Why Some Muslims DEVIATE?

Why Some Muslims DEVIATE?

Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh bismillah alrahman alraheem alhamdulillah wa salatu wa salam o allah rasool allah he wa ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma’in .

we praise Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala we send blessings and salutations upon muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam his household his companions we ask Allah to bless them to bless every one of us to grant us from his goodness and to protect us from all evil.

 I mean my brothers and sisters in this beautiful city of ado it’s my second time coming here I think very soon I will become a citizen of this place the beautiful weather here especially this evening although we did not risk it due to the possibility of rain is definitely a sign of the mercy of allah subhanahu wata’ala the hearts are all together the people are beaming with goodness so i am very happy to be in your midst my brothers and sisters .

when I was young and maybe some of us when we were young we were told what to do without explanation we were told Salah five times a day you have to get up for Fajr and if you didn’t there was either a silent warning with the eyes or perhaps they might have been a look at the whip that was hanging behind the door subhanAllah or perhaps they could have been a verbal threat in the case of some if you don’t.

 I will beat you up without explaining sometimes subhanAllah in the case of most of us we just did as we were instructed because we had to get done that’s it but sometimes we didn’t understand why we were doing this and you know our parents perhaps our grandparents some of those who taught us they just wanted to see us fulfill what they believed was the right thing but unfortunately they did not realize that in some cases people would grow up hating what they’re doing?

 because they grew up according to them being forced to do something that never made sense to them yet if they were to have spent a few moments explaining and perhaps nurturing and perhaps educating it would have made a huge difference to do something with knowledge is far greater than to do something without knowledge and this is why?

 to be able to worship Allah the more you know him the more likely you are to be closer to him in my of shelah emini body  indeed those who have the knowledge of who Allah is those who have the knowledge of Revelation they are the ones who would be able to be the greatest in the consciousness of allah subhanahu wata’ala when you don’t know allah how are you going to fulfill his rights if a man were to walk into here or a woman were to walk into here and you had no clue who he or she was you may not be able to fulfill their rights perhaps the basic rights you would because they are human beings but you would literally want to slap yourself .

if you found out later on that the person seated right next to you was X Y & Z may Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala grant us all goodness the point I’m raising is back in the day it was okay we followed when we were told what to do without explanation but today the globe has become a little village where a lot of questions are being asked a lot of issues are being raised people are questioning our faith and from amongst us those.
 who don’t know much are questioning it it’s not wrong to question but it’s wrong to blaspheme it’s wrong to disrespect it’s wrong to mock we are Muslims we are taught that we are correct the more you have knowledge the more you realize that we are correct alhamdulillah together with that correctness knowing that we worship only .

our maker knowing that we have pure and valid teachings that discipline us still Allah says in the Quran o allah subhan lavinia don’t in 95 so blah veneering can Alakazam alakazoo Allah says it beautifully that you know what don’t mock at or scoff at or jeer or make a joke of or ridicule those who are worshipping God’s besides Allah.
 you see someone on the wrong path don’t mock scoff at don’t jeer make jokes about etc don’t belittle them because what would you be doing you’d be perpetrating many wrongs Allah says don’t mock those who are calling out to God’s besides Allah.

 do you know why they will develop an instant hatred based on your mocking and they will mock Allah in return you are trying to swear them because of what they are worshipping no need to sway you have every right to disagree but respectfully.

 you just have to go onto the internet today because the world has become a global village you know that go onto Twitter see religious people with names sometimes that and profile pictures that depict that of piety they swear they mock at they call people dogs and pigs they call people donkeys and whatever else and they think that they are doing justice to Allah.

 when Allah Himself said wallet ass ability niaruna Madhu nila even those who are associating partners with me don’t call them bad and derogatory names you are reducing or eradicating the possibility of them turning to the right path by mocking them if I want to guide you and I tell you you are stupid you are a fool you are an idiot are you going to listen to me common logic is you’re not going to listen to anything because .

I’ve already drawn the line I don’t want guidance for you they are many from amongst us who are religious but they don’t realize that the way they talk to others chases people away from Islam it’s a fact I’ve seen it with my own eyes,
 I even being a victim to a certain extent of people who might disagree with me for one of two reasons either they disagree in reality or they think.

 I said something I did not say so they actually developed this hatred where they spew such venom that they should not even be doing it to a non-muslim who does not utter the Shahada la ilaha illallah muhammadur rasulullah if the attitude towards those who are perpetrating is supposed to be one of respectful disagreement what do you think the attitude of another person who shares the Shahada with you should actually be where’s the common sense where is the piety of these people where is the religiousness and the closeness to allah of these people may Allah grant us ease .

then we wonder why people have deviated from Islam sometimes we are the cause point number one like I mentioned we need to study without knowledge you will never be able to tread a path so Han Allah when you get a job may Allah grant us all good jobs say.

