with no further Ado brothers and sisters
the
de there's only one word and muhamad is
his messenger
Allah
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 alhamdulillah
Alum peace be unto
you let's raise the roof here
Tu now that wasn't a war cry that was
what we were saying in Arabic God is
greater greater than anything that you
can
imagine alhamd peace be unto you welcome
to the dean show I'm Eddie your host and
we're in Washington DC
that's right Washington DC we're filming
today in front of a live studio audience
alhamdulillah all praise to the creator
of the heavens and earth I mentioned
Washington DC so did President Obama get
a invitation is he
here huh Allah gives guidance to who he
Wills alhamdulillah inshallah maybe
he'll get to see
this so
today my next guest we're going to be
talking about what do you stand for what
do you believe in what's dictating your
life are you on the bridge are you on
the edge are you confused you don't know
which way to go do you have your ID it's
very important that us as those who have
submitted ourselves to the one God not
to the creation of God but to the
creator of all that exists we know that
this way of life that was sent down by
the creator of the heavens and earth the
way of life that all the messengers of
God live they taught people they brought
the same message it was the same message
throughout time to submit your will to
the will of the one God and when you
have firm conviction in this this way of
life that's based on truth evidences
then you're proud to say I am one who
has submitted to the will of God I'm a
Muslim but
now you
start changing your name from Muhammad
to Mo you see your brother sister gives
you a Salam and you cover it up you're
you're nervous to give the piece back
you don't know your ID you you don't
have confidence in the Muslim ID you go
and you get dropped off to school and
then you end up turning the corner and
the hijab comes off you're doing it why
not because of Allah because of your
parents you fast what not because you
have firm conviction because what
because you want to lose weight because
your parents making you do it you're not
firmly convinced and we are going to be
talking with my next guest when we come
back on the dean show the importance of
knowing with full conviction that this
way of life is the truth from the
creator of the heavens and earth so when
you finish watching this show you can be
convinced knowing that I'm proud to be a
Muslim I have the Muslim identity
alhamdulillah this is something that I
stand firm on with my next guest when we
come back Imam Safi KH on the
show there'll always be someone that
will be there to say something negative
but at the same time there'll be someone
there to say something positive also
just hold on to the Rope of Allah
everything in this universe rely and
need Allah the Quran says don't kill
women don't kill children don't kill the
old people don't attack the civilians
this is what the prophet Muhammad
told said that the prophet never ever
start a war against
anybody I am not afraid of stand alone
I am not afraid to stand alone if a li
by I am not afraid to stand
alone I am not afraid to stand alone if
Li by I am not afraid to stand
alone I am not afraid to stand alone if
Li I am not afraid to stand alone
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Alum peace be with you
IM how are you alhamdulillah aldah how
are you doing alhamdulillah now we just
said something in Arabic so the not yet
Muslims who are out there they don't
have to take an Arabic class can you
define what you just said alhamdulillah
what does this mean alhamdulillah means
praise and thanks be to Allah that I'm
doing good and now some people you know
they're they're under this false
impression you said Allah now you got to
Define because again there's some
confusion they think whether are they
praising a moon
God Allah is the proper name of God for
us as Muslims as a matter of fact this
was a name that was used even by
previous generations even before Islam
as a matter of fact to this very day uh
Christians who speak Arabic they use the
name Allah or God mashallah
alhamdulillah so we're praising the
creator of all that exist the same God
that Jesus worship that Noah worshiped
the god that created the Sun and the
Moon that one Creator that's the praise
creator that we're praising and thanking
and I thank him that he's given us this
opportunity me and the audience here
that we can benefit from your knowledge
you've been doing this a long time so
you heard me open the show MO is going
to M Muhammad's going to Mo and Fatima's
going to fi and she's making up you know
taking the hijab off turning around the
corner not confident in her Muslim
identity the the brother also he's also
not confident doesn't have firm
conviction we want the people to be
confident to be Muslims what advice can
you give us
shake well living in the west uh it is a
big challenge
to to Define yourself as a Muslim but
really the word itself when you call
yourself a Muslim what does that mean
and if you look at the definition that
means one one who has submitted to Allah
one who has submitted to God and that's
where it really all starts
and the most basic thing for a Muslim is
their belief system so which is which we
Define in Islam or which we call in
Islam the AKA which means your Creed and
your faith and your whole belief system
so if that is strong if that is strong
in the heart of a Muslim Muslim then a
Muslim will not be shy in the way that
he or she behaves and the way that he or
