Wael Ibrahim – Roaming Ramadan #28 With Sonny Bill Williams
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The speaker discusses the importance of boundaries and protecting oneself in the workplace. They emphasize the need for individual responsibility and acknowledging that work-life balance is important. They also mention a study showing that women make up a larger percentage of the workforce than men does, which is a positive development for women. The speaker also addresses a potential issue with a customer's credit card balance and explains that it is a matter of time before it can be resolved.AI: Transcript ©
Welcome back to roaming Ramadan
lessons on the road.
This episode in particular is one of
the dearest
to my heart. I'm here with my dear
brother, Sonny Ben Williams for the first time.
We're both
from Australia. We live in Australia. We live
in Sydney. I live in Perth, but we
haven't met at all,
in in Australia. We just met here in
Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and I thought to
see this opportunity
to bring him over to roaming Ramadan for
the first time. And, you know, for the
last time, Hajaabi, it was lovely to finally
have met met you. It's been an absolute
pleasure. Firstly,
It's my first time, say, everyone watching. It's
my first time doing a an event like
this,
and I couldn't think of anyone better for
us to to share the stage with with
than yourself,
The path that you want, your reversion story,
coming back to the deen, and
so what is You're kind of related a
lot. I wanna do stories. What I did
like
how you have achieved a lot in life.
All
of a sudden,
you didn't plan it. Maybe you were thinking
about it. You were
seeking something.
And all of a sudden, Allah called you
to this path,
and Allah brought you to Islam.
And if if I may ask you one
thing,
miss, about Islam that no other has been
that really captivated you the most, what would
that be for
you? I learned a lot from you. I
wanna I will highlight 1, but I wanna
see if you will know. Okay. I'll I'll
remind it just a bit. When I was
in search of purpose, my whole life was
came before what? Yeah. Trying to buy my
buy my house for all payment. Yes. I
achieved that at 18,
and then I had a what if what
and then it sent me on a path
for purpose.
Read a lot of books.
Went back to
church. All of these things happened. I think
probably to answer your question specifically, the eyes
that I
I make a few brothers.
You're still very close to me right now,
and they're the ones that taught me about
this thing. And it was from
just the their way of life.
The way that
they had
fear of their faith, the way they conducted
themselves,
their way of life was a picture picture
of what they were used with, and I
really respected that. And just that contemporary
and and solace that they seem to have.
While they each, I wanted to explain some
I wanted that. So I had the flashcards.
I had the the house. I had the
house. I had the money, the wealth. But,
I think I'd like someone to do that.
So that's it. You mentioned something about boundaries,
discipline,
and being a sportsman like yourself. You grew
up from being disciplined. It was training, eating,
and all that. So does that relate to
your faith, what is to Islam? 100%. I
not so much from this. Yes. We can't
going to try and beat up this.
As an athlete, I've had ups and downs.
As I've said, I've had ups and downs.
As an athlete to be the best player
in sports that I
yearn
for, you need boundaries.
You're the best man of faith, you need
boundaries.
And I found that
the more boundaries I sit,
the more calm I felt. So
and that's why I talk talk about it
a lot. And you see, you don't have
to, my brothers. This is a lesson for
you to learn. You don't have to be
a sheikh, a graduate from Al Zahra, a
graduate from Madinah, or anything like that to
to influence others positively.
Brothers only never claimed to be a sheikh.
But I think his his beard does not
stand it.
But,
but
using his story to empower others
and to invite them to look into Islam
is his niche. That's what he does.
Aside from that, he's also a bully. As
soon as he saw me, he wanted to
take me to the gym. He didn't know
that my back is broken
also.
We were talking one last thing and we
deduced a little bit of a lesson or
two from them and then
in the session.
And that is we spoke about books. Yes.
So you were into the rugby. The history
is known.
Why you loved the game,
ever since you were 15 or 18?
Since I was 5. Yeah. Since we were
5. Yeah. Since I was yes. So 18
is the the professional grade. Yes. 18 was
the But boxing came much later,
and,
definitely, something was coming
to talk to you about.
What you're doing, brother. The Haram, please? Yes.
You got a laugh. You got a tattoo
on you. Yes. But the culture of that
stuff for a while. How did you do
that? And,
I will offer a you know, it's a
bit of,
maybe to clarify some what's the misconception with
boxing?
But how did you deal with that, and
what is your plan in the future after
leaving pretty boxing?
I will
it's hard, Jeff, because I'm I'm real infinitive.
For the first time, when I became a
Muslim, I went to work. I went into
a bus trip, and if I had turned
me around, I'm away because of my heart.
It's a.
So I felt like something to be wrong
with to cut it off. You know? I
just want to pray. I I strove to,
just be the better person, be the better
man. And
I think
when it comes to certain things like boxing,
like, rugby,
shorts, or shingles,
it's
hard. You know, one at a time. And,
I just try
and
I try and focus on my relationship with
my crew.
Now
and now I understand and and,
you know, accept my intentions. Allah definitely is
overwatching all these struggles,
And and I think that's that's my whole,
I guess.
That's the path I work in this space
because it's so sensitive. Sensitive. I don't wanna
give rulings or no rules because I don't
know what you know?
In be honest. But I just try to
work. Islam the best way that I can
change. And
there's one thing very important about boxing in
particular. You told me something about boxing
in terms also of how it improved your
relationship with Allah or in terms of this
Oh, my, sir. Yes. I look at it
like this. I'm not
my
take on boxing per se is I'm not
fighting. I'm not training to go and give
someone a hand. I'm not training to go
and give her a hand. I'm not just
going to see that.
I'm training
to keep myself disciplined. I'm training
to. Shall I if it happens, I need
to step up and protect my family and
my and my kids and my children so
I can handle myself. That's why I'm training.
And, obviously, I fight and I get
And one day, Allah will will will take
you out of this
substitute or something. Wait. So what we wanted
to bring to people's attention is that you
don't know other people's struggles in the background
to start judging them and start putting, you
know,
the Haram
sign in front of the face every now
and then. Just pray for them and
that he came all the way from the
dark into the light of Islam. So this
is sufficient. The other thing is the the
recent subject many do have about boxing is
that we always say boxing is harm
in a very, very general terms. So boxing
is a big norm. What the prophet salallahu
alaihi wa sallam, prohibited my brothers and sisters
in Islam,
is hitting the face.
When your intention is hit the face or
when you hit somebody's face, that's how the
boss has said don't do it. But if
you are trained in boxing or any other
martial arts with the intention of self defense
to become strong, to strengthen your body, or
any emergencies,
then there is no any problem there. There
is no any issue with that. Now whether
the brother is still in moxing,
hitting other people's face or not, this is
something as we mentioned. We ask Allah
to protect him, Ask
Allah to grant him victory against his enemies,
whoever they are. And
whatever goodness the brother is bringing to the
community
must be separated. Final word, Kabir, to the
people. Love is for the sake of Allah.
Duas for me and my loved ones.
We have a first pass. Please come up
and give salah.
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