Abdullah Hakim Quick – Waking The Lazy Muslim Qa

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah.
		

			Did the questions you have, you know, may Allah reward you will protect you very serious questions.
And you need to open up a hotline, the hotline
		

			to have somebody to constantly answer the questions of fic. And so because of the limited time we
cannot answer some questions, you have to give this to the local law firm
		

			and have them answer, you know, what is on your mind? One question is saying, I have read about the
Nation of Islam and America how they are misguiding the Muslims, and how their false propaganda is
being dealt with in America. Yes, there was a group that started in the 1930s. And they came from
the descendants of the slaves, but they did not have the proper understanding of Islam. So they
mixed up Islam with Christianity and black nationalism. And they came up with this organization. And
they said that their their leader was was a lot in person. And their, their, their teacher, Elijah,
Muhammad was the last prophet, and so on. But this was identified as being false teachings, and one
		

			of their followers, Malcolm X. he rebelled against them, and came into real Islam, and then realize
that is the religion of of all nations, all colors, and a loss of all dollars above seven heavens.
And so the leader has passed away, and the numbers are now getting very small. Even their recent
leader, Minister louis farrakhan is, you know, not well, and the group is going down, and they are
basically coming into the mainstream of Islam. So this is something of the past, and it is no longer
having a big impact in America. It says there, is there any information about the Algerian
assistance to the Muslim slaves of West Africa along the coast of Algeria, there was resistance. We
		

			know that from andalusi other people did go into North Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, all the way
around Egypt. And even in Turkey, itself. There were quarters where the and Lucien czar lift. And
there were also
		

			people they call pirates. Haider, Dean Barbarossa. And people who resist it, you know, along the
coastlines. And so these were the pirates who were resisting the major ships. This is before the
Somali pirates today, you know, who are on the coast, it may not be the same intention as the Somali
pirates, but it's something that comes out of oppression. And they're resisting in the best way that
they know how do the great powers. And so this was a manifestation. And there was some interaction
with Muslims in North Africa and West Africa in resistance of Islam. It said yesterday, you said
that few years, the world constitution will radically change, please elaborate on this, what what I
		

			was speaking about is that we can see from the ultimate Assad on the signs of the last days, that we
are in a period of great natural catastrophes, and the province of seldom spoke about earthquakes,
and different natural catastrophes that would start with come before the Day of Resurrection. And
this has come to pass the environment, we see what's happening in the environment. Most of the
hurricanes and floods and temperature changes that are happening in the world. When they describe
them, they say it is the worst in living memory.
		

			And living memory. They're even talking here now, about the rain coming down in floods, they talking
about 100 years ago. So everything is now getting extreme as we go toward
		

			the Day of Resurrection. And so when this happens, when the flood comes when the hurricane and
tornado comes, then people are forced to go back to the basics. And so the so called great powers of
the world, with, you know, great changes in the environment can be brought to their knees. And so
Muslims need to now before it is too late, you know, to organize ourselves, and to go back to our
faith, you know, and to prepare ourselves for the coming times. What do you suggest for someone who
is weak in faith
		

			and used to do many, you know, negative acts, and they struggle now to deal with their Deen? There's
a lot of questions like this. And it is important for us that we
		

			try to understand, and this is important when we're teaching it better. Not just to teach somebody
how to make a lot but why do we make a lot? Not just how do we fast in Ramadan? But why are we
fasting in Ramadan? We need to know more now about the rituals that we are doing. Because if we get
if we just do rituals, without understanding why we are doing it if we don't
		

			Talk to Allah in a sense, when we are making us a lot, we have a chance to communicate with the
Creator of the heavens and the earth. If we just look at Salaam as a duty that we're doing going up
and down and do it because everybody else is and don't make it personal, then it becomes difficult.
But when we realize that that salaat is a chance for us to communicate with the Creator, and changes
can happen in our life draw is real. Then the salaat becomes a source of strength when you are in
trouble. That's why the process of them would say to Bilbao, or Rihanna is solid, you know, make us
		

			relaxed with salaat it wasn't a burden to make solid it was relaxation.
		

