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greetings of
Peace the best of greetings the
greetings by all the messengers of God
the greetings of Jenna and we're
greeting you with those greetings here
today
forgive me for being a little bit late
but
alhamdulillah that I'm here with you
today indeed all praise is for the
creator of the heavens and earth
Allah we praise him we seek his help we
beg for his forgiveness that's amazing
the blessing of being able to praise the
all praiseworthy I mean people they
praise human
beings when they hit a jump shot when he
scores a touchdown maybe writes a nice
speech the guy wins a match they put him
on his shoulders give him the praise but
we're praising Allah this is the creator
of the heavens and earth do you get it
do we get it do we
understand this is the the one who
created the birds and the bees the Seven
Seas the
galaxies the one who says be and it is
isn't he worthy of all praise so I get
excited praising Allah and Allah the
creator of the heavens and earth out of
his love and mercy he sent Messengers
and Prophets to guide
humanity and that came to us through the
daah that's the in invitation the call
to share because if we care then we're
going to share and that's what all the
messengers of God did they call the
people out of Darkness into light they
came to revive the hearts to wake up the
hearts of the people cuz people are
indulging in one thing or another and
usually they're indulging in the wrong
things so the simple call through this
daah was that call of pure monotheism
some of the messengers we know Noah
called his people to Islam submission to
the Creator not the creation Moses
Abraham Jesus
Solomon and Muhammad being the last and
final messenger sent to
mankind now we see that through this
tradition when we read the verbatim word
of God the
Quran we see the constant theme over and
over is this
call they were sharing
because they took up this Mission given
by the Crater and now as they called
Humanity they didn't come to win a
popularity
contest they call these people away from
idol
worship away from creation
worship and as they went on they
overtook hardships and obstacles that
came in their path but they over came
and today we need to continue the
Legacy because now if we don't share do
we really care and the last and final
messenger of prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him he said one doesn't truly
believe until he loves for Humanity he
loves for the people what he loves for
himself so do we love the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him who said in
another authentic Hadith he said
that one
doesn't become a True Believer until I
am more beloved to him than his mother
his children and all of mankind so how
do we love Prophet Muhammad peace and
blessings be upon Him by following his
Sunnah not just getting emotional when
someone maybe draws a
cartoon doing things opposite to the
dean going in
hysteria but by following his Sunnah and
edifying educating the people creating
awareness that's through the
daah that's through the daah and Allah
had told us in many places in the Quran
verbatim word of God the speech of
Allah to invite all to the way of your
Lord with wisdom everyone
and who is better in speech there's no
one better in speech except the one who
invites to the worship of the one God
and does Good Deeds
himself and says I am one of those who
have submitted I'm a Muslim I'm like
Jesus was I'm like Moses was I'm like
Abraham was they weren't neither Jew or
Christian but they were ones who
submitted themselves entir to the one
God they were Muslims and they did the
daah so over and over we see the theme
in the Quran is this daah inviting
people to
good and the ultimate goodness is this
relationship with the Creator Allah says
in the
Quran indeed all mankind mind is in loss
bankrupt but don't fall into despair
because Allah gives the good news here
except those who believe believe in what
father son Holy
Ghost believe in money as your God
believe as the son that's your God the
creation is your god no they believe in
pure monotheism the religion the way of
all the prophets and Messengers and
they do good deeds they back it up
because talk is
cheap you need to back up that belief
with
good righteous actions
and those who invite encourage one
another to the truth and patience and
again what's the ultimate
truth it's that
call to worship none other but the
creator of the heavens and the Earth and
to do Good Deeds we see so many
examples from the S of the Prophet
Muhammad peace and blessings be upon Him
of
his grieving and his deep conviction and
love for the people and Allah in the
Quran subhah wa ta'ala in Surah he
consoles him saying will you kill
yourself out of worry and grief that
many of them are not accepting the call
PA so we see that constantly day in and
day out he was calling
people to that which will pull people
out of depression anxiety despair we
live in a society where
self-indulgence this iPhone iPad I touch
I this I that this extreme self-
