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alhamdulillah which means peace be unto
you the same greeting that Moses greeted
his followers with the same greeting
that Jesus greeted his followers with
and the same greeting that the last and
final messenger sent to mankind greeted
his follow is with and that is the
greetings of Peace by the way it's the
same way of life the same way of life
that Jesus by the way called his
followers to and Moses and Abraham and
all the messengers of God which was that
way that way of submission to the one
God worshiping him alone and not his
creation this is that way of life that
we're calling you to here today Islam
and this is what we're talking about
some of the beautiful teachings that the
last and final messenger brought for all
of mankind so we're going to be talking
about something that all of us are going
to have to face something that is very
serious but many of us are forgetting
about it not thinking about it death are
you prepared for it it's coming you got
an appointment with it so we're going to
be discussing it not according to our
whims and desires but according to the
last and final Revelation sent to
mankind which is the Quran and the
authentic teachings of the last and
final messenger who was sent to man
so we have somebody who is very well
versed with the verbon word of God the
Quran and the teachings of the last and
final messenger when we come back we're
going to be talking to him so sit tight
you don't want to go nowhere be right
back on the dean
show
Allah there's only one and muham is his
messenger Allah
Allah there's only one God and Jesus was
his
messenger I don't know why I did that
maybe maybe it's just to break the
ice how are you aldah it's good to have
you back here with us good to be here
always today on this show and we're
going to continue on inshallah God
willing to talk about something that
should on the minds of the people
something that is very important you
know if you got an examination at school
you don't doze off you you know you
study for it but this exam this
appointment that we have death many
people they're not thinking about it so
let's start with this why do you think
this is something that people tend to
either make a joke about they think this
is something left for the movies
something that you know it's you know
they know they're going to face it but
they just ignore it and then if somebody
tries to someone who is serious who
tries to bring something up about this
is something odd you know what they
change the subject make a u-turn go the
other way and just dodge it why do you
think this is
shd the reason this is happening in most
of the human beings unless those who
Allah subhana T have mercy on that are
basically in state of forgetfulness the
same way they would seek intoxications
to feel good about themselves to be in a
state of not in their mind and not to be
serious of what is coming ahead this is
a serious diseases that we need to as
Muslims to educate ourselves and to
educate others about the reality of
things we're not trying to be
pessimistic and call people to be sad
and misery in life actually it's the
opposite when somebody's knowing what is
coming ahead and being serious about it
and taking the precautions and the means
to have a good way of life in this life
and the happiness in it and what comes
after for people just to S to think and
Allah subhana tala in the Quran he
called people to ponder over things not
to be always seeking ways of
intoxication is just being in state of
forgetfulness to think and to ponder
over how things are around us and it's
mentioned in the Quran when it comes to
death for us as Muslims it's not a time
of being sad and misery when we remember
death because this is the order of Allah
subhana waa Allah says in
thean that Allah subhana T is the most
exalted he's the one that created life
and death for for what purpose so that
he would test you among you who is the
best of the Deeds among you so God Allah
subhana tal is the most wise so death is
not just something that happens without
a wisdom like this happens by the Great
and the perfect wisdom of Allah subana
wa tala for the test of the human beings
and for them to prepare themselves and
it's a period of time that we have to
live on this Earth and then after that
everybody shall return to Allah subh T
you know what there's you know when when
we hear some of these Arabic terms we
got a lot of non-muslims and they hear
you go uh this uh sound going off but
now that's warning us that we need to
Define some words they heard the term
Muslim and they heard the term Allah T
so can you take a second before we
continue on just to Define what a Muslim
is and what Quran is and what is uh
Allah so people have more familiarity
with these terms the word Muslim means
someone that submitted himself to the
creator of the heavens and the Earth and
if actually we take away the word Muslim
and the word Islam and we just talk
about the translation of it I think this
is what every human being should detest
to and should believe in we are created
we are creation of the creator of the
heavens and the Earth and most of the
human being they believe in the creator
of the heavens and the Earth and they
know that he is the provider that he's
the Creator but how many of them they
submit themselves totally to him and
