this
is alhamdulillah alayum greetings of
Peace we're here with the president of
ask a Muslim because if you have any
doubts you have any concerns any fears
you should ask the Muslims and I'm here
with Dr maranam alayum peace be with
you you guys have doing you're doing
some great work and you produce some of
these videos that are asking some tough
questions and and also clearing up the
misconceptions there's one video that
you have talking about salvation right
and everybody at the end smart people
they realize we're going to die we're
going to leave this life what's the
purpose of life and now the concept of
salvation in Islam is pretty clear in
other religions it might not be so clear
uh what is you know this concept that's
so strong compared in contrast to what's
out there uh being propagated in other
face in Islam have not propagated any
new concept of salvation is pretty much
the concept of salvation that that God
have ordained to all of the His prophets
in the past and through prophet Muhammad
B upon him in which that there is a
direct relationship between the servant
and the Creator and there's no
intermediary between them if you want to
ask for forgiveness then you ask the
creat you ask the Creator for
forgiveness and God is most merciful
most gracious he could he's all powerful
he could forgive if you ask for
forgiveness and that's the the basic
concept of salvation in Islam I mean
that's straightforward it didn't take
much explaining the one who created you
you ask him to guide you him if you make
a mistake is the one that you turn to to
forgive your mistakes no intermediaries
but if someone says look no no no you
you Muslims you got it wrong God he sent
his only begotten son to die for your
sins and if you don't believe that Jesus
died for your sins he was the sacrifice
sacrificial land you're going to
Hellfire I mean we respect that you got
to respect someone loves you they're
bringing this to you but we can kindly
object and how would you go ahead and um
uh answer this well if there is a simple
Concept in Islam in which in what Allah
would
say that no one can bear the sins of
another person you know that's the basic
concept in which that I cannot carry the
sin of somebody else you know I'm only
going to be responsible for my own sin
you know this is some again Islam did
not really invent this this is something
that you even see in the Old Testament
for this is in the book of Deuteronomy
in the chapter of 166 you know it talks
about that that the that the son cannot
carry the sins of the father and the
father does not carry the sins of the
son so this is something that is pretty
much the same exact verse almost that is
being that we could open the Old
Testament we could see that in which you
know there is there's there's nothing in
you you know anybody could look at it
Deuteronomy 24:4 go go look it up it's a
it's it's the same same exact thing and
um you know so therefore if you know if
I have if I am sinning you
know I am the weak person I have I have
did something against what God have
asked me to do why should I ask to go
through some other loopholes for me to G
to gain salvation if I am weak I go to
the most powerful if you know I I go to
the to the to the one who's all hearing
who could answer my my my my my calls
24/7 you know so that that is this is
this is the Bas the the basic the basic
salvation in Islam now uh we we if you
look at the any if you open the the the
Webster dictionary now and you see what
is the characteristics of God you know
God is perfect you know God is all
powerful and anything beyond
that it takes away from the the
character of God you know so therefore
if if God you know uh uh we say
sacrifice you know the act of sacrifice
you know is is is is mean meaning when
you look at the word sacrifice the webs
of dictionary meaning somebody have
given something for something else in
return so the question that we as we we
ask ourselves does God need to give up
something in return of something else no
I mean this is any anybody whether you
no matter what religious background you
come from you know if you you would deny
this such of character to God even
before that who need to sacrifice for
who I mean that this is the question
that we we we ask our fellow human
beings who need to sacrifice for who you
know we the one human beings should be
sacrificing to God you know you know I
am I am blessed for all the blessings
that God have given me you know I am
blessed that God have given me eyes and
he have given me in know brain he have
given me senses so therefore you know
for me to appreciate what God have given
me I have to sacrifice to God to get his
pleasure but you know God does not need
to do the other way around in which that
he is sacrificing for me you see what
I'm saying and so and this this is the
concept of the basic concept of you know
of sacrifice you know in in Islam what
if someone says look in the old days
they used to sacrifice animals beautiful
for God but now that's abrogated and
when Jesus came and he sacrificed
himself actually it gets confusing
because okay the people say Jesus is God
so God sacrificed himself basically like
committed suicide you would say right
how would you answer this yeah this is
this is a very easy question now if for
me indeed one of the ways to get closer
to God is sacrifice and by the way who
does most of the sacrifice nowadays
worldwide toward God Muslims we
sacrifice in in the time of pilgrimage
once a year in order for us to be closer
to God but the question is is that the
only way of Salvation toward God you
know that's and even that even mentioned
in the in the in the Bible in which that
in the in the in the book of Hosea
66 God says I I I rather I would need
I'm a God of of of Mercy rather than
sacrifice so if you want to get closer
to God he rather to forgive you rather
for you rather for you the sacrifice for
him so therefore God he he wants to he
wants to be he want to forgive you if
you ask for forg for his forgiveness he
W forgive you but he does not for for
each and every action you know for you
to sacrifice we should be at the end of
the day obeying what God have asked us
to do you know and even when we
sacrifice something what is God going to
gain from it you know you know God
Almighty says in the
Quran you know there is God when we
sacrifice animals what is God is going
