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the dean show peace be with you assalam
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dean show this special episode we're
going to be talking about the Eid what
is Eid the significance of Eid why do we
practice Eid what are some of the
practices during Eid all of this and
there are many innocent children dying
in Gaza and other parts of the world and
now we're having this joyous occasion so
how can we for all those who are being
oppressed also what can we do to help
what can we do to help during these
troubling times all of this and more
with my next guest here on the dean show
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dean show Eid inshallah Eid is here now
and many people now we cater to a lot of
the not yet Muslims many of the Muslims
now also now it's that time of the year
where we're going to be celebrating so
people want to know what what are these
Muslims celebrating what's it all about
we just getting through the Ramadan can
you talk to us a little bit about
Eid is a term that relates to the Arabic
word from something that keeps coming
back and if we go back to the essence of
the presence of Muslims on Earth it's
all about acts of worship toward God so
we are in constant reflecting on how we
can keep worshiping Allah subhana tala
and the celebration that comes after
finishing an act of worship toward God
if you recall the prophet's words
sallallahu alaihi wasallam that he
mentioned about Friday being theid on a
weekly basis for Muslims and there's
nothing else on that day but the Friday
noon prayer Salat so for that act of
worship it is something to be celebrated
if we look at the month of Ramadan we
are celebrating after we finish fasting
that we have done our Act of for worship
toward God and the theme behind all that
we are celebrating the revelation of the
Quran from Allah tala to the prophet
wasallam and then to humanity to fall up
on that so the essence behind the
celebration ofid is that even after Hajj
for example when people finish
pilgrimage we celebrate that so we do an
act of worship we are grateful to Allah
that he gave us a chance to reach out to
him through ways that he will be pleased
with us and we celebrate for that now
let's back it up we just finished the
Ramadan right so now is this in line
with the tradition of all the prophets
that every Prophet they worship the one
Creator not the creation and then they
fasted and then they are we is this
something now that's that uh is new or
is this something a tradition that we're
following that's from the original way
we believe that there are four
components that were always the same
between all prophets and Messengers that
were sent by God we believe that all
prophets and Messengers came to tell
people about God the second thing to
worship him alone the Third is to invite
people to that which is of bringing uh
benefit and preventing harm and number
four the line of ethics and morals so
under the line of worshiping one God we
believe it is something that connects
with people and the major Basics if it
was prayer or it was charity or if it
was fasting and the verse in is very
clear so fasting all you who believe has
been ordained on you the way it was
ordained on people prior to you now
there might be differences in the way
practices are being made from one
generation to another as far as the
messages from the time of the mam or to
the time ofam to the time of the prophet
sallam in details but the essence the
theme is is always there so it is not
something new it is an extension of the
same idea of how to worship and reach
out to God and tell us now what what
what are some of the the practices
during this Eid from when you get up in
the morning and now throughout the whole
day how many days does it last sure for
the or that we are in after Ramadan it
is about a prayer that people should be
ready for of course from the M of the
day before you start what we call right
after when you
finish and then after and then after it
is about as Allah
said so you would praise Allah for that
which guided you for worshiping him
subhana tala so after you
finish you start making allahar as a
celebration that you have declared
there's nothing more greater than Allah
he is the one to be worshiped and you do
this until the fuder of the morning of
the it's different it stays longer in
the of it goes with what we call when
people are in Mina so it extends three
more days but for it stops after Salat
actually one people when the IM goes to
deliver Sal in public people in the
morning the first thing they need to do
is just to break the fast actually this
is how you celebrate you finish so you
should not delay breaking your fast
after fuder like you're not fasting at
that day and then you get yourself ready
for the prayer itself it is meant to be
taken Outside The Masque so you can host
as many people the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam it was narrated that he
would bring women elderly children
everyone is to come to this joyful uh
joined uh act of worship between people
people are to dress well to smell well
and make sure that they are in the best
looking uh for their lord to celebrate
that and of course social Gathering you
have to be neat and you have to be
looking nice the uh etiquette is that
people sit down and wait for the prayer
making also T and these words of takir
uh it is the same Declaration of what
all this life is all about we are here
to to praise Allah for that which he
guided us for then there will be the
call for the prayer there is no aan for
it there is no like regular you know
time we do for regular Salah but rather
the IM will take the lead and he will
perform a prayer which is made of two ra
what's also different about this prayer
is that it's filled with too so when you
enter the first which is called that's
when you enter Sal you follow that by
seven
additional allahar allahar and you do
that seven times raising your hands
every time with that and then when you
stand for the second ra you add another
five so it's all about and praising God
also the at the time of theid is
something that relate to that which is
of the uh needed issues of the community
to the public so the Imam after when he
is done with the prayer he will take and
deliver a uh remind people people of
these issues that are important to them
including relating to other Muslims
around the world especially in these
tough times that they are having uh you
know hardships around the world and this
is the time that we uh see significant
number of Muslims coming and attending
the
uh so the message should be Universal
