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alhamdulillah alhamdulillah shik kareim
Abu Z yes here on the dean show many
people know you from hood. TV and your
lecture All Over America alhamdulillah
tell us just a little bit about yourself
uh I'm the IM of Colorado Muslim Society
uh I was born in Egypt I've been in
America almost for 20
years and um I'm just a student of
knowledge yeah so well you're a student
uh that we want to learn from you're our
sheh and we want to benefit from what
you have you've been studying Islam for
you know the way of life of all the
messengers the way of life that's
pleasing to the Creator submission to
the will of God so you have the
experience we want to get some of this
you also you know help people who've
come come to Islam people who are in
Islam but you heard me mention that talk
is cheap you got to back it up with
action you can't just say look I believe
and then there's nothing behind that is
that correct it is absolutely very
accurate statement um and that goes to
anyone who wants to become a Muslim to
harvest the fruit of submission
obedience adherence which is peace in
this world like you said and of course
the ultimate success in the next life
which is the Everlasting abod Jenna you
have to do the work the work you have to
commit yourself to the religion you have
to live like a Muslim you cannot pretend
to be one you have
to um be one uh in actual you have to uh
fulfill the commands that's where you
begin and this actually was quoted in a
beautiful
Hadith Allah subh
says and then subhana he says my servant
will not find
anything that will bring him closer to
me than what I have prescribed upon him
so we're talking about the five daily
prayers here start from there if you
have not started if you want to start
right there five daily prayers four are
not enough three are not enough two are
not enough five five daily prayers
basics then you can
increase you can do that but you have to
start with the basics and of course the
rest zaka the 2.5% the mandatory fasting
Ramadan and Haj if you're able to so you
have to
begin submitting to Allah subhah wa tala
tell us shik now before we get into
these we're just talking about basic
things these are basic thing the basic
fundamentals and you build off that if
you don't have a good foundation how you
going to build the house right
absolutely so we're going to talk about
the basic things that the driving force
behind this way of life but now we cater
to a lot of not yet Muslims because I
say look everyone has the ability to
submit to God now you make a choice you
want to submit to yourself your desires
to a woman to money to fame to power or
you want to submit to the one who gave
you life who'll give you death the one
you're going to have to go back and
answer to day of judgment Paradise or
Hellfire so we want people in paradise
and we want ourselves first and foremost
and we care that's why we're sharing so
for for the not yet Muslims many
stereotypes so now they say they think
Muslim and right away you know what goes
with that terrorist you know so they see
like us sitting here and then they see
you know they're used to flicking the
channel and they don't see like the hat
and the beard and they say man so the
Muslim got his friend like to sit down
and watch so now in his head he's just
thinking terrist man what am I watching
here these guys are kaida or something
what's going on you're laughing tell us
tell us now listen do do you do you uh
what do you got to say about this when
somebody starts to you know have this in
the in the back of the head some express
it they say terrorist Muslim what do you
say about this I really want to say who
are you on the sight of Allah I really
care about who am I in the side of my
Creator Allah told me in the Quran that
you belong to the
best you are the best umah you are
Muslims the best umah and I'm talking to
you brothers and I'm talking to the
audience as well you see Allah braised
me but not because of my birth because
of I do the things which makes me a
Muslim again which makes me the best um
in that context like to be a Muslim you
have to do we said earlier the work
exactly if you want to belong to the
best um you have to enjoy good forbid
evil you have to believe in Allah that's
who I am in the sight of
Allah listen you're here to please your
your lord you're not here to please the
people and actually our messenger told
us that if you
try if you actually try to please people
at the expense of Allah Allah subana
will make those people displeased with
you the same person like a typical
Muslim now he shies away from praying at
work because he's afraid to make his
boss upset I'm telling you you're making
your boss happy at the expense of Allah
your boss will fire you please Allah and
if you try to please Allah subhah wa
tala but you act like a Muslim so don't
act like a weirdo I mean let's balance
here let's let's balance you have you
have try to have the character of a
Muslim you see if you want to look like
a Muslim also have the character of a
Muslim I'm sorry some of these judgments
that n Muslims make or they have some
ground for it we have Muslims who do not
act like Muslims his name is Muhammad
but he's not acting like one we got to
also have the character as well if you
