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alhamdulillah peace be unto you welcome
to another episode of the dean show
which is a way of life we try to put out
there for everyone to see helping you
understand Islam and Muslims and today
we are going to be talking about the
last and final Messenger to mankind the
prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be
upon him those of you that are close to
accepting Islam you need to know who
this man is so we're going to give you
glimpses of his life so you can walk
away knowing that indeed he was a
messenger from the creator of the
heavens and the Earth that was sent to
the whole of mankind as a mercy to the
world sit tight and we'll be right back
on the dean show
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attention we want to keep it and we're
going to get straight to the subject yes
sir we want to talk about this this man
this Mercy to the world the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him okay what can
you tell us about him well first of all
the prophet Muhammad peace and blessing
be upon Him is the last of them
messenger ship of a line of Messengers
Who start with Adam Abraham Moses David
sulan and Jesus and we say peace and
blessings be upon all of them because in
fact they are highly respected in Islam
and to believe in Muhammad is to
automatically believe in all of the
prophets to believe in Muhammad is to
automatically accept with no doubt that
all these prophets were also Great and
Mighty Men and as far as the belief in
Jesus I know a lot of your audience may
be Christian and they would like to know
what do we believe about Jesus it's
clear from Muhammad peace be upon Him
Jesus is in fact the Messiah he is the
Christ and believing in him as the
Christ is a part of our religion just as
it's mentioned in the Book of John that
you have to believe in him as the Christ
he is coming back in the last day he is
the miracle birth he did Miracles while
he was here he is the logos which which
uh in Arabic is the word of almighty God
so many of the things that they would
say wait a minute that's what we believe
so these are some of the things that we
believe this is Muhammad peace be apply
and he's coming Allah said as a mercy
the which means he's the mercy to the
worlds and believe it there was one
brother who heard about this and he said
worlds there's a s yeah we said it's
actually in the Quran when we say
alhamdulillah
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Mal and he he said then wait a minute
hold on a second and he's looking at the
translation here he
says the Lord of the worlds is sending
Muhammad as a mercy to the worlds he
said I want to be a Muslim and we said
okay we're happy but what was it what
you we'd like to know what it was that
stimulated you he said worlds he said
I've always wondered how come no
religion talks about other worlds but
yours does well it's plural yeah if
there if there's life on any other world
it's already covered in Islam 1400 years
ago any other worlds out there he is the
lord of the worlds and he send the
prophet Muhammad as the Lord as the uh
Mercy to all of the Mankind and all the
worlds let's go in reverse before he was
summoned and he was called upon the
Creator to deliver this Revelation to
mankind what was we want to know his
credibility what was his let go back
then if you want to do that let's go
back then and talk about his actual
coming into being to start with his
father died before he was born his
father died in a town called yri and he
was on a journey and his mother gave
birth to him and then uh there was some
strange things started happening right
away when he was just a little older
they did which was custom or tradition
was to send children out into the desert
where the desert tribes to be raised
there cuz they considered that to be you
know something good to do that to keep
them away from the big city and all that
goes with
it we probably ought to think about that
today any
case when they sent him away there was a
strange thing that happened right away
the the people who took him were very
poor and even their goat didn't give any
milk suddenly this goat is giving milk
like crazy they're getting so much milk
that other people are getting some of
the milk and they thought it was some
magic or something that happened then as
he grew the boy was known to be very
truthful very honest and very
responsible he never indulged in any of
the bad habits that others were
constantly involved in they were drunks
and alcoholics he never tasted a drop
and they had these orgies and things
that they did they were wild Arabs you
know pretty wild he never even had a
girlfriend not once so these were some
of the things about his character then
another strange thing happened while he
was uh traveling in a caravan one time
there was a report that came back that
uh the servants observed that there was
a cloud that followed him and kept the
bright Sun from burning him all the way
to up into the bedesem or the you know
toward toward Jerusalem that area and
then they came back now this is part of
the story now you can imagine how a boy
could grow into a man in that kind of
