allahar Allah
you know it always makes you wonder when
someone says that the god of Islam is
the god of hatred for example you know
something we don't have a god of hatred
but what we do have is a fantastic
fantastic balance and you really really
need a balance I'll give you an example
there was one time uh a Christian person
and I heard him saying he was really
confused he said you we say God is love
and our God is the god of love this is a
Christian man speaking we say God is the
god of love and our God is a god a
loving God and he loves us then he says
I don't understand how he loves people
and then burns them in the Hellfire he
said what kind of love is this why would
you love someone and burn them in the
Hellfire you know what the problem is
with he he's asking a good question but
this question stems from no balance
because they're saying God loves
everybody if you're a sinner God loves
you if he loves you then why does it
take to the Hellfire in Islam we have it
differently we have a wonderful Ballance
we don't have this hate actually but we
have certain people that Allah loves
there are certain righteous people that
Allah loves and then there are certain
people who did not earn the love of
Allah they didn't earn the love of Allah
so for example Allah does not love a
murderer someone who's a mass murderer
who doesn't repent you know commits shik
does all kinds of wicked things Allah
does not love a rapist Allah does not
love someone who's a mush and a liar and
things like that so this Allah doesn't
love all these people
unconditionally but to gain the love of
Allah you have to do certain things but
if you don't do them then you're not
loved by him and that's why you see this
balance so what is the proof then that
Allah loves the god of Islam is a loving
God one of the names of Allah that he is
Al what does it mean Al it means the
loving that he's loved and that he loves
as well Allah is now if we start to
think about that if he was a god of
hatred or hate why would he have a name
of being the loving that doesn't make
any sense not only that but you see many
times in the
Quran and then it describ Allah loves
and then a description of people but I
want to focus on one which is really
really amazing Allah subh
says verily Allah loves those who are of
always repenting that means they're
always
repenting those who purify themselves
wait a minute how can you be someone
who's always repenting you have in order
to always repent you have to
always sin in order to always repent you
have to always sin so you can't repent
if you're not sinning right if you don't
make any mistake what are you repenting
from so in order to to always be
repenting you have to always be sa
so that means really that you can be
sinning and Allah can love you as long
as you always
repent does that sound like the god of
hate that he would love people who
always sin as long as they always repent
that really really sounds like a very
very loving God who else loves someone
who sins all the time but so long as
they repent all the time they're loved
by Allah that's amazing so his name is
Al the one that's loving the one that's
loved and he loves a lot of types of
people that are described in the
Quran and then many descriptions in the
Quran many times but the love of Allah
isn't unconditional you can't be a
murderer and a mush someone who commits
shik and worships idols and then you say
well God loves me as well then we go
back to the problem we had in the
beginning of the episode the man said if
he loves me why is he taking me to the
Hellfire because probably didn't you did
something that didn't warrant the love
of Allah so how does Allah love you and
there many examples in the Quran and in
theith yeah and Allah subh
says the prophet was told to say to the
people say if you truly love Allah then
there's something to do and Allah will
love you so this is from now my sight
everybody says they love Allah true the
viewers at home everyone who's listening
to this we all love Allah there's not a
Muslim who say I don't everybody loves
Allah but the bigger question is does
Allah love you that is the bigger
question so how can you gain the love of
Allah this is just one way here andam
was told to tell us if you truly love
Allah follow me follow the prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and
then you get something
great Allah will love you and he will
forgive you so that means we also have
ways and formulas through which you can
gain the love of Allah subhanahu wa
taala how you can gain the love of Allah
so we see that there is a way to gain
the love of Allah subhana tala and that
you can you can do things to be loved by
Allah the Hadith describes Allah will
love a servant of his then he'll call
out to jiel and he'll say yeah J I love
so and so and then so love him then jiel
will will love that person and jiel will
go to the other jiel Gabriel the
archangel then he jel will go to the
other angels and say Allah loves so and
so so love him so then that person will
be loved by everyone in the heavens all
the Angels so Allah loves him J loves
him and jel tells all the other angels
to love him then they all love him then
the opposite of the Hadith if Allah is
does not love someone right it doesn't
the Hadith doesn't say and if Allah
hates someone he tells jiel I hate so
and so so hate so and so no doesn't
mention hate that's really amazing the
Hadith says that Allah will say I am
angered at so and so so be angered with
him then jel will be angered with him
