Mufti Menk – It’s Not Just About BELIEVING In Allah
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The speaker discusses the history of Islam and the importance of belief in Islam. They explain that belief in Islam is not about protecting oneself, but rather to do what God has instructed on how to save oneself. The speaker also criticizes the way people use drugs and the influence of religion on people's behavior.
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When we I was born and raised in
Zimbabwe. From birth, I was vaccinated with whatever
vaccines we had to be vaccinated with. That
which was voluntary, we didn't take it. That
which we had to take, we took. So
be it the BCG,
at some point the TB boost and the
TB,
at some point the cholera, at some point
the measles,
at some point
meningitis. When I lived in Saudi Arabia, almost
every year for Hajj, they gave us those
vaccines. I've been throughout my life, I've had
so many. And so
the way that works is the old classical
way of vaccination. Islamic
perspective, there's nothing haram, absolutely haram. And from
an Islamic perspective, there's nothing haram,
absolutely haram. People say there's pork in it,
nonsense. There's fetuses in it, nonsense. There is
alcohol in it, rubbish. There is this that
is nonsense. That is actually unfounded,
you know, that which people have just taken
from the air, thin air. And you know
what? If you disagree, no problem. You have
the right to disagree.
I have checked things. When something is made
synthetically, it is not considered
from a pig or it is not considered
from, for example,
a fetus.
I have enzymes in my belly. The same
enzymes could be present in the bellies of
animals. That doesn't mean that I'm taking an
animal and drinking it. It's in my belly
too. And sometimes I need a certain,
for example,
components. I need something within me to combat
a certain thing, medication.
Why do we have medicine? Why do you
have your cough mixtures, your paracetamol,
everything else? Why on earth do you have
any medication? Your antihistamines,
your anesthetics
for example,
be it
local or general. Why do you even visit
the hospital? Why do you go to the
doctors?
Why on earth do you have people who
give you any form of medication? Why do
you even have natural medication? For what? Why
are you having a lemon when you have
why are you gargling with salt water when
you have a sore throat? Right? Rely on
Allah. Come on. Why the lemon? I mean,
don't you believe in Allah? Why do you
eat to survive? Don't you believe in Allah?
Why do you have food in your mouth?
Do you not believe?
You've become a non Muslim.
How could you eat something? Don't you rely
on Allah to you alive? If death is
gonna come to you, it's gonna come to
you anyway. Come on guys, you're gonna die.
If Allah's written death for you and if
Allah has not written it for you, then
you're not gonna die.
Die. So why bother anything? I mean, you
know, like I said why eat?
Why use
garlic, turmeric? Why have anything and everything? For
what? When the prophet told us have black
seed oil, why did he say that? Did
he not believe in Allah? Why on earth
did he say have black seed oil when
Allah is all powerful, all able? Why didn't
he just rely on Allah and lay his
trust on Allah without the black seed oil?
Why did he actually when black seed oil
has an element of chloroquine in it.
And why that? I mean, come on. So
if someone took out the chloroquine and gave
it to me separately, would it or would
it not be permissible? My brothers and sisters,
enough of all that. Because part of belief
in Allah is to do what He has
asked you to do in order to protect
yourself, to save yourself. You visit the doctor,
you have your paracetamol, your amoxylin, your zithromax,
whatever else it may be.