Zakir Naik – Benefits of Wearing the Label as a Muslim

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.