Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – The Agenda for Change
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My dear respected friends
we're living in some really big times. We're living in some very
strange times, challenging times. But in sha Allah extremely
prospective times. times that if somebody puts a bit of effort they
can get inshallah very close to Allah and leave this world with
great in sha Allah with a great treasure of reward.
We are followers of a dean of a religion, Islam. Throughout the
history, the OMA has faced many challenges. If you think we're
facing challenges today, look around the world. Wherever people
are, they face challenges. It's the nature of this world of this
dunya of this life to face challenges. And if you look at our
history, it's never been any different. We're not in some kind
of misnomer times. Throughout our history, the OMA has faced many,
many challenges with periods of sometimes immense greatness, but
as well as intense stagnation and upheavals. It has faced countless
attacks in which enemy forces have either conspired to bring about
its destruction, or corrupted even from within.
We've seen all of this, it cities have been razed to the ground.
It's deity has been accused of violence. It scripture has been
misunderstood. Its profit has been scorned. Its history has been
deployed. Its heritage has been maligned. Its community has been
condemned.
We experience all of these things it scholars have been slain, and
its activists have been persecuted. Its well wishes have
been silenced. Its teachings have been distorted. It has suffered
from internal assault. Many of its own followers have brought it into
disrepute, misinterpreting its teachings, Miss applying its
force, and committing in justices in its name, to the detriment to
Hall, thereby contributing to the environment of Islamophobia, and
further invigorating those who seek to annihilate it. history
records, this oscillation in great detail. This is open to anybody
who wants to study history. Anybody who lives beyond the
vacuum of this time, most of us live within the vacuum of the last
2030 years, whatever has happened in this world, this is what's in
our memory. That's where our history ends. That's our limit of
our understanding. And when this is the time in which we seem to be
at a law, not at a height at an ebb, not at a flow. We feel that
great sense of persecution, great sense of disadvantage, we feel a
great loss. And this raises many questions to the minds of the
multitudes of Muslims around the world. Is this the true theme? Are
we on the right path?
There's a lot of people we get extremely happy. extremely
satisfied. Takbeer when a new when we when we receive a new
convert. However, the numerous data being lost without even us
knowing without themselves even knowing without themselves even
knowing that Eman has disappeared from their heart, maybe it was
never there in the first place. I don't want to paint a bleak
picture. Because there's a lot of optimism. There's a lot of
optimism. So history records all of these oscillations in great
detail. Any avid reader of history would not be surprised to see the
same cycle in motion again.
One thing that we have to remember is that
because we live in this vacuum of modern times, which is a low
period, in the view of many people,
for ethics, culture and religion, looking back at the immediate past
doesn't really provide much optimism for us. It appears to be
filled with despair. It looks all bleak.
However, if we're to look at the history of beyond those years, if
the Aqsa Masjid is under siege today, then in the past, stripped
of Muslim control for nearly a century for about 90 Something
years, from 1099 to 1187. It was lost to the Crusaders, during
which time 1000s of Muslims were killed, were killed inside its
sacred precincts inside that sacred area. After those Muslims
were falsely promised refuge and Auggie of death occurred and
Auggie of death occurred in which the Crusaders boasted of being
knee high in blood. This is how the historians
This is how the historians have recorded this when I read this
first, I couldn't believe I thought it was an exaggeration.
How are you knee high in blood? What kind of killing must have
taken place? What kind of an Auggie must have been but after
you visit Jerusalem and you see those narrow streets, then you can
understand how that's a possibility where children were
taken and flunk and killed by being slammed against walls. And
during this 90 years or so period. No call to pray a sound from its
minarets. No Quran recited no Quran recital reverberated around
its dome, no sermon, embellished its pulpit. No forehead touched
down in its niche in its member. While its walls yearned for its
worshipers to return. A golden cross was mounted on top of the
Cooper to Sahara the Dome of the Rock, which was renamed the
templum dominate, and the Aqsa Mosque was turned into a palace
and the adjoining areas as royal stables if Bukka if Baghdad has
received to this this glorious city of the only SubhanAllah.
Without other media with Kirk and all these great areas, some of the
greatest of all only are buried and bogged down. If this is if
Baghdad of today has been damaged by the shock and awe campaigns of
of recent times, it has experienced much worse, it is
experienced much worse. The title is after ravaging many of the
Muslim cities in transaksi Aina Cora sun when they swooped down
and erased many cities to the ground, they out of the cities,
Mazandaran Xander Bahara all these areas, there were literally 17
people, 20 people that survived these massacres in these in each
of these cities.
So if Baghdad has gone through the campaigns of recent times, then if
you look at what happened during the, the time when the Tatas
advanced to commit huge massacres in the capital of law capital of
the Muslim empire, records indicate that well over a million
people were slaughtered in Baghdad alone. That was the Daro Khilafah.
