Assalamu aleikom brother, just wanted to say: covering the head every time before praying is not something that the prophet ﷺ ordered us to do, and there is no hadith, to my knowledge, where the prophet ﷺ would be bareheaded and then specifically put on a headgear before praying, rather they would already be wearing it since it was an arab custom, and then pray in the same clothes. Secondly: praying after adhan on jumuah is not legislated in the sunnah and is something made up and usually performed by the turks and bosnians. What is according to sunnah is to have the khutba right after the adhan, after khutba pray the jumuah prayer and then AFTER the fard prayer you can pray 2 rakah of sunnah at home or 4 rakah at the masjid. Barakallahu feek akhi
Assalamu alaikum from an albanian living abroad, your understanding of a nation behaviour is admirable. Have you heard the story of Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha the albanian, the last Ottoman governor of Budapest? To this day you can find his grave in the Buda castle, who the Hungarians built because of the respect they had for his bravery.
I’m Albanian and Muslim and I love you brother ❤❤❤❤ the villages in the countryside are more openly practicing “looking” but the cities are more metropolitan like Turkey and Tanzania like you said. Also still relearning the religion since communism and liberal imperialism.
Albanians are slowly returning to Islam. During the communist era all the mosques as well as the churches were closed. The damage was done but Islam there has survived.
That's wrong. I've got an Albanian friend and he was in Albania just in March and he didn't mention anything Albanians are returning to Islam. It's the opposite, they are open for the true Christian belief. I am not talking of Catholicism, that's a Satanic wrong doctrin, that's a counterfeit belief. 😢
@@abdulrazakdangirihe’s only being hospitable brother but to be honest Afghanistan has Sharia and an Islamic government who defeated NATO and so yes that is a good incentive to visit inshallah. Of course the Masaajid of Albania are very historical and beautiful 😊
@abdulrazakdangiri I'm am inviting him to Afghanistan as a Muslim Brother. You, all our brothers on this thread, and every Muslim reading my comment are welcome to visit us in Afghanistan with their families, for as many Jummah as they want❤️❤️❤️🏳🏳🏳
A lot of these countries are opening up after the lifting of communism which prohibited the practice of religion. I visited Kazhakstan and Uzbekistan and I could tell the Soviets really clamped down on these people's rights to practice Islam during the Communist era. It is good that we are not being critical of these people. Allah knows best. Respect from Bangladesh.
Well, the situation is that the religion and does not matter if Christianity or Islam or what branch of those was kinda trendy after fall of communism in entire eastern block. But this trend lasted few years and now it is gone and folks are less religious even compared to communist era. This is happening almost everywhere.
Salamun alaikum from DACIA 🌳 (Valahia, Romania, Moldova) To all our muslim brothers and sisters all-round the world. We are one Ummah and brother's 💪 #muslimpower💪
Regarding your question at 3:04. No, that's not a catholic/orthodox christian area. That's how it is in Albania. You will not see a lot of women with hijabs or men with beards.
Turkiye has restored the mosque, it is written in the description thay you showed. Turkiye has restored at its own expense many mosques, old bulidings important for islamic heritage abroad for the sake of Islam....
May Allah reward you for every step you made to get to the mosque. May Allah forgive all your sins. And may Allah unite is in jannah! Allhumma Ameen! Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Baraktuh from a Kosovarian-Albanian in Germany! :)
Wa aleikum salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh from Vienna, Austria. May Allah swt bless you (Simon), our albanian brothers and sisters and all Muslims in the world.
Man... beautiful video I really enjoyed that. Would love to visit Albania one day inshallah. Salam from Detroit Michigan all the best to you my brother.
