this is YF Estus and we're here today in
Chicago the windy city and uh by the way
if you didn't know this that story of
the windy city has nothing to do with
the wind off the lake it has to do with
people politically stumping over a
hundred years ago and when they used to
get up on their soap boxes and holler
out to vote for me vote for me and they
give their long- winded speeches and
that's where Chicago got the name Windy
City now don't you feel educated knowing
that alhamdulillah and we're here today
in the offices of the nna the Islamic
circle of North America and they do run
around but they don't run around in
circles not here right guys that's right
and also with us today is the dean show
you're watching the dean show and along
with that we're also recording under the
opes of sheris slam.com so we got a lot
going on here we've got radio and we've
got live broadcast on the internet and
we also have a recording that we're
making for the internet television
replaying and broadcasting at the dean
show and so a lot of stuff's happening
here now to our subject we have been
talking here with our new Muslims and
some older Muslims and some non-muslims
about the subject of Islam and what it
takes to enter and something it's called
the shahada
and uh I think that's what we pick up
with that and then we'll go to the
questions that go along with
this thing called the Shahara there's
something that is called Shahar and it
means to Bear witness bear witness to
the fact that there's only one God and
that I'm going to worship him on his
terms not my terms and I'm going to
accept the messenger who brought the
message that's basically what you're
saying in
this is the sh there are nine points
which we discovered in the first part of
the program they are knowledge certainty
acceptance submission truth sincerity
love denial and
adherence and if you hear them out of
context you might say what is that love
and denial what is that all about but if
you listen to the first part of the
program you understood it in the context
it's intended and that's what's
important now let us come to some of the
questions that have arised here from
this little talk that we had and see
what we can learn from the question and
then if we can get any benefit from an
answer one of our uh guest asked about
Sherk and said that it appears that the
only thing God is not going to forgive
is Sher this is mentioned by the way in
the Quran chapter 4 verse 48 verily
Allah does not forgive Sherk but
anything less than this he can forgive
so what is the Blasphemous thing called
Sherk what is that and why won't Allah
forgive
it Sher according to Islam is the worst
blasphemy and it is the unforgivable sin
there's no way to get back from that
unless the person
repents of it and never does it again in
their life up until they die so there is
a way to get over it if you're still
alive but if a person dies on it then
they're stuck with it and this is to
make partners with Allah in worship if a
person understands the first commandment
in the Old Testament they will know that
this is exactly what it's saying Thou
shalt not have other gods beside God he
is the only God worthy of any worship so
when people set up false gods as wor
beside him this is something that he
will not tolerate that's why it's
commandment number one it came with
Moses like that you will find it in the
book of Exodus chapter 20 and in the
book of Deuteronomy and that's going to
be in chapter 5 check it out and make
sure I'm telling you the right thing
then look again in the book of Hosea
you're going to find it again there
chapter 13 look in the book of Isaiah
and you're going to find it again the
importance of worshiping only one God
God now look to the New Testament and
see when Jesus is being
asked what is the greatest
commandment he was being asked by the
Pharisees themselves to see if he would
say the right thing and they they were
of course uh not surprised to hear him
say this because he was not asking
people to worship him if anybody had a
doubt that he was saying worship me he
clearly said
the greatest commandment is to know oh
Israel the Lord your God is one Lord and
you have to worship him alone without
any partners he said it like this though
in the translation says that you have to
love him with all your heart and all
your mind and all your strength then I
give you a commandment like unto it to
love your brother as yourself I heard a
preacher say real clear one time that
Jesus brought a new commandment when he
brought that and that's strange because
the quote that he gave is an old
commandment the oldest of the and the
first of The Commandments and it is
mentioned in the book that I just told
you about and it says exactly the same
words and a commandment like it which is
to love your brother as yourself but in
anyway that that's to let you know what
the the previous monotheistic approach
was and it's still no different with
Muhammad that the first and foremost the
object of worship has to be Allah
almighty God alone without any Partners
anything less than that is not
acceptable it is Shar and it will
condemn a person to Hellfire regardless
of how many so-called Good Deeds good
works charity worship that they've given
to Allah but if they put something with
it they canceled it because it's not
open for anything other than 100% for
God and if and it in the Bible it's
