Haifaa Younis – Sayyidah Maryam bint Imran I Women of Paradise P4
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Which basically mean our lady,
and that's actually what the Christian also called
her,
our lady.
To me, this is why, actually, I I
I feel a,
a special connection with her.
Because what did Allah described her?
Repeatedly in the Quran.
The what what,
the sheikh recited in the beginning of today's
session is actually this verse, to the end
of Surah Al Taherim.
The 4 women Allah
mentioned,
the 3 without name, it's only Sayida Maria.
Right? Allah gave a parable
to the disbeliever.
The wife of Noah and the wife of
Lot.
They were under the care living together with
a very righteous man.
She's the wife of Sayid Anuha and the
wife of Sayid Anuha,
but they betrayed them.
And they said go to Jahannam
with those who is entering Jahannam.
It doesn't matter who's your husband.
It doesn't matter who's your father.
Nothing will help on the day of judgment
except
my and your
deed.
Then Allah gave parable. Again, this is the
same,
surah at Tahrim,
and the last four
verses.
And Allah gave parable to the believer.
Now
which I'm gonna come to it at the
end. The,
wife of Firaoun is called
You Allah,
build a house for me
with you in Jannah.
Save me from pharaoh and what is he
doing and save me from the wrongdoers.
Now,
oh,
This is how Allah described her number 1.
Mariam, the daughter of Imran,
who she guarded her private part.
And we have blown into her private part
from our soul.
She
believed in the words and the books
of her Lord.
That's the nickname one of the nicknames of
her.
Kanita. What is Kanita?
When when you think of and this is
repeated in the Quran, actually. The Kanita is
is basically
the woman who is
constant listen to this
constant
submission
to Allah and absorbed
in his obedience and his worship.
Constant.
I'm submitting to Allah wills, whatever happens to
me.
This is one of the hardest thing for
us Muslims.
So when Allah gives you the best,
you don't say why,
you submit.
But when Allah gives you not the best
or test you and me,
if I am a, I'll respond the same.
Submit.
What do you normally do? If he gives
me what I like, I'm happy.
But if he doesn't give me what I
like, why me?
And I start arguing.
Constant submission to Allah, his will, and the
other name for her is the
pure.
Although she was a mother, but she was
pure. And also Allah called her in the
Quran in other two names,
This is in Surat Mariam, the daughter the
sister of Harun, meaning you're from that
from that,
nation or from that part, which is Musa
and Harrow, from the same,
progeny
and daughter of Imran. That's another
name, nickname Allah called her.
He didn't even call her
but in other places, it's Mariam Abnata Imran.
Mariam, the daughter of Imran.
Pure. Constant submission.
Daughter off and the sister off.
What is so special about her?
And if you want to read about her,
there's mainly 2 places in the Quran. 1
is Surat Ali
Imran, and 1, of course, in Surat Maryam.
So, Ali Imran chapter 3.
And it's please forgive. I think I have
the number. Yes.
Ali Imran chapter 3 from the verse 33,
we will start talking about her
till
actually, no. Not from 33. It's actually from
34.
Starts talking about her mother and then talking
about her, and then you go to Surat
Maryam.
What is what made her special to be
one of those?
The test that nobody had been tested.
Here you go. The first test,
her mother wanted a boy.
Right?
Her mother gets pregnant. Her mother and father,
very old,
and they wanted a child. They said that
they were sitting together, and then they saw
a bird, a she bird feeding her fledgling.
And she said, I wish I have a,
I wish I have a son
so the son can serve Allah
For them, the boys were serving in place
of worship, not the woman at that time.
She got pregnant,
and that's what Allah says in Surin alay
Imran.
The people of Iran, her her father.
She got pregnant, the mother.
She's pregnant, the father died. So say the
Maria was an orphan.
The father died. They were old.
And the mother said when she got pregnant,
she said,
You Allah, I whatever I have in my
belly, I am gonna give it to you
for service.
Please accept from me.
Look what they give for Allah,
the whole child.
He's gonna be a servant of you, you
Allah.
Allah. Now
when she delivered,
You Allah, she's a woman.
Now don't look down at this verse because
a lot of people use this verse against
Islam.
And
the man is not like the woman.
For For sure, the man is not like
the woman,
but that doesn't mean the man is better
here or the woman is better here.
It's just the service
that is needed
is not done by women at that time.
And then look what Allah gave her instead
of the boy instead of the boy,
Mariam,
that we are talking about her now years
and thousands of years later.
The man is not like the woman,
and I called her Miriam.
Here is a good lesson for everybody.
And I seek refuge in you
to protect her
and her progeny from Saipan.
Make du'a for your children
even before they are born.
