this is the theme the teen jou bismillah
al hamdulillah Salam alaikum peace be
unto you welcome to another episode of
the Dean show we like to thank you
sincerely for tuning in you come in to
the Muslims to learn about Islam it
simply means to acquire peace by
submitting to the owner of peace the one
God and when one becomes a Muslim one
who has submitted to the One God he
declares that there is no deity there is
no God except God Eric we say allah
jesus said aloha because he spoke
aramaic he didn't speak english and then
you establish the second pillar of islam
which is the salat praying to the one
guy and then you also fast during the
month of ramadan you give this a cat
which is the poor do tax and you do the
Hajj the pilgrimage which is what we're
going to be talking about today here on
the Dean show don't go nowhere this is
the theme the biju
no this is the thesis the beach this is
the things this is the so I'll make a
peace be unto you I can sit on peace be
on to you too how are you I haven't it
allowed to thank you to all are you
thank you for being with us again thanks
it's always my pleasure you have your
own section on the Dean show calm people
can go and see some of the other shows
that we've done together yes that's
wonderful i asked a lot to accept it
from me and from everyone from the dino
team I mean I mean yes yes yes and you
know what they heard me explain Islam is
that simple no guesswork everything's
been laid out and we can explain it in
30 seconds the principles the the the
decreed the five pillars the foundation
is very simple to explain this logical
is rational and we went over the four
let's just briefly I did it in a minute
can you just go over them one more time
in two minutes Oh apps and then we'll
get to the fifth pillar please go ahead
absolutely the for the first of the five
pillar is five pillars is the most
important which is to accept that there
is no true God except Allah the Creator
not worshiping anyone with him and
Muhammad peace be upon him is a
Messenger of God as well as believe in
the other messenger so that's called the
article of faith and that's what when a
person pronounced and believe in it with
their heart that's when they enter Islam
and then after they do that they have to
establish their connection with God with
Allah and that's to be done a minimum of
five times a day required through
different times of the day and that's
where the Muslim will always feel like
he's reporting to God so that always
keeps him on the straight path and then
we have the third of the five pillars
which is
zaka or what we could call as a charity
that the person if they have a certain
amount of wealth they give back not to
anyone but to the people or the poor
people who deserve to get from that
about two and a half percent of their
wealth to the poor and then also we have
something that the Muslims have to do
one month every year which is fasting
and that's where like that's the
training camp for the Muslims so that
they would have the manners and the
patients and they would renew their
faith for the rest of the year and then
we as we're going to talk about today
the fifth pillar which is the pilgrimage
where the Muslim if he's a bit fa able
to do it both financially and as well as
health wise and the other requirements
then they would do once once in their
life they would do a pilgrimage and they
would go to the city of Mecca to do
certain rituals and answered as they say
the call of Allah the call of God and
they show their devotion and their to
the One God through that one time
pilgrimage which is one of the most
beautiful things as we're going to
explain this episode so that was real
simple and that's the five pillars of
Islam the main one there's no god but
the one God Mohammed is the last and
final messenger and that would include
Jesus Moses and all the other messengers
that preceded him right yes and as we
will see this is something that is not
new to Islam okay or what Prophet
Muhammad brought all those acts of
worship and the pillars that we talked
about were practice in one way or the
other in the previous and dictated by
the previous prophets and that's what
we're getting in today the the Hajj yes
so let's kind of connect it back go back
in history and give them some education
on how this started and what was being
done back then or this was just
something new just invented with the
last and final messenger now as we know
on one of the prophets that always
messengers of Allah that always comes up
to mind when we mentioned the word hedge
or pilgrimage is Prophet Ibrahim or what
they call in English Abraham and that's
why that's where the name came from the
abra hammock face or religions that we
know about and hedging itself we will
see that nearly nearly all the elements
in it are connected to this family so we
could say that's one of the five pillars
is actually it's it's one of the things
that talks about a family and originated
from a family and the family of Abraham
with his wife had job and his son is
married so the first thing we look if he
saw the black box or stone will be
called the Kaaba if you see that in the
news or a seat on the television this
