let me add before the prayer that we are
greatly
humbled by so
many
Lillians and those from other places
from other Faith communities who have
come here today to witness this ceremony
we are honored by your presence we
apologize for any confusion that might
have occurred there was no offen by that
and we pray that you maintain the and
and appreciate the spirit the gravitude
the mag the the
awesomeness of this
moment alhamdulillah greetings and peace
asalam alayum you know this week we're
talking about the Muslim American hero
Muhammad Ali that's this week's show and
Subhan Allah the creator of the heavens
and earth Allah Works in incredible ways
we were showing and highlighting some of
the Champs life
and you saw the
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janaza and guess who's here with me on
my left the person who is actually an
old friend sheh who we go way back and
he was the one who was actually leading
the janaza you guessed it
she yeah I'm here with the old friend uh
we go back probably 13 years or so uh we
filmed the show long time ago probably
most of you uh don't remember that or
didn't catch it and uh we were together
in Orange county in California uh once
and uh in fact one of Eddie's good
friends took shahada at that time one of
his uh trainees mentees in martial arts
so alhamdulillah and I'm here in this
beautiful buic country setting this is
it brothers and sisters if you live in
the city has its advantages but you have
to get out to the country from time to
time to breathe fresh air walk around on
your bare and your bare feet get
grounded grounding or What's called
earthing the concept is that when we're
literally in touch with the Earth we
absorb electrons that help neutralize
the free radicals in our body that
damage our cells Earth's proponents say
this grounding can reduce inflammation
pain and stress if you're grounded your
blood is Flowing as long as you stay
grounded and it also thins the blood so
you're less likely to have a heart
attack and a stroke in fact it thins the
blood so much that if you're taking a
blood thinner you have to lower the dose
That's The Power of grounding grounding
is so critical for your brain it causes
instantaneous changes in your left feet
left brain
too right it's where the right brain
what's going on there that's the
creative side the left brain that's
analytical side as soon as you ground
yourself your left brain goes Powers
down right brain doesn't change but your
left brain does it helps to enhance
circulation so with increased
circulation now you have more energy you
have more nutrients you're carrying away
more wastes so that has a tremendous
positive effect on the body improved
sleep is another major benefit according
to the earthing research nowadays
they're finding out that connecting your
body to the Earth many people are doing
this now by walking look look just
Barefoot
just connecting your your body to the
Earth releases these electrostatic
charges that develop in the
body and this can also cause headaches
neck aches muscle spasms and new re
research is showing that a lot of good
science to point out people people who
ground sleep better have lower
inflammation and feel better throughout
the day they have a better mood just by
grounding or earthing you can release
these electrostatic charges this is
amazing because we do this five times a
day in
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Salat
we take our forehead and we ground
ourselves we ground ourselves in s in
Salah walk around on your be and your
bare feet get grounded with the Earth
connect uh to the Earth that Allah T has
placed uh and spread out for us smell
the smells of the farm the natural
smells of life and V Vitality so
alhamdulillah I'm I'm blessed to be here
and uh alhamdulillah that's all I can
say sh tell us what was it about
Muhammad Ali there have been so many
boxers they've just you know in the
boxing Community they might be known but
they've been forgotten what why are
people why why have people been so taken
by him that you know he's been a
household name for so many years and you
actually got to lead his funeral prayer
Subhan Allah no Muhammad Ali is the
people's champ and he became the
people's champ not just based on what he
did in the ring what he did in the ring
provided him the platform he's the
heavyweight champion of the world he's a
young charismatic energetic figure who
comes along handsome good-looking figure
that comes along right at the time that
television begins to mature as a medium
and the the mid 60s going into the late
60s so here is Ali he's tellor made for
this medium in terms of his Charisma in
terms of his looks in terms of his
stature as heavyweight champion of the
world and
then he gives it all up you Myer when I
want freedom you Myer when I want
Justice you Myer when I want equality
you won't even stand up for me in
America for my religious belief and you
want me to go somewhere and fight but
you won't even stand up for me here at
home my consci won't let me go shoot my
brother or some darker people or some
Pro hungry people in the mud for big
powerful America and shoot them for what
they never call me niggaer they never
Lynch me they put no dogs on me they rob
me in my
nationality raped and kill my mother and
father what I'm shoot them for what how
I going to shoot them little poor little
black people little babies and children
women how can I shoot them poor people I
just take me to jail
he gives it all up he's willing to give
it all up to stand in solidarity with
people in a third world country to stand
in solidarity with the Vietnamese people
to refuse the warmongers and at Great
