Edris Khamissa – Tap into your potential – 28.11.2013
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The importance of staying in small towns and cities, as well as showing patience and gratitude towards affected individuals, is emphasized. The importance of avoiding negative behavior and following a broad range of options is also emphasized. The importance of parenting and healthy behavior during the pandemic is also emphasized. The importance of acceptance and forgiveness in Islam is emphasized, as it provides guidance and guidance to everyone. The speaker emphasizes the need for parents to be involved in children' activities and strong faith in Islam to achieve worldview of equality and justice.
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fenfast 11 salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Hello, sir. Hello and welcome to El Masri con radio Islam international it is Thursday morning and in sharm al Aziz, my guest on the program this morning is going to be brother Idris camisa. And it is by speaking to us from a very exotic location this morning sam i will catch up with him
in just a little while in this way I can hear you on the other side of Santa Monica Monica de la barakato walaikum salam wa rahmatullah Baraka, how are you? My beloved respected Milena very, very well as hamdulillah she carries by how are you keeping this money? laundry?
You know, it's not often we have a chance to relax, you know, but London lotro the cell phone people are still in touch with us. And nonetheless, so being great, and just comes to spend a week or so in the White River Alhamdulillah and it's so beautiful to be part
of this beautiful creation of Allah and to visit places that I visited some years ago with my friends, you know, Solis Lim and Mr. de Vaca Ross mala mascara, and underline days traveling, talking something about Islam. nccls creation is a reminder always about our purpose. And something is very beautiful, fresh. I'm sure it is a bit overcast. And they said Is it raining? It is raining. It's overcast. But these beauty in everything you know, and it's incredible. And I visited the day for yesterday. I went I mean, yesterday morning, we went to visit Maulana mama Daddy, but he was gone out of town and we met these younger brother mon nice smile. guardi and lambda de la you know,
you know, in deeper stains, small towns and big city people think they're missing out. But I think there is more to be gained when you stay in a smaller town. And what Simona shared with us, you know, that sometimes all week he doesn't have to start his car. He says things are so close by your and and you know, really I think what happens, as you know, manana even in a place like Camilla. The life is not as frantic frenetic where you spend one or two hours on traffic, you have a chance to reflect on your life, and the chance to really consider things very, very seriously. And unlike the Sydney when you're moving from pillar to post, and the phone is ringing the the traffic jams and
from one appointment to the other all the time, you your your energies are sort of set, you know, when you do these things and and I remember growing up in a small town perception also. And we do miss the tranquility, we do miss the peace and the quiet we do miss the opportunity of having unimpeded conversations, we miss the opportunity of
adopting a much more relaxed mode of existence, and which is far more significant, fulfilling and purposeful, whilst you do more things in a city. But you're able to achieve much more in a smaller towns and because you have to be the person and you take real ownership of your life. And so an umbrella and of course people can argue no to or to subscribe to There are also other benefits of a city that cannot deny but the six devils of the city as something that many people are finding very, very difficult to cope with. But for my own observation mowlana whilst we are talking, you know, I also get lots of calls from small communities, small towns with the same kind of issues that have
impacted on value systems in other parts of the world. Other great
places coming from cities and towns, you know.
Yes, there's issues all over this benefits and the other way as well in both places, but Alhamdulillah you know it is very, it's about it's about contentment, it's about being happy with the situation that Allah subhanaw taala has placed us in. Do we have to break for a break our opening a break, and we'll come back just after that in some houses. For the listeners. You are listening to our master recovery slam international My guest is club Idris camisa speaker
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Welcome back to a Canadian Islam international and my guest this morning brother Idris camisa speaking
from Phil Malanga some way up in the mountains, it is by Welcome back.
