Mufti Menk – This Young Brother JUST passed away
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Quality
is better than
quantity.
Quality is better than quantity. If you look
at Surat Al Mulk, the second ayah in
Surah Al Mulk, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
It is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who has
created death and life in order to test
you what? In order to test you who
from among you has
better deeds?
Allah doesn't say who from among you has
more deeds, but he said he says
better
deeds.
Better deeds. We are after the quality and
not the quantity. I have seen a lot
of your clips and that's what,
intrigued me. It impressed me and I was
very happy and I was,
making dua that Allah grant you success and
goodness
and open your doors.
Obviously there is a long way to go,
but
There is a lot of good that comes
out of at least heading in the right
direction. I think you can take your mask
off. We are a bit of a distance
here, mashallah.
Para kafiq.
Without your permission, I I'm just videoing what's
going on because it's my first time to
meet you, and I thought it would be
good to
find out more about you. And at the
same time,
perhaps the
brothers and sisters out there can hear
more about you. So you are Abdul Latif?
Yes. Abdul Latif who?
Is that Mohammed.
Tell me about your parents.
My dad is 65 years old right now.
He's alive, alhamdulillah? Alhamdulillah.
Alhamdulillah.
And my mom is
38
right now. Alhamdulillah. She's alive too. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah.
I can't even speak.
Where did you,
where were you raised?
In Niger state? Yes. Niger state Nigeria. You
went to school there? Yes. Niger state. That's
good. Masha'Allah. And what type of school did
you go to? Was it an Islamic school
or just a normal? Islamic school. The name?
New Horizons College. New Horizons College? Yes. Oh,
masha'Allah. Sister Mariam Lim. Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah. That's
good.
Brother Nurudeen and sister Mariam, the Lemo family
is well known, well known. They are doing
a lot of good work.
And Masha'Allah, so when did you graduate from
there?
2019.
Not not long ago.
How old are you? 17.
17?
So you graduated in 2019
with Islamic studies?
Or
at what level did you Or they have
a course of their own?
No. It's just,
no man. Here in Nigeria there is
arts or science. So which one did you
go for?
Arts. Yes.
Masha'Allah. That's good.
What drove you to
delivering Islamic talks?
Yeah. It started
when I was
in SS 2 plus.
Okay. So,
there was a brother,
his name is Amal.
Yes.
So I used to see the way he
does his things. Yes.
And, I was thinking, like, I also need
to improve myself.
Masha'allah.
So then,
I just thought I
I also feel I can do something to
maybe speak to people and
perhaps inspire them or just Encourage them to
do the right thing in life.
Masha'Allah. So that's how I started, right from
7th week school, the s s two class.
Well,
at 17, I think it's a big achievement.
Usually at this age, a lot of the
youngsters are still,
finding themselves. They don't know whether they're going
or coming in in many cases.
So to have, this type of dedication and
focus from an early age is commendable,
Bara Kalafi.
Tell me more about your friends, The circle
of friends that you have. What type of
people are they? Is it a big circle,
small circle?
I think it's a small circle.
So
tens of them. That's it.
Maybe 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
I told you enough. Yes.
That's good. So we have acquaintances but not
many close friends.
That's good. And what type of friends are
they?
Like how would you describe them?
They love good friends.
Good friends,
They are also focused on salah and
goodness.
Quran, what's your connection with Quran? Have you
memorized or No, I haven't memorized. But only
snippets here and there? Yes. And part of
it like just some like Surah Al Fatiha,
some of the surahs, short places maybe?
No. I I initially started the memorization,
at some point I stopped.
But I hope to continue May Allah grant
you that continuation. Ameen.
May Allah grant you that continuation. That's amazing.
Masha'Allah.
So what role has Mufti Menck played in
your
your your life and your inspiration to do
what you're doing?
Small roll, medium roll, large roll,
extra large roll from Pizza Hut.
I'd say
extra large roll. SubhanAllah.
Subhanallah.
I
actually, to be very honest with you, you
are doing better than myself. The reason is,
at your age, yes, I had learned
a lot and I already completed hif at
a very early age.
I had already learned a lot of,
Islamic books of various subjects by the time
I was your age,
and I joined Jam Al Islami in Madinah.
I was already in Madinah by the time
I was 17.
And
the only thing is I was never a
public speaker. Never. I couldn't speak in the
public.
And
that all started later on, slowly, bit by
bit.
And what I like about you, because initially
I just thought it must be a youngster
who's just, you know,
perhaps
occupying himself with something. Then I realized, no,
this young boy is serious, because I took
the time to listen to a little bit
of what you say, and you know what?
It was a good message.
A lot of it,
I could hear myself saying the same thing.
Right?
And it was encouraging because then you would
continue and add your own snippets into that.
