okay our brother's
uh
request that um I be more gentle with
those people who are Friday Muslims or
you know the Juma Muslims that shall we
not look at this as being uh a step up
the ladder you know IM man goes up and
goes down well no doubt if the person
wasn't praying at all before and they
started praying on Fridays then they
made a step up and if from Fridays they
increase it you know to a few times a
day that's a step up and if event you
know if they're progressing like that
100% I'm with you but now if they're
just doing Fridays and they've been
doing it for years you see that is just
what Islam is for them it's Friday you
understand this is what I'm talking
about the one who that's what he's doing
he feels when you ask him when you try
to get down with it really as I said I'm
talking about the person whose intent is
what precautionary
worship this is not an issue of Faith up
and down this person has no faith in
reality he's only doing something in
case and they will tell you they will
admit it you know just in
case so this is what I'm talking about
of course a person who is struggling
with himself for herself you know to try
to get back on the right path and they
start back by Fridays or by Ramadan
maybe they weren't praying at all and
they start they pray that first Ramadan
of their lives that's a step up then
they start to add Juma then they start
you know gradually like that
alhamdulillah you know so I'm not I'm
not saying that every single person who
only who prays on Friday right at this
point in time is a precautionary worship
who who really doesn't believe and I was
just talking about the concept
of precautionary worship this what I'm
talking about and those people who fall
into the concept that's the reality and
people need to be bunk wake up because
they feeling complacent hey you know I'm
doing this Friday thing you know I'm I'm
saved you know I'm I'm of those you know
prophets umah I'm going to
Paradise you know the Muslims are all in
Paradise all you Christians and Hindus
you're all in hell you know doesn't
matter I'm only praying on Fridays but
I'm going to Paradise too Prophet M
wasallam
said they memorize that one Hadith the
only Hadith they memorize
right all of my followers my nation will
enter
Paradise but the rest of the Hadith they
they didn't learn cuz the Hadith didn't
stop there Prophet went on to
say except for those who refuse so they
comp companions asked
him who would refuse oh messenger of
Allah he
said whoever obeys me will enter
paradise and whoever disobeys me has
refused so hey going to
Paradise is
work you have to work for it we have to
work for it it's not going to be handed
to us on a silver platter the fact that
we happen to be born in a Muslim
family our parents are Fatima and
Muhammad and our name is
Ali or Omar that means we're going to
Paradise no that is just like the
Christian arbitrary
Grace the Hindu is born in a Hindu
family did he choose to be born in a
Hindu
family so he's going to hell because he
was born in a Hindu family and you're
going to Paradise because you're born in
a Muslim family we said that
Islam is submission to the will of
Allah can you inherit
submission you can't inherit submission
submission is a spiritual
act which each individual has to do
every Muslim whether he was born in a
Muslim family or he chooses to become a
Muslim he has to or she has to make the
choice to submit to Allah they may come
into Islam because of the fact that all
of their friends were
Muslims so they became Muslim you know
want to hang out you know these are all
my good friends I like those names Aisha
you know all Omar it's
nice I'm tired of Tom Dick and Harry you
know I want to change so I'll hang out
with the Muslims I become a
Muslim until that person reaches the
point where he or she recognizes that
Islam is submission to the will of Allah
and they decide I will
submit then they have not truly become
Muslims so a person may go through his
or her life
never ever come to that state it's just
a ritual everybody else did it in the
family it's a habit you know as some
people I know when I first came into
Islam brothers from Morocco they told me
you know it was Ramadan time they were
saying you know back in
Morocco when the time comes to break
fast we are young guys we tell them you
know back in Morocco we used to break
our fast with hashish
you know marijuana that's how we broke
our
fast so what kind of fast was
that that was just a
ritual we everybody else did it so they
did it you know some of my students I
asked them you know in in in uh in Dubai
some of my students
Muslims they don't pray but they fast in
Ramadan right so I asked them why do you
fast in Ramadan
and you don't pray the rest of the year
say well you know Ramadan is like once a
year we can deal with that but this
everyday thing you know it's just too
much you know well because Ramadan is a
cultural thing everybody else is doing
it it's a family thing you know the
whole feasting the eating you know the
so it's okay to do it once a year but
the real submission which is five times
a day too
much