Rizq – Obtained or Ordained #11

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the session today inshallah.

So, we are in the Golan our class on this and looking at the issue of risk and whether it is obtained or ordained.

As we explained earlier, risk is an all encompassing word takes into account everything that one needs to live in the world and it's not restricted to,

to food alone, it is it comprises of food as well as everything else that we need, including education, including health and so on and so forth. If you think about this, therefore, the Sharia is also risk. Because it shows us it gives us the

framework in which not only to exist but a framework in which how we can be successful in this world and the next.

So the Sharia is, the Quran is risk. And Allah's mantras are in the whole Quran Kareem V Kitab in Maknoon ly I'm also Hoyle Motoharu Anton zero mirabito al Amin Fabi had al Hadith young tomo hidden water Jaya Luna restocked Stockholm under come to gazebo, Allah subhanaw taala called the Quran also risk and Allah, Allah Allah willing to deny this risk of yours

which comes to you because the Quran also is risk. So this is everything that we can imagine, and everything that exists which we need for our survival and our development and for our success in this world and the next

as we have been recapping the famous hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam where he mentioned the five things the five questions of the Madonna hasher the five questions of the day of judgment without answering which we will not be able to move from our place. And if you look at all of them, essentially they talk about risk

because time is risk how he lived his life, his risk, his youth and his health and his energy and strength is risk. What means did he earn his wealth that is risk where it is spent it is risk and the knowledge that he had and what he did with it is risk. So all of these essentially refer to

the secret question which is rare, so is risk is not only one of five questions, all the five questions refer to risk.

Six matters that we have been dealing with and inshallah today we will do the final last two of them.

The first one is that all of this is pre ordained in terms of quantity and Allah subhanaw taala has taken its responsibility,

the responsibility of providing it on himself. That second one is that we have a choice only in terms of the sources that we choose to obtain it from and where we choose to spend it. Three that shaytan will try to frighten us with poverty why Allah subhanaw taala comforts us with his power shaitan has no power over the believer who seeks the protection of Allah number for that sustenance and risk both in its plenty as well as shortage, our tests and that's where we finished yesterday including

the issue of interest. And we saw that in detail what is Riba? What is the confusion with respect to the BA and I gave you the denial of the clear position with regard to riba also we looked at the three definitions of Darul Islam da Rahman and Al Harb which is the usual excuse that is given to legitimize something which Allah subhanaw taala has made haram and we also saw the evidences which show how clearly that legitimization is illegitimate. So I think we have covered that whole thing in detail yesterday. Today, we will look at what action should wait

tick in case of difficulties with respect to risk and the last one inshallah today the reason why we still need to work and do the best we can while we live in the world now because it's obviously the this is an outcome of the first question If Allah subhanaw taala has taken the responsibility of risk on himself then why should I work?

And we will see inshallah the reason why it is still necessary for us to

engage ourselves gainfully in

honorable and useful things. Now important for us to remember is that enjoyment is only in passing, and only what is with Allah subhanaw taala is eternal. Allah reminded that I said for my Oh dear to me and Shane, from my terrible hair to dunya remind Allah He

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and lots of other assets or whatever you have been given is but passing enjoyment for this worldly life, but that which is with Allah is better and more lasting for those who believe in the Oneness of Allah subhanaw taala and put their trust in the rub. Now what is Allah is generally as you'll see in this translation, translated as Jana that's paradise, but what is Allah is paradise, it is also the the reward that we will be given inshallah for whatever we do. Now, what is Jana but what also is all the other things, for example, the reward of getting the shade of the shell Allah subhanaw taala, which is outside of Jana, which is not in Ghana, but it's outside of Ghana, but that is

reward which is greatly to be coveted and greatly to be desired. So also the to be given the drink of the

water of unclutter from the hand of Nabi SallAllahu. wasallam which is also water out of Jannah before we enter Jannah and so on and so forth. So the many other rewards which are

with Allah subhanaw taala and we ask Allah subhanaw taala for them.

