is
the are you theom that it was at that
one point maybe about a couple years ago
when Jerry Fair Barry Terry the tried to
bur guy was that you that's me can you
can you take it from there tell us a
little bit about this uh this this
situation that that was happening at
that time and and uh they had you on the
TV on the CNN all over can you tell us a
little about this and yourself
uh uh as we have seen over the years
many times some hate groups try to uh
provoke Muslims by insulting the prophet
or Islam or the Quran so we have in our
back of uh Central Florida in
Gainesville about 2 hours from here a
so-called pastor and I say so-called
because I don't believe he really lives
up to his Christian
values uh he created a wave around the
idea of judging the Quran and wanted to
burn the Quran so he had on the 9th
anniversary of September
11 uh a trial set up to try the Quran as
guilty for causing Wars and misery in
the
world and tried to tie the Quran and
Muslims
to uh be responsible for what happened
on
9/11 and he garnered a lot of attention
from the media because the media loves
controversy and uh I felt as the leader
in Central Florida that I have to step
in and talk to this person if he was you
know uh unaware of what Islam is I'll
talk to him and teach him
but if he was really Troublemaker I have
to stop him from
insulting uh Islam and 1.6 billion
Muslims and to stop him from burning our
scripture so uh on the invitation of the
mayor of
Gainesville and after an event in
Gainesville there with the mayor and uh
spiritual leaders uh I talked to the
mayor and he uh really recommended that
I go and meet Terry Jones that's his
name not
Eddie so I I went and uh tried to speak
to him oneon-one and found him to be you
know full of hate ignorant
person um but nevertheless I was
determined to stop him from burning the
Quran because it was happening right at
the end of Ramadan the month of the
Quran and write you know on on the
second day ofid so I said what an insult
to all of us worldwide alhamdulillah
after 2 days of efforts and negotiations
I was able to convince him to uh to
cancel it and to cancel all the
spectacle and he was exposed to the
whole world for being a hateful person
being a crazy person and uh everywhere I
went non-muslims have you know disted
themselves from him and said he does not
represent them and this time I think we
want showed that Muslims are not The
Crazy Ones who are committing something
but this is uh a hateful person who is
trying to provoke Muslims to do
something so Allah subhana wa ta'ala
used me in that opportunity to to stop
this man from his uh evil effort we we
take strong offense isn't it that if
someone even insult Jesus peace be upon
him yes isn't that right who was one of
the mightiest Messengers that God
Almighty sent with the same message that
Moses came with Abraham they all came
with the same message worship the
Creator not his creation and he's
mentioned how many times in the Quran
Jes his Blessed Mother right so he he'd
be I mean Jesus wouldn't stand for this
to I told him we love and respect Jesus
I told him you know the the method I
followed with him was was quoting to him
from the Bible mhm said we believe in
the gospel we believe in the Torah and
that's why I'm talking to you as a a
religious man to a religious man you
know follow your own book I said would
Jesus do what you're doing that's not
loving your neighbor exactly that's the
very verse I said you know Jesus said
love your neighbor and I'm your neighbor
you know I'm not talking to you about
the people overseas but I'm right here
did any Muslim in Central Florida hurt
you or come by your church and did
anything wrong said no as a matter of
fact he said you the first Muslim I meet
he said so I said if you can't point out
a Muslim who has insulted you or hurt
you in any way I'll take care of them
but the fact is there's over 50,000
Muslims in Central Florida and nobody
did anything to you
so you know you have to love your
neighbors and that's what Jesus told you
so he that was one of the many steps I
took to try to reduce his hate many the
reward you if um you can take it from
here tell us a little about yourself you
see I mentioned the book yes really
caught my attention and and this is the
vular language the youth they can
connect with so tell us a little about
yourself and and what motivated you to
write this book uh I myself uh was born
in Chicago went to the Chicago Public
School Systems from K Garten all way to
High School uh HLA Sports was something
that I've started at a young age uh and
with sports there's benefits you know at
the same time uh there's always
sometimes U social U concerns that you
could go through uh so one of the things
that I realized going growing up uh
being someone involved in the community
um and opportunity where basketball
became something where I went like on
the state level kind of national level
of playing and traving so what's
happened is uh I had many questions why
can't we do this and especially your
first year you know first generation
coming here asking the why is this Haram
why can't we do this why can't we do
that and sometimes a father our
individuals kind of say well it's Haram
just because it's Haram because others
are told it's Haram so as I grew up
going through the MSA days and realizing
these concerns and social issues where a
lot of the kids in especially in high
school are really getting challenged not
about praying it's why they're not
praying are they're having these issues
with the opposite gender so As I Grew um
older I thought to myself one of the
things is to write about these
challenges because I know a lot of kids
are going through I was as I was
traveling to speak to many youth I
