Let's Talk About Love - Dr. Bilal Philips

The topic of "Let's Talk About Love " addresses one of the most power emotions that human beings experience. The force of love is one which every human being is driven by at different points in his or her life. So it is important for us as Muslims to have a proper understanding of love in the life of a Muslim.

Key points in this video:
1. Love is an Integral Part of Islamic Belief (00:00)
2. They Love Them As They Should Love Allah (05:36)
3. How Should We Love Allah? (12:00)
4. Developing The Love of Allah (20:51)
5. Music is Haram (25:13)
6. The Human Love (33:45)
7. Love - A Cultural Problem (36:25)
8. Love - The Homosexual Way (38:51)
9. Forbidden Love - From Satan (42:51)
10. Taking Desire as God (45:30)
11. Loving Allah (47:10)

Eloquent, articulate and outspoken are some of the words that describe Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips. His quest to search for the truth led him from his birth island of Jamaica to the streets of Toronto where he grew up and accepted Islam in 1972. This journey has led him down many paths and he is known the world over as an Islamic scholar, Lecturer, Author and Thinker. Dr. Abu Ameenah completed his B.A. from the College of Islamic Disciplines (Usool ad-Deen) at the Islamic University of Madeenah in 1979, and thereafter went on to complete his Master's in Aqeedah at the University of Riyadh in 1985 and finally obtained his PhD from the University of Wales, U.K. in Islamic Theology in 1994. He has taught Islamic Education and Arabic in private schools, lectured M.Ed. students in the Islamic Studies department of various universities and has founded Islamic information centers while traveling extensively across the globe imparting Islamic knowledge as dictated by the Islamic tradition. Abu Ameenah enjoys playing squash at least three times a week with his wife and sons as a means of keeping fit and de-stressing and he also supervises his children in martial arts. It is interesting to note that in his earlier days, he acquired a black belt in Karate. His greatest achievement is the founding of Islamic Online University that has over 3000 students and authoring over 100 Islamic books of which, the fundamentals of Tawheed is his favourite. He currently resides in Doha, Qatar with his family where continues to teach at the Islamic Studies Academy.

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[IhsaanS]

1. Music makes people happy.

2. Any pleasing sound can be considered music, the birds, the wind, a river.

3. David was given gifted by Allah the skill of playing the harp beautifully...

[khalifahklothing]

1. That is not something that makes something halal/haram. Many haram things make people happy i.e. alcohol, zina...

2. Except that the ahadith prohibit musical instruments.

3. I think you might be referring to the 'flute of David'. The prophet praised someone's beautiful voice in reciting Qur'an and he said "You have been given a flute from the flutes of the family of David". The scholars said: What is meant by mizmaar (lit. flute) here is a beautiful voice. islamqa.com 101172

[khalifahklothing]

@IhsaanS Please take a look at this video: The End of Music - Kamal el-Mekki youtube.com/watch?v=RthlUOYkI7­M

[aliorghulam]

@IhsaanS I was a very popular singer (professional) and went to lot of different state’s to perform, I know why music is prohibited in Islam, please look at the life history of all the famous singer’s, 95% of their end is upside down, alcohol, drugs, ladies and e.t.c is compulsory into their life (again 95%), please remember there was lot of thing’s which was not prohibited before the final revelation and it was because of human maturity.

[ShamsherKhan82]

Another epic lecture by our brother Dr. Philips :)

[taimur74]

May Allah (SWT) bless Bilal Philips. His straight no-nonsense approach to Islam is very refreshing in these times.

[ryuno2097]

wow he came to Malaysia... i wish i was there so i could listen to his lecture :(

[bizzyeco]

Remember dear brothers and sister, if its haram than leave it. Do not try to challenge Allah and His Messenger (PBUH). Certainly Allah knows whats best for what he has created.

[solidwolf66]

@SabaskaTheNoob so, because the matter of homosexuality considers how a fellow human lives life, people start to think that because they're human they're entitled to certain rights and freedoms, in this case because they're human, and becase they're ruling out the universal law Allah/God puts down on us, they simply say that homosexuals should be allowed, because they're people. In their mind, no reason for or against, so why not let the people their freedom? That's my take anyways...

[solidwolf66]

@SabaskaTheNoob The thing about rights and wrongs in society is, that with no belief in Allah/God, people take the ruling of the higher-ups as what's right and wrong. Take here; homosexuality is okay, and whenever debates start as to why it is, in the case of the atheist (since there's no Allah in the mind of the atheist, that means no universal law or Shariah), there's no legitimate reasoning as to why they should allow it, or not. It's appeal to ignorance, fallacious. So, (continued)

[SabaskaTheNoob]

@azureminded1 But bro, I'd tried standing up against this practice but society considers it normal

[azamjaved]

@aliorghulam your comment is very honest and true .... most unwise people enjoy self destruction and fall on their faces, list is very long , Micheal Jackson and Elvis are on top.

[R786Kz]

So TRUE!!! Subhan'Allah