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facing so we want to get some of
experience share some of their
experiences so inshallah God willing
those who are struggling with the many
challenges of life they can get benefit
and hopefully change life their lives
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welcome welcome please introduce
yourselves we're here in Dallas Texas
and for our viewing audience your names
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mhm my name is Ali Mahmud uh I was born
and raised in Dallas Texas but my
parents are from Egypt so tell us a
little bit about So you you're actually
you're h of Quran yeah alhamdulillah uh
from a very young age uh my mom put me
into a full-time School uh when I was
around 9 years old uh to memorize the
Quran and alhamdulillah I completed um
memorizing the Quran when I was around
12 or 13 and uh Hess ever since I've
been uh reciting the Quran reading the
Quran um and it's a great passion of
mine alhamd what what inspired you what
motivated you to really take it that
far in the beginning um I was a
9-year-old kid so a 9-year-old kid
doesn't really motivate himself to go
memorize the Quran because you know I
still remember the day my mom you know
she told me she's like you know you can
go try it out for one day if you don't
like it you don't have to go if you like
it you can go and obviously as a
9-year-old I I didn't like sitting down
reading a book all day from morning to
7:00 in the evening so I told my mom I
don't want to go and so my mom wakes me
up the next morning and she's like
you're you're getting late for class and
I told her I thought I don't have to go
and she says no you have to go and she
made me go like the option wasn't there
so in the beginning I didn't want to do
it myself and as I grew up and after I
finished memorizing in the Quran I
started seeing the benefits of having it
memorized and I started seeing what the
Quran really is as a book and as a
miracle for our religion why why is it a
miracle right I went alhamdulillah and I
got to study um
with at the Baya campus and I got to
spend some time with him for a year um
you know studying Arabic and studying
the Quran and listening to him speak
about the Quran and Subhan Allah that
was something that changed me because I
was finally able to understand what the
Quran is about and that thing that I had
memorized I finally it had some meaning
to me you know it had the power to move
me to change me to influence my life
because I finally was able to understand
it what I memorized what's being told to
me what I'm supposed to do and what I'm
supposed to do with other people and
alhamdulillah that you know that helped
me out a lot and the Quran you know um
has been an inspiration for me ever you
know ever since I was a little
Ali tell us a little bit more about
yourself now so you're also you're a
Premed student is that right yeah I'm
studying biology at the University of
Texas at Dallas um the reason why I'm on
the stage is because I like to do uh
Islamic work and alhamd I've been
helping out with the dean show when it
came to Dallas um but one of the things
I wanted to mention was um kind of what
my work is has helped me understand
about myself um so when I was in high
school I started a show called press
play Plano Plano being the name of the
high school that I went to and uh on the
show I'd interview Muslim and non-muslim
students students I went to a public
school about basic ethical issues that
we have nowadays you know wasting time
and drugs and promiscuity and things
like that and uh after doing the show I
realized that you know there's a lot of
more there's a lot more things that
unite us than than things that take us
away and there's a lot of that natural F
that natural state that kind of we were
born in that people kind of drive
towards that goodness and there's a lot
of people young people out there high
school college age that when they wake
up in the morning they have to put on a
mask because when they go to bed they
aren't feeling too well about their life
they're feeling lost they're feeling
confused because of the influences that
are going towards them you know whether
it's from the media or the radio or
whatever it is and so they wake up in
the morning and they have to put on this
mask with their friends just to make
sure that they feel good that they fit
in and and they don't understand who
they really are and so I have to be
grateful for what I have because Islam
was something that that helped me
understand who I was it was I took
something that I loved which was making
videos and and I I made it into
something that could help benefit my
society and benefit my community so I
made it into something where where I
could ask kids the questions and kind of
give them solutions to their problems
and slowly you know slowly they start to
understand that you know when Pepsi says
live for now that Pepsi isn't looking
out for them they're looking out for
themselves or when Yeezy or sleazy or
whoever gives them what kind of message
on on whatever thing it is that they're
not really looking out for them they're
trying to do whatever it takes to make
