We Begin by praising Allah and we praise
him and we seek his help and we ask for
his forgiveness and we take refuge with
with Allah from the evil of
ourselves and from the evil consequence
of our evil
action whomsoever Allah guides no one
can misguide but anyone whom Allah
leaves to go astray no one can guide and
I testify that Allah alone is worthy of
worship and that Muhammad s. wasam is
the servant of Allah and his final
messenger one day the prophet sallallah
Al wasam was giving
a and after this one of the
companions he
said
y it seems as if this is a farewell
sermon so advise
us and the prophet sallallah wasam said
I advise you to have the TA of
Allah and to hear and obey your Amir
even if he is an abian
slave the prophet sallallah alai
wasallam
said after me you will see great
differing you will see
great great differing so cling to my
Sunnah and the Sunnah of the
and bite it with your teeth and Beware
of the newly invented matters in the
religion this my brothers and sisters is
a very very precious and very very
important piece of advice from the
prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam because when we're discussing
this matter of
extremism when we are discussing this
matter of extremism
it is very important for us to
understand where is the middle
ground where is the middle
ground because if you don't understand
and if you don't Define the middle
ground anyone can claim that somebody
else is
Extreme
right anyone can say well you're extreme
no no you're extreme no no you're an ex
extremist so we have to understand and
we have to Define where is the middle
ground and the middle
ground the justly balanced way is none
other than how the prophet s. wasallam
described it cling to my Sunnah and the
sun of
the and bite it with your teeth your
Moler teeth
meaning this is what you have to cling
on to as the prophet sallallah wasam
said in another narration I leave you
two things that as long as you hang on
to them you will never go astray the
book of Allah and my
Sunnah in another narration the prophet
sallallah wasam mentioned the book of
Allah and my family
the
the prophet sallallah wasam made it very
clear for us what is the correct
path the prophet sallallah alai wasam he
said this matter is clear this matter of
Islam is very clear like night and
day and no one deviates from it except
that he is
destroyed this matter of what is Islam
is actually really really clear it is
very clear it is not confusing and no
one has an
excuse but deviation brothers and
sisters you have to understand can
happen in two different
directions what we normally call
extremism the word in English
extremism we normally connect it with
an an attitude of perhaps of
violence of being too rigid of being too
strict of enforcing things too literally
so this is how normally when we use the
word extremism in English we normally
equate it with something that's perhaps
to do with violence literalism rigid
approach this is how we remember what I
was saying about about words and how
words have certain meanings this is how
we normally Define it but actually in
the context of understanding our
religion Islam our
Dean extremism is also equally true in
the other direction a person who is too
relaxed a person who is too loose with
their
interpretation a person who is not
strict in
applying the rules and regulations of
Islam is also an
extremist because anybody who deviates
from the norm the
mean is an extremist in whichever
direction they go and that is something
that has to be understood and is also
very
important because you hear a strange
thing these days you hear a strange I
hear about something called secular
Muslim secular
Muslim I mean does that actually mean
anything secular
Muslim I mean there are certain things
that if you actually study and you
understand the meaning of
words it's what you call an oxymoron
it's a contradiction in terms someone
can't be secular and be Muslim at the
same same time because the word Muslim
by definition means someone who
surrenders themsel to the will of Allah
subhana wa ta'ala how can you surrender
yourself to the will of Allah and be
secular since the definition of
secularism and what secularism means is
contrary to surrendering yourself to the
will of
Allah what is a secular
Muslim
I've heard of things like communist
Muslim or what is
that it doesn't mean
anything it doesn't have any real
meaning it's just an excuse for
extremism because these people truly are
extremists no we have to stick to the
middle way the middle way is the way of
the prophet sallallah
wasam the way of the Prophet as was
understood by
the by the rightly guided
successors this means primarily who Abu
Bakr sidik Omar
ALB these are
thef
primarily but indeed all of those early
generations of Muslims
who followed the way of the Prophet
sallallah wasam they are an example for
us they understood Islam the best they
were the ones who fasted
with. wasallam they are the ones who
made Haj with s. wasallam they are the
ones who made Jihad with the prophet s.
