a YouTuber in UK made some derogatory
comments regarding Andrew which went
viral and he replied straight away
insulted all Muslims um although I would
gladly blow myself up I'm just saying if
he really wants to prove it do do the
right
thing let's see how it'ser let's see how
about that life you really are then that
Muslims blow themselves up and I should
go blow myself up after me converting to
Islam he made a piece on one of his
podcasts saying that I'm not true in my
conversion and then insulted all Muslims
then that Muslims blow themselves up and
I should go blow myself up we should all
blow ourselves up making racist comments
about about an entire religion as if
that's somehow funny let me tell you
something my friend and if true Jordy of
you're watching this this is a message
directly to you there are certain times
in life you need to know when to shut
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the I Muslim man
this is
the
the alhamdulillah greetings of peace now
most of you by now have seen the video
of Andrew Tate praying in a mosque
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and then the news shortly after that
announcing that he was officially a
Muslim cont this is all Haram this
is are you Muslim let me I Muslim one
who has submitted his or her will to the
creator of the heavens and the Earth
just like Moses Jesus Abraham and the
last and final messenger sent to mankind
Prophet Muhammad but who is the brother
praying next to him also the man himself
here what canel the legend is here insh
his new home going to bring you a very
special show soon to all the people who
supported him his whole way bro thank
you very much man thank you glad to be
here
and what impact did he have in his
decision to accept Islam well my next
guest is an expressional MMA fighter
turn entrepreneur and father he competed
in MMA across the world before retiring
in 2010 so let's find all this out from
the man himself Tam KH assalam alaykum
my brother alaykum Salam how are you my
brother alhamdulillah thank you for
joining us it's a big pleasure brother
I'm a big fan of what you do I love the
show and I'm very humbled to be invited
to be honest that's nice to hear
alhamdulillah very nice thanks for
accepting the the invitation all the way
from UAE huh yeah right now it's 8:40
p.m. in the UAE in Dubai and uh I'm in
my gym uh podcast room
just you're kind of like you got a you
got a that's pretty cool I'm here in the
studio but you have a gym also I have a
I have a gym myself here in Chicago I
teach also uh mixed martial arts Gracie
Jiu-Jitsu at the same time yeah yeah Mar
that's my background too gra Jiu-Jitsu
oh yeah I'm a I'm a huge advocate and
fan of the original martial art which
led to the Mixed Martial Arts I'm a very
good friend with hoist himself actually
oh that was my first teacher who I got
my Bluebell from Wow Tor Torrance
California I I used to travel to
Torrance California that's when Horan
was still there Kik was still there
hoist was there and then you know they
split up of course yeah so that's where
that's the roots that's the true roots
of Brazilian well it was Gracie
Jiu-Jitsu until it changed I don't know
copyright copyright reasons yeah and
then I started train I started going to
uh Brazil training with Carlos Gracie Jr
and started with Gracie Baja and then we
we now branched out to rovic Jiu-Jitsu
yes here so hopefully we can have you
have you been to the states here in
Chicago or anywhere well Chicago I've
been on the East I've been to New York
Philly and things but I've never been
but inshallah you know I want to do a
trip soon I've thought children maybe
take them to a Disneyland stop off maybe
roll in your Academy who knows oh I got
I got even better idea we're going to
hopefully inshallah soon be opening the
dean center in Tampa that's about an
hour from Orlando we need to do this for
the future of our children the future of
our great country the future of mankind
this is your brother far and I've got a
very important message alhamdulillah our
brother Eddie is setting up the dean
Center not just the dean show but the
dean Center a full daa Academy a Masjid
a dawa Center in America the first of
its type the a groundbreaking project
and I want everybody as I'm supporting
it I want everybody to support it so we
can take the dawa to the next level we
need the dean Center please support
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it so we'll have also along with the uh
the mega dawa Center we have a Athletic
Facility there also some jiujitsu so
yeah I'd love to visit it it'll be great
alhamdulillah so we got a lot in common
there so tell us now you uh what led up
to this uh this uh prayer video that now
you and Andrew Tate you're in a mid you
brought them into a Mosk and you guys
are side by side praying please talk to
us about this yeah I mean what people
don't know is me and Andrew go back
maybe 15 years
Andrew made his debut of fighting on one
of my shows in ESS it's a little town on
the suburbs of uh the UK
Southeast and um so I've known him I've