Good to be back more than
it is by firstly we had
said news coming in last night you may have picked it up on the WhatsApp messages and the different types of messages that have been coming in a Jamaat out in the past of Allah subhanaw taala met up in an accident and one brother from Nelspruit passed away
it's
very sad but I mean now you know Allah make it easy for the family. But the you know, the guide in the path of Allah, you know, can they be a better way to pass within the path of Allah and Allah make it easy in Allah grant those disease, the highest status of them and make it easy for the family to accept this loss would suffer in patience. And indeed, you know, we are the deen of Islam is such a merciful thing. When you go through adversity, you show patience, you rewarded and when you go through prosperity, and you make sure you show gratitude, and I'm glad you rewarded for the happiness that he said it is gonna make it easy for the families and give them all summer. That it's
the type of it's the type of death that will probably be making draf when asking Allah subhanho wa Taala for and
we are all we are all desirous of a type of remote.
And that's the issue. That's the point. You see. The we all want longevity. We want to live for a long, long time, you know, and but unlike the people of yesteryear, the Sahaba The only desire a long life not because to enjoy the fruits of the soil, so that they could be an angry law. You know, seven
And it's really I think, whenever you hear the sad news, it's an opportune time for us to reflect on our own lives. And ask ourselves, you know, to what extent are we affected, and this is the nature of things, you know, I think today, we have become, so, you know, I'm sure they exceptions to the rule. So I'm not here to pass judgment, we become so self absorbed, be so concerned about our own palaces, our own narrow needs, that you have Omar consciousness, we find it hard to show empathy, we find difficult to show sensitivity, we are so concerned and we love our voices so much that when we are communicating, also be so concerned about what we are saying. And we assume love ourselves so
excessively, that we do not give us ourselves an opportunity to be receptive to other people neither give an opportunity to speak, you know? And so really, it may just be a lesson. And Allah gives us a 1000s of lessons, you know, locally and globally. And indeed, you know, so our prayer must be inshallah, that nothing no beautiful than to tie in the path of Allah and the that is a precursor inshallah, for eternal bliss.
Yes, I mean, I mean, I mean,
it is very coming to our program this morning, inshallah any of the social issues that you've been dealing with, that you would like to share with us?
Yes, they've been in many, many, many social issues. But I want to just share with you a very broad principle, that if in a marital discord, if there is an issue by just saying, you know, please forgive me, I won't do it again, whatever. It's not enough, I think what's critical, that we need to understand the underlying cause of it, need to deal with that. And I think, you know, I think we always defeat the purpose, it is of the wrong, we owe it to the victim, if the wife is a victim of your wrongdoing, I think we need to understand that you owe it to them, to talk about it, and to share with them what happened at that time, you know, not necessarily giving all the sordid details,
because you cannot sweep it under the carpet or even dealing with it or saying to your spouse, well, you know, you're overreacting. And I think this is an area that these are, for me a very, very great concern. And what is even more disconcerting, I'll talk about a few specific incidents. And here's something that's really very rare, we have spoken about this. So often on the radio station, you know, it really worries me that especially our brothers and I say, deal with all this, if I'm not perfect, I'm not angellist. And Allah knows who I am. And that we do not, for example, in our support, or wives, or go for counseling, or go to people who are in the know how we're
knowledgeable, especially when one of the partners said, Why don't you and I go to the counselor, go to someone that can help us to deal with the situation, because all of us require an objective voice, you require someone to teach you step by step approach, what's going to happen. I mean, the other day, a brother phoned me up, and he says, to me, you know what, he can't sleep at night, because his wife has been unfaithful, he always has this recurring image, about the, you know, his wife, and so on and so forth. And he says, He likes to meet with me. So I think the broad principle is that the marriage is a sacred institution, we are going to make mistakes, we are not we are
human, we are not infallible, that no one is perfect, you know, and that we need to ensure that he be as a collective, we deal with the situation our best, we need to do that. And I think once you, even both the parties I amenable to the idea, then there is no need for them to keep on reminding each other of what has happened, you know,
very, very important points. And
when dealing with any problem or any issue that we have in our marriages, then we need to be very open minded and be very careful about how we explain things, how we see things and whatever comes out could possibly be either a means of making up that marriage and fixing up the problem, or causing it to further split.
