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alhamdulillah alayum peace be unto you
you are watching the dean show I'm Eddie
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today we're going to be talking about
spirituality some of us get really
really depressed at times that's the
nature of this life and now how do you
become more spiritual do you have to
shut the lights off some candles on the
table and just throw your head from sign
to side and wait some some some some
Holy Spirit to come in you and you start
speaking in tongues what is it what does
this mean so we're going to be talking
about this with our next guest in a
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theam alayum
peace be with you my brother and with
you as well thank you for being with us
on the dean show it's a pleasure to be
here I got a gift for
you now this is the DVD that we have of
the dean show nice I had to figure out
something to give you because it's
encage to give gifts in Islam indeed
that's my gift to you thank you very
much I really appreciate it you're
welcome so you have your own section at
the Deen show.com people can go there
and see the other show okay take a
minute just to kind of let our viewers
know who you are for those that already
don't know okay um basically I was born
in Montreal Canada and growing up you
know alhamdulillah I had a passion for
the religion So eventually I went
overseas and learned Arabic at the
Islamic University of Medina and further
pursued a bachelor's in Sharia um after
that I came back and I signed up with Al
and I'm actually one of their Hadith
instructors uh I teach Hadith and my
second and newest class right now is
called
or those things that are specific to the
prophet sallallahu alai wasallam in
terms of characteristics and traits
likewise um I counsel the community
especially marital counseling youth
counseling any sort of troubles that the
community has I try to help them out as
much as I can and obviously I love
spreading the religion of Allah subhana
wa taala and that's why I'm here today
no no hold up hold up wait a minute
because you know that we have a lot of
not yet Muslims right and there are
people that don't understand Islam which
simply mean means to acquire peace by
submitting your will to the owner of
Peace the one God the god of Jesus
Abraham and the last and final messenger
of prophet Muhammad peace be upon them
all so now you said some Arabic words
now just to know if we were living
during a time of Jesus he would have
spoke Aramaic this is the sister
language Arabic so tell us what is
sharah because some people when you say
Sharia they think the boogeyman's coming
to get you so what is Sharia you said it
what does it mean sh
is the law that Allah subhana t
legislated for mankind to govern the
lands with and it has many aspects to it
uh as it relates to everyone and what I
was referring to specifically is how we
govern Our Lives as individuals to get
closer to Allah subhana wa taala so this
refers to the way we pray the way we
fast the way we interact and deal with
one another and you know just the way we
live our daily lives and you said Allah
now people think this some Arab God who
is Allah subhah wa taala Allah
and I wish you know it was possible to
do justice of a description in mere
words but Allah subhana wa tala is the
creator the sustainer and the one who
solely deserves to be worshiped
linguistically speaking the word Allah
comes from Al the one who is has the
sole right to be worshiped and that is
who Allah is is this the same God of
Jesus Abraham Noah the same God they
worshiped this is the same God that they
worship this is the same God that
created them and this is the same God
that every Prophet called called to and
preached a boat that's the Allah he's
not a man or woman but the creator of
man and woman exactly beautiful that's
simple now it just one more note don't
Arab
Christians that have the the Bible in
Arabic isn't the word Allah used for God
exactly that they use the exact same
word okay now those that might have had
some fears they can rest assured that
this is a way of life like you said that
all the messengers of God taught brought
preached teached and we're just doing
the same thing continuing the message
exactly that's it worshiping the one God
not his creation and you're learning
about it here on the dean show and today
we're talking about
spirituality many people they have
what's associated with it mysticism
right and you got to turn off the lights
you got to set the
mood and you got to do something fancy
and something sometimes it's weird some
so what is spirituality really in Islam
what is it all about okay spirituality
you have to understand the nature of
mankind the nature of mankind is that
Allah subhana wa tala created us as
human beings who live in this world we
are meant to go out and seek our
assistance we're meant to educate
ourselves we're meant to take care of
our families and meant to do all of
these things but one of the most key
fundamental aspects of Our Lives is
taking care of our souls Allah subhana
wa tala mentions in the Quran that
successful is the one who purifies his
soul and this is a goal for each and
every individual now the reality ity of
our times is that the vast majority of
the people get so caught up in this
