pilgrimage to saudi arabia to mecca now
there are some misconceptions about the
hajj and we're going to be discussing
that in a little while
but i wanted to give you a little little
bit of information
in terms of what the five pillars of
islam are
and once again they are as follows now
take note
because these are the reasons why you
should be a muslim
one to bear witness that there's nothing
worthy of worship as a god
except allah and that muhammad was his
slave
servant and messenger that's the first
pillar the second pillar
is to make the prayer five
times a day to wash ourselves of our
sins
thirdly to pave as a cat or the poor do
or the arms do as we made mention
the fourth pillar is to fast the month
of ramadan yes yes i know you're going
to get a little bit hungry
but it's not that bad because we all do
it the fifth and final pillar
is the hajj now let's move
on to something else because we're going
to be coming back to some of these
topics as we go throughout this thing
of why you should be a muslim
before i was a muslim i was
like all young people which means
i was doing bad things doing good things
but i didn't know where i was going
so i was searching for the truth i was
searching for
something which makes me
happy and which gives me
stability and confidence in myself
um like i told you i was searching for
the truth
and i was at this at this time i was
traveling
in asia and
i met imam
in a masjid and i asked him what
what what is islam and because i didn't
know
anything about islam and he told me the
the five peers
and he he told me um
how the the muslim consider all the
prophets
and um and when
he told me about the prophet
uh isa al-islam
i understand that that was the truth so
when we finished the conversation i
decided to
enter in islam
after becoming a muslim
my life was more clear
i i feel myself confident in all my
actions
and also i have
aim in life
which which is the uh the the
the aim to be a good man and to act
uh as best uh better as i can
and uh and and it changed
all my actions in a daily life
well i am here to tell you that there is
nothing that could possibly be farther
from the truth
jesus the son of mary was indeed born of
the immaculate conception and he was
born without the agency of a father
jesus is loved in islam and we
understand him to be
a prophet a messenger the son
of the virgin mary now i'd like to ask
you another question
is there any man out there that thinks
that he could possibly be
more pious than the virgin mary of
course not
so how could it possibly be that islam
actually
looks at women to being a lower status
impossible
so i hope this clears up some
misconception that
the prophet jesus may allah's peace and
blessings be upon him
it was a prophet along with the prophet
abraham
the prophet noah the prophet moses
the prophet jesus and the prophet
muhammad may allah's peace and blessings
be upon them all they were all prophets
and messengers
and they were loved they are loved in
islam
oh
on
well i think in one word uh i could say
confusion um there were sort of
all sorts of directives pointers given
me by
those that were in the know supposedly
um but i found a lot of contradictions
therefore confusion that's about
the key word about how i was before
confused
it seemed a logical conclusion i took
many years getting there i took my time
and did it slowly
but i always had that point as from
about
14 years of age where i knew i was going
to end up
somewhere other than where i started
this life
um and just very very slowly and
steadily
the import i got through my life was
pointing me more and more towards islam
so it came from many many directions
young people that i met
elders religious people
lots of people from all three religions
but all of them ended up pointing me
towards islam
far from being oppressive i believe it
actually gives us a lot of freedom
it was i believe the first religion that
gave women
a right in their own name to run
businesses to earn property
to run their lives um
i can't see that as being oppressive
i find that in islam i'm considered a
very precious asset
i'm much loved much cherished
and that's in my own right as myself
which is really nice
firstly deep relaxation i'm far more
relaxed about my life
i'm less concerned and worried about all
the stuff that used to worry me
i know that as long as all is well
between me and my lord god
allah then i'm okay with the world and
now everything is fine
whichever way i look at it it has to be
fine so
uh things are difficult sometimes things
as in every life
um you get complications this is life
but i find
more solution more resolution and more
calming serenity
and