			And in Ramadan we make Salatu tada we're in is supposed to be relaxation. You don't Tara we raha
		

			but sometimes we do. And tada, we and it's like aerobics or something up and down and go into you
know, reading and reading and like we're missing out on the beauty of the core. And it is better to
read a few verses with Tajweed and Tatiana and we understand it than to read so fast that you don't
even know what's going on.
		

			You go up and down and then you just tie it and dizzy. This is not the purpose of salon. So it needs
we need to go back you know to that real connection with Allah subhanaw taala when we are doing our
actions and I would say I would recommend to people that this study have ceded to Namibia. Study
Sierra study, the lives of the companions of the Prophet SAW Selim, when we see living Islam,
because when you read these stories, it helps to build your heart. It strengthens you because you
see how human beings took this knowledge and the things that they did. So sometimes we just,
		

			you know, learn the rituals, but we don't study our history. We don't have perspective. So we need
to have, you know, to know the story of the prophets, the story of the companions of the prophets,
the great scholars, you know what they have done, and also traveled to different places traveled to
Mecca Medina, try if you possibly can you have an Australian passport, makes a lot in Marshall Aqsa
Hamdulillah, we took 45 people from the cape and we made the start to Juma and Master luxan. And the
brothers and sisters were glad to see us and they said, Tell the Muslims come to the masjid. Don't
abandon Master luxan. And so if you have the capability and with an Australian passport, you may be
		

			able to get in. If you have the ability, then go to master luxan. Travel to these different places,
you know, to to understand the deen, you know this race, you know your consciousness, and then get
involved in Islamic activities, feed the poor relief work. There's a lot of crises going on, get
involved with relief. Get involved with building the masjids building centers. Get involved in these
activities when you're involved in this when you give from that which is you love. When you are
involved in this, it creates a type of marhaba inside of your heart. There's a love that develops
inside of your heart. So it's important to be involved in these activities. And not just that the
		

			five pillars and the few actions just stick with these things and they become dry.
		

			But we need to have that that love along with what we do.
		

			It is saying
		

			I recently realized that I really need a loss of Potala. I'm trying so hard to stay focused and I
want to wear hijab, but I feel anxious about work and social surroundings. What advice do you give?
Well, it's important for you to be around sisters who are wearing hijab.
		

			And also I would advise to the sisters what happened in Canada is that the sisters got together and
they had
		

			circles where they would share their experiences. So they share what they're going through. And when
you share it with other people who are going through it, then you learn strategies. And you also
have somebody who can relate to you in terms of what you're going through, trying to wear the hijab,
you know, you know and trying to appear like a Muslim, it's very difficult for the sisters because
they will stand out more in public, the brother can come to the masjid with a stove and then he puts
on a superman shirt, it goes downtown, and he hides
		

			and so, but this really is a shot of it's a nobility, there are lots of parts Allah has given to you
and it's something you know, taken from the profits they suffered also. And so what you're going
through inshallah will be a light for you on the Day of Resurrection. inshallah, it will be
forgiveness anytime somebody is looking at you in a mean way of saying something
		

			Then in Sharla, that this is this is a source of blessings for you, and inshallah our source of the
forgiveness of your sins, but you need to talk with each other, need to discuss it, and learn
strategies. Because the strategies and doing this at the sister has good intentions, try slowly but
surely, try your best as you can, you may not be 100%, but you try the best that you can, until you
can raise your standard, you know, to the best standard, according to the sooner
		

			Please say something to the parents who make it hard for us to get married.
		

			But
		

			well, this is a very important issue now. And
		

			for a long time, we have taken Islam from our cultures. And our cultures tell us that you must marry
a man who looks a certain way. And some people say you can't marry him till marry the man until he
becomes doctor, he's a doctor.
		