risk at that time people were being
killed for Less you know right before he
takes his stand and refus and refuses
induction into the army Malcolm X is
assassinated then right after that John
um Martin Luther King Jr Dr Martin
Luther King Jr is assassinated Robert
Kennedy is assassinated uh before that
James Meredith uh mear ever are
assassinated so there's death all around
him but he doesn't back down so he loses
his title he loses the money he loses
the spotlight but he gains the affection
and the love of the world and so and he
becomes a galvanizing figure in the
anti-war movement here which is
primarily being led by young white folks
and so Ali he's he's a hero to the
African-Americans especially the poor
and downtrod in African-American masses
in the ghetto he's a hero with the young
whites who will be subsequently become
the the leaders of of this nation he's a
hero with the folks of the what was then
referred to as the third world so Ali
becomes a Transcendent figure he becomes
uh just a figure who's loved and and
respected and admired by people
literally all over the world both in
this country and Beyond the shores of
this country and then he he dedicates
his life the second half of his life as
he said to prepare to meet his Lord I
mean how many people can do that and
then Allah tal uh facilitates that by
taking his Vitality taking his voice and
so now he can only turn in and he can
focus so you get the the generosity the
charity the courage the heroic stand in
his early life and then is dedicating
himself solely and Strictly To His Lord
during his later life and you put that
together you get a figure that's far far
greater than anything any boxer could be
a Joe Lewis or Jack Johnson or sugaray
Robinson or sugaray Leonard or anyone
else you get a transcending figure that
can touch the lives and the hearts of
just multitudes and billions of people
and and I think all that came together
in our dear brother Muhammad Ali
alhamdulillah touch upon um the uh Rabbi
who was representing the Jewish
Community who was it Michael Rabbi
Michael learner I come here speaking as
uh representative of American Jews and
that we today stand in solidarity with
the Islamic community in this country
and all around the
world we we will not
tolerate politi Christians or anyone
else putting down Muslims and blaming
Muslims for a few
people what could Muslim celebrities
people who out there who have some
status you know some people they get a
little bit of status they change their
name from Muhammad to mole he actually
CH became a Muslim he was proud he was
proud to be a Muslim right and many
people now they're intimidated nowadays
you know because a lot of the
islamophobia took his stand in the name
of Islam Google it look when he said My
Religion doesn't allow me to go into the
army My Religion doesn't allow me to go
halfway around the world and kill people
and so he took his stand in the name of
Islam he defended the name Muhammad Ali
and uh he he embraced it and Ali would
walk around with da pamphlet autograph
da pamphlets and I think if you're
listening to the speech of Orin hatch
who's a Mormon he said he got one of
those da pamphlets from my all he
attracted big big crowds that day and
the as he always did and eagerly gave
everyone autographed pamphlets
explaining his uh Muslim
beliefs hundreds of Mormons lined up to
grab all these pamphlets and of course I
took one for
myself I respected his deeply held
convictions just as he respected mine so
he was very proud and an
unapologetically Muslim and but he was
also
unapologetically openhearted and
unapologetically kind so he combined all
those elements of what what our Prophet
Salli wasallam was all about and I think
one of the things like my my wife is
going to post on Instagram a picture
from the possession in Louisville this
huge sign we love you Muhammad people
all over the world we love you
Muhammad the name name Muhammad is on
every
tongue and Allah
says we're going to elevate your
remembrance and so everyone's
remembering Muhammad and so Muhammad Ali
is just a means but the end is that
everyone is mentioning Muhammad with
love and reverence and respect so Allah
has a plan and may Allah bless us to
play our part what were some of the
meritorious Deeds that he did that stood
out from the rest and you can see some
people will because it's good PR you
know you do some charity work and you
know some celebrities do that no but his
stood out from the rest what were some
of these Ali is is Charity because he
had courage right he took that
courageous stand people are dying being
assassinated and he stands up and he he
takes a stand that people are being
assassinated and killed for less he
saved those hostages didn't he those are
like he brought he got he rescued
hostages he but I think is if you you
want to and it's associate we talked
about this at Juma courage is the
foundation of Charity because a
courageous person doesn't fear the
consequences of poverty when the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam at the uh
after the battle of H he
gave a valley of
livestock and he went back to his people
he
said he went back to his people he said
people become
because mamad gives like a man that
doesn't fear
poverty so Ali was Brave and because he
was Brave he was generous Al Ali is said
his charity
touched and affected 250 million people
a quarter of a billion people and a lot
of that was behind the scenes chartering
planes and bringing food to Africa uh
giving people on the street Ali I need a
fridge just write a check on the spot
they had to his handlers had to pull him
back Ali was just he had a heart of gold
