is alhamdulillah alum greetings of peace
to everybody all over the globe I wanted
to give you a short introduction about
my guest on this week's show who at the
time when we were filing filming the
show he was with me he was very buoyant
happy excited as you can see to share to
get out there and this is what he lived
for propagating the truth he was an
advocate of peace calling people to
peace calling people to the purpose of
life he was somebody who was out there
working for Humanity to make the world a
better place and it's sad to say that he
has passed away and I send my
condolences to his family so when you're
watching the show think about it think
about this man who at that time was
alive and he was at the peak and the
Pinnacle of his life but now he's gone
he's left he's left this life but he
left behind some wonderful work
something that will carry on with him
into the next life he left a mountain of
good deeds may Allah accept it from him
May the Creator accept it from him may
his family continue his legacy of
sharing this message of peace with the
world so we ask that the crater grants
him Jenna May everybody make Dua for him
and really think when you're watching
the show that death he didn't expect
that it would come at that time but it
came and it's coming for all of us so
let us live a righteous a good Pious
life a life of morality a life that is
on the Oneness of the Creator doing good
calling people to good and living in
peace and sharing this message of peace
with the world enjoy this week's show
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the alhamdulillah Alum welcome to the
dean show I'm Eddie your host and today
we're going to be talking about
something that's very very important you
already agree and we've covered this in
so many shows but we
always we always are very
excited and anticipating there's a lot
of not yet Muslims who are tuning on for
the first time so Islam is based on Five
Pillars the most important of which is
that you establish a direct connection
with the one who created you that's the
one God the same God of Jesus Abraham
Noah Moses and the last m s to mankind
of prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
now once we establish the first pillar
and the rest of them we also at the same
time have to be perfecting our manners
and that's what we're going to be
talking about today here on the dean
show with my special guest IM Mustafa Z
when we come back sit tight everybody in
deep down they believe that there is a
God yeah and as much as they deny
it if God exists and he he does if God
sends prophets and he does if God
reveals books and he does should he not
tell me how to live my life doesn't that
make
sense that they feel more secure and
safe now inside the religion of Islam
than they ever felt out in the
streets but the best way to bring true
profound happiness true profound peace
true profound Tranquility is by
following the guidance that God has
given see for yourself what Islam has to
say because it really is the path to
happiness and Truth in
life peace be with you thank you
brother now you said something in Arabic
now see people are like Eddie you keep
repeating these same things but look I
know the Muslims know these words but I
love those
who are our brothers in humanity who we
want to be our brothers in faith and
they hear some Arabic words please
define what you said said alhamdulillah
I said Praises be or thanks be to Allah
subhana tala creator of heavens and
earth and I say may Allah reward you
well which is the best reward of them
all the reward from our creator to us
inshallah now keep you know what just
keep sending the non-muslims to the Deen
Show because they get a free aric class
at the same time and they get to learn
about by by theault and they get to
learn about the most misunderstood way
of life but isn't it the fastest growing
way of life in the world today Islam
absolutely uh there was a statistic by
CNN for the past 15 years not one single
religion or a denomination of one
religion grew in America period there
was only one religion that was Islam and
it doubled in size doubled doubled
that's amazing the past 18 years now
with all the hype negative media
publicity I mean what's going on here I
mean did did did the Muslims pay off did
some of these big shakes pay off CNN
absolutely to the contrary some of our
good American Brothers actually uh some
sometimes they are incensed about what
they hear about uh in the media about
Islam and they go let me go to the
library and see what is that you know
religion they're talking about and the
more they read without any middl men
without any bias or people of special
interest they understand the truth of
religion and they understand Islam and
they Embrace Islam never one time in the
past 20 years that there was hype
against Islam that was not a comp
by a higher ratio of Americans accepting
Islam amazing amazing amazing and
manners is what we're talking about
today yes manners Define manners in
Islam what is it how important are good
manners behavior in Islam if there's
anything more important than the manners
of Islam is actually the certification
of the Oneness of Allah subhana tala
Prophet Muhammad wasallam peace be upon
him uh defined it better than anyone
else he
said