the message should be inviting people to
practice Islam and hopefully it will be
a reason for them to commit later on so
that's interesting now the t is what how
would you define
this word it is allahar God is great
it's a declaration that nothing is
greater than God and that should lead
you into understanding that life is to
be all and total surrender and
submitting to him did Jesus peace be
upon him who he love and rever is one of
the mightiest Messengers did he make
this declaration God is great God is
greater than anything indeed we believe
that is the standard for all prophets
and Messengers all of them yes including
the last and final messenger inde thank
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Eid now now let's back it up a little
bit fasting is finished uh we're getting
done with that you get a lot of momentum
you get really motivated during Ramadan
so we don't want this to fizzle away how
can we keep the momentum going for all
year round well Ramadan is meant to be
more like a faith station that it should
give you the dose you start by the
relativity to the Hadith of the Prophet
wasallam that whoever fast Ramadan and
followed it by six of shaal so the
fasting should not vanish from your
daily encounters and then it is matched
to be you know the whole year as if it
is being fast because if you multiply
things by 10 times 30 * 10 that's 300
and then 6 * 10 that's 60 so total of
360 which is between the lunar calendar
that's where it is so you keep all the
diverse ways of engaging I and worship
to God even if it was in fasting and
then after that even you know the NAFA
or the additional things that are to
fast Mondays or Thursday but
uh if Ramadan is meant to celebrate the
revelation of the Quran through fasting
which gives you a chance to rise in your
spiritual relationship with God uh
honoring the revelation of the Quran
this should reflect on a piece that
comes within your heart and that's where
it is mentioned to be in which we
celebrated alhamdulillah yesterday at
the end of the verse in it
says so this piece that you are able to
enjoy and feel throughout the month of
Ramadan peaked at the night of alad or
the decree should give you this
Tranquility that should go along with
you throughout the whole year till next
year inshallah tala and this is the
relationship where you combine
submitting to God surrendering to him
and having peace which both are in the
title of Islam itself to submit and then
you fight peace in that so it should
reflect and a Tranquility inside and
that peace within yourself should
reflect on the way you conduct yourself
with Allah a relationship within your
own self and with people around you
someone says look I caught the month the
20 on the 27th and I'm banking on the
thousand you know uh the mon better than
than you know uh so I'm getting all my
Worship in on this month and then they
go back to maybe to the bar to the
nightclub and they Bank on this one
night it is a matter of how can you
utilize acts of worship to make
difference as Allah said
Salah should prevent people from
engaging that which is of you know
filthiness of Acts yeah social you know
diseases alar that's which is evil so we
hope that people if they are sincere
when they come into Ramadan and we
invite everyone regardless what their
background to come experience this
pleasure of connecting with Allah and it
will cash back into positive approach
toward I act of worship in general no
one is immune from falling into sins but
let it be known that the prophet told us
s Al
wasallam the best among Those who commit
sins that they repent to Allah subhana
tala the doors of repentance are open
and let everyone make of Ramadan a phase
that will give him better strength to
believe in himself that he can do better
and inshallah change his lifestyle
lifestyle to that which pleases Allah
tala so you mentioned this Salah this is
that connection five times a and
sincerity in it this should be enough
now if you're sincere in it that this
will ward off you know you going back to
any bad things that you're doing evil
things and if your heart is connected to
the Hereafter then you probably want
want to be in places that are dis
pleasing to your creator right it goes
both ways uh there is something that you
have to let go those evil things so you
can enjoy the beauty of the good things
it goes both way but we say if someone
is let us say you know engaging some bad
things we believe that he invest in good
things all types of good you know acts
of worship if it was prayer if it was
charity if it was fasting you know the
non obligated you know na it builds a
mountain of Hass that will go against
the mountain of s or bad Deeds that he
has and Allah said in the
Quran that the good deeds will wash away
the bad deeds and there's a scale at the
day of judgment more Good Deeds versus
bad Deeds so more good de you will go to
heaven plus you are going to enjoy the
sweetness of these acts of worship and
hopefully inshallah it will be a reason
for you to let go these bad Deeds how
can we balance it out now Eed is
supposed to be a very joyous occasion
and we're supposed to be celebrating but
we see innocent children being killed
massacred you know women um also and in
in the mix of all this and now it brings
tears to your eyes your your heartbreaks
so H how do you balance this out now sh
the way that we are watching now what's
happening if if it was in Gaza if it was
in Syria and other parts of the world
your heart is torn into pieces seeing
these children who are supposed to be
having new clothes on the day of Eid
having some candy visiting family
members but yet they are being buried
without even access to cemeteries
without even access to safety through
during the burial itself uh funerals are
being bombarded people when they are
trying to seek shelter in the streets
they are being bombarded and this is
something that is very tough and hard to
process but we believe that inshallah
the people who are going through these
hardships that they find and the concept
of worship
behind that's the beauty of giving them
sa and patience to cope uh Destiny will
roll the of Allah will never change but
Faith helps you cope with that inshallah
we're going to get back with more on
this uh topic and the Eid and how you
can make Dua and what you can do to help
those who are suffering who are being
oppressed the innocent men women and
children all over the world we'll be
right back with more here on the dean
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now you being a community leader you
deal with a lot of different people from
different cultures backgrounds religions
