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alhamdulillah peace be unto you welcome
to another episode of the dean show
which is a way of life we try to put out
there for everyone to see helping you
understand Islam and Muslims and today
we are going to be talking about the
last and final Messenger to mankind the
prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be
upon him those of you that are close to
accepting Islam you need to know who
this man is so we're going to give you
glimpses of his life so you can walk
away knowing that indeed he was a
messenger from the creator of the
heavens and the Earth that was sent to
the whole of mankind as a mercy to the
world sit tight and we'll be right back
on the dean show
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attention we want to keep it and we're
going to get straight to the subject yes
sir we want to talk about this this man
this Mercy to the world the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him okay what can
you tell us about him well first of all
the prophet Muhammad peace and blessing
be upon Him is the last of them
messenger ship of a line of Messengers
Who start with Adam Abraham Moses David
sulan and Jesus and we say peace and
blessings be upon all of them because in
fact they are highly respected in Islam
and to believe in Muhammad is to
automatically believe in all of the
prophets to believe in Muhammad is to
automatically accept with no doubt that
all these prophets were also Great and
Mighty Men and as far as the belief in
Jesus I know a lot of your audience may
be Christian and they would like to know
what do we believe about Jesus it's
clear from Muhammad peace be upon Him
Jesus is in fact the Messiah he is the
Christ and believing in him as the
Christ is a part of our religion just as
it's mentioned in the Book of John that
you have to believe in him as the Christ
he is coming back in the last day he is
the miracle birth he did Miracles while
he was here he is the logos which uh in
Arabic is the word of almighty God so
many of the things that they would say
wait a minute that's what we believe so
these are some of the things that we
believe this is Muhammad peace be apply
and he's coming Allah said as a mercy
the which means he's the mercy to the
worlds and believe it there was one
brother who heard about this and he said
worlds there's a s yeah we said it's
actually in the Quran when we say
alhamdulillah
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and he he said then wait a minute hold
on a second and he's looking at the
translation here he
says the Lord of the worlds is sending
Muhammad as a mercy to the worlds he
said I want to be a Muslim we said okay
we're happy but what was it what you
we'd like to know what it was it
stimulated you he said worlds he said
I've always wondered how come no
religion talks about other worlds but
yours does well it's plural yeah if
there if there's life on any other world
it's already covered in Islam 1400 years
ago any other worlds out there he is the
lord of the worlds and he send the
prophet Muhammad as the Lord as the uh
Mercy to all of the Mankind and all the
worlds let's go in reverse before he was
summoned and he was called upon the
Creator to deliver this Revelation to
mankind what was we want to know his
credibility what was his standing let go
back then if you want to do that let's
go back then and talk about his actual
coming into being to start with his
father died before he was born his
father died in a town called YB and he
was on a journey and his mother gave
birth to him and then uh there was some
strange things started happening right
away when he was just a little older
they did what was custom or tradition
was to send children out into the desert
where the desert tribes to be raised
there cuz they considered that to be you
know something good to do that to keep
them away from the big city and all that
goes with
it we probably ought to think about that
today any
case when they sent him away there was a
strange thing that happened right away
the the people who took him were very
poor and even their goat didn't give any
milk suddenly this goat is giving milk
like crazy they're getting so much milk
that other people are getting some of
the milk and they thought it was some
magic or something that happened then as
he grew the boy was known to be very
truthful very honest and very
responsible he never indulged in any of
the bad habits that others were
constantly involved in they were drunks
and alcoholics he never tasted a drop
and they had these orgies and things
that they did they were wild Arabs you
know pretty wild he never even had a
girlfriend not once so these were some
of the things about his character then
another strange thing happened while he
was uh traveling in a caravan one time
there was a report that came back that
uh the servants observed that there was
a cloud that followed him and kept the
bright Sun from burning him all the way
to up into the bedesem or the you know
toward toward Jerusalem that area and
then they came back now this is part of
the story now you can imagine how a boy
could grow into a man in that kind of