 I mean you won’t lose anything by saying I mean a little bit louder I mean you might just get a job actually in reality when you get a job you want your boss to tell you what exactly he expects of you please come at 8 o’clock be here at 5 to 8 you clock your card in here or you press your thumb in here you make sure you come in this is your designation 1 2 3 and this is what we expect of you and you can leave at this time come back at this time do this you will get leave at this time of the year you will have .

so many days in the week so many days in the month perhaps so much in the year and you will this and you will get a salary and an increment the more you know the more you know what your job is all about what to expect some an Allah the more dedicated you are because you begin to like the job there is mutual respect when they disagree or when something happens that is not favorable you are dealt with respectfully even though you may be reprimanded .

if I’m working for you and I do something detrimental to the company surely you have the right to deal with the matter but it needs to be dealt with in a respectful way respectable polite I am a human you’re a human we make mistakes and sometimes.

 we do things that are wrong some people mysteriously and some people out of error both ways we have to deal with it one might be dealt with with a little bit of firmness but still respect wallahi if this is the case regarding matters of the worldly life what about matters of the demon and the religion of Allah surely you should be dealing with people in a good way yesterday.

 I spoke in Mali and I spoke about how the prophet Moses peace be upon him was sent to a man who was terrible terrible no none of us no one we’re ever going to meet on earth he’s ever going to be worse than him no one and Allah tells him speak to him politely with softness with kindness and grant Aziz so my brothers and sisters sometimes .

we chase people away from faith simply because of the way we’ve addressed them and remember one thing primarily people are such that if you were to respect them and you were to show some kindness they will want to listen to you a little bit more .

if you show kindness if you show that you care for them if you show that you care for them they will want to listen to you if I were to meet you the first thing .

I want is to try and draw you closer to Allah that’s the first thing I should want when I didna Japan of the eleven who was sent to a Yemen he was told you will meet a group of Christians phalion kalamata to whom aleyhi shahad that he and la ilaha illaallah muhammaden-rasul allah the first thing that you should call them to let’s listen carefully because some of the ignorant people don’t analyze the words they just hear them and they think something else .
well I think a job a lot of the allahu anhu was going to yemen and the prophets allah salam told him you will meet a group of christians the first thing you should call them towards is worshipping allah alone and the fact that muhammad peace be upon him is the messenger that is what we do that is what we should be doing remember it says the first thing you should be calling them towards it doesn’t mean as soon as I see them,

 I say hey Allah is one relax you you first need to acknowledge the person you need to develop a slight bit of a rapport with them you need to let them know that you care for them and when you start calling them to something then the first thing that you are going to call them towards is Allah that hadith does not mean as soon as you see a person you tell him hey you go to worship Allah in that way you’re gonna chase people away .

you will chase them away when you’ve shown no care for them but unfortunately there are people who subscribe to knowledge who actually think that it’s Haram to show any form of connection to anyone before calling them towards Allah that is a misinterpretation and it is this type of misinterpretation that chases people away from Islam .

I’m a Muslim you may be Muslims al hamdulillah in some cases in some countries there may be people and in some gatherings people who may not be Muslim they would never be in the gathering if they did not think that this person cares for us this person is concerned for us this person is going to tell me something that will empower me make me feel like a better Muslim make me feel better in whatever way subhanAllah my brothers and sisters .

we have show care for one another we have to understand create a rapport a rapport with one another develop this connection to a certain extent and then when you have the opportunity for them to listen to you then you will inshallah call them towards Allah and you will continue in that order that Allah has asked you in a tactful way in a beautiful way but my brothers and sisters remember one thing if we ourselves don’t know or we are not convinced by what we are doing we are never going to be able to deliver that particular message and unfortunately there are many who don’t have enough knowledge to be totally convinced sometimes people say why is this why is that they have questions and it brings me to another point .

I said when we were young we were instructed and we did because we were good children then when we had questions we were told something do you know what we were told you’re not allowed to ask it’s Haram you can’t ask I can’t ask what when Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala clearly says in the quran facade to moon have been begin at he was Zobel if you don’t know the revelation you don’t understand something ask those with sound knowledge ask is the point I’m raising ask those with sound knowledge we were told you can’t ask you have to just believe but I need to understand this it’s not like I want to be a disbeliever it’s not like I.

 I want to get close to Allah but I want to understand why do I have to pray five times a day please explain to me a stock fear Allah I owe the bill how could you ask that question are you not a Muslim how can you not pray five times a day I didn’t say I’m not praying.

