this is
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the alhamdulillah Alum peace be with you
this is a greeting of all the messengers
of God including Abraham Noah Moses
Jesus Christ and the last and final
messenger sent to mankind the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon they all greeted
their followers and we're greeting you
with the same greeting peace be unto you
we're going to be talking continuing
talking to shik ibraim zadan we covered
this topic for the test of life it's
such a vast topic we're going to dwell
into it some more the test of life from
the womb to the tomb it's a big test in
between we want to pass the test because
we want Jenna we want
Paradise forever ever and we want to
avoid the Hellfire we don't want to
spend a second there so we want to pass
the test sit tight we'll be talking
about the test of life when we come back
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Alum shake when I opened the show did I
lie I mean we know that as Muslims ones
who have submitted entirely to the one
God we know that Jesus was a Muslim
Abraham was a mus they were all Muslims
am I lying that's correct and they
greeted their followers with this
greeting of Peace yesam alayum shalam in
Hebrew right so I mean we're do we're
just continuing the Legacy aren't we
that's right it's the same thing and
that's why when we say Islam we don't
say just word of means of nothing does
not refer to a tribe or anything it
means to the state that a human being
should be in that is to submit yourself
to the creator of the heavens and earth
and who would reject this that's why we
all have to submit ourselves to the one
that created us and you hear peace being
associated with Islam I mean do are we
people who want peace of course actually
the word Islam it means submission does
not mean peace but it has the same root
as far as the word word with the word
peace so that means you would get the
real peace if you submit yourself to the
Creator so is it safe to say peace
acquired by submitting your will
yourself to the creator of the heavens
and earth the one God right and when we
say Salam alayum we are making Dua
supplication to the most high that when
I say Salam to you that I'm making Dua
to Allah that you are safe from all harm
in this life and in the Hereafter and
this is what every human being wants so
we want good we want we want and I think
the best gift that we can give to
humanity is Islam that's right better
than a Ferrari Rolls-Royce big house is
this message of of calling one to have
peace with their creator cuz then you
can truly have peace with yourself and
the rest of humanity isn't that true and
that what stays forever it is connected
in this life with the Hereafter not
something that is a metal that will
vanish after some time exactly exactly
and we're talking about and this episode
people can go to theen show.com you have
your own section there we've done over
the years we've done many shows all
praise and thanks is to Allah who's
given us life we're here again and seems
like yesterday but alhamdulillah we're
here today and we're talking about the
tests of life so in the last
program that we covered we talked about
that the Creator some verses that we
mentioned and you commented on is that
Allah says in the glorious Quran that I
have not created life and death except
to test which of you are best in action
and then you know does man think that
he'll be left alone I'm just saying I
believe and he'll not be tested and you
also talked about we'll test you with
fear hunger this that and the other can
you kind of recap and and these verses
and comment on them before I ask you
some more questions that this life this
whole entire life is and anything in it
is for a great wisdom and that's why
people need to be tested for for them to
be shown who is the truthful ones and
who is not truthful and the qualities of
the human beings and the goodness in the
human beings Allah subh made it in such
a way that we have to be faced with some
tests so that the real qualities of the
human being will be shown and the
attributes of Allah that he's the most
wise that he's the most forgiver will be
in place and practice when people are
enduring patience and even in
relationships and so on so it's
basically any word we say any action we
do any state that we are in any relation
ship it's basically a test test is not
necessarily something bad but can be
something even good and but we will be
tested with what is good and what is B
now when you go from you know our
brother we want to congratulate he just
got his master's degree you know our
brother Iman he got tested right he has
read a lot of books and he had to you
know study a lot
mashallah and you know people to go from
from one degree to the next you know you
got to get tested right isn't it true
and that's not a bad thing it's a good
thing because all that study and all
that commitment you know at the end it
pays off and you know what's amazing
which is another act of worship to be
constantly done the things that people
do physically and the things that are
physical signs of Allah on the face of
