Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Justice in Islam Quranic ayaat explanation.
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we praise Allah subhanaw taala
we send peace and blessings upon the best of his creation our
beloved Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his noble family
and his companions.
And we ask Allah subhanaw taala, to open the hearing channels of
our hearts, to his remembrance to his words to his column,
so that we internalize it, that we understand it properly. And most
importantly, we act upon it and actualize it in our lives. So that
we become living examples of the Quran.
Allah subhanaw taala increases in useful knowledge, knowledge that
brings us closer to Allah subhanaw taala.
And which helps us to fulfill the purpose for which Allah subhanaw
taala has created us, which is his horrible idea.
We ask Allah subhanaw taala to accept somebody was accept this
gathering and make it
with sin, with truthfulness and with the class only for his
pleasure
and not for any other purpose.
The topic that we're going to talk about today
is justice, justice in Islam.
How do we understand justice in Islam
the obligation for justice in Islam
and the various words that are used in the Quran for justice and
some of their subtle differences.
And then we'll go through
the ayat of the Quran about 70 of which mentioned justice in one
form of another in every aspect of our life. So we understand the
whole
spectrum of justice in Islam.
So we had assigned a few of the major eyelets that deal with with
justice in Islam and we will first go over those ads and then some
translation brief
understanding of those Iots and then open up the topic for
in general
Allah subhanaw taala says in the Quran
in surah Enel, this is
an idea that we hear
especially as brothers, every drummer,
every job we hear this is
towards the end of the hood.
Therefore it means it has to be something special. That we are
made to hear this we are reminded of this every single Friday
so 52 times 70 is 3500 plus times we've heard this is
the idea is how do we know him initially articles all the we
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Allah subhanaw taala says in Allaha Yia Moodle Bill ugly indeed
Allah subhanaw taala commands this is a commandment.
What does he command you?
Adieu.
Loose, loosely translated as justice.
So when Allah commands something, what does it mean? From a factory
perspective? What does it become?
Is it something good to do?
Yes, it's something that is why jibbitz A fourth, it's a
commandment of Allah that you must do this, Allah commands Justice
will other Well, son, and Allah also commands son. And as you
know, son has also a spectrum of meaning from, to do things with
excellence, to do things in the best possible way to do things as
if you see a line in front of you or Allah is Seeing you to do it
with that frame of mind.
And CERN is in what Allah doesn't specify, he just says he commands
Exxon,
everything to be done, when that in its best possible way, as if
Allah was watching you, which he is, or you are seeing Allah.
When it's left open,
what is it mean?
As son in what
in your relationship with Allah in every act of Ebola, in your salah,
in your song, in your hedge, in your liquor,
in your cat, in everything
in your vertical relationship with but it also means your son in your
horizontal relationship with everything, starting with
yourself.
Fulfilling the rights of your body of your life. In the best way,
fulfilling the rights of your parents, fulfilling dealing with
your spouse in the best possible way, dealing with your children in
the best possible way. Be dealing with your relatives in the best
possible way. Dealing with your neighbors in the best possible
dealing with your business partners and business dealings.
Every single thing. Whether it's matters of inheritance, whether it
matters of business, whether it's what you offer as merchandise what
you offer a service, such as people in the service industry,
lawyers, doctors, everything has to be done with a son, it's open.
In other words, Allah is commanding excellence that you do
the best that you can
what etha is still Korba Allah subhanaw taala says and spend and
support people who are Korean, which means your relatives,
all your relatives, starting with the nearest ones, which is your
immediate family, then your extended family and then you're
not your further extended family, your relatives.
Allah saying spend on them, support them, help them and
whatever they need. Sometimes it's economic support. Sometimes it's
emotional support, sometimes it's condolence, sometimes whatever it
is, you know, if somebody's not getting married, helping with
that, so whatever they need, Allah says do that.
While Yun Han l facture. evil monkey well Barbie, and Allah
forbids you. He forbids you from fascia. fracture is everything
that the fitrah the natural instinct considers indecent.
here starting with how people dress, how people act with lack of
hair,
and everything that goes beyond that of illicit relationships, it
all comes under fascia.
Also under this, some scholars have said disobedience of parents
is considered everything major schicke lies giving false witness
taking a life killing people. This under N Mancha. Moncure means
everything that Allah has forbidden.
Allah says don't do that comes on Allah so and well berry berry
means a person who
rebels and goes on to oppress people.
oppression
and part of oppression always oppression goes hand in hand with
aggression.
So Allah subhanaw taala has forbidden this and then he says
you go calm, Lala calm the Quran.
This is Allah is the wise is giving
in admonishing and exhortation what he has said lalco That that
karoun So that you may reflect on us
This idea itself is enough because it's open for every kind of human
relationship, whether it's with Allah subhanaw taala as the
relationship of an apt servant with the master or any
relationship we have
and it starts with Adam,
then we'll get into that a little later. Does anybody have any
comments or questions on this? So far of what you may have read
ahead of time and learn something, anyone
wants to add anything contribute anything or question?
Okay
we go to the next idea.
Allah subhanaw taala says, Yeah, you will ladina Manu Kuno Cava
Mina de la Shuhada a billet abilities to wala yet jurymen
commission earn co Mina, Allah, Allah, daddy Lu era de Loup, who
are acquirable Taqwa what taka law in the law hobby room Bhima. Tom
alone.
Last month, Allah says yeah, you're Latina. Who is he
addressing?
No. Believer. He's addressing me.
