Ali Dawah


The Power of Dua


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Summary

Brother Jono and Brother Ali share the story of how they made a dua and witnessed a shahada with a Christian convert to Islam and how it changed his life forever. This is a story about the power of Dawah and how God's guidance can change your life!


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Salaamu Alaikum brothers and sisters
00:00:02.000 Today we're in Hyde Park with John
00:00:04.000 You know the Reva brother that I was talking about on my page
00:00:06.000 He's lost his voice
00:00:08.000 Basically I've lost my voice because I've been doing a lot of Dawah and shouting
00:00:10.000 So something really amazing happened yesterday
00:00:12.000 It was really amazing for me
00:00:14.000 You might watch this video and think okay
00:00:16.000 There's nothing much about it but really really
00:00:18.000 Me and Jonathan because John was there
00:00:20.000 And he kind of witnessed it
00:00:22.000 So we're just going to go through how it happened
00:00:24.000 How it all happened and our way there
00:00:26.000 How it just all happened to be honest
00:00:28.000 So basically we got on the train
00:00:30.000 Yeah
00:00:32.000 From Waterloo
00:00:34.000 To Stratford
00:00:36.000 Yeah
00:00:38.000 I mean I'm from Manchester so I've come down
00:00:40.000 For a few days to work on some Dawah projects
00:00:42.000 And I met
00:00:44.000 Brother Ali for the first time
00:00:46.000 So we're on our way to Stratford to do some Dawah
00:00:48.000 And
00:00:50.000 Ali was telling me
00:00:52.000 That he's been doing Dawah
00:00:54.000 He's been Muslim for how long now?
00:00:56.000 About 11 months and he's been doing Dawah for how long?
00:00:58.000 About 5
00:01:00.000 About 5 months
00:01:02.000 And he said that he's not seen a Shahada yet
00:01:04.000 He's not actually witnessed a Shahada
00:01:06.000 And he was asking me like
00:01:08.000 He's been working very hard
00:01:10.000 Giving Dawah
00:01:12.000 And he's getting a bit down wasn't he?
00:01:14.000 Because he's not seeing any Shahadas
00:01:16.000 And basically I asked him what you're doing
00:01:18.000 And
00:01:20.000 He concentrates mostly on debating Christians
00:01:22.000 And you know
00:01:24.000 Working with Christians
00:01:26.000 Like I never could have related to the Shahada bit
00:01:28.000 And I just advised him to concentrate on his intention
00:01:32.000 And also make Dawah
00:01:34.000 This is the best advice
00:01:36.000 And when you focus on your intention and do it solely for the sake of Allah
00:01:38.000 Then
00:01:40.000 Ask Allah
00:01:42.000 So basically on the train
00:01:44.000 I advised him
00:01:46.000 I said look
00:01:48.000 I advised him
00:01:50.000 Make intention
00:01:52.000 That is for the sake of Allah
00:01:54.000 Ask Allah
00:01:55.000 And so
00:01:56.000 We made Dawah
00:01:57.000 And I said
00:01:58.000 Oh Allah
00:01:59.000 If you want to guide anyone today
00:02:00.000 Because only Allah can guide
00:02:02.000 We can't do anything
00:02:03.000 If you want to guide anyone
00:02:05.000 Bring them to brother Ali today
00:02:07.000 And then
00:02:08.000 I told Ali
00:02:09.000 Make your Dawah specific
00:02:10.000 Right?
