Ahsan Hanif – Quran Tafseer – Page 143 – Islamic Rulings On Animal Slaughter

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The history and meaning of the name Islam is discussed, including the use of Jesus Mary to motivate people to follow the religion of Islam. The sharia and its use in various context, including religion, media, and media, is also discussed. The use of "verbal" in various ways is also emphasized, including finding one's spiritual light and finding one's own truth. The segment emphasizes the importance of avoiding confusion and misunderstandings, finding one's own validation, and finding one's own truth.

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			I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the
		
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			accursed.
		
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			In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most
		
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			Merciful.
		
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			Welcome to another episode of our Tafsir page
		
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			by page and today inshallah ta'ala we
		
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			will cover page 143 which is towards the
		
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			beginning of the 8th juz' of the Qur
		
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			'an, Suratul In'am.
		
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			In the previous episode Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala mentioned to us how the disbelievers even
		
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			if the major signs of Allah are to
		
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			come to them from the descent of the
		
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			angels and from the resurrection of the dead
		
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			and from gathering all of the things that
		
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			they wanted, they still wouldn't believe unless Allah
		
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			azzawajal willed for them to do so.
		
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			And how those people when they do so,
		
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			when they disbelieve in Allah azzawajal and they
		
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			turn away from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			and they oppose the prophets and messengers of
		
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			Allah and essentially become enemies to Islam and
		
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			to the prophets and messengers of Allah during
		
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			their times, then those are people that Allah
		
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			azzawajal has allowed them to do so.
		
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			Allah azzawajal describes them as the devils of
		
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			humans and jinn, that they speak to one
		
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			another and they motivate one another, encourage one
		
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			another to oppose the religion of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			And we said that from the wisdoms behind
		
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			this and for the one of the reasons
		
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			that Allah azzawajal has allowed this to happen
		
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			is as a test for the prophets and
		
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			for the messengers and the believers who follow
		
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			them.
		
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			That there will always be people who oppose
		
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			you in terms of your religion, your belief,
		
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			your faith and so the Muslim therefore has
		
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			to find ways and means to remain steadfast
		
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			during those challenging and trying times.
		
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			They must find the means of Iman and
		
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			worship and righteous deeds to continue to worship
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala even though it
		
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			may be difficult at times or challenging at
		
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			other times and for that Allah azzawajal rewards
		
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			them greatly.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told our Prophet
		
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			ﷺ in those verses that we covered that
		
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			if you were to follow the vast majority
		
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			of those people, the vast majority of people
		
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			upon the earth, then you would be misguided
		
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			and you would be turned away from the
		
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			path of Allah azzawajal because the majority of
		
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			people don't believe, the majority of people don't
		
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			accept Islam, the majority of people will not
		
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			die upon the Tawheed of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			In the verses that we continue with today,
		
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			verse 118 onwards Allah azzawajal then says أَعُوذُ
		
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			بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ فَكُنُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ أَصْبُ
		
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			اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُم بِآيَاتِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ So eat
		
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			any animal over which Allah's name has been
		
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			pronounced if you believe in his revelations.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in those previous
		
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			verses after speaking about Iman and guidance and
		
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			how Allah azzawajal knows best those who are
		
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			guided and those who aren't, Allah azzawajal now
		
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			gives us a command that the people of
		
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			Iman and belief should abide by and that
		
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			is that the people of Iman and the
		
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			people of belief in Allah azzawajal eat in
		
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			terms of the meat that they slaughter that
		
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			which Allah azzawajal's name has been recited upon.
		
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			Allah's name is pronounced upon that meat and
		
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			then they eat it and that is because
		
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			the people of Jahiliyyah or the people of
		
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			pre-Islam they used to sacrifice and slaughter
		
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			to other than Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			or they would eat from meat that wasn't
		
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			sacrificed and slaughtered at all and so therefore
		
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			Allah's name is not mentioned either because the
		
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			animal is dead is from carry on meat
		
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			meaning animals that have died of their own
		
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			accord without being richly slaughtered they would eat
		
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			from it and they would say that this
		
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			is something which Allah caused to die and
		
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			so therefore we're going to eat from it
		
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			or they would slaughter to other than Allah
		
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			azzawajal and sacrifice to other than Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala invoking the names of their
		
