00:08:05.320I remember subhanAllah all of these different hotels that you see in front of the Kaaba, in front of Mecca, where the masjid is, where the mosque is.
00:08:12.340I started asking, please give me a job. I don't mind doing anything. I'll be the cleaner.
00:08:16.280Right? Because I didn't want to leave.
00:08:18.420So I was making a lot of dua, a lot of supplications to God, to Allah, to give me a way back.
00:08:24.980And then a couple of years after that, I was accepted to come and study here in Medina.
00:08:30.140And they were the best days of my life.
00:08:31.700You know, earlier we were discussing the concept of du'as, right?
00:27:30.340for a lot of youngsters at the time, you know?
00:27:31.800so what do you notice about students now you mostly do lectures in university schools
00:27:38.060let's talk to young people yeah what do you notice is their number one problem what are
00:27:43.580they lacking the most when it comes to knowledge when it comes i would put it down to a lack of
00:27:47.600knowledge when you don't have knowledge you don't know what's right and what is wrong isn't that
00:27:51.720ironic considering you're doing a lot of lectures in schools yeah yeah yeah it's been uh it's actually
00:27:56.660been really nice to see the uh the engagements of the students and the fact that they've been
00:28:01.760attending in their hundreds at times in their thousands right is it all muslims or non-muslims
00:28:05.640no sometimes non-muslims turn up what do you what do they where's their pushback come from
00:28:10.600bro i'll tell you right at this moment in time many young people are suffering from a spiritual
00:28:16.620emptiness they are spiritually dead you think that's why islam is a fast growing without a
00:28:21.460doubt it gives you that spirituality that you can't buy with money bro right sorry that uh
00:28:26.880can't be bought with money you know there's something like that's missing inside of a lot
00:28:32.180of people's soul yeah man i've i've uh look you felt it i've seen videos of fussy tube
00:28:39.140i've seen videos of logan paul ksi i think everyone even justin bieber even justin bieber
00:28:44.800there's a brother that actually compiled all of these small little clips and i would send it to
00:28:48.320my younger brother ibrahim right uh i think the brother's called smile yeah the it was smile to
00:28:54.160Jannah brother, you put it all together just to show the people, right, that people are looking for that spirituality, that contentment, that satisfaction that can't be bought with money.
00:29:09.580A lot of people replace it with other things like concerts, festivals, drugs.
00:29:13.440Bro, think about it. Why is the drug industry a billion dollar industry? Tell me why. Why is the sports industry a billion dollar industry?
00:29:21.660Because they're worshipping and they're trying to feel God.
00:29:24.400They are feeding off the sadness of those who are suffering.
00:29:28.460You need something to keep you distracted,
00:29:31.220to keep your mind occupied when you think about it.
00:29:34.140They call cocaine Britain's open secret.
00:30:07.560It's professionals, engineers, doctors that are consuming these drugs, that they are selling it to.
00:30:12.820And I would advise them against all of this, right?
00:30:15.380Point being, a lot of people are spiritually dead, even the games industry.
00:30:19.520Again, it's a billion dollar industry.
00:30:21.060The porn industry billion dollar industry. What else the entertainment industry, Hollywood, Bollywood, Somali would you can add that to it as well
00:30:28.300That's right. I didn't even know those. No, bro. They have their own stuff as well. They're trying to
00:30:32.700Anyways point being they are all billion dollar industries. Why?
00:56:19.940right we have to be soft and gentle with the people right so if you want to correct someone
00:56:25.560that's giving dawah then be nice to him that's why you know the reason i mentioned all this is
00:56:30.440the warner brother he was mentioning this right um salama is perfect and it's upon us to really
00:56:36.880you know help each other out and bro like i've honestly stopped caring about the praises that
00:56:42.180come my way and the criticism that come my way let go of your ego yeah bro man because you know
00:56:47.920One day people will praise you and tomorrow they'll drop you and if you attach yourself too much the people brought them tomorrow when they're criticizing you
00:56:55.880It's gonna be very harsh. Yeah, I realized that here during umrah is that you can't live for other people
00:57:00.680You can't live for other people's validation how important that is
00:57:03.360And I think a lot of people do social media encourages that you become a slave role become a slave
00:57:07.920So other people's thoughts sent very good and you're never gonna be pleased that way
00:57:13.760It's it's a dangerous it's a dangerous path to go down
01:00:11.840to their whatever they stand for. By the way, I'm not anti-Semitic. My father-in-law is actually
01:00:18.800Jewish. My father-in-law is actually Jewish. Don't ask me any more questions. I'm not anti-Semitic.
