Musleh Khan – How the Quran teaches us what to do #22 Invite to Allah With Wisdom and Good Instruction

			Salam alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah so today
it's verse 125, of suta 10, which I keep saying this every time I choose a verse, but it is one of
my favorite sources. However, we'll come to sort of denial inshallah, in the very, very, very, very
near future. So that's a hint to of our next series in sha Allah, Allah, but that's all I'm gonna
say. So verse number 125. This is one of the most famous verses of the entire course and the teach
us how to invite others to Allah subhanho wa Taala, which of course as you and I know, which is
Islam to worship one creator and one creator alone. Now here is the methodology of how the Quran
		

			teaches us to do the first thing Allah subhanho wa Taala says is odo. odo literally means to invite
people now think about how we invite people to anything, whether it be into our homes, to our
messenger to an event, whatever the case is, you basically send out an invitation, and if they want
to respond Alhamdulillah, but if they don't, you move on. So the idea here is that Allah azza wa jal
wants us to encourage others to consider or at least learn and look at this way of life. And Islam.
Take some time to encourage people and invite them to the masjid, perhaps to your home to have to
perhaps to another area, place or neutral setting at a coffee shop or something, or even just having
		

			conversations. dour literally is to have conversations and encourage people to see your perspective
to share with them. So racism is a pretty hot topic. And you know, in this day and age, so talk to
them about what racism really is at least Turman Islamic perspective. So the conversation could
sound like, you know, in my religion, this is the way that we look at these kinds of issues, lots of
protests, lots of campaigns, in my religion, this is how it's been taught to us, when we have, you
know, something that we stand for, that we're passionate for, this is how we go about campaigning,
and seeking support and bring awareness to those issues. And just, that's all part of oduro. But
		

			then Allah specifies Ls abelia Rob big to the path of your master. Here's the thing, guys, Allah
does not say Isla de neotropic, to my religion. Now, the point here is very simple, sebelah path,
meaning encourage, and invite others to anything, anything that leads them to Allah. So even if it
means just a simple conversation, even if it means just to socialize, even if it means is to have
fun about something, the point is, they see that personality in you. So whatever is being pumped out
to them in the media or online, they see something very different when they're actually talking and
engaging with you. You know, when I first became chaplain with the Toronto Police Service, obviously
		

			to lots of people were against it, lots of people had their own opinions about it. And every now and
then I found myself when I actually had conversations with the people who were willing to
understand, you know why I took this position what I was doing for a living, what I preach and teach
when they actually took the time to sit there and hear me out. And I explained certain things to
them. We we became and remained friends until this day, it's almost been five years now I've been
chaplain and we have been really great friends till now. And I didn't shove the Shahada down their
throats. I didn't say you know, you got to come to my message, orals, there's no relationship. we
		

			socialize, have a good time we laugh. And it was out of their own courtesy towards me. It was out
their own euro respect. They were like, Can we come to the masjid? Can we come to your MOS? Can we
sit down and observe a Friday prayer? I said yeah, absolutely. That's what Udo Ls avilio topic is
all about. It's facilitating a path that could lead people to think about or at least Connect. Who
is this creator? How do I know that he's there like how to let me see a religion or a path or a way
of life as an alternative of what I'm living, that could actually be better for me, in whatever
capacity, this could be actually a better choice for me. That's what odorless Arabic is all about.
		