then jiel will tell the other angels
that Allah is angered with this person
so be angered with him notice not much
mention of hate here so if hate was
really a quality in Islam if hate was
the description and an attribute of of
God don't you think that attribute would
trickle down into the teachings of Islam
don't you think so for example there's
if Allah is a god of hate then the Quran
will be full of hate if the Quran is
full of hate the Sunnah will be full of
hate if the Sunnah is full of hate that
the teachings will be would be teachings
of hate and the companions would be
hating and this would be one of the
attributes of people to constantly be
hating but you know something even the
word b in Arabic doesn't have the
negative connotation that the word hate
does in English the word hate in English
it has no positive part whatsoever it's
100% negative but even the word b which
we translate as hate is not really hate
and it doesn't have this 100% negative
connotation in it either so if if we had
the god of hate the teachings would be
teachings of hate the prophet would be a
prophet of hate and he would be hating
people but you want to know proof that
he cared for people incredible proof
that he cared for people in Surah
chapter 18 verse 6 Allah subh tells the
prophet
wasallam Allah is telling the
perhaps you will kill yourself in grief
over their footsteps they turn away from
you they run away turn away and walk
away from you you're going to kill
yourself in grief meaning this verse is
showing us how the prophet felt
internally he felt so bad when people
didn't become Muslim it made him so sad
that Allah says don't kill yourself in
sadness in grief because they turn away
from this
message in sorrow when you the sorrow
that you feel that means the prophet
cared so much that he car that he felt
bad when people turned away from him is
that from the god of hate is this a
prophet of hate is this a religion of
hate anyone who examines it carefully
will see that that is not the case and
I'll close with this sometimes where in
America would be giving dawa talking to
people and then the non-muslim would
tell us you know um but you know Islam
teaches you to kill non-muslims and I
tell them well if Islam said kill
non-muslims then we wouldn't be talking
right now correct we wouldn't be talking
we' be doing something different as one
guy said this a very it maybe a nicer
way one of the brothers he said that
when when a non-muslim tells me yeah but
doesn't your religion tell you to kill
non-muslims he says I would say to them
are you accusing me of not practicing my
religion because if this is my religion
don't you think we'd be practicing that
you know if there a number of million
Muslims in a city or or in a country and
it's part of their religion to be
violent wouldn't they be violent then
wouldn't we hear much more violence in
the news but because we have a loving
God we have a loving and caring Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam we have
loving teachers and loving du and loving
Muslim population so the question is is
the sh barbaric first of all why does
this accusation come up to begin with
why do people come up with this
accusation concerning thear
ofel and sometimes the answer has to do
with also with how we Market the Shar
and this is a true story in one of the
Muslim countries one of the presidents
he said we're going to bring the Shar
we're going to cut off hands we're going
to cut off feet so that's the only way
he marketed the Shar by mentioning the
scariest part of it and there's so many
other gentle and sweet parts of the Shar
about how there's going to be no
corruption how the poor will be taken
care of and so on and Justice and the
equality that's all part of the Shar but
why does he Market it with just the
scariest part and we don't do the same
thing with any other system for example
in a democracy in America for example we
have the electric chair we have lethal
in ction we have the gas chamber these
are ways that the state executes people
but you don't you never hear any Western
president promoting democracy by
mentioning the the punishment the
scariest part of it and basically it's
kind of like saying like there's a
palace a very very beautiful palace
wonderful very beautiful interior but
the surrounding of the palace perhaps
there's a moat an electric fence it's
the boundaries are scary but the palace
inside is beautiful so do you judge the
beauty of the palace by the sever or by
how scary the boundaries are and this is
exactly what the Shar is like Shar is
beautiful and it's very fair system that
takes care of everyone the orphan the
poor the old but the boundaries of Allah
you don't come near them and they're
designed to be scary so now let's look
at a number of things for examp because
of the prescribed punishments a lot of
people think the Shar you know might be
barbaric or anything like that but if
you look at it carefully you will see
that it's far far far from being so that
it's far from being barbaric because if
you look at for example let's take the
punishment for fornication in an Islamic
Court to actually testify against
someone for committing that sin it is
impossible the stipulations are
impossible to meet and in the history of
Islam there's not been a single case
where someone were four Witnesses
brought forth against someone who
committed Z most of the cases and there
are very few also where the person
testifying against themselves so let's
examine the following is the Shar is
