Begin by mentioning that uh we'll Begin
by mentioning that I get a lot of the
same questions many times I get the same
questions so I'll combine some of these
together I've already found that uh we
have a number of these that are are
similar to what we get all the
time and I'll tell you the answers to
that and then we'll get into some of the
ones that are a little different one of
the questions I always get is people ask
me how did you come to
Islam and what's the story behind you
and the Catholic pries that came to
Islam how did that happen so because
there are so many different versions of
this story on the internet I want to
tell you where you can get the real
story okay there's one uh website it's
called famous Muslims don't believe
anything they say over there about me
what they say about Abdul Nasser that's
something else but for me I'm I'm
telling you it the stuff in Wikipedia it
should be called Wikipedia because they
don't know how to tell the truth over
there we put up a website so you can get
the whole story and I give you the
before the during the after the followup
some you know it's in different sections
you go to Yousef est.com that's y UF
est.com
okay that's the answer to that question
so don't ask me again because I'm going
to tell you the website again youfest
this.com that's where you get that and
if you want to write to me I'm going to
give you that too because a lot of
people want to know how to contact me
what if I don't read your question
tonight you want to write write
something to me I want you to write to
me at Yousef Y
usuf
at 99 islam.com that's Yousef at they
you know the ad sign that round thing
with the the circle around it
huh what is that thing called anybody
know what that's called
huh no the ERS is that the Amper is it
so it's Yousef 99 islam.com
that takes care that was
the all right let's go to here we go now
I get a lot of these over and over so
I'm used to answer them here we go first
one
she she means the old man with respect
hopefully instead of just saying sha
shff do Muslims have to wear
hijab no not all of them not all of them
not the
boys thought you'd like that one
actually it says do the Muslim women
have to wear the hijab and the answer
answer is still
no
no just stay
home I'll teach you to keep asking those
questions you see Islam is not like
Catholicism in in Catholicism the the
righteous and the good women dedicate
their whole life to the Lord that's the
same
but our women can get married
in fact our women are encouraged to get
married as soon as they're old enough to
have children that's in Islam get
married as soon as you're old enough to
have children is that right yes and the
women are protected by their covering
only needed when they go out somewhere
or someone is around them who doesn't
need to see their body or their hair or
their attraction that's what it's all
about in Catholicism it's a different
story every single nun has to wear it
every single day
of her life from the time she gets up to
the time she goes to bed even if she
lives in a Convent with nothing else but
women there they still wear it and they
can't get married and they can't have
kids and ifof facto they can't have any
grandkids I like having
grandkids that's nice you can give them
back
is it haram to have a
girlfriend of course not these girls
have lots of
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girlfriends and these boys have lots of
boyfriends they're boys they're friends
no
problem it didn't say it was a boy that
wrote it did
it as a matter of fact you know in Islam
there's something very beautiful it's in
the Quran it's chapter 2 4:
30 say to the believing men you thought
I was going to tell you about Surah an
when it's talking about the hij no it's
the verse before that say to the
believing men to lower their
gaze guard their private parts that's
better for you that's righteous is to do
that yeah so you don't look at women
you're not even supposed to be looking
when you talking about a girlfriend what
are you going to do walk in holding her
hand with your eyes covered up like this
what's that you're not even supposed to
be looking looking down right huh that's
the way it is in fact one of the boys he
came over here from the Gulf you know
during the the years back and was
stationed there in San Antonio where I
lived at that
time go to the airport pick him up it's
the first time he'd ever been in America
or anything you know and it is said in
Islam that you're allowed a glance you
have one glance oh it's a woman you
identified that and then you lower your
Gates so here he came in airport he's
like
and we said Abdullah what are you doing
he said don't bother me I didn't blink
yet no you can't have a girlfriend
bottom line okay you know that is music
Haram ask you're asking the wrong Yousef
you should ask Yousef
Islam he's one picked the guitar back up
not me I was in the music business I
gave it up because I firmly believe that
Islam is more valuable to me than making
a bunch of noise and
Racket how long you been mus if aot
accepts 17
years and the companions of mammad peace
be upon him what they used to
do they counted their age by when they
got to Islam that means I'm 17 years
old now I like stuff like that I like
everything about Islam I used to wor
when I was uh a Christian because I know
that it's not because of Christianity
but it's just the nature of our Western
culture and society when a person gets
old we basically got done with them you
we don't need you anymore you know old
man hit the road you know even today
when they get to 18 or 20 21 like that
they're like hey I dealt with you all
those years get out of my face they talk
like
that Muslims don't do that in fact the
older you get the more honor and respect
you get even when you do the crazy
things that old guys do you know what
I'm saying I to tell you but Subhan
Allah you get so much respect and honor
and the Muslims don't want to throw you
away they don't want to dump you off in
an old folks home and just leave you to
rot they take care of you right up to
the very end and it was my
father who came to Islam after I did and
then he realized the benefit too because
he used to always worry well will I stay
will I have a nice place and he used to
spend his life in investing in property
and real estate to be sure when I get
older I'm going to have a good place and
people around take care of me I'll have
the money to pay for this and pay for
that and he lost all of it he didn't
have anything and he was losing his mind
but in those days after he came to Islam
he started losing his you know his
ability to remember things you say
something you say what I didn't say that
you said no and he could remember like
for instance even until he died he
remembered me he he would see me enter
the room and he would say oh you came to
see me well now the room he was in was
my
house and I said yes Dad and I'll go out
of the room and do something some I come
back in oh you came to see me so that's
the condition that he wound up in but we
took care of him and I say we because my
wife and daughters really did all the
work they literally took care of him
like you would a baby they did
everything for him and do you know
something it's really beautiful because
I was at the computer one time sitting
there typing away as I do all the time
and I could hear my daughters raising
their voices out in the kitchen it's
your turn to do the dishes uh-uh it's
your turn I did them last night you're
supposed to do them last night because
you didn't do them for two days in a row
because it's your turn it's no it's not
yes it is no and I said oh God I get a
headache and I started walking over to
the kitchen doors you know it's those
kind of like what do you call those Fen
things that pop back and Bo and I get
over there and just as I got to the door
I said you know if I walk in there as
soon as they see me they're going to
sayam Alum
Daddy and I'm going to sayum Salam
what's going on and they're going to say
nothing am I right that's this typical
that's what's going to happen so why
bother and I just let them go on and
they're making all the Racket and I said
you know I looked over at my dad he was
sitting there rocking in his chair and I
thought you know how many times did my
dad hear that from us how many times did
he put up with us kids and you know and
my mom too for that matter I walked over
to my dad it's not in our culture our
habit but but I've seen Muslims do it I
lean down to him and I kissed him on the
forehead and I said Dad I love you and
he said I love you I looked at me kind
of startled and I went back and sat down
and went back at it and it got quiet got
quiet in the kitchen I guess they worked
it out huh then after a while the door
opened and I heard footsteps coming
toward me right up behind me and as I
turned around my daughter leaned down
and kissed me in the same place I just
kissed my father and she said Dad I love
you oh
and she walked off and left me not
knowing that I was crying tears running
down my
face and then in a little
while the other one finished up the
dishes and she came out and walked that
same path made the bead straight over to
me and kissed me again in the same exact
place neither one of them knew I did
that and she said Dad I love
you and that was a sign from Allah to me
to recognize the value of taking care of
your parents and this is the teaching in
Islam the clear teaching in Islam it's
just not honor your parents but it is to
really serve your parents and this is
what Islam teaches us to do
alhamdulillah