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Alhamdulillah. Assalamu alaykum. That's
the greeting of peace. Peace be unto
you. Today we have our special friend
shake sed raa who is here with us on the
dean show and we're going to be talking
about good manners, good etiquets
because you know what? It's easy to be a
thug. You want to be a gangster. You
want to be a thug. You want to curse.
You want to act out of line, that's
easy. But how do you get in line? It
takes some discipline. That takes a
little bit of work. So, we're going to
get some advice from the sheh when we
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Peace be unto you.
You're still playing ball.
Absolutely.
Have you ever gotten dunked on? Now, be
real. You got in Islam, you got to tell
the truth. Has anyone ever coming over
and just dunked on you?
Well, probably have once or twice.
Once or twice.
So, this is this is
I'm willing to take the charge, you
know. I'm willing to go there.
Okay. This is this is not You're not an
NBA superstar.
But you are someone who is really
influential amongst the youth. You play
ball. You keep it real, the real deal.
But you're not a thug nor a gangster.
You're a Muslim, one who has submitted
to the will of the one God.
Why is it easy to be a thug, but it's
harder to be disciplined and be
righteous? Talk to a
well, it's all misunderstanding. I mean
these young people, they listen to these
music, they watch these movies. So they
think, you know, to be cool,
you got to be a thug. You got to be out
of line. You got to be using certain
language. You got to walk a certain way.
But what they don't understand is
walking on the wild side.
Wild side.
Exactly. It's not like this. Now when
you pray in public, now you're walking
on the wild side.
When you pray in public,
that the way of all the prophets.
Absolutely. When you stop shooting the
ball and you say, "Hey, time for salah."
Now you are walking on the wild side.
And you know what's so funny? Because we
did this you know you you almost you
know winning or losing the game and it's
just a friendly game and everybody's
tense everybody want excited they want
to win or they want you know and then
you say no time for how many what are
you doing and say Allahbar and they stop
dribbling the ball out of respect.
Now, when they see you doing this, they
say, "No, I'm taking my hat off for you.
You know, you're a man of principles.
You don't have to curse. You don't have
to lie. You don't have to, you know, use
certain words to impress them. Just
being a Muslim, behaving like the
prophets, doing what is necessary." That
would impress these guys. Telling you.
So, why do you think many people they
resort to the easy way? Because this
way, does it take some influence? Cuz
when you get angry, it's easy to let
some foul, dirty language out of your
mouth. But is this acceptable in Islam?
Is it acceptable for the same tongue
that you use to praise the creator can
foul language come out of this mouth?
Any weak person can do this. Any an
intelligent individual can say these
things. You can let his anger go, her
anger go, you know. But only elite only
the elite only small number of people
can suppress that anger you know and and
the behavior in a certain behav in a
certain certain manner and then deal
with the people like that. So I don't
think it's necessary for you to use
language or to be like that but just be
yourself. Now taking role models as
those who are always using profanity. 50
Cents, Tupac, Britney Spears, all these
other pop stars. You got their pictures
up in the room and they're probably
using the worst of language, acting the
worst away. So isn't it natural if
you're taking these as role models, then
you're going to probably emulate them
and you're going to start to succumb to
what they fell and they're doing.
And that's fine. I mean, if these people
are hitting, if they booking the tickets
to Johannam, that's fine. I mean, but if
they want to go to Jenna and be with the
righteous, be with Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala, be with the prophets, this is
not the way to go. This is absolutely
the wrong direction. They should not be
taking these individuals as role models.
They should look into what
they should look into what Abdullahbn
did when Jah came and he grabbed him by
the ear and he picked him by the ear and
Abdahbas landed with his on his feet
with one ear only you know how did he
respond what did he do this is the
people we should take them as a role
model not like these people now tell us
you mentioned Jenna is this something
that's the you know people get hooked up
on Hollywood Bollywood ollywood and they
start to fantasize
and now their heart and their mind and
their body is yearning towards this. But
you said Jenna. Talk to us a little bit
about Jenna. Get people excited for
Jenna. H Jenna is see what Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala said through the
messenger of Allah.
Three things. See the first thing is
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala called
you his slave his servant and that
itself is a title that you should be
proud of not being proud of you being
belonging to this group or that group
but simply by saying I am one of the
servants of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
and that's why the poet he said
he said what made me so proud so happy
that you oh Allah subhana wa ta'ala call
me my slave. You call me that I am your
slave. So the messenger of Allah said
Allah said I have prepared for my
servant
which no eyes have ever seen
and no one ever heard of. And now all
the description of Jenna that we have in
the Quran in the sunnah in comparison on
the reality of Jenna is nothing. You
cannot even imagine your mind cannot
comprehend the beauty and what we have
in Jenna. And then Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala said and this is for the
righteous. Now in Jenna is everything
that we dream of, everything that we
like, everything that we want. And I
think we should aim for that rather than
aiming for this worldly little things
that will vanish tomorrow.