 I want to know why are we praying five times a day what is the idea of having fed your early morning having a shower late what is the idea of putting on the Haeju what is the idea of eating halal what is the idea of facing the Qibla what is the value of the Kaaba in Islam these are very important questions but unfortunately many a times people –

say you’re not allowed to ask these questions you know why they are too lazy to answer them that’s why too lazy and sometimes they themselves don’t know it was parent fashion that’s all we have a conviction we are Muslims we have said our Shahada my brothers and sisters increase your knowledge call hell yes they will  are they equal those.

 who know and those who don’t know never they are not equal so learn learn more keep asking and keep finding out the problem we have is when we do not answer the questions our children ask us they start searching where do they search please tell me where don’t pretend like an undo it’s any different where do they search we’re Google the biggest shake on earth Google right and this can lead you in any direction the minute you type out Islam and you want to search it mostly what the non-muslims have said about Islam comes first in the search results and this is what your kid is going to look at?

 because you didn’t answer the question they had to go to Google you didn’t deal with it now when we talk about some of us deviating from the faith do you know another reason we didn’t tackle the bull by the horns in a respectful way we carried ourselves in .

so much of disrespect they didn’t even want to ask us I promise you my brothers and sisters you know the smile we have whether you have teeth or not whether you have braces or not no matter what the smile you have as a religious person it breaks so many barriers you become accessible you talk you greet you acknowledge you nod your head you acknowledge the sisters the brothers the world has changed but the Dean will not change but to get the deemed to the people number one you need to develop this rapport I’m talking about it because.

 if you don’t develop a connection you will chase people away from Islam we were scared I’m talking about myself we were scared of religious figures we could never talk to them much we could never address them or ask a question to them subhanAllah controversial questions maybe not publicly but even privately if someone went and said you know.

 I have bloom aye I need to know and I’ve had this question being asked by someone someone told me that the child who’s asking me the question is saying when I was born my mom and dad will not get married it happens it happens in some places right let’s not pretend like it doesn’t but the chart says what is my sin why is it that I am considered so bad did .

I do anything wrong you know what we don’t even deal with those issues children who can come up to you to ask you that question consider it a gift of Allah that they came to you they gave you the opportunity to embrace them and to talk to them and to show them,

 love and care they are definitely innocent kids it’s the sin of the parents subhanAllah there are a few rules and regulations not in order to discriminate against the child in order to ensure that marriage is made easy and that it is regularized the way .

we have children that’s all but to discriminate against the child and sometimes people don’t talk about it and when we talk about it in circles where it it has happened and is happening trust me even the scholars refine the way they respond because they’ve realized this is a problem in society so you refine the way you address the matter so people listen subhanAllah I visited a school today in a dune they were intelligent children mashallah they were sharp may Allah bless your children I was very impressed and I can tell you.
 we are going to see a few superstars from those may allah subhanahu wa ta’ala grant them goodness and sometimes they will ask you questions and sometimes it’s not a straight yes and no answer like I said don’t discourage people lead them towards goodness if you look at the prohibition of alcohol alcohol is prohibited in Islam right intoxicants are prohibited in Islam if look at the prohibition Allah prohibited it in stages because it was ingrained in the people .

it was part of society and community it was the norm they did business they became rich through Haram and slowly in 3 or 4 stages it was made prohibited subhanAllah right one of the reasons for that to be mentioned to us is for us to be able to learn a lesson alcohol shall remain prohibited intoxicants will remain prohibited but in any other matter of for example a person struggling in their faith to help them through ISM is a godly way it’s a way of Allah someone is struggling .

I give you an example person comes to you and says you know I’m struggling with Salah right what did they say I’m struggling with what salah salah is the five daily prayers and you’re a scholar or you’re a religious person or you’re a parent or your sibling whoever I’m struggling with Salah I’d like you to help me how can I improve right you can either say stuff with Allah bubala it’s Haram it’s either five Salah or you’re a non-muslim that’s an answer right what did you do with that answer you didn’t acknowledge reality reality is the person is telling you.

 I’m struggling with Salah that already shows they are Muslim they want to fulfill Salah they really want to please Allah they want you to help them come forward give them something help them in the way etcetera say something you will lose nothing if it took you five years to bring that person to five Salah a day it might not be totally ideal but-

 you did the best given the circumstances rather than give them such a response that they turned away from Islam in totality and they ran away no more Salah no more even Colima la ilaha illallah muhammad rasool allah is no longer there why because when they came to you for help you answered them in such a harsh way you took out of Islam anyway they then went out saying well if that’s not acceptable why am?

 I even a Muslim you follow so take him to consideration the reality on the ground when people are asking you a question I would ask the person well how many do you fulfill right now if they told me one I would say inshallah we can do better we can there are so many ways to answer but it’s up to you and I to be able to respond in a way that would be encouraging because on the globe today you know what we would lose if we were hard and harsh like what happened from the very beginning Allah make it easy for us so you tell them how many are you fulfilling .