Yeah, absolutely. And I think what often happens sometimes, that when a moment of anger, if you have been the victim, he says, You know what, let me tell you one thing, my dad was never happy that I married you anyway, you know, now just what he does, it compounds the problem, you know, we see things that might be true, but it's irrelevant in that particular situation. And therefore the big Chairman Turner biggest gift you can give your children is to teach them how to manage
Facial shapes, how to disagree agreeably how to deal with conflict, how to negotiate, how to have a conversation, and integral part of conversation is also to be in the listening with empathy.
important important points that you're mentioning me, it is by any other issues that have come up.
The other issue is, you know, I'm very, very concerned also the role of sisters in law in marriages, you know, you find that, you know,
especially the brothers wives, you know, I think some of them think they own their brother, you know, do you have a certain relationship, sibling relationship, but I think sometimes the the A, maybe a well intended interfere in the marriage, I mean, I don't think it's fair to demand that your brother, now that you've married his
wife for a drive that all of you
is attached to, you know, and I'm not suggesting that the men must only go out and it's important now, and then he does take his family, if he's the only brother, then of course, there are certain demands made on him. And the wife was also understand that, so that is another age where, you know, and sometimes his sister in laws, I think, the, the brothers I mean, I mean, the sister in laws often interact negatively in terms of the rumor mongering in how they interfere in the household of the brother.
So
family members should understand that now the situation is different than being married. Now your brother would be obligated, differently, he doesn't have his full attention on you. Or maybe if you have children on your children, he has a wife and his family is going to change in his his time has to be shared, as well. And this is
something that often causes if people don't understand correctly, then it feels that a you know, the wiser, the wife has come in, and now he's just discarded his family, but it's not actually like that. It's necessary for him to be able to see.
Absolutely, in fact, I see the statistical area that, you know, that's why I always recommend anytime a family routine, and part of the routine must be that inshallah you're able to deal with your sisters, you're able to connect to them, the same token, the white muscle things that, you know, that she's only defined by the marriage that she now owns.
And that he must cut off ties with his family, with his brothers sisters, and, and that was a bill it will work. It must have nothing to do with his own parents, you know, you also get those extremes, you know, Mm hmm.
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it is coming, it is by Wi Fi eight minutes after 11 I just like to welcome the listeners again onto the program. My guest this morning is probably Idris camisa. My name is tenacious, are we discussing social issues, please SMS 0731738461 and call in on zero double 1854 and 548 my studio later this morning to Bello, and he is taking your calls. If there's anything that you would like to ask of his way most welcome to do so as well.
It is where we find many issues of parenting, especially during this time of the year we it's the end of the academic year, where there's perhaps very well
or very good results produced by the children. And then that is in itself a means of happiness and sugar and great gratefulness for the family. On the other hand, is when you find way children may have not done as well as expected or may have even disappointed the parents by by feeling. Now there is one issue. And so perhaps you could just discuss that for a little while and then go on to the holidays.
Here Family Law, you know,
last Friday, you know the standard of care land and metal amberleigh. I mean, I see that in all of them. There is a program that I shared with monona farm and it was so gratifying to see so many parents attending the
public in the Emmy Gee, I can hear you.
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thing is they're very important. Let's look at the past in terms of the success and failure of churn examination. I think for me it becomes very disconcerting than 10 so let's we're not interested in this holding of the church. And suddenly when the kids don't do too well don't reprimand them. is in a pandemonium at home. And you see your next year so your own give you a cell phone. I won't do this. I won't do that. That is
Rusty unfair, I think it's important that you know, on a daily basis, weekly basis, that you support your children in the school work, making sure you're involved with the school to find out exactly what they are doing, and to the situation and they haven't done so well, they are totally fine. Next year, we need to perhaps really organize ourselves and make our children a significant priority, that's one level. But when it comes to the holidays, you know, sometimes, you know, we our kids, sometimes are lost completely nowadays, they can either become better Muslims or sometimes very, very sadly, you know, they do things that they will not do, I mean, often, a person may take drugs,
is been out somewhere, met some strangers, or with his friends, even as colleagues and drinking and all range of things takes place. At the time of the new analogy when you're when you are not,
for example, conscious about your team, the year away from parent to supervision, that often happens. So parents always say must not have blind faith in the children.