It's going to be gone, right?
Absolutely.
We're going to leave it all behind. No
matter how much wealth you accumulate,
it's gone at the end.
What matters what goes down to your
grave with you. What's going to follow
down there?
Your your action.
Your actions. Your deeds.
Good deeds.
Absolutely.
And you mentioned now for the not yet
Muslims, those who are out there,
they're sincere. They want to know the
truth. And we say some Arabic words. So
for them, we like to define because
there's a lot of misconceptions. You
said Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. What
does this mean? Allah, you know, the one
who deserves all the praises and
thankfulness. So when we say
alhamdulillah, we say all praise is due
to Allah subhana wa ta'ala. So this is
the words that we use because we respect
Allah subhanana wa ta'ala. We we hold
him in high esteem. So every time we
mention his name, we say alhamdulillah
or subhan Allah. So all praise is due to
Allah. We glorify him.
So this is not a moon god, something in
the creation. This is the one true
creator.
No. No. Or little house in the middle of
the desert. None of that.
No. So this is the one true creator.
One true creator that we all worship. We
don't worship anyone else. But
is this the same God Jesus peace be upon
him pray to? Absolutely. Let's take a
break. You heard that here on the Dean
Show. We'll be right back. You have to
pray as if everything depends on Allah
and it does. But you must work as if
everything depends on you and it
doesn't. That's my point. You see what
I'm saying? 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 are we waiting for? All
these people to come to Islam. What are
we waiting for? What are we waiting for
right now? When they going to come?
They're going to come. The Allah going
to bring these people. All upon put in
our hand the ability to do it. Now do
your job.
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We're here with Shake S and we're
talking about good manners. It's easy to
be a thug. It's easy to be a gangster.
All you got to do is throw on some of
the movies that they out here and you
know what? You get influence. You throw
on Tony Soprano, Scarface, Good Fellas,
and now you're talking different, you're
acting different, and you're being a
clown. But that only leads away from
Jenna, doesn't it?
Absolutely.
It'd be only fair because the Quran, the
verbatim word of God, it calls the
people to worship the creator, not his
creation. Over and over, it talks about
the good and glad tidings of paradise.
But if a person is insistent,
rebellious, criminal, what is the
antithesis, the opposite of what's
waiting for that person?
You know, I really don't want to go
there. It's scary.
You know, it's very scary and very
difficult place to go. Very um
I I I can't even imagine myself being
there.
Wow.
May Allah subhana wa ta'ala may Allah
prevent and may Allah protect us from
going there.
Amen.
But there's no comfort there.
No comfort. There's no happiness. It's
only tears and screams and cries. And I
don't want to be part of that party.
I don't. And you know what's so unique?
Allah stated in the Quran on the day of
judgment that this unique speaker will
come and will address the crowd and this
is shan and he would take the podium and
he will say to the people
indeed Allah promised you the true
promise and I promise you the false
promise but you disobey your creator and
you obeyed me today do not blame me
blame yourselves
the devil this is the chief deceiver
he's going to be saying
and that is the final
speech nobody's going to speak after
that and this is a place this is a one
lecture I don't want to listen to
I don't
this is one place I don't don't want to
be and this is one gathering that I
don't want to be part of I mean
naturally if you compare Islam which is
simply the call to acquire peace by
submitting your entire will yourself to
the owner of peace the creator of the
heavens and earth and a Muslim is one
who does the action so now if you look
at what shaitan the devil is calling you
to pornography swearing cursing
gambling, alcohol, drugs, and all these
things that they don't bring peace and
contentment, serenity to the heart, do
they? No, they don't. And what is so
unique is when as soon as you're done
with one thing, you another thing, you
know, and this is what the messenger of
Allah said. He said Jenna,
you know, he Allah created Jenna and
Jannam, hell and and and heavens. And
then he said to Jubilee, go and take a
look at them. And then he went to heaven
and he says, "Oh Allah, no one would
ever hear of this except that he or she
wants to be part of it, wants to enter
paradise." And then Allah said, "Go
back." I added something to it. And then
he went and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
put all the difficulties and hardship
and you know little struggle there
around heaven. And then Jil came back.