He's addressing you.
When you say it's for believers, we put ourselves
around Quran is for you. Always when it says yeah, you're Latina.
Amma No.
Your ears should pop up. Allah is addressing me. This is not for him
and him and her is for me. That's the most important thing. Yes,
literally it means or you believe. But I claim to have belief.
Therefore, this what is coming should first be for me, because I
am the one who has to fulfill these duties. Yeah, you Alladhina
amanu Kuno Kawa, Mina de la shahada a bill just close one
caller saying stand up firmly upright as witnesses for Allah
injustice as just witnesses.
Now, how do we stand up as just witnesses for Allah? What does
that mean?
Whenever there is an issue of any kind
if you know what is right, what is wrong, you always stand up for
justice. Anything, but that's a small matter. To have your
children fighting with each other.
Stand up for justice. Okay? If it's something countries fighting,
genocide going on, stand up for justice, and everything in
between. Okay. And then the interesting thing is Allah
subhanaw taala says, lie you're doing this for the sake of Allah
for the sake of Allah,
because Allah wants justice.
Now he has given you the responsibility as his Khalifa on
this earth. Allah said establish justice last I said, establish
justice. Now when you see injustice being done, when are you
going to stand up when there is a potential for injustice? That you
stand up for the truth you stand up for justice you stand up for
what is right
now,
the word used here shahada, you'll be witness bill test two second
word first I was the word was word for justice.
Ugly, Ugly. In order we use our ugly here it's crystal which is
also a word and there are subtle differences we'll come to that.
Now Allah subhanaw taala could have ended it right there the full
message but he specifies further wala Yejide mana commission are no
common Allah Allah.
Allah subhanaw taala says And let not if you in one of these, in
this conflict that you are arbitrary. One of them is your
enemy.
Now if one of the two parties is an enemy to you, what is your
normal tendency?
You will favor the one who is your friend.
Hola Swanton wala Yejide. Don't let your enmity for any one of
those
prevent you from justice. In other words, if your friend is wrong,
and your enemies right, you will decide on the favor of your enemy.
Allah says Don't let enmity because because then that's not
justice.
You have to stand up for
The truth Allah specifies that
don't let your intimate for
one party hatred to others
make you act so that you don't act with justice. Then Allah smart
Allah doesn't stop there he says and they look that's now the word
Adela again comm ad is a command, activate justice. So three
stresses first and last month Allah says stand up as witness.
Then he says, Don't let things like this and this is the extreme
case, you know you are told
yet he says, Stand up for wherever justice and then commanded against
andalou, who are Acropolis Taqwa because that is closer array of
corrupt closest to taqwa.
What are called law and fear Allah. In other words, when you
are making these decisions, when you are favoring one party over
the other, always have fear of Allah. Because Allah is the
ultimate, just judge and Allah will judge you for what you did.
And then just so that
you have any doubt he stresses it again and of the IRA, in Allah
hobby room Demo time alone. Indeed, Allah is well informed
with what you do means what decision you're going to make.
Who you favor, whether you act with justice or not.
Just remember, that's the ultimate Just remember one thing and
everything falls in its place. What should you remember?
Allah knows what you're doing.
And that's Taqwa. Anyway. So,
the IRS leaves no room for messing around with justice. Okay. And he
gives the example even if it is you hate one party for whatever
they have done to you, but you still have to act with justice.
And your questions about this i
Listen Sora my the beginning of Surah Milea.
Now we come to IR from Surah. An Nisa, which is similar to this
with some work some things put in a different order and you will see
see the similarities and some added information.
Yeah, you're Latina?
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the ayah starts with ya yo Alladhina amanu meaning who?
Me? Me all believers but me first Kuno Kawa, Amina bill, kiss the
shahada Lilla same thing stand up for justice for the sake of Allah.
First, I said, Who? What? What did you say? Lai, shahada Lila first
Isa? Kumu Kahua. Amina de la Shuhada. Bill kissed. This says
punakha Wamena. Bill testy. Shuhada Lila Allah, just the order
is changed. Okay. Same thing. Stand up for justice for the sake
of Allah Now comes the addition. Well, lo Allah unphysical even if
it be first one we talked about the hatred for others should not
deviate you from Allah subhanaw taala is even if it be Isla
unphysical even if it be against your own self.
So you're going to court against somebody and you're presenting
your case, but you know, you are not right. Allah says don't do
that.
Even if it goes against you, because that's what Justice it
that's what it should be.
And this we see all the time, Muslims fighting with each other
business people fighting with each other. You know, brothers and
sisters fighting with each other for inheritance and whoever has
the whoever gets there first grabs whatever they can kind of thing
you know, all the time this is Not not uncommon. So Allah subhanaw
taala says even if it is against yourself,
or will validate one of the parties in in this conflict is
your parents. Allah says if they are doing injustice, you stand up
for the other party say Oh, but it's my parents. Doesn't matter.
Yes, parents have right but not at the expense of justice.
For
Well after being and your close relatives, you know, one side is
you know,
Allah says doesn't matter
in your current vahanian of appearance and again, it doesn't
matter what the economic statuses you know, normally what happens
in the so called real world of today, the rich get away with
murder
shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and you can say nothing's gonna happen
to me, right somebody said that
and the poor get stuck with everything. Allah says no, that's
not justice. You have to stand up for justice for love Allah be him
Allah is closer to them, he knows who's right who's wrong.
