They divorced their wives... because of what??

By Hisham Abu Yusuf | 2026-10-07T17:57:41.610765+00:00 | Topic: Khutbah | Masjid: Hisham Abu Yusuf

The most strangest occurrence in my life so far is the day I got a call from somebody from Leeds who told me that his brother gave his wife a divorce after watching an Andrew Tate video — because after watching the video he concluded that his wife was not the right kind of woman because she doesn't follow his commandments. So he went over and he just issued the divorce to her. Get out of the house.

The next day I got another call, somebody from Huddersfield. What happened? He told his wife to leave the house. Why? Because he's been following Andrew Tate for a while and he realized that he's being a yes man — so he needs to be a no man from today.

This is what's happening? This is really what's happening? I couldn't believe my ears. Is this a fairy tale? Is this a story? Am I living some kind of virtual simulation or is this reality? No, this is reality. We don't realize how much we become influenced by the influencers.

We have become followers — but Allah did not create a believer to be a follower of anybody else except the Prophet ﷺ. This is what Allah says in the Quran — O Muhammad, tell them: if you love Allah then follow the messenger ﷺ.

قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى يُحْبِبْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ

You know what that means? It means unfollow everyone on the face of this earth except that messenger ﷺ. If we don't attach ourselves to the meanings and the teachings of the Quran, if we don't make Allah the judge between all opinions, we too will fall prey. We too will fall prey and we will be victim to the influences of the modern day.

Don't be influenced by anyone except Allah and His messenger — and use that to influence everybody else.

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