Ihab Saad – Day 2 Al Baqarah 2
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The title "tsy feathers" in the Quran is used to describe actions of the gods, and the speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding the meaning of "tsy feathers" in the context of identifying behavior and character. The speakers discuss various actions and behaviors that can prove whether a person is in need of support or support, and how they can help those in need. They also mention a video about the end of a trip with Ben Israel and a leader who wants to fight against actions of Sayyidina.
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Assalamu, Alaikum. Warahmatullahi wa, Barakatuh. Welcome to another
stop on our journey with the Quran, and today is the first day
of Ramadan, the first day of fasting. So congratulations to
everyone. We ask Allah subhanahu wa to allow us to witness the
whole month and we get out of it with complete forgiveness from
Allah subhanahu wa and emancipation from the El file.
Over the past couple of days, we on the first day, we talked about
an introduction to this series and about our journey with the Quran,
and then yesterday, we talked about the first Jews of the Quran,
and we are still with Surat Al Baqarah. So today, we're going to
continue our journey with Surat Al Baqarah. Yesterday, we talked
about, what is the importance of the name Al Baqarah, and what
should should it be a reminder of when we hear that word? And we
mentioned that in the large part of the Surah, Allah, Subhanahu wa
is giving us a comparison between the behavior of the believers, how
they should behave, and the behavior of another nation, which
is Ben Yisrael, to whom many prophets were sent, many messages
were sent, and time and time again, they forgot this message
and they rebelled against Allah, SubhanaHu wa and against all of
their prophets and messengers. So the reminder in the Surah is that
Allah, Subhanahu wa telling us not to be like them when we hear the
story or when we read the story about Al Baqarah, the lesson
learned is that do not be like Bani Israel and their behavior in
the Surah. What was the major behavior that was criticized in
the Surah, among the behaviors of Bani Israel, they were
literalists. They tried to take everything in the material sense
and try to interpret it in a very material and limited context.
That's why, for example, When Sayyidina, Musa Alaina Ari Salatu
was Salam commanded them to slaughter a cow, a cow, any cow,
would have worked. They kept insisting and asking about things,
about description, about color, about age, about different
characteristics, to the extent they made it too hard upon
themselves and as a punishment from Allah subhana wa taala, there
was only one cow that could satisfy these conditions, and they
ended up buying it from orphans for a very high price. So this is
the message that Allah subhanahu wa is sending to us. Do not make
things too hard unnecessarily, too hard upon yourself and upon
others. Rasulallah must always describe that whenever he were to
choose Salma masala between two things, he Salma Malay as would
choose the easier one, as long as it was lawful. So in that context,
Allah subhanahu wa is bringing our attention to focus on the
important things, and not only to focus on the literal meaning of
words, but to focus on the deeper meaning, the spiritual meaning, of
the words and of the events, rather than just the appearances.
So we find among the ayah that we recite tonight, inshaAllah in our
tarawih, Allah subhanahu wa is telling us about what should the
behavior of a believer look like? And many companions came to the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, asking him about good
deeds and good acts. And they were asking primarily about one
specific word, which is a very conclusive and comprehensive word
that gathers all the meanings of goodness and good things, good
behavior, good attitude, good worship, good everything. And that
word is Albir.
We notice that this word comes usually whenever we mention it in
a in a daily context, we talk about Birla Dain, being nice,
being kind, being thoughtful with one's parents, which is something,
of course, that is a commandment of Allah subhanahu wa, one of the
major commandments of Allah subhana wa Taala that usually come
in the Quran immediately after the command to worship Allah subhanahu
wa without any partners or associates. The next one would be
to be kind to one's parents. So when the companions of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came different times asking about acts
of good behavior, good faith, good belief, good belief, good
treatment of others, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam one
day summarized all of these acts of being good into one thing. And
it's very interesting his Allah AJ did not say that to pray all night
or to fast every day, or to give some a certain amount of money in
charity or anything like that. But he's Allah AJ focused on a very
practice.
Here is what is bir is Wale akin Al biram and Amelie, first and
foremost, faith and belief in Allah subhanahu wa the Day of
Judgment. Well, mela ikatiwal kita Abu wa Nabi Yin and the angels and
the books and the prophets and messengers that ALLAH SubhanA wa
Taala has sent us
what Alma, alabida, will CORBA will, yet Am I will mess Akina,
abne sabili was Rob and now, apart from that faith, part that's deep
in the heart that only Allah subhanahu wa taala knows about,
what are physical signs and external signs of this bir, this
solidarity with mankind. Wa at Al, Mela, ala habihi, and they give
the money that they have earned the hard way, the the lawful way.
Insha Allah they give it. Although they love this money in light,
they love to keep it. Wa allahubi. And here, the word allahubi, as
the scholars have mentioned, means two different things, Allahu man,
so we give the money although we love it, and Allah, be He, Allahu
Subhana wa taala, because we love Allah subhanahu wa, and we prefer
the love of Allah subhanahu wa over any other material thing.