That what follows that Bill Hawa and don't follow your own
inclination, your own desires, because we are frequently we are
biased towards something. This person speaks my language. I have
been
I have been in their house for so many times and they make good
video and so my face you know, I, my, you know, I would favor them
Allah says no, don't follow your Hava which is your inclinations
and your desires. And Daddy Lou, so that it makes you
deviate from justice. Or Intel. Whoo, oh, Dora, do and don't
refuse. And don't turn back.
And don't distort. Turn who is to distort what
your testimony. Because in a case like this, you would you're giving
your call as a witness. And you are trying to favor one party
unjustly so you distort some of the facts you don't give
everything. Allah says don't do that. And don't Calatayud
literally means turn your back in other words refuse that you know
the truth, but you refuse to diverse the truth like the lawyers
tell you here.
Don't answer the question. Take the fifth
Yes, fifth may save you but Allah says justice.
So it will save you in this court but you will be accountable in a
court of Allah. These are important things that we need to
understand I mean Islam Allah halls Muslims at very high
standards ethical standards. I'm just imagine if you have to be a
witness against yourself and against your parents. Especially
and that is an enemy of yours on the other side, who openly says
things like
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hubiera indeed Allah
is well acquainted knows everything what you do. Again, the
same thing. It this is NS
for Enola, Ghana Bhima, Tama Luna Kabira, the previous one in
Allaha, Buderim, Bhima, TAMIU. Same thing, just Allah Samantha
doesn't repeat the same thing. He just turns words, because where
this comes, this rhymes better with what's that and that goes,
there's also a certain, you know,
I don't want to use the musical but there is, you know, rhyming
that Allah in parts of the Quran. So this is again, the same concept
with some additional information.
The first one said on one side is your enemy, you can and the second
one says you have all the people you want to favor yourself, your
family of parents.
Don't look at the economic status, you have to stand up for justice.
Any comments or questions on this?
That's a great question.
And that question is like when one is trying to establish justice,
and we are living in the era of misinformation? How do we trust
the witness? Like you know, because it because quite dicey,
like you know, because when you're doing justice, you go with the
witnesses, right. So what is the role and how do you how to reach
and the witnesses or the information that you have attended
in order to determine whether you're on the right side or the
ones?
So there are two aspects to your question. One is the way you have
framed the question it is that you are the judge.
So you're listening to the witnesses and you're determining
who's telling the truth who's not.
The second aspect of it is you are the witness because Allah
Montilla starts this is by saying, You are the shahada
for Allah.
And you cannot lie.
Even if the other party is lying, you still have to tell the truth
because Allah is watching you, Allah knows the other party's
lying. But you can say, well, they're lying. So I'm going to lie
also, you have to still tell the truth. That's not a choice. Now,
we have, we're living in a an era where truth and falsehood are so
mixed up the information that comes to you cannot be sure.
And this was something rasool Allah SallAllahu Sallam told us,
and it hasn't yet reached a peak, when is it going to reach a peak?
With the coming of the judge, because that's the ultimate of
mixing up truth and falsehood. When somebody comes, who has been
given the powers of allah, that by Allah, and who himself says,
that's the onguard?
So that's the ultimate test. May Allah take us before that time
comes, okay, because it's going to be a big test.
Now, today, we have what are called bots on the computer.
What are bots? Do you know what bots comes from? Robots? It's the
short term bots. So they have with AI developed
programs, a lot of which comes from the Middle East, you know,
who would that be?
Where every day, through these programs, they monitor certain
words, certain phrases, for example, Gaza, was, for example,
Palestine, anything that's posted anywhere, that program picks it
up, and immediately has a response. The chat GPT is program
to do a response to that, which favors the other party.
And to bombard so many of those every few minutes in different
variation, it looks like 1000s of people are responding to it. Now
you look at the reaction, there's something happened and you look at
the reaction, majority of them, as of 2023 70% of them will not
normal human beings responding, it's already programmed.
This year, they think 95% of responses are going to be through
AI.
Which means you can promote any agenda you want.
You can negate anything else, you can create false popularity have
so many hits, and so many views and so many, all of that, it's all
lies, okay, and that's going to happen.
So, if you are in the position of a judge, or you are making a
judgment, you do the best you can. And Hamdulillah, Allah has not put
us in a position where we are going to be passing capital
punishments on people, okay? You can come to and you can look at
the best evidence and sometimes you can say, it's not clear.
Okay. And Allah doesn't hold you accountable for that when
information is not available. But once you know, and especially if
you are the witness to something, then there is no room, there is no
wiggle room for
compromising the truth and compromising justice.
So that's the best I can answer that question.
Great question. Yes. So how can you stand up for justice when you
feel that you are
your family might be threatened, your future might be threatened,
your creative might be frightened? What's going on out in the world
right now, and people are very silent. And because they are
afraid of
chatbots you just talked about, they are monitoring everything.
It's very difficult to even post anything on WhatsApp, or look up
anything on Google. It's because you are afraid that you're going
to be monitored. And then since you are coming from the countries
where you cannot really go back, so you just try to ignore those
things. And just,
you know, just,
I mean, it's injustice to those people, but it's just the way of
life right now.
So again,
everyone has a
certain comfort level of
what they feel for security.
There are people
on campuses who are not Muslim
Who know that they'll be blacklisted forever. Who will
never get a job. Yet, they choose to stand up for justice. When
somebody does that,
they will lose out on certain things. But whoever loses out
gives up something
out of justice for Allah Swan, this is Lila,
Allah will replace it with something better. They may be
tried, they may go through hardship, but they will come out
ahead dunya and especially. So that's something that we must
understand. Now, everyone has to make their own decision based on
their circumstances.
