Zakir Naik – Wearing the Label Opens Opportunities for Dawah
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The speaker discusses the use of labels to identify individuals and their buildings, including the use of Islamic names and the use of the zodiac clock to indicate when people are in a certain area. They also mention the importance of technology and the use of labels to indicate the religion of the person. The speaker emphasizes the importance of following Islam to stay safe and achieve true health and success in life.
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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.