known his coach who's a Muslim Bosnian
Muslim Amir he came from he was coached
and basically his mentor was a Bosnian
Muslim Amir he's a very respected guy in
kickboxing in their area called Luton
I'm from South in on in Essex so we knew
each other you know like you have peers
in the martial arts world so then I
moved to Dubai in 2008 and every time
he'd come with touch base he'd reach out
let's catch up you know a lot of the
guys from the UK I'm kind of the go-to
guy for mixed martial arts or catching
up if you know someone it's like I'll
reach out to Tam he's in Dubai like that
we kept in touch and um then obviously
he blew up we stayed in touch and I saw
him become a viral YouTube star and um
the funny thing is when I used to watch
him I used to agree with a lot of things
I was like hey Andrew like you know I
like what you're saying like uh not
everything but a lot of the gist to what
he would say we can as Muslims relate to
it was very different you know as you
know for non-muslim to speak in these
things publicly and having no kind of
bar or limit to what he said he had no
fear so cut a long story short we're in
Dubai and um re we we well he's here at
the moment he's based here right now so
he he knows me trusts me you know we go
way back and a lot of the people he
meets he'll come to me and say who's
this guy is he good because you
obviously with his status you has to be
a bit careful when you've got the people
against you the powers there be but then
um we were discussing we were sitting
actually with Steven seal a few nights
before and uh I said you know what I'm
gonna take you we need to go mes one day
because I want you to feel how that
connection is between the Creator and
the creation I can't explain I said just
when you go in a Masjid quietly and you
put your forehead to the floor it's just
something special he said bro it's my I
would love to do it I would love to and
it wasn't like you know I wanted to test
his reaction some people be like yeah
yeah okay you know they don't want to or
maybe one day he was like yeah I love to
and then uh he said to me but I'm really
I want to converse to it anyway he
brought this up I really I go Mar for
sure that's that's like the
goal so two three days later there was a
UFC that night it was in Abu Dhabi uh
Islam machay against Charles Ola we were
going to go to the event then we didn't
last minute we just thought he gets a
lot of kids chasing and we said you know
what let's watch it in a local fast food
restaurant in Dubai so that day I was
waiting for him I said okay let's go uh
a certain time so we were supposed to
meet and he messaged me uh where are you
I'll pick you up and there was traffic I
said you know what I'll drive and we'll
meet there I completely forgot at this
point about the Masjid he said uh no but
we're going to go to the mid no I said
you're right so I said okay you pick me
up and we'll go together so he reminded
me this is no uh script he picks me up
in the most his famous Bugatti what
color is your Bugatti so we go to a maid
and it's just after Isa I think 30
minutes after Isa so it's kind of quiet
people pray the jamat and they leave
there two guys in there some local
workers or staff from the mall it's
connected to a mall so I said okay he's
all covered I said you you have to have
a ablution when we pray it's called wo
you clean he goes yeah have showers
anyway so walking I said look let's pray
he goes yeah I said you don't mind so I
obviously on the video people are saying
there's a gap obviously the Brother's
first time so yeah I said behind me so
obviously you make me these things
happen and I just said look uh try and
focus looking downwards I'm gonna do the
Salah just I'll pray for us there's some
things you won't know I'll try and do it
whispering it in such which is not
normal but just try and repeat that and
then uh at the end I'll turn to the
right shoulder say Salam to one Angel
then the left shoulder and then we've
prayed so we did TOA then again I
thought you know what let's film this I
said you know why he goes you sure I
said yeah let's film it because he goes
people will say it's I said doesn't
matter I said I'm going to film it
because I just think you get so much
stick let's put this up there to show it
will influence young Muslim people who
follow you too many kids want to be
rappers too many kids want to be I'm a
Gangster this let's put something
positive from someone they look up to so
there's a young uh cleaner or someone I
said please can you record this so he
held it with did two more Knuffle and uh
and that's the video which went viral
and uh I said I'm gon to post this you
don't mind he goes no brother go ahead
he goes you're sure I said you're sure I
said but I've got a feeling this is
going to blow up and I said but it's for
good reasons I said sometimes social
media can be used in a productive way
and in my opinion there's
many many opinions on this oh why did
you do it you shouldn't be recording
yourself look for me social media is
such a powerful tuna like yourself
