 to welcome you to episode four of hashtag LNT and it's new Ramadan series with your favorite man and favorite host Ahmad Ali. I know you guys are going crazy to watch tonight's episode. We got a few messages and a lot of Facebook comments saying what are you guys going to talk about tonight because tonight's topic if you read the poster and if read the ads and looked at the ads we're talking about some sensitive topic today. Well to me it's not sensitive it's something normal but to many it might be sensitive but before we get to talk about this and this I just want to say that we all love you guys the crew of hashtag LNT and it's main man Ahmad Ali. Love you guys and everything for your support and tonight we're trying to kick it off right. Let's go and check out what's trending and we'll back very short. Let's do that. Welcome back the viewers once again. As-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Hope everyone is doing great tonight. Tonight if you guys are watching the news it's very unfortunate very sad that a hundred people died in Cuba and in the airlines when a plane crashed the Boeing 737 airline or a crashed in Havana in Cuba 40 year old airplane change it change the airplane get a new one why risk the lives of 105 people including passengers 105 passengers including six members flight attenders come on man a hundred people dead that's that's that's sad but anyways Cuban authority have have launched a campaign and they're trying to investigate what happened it's a 40 year old airplane I mean come on guys you you guys need to increase your budget but anyways two days of national mourning has been declared by the Cuban authorities as well now that's for the first topic of what's trending for the past few episodes we've been talking about tragedies and tragedies but it's unfortunate that's what the world's all about what's trending today whenever you turn on the news someone's dying anyways this is actually interesting Starbucks is it's is increasing its store locations around the world 3,000 stores will be open in China in 2022 so within the next three years 3,000 Starbucks stores will be opened in China so 600 Starbucks a year that's one in every 15 hours that's just crazy that's that's amazing like China has has beaten any country out there that wants to make business or create business because the employment rate is gonna go up but anyways I have a question for you guys in regards to this what do you guys favor Starbucks what do you guys like more Starbucks or Tim Hortons I'm Canadian so I love Tim Hortons more than love Starbucks that's just me you know early morning with a medium double-double from Timmy's anyways I'm kidding let's go and jump into today's topic because I know you guys are waiting to hear what we have to say let's go and do that now once again we do welcome everybody for joining us tonight and if you live in the West majority of the countries in the West the communities or the societies there they're like a melting pot different cultures different individuals different cultures greet one another differently now I'm gonna go through a few to tell you how each culture each nation or each society or community greets each other now if you're looking at the monks in Tibet they greet each other with their tongues stuck out wow I mean look at this guy so if you want to say what's up to someone you're gonna put your tongue out and imagine if there's like 10 guys or 10 ladies you tend to say what's up to and keep on popping your tongue popping your tongue to them that's that's just disgusting but you know everyone has their own culture if that's if you feel happy with that that's good for you man but you know a while I don't want to greet someone like that 10 people you got to stick your tongue out 10 times and if you're going to a wedding and there's a thousand people you'd be like it's either you stick your tongue out to everyone or you sting your tongue out a thousand times anyways in the Philippines the elders they're the way that they're greeted it's it's very interesting as well it's a sign of respect so they take the hand of the elderly with gentle of course gently and they press it to their forehead so if I was greeting someone see right there the exact right there they press it to the forehead as a sign of greeting or respect of the elderly now in Japan they also greet and everyone from the movies in Japanese movies at last Samurai in them you probably see now that bow right there they bow as a sign of greeting but depending on the angle and positioning of the bow the duration may be long or may be short depending on who you're greeting so you're bowing or bending over for like what good good five minutes depending on who you're greeting so that's another way of greeting another way of greeting is in Oman or in the UAE if you've been to the UAE you'll see that they're not making out they're they're touching noses I let I hope they're not going to make out now I'm kidding all respect to our UAE brothers and the people of Oman they're touching noses as a sign of greeting now tonight we're trying to focus on a lot of different types of greenings and different types of but there's one special way to express a greeting or to express your emotions to someone it's not all about greeting one simple way that you try to show your love to someone you try to show your respect to someone is through one simple action and that's a kiss