SNEAKO - May 21, 2023


Shaykh Uthman Answers SNEAKO's Questions About Islam

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da'wah workshop
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Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy
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On this episode of the podcast, I speak with my good friend Abdurrahman Abu Ghazaleh, who was raised in a Christian home in the United States and converted to Islam a few years ago. In this episode, we talk about the differences between Jews and Christians in the Muslim world, as well as what it means to be a Muslim.

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00:00:00 What is the general consensus about Jews and Christians in the Muslim world?
00:00:06 Obviously, I think that we should free Palestine. 1.00
00:00:09 Of course.
00:00:10 But I would like to know your stance on this.
00:00:13 Look, my stance is the stance of the Quran.
00:00:15 It's the stance of the Hadith.
00:00:17 I don't take it.
00:00:18 It's not about politics.
00:00:20 In the Quran, for example, in Surah Al-Fatiha, it says,
00:00:23 That, you know, we ask Allah not to make us good on the path of those that went astray or those that earned the wrath of Allah.
00:00:33 Rasulullah, the Prophet, he mentioned an authentic narration that
00:00:37 is referring to the Jews, that the tricks they played with the religion, when they changed the religion, 0.77
00:00:44 they earned the wrath of Allah.
00:00:45 And those that went astray, even though they had some sincerity,
00:00:51 but they're sincerely went astray, is referring to the Christians.
00:00:54 The Christians and Jews have a special place in Islam.
00:00:57 We call them Ahlul Kitab, the people of the book.
00:00:59 We have a special relationship between us and them because no doubt we believe in the same prophet.
00:01:06 We believe in the same God that sent those prophets.
00:01:10 The problem that gets to be is instead of sticking to the original message of Jesus,
00:01:16 peace and blessings be upon him, for example, the Christians, they went astray. 1.00
00:01:21 Hey, can you hear me?
00:01:24 Yes.
00:01:24 As-salamu alaykum wahtullah.
00:01:25 As-salamu alaykum.
00:01:26 It's great to speak to you again.
00:01:28 It's been a long time.
00:01:30 A long, long time, man.
00:01:32 But alhamdulillah, it's good to see you now.
00:01:34 Last time I spoke to you, you weren't Muslim, and now you're a Muslim, man.
00:01:37 Yeah, I would say that the debate we had actually was a big part in convincing me.
00:01:42 Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah.
00:01:44 May Allah bless it for you.
00:01:45 May Allah protect you and keep you on the right path.
00:01:48 You too, brother.
00:01:48 So where are you right now?
00:01:50 What are you doing?
00:01:51 I'm in D.C. right now.
00:01:53 I'm in Virginia.
00:01:54 So alhamdulillah, it's been busy.
00:01:56 Last weekend we were in New York.
00:01:58 Alhamdulillah, in three days we had 30 people accept Islam.
00:02:02 Alhamdulillah, we're at Union Square, Times Square, Yankee Stadium.
00:02:06 This weekend I'm here in D.C.
00:02:07 We were just at the White House earlier.
00:02:09 So alhamdulillah, we're giving da'wah outside. 0.87
00:02:11 Alhamdulillah, we had three people accept Islam there.
00:02:14 Then I went to the masjid here in Ikna.
00:02:16 I just gave the speech where I called you from.
00:02:18 And now I'm back at the hotel.
00:02:20 So I'm going to go home tomorrow.
00:02:22 Bro, you don't even know I'm going home.
00:02:24 And in two days I'm flying to Canada.
00:02:26 What are you doing in Canada?
00:02:27 Why would you go there?
00:02:29 We're doing a da'wah workshop. 0.99
00:02:30 We're trying to explain people how to give da'wah.
00:02:32 And how to have good productive dialogue and all of that.
00:02:38 Yeah, I could probably do a better job of that.
00:02:40 I'm trying.
00:02:41 Because I recently reverted maybe two months ago.
00:02:45 And since then, just people constantly want to debate me.
00:02:47 They always want to challenge me on the Quran.
00:02:50 They want to see how much I know.
00:02:53 So I could use something like that I could benefit from.
00:02:58 Bro, you're always welcome, man.
00:02:59 Let me know any time.
00:03:00 We'll hook up, inshallah.
00:03:01 So what did you notice about...
00:03:04 Did you think that I was going to revert to Islam when we last spoke?
00:03:07 We spoke about last summer, I think, almost a year.
00:03:10 Yeah, about a year ago, yeah.
00:03:12 Allah knows the hearts.
00:03:14 But I saw you had a sincere want to know the truth.
00:03:18 You were fair.
00:03:19 You weren't...
00:03:20 Like, even in the discussion, you weren't being biased towards either side.
00:03:25 And when I see somebody with that openness, usually I end up seeing them become Muslim.
00:03:31 Alhamdulillah.
00:03:31 And so what is the process of giving da'wah like? 1.00
00:03:36 And how do you think I can effectively do that on my stream?
00:03:39 Because what I did hear, maybe this is a bit selfish of a question, but I did hear that if you do give da'wah properly, then you are almost guaranteed a spot in heaven. 0.96
00:03:48 Yeah, that's true.
00:03:50 No doubt to that.
00:03:51 If you do it right, if you do it sincerely for Allah.
00:03:54 So the thing with da'wah is we don't do it for fame. 0.89
00:03:57 We don't do it for money.
00:03:58 We don't do it for, you know, trying to get popularity.
00:04:02 We do it really because we want to connect people with their creator.
00:04:05 You know, and I challenge all these Christian apologists, atheists, you know, apostates and all this.
00:04:11 I challenge them, cancel your Patreon.
00:04:14 Don't take money and come debate me just for the sake of the truth.
00:04:19 And nobody took me up on that.
00:04:21 So, like me, I don't get paid for that.
00:04:23 I don't get paid from YouTube.
00:04:24 I don't get paid from One Message Foundation.
00:04:26 I don't get paid from my masjid.
00:04:27 I work a regular job.
00:04:29 I earn my money.
00:04:29 Even I'm out here, I paid my own ticket, you know.
00:04:32 So, what's the point is?
00:04:34 The point is that I want people to connect to their creator.
00:04:37 I don't want people to worship the creation.
00:04:39 I don't want people to worship Jesus or a Ram or a blue guy or a monkey or a cow. 0.89
00:04:44 I want people to worship the one that Jesus worshipped.
00:04:47 I want the people to worship the one Abraham and Moses and Muhammad. 0.88
00:04:50 Peace and blessings.
00:04:51 We want all of them.
00:04:52 We love all of them.
00:04:53 We want them to worship that creator.
00:04:55 So, when you do that sincerely, no doubt, Allah will give you a place in Jannah.
00:04:59 There was a moment, I had a debate yesterday with a Christian, and he was saying, like,
00:05:04 basically, people are trying to get me to convert to Christianity, and they're saying
00:05:09 that you're getting on your knees for Islam and all this stuff you're submitting.
00:05:14 And then afterwards, I read a comment, and it's like, this is how Jesus prayed in the Bible.
00:05:18 Jesus prayed like a Muslim, just like Jesus prayed like a Muslim did. 1.00
00:05:22 Exactly.
00:05:23 You know, I have my Bible right here, as you can see.
00:05:27 So do I have my Bible.
00:05:30 Excellent, excellent.
00:05:30 You know, when you look at Jesus in the Bible, you will find many things that will not fit
00:05:37 today's version of Christianity.
