Ali Dawah - May 04, 2017


STORY OF HARSH MUSLIM MAN & HIS KIDS ｜｜ MUFTI MENK & MOEEN ALI


Episode Stats

Length

11 minutes

Words per Minute

183.47592

Word Count

2,066

Sentence Count

1

Hate Speech Sentences

11


Summary

In this podcast, I discuss two topics which I see in the ummah, one being the harshness and lack of manners in the younger generation, and the other being the lack of knowledge in the field of politics.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 I am going to discuss two topics which I see
00:00:29.400 that there is a trouble in the ummah
00:00:31.500 you kind of touched up on it
00:00:34.220 but it is a reminder you gave us yesterday
00:00:35.880 if you remember when I was speaking
00:00:37.920 young zealous brothers
00:00:40.140 they always come to the religion
00:00:43.000 and you come full force
00:00:45.500 and sometimes they want to do good
00:00:47.740 and I have no doubt
00:00:48.540 most of them they have this correct intention
00:00:50.320 of doing things the right way
00:00:51.440 but however the harshness
00:00:53.680 the manners are really lacking
00:00:56.840 and unfortunately I speak to a lot of brothers as well
00:00:59.420 who are known in the YouTube as well
00:01:01.200 where they say my non-Muslim friends come to me
00:01:03.440 and say is this what you're part with
00:01:04.940 like is this what you go through
00:01:07.140 like you just made for example
00:01:08.540 one mistake on YouTube
00:01:10.300 and then you got this many attacks
00:01:12.060 like what advice would you give
00:01:14.520 and this question both of you
00:01:15.720 to these young brothers
00:01:17.480 how can they calm down a bit
00:01:19.460 and understand that
00:01:20.900 yes they're trying to enjoy good and forbid evil
00:01:23.260 but there is a time and a place
00:01:25.360 to do that thing at the right time
00:01:27.160 so what kind of advice would you give to the youth
00:01:30.120 both sisters and brothers out there
00:01:31.440 I think from
00:01:34.060 like I'm not in that much of a position
00:01:36.380 I don't really know that much about that
00:01:38.720 but for me it's
00:01:40.340 the manners and the character is so important
00:01:43.540 especially in front of the non-Muslims
00:01:45.080 that you know
00:01:46.040 even though you don't realise
00:01:48.320 sometimes they look at everything you do
00:01:49.800 even the way you dress
00:01:51.520 or you know
00:01:53.120 the way you talk
00:01:53.820 and you know
00:01:54.540 it's so important
00:01:56.060 from a Muslim point of view
00:01:58.520 that you
00:01:58.920 when you talk to the non-Muslims
00:02:00.220 that
00:02:00.380 or when you're even around
00:02:01.760 if you're walking out the room
00:02:02.660 that there's a
00:02:03.280 there's a sort of demeanour
00:02:04.760 and if you really
00:02:06.140 you know
00:02:06.760 want to show them the sunnah
00:02:08.200 and you know
00:02:09.320 things like that
00:02:09.880 then
00:02:10.140 a lot of the time
00:02:11.580 I know Islam tells us anyway
00:02:12.980 but you have to be on your best behaviour
00:02:14.120 most of the time
00:02:14.820 you know
00:02:16.000 even away from
00:02:16.940 when you're on your own
00:02:18.680 and things like that
00:02:19.340 so
00:02:19.620 you know
00:02:21.080 a lot of the guys
00:02:22.120 they look at us
00:02:23.040 there's a few of us
00:02:24.300 Muslim players now
00:02:25.220 in the side
00:02:26.100 Alhamdulillah
00:02:26.420 and when they look at us
00:02:27.760 we know that they are
00:02:28.720 not judging us
00:02:30.440 but they're just checking us out
00:02:31.540 to see what
00:02:32.180 what kind of people we are really
00:02:33.580 and things
00:02:34.020 and you know
00:02:34.840 over time
