The Deen Show – The Rapper with Gold Teeth becomes a Shaykh

			My journey to the Hellfire was detail out of hundreds of Muslims who attack me now get this only one
took his time to talk and explain things to me and even apologize on behalf of the other Muslims.
And for that I'm eternally grateful.
		

			Assalamu Aleikum greetings of peace Welcome to the deen show. I got our guests flying in all the way
from Dallas Shaykh Abdullah How are you? Hi Milan good How you doing? How are you been? Blessed we
met how long several years back? That was probably like in
		

			2010 probably Yeah. Houston. You keeping up keeping up I'll try man Mashallah. That'd be like
getting
		

			Tell me. So now you accepted Islam 20 years ago? Correct. Roughly? Yeah, like 1997 19 Let's start
with that. Why did you accept Islam? I mean, you know, primarily, I mean, as many of us have, we've
had a past in the past we don't you know, it's been a trial and it's been a means for us to think
about life. And you know, I used to be heavily into hip hop heavily into it. And there were some
people who used to battle back in the days and you know, battle is basically we'd say poetry about
one another and speak about one another. And sometimes it could get kind of sometimes depending on
what kind of violin is made the you know, nowadays babblings kind of coming back in the picture no
		

			me back Oh yeah, definitely is no is no music but they're going at each other but it's violent talk
and it's a lot of you know, it's a lot of bragging and talking about what they'll do to each other
and what they've done etc kind of similar to the Jackie Lee of Islam, you know, yeah, I used to do
that used to battle back and forth. Yeah, I used to do that it's kind of like what got m&m big
right? Definitely like an eight mile and stuff like that. Mmm. And a lot of these would you call
MCs, you know, masters of ceremony that was a that was a trait you have to be able to control hold
your own. You were really good at that.
		

			You know, I was I kind of held my own Like I said, I you know, but that's kind of what I used to do.
And the ones that I used to battle were Muslim. But when I knew Islam, all I knew was the Nation of
Islam. Right. So when I would talk to them, it was based on that premise. Being that Okay, so, so
your worship, y'all say that there's a God, you know, and his name is so and so. You're like, No,
no, no, no, no, no, that's not Islam we represent we represent Sunni Islam. So let on to more more
communication, even though they were kind of somewhat my enemies, especially when it came to the
microphone. But other than that, who are your enemies? The ones that call me to Islam? Because when
		

			it when it when we go to the club, or when we you know, be in that, that, that element? It was like,
okay, we're gonna battle each other. So one time we were in a gathering, and it was kind of a
gathering that, you know, Mila you know, preserve us And forgive us, but
		

			they started talking about Islam again, and we were really into martial law, New Order order
Illuminati, you know, the 2000, etc.
		

			So I asked him, okay, so what are you gonna do when the big brother plan, you know, the big brother
plays like the microchip is gonna be injected to people. And
		

			so they said, it's all in the hands of a lot. And that's what sparked it, man. That's what really
just said, okay, Allah. And so I started asking a lot of questions and what attracted me Eddie
really was tawheed you know, the oneness of God, you know, the oneness of God and exemplifying that
and showing that in your life and everything that you do, from saying, inshallah, to praying five
times a day, to not drinking, to being nice to your mother, that's, you know, maybe very envious
towards you and not nice toward you, because you're trying to come into being faithful to other than
their religion. So that was very intriguing to me, man. And, you know, the more they talked about
		

			it, I remember they kept saying in Shaolin, Shaolin, I was like, what's this Joshua system? Today is
that now that's inshallah, and just from them explaining, inshallah, I was like, Okay, this is
something that's real. I mean, it's not superficial, it's something that's real, and I'm really
feeling it. But as they were explaining it, to me, I was showing that it was okay from a like a, you
know, like we call a cipher just vibing with one another, you know, just talking and kind of going
in a metaphysical, but I wasn't showing that I was really, you know, this was really piercing my
heart and it was being It was a, it was a problem for me. Because that would mean I'd have to accept
		

			what they're on. And we used to battle each other. So it's like, yo, you following them now? So
		

