Zakir Naik – How the Label Identifies and Protects a Muslim
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The speaker discusses the label used by religion, including the cross, which is the Christian's label, and the sick community, which is the only one who can identify them as being from India. The speaker also talks about the belief that the sick is a Christian, and how some Muslims may not be allowed to wear the label. The speaker also mentions the benefits of wearing the label, including boosting moral behavior and reducing trouble for those who do not wear it.
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Every religion
has a certain label.
The Christians,
their label
is the cross.
The Hindus,
their label is the Om or maybe a
vermilon or tika with the wear on the
head.
The Jews,
they wear a small cap
behind. We can either identify this is not
a Muslim cap, it's a Jewish cap, small
cap.
Every religion has a certain label,
but the community,
which should be appreciated,
which should be maximum appreciated
for wearing the label
is the sick community.
The sick,
They're hardly 2%
in the population of India, which is close
to a 1000000000
people.
Less than 2%
are 6.
But
they are proud to identify themselves as 6.
Always, they wear the label. You know, they
wear that turban,
which is a particular type of turban, the
way they tie it, and they also have
a beard. They are proud to identify themselves
at 6.
And if
any person
wants to indicate
that this human being is an Indian coming
from India, he will always focus on the
sick. For example,
if you see in a cricket match or
any match which is going abroad, and if
they don't identify that Indian are there in
the audience, they'll focus on the sick.
Though he's less than 2%.
He's not an Indian, which is a sample
Indian. Less than 2%.
A minority of a minority.
Yet,
when the people want to identify that he's
an Indian, they focus on the sick because
he's proud to wear his label.
Irrespective whether
he enrolls himself in the army, or the
navy, or the air force, he does not
give up his label.
And I was shocked
that when I went to Canada,
I read a report
that
a
sick who migrated to Canada
and was a citizen of Canada.
The Canadian government, they objected that he cannot
wear the turban in the army.
He fought a case in the court, and
he won the case.
That even in Canada,
he was allowed to maintain his label.
Imagine, in Canada,
he wants to identify himself that he's a
sick, and he won the case.
We know many of the Muslims who when
they go for a job, and if the
boss says, you know, the beard is a
bit shabby. I'll give you a job if
you remove the beard, and many of us,
next day will shave the beard.
It's a shame on us.
It's a shame on us. The 6th are
minority of minority.
In the world population,
it's insignificant, yet they want to identify themselves
as 6.
I'm not talking about all the Muslims, I'm
talking about few Muslims
who are afraid to wear the label.
It's a shame.
And our beloved prophet,
Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. He said,
it's mentioned Sahih Muslim.
1 number 2, in the book of Salah,
Hadith number
932,
as well as 19331934.
In 3 hadith, the beloved prophet said,
that when you go for the Eden salah,
for salah of
and
the Ramzanid and the Bakrid, which as we
know here.
When you go for the salah of this
to Eden,
take along with you the young woman
as well as the menstruating
woman,
as well as the observing
woman.
Even though the menstruating women, they do not
offer salah, they only supplicate,
take them along.
Her prophet said, when you go for the
take along with you the children, the young
women, the partha observing women,
even the menstruating women, even if they cannot
pray.
What was the logic of the beloved prophet
to command the Muslim, Umma, to go along
with the young women,
for the observing women, as well as the
menstruating women, even if they cannot offer salah.
What was the logic?
The logic is
that,
as we know, for the,
all the people gather
under 1 place, especially in the villages. If
2, 3 villages are close by, they gather
in a, a place where they offer each
salah together.
In the city in Bombay, it's a bit
different, you know, because it's a city, it's
a vast city, a little difficult. We can't
go outside Bombay. It's too far. So we
have the in various mosques, but yet we
try and see to it that the congregation
is big.
But normally, in the other places, villages, etcetera,
you gather together in the open ground in.
For example,
if there are 3 small villages,
if they have a common.
So the Muslim, when he comes for the
Eid salah,
he sees
30, 000 Muslims
in these 3 small villages.
30, 000 Muslims, the morale of the Muslims
is boosted.
He feels proud.
30, 000 Muslims all gathered together, you know.
You can make out that the Muslims, the
moral is boosted.
And if a non Muslim,
when he sees
30, 000 Muslims in these 3 small villages,
he will think 10 times before creating mischief
for the Muslims.
If he has to create any trouble for
the Muslims, he will think a 100 times.
And simultaneously,
the moral of the Muslim is boosted.
That's why beloved prophet said, when you go
for it, fella,
gather in congregation along with the children, young
women,
part of the observing women, as well as
the menstruating women, even if they cannot offer
salah.
For example, if you're traveling in a bus,
traveling in a BST bus,
and suppose
there is a Muslim sister
of us who's driving a bus.
And
if in that
bus, along with the Muslim sister,
sitting somewhere,
there are about 5 to 10 Muslims
sitting in the bus wearing the label, wearing
a cap, and sporting a beard.
These 10 people don't know each other. Neither
do they know that Muslim girl.
But if
a non Muslim
wants to create mischief
with the Muslim girl, if he wants to
create trouble for the Muslim girl,
for the Muslim,
the non Muslim will think 10 times.
Oh, there are 10 people in the bus.
You know, a Muslim wearing a cap and
sporting a beard. He will think 10 times
before creating mischief.
Even if those 10 people are old people,
they can't even raise a finger.
Even if they can't hurt anyone yet,
only seeing them,
he will think 10 times.
Oh, 10 people
who are Muslims. If I create mischief, these
10 people will pound on me.
It does wonders.
Wearing the label does wonders.
It does not only benefit you, it even
benefits your other Muslim brothers and sisters.