Abu Taymiyyah – From Shyness to Zina Surat Al Araaf
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A couple of things before I start my
short reminder.
I think everyone's mentally exhausted.
So is that last half an hour
where one completely switches off
before iftar. So I don't wanna make this
long. I want to keep it very brief,
concise, and short.
First thing I wanna mention, my brothers, my
sisters,
and I've been saying this a lot in
a lot of my
lectures that I've been delivering at the different
because we've been getting
a variety
of number of people coming to these lectures,
to these programs,
or might not necessarily come to the masjid.
Right? Or might not necessarily
come to some of these Islamic events.
Your interaction with one of the attendees today
could be the reason why they either
stop coming to an Islamic event
or
it kick starts
their journey to attending these programs
which may potentially lead them to a jannah.
You may dress a certain way my brothers
and my sisters, but today you see someone
who might be dressing a certain way or
might not be wearing
what you are accustomed to seeing at an
Islamic event and you begin to look down
at them.
You begin to look down at them.
You begin to stare them down.
You begin to give them these very negative
vibes.
Please brothers and sisters, Faireullah azza wa Jal
Allah says in the Quran
you were like that once upon a time.
You were like that once upon a time.
A lot of us,
the overwhelming majority of us may be here
today,
may not necessarily have always been practicing.
I'll be the first to put my hand
up.
Right?
And it is actually one of the main
causes as to why one may fall off
from the religion.
You're now practicing. You may be dressing a
certain way,
and then you see a sister or a
brother
or maybe at a different stage
of a
journey
of the journey, should I say. And then
you begin to look at them in a
very funny way, brothers and sisters.
This is number 1. This is number 1.
Be someone who
is welcoming.
Be someone, my brothers and my sisters,
who makes people feel comfortable, especially in settings
like this.
These university lectures are not just for people
who
are put this in quotation marks,
Right? Practicing people.
Second thing, my brothers and my sisters, that
I want to mention
has been playing a lot on my mind.
The other day,
when me and
my friend, Tarek, was a driver, been driving
me around quite a bit last couple of
weeks.
We're driving down to Manchester.
We're driving
up or down? Down, actually. Down to Manchester.
I was on the M6, my brothers and
my sisters,
and there was a huge car crash.
Four
cars,
they crashed into one another. Four cars.
There was ambulances there. There was also a
helicopter.
I've never ever seen a helicopter.
I'll say that again. I've never ever seen
a helicopter
on a British motorway.
Never.
And I do miles for those of the
who know.
I do a lot of miles in the
week.
Just about every week
traveling out somewhere.
I've never ever seen a helicopter on a
British motorway.
The helicopter was there picking up one of
the casualties.
This accident missed us
by a very, very short period, guys.
That could have been me.
That could have been any of us.
The moral of the story
the moral of me mentioning this to my
brothers and my sisters is that whether
we will get another Ramadan.
Right?
Allah
knows best as to whether we will get
another Ramadan.
People were sitting with us around the Iftali
table last year or the year before.
They might not necessarily be with us this
year round, guys.
Great. My younger brother is one of them.
He's actually
quite a few years younger than myself.
He's not around the Iftari table this year.
Right?
Point of the matter is, my brothers and
my sisters, while you have the opportunity,
while you have the chance,
right, while you're still breathing,
in the month of Ramadan, try to make
the most of it.
Right? Especially with the last 10 nights coming
up.
Fast,
very, very fast.
Some of us in these last 10 nights
are going to be in the house of
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala begging Allah Azzawajah for
forgiveness. Right?
Crying our eyes out.
However, some of us may well be planning
on these last 10 nights
everything we want to do on the day
of 8th.
Right?
On the greatest nights of the year, some
of us are going to be planning, right,
which girl we want to meet up with,
right,
which car to rent out, which hotel room
to book out.
Remember, guys, we are not Ramadan Muslims.
There's 2 kinds of individuals. You are the
Ramadan Muslim
who stays away from Haram and then he
tells himself on the day of Eid, I'm
gonna go do it. That's what Ramadan Muslim.
I seen a screenshot going around on Twitter.
I mentioned it the other day in the
Khutba.
The screenshot showed
a girl saying,
as soon as Maghrib kicks in, meaning the
first of Ramadan,
I don't wanna see it to the day
of Eid.
And everyone's commenting, oh,
she's gonna stay away from him for 30
days.
Right 30 days she's gonna stay away from
him and then they're gonna get back together
again
Allahu Akbar.
Right?
This my brothers and my sisters is not
right.
It really really isn't.
That kind of mentality is problematic.
However, you got the kind of individual
who uses the month of Ramadan as a
stepping stone.
In the month of Ramadan,
I'm going to wear my hijab. That's great.
In the month of Ramadan I'm going to
spend more time in the Masjid. That's great.
And then you got guys
sitting at the back of the Masjid as
soon as this sister or this brother walks
in, oh, this guy only comes to the
Masjid every Ramadan. Where is he the rest
of the year? You are mistaken.
As this individual now wanted to use this
opportunity that Allah threw their way
better themselves.
