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the show. The show. Assalamu aalaykum.
Peace be with you. I'm Eddie, your host.
You're watching the Dean Show. And we're
getting into Ramadan, fifth pillar of
Islam, Islam's submission to the
creator, not the creation, the way of
life of all the messengers of God, the
belief in only one
God. Just one God. All the prophets,
they fasted, they prayed, and they
worshiped the way Muslims worship
because they were Muslim. And now you're
a Muslim. Now you're one who submitted
to the will of God. And you want to do
things the right way, not the wrong way.
And Ramadan has come around. You want to
know some of the benefits, the wisdoms,
and how to fast, how to start the day,
how to end the day with the fast, and
get all the wonderful rewards so you can
be in paradise. So, we're going to be
talking about that. We want to improve
our character. We want to improve our
situation with our creator. We want to
become more God-conscious and fasting is
one of those ways, those means to
achieve the ultimate success. So, we
have a former Buddhist who's now an
Islamic scholar who's with us all the
way from Malaysia, Shik Hussein Yei,
here at the Dean Show when we come back
talking about Ramadan. Don't go
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And with us all the way from Malaysia,
my good friend and our sheh Husseini,
she Husseini, how are you?
Alhamdulillah, brother. Alhamdulillah.
Thank you so much for Alhamdulillah.
Thank you for being with us here. We're
going to be getting into Ramadan and we
thought it'd be a great great time with
you that we can talk with you and kind
of get in that Ramadan spirit that many
of us, you know, are looking forward to.
Can you tell us now the significance for
those now that are some of the new
timers to Islam? They just accepted
Islam and some of the old-timers. What
is the spirit of Ramadan? What is it so
significant about this month Ramadan of
Ramadan?
Alhamdulillah to all the weavers and all
the brother and
sister. We all as Muslim are aware that
the best month for all the Muslim in the
year is Ramadan al- Mubar. Now why
Ramadan is so special? Number one
because Allah said so. Because Allah
revealed in Torah also in the month of
Ramadan. Allah revealed Zabur palms to
the prophet David. Also in the month of
Ramadan and also in jail was revealed in
Ramadan. And the last testament the hol
the Quran was also revealed in the same
month. So all the holy scripture the
heavenly books as a guidance to all of
us was revealed in the same month. And
Allah said in the holy
Quran. Now based on this ayah brother
addi Allah is telling us especially
those who believe in him who call
themselves as
believer. He said, "Oh you who
believe, I have
made
fasting an obligation upon all of you
like how it was made as an obligation
upon the early nation before you." Now
what is the significant? Why Allah want
us to fast to torture
us? No. To make us suffer, no food, no
drink the daytime? No. Allah love us so
much and he know what is best for us our
body our mind and our soul and that's
why Allah
say the reason he want us to fast so
that at the end of the day our tawa will
increase we will attain piety
inshallah we will become a better person
not an old you but a new you inshallah
Now the reason also Allah want us to
fast is to give us the
opportunity to gain control on our naps
our
desire. All of the human desire is
always very
destructive and Allah know best because
he is the creator. So when he want you
to fast is to train you to remind you
the important to have control to
yourself. So now now you be the master
of your desire not the desire be your
master you will you will dictate the
desire to do what that please Allah you
don't become the follower of
desires so and also uh brother I like to
share with all the brother and sister
that when you look at Islam as a way of
life you will be very amazed how Allah
perfected his religion compared with the
early religion where other religion also
have
fasting but if you ask them how do you
fast they have no clue about it when do
you fast how many day you fast in a year
what do you do when you fast from what
time to what time you fast they have no
clue at all but in Islam
Allahbar when Allah want us to do
something he choose the month and the
month is Ramadan al- Mubarak not any
month there
is there's an obligation fast not the
optional fast yes he choose the month
and then he fix the days do that yes he
said the day is fixed by Allah not more
than 30 days and not less than 29 days
and he fixed the time Allahbar that the
beginning of the fast is before sunrise
and it will end at sunset. Now you don't
have any other dean in the world today
who have disciplined the ummah in this
manner that when you to do something for
Allah you have to do in the way Allah
have set for us to discipline ourself to
make sure that we become people of
discipline.