realized you can't get to every
individual but through a book they could
always read about that topic they have
an issue with so that's where I we did
this little survey with kids you know
throughout the United States say what
are the top 10 areas uh through Min
Muslim North America and then from there
we kind of wrote down and said let's
write about these so me and my uh my my
cousin sad decided to write this book
and then and H slowly kind of picked up
and taken off here and overseas let's
talk about this theme now right what
came to my mind r with us I thought
about I thought about right and the one
of the great Messengers that the Creator
said again uh with the same messenger
that Muhammad came with and Jesus and
all of them he was calling his people
look get get on the ship get with us
like what we're trying to do today so
talk to us well okay what to your mind
when this this wonderful thing that ride
with cl what comes what's the first
thing that comes to your mind what you
going to take word from that I'm going
to let him because he's going to be out
there um you know with ride with us
which is very important you know you
know yesterday there was a topic called
you know rocking the boat you know so
when it's you're on the boat but then on
on the rocking the boat you want to take
some the chances especially um sometimes
when you're rocking it and like today's
is riding the wave so you fing off the
boat so sometimes kids get tempted they
want to take that chance one of the big
things I've realized with kids is it's
not going to happen to me and I call it
the El syndrome the S of arrogance and
that's why the book we wrote was called
War within the hearts because we realize
it's your heart something that's always
going on and saying yeah I know but I
just want to see just try it and but I
won't go too far you know I know my
limits and and that's where we've seen
like you know the challenge of no you
need to stay into the boat don't you
know even when you're on the boat right
now you the captain tells you don't put
your hand outside the boat even if you
think like oh I have a life jacket or
don't I have some friends around me if I
fall and I'll swim back you don't know
how big those waves are and that's one
of the big uh concern so so you know I
really kind of like that theme of making
sure you're secure in the boat not
outside the boat not kind of on the
corner of the boat not saying well I'll
just keep just in case I have a life
jacket if I fall off I know I could get
back but just staying firm because Allah
knows what's best and if it's Allah's
boat through the prophets that's the
boat you want to go on to any other boat
it might look good through
El's deception but it's going to take
you to a state of drowning sh what about
yourself commenting on you know the
prophet sallallah alai
wasallam uh clearly stated
that that Allah's hand is with the the
group
so the person who goes by himself we go
into the
Hellfire what will protect us as
communities as youth is sticking
together like a pack you know and and he
said in another example that the wolf
will take from the Sheep the one that's
staining by itself so every time a youth
person as brother Habib said think that
they can handle it on their own and they
leave the community they leave the Masid
life they leave the youth group and say
I'm going to strike out on my own own
they are putting themselves at Great
risk they need to really stick with the
J stick with the youth because they will
constantly remind them of what's right
they will be honest with them critiquing
them and helping them see the things
they don't see today many youth you know
they love to hear Praise from friends or
peers who are not interested in their
well-being
however they don't want to listen to
their own brothers or sisters who may
tell them what's wrong with them you
know so they run away from that we need
to be honest with ourselves and it's
simple to understand I wouldn't know
what the sky looked like what the trees
look like I would have never seen the
faces of my beautiful children if I
didn't have the ability to see how
blessed we are by Allah and obedience is
born out of gratitude so thank him call
upon Him establish a relationship with
him forget about the past take it out of
being a ritual and make it a spiritual
experience Islam is not something
dubious unclear hazy it's really
straightforward he said it changed his
life he said he saw every single episode
that you had ever
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recorded at one point in their life you
can bring up a child and teach them the
rituals but at one point connect them
with the Creator but at one point don't
they have to make a conscious decision
that this is indeed from the Creator and
consciously submit themselves isn't that
right yes indeed Islam is not about
following blindly even the right Islam
you have to choose for yourself okay
Islam is by choice not by inheritance so
we have a lot of Muslims today 1.6
billion Muslims who say we're Muslims
but they don't act like Muslims the vast
majority are not acting or thinking like
Muslims because they inherited
traditions and practices from their
parents and grandparents without
thinking about them Islam is by choice
and Allah will hold you responsible for
that choice for that NE that you have
and going back to the point that brother
Habib was saying you know uh n's son
this whole the whole verses in surah h
is about's son
how n built the boat and he is a great
prophet who for 950 years was preaching
his people so imagine how long he has
been talking to his own son yet there
was no guarantee his son was with the
disbelievers and at the last minute
where he could have saved his own life