wasam they are the ones who prayed with
s. wasam they lived with him they ate
with him s. wasam they died for him they
understood
best the Arabic language they understood
best the context of the verses of the
Quran so if we want to know what is the
correct method of
hijab what does mean what does jilbab
mean what do these words
mean we have to refer it to the
understanding the way the prophet and
his companions understood those
things can anyone with any brain or any
logic
refute the notion that the companions of
the Prophet understood best and most
correctly the meanings of these terms
who could deny such such a
thing except an
extremist so what is
hijab is not best understood by your
culture or your grandparents or your
Society it is best understood by the
companions of the Prophet sallallah
alaihi wasallam by the family of the
Prophet sallallah
was so we need to refer back to their
understanding and their
interpretation and their application of
the verses of the Quran and of the
example of the Prophet sallallah alai
wasallam this is the mean way this is
the middle path this is the correct way
and we should not deviate from that my
brothers and sisters to the right or the
left there's no excuse for it because
alhamdulillah Allah subhana wa ta'ala
has not left us in confusion like like
other
religions Allah has not left us in
confusion about what is
authentic about what it is that he
subhah wa ta'ala has said about what is
the example of his messenger Muhammad
sallah alai no because the beautiful
thing about our Dean brothers and
sisters that Allah has
protected Allah has protected the
Quran and Allah protecting the Quran by
necessity it must mean it by necessity
must mean that Allah has also protected
the understanding of the Quran what does
it mean that if Allah has protected the
actual words but we don't know what what
it
means so we have a text but no one
understands its meaning this is not
protecting it protecting it means not
only its text and its writing but it
means its meaning and this is what we
find until until today we know what the
words of the Quran we can discover what
does this word mean in Arabic and this
is what is important not only what does
this word mean in Arabic but how was it
understood by the prophet Muhammad and
his
companions this is this is
different because
Arabic changes like all language it is
changed the meaning of words
change maybe it is not as dramatic as in
other languages and that is the part of
the effect of the Quran but still the
meaning of words
change
right but no we know until today what
does this word and what does that word
mean and how was it understood by the
prophet and his
companions Allah has preserved for us
not only the Quran but the explanation
of the
Quran
which is the Sunnah the the Sunnah of
the Prophet sallallah
wasam The Vi is also been
preserved this is part of the beauty of
this religion and not only
that the understanding of the Companions
and the early generations of Muslims and
I mean that the scholars amongst them
has also been preserved for us
so we can study and we can go back and
we can find
out how was Islam understood by the
prophet sallallah alai wasam and his
companions this my dear brothers and
sisters this is the middle way this is
the balanced way this is the this is the
middle path that we have to adhere to
and an extremist is anybody anybody who
moves away from that is an
extremist and when we talk about Unity
Allah subhah waala he mentions in the
Quran Hold On Together to the Rope of
Allah and do not be
divided what is what is the Rope of
Allah what is it
the prophet sallallah wasallam said in
an authentic
narration the Rope of Allah is the book
of Allah it is the Quran which is
stretched between the heavens and the
Earth so Allah is telling us to hold on
to the Quran and do not be divided from
the
Quran and the Quran is explained by
the Prophet sallallah wasam The Prophet
s. wasallam he is the living example of
how
to implement the Quran and you will find
so many times in the Quran Allah subh is
saying oh you who believe obey Allah and
obey the messenger again and again I
don't even know how many I think 50 60
times it is mentioned in the Quran
many many
times so Allah has revealed the Quran
and he made the prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam Allah in the Quran appointed
the prophet to explain sallallahu alaihi
wasallam he appointed the prophet
sallallah alaihi wasallam to explain the
Quran so this is the way we should hold
on to the Quran now if we find a Muslim
who is leaving the Quran they let go of
they let go of the Quran maybe they have
a beard maybe they wear hijab and always
they they may look like a Muslim but
they let go of the Quran they let go of
the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallah
alaihi wasallam they let go of
it they let go shall we let go of the
Rope of Allah to join and be United with
them no we keep holding on to the Quran
even if you're just the last one holding
on you don't let go of the book of Allah
because you is on
that I heard something really
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shocking which makes me very
worried and feel sad for the
Muslims of
Vancouver it makes me think that you are
very
young as a
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community and you are very very
far from even understanding what it