Very important, and
they have to provide some sort of alternative in some activities that the children can do and keep themselves busy with.
Absolutely, yeah.
The bottom line is all of this is nice, this notion, you know, the notion is or something is that you know, the only way I can get my child or keep on finding things right. The other parents goes to other extreme of denying things, right. I think what's important, the children must feel loved. They must feel loved by the parents. They must be loved. They must actively be involved with each other, feel connected and makes that makes them very, very big difference. are things that I often speak about, we don't do enough of is hugging our children in our in our spouses, front of our children, we need to do that because there are many people out there with nefarious tendencies people that are
insidious motors that want to destroy our children, and our kids are ready their products or social media and television is something that we need to deal with. Riots will never be a problem.
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It is continuing perhaps we should just have our last few words now inshallah seeing that you're going through this mountainous terrain, and inshallah maybe you can even spend more time in appreciating the beautiful scenery the
last few years with regards to the holidays and spending time correctly. further advice for parents as well. I think you know, at the time for remote control, parenting is over. We no more part of an extended family with the uncles have played a significant part, you know, we need to get actively involved, have children with a huge amount, connect to them, get to know them, love them, and also discipline them. And we have to do that, you know, and really this thing that is inserted into our lives is fighting proportions. We don't have cell phones and media and whatnot, is silly enough polluting the minds of children, you seducing their hearts and many young boys and girls taking part
in cyber * and a whole range of things that you never came across before. And I think you know, if we need to see how best we can manage this, and that, you know, you can only do it to insurance for your love and I think we have forgotten what the Quran says save yourself and your family from the fire of *. So my suggestion is, if you have not done it before, the expressive loving parents get involved with insurance, if they are married now also connect with them, connect with your friends, so that you can be
as a model for them, you can have profound positive impact and epi issues is one of the things I recommend strongly is the whole issue of forgiveness. It's exactly
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Rahim. The Name of Allah, the Beneficent the merciful peace and blessings be upon all the righteous ones from the beginning of time on Adam, on Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed and all the righteous prophets forever. I begin with the greeting words of the righteous are salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah.
Alhamdulillah, all praises due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, I think a lot constantly for being a Muslim, especially in these times that we are living in these confusing times, where people are not sure of their identity. They're not sure of where they're going. They're not sure of the state of the planet itself. I was raised in the 60s in the United States of America, in the northeast corner in a city called Boston. And during that time, as a teenager, during the 60s, we were going through tremendous changes in the society. People were questioning their identity, people were questioning where society is going, who are we, they were searching for their roots. They were questioning the
economy, and they were questioning the war in Vietnam. So many things were happening, I was raised in an area where there was a lot of thinking going on. And so from a young age, there were certain issues that were extremely important to me. One was the issue of spirituality. The second was the issue of my own personal identity. And the third was the issue of justice and equality. In terms of spirituality, I was raised and taken to a Christian church, first from a Baptist then we went up the scale to the Episcopalian, which is like an Anglican. And being in that Christian setting. I always remember the warm feeling that I had, in thinking about Jesus and Mary, peace be upon them. I truly
believed in the ethics and the morals and the the teachings that were being given to me from a very young age. My mother was a devout Christian. We used to constantly go to the church, and we used to pray and when we went to the level of the Anglicans or the Episcopalians they started to introduce communion and in this
communion, we were told to eat the body of Christ, who has shed his body for us and given a little wafer, we also chose to drink the blood of Christ. And then given a little bit of wine, and when you put the wafer with the wine, it's almost tastes like blood or skin that is covered with blood. And so that was strange to me. What is the relationship between eating a body and drinking blood, and Jesus, the son of Mary peace be upon him, also the picture of Jesus, who was shown as a European man, and they were saying that he was the son of God, sometimes they said he was God transformed into a human form. That was also strange to me. And I felt left out. Because if a person of European
origin was the son of God of God, that that met people who look like that are godlike. And people who did not look like that on a different scale. And so I began to feel inequality and justice. In the church. I used to pray constantly the Lord's Prayer, where we were saying, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. And we continue to play this, I used to pray constantly at night, to the one God, who I believed in very strongly, but the concept of a father and a son and a holy ghost that couldn't be defined. That was a little bit strange to me. And when I questioned the ministers and the priests, they couldn't properly answer the question. They said, it's a mystery.