society where they had Idol worshippers
Stone worshippers everything you can
imagine and and people coming through it
was a it was a Trade Center people
coming from all over and yet all this
time he was so honest and so upright
that everybody trusted him totally
because he never lied he was called the
truthful he was called sadik that was
his
nickname actually yeah and the alamine
he was also called the the one who keeps
the trust who named him this the people
themselves the whole Community named him
this yeah they his his closer relatives
of course observed it first but then
called him by the same name so that's
like this is uh Rocky Nonet Garcia or
this is uh uh big Sledgehammer uh Tyson
his name was you know how we I'm just so
that people can understand I don't know
I don't know if make those kind of
comparisons to
Prophet just so the people understand
but his nickname was the trustworthy
never truthful the truthful never had
told a lie actually this is very
rare well that's why they give him the
name because it's obviously if you said
the trustworthy guy
if like for instance today if you said
well there's a guy in Chicago he lies
well okay so and you haven't helped me
out at all I don't know who you're
talking about you know if you said
there's a guy in New York that's a
lawyer and he lies
so he never touched alcohol he never
dated he never told a lie okay so it's
getting better no so this his character
is well established and he gets married
at the age of 25 he's a virgin he's
never been with any woman he marries a
lady who is a widow and uh she has a
business and he and she together work
their business and he's able to retire
and just kind of drop out at about 15
years and instead of again even though
he had wealth and position which he
could have certainly Fallen back on that
and demanded position in the community
or any of those things he already had it
his grandfather actually was the leader
of the community he was by
rights he was entitled to step up and
just take any position he'd like nobody
could challenge him on that because it's
his Birthright he was a a very good
character himself Noble background and
had money so there would be no reason
for him to not take some position or not
exert himself over the people but
instead he left imagine this for long
periods of time similar to John the
Baptist going into the desert and just
eating Locust or fasting and praying and
that's exactly what he did he was very
much a follower of Jesus in this way
when I mean by that in succession and
this is strange you know how come this
man when he's got so much why would he
go do that but it was because he didn't
like to be around their false worshiping
the things they did he liked to worship
God on on uh God's terms just praying to
God asking God and not coming up with
all these crazy ceremonies and things
that they did well then one day he was
about 40 years old and and then in one
night there was an angel Gabriel you're
familiar with jabriel or Gabriel comes
to him and says to him in the Arabic
language recite we mentioned this in one
of our programs about the Quran which
means to recite and Quran means
recitation he
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said The more or less the meaning of it
is recite in the name of your Lord who
created the human beings from a clot of
blood this is one of the Miracles we
talked about the Quran that that's how
we start out then it continues it says
recite and your lord is so generous who
has taught man how to use a
pen taught man what he didn't know so we
find immediately a lot of uh is small
words but a lot of meaning here a lot of
understanding and he when he went back
to his people to tell him about this his
wife accepted it right away his best
friend that he grew up up with accepted
this right away and one of his cousins a
young boy about 9 years old named Ali
very famous today accepted Islam these
were the first people but then the
others weren't so quick to accept in
fact he found a lot of resistance and
they began attacking him and saying bad
things he's a magician he's a liar he's
this and that but they knew he wasn't a
liar they knew he wasn't a magician and
they knew that he was telling at least
what he believed because he wasn't
coming up with some something that was
uh typical for for a mad man a crazy
person or a magician he was saying what
he really believed there's one God only
one God and I'm his Messenger to you so
this rejection went on for quite a while
in the beginning they tried to negotiate
things with him they offered him you
know we'll give you good position we'll
let you be like the king of the tribe
we'll give you women do you want what do
you want money they will give you money
you want Power what do you want he said
I don't want any of those things
his own uncle came to him and he said
his uncle's trying to defend him and
take care of him and he said look I can
only go so far these people are getting
wild your own relatives want to wipe you
out cuz you're challenging their false
gods they don't like it so why don't you
like settle down a little bit he said
and they're offering this they're
offering that he said well I swear by
