I think it’s imminent, the war with Iran. Who is next? Syria? Lebanon? Pakistan? read the story on CNN.

Every Muslim who is living in a non-Muslim land, particularly in the West, should always be concerned with their children and children’s children. How will they be? What religion will they follow, once I am long gone?

It’s for this reason that some scholars deem it haram to live in a non-Muslim land. Unless you are there for a temporary reason e.g to study, to make dawah etc. But if you are there to live among the non-Muslims, while there are so many Muslim countries that you can relocate to, then it’s haram to stay in that country.

It’s my personal opinion that, the reason for scholars to deem it haram may be, because your children or grandchildren will end up converting to other religion. Just like Barack Obama, whose father is Hussein, was a Kenyan Muslim who, according to Obama, lived in a village with a lot of other Muslims but apparently didn’t practice himself. Therefore, it’s even more dangerous if the Muslim who live in the non-Muslim country do not practice Islam. Because when the parents do not practice, the children will most probably follow their footsteps.

Every parent wants their children to make dua for them after they pass away. However for them to make dua for you, you need to upbring them properly and you need to give them an Islamic environment. It’s only then that they will be able to practice their religion and be a pious Muslim (Inshallah).

A man is taking a walk in Central Park in New York. Suddenly he sees a little girl being attacked by a pit bull. He runs over and starts fighting with the dog and succeeds in killing it and saving the girl’s life.

A policeman who has been watching the scene walks over and says: “You are a hero! Tomorrow you can read it in all the newspapers: ‘Brave New Yorker saves the life of little girl’.” The man says: “But I am not a New Yorker!” “Oh, then it will say in all the papers in the morning: ‘Brave American saves life of little girl’.” “But I am not an American,” says the man. “I am a Saudi!”

The next day the newspaper says: “Islamic extremist kills American dog.”

It’s always encouraged to praise Allah SWT, because all the praises really belong to Allah Almighty. And to send salutations to our beloved prophet Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), because he is the best of the creation. The song is Mash’Allah very good, both vocally and in terms of lyrics.

As for the instruments used and the characters shown in the video clip, it’s an arguable issue for many Muslims. Especially those who are not practicing Islam (i.e praying five times) and those who are not veiling themselves (i.e wearing hijab (headscarf)) will say that it’s acceptable to do such things in Islam. But saying simply haram (prohibited) without the explanation will too, cause many backlashes from the public.

A Muslim, who follows the commands of Allah SWT, and whose intention is to always please Allah, will try his/her best to follow the footsteps (sunnah) of prophet Muhammad (pbuh). He will try to do things that our prophet encouraged and try to avoid the things that prophet disliked or prohibited.

Based on this understanding, when a Muslim is doing something, he always must think “Is this something that prophet would do?”, “Is it something that prophet would encourage me to do?”. And if the answer to these questions is “No”, then it’s recommended not to proceed with that thing.

So regarding the clip, put yourselves in Sami Yusuf’s place and ask yourselves those two questions. I think the answer is quite clear.

Allah knows best!