RAW INTERVIEW: Shaykh Uthman on the Inside of Mexico's Powerful Drug Cartel 

i took my Shahada with shaykh uthman... alhamdulillah

I took the Shahada yesterday may Allah be praised.

I'm a Mexican Muslim revert from Michoacan, Mexico! Alhamdulillah.

im from chicago i feel like he just told my story... alhamdulillah allah delivered the quran to save our lives and put us on the straight path

Alhamdulilah. I also am a revert born in Mexico but raised in California in the valley. His story is Amazing. May Allah swt keep us firm in his path Ameen. I wish my family would be muslim one day

As salaam. I am Mexican and Muslim and live in San Diego

Alhumdulillah, I'm Salvadoran reverted to islam 10 years ago. Subhanallah

I’m a Mexican Muslim #Alhamdulilah 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

as born and raised Muslim I'm ashamed in front of this guy who came from a very difficult back ground and is a better Muslim than me . may Allah forgive me and guide me and strengthen my faith .

Subhan Allah I'm a Indian Muslim 10years old girl Myra Hannan I study in class 6th I Love Deen Show and all Muslims brothers and sisters ❤ I pray Allah swt guide and protect Ameen

His friends realised this man put his own life at risk for a chance to save their afterlife 💗 beautiful man

Masha-Allah Just listening to Sheikh Uthman reminded me of my upbringing!! So many of us were recruited into gangs because of our Ethnicity and being bullied!! We stood up for ourselves like all Muslims should!!! 💙🕋💙

This was serious, heartfelt, touching, funny. Thank you for posting! Salam!!!!

I needed to hear this more then anybody. May Allah guide me to the straight path in all Salats the way Allah SWT guided Shiekh Uthman.

What a story!! The most amazing thing is that he's still here and talking about it! I'd never be able to open up about it to a room full of strangers! Allahu Akbar! This man has passion!! Subhan Allah!!

Alhamdulillah! I am a Mexican revert living in San Diego.

Now I understand why he has so much patience and how he is able to deal with people like David Wood.

This is one of the most interesting, exciting, inspiring, touching and sad etc all in one interview on youtube! Barakallah feek for sharing your experience, may allah swt bless and protect you sheikh, you are now a very precious gem for the ummah! I know almost nobody here in germany that doesnt know you!

SubhanAllah very inspirational, this is also how Allah Azzawajal guided me from a reckless life, i feel alive now and i can teach the deen to my family and friends, May Allah Azzawajal bless shayk uthman n his fams and keep us all guided🤲 Alhamdulillah

The realest Shayke your ever going to hear! May Allah protect him and keep him steadfast.

My brother made it sound like a movie. Thoroughly entertaining and inspiring at the same time.

Oh my god, it’s been years, I know him. Back then he used to go by Manny. He was always very kind. I’m so happy to see him where he has gotten in life. I remember him and Paul.

Wow..huge respect for this man..one thing he mentioned was the people who taught him, never took a penny from him,, and he spent years with them! such contrast to today where one has to pay scholars for dawah, just something that caught my attention 🤔 may ALLAH SWT protect him and elevate his emaan and may he continue to do dawah and be a beacon of hope to the ummah, especially the youth, ameen

Sheikh uthman resonates with the youth. Now, I understand why. Wallah this made me change the way I look at the sheikh completely. I have a newfound respect for our beloved sheikh. 😭 ❤

I love being Muslim! Al humdulAllah proud to be born a Muslim and raised up on the sunnah of our beloved pbuh!! Al humdulAllah!!

Everybody has story to tell , and although our journeys are different yet its amazing to listen to.

I am speechless. This man and his story has moved me in way I cannot put into words. He is insightful, respectful, and honest. I am interested to know more.

Alhamdulillah, I'm a Indian Muslim from Uttar Pradesh. Jazakallah khair for motivating through this lecture ❤️

Mashaa Allah ....the part about going back to the gang and giving dawah to them was very touching and shows how responsible he felt towards them.

I am a latino christian and I love prophet muhammed and ahl ulbayt.I am proud of my ummayad heritage ;) in our countries we have many muslim syrian immigrants('turcos')and they are part of our community and excel in business.I love listening to the qu'ran.True muslims and christians are brothers.I lived in europe for some years and all my friends were sunni turkish muslims,and so I learned how cool islamic people are.

I never would have thought this brother was made of steel. May Allah continue to make him fearless.

