Abdur-Raheem McCarthy – Knitting Mufti Menk vs Gabriel Al-Romani – My response I Abdur Raheem McCarthy

			salamati Curatola move teaming knitting, I wanted to respond to this video that has not gone viral
almost recently as I looked at it 944,000 views and our brother Gabriel Romani he is now how not one
quarter 11 Pissed off man. He wasn't happy. Why wasn't he happy? What was an he said? Was it correct
his response to move the and what they moved to respond to him? This is what I'm going to respond to
in this video inshallah. He was very, very upset and very passionate about this. And there was many
replies to him negative replies to our brother Gabriel, and both Mufti and Gabe, they're very, you
know, dear to me, I love both of them very much. And perhaps you've seen, you know, I lecture with
		

			mukti. All around the world. I've been working with Brother Gabriel, which many of you might not
know, since 2011. So for more than 10 years, we've been working together. And like I said, I love
both of them dearly. So is his response to move to justify what he was saying, and is knitting
really that big of a deal? To be honest, I don't agree with the approach of brother Gabriel. And him
coming out in I think he was a bit too passionate, he should have waited a bit he should have
thought it out a bit more, I believe the points that he made about masculinity, about the areas that
we should be focusing on, you know, archery, swimming, martial arts, making our kids strong, and
		

			their, their bodies in their mind, these are all valid points that we need to focus on. And it's
very important also a great principle that we can gain by this off from this is the fact that
different speakers have different styles and different approaches and you have to you know, look at
it objectively so you know, brother move to he's more of a soft spoken, you know, nice guy comes off
like this has a huge impact on the people he's doing a fantastic job. MashAllah brother gape, he's
trying to keep it real. He's coming, you know, he's coming at you a bit hard, a bit harsh, but he
wants to, you know, awaken the FitPro within so you know, all of them have good good news in
		

			Schulten all of them. You know, brother moved in when he's knitting like this. He has a good
intention. I'm gonna mention in a bit what is his objective from this and shallow topics? That's one
of the questions that brother gave his asking, what is your objective of making this video, he has
an objective and I understand where he's coming from. I don't agree that it was a good video from
them. Masculinity side, and also from the side, that as a as a public figure, as someone who is a
scholar, I don't believe this is befitting this is my personal view. But I believe that many of the
things that brother gave mentioned, are very, very important and something we really need to focus
		

			on. We're living in a crisis and I'm gonna Inshallah, at the end of the video, I'm going to read the
response of brother Mufti mink, and the response of brother Gabriel's knitting is that really that
big of a deal? You know, to be honest with you, when it comes to customs is very important,
understand the principle that customs add that it might differ from country to country. But what
gave his saying that it's something that's feminine, it's something that's not masculine. It's
something that someone of the status of Mufti mink shouldn't be doing. 100% correct in our customs
as Westerners it's something that men don't do. Maybe things are different in Zimbabwe, we have to
		

			understand when we have our brother moved to he's such a, you know, a passionate speaker, such a
good speaker, even many times when I hear him the wording to us I was like, wow, that's that's
really good English. I love the way you know, he articulate is really beautiful. Mashallah. But we
tend to forget that, you know, he's originally Indian, born and raised in Zimbabwe. So maybe in
Zimbabwe, this is a normal practice. It's normal that men knit. I don't know, it could differ from
country to country or from continent to continent. I know, in North Africa, I have family from North
Africa. And when they saw the video, they were like, No, that's not cool. It's not something that a
		

			man does. And it's not something that a scholar of Islam does. It's something that they really
looked back at this video when they saw it. Honestly. That doesn't mean in any way that Mufti mink
is not someone who's manly, and he had an objective and brother Gabriel asked what was his
objective? Allah, Mr. Han,
		

			our sheriff's are teaching us to knit. Okay, what's the objective of this video, I'll tell you what
my objective is for my video is to refute this kind of this kind of thing. Because this is just not
manly, in my understanding of the objective of brother mufti, and he can correct me if I'm wrong,
but what I understand from him doing things like this, just like other speakers throughout the last
couple of years, the likes of you know, Chef, Latifi, shixin, Manuel Oda who were on their
platforms, you know, they started coming off, coming out without the head gear, you know, showing
things just like now I'm filming from home, they're showing you in their house, they're bringing
		

			their kids, I don't like to myself go to that extent, when I'm showing you the inner details and
things like that, but they want it to show the people a different side of the machine, that we live
a normal life just like everyone else, and something very interesting when it comes to that. You can
actually take that and abstract that from the Sunnah as well. And the Hadith that brother Gabriel
mentioned about the Prophet Alayhi Salatu was Salam, sowing his own clothes, and you know, and
helping out around the house again different narrations of the Hadith
		

			But I showed the Allahu Anhu Nari, this hadith, she said that he was just like anyone else he was
normal. And that's a very important aspect that it's not like the scholars and the Musharraf and the
DUA did like these holy people who are just, you know, floating through the dunya. They're normal
people just like anyone else, and they do normal things like everyone else does. So this is clearly
one of the objectives in shallow toddler. I think the second objective is, the problem that we're
having in our household is that you know, our kids, what are they doing, they're sitting in front of
the devices, they're ruining their minds, they're ruining their futures, they're ruining themselves.
		