Allah subhana wa damoh Then I Nika Isla ma Medina be as large a min home Zahal hat dunya Lena fina Humvee what is Cora pika, Pharaoh Abacha last marathon is referring to that which happens to many people, when they look at what the world has what people have in the world, and they get carried away. And when we saw the, in the earlier sessions, when we looked at those stories of cartoon that's, that's what it's about. So people look at what others have. And others might be people who are not non believers, others might be even Muslims who have, you know, apparently wealth and so forth, and influence and whatnot. At the same time, you might say, well, you know, these people are

disobedient to Allah, they are doing all sorts of shirk, and so on, so forth. But they still have all of this and yesterday, I explained that whole thing in detail, so I won't go over it now. But Allah subhana is very clearly saying, Allah saying, Do not train your eyes in longing for things. Don't keep on desiring material stuff. And don't keep on looking at this as Oh, I wish I had that car and I Oh, I wish I had a house like that and so on, so on. Allah says we have given for in Java to various groups of them, which is the policies and so on

the splendor of the life of this world, and that We may test them thereby. So let's say we've given it to them and as a test, but the provision the reward, the Everlasting reward of your rub is better and more lasting and that Aloka but we'll, we'll talk in the argument is only for the motorcade. Again, please understand Naka. Allah did not say Nakamoto loosely mean Allah document. Okay. So just having being a Muslim is not sufficient. That is obviously requirement. That's the the entry point that's the doorway but if you just stand inside the door, it doesn't help you have to also enter fully and that's the reason why Allah Subhana Allah said, Yeah, you know, the whole office will

McAfee. Instead, all you believe and tend to Islam fully and completely. And that's a very important thing for us to keep in mind.

Allah subhanaw taala also said, about tests and this is what we were talking about in terms of tests,

let alone Nafi m y equals one fusi come Walters mountain, Amina Latina O. Toole Kitab Amin publikum, Amina Latina, Assura qu, and then Kaziranga Indus Bureau, what are the who are in as Alec Amin asked me to more. Allah said you shall certainly we tried and tested in your wealth and property and in your personal cells, which means your health and so on.

And you will certainly hear much that will grieve you from those who received the Scripture before you and from those who ascribe partners to Allah. Much which gives you meaning people will try to do character assassination of yours people will try to attack you verbally and people will try to do all sorts of things only and only because you speak the truth and you invite towards Allah and you speak

Again, sure, so people will attack you for those reasons. Allah Subhana Allah says, but if you persevere patiently and become almost the cone, then verily that will be a determining factor in all of us. And that is from the great matters, which you must hold firmly on to. If you see the Sierra of Rasul Allah is Allah Salam. And that's the reason why it's so important for us to study the Sierra. The Sierra is the manifestation of the Quran.

The Sierra is the living

the living model of the Quran. And that's why I

say the eyeshadow Villa Hannah's famous Hadees whereas somebody asked her about the life of Rasul Allah is Allah Solomon, she said, Boy, you will not read the Quran. So the person said, Yes, we read the Quran, he said, that was the life of Muhammad Salah Salah. So it's very important for us to study the Sierra and we seem to have lost this we don't we don't study the Sierra systematically. We do not study the zero seriously, either in,

in generals of Muslim society, and even more surprisingly, we do not study the Sierra systematically. And in detail, even in our data rooms and our mothers. That is the most surprising thing in the world. The only bits of Syrah that the students in our data rooms and modalities, and I'm talking about the subcontinent and all the download rooms and mothers that are run on the subcontinent.

Model. The only bits and pieces of Syrah that Bill students study is what comes to them from the Tafseer of the Quran, from the US Bible knows all of the iron. So that's the stories of the Syrah, which come through there is the only part of Syria that they study whereas the Sierra is to be studied in complete nests and in a analytical framework, meaning that we must study the Sierra with a clear purpose to say, how can we apply the lessons of the Sierra in our lives today? The Syrah is not a storybook to be studied for entertainment. And we don't just read the serum for the sake of reading to see that we said when I'm studying the Sierra, what are the lessons that I'm learning

from this? And how will I apply these lessons in my life today, and that's that is how the Sierra must be studied. So it's not just a matter of studying it in detail, it's a matter of studying it with a clear intention of applying it. And that's the message that we have from Allah subhanaw taala that we must do this. Because if you look at all the difficulties that just this morning, somebody sent me an email saying, what were the ways in which the kurush opposed? Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam? And how can these ways be compared to what is happening to Muslims today, and how Islam and Muslims are being opposed. And

I wrote an answer to that, and I posted it on the group as well, so you can read it. And I think I was able to identify 14 or 15 different ways in which the Quraysh and

allies proposed and oppressed and attacked Ross Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam as well as the sahaba.