there like a blood quota for example in
the Muslim court is there like a blood
quota that has to be met every day is
there in the Shar system a demand for
blood does Theif wake up the kff and say
no how many people are being killed
today we need some more blood is this
part of the the Shar you find the
opposite so the stipulations and the
conditions for witnessing against
someone for fornication are so strict
that they're actually impossible to meet
and the only way would be to testify
against yourself even testifying against
yourself is strongly discouraged in
Islam even in an Islamic
Court he would basically he would ask
someone have you stolen then he would
tell him say no he doesn't want him to
testify against himself and we see many
many and teachings of the Companions and
others that show this is not the case s
alaihi wasallam said in the Hadi
narrated in the Muslim Ahmed and Abu da
and
andam said in this that deal out or
settle the between yourselves because if
it reaches me and that's the equivalent
of reaching the Islamic court if a if an
issue reaches me then and then I have to
implement the the law I cannot change
the law so try to settle it out of court
don't bring it to me if it comes to me I
have to do what I have to do so this we
see in this Hadith the encouragement to
settle the issue with amongst yourselves
and don't bring it to an Islamic Court
likewise there's an a statement from the
the comp companions from before they
used to say
that whoever has done a sin in secret
then let him make his like privately in
secret and concealment then let him make
his Toba his repentance in secret as
well and whoever makes it public then
let him repent publicly as well so you
see here again more of encouragement for
people to keep things to themselves if
the Shar was barbaric if the Shar wanted
blood then these people will be brought
to court dragged to court they will be
told turn yourself in get punished but
the doesn't want to punish people you
know
so used to
say and he he used to say that if if the
mistake is done in in secret it doesn't
hurt except the one who did it yeah
so that if is saying that if someone
does a bad deed and he keeps it to
himself it won't only harm him it's not
going to harm anyone else he's not
encouraging anyone to come and testify
and turn themselves in in court
likewise
said push away the prescribed
punishments with the doubt if there's
any doubt I'll use this doubt to push
away the prescribed punishment so what
do we see now from all these evidences
Shar doesn't want blood if it were a
barbaric system it would want blood now
let's let's take a practical example and
look at it through an incident that took
place during the life of the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam there was a
man and he was a Muslim man his name was
ma who basically committed adultery so
the punishment is severe for adultery he
committed adultery and he came and
turned himself in now remember this if
the Shar was barbaric and the Shar
wanted blood the minute he turned
himself in he would immediately have
been taken to court and the prophet
would have looked forward to you know
meeting out this punishment but what
happens so comes to the
prophet I have committed Z what does the
prophet do he gives him a chance to go
away so the prophet turns away from him
so the man comes from this side I have
committed Z or adultery the prophet
turns away that's number two now he
comes over on this side I've committed Z
the prophet turns away that's number
three and he comes the fourth time oh
prophet of Allah I committed Z I've
committed adultery four times he
testified against himself now from here
did it go straight to the court do the
sh Want Blood watch this then the
prophet starts to ask him a number of
questions he ask him are you mad and the
man then says no Then he says are you
married and the man says yes then the
prophet asks his
tribe how is amongst you they said he's
from the righteous people so he's making
sure is this man known to be mad is he
not a Muslim he's checking all these
things they said no he's from the
righteous people then the prophet is
making other excuses for him he
says perhaps you just kissed the woman
he didn't commit adultery why is he
saying that to give him a chance to back
out of it to go home and repent because
the Shar doesn't want blood so then what
happens he says no he says
then is known in English as inter crural
sex yeah he says perhaps you didn't
commit adultery itself but you have you
know inter cral sex or something
and the man says no Then actually in
another narration he actually has the
companions go and smell his breath why
to make sure he's not intoxicated to
make sure he's not drunk all this is
just an excuse for this man to not turn
himself in and not testify against
himself and then after that the prophet
asks him very explicitly did this happen
and that happen and then the man says
clearly that I got from her what a man
gets from his wife so you see very
clearly here and you see how many
chances he got until how what did you
count seven eight nine chances to go and
repent the sh wanted blood there would
be no chance the minute he said I
committed Zena would turn to him okay
where where' you do this who'd you do it
with and so on and so forth but the
prophet is turning away from him giving
a chance to go finally after the
punishment was executed the prophet then
goes to a man by the name of Haz haal
was a man who encouraged to turn himself
in so he tells him what a horrible thing
