if there is
something
alhamdulillah we're greeting with the
best greeting the greeting of peace
peace be with you thank you for tuning
in to another episode of the dean show
I'm Eddie your host and today we have a
double treat for you we're going to be
talking to Mr shik brother Hassan that's
right he was in the music industry for
40 years 40 plus years he's here to tell
us his story how he went from singing to
people such as Ronald Reagan to singing
also to the former president of
Yugoslavia Tito and some of the higher
clerics up in the church that's right
the church and also different imams such
as shik bendero and whatnot to finally
finally after being a one who was not so
Muslim to a part-time Muslim to Once In
A W culturally Muslim to this that and
the other to getting back on track we
want to hear his story they would say
sometimes that you can't teach an old
dog new tricks but let me tell you
something as he's going to testify today
that you know what when the truth comes
to you when you realize that hey I'm
going to die sooner or later I better
get my act together and I better seek
guidance from the one who created me
he's best to tell me how to live my life
and when that truth comes and you see
the goodness that comes out from
following that truth
you start to leave off some of these
vices you start to leave off many of the
things that are of no benefit the things
that don't produce a positive outcome in
your life things that don't help you to
become the best human being but they
kind of bring you down so he left this
and we want to hear his story so we can
all benefit The Young and the old the
rich and the
poor and it's a double treat because we
have Kamal almi who's going to be
conducting the interview helping us out
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that's right Hassan is telling his story
with Kamal mecki here on the dean show
I'll see you next week God willing
inshallah enjoy this week's show
peace be with
you my name is and today we have
actually a very special guest with me in
the studio is brother Hassan
redzovic and uh brother Hassan rovic and
it by the way it hurts me to call you
brother I wanted to call you Sheikh out
of respect but because of his humbleness
may Allah reward him he actually refused
that I refer to him as she but our
brother Hassan rovic actually has a very
interesting life and we wanted to talk
about some of his experiences and
something else that's very interesting
for all the dean show fans uh if we can
get the camera on brother Hassan brother
Hassan is actually the father of Eddie
the host of The Dean show so for those
who have been wondering for the past
years where Eddie gets his good looks
from alhamdulillah in this episode we
finally have the answer to that question
so first of
all and welcome to the show and it's uh
we've already been talking a little bit
and I'm very excited to get started we'
like to get started by by asking you you
know when you were born well you don't
have to tell us the dates but where at
least and what the atmosphere was like
the family was like if you would begin
inshallah this is my surprise I even was
not prepared or
anything but uh
thank to Allah to be with you D today
alhamdulillah I'm born about 60 years
ago in former
Yugoslavia today is
Bosnia
1949 I'm born in a small town about
everybody know each other about 7,000
people in big family soal I would not
say the poor but we was middle class
soal poor poor you
know father mother five uh six brothers
and Five Sisters Mah after second world
war can you imagine today you have one
child H too much that time there no
thank God you
know I can tell you know that uh we
don't have that what what the child have
today in that time but uh
thank God I that I know now he was 100%
And you know with
us no okay now just if you could give us
an idea because some people may not have
an idea after World War II uh who was in
charge of Yugoslavia was it under
Russian control many many people would
imagine it was under Russian control but
the reality is know there was that time
when I was born there was one system
communist and there was Tito a Marsha
he was the one uh uh system you know one
party okay and honestly whoever was
joined the party they had a good time
arrest of it they was struggling my
father he was working by
himself you know like I said and
also what can you expect except you know
on top of everything he he choose a
little bit alcohol also
that was affect every little bit even
today from this
disease and the music he loved the music
he
start also he saw that like you know in
me kind of that he can get me to be
singer you know and that's that's was
time like six seven year old he was
waking up night time bringing the
gypsies you know violins and playing
music but just to clarify this was this
was he was Muslim by name this was a
Muslim family by name yes he was like
mahm me they short in BOS you know they
even even we you know Hassan H you know
like you know abbreviate the name he was
like you know kind of shy to say who you
are okay and would you be if your name
was Mahmud or Muhammad or Ahmed would
you find problems from the government
not really not really but okay I now I
can see like you know they play played
it very
nice role about you know this religion
my father left me a two two good good
advice okay the number one is he took me
to the Imam and tell Imam listen he is a
Hassan your meat my bones oh teach him
by Allah excellent even my father he was
not praying like he was parttime Muslim
now could you explain what it means
you're me my bones because don't
