this is the de
show alhamdulillah Alum peace be with
you and I'm Ed your host and we're going
to be right back we're going to be
reaching out to the people of the Balkan
area and people from all around the
globe and we're going to be addressing
some of the misconceptions about this
beautiful way of life and we're going to
be trying to soften the hearts of people
who've been away from the creater and
they've been found their lust and
desires
soti please excuse me for my broken
bosan but I'll be back to give you some
more broken bosan inshallah here on the
dean show with Imam spend here on the
dean show peace
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theum now can you go ahead and we know
in English that uh what we just said is
peace be with you how do you express
that in the Albanian language what we
just
said I I'll be honest with you Albanian
is that weak such that if I were to try
to translator probably be wrong but I
think it's something to the extent
of I think in B it's please correct us
you know we look for someone to do some
for these shows that we've done if they
can go ahead and put the
subtitles in in the basian language and
hopefully we can you know use this
session also to practice on your
Albanian my Bosnian you were born in New
Jersey or no you came Macedonia and you
came over from from there at the age of
one about one years old yeah I was born
in New York family is from Bosnia and I
still speak a little bit of it but
hopefully you know we can capture some
people's attention by speaking the
language so they can say hey what's all
this about and maybe inshallah we can
soften some hearts and bring them back
to Allah to the Creator that's what
we're here for that's what we're here
for so let's continue on you have your
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love the best for all of
mankind Our Roots stem from Europe and
particularly the Balkan area but it
seems like the people from this area
they've kind of drifted off to follow
other cultures and they're not really
following Islam
so we mentioned some of the
superstitions we mentioned in the last
show people watching because people you
know when they're watching someone and
that someone is an Imam for instance
right and he's smoking uh let's say he's
using profanity or he's doing some
things that are opposite to Islam now
that reflects bad on the religion the
way of life so let's give some advice to
the people out there who have kind of
fallen into these traps and they've gone
away from Islam because they've seen
their local Imam from the Albanian or
basian Community you know doing some
things that just the fitra the inside of
human being just Rebels but now they
because of a human being they re rebell
totally away from the way of life from
the Creator have you seen these things
too in Albanian culture yeah I have and
I'm sure perhaps you've also heard this
same statement where in Albanian they
would
say
the do as I say but don't do as I do
it's exactly yeah do it do as I say not
as I do right
which unfortunately when it comes to uh
that type of a im that type of a if this
is what he's doing that he is living
opposite to what he is himself speaking
meaning that there's a hypocrisy that's
there it turns people away and this is
something that our people I think have
um that they have experienced you know
what I mean I remember hearing something
from some of the elders um who've grown
up in the Balan area where they've
mentioned things that with regards to
the huas that are there or the shs and
the imams that have actually been
reasons to turn them away from Islam um
things that I have no idea how true they
are or what the reasons behind them are
but if we think about it especially now
um it's stuff that doesn't make sense
for
example they would say that the huah
would tell them if you ride a Bo bicycle
that you will become a cafir do not ride
a bicycle this isn't they do this in
Albania this is what they were saying
back in in Albania Macedonia and these
areas but it was funny cuz they would
then say that they'd see the same huah
riding the bicycle and say huah what's
going on man you're the one who's
telling us don't ride a bicycle because
if you do this this and there you go
riding it and what would be the answer
do as I say don't do as I do but you can
ride a bike this has where did he come
up with this you can ride a bike you can
ride a plane does a train I don't a
donkey a horse a cow why would they say
something like
this Allah yeah Allah it's interesting
you know the other thing is you'll find
that theah himself you know they'll
they'll be doing things that what we
hear and see today of for example maybe
smoking hanging out in bars you know
cafes things of that sort where perhaps
they're not the most righteous of of
Acts or the most righteous of locations
and they'll say well if why is the H
doing these things you see and this has
got to tell you something about the
religion and so on and so forth look for
us to understand that huah myself or
anybody we are not the standard by which
Islam is to be judged it's the prophet
Muhammad he was the best example for us
he sallallahu alaihi wasallam never
contradicted anything of his speech with
his actions or his actions with his
speech he was the best example and this
is what we need to pay attention to no
muslim regardless male or female no
matter where you're from a Muslim who
has submitted himself to the one who
created him he shouldn't be indulging in
in illicit sexual activities
promiscuity alcohol gambling that's an
average Layman okay
There's No gambling you could have been
you could have been the worst of these
but you repent and you you know come
back to the crater and he forgives all
sins right if you're sincere but now
you're an Imam you're a spiritual leader
you should I mean now you're going to
have a double uh punishment from the
Creator because people are looking up to
you you're an example for for the
community is this right absolutely the
difference between a lay person and
someone who is considered an IM aah a
Sheikh a scholar Muti whatever the
different terms may be they're not one
and the same and so anybody can come