she conducts himself or herself no
matter where they are because they know
first and foremost that Allah is
watching and that they're answerable to
Allah 17 times a day and during the
obligatory prayers a Muslim is saying fa
which is the opening chapter in the
Quran and in that one of the verses says
guide us us to the straight path guide
us to the straight path so it is a
continuous thing on a daily basis where
not only are we asking Allah to to uh
guide us but in at the same time we're
affirming our worship to Allah you alone
do we worship and from you do we seek
help so we seek his help to maintain
that identity to submit to him and to
continue practicing the way of Islam as
as as much as we possibly can now is it
important do you feel that once a person
has firm conviction because we know that
Islam that submission to the one Creator
not to a man not to a saint not to a
monkey not to an elephant not to the Sun
not to the moon but everything that God
created is not God but God is the one
that is responsible for maintaining us
giving in our giving us the air that we
breathe taking care of the bird in the
air the fish in the sea when we know
that this way of life that we're living
is not man-made it's not an organized
religion by man or men we'll be more
confident in it and does this take a
little bit of time to study it should
every person be dedicating so much time
to get this firm conviction by investing
the same amount of time you're investing
in school to be to get that PhD even to
get that g GED you have to study so
should people be studying Islam more to
get this firm conviction yeah of course
the this is one of the basic things
about Islam the very first word of
Revelation was to read that was the very
first word that was revealed Islam place
places a high premium on learning and
knowledge Prophet Muhammad may peace and
blessings be upon him he said that the
best of you is the one who learns the
Quran and then teaches it learns the
Quran and then teaches it in one saying
of his Hadith he said that uh seeking
knowledge is obligatory in every Muslim
man or woman so it is important for us
to learn about Islam but the more
importantly is to practice what you know
as you begin to practice your identity
will begin to show it will manifest
itself and people will know that you are
a Muslim because you carry yourself as a
Muslim you implement what you have
learned and the knowledge that you have
you begin to practice it and that's
what's going to make that's what
through that people will know
immediately that this is a Muslim like
when you speak you speak the truth you
don't lie when you when you greet uh
when you greet people you sayum which
means may may Allah's peace be upon you
and you it's like making a prayer for
them almost in every expression that you
make you use the word of Allah like if
you say for example that I'll meet you
tomorrow or I'll meet you after an hour
you'll say I'll meet you after an hour
insh
if God willing or if Allah Wills or if
you see something nice you would say
masallah that this is the will of Allah
and and so on and almost in every
expression that the Muslim uses they use
the name of Allah emphasizing the fact
that we submit to Allah and Allah is
always on our minds that's what makes a
Muslim different and that's what gives
him or her that idea that I am a Muslim
I've submitted to God now tell us do you
also feel sh that knowing the reasons is
it encouraged in Islam to ask questions
the the the the parents should they be
instilling in their children as they're
growing up why they're wearing hijab not
just saying okay you have to wear this
because my parents wor it my
grandparents were which this is just
part of our culture so when they're
asked at school why do you wear this oh
because my parents make me or they know
that this is the the the the fashion
that Allah revealed from the seven
Heavens he brought it down in the modest
way that a woman dresses to protect
herself that she's identifying the
believing woman and then knowing the
wisdoms behind it and the same reasons
why do I pray five times a day are they
encouraged to ask so then they're
confident to give these answers knowing
that there's substance there's meaning
behind this it's not just a bunch of
rituals and rules and now I'm just doing
it because my parents did it well when
we come to any practice in
Islam often even those people who don't
practice they criticize that well this
may may be too tough for me to do or
this this is looks strange it looks
weird and unfortunately a lot of Muslims
who whose faith is weak they are
affected by that as well actually the
bottom line is Islam is all about being
grateful to Allah and that's why when
when for example at the beginning of the
program when he asked me how are you
doing I said alhamdulillah meaning that
I praise Allah I thank Allah I'm
grateful to Allah for being here today
for giving me another minute to live to
be able to glorify Allah so the bottom
line really is how grateful we are to
Allah so if we want our children to
practice Islam our our sisters to wear
the hijab I think the first thing is for
everyone to realize children as well as
adults that Allah has done so much for
us that Allah has given us so much that
that Allah's blessings rain down upon us
day and night moment to moment and if
Allah has given us so much shouldn't we
be grateful to him and as part of our
gratitude let us do things that are
pleasing to Allah especially those
things that Allah has asked us to do so