00:05:39 You look at Jesus, he says here in Mark 13, 32, and this is a verse we use all the time.
00:05:45 And this is actually the verse we use with young Don.
00:05:47 And again, shout out to young Don.
00:05:49 I know he's doing good on his journey.
00:05:52 I saw the video where he's rejecting Jesus being God now.
00:05:55 Anytime he wants, I'm ready to have a conversation offline.
00:05:58 I don't care about views or any of that, just to answer his questions, if he ever wants.
00:06:02 Yeah, for context, if I don't mean to interrupt, but he just released a video saying that he
00:06:07 rejects the idea of the Trinity, which was basically like a big point of contention that
00:06:12 we had in the debate last year.
00:06:13 And that made me think very differently about Christianity.
00:06:15 And even yesterday I was debating two Christians and I asked them about the Trinity and they
00:06:19 like, if you ever asked Christians about that, I bet you've noticed this too, debating 0.97
00:06:22 them.
00:06:23 They always have a different explanation for the Trinity.
00:06:26 There's nothing that concrete about it.
00:06:28 And I don't mean this in an insulting way, but I haven't heard any way that makes sense.
00:06:32 I've grew up Catholic.
00:06:33 I grew up with this idea and I don't fully understand.
00:06:36 And there's, and then whenever they kind of get caught and it doesn't make God works in
00:06:40 mysterious ways.
00:06:41 The mystery of the Trinity, right?
00:06:44 Right.
00:06:44 And, and that's such a funny thing because in the Bible we find God is not the author
00:06:48 of confusion.
00:06:49 And every time I've ever debated a Christian about the Trinity, they've admitted that it 0.98
00:06:53 is confusing.
00:06:55 And, you know, recently we had a debate, you'll see on the One Message Foundation channel in
00:07:00 New York, we had three Christian preachers that were out there in Times Square and we had
00:07:03 the debate live there.
00:07:05 And each one of them was giving a different answer.
00:07:07 And even one of them said, God, the Holy Ghost and Jesus, meaning the Father, they're
00:07:13 all equal.
00:07:14 And the other one standing right there next to him in the same preacher booth was like,
00:07:18 no, they're not equal.
00:07:19 There's a hierarchy.
00:07:20 So which one is it?
00:07:21 So you had a Trinity about the Trinity.
00:07:24 Right.
00:07:25 We had a Trinity that got defeated by the oneness.
00:07:27 So, you know, even if you look at right here in the Bible, in Revelations, you will find
00:07:36 here that Jesus says to about the Father, this is my God.
00:07:41 Right.
00:07:42 You see, it's a reference to my God.
00:07:45 You will never find anywhere in the Bible, the Father referring to Jesus as my God or the
00:07:51 Holy Ghost.
00:07:52 Right.
00:07:52 You will find God the Father.
00:07:53 And, you know, for anybody who's Christian, this is this isn't an insult.
00:07:57 This is really out of love, wanting you to realize what your scripture actually says,
00:08:02 wanting you to worship the way Jesus worshiped.
00:08:04 In the Bible, Jesus, he put his forehead on the ground and he prayed.
00:08:08 Abraham and Moses, they put their forehead on the ground and they prayed.
00:08:11 Today, when is the last time you went into a church and you saw people praying the way
00:08:14 Jesus prayed, the way Muslims pray? 1.00
00:08:17 Right.
00:08:18 It's something that's been changed, something that's been diluted.
00:08:21 Today, you look at Christmas.
00:08:22 Where is Christmas in the Bible?
00:08:23 Where is Santa?
00:08:25 You know, I have a video on the channel.
00:08:28 We show Pat Robertson, one of the well-known Christian apologists.
00:08:32 He comes out and says it's pagan.
00:08:33 It's all pagan. 0.97
00:08:34 The tree, the eggnog, the Santa Claus, the gift.
00:08:37 It's all pagan. 0.97
00:08:39 He admits this is all pagan and they have imported it into Christianity. 0.93
00:08:43 And today, every church celebrates Christmas, even though you will not find any trace of it
00:08:47 in the Bible.
00:08:48 You will not find it.
00:08:49 The disciples following it.
00:08:50 You will not find Jesus.
00:08:51 Peace and blessings be upon him.
00:08:52 You know, we love Jesus.
00:08:54 But you'll never see him celebrating Christmas.
00:08:57 Early church files all condemned it.
00:08:59 Today, every Christian apologist is celebrating a pagan festival knowing it's pagan.
00:09:04 But this is the problem.
00:09:05 If you look in the Bible, in John 17, 3, and this is something very important.
00:09:12 If you're a Christian, you know, get your own Bible, look it up.
00:09:15 I mean, it doesn't matter.
00:09:15 It's NIV, KGV.
00:09:17 And it says, according to the Christian Bible, it says, and this is eternal life, that they
00:09:23 may know you, the one true God.
00:09:27 The one only true God.
00:09:29 Now, Jesus, according to Christians, is saying that he came to tell people that you need to
00:09:34 get to know the one only true God.
00:09:36 God and Jesus Christ, whom he sent, he's separating himself from being from the one true God. 0.91
00:09:42 He's saying that people need to get to know the one true only God and know that that God
00:09:49 sent Jesus Christ.
00:09:50 And this is right here in the Bible.
00:09:53 So when you talk about the Trinity, it always ends up not making sense.
00:09:58 If they're equal, if they're co-equal, then why does Jesus pray to the Father?
00:10:03 The Father doesn't pray to Jesus.
00:10:04 They say, well, Jesus, when he came to earth, he took a human form.
00:10:07 Okay.
00:10:08 So that means he wasn't God anymore.
00:10:09 Right?
00:10:10 Because according to the Bible, God knows everything.
00:10:13 Right?
00:10:13 So there is a hierarchy in the Trinity.
00:10:16 Well, not according to Christian doctrine.
00:10:18 This is the confusing part, right?
00:10:20 Is that you do see a hierarchy to the Trinity in the Bible.
00:10:24 In fact, you don't even find the Trinity, but you do find a hierarchy where Jesus prays
00:10:28 to God.
00:10:29 God sends Jesus with a mission.
00:10:30 Right?
00:10:31 But according to Christian standard doctrine today, they're co-equal, co-existent.
00:10:37 So that would mean there is no hierarchy.
00:10:38 They're exactly equal.
00:10:39 Now, we know that Jesus says that no one knows the hour in the Bible.
00:10:46 No one knows the hour except the Father.
00:10:49 Right?
00:10:49 And he clarifies by saying in Mark that no one knows the hour, not even the angels, nor
00:10:57 the Son, only the Father.
00:10:59 Now, think about that.
00:11:01 He didn't just say God.
00:11:02 He didn't just say no one.
00:11:04 He clarified that only the Father.
00:11:08 And he clarified saying, nor the Son.
00:11:10 So if you're equal, then you know the same amount.
00:11:14 If you know more than me, we're no longer equal.
00:11:16 Right?
00:11:16 We're not one anymore.
00:11:18 If we're one, then we know the same thing.
00:11:21 So these things are very clear.
00:11:22 I didn't start out as a Muslim.
00:11:25 I started out going to church.
00:11:26 I grew up in San Diego.
00:11:28 I hung out with a Mexican gang member.
00:11:30 There's a whole different story there.
00:11:32 But, you know, growing up, I was in church.
00:11:34 I never went to a mosque.
00:11:35 And this Bible that I've got marked up, I didn't do it to debate.
00:11:39 I studied the Bible in Christian church studies.