She just delivered,
and she made this du'a.
The result is Mariam.
What did she do?
I'm just sharing with you the verses
in the Quran in Aliyah Imran.
Allah accepted her with a good acceptance.
He responded to the dua of the mother.
Now she is an orphan.
They're poor. Who's gonna take care of her?
Nobody wanted to do that.
Said Nasakariyah,
the prophet,
he was related to her.
Different again, we don't have a lot of
information.
Most of this information is from the stories
of Bani Israel, so we don't know. But
they some says Zakaria was actually her her
brother-in-law,
meaning he's married to her sister. Some says
to her mother, related to her mother. He
was related to them.
Give a breath for this statement.
Every time
Zakariyah the prophet
entered upon her, where was she?
What is Mihrab?
The place of
worship.
She was not in the mall.
She it's
we need to know that.
We wanna be people of Jannah.
We wanna be the woman of Jannah. Remember
what I said? I have to do something
90% of the people will not do,
or it's not the
norm, but it's pleasing to Allah.
She was in constant worship. That's why her
name one of the nicknames is Kanita.
Submit to Allah
Every time Zakaria enter,
she he finds food.
Where is this from?
Connected with Allah.
This is from Allah.
He gives to whom he wills
without countability,
without being counted for.
You wanna be like Seda Maria?
Who doesn't wanna be like Seda Maria?
That's her requirement, or that's her character
in constant worship.
And remember what we said yesterday.
Constant worship doesn't mean I'm gonna do nothing.
Remember?
I'm gonna make sure I remember my niyyah.
I'm gonna do everything pleasing to Allah, even
if it's my daily life has to be
halal, and then I'm gonna make it for
Allah in every step of it.
Now go to Surat Maryam.
Now see the test. Now I'm special. Now
Allah described me as a woman of constant
submission. Now Allah gives me everything I want
and the test comes with it.
And that's as they say,
Every time Allah honors you with something,
get ready for the test.
Every time Allah honor you with something, get
ready for the test.
Honored you with children, get ready for the
test. Honored you with a good spouse, get
ready for the test. Honored you with Quran
memorization,
get ready for the test.
Anything that people want to have and Allah
gave it to you pleasing to him, get
ready for the test.
And the test, it depends who are you.
What test?
She's in
in her private quarter,
worshiping Allah
and Sayeed Najibreel comes to her in the
form of a man.
Right?
What what
what
This is in Surat Mariam.
Now the story how she got pregnant.
And tell them the story
of Mariam, where she took a place toward
the east.
She was undercover
alone.
We send to her our spirit.
Imagine this is you
alone
in the house, in the office, in a
place where you're alone,
and a man comes on you.
A beautiful, very well looking, nice looking man.
What did she say?
Immediately. I seek refuge.
You're connected with Allah
Any test comes in, Allah names comes first.
And he she didn't say Allah, says Ar
Rahman,
the most merciful.
She is making herself feel
calm,
connect. He's merciful. He's not gonna let anything
bad happens to you.
And she is talking to the man in
a way that you're a good human being.
You're not gonna harm me.
See the way, this isn't the Quran. You
read it all.
I am the messenger of your Lord
Allah's name
to give you a pure child.
Woman,
well known in town as a woman of
chaste,
obedient,
worshiper
suddenly becomes pregnant.
Call it
It depends which Surah you are reading. Here,
How can I have a child?
No man touched me.
And
I've never been
a prostitute.
Now the test
and the submission.
That's it. Allah said so.
How many of us
we say Allah said so? Done.
Why do you wear your hijab? Allah said
so.
Why do you pray 5 times a day?
Allah said so.
Why don't you drink alcohol? Allah said so.
And this is for everybody.
That response
that response and that acceptance, you're connected to
Allah.
She didn't believe it. How can I do
that?
Not
how can I get pregnant because this is
a human being mind?
Getting pregnant needs a man. That's how it
is. That's the sunnah of Allah. Right? So
she said, how can I get pregnant?
Nobody touched me.
That's
it.
Something very easy.
And the baby who's gonna come is gonna
be a sign for people.
It is done, don't argue.
And immediately, Allah takes you and me. Very
nice story.
Immediately
takes you to the fact he's already pregnant.
This letter in the Quran means something happened
very quickly.
They say, if something happens very quickly. If
Allah said,
that means there's
time.
He carried him pregnant
and went to somewhere far.
I I I remind my pregnant patients always
of this.
And I said, say the Marine was alone
in a far place.
Nothing. No physician.
No monitor.
No anesthesia.
No epidural.
And she is pregnant with no man,
so there's a a disgrace with it.
She was under a palm tree. That's why
we say Christmas can't be in December.