means to be a Muslim Community
now maybe I've heard a one-sided story
and I admit so if I'm wrong in what I'm
saying then I'm wrong it doesn't apply
but as we say if the cap fits wear
it if it doesn't fit doesn't matter
right so if what I'm saying is true then
you know you have real problems if I
have got the wrong end of the stick and
the story I've heard is not correct then
you know it doesn't matter
right but I heard there was the sheh
here a pillar of the community his name
was sheh
Eunice and I heard that he mentioned a
Hadith of the Prophet s. wasallam a
Hadith that anyone with knowledge knows
that this Hadith is
authentic and this Sheikh was caught
through
spying someone recorded him mentioning
this Hadith of the prophet sallallah
wasallam and anyone with knowledge knows
this Hadith is
authentic so what happened to the she
when this was exposed on the
news I have been told maybe I've been
told wrongly that there are imams we I
don't want to honor them with this title
if what I heard is true please do not
let these people be your
imams who renounced the
sheh they renounced
him we do not agree with what he said
what did he say he said a Hadith of the
Prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam so
they did not renounce the sheh they
renounce the prophet sallallah alai
wasallam that's what they
renounced do you want as your an Imam
someone who is ready to renounce the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam what
makes you so ready to do that what makes
a person so ready to throw the book of
Allah behind their
back W I was just reading today in the
Quran in Surah Bak about another people
who came before us who threw Allah's
Revelations behind their
back Shame
Shame Shame on these people shame that
you didn't stand behind your leaders
shame you didn't support your
imams shame on
you why would any person of any quality
want to come here and support your
community if that's the way you treat
your
leaders if that's your disregard you
have for the prophet Sall it's not about
the IM actually it's not about sheh
yunas really it's not and I'm sure he'll
be the first person it's the Hadith of
the Prophet sallallah alai wasallam it's
the verses from the book of Allah
subhana tala I mean if he gave some
crazy explanation for it that may be
different if he mentioned some like
far-fetched but from what I heard he was
just mentioning and going through the
signs before the day of judgment and he
mentioned the
Hadith like anyone talking about the
signs before the day of judgment would
mention this Hadith it's wellknown
authentic Hadith from the signs of the
day of judgment before the day of
judgment and imams were standing up to
renounce
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him I said to the brother who told me
the story you know be a bit easy with
the brothers and sisters because they
came from lands where they were ruled by
dictators they don't understand what's
democracy and you know participating in
society you know they think that if the
FBI comes knocking on your door the seat
what do you call it the seat
CIS cist come knocking on your door
right it's like oh my God they're going
to take away my family and they're going
to kill us and pull my fingernails out
because that's what happened in that
which is not funny it's what happened in
and does happen still in Muslim
countries so maybe we should give them a
bit of an
excuse all right but let's start
educating ourselves now this is
Canada right they're not going to take
you away and take your family away and
torch you and pull your fingernails
out
alhamdulillah
but even if they did brothers and
sisters do you think this Dean is going
to be
established without sacrifice without
effort without trials without
difficulties without tribulations and
the funny thing is the funny thing is
not funny haha funny
peculiar right is that the very sort of
person who is turning in Sheikh Eunice
and people like that they are the same
sort of people who go on about how we
love the
prophet we love we love him so much
we're going to celebrate his birthday
even though the prophet didn't celebrate
his birthday nor did his companions nor
did Abu hanifah nor did Imam Shafi nor
did Ahmed IB hbal nor did IM Malik but
no they love the prophet so much they
want to make a new religion about him oh
we
love they say they
say We'll see on the day of judgment who
loves the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam here's the thing brothers and
sisters if I ask you right now who loves
go put your hand up if you loveu alai
wasallam hands up if you
love keep your hand up if you love The
Prophet more than your
mother
really come on you're going to be honest
here yeah how about you love the prophet
more than than your mother more than
your father more than your children more
than your
business are you
sure
yes yeah we'll see yeah your mother and
your father maybe your children maybe
your business how about your home yes
okay you really ready to give your home
for the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam yes okay can put your hands
down that's good okay now let's really
see if what you say is true or not it's
easy to put your hand up yeah so easy I
can put my hand
up let me tell you something from the
life of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam let me tell you something from
the life of s.
