Ali Dawah - April 24, 2024


TIKTOKER MOCKS TESCO EMPLOYEES？ - MUSLIM REACTS


Episode Stats

Length

6 minutes

Words per Minute

263.0404

Word Count

1,807

Sentence Count

177

Misogynist Sentences

2

Hate Speech Sentences

24


Summary

In this podcast, we talk about a video where a man is talking about his son working in Tesco and how he feels about it and the lessons that can be learnt from it. We talk about the importance of a good work ethic and how to deal with the pressures of being a hard worker.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 I got kicked out of school wherever and then I went to go get a job at Tesco.
00:00:03.120 I remember like I had this interview and I was walking down the stairs and my dad was like,
00:00:06.160 where are you going?
00:00:06.520 I was like, I have a job interview at Tesco.
00:00:08.220 He was like, no, you are not going there.
00:00:10.220 My son is not working for Tesco.
00:00:13.000 Brother, well and good for you.
00:00:14.860 Be very careful because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, wallahi.
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00:00:35.300 Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi barakatuhu brothers and sisters and dear friends.
00:00:38.260 So there's a video circulating.
00:00:40.280 I do not know who this brother is.
00:00:42.040 He's called Ish something.
00:00:43.520 I think it's called Ish.
00:00:44.500 It might be short for Ishmael.
00:00:45.340 I don't know.
00:00:45.780 Okay, so this is a video where he is.
00:00:48.140 Let's watch for ourselves.
00:00:49.000 Let's watch for ourselves.
00:00:49.820 He says something about people who are working in Tesco.
00:00:51.760 We'll give our little two-pence piece inshallah.
00:00:53.240 Let's just watch inshallah and see what he had to say and the lessons that we can learn.
00:00:57.020 Even there was a point where I got kicked out of school and then I went to go get a job at Tesco.
00:01:02.440 I remember I had this interview and I was walking down the stairs and my dad was like,
00:01:05.400 where are you going?
00:01:05.760 And I was like, I have a job interview at Tesco.
00:01:07.440 He was like, no, you are not going there.
00:01:09.660 He was like, go back straight upstairs.
00:01:11.760 My son is not working for Tesco.
00:01:13.520 He was like, nah, mate, we've got standards here.
00:01:16.240 He's job shaming you.
00:01:17.780 By the way, no offence to anyone that works in Tesco.
00:01:20.160 We have to do this a lot because the internet, it's his dad.
00:01:22.880 I mean, bro, guys, you can say that, but for me, I'd say ain't better, bruv.
00:01:28.500 Yeah, I do agree, but he means like, I mean, like, let's say this is your little,
00:01:33.800 if you're thinking ahead, I want to work in Tesco forever.
00:01:36.180 Then I'm judging you.
00:01:37.420 Yeah, yeah, that's different.
00:01:38.080 But if you're doing it now and you're just getting by.
00:01:39.620 Trying to get some money up.
00:01:40.500 Yeah, yeah.
00:01:41.040 And trying to have something on her side and taking it seriously.
00:01:43.360 Yeah.
00:01:44.040 What did you say about your wife?
00:01:45.640 She worked in Tesco.
00:01:46.640 She did at one point.
00:01:47.860 I'm so sorry.
00:01:50.780 I feel bad now.
00:01:51.960 She's like this.
00:01:52.760 Picking the laptop up, like.
00:01:54.220 She's like the head director of Tesco's right now.
00:01:56.560 It's in case you don't work at Tesco anymore, guys.
00:01:59.300 Okay, now there's key lessons to be learned from this.
00:02:00.980 Number one, you need to understand these four standards.
00:02:03.140 I come from a jahiliya.
00:02:04.080 In that jahiliya, I can remember very clearly.
00:02:06.080 Working, I'll be honest with you, I was in the same thing.
00:02:07.840 Like working at Tesco.
00:02:08.760 Oh my gosh, if people saw me at Tesco, if I have to drive.
00:02:10.720 There was these standards that were given to me that was causing misery to my life.
00:02:14.300 Why?
00:02:14.680 Because I had to be somebody.
00:02:16.120 I had to make something.
00:02:17.000 I had to be known for something.
00:02:18.460 Many people commit suicide.
00:02:19.640 Many people feel like absolute rubbish.
00:02:21.540 They feel like they are inadequate.