this submission as you mentioned in the
beginning of the show that it's the job
of every messenger that God had sent to
the human beings from Adam peace be upon
him all the way to Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam going through
all the messengers Abraham and Moses and
Jesus and Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasallam they came with that same
message which is Islam Islam is not just
some letters here that has no meaning to
it it means submit yourself to the
creator of the heavens and the Earth and
it's not referring to a human being or a
certain organization or a culture or
anything like that it's the same Main in
the core of the human being in his
nature that he wants to turn to the
creator of the heavens and earth and
Allah subhah wa tala he's the creator of
the heavens and earth the almighty and
the same word is used in in Aramaic and
in Arabic and it's a unique word that
nothing is the like of him but when you
say God you can make it a plural you can
say Gods you can say goddess feminine
masculine things of that nature but when
you say Allah it's nothing is the like
of it and he is nothing is the like of
him and he's the all hearer the all SE
as it's mentioned in the Quran all right
great so they don't probably have to
take that a class not quite yet so all
right good so now the uh non-muslim he
can kind of get a better understanding
and that's what we're here for trying to
help you develop a better understanding
on this unique way of life that is For
All Mankind now tell us what are some of
the benefits when you think about death
you said that this is not a call to
pessimism it's actually something good
to think about death what are some of
the benefits of a human being when he
thinks about death and he takes a time
out from just work work money money work
work party party party and he thinks
about death cuz this is primarily what
people do work Money Party when they get
out of this and they think about death
talk to us if somebody for example will
be told that an enemy will come and
attack you and enter this room on you at
a time that you don't know when but it's
definitely happening what would be that
state of that person either he will just
ignore that fact and just keep drinking
wine for example trying to forget this
matter it's not going to push P it away
it's going to happen no matter what or
he should take the matter seriously and
prepare himself so that when the attack
comes he'll be able to defend himself
and win yeah so who is among the two is
the most wise one who prepares yeah
everybody will agree to this and this is
why the issue of death every single
human being believes in whether it's a
Believer a disbeliever someone that is a
deviant someone that is on the straight
path everybody believes that one day he
has to depart from this life so if this
is a fact
the most wise among the human beings are
the ones that would take the matter
serious and get to search and see the
truth what is after death if a person
ask himself these questions sincerely
and then since he realized and believes
that in the creator of the heavens and
the Earth and if each person have his
own wisdom in doing things this cup he
here for for a reason this desk is for a
reason just things doesn't happen by
itself like this and the same way why
God created life and death for a purpose
and that is to worship ship him alone
and to submit to him and to follow his
revelations in for example the last
Revelation which is the Quran and the
sunah of the Prophet Sall Ali wasall so
the Quran tells us that this death that
everybody runs away from flee away from
the most rich man on the face of Earth
he would spend all of his wealth to save
himself from Death the most precious
thing in one's life is his own life and
life is so precious of course but Allah
subhana wa tala taught us in the Quran
and in the Sunnah thei and the sayings
of the Prophet sallallahu alhi wasallam
that since this is something that is
coming prepare yourself for it and if
you prepare yourself for it you'll have
the better and the best life in this
world you're not intoxicated anymore
you're having the happiness the real one
in this life and you will take it with
you in the Everlasting one and if you
see the wisdom of Allah subhana wa tala
on this Earth that life is so limited
and every person has his own set of
amount of breaths in number once the
last one comes life is over and then
everybody shall return to Allah subhana
T the prophet peace be upon him
sallallahu alaihi wasallam he said a
very beautiful Hadith when he saw a
janaza janaza meaning a funeral that was
passing passing by he said this janaza
this funeral the person that died either
that he will be comfortable now or
people will be comfortable by him
departing from this world he's one of
two MH and he said the first type is the
believer he is going to the Comfort to
the real Comfort going to the mercy of
Allah subhana tala Allah subhana T is
the most merciful and we see this Mercy
all all around us and for the Believers
they return back to the mercy of Allah
subhana wa tala but the one the
disbeliever the human beings and the
animals and all that exists now they
have more Comfort by him departing
because he was a mean of spreading
corruption on the face of Earth and
bringing sins and so on so knowing this