understand even you beat them beat them
but let them know teach them that's
that's God exists beautiful just so run
it by the viewers one more time your
meat my bones meaning you can whip them
and beat them you can take care of the
meat just give me bones at the end
that's now there's some cultures where
they tell the teacher your bones my meat
so you beat him and break his bones just
give me the meat brother okay anyways
this one one and second since my father
is born in smaller Village and he at the
second world he came to this little
bigger where we are where
I'm what happened one day we was going
to visit his you
know uh visit his relatives our
relatives anyway and all the people they
know one Village is orthodox serbs me
come on they bring in
alcohol you know they drink Muslim they
bring in chai
bringing food and then after all he got
drunk on the way he said he told me he
says oh
son actually I I told him father you
brother Baba you you so popular he said
listen build a house in every
village how I can small how that's later
I I me that's what he meant be good with
everybody oh I see they going love you
okay okay
and thank Allah social that's least
those two I forgive him child abuse I
that we call Child Abuse he abused me
with the music I
see music that everybody think the music
is something sweet oh brother I I'm
professional 40 years in the music
business 40 years 4 okay let's go for
the to the beginning you said when you
were six or seven years old he start my
father waking me up to those gypsies
violin I want my son to sing oh teach
him teach him look when I was 14 I have
my own
group following beetles long hair baby
baby b b you know so and so by the age
of
14 okay
1966 guess what I have another band more
B bigger I start early morning 14 15 wow
I I sing to the Tito the president of of
the country so you got of July they
Gathering all of they Gathering I sing
there so you got to that level you're
that famous you sang now I start turning
money from music bringing money this and
this when I was 18 I went to Army no
school actually let me go back to the to
the Imam after Imam I go regular school
I go regular school come late or you
know dirty pants 11 kids not per perfect
perfect but sorry to interrupt you said
after the Imam so you studied with the
Imam yes
Islam yeah so your father took you to
study with with the IM but he also took
you to study with the gypsies no no no
no to regular school okay government
School excellent you know regular school
when I go over there
if I mention God I say what guy God no
God that God did you see
God shut up okay and so that then I was
conf this a
confusion you see let's say those riches
riches from Muslim or you know there was
two different kind of Orthodox and
Muslim in my town there was no no others
like you know maybe one of thousand all
right
but what happened now I'm
confused when this the richest M Muslim
his son doesn't go to
to Mid oh that's not popular what's
wrong come on and that's a society we
live live just a Muslim name that's it
but just by name okay by name that's it
all
right okay so going back to the music
then you start to sing in front of the
the president of the country and then
from there where did it go on on then I
have my own own band we play here and
there weekends you know we we play you
know uh parties you know and everything
and uh I actually sued in the school and
I went to Army in Army whole 16 months
actually 18 but 16 months I play in with
Rd AR uh Army Band I see in the town of
bcah MH you know after that Army are
finished I go to Adriatic in Yugoslavia
that's a popular place it's
reaaa let's say festivals I then I I
start also nightclubs oh playing in
nightclub night nightclubs good time
worshiping music so which is earlier you
were talking to me about what comes with
I'm now like you know in 20s now I'm now
20 already and then
my brother older brother he went to
Germany MH and he called me after one
year he say come on over over years for
you he arrange for me to work and also
music always follow music music music
could you just explain to our viewers
what you were telling me earlier what
comes with music so people can imagine
the lifestyle okay now I'm not to there
now let's say okay thank God to one
actually he was he was a Serb Orthodox
he get me from 9 10 11 12 you know he
this this man he was a boxer M he was a
singer okay and he was also also truck
driver and then he he teach me not to
drink not to
smoke but okay woman okay you know girl
so with all this music there was no
drinking no smoking no no okay that's
rare all right now what happened I spent
I left Yugoslavia
1970 and then
I also with the music and everything
working to go back uh mostly there was
night life and you know after that every
three six months I was driving down to
to to Yugoslavia also singing also when
they calling me to
entertaining anyway in 1973 I met my
wife that time she was in America
and then we met guess just a one time we
see today next day I offer her her you
know marriage you didn't waste any time
no you're my kind of guy excellent very
good ex what happened after all we went
to Germany she back to America
1974 actually in the four or five months
papers was finished I came to to America
197 for okay music big time in Canada
always really up and down you know and
then finally I came to Chicago
1977 that time I had a uh Eddie Eddie
God Gave Me Maybe he actually he he's
born in Buffalo New York I used to live
there when I came to
America I don't like it I don't like
like it I start drinking what's the
reason because you missed the the reason