to give them money and they're slowly
finding out that these messages that
they're getting they're not helping them
out and so alhamdulillah like it was it
was by the mercy and by the grace of God
and we praise him for what he's guided
us to um I was able to to carry out that
show and and interview those students on
those things and I continued it in
college as well and I found out is
something that's really beneficial not
only for for for my community but also
for myself it's helped me understand
through this experience I've understood
you know what it really means to be a
Muslim and specifically what it means to
be a Muslim American uh to to know that
that Islam is here not just to help
Muslims but it's here to help everybody
it's here to help you know Muslims non-m
Muslims plants animals trees it's here
to help everybody and so alhamdulillah
that's what Islam brought me to do it
helped me take something that I love and
propagate it towards my community and in
return I alhamd I have pleasure with
myself and I understand who I am and
what my role is in my community now
somebody's at 16 17 18 19 whatever 24 25
you know the young shabab young women
young men and they listen to you guys is
different than possibly listening to
their parents of course parents are
giving them good advice you know having
them connect with Allah the creator of
the heavens and earth and establish
Islam in their life but now you know
what it's
sometimes not cool it's not cool to go
ahead and be religious or be committed
to this Dean but what did you guys did
you guys find that it was cool to be a
Muslim it was cool to do Islam you know
for for in the beginning it it was a
little difficult because in order to to
Really better yourself it your your
crowd your community you know your group
your click that that has a huge impact
on you so before you can make a change
you have to leave that click you have to
leave those bad friends that's something
very difficult to do you may SP some
time even you know a little lonely and
that's very difficult that's where where
parents that's where Community comes in
and steps in and provides you and tells
you and and they tell you hey I I
support you we support you through this
change that you're going through we're
not going to judge you we're not going
to make you feel bad but we're going to
help you get through this change so that
at the end of the day you can help
others too and you can help guide others
with what you've done and raise a family
and everything you know so at the
beginning it may be a little difficult
no one's going to say it's easy it's
never easy to change make a big change
in your life to towards the better but
towards the end of the day you know
after all is said and done it was it was
difficult starting it up but after after
all said it done you know there was
amount of respect that came from from
the community and we shouldn't do it for
the respect but there's an amount of
coolness there's an amount of Swag of of
of respect that came from the community
from the young people and where they see
the show and they're like man I really
respect you for what you're doing or man
this is good this is a good change from
from the usual you know cuz you and even
even the rappers and the musicians
nowadays you'll find that some of them
have gotten really popular because
they're they're they're propagating
messages that are about social ills in
our society and young people are
starting to appreciate that and
alhamdulillah there's you know evil can
last in a society for only so long evil
can last in a society for only so long
until people start being able to open
their eyes up and realize what how how
many messed up things are going on and
alhamdulillah Islam is here to open up
the blinds and let us see the N of what
of of how things should really be really
exciting listening to the young talk
about these very important issues have
you had some friends that have been
challenged by the many ills of society
and what do you you try to how do you
how do you deal with their problems when
they come to you have people come to you
and what do you say to them growing up
um I used to always think to myself you
know as a teenager even before that when
I was younger I used to always think to
myself you know we all as kids as adults
as teenagers we go to the Masjid we go
to the mosque we listen to the lectures
we listen to the person telling us do
this in our religion do this you're
supposed to do this you're not supposed
to do this you're supposed to do this
and I came to realize um I knew a lot I
knew that I shouldn't be doing this
because my entire life we all have
people around us telling us what to do
and what not to do so we're we're very
well informed on the things that we
should be doing so I used to question
myself and ask if um I know that I
shouldn't be do something why am I doing
it you know and so whenever people come
to me for advice the first thing I tell
them is do you really have that
connection with Allah subhana wa T do
you really have that connection with
your creator because when I asked myself
that question I came to realize that
myself just like so many other people
and youth or kids we're just born into