I was only sent to complete the most
noble of manners the entire message of
prophet Muhammad and his struggle over
23 years was about completing the best
of manners manners in Islam is not uh my
perception of good or wrong right or
wrong U uh my intentions or my idea of
what is good or what's to be done it's
how practically I prove my belief in God
in dealing with every living entity
around me even animals even animals even
animals Prophet Muhammad Ali wasallam
forbade his companions to have a
standstill conversation while they're
riding their horses horses that are
breed and fed and raised to carry people
he forbade His companion sallallahu
alaihi wasallam to have a conversation
you can have that conversation on your
foot why you impose your weight on the
backs of horses wow he would be walking
and a cat trying to drink from a pot of
water and the level of the pot is higher
than the cat the prophet Sall am would
kneel down tilt the pot tell the cat
finishes drinking and walks away and
then he would continue walking so the
religion of Islam is about your behavior
it's not about my good intentions or my
perception of peace and love and and
compassion it's how I apply that and how
I fear my Creator in dealing with his
Creations on a daily basis our Islam is
founded in the Masjid but it's practiced
outside the Masid with everyone Muslim
non-muslims even animals now you
mentioned some examples some beautiful
examples of manners I mean Behavior
towards animals yes what about now
towards fellow human beings uh Prophet
mammi wasallam defined a Muslim by a
very simple definition a Muslim is the
one whom people all people Muslim non-
Muslims or animals are safe from his
hand and his tongue now elaborate at
that what does that mean from his hand
from a slap upside the head or his no
hand means stealing anything that the
hand can do anything the hand can do
even if you send an email that
backbiting someone that's anything that
can be of harm to human beings or live
beings around you that is if people are
safe from that from you then that's the
definition of because the hand can do a
lot of bad you can smack some upside the
head and actually if you think about it
your tongue and your hand are the main
tools for interacting with people it's
how you affect other people yeah one
thing that I want to bring not only uh
our Muslim Brothers but non Muslims also
the Holy Quran the one final untampered
with with word of subh T which which
version of the Quran there's only one
version only one the only Holy scripture
in the same original language the same
way that was revealed to the prophet
from Archangel Gabriel given to people
exactly as it is for the past 1400 years
that is the Quran is this a living
Miracle absolutely it is absolutely it
is the same exact words from Archangel
Gabriel as revealed to Prophet Muhammad
wasallam are in your hands in a life
language that is called Arabic that you
can learn not right now wow that's
another topic of itself but go ahead
please but in that miracle that that you
just mentioned of a Holy Scripture the
the the most repeated phrase in the
entire Quran is 55
times those who believed and did
righteous Deeds based on that belief
those who believe and did righteous
Deeds upon that belief now the belief
real quickly real quickly what is that
belief one Mighty God one Mighty God you
believe in all his Prophets The Original
Scriptures that were sent to them in the
angels of God Hellfire Judgment Day
paradise and the faith that Allah subh
had written with him for every single
creation of his in theab muin when he
created the universe and then you said
you follow it up with with action that's
the good de action yes talk is cheap so
exactly not the perception of good and
bad not the the emotions that I have in
my heart and love and compassion but how
I apply that practically when I deal
with people if I truly believe in God
and the room is empty and I can do Haram
I can steal I can cheat I can lie I can
and nobody's watching and I stopped
myself I said no God is there God is
watching me I would stop in fear of God
that is belief that's a good deed too
then right absolutely cuz maybe your
desire wanted to do something bad but to
stop yourself and control yourself from
doing what yourself likes but in fear
and obedience to your creator isn't that
in Arabic Jihad yes Jihad striving
against that yourself absolutely and the
highest you know and and that's one of
the biggest perceptions about Islam is
Jihad striving Prophet mam ask what is
the best kind of jihad because in the
Quran you can do things for the sake of
Allah subh T strive with your money with
your knowledge and so so he was asked
what is the best kind he said a word of
Truth to a tyrannical ruler wow let's
take a break and we'll be back for more
here on the dean show peace what
happened to my best friend I don't see
him here in J Allah opens a window so he
can see his friend in hell he looks at
his friend doesn't say you okay can I
pull you out he doesn't say that he said
man you almost took me to the party with
you you're the one who used to crack
jokes with me about religion
you know that you know that guy and then
now imagine this guy who's in Jenna
looking at this and saying oh thank God
I didn't listen to you cuz for a second
there I was thinking about