individualism where people are just
unhappy families are broke Society is
broke and people's hearts are yearning
for
something alcohol drugs sex and rock and
roll this is not feeling it it's not
doing it people want Prozac
anti-depressants and we
have the antidote we have it yes Islam
gives lives to the
heart and now imagine people who are
thirsty and you have the water and now
you pass these people up and you don't
share and they're thirsty and then
someone else comes and fills them up
with alcohol intoxicates their minds
with hate
rhetoric comparing that to the
islamophobes and these racist bigots who
now just are fueling people with hate
and false fear because they're not
getting the correct information and
they've done a poll I don't know how it
is
here but in
200
14 2010 there was a poll that showed
that 27% of Americans I don't know about
Canadians had a unfavorable image of
Islam now that went down 5% from 32%
back this is 2014 27% in 2010
it went it was at 32% and it keeps
declining why are we taking up the call
what happens when you're running with
the batan with the light and it's passed
to you and you don't continue on as we
see in history how would we have been
given
this message if the dawa didn't
continue going at a time when the
Muslims those worshippers of the crater
the Muslims they were were a merely
300 from the Battle of bad and then the
Treaty of hudia 1400 and then the
conquest of Mecca 10,000 strong they
came came in with no Bloodshed spreading
the peace spreading the food and then
the Pharaoh
sermon 30 40,000 strong from how did it
reach that much from 1,400 to
10,000 now the peace was established the
Treaty of hudia and now the Muslims can
go out and they can interact they took
up the call what if they just sat back
being
entertained not taking the message
seriously would we have gotten it here
today and then it continued to grow
100,000 plus
strong and then what did the prophet
peace be upon him say those that are
here go and convey to those that are not
here and now we have
it so as people
are filling their bellies and their
pockets with money the hearts are empty
the hearts are empty and we have an
obligation now another Ayah in the Quran
where the creator of the heavens and
earth he gives a warning in Surah Al Bak
chapter 2 verse 159 as to those who
conceal the guidance and the clear
proofs after Allah has made it clear in
the Quran those bring upon and this is a
little scary but we have to speak the
truth sometimes because we see again
Allah as all the messengers they brought
the good news the Glad Tidings of
Jenna and the
warning for those who follow their lust
desires sorry about
that and do not heed the call but it's a
warning for us
too that the curse upon those who
conceal the this guidance after Allah
has made it clear the prophet peace be
upon him reiterates this saying that you
will enjoying what is right and forbid
what is wrong or otherwise Allah will
send a Calamity upon you and you will
make supplication to Allah and he won't
answer it Allah loves you Allah wants
the best for
you and this is something that now if
you have a friend who has a migraine and
all along you had the Advil in your
pocket and you didn't share we gave the
example of the
or now you have the cure for cancer and
you don't get out there and give the
people the antidote it's not our job to
convert anybody but it's to share and if
you care you share as the prophet peace
be upon him had said
again until you love for the people what
you love for yourself how can your Dean
be complete how can we sit back and
enjoy all the B basketball and the
football playing the Xbox getting this
getting that but now we've abandoned
this number one Mission that's a part of
our
purpose so those were just a few of the
Ayah and the
examples from the prophet Muhammad peace
and blessings be upon him and we say
that we love him but when we love him
again we follow his way and that's the
way to J and he had said an authentic
Hadith in timy he says those who love me
love my
Sunnah and those who love my Sunnah will
be with me in Jenna do we want to be
with the prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him in Jenna so his Sunnah was the daah
his Sunnah was conveying this
message something to think about because
we don't want to just come here and then
we hear all this speakers all the
scholars and all of
the encouragement and then we walk out
and we forget everyone to their
capability and that's the beautiful
thing Allah is not going to ask us about
the
results right now is the planting ground
of goodness good seeds going to have
good fruits and those best seeds are the
seeds of the dean Allah will make it
grow in the heart but it's on us now to
plant those seeds and
then in Jenna in the next life that's
when we see them
grow so when you see the example of
ibraim alisam when he was thrown into
the fire why was he thrown into the fire
why because he was trying to win a
popularity contest no because he went
against the odds he called people away
from what they were doing of sh of