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			gods and idols besides Allah azzawajal and so
		
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			therefore they wouldn't invoke the name of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Allah azzawajal says but for you the people
		
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			of Iman you recite the name of Allah
		
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			azzawajal when you slaughter as we recite the
		
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			name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when
		
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			we eat as well and that is from
		
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			the etiquettes that unfortunately many Muslims today are
		
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			negligent of that before they eat that we
		
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			recite they mention the name of Allah azzawajal
		
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			to say Bismillah before you eat is from
		
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			the etiquettes of the Muslim when it comes
		
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			to their food as the Prophet told us
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wasallam and he said sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam that when you don't say Bismillah then
		
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			shaitan eats with you and so you end
		
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			up overeating you end up eating more because
		
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			you're not just feeding yourself but you're feeding
		
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			shaitan with you but when you invoke the
		
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			name of Allah azzawajal Allah places barakah and
		
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			blessing in that food and Allah azzawajal saves
		
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			you from shaitan eating alongside you and so
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this verse
		
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			he shows that it is permissible to eat
		
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			from that which Allah azzawajal has made halal
		
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			and these verses in surah al-an'am
		
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			obviously have to be understood in the greater
		
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			context of other verses in the Quran like
		
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			the ones that we mentioned in surah al
		
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			-ma'idah in which Allah azzawajal goes through
		
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			the details of what is halal and haram
		
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			in terms of the meat and the animals
		
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			that we consume and likewise what is found
		
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			in the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam so Allah azzawajal says here eat from
		
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			that which Allah's name has been pronounced over
		
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			and that's a general statement but that general
		
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			statement specified elsewhere in the Quran because we're
		
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			told that it's not just any animal you
		
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			can't eat for example predatory animals you can't
		
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			eat swine or pigs you can't eat certain
		
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			other animals you can't eat animals that have
		
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			died in certain ways even if you recite
		
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			Allah's name over them afterwards and so the
		
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			verses of the Quran always complement one another
		
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			and the verses of the Quran explain one
		
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			another and so from the mistakes that people
		
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			make today not only in this issue but
		
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			in many issues is that we take verses
		
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			of the Quran and we isolate them we
		
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			take them out of context and we just
		
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			read that and we say but Allah said
		
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			it's okay yes Allah said okay here but
		
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			Allah azzawajal explained it further elsewhere and the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam explained it in the
		
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			Sunnah so why have you taken this verse
		
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			by itself and removed it from the rest
		
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			of the thousand odd verses of the Quran
		
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			and the thousands of a hadith of the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and so when a
		
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			person comes for example and they say oh
		
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			that Allah azzawajal doesn't speak about hijab in
		
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			the Quran but Allah azzawajal didn't say that
		
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			men have to have beard in the Quran
		
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			and so on and so forth what they've
		
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			done is they've isolated one part of revelation
		
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			from the rest of revelation and that is
		
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			why when someone says something similar about an
		
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			issue to the companion the famous companion and
		
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			the scholar from amongst the companions Abdullah bin
		
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			Mas'ud radiyallahu anhu and Ibn Mas'ud
		
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			said that you will find this in the
		
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			Quran and the person said I've read the
		
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			Quran from cover to cover beginning to end
		
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			I never found Allah azzawajal mention anything concerning
		
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			this he said didn't Allah azzawajal say to
		
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			you in the Quran wa ma aataakumu arrasoolu
		
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			fakhudhoo wa ma nahaakumu anhu faintahu what the
		
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			Messenger of Allah gives to you take it
		
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			what he prevents you from or prohibits you
		
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			from then refrain from it stay away from
		
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			it they said yes he said that's it
		
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			then the Prophet told us sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		
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			this and Allah commanded you in the Quran
		
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			to follow what he tells you and so
		
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			therefore Allah azzawajal gives to us this revelation
		
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			and so it is important for us to
		
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			bring it together and so Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala gave to us a number of
		
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			instructions in the Quran and likewise the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wasallam when it comes to our
		
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			meat but the general ruling being as Allah
		
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			mentions here that the believer is the one
		
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			who pronounces the name of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala upon the meat at the time
		
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			of the slaughter that we meet which Allah
		
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			azzawajal has made permissible for us to slaughter
		
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			you have a sheep you have a goat
		
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			you have a cow you have a camel
		
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			at the time of slaughter it is important
		
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			or obligatory upon you to invoke the name
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah azzawajal
		
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			then says in verse 119 continuing with this
		
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			with this point وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا
		
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			ذُكِرَ اصْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدَ فَصَّلَ لَكُمْ مَا
		
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			حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا لَيُضِلُّونَ
		
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			بِأَهْوَائِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُعْتَدِينَ
		
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			Why should you not eat such animals when
		
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			Allah has already fully explained what is forbidden
		
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			for you except when forced by hunger But
		
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			many lead others astray by their desires without
		
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			any true knowledge.
		