So they did that. And they continue to do that, until after the Battle of Allah Huizar, the Battle of conduct, that whole opposition collapsed.

The whole opposition of the college and all their allies completely collapsed. So what we learn from this, in short, in one line is that opposition will happen, it will happen in many, many different ways. But those who persevere for the pleasure of Allah subhanaw taala, alone will, in the end, come out on top and they will in the end be successful and victorious.

Both of these things are equally true opposition will happen is true. And if you persevere, you will come out on top and you will be victorious is also equally true. The condition is perseverance and perseverance not for the name or fame, but perseverance only and only for the pleasure of Allah subhanaw taala. And that's very important. And that's the reason why we very important for us to read the Syrah

Allah subhanaw taala also mentioned

the issue of tests, and why tests happen and this is a this is the deal for why tests happen to people who are doing good, because we find two kinds of things we find that just come to people who are

indulging in evil and we saw various if Allah subhanaw taala said we sent these tests on them so that they will turn towards us meaning that they were not turned towards Allah subhanaw taala to begin with, but what about people who are already turned

was the last minute What about the test was given to them via

nobody can nobody can say that nobody was not turned was not conscious of Allah subhanaw taala. So what about the tests which came to Zambia, and I'm starting with the Gambia because the rest of it goes without without saying the tests that come to various good people that the tests that come to the Sahaba of the MBR the tests that come to various Olia Allah and so on and so forth. So what about those tests? And Allah subhanaw taala, the famous ayat of surah baqarah. Allah subhanaw taala said Well, number one Lacombe is a mineral coffee will draw you an axiom number one, well unforseeable Samara, Oba Shiraz Sabri Bashara for the Siberian Alladhina Iza Tomasi baton Carlu in

Kerala here in Isla he Raju, hula II chi li him Salah to me rub him Rama, Willa Iike, humble moto don't.

And that is the

the the ayat of surah baqarah. And Allah subhanaw taala said and certainly we shall test you with something of fear and hunger and loss of wealth, loss of lives and loss of the fruits of labor, but give glad tidings and give Bashara to us Savarin, who, when afflicted with calamity, they say in Lillahi wa, ala Rajan truly to Allah subhanaw taala we belong and truly to him, we shall return. And they are these people, these are the people on whom are the Salawat the blessings and the grace of Allah subhanaw taala from the rub, and they are those who receive His mercy. And it is the who are the guided once SOL tests come to people who are obedient to Allah subhanaw taala in order to raise

their gods out with Allah, in order to elevate them, elevate their status and to make them to grow to make them clothed, bring them closer to Allah subhanaw taala. So the tests will come irrespective of whether or not you are

obedient, if you're obedient, also tests will come and if you're not obedient, also tests will come this whole life has been made for a test. And therefore Allah subhanaw taala continues to test.

So now, what to do if we have difficulties with risk? Now again, do understand the difficulty various is not only with regard to money and so on, for example, you're trying to memorize the Quran, and you find that you are having difficulties, what do you do that risk?

As I mentioned earlier, the Quran, so I'm trying to memorize the Quran, and I'm having difficulties. So what do I do

with regard to material things, of course, I don't think I have to give examples, we all have various kinds of material issues. So we can talk we can we can think about them. So what to do in terms of

difficulties with regard to risk.

First and foremost is to pray for and to try to achieve a state of contentment.

Contentment, be satisfied with what you have the biggest source of stress, and the biggest source of unhappiness is envy,

and jealousy,

envy and jealousy, the only thing that we are permitted to be envious about these two things. Number one, we are permitted to be envious about somebody who knows more who has more knowledge of Islam than we have somebody who has more Quran in his heart, then we have somebody who has more understanding of this, then we have someone who has more knowledge of Islam than we have we are allowed to be envious about that in because that is a positive. And we are saying that y'all I wish I was like this, I wish I had I also knew as much Quran as so and so does.

You're not saying I wish that Quran which is in his heart will disappear. We are not saying that we are saying that I wish I had the same thing as if the second one is we are permitted to be envious about somebody who spends in the path of Allah subhanaw taala. And we are permitted to be envious to say I wish I could spend like that if I had, if I had money if I had resources, I wish I could give the way that person gives.