Earth it has to be related to what Allah
wants from us religiously so you can do
that that's right uhhuh people are
tested people they love Justice people
they love Mercy you know people like to
be forgiven if they do something bad and
all of these meanings is the same thing
when it comes to our relationship with
the creator of the heavens and the Earth
he is testing us because we have to be
tested to see who deserves to be a
doctor and who's not right people if
just claim I'm a doctor sure go ahead
and do the surgery no people have to be
proven to be up to that level so if a
person say I believe I love Allah the
most perfect love I I follow the
messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam
it's all words how truthful the person
is with the words that we say then
here's the test that's why Allah subhana
T gave a very important and heavy
test say oh Muhammad s wasam if you
claim that you love Allah and I believe
every human being all the viewers nobody
would say I don't like Allah everybody
love Allah love the creator of the
heavens and the Earth say if you're
truly saying that you love Allah then
follow the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam Allah would love you because he
sent him so how can he sent him and you
don't follow him that means you're not
truly loving the creator of the heavens
and the Earth so the truthfulness is for
a person's words to be according to our
actions our Deeds of our hearts
everything in the same stem very in
confirmity with one another now it's
interesting I like what you said we can
relate it back to our daily dealings and
aren't we testing each other here and
there you know the man is testing his
wife the wife's testing you know uh the
the husband and the kids you know you
know to see like you know to separate to
see does does does he really love me
does she really love me so you have
person do certain things and you know if
they uh get through these even the the
the worker for the boss and only after
so many years do you develop the trust
do you develop some kind of relationship
after all these tests right is that fair
to say it's it's fair to say and that's
what it doesn't have to be that people
would test one another in such a way
waiting and anticipating for one another
but people are test for one another
another they bring out from your heart
what you are truly is so for example if
you are someone that gets angry quickly
you might not do that with me sitting
here because you don't see me much but
that quality in you if it's there it
would be very clear with your wife
because you live with her she sees you
all the time so there's no formalities
anymore so the real qualities will come
this is by itself as a test so the wife
becomes a test for her husband because
the real qualities the bad qualities
will come out and he need to work on
himself to control himself and to be a
righteous person and so on the same
thing from the other side and so on
let's take a break and we'll be right
back with more here on the dean show no
problem you can take my daughter to
dinner you and my daughter and
me let me tell you something it's
natural that's the idea God created it
and he created us to have a good time we
should have a good time only with our
wives
though Islam is the fastest growing
religion in the world and most of the
converts are women not men they see that
the rules of Islam instead of
constraining them the rules set them
free back here on the dean show we're
talking about the tests of
Life handling these tests that come and
you mentioned one Hadith from the last
and final message sent the man of
prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said
at that moment patience is at the time
of Calamity right right and you'll see
for instance is this the right way or
the wrong way you know there was a story
one individual was talking about a he he
went to the hospital to to visit someone
there and two individuals on different
floors and the one individual was very
sick and he went to visit him how you
doing he was kind of like anticipating
how when he walks in he was he felt very
sad sad at what happened to the person
so you know you're kind of like how do I
you know approach the person you know
you know am I going to say the right
things but as soon as he came in the
person was sick but he was excited he
said alhamdulillah come in he was
praising God everything was good and it
it worked out all right he went to see
someone else and the other person was
like complaining why would god I've been
worshiping God all these years why did
he put this on me why is this happening
to me can we can we comment on these
which is the right way which is the
wrong way the one that complains is
basically does not know God with his
names and attributes because God is the
most wise and this life is not nothing
but 20 30 50 60 years and it's all over
and God wants from us to do certain acts
of worship that would never be there as
we mentioned before unless a person
would face some form of calamities and
hardship and so on because of the
goodness that comes as a result of that
the other person of course you see the