			I have one question. I remember that question was okay. And I thought this question was just going
to end it was going to debt it and it was okay, What do y'all think about Jesus cuz my dad was a
Christian. And they said, No, you can't be a Muslim unless you believe in Jesus. And that caused
that cause a problem for me, because I said, Okay, this is
		

			may be something that is true. But I said, How come I didn't know about this before? How could you
know? I've known them for a while. I never knew about this Islam thing. All I knew was, you know,
Malcolm X. That's all I knew. And it was primarily focused towards the African American demographic.
And they said, No, it's for everyone. We're Sunni Muslims and Sunnah means falling, Mohammed. So I'm
like, okay, sorry, Mohammed, like, No, no, Muhammad peace be upon him was a prophet comes in
chronological order. In conclusion, it was the tawheed it was the oneness of God and showing
gratitude, in every aspect of your life to the best of your ability is what attracted me. That's
		

			really attractive. Were you a practicing Christian, Christian, or just being you you were just like,
you know, your parents are Christian, and you just kind of went to church on Sundays, or you weren't
connected much at all to the Bible or church? or What was your status as far as where would you rate
yourself as a Christian man, probably about a four or five, you know, I was, I wasn't a practicing
Christian. I didn't have dreams and aspirations of becoming a deacon or, or anything like that. It
was more of just, I was a mainstream. I said, I was Christian. I go to the church every now and then
if I felt bad on Saturday night and go Sunday morning, if my mom really wanted me to go, you know, I
		

			would go but I wasn't someone that would read the Bible voluntarily on a weekly basis. Did you know
the creed very well? Yes, I knew mainstream the creeper no say very, very well. But I understood the
basics of it being that there was a trinity. And you know that there may be different sects of it,
that there is some consider Jesus as God, and some don't consider him as you know, as God, he may be
the Son of God. You know, I was well familiar with that. Yes. So you said that now what really
caught your attention would really had you moving towards Islam was the towhee that's translated, we
could translate it as pure monotheism. How would you How would you translate that pure monotheism? I
		

			said, Yeah, pure monotheism. It is good that you mentioned pure monotheism, because what we may
consider another faces is monotheism, but in actuality, is directing all forms of worship, even when
it comes to intercession, which is I think the demarcating factor, you know, between Islam and
everything else is that, you know, it goes directly to God, to the Creator of the heavens and earth.
What are some of our Christian brothers and sisters humanity? They say, okay, no, no, we believe in
one God two, we just pray because, you know, the Bible tells us that no one comes to the Father
except through me meaning Jesus, so we just say in Jesus name, right, but we still believe in one
		

			God? And that's a great question. Yeah, the thing is, no one comes to the Father except through me.
But how is that manifested through me, right? We say the same thing, no one goes to a lot except
through the son of the Prophet sallallahu, alayhi wasallam, peace and blessings be upon him,
suddenly, meaning away his approvals and things that he did, whether it's obligatory or even
recommended, but that is what we believe is the means to obtaining God's love and forgiveness is
alone, which is in the Quran, you know, so we say yes to that, but how that's manifested, and how
that's acted out, is definitely true. And that's where the problem or the difference may lie. So we
		

			believe in Jesus and no one got to a lot except through Jesus at that time, but it wasn't through
worshiping Him. And when we say doing thing and things in Jesus's name, we have to be fair, you
know, when we speak to a Christian, we have to be fair on how we question him or how we have our
dialogue with him. So when we say, okay, Jesus, what do you mean by in Jesus's name, some of them
may not even be able to articulate that. And to be fair, Muslims may not be able to articulate
Bismillah In the name of Allah, and how that goes back to our creed, and how it's a statement of our
creed and how that statement in and of itself is totally different than any other creed. So when
		

			Jesus is named, does it mean that in the name of Jesus you are indirectly interceding with his name
and with what he's done in quote, unquote, believing that he sacrificed himself in the blood of
Jesus? That's where it could be different for the Muslims and we say Muslims No, we don't believe
that. But we say in that Jesus being a he's a prophet in and of itself, we believe that but in the
name of something is seeking blessings and, and and actions of who you are saying in the name of so
that's what we say in the name of Allah. So you're having these hip hop battles Islam is coming up.
Yeah. And now you'd like to you know, the teachings of Islam that to submit your will only to God
		

			pure monotheism, what happens next?
		

