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thank you for tuning in to another
episode of the dean show and this week
on The Dean show before the youth get
wild and before the Ship Sails we want
to make sure that we're doing the right
thing at home raising our children the
proper way so we don't lose our children
because it's a jungle out there so our
next guest shik y here from the UK in
Dallas so we'll see how his UK accent
with the Dallas Cowboy accent how this
all fits in we're going to meet him when
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youum how are yall doing alhamdulillah
fine did you pick up on the Texas accent
here in while you're in Dallas no not
yet you still got that nice uh British
accent yeah mallah how are you doing
alhamdulillah great yourself how long
you've been in the states here I've been
here for 6 years born in born in UK in
in the UK how's the transition been it's
been pretty peaceful as opposed to the
hustle and bustle life of London the
busy life um choosing a suburb over a
city it's pretty peaceful um
alhamdulillah Allah sent me to the right
Community I have a good team people that
I work with good Community alhamdulillah
things have been going from strength to
strength so the time is short just brief
introduction about yourself you've
memorized the verbate and word of God
you You' been studying this Dean for a
long time you've been tell us continue
from there well um I was born and raised
in England um it's parents of an Indian
Orion and um uh started memorizing the
Quran from a very young age and after
memorizing the Quran I enrolled at
Islamic Seminary to study Islamic
Sciences after graduating from there I
went on to complete my masters in
Islamic studies at University of London
whilst also serving as an Imam at a
local mosque in London in 2006 I made a
big move across the pond and came to the
United States of America upon the advice
of Imam Yu another great senior Imam of
Dallas and um ever since then I've been
serving as an Imam here now how did you
overcome were you shielded were you
protected I mean as a youth growing up
in London you got some wild things going
on people gone wild over there drugs
alcohol gangs gang bang all sorts of
things that are away from the organic
way of living we want to live a Pure
Life a good life A Life That's pleasing
to the creator of the heavens and earth
now you went in the good direction but
many they don't make it that what kind
of pressures were you that you overcame
so the youth they can kind of relate and
say you know what if he could do it I
can do it too I was quite fortunate
because my parents were always guided
towards Islam alhamdulillah you know all
prais to Allah and uh you know the
upbringing from the home is very
important my father was very conscious
about our Islamic upbringing especially
performances of prayers and you know
when when a person performs their
prayers and all sorts of disciplines
come into their life and um I was
fortunate enough that my parents guided
me towards the studies of Islam so from
a very young age I was in Islamic
Seminary so I was gu guarded and
protected from from the um the trials
and tribulations that most of the youth
go through in England having said that I
would come home on on the weekends and I
would see my friends and um people that
I grew up with associating and things or
or um you know engaging in activities
that were contrary to their upbringing
or contrary to the Islamic faith and um
at times it was a challenge because
you'd be invited towards those
activities or doing things and um it's
always been a challenge and and that
challeng will never end because of the
freedom afforded to the youth and in the
countries that we're living in so it's
alhamdulillah you know we praise to
Allah was protected from that I don't
think anybody can be protected or saved
unless Allah saves them and um of course
it starts from home there's they have to
be have a strong structure in the house
strong Islamic system and also the
community plays a big role in the
upbringing of a child and and um to
provide in that environment atmosphere
where they could be secure in their Deen
and they could practice Islam securely
now before we go into to you given us
some advice for the people who want to
start a family have a family and before
that as I said the Ship Sails you know
we want to prepare it before the
children get out there in the real world
want to prepare them for the challenges
of life so at what point did you
consciously make a decision because
people have to come you go from being a
young man a child to an adult and you
have to make a conscious decision to
submit to the creator of the heavens and
earth so at what point in your life okay
your father your parents are teaching
you Islam but at what point were you
like because even some parents they
teach them Islam but they're like still
they wander off but others they stop and
think and they're like you know what
what my parents are teaching me really
is the truth it's based on proof
evidences and they even didn't