Iman this is the result or the reward to
him as a result of his sincerity before
he was sick and we have to watch this a
person if he said that I was I've been
worshiping Allah and so on he was not
worshiping Allah subhana wa tala in the
correct way he was not sincerely
worshiping Allah in the correct way if
he was sincerely doing that he would
definitely be rewarded at times of
Calamity that he would have the proper
attitude I remember a brother may Allah
have mercy on him he was amazing he was
someone that was totally paralyzed
except his face and the muscles of his
face he he has to have somebody to feed
him this person was full of life and joy
anytime you feel upset you go to him you
ask him how are you brother he would say
alhamdulillah he's always so happy that
he's a Muslim the the concept that he's
that Allah subhana T saved him and made
him a Muslim for him that covered
everything and all calamities and pain
in his life he would have Cancers and
pains and so on and so forth but he
would never quit saying alhamdulillah
and I have a little story with this
brother yes but I don't know if you we
have the time yeah go ahead one time I
was he always come to the Masjid cold
weather doesn't matter he comes to the
Masjid and he left one time after Isa
prayer and the lecture was finished and
I went home and it was in a place where
I usually don't leave the house after
Isha prayer night time but I had to go
that one particular night because a
child needed a medicine and I went and I
drove my car going to a 24 hours
pharmacy and I see this brother this is
like something like 2 3 hours after Isha
prayer in the winter time in the cold
and the snow and he is on the sidewalk
with his wheelchair sitting like this
and not moving and the street is totally
empty and it's not a good neighborhood I
stopped the car and I was I was worried
about him and went to him I said brother
Khalifa how are you he said
alhamdulillah he did not say Alam where
are you um and he was not panicking or
anything said alhamdulillah the Bounty
of Al Islam is so great that this is the
best Bounty that I have he so relaxed
and so much tranquility and peace in
such a situation where I'm not sure if I
was in his State what would I do so it
was so amazing that God sent me
basically to go out to take the brother
home because he said the battery went
dead oh his battery his battery in the
in the wheelchair so that's why he when
it happened he just sat there waiting
this brother he would constantly have
people embracing Islam when they see his
character he would give direct da to
people and when people who see this he's
not someone that is given up on life
wants to commit suicide he is full of
Hope and joy and he's happy witnessing
the wisdom of Allah and people die and
when a person when he died things
finished things will finish yes so why
would a person Panic so much on the face
of earth when we need to take advantage
of the time that we live in and see the
wisdom of Allah and everything that
happens to us there's also another
brother that we did a show with he's
he's uh a young man he
also from his he's in a wheelchair and
his name is sonel like to shout out to
sonel he's also very excited when you
see him you know he's going through a
lot and people can go to the D show to
see sonel story and he's kind of in a
similar situation in the wheelchair but
he's very buoyant when you see him you
know he's smiling and very cheerful but
you you might see someone opposite who
had let's say $10 million and you hear
about someone
like this and then in the stocks Market
he lost let's say half of it 5 million
he still got 5 million left this other
person in the wheelchair he don't even
have anything close to that money but he
still thank God he's still contempt he's
still satisfied this person just lost 5
mil has another 5 mil but he jumps out
the window what's going on here what's
going on here it's shows the mercy of
Allah that happiness is Never by
something external from outside
happiness is within and that's the just
Justice of the creator of the heavens
and earth doesn't matter if you're poor
or Rich you can be the most happiest
person on the face of Earth if you are
someone that is following the orders of
Allah subhana tal and that's why it's in
here and this is the justice of Allah it
does not go by how much wealth a person
has so this is a great wisdom and
something that again and again we as
human beings people are not thinking
people are not analyzing what's
happening people are just busy with fun
work well
this and that and they're not stopping
and thinking why this has happened in a
good way what's what Allah the most high
wants from me what what are we going to
to face what is this life is all about
we as Muslims since Islam respect the
mind of the human being if we can get a
person to think this is the best thing
that you can you can have think what's
the purpose of our life what is the the
creator of the heavens and the Earth and
his relationship with the creation what
is the most noble thing to live for if
we think like this and what's coming
ahead I think with sincerity and