was originally built and it was built by
a father and his son working together
who's Abraham Abraham and it's married
ich mal so the Ishmael yes so they were
it's here we could see the first element
of a family relationship on a father and
a son working together on it and then we
would see also another element which is
the water that the Muslims drink over
there the water of Zemzem and then again
that was because mecca's we know is in
the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia
and the mother and the child they were
Abraham peace be upon him has left them
and they're the only it was completely
there was no water and nothing to eat
and that would show us how they depended
on Allah or on God to provide that for
them and at the same time the father
wasn't just didn't just leave them he
was praying for them until Allah or God
accepted that prayer and they got that
water and the mother had to go back and
forth between two months is what we call
today safa and marwah these are the
rituals when these are the rituals in
Hajj that we do today and we do this
because it always reminds us of how this
mother dependent on God and how she
didn't just dependent sit and wait for
help to happen but she took charge she
was trying to go back and forth to look
to look for that water until on the
seventh time after so much patience
that's when Allah Allah Subhanahu with
allah the exalted that's when her prayer
were answered and she got what she was
asking for so Prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him just the same way many people
have a misconception that he's the
founder of Islam that he is one who made
these things up the same way we conclude
with clear evidence that he is not the
founder of Islam he is just a last and
final messenger and Islam was practiced
to all the messengers and you're linking
it back that he also this Hodge this is
something that started with Abraham was
it right yes and people will do make
pilgrimage even before the prophet came
they would come to Mecca and the tribes
would come to Mike and that's how the
trade flourished in that region as well
so was something practice but because a
lot of Una's llama or things that Allah
or God did not dictate on people they
started to appear and people started to
after a while go away from the teachings
of God and they were lost that's when a
prophet muhammad was sent to restore it
back to what it was at the time of
Abraham which is what people did when
they came to do the pilgrimage let's
take a break and we'll be back here on a
Dean show with more I just want to say
very simple message is the main Tina one
of the beautiful things about our
religion of Islam is the emphasis on
direct ritual and prayer God directly
there is no intermediary the lights will
go on after the party and the party will
end it's very simple and very clear
there are no superstitious rituals no
strange incantations and time's running
out we might not make it till tomorrow
and this is something that we need to
think about back here on the Dean show
with share Waleed and we are talking
about the fifth pillar of Islam now we
left off people some people think that
okay you're going to Hajj and you're
worshiping the Kaaba what would you say
about this some people think we worship
a black box in the desert how would you
respond to this yes no we say that this
is not really they don't worship it but
it's true that writes well they show
their devotion to God how
we have some if you look at all the acts
of worship that the Muslims would do
some of it if it's clear what's the
wisdom behind it so for example when we
fast there is so much wisdoms behind
that it's not just it shows first that
we are devoted to God and that we will
stop eating and drinking and having
intercourse for his sake we will
actually we have control of our
pleasures so once we have control of
something that is normally permissible
then that makes a stronger to have
control of not doing the things are
impermissible that harm the society so
this is what we do that's an example
that the wisdom is clear to us but at
the same time also we need to show a la
that we are we would also do things that
he would ask us to do even if the wisdom
is hidden and so that's also an example
like many of the rituals we may try to
say this is the wisdom behind it but we
are then we say God knows best because
it wasn't revealed to us but that's the
test so are you going to also are only
going to follow the teachings of God
when it makes sense to you that's not
called love sometimes in love when you
love someone you would do something even
if you don't necessarily understand but
it makes them happy yes so and God has
the best example so this is something
that we do the Muslims go around the
Kaaba or the Blackstone counterclockwise
seven times and they're not just walking
around like you see they are praying to
God while they're walking they're asking
God for help they asking him for
protection they're thanking him for all
the blessings that he gave so that way
we show that devotion we're not worship
worshiping the Blackstone but we are
there and we we prostrate to it because