He said only the chosen ones would make
it. Because when you go through
difficulties and you say only today let
me pass this let me pass this test and
then you take one more step forward and
then you keep taking steps forward until
you fall into Jenna on the counter in
hellfire Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala or
the put a lot of desires around it
pornography girls you know movies you
know drinking and all this and he said
just let me enjoy one more time let me
just smoke this one more time let me
just have fun with her one more time. So
one step towards jannam and before you
know it you're part of it. So that's why
it's very scary. And this things that
they do, you will never see of these
guys saying that, you know, I'm enjoying
myself. I'm enjoying this. I don't want
to get out of it. And that's why all
these new Muslims, all these people who
accept Islam, you know, Napoleon, you
know, all these guys, they could have
stayed there. You know, Lu could have
stayed there. You know, this is what
everyone wants to go. This is the
direction that, you know, everybody or
every young man thinks this is the
ultimate happiness. But they're running
away from it. David Chappelle, he's
running away from it because they know
there is no peace there. There is no
happiness. And when you sit with these
people who experience and live that
lifestyle, they will tell you, "Listen,
we know what is all about. Don't go
there. Don't go. We just came back from
there." And they found peace and
happiness in Islam, not in, you know,
drugs and drinking and girls and party
and music. None of that. And every time
and any time you grab one of these
people who in that business and you ask
him are you happy they will tell you I'm
miserable.
People seem to get confused like good
time fun from happiness. It's different.
Pleasure is temporary and then it has
side effects doesn't it?
Absolutely.
So so happiness is what we really want.
Contentment
that's what we want. And this is what
you can get in Islam.
Peace of mind happiness you know you
come home you know. Subhan Allah. Some
people say brother say you don't you
lose sleep over all these things that's
happening media you know people
non-Muslim or you know those are trying
to you know harm Muslims you know and I
said you know no I don't worry about
those things because my heart is with
Allah subhana wa ta'ala and as long this
is what I have I don't care you know the
other night this is a funny thing my
wife said you know you sleep before
before your head hits the pillow I said
no I phone. She says, "You have no
worries. You you living this life of
this." I said, "You know, now I don't
sleep that quick." And she said, "I'll
time you." You know how how long it took
me? 2 minute and 58 seconds.
She timed you, huh?
She timed. Now, I said in the morning,
she said, "Look what you did to I said,
you know, there are a lot of people out
there would buy this with millions of
dollars. A lot of people cannot sleep at
night. A lot of people take you know
take medication you know pills just to
and alhamdulillah why because I said to
myself Allah is the one who controls
heart and is my heart's with Allah
nothing matters if the house is on fire
on the other side I'll still sleep
because Allah Allah gave me the
insurance Allah gave me the insurance
that I will be protected I don't have to
worry about anything
so the youth now those who have went
astray and they're around the bad
company and they're living and emulating
this life of gangsters and thugs, but
now somehow a parent, a friend, they
invited him now to watch the Dean Show
and they're listening and you know the
heart, the inside it's yearning for
something and but they they're caught in
this group. It's not cool to be a good
person, but you get praised for being
obnoxious, for swearing. How do we get
them practical tips to get them away
from evil and more towards
righteousness? Number one,
listen to your heart and examine your
heart. Are you happy? Is there a peace
in your heart? Are you feel wow, you
know, I'm so comfortable in this life.
I'm so happy. The answer is no. And we
all we both know that. Second, don't be
fooled of what you see because tomorrow
they will walk away from you. Come back
to Allah and Allah will be on your side
until you die. And even in your grave,
Allah would be on your side. Subhanaa.
Third, you know, as long you're in this
circle, you will never improve. You will
never change and you will never be be
better person. So what I encourage you
to do is break out of this circle or
this cycle and move forward and be with
Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Now did all the
messengers of God including Noah,
Abraham, Jesus peace be upon him and the
last and final messenger prophesies be
upon him did they we talked about the
day of judgment paradise hellfire
worshiping the one God not his crazy did
they all called to this way what we're
calling to and this righteousness
developing yourself to be the best human
being that you can be
this is the message that Adam came with
then Noah Abraham you know Moses Jesus
Muhammad all of them one message and
that is to worship
One unique God.
One God.
One God. No one else. No father, no son,
no daughter, no wife, no mother, no in
the statues, no camels, no cows, none of
that. One unique God. Do I have to put
something in front of me and go through
this statue or go through let's say a
dead person in the ground or pray
through in the name of Jesus, in the
name of Muhammad, do I have to do any of
this?
Absolutely. And what's so beautiful
about this is you can go and talk to
your Lord directly. You don't need a
third party. You don't need someone to
inter intercede for you. It's you and
your Lord. No one else. And this is the
beauty of Islam. That person who's
watching now, everything makes sense.
But he's right now, I'm telling you,
late night, they catching a dean show.