people watch you to connect to the
younger generation people like yourself
like me like Andrew T you can't just
have 75 year old imams giving speeches
they can't relate to them you know there
You' got to use different angles and
when anot take is so popular really like
from that it just a lot of I had people
messaging me we were in tears watching
this we were crying thank you so much it
hit us Brothers saying to me you know I
feel ashamed to pray I'm always out
doing this and that to watch him pray
makes made me feel ashamed that I'm
going to go to much now so it did what
we want and then the next day obviously
it went viral and I saw reposts from
YouTube channels and things like that
and yeah all of a sudden people think
muy I'm not muy I'm not a scholar I'm
just another brother I I'm trying to
perfect myself also you know at what
point in your life did you start to turn
to take life more serious asking the
crucial questions what's the purpose of
life why am I here at what point in your
life did you really start to take Islam
more more serious honestly I'll give
respect to my mother she raised me
alhamdulillah in a good way I've never
de deviled in alcohol drugs but of
course I wasn't practicing I do other
activities which are frowned upon but I
always was God-fearing but and I I
wasn't praying five times but call me a
Juma Muslim as you say and I do the I
fast Ramadan I never miss a fast but it
was only in these times I'd always think
yeah tomorrow or but then when I had
children I'd always be around the dean
I'd always watch Brothers I'd go to
Speakers Corner I'd speak to Brothers
I'd enjoy out I I read a lot but then I
thought I'm not like I'd wake up to
watch a UFC at 500 a. imagine and not
fudger and one day when I had kids like
I always wanted children and I I could
not ever have children and I'd pray to
Allah and things like this and I had a
few circumstances in my life I don't
want to talk about trials and
tribulations where at that time it was
the lowest point of my life I turned
only to the Creator nothing could help
money people your So-Cal friends run
away local big men local tough guys
local influencers no one could help so I
prayed five times I prayed all the not
only five times na and I did the H and I
remember one of my brothers shami in
London told me he sent me some quote
about HJ there's a quote Ori how he said
like a Target it's like an arrow that
never misses a Target I was doing the
the Dua after us the hour before M on a
Friday I was doing everything and I
really got into it and uh then I went to
umra as well and everything just clicked
and Subhan Allah what I used to pray for
into
the what I used to pray for this image
exactly I looked back months later it
was there I can't it's it's like just
the power of the creation it's like
Allah answered my duas because or
prayers because he maybe saw my
intention and I made a promise S I know
people say you cannot do that but I
promise I'll try my best to this day I
will never ever knowingly go off off the
path like from this day on once I'm
going to make sure I do my best as a
Muslim and however I can and never miss
SL and since then God forbid if one or
once in a month if I've overslept on my
alarm whatever happens I literally my
day is ruined so it took me time but um
and I've been on the since and like I'm
trying to speak to Brothers around me
people in the gym the younger generation
look up to me if we have WhatsApp groups
I'm kind of like the mutwa they don't
send certain pictures I tell them listen
pray do this why are you not praying if
they're all around me I I'm praying come
on do that uh do W do let's jump in and
it helps and a lot of guys and a lot of
people have started following suit
praying as well uh we've had a few new
reverts so for me like around Andrew
when he saw that that I don't joke in a
certain way if Salah comes I'll walk out
of a meeting whether it's a government
building wherever I'll pray on the
street I'll pray in the corner
he that too he says you know what I
respect I respect someone who's with
their religion or faith rather than a
guy who will try and press someone to
not be with it so he he's like that he's
as you know he's a man's man he's not a
guy who's very influenced by others
he'll speak his mind and the problem you
get with a lot of Muslims will be oh
Andrew it'll be like this we love you we
love what you say but Salah time they'd
rather sit there and take pictures than
you know so in life we only have to
impress one person or one entity that's
the creation and the rest
as you know and I've to that point in my
life where I used to be Vain and I want
to look like this I want to be the
strongest ego subh when you get close to
Allah you have more patience subber less
ego you don't back by your whole
character changes to the point where I
think I've gone too soft too soft around
my kids you know I've become but in a
nice way you know so um I have
aggression problems and this and that
but so of the power of Allah and like us
we're discussing it's 2022 in November