I want you to come back next week to me and tell me that you’ve done much better they come back the following week and say you know what mashallah thank you so much for helping me now I do too salar de whoo-hoo someone might say stuff you know that’s still Haram you still a caffee how would I like to attend lobular they will cite the hadith for you and I had already been an hour by the WHO Salah from enterica salata muta a mitten for that cover.

 we don’t deny the hadith the hadith speaks about how important Salah is for a Muslim but here we are trying to help someone when a person has some form of disease of cancer etc you don’t write them off you try and deal with the cancer you go for chemo once twice four times then you do another test to check how far the cancer has gone then you go again that is for a physical disease for a religious or a spiritual ailment sometimes it works exactly.

 the same they need spiritual radiology and then you check again then they need it again you check again they came back to you from one Salah to – Salah according to mathematics and statistics there was a 100% improvement but you didn’t acknowledge that 100% improvement I agree we have not yet got to where we want to get to but let Subhan Allah I thought of something that bridge that was built from the airport to male did not take one day right it was stage by stage every time I came I saw something I saw something.

 I saw something the last time I came they said it’s almost ready this time I came whoa this traffic on it masha’Allah how long did it take imagine first day someone comes this country is useless because there is no bridge between the capital city and the airport finished I’m never coming back to this country again wait come back after five years see what happened you understand what I mean we know that when it comes to advancement .

why can’t you do that for your own faith and trust me they might come back to you after if you gave them encouraging words and you told them to get into good company and you address them in various different ways you would actually help them save them from deviation by what by hikmah that is the reason why the quran says:

 when you call towards allah it’s more important than any other calling anything else would a liar severe up being kevin equity well more invertible has an when speaking about the christians and the people of the book Allah says “

when you are calling people towards Allah use the greatest of wisdom and the best of words greatest of wisdom be wise what is wisdom wisdom entails knowledge of reality on the ground today it doesn’t mean we have changed the Shariah .

we have changed this lab no you need to know the reality and address the people in a way that they continue to improve while you improve yourself as well don’t take yourself out of the equation how many good people have slept over salat al-fajr they have been occasions when I have as a human being sometimes and you get up and you say what happened .

I just missed salat al-fajr does it not happen don’t pretend like it doesn’t happen it happens to every single one of us sometimes very little maybe once in your life twice sometimes it used to happen more now it doesn’t happen that much you know what it even happened at the time of the prophet salla salaam that’s why he said very clearly hadith authentic Manama ancelotti ornacia half a losin leha either the kuraha problem solved how beautiful he didn’t sway anyone he didn’t curse anyone if they went to the Prophet peace be upon him.

 I forgot to make my Salah sometimes you’re so busy you occupied you want to fulfill your Salah normally you do read your prayers but you know what somehow you forgot it it slipped your mind you were too busy in something you are a human being it doesn’t mean you suddenly quit the beam oh you didn’t so the Prophet peace be upon him says whoever overslept and whoever forgot their prayer as soon as you remember or as soon as you get up fulfill it as a part of a meaning a missed prayer make it up beautiful solution right he didn’t sway he didn’t curse he didn’t take someone out of Islam try going to ask someone today people don’t ask the question anymore you know why they dread the answer .

hey I wonder what’s going to happen so hon Allah so they start doing their own thing and as a result they will come back to you and say you know what there’s only three prayers in the day because Allah says you read Allah who become illusive Allah wants is for you and you know what fire and Isha are too difficult so we don’t have to fulfill them both enough how did you get that you started checking on your own and people confused you.

 I remember someone who actually told me you know they actually said once I heard from my mother many years ago but never mind my mother it happened to me someone actually told me I made to lose so if one breaks I still got one more.

 I said what are you talking about did you hear what I just said two of those just before she wore her makeup she said I’m making Tolu because I’m putting on very expensive makeup it cost 60 pound you know what his British pounds right the makeup was sixty pounds so I’m making to Lulu if I break one I still have the other one at least.

 I haven’t wasted my money on my makeup la la la I would have just made twenty would lose if that was okay and whole month I would have been fine right that’s not correct so you have to explain to them nicely to say my sister in that in a beautiful way instead of swearing my sister do you know what your relationship with Allah through the connection that is the most powerful known as prayer don’t compromise that for sixty pounds.

 you are selling that for sixty pounds you understand someone asked me about nail polish it’s just an example I’m giving an example there is a debate but is the debate some nail polishes are claiming to be hoodoo friendly that means .

you can use them you may go do and you know don’t worry it’s okay it’s fine what goes through it because the ruling is when you’re making will do what needs to get to the you know the surface of the nail they say this is will do friendly .

so if you look carefully there is a debate some people say yes it is will do friendly and other people say no it is not hoodoo friendly I am here in the middle I don’t use can you see I don’t use it right I’m stuck why because there is an argument here an argument there I have had people one sister may Allah grant her goodness .