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			Your Lord knows best who oversteps the limits
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says And why
		
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			wouldn't you eat from that which Allah's name
		
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			has been invoked upon from that which Allah
		
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			is made halal for you Why wouldn't you
		
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			eat from it?
		
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			Why wouldn't you eat from that which Allah
		
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			has made halal for you because the mushrikeen
		
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			of the Arabs used to make halal that
		
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			which Allah Had made haram and make haram
		
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			that which Allah azawajal had made halal and
		
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			Allah azawajal will give to us examples of
		
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			this in this surah And in other surahs
		
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			of the Quran and that is the way
		
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			of the mushrikeen of the Arabs That they
		
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			would choose what they considered to be worthy
		
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			of Allah and halal and what was unworthy
		
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			of Allah azawajal by their own Desires and
		
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			by their own accord by their own thoughts
		
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			and logic and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			says and why wouldn't you eat from that
		
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			Which Allah has made halal for you So
		
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			if Allah azawajal has made something halal for
		
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			you and the name of Allah azawajal has
		
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			been invoked upon you Then it is something
		
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			which you should eat from and as we've
		
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			said before that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			has made it haram upon us To make
		
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			haram that which Allah has made halal So
		
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			for example when it comes to this issue
		
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			of meat Because we have a great many
		
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			people today that prefer to have vegetarian diets
		
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			or vegan diets or other types of diets
		
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			It is not permissible for the Muslim to
		
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			say that meat is haram Meaning meat that
		
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			Allah has made halal mutton lamb beef those
		
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			types of meats It's not permissible for you
		
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			to say that it is haram You may
		
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			not choose to eat it You may prefer
		
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			not to eat it or eat very little
		
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			of it because of your personal preference But
		
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			that doesn't make it permissible for you to
		
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			make it haram upon yourself or upon others
		
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			or to say that I won't sit with
		
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			Those people who eat meat or I don't
		
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			like those people who eat meat and so
		
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			on and so forth Allah azawajal has made
		
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			it halal So why wouldn't you eat from
		
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			it?
		
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			وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُمْ مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ And Allah
		
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			has already explained to you what is forbidden
		
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			to you from it Meaning that Allah has
		
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			made clear to you What is haram from
		
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			the meat?
		
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			So for example even animals that are usually
		
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			halal if they're not slaughtered ritually in the
		
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			correct way according to the sharia They become
		
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			haram The animal that dies of its own
		
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			accord the animal that's strangled the animal that
		
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			falls off a cliff and dies The animal
		
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			that is gored by another animal All of
		
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			these are different examples of that which Allah
		
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			azawajal has made haram as we mentioned Towards
		
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			the very beginning of surah al-ma'idah
		
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			that we spoke about this in detail Allah
		
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			azawajal has made it clear therefore what is
		
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			halal and what is haram Except when forced
		
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			by hunger meaning as we mentioned also before
		
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			that in times of necessity In times of
		
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			extreme need when a person has no other
		
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			recourse or option except to eat from that
		
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			which is haram In order for their well
		
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			-being and their safety and their life Then
		
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			the sharia gives to them leeway and gives
		
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			to them a concession For that particular time
		
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			and that moment in order for them to
		
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			be able to continue to live Allah azawajal
		
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			says but many lead others astray by their
		
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			own desires without any true knowledge And that
		
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			is what you find today Unfortunately, even in
		
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			our time that people will come and ascribe
		
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			to the sharia that which is not from
		
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			it They will ascribe to the religion of
		
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			allah azawajal that that which the religion of
		
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			allah does not ordain Doesn't permit doesn't speak
		
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			about doesn't say and people come with their
		
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			own logic People come with their own their
		
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			own concepts people come with their own ideologies
		
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			and then they Ascribe it to the quran
		
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			of the sunnah of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wasallam And that is something which is which
		
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			a person should be wary of because the
		
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			quran is clear And the sunnah of the
		
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			prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is clear Both of
		
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			them are easy to understand and both of
		
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			them tell you very clearly What is halal
		
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			and what is haram and that is why?
		
