Wael Ibrahim – Roaming Ramadan #25 The Hearts of the Filipinos – Philippines Manila

Wael Ibrahim
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The speaker discusses their experience in the Philippines, where they have witnessed people reacting to the words of Allah. They have seen people reacting to the deen of Allah, and have been reminded of the importance of accepting Islam in public. They also mention a conference they attended and encourage people to make a journey to the deen of Allah.
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Brothers, sisters in Islam. I'm here in the

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Philippines.

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And when people tell me about my experience

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in the Philippines, it brings so much emotions

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and so much beautiful memories. Honestly,

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the Philippines was the beginning

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reasons really behind why the Filipinos,

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Mashallah, their

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hearts are so attached to the deen, even

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though sometimes they are on the wrong track,

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even though sometimes they are

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not following the true path that is leading

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to Allah, leading to his Jannah. But as

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soon as they hear the truth, that's what

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I have witnessed for the past 22

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years coming and going from and in and

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out from the Philippines, is that whenever they

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hear the words of Allah whenever

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they recognize the truth, immediately they accept it.

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Even if they were not able

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to embrace Islam right away

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due to some worldly issues and pressure and

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whatnot,

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they still have that

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humbleness and humility in their hearts to accept

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and acknowledge that what we are sharing with

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them is actually

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making sense.

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And this is what I have been

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witnessing for many, many years. That's why whenever

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there is any event in the Philippines, my

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heart flies

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to the Philippines before my body, because the

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excitement is too

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much

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to see and reunite with people

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who are really

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inclined toward the Deen of Allah. And Allah

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mentioned something similar to this in the Quran.

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He said, when the people, not Muslims in

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general, the disbelievers,

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when they hear the words of Allah

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you will see their eyes flowing with tears

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as a result of what they have recognized

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of the truth. And this eye, I can

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say without no hesitation or doubts, is very

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applicable to the people of the Philippines.

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Whenever

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they recognize it, they recognize the word of

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Allah,

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grab it. I have seen it in

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my wife's life, in her father's life, her

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brothers, her sister-in-law,

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bothering my mother-in-law, her mom, and so many

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thousands of people. I think over the past

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22 years, we have come across

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in our events,

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where people will come either backstage or on

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stage, eager to embrace Islam and declare their

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faith in Islam. Alhamdulillah, I'm here after my

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Umrah trip with my family. We came last

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night.

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Actually, we came midday,

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and I was taking straight to the venue.

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Alhamdulillah, reunited with my beloved

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brothers and mentors

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and family members now. Doctor. Muhammad

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Mufti Isma'in Menck. We are always looking forward

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to meet in places. But when it comes

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to the Philippines, there is a special flavor.

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Even I talked to doctor Muhammad in one

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of our unplugged session about what are the

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things that he loved the most about the

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Philippines. And immediately

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he said the

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people, the people make makes the our stay

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every time we come

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very memorable. And

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our theme last night for the conference of

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connect Institute was Allah

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is meaning we wanted to introduce Allah

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through his names and attributes

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to the people of the Philippines, perhaps non

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Muslims in the audience, and even some Muslims

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who,

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due to the happening in Palestine,

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they lose some hope. They forget about

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the promises Allah had made in the Quran.

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So we wanted to remind them, Allah is

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merciful.

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Allah is just

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Allah is

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the revenger, the one who established justice against

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oppression.

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So we were reminding them, Alhamdulillah, and you

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can see when you ask, are there any

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non Muslims in the room? Filipino non Muslims

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are not afraid

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to be in the company of 1000 of

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Muslims,

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listening to the words of Allah. So may

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Allah

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SWT open their hearts and our hearts to

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the deen of Allah, and may Allah SWT

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bring those people who are still reflecting, still

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thinking,

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still weighing things out, still

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figuring out how to inform the families. May

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Allah make that decision

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very easy on them. Ameen, and since we're

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in Ramadan, please my brothers, my sisters who

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are listening, make dua for those people

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who are reflecting overcoming to the deen of

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Allah and may Allah make the journey easy.

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