That was the center of Islam. That was the powerhouse that was the
center of scholarship. This is where the zali was resigned he had
been, this is where our gokada, Gilan yours Subhanallah this, this
is the same area over a million people. And then the Hadith was
rolled up in a copied and beaten to death, because the Titus
believed that if his blood spilt to the ground, they would have bad
luck. So they thought of an ingenuous way which was a an idea
given to them by some Muslim collaborators, rolling up in a
carpet beat him to death. The Muslims above that, at that time
were compelled to participate in drinking bouts during the month of
Ramadan, while wine was sprinkled in the messages while he was
sprinkling the messages. The call for prayer prohibited
Subhanallah how much can I continue if you look in history,
you've seen the ups and downs, the ebbs and flows, the highs and lows
you will see it all. But one thing I achieve what I want to do today
is to give some optimism. I want to provide some optimism. I want
us to understand that there's a lot that we can do. And
Alhamdulillah Allah's blessing is still upon us. It's not all lost
yet. We are
waiting for some kind of utopia. And until that Utopia doesn't come
that ideal situation, we can act on our faith. Allah subhanaw taala
has made Islam. So beautiful reading of the Quran will make you
understand that is general principles. And then it's
commentary found in the Hadith will allow this Islam to prosper
anywhere, and SubhanAllah. That's why we are in Birmingham where no
non Muslims are supposed to come.
We are here Al Hamdulillah.
We're here. And we're holding this conference openly or we can say
what we want. You go to some Muslim countries today, there are
certain countries in the Middle East Muslim country ruled by
Muslims Muslim majority. And one particular country has numerous
balama in their numerous some of the biggest tournament of the
world. That area, that place is called a larger tournament. It's
called the refrigerator of their own amount. And the reason is,
they can't say anything. They can't give a free Duff's. They
can't teach a class. They can't teach whatever they want.
Subhanallah you think we're in bad times, you think it's better
somewhere else?
I have lived in five countries in the world, five different
countries for several months to a year to eight years in America.
And as the comfort that I feel living in England,
is I don't feel anywhere else. I lived in America for eight years.
But it was a sense of insecurity. A sense of discovery, not that
complete country yet is a nice place. It was duniya 2.0. Dunya
was everywhere you can have whatever you want. Much more
progressive than the UK. Though much more faithful than the UK, UK
has more atheists, less people who follow religion that America is I
mean, amazing place. But what you feel in England, the generations
that were born here, you will not feel anywhere else.
Sometimes I wonder where people want to go when they ask these for
these fatwas. Is it permissible for us to live in this country? Is
it why is it for us to do a hedgerow and migration? My answer
to them now is you give me a promise that you will listen to my
every word, then I'll answer your question. If I tell you to go, you
will go you give me a contract, then I'll give you an answer.
However, there are challenges. And this is the challenge that I spoke
about earlier. And this is the challenge with the Prophet
sallallahu. It was prophesied in a hadith, the Hadith SubhanAllah. It
sends shivers down, because the fitna that we're speaking about is
a very different fitna to what people felt before the fitna of
the past was outright aggression. It was blatant tyranny. It was
mass murder, ethnic cleansing violence to the last degree.
Today, it's not like that, especially for us. It's a soft
fitna. If you can understand the concept of soft, it's a soft
fitna, which crawls in which comes in and changes us without even
realizing that is what we're talking about. There's a story
that's told about a particular area where the water supply was
diminishing greatly, there was a supply outside town in a cave. And
when this supply, when this supply would finish, people would have to
resort to the water supply. Outside water is an essential of
life. There was one man though who knew that anybody, anybody who
took from this external water supply, anybody who took from the
day, all their paths will be erased. They will forget about
their previous lifestyle, they will be conducive to the new
lifestyle, and their entire heritage tradition that culture
will be lost to this new culture. Everybody loves their culture. He
knows the secrets. He tries to tell a few people, but it's an
essential of life. Water is dwindling. Here. Only few people
can take from here. So he tries and he tries and he tries. Can you
imagine the moral dilemma you're in? When it's the time when you
can't really travel, your entire assets and everything is in that
area. And slowly, slowly, he starts seeing people change. He
starts seeing the change in front of him. As people start to take
from this source. He starts to see this change in them. He knows one
day he's going to have to take the leap. He's going to have to do
something. What kind of dilemma Do you see? Can you see this is the
kind of dilemma that the roller might go through. And that
concerned individuals go through Alhamdulillah I don't think our
situation is bad as that. That's a mythical story. It seems I don't
see if there's I don't know if there's a reality or doubt there's
a reality to the story, but it gives a good moral that on the
soft fitna level where we take on we take
Take on ideas without realizing them. We take on ideas without
realizing them. This hadith in which Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam says, I'm told that he was rude, and Abu Huraira the and
they both narrate this different versions slightly. Let's see what
Allah says Allah awesome said, I can just imagine him. I can just
imagine him. You know, if you visualize, he said Pay for become
how is it going to be?
What the situation is going to be when people when you're women will
become when your women will become tyrannical.
When they will become tyrannical. When you're young, when become
transgressors. They won't listen to their parents, they will take
on new ideologies, they will distance their parents and bring
close their friends is something I spoke about last year. And then I
don't want to discuss that part today I want to carry on and the
Sahaba they said Ya rasool Allah in the heart Allah, is this gonna
happen or is this possible? For them? It was a mythical
proposition. How is that possible? And a pseudo allah sallallahu
sallam said, imagine what was going through the heart of
Rasulullah sallallahu is and when he was seeing this, that he was
saying you, you the Sahaba your meaning the Muslim mean, this is
not a non Muslim problem. This is a Muslim problem. It's going to
happen, it's going to occur among you.
