said, you know, he has his two boys.
I found out recently that Alex Pereira
did something pretty amazing and I
wanted to uh bring some light to it,
some attention. I I don't think it's
been talked about much. And sometimes
stories like this, they don't really get
as much traction or attention as all the
uh negative things out there. So, let's
watch this video and I came across and
then we'll come back and talk about what
does this mean? What is he saying? What
is Alex Pereira doing? What's he doing?
>> Alex, uh hello. Uh 3 years ago there was
news that you were planning to convert
to Islam. Uh tell me are you Muslim or
not? This happened after the video where
you read the Muslim prayer.
Allahhammed
Allah Allah.
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>> There has been a lot of confusion about
Alex Pereira and his faith. Some fans
are just now discovering his 2015
conversion to Islam where he took the
shahada in a mosque in Brazil. Yes, he
did convert to Islam, but over the
years, he seems to have drifted away
from the religion.
>> Now, for those of you who have no idea
what's happening in this clip, you got
Alex Pereira. He was probably
thinking like, purpose of life, why am I
here? That's very important question.
Hooks up with a Muslim who appears to be
explaining Islam to him, probably asking
him questions.
and does he agree with what he's saying?
And I'm sure he's a smart guy. He's not
stupid and everything probably made
sense. So after it made sense, it's
explained to him and then he's like, "Do
you want to take the shahada? What's the
shahada?"
And he took it. He took the shahada. You
can see him testifying. So the the
shahada for those that don't know, and
this would be good now for those who are
out there, real Alex Perr fans, you can
go ahead if do the same thing. You copy
him in all the different other styles.
You can copy him in. This is the most
important thing you can copy him in. The
shahada. It's the the most important
statement a person can make if it's done
sincerely with the right intention. It's
a testimony that there's nothing pay
attention there's nothing worthy of
worship except Allah, God Almighty, the
creator. And that Muhammad is the final
messenger sent to mankind. And when
someone accepts this message, it also
includes the belief in all the other
prophets who preceded him, peace be upon
them all, like Jesus, Moses, Abraham,
Noah, Ishma, Isaac, and and some we
believe over 124,000 messengers were
sent
from the creator to guide humanity. But
they were sent for a specific place,
time, period, location. But Pro
Muhammad, he's the final messenger sent
for everyone living today.
And many uh messengers throughout time
were mocked, were slandered
just like Jesus. They were lied against.
They came with the truth, but they were
mocked, insulted. And that's the same
thing is happening today. So I'm sure
Alex Perah, he's being explained who's
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
peace be upon him, what's Islam? And
he's like, I like this. It's a call to
pure absolute
unadulterated monotheism. Pure
monotheism. Worshiping the creator alone
and not his creation. It's a complete
way of life. You know, and Muslims
strive to be morally upright and to live
according to the verbatim word of God
Almighty, the Quran and the teachings of
the last measure, Pro Muhammad. It's in
Sunnah. And it provides guidance for
every stage in a person's life. And
ultimately it's preparing you for what
comes after this life because not yolo
you only live one. No no no that's a
ultimate that's a that's a trap by the
by the devils to have you just attached
to this life. No. You leave this life
and you prepare for the next life. And
every one of us will leave this world.
We're all going to die. People don't
like talking about it. Make jokes about
it but it's a reality.
We we're all going to stand before our
creator, our maker, the almighty. And
according to
Islam,
what follows is the day of judgment
where every soul is going to be held
accountable for what we did in this
life. Now, some people are probably
wondering whatever happened after that
moment, he took a shahada.
That was some time ago. I just got
getting turned out to recently. And the
truth, we don't know. We don't know
exactly where. Alex prayer is at this
moment in his life where he was at that
po moment in his life and we don't know
what was in his heart only the creator
Allah knows that but one thing is
certain he was exposed to the message of
Islam
and it appeared he willingly accepted
Islam as we can see he recognized Islam
as the truth
and living it is another thing takes
courage takes discipline, takes focus.
You know, that's where real courage
begins. You can, like I often say, many
of these fires very courageous. They get
in there and they'll fight, but you you
fight for what? For praise, for glory,
for money. But how about fight for the
truth? To stand on the truth, accepting
it. That's where real courage begins.
