Mufti Menk – Embracing Islam – The Challenges And Blessings

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The speaker discusses the importance of letting parents know when children are expected to declare the requested legal status. They also mention the need for parents to practice Islam and be kind to their children. The speaker emphasizes the importance of not being too specific when it comes to Islam and offers advice on how to be kind to their children.

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			My sister, may Allah bless you, and this
		
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			is why I say it's so good to
		
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			have you here this evening. You're part of
		
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			our family,
		
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			and that doesn't mean that your
		
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			biological family are not your family.
		
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			They are part of your family. I tell
		
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			you, it's not easy to let people know.
		
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			Normally, what I like to do, someone wants
		
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			to declare the shahada, I say, does your
		
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			family know? They say no. Would you like
		
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			us to tell them? Would you like no.
		
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			Not yet and so on. But sometimes it's
		
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			good to bring them along.
		
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			We've contacted certain parents and told them, do
		
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			you know what? Your child wants to your
		
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			child is going to be declaring the shahada,
		
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			and we want you to participate
		
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			in this beautiful event.
		
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			And and you know, sometimes you get a
		
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			shock
		
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			Are you crazy? No, please come and attend.
		
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			We need you here So it depends, but
		
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			some people are, like you say, very religious,
		
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			they wouldn't believe. I tell you
		
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			there's not just one
		
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			answer. People need to know your scenario. You
		
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			know it better than anyone else. Pray to
		
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			Allah to guide them and to make it
		
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			easy for you to let them know. Number
		
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			2,
		
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			be upon the best of Islamic teachings
		
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			be kind to them smile with them be
		
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			happy with them try and serve them be
		
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			there for them
		
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			and one day Allah will give you the
		
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			opportunity to let them know that do you
		
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			know what for the last 5 years ever
		
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			since I've improved as a person
		
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			I've actually been a Muslim
		
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			I know of people who've broken it slowly
		
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			and said
		
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			I've got friends who are Muslims so I'm
		
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			just thinking of seeing what it's like to
		
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			fast this year but they're Muslims and that's
		
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			the way they told their folks I'm not
		
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			saying it's an ideal way, but different people
		
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			have different situations. We have to acknowledge
		
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			I'm not in your shoes, so I wouldn't
		
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			be able to just say sister let's go
		
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			now, let me what's what's her number, what's
		
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			your mom's number, let me phone her and
		
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			tell her, I can't do that, that's so
		
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			insensitive,
		
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			but I need to ask you, and I
		
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			need to let you know, and so on.
		
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			So
		
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			it's difficult, but Insha'Allah Allah will give you
		
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			a good opportunity,
		
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			and Allah Almighty will bless you my sister
		
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			because
		
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			if you are kind and you are good
		
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			and they notice the good change and you
		
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			discipline yourself which happens as you practice islam
		
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			you will realize that or they will realize
		
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			this person's changed and then you get an
		
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			opportunity to let them know it's islam
		
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			I know a brother
		
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			who had a coach who coached him
		
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			and told him
		
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			that
		
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			in his sport
		
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			he said
		
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			you should sleep at this time, you're not
		
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			allowed to drink, you're not allowed to this,
		
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			you're not allowed to do that, you should
		
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			pray, you shouldn't have more than one girlfriend,
		
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			okay, the guy was a non Muslim by
		
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			the way, right?
		
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			So so he says and you should do
		
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			this you should be focused
		
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			and this person achieved
		
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			so much
		
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			and he was so excited one day that
		
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			he tells his coach do you know what
		
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			I'm super happy
		
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			I'm so happy with what you've done to
		
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			me and for me
		
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			the coach says can I tell you what
		
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			I've actually done
		
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			without saying anything
		
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			I just made you practice
		
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			Islamic code of conduct
		
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			and eating, and drinking, and whatever, I said
		
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			are you sure? I said whatever you did
		
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			is Islam, the only thing that's remaining is
		
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			just for you to declare the faith, learn
		
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			a few of the basics, and that's it.
		
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			The brother became a Muslim, he's a friend
		
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			of mine
		
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			and subhanAllah he says you know what it's
		
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			the discipline that brought me in because I
		
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			realized that in this way
		
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			we can achieve
		
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			leadership
		
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			every single one has the qualities of leadership
		
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			because you have such good habits such beautiful
		
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			character
		
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			such concern for everyone. People think that we're
		
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			only concerned about Muslims. In actual fact, we're
		
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			concerned about Muslims and non Muslims, and we're
		
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			supposed to be in the case of some
		
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			who might not be
		
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			they need to be corrected that in actual
		
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			fact you're supposed to be concerned for everyone
		
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			obviously charity begins at home so So if
		
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			I'm to be charitable, I will start off
		
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			with my family, my circle, and so on,
		
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			the ummah, and then I will go out
		
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			to others as well. I'm more than I
		
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			must, and sometimes it's a necessity.
		
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			If people are drowning you can't just say
		
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			no leave them. These are not Muslims. Not
		
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			at all You're supposed to save them come
		
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			what may it's a life the Quran speaks
		
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			about it
		
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			so may Allah make it easy for you
		
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			my sister keep going when you get the
		
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			opportunity you can slowly release it perhaps what
		
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			I've also found if they are very aggressive
		
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			get yourself financially independent by the help of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			If you're if you're independent or if you're
		
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			a little bit distant or not totally reliant
		
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			on them, it becomes
		
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			to
		
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			the tapping
		
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			would actually make them realize within 6 months
		
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			to a year that you know what that's
		
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			my child
		
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			I don't care they can be Muslim or
		
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			whatever they are but they're my child The
		
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			tapping beautiful tapping but sometimes initially the reaction
		
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			is hostile because they they don't know any
		
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			better. I know of some people
		
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			scholars
		
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			grievers
		
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			whose parents have accepted Islam years later years
		
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			later
		
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			and they were super excited because initially when
		
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			they had accepted Islam the same parents were
		
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			dead against them but some years later they
		
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			said wow declare their shahada the joy
		
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			makes you forget all the struggles of how
		
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			many ever years it was
		
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			may Allah make it easy, inshallah, we pray
		
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			for you, like I say it's a pity
		
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			I don't have
		
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			a switch to just switch on and off
		
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			and there's your answer because everyone comes from
		
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			a different situation. May Allah bless you.