wholeheartedly get into it did you have
that point in your life I think that
point came when I was closer to puberty
and after completing the Quran you know
memorizing Quran not understanding it
but still wanting to learn what the
Quran actually means um you know Shan
did attack me and shaan told me know you
don't need to go Seminary uh you might
become proud and arrogant if you become
an Islamic scholar you might Shan tried
many very many tricks and many avenues
that Shan attacks a person especially a
student of knowledge is attacked greatly
by shaan so um it was it was um at that
point that I actually consulted my my
teachers my sh my my my advisers my
mentors whom you know I I um I'm
indebted to and and I have to pray for
them Allah blesses them God blesses them
for all their efforts and it was at that
time that they guided me you know this
is this is the point where you need to
start reflecting and realizing God's
favor is upon you you know Allah's
chosen you for this path and you have to
remain on this path and stay on it and
stick to it so it was it was at that
point after memorizing the Quran before
enrolling at Islamic cinem close to the
age of puberty like 13 14 when I had
that great transition or that that
moment of my life where I had to make a
decision do I go back to school now
after completing h of Quran and
memorization of Quran or do you now go
on to learn what the Quran means try and
apply in your lives and benefit others
it was at that point in my life that I
had to really think about you know what
what direction I want to take in life
and you know you know I never lost faith
or I never had um I never lost trust in
what my parents taught me I always knew
this was the truth and you know I was
fortunate enough that God guided me
towards that how important is it because
we know that's one the verbatim word of
God is the Quran has been sent down for
all of mankind and it's a guidance a
healing for everybody so one of the
Miracles is that we have it in its
original memorized by millions but some
will memorize the Quran but how
important is it to memorize it but
memorize it with understanding how
important is that I think it's extremely
important because Allah T Allah mentions
in the Quran that we revealed this book
and it's blessed so that you can reflect
upon its meanings you know in in other
parts of the Quran Allah says God says
that we we made this Quran easy for
remembrance so how does one take heed
from it or take lessons from it derive a
way of life or a source of life from it
unless they understand it or truly
reflects upon its meanings so I think
it's extremely important that when when
a person memorizes the Quran he has to
understand or she has to understand that
this is their path of life now God has
chosen them for the Quran to be a true
ambassador of the Quran a holder of the
Quran a protector and preserved of the
Quran not just preserving its literal
words but also preserving its meanings
in actions in in conveying its teachings
in in in in teaching its others so I I
think um it's extremely important that
people understand and that's why you
will find people who that don't learn
the meaning of the Quran after
memorizing it they don't have true value
for the Quran and you will find
unfortunately amongst those that have
memorized the Quran although they are in
esteemed position because Allah selected
them from his for his words and for
preserving his words that they don't
tend to live the Islamic lifestyle
that's required from the a person that
has learned the Quran now you've seen
that yes I have what advice do you have
for those who are inspiring to memorize
the Quran their parents may be push them
to do it but they're dealing with this
dilemma now my advice to them is that
your journey doesn't end once you've
finished the last chapter of the Quran
your journey has just begun because now
you you have a responsibility and duty
to preserve the Quran in its true sense
and to convey its meanings to the people
so this is a path that Allah has chosen
for you and if you neglect this path and
you're it's like you're neglecting the
Fate that Allah has prepared for you and
I I think it's a it's a grave respons
it's a huge responsibility of parents as
well that once you've chosen your your
children for this path learning the
Quran preserving the Quran in in its
words then they should allow them to
Excel and to to learn Dean further more
and not just stop there has anyone asked
you let's say from our brothers in
humanity When you mention the Quran and
say well how can I know that this is
from the Creator how do I know why do
you guys say this is a miracle in short
what how can people be confident that
this is from the Creator because the
Quran um is unchanged unaltered unedited
it's in the original form of its
Revelation Allah tala God revealed this
to the prophet Muhammad and the source
of its Revelation is known it's solid
came from God through Gabriel to
Muhammad whereas other scriptures the
same cannot be said of them the
preservation of the Quran rigorous