			So keep in mind, when you hear people say we got to give the Dawa to Islam we've got an invite
people to Allah to La ilaha illAllah Yes, that's all great. But there's a starting point before you
get into all of these, the the theory and the knowledge and the debates and critiquing other
religions. This is not the way that you start off a conversation with somebody who isn't Muslim.
It's just about being yourself, be a good person. Be a good man, a good woman, just be somebody that
people can get
		

			Along with that you're you're able to people can tolerate your presence. People can know that, okay,
that's not the religious police coming. That's our colleague, that's our friend. That's somebody
that we can hang out with once in a while and let them see Islam. Let them see who you are through
just your social interaction. Then aluk continues. Now it gets into the nitty gritty. Allah subhanho
wa Taala says, How do you do this? That's the billion dollar question. Okay, we understand what we
have to do. So how do you do it? Allah subhana wa tada tells us, Bill hikma, that's one and number
two, while malware evil tail has center and let's to so the first thing is wisdom. Notice it's not
		

			knowledge, why knowledge always comes before wisdom. And to have wisdom, you need some knowledge.
What is wisdom, the scholars teach us that you wisdom is literally to place things where they belong
at the right place at the right time. So when we're saying about wisdom, it's about having those
conversations and those interactions at the right place at the right time. You know, the guys
playing basketball or you know, he's, you know, he's sitting there, he's socializing with his
friends and you're like, Hey, listen, can I talk to you guys about Islam? That's not wisdom. As
you're playing basketball, or you're playing some kind of sport, you're you're shouting or Bismillah
		

			you take a shot, like dudes like what are you saying? What language is that? Well actually in my
religion, but no, it's not the right place to do that. Actually, we found this to whom Allah
subhanho wa Taala prays to have wisdom we found how to use this and how to when is the right place
and right time in another sort of sulit Look man, your command Allah he said I'm Allah praises his
wisdom. How? Because Look, man, early Salaam when he wanted to give advice to his son, Allah azza wa
jal says, what is the cause local man is the is the is the term that's used that look men early
slim, found the right time and place to have this conversation with his son. His son wasn't
		

			preoccupied in some other activity or doing other things. It was just the right time. And he
maximized he took, he took advantage of that moment. And so I'll give you guys a real quick story.
You know, one time I stopped at a traffic light, and I was listening to a talk, and it was on my
cell phone, it was connected to the car. So you know how when you connect your YouTube, a YouTube
video to your car, the phone is still open, it's still on, you could see the picture, the images,
the video. So I put my phone on the passenger seat, and I stopped at a light and I'm listening to
this talk. And a chef is doing his thing. This white guy pulls up beside me. And he's in this huge
		

			pickup truck. And I had my windows down and he happened to look into my car. And he looked at the
passenger seat and he saw images of this Arab ship with his you know, she mouth on with his scarf
on. And he looked at it and he's like, and he says to me, he's like, what are you listening to that
for? And I told him and I said, this is the first thing that popped into my mind. I said to him,
this is my life. It makes me the best human being I can be. And he's like, and he starts giggling
will sarcastically He's like, Yeah, whatever. I pulled out a business card. And it just so happened
that it was a Toronto Police business card with my name on it. So I said, Look, I said to him, I
		

			said, Look, if you have anything you want to talk about, or a question, Here's my card. This dude
actually got out of his car, took the card from my hand and went back into his car. And he actually
contacted me later on that afternoon, he apologized. And he said, Look, you know, I just hear a lot
of things. I have colleagues who are Muslims, and they you know, I see them doing certain things and
it just annoys me and and I just want you know, I just kind of let out a little bit of frustration
on you apologize. That's it. I responded to him. I asked him what his name was. I asked him if he
had any questions. And Subhanallah he had a lot of questions. He had a lot of questions about who
		

			Allah is, does Allah really promote hate? Does Islam encourage hate etc, etc. Basically, everything
that he heard on the news, he asked about it. And that man Subhana Allah until this day is still
asking questions about our Deen. I didn't say you know, come on to my house. I'm going to teach you
how to pray. I didn't say to him Look, you know, this is the core and here's a copy of it. I waited
until the right time in the right place for me to do that. I haven't seen that man ever since but
we're still communicate with each other. And anything that he asks me for I have sent so much
material to him. And it actually looks like he's reading this stuff. So it's about wisdom guys. Got
		

			to know when to do it when when it's the right place.
		

