Ali Dawah - MUSLIM FASTING EXPERIMENT

00:00:00.000 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu brothers and sisters and dear friends, and welcome to another episode of Experiments.

00:00:20.520 Today's experiment that we wanted to do was basically go out there and find out if those people know about Ramadan,

00:00:27.120 when we put them in a certain situation about fasting and we need water or date to break our fast, are they really going to help us or are they just going to say look mate you're a terrorist or no sorry I don't want to help you, let's go and find out and inshallah see what happens.

00:00:38.240 You've got two minutes, sorry I'm stuck in a bit of a dilemma, basically I'm fasting today, I don't know if you know it's Ramadan, basically what it is is I haven't left my money and my cars in the car and basically I just need to break my fast with water or date, so I'm just wondering is there any chance you can just get me water?

00:00:52.720 Sorry I'm not a beggar, this is like, no no no I'm actually, this is no excuse, I lost my car today, are you serious?

00:00:58.720 Yeah so I'm out of cash as well, we're in the same situation, I'm sorry nah I can't get you water.

00:01:03.720 Excuse me sir, sorry, sorry to bother you, it's going to sound a bit crazy, but basically I'm fasting, I don't know if you know it's Ramadan, and basically I've got my money and my cars in the car.

00:01:13.720 I've just been in the gym, I haven't got anything on me. Is it? I just need water, I don't need money. I've got this but it's got crap in it. Sorry mate.

00:01:20.720 It's alright mate, I'm going to depreciate it. Alright, no worries mate.

00:01:23.720 Alright, excuse me, I'm in a bit of dynamo, I don't have my money on me, do you have like water or date, I can break my fast with?

00:01:30.720 You can what?

00:01:31.720 I can break my fast with, water or date.

00:01:33.720 Water or date?

00:01:35.720 No, it looks so hot.

00:01:38.720 Sorry.

00:01:40.720 A little bit of a dilemma, I'm fasting, I'm Muslim, I don't know if you can go to the internet.

00:01:47.720 I've left my money like in my friend's car and he's basically driven off and I need to break my fast, I've been fasting all day, I haven't eaten or drunk nothing.

00:01:56.720 I don't want money or nothing, I was just wondering if you have like water or something.

00:02:00.720 Oh sorry mate, I've literally...

00:02:01.720 I've got chewing gum but that's not going to be the best thing in the world.

00:02:04.720 It wouldn't be.

00:02:05.720 No.

00:02:06.720 Well basically, I just wanted to let you guys know it's a social experiment.

00:02:09.720 Oh.

00:02:10.720 So the cameras will be there.

00:02:11.720 And we're basically just, we're recording for YouTube, we're letting people know about Muslims that they fast in Ramadan.

00:02:16.720 Yeah, they're all.

00:02:17.720 Etcetera and stuff like that, so...

00:02:18.720 Sorry, excuse me, do you have a minute spell?

00:02:21.720 No, then do you watch?

00:02:22.720 I'm fasting, it's Ramadan. 0.85

00:02:24.720 Oh.

00:02:25.720 Do you have any water or...

00:02:26.720 Thank you.

00:02:27.720 Thank you.

00:02:28.720 Excuse me, I'm in a bit of a dilemma at the moment, I'm fasting, it's Ramadan.

00:02:34.720 I've heard of Ramadan?

00:02:35.720 Yeah, yeah, my momadana.

00:02:36.720 Oh, is it?

00:02:37.720 Okay, yeah, I need to break my fast, do you have any water or anything?

00:02:39.720 Uh, yeah.

00:02:40.720 What?

00:02:41.720 Thank you.

00:02:42.720 Um, yeah we're just seeing like a social experiment.

00:02:45.720 Do you want to keep it?

00:02:46.720 No, no, no, it's just a social experiment, to see if who would help me out and who would

00:02:51.720 do.

00:02:52.720 Oh, thank you anyway.

00:02:53.720 Oh, no worries.

00:02:54.720 Thanks.

00:02:55.720 Do you guys know about Ramadan?

00:02:57.720 Yeah, my momadana fasting.

00:02:58.720 Oh really?

00:02:59.720 Yeah, yeah.

00:03:00.720 Okay, alright, do you guys know about it?

00:03:01.720 She's told me a bit about it, yeah.

00:03:02.720 What do you know about it?

00:03:04.720 I was going to say, is it time to practice faster?

00:03:06.720 No, not yet.