social media on a peak and we're sitting
on a in different countries discussing
Islam so it just goes to show the
miracle of this beautiful religion that
you're in this world I'm in this world
we're around celebrities but nothing
will change nothing will divert us you
could I said to Andrew take once I said
you could put a billion dollars to a
real Muslim any Muslim whether he's
praying or not a billion dollars cash
and say denounce Islam and 99% will
never do it but you could do that to any
other religion they would for a billion
dollars and that's a lot of money cash
and he goes you're right goes no one
will do it so whether we sin or not or
whether people off the path that's the
belief we have and that's something you
that's the miracle I guess off the final
uh Revelation you know that's uh
beautiful to see you know someone who's
not ashamed to to be one who is repres
representing his Dean and not shy away
people talk about football basketball
UFC everything under the sun you know
conversations that lead here there
anywhere but you know you're bringing up
you know proud to go ahead and talk
about the way of life that the crater
set down for all of mankind and it's uh
it's really nice to see that there's a a
video here also I wanted to share that
you guys walk into a Institute of
Education here I'm glad he's here you
know as brother I told him once you're
with us his Brotherhood family not
invited after that went viral we're
invited by the Muslim this is kind of
the ministry have Ministry of sport
Ministry ucation there's nothing about
religion little bit of complaining most
people this is where revers go in
here a book of guidance how to pray and
uh just good guys and what about brother
Andrew is he gets invitation let me tell
my phone is non-stop every day
millionaires Captain this that
businesses we want to bring him he's
literally like bro I don't want to go I
really want to relax if it's business we
can discuss but every time we've been
invited to a Islamic Center or a musjid
without a doubt he just says what time
and he goes and you see him you see
himself I can't explain you have the
aura the sunglass is the top G
aggressive but when he's in these places
well you see nor in his face and it's
like a relation he relates to it and and
it lights up the brothers we walked into
another one on Flag Day last Thursday to
a Muslim Community Center and it's where
they have speeches on reverts he walked
into a room they made him stand up and
ask why he reverted and you could see
the faces off wow so this is happening
uh not just this time but this is also
there's
more one I'll post soon it was last
Thursday and it was really nice because
it was a class full of reverts they go
to learn about Islam study understand
the Five Pillars regarding how do you do
umra Hajj and I think they were learning
the steps of umrah and we walked into
the class and the speaker said brother
would you mind talking for a few minutes
we got out spoke and the reverts were so
happy it made them feel bit maybe some
you know feel a bit nervous or can I do
this and when they saw him they felt
calm and like I said I reverted someone
in my gym uh a guy who trains here last
week from Holland to brother I've got a
few questions and I'm just worried my
parents you know they're very
anti-islamic and they're from Holland
and this I said brother just do it for
Allah don't have to tell them for now
just do it because tomorrow is never
guarantee let's just do it and step by
step and if they say things don't argue
with it if I wasn't Muslim I'd have the
same ideas some Muslims don't do fa I
said say and explain to them this is not
the religion but the people are
different we can't judge on this and a
he felt calm here reverted and that day
he felt so good we had dinner after so
aldah I'm not sure whether it was Andrew
but since then it has more Pros than
cons I should I put it you know so did
he end up taking his his official
shahada did he take it at this institute
or was it with
you that same day but it was privately
done he did it they're actually in UA
you get certification for
um for becoming a Muslim it's like a
thing they do in the UA in the UK is
different you say shahada and you know
you have your Witnesses and Allah knows
best but uh so but he wanted that he
said can you send us your passport copy
and we'll get this done for you say yes
please I'd love it so they're going to
make him an official certificate of
being a rever to Islam under the UAE
government so wow yeah so subh it was a
beautiful and they gave him a a
beautiful uh prayer mat Quran he's got
guidance books we've got a few WhatsApp
groups with some well good da does in
London and in the UAE so in in good
hands this is not something hard to
comprehend Islam is a the natural way it
connects with the human nature the
Instinct that we're all the fitra you
know the inclination it's it's not
something that you have rocket science
to figure out worship the Creator not
the creation be a good human being you
know live upon these morals that God
Almighty Allah has sent then we have the
