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Simmons. He performed or was working
with the likes of Kesha Cole, Bruno
Mars, and he's here to tell us because
he was getting paid back then to make
you dance. He was the one that you were
hearing in the nightclubs and he was
doing things opposite to what he's doing
today. He didn't have peace back then.
He's charging the heart with what he's
going to be talking about today in this
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How you been?
Alhamdulillah, man. Been good, man.
How's it? I introduced you. Former Def
Jam artist. For people that don't know,
tell us about what is this Def Jam. Def
Jam is a um is a very very well-known uh
record label. Especially was very well
known for its uh hip-hop artists back in
the day such as Run Run DMC, LL CoolJ.
Uh these are some of the artists that
were on there back in the day. So, a lot
of people know it for that.
Now, we've had you on the show um before
and we talked about people go back to
the deanshow.com to watch this program
that we did. And you were getting paid,
I mean, to uh be their entertainment in
the nightclub. You were singing in
nightclubs, correct?
Yes.
Yeah. But now you're I mean before we
cut out on the last show we did with
you, you were actually you weren't
singing and and we're not talking about
the sing, you know, the music of the the
natural sounds, the birds and the bees
and nature and whatnot and the human
voice. We're talking about, you know,
these things that are calling the human
being to corruption. Right. Right.
Right. Absolutely.
And but you left off reciting the Quran.
Yeah.
So now, uh you're also doing a a Quran
project. So you went from now getting
paid to make people dance.
Exactly.
And how was the heart back then,
Eddie? The heart, you know, you you the
heart itself is searching for the truth
sometimes without the individual
realizing it. But what happens is that
we become so busy and I was just having
this convers conversation with another
brother um about how Shayan makes us so
busy in our lives you know whether it be
with music once again movies you're
watching you know people that are glued
to the TV literally becoming a zombie we
become so busy in our lifestyle that we
don't realize the heart is literally
screaming out it's screaming for
guidance um so the difference between my
heart then and now. It's no comparison.
I'm telling you like anyone that knew me
before and knows me now, they see a big
difference, you know, and it's this is
not to brag about myself or anything,
but this is this this is the calmness
and the peace that I have with Allah
subhana wa ta'ala today is it's it's a
big difference. And I can I can't say
enough to be grateful, you know.
I can't say enough to thank Allah,
honestly, man. And I mean, I think about
it every day how Allah literally took me
away from that environment I was around.
Literally, if I wanted to right now, you
know, I I'm someone that can go right
back to what I was doing again and and
literally with all this technology today
and make millions of dollars without a
record label, you know, it's it's I'm
just talking about how it's so much
easier to do those things. But I know in
my heart th those things are temporary
enjoyments and they're going to do
nothing but destroy me. It's as simple
as that. To simplify, it's going to
absolutely destroy me. And that's what I
was on. A path of destruction without a
doubt. Without a doubt.
And that's the difference when we say
guidance. Now you don't because many
people they conrue you see a lot of
weird things associated with man-made
religions. Absolutely.
And we know that Islam submission to the
creator not the creation is divinely
sent. Absolutely.
And it makes sense. It's a logical way
of life. It just fits with what you have
inside that triggers now that knows that
this is the truth. And you wouldn't sell
I mean uh this way of life now that
brings out peace, contentment and
happiness. You're experiencing it now
which you weren't obviously before is
temporary delights and enjoyment. So now
what we talk about uh this guidance I'm
going to ask you this question now
because people think okay now I got the
ghost in me the spirit and the people
dancing jumping doing all sorts of weird
things and people get turned off.
intellectual people get turned up. But
guidance is now you can see straight.
You see things for what they they are.
The counterfeit uh gold, the counterfeit
dollar, you see it is counterfeit. This
counterfeit lifestyle is fake.
Absolutely.
Now you're on the real way.
Absolutely.
Talk about this.
How people many people they don't see
that.
Alhamdulillah.
Many people don't see that. And this is
people don't understand this is one of
the importance of seeking knowledge.
The importance of seeking knowledge is
so that you worship your creator upon
clarity. Like you said that gives you
that clarity. You're able to see the the
false from that which is real. You
understand? And that that brings us to a
point. When I was about 17, someone told
me I had a cross I had a cross on my
neck when I was about 17. And one of my
friends told me, "You have a you have a
catheter cross in your neck." And I
said, I said, 'What do you mean? I said,
'What's the difference? I didn't have
knowledge. So that light bulb, I had
that light bulb effect that people talk
about. And so I started to read the
Bible. Started to ponder on the Bible
myself, which we we mentioned that most
people don't do. Why? Because of that
that hypnosis
effect that they have, the hypnotic
effect that they're under by because you
you're jumping, dancing, hopping around.