the religion right we are born into the
religion and it's from a very young age
we are told what to do you're supposed
to be praying you're supposed to be
doing this and it's not something that
we came across ourselves right like a
convert if you look at a convert
compared to someone who's born Muslim
they've went through that Journey
they've went on that path and they've
explored all the options so when they
finally see that light at the end of the
tunnel they can actually truly
appreciate it because they've been
through that Journey compared to someone
else who was just born into the religion
and it's not something that they wanted
to do it was just because around them
the atmosphere people are telling them
do this and do that so I the first thing
I tell people is actually go connect
with your religion for real go figure
out what your religion is about go study
the Quran right Allah subhana wa T and
this is what I was saying you know
earlier you know um when you study the
Quran it will actually impact you Allah
subhana says
right do they not think that they're
going to be resurrected and this is a
question I always tell people to ask
themselves do you really not think
you're going to be resurrected and when
I say that if I told you right now in
the next 5 minutes if you were to walk
out that door something really bad will
happen to you like really bad if you
believe me if you honestly believe that
something bad would happen you would not
walk out that door but if you thought I
was Inc capable of making something bad
happen or if you thought that you know
he's just joking then you're going to
walk out that door so when someone
claims to believe in the religion it's
if you actually believe in the religion
then when Allah subhana T tells us to do
something when God tells us to do
something we're not going to do it if
it's bad we're not going to do it if
it's good we're going to do it you know
so I tell people establish that
connection go explore the religion
yourself go find that thing that
connects you to Allah go find that thing
that connects you to the religion
Because unless you have that you can get
the message people can tell you every
day you know for the rest of your life
to do something but you're going to just
completely ignore it and it's not going
to have any impact on you you have to
find that connection with the religion
and the Creator so that when his words
reach you they actually impact you and
change you and influence your life and
you know move you in a way where you
become a different person we're going to
take a break we right back with more
here on a de 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
have I am not afraid of
Al 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
Lies by I am not afraid to stand
alone I am not afraid to stand alone if
a li I am not afraid to stand alone
back here on the dean show and we're
doing a live show in Texas
Dallas and we're with the Young Bucks
the young brothers and they've
established this Dean this way of life
the way of life that's pleasing to the
crater and have you guys looked at some
of the evidence that Islam provides to
the human being to be convinced that
this is indeed not from any human being
but this is indeed from the creator of
the and Earth and share that what really
overtook you and really captivated you
from these evidences that Allah is
talking about who wants to go
first um Allah subhah waala he says in
the Quran in one Ayah he
says Allah subhanahu wa tala says oh you
who have believed and this is one of my
favorite ayas when I was studying it uh
with my teacher in Dallas um this was
one of the ayas that had the biggest
effect on me Allah subhana wa T says oh
you who have believed and in this Ayah
he's giving us a recipe for success in
our lives what we're supposed to be
doing he says oh you who have believed
right do prostrate to your lord do
s worship your
Lord and do good so that you may be
successful and when you just listen to
the translation of this Ayah you think
it's just you know go pray do good
worship your lord so that you may be
successful but Allah subhana wa T
teaches us so many lessons in this one
Ayah that we don't see when we just look
at it the first thing that he tells us
is oh you who have believed in the past
tense right so he's trying to teach us
and he's talking to the Believers so
he's telling the people you you know
he's teaching us that you might believe
but that doesn't mean you know you're
perfect that there's no flaws that you
still don't have something to work on
you can say I believe but then there's
still a lot of stuff that you need to do
to work on yourself
so then he tells us to do and then he
tells us to do s and if you know how
Muslims pray those are the different
steps of our prayer and what my teacher
pointed out to me in this Ayah is one of
the first things Allah subhana T teaches
us is how to submit to him right the
first step of submission when you do
when you're bending over you're
submitting yourself to Allah subhana wa
tala right in that position when you're
praying you could be the biggest guy you
could be really tough you know if a
little baby comes and pushes you while