And he said yes, in fact, worse than nuts. How is it going to be?
What will your state be when you abandon a marble, my roof and the
helium Ankara when you abandoned telling people what's right, and
what's wrong? And subhanAllah that's the situation today. They
want us to stop doing a poet says they want us to stop doing
American law here. So that
we all become the same and everybody is allowed to do what
they want.
Don't judge me. This is a very important, very significant term.
Don't be judgmental. Don't be judgmental. You don't know what's
in their heart. It's all about intention. This is the concept.
This doesn't mean we have to be judgmental.
But we also should not be that we totally become desensitized and
have no idea about what's right and wrong. So the Prophet
sallallahu sallam said, as soon as you you will abandon Amobi, Moroni
and mongkol. That was the main ethos of the sahaba. They were
totally surprised, astonished, dumbfounded, taken aback, and he
said, You're rasool Allah in the Hasakah. And is this going to
happen? They were in disbelief, absolute disbelief. The province
had also said no, I'm gonna shut down in 30 days, in fact, worse
than that worse than none. And this is what I want to speak
about. K for become either or angel Moon karma. rufen, Walmart,
HuFa, Moon Chiron, how is it going to be when you will see good as
evil and evil as good. When you will start seeing the wrong it
will be made to look nice to you. When you see the wrong it will be
made to look good to you. And the good will be made to look wrong to
you. And this is the power of the media today. The power of the
media today. They can take anything, and they can win you
elections. They can start new trends. It just has to be enough
money. And the Muslims haven't wizened up. They expect people to
do their bidding without it without telling them what to do
without paying for it without
without trying. They sit down as Muslims. And we expect politicians
to do our bidding, because we've had a great history. So we
reminisce about our great history, let's do our bidding, they should
understand the Muslim plight. We're not we don't help ourselves.
And life is never about somebody else doing something that Allah
wants you to try. I give you an example. I have never not attained
anything that I've wanted. If I've tried for it, reasonable things,
whatever I've wanted, Allah has given me. But one thing I learned
as a lesson, I was very busy last year, and I was looking for a new
car. I was looking for a new car. I told a number of people and the
car wasn't coming along. Six months passed by like this and I
needed a car but I had no time myself to go and look, I used to
just casually mentioned to people if you see this kind of car, let
me know. It's only when I started looking when I made an active
effort that I got my car that I found the car I was looking for.
And this is the been the case with everything. If you don't try Allah
why should he give you this world is for effort, it's a doddle. As
Bob we have to try. We have to be ingenuous in the way we try these
things.
So a time is going to come the professor Lawson said when good
will be made to look as evil and evil as good
Uh, this is this, this is what it is. There has been something in my
mind, which was articulated very well, several days ago when I
received this message. And in it it spoke about deception some of
you may have seen this, it was so
effectively laid out, it was so aptly put in got to the core of
the problems. Essentially, this is talking about, if you want to make
people tolerant and accept and even adopt a certain ideology, a
certain sexual deviancy, anything that you want.
Numerous in depth studies in sociology, social preconditioning
social engineering have been done that shows the different stages
through which this has happened. In our lifetime. If you're 3040
years old, you will have seen how certain things have become so
tolerable, whereas they weren't very tolerable before. Right now,
there's seven stages of this deception process of this social
engineering process to make something agreeable to people,
where the right will become wrong, and Iran can become right. The
Prophet salallahu Salam sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, what he spoke or
Jeem, how something can become so entrenched in a society after its
opposite, was entrenched. This is the soffit. Now we're speaking
about
first and foremost,
if somebody wants you to popularize something, and make it
acceptable, something really crazy radical, for example, *
or *, to ideas. And on a parallel level, you can consider
polygamy, but that will never happen.
But * which is * with animals, sorry to say that, but
* with animals as repugnant and despicable as that sounds, there
are some champions for it. There's been history in other countries
about certain popular individuals who did this all the time.
I think it's banned in this country hamdulillah
if somebody wanted to have that
become an accepted fact, in this country. And the second one is
*. *, is again, intimate sexual relationship between blood
relations, brother to wife, mother, and son, father and
daughter, and so on and so forth. And subhanAllah, there have been
this ideology has been put forward in history where somebody came,
and this was his idea, that look, this, this is the way you would
start, somebody would come and give, the first one would be what
they call the shocker. They would create a massive shock somebody
saying, Hey, we should have incestuous relationships, or
* is a great thing. You know, why have to and this is the
justification of the few people who are involved in this. Their
justification is that with humans, you have to you know, this, this
whole concept of being let down and everything like that with
animals is not an issue.
incestuous relationship, how do you justify something like that
easily. You get married to somebody, a stranger, you don't
know them, they don't know you. You have to do trial and error and
see if it works out. And subhanAllah so many people are
ending up in divorce. today. You know, your man knows his sister,
he's been brought up with her he knows her likes or dislikes.
