Guys,
we're getting ready for J here.
It's packed.
This is the danger.
The danger.
As they say in Bosnia, do this Islam.
People are coming back to the submission
to the creator, not the creation the
natural way. Are you?
We're humbly trying all of us. That's
what Allah wants to see. The creator
wants to see that we're making those
steps. Even if they're small ones,
right? Start with the jama and from
there start praying one time, two,
three, four, all the way to five times a
day. Allah don't need it. We need it.
It's like you need food to eat. The
soul, my friends, the soul, it needs
that nourishment. When we connected to
the creator, everything is laid out in
the star.
So, we're going to be stopping
everything we're doing to do the the
hudba right now to uh do the juma right
now and we'll check in with you again
later here from
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too.
Just want to say
if you can do it, they can do it. People
think I'm going to get religious, you
know, when I get older. What advice do
you have for people like that?
Like young people. Young people who
think Islam is something for you know
when I get 50 60 70
are they sure they will get 50 60 70
do you hear that
are you sure you will get old die
tomorrow next month
what what motivated you at what age did
you did you start practicing 22 23
why
was there a point in your life that you
were seeking purpose you wanted to know
like why you were created what you were
Can you explain it to us?
I started asking some questions
to myself.
Um, long story.
Yeah.
I had some of the youngsters here and it
didn't fulfill me. So I started asking
myself questions. Is this all?
Is this why I'm here?
Is this the purpose of my life? So
There were some questions like man there
are Muslims around and you are not like
you are not you are not like them why
you call yourself a Muslim. So I started
started thinking discovering
I was watching some movie or TV and it
was a lie commercials are lie medias I
started seeing lies everywhere
propagating everything.
Alhamdulillah Allah why guided me
open me a ways to to to do learning
yeah lot lot of shakes here how what how
did Islam stand there's so many
religions people think okay I'll just
choose why I got to be Muslim maybe I'll
be some other religion Christianity
Hinduism Buddhism how can people know
that Islam is the truth what stuck out
from Islam
from the rest
our Lord is a perfect and uh it wouldn't
wouldn't be uh he wouldn't be perfect if
he wouldn't give a perfect religion. So
if there is a any possibility of any or
any doubt or any unlogical thing in this
dean it wouldn't be per perfect. So uh
only Islam is perfect 100%. Other
religions have have some things that are
not are not are not helping. There's
contradictions, there discrepancies, but
that's a great point and we'll end it on
that that if you worship a perfect
creator, he had to send a perfect way of
life and you have perfection to the
end in Islam. You have perfection to the
max in Islam. You have a perfect God.
You have a perfect way of life. And we
found that in Islam.
And this is all just a game. And how
come we are playing this game and we
don't ask ourselves who program it? Who
created who designed it? Subhan Allah.
That's my story. It's a longer one, but
this is a summary.
And we just met this brother. Thank you.
May the creator of the heavens earth
continue to bless you. Keep staying
strong.
So we just came out of the the Juma. And
for our guests, people are wondering
what I I explained to you why we go to
Juma. We stop, work, and play. We go to
thank the creator. We go to hear a a
short sermon about 20 to 30 minutes
tops. And then we go ahead and pray. And
then pretty much when people like what
are they talking, what are they learning
in the mosque? Go visit a mosque. Go I
mean come on. I mean you got to like if
you're inquisitive, you want to know, go
knock out a Muslim uh masid, a mosque
and and say, "Can I sit in? Can I
listen?" And I can just bring to, you
know, it's I'm not going to sit here and
uh go over, you know, 30 minutes of a
talk, but in in essence, what was being
talked about today was was about good
character, right? Being a better human
being, right? Uh on a higher level of
morality, you know, being kind and
merciful to all of God's creation, you
follow me? And there is one hadith that
stood out that he had mentioned the
person the Hadith who was who was
speaking uh it talks about a man
who during the time of prophet Muhammad
he
came into a room and then prophet
Muhammad said to his companions this is
a man of Jenna the next man that comes
through this through this door and then
second day same thing third day same
thing there's going to be a man who
comes in The prophet Muhammad is
narrating this and he said this is a man
of paradise. So then now look look look
one of the companions of the prophet
Muhammad very intelligent he wanted to
go collect some data and figure out like
man how can if he's guaranteed paradise
how can I do what he's doing you know
the guy's praying he's fasting getting
up in the night and praying extra
prayers so he asked the man he says hey
can I you know spend spend a few days
with you and the man said okay uh sure
so he goes to make a long you know story
short he basically observes what this
man is doing and he doesn't see him
doing any extra deeds than what he does.
He actually feels like he does more. So,
at the end, he's like, "Hey, um, can you
like fill me in?" The Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him, he said that you're a
man of Jenna, etc., etc. And, uh, what
is this that you're doing that's so
special? And he was thinking thinking,
he goes, you know, the only thing that
he could think of besides the obligatory
acts that he was doing was that I go to
bed and I don't have hatred towards
anyone. malice, envy, that jealousy when
someone got something that you don't
have that that creates this envy in some
people. He didn't have any of that. He
he forgives
all people who did them wrong before he
goes to bed. And that's what we were
learning. So, how could people who learn
such teachings be people who are people
who terrorize people, people who are are
not the kindest of people, people who
are forgiving, who are taught these
teachings. And that's all built on the
foundation of pure monotheism on pure
monotheism. And that's what
distinguishes Islam from all other ways
of life is that that worship of the
creator and not the creation and the
teachings of good manners character and
all these things the few that I had just
mentioned here. That's what we were in a
nutshell learning today on the hood. So
now we can go back to work, go back to
play, allow play and enjoy our day here
in Bosnia.