00:02:11.000 So it's 3 o'clock in the afternoon
00:02:13.000 And then I said
00:02:14.000 Oh Allah
00:02:15.000 If you want to guide anyone
00:02:17.000 Please bring them to Ali
00:02:18.000 Use Ali in the Dawah
00:02:20.000 And bring them to Ali before 4 o'clock
00:02:22.000 Okay
00:02:23.000 So we got one hour
00:02:24.000 Okay
00:02:25.000 So the second we got off
00:02:26.000 And Ali was just like
00:02:28.000 Yeah
00:02:29.000 I just want to say
00:02:30.000 Yeah
00:02:31.000 So like
00:02:32.000 When he was telling me
00:02:33.000 You know like the power of Dawah
00:02:34.000 I'm being honest
00:02:35.000 My mind was a bit low
00:02:36.000 And I was like
00:02:37.000 Okay man
00:02:38.000 You know I did it
00:02:39.000 I put my hands up and I prayed
00:02:40.000 And he was like
00:02:41.000 Make it specific and say you know
00:02:42.000 Before 4 o'clock
00:02:43.000 And when he said before 4 o'clock
00:02:44.000 I was thinking to myself
00:02:45.000 It's like
00:02:46.000 3
00:02:47.000 It was like
00:02:48.000 When we got there
00:02:49.000 Yeah
00:02:51.000 Yeah something like that
00:02:52.000 So I was thinking
00:02:53.000 There's no way
00:02:54.000 Because I'm going to go with it
00:02:55.000 I'm going to play Asr
00:02:56.000 And I was like okay alright
00:02:57.000 Yeah I didn't really take it seriously
00:02:58.000 But then we got to Stratford
00:02:59.000 Yeah
00:03:00.000 As soon as I got off the train
00:03:01.000 The first conversation I had was with a Chinese girl
00:03:04.000 And alhamdulillah she accepted Islam
00:03:06.000 Yeah
00:03:07.000 She just accepted Islam
00:03:08.000 She was originally
00:03:10.000 She'd been
00:03:12.000 She'd converted to Christianity
00:03:14.000 But then when they explained the concept of Allah
00:03:17.000 In Islam
00:03:18.000 Then she said that
00:03:19.000 This concept of God
00:03:21.000 Makes more sense
00:03:22.000 And she also
00:03:23.000 She's been doing some research
00:03:24.000 Into Prophet Muhammad
00:03:25.000 Alhamdulillah she accepted Islam
00:03:26.000 Yeah
00:03:27.000 So Ali was amazed
00:03:28.000 He's like
00:03:29.000 SubhanAllah
00:03:30.000 Like we made the Dua
00:03:31.000 And we've seen the Shahada
00:03:32.000 And then
00:03:33.000 So then what happened
00:03:34.000 SubhanAllah
00:03:35.000 I mean the point why
00:03:36.000 I was explaining the importance of making Dua
00:03:38.000 I was setting up a Dua table in Manchester at a college
00:03:42.000 And I was teaching his brother how to make intention
00:03:46.000 How to do Dua
00:03:47.000 So I said to the brother
00:03:48.000 Make intention
00:03:49.000 Okay
00:03:50.000 To do it for the sake of Allah
00:03:51.000 So we made intention
00:03:53.000 We're going to go there
00:03:54.000 Do it for the sake of Allah
00:03:55.000 And if Allah wants to guide him
00:03:56.000 We want to bring them to us
00:03:57.000 Inshallah use us
00:03:58.000 And the part where we made intention
00:04:00.000 Is like a five minute walk
00:04:01.000 From the college
00:04:02.000 Okay
00:04:03.000 So we went there
00:04:04.000 We made Dua
00:04:05.000 Sorry Dawa
00:04:06.000 And then
00:04:07.000 When we're coming back to the masjid
00:04:08.000 The exact point
00:04:10.000 In the street
00:04:11.000 Where we made intention
00:04:12.000 This guy approaches me
00:04:13.000 And he says
00:04:14.000 Can I have a Quran
00:04:15.000 So I said
00:04:16.000 Are you Muslim?
00:04:17.000 And he said no but I want to be
00:04:18.000 And he just
00:04:19.000 He just accepted Islam
00:04:20.000 You know
00:04:21.000 This is just proving that
00:04:22.000 Guidance is from Allah alone
00:04:23.000 And when you understand this
00:04:25.000 And you put yourself out there
00:04:26.000 And you understand that your job
00:04:27.000 Is simply to give a good message
00:04:30.000 Give the message of Islam
00:04:31.000 And to invite people to Tawhid
00:04:34.000 Invite people to Islam
00:04:35.000 Then Allah will use you
00:04:36.000 And if he wants to guide them
00:04:37.000 We will bring them to you
00:04:38.000 Yeah
00:04:39.000 So when we got to Stratford
00:04:40.000 As I say
00:04:41.000 We had the first Shahada
00:04:42.000 And then
00:04:43.000 What happened bro?