So when you asked me earlier about how
about the born Muslim or old Muslim or
the new
Muslim. Yeah. When fasting is concerned,
we encourage everyone to try the level
best to do what they can. For the born
Muslim, I think is very common because
they would train from
young. For the new brothers and sister
because it's something new for them.
They may go they may have some problem
in the beginning but through my humble
experience the day I became a Muslim in
1968 and the first year I learned how to
fast. Alhamdulillah it was amazing. It
was so good. I feel good physically,
mentally and spiritually. I feel so
good. I feel that now I am in control of
my desire. And there are a lot of people
who are not yet Muslim, they have been
fasting. Those who attend my class from
time to time. When I ask them, have you
all tried fasting before? They say, oh
yeah, we have been fasting. Maybe they
say we try three day first.
Alhamdulillah, they feel wonderful. They
feel more
healthier. So we believe that it is not
a problem if they have the belief. And
that's why Allah start this ayah
with oh you who believe for the believer
I don't think there is any issue about
fasting but if they don't believe they
still can try even for an hour 3 hours
alhamdulillah they try their
best I always encourage them try your
level best and we know Allah have said
Allah will never burden a soul except
what they can do. So we believe
inshallah it will be benefit for
everybody. We're going to go to break in
in a minute but tell us so this is the
same way of life. I mean Jesus fasted
Moses they all worship the creator not
the creation and this is the same
tradition in the line of all the
prophets that the creator sent to guide
humanity with.
Yes, of course it's what Allah said. And
you look in the Old Testament, you look
in Psalms of David, Psalms of David and
you look into in the New Testament
talking about fasting. Even if you look
in Hinduism, they do have fast. You do
in Buddhism, they have fast. Everyone
have this kind of act of worship.
Alhamdulillah. So, we're continued that
same tradition. Nothing new. The same
way of life that was with all the
messengers. And it's time, it's that
time of the year, Ramadan. And we're
with Shake Hussein Ye. And we're going
to be back with more discussing the
Ramadan and how to get in into it the
right way. We're going to be answering
some having some answers some more
questions here on the D show. Don't go
anywhere. We'll be right back. I am not
afraid to stand
alone. I am not afraid to stand alone.
If Allah is by afraid to stand
alone, I am not afraid to stand alone.
If Allah is my side, I am not afraid to
stand
alone. I am not afraid to stand alone.
If Allah is my side, I am not afraid to
stand alone.
Back here on the Dean Show with Shake
Hussein all the way in from Malaysia.
How's everything in Malaysia?
Alhamdulillah. Malaysia is welcoming
everyone to visit Malaysia years. This
year is also visiting Malaysia. Yes. So
Malaysia is wonderful. Alhamdulillah.
Now we we also did a show with one of
your students. Um, and it was a it was a
a a young lady who accepted Islam and
you know she's a a new Muslim. Now
gearing towards the new Muslims now tell
us someone let's say took shahada two
weeks ago you know 6 months ago and now
the fasting you know this is totally new
to them. So let's get into what what you
advise you you mentioned something do as
much as you can. We want to encourage
them. Should they start? Should they
wait for next year as they gain more
knowledge or should they just jump into
us? Talk to us.
Alhamdulillah. I mean as a Muslim of
course we will motivate them. We will
encourage them to do what Allah want
them to do. But so far through my humble
experience all the people became a
Muslim even just one week before Ramadan
when I motivate them alhamdulillah
they're ready for Ramadan. But I also
warn them if you feel that you can't do
it then you just do your level best and
Allah know what we can do for him and
Allah will accept whatever single deeds
that we do purely for him. The most
important thing brother Eddie is to
remind all the brothers and sisters even
not yet Muslim they ask me can I fast I
said why not and then at the end of the
day because the sincerity is there now I
believe the power of
Ramadan also rely on our sincerity if
you are
sincere nothing that you can say I can't
do it for the sake of Allah inshallah so
through My humble experience when I talk
to the rivers they have no problem and
if those who have problem then we say no
problem still to us is no problem why
because we said let us learn more about
fasting now that come the past Ramadan
example we have guests from France we
have guests from from uh Germany no and
also we have guests from other country
who want to practice soloto to Ramadan
with us.