			Yeah, man, I, you know, the first time that they met with me, I was like, I'm not gonna, you know,
because one of them asked me, okay, are you? What do you think about I was like, that's cool. All
right, you know, because I was there for another purpose. But I said, It's alright. You know, you're
there to win the battle. Well, that wasn't a battle. It was something else. It was a meeting. Yeah.
So was there any prize money for these battles? Were people getting paid? Yes, the status that you'd
like grew up in ranks. It was primarily the status, it was primarily the status it was right next to
a club. So when people have been lined up for the at the club, they would see that there is the
		

			latest, you know, music coming out the latest instrumentals and you know, we it was just a different
vibe, because a lot of it from the east coast. Yes. Okay. So now you're there and you're there for
whatever reason what happens next? Yeah. So I mean, you know, I you know, I went home and I started
asking questions, I started asking my mom questions about God never forget when I asked her about
God, you know, she got so happy.
		

			She called her friends over to the house and I didn't know what was going on. And he had no idea. So
next thing he knows about four or five friends coming over, she called me the living room. She says,
okay, gather hands, we got our hands together. And then they started praying. And I'm just like, I'm
just a bad mom. I'm trying to do the best that I can. Right. And, you know, some of them started
jumping, and jumping, jumping, jumping jacks, kind of like jumping jacks moving out the swing,
because a lot of hands you know, Sam, so
		

			it started speaking a language like, you know, the language was they called tongues? tongues. Yeah,
I've heard that. Yeah, yeah. So tongues is basically like the spirit, quote, unquote, comes into the
roar, right comes into you. And you say, a language that's not understood. So that's what started
happening. And I'm used to that, because I see my mom do it, you know, every she's waking up and
doing her 200 version. Until this day, you know, it's like three in the morning. She's on the edge
of the bed, hands clasp together, and she's doing the tongue. She started off the English. But when
you get into it, it's like, euphoric, right? You're doing the tongue. So they were doing that. Some
		

			of them fell down, you know, they're sweating and things of that nature. And then after that, they
all hugged me and said, congratulations, you are born again.
		

			So I knew were born again was, but to be fair, I didn't really I didn't know if I'm supposed to feel
it right. Then. If I had to wait to go and get back, I didn't know what it was. So I just didn't fit
and I was searching for that feeling. You know, I'm praying to God if this is the right way, but I
just couldn't feel it. So I kept asking my mom questions. And what I did is I also went around to
different mosques. And this is a test for me, I go on different mosque, and all I asked about was
decreed because one thing that I'm thankful to Allah for, you know, is that I understood that
religion was based on its creed, not the actions of men. Mm hmm. That's one thing I understood is a
		

			non Muslim. And I go, I went around the mosque. And the thing that really intrigued me was that all
of them said the same thing when it came to the creed. They all said, Look, we worship a lot and no
one else was written by himself. There's and they started making mentioning different aspects of
worship, which I didn't even think was an aspect of worship, but it was a manifestation of worship
in Islam. And that was deep to me also because it showed more greatness to God right? So with that,
I just said you know what, this may be something that is true. And I remember when a man from Libya
male apparently Allah preserve him and Mashallah, you know, when I went to ask about Islam, I had to
		

			just look and like I was, you know, in their life or whatever. And he, he said, he, I remember he
said, Brother, you can be better than me, it doesn't matter. Black, white, yellow, green, it doesn't
matter. It's all about your fear of Allah. And he pointed to his heart. And then he showed me how to
make boomin. He went in the back and he showed me how to make you know, mind you, the Imam of the
masjid is white, though bond, look very elderly. I'm coming. You know, I had gold teeth in my mouth.
And I'm, you know, I'm over there.
		

			And he shows me how to make will do you're not Muslim. Yeah, I'm not Muslim. Yeah. And this is right
around the area where we used to hang out, hang out or whatever. So, you know, he goes in, I'm
thinking that this is the priest. He's the leader. Yeah. And he's showing me how to make will do and
he makes will do. And he, you know, he's partially bald. And so his hair was all over the place
after he was done making will do. And I'm like, man, he took the time out to come and show me this
act in washing his feet and weapons. I said, Man, that's, that's humble. And I really humble mean,
and I said, Man, that's really it's it made me feel that Islam is a real universal religion, and
		

			there's no hierarchy except with knowledge and fear of a lot and that's what he said when he said
you could be better than in front of his congregation is that you could be better than me it doesn't
matter. That's what really intrigued me and then from then I went to the mosque on my house and then
I embraced Islam rose Mashallah amongst a whole bunch of geomatics I believe, brothers or brothers
that, you know, called how long after this? We'll do incident. Man, this is about a week a week
because within that week is like a giving you snapshots, man. And within that week, I went to what
was called a Kappa beach party. Yeah. And that was you saying I was some guys you know, every now
		

			and then in
		

			the cowboy beach party is kind of like it's something that happens in Atlanta once in a while, but
it's kind of like a fraternity.
		