associating partners with the Creator
and he called them to the pure
monotheism they didn't like it it was
bad for business so they threw him into
the fire now the example here is the
Frog we know that the frog look there's
so many animal rights in
Islam but I'm just speaking on this tiny
example about the Frog you know a little
frog is forbidden to kill the frog in
his La why because the Frog what can he
do when you have a fire that's five six
stories high and the little frog is
taking some water and spitting in the
fire Subhan
Allah he's putting in some effort to his
capability and Allah honored him for
that Subhan Allah but what about
us what about the effort that we're
making to go ahead and talk with our
colleagues talk with our
co-workers what effort are we making and
all of this we know that when mu jab
when he was sent and this is one of the
sahaba that the prophet peace be upon he
loved him he said M I love you can you
imagine if the messenger peace be upon
him he loves you and he does and by
following his Sunnah as he said the one
who loves me follows my Sunnah and the
one who follows who loves me will be
with me in Jenna so how do you love him
by following the Sunnah so he's telling
M he sent him to the people of Yemen he
said let the first thing be that you
call to is
that there's nothing worthy of worship
except the creator of the heavens and
earth and Muhammad is the last and final
messenger and this was automatically
include not exclude all the preceding
Messengers Jesus Moses Abraham and all
those that came before him with the same
message of Islam and then at the end
right before he was leaving he said I
heard the prophet give me this advice
sallallahu alaihi wasallam that
perfect the good manners with the people
in the dealings with the
people so along with the information we
are ambassadors to this
Dee by representing it in the way that
it's supposed to be res represented with
the good so now we have this base so we
have the formula for
Success because this can also be a
hindrance when we don't do the simple
things thank you you're welcome you're
being foul you are expressing yourself
in a vulgar
way this can also be a
deterrent from the da so this is another
thing I wanted to touch upon
now I want to go into before I
conclude is the ABCs of dawa so we
talked a little bit about the obligation
from the Quran and the Sunnah and now
how simple it is and and I give you an
example from Abu Dar this is another
companion of the Prophet peace be upon
him because some PE some people are like
oh my God how can I do this it's so
difficult I need a big beard I need to
be a big Shake go study for four or five
years no it's very simple but you have
to
know what you're speaking about from the
little that you know so Abu Dar he came
he heard the call he came to see the
prophet Muhammad peace be upon on him
and he spent maybe 10 minutes with him
maybe a little more maybe a a little bit
less Salah wasn't revealed at this time
zakat wasn't revealed but he had been
educated on the Simplicity of this call
of the pure
monotheism of only worshiping the one
who created you Allah and ascribing no
partners with him and being good to the
family being good to the people he
left 15 some odd years later he came
back now remember what how much time
they spend most of you here no more than
he knew and he came back with his whole
tribe and they had all as the prophet
peace be upon them had told him to go
off he wanted to follow him in at that
time but he sent him off and said come
back when we are the message is
established he came back when it was in
Medina he said do you remember me he
said
yes and he brought his whole tribe and
they all had accepted
Muhammed all of
them got to wake you guys
up Subhan Allah but how about us AB I
said ABCs it's easy as ABC d Everybody
Knows ABC D so a let me leave you
something with something tangible
practical a we have to attract so we
talked also about the good the prophet
Muhammad PE upon him said I have not
been said except to perfect good manners
good character so we need to attract
people in different ways and one of
those beautiful ways is through
the having the good manners and etiquet
that Islam promotes and then other
unique ways you're on the airplane you
pick up or you're at work and you open
the the Quran and people get fascinated
I'm just giving you one example you can
come up with with other ways and now
people get attracted they see the Quran
the calligraphy what's that Mo muham oh
you didn't change it yet okay Muhammad
what's what's that he said oh this is
the Quran and then the conversation
strikes up and there's been known
situations where from here someone had
made a request they wanted the Quran and
Subhan Allah they end up reading it
their heart opens Allah guides them they
accept Islam B build the
bridges we need to get involved in
different community activities seeing
some Brothers now get together cleaning
the streets and people see there's a
rapport now established they see that
these Muslims are not talking about