living Miracle the Quran if anyone
sincere takes a analytical scientific
approach comes at it sincerely and
they're asking to be guided by the
Creator they're gonna see the truth just
like Andrew Tate did it's very
straightforward it's not like you're
trying to convince someone that God is a
man or that you know somebody's strange
beliefs that are out there these
man-made religions Islam is clear it's
pristine the toed the pure monotheism is
something that's easy to digest yeah it
is and I think what he respect a lot was
like he said how Islam doesn't Bend its
rules we don't try and adapt to society
we have our set ways and that's it's
Timeless yes we respect the laws of the
land as a prop
but if anything is going to influence
our religion then we step in so unlike
other religions like he say and
obviously his deliver is a little bit
different but he says things like having
a trans or Christians or priests who
allow homosexuality for example we know
clearcut in certain books is forbidden
it doesn't make them not Muslim if there
was a Muslim person who's
doesn't make them a non-m Muslim means
you're
sinning can't control your pleasures or
your desires same as way as a a Muslim
who commit Z like a man just control
your desires you know so Islam has sets
of rules and and I said to him like UAE
or in the Middle East you could leave
your phone or a pot of gold
sometimes brother in in insane summer
it's so hot here you have to if your
car's outside you have to leave the
engine on imagine doing that L I leave
my engine on going to a meeting for 30
minutes my car with a keys are inside
AC's running and I come back it's not
touched that goes because that all stems
from Islamic kind of ruling respect the
laws of a land and I think if the West
I'm not saying bring sh I'm saying if
they adopted some ways of that you it'll
be a happier place and he identified
that he said look the West is upside
down we work hard for watches or
material things you can't even wear them
in London now people Target you so what
kind of society is that you pay taxes
the police have no
power people are like he said he's
literally said you can have you see
people fornica on beaches and prob
everyone it's just wild he goes dub I
like the system he goes I like where if
you have a partner or your wife she's
safe your kids can run in them mall I
can have my kids run around make a m and
come back no threat of pedophilia or
these grooming you know and that all
stems from Islam whether we're not
talking about leadership or if it's
clear-cut sh we're not saying that we're
saying these values and rules Come From
Islam and Society in general is a better
place and now you're seeing Dubai
it's the Hub of the world people are
moving westerners all of Europe Germany
Switzerland you name it they're all
coming here it's because the way of life
is the better so um I think that's a
testimony to the religion itself and
it's like in the early 2000s
unfortunately when that incident
happened in 911 Islam was at the Rock
time butt the world was against it the
invasions of Afghanistan but I think
it's kind of full circles come because
people are fed up with the West at the
moment and it's not just there
non-muslims they're they're Fed Up of
agendas being pushed on their kids or
Society or saying a certain pronoun
they're thinking okay agree or not but
don't push it on us like we don't come
to you and say become Muslim or do this
we don't we say this is our message if
you like it or not or follow us so even
non-muslims atheists they're all on the
same boat that's why I think you're
seeing a big increase in reverts and I
think it all like he promised to us in
our books as well like Islam will always
Prevail you can shun us you can say this
back by say way backward but the message
is it's a miracle and when someone hears
the message unless they're not educated
enough I think they'll always come to
Allah because I think we're all educated
people we're well studying I I at a time
in my teens I look at all the religious
I looked at everything I wanted to say
Let's test and subh you always come back
to Islam the miracle of the Quran
Miracle of the Hadith the prophet
sayings things he predicted what are
happening now and we talked that to
Andrew I said imagine he said there will
be a time when
the Barefoot bedin Arab will be
competing over the highest buildings
imagine that those times Persia or
Romans were known for buildings Arabs
had nothing yeah now get the by look at
the Middle East clear prophecies yeah
clear prophecies which you could not
predict 15 14400 years ago so no way all
the description of the fetus or things
like this in the the Quran is just the
em it's scary and not scary in a good
way you know when people have an open
heart and are willing to listen I don't
believe there's any way to go against it
in my opinion and I think the only
people who do have agendas or they have
businesses which profit are going
against it that's the only reason why
not so alhamdulillah it really made me
happy to see I'd rather see a brother