Sheik uthman you're a donny fam a bit like brother Eddie 2 real g's and humble to the point that no one would expect them to have a past, this is the deen Alhumdulillah , like the sahabas changed from madness to the deen . Allah humma Barak love you guys for the sake of Allah may Allah accept us all ameen

Brother, you don't know how much hope you give to millions of peoples who are going to watch this video. You just told millions that nothing in life is lost as long as someone lives. May Allah rewards you for the lessons of life you just taught. What's an inspiration for millions. Well said: "someone could be born as muslim but he has to accept Islam" if i can paraphrase you.

This is powerful. Some one might make a movie out of this. Put a copy right. Allah blessed him with goodness

What a great story. Thank you for sharing. This could be a movie!

I feel your story! I grew up in a Catholic environment, as an African American in the Northeast in the 60s. I attended Catholic Elementary for 8 yrs learning about Catholicism but They couldn't answer ANY questions. Just have Faith was their "Motto" That Math Didn't Math with Me! One day while at a Catholic Church Service I became very I'll. Anxiety Stricken. I had to get out of there My mother changed us and we started attending Baptist Christian Services. Although it seemed a bit more inclusive, it still answered no questions but added to my confusion. Sinning on Friday & Saturday night and acting all "Religious" for a brief time Sunday morning didn't Math Either! ALLAH sent, my way, inspiration through many different sources which drew me to Islam. Islam answered ALL my questions and made sense. If you are going to worship the Creator for all of your blessings, known and unknown, this made more sense! Worship just 1 day a week? GOD'S blessings are continuous daily. Shouldn't we be more grateful? Islam Adds Up to Perfect Math! Because ALLAH is the Truth! 🕋

The part where you carry the message to your friends made me cry, I wish I had friends that listened.

In indonesia few years ago, theres also a drug cartel boss named freddy budiman, he was sentence death penalty, in the end of his life he do taubah nasuha, in a day he khatam quran 7 times and always do ibadah, he make request to the officer when execution please dont cover his eyes and shoot him after he spoke tauhid kalimah, witness said that he died with smile and theres a nice fragrance coming from him

I felt so sad listening to my sheikh.He had so ruff childhood 😭

SubhanAllah. This touched my heart so much. May Allah protect our sheikh. ❤

I just was sooo focused the whole time it was sooo interesting thanks for sharing your experience sheikh jazzak Allah xer 👏🏼👏🏼💯💯

Wow, the life story of brother Uthman is so inspiring, and gives a lot of hope to brothers who are on the wrong path. Couldn't imagine this brother has had a pass like this, and from this he became what he is today by hardwork and sacrifice.

I went to school with this brother he brought some good n bad memories from the 90s Wilson n Crawford high school we met in masjid Nur 50th at San Diego

This man is very experience person, you have really pass through lots of rivers... Salute from Nigeria!

I hope this brother doesn’t bring a trouble to himself by talking about these people. May Allah protect him

Worth watching! Motivational بارك الله فيك

I am a Mexican American Muslim 🇲🇽🇺🇸☪️🕌

epic interview , thank you for this precious content

SubhamAllah only the ones that see the darkness get to appreciate the light may Allah keep us all steadfast on the deen

MashaAllah, Respect and love to Othman from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩💞💞💞🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

@ Shaykh Uthman, if you ever see this brother, truly enjoyed your life story and the courage you had to talk about your past. We are people of no judgement. The way you speak to people during dawah is something ive respected. May Allah swt bless you for your work iA

As a Muslim Pashtun i'm proud we have such a gem

Wow amaaazing who knew this was his history ! You never know what people have gone through !

Mashallah.. An example of what Allah has destined for you, will happen. No matter how impossible it may seem.

Sheikh Usman story is very heart touching 💖💖💖 Allah bless him love from india

“They used to call me shooter, don’t ask why wasn’t for billiards” 😂😂😂😂 I shouldn’t laugh but the way he said it made me laugh. But On a serious note I’m glad he managed to convert his fellow council Members.

Mashallah sheikh may allah bless you and grant you success in this lofe and the next, also may allah accept your work

Brother Uthman needs to write a book on his journey to Islam and have it translated to Spanish insha Allah

Subhana Allah May Allah raise you in ranks Sheikh Uthman...

I pray for you every day sheikh uthman may ALLAH protect you

I am glad you touched upon this. I grew up in Juárez. I love the city. I love the people but it is sad to have moved because of the issues addressed in this video. The worst part is that you become desensitized. At one point like he mentioned here, you see it as normal. And I didn't belong to any gang or got involved but still lived through all that narco and gang violence. Everything he says is true about cartels. They're savages but they've also become folk heroes to some. That's the real tragedy. That it becomes so normal or you are so used to it that you end up thinking at one point, that's just how it is or it'll always be.