00:02:35.280 Alhamdulillah
00:02:35.680 they trust us
00:02:36.860 and you know
00:02:38.000 like I said earlier
00:02:38.640 we get involved with the
00:02:39.720 with the jokes
00:02:40.920 and things like that
00:02:42.160 and in most cases
00:02:43.740 we get involved with them
00:02:44.560 and they enjoy
00:02:45.960 enjoy the company
00:02:46.880 and a lot of them
00:02:47.500 will come up to us
00:02:48.260 and we didn't realise
00:02:48.900 you know
00:02:49.240 Muslims were
00:02:50.460 you know
00:02:51.020 quite a good laugh
00:02:52.260 at times
00:02:52.700 and I'm not saying
00:02:54.200 like I'm a great laugh
00:02:55.000 but I know
00:02:55.900 I know a lot of the guys
00:02:56.960 enjoy you know
00:02:58.120 our company
00:02:59.000 and things like that
00:03:00.000 and you spend so much time
00:03:00.820 with them
00:03:01.080 that you have to
00:03:02.460 be on your best behaviour
00:03:03.940 as much as you can
00:03:04.720 I think if I can add
00:03:08.960 that I appreciate
00:03:09.780 what Moeen has said
00:03:11.040 because he probably
00:03:12.360 gets a lot of flack
00:03:13.320 from the Muslims themselves
00:03:14.540 and what I want to say
00:03:15.680 look we're living
00:03:16.400 in an environment
00:03:17.360 that is not
00:03:18.380 an Islamic environment
00:03:19.480 you need to understand
00:03:20.640 you're living
00:03:21.580 in a multicultural
00:03:22.840 multi-religious
00:03:25.160 country
00:03:26.920 and you're just
00:03:28.400 one
00:03:28.880 of the so many
00:03:30.140 that exist
00:03:30.740 you need to fulfill
00:03:31.980 the rights of
00:03:32.880 everyone out there
00:03:34.340 and the problem is
00:03:35.680 we tend to forget
00:03:37.180 that there are
00:03:37.860 different types of people
00:03:38.980 we need to talk to them
00:03:40.500 in a positive way
00:03:42.180 go back to the sunnah
00:03:43.580 of the Prophet
00:03:44.120 sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
00:03:45.260 he always encouraged people
00:03:47.720 it was so positive
00:03:49.260 it was such a beautiful
00:03:50.440 encouragement
00:03:51.000 there was a time
00:03:52.100 when some people
00:03:52.700 came to his house
00:03:53.600 they found out
00:03:54.460 about his acts of worship
00:03:55.660 and they decided
00:03:56.680 that they want to act
00:03:57.820 or they want to fulfill
00:03:59.420 acts of worship
00:04:00.220 just like that
00:04:01.060 and so they became
00:04:02.220 strict on themselves
00:04:03.120 and the Prophet
00:04:03.660 sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
00:04:04.260 heard about how
00:04:05.080 one says
00:04:05.640 I'm not going to eat meat
00:04:06.940 the other one says
00:04:07.540 I'm not going to touch
00:04:08.320 my wife
00:04:08.800 the other one says
00:04:09.380 I'm going to fast
00:04:10.020 and so on
00:04:10.800 and when he addressed
00:04:12.460 the situation
00:04:13.260 he said you know
00:04:14.620 ma baalu aqwaamin
00:04:16.760 you know
00:04:17.240 what is it with people
00:04:18.580 who say this
00:04:19.400 and that
00:04:19.880 he didn't say
00:04:20.760 this man come here
00:04:22.020 that man you're doomed
00:04:23.080 this one here
00:04:23.720 you are like this
00:04:24.320 it's a weakness we have
00:04:25.800 he did not have that
00:04:26.800 we have this weakness
00:04:28.260 because
00:04:28.560 if there were more
00:04:30.200 than those three
00:04:30.920 they would all benefit
00:04:32.100 from this common term
00:04:33.600 that's being used
00:04:34.520 but if they were
00:04:35.920 if we had to use
00:04:37.740 the one term
00:04:38.460 we would actually
00:04:39.260 ignore the fact
00:04:40.440 that so many others
00:04:41.320 would benefit
00:04:41.960 and if we were to say
00:04:42.920 names
