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the dean alhamdulillah peace be with you
Salam alaykum thank you for tuning in to
the dean show Ramadan is here and you
want to know why are you fasting people
want to know about Ramadan so a lot of
the not yet Muslims are tuning in all
this and more you're going to learn
about Ramadan why are the Muslims
fasting why are you fasting some people
don't even know why they're fasting so
we're going to be talking about why
you're fasting who you're fasting for
and also the many tremendous benefits of
fasting all of this and more here on the
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assalam Alum peace be with
you Dr Sam how are you alhamdulillah I'm
doing good we've made it to the Blessed
month of of Ramadan and now we're trying
to educate people and it's really
important nowaday uh many people not
just the not yet Muslims but even the
Muslims they many don't know why they're
fasting you know the significance of it
you the benefits of it so we really want
to you know uh kind of an ABC approach
really simplify it so people can really
get into the spirit of Ramadan when they
know what it's all about good good
alhamdulillah well first and foremost I
would like to
say to all the viewers up there it's
very important that any act or any
interaction any words that a Muslim or
anyone should be saying we should be
connecting with the Creator so all
throughout the centuries our creator has
given us certain Commandments starting
with Prophet Adam peace be upon him the
no Abraham Moses Jesus peace be upon all
of them our creator has sent the
Commandment the fundamental commandment
is that we should be worshiping the
Creator alone and not the
creation so in that context our creator
has given the the injunction of fasting
so it says in the Quran chapter number
two verse number
183 that oh you who believe fasting has
been given to you as it was given to
those before you you that you may obtain
God Consciousness and
self-discipline so the reason that we
Muslims are fasting first and foremost
is because we are obeying the
Creator and it also says that other
people before us they were given the
same injunction of
fasting so fasting we are doing it
because obviously it it gives us that
self-discipline God Consciousness and uh
ultimately the reward by the Creator
inshallah God willing now you said an
Eric word when you say Muslim do do you
are you referring to any uh conscious
person human being peaceful human being
who submits to the Creator is this what
what you mean when you say Muslim cuz
some people say Muslim oh those are
those terrorists over there but what do
you mean when you say Muslim yeah the
word Muslim it means someone who
actively consciously submits to the one
Creator says that I'm only going to
believe in you God you are the only
Creator you are one and I submit to your
Commandments and I make an INT to obey
your Commandments that is the definition
of a Muslim so we we can we can clearly
say without a shadow doubt that Jesus
was a Muslim is that right yes Jesus was
a Muslim because it says in the Quran
chapter number 3 verse number
51 that so Jesus Christ has been quoted
in the Quran he's saying that God is my
Lord and he's your lord worship him
alone and that is the straight path so
we know that Jesus was a pure monotheist
just like Muslims he was a Muslim he
called to the worship of the Creator not
the creation he prayed we prayed the
same way putting our head to the ground
and he fasted so he did the fast too the
same thing is this the same tradition
that we're seeing here yes it's very
important that when we look at the
previous prophets who came before
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him they
all used to worship the one Creator and
they used to call people to worship the
one creator for
example it says in the Old Testament in
the Book of Genesis chapter 17 verse
number three that Abraham peace be upon
Him Prophet Ibrahim alisam when the time
of prayer came he used to go to a nice
quiet place and worship the one Creator
by bowing himself down on his forehead
the way that Muslims are F uh praying
Moses peace be upon him it says the same
thing in the book of Exodus chter 40
verse number three putting his forehead
on the ground he used to worship the one
Creator what is the first commandment
brother Eddie according to the Old
Testament that's the same thing thou
shall worship no other gods except the
one God that's it not a stick not a
stone not a man hero Israel the God lord
thy God is one so worshiping God alone
that's that's the first uh command with
all your heart your mind yes yes so
Prophet Moses peace be upon him when he
was given according to the Bible the Ten
Commandments the very first commandment
according to the Book of Exodus chapter
20 verse number three that there is only
one God you should not take any other
God before for me and you should not
make any graven images of God that was
prophet Moses proclaimed to his people
now you'll be amazed to find out that