wasallam and believe me if I believe
every if every Muslim lived like this
and if every Muslim took upon themselves
this Behavior there would be no extreme
extrem extremism to the right or to the
left there wouldn't
be
cuz they will know what the purpose
is Abdullah
mentioned
yesterday about how the prophet S.I
wasallam was injured in the Battle of
and
how the armor from his helmet was in his
cheek and how Abdullah
J pulled this armor out of the of the
prophet and his teeth
broke
and think about that brothers sisters
think about this think about this day
of think about what the prophet s. wasam
went
through think about the tests the
prophet sallallah alai wasallam went
through so you could know
Islam
so you if he sallallah alaihi wasallam
if he didn't go through this you
wouldn't be here today we wouldn't be
here
today think about what the prophet went
through for 2 years how the whole of
Beni Hashim was boycotted two years they
put them the qur put them in a
valley in Mecca they put them in a
valley in Mecca this is including
Khadijah and the daughters of the
Prophet sallallah alaihi was can you
imagine his daughters were there Beni
Hashim was there even that some of them
were not even Muslim but because they
were supporting the prophet they were
also boycotted no one was allowed to
marry them no one was allowed to buy
from them no one was allowed to sell
with them no trading no
marriage 2 years can you imagine in
probably leaving in tents they started
to have to eat leaves from
trees
Khadijah Allah leaves from trees
Brothers and
sisters and sometimes someone out of
sympathy would drive some sheep towards
them so they could have something to eat
2
years and of course you
know almost soon after that Khadijah
died and there are so many things the
prophet sallallah wasam went through one
day he was praying in
Thea and one of
the they took the entrails of a camel
that had been sacrificed can you imagine
in the heat the rotting smelling
entrails and they thought it would be
funny if they poured this entrails on
the back of the Prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam while he was praying this is
what they did to him and they were
laughing they were laughing so much they
were falling on the floor holding their
sides and Fatima little Fatima his
daughter is coming she's only what 8
years old or something she's pulling
this off her back and she's she is
telling them
off do you make fun of him because he
calls you only to worship Allah a little
girl is telling them
off even the prophet is beaten on some
occasions but as you know when they
heard when Hamza heard the prophet
sallallah alaihi wasallam was beaten he
became Muslim say he's only one who
became Muslim cuz he was
angry but I we could mention many
incidents so many hardships the prophet
sallallah alaihi wasallam went through
but I want to mention something the
prophet called my hardest day AA asked
the prophet what was your hardest day he
said my hardest day was the day I went
to was the day I went
to why was that the hardest day I you
know I thought about this a lot I'm
thinking why is why is that all the
things the prophet went through in his
life all all the tests all the trials
all the difficulties all the
tribulations he S.I wasallam went
through in his life why did he say this
was my hardest day and I think I don't
know Allah I don't know I have no Del
for this I'm just trying to guess trying
to think
why from what I understand is a prophet
cannot leave preaching to his people
until Allah gives him
permission this is why Eunice got in
trouble cuz he left his people and
that's why Allah called caused him to be
swallowed by the whale or the
fish so the prophet sallallah Ali
wasallam couldn't leave Mecca until
Allah gave him permission so when he
went to T to the preach to the people
there it must have been CU Allah gave
him permission and therefore I'm
imagining what is the prophet thinking
he must be thinking Allah is giving me
permission to go to T because the people
of T not like the people of Mecca the
people of T are going to accept Islam
they're going to support Islam they're
going to defend Islam he must have been
going there full of enthusiasm and hope
and expectation but when he went to T
what did he find the leaders didn't even
want to talk to him they wouldn't even
refuse to meet him except one and then
he mocked the prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam and then According to some of
the books of s brothers and sisters
According to some of the books of s the
prophet Sall
wasam he spent 10 days in t knocking on
every single door and every single house
inviting the people to
Islam knocking on the doors of every
single
house and no one not one person accepted
Islam so then the prophet sallallah alai
wasallam
left and when he left the leaders
ordered the street urchins to Stone to
throw stones on the prophet sallallahu
alaihi
wasallam and he s. wasam was being
pelted by stones and so much so that the
blood was flowing down from his body and
his filling his sandals and the Heat and
the sand was causing the sandals to
stick to his
feet so
when wasam this is our this is our
Prophet you said you loved him more than
your mother more than your father more
than your house more than you said that
you put your hand
up that means there's not one of you
sitting here today you would prefer that
that was you than S Ali wasallam you
should wish that that happened to you
that he suffered nothing and that you
suffered that I want you to think about
this so when he reached the bottom of
the mountain jel came to the prophet s.