he chose to stay with the wrong group
and that's what happens every day on the
streets you know children of
Muslims they choose to part with their
own parents and their own community and
say no no I want to stay with my friends
don't know that that is the end of their
you know I have buried people who did
that and they could have been alive and
Muslim but they chose bad friendship and
got killed in a drug deal mhm Subhan
Allah tell
us let's take it to the parents now
right so and what comes to my mind look
Islam is beautiful this this way of life
from the crater you know there are
certain things said the pure mono you
can't than you can't go and worship
Muhammad one day Jesus the other and you
know mix it with all these uh things
that aren't sanctioned from the Creator
it's clear the six articles of faith
belief in God belief in the Angels the
books that reveal you mentioned the
gospel in its original that was given to
Jesus the Torah that was given to Moses
in its original and and and the day of
judgment and then the Five Pillars
praying you can't Pray when you want to
pray you know what I mean I'll pray you
know once a month right five times a day
minimum and the fasting Etc right these
are set but now there's flexibility in
some things tell us the part where
Ali where he said commenting giving this
great advice that to the parents about
raising their children not how you were
raised but do you know this this
statement but they were raised at you
were rais at a different time and their
raises at a different time so how can we
get with the time without compromising
right because sometimes we bring some of
this back home culture you just going
through the the the rituals but your
heart's not connected to Allah the woman
doesn't know really why she's wearing
hijab she don't know maybe the wisdoms
behind it that it makes sense so how can
we get the parents on the same page as
the children without compromising so
maybe they can change up the techniques
a little bit right instead of making it
seem like it's just a bunch of rituals
right praying and you've been praying
maybe 15 years you don't even know what
you don't even know what you're saying
right they don't talk to
them and they threaten them Islam is
being used as uh you know a Lynch to
bring them back in order and that's
wrong Islam is beautiful and we see that
parents also push culture on their
children and they dress it as Islam mhm
that if you don't eat Biryani you're
committing a sin if you're not well I
mean if if the kid wants to eat a burger
or a hot dog that's fine you know if
it's Halal Halal but no we insist on
cultural things and we give in on Real
Islam so the children grow up in this
environment they feel there is some sort
of hypocrisy there and we need to
emphasize the dean itself not try to
import you know cultural practices that
our kids born here grw up here don't
can't practice them in an American
culture yeah there's nothing backwards
about Islam that culture you know that
you're trying to implement that might be
backwards but Islam's not backwards yeah
and that culture might be fine and dandy
back in their parents' original country
but it it doesn't work you can't dress
like that here you can't you know
necessarily practice that every day here
so so maybe on Eid on on International
day but not every day so we uh
especially the parents we have to take
it easy on our children if they want to
express their American culture in an in
an Islamic context that's not there's
nothing wrong that's the culture that's
what I'm talking about there's
flexibility right there's flexibility so
we're not compromising here where again
there's certain you don't train you
don't date no boyfriends and girlfriend
you do it the holistic the wholesome you
get married right and you have a family
you have children and you have a bond
with them and you do it the right way
because everything I call Islam is the
best self I teach self-defense so but I
look at Islam you just have to watch
some of the news you know there was a
recent I mean you you just every day you
turn on the news and you see some tragic
event happening where let's say a girl
it was recent she went to a party right
and she ended up getting intoxicated and
then the the bo assaulted her and then
they took her picture and they put it up
on Facebook all over did you know about
the story there it goes and then she
committed suicide it's done her life was
she felt was over when you look and you
see the teachings that the Creator sent
down it's because he loves you isn't it
it's because he loves you it's a
protection for you from having something
bad like this happen isn't it right yes
and I think this is where sometimes we
have to use what data is to you know a
lot of times in in the books what we
were trying to tell the kids is Allah
knows us like you know just you know I
use examples of you know mercedesbenz
when they you know car really nice car
the person who makes it has a manual
says exactly what you need to do 10,000
miles change the tires 15,000 do this
don't put this uh uh uh gas in there
same Allah has given us the Quran and he
has given the of the Prophet Muhammad to
tell us exactly how to do it and
sometimes kids need to get reality
checks when you know when I talk about
say you know gender relations like my
mar look so good why can't we just kind
of holler at the young lady just to talk
I won't do anything but just the same
way 1.8 million girls under the age of
16 last year had kids you think 1.8
million under the age of 16 every one
out of every four kids in high school
have a STD people think that you know
it's not going to happen 68% of 11year
old kids have seen adult website cuz oh
no it's not going to happen to me and