do this if you if you're a Muslim you're
in the business of pleasing your lord
and you carry yourself as a Muslim
character wise I care less what people
say about me so what about now that's
for the the Muslim what about the
non-muslim never heard this word Allah
he never you know had this experience
with any of these Arabic terms but all
he saw was Fox News CNN and they show
things blowing up and they show a guy
with a beard Arab looking and they right
away stigmatized and they think like
Arab Muslim terrorists these are this is
we're talking to the non-muslim now have
you had this experience to what what do
you tell them I I I share with them um
you know I was brought up in Egypt yeah
and this is a real story here tell us
tell us
sh and they told us throughout history
the Brits are bad the Brits are bad the
Brits Bri Bri British British yeah they
occupied Egypt they killed those people
it's
brainstorming brainwashed brainwashing
brainwashed
so um you know I went to school in KIRO
and I it's maybe the first time I
revealed myself I was by profession I
used to be a tour guide in Egypt guess
who was my first clients a British
British and I said no way uhhuh we're
still friends till now yeah I mean
friends in the sense of we we
communicate yeah low key kind of thing
but
listen you taste hate if you hate you
taste the bitterness of hate if you hate
you taste that you taste that you you're
going to be you're not going to be happy
and it is unfair and I'm really speaking
to you here it is unfair to hate
somebody who does not deserve your hate
listen I'm like you you know I'm like
the Patricia and Jo you know I take the
trash out every day and I try to clean
the house and I'm just somebody who's
trying to please his Lord you know and
this is my path to happiness in this
world and I want the next life I'm
really wanting the next life and that's
who I am but I wish no harm for you uh
you know Allah told us that we cannot
force people to our way we can only
explain it to them and it's their call
and let's leave it this way one more one
more before we get into our main topic
but he says look but your religion now
from what they've been told we know this
is falsehood he says teaches you to
strap a bomb on yourself blow down
buildings 911 and you know just cause
havoc on Earth does Islam teach this
that's all bogus bogus I like you picked
up that bogus that's bogus yeah baseless
baseless let's look at the text okay
don't don't just listen in any religion
there are people who you know take it
out of context in any religion Christian
Christianity and Judaism so let's
inspect let's look at the text what the
text teaches and I'm willing to
entertain that if if if we want to
debate this yeah the religion the
sanctity of the human life does not
differentiate between a Muslim and a
non-muslim every human life has a
sanctity and you as a Muslim is required
to observe and keep that sanctity you
cannot take the life of another person
unjustly it's out of line Islam has
nothing to do with it no no we're going
to we're going to end with that note for
for until we get back here on the dean
show don't go anywhere we have much more
to discuss with SH Abdul kareim we'll be
right
back and if we're going to worship
something I figured I might as well
worship the Creator instead of any of
the
Creations now in upon investigating all
the religions I remember finding out the
meaning of what Islam is what a Muslim
is those who surrender theel to God is a
Muslim those who surrender submit to God
God's will that is it Islam was pure it
was just you just pray to God your
creator back here on the dean show with
our special guest and we are going to be
I opened the show I said look you're
going through drama you're going through
hard times we all are it's a test we
know that but when you have the Creator
on your side it's a smooth ride right
right so now the person's like his
life's up upside down his children are
disobeying them the kids are swearing
cursing disrespecting the parents you
know it's all Havoc but then when you go
these are Muslim individuals and we're
not trying to just you know disparage on
anybody put nobody down but we want to
evaluate so we can give the proper
medicine right and Islam has all the
cures and all the solutions for all the
ills that are out there now when you
talk and you have you're an Imam you
talk to the people do you see that when
you start talking to some people about
their life you see like you evaluate you
ask questions and one of the main things
is they're not even making the Salah and
you're wondering why your your your
house is upside down you didn't teach
your children to submit to the crater
and now they're submitting to all the
pop stars the movie stars and now you're
wondering why you have hell in your
house Islam is like a medicine Edie you
have to take it you have to swallow it
in order to get well you cannot pretend
to be one you have to walk the walk like
they say in America
you have to fulfill the
commands and do it with the intention of
pleasing your lord and you will see the
impact of this um I run a you know a
question and answer show and and I get
people calling me all the time Muslims
about depression you know I know I I
should direct them to somebody who can
give them medicine but if they call the
