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Mufti Menk

Respecting the Difference

Mufti Menk

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Islam

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Building Bridges Tour, by Mufti Menk, Sheikh Zayed hall, Mombasa, Kenya

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0:08.8

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim al-Hammadu lillahi wa sallatu wa sallamu ala Rasulillahi wa ala Ali

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wa ashabihaj main. We praise Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad

0:20.1

sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. His household, his companions, May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala bless them and bless every one of us.

0:27.6

And may Allah reward you for the fact that you have come here in great numbers, seated Mashallah from a while,

0:34.0

waiting for us and I thank Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala for giving me this opportunity to actually be with you.

0:41.5

And I ask Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to grant us success in the dunya and the aakhirah.

0:47.6

I mean, my brothers and sisters, have you ever thought about why Allah Subhanahu

0:54.0

wa Ta'ala has created so many creatures besides mankind? If you look at creation, mankind was not the first of all creation,

1:06.0

to be brought onto the earth. But instead, there were other creatures of Allah Subhanahu

1:12.8

wa Ta'ala that were created and they have existed and they are around us. Why would Allah do that?

1:21.8

Many of us, we enjoy the greenery, we look at the animals, we love to go out in the safaris

1:28.0

and we enjoy looking at the different creatures of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, some of them dangerous,

1:33.4

some of them not so dangerous, we want to have some pets as well. Have we ever thought why did Allah make those animals?

1:42.8

Why are some of these animals halal, some of them haram, to consume? Even if you were to slaughter them

1:50.2

in the proper way, in the halal way, these animals, some of them can never be halal because a pig, for example,

1:57.7

no matter how many times you say, Bismillahi al-Lahi al-Lahi al-Akbar, you will never be able to consume that pork

2:04.6

or the flesh of a swine. Have you thought of why? Why did Allah create a snake that is so dangerous and a lion

2:14.4

that SubhanAllah whilst it looks quite good, whilst it actually attracts people, whilst it can become a

2:20.5

source of income because of those who love to go and see and enjoy and whatever else you have, SubhanAllah,

2:29.6

it is a dangerous animal and you cannot consume it. Then have you thought about the other creatures of Allah?

2:38.1

Some trees are quite dangerous, do you know that? Have you thought about why Allah creates the other

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