God ordered us to do so now you can
actually pray inside of the cabbage that
right or even on top of it yes you can
stand on it and give the call to prayer
you could yes you could pray inside of
it as well and they open it several
times a year to clean it from the inside
and outside and at that time with people
who are there they have the chance to
get inside of it as well is this also a
way of unifying us to pray all together
in one direction yes and if you look on
the map you will find that Mecca is
exactly in the center of the world
and that's why the Muslim exactly in the
center yes its existence by coincidence
if something's going some divine
intervention is here you could yes you
could verify to yourself you don't have
to take our word for us and their
studies that are done about that's
amazing it's right in the center it's
right in the center so Muslims wherever
they are all around the world from the
east from Japan and dinnae gia all the
way to the west to the US and Mexico
into the North and the South they would
all be praying and facing that camera
the black stone in the middle and that's
the way that we all feel that we are
united and you could see this clearer
once you see the pictures inside the
mosque of Mecca where they are all
circling around and pointing to that one
Center now if we're in Chicago or New
York and we're getting together to pray
to the one guy not to the Sun not to the
moon not to a man not to a woman but the
crater of all these things now imagine
if we didn't have that unification and
say hey which are we going to pray and
this person say well I feel like praying
to the right I feel like playing to the
left there's confusion chaos isn't it
yes and that's why if you can if you
compare the beauty of Islam two
different religions you find in
different religions many people there is
no unified way of worshiping God
everyone some people worship Him through
music concerts some people worship
through singing some people worship
through doing this doing that no in
Islamics because it's a religion by god
it's clearly defined how we worship god
it's the same way that we all do all
around the world since the time and an
all time since the Prophet came until
this moment and in the future if Allah
wills this is amazing and you know what
now you got to know we don't worship a
black box in the desert no you silly
rabbit we worship the creator of all
that exists and these are some of the
answers that you're getting here and
you're sincere open-hearted open-minded
and you're getting enlightened and this
is exciting isn't it so we're going to
go on now Malcolm X it was he was very
racist at one time that's true he was
with a group called the nation mm-hmm
but then he came to acquire peace from
the owner peace Islam
and then he went to Hajj is what we're
talking about yes and he left the nation
he left these teachings the racism and
everything else yes and he was in Hajj
and let's talk about this how he was so
impacted and he got to sit with blond
hair blue eyes lined up with the rich
and the poor talk about this yes and
that's one of the beauties that people
who go there just try if you know anyone
who went there just try to speak to them
when they come back and they will tell
you this feeling that you could it's
even it's extremely hard to put in words
this beautiful feeling of the unity
first the unity on so many levels and
the right not just and the right tools
but the unity for example they or the
they all were the white closed the men
mainly the woman could wear whatever
they traditionally wear but we are they
were wearing all the hedge apps so the
women are unified and the same clothes
and the men also are unified with their
clothes it doesn't matter you're rich
you're poor it's equality no one knows
who is rich and was bored were there
because you're in the same cow yes but
Malcolm X when he went there he saw
something that he didn't even ago that
exists on the survey couldn't even
confronted which is what that people
from all the races we could talk about
as a theory we could say that people
live in peace and now we saw that many
nations were not able to reach the
equality between different races except
by Allah that you know if you don't
treat them with equality you may get a
lawsuit you may get this and that but if
we were right now to take these laws out
would will it stay the with the safe
situation saying people would not
practice racism we could watch the news
and we could see the stats on the racism
that happens over there yet when you see
the Muslims do this voluntarily because
the religion tells them to do so and and
when he saw that all of them are equal
and all of them are prank together
they're sitting and eating together and
laughing together I think he could not
believe what he saw so he understood and
he knew the true teachings of Islam not
the the changes that were added to it
and then what the nations of a slew of
Islam were practicing so that was the
turn
has life totally this is something that
eradicate you can't be racist and be
practicing Islam and this is one of the
things that he saw and like you just
elaborated on and you go to Hajj and
