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

Brothers, sisters in Islam. I'm here in the

Philippines.

And when people tell me about my experience

in the Philippines, it brings so much emotions

and so much beautiful memories. Honestly,

the Philippines was the beginning

reasons really behind why the Filipinos,

Mashallah, their

hearts are so attached to the deen, even

though sometimes they are on the wrong track,

even though sometimes they are

not following the true path that is leading

to Allah, leading to his Jannah. But as

soon as they hear the truth, that's what

I have witnessed for the past 22

years coming and going from and in and

out from the Philippines, is that whenever they

hear the words of Allah whenever

they recognize the truth, immediately they accept it.

Even if they were not able

to embrace Islam right away

due to some worldly issues and pressure and

whatnot,

they still have that

humbleness and humility in their hearts to accept

and acknowledge that what we are sharing with

them is actually

making sense.

And this is what I have been

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

there is any event in the Philippines, my

heart flies

to the Philippines before my body, because the

excitement is too

much

to see and reunite with people

who are really

inclined toward the Deen of Allah. And Allah

mentioned something similar to this in the Quran.

He said, when the people, not Muslims in

general, the disbelievers,

when they hear the words of Allah

you will see their eyes flowing with tears

as a result of what they have recognized

of the truth. And this eye, I can

say without no hesitation or doubts, is very

applicable to the people of the Philippines.

Whenever

they recognize it, they recognize the word of

Allah,

grab it. I have seen it in

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

brothers, her sister-in-law,

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

thousands of people. I think over the past

22 years, we have come across

in our events,

where people will come either backstage or on

stage, eager to embrace Islam and declare their

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

Umrah trip with my family. We came last

night.

Actually, we came midday,

and I was taking straight to the venue.

Alhamdulillah, reunited with my beloved

brothers and mentors

and family members now. Doctor. Muhammad

Mufti Isma'in Menck. We are always looking forward

to meet in places. But when it comes

to the Philippines, there is a special flavor.

Even I talked to doctor Muhammad in one

of our unplugged session about what are the

things that he loved the most about the

Philippines. And immediately

he said the

people, the people make makes the our stay

every time we come

very memorable. And

our theme last night for the conference of

connect Institute was Allah

is meaning we wanted to introduce Allah

through his names and attributes

to the people of the Philippines, perhaps non

Muslims in the audience, and even some Muslims

who,

due to the happening in Palestine,

they lose some hope. They forget about

the promises Allah had made in the Quran.

So we wanted to remind them, Allah is

merciful.

Allah is just

Allah is

the revenger, the one who established justice against

oppression.

So we were reminding them, Alhamdulillah, and you

can see when you ask, are there any

non Muslims in the room? Filipino non Muslims

are not afraid

to be in the company of 1000 of

Muslims,

listening to the words of Allah. So may

Allah

SWT open their hearts and our hearts to

the deen of Allah, and may Allah SWT

bring those people who are still reflecting, still

thinking,

still weighing things out, still

figuring out how to inform the families. May

Allah make that decision

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

in Ramadan, please my brothers, my sisters who

are listening, make dua for those people

Allah and may Allah make the journey easy.

Allah and may Allah make the journey easy.