00:11:43 Youth pastors were sitting down with me, going cover to cover.
00:11:47 And when I found these inconsistencies, and every time I asked, either I get kicked out,
00:11:52 or I just get shut up and believe, or it's a mystery.
00:11:56 God works in mysterious ways.
00:11:57 Don't ask questions.
00:11:59 Just accept it.
00:12:00 And it just didn't make sense anymore.
00:12:01 So, you know, alhamdulillah, when I came and started to study Islam,
00:12:06 I found the message of Jesus in Islam.
00:12:08 The true message of Jesus' peace and blessings be upon him.
00:12:11 And that's why, even when people mock Jesus, like atheists, 1.00
00:12:15 we Muslims get upset sometimes more than the Christians do.
00:12:18 You know, we stand up, like they made a movie called Jesus Superstar,
00:12:21 and it played, you know, mockingly in every Christian country.
00:12:25 Muslim countries banned it because we love Jesus, but we don't worship him.
00:12:30 That's the thing.
00:12:31 Just like the people that were around him.
00:12:32 He's kind of become a caricature in a lot of ways in Western culture,
00:12:35 and Christians don't do a good job of defending it.
00:12:37 They kind of let all of that happen.
00:12:39 They let pagans infiltrate the religion and make it materialistic,
00:12:43 and they capitalize monetarily on a lot of things in Christian values,
00:12:48 which cheapens it.
00:12:49 And that's why I had a hard time having faith.
00:12:53 And I'm still in the beginning stages of the Quran.
00:12:56 I'm reading the Sunnah right now.
00:12:58 I think that's how you pronounce it.
00:13:00 About male-female dynamics.
00:13:02 And there's a lot more that I have to learn.
00:13:04 So I have two questions.
00:13:06 I want to answer this before I forget.
00:13:08 They're asking if you know Sam Schumann.
00:13:12 Sam Schumann, yes.
00:13:14 If you go on the One Message Foundation channel,
00:13:16 you'll see when Sam Schumann, David Wood, and Anthony Rogers,
00:13:20 all three came out to debate me in San Diego.
00:13:22 You can watch the video of Sam Schumann kind of just walked away.
00:13:25 I even called him.
00:13:26 I said, hey, Sam, come talk to me.
00:13:28 And he just withered away.
00:13:30 When he's in his bathroom making videos at home, he's a lion.
00:13:34 When he came in front of me, go watch the video.
00:13:36 If you guys think...
00:13:36 I'll check it out.
00:13:37 If you don't believe me, go check it out.
00:13:38 Just the three of them.
00:13:40 Watch the part when I'm telling Sam,
00:13:42 hey, Sam, come talk to me.
00:13:44 And he comes, and then he just runs away.
00:13:46 So don't give me Sam Schumann.
00:13:48 Sam Schumann, he's not a literal...
00:13:50 He's not a Bible expert.
00:13:51 He's not a Quran expert. 0.88
00:13:52 He's just somebody who sits around in his bathroom 1.00
00:13:54 calling people's mothers whores and things. 1.00
00:13:56 And if that's Christianity, I'm good. 0.99
00:13:58 That's not very Christian. 0.98
00:14:00 Obviously, I don't really know that much about him.
00:14:02 But what do you think the next steps as a new revert,
00:14:07 because you've probably seen a lot of people.
00:14:09 What do you think the next steps are?
00:14:10 I've been going to Jumar Prayer for the past three weeks.
00:14:13 Excellent.
00:14:13 I think that's what people are recommending I do.
00:14:16 Obviously, people are being very critical of my lifestyle and everything,
00:14:20 which I don't know.
00:14:22 Don't worry about the haters, man.
00:14:24 I deal with this kind of stuff all day long.
00:14:26 People that hate, they're just going to hate.
00:14:28 You're new in Islam, alhamdulillah. 1.00
00:14:30 Islam is not something that you want to get overwhelmed by.
00:14:34 You want to take it step by step.
00:14:35 The wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,
00:14:38 Aisha, she said a beautiful hadith.
00:14:40 It's a statement of hers.
00:14:42 She said that if Islam, when it was revealed in the beginning,
00:14:44 the first rules in Mecca were don't drink, don't gamble,
00:14:48 don't fornicate, don't do anything,
00:14:49 people wouldn't have been able to handle it.
00:14:51 In the beginning in Mecca, it was all about increasing your faith, 0.96
00:14:54 gaining your knowledge.
00:14:55 And then when the companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,
00:14:59 when they went to Medina and they were able to handle it,
00:15:02 then all the rulings and regulations started to come.
00:15:05 The first thing I suggest for you is don't worry about what people say.
00:15:08 Increase your faith.
00:15:10 Increase your knowledge.
00:15:10 I'll send you some videos we made on the evolution, step by step.
00:15:15 We made them on how to pray, step by step.
00:15:17 The most important action in Islam is the five-time prayers.
00:15:21 You got to get on your prayers.
00:15:22 You know, whatever bad habits you may have,
00:15:25 inshallah, when you are praying properly and correctly and on time,
00:15:29 those bad habits will start going away.
00:15:30 Five times every day, okay?
00:15:33 I have been trying, it's been like twice a day, if I'm going to be honest,
00:15:37 like in the morning and at night.
00:15:38 I feel you.
00:15:39 I'm still trying to learn how to say everything properly.
00:15:42 I got the motions down, but it's difficult to get.
00:15:45 I got you.
00:15:45 Don't worry.
00:15:46 And if you need help, we're here for you, bro.
00:15:49 Thank you.
00:15:49 Inshallah, we made videos specially to help people learn.
00:15:53 We've got the transliteration, translation.
00:15:55 I'll send those to you, inshallah.
00:15:57 Start learning those.
00:15:58 Just try to strive on your five-time daily prayers.
00:16:01 You're already doing jamaah.
00:16:02 You're doing great.
00:16:03 And inshallah, slowly, slowly,
00:16:04 you're going to start living a healthier lifestyle.
00:16:06 You're going to be the best version of sneekho that you can be, inshallah. 1.00
00:16:10 And you're going to be a da'i. 1.00
00:16:11 Allah has given you a platform.
00:16:13 And Allah has blessed you with it.
00:16:14 And use that platform for good, for positivity.
00:16:18 You know, there's people caught up in drugs,
00:16:20 people that caught up in meth and heroin and all of that.
00:16:23 And Islam cures that. 0.99
00:16:25 We've seen so many people in San Diego.
00:16:27 Alhamdulillah, in the last two years,
00:16:28 we've had more than 2,000 people become Muslim.
00:16:31 Many of those, you can see the videos online,
00:16:33 you'll see them being lost.
00:16:35 Myself, I used to be involved in gangs and stuff.
00:16:37 If you read my past, you'd be shocked, right?
00:16:40 But how did I get out of all that?
00:16:41 Through Islam.
00:16:42 And not through just slogans.
00:16:44 And, you know, emotions.
00:16:45 But through knowledge and studying.
00:16:47 And slowly, slowly, inshallah, inshallah,
00:16:49 all your bad habits will go away.
00:16:51 Some people just want to hate.
00:16:52 What's the point of that?
00:16:53 And instead, take positive steps.
00:16:56 That seems...
00:16:57 I agree with everything you're saying.
00:16:59 One moment I had in a debate yesterday,
00:17:03 and some people were correcting me on this,
00:17:04 so I want to ask you.
