this is the theme the bijuu now today
we're going to try to help you for those
who are sincere or open-hearted who
really want to know the truth but now
there's a lot of confusion so you might
be catching us late at night early in
the morning in the afternoon you're away
from all the different tantalize ations
of this life and you might have just
came home from the nightclub you getting
play is getting played out you're
getting tired of it but now there's
confusion where do you start how do you
find the truth what's the road map where
do you begin so we're going to take baby
steps we're going to take simple step no
matter what you did in the past don't
worry about it there's still hope you're
not dead yet let me come back we're
going to be giving you a formula on how
to find the truth live on the troop and
dinah trip when we come back here on the
Dean shop this is the this is the things
is the thing
you know this is the things of the bijuu
this is the things
Salaam alaikum peace be unto you slama d
thank you seem a bit quiet today you
know we're going to get excited as we go
along and but this is a very serious
issue you know we're really we share
because we care we care about the people
we want the best for them we certainly
do you know there's a lot of doubt
that's created about us Muslims yeah but
you know the Prophet said none of you
truly believe until you love for others
what you love yourself and the thing
that every Muslim true Muslim every true
believer loves the most without any
doubt is Islam yes you know a true
believer would rather be thrown into the
fire than to go back to that condition
where they were without the guidance of
Allah in their life so that is how dear
and how important I mean really in
reality Islam it is life Eddie it's it's
it's life on a totally different scale
and when you are not connected with your
Lord when you're not connected with your
Creator when you're not remembering him
knowing him it you might as well be dead
and i'm sure many people they might have
been involved in drugs or still are we
might have been getting used by men and
abused and going to the nightclubs and
you know living from friday to friday
work work party party make a little
money and then let loose but now that it
just gettin played out is getting played
out but there's still some doubt and
confusion they don't know they don't
have a roadmap but now somehow they got
tuned in to the dean show maybe a muslim
gotten to sit down and you're thinking
serious so where do they begin this is
the first step but where do they go from
here we want to give them some
encouragement and some kind of formula
that after this show they'll be excited
to live a new life i think you know i
think the question way do they begin
depends on who the they is it depends on
who's out there and people are so
different they're different in different
ways that different emotionally that
intellectually they're different
spiritually so you know a question like
that is a bit like well how long is a
piece of string well which piece of
string is it you're talking about I mean
it's it's it's easy if you you know like
we've talked about before you we talked
about a specific example here's a
character he's like ABC yeah you know
what do we say to him what have we got
to say to him but i think you know
you're talking about people coming the
question i really want to ask everyone
out there please ask the people who have
come back from nightclubs the people who
are playing it out as you called it I've
never heard that expression before
coming from quaint old England but I'm
you know but the question I want people
to really ask themselves is when you
come back from a night on the town
you've been drinking you've been boozing
you've been dancing you've been hanging
out with girls guys whatever at the end
of law at the end of all of that when
you wake up the next morning or whatever
whatever it is I want you to ask
yourself I want those people to ask
themselves two simple questions number
one did you improve yourself as a human
being when you go out of the night you
go out on the town and you get drunk
would you say honestly I'm a better
human being because of that number two
did you contribute anything to the
betterment of humanity because the
reality is Eddie if you haven't improved
yourself as a human being and if you
haven't contributed to the well-being of
humanity the amazing thing is is that
the most advanced studies in psychology
about human happiness show that these
are the two key factors in making people
profoundly happy I don't mean happy on a
temporary scale where yeah man I feel
happy I'm you know I'm a bit stolen i'm
a bit wasted I'm you know I just had
some my sex or whatever right yeah I
mean how long does that happiness lost
it doesn't you know because the problem
is this hedonism this giving yourself
into these
so called pleasures and luxuries of the
life they have no permanence at all you
know the moment the actual experience
has ended the moment the alcohol is worn
of the moment excuse me for bringing
Frank that moment that orgasm has gone
what's left right what have you got left
you got nothing and at the end of it you
don't feel I'm a better person you don't
feel humanity has improved because of
what I've done so how is that going to
improve your feeling of self-worth how
is that going to make you feel better as
a human being it doesn't and people