one of the big realities is that we got
to realize when I when we talk to
parents is that everyone thinks they
have the mash child like it can't happen
to me you know this is something we were
talking about yesterday so it's very
important to understand that kids need
to say when Allah has the these rules
there's a reason why and here it's only
manifesting now in society and saying
look see what it exactly does alcohol
you know Allah says there's goods and
there's bads but the bads outweigh the
goods and you could see many of when
alcohol when people are drinking it
plays a big part and and you start
seeing that more and more so you know
when you you know we'll talk about clubs
and say why do you think they have
ladies for
free could you think guys will come in
with just a club from without there's a
reason right why is it think about that
they'll say you know
even it's it's it least is so deception
now he makes it look good he doesn't
going to say oh smoking even for smoking
you don't have it someone's like this so
good you know you got the
person looks good man I wish I could
smoke it just looks good but that's the
deception and even to a point we've got
so deceptive like you know I was in I
was in San Francisco and I was waiting
for my Chicago in Virgin Airlines it
says uh uh uh boarding to Sin City
I'm like I just looked at say Subhan
Allah just
like ins like man what a roll up in you
know it's always like oh yeah I'm going
to S because whatever happens in Las
Vegas stays in Las Vegas you don't think
Allah lot knows but it's almost so much
that they use it as their punchline
don't worry no one has to do we'll keep
it on the D right and that's exactly
what El wants it's like but that's the
thing of keeping Allah's word and say
look you do this it will come out it
will manifest and will if it doesn't
happen now it might happen a few years
from not if not it will happen in the
Hereafter and that's what we're trying
to get kids to understand is there any
correlation we have City
big
also York yeah New York I mean
you you can and and and and so yeah you
know I never thought about that that's
good that's a good title right there you
know with Adam and the fruit
huh just take a bite out of Islam is
doing the opposite isn't it it's calling
us to stay away from things that are
destructive for the human being there's
nothing good in in in drugs and
alcoholism and look you mentioned all
these stvs and and women with with
having children illegitimate children
you don't you cut off their lineage so
there's so many so much
good that comes down with this but we
how do we get deceived I mean how do you
think now because people will will fight
too fil to go to that club that party
and it's just like blind just just want
to jump in it's like you're running
towards people running towards the Hell
Fire right how do you
stop well I mean casinos clubs um
cigarette companies they spend millions
and millions hundreds of millions of
dollars on marketing campaigns to kids
you know in many cities the the
Billboards are right outside the school
so and like he said you know Joe camo
looks good with that cigarette yeah they
know exactly thean knows exactly how to
you know Market the the youth and we do
a poor job as an IM we do a poor job in
marketing for Islam to attract people to
say come to the Masjid where you're
going to have real peace and real
happiness the masjids are not welcoming
you know and I have walked into Ms where
some of the parents they shout on the
kids and say you know stop talking you
know this is the Masid they make the
Masid
unwelcoming and you know the women
especially said women can't go to the
Masid who said that you know if the
prophet sallam had the women in the
Masid without the separation between
women and men okay and right there they
were praying and women actually spoke
directly to the prophet and directly to
to you know challenge him in in so today
we bring some cultural practices that
make the masjids you know
unwelcoming to our children to our youth
to our women and we end up with just old
folks praying in the Masid by themselves
who are waiting to go to their grave so
we have to do a better job in countering
the marketing campaigns that are
targeting our youth by making our
communities and our messes welcoming for
the Youth for the women for programs
that enrich their lives and give them an
alternative I mean people don't want to
live a boring life you know the clubs
are promising them things that are
exciting and they go to the m and they
see nothing about boring so sit here
don't talk you know open your book and
they say you know people love life and
they want to go out so we have as
Leaders as principles to make our our
schools our mards really the hub for
life for activity for happiness what do
you think about this we know that
Islam the highest level of being I mean
the first vers that
reveal to recite Proclaim read in your
lord I mean it's Inc on every one who is
submitted to the will of God to see Sac
right know but now you you end up
sometimes comment on this okay you start
to neglect this knowledge and the other
knowledge is great is good too but then
you have what's what I call the doctor
engineer syndrome you just have to get
this degree and and the woman she's in
college and you know she's almost like
30 or 40 and you know the young boy also
can't get married until he gets this
degree and you see you know the pro said
look you there going to be a great you
know um Calamity now these youth are you
know I mean so what are your comments on
this yeah I I think it's it's it's you
know this idea of one of the reasons I
think you know even the book is a lot of
times when we're
young everything we have to have our