from a background that is not a
righteous one but once they make that
step they make that decision and take
that step to repent to be the servant of
Allah that they know they should be the
Muslim that they know they should be
that's it it should be finalized with
regards to anything of Haram in their
lives especially in the sent of somebody
who was going to be um looked at as a
religious leader somebody who's going to
be looked at as an example and a role
model you know and our people are
interesting they have a lot of the N
stories yeah I'm sure you've heard about
them too um or in the
Arabic and there's a lot of wisdom in
them so they themselves will tell you
stories about what religious elements
there are of the time that the huah is
walking down the street and there's the
drunk man on the court he goes to him
hey you fear Allah what are you doing
look at you you're ruining your life and
your family and everything else and so
he looks up to him and he says hey
you're right he goes but for me if I
mess up it's only myself that I'm really
harming but you when you mess up and do
these things you're harming many of
people they know these things they know
these things and this is why our huas
they should fear Allah our huas they
really are imams they really need to
understand that they are rolling models
and whatever they do of bad especially
that it's public or especially even
worse than that if they're teaching that
it's permissible these are things that
are in no way a light matter and they
may very well be reasons for them being
punished by Allah for leading people
astray that's very serious on the day of
judgment they're going to have some
serious accountability absolutely
absolutely so that's why we're doing
this episode so we can soften the hearts
and we can make sure we're doing the
right thing and not the wrong thing to
please our creator before we meet our
creator we'll be 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 show y EDI over IM finished at the
prestigious Medina University you
graduated there is this correct correct
you speak the Arabic language fluently
you've been you're the at the local
Center in Rockford correct yeah and
you're also Albanian alhamdulillah and
we are trying to reach out to the
albanians to the bosnians to the people
from the Balkan area but everybody can
benefit because I'm sure many people who
start to follow the Sunnah the way of
the last and final messenger you get you
start to get resistance in every
community in every uh ethnicity so we
want everyone to really appreciate what
we got because it's from the creator of
the heavens and earth so tell us uh we
also see somebody these things that are
prevalent the religion has been taken as
a business so you'll see people who now
because when you don't have Allah in
your life there's a void you're not
living your purpose there's a void in
your heart so people feel that I've
experien this myself and I've seen many
people in my family who have gone to
certain magicians that they have so
these people even
imams they'll come to them and they'll
say look I feel sick I don't feel good
they don't question them about the
prayer because that is a formula to
relieve your sickness right there
praying to the crater establishing a
correction with him so they give him the
easy way they take their money and then
they give them what's called halalia
something that they wear around their
neck and now we mentioned this in the
last show can you expound on it does
this have anything to do with Islam yeah
the im malas as we would also say yeah
um you know it's not just about us here
in America and this fast food Society
and fast-paced society that we're living
in where we want fast results like this
without really having to do
anything we will go to people will go to
these imams and that's how they're known
as being huas imams to find help for
problems that um you know allaham
whether it's man-made or otherwise
they'll go
they'll be asked most of the time for
something of information
articles of personal belongings things
of this sort and sometimes they'll even
say come back after a period of time and
then when the person comes that they'll
have some further information to
convince the person that oh this person
knows what the heck he's talking about
and they'll then write for them this
Talisman where they'll basically put in
all sorts of different things and I've
had the opportunity to open some of them
up where you see um strange
configuration of shapes and numbers and
letters and repetition and stuff that
doesn't make sense and who knows what it
is with sometimes things of Quran and
then they fold it up and they give it to
the person and say okay now just as long
as you make sure you keep this attached
to the baby you put this under your
pillow um you do this or that it's going
to make everything better this is
Magic it can be magic especially if it's
not somebody who's just playing games
and looking to make money and they're
you know so some holigan benefiting from
the ignorance of people if it's somebody
who really knows what they're doing it's
magic they're dealing with Jin and we've
heard stories about this stuff where the
person even before they walk into the to
see the person that the the Imam is
telling them you're so and so and your
family is so and so and you're here to
talk to me about this issue and the
people are just like wow this guy is
really the real deal and stuff and so on
and so forth that's magic to deal with
magic whether you're an IM or not an IM
these are things that the believer
should be as as far away from as
possible instead of us realizing that
Allah he is Allah is the one that brings
all all all goodness all benefit in
seeking help with Allah we right away go
to to find these types of individuals
and have them do all sorts of crazy
Hocus Pocus magic and things that that
sword on us hoping that they're going to
make things better and it doesn't you
know it might but what it might do is
and people don't recognize this that
magic can mask things but there's a
price to it so somebody who's sitting
there thinking oh you know my my uh you