reach a stage when they begin to realize
that maybe not consciously maybe not
intellectually but they begin to realize
that wait a minute I am achieving
nothing i am going nowhere where is all
of this getting me and this is actually
a problem the whole society faces ok the
whole society is facing this really this
big problem now the person who's
listening and usually all he watches his
MTV the reality shows and he sees let's
say Puff Daddy and he sees them with all
the glitz and glamour and all the women
and he's always smiling having a good
time and now he feels like you know what
I got a good voice I can sing I can make
it I can be up there now be happy so
that's the only ambition he's got but
you know what he sees us he says you
know what that's seems boring what
you're talking about this more exciting
it's where is that well you know what
try it you know go if that's how that
person feels go for it you'll see you'll
see how empty it is you'll see how
shallow it is you see there are some
people who admit it to themselves and
there's some people who just keep
fooling themselves they just say well
maybe I don't have enough women maybe I
don't have enough money maybe I don't
have enough drugs right and they just go
deeper and deeper and into it more and
more but in reality you don't find these
people have any profound because
profound sense of happiness and the
example Eddie the examples are too many
of you know whoever it may be you know
Elvis Kurt Cobain how many
of these people right how many of these
people were taking the question I asked
is if you're happy why do you take drugs
why are you intro if you're happy why
are you taking drugs yeah you take drugs
because you're not happy if you're happy
why do you need to surround yourself
with all of these women because you're
not happy right if you have to fill your
mind with all this music which really
takes over your brainwaves that's what
it does it takes over your brain waves
it it makes you think and behave and act
in a different way so if you're so happy
why are you doing those things because
actually in reality these things are a
sign that you are fundamentally unhappy
do people confuse now because they think
by doing this at that moment when you're
dropping a pill of ecstasy or doing some
coke you get this high you feel like
yeah I'm on top of the world now yeah
but then good but is that is that is
that piece where's that pleasure how do
you how do you differentiate the two
well you know found in happiness I think
I'm just talking I am talking really
from a psychological point of view but
but you see what you find when you begin
to study Islam when you begin to look
into Islam you will see you it will
become clear to you if you study
psychology and then you study the Koran
and you study the example of the Prophet
Muhammad what you will see and what you
will begin to realize is that the one
who revealed this knowledge the one who
revealed this color am the one who
taught this man Muhammad is the one who
knows exactly the needs and the
requirements of the human being he he
because he is the creator of the human
mind he is the creator of the human
brain he knows our psychology better
than we know ourselves and you know this
is one of the remarkable things one of
the remarkable things about the Quran
when you study it in Islam when you live
it and this is what really we have to
connect to we have to connect to this
understanding that the Quran is from God
that Muhammad is His Messenger and the
answers to the problems in our life are
there snorting cocaine taking drugs
drinking alcohol womanizing
you know these things are not solutions
they are not solutions let's take a
break and we'll come back more on the
disha go down take the books put the
books in front of you and read them read
the Quran don't be a first the question
is about whether Muslims are or not good
citizens the Constitution defines what a
good citizen is and the preamble it says
we the people of the United States in
order to form a more perfect union
establish justice insure domestic
tranquility sunni muslim they can say
that is a good muslim and most Muslims
can say that Muslims in to embrace that
most persons are good Americans choice
back on the Dean show with shaykh abdul
rahim green who is a former Christian
Buddhist went to this isn't that ISM
traveled all over looking for the truth
accepted Islam his stories at the Dean
show calm you can view that he had his
own personal section he has his
biography but today we're talking we're
trying to give some kind of blueprint
for a person we're trying to create some
urgency for the person to take this
seriously and right now he might be even
having a can of beer bottle champagne
some you got all sorts of things going
on out there but he's enjoying she's
enjoying what we have to say she's
getting fed up of feeling like she's
just getting used and abused by all the
men one man after another she thinks
she's found mr. Romeo next things she's
getting kicked out of another car and
this dog I mean what do you expect and
you know you look at these you look at
you just turn on mtv you look at these
rappers you look at these musicians you
look at these people with their string
of women dancing around them like I
don't know what I mean this is
misogynistic this is woman-hating right
this is treating women just like sex
objects and the sad thing is these women
just behaving like they're just nothing