Other than that, to be envious of anyone is in Islam it is haram. To be to be jealous is haram. Allah's rather and Surah In Surah falak actually

actually taught us to ask his protection from the jealousy of those who are jealous

from the Hasidim and people of acid. So what is the solution for all this contentment Alhamdulillah bedarra mean whatever Allah subhanaw taala has given us is enough.

We don't ask for more if I if it comes with a lighter Alhamdulillah but we are not constantly anchoring and so on and so forth. And we definitely not looking at others and saying oh look at him and he has so much and she has almost no

And the way to be thankful the way to be content is to be thankful.

The route to contentment is by is through being thankful.

And as I've said before in the tarbiyah, class and so on, actually list the things that you have to be thankful to Allah subhanaw taala for

listos things.

Recently, I was speaking at one of the big mothers here,

and I was speaking to the

teachers.

And the usual

farming, in almost all my that is, is that when you come out of the room, when you leave your shoes outside the room, when you come out of the room, your shoes have been turned, and they have been placed very neatly in front so that you can put on your shoes immediately. So the students do this as a matter of respect for the teachers. So I told them, one of the things that the teacher should be thankful for is that our students and mother is when they touched our shoes to turn them they do it with a different intention from how students in other schools and colleges, they also touch shoes

with respect to the teachers, but their intention is different, that you should at least, you know, thank Allah subhanaw taala that Allah has given us students are so obedient that when they touch the show,

the intention

is to honor you. The reason I'm saying is that we must thank Allah subhanaw taala for every single thing we have, and never take anything as small because the day it is not there, you will realize how important that so called small thing is.

So actually make a list.

Make a list of every single thing, make a list of the material, the things that you have, make a list of the circumstances of your life, the situation of your life, make a list of the friends you have, make a list of the kinds of family you have, and so on and so forth. And thank Allah subhanaw taala, one by one by one for all of this. And you will find that you will get a great deal of contentment and peace as a result of thanking Allah subhanaw taala how to be happy, be thankful.

Online. Second thing is very important, take pleasure in small things.

Because the reality of life is that small things happen many, many, many times, the big things happen only once or twice.

So now if you wait for a big event to happen,

then you find that those big events are few and far between.

They're not close by. So you are you have the opportunity to be thankful or to be happy maybe three times in your whole life.

Right? But if you are thankful for small things, there are hundreds of opportunities. Anytime you look at something, you do something you're walking somewhere, you're driving a nice car as you as you drive, you know swap things

never take anything for granted. Don't think that it's your right it's not your right somebody's wild that you it's not your right if somebody says alive, it's not your right.

Right. It is his duty to say salam it's not your right that he should say Salam to you.

The fact that he's doing it Thank Allah Subhan Allah 100 Allah so Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah you put it in the heart of someone to send salaam on me.

So thank Allah subhanaw taala for every single thing, right? Take the snare the sneeze, for example. Why do we say Alhamdulillah after the sneeze, what is the scientific evidence? Scientific evidence is that when you actually sneeze, your heart stops

there's some funny things about sneeze you can't sneeze with your eyes open.

And you see is automatically eyes shut.

And when you sneeze, the heart stops.

Then it kicks back up again. starts up again.

So when you say when you sneeze is Alhamdulillah

and whoever hears you should say Allah

He should send do I make dua for you?

Yes.

And that's the reason why if the two interesting design issues of this, which is that if you are sitting in a mattress and someone comes in and says salam O Allah is it necessary for everyone to share Alec masala no one person saying it no why because you are giving peace to that person you're giving him protection you and one person in the masjid is giving protection is equal to the whole much is giving protection to say why like masala one person saying it is enough. There's everyone doesn't have to say. But if someone is sneezing

then

if you hear him saying Alhamdulillah then you say yarmulke

and if he if he grabbed by sneezes and he does not say along the law also if you don't hear him also you can assume he said it so you can say I don't like Alecia.

So, the reason is you're giving dua to that person.

So give dua

except when if you are giving the DUA goodbye

In front of you somebody is sitting and sneezing and sneezing that's his way of making Zika under law every time he ceases so obviously you can stop in the football and say I'm gonna collab with you only Allah, Allah

so then you leave it to the person sitting next to that person who sent him DUA and you send him die in your heart but you continue with the puzzle.

Those who are smiling and laughing No I'm saying that. Masala Allahu Allah Nabil Karim Allah Allah He was happy as main drama to garden