00:04:44.000 Basically what happened was
00:04:45.000 He told me this story
00:04:46.000 The way he took the Dawa
00:04:48.000 With making intention
00:04:49.000 Making the Dua
00:04:50.000 And I kind of listened
00:04:51.000 And I was like
00:04:52.000 Okay alright
00:04:53.000 It's possible
00:04:54.000 So I learnt a lesson
00:04:55.000 With what happened
00:04:56.000 What I'm about to tell you now
00:04:57.000 He did his Shahada
00:04:58.000 But the thing is
00:04:59.000 I've never done a Shahada
00:05:00.000 I've been doing Dawa for about 5 months
00:05:01.000 It's not a long time
00:05:02.000 But I've never attempted
00:05:03.000 To do the Shahada bit
00:05:04.000 So I prayed my Asr
00:05:05.000 I came back
00:05:06.000 And we were just handing out leaflets
00:05:08.000 And this brother came
00:05:10.000 With his wife
00:05:11.000 And basically you see his picture
00:05:13.000 Popping up on the screen
00:05:14.000 And he just came up
00:05:15.000 And he works for the United Nations
00:05:17.000 And he lives in Italy
00:05:18.000 And all I did was
00:05:19.000 Give him a leaf
00:05:20.000 And said brother
00:05:21.000 Do you have 2 minutes?
00:05:22.000 And he said yeah sure I have
00:05:23.000 And the next thing I said to him
00:05:24.000 Like do you believe in God?
00:05:25.000 Like do you have a belief?
00:05:26.000 And he said yeah I believe in God
00:05:27.000 But my faith is a bit up and down
00:05:29.000 Because you know the Bible has kind of
00:05:32.000 Unfortunately been changed
00:05:33.000 So he was honest with me
00:05:35.000 And he said you know
00:05:36.000 This is the problem I had
00:05:37.000 So I told him a bit about
00:05:38.000 What Jesus really taught in the Bible
00:05:40.000 You know Jesus never claimed to be divine
00:05:42.000 He never said I am God or worship me
00:05:44.000 I gave him all that
00:05:45.000 We did a bit of Dawa
00:05:46.000 Talked about it
00:05:47.000 And then I kind of hesitated
00:05:48.000 But I said you know what?
00:05:49.000 Let me try
00:05:50.000 And by the time
00:05:51.000 I don't know what time it is now
00:05:52.000 I'm just talking to him
00:05:53.000 And I said bro
00:05:54.000 Like he agreed with a lot of stuff
00:05:56.000 And I said bro you're a Muslim
00:05:57.000 All you have to do is
00:05:58.000 You're just a Shahada away
00:05:59.000 And he said oh what's a Shahada?
00:06:00.000 I said Shahada is just like
00:06:01.000 Claiming that there is nothing
00:06:02.000 Claiming that there is nothing worthy of worship
00:06:04.000 But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:06:05.000 And Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
00:06:07.000 Is his messenger
00:06:08.000 And he just went
00:06:09.000 Yeah that's fine
00:06:10.000 It's just like he came there to accept that
00:06:12.000 Not only that
00:06:13.000 What happened like
00:06:14.000 The actual Dawa we made on the train was
00:06:16.000 Allah if you want to guide them
00:06:18.000 Bring them to us
00:06:19.000 Yes sincere
00:06:20.000 If you know any sincere people
00:06:22.000 Bring them to us
00:06:23.000 And allow us to be the means
00:06:24.000 In them accepting Islam
00:06:25.000 And subhanAllah this guy came to Ali
00:06:27.000 Yes
00:06:28.000 And then you shouted me over
00:06:29.000 Like John come here come here
00:06:30.000 Yeah basically what happened was
00:06:31.000 And he said I'll accept the Shahada
00:06:32.000 We had a few
00:06:33.000 Christian guys came over
00:06:34.000 Trying to stop him
00:06:35.000 You know saying you know don't
00:06:36.000 Don't accept it
00:06:37.000 How many was there?
00:06:38.000 How many was there?
