Why Yusha Evans Nearly Died in Prison - The Prison Tapes Part 2 - Reflections Episode 18 

This halal content is worth funding. I urge everyone who can financially contribute to the channel to please become a member. Masha'Allah, you always give great advice to us, thank you bro Yusha. Missed most of the livestream but I'm watching it now and there's lots of wisdom in it so far, as always is. Jazak'Allah khair!

There is no thing such Black and white in Islam, we are all one equally

We want more gems like brother Yusha to become part of this one body, one Ummah.

I appreciate this series so much because as much as we would all love to take our Shahada and instantly leave our old lives and habits behind and be the best Muslims we can be for some of us that just was not the case and may Allah forgive us for that. I always like to remind myself that Quran was revealed over almost 23 years. So for 23 years the Muslims changed parts of themselves to become better and were not perfect in their faith right away but what was important is they never gave up. We strive everyday to be our best and beg our Rabb for mercy and forgiveness for where we fell short and we ask Him to bless us with tomorrow to be even better. Yusha, your video The Bible Led Me to Islam was one of the very first if not the very first video I ever watched before taking my Shahada in 2014! Alhamdullilah. You will always hold a special place in my heart because although we know it is our Lord whom guides us, without your video I wouldnt have had that push. Thank you brother. May Allah always keep you on the straight path and I pray we meet in Jannah one day iA. Ameen.

This series has so much benefit, may Allah convert Yushua Evans shortcomings in his past into accepted deeds and to magnify the rewards for the deeds that he has done and will do in the future.

I remember feeling lost and alone it's a painful feeling, I was homeless, if it wasn't for Allah and my mother I would still be lost

As a white Muslim revert woman I feel what you are saying. I myself have suffered a lot of racism since my conversion. I never ever ever experienced racism until I became Muslim. Alhamdulillah for everything. Shokran for sharing your courageous journey in life. Ameen Wa Iyakom for your Dua’s

💜 I loved listening to this brother before, but now? Knowing his history. So much respect for you brother. 🤲🏼

I don’t know what it is, but I love listening to brother Yusha. He explains things in a way that’s very easy to understand and comprehend.

Brother Yusha I love you for the sake of Allah. I wanna tell you something, I'm an Arab from Tunisia (a small country at the tip of North Africa) and even though my native language is Arabic, I gotta say I love the way you pronounce Arabic words. It's an immense honor to have someone like you as a brother in Islam; one of the amazing features of this deen is the fact that it is truly an international religion. I mean when you come to think about it, what other religion in today's world has people from around the globe reciting its scripture in just one language (Arabic, that is in its original language going back more than 1400 years), reading the teachings of its prophet in that same language (Arabic) and praying in that one and only language despite the fact that the majority of Muslims around the world are not native speakers of Arabic? Incredible, right?