know my daughter is not feeling well and
it seems like there's something of a
problem and now you're actually now
introducing Jin into her life that are
going to be further messing with her
you're actually now doing things that
are who knows what what you have agreed
to with regards to this huah with
regards to this IM I mean these are
things that a person does not want to
play with so you don't heal this way you
heal by the Quran reading the Quran
that would be the
correct none of this magic stuff magic
Abol no IM no matter how big his beard
is or short his beard is or big his hat
it he shouldn't be touching a woman
that's not his wife and you see a lot of
this going on he shouldn't be touching
her at all I'll be honest with you on
this point of the physical touch it
seems like there may be some difference
of opinion I'm not absolutely convinced
of one decision or the other on it in
the same way that if perhaps and the
analogy is made that there would be
physical contact in the same way that a
doctor who is looking to diagnose and
help a you know a patient that's of the
opposite gender but definitely it can be
done without touching the person that's
something that there should be no no
difference of opinion on but that I mean
either way you know going in the room
and by themselves and you know we've
heard crazy stories going on fonding all
these other crazy things especially
never alone right and these are some of
the things that have been heard nothing
to do with Islam okay so we need to get
to know Islam we need to be people is it
right that we read the Quran and that we
go to people of knowledge but you know
sometimes uh people have been let down
by some of these people who they've
hustled them so what do they do
then what do they do they should look to
see that alhamdulillah today the Quran
has been translated in Bosnian several
translations translated in Albanian
several translations alhamdulillah after
the war in Bosnia the war in kosova um
so much literature is now available in
the original language so that people who
not like myself or English is my
stronger language maybe like my parents
or whatever the case is they can go and
look to find information that is
authentic alhamd in the native language
so that they can learn so that there's
no excuse for ignorance these days you
know one of the typical arguments of the
past was
but we weren't Turks we didn't
understand we didn't know they prevented
us or whatever the cases well if that
was the case back then that's definitely
not the case today there's no excuse for
ignorance today let's give the people
the basic formula that the Creator sent
down through all the messengers of God
God is one and we only worship him so
some of the basic things that you know
they can start doing today they've lived
a life of transgression of sin you know
they've been doing things that is not
pleasing to the Creator and now you know
what they're watching the show and they
want to submit to Guy what's the first
thing they should do first thing is
remove all middlemen there should be no
no agencies no intermediaries no people
no Saints No Angels no prophets no
nothing that a person places between
them and Allah so if there's going to be
anything of communication that should
come from the heart let it be directly
from your heart to
Allah supplicate asking Allah subh to
help you ask Allah to forgive you ask
Allah to guide you ask Allah to heal you
and if you can use the beautiful names
of Allah the Healer the guide in the
process of the Dua it makes it all the
stronger so that if you're sick and you
want help to be healed you would say oh
Allah the Healer Heal Me Oh Allah the
guide please Guide Me Guide my children
and so on and so forth knock those
middle people
out no one in the middle just Allah
start to pray the prayer is absolutely
entral this is not something you do when
you're 4050 and you've had you know all
your good times now you saying oh I'll
do Hajj when I'm 50 you need to do these
actions before you die which can be
right after the show absolutely nobody
has any guarantee of how long they're
going to live the prayer is so important
if we understand that most of our people
know this from like theal and from um
you know the the other things of what
they read that the prophet was given the
five daily prayers during the when he
was up in Jenna we know how important
the prayers are so absolutely start
making those five daily prayers even if
you cannot make all of them start with
one of them and be consistent in it see
how good it feels to surrender to submit
to put your head to the ground to
realize how much you need Allah and how
great Allah is and when you're there in
s after you've said sub three times my
Lord the most high is perfect let your
heart pour out to him ask him for
whatever it is that you're going through
the help that you need the strength that
you're looking for Allah can make it all
happen Allah is the only one that can
make it happen and you're going to be
missing out if you're not doing this
because at the end you're going to die
and then when you die you wish you would
have made that prostration but at the
end it's too late it's too late and even
if you are brought to the Masjid to the
jam and the H washes you when you get
everything done of an Islamic burial
that's probably not going to mean
anything if you have not even once put
your head to the ground or once asked
Allah to forgive you and this is
something that needs to be paid
attention to we're going to be right
back with more
inshallah to wrap up this show we'll be
right back okay you've got your dream
home and you've got your dream car but
you're going to get old and things are
going to happen to in your life and then
what have you got at the end of the day
it's an empty dream that has no real
Foundation we are going to die and we're
going to meet our Lord and he is going
to judge us it becomes an obligation for
each single human being to find out what
the Quran is Islam is telling us to stay
away from things which are bad for your
person and bad for the
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society back here on the dean show with
Imam