like Andrew become a Muslim than me
having all the success in business I'd
rather give that and see someone like
you know it makes me more happier
because I know his influence will be key
and I just want to say one thing I don't
want everyone to say he's not going to
become a muy or scholar overnight he's
not going to be that so don't look to
him for Islamic doubt and don't say okay
he did this that because he's new to it
and it's going to take time so a lot of
people send me comments and I see
messages oh he has a cigar here or he's
there guys we have to relax the guys
changed from one opposite a m a
multi-millionaire popular celebrity you
call it from this to this majority of us
would fail it's not easy you know
brother like that industry is so
different
so and he's not came to be that he's
just saying I I'm a musl and I respect
the religion so let him be and step by
step it will come with time and I think
the only worry I have is the pressure of
Muslims bombarding him with you did this
wrong I saw this video I saw this that's
the thing so but as long as we can back
off and show support I think inshah I
can see no problem uh it's interesting
that uh I'm going to show share this
clip that he's already inviting people
to uh look into Islam you know if you
got yourself a nice Islamic wife she
wouldn't cheat on you she'd cook for you
should look after you she wouldn't have
an only fans you know most of the
problems you're facing currently with
women can be solved by
Islam really I just told you why wait
they actually don't cheat she'd have
decency she'd cover up she'd be
God-fearing if she miss her family would
also keep an eye on her so her family
would tell her to obey her husband she'd
want your children she'd look after you
Islamic women are the best they
understand that the best way to serve
God is to also serve their husbands
where do I get one at most most of your
problems could be solved where I get
where do I get an Islamic woman you must
become a Muslim yourself first my
friend and and being a Muslim is not
easy there's a lot to learn it's a long
journey even I'm not a scholar I'm
learning there's a lot to learn about
how it works and the true word of God
and the Quran and learning Arabic Etc
it's not easy but if you come to Dubai
you can begin the journey and you can
talk to the same people I've talked to
and then Halas did he get there did you
teach
Halas yeah he's got a few new lingo it's
funny is his favorite the WAN he doesn't
say Matrix he Sayan now yeah so that's
very uh nice to see he's already uh and
he he corrected the guy he said that
right away the person connected with
what he was saying he said where's she
at he said no no you have to first
become a Muslim yeah and we we did a
podcast we spoke about we said if a man
and woman live by the values of Islam
and respect the laws and live like that
you will never have a problem in
marriage I don't my wife don't many
people won't we'll say we do we don't
but if you truly live by the principles
of the Quran and Sunnah and live by that
and you both respect each other I think
you'll never have a problem in life
honestly the only problems will be
calamities with family or this but how
many of us can say we do and it's a
beautiful thing the respect of a wife
the respect of the husband the duties
the the roles none of us really go by
but if we truly do we know we cannot
raise our voice at our wife she cannot
do the same we cannot and then it
becomes more a peaceful house the kids
are happier so in a he's right if you
live what he meant is if you live by
that kind of guide book for me in life
you have no problems I really truly
believe you're more content whether you
make money or not your content isness is
different it's does am I obeying Allah
enough am I getting myself inshah to
Heaven am I raising my kids the right
way and this is your um goal in life
rather than before it will be different
things and of course we want to make
money and survive because we want to
give shelter to our family and make sure
they're okay and education's good but
truly it changed me in a way where I
don't chase materialistic things I don't
care for it I'm literally like you know
in the gym t-shirt shorts uh where way I
pray and my life honestly is stems
around being around my family kids
raising them taking my girl sometimes to
drum they're only three but just to let
them feel it and not push it just to let
them feel look this is our this is our
beautiful way of life I don't even like
using the word religion and so it's a
great thing and for someone from me born
and raised in UK living in Dubai which
they call the flashiest place and I've
been around you name it the Mayweathers
the sool celebs I've been in this kind
of Lifestyle I've seen the private jets
also Yachts I UFC fighters I've trained
with them I used to professionally fight
TV I've even acted in in a movie imagine
with Jackie Chan but it means nothing
it's it's so minute and it's nothing the
main there's no feel like I was in when
I can't explain when I went to om Mecca
the feeling of