among those things is wearing the hijab
that Allah has asked us to do this so
certainly if I understand that Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala loves me to such a
degree that he is so forgiving that
almost any I can I do so many things
that are wrong but Allah forgives me
Allah pardons me Allah gives me another
chance Allah is so merciful if I
understand those things I begin to
understand Allah's love for me and Allah
giving me chances not only in this life
but also in the Hereafter almost
everything that I do if I for example if
I do a good deed it doesn't count once
it counts 10 times or may it may even
count 700 times more or even even more
than that depending on my level of
sincerity so with a God of this nature I
would love to do anything that he asked
me to do and hence if that realization
is there then certainly I think our
sisters they would wear the hijab
willingly and not they wouldn't ever
feel that they're being forced to wear
it mashallah sh we're going to take a
break and we'll be right back with more
here on the dean
Show born about 60 years ago in former
today is Bosnia after second world war
you imagine today you have one child bu
too much it's important that we realize
that Islam is a gift so we believe that
in the teachings of Jesus what is left
there is truth in
there but the truth has been mixed up
with paganism and with nature worship
and so Islam has given you a pure
straightforward way of approaching
monotheism
back here on the dean show with SH Safa
thank you again for being with us now is
it enough that a
person just goes and utters let's say
some words in
Arabic Muhammed and now that person
doesn't pray doesn't fast Ramadan comes
around and you know they're at the Masid
and then the rest of the year they're
just like you know Allah is most
merciful most kind you'll understand I
got to work I got to make money I don't
really have time my boss if he sees me
taking the woodoo or putting my face on
the ground I might get fired I might not
get hired if I wear the hijab are you
firm in your Muslim identity when you're
thinking like this and this a way to
fall back on Allah's Mercy just saying
he's you
know and just continuing life like this
Ramadan Ramadan but forgetting about you
know your 24/7 obligations to Allah
Shake of course for us as Muslims
Islam is a complete way of life complete
complete way of life and it means that
in every step of the and every step that
we take every move that we make
everything that we say it is designed it
is supposed to please Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala and that's why in everything that
we do the first thing we're supposed to
do is to have the intention to do it
sincerely for Allah I think as long as
that's the case then not only won't we
be Ramadan Muslims we'll be year round
Muslims and the idea is to uh when you
practice Islam all the time that's when
your faith within yourself is going to
get stronger and stronger and stronger
but if you practice it you know
seasonally then obviously it's going to
be it's going to be weak uh I I would uh
remind you and remind all of us that
bearing a Muslim identity
is such a critical issue such a crucial
issue that you find that heavy efforts
are being made to divest the Muslim of
his or her identity for him or her to go
away from who or he from who he or she
is so it is critical for us not only to
educate ourselves but to provide venues
where we can begin to practice and so
people will become more and more
confident that yes what they're doing is
the right thing bearing in mind
especially that more and more people are
beginning to see the wisdom of Islam and
people are beginning to see that yes
Islam makes sense so this is in itself
inshallah will begin to give confidence
to the Muslims that look maybe I am on
to something I'm doing the right thing
mashallah alhamdulillah now I can't just
go ahead and have all the fun and ask
all the questions so when I'm by myself
or when we're with the team in the
studio I get to have all the fun but I I
want to get everyone else involved so if
anyone has some questions for the sh go
ahead now is your time to ask raise your
hand and we can come over and ask you
and let you ask some question don't be
shy now sister
right okay I have a quick question I
wanted to know the difference between a
messenger and a
prophet basically like was a Gabriel was
he like a messenger of course he's a
messenger but I want to know the exact
difference between what's a messenger
what's a prophet
there the question is what is the
difference between a messenger and a
prophet of course there are many
differences but just to briefly put it
uh a messenger is one who brings Allah
and a prophet basically a messenger is a
specialized category of a prophet so the
prophets they bring the message but the
messengers they they're more specialized
and they bring the law
I want somebody to ask a question who
knows a friend knows somebody that is
struggling with their Muslim identity
and you want them to inshallah be able
to see this or that person's here
whatever the case uhoh I got to run back
there
ask okay we need some people in the
front who's going to ask after this one
so I don't have to exercise here all
right sister
my mom she's a non-muslim and I just
want to know uh an advice how I can
uh I know Islam the best way to give
someone uh a diet or a message for
islamist to show by example but she's in
another country can you please give me
more detailed advice as how I can bring
her into Islam inshallah