efforts were made by earlier Muslims to
preserve it its words and you know this
system of and memorization is one method
that God chose for its pre preservation
so it's a it's a very um and nothing you
you'll find no contradictions in the
book you'll find that the it's it's in
the highest language it's a miraculous
the words are miraculous r F at a time
when people were proud about their
language took great pride in the in the
way that they um presented their
language skills and the prophet Muhammad
being unlettered not knowing how to read
or write was conveying these words to
the people with such with such
authenticity and with with such um with
such strength and with such ath
Authority it it there's there's no doubt
in the mind that this is the word of God
doesn't before we go to break doesn't
the creator of the heavens and the Earth
in aric we say Allah doesn't he identify
himself that he's the one that revealed
it he's going to protect it yes yes this
is a guarantee like stamp of approval
this is yes this is a verse of the Quran
where God says we we revealed the Quran
as a remembrance and we will protect it
yeah and preserve it's a tell me this
one is it true that there's a challenge
in there if someone says it's not from
God go ahead find one contradiction yes
exactly like you see in like other
scriptures yeah the Quran says that if
you um do they not do they not reflect
upon the Quran if it was from other than
Allah they would find many
contradictions in the and the Quran
challenges people that if this is the
word of man bring something like it
that's right and that's where we're
going to be giving you the information
on how you can save your family it's
going to be from the ver and word of God
and the teaching of the last and final
message sent to mankind of prophet
Muhammad we'll be right back with more
so stay tuned here on the dean show it's
like when did you think that you had no
purpose are you
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worthless the value comes from
purpose your purpose in life is to
worship the Creator not worship your
desires and self not worship social
pressure the celebrity culture but
worship the thing that's much higher and
Transcendent above and beyond by
worshiping God and seeking his pleasure
you get pleased so you have double
pleasure back here on the dean show with
shik Yasin and we are humbly trying to
really relay to the people out there you
know the message the beauty of the
purpose of life that's from the Creator
it's not an organized religion organized
by man or men it's indeed a way of life
a system that's For All Mankind and even
in here it tells you how to raise your
family how to bring up righteous
children so you have memorized this book
we talked about it being a miracle so
the person now that got to hear Quran
miracle from crater might continue to
listen and you've also you went through
those pressures you know you have some
experience so what advice do you give
for parents before the time comes and he
comes knocking on your door cuz you're
the Imam and they come knocking your
door say hey my son's joined the gang
hey my my son he just smacked me upside
the head my son's cursing using he he's
I didn't teach him French but he's you
know he's speaking French you know what
kind of French I'm saying right so
before it comes to that what advice do
you give to parents I think it's
important for parents to reflect once
they make this decision of having kids
and bringing kids into this world
children into this world what their
responsibility is as parents you know we
have we have uh rights children have
rights upon us us and we have duties
that we have to fulfill related to the
physical upbringing of a child and we're
all aware of that Muslim non-muslim it
doesn't matter everybody's fulfilling
that right of the child raising them
nurturing them nourishing them you know
when it comes to nutrition and and
giving them rest and giving them a home
and giving them close to we but when it
comes to the direction in life that they
need to lead the spirituality of the
child nurturing that molding them on a
on a way of life that's where many
people fail so it's really important
that parents change their Direction in
life before they start to bring children
into this world cuz having children is a
great responsibility and Duty for any
person it's not and it's not just the
physical responsibilities of the child
that we're account accountable for but
in front of Allah we are Shepherds we
have to um lead our flock towards the
right direction and that destination is
Jenna and Allah's pleasure so it's
important that we make this conscious
decision to choose the right way of life
before we bring children into this world
and once we do we have to we have to
bring Islam into our lives
wholeheartedly not this pick and choose
Islam that we living by in in in present
times not a buffet H exactly it's not a
buffet meal where you can go you know I
like Buffets by the way yeah eat all you
want you know that's why you know that's
a Tex in way I think Allah brought me to
