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00:00What is your faith?
00:01Actually, I'm right in the middle.
00:02I've read four holy books before, and I was even a bit shocked by the Psalms.
00:07The rules are too strict for me.
00:09A woman doesn't say hello to me if a girl I normally have a friendship with can't come and say hello to me.
00:14Why can't I talk to her?
00:16Why can't I talk to her?
00:17The schools of thought saying different things and not meeting at a common point,
00:21it confuses me and I can't call myself a Muslim.
00:24I find it very strange when men sit at one table and women sit at another table.
00:28Why is there a separate plate on their table?
00:30It's because I am ashamed, and I don't have the courage to do so.
00:34In my past life, I have lived very much in opposition to Islam.
00:38I have no face to appear before God.
00:40I have no face to appear before God.
00:44Islam brings commandments and takes great steps.
00:47There are only a few rules.
00:48We should not be in a situation of hopelessness.
00:50I should not be in a situation of hopelessness.
00:54Is it a problem to publish on YouTube or Instagram?
00:56It's fine.
00:57And what is your faith?
00:58I say I believe in Islam, but I can't say I am a Muslim.
01:01Actually, I'm in the middle.
01:02I can say that I believe in a certain faith.
01:04Of course, when I researched other religions, I realized that the one that made the most sense
01:08to me is Islam.
01:09But I cannot say that I live what Islam requires.
01:12Because of environmental factors and the fact that everyone says something else confuses me.
01:17Let me give the simplest example from the schools of thought.
01:19The schools of thought say different things differently, and they cannot meet at a common point.
01:23It confuses me.
01:24And because I can't fulfill what that entails, I cannot call myself a Muslim, but I can say
01:29that I believe in Islam.
01:30Do you know that the issue of the schools of thought is actually very misunderstood?
01:33I mean, when you say the schools of thought, it is understood as if Islam has been divided
01:36and four different paths have been opened, and there is a fight between them.
01:39But it is not really like that.
01:41Among the imams of the schools of thought, there are even those who are students of each other.
01:43Actually, for Imam Hanbal and Imam Shafi'i, one was the student of the other.
01:47They had a student-teacher relationship.
01:48So there is no fundamental difference between all four schools of thought.
01:51They are all essentially saying the same thing.
01:53The oneness of God, the existence of the Prophet, the existence of the hereafter.
01:57There is no difference in the foundations of Islam.
01:58Do you know just where there are different ideas?
02:00There are differences in very specific points, in very small details.
02:04Like what, for example, where do you tie your hand?
02:06Do you hold it above the belly, or a little higher?
02:08Or whether the ear is included in the face, or it is a separate organ, and not included?
02:13There are differences in the details.
02:14In reality, the emergence of schools of thought is actually a mercy.
02:18God has left the door open for the ease and mercy of people.
02:21Let us give an example.
02:22There is a verse in Surah Al-Kawthar that says,
02:25Pray and sacrifice to your Lord alone.
02:27Who do you think this order is for?
02:29The one who is told to sacrifice for the Lord?
02:31Is it the Prophet, peace be upon him, or everyone?
02:34If you ask me, I would say for all people.
02:36You say it is for everyone, but it sounds like it was said to the Prophet, peace be upon him, doesn't it?
02:40So, it can actually mean both.
02:42In fact, Imam al-Shafiri said, about the meaning of this verse,
02:45This command is for the Prophet, peace be upon him.
02:48That is why this is a Sunnah, he said.
02:50Imam al-Azam said, this is a commandment for the whole Ummah,
02:54so it is vata'ip, obligatory, for them all to do it.
02:57So, there is no fundamental difference.
02:58The interpretation of those broad meanings in the Quran is only in the details.
03:02And this is not separation, but mercy and ease.
03:05So that everyone in every society, everywhere, can live Islam more easily and comfortably, just like today.
03:11In fact, a comfortable religion has come, and a simple religion has come.
03:14Actually, a few questions in my mind go like this.
03:18I don't know whether to call them problems or differences.
03:21It confuses me a lot.
03:23Because let's say it is a different schools of thought.
03:25Or, let's call it directly a community.
03:28Or, I don't know.
03:29You get the idea.
03:30One says one thing, the other says another.
03:32If I were to give an example from my own life, a woman doesn't say hello to me when I come across to her.