and knowing also that the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam he
said which means remember death a lot if
you say that to a normal person he would
say why you want us to have a miserable
life it's not it's when you remember it
that means you will prepare yourself for
it that means you will be more real and
when you're more real you'll you'll
taste the real sweetness of happiness
and not the one that is just in state of
forgetfulness Yeah you mentioned and you
told us before one Hadith one saying of
the last and final messenger encouraging
actually running Sports you remember
this
Islam encourages not to be some who just
isolated woring in the house all day not
getting out Society so to be the best
husband to be the best human being
possibly that you can be according to
how God wants you to be Allah correct so
now by thinking about death I want you
to tell us because have you heard this
saying where the last and final
messenger had said the best among you
are those that are the best in manners
and the uh the most intelligent among
you are the ones who think of death
often right now somebody might think
like intelligent don't I have need a
doctor's degree PhD this is intelligent
but what do he mean by this now the real
smart person is the one that knows
what's coming ahead and prepar himself
for it that's the main difference
between the human beings and animals
animals they just follow their immediate
desire they don't look ahead yeah for
the human being we look ahead a person
goes to school for years because he know
the outcome of it that he would make
money whatever there is and this is what
Allah subhana T ordered us in the Quran
that we look even more than that not to
just to be limited in the tightness of
this life but to look at the
spaciousness of this life and the
Hereafter and that is to prepare
ourselves for the Hereafter does that
mean that a person would run away from
this world and go to the desert or the
jungle that somewhere and just isolate
himself because some groups of people on
the face of earth when they thought and
pondered over this reality it took us
away in extremism and other group
because of what they saw and thought
that this is what happens to people when
they think about death they ignored this
fact completely and they said let's just
enjoy whatever we have and when death
comes it comes and doesn't matter what
happens to us afterwards and this is
both ways of course is not the proper
way the proper way is to realize that we
have to depart from this life and to
understand that this life is nothing but
a passage to the Hereafter a person
would not enter Paradise Jenna unless he
do the right work in this life and a
person would enter the house fire as a
result of their actions in this life so
we need to make this life in such a
beautiful way so that it's the mean for
us to the happy one in the Hereafter and
the prophet wasallam said in a very
beautiful Hadith to stress this fact in
the life of the Muslims he said if the
hour occurs the day of judgment is
occurring now and in the hand of one of
you fail a bud or a grass or or a plant
planted in the ground what the day of
judgment is happening why should I do
that it shows the attitude that no
matter what as long as we are living in
this life we have a purpose in it we do
what is good we do what is needed to be
to establish the acts of worship on this
face of Earth and to make everything
have the the proper and the perfect
sense in which everything fits in the
worship of the creator of the heavens
and earth alone yeah this is amazing I
can just continue listening to you we
we're almost out of time so I want to
hit a few more points with all the
distractions with all the things that
are the advertisements everywhere you go
especially living in the west you have a
lot of things calling you to materialism
calling you to some kind of Solace
feeling that if you buy this you're
going to feel good if you get this
you're going to you know win that peace
how can we avoid being deceived and is
this a deception and how can we get on
that way the way of being of the way of
all the prophets of God and being
successful in this life and the
Hereafter give us a blueprint
well with this is if a person realize
that he has a purpose in this life and
that he has to leave it to go to the
next one then he would seek this
knowledge from the creator of the
heavens and earth when we read the last
Revelation from Allah to the human
beings in the Quran and in the teachings
of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam you'll have orders and many
many orders not to be deceived in the
Quran it clearly states the proper
understanding of things it will say that
they say such a thing but the truth is
this it makes the person see in the
proper Vision with his heart what is
right and what is wrong so that he would
have the patience to be steadfast on the
truth so not to be deceived by holding
fast to the Revelation from Allah in
anything that we have in this life there
are physical means that we have and
there are the means that are mentioned
in Revelations physical means everybody
agreed to it and everybody believe in it
but when it comes to the me means of
Revelation the rise and fall of Nations
what is would benefit the person in its
life and the Hereafter this is the only