Am I right? Very right. And
I was trained by my father to speak
very clearly.
Every word must be said, like like I
have said before with tajwid, you know. And
I noticed that you also like to speak
very clearly, and you like to open your
mouth and pronounce the words, you know. So
people can understand. Also, the simplicity of the
language is something that's extremely interesting.
So, yeah, mashallah. Congratulations.
I pray. What is what is your plan
for the future?
What do you want to do? You are
just young. You are 17.
You have a long way to go. I
just
always pray that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala uses
me for Islam. Ameen,
Ameen. I used to pray the same prayer,
and I still pray it. I still pray
it on a daily basis. May Allah continue
to use us to serve his cause with
humbleness,
humility,
and in a manner that perhaps the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam would have done. And that's
why when people come to me with their
issues or problems, or when I'm addressing a
crowd of people, I always try to think
to myself, if Nabi Muhammad
was here, what would he say? What would
he do? We are not prophets, we are
human.
We are very far from perfection. We have
our weaknesses. We falter. We sin, but we
try.
And that trial is what's important.
One thing I have learned is we never
belittle people. You know something interesting,
brother Abdul Latif,
I believe
we all are going to die
one day. We know that.
To me, that is like jumping in the
ocean.
Everyone is running towards the ocean, and they
are going to jump in the ocean.
You know, they say
the deep dark sea.
Everyone is going to jump into the deep
dark sea or the ocean at some point.
You and I, our job
is to make sure that between
now and the time that they actually jump
into the ocean, I'm I'm referring to death.
We need to put on
a life vest for them. Convince them somehow
that you need to put on this vest,
then you jump.
That's all.
So no matter what they are doing right
now, how they are dressed, what belief they
have, where they are heading, what I need
to continue communicating. Please, my my sister put
on this life vest, you are going to
need it. Please, my what is the life
vest? The deen, the iman, the aqeedah, the
belief, the goodness, the closeness with Allah. That
is your life vest. So when they jump
into that ocean, ultimately
the vest by the mercy of Allah will
take them into the right place.
You you you understood my example? Yeah. It's
a prison. Very well. Very well. So
I was thinking about it as I was
flying into Abuja this morning,
and I'm thinking, Subhan Allah, there's a life
vest. They always make an announcement for a
life vest on the plane.
I said my job. I don't belittle people.
I see all sorts of people. Some are
okay. Some are not okay. Some are very
far away. I must just,
The the people used to do tawaf around
the Kaaba, * at the time of the
prophet
And what happened is, he continued to very
respectfully remind all of them men, women and
whoever else there was,
to say, oh people,
say, you will succeed. Oh people,
you will succeed. The aim was to put
on that life vest for them before they
died. Those who wore it, they jumped into
the ocean, they succeeded.
Those who didn't wear it, they jumped into
the ocean, they drowned.
So that's why I respect everybody. You never
know someone who appears to be very far
from the din. The minute they put that
life vest on, it's okay. So long as
they do that before they die.
So long as they do that before they
jump into the ocean.
It's it's amazing.
So I have another question for you, if
you don't mind.
Where did you
get your nickname from?
Mufti Yaks.
How did it come about? I thought your
name was Yaacob.
No. 2nd week school my name
usually is up to the date, Muhammad
Miyake.
Or Miyake? Yeah. From there they
To me, yaks could have meant 2 things.
Yaks could mean short for Yakub, and yaks
could mean talking too much, you know, this
guy yaks a lot.
So, but I I thought to myself, let
me ask him, you
know. Masha'allah, it's good to see you motivated
and focused somewhere.
So you flew in this morning from or
you drove in? Drove in. Oh, Masha'allah. Do
you drive or someone drove you? Someone drove
Masha'allah. How is your relation with your family?
Good? Good. May Allah bless you. And your
family, your loved ones. Masha'allah. Masha'allah Tabarakallah.
It was a good opportunity to get to
know you. Now tell me,
what platforms are you using to spread the
deen?
Or the message of good?
Instagram.
Instagram. Facebook. Facebook. Twitter. Twitter.
TikTok.
TikTok.
YouTube. Snapchat.
Snapchat.
And even my WhatsApp. And WhatsApp.
You are doing better than me?
Alhamdulillah.
It's good to see. I always say we
are slightly the older generation. Sometimes we don't
have we don't have the time for all
these things. Why I'm happy you are using
all of this is because
at least you are focused on something that
is, beneficial.
If the children of today are focused on
something not harmful, I will say you are
succeeding.
But if you are focused on something beneficial,
I will say that you are succeeding overwhelmingly
by the rule of Allah. So keep that
focus, use your free time to do good
things, but don't allow your occupation to stop
your own growth. One
day you will go to study somewhere, you
might want to pursue your studies here or
elsewhere.