world that they don't focus on purifying
their souls or purifying the hearts and
in order for one to truly be content in
order for one to truly submit to Allah
subhana wa ta'ala they have to take care
of their hearts and they have to take
care of their souls this is just like
the individual who has a sickness an
individual who is sick is not truly
going to be able to enjoy this world
someone gives you a gift let's just say
a really really nice car but if you're
terminally ill you have a sickness
you're not going to be able to enjoy
that car same thing with purification of
the Soul if you don't purify your soul
you don't purify your heart the many
blessings that allaha gives you you're
not going to be able to be grateful for
them you're not going to be able to
appreciate them and you're not going to
find any Serenity or Tranquility in this
life up and until you purify your soul
and your heart so do you have to do some
okay so purifying your heart and if
you're not purifying your heart which
this is what Islam what the Creator
wants us to do and this is how we can be
successful will this alleviate
depression in our lives definitely
definitely a lot of the times when
people don't take care of the their
souls that's what it leads to is
depression in this life people end up
losing hope in this life they end up
losing hope in God they end up you know
just giving up and up until the fact
that they start purifying their hearts
that's the state that they're going to
be in because Allah subhana T throughout
the Quran he gives this parable of
lightness and darkness and the
individual who is in light is the one
who spiritually enlightened who knows
Allah subhana wa tala worships Allah
subhana wa taala the one who is in
darkness is the one who doesn't purify
his soul doesn't know Allah nor does he
worship Allah subhana wa tala now to
purify your heart do you have to what
are some of the Practical things that
you do is this left to guess work or is
it defined oh clearly it is defined this
is one of the beautiful narrations of
the companions that he was outside in
nature one day and there was a bird
flapping its wings going by and he said
that the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam taught us everything that we
need to know about our religion even
this bird that is flapping its wings in
the sky so if he the prophet taught us
about that bird that's flapping its
wings in the sky then it is obvious that
that which is more important like
purifying one's soul and heart would
have been taught to us as well so
therefore when it comes to spirituality
it is not something we guess or make up
but rather like everything else we are
confined to the Quran and the sunah when
we do this and the Quran is this the
verbatim word of God the verbatim word
of Allah subhana tala is the Sunnah as
we explained in our last show is the
inspired word to the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam so while it wasn't
direct Revelation the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam was inspired with these
words about the religion about this
world and as which we use as a form of
guidance now before I go to my next
question just to bring this point home
can we make a correlation between the
two like during Moses's time for example
did he have a revelation that was given
to him and then you had to follow his
way his Sunnah exactly each and every
Prophet they had their uh Revelation you
know Moses peace be upon him had the
Torah Jesus had the gospel Dam had the
Psalms and then on top of that the
people had to follow their example and
their interpretation of those various
texts so similarly as Muslims Allah
subhana wa T sent down the Quran to the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and
we follow his example of interpreting
and implementing the Quran that makes so
much sense so you have the instruction
manual and the representative who's
explaining it so it's not my
interpretation or what I think it should
be like it's how the messenger at that
time is defining it and today we have
the last and final messenger exactly
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon us
sallahu Al wasallam exactly all right
good we're going to take a break if you
don't mind we be right back on the D you
have to pray as if everything depends on
Allah and it does but you must work as
if everything depends on you and it
doesn't that's my point you see what I'm
saying
and I don't like that I don't like us
sitting here what are you waiting for
what are we waiting for right now what
are you waiting for all these people to
come to Islam what are we waiting for
what are we waiting for right now when
they going to come they're going to come
Allah going to bring these people Allah
subhana put in our hand the ability to
do it now do your
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alone peace be with you welcome back to
the dean show and we're talking about
Spiritual Development very important key
I'm going to tell you my experience way
back when when I started to come to a
realization like you know what this life
is short and I'm going to die soon I was
very nervous I was like you know I got
to get myself together it's not all
about just having fun and living from
Friday to Friday and then work party and