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			The muslim is the person who not only
		
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			takes from the quran and the sunnah But
		
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			they look at the understanding of the early
		
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			generations of the muslims the companions their students
		
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			Their students as well those early generations of
		
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			muslims, including the four imams And the many
		
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			other imams that lived in the times of
		
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			the salaf You look at them and you
		
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			look at the understanding and you look at
		
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			what did they take from this?
		
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			And then you see therefore the pristine version
		
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			of islam the pristine understanding of the region
		
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			of islam because these were people of knowledge
		
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			These were people of understanding they lived in
		
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			the time of revelation or close to the
		
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			time of revelation They were imams and their
		
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			scholars and teachers were imams And so to
		
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			have knowledge that comes from that source and
		
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			comes from that level of knowledge That is
		
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			something which the believer should should always be
		
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			proud of and should always look for And
		
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			that is why the prophet told us on
		
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			allah The best of generations is my generation
		
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			than those who follow them and then those
		
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			who follow them So the believer is someone
		
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			who understands this because for the vast majority
		
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			of people they follow their desires So they
		
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			don't have very not very much knowledge of
		
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			of allah's commands and his revelations And allah
		
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			knows best those who overstep Those who overstep
		
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			the boundaries of allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			Allah azawajal then says in verse 120 Avoid
		
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			committing sin whether openly or in secret for
		
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			those who commit sin will be repaid for
		
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			that which they do Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala speaks about sin and sin here is
		
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			everything which is in disobedience to allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala And allah azawajal tells us
		
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			to stay away from sin that which is
		
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			open and that which is secret And that
		
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			is because sometimes for example in this in
		
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			this subject or in this particular topic that
		
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			allah azawajal is referring to in this context
		
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			And that is when it comes to eating
		
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			meat that is halal or haram Sometimes you
		
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			will find that people will eat things that
		
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			are haram and they will claim ignorance of
		
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			it Or they will claim not to know
		
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			any better But they know deeply within themselves
		
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			and they hide this but they know within
		
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			themselves and recognize that what they're eating is
		
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			haram And it's not permissible that it's not
		
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			something which allah azawajal has allowed That's one
		
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			example and people often do this that outwardly
		
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			they profess ignorance but inwardly they have knowledge
		
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			They know the reality of that situation But
		
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			it's just easy for them therefore to live
		
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			in the state of delusion or deception Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala says that the believer
		
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			is the one who leaves all types of
		
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			sin That which is open and that which
		
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			is secret And that which they know internally
		
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			to be sin They leave off just as
		
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			they leave off that which is apparent and
		
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			they also stay away from that And that
		
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			is because as we said there are people
		
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			who for example only focus on their external
		
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			But they will neglect their internal they focus
		
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			on the external stuff So they won't steal
		
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			and they won't they won't for example, uh
		
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			commit zina they won't drink alcohol and so
		
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			on But when it comes to the internal
		
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			diseases of the heart when it comes to
		
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			showing off When it comes to arrogance and
		
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			pride when it comes to envy and jealousy
		
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			and enmity and those types of things Then
		
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			they don't they don't cleanse themselves internally and
		
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			spiritually and so the believer is the one
		
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			who understands that allah azawajal Has given to
		
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			us things that are apparently haram meaning Openly
		
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			that we do that are haram and other
		
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			things that are just as haram and sometimes
		
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			more so But they are from the internal
		
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			states of the heart Hypocrisy and showing off
		
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			and those types of evils that we know
		
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			from our religion For those who commit sin
		
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			they will be repaid for that which they
		
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			used to do And allah azawajal doesn't only
		
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			hold the people to account for their apparent
		
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			sins or their openly Open sins or the
		
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			physical sins that they commit but rather allah
		
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			azawajal will hold them to account for their
		
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			internal sins as well hypocrisy showing off arrogance
		
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			pride These are all sins of the heart
		
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			And they manifest themselves upon the body as
		
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			well But their essence is in the heart
		
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			and allah azawajal holds people to account for
		
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			them as well Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			then says in verse 121 وَاَكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ
		
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			يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِسْقَةً وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ
		
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			لَيُوحُونَ إِلَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءِهِمْ لِيُجَادِلُوكُمْ وَإِنْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُمْ
		
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			إِنَّكُمْ لَمُشْرِكُونَ And do not eat anything over
		
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			which allah's name has not been pronounced for
		
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			that is breaking the law The evil ones
		
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			incite their followers to argue with you.
		