more than just like you know little bits
of decoration for these men I mean it's
really sad to see that it's sad to see
men behaving like that and it's sad to
see women being treated like that and I
know the vast majority of women not all
of them but most of the women out there
they want they want a man who is going
to support them who is going to be with
them who's going to stay with them who's
going to love them and who she can love
back that's what that's what they're
looking for they're not looking for you
know to be excuse my phrase to be some
to some gangster right you know
with another hundred other who
wants that man I mean you know I really
honestly is there a single woman out
there who really wants that no right
well or maybe she feels she has to
behave like that to fit into whatever is
going on around you know but I don't
think anyone really wants to be like
that mm-hmm but you know this is the
problem with being fed this
bish being fed this filth you know and
you know quite rightly know no media
station quite rightly know media station
would be allowed to you know to to
encourage people to commit acts of
terrorism for example how how do we
allow people to come on and sing about
shooting other human beings stabbing
them killing them you know a broody what
comes down to really abuse of humanity I
mean how could how how do we allow that
type of stuff you know and I think you
know the problem is you know we you know
there's something they call in
psychology existential angst you know
which basically means is a fancy word
for saying we're lost we don't know
what's the purpose of life we don't know
why we hear what's it all for right
we've just given given ourselves up to
this hedonism sex drugs rock and roll
right bread and circuses it happened
with the Romans you look at the history
of the Roman Empire these people just
surrendered themselves to like display
after display of bloody gore animals
killing each other gladiators dishonor
they were spending all their money the
whole of the resources of the Empire
were becoming consumed in just
entertainment so what happened
inevitably a society like that is going
to implode it's going to disintegrate
and that's what's happening to our
societies you know so so where did the
people go we're not trying to sell them
nothing some magic formula some magic
powder some magic water you know 99 or
donate a hundred and you get this and
you get the Holy Spirit in your off
there's no real something like that you
know what it is at its hard work right
and and and this is the reality but the
thing is that hard work done in the
right way is actually what makes us most
happy hard work is what makes us happy
this instant gratification does not lead
to happiness yes right because when you
work hard to do something that is worth
while and you know it's worthwhile
then you feel profoundly happy and
satisfied when you work hard to achieve
something that is going to benefit other
human beings it gives you a profound and
real sense of happiness and these really
this is the key to happiness the key the
key to true happiness is number one one
of the keys to true happiness is
gratitude gratitude is a key to
happiness being grateful for the
blessings and the bounties and whatever
it is that you have in your life however
bad you think your life is believe me
you can find someone else who is worse
off than you so actually everybody
should take some time to sit down right
now and think about all the things that
they have either why not even make a
list all the things I have to be
grateful for and no person should forget
that they should be grateful to the one
who created them because true gratitude
and the gratitude that is going to make
you feel better is one that is displayed
you know if you should be grateful to
your parents for whatever they've done
for you you should be grateful to your
husband to your wife to your kids to
your mom your dad whoever it is whatever
who has done something for you gratitude
means recognizing the beautiful things
and the blessings you've got in your
life and thanking people did you know
thanking them for what they have given
you how then can you really be
profoundly happy if the one who is most
worthy of our thanks the one who has
given us everything our Creator we don't
thank God so gratitude for what we have
got feeling recognizing the bounties
that Allah has given us is the number
one key to profound and true happiness
okay the next key is doing things to
help other people if you ask most people
and this is all proven by psychological
studies this is not just you know you
can check this stuff out and this stuff
is confirmed by studies psychological
stuff
have been done most people if you asked
them what's going to make you happy in
life you know they'll say money car nice
house but the reality is that these
things actually have been proven not to
make people happy at all because what
happens is the moment you have your nice
car you enjoy it for two weeks and then
just played out now now you're just like
another worrying right so then you need
something else right so what they found
is that in fact in reality things do not
make people happy what makes people
happy as number one experiences when
people experience something profound
right they go somewhere they see
something that effects them profoundly
they participate in an activity they
learn a new skill set maybe they join