It's something that you cannot grasp. That was strange to me, because everything else in the universe was so straightforward. And the systems were there, and I had a strong belief in God. So as a young, rebellious teenager, I left the church completely. And I began to search for spirituality. I encountered Buddhism, I encountered Hinduism. I had Jewish friends, I looked at the traditions of many different peoples, I even came into the followers of Elijah Muhammad, a good combination of Islam. But that did not satisfy me either, because they said that God was a man, and that Elijah was the last prophet. So that didn't satisfy me, as well. And finally, when I began to read about the
life of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and I was able to get a copy of the quote, and then it started to answer my questions. The more I read of his life, the more I came to love this man.
The more I read about a loss of pantelis, Allah, the Creator of the heavens in the earth, I realized that this was Jehovah. This was the Lord who I was worshipping through the Lord's Prayer. Now, it was clear that so he the oneness of God was, was so clear to me and so straightforward, that I grasp onto it. And I took on this way of life. And this helped me with the second question that I was dealing with, and that was my identity. Because not only did the tauheed give us the oneness of God, it also showed us the oneness of humanity. My family, I was raised on African Americans. So I was raised in this life, but I knew that my grandmother was native from the Mohawk side.
I also knew that I had relatives from Europe. So it was a mixed parentage. And I began to question this. And the identity of a Muslim, now puts you in the human family, you are part of the children of Adam and Eve. And there's no difference between white and black or black and whites. No difference between Arab and non Arab, and vice versa. He loved the taqwa, except with piety and right action, the consciousness of God. And so that answered my question, and in a sense, put me into the human family. And so it is through that, that I was able to travel, I used to read National Geographic and look at the different countries and I wanted to travel through the earth to find more
about this way of life. The third question that came up, and that was the question of justice. And I realized that it's not enough to be worshiping God alone. There has to be a worldview. There has to be a system where equality politically, economically, socially, is also involved in the system. And so Islam again, answer that question, because Islam being a way of life, and not just a religion in the western sense, it gave equality in terms of my humanity. It gave equality in terms of Zakah where people were giving their welfare contribution. Every year, there was no need for a communist takeover for a coup d'etat. People would naturally give this a captain in the Islamic State, and
this would be distributed to the poor
In the needy.
So the Justice concept was there. And the example of the Prophet Muhammad SAW someone peace be upon him. This really showed me the men because he was living with the poor people. He said he wants to be raised, to live with the poor, to die with the poor, and to be raised on the Day of Resurrection, with a football with support people, and coming from an underprivileged background. That gave me a feeling of equality, and justice. And I realized that within the Islamic system, there was great justice. And this answered my questions, and especially another person that I studied, because I love history. And I used to read the books of history and read about different nations and one
person stood out to me That was so fun. Salah had been an IUD rahimullah.