00:03:08.720 You literally just said it's like 19 hours.

00:03:10.720 Yeah, it's 19 hours.

00:03:12.720 What do you know about Ramadan?

00:03:14.720 No, not much. I admit, I don't know a lot.

00:03:16.720 Is it?

00:03:18.720 We're just going to have to experiment like people would help us.

00:03:20.720 They say you're not going to be terrorists or something like that.

00:03:22.720 Oh, no!

00:03:24.720 Have people actually said that to me?

00:03:26.720 No, it's always been good.

00:03:28.720 Maybe London's a bit diverse.

00:03:30.720 We're the first person to help us out.

00:03:32.720 We're the first person to help you out?

00:03:34.720 Yeah. Really?

00:03:36.720 Do people just say no?

00:03:38.720 Yeah, they're like, no, sorry, we don't have nothing.

00:03:40.720 Or just have no.

00:03:42.720 I would pour you a bottle of water.

00:03:44.720 Or salt. If you have dates, you can get salt, don't you?

00:03:46.720 Oh, thanks.

00:03:48.720 Thanks again. Bye-bye.

00:03:50.720 I'm in a bit of a dilemma. I was just wondering if you guys can help me.

00:03:52.720 Basically, I forgot my money and my cards.

00:03:54.720 And basically, I need to break my fast soon.

00:03:56.720 I don't want money.

00:03:58.720 Do you have water or dates that I can break my fast with?

00:04:00.720 I have water.

00:04:02.720 I don't have any food on me, bro.

00:04:04.720 Do you have water or something?

00:04:06.720 Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.

00:04:08.720 That's cool, man.

00:04:09.720 Do you guys know about Ramadan?

00:04:10.720 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:04:11.720 Are you Muslim?

00:04:12.720 Nah, I'm Christian.

00:04:13.720 Oh, you're Christian? Okay, all right. 0.95

00:04:14.720 Yeah, basically, start here.

00:04:16.720 That's cool, man.

00:04:17.720 Basically, it was a social experiment.

00:04:19.720 I've got a camera there.

00:04:20.720 I just wanted to know if you guys know about Ramadan.

00:04:22.720 Oh my God!

00:04:24.720 Thank you.

00:04:25.720 Thank you.

00:04:26.720 I really appreciate it.

00:04:27.720 Basically, what we're doing is I'm a YouTuber.

00:04:28.720 I do videos on YouTube.

00:04:29.720 Okay.

00:04:30.720 I just wanted to know if people know about Ramadan.

00:04:31.720 Are they going to help? 0.84

00:04:32.720 Are they going to be like, move away, you terrorists?

00:04:34.720 Or something like that. 0.92

00:04:35.720 Do you get me?

00:04:36.720 So, we're just trying to see what people do, but I really appreciate it.

00:04:37.720 Thank you very much.

00:04:38.720 I fast sometimes as well.

00:04:39.720 Yeah?

00:04:40.720 Yeah.

00:04:41.720 You want to write my YouTube name down?

00:04:42.720 Yeah.

00:04:43.720 Ali Dawa.

00:04:44.720 Excuse me, guys.

00:04:45.720 Sorry to bother you.

00:04:46.720 I'm just stuck in a bit of a dilemma.

00:04:48.720 I'm fasting.

00:04:49.720 I don't know if you guys know it's Ramadan.

00:04:50.720 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:04:51.720 And I left all my money in the car.

00:04:52.720 And I need to break my fast in about 20 minutes with water or dates.

00:04:54.720 So, I was wondering, can you just get me water?

00:04:56.720 I just need water.

00:04:57.720 If you have...

00:04:58.720 I have no money.

00:04:59.720 I don't want money.

00:05:00.720 Is there any way you can get me water?

00:05:01.720 Water, yeah?

00:05:02.720 Yeah, if it's possible.

00:05:03.720 I'm sorry.

00:05:04.720 I'm just stuck in a bit of a dilemma.

00:05:05.720 I'm not from around here.

00:05:06.720 Where is the...

00:05:07.720 What?

00:05:08.720 Maybe...

00:05:09.720 What?

00:05:10.720 That place?

00:05:11.720 Can you get me water?

00:05:12.720 Oh, thank you.

00:05:13.720 Oh, by the way, it was a social experiment.

00:05:15.720 Oh.

00:05:16.720 The camera's there.

00:05:17.720 Oh, yeah?

00:05:18.720 Yeah.

00:05:19.720 So, we just need...