			Or he has a certain amount of money. Or he's got a car and he's got all these different things. And
so what happens in some Muslim countries is the men do not get married until they're 3035 years old.
And something like women don't get married till two later. And in the past, maybe that that was
okay, because the societies were controlled. You weren't seeing nakedness in front of you. You
weren't under temptation, it has changed today.
		

			adultery and fornication has become the order of the day. And some people will look to you like
you're strange if you're not committing adultery and fornication. And so therefore, we have to go
back to our sources, we have to not be ashamed of our religion. And you'll see in the time of the
prophets of Salaam, they will get married when they're young. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Because we in our lifestyle, we don't have teenagers. Here you have children, and then teenagers,
and then adults. And a teenager is somebody who's lost in between childhood and adulthood. He's not
an adult yet. But he's not a child, he wants to food like an adult. He wants to privileges, but he
		

			doesn't want to take responsibility. Okay, but in our culture, you know, even a young person is
taught responsibility from when he's young. And when she reaches puberty, you know, she's taught how
to be a woman, and not have to wait eight years before she's taught how to be a woman. And so
there's nothing wrong with with with our young people getting married, we need to support them.
Maybe it means that we have to help them for you know, two or three years. But it's better that they
did that. Then they fall into boyfriend, girlfriend, and fall into fornication and adultery, and HIV
AIDS and drugs and all the other things that come when you're living this world. And so in order to
		

			bring them out of this, we have to think out of the cultural box,
		

			that only a person who looks a certain way, only a certain tribe, only a certain group, this
tribalism is killing us.
		

			We have to come out of tribalism and nationalism, and judge people not on their color or their
tribe. But on their taqwa. There's nothing wrong with marrying somebody in your family. Nothing
wrong with that. That's permissible.
		

			But our family, our greater family, which is supposed to be deeper than blood is the family of
Islam.
		

			And so it's not till we reach that point that we will really, really get the taste of what our you
know, the love of Islam really is. So what is the best way of stopping watching TV or minimizing
this, this is something that we need to provide alternatives. And the projects that you have here
now with the youth center coming up, these are alternatives, you cannot just say no, to the young
people, we have to we have to have alternatives. And so therefore, we need to support alternative
documentaries, television programs, DVDs, you know, so they don't have to watch these other things.
Because they, this generation is in the habit of sitting and watching boxes, watching tubes, right?
		

			If they don't get it here, they'll get it in their cell phone. So this is a whole new generation. So
we have to provide alternatives for them. Get them busy. This is where sports and hiking athletics,
fishing and swimming. You know, we come to Muslim countries, I don't know about here. But in
Jamaica, we lived in Jamaica, we had some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.
		

			And we would get all the Muslims together and say, how many of you know how to swim?
		

			And it's only about one in 10
		

			I don't want to embarrass you but you know, how many of you actually know how to swim?
		

			Right? You want to raise your hands? Okay, how many can swim here? Okay, Mashallah, that's that's
not bad.
		

			That's not bad, but it's only about 50% maybe so 50
		

			percent of us living here, you know, in the beautiful Australia with the, you know, coastlines and
beaches and everything you know, and we can't swim. How many of you have ever caught a fish?
		

			How do we catch it in the supermarket?
		

			Right? But how many of you put on your bait and threw it out and caught a fish? Raise your hand?
Mashallah, that's not that. That's not bad. And so these are the things that we have to learn. We
have to go fishing, we have to go swimming, we have to go hiking, right? We have to learn martial
arts, we have to learn survival. Right? If the brothers want to do the eagle, they have rites of
passage to teenagers, and they want to express themselves instead of gang banging and fighting each
other. Take him on put a raft on his back and go into bush. Right go and Dingo country.
		

			Right and then see if he's a man when the dingoes are there.
		