people from all different races colors
nationalities they're there and you're
just doing the thing that's in your
nature you're praying to the One God yes
not to a man a black man or a white man
but to the creator of the black man in
the white man yes and even we see that
on the leadership the one who leads the
prayer over there he could be from any
faith from any color when we look at the
different groups of program it we see
sometimes a black person leading all
other races a white person leading
there's a person from China whoever is
knowledgeable about the religion it's
about how much you're close to god it's
not about what's your skin of what's
your color skin is it's not about if
you're rich or poor we are all equal in
the eyes of Allah and what separates us
now is it's not our color or anything
what is it is a what separates because
isn't there one hadith where the Prophet
peace be upon him talk tell us about
that the human beings are like a cone
yess cone can you elaborate on this
hadith yes actually that people are
equal just like the the if you want to
call tooth of the comb yes that's the
literal translation that they are people
are equal in everything and this is not
something that it's a modern idea we
have people who are still alive right
now who remember how it was racism just
three decades ago even in the most
advanced countries it will exist today
and it still exists yet when you look at
the time of Islam that even we saw this
through how the Companions practices and
how they were marrying each other from
different countries and even when other
people accepted Islam from all around
the world the Persians and the Romans
and the Egyptians yet they were marrying
from each other they were living
together for each other and they were
leading each other so one person could
be from this race could be leading those
and in another region the other way
around what's happened where someone
from the other race would be leading
this so we're not talking about a fury
they were actually practicing it this is
amazing we'll be right back with more
hair on the Dean show they're always be
someone that will be there to say
something negative but at the same time
there'll be someone there to say
something positive awesome just hold on
to the Rope of Allah everything in this
universe rely I need a lot with the
Quran says don't kill women don't kill
children don't kill the old people don't
attack the civilians this is what the
Prophet Muhammad told us it will fail
you mock you know Allah said that the
Prophet SAW silent never ever stopped a
war against any of us from not alone
utilize by my side I am not afraid to
stand alone I am not afraid to stand
alone if you live by my side I am not
afraid to stay alone I am not afraid to
stand alone
I am Not Afraid you have to pray as if
everything depends on a lot and it does
but you must work everything depends on
you and it does that's my point you see
I'm same and I don't like that I don't
like us sitting here what are you
waiting for what are we waiting for
right now what do you wait for all these
people to come to this nah what are you
waiting for what are we waiting for
right now when they're gonna come
they're gonna come along and bring these
people lost upon the water put in our
hand the ability to do it now do your
job
back here on the Dean show and we're
talking about the fifth pillar of Islam
and we're connecting it back the same
way Islam was practice back at the time
of Moses Jesus time Abraham they were
doing Islam they were submitting their
will to the will of the one god this is
what Islam means and the same thing the
Hajj in Mecca if you look in the Bible
it's called Becca is this so it's there
hey Beka Valley abeka it's in the Bible
so this didn't originate with the last
final messenger he just brought it back
to his pure state and then you had the
Abraham who was the as you talked about
him and his son who constructed the
first house of worship built yeah so
this is what we're doing exactly well of
people normally when the attack Islam on
this they go to one of two extremes
either they say that Muhammad completely
brought a new religion that has nothing
to do with the past or on the other side
what they say is he plagiarized the
religion of others and if you go of
course we can't cover everything in half
an hour episode but if you go and do the
research you will find that first of all
he did not bring a new religion it was
something that was practiced originally
by all the other messengers and you
could find that even a lot of examples
of that in the Bible in the other books
and if you read the full on that would
clarify to you the message at the same
time if you do more research you will
find that it wasn't plagiarize because
even the stories that are you would find
the same in the following the Bible
you're going to find a details different
details in the stories and these details
as well so it could be verified many of
them could be verified by archaeology
and by history and if week and they were
compatible just too we talked about a
quick example of that for example the
story of prophet Noah when the water
covered earth now in the Bible it it
