alhamdulillah alayum that's the greeting
of peace peace be unto you welcome to
the dean show I'm Eddie your host and
when we come back we have a unique guest
here in the studio we've interviewed
people from all walks of life but what
about the the youth have we have had a
chance to sit with some of the adults
but what about the future Generations
those who are growing up and are the
Future Leaders of the world so now when
I come back we're going to meet Alia
who's 8 years old she's an author she
does some public speaking and she's
making her own video so this is an
exciting show for you and the whole
family when we come back here on the
dean show we'll be right
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Allah there's only one God and mamad
is his
messenger
Allah there's only one God and Jesus was
his messenger
Allah I don't know why I did that maybe
maybe it's just to break the ice welcome
back to the dean show with my special
unique guest Aliyah how are you sayam
alikum allum Salam thank you thank you
for finding the time to be with us it's
my pleasure now I mean you you started
actually when you were 8 years old
writing books is that correct yes so
you're very busy so we're really honored
to have you find the time to be with us
on the dean
show yeah so tell us now how how did you
actually get started now many kids are
out doing other things but you're an
author you published your own book you
got your own books out there how many
actually do you have um M I have um
written four books in the series of
things every kid should know and I've
co-authored a chapter in a leadership
book so four books yes four books so
what at what age did you start um I
started at seven writing oh at seven so
you started at seven and now you're how
old 10 you're 10 so you're way ahead of
the game now people are going to have to
come to you to get advice if they want
to learn how to get involved in doing
this so some of the books tell us the
names of these books that you've
published well the four books of the
series things every should know the
first book is on smoking the second book
is on drugs the third one is on alcohol
and the fourth one just recently printed
as on Bing now most of
the culture today is calling people to
these things smoking drinking alcohol
all of the things that just they're not
good for you but your books are unique
because they're telling people how to
stay away from these things is that
right yeah from early on if they know
from early on then in they won't get
started into it so what made you like
decide to pick these specific topics
well when I decided to write books um I
went through many different titles and
actually the first title of my book was
called the boy who didn't know anything
so when I sat down and I took my pencil
and my paper and then I thought well if
he doesn't know anything what should I
write about him so then I went to my mom
and then she told me what did I want to
write about and I said that I wanted to
help kids
well what do I have kids about you know
I'm a kid so she told me that many teens
are facing the problems of smoking drugs
and
alcohol and how um I can help them by
writing books and teaching them so my
mom said um so then I went to the
library with my dad and he got me some
books and I learned from there was it
difficult well first to understand I
understood smoking a bit cuz I had some
neighbors who did that now did you did
you try smoking to see how it was or no
no so no never okay good cuzz kids your
age are actually smoking the other day
on the news the third grader um had 50
to 60 bags of parents so wow he was he
was giving them out to kids and on the
bags it was stamped on trust me amazing
doesn't it say on on the cigarette pack
it says this can cause to cause this can
cause this can cause on Tobacco this can
cause mouth cancer yeah it's Unique why
do people they they they run towards
something that can harm them them so so
your book is actually teaching kids
early on okay yeah have you had what
kind of response have you had from
people who've read your books well some
of them actually really liked it I've
had one of my friends her uncle stopped
smoking due to my smoking book wow um so
alhamdulillah there's some results now
you just said something in Arabic you
said alhamdulillah now so the we have a
lot of non-muslims so I don't think this
some code word we're using what did we
just say what did you say well
alhamdulillah means all praise be to God
simp huh you already taught them
something
too so this is very inspirational to all
of us we who some people who want to
have kids who have kids and some of
their kids are involved in gangs and
they're involved in a lot of bad things
like do you feel like sometimes you know
other kids look at you do you get more
of a positive response or do some like
kids they give you a negative response
how what is it overall is it's like how
how do you get along with other kids
your age well I have a a lot of friends
and they've read my books and they they
know about smoking so they know how want
not to try it there's always bad people
everywhere and they you're always going
to get a bad response but you know you
just have to keep moving you can't let
people's opinions stop you do some
people say come on you're ruining the
fun we just want to have a cigarette
look at all the actors and actresses
they're having cigarettes they're
drinking why are you being a party
pooper you get some of that I got that
once in a while yeah what do you tell
them when when they say that I tell them
um even them they know that it's bad for
them but they don't actually want to
stop it because they want it to look
good um the cigarette companies the
alcohol companies they only care about
their money they don't care about your
health or your wealth whatever you do
business huh yeah tell business Cash