kids to start reading in ignorance and
you just kind of say well I think this
is what I heard and then it's very
important because if kids understand
that hey Allah has answers for
everything all you have to do is just
read and take some time and that's
what's the beauty about our Dean our
Dean is not about you just ask much you
make forgiveness for me clear and you
start seeing these it manifest now all
over even in Muslim countries where
there are many people who don't read
they're just relying whatever that that
says in that M and sometimes in those
like I'm in India and in some places in
India there's a person who maybe just
memorize Quran doesn't mean he's a sh he
doesn't memorize he becomes IM then they
think everything you could ask him any
question that doesn't mean he might know
the exact answer and that's why you
start seeing some stuff that in some of
the third world countries you like man
this is kind of borderline questionable
and then you have individuals you know
had the opportunity to go to Kenya and
and and and they had this one you know
area uh and and and and and talking to
the youth and you have one you know they
speak soili or English so you have a
chance speaking in Arabic to them you
know just translating a book 65 kids all
listening but the problem is if you're
not reling to some of the issues I'm say
you're talking about with half the
people on 40% of the population is on
age yeah they have this little stick uh
drug that they use and they're selling
and you had like I was in mumbasa and
what was happening the shabab were
coming coming and and um recruiting and
where were they going the
cafes because kids are you know playing
I can show you a real one I give you
money for it too and it's it's like we
have to start making these kids
understand that this this is not the
easy way out this is not the way the
dean teach you just do something like
this and you know you got your your
oneway ticket to Jenna that's not the de
and until we start having them read and
understand and that comes back to our
parents also the value of of religious
education when we have someone that says
you know what I I'll move to the nice
Community District uh neighborhood for
academics I'll go to Kuman and pay $100
$200 extra or a tutor but when someone
has to say well a she wants to charge
$10 an hour this is the dean you're
asking for money what have we done you
know at the you know the beauty of our
Dean was at the at the prime the
scholars were paid well the the the
judge were paid well why because you
don't want them to be you know there's
Hickman why the Zak person who paid the
guy with the collector was paid well so
there's no temptation to just let's
let's make this happen on other side
there's hikma in everything that our
Dean does and I think it's very
important for us to start realizing hey
parents you need to if you want in
people of of of of High Caliber to go
into the they should do it for the sake
of Allah but also at the same time you
need young youth directors and say you
know what I could work into this thing
and have that and have opportunity to
work at an institution where I could
still support my family just reasonable
we everyone who works in the it's
supposed to be like well you're supposed
to live like the the the the the humble
of the humble life then who wants to
strive to be like you yes we have
stories you know to be humble but that
comes in within sometimes the reality is
that kid doesn't like well yeah that's
fine I'll just do that I'll get
religious when I get old when I get
close to Allah I go to Hajj Clean Slate
after that and or marry a righteous
woman because she'll make me religious
why does she marry you you want to marry
you so you see this mindset of guys you
know when we grow up and how how people
are talking so lack of knowledge need to
really very important understanding the
de not just reading the Quran we need to
do that but understanding the Quran also
and our and our beloved Prophet
M and good de Mar or be in the land
right so what are your comments on this
obviously we don't want just go to
people to get married and they don't
know anything about marriage but the
same way you go to to learn how to be
engineer doctor that shouldn't be
pushing our pushing educating our
children on how to be the best homem
maker best best professional in the
house at the same time best father best
mother best husband you know the best of
you are those who are best to their
families best to their wives right so to
be the best husband to be the best best
father and to try to is it worth at the
expense of a degree you get the degree
but at the expense of a degree because
we get a lot of people sending us um
emails and you see a lot of people
falling into to fornication to Z because
their parents are keeping them away
froming something that's natural in the
right way have you see this
also definitely the the trend in the
Muslim Community is to wait and to
finish that you know medical degree or
engineering or law degree and then you
can get married and then you know start
your life but that's not the Islamic
approach the prophet he
said all young people Whoever has the
ability to get married should get
married so this is a direct command from
the prophet who is inspired by Allah for
what benefits us Allah subhana wa tala
created if he wants us to marry at 30 or
40 he would have delay back but uh in a
recent you know study they have seen and
this was from a Princeton uh
graduate she herself went through the
experience that she wanted to have a
child but it was too late for her she
was in her 40s after she finished and
she got the job and now she got married
but then it was too risky for her to get
pregnant and she wrote a book about this