The lowest level of which is when you see something wrong, what is
the least level of human
hatred in your heart?
But if I say no, I don't even want to do go there, then Rasulullah
salAllahu alayhi salam says that means you cannot claim to be a
ballerina.
So the lowest level is to recognize it as wrong as injustice
and to hate it for that reason.
And then you come to that next level, speak up against it, and
many people speak up and they're whatever your level of comfort is,
again, when you do speak up, you have to use your wisdom.
Use phrases that cannot be misconstrued that cannot be taken
out of line. Don't use things that now they've
sort of the new system is that everything is anti semitism, for
example. Okay. Today I was reflecting I said, Dimas, scum,
were speaking the truth is equal to anti semitism.
Which then means that they've diluted that definition so much,
that means the majority of the world has become anti Semite this
way, because majority wants to speak the truth.
So they've defined it in a way which is going to backfire.
But you use your wisdom, don't be
yelling, screaming using phrases that are clearly wrong. You speak
about what the truth is. That's it.
So Insha Allah, May Allah guide us to say that and then Ultimate is
to do something about it, which people trying to do whatever they
can, you know, trying to reach people and money and, you know,
ultimately is, you know, the peak of Islam is that ultimately, when
you have the not just random.
Again, the rule in our deen is that if the harm of it outweighs
the benefit, or equal to the benefit, you don't do it, you live
it.
So
don't act impulsively. Because if you act impulsively, you will
commit injustice. For example, in a situation like this, where one
party is committing all kinds of evil
going to do the same in retaliation.
Then there is no difference left.
You have to still act with justice. We have injured we have
rules.
To what they destroyed the level everything. Allah says no, you
cannot cut down trees. You cannot do this. You cannot fight against
true noncombatants children this. But they've killed so many 1000
children's will do the same. No, you can't. Why? Because yeah, you
are. You're Latina? Well, no, you are different. That's it.
So, we have to think carefully. We have to strategize we have to act
and we have to act with some. Sometimes you have to be patient
till the right avenues open up Allah opens up because these are
tests.
Last session we went to
we can feed ourselves, current affairs and probably in the
future, but whatever happened in the past, it is also very great.
Making a decision there. Savas are involved in those
conflicts. It's very hard for us to decide. How can we say at one
side there is one person who can our mother, other one is
ourselves. So how can we decide? This is now you're bringing up
another issue? Allah subhanaw taala says to us
law hammock Assabet welcome Marcus.
for them is what they did. And for you is what you did, and you will
not be asked about them. In other words,
the fitna in the early generations at the time of the Sahaba, that
started after the murder of Satan Osman
led to further conflicts where there were Sahaba on one side
Sahaba major Sahaba on one side, major cyber on other sides,
because of the way they saw things differently.
They will answer for that. We don't judge them. We don't choose
sides. We said it happened. Allah's wisdom. I will be asked
about what I will not be asked which side would you favor? Would
you be on the side of silent alley?
About the Allahu Karim Allah? Will you be the side of saya Aisha and
Tala and and Zubayr
I'm with all of them.
Okay. So yes, there can be conflicts. And after that conflict
of second, fifth 9/3 fifth, and throughout we've had this history.
Today we have the same thing, you know,
as an individual,
we have control on how we act
not
and the rulers will be asked and we have greater accountability
because Allah gave them
you know, leadership and therefore Rasul Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah
Salam advised us not to seek leadership, very different than
what we try and do today. Everybody wants to be a leader, we
have training in what call what is called leadership training.
You want to take that has a lot of responsibilities, a lot of
accountability. Can you imagine Hamdulillah? Suppose if I was a
leader, a president or something in one of the Muslim countries
today,
and the world is like this, what would I do?
I don't have to make that decision. My biggest decision is,
you know,
how much to work much to earn where to spend that's about it,
you know?
And who to support. So
these are important issues. But when something is clear, you take
the sight of what appears to you and you ask Allah Allah
and sometimes it's best to be silent. If you're not sure about
an issue, you're silent. I'm neutral. I don't know I don't have
enough information. There's nothing wrong with that. You don't
have to take one side or the other.
And in those early certain periods, when it is not now you
have say that I was saying and you have your seat, it's black and
white, okay.
But not every conflict is that black and white.
So where does others originate?
No, no original AADL of course comes from who established
Allah.
Allah subhanaw taala said in these ayat of surah Rahman was sama
Rafa, what that means, then
Allah has has raised her the heavens disguise, and he has set
up he has established the balance Meezan this means and means the
means of justice. A lot that go fill me then and don't
play around transgressed with this Misa
that is the ultimate of all balance. A table was not built
this bill, same word wala took Cyril Meezan a payment wasn't and
establish and way with equity Allah has given an example. If you
are a merchant, you are giving weight.
You know, in in our countries when I remember when we were small, I
was taught by my mother how to make sure that the scale when they
came to sell with grain and all that the scale was straight,
because they had ways of in our language do you say dandy Varna?
Okay, they would have something sometimes it wasn't the scale.
Sometimes it was with the hand. You know, you just put a little
pressure here. It would show you it again. Allah is watching. So
Allah subhanaw taala says when you weigh if you're giving, give, give
a little more if you have to, but don't give less don't take that
chance. Okay. As they say body told or given
More than what to do.
