SLAVES DRESS TO IMPRESS - SPEAKERS CORNER
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Summary
In this episode, we have a special guest, Ali, who shares his story of how he left one kind of slavery and became a slave to the one who created him. We discuss the difference between being a slave and being free.
Transcript
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So, I've got a couple of questions. I think I remember the first one.
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So, you know when you're talking about this jumper, this lifestyle that you have?
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And you put on a jumper and it was really uncomfortable for you, but you wanted to look good in it.
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Basically, I was living a lifestyle, for example, clubbing, cars, money, all that kind of stuff.
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So, I bought a specific jumper. I would like to look after myself. I would like to look nice.
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And the reason I would like to look nice is so I can have the attention of women.
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I would go to the gym so I can have the attention of women.
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I would, one second, one second. I would drive certain cars to have the attention of women.
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I found true freedom by breaking those shackles and bringing a slave to the one who created me.
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Because I believe by nature, all of us are born to be enslaved to something.
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So, you can tell me, you can't tell me that how you may dress, and this is, you can dress up however you like.
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How you're dressed and the way you behave and the lipstick or whatever, all of that, you cannot tell me that that is not societal pressure.
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I'm addressing your jumper life comparative, right?
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So, you compared this uncomfortable jumper to your life.
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You wore the jumper, your previous life, right?
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So, you wore the jumper because you looked good in it.
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I mean, I think that's an outside opinion at this point.
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You said you wore this jumper because you looked in it, but you sacrificed what you wanted to do.
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Do you not also think that by giving yourself up to God, which is no longer a jumper, it's a cage.
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It's a cage because you were a slave in this life, right?
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So, you could have taken off that jumper and worn a more comfortable one.
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You're saying, Ali, you're saying that you've left one kind of slavery, but for example, waking up for Fajr, yeah, is hard.
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Especially at a time where we live, where getting married is hard.
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That's why I have a whole marriage documentary based on that.
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That's the reason why I talk about my struggles, yeah?
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Brother Ali, is that not the same as you've enslaved yourself?
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My jumper and society and women or whatever, they do not deserve me to be a slave to them.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, I was, and so are you, and so is everyone.
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I'm not saying you were or you are, but I'm not saying that you are to be a slave to anyone.
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You gave away one slavery for another, that is what I'm saying.
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One deserves it because he's the one who created me.
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If I come and say, this book controls my life, I free myself from this and go to my Lord.
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Does your parents deserve some kind of respect?
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So now, if I come and say to you, why do they deserve it?
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Because they raised you, but God did not raise you.
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God is the one who made the ones who raised you.
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Yeah, but the one who raised me was a little...
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Sister, by the way, one second, I want to apologize again.
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And sometimes when you have heated discussions and you have another conversation, you carry that on.
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So forgive me, I'm sounding a bit aggressive, yeah?
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No, forgive me, forgive me if I've come across.
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Sorry, I just need to reset my factory settings.
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If your parents deserve the love and affection, the mercy and all that kind of stuff,
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The one who's made your parents deserve more than that.
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If I ask you certain questions, would you be able to answer them?
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What is the difference between an Al-Qa'an, a Wajibat, and a Sunnah of As-Salah?
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Because the reason I've asked you how long you was, because if you was for one year, I
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wouldn't ask you this question, because this is something that you would find out.
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You should find out at the beginning, but it will take a bit of time, yeah?
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I mean, I've been away from Islamic studies for a little while as well.
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You're saying if someone doesn't know that they're not a Muslim?
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I'm not saying that, but the thing is, I have to question the fact.
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So for example, if someone works in a Ferrari factory, yeah?
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And one second, he doesn't know how to make a Ferrari, and he goes, I left a Ferrari factory
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The problem is within the person itself, not with the factory.
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For, to work in a Ferrari company, you need to have experience.
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You don't need to have experience to become a Muslim.
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Even if someone who has lived their whole life as a non-Muslim, and then accepts Shahada
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So why would a test be necessary to be, you know, ex-Muslim?
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We have a lot of people that come and claim to be an ex-Muslim.
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When we ask them surafati, they go, what is that?
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That's the reason why we ask, because there's a lot of people who claim are Christian missionaries.
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I know that from your videos, because I've watched a couple of them, you assume that it's
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If I'm completely honest, it is from an emotional reason.
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But do you believe that emotional reasons aren't valid when it comes to accepting or leaving
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I would have, like, I see you like a sister in humanity, yeah?
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Look, let me have a bit of a heart-to-heart with you, like you're my sister.
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When I look around the world, and I see innocent people suffering, when I see Grenfell, when
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My emotions, and what's going on, and I gave this example to a brother, yeah?
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I said, that there was this guy I was talking to, yeah?
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We look at the Syrian boy, whose family's been blown into pieces.
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No, no, you're not, I'm saying that certainly emotionally.
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But what is more profound, is the one who's being bombed, says, la ilaha illallah.
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The one who's being bombed on, his conviction in Allah grows.
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The one who's seeing it, emotionally says, no, forget that, God doesn't exist.
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Because the one whose family's been blown into pieces, says, la ilaha illallah.
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I'm not using this as an argument to say, Islam is true or not.
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I'm saying, from an emotional perspective, he should be more emotional and asking more questions than you or me.
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That's not necessarily true, because one is dying and one is isn't.
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And one is scared for what happens after he dies.
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But my question is, do you think that emotions are invalid when it comes to leaving or joining a relationship?
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I would say, for somebody to leave Islam, based on emotions,
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all that shows is that that person had an emotional scenario, situation,
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So, these certain people who claim to be ex-Muslims, yeah,
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He doesn't even know the six pillars of Iman, yeah?
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So, sister, what emotional reason did you meet before?
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Let's discuss that, because at the end of the day, I want good for you.
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It's a really long story, and honestly, it only happened, like, very fresh,
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so I don't really want to cry on all these cameras.
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Okay, do you mind if we had that discussion, maybe, with all of us,
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Yeah, maybe a few sisters can come as well, if they like,
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So, if you guys then, because obviously, it's something that,
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I think that this bridge needed to be made a long time.
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I'm not going to make this bridge with Redwan, the fake clown.
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No, no, he's someone who insults Allah in his messenger,
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When I say I put you in your place, she starts crying.
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When you talk about someone without them being here,
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Well, what about somebody talking about my religion?
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Okay, my prophet is not here to defend himself.
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you might get good deeds for backbiting that evildoer.
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I'm not sure that that's what your prophet preached.