Cash Money there's a song like that out
there cash money yeah so tell us
now that leads me to my next question
leads us to the next question is Role
Models a lot of them are probably taken
the people they shouldn't be taken as
Role Models you know you come in some
kids' rooms and they got like the big
pictures of some of the pop stars and
and these people who are doing some of
these things you know dating and drugs
and alcohol now that's probably why the
kids are following them but who are your
role models that make you the way you
are doing the good things that you
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doam the prophet Muhammad peace be upon
Him Abu Bak sik his companions
OMB peace be upon them all I see A's
wife um a Abu Bakr Abu Bakr F Muhammad
the sahab may Allah be pleased with them
all and in today's time Scholars such as
Dr zakin n shef AAS ABD Rim green Dr toi
Chaz
um IM and many many other shs wow this
is amazing we're going to uh get some
more details on some of the people
you've uh uh talked about we're going to
take a break this is amazing this is
amazing we have so much more to ask you
and this is an inspiration to all of us
stay tuned be right back on the dean
show former bad boy good boy I ran with
an entrepreneur I ran with an icon in
the music business how he attained
something that money
couldn't short perod of time success of
the records that I did he left that life
wasn't the country I couldn't go to I
live this good life wasn't a country
that I couldn't go to the life that
brought him peace a person couldn't
identify who I was or songs I created
Brothers ands get ready watching show
take it away what are you waiting for
what are we waiting for right now what
are you waiting for all these people to
come to Islam what are we waiting for
what are we waiting for right now when
they going to come they're going to come
Allah going to bring these people Allah
subhana put in our hand the ability to
do it now do your
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job Salam Alum peace be unto you welcome
back to the dean show and we're here
with Alia 10 years
old calling people away from lot of the
bad things that are out there
encouraging not only the youth to do
good but also the adults and you
mentioned some Role Models one was the
very first Muhammad and you said
sallallahu alaihi wasallam who is this
man some people never heard this man who
is this man that you mentioned peace be
upon him well Prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him he was the last and final
messenger sent after to God even Jesus
peaceful upon him said it said that
there's a m coming after me and he's
going to and his name is going to be um
Muhammad and so did Moses peace be upon
them so they both informed their
followers that there's going to be a man
after me and I'm not the final messenger
and Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
was the last and final messenger and his
book was the Quran now tell us do
Muslims worship Muhammad no they worship
Allah l p um Allah God the greatest but
they do they do not worship Muhammad
Muhammad was a human being peace be upon
him and he just came to convey the
message now what about Jesus you
mentioned Jesus there what do we think
about Jesus we think Jesus is one of the
mightiest messengers of God peace be
upon him and we and he has a really high
role in
Islam we got some gifts for you I got
something for you you ready okay there's
some I don't know if you ever heard of
half date half date they helped us to do
a DA drive and we got some some DVDs for
you to be able to share with all your
friends and family does I collect
oraku and I also have one for you and
you got some books here for me beautiful
and are these some of the books that
you've written here well um the first
four is my mom's books so this is no I'm
not a terrorist yes this is my mom's now
what do you got to say when someone says
you know they see you and they assume
like oh you're a terrorist now because
you're Muslim what do you say to them
I'm just because you're Muslim doesn't
mean you're a terrorist for example you
can't BL Christianity's acts just
because of what um the Oklahoma bombing
did so you can't base a religion just of
what its people did because you're going
to have bad in every religion yes
exactly that is well said and put and
people can see or read more about that
in this book you have are Muslim women
oppressed now they see that leads into
our next question when did you start
wearing the hijab well I started wearing
it when I was 6 years years old it was
after a few months that my mom started
wearing it and I decided that I wanted
to obey the Commandment too even though
I knew that I was a little little I
forget that one is never too young to
obey Allah subhanahu wa taala God the
greatest so Allah if someone asks you
and they think like this is some Moon
God are you worshiping the moon are you
worshiping some Arab God what do you
tell them well Allah is the creator of
the heavens and the Earth he created
every every person everything um he is
the one who gave intellig to human
beings and he also takes life and he
gives he gives life and he takes death
yes and so are you oppressed now have do
people what do you got to say about this
well many people think our Muslim were
oppressed because um they're walking
down the street all covered up and they
think that men forced them to do this
but it's actually not it's actually if
they want to do it then they can do they
they can do it a commandment from God
and the people who don't do it it's
between them and God now we got another
book here it says things every kid
should know about
bullying that's something also that's
prevalent a lot of kids are bullying
other kids what do you uh what's mainly
discussed in here in this book well the
story where it tells you how two friend