00:17:06 I was saying that a big reason why I resonate with Islam
00:17:10 is that there's not a lot of mysteries,
00:17:13 and there's not a lot of ritualistic aspects,
00:17:16 and superhuman, supernatural.
00:17:18 So far, what I've read in the Quran,
00:17:20 it doesn't seem like there's a lot of unnatural things.
00:17:23 Like, Christianity talks a lot about how Jesus
00:17:26 was able to walk on water
00:17:27 and turn his blood into wine and stuff like that.
00:17:31 Wine, yeah.
00:17:31 Right.
00:17:32 Are there any supernatural instances?
00:17:35 Like, is there anything supernatural in the Quran?
00:17:38 So, of course, there are miracles the prophets had.
00:17:42 None of those are, for example,
00:17:44 unscientific or un-understandable, right?
00:17:48 Instead, all of the miracles of the Quran, 1.00
00:17:50 if you look, you'll find scientific evidence for them.
00:17:53 There is one of the beautiful miracles in the Quran
00:17:55 about the splitting of the moon.
00:17:56 In Surah Qamar, in the first verse,
00:17:58 it talks about how the moon split in two
00:18:00 and came back together.
00:18:01 And this is mentioned in authentic narration.
00:18:03 Now, I have a video, if you check it,
00:18:05 if you put moon splitting,
00:18:08 Osman ibn Farouk, it'll come up on YouTube,
00:18:09 you'll see it,
00:18:10 where I present that even NASA talks about
00:18:12 the craters across the moon,
00:18:14 and the fact that there's two sides of the moon,
00:18:16 and there is a possibility that either two moons,
00:18:18 according to NASA,
00:18:19 I mean, NASA's not saying this miracle happened
00:18:21 or not happened, that's not NASA's job.
00:18:24 But NASA does talk about these cracks on the moon
00:18:26 and the possibility that the moon
00:18:27 was in two pieces at one time.
00:18:30 Now, we do have amazing things in the Quran,
00:18:33 no doubt to that.
00:18:33 The prophets had miracles,
00:18:35 but they were, so the people would know
00:18:37 that these are true prophets.
00:18:39 What we don't have is a lot of these things
00:18:41 that don't really make sense.
00:18:43 Like, for example, if you turn water into wine
00:18:46 and you're getting people drunk,
00:18:48 like, you see what I'm saying?
00:18:49 Like, what kind of a prophet does that, right?
00:18:51 If you look at David in the Bible,
00:18:54 in the Psalms of David,
00:18:56 he falls, and he gets attracted to some woman,
00:18:59 and then he, you know, a married woman, 0.96
00:19:01 and then he has intercourse with her, 0.89
00:19:03 whether it's consensual or not. 0.99
00:19:05 Then he has her husband,
00:19:06 which she gets pregnant, 1.00
00:19:07 called back from the forefront, 0.99
00:19:09 and has him killed.
00:19:10 And the New Testament calls him a prophet.
00:19:13 So, in Islam, we don't believe that.
00:19:14 We don't believe in those kinds of things.
00:19:16 Islam, all the prophets are righteous. 0.99
00:19:18 Lot having sex with his own daughters, 1.00
00:19:20 being drunk, we don't believe in that. 0.99
00:19:22 We believe that all the prophets that came,
00:19:25 they came with the same message
00:19:26 to worship the one creator,
00:19:28 follow the prophet of your time.
00:19:30 We do believe there were miracles,
00:19:31 but those were to let people know
00:19:33 that this is a true prophet.
00:19:35 You don't think that,
00:19:36 and so the rebuttal to this
00:19:37 is that you don't think,
00:19:38 and I'm sure you've heard this,
00:19:39 that NASA has an agenda.
00:19:40 NASA, for example,
00:19:41 I heard yesterday they bet
00:19:42 NASA means deception in Hebrew.
00:19:46 You know, to be honest,
00:19:48 I don't know enough Hebrew to say that,
00:19:50 and at the same time,
00:19:52 to take a word that,
00:19:53 like an acronym in English,
00:19:54 and try to tie it to another language
00:19:56 doesn't make sense, right?
00:19:57 I speak Pashto.
00:19:58 I mean, there's many words in Pashto
00:20:00 that if I take acronyms
00:20:01 would make no sense, right?
00:20:02 But, you know, I was in Hawaii.
00:20:05 They have a place called Kuna, right?
00:20:06 In person, that would mean but, right?
00:20:08 But that doesn't mean
00:20:09 that that's where it came from, right?
00:20:12 Regarding NASA and their agenda,
00:20:14 you know, doesn't really matter.
00:20:16 I mean, what NASA shows
00:20:18 with pictures about the moon
00:20:21 and the crack,
00:20:22 they're not saying the miracle happened
00:20:24 or didn't happen.
00:20:25 That's not their job.
00:20:26 Their job is to observe.
00:20:27 So when they show us this,
00:20:29 what we can't say
00:20:30 is scientifically
00:20:32 there is an evidence
00:20:33 of this miracle having had happened.
00:20:36 Now, when did it happen itself?
00:20:37 NASA doesn't get into that, right? 0.98
00:20:39 But we have historic evidence.
00:20:41 Now, Nico, for example,
00:20:43 do you believe
00:20:45 there was a man named Alexander
00:20:46 that conquered many countries
00:20:48 at a young age, right?
00:20:50 You heard of Alexander the Great?
00:20:51 I heard about that.
00:20:53 Yeah, in the book.
00:20:54 Yeah, history books have it, right?
00:20:56 Or, you know,
00:20:57 if you take Abraham Lincoln,
00:20:58 got shot in a theater, right?
00:21:01 That's history, right?
00:21:02 Okay.
00:21:02 But now, think about this.
00:21:04 Who was actually there
00:21:05 that saw it?
00:21:07 Like, obviously,
00:21:07 we don't have video, right?
00:21:09 Who was the first-hand reporter
00:21:11 that saw Abraham Lincoln get shot?
00:21:13 I don't know.
00:21:14 I don't think you know either, right?
00:21:16 We just believe it
00:21:17 because in history books, right?
00:21:19 Who was there
00:21:19 when Alexander the Great
00:21:21 conquered, you know, Egypt?
00:21:22 Who was the first-hand reporter
00:21:24 that wrote,
00:21:26 scrived that out?
00:21:27 We don't know, right?
00:21:28 Even if you look at the Bible,
00:21:30 the earliest semi-complete manuscript
00:21:33 is going to be from 4th century.
00:21:35 There is an author named Bart Ehrman.
00:21:37 He's an atheist.
00:21:37 He's not Muslim. 1.00
00:21:38 He's not Christian. 1.00
00:21:39 He used to be Christian.
00:21:40 And he's got many videos
00:21:41 where he talks about
00:21:42 that we don't even know
00:21:43 who wrote these books.
00:21:45 It's anonymous authors, right?
00:21:47 The McCarthy Study Bible,
00:21:48 which I have,
00:21:49 when it talks about
00:21:50 the chapter called Hebrews,
00:21:51 it goes, it's anonymous.
00:21:52 We don't even know who wrote it.
00:21:53 But now,
00:21:54 for the miracles of the Prophet Muhammad,
00:21:56 peace and blessings be upon him,
00:21:57 we can tell you who saw it.
00:22:00 Like the splitting of the moon,
00:22:01 Abdullah ibn Abbas,
00:22:02 for example,
00:22:03 he's one of the companions.
00:22:03 Anaf ibn Malik, right?
00:22:05 These are Abdullah ibn Umar.