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			If you listen to them, you too will
		
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			become idolaters Allah azawajal says do not eat
		
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			anything over which allah's name has not been
		
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			pronounced for that is fisk It is breaking
		
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			the laws of allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So for example eating from that which has
		
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			been sacrificed to other than allah To other
		
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			than allah and other than allah's name.
		
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			It is haram for the muslim to do
		
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			so or to Seek or to or to
		
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			uh or to eat from that meat in
		
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			which allah's name hasn't been pronounced over at
		
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			all So people may not sacrifice to allah
		
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			or to other than allah that is equally
		
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			as haram Or likewise as allah azawajal mentions
		
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			in the quran In surah al ma'idah
		
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			as we mentioned those things that allah has
		
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			made haram because of the way that they
		
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			die They haven't been ritually started allah azawajal
		
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			says don't eat from those things because the
		
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			mushrikeen They used to eat from those types
		
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			of meats and they would say that surely
		
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			if what we kill with our own hands
		
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			is permissible Then that which allah causes to
		
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			die of its own accord is also permissible
		
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			And so they would use their logic over
		
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			and above and allow it to supersede the
		
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			commands of allah The believer doesn't do so.
		
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			It's not about whether it makes sense to
		
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			you or not It's not about whether it
		
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			is logical to you or not It is
		
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			about what does allah say what doesn't he
		
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			say?
		
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			And so the meaning of a muslim is
		
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			this islam that they submit to allah azawajal
		
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			They submit to the commands of allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala And allah says that the
		
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			devils are those who incite their followers to
		
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			argue with you They are the ones who
		
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			incite them and so they constantly argue with
		
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			you.
		
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			They constantly debate with you They constantly say
		
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			different things with you And all of it
		
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			all of this is to do with their
		
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			desires and to do with their logic and
		
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			to do with what they think Should be
		
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			or should not be And if allah azawajal
		
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			has created us And allah is the one
		
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			who provides and sustains for us and allah
		
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			is our lord alone worthy of worship Then
		
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			it doesn't really matter what you think or
		
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			it doesn't really matter what you desire or
		
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			it doesn't really matter what your deficient Logic
		
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			tells you to do because allah is perfect
		
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			and all-knowing and almighty and all by
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala And me and you
		
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			are deficient in every single way.
		
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			And so we can't understand every wisdom of
		
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			allah We can't understand every command of allah
		
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			azawajal from a logical point of view But
		
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			that is why we submit to allah and
		
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			we obey allah azawajal just as even in
		
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			our life There are certain things that you
		
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			don't understand Sometimes your parents tell you to
		
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			do something It doesn't make sense to you
		
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			or your boss tells you to do something
		
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			doesn't make sense to you or the government
		
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			tells you to Something doesn't make sense to
		
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			you.
		
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			You don't necessarily have to understand everything in
		
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			order for you to do it But you
		
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			will obey your parents.
		
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			You'll obey your employer.
		
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			You'll obey the government because that is what
		
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			you have to do So if those are
		
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			the things that we do in our life
		
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			because that is how we live and that's
		
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			how we continue to thrive Then what about
		
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			when it comes to the laws of allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and to him belongs
		
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			the best of examples And if you listen
		
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			to them you too will become from the
		
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			people of shirk Because that is because you
		
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			will then turn away from allah's commandments and
		
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			you will associate your own logic or your
		
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			own desires Alongside allah azawajal in terms of
		
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			worship.
		
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			You will deny commands of allah and instructions
		
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			of allah because it doesn't make sense to
		
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			you That's what we find.
		
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			Unfortunately many muslims doing today.
		
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			They won't wear the hijab.
		
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			They won't keep the beard.
		