Subhanallah. Simply amazing. Alleviated my respect for Sheikh Uthman. Love you for and brother Eddie for the sake of Allah. May Allah SWT reward both of you and bless you.

Subhana Allah! This is incredible! May Allah bless you immensely!

I’m Mexican Muslim revert Guadalajara Mexico lives in Las Vegas

This is an intriguing episode. An inciteful look at the sheikh's personal life. May Allah make you stronger

May Allah preserve Sheikh Uthman Ibn Farooq

Wow I put this on in the background whilst doing work but I am so surprised the life this brother has lived 😮

Asalamwalekum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh brothers and sisters. When I heard from shaikh Uthman ibnfarooq, it reminded me of the old days, when I was also in a gang in the 90s, but it was not as fierce as shaikh Uthman ibn farooq's, but it was something, Alhahammdolillah, I thank Allah subhana wataala that Allah took me and many brothers and sisters out of darkness and came to the light AlhahammdoliAllahi rabbel alameen☝️, forgive me if I wrote wrong.☝️🤲May Allah subhana wataala give us hidaja and give us strength to fight against our nafs and sajatin and give us stability and give us success in donja and akera and that we are among the 70 thousand who go straight up to jannath fardus ala without accounting, Ameen ya rabbil alameen.🤲

Jazak Allah for this video

he earned more respect in my eyes. Masha Allah.

I knew when I came across him-I was like he’s OG and MashaAllah connected to him more then others -allhumdillah -thank you

What an amazing story, may Allah bless sheikh Uthman, and Deen show.

SubhanAllah, sheikh may Allah bless and protect you and help you to continue and grow the dawah worldwide 🤲🏻 ameen. i went through some similar things in my teenage years also here in London, UK but your life experiences were much more extreme, the USA is on another level. may Allah guide and protect the Muslims and sincere believers worldwide, ameen.

Showing you my love from somailaland my brother !!!

Mashallah I never knew his story. I just love his calm cool and collected amd patient demeanor.

SubhanaAllah. What a story. He should write a book.

Amazing, this was an epic interview May Allah bless him and protect him

Great video and amazing story Subhanallah!

MashAllah🤯this story was crazyyy🤯🤯🤯SubhanAllah I was so into it👏🏻👏🏻wow the qadr of Allah s.w.a 🤯😍😍🥰made my eman so strong alhamdulillah 👍🏻

Incredible story w jazakallah khairan

谢赫的精彩人生😁😁😁祈求安拉引领我们，饶恕我们，让我们坚定在主道上🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻

Allahu akber!!. May Allah subhanehu weteala reward you both and protect you from any harm in this life and the Akhira.

Subhan Allah its the first time i've ever heard the shaykh explain his life story the way he did. May Allah (S.W) bless him and his family aameen.

جزاكم الله خيراً

Masha'Allah we need to make a movie about Sheikh Uthman's life

SubhanAllah. Very humbling video La Hawla wala kuwata illa billah

Incredible interview! Incredible experience of life of other kind, the live experience of dark world and then exposer of enlighten world of Islam in a life!

SubhanAllah...Allahu akbar, all I can think of is the miracles of Allah, I am so overwhelmed by Sheikh Uthman’s story would have never in a million years thought that he has gone thru all this, May Allah keep him safe and bless him for his beautiful work 🌹 jazakum Allahu kheiran to Eddie and Sheikh Uthman for sharing this miraculous story...alhamdulillah ❤

SubhAn Allah , Mashallah shaykh uthman ibn farooq

Jazakumullahu Khairan 🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻

Wa'alaikum assalam wa rahmatu'LLAHI wa barakatuh to sheikh who did advertisment for the deen center

Bro make a movie about this. Just him telling the story i felt like watching scarface

ONLY ONE WORD..UNBELIEVABLE!!SHEIKH...

Alxamdulilaah for his guidance on you. But you're using the toughness of your previous lifestyle on dawah. I was wondering where your bravery was coming from . Masha Allah tabarakalah ❤

Jazakom Allah khayr

i love this sheikh hes so inspiring

Pffff What this shaykh has been through must have been so so stressfull. And even in those tougher conditions, he managed to save not only himself, but also the people around him.

My bro ave seen your video b4 Alhumduliliah Love you my brother inshallah 1 Ummah x

Subhan allaah great speaker, very good to share your experiences with others hamdulah......

Heartfelt