s praying and bowing and put my head to
the floor and in complete silence with
like thousands of other people that
feeling honestly it was like walk to
Arena of a fight times 10 my heart was
pounding and when I first saw the Cara
for the first time that feeling I'll
never forget Subhan Allah it's I cannot
explain it it's
superb And if every Muslim should really
uh every Muslim who's prayed their whole
life looking at these carys on the
prayer mats or on the Internet when you
first go wow like that changed my life
forever and inshah I I hope I'm blessed
to go many more times and do Hajj as
well there's that picture of you guys
and you you mentioned you guys were with
Steven SEO yeah how how was he taken to
uh Islam at all or have you guys had a
discussion about it yeah we Stephen seal
similarly I know there's a stigma about
him in the west and he had a lot of
a controversy surround him but he's
honestly a nice guy very straightforward
very old school kind of alpha melt and
he respects it he says he lives in
Russia and Russia if you're going to get
a country which is close to a Muslim
State and I don't offend anyone I'm not
saying about their political alliances
I'm saying Russian Orthodox Christians
are very similar in a way uh the
households the respect they have for the
husbands
um they don't like entertaining certain
kind of agendas being pushed in their
country is very very similar I've been
to Moscow many times so he's based there
and he likes that system and he when we
speak he agrees with everything he he
understands he understands why he's
Muslim and he says I understand I've
been to the West I've been to America
they've killed religion they they're
trying to put religion in a draw and
those religions have molded to it and
they want basically the dollar or democ
I don't know what they're trying to uh
push the agenda but they religion keep
it at home keep it during I don't know
their Christmas or their Sunday gospel
but it's not for society whereas he he
thinks otherwise and uh yeah he respects
a lot and um honestly
i' there's not many people I've been
around in my life when you speak to them
about it they don't respect it uh
there's many who even insh I mean
Andrew's brother respects it a lot
inshah one day hopefully he's a very
good guy as well himself Tristan very
straightforward good guy um they've been
raised well you can see and you never
know because uh you have an older
brother who you respect and look up to
as well and they go a certain way I know
usually the younger brothers kind of
following path so who knows but um I
think
uh what he's done is very good for our
younger youth in a way I'm not saying
he's going to be a role model because
our role model should always be the
prophet peace be upon him but these
young guys who I feel feel ashamed to be
Muslim want to impress too much or it's
pray I can't pray in front of them this
girl might think I'm this or this guy
he's putting a shame to that so that's
that's what I like and when you see on
podcast whether is the rapper 69ine or
whoever he always speaks about Islam and
yesterday a YouTuber in UK made some
derogatory comments regarding Andrew
which went viral and he replied straight
away regarding defending the religion
and defending uh Allah subhana T so and
now after me converting to Islam he made
a piece on one of his podcasts saying
that I'm not true in my conversion and
then insulted all Muslims then that
Muslims blow themselves up and I should
go blow myself up we should all blow
ourselves up making racist comments
about about an entire religion as if
that's somehow funny let me tell you
something my friend and if true Jord if
you watching this this is a message
directly to you there are certain times
in life you need to know when to shut
the there are certain things which are
not funny certain things are not Beyond
reprisal you don't sit and insult a
man's religion just like you don't
insult a man's entire company and the
people who work for him that's one thing
but to insult my religion and the
religion of billions of people across
Planet making ignorant jokes about
ourselves up thinking it's going to go
without consequence you're going to
learn very quickly my friend that that
was a mistake these things I like he's
straight on it he doesn't like it so he
takes it to heart which is a sign you
know beautiful so there's uh one key
thing I want to take away from this I
love how you and that's trying to set a
good example as far as never leaving the
Salah we know as as Muslims that's the
most important thing right after the
Shah that there's nothing worthy of
worship except the creator of the
heavens and earth Muhammad is the
messenger and then you start making the
Salah praying just like Jesus prayed and
all the other prophets that's the way
they humble themselves and they pray to
the creator of the heavens and the Earth
and you are holding on firmly to that so
the Young shabab The Young Ones out
there and people who are scared right
they have this inferiority complex they
can see someone like you uh who's in a