No, really. This is this is we mustn't
believe this,
because Nahla
will not carry dates in December.
It has to be in the summer.
Labor pain came in. He was under a
palm tree. What did she say?
I wish I was dead.
And no one will remember me.
Who said the same verse,
the same what Sayida Mariam said, when
she was dying?
He was so scared, and this is Sayida
Aisha,
that she is not pleasing to Allah. And
she said, I wish I was dead. No
one remember me.
And then Allah
you learn this.
You obey Allah
unconditional.
You submit to his decree, unconditional.
I have to have these 2. This is
one of the lessons we learned. 1 there's
many lessons. This is one of the lessons
we learned from the story of Sayida Mariam.
You submit to Allah's way.
Unconditional,
on no arguments,
and then he will send you the victory.
He spoke.
He just delivered.
Don't be afraid.
Don't be sad.
Your Lord, he reminded her of Allah.
Under you,
there is a flowing water.
Shake the palm tree.
Palm tree.
It's all miracles.
Fresh
dates will fall on you.
This is one of the things we do,
is actually we tell the woman eat dates
in labor,
because that's what Allah said in the Quran,
or especially after delivery.
Eat and drink. Eat the dates, drink from
the water,
and look at the next word,
and feel good.
You remember yesterday, we talked about
freshness, coolness of the eye. Telling her, don't
worry. Feel good. Feel
good.
I just delivered
with nothing,
alone,
no man,
and I'm gonna go back to my family,
to my town, to my city carrying a
baby.
Don't worry.
Don't be sad.
And then what did she do? This is
all from Allah. Who made Sayyida Isa speak?
Allah.
Ouch.
Imagine you. How many of you are unmarried
in this womb?
Imagine.
Maybe they say it was 1 they don't
know how long is the pregnancy. Some says
it was 1 hour.
Pregnant and deliver.
We don't know. I mean, again, we don't
have a firm
or or a sound source for this,
but this is what you read in the
books of commentary.
So here you go, virgin,
and you're so devout, and everybody knows who
you are, and you come with a baby
to your family, to everybody in town.
Mariam.
This is
mean, this is absolute
injustice.
This is absolute indecency.
That's when Allah called her,
the sister of Harun, meaning you are from
that progeny.
How can this happen?
Your father was not a man of indecency.
And your mother was not a prostitute. This
is in the Quran. You all read it
every year, at least once a year.
At least.
I'm assuming you read the whole Quran in
Ramabad.
Right?
So they were shocked.
You you, you Maria come with a baby?
That's
because she believes in what Allah is telling
her.
And because he told her,
when you come to your people,
Sayed Naysa told her,
go,
and then if they ask you,
say I am fasting. Actually, this is one
of the meaning of fasting
is that you it's hold. Fasting is withhold,
including
talking.
Pasha Rachili,
she listened to what Allah say.
That's one of the biggest lessons you have
learned from Sayida Miriam.
Total submission.
The only one
similar to her is Sayidna Ibrahim.
When Allah told him slaughter your son.
She pointed
how much he believed in Allah
that in that moment that you need to
defend yourself.
You didn't speak,
and you pointed to him. What happened if
he didn't speak?
And the rest of it. Then he said,
I am a servant of Allah.
What a story is this?
And that detail, it's in the Quran.
Never Allah
mentioned her in the Quran, but in the
most
positive description.
Angels
said You Mariam, angels spoke to
her. Allah chose
you. Purified
you.
And he chose you above all the women
of this of
this earth.
Yeah, Mariam.
Why why I'm special?
What do I need to do to be
special?
I I don't need to be the most
beautiful woman or the richest woman or the
most educated woman or have the best business
or I have that many children or all
my children this and that. No.
For Allah to choose me and you,
I need to do the following what the
angels told her.
Miriam, submit
to
your
Lord.
Prostrate
and go for.
Submit to the will of Allah. This uniqueness
of Sayida Mariam
is that she submitted to Allah
unconditional
all the story.
Non negotiable
submission,
unchanging,
unwavering,
it's a straight line of submission.
And what a test is this?
So are you surprised she's one of the
women of Jannah?
How many of us can claim
I am gonna be the woman of Jannah?
What did I do?
Are you with me all now? Are you
feeling it?
Sayida Maria. May Allah be pleased with her.
The last but not the least
is Sayida Assia Bintu Musahem, which is the
wife of Firaun.
That's a complete different story.
Who is she?
Assia was actually
the wife of
Firaun, and they said she is maybe related
to him and
she said some says she's from the progeny
of Said Namusa, and some says she is
actually related very closely to Said Namusa.