And so when when a person goes to read
the Bible,
you fall asleep because now you're in
search of knowledge. So finding that
knowledge, searching for that knowledge
myself
first I see that what Jesus worships the
creator. Moses worshiped the creator.
Moses and Aaron falling on their face
and worshiping the creator. Jesus peace
be upon him saying the one that sent me
is greater than I. The one that sent me
is greater than all. I said hold on. I
want to worship who they're worshiping.
So this gives once again knowledge
equals clarity as you mentioned as
simple as that.
Uh now this is uh my next question not
to disparage on any religion or anybody
but we know the the message was clear
what all these messengers came with but
you mentioned the cross and we know that
Jesus peace be upon him. Uh he had
nothing to do with calling people to
worship him. He called people to worship
the creator because he was sent by the
creator. But now you see a lot of uh uh
these uh celebrities and a lot of these
uh musicians, they're doing everything
opposite to what he call he called
people to chastity, to morality, and
away from this immorality. But you've
got this big cross on your on your
chest. Many of these musicians and
they're just inviting people to all
sorts of scandalous evil things. What
are your comments on this?
My comments on that is that once again,
misguidance, Eddie. Um just like myself,
I was somebody that had a cross on my
neck. used to walk around with these
things, but it was more like you felt
like it's some type of uh good luck
symbol kind of thing.
More superstition.
It's more superstition. Like as as you
can see and myself as well as many
others, they don't know what that stands
for. They don't have the knowledge that
comes along with it. Okay, what what is
the belief system that comes along with
that? We didn't know. Majority I would
say the majority of our Christian
brothers and sisters, they don't they
just don't know. They don't have
knowledge of what their parents are
following. And that was me. I was in
those shoes. I didn't have knowledge of
of of of of the Bible. I didn't have
knowledge of of of Jesus peace be upon
him itself or our belief system.
So once you have these uh this is just
misguidance once again. They're wearing
it. I believe there weren't many of them
are wearing it for the same reasons I
was.
Yeah. We're going to be right back.
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Back here on the Dean Show. So from
working with Kesha Cole.
Yeah, I've worked with her.
Uh Bruno Mars, had you get a chance to
talk about now that you changed your
life? There's usually amongst musicians
who just fill their heart with music
constantly. uh drugs, alcohol, and you
see a lot of them committing at when
they rise to the top, they see there's
no peace there. Really, the heart is
yearning for something else and they
commit suicide, uh anti-depressants,
drugs, alcoholism
and and and this is uh actually there's
a statistic that it's it's much higher
uh suicide rate is much higher amongst
uh famous writers and and artists. This
is a known statistic. Um tell us now did
you get a chance to relay some of this
information to them?
Yes I've have spoken with um a few
friends of mine within the music
industry and some of them know Islam is
the truth. You know I haven't personally
got the chance to see I haven't seen
Bruno in a long time. Uh it's been a few
years since I've seen him. Kesha I
haven't seen her in years also because I
kind of like drifted off of the scene.
But now since I've been back here in the
US, there's people that I want to reach
out to again and really uh talk to them
because I know that many people are
starving for the knowledge. So a lot of
them, yes, I've had the opportunity to
give them da um and invite them to Islam
and I believe many of them know Islam is
the truth. In fact, one of my friends
who was uh he was the ANR with Warner
Brothers at the time or Mottown um you
know he know Islam is the truth but that
lifestyle becomes a fitness for them
becomes a trial where they they see that
okay if I embrace Islam what's what's
next kind of thing you understand so and
there's a lot of singer musicians out
there who are Muslim but uh it's very
difficult for them to get away from that
lifestyle also and it's very difficult
for them to come out publicly publicly
and say who they are, you know, so
they're dealing with that as well.
What advice uh you know, when you see a
lot of the the youth out there and you
know, some are practicing, not so
practicing, some have a problem
committing so much, but then when you
diagnose their life, you'll see that
they are addicted to music. Is this a
hindrance from you being more of a
complete worshipper to the creator?
Being addicted to music? Yeah. Is it a
hindrance? Absolutely, without a doubt.
Because um as I mentioned before the
statement of Josiah,
he mentioned that the Quran and music
can't it can't be in the same heart at
the same time. You can't love music and
love the Quran at the same time. They're
they're going to be at war with one
another. So, you know, it's it's
definitely a hindrance. You know, you
may not a person may not feel the same
when they're reciting in the salah. It's
a big difference. You know, it it may it
may make you hate listening to lectures
and things like that. A person that's
addicted to music, you know, when that
person's dying, they may be singing a
song instead of reciting the Kelly. It's
very dangerous. Very dangerous. So, why
take a chance? Why take a chance on
something? And it's something where, you
know, we know I know that is definitely
a trial without without a doubt. is more
addictive than probably drinking alcohol
or is more addictive than than uh than
than trying to get away from smoking
cigarettes and things like it's it's
more addictive than that. I believe it.