I don’t even know who she is she sent me a mail and told me I work in a certain company and I just want to tell you that this is not permeable I’m shocked I don’t even know but I all I know is there is an argument so one of the sisters had the nail polish and she caught me at one of the venues in another country and she says I want to ask you if this is okay for who now I’m stuck what do I do I don’t know if it’s the permeable one I.

 I don’t want to Haram halal and halal Haram I told her my sister there is a debate about this it is less than one inch of paint I suggest you don’t compromise your strongest link with Allah for one inch of paint use something else she said I never thought of it that way do you understand I didn’t say it’s Haram it’s hella because in all honesty.

 I don’t know it could be could be but imagine you come on the day of judgment and you did all your salah east imagine is there a possibility from a statistical point of view there is a probability because there is an argument imagine you come on the day of Fiamma and and you are told it is zero Salah next to your name but how come .

I did it all the time oh you use this nail polish and you know what it wasn’t valid actually now we’re telling you the reality I didn’t know so what I am saying is it can happen it may happen what I just said right instead of that come out of the argument and just said you know what I’m not going to compromise my relationship with my maker the strongest link is Salah after Abu Maya Kola lobular a baby or who was such it the closest that a slave can be to their Lord is when they are in prostration and you know what I don’t want to compromise my Regency .

I knew something else there are so many other alternatives masha’Allah so many other alternatives there is this Hina that you can use and many other things may Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala grant us goodness so this is one example when you address someone and when you set and thought carefully about the convincing answer even the most stubborn can be convinced because in reality it’s not stubbornness they want to understand it they desperately want .

the answers there are questions that are screaming for answers and people are just brushing them under the carpet may Allah grant Aziz so my brothers and sisters another reason why people deviate from Islam is the attitude that we have as Muslims at times in our workplaces you know inshallah look I’m going to you know because whatever I say here is actually international material because it is being beamed and it will be beamed throughout the world .

so the lesson is not just for this country it’s a Muslim country the lesson is for the whole world I tell you what many people many of the women complain at the workplace that these Muslim men they give us such a look that just with their eyes it seems like they’ve stripped us naked it’s so intimidating is it true if it is true it’s a problem imagine.

 you have a person who’s not a Muslim and he respects that the opposite sex you have a person who’s not a Muslim and he or she respects the opposite sex so much of respect there is nothing untoward there is nothing evil that they intend it’s that respect and then you have a Muslim man coming and he might even you know be in his own little mind thinking he’s a very pious person and suddenly he sees this woman and he just does this like about you know and he might justify himself to say the Prophet SAW Salim allowed the first gays and he’s still the first one.

 don’t worry I’m still I haven’t yet looked away oh no no no that’s not how it should be you give the opposite sex such respect that they restore their faith in the Muslim men and the women the same applies to them we respect each other in such a way that we restore faith in one another today it’s very difficult to get help you know recently I was in another country where I was asked a question a man who’s a Muslim man is asking a question that .

if I see a sister who’s a Muslim sister asking for a lift on the side of the road and about to jump into a taxi am I allowed to stop and give them a lift if it is legal in my country what a question do you know what they are asking they are trying to say that is it better for this sister to go in public transport or to come with me in my car I’m a Muslim man and I said my brother I think she will feel more unsafe in your car then she would on public transport it’s possible right because she would say why did this guy stop what’s his reason what because we need to change this narrative slowly but surely by showing that we actually care there are many good men out there all of them are seated in this world today mashallah right well I bless you all .

I always have to cover myself because I know there are good people we are all trying but we need to change this narrative become responsible when our morals and values begin to drop really people become despondent they think look at these Muslims but it’s not Muslims it’s not Islam it’s the actions of the people we swear loud swear words and the hadith says and McMinn own a movement is not very well afar hish wala bhutta fresh the Prophet SAW Salam himself was never abusable immoral in the way he spoke you know the f-word it’s a swear word the SH word is also a swear word.

 we use it like we are using salt and pepper in our food and we are Muslims I am being clear I’m not mincing my words we use these words like there’s nothing wrong with it but you’re a Mormon I want you to promise me one thing my brother’s my sister’s a life-changing thing very simple but life-changing you want to hear it you’re ready are you ready promise Allah ?

that you will not use derogatory immoral hurtful and abusive words from today that’s it did we promise see the yes was very lower did we promise inshallah you will be asked immoral abusive hurtful and vulgar you don’t need it use good words you know what you will encourage people you will really improve yourself as a Mormon as a believer you become conscious .

I can disagree with you I can for example have a little argument whatever on condition that I do not use that which is hurtful harmful disrespectful and so on I must say it in a beautiful way why do we hurl abusive words swear words I’m a Mormon .

