You are never too sinful or too famous to bow down in front of the creator. Assalamu alaikum guys and welcome to another episode of Smile to Jannah. Doosh! Ah, that's a Jannah. Here we have French Montana. John Slaying Box, eh? In the last few days of Ramadan, listening to the Quran. This red pork price means over two pounds in the moon. Fasting. Assalamu alaikum guys. Is it me, or does it sound like an Asian uncle, here? Assalamu alaikum guys. I'm the little shopper. It's break up first. Whilst you got celebrities that might use their clout to open up shops for them, French on the other hand, Bonjour! is using his clout to open up the mosque. If anybody knows me, then those nights special night. 27th Ramadan. Thanks to these brothers open up the mosque. I'm doing it now. And before something you guys get triggered, yes, this is another video about French Montana. And the reason why I like doing them is because I think French is an accurate depiction of the 21st century non-practicing Muslim here in the West. If you look at the psychology behind where they are in this current moment in time, they are victims of their upbringing, their friends, and the media. So rather than us just labelling them, shunting them away, many of these brothers and sisters are potentially amazing scholars and leaders of our communities, but because they are not being looked after, harnessed, spoken to, and treated with respect, rather people just want to lecture them and expect years of psychological damage and conditioning to be undone. Just because of one really powerful YouTube video. Of course that's not going to happen. You have to truly understand these people, relate with them. Yeah? Speak to them at that level, but many of us are too busy sitting on our high-horsing. No, no, no, no, no. That's Harab. He's Harab. She's Harab. That tiny little thing, you know, sticking out of the corner. That's definitely Harab. Now, of course, I'm not going to go to the other extreme and say, you're not allowed to say these sorts of things, by all means, advise people. But don't get on their case about it and start getting rude and start mocking them. There's a way to advise them. And I think people like French Montana and other non-practicing folk, I think they're good needs to be celebrated. And you need to give them the space and the time for that good to be nurtured and harnessed. So it can actually grow. Once it's grown, then of course you can approach it in a different way. But I'll do it when the seedling hasn't even broken through the soil yet. You know what I'm saying? You're just going to quench it in its early stages and it's not going to be able to flourish. There's two types of people. You get one type of person that does sins and they justify it within the religion. No, no, no, no, no, no, you can't be doing that. That's Harab. That takes you out of the fall of Islam. The other type of person, they do something wrong. They get approached there like yo, I'm weak and make dua for me. I will try as well. My bad, isn't it? And French to me seems like the second type. I think it's the fact that social media is accessible to anyone and everyone. And a lot of people haven't had that upbringing or that training on how to give d'our. And many people just don't want that training. So anyone can just go on social media and go blah. And then it's up to the practicing folk to say yo, let's let's analyze and let's see where this is stemming from. I see this is a lost art nowadays. That's why marriages are breaking. That's why friendships are breaking. That's because we don't sit down and look at the psychology and break things down to see where that particular problem is stemming from. And a lot of these youth are far gone. So far gone and you know what? You know the people that have pushed them? It's it's a practicing people who claim to have the keys to Allah. The door that you think you've got the key to Allah has left open and there's no lock on it. You know what I'm saying? So why are you going around pretending that you've got the key? No. Anyone can go and these people feel like, oh man, my sins are so much. I can't go back to Allah. That's what I like about French. The fact that despite you got these folks, he doesn't feel that he can't turn towards Allah. Because and that's where we need generations like this. There's a hadith that says, even if your sins were to pile up to the heavens, if you repent, Allah will stay forgiving. So please, whoever you are watching, realize that it's never over till you die. If you are alive and you have a breath left in your body, I'll tell you the way it's always open and always welcoming to you. You know I'm saying. I wanted to make this point as well. Some people say, oh, French is doing it for cloud. Cloud using what? Using Islam? Are you aware of the way Islam gets treated in the media? If someone stands up for Islam, they lose cloud. In fact, this happened a couple of weeks ago, an Italian aid worker was kidnapped for 18 months. She returned back to Italy, everyone was happy to see her, then they realized, damn, she's converted to Islam. Then the media started battering her. Some people that know French is a Muslim, look how he's approached. What do you say to people that are going to blame the attacks on Muslims? They had attacks that happened to the people. I mean, what's that? What's that? What cloud are you going to get? The only cloud that you're going to get is from Allah. Showing people that you are gravitating towards a lifestyle that inherently refutes your lifestyle. You know, I'm saying that takes courage, that takes strength. That's why when I see these non-practicing folk coming to the Muslim in Ramadan, one month a year. That takes a lot of strength because you know to go against a habit you've built. And to still acknowledge that Allah is still Akbar. I think that should be celebrated, I think that's amazing. I pray that Allah guides him to the right path and keeps me, keeps us on the right path. The practicing that may be watching, we don't know. Yeah, Allah is the turner of the hearts. Tomorrow we could be on the same path as French. And we may need the same mercy, love and acceptance from the Muslims that French needs at this moment in time. Let's leave it there guys. Oh, before I go guys, subscribe to my homies. Yeah, I'm going to play their clips. They are voice-only artists. We have to support our brothers and sisters that are jumping on the scene. Rasulullah, Rasulullah. You are the only one, the messenger. And when life gets hard. You're not the only one who taught us to pray your prayers. So does the best of the best of our lives. We once heard a teacher, the teacher of teachers. He changed the world for the better. And made us embedded creatures. Kamarun. Kamarun. Kamarun, sit in the name of the name of the Lord.