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			They won't pray They won't do certain things
		
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			because to them it doesn't make sense to
		
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			them.
		
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			It's not logical to them They think that
		
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			it's something which the the men did throughout
		
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			history or it's something which which you know
		
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			It's just part of the whole patriarchy of
		
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			islam or whatever.
		
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			It may be they will use different justifications
		
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			to say that's not actually the religion That's
		
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			not actually islam That's something which people invented
		
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			or it's the culture or whatever it may
		
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			be And those people are essentially using their
		
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			logic and their desires to supersede the commandments
		
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			of allah subhanahu wa ta'ala But if
		
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			they were to stop and to study and
		
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			to actually go they would see that it
		
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			is the command of allah It is the
		
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			command of the prophet.
		
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			And whether it's something which you can accept
		
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			or not is beside the point In fact,
		
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			if you can't accept it But you fight
		
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			your desires and you fight your logic and
		
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			you fight the temptations of shaitan To overcome
		
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			that and to submit to allah.
		
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			Perhaps for you The reward is even greater
		
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			because for other people who is easy to
		
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			accept the command of allah in that particular
		
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			issue But for you it is something difficult
		
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			and so different people struggle with different things
		
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			And so these are all tests from allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah azza wa jal
		
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			then says in verse number 122 Is a
		
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			dead
		
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			person
		
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			brought back to life by us and given
		
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			light with which to walk among people Comparable
		
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			to those who are dead Trapped in deep
		
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			darkness who cannot escape in this way The
		
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			evil deeds of the disbelievers are made to
		
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			seem alluring to them Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala says is the example of the two
		
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			the same are they comparable?
		
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			The one to whom allah azza wa jal
		
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			has given to them The one who was
		
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			dead, but then allah azza wa jal gave
		
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			to them life They were dead because they
		
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			were upon misguidance They were dead because they
		
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			didn't know about tawheed of allah azza wa
		
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			jal before guidance came to them But then
		
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			allah azza wa jal gave to them guidance.
		
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			He gave to them knowledge.
		
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			He gave to them iman He gave to
		
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			them the ability to follow the commandments of
		
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			allah azza wa jal and to be obedient
		
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			to him And look at the beautiful way
		
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			in which allah azza wa jal describes this
		
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			person And then we gave to him a
		
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			light by which he walks amongst the people
		
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			and that is the beauty of the muslim
		
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			The one who knows their religion everything they
		
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			do They do because they know that it
		
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			is something which is really stated by allah
		
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			in their worship in their character in their
		
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			dealings in Their interactions and so they walk
		
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			upon the earth upon that light from allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala And that is the
		
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			beauty of knowledge the beauty of studying the
		
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			quran and the sunnah of the prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam Is that then whatever it is
		
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			that you do in your business in your
		
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			family life in your worship in your aqeedah?
		
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			You do it based upon knowledge of allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala that person the confidence
		
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			that they have the mercy and blessings that
		
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			allah Bestows upon them you see them walking
		
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			Like a light and other people will look
		
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			at them and they will admire them by
		
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			allah's permission and they will emulate them or
		
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			seek To emulate them and have a respect
		
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			for them because they can recognize the light
		
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			of allah azawajal in them Because that is
		
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			an an internal light.
		
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			It is a spiritual light that manifests In
		
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			a different way and those people who seek
		
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			light of guidance They will be attracted to
		
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			that type of light that person is someone
		
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			that allah has honored Are they like the
		
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			one who is in perpetual darkness?
		
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			That person will cannot escape from it because
		
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			they have no iman they have no knowledge
		
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			They have no tawhid.
		
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			They don't have the beliefs of allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			Are the two ever equal?
		
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			The one who walks around not knowing what
		
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			allah wants even amongst the muslims those who
		
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			don't know what allah wants What is pleasing
		
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			to allah?
		
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			So they have the name of the muslim
		
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			and they have the identity of a muslim
		
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			But their whole life or sometimes many aspects
		
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			of their life are in in contra in
		
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			Contravention in contradiction to the commands of allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala The two are not
		
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			equal in any regard.
		