compared to a relationship of marriage
it's very often compared to a
relationship of marriage in the Bible as
though someone is being adulterous by
going after these other gods and a woman
would never tolerate her husband to say
that well you know I really haven't
committed adultery except just a little
bit and it was really with your own
sister so you should feel like you know
hey that's a benefit to you there no
woman would accept that no man would
accept some kind of statement like that
and so you see this is the kind of thing
that's being brought up in the Bible for
them to look at but Allah is giving you
something even more clear when Allah
tells you that he's not going to accept
even a
.1% at has to be all for him and he says
in the
Quran and this meaning more or less
would be in English that Allah is
telling you that if you really love
Allah there has to be some demonstration
of what you said because you have to
follow Prophet Muhammad if you really
love Allah he's giving you this
challenge then you follow my Prophet you
follow
Muhammad and then Allah will love you so
this is not going to be reciprocal
unless you do it his way you're not
going to be able to make up your own
religion you're not going to be able to
come up with your own little scheme of
things you're going to have to do what
he wants you to do on his terms not
negotiable again I'm going to repeat
this not negotiable it's his way or no
way and not part way so that's Sher and
that's the explanation of it the second
question we had here is talking about
what what about if I come to Islam and I
have some of my relatives and my
children and they don't like Islam
because they say oh there's things they
don't want to
do a girl for instance would say I don't
see why I should cover my beauty I'm
beautiful so why should I cover that up
Islam is telling me I should cover up
uhhuh that's a point let's deal with
that one first there's a there's a a and
a b to this that was
a the girl is saying she's beautiful
well to who to who and if you need to go
down the street and show all your beauty
to everybody why what are you trying to
troll for what are you trying to catch
on your hook there what's going on with
your life do you need everybody to look
at you because if this is your case
maybe you should get some counseling L
before you get in trouble because when
women walk down the street half naked
they get raped they get hurt they get
abused or they wind up in relationships
with people who only went after them for
what they thought was physical Beauty
and by the way you've heard the
expression beauty is only skin deep well
by the way it doesn't take long for
people's skin to change when people
start getting older and start sagging
and getting wrinkles all of a sudden she
going to be thrown out in the garbage
we have a country full of people been
thrown in the garbage after they didn't
have those so-called good looks
anymore it's a lot of them wind up on
drugs hanging out with the wrong people
and drugs don't take a long time to
destroy your looks do they not at all if
you doubt what I said just go out here
tonight I'm sure you got streets close
to here you can go out tonight and see
all that you want really really really
ugly Islam is protecting your
beauty and you're showing your beauty to
the right one who should you be
beautiful for if you're a girl and you
want to show your beauty off who should
it be for your husband why somebody
else's husband were you trying to make
that girl upset and jealous with you is
that is that how you get your your your
happy mood come to you off of that
huh so Islam is showing you your beauty
is to be protected from from people who
don't need to see it but you want to
show your beauty around your home your
family your husband and sure that's
right but the problem we have in this
country is the woman want to put all of
her stuff on and get all the huh the
face is made up the hair is made up and
get out here with almost being dressed
not quite and go down the street and
strangers total strangers going he bab
all right who's that what is that you
see these guys right
they consider they're not even manly if
they can't you know check out the girls
whistle at them touch them pinch them
things like that and they don't realize
that this is
nothing this is absolutely nothing it's
so superficial and it's trashy if that
is your idea of beauty then you need to
redefine you need to go back to the
dictionary and think again what is
beauty because true beauty comes from a
person who is humble and kind and
sincere A person who is thinking and
using their thinking process to benefit
themselves their family and their
society that they live in this is
something beautiful one who suffers and
sacrifices for the sake of their beliefs
one who's willing to stand firm on what
is right and righteous not somebody
that's willing to take off their clothes
and walk down the street thinking that's
going to get something going
on if that's your concept of beauty you
need to go back and start all over again
because it's ugly to me the most
beautiful women are those who cover
themselves because then I can appreciate
them for who they are instead of what
they are and there's a big difference
you don't the same poor lost souls who
run around like that are the same ones
who say I don't want to be treated like
an
object Islam is the one protecting you