Germany I was crying for Germany the
popularity and everything over there
okay different you know anyway guess
what I start now through all the time I
I was
chasing microphone M praying to
microphone M and a woman okay now comes
alcohol for the first time now alcohol
comes in actually in Germany I tried
that they called it
dun beer that's like for ladies they
drink it as beer for ladies you know
nothing but now now now it's came
whiskey with mix whatever is there you
know
anyway again also this bridge America
Yugoslavia once twice a year always I
was going over there if there any any
any you know concert or anything to to
you know win the price go over there
back and forth recording right you know
and then uh I record some some you
know some uh cassettes
some albums some uh DVDs you know and
then uh what
happened all of this to this life also
when I moved to
Chicago then
I I bought a nightclub Europe at night
you bought one yes you call it Europe at
Night Europe at night
okay big time show all soall stars from
Yugoslavia
serbs those Muslims for Basia here there
banned
anyway now it's two two kids I had
daughter
1989 and
then what
happened
finally I I I could not make it thank
God I I sold it nightclub after
that after that I
uh I uh I went to Yugoslavia mostly
also what's what what what's going on
with with my uh music taking me but one
main main key is my mother mhm my father
he passed away before I got married and
left country okay whated
happen my
mother that time that I don't know I
love her more
than than than God than
Allah I was not not not believer really
okay because I was look the way I see
now I was really
not that I should be you know
but
also Lov my mother
I was thinking when when I go sometime
to the graves you know somebody died you
know you know I was thinking what I
going to do when my mother died and I
was watching I said I tell I will kill
myself I will lay down with her let let
them cover me you
know anyway my mother she passed away
1995 War start start in in former
Yugoslavia in Bosnia start
1992 by watching this and television
here and they're trying to help the
families back and forth back and
forth
anyway uh what happened
1995 my mother she passed
away and then
1996
1996 I went to BAS wor stop I went to
Bosnia with my daughter with my wife and
I went over there to do what
specifically actually to visit my
daughter she want to study
okay until then I
was let's talk about like say my Dean in
my you know
religion I was not visiting just you
know on one time a week you know on
Sunday not even Friday you know but Su
the MK mask you go pray show show up
over there what's you know so there was
some beginning now yes no that was all
the time here in America just I because
this I was singing
1981 I went to to South Slavic Festival
in Washington the time there was Reagan
and Nancy I think in one big Hall in
front of ROM he was the president yes
okay and then uh then over here all of
Yugoslav tops
ambassadors or consuls all of those
Orthodox Christians those you know the
the Catholics priests here and there
they in their Community Muslim also
imams main imams Here I Go and sing to
their
par come on all right and then I I
thought that's that's that's really
that's
okay and and
then when I visit 1996
Bosnia I could not
believe we used to drinks together chase
the girls
together do everything you know I'm
talking about the Neighbors about you
know it was no different who you are
right oh we are all Yugoslav we are this
and this no religion no no religion no
go okay I see all three village
burned and I met over there one American
uh officer actually police International
policeman and he said Hassan we need you
here we need you
here when I come back I start join you I
mean American Army peacekeeping
peacemaking Force okay as translator you
know I li on anyway so you went as a
translator yes I went over
there it was every door was open for
us when I went and listening to this
people all of
them thank to Allah and some of these
people were were people you grew up with
that you knew I know you heard their
stories okay excellent I'm I'm going to
stop you there we'll take a quick break
and when we return inshallah we'll
continue with our brother Hassan rovic
inshallah no speeches is better than to
do that to call people to Allah and to
do the work no speech is better no
nothing is better than that is it true
that if one person and the Allah giving
you the ability to guide someone with
Allah's permission the Creator's
permission that is better than
everything in this world better than the
whole world and everything that's in it
in in another narration it's better than
the best of wealth but if we really felt
that Eddie Would we not be out giving da
and this is something that we encourage
all the msas all the da organizations
theid to get this we want to print more
we give these to the non-muslims for
free for free for free we want our
brothers in
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humanity and welcome back in this
special edition of the dean show we're
talking to brother Hassan redzovic who
as I said in the beginning is actually
the father of the host of The Dean show
Eddie and we we left off when you were a
translator in bosia and you were talking
to people that you grew up with and they
were telling you what had happened and
and basically if I understood you
correctly now there was a split before
it didn't matter if you were Orthodox
Christian Muslim but now it
mattered yeah now really that a m but
what what happened to me
it's my God that I believe my mother she
ped away okay but the day when she