wasam and jiel
said all all you have to do is give
permission the angel of the mountain is
waiting to destroy this town bring the
mountains and collapse It On This
Town just give the
command the prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam said no don't do that because
maybe their children will become
Muslim maybe from their offspring will
be people who accept
Islam
now that tells me brothers and sisters
what the prophet cared
about what did the prophet sallallah
wasam care
about he cared about the people becoming
Muslim he wanted more than anything else
for the people to be guided to Islam and
to know what it
means this is what the prophet sallallah
he didn't want that destruction he
didn't want that destruction he went
through all of this because he wanted
them to become Muslim now I ask you who
put your hands up and you say that you
love the prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam more than your mother more than
your fathers more than your business
more than your homes what have you done
for
da how many people have you called to
Islam how many doors have you knocked on
in
Vancouver what have you done to help
fulfill this dream of the Prophet
sallallah alaihi wasallam cuz if you
love him you'll love what he loves if
you love him you love to do what he
loved to do if you love him you love to
see what he wanted to see and what he
wanted to see was that people accept
what have you done for da tell
me you see it's very easy to put your
hands up brothers and sisters isn't it
but what's the
reality I remember I gave a
in was it Edmonton or Calgary like one
of the two
places similar to this
about although this is wasn't about the
importance of Da but that was
my and you know what this brother doctor
such and such this and that he wrote on
the Pakistani Society website Port
Pakistan they was getting it from me
yeah complaining about my
and you know one of the things he said
he said if I go knocking on my
neighbor's doors cuz all I suggested I
said why didn't you knock on your
neighbor's doors and invite them to
dinner just go and invite them to dinner
and inshallah when they come to dinner
maybe you can find some time to talk to
them about Islam he said if I go
knocking on my neighbor doors they'll
think I'm
cuckoo
what I I
don't does that sound like Canadians
would would they think you're if you go
knocking on the door say you know you're
my neighbor I'm living next to you you
know come and have some dinner with me
they're not going to think you're CU in
fact the opposite they think what who
are these people sitting in their house
I don't even know who they are they
never come to see me that's
cucko but that you know the Muslims I'm
sorry brothers and sisters we're really
sick in the head if you think like that
you're just sick in the head but you
know you need a cure for your disease
and the cure for your disease is Islam
to know the sun of the Prophet sallallah
alaihi wasallam to know what your
priorities are you all put your hands up
you all said you
love s. wasam more than your mothers
more than your fathers more than your
children more than your businesses more
than your homes that means you will be
able and you ready and you're happy
happy to sacrifice your business your
home your children for the sake of
Da you must
be
so alhamdulillah I'm looking forward to
lots and lots of people turning up to my
da training course tomorrow
inshallah because if you're going to
give da you have to learn how to it's
not difficult alhamdulillah it's very
easy but at least take a bit of time to
learn how to do
it the other thing brothers and sisters
believe me when you get involved in da
when you begin to talk to non-muslims it
will transform the way that we think
about ourselves as communities as well
we will think about ourselves
differently our kids will think about
themselves differently if you teach your
and train your kids to be du they will
think about themselves very very
differently in this
society and that's how we have to be we
have to have this da mindset we have to
have this da
mentality this is part and parcel of
loving s. wasam but you know brothers
and sisters the shocking thing
is how many Muslim organizations I think
you have Muslim organizations here in
Vancouver the question you need to ask
brothers and sisters is why are we not
involved in Outreach work why we not why
don't we have a homeless home that's run
by Muslims why don't we have a drug
rehabilitation that's run by Muslims why
don't we have a prison program inviting
people to Islam why don't we have a book
distribution program for libraries and
colleges and prisons why don't where's
the da this doesn't even involve you
talking to
anyone but you just said you love your
businesses more than you you know you
love the prophit more than you love your
businesses where's the da this is simple
stuff this is not even the slightly more
challenging stuff is when you need to
talk to people which is not difficult
but it's a bit more
challenging where is
it
what's
happening what do you think brothers and
sisters do do you think that those