@Brother Yusha! Salams! : ) I am a revert to Islam almost 43 yrs. now. I am a mother of 5, my youngest with special needs. Now a grandmother of 12.😊 I came across your video several years ago. I obviously had already taken my Shahada, but your video was still so inspiring. Now, I share it so often online, people may think I’m your mother! 😂 I share it in comment threads, to those who have questions about Islam, those who misunderstand Islam, & those who have Islamaphobiia towards Islam. I pray, insh’Allah, that it has reached even more people, by it having been left in those comment threads.🤲🏻😊 It’s just a small little Dawah I can disseminate from behind my phone screen, using the beginnings of your journey of faith to Islam. I go back every so often, & listen to it again, whenever I get discouraged, for one reason or another. Life happens, as you know. It reminds me of what it was like to have been a new Muslim & that fire that was ignited when I found Islam & knew I had found the truth, AlhamduAllah!!🤲🏻 I just wanted you to know how much your work in public speaking has helped others, in ways you probably don’t even know about, Subhannah Allah!! “May Allah reward you, in this life & the hereafter!! Ameen!!”🤲🏻 We all have challenges in our lives, & we all need to understand that just because we have been led to Islam, AlhamduAllah, doesn’t mean we are never going to have problems. As you’ve stated “Allah tests those he loves!”. I have faced many obstacles on my journey, some I am more open about than others. But I have learned that even Muslims can let you down. I had a very naive mindset when I first became a Muslim at the age of 17. I thought all Muslims must be perfect, because Islam & Quran are perfect!! I was sadly in for some rude awakenings over the years! lol! I laugh about some of those things now, but others not so much.😔 In any case, I agree that there needs to be more authenticity presented in our communities. Everyone wants to act like the Muslim community doesn’t have the same problems that other communities have. For this reason, many of our young people are turning away from Allah. Some leave Islam altogether. Our youth are our future of the Muslim Ummah. I worry what the future holds for our children, grandchildren & their children? Will all of the strides Islam has made in the U.S. & around the World collapse, because there is no one of real Islamic knowledge left, to run the Islamic Centers we have built? Or will there only be figure heads saying the same old things, & no one coming to listen, Allah Forbid?! I know there are people who disagree, but they don’t want to face the reality of what’s been happening for decades, & why it’s happening. Anyway, I could go on & on, but you get the jist of it, I’m sure.😊 Well, I am now at a point in my life, where I have more life behind me, than in front of me. I’ll be 61 yrs old in a few short months, insh’Alallah!🤲🏻 I have some health issues, including a rare form of cancer. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Malignant Retroperitoneal Lipo Sarcoma, in Oct. 2020, about 6 months. after the Pandemic began. That was very unexpected!! As a matter of fact, I had just returned from Hajjj, at the end of August 2019, the Summer before, (AlhamduAllah!!🤲🏻), That kinda led me to be diagnosed before it was too late. I never thought that I would get to see the Kabbah before that either. AlhamduAllah I did though!!🤲🏻 That’s another story for another time.😊 But, I thought I had raised my children & could sit back & somewhat relax. I tell people,”If you want to make God (Allah) laugh, just tell him your plans!”, as they say.☺️ It was very traumatic, in the beginning, but I realize that I am still here, for however long Allah sees fit. So I don’t want to waste my time feeling sorry for myself. Allah has allowed me to live longer than expected. My type has a 90% mortality rate. But that also means a 10% survival rate! At least for 8-10 years, from the time of diagnosis, they say. Allah Knows Best!! It will be 4 yrs. in October. The time has flown by, Subhannah Allah!! But,I have no toe tag on my foot just yet, so I am going to live the best life I can, insh’Allah. 🤲🏻 I have my adult child with special needs, now almost 28 yrs old, with severe cognitive & speech delays due to a TBI at birth, to be here for. As well as my grandchildren I want to see grow up, if Allah permits, insh’Allah!!🤲🏻 Allah Kareem!!🤲🏻 Please keep me & my family In your Duaa, insh’Allah!!🤲🏻 I will keep you & your family in mine as well, insh’Allah!!🤲🏻 Well, thank you again, for your inspiration & the work that you do!! The time is right for some frankness & honesty, AlhamduAllah!!🤲🏻 I look forward to watching more of your vids & sharing them, to all who may be interested, & to a few that may not know they’re interested just yet!!🤣 Btw, I was in Rochester, Mn. this past Ramadan (2024). I have a daughter, her husband & their children, who live there. We spent Eid in Minneapolis. I wish I had known you were in the area. I would have loved to express my gratitude to you in person. But there was no destiny for that to have happened, I guess. I have an American Revert son-in-law who became an Imam. He is at MCC, in Charlotte, NC. He is known as “Imam John” (or Yahya😁) Ederer. Maybe you are familiar with him, idk? They have a YT channel too. He is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, which is where I live. I hope to run into you & your family one day, insh’Allah, if Allah permits. Allah Kareem!!🤲🏻 My “Best Wishes!” for you & your family! Wishing you continued success in all your endeavors! Salamalakium AlRhahamatullah Wa Barakattuhu!!