phenomena that the ivy school graduates
most of them most of the women
especially they end end up not having
children because it's too late they're
competing and her best advice this is
not from the prophet or a Muslim this is
from a person from her own experience
she said everyone every woman going to
an IV League school should get married
before she starts and she said your
peers are around you get married because
it's better to start your life with your
partner knowing where you're going so
Muslims are advised by the prophet
to select their spouse based on their
and their Dean early on not based on oh
he or she has that medical degree or law
degree or they have a big bank account
if you choose the person based on their
de based on their you will never go
wrong and you will grow together and I
personally went through this experience
myself I got married my wife was still
graduating
and then I had support her to go to
medical school and alhamdulillah she
finished she's practicing physician and
I myself you know we grew together we
have alhamdulillah several children we
raised them and now I'm encouraging my
17y old I want you to get married as
soon as you have a chance because he is
in college he has finished 2 years early
and he you know went uh to college his
second year in college so I know what
tempt is out there around him I don't
want him to say well my parents are
against the idea I said no I want you to
find a person who is Muslim who is good
in their de and that's my criteria not
necessarily the degree or how much money
they come
with we as parents have to take that you
know away from the children where they
feel my parents will stand against it
because they will not let me choose the
person I love because they're not from
my you know town or my city or my family
we have many cult restrictions that are
preventing young people from getting
married and I've seen many 30 40 year
old Muslims today professionals who are
still waiting and I'm saying what are
you waiting for you know the train has
passed you by who's going to go and
marry you know 30 40 year old woman or
man when they can find someone who is
sing and that is your fault you waited
and waited thinking that if I get this
degree I'll be more marketable no you
won't it's better to start early so I
encourage it and speaking to the youth
here he the advice of the Prophet s
wasallam get married early so that you
are not tempted by to commit the wrong
things give the parents and the youth
some final advice back no in um you know
one is I think for for our young is is
to make that relationship with Allah and
it takes time and that means through
Salah I think is one of the biggest keys
and then you try to make that
establishment in the musjid I know a lot
of times now everyone learns online and
I think I I I worry about that sometimes
because the the the the the Masjid has
there there's there's a reason why the
prophet everywhere he went made them
built the m and I think it's very
important to come there and there's
going to be always some form of politics
and stuff but don't use as an excuse
because that's what is putting in
everyone's I don't want to deal with the
politics but we realize throughout
history the way of Allah is that
everyone he loved it made it not easy
when the prophets had a work hard they
had to go through back and forth pushing
you know going through tough times even
with their own people so one is to not
give up and then making that
establishment learning the dean
understanding the dean and making good
friends you got to know you know your
heart check your heart you know when
you're doing something wrong and my big
thing right now is the internet internet
internet for the young ones you got to
watch that because this is where I've
seen more kids are at a young age
becoming more mature not really in the
sense of intellectually but what they're
seeing and I think they're trying to
raise up and they're trying to do some
things that they shouldn't be doing so I
think you know if quickly I mean those
are are things so one is on the on the
thing of a viice what I would say really
the internet and cable and really
parents and where the parents need to do
is really put some some kind of control
like I at my own I always tell people I
don't I have no shame remember my own
laptop I have a thing called cyber
Patrol cyber uh sitter my wife put the
password on it I said don't tell me the
password and she has it so anywhere you
know just because you never know what
email comes to you what email could go
out so it's very important so I think
that that one aspect of it and parent uh
is and then for the young is not always
give your kid hope always give hope do
not ever despair because that's was the
one who despaired Adam why was different
because he
mistake so on he made his Dua that Allah
and then so that's one thing I want kids
to realize that when you make a mistake
work hard Allah always gives you another
chance it's almost like a video game
right but just but after a while the
game might be over same thing with
parents even I know sometimes take away
your pride and know that this child is
going to be your investment for the
herea and that way you'll always will
keep on working on him and I realize if
the shepherd's good to the Sheep even if
the Sheep gets lost he'll find his way
back home so inshallah I make Dua that
Allah helps all of us and even us do cuz
all of us are still got challenges it
doesn't
stop
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afraid stand
alone I am not afraid to stand alone if
Li by I am not afraid to stand
alone I am not afraid to stand alone if
it Li by I am not afraid to stand alone
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