They are not here to fast but they want
to participate in the Ramadan known as
the prayer and they follow us for two
hours and ask them after they ask them
brothers sisters know how do you feel
they feel good they see now they feel
close to
God alhamdulillah I mean fasting like I
said earlier is not just something that
is only made obligatory to Muslim today
is a deed, an act of worship for all the
believers. So I will agree with you too,
brother Eddie. Whoever is new to Islam,
we cannot force them. We just have to
motivate them, encourage them, guide
them, and alhamdulillah, they will be
able to go through the fasting month.
What have you seen some of the benefits
and and wisdoms of of fasting? You
mentioned that, you know, this gets you
closer to God. Are there um there's
obviously spiritual benefits, health
benefits? You know, can we talk about
some of these uh spiritual and uh
benefits and what what wisdoms can we
derive from the fast? Oh yes. If you
look at the whole concept of fasting,
even our prophet have said the prophet
did say
come. Meaning how many people who have
been fasting and what do they gain? What
do they profit from their fasting?
Nothing except hunger and thirst. Why?
Because fasting is not just abstaining
from food and drink, but it's a kind of
self-control. Yeah. a self kind of
self-esteem kind of of exercise to train
ourself to have control to our inner
self you so that inshallah we can be a
very patient person when we encounter
any trial from
Allah and fasting will increase the
wisdom in our life our health inshallah
will increase even scientists today have
confirmed that if you fast three days in
a month is a sunnah. Three days in a
month, you will rebuild new cell in your
body, a healthy cell that can fight
against all the bad cells in the body.
Scientists are saying this. Yes,
scientists are saying that. Amazing.
Amazing.
Now sometime what Allah and the prophet
want us to do we may not understand the
significant before you but Allah the
creator who created all of us he know
what is best for us he's not here to
torture us no he's here to save us he
want us to live in this world in health
want us to be healthy so when your body
is healthy inshallah you have healthy
mind and you have a healthy spirit and
And that's why you see people who fast
they become more
humble. They become very careful in
their speech because you are not
supposed to bad bite to lie to talk bad
about anybody while you are fasting. If
a person still lie and cheat and use bad
word and curse people in the month of
Ramadan meaning he have missed all the
significant of fasting because fasting
is here to train you to have
self-control. You control your speech,
you control your hearing, you control
your sight, you control your mind.
Everything is under control. Tell us
tell us shake now we we see that uh it's
pretty easy to understand you know can
you give us a breakdown for the person
who again who's new and they haven't
read much on it but now they're watching
the dean show and they're motivated
they're listening to you they say yes I
want to get closer to my creator yes I
want to become more humble and patient I
want to start tomorrow but they want to
do it the right way and this is the
information that's coming to them
through the dean show can you tell us
how would they start the day how would
they end the day how would they start
the fast break the fast, talk to a
shake, please. And now I think uh the
best thing for us to do to make sure
that our intention is clear purely for
the sake of Allah because the prophet
said and even Allah
said that whatever you do for the sake
of Allah, make sure that your intention
is purely for the sake of God. That's
number one. That is the drive. When you
do everything purely for the sake of
Allah, then the will come in. The
consistency will come in. So you don't
feel the burden anymore. Inshallah. You
know that overeating kill you. A lot of
people die in my country is not because
they have no food
over. So fasting actually will improve
your good self, your health and also
will give you new spirit, new energy.
you can experience new aura while you
are fasting because fasting is not just
that I said like I said earlier just
abstain from food and drink you must
make sure that you don't use your ear to
listen at thing that do not benefit you
anymore you do not use your eye to see
thing that do not benefit you not say
anything that do not benefit you that
everything you want to do now you are
making sure that it is something that
bring benefit to you and benefit to
others others and also fasting will give
you a lot of opportunity to reflect
about yourself about how to be kind to
yourself and the prophet
said yourself have right upon you your
body have right upon you so we do
believe for all the new brother and
sisters I say that if your intention is
correct then inshallah you don't have
problem in the fast then After you have
the good intention, make sure that
fasting also is a month for you to
reflect, for you to read the book of God
because Allah revealed the Quran. The
beginning of the revelation is in
Ramadan. So you must start to open the
book of Allah and read at least 10 ayah
per day if
possible and go through the meaning.