00:04:43.300 a lot of the times
00:04:44.340 people become
00:04:45.120 hard to say
00:04:46.440 what
00:04:46.760 what did this guy
00:04:47.520 say about me
00:04:48.140 I'm going to fix him
00:04:49.220 I'm going to show him
00:04:49.980 so your intention
00:04:51.060 needs to be right
00:04:51.880 knowledge
00:04:52.720 and this is a
00:04:54.180 controversial statement
00:04:55.200 knowledge comes
00:04:56.840 with a lot of arrogance
00:04:58.040 just like money
00:04:59.020 did you hear what I said
00:05:01.080 if you don't check it
00:05:03.040 you can be the most
00:05:04.180 arrogant person ever
00:05:05.300 because you know
00:05:05.900 you know
00:05:06.300 and you know
00:05:07.120 that you know
00:05:07.660 that you know
00:05:08.300 so you look at someone
00:05:11.480 and say
00:05:11.660 ah by the way
00:05:12.240 what do these guys know
00:05:13.000 nothing
00:05:13.380 they're not even Muslims
00:05:14.460 that's how it ended
00:05:15.560 because why
00:05:16.660 that was the knowledge
00:05:18.440 you had
00:05:18.820 arrogance
00:05:19.440 but when true knowledge
00:05:21.680 humbles you
00:05:22.360 when you practice
00:05:23.340 according to it
00:05:24.280 and you understand
00:05:25.440 I know of a certain brother
00:05:26.840 he was hard
00:05:28.200 he used to call people names
00:05:29.680 and take them out of the fold
00:05:31.080 and so on and so forth
00:05:32.060 Allah tested him
00:05:33.280 with his own children
00:05:34.120 leaving the fold of Islam
00:05:35.240 and then I happened
00:05:37.600 to chat with him
00:05:38.280 and I told him
00:05:38.760 brother you're so hard
00:05:39.620 and so he said
00:05:40.340 I've learned my lesson
00:05:41.200 I was pointing at everyone else
00:05:43.340 and Allah tested me
00:05:44.240 in my own home
00:05:44.980 so this is the challenge
00:05:46.900 this is what Allah
00:05:47.660 probably
00:05:48.180 made him
00:05:49.720 go through this
00:05:50.440 to realize
00:05:51.080 that he's being too hard
00:05:52.380 on everyone else
00:05:53.200 the Quran says
00:05:54.840 to Muhammad
00:05:55.660 sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
00:05:56.320 Allah says
00:05:56.840 walau kunta faddan
00:05:58.100 ghalidhal qalbi
00:05:59.600 lan faddu min hawlika
00:06:01.020 you know
00:06:01.680 if you were
00:06:02.380 hard harsh
00:06:03.780 hard hearted
00:06:04.760 and you had to be
00:06:05.820 hard in your wording
00:06:07.160 and in the way
00:06:07.920 you dealt with them
00:06:09.440 they would have dispersed
00:06:10.800 from around you
00:06:12.040 they would disperse
00:06:12.860 so this goes to show
00:06:14.160 today we need
00:06:15.180 a lot of convincing
00:06:16.840 we need to talk
00:06:17.740 to people
00:06:18.140 it's no longer
00:06:18.720 like a long time ago
00:06:19.520 we used to say
00:06:20.020 fulfill your salah
00:06:21.160 they say
00:06:21.480 okay okay
00:06:21.880 allahu akbar
00:06:22.520 no no
00:06:22.980 it's no longer
00:06:23.520 like that
00:06:23.980 now fulfill your salah
00:06:25.560 you can expect
00:06:26.700 a child to say
00:06:27.220 why
00:06:27.560 what do I have
00:06:28.440 in it
00:06:28.780 that's what's happening
00:06:30.040 you can't just slap
00:06:31.340 them like I told you
00:06:32.100 to slap me
00:06:32.640 no we still belong
00:06:33.640 to the previous generation
00:06:34.760 we will accept a slap
00:06:36.340 but they won't
00:06:37.380 they won't
00:06:38.120 so this is why
00:06:39.160 we need to be humble
00:06:40.040 I believe there is
00:06:40.820 great damage
00:06:41.600 when people become
00:06:42.700 a little bit popular
00:06:43.480 and they use
00:06:44.100 that popularity
00:06:44.740 to attack
00:06:46.000 rather than to build
