Assalamu alykum,
Did anyone watch "My brother the islamist" on bbc3 today? Those of you who didn't it was about a non-muslim man who was trying to genuinely understand why and how his step brother who he was so close with, became not only Muslim but a Muslim that was quite - and I hate to use this word but don't really know what other adjective to use - extreme. For example, he said to his brother that he shakes the hand of non-muslim's including his brother's with his left hand as that is the hand he uses to clean himself with after he uses the toilet, but with muslims, with his right hand. He also called himself an islamist and called other muslims moderate muslims. He said watching football was a sin and only doing the sports of what the Prophet saw did such as horseriding, archery and swimming was halal. He said we shouldn't talk to non-muslims as we might become like them unless you're doing dawah and told his brother that he was speaking to him just for dawah.
However, Alhamdulillah he was very proactive in doing dawah which was enlightening to see but some of the stuff he was saying out loud on tv was a bit out of the ordinary. He did seem very peaceful though and wasn't violent or anything.
I'm just confused as to what he was saying. Was he right to say that to his brother who was really hurt by those comments about the handshake and the dawah? Because he meant it. I just don't think it is. Won't those sorts of comments and actions drive people further away? And why is football haram?
Did anyone watch the programme?
Ma'asalama
Did anyone watch "My brother the islamist" on bbc3 today? Those of you who didn't it was about a non-muslim man who was trying to genuinely understand why and how his step brother who he was so close with, became not only Muslim but a Muslim that was quite - and I hate to use this word but don't really know what other adjective to use - extreme. For example, he said to his brother that he shakes the hand of non-muslim's including his brother's with his left hand as that is the hand he uses to clean himself with after he uses the toilet, but with muslims, with his right hand. He also called himself an islamist and called other muslims moderate muslims. He said watching football was a sin and only doing the sports of what the Prophet saw did such as horseriding, archery and swimming was halal. He said we shouldn't talk to non-muslims as we might become like them unless you're doing dawah and told his brother that he was speaking to him just for dawah.
However, Alhamdulillah he was very proactive in doing dawah which was enlightening to see but some of the stuff he was saying out loud on tv was a bit out of the ordinary. He did seem very peaceful though and wasn't violent or anything.
I'm just confused as to what he was saying. Was he right to say that to his brother who was really hurt by those comments about the handshake and the dawah? Because he meant it. I just don't think it is. Won't those sorts of comments and actions drive people further away? And why is football haram?
Did anyone watch the programme?
Ma'asalama