play so I ended up trying to really
investigate I started comparing all the
different religions and I went through
my journey and you know getting serious
wanting to know what's the purpose of
life etc etc and I started to
investigate Islam and everything was
coming to to makeing sense but now I
wanted to I was feeling something my my
my soul was yearning for something I
didn't have all the correct
understanding so I would because of the
outside influences you see some people
they'll get full of the Holy Ghost and
they you you looking for this this
feeling inside like something's going to
overtake you and what I did was I I
literally shut the lights off I didn't
know anything so I shut the lights off
and I did I put some who haha and I put
some music you know some some you know
this is I was ignorant I didn't know and
I and I was just waiting there and I was
about I was I was I was saying some
words you know praising God and I was
waiting for something to happen
something to come up W just take me I
didn't know is this what we're talking
about this is absolutely not what we're
talking my intention was good the
intention was good and in you'll be
rewarded for your intention but when it
comes to Islam not only do we require
righteous intentions but we require
righteous actions as well and this is
refers to you know following the example
of the prophet wasam and of his
companions so this was something that
many people I think there is a
misconception here many people they feel
that you know what because you'll hear
again from the outside influence that
I'm full of the the they call it the
Holy Spirit do we have anything like
this in Islam No we don't have anything
like that in Islam so okay so continue
on talking to us about the proper way
that God Almighty wants us how to
develop this purification of the heart
excellent okay so the essence of
spirituality is to become more sincere
to Allah subhana wa tala to develop that
closer relationship with Allah subhana
wa taala the best ways to do this or one
of the best ways to do this is
contemplate death itself contemplate
death contemplate death but that's scary
though it is very very scary but it
brings you back to reality it gives a
reality check that the lives that we
live are very limited and there is a
life which is Everlasting in the
Hereafter and you have to make a
conscious decision of which group of
people do you want to be of the people
of heaven or the people of hell and with
that reality check you can't help but to
become more sincere in the actions that
you do you can't help but be more
focused in the action that you choose to
do uh so that's the number one thing and
this is seen from the Hadith of the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam where
he said Remember the destroyer of
Pleasures he said remember this destroy
our Pleasures remember death frequently
and this is why you would see some of
the companions they would dig up their
graves and while they're alive they
would go and lay down in it and that is
like the Ultimate Reality Check that no
matter how much power you have no matter
how much money you have how much
Authority you have each and every
individual one day he's going to end up
in that place and it's actually a very
very scary thought now not only death
withen of itself but leading up to death
it has a profound effect I'll tell you
one story that really really struck me
please tell us um I was at an event in
March last year and and in this event we
were told the story of Nashi he was the
Abyssinian King who was originally
Christian but accepted Islam and the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam never
met him but when Nashi passed away the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam made
this profound statement he
said that today a righteous man has
passed away and I thought to myself
Subhan Allah what a beautiful ending
that must have been that the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam himself is
testifying to this man's rightous n and
if he had any mistakes or any sins that
he had committed he has the best of
mankind seeking his forgiveness in
janaza so I thought to myself you know
if anyone ever wanted a good ending that
would have been like the superbest of
endings that the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam himself testifies to his
righteousness then when they prayed his
funeral prayer they're seeking his
forgiveness as well and Allah subhana wa
T would definitely answer that likewise
if you look at the death of the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam I want to to
paint a picture for you over here the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam when
he died he went through a lot of Agony
through a lot of pain and in that pain
he's lying on the lap of a his most
beloved wife the most beloved thing to
him in this world and during all of that
he just kept looking at the sky he would
raise his hands and then when he passed
away from this world he
said oh Allah in the highest of
companionship and those were the last
words the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam uttered so through that pain
through that Agony through being with
the love of this world with the epitome
of love for him he was still longing for