			Cat movie. What is it? Yeah, yeah, I think it is. Yeah. But it's where you go to the beach, and you
stay the night the beach for maybe one or two nights? Yeah. And you just, it's, it's kind of like
obey your thirst. You know what I mean? So obey your thirst equals, obey your desire. Obey desires.
Exactly, exactly, exactly. So, you know, when I went there, I was just said, you know what I'm gonna
do I'm gonna just look at how people are acting. And look and see is it just like, is this what life
is really about? Like after this then what? So when I went there? No, the friends were like a man.
We got to go here. We're about to go there. So I saw Nah, man, I just want to walk on the seawall,
		

			the sea walls in Galveston. Were like borders the sea. So I just walk in I just started thinking and
then I looked around, I saw people have dressed. I saw people trying to get their Mac on, you know,
guys trying to talk to girls and, you know, say come on up with us and people playing music and
acting crazy. I'm like, is this really what life is about? Is this really what matters? Will this be
beneficial for me and then from there
		

			As a man, I gotta make a choice. I really got to make a choice, man, because life is gonna end. How
old are you at that time when I was 22? Very I was 20 years old. Yeah, I was 20. And then from the I
said, Man, I gotta make I have to do something about this. This knowledge that I have, it was a
tightness in my chest man, supine was just how long it was in the crime. It was a tight feeling that
I had in my chest. That I said, I'm just gonna go and do it. So I went to the mosque in my house.
And you had enough now you knew and you knew what you needed to know. I knew what Yes, yes. Because
the the oneness of God was firm already had that I think the fifth row was Mashallah, it wasn't
		

			tampered that much, and Alon knows best, you know, but I said, No, I believe in a creator, no one
can judge me. And he's the only one that I go to. I that's what I've always felt, you know, but you
didn't feel that with, with what you had at home? I didn't feel that. Yeah, I didn't feel that with
your mom and Christianity, right. I didn't feel that because I had a problem with going to someone
that they believe died to ask him for God like characteristics, that was a problem for me. You know,
it was it was just difficult for me to grasp and understand. So when I, you know, left that cowboy
beach party, about a week after I said, you know, my to do this man, I went to the mosque in my
		

			house. And then I wanted to embrace Islam. And you know, by the permission of Allah was a lot of
brothers there, and they embraced me in that kind of help to situation also. And from there, that
was it was my goal. My goal primarily for me, you know, a lot of Congress and maybe social,
educational, but me it was primarily education. Now that I understood that this was true, and I
firmly believed it. I was like, man, I want to learn, I want to learn more about it. Yeah. You know,
it's interesting, that it's just the creed is decreed that now you're not attacking Christianity, or
Christians, or, usually, you'll see when people they go towards, you know, another way of life they
		

			choose in a free country, free choice, it's on them, you know, God will judge them at the end and
the next slide, but you see them coming hard, you know, attacking, you know, being really
belligerent and going out of their way, you know, to attack Islam, but you don't see them attack the
creed. We're talking about the creed it just for us, you know, we don't want to worship Jesus, we
want to worship who Jesus worship fair, right? leave it at that. And that's what you wanted to do.
We're over here attacking Christianity. And you know, we're Christians, but we just saying just pure
monotheism. Right. And that's that message, a good point you mentioned because, you know, separating
		

			the act from the from the person that does the act is very important. And it's an Islamic principle.
You know, what I mean? I mean, you know, you know, last month on a missions in the Quran, well, that
disability and he had to earn him and during the life, so bullhide, won't be lady and he says, and
do not curse the people that call to other than Allah, for they will, they will speak against the
law or curse a lot without knowledge. And that's a great principle that we learned, you know, upon a
lot being that was called closing the doors. So the pathways said that that, are you closing the
doors to pathways that can lead to something that's not beneficial to them, or even to Muslims. So
		

