
00:08:00.640else at the battle of Badal he got wounded like everybody else Allah didn't do magic and save him
00:08:07.160when they were hunting him the Quresh trying to kill him and he went into that little cave and the spider
00:08:12.840made the web it was only that was Allah but but not magic the prophet was in danger of dying the
00:08:20.220companions had to flee to Ethiopia to the black people in Africa to for asylum when they wanted
00:08:26.920to kill them teach this is how Allah works so all I'm saying to you we understand the Muslims when
00:08:34.820they get angry with us because they believe that we're practicing shirk I can assure you we're not doing
00:08:40.300that we know that Allah is incomparable but guess what guess what did you know that there's not
00:08:47.080another human being on this planet with your fingerprint do you understand there's not another
00:08:53.080human being on this planet with the same dimensions of your retina or anything to do with you do you
00:08:58.940know that one side of your face is completely different to the other oh yes sir that means that
00:09:05.200you are unique incomparable but the Muslims we take it to such an extreme where Allah cannot be
00:09:16.120comprehend if you can't comprehend him you can't worship that which you cannot comprehend no you can't
00:09:22.980look believe me it's such a theory the reason why so many of us are in trouble today man is because we're
00:09:32.000bowing down and we're praying to nothing we don't believe that Allah has substance has power look at
00:09:41.900what this white man's got have you seen his weapons what if I told you that oh my look how can I explain
00:09:51.380this to you see this got some electricity in it right there's no scientist on the planet that can show
00:10:00.680you the origin of electricity that's why sometimes you can touch something and you get a little spark
00:10:05.780because it's all around it's awesome it's it's one of the most mysterious powers in the universe you
00:10:11.880and I are run on electricity this brain is electric it's awesome it's firing right now neurons and
00:10:19.880neutrons it is it's phenomenal okay I've got electric in me this has got electric in it this is not
00:10:30.800electricity or the origin or the source of electricity Allah puts himself wherever he pleases he can go into
00:10:41.780a man no it's not sure this is what I'm saying to you look look look do you believe that the earth is
00:10:48.440divine no you don't look Allah says it it's divine yes sir look it's his creation everything that Allah
00:10:58.280everything of Allah's creation is divine what's your name brother Leo Muhammad yes sir
00:11:04.060brother Leo Muhammad hold on hold on a second hold on a second let me let me just finish the point okay I
00:11:10.440don't want to go too far because me personally I think I've made my point I would just say to you study
00:11:19.260see that instruction to the prophet Ikra it wasn't just to the prophet it's to all of us because many
00:11:26.760of us today we walk with the Holy Christ the book says they put the book behind their backs and we listen
00:11:33.360to the sheikh we listen to the mullahs we listen to the so-called scholars and we are left absolutely
00:11:40.620messed up I'm saying dear sir dear brother go and study for yourself and understand that it is not sure
00:11:50.580to understand that Allah is the influence of men and women Allah is the power when I come out here I
00:12:02.220don't come in here with no spook God my God walks not just by my side in me around me oh yes sir oh yes
00:12:10.320sir that's the difference see look see that's what I'm saying so this is where we have to disagree but
00:12:17.040but but this is the point this is what we believe but where's the evidence from the Quran and the sunnah
00:12:22.140no no no I understand no no because you need to bring evidence no no no I agree with you sorry
00:12:28.020brother you know what Allah says in the Quran when you threw it wasn't you that threw it was me that's
00:12:31.140right I understand that's right I understand the influence no no no no but if you understand that
00:12:35.760but you're seeing Allah is within us no no but if you understand that see the the Christ the Christ
00:12:43.140the Christ he causes lame people to walk he causes dumb people to speak he causes the blind to see
00:12:51.720by Allah's permission right no agree yeah but not spooks no I know Allah is moving that man
00:13:00.720Allah is in control of that man yeah thank you Allah is not that man no Allah is in that man no
00:13:07.740that's true no but that's what I'm saying to you this is what I'm saying to you electricity is in here
00:13:12.060but electricity remains everywhere but Allah is not electricity no no no Allah is electricity no
00:13:17.580he's not he created electricity look you see this is what I'm saying to you you know you you want to
00:13:24.000make Allah nothing no no that's what you're doing we're saying that Allah is everything that's the
00:13:30.780difference your Allah your Allah is nothing how our Allah is everything yes sir
00:13:37.680number one second yes sir yes sir yes sir you need to speak up no you're not going to monopolize
00:13:45.960the questions go ahead go ahead yes sir this is very he didn't answer my question I said surah
