I wrote an open letter to Mos Def which I posted on his biggest fan site http://www.mosdefinitely.com. The letter was entitled: “Mos Def is Haram”.

Salaam to the Muslims,

I hope Mos Def comes across this. Brother, You need to fear Allah. How in the world do you start an album in the name of the Creator and include songs entitled “panties” and “Sex, Love, and Money”. And then make a filthy video with strippers in it? And I know everyone has noticied Mos has started cursing alot, using the N’ word amongst other behavorial changes i.e. smoking. Similar to how Q-Tip sold out on Islam when he made his Vibrant thing video and started dating famous women… it looks like Mos is also opting for HipHop over Islam. This site has a silly section on it which talks about how Mos Def tries to live his life as a Muslim in the best way he can. I think that is the past now for him. The Hiphop lifestyle has proven to be too strong for him to overcome his own desires and continue to live a righteous lifestyle. Like when Q-tip was asked about him straying from the deen, he said that you need a balance of hiphop and Islam in your life. There is no way to balance two very different ways of life. And yes hiphop is a way of life. You have to pick one. Dont start and end an album talking about Allah and Islam and do all this garbage and think its all good. I met Mos once, and it was in a masjid in Manhattan for Friday prayers. Afterwards he said he was going to the studio. Now I wonder which house of worship he will stay with. The whole Muslim community which is into hiphop became worried when they saw the miss fat booty video. Everyone was hoping he had a different message he was trying to get across. And maybe that he was just a little misguided in thinking that he could do anything forbidden in islam while its under the pretext of “acting”. All your money and fame is not going to go to the grave with you. It’s better to correct yourself now and turn to God in repentance. There are thousands of people who will follow what you say and do. There wouldnt be this website and discussion board dedicated to you if this wans’t the case. You have a tremendous amount of talent but are you using it wisely? Who gave you this talent in the first place? Who are you accountable to?

Wasslam,

Azeem Khan..

Some people on his most popular fansite were really upset that I was “judging him”. Hadrat Umar (R) the second Kaliph said that “Now revelation is gone, and we can not judge what is in peoples hearts, so we judge by their actions”. In Islam… when a Muslim sins privately that is between him and his lord. When he does it publically he becomes a Fasiq, which means if he is sinning openly the danger in that is that others will follow suit.The difference between Muslims and people of other religious backgrounds in America is that we have not adopted this dual outlook where we go to Church on Sunday, but we get Drunk and fornicate and Partay on Saturday night. So when a Muslim crosses over it goes against everything we stand for. All our actions have to represent Islam.Read up on the concept of being a Witness Unto Mankind. Every Muslim has to serve as a witness, as an ambassador of Islam. That is one of the reasons why people respected Mos in the first place. So now whats the difference between him and Trick Daddy?

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