I think um bearing in mind that your mom
is in another country uh I think the
best thing that you could do is of
course through your conduct through your
character that you are in touch with her
regularly whether through um through
email or through through the phone uh
and whatever you can do to try to visit
her or try to bring her uh near you uh
and then try to uh be righteous towards
her as much as you possibly can to try
to serve her uh try to do things for her
uh these are some things that would
really impress her and of course as you
begin to uh attend to her needs and
things of this nature uh as you begin to
have more and more conversations with
her whether through email or on the
phone uh you can begin to talk to her
about Islam and how beautiful Islam is
and how it's made an impact in your life
and how it can make an impact in her
life
mashallah do we have any not yet Muslims
here because everyone has the potential
to submit to the one God it's very
simple ah salam alaikum peace be with
you how are you what's your name Sam Sam
yeah thank you for being here at the
conference are you having a good time
yeah I'm having a very good time all
right all right go ahead and ask the
question um my question is mainly um can
you clarify Jihad it's like so I the use
a lot and it's kind of like
controversial it's a confusing issue for
people who are not in the Muslim faith
so can you just like give some
clarification and detail and exactly
what that is good question good question
Shay can you clarify he wants to know
Jihad holy war you hear it on the news
and people getting scared like the
boogeyman's coming please ask our guest
answer our guest question about Jihad
okay
Jihad actually it comes from the Arabic
word jada
which means to exert yourself to exert
your energy to do something and to be
serious about doing something so when
people hear the word Jihad which is a
noun of the verb J it means to basically
exert yourself to do
something and it could be for for
example uh when one goes on a diet and
one is trying to avoid various Foods
this could be considered a j because
you're exerting an effort to stay away
from certain things and it it's a
struggle within yourself and so on uh
sometimes when you um for example when
you you're studying at at a university
and it takes a lot of effort for you to
study and to stay up at night and to and
to uh to keep on studying and to make
sure that you do well on your exams and
you let go of things and you sacrifice
things you don't go to the regular
meetings or parties that you're uh used
to going you you your schedule is
totally different it to totally changes
this is a form of jihad Jihad when it
comes to Islam certainly does not mean
holy war uh there are many aspects of
jihad many different aspects of jihad
basically the issue is to struggle one
of the issues that the the media
concentrates on is that it just means
war war is one of the aspects of jihad
but again it's an absolute Last Resort
type thing and it is to defend oneself
and if necessary to go on the offense
but it is some it is there are like 13
14 different levels of this struggle
that comes and the first of course is to
uh to have the right belief to struggle
to have the right belief to to to learn
to practice to be patient to uh uh to go
get over over one's desires and things
of this nature so all these things are
involved uh in what we call Jihad and
again this is a very brief answer thank
you mashah we're going to take a break
Sam that was a excellent question and I
want every this is our VIP guest over
here I want everybody to to make an
effort to from the brothers to introduce
yourself to our special guest Sam and
we're going to take a break and we'll be
right back with more here on the dean
show is the the outside everything looks
good you see the $100,000 cars you see a
lot of diamonds you see a lot of females
and they think that this is you know
this is a life this is this is like you
know Paradise right here on
Earth not anyone's job to go into
someone's heart and change their heart
your job is to tell people what the
truth is and the reality of it is while
we're sitting here while I'm sitting
here constantly paying for the disease
the K was
free back here on the de show Shake
we're running out of time so if you can
now give some closing comments and
suggestions for those people out there
who agree with what's in their very
nature that I didn't create myself I
didn't just come from nothing there
there is a God there is a Creator in
Arabic we call him Allah the same God
that Jesus worshiped the same God that
Abraham no and all the messengers of God
Jesus said worship the father who are in
heaven and that's what we're doing just
just worshiping God giving giving God
all the rights making God the center of
attention in our lives people are
struggling they're a little bit nervous
they're you know they're they're scared
what he or she or my boss or this person
going to say they're struggling but they
have it in it in themselves but they
just need a little bit motivation a
little bit encouragement please talk to
him
she I think when when it comes to our
relationship with God again it goes back
to the issue of how grateful we are to
Allah how grateful we are to God and the
more that realization sets in the more
you will begin to practice and the more
you will begin to see the wisdom of
Islam because every virtually everything
that you study about Islam it makes
sense that yes this is definitely the
right thing to
do
now it is so important for us as Muslims