you're praying you're going to topple
over right and then after that he tells
us to do s and that is the ultimate form
of submission when a person puts their
forehead on the ground in front of the
Creator or anyone that is the ultimate
form of submission and no matter what
time you come from right and then after
that Allah subhana T teaches us once you
fully submitted yourself to me right
once you fully completely submitted
yourself to me that's when you're ready
to do what that's when you're ready to
actually worship me because until you
submit to me you're not ready to worship
me and then right after that Allah
subhah wa tal
says and then do good to other people so
that you may be successful so he
mentions doing good to other people
after he says worship me because until
you do Allah subhana Justice until you
give him all his due rights because he's
the one that has given us the most right
no one has given us more than Allah
subhana wa tala so until we give him
everything that we owe him how are we
expected to go around and do good for
other people when we can't even do good
for our own s and in just in this just
in the word structure that Allah subh
the way he places his words he teaches
these these lessons right and then he
ends the Ayah by saying so that you may
be successful and this is the end of
Surah the second to last Ayah the next
Surah immediately after this
what that's how the
starts right Allah starts the next Surah
by saying surely these people have
attained success and the first part that
we're talking about he's telling us how
to attain it what to do the recipe and
then in the next Surah immediately he
tells us these people have attained
success the beginning of and he tells us
all of their qualities right but
something else that I forgot to mention
was in the first Ayah Allah
says
right here he tells us to do and S which
is basically to prostrate towards him
and then he tells us right afterwards to
worship him now you might think it's
kind of redundant right if I tell you go
pray or go worship it's one in the same
for us right go worship or go pray why
are you repeating the same thing cuz we
consider it the same thing but Allah
subhana wa t god right here what he does
is he highlights prayer he mentions it
first before anything else right having
that connection because we had ABD Nas
you know he was telling us earlier one
of the other episodes how important
prayer actually is right and we learned
that you know the prophet said
which basically means the first thing
that we're going to be held accountable
for on the day of judgment is our prayer
if our prayer is good and solid then
everything else will be good but if our
prayer is bad then everything else will
be bad as well bankrupt exactly so
that's why Allah starts off by saying
before you worship me before you want to
go out and do all these millions of
things that you have you know written
down on the list make sure you're
observing your prayer that's the most
important part right and when you look
at this and the way Allah subhanahu wa
tala you know talks to us in the Quran
and this is to answer your question when
you look at the Quran and open it which
I suggest everyone should do you open
the book and it's as if the person knows
you right it's someone it's reading your
heart it's talking directly to you just
like you know someone if I created a
product a tablet an iPhone whatever I'm
never I'm never going to make one but if
I did I would know how it works cuz I
created it right the Creator always
knows best about his Creations so Allah
subhana T in his book He's giving us a
guide a manual to our lives and when you
read it it affects you and it shows you
that this is the only true religion
because there's no one else that can
know you better than God and it's proof
in the book that he's actually there and
that he's actually our God and that he
created us because he knows us better
than anyone else Ali tell us what are
some of the social pressures that you've
seen some past friends some friends that
you know of today that are going through
some of the struggles some of the
hardships and how do you feel because
you've overcome a lot of these what
advice would you have for those who are
struggling with drugs or promiscuity and
all the the evil vices that are out
there alhamdulillah at the end of the
day you have to realize that it all
boils down to worshiping your Creator
and Society is telling us to worship all
these other things you know the music is
telling us to worship this commercials
are telling us to worship that people
worship their bank accounts they worship
their cars they worship girls they
worship money Etc they worship all these
things fashion designs and things like
that and people think that's all good
when things are okay but when hardship
comes into their life that's when they
really truly realize how weak and how
feeble we are you know take away oxygen
from somebody for 3 minutes they're done
that's it we have to realize how
thankful we need to be for what we have
and so when you realize what kind of
position we're in that we're in more of
a better position to be a slave than
anything else to be a slave to this
