I believe Allah Almighty, the Maker,
the Creator of entire creation, would never leave us without a message
as to why He made us as to what He wants from us.
I believe I'm a Muslim because I'm so sophisticated that
when I die I cannot just disappear into thin air.
I have to go back to the One Who had me before I was even born.
That's why I'm a Muslim. I don't want to intoxicate my mind in any way
because it's a gift that distinguishes myself from animal.
I will not have a single intoxicant
because I don't want to tamper with that brain that has distinguished me.
I'm a Muslim. Therefore. I want things. I need things.
You cannot have everything you want here on earth.
But Allah promises you and all the rules and regulations he made are just and fair
in order to instill discipline in mankind so that you lead the best of lives.
Allah says when you get, don't become arrogant.
Remember, it's a test.
And when you lose, don't lose faith, why...
But if I were asked, why am I a Muslim? That's a very good question.
Why am I a Muslim? I am a Muslim
because I believe I was created by a Maker
and I believe that Maker is the only One Who deserves any act of worship.
I want to have a direct relationship with my Maker, that's why I'm a Muslim.
I don't want to go via a stick or a stone or a tree or a grave or another person.
I want to go me and Allah, me and my Maker who made me and made entire creation.
That's why I'm a Muslim because Islam teaches submission to the Maker alone.
No one else, I go to Allah.
Yes, I have learnt what revelation has brought through the messengers.
I respect and honour the messengers, all of them. That's why I'm a Muslim.
I believe Allah almighty, the Maker,
the Creator of entire creation would never leave us,
would never leave us without a message as to why He made us
as to what He wants from us.
I believe I'm a Muslim because
I'm so sophisticated that when I die, I cannot just disappear into thin air.
I have to go back to the one who had me before I was even born.
That's why I'm a Muslim.
I believe in the afterlife.
I believe in accountability.
That's why I'm a Muslim.
I respect all the messengers.
I believe that Adam, may peace be upon him, was the first of my species.
That's why I'm a Muslim.
I believe that EVE or Hawah, may peace be upon her,
was the first female from the species.
I believe Allah created us male and female. That's why I'm a Muslim.
I believe that Allah taught Adam and Adam taught his children
and the children taught their children,
and I believe that from among them they were messengers,
thousands of them, those I know, those I don't know, all of them taught one thing
to worship your Maker alone.
That's it. What did they teach?
One thing who do you worship? Not a single messenger said,
worship someone or something besides your Maker.
All of them, said, worship your Maker alone.
Jesus, may peace be upon him, a great messenger of Allah.
We respect him.
You will never have a single negative thought about him,
his mother, the Virgin Mary, may peace be upon her, amazing, very respectful.
We will never utter a word about her.
We we will be in the deepest of pain and sadness, if anyone were to blasphemy them
to utter utterances that were belittling to Jesus, may peace be upon him, or them, or
his mother, the Virgin Mary, may peace be upon her.
The same applies to the Prophet Moses, may peace be upon him and Aaron or Harun,
Musa (a.s), May Allah's peace and blessings Upon all of them,
Noah or Abraham, or Ishmael, or Isaac, or whoever else, it may be.
That's the English language, the English names.
But the Arabic is Issac, Ismael, Ibrahim, Yaqub, Yosef, whoever else they were.
We respect all of them.
Lut (a.s), the prophet lot, may peace be upon him we respect him and
we believe the Almighty sent the best of the time to the people
those who were the most befitting. He would not be sending people
who contradicted the very message that they brought,
I think it was the Prophet Shoib, may peace be upon him,
saying I'm not going to go against that which I have told you not to do.
If you find me doing it, but I told you, you don't do it.
Come on, May Allah almighty grant us ease and goodness.
So I believe that the Almighty Who made me is the only One Who's owed worship.
And I will always respect all of the messengers.
I followed Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him, I believe;
he was the highest, the best of creation, the most noble of all prophets, and
I do believe that every word that was revealed by the Almighty
to the messengers is the truth. That's why I'm a Muslim.
I believe that I will surrender to the Almighty.
He has supreme control of entire existence, that's why I'm a Muslim.
and I believe he's allowed me a certain leeway.
He's given me certain energies, certain understanding,
certain control over certain aspects through His permission.
And then He's tested me to say I'm going to give you a brain.
I'm going to give you energy.
I'm going to give you ability.
I'm going to give you understanding and
let's see if as you go onto the earth for a few decades,
perhaps in the case of the majority, are you going to utilize what
we've given you in order to come back to us and worship us alone and
understand that We are Or I am your Lord, subhanAllah,
Or are you just going to go and do as you please,
knowing that oppression is not allowed?
You know, there is a hadith qudsi; Oh My worshippers!
I have prohibited oppression for Myself
and I have prohibited oppression amongst yourselves.
So do not oppress one another.
Don't do wrong. Now, man comes and says, I don't believe in anything.
I just came onto the earth.
I'm a Muslim because I believe I'm too sophisticated for that type of state.
I just came.
You just came.
Did you arrive at this mosque?
This masjid today just by chance? Or did you make an effort to get here?
If you made an effort, it's proof and evidence that there is a Lord who created you
because nothing just happened coincidentally.
For you to come to the Masjid,
is far greater a chance to happen coincidentally
than entire creation to just occur coincidentally,
if you understood what I just said, which one is easier?
It's easier for me to just go to the mosque and say it happened.
Ok then entire creation is much more difficult.
Meaning it is Allah Almighty who Creates.
So I'm looking at you today.
I have a feeling I'd like to spend more time with you.
I don't have the time something is wrong.
Will I ever get it?
Yes, I will, where, on the other side, I can sit with you forever.
Subhanallah, so relax.
I want things.