And that is because the scene has been
set.
Right? The doors of Jannah have been swung
open and the doors of hellfire have been
slammed shut. So for you now to look
down at them or to think
negatively
about them, you are gravely mistaken.
Alright.
Now to the reminder that I wanna give.
That wasn't even part of the reminder, guys.
That was just an icebreaker
to get to know you guys.
My reminder, my brothers and my sisters, that
I want to give
very very short reminder is about shyness.
A lot of time when we mention shyness,
what rushes the mind is, oh sisters. No
guys.
The messenger salallahu alaihi wa sallam was more
shy
than a virgin girl inside of a room.
Al Haya u min al iman. The messenger
said, shyness is from faith.
There's even hadith when the messenger said,
If
you don't have any shyness, go and do
as you wish. What does that mean?
Right?
I've not told myself I've got no shyness.
I'm gonna go and do whatever I want.
No.
Right?
Scholars, they mention a number of meanings. I'll
quickly mention his name. 2. Number 1,
Right?
This commandment here is a threat.
You don't have any shyness? See what's gonna
happen to you. Now sometimes we say this
to people. Right? Go and do that.
See what I do to you after.
Right? See how I'm gonna deal with you.
You brought my sisters with me. Right?
All the way up until when he said
one
of the meanings of a commandment. It doesn't
mean go and do it. Likewise, Allah says
in the Quran
Whoever from amongst he wants to go
and do kufr, let him go and do
so. Does that mean you can go and
do kufr now? No.
Right?
It's a threat.
You don't come with shyness, let's see what
happens.
The other meaning here, guys, is
that this shyness this shyness
serves as a barrier.
You know the salah.
What does the salah do?
Sometimes an individual who's committing zina, who's selling
drugs, comes to me and he says, oh,
I don't feel comfortable praying. Shall I go
and pray?
And then the shaitan is whispering, oh, you're
gonna you know, it's hypocritical, whatever have you.
But we still tell that individual to pray.
Why? What does the pray do?
So, Bari, well, like, what who can quote
the verse for me?
Good.
Removes the filth and the evil from your
life. We tell that individual go and pray.
So it is
an action that protects him from
further filth that he might engage in. Abraham
says with me.
Shyness
serves as a
similar mechanism.
You keep that shyness,
it protects you from a lot of filth
that may come your way.
Right?
And I want to now link that to
the environment that we might find ourselves in,
which is very, very toxic,
especially the university setting where just about everything
is saying, hey, Talaq. Let's get it on.
Right?
A lady
mentioned in Surat Al, Yusuf,
the wife of Al Aziz, after she locked
him inside of the room,
after she locked him inside of that chamber.
She was going crazy over Yusuf alaihis salatu
wa salam.
Right? We know that Yousef alaihis salatu wasalam
was gifted with half the beauty of of
mankind. So
after she locked all of the doors, she
said, let's get it on.
Right?
She wanted to commit haram with him.
Anyways, the point I want to make, my
brothers and my sisters,
is being around the opposite gender
at times can cause your shyness
to
diminish.
Agreed?
Once upon a time, my brothers and sisters,
let's be honest with ourselves.
We would think thrice
about
having a conversation with the opposite gender.
Agreed?
You'd be like thinking about it, how am
I gonna say to her, Wallahi, I'm not
comfortable and, you know, he's constantly debating with
himself how I'm going to have this type
of interaction or what have you.
However, as time went on, we started becoming
a lot more comfortable.
How does that happen, my brothers and my
sisters?
How does it reach a point now where
one is extremely comfortable around the opposite agenda,
one thing leads to another,
and then eventually the unexpected takes place which
is what? Azina.
There's a verse there's a verse
in Surah Al Araf that I want to
send over.
But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
Allah
speaks about 2 types of clothing
in this verse.
2 types of clothing.
The first type of clothing is the clothing
that you wear.
Everyone wears clothes, right?
Clothing that you wear.
Palms are green, right?
Yes.
Yeah.
Clothing that you wear to
cover your
Everyone's wearing clothes.
Then there's another type of clothing that is
mentioned, my brother's. You know what that clothing
is?
A clothing of taqwa.
Can you wear taqwa, guys?
Is it something that you can actually wear?
Is there a jumper called taqwa?
That you take and then you wear brothers
and sisters?
No. Right? There isn't.
The messenger in
fact, he said that Taqwa Harunah
Taqwa is inside of your heart.
Are you with
me? There's your friend, sitting there.
Spinali, you guys.
I brought my sister with me. 2 types
of clothings
that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is mentioning in
this verse.
Let me show you guys the connection.
Taqwa is in the heart. Right?
When you're around that opposite gender
and you become extremely,
extremely comfortable,
one of the most common questions I receive
all the time, can men and women just
be friends?
Right?
I have good intentions.
We're just going to do our homework together,
and I'm gonna go home.
Right?
Right?
Yeah.
One thing leads to another.
The more you are around the opposite gender,
that shyness diminishes
which means that taqwa of yours diminishes.