it he just saw Hellfire so he comes back
into Jenna and it's like he just got
here for the first time the words in the
Quran are
amazing are we not going to die anymore
really oh wait he he already knew that
he's in Jenna but when he saw a glimpse
of Hellfire the most most beautiful
thing you could appreciate about Jenna
first and for like it's a re
reintroduction to Jenna what's the first
thing he says we not going to die
anymore we're not going to be tortured
there's no more pain that's the second
thing he appreciates why cuz he just saw
what pain looks like Subhan Allah back
here on the dean show with Imam Mustafa
Z all the way from New Jersey how are
things out there alhamdulillah
alhamdulillah all right thank you very
much again for making the time to come
come to be with with us actually thank
you for having me thank you so so we're
talking about good manners good behavior
and if the Muslims if we would live like
the last and final messenger his Sunnah
his way more people would be coming to
Islam more people we we'd have less
problems but it's because of our lack of
good behavior mannerisms not following
the blueprint we got a lot of we're in a
mess yes so tell us now Define for me
good manners not according to what we
perceive good manners being but as to
what all the prophets Moses Jesus Noah
and the last and final message of
prophet Muhammad peace be upon him what
he defined and they Define good manners
as being that's a good question Prophet
mammad wasallam defined good manners in
three parts yes and you'd be surprised
the first part is guess what what's that
to have a lenient smiling laughing face
he was described by his wife say he was
the most laughing and smiling and
welcoming of all faces we should smile
more absolutely all right a lot of the
brothers confus their seriousness about
their Dean that they have to have a grim
and serious and you know face they're
emulating someone that one is not
prophet mhammad wasam and this is also
very good when you are with people that
do not know you that's how they know
that you know what this someone that I
can talk to this someone who might be
courteous and helpful to me the second
part
is some people translate that wrong into
not harming people no it's stopping
yourself from harming people when you
can harm people when you're able to
avenge and retain retaliate and you stop
yourself you say for the sake of God I'm
not going to hurt and I'm going to
forgive and I'm going to Pardon Prophet
Muhammad wasam once was walking and a
bedwin who was obviously new to Islam
that Prophet mammad wasallam did not
know him whatsoever came from behind
Prophet mamm wasallam held them from his
clothes and shoved them so violently to
the right that the clothes of the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam made
a mark on his flesh Prophet mmad was the
most powerful man in the Arabic
Peninsula when there was a battle the
the bravest of them all used to hide
behind him for protection amazing
Prophet mam could physically split the
man into two pieces what would he do he
smiled at the man and told the companion
standing next to him give him from the
Muslim treasury the man was yelling at
the prophet give me from the money of
God that He gave you he was asking for
Char but that's his way you've asked it
m smiled and asked the man give him
charity and turn around did not say
anything to him he could avenge he could
retaliate but he would forgive and he
would pardon as a stopping oneself from
harming the third part is and a lot of
people do not know and this is actually
a serious problem what is the highest
level of a Muslim according to Islam and
according to the prophet of Islam who is
the best Muslim is it the the Muslim
that prays the most or fast the most or
read Quran the most
no the most and the best of all Muslims
are the most beneficial to all people
old people meaning Muslim non-muslim
animals how beneficial to every living
Soul around you that would make you a
bit Muslim or for that matter the best
Muslim you can possibly be these are
good maners tell us now someone says you
know what I like that smiling part you
know that's good that's good so the
brother we catch him you know looking at
some he's not and say hey look I heard
on the dean show that you know I should
smile more so she or he is smiling at
the oppos of gender and say hey I'm just
trying to you know no smile alloud
smiling in that's a good point okay so
this is uh for how is that Define that
just elaborate on a little bit so that's
also modesty is in the mannerisms also
that we conduct ourselves when you said
something Halal Halal means you know
everything Allah subhana tala put as you
say always blueprint for us blueprint
and the blueprint is only for your
benefit yeah whatever the Allah said
Halal that's for you good whenever said
Haram Haram actually if you look at it
it's the same word as spelled as harm
with one difference letter so harm you
whatever that harms you whatever that
hurt you whether you aware of it or not
that's what Allah made Haram for you
it's all for your benefit and your
protection Allah creator of the universe
that is 13.8 billion light years wide
does not need your charity or your
bowing or whatever that you do he put
you in a test are you going to be