society where they had Idol worshippers
Stone
worshippers everything you can imagine
and and people coming through it was a
it was a Trade Center people coming from
all over and yet all this time he was so
honest and so upright that everybody
trusted him totally because he never
lied he was called the truthful he was
called sadik that was his
nickname actually yeah and the alamine
he was also called the the one who keeps
the trust who named him this the people
the whole Community named him this yeah
they his his closer relatives of course
observed it first but then called him by
the same name so that's like this is uh
Rocky Nonet Garcia or this is uh uh big
Sledgehammer uh Tyson his name was you
know how we I'm just so that people can
understand I don't know I don't know if
make those kind of comparisons to
Prophet just so the people understand
but his nickname was the
trustworthy truthful the truthful never
had told a lie actually this is very
rare well that's why they give him the
name because it's obviously if you said
the trustworthy guy
if like for instance today if you said
well there's a guy in Chicago he lies
well okay so and you haven't helped me
out at all I don't know who you're
talking about you know if you said
there's a guy in New York that's a
lawyer and he lies
so he never touched alcohol he never
dated he never told a lie okay so it's
getting better no so this his character
is well established and he gets married
at the age of 25 he's a virgin he's
never been with any woman he marries a
lady who is a widow and uh she has a
business and he and she together work
their business and he's able to retire
and just kind of drop out at about 15
years and instead of again even though
he had wealth and position which he
could have certainly Fallen back on that
and demanded position in the community
or any of those things he already had it
his grandfather actually was the leader
of the community he was by
rights he was entitled to step up and
just take any position he'd like nobody
could challenge him on that because it's
his Birthright he was a a very good
character himself Noble background and
had money so there would be no reason
for him to not take some position or not
exert himself over the people but
instead he left imagine this for long
periods of time similar to John the
Baptist going into the desert and just
eating Locust or fasting and praying and
that's exactly what he did he was very
much a follower of Jesus in this way
when I mean by that in succession and
this is strange you know how come this
man when he's got so much why would he
go do that but it was because he didn't
like to be around their false worshiping
the things they did he likeed to worship
God on on uh God's terms just praying to
God asking God and not coming up with
all these crazy ceremonies and things
that they did well then one time he was
about 40 years old and then in one night
there was an angel Gabriel you're
familiar with jabriel or Gabriel comes
to him and says to him in the Arabic
language recite we mentioned this in one
of our programs about the Quran which
means to recite and Quran means
recitation he
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said The more or less the meaning of it
is recite in the name of your Lord who
created the human beings from a clot of
blood this is one of the Miracles we
talked about the Quran that that's how
we start out then it continues it says
recite and your lord is so generous who
has taught man how to use a
pen taught man what he didn't know so we
find immediately a a lot of uh is small
words but a lot of meaning here a lot of
understanding and he when he went back
to his people to tell him about this his
wife accepted it right away his best
friend that he grew up up with accepted
this right away and one of his cousins a
young boy about 9 years old named Ali
very famous today accepted Islam these
were the first people but then the
others weren't so quick to accept in
fact he found a lot of resistance and
they began attacking him and saying bad
things he's a magician he's a liar he's
this and that but they knew he wasn't a
liar they knew he wasn't a magician and
they knew that he was telling at least
what he believed because he wasn't
coming up with some something that was
uh typical for for a mad man a crazy
person or a magician he was saying what
he really believed there's one God only
one God and I'm his Messenger to you so
this rejection went on for quite a while
in the beginning they tried to negotiate
things with him they offered him you
know we'll give you good position we'll
let you be like the king of the tribe
we'll give you women do you want what do
you want money will give you money you
want Power what do you want he said I
don't want any of those things
his own uncle came to him and he said
his uncle's trying to defend him and
take care of me and he said look I can
only go so far these people are getting
wild your own relatives want to wipe you
out cuz you're challenging their false
gods they don't like it so why don't you
like settle down a little bit he said
and they're offering this they're
offering that he said W I swear by God