00:02:22.960 They can't do anything.
00:02:23.780 They've got nothing to offer.
00:02:24.820 And I believe it's irresponsible behavior.
00:02:26.620 Now, did he mean it maliciously?
00:02:28.020 We assume the best in the brother.
00:02:29.100 Maybe he didn't mean it either.
00:02:29.900 His dad said that.
00:02:30.500 But again, he has a second comment where he's like, nah, brother, I just want to talk to you again.
00:02:34.260 Look, I'm not asking for anyone to send hate to him.
00:02:35.960 I'm just doing this video as a Nasir, please.
00:02:37.660 Anytime I talk about somebody, I'm not asking you to go and start sending hate to him.
00:02:40.880 He's our brother in Islam.
00:02:41.940 We're just giving Nasir to each other.
00:02:43.080 There is nothing wrong in working at Tesco.
00:02:44.720 Nothing, nothing wrong.
00:02:45.440 The Prophet peace be upon him said that the best of workers is a man who works with his hands.
00:02:49.300 Somebody who's grafting, who's working for his family, brothers and sisters.
00:02:52.140 Yeah, in Tesco.
00:02:52.940 Why is the limit?
00:02:53.780 And I want to be very clear.
00:02:54.640 There are people who come just because they have a certain lifestyle that their fathers provided for them.
00:02:58.860 And or they may have made some wealth forever.
00:03:01.060 Wallahi, let me tell you something.
00:03:02.240 Okay, let me tell you something.
00:03:03.180 There is ups and downs in life.
00:03:04.720 There were times, let me tell you, be honest with me, I was making a lot of money and I lost everything.
00:03:08.820 These things happen in life, in jahiliya and in Islam.
00:03:11.160 Do not reach a peak and start thinking you own the world.
00:03:15.440 Don't.
00:03:15.920 Allah will humiliate you.
00:03:17.240 Whoever you are.
00:03:18.060 I'm not talking to anyone specifically.
00:03:19.060 Whoever you are.
00:03:19.840 Don't think and don't belittle Tesco.
00:03:21.980 For those people who are working in Tesco, in Audi, in wherever you're working.
00:03:25.800 May Allah bless and preserve you.
00:03:27.160 Have the intentions.
00:03:28.120 Because a halal money that is earned with the sweat that you're doing.
00:03:31.500 It is more beloved to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:03:33.340 Than an individual who's involved in riba, stealing, doing this, etc.
00:03:37.040 Be concerned.
00:03:38.360 The problem we have with this, and this relates back to Tawheed.
00:03:41.300 Why?
00:03:41.620 All of our problems relate back to Tawheed.
00:03:42.980 Why?
00:03:43.380 Instead of focusing about who thinks what about you.
00:03:46.220 Because you can even see the two, I think the brother and sister.
00:03:49.620 The brother there who's like, oh my wife worked.
00:03:51.700 And Aki, you should have corrected him.
00:03:52.900 Why do we have this inferiority thing when somebody makes a point and we're like, oh my god, she's our guest.
00:03:55.680 Who cares?
00:03:56.140 What's wrong with working in Tesco, bro?
00:03:57.160 What's wrong with working in Tesco?
00:03:58.160 What is wrong with it?
00:03:59.180 There is nothing wrong with it.
00:04:00.240 So for all those people who work in Tesco, and I think at one moment in time when I first came to Islam, I was working at Tesco.
00:04:04.760 Why?
00:04:05.140 To me, I was like, you know what?
00:04:05.900 As long as I'm doing my Dawah, alhamdulillah.
00:04:07.240 And I was so sick with chasing the world and the dunya.
00:04:10.700 Wallahi, I was so happy.
00:04:12.520 Working a 9 to 5.
00:04:13.700 And on the weekends doing Dawah with Ayrah.
00:04:15.720 It was just like, I'm just loving it, man.
00:04:17.400 As long as you have peace from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, you can provide for your family.
00:04:20.680 Now, you can have ambitions and goals, no problem.
00:04:22.820 You don't need to work at Tesco for the rest of your life.
00:04:24.280 And even if you did, what is wrong?
00:04:26.760 What is wrong?
00:04:27.380 Why is the meter or your yardstick, oh, you need to be, you know, entrepreneur?
00:04:31.480 Brother, if everyone was an entrepreneur, the world would not run.
00:04:33.900 So please, let's be very careful and correct people.
00:04:36.560 Let's not have this attitude where somebody, a guest says something and we have to go with the flow.