truthfulness people would find the truth
in the religion of Islam this ease that
fits the nature of the human being that
there is all answers to all questions
the happiest individual on the face of
Earth is someone that submits himself to
the most wise the most high Allah
subhana tala so the the point is if you
want to be happy on the face of Earth
and in the Hereafter the only way is to
submit yourself to the creator of the
heavens and earth now can this also
these tests and trials if you pass it do
you get like in school where you get
raised in rank in your degree if you
pass it with patience and perseverance
are you having a bigger level in
Paradise also of course not just a
bigger level it's rewards without an
account Without Limits you know things
in the Quran and the Sunnah for example
if you do an act of worship you will get
10 rewards you will get this reward and
so on but but when it comes to to
patience the reward mentioned in the
Quran which means the the patient ones
they will be given in full the rewards
without an account without a limit so
imagine that you do a certain work and
it's not going to be in the contract
10,000 million no you can just get
unlimited so now it jumps to a million a
billion whatever something that is our
mind cannot even comprehend as a result
of this patience because of this test
you know the most wise has given it to
you so he's not going to put something
on you that's going to break you is that
right that's right so and with every
difficulty there's coming relief right
is that right this is what the prophet
sallallah wasallam said as one of the
ways of Allah the more it get tight that
means it's going to get spacious and
ease so wait there's another act of
worship that makes things easy that many
people are not aware of it's the worship
of waiting for the help from Allah this
by itself is meant for the human being
to practice that we are in state of
waiting for the help from Allah Allah
subh T said about that in to The
Messengers that they would wait for the
victory of Allah and also when a person
is HD by a Calamity and his patience and
so on one of the acts of worship to do
that Allah wants from us wait for the
ease the ease will come don't worry it
has to come it won't stay miserable
forever it has to come the ease has to
come the worst that it can happen a
person would die if he dies on the state
of Islam this is the real spaciousness
he won't want to come back to this world
anymore because he would given the Glad
Tidings so the prophet wasam said Quran
says with tightness and difficulties
comes the ease and the spaciousness so
wait for the ease it will come just be
patient let take a break and we'll right
back more here on the
show born about 60 years ago in former
Yugoslavia today Bosnia after second
world war you imagine today you have one
child K too much it's important that we
realize that Islam is a gift so we
believe that in the teachings of Jesus
what is left there is truth in
there but the truth has been mixed up
with paganism and with nature worship
and so Islam has given you a pure
straightforward way of approaching
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monotheism back here on the dean show
we're talking about the tests of life
from the womb I said from when you're
born to when you die it's a big test in
between we want to pass the test we want
to get to Paradise we want to avoid the
Hellfire may God Almighty Allah protect
us from that now there's also a verse in
the Quran can you comment on this can
these trials and calamities also be a
way for expiating the sins that we quit
we commit daily where Allah the almighty
is saying by your hands this is what you
produce mhm can you comment on this
right this is and actually more than one
verse would give this meaning that uh
nothing would happen to you except it's
because of what your hands have
earned that no Calamity would afflict
you unless it's because of what your
hands earned and he pardons a lot
actually if Allah the most just deals
with us with Justice we won't be
existing now because we do so many bad
things but it's some of the bad things
would affect us in this life before the
year after so that it'll be a way to
wake us up and Allah the most high
forgives and forgives a lot of the
things and many of the things that we do
bad we're not being punished for it in
this life to give us time and respite so
that we would repent to Allah subhana
tala but the the most biggest test ever
is as the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam he said that God had revealed
to me that you will be tested
the same or closer to the test of AEL
the Antichrist which is one of the major
signs in life when you are in your
Graves you will be asked three questions
this is the final test if it's correct
to say that that if a person according
to our life and how a person pass this
test in his life he will be able to
answer these questions basically our
life is to answer these questions
practically who is your R who is your
lord who is your messenger and what what
is the book or what is your book
the answers is for the Believers would
say my Lord is Allah those who they used