The taqwa that's inside of your heart, my
brothers and my sisters,
that's all that fear that you have of
Allah
I don't wanna go too much into the
definition of a taqwa as if Nurraj mentioned
It is that shield that barrier that individual
places between himself and that which he fears,
which is Allah
anger.
Right? To do what Allah told him to
do and to stay away from what Allah
told him. Stay away from.
The more you get comfortable,
the more you're around that opposite gender,
that diminishes
And that shyness is also going down the
drain. And then what eventually happens?
The first type of clothing comes off.
One
after the other.
Agreed, guys?
This clothing of
a began to diminish. It began to get
less and less and less and less. And
that is because
we let our guard down.
Right?
We didn't
fortify ourselves
being
in these kind of environments, my brothers and
my sisters.
You might think to yourself, oh, this guy,
look, here we go again.
He's just being rough and tough, 21st century,
backwards imam.
Right?
This is just life. Right? How we meant
to function? Okay. No problem, guys. You can
say what you want about me.
I honestly don't mind.
So many people have tried to get me
canceled, but they failed.
Right?
Are you brother and sister with me?
Guys, I would love to open up my
and show you the amount of messages that
I receive from university students
who let their guard down,
who are absolutely distraught,
spiritually
dead and empty,
telling me, Please, brother, help.
They don't need money.
She or he doesn't need a house.
Advise me how to overcome this emptiness. I
feel ashamed of myself.
I committed a.
I've become impregnated.
Or the brother is saying,
I thought nothing would come out of it.
I thought it would just maybe be once.
All the non Muslims are doing it. I
thought to myself, they are enjoying themselves.
Just once I've done it, and I feel
absolutely
empty,
spiritually dead.
Right?
The libas of Taqwa, the closing of Taqwa,
brothers and sisters, it diminished, became less and
less, which eventually led to the
physical type of clothing that eventually came off
1 by 1.
And it all began with what? Because we
let our guard down.
Right?
This is why my brothers and my sisters,
we have an inspiration
in Mariam Alaihi Wasallam
and
also prophet Youssef AKA Joseph.
Right?
Mariam Alaihi Salam when she was approached
by Angel Gabriel
Jibril.
Right?
And he was there giving her the news
that she was going to become pregnant
of
baby Jesus, Alisa Alisa Wa Salam.
As soon as she was approached, what was
her reaction?
The theme for this month, guys, is the
Quran. We're just taking little gems here and
there from the Quran.
Right?
I seek refuge in Rahman from you.
If you are someone with taqwa, leave me
alone.
If you are taqien,
leave me alone.
This was her response.
Right? This was her response. It wasn't just,
Oh, you know what?
Let's just have these innocent chit chats.
Innocent chit chats.
Don't forget these two type of clothings, brothers
and sisters, that are interlinked with one another.
If you are a person of taqwa, stay
far away from me. Likewise, Yousef Alaihi Salam.
Right?
And she locked him
in. And she said let's get it on.
Hey, Tareq.
This is the university setting for you. Everything
is inviting you to haram.
Right? He began to seek refuge in Allah
He began to run to Allah
Right?
Which is the state of the prophets. We
go to Allah what Allah loves for us.
Right? This is very, very important, guys. Otherwise,
It's never ending
growing number of messages that I keep on
receiving my brothers and my sisters.
Right?
We gave the reminder. Some listened and some
didn't,
and then this was the end result, people
being absolutely distraught,
broken.
Right?
Bear that in mind. I'll say that again.
You have any Adam?
Oh, children of Adam, indeed we have set
down upon you a libas, a clothing to
cover your private parts,
to cover yourself up.
When he bath with Taqwa
and then Allah tells us about the clothing
of a Taqwa
Look what Allah says that is better for
you
And Allah
knows what is more better for us my
brothers and my sisters.
He is telling you, for you to hold
on to this clothing of Taqwa is far
better for you.
Right? And if you don't,
you'll just be joining that ever growing
list of brothers and sisters who are messaging
in
saying that they are absolutely spiritually dead and
empty.
That clothing of tapwa diminished. That shyness
became less and less and less, brothers and
sisters,
which eventually led to the clothing
that they were wearing coming off 1 by
1.
Right? This is the gem from this surah
that I wanted to share,
my brothers and my sisters.
And
I hope you guys don't forget that.
And I had also Westminster is the best
university in in London.
We've got,
I wanna know.
I think the whole row here is Queen
Mary.
The queen Mary that came to the front.
Brothers and sisters, I'm gonna stop there.
May Allah honor every single one of you
guys.
Bless you all. You're all welcome. If this
is the first event that you ever come
to, you are welcome.
Honestly,
Westminster is one of the best, and Queen
Mary is definitely up there as well.
I I never said Westminster is better than
Queen Mary.
Like these are, mashallah, very good universities.
My point is guys my point is, please,
guys, don't stop uploading things on TikTok.
Uh-huh. He's saying Queen Mary and then he's
saying Westminster and then
doesn't.
But, guys, if this is the first time
you've ever come,
feel free to keep on coming.
It's a very good setup that is run
by very good people.
Right?
Part of the south. Right?
Yeah.
I'll
see you guys.
I think it is.