muah that kiss that kiss goes out to everyone watching me right now all the family of hashtag get in T on my brothers and sisters that that's an air kiss not a physical kiss so don't try well that name kills me anyways now we're talking about the good old kiss and that's what makes everyone relieved makes everyone happy you know if if you're married that that's a good sign you know you need to go back to your house and and smooch out you know but kissing is a universal language today I expect I'll be laughing a lot because I'll be getting some comments in my ear as well as the material that's prepared tonight it's it's it's pretty hilarious but it's a universal language it's a sign of greeting as we mentioned and also there's it's a sign of respect on the other hand for an example I'll give you an example kissing the hand or a head of a important figure an important personality that's a sign of respect kissing someone kissing what your your your opposite gender your wife that just means depending on where you're kissing and in the situation that you're kissing in it just means you're about to go into an intimate intimate affair a kissing night if if you will now kissing is indeed a wonderful and a meaningful act if if you know what I mean a lot of people will sometimes think of it differently and tonight we're trying to tell you guys we'll show you guys what we're talking about now the hashtag LNT team and family and everyone watching us right now in the entire world wants to know what you guys think think of what the question is popping up in three two one oh wow perfect what are the benefits of a kiss what are the benefits of a kiss like muah like that kiss that's smooth right there what are the benefits of that you can call at plus nine six four seven seven four zero six seven eighteen thirty six that's a free call via WhatsApp you do not need to spend credit all you got to do is open WhatsApp dial the number shown right there plus nine six four seven seven four zero six seven eighteen thirty six we are live on Facebook as well so you can go comment there disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer huge announce mid alert anyone that participates internet show and in the upcoming shows during the live show so that's by calling by sending a voice message by sending an a text message to that number via WhatsApp if you send a video as well if you comment on Facebook during the live show your your names will be placed in this bowl right here so we got about 20 20 something names for the past three episodes tonight want to make it a hundred but depending on time probably we won't get a hundred but I want the calls ringing in right now because we're talking about something very serious right here we're talking about that special kiss that special moment you spend with your loved ones or loved one sorry not ones one unless it's with your family but anyways let's take a very short break we're back very short so do stay tuned welcome back dear viewers and once again I do welcome you to another episode episode four of hashtag and T change to this camera here now to remind everyone of tonight's episode tonight's episode is a very special one tonight we're talking about kissing now we're talking about that smooch tonight we're talking about that that that act you do with you with your loved one you know tonight we're talking about what are the benefits of a kiss we're trying to ask you that question change again trying to ask you that question you know the viewers watching tonight you guys got to tell me you know don't feel embarrassed that if you call you're gonna expose yourself no no no don't feel embarrassed I don't know why you would feel embarrassed I'm not embarrassed talk about the situation because honestly this situation helps you and helps your mental state act better change again so it's a way where you get to improve your personality improve the way you're thinking as we'll get talk about later on now kissing it's like a C you know it's like an ocean you got to go explore that there's different types of kissing at different situations where you kiss you know it's it's it's it's a C it's an open ocean you got to go and explore that but kissing not only feel feels good kissing makes you good it's good for you you know don't just think you know I kiss my parents you know it's sound of respect yes but it's good for you as we get to talk about because there are health benefits if you didn't know kid you not there are health benefits to kissing and kid you not there are religious benefits to kissing as well now now the kissing that we're talking about is the love is the expression of love between you and the ones you love so after this episode you got to go and kiss your loved one but anyways now let's go for a few points and a few benefits of the kiss number one kiss reduces your blood pressure so if you have a high blood pressure just find someone to kiss don't take medicine your medicine is near your lips all you got to do is go kiss the wall you know just kiss something kiss someone you know I mean just do that it'll reduce your blood pressure and if it does it go take some medicine but it actually helps dilate your blood vessels which in return reduces your blood pressure now number two it relieves cramps and headaches I never knew that until this show because honestly I felt better when when you know before I take aspirin and Advil but you know