I say Allahu Akbar Allah is the greatest and five minutes before that I was swearing someone come on where is it people become despondent they start thinking look at these Muslims in business we cheat sometimes when people work for us we shortchange them we are not honest with them you go and work for a company that is a total non-muslim company and ,

you’re a Muslim I do know that there is Islamophobia I do know that there is discrimination but in a lot of companies they will respect you they will give you the promotions they will give you the incremented salary they will give you your holidays they will give you everything justice that’s why everyone wants to work for that company come to a Muslim company they promise you to go they said don’t go why I need to go for home bruh .

so you stay here but it’s my days of holiday my brother you will get a bigger reward for being honest and upright it’s ok if they agree and allow but if you are pushing it and forcing it all you are doing is you are letting people have a bad image of who you are and because you’re a Muslim and you’re an ambassador of allah subhanahu wata’ala on earth you have actually created a bad name for the Muslims what happened to the promotion’s what happened to the way we treat those whom we work who work for us may allah subhanahu wata’ala grant us ease our colleagues and those whom we interact with learn to develop the best of morals and values the best of values thus afternoon I spoke at the school I said something.

 I want to beat here today I gave them two pieces of advice I told them be very mindful be very responsible regarding the way you use or you make use of technology as it is advancing be very responsible regarding the way you use technology as it is advancing that’s a powerful piece of advice technology in itself is not bad the way we use it can make our use of it very bad it can destroy us the phones we have in our hands probably detect the best operators that we have we use it the most so much so that people are sitting right next to each other but they have to call each other through the phone the wife sends a message she tells the husband.

 I love you I miss you I love you I adore you he doesn’t hear a thing he’s on his phone he might be messaging someone else saying I love you I miss yous anything he doesn’t realize then when she messages to say I love you and it comes sitting right next to you and she’s watching and the only way we got through to him was through the phone trust me it’s happening vice versa it’s not only the men who are guilty let’s get that correct here it’s happening vice versa we’re sitting such that we don’t even know do you know.
 I know of a couple and there are many such couples the husband was telling me we went on a very very expensive holiday and my wife was not they went to a beach it was not Maldives if they came to Maldives maybe she would put her phone away and go but my wife was only interested in how will my picture look on Instagram how will .

I look on instead how will my photo come out she wasn’t interested in going in the water and enjoying the the swimming and whatever else they was there she never even went to wherever else besides for photoshoots so it’s no longer a holiday photo shoot you can do at home with your own computer trust me we can help you do that also when you go put the phone aside enjoy yourself the moment is more important than the fourth a few photos here and they’ll handle in lights okay but to be obsessed with it to the degree that you lost reality is where?

 we are heading today even in our own relationships look at the Muslims you know divorce is not prohibited but it is frowned upon it’s the last what can I say the last resort right?

 but it’s on the increase so much because people don’t know why they are marrying people don’t fulfill each other’s rights and then we look at each other and say subhanAllah but it’s the Muslims Muslim nation Muslims and look at how they don’t even get along they don’t even know each other can’t we deal with that in Sharla let’s respect each other let’s fulfill each other’s rights its honor our spouses let’s make them feel important trust me you change the world you change the world it’s not difficult.

 I know the old a lot here you can close your ears for a minute but the younger guys how you express to your spouse how much you love them even though you love them the expression means a lot you keep them believing that yes indeed worth it at a time when the whole world is trying to show how worthless people are if they don’t live up to a certain level of makeup alone you know makeup I don’t want to say that it’s completely prohibited no it depends on the level of it how much you’re using when you’re using how you’re using etcetera.

 if you’re obsessed with it such that your own phone does not recognize your face then you have a problem then you have a problem subhanAllah you know recently there was a case where one of the brothers was explaining how there was a person who went missing and they said all the photos we had of this person were not really what she looks like how can we say look for this person they will never find her you understand what I’m saying they won’t I’m not saying don’t use but I’m saying know your limits know when know how know.

 how much don’t be obsessed you know when I arrived home I’m going to show you something because obviously I was in England recently and I was in Australia and Nigeria now before I came here and subhanAllah someone told me what do you use on your face you have a very clear complexion I said nothing I said nothing and guess what?

 I arrived home and back in my country there are mosquitoes you know they miss me so much they loved me so much the first night I arrived they started hugging my face if you look here can you see this it’s a huge mosquito bite and another one somewhere here if I did not show you you would never have seen it right I am proud to acknowledge that yes we have marks and blemishes and whatever so what that’s what makes us human someone told me maybe you got the evil eye because you didn’t you know they didn’t say lambda lies it no no no let’s not destroy our faith by going in that direction it was only a mosquito.