			when you curse that person, because they're Christian, or you say that they're animals, you say that
they're in xe or pigs or things of that nature, what benefit is going to bring, and I think that's
what this verse and many other verses, especially in this era, in the life of the prophet SAW Salem,
it brings forth that light, you know, sheds light on that, that you have to be wise and understand
we, the act in and of itself, from an Islamic principle is something that's not praised, but we
don't curse people, and speak down upon them and be littling. Well, that is a really important
point. And we let's touch upon that we'll get back to your story. Because recently, we got a, an
		

			email from someone who was reaching out. And he had made a comment on one of the videos that we had
posted about a Russian Jewish lady who ended up accepting Islam. And he had said something about I'm
happy for her as I am for the 1000s of millions of others finding solace in Islam. However, when I
commented on the video, he's saying and to be honest, my comment was he sees a meeting of some
somewhat provoking. But he says that he does that with all religions. He said, I said that out of
nearly 3000 Gods out there being worshipped by today's world population, I hope that this one in
particular is right for you. And then he says, that's all now what followed my comment was a mirage
		

			of negativity. That's the only way I can explain it. I was called all sorts of names, including
animal there were verses quoted me my journey to the Hellfire was detail out of hundreds of Muslims
who attacked me now get this, only one took his time to talk and explain things to me and even
apologize on behalf of the other Muslims. And for that I'm eternally grateful. You just touched his
heart. And I will never forget the guy now I've been following you for. So this is someone who's
coming obviously, for some reason, he's been guided here, right? He's watching, observing. So he's
talking about because of this, he unfollowed us on Facebook. And it just basically, it's a long
		

			email to summarize, in short, he was attacked, he was insulted someone stepped up, so out of like,
10 people who insulted him there was more but out of
		

			10 one came forward and you know, and did it the right way and explain things to him and try to
reason we try to give him you know,
		

			you know, the real essence of Islam, etc, etc. But then he was very disheartened at how he was named
called and ridiculed and whatnot. This is not the way Muslims should be acting out a lot of times, I
even I want to give the benefit of all because I noticed a lot of trolls out there, I know there's
people out there paid, you know, to attack and, you know, behind keyboards, because a true
practicing Muslim doesn't use foul language like that, and anybody doesn't do opposite to what the
prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, you know, our example and things that are displeasing to the
almighty to the Creator. This is not the way if you're trying to exemplify the best of manners and
		

			character, you're actually earning, you know, the the anger of a law, you're doing the opposite of
that. That's not what you should be and you're, you're hindering, you know, the dollar, right?
You're pushing people away, just like in this case. What are your thoughts on it?
		

			Oh, man, that's a lot. And there's a lot there. I mean, firstly, when I when I, when I hear that or
see that, you know, Subhanallah it's about, you know, on for, you know, firstly, advice to the
Muslims, we have to be aware and cognizant of the fact of when we do that, if we do that, if we feel
that, you know, sometimes we have to ask ourselves, do we do that for self gratification, like to
feel good about our Deen? Because when we think of the word is, and Mike and the Dean of might,
being mighty in your religion doesn't necessitate belittling other religions, or let's say,
belittling other practitioners of those religions, it doesn't necessitate that. It's for you to have
		

			integrity of who you are and pride of who you are. But not in the same token, it doesn't mean that
you have to be little others. You have pride of who you are, you're, you're okay with being in your
own skin that I'm a Muslim, I pray five times a day. I'm a Muslim, I wear hijab I wait to get
married, I don't do these things. And I understand the reasoning behind that. When one understands
why they do what they do, and how that reason of why they do what they do, is a manifestation of
worship. The more that they learn, and this is a key word, the more that they learn about who their
Lord is, this is what brings the Salaam the Sakina, the Waqar the peace, the tranquility, and the
		

			nonchalant, nice if you will being nonchalant and I'm a Muslim, and I'm totally okay with that. So
when someone insults my religion, it's definitely built primarily off of ignorance. You know, we
have to understand that people are still at render religion and the word ignorant is not a word that
is I'm using to belittle people just you just don't know, ignorance is you just don't know. And it's
okay. Not how many Muslims don't know a lot about their religion. Yeah, I mean, it started with
myself, there's still so I'm always gonna be a learner, you know, that, that that's the key root of
the problem is that people, many Muslims are ignorant about their Deen and they react emotionally?
		