00:05:20.720 Do you know about Ramadan?

00:05:21.720 Yeah, I know about Ramadan. 0.55

00:05:22.720 Okay, that's great.

00:05:23.720 What we're doing is we're just stopping people.

00:05:24.720 See if they will actually help.

00:05:25.720 Yeah.

00:05:26.720 Are they aware of Ramadan?

00:05:27.720 I'm stuck in a bit of a dilemma.

00:05:28.720 I'm fasting.

00:05:29.720 You know fasting?

00:05:30.720 Yeah.

00:05:31.720 It's Ramadan, yeah.

00:05:32.720 Basically, I forgot my cards and my money.

00:05:34.720 And I need...

00:05:35.720 I don't want money from you guys.

00:05:36.720 I need water or something to break my fast.

00:05:38.720 So, I was wondering, do you guys have...

00:05:39.720 Is it okay?

00:05:40.720 Have you heard of Ramadan before?

00:05:41.720 Yeah.

00:05:42.720 You can't drink because the day is up, no?

00:05:44.720 Why?

00:05:45.720 You need to wait when the day is down.

00:05:47.720 Oh, when the day...

00:05:48.720 When the sun is down?

00:05:49.720 Yeah.

00:05:50.720 Okay, so you do know about Ramadan?

00:05:51.720 Yeah.

00:05:52.720 Okay.

00:05:53.720 No, no, basically, it's a...

00:05:54.720 I'm a YouTuber.

00:05:55.720 There's a camera there.

00:05:56.720 We're doing a social experiment to see if people know about Ramadan

00:06:00.720 and if they will give us something to drink.

00:06:02.720 So, thank you very much.

00:06:03.720 I'm sorry, man.

00:06:04.720 Sorry to stop you.

00:06:05.720 Just two minutes.

00:06:06.720 Basically, what it is, I'm stuck in a bit of a dilemma.

00:06:08.720 Alright.

00:06:09.720 I'm fasting.

00:06:10.720 I don't know if you know this is Ramadan.

00:06:11.720 Alright.

00:06:12.720 I'm fasting.

00:06:13.720 Basically, what it is, I've left my money and everything in the car.

00:06:14.720 Yeah.

00:06:15.720 And I need to break my fast.

00:06:16.720 I need water or dates.

00:06:17.720 If you can just get me water or dates, is that possible?

00:06:19.720 I'm sorry, I've got money, but it's just I've left everything in the car

00:06:22.720 and I have to break my fast because water or dates.

00:06:24.720 You need a crud.

00:06:25.720 I just need water or just anything.

00:06:27.720 You need a crud, yeah?

00:06:30.720 There you go.

00:06:31.720 Having a change.

00:06:32.720 Before you do it, sorry, sorry, sorry.

00:06:33.720 It's a social experiment.

00:06:35.720 So, it's for YouTube.

00:06:36.720 Oh, alright.

00:06:37.720 Sorry, the camera's there.

00:06:38.720 Basically, I'm really sorry to stop you.

00:06:39.720 It's just what we're doing.

00:06:40.720 We just want to see if people...

00:06:41.720 Are you aware of Ramadan?

00:06:42.720 Yeah.

00:06:43.720 Have you heard of Ramadan?

00:06:44.720 Yeah, sure.

00:06:45.720 Okay, I really appreciate it, man.

00:06:46.720 Thank you very much.

00:06:47.720 You know what it is?

00:06:48.720 We just did an experiment to find out what people helped.

00:06:49.720 Do they know about Ramadan?

00:06:50.720 You know, I'm fasting.

00:06:51.720 It's Ramadan at the moment.

00:06:53.720 Is there any way that you could give me some water or something so I could break my fast?

00:06:57.720 Sorry?

00:06:58.720 Any water?

00:06:59.720 Water.

00:07:00.720 We have water.

00:07:01.720 Yeah.

00:07:02.720 Do you know about Ramadan?

00:07:03.720 Yes.

00:07:04.720 Yeah, we're fasting at the moment.

00:07:05.720 That's all right.

00:07:06.720 Thank you so much.

00:07:07.720 Do you want to keep you?

00:07:09.720 You know what?

00:07:10.720 No, that's fine.

00:07:11.720 It's fine.

00:07:12.720 The reason that we do this, we're just going to ask, we're just doing a social experiment.

00:07:15.720 We just want to see who knows about Ramadan and about Islam and what we're doing.