God if they put the moon in my right
hand and the son in my left meaning if
they give me everything there is the
expression they had he said I was never
give up worshiping God as one I will
never give up spreading this message it
means no matter what they offer no
matter what they say I can't accept it
because I'm not here about material
things I want to tell people there's one
God worship him that was the main
message that he brought still the same
message today we're going to take a
break and we'll be right back with you
aestus getting to know the last and
final message in the mankind the prophet
Muhammad stay tuned welcome back to the
dean show today on the dean show we have
our special guest youf esses and we are
talking about the last and final
messenger that has been sent to the
whole of mankind as a mercy to the world
so we're getting to mammed abdah ABD
we're not talking about a man who lived
100 years ago nope not 50 years ago
we're not talking about Elijah Muhammad
we're not talking about Muhammad Ali
we're talking about Muhammad the son of
Abdullah the son of Abdul mutalib who
lived in the Arabian Desert who was born
in the year 570 ad died in the year
633 ad he's a seal of the prophets he's
called the and a seal of the prophets
what does that mean there's no more
prophets coming after him seal when you
seal up something that's it that's the
end of it that's what it says in the
Quran okay continue on we talked about
his credibility right that he never told
a lie and he was very truthful there
more to it than that credibility his
honesty Integrity this is one subject
look at how now when we talk about him
being a Mercy to Mankind look at his
soft and gentle way to treat people so
soft and so gentle and yet sometimes
even humorous I recall that one time
there was a elderly woman who was
talking about you know what is the
paradise going to be like and cuz she'd
heard him speaking about these things
you know and he said oh you didn't know
there's not going to be any old ladies
there
what oh oh and he went off and when he
came back he found her crying he said
what's the matter she said you said
there weren't going to be any old ladies
there he said well that's because you're
going to be young and beautiful again oh
so even he has humor with the way he
explain things to people another thing
it happened to another woman one time an
elderly woman had a big package and she
was trying to find somebody to carry it
for she thought that he was so simple in
his lifestyle and all he looked for all
the world just like a a servant boy
running around there and she said you
know uh come carry this package so he
did he carried it just like he was a
porter and he carried it and carried it
went out in the desert whatever her
house was he carried it out and put it
down she said I can't pay you he said
it's okay I don't need anything she said
no but I'm going to give you a good tip
she said I heard that in the city
there's this man calling to a religion
about one God and his name is Muhammad
and beware of him he said ma'am I am
Muhammad she
said what does that mean it means I
accept that there's only one God and
that Muhammad is his messenger and she
entered Islam well as far as I know
that's what it means when you say what
it means but because of his character
and his action that went with it that
was important you know he was soft he
was gentle at at the same time there
were points where he was going to be
tough even on his own followers look
what he did one time they were in a a
hardship a hardship they were being
beaten down they were being abused and
insulted and and tortured right in front
of the Holy Sanctuary right in front of
the cabba which is there in Mecca and
one of his companion said to him you
know I wish you wouldn't pray and ask
Allah cuz they know his prayers will be
answered just ask Allah give us a
victory let us let us at least fight
back against these guys give us you know
and he said look at this he's telling me
to be patient he's saying you don't
think about but the people before you
suffered more than you and here's the a
condition he's going to describe now to
him about the early Christians what they
went through he said they were tortured
in such a way that they would rake their
skin off with steel Combs they would
take these iron Combs and just rake
their skin and just kill them with that
and that they would throw them to the
animals and burn them alive and boil
them and even put a saw in their head
and cut them in half these things he
mentioned to that man to let him
understand you want to understand what
it is to believe in the one God and
really follow this message people have
suffered much worse than us so we have
to be patient and they were patient they
were patient 13 years of the worst kind
of abuse being turned even out in the
desert for a long period of time and
they were left to die they migrated up
to Medina and the people tried to whay
them along the way just to kill them
just to get rid of them because they
believe in one God and when they were in
Medina in this condition is where the
verses come that tell them now they
could go back and fight these guys and