What? Al Mala, ALA, habihi, dawal Kurta, they give that money to
their relatives. Wali, Atama will mess akin and the orphans and the
destitute. Wab na Sabil, the people who are passing by and lost
their money and are in need of support, was say a lien wafer cob
was say Illin, those who are asking, those who are begging for
support when they are in real need, they cannot find any other
way but to ask other people, however humiliating that might be
wafer the in in the ancient times when there were slaves, again, one
of the acts of piety was to free these slaves For the sake of
Allah, Subhanahu
wa and then Allah subhana wa Taala is telling us after these external
exhibits and displays of faith of bir, ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala is
telling us about internal exhibits that only Allah subhanahu wa knows
about, Wa Al qama Salih establishing the prayer were at a
Zakat, and they give the charity that is prescribed in their money.
Well, MUFON abi, ahadihida ahadu, and again, another communal act of
bir when you promise, you fulfill your promise, was sabirina Phil be
say, what the RA and those who exhibit patience and endurance in
the times of hardship. They do not show panic, because they know that
everything comes from Allah subhanahu wa, if there's a
hardship, ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala will did to happen, and only Allah
subhana wa Taala will make it disappear. Was Sabrina say? What?
Barbara iwahinn al Bas, so Allah subhanahu wa is telling us about
different behaviors that can prove whether the person has this bir or
not, whether they are internal behaviors in the relationship
between the individual and Allah subhanahu wa, or external
behaviors that are related to the community around that individual.
The individual is not living by himself or herself or for himself
or herself. They're living for Allah subhanahu wa then helping
other members of their community
in this judge that we're gonna recite tonight, also we're gonna
find the word taqwa, or a taqwa, repeated so many times, and we
mentioned yesterday that the word Taqwa Allah, the fear of Allah
subhanahu
wa observing the Presence of Allah subhana wa taala. It's a very deep
word, and again, it's not literal, it's not materialistic. It's a
very spiritual word that one feels the Taqwa of Allah subhanahu wa so
Allah subhana wa Taala gives us what are the external signs of
this taqwa? What are the effects and the implications of this
Taqwa? Anyone can claim I am among the muttaqeen. I have the fear of
Allah subhanahu wa is the proof. The proof, again, is going to be
in the behavior, in the interactions. And Rasulullah
mentions, in the meaning of the Hadith, that whoever has a certain
character, or even a character flaw that they are trying to hide
from people
Allah subhanahu wa expose that flaw inadvertently to that
individual in their slips of the tongues or in the appearance on
their face. So again, however you try to hide a negative flaw.
Allah, Allah subhanahu wa will expose it if you're trying to
deceive people. We ask Allah subhana wa Taala to conceal our
defects, because every one of us has defects, as long as we are not
deceiving people claiming something that we are not. So
Allah subhanahu wa, on the other hand, tells us that again, if
someone really has piety. This piety and this mindfulness
observing the Presence of Allah subhana wa Taala is gonna be
exhibited in their actions. So ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala tells us
about this taqwa in events of war, in events of marriage, in events
of divorce, in events of nursing the babies in the events of a
woman who has asked for divorce while she's pregnant, she should
not hide that pregnancy from her husband in so many different
aspects, you'd be surprised that Allah subhanahu wa is attaching
that meaning of Taqwa to things that appear so mundane and so
daily in our lives, so
not not religious in the in the sense that some people think
religion is, because, again, Religion is much more than just
the exhibit of
of that piety, but it's the true piety that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala
only knows about. By the end of the Jews, ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala
takes us on a trip with Ben Israel again and about one other act of
their rebellion against Allah subhanahu wa imbani, Israel,
people who came after Sayyidina Musa in the time of Sayyidina
Dawood and Sayyidina Sulaiman, when they were under oppression.
And they asked Allah subhanahu wa to send them a leader to fight
under whose leadership. And again, when this leader was named by
ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala again, they started rebelling against it. And
Allah subhana wa Taala is telling us about the end of that story,
the victory of the believers and the defeat of the non believers.
And Allah subhanahu wa gives us a standard Sunna of ALLAH SubhanA wa
taala, which is wala ULA inaz lafarud. Lefebilt, were it not for
this push and push back between different groups of people,
between truth and falsehood? Were it not for this continuous
struggle, the Earth would have collapsed and would have been
filled with corruption. So Allah subhanahu wa is telling us, You
believers, you followers of the truth, you are the safety valve
for life on this earth. We ask Allah subhanahu wa to make us that
safety valve. And inshaAllah, we're gonna pause here. We're
gonna stop here in our journey, and we're gonna continue tomorrow,
Inshallah, with the end of Surah Al Baqarah, and then the start of
Surat al yamran. So until that time, Inshallah, Asmaa Allah.