hurting anybody terrorizing blowing
things up themselves all of this stuff
is false rhetoric has nothing to do with
Islam see focus on some
commonalities and a beautiful One Is
This Love and reverence that we have
because many people think that these
people are the Antichrist
but no when we say no we love Jesus and
we can go to the Hellfire if we don't
believe that he was one of the mightiest
Messengers sent by God but we don't
worship him we worship the one that he
worshiped and his Blessed Mother we love
her too you see the commonalities people
they don't know this this is another
example that's a b and c and then D
deliver the
message deliver the message again oh my
God
how can I do that I just explain how
simple it is and let's go again we said
the ABC attract build the bridges
commonalities and deliver again leaving
you with something tangible that
inshallah it will stick oh my god oh the
Oneness we want to concentrate you don't
start to jump into things that now have
their place and you talk about halal
meat you talk about the the Gin you talk
about this that and and and everything
else you want to talk about the most
important thing is the Oneness the pure
monotheism say he is God Allah the one
and only the absolute the Eternal he
begets not nor is he begotten and there
is nothing comparable to God talk about
the attributes of the creator that he's
without beginning Without End he's truly
self-sufficient he doesn't need food or
drink water he he doesn't rest on the
seventh day he doesn't get weary or
tired he's not ignorant of anything this
is powerful stuff so stick to this oh my
my M The
Messengers for God so loved the world
that he sent prophets and Messengers to
guide
Humanity yes and then
G the guidance because of his love he
sent it and we have it today in the book
that's tamper free tamper proof
unchanged uncorruptible it's a living
Miracle the Quran and the example of the
last and final mess of prophet Muhammad
peace and blessings be upon him these
are some simple steps da is fun da is
easy not only does it help the people it
helps you to develop a relationship with
Allah a better relationship it urges you
because you don't want to be out there
ignorant so the more you I've
interviewed so many people Subhan Allah
that come from other walk
and ways of
life and what we see a common thing is
the more they started to
study the religion that they were upon
from their
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upbringing the more it turned them
away but the more we see that you study
Islam
sincerely because it's based on evidence
and proof because it's from Allah the
Creator the more your heart continues to
open and it grows
you develop this
certainty and you grow in IM man and you
want to give more you want to share more
you just can't help
it and that's where the daa comes in and
at the end you talk about this and then
you deliver the message and at the end
you know that it's not upon you to guide
the people we talked about those seeds
being
planted and now it's on the Creator
Allah when you put the Tomato Seed in
the ground who makes it grow the
vegetables
the fruits who makes it grow you don't
make it grow just put it seed in the
ground Allah makes it grow Allah opens
the hearts but you did your job just
like that
frog he did his little part that's what
you'll be questioned about the effort
that you put in that we put
in so let this not be something that
goes in one year and out the other let
us make a change let us make a different
difference starting today that we go out
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said as I opened up earlier and close
with
that alhamdulillah greetings of peace
I'm the host of The Dean show the first
and one of the only Islamic TV talk
shows in America going on 500 episodes
strong
alhamdulillah and there are a lot of
people spreading misinformation about
Islam a lot of islamophobia is growing
and they're able to in a matter of
several years raise almost a hundred
million for what for a good purpose no
for a noble cause no for
distorting the truth for calling people
away from peace you know Islam call
people to peace to have peace with their
creator peace with themselves and peace
with Humanity so creating this fear and
anxiety in people having people look at
Islam as the other have having people
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we need to get the facts out and
alhamdulillah we've been successful at
changing the perception that a lot of
people have and many people have
accepted this way of life life and the
work continues alhamdulillah so do your
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if not multi-billionaires you also have
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they they don't have
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inshallah God willing we can move
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wonderful rewards that the creator has
promised for those who contribute
towards the dawa we'll see you next time
inshallah Eid Mubarak