الشدائد تصنع الرجال،، You have a very rich experience.. It deserves to be in a book for others to benefit from. You are not only an imam..you educate ppl and you coach them as well. You did not have to work a shepherd in a desert like Moses did. You were not thrown in a well full of snakes like Joseph peace be upon them. These difficulties made you who you are now. you have a long distance to cover in helping others. Additionally now you have tools ibn taymiyah and imam ghazali never dreamed of. You will do more and better than what they did.

I always hit like before watching…I’m sure it’s gonna be good👍

Yusha Evans, one of my favorite speakers who help me a lot on my journey to be a better muslim

Please write a book about your story akhi, very inspiring stuff may allah bless you

From Indonesia, here. I follow and watch brother Yusha since long-long time ago. May Allah grant you maghfirah rahmah barakah taufiq in dunya and hereafter. Aamiin.

May Allah swt reward you with jannatul firdaus for having the courage and leadership to do this series.

Yushaw/Joshua EVANS went through a lot of difficulties. Tough times. GOD BLESS.

jzk khair, this gives me hope

Masha Allah, how you return your story to make Dawaa for others, I love you brother for Allah, greetings from Germany.

Allah protected you brother 🌹 AlHumdillah

Mashallah brother Yusha, Absolutely love your stories, I cant wait to catch up on the episodes I've missed.

So I decided to come back and watch the video instead of getting distracted by the chat and I have to say, you are right. I remember how stupid I was when I was a kid. I am so glad I matured and moved past that. I am officially an adult now. You know growing up doesn't only have to do with age, it has to do with bettering our character and actions from when we were kids

From the moment you share about your childhood at that young age I already knew that experiences are very strong and I dont thing you turn up to be who you are now. Alhamdullillah, truly worthy to be share not for muslim but all youth out there.

We r so proud of u brother. May Allah reward u completely.

Your story is awesome. May Allah SWT bless you bro. Can you make more videos on paradise, hell, and more content. I like your way of preaching!

Brother you might not see it but you are helping many people including myself, Jazakumullahu khairan.

Love you Yusha Evans....❤...Thank you for your encouraging words and also for being an inspiring Muslim.

Really inspiring talk! Mashallah I loved the talk.

Im a big fan of you Brother Yusha from Bangkok Thailand. Hope i can meet you someday. In sha allah

What a relevant story! This truth hits you hard! Alhamdulillah! May Allah continue to guide and bless you Brother Yusha. Jazakallah khair for sharing such deep realities. I can relate and I'm sure many can.

You always choose some topics Subahn Allah that very important, Allah protect you brother

Rewatching last episode, can't wait to watch the new episode

Very beneficial, subhanallah. You've gone through allot! May Allah preserve you. Wallahi you are an asset to the ummah. Love from UK

Can’t wait 👋

That was really moving, May Allah reward you with Jannah..

jazak Allah khair for sharing brother. I suffered from trauma growing up and accepted Islam almost thirty years ago. Subhan Allah I wasn't looking for Islam, I never knew what Islam was lol. Alhumduillah Allah led me because I was looking for God and safety and comfort and a sense of belonging. May Allah forgive us our shortcomings. Ameen

The last 20 mins of this podcast was so beautiful and important, we really need to talk about issues like these. May Allah make this journey easy for us.

44:36 resonates a lot. I'm learning a lot from your journey. Thanks, man. Respect.

You're a real inspiration brother. Blessed to enter Jannah. I.A. Always giving positive bayans

Shukran brother I really needed that reminder I just got out of prison less than 1 month ago and your story was beneficial! I feel recalibrated

From Egypt with love, May Allah bless Brother Yusha

جزاك الله خيرآ...ربنا يثبت قلبك على دينه و يثبتك بالقول الثابت فى الدنيا و الآخرة

الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر، اعزك الله شيخ يوشع وحفظك، أظن أن الله إبتلاك بكل هذه الإبتلاءات لكي يعلي درجتك في الجنة سبحان الله حياتك مثل فيلم اكشن! معك اخوك احمد من فلسطين الداخل المحتل، عندنا اخي يوشع كثير من المسلمين ابتعدوا عن الدين وكثرت عندنا ظواهر الفسق والقتل وما الى ذالك، وليس هنالك التصدر الدعوي القوي لدعوة المسلمين وإرجاعهم لدين الله... أُدعوا لنا بالهداية والثبات شيخ. وآخراً عندي نصيحة شيخ يوشع وهي ان لا تجعل المقدمة أطول من خمس - سبع ثواني، بارك الله فيك وزادك علماً وثباتاً ونفع الله بك المسلمين، سلام الله عليكم.