if they put the moon in my right hand
and the son in my left meaning if they
give me everything there is the
expression they had he said I was never
give up worshiping God as one I will
never give up spreading this message it
means no matter what they offer no
matter what they say I can't accept it
because I'm not here about material
things I want to tell people there's one
God worship him that was the main
message that he brought still the same
message today we're going to take a
break and we'll be right back with you
aestus getting to know the last and
final message of the mankind the prophet
Muhammad stay tuned welcome back to the
dean show today on the dean show we have
our special guest Yousef esses and we
are talking about the last and final
messenger that has been sent to the
whole of mankind as a mercy to the world
so we're getting toed abdah abdb we're
not talking about a man who lived 100
years ago nope not 50 years ago we're
not talking about Elijah Muhammad we're
not talking about Muhammad Ali we're
talking about Muhammad the son of
Abdullah the son of Abdul mutalib who
lived in the Arabian Desert who was born
in the year 570 ad died in the year
633 ad he's a seal of the prophets he's
called the Andia seal of the prophets
what does that mean there's no more
prophets coming after him seal when you
seal up something that's it that's the
end of it that's what it says in the
Quran okay continue on we talked about
his credibility all right he never told
a lie and he was very truthful there
more to it than that credibility his
honesty Integrity this is one subject
look at how now when we talk about him
being a Mercy to Mankind look at his
soft and gentle way to treat people so
soft and so gentle and yet sometimes
even humorous I recall that one time
there was a elderly woman who was
talking about you know what is the
paradise going to be like and cuz she'd
heard him speaking about these things
you know and he said oh you didn't know
there's not going to be any old ladies
there
what oh oh and he went off and when he
came back he found her crying he said
what's the matter she said you said
there weren't going to be any old ladies
there he said well that's because you're
going to be young and beautiful again oh
so even he has humor with the way he
explained things to people another thing
it happened to another woman one time an
elderly woman had a big package and she
was trying to find somebody to carry it
for her she thought that he was so
simple in his lifestyle and all he
looked for all the world just like a a
servant boy running around there and she
said you know uh come carry this package
so he did he carried it just like he was
a porter and he carried it and carried
it went out in the desert whatever her
house was he carried it out and put it
down she said I can't pay you he said
it's okay I don't need anything she said
no but I'm going to give you a good tip
she said I heard that in the city
there's this man calling to a religion
about one God and his name is Muhammad
and beware of him he said ma'am I am
Muhammad she
said what does that mean it means I
accept that there's only one God and
that Muhammad is his messenger and she
entered Islam well as far as I know
that's what it means when you say it
means but because of his character and
his action that went with it that was
important you know he was soft he was
gentle at the same time there were
points where he was going to be tough
even on his own followers look what he
did one time they were in a a hardship a
hardship they were being beaten down
they were being abused and insulted and
and tortured right in front of the Holy
Sanctuary right in front of the cabba
which is there in Mecca and one of his
companions said to him you know I wish
you wouldn't pray and ask Allah cuz they
know his prayers will be answered just
ask Allah give us the victory let us let
us at least fight back against these
guys give us you know and he said look
at this he's telling me to be patient
he's saying you don't think about but
the people before you suffered more than
you and here is the a condition he's
going to describe now to him about the
early Christians what they went through
he said they were tortured in such a way
that they would rake their skin off with
steel Combs they would take these iron
Combs and just rake their skin and just
kill them with that and that they would
throw them to the animals and burn them
alive and boil them and even put a saw
in their head and cut them in half these
things he mentioned to that man to let
him understand you want to understand
what it is to believe in the one God and
really follow this message people have
suffered much worse than us so we have
to be patient and they were patient they
were patient 13 years of the worst kind
of abuse being turned even out in the
desert for a long period of time and
they were left to die they migrated up
to Medina and the people tried to waylay
him along the way just to kill them just
to get rid of them because they believe
in one God and when they were in Medina
in this condition is where the vers has
come that tell them now they could go
back and fight these guys and even kill