and you know very well a lot of the
negative stereotypes that are associated
with Islam so what what do you say when
some people try to make Islam out to be
like the boogeyman that Islam is against
a certain people a certain race you know
uh and is against peace my uh advice to
all those people you know after 9/11 we
have seen a huge uh difference in the
numbers of non-muslims attending the
mosque actually learning about Islam for
example we have lot of students that
come from all type of universities
around us in Chicago and now Islam is
number one pick for their um world world
religion or comparative religion or even
churches bringing you know uh
congregants or high schools or even
middle schools bringing students uh we
always leave them with one piece of
advice ignorance is the enemy the the
more that you distant yourself from the
truth from the people themselves and you
rely on propaganda from other people
then you are inviting ignorance to
dictate that which is in your conscience
about other people so as the first
revelation that was revealed on the
prophet said read we are asking people
around us to read about us from us from
our sources from the Quran and the
Sunnah and hopefully that will change
their perspective about what Islam is
all about so tell us Bor let's go back
to what we were talking about before you
we went to break break we mentioned we
have innocent kids indeed you know that
are losing their future you know the the
death rate is in the hundreds and these
innocent kids every anyone who has a
daughter or a son and they see
somebody's images is just heartbreaking
and and even the ones that are injured
many of them you know they'll probably
never be the same again so what can we
do now to to help indeed there that's
their struggle for their freedom for
their equality for their right to live
for not to be under siege but from our
side we have a liability as the prophet
mentioned sallu alaih wasallam Muslim
Muslim that the Muslim is the brother
from you you owe him certain uh
liabilities of standing next to him so
it is my duty to start by feeling with
him
and then um remembering him in my
special prayers and the power of Dua is
great but then it needs to also make
sure that if there's an orphan I want to
make sure that he has food to eat if
there is someone with injury that he
needs you know the medicine if it was
the antibiotic or if it was the
anesthesia people are being operated on
in Syria and Gaza without anesthesia
because of Siege and lack of access to
them so uh donations that might bring
these and alhamdulillah we are blessed
with many relief agencies that are
working with International other
agencies to bring these you know Aid to
these people so that which you can if it
was writing an article in a newspaper to
speak the truth uh if you are to take a
demonstration and you know uh raise a
flag of freedom and equality everything
counts and this has come into your role
and uh responsibility and you are not
asked to uh be seen and judge on the
outcome you are asked on on your effort
have you done your homework and
alhamdulillah we have many venues that
we can do that inshallah what are what
other advice do you give us to all those
people who are tuning in from all over
the the globe for this joyous occasion
of
eeve well it is a moment to
celebrate and we celebrate by continuing
the itself so it is not something that
Ramadan is finished so I'm going to stop
coming to the Masjid Ramadan is finished
uh I'm not going to wake up for f
anymore and go to the mask if you did it
in Ramadan it means that you are able to
do it insh Ramadan is meant to help you
train yourself into new habits that will
get you closer to Allah the fasting is
not meant to stop only from food or
drink the fasting trained you to stop
your eyes from looking at Haram your ear
listening to Haram your legs taking you
to any Haram and if you are able to do
that during Ramadan inshallah it will be
with you after Ramadan uh real quick
before we depart is it true that some of
the people who were tested the most were
the prophets and then those closest to
them and does that mean now that God
Almighty uh loves you he's testing you H
how can we take when when people are
going through trials and tribulations
how do how should we look at this it is
mentioned very clearly in the Hadith of
the Prophet Sall
wasallam if Allah loves someone he will
test him why because if Allah knows
there's a certain level for you in
heaven an honorable one and your own
Deeds are not helping you reach that and
Allah loves you he will bring these
tests and trials to you so you would be
able to uh relate to that with patience
and being more close to Allah your
prayers will be different your Dua your
uh the way you pray and concentrate and
practice and that will make you closer
to Allah even the worship of the heart
you know the way you relate to Allah T
and your heart so the good Allah does
not create something 100% evil it is
about things that will be seen in the
outcome and if the outcome is Heaven
alhamdulillah for all the tests and the
trials alhamdulillah so uh is your Masid
now where you're at your mque is it open
to any person who wants to come in and
learn about Islam is Islam exclusive
just to a certain people is it for
everybody be he a Christian a Jew a
Hindu is are your doors open to anyone
who wants to come in MF foundation.org
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everyone is welcome we have beautiful
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themselves thank you so much man Allah
the creator of the heavens and earth
bless your Eid you too and your family
too thank you so much and thank you for
tuning in to the dean show Eid you got
to know the significance of it the
practices do it and now as the last and
final messenger sent a mankind of prop
mm peace be upon him he
said the one who repents from sin is
like the one who has no sin you've been
repenting to the Creator alone this
whole month and now you've gotten a
momentum don't let it slow down continue
to do good continue to develop yourself
to be the best human me being possible
you've used this month of Ramadan as a
cataly now to take off with it don't let
it slow down continue to be good
continue to work for the Hereafter By
Doing Good Deeds by developing yourself
to be the best that's right and don't
slow down and continue to make Dua
continue
to make Dua for all those suffering and
oppressed innocent men women and
children out there and before you ever
complain think about those who have less
and wish to have what you have and we'll
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