from being treated like an
object Part B this is the one that
I can relate to real well is he says
what about my son who says well J was
you know Islam has got a lot of stuff it
kind of looks girly to me you're talking
about shaving under your armpits you're
talking about uh sitting down when you
go to the toilet things like that what's
that all about well if you're raised in
a society where people don't do that of
course you would think it was strange
this sounds very strange but on the
other hand I want to tell you that
there's a lot of things in the Sunnah of
Muhammad Sall alhi wasallam that are
going to sound strange the people who
don't know but I'll just ask you don't
accept Islam but do accept rational
thinking is that fair rational thinking
that's fair isn't it Prophet Muhammad
peace and blessing be upon Him taught us
everything we need to do as a human
being to live in the best condition in
the best state that's why he came as a
mercy to the Alam to the human beings he
is our Mercy man we look to him for
whatever we need he's got an answer for
your question no other religion on Earth
shows you the proper way to eat sleep
and go to the
bathroom and if you doubt it willing to
give you a tape and you can check it out
listen to the whole thing but I'll give
you one sample one is that when a person
goes to the toilet they sit and this is
well known it's not anything to be
ashamed of they sit they don't
stand they're careful not to get
anything of the what they eliminate on
themselves or their clothes very careful
about it then when they're through
eliminating they wash
themselves they do what they wash
themselves with water on their hand this
they clean the part that has been
affected and soiled and they get it
clean before they stand up now I heard
from some people they said oh that
sounds so barbaric we're modern we use
toilet
paper really rational thinking we agreed
right rational thinking you're out in
the yard mom says pick up the newspaper
you reach down you grab the newspaper oh
man
the newspaper boy threw it right where
the dog was and I got that on my hand
the dog do got it what I'm going to do
oh well use the newspaper and wipe it
off right or are you going to go over to
the sprinkler to the water fret and wash
it off which one which one and you
already know the
answer the paper just smears it all over
the place plus now what I'm going to do
with all this paper or I can just turn
the water on and wash it off now the
rationale comes in and you go W yeah I
didn't think of that but because you've
been raised a certain way that's what
you know but until your rational
thinking kicks in you don't catch
it give you one more before I leave the
subject because it's very important for
you to catch this the importance of the
Sunnah you don't need to understand it
but you do need to understand that you
need it got it you don't need to
understand it but you need to understand
that you need it
I was driving home from a fundraiser one
night very late at night was exhausted
pulled up the stoplight I put my head
down on the steering wheel I said I
can't drive anymore I can't I give up
I've been up too many hours my little
daughter was with me she reached over
and turn the radio on full blast to wake
me up and I listen to talk show so I
hear somebody talking first words out of
his mouth he says always sit down when
you eat or drink I said huh said never
stand up when you eat or drink I said
man I sound like jamat blecks in town
what's that
cuz these guys are always saying that
these are Muslims who travel around
preaching some good things about Islam
and they are saying this that Muhammad
peace be upon Him taught us always sit
down when you eat a drink don't ever
stand up when you eat a drink now hey I
live in America we walk around we eat
hot dogs and drink soda we we can eat
and run you see people running down I'm
going to lose some weight you know and
he's walking along going running eating
a
sandwich but here we have something in
Islam telling you you know you sit down
you you sit down when you eat and you
sit down when you eliminate is what
we're told then the voice on the radio
continued for the next half hour
explaining why you must never stand it
was a
doctor and surgeon and he's telling us
all of the damage being caused to our
bodies on a regular basis almost every
human being in the United States of
America is suffering from one other the
other of the following diseases and he
started naming them and I had like two
or three of them myself and one of them
is a problem with esophagus and another
one was a hial hernia another one you
have with a problem in the stomach
another one that you have in the neck
another one you have with your kidneys
and he named all these problems he said
every one of these could be prevented if
you sat down when you ate or drank and
this man never heard of Islam in his
life now if you heard the why and you
said okay now I'm going to do it guess
what you better hope for Allah's Mercy
because so far you're only going to get
the reward of having a better health but
not the reward of following the prophet
cuz you didn't follow him you followed
the doctor you follow that now I'm going
to take a break here and I'm going to
come back but we've got a lot to talk
about on these subjects of questions
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