the the right place so going going back
to the question you know we we choose
and pick and choose what we want to
follow and Allah says regarding the
people before Muslims before Islam they
they used to say we believe in in some
of it and we'll reject some of
it and we don't want to live at sort of
lifesty Allah says enter Islam fully so
when we bring children this as well we
have to realize we can't have this pick
and choose Islam we can't be
hypocritical in our in our perception of
Dean otherwise if we guide our children
towards something and we're not
practicing ourselves they they would
never have we would never have any
effect on on our children therefore I I
I think that parents need to be Role
Models number one they need to have the
right direction in their own lives after
they've adopted those qualities and they
have a very strong structure in their
own lives and they molded around their
lives are molded around Dean children
will pick up from that instantly you
know if if if if the your day starts
with Salah you know if your day ends
with you know if your if your if your um
structure around the house is modeled
around the prayers timings if you go out
to the mall you go out to grocery
shopping but you're conscious about
prayer timings and this is just one one
example of prayers itself and then
speaking about Allah on the dinner table
speaking about Allah in everywhere you
go you go into the car with your child
you speak to about Allah you ask them
about Allah you know like l in the Quran
when he speaks to his son and he says to
him that if there was a mustard seed
hidden somewhere who would bring it who
would know about it only Allah would
know about it oh son perform your
prayers enjoy in good forbid evil be
patient and he's advising his son all
these different advices about his
character do not be do not be hay do not
be proud do not be arrogant do not boast
so this conversation has to take place
it's a it's a question of Impressions
you know our children they're on online
most of the time they go to schools 40
hours a week um they go to tutions they
go everywhere and whatever they see
around them they're impression they're
impressionable and if we're not having
these conversations with our children
we're not speaking to them about Allah
about Chastity morality you know the the
the values that we want to instill in
them as as as Muslims then somebody else
is having that conversation with them
somebody else is taking that precious
time away from us today unfortunately
we're not spending enough time with our
children and time is a huge Factor how
many times do we do we do we go out with
our daughters as as as fathers you know
how many fathers take their daughters
out and say you know for a day out on a
Saturday you she's looking for that when
she's a teenage girl she's looking for
her father somebody a male figure to
take her out and teach her how a woman
should be treated you know to to to give
her some quality time to ask her how her
day has been how who are her friends
what does she like in life you know what
are her the things that she likes what
are her dislikes how many fathers know
that about their daughters how many sons
how many fathers know that about their
sons you know they shouldn't be living
in fear of their parents there should be
some respect and parents need to be
parents I'm not saying parents need to
be friends but they have to have these
conversations with their children they
have to talk to them all the time
constantly remind them not impose not
force from a very young age talk to them
about Allah talk to them about their
Direction in life talk to them about
morality about chanity about the prophet
Muhammad s Ali was read stories with
them in the house I think is so
important for the structure of a Muslim
household 5 minutes a day is extremely
effective read the book stories of the S
read the book gens of the pi you just
read from there two three every day
narrations of the Prophet Muhammad
sallallah alaihi wasallam relate to them
stories of from the Quran about the
prophets talk to them have the have
these conversations of them and you'll
find they will be impressioned by this
they will have a great impression of
Islam and inshallah it will lead to a
strong structure in the in the household
inshallah also the community plays a
huge role in this and and and one of the
differences I find between us and UK and
I don't this isn't question I know you
didn't ask this question but I think one
of the main differences I found was that
in England there was a strong um
educational structure for for all Muslim
kids all Muslim kids in UK growing up
90% of them I would say enroll at a
local Masjid after school 5 to 7 on a
daily basis during the school year and
in fact even Sumer holidays we weren't
allowed off and they went there they
learned Quran of course but they also
learned Islam they learned they learned
they learned Hadith narration of the
Prophet Muhammad they learned the
biography of the Prophet Muhammad and
and it was a Structure every child went