			In the right time, keep in mind, this is not just for strangers. This is your own family. If you've
got kids that are just going into Mars, you know, and you're here on earth when it comes to trying
to teach values to them, and they're just going to the complete opposite direction, right place
right time in teaching people to do the right thing, never starts off as a shouting match, or as an
argument. You don't start screaming, repeat after me, Allahu Akbar. Repeat after me, let's say the
Shahada. That's not dour. That's just silly. There's no wisdom behind that. What are you encouraging
people to do? So it's really important that you you look at how the messenger or the subtle Salaam
		

			invited people to his path to listen to him to at least hear him out. It's really important to note,
there isn't a single hadith of him shouting at anybody and a or Hadeeth. He never argued in a with
anybody. He literally was the runner to literally be the mercy to all of mankind. Then Allah
subhanaw taala continues, well Mourinho still has an Mourinho wherever we spoke about this term in a
previous video. So I will encourage you, and even if you go back to our Ramadan series, I've spoke
about this term quite a bit, very, very briefly, Mauer is the kind of reminder that you give to
somebody that really comes to their heart, it really hits it penetrates their heart. So they
		

			actually sit there and they think about it, that requires wisdom and knowledge that requires for you
to put some thought to Okay, exactly what you want to say and how you want to say it, and when to
back off, when not to say certain things. That's that's what Mozilla and alesse has, has center. So
it's got to be really deep. It's got to be thought provoking. It's got to be something that really
comes from a deep part of your heart, which deal whom ability he is. And here's the question that
all Prophets and Messengers go through a tough time when they preached a love message. Yes. Did
people try to attack them and persecute them? Yes, there isn't a single prophet that didn't have
		

			that weren't subjugated towards this kind of treatment, but they never gave up on their message. I'm
not saying that you and I now, when we're in that predicament that we have to just continue,
continue. Obviously, you do what you ever whatever it is that you can to remain safe and remain
peaceful. But at the same token, understand, Tao is one of the most difficult things a Muslim can be
involved in. And we're all required to do it to some capacity. But realize and understand, it is not
easy. To invite people to consider a different way of living and doing things is not an easy
decision. And you're going to get resistance. A lot of it. Your as a matter of fact, when we think
		

			back of the Prophet noakhali, his salary, 950 years, he's encouraging people to just listen to him
listen to La ilaha illAllah, this is the message etc. 950 years, how many, how many people do you
think actually have responded to him? Maybe about 10 to a dozen persons actually said, okay, we
believe you. Everybody else in 950 years said, No, this guy's crazy. They called him names, they
threatened him so many different things, that tells us, this is not going to be easy. Most of the
time, you're going to feel the hate, you're going to see that you're going to experience it. And so
I'm encouraging all of you to be ready for that. But at the same time, ensure that you're safe.
		

			Ensure that you don't put yourself in a dangerous situation. That's not dalawa. But he also just
makes sure that when you do talk to have these conversations and somebody starts cursing at you,
somebody starts yelling at you, somebody starts quoting things misquoting things, start throwing
things that they heard on the news that they read on some mumbo jumbo websites somewhere and they
start pulling all of this stuff to you, then understand when to back off. Maybe not saying anything
or download to that individual is not the right thing to do. So back off, that smell a little hustle
legit deal home builder t here x and J Dilla. literally means to argue, but it's not saying are you
		

			dry to anybody means that if somebody's shouting at you respond in a way that civilized and
dignified, but respond that's gentler is that you're still doing you're saying something you're not
just Okay, you know what, I'm just going to take my burden, I'm going to take all the hate, I'm
going to take all the bad treatment and I'm going to walk away peacefully, this is a slab know, a
love wants you to preserve some sense of self respect and dignity. Right? have dignity for yourself
that at the end of the day, you're not doing anything wrong. You're not trying to make people do the
wrong things or to be bad people. You're encouraging people to be peaceful, to be positive
		

			contributors, but at the same time, from a religious angle, in terms of their heart, their focus,
you want them to focus on that creator, you want them to be introduced to who Allah Subhana
		