Much brother and sister at the end of
the day you will find the treasure and
all the good guidance that Allah have
prepared for us in the holy
Quran. It will really make you a
different person after that. We're going
to take a break and we'll be right back
to ask you a few more questions before
we conclude on this session with Sheikh
Hussein all the way from Malaysia
talking about Ramadan here on the Dean
Show. We'll be right back. This is
simple to understand. Islam means
submission. Look at the word submission.
Not to yourself, not to your desires,
not to anyone or anything. Because at
the end of the day, you get something,
you always want more. You get some weed,
you want more. You get some drugs, you
want harder drugs. You get a girl, you
want a nicer girl. You get a car, you
want a nicer car. You get a house, you
want a nicer house. You got so many
pressures by enslaving yourself,
worshiping God, loving God. But
submission to the one who created you.
And by worshiping God and seeking his
pleasure, you get pleased and you enter
paradise. God bless
you. I am not afraid to stand
alone. I am not afraid to stand alone.
If Allah is by my side, I am not afraid
to stand
alone. I am not afraid to stand alone.
If Allah is by my side, I am not afraid
to stand alone.
I am not afraid to stand alone. If Allah
is by my side, I am not afraid to stand
alone.
Word can't have defects in it, can it?
If it is literally God's word, yes, it
cannot have defects.
I mean, this was written by men. We know
that this is a collection, right? Even
if you have Matthew, Mark, Luke, and
John, the gospel according to according
to, right? Um the the thing about the
Quran and the biggest and you know, I'll
leave you with this is the biggest thing
for me is if the Quran is exactly what
it says it is, and this doesn't matter
whether you're Muslim or not. If the
Quran is what it says it is, the Quran
is literally the word of God delivered
via Gabriel to Muhammad who was an
unlettered man who couldn't read or
write. Right? And he was just told to
recite. Right? That was the first thing,
right? first thing he was told recite,
right? Um, so if it is literally the
word of God, then that's pretty
important to me. And and before I became
Muslim, I said, "If this is the word of
God,
then I'm going to follow it because I'd
be stupid not to."
Back here on the Dean Show, which
Hussein Ye, we're talking about one of
the pillars of Islam, Islam, submission
to the creator, not the creation. And
you want peace in life. That's right. So
you do Islam. That's the way of Jesus,
Moses, Abraham, and all the messengers
of God. They believed in one God. They
worshiped one God. They didn't worship
the creation. They worshiped the
creator. And they fasted. That's right.
They prayed like Muslims pray because a
Muslim is one who submits to the will of
God. Not to the creation, but to the
creator. Not a stick, not a stone, not a
man, not a woman, nothing but the one
who created you. That's right. And the
creator called us to fast. So, we're
talking about Ramadan. It's that time of
the year.
So be before we went to break if you
could finish off telling us now how does
someone uh start the day before to break
it down and then how do when do they
break the
fast? Yes. Alhamdulillah. Now it is very
important for everybody who want to
start fasting to follow the sunnah of
the prophet sallall alaihi wasallam. The
way of our beloved messenger of Allah
Alamin who was sent as the last
messenger to humanity not only to a
particular tribe or a particular nation.
Now the prophet remind his ummah whoever
have the intention to fast make sure
that they don't miss their sahur. What
is sahur? Sahur is the pre-dawn meal.
That mean you should have some food
before you start to fast. And the
prophet even said that bara at that
point of time the pre-dawn meal there's
a lot of blessing. This make us
different from the other people of the
book. They do fast but they don't wake
up for their sahur. Now sahur is one of
the thing that the prophet want us to do
before you start fasting. Now while you
are fasting of God if you if you wake up
for sahur inshallah you will never miss
your morning
prayer. So sahur is not 12 midnight. The
best time for sahur is around 20 minutes
before the beginning of fast before aan
alajar. 20 minutes that will be the best
time for sul not earlier than that.