shik that means they are looking maybe
for some help from a religious
perspective you know the first question
I ask them is do you pray five times
wonderful question do you pray five
that's your medicine yes you know the
answer is no suban Allah I said okay
imagine that I'm a doctor okay I'm going
to write a prescription right here for
you pray five times I know you called me
I'm I'm I'm not a doctor I'm sure there
for for depression I don't want to
dismiss that there are some medical
treatment for it I'm not dismissing that
but he called the shik he called an IM
so I told him here is a prescription
pray five times and please visit me in 2
months yeah that's the way that's the
way it is that's if you want to benefit
you see when you submit to Allah you
will have that Harmony U probably I'm
talking to non-muslims you see look how
we are fashioned you're made of two
components together Body and Soul two
two put together okay uh the prophet
sallallah Ali wasallam told us that uh
when we become a sperm and then you know
after 120
uh uh 120 days in the womb of the mother
then an angel comes and blows the soul
uh in in that little flesh and then we
die how we die when the soul leaves the
body okay let's leave everything here
and Len how do you nourish your body
what do you do what do you do you eat
eat drink work out yeah what about the
soul have you ever thought that your
soul needs food your soul needs
nourishment you know the nourishment of
the soul is submission submission to God
that is why when you pray you feel at
peace when you recite the Quran you feel
at peace when you fast you feel at peace
anytime that because you're nourishing
your soul and that is how you strike the
balance between the two the body and
soul you become happy and content you
see we need we we need to be aware also
that Satan uh uh is smart he introduce
some substance uh that can help the soul
but it has side effects smoke
weed makes you high mhm um drinking
makes you high but side effects and it
will kill you at the end because it is
the wrong nourishment for your soul but
the right nourishment is submission and
that's how it is and uh that's how every
Muslim need to look at it if you're
seeking happiness in this world do the
work that Allah subhah wa tala ask you
to do to show your submission to Allah
subhana wa tala and you will inherit the
next life but again do it in the basis
ofas sincerity you're doing it for Allah
subhah wa tala now some people okay
they're they start praying right and
they think they're going to experience
now they're going to be floating in the
air or something you know because you
see a lot of these uh different groups
up there Mystics and that and you know
they start to you know have you thinking
like you're going to be somewhere in the
heavens like oo but now you're praying
and the guy's like well I'm not okay
you're talking about you know I'm
supposed to be feeling something but
it's it's difficult you know I'm
standing here I got a prostrate go down
and I'm not floating in the the air you
know what I mean so what's what's it's
not working so they stop praying is this
what we're supposed to be experiencing
you see you see I'm just laugh it's true
isn't it it is very true just the the
way that you present it is very
interesting Mystic and that thing you
see that's that that approach is a weird
approach but let me tell you something
you know when Satan refused to bow down
to Adam and then he was rejected yeah he
said what to I will be in the straight
path for for for your the children of
Adam anytime that they want to do
goodness I will be out there and there's
a story that probably mentioned in the
books that some guy came to IM abif and
he said to him I have hidden a treasure
somewhere and and I don't remember can
you help me find it he said I man asked
me about a fatwa or something I can't
help you with that stuff but listen why
didn't you go and wa again so he asked
who he
asked the
IM yeah it's a story that mentioned in
the book so he he's asking him I can't
find my I can't find my treasure and he
said I got time for that I can't help
you I mean what but listen ask me about
like the about religious stuff so but he
he said to to him what why didn't you do
this why didn't you go make wo and
intend that you going to pray all night
tonight mhm allahar the first ra you
know what here remembered where the
treasure is he left he did not even
complete the ra he left and he found he
just left the pray he did the wrong
thing now yeah yeah Satan you see in
Salah Satan actually reminds you with
your problems and offers you the best
Solutions MH and I'm sure the the
viewers can relate to this but after you
say theah you forget everything why
because it's a struggle the presence of
the Mind the presence of the heart and
this St takes time to develop this takes
time to to reach that stage but at the
end of the day also you're not going to
fly in the air or anything like that no
flying no no no I mean please come on I
mean it's enough that you feel that
you're you're you're in front of Allah
subhah waala it's enough that you're you
feel like you're speaking to Allah Allah
subhana says
Muslim the word he means when my servant
says
ald then Allah says my servant has
praised
me exalted
me glorified me actually you're speaking
