I'm thinking about reciting the Shahada but...
Oh amazing Its an investment, it's a proper commitment
Yeah...
I feel a bit uncomfortable right now to commit to it but with time I feel like I can grow.
What was your journey like, what led you to that state where you knew that you wanted
to commit, right you had that feeling, what led you towards that feeling?
A lot of things just outside like the world, I saw the world and I was originally a Christian
catholic and we saw that religion didn't help the world like Islam did.
I feel like if everyone was Muslim then the world would work in a more peaceful way, in
all honesty so...
If I was a...
I agree with you ...but let's say as a non-muslim I was to say give me an example of how the
world was working in a peaceful way for Muslims and Islam?
I feel like one way would be with war and conflict a lot of war and conflict in the
world this example through like a lot of things within the bible even a lot of things within
the torah but in the quran is only depending on the jihad and that like alone that kind
of like example of peace through power or like the world should use that more.
That's quite deep, yeah yeah...
That's something why that's one of the reasons why like i say just being like a black boy
and being a black man turning into a black man is like Islam would help a lot of people
recognize that everyone is equal yes the banner itself obviously yeah yeah through a lot of
like other religions and especially like Christianity and Judaism is that there is that power hierarchy
within race and I don't really appreciate.
That's a really good point yeah because in islam there's no you just straight to god
Allah yeah everyone's equal you don't have to go you know arabs and non-arabs uh whites
and blacks these superficial things have no sort of bearing when it comes to your position
with Allah it's only like it says your connection or your piety, your good actions these are
the things which connect you in terms of your uh relationship with Allah so we can have
the person who leads of millions of people in prey in Mecca it can be a black man we
had an Imam who was a black man it doesn't matter what they're color it can be any ethnicity
as long as they qualify to be in that position that's how it works.
There isn't that sort of like you said in other religions where there's that sort of
ethnic hierarchy that's going on there there's a matter of status in society so you believe
in allah i do believe in our lord it's a nice power and the prophet and the prophet muhammad
peace be upon him you're essentially a muslim you know what i mean whether whether you whether
you like you or not whether you want to sort of profess it or not and i really think you
should you you what you by what you're saying um i'm i'm assuming what you're saying is
what's in your heart as well you're a muslim yeah now doing these good actions which you're
doing as a human being you're doing this action but you're not being rewarded for these actions
they're not being written down for you as as good actions why because you haven't formally
entered the fall of islam once you enter the fold of islam all of your previous sins are
wiped newborn baby your good actions are carried forward with you and every good that you do
is on your weight is on your is on your scale of good deeds on the day of judgment and those
skills are what dictate where you and through the mercy of allah will enable you to enter
into paradise but the key statement that is the the key to to paradise is professing that
no one is worthy of worship except allah and the prophet muhammad is his last and final
messenger now i would a person like you in all honesty especially if you if you sound
sincere and what's in your heart is what you're saying from your tongue then you just manifest
on your limbs through your actions through your speech and that comes first by saying
that shahada which you're probably already aware of saying saying what you already said
you said i believe in allah and that the prophet muhammad is a slave and messenger and once
you enter that fold of islam not only will it transform your life as a human being because
you're connected with your creator directly that when you put your head down on the ground
and you worship and you speak to allah directly and that peace and tranquility that you that
every human being is looking for through different ways you gain that whether even if you have
nothing you have no material sort of possessions but you have that inner peace that and that
goes with you wherever you are so that only comes through entering the fold of islam and
then doing the actions which which a muslim does praise etc etc these things you don't
necessarily have to know all of those things to become a muslim that comes off gradually
over time but i would i would offer this to you today to become muslim yeah like i said
that's the next step and you know it's not a big ceremony it doesn't have to be in in
the most condition that we can do it right here right now good i just feel right now
in my whole part that if i was to i wouldn't be 100 genuine because i even the things i
still do and continue to do now because of the way i live and everything that's comfortable