place that we can get it is from the
revelation of the creator of the heavens
and earth from the Quran and the Sunnah
of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam so people need to First think
and see what is their purpose of their
life and they need to search for the
truth and if they are sincere in that
search then Allah Wills he will guide
them to see the truth and to read the
Revelation from Allah subhana wa tala
and then they will would take matter
seriously and they won't be intoxicated
anymore they would see that this is has
a purpose in it and they would hold fast
to the religion of Islam and not to be
deceived by these materialistic things
Islam does not forbid things that are
materialistic we eat we drink we get
married we have children we enjoy our
life in this life right because God
created us in such a way that we tend to
like the things that are present here it
is not forbidden for us it's not
something that is a sinful thing to
enjoy our life but what is sinful is to
be forgetfulness to use the Beauty and
the treasures in this life to be in
state of forgetfulness and not to
worship the creator of the heavens and
earth one important Hadith and I believe
I mentioned it before that clarifies the
goals and means to us uh the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam he said that
Allah subhana T
said that we had revealed wealth money
so that the prayers are
established so the means is all thing
that is present in this life must and
everything like that there's nothing
wrong with that but should be it should
be used in the purpose of establishing
the acts of worship and establishing
this purpose of life that should never
Escape our minds and constantly a way to
help us to do that because there's so
much Temptations to remember that one
day we have to leave this world that's
why the prophet peace be upon him
sallallahu alaihi wasallam he ordered us
to increase the remembrance of death in
another narration it says because if you
in time of ease and you might slip away
in state of forgetfulness the
remembrance of death death will get you
back on track and if you are in misery
you lost a loved one you are you lost
wealth or whatever there is if you
remember death it will make it easy for
you so in both ways a person will be
happier if he would constantly remember
death and then he would be stead Fest on
the straight path and worship the
creator of the heavens and earth alone
that makes a lot of sense you got a lot
of people out there that now are
procrastinating and they are not adamant
about searching for the truth they might
have tuned on and they're watching the
show now we want to create this sense of
urgency because when they flick through
the next Channel they might see some
things that we would consider
unappropriate they might maybe go to
watch a football game basketball there's
nothing wrong with that but continuously
just doing this and spending time you
know working money and now they just
think that I'll deal with it when it
comes this attitude of not leaving off
sin not leaving off the things that your
conscious is already telling you that
it's bad just getting more into just
maybe the club scene going out with
friends partying dating fornicating
adultery you know gambling drinking
drugs and all these things and you know
death uh I'll just think about it when
it happens we want to try to get people
on the right path and can you give some
advice and some admonishment towards
this and then we'll give him the Glad
Tidings right Allah subhana wa tala the
creator of the heavens and the Earth he
mentioned many verses in the Quran that
talks about this fact in the human being
that warning them not to be deceived by
their wealth and their families and the
materialistic things in this life till
the moment of death comes and then the
person would say which means oh my oh my
Lord let me return back so that now
after he see the reality of things after
we see the angels of death coming to
take his soul now he wants to go back
for what reason not to accumulate more
wealth not to be in state of
forgetfulness as he was before but to do
the things that would benefit him in the
everlasting life so this is the time of
regret that bef Falls onto the person
that is dying is worse even than the
physical punishment being thrown into
the hire we know what regret means and
that's why the person when he take the
matter seriously he would save himself
from this moment of regret at the moment
of death if you compare this moment to
the moment of someone else where Allah
subh says in the Quran and by the way
there is no goodness in our life unless
we Warn and give Glad Tidings not from
our own words but from the revelation of
Allah as Allah says in the
Quran I warn you by the Revelation
nothing but the revelation of Allah he
said about those who are
believers those who would say our Lord
is Allah and they were steadfast on the
truth on the submission of the to the
creator of the heavens and the
Earth the angels will come down unto
them at the moment of death with two
things
things do not have the fear of what's
coming ahead which every human being
they fear death because they do know
they do not know what's going to happen
to them afterwards so the angels will
come and comfort them do not have the
fear of what's coming ahead and do not
