>> everything i read in the morning is always speaking about patience. >> patience is half the faith. things are going to come to you if you believe in allah and you rely on him. >> over the past 17 years, ismael has counselled hundreds of men like kareem, many with violent pasts. what was it about islam that resonated with these men? >> a lot of our problems in this african american community is that men feel emasculated by history and a lot of times, people overcompensate for that emasculation through what i call hyper masculinity. and hyper masculinity is violence. but islam showed us this man who was a prophet who was an excellent example for you to live by and he was a man's man,