			All the time is that takes time that takes wisdom that takes a lot of patience. In Nora Becca, who
will remember Lawrence Bailey will who will be more interesting in a nutshell, Allah subhanho wa
Taala knows who is the one that is going to choose to go astray to go in a different direction. In
other words, that's not our job. Our job is not to pile up as many shadows as we can. Our job is not
to convert people to Islam, we have to change that attitude. That's not the goal of Darwin. The goal
of Darwin is to encourage and invite people to consider a different way of doing things. And let
them discover that process through your wisdom, your knowledge, your action, your example. That's
		

			what you want them to see. You want them to see the practice, you want them to see the real life
version of the teachings of the poor, and right in front of them, you are their source to this
religion, because you work with them, you go to school with them, you're friends with them. So you
are the true example. So be that example. But if they choose still to be on a different path, that's
okay. Allah is aware of that, well who are in them will be monitored. And this is the most important
part of all of this. And this is what we conclude with insha Allah with Allah, Allah is fully well
aware of who is going to be rightly guided. In other words, that's Allah saying, it's not your job a
		

			lot and so Joel told the messenger sallallahu earlier was an inner killer demon. But while Akina La
Jolla, de Masha wahoo lm will be more dedicated ended off the exact same way in soldiers old
castles, tells us the Prophet alayhi salatu salam, you can't guide people that you love. Well, our
kin, Allaha de Masha, Allah, Allah, Allah guides, whomever he wishes, and he also has the true
knowledge of what is in people's hearts, if they're going to receive that guidance or not, that's a
lost territory, don't get involved in that conversation. So this is one yet again, another area that
teaches us how to invite others to the religion to to a better way to a peaceful way to awaited,
		

			that certainly makes their life a whole lot easier. And that is all about connecting to their
Creator. But of course, this is one of many other verses in the Quran that teaches us how to behave
and how to do things in our lives. So with that being said, hope this gives you some perspective of
how to teach Islam to your children, to your family, to relatives, everybody, this a a 125 really
makes life a whole lot easier. You know, very often is the last, you know, I guess you could say
thought that I have that I wanted to share with you, you know, very often when I'm in family
gatherings, gatherings with friends in the community, sometimes you know, you'll be put on the spot
		

			and somebody will ask you could you explain something about this subject? Could you talk about this,
what's really highlighted what's really hot on and we're all sitting in like a middle of a barbecue,
and we're all laughing and we're talking about some funny thing that happened two years ago. And
then all of a sudden somebody pops up with like a fifth question. And what I do most of the time, so
we can talk about that later. Not right now. Because I know it's not the right time. And it's not
the right place. We're socializing. That's part of their way too. We're laughing we're having a good
time. That's part of our two people can see the softer side of your personality. And this is where
		

			it'll sahabas it'll do a lot more on him. used to say we used to see the Prophet alayhi salatu
salam, sometimes he would laugh You could see his molar teeth. I don't even know how to laugh that
much to somebody can see my molar teeth. But that's the Prophet alayhi salaatu wa Salaam had this
like soft, gentle, but kind of fun personality about himself as well. And so that's what we all need
to keep in mind. Don't go around and representing Islam and you're allergic to smiling you're
allergic to saying hi how are you? Don't do that. Because that is not from the Sunnah of our
messenger sallallahu alayhi wasallam but that being said, may Allah subhanho wa Taala always
		

			continue to give us the strength, the knowledge and the wisdom to encourage and invite others to the
path of Allah subhanho wa Taala in the best way possible. May Allah subhanho wa Taala continue to
teach us his beautiful message in the Quran. And in the Sunnah of our Prophet alayhi salatu salam
ala him and me. Does that come along later on everybody Till we meet again? Take care what's said
Mr. alikum warahmatu Allahi wa barakato