And Allah says wala talks really means and don't fall short in that
measure. And this means and means honest, not just in my way. But
for us, as a physician, how do I fall short, that I don't give my
full attention, and I don't give my full skill set, and the
benefits of that to my patients,
for whatever is
if I'm advising somebody, I don't give the best advice that I'm
capable of giving. I have fallen short on the scale. Because Allah
gave me that wisdom, and somebody came to me for advice. Okay, and I
didn't do my best. Now my best may not be good enough, but I should
do my best.
So these are standards that Allah subhanaw taala set when he
established the system, and everything in the system is
manifestation, other part of that justice is balance. So if you look
at the heavenly bodies,
look at the orbits in which they move, look at the gravitational
pull of each against the other. Everything is in perfect harmony,
which is because it's in perfect balance, and it's in perfect
balance, because of the angle of Allah. So the angle of Allah
subhanaw taala is from the day he created.
And he is adding even before the universe, He is the just
so he created the whole universe in balance. And when that balance
goes off, and everything goes off, in that balance, is climate change
in that balance is the ecosystem and that is the the food chain all
of that Allah created. If you look into everything, there is a
balance.
The fact that the birds we were talking earlier today, with one of
our sisters, Allah talks about the birds, the fact that the birds are
suspended in the air, there is a balance, a perfect balance of
surface of the wing, and the weight of the bird that it can
manage to be there sometimes flapping 2000 times a second. And
like a hummingbird, sometimes albatross 50 miles without
flapping the wings,
balance, everything is ignored, what you look at.
Everything is in balance, because everything is a creation of
formulas.
So in our Quranic teachings, Udell
is a fundamental and essential principle, on which the truth of
existence is, is based, if there was no other existence would fail
to exist, you know, the universe is only the workings and the
perfection of the universe is only fulfilled, because of that balance
that Allah created. And the balance in our lives would be
fulfilled. If we acted according to the commandments, the moment
you leave one thing, the balance starts to change.
You see, so you know, I'm a good person, I don't cheat, I don't
lie, I don't harm anybody. But I don't do this, this this, which
I'm supposed to do, when the balance is already tilted. Because
every single thing has an impact.
Sometimes, how do we, we pick and choose, we choose to follow
certain commandments of Allah.
And sometimes we don't give some certain commandments, the same
importance. We said, you know, when Allah gives Tofik, then I
will do it, I feel I'm a little weak, you know, we are living in
the West. So I distort some now, you may not know of it, you might
not even be aware of it, because you're not so sensitive,
sensitive, it will have an impact on your life. And it will have an
impact on the life of your children. And the generations that
come. How did Muslims and Islam get to the level where it is now?
Because of leaving the small things over generations, the
balance dipped in a way that is like this upside down actually,
every little thing makes a difference.
So this idle is the essence the source of existence, and it's one
of the loftiest of goals that we are trying to establish
justice and the first establishing of justice is that my relationship
with my Rob should be correct.
I'm not a value of Allah.
I'm not equal to Allah, nor do we live, I am an avid, he is the
Mahmoud. I am the slave is the master. And that's how it should
be. So I recognize that and my life reflects that. Whenever a
commandment of Allah subhanaw taala comes as the SSR coPI, I
obey, to the best of my ability. So they can there be times a
weakness, yes, they can, because we are human beings. But we never
raised I had to say, No, I will not do this. Or this is not
necessarily changing the laws of Allah.
So that's very, very important. And therefore this ugly starts
first with me my relationship with Allah, my responsibility to my own
body. For example, if I smoke,
that you say, it's a bad habit,
I'll move it further, I will say, that's a lack of
justice, because you are doing injustice to your lungs.
Right? Everything that you don't fulfill the rights of yourself of
your own body.
If I know that
24 hours a day in front of a screen harms my vision, and I
continue to do that I'm doing injustice, I'm using the namah
that Allah has given me in a way that is not appropriate, without
taking proper precautions, so every single thing, diet before
indulging, eat and eat and eat. And I finished all the shite
together and today, that is injustice to myself, and of course
to others because they don't get any All right.
And then
part of that is also when that we put
reason and religious teachings, as a governor over our own
passions and anger and emotions. This is what I want to do. What
does Allah say? What does rationing rationality and what
does reasoning say? So I do that?
And again, then the adult then goes to family, how do I treat my
family starting with my parents? Did I fulfill the rights of my
parents as Allah Subhana Allah has commanded me. As long as they were
alive, if they became old, if they became disabled, if they became
demented, whatever it is, they became unreasonable. They became
violent with me, they didn't even recognize me, I still do. What
observant servants should do.
When they Musa alayhis salam
in his conversation, the last one Allah said
Yeah, Allah who was going to be my neighbor and Jana
he said such and such butcher quasi witches are not
any you know, they're not the latest society. He's going to be
my neighbor in Germany Yes. So most I listen I'm goes finds this
butcher
and it goes to his shop
more Silas Anam comes in this man doesn't know this most unless
sometimes he can comes there he sits, watches what he does.
How he is doing is doing a good job. You know, selling buying all
of that nothing out of the ordinary, just normal that he
didn't see anything. So he said, You know, I have I'm a stranger in
this village. So, such an oh no, you're a stranger, you will be my
guest at home. So he takes him home.
So when he goes home, the first thing it's dark, not enough light
and all he sees masala cylinders. In one corner there is a little
little bed and he sees a little creature crumpled up on there.