to Allah enough why why do we stand in
the Salah we're supposed to look down
the way where we prostrate because Allah
subhana is looking at you and you show
humility and and and humbleness when you
prostrate the Clos position to Allah
that is enough you're the closest to the
Creator when when you put when you place
your forehead in the
ground the closest position to Allah is
when you're prostrating so make a lot of
Dua enough that feeling that you're you
know out there and if you're going
through hardship you know help me some
patience you know if Allah subhana
blessed you with something say
alhamdulillah
say alhamdulillah if you have made a
committed a sin ask Allah to forgive it
enough that you're communicating
connecting with Allah subhanahu waala
but flying up in the air and come on SO
can it before we go to break is it safe
to say can we say that it takes work
okay it takes work it takes discipline
but if you do it you'll feel the
benefits will come that's a guarantee
absolutely but you have to come to Allah
with a sincere heart sincere heart work
on it work on it don't give up all don't
give up you may actually encounter one
Salah that it's not happening but then
the next Salah will happen but if you
keep working on it keep keep forcing it
it will come try Focus try to focus okay
you see some people like praying and
then you know they're looking around
what is it it's not acceptable no
absolutely guy praying why is he looking
at me the prophet
say what's wrong with people who raise
their their Visions in the air no you're
imagine you're standing in front of a
cup mhm mhm you're standing in front of
Allah imagine you're standing in front
of the cup will you look away no look me
into the eye say that come you're
standing in front of Allah and that is
why you're supposed also to have a Sutra
in front of you to prevent people a
barrier to prevent people from authentic
Hadith is it yes absolutely absolutely
you could you overcome it by going to
the side you could do this it doesn't
have to be necessary but Sutra is the
ideal but basically you don't want
anybody to disconnect that connection
with your creator this is what you need
five times a day imagine having this
five times five times a day that's the
prescription now five times a day and if
the doctor gave you the prescription you
take it Allah has given it to you take
it we'll be right back with more here in
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alone back here on a Dean show and we're
talking about the prescription the Salah
the prayer the one who is testify that
there's nothing worthy of worship except
the one who created everything in the
universe he's one and alone he doesn't
have a co-equal co- partner as soon as
you put someone next to God you mess the
whole thing up isn't it that's the pure
monotheism Jesus is not God no one's God
God is God and it's beautiful beautiful
isn't it it feels good it makes sense it
matches your f it does I love talking
about it well it's listen it's the way
it is that's how you feel and um
actually the the closest you see what
mess this is the society is the
community is the the people making up
all these fairy tales about who God is
but if you really check out in your own
self you know who God is God is uniquely
one he is not three he's not made of no
son no nothing of that God is God and um
you know you brought up the issue of the
Salah you know they Define Iman Iman
Eddie Iman has two
ends heart which Creed that you believe
in Allah who Allah
is who the angels are the set the six
tenants of Faith Allah Angels Messengers
books day of Resurrection yes so
maintaining a firm believ in those will
lead to you acting upon it acting like
we're talking about the Salah why
Muslims are negligent of the Salah when
they know the first question they will
be asked ask in the day of Resurrection
is the Salah first question the first
question number one number one question
imagine imagine I'm telling you you're
going to take a test on Monday I mean
Monday is the beginning of the week
that's why I chose it but nothing
special about it and listen the first
test is so and so and you cannot take
the restk of the test without passing
that test and here is the answer what
are you going to do you're going to
memorize it word by word because if you
mess up that question if you mess up the
answer for this question question that
means you're done the prophet sallam
tells
you the first thing that a person will
be questioned about in the day of
Resurrection is Salah if it is sound
then we'll look at the rest of your days
otherwise you're not moving forward
you're done you're done so now I want to
take you back to the issue of the Creed
here the Creed if that person really the
conditions on that day the day of
Resurrection it's miserable it's
miserable if he knows that he was going
to be standing in front of Allah the
prophet
s
says none of you but Allah will speak to
Allah will ask you about the Salah if
you that
verse whoever is concerned about
standing in front of Allah and having to
answer that question why you didn't pray
five times huh oh well I had the soap
opera well I the football game it always
came at the time of the well I had no
you were worshiping that yeah yeah cuz
you love that you love that more than