to gain is he I mean God says he will
not he will not you the meat is not
going to reach God nor the blood is
going to reach God but what what is
going to reach God is our fear of God
our our the self-righteousness that you
know how much we fear God that's what's
going to you know that's what God is
going to take from us you know so us
sacrificing things it's in it's it's
it's is indeed one form but we should
not put all everything the only way for
toward God is is is through sacrifice
and what for God to sacrifice his own
son who is also considered God I mean it
seem to to us it's a kind of
contradictions so it's through piety
through righteousness through humbleness
to doing these things that God told us
to do obeying him and seeking his
pleasure doing the good deeds that he's
told us he don't need it we need it but
this this shows our faith in action and
it makes sense then you make a mistake
and you turn to God alone you don't need
anybody nor did Jesus have you found
anywhere where Jesus said explicitly
listen or Moses or those that came
before him saying that listen Jesus is
coming God is coming in the form of a
man and then when Jesus came he should
have made this clear that look you have
to believe that I sacrificed my life for
you because this is salvation this is
your eternity Paradise hire do we find
that happening the previous prophets
mentioning Jesus coming that God is
coming as a human being or Jesus himself
saying look I for you to gain Eternal
Paradise you have to believe that I died
for your sins that was never mentioned
and actually it was the opposite
throughout the Old Testament and we
because think we as Muslims we believe
in the Bible the original or the gospels
you know we believe believe in the
original preaching of Moses we believe
the original preaching of of of of Jesus
be upon him and so so we have the right
to read the scriptures and and and see
what's what what goes along our belief
and what contradicts our belief so
therefore if you look at the Old
Testament you will not see the concept
of salvation through you know a
sacrifice of one man does not even exist
is nothing you know yes one of the ways
for instance you will see you know
Abraham tried to sacrifice his own his
son that's fine but that's but but
that's not the only the only way toward
toward getting salvation but in new test
even in the New Testament actually the
quite opposite I mean even when God
wanted to according to to the to the um
to the Book of Matthew when when Jesus
was about to be put on a cross he was
not even willing to be crucified and he
and and and and and according to and and
and according to the Book of Matthew he
said you know Lord Lord why you have
forsaken me so he was not even willing
you
know and that's that's the way it sounds
in Aramaic you know so he was telling
God why are you doing this to me don't
let this cup pass in another verse you
know so he was not really willing to be
to be sacrificed and you know and that
actually goes along with what the chist
What Muslim think have happened to Jesus
in which that
the you know people wanted to kill Jesus
and God has you know and go Jesus have
pleaded to God to be saved and God has
saved Jesus be upon him and that's
amazing when you look into it that Islam
makes it clear and you mentioned the
previous books what was given to Moses
in its original the torat we accept we
believe what was given to Jesus the NGO
in its original We believe but these
books been changed they've been altered
you guys have a bumper sticker it says
the Quran never changed never altered so
people can find these facts not fiction
in first part not third party God is
speaking Direct in the Quran compiled
over 23 years like no other book can you
speak about it unchanged unaltered you
and this is what one of the Miracles of
the of the of the the Quran is that it
was preserved since day one God has said
you know that in the Quran that this
book was not preserved in on books it
was preserved within the chest of
men that you know you'll see millions of
people who have memorized the book from
from cover to cover every single letter
even the way it sounds you know how much
we elongate some of the letters it's
it's it's miracle in itself how the
Quran was preserved until nowadays
you're not going to see two different
copies if you go all the way from
Indonesia all the way to Morocco you
you're going to only see one version of
the Quran that's amazing and if you have
any other questions you can go ahead and
ask a Muslim you guys have a telephone
number set up and the website you know
go to our website on which we have it's
askam muslim.com at the bottom of the
page we have live chat if you have any
questions just go in there and
somebody's going to be answering your
questions any fears any misconceptions
come to the Muslims and a Muslim is
simply one who has chosen to submit to
the Creator alone just like Jesus did he
was a Muslim you guys actually did a a
billboard it said Jesus is a Muslim yes
we did this is one of our famous
Billboards was uh when when we started
this organization and this is again
we're not trying to insult anybody but
this is part of our core belief in which
that we believe that Jesus submitted
himself to the will of God and that's
what the word Muslim is just like all
the rest of the prophets Moses Abraham
Noah ishmail Joseph all of them have
submitted to to the will of God and
that's what what we believe as Muslims
and if you look at nowadays there is no
one who tried to be like Jesus more than
the Muslims if you go outside who dress
like the mother of Jesus Muslims who
have beards like Jesus Muslims who pray
like Jesus Muslims who who believed in
Jesus you know or or or or or they they
they even dressed like him you know a
one piece type of clothing you know
Muslims so the thing is we are trying to
follow his steps because we love him
he's he's he's very close to our hearts
that's deep I mean it just makes sense
it makes sense don't don't get spooked
now by the Arabic Jesus spoke Aramaic
you follow me was a semetic language but
in English when it's defined to you it
just makes sense all the messengers of
God they submitted not to Jesus or to
the creation but to the Creator and
that's what a Muslim is if you have any
questions ask a Muslim and we'll see you
next time until then peace be with you
asalam Al