			Okay, it is better, you face the dingoes and he fights the other gangs downtown in the streets. And
so this is what we need challenge ourselves in the natural world.
		

			Right and not what these false things because it ends up with drugs, ends up with fornication and
crime, terrible crimes we fall in and the shaytaan is waiting for us. So natural alternatives are
you know, an important issue. Another question is saying it speaking about this research that is
there in Arabic inshallah I will
		

			listen to this tonight, they gave it to me recently, in a disk, maybe I'll give it to the media to
I'll put it on a flash drive, I'll give it to the EMEA. So inshallah you can have this available and
see this study, I just caught the first half of it. It's unbelievable, what he has found. But I will
try to see it then mention his name tomorrow in Sharla. But you know, you know, I'll leave this with
you. So you can view this together and see what this researcher you know, has come to has come with.
And it isn't the Arabic language, you know, but you can, you know, we can get it translated. For
those you know, who don't speak Arabic. It says, My friends make fun of me when I don't want to talk
		

			to boys and join their parties and music and dancing. And you know, they know what's wrong, but they
don't believe you can behave. Well. You know, it's important. And one of the issues coming up in our
40 hadith of Islamic revival, which we're doing a course at is the headquarters. And in Sharla I'll
be leaving this text with you as I met in the process of them setting in one of the you know
traditions he said he said that a person and motto Allah Dini clearly fell, fell young though, I had
to come menu, Honolulu, or coma call us up to Swami said the person will be on the religion of his
friend. And so make sure who are your friends, this is an important thing. This deals with what we
		

			call today, peer pressure.
		

			It's peer pressure. So the province of Solomon was saying, you're going to be on the religion of
your friends. So if your friends don't like to make a lot, if your friends swear, then you're going
to be following their lifestyle. Because you're with them, and you want to make a lot none of them
make a lot. So you feel strange amongst them. So try to be with people who makes a lot.
		

			You know, who are modest, who don't swear and, you know, carry on with different activities. And so
then life will be easy. It may be difficult, you know, at first, but but but you know, make sure
that you watch who you make your friends. This is the advice from the prophets on Southern.
		

			It says the companions of the Prophet Islam had direct access to the Prophet, and hence became the
best generation. Is it possible that we can reach their level? If not, is it fair that the previous
generations are able to reach a state of piety that is unattainable, unattainable? Well, you know
that this is the best generation that ever existed. But there are many traditions saying that near
the end of time, there would be other people who would come along, and they would they would love
the products and sell them they would be greatly blessed as well. And so you know, we are in this
time, and the fact we have never seen the promise of Salah many of us never originally spoke Arabic.
		

			And so there is a great blessing from Allah subhanaw taala for us, but you cannot expect to reach
the level of the Sahaba de la one home because they were in a special time period. And that is, you
know, chosen by Allah subhanaw taala, to set the example, for other people until the Day of
Resurrection. So I leave you with these thoughts. And I asked a lot of mercy on me and you. And I
emphasize again, now that these words that I'm saying to you, I'm not saying to you just for
entertainment, but I'm saying that to you. Because this is a reality that Muslims are facing, our
families are suffering, our children are suffering. And so we are called upon now to do something to
		

			give from where it hurts, and to commit ourselves now. And if you've got anything out of the words
		

			I have said tonight, then you need to commit yourself to do something to assist this community. And
we have to drop these names. I don't like this group. I don't like that leader. I don't like the
school of thought we have to drop this now and to support an Islamic activity, you know, if it's
being done within, you know, the levels of Alexandre Gemma, even if it's not our group, we support
other Muslims as as well Qibla and inshallah this our Jamaat here has promised to open up the doors,
you know, for all Muslims to come inside, you know, this facility and for children to benefit in
this so I leave you in the capable hands of the Jamaat, you know, and I pray that Allah azza wa jal
		

			would forgive me for any mistakes that I have made, and would give you the best blessings in this
life and the hereafter was Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah.
		