00:04:39.700 No, Craig, hold on a second, brother.
00:04:41.020 You know, you're wrong here.
00:04:42.180 There's nothing wrong with people working at Tesco.
00:04:43.360 Because this causes mental issues.
00:04:45.440 People who are doubting themselves.
00:04:47.000 I'm inadequate.
00:04:47.720 I'm not doing nothing in my life.
00:04:48.760 No, you are doing something for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:04:51.480 You are working hard for your family.
00:04:52.820 It's a halal income, inshallah.
00:04:53.940 Obviously, depends, you know, what you're doing in Tesco.
00:04:55.320 Because, you know, again, if you're working in the alcohol aisle, there's a whole different.
00:04:58.260 You can go to your local sheikh for a fatwa.
00:05:00.420 But what I'm saying is, in a nutshell, wherever you're working, make it a priority that you are serving Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:05:05.820 It is something that is ibadah.
00:05:08.000 It can be ibadah that you are doing to make a halal income.
00:05:10.800 If only all of us were concerned about the, like the woman, like a woman coming and saying to bring, I don't know who it was from.
00:05:17.380 She said to her husband, I don't know if it's from the salaf, said to her husband, make sure the income you're bringing to this house is halal.
00:05:22.920 Because I can put up with poverty, but I cannot put up with a fire.
00:05:26.440 Going hellfire, that I can't deal with.
00:05:27.880 But poverty, I can deal with.
00:05:29.300 So brothers and sisters, please, let's be very careful when we're saying certain things.
00:05:32.260 Because this has a ripple effect on individuals and their self-esteem.
00:05:35.660 And as if they're not doing nothing good, alhamdulillah, yeah.
00:05:37.840 Focus about pleasing Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:05:39.940 Because the more you care about what others think, you will never be happy.
00:05:43.120 They always have different yardsticks for you.
00:05:44.800 You will stop working at Tesco, they'll have a problem.
00:05:46.280 You're working somewhere else.
00:05:47.220 You'll become an entrepreneur, they'll start accusing you of this.
00:05:49.120 No one will ever be happy with you.
00:05:50.660 And I've said it before and I'll say it again.
00:05:51.960 From the moment you're born is Allah.
00:05:53.360 From when you are living is Allah.
00:05:54.980 From when you die, it's going to be Allah.
00:05:56.540 When you are entered the grave, it's going to be Allah.
00:05:58.160 When you are resurrected, it's going to be Allah.
00:05:59.600 When you are questioned, it's going to be Allah.
00:06:00.980 When you cross the salat, it's going to be Allah.
00:06:02.380 None of these people give a bloody damn about you.
00:06:05.100 And when you die, they will probably backbite you.
00:06:06.780 He worked at Tesco.
00:06:07.960 Listen, my brother and sisters, focus on pleasing Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:06:11.100 Okay, and for those who are entrepreneurs and have that lifestyle,
00:06:13.800 brother, well and good for you.
00:06:15.660 Be very careful because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
00:06:17.520 wallahi, people who try to belittle others and look down at others,
00:06:21.340 wallahi, I know situations of stories of sisters in niqab,
00:06:25.160 looking down on sisters who don't wear the hijab
00:06:26.900 and they fall into situations worse than them.
00:06:29.540 Because what do they do?
00:06:30.580 They would, oh, this sister's not wearing this.
00:06:32.180 They don't even give them salam.
00:06:33.120 The same sisters, niqab off, hijab off, jilbab off, everything off.
00:06:37.200 They're in clubs now, nightclubs.
00:06:38.500 Be very careful because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is very swift
00:06:40.920 in putting you in your place, whoever you are.
00:06:43.200 I'm not talking to the brother, whoever you are.
00:06:44.900 That's all I want to say, inshallah.
00:06:46.060 There is absolutely nothing wrong with working a nine-to-five.
00:06:48.060 As long as it's halal, may Allah bless and preserve you guys.
00:06:50.180 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.