He was the great leader of the Muslim world, who confronted the Crusaders, who had conquered the east and who had enslaved the people and murdered so many in Jerusalem. At the same time, you needed the forces of Islam, and he defeated the Crusaders, and then he had mercy on them. So he did not kill innocent people. He did not commit genocide, but he had mercy even on the people who had slaughtered his own. I realized that was the example of Christ. That was the example of Jesus that was the example that I was looking for in Christianity says that it came to the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and his life. And then it also showed itself in his followers. And so this was a
way to live the message of the prophets, to be like Abraham, to be like Moses to be like Jesus, in the personality of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was the finality and the seal, and that living example, in all different aspects of life. And so it gave me not only a spiritual unity, a straight way to talk to God. But it also gave me a way to live. And that was something that was missing in America, I must have people because we were separated from Africa, we did not know our true roots and the African continent, we were called, they called us negros. And they gave us names that were not really our family names. And so we lost our way of life. But Islam brought it back,
Islam gave away to raise your family, to interact with your wife, to live with your neighbors, to live within society, I was searching for all of these things. I felt like an empty cup. And Islam fills me with a divine way of life. So that was a great benefit for me. And he had a great mercy and Alhamdulillah I think a lot of us Allah over and over again, for letting me be a Muslim, and really freeing me from the confusion that people were in in the 60s in the United States, and the confusion that was spreading around the world. And so through Islam, I was able to deal with some of the bad habits that I have you to come out of the state of ignorance being lost in the society. In the world
of drugs in the world of crime and the world of confusion, I was able to come out of this and to live a decent life. And this impact is so much on my mother. And especially the fact that I didn't change my family name. I said instead of Ronald Kenneth's group, I said, Abdullah Hakim, quick. So I changed the first two names, and I kept the last name. And so that really affected her very much. And when she saw that I had transformed, you know, into a good person, she eventually realized that Islam before her death. And so that was a great privilege for me and a great benefit. And I think a lot of it was your own over and over again. What I would like to say to those who are embracing
Islam, is that the real essence of the message is that a lot of us Allah has told us that he has sent prophets and messengers to every nation and every time that they should worship one deity and stay away from the false gods. So so he does that every human being, the child is born with the oneness of God. The child is a Muslim, and the Prophet peace be upon him said it is the parents who will change them into a Christian or a Jew or a fire worshiper, but the child is Muslim. And so every person on the inside is Muslim. So you don't have to feel like you're a foreigner. You don't have to feel like you've converted to Islam, you have returned to your essence. And when you come
into Islam, you will find in many cases, that much of the ethics and morality of Islam you already knew about it, but this is an organized way. You may have already been praying. You may have already
He changed your diet, you may have already fasted. But this is an organized way. This is the final message, which gives guidance to people of all societies, all different ways of life throughout the world. And so you need to come in and make the transition. But the transition should be in stages, don't try to do everything right away. And even according to the rules of Islam, the Sharia, a person does not have to immediately make all the prayers or immediately cover up or immediately fast every day in Ramadan, they're able to move in and stages. So come in and try your best, I was able to fast right away, I was very serious. And so I came into Islam two days before the month of
Ramadan, and hamdulillah I fasted straight through everyday in Ramadan. But Alhamdulillah I made the transition because I was serious, but you move in the stages, which correspond to your lifestyle and your body.
If you have a chemical problem, if you are addicted to drugs, or addicted to alcohol, addicted to gambling, then you take your Shahada, you come into Islam, and then you deal with your addiction and through your practice through your stronghold on your belief in Allah and through the guidance of counselors and physicians. inshallah, you were able to overcome a chemical problem, any problem you have in the society, but the key thing is that remember that the Prophet peace be upon them said Islam wipes away all those sins that came before.
So if you have done wrong, if you have worship idols, anything you have done in the law, you have heard of Geneva as the new virgilian. In the law, yes, it is a noble geneious. Allah forgives all sins. And so Allah subhanaw taala is the Most Merciful whatever we have done, if we are sincere and we come into Islam, then inshallah we have forgiveness. But if you have done something wrong, try to pay back, try to do compensation. compensate those who who you have done wrong to try in the most intelligent way to make up for the wrongs that you have done, even if it means to say something nice about a person, even if it means to send somebody some money anonymously, in the mail, which, you
know, pays back for some wrongs or injustice that you have done. Allow is most merciful. He has given us a chance to be following the last and greatest of the prophets of messages, he has given us a chance to speak directly to him. And that is a mercy that I thank Allah azzawajal over and over again. And I pray that Allah would have mercy on you and mercy on me and accepts us into the oma into the nation of Muslims throughout the world. You have brothers and sisters all over the planet. May Allah unite our rights. mela accepts us and give us the best of this life of the hereafter. Now our make our last words, the same words he said in our Kelly ma la ilaha illAllah Muhammad
Rasulullah so seldom May Allah make this the last words on our lips and accept us into paradise. I leave you with these thoughts. And I asked a lot to have mercy on me Anu was Salaam Alaikum wa rahmatullah.