passed away Allah made so easy for me I
was thinking I don't kill myself I don't
lay down you didn't think you would
handle it and then when I go there must
be a god it's no let me find out really
you know why why is this happen by
talking
people I start praying I start even in
the base over there we have tent so
Salah start in the
base and then I I get off to you know
Army in
1998 first first thing what happened I
come back to us I join the group go to
Hajj HJ beautiful that's my first day of
of my life to live like Muslim 5 day
praying excellent and trying go on keep
going keep going coming after that 1 2 3
4 five
1999 2000 1 2 three five times Allah
guide me to Mecca Medina allahar
excellent five times
beautiful and
then like I see here here's the thing
you
know what happened to
me
now I
know Allah like you know him me when I
was little baby he don't he was always
with me alhamdulillah I was disconnect I
was part-time Muslim beautiful believer
but part-time Muslim doesn't exist
excellent you're right I will I would
say Allah look now after 5 years miracle
happened to me again another one mm
what's that I can back from third Haj I
made a ha for my father my Allah accept
him for my
mother when I came 2003
miracle
happened I came home the day my wife she
says Hass Eddie he's got a present for
you so bring it home guess what Quran in
baz translation I have one but that's my
best present I can have Ed he brought it
for you m and and how old was he when
you brought this guess what happened now
next morning next
morning we
lived where the school is like 2 miles
away in my house and Eddie lived by
himself over there in the morning
fer I woke up said what happened always
said you know you think something happen
say Daddy let's go
pray he never I don't see him say also
part time pray old was he now so we
understand this is this was um 2003 okay
20 3 so he's waking up for he and next
to my house is
Masid I say okay okay I'm going to be
ready you know I was tired from Hajj
this I mean from yeah from Hajj no no he
says we go
MCC it's like 2 three miles way down 2
miles least you know more reward he
says my
du that's what happened Subhan Allah
which was what what was your Dua
specifically
in what was your Dua
in number one is you
know Sami my family alhamdulillah
excellent so da for the family family
and then your son the next day and then
my my family who the Seas that and then
also from all um
alhamdulillah beautiful every
guide ald well I don't see now let's say
that uh
different because the people is they
don't know they don't see you know now
they asking what Hass why don't you sing
why don't you this why don't listen if
you give me whole world oh Allah don't
don't let me go to the microphone guess
what also 5
years Shan the Satan he was playing with
my mind once a week they have a music
night he tricked me we go over there let
me tell you this what happened in one
place in over here in Chicago and I go
thinking I go in this bar nightclub with
the music this kind of singing they know
me they came like so-call star from
Serbia lady and the the this man we know
each other for 3 five years Zoran kic Le
she's a king lady from Serbian music
allia yeah and that night what happened
I sing just to tell him you know look I
drink chai tea or or or juice who is the
happiest me no alcohol another
thing you know just to to call him to to
to worship God no no no music no but
what happened next day Eddie called me
he said Daddy we got to go Home Depot he
come he came to my van said what's going
on is this okay that you go over the
nightclub and and now I said who you to
tell me you know like you know my life
see how they ignor
see what happened how was he how did he
find out he had someone spy
said the news got around some Bas suay
calling my brother they run away there a
small wall like yes what happened
then he said I was kind of hey you
telling me I'm your father you like I
don't want to tell shut up but in the
way you know you you don't have to tell
me what to do I know my KN like you know
I think and he got
mad say If you
think the the M Ving that that you know
Angel walking in the in in the in this
in this nightclub over there and you
calling God to help you over there you
go two three blocks I stopped I said
thank you
look
Allah I could bake forgive me so Subhan
Allah since
then it's
like four five
years thank Allah there's so many people
still in this life St and they think
they're happy they're chasing happiness
like this
yeah you know we're actually we're
actually going to end we have very
little time left and there's probably
still a lot more that we can hear from
you and you know may Allah reward you
and accept from you your good deeds and
your repentance and may accept from your
family and bless them for you to which
is which is a very nice relationship
that that the goes both ways from the
father to the Son and the son to the
father as well so that's a great
blessing so brother Hass then it was a
pleasure talking to you we' like to
thank you very much for sharing with us
your story and uh would like to thank
everyone else for watching and inshallah
we'll continue at another time talking a
little bit more about the you know the
the world and the pull of the thean
versus drawn to Allah for
watching than the
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Creator
Allah there is none great
the
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Creator the prophet say submit to him
alone whether you're rich poor young or
old The Gift of Life is worth much more
than
go he's the owner of
Mercy