Creator when you understand that and
really internalize that life becomes
pretty easy because all you know that
your only job to do is you have to
please your Creator and like brother fat
said when you open up that Quran and you
realize how easy it is to pleas please
your creator how Open Arms he is to take
you in how when you take one one step
towards him he run towards you when you
realize how easy that is and how
forgiving he is that when you make a
mistake and Allah forgives you he
doesn't only just cover up that mistake
but he turns that mistake and he he
makes it into like a pile of gold for
you he turns it into Good Deeds for you
when you realize how easy that is your
life becomes a lot easier your life
becomes a lot easier when you realize
that your only job in this life isn't to
get an A+ because you're studying really
hard is to get an A+ because you're
pleasing the teacher because you tried
your best when you realize that you're
your job in life is to try your best
that's when things become a lot easier
but here now nowadays we have kids who
are especially the weed epidemic man
it's crazy you know it's health health
issues aside whatever the health debate
goes it doesn't matter the the problem
is that people if you put up on Facebook
an issue about how wheed is unhealthy I
guarantee you you'll have at least 20
people or something who who think
they're Professionals in the subject who
will post a bunch of Articles and a
bunch of stuff that who who knows where
the information's come from arguing
about is that right you put up weed on
Facebook everyone's going to argue about
it and you know the scariest thing about
that is is that people are so passionate
about it the young people they get so
passionate they're so sincere they
really want to prove to you that weed's
okay and it's not like they did the
research beforehand like I'm going to
make sure this is okay for me and then
I'm going to start doing it it's because
they're doing it and they feel bad with
themselves you know that's what that's
that's the unfortunate reality nowadays
instead of spending their time towards
doing good things productive things in
life instead of researching real things
in life you know doing well in school
doing well for society researching
important things instead of doing that
they're researching things to make
themselves not feel bad well I got a
proposal for you give up all that stuff
submit yourself to the will of God and
you'll find happiness in no other way
than anything else can offer you because
at the end of the day you get something
you always want more you get some weed
you want more you get some drugs you
want harder drugs you get a girl you
want a nicer girl you get a car you want
a nicer car you get a house you want a
nicer house you see the person building
a nicer house next to you you want that
house at the end of the day it all comes
down to being pleased with yourself and
you can't be pleased with yourself
unless unless Allah is pleased with you
and you got to follow what he does
beautiful advice beautiful advice
will'll be back with some more of our
brothers here the Young Bucks giving all
those out there of our viewers all over
the globe some wonderful advice be right
back in Paradise there's no death yeah
you know there's no sickness no sickness
in a world of peace and Tranquility no
Wars no fighting no fighting anything
that you want now you can have it yeah
in the in the paradise and God wants us
to have that but the price we have to
pay is give up the
dun on the outside everything looks good
you see the $100,000 CS you see a lot of
diamonds you see a lot of females and
they think that this is you know this is
a life this is this is like you know
Paradise right here on
Earth it's not anyone's job to go into
someone's heart and change their heart
your job is to tell people what the
truth is and the reality of it is while
we're sitting here while I'm sitting
here constantly paying for the disease
The Cure was
free
us back here on the dean show and we're
talking about real issues that are on
the minds of the youth some have not
corrected their behavior and it is just
progressing towards the worst so we end
up following our desires and we go down
a dead end each and every time so let's
try to give some kind of live situation
that let's say happened or it's happened
or let's say it happened to you you get
a call from a family member and it's
your first cousin and she's like hearing
that you memorized the Quran and man
you've changed your life around and
she's like miserable and she's like this
guy's broken my heart and I don't know
what to do and I'm sick of the
club help me give me some advice what
would you tell her uh the first thing
that I would you know I would have to
say is that the clubs and you know the
guys and the heartbreaks and everything
that you're going through it's because
you know Allah subhana wa tala our
creator he gave us a Life Plan he told
us what to do he he gave us you know
goals and what he expects from us right
so the moment you know you call about
these things you already know that your
headed in a wrong direction that's
obviously not the right way right if
you're feeling a certain way if you're