Prophet Jesus peace be upon him when
people ask him this very fundamental
question that of all the Commandments
which one is the first and the biggest
one it says in the gospel of Mark
chapter number uh 20 chapter number 12
verse number 29 so Jesus Christ he
mentioned here o Israel the Lord our Our
God he is one worship him with all your
heart all your mind all your soul all
your strength and that is the first
commandment so it's very important that
we Muslims when we are fasting and
praying and worshiping the Creator we
are not doing just in isolation just
because Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
Him brought those Commandments by the
Creator we are doing it because we are
connecting with all the prophets and
Messengers because all of them they used
to worship the one Creator they used to
pra the same way that Muslims are
praying and they used to fast the way
that Muslims are fasting maybe I could
give you maybe a couple of reference
about fasting in the old and the New
Testament yeah before we go to break
give us one of those before we go to
break wonderful when Prophet Moses peace
be upon him when he received the Ten
Commandments he was in the state of
fasting so it says in the uh the book of
Exodus chapter 20 verse number three
that Moses was fasting number two Jesus
Christ peace be upon Him Matthew chapter
4 verse number two he was fasting for
about 40 days and 40
nights and when we Muslims when we are
fasting We are following not only the
ideology of Oneness of God that all the
prophets used to believe and call people
to we're also following the rituals of
all the prophets and Messengers same
tradition same way of life same religion
nothing different yeah because it says
in the Quran chapter 42 verse number 13
in the Quran which we Muslims say this
is the last and the final Revelation
coming from the Creator chapter 42 verse
number 13 it says that the same Dean the
same way of life given to you Muhammad
peace be upon Him is also was also given
to Prophet NOA Abraham Moses and Jesus
peace be upon them because that would
make sense if all of them came with
different religions it's one Humanity
one universal religion since the
beginning of time and that's been
submission to the will of God that's
Islam that is Islam that's the
definition submission to the Creator
that's it so we got that out of the way
we fast because it's a command from the
Creator right we're going to talk about
the benefits when we come back and much
more it's the same tradition Moses
Abraham Jesus all of them Muhammad being
the last and final messenger they all
prayed to God the Creator they didn't
worship the creation they prayed they
fasted and did all these wonderful
things that we're doing we right back
with more here and Ramadan is here so we
be talking more about it on the dean
show be right back alhamdulillah peace
be with you alhamdulillah peace be unto
you
alhamdulillah alhamdulillah peace be
unto you welcome to the dean show
alhamdulillah Alum peace be with you
greetings of peace to everybody all
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dean show this is the dean
show back here on the dean show and
we're into Ramadan we talking about it's
one of the pillars of Islam obviously
Islam is based on Five Pillars one to
worship nothing but the Creator your
maker and to accept all the messengers
Muhammad being the last Jesus being one
of those and Abraham Moses are the ones
that we mentioned praying five times a
day then we have the Ramadan fasting
during the month of Ramadan we're
talking about that and this is new to a
lot of people so some people are like
you know we know obesity is on the rise
people are dying from overeating so now
here we come and we're saying God is
saying actually look you have to refrain
from food and this will help you one of
the benefits is to become more conscious
God conscious and to develop
self-discipline so you know people are
like okay what do I do do I just refrain
from eating all day how can I you know
people are in love with food you know we
you know it's not necessarily a bad
thing but overindulging so how can we
explain this is that's what it's all
about you going to I'm just going to
give up food and is that going to
improve my character what's what what
what more goes into this fasting talk to
us okay so wonderful Ramadan is the name
of the ninth month of the Islamic lunar
calendar so in that month Muslims are
supposed to fast for the whole month but
it's not a 24-hour day fasting by the
way that may be nextra impossible so we
F we fast from dawn to Sunset so
nowadays because it's summertime it is
about 17 hours of
fasting so before we start the fast we
wake up Before Dawn we eat A light meal
and then we fast the whole day we don't
eat anything we don't drink anything not
even a single drop of water
and then at Sunset then we break the
fast so fasting is not just about not
eating or not drinking or not uh having
intimate relationship with our
spouses fasting is also developing that