Yeah. And then you start to perform your
prayer fajar prayer the morning prayer.
Then if you feel very tired you can take
a break because we know fasting month
there are more activities at night than
in the daytime. So the daytime you may
take a break a while and then you have
to start your new life again. Yeah. If
you are working you have to carry on
with your normal work. You must remember
fasting month is a proactive month. It's
not a month to make us lazy. Sometime a
lot of Muslim give excuses you know I'm
fasting so don't push me anymore don't
call me to carry a heavy thing you know
I'm not going to work outside the office
I want to be in the
airon fasting is not like that fasting
is there to boost your spirit to be more
productive so lunch time you used to
take a break you know for your lunch now
lunch time you are doing work now you
are doing extra to serve the community
to serve the people so it's a proactive
month and also make sure that the ending
the ending of fasting that mean before
uh before um the the breaking of fast or
they call it make sure that we break our
fast following the sunnah of the prophet
we are not supposed to be so greedy now
that we have not been eating 14 15 hour
now I'm going to eat everything in one
time no no you Take time. The prophet
say if the prophet never said
dinner is after your margarit prayer. A
lot of people who have been fasting in
the daytime 14 15 hour they have been
controlling themsel. The last 15 10
minute they lost control. They want all
the food. Now the whole table is full of
food. It's like now now it's time man
payback time. I have to eat everything.
one shot. No, that is not the way. The
best of breaking fast is just take some
dates, three pieces of date or if you
don't have date, you can take some
fruits, papaya, banana, something light,
something that is soft and something
that easy for your stomach because you
have not been working. The sama has not
been active for 14 or even indicate
maybe 17 18 hours and suddenly you put
all the heavy stuff. You jam up your
body. You jam up the system. Be kind to
your body. Take some things off and take
some drink. That's all. Some dates or
papaya or some fruits and then take some
drink and then you're ready for your
margarita. And also I would like to
advise a lot of people who are fasting
please have your evolution first before
you break your fast because we have to
pray
margaret. If you try to delay then
you're going to delay Margaret. If you
eat too much you have stomach problem
you go to toilet you're going to delay
the margaret prayer. So you will enjoy
your dinner better after the margaret
prayer. So remember the ifar is not to
have dinner. Dinner in Islam is called
asha. Ifar is not asha. Ifar is the
breaking of fast. And also be kind. Be
kind to help other or offer other people
something for them to break their fast
too. Because by doing that you get the
full reward from them. And also I'd like
to add something here. Our prophet
sallall alaihi wasallam did say in one
of the hadith where Allah mentioned in
his in his
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saying all the deeds committed by my
servant is for him except fasting. For
fasting I am going to reward him without
any limit. Where other deeds Allah will
reward you. Every one good deed to
10 until 700 times. Every good deed that
we engage in Allah will reward you from
1 to 10 to maximum of 700. But fasting
Allah said I will reward you without any
limit. Mashallah. And in the fasting
month, whoever passed away in the
fasting month is a sign of good ending
because whoever die fasting for the sake
of Allah, Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala is
sure to forgive all his past.
And Allah will allow him to enter the
gate of paradise known
as this gate is specially only for the
people who fast who die while fasting
Allahbar is a very beautiful and good
sign that is a good ending and then
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said now for
those who are fasting there are two
happiness
Number one, they feel great when they
break the fast. Number one. Number two,
they feel great when they meet
Allah. So this is part of the
significant for people who really fast
for the right reason. And that's why the
prophet
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said, "Whoever fast with the right
intention, right faith for the sake of
Allah and follow all the do and don'ts,
Allah will forgive all his passing. He
will be like a reborn again." There's a
beauty. There's a beauty that the
believer will feel and experience and
people who have the right im and they
fast for the right reason inshallah
inshallah the sweetness of iman will
come into our heart and you are sure
inshallah to benefit not only yourself
but your family and also your community.