			And one of the main challenges of parenting is making sure that they have enough of enough
activities to fill their time with beneficial things. So here in the video moved, he said, so I'm
just teaching my children how to knit I learned to knit when I was six years old, it's something
that he learned when he was six years old, something he was young, perhaps he feels it's beneficial.
And it's something positive, that the people that their children can put their time into. Now my
kids are learning, I disrupt them a set of knitting needles and some huge wool. And we said, Let's
go for it. Mashallah. And inshallah we can also spend our time a little bit constructively. And if
		

			you were to compare it with sitting in front of a PlayStation, or an Xbox, you know, he has a point.
So perhaps this was the objective of such a video, not just to get views or to be cute, or some
people might think, because it's not just the people who are coming at Brother Gabriel, other people
are going to have negative things to say, about Mukti when they see a video like this, because it's
not just the fact that it's something that's not masculine and most customs that I know. And even
brother Gabriel, in his comment, if you read, he said that he traveled around the world. And he's
always seen this as looking at something that's, that's not masculine. There could be customs, once
		

			again, where it is acceptable, it's something normal. And this is a very important principle when it
comes to the add that from two aspects before we refute the one who who does something that maybe it
might be normal, his custom, and secondly, us as public speakers, or do I like brother move to as a
big platform, we have to think before we post things like this, because, you know, it might be cool
in Zimbabwe, like I'm saying, I don't know if any, but when it comes to other customers around the
world, that's something like when I when I first saw the video, I
		

			looked at it with my wife was like, No, that's not good. I didn't make a public response about it.
But I didn't like it at all. And it's something right away, the first thing I thought is, well,
that's not what a man should be doing. When it comes to filling our children's time with that, which
is beneficial. What brother gave mentioned about you know, shooting arrows, horseback riding, you
know, martial arts, running, you know, you know, get being athletic, these are the things that they
should be spending their time on. Even if you wanted him to knit, it would be something maybe you
could teach him, you know, and you're in your own household. But I don't think it's something
		

			honestly, you should put on social media, but in our customs. And that's why when brother gave asked
his daughter, Aisha, what was her response? What's wrong with knitting? I mean, is there something
wrong with it?
		

			Because that's how we look at it as Westerners. And I'm talking about the ones who are true to their
roots, not the ones who have changed nowadays, because what is public? You correct and what is not
publicly correct. Now we're talking about how we were raised and how we look at things when being a
man meant being a man. And when you listen to brother games video, you see that one of the reason he
is so passionate about this, is because one of the things that he is focusing on is the issue of the
alpha male, bringing the manhood back to men, and creating leaders for the future. I'm working every
day almost putting, talking about the Muslim alpha and society, pushing them to become leaders
		

			again, their wives are complaining that our men enough. And to be fair, this is a serious problem
that we are facing, and he's someone who has experienced as a principal and Muslim schools around
the world. And you see that the identity, the manhood of these young boys who are growing up, it's
been taken away from him because of what the media and the social media platforms have been
brainwashing our children. Therefore, he felt that when someone of the status of multimeter came out
with something that doesn't support you know, being a man being an alpha male, someone who's a
proper Rajon. He was offended. If you look at the response of brother move d to brother Gabriel,
		

			talking about his video, he said Habibie my beloved brother first time seeing you mashallah to
Baraka la so he didn't know brother gave before and you know, he's praising much he sees he's out
there trying to do work for the weekend, see from his page, so he's saying mashallah diabolical. I
said, unfortunately, you have misfired totally. May Allah Almighty grant you the best of both
worlds. I mean, Hamza is making dua for the brother. And he said to him, wouldn't it have been
better to seek a simple, direct answer before posting such a grand gift for me? I see you thoroughly
enjoyed yourself here. And I have to say that I agree that it should have been a direct message to
		

			him instead of me.
		

