Zakir Naik – Let’s Restore the Respect of the Cap
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And if you have to purchase something
from a shop, you prefer going to a
shop which was owned by a person sporting
a beard and wearing a cap. They will
not cheat us. They will wear the material
correctly.
The label had the respect.
But nowadays,
if you're wearing a cap and sporting a
beard, oh, you're coming from,
from Dongri.
Ah, this person may be a. You know?
He may be a. It's a shame that
we Muslims we are to blame.
We have spoiled
the respect of our label,
and it is true that there are some
Muslims
who misuse this label,
and they try and show that they're not
sure, you know, oh, we are brave.
Wearing a cap and sporting a beard.
Want to go around, show that
they're There are a few of us who
have spoiled the name.
Therefore, many Muslims say, let's see, I don't
want to wear a cap and coat a
beard. Otherwise, he'll think that I'm a I'm
a hooligan. Therefore, I don't want to wear
the cap or the beard.
No. People
argue. So I tell them,
because of a mistake of few of the
Muslim brothers who have spoiled the labels,
why should
we ourselves stop respecting the label?
Even if I agree with you
for sake of argument, that every person wearing
a cap and sporting a beard is not
a good person for sake of argument. What
I tell a Muslim brother,
at least you be the first person
who starts wearing a cap and sporting a
beard and say, I don't know about the
other people. At least I am a Muslim
who wears the label, has a cap, sports
appeal, and I'm a good Muslim. I'm a
good human being. I don't cheat.
I don't tell lies.
I don't bribe. I'm a good Muslim.
You at least be the first person to
initiate.
Tomorrow there'll be 10 people. There'll be a
100 people. There'll be 1, 000 people. And
inshallah,
once again, the respect for the labels, the
cap and the beard will be restored.
We cannot give this argument. Oh, you know,
because, you know, if we wear the label,
people think that we are bad. We are
holleggins.
We have to change the society.
We have to bring back the respect
which
our label has lost.
And there are many Muslims who
are apologetic.
Who are afraid to identify themselves as Muslims.
You know why? That if they wear the
label, wear a cap and sport the beard,
the people may ask the question,
ah, you are the same Muslim
who's allowed to marry more than 1 wife.
Oh, you are the same Muslim
who
is circumcised.
Ah, the same Muslim who does not have
alcohol,
who keeps the woman in the veil, who
subjugates the woman.
So they're afraid to identify themselves
as Muslims.
I'm asking a question.
That if the area is notorious,
an area which is notorious, there are gangsters
living in that area,
A normal human being
will be a bit afraid to go in
that area. But suppose if you have a
machine gun, and if you know how to
operate that machine gun, will you get scared?
Will you ever get scared to go in
a area which is controlled by gangsters? No.
You have the stun gun with you. You
have the machine gun. You know how to
use it.
Similarly,
if every Muslim
knows the reply
to the common question
asked by non Muslims,
no Muslim will ever
be shy or afraid to identify himself as
a Muslim.
The reason we are afraid to identify as
a Muslims
because we cannot answer the question which is
posed by the non Muslims.
And for this,
I
have prepared a booklet
The replies to the most common question
asked by non Muslims.
And there are about 20 common questions which
a non Muslim poses
about Islam to a Muslim,
and the answer to these questions have been
given in that booklet, which will, Insha'Allah, be
printed.
If every Muslim
masters
the reply to these questions,
he will never ever feel apologetic
to face the non Muslim.
He'll be proud.
Alhamdulillah,
if I have to go out,
not wearing a cap, it is like a
fish out of water.
Without the label, it's like a fish out
of water.
How humble are these caps? It does wonders.
It helps me to do my job.
It helps me to remain on the Sarat
al Mustaqeem, on the haqq.
Because I identify myself as Muslims,
and I agree
that I am a person who follows the
religion of Haqq, din ul Haqq.