Zakir Naik – Wearing the Label Opens Opportunities for Dawah

If you wear the label,

it allows you to do a duty of

the Muslim that is propagate the message of

Islam.

It does wonders.

And there are various types of labels. For

example, if you go to the house of

a Muslim,

you know, if the Muslim wants to identify

himself as a Muslim, he may have certain

posters, a certain

big lettering, Arabic

writing.

Maybe, like,

All is due to the bounty of the

beloved lord.

It may say,

Oh my Lord, increase me in knowledge. You

can easily identify that this house belongs to

a Muslim. Maybe mention Allahu Akbar. Easy.

And now

technology is advancing, and new labels are coming

up with the help of technology. You have

a clock

giving out the azan,

the azan clock.

When you ring the bell, it says,

New new labels are being invented.

It may help you.

And

if you go

to an office,

in the office you may have certain inscription

or certain poster that indicate

that this office belongs to a Muslim.

If you enter the order of

Islam as a foundation,

the first and front I've entered,

The only religion, the only deen acceptable in

the side of Allah is Islam.

Directly. No problem. Indicates

that this premises belongs to a Muslim.

When you're tired in a vehicle,

in a car, you may have heard in

stickers mentioning miss Mila Rahmah Rahim Rahim, in

the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.

And nowadays,

you know, I have a habit when I

go out and travel abroad. For my friends,

I get certain tokens,

like

keychains,

Islamic keychains.

And once when I've gone to Jeddah,

a new device is fitted.

It's a device which you put in the

car. The moment you switch on the car,

the moment you give the ignition, it starts.

It starts the dua.

When you start the journey, which our prophet

recommended, that praise be to Allah and seek

Allah's guidance, that he may have control over

the vehicle, etcetera.

And if the passenger is sitting next to

you, if he doesn't know the dua, he

memorizes it. It does wonders

There are various labels available.

And when I came the first time to,

it was after the riots

about in the year 1993,

about more than 5 years back. The first

time when I came

to and when I entered,

and when I read the name on the

buildings,

Al Makkah,

Al Madinah,

Muzalifa,

Arafat,

Mina. Believe me, touched my heart.

Alhamdulillah.

I was so impressed

that the full colony, I had known that

it's one of the biggest colony of Muslims.

But when I entered,

Makkah, Madinah,

Muzalifa,

Mina,

Alhamdulillah.

It impressed me a lot.

Every building, the moment you read the name,

anyone can realize that this is a Muslim

building.

And when the people staying in,

when they go out and say that, if

person ask, where do you stay? And if

you say, I stay in, it's taken for

granted you are a Muslim.

Even where you're staying identifies

what religion you belong to.

But unfortunately,

when I came next time,

I realized

that the buildings

had the labels,

but everyone

living in the building didn't have the label.

So when they go out,

and when they look at them, people may

not realize whether they're Muslim or not. I'm

not saying all the people of Milaznagar.

Many have seen

who are the label. So inshallah, when I

come next time to Millard Nagar,

inshallah,

I'll be happy

that besides the buildings

having the Islamic name, even the label is

there on each and every individual.

Inshallah, I hope that will be the case.

That next time when I come to,

all of them, inshallah,

besides having the label on the building, in

the place where they're staying, they should even

have the label on themselves. That when they

travel out, people recognize

that he's a Muslim. She's a Muslim. She's

a Muslim woman.

A Muslim

should never ever be afraid to identify himself

as a Muslim.

The only reason

that a Muslim

may not like to identify himself as a

Muslim

is

if he doesn't agree

that Islam is the best way of life.

He may be a namesake Muslim,

maybe born in a Muslim family, given a

Muslim name. Otherwise,

a Muslim

will never feel afraid to wear his label.

He may feel afraid if he doesn't know

the answers.

Because if you wear the label, you're proclaiming

that I am a person following the religion

of Haqq, the religion of truth.

And

whenever there's a competition

between truth and falsehood,

truth always prevails. Truth always wins.

People sometimes are afraid that if people come

now Muslim, I may lose my customers.

I'm not Muslim customer. I may lose them.

He's afraid.

But if he knows

Islam,

if he identify himself as a Muslim, that

is a person following truth, he will

benefit even in the business.

Because the Quran clearly states. And I would

like to end my talk with the quotation

of the Quran from Surah Isra, chapter number

17, verse number 81, which says,

When truth is hurled against falsehood,

falsehood perishes. For falsehood is by its nature

bound to perish.