shikim born in Albania raised in New
Jersey and finished at the Medina
University so you're in Rockford
presently yep yeah tell us uh you you
deal with a lot is there a big Albanian
bosia community in that area there is we
have a very large uh Bosnian especially
but also Albanian Community yep what is
what are some of the the dilemmas that
you've seen the obstacles that hinder
people from living their purpose the
purpose that was revealed through the
creator of the heavens and earth to us
to Mankind through his last and final M
of prophet Muhammad what are some of the
problems that you see that particularly
the Albanian
Muslims are facing well there is that
that disconnect with regards to the
misid that disconnect with regards to um
being the the Muslims that Allah wants
us all to be alhamdulillah many of them
they have very strong work ethics and
they think that alhamdulillah by being
very good workers and providers that
almost as if that suffices everything
else um the other issue that I also find
is and and and those are good things but
they don't suffice I mean there has to
be a balance in life one of the other
things I still notice is that the adults
of them their English is still very weak
so the first generation of our people
their English is very weak the second
generation it's the opposite that the
English is strong and the native tongue
is very weak and so there is a
communication a communication gap that's
there between the two generations as
well as with regards to for example our
misid um and I don't know know about
others but in our M everything is for
the most part in English and so some of
those who are older whose English may
not be good they may feel that perhaps
there's they're not able to connect but
alhamdulillah I know that many of us we
can understand another language far
better than we're able to speak in it
you know what I mean yeah for the we're
almost out of time so I just have a few
more points I want to I want to throw in
the person says you know what as far as
the prayer he's Muslim she's Muslim he
says look I got to
work I got to work
oh I love Allah in my heart you know
that's sufficient for me what do you got
to say about this we do have to work
alhamdulillah and we should love Allah
in our heart the love in our heart
though has to be more than just words it
has to be shown in action in the same
way that if we were to go tell our
employer look man I love you and I you
know and and and I'm an employee here
but if you don't clock in and you don't
put any time into the actual job they're
going to fire you nobody's going to pay
you in the same way that if we were to
understand look Allah's Jenna Allah's uh
J and and Paradise that is created it's
not free that there has to be action
from your part from the heart out
through out through the body to show
that you are serious that you are
genuine so if we are going to say we
love Allah it has to be proved by the
way we live our lives as Muslims it
can't talk is cheap I've said this many
times before you can say I love you but
if you don't back it up with actions it
doesn't mean nothing means nothing does
it m does it matter if you're you know
you I mentioned this in the first
episode that you you mentioned his
prayer you know praying to the Creator
alone not his creation you mentioned
going to Hajj doing the five basic
pillars and now the person say well my
great great-grandfather he did Hajj 10
times is that going to help you out at
all in the day of judgment that's going
to help the grandfather out but not the
person themselves each person is going
to benefit from what they have done no
one's going to be able to give no one's
going to even want to give what they
have done of good to the other person on
the day of judgment you've got time now
son you've got time you're young you're
20 you know have some F you can be
become you know more religious you can
turn to you know Allah when you get my
age the parents are saying this they're
saying this and they themselves are
seeing how many of our youth are dying
from automobile accidents drinking and
driving drugs sudden
death and who knows of other things
these same parents should wake up and
they need to wake up and realize look
this is not the way that you're going
to have your children there for you as
you get older that you're not going to
see grandkids from this fast dangerous
lifestyle that you're promoting in your
children last closing comments on just
and reach out to the people who speak
this language Albanian what advice do
you have for him the advice that I have
is this look I myself having grown up in
Jersey I didn't have access to
communication um about Islam and when I
did go to the Albanian misid that we had
it was more of a social club than
anything I think that with regards to
especially the young adults that we have
um today of Albanian and bosan Etc you
have so much available to you so much
access even if it isn't English that can
help you that can be there for you in a
way that it wasn't there for us 20 years
ago when we were first looking so take
advantage of what's available um
alhamdulillah
may Allah reward you for being with
us thank you bless
you and
follow show thank you very much for
tuning in and I can promise you one
thing that we will all die it doesn't
matter if you're Serbian Croatian
Bosnian or any one of these
nationalities but if you die in a state
of submission to the one who created you
you will be successful not only in this
life but definitely in the next and we
want to stay away from the Hellfire and
an easy way to get there is by following
your lusts and desires your way we don't
want to do it our way we want to do it
the Creator's way so ask him for
guidance and he will facilitate a way
only praying to the one God you know
that there's a void in your heart
there's something missing and that
cannot be filled with money drugs women
men none of these material things you
have to you have to
submit and that's Allah that's the one
Creator God
Almighty pray to him beseech his help
beg for his forgiveness he will help you
in this life and the next we'll see you
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