Understanding Hadith and Certainty in Islam

I, I've been struggling with this one, uh, ever since I read it, this hadith,

which, um, first of all, I have to admit I, I didn't like

when I read it.

Hmm, listen.

First of all, we as Muslims have to have submission,

certainty,

no questions asked, no strings attached.

This is Quran, I believe it.

Do you fully embrace it? Yes.

Yes.

No questions asked. This is a hadith. Do you take it?

Uh, is it authentic?

Yeah.

Is it?

I've... That's what I, I read, yeah.

Then if it's authentic, it's from Allah. How could I be shaky?

Because if you wanna be shaky, this means that you don't have certainty.

And when you don't have certainty, you're this close to flipping

to the dark side.

But I mean, how, how are we able to judge how authentic hadith

is or...?

You don't. How do you judge whether this

neurosurgeon who's gonna do a spine cord surgery

on you is authentic or not?

I judge by opinions of other people.

Okay, so by whose people?

The professionals.

Professionals. So you go to the scholars of Islam.

That's what I'm asking you.

I'm coming to you. I'm not answering yet.

I'm just setting the foundation for the belief.

The biggest problem we have with the Westerners from America and from

Canada and from Europe is that they don't have their Islam

on cemented area. They're so easy to flip

to the other side, and that's why you find many of them

starting to be

good and strong and mashallah and all of a sudden, "I

have doubts." Why? "Uh, the prophet married Aisha when she

was nine."

Uh, ooh, you're a kafir.

If you doubt

the prophet, alayhis salatu wassalam, for a second, you're a

full-fledged kafir. Get the heck out of my house.

Don't even think about it. No second chances.

Islam is crystal clear. The prophet said, "I've left you on

Islam which is

as clear as night and day." There's nothing ambiguous in it.

So if someone has the hesitation

and is not certain,

you know how many counseling sessions I do

over the, the year? Thousands. I counsel people for money.

They come to me, they pay me $220 per hour.

I'm cheap, so what's, what- what's the problem?

And they come to me and say, "Sheikh, I'm not certain that Allah exists."

You're a kafir. End of call.

Watch out. If you doubt something in Islam

that is beyond doubt, the prophet, alayhis salatu wassalam, if

you look down at him, if you think bad about him,

if you think something wrong with

the Quran, if you think Allah Azawajal is unfair, you're a

kafir.

We don't have to beat round the bush.

But if you have a doubt, "Hmm, why did this happen?"

I'll explain it to you. This is why I'm here.

You say, "I don't know why the prophet married

Aisha when she was nine

and he was 50 years of a- of age. Doesn't sound good, but

I accept it." Do you think bad of the prophet, alayhis salatu wassalam?

Is he a pedophile? Astaghfirullah. I would be a kafir thinking this.

But I just want justification. I'll e- I explain it to you and, and I'll

re- remove all doubt in your head.