through whereas in the US we don't have
this structure we have Sunday school
even that is some places it's strong
some places it's weak many children are
lost many children are lost uh we're we
almost got to go to break so in short
I'm going to ask you some more questions
I have a lot more to ask you but you
know it's sad that the time is always
short so if you can try to get
everything out that I throw at you to
the people and the next question I want
to know how important is it that we
teach our family the pure way of life
the pure way of life that was sent from
the Creator I know we love our culture
and our customs from back home but now
we brought our families here to America
and now we're teaching back home culture
and now how much of it where's the thin
line that we don't cross because at the
end the children like and my parents
been teaching me 70% culture and 20%
Islam or whatnot for instance I'll give
you just one example example for
instance we know that the Dari that's
for the what the the girl the girl but
you it's sad to say some people are
taking a c custom and they do it for the
what for the for the man right so these
customs and cultures that conflict now
with Islam where's the bord how do we
know you know so we don't overwhelm the
kids and at the end you know Islam is
something that changes a person for the
better it's the best self-defense from
gambling from alcohol from all the evil
vices so how do we make sure we're doing
it God's way not our desires I think
education is really important I think
many people that come from from other
countries and they settle in this
country and they choose to to raise a
family here they themselves are unaware
uneducated in Islamic matters and they
they are um you know they they practice
culture and they not they they unaware
that the cultural practices that they
adhere to have no basis in Islam so I
think education starts from the parents
and of course the Masjid the IM the sh
the the scholars they have a leading
role to play in this where they have the
you know they have the platform the
member the pulpit on a weekly basis
addressing thousands of people to
address some of these challenging issues
uh where many people need to be educated
on the on the status of women in Islam
the status of of of women in uh status
of Youth in Islam you know so so many
different cultural um problems that
we're having or we're facing need to be
addressed on um from the Masjid from the
from the pulpit um if the parents
themselves are uneducated on these
matters then it's very hard for them to
teach pure Islam to their children get
to know your Dean exactly get to know
who your creator is what he wants from
you that is the key right there and you
know cuz some people say look Allah said
right what was reveal so I got to get
the PHD so do we get things okay get
that but get the knowledge of the dean
first knowledge of the dean is essential
it's for the Hereafter yeah you know you
can you can educate worldly masses which
is your responsibility but we were going
to die one day and the reality is we're
going to face our CER and our master and
if we don't know our Dean then you know
we're setting ourselves up for failure
all the degrees aren't going to help
then right no it won't help we'll take a
break we right back with more here on
the dean show you think these things are
going to bring you happiness you know
why you keep going back to the club and
you keep going back to these
desires cuz you never find
satisfaction it's going to end up
causing you if it hasn't already a lot
of
pain you think you're happy you're
kidding yourself you really
are what we are offering in Islam what
we have found in Islam for ourselves is
a means by which our hearts are at peace
they're at rest they're not discontent
we are pleased with what we
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have I am not afraid to stand
alone I am not afraid to stand alone
Allah I am not afraid 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
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alone back here on the dean show with
Shake Yen now let's talk to the to the
youth now the parents we talked about
them doing their role connecting them
with the Creator educating them spending
family time quality time how about for
the Youth now theyve kind of they
haven't had that they're tuning in their
friends have turned their life around
and they're trying to call their friends
to goodness they're sitting watching the
show that they don't think it's cool to
be a Muslim they don't they think it's
more cool to quote Lady Gaga instead of
quoting the prophet you know what do you
got to say to them MH well it doesn't
take um a scientist or ET scientist to
figure out that way of life is is um is
destructive if we look at celebrity
Lifestyles today you don't find any
happiness in any of their in their lives
I mean you find Whitney Houston just
committed well overdose and Lindsay
loens in in rehab Britney Spears was in
rehab so we we this is what we know
about celebrity Lifestyles and there's