However, I'm really sorry to even have to speak like this and utter
this nonsense. But it's just to give us an idea. This is the idea
the shocker. This person comes out and say something like this. He
says, so who better than your sister.
All these marriage breakups less likely to break up. Now remember,
there are studies that show that marriage within close cousins is
detrimental, creates certain diseases, problems, deformities,
disfigure you know what disabilities and so on. So that's
there. Remember, these studies are there that exist against these
things? All right. But still, this will be a shocker. Everybody will
speak against them. radio shows, TV, politicians, everybody will
get involved. And they say, What a republican idea. How's that
possible? Possible? You know, what a what a despicable, ugly
proposition. However, so this is going to be followed by outrage.
This is going to generally be followed by outrage. Now, the
forerunner to this the one who put this idea forward who is trying to
champion this, he's going to be demonized by the public.
Everybody's going to come and slam him. But what he is he's already
been successful, because he's setting an agenda. This is the way
the new world works. Now, what's going to happen is that,
as this discussion continues, it's never been a discussion. It's
always been subliminally wrong for us. Now that it's a discussion,
people will start thinking about it. And today
A thoughts in people's mind is a very freedom of IDEA thought. This
is the this is the age of freedom of thought. So another thing that
you have to realize is that there's another agents, there's,
there's another issue at play here, which is continuous exposure
to something. When you have continuous exposure to something,
you become desensitized to it, you become tolerant of it, and you may
even become institutionalized in it. What I mean is, for example, a
man makes an advanced to a girl, she hates his guts, she doesn't
want him like she's couldn't think I've ever been with him. Now, she
There was never a thought in her mind that she could ever consider
any relationship he carries on at work, giving her flattering
remarks, bringing her a few gifts here and there. Eventually she is
going to break down. This happened. This is the way men prey
on women. Unfortunately, feminism, I believe as bad as certain
aspects of it may be, feminism is a reaction to male antagonism.
It's male antagonism that creates a lot of feminism. As bad as you
know, certain manifestations of feminism is.
That's another topic. Now, eventually, she may just give it a
chance, she'll start seeing his good points, she'll start
justifying it, this happens all the time you call that exposure,
you're told, just come along with us to the bar, you have your
orange juice, slowly, slowly, you get desensitized to wine. And
eventually, you may even try one, you think, Well, I've had the same
glass or whatever the case may be, once they once this happens. Now,
once the idea of * of *, now takes the public
forum, people are gonna start discussing radio show hosts will
be discussing talk show hosts, forums, internet forums, it'll
become the talk of the streets. Now, this is a very critical
moment, a big debate will will ensue on this. And although
there'll be people who hate the idea, who would never do it for
themselves, just in the idea of freedom of thought, They will try
everything sociologists will come out and say, Oh, I can see this
benefit, new theories will be propounded. And then there'll be a
massive debate about this. But this for the people who want to
make this illegal is a very healthy thing. Because you're
bringing it in the forefront of people's mind, you're breaking
down barriers, you're possibly creating this tolerance, just like
that woman agreed to go with that man.
In fact, what they say is that people who are championing this
idea in the background, sometimes certain individuals or group and
organization or whatever it may be Shayateen, whatever it is, they
will even pay up the opposition, those opposed, they'll even pay
them, even though those people who are opposed to speaking in
opposition, just to keep the debate going. They want them to
really sound bad. They want you know, because when when people
speak in opposition, not everybody speaks in a reasonable way, people
can get very violent and aggressive. And a lot of calm,
people hate that. So they start supporting the other side. All of
this is very healthy in that regard. So now, it does not sound
as obnoxious as it one once did, you start seeing that you're going
to see a lot of articles and debates on online and on TV, et
cetera, which shows you the pros and cons. And slowly, slowly, as
humans, this is the way we are, we could start seeing, seeing at
least not validity necessarily, but some plausibility we can
understand, we can start understanding.
Then the next stage comes in, which is to prove this is when
your sociologists, your scientists, your researchers,
they'll come in and they'll start providing a lots of universities
will take this up a theists thesis, you know, lots of PhDs
will be done on this subject. And among them, there's going to be
the pros and cons because it's like that in everything. Right?
You're going to find both sides to everything in this world. This is
how complex a human being is. The next step now is to
entrench it as a social level, to get to the penultimate step, which
is acceptance. We've seen this in our life, we've seen this in our
life.
Now, it suddenly becomes a kind of
acceptable, conventional, alternative way of living, that
people will start living like that.
certain individuals will be caught. The high court judge will,
there'll be a debate between the High Court judges, some will go
against some will go for it. They'll have another hearing after
that again, and then eventually, it'll be passed. Right? This is
how it happens. Now they'll coin term so the people
Why against it? Remember, the majority is on one side. Now the
majority goes on the other side. And the minority or the half
majority or whatever you want to call it, they will start being
called beastial phobic. Right? Or in Sesto phobic. Right? I mean
these names and then everybody will be beaten on the head with us
in Sesto phobia has finished, right that ends your career. You
want to Korean parliament, you want to Korea anywhere else, you
start speaking about it, your end of story.