I even heard the guy he makes his small little sound before comes you know he goes and then you know something’s going to happen my brothers and sisters we need to be happy and proud of the identity Allah gave us what’s the big deal Allah created you with hair in a certain way say alhamdulillah it’s good Allah created you with the face in a certain way with the complexion in a certain way with skin in a certain way those who are close to Allah?

 will love you they will you don’t have to compromise your your whole identity in order to live up to a certain standard that you don’t even belong to it’s actually lower than what you think you give up your own identity nowadays we have to be a certain shape to be acceptable a certain size to be acceptable a certain complexion to be acceptable a certain type of this to be acceptable everything you have to worry about I tell you what Allah says:

 Allah says especially to the women to say you know what forget about all of that just put on loose clothing no one knows your shape no one knows your size no one knows everything they treat you just because of who you are as an individual and not based on what you look like and then people say you are oppressed you’re oppressed because they still want to oppress you further by telling you you know what you still have to be looking like this being like this look.

 where is the blessing where is the blessing is it not in just covering with loose clothing and carrying on do your thing people don’t have to look at your shape and decide oh masha’Allah imagine you go for a job and you see someone really who is who has a figure like a trigger and they walk in without much credentials and you have all the qualifications and you walk in and the job is given to that person subhanAllah .

you need to thank Allah you were not given the job because those people they actually judged people based on their looks and not based on what they can provide in terms of service for the company but with Islam Allah says you don’t just you don’t do that you must be fair you judge based on merit and that’s why allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala has given us so many beautiful rulings I promise you .

what I said? just now if you were to explain it to some who are struggling in other countries to keep up to the Joneses they would definitely appreciate the teachings of Islam I know dozens of people who reverted to Islam who really feels so liberated when they just won’t lose clothing that’s it they feel liberated I’m no longer judged because you know .

I look like this Oy subhanAllah so it’s all a matter of perspective and addressing these issues my brothers and sisters we have a lot to do we have a lot to do you know if you look at the globe so many things are happening that are very discouraging but on top of all of that we have hope there are still a lot of good people who want to see a lot of goodness and Allah will allow it to happen it’s a matter of time when Boko Haram in Nigeria started saying that we disagree with secular education they didn’t stop there if they disagreed and they explained that disagreement perhaps people could have a counter explanation and the counter explanation etc etc.

 they decided you know what we are going to become violent anyone who picks up a secular book we will attack that’s what Boko Haram did in Nigeria and they use religion wrongly because to be very honest with you it shows their weakness what they have is not the truth if they have the truth the truth speaks loudly and convinces the people but because they didn’t have it with them they could not convince anyone they became violent you know .

when I speak I have always been taught that you don’t have to be harsh because the truth speaks for itself you don’t have to I am so confident about the truth I don’t even need to talk about others you know when you have a brand can I give you one good example I’m not too sure of the type of tissue you see this these serviettes there is a brand which is the best friend that you know of this of the tissues can you say a name please say it loudly.

 I need to hear from you say another name yes I heard I heard it say it again okay mashallah he said the name I want to ask you a question I know of a brand called Kleenex have you heard of that brand is it not a good brand it’s not a good brand clinics is not a good brand it’s a good brand I promise you for those of you who know in some parts of the world if you had 20 boxes of tissue of different brands at the same price and one in the middle was clinics it would finish before everything else without anyone talking you know .

why the brand is known the quality is known there’s no deception in there what it’s going to get for you is known and guess what it is tried and tested Kleenex has never had to put up an advert with the names of other companies and tell you that company is bad this company is bad those people are bad this one here is gonna cheat you these people are overcharging you.

 you need to buy ours that is cheap that is so unacceptable right we do that in religion in religion that’s exactly what we do you have a scholar for example and this is one of the reasons why people are deviating you have a scholar for example instead of giving people goodness and working very hard to empower people they just say that scholar is bad that scholar is bad that scholar is bad this one is off for example this one is no longer a Muslim that one there deserves never to live again this one is on not on the straight path that one is a sellout that one is a scholar for a dollar Subhan Allah that’s what ?
they call him but in the process they forget what have you done nothing nothing your whole life was talking about everyone else you thought that by talking about others you would become a better brand no you are actually losing yourself the minute .

you talk about others you have lost yourself don’t talk about others you have a lot of goodness give the goodness and people will automatically know this person is empowering people benefiting others trying hard working huh no we want to sit down and attack this one talk bad about that one speak evil backbite about this one and we didn’t achieve anything so the home becomes disgruntled disgruntled they don’t know where to go like I was saying.

 if Jenna we meaning paradise if paradise was in the hands of us as humans it would be empty there would be no one day you know why these people say those ones are going to hell those ones say those ones are going to hell that one say this one’s going to hell that no one ever speaks about who’s going to heaven subhanAllah so according to these ones those ones are in hell those ones are in hell you’re going to go to Jannah and find it totally empty Subhan Allah.