00:06:47.140 remember this
00:06:47.920 I mean look at
00:06:48.980 what's happening
00:06:49.500 across the world
00:06:50.300 at the moment
00:06:50.780 we're struggling
00:06:51.360 because people
00:06:52.340 prefer to destroy
00:06:53.680 rather than to build
00:06:54.660 and they justify
00:06:56.440 it no matter what
00:06:57.700 and I always say
00:06:58.860 people say
00:06:59.360 what about these killings
00:07:00.600 I say we are against
00:07:01.500 all killings
00:07:02.460 no matter who
00:07:03.080 is perpetrating them
00:07:04.000 it's dangerous
00:07:04.860 it's detrimental
00:07:05.580 we prefer to build
00:07:06.720 to resolve the matter
00:07:07.900 to solve it
00:07:08.540 I'd rather sit with you
00:07:09.500 I'd rather try to do things
00:07:10.620 and people say
00:07:11.400 no ways
00:07:11.840 you don't know
00:07:12.240 what you're talking about
00:07:12.940 be consistent
00:07:14.040 continue in the right path
00:07:16.560 don't lose hope
00:07:17.960 when you know
00:07:18.680 be focused
00:07:19.680 and like I was telling you
00:07:21.440 yesterday
00:07:21.920 and a few of the brothers
00:07:23.000 who we were talking to
00:07:23.960 today
00:07:25.300 it's become
00:07:26.420 very difficult
00:07:27.920 to remain
00:07:28.620 on the moderate path
00:07:29.740 it's very easy
00:07:31.740 because we are being
00:07:32.880 bombarded from
00:07:33.760 two extremes
00:07:34.680 to actually fall
00:07:35.980 when you're doing
00:07:36.800 something right
00:07:37.560 and you're on
00:07:38.460 the moderate path
00:07:39.280 when I say
00:07:39.720 moderate path
00:07:40.300 I don't mean
00:07:41.100 you've given up
00:07:41.680 your deen
00:07:42.080 no
00:07:42.360 I mean
00:07:43.200 the way you
00:07:44.300 treat others
00:07:45.020 and the way
00:07:45.500 you carry yourself
00:07:46.520 the way you
00:07:47.000 look at others
00:07:47.620 how you want
00:07:48.220 to present
00:07:48.620 the deen
00:07:49.020 to them
00:07:49.380 so there are
00:07:50.340 people who bash
00:07:51.360 and they tell you
00:07:52.360 you're so wrong
00:07:53.300 until you bash
00:07:54.560 you've got to bash
00:07:55.540 just like we do
00:07:56.400 and if you just
00:07:57.260 remain focused
00:07:58.040 ignore
00:07:58.520 ignore
00:07:58.980 ignore
00:07:59.320 it's so difficult
00:08:00.400 to be on this
00:08:01.080 middle path
00:08:01.620 because on the other
00:08:02.660 hand there are
00:08:03.140 people who will
00:08:03.700 also call you
00:08:04.540 names
00:08:04.960 while you're on
00:08:05.680 the middle path
00:08:06.180 to sway you
00:08:07.100 that way
00:08:07.580 and my advice
00:08:08.760 neither sway
00:08:09.440 this way
00:08:09.880 nor that way
00:08:10.620 remain on the path
00:08:11.720 remain focused
00:08:12.480 keep on giving people
00:08:13.580 this hope
00:08:14.080 and inshallah
00:08:15.020 you will see
00:08:15.620 the result
00:08:16.240 by the will of
00:08:17.140 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:08:18.100 look at these faces
00:08:19.080 look at these
00:08:19.840 beautiful people
00:08:20.980 why do you think
00:08:21.840 why do you think
00:08:21.860 they're here
00:08:22.360 all of them
00:08:23.520 are here
00:08:23.940 to be inspired
00:08:25.220 to get a good word
00:08:26.780 to feel like
00:08:27.680 Allah loves them
00:08:28.640 as they walk
00:08:29.540 out of here
00:08:30.080 to feel good
00:08:31.060 imagine if we had
00:08:32.120 to come here
00:08:32.620 and make them
00:08:33.280 feel like
00:08:33.820 they were already
00:08:34.600 going to hell
00:08:35.440 subhanallah
00:08:36.080 you know you guys
00:08:37.260 doomed
00:08:37.920 that's it
00:08:38.520 every one of you
00:08:39.820 watch out
00:08:40.500 you're gonna go
