Brother, please, yeah, don't judge him, yeah, don't judge him I haven't even started the video yet Look, brother, please, yeah, don't judge him, yeah Who are you, brother? Who are you? You're right, who am I, but I haven't started the video, bro It seems like you're judging me What? Uh, that, that is that my phone ringing? Hello? What? What? I don't have anything? Uh, uh, I gotta take this call Hello, mom How are you? Sorry, can you give me a minute, please Harris J was a famous musical nashid artist He won a competition and was signed by Mahir Zayn's label at around 12 years old He had a very innocent religious image Till he did a Hanamontanamilis Cyrus flip Which confused and angered a lot of his fans He did a very honest interview with Adam Saleh and Slim Which we can learn so much from Assalamu alaikum guys and welcome to another episode of Small to Gender Hello to Gender All right guys, so as people we are becoming so quick to condemn people without asking why or delving a little deeper Knock, knock, knock, close the real doctor Cox in there And that's the main reason that our relationships our families and friendships are falling apart What a depressing way to start a video, right? I just like any other good or bad thing that happens in our life They are always reasons why And not practicing the religion or leaving the religion Is not exempt from this You know what? Let's see how youth have it today, yeah First of all, we're surrounded by concrete, plastic and iron We breathe polluted air, eat fake and processed foods We're addicted to social media which gives us a dopamine release Like drugs, validates us, gives us an escape And in return makes us entertainment junkies and narcissists Who constantly compare themselves to others Leading us to being miserable I really hope this video chairs up here Because I'm getting depressed just by being in it And we got games, movies and music Which have billion dollar budgets And Harvard and Oxford professors that are competing for our attention You know what? That actually makes me feel quite important And a little bit worried And if that's not all, the first 10 years of our lives Which are the most vital when it comes to upbringing Our parents are too busy at work On the phone, cooking or watching dramas So we're left at the mercy of the colonized curriculum And the television And that's like employing Satan to be your babysitter Just because he's cheap And that's not to mention our two hours a day madressa Or we can do madressa if even that's stretching it Which we have of course reserved for the most important thing in our life It's slag Where we read the Quran in Arabic after a long day at school And have a teacher that most likely we can't relate with So it's after all of this upbringing of ours We adorn the hijab If you're a girl, yeah I have to make that clear because we've got more on that What some of these videos to be honest And go to school or on the internet And have to defend our religion from people Who want Islam's head on a stick When all these kids want to do Is fit in with the image that they've grown up watching On television Now bearing all this in mind Let's rejoin Harris J At the vital years of his life He was going through some stuff at home, yeah At the time like I said I was going through a lot of bad things like personally And like a lot of negativity was like was in my life And I was really really unhappy with a lot of things that were happening Now this clearly wasn't resolved And then he won the competition It was like it all happened like I said It all happened so fast Like I won that competition Just as I was turning 16 And I was just finishing high school And then they basically just offered me like this big contractor And because of that he started touring You know doing all these nashis And receiving so much adoration for it But naturally from a small age He didn't have that connection with the religion So he admits himself When I was younger and I was signed And I was signed to wake and I was doing traveling And I was going to Malaysia and Indonesia And I just released my album I was not praying bro Like I was not I was not I was so out of touch with my dean Because there was I was so That I was just going through so much crap And I felt so distant from God And the fact that he was doing some crazy stuff But still maintaining a practicing image Just for the sake of his label There would be times where I would be like I'd like I got arrested And then from the police station I'd have to fly to the airport And go and do like a concert in like Malaysia And just smile and pretend like My whole life was happy and sing about Like the profit and the lie Yes to people it seemed like he was on the Islamic side And then he went to the dark side And naturally they were cheesed off Bro I swear to God in real life People was calling me that John But to himself He knew he wasn't really about that life anyway But the John Really guys? I don't think the John is going to be entering singing competitions When he comes and graces us with his presence Of course we all have our journey And we make our mistakes And it does make sense Islamically and even logically That when we are making these mistakes We don't make them publicly Yeah We don't We don't show them off to the people Like it's some sort of thing to be proud of Yeah Oh I'm just showing people That you know it's okay to be a human being And you do these things Many people already know this Yeah we got plenty of other examples Harris J. Marshall is an intelligent boy You know what I'm saying? He was plunged into that test when he was young And you know still a bit confused But now Marshall, he seems to be finding out more about himself And becoming more in touch with his religion The one thing that I'm most sure of in this world Yeah On my life The one most sure of on this world Is that you can't be happy with that God You can't You can't be happy with that But if I've learned anything in my years of living That's the one thing So No matter what I sing about I no matter what I kind of do in my life For all the music I make For the places I'm in and stuff like I will never that will never leave my bed He still feels that he wants to pursue music And that's up to him You know I'm saying What I do want to give him props for Is that he is not justifying his acts In the religion of Islam And that is very important Some people do wrong things Yeah And yeah you can say that's a human thing to do But to then justify it within Islam No No no you can't you you can't be doing that Now guys I really do want to say that It's important that we help our young And also our elders as well To experience the religion Rather than making it just about the acts A very good example of this is We ask our kids if they've prayed But we never ask them how they felt Or what they experienced Yet from a small age If you ask them questions like this It gets them thinking as well And that's not to mention from a small age We tell our kids Don't do this Otherwise our love will get angry with you And we tend to only mention Allah is watching them When they're doing stuff wrong I mean we've got the balance so wrong Just look at the 99 attributes of Allah Only a couple of those attributes About punishment Pretty much the rest of them Are about love, compassion, mercy How come we get the ratio wrong When we're advising other people When we're upbringing our own children So yeah guys, don't make people Your role models Other than the Prophet of Allah, or the Muslim Or the people who have passed away yet Because all of their life is documented In front of you But somebody that's alive They could be one way today And then they may join the dogs And let's get a bit psychological on this Because some people look for role models Because Something or someone Was missing when they were young And they are now projecting that on other people Which Well it's unfair on other people Because you're expecting a pristine and perfect image Of course like I mentioned We have a lot to do to help our youth But let's just start with Noturing them from a young age By giving them your time Time is very important for young kids Being farmed but fair with them And not just using Islam to scare them And when they grow up Don't use the same tactics as you do when they're young When they grow up You gotta let them make their mistakes And be more understanding And don't leave their side Don't tell them to get out Don't tell them That they're not part of the family anymore Any of that business For God's sake please And more importantly When you do make mistakes Turn to Allah And ask forgiveness Allah will never leave your side Alright guys Let's leave it there for now Until next time Peace be upon you