two people how they got bullied and how
they solved their problems and and how
also it gives you facts how how not to
get bullied why not to bully and the
fact and the facts that how many kids
bully nowadays tell us thank you very
much for these books now where can
people go if they want to get your books
well they can go to things every kid
should know.com that's things every kid
should know.com you've also got some
videos yes where can they see your
videos they can also see it at that
website at that website okay now how do
you encourage kids who are depressed
they're sad at such a young age some
girls they're trying to lose so much
weight because they see that model who's
out there and she's so skinny and
anorexic and they're not being H they're
not this is not leading them to
happiness is leading them more to
depression and they want to give up and
now they see you and you're so happy
you're writing books you're doing good
you're calling people away from Evil and
now they look at you and they say man I
want some of that what do you have to
tell them what message do you want to
give to them well my mom always told me
that each of us was created for a
purpose and what we need to do is we
need to discover our purpose and our
genius that Allah subhanahu taala has
given us and how do you feel that if
someone finds their purpose will they
truly be happy yes if you find your true
purpose sometimes you have to work on it
and you might find it hard at first of
how what's your purpose is but in the
end um Allah subh T says in the Quran
after hardships there's always ease
there's ease isn't there yep there's
going to be some hard work that you have
to exhort I mean you've read over how
many books over two 2,000 no two 2200
books so far 2200 books so you had to
put some work into it now were these
just fashion magazines or kind of book I
read biographies of Rosa Parks Benjamin
Franklin Abraham Lincoln I also I've
also read um some fiction books um some
Islamic books so now these books when
you when you read them I mean do you
feel like it's better reading these
books or some of the other books that
are out there that really I mean when
when you read these books do they
Empower you do you feel more like you've
learned something rather than the other
books that you know just just you know
they're not really calling you to
anything good it seems like there's a
waste of time yeah well many biographies
they teach you good things like for
example people who stood up for their
rights people who learned their talent
and did it Benjamin Franklin one of the
greatest um inventors he he figured out
his talent and he worked on it that's
how he became an inventor because his
his brother and his mom and dad they
weren't really outgoing people they
weren't big inventors and stuff so now I
heard that you're being homeschooled do
you like homeschooling mashah I love
homeschooling um I have more flexibility
to do my abata properly pray in time and
fast on Mondays and Thursdays I have
been to private school for 2 years of my
life and I like homeschooling better my
mom explains to me things very easily
and I have more flexibility with my
business right now I'm three grades
ahead of my peers alhamdulillah three
grades we're going to take a break and
we're going to pick your brain some more
you don't mind do you no I don't okay
we'll be right back on the dean
show former bad boy gone good boy I ran
with an entrepreneur I ran with an icon
in the music business how he attained
something that money
time success of the records that I did
he left that life wasn't the country
that I couldn't go to live this good
life was in a country that I couldn't go
to the life that brought him peace a
person couldn't identify with who I was
or songs I
created what are you waiting for what
are we waiting for right now what are
you waiting for all these people to come
to Islam what are we waiting for what
are we for right now when they going to
come they going to come going to bring
these people Allah put in our hand the
ability to do it now do your
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job back on a Dean show with Alia 10
years
old and you are the author of several
books and you're here on the dean show
many people they want to be happy but
they're turning to drugs alcohol smoking
gambling
and these are some of the things that we
mentioned that you talk about in your
book to try to help people to stay away
from that now how does
someone let's I asked you this before
but let's because this is like the key
question people want to know how can I
be happy so give us some more more
advice not only for the kids but for the
adults too well the way that you can
truly be happy is by worshiping one God
because when you worship one God
everything else will come une easy at
first it might be difficult talking to
your family if they're if they're not
Muslim getting um slowly letting go of
things that are not H not formidable in
Islam but inshallah after hardship F K
now why should someone of the kids like
why should I obey my Creator what would
you tell him well your creator is the
one who created you and he knows you
best so why would you not obey him
because he's the one that knows you more
than anyone else knows you people
obey the government don't they yeah they
obey their mother some of them do does
it make sense to obey the one who
created you yeah so like what does your
day consist of you read books you pray
what tell us some of the things you do
throughout the day well I um when I wake
up I wake up for fed which is um early
morning prayer and I do that and I um I
take a nap and then I start my homework
my regular day and I take breaks in
between to pray to have lunch to do the
d i watch the D every episode a day um I
I read some Islamic books I have reading
class I have Islamic Studies Arabic
history math science which is my