00:08:41.100 why should I even
00:08:42.260 say that
00:08:42.720 I prefer
00:08:43.860 especially in this
00:08:44.880 world
00:08:45.160 to choose
00:08:47.400 the prophetic
00:08:48.480 method of giving
00:08:49.400 people hope
00:08:50.200 and yes
00:08:51.000 there is a time
00:08:51.820 when warnings
00:08:52.720 do come through
00:08:53.340 if you notice
00:08:53.800 sometimes
00:08:54.280 when I word
00:08:55.220 when I word it
00:08:56.100 I see who I'm
00:08:56.720 talking to
00:08:57.200 and I say
00:08:57.820 brothers and sisters
00:08:58.500 those who do good
00:08:59.360 will go to paradise
00:09:00.200 and then when I see
00:09:02.160 who I'm talking to
00:09:02.820 a group of youngsters
00:09:03.500 and so on
00:09:04.120 and I say
00:09:04.740 and those who don't
00:09:05.620 they will go elsewhere
00:09:06.640 you heard me say that
00:09:08.080 what does elsewhere
00:09:08.960 refer to here guys
00:09:09.980 can someone say it
00:09:11.220 wow did you hear
00:09:12.760 the little
00:09:13.080 a small young boy
00:09:14.840 mashallah
00:09:15.360 saying it refers
00:09:16.280 to hellfire
00:09:16.840 did I say hellfire
00:09:17.880 I didn't
00:09:18.500 he understood
00:09:19.260 what I said
00:09:19.840 there we are
00:09:20.880 we got it
00:09:22.220 in a beautiful way
00:09:23.260 but we hit it
00:09:24.180 exactly where
00:09:24.940 it's supposed to be
00:09:25.720 I don't need to say
00:09:27.260 burn
00:09:28.000 hellfire
00:09:28.760 you know
00:09:29.180 skin
00:09:29.540 it's gonna
00:09:29.920 it's there
00:09:30.720 but hang on
00:09:31.300 there is a place
00:09:32.280 and a time
00:09:32.960 to say it that way
00:09:34.500 first you need to
00:09:36.040 win the people
00:09:36.640 you need to understand
00:09:37.620 that the people are
00:09:38.860 you know
00:09:39.800 what is keeping them
00:09:40.520 on the deen
00:09:40.980 as a famous person
00:09:42.220 or anyone who's popular
00:09:43.500 it's easy for you
00:09:44.380 to sit behind the screen
00:09:45.500 to sit behind the camera
00:09:47.380 no one knows
00:09:48.380 what exactly
00:09:49.360 you go through
00:09:49.940 in your life
00:09:50.440 and you're just
00:09:50.800 bombarding everybody
00:09:51.900 you don't know
00:09:52.540 what they are going
00:09:53.160 through in their lives
00:09:53.900 I tell you one thing
00:09:55.400 brother Ali
00:09:55.920 my travels across
00:09:57.180 the globe
00:09:57.720 have softened me
00:09:58.680 in a big way
00:09:59.500 because I've seen
00:10:00.520 people from
00:10:01.200 different walks of life
00:10:02.580 trying to please Allah
00:10:03.660 and I've realized
00:10:04.640 those who haven't
00:10:05.340 traveled and seen
00:10:06.260 and you know
00:10:06.960 witnessed what
00:10:07.760 everyone is doing
00:10:08.680 sometimes they don't
00:10:09.960 appreciate the
00:10:10.840 circumstances
00:10:11.440 surrounding the
00:10:12.540 person's
00:10:13.560 you know
00:10:14.000 life
00:10:14.640 and they start
00:10:15.580 saying statements
00:10:16.640 that are very
00:10:17.400 very hurtful
00:10:18.260 so if you choose
00:10:19.480 beautiful words
00:10:20.420 inshallah
00:10:21.020 you will be able
00:10:22.060 to touch people
00:10:23.040 in a much much
00:10:23.860 better way
00:10:24.360 may Allah forgive me
00:10:25.780 for taking so long
00:10:26.560 to respond
00:10:27.100 hey give me one
00:10:40.660 thanks honey
00:10:43.980 subscribe
00:10:45.420 woohoo
00:10:46.620 man
00:10:49.880 man
00:10:50.120 man
00:10:50.920 æ´‹
00:10:53.720 man
00:10:53.960 man
00:10:54.740 man
00:10:55.920 man
00:10:56.380 man
00:10:57.380 man
00:10:59.080 man
00:11:00.580 man
00:11:03.460 man
00:11:04.320 honey
00:11:12.520 man
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