And this man first goes and he
attends to this. And then he goes and he makes food.
And the first thing he does even before he comes to masala salami
takes the food. He picks up this being in his hand like this.
cannot sit up and then he's feeling
when he finishes he comes back to attend to Musa Lessa Musa lesson
says Who's that? So that's my mother.
And she's mumbling something she's mumbling something
said she cannot feed herself she I have to take care of everything.
So when I come I make food and I have to feed her enough to change
her and everything she's as we say in medicine TotalCare
Salah Salam said
What was she mumbling to you, sir? Oh, you don't want to know, you
know, she's demented? What was she saying? She was I said, he said,
Well, she said, May Allah make you the neighbor of Musa and Jana.
Where is Musa alayhis salam and where am I, she is she's crazy.
Musa said I am Musa. And now I understand that her daughter has
been accepted. Because we are talking about it, we start with
the rights of the parents. And this is for all of you who still
have parents living. And for those of us who do not making the offer
them, and giving charity for them, and everything else, that Allah
subhanaw taala gives us Tofik to do
the same thing with our relatives.
And if we do that, then the circle expands to the society if Imagine
if everybody was so just what kind of society you would be living.
What a beautiful society, it would be
that your neighbor, and you would be like brothers and sisters, you
wouldn't be drunk dumping your leaves on theirs, you'd be taking
their lives and taking it with yours and throwing it away. You
won't be pushing snow on their side. So clean yours, I'll go and
clean yours. Okay.
So
Adam, justice is rooted in the fitrah of mankind the natural
predisposition that Allah has put in each one of us that we like
justice, and we want justice, and we have a dislike for injustice,
that's a natural now, if person corrupts themselves to the degree
where anything goes, then that changes. But we are all born with
that. encoded in our genes, literally encoded in our genes, to
know right from wrong, to not to love things that are good, truth,
loving, truth, hating lies, loving justice,
versus hating, oppression, all of that. So
that is part of us. And that's why Allah Subhana Allah tells us
emphatically,
people are fed up whole interest. Because I have already programmed
it in you, all you have to do is turn on the app. That's all it is.
It's already installed in their
feed that
okay.
So the word adult is translated as justice.
Balance, it's a wide, wider term, balance, equality in all affairs,
as the circumstances require, it doesn't mean it has to be equal.
But as the circumstances require, okay. For example,
you might say, well, Allah commands, two shares for the boy
in inheritance, one share for the good.
And somebody who doesn't really, really know and understand what
it's about, that's not justice. First of all, that's a big thing
to say, because Allah commanded that, and Allah is a lagging
heckum He would never do anything injustice, that means we have not
understood the wisdom behind it.
According to the circumstances of each one, because Allah has put
the financial burden 100% on the men. Therefore, in this person's
perspective, Allah has given support for that the woman is
going to be supported by your husband in Islamic
perspective.
So she doesn't need to inherit as much as the sun and there are many
other ways of looking at it. So
in Islam, it is equity. It's justice, it doesn't have to be
equal. Okay.
So,
in our dealings, we should not pay attention to our inclination, our
interests, feelings, my inner tendency.
Also, other means moderation.
When Allah says when you spend, don't be stingy. And don't be
extravagant. But take something in between. And that's also
okay, that's another aspect of the same thing moderation. Take the
middle path, we are not extremists, extreme liberal,
extreme conservative extreme this.
We are an ummah. Allah subhanaw taala says, which is middle of
moderate that sorts of justice, balance.
Now the word Christian, which is also related, in our case, is
is a manifestation of other signifies more specifically,
respect and upholding the rights of others. For example, in
dealings, okay,
if you have a share in something, those shares should be given
property that is kissed,
placing everything in its proper place and station and giving
things according to the proportion that has been set.
And when Allah says Rise, Rise up Humann shahada bill test means you
stand up by acting in a just way so that justice in general is
preserved.
Some scholars say the opposite just to understand the difference,
say the opposite of this is oppression. In other words, you're
violating the rights of somebody, therefore, you're oppressing them
and the opposite of other
is cruelty.
So, they say fists signifies more the rights of others.
And therefore, it is more concerned with human relationships
and relationship with other other beings and objects. And therefore,
that is what kissed is more than a horizontal an adult is more in
your relationship with Allah subhanaw taala.
So, the word test is applied more in cases of respect for the rights
of individuals in this society the reward and punishment and
establishment of order.
Whereas other is more found on agreement. So, if you have a
contract to fulfill that is an act of adultery.
But this does not require to have an agreement, you still act in the
same way. And it said this is the way of preserving.
So they are closely related, but some differences.
Some have said that adult can be taken as the criterion and
standard and best is regarded as the rule that leads to those the
ways of acting that leads to that adult.
Therefore, some have said that this precedes this place prior to
adult that if you act with kissed, you will establish other okay?
There's some subtle things.
Therefore, an artist oriented society everyone attains his or
her rights in conformity with their talent or aptitude and
effort. And since people differ in talent, in their ability in their
vocation, in how hard they work, their compensation has to be
proportionate to that,
however, with other
other tries to eliminate some of those differences, in other words,
compensate for the person who's challenged, mentally challenged,
physically challenged, that you still give them the rights, but it
doesn't have to be equal.
And other also applies to as we said, it's more broad of the
interstates emotions, the purification of the souls,
moderation
and giving the rights of the body and parts of the body as part of
the adult.
So the two names of Allah subhanaw taala that are relevant to this.