00:06:39.000 Anything that possibly could have gone wrong
00:06:41.000 Yeah
00:06:42.000 To stop this guy taking a Shahada
00:06:43.000 Yes
00:06:44.000 Loads of barn again Christians around us
00:06:45.000 Yes
00:06:46.000 Shouting don't say it
00:06:47.000 Don't say it
00:06:48.000 Yes you know you're going to go to hell
00:06:49.000 Don't leave Jesus
00:06:50.000 Yeah things like this
00:06:51.000 Yeah and this guy said
00:06:52.000 He just went
00:06:53.000 He said no I'm ready to accept the truth
00:06:55.000 Yeah I'm ready to accept Islam
00:06:56.000 Yeah
00:06:57.000 And subhanAllah this
00:06:58.000 I've never seen someone
00:06:59.000 Someone it's rare that you see someone
00:07:00.000 So convinced and ready
00:07:02.000 Exactly
00:07:03.000 To accept Islam
00:07:04.000 Yeah so what happened was then
00:07:05.000 When he said I'll accept Shahada
00:07:06.000 Because I was a bit baffled
00:07:07.000 And I called John
00:07:09.000 John was behind me
00:07:10.000 I said John just come here
00:07:12.000 And tell them what we talked about on the train
00:07:14.000 I didn't even look at you
00:07:15.000 I didn't want to come and call you
00:07:16.000 Just in case they'll think I'll whisper something to you
00:07:17.000 I just said John come here
00:07:18.000 I looked away
00:07:19.000 And you just told them
00:07:20.000 Yeah I mean I explained to him
00:07:22.000 You know that we made dua and stuff like this
00:07:24.000 And he was surprised by it
00:07:27.000 And we confirmed that his belief in Allah
00:07:30.000 And then the messenger
00:07:31.000 You know he's also doing his own research
00:07:33.000 And then after you know he asked subhanAllah
00:07:36.000 SubhanAllah he accepted Islam
00:07:38.000 So afterwards I just happened to say to Ali
00:07:41.000 What time is it?
00:07:42.000 Yeah just random like
00:07:43.000 I was there and he just went
00:07:44.000 What time is it?
00:07:45.000 And I was like what's he talking about?
00:07:46.000 Does he have to be late somewhere?
00:07:47.000 I was like what time is it?
00:07:48.000 And subhanAllah it was 3.51
00:07:50.000 3.51
00:07:51.000 Nine minutes before 4 o'clock
00:07:53.000 And subhanAllah
00:07:54.000 I was baffled
00:07:55.000 Because I was like no way
00:07:57.000 But that's a lesson for me
00:07:58.000 Because the power of dua
00:07:59.000 I didn't take that seriously
00:08:01.000 And he taught me a lesson
00:08:02.000 Allah subhanAllah is telling me
00:08:03.000 If I will something it will happen
00:08:05.000 And 3.51
00:08:07.000 SubhanAllah
00:08:08.000 We looked at the time
00:08:09.000 3.51
00:08:10.000 The guy took shahadah
00:08:11.000 My first shahadah
00:08:12.000 It's just very important
00:08:14.000 That we understand that
00:08:15.000 We need to make dua
00:08:16.000 And we need to believe
00:08:17.000 That these duas are going to be answered
00:08:19.000 You know we need to be expecting them to be answered
00:08:21.000 And I like to be specific in my dua
00:08:24.000 Yeah I like to
00:08:26.000 You know like I said 4 o'clock
00:08:27.000 We had one hour
00:08:28.000 And subhanAllah
00:08:29.000 Because that way
00:08:30.000 You know that specifically that dua was answered
00:08:32.000 Yeah
00:08:33.000 And subhanAllah is amazing
00:08:34.000 Yeah
00:08:35.000 And you totally forgot
00:08:36.000 The thing is this is another important thing
00:08:37.000 Sometimes we make dua for things
00:08:39.000 And we forget that we made dua for them
00:08:41.000 Yes
00:08:42.000 And then down the line
00:08:43.000 We're given this blessing
00:08:44.000 Or we're given this
00:08:46.000 Our dua is answered
00:08:48.000 And we don't