grateful to the life that I gave you or
not are you going to be courteous and
helpful and forgiven un pardoning and
merciful to people or not so when you
come on Judgment Day at the day when the
result of the test happens and you ask
Allah Mercy put me in Paradise forgive
me put me in Paradise Pardon Me Put Me
In Paradise Allah ask you were you
merciful when you could were you you
forgiven when you could did you pardon
people when you could were you grateful
to all the blessings that I gave you for
free or not and that's what life is
about yeah we we've kind of got away
from that I mean when you say manners
most people think about helping an old
lady across the street opening a door
for somebody saying thank you you're
welcome now we do those things and do we
go beyond that absolutely it's your
behavior manners is your behavior these
things are nice things and they're good
etiquette and a good etiquette is a good
manner but about the generality of
things everything are you beneficial are
you courteous are you hurtful or you
know are you a source of help you know
helping people and and and caring for
people that is what the whole religion
is about it's how to practically show
what's in your heart now people are
getting a different perception here
because many people from maybe just
watching the media or maybe even I mean
you have some Muslims who aren't acting
in accordance with Islam so how do you
differentiate you know the person that
might have seen a Muslim acting opposite
to what you're saying say hey man this
is what you're talking about is gibis
cuz the Muslims that I know they're not
acting like this they might be swearing
I see them at the nightclub you know
they're not opening no doors for me
they're acting totally opposite of this
how do we differentiate what you're
saying you know from the actions of some
who are doing the opposite that's a
valid question but the answer is even
simpler yes there's a difference between
the law and the criminals Islam is the
law that criminals should be judged by
when they commit the crime the law is
not judged or shaped or identified or
defined by the behavior of criminals
these Muslims who not abide by the law
they committed the crime of you know not
obeying Allah subhana but when you
compare their behavior and try to judge
that Islam is that is a simply you are
judging the judge and the court system
and the law by the behavior of the man
who just broke the law itself which is
that makes sense totally like you say
the answer is simpler than the question
yes amazing amazing we're going to take
another break and we'll be back for more
here on the dean shelf it comes to you
the truth and the attribute of the one
who created you that he's one and alone
running this universe that he doesn't
become born he doesn't die he doesn't
eat then go to the bathroom this is not
God you got problems here it doesn't
make sense who is Jesus worshiping
because it's recorded in the gospel
despite all of the other issues about
the gospels we put those aside we just
say it's mentioned there that Jesus
worshiped God prot us from H back here
on the dean show with IM Mustafa Z now
when I started the program we mentioned
the Five Pillars one of which is the
most important that one he acknowledges
what's ingrained in his very nature that
there is no God but the one God yes man
is not a god woman is not a God but the
one who created man and woman the one
God creator of Jesus Moses Abraham the
prophet Muhammad peace be upon him they
all worship the one God now there's that
F Foundation then the establishment of
the prayers five times a day pay paying
of the zakat the poor do tax and the
fasting during the month of Ramadan and
the Hajj so now this is heavy on the
scales yes but now when you compare
mannerism some people might be doing
this but now they have Bad Manners and
they don't repay their debts they gossip
they back by getting in other people's
business yes is this all under the
pretense of good manners and how heavy
is it when you implement good manners
actually that's a very good question
because the very famous Hadith that
almost every Muslim knows the Hadith of
the pillars of Islam Islam was built
upon the Five Pillars that you said the
most important and key word in theith is
BU built upon this is the foundation of
a building you don't dig a huge hole put
concrete and you know fortified steel
and just live with the ground and walk
away that's the foundation of the
building of Islam the building of Islam
cannot be found without that Foundation
but the foundation is not the entire
building of Islam now what is that
building that building is the mannerism
of Islam Prophet mam
said the heaviest thing that can be put
in the scale of on Judgment Day not
reading Quran not fasting not it
is fearing Allah subhana tala and good
manners and if you think about it fear
and Allah good manners are the two sides
of the same coin I fear Allah subhana T
I'm not going to hurt I'm not going to
gossip I'm going to be know courteous
I'm going to be helpful I'm going to be
charitable I'm I'm not going to say a
foul word I'm not going to hurt anyone
with whatever strength that I have
whatever blessings that Allah had given
me I'm going to use that to get closer
to Allah subhana not to transgress and