00:22:07 These, we know,
00:22:08 who were the first-hand people
00:22:10 who saw the Prophet Muhammad,
00:22:11 peace and blessings be upon him,
00:22:13 and these miraculous things
00:22:14 that happened with him.
00:22:15 Not just that,
00:22:16 the enemies of the Prophet,
00:22:18 peace be upon him,
00:22:18 like Waleed ibn Mughayra,
00:22:19 who never became Muslim,
00:22:21 even he reported it.
00:22:22 He said, yes,
00:22:23 we did see this, right?
00:22:25 And at that time,
00:22:26 they thought maybe,
00:22:27 you know,
00:22:28 he did some magic or something, right?
00:22:30 So he asked the people
00:22:31 outside of Mecca.
00:22:32 Anaf ibn Malik was in Medina.
00:22:34 And there are reports out of India.
00:22:36 And again, just to be clear,
00:22:37 we have a very stringent science
00:22:39 in hadith,
00:22:40 how we check, verify,
00:22:41 and make sure a report is authentic.
00:22:44 Those reports from India 0.78
00:22:45 would not meet that standard.
00:22:47 But they have oral and written tradition
00:22:49 from kings in India
00:22:51 from different geographic locations
00:22:53 that also saw the splitting of the moon.
00:22:56 And then that king later on
00:22:57 becomes Muslim.
00:22:58 He built a mosque.
00:22:58 That mosque is still there.
00:23:00 The prime minister of India,
00:23:01 a Hindu nationalist,
00:23:03 Modi, 1.00
00:23:03 hates Muslims, 0.99
00:23:05 you know, 0.98
00:23:05 has laws that he's putting
00:23:06 against Muslims. 1.00
00:23:07 Even he admitted to this.
00:23:09 And he made a little gold replica
00:23:10 and sent it to the king of Saudi Arabia
00:23:12 as a gift,
00:23:13 showing that the kings in India
00:23:14 had seen the splitting of the moon.
00:23:15 So we have such evidence
00:23:18 for the miracles of Islam
00:23:19 that it's more compelling evidence
00:23:22 than most of history
00:23:22 that we have out there today.
00:23:24 Is the earth flat in the Quran?
00:23:28 Look,
00:23:29 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.81
00:23:29 talks about the earth
00:23:31 being spread out.
00:23:32 The majority of the scholars of Islam,
00:23:34 they talk about
00:23:34 the meaning there is
00:23:36 that the earth was made
00:23:37 where you can walk on it,
00:23:39 harm on it,
00:23:39 that Allah spread it,
00:23:41 that the meaning is not flat.
00:23:42 Right?
00:23:43 Whether the earth is flat or round,
00:23:45 this is something that's been discussed
00:23:47 even amongst Islamic scholars.
00:23:48 They've had this discussion
00:23:49 in the past.
00:23:50 And many of the scholars
00:23:51 like Ibn Hazm and others,
00:23:53 they took the world to be round
00:23:54 and they mentioned verses
00:23:56 from the Quran
00:23:56 to support that.
00:23:57 And there are those
00:23:58 that talked about
00:23:59 the flat earth theory
00:24:00 and they mentioned verses.
00:24:02 To be honest,
00:24:02 I mean,
00:24:03 this is not really something
00:24:04 that is a part of
00:24:06 Islamic creedal issue.
00:24:07 In Islamic creed,
00:24:11 whether the sun goes around the earth
00:24:13 or the earth goes around the sun,
00:24:15 it doesn't really matter.
00:24:16 Here,
00:24:17 these are things that
00:24:18 we discuss with scientists,
00:24:20 we discuss with evidences.
00:24:22 There are verses in the Quran
00:24:24 that do mention
00:24:25 that all of the heavenly bodies
00:24:27 have orbit.
00:24:28 Right?
00:24:29 And this is in Surah Al-Anbiya.
00:24:30 And that's something beautiful
00:24:31 because the Prophet Muhammad,
00:24:33 peace and blessings be upon him,
00:24:34 could not have known that
00:24:36 at that time.
00:24:37 He was not a literate man.
00:24:39 He was not an educated man.
00:24:40 He couldn't read or write.
00:24:42 He didn't study philosophy
00:24:43 or the Greek work.
00:24:45 He didn't astronomy
00:24:46 or any of that.
00:24:46 He was in a desert
00:24:47 more than 1400 years ago.
00:24:49 The Quran talks about this
00:24:51 in a way that
00:24:52 touches us today.
00:24:54 So we can see things
00:24:55 that could not have been known.
00:24:56 The development of the fetus
00:24:58 in the womb of the mother.
00:24:59 Those are amazing things
00:25:00 in the Quran.
00:25:01 The Prophet Muhammad
00:25:01 could not have known on his own.
00:25:04 Now,
00:25:04 the fact that
00:25:05 the sun moves
00:25:06 and the moon moves
00:25:07 and the earth moves
00:25:08 and there's all these,
00:25:09 every planet has an orbit.
00:25:11 This is something
00:25:12 we can observe today
00:25:13 and we can find scientifically.
00:25:15 But,
00:25:16 till very recently,
00:25:18 they said the sun
00:25:18 doesn't have an orbit.
00:25:20 Right?
00:25:20 very recently,
00:25:21 scientists said,
00:25:22 no,
00:25:22 even the sun has an orbit.
00:25:24 And that's something
00:25:24 we find in the Quran.
00:25:27 In the beginning stages
00:25:28 of the Quran so far,
00:25:30 you can see that
00:25:31 there's a lot of discussion
00:25:32 about Jews and Christians.
00:25:35 And one passage
00:25:37 that I really like
00:25:39 is how it's really
00:25:41 the concept of interest
00:25:45 and interest on loans
00:25:46 and everything
00:25:47 and how forbidden that is
00:25:48 and how immoral that is,
00:25:51 that practice,
00:25:52 and how certain other
00:25:53 groups of people
00:25:55 started,
00:25:57 they were in charge
00:25:58 of this beforehand,
00:25:59 right?
00:26:00 We're in rumble,
00:26:01 so we can talk about it.
00:26:03 But what is the general consensus
00:26:05 about Jews and Christians
00:26:07 in the Muslim world?
00:26:09 Obviously,
00:26:10 I think that we should
00:26:11 free Palestine.
00:26:13 Of course.
00:26:14 But I would like to know
00:26:15 your stance on this.
00:26:17 Look,
00:26:17 my stance is the stance
00:26:18 of the Quran.
00:26:19 It's the stance
00:26:20 of the hadith.
00:26:20 I don't take it.
00:26:21 It's not about politics.
00:26:24 In the Quran,
00:26:24 for example,
00:26:25 in Surah Al-Fatiha,
00:26:26 it says,
00:26:26 غير المغضوب
00:26:27 عليهم ولا الضالين
00:26:29 that,
00:26:30 you know,
00:26:30 we ask Allah
00:26:30 not to make us good
00:26:32 on the path of those
00:26:33 that went astray
00:26:34 or those that earned
00:26:35 the wrath of Allah.
00:26:36 Rasulullah,
00:26:37 the Prophet
00:26:38 عليه الصلاة والسلام,
00:26:39 he mentioned
00:26:39 in an authentic narration
00:26:40 that
00:26:41 مغضوب عليهم
00:26:42 is referring to the Jews
00:26:43 that the tricks 0.72
00:26:45 they played
00:26:45 with the religion
00:26:46 when they changed
00:26:46 the religion,
00:26:47 they earned
00:26:48 the wrath of Allah.