them if they're killing you but you must
stop if they stop that's the clarify the
way people mistranslate or misrepresent
what's coming in the Quran it was
definitely that you could be able to
fight now but with these limits but look
at this the character of the of Muhammad
was so sweet and so gentle that when his
wife talks about him now you imagine
that here he is an important man in
these now we're going to be talking
later in his life and he's got so many
responsibilities so many things to do
and then she sees some men out in their
throwing Spears and in a contest and so
on and she says uh I want to watch that
well in order for her to watch because
his wife needs to be sheltered from the
people and she has to stand behind him
she likes this idea so she's standing
behind him looking over his shoulder and
watching them in the doorway of their
home
and she had him stand there and stand
there and stand there and stand there
she said she didn't even want to watch
anymore she just want to see how long
she could keep him stand in there but he
didn't mind and he used to run and play
with her and she said we used to race
together you know and I used to beat him
when I was younger but when I got older
I got fat and then he could beat me
these were some of the personal things
that we know about him and his character
his his kindness sweetness gentleness
and yet at the same time firm on this
one point there's really only one God
there's no compromise on that can you
tell us what could have driven a man to
go through all this torture and all this
persecution what was his motive behind
this that's a very good question it's an
intelligent
question the motivation behind people
all people is always the same thing
there's no difference between you and I
and Prophet Muhammad or Jesus or Abraham
or even Adam Our Father Adam all of us
peace be upon them all of us we have two
motivators and you can check this out
with psychiatrist they'll tell you the
same thing Recruiters in the military
salesman will all tell you the same
thing the two motivators for human being
is simple first is the motivation for
what protecting yourself from A Loss
nobody wants to lose the fear of a loss
is a motivator and the hope of a reward
or a gain this is another motivator that
all of us have we we want to gain but at
the same time we don't want to lose this
is key because if I'm thinking that I
could lose I would rather take hold on
to that than take a chance on a gain and
people do this logical people anyway in
the stock markets Investments and things
they you'll see that same thing worked
out in real life but especially here
when a person has had a chance to
actually get close to the paradise which
he did and have an idea what's in the
Hellfire which he did then after that
nothing in this world is ever going to
impress you again anybody that's ever
had any experience I've talked to people
who had near-death experiences or what
they call death experience and they were
brought back and they talk about this
seeing this light and they talk about
this experience that they've had they're
never the same after that because you
have a motivator there you understand
that there's something happening here
this is real this is not a joke and so
the motivation is there in front of you
all the time and I want to get the
paradise that's what I want to gain and
I sure as heck don't want to go to the
Hellfire so I don't want to lose my
chance at Paradise but I sure don't want
to wind up in a Hellfire so this is
strong motivation being close to God
being near Allah in the next life is the
primary motivation behind every single
Muslim if anybody wants to know what is
what is it that the Muslim want what are
they looking for it's not something in
this earth it's something in the next
Universe the universe of paradise that's
what we're looking for what are the
benefits now for somebody who is because
we know that to enter into complete
submission and surrender to the creator
of the heavens and the earth now you
have to follow this last and final
messenger now if you follow him what are
the benefits in this life and in
Hereafter well first of all in this life
you're going to have a much easier way
to go because there are some things that
the Creator Allah has revealed in Islam
that we wouldn't know otherwise for
instance how to eat and drink one of the
things very important that we do today
is to sit down when we eat and drink the
doctors and scientists and lab
Specialists are going to tell you that a
lot of the everyday problems that people
are having in their esophagus the hial
hernas that they get and so on could be
avoided if people would simply sit down
when they eat or drink and this is a
teaching in Islam when you eat or drink
sit down believe it or not that was
taught to us 1400 Years Ago by Muhammad
and we see today look oh if we'd have
done that we'd have been way ahead of
the game and another thing we talk about
cleaning your teeth he used a tooth
stick and said if I could make this an
obligation on you I would do so but he
wouldn't and still and what is the
benefit here because if you're using
that tooth stick that he used called