Allah subhana wa tala that's why you see
not within the death itself but even
stories relating to death you can't help
but purify your soul can't help but
purify your heart is that getting like
some people go to the gym to get that
pump some people go to the club to get
some high some people take some drugs
also to get that feeling but does
thinking about death it gives you
another feeling that feeling of a
reality check it gives you the feeling
of a reality check and I'll tell you how
it actually works when you think about
death it actually breaks you down it
makes you feel worthless but then you go
through the cycle that once you broken
down you start building back up now this
build building back up it actually makes
you a better person and that's what the
reality check is all all about that you
start doing those actions that are
conducive towards righteousness you'll
start praying more you'll pray on time
you'll read more Quran the afterlife is
on in mind it's always in focus yes so
if you're haunting now you got some
title Mr President or Mr CEO or I miss
the big shot now think about death the
Destroyer pleasures and now you realize
I'm going to have some dirt in my mouth
where I'm going to be six feet under now
you come back to reality and you humble
yourself exactly and then you start to
maybe beseech the Creator more and say
you know if I'm returning to you I want
to return in a good State definitely
definitely that's so so give us now
that's one we're almost out of time
thinking contemplating on death This is
for you're better meant so you can be
more sincere in Acts of worship tell us
some more please okay another thing to
focus on is where you stand in front of
Allah subhana wa tala your relationship
with him the priz predecessors they used
to say never look at the size of your
sin but look at the greatness of the one
whom you're sinning against so now when
it comes to committing sin a lot of
people have this mentality oh this is
just a small sin or you know this is
just a minor sin it's not that big of a
deal but if you look at the predecessors
they never looked at it this way every
single sin that they committed was
something heavy on their shoulders a
burden that they had that they have to
alleviate themselves from and this is
why you have the the beautiful statement
from the companion that the hypocrite he
considers his sin just like a fly that
lands on your nose he waves it away and
he thinks that the sin is gone whereas
the believer he considers his sin a
heavy weight upon his shoulders like
mountains that he carries it with him up
and until he seeks forgiveness from
Allah subhana wa taala so always look at
your relationship with Allah subhana wa
taala to share nice story with you in
terms of how our relationship with Allah
subhana T should be om he had a grandson
his name was Sal who's this this is one
of the just for our viewers to know this
is one of the companions of the last and
final messenger he was one of the
Companions and he was the second Khalifa
of Islam he had a grandson by the name
of salm and salm was a profound
individual he used to live in meccah and
the Khalifa went to go see him one day
so the Khalifa goes to see him while
he's making ta and he says oh Salam I
want to ask you a question please answer
it for me do you have any need in this
world that I can fulfill for you do you
need any money Salam gave him something
profound he said if you and I were were
guests in the house of someone would you
ask me to have your need fulfilled or
would you ask the host himself the
Khalifa said I would ask the host so he
said here we are in the House of Allah
subhana wa ta'ala do you think I'm going
to ask you or would I ask the host
himself the Khalifa left humiliated they
left the Haram and now the khif wants
his revenge he waits for Sal to come out
and he thinks that that now that they're
outside of the Haram he'll have him so
he goes up to Salam and he says oh Salam
I ask you the same question again is
there any need of yours that needs to be
fulfilled uh any money that you may need
he said let me ask you a question o
Khalifa do you actually own this wealth
or are you just put in charge of it the
Khalifa says I'm just put in charge of
it so he says would I ask the owner of
the wealth or just the one who's put in
charge and he said obviously the one who
owns this wealth and the Khalifa left
again and he told his people his
Entourage did I not tell you this was a
special person so our ultimate goal is
to turn everything back to Allah subhana
wa ta'ala in terms of all the blessings
that came from Allah subhana tal the
sins that we commit we're seeking
Allah's forgiveness everything that we
do we're trying to keep Allah subhana wa
tala in mind so before we go to break so
Allah he's the most merciful the most
forgiving we just got to have our
actions in line with all the good things
he's told us to do exactly and stay away
from all the bad things just try your
best that's all that's required and this
is only going to better Our Lives
definitely let's take a break and we'll
be right back on the dean
show there will always be someone that
will be there to say something negative
but at the same time there'll be someone
there to say something positive also
just hold on to the Rope of Allah