			Exactly. Would you say that? Yeah, they they react emotion, you find us upon Allah, with a lot of
the youth? Yeah, you know, I'm saying a lot of the youth, they have that zeal of being a Muslim. But
do they understand what it means primarily from who Allah is and who he is not? And how that
manifests in your life. And the best way to see the manifestation of that the best way to see how
that's acted out, is in the life of the Prophet Muhammad, Salah was one of them, the way he acted
with Muslims, where he acted with non Muslims, you know, some of the reasons for these chapters
being revealed, you know, so when learning about that, and then asking a lot to make us firm in
		

			their religion, we don't just go off haphazardly and speak badly to that person. That's the first
thing we're looking at self gratification, then looking at, okay.
		

			Are we supposed to tell people about this way of life? If we all agree that we are supposed to do
that? How is it beneficial by speaking badly to that person? And talking at that person? How are
they going to come to the religion? How many times and you know, you've probably seen it yourself? I
know, I've seen it myself.
		

			When it's like,
		

			you have a person that's speaking badly to you. Or even less, namely, saying religion, just a family
member or something. And you remember that day that they were patient, we they could have went off
on you, they could have done some and they have the right to let's just say, but they didn't you
remember years later, man, that person could have been like this. I mean, that person could have
been like that to me. But there was a reason why they weren't. So in this case, Muslims don't have
that right. To go off on that person or to speak badly to the person to call them names, right. But
what is the benefit? If you were to be patient with them? And to say, Look, they're probably saying
		

			that because they're probably going through their phases, and they're probably searching and this is
the way that they are showing that they're searching? Yeah. Well, we usually recommend I mean,
there's a there's an ayah that actually discusses this where I lost talking about repelling evil
with what is better, right? So what we usually tell people is, you know,
		

			especially now, when people are commenting on these on these videos, let's say there's a harsh
comment and then you can tell us what you suggest. We thank people first and foremost, exactly thank
them for coming to visit our channel. We thank them for being inquisitive. And then we
		

			Say, unfortunately, you've been misinformed about some things, but we're here to help. We're here to
help call us. Let's talk as excellent man. That's excellent. No, I mean, again, you know, one thing
I tell a lot of people nowadays, like what you mentioned number one time, we had an outreach program
at this Masjid. And, you know, we were leading it and Subhanallah you saw this girl walk in, she
opened the door, just enough for it to fit in the door and close the door and stood there. You could
tell this is your first time in a mosque, you feel very out of place, you know? And I knew this
Masjid the brothers, you know, it was something very not wasn't normal for them. But there was one
		

			brother we do. We called the enforcer. He was a brother that security kids all knew him mess with
him, you know? So he was just standard. Look, I spoke to her, I said, Go talk to her, you know, this
is what we're here. It's open house. This is for them. You know, so he went over there, he started
talking, it was very, it was very awkward for them. But this is very important for us as Muslims,
when talking about outreach, we know that Tao is obligatory upon us, we know that implementing Islam
to our acts is obligatory upon us, there will be those awkward situations, you have to just surpass
that. So when I spoke to a window speaker, you know, the first thing I tell a lot of them is, you
		

			know, I want to thank you, just like you mentioned, for having enough courage to come to a mosque,
post 911 and ask about Islam amongst Muslims on our, on our grounds, right? That takes a lot of
courage, especially for women, especially for women. So you have to you have to, like you said to
make them feel comfortable and thank them for that because I know as Muslims as going to a church,
firstly, we would have issues with that. So if we didn't have issue with that, it would be maybe a
cultural relevance issue, to just say no, I don't want to go through that struggle. Yeah, so we'll
just stay back in our bubble. We're almost out of time tell us you have actually you specialize in
		

			helping not only your graduate from Medina University, you've been really involved into the
dialogue, educating people you have a website now Yes, you it's particular for new Muslims. Tell us
about this work and how people can go ahead and find more about it. Now how many lines 2010 I
started an organization because every time I would call back come back from Medina Medina I would
see people coming to Islam next time you see where he's yet where she at, you don't know where
they're at. So I said it has to be something organized. And particularly from converts for converts,
right? Or we say reverts what have you. That's that focuses on their social and educational
		

			spiritual development. So that's called New UK n e w, letter U. and nu U is spelt like a website.
That's the website new dog.org. Right ww kwu.org. And it concentrates on knowledge of creator
knowledge of self and knowledge of purpose. And this is what we call the process of progression,
like the knowledge of creator, not just self, and knowledge of purpose, having knowledge of these
three things. And being gradual with that and trying to the best of your ability is what will take
you out of the realm of being a new Muslim or convert to a just Mashallah Muslim. That's what we all
just aspire to, to be. So that's really what the organization concentrates on. And that's the
		