no happiness there's no um that sort of
Lifestyle destructive when when there's
no God in your life when there's no
monism no in your life there is no
purpose sense of purpose in your life
what are you working for what are you
living for so my message to the youth
that want to Aspire towards that sort of
lifestyle and and they they think the
Islamic lifestyle is uncool how long is
it cool for to be cool you know quote
unquote I mean you're going to age one
day we're all going to age I mean today
somebody told me I'm an uncle because
now I have three kids I'm only 30 at the
and I don't feel like an uncle but we
all going to age and we aspire to the
wrong things from now we don't we're
setting ourselves up for failure later
on so my my message to the youth is that
choose a role model whose way of life is
is fulfilling it's satisfactory why are
we finding so many people flocking to
the religion of Islam why are people
finding Eternal peace in the religion of
Islam why are people finding Eternal
peace in the sunah of prophet Muhammad
alaihi wasallam why are we not studying
Islam deeply why W look why are we not
looking into this lifestyle rather than
being influenced by by other things by
pressured by other things so I would
advise a youth to to study to read to to
connect with their local masjids to to
other Muslim Youth and look into that
lifestyle and and and read the merits of
it and they'll find peace and
Tranquility in their lives death is a
reality defin and after death the day of
judgment reality Hellfire is a reality
paradise and these things are a reality
that we're going to have to what we do
in this life will be accountable so at
the end Hellfire Paradise is this what
all the messages of God taught mhm yeah
so we we got to get it right now exactly
definitely we it's a ity when the
discussion of hell and heaven is is as
old as the discussion as old as the
creation of man as soon as as long as
man has been in this world the
discussion of Heaven and Hell took place
it's a reality it's undeniable nobody
can reject it therefore we have to you
know
practice and and adhere to the teachings
that will take us towards Paradise
refrain from the Hellfire last closing
comments and suggestions a one real
briefly we got women left to the parents
or struggling with their children and
the children who are really you know
having a hard time growing up here you
know so much Temptation so many things
just sucking their man away they caught
up in all the different things of the
tantalization of this life and they're
having a hard time to submit what do you
got to say well to the parents my my
message is that if you you know continue
trying make Dua supplicate to Allah
subhana to God to help you in this path
raising children everybody needs the
help of God nobody can do it without the
help of God and the guidance of God and
God guides me he wishes nobody can guide
wh whomsoever God wishes to misguide but
the effort has to start from home we
have to be very strong in our efforts
and we have to be very wise and use tax
and wisdom that's very important for the
parents my message to the youth is that
do not succumb to the pressures in
society do not keep up with the Joneses
that's not what we're here for we have
we're here to follow the prophet
sallallah alaihi wasallam we've given a
pure pure way of life study it read
about it learn it and try and adopt it
thank you very much God Almighty the
reward you peace be on and thank you for
tuning in to another episode on The Dean
show no time lost when you're sitting
and you're learning something that can
benefit your life when you're hearing
the good advice you're putting off all
the Hip Hop m music and the rock music
and all the other things of there there
are no benefit but when you sit and you
take time to reflect over the creation
of the heavens and earth what's my
purpose of life where am I going when I
die and you're beseeching the help of
the creator of the heavens and earth
because you can't do it on your own
there one God and he sent Messengers to
guide us
but how you going to know what the
guidance is if you don't ask the Creator
for the guidance and I'm just going to
share before we end cuz we're here in
Dallas y'all one of my teachers is here
and he shared something real beautiful
me that just stuck with me so I was
listening to him to a person of
knowledge and it stuck with me it was
something good hopefully you can benefit
from this good he told me that we need
to work hard in this life fill in our
grave with good deeds before we visit
the grave cuz we're all going to visit
that place and we need to to work to
please hard our creator before we meet
our creator and we need to work hard to
disattach ourselves from this life
before this life says bye-bye to us and
that is great advice that we can all
benefit from because we're going to be
leaving this life is transitory and the
here after is forever Hellfire is real
Paradise is for real and we want to
shoot high and that's for Jenna so let's
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