The final level is veneration. It'll become a venerated practice.
Believe me, this is not it's an absolute possibility. It's an
absolute possibility. This is where they will praise people who
are willing to come out as beasts do lists or incestuous.
Then you will have certain stars, movie stars, sports stars, CEOs of
companies, who will come out, and then some people may criticize
them, but majority will say how brave you are, how brave you are.
This is
a really vulgar expression, an example of how social conditioning
takes place. This is the fitna we're dealing with.
This is the new trends, the new ideas. This is what it is ethical
morality, which is ingrained in religion. Once you strip religion
out of it, there is no other measure for ethical morality. It's
what people think of the time.
Now, when it comes to these ideas, or any idea for that matter, to
move away from this example, when we move away from this, sorry, in
terms of how people will react to in the Muslim community now, we
were speaking about the general trend. Now how will Muslims take
on these things, whatever it may be any example you want, there's
going to be a number of categories of people. First and foremost,
you're going to have those who will buy into this idea.
They may not some will buy into it and will be of that persuasion
will try it out. Others will not buy it, buy it they won't. Sorry.
They won't try it out. They won't adopt that practice, whatever that
practice is. But there they have had issues with Islam. They were
brought up, they were beaten maybe by the militia. Right? Or maybe
their parents just did not teach them Islam. The only Subhanallah
the only Islam that they knew was the golden glitter of weddings,
you know that ugly golden glitter of weddings were certain way. And
the only Islam they knew. They see what we're talking about here is
what they're doing is they are equating Islam to culture. We have
many, many cultural Muslims, who forced their children, to be
married to a cousin in Pakistan, who is sometimes a drunkard who
sometimes a bad person and they don't want to marry that woman,
that girl in this country who's going through that forced marriage
has absolutely no respect for this future husband of hers. How can a
marriage last but these parents don't get it. And I am not joking.
I have dealt with cases like this where women like this have left
the Dean because of it. This has been one reason now they start to
hate the Dean if they can't see beyond if they can't see that this
was culture that their parents were parading around as their dean
and beating them on the head that you're Muslim. You should listen
to your parents marry who we want you to marry. You see what I'm
saying? This is what's happening. There's many Muslims who don't
know anything except Eid prayer. They don't know anything but the
golden glitter and this all you know this garish. The way weddings
are unfortunately, they don't know anything else. They don't know
what it means to be the beauty of Islam. The parents have taught
them if not aka him Rahim Allah says that if a child spoils, if a
child goes off the track, there is no doubt that the parent at some
level or the other is blameworthy and responsible for this. Allah
protect our children is a dua I'm going to give you which is two of
my most closest to us that what it is Robina Hublin. I mean, as well
as you know, with the yard in our Kurata Aryan, where's your unknown
in Latakia Imam has such a powerful dua, which means, oh our
Lord grant us from our spouses. So husband and wife both can make
this dua it's such a general comprehensive to Iris will allah
sallallahu sallam said,
grant us from our spouses those and from our children, our
present, not children, our progeny, progeny means until the
Day of Judgment, everybody who will come from our loins until the
Day of Judgment, those that will be a source of gladdening for our
eyes, and so hon Allah what I see in this hadith is amazing. One is
you will be satisfied with what you see in your spouse you got a
problem with your spouse read this door.
You will you will be
satisfied with what you see in your children and in your spouse.
And beyond that on the Day of Judgment when you rise up, and you
see these 1000s of people who are from your loins from your
generations, they will give you satisfaction on the Day of
Judgment. Insha Allah make them a source of satisfaction for our
eyes. On the Day of Judgment, you'll see the manifestation of
that and make us the leaders of those who have Taqwa.
Wonderful job. And the second one I just mentioned, that I find very
useful is Allah who was gonna hook back up Dominion pharaoh now who
are in Duck Allahumma is gonna hook buck. Well, who am I in fact,
when a herbivore England, Allah grant us your love, and the love
of those whose love is beneficial for us in your court? Good
company, good association, good friends. Two very, very, very
powerful to us. If you have these things, love for Allah, you will
be protected from this because if you love Allah, Allah will love
you if you love him properly, if you do the right thing for Allah
subhanaw taala.
So now, the first group is reaction, they will come out of
their faith, they will adopt this idea they will become total
apostates essentially murdered, as we call it clear words. And some
of them will be the worst of enemies against Islam. Because
they've come out of a tradition because of hating that tradition.
Now they will start speaking about it.
The second group, but one thing I give this group is that at least
they don't call themselves Muslim. Right? I give them that much
credit. Number two, the second group, which is more dangerous,
are the so called progressives and liberals. They want to carry the
name of Islam. But they were not talking about minor differences of
opinion. They are rejecting major ideas in Islam. They're saying
that certain certain sexual deviancy should be completely
fine. They are saying that they would say that B's charity should
be fine as well. They are saying that incestuous relations should
be fine.
What's not what's wrong with that the prophets of Allah isn't
married his cousin didn't marry sister. You know, they'll come up
with these different ideas. They will not wash the hands of the
faith. They will want to remain a Muslim in their minds. They will
most of these people will reject Hadith outright Hadith and Sunnah
Timothy Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, hola, hola.
Hola. Hola. Arsa Rajon your blue will Hadith wunmi Wahoo Turkey on
Allah. Rica. TeeHee for your guru by Nana ouabain from Kitab Allah
from our Chetna fee Hello darlin. Style Allah, wa Witten Nafi,
haram, haram na and Asuna la Salas and then said we're in nama huddle
Rama rasool Allah, He sallallahu alayhi wa sallam comma haram
Allah, very important. And if we see this again, these are the
refuseniks. Right? These are the liver. There's one who was in an
interview, and she was talking about everything that was bad with
Islam.
Everything that was bad with Islam, she was talking to a non
Muslim congregation.
What's very interesting is one of the non Muslim congregation,
attendees who was there, he said, What I don't understand is that if
you have so much problem with Islam, you're saying that it's
like a building, essentially, she was explaining it like a
structure, a building, which has its core, its foundation, its
foundations, and its roots have totally been spoiled. It's just a
nice facade outside, and he could crumble anytime. So its core has
been totally, totally polluted. So what he said to is that if you've
got such a structure like that, why don't you just leave it and
make another structure?
She hadn't had no answer to that. There's something is a
psychological complex, they want to remain attached, but they don't
want the trouble. They don't want the difficulty. And if you think
about it, if you listen to their discourse, it's mostly the, the
rejection is mainly on those things which are difficult. For
example, there's one on one giving to BBC, I believe it was. And she
said, I don't know why people keep complaining that Muslims have a
problem in this country. Why they keep saying that we have racism
against us or antagonism towards us. I have no problem at all. Now
she's a woman without a hijab. You get men like this. So I'm not
singling out women, right?
See, the reason why she doesn't have a problem is because I doubt
she prays. So if you're at work, and you can't pray, well, who
cares? But if you want to pray, you want to cover you want to do
X, Y, and Zed the fundamental aspects of Islam and you're not
allowed to do that, then you are going to have an issue. It's just
a normal gripe that anybody would have when they're not allowed to
do certain things that are very close to them. What's the big deal
about that? You know, how difficult is that to understand?
Yes,
If you don't care, and you have no issue with these things, and
they're just side issues for you, then yes, then you don't have a
problem. But that's those are the people that are put on the media.
Those are the people who are put on the media and given time to
this is only two extremists that go on the media, one of the
extremists, the liberals, right. And the other extreme is, are your
others want to kill everybody? They're the ones who are given
voice. That's what the media is about. Media loves radical,
counter narrative.
Controversial individuals, and these are our two controversial
individuals. So many times, then they beat the majority by saying
you guys don't speak out against oppression, you don't give us time
you give time to extremists on both sides.
You have to understand this is these are both extremist ideas.
This is not what the overwhelming majority will take on. A you know
that I mean, this is something we it's so ingrained, but somehow we
can't get that out to the people. Because the media leads the show
it leads the way it creates the trends.
So
this is that second group of people which are much more
detrimental because they go on as Islamic authorities. They are the
extremists, the extremist liberals, who've given up a lot of
their faith, they don't care about the Quran or the Hadith. They say
we only want to speak about the Quran. So that's why this hadith
intermediate Surah allah sallallahu sallam said this, and
again, this just increases our love, and our belief in the
messenger SallAllahu Sallam that he said these things so
graphically, and we see them manifest in our time,
unfortunately. So he said, Beware,
a time will come very closely. When a man
ahead Hadith will reach you, a person will receive a hadith, you
will be told that this is what Allah Salah ism says
he will receive some Hadith from me, and he'll be relaxing. He'll
be relaxing on his bed on his pillows. He'll be reclining. So
RGB. If you see a lot of these people, they they are.
They make a lot of money during this. This is I see this as saying
this is they make a lot of money. There's a lot of wealth to be
gained by writing books of this nature. So you're saying that the
person who's going to be reclining like this relaxed, no care in the
world.
A hadith is going to come to Him and He will say being an Albanian
Kitab Allah between us we only should be speaking about the
Quran. What's this hadith between us is the book of Allah, whatever
we find Halal in there, we will make Halal whatever we see as
haram in that then we will consider that to be haram. Now
once you do that, with the Quran, the Quran has so many universal
and so many generalities that is very difficult to pinpoint pin pin
somebody down. It's very difficult, because there's the
Quran as the price of awesome said people will use it, and it will
take people into the Hellfire it will be a burden against them it
will be 100 against them a proof against them, because there's so
many generalities there's been the bowtie knights of the past that so
terrorists what they did was they said that you know when he says
upheaval Salah to give an established prayer gives the god
this is for the common folk, our elected leaders, the true Allah MA
and scholars, they know the real meaning under this. There is a
subliminal, not subliminal, there's a between the line reading
that is only open to the initiated. And you have to become
the initially like a cult.
There have been people like that who've done it officially as a
group. And then there's people who do it. The Neo bati knights, anti
gnome Ian's
Subhanallah you know, you've got people individual on this level
who do this. They say that's not what it means. It goes against
mercy. How can that be from Allah? How can that be from God? That
just sounds so violent? That sounds so harsh. They know that
they that they're trying to invoke your emotion, your humanitarian
side, your mercy. These are the words I've had this. I've had this
debate all the time when I was in America especially. I don't
challenge it in the UK enough. In America, there was a challenge
every day there was a new challenge. It's boring in England
hamdulillah hamdulillah Hamdulillah.
I remember talking to a sister and telling her this is how can that
be some No way that's impossible. That's just not merciful at all.
And you know, it just depends on what you consider mercy.
You know, like for people who don't eat animals. For them, it's
you know, how cruel it seems to somebody. So there was there was a
reporter who was speaking to one of these vegans. And then finally,
after all the debate, he said to her, what did you have for lunch
yesterday? She said I had vegetable burgers. Why do you need
to have a burger made a vegetable if you hate meat? That means
you're inside once it
Why a burger, a vegetarian burger? Jeez, you see what I'm saying?
People are living hypocritical lives in many cases, Allah
protects us.
So
what do we need to do?
What do we need to do? So these are the two people the two
categories of people that will react like this.
The third category, which is the bulk majority, are those who are
mashallah traditionalists who are very Islam is very close to them.
And this is generally the majority now you'll have various shades
within them.
Now, this is where it gets a bit controversial, because we need to
deal with this issue. I already alluded to this, there are people
who are mashallah mainstream Muslim, but they have magnified
and placed too much importance on certain aspects of the religion,
not aspects of there are certain aspects of the culture.
They came from a culture that was a Muslim culture. So there are
certain aspects of their culture which all Muslims in that country
do. So they say that it's a Muslim thing, for example, marrying your
cousin. And then we beat their children with this idea that this
is a Muslim thing, because for them in their mind, it's a Muslim
thing. They don't realize that forcing your child to marry their
cousin, despite her dislike, is not right. Especially in the
Hanafi. School, you need their permission,
but they will make it seem like Muslim. And as many issues like
this, there's many, many issues like this, which will be
conflated. In fact, for some people, I'll give you another
example.
There's so many people, I spoke to one Sheikh, a friend of mine,
who's dealt with a lot of issues. And he said this people, there's
people who
will sit at home
and not take a job, because they're not allowed to wear
Islamic clothes at their job. I'm not talking about rhythm. I'm
talking about normal person, normal Muslim. They will make the
excuse that because I can't wear kurta I can't wear joopa or topi,
or whatever, I can't take the job. And they're looking for two years.
This friend of mine who's a chef, he said, what they do is they
refuse that job. And then they sit at home and watch *
* all day.
I mean, that's a bit of a bit of a generalized overgeneralization.
But you get the point. I have dealt, there's a there's a sister
who consulted with me, she said her ex husband now her ex husband,
sent her to work, sent her to work, because he couldn't find a
conducive Islamic environment to work in.
He couldn't find an environment where he wouldn't have to deal
with the opposite gender, what kind of what kind of idea is that?
And then they framed this as piety.
They frame this as religiosity.
And he sent his wife to work.
How do you justify something? Oh, because she's got a new carbon
maybe. So she'll be protected. But put any carbon your eyes.
We should have any carbon our eyes, not physical Nikka but, you
know, a soft niqab, a virtual niqab?
Allah help us, Allah help us. So within even our mainstream,
mashallah people who are stuck to their faith, there are some
extreme manifestations, and we have to speak about them, because
it's wrong. And people are losing their faith because of insistence
on some of these ideas. It has to be broken. So now to end, how do
we bring about change? How do we bring about change? First and
foremost, first and foremost, we need to start treating this
country as our own.
Back home, where's home?
Back home, where is home? We need to start this home. Because what I
have believed and I said I've stayed in, I've lived in five
countries, studied in four countries for extended periods of
time. And which other country is yours? There are people who've
moved out. But they've come back. This place after traveling 3040
countries is SubhanAllah. I have to do sugar. We have issues. Yes.
You have issues. As I said you have issues in the Middle East. I
was on Oxford Street today. Every third person is a Muslim from the
Middle East. What do they find here?
I'm not joking. Nicola bees. EGR. Bees, men.
Oxford Street is run. It's basically it's patronized by
Qatar reason Emiratis and Saudis and Oman is and I'm seeing
I should say this the other day I was in Kensington, right.
And I'm seeing guttering plates on a Lamborghini. I'm seeing a
Dubai, Abu Dhabi on these rollers. What is this? What are they doing
here? Can they rent a car here? Then these cars have no they bring
them specially for two weeks. There's a crazy in London
Kensington, the enthusiast kindness they go then they can see
the best cars in the world. These guys just drive around.
They drive around
this country is a Jeep mashallah this country is Ireland of ours. I
love this place. That might be blasphemy for some people, but I
love this place. Right? I love this place. There are issues but
if we don't deal with the issues, and we keep thinking that
somewhere else somewhere else somewhere else. Allah placed us
here for a reason. 3 million Muslims placed here for a reason.