You know, last week's show, we had uh
Nedim on Haf Nadim. If you guys haven't
watched it, make sure you tune in. And
we're going to have the extended version
coming up soon. We just had the preview
of it real short. But he was telling me
now the gentleman behind us right over
here. He's the person from Duba.
Yes.
Who actually gave you dawa, helped call
you, you know, to to Islam.
Yes.
And what were you saying about him? He
has a very interesting life story. Uh he
is married to a Swedish woman, Linda,
who converted to Islam
and he has three children with her three
sons,
Adam, Yakub and Ysef.
Yeah.
And he his life his entire life is
devoted basically to Islam. And he has
uh when they married she took ah her
diary was to that he her husband teaches
her Islam until the rest of her life for
the rest of her life. That's one one one
interesting and beautiful meh. Uh she
didn't want money. She didn't want
houses. where where some people from
they want $100,000,
$500,000.
She was like, "Teach me Dean.
Teach me Dean for the rest of my life."
For the rest of my life. And he says,
"Woman, we could take a great example
from that." Huh.
Get a righteous husband, a good
character with good deeds, so you can
teach your deans so you can connect with
your creator. And he says mad says every
day I give my wife a small portion of
her m every day I read I write about
Islam I learn something new and I tell
that to my wife and I'm wonderful
example he lives in my hometown
and he is the guy who when I when I came
back to the mosque he was the first guy
to come up to me he brought me to his
house he I learned
first my first uh contact with Arabic
and books was from Mirad. He he gave me
he brought me to the Islamic faculty in
Bihach
and he he was like a second father to me
because I was I I was grow I grew up
with only my mother.
Yeah. and and he was the guy who who
helped me a lot in my in my life and he
has a great great really great story.
And one another one thing what is which
is interesting about this of the Mirsad
is that he his father was basically had
a problem with alcohol. He was very had
he was so far from dean from from
religion and Msad gave gave dava to to
his father and he the father was very
arrogant very rude he didn't want
anything to hear from from msad
and Allah changed the heart of the
father
and the father came back to the dean
also they are together now and you know
small town like bosan skadubita which
It's located in the Republic of Serbska.
You know there are there's a minority of
Muslims around 500 Muslims and 20 and
more thousand Serbs and very few people
go to mosque but Mirsad and his father
Vil every day and every bucket they go
to masjid and they pray in masjid
even if it's snow if it's rainy if it's
minus 30 or plus 30 they are in the
mosque every single day that's That's
the most thing uh I remember about Mir
and his father. His father now has over
80 years. But every day he reads Quran.
Every day he um he reads books. He he
came back to Islam when he when he was
60 or more years
basically in his pension. When he go
went into his pension, he he he was
brought to Dean and every single day an
old man rides his bike and he goes to
the mosque and he prays and such a
wonderful example. But Mad is so uh he's
a modest guy. He he won't he is very
shy.
Yeah. But uh that's the whole that's the
importance now of of sharing. If you
care, you share. He shared the
information with you, right? We can't
change the hearts. We plant the seeds.
The creator is the one who makes them
grow. So he planted the seeds. He
encouraged you. He motivates you. And
you ended up memorizing the Quran.
You're living, praying five times a day.
You have a connection with your Lord and
you're living life the way you're
created to live in life. All because
someone who actually cared and they
shared.
Yes. Basically, this is the guy who who
cared but not about not also not only
about me but a lot of people. He uh
brought the light of Islam to many
people. U he is an example. example for
me and basically everyone else. We have
opportunities. We have knowledge. We
have something that many people don't
have
and we shall we we must use that to gain
good deeds and to gain rewards in this
life and the in the and uh we have to
use what we have and be the best example
of Islam. When I saw when I saw Msad and
his family and his wife and his
children, you know what I thought to
myself? I thought to myself, I want to
live the life like this guy lives. I
want that kind of life. I want that kind
of family. I want that kind of Well, I
remember um I used to go to him to his
house just to watch how he lives.
Just to watch how he lives. And when he
was after Sabbah, you know, he prays
Sabah at Masjid at mosque. He comes back
home and immediately he opens the books
and he makes tea, makes coffee, warm
coffee and he
reads Quran, uh reads books and until he
goes to job, he he he reads, he
memorizes, he thinks about Islam, he
remembers Allah. That was when I saw
that that was subhan Allah that was so
beautiful that I thought to myself, I
want this. I want to have a life like
this. I want to have a family like this.
And this is this is this is the example
how Muslims should live. When other
people see us, they they have to think
to themselves, I want to live like this
guy lives. I want to live a life like
this. I want to have family like this.
And to be happy like this. Basically,
when you see a guy with who is happy
like this, why I want happiness also?
And that's all based off the example of
the last prophet Muhammad peace and
blessings be upon him who said the best
of you are those who have the best
manners and character. And we'll end on
this this ayah from the Quran. It
reminds me,
can you translate that in Bosnian and
you are the best nation that you are the
best
that came to this earth. You you order
that what is good and you prohibit that
it's what is bad and uh you believe
and you believe in Allah. So it comes
with responsibility. You invite people
to goodness. Yes.
You try your best to advise them against
all that evil, but it's a
responsibility. As soon as we stop doing
that,
we lose what that status that the
creator gave us.
Thank you again and we look forward.
It's coming soon. The extended show with
Haf Nadim here.