I need things. You cannot have everything you want here on Earth,
but Allah promises you and all the rules and regulations He made are just and fair
in order to instill discipline in mankind so that you lead the best of lives.
When Allah tells you we have predestined things, do you know what He says,
Don't become arrogant because Allah gave you something.
It was predestined as a test for you, that's what it was.
You became loaded wealthy, you have everything, you are the most good looking.
You have power, authority, whatever you may have.
Hang on relax there is someone above you who's just testing you with all of this.
That's your Maker.
Allah says when you get don't become arrogant.
Remember, it's a test and when you lose, don't lose faith.
Allah says don't become too saddened by what you've lost.
Don't become too sad.
Why? These are the days of the world.
What's the worst thing that can happen to you and I?
People will say, Death. That's actually not the worst thing.
It might just be one of the best things that ever occurred, but you don't know.
Man is so weak that we don't even know what lies beyond our planet,
except that which we have seen and we're discovering more and more on a daily basis.
But man knows that there is something and
I don't know what exactly it is.
And yet he says, if I haven't seen my Maker, I don't believe in Him,
but he knows he hasn't yet seen all the planets.
But bottom of his heart we're going to see them one day.
Well, I'm going to see my Maker one day too.
Subhanallah, the One Who made all of this...
Ohh, our Lord or Allah, or our Maker, or Maker of entire creation,
You have not created all of this for nothing in vain just to pass time.
It's created for a purpose for a reason.
That's why I'm a Muslim.
I want to go back to Allah.
I want to lead a life of discipline.
I don't want to intoxicate my mind in any way because
it's a gift that distinguishes myself from animal.
I will not have a single intoxicant
because I don't want to tamper with that brain that has distinguished me.
I'm a Muslim Therefore, I'd like to lead a life of discipline.
I'd like to be sober.
I'd like to be a person who has morals and values. That's why I'm a Muslim.
I want to respect everyone on Earth, that's why I'm a Muslim.
I want to stand for justice.
That's why I'm a Muslim.
I want to be fair, whether it's against myself, my parents, whoever else it may be.
That's why I'm a Muslim.
These are the teachings of the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad,
Peace be upon him and I do know that anything that was uttered in the Quran,
anything that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,
taught authentically cannot be wrong.
Even if science says something else, science will change over time.
It will come back to what Allah said and it has already in so many things;
Come back and confirmed what Allah and
his messenger, (pbuh), have said it has already come back.
So beyond your understanding and mine,
100 years, 200, a thousand years from today,
people will discover that ohh this was actually the truth.
I will not allow myself to die in disbelief simply
because I did not grasp one concept of that.
I will rather surrender and say if Allah. Has said it, I believe it that's it.
May Allah almighty grant us ease.
So my brothers, my sisters, like I say you need to ask yourself
why am I a Muslim and there are proper solid answers.
You will study the other faiths.
I'm a Muslim because I do believe with
all due respect to the other faiths, there have been tremendous tamperings
in the revelations of the other faiths and I've studied a lot tremendous.
Look at how many versions they are of some of the testaments, mind boggling;
Look at how changed things are.
Mind boggling.
Look at how things were prohibited, they became permissible.
Islam is one faith, there will always be people from among the Muslims
who will consider the prohibited, prohibited right up to the end
and the permissible, permissible right up to the end.
Non-tempered:
We have revealed this and We will protect it.
One might ask why didn't Allah choose to protect the previous ones?
I'm not Allah but Allah chose to protect the final one for for reasons known to Him
and Allah says we know it's it's a completion of the message.
That's what it is.
If you look at the commandments of Allah (swt), they're all the same.
Look at the faiths.
May Allah Almighty grant us strength.
So I'm a Muslim because I'm totally totally convinced after deep study.
Totally convinced that you know what.
When I put my head down on the ground
and I say, oh, you, Who made me. You are the greatest.
I am so reassured to say when I close my eyes, it's going to be the happiest day ever.
I'm going to return to my Maker and I know He is merciful.
He's kind, He's forgiving.
He is amazing.
I can't wait to get back to Him.
My Lord is the highest.
I can't wait.
I have no doubt, the minute you start taking names,
you put your head on the ground and you thinking of another person,
you're thinking of an article, an artifact, you're thinking of a building,
you're thinking of something made a tree or a stone, or the oceans, or something else.
You know what you're risking something that only will come once.
I'd rather say ohh you Who made me, I worship you alone,
no risks involved zero. There's no risk when it comes to Islam.
worshipping Allah that's what it is and yes, discipline I believe all these rules.
Yes there are tough, tough, some of them are tough but they're only there in order
to be able to lead a beautiful life of justice and goodness and to succeed truly
to be content and happy when Allah says don't look, don't look.
Doesn't mean no.
Why should I not look?
I'm looking well.
You'll pay a price for it.
That's what it is.
If Allah says do this and you don't want...
Allah say.. don't consume intoxicants.
You say, why shouldn't that?
Let me try it out.
I'm the adventurous type, you know.
Ok, you're gonna pay a price for it.
I am a Muslim.
I won't even do that.
Yesterday someone asked me, filling out a form, have you..
Do you drink? I said water?
Yes, no, do you drink? I said no, never, I don't even know what it tastes like,
I don't believe you, I said well, if you don't it's your problem it's not mine.
I'm a Muslim. I've never touched it and inshallah. Never, that's what it is.
May Allah protect all of us.
May Allah grant strength to the youngsters, young and old,
who are challenged with addictions.
May Allah take you out of the mess, be strong, we need you.
You are part of us.
Work on your weakness.
Cut it out, no matter what it is, your bad habits. We need you.
Cut them out, come back and in sha Allah, see the strength of the Ummah.
May Allah strengthen all of us.