03:39Or, I don't know.
03:40There is no physical contact.
03:43I agree with that idea anyway.
03:44It is the nature of human beings that these things really happen.
03:47I don't reject it anyway, but the rules are too strict for me.
03:50I don't know.
03:50A girl I normally have a friendship with.
03:52Let's call her sister, without blood relation.
03:54Let's call her my sister, a person I don't look at that way.
03:57If she can't come and greet me, if she can't be in the same environment with me and talk to me,
04:00absolutely without physical contact.
04:03That's what I'm talking about.
04:04Why can't I talk to her, for example?
04:05Similarly, our family elders.
04:07In Anatolian villages, men sit at a table in a corner, and women sit at a table.
04:12Such separations are very strange to me.
04:14And, because of the attitude I've taken, I don't want to sit at that table where men sit.
04:18Why are they eating there on the ground?
04:20For example, why are the main courses at our table?
04:23Why is such a separate plate placed on their table?
04:26Like this.
04:27It is also because I have no face to appear before Him, which is because of my own self.
04:32Because, really, in my past life, I have lived in a very un-Islamic way.
04:37And I tell you clearly, I have no face to appear before God.
04:42Brother, let's explain it like this then.
04:44Let's talk about the first point you made.
04:45Then, we will come to the other point and finish.
04:48Now, Islam brings commandments and takes great steps to protect the concept of family, that is, the family.
04:53Maybe when two people come across to each other, you really see her as your sister.
04:56You don't look at her that way, but Islam regulates the concept of family, the concept of society in a very orderly way, and takes great actions, precautions, to prevent it from breaking down.
05:07That is why it is not permitted by Islam for a girl and a boy to be close to each other, or to be alone in a room, even if they see themselves as siblings.
05:14So, it says, they should not be alone, or sitting at the same table, sitting at the same table, unless it's something very important, sitting at the same table, joking, laughing, eating together, chatting.
05:25Actually, Islam does not welcome this.
05:27Why is that?
05:28Because it takes the best precautions to prevent the collapse of the family concept.
05:32You know that Islam, the Holy Quran, is universal.
05:35It came with the most appropriate, most secure information for every society, for every period.
05:41We also see the following news on television, infidelity and cheating incidents can occur.
05:45Because the rules of Islam are not taken into consideration, very bad situations can happen all of a sudden.
05:51Or even without these, because Islam has taken precautions in beforehand because it knows the nature of man and woman,
05:56it says, spouses should only be intimate with each other, let husband and wife enjoy each other's company, and tell each other their secrets, not to be intimate with others.
06:05Do you know what happens that way?
06:06No jealousy happens between spouses, no divorces happens due to jealousy, the issue of distrust of each other disappears.
06:13Yes, maybe nothing will happen, but the delusions comes, anxiety arises, people may worry, I wonder if my spouse is cheating on me, and so on.
06:21But what happens with the rule of Islam?
06:22No, you can only travel with your spouse, you can only chat with your spouse, you can only joke with your spouse.
06:28It allows a relationship between a boy and a girl only through marriage.
06:31In this way, families are formed in society, and families continue in a very beautiful way, divorces decrease, and good fruits come out of those families.
06:38In other words, Islam brings a general rule with its rules.
06:41Maybe you as one person may see her as a sister, but the rules of Islam are general rules.
06:47They must apply to everyone.
06:48And in doing so, it solves the problems of society and the family.
06:53Even today, psychologists always want to solve the problems of the family.
06:57The Holy Quran, together with these precautions and rules, actually gives the best solution.
07:02Let me answer your other question.
07:03If you want to ask another question later, we will continue again.
07:06And you said that.
07:06With the sins I've done before, I have no face to stand before my Lord.
07:09But God says in one of his verses,
07:11Do not lose hope in God's mercy, for God certainly forgives all sins.
07:15He is indeed the all-forgiving, most merciful.
07:18He says God certainly forgives all sins.
07:20In another verse, he says,
07:21Indeed, God does not forgive association with him, but he forgives what is less than that for whom he wills.
07:25So we should not be in a situation of hopelessness, because God said so.
07:29And let me tell you, Al-Hadith, it is mentioned in the Al-Hadith,
07:32Were you not to commit sins, God says,
07:34God would create people who would commit sins and ask for forgiveness, and he would forgive them.