00:07:18.720 So yeah, we actually break fast at half an hour.

00:07:21.720 So yeah, doing a social experiment, I just thought I'd ask if he would be generous and

00:07:26.720 thank you very much.

00:07:27.720 I'm fasting.

00:07:28.720 As you know, it's my, I don't know if you know it's my madame.

00:07:30.720 Yeah, basically what it is, I've left my money and my card in my car and I need to break

00:07:34.720 my fast with water or this.

00:07:35.720 I'm just wondering, can you get me water or if you just have a pound, I'll give it back

00:07:38.720 to you.

00:07:39.720 Yeah, I'm really sorry.

00:07:40.720 It's just, I'm just stuck and I'm not coming around here.

00:07:42.720 It's all right.

00:07:43.720 Don't worry.

00:07:44.720 Thank you very much.

00:07:45.720 I really appreciate it.

00:07:46.720 You better not be lying.

00:07:48.720 No, no, no, no.

00:07:49.720 I've got an iPhone.

00:07:50.720 I don't need a pound.

00:07:51.720 Yeah.

00:07:52.720 And by the way, you can stop there.

00:07:54.720 It was a social experiment.

00:07:55.720 Really?

00:07:56.720 Yes.

00:07:57.720 Sorry about that.

00:07:58.720 The camera's there.

00:07:59.720 What?

00:08:00.720 Basically what we're doing, we just want to know if people know about Ramadan.

00:08:03.720 Yeah.

00:08:04.720 Are they going to help?

00:08:05.720 Are they just going to be like, no.

00:08:06.720 So that's why we were just doing it.

00:08:07.720 So brothers and sisters, as you saw for yourself, the experiment that took place, a lot of people

00:08:12.720 know about Islam.

00:08:13.720 A lot of people know about Ramadan, about fasting.

00:08:15.720 They know so much so that when we approached certain people, we were asking about, you

00:08:19.720 know, if you can get me a water or a date.

00:08:22.720 Some of them said, oh, it's not even time for you to break the fast yet.

00:08:24.720 And yeah, I have heard about Ramadan and many other stuff.

00:08:27.720 So what that shows us is that it's a narration of the Prophet that Islam will enter every household. 0.99

00:08:33.720 So we can see from that clearly that people actually hear about it and they know about

00:08:36.720 it.

00:08:37.720 So the fact that they wanted to help us, it shows to you that, you know, as you know, when

00:08:43.720 we look at the media, a lot of people, it's that they hate Islam and they don't want Islam

00:08:46.720 to be there.

00:08:47.720 But when we're out there and we speak to people and we saw what kind of reaction they

00:08:52.720 gave, a lot of them really were helpful.

00:08:54.720 Like 90% of people were really helpful.

00:08:56.720 We did get a bit of odd looks, but majority of the time people wanted to help us, gave

00:09:00.720 their water.

00:09:01.720 Some, some guy even had like a protein shake.

00:09:03.720 He was like, I would have give you this.

00:09:04.720 So it shows that people are kind and this, this, this bigotry that the media portrays.

00:09:09.720 I truly believe that it's really different out there than what the media portrays.

00:09:14.720 So we have learned a lesson from this that people do know about Ramadan and it should 1.00

00:09:17.720 encourage us to give dawah because there's a lot of people that know about Islam.

00:09:21.720 So if you're a Muslim and you're watching this, please, if you have a neighbor or a work

00:09:25.720 colleague, tell them about Islam.

00:09:27.720 Tell them what Ramadan is really about because you know, it's not just about abstaining from

00:09:31.720 food.

00:09:32.720 You know, we don't, we don't, you know, we don't have Ramadan just to say, you know, I'm

00:09:35.720 going to stay away from food and drink.

00:09:37.720 No, it's to, you know, purify yourself, stay away from sins, etc.

00:09:41.720 So if you're a non-Muslim, I hope you've benefited from this video.

00:09:44.720 If you want to know more about Islam, please do.

00:09:46.720 You can come and ask me on Facebook yourself or we'll have a link here, inshaAllah, which

00:09:50.720 you can order your free Quran.

00:09:52.720 That's about it from me, brothers and sisters.

00:09:53.720 Hope you've enjoyed the video.

00:09:54.720 Please do share with your friends and family.

00:09:56.720 Thank you.

00:09:57.720 Thank you very much.

00:09:58.720 Thank you.

Ali Dawah - July 02, 2015

MUSLIM FASTING EXPERIMENT

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