lectures tothe local Muslim community. One day, he was scheduled to
give a lecture at a local hall and was about to take a taxi along with
his companions to that location.
They got into the taxi andthe Sheikh asked about the length of time it
would take to get to the lecture hall. The taxi driver, through the
interpreter, answered"Two hours."
The Sheikh immediately turned to his companions and said: "well, we
can't sit in this taxi with the driver for two hours and not tell him
about our religion. If we did that then we would be no different than
any other non-Muslim or kaffir who uses this taxi. We are the people
that Allah (SWT) chose to carry His message and honoured usto be
Muslims. It is our duty to tell this person about Islam."
However, the driver was anative Chinese and didn't have a common
languagewith the Sheikh. They hadto communicate through an
interpreter.
Sheikh to interpreter: "Askthe man if he believes in any religion?"
Driver: "No, I don't believein religion. I just get up in the morning,
go to work and earn money. At the end of the day, I collect my money,
go buy some food and drink for my family. What do I need religion
for?"
Sheikh: "Ask this man if hehas ever heard anything about Islam."
Driver: "Not much. I've seen a tape once and showed Muslims as violent
people. I don't know much else."
Sheikh: "Ask him about computers. What does he think of computer?"
Driver: "I think the computer is an excellent invention. It is very
useful and very sophisticated."
Sheikh: "Does he think that the computer could have invented itself or
does he think that a human being invented it?"
Driver: "A human invented it, of course. It is not capable of inventing itself."
Sheikh: "Which one is more complicated the computer or the human being?"
Driver: "The human being is more complicated, of course."
Sheikh: "O.K., if the computer must have beeninvented by a human
being, then it follows thata human being (which is more complicated)
must also have a creator."
Driver: "O.K."
Sheikh: "In Islam, we believe that Allah is the creator of human
beings and all other beings. Fine, now let's move on. Assume that you
have never seen a computer before and never heard ofit. If I brought a
computerto you and gave it to you. Would you know what to do with it?
Would you be able to use to its full potential?"
Driver: "No, I wouldn't."
Sheikh: "Now, if I gave you a catalogue for the computer, then you
will be able to better use it? Correct?"
Driver: "Correct!"
Sheikh: "In Islam, we viewQuran as the catalogue used by human beings
to manage their lives. Without this catalogue, they will ruin
themselves!Now, if this inventor of the computer assembled the machine
and printed the catalogue, what would be the next step? He would need
to train some engineers and others on how to spread the message about
this machine. These people would, in turn, train others and others
until everyone knows about the machine. In the example of Allah and
Quran, the prophets of Allah play the role of the engineers. They
learn the message and teach it to others so that the message will
spread. Prophet Muhammad (saw) is the final messanger of Allah and
hewas ordered to take the message to all human beings."
By this time, the trip was coming to an end and they almost reached
the lecture hall. But the Sheikh can see that there were tears coming
out of the driver's eyes. The words of the Sheikh was having a
significant effect on this driver.
Driver: "These ideas are very interesting to me. Doyou mind spending
15 more minutes with me to tell me about this religion?"
The Sheikh agreed to spend those few minutes with this person and did.
The man asked many questions and seemed genuine in his desire to learn
more about this religion. At the end of these few minutes, the driver
said: "I want to jointhis religion of yours. Howdo I do that?"
He was told that all he needs to do is say: "I bear witness that there
is no God but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad (saw) is his
servant and messenger."
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