01:00:24.880I'm not inciting violence, but I'm just quoting the scripture. Everything that I say is in the
01:00:28.240scripture. So that's exactly what I just mentioned. This is what is mentioned there. You will never
01:00:33.280be pleased with you until, you know, even Allah tells us in another verse,
01:00:37.680Do you not see the people of the book?
01:00:50.540They buy, they spend with their money, right?
01:00:54.760Misguidance, like they want to spread misguidance with their money.
01:00:57.320Like, think about it, how much was spent by, you know, many Western governments in order to spread LGBTQ, you know, the rainbow ideology and whatever have you.
01:01:13.760They want to spread all of this stuff so that one is moved away from religiosity, from that godly spirituality that you take from the religion.
01:38:31.440And I've had a lot of, alhamdulillah, our MSA is very active, inshaAllah
01:38:35.340With the Palestinian protests and trying to spread awareness for it, inshaAllah
01:38:38.320But we've had a lot of pushback from the Zionists and stuff
01:38:42.300They've like tried to stop our meetings. We tried to hold like a peaceful protest on our campus and like they tried to shut it down
01:38:47.840And then they're turning around and they're saying that they're they're turning around and saying that we're being anti-semitic towards them
01:38:53.480No, no, and just say you guys are being Islamophobic. Yeah, that's what we try to say to them
01:38:57.560But the university is not listening to us
01:38:58.900So we're trying to we're trying to come up with a solution where we're able to speak what we're supposed to be speaking
01:39:04.620But we're being having these pushback by these Zionists and we don't want to like, you know
01:39:08.800Cause problems and you know prove their point we want to show that Islam is not something that you push forward and like try to be oppressive against
01:39:15.060No, we're trying to show that this is what you guys are doing
01:39:17.340We're not here to retaliate and show that you know just because you're putting violence against us
01:39:21.300We're going to put violence against you that no
01:39:22.600We're going to show you that Islam is unity and we're going to show that
01:39:26.040We want to have this power that we're standing with the Palestinian people despite what you guys are putting against us
01:39:30.460But the university is making it very hard
01:39:32.220I have nothing in life comes easy, especially if you're Muslim. We've all faced challenges.
01:39:37.220I've faced a lot of challenges in my life. Him being a Muslim now, he's being berated by the Islamophobes, right?
01:39:43.220So with perseverance, with patience, inshallah, you know, keep making a lot of dua, keep trying to do the right thing.
01:54:46.560No, it's a man that decided, you know what, in order for me to achieve what I want, this is what you need to follow.
01:54:52.660Then you also have the likes of Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, who had a certain mindset and a certain way of thinking, which they wanted now to impose upon society.
02:09:02.940And this is the problem that a lot of atheists have
02:09:05.680You speak to Suzanne who's an atheist. She says to you that this is morally unacceptable
02:09:10.960You go to Bob who's also an atheist. He'll tell you no, no Suzanne's wrong
02:09:15.820Okay, give me a you know, give me a moral compass of how I should live my life of what is right and what is wrong
02:09:21.720I sometimes hear Piers Morgan speaking in his debates and whatever have you
02:09:25.320The man's lost with regards to what is morally acceptable what is wrong?
02:09:28.920Just what is like a proportionate response on what is not?
02:09:32.280Because you just don't have a mandate, you don't have a manual, you don't have an external entity that has given you rules and regulations.
02:09:40.280Whatever view you come out with, someone's going to counter that and we're going to be there all day long.