even kill them if they're killing you
but you must stop if they stop that's to
clarify the way people mistranslate or M
represent what's coming in the Quran it
was definitely that you could be able to
fight now but with these limits but look
at this the character of the of Muhammad
was so sweet and so gentle that when his
wife talks about him now you imagine
that here he is an important man in
these days now we're going to be talking
later in his life and he's got so many
responsibilities so many things to do
and then she sees some men out in their
throwing Spears and in a contest and so
on and she says uh I want to watch that
well in order for her to watch because
his wife needs to be sheltered from the
people and she has to stand behind him
she likes this idea so she's standing
behind him looking over his shoulder and
watching them in the doorway of their
home
and she had him stand there and stand
there and stand there and stand there
she said she didn't even want to watch
anymore she just want to see how long
she could keep him standing there but he
didn't mind and he used to run and play
with her and she said we used to race
together you know and I used to beat him
when I was younger but when I got older
I got fat and then he could beat me
these were some of the personal things
that we know about him and his character
his his kindness sweetness gentleness
and yet at the same time firm on this
one point there's really only one God
there's no compromise on that can you
tell us what could have driven a man to
go through all this torture and all this
persecution what was his motive behind
this that's a very good question it's an
intelligent
question the motivation behind people
all people is always the same thing
there's no difference between you and I
and Prophet Muhammad or Jesus or Abraham
or even Adam Our Father Adam all of us
peace be upon them all of us we have two
motivators and you can check this out
with psychiatrist they'll tell you the
same thing Recruiters in the military
salesmen will all tell you the same
thing the two motivators for human being
is simple first is the motivation for
what protecting yourself from A Loss
nobody wants to lose the fear of a loss
is a motivator and the hope of a reward
or gain this is another motivator that
all of us have we we want to gain but at
the same time we don't want to lose this
is key because if I'm thinking that I
could lose I would rather take hold on
to that than take a chance on a gain and
people do this logical people anyway in
the stock markets Investments and things
they you'll see that same thing worked
out in real life but especially here
when a person has had a chance to
actually get close to the paradise which
he did and have an idea what's in the
Hellfire which he did then after that
nothing in this world is ever going to
impress you again anybody that's ever
had any experience I've talked to people
who had near-death experiences or what
they call death experience and they were
brought back and they talk about this
seeing this light and they talk about
this experience that they've had they're
never the same after that because you
have a motivator there you understand
that there's something happening here
this is real this is not a joke and so
the motivation is there in front of you
all the time and I want to get the
paradise that's what I want to gain and
I sure as heck don't want to go to the
Hellfire so I don't want to lose my
chance at Paradise but I sure don't want
to wind up in a Hellfire so this is
strong motivation being close to God
being near Allah in the next life is the
primary motivation behind every single
Muslim if anybody wants to know what is
what is it that the Muslim Muslims want
what are they looking for it's not
something in this earth it's something
in the next Universe the universe of
paradise that's what we're looking for
what are the benefits now for somebody
who is because we know that to enter
into complete submission and surrender
to the creator of the heavens and the
earth now you have to follow this last
and final messenger now if you follow
him what are the benefits in this life
and
Hereafter well first of all in this life
you're going to have a much easier way
to go because there are some things that
the Creator Allah has revealed in Islam
that we wouldn't know otherwise for
instance how to eat and drink one of the
things very important that we do today
is to sit down when we eat and drink the
doctors and scientists and lab
Specialists are going to tell you that a
lot of the everyday problems that people
are having in their esophagus the hial
hernas that they get and so on could be
avoided if people would simply sit down
when they eat or drink and this is a
teaching in Islam when you eat or drink
sit down believe it or not that was
taught to us 1400 Years Ago by Muhammad
and we see today look oh if we' have
done that we'd have been way ahead of
the game and another thing when we talk
about cleaning your teeth he used a
tooth stick and said if I could make
this an obligation on you I would do so
but he wouldn't and still and what is
the benefit here because if you're using
that tooth stick that he used called