everything in this universe rely and
need Allah the Quran says don't kill
women don't kill children don't kill old
people don't attack the civilians this
is what the prophet Muhammad told
us said that the prophet never ever
start a war against anybody
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yourself there is none worthy to be
worshiped except Allah alone you got
some CD or some music in the car bobbing
your head to 50 cents or no it's common
sense don't do things that can hurt
people Lady Gaga goooo and all that
other nonsense
bullying is Haram backbiting slandering
and such substit as
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on the dean show and we are talking
about Spiritual Development and the time
is so short but we just want to give
people a taste a better understanding
and then they can go on and continue
getting motivated to seek knowledge and
Implement all the good knowledge that we
have authentic knowledge that's from the
creator of the heavens and the Earth
tell us now it's the same thing like a
person is a law-abiding citizen you
should be a law-abiding citizen right
you should obey the law of the land but
now you know a person doesn't want to
get locked up for disorderly conduct a
person doesn't want to get locked up for
you know let's say uh uh parking tickets
or whatever it is these are crimes you
don't want to commit crimes exactly is
it the same thing now with the law of
God we don't want to break the law of
the land nor should we want to break the
law of God isn't this more important
definitely and you know there's actually
a nice parallel over here that when you
commit a crime in the society that you
say like a a driving offense you end up
paying a ticket and and that's it it's
over but whereas when you commit a sin
against God it actually places a black
dot on your heart stains the heart it
stains the heart and the more sins that
you commit the harder your heart becomes
and the harder it becomes for you to
connect to God and it becomes such a bad
state that one is no longer able to
distinguish between right and wrong one
Longs for closeness to God but is unable
to attain it and that is like one of the
worst forms of punishment in this world
so just like people would pay you know
parking tickets and would pay these
things off the way to get those black
dots off of our heart is to seek
forgiveness from God seek forgiveness
you look at the best example in the
prophet sallallahu alai wasam himself he
said that I seek forgiveness from Allah
70 to 100 times a day if not more than
that and this is an individual whom all
of his sins are already forgiven it's
guaranteed but just to due to the fact
that Allah loves this act of seeking
forgiveness he used to do it throughout
the day so the best way to do this is
just frequent the
statement anywhere you're going keep it
on your tongue in your SJ seek
forgiveness from Allah subhana wa ta'ala
and you will find him to be
compassionate and merciful so he's
showing us through example that God
loves this Earnest seeking of
forgiveness and the prophet peace be
upon him did it not because he was like
some big sinner like some people you
know uh misconception oh he sought
forgiveness so you know right this is
not the case not at all not so this is
again to show us and to because God
Almighty Allah loves this exactly
exactly so never give up or despair the
mercy of God never ever this is again
from the beauty of Islam that an
individual comes into Islam his sins are
wiped out completely like I'm talking a
clean white slate no sins whatsoever
same thing for the Muslim himself when
he seeks his forgiveness when he does
Good Deeds God wipes out those sins for
him closing comments and suggestions we
covered reality remembering death
sincerity and seeking forgiveness one
last suggestion yes one last piece of
advice Allah subhana wa T sent down this
Revelation known as the Quran it is a
very blessed Revelation the clearest
signs of this is an individual who
recites it and reflects over it it will
move his heart and this is what I want
to invite you to we started with peace
we end with peace peace be unto you
thank you for being with us thank you
very much we thank you and thank you for
tuning in to another episode of the dean
show again you got to hear some great
advice remember the destroyer of
pleasure is death it can come at any
time so humble yourself in front of the
most high the most great the creator of
this universe and everything in it he
created us and he
created everything and he's given us
everything and now we have to beseech
him for the guidance it's that simple
it's that easy easy start to earnestly
ask for forgiveness ask for guidance and
then be courageous enough to take those
steps forward to live on the truth to be
on the truth and to die on the truth and
visit us here every week on The Dean
show until next time peace be unto
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you he created the
universe to him belong the heavens and
the Earth
the ever living He is the
first he's the owner of
Mercy he sent his
Messengers to all his
creatures of the Grave
dangers of worshiping of the than
Allah there is none greater
than the
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Creator
Allah there is none
greater than the Creator