Zakir Naik – Benefits of Wearing the Label as a Muslim
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In
the organization which I come from,
Islamic Research Foundation,
even we have a label in our foundation.
You know, some people wear their blazers, blue
blazers,
or a particular trousers, navy blue trousers, and
light blue shirt. In
the Islamic, this foundation, our label is
cap and a beard.
Any person wants to join IRF, the first
criteria in the interview we tell him is
that if you join this, it's compulsory you
should wear a cap and sport a
beard. No 2 option.
Whether the beard suits you or not, it's
compulsory.
If you keep it for the love of
Allah and Ira soon, Insha'Allah, you'll get salah.
You should do it for that. But irrespective
whether you like it or not, if you
want to join IRF, Islamic Research Foundation, as
an employee, it's compulsory
wearing a cap and sporting a beard.
That's our label.
We prefer the label of Islam for the
people working in arid. It's compulsory.
You know the doctors?
When a person becomes a doctor,
from the name mister so and so, it
changes to doctor so and so. You know
why?
Because being a doctor,
it's a noble profession.
It elevates you. Other people are good people,
but I'm a doctor.
I'm a noble profession. From mister, it changes
to doctor.
And if a doctor has a car, he
puts a cross on his car, on his
vehicle to identify the doctor. That is a
person.
It's a good one on the streets.
And
if he requires any help, if a person
has an accident, they can easily stop a
doctor's car. This
person is of a medical profession.
If the label shows your intent, you wear
it.
Similarly, the Muslims
if the label shows your intent, you should
wear it. You should be proud to identify
yourself as Muslims.
So that if any person requires
any spiritual help,
any help where iman is concerned, where faith
is concerned, he can approach a person wearing
a cap and sporting a beard. It's easy.
It identifies you.
There are various benefits
of wearing the label.
Various benefits.
Besides you getting because
you're following Allah and He's Rasool,
you'll get for that. There are various benefits.
If suppose,
you go to an area which is new
to you, and if the time for salah
is there, and you want to go to
the mosque,
who will you ask where is the mosque?
We look for a person wearing a cap
and a beard. Okay. He's a Muslim. He
will be able to guide me. Even if
it's a small mosque, he may know that,
okay, it's there in a small gully. Or
if it's a big mosque, he will tell
it's there.
If a person travels a lot, you know,
I'm a person who travels a lot. And
when we go to the western country,
we have a big problem, the Muslims, for
halal food,
for having zabi'a food.
Now where are we going to ask
a person where do we get halal food?
If we ask a non Muslim
where is halal food? He will not understand
what is halal food. There's a problem. So
we look at a person.
One person amongst 100 of them wearing a
cap and a beard. Brother,
Wish their man ask them,
food?
It's difficult. It's very far. Why don't you
come to a house? I will give you
alhamdulillah.
You don't have to pay also for that.
Not that you have to wear the label
so that you save your money for the
food. But there's wonders. It has happened several
times with me. When you go to an
area where there's no halal food and you
ask the Muslim brother, why don't you come
to my house?
Oh, he says, okay. There's a restaurant,
which is just take a left on a
right, and second
lane again in the left, and you find
a restaurant there.
Alhamdulillah.
It does wonders.