to stand for what is right to stand up
for the truth and as
Muslims in this world when people adopt
a system that is that does not come from
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
they inevitably make mistakes and they
hurt other people the Islamic way is a
solution to all the problems that
Humanity in general faces Islam being a
complete way of life has a solution for
everything for us as Muslim whether it's
educationally whether it's spiritually
whether it's politically whether it is
economically Islam has its a body of
knowledge that deals with each one of
these areas now as we close one of the
most important things for us as Muslims
is to understand that the Muslim
identity is under attack and to know
that there's a lot of pressure for
Muslims not to be who they are supposed
to be and hence it is even more critical
it is even more crucial for the Muslims
to practice more and more of what Allah
and his Prophet have asked us to
practice Prophet Muhammad may peace and
blessings be upon him he one time he
said he was asked who are the friends of
Allah and he responded by saying that
the friends of Allah are those people
that when they are seen Allah is
remembered Allah is remembered so I
would encourage all of us to begin to
learn more and more about Islam and
begin to practice more and more about
Islam and begin to live in a community
setting so you're encouraged and you're
more and more motivated to practice
Islam sh thank you very much we began
with peace we end with peace and may God
Almighty the Creator Allah reward you
for being with us thank you
and thank you everybody here for being
with us stick around we're going to do
another show inshallah in a
few and for those who are out there who
want to learn more about Islam call the
number on the screen 1800 662 Islam and
pick up the verbatim word of God the
Quran we'll see you next time peace be
unto you I
am I am not afraid to stand alone if
Allah Li is by I am not afraid to stand
alone
I am not afraid to stand alone if Li I
am not afraid to stand
alone I am not afraid to stand alone if
Li I am not afraid of
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stand aldaham peace be with you we greet
you with the greetings of all the
messengers of God that greeting of peace
and after that we could say what's up
how you doing but we started with peace
and we're here in front of a live studio
audience in Washington DC is everybody
having a good Halal good time let's do
it one more time took me
it raise the
roof alhamdulillah I'm excited I'm
excited to be here and it's something
beautiful because the more you learn
about this Dean this way of life that is
ordained from the creator of the heavens
and earth the more your Iman it starts
to increase and that's a blessing one of
the great blessing that Allah the
creator has given me the ability to be
here and then we're be able to be here
together so it's double the reward I'm
getting the benefit press record and
then share it with the world
alhamdulillah so we can all benefit
together and today's
topic tonight's topic today's topic
wherever you're watching Around the
World Around the Globe is that peer
pressure you got your peers you got your
group of friends and now they're putting
pressure on you you're trying to do good
but then they're calling you to bad
you're trying to stay on the correct way
the way that is ordained from none other
but the creator of the heavens and earth
and they're over here trying to
influence you you to go the wrong way so
we want to get some advice on how not to
succumb to that negative bad peer
pressure when we come back here live
Washington DC on The Dean show with my
next guest Shaquille not Shaquille
O'Neal Shake Shaquille we'll be right
back
Allah there's only one God and muhamad
is his messenger
Allah
Allah there's only one God and Jesus was
his messeng
I don't know why I did that maybe maybe
it's just to break the iceam alikum
she peace be with you how are you good
how's it going alhamdulillah all praises
to the creator of heavens and earth
who's given us this ability to be here
so we're going to be because time is
short we have so much to talk about and
this way of life is about advice
advising the good advising people to
stay away from bad and that definition
is defined obviously not by our desires
but is defined by what God Almighty the
Creator is defined as good and that's
the ultimate good and we want to do good
because we want the reward the reward of
paradise we want to get to Paradise
because this life is short you can die
at any time so peer pressure sometimes
gets people away from doing good for
instance you know I give you an example
young man young boy young women they're
at a little social event and you know
what they get a little bit trick trapped
and they go and to a place and they
thought it was going to be just you know
uh having some lunch some dinner next
thing you know the the bong is coming up
these guys are doing it the guy sticks
around for a little bit you know how the
guys get around the guy go go go go go
and next thing you know he's chugging
the bong and now they're like come on
Ahmed just try it man be what just try
it come on he's like and then he starts
blushing he's like nervous he wants to
escape but he's got about 10 footb
players around him come on you why
you're acting like a girl man he knows
he shouldn't be drinking and he
cumbs how do we not cumb to that peer
pressure Shake give us some advice well
I think the first thing everyone should
understand that pure pressure is not