Salaam and thank you for another amazing episode brother Yusha, opening up about your past and going into detail about what happened I can only begin to wonder, may Allah swt bless you

MashaAllah can't wait for it shaykh

Amazing life story. Ma shaa Allah you still retained and strengthened your imaan in spite of going through all this.

Love you bro and I pray for you to be safe, prosperous and happy 💐

I found this RU-vid channel because ALLAH has guided me. May you keep Istiqomah in Islam and keep inspiring us with your experiences and knowledges. BarakAllah fiik.

I miss YOU MY BEOTHER from EPIC

Barak'Allah feekum my brother. I can't wait for more episode. May Allah SWT reward you & your family Ameen . love you my brother

Thanks to Allah you survived that attack. Subhan Allah. even stepping on needle-like things there is a reward from Allah for it. May Allah make this incident in your good deeds scale. Thanks for sharing, I admire the tune and calmness in your voice. Great talks aw well. Salam and respect from Jeddah 💐

Salam Alaikum! Brother Yusha, thank you so much for sharing your stories and insights with us. I've learned a lot from you over the years, Jazak Allah Khair. Thank you for also speaking about subjects that we don't hear about during our Khutbas such as mental health.

Walaikum Salam. Didn't know brother was in Prison. I got a place in my heart for my people incarcerated. Bless you brother.

So excited to have the part 2 but don't have time to watch immediately. Hope it's going to be as exciting as the last one.

Brother Yusha, I love you for the sake of Allah. I want to thank you very much for these amazing and very personal podcast episodes. We are learning a ton of things from your story. Very inspiring experiences very helpful for new Muslims indeed. Jazak Allah khairan.

Love your content brother! I am glad i discovered your channel, because i love your work.

We have so much in common you wouldn’t believe it, only difference you have found a peace that you can not describe with words, you can be locked up again but would be freee. I’m desperately looking for what you have. Btw we live in a small world so many white Muslims I’m close with watch you daily and go nuts when I reveal our relationship. Yusha you have found a unique calling and I admire that you live up to your calling. One day out lives will reconnect and you may very well be my savior, bro lately I feel lost

Mashallah, Brother thank you for sharing with us it is a very inspirational story that I could relate to . Please keep up with the great content

I cannot explain it, I have listened to so many muslim speakers overs the year, so many celebrity speakers, yet you are one of the very few who would always stay in my mind and I would always randomly make dua for you. I honestly cannot really relate to a large part of your history, but I can relate to the part about mental health and loneliness. I feel like a lot of what you are saying my husband would be able to relate to, especially childhood trauma and abuse, and my heart bleeds for all those who have gone through it. I really want to gain a better understanding into the mind of my husband what pain he must have gone through that he is still healing from. May Allah swt grant you and him and all of us jannatul firdaus

جزاك الله خير 💛

Love you brother

Assalamu alaikum brother I just found ur RU-vid channel today Alhamdulillah Keep up the good work,very proud of you. Plz keep me my family in ur duas In Sha Allah

Thank you for sharing this. May Allah bless you immensely.

Assalamualaikum... alhamdulillah... very beautiful sharing from our dear brother.... very much love and care from Malaysia...❤️❤️🇲🇾🇲🇾

subhanallah brother - very uplifting and inspirational - indeed Allah swt has a plan for us all - we need to search for our creator in order to find ourselves otherwise we are truly lost.

Assalam O Alaikum, Brother Yashua. You are the bravest I have listened to recently. What a journey! So many need to listen watch and heel. I pray Allah continue to guide and guard you.

May Allah bless you dear brother. I believe this the right place to learn more about Islam and getting advices besides leaning English by a native English speaker.