miswak what it does it cleans the teeth
remov removes the tartter the buildup
that comes on there but it doesn't
destroy the enamel and it actually takes
care of the gums keeps down the parindon
titis and the the tongue itself is uh
protected with this and a coating inside
when you use it to even for your stomach
and all of this from a stick we know
this from that one thing and so many
other things too even how to go to the
bathroom he taught us how to properly
use the toilet and the facilities so
that when we come away we're clean the
hygiene was so important and if you
imagine, 1400 years ago when we talk
about
hygiene nobody can match the hygiene of
the Muslims even our habit of washing
that we do and the ceremonial wash that
we do before we pray has been copied by
doctors and that's what they use when
they do surgery this can be proven by
the doctors who formulated this concept
a thousand years ago in Spain and they
happen to be Muslim
doctors now these are some of the small
details give us well there are thousands
would you like to know that we came up
with some I I was going to do a a
contest a few years ago with the Muslim
Youth and let them come up with
something I called Muhammad A to Z and
who could come up with the best one for
a and b and c and go through all the
letters and I was wondering would we
have that many when it was all over we
had so many and it went beyond ABCs it
just was so many we put up a website
about it Muhammad
az.com and then then it still got bigger
and bigger and bigger and I couldn't
handle it so I said okay A to Z what His
companion said A to Z what his character
was A to Z and so finally we put up a
new website and it's called prophetof
islam.com and all of that stuff is there
everything is there uh everything we did
on that but you'll never put everything
about Muhammad in any one place you will
not be able to do that you can try but I
am trying myself and I said I don't even
have a tenth I don't have even a a half
of a tenth of a percent of
how much this man is known for and
things that he did things that people
said about him and throughout the
centuries the effect that he's had on so
many other people one simple man who
lived in a simple build a little room
and on a dirt floor and slept on a
little bamboo mat so everything we need
to know in life everything that we need
to be successful in this life and the
Hereafter did he bring for all of
mankind let me tell you what somebody
said in 1970s Michael Hart wrote a book
The 100 most influential men in history
of the world that was the name of his
book 100 the ranking of the 100 most
influential men in the history of the
world I think that's it's a big title I
think that's what it was Michael Hart
check it out though and in it he puts
Muhammad as number one he said no human
being had more influence on their
society around them and future
Generations in the way of what we call
secular and religion and government and
and and he gave this long list and quite
a bit about it it's talking about
Muhammad and this is not a Muslim and he
received so much condemnation from other
Scholars and he's almost became
defensive and wanted to put out another
book and said well how about the most
100 in the last 100 years or you know
let's get off the subject because he
said I can't deny that this man has had
the most influence on people in General
on humanity and the world itself so I
believe that that's something to
consider I wish that people would know
that even people like Gandhi Gandhi is
very famous for his what he he was
serving the people he had a cause and
what he would do he would uh give up a
lot of his own for the sake of getting a
message to the people but he wasn't
trying to lead them in a as a religious
leader per se but to overcome a
political problem of the way that the
people were being treated the people in
India were being horribly mistreated and
Subhan Allah look at this he gets so
much inspiration from who he's quoting
from Muhammad he says and we have it on
the website go read what he said he said
Ive come to conclude now in reading of
Muhammad that it wasn't the sword that W
over the people it was the heart and
look how he begins to oh my God when he
starts talking he this is Gandhi talking
about Muhammad and and he says when I
came to the last volume and I was
reading the end of the books he said I
became sad cuz I wish that there was
more to read about this great
man well with that said I hope that
people take the opportunity to get to
know this man because come to the
website the prophet of
Islam put it right there prophet of
islam.com with that said I'd like to
thank you for being on the show and I
hope everybody takes the opportunity to
get to know know this man who's been
sent to the whole of mankind as a
messenger with the last and final
Revelation which is the Quran so you can
visit this website that shik yest has
mentioned that said thank you for being
with us Shake
EST I'd like to thank everybody who has
been tuning in to the dean show and I
encourage you all to get to know this
man the last and final Messenger to
mankind the Prophet Muhammad
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