Allah hu Akbar (God is the greatest)
God hears those who praise Him.
Allah hu Akbar (God is the greatest)
People also think too like money just buys happiness and it
absolutely is not the truth- you know what i'm saying like- you got to be right
inside, otherwise none of this s**t means nothing.
No absolutely. They get everything then: this is, this is something... this is everything?
-This? Pow -Uh Huh
Allah hu Akbar (God is the greatest)
This is everything? I waste my *** life for this? This is everything?
Allah hu Akbar (God is the greatest)
And i came across this post by the Muslim boxer Badou Jack.
I don't know for some reason i expect his name to be Bodhrul Jack, but hey i guess he's not a bengali.
So on this post you can see iron Mike Tyson,
praying alongside Badou Jack,
in what seems to be a congregational prayer, other than jummah.
Now i know what some of you guys will be thinking, you'll be like whoa,
What's he doing? Na i'm only kidding some people
just pray Jummah (Friday prayer) and inshaAllah (God willing) they will work their way towards praying the five
daily prayers which are obligatory in the religion of Islam.
And those of you that are watching that are not Muslim you're thinking 'yeah
yeah we get it mate...' but hang on just a minute because
even if you look at the old testament and the new testament
it is replete- that's right it is absolute covered in quotes of
prophets that are praying in the same way that
Mike Tyson's praying, that's right, with their face
on the ground. As you can see, whether it's Jesus yeah,
whether it's Moses yep, whether it's Abraham yes that's right and of course
we have other prophets as well falling on your face,
it's prostration mate. Muslims are the
only ones who pray like, that's consistent with the old
testament the new testament and the final testament
which is the holy Qur'an. I think this is very profound because Mike Tyson
is probably one of the most famous boxers, especially in the modern era.
Even somebody that's as ferocious, that's as strong,
that's well known, the master in his field
as Mike Tyson, even he is in need of God. No matter who you are, no matter
how famous you are, no matter how rich you are...
because your fame, your richness, your athletic ability,
it all comes from Allah. There was a quote that was quite profound and it
said something along the lines of- we give so much time and attention and
praise to the artist and his piece of work but
we failed to give attention and credit to the one who's
created that artist, who has created the mind of that artist.
Ali's a giant
There's no way other fighters can match him
He'd die for this s**t. He'd die. I'm not gonna die for this.
And those of you still wondering: I mean why do Muslims- yeah these
-Muslims with their beards -beardie weirdies
What is it? Why are they praying five times a day mate?
Why why are you doing it mate?
Well calm down Dave i'm gonna tell you, because Salah (translates as prayer)
is a form of attachment for muslims. We pray five times a day so we can stay
attached to Allah (to god) our creator through our
body our movements (because when we're praying we
are moving), through our speech because we are speaking to God in our prayer,
through our memory because we have memorized passages of the Qur'an
and of course imagination- yeah that we are imagining that we are standing in
front of Allah. I'm just going to end with two
points. Like i mentioned at the start some
people unfortunately and sadly they only pray
jummah but as a muslim we should know that the prophet peace be upon him has said,
that prayer is a basis of religion and whoever
leaves it has destroyed his religion. This leads on to, i think
two main excuses that people give to not praying, number one people say,
"You know what mate, i'm sinful yeah when i become better i'm
gonna pray" it seems like you've misunderstood the job of prayer.
Allow me to edify elucidate and educate you my friend (that's right)
because the example or the similitude of Salah that's given
is that of a person that bathes five times a day. Are they gonna have dirt
left on their body? Of course not, so if a person is praying
five times a day, are they gonna have sins in their heart?
Guys no matter what happens, whether you're drinking, doing drugs,
you're doing haram or whatnot please please
please do not ever leave your Salah. The sin that you're doing holds its own
penalty and missing salah prayer holds its own
penalt,y so for any logical person you see that incurring two penalties
makes no sense. Salah is incredibly important to keep your connection
with God otherwise in this godless, materialistic, capitalist society that's
designed to turn us away from God
Society (x3) you know society.
And the other thing is a lot of people say
"ah i just get lazy, i just get tired so give me some advice about how i'm not
gonna be lazy" no mate you're misunderstanding and
misdiagnosing why you're not praying. It's not because
you're lazy, because... let's think about it you're the type to
get up 7:30/8:00 in the morning to go to work, you're
the type that used to get up early in the morning to go to
school, you're the type that you used to get to your job interviews beforehand,
why? because you understood the value, that's right, nowadays we fail to
understand the value of Allah (value of God) naturally because we can't
see him so that's why Allah (God) tells us in the
Qur'an 'a reminder is beneficial for the believers' so we need to regularly
remind ourselves of the greatness and the glory of Allah,
by going to study circles, by going to the mosque, by looking at YouTube
lectures by subscribing to smile2jannah- you know all of this sort of
integral and important stuff mate, because if you truly think about it we
would never steal in front of a policeman,
we don't speed when there's a speed camera there and of course
we don't flaff about when our boss is watching so we have
understand(ing) and respect for these individuals
so likewise if we truly understood the glory and the power of Allah, we would
also value what he's asked us to do, and we
would be prompt in doing it as well.
If you don't pray try the next prayer yeah
Do your ablution, try go to the mosque. This is a good time to go to the mosque.
I know some of you guys feel embarrassed because
certain people see you and go "oh what's he doing here?" Now you wear the mask.
Now people aren't standing next to you yeah, there's more privacy
that you can have and just go pray and then leave.
That's right, it's better at the mosque because you're not rushing you don't
have the distractions at home, so please start it and
let me know how things go. That's right i wish you
all the best and you will see the change that
salah (prayer) brings to your life. Let's leave it there guys, until next time
Asalaamu Alaikum