00:26:49 And
00:26:49 والدالين,
00:26:50 those that went astray
00:26:52 even though
00:26:53 they had some sincerity
00:26:54 but they sincerely
00:26:55 went astray
00:26:55 is referring to the Christians.
00:26:57 The Christians and Jews
00:26:58 have a special place
00:27:00 in Islam.
00:27:00 We call them
00:27:01 Ahlul Kitab,
00:27:02 the people of the book.
00:27:03 We have a special
00:27:04 relationship between us
00:27:06 and them
00:27:06 because no doubt
00:27:08 we believe in the same prophets.
00:27:10 We believe in the same God
00:27:11 that sent those prophets.
00:27:14 The problem that gets to be
00:27:15 is instead of sticking
00:27:17 to the original message
00:27:19 of Jesus,
00:27:19 peace and blessings
00:27:20 be upon him,
00:27:20 for example,
00:27:21 the Christians,
00:27:22 they went astray.
00:27:24 They started to bring
00:27:25 pagan ideologies of God
00:27:27 having sons
00:27:27 and sons being gods
00:27:29 and demigods
00:27:30 and all these things
00:27:31 like we talked about Christmas,
00:27:33 we talked about these things.
00:27:34 They brought those ideas
00:27:35 into Christianity,
00:27:37 right?
00:27:37 So they went astray
00:27:38 and you will find
00:27:39 many Christians
00:27:40 that are sincere people,
00:27:41 they're good,
00:27:42 they're good-natured,
00:27:44 they do a lot of charity,
00:27:45 they have soft hearts
00:27:46 and many of them
00:27:48 you will see
00:27:48 that they will end up
00:27:50 becoming Muslims 0.82
00:27:50 because when they start
00:27:52 to really research
00:27:53 and study the Bible
00:27:54 and the Quran,
00:27:55 they realize the truth.
00:27:56 so there is
00:27:58 a special place
00:27:59 for them,
00:28:00 you know,
00:28:00 for example,
00:28:01 the Jews, 0.87
00:28:02 the zabhat that they make, 0.99
00:28:03 the meat that they slaughter, 0.94
00:28:05 whereas Muslims are allowed 0.88
00:28:06 to eat
00:28:06 as long as it's done
00:28:07 with certain conditions,
00:28:08 there's the meat
00:28:09 of the Ahlul Kitab.
00:28:10 Why?
00:28:11 Because their laws
00:28:12 also were the same.
00:28:13 But then as we see
00:28:14 in the Jewish faith today,
00:28:16 many things have changed,
00:28:17 many things have been
00:28:18 twisted,
00:28:19 you know,
00:28:19 I was in Palestine,
00:28:21 current day,
00:28:22 occupied Palestine,
00:28:23 and I saw some
00:28:25 of the Orthodox Jews
00:28:26 with the big hats
00:28:26 and the furry hats
00:28:28 and the curls
00:28:29 and the big,
00:28:29 you know,
00:28:30 I like to have conversations,
00:28:31 peaceful,
00:28:32 respectful conversations.
00:28:33 So I asked them,
00:28:34 like,
00:28:34 where did you get this from?
00:28:35 And one of them
00:28:36 was explaining to me
00:28:37 the fur hat
00:28:38 was started
00:28:38 because there's a king
00:28:39 in Austria
00:28:40 that made the Jews 1.00
00:28:42 wear oxtails
00:28:43 and it was kind of like
00:28:44 mocking them
00:28:45 and they kind of owned it.
00:28:46 They were like,
00:28:47 let's just go with it,
00:28:47 right?
00:28:48 And I was like,
00:28:48 well,
00:28:49 what does that have to do
00:28:49 with Moses or David
00:28:50 or the religion?
00:28:51 Like,
00:28:52 you're taking
00:28:52 mocks from Europe
00:28:54 and making it a part
00:28:55 of your faith.
00:28:56 Like the big black jackets,
00:28:57 that's not a part
00:28:58 of your faith.
00:28:59 You've introduced
00:29:00 all this,
00:29:00 you've changed.
00:29:01 There's a video
00:29:02 on the One Message
00:29:03 Foundation channel
00:29:03 you'll see,
00:29:04 I was speaking to an Israeli
00:29:05 when I was out
00:29:07 in Santa Monica
00:29:08 and I told him,
00:29:09 you guys changed
00:29:10 your religion,
00:29:11 you guys have changed
00:29:12 the laws of God
00:29:13 and they said,
00:29:13 yeah,
00:29:13 we have,
00:29:14 so what?
00:29:14 That's what he told me,
00:29:15 right?
00:29:16 I mean,
00:29:16 seriously,
00:29:17 just like that,
00:29:18 you see the video
00:29:19 yourself,
00:29:19 right?
00:29:19 He's like,
00:29:20 so what?
00:29:20 I'm like,
00:29:21 no,
00:29:21 you don't have
00:29:21 the right
00:29:22 to corrupt
00:29:23 the message of God
00:29:24 and if you do,
00:29:25 then it earns
00:29:25 the wrath of God,
00:29:27 right?
00:29:27 So we believe
00:29:29 that people
00:29:29 were given
00:29:30 the same laws
00:29:31 as far as
00:29:31 not dealing
00:29:32 with interest
00:29:32 but they started
00:29:33 to change up
00:29:34 the laws.
00:29:34 They started saying,
00:29:35 well,
00:29:35 we can charge
00:29:36 interest on
00:29:37 Gentiles,
00:29:38 the Guaym,
00:29:39 you know,
00:29:39 those non-Jews 1.00
00:29:41 and they started
00:29:41 to find ways
00:29:43 around it
00:29:44 until today
00:29:45 if you can go
00:29:46 check the top
00:29:47 CEOs of banks
00:29:48 and where they fall.
00:29:50 So we believe
00:29:52 that the system
00:29:53 of interest
00:29:54 is oppressive,
00:29:55 right?
00:29:56 Like you imagine
00:29:56 somebody,
00:29:57 you go out
00:29:58 to go buy a house,
00:29:58 you're struggling
00:29:59 but you come up
00:30:00 with like,
00:30:01 you know,
00:30:01 40 grand.
00:30:02 I mean,
00:30:02 I don't know,
00:30:02 where do you live?
00:30:03 Where are you from?
00:30:04 In the US?
00:30:05 From New York.
00:30:05 I live in Miami now.
00:30:06 New York.
00:30:07 Okay,
00:30:07 okay,
00:30:07 guys,
00:30:08 New York and Miami.
00:30:09 So both expensive
00:30:10 places too,
00:30:11 right?
00:30:11 So I'm in San Diego,
00:30:13 California,
00:30:13 right?
00:30:14 I mean,
00:30:14 you try to buy
00:30:15 an average house,
00:30:16 you're looking
00:30:17 at $800,000,
00:30:18 $600,000,
00:30:19 nothing less
00:30:19 than $600,000,
00:30:21 right?
00:30:21 So somebody goes
00:30:23 and comes up
00:30:23 with that down payment,
00:30:25 maybe they put
00:30:26 like 40 grand down,
00:30:27 right?
00:30:28 And then they get
00:30:28 a loan,
00:30:30 let's say,
00:30:31 you know,
00:30:32 at a 5% loan,
00:30:33 right?
00:30:34 So let me just
00:30:35 do some math
00:30:36 for you,
00:30:37 right?
00:30:37 So let's say
00:30:38 an $800,000 house.