It's not easy. There a lot of
misconceptions revolving around Islam.
Everywhere you go a lot of so many lies
and there is pressure from family,
friends, society, you got this fame now
opens up, money and every kind of
distraction imagin imaginable. You know
the the higher someone rises in this
world, the more temptations and pressure
that they have to face. That's why I
hope that Alex Pereira takes some time,
let's get this to him to reflect and not
just in his victories and now his defeat
inside the cage, but on the bigger
questions of life that he was asking and
he got to a point at that point where he
he accepted Islam, took his shahada
and everybody else should be asking that
question. That's what led me to talking
to you guys here when I started really
focusing. Why are we here? Okay, you end
up let's say you end up in the octagon
ring. You just woke up in your day like
why am I here? How do I how did I end up
here? How did you end up on this earth?
What's the purpose? What's the purpose
of life truly? Not the means to the
purpose, but what is the actual purpose
of life? You know what happens after
death? Because titles, these titles are
going to be gone. They fade, belts fade,
fame fades. Every champion eventually
walks away from the sport.
But our relationship with our creator is
the one thing that follows us beyond
the grave. Now, one more thing before we
conclude. Um, since we're on this topic,
what about this? What's his name? Ilia
Topira. Is that how you say his name? I
heard he was insulting Islam.
Actually, I'm going to say something.
The one who is that no one gives a about
him. That's Islam. No one gives a even
in in Dagistan when he's fighting the
people goes to sleep and they watch his
fight in the morning. Islam. He doesn't
even know how to pronounce two words.
Not the actual religion that we just
talked about, but he was act the fighter
Islam. But look at him now. This is very
interesting. Did you see his face? I'm
not mocking him or making fun of him,
but did you see his face? Imagine what
happened to his brain. You know, these
are the kind of damages that don't
always just show up right away.
>> Truly, honestly, believe it wasn't for
the pills that I'm taking, I would my
life would have been done a long time
ago. It's the part of combat sports that
everyone knows about but would rather
not talk about.
>> You caught me really off guard.
>> You are afraid of aliens though, right?
>> Yeah, I'm afraid of a lot of things.
>> George St. Pierre stuff with UFOs.
>> I think it's head trauma.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. I I can't say something happened
to me. I have no proof. I just don't
know. Can I tell you something? And I'm
going to be honest about it. Sometime I
look at the clock right after and it's
like the clock advance like 4 hour.
There's a time zone that I don't
remember what happened.
>> It's called falling asleep.
>> I hope so. What do you think? You think
you're getting snatched up and taken
away for a couple hours?
>> Throw my car in a normal day. I going
somewhere then I look and it's 2 hour
pass like 2 hour I just pass like this.
>> The way he was describing things is very
similar to the way people describe
things when they've experienced
excessive head trauma. So he's
experienced a lot of head trauma. One of
the symptoms of head trauma is memory
loss issues.
>> These on hard sparring days?
>> No. It could happen every day.
>> It looks like a almost like a domestic
violence case. If you're going to
describe it as I don't know you know
when you when you look back Allah really
protected Khabib that's what came to my
mind he never came close to even looking
anything similar to that never and
that's just a reminder for all of us
strength this fame power money titles
belts none of it lasts forever one
moment you're on top of the world like
this guy and the next everything can
change. Life is temporary. This fame,
these undefeated records, you see, in a
in a matter of one match, it's all gone.
And you look go look from looking nice
to looking like a domestic violence
case, you know. So, all this is
temporary. That's that's the message I'm
trying to get to you. I'm trying to
awaken this many of the the hearts that
kind of just been immune to this. It's
all temporary. This life is temporary.
Our bodies are temporary. Our success is
temporary.
What matters is the condition of our
hearts and our relationship with our
creator.
You know, one day every fighter will
fight his last fight. Every champion
will wear his belt for the last time.
Every one of us will take our final
breath. Just think about that.
You're able to enjoy it now. It's scary
though. At one point it just turns off
no more. And the question isn't about
how famous we became or how many
victories we collected.
The question is, were we prepared to
meet our creator?