Don't let your focus
on this motivation and reaching out to people
obscure your path or hinder
a way you would like to get to
your own personal growth in terms of knowledge
and Ibadah.
So I sometimes disappear for a while from
social media, if you notice.
And the reason is,
I also have a family, I have children,
I have
responsibilities,
I have my own growth, my own knowledge,
my own Ibadah, that we need to make
sure that we are
not
blocking, stopping.
So that's a very good piece of,
encouragement to you, inshallah.
And,
is there anything else you want to say?
Say it.
I think the only problem I have sometimes
is whenever
I maybe
post for some of my lectures on the
social media,
people like to come and comment.
This guy talks like
and things like that.
And,
to me, it's somehow like, I I prefer
it. They just watch and just watch like
they listening to me and not, for example
Comparing you. They're comparing you. So I want
to
tell
you,
Our
job
is to deliver the goods. What they say,
how they react, what they don't say,
all of that, we are not bothered about.
There was a time when I used to
really get saddened by negative comments, and I
realized no no no.
Don't worry. You did the job, Allah's continue.
Don't just ignore it. Pretend you didn't see
it at all.
Just keep going. So what? For as long
as that message went across, Allah has registered
it for you, it's over. What they, some
will react positively, some will benefit, some may
not benefit, some may comment positively, some may
comment negatively.
No problem. Just keep going. Keep swimming. Keep
swimming. Don't worry. You will achieve a lot
as time passes.
There
are so many positive comments.
Yes. And and and positive comment. And you
know what?
Let your dedication be let your focus be
upon a few of your mentors, perhaps a
few of your,
close, sincere friends. That's it. Some sheikhs maybe
who might,
be close to you, or you may develop
a relationship with them in the future. Let
them guide you towards goodness. Wherever you are
going wrong, they can correct you. But don't
allow the public to do that for you
Because the public is not as expert as
expert as you may become, or you may
be.
When you allow negative comments to hurt you,
they be they discourage you from continuing. Then
you feel lazy. Then you don't want to
do something.
Salam
had
Because the prophet had them.
Who are we? There there will be more.
They will dislike us more strongly
than than that. So don't worry about all
of that. Let it be.
And Allah will,
Allah will allow your growth. And at some
point even the people will have to nod
their heads and acknowledge this young man has
worked hard. Like I say, you are 17.
When you are 34, see where you would
be. If Allah wills. If Allah wills. And
keep going. And the reason why I
asked to meet you today, as I just
landed in Abuja, not maybe an hour ago,
was just to ensure that
you were encouraged in the right direction. Don't
feel discouraged. Yes, I know what
I know about you. I have read about
you. I'm sure it is a
it is a big day for both of
us to be meeting because tomorrow you will
probably
zoom past anything I have ever achieved, which
is a good thing. The The world is
going to grow.
Today there is TikTok, tomorrow there will be
TokTik, you know.
It will it will keep growing. May Allah
make it easy.
So don't be discouraged by negative comments. Some
might call you bad names. Ignore them.
The urge that Shaytan gives us to respond
to such people is actually a distraction.
If they wanted the hack, they would ask.
They would not insult.
But if you keep trying to remind them,
one day, they will wear the life vest.
Somehow.
Insha'Allah.
The aim is Today I met someone for
example,
a sister who was just talking to me.
In my mind I said may Allah help
the sister to wear the life vest, so
that when she has to jump into the
ocean, she will have the vest on. You
know metaphorically what I'm saying.
So may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it
easy. Anything else?
For now?
I don't think so.
Okay. Insha'Allah.
Fata'Allahu
alaykum. It is an honor and a pleasure
to see you and to meet you and,
I pray that you can also network with
brother Shurem
and a few others who are like minded,
who want to see the progress of the
deen in a way
that, some of the young can actually digest.
Because sometimes
the message is always 1, the approach differs.
Some people have a hard hitting approach, which
also positively affects a small category of people.
Or let me not belittle the size, but
a category of people,
whereas we have a softer approach,
some people have a more encompassing approach
because at the end of the day, even
if it takes 20 years for someone to
put on that
life vest,
it's okay.
There there are people who will hate you,
they'll begin to love you. And there are
some who might love you, one day they
might dislike you for some whatever reason it
may be. No problem. That is Allah. You
do your work. The idea is to earn
janatul firdos.
So Jazakamullahake
for your time and your,
the efforts that you have made
to come here today.
I wanted to visit your area, but unfortunately,
I couldn't do that.
It's not a problem.
Okay. So
to the viewers out there this was an
introduction to Mufti Yaks who is found on
social media.
Young boy you've heard about him Insha'Allah it's
good to benefit and to see. Jazaakumullah khairasalaamu
alaikumahu