what horri thing you've
done because you made this man turn
himself in then he tells him it would
have been better if you would have
covered him with your garment he's
speaking s Al wasallam figuratively it
would have been better for you to cover
him to conceal him with your garment
than to turn him in or have him turn
himself in so what do we see so far we
see so much Mercy it's incredible you
look at it in detail you see that the sh
was very merciful you don't look at it
in detail and you might think oh it is
barbaric because the punishment is
severe yeah the punishment is severe but
when is it actually exacted or or taken
out or
implemented what is interesting and
let's close the story with this is that
the prophet then who did he commit Zena
with the man the man who did he commit
Zena with the fornication it was a a
woman so he had her come to him then
when she came to him he tells herab
isn't that strange she comes to him he
says go go you're free no one's supposed
to ask you or because she didn't turn
herself in there's no evidence against
her she came all the way to him and then
he tells her go meaning there's nothing
upon you if he didn't call her most
people would have been questioning what
about the woman but he brought her to
him and then he said go so what do we
see from all these examples and many
other examples that the Shar does not
want blood the Islamic Court doesn't
want you to testify against yourself
there is no blood quara that needs to be
met and if it were a barbaric system we
would see it being barbaric but you know
you look at it through the teachings and
the books and you don't see that
whatsoever so that's the answer to the
question the Shar is not barbaric
religious intolerance a lot of times s
we're accused of it Muslims being
intolerant and so on and so forth but
you know let's really be fair you know
historically many times when the Jews
would be persecuted in Christian lands
you know where they would go they would
go to Muslim lands because they know
there they have the right to worship
they have a right to open their
synagogues and be Jews without being
persecuted but you know something we
don't get any credit for that we don't
get any thanks either we should
shouldn't we so this is the history of
Islam was a very tolerant religion and
as far as scripture is concerned don't
cite one incident where some guy
violated someone else's rights and tell
me see Islam is intolerant in the
scripture in teaching much tolerance and
you don't find Injustice done to any
person whatsoever we all know in the
Quran in 2 verse 256 Allah subh
says there is no coercion in religion
you cannot force anyone to become Muslim
you cannot force anyone to do things so
we have this rule so where do we see the
idea of not tolerating the other person
you know and you know something the
whole idea of Islam being spread by the
sword this this verse 256 goes clearly
against that and shows that that could
not have been the case so where do we
get the idea that Islam is not tolerant
let me tell you something for people to
disagree and for me to say that I'm
right and you're wrong that doesn't mean
I'm intolerant because if you consider
most religions they're this way anyways
most religions see that they're correct
and the other person's wrong otherwise
it wouldn't be be a religion if I felt
that you and me were exactly the same my
my religion and yours there's absolutely
no difference then I wouldn't be
pertaining to anyone religion the fact
that this person is Christian they
believe that the Christians are right
and the Jews Muslims are wrong the
Jewish person believes the Christians
are wrong the Buddhists are wrong the
doist are wrong the Muslims are wrong
and they're the only ones who are right
so it follows naturally that everyone
believes their way is correct so if I
think my way is correct and I see you as
a not a non-believer in my religion that
doesn't make me intolerant whatsoever
even the word CF doesn't show
intolerance because the word CF what it
really means it means the non-believer
and it's as simple as that there's no
negative connotation to it it's not an
insult whatsoever you know the word
heathen that's an insult that's very
insulting because Heathen has a dirty
dirty connotation to it but the word kaf
doesn't have that here's the proof
because a lot of people say well no no
kaf is a bad word it means not a
Believer watch this are the Muslims
commit commanded to do kufur or not are
the Muslims supposed to do kufur or not
what's the answer answer is yes aren't
we supposed to do kuur
in is anything that's worshiped or
obeyed Beyond besides Allah something
that's obeyed besides Allah is a we're
supposed to do kuf in the the Believers
we're supposed to do in thean does that
mean kufur means not believing in
something so even if you want to say
well these people they call non-muslims
kafers and that's an insult and that
means they're intolerant no it doesn't
mean that it means you're not a Believer
you're not a believer in my faith just
like you see me as a non-believer in
your faith so the idea okay let's
discuss something that's better than
tolerance right because I can tolerate a
headache for example I can get a really
bad headache but I tolerate it that's
not what we're asking for here like
let's tolerate each other you know we
can't stand each other we hate each
other but we'll just tolerate each other
and that's not what is in Islam here
what is in Islam is that we understand