something new it's existed in history
and it exists today and it will exist
and Allah subhana T mentioned pure
pressure talked about peer pressure in
the Quran he
said that Allah the criminals they used
to laugh at the Believers
so they'll call you you girly they'll
laugh at you they'll scoff at you was
building the ship they were laughing at
him it's not raining there's no flood
why are you building a ship you know we
have our pants above the ankle they say
the same thing there's no flood why is
your pants above the ankle right so
they're going to they're going to scoff
they're going to laugh they're going to
make fun but the key the solution the
strength comes in the same
Surah ties the challenge of peer
pressure with the
Allah says on that day Hereafter the
Believers will laugh so whoever gets the
last laugh laughs the best so one
shouldn't be afraid of pure pressure it
exists it's part of life but one should
know how to deal with it and the way to
deal with it is to at that moment when
you're being pressured link yourself
with the put yourself in a completely
different world the and that's how you
get yourself out of that current
situation should you always you just
mentioned now now this is the Hereafter
should you always be thinking is it good
to Fantasy because you know people end
up watching TV and they Fifi F fantasize
about the wrong things you know we had
uh what's his name Congressman or
Senator weiner that's his name weiner
right and and he was fantasizing got him
in a lot of trouble so people are
fantasized should we as those who
believe in the one God and the last and
final messenger including all the
messengers of God including Jesus Moses
Noah should we fantasize about the
reward of paradise getting to see the
face of Our Lord getting to be in
Eternal Bliss and happiness and this
will this encourage us to to be on the
correct way and not to succumb to
Temporary Joys temporary amusement and
temporary fun we have to om one day came
to the house of the Prophet Muhammad
wasam he saw it was basically bear a cot
and a water skin the prophet had marks
on his body for for sleeping on that
rough cot Omar started to weep and said
oh messenger of Allah the kings of Rome
and Persia have all this luxury why
don't you make Dua that Allah give us
something the prophet hearing that got
up from the C faced
said he stood up and he addressed the
situ he said situation he said are you
in doubt
oh the opposite of certainty are you in
doubt oh son
aren't you pleased that they get this
and we get the so here the prophet is
teaching him how to fantasize about the
you see a situation you're not pleased
with you see a situation you wish could
be better but you have nothing at that
moment to make it better fantasize about
the that's amazing amazing also I mean
there's the flip side to that I mean
we're we're yearning for that Eternal
Bliss in Paradise by doing good Islam
calls to everything good Noble Behavior
character being good to your neighbor
non-muslim or Muslim and worshiping God
on his terms not making up you know uh
things according to your desires so you
get the reward on that day a
judgment but also are there
consequences that a person who disobeys
the Creator lives life according to the
desires that they should think about too
the Hellfire very hot place we don't
want to be there should they think about
this too definitely and I mean some of
some of the times the youth they may say
well we're young I'm going to fool
around a little bit you know here in
America or most cities people get
serious when they're 35 or maybe 40 now
right uh 30 is the new 18 I don't know
what it is right so they get serious at
a very late age but in Islam we get
serious and mature at an earlier age the
prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam when
it came time to send an ambassador to
Medina he didn't send Abu Bakr who was
his right-hand man who was the most
knowledgeable companion he sent m a
young man to carry The Message of Islam
so the youth May at times say well I can
fool around a little bit now and then
I'll get serious later but what they
have to remember is how Allah subhana
talked about the youth he
said talked about the people of the cave
they weren't they weren't elderly people
Allah said that surely they F they were
young men who believed in they went
against the peer pressure to worship
idols to make shik so much to the point
they did not compromise in resorted and
went to a cave the prophet Muhammad
talked about seven people who be under
the shade of Allah in a day where
there's no shade he talked about the the
hotness being hot the sun will be
brought a mile close we will sweat as
we've never sweated before if we think
this summer is hot sweat people will
sweat uh according to their sins some
people will sweat just below their feet
some people will have sweat up to their
shoulders some people will be drowned in
their sweat and one of the categories of
people who will be saved from that heat
and that sweat is a young man who
worshiped Allah in his youth we can't
waste this precious time this precious
moment in our life which is the youth we
got to pass the test the test is almost
over at any time death is a reality we
can die today tomorrow and we need to
take it seriously now let's give one
more example before we go to break you
know Fatima Aisha and she's uh around
some people possibly you know she thinks
they're her friends and she's changing
her life she's saying that I need to get
serious ious so she's in between she's