implies that it covered the entire
planet but in Islam it does not mention
anything about that so if we check the
historical accuracy of this search it
okay I don't have time to cover it
because we have a few minutes left but
search it and see the comparison between
the stories and see which one is more
accurate both historically and
scientifically no scientific errors in
the Quran the Quran has a challenge that
if you say it's from other than the
Creator Allah find one contradiction you
can't find it never will you be able to
because is it deed revelation from the
one who is the most great the most high
the crater that happens in earth this is
amazing tell us now please share some
Muslims yes they'll make pilgrimage or
they'll make tawaf around the mall
they'll go back home to Bosnia but they
go back home to Egypt or they'll go back
home to wherever else and they'll save
up money but now they procrastinate
about making the Hajj at what age one
should a person be rushing to do the
Hajj but they've you know been to 12
different countries and they haven't
been to the Hajj is there a problem here
with this there is a problem because
this is one of the five pillars of Islam
so any know what the word pillar means
so if you die without doing this I want
you to imagine yourself in front of God
and you're being asked about all those
years you have the money you have the
health you had everything but you
procrastinated until you died how could
you answer that to God because you know
that once you have the means to do it
which is the the financial means and the
health means and also the family means
there's nothing there is no excuse for
you not to go then why are you
procrastinating so many scholars said
that it's an obligation on the person
once they need the requirements what are
the requirements the requires as we said
the financial Rachel yes and also the
health requirements and certain there's
a lot of other products we can't cover
in this episode like for example if a
woman has any family member to go with
her or not okay all the other all
details yes we got the money you're
physically able the man he gotta go yes
you have to have to go even others a few
scholars who disagreed and said that you
could delete even if you have those but
they said you will be questioned about
why you deleted they have a reason or
not so even even this disagreement in
scotts a minor disagreement but all of
them agree on something that when you
have the means that's when you have to
go
if you don't you'll have to answer that
and I personally wouldn't take that risk
I wouldn't either so we're wrapping up a
wrapping up just one more real briefly
someone says you know what I don't feel
like I've been called yet i'm waiting
for the call what do you have to say
about have you heard this the call has
been done thousands of years ago and we
see this allah instructed Abraham and
the Quran and told him we'll add them
finesse eagle head and call people to
hedge and at that time he did not say
there is no one here he was alone in the
desert he didn't say no one's gonna hear
me something he did what God told him
and it's amazing thousands of year later
about three million people are answering
his call every year are you doing a
class on HUD shoots coming up talk to us
about this yes this course will take
place about two weeks before Hajj it
will be two days 14 people are who are
not going to hedge and it's going to
talk about enjoying the journey as if
you're there actually and we're going to
talk about the wisdom behind it and
everything and the second day we'll
cover in a lot of detail the act of
worship and the different opinions about
this and it's not just about the rules
but also how to get the perfect
experience out of it how to come back a
totally new person I how to prepare
yourself for the better and for the
worst physical a highway cycle times up
thank you very very much again and you
got to hear it the fifth pillar of Islam
don't procrastinate def is a reality it
can approach and catch you at any time
so you already testified that there's no
god but the one guy that Muhammad is a
last and final messenger you've
established the Salah you've paid this
account you fasten during the month of
Ramadan now the money that you've made
don't go back home don't go back to my
country go back to the house of the one
who created you Allah make this
pilgrimage because if def reaches you is
too late and you can go there and have
the most wonderful experience and your
lifetime don't let Shaitaan deceive you
trick you and procrastination is the key
tool that it uses so if you've got to
hear this is another sign from Allah so
we got some time that you can start to
get the package get the trip and go
ahead and make the Hajj and we got one
request keep us in your duas while
you're there we'll see
next time on the DL peace be unto you he
created the universe to him along the
heavens and the earth 11 he is the first
he's the owner Murthy he sent his
messengers to all his creatures on the
great danger Oh worshiping other than
Allah there is none greater
then the Creator
whoa
whoa there is none greater
and love
love