grieve and be sad of what you're leaving
behind and this at the moment of death
you find people worries of about what's
coming ahead and they have loved ones
they have children they have wealth and
they're very sad that they're leaving
this behind them but for the Believers
and only for the Believers they will be
given the good news with regarding to
what's coming ahead and what's their
leaving behind and then it would
say and we are your supporters and your
the the ones that supported you in this
life and in the Hereafter and Allah
subhana T give you the Glad Tidings of
Jenna the paradise that Allah had
prepared for the Believers so for the
Believers while he while he's dying at
the moment of death people around him
are sad and crying and things of that
nature but for him he doesn't want to
come back to this world he is happy he
is content and pleased with the rewards
from Allah this is amazing so this is
for the Believers you said Believers now
tell that person that who doesn't have
peace and who's being sincere with
himself and he is looking for peace and
he wants to be among the Believers what
do we mean when we say a Believer and
how could a that believer now have peace
in his life the believer is the one that
subject himself to the mercy of the
creator of the heavens and the earth and
the mercy of the creator of the heavens
and the Earth is so vast he's the one
that created he's the one that provides
he's the one that with his will I can
raise my hand and I put my hand down so
that's why it's the worst Injustice that
a person can do on the face of Earth is
to worship other than him Y zakar which
is John the Baptist one of the
messengers of Allah the messenger of
messengers of Al Islam calling people to
the submission of Allah subhana tala he
called people with five words one of
which when he gathered the children of
Israel and he told them that Allah God
orders you to worship Him Alon not to
associate partners with him and he gave
him an example that pertained to the
environment that they were in he said
the example of this is that you have a
man that purchased a slave with his own
wealth and he told him that this is my
house and this is my work do the work
and give me what you earned but instead
the slave
he worked but he gave the earnings to
someone else so he said who among you
would like for his slave to do that
right and then he said God the creator
of the heavens and the earth created you
and provided for you so why do you
worship other than him that's why it's
the worst Injustice and that's why when
a person dies in such a state he
deserves to be punished because he
committed that Injustice against his own
self when the mercy of Allah is so vast
calling the people with all the things
that we see around us reminding us of
the creator of the heavens and the Earth
just simply without no complications or
too much philosophy in it just worship
him alone and this is what the message
of Islam is and the final revelation of
Allah the Quran teach you teaches you
this does not teach you to to be blindly
following to another human being or
manipulated by the ideas of human beings
just basically submit yourself to the
creator of the heavens and the Earth and
follow the teachings of The Last of The
Messengers of Allah Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam in which is
his teachings it has the perfect way of
life in economy in politics and
mannerism in Acts of worship in
everything that you name it you'll find
a guidance in the Quran and in the
Sunnah of the prophet wasallam in it and
if you just don't want to take my words
for It Go and read it for yourself the
truth has a characteristic to it if you
read it sincerely if you see it you
would find the truth very clear no doubt
about it falsehood you would find so
much misery and so much doubts and so
much things in your heart but for the
truth it become very clear to you so
Islam is clear Islam by doing Islam you
get that peace that we're all looking
for right this is great thank you very
much for being with us sh than you and
I'd like to thank you for being with us
again here on the dean show thank you
all for the support alhamdulillah all
praises to the creator of the heavens
and earth who's given us this ability to
be with you and to sit with people such
as shik zadan that we can benefit from
and we let you benefit from and you
heard what he says some great advice
think about death and be optimistic that
there's something better out there for
you rather than just this world so don't
get caught up with all the trappings and
the Delights of this world put the time
in and invest now for the Hereafter be
the best human being that you can be
worshipping the one God Alone living
life how he wants you to live not living
life according to your
desires and this is the way of life that
all the messengers of God taught
including the last and final messenger
of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him
we hope to see you again next week on
The Dean show until then assalam alaykum
peace be unto
you it's cold it's
lame everybody
sleeping I
arise and ask a lot to forgive me oh
Allah you
see oh Allah you know
all the sins I
do I turn to you to forgive my sins of
my
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heart I'm your sinful
slave you're my love and
Lord I'm the one who runs
away oh Allah guide me