Mufti Menk – Why So Many Prohibitions
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The speaker discusses how Islam has prevented people from doing things that they want to do, such as drinking wine. They also mention that some people may have the courage to say what they want, but there may be repercussions. The speaker also talks about how people are losing their respect and losing their whole life due to Islam's rules and regulations.AI: Transcript ©
I worship my maker, him alone. Oh, you
who made me, I worship you. I put
my head on the ground for you. I
stay away from bad things. So Allah has
prohibited things, intoxicants prohibited because he wants you
to use your brain. That's it. That is
it. Had had intoxicants
not covered your brain
and and made you,
you know,
not be able to think properly and do
things properly, Allah would never have prohibited it.
Not at all.
Evidence of that is there will be
wines in heaven that will be non intoxicating.
And the term wine initially in the English
language refers to pure extract of,
fruits and so on. You know that fruit
juice, it used to be called wines. When
they say so and so drank wine in
the scriptures, they're not talking of intoxication.
They're talking of
the purest of fruit blends.
May Allah bless us with those
juices
and blends and
extracts of the fruits in Jannah and in
this dunya in a beautiful way, non intoxicating.
So Allah says something is bad for you,
I've told you it's bad for you and
I don't want you to do it.
So whatever Allah has prohibited, it's not good
for you. Whether you understand it or not,
when Allah says dress in a certain way,
if you don't, there will be repercussions.
What they will be, people may have the
courage to talk about or may not have
the courage to talk about. Because in actual
fact, when we look at the freedom on
the world, on the globe today,
some people say that we're not actually free
to say what we want. We're only free
to say what is acceptable
to others.
That's
meaning, that's what some people say. That you
can't just say what you want because you'll
be in trouble.
Allahu Akbar. Is that true? Subhanallah. Well, some
people have the courage to tell you when
you don't dress appropriately,
this is what happens. There is a psychological
impact. There is an impact here. There is
a loss of respect. There is whatever, whatever.
And others will say, go to *. You're
talking nonsense. Well, we're facing it. In the
last few years, in the last decades, we're
seeing things and results. You can go and
study. You can go and have a peep
at what's going on. SubhanAllah.
Where are people losing it completely? Allah says,
when you lose me, you will lose yourself.
SubhanAllah.
So when the rules and regulations are set
by Allah, I promise you they're only set
in order for us to be able to
live the best of lives.
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