each other for for example in order to
to mutually and peacefully coexist we
just need to understand each other we
don't have to agree whatsoever this is a
common mistake made in many Interfaith
dialogues they believe that we have to
agree no we can start with points that
we agree with the common points that we
agree from that's fine but we don't have
to agree at the end of the day I can
just clearly tell you who I am and what
I believe and you tell me who you are
and what you believe and then by
understanding each other we can exist
peacefully coexist peacefully because
when I don't understand you and you
don't understand me and you're the other
people and we're the other group what
happens is this fear of the unknown and
not knowing each other creates the fear
of the unknown so now we're afraid of
each other we've never dealt with each
other and sat across the table from each
other and so on and so forth so Islam
there's no way to say it's intolerant
look at its teachings and look at its
history and you'll find it to be a very
tolerant religion with a very tolerant
past and we said you know tolerating
something you can still hate it but just
barely just putting up with it and
that's not what we're calling for and
that's not the history of Islam either
everyone was able to have their freedom
everyone was able to have their their
practice their synagogue and so on and
so forth what if someone now wants to
get really creative and say you know
what I have an incident of intolerance
in Islam I have an incident of groups
being you know badly treated and even at
the time of the Prophet Muhammad s
wasallam and I know what you're talking
about you're talking about the Jewish
tribe in Medina the Jewish tribe of Banu
andad and someone will say you know what
your Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
expelled them from Medina and expelled
them out of their homes and he was ready
to go to battle with them okay but if
you're going to cite an Evidence be fair
and cite the complete evidence you know
I find this accusation a lot of times on
the internet oh yeah the the Jews were
expelled from Medina no it's not that
there were Jews there were many Jewish
tribes so why is it B in particular
there were many Jewish tribes in Medina
why was just
chosen in this issue because they did
something wrong it wasn't because they
were Jews if Islam was just against the
Jews then what wouldn't all of them be
expelled from the Arabian Peninsula but
what happened was they made a severe
violation it was a specific group that
did something very specific otherwise
they had a peace treaty with the Muslims
and they had a pact with the Muslims but
they betrayed the last prophet of Allah
and they tried to get the last prophet
of Allah killed now
take this example and apply to Moses
would this be a big deal or not if
there's a group that tried to kill Moses
and get rid of him would we love that
group or would you say you know what
that group that tried to kill the
prophet of God they deserved it meaning
pharaoh and his people no I mean I don't
think any Jewish person feels bad when
you know Pharaoh drowns in the Red Sea
they're like you know what good for him
he deserved it because he's opposing and
trying to kill and murder the last group
of Believers and the prophet of God
Moses
same thing the Jews of B it wasn't that
the fact that they were Jews Islam has
nothing against you know the fact that
you're Jewish you can have your
synagogue in Muslim lands as we've
mentioned in the beginning throughout
history that has been the case but the
Jews of bad specifically tried to get
this last prophet of Allah and they
recognized him as a a genuine Prophet
they triy to get him killed that was
their crime and there was a pact and a
treaty between the two and they broke
that and they proved to be treacherous
that's why so if you're going to cite an
incident let's be fair about the
incident and you know something this has
gone to extremes from both the sides of
non-muslims and from Muslims as well
other Muslims instead of explaining look
this group specifically was targeted
because they did something really really
bad and treacherous they try to explain
well this narration was weak every time
there's something that doesn't sit well
with others we try to say it's a weak
narration it's not a weak narration or
anything but made a mistake and that's
it they were not singled out for being
Jews and that's why you know the magans
used to live even at the time of
during his the mag would be living there
it was actually a Magan that killed him
the Magan who killed him actually
threatened him he gave him a this Veiled
Threat so he hinted to him that he's
going to kill him and Omar understood it
no one else understood it so he said
basically he was telling him that he's
going to build a a windmill for him a
windmill for Omar and he said I'm going
to build you a windmill that everybody's
going to talk about so then the people
around om were very happy you hear that
he's going to build you a Fant the wi
man Omar said that's not what he's
saying he's promising he's threatening
to kill me so then look at this this is
unbelievable then the companions of Omar
said he's pregnant to kill you then you
kill him kill him first he's going to
kill you you kill him now so then Omar
says and what will I tell Allah on the
day of judgment look at this what will I
tell Allah on the day of judgment that I
killed this man because I thought he may
want to kill me that is tolerance if
that's not tolerance I don't know what