00:30:39 You think that's
00:30:40 a good average
00:30:41 house,
00:30:41 right?
00:30:42 Times 0.07,
00:30:45 you know,
00:30:45 it's a good rate.
00:30:46 You're paying
00:30:47 $56,000
00:30:49 just in interest
00:30:50 every year.
00:30:52 Think about that.
00:30:54 That's a scam.
00:30:54 And they'll make
00:30:56 you pay the interest
00:30:56 first.
00:30:58 So if you look
00:30:58 at the mortgage,
00:30:59 you're paying interest.
00:31:00 You're not making
00:31:01 any more progress
00:31:02 on owning the house
00:31:03 in the beginning.
00:31:04 Now,
00:31:05 times that
00:31:05 by 30,
00:31:07 that's
00:31:07 1.6 million,
00:31:10 1.680,000
00:31:11 of just interest
00:31:13 in your 30-year loan.
00:31:15 Now,
00:31:15 add your
00:31:16 $800,000
00:31:17 back for your principal,
00:31:19 that means
00:31:19 that $800,000
00:31:21 house costs
00:31:21 you
00:31:22 2.4 million,
00:31:23 80,000.
00:31:25 Right?
00:31:26 And now
00:31:26 what happened
00:31:27 is let's say,
00:31:29 you know,
00:31:29 may Allah protect us all.
00:31:31 You get COVID, 0.92
00:31:31 you get sick, 0.72
00:31:32 you lose your job,
00:31:33 you get banned online,
00:31:35 whatever.
00:31:35 You can't make your payment.
00:31:37 They take your down payment.
00:31:38 They take your house. 1.00
00:31:39 They kick you out.
00:31:41 They foreclose on it.
00:31:42 They don't give you a penny.
00:31:43 They take your credit.
00:31:44 You can't even get
00:31:45 a cell phone anymore.
00:31:47 They own you. 0.84
00:31:47 This is oppression.
00:31:49 This is slavery.
00:31:50 It's modern day slavery.
00:31:52 Because now,
00:31:53 let's say you sneak
00:31:54 or you say,
00:31:54 you know what?
00:31:55 I want to go out
00:31:55 to Africa
00:31:56 and dig wells
00:31:57 and I just want to do
00:31:58 good charity work
00:31:59 for a year.
00:32:00 Well,
00:32:00 if you got a mortgage
00:32:00 and your car is on payment,
00:32:02 you can't.
00:32:03 You can't leave your job
00:32:04 because you got to work
00:32:06 to make those bankers rich.
00:32:08 That's what I really like
00:32:09 about Islam
00:32:10 is that all the business
00:32:11 that you do,
00:32:12 it's really important
00:32:13 that it's all honorable.
00:32:14 You can't do anything,
00:32:15 sell anything degenerate.
00:32:17 You can't snake anybody.
00:32:18 What I read
00:32:19 in the Talmud,
00:32:21 and I'm not sure
00:32:22 if you've studied Judaism,
00:32:23 and I don't know
00:32:24 if this is true,
00:32:25 but they don't believe,
00:32:27 what I read in the Talmud
00:32:27 is that they don't believe
00:32:28 that it's a sin
00:32:30 to lie to people
00:32:31 who are goy.
00:32:32 They think that,
00:32:33 that's what it's,
00:32:35 I don't know
00:32:35 if I'm misquoting,
00:32:36 but in the Talmud,
00:32:37 I read that the Jews 0.97
00:32:38 think it's okay
00:32:40 to deceive people
00:32:40 who are non-Jewish.
00:32:41 Yeah, I mean,
00:32:43 I've studied Judaism
00:32:44 a little bit
00:32:45 when I first went
00:32:46 on my own search
00:32:47 for the truth.
00:32:48 I went to a temple
00:32:50 Bethel in San Diego
00:32:51 and I tried,
00:32:52 and to be honest,
00:32:53 they weren't very interested
00:32:53 in me learning
00:32:55 about their faith.
00:32:56 You know,
00:32:56 they were kind of like,
00:32:56 eh,
00:32:57 don't become Jewish. 0.99
00:32:58 It's horrible. 0.98
00:32:58 And I was like,
00:32:59 okay.
00:33:00 Because it's an ethno-religion. 0.72
00:33:01 They don't want people
00:33:02 who are not Jewish
00:33:03 to become Jewish
00:33:04 because you're not actually
00:33:05 a Jew,
00:33:06 you're just Jewish. 0.79
00:33:08 But that's kind of racist, right?
00:33:10 But that's what they believe.
00:33:11 There you go.
00:33:12 Islam is the only religion 1.00
00:33:14 that I've found
00:33:15 that fixes the race problem.
00:33:16 Since going to the mosque,
00:33:17 you see people
00:33:18 coming from work
00:33:18 all different colors
00:33:19 and everything like that.
00:33:20 Everybody's standing
00:33:21 next to each other
00:33:21 and nobody feels
00:33:22 any sense of superiority.
00:33:24 There's no
00:33:24 ethnocentric ideas about it.
00:33:26 Some people have criticized
00:33:27 saying that,
00:33:28 like I showed pictures
00:33:29 of the Nigerian,
00:33:32 or no,
00:33:33 of the Pope kissing
00:33:34 the feet
00:33:34 of the Nigerian president.
00:33:36 Basically,
00:33:36 him bowing down
00:33:38 as a political play.
00:33:40 And then someone criticized me
00:33:41 saying,
00:33:41 well,
00:33:42 Muslims are always submitting 1.00
00:33:43 to the oil sheiks
00:33:45 are in charge.
00:33:46 But no,
00:33:46 they have nothing to do.
00:33:47 They have nothing to do
00:33:48 with,
00:33:49 just because they're rich
00:33:50 doesn't make them
00:33:51 as a hierarchy
00:33:52 or have a position
00:33:54 of power in Islam.
00:33:55 The Pope,
00:33:55 there's actual positions
00:33:56 of power in Christianity.
00:33:58 They have...
00:33:58 Yeah, I mean,
00:33:59 look,
00:33:59 even our scholars,
00:34:01 we love our scholars.
00:34:02 We don't go and kiss
00:34:03 their feet.
00:34:04 I mean,
00:34:04 we don't go and bow to them.
00:34:05 The oil rich people,
00:34:07 I don't even know
00:34:08 who those are
00:34:09 and I've never had
00:34:10 any inclination
00:34:11 to try to bow down
00:34:12 to any of them,
00:34:13 right?
00:34:13 In Islam,
00:34:14 we have a very spiritual,
00:34:17 direct relationship
00:34:17 with our creator.
00:34:18 Every time I pray,
00:34:20 it's a direct conversation
00:34:21 with my creator.
00:34:22 If I confess,
00:34:23 if I sin,
00:34:24 I don't have to go
00:34:25 to a priest
00:34:25 and tell him,
00:34:26 forgive me,
00:34:26 Father,
00:34:27 for I have sinned
00:34:27 and this and all
00:34:28 that kind of stuff.
00:34:29 We don't have that.
00:34:30 We have that direct relationship.
00:34:32 We don't go
00:34:33 and you will never see 0.78
00:34:34 and if you do see a Muslim 0.99
00:34:35 putting his head down
00:34:36 to anybody but Allah,
00:34:37 then that Muslim 0.98
00:34:38 doesn't know what he's doing. 0.94
00:34:39 That's rejected. 0.95
00:34:40 You will never see a Muslim 1.00
00:34:41 go even to a king 0.88
00:34:42 to put his forehead down.