in between the good group of friends the
bad group of friends what advice do you
have for you know she's caught in a
situation now or to avoid a situation
where the friends invite her over say
come on girl let's go hang out at this
party you know you can come to my house
and my mom will cover for us don't worry
about it we can go have a good time we
won't stay up too late everybody's going
to be there now she everybody's going to
be there so what should she do in this
situation there a couple of things first
the first part is to be proactive number
one the prophet said
a man is upon the religion of his close
friend so look to whom you take as your
close friends your buddies to be
proactive you got to choose the right
friends you can't say well I'm going to
you know stay away from the Haram even
though they do Haram they're doing it
themselves that's impossible Prophet
forbade us to drink liquor even forbade
us to sit in an arena or a place where
someone else is drinking whole idea is
that it's going to transcend it's going
to transfer to you that's the first
thing to be proactive to select the
right friends number two to if we
haven't done that and we're caught in a
situation what I like to tell the youth
is stop for a moment pause we can pause
our Smart TVs these day right files can
be paused pause your moment right there
pause take it to the end game what's the
end game if you take drugs what's the
end game if you drink what's the end
game if you commit adultery don't take
it step by step because Shan is taking
you taking taking you step by step and
he doesn't want you to see the end game
skip those chapters see the end game
what is the end game you don't have to
live through it to see the end game so
many people already failed the wise
person is the one who benefits and
learns from other people's failures and
then not so wise person is somebody who
despite people have failed and went
through that path goes to that path
himself then goes to rehab then realize
it wasn't a good idea to get pregnant
then realize it wasn't a good idea to
have a child without being being married
to her then realizes that drugs has
really screwed my life but to look at
the end game before even entering into
the game if the end game is good pursue
it if the end game is bad stay away
amazing advice we're going to take a
break and we'll be right back with more
with Shake Shaquille here on the dean
show on the outside everything looks
good you see the $100,000 cars you see a
lot of diamonds you see a lot of females
and they think that this is you know
this is the life this is this is like
you know Paradise right here on
Earth it's not anyone's job to go into
someone's heart and change their heart
your job is to tell people what truth is
and the reality of it is while we're
sitting here while I'm sitting here
constantly paying for the disease The
Cure was
free back here on the dean show giving
some real advice for real situations
peer pressure and you mentioned good
companionship good friends you're around
Bad Company bad friends you're going to
end up doing some bad things can we give
a a real live example for instance I
mean if it's worth something to you
you're going to sacrifice if you want to
get that degree and you have friends
calling you now to cut class you know to
not study be away from the study circles
you'll see like you said the end result
you're going to see I'm going to get my
PhD my degree I'm going to make good
money have a big house big car you're
going to not hang around with certain
people who are distracting you diverting
you if we want to get to Paradise we
want to earn the pleasure of the creator
of the heavens and earth it's the same
thing here isn't it good companionship
be away from people who are drinking
doing drugs not like thinking like oh
we're like so Pious and right calling
them to this that's better than that
because obviously the Creator prohibited
these things they're bad for us so is
this a way an example maybe you give
something else so people can really just
can hit home well basically I think
that's a very good uh point a lot of
people go with the flow go with the wind
succumb to peer pressure simply because
of that satanic thought I'll be deprived
I'm going to miss out
I want to lose out but you know what
when you're a Muslim when you're a
Believer it's a win-win situation always
always the prophet generally describe it
that the affair of the believer is
always good right if something good
happens to him he's happy and if
something bad happens to him he's
patient and his sins are removed so's
it's always a win-win situation so uh in
this situation what he should do and
look at the thing that he's going to
leave but don't think it's a loss
because it's actually an investment and
a gain because the prophet Sall Al
said whoever leaves anything for the
sake of Allah Allah will replace it
there's no loss Allah will replace it
not with something equal to it Allah
will replace it with something better
than it so if you lose you let go of
that Haram relationship you're going to
get a better one if you let go of that
oh well I can't get a high I'm not going
to I have I want to feel this high from
drugs Allah is going to give you
something that's more joyful more
beneficial it could be in this life or
in
the aldah great advice now we're going
to take some questions from our live
audience does anybody have a question
that's relevant to the topic here that
they' like to ask Shake O'Neal Young
Brother here O'Neal shake you say shake