sometimes when someone like for example like boo Sidwawa when someone is hurt on his hand you know you kiss that boo boo you know you heard the experience kiss that boo boo means you kiss that boo boo that's on your hand and legit I'm not even kidding I've tried that before when your loved one kisses your boo boo it feels good it reduces the pain within your body and this is true go try it out why you know a lot of people are laughing right now don't laugh go try it out you know go experiment life is an experiment you got to go check it out as I said kissing is a see go explore that but anyways the third benefit but before we get to the third we actually just received a text message from Khadija mashaAllah she's been participating in the show for the past few episodes she's saying boosts your self-esteem burn calories release happy hormones thank you Sheikh Google thank you Khadija from Tanzania thank you very much thank you very much this is Khadija from Tanzania your name is already in here people thinking I got a message early on today if I met if I message 50 times or if I call 50 times do you put my name 50 times here no I don't it's just once so sorry to to you know and your happiness but no no your chance are very high you have 26 more days till eight so 26 more chances for you to get your name into this fishbowl so we can get your get your name picked out from here but if you haven't already called or texted or sent a voice mode voice message so on and so forth now the third benefit of a kiss I actually didn't know this was true until I saw the research and I saw proof that back this argument up kissing fights cavities did you believe that or not it actually does it fights cavities when you kiss someone or kiss something there are the saliva that is released within your mouth wash away the bacteria that sit on your teeth and that's that has been proven so just a joke you need to brush your teeth anymore just you know just go kiss someone or kiss something and and and you'll be good but you don't have a good experience while kissing because your breath will smell horrible wow wow going back to that one that sticks his tongue out greeting someone why would you do that man anyways now another benefit of kissing is expressing love that love when you express the love give me that camera right there let me let me talk to that camera right there kissing is a form of expressing your love you know if you go to Google because for me I do to you know we're trying to keep the sanctity of the place that we're in so all the respect to the imams I'm not going to mention all the things all the forms of kissing it and how people should kiss but depending on the kiss you give to your loved one then you'll know what that kiss means that's all I can say go Google it if you want switch back now one of the ways of one of the benefits of a kiss is expressing the love to someone especially in a relationship it strengthens your relationship now number five the fifth benefit of a kiss is it burns calories so so for the ones that don't like working out and I know a lot of people that don't like working out you know start burning them calories if you're overweight if you're obese start kissing even kiss the air kiss your food before you eat it you know kiss your hand kiss more silence like anyways we have a audio message from the tool from the USA what does the tool say there are lots and lots of benefits of kissing but a few of them are that kissing Lauren it can lower anxiety it can straighten our mood it can also strengthen relationship and it can make us happier I mean I know when my mom kisses me every morning even if I'm sick I feel much much better afterwards mm-hmm thank you very much but tool from the USA I've just written this down and inshallah your name will be placed in in the bowl right now let's just get this on camera right here right right quick but tool from the USA is on right is on this paper right here so this one right here alright so this one right here but tool from the USA voice message alright thank you very much but tool for joining us tonight your name is going into the bowl now we are getting a few Facebook comments we'll get to them very soon inshallah now going back to the benefits of kissing the benefits of kissing and very interestingly as I was saying earlier on it burns calories and that's very good for those who don't want to work out as I was saying kiss your food and you know just just go kiss anything anyone you know but tool but tool from the USA was saying that her mom kisses her that's benefiting your mom you know and we'll get to how it's benefiting you and your self-esteem but that's benefiting your mom you need to kiss her back so it can benefit you as well now 8 8 to 16 calories per kiss that's a lot of calories so if you're kissing 100 times a day that's 800 calories to 1600 calories a day that's a lot you're burning a lot of calories no need to work out but if you're going to make a these or you know you're eating like fast foods and stuff that kiss ain't helping you but anyways the sixth and final benefit of a kiss this is actually very interesting because married men you get to understand this very easily the sixth benefit of a kiss is that boosts your self-esteem whether you're married or single doesn't matter but if you're married that it affects you more now before you leave your house for the ones that are married before you leave