God Consciousness this closeness to God
enhancing our spirituality our piety
that means during the state of fasting
we should be overly conscious it's like
a mini boot camp by the way we should be
overly conscious of doing all the good
things that we should be doing all
throughout the
year having connection with God reading
more Quran pondering on it uh
implementing It sharing it number one
number two we should be looking at the
society and trying to enhance the
society that means if there is uh
someone in the society that needs help
like the poor uh people who are deprived
we are supposed to reach out to them
volunteer at the soup kitchens for
example and uh all the wonderful things
that we are supposed to do we are
supposed to keep on doing it extra in
the month of
fasting thirdly very important all the
bad things that we were not supposed to
do anyway we should be overly conscious
and eradicating them example some people
they still smoke right cigarettes so in
the month of Ramadan we should be
obviously prohibiting it on ourselves
because that's not good and Islam also
prohibits that by the way anything that
harms our body backbiting for example
you know unconsciously sometimes we do
backbiting we're supposed to be overly
conscious and avoiding it some people
they lie they may cheat they may not
honor their parents the way that they
should so all the good things we should
inculcate and all the bad things we
should eradicate so for this whole month
like a boot camp if we are conscious in
that way inshallah God willing after we
are done with the 30 days of fasting
that will become our second nature and
and this is known I mean as a
characteristic of human traits if you
can go ahead and make something a habit
for three weeks plus yeah you know
rather be good or bad you know this will
stick with you but you know if you drop
bad habits like for instance you know we
know God is the most merciful and loving
but now you had a bad you you were doing
a you know something that was prohibited
for instance like you said smoking or
drinking alcohol and now you refrain for
from it for a whole month and you prove
that you can do it you don't want to go
back to it now do you so it becomes part
of our second nature you know for
example suppose uh at our place of
employment our boss tells us you know
for your training go three weeks of
training in California and for all day
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. would be
part of your training for 3 weeks now to
please our boss we do it because we want
the check at the end of the day likewise
we want to please our creator who has
given us all these wonderful things
things so when we are fasting once we
have that you know we are fasting for
the Creator that ultimately the reward
is going to be given to us by the
Creator fasting becomes a little bit
more easier for us to inculcate all the
good things that we are supposed to do
the way that Prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him the charity that he used to do
enhancing the society and refraining
from all the bad things yeah so we see a
lot of the we'll get into a lot of the
health benefits you know science is
making these discoveries now that we've
already been told from the wisdom of the
Creator and we have it here but we see
like we're refraining from things that
are legal eating food and relations with
your spouse during the day so this is
also a proof now if you can give this up
you're strong enough to give this up for
30 days obviously at the end this
training camp you know you can come out
stronger and be be a better develop
yourself to be the best human being rise
to the occasion rise to your full
potential exactly exactly you I mean I
mean we are all human beings we are
fallible human beings
when it comes to our diet I mean one in
three people in USA and maybe some other
countries too they're
obese know when we are driving we may
have a bag of chips next to us when we
are at work we may have a box of candies
next to us right so we are overly
indulging in all of these habits so when
we are fasting we are refraining from
things which may be Halal or which may
be permittable which may be uh
permissible that means when we are
fasting that means when we are staying
away from
these it is easier for us to stay away
from things that we are not supposed to
be eating anyway or doing anyway so it
say if I have to say in one word it
would be self- discipline big time yeah
big time yeah before we go to break also
I mean if you're lying deceiving
cheating backbiting God doesn't need
your fast does he no because it it would
it will be just we are hungry it will
will not be you know it it will not be
accepted so it's very important that
it's not just about not eating not
drinking or not having all of those
relationship it's about being overly
conscious of avoiding the bad things and
and inculcating all the wonderful things
yeah let's take beautiful mashallah
let's take a break and we'll right back
with more talking about Ramadan it's