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			Let alone the one who is a muslim
		
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			and a disbeliever In this way the evil
		
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			deeds of the disbelievers are made to seem
		
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			alluring to them Allah azza wa jalla says
		
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			in verse 123 And
		
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			so we have put chief evildoers in every
		
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			city to perpetrate their schemes there But they
		
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			scheme only against themselves without realizing it It
		
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			is from the sunnah of allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala when it comes to the prophets
		
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			and messengers and the believers That from amongst
		
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			their enemies and those who oppose them There
		
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			were always chiefs always leaders who would lead
		
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			whether it's pharaoh and qarun and haman in
		
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			the time of musa alayhi salam or in
		
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			the time of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		
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			the likes of abu jahl and abu lahab
		
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			Always there are leaders whether we know them
		
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			by name or not and allah azza wa
		
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			jalla as I mentioned in a previous episode
		
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			Often refers to them as the mala the
		
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			nobility the chieftains the leaders of their people
		
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			because the rest of them The rest of
		
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			the follow the people of the populace or
		
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			the nation will follow their leaders or many
		
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			of them will follow their leaders In this
		
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			regard allah azza wa jalla says that we
		
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			have always put a The chief The chiefs
		
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			and leaders of the evildoers in the cities
		
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			opposing their prophets and messengers For their schemes
		
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			to scheme against islam and this is from
		
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			the The wisdoms of allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala because through this allah azza wa jalla
		
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			shows his power And through this allah azza
		
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			wa jalla shows his love for the believers
		
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			and his protection of them and through this
		
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			allah azza wa jalla shows the outcome of
		
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			the disbelievers Because they scheme only against themselves
		
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			without realizing it and when allah azza wa
		
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			jalla then protects And gives salvation and success
		
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			to the believers over the disbelievers Despite the
		
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			disbelievers may having more wealth and power and
		
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			so on and so forth allah azza wa
		
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			jalla then shows The truth from falsehood and
		
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			he makes it distinct And so just as
		
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			you have leaders of evil then likewise allah
		
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			azza wa jalla through this causes the leaders
		
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			of iman to also become manifest Like the
		
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			prophets and messengers of allah But then from
		
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			amongst their followers as well like in the
		
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			time of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam abu
		
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			bakr umar umar uthman ali Radhi allahu anhum
		
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			and the other major companions.
		
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			They also show that they are leaders of
		
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			guidance and leaders of of the path of
		
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			allah azza wa jalla Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala says in the final verse that we'll
		
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			take today 124 وَإِذَا جَاءَتْهُمْ آيَةٌ قَالُوا لَنْ
		
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			نُؤْمِنَ حَتَّىٰ نُؤْتَىٰ مِثْلَ مَا أُوْتِيَ رُسُولُ اللَّهِ
		
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			اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهِ سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا
		
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			صَغَارٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ مِّمَا كَانُوا يَمْكُرُونَ
		
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			when a revelation is brought before them they
		
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			say we shall not believe unless we ourselves
		
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			are given a revelation as Allah's messengers were
		
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			but Allah knows best where to place his
		
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			message humiliation from Allah before Allah and severe
		
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			torment will befall the evil evildoers for their
		
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			scheming Allah says that these people when the
		
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			prophets of Allah would come with the revelation
		
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			and the message of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala they would say why doesn't Allah give
		
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			it to us as well if he's given
		
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			you revelation he sent you angels he's given
		
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			you this type of command why doesn't Allah
		
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			inspire us and reveal to us and send
		
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			to us the angels as well we will
		
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			not believe until we see the signs that
		
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			you have seen we will not believe until
		
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			revelation comes to us as it has come
		
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			to you Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says
		
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			that this is also from their arrogance also
		
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			from their disbelief also from their haughtiness that
		
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			they would seek to say this audacity that
		
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			they would have this audacity to say upon
		
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			Allah give to us revelation we want to
		
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			who are you to demand such a thing
		
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			from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah is
		
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			best knowing as to where to place his
		
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			message Allah chooses the best of his creation
		
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			to be his prophets and messengers and Allah
		
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			azawajal does not just give that to anyone
		
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			and to everyone rather this is one of
		
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			the ways that Allah azawajal humiliates those people
		
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			but Allah azawajal humiliates them in severe torment
		
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			before the evildoers for their scheming and again
		
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			this is one of the ways in which
		
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			Allah azawajal makes manifest their haughtiness their rejection
		
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			their disbelief they're turning away from Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala and with that we come
		
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			to the end of today's episode