this yeah yeah so uh the issue here is
let's make sense this life is short the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam says
the lifespan of my um is between 60 and
70 years
old but you could die tomorrow you could
die tomorrow and you could live more
than that but I'm talking about the
overall average of the that's 60 years
imagine the day Resurrection is 50,000
years long Subhan Allah 50,000 years
long you're going to be asked about what
you done and the first thing that you're
going to be asked about is the Salah
again I want to the Creed that's the
problem with a lot of Muslims a lot of
Muslims are not aware of who Allah is
that when you stand in the Sol standing
front of Allah subhana wa tala that they
are supposed to pray because there is a
day of Resurrection they don't know the
events of that day and that is why they
are not mobile Iz they are not motivated
to pray five times they say why should I
pray because he doesn't understand this
an invitation to those who do not pray
go back and study the day of
resurrection and the events of this day
and you will see you will wake up for f
on time to pray sh only a few more
questions we're almost out of time tell
us people stand in line on on what they
call they Black Friday they want to get
a 10% 20% discount people 5 in the
morning you know about this day right
and people are waiting and then you know
they want to get the new Michael Jordans
and the stores open and they like you
know bum rushing each other and they're
up early Muslims in line too this is a
shame but fuder comes they don't wake up
so we want people to get up to pray on
time to to to be committed to doing the
right thing so they don't have to you
mention 50,000 years waiting in line
tell us for the one who's humbled
himself in front of his Lord he's trying
to do the best that he can he's praying
five times a day and you know sincerely
you know doing his best will this day be
shortened for him will this may be easy
will feel different for the believer
Allah abbar and that's how how it is you
know I always go back to that that's a
scary thing you know you wait and lying
at the post office so you can agitate it
you're like come on but man this day for
the believer it will be listened it will
feel different actually the prophet
sallam mentioned that the duration
before
rcking the duration before rck is going
to feel like the sun is about to set
until it sets but for the believer but
for the other one standing for long
actually they will go to the prophets
and The Messengers to please go
intercede for Allah to begin judgment
they will actually request The
Messengers they will go to Adam then no
then ibraim then M then Isa then said
Muhammad please let's get out of this
mess and wasallam will say am for it am
for it am for it and he will go to
intercede for mankind even for the
people who make cartoons out of him they
will go big him on that day the people
who make fun out of him the people who
call him all these names they will
actually B the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam the day of Resurrection to take
them out of that uh for Allah subhana T
to come in a way that fits him in order
to begin judgment last closing we only
got 30 seconds closing comments
suggestions for the people been
struggling with their identity
struggling to wake up for fuder you know
what they do everything else but they're
not working to please the crater and we
really got to get on the ball because
death is a reality just in 30 seconds
what advice do you have for him the
prophet loves you he loves you dearly he
loves you
dearly he's the only only one in the day
of Resurrection who will be saying my
followers my followers my followers
everyone else including the friend of
Allah
ibraim he will be be
saying you know in his bed of
death in his bed of death he used to say
what Salah are you negligent of the
Salah that is why you're
unhappy come on
come on get on your feet start praying
and learn how to pray start praying you
will see in a month or two how much this
will impact you and will impact everyone
around you including your own family
thank you shay so much for being with us
may may Allah reward you thank you we
are thank you and that was some
wonderful advice I mean think about it
death can approach us at any time turn
off the TV you can have a heart attack
you can go outside get in a car accident
death can reach you and you want to be
prepared and for the one who is
submitted to the Creator alone and not
his creation worshiping only the one God
the one who created this whole universe
and everything in it the one who is
going to judge you on a j of judgment
did you hear that did you hear that the
first thing you'll be asked about is the
prayer and if that's in line then we can
talk about the next but if it's not
there's nothing to talk about so for the
Muslims those who have submitted to the
will of God establish the prayer not 4
32 or one time a day five times a day
and connect with the most loving the
most kind the creator of the heavens and
earth connect with him and he forgives
all sin come to him with a sincere heart
but don't disconnect because you'll be
disconnected be connected through the
prayer through the Salah and continue to
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