is so you see the history of Islam you
see tolerance you see all kinds of
religious you know people from religious
groups would live amongst the Muslims
and they would be free and comfortable
there that's why when Islamic Spain
Spain was under the Muslims for about
800 years they were under the Muslims
and everyone was allowed to the
Christian was allowed to be Christian
the Jew was allowed to be a Jew everyone
was living happily ever after when the
this when the the Christians then
defeated the Muslims the Muslims left
many hundreds ofes stayed behind they
said well just like we kept them under
us for years and they were not hurt
we're also going to stay they probably
won't hurt us but then came the horrific
incident in history known as the Spanish
Inquisition where there was unbelievable
torture and and murder mass murder of
people because of a suspicion that they
may have been Muslim well when the
Muslims were in charge no one was hurt
on suspicion or even for knowing for
sure that they're of another religion so
you're saying Islam is intolerant I'm
saying come on please be fair and
examine history and examine the
scripture and tell me if Islam is fair
and tolerant or not for listening so
today we're examining if Islam is
oppressive to women or not and again I
like to always ask where do this idea
come from and where does the idea of
Oppression come from is it from the fact
that there are different rulings for men
than there are for women in Islam and
does that constitute oppression so for
example and you hear this complaint from
many people and sometimes even from
amongst Muslims why is it that a man a
Muslim man can marry four woman but a
Muslim woman is not allowed to marry
four men and they make it look as if
this is oppression right and then they
ask you things like why is it that the
men pray in the front in the Masjid and
the women pray in the back and again
they make it sound as if it's oppression
but if you think carefully about it is
it oppression and then all sorts of
other questions especially regarding the
dress code why is it that the woman have
to cover and the man does not have to
cover and so from seeing different
rulings for men and women they conclude
that perhaps Islam is oppressive to
women but the truth is that is not the
case you know to recognize the
difference between two species or two
objects or two things or two people is
actually the essence of Justice For
example what they say is something very
nice saying they say that to to treat
two different things as equal is a form
of Injustice one more time to treat two
very different things as equal is itself
a form of Injustice let me give you a
simple example suppose let's say I work
at a warehouse and have these huge 100
kogam or let's say 60 kogam bags and I
drop them to these men these big strong
men they take them and I drop them from
up top and these men catch them and they
go on then a small woman she's about you
know less than 5T tall very frail small
she comes she stands under me she say
Okay throw me one also 60 kilos I'm
throwing it from a distance and I think
you know what I'm going to treat
everyone as equal I'm going to treat
these big man equal to the small woman
and I drop it on her and I break her
body is that fair it's not not fair so
what is fair is to recognize differences
between people objects things situations
and then treat them based on these
differences that is fair because I don't
think anyone argues that in Islam a
woman is a living Soul not half a human
being like some other you know beliefs
in some other areas where the woman was
half a human being and the man was a
full human being no in Islam the woman
is a human and the male is a human but
because there are differences between
the two phys physiological differences
psychological differences Islam made way
and made an allowance for those those
differences and those changes and that
is the essence of being fair and being
just so now you come to examine every
one of the accusations against Islam
being oppressive to women what we really
have is really uh we have a system or a
part of the world that had that's gone
overboard when it comes to the woman so
if you have one group that is so far to
the left even if you're in the middle
and you're it you will look like you're
so far to the right and that's exactly
what's happening today so for example
the woman has been in some some
countries given so many rights that
Allah didn't give her these rights so
where did she get them from in Islam we
have it in a more balanced way so you
examine every accusation carefully and
you start to see that there is no
Injustice whatsoever so why is it that a
man can marry four and a woman cannot
marry four what kind of question is this
did you consider this question for a
minute why on Earth would a woman marry
four men and then cook for four men and
clean for four men and have children for
four men and complain to four men okay
leave the complaining part the point is
it doesn't make any sense why on Earth
would that be the situation likewise
people say why do the men pray in the
front of the mosque and the women in the
back of the mosque what what did you
want have you seen the movements in
Salah what it looks like when we go down
for R prostration and suud bowing all
these things is it appropriate for woman
to be in front of the man I think there
will be no focus in in the men's section
that's for sure so but wait a minute
before we discuss that even who put this