your house your wife gives you that kiss now that kiss has provenly has has been proved and it's evident that when a wife kisses the husband before he leaves the house there is a better chance of him making more money there's a better chance or a higher chance of him being more creative in his work and I've realized that I've witnessed that no one has taught me that I've realized that because 12 to whoever is married out there ask yourself when when your wife gives you that kiss in the morning before you go to work or if you're in a working night shift gives you that kiss at night it gives you that positive energy to continue doing whatever you do it and even do it in a better way now tonight we have an expert joining us Dr. Hsena Ramaythi from Windsor Canada who has joined us tonight to share with us what are the benefits of a kiss so let's go check that out of kissing honestly I don't know why Ahmed chose me for this for this topic as an expert but interestingly I've had some readings about this topic in the past for some reason kissing is actually viewed differently from region to region and dependent on the cultures the French a lot of the Middle Eastern cultures a lot of North African cultures some North African cultures view of you kissing as a sign of a greeting by you know put in kisses on the cheek some actually do kisses on tip of the nose some kiss forehead and in some cultures actually people put kisses on top of the head as well but regardless kissing is viewed as a sign of a greeting which is which is also takes us to the next step when you actually kiss someone when you greet him it shows some some some level of respect the second sign of kissing is actually a respect which is viewed in a lot of Middle Eastern cultures some Latin cultures some ECRP and cultures were kissing the hand kissing the shoulder kissing the forehead kissing the head is shown as a sign of respect for instance some cultures actually children kiss the feet of their mothers which is shown as a huge sign of respect and obviously there is the intimate aspect of kissing which is practiced differently from culture to culture but regardless scientific studies have shown that kissing actually lowers stress and specifically it lowers the stress hormone the cortisol it actually makes people happier by increasing the endorphin hormone which is basically the feel-good hormone also kissing calms people down and promotes pleasure and actually in that specific aspect it increases the levels of oxytocin hormone which is I believe it's called the love hormone and obviously and more importantly kissing strength as strengthens relationships and brings togetherness and the studies have shown that couples who do kiss regularly and they tend to live longer and also studies have shown that kissing reduces pain but regardless of those there are definitely a lot of benefits to kissing and whether it's greeting respect and intimacy there are a lot of benefits that we could see socially intimately and a lot of these have been proven scientifically and a lot of them have actually been mentioned in our hadiths by our beloved imams and our beloved prophet and I hope my answer was beneficial to you as well thank you for joining us tonight as the expert of tonight's episode we are getting a few questions as to why on earth would you talk about this question about this topic when there's a lot of topics out there if a lot of topics out there do need to be discussed but this one actually not a lot of people do know the benefits of a kiss that's why we need to tell everyone and educate everyone because hashtag LNT is all about that education mood and all about the education vibe but thank you very much and thank you very much for joining us tonight we did just get a Facebook comment from Quraat-e-Ain Batool from Pakistan he says in our culture we kiss each other's cheeks to greet and for the elders we kiss their hands however there are a lot of ways of expressing your love and adortion but this kind of action is that we only share with the ones who matter to us to a lot to us I don't know about the benefits but what I do know is that when my mom kisses me it completely changes my mood and I become super positive thank you very much Quraat-e-Ain Batool for joining us tonight now the last part of today where we're giving you the opinion of Islam on this the Islamic view the religious benefits of a kiss Abu-l-Hasan Imam Al-Qa'ban peace and blessings be upon him he says whoever kisses one on his one of his close family members there is nothing wrong upon him the kissing of a brother should be on the cheek and the kissing of the Imam should be between the eyes meaning the forehead that's from Al-Ka'fi volume 2 page 148 narration so for that the Imam is just telling you where to kiss and how to kiss depending on each individual so guys tonight all you got to do is go and kiss your parents go kiss the other ones go kiss the ones you love just go kiss anyone you see but you know with it within the boundaries of Islam of course don't go out of the religion of Islam but there you have it we mentioned a few benefits of the kiss so now go burn some calories go raise your self-esteem you know go get them cavities out of your mouth out of your teeth and you know now once again thank you very much for joining us tonight and join us tomorrow for another episode aslamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wabarakatuh