to me these things is just i don't want to commit to being a muslim and then the next
day i went out to do whatever i went back to doing yes you might not live till the next
day yeah you might not live till the next day sins are sins but the greatest sin is
associating partners with allah and not recognizing him as as the one and only creator and you
already believe this but you haven't entered that that fold of islam once you enter the
fall of islam allah forgives sins allah is the most merciful allah there's narration
from the prophet peace be upon him that if you come to allah with an earth full of sins
allah will bring an earth full of mercy if your sins are as high as the sky allah will
forgive you if you turn to him with sincerity and you repent so sins are forgivable the
only one sin which a person if they die with is not forgiven if they associate partners
with allah if you say allah has a son if you say something else it deserves to be worship
except allah this is unforgivable no matter how good you are as a person in this life
and that sin is the unforgivable sin if a person dies with that and you already say
you believe in allah you believe in the prophet muhammad peace be upon him these actions allah
will make easy for you to leave we there's people who are muslims and they're doing these
things there's people who are muslims and they're doing these things what is the key
to paradise
and the prophet peace be upon him is a slave and messenger is the heaviest thing on the
scale okay so that will come with time no doubt and i and i the fact that you actually
said that shows your sincerity yes definitely i was just about to say yeah the fact that
it shows you're so so genuine yeah because because some people sorry yeah how many people
they rush to testify i mean it's fine
you're questioning your own intention which is the genuine sincerity sincerity and that's
the key behind everything that we do is that sincerity but it will be a shame it would
be a shame if a person didn't had that and they procrastinated that decision and doubts
came into their mind or something else happened which is obviously you know shaitaan i believe
the devil that he is working for like full time on a person like you for example and
all of us all of us no doubt a person who's who is on that step of of entry leaving the
hellfire and entering into paradise that this is the worst thing his whole purpose of being
here on this earth from adam from adam anderson until now is to take his children one by one
with him into the hellfire and one of them to be saved that's when he's he's fully you
know working on that person what about this what if this happens but you're not ready
but et cetera et cetera all of these things these are doubts which are irrelevant put
them to one side your heart you believe allah exists you believe that allah is the one who
created us in this life and that the prophet peace be upon him is his slave and messenger
we don't worship the prophet muhammad ever we only worship allah the prophet muhammad
is an example for us like the messengers came before him an example for their people he
lived this life told us how to worship allah how to live this life and he's the best of
creation and you believe these things and i would really encourage you again to offer
that to you to take your shahadah and we could do this now
don't be afraid be strong be steadfast
and not only just connect myself to a lot but also connect myself with the quran and
the words of the quran as it is his true word and i mean the fact that you believe it's
the words of allah you don't have to necessarily i mean the quran you can study for years scholars
are still teaching the quran we're still looking into the benefits of the you know the scientific
facts that are coming out from the quran that people know about there's many other many
other it's a deep it's a deep text it's from allah but all of these actions like i said
even that journey of the of reading the quran is our good deeds you're being rewarded for
that but you're working without getting paid and it's just a statement on your tongue you
enter into islam and you live your life as a muslim and you have that peace and tranquility
and you continue your search you continue your striving to better yourself in all of
these things like we all do okay even as born muslims or you know converts to islam or et
cetera but that's first step is the key step is to enter into the fold and it's not a like
it's not you've already said it you'll be professing what you already believe in your
heart you've already said it you've already said it it's just it's just saying saying
in arabic and english so you know what you're saying and you're muslim and we could do that
right now
be strong
would you like to do it yeah yeah okay okay so i'll would you like to do an arabic first
to english fest arabic so i'll i'll say i'll say uh slowly piece by piece and you repeat
after me oh yeah okay you say anna
and this means i bear witness can you say that there is no one worthy of worship except
allah and i bear witness that muhammad is his slave
and
this is your gift
now this is your identity you are a muslim no longer i'm not you're a muslim now you've
entered the fold of islam