Justice is an adult Allah's name is Adela and these two names come
when you read those 99 Other al hakam they come on next to each
other. So other is absolute justice that brings peace,
security, balance, order and harmony in the universe. Allies.
It also implies that since he is an adult, he is the enemy of the
tyrants and their supporters because they are going against his
justice.
Now Allah has created both good and bad because there is need for
both there is beauty and ugly, strong and weak, rich and poor.
That's all part of his justice. So that one is necessary to
appreciate the other. Okay. If you don't have wrong, you can't
appreciate right. Okay, so you have those that created his
created boat, but he doesn't tell you to do what is wrong. Don't act
in an ugly way. It is there.
But you're commanded to act in the good way.
And the destiny of
predestination which is what we challenge we have challenged with
many times, you know, if Allah has already determined this and this
has happened, Where is the justice or that is part of the justice
that Allah has built it into it, that Allah has given you these
choices he already knows from his knowledge of past, present and
future being the same, which choices you will make, and that's
your destiny. Okay? So your destiny is fixed
ahead of time for you, which not ahead of time for Allah because
you already knows the choices you're going to make.
That's your destiny.
And therefore our response to that cutter should be if we are going
the right direction of Shaka of suburb, of being pleased with
Allah and our code. As long as I'm doing the right thing, my destiny
inshallah is going to be good.
Who decided that person gonna have so much the choices? Is it
Allah has given the choice, but you will determine this is the
limited free will that you make the choices. So
this is
the shell of my share of tasks, or my domain. Rahmatullah Lee told us
about a story about somebody he had met.
Great share of his time, he had a student, very dear student who
came as a, as a Marine, spent many years with him, observing his
character and learning from him and you know, spirituality and he
served only perfection in everything he did. That one day
the student had a dream.
Imagine so, obviously, these people become very attached that
like this spiritual father was more than your physical father.
So we would call it he had a nightmare.
He saw in his dream that his share
was burning in the hellfire.
Now, the status of the Marine is you can't hide anything from your
ship.
So next day, he went to look very, he was very depressed, he went to
his chair.
He said, See the I have to tell you something. So he said.
So I don't know if he said, Tony said, You're sad.
All I know about you, is good.
But I saw in a dream
that you were burning in the hellfire.
Now, someone else would have said, Get out of here.
So he just lowered his head. And he said quietly, didn't say
anything.
So then the student asked,
aren't you going to say something about?
Instead, what can I say?
I have had the same dream
the same dream.
He said, Then why do you spend your life like this in worship and
Nevada and all of this all the time when you know you're going to
be an alpha?
He said,
because that's what Allah has commanded me.
So I will obey Him, even if he puts me in hellfire.
And I will continue to do what is commanded to the best of him, even
if he decides to put me on fire. Because that's his job. This is my
job I have been commanded to be a to act I will be an act even if a
law puts me in.
Any continued many years went by same thing, same routine.
Then
the
students saw another dream.
He saw
his sheer enjoyment.
So he was very happy he came.
I'm going to skip some of the details and he told his
chef that this is what I said. What I saw.
And
what you also saw
was
that it had been written in the love of my foods.
The ultimate Amali kitab. That is in Jana.
But that was sort of a test for him in a way
to see, would you give up? Because like people say, No, there's no no
need, you know, I'm going to be ending up. And so the bottom line
is we don't know what is written for us. Whatever Allah decides
Hamdulillah I don't know, my job is to do what I'm supposed to do.
And that is, and I know, without a doubt that Allah is not unjust
to any officer.
But I'm afraid of his justice, why am I afraid of his justice?
Because if he only acts with justice against me, I know where
my destination is going to be. So I'm not looking for justice I'm
looking for is,
this is what I saw last and Allah Islam taught us. So don't ask
Allah for justice, because if he takes you to test with justice,
like if he puts one of his name on one side of the MISA and all your
deeds on the other, it's going to be off. So here's Rama.
And Allah is Al Hakim, the judge orders he judges he executes
justice, no one can oppose, prevent his decree SCADA or delay
the execution of his orders. And when we know these qualities of
Allah, it should be
in one way reassuring to us, that justice will be done if we are not
the ones doing injustice, if we are the victims,
it also
is a threat, that I should never act with injustice, because Allah
is the ultimate judge I be called to task.
And the other aspect of Allah subhanaw taala is this from
creation and how things are running the sending of the Quran
is is adult because that establishes adult the Quran is a
book of justice.
And ultimately, the adult of Allah subhanaw taala and the afterlife.
When we stand in front of him, everything, his rights and his
rights, he can forget
the rights of others we have to be very careful.
Okay, Allah sometimes it is said in one author from say the I shall
be Allah, Allah that Allah doesn't care about his rights because he
doesn't need anything, he can forgive anything. Which is not to
say that we should not fulfill Allah's rights. But Allah does not
ignore the violation of rights of others, including the rights of
animals because we have the Hadith about the woman who used to be
badgered, used to fast every day but wouldn't give food or drink to
the cat and didn't allow it to feed itself. Rasulullah sallallahu
sallam said, she is in Jannah, in spite of all of those, that so
giving the rights of everything.
So, now we can go through some of these things. Allah subhanaw taala
tells us on the Day of Judgment,
that no person will avail another nor will any intercession be
accepted, nor any compensation, but tokuyama Allah Tajiri enough
soon. That Nigeria enough soon enough sunshine Wallah Yoko Bala
Minh who shefa while you huddle mean her Adlam Willa, whom you
will sorrow, that you will be called to justice, you will not be
able to buy your way out of it.