So,
it's a stepbystep process. No one's
going to probably get rid of it all, you
know, you know, all at once, but take
the steps necessary. Show Allah that you
know that you at least taking the steps,
you know, you know, uh Allah is most
forgiving, most merciful. So and and and
most importantly I would say with that
is to ask Allah to assist us when we
have those addictions. Ask just ask
Allah. Ask your creator to assist you.
Ask Allah for guidance. Even if we're a
non-Muslim, for example, the best thing
we can do is ask the creator of the
heavens and earth. You don't if you even
if you don't believe that the creator
exists, say, "Oh God, guide me to that
way which you are pleased with. Guide me
to your way." Without a doubt, Allah is
going to guide you to Islam. The creator
is going to guide you to Islam. If that
person sincerely ask the creator of the
heavens and earth to guide them, he will
guide them.
So likewise, if a person sincerely ask
Allah to guide them away from music,
they will without a doubt Allah will
assist them. Allah will show them a
better way. And usually these kind of
songs that you were singing this um uh
uh the R&B usually men and just for our
sisters I mean Islam came to protect the
woman, elevate the woman but you know
through this music uh this is another
tool that men will use to undress a
woman.
Absolutely.
And to have his way with the woman,
isn't it?
Absolutely.
Softens her up. Tell us about this.
I mean this is something that is used to
soften, like you said, soften the woman
up. Um women are very vulnerable in the
society as we see that they're they're
used for for uh you know they're they're
degraded in the society already as we
see. So this is another way you know
from my point of view to degrade women
because once you're able to to um to to
to have them swaying and and and have
them think in a certain way, you know,
it's they're open for the attack.
They're open for the attack. And this
opens you up to on a deeper level to gym
possession and all kind of things when
we when we are becoming uh so uh aroused
with music. It opens people up and
that's a whole another topic in itself.
how people become under possession
without realizing it because they are in
a state of just such a state of arousal
or anger you know whatever it may this
this state of arousing
uh subhan Allah it just opens you up for
so many different things you know
we're going to uh take a break we got
more a lot more to ask you here in the
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Back here on the Dean Show, I heard you
mention this before about the gin
position. And I mean this is a known
fact that uh many of the superstars,
celebrities, you know, they play around
with the Ouija board. Uh they try
desperately to make some connection with
the unseen world because they
desperately want to win that Grammy. uh
they desperately want to achieve greater
heights. So they'll connect, they'll
talk to, they'll, you know, um, spirit
spooks and whatnot, the devils, the
gins. And Islam clear, this is one one
path that you took now exploring the
unseen world of the spirits that Islam
clearly defines their role
and this is very interesting very
interesting and kind of scary also
subject.
Yeah,
it people don't understand. Like I
mentioned, when you arouse yourself with
these things, you're opening yourself up
to a whole another world that people
don't understand. And as you mentioned,
the people the musicians playing with
the Ouija board, people don't know what
these people are doing behind the
scenes. There's a reason these these uh
these women and these people are
screaming in the crowd for them. They're
utilizing many people are utilizing the
assistance of the Jin to assist them in
their performances and everything.
People don't realize these things. This
is a whole another reality. Especially
many of the Muslims are very ignorant
towards this fact. They don't understand
that this is a whole another element.
It's just not something that's, you
know, friendly and things like this. No,
you are inviting these things into your
home on a deeper level. You know, you're
inviting these things to your home and
everything. So when you're talking about
the jin and these things like this, I'll
give you an example from a personal
experience, Eddie, I can tell you that
when I was a non-Muslim,
as I mentioned to you, I used to play
various instruments. I can tell you that
it literally felt like I was under
possession. I would do things that I was
not able to do. I would play things that
I was not able to play normally, that I
wasn't able to play twice. And people
musicians may say, "Oh, this is the
musician effect." Okay, the word genius
comes from the word jin.
So me and a brother in Egypt, I remember
we were having this conversation. He's a
brother that knew Jimmy Hendris. He knew
a lot of people. He's a old school
musician.
And he said me and him were playing
around talking about the word genius and
stuff like this. He said you know he
said when we say when we think about the
word genius we used to say we used to
think about that person has that jin he
got that jin reflect on this people like
Jimmyi Hendricks and he's he was not
able to play without being under a
substance being high without being high
so we know even from a scholarly point
of view what do the scholars mention
about people that get high and things
like this you make yourself open to what
the chin every musician that is on the
highest level. Think about it. Many of
them are doing drugs and alcohol to get
them to that level. You can't escape it.
You can you might as well if you don't
want to be involved with drugs and
alcohol or listening to someone that is
involved in those things, you might as
well take all all of your CDs and
everything and just throw it out because
this is what the people that you're
listening to, this is what they're
involved in. many of them getting high
alcohol and as you mentioned Islam
clearly clarifies and make clear makes
clear the position on those things. So,
and when we're talking about soul music,
what is people have people listened to
these terms? Soul music. This is
something coming from someone's soul.