O'Neal just say for real shake for real
shake for real now for real Shaquille
for real we we have do we have we have
our VIP guest brother Sammy Sam does do
we have any other not yet Muslims here
that would like because as I said
everyone has the potential to submit to
God the same God that Jesus submitted to
that Moses submitted to that's the god
the god that created you and everything
in this universe that is what a Muslim
is one who submits to God so is there
any let's give Sam precedence what let's
give Sam precedence where is Sam is
there any any other not yet Muslims Sam
you want to ask another question go
ahead brother you're a VIP guest ask ask
away um well today um during one of the
lectures I my friend Hamza who brought
me here um let me know that Christianity
and Islam kind of share the same
prophets I did not know that at all so I
kind of want to know um how do you guys
feel about Jesus Christ like when I'm a
Christian so when I say like he's the
son of God how how would you respond to
that go ahead Shake take it away good
question thank you let me just uh in nut
shall I'll tell you that as Muslims we
believe in all the prophets on the day
of
judgment when the Jews will be
questioned do you believe in Jesus
Christ their answer will
be no on the day of judgment when the
Christians will be questioned do you
believe in the prophet Muhammad sallahu
alaihi wasallam their answer will be
got a little a issue here let's let's
repeat that let's repeat that again uh
on the day of judgment when the
Christians will be questioned do you
believe in the prophet Muhammad
sallallah alhi wasallam the answer will
be no on the day of judgment when the
Muslims will be questioned do you
believe in Moses our answer will be do
you believe in Jesus do you believe in
Muhammad
so Islam is the full package
why would you settle for anything less
Islam is the only religion in the world
that does does not deny a single Prophet
or messenger of God Almighty having said
that what do we believe about Jesus
Christ we believe he was the Christ he
was the Messiah he's a prophet of God
he's a messenger of God he is not God
cuz he was born from a Human Being Mary
imagine imagine he's in the belly of
Mary being
born and the your biblical court has to
be cut off that's God there that can't
be God or imagine that being son of the
Son of God if we say Jesus Christ is the
Son of God then he has to be divine
because the son of a human is a human
the Cub of a lion is an animal if we say
the Son of God if someone's a Son of God
then the son has to be divine has to be
God and if you do that then you have two
Gods Not one and if we say no the Son of
God is not God then what do you mean by
Son of God if you say he's a human being
then why do you you call him a Son of
God because everyone else is a human
being right so what does that title mean
so in Islam we say it causes a lot of
confusion so what we say is Jesus Christ
is not Divine human beings are not to be
worshiped creation is not to be
worshiped but the creator of creation is
to be worshiped now I have a question
for you
Sam why aren't you
Muslim I don't know let's find out do
you believe in one God or two Gods one
God how about three Gods it sounds like
a little more no just one God only one
yes is can is Jesus God do you believe
Jesus Is God yes you believe Jesus Is
God yeah here's a quick question for you
who came to the Earth God the father or
Jesus Christ Jesus Christ God the son
okay so you said Jesus Is God then when
I asked you who came to Earth to the
Earth God or Jesus you said Jesus how
many gods is
that that make to you God me too so
let's repeat the question how many gods
you believe
in feel like I'm being put in a tight
spot here no don't be tight just tell
your guy next you to move over a little
bit oh come on
okay so in other words that's why we
don't say he's God because you have two
gods and you can't get around that right
I see what's the first
commandment um oh
wow yeah Das shall have no other guy
before what Das shall have Das I have no
other God before me no other God except
the Creator right only one so whenever
my dear friend whenever the
equation is more than one there's
something
wrong so you say Jesus is God equation
is more than one one it's a problem
right so is Jesus
God I still believe Jesus Is God so how
many gods do you believe in then
technically two okay good no I I
appreciate you being honest a lot of
people will say one right but good your
math is good you took calculus yes it's
showing so uh so there's two so what I
want you to do today is think about that
technical problem and there's no
solution in the world except Islam you
know why I say that you know why I say
that no this is what I want you to leave
with
tonight name me of religion on the face
of this
Earth that does two things believes in
Jesus Christ and believes in one God
name me those
religious which religion believes in
Jesus Christ and only one God no
technical problems Islam huh Islam Islam
think about that okay just think about
that thank you thank you again thank you
thank you we're going to take a break
and we'll be right back with more here
on the dean show live in Washington DC
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merciful I seek Refuge of
Allah the Lord of
mankind the king of mankind
the god of
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Whisperer who Whispers evil in the
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men who withdraws from his whispering in
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