misw what it does it cleans the teeth
remov removes the tartar the buildup
that comes on there but it doesn't
destroy the enamel and it actually takes
care of the gums keeps down the parindon
titis and the the tongue itself is uh
protected with this and a coating inside
when you use it to even for your stomach
and all of this from a stick we know
this from that one thing and so many
other things too even how to go to the
bathroom he taught us how to properly
use the toilet and the facilities so
that when we come away we're clean the
hygiene was so important and if you
imagine, 1400 years ago when we talk
about hygiene nobody can match the
hygiene of the Muslims even our habit of
washing that we do and the ceremonial
wash that we do before we pray has been
copied by doctors and that's what they
use when they do surgery this can be
proven by the doctors who formulated
this concept a thousand years ago in
Spain and they happen to be Muslim
doctors now these are some of the small
details give us oh there are thousands
would you like to know that we came up
with some I I was going to do a a
contest a few years ago with the Muslim
Youth and let them come up with
something I called Muhammad A to Z and
who could come up with the best one for
a and b and c and go through all the
letters and I was wondering would we
have that many when it was all over we
had so many and it went beyond ABCs it
just was so many we put up a website
about it Muhammad az.com and then then
it still got bigger and bigger and
bigger and I couldn't handle it so I
said okay A to Z what His companion said
A to Z what his character was A to Z and
so finally we put up a new website and
it's called prophetof islam.com and all
of that stuff is there everything is
there uh everything we did on that but
you'll never put everything about
Muhammad in any one place you will not
be able to do that you can try but I am
trying myself and I said I don't even
have a tenth I don't have even a a half
of a tenth of a percent of
how much this man is known for and
things that he did things that people
said about him throughout the centuries
the effect that he's had on so many
other people one simple man who lived in
a simple build little room and on a dirt
floor and slept on a little bamboo mat
so everything we need to know in life
everything that we need to be successful
in this life and the Hereafter did he
bring for all of mankind let me tell you
what somebody said in 1970s m Hart wrote
a book The 100 most influential men in
history of the world that was the name
of his book 100 the ranking of the 100
most influential men in the history of
the world I think that's it's a big
title I think that's what it was Michael
Hart check it out though and in it he
puts Muhammad as number one he said no
human being had more influence on their
society around them and future
Generations in the way of of what we
call secular and religion and government
and and and he gave this long list and
quite a bit about it it's talking about
Muhammad and this is not a Muslim and he
received so much condemnation from other
Scholars and he almost became defensive
and wanted to put out another book and
said well how about the most 100 in the
last 100 years or you know let's get off
the subject because he said I can't deny
that this man has had the most influence
on people in General on the humanity and
the world itself so I believe that
that's something to consider I wish that
people would know that even people like
Gandhi Gandhi is very famous for his
what he he was serving the people he had
a cause and what he would do he would uh
give up a lot of his own for the sake of
getting a message to the people but he
wasn't trying to lead them in a as a
religious leader per se but to overcome
a political problem of the way that the
people were being treated the people in
India were being horribly mistreated and
Subhan Allah look at this he gets so
much inspiration from who he's quoting
from Muhammad he says and we have it on
the website go read what he said he said
Ive come to conclude now in reading of
Muhammad that it wasn't the sword that
went over the people it was the heart
and look how he begins to oh my God when
he starts talking he this is Gandhi
talking about Muhammad he says when I
came to the last volume and I was
reading the end of the books he said I
became sad cuz I wish that there was
more to read about this great
man well with that said I hope that
people take the opportunity to get to
know this man because come to the
website the prophet of
Islam put it right there prophet of
islam.com doccom with that said I'd like
to thank you for being on the show and I
hope everybody takes the opportunity to
get to know this man who's been sent to
the whole of mankind right as a
messenger with the last and final
Revelation which is the Quran so you can
visit this website that Sheik usest has
mentioned that said thank you for being
with us Shake
EST I'd like to thank everybody who has
been tuning in to the dean show and I
encourage you all to get to know this
man the last and final Messenger to
mankind the Prophet Muhammad
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