00:34:43 Never.
00:34:44 Never.
00:34:45 Even, you know,
00:34:45 we had the king of Sarabia
00:34:46 named Abdullah
00:34:47 before I read something from him
00:34:49 where people would come
00:34:50 just to kiss his hand
00:34:51 like, you know,
00:34:52 out of respect,
00:34:52 you told them,
00:34:53 no,
00:34:53 if you want to kiss, 0.99
00:34:54 kiss the hands of your parents. 0.99
00:34:55 Don't kiss my hand. 0.99
00:34:56 Like, that's how strict
00:34:58 we are about that.
00:34:58 The Prophet Muhammad,
00:35:00 the Prophet,
00:35:01 our beloved Prophet,
00:35:02 he said that nobody
00:35:04 should prostrate to anybody.
00:35:06 The companions wanted
00:35:07 to prostrate to him.
00:35:08 He said,
00:35:08 no, not even me.
00:35:10 Right?
00:35:10 So as Muslims,
00:35:11 we don't have that.
00:35:12 And in Islam,
00:35:13 you know,
00:35:13 we're told to be honest,
00:35:14 not to deal with interest,
00:35:15 not to deal with alcohol
00:35:18 or pork or drugs
00:35:20 or things that are harmful
00:35:21 and we don't have
00:35:23 the scapegoating idea
00:35:24 that like back in the days
00:35:26 when I was a gang member,
00:35:26 I can tell you,
00:35:28 Friday night,
00:35:29 Saturday night,
00:35:29 we would do all kinds
00:35:30 of craziness,
00:35:31 you know,
00:35:32 everything that you can imagine.
00:35:34 And then Sunday morning
00:35:35 we'd be in church
00:35:35 and we'd go into this little box
00:35:37 and there'd be a dude
00:35:38 on the other side
00:35:39 and we'd be like,
00:35:39 forgive me,
00:35:40 Father,
00:35:40 for I have sinned. 0.86
00:35:40 I stabbed a dude last night, 0.93
00:35:42 kidnapped somebody, 0.91
00:35:43 you know,
00:35:43 this and,
00:35:44 right?
00:35:44 Seriously,
00:35:45 I'm not even playing.
00:35:45 I don't know.
00:35:46 We used to go down to Tijuana
00:35:47 and then the priest would be like,
00:35:49 well,
00:35:49 don't do it.
00:35:50 Take these many Hail Marys.
00:35:51 Ten Hail Marys
00:35:52 and then you forget for stabbing.
00:35:53 And I would tell the priest myself,
00:35:55 I would tell him,
00:35:56 look,
00:35:56 Father,
00:35:57 let me just be honest with you.
00:35:58 You know,
00:35:58 I'm a gang member.
00:35:59 This is what we do.
00:36:00 I mean,
00:36:00 I'm not stopping this.
00:36:02 And he would tell me,
00:36:02 well,
00:36:03 see you next Sunday.
00:36:05 So,
00:36:06 you'd walk out a little block.
00:36:07 Oh,
00:36:07 I'm forgiven.
00:36:08 Jesus died for my sins.
00:36:09 I confess.
00:36:10 I'm good.
00:36:12 It's fooling yourself. 0.85
00:36:13 As a Muslim,
00:36:14 you know,
00:36:15 yes,
00:36:15 we believe that the right belief
00:36:17 is the entry into heaven,
00:36:18 but we still have to strive
00:36:19 and struggle.
00:36:21 One of the most beautiful chapters
00:36:22 in the Quran,
00:36:23 inshaAllah,
00:36:23 it's in the end of the Quran,
00:36:25 the very short chapter
00:36:26 called
00:36:26 Time.
00:36:28 Right?
00:36:28 It says,
00:36:28 Allah takes the oath 0.99
00:36:33 by time
00:36:33 that all of mankind
00:36:35 is going to be in loss.
00:36:36 People,
00:36:37 most people,
00:36:37 they're heading
00:36:38 in the wrong direction.
00:36:41 Except those who believe.
00:36:42 The first thing,
00:36:43 if you know what's right,
00:36:44 you have to have
00:36:45 the right belief.
00:36:46 But then Allah
00:36:47 doesn't stop there.
00:36:48 إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
00:36:49 وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ
00:36:50 And those
00:36:51 that do righteous deeds.
00:36:53 So as a Muslim,
00:36:55 I'm always trying to do good deeds.
00:36:56 It's not,
00:36:57 it's not just fooling myself
00:36:59 saying salvation is free,
00:37:00 you know,
00:37:00 and then that's it.
00:37:01 No,
00:37:01 I want to be the best person
00:37:03 I can.
00:37:03 Sorry.
00:37:05 And that's,
00:37:06 that's the,
00:37:06 the most important part.
00:37:09 I,
00:37:10 I've noticed that.
00:37:12 Just,
00:37:12 I feel more,
00:37:14 like,
00:37:15 like I want to do good more
00:37:16 in the world.
00:37:17 I want to contribute more.
00:37:18 Like,
00:37:18 I want to be more gracious
00:37:20 to everybody.
00:37:21 I just want to be a better,
00:37:22 I just want to contribute more
00:37:23 because it's,
00:37:24 it's extremely important.
00:37:25 Like,
00:37:25 if there's a lot of ideas
00:37:26 in the Quran
00:37:27 that are explained
00:37:28 that make more sense to me,
00:37:29 like,
00:37:29 the concepts of spirituality
00:37:31 and karma,
00:37:33 stuff that,
00:37:33 that you hear in the West
00:37:34 a lot of the time,
00:37:35 it's just,
00:37:35 it's explained logically
00:37:37 because this,
00:37:38 that's just what Allah
00:37:39 wants you to do.
00:37:40 That's just,
00:37:41 that's what we're supposed
00:37:42 to do as a situation.
00:37:44 Would you be,
00:37:45 would you be okay
00:37:47 debating somebody that,
00:37:49 I don't know if you're prepared
00:37:51 to do a debate right now,
00:37:52 but there's a Christian
00:37:53 that I've been.
00:37:53 Bring him,
00:37:53 bring him,
00:37:54 bring him.
00:37:55 Okay.
00:37:56 I don't need to prepare.
00:37:57 Ask Allah to protect us.
00:37:58 Have you ever lost a debate
00:37:59 and,
00:38:00 and what do you,
00:38:01 where do you see people
00:38:03 shift?
00:38:04 Like,
00:38:04 where do people make the final
00:38:06 decision to,
00:38:08 to revert
00:38:08 after having a conversation
00:38:10 like this?
00:38:11 When,
00:38:12 when do you see
00:38:13 most commonly people
00:38:14 shift from being a non-believer
00:38:15 to a believer?
00:38:17 Have I ever lost a debate?
00:38:19 I don't think so,
00:38:20 but I mean,
00:38:21 I don't really go out
00:38:22 to win or lose debates.
00:38:23 I go to convey a message,
00:38:25 right?
00:38:25 And,
00:38:26 I hope from Allah
00:38:27 that Allah will continue
00:38:29 to make me a means
00:38:30 of guidance for people.
00:38:31 That's all I really care about.
00:38:32 I'm not really a professional debater.
00:38:34 I'm a da'i. 0.84
00:38:35 I call towards Allah.
00:38:36 Sometimes I have to debate
00:38:37 just because
00:38:38 we want to clarify misconceptions.
00:38:45 That's it.
00:38:46 Is this your job?