favorite subject I actually want to be
asist when I grow up I really love
animals so do you have any pets no I
really want to get a cat though okay so
now if someone sees this show and they
see that Islam which simply means to
acquire peace by surrendering to the one
God that you mentioned the one God and
they want to know a little bit more from
you tell them more about Islam well
Islam is a religion of peace and musl
Muslims are people who submit to peace
you can't base a religion as I said on
its actions of what a few people did so
you said now to peace the owner of Peace
the Creator who created us he gives us
peace how about the Five Pillars the
five pillars of Islam well the Five
Pillars are simply the first pillar is
sh which is Muhammad you are bearing
witness that there is no God but Allah
and Muhammad is his last and final
messenger number two is praying Salah um
basically you pray this five times a day
and basically it's you and your time
your connection with God the great us
and number
three zaka is when you're giving money
to are poor people you're giving money
um not because God says also says in the
Quran um when you give um the prophet
pleas upon him said when you give the
hand that gives is the better than the
hand that receives so you um give money
to the poor and then there's fasting
where you fast in Ramadan you can also
fast on Mondays and Thursdays um the
prophet peace be upon Him used to do
this um and and it also gives you what
the poor people feel and basically
making you sorry how they feel and
basically wanting you to help them more
and number five is hedj where you go to
the holy city of Mecca and um you make
ta around the CA
and that's it that's simple that's Islam
worshiping one God praying to the one
God giving in the name of the one God
fasting in the name of the one God the
Creator and hjj yep simple so what do
you want to be now you said you want to
be a zoologist when you grow up yep okay
so these are your do you plan on writing
more books inshah I'm I'm planning on
writing a book about health things of a
kitchen to health cuz a lot of kids
nowaday also have the problem with
health you're truly an inspiration to us
all give the audience some closing
comments and advice from yourself
well um I would like to tell all the
parents out there to teach your kids
about Islam especially for the Muslims
because if your kid knows about Islam
then inah they won't do these things
because then they know that Bing is
Haram backbiting
slandering such substit as smoking drugs
and alcohol not listening to your
parents um using bad language and many
other things so if your kids know about
their Dean then inshah they won't do
these bad things that's right get to
know your Dean get with the dean that's
how you can be happy and be successful
not only in this life and the next and
may Allah the creator of the heavens and
earth Grant you the most success in this
life and Hereafter and your Wonder
parents who took such great care of you
and may Allah bless you and your parents
and all those that are listening you're
truly an inspiration to all of us thank
you may Allah reward you
amen and that was alah this week on The
Dean show I've been saying it's such an
inspiration it gives those who are
watching who want to be successful such
a great feeling to see such a young
child who's growing up doing good things
and calling people to good things you
know when you leave this life what are
you going to take with you what goes
with you one of those
things that you take because everything
else will be left behind all the cars
all the money the bank accounts your
Rolex watch or the fake Rolex watch all
that stand behind but now your good
deeds your actions that you did in this
life of righteousness and leaving behind
a righteous child a child who's
worshiping
who Jesus no Muhammad no the son no
who's worshiping the creator of Jesus
the creator of Muhammad the creator of
the Sun and the Moon the creator of this
whole universe worshiping that God alone
and not what he created and then
establishing all the wonderful
injunctions that the creator has told us
to implement that only not because he
needs it he don't need it we need it
because it's the medicine it's the
medicine that transforms our
life into a good life because there's a
lot of things out there that are calling
us to evil and the only way that we can
be upon good is by following the
guidance that God Almighty sent through
all the messengers including Noah
Abraham Jesus and the last and final
Messengers sent to mankind the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon them
all so that's what we want to do we want
to be on the correct way and when we see
this wonderful child on the correct way
we have to also give thanks to the
parents because the parents are going to
be held accountable and these parents
are doing a wonderful job so we want to
be give a big Kudos a big shout out to
them also thank you and may God Almighty
reward you and those who are watching I
hope this has inspired you to get with
it because you got one shot the test
will be over death will approach and
then it's too late bye-bye everybody
then you got to return to your lord and
what did you do you involved than
everything else except your true purpose
in life so with that said come back here
every week to the dean show we invite
you to visit us often and we'll see you
next time God willing until then peace
be unto
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you
he created the
universe to him belong the heavens and
the
Earth the ever living He is the
first he's the owner of
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Mercy he sent his
Messengers to war his
creatures of the Grave
danger of worshiping in Allah than
Allah there is none
greater than the
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Creator