			Again, a public issue. Now, many would debate this, you say this issue saying that the fact that
moved into the public, it needs to be refuted public. And this does have, you know, its foundation.
But it's not a I mean, he's looking to be a major because they should have masculinity, what he's
trying to focus on, I understand where he's coming from, but you can't make all things equal. So you
have now for example, the so called the shark issue, obviously, this is something major. So the
scholars who spoke out and refuted that mentioning him by name yet he did it public. So we come back
public, the other ones who are the you know, LGBT QR, P, whatever, whatever the letters are now
		

			that, you know, those who are publicly supporting that from the Duat and those who repeated them,
yes, this I can understand that something major. But here, we're talking about knitting. I don't
agree with it. I don't like it myself. But I don't think it's something that needed a public
response. I have to agree with Mufti on this. Is it a form of backbiting? Because it's what you
understand, but what he's saying, you know, this grand gift that you've given me that you're giving
me your house, and that you've taken away? My see at my bad deeds? And I don't think this falls
under backbiting? Because, you know, it's there is the outlook or the view that if you're going to
		

			do something publicly, that you can be refuted publicly, obviously, this is the opinion, that
brother gape is following. Then if you look at the response of brother Gabriel, he's also making dua
for him. And he's saying that it's not a gift. He said, This is something that I stick by, it's what
he believes when he sticks by, and he said, you know, made it clear the Profit System, he mended his
shoes, he fixed his clothes, which he mentioned in the video. And he said that knitting is a very
feminine thing. And our men need to be collars. Need collars like you to teach them how to be real
men. He said, talk a bit about masculinity of the Sahaba as our boys are losing themselves in the
		

			LGBQT environment. And that's very, very true, something we really need to focus on. And this is one
of the things that our brother Gabriel needs to be applauded for. He's working very hard in this and
many of the dudes are not speaking about this. Even some of the famous and prominent do not do it
are actually supporting this. And this is confusing our children even more and making them go even
more astray. And he mentions here obviously, he's been working for many years and they're fit in the
in the schools with the boys and their fitrah has been destroyed. And someone like you, mashallah,
who has so many followers, may Allah bless you I'm telling and this is you see that both of them,
		

			even though they don't agree with one another, even though they have different, that they're having
a hamdulillah Edit, and then making dua for one another. And that's something very beautiful,
something we need to reflect on. Because a lot of times, you might see in the wars that the general
people have in their Facebook and online, you know, comments on Instagram, that it can sometimes can
get a bit nasty, you name calling belittling and degrading what have you. Then he gave some
examples, maybe archery, wrestling, horseback riding, and many other activities that give them
strength as it comes in the sunnah of our beloved provinces, alum and the sahaba. And if you look
		

			Subhanallah, I don't know. I mean, I do follow brother mukti. But I don't have a lot of time to see
all the things he posts or perhaps he has posted things about this. I don't know that he hasn't. And
he mentioned here at the end in the culture, and then you know, in the countries that he's visited,
that knitting is a very feminine activity is something that moms teach their daughters and something
that a lovely grandma does, with all respect. And if you scroll down, you see he says, you know,
what is the objective of this video? And I answered what I believe the objective of the video was
whether we agree with it or not. I do believe that our brother moved the that his intention is good
		

			inshallah. And then he ends his response with some advice. And once again, you know, wishing the
best for our brother, Chef Mufti mink. To sum things up, you know, both of our brothers, they're
beautiful brothers, and they're doing a fantastic job and their work for the OMA May Allah subhanho
wa taala, increase both of them and bless them both and their families with all of the best in this
life in the next era of anatomy. It's important for all of you, you know, the ones who are the
followers of the Duat, that you don't get involved and you don't choose sides, even if we're to
differ. And you take one of the two opinions, don't let that cut out, benefiting. So now, for
		

			example, for me, I don't like the knitting thing. But does that mean I'm not going to benefit from
my brother Mufti? Does that mean I'm not going to recommend people to benefit from him? I didn't
like the style that brother gave he I think he came off a bit too hard. I agree with many of the
points that he mentioned. But I don't believe it was the correct approach or correct style. But does
that mean that I'm going to tell people not to go to his platform and not to benefit from his
things? Of course not. And this is what I want all of you to realize that, you know, there is right
there is wrong. I don't believe the knitting is a post that should have been posted. But I do
		

			understand his objective and what he wants to get across from that. And I believe that his intention
in general Tada, it was good. And brother gave even though he was a bit hard. I understand exactly
where he's coming from. I understand what he's trying to do on his platform by trying to you know,
bring the OMA back, bring it
		

			young boys and older brothers as well to bring them back to being a proper Reginald a proper man.
And he was upset that this type of you know activity of knitting that it goes against that and he
mentioned you know several valid points that don't look at just you know, issue of him being pumped
up him being upset of you loving move teaming so we're not going to take a look at those points he
mentioned about what we need to be focusing on of raising our children to be proper rejet proper
men. This is something very important and something very neglected. And something that very little
of the Duat focus on what llama Stan