Mufti Menk – How I deal with refutations – Q&A

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We have to have a soft side to us to show the people that listen, I wash my the car, I drive on my
own, I help with the clothes, the washing of the clothes and the drying. So what if you're a
scholar? So what if you're a big man? So what if you're wealthy, if your family's happy with you and
you're a good person, the Hadith says, then you're really a good person in terms of character and
conduct. So Alhamdulillah and now perhaps, you know, but there's one problem, Habibi, I'm going to
just jump the gun and tell it to you, you have a lot of other scholars who would talk bad about you
refute to say you're, you know, you're astray, because they don't understand what you're doing. I
		

			mean, I'm sorry, if my statement is 10 kgs. And the capacity of your brain is five kilos, it's never
going to fit in your brain. So I'm not gonna waste my time giving you a 10 kilo piece of meat when I
know that you only have a bag that fits five kg. It's okay. You can say what you want. I know what
I'm doing. My allegiance is for Allah and His Rasul Sallahu 'alaihi wa sallam. And I'm going to keep on going. If I've said
something that's absolutely out. You can call it out, you can say what you want, it's fine. It's
good. I wouldn't get I wouldn't be hurt about it. You can actually correct me, I would correct myself
to, to start saying just because I haven't chosen the exact department of da'wah. And by the way, I've
		

			counted more than 22 different departments of da'wah. If I haven't done just your department, it does
not make me astray. I've learned to develop a thick skin. And I've learned to expect refutations
from the people you will meet expected them from because they don't know your circumstances. They
don't know your style. They don't know your heart. They don't know what you're trying to achieve.
And guess what? You're not a person who's pledged allegiance to them in any way. They don't need to
defend. You belong to Allah and you you're serving Allah until the day you die. You keep on going
and that's it.