here we're going to be talking about it
and asking some more questions we're
going to be also talking about the
benefits the scientific discovery
and who else who knows best our creator
and we're doing the best thing by
following what our creators told us to
do we're going to be getting some of
these benefits of fasting when we come
back here on the dean
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show when I embraced Islam from that day
on I knew I never wanted to drink
another drink in my life I never wanted
to smoke I never wanted to H my
body because I realized that it was a
blessing you know to be able to see life
from the perspective of Islam because
it's like a lens that clarifies life for
you and so I started seeing the clarity
of life and I said this is what I've
been looking for all my life now all I
have to do is live up to
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it back here on the dean show Ramadan
we're talking about it helping educate
the not yet Muslims and the Muslims many
turn this into let's say a yearly ritual
and we want to get people into the
spirit of Ramadan to really know why
you're doing it so when you know why
you're doing it that you're doing it for
your creator we talked about that that
this is nothing new Islam is not a new
religion Muhammad is the same way of
life that was practiced by all the
prophets including Jesus Abraham all of
them they weren't Christian they were or
any other religion they were Muslims
they were doing Islam so now this also
helps to give us confidence in our Islam
in what we're doing and some people now
they
even get more inspired when they see
like wow these doctors medical
professionals scientists are discovering
that fasting is actually has tremendous
health benefits for you you're actually
a medical doctor yourself aren't you
right so by education I'm a medical
doctor yes so yeah can we get into some
of these health benefits yes no so
before I speak about the health benefits
of fasting there's a uh footnote I would
like to mention right away so Muslims
are not fast ing because of the health
benefits by the way health benefits are
like a bonus for us it's like an add-on
that our creator has given to us but the
first and foremost reason is that God
told us to fast and we are fasting
absolutely and alhamdulillah all praise
be to Allah health benefits so from the
health point of view there have been
many many research that has been done
Natural Health System of UK they have
done a very humongous research and
according to them they found out that uh
from for our whole body from all the
organs which are involved in fasting how
much enhanc that they are from the
medical point of view for
example when we are fasting we initially
use the glucose the sugar which is
stored in the liver once that is used
then what is used are the fats and some
of us has more fat than others right so
fat is burned as energy and when fat is
Bur burned as energy that means a person
eventually lose weight and eventually
that will have a very enhance uh uh you
know situation for the body about
reducing the
cholesterol so the bad cholesterol which
is there in the body it goes away or it
is reduced and the good good cholesterol
which is called as the
HDL it
increases so that itself prevents many
uh heart conditions many conditions like
stroke many conditions like diabetes yes
so all of those benefits are there
because of
fasting now it's very important for the
viewers to know that when Muslims when
we start the fast and when we break the
fast we do it with the date fruit right
mhm it's very delicious by the way if
you have not yet eaten it go ahead if
you want to take a sample of that it's
very important when we break the fast
with the date fruit it has vitamins and
minerals and it has fructose and
dextrose in it so I'll try it for them
so how's that Bismillah Bismillah go
ahead good stuff yeah delicious alhamd
so not only it is delicious by the way
much delicious than than the Mars candy
and the sneaker candy it has nutrients
it has minerals which is good for our
body our body needs that number one
number two it has fibers in there so it
acts as a very good
laxative number two number three when
our colon is clean that means it has
less effect of building up of all the uh
of of of of all the toxins which are
accumulating in in our body all
throughout the year so when we are
fasting when we are eating the de fruit
and we are conscious of all the health
benefits our cholesterol comes down our
health increases and this is just as an
addon effect for us alhamdulillah pra be
to Allah I'm going to take you to a clip
of what also doctors uh medical
practitioners are saying real in this
one clip real quick they can see it uh
people who do that have a lower risk of
diabetes and also coronary artery
disease okay and we've gone on a recent
study that we've just completed that is
being published this year in a an
academic medical journal we found that
asking people to fast we found that
there are a number of metabolic uh
