Asalaamu Alaikum guys and welcome to another episode of smile2jannah
I'm sure you guys watched the last video where I was talking about Brad Pitt and
his journey out of atheism
What if they didn't watch the video?
Hopefully you guys watched my previous video which was about Brad Pitt.
Hopefully? That sounds a bit desperate
In my previous video I talked about Brad Pitt leaving atheism
Oh yes
And the choice and the reasons behind why mate
But even though Brad Pitt made it very clear,
that he is no longer affiliated with Atheism,
this guy tweeted me saying he's still not convinced mate
I mean what does Brad Pitt have to do?
Tattoo it to his forehead?
Well now however there is a famous Pakistani actor by the name of
Hamza Ali Abbasi, who has pretty much said the same thing, that he has left Atheism.
I became an atheist when I was 14/15. Science was actually
something which brought me back to being a theist.
Ashraf I hope that's good enough for you bro?
Hamza has millions of followers. Now this is because he's
appeared in Pakistani/dramas movies. I mean the guy's well-known in Pakistan.
His 20 minute video where he's literally opening his heart out and talking about
his journey is gonna send shockwaves amongst the youth in Pakistan Jumeirah
In fact I love the way he says that he looked into science,
he took away the biases that are attached to and the
stigmas that are attached to Islam.
Because some of you guys watching, the reason why you guys don't
want to accept Islam is because of what you've heard or seen in the media or
what's perceived in your mind
Now I love this bit yeah.
He goes, then I started pondering on death and the reality of death and of
course the journey the day of judgment that comes after death. Now this is
brilliant because the prophetic tradition encourages us to do that
-Bro, don't talk about death innit -Why?
If you ignore it and don't talk about it, it's not gonna happen innit.
Bro have you been drinking shampoo again?
Because I had two bottles to start with, and now I've only got 1.
Be it in any field, the people that you spend a lifetime trying to impress, sometimes
going as far as sacrificing your beliefs I mean this could be: Not praying at work
because you're embarrassed, or not asking if the meat is halal because you don't
wanna upset the butcher or just not adorning the beard or the hijab.
But these very people whose approval that you desperately cling on to, when you pass
away they forget you. I mean look at the people that are supposedly popular in
our society. You've got the Michael Jacksons, the Malcolm Xs, the Martin
Luther Kings, we read about them maybe remember them once a year but
that's about it.
-Hello -I wanna do dawah mate
-excuse me -I wanna do dawah
-You what? -You're not listening to what I'm saying
-oh you wanna... -dawah
-You want to do dawah -yeah dawah mate
-okay -I'm down for the dawah
Now this guy went one step forward. Not only was he influenced by Islam but
he now wants to share that message with people and that's what makes our ummah
special and that's what Allah says in the Qur'an, that you are the best people
raised for mankind because you enjoin good and forbid evil.
It's all well and good wanting to do it,
but you've got to be stable. You need your education.
Once you're educated you can get a decent job, that's not that labor intensive because
let's face it if you don't get the grades you're gonna have a very labor
intensive job and by the time you come home after a long shift you're knackered (tired).
A lot of these people that have good grades literally just sitting on their
backside all day just exercising their fingers. I mean their fingers have got
bigger six-packs than their you know one family giant flabby pack.
He talked about how he's stable and then he was like yo I mean why do I need to carry on
accumulating money? Why don't I share this message?
And that's beautiful
Respect to this guy because it is not easy to give up your career especially
when your adored by loads of people. Because now that he's linked to the
religion naturally he's gonna get loads more haters. But let's face it, he's seen
all the glitter and the glamour of the industry and this guy turned his back towards it.
But what are we running towards? Are we running towards the
leftovers that he's left. I mean there was a very beautiful quote I
heard- that we are literally licking what these people have spat out.
Whether it's Brad Pitt, whether it's Sonny Bill Williams from New Zealand the rugby player,
all of these guys say the same thing, whether Kevin Hart or Kanye West,
that this lifestyle does not satisfy the soul
Yeah Hamza you gotta be careful with that sort of stuff mate yeah? Benefit of the
doubt maybe you didn't mean that in in that sort of way.
Stick with the authentic sources, stick with the scholars and you'll be fine.
When you start you know delving down at what he (heart) says, you don't know if there's a
bit of ego mixed with that, a bit of satan adding his masala in there
as well and cooking a dodgy out of date curry,
you never know mate. Because the problem is when people start getting followers they
start giving their "opinions" and when you start giving your opinions...
Yeah we've got a tradition that goes all the way to the Prophet, there are chains
established link between our scholars and the Prophet (s.a.w)
When some average Joe comes and says "yeah in my opinion.." mate no one cares about your opinion
just like if you had a lump and some random guy said, "yeah that's cancer"
-"who are you mate?" -I'm a plumber
well go... I mean my toilets blocked so sort that out isn't it?
That's beautiful mate, he's knocked it straight on the head.
If you fix your relationship with Allah, Allah will fix your relationship with the people.
Beautiful mate, like I said if you do this, if you have a good relationship
with scholars and people of knowledge- experts in their fields- you will do fine
inshallah my brother. I wish you all the best and yeah man just stay in your
lane don't get too big for your boots and inshaAllah you'll guide loads of people
with the permission of Allah (swt). May Allah keep you steadfast,
me steadfast and all the viewers and the Ummah and the people on this planet and
you know.. now I have to... now I just started, now have to keep going on... other planets
undiscovered wherever life may be... Ameen