hurt people with and that's the essence
of Islam and that's why Islam spread and
still spreading exponentially the
largest Muslim country in the world
Indonesia you know there was no battle
to open Indonesia for Islam was four
Merchants when they went to the market
after accepted Islam to the shock of
everybody they said you know what before
we quote you the this is what's wrong
with that piece of textile this is
what's wrong with that horse before they
quoted people prices people were shocked
and after they done their business
people asked them we never seen that
honesty and your demeanor and your
cleanliness what's going on what do you
call that they call that Islam and these
Indonesians that actually asked that
question and accepted Islam they did not
accept Islam as a title but the
mannerism of Islam that these people
showed and they showed that and that's
how 230 million Indonesians are Muslims
today that is amazing amazing it's
amazing and the seriousness of good
manners because isn't it also emphasized
that now you can be praying and you can
be doing all the acts of worship but at
the end of the day on the day of
judgment if you did all these evil
things that you're going to be losing
your good deeds if you had Bad Manners
gossiping backbiting you know being
deceitful lying all these this is Bad
Manners aren't you going to lose your
good deeds actually praying and fasting
and charity all these obligation all
these pars of Islam is to strength you
belief in God so much that you go
outside and show you the manners of
Islam so there might be a deficiency in
your pray because it's supposed to make
your manners better absolutely the good
manners of Islam is the fruit of Iman
yeah you have a tree the the root of the
tree is the belief in the Oneness of God
the worshiping is the trunk of that tree
and then when you worship correctly and
you have the correct IM and the solid IM
you're going to see the fruits in
everything that you do and deal with
people in that goes back this is another
topic of itself you should know what
you're saying in the prayer some people
going up and down getting exercise but
if you're not benefiting from that
prayer benefiting meaning now it's not
changing your life helping you to stay
away from Evil developing your character
there's some maybe deficiency in your
prayer even by definition Prophet mmad
wasam talks about the reward
inah in your prayers what you going to
get the reward that you get is what you
comprehend in your prayers that's where
the reward is prayers is not an exercise
of bowing and moving your back or just
moving your lips you need to understand
stand and fear Allah and mean what you
say as if Allah subhana tala is standing
right there before you so that goes back
to really knowing Islam reading the
Quran the verba and word of God with
understanding knowing the example of the
last understanding the reason for the
Quran is to make to comprehend Quran a
lot of people think that reading the
Quran is you know fanatically pronounced
in the Arabic words yes there's a reward
for that from Allah but the purpose of
the Quran is for us to comprehend it and
apply it in when we dealing with people
people with in our practical maners but
some people you know they kiss the Quran
they put on the shelf and now you got
you got it comes out when somebody dies
and they'll read the Quran and got a
bunch of dust on it is that what the
Quran was sent for no Quran is that's
actually the blueprint for all mankind
to live the most fulfilling satisfying
joyful life on your way to Paradise
there's meaning there's logic there's
sense there's Spirit there's there's
everything that you need in your life
and even the sunah of prophet mamm his
tradition is King to explain the Quran
and make it easy for us by the Practical
example of the manners of prophet
Muhammad amazing amazing we're out of
time how come people get a hold of you
and you're also the author of a
wonderful book called The Lies about
Muhammad peace be upon them how can they
get your book and how can they get the
book is available online inshallah it's
on amazon.com Baron noble.com and
actually you can follow my blog and uh
my recent articles on the lies about
muhammad. comom inshallah amazing thank
you very much may God Almighty the
Creator Allah reward
you thank matters in Islam and Islam by
now you know that it means to acquire
this peace that we're all looking for by
submitting your your your wants your
needs your desire to submit your will to
God's will to the Creator's will this is
Islam and then we talked about manners I
don't know about you but I love to sit
with people such as Imam Mustafa Zade
and other people Scholars that we've had
on the show because this is how we
become better Muslims through
knowledge and then implementing the
knowledge by action it's amazing keep
coming back here to the dean show to
learn more I'm learning more and I'm
getting excited learning more because
the more we learn about Islam the more
it it just entices us to do more to to
be better human beings to to be better
husbands Sons daughters I mean this is
the blueprint we got to learn the
blueprint we got to live by it and I
hope that you really got to benefit I
sure did we'll see you next time here on
the dean show until then peace be unto
you