to turn to Allah alone in this life
times of calamities times of ease their
answer will come from their hearts and
their messenger is Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam the one that
they followed in this life and my book
is the Quran so we need to live our life
based on these three things turning to
Allah subhana wa tala alone following
the way of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam and the Quran is our guide to
Our Success few more points before we
come to and run out of time now for the
person that sees someone else on the TV
on the big screen living a nice
luxurious life and I'm over here you
know suffering and you know I got a dime
to make a phone call uh can you
elaborate on one Hadith I believe it is
where the Prophet peace be upon Him is
is talking about you know the two
individuals one that has everything the
other one that doesn't and then this one
at the end he'll be shown the Hellfire
and he'll want to Ransom it for what
he's going to be in and then the
believer Allah experting all his sins
and he had a such a hard time because he
he he did some some some you know some
sins here and there but Allah loving him
he didn't want him to spend a second in
the Hellfire but then when he shown
paradise and then he was like asked did
you see any hardship and he'll quickly
forget can you talk about this had this
is this Hadith this is a Hadith and it's
a beautiful Hadith that gives a very
good note at the end the Hadith is more
or less the meaning that a person will
come in the day of judgment that he was
the most luxurious on the face of Earth
and you can imagine and let your
imagination go as far as it can and he
will be among the people of the h fire
he will be immersed in the h fire one
dip like this and then he will be asked
did he had any goodness before he would
say no by the name of Allah I never had
any goodness before but he enjoyed
everything and he enjoyed everything he
was French cook for French food he had
you know Chinese cook for Chinese food
everything the most happiest person
luxuous wise the other hand a person was
lived a life of misery as if he was
dragged on his face from the moment that
he was born till he died imagine this is
the case of someone and he will be among
the people of Jenna Paradise if he's
immersed dipped in Jenna Paradise just
one dip like this and he would be asked
did you had any misery before he would
say no he by the name of Allah I never
had a misery before the note is or the
point is this whole entire life that we
live in that we're so much immersed in
it you would for forget it all of it by
just one dip either in Jenna Paradise or
may Allah forbid a dip in the fire so is
it worth it that we would live this life
ignorantly that all will be forgotten by
just one immerse one dip in the fire or
in J so this is we have to make
decisions and this is the the nature of
the human being that we can make
decisions knowing this and looking ahead
we're not like dogs and cats where they
see the food and they jump on it or not
knowing whether it's healthy for them or
not we have the ability to look ahead
and Allah wants us to look ahead if this
is the case then be steadfast and you
will be happy you not live a life of
misery you would live a life of
Happiness contentment if you would turn
to the creator of the heavens and the
Earth alone and seek imp patience from
him not a man or a monkey the Sun or the
moon but the creator of all these things
the one God that's right and trust in
him will be successful thank you very
much thank you very much may God
Almighty Creator reward you thank you sh
and we got to get some more great advice
from the she the test of life from the
womb to the tomb and drama in between
let's pass this test and God Almighty
the Creator is most merciful he sent
Messengers through time and the last and
final messenger Jesus was sent for his
time Moses was sent for his time Abram
was sent for his time and the list goes
on but your messenger if you're hearing
this today we don't worship him we don't
pray to him but we follow his teachings
the same way you would follow Jesus's
teachings Abraham's teach they were the
ones teaching you how to pray to God how
to how to worship God how to pass the
test that God
Almighty has sent for the human beings
and there is a way and God Almighty has
said whoever chooses a way other than
that complete devotion submission to the
one God and that's Islam summed up with
one word the same way of life that all
the messengers of God live whoever
chooses a way other than this it will
not be accepted and the Hereafter he'll
be among the losers let's be among the
winners and do God's will not follow our
desires and let's pass the test let's be
successful let's put our trust in the
one who gave us life and who give us
death and we'll see you next time until
then 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
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Mercy he sent his
Messengers to all his
creatures of the Grave
dangers of worshiping of the than
Allah there is none greater
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