			Past marry a man who looks a certain way. And some people say you can't marry him till marry the man
until he becomes doctor, he's a doctor.
		

			Or he has a certain amount of money. Or he's got a car, and he's got all these different things. And
so what happens in some Muslim countries is the men do not get married until they're 3035 years old.
And some, like women don't get married till two later. And in the past, maybe that that was okay,
because the societies were controlled. You weren't seeing nakedness in front of you. You weren't
under temptation, it has changed today.
		

			adultery and fornication has become the order of the day. And some people will look to you like
you're strange, if you're not committing adultery and fornication. And so therefore, we have to go
back to our sources, we have to not be ashamed of our religion. And you'll see in the time of the
prophets of Salaam, they will get married when they're young. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Because we in our lifestyle, we don't have teenagers. Here you have children, and then teenagers,
and then adults. And a teenager is somebody who's lost in between childhood and adulthood. He's not
an adult yet. But he's not a child, he wants to food like an adult. He wants to privileges, but he
		

			doesn't want to take responsibility. Okay, but in our culture, you know, even a young person is
taught responsibility from when he's young. And when she reaches puberty, you know, she's taught how
to be a woman, and not have to wait eight years before she's taught how to be a woman. And so
there's nothing wrong with with with our young people getting married, we need to support them.
Maybe it means that we have to help them for for, you know, two or three years. But it's better that
they did that. Then they fall into boyfriend, girlfriend, and fall into fornication and adultery,
and HIV AIDS and drugs and all the other things that come when you're living this world. And so in
		

			order to bring them out of this, we have to think out of the cultural box,
		

			that only a person who looks a certain way, only a certain tribe, only a certain group, this
tribalism is killing us.
		

			We have to come out of tribalism and nationalism, and judge people not on their color or their
tribe. But on their taqwa. There's nothing wrong with marrying somebody in your family. Nothing
wrong with that. That's permissible.
		

			But our family, our greater family, which is supposed to be deeper than blood is the family of
Islam.
		

			And so it's not till we reach that point, that we will really, really get the taste of what you
know, the love of Islam really is. So what is the best way of stopping watching TV or minimizing
this, this is something that we need to provide alternatives. And the projects that you have here
now with the youth center coming up, these are alternatives, you cannot just say no, to the young
people, you have to you have to have alternatives. And so therefore, we need to support alternative
documentaries, television programs, DVDs, you know, so they don't have to watch these other things.
Because they, this generation is in the habit of sitting and watching boxes, watching tubes, right?
		

			If they don't get it here, they'll get it in the cell phone. So this is a whole new generation. So
we have to provide alternatives for them. Get them busy. This is where sports and hiking athletics,
fishing and swimming. You know, we come to Muslim countries, I don't know about here. But in
Jamaica, we lived in Jamaica, we had some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.
		

			And we would get all the Muslims together and say how many of you know how to swim
		

			and it's only about one in 10.
		

			I don't want to embarrass you but
		

			You know, how many of you actually know how to swim?
		

			Right? You want to raise your hands? Okay, how many can swim here? Okay, Mashallah, that's that's
not bad.
		

			That's not bad, but it's only about 50% maybe. So 50% of us living here, you know, in the beautiful
Australia with the, you know, coastlines and beaches and everything, you know, and we can't swim.
How many of you have ever caught a fish?
		

			I don't mean catch it in the supermarket.
		

			Right? But how many of you put on your bait and threw it out and caught a fish? Raise your hand?
Mashallah, that's not bad. That's not bad. And so these are the things that we have to learn. We
have to go fishing, we have to go swimming, we have to go hiking, right? We have to learn martial
arts, we have to learn survival. Right? If the brothers want to get you the ego, they have rites of
passage to teenagers, and they want to express themselves instead of gang banging and fighting each
other. Take him on put a raft on his back and go on the bush. Right go and then go country. Right
and then see if he's a man when the dingoes are there.
		