00:08:49.000 We've not even acknowledged that our dua has been answered
00:08:50.000 Yeah
00:08:51.000 But subhanAllah you totally forgot about the time thing
00:08:53.000 I forgot
00:08:54.000 Because when he went
00:08:55.000 What time is it
00:08:56.000 I was like
00:08:57.000 Why does it matter what time it is
00:08:58.000 And when he said it's 3.51
00:09:00.000 As soon as he said 3.51
00:09:01.000 Yeah
00:09:02.000 Ali just
00:09:03.000 It was crying
00:09:04.000 It just began to shake
00:09:05.000 I was
00:09:06.000 I was so shocked
00:09:07.000 Your imam was
00:09:08.000 Yeah we just yeah
00:09:09.000 Like I said brothers and sisters
00:09:10.000 We just wanted to share this with you
00:09:11.000 Wallahi billahi
00:09:12.000 We did not exaggerate one bit
00:09:14.000 Or anything like that
00:09:15.000 It happened exactly how it did
00:09:16.000 And this is
00:09:17.000 This is a message from brother John and me
00:09:19.000 Dua
00:09:20.000 Take it seriously
00:09:21.000 You know
00:09:22.000 This is a big point
00:09:23.000 Which you just want to make clear
00:09:24.000 In Islam
00:09:25.000 That Ali
00:09:27.000 Was focusing on
00:09:28.000 Debating
00:09:29.000 You know
00:09:30.000 And Allah tells us in the Quran
00:09:31.000 That we're not accountable for the disbelievers at all
00:09:33.000 We are only accountable for the reminder
00:09:35.000 And the reminder is about Tauheed
00:09:37.000 It's about Islam
00:09:38.000 So we need to invite
00:09:39.000 And we need to remind about Islam
00:09:41.000 You know
00:09:42.000 We don't need to get focused on other scriptures
00:09:43.000 Or other religions
00:09:44.000 Let's invite people to our religion
00:09:46.000 And you know
00:09:47.000 That the sincere people
00:09:48.000 Will acknowledge this religion
00:09:50.000 And accept the religion
00:09:51.000 And we just ask Allah
00:09:53.000 To send sincere people to us
00:09:55.000 And keep the sincere people away from us
00:09:58.000 Inshallah
00:09:59.000 So thank you very much for watching brothers and sisters
00:10:00.000 Before we go
00:10:01.000 Don't judge
00:10:02.000 And the main lesson
00:10:03.000 Which I was trying to show Ali
00:10:04.000 Is don't judge
00:10:05.000 The success of your dawah
00:10:08.000 By shahadas
00:10:09.000 Judge the success of your dawah
00:10:11.000 By how many people
00:10:12.000 You convey the message to
00:10:14.000 And this is the main thing
00:10:15.000 That's the reason
00:10:16.000 Know your job
00:10:17.000 Understand your job
00:10:18.000 If you want the reward for your job
00:10:20.000 You have to do the job
00:10:21.000 Okay?
00:10:22.000 You can't be hired to stock shelves
00:10:25.000 Or stack shelves
00:10:26.000 And then go and work on the till
00:10:28.000 You know you're not going to get paid
00:10:29.000 You know you have to do your job
00:10:30.000 And your job is to convey the message of Islam
00:10:33.000 To invite to Islam
00:10:35.000 And don't forget the invitation
00:10:36.000 You know literally say
00:10:37.000 Would you like to be a Muslim?
00:10:39.000 Would you like to accept Islam?
00:10:40.000 And subhanAllah
00:10:41.000 You'd be surprised
00:10:42.000 How many people
00:10:43.000 Actually say yes
00:10:44.000 Yeah so yeah
00:10:45.000 Like I said again
00:10:46.000 Thank you very much for watching
00:10:47.000 And
00:10:48.000 The power of dawah
00:10:49.000 That's how
00:10:50.000 That's how
00:10:51.000 I've learned a lesson myself
00:10:52.000 And inshallah
00:10:53.000 You guys will benefit from it
00:10:54.000 Thank you very much for watching
00:10:55.000 Please support our pages
00:10:56.000 And do dawah for us
00:10:58.000 Powerful dawah inshallah
00:10:59.000 Thank you very much