stipulation and who put this condition
and who made this rule that the ones in
the front are superior and if you're in
the back you're inferior I want to meet
this person who is this person that put
it in our head that if you're in the
back you're somehow oppressed if you're
in the back you're inferior who put this
idea and the problem is people just run
with it without questioning it so people
come up to you angrily why is it the
woman praying the back okay what's wrong
with the back is there any issue with
the back but it makes more sense for
them to pray in the back why on Earth
would they pray in front of the men and
then go down for Bowing and prostration
in front of the men with the men behind
them it is not appropriate and that is
not what the mosque is for it's a place
of worship it's a place of Purity and
purity of intention as well but people
they don't consider and they don't think
carefully before they ask this question
so not every question is worth being
asked and not every question is worth an
answer sometimes then come other issues
the issue of hijab why is it that the
woman is covered okay one more time I
want to meet this guy who put it in our
head that if you're covered you're
oppressed and by the way if you're
covered being I mean if you're oppressed
because you're covered that would mean
the opposite is also true that means the
less you're covered the more liberated
you are which means that there are very
very very few people in the world who
are truly liberated you know what I'm
talking about right we don't really make
this argument but it's a it's it's the
extension of this argument if you're
saying covering means oppression that
means uncovering me means Liberation
that means if someone comes to you and
they're still wearing clothes you're
like well you're not fully liberated why
don't you liberate yourself 100% like I
said don't really use this argument but
this is a true story one time there was
a speaker he's giving a lecture Islamic
lecture and uh there were Muslims on one
side men in one side women on the other
side and the women were properly clothed
in hijab and everything so a non-muslim
woman comes in angrily pointing at the
Muslim woman why are they covered like
that she's angry why are they covered
meaning she's trying to say they're
oppressed that's why they're covered
first of all I mean this was this was in
America and for the most part in most
countries a woman puts on hijab because
she wants to put on hijab no one can
force you especially if you live in the
west who's going to force a woman to put
on hijab but what happens is she's
angrily pointing to the woman why are
they covered like that and she said the
the speaker then answers her very nicely
he says well you were born without
clothes why are you wearing clothes now
and the woman looked at him she said
modesty because of modesty that's why I
wear clothes he said okay well then
modesty here we have more
modesty there's the argument meaning if
you are modest putting on clothing is
Modesty that means the more I cover my
body the more modest it is and the less
I uncover the less modest I am not the
more liberated I am so these are the
arguments and this makes a lot of sense
okay but here's the question why is it
that when someone sees let's say someone
in the west sees a Muslim woman wearing
hijab he thinks oppression he sees her
she's walking by she's oppressed but
then they see a nun wearing almost the
same thing hijab and covering and
everything they don't feel that she's
oppressed they don't think of Oppression
and then they see an Orthodox Jewish
woman she's walking by her hair is
covered everything's covered wearing
long sleeves long dress and no one says
okay well she's oppressed why does this
only show up when it comes to the woman
obviously because of the of the
narrative and all the the stories and
the ideas that were put in people's
heads that Islam oppresses women and so
on and it's been put in people's heads
so much that even sometimes Muslim women
believe it but what we're telling them
is question these things if someone
tells you you're oppressed because
you're covered well that would mean then
uncovering makes you liberated but still
I see most people in the in the world
are wearing clothing so why aren't they
fully liberated yeah you tell me I'm
oppressed because I pray in the back who
put this rule that the back is oppressed
I know maybe in America we have you know
the back of the bus was for oppression
but in the m
it's honoring and respecting the women
we don't make them sexual objects so
then they just come in in front of men
and dance and bow and and you know show
their their their body and so on and so
forth this is respect and honor for them
so but like I said when someone is far
to the left even if you're moderate you
seem to be far to the right but the
truth is Islam is the moderate it is in
the middle and it is alhamdulillah the
truth so with that being said then
anytime someone says does Islam oppress
women why are these millions of women
then Muslim then especially those who
are in the west why do they remain
Muslim if if it's oppression the minute
you go to America Canada UK Australia
and immediately leave Islam and leave
hijab but they insist upon Islam and
they call people to Islam what does that
tell you it tells you they're not
oppressed so anytime someone questions
Islam you question the question why do
you think they're oppressed and who put
the standard so that's our argument then
so thank you for listening