Zakir Naik – Avoiding Wearing the Label for Fear of Spoiling the Name of Islaam

The

way that I posed a question

that there are certain Muslims

who say and argue that we don't wear

the label, the cap, and the beard, because

there are times that we may indulge in

wrong activities, un Islamic activities like bribing, cheating,

telling lies. So we don't want to spoil

the name of Islam. They are concerned

They're concerned about Islam. So therefore, they say

we don't want to wear the label.

There are 2 types of people.

1 is a pessimist, and one is an

optimist.

The pessimist is the person who always thinks

at the negative angle,

and there are such people who you're quoting.

We don't want to wear the label because

sometime, once in a blue moon, women do

wrong activity like bribing, cheating, telling lies, so

we don't spoil the name of Islam.

So I tell them that why don't you

be an optimist?

That if you know that sometimes you do

bad things, and once you start wearing the

label,

the cap and the beard, and suppose

it happens

that the opportunity arises that you have to

bribe,

you start thinking, oh, now I'm wearing the

label. How can I bribe? And you will

not bribe balangdulillah.

If the opportunity comes out you can cheat,

and you realize, oh, I'm wearing a label.

How can I spoil the name of this

son? You will not cheat.

If you have to tell a lie to

support

what you're saying and you realize, oh, I'm

wearing a label, cap and the beard, You

will not

lie. Irrespective whether it benefits you in this

world or not, it will inshallah.

Inshallah, it

will benefit you.

And I ended my talk by quoting the

verse of the Quran from Surah Isra chapter

731,

that if you're a Muslim,

Muslim means a person who submits

He's proud to be a Muslim.

He's proud to submit to Allah

Proud to follow religion of Haqq.

If he's truly a Muslim, he should also

follow the Haqq.

And if he's on the heart of the

Quran

chapter 17

was

81, falsehood

perishes. For falsehood is by its nature bound

to perish. So what I tell such people,

that if you feel that once in a

while if you do wrong activities,

and if you wear the label, it will

spoil the name of a label.

Instead of being a pessimist, you become an

optimist.

You wear a label, and

it will make you a better Muslim.

And if you're so much concerned about the

Muslim mumma, and the name of Islam, it

will, besides helping the Muslim mumma, it will

even help you.

It will help you and see to it

that you remain

on Hope that answers the question.