Here's a different perspective nearly all of you most likely did not know before. Jesus Christ the Messiah (peace be upon him) was taken to Heaven by Lord/God/TheCreator because some wanted him dead, so God saved him (be patient, continue reading, you will see ''the matrix'', upto you to escape it). (extensive detail in folder 3 in my playlists) The word christ comes from the Greek word 'christos' meaning chosen/annointed (annointment is the act of chosing) the word messiah comes from the Arabic/Hebrew word 'messiach', again meaning chosen. Jesus did not speak Greek or Arabic or Hebrew, he spoke Aramaic. John 14:28 “I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I” John 20:17 '‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” John 5:30 "I cannot do anything on my own." Mark 10:18 ''Why do you call me good? No one is good, except God alone.'' (that ''father'' does not mean flesh and bone father, rather TheGuide/God, worship TheCreator/TheGuide/TheGod and not the prophets, peace be upon them all) So, Who chose Jesus? TheCreator/TheGod/TheLord did. To do what? To convey that there is TheCreator/TheGod/TheLord and only ThatSupreme power should be worshipped and prayed to and NO idols/conjured up god/s by human kind, be it a man, a spirit of a man, a sun, a star, a moon, a tree, an animal etc etc be worshipped in any way. Anything that is worshipped besides TheGod is a god, that is false god, hence with a small ''g''. There is one Creator, hence why TheGod, the only One deserving of worship. What does Allah mean as a word? It means TheCreator/TheGod/TheLord. What does ''elaah'' mean as a word? It means any idol or conjured up god or gods that are false and do not deserve worship of any kind, hence why Islam rejects all gods but TheGod/TheCreator/TheLord/Allah. Why are all religions in opposition of Islam? Because they have a god or many gods but TheGod that is worshipped in someway or another. Have you ever read a Quran from start to finish? That you can answer for your self. (I recommend the Sahih International english translation, it's good). Best wishes. ------------------------------- .....btw..... Jesus did preach to worship the OneGod/TheCreator and not anything else, and so did his followers, peace be upon them all. This unsettled the Roman Empire because this idea of Monotheism went against their pagan beliefs where the emperor was both emperor and god. They persecuted the followers of Jesus and even attempted to kill Jesus, even a Roman Empire servant Saul of Tarsus was out to kill Jesus. Saul never managed to meet Jesus in real life but after Jesus was taken up to Heaven Saul said he saw a dream and said he will now preach the teachings of Jesus. Saul of Tarsus is also known in todays christianity as Saint Paul, so todays christians are actually on the teaching of ''Saint'' Paul which brings in trinity and godhead figure of Jesus and rejects Monotheism. -Jesus was commanded to preach Monotheism, which he did and early followers were Monotheistic (Islamic) believing people, which later changed with the Roman Empires paganism spreading -Jesus was commanded to preach ONLY to the Israelites, which he did, but after him Saul of Tarsus aka ''saint Paul'' started to preach to the Gentiles, which is the foundation of todays christiandom. -Jesus was commanded to rule for the circumsicion which he did, but it was taken out after he left -Roman Empire in 325 AD held a council, with empire alligned 'scholars'' to decide and VOTE on whether Jesus was to be worshipped or not, they VOTED that Jesus be accepted as god (in aliagn with the pagan beliefs of the Roman traditions) and ever since the trinity became the 'christian way' (not what Jesus preached), and sinc that time the Church has chronicled how many times the ''Bible'' has been changed, verses removed and verses added to SUIT this altered idea of trinity! Best wishes, life is short. ;)
Brother Simon, it’s a fantastic video. Love of The Prophet(SAW) and the Ahlul Bayt is the key to Jannah. I am a 100% Sunni Muslim, Alhamdulillah. Love from London.
Where did Allah Almighty say that love for Ahl al-Bayt is the key to Paradise? Then, the Ahl al-Bayt are the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as stated in the Holy Quran! Finally, your words do not indicate that you are a Sunni Muslim, because a Sunni does not say words, except what is stated in the Qur’an and the authentic hadith, but rather your words are among the myths of the Shiites who worship graves and associate others with Allah!