changes in their bodies that were
unexpected and that potentially have uh
prolonged effects uh due to that fat
cells in the body and uh uh renewing the
the insulin um the the sensitivity to
insulin um human growth hormone went up
substantially which has uh potential
it's an antagonist to insulin which are
the that's the process the insulin
becomes body becomes resistant to
insulin and you just got to hear this
from a medical professional and talking
about pretty much same thing you're
talking about so this is not this is
this is not just Muslims saying this
these are people out there who've done
the research and they're seeing that
fasting actually it makes sense your
body's always working hard to digest all
this food and now you give it time to
break and rebuild itself replenish
itself rejuvenate itself and we come out
winners at the end right right so any
which way that we look at this we are
pleasing our creator because we are
listening to his Commandments number one
number number two when we are fasting we
are more conscious of the people who are
less fortunate than us so we reach out
to them and we enhance the
Society number three very important the
health benefits but we not fasting for
the health benefits but Eddie it's very
important that in the month of Ramadan
the Quran was revealed also by the way
so Quran is the book that is a guidance
for Humanity as it says in the Quran
chapter 2 verse number 185 that in the
month of Ramadan the Quran was revealed
whe as a guidance for Humanity and as a
criteria to differentiate between right
and wrong so Quran provides who is the
creator it it tells us number two it
also notifies the purpose of life that
is we should worship the Creator alone
and not the creation in the most
holistic way number three it gives us
the guidance and solutions for
Humanity's problems very important and
number four very very important a way
for salvation it says in the Quran
chapter 2 verse number 25 anyone who has
the right belief and do good deeds God's
mercy comes into play and inshallah God
willing Eternal
Paradise so Ramadan is not just about
fasting it is about this wonderful
guidance that our creator has given to
us so we could be the best in this world
and obtain Eternal Paradise in the
Hereafter inshallah mallah may we uh
strive to obey our creator and and to
achieve ultimate success because what
other better place to end up than Jenna
Paradise by living this short life in a
way that's pleasing to the one who made
you the one you're going to return back
to exactly and Ramadan right now is is
one of the best uh ways to achieve that
isn't it that's the best way to achieve
it so I also pray that all of us and all
the people who are watching that may God
give us the the motivation inspiration
the guidance so all of us not only just
follow what is in the Quran but if we
also follow the message of all the
prophets and Messengers which is
absolute Oneness of the Creator worship
the Creator and not the creation so a
very small way that I usually mention to
my Christian and the Jewish and other
friends would be if you love Jesus and
Moses peace be upon them follow their
faith their faith was Islam absolute
submission to one God if you love them
pray the way that they used to pray they
used to Pray by putting their forehead
on the ground the way that Muslims are
praying if you love them fast the way
that used that they used to Fast and the
way that Muslims are fasting now so if
you embrace all of these you're
embracing the Oneness of God and all the
prophets mallah that's right thank you
very much peace be with you and we look
to have you back again sometime in the
future have a blessed Ramadan thank
you and thank you for for tuning in May
the creator of the heavens and the Earth
wish you a blessed Ramadan enjoy the
Ramadan use it to connect with Allah the
Creator through the Quran the verba and
word of God he sent it as a mercy for
you so connect it read it try to get
through it through this Ramadan and try
not to go back now if we can make these
bad habits go away during Ramadan and
pick up new good ones that's the idea to
get refreshed for the rest of the year
so if you are into Ramadan smoking which
is something prohibited drinking alcohol
gambling and all these other things and
you did it for the crater you left it
alone and you prove that you can do it
for a whole month leave it alone now
don't go back to it and let's try not to
overindulge at the same time so the
proper peace be upon him said the
believer eats with one intes with one
stomach not seven so let's try to make
sure that when the time for fast when
it's over that we don't overindulge
because all of the
bad things come from filling this
stomach and all the diseases with
overeating all the processed foods and
try to eat healthy try to keep a good
diet going and try to really so we can
get up in the night so we can pray and
we can really get the most out of this
blessed month of Ramadan thank you for
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