			mission is to serve as a resource for the social, educational and spiritual development of new and
renewed Muslims worldwide. So we say renewed is kind of like we're saying Christianity born again. I
mean, you know, people that have, they were born Muslim, but they never they weren't really
practicing Islam. They were born, they never really started praying until there was a lecture there
was a friend, let's be honest, there was a boyfriend or girlfriend in college, and that person
convert to Islam, it was a catalyst for them to come back to the deen. This is the demographic that
we really concentrate on, you know what I'm saying? And, and having events, social and educational
		

			events for them on a consistent basis for them to gradually grow in their religion as as a Muslim,
would you say as a good civilian as a as a upright human being? Let's finish it off with you finally
accepting Islam that moment, how was it What happened? You came in, leading up to the Shahada and
and taking the Shahada. Man, it was it was really I always tell people, when I came into Islam, it
was like, it was two things, the weight of confusion was off of my shoulders. And the smoke was
clear. And that's why I said knowledge of purpose, knowledge itself and knowledge of creator because
knowledge is what will increase you in your relationship to an individual, you know more about that
		

			individual, increase your relationship with them or not like them. So the same case with inline
method analyze much, much higher in an example, when you know more about a lot and increases your
opportunity to getting closer to him because you know more about him, you know more about his
greatness. So when I became Muslim, it was really around that I said, Man, now I know who I'm really
worshiping and how to show that from dealing with my mother, dealing with my neighbor, dealing with
a guy in a Walmart, you know, the convenience store, to dealing with my Muslim Brothers, you know,
that may be racist, or they may not be racist, etc. So when I understood that everything revolves
		

			around that, I said, Really, the smoke is clear. I know how to live my life, and that was knowledge
of purpose. So just having that knowledge, made it very, very, very easy for me to have the formula
of I live my life which is worshiping the law by himself.
		

			Try my level best, and how you ended up taking Shahada and here we are now. Yeah, we never take a
shot. I'm here with Eddie on the deen show, man. Yeah. So that's open now for anybody watching if
they're at that, you know, crossroads. They like the pure monotheism, they want to live purpose. And
now they're tuning in what direction? What advice do you give them right there? they've stayed up
late they watching us or they're watching, you know, they got a hold of us and now they're they're
there. They're almost there. No, definitely I missed the panel. I was telling them Ron, you know,
that's upon a lot, you know, we on the website, you can order a free package, and we send it out to
		

			you and it has some contents in there. And you know, they leave their numbers. So not a not a day or
a week goes by talk to someone, you think that everybody would know about it, right? But you find
somebody in a city that you've never heard of before. You know, there was a sister, she was a
sophomore in high school, she embraced Islam, her and her friend, mash, it is two hours away, you
know, and they're so thankful just to get a call, you know, so those are the ones that supposedly
they really need help, they really need someone just to call them if you are someone that is
converted to Islam, and you know, you may have that friend, firstly, try to find someone that can
		

			serve as a friend for you someone that you can call and you can count on to ask these questions. And
if not, you can contact us we'll do our best to contact you and answer any questions that you have.
And if you're someone that's a renewed Muslim, you know, make sure that you're around that
environment of people in a social educational development that can really help you and assist you in
growing. And if you're someone that's a seasoned quote unquote, Muslim, you know, you're either have
the time, the expertise or the sufficient elements to help these organizations. So just take it upon
yourself to become what we call we have swimmers called convert coaches. We educate those that are
		

			seasoned Muslims that know these elements of Islam to God and serve as a coach to these converts.
But just really, in the beginning stages for that those who embrace Islam, stay strong, keep in
contact with someone preferably that's a Muslim that that has education and keep in contact with him
and put your hands up to Allah. Is there a reason that you came into Islam was your heart accepted
something and that feeling that you had, try to get back to that feeling? And the way that you can
get back to that feeling primarily, is, you know, prostrating and putting hands into a lawn to ask
him because he's the ultimate one that can guide amazing beautiful Thank you so much. I pleasure
		

			talking with you, inshallah. We'll have it back soon, sometime, is that
		

			Allah bless you, Mama, YouTube.