Bismillah ar-rahman ar- raheem this is Sabeel Ahmed. I am in guiding light Islamic Center I'm here
in the parking lot next to me you may be wondering who is this youth all right
why don't you say who you are he's like really special when I met you know there
were so many guests who came today when I met him I said wow this person I need
to interview he's special who are you my name is Sam Swift and I'm a fifteen I'm
a sophomore in high school I go to Trinity High School oh he goes to
Trinity High School and you may be wondering who are watching this video
maybe this is a Christian guy who believes in Trinity and takes Jesus as
Lord and Savior do you know sir so I found out that alhamdulillah our
brother Sam he is a reward to Islam he converted to
Islam and somebody forced he correct no-nobody first you martial of your own
choice alhamdulillah so Warren just mentioned briefly your story
I mean who introduced Islam to you and what what teachings of Islam attracted
you that of your own choice you studied and then you became a Muslim yeah so it
was all in like sixth grade you know and at the time and still of course today
you know the media is always demonizing it's you know terrorism terrorism
terrorism terrors of all the shows that I could it's like you know terrorism and
my parents they're always pretty cool about it and you know they said you know
this is not really really slum all right and so I was I was reading
about online and I had a friend hundred lubberly still my best friend to this
day and I started out sort of mocking in and you know like you know like you know
I mean I wasn't like trying to like actually I didn't like actually I hated
Islam I was just being kind of the scumbags like you know you know bombs
you know fine carpet stuff like that and but I asked questions you know he
answered them and there are good answers and I admired like because the main poll
factor one of the main pole factors was like the discipline that it's not had
because I was pretty example that you have you know you
really modest you have to carry yourself good and I'm not saying that I think
you'd I'm not a obviously not a perfect person I have some but I just admire
that I admired that part that brought me in and yes you know respects and of
course submission to allah subhanaw taala and that that was those some of
the main core factors yeah you know when I met Sam and he introduced himself he
was bearing the full toll by the way right and the turban that all you have
in the backpack but alhamdulillah you introduced yourself that of your own
choice you know what important lesson Sam that I can learn from that encounter
with your Muslim friend Ali is that Muslims we have to practice and we have
to be a good example for our fellow Americans and people of humanity yes we
can teach and we can preach and give them a choice but we have to practice
that and I believe your friend Ali has done a good job
I hope so right of course and second important thing is we need to have the
knowledge to correct the people if people think that you know Muslims are
extremists and terrorists and threat to society I think Ali did a good job your
friend to introduce to you what Islam is and what Islam is not it's a good lesson
for the youth and all the Muslims so I want to ask you this question what about
your parents hold what was the reaction once they found out that you know my son
Sam converted to Islam what was the reaction I think that's it's actually
pretty unique my parents they were actually really they're pretty tolerant
about it because they weren't like you know they're not like strong they're
they're raised Christian but I guess like they're sort of like agnostic and
deist and so you know they were they're supportive and wash the leather so
they're really good about it and they just don't they just don't want me to
like and it's gonna understandable they just don't want me to to like try to
make it a bigger part of their lives like so you know this yeah yeah but you
know brother Sam you have two obligations I mean there are so many
obligations two obligations first obligation is to share the message of
Islam with your parents you know you want to
go to paradise I want to go to parrots all of us but we also want our parents
to be there don't you so it's really important that by your
good words good actions becoming the best son anyone can ever have that would
be one of the ways to lead them towards the truth of Islam and the guidance of
the Quran do you agree with that second obligation that you have is to make sure
that if you have siblings yeah if you have brothers and sisters
you may have you know your friends non-muslim friends you got going to a
Trinity school basketball team right so one big lesson I want you Sam to share
with all of us would be you know nowadays in the 21st century it may be
so in all the centuries youth may have so many temptations so many problems so
many distractions in this world and look at humor shall are good examples
I mean Allah make all of us better I mean right but what message that you
have one to the Muslim youth second but the non-muslims who may be listening out
here my advice to the Muslim youth in Lamas limbs is to not just not just sort
of just go through the motions of life you know like actually you know
especially for the Muslim youth you have to you you are Muslim tomorrow you've
been blessed that you you were born I'm lists of them so you have all the tools
that you that you like that you need to succeed because you know your parents
will be behind you if you're being raised Muslim so take
advantage of that and use and and go into the religion you know learn about
the religion make it a part of your life don't you you can't just say you know
I'm a Muslim and and then just go go to the mushy because your parents tell you
to pray because the parents say so you have to you have to you have to make you
you have to be your own Muslim you can't just be some just go through the motions
all right you ever just look actually look into a Salaam read about Islam and
it'll bring closer to Allah
non Muslim brothers and sisters out there who may be thinking Muslims are
threat just don't believe the mainstream media because the these reporters
they're not they're not Islamic stars dilemma so what my advice to them would
be to to actually if they want to they want to actually you know find truth
then then didn't actually learn about the snap don't just not just take it a
face value from what the media says learn Islam not from the Fox the CNN the
fake news the White House but from the Quran and the last prophet sallallaahu
lucidum you know when I listen to the ear advice
you said you are about 50 years of age 15 Oh Dean mashallah your advices as if
you are like a vice 50 year old person mashallah
may Allah keep you guided me Allah gave he died a guidance to your parents to
all of humanity and melih keep you blessed and all of us blessed man
wonderful congratulations welcome to Islam brother