calling me because you know you're
feeling horrible you're feeling bad
you're feeling sad obviously those
things that you thought were going to
make you happy aren't making you happy
right because when you went into that
relationship you did not go into that
relationship to get your heartbroken you
went into that relationship you know
because you thought it was going to be
good right when you went clubbing you
didn't go clubbing because you were like
I'm I'm going to go so I can get sick of
it tonight you went because you said I'm
going to have a good time this is going
to be fun you went in understanding that
this is what life is all about right so
when someone comes up to me and they say
you know I'm having these issues the
first thing that you have to tell them
is this is not what life is all about
this is what our life is about right
when our religion first came to the
companions before they accepted the
religion they were clubbing right maybe
not Raves like us today with disco balls
but they had their own versions you know
they were drinking they were doing a
whole bunch of stuff right and when
Allah subhanahu wa taala when he brought
down the religion the first thing and
this is what this is you know the the
the the the steps that I follow as well
is the first thing that he did before
telling them you know this is wrong this
is right don't do this don't do that he
kind of built this connection with him
you know he said this is what Iman is
this is what Hellfire is fear it you
know understand the consequences of your
bad actions and then he also put some
stuff there to motivate us do this
follow this path if you follow this path
you're going to be happy and I guarantee
it and here's the proof right and that's
what he did and he built them on that
and because of that and because of that
connection that he built with them by
motivating them with good and you know
telling them that there's going to be a
punishment if they continue doing bad
later on when he told them not to do
something or when he gave them commands
and stuff it was easier for them to
follow because that they had that
connection with them so the you know the
the the best advice I can give is build
that connection with Allah subhah wa
tala and understand who he is and you're
going to be happy there's no way you can
be sad alhamdulillah Mas she's saying
right now she goes and started praying
she wears that mod is dressed at the
hijab and she gets connected with the
crater last and final question here
before we got to go Danny's calling you
and you remembers all the good stuff
you've been telling them you've been
telling them worship the Creator not the
creation you warn about the day of
judgment consequences of your action but
now he's just you know pumped up with
all the dope and the Coke and all these
other stuff and he's like man I'm
flipping out man I'm remember what you
told me but I can't take it you know she
broke my heart I'm going to commit
suicide I can't take life anymore it's
done I'm I'm going to leave this world
and he called you because he wanted some
final words of by what would you say to
him in that kind of situation the best
thing you got to do is listen you know a
lot of people they don't even need
advice they just want someone to listen
to and as Muslims we need to be
compassionate people and that's the kind
of religion that that we learn that
that's the kind of religion that it
preaches is us to do it tells us to be
compassionate people to others you know
you know so when you live for when you
live for yourself again like I said
earlier you kind of you want more you
want more you want more when you start
living for others that's when you start
you realize you have that
self-realization because that's what
Allah wants us to do Allah wants us to
that's why he put us on this Earth to
serve others so when you learn so in
that situation the best thing you would
do is to is to listen to that person if
it obviously become serious you might
have to contact some authorities but
other than that I mean you would you
would listen to that person be there for
that person and when they realize that
Islam is the thing that brought you
there is that they realize that Islam is
the way you're you're acting the way you
are because of Islam then that's that's
the kind of way of life they're going to
want to take I guarantee you that when
they realize how beautiful Islam really
is in practice and what if he said you
know what I agree and these other things
you were telling me how can I be a
Muslim what do I got to do go to the
dean show check out the dean show watch
some of the shows make sure you feel
comfortable with it read some Quran
contact your local Masjid and then
there's a few steps you can take to
enter Islam it's very simple it's very
easy and then it's not that you're
guided then you're in a better position
position to be in guidance you're in a
better position to be in guidance as a
Muslim because it's just it's a lifelong
struggle it's a lifelong struggle of
coming towards of Allah you're in a
better position at that point and life's
only going to get better from that on in
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