your club right learn learn jujitsu I
mean you know that is the sort of thing
that actually helps to make people
profoundly happy when they learn they
learn a new language day study something
they haven't studied before right and
the other thing is helping others
actually it's been proven
psychologically that the happiest people
and the time that people are happiest is
when they are actually involved in
helping other human beings so that's
another key to happiness is to help
others what of course we call in Islam
giving charity you know in fact the
Prophet Muhammad may God's peace and
blessings be upon him said that on every
single joint of your body there is a act
of charity that is due on every joint of
your body whatever it is 360 joints in
your body there is an act of charity
that is doing it every day every day and
that doesn't just mean giving money you
know charity can be you know encouraging
the good forbidding the evil helping a
person load up that car helping you know
whatever you is smiling is can be
charity you know so what can be charity
is huge but this whole mode of behavior
where you ultra Lister altruistically
you know help others and of course in
Islam we do things for the pleasure of
Allah and it in it's not because you
want something back that would ruin the
effect of it you don't do it because you
want something back because then this
would be selfish yes right then you know
that only is you wanting something and
that's not what gives you the feeling of
happiness right it's you helping others
altruistically and this is why in Islam
we have always the intention but
whatever you do you do it purely and
sincerely and completely seeking the
pleasure of Allah okay yeah let's I'm
going to cut off right there we got to
take a break and we'll be back with more
on the deed show emphasizing and
ascertaining the oneness of God
recognizing that there is a creator and
that Creator has given us the blueprints
as you have don't take anything for
granted don't just follow anything
blindly anything you believe research it
really understand what it is you're
believing and questioning things and
question them and search truthfully and
honestly
back here on the Dean show
I hit it home bring it home and give
that individual we talked about doing
good things trying to stay away from is
it good to say okay you know what that
person says you know okay okay you got
me I'll do some good and I'll go from
drinking a six-pack to you know one beer
you know a day but i'll just get drunk
on the weekends you know where's the
start where's the limit where did they
go from here today do they drop down
today is there hope from if they did all
this evil did it turn back to God do
they repent you know where do they go we
only have a few more minutes because
after you know they shut us off we might
not have them again right well I wanted
to finish my point so the final point
yes the final third point is that if you
want to be happy behave like a happy
person smile smile smile move yourself
like a happy put smile and you will feel
better behave like a happy person
behaves and you will begin to feel
better because the way you behave on the
outside affects the way that you you are
and this you know all I can say is when
you study Islam you see these profound
truths you see these things this is what
the religion of islam teaches it teaches
us that your faith faith in islam is not
just a set of things that i believe yeah
it's your actions this is what we
believe in Islam that faith is the
belief of the heart the profession of
the tongue and the action of the limits
faith increases when you obey God and
faith decreases when you disobey God
okay so this is the reality of faith so
I just encourage everybody to bring
happiness into the life but the best way
to bring true profound happiness trooper
found peace trooper found tranquility is
by following the guidance that God has
given all the ingredients are there I
mean I just deport touched upon three
points there are many many other things
on the path to peace and happiness but
the solution is a sled this guide you're
talking about can you please describe
him he's the one God the creator of the
universe the creator of the heavens and
the earth who sustains it and controls
it and we are all under his power and
his control because also there before we
leave some people got a idol in their
room
got a picture of someone in their room
they say I'm God your God we're all
God's oh we got a it's not like
any created thing God is the creator of
all things and no one has created good
God is the creator and he is uncreated
he has no beginning and no end whereas
the universe has a beginning and has an
end we have a beginning we have an end
we're mortal were limited with finite
Allah is a tunnel and uncreated an
infinite the self-sufficient he needs no
one he needs nothing but we desperately
need him closing comments and
suggestions one more time before we
leave for that true seeker i would say
pick up the Quran read it read the life
of the Prophet Muhammad may God's peace
and blessings be upon him see for
yourself what Islam has to say because
it really is the path to happiness and
truth in life where can people get ahold
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there great thank you may God Almighty
Allah reward you may Allah bless you I
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peace be unto you