			Okay, it is better to face the dingos any face the other gangs downtown in the streets. And so this
is what we need challenge ourselves in the natural world.
		

			Right and not what these false things because it ends up with drugs, ends up with fornication and
crime, terrible crimes we fall in and the shaytaan is waiting for us. So natural alternatives are an
important issue. Another question is saying it speaking about this research that is there in Arabic
inshallah, I will
		

			listen to this tonight, they gave it to me recently, in a disk, maybe I'll give it to the media to
put it on a flash drive, I'll give it to the EMEA. So inshallah you can have this available and see
this study, I just caught the first half of it. It's unbelievable, what he has found. But I will try
to see it then mentioned his name tomorrow in Sharla. But, you know, I'll leave this with you. So
you can view this together and see what this researcher you know, has come to has come with. And it
isn't the Arabic language, you know, but you can you know, we can get it translated. For those you
know, who don't speak Arabic. It says, My friends make fun of me when I don't want to talk to boys
		

			and join their parties and music and dancing and you know, they know what's wrong, but they don't
believe you can behave. Well you know, it's important and one of the issues coming up in our 40
hadith of Islamic revival, which we're doing a course at is the headquarters and inshallah I'll be
leaving this text with you as a meta in the process alum said in one of the you know, traditions he
said he said that a person l model Allah Dini clearly fell fell young, though, I had to call menu
hollow, or come up to Swami said, the person will be on the religion of his friend. And so make sure
who are your friends, this is an important thing. This deals that will be called today peer
		

			pressure.
		

			It's peer pressure. So the province of Salaam is saying, you're going to be on the religion of your
friends. So if your friends don't like to make salaat if your friends swear, then you're going to be
following their lifestyle, because you're with them, and you want to make a lot none of them making
a lot. So you feel strange amongst them. So try to be with people who makes a lot,
		

			you know, who are modest, who don't swear and, you know, carry on with different activities. And so
then life will be easy. It may be difficult, you know, at first, but but but you know, make sure
that you watch who you make your friends. This is the advice from the prophets on Sunday.
		

			It says the companions of the Prophet Salaam had direct access to the Prophet, and hence became the
best generation. Is it possible that we can reach their level? If not, is it fair that the previous
generations are able to reach a state of piety that is unattainable, unattainable? Well, you know
that this is the best generation that ever existed. But there are many traditions saying that near
the end of time, there will be other people who would come along here and they would they would love
the products and sell them they would be greatly blessed as well. And so you know, we are in this
time, and the fact we have never seen the promise of solar, many of us never originally spoke
		

			Arabic. And so there is a great blessing from Allah subhanaw taala for us, but you cannot expect to
reach the level of the Sahaba radilla one home because they were in a special time period. And that
is, you know, chosen by Allah subhanaw taala to set the example, for other people until the Day of
Resurrection. So I leave you with these thoughts. And I asked a lot of mercy on me and you and I
emphasize again, now that these words that I'm saying to you, I'm not saying to you just for
entertainment, but I'm saying that to you because this is a reality that most
		

			are facing, our families are suffering our children are suffering. And so we are called upon now to
do something to give from where it hurts, and to commit ourselves now, and if you've got anything
out of the words that I have said tonight, then you need to commit yourself to do something to
assist this community. And we have to drop these names. I don't like this group. I don't like that
leader. I don't like the school of thought we have to drop this now into support and Islamic
activity. You know, it is being done within you know, the levels of Alessandra Gemma. Even if it's
not our group, we support other Muslims as Alan Qibla and inshallah this our Jamaat here has
		

			promised to open up the doors, you know, for all Muslims to come inside, you know, this facility and
for children to benefit in this so I leave you in the capable hands of the Gema you know, and I pray
that Allah azza wa jal would forgive me for any mistakes that I have made, and would give you the
best blessings in this life and the hereafter was Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah