Amir Junaid Muhadith – My Life Before Islam
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May the peace, blessings, and mercy of Allah
be upon all of you. You are here
with Islamnet, the one and only dawah organization
in Norway, clearing up misconceptions
about Islam.
You are here with brother Amir Junaid Muhadid,
formerly known as Loon from Buff that is
Bad Boy Entertainment.
And in this episode, we wanna talk about
a little bit more about your previous lifestyle,
contra this new lifestyle,
what changes have you made, and how was
it to go from
that previous life
to this life? Because the youth, they just
wanna hear about the previous previous life and
what you did as a bad boy, you
know. So maybe we should just talk about
that, Insha'Allah.
Bismillah,
brothers and sisters in Islam,
a lot of you are familiar with me
being Loong from Bad Boy Records, and a
lot of y'all familiar with some of,
you know, the ills that come with being
in the music business.
But,
when I elaborate
elaborate on my past,
you know, lifestyle and the things that I've
done, it's never to entertain you or ever
to persuade you to follow in these in
in these steps
because
the lifestyle that I was living prior to
Islam
was a very sinful lifestyle. I spent 24
hours of my life,
24 hours a day in a consistent
cycle of sinning and doing things that were
only setting me up for destruction,
and dying in this state would have only
landed me in the hellfire for an eternity.
And this is a punishment
that cannot be removed. This is a punishment
that you cannot be forgiven for. This is
a punishment that you cannot repent for once
you enter
the hellfire.
So by Allah's mercy, I was guided into
the fold of Islam.
But
some of the things that I did,
alhamdulillah,
I'm never gonna be proud of. It's not
something that I wear as a badge of
honor or to show that, hey. Look at
me. I was Jahil and Allah guided me.
No. Every day, I try to implement and
exercise
gratitude for Allah's mercy being bestowed upon me
and guiding me into the fold of Islam.
And a lot of,
since I've been a Muslim in a short
period of time, I've noticed that a lot
of the Muslim youth who are striving to
engage
in some of these sinful acts that I
used to commit without no knowledge,
with no knowledge.
And to know that you most of you
who are born and raised Muslim and have
a clear understanding
of the punishment of the * fire,
have the clear understanding
of dying in the state of kufa, and
have a clear understanding of dying in the
state of sin without
repenting for these sins.
The punishment
and the anger that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
has for those who fall into this state
is beyond understanding. It's something that you cannot
fathom in your mind.
And a lot of times, you young brothers
and sisters think just because you speak or
the, the, you know,
Muhammadun Rasoolallah,
you believe that this statement is something that
is gonna justify,
you know, your actions or your bad deeds.
No.
And a lot of you young brothers and
sisters believe that you can handle the hellfire.
You know? A lot of y'all have this
misconception
is because I'm Muslim. I'm born Muslim, and
I believe, laila, halo, Muhammadu Rasulullah, I'm saved
from the fire. Yes.
But it does not make you exempt from
the punishment of the hellfire.
And in most cases, you can't even sit
in a hot house in the summertime without
the AC,
without being bothered by that minuscule level of
heat.
And when you think of the hellfire
and spending just 5 minutes, 5 seconds
in this fire that Allah
has created for the disbelievers,
that he has created to punish even the
believers
who commit sins
against, you know, sin Allah
and his beautiful religion, al Islam.
So
I just wanna let you know as a
reminder for myself, 1st and foremost, and for
all you young brothers and sisters out there,
be very mindful of the consequences
of these deeds that I used to perform.
Be cons be be be be mindful
of, you know, the path
that these bad deeds were leading me to.
And be grateful, not only for your brother
in Islam, but be grateful for yourself that
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala guided you to Islam
as a as a as a mercy
and as a means to safeguard yourself from
the punishment of the * fire. And everyday
that the Allah
wakes me up
and breathes air in my lungs and gives
me another opportunity to worship him and him
alone and associate no partners in any form
or active Ibadah.
This is a responsibility, and this is a
nidmah from Allah. This is something
that is is only given by his mercy.
So,
you know,
when I was, you know, guided to Islam
and understand in totality
the beauty and benefit and the reward that
comes with worship and the law, I was
quickly able to abstain
from every negative act. I was able to
abstain from every major sin I used to
commit. I was quickly able to detach myself
from some of the most detrimental
aspects of the dunya,
only to seize the opportunity
of worshiping
the law
and staying firm, inshallah, to Allah on the
right path, in the path of the prophet,
you
know, saying and and and but stay on
the path of the Quran and the sunnah
by way of the understanding
of the companions of the messenger of Allah,
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And once this understanding
was established with me, I held on tight
to it. I tried every day, you know,
and I strive harder and harder every day
to try to stay firm upon this understanding,
because this is the straight path. This is
the only means of earning the mercy of
Allah
on the day of Yom Kuyama when we
are all resurrected and have to stand accounted
for our good and bad deeds. So, you
know,
may Allah
keep all of us firm
upon what is correct. May Allah
you know, grant us success,
and and grant us the opportunity to die
in the state of Tawhid, to die in
the state of Islam,
and not to fall short from this victory
that Allah has promised to believers.
You know, he promised us, you know, by
his mercy to enter his his his paradise
and and and endure pleasure upon pleasure.
So there's nothing
that can substitute this. There is no other
alternative that can get you there. It's a
hadith for the prophet, he said,
if you are held up and enter in
the gates of Jannah, your lineage will not
get you there any faster. So do not
lean on the fact that you were born
Muslim, born in the Arab country, born in
the predominate Muslim, you know what I'm saying,
country
or, you know,
anywhere that, you know, establishes
your your birthright of being a Muslim. This
does not make you exempt exempt for falling
into the state of kufa. It does not
make you exempt from the punishment of the
* fire. And this is something that is
a common upon every Muslim, whether you're born
Muslim or reverted to Islam, is to stay
firm.
And yet and your worship to Allah and
stay away from what Allah prohibited, and hasten
to what Allah has made permissible.
And Allah knows best.
For that beautiful answer.
I think that will be the last episode.
And,
would you like to say some final words
to our brothers and sisters in Norway?
Or just say how you feel in Norway?
Do you like this country, or what do
you think of Oslo?
Well,
I always like to generalize
my my advice to all the youth around
the world because, you
know, I've
definitely received great hospitality and a very warm
embrace from the brothers and sisters in Norway.
But,
you know, by Allah's permission, I've been able
to, you know, encounter this same warm embrace
from all the young brothers and sisters around
the world. And all I wanna do is
urge you to definitely
never give up studying the religion of Islam.
Just because
Islam may be a birthright, maybe because, you
know, you were born Muslim, you feel the
urge to neglect
learning
or seeking knowledge of Islam. This is something
that is is
is is incumbent and and very much recommended
for us
to to to stay firm in our studies
of our religion. Because Islam is not a
it's not a it's not a fashion statement.
Islam is not something that, you know, you
just wear on your sleeve and don't wear
on your heart. You know? Islam is something
that we have to edge in our hearts
as if we edge, you know, words into
stone. Whether you wash them, you know what
I'm saying? Wipe across them.
This does not, you know, remove from a
stone. So this is what we need to
edge in our hearts is, you know, firmness
upon Tawhid, the understanding of Tawhid, the understanding
of singling out Allah to Allah, all acts
of worship. We need to edge in our
hearts,
you know, the Quran.
We need to constantly read and understand and
learn the book of Allah in order to
learn who our Lord is. We also need
to implement to the best of our ability,
the sunnah, the prophet, sallam, and his companions.
And we need to stay firm upon these
things no matter what we do, whether you're
studying in a university,
whether your time is being preoccupied with work,
or whatever the case may be. Always try
to establish that that firm balance between dean
and dunya, because you do not want your
life to consist
of more dunya than dean.
So, definitely, I urge all of you from
around the world,
bury yourself in those books.
Keep, you know, keep keep your,
you know, yourself busy with reading, understanding, and
memorizing Quran.
Reading, and understanding, and memorizing tawhid.
Understanding the seven conditions of layla haylallah,
you know,
3 fundamental principles of Islam. All these basic
fundamental principles of Islam is
is is key to building the foundation
of your understanding of the religion.
Because this is not something