00:13:52.080ikhlas how does that contradict one second brother how does that contradict how does that coexist with
00:13:58.500that he didn't answer my question you didn't answer my question no no this is unbelievable this is the
00:14:04.200reason why guys this is the reason why the mushrikeen fell into ship because he's saying we need substance
00:14:10.480we have to see Allah we know the problem Muhammad peace be upon him said anybody that doesn't see
00:14:14.940Allah and believe in him will enter Jannah the whole point is what we don't fall into what the mushrikeen
00:14:19.560fell into by thinking we need something that we can see that is ship and this brother with all your
00:14:25.060respect this is the reason why when it comes to the issue of takfir we're very careful because I'm not
00:14:30.800qualified to say someone you're a kafir but when somebody comes and says Allah is in me or Elijah
00:14:37.300Muhammad is Allah this is shirk you are not a muslim I invite these brothers to the true tawheed of
00:14:44.260islam and I invite you as well to islam yeah this is not islam we need to make it very clear brothers and
00:14:50.080sisters what these brothers are on may Allah guide them in mind me this is not islam God is not a man
00:14:56.600God is not a man he's not electric he's not inside us he's not Elijah Muhammad he's none of these people
00:15:03.100so when they come here with the name of warning he said in the name of Allah they've got the Quran there
00:15:08.100this is not islam so we call these brothers from nation of islam back to back to the true islam so heed is one
00:15:16.100young man why do you think we argue with the christians we argue with christians because we're
00:15:20.400telling them God is not a white man God is not a white man they're saying God is a black man
00:15:25.600this is shirk this is shirk and that's what we argue with christians like himself and tell them
00:15:31.400so it's very funny that when we're trying to engage with them I asked a simple question
00:15:36.640guys let me ask a simple question how do you get surah ikhlas and say Elijah Muhammad is Allah
00:15:41.540the whole of Europe and he believes that this prophecy will place in the 60s you know I would have to say to you
00:15:49.340so all I'm saying to the brother he doesn't want to engage I'm going to wait for him to finish this
00:15:52.740conversation and I'm going to try to talk to him again because did he answer my question
00:15:56.440I'm going to wait I don't want to be respectful I'm going to wait and I'm going to ask him a question again
00:16:01.440that's what I'm going to do I'm going to wait I'm going to wait and ask my question
00:16:05.240experience yes and that that's real I don't I don't I wouldn't condemn you or suggest you
00:16:12.000that's what I'm saying they believe Elijah Muhammad is incarnate Allah
00:16:14.440I believe that there are you know and this is what the Muslim said because they're saying Allah has to be substance
00:16:19.540you know we have to see there are many roads there are many avenues
00:23:04.940So we do not get into this kind of thing. Whatever we do, it is because we want to do it. We don't get badgered into doing things.
00:23:18.240So, inshallah, if Allah spares our life, we'll be back here again and then we will say what we need to say and if we can, we will try to answer any questions.
00:23:29.440So as you can see, guys, I mean, I tried to speak to him, but they don't want to. He's basically here to preach and go.
00:23:38.940And we see this behavior with the Christians. Why? Because they don't really have a backbone.
00:23:42.940So I ask simple questions. You claim a life...
00:23:50.940Okay, so basically, yeah, I just wanted to speak to him because at the end of the day, this nation has got nothing to do with Islam.
00:23:58.940They are not Muslims. And I'm very careful to doing taqfir to people because we need to be very careful because we have brothers here in the park who call people innovators, innovators.
00:24:08.440They're not unqualified individuals, ignoramuses. So when it comes to calling a Muslim a kafir, it's very dangerous.
00:24:15.440My teachers warn me against this, so I'm very, very careful.
00:24:18.440But when you have somebody who says that Allah incarnated or came as Elijah Muhammad, that is shirk.
00:24:26.940Now, if you listen to him very carefully, what did he say? He said you guys worship nothing.
00:24:32.940Meaning that he's saying, and this is exactly what the Mushrikeen fell into shirk.
00:24:38.440Because they are saying, we can't see Allah.
00:24:41.440That's why we need to make our demigods, small gods, so we can touch and feel them.
00:24:45.440Yeah? This is the reason why the Muslims would enter Jannah inshallah.
00:24:49.440Because we believed in Allah without seeing Allah. That is the whole point.
00:24:54.940So what they're seeing is, oh, what's the substance? Oh, electric. Allah is electric. Allah is in you. Allah is this.
00:25:01.940So you can clearly see, he talks about shaytan, but the shaytan is going from the jugular vein.
00:25:07.440Because what is the first thing shaytan attacks you with? Shirk.
00:25:11.440The first thing shaytan wants is shirkin you.
00:25:14.440Because when you die in shirk, it's hellfire.
00:25:17.440And if you can't do shirk, you'll get you through innovation.