Mufti Menk – We came from Monkeys

			In one day, there was a man he was sitting with me on an aircraft. He told me, do you believe in
evolution?
		

			I told him What's that?
		

			Trust me even he did not know.
		

			He didn't know. He told me. We are from apes.
		

			I said, I'm from Adam. Maybe you're from the ape?
		

			I am from Adam. Maybe you're from the ape? SubhanAllah.
		

			So he said, No, no, no, we are from apes.
		

			I said, so why are they still apes on Earth? It's a question. And why the apes on Earth are not
changing to men, by now should be no more apes. Anyway, that discussion ended in a nice way, in a
very beautiful way. And what we agreed is we have to also respect those apes, not because they are
his grandfather's but
		

			but because it's a creation of Allah, human beings, we are part of one family. Human beings are part
of one family, no matter what.
		

			There are so many connections between you and me, right? The first original connection is the fact
that you are the children of Adam. Now this would include Muslim, non Muslim, no matter where you
are, no matter how you think, how close or far you are from Allah, the sinful, the not so sinful,
those who are very sinful, oh, all of those, no matter who you are, I have to acknowledge we are
from Adam, and we are created by Allah from the dust the soil and so on, and Hawa is our mother and
so on, I have to agree. So there is a connection, if there is a connection, even if I do not like
what you are doing, or even if I disagree with you, I need to offer you minimum respect. Because if
		

			I'm a Muslim, for example, I have discovered Allah and I worship my maker alone. I need to love that
goodness for everyone else. And I will not be able to communicate that goodness with other people if
I don't have a connection or any respect between me and then
		

			how can I convey the message I have, if I have no respect for anyone? No, my brother. carry yourself
with respect continue. If you disagree, you disagree. I can disagree with you very strongly. Like
this brother, who was telling me about apes, I disagree very strongly, but we made a joke about it.
We laughed and he started to laugh and so on. I told him I see this and it went on quite a bit. But
end of the day I managed to get my word in, you understand what I'm saying? Why because we respect I
didn't say oh, you know, no swearing, no abuse, no matter who they are. A believer does not say
swear words with his or her mouth. A believer does not utter falsehoods. does not hurt people.
		

			Intentionally you are swearing abusing, you are not allowed to do it even with those who are far
away Allah says while at the Super Bowl legging their own I mean
		

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			don't mock at or joke about or abuse those who are worshipping deities and gods besides Allah
because then they will also have a reaction and they will start to abuse and mock and joke about
Allah without knowledge. Subhanallah Hara Bill Allah min