and his his charity was was legendary
and I think that's the key to
righteousness because Allah T reminds us
in the
Quran you never attain
righteousness until you spend from what
you love and so Ali freely spent and uh
I think that to me is is the key to the
power and the impact in addition to his
courage and his courageous example
heroic example I think that's the key to
making Muhammad Ali different than any
other not just box or any other athlete
not any other athlete any other person
who lived in the 20th century we're
going to keep the segment short just a
couple more questions how did you feel
sh that not even 36 hours after this
magnanimous event you know everybody's
coming from every different nationality
all these people coming to to um coming
together coming together and getting to
see really Islam in a positive light and
then you have this Orlando Mash that
happened it just shows that the people
who built this whole so-called Jihad
apparatus they still control it and
they're calling the shots and they call
the shots at the times that are most
disadvantageous for Muslims that's just
how I see it and uh but I think it just
shows it ju to positions the good
against the evil and it shows the
consequences of the good bringing people
together allowing us to share with each
other to to work towards common goals
and the evil tearing people apart
tearing communities apart generating
anger and hate and bitterness and I
think it just shows us that or reminds
us that we have to be the people of good
we have to be the people of good and we
have to do the kind of good that
Muhammad Ali did and it's not always
easy it wasn't easy for him but if we
can find within ourselves the
wherewithal to bring forth those good
qualities and characteristics of courage
and generosity and magnanimity of spirit
then we will be able to affect this
World in very positive ways despite the
evil actions of the evildoers I think
it's significant again we mentioned this
at the jum that amongst the verses that
were recited to to start that
Memorial
uh good and evil are not
equal respond to evil with that which is
best
good and you will see unexpectedly the
one between whom you and he there was
great imity becomes as it as it were an
intimate friend and so you saw Ali's
enemies become his
friends and that's the power of good and
I think this is a time for for good
there's a lot wrong with the world
there's a lot of suffering in the Muslim
world but we're not going to alleviate
that suffering by imposing suffering on
others you know so I think we're going
to have to be people of good and that
good will eventually Vanquish the evil
and the ranks of the good people will
grow and the people will come together
and they'll bring these wars to an end
but when you create that anger and
hatred and bitterness it only fuels the
fires of war and people yeah we got to
get these we got to wipe this Scourge
out we got to get these people over
there before they get us over here and
that kind of rhetoric that you see
flying around so I think it's really
important especially for our young
people who are are can be very uh
emotional and and and attracted to easy
quick Solutions and and a small minority
who might fall into the the the clutches
of these vile and evil uh people who are
encouraging war or Mayhem and
destruction and mass murder and not just
here I mean what happened in Orlando
happens every day somewhere in the
Muslim world where masjids blown up or a
janaza is blown up or a Marketplace is
blown up somewhere and the this is
unacceptable and and we have to come
together and we have to appeal to our
higher qualities and characteristics to
work to end the scourge and that's when
we will have the credibility and the
moral power to bring these wars to an
end but if you're empowering more war
mongers who are saying carpet bomb these
Muslims
n uh then and you think that's going to
bring an end to the Bloodshed and the
suffering of the Muslims sorely
mistaken last question we're almost uh
about to break fast we got to go but
Muhammad Ali was reminding people about
purpose he was passing out those
pamphlets educating people about Islam
he's a modern day example of someone who
was proud to be a
Muslim can we take that home that he was
someone his name was named after the
last and final M of prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him to get people to
motivate if you love Muhammad and Ali do
you want to look into the lifestyle the
way of life that motivated him to to
live this absolutely again his
foundation was his faith and we should
never dismiss that as we said when he
took the stand that catapulted him to
the ranks of the Giants he did that in
the name of his religion in the name of
Islam and so I think it's very important
for us to look beyond the hype look
beyond the negativity and see what does
this religion have that can help to
create a giant like Muhammad Ali and
many many others not of that stature but
wholesome up uh upright hardworking
loving kind compassionate but just and
firm people when the situation calls for
but never uh firmness that's divorced
from
fairness firmness divorced from fairness
never that firmness that's tempered by
fairness Justice that's tempered by
restraint love that's that's
operationalized by Mercy this is our
religion ladies and gentlemen brothers
and sisters this is what we have to live
this is what we have to give this is
what we have to share this is what we
must embody and if we can do that we
will make a a lot of positive changes in
the world inshallah thank you sh for
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