 Allah says you know what heaven and hell is not in your hands it’s in mine that’s why it’s going to be full to capacity and Beyond it cannot be full to capacity but it will be full with all of us inshallah say I mean may Allah gather us in Jannah may Allah gather us in Jannah my brother’s my sisters I’ve spoken quite a lot if I didn’t have a flight to catch.

 I think I would continue further but I explain something to you be the best version of you that you can be you have to be you will contribute towards the upliftment not only of the Muslim Ummah but humanity at large be a good person tell yourself am i a good person start at home don’t oppress your wife your husband your children your parents be respectful helpful be kind eradicate bad habits live up to the standards speak with respect if someone asks you a question and you don’t have the answer go and find it out for them .

don’t rebuke someone who asks you don’t rebuke them someone asks you a strange question today the world is strange there are people coming up with all sorts of things the global village there are weird things that are happening on earth they will ask about it your child might come a sister a brother might come and say you know what I need help with this help them.

 if you can if you cannot pray for them or lead them to where they might be able to get help and that’s the way we would actually be able to empower ourselves and protect not only ourselves but our generations from daeviation go and learn so you might want to know right at the beginning I said why do we pray Salah five times a day.

 I said that right that’s a question why do we have to do this why are we not allowed to eat pork why can why should we only eat that which is halal you want to know the answer right because you need to teach others right go and learn subhanAllah you need to learn my topic was not that otherwise I would have sat here and started explaining one by one but I want to explain to you why there is deviation from Islam some Muslims they are disgruntled.

 I think I’ve explained more than twenty reasons here today it’s up to us to make a difference Islam is being looked at with a microscope those who have disliked and hated it with a passion are turning towards it and those who were born in it some of them are turning away from it I met brother Arnold van Doorn he was one of them who was involved in the Netherlands in blaspheming the messenger peace be upon him with a cartoon and movies in fact it was a movie that they created you know what Allah brought him to Islam.

 I met him and his son came to Islam and you know what the man apologized the man is a solid good Muslim he realized what he did was wrong Allah guided him Allah bring people Allah is the owner Allah created everyone subhanAllah and luckily ated them I repeat when you disagree with someone disagree respectfully keep a window for them to come in and to be able to see the light don’t just close every door by swearing them by being harsh and brutal while I will call that one honey of a local bee larvae blooming how Olek.

 I read this verse last night I’m reading it again o messenger if you were harsh hard-hearted they would disperse from around you they wouldn’t listen to you it’s a lesson for you and I may Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala grant us ease and goodness inshallah I pray that I come back to the city of adieu and see great development between the last time and this time there was already a lot of development I can see the school I went to this time it wasn’t there the last time I came next time in sha Allah we will see schools universities colleges many other things that will be happening here and inshallah we will also see a flourishing of the Deen.

 we will all become better Muslims better people we will encourage each other we will help people so that one day we can all be regular on our prayers and beautiful people whom when they look at us people want to be Muslim when they look at us they want to be Muslim there are some people who they have helping hands at home who are not Muslim either a maid or a gardener or a driver when they have been good Muslims automatically these people say:

 I want to be Muslim after a short space of time they become Muslim because they see your life you’re living Muslims your life is clean good morals lovely speech you know the other day I went somewhere in Johannesburg with my wife I entered the store and we got to the till and we I was putting all the things out and you know on the till and talking and so on and my wife was quite covered and I look the way I am the ladies none non-muslim do you know what she told me I like the way you respect your wife so much.

 I can see you talk to her very nicely I didn’t know what to say I didn’t want to say that’s me you know but what I did want to say I wanted to give her a message of Islam so in one word I told her my sister that’s the mother of my children how can I not respect her how can I not be kind to her she actually looked at me like this before she could say anything I was already gone she knew these are Muslims look at how the man is treating his wife ,

do you understand because when we see other Muslims and a lot of us how we treat our wives in Panama I know one brother he walks in the mall his wife complained that my husband told me I want you to be no less than 2 meters behind me doesn’t make sense and he’s a religious guy I spoke to him and he’s a friend of mine I told him you know what my brother old man walk with her she’s your wife people walk with Haram so much pride can’t you work with halal Subhan Allah.

 he says no no no at least I’ll walk with her I said that solves the problem already that’s what I want to well ah bless us let’s show the goodness of Islam and let’s let the world know that really there is a lot of goodness the actions of a small minority the actions of a small minority do not depict the true religion that .

the majority of Muslims across the globe have been blessed with may allah subhanahu wa ta’ala grant us even further blessings upon kolyada wa sallahu wa salamu ala nabina muhammad was Salaam alaikum wa rahmatu my hero barakatuh.