Abdullah Oduro – Nightly Reminder 17-08-2024
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Around someone and they tell you, just say
this, and it's a lie. The fasting person,
if they're fasting
the authentic fast,
they're not going to say things that Allah
is not pleased with,
nor are they going to do things that
Allah is not pleased with. Right? So when
you're around that person,
you're going to, by default,
be around a person that is of good.
They're doing good things. They speak well of
people. They they're very positive because they are
fasting from those prohibited
actions.
And even the fact that you're fasting from
food and drink is a sign, Insha'Allah,
of
with the intention that one could be, rewarded
for that. Who remembers any hadith of the
prophet we mentioned on this? One hadith.
The hadith we mentioned.
Whoever doesn't leave off what?
Bad speech, ignorance, and acting upon it, then
Allah is not what?
Allah is not in need of? His hunger.
No.
I mean, you could say his hunger.
But
being governed
from it.
Somewhat. Yeah. Then Allah is not in need
of his his or her abstaining from eating
or drinking.
So now we're going to get to,
the next portion of the hadith. It's a
short portion,
that we that we that we,
part made parts in
Insha'Allah.
So he mentions this portion of hadith talking
about tzedakah. He says that
Yahya was telling the people, John was telling
the people, and I order you to do
charity, to give tzedakah.
For really, the parable of that is a
parable of a man that has been captured
by his enemies,
and they tied his hands to his neck.
And then they proceeded to come close to
him to
chop his head off.
And then he said, I will ransom myself
for you for any amount.
And then he was able to ransom himself.
This is the parable. This is the likeness
that he gives charity to a person that
has his hand tied to his neck,
and the enemy was going to come
and chop his head off. And then he
said, look, I'll give you as much
and then they let him go.
Right? So Ibn Al Qayyim says to this,
He said this is also proof that it's
proof is is is in its existence,
and it's also when it's
the fact that it takes place. And then
he says,
He's a for verily, and charity is
a a a a a a magnificent or
an amazing
way in warding off the trials. Sadakah, charity.
And then He says, walokanetz
bin fajidin o min valem,
even if this charity was from a disobedient
person or an oppressor.
Then he says, rhamdulillah,
Bel min kafir.
What did he say here?
Even from a non Muslim.
He says, for in Allah
for really Allah
repels with it from all types of,
tests.
And this is an affair that is well
known amongst the people,
those that are that understand and the general
folk as well.
And he said all of mankind is well
aware of this and affirm this because they
have experienced
it.
And then he mentions the hadith of salallahu
alayhi wa sallam, he said,
And he said that verily the prophet said
that verily charity
relinquishes the anger of Allah of the Lord
just as it repels
the evil,
the affliction.
And this hadith is,
is authenticated by Ibn Heban and it was,
Hashem Ugharib
and Atirmidi.
And then he says
here,
He says just as
it relinquishes the anger of Allah, sadaqa.
He says it verily relinquishes
the sins and the bad deeds just like
water does to? Fire.
Fire.
And he says,
said
that I was with the prophet he was
traveling.
And then I woke up and or I
I I I became close to him. Like,
during the travel journey, there was a portion
where I was close to him.
Or it could be,
understood as and I woke up that day
or I became close to him.
And while we're traveling.
The prophet's son asked him the rhetorical question.
He said, shall shall I not guide you
to that door of of the doors of
good? He said, asomujuna.
He said fasting is a shield.
He said, and charity relinquishes
the bad
just as water eliminates and relinquishes
fire. So Ibn Taym made that statement earlier,
and then he gives us proof, and this
is the the the manners and methodology of
these scholars.
And he said,
And then he said, and the prayer of
a man in the middle and the depths
of the night is the characteristic or the
sign of the righteous people.
And then he mentions the verse,
And I'm gonna ask all of you this
question. So
the prophet mentioned this hadith, and I wanna
mention it one more time because I wanna
see if we if we're able to be
the tonight or the
the people from Islamic law.
The prophet said, shall I not guide you
to our door from the shall I not
guide you to the doors of good?
And he said, fasting is a shield.
And then
he said,
and charity relinquishes the evil just as water
relinquishes fire or puts out fire
or extinguishes fire. Right? He said,
and the prayer
of the man in the middle of the
night is from the signs of the what?
Righteous people. And then he recites the verse
the the verse that speaks about the people
that are righteous. He said, their sides
are are separated from,
their places of sleep, the places that they
rest. Then what did they do? They call
on their Lord
in fear
and in anguish
from, and and from what we have provided
from them, they spend.
Okay?
So this verse here, why did the prophet
mentioned this verse and this context?
What was the context for him to mention
this verse?
So what subject matter are we talking about
now? What's the subject?
Charity. Right? And charity was compared to be
what? What was the comparison of charity?
Okay. That's one of them that it protects
us from the anger of Allah. And then
charity also what?
Wipes away with sins and Just like?