position around a lot of different
famous people and uh wherever you're at
you're in a meeting it's time to make
Salah you're out of that meeting and
you're going to make Salah so inshallah
this can set a another great example and
uh and what you just said about making
this uh this umra this Hajj that you
were at the power of that so this can
motivate some people also to to jump on
this sure I mean my next uh thing I uh I
want to take Andrew to do umra that's
the next goal right now see things uh
it's no excuse but it's very difficult
the brother can't drive somewhere if
they spot his car we're flocked came to
the gym he can't leave Ms and I've never
experienced this I'm not like this but
I've had khabib and many guys come
around but I've never seen this in a way
scary so his life has totally changed
and before he reverted so he cannot
really experience some things in public
so for example if go to Jamar or you
have to really run out and it looks rude
people think it's arrogant it's not get
in the car because when aund few hundred
people want a picture it becomes
commotion a lot of people go oh he's R
he's not rude it's just I'm the one
that's trying to force him so when it
calms down a little bit I'd love to take
him omra because uh obviously people
recognize it could get a little
ridiculous but inshah that's the goal
and also like you said about Salah the
only difference between us and
non-muslim is Salah
you know so I mean without that you are
nothing and it keeps you in check when
you
pray the more you pray you've got what
you do you you tend to not want to do
something kamam you say I've got my I
feel guilty and to the youngsters out
there there's nothing to be ashamed we
should be proud of what we are the
beautiful religion and if you want a
role model read the stories of the
Prophet peace be upon read the stories
of the sahaba um the other prophets they
they'll make their hairs on your neck go
I mean Warriors we had KH Ben wed
stories of him uh Ali I mean when they
truly know this you will not want
another role model and uh calamities
whatever when you read the story IED to
have stress and a brother said read
about Prophet a and then you'll see what
pressure you have and I said oh my God
I'm I'm stressed about this and Prophet
a what he went through or each Prophet
the calamities they went and who are we
they were getting tortured for spreading
the message so we could be where we are
and we're in a world where we're not
going to be tortured if you were to pray
on the middle of Time Square no one's
going to say anything to you and you're
in the USA I could go in the middle of
hi Park London no one says a thing we
have no excuse most business in the west
they'll say okay you can have time out
to exactly yes so there's no excuse we
cannot say we're we're in some communist
state of the early 80s in Russia there's
no excuse so as Muslims if you truly are
a Muslim and I don't want to sound like
a hypocrite but if you're not praying
why why do you claim like at least do
the basics don't we're not saying b or
do the basics pray if you respect our
mothers we respect our grandmothers
fathers why they gave us birth what
about the Creator who created them gave
us Heavens the Earth These Eyes these
nose these lips our bodies uh everything
we can't even give five minutes out of
our day so that's what used to make me
think you know I'd wake up for UFC but I
couldn't live my quilt cover for fuder
so now you know subh I've become a body
clock I don't even alarm really I I know
when and it just naturally I wake up so
alhamdulillah I hope it inshah I'm
always on the path and to the end of my
days this and I hope my kids follow the
suit and inshah I think we all I hope we
all uh stay on that path because for me
it's just it's the truth and we don't
understand the blessing we we're too
disguised myself I can't talk also by
the seductions of the West and these
tools and movies or whatever but we
don't understand we're here for a test
and a test is to insh get into jna and
what we'll have there will flatten what
we think is good here and when you truly
understand Islam and read you'll see
that there's nothing else that matters
that's so beautiful all this uh you know
putting things in perspective I want to
thank you and it reminds me of the
Hadith with the prophet Muhammad Sall Al
wasallam he said just guiding one person
to the dean is better than everything in
this Dy so may God Almighty Allah
rewards you for helping to facilitate
this and and continue to share the
message like you've been doing it's
amazing and this is great advice for for
the people out there listening and look
forward to inshallah meeting with you
one day soon either
Chicago any time com about with pleasure
we'll hold a seminar anytime you want
your family please it's our pleasure and
inshallah I'd love to come there and uh
hopefully things have calm down will'll
bring brother Andrew too we'll have a
good catch up that's beautiful look
forward to it thank you my
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