07:39So, man was created to know God, Al-Tawwabu, the one who accepts the repentance.
07:42It is natural for him to struggle with sin.
07:44Man was created to recognize that God is forgiving,
07:47to recognize his name, Al-Ghafur, the all-forgiving.
07:50So, sinning is something that is actually in the nature of human beings.
07:53Only prophets do not sin.
07:55Therefore, hopelessness should not be in a Muslim.
07:58Only the disbelievers have lost hope in God.
08:00I also have something on my mind.
08:02I mean, okay, but on one hand, I feel like this is contradictory.
08:06On the one hand, I want to start praying, but to change my lifestyle completely,
08:11Islam has broad rules, for example.
08:13Not wearing shorts below my knees, maybe not wearing earrings or something.
08:17Limiting them is a bit for me.
08:18I have a very relaxed life, actually, in a way.
08:21And I don't want to give up this relaxed life at the same time.
08:24My ego, my desire is doing this to me now.
08:27I don't know how to overcome it.
08:29Actually, it would be nice to distinguish between these two.
08:31One is faith, and the other is deeds.
08:33That is, once a person believes, he is already a Muslim.
08:37So, yes, I believe in God, I believe in the Prophet, I believe in the Quran, now you are a Muslim.
08:42But they can make mistakes in terms of deeds.
08:44I mean, everyone is at fault, only the Prophets are not at fault.
08:47In terms of deeds, whether in prayer, fasting, or sins, we may have some shortcomings.
08:52But when we struggle with it and repent, God says he erases it.
08:55It is said, the one who repents from sin is like one who did not sin.
08:59And when we make mistakes, we should repent and move on.
09:02And I don't think it's that difficult.
09:04So, when we think about prayer, there are 24 hours in a day.
09:07It only takes one hour in total.
09:09All five prayers.
09:11I'm not talking about giving time, or not.
09:13Praying on the one hand and still having the opposite lifestyle at the same time, it causes inconsistency within myself.
09:18I don't understand this, so the inconsistency here seems absurd to me.
09:22We need to talk about this first.
09:24Your living space is not actually restricted by being a Muslim.
09:27There are only a few rules at very important points.
09:30And these are like protective measures to protect the human being.
09:33For example, imagine you are going on a very nice trip.
09:35You can travel all around.
09:37You can travel the whole city.
09:38You are only told not to cross the yellow lines on the edge of the cliff.
09:41Can you say, I can't live comfortably anymore.
09:44Those yellow lines are limiting me.
09:45I can't.
09:46That is correct.
09:47You can't say that, right?
09:48That is how Islam is.
09:49For example, God has created thousands of kinds of drinks and food.
09:53Only the one that drugs your mind is forbidden.
09:55Because when your mind is drugged, you don't know what you are doing, right?
09:58Maybe you will kill a person.
09:59Maybe you will hurt yourself.
10:00Actually, it's like that yellow line.
10:02Or God has created a lot of activities to do.
10:04He only prevented activities that would harm people.
10:06Like what?
10:07Like drugs.
10:08Like alcohol.
10:09Or like hurting someone and stealing.
10:10I mean, the rules in Islam given by Allah do not restrict people.
10:14Instead, they enable him to live more securely.
10:16Just the opposite.
10:17It protects them and allows them to enjoy life in a safer way.
10:21So, don't feel restricted.
10:23Thank you very much.
10:24You answered my questions.
10:26Well, I told you something.
10:27Let's talk about it again.
10:28I mean, faith is one thing and deeds are another.
10:30That is why, yes, if you believe in God, if you believe in the Quran, actually, you should
10:36call yourself a Muslim.
10:37You said something like, I am not a Muslim at the beginning.
10:40I said that because I couldn't live according to its requirements.
10:43Normally, of course, I've read four holy books before.
10:45I was even a bit shocked by the Psalms.
10:47Zabur.
10:48After seeing that, it contains only beautiful sayings.
10:51When I read them and finally realized that Islam is the most logical religion, so also with
10:55science, also with some of its social laws, I already realized that.
10:59But I was a little bit affected because of the way of life.
11:01As we said before, the way of life is deeds.
11:03And problems in this area do not exclude a person from religion.
11:06So you are actually a Muslim.
11:07All right.
11:08Thank you very much.
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