Walaikum assalam brother, jazakillah khair for this video. I will be in Tirana in a few weeks and wanted to see what praying is like in the city. It's a shame the big new mosque isn't open but it is so nice to see that small ottoman masjid packed with all the people outside. I will make sure I get there early!
@@SimonHillKeepsItTrill love the positive vibes and the way you wholeheartedly express your love and respect for Islam and everything related to it. Peace and may we meet in Paradise bi'izhnillah
Albanian traditionally are Muslim but majority of them their ideology are communist. They are secularize during the Soviet era when Islam completely oppressed under the communists regime for long time !!!
@@777Lxxx That doesn't make any sense because when you convert to Islam, that tax will increase for you. Muslims pay mandatory Zakat, which is more than Jizya paid by non-Muslims.
Salaam,brother please be safe as a brother out there please,As a afro American muslim myself one of the first mosques I ever prayed in was an Albanian Masjid in Brooklyn NY,it was so cool and peaceful and funny the albanians were cool too,I learned their that Albanians called themselves "Shqipteri"....
Albania underwent the cruelest form of communism, religion was banned and an entire generation was forbidden to practice any faith. all the imams and priests were exiled or killed, most mosques and churches were destroyed. only in the 1990s religion was allowed and most Albanians just took up the religion their parents were. today it's the least religious muslim nation.
Yes and I hope Tunisia stops abusing the black peoples in the country who are from there and the African migrants who get robbed, beaten, and sold into slavery in Tunisia TODAY
@@SimonHillKeepsItTrill muslims are racists. They just pretend when around you. But white northafricans keep telling "we were islamic before black people" as an excuse to use them as slaves .
A little correction at 3:33 brother. Its not sunnah to cover your head only for the prayer. Its sunnah to cover your head all day but just to take a hat for the prayer is in fact not a sunnah and its really misunderstood by many muslims.
Salaamu Alaykum,As a Afro-American Muslim myself from Brooklyn NY,all I can say is some of the coolest muslims I ever met came from the Balkans region Albania and Bosnia they were a mixture of secular/religious and had humor,peace to Besim,and ilir from Albania and my man Mensur Redzamatovic from former Yugoslavia...Salaam....
Masallah tebarak Allah brother i sew lots of albanian muslims in the airport they was going to mekka butt brother i am from turkiye youre right cheak malcom x youre my brother in islam i have in the ottoman mosk at iskender place prayed and allah be murciful i was on the place to pray may alllah be to well do my its was my grandfathers mosk masallah tebarak
I live near the neighborhood you were walking in the beginning of the video and I have to say, while the Ethem’ Beu mosque is beautiful, there are a lot of other mosques you might have missed. One near my neighborhood, 3 stories tall, about 15 minutes away from where you were, Tanners’ Mosque, the biggest mosque in Tirana, the mosque in ‘New Bazaar’ is also nice. Also fun fact, if you go in Skanderberg square and the adhan starts, you’ll hear the adhan from 3 different mosques at the same time: 1. ‘New Bazaar’ 2. ‘Ethem Beu’ 3. ‘Dine Hoxha’ at Kavaja Street
Thank you my American friend, hello and welcome. I love you. This Friday I should remind you that you study the meaning of the Qur'an as well as know how to read it in Arabic. But don't just read without also reading and understanding the meaning. Thank you and God bless you. Assalamu alaikum
We're all brothers in faith, our skin colour, heritage, culture or language doesnt matter. Before god we're all equal like the teeth of a comb. And the best among us is the one who fears god the most. Our holy religion, Islam, is the only one that explicitly rejects racism and prejudices. Unlike the society of the US, the abolishment of slavery and racist structures wasnt a long process, but rather became effective immediately. In times like these, people should think about that!
From Damascus Syria, which has a very large Albanian community(came after first and second world wars), Salaam Alaikum to the whole Ummah. In my current country (the USA), we are seeing an enormous expansion of Muslim communities around the country, due to both new converts and immigration.