So, what state is that person in when
they're relaying that relaying those
lyrics to you? Or when they were singing
that song, what state was the soul in?
Because you're going, you may start to
feel the way that person was feeling.
You understand? This is a serious thing.
This is a spiritual thing you're talking
about. That's why they know it. They
call it soul music. Yeah.
They say they throw terms out. This is
magic in the making. Okay. What magic
are you talking about?
Yeah. Uh tell us now, you know, the uh
the um uh young boys, young girls or
young adults even now they'll put on,
you know, some music and obviously the
parents now they'll hear the cut scene
and everything and they'll obviously be
turned off. They turned that off, but
now it's got a new uh flavor. So they'll
throw on something that just seems
innocent. Parents won't catch on. tell
us the effects here because you got like
groups like One Direction, Just Justin
just Justin Justin just Justin just Justin Justin just Justin Bieber they
don't curse much
right right
but it's kind of the same message here
they're straight hardcore get that duty
get that duty beep beep beep beep beep
so now it's clear but over here it's
kind of those sweet words and no cursing
but at the end of the day it's talking
about committing fornication you know uh
losing the woman's uh chastity tell us
uh about this uh cover up here with the
uh
Right Right. Right. It's interesting
because these songs may be cleaner, but
still once again it goes right back to
the root. It's still calling to the
disobedience of Allah. Like you, as you
mentioned, not being chased like in this
society, um, uh, being a virgin is
frowned upon. Why? It's because of what
the people are listening to, what
they're being conditioned with. They are
being dumbed down. So, I mean, they're
turning into zombies. Um, so when you
have these type of songs, they're still
calling the youth to the disobedience of
Allah where they're where the where the
children the youth are starting to be
very disrespectful to the parents and
the parents don't understand why. Have
you have you examined what what they're
allowed to listen to? What do you allow
them to listen to? So, and I'll just
just a quick question
and everyone has a question this if you
listen to music. If a person listens to
music, ask them how many verses of the
Quran have they memorized. Is the Quran
difficult for them to memorize? If so,
then you know why. Then you know why. I
met people in Egypt, brother Eddie. And
there was a brother listening to music.
He was addicted to it. I saw he was
addicted to it. And I asked him how many
verses of the Quran had he memorized?
How many suras he had memorized? Keep in
mind that you have many people that have
memorized the Quran in Egypt. this
brother had memorized four sorts his
whole life.
And he told me, I said, I said, "Have
you been listening to music since you
were a child?" He said, "Yes, I've been
listening doing this listening to it."
And I he said, "I'm addicted to it." You
know, I said, "This is the reason. This
is the reason." So, anyone that has that
same problem, look at just look at the
opposite, the Quran, and see how how
much time you spend with the Quran, and
you'll see that Shayan is trying to take
you away from Allah. Clearly.
Mhm.
Clearly.
Are you open now? Uh we've uh had guests
on the show before. Um and people they
like their message, they want to invite
them to come to their masid to the
university to um visit them. Are you
open for giving such uh talks and
absolutely traveling? And if someone
wants to get a hold of you, how would
they do so?
Absolutely. Well, I'll leave my uh
contact details with you and um I think
you we'll a website or anything people
can go to you?
Yes, I have a omarp projects.com which
is under it's under um it's under uh
construction right now but they can
still leave their email inside of there.
That's u m- a r projects p r oj
ts
projects.com all my projects.com
beautiful and thank you we're out of
time but uh jazaki thank you so much for
being with us and sharing your
experiences inshallah the viewers got
the benefit I surely did thank you very
much again
thank you brother thank you
and thank you thank you for sitting
tight through another episode of the
dean show no time lost former def jam
artist here on The Dean Show went from
working with the likes of Kesha Cole and
Bruno Mars and many others and he left
that lifestyle because he figured out
the purpose of life and now he's filling
the heart with what it needs. And we
talked about that medicine that now when
you implement it in your life, you live
by it. You truly get that peace and
satisfaction. What hinders people? You
can have those songs playing all day and
night, but at the end of the day,
they're temporary fixes, temporary
highs, and then at the end, you got big
time crashes. And at the end, where did
you go? You've been entertained with all
these sweet nothings. And many of the
young ladies also end up using their
losing their chastity and they end up
running towards this insanity. And
brothers end up also doing some things
that they shouldn't be doing. all on
account of
listening to admiring the wrong people,
listening to the wrong things. But when
you go right with the advice that our
guest was given, you won't go wrong. You
won't go wrong. So implement this
advice. Connect with the word of God,
the Quran. Ask your creator, the one who
created you for the support. If you're
struggling, having problems, connect
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