But definitely,
they agreed who is she, but they all
agreed she's part of that she is one
of the women of Jannah. This is another
hadith
of Rasul alaihis salatu wa sarah.
He said the meaning of,
from men, there is many
perfect men,
but from women,
there is 2.
I wish my name was there. It's not.
And I don't think any of your names
are there.
2, Maria Mabneta Imran
and Assia.
Now just a second, in case
now I was like, why not
now I just shared with you the story
of Sayeda Maria.
Any one of us in this room have
been tested like Sayida Maria?
Absolutely not.
Now, so what is the special about,
Assia?
So she was the wife of Firaun.
Right?
Who was Firaun?
Shiraun is Firaun.
Right?
Pharoah of Egypt,
which was basically
the ruler of the world.
Right?
And every time Allah mentioned Firaun name in
the Quran is in degrading
form, in degrading way and full of arrogance.
Right?
This is.
Farahun is talking to his people. Look at
the language so you can know who is
Farahun.
Right?
Farahun called his people.
Hey, people.
Hey, my people call me.
Don't I own all Egypt?
And all these rivers flow under me, under
my control?
Don't you see what's wrong with you?
And then he's comparing himself to Sayyidina Musa,
and Sayidna Musa was thin.
Am I not better from this? You can
barely see him. He's referring to Sayidna Musa.
What I akhad do you be?
And you can barely see him. You cannot
even see him.
In another place, Nadafiroun,
He talked to his this is in Zangaffer.
He talked to his assistant.
Built for me a huge
a huge like a like a huge stairs.
So I'm gonna get up high.
Musa. So I'm gonna go and see the,
the Lord of Musa.
He's a liar.
This is Firaoun.
Okay?
And this is the wife.
She witnessed the magicians.
You all know the story of Saida Musa.
Right?
So,
what did they do? They throw the sticks,
and the sticks became
snakes.
And what did Sayidam Musa?
He first was scared.
Musa Musa start to feel fear. This is
Don't be afraid.
You will be you will have the upper
hand.
Don't be afraid. Throw the stick.
The stick will swallow
the snakes.
What they did is the trick of magician.
And whatever the magicians, they will never be
successful. She witnessed that,
and she became a Muslim.
Meaning, at that time, she believed in Allah.
She did not believe Firaun
is the Lord, because that's what Firaun said.
I am your Lord,
Allah. Astaghfirullah.
Now, this is the wife.
This is the wife living
remember this living in luxury,
living in power,
living in a palace,
and that's the husband.
And nobody said that he treated her not
well.
It was not mentioned,
but the belief in Allah was bigger.
Once she saw the magicians, she believed in
Allah,
and she she
did not expose her faith. She actually hide
it.
But then he knew.
Imagine this.
This is Fir'aun,
pharaoh.
He talks with her.
Talked with her.
Change your
mind. You something happened to you.
You know I am the Lord.
When he felt there is no more hope,
the torture started.
The torture by itself, if you read about
it,
subhanallah,
they say
it may sound a little bit uncomfortable,
but they said he put her in her
in, attached
each part of her body
to a column.
So one hand to a column, another hand
to a column,
led to a column, and it led to
a column, and he said, say that I
am the Lord.
And she said no.
And he the columns were attached
to a moving,
like, carrier, and the carrier moved.
And that's when she said the dua
that we recited.
You Allah build a house
for me
with you
with
you.
Beighton,
house.
Scholars have a beautiful commentary on this. They
say she chose the neighbor before the place.
She chose the neighbor
before
the place,
before
where you wanna live because she wanted Allah
to be her neighbor.
And they say Allah
send
a cloud on top of her, and she
saw her place in Jannah.
What did we do for this deen?
What did we sacrifice for this deen?
Did we got tortured?
That we left our family.
Of course, she is woman of Jannah,
one of the best woman of Jannah,
believed
once she saw the evidence. She believed,
and she was not afraid.
That's one of the special things about Asia,
that she was not afraid,
and she didn't change her mind
because everybody else is doing it.
Everybody else is doing it. Why I'm different?
Right? This is my husband.
This is my family.
And she lost everything,
including her life,
because she believed.
Of course,
woman of Jannah.
May
Allah
make
us all of the people of Jannah
and may Allah
not test us
with anything that we cannot
take
subhanAllah,
but may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and this
is duha for myself before anybody,
make us learn from everything he puts in
our life
and make it a reason to get closer
to him.
Because this is not a choice in me.
It comes to me.
I need to be a woman or a
man, a Muslim or a Muslim man. Everything
comes from Allah, and I know that, but
I'm gonna use it. So this will bring
me closer to him,
pave
pave
my path to Jannah, and I go there
and I know everything that happens to me
is good for me and brings me closer
to Allah.