That is how
Islam want us to be. Not just be good to
yourself but also be good to your family
and be good to your neighbor and your
community. So this very important for
all of us as Muslim wherever you are
brothers and sister number one have the
right intention.
Don't forget to follow the sunnah of the
prophetam without following the way of
the prophet you want to do in your way
we are worried at the end of the day you
will not get the benefit of fasting so
may Allah guide us brother and sister
and you can keep on asking scholars for
further guidance if you're not sure
those who are close to you and they will
help you to make sure that the fasting
month this coming fasting month will be
your best fasting man in your lifetime.
Shake, thank you so much. We're out of
time. Thank you so much. May you have a
blessed Ramadan. May Allah accept your
Ramadan and bless you and every everyone
down there in Malaysia. Thank you so
much for being with us.
Brothers, my good to all the brothers
and sisters where they are. And whoever
is following the den show, may Allah
benefit all of you. May Allah make you a
better person after following the den
show. Inshallah. But daddy,
alhamdulillah, you look good.
Alhamdulillah. Thank you so much. Be
good always in. Alhamdulillah. Thank you
so much.
And that was Shake Husseini all the way
from Malaysia. Shake. Thank you so much
for being with us here on the Dean Show.
So just to recap, Ramadan is one of the
five pillars of Islam. The first pillar
is to testify that there's no one or
nothing worthy of worship except your
maker. The one who made you, the one who
you're going to return back to, the one
who created Jesus, Moses, the universe,
the seven seas, the bees, the one who's
running this universe, the one God.
That's the one that you worship. And you
accept Muhammad peace be upon him who a
brother to Jesus, Moses, Abraham. You
accept him as the last and final
messenger. And automatic you include all
his brothers, the ones that I prophets I
just mentioned, Jesus being one of them.
And then you establish the prayer five
times a day. And one of the other
pillars is the Ramadan which we're in
now. So a great way to achieve God
consciousness to help you in your moral
and your character development is the
fasting. And also nowadays we're seeing
science is showing that there are
tremendous benefits for your body. Not
just your soul but your mental state,
your physical state, your internal state
through fasting. Look it up. And this is
a wisdom that comes from the creator.
The one who created us. He knows best.
He knows what we need. So, he's ordained
this. So, make sure that you're
benefiting tremendously from this month,
Ramadan, so we can get a jump start for
the rest of the year. And remember, at
the end of the day, we're either living
God's way or we're following our
desires. And then when we die, what do
we have? Just your deeds. As this
picture you can see right here, we're
going to be six feet under the ground.
And if we lived our life just following
our lust and desires and these signs
have come to us, but we've just been
racing through life and we've ignored
the signs and then you've been like a
person who's racked up a big bill.
You've gotten into the fruit market, the
supermarket, and you've just taken
everything you wanted. Then you try to
walk out with all these goodies.
Someone's going to stop you and say,
"Hey, you got to pay up." That's the
same thing when we die. We've enjoyed
all the benefits of life. All of the
things that the creator has given us,
our eyes that we see with the heart that
we love
with and our health and everything else
that God has given us, all the food and
all of the things from the earth that
he's given for us that are subservient
to us. And then we don't give back. You
think that that's it. We're just going
to die and everything. We're just going
to fall asleep and then we're not going
to be accountable. The same way you
wouldn't be able to walk out of that
store or walk too far with so without
somebody grabbing you and bringing you
back to pay that bill or else you go to
jail. When we die, we're going to be
accountable. And now is the time to get
it right before death comes and
overtakes us. Then it's too late. So God
almighty is the most merciful, most
loving. Turn to him sincerely and ask
him for forgiveness, for guidance, and
he will facilitate a way. Start right
now. And if you've already made this
decision that Islam is the way of life
from the creator caused you to nothing
but goodness. Now live it and live it
more during this month of Ramadan and
continue to live it all throughout your
life so you can be the best human being
possible and then you can achieve
paradise at the end and avoid the
hellfire. Tune in every week here to the
Dean Show. We'll see you next time, God
willing. Until then, peace be with