What is Allah's plan here? We're not fulfilling the plan. That's
what the problem is. We're not fulfilling the plan. The Prophet
sallallahu sallam said, How is it going to be when you will stop and
abandon Osama bin Laden for nearly a month God, we don't even know
how to share our faith with our neighbors today. They just
Garfield's. For us. That's how it is dirty kuffaar. Some people say
they're human beings, at the end of the day, the prophets of Allah,
some didn't convert the Sahaba by calling them dirty, by calling
them kuffaar. He did it because of a concern.
And I hope my words are on empty, because I don't know how to give
that will myself very difficult for many of us to get down. I
really look up to people who can give their own way, but we can at
least give it with our action. Now it doesn't have to be with speech.
It can be with action, not by milking the system, not by doing
not by being the scam leaders of the country. That's not how you do
that. We need to avoid those things. And I believe that our
community is moving out of that we are becoming more respectable
individuals in this country. So be proud of your country, and have a
concern for it the right concern, have the right concern for it and
see how you can make it a prosperous place more than it is.
There's a lot more you can do. Our connection with Allah has to be
strong. The other dua that I mentioned, Allahu Akbar Guamanian
pharaoh now herbal who Indic read this door, often, it will give you
pious company, it will give you a pious Association, which is very
important because when we are when we're dealing with this
soft
indoctrination and aggression from outside, and that water example I
give, the only way you can stay safe with Tofik of Allah. So if we
are not associated with Allah, you're going to lose out our mind
can play great tricks on us. Our logic can take us to in many
directions. That's human beings for you. That's human beings for
you, a very complex individuals and Allah subhanaw taala he does
two things. He either as it says woman you'll really love. Fella
had yella. yella, fella Mattila. Anybody who Allah guides, they
will not stray. Anybody who Allah abandons the the meaning of Ebola
is his land. kindelan means to abandon. Allah doesn't have to
push somebody to suffer. He just has to stop his attention, His
merciful glance, his.
Allah subhanho wa Taala just doesn't it just has to stop caring
for this individual, just forsake Him. And slowly slowly, the nature
of us and the nature of the world, our attractions, we will just go
into it. That's why association with Allah that means doing a
strong regimen of dhikr each day, have your thicker 100 is still far
morning and evening 100 Salawat under promise a loss of morning
and evening. First one to purify yourself second one to gain
blessing. Read some Khurana day have some free time with only with
Allah five minutes, 10 minutes a day where it's just us and Allah
doing some kind of introspection meditation, what a couple of
whatever it may be, at least once a week, attend a good company
halacha which means either attend the class, or attend and today
Allah has made it so easy for us. You can have whichever shape you
want, as long as they are on YouTube, by the way, you can have
whichever shapes you want. You can forward him. You can he's your
slave, rewind, replay, pray that make him speak double, double the
speed. Four times the speed. Give him subtitles, do whatever you
want. We have all that opportunity and you still don't study
Subhanallah you still don't study then. Where are we? Women at home,
right? Everybody's got disability. The shake is in your hand
Subhanallah
ask Allah for acceptance every day. After any rural house ask
Allah for acceptance. Ask Allah accept me for the service of your
deen of Allah make me you're willing. Now remember one thing
this is my final point because my seconds are over. Final point.
Make this dua to Allah have a sincere desire. Oh Allah I want
you to I want me to be your Willie.
And you think it's far fetched for Allah nothing is far fetched. What
can Allah who Allah Galicia in Madeira, Madeira, Allah has
ability of everything, you have that desire, you leave it to Allah
to be fulfilled, if you don't even have the desire because you think
Allah can do it for you, then this is where we are shortchanging
ourselves and remember something. The awam the general people, I
believe in our communities, especially our communities, right,
whatever you understand by our our,
our crew crippled
they leave everything to the old amount that oh, the master is any
issue. The old alarm students, they don't do anything for
themselves, they're crippled. Unfortunately, over dependence on
Allah ma, you have to depend on Allah by taking them Mashallah.
But you do things. So you think there's a need in the society, get
up, make mature, ask for consultation from the Obama get
their guidance, and you do it. Don't blame the other man it was
they don't do anything. They don't do anything. What are you going to
do? We're so crippled. When I go to America, every Tom Dick and
Harry wants to do everything. Don't even consult the roadmap.
But in this country, we're so crippled that we don't do anything
that we're gonna have to do every now and then you're on Omar gonna
do how much? Allah give us more strength. But believe me, you have
to take these things and ask Allah for Tofik. Remember Wilayat and
Willie of Allah to the body of Allah is not just for the Allah,
Ma, it's for anybody. It's for anybody. Anybody who gains good
recognition of Allah and gets close to him is an alum in that
sense, and he can be a way of Allah subhanaw taala, the dollar
of which is open to all. Do not let anybody deprive you or shut
that door for you. You every single person listening here, I
don't care how big a sinner, how big a sinner you may think
yourself. The Door of Allah is open to you. You just need to ask
Allah do a perfect Tober do a serious thorough, get yourself
good company, start you know, start thinking more about your
life and where you're going and ask Allah for help and assistance
and Allah insha Allah will accept all of us. Allah will only help us
it's as simple as we said. Allah will only help us if we help
ourselves. Allah subhanho wa Taala help us work with that 100