people down there in in in in Hastings
yeah do you think those people down they
just stay there you think drugs don't
affect your
kids you think all of this rubbish and
these sexually transmitted diseases what
do you think your kids are not going to
suffer from this is what you think what
you're somehow immune
I mean at least you got to understand on
the base level that if you want a
comfortable life here in Canada you have
to make an effort to make sure that evil
doesn't spread just out of
self-preservation forget even loving the
prophet sallallah alai wasam and giving
da and Noble things like that just think
about self-preservation
please preserving
yourself you don't exist here Canada
doesn't exist in a
bubble it's a nice place place because
people make an effort to make it a nice
place
right but you know you should be
motivated brothers and sisters by
something higher you got to be motivated
by a higher cause you've got to be
motivated by nobler
intentions this is how we should be
driven
really people should look at our
communities and you know what house
prices in our communities should be the
highest of any area not because we have
the nicest houses not because you know
why because they're the safest places to
live and because people want to move
into our area because they should feel
safe and warm and friendly and welcome
that's how it should
be shouldn't it don't you think that's
how it should be shouldn't
it shouldn't Muslim communities be the
safest the most Pleasant the nicest the
friendliest places to live yes or no
shouldn't it be like
that if someone comes into a mosque
shouldn't they walk in even if the guy
is covered head to foot into twos and
he's got piercings and he's got hair
like this
right shouldn't he come into the mosque
and feel welcome and that there's love
and acceptance and that you know oh
you've come to the MOs that's
fantastic
it's huh believe me brothers and sisters
that doesn't happen in the Christian
churches he won't get treated like that
if he walks into a church he will not
get treated
with or you know oh Jesus preserve us
from the devil no you know what they say
come
in have some you know coffee have some
tea sit down relax they'll make him feel
welcome and you know by the end of the
day Jesus would have come to his life
and by the end of the week they've put
him on the speaker circuit and he's
telling people how Jesus changed my
life that's what we'll be
doing but what happens in this community
our Muslim communities when people come
out of Prisons they want Islam but they
get driven Away by the Muslims driven
away this is what I've heard
myself and you say you love the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam you say you
love the prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam that's just a
lie or maybe it's just an ambition but
it's not a reality maybe you want to
love the prophet maybe you know that you
should love the prophet do you really
love the prophet Sall would the prophet
have treated someone like
that
how would the prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam have treated
people they the sahaba were people
brothers and sisters they used to bury
their daughters alive Subhan Allah the
sahaba that were amongst them people who
used to bury their daughters alive they
drank alcohol they murdered they
fornicated until Allah guided them to
Islam they worshiped worst of all they
worshiped Idols they they used to get if
they didn't find an idol to worship they
would get dates and squeeze the dates
into the form of an idol and they would
pray to that they would get hungry they
would eat
it this is how misguided they
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were but they became the best of
generations the best of
generations now this is the situation
you find yourselves in now you're
surrounded by people who are in
jahia they don't know Allah they don't
know
Islam you have to invite them and make
them feel welcome and make them feel as
if they can be part of our community
brothers and sisters and that means you
stop you got to stop behaving like this
cultural Village mentality you got to
leave this behind stop making people
think they have to become Pak poor
pakistanis right you have to become
pakistanis or Arabs or no they don't
they just need to be Muslims brothers
and
sisters we don't need to force any
culture down them but we need to make
them feel warm and welcome for Islam
this is the moderate path this is the
this is the m middle path this is the
path of the Prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam this is the path of the
companions my dear brothers and sisters
so I'm really hoping inshallah that
every single one of you are not only
going to come to my Dow training course
on Monday but you're all going to bring
all your family and all your Muslim
friends no it's for Muslims by the way
yeah inshallah so I don't know how many
there are but I'm hope all of you going
to come inshah and even better than that
come and we'll go and give da on the
streets in on Tuesday and start some
real activity in respect to inviting the
people
to