Like,
fire where fire is extinguished as well. Exactly.
No. Just like fire extinguishes
water.
And then he mentioned that verse, that the
sides of the righteous people are separated from
their laying their places of of rest.
Right? And they call on their lord in
fear
of him, and from what we have given
them, they they they spend.
Why is this verse important in this context?
It's a proof. It's an argument. It is
Okay. The the and the people of the
people of Islamic law, this is the process
of
of of extracting a ruling from a proof.
The first thing is they have a proof.
Right?
And then they say, okay. Is every word
in this verse the proof? No.
But the context of the verse could be
the proof.
But then they get more deeper. They say,
okay. Where in this verse
is the highlighted portion that establishes our argument?
I'm just giving you a process of Islamic
law.
Right?
You understand what I'm saying? So for example,
if I say
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is,
no. That everything on this earth knows Allah.
Every single thing on this earth knows Allah.
And then somebody says, what's your proof? I
say the first verse of Surat Al Fatiha.
All praise is due to Allah, lord of
the worlds.
Right?
Okay. Where is the proof in this?
Not Alhamdulillah.
For the Alem Alem Alemene
can mean a sign,
and what scholars say, Alemene from in.
So everything on this earth is aware of
Allah's presence.
So the highlighted portion they call it is.
This is step 2.
What is your argument from this? Okay. You
told me this portion of the verse. What's
your proof? What's your This is where the
scholarly exercise comes verse. What's your proof? What's
your this is where the scholarly exercise comes
in. What I just told you. Allah said,
Alamin. Alamin means knowledge or the that things
that have knowledge, which is a sign, which
is translated to mean the worlds.
Right?
So when we say that, Allah is its
lord.
So it is well aware of Allah being
its lord.
So that's the argument to establish
the proof. So this is the process that
scholars go through. So if I say, Allah
said, I
say prayer is obligatory.
How?
You say,
is an imperative verb. It's an order to
do the salah. So, therefore, that's the process
they go through. Just for you to go
understand,
you know, a small example of how scholars
extract proof. So here, he says their sides
are they they they they they were removed
from their mattresses or their places of rest.
They call on their lord in fear, and
from what we have given them, they spend.
Where's the highlighted portion in this verse?
The message
they spend that they spend.
Yes. That they spend. Okay. Continue. Who but
but who?
Right.
The ones that spend are the ones that
do what?
What
kinds of people do?
The Fajr? The disobedient person? The righteous. The
righteous person. Because this verse is talking about
Ibad al Rahman.
Right? So that's how you establish a proof
in Islam, in this
way. So that's why the prophet
used this verse
to explain, look, there's special kind of people
that do this. Not everyone does this.
Right? So we are talking to people, will
I give salakah?
Why? You know who gives salakah?
The people that pray in the middle of
the night.
How do you know?
Allah said in the Quran.
Right? Then you establish the proof. So even
so the prophet
mentions this verse, and this is all to
show the virtue
of sadaqah of giving. And in conclusion, sadaqah
is very, very beautiful because
what is so beautiful about sadaqah is
that
you give and you what? You don't what?
You don't expect what?
A tax return. I'm sorry. You don't expect
Now you don't give it to be
The fact I'm giving you something and I'm
expecting to be
given back That'd be alone. Right? It wouldn't
be sadaqa. Right? But if sadaqa If you
expect something from sadaqa, when would it be?
Like the
In the next life.
So sadaqa could be a form of investment.
When? For what?
Jannah.
It could be an investment.
So when one does a fundraiser
I'm about to get deep here and it
may it may it may hit some people.
Are we ready?
If one gives charity because of the tax
return and that is their motivation,
I know we've never heard of this before.
Let me just tell you what happens, and
I know none of you have never heard
of this before. None of you have never
heard of this before. There are people on
the earth.
Right? There's people. I've heard this before.
Right? They give charity at a fundraiser
and a lot of money because they're gonna
get it back. I know you don't believe
me. I know you don't believe me. This
is why they give it.
Okay? But some people give it
because they want reward from Allah Subhan. They
don't care if they're going to see it
in this land. They don't care if their
name is mentioned. That's not their motivation.
And getting a tax return is good, but
they're just gonna get that back and go
get charity again.
Right?
So it all goes back to that first
hadith that is in books of hadith, which
is what?
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
That verily actions are judged by intentions.
When you give something
and the the framework of it is to
give and not want anything back,
not want anything back, that is the truth
of the call. And in this particular case,
it will serve as water that extinguishes the
fire of
sin, and it will extinguish the anger of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So that is what
Ibn Uqayim is mentioning here, particularly in this
portion of the hadith.
May Allah make us of those that are
sincere, whether we're giving a dollar or $100
or $1,000 in anything that we give. May
Allah make the inhabitants of any salakat that
we give that which benefits them and brings
them closer to Allah by understanding his man
manifestation
of risk of provisions.
It's a proof.