This person right now, he's smoking a
joint. This is the real world. He's
smoking a joint, but he's like
I need to change. Can he right now? Is
there hope for him? If he leaves it,
could he beseech God? And could he turn
to God and ask God what's the first step
that he needs to do? Allah is so
merciful and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
it will welcome you any moment that you
come back to any moment. Regardless of
what you did, if you killed someone, if
you stole, if you lied, if you used
drugs, if you committed all, Allah will
forgive and forget all that. As a matter
of fact, every bad thing that you did,
Allah will transfer that evil into good
deed. And when you come to Islam or when
you repent, everything that you did will
be transferred into your good account.
And you have to work with, you have good
deeds to work with. So I would say get
up, you know, start new fresh life and
move forward to Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Great advice. We'll be right back for
more here on the Dean Show.
There will 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 also.
Just hold on to the rope of Allah.
Everything in this universe rely on
Allah.
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.
Said that the prophet sallallam never
ever start a war against anybody from
hunger.
I am not afraid to stand alone.
I am not afraid to stand alone. If Allah
is my
afraid to stand alone,
I am not afraid to stand alone. If Allah
is my
I am not afraid to stand alone.
I am not afraid to stand alone. If Allah
is my
I am not afraid to stand alone.
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Back here on the Dean show and we're
trying to encourage and invite to
goodness and repel the evil. and tell us
now some people for the not yet Muslims
they feel that Islam is something that
encourages violence that encourages
terrorism
that Islam is radical. What do you got
to say about this?
I feel sorry for those people who were
misinformed about Islam.
If they really read Islam about Islam,
they will find that none of these is
true. As a matter of fact, the messenger
of Allah had neighbors who were not
Muslim. Messenger of Allah used to
accept the invitation of non-Muslim.
Never in his life that he said, "I don't
want to come to you because you're not
Muslim. I don't want to deal with you
because you're not Muslim yet. I don't
want to come to your house because he's
not for my faith." As a matter of fact,
he used to entertain every in invitation
that was ever given to him from a
non-Muslim. Not only that, he used to
take care of them. If they if they sick,
he will go and visit them. If they in
need, he will take care of their need
and so on. So these people who writing
about Islam, sometimes I ask myself,
what religion are they talking about?
Because this is not my religion.
whatever they talking about is not in
Islam. So my my advice to the to anyone
who's watching here is listen you're
very intelligent person use your own
mind go out there read the Quran read
the teaching of the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam read what Islam is all
about and do not follow what these
people try to say about Islam who do not
know anything about Islam. So, it's
clear. We've done shows on this in the
past, but we just want people to relax a
little bit. A Muslim might have got his
non-Muslim friend, and now they heard
Islam, a Muslim, they think, "Whoa,
whoa, something's going on here. There
might be something blowing up. They
might have bombs in the masid." Your
mosque, that you're the imam. Do you
invite Do you encourage people to come
and to visit you there, no matter what
faith, to come and dialogue, to talk
with you, to see what's going on?
Absolutely.
I invite everyone. I invite them to my
mosque. I invite them to this
conference. I invite them to my house,
my neighbors, and say, "Listen, what do
you think about me? What do you think
about us? You want to see how we pray?
Do you want to see what we do in the
mosque? This is all yours. It's open
doors and it's open policy. If you see
something, please, you know, then tell
us." So, every time they come and visit
us, they say, "Well, you know, I'm
shocked. This is not the Islam that I
heard about. this is not what these
group said about uh this is not the
Islam they talking about this is
completely different thing so most of
the time they go out and they accept
Islam or they go out out of the masid
with a positive image so I'm asking the
non-Muslim take that opportunity go to a
mosque go to Islamic event go to Muslims
and you know examine the situation you
ask the question you talk to them and
then you will see completely different
image of Islam In the last few moments
that we have, back to the youth now.
What closing comments and advice do you
have for those youth that are struggling
with all the different trials that are
out there, but they want to not succumb
to that. They want to come to the right
way, but they just need a little extra
push. There's only one way, only one
way, and that is Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala. Nothing will save you with this
miserable life that you're living.
Nothing will save you with this, you
know, difficult thing time that you're
going through. No one can save you but
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So return and
turn to Allah subhanana wa ta'ala and
don't worry about anything else and
Allah is there for you. Thank you. May
God Almighty, the creator of the heavens
and the earth. Allah reward you again
for being with us
and thank you for tuning in again to
another episode of the Dean Show where
we're trying to invite to everything
that's good and you got the advice from
the im from the shake that turn to who?
Turn to the one creator. The same God
that Jesus peace be upon him turned to.
The same God that Moses, Abraham, and
the last and final messenger sent to
mankind. Turn to beseech his help. He
created this whole universe and
everything in it. And what can he do? If
he did all that, definitely he can help
you. It's that simple. It's that easy.
But you got to want it. You got to want
to change. You got to want his help.
Beseech him. He will definitely help
you. and come back here every week to
the Dean Show. We'll see you next time.
Until then, peace be unto you.
Asalamaikum.