A righteous scholar mentioned once that he would not see a fellow Muslim or he would think good of him. He would even imagine that Allah subhaan ahoe wa ta3ala favors him more than him. Subhaan Allah the humbleness of the scholars. May Allah make us of them amin. Asalam 3aljkum to my brothers in us and Canada . Your Moroccan brother from Holland . And by the way there is no term nearly died. It's even you die or you don't. We have the smal death wich is sleeping whit a possibility to die further to the akhira. Or the between this world and the akhira. May Allah subhaan ahoe wa ta3ala favor us for his mercy. Amin.

My brother...have u ever come to Malaysia??? Maybe u should visit us...and do this dakwah here... 👍🤝✌️❤️🇲🇾

Masha Allah brother God bless you

Thnxs my beloved brother really appreciate this ❤️💯

Very useful

Salaam brother much thanks for sharing your story. May Allah SWT grant you succes in this world and the next Ameen. And all of us ameen ya Rabb AlAlamien.

Masya Allah... Allah Ta'ala gave you such a brilliant brain. You should consider writing a book. I think nowadays you can propose to work together with book publishers and they can help you write. May Allah Azza Wajjal grant you ease.

May Allah grant you the best of both worlds Ameen . Pls continue to share these stories

Thank you

Yusha, I have a suggestion for you since you like reading. There are many beautiful stories about the biography of prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and some of his most prominent and closest companions like Abu Baker's and Omar Bin Al Khattab's biographies. My faith in Islam became so much stronger after learning about their amazing stories and all the struggles they went through in the early beginning of Islam. There are many interesting stories about their wisdom, leadership, heroism, justice, kindness that we can all learn from and teach those who don't know much about Islam.

Looking forward to the next episode. May Allah bless you always brother Yusha! ❤

First Muslim Imam❤😍! You have such a motivation al life... May you be stronger for it always

Great story. I have so many crazy stories when I was younger

May Allah bless you ahki.

Mashallah yusha walahi adeem this is so inspiring my allah azza wajal bless you and your lovely one

MashaAllah… many kids would benefit from your story 🤚✋

Very inspiring my brother. I love you for the sake of Allah. I ask Allah to have us enjoy seeing His face in the firdaws inshaAllah

MashaAllah brother.....May Allah grant you success and happiness in this world and hereafter.

Alhamdulillah exactly Allahumma Aameen for all your Duas Aameen YARABB

Salaam Alaikum Akhi. I love for the sake of ALLAH and will always pray for you and all of the Ummah.

الحمدلله ثبتك الله و غفر لك الله و الله يختم لك ولنا بالشهاده و يرزقنا الجنة

Stay strong brother! 👍👍👍

Allah humma baarik dearest shiekh may Allah subhaanahu ta aala always bless protect guide help reward and increase you in abundance with all forms of goodness Aameen thumma Aameen 😥🤲💝

Salam alikom thank-you very much I found it very helpful and inspiring Jazakom Allah. God bless

Mashallah your story is inspiring

The irony of the nation of islam. They oppose racism by being racist 🤦‍♂️ It takes a lot to wish jannah to someone who stabbed you. MashaAllah. May Allah keep me and all muslims on the straight path

I remember the story of Yusuf AS

Salam ALIKOUM my brother may Allah protect you

Struggles of Controlling ones desire

Another example of there is no racism in Islam. 1400 years we have been hearing the word of Bilal Habeshi (RadıyaAllahu Anh) in the morning call to prayer "Prayer better then sleep".

BarakAllahu feek.

Allah knows what’s best for us So why should we complain We always want the sunshine But He knows there must be rain We always want the laughter And the merriment of cheer But our hearts will lose their tenderness If we never shed a tear. Allah tests us often With suffering and with sorrow He tests us not to punish us But to help us meet tomorrow For growing trees are strengthened If they withstand the storm And the sharp cut of the chisel Gave the marble grace and form Allah tests us often And for every pain He gives to us Provided we’re patient Is followed by rich again So whenever we feel that everything is going wrong It is just Allah’s way To make our spirit’s strong