Allah Subhana Allah says Allah in the Quran that if you could ransom
yourself with the weight of the whole earth and gold, it will not
be accepted from you, justice will be done.
Allah says in surah, and ham
I'll do the translation only in the interest of time, say oh
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam Shall I seek a lord other than
Allah while he is the Lord of all things? If I seek a lord other
than Allah, am I acting with justice? That is the ultimate of
volume ultimate of injustice after all, Allah has given me I go to
someone else and worship something else. That's the ultimate of
upside down justice. Okay. Then says no person earns any sin
except against himself. Man, you are harming yourself. Do you think
you're harming someone else? You are harming yourself? Allah says,
when you you are getting divorced, Allah says, Don't
you know treat your
for my wife to be with injustice because Allah says you're doing
injustice against yourself. You think you're I'll teach her? No,
you will be doing injustice
against yourself. And Allah says no bearer of burdens.
Why not as rule was, nothing was wrong, no one will bear anybody
else's burden. If this is justice, you can say, well, but my parents
have so many good deeds, can I do this, my sponsor did this,
everyone for themselves individual.
And then Allah reminds us and then until your Lord is your return and
he will tell you, what you have deferred, then no one will carry
the burden of another,
stressing the judgment from the Day of Judgment.
Many is that stress the same thing.
And then sometimes the word other is used as compensation. For
example, Allah subhanaw taala forbids that when you are in a
state of haram, that you hunt animals, but if you do, then the
other is that you sacrifice animal that's what the same amount that's
to be done. That's part of the audit the compensation, like when
you do 50 And you violate certain things, there is a compensation.
Also, as we've said, other than our behavior, and the word adult
is also used for the straight path because our deen is one of adults,
taking that straight path is adult.
Allah smart Allah says in surah Assura, that the prophet the
Prophet son alone is still a mission is to realize outlook
among mankind. That is the Prophetic Mission, ultimate
balance in other words, relationship with Allah and
balance with everything else.
Allah says, observe others in your family life and among your wives.
Even in the case against the enemies as we said, in the
previous ayah, Allah says, other injustice in your words and deeds,
regardless of whether they are in favor or in loss, to your
relatives, even your in your words, they should be balanced in
jest.
Then, of course, a lump specifies give full measure and weigh with
justice. When you speak, maintain justice.
Allah says other in writing and signing a document when you make a
business dealing, when you have anything, even when you're writing
your will. When you're doing a business contract, it has to be
with others, and with witnesses again, for the same reason.
Either by the governing bodies, judgment and jurisdiction among
people a law talks about that Allah talks about establishing
peace based on other Surah hoogenraad.
When the idea is when two
parties of believers fight, then you intervene with justice, and
make peace between them.
In the wills and witness, we've already talked about when you are
called as a witness, we act with justice and as we said, that the
whole creation of the world existence is a manifestation of
the idol of Allah subhanaw taala.
And again, in turn the Iots of the crystal is again, dealing Allah
subhanaw taala talks about how you deal with orphans, you don't steal
their wealth till they become old, give them value, increase them in
their wealth and give them what is due to them. Allah talks about
the missions of all previous Gambia as being to establish
justice and
talking about distribution of the blessings of Allah Zakat is a form
of giving from people who have two people who do not some sort of
justice in that way. The prohibition of riba of usury is
justice, because that's the ultimate way of
economic injustice and oppression. So Allah has declared war against
rebar. Okay. So that's a manifestation of His justice. The
the
tax that is taken for the protection of the DEM me and the
Muslim state, that is part of justice that they don't have to
fight, but they give money for their protection. Similarly, when
Allah subhanaw taala talks about giving 1/5 of the word booty to
Allah and his messenger that's part of justice so that that can
be given to the needy, temperance and moderation in life and
individual affairs. Life of moderation not of extravagance is
again other
the stress on guns, consultation and political, social economic
affairs and society. You
concern other because you look for the best opinions, the best minds
the sharpest minds, so that you can come to the best decision,
support for human rights and the rights of the deprived and
oppressed people of women, orphans and those who are weakened society
that is part of
the Iots dealing with that prohibition of any form of
* seeking insurgents in economics. So that's why you
cannot artificially raise prices of things that are in short
supply. That's what he's done today. You know,
when Jared was not available, raise the price, the mangoes this
raise the price, food.
That's not justice. Okay.
Prohibition of arrogance, selfishness, conceit, prejudice,
discrimination that's against adults observing all of that.
And
being in the super luxurious that worldly pleasures and extravagance
that's against other
than, of course, the rights of animals and plants. All of that is
part of justice, justice and judgment in arbitration.
Fulfilling your trust has justice, okay? Because somebody trusted
you, you return that trust and that also includes in something
information that gives you that you treat it as an Amana
payment of the full rights of a contract, you took a loan, you
didn't pay it back Rasulullah Salallahu Salam would not lead the
slough janazah is it does this person or any money to anyone till
that spread? I will not let justice Okay.
Prohibition of hoarding of gold and silver wealth without paying,
it's due to the poor.
Eating up the property of others.
And of course, at the base level, you know, measuring,
giving the write.
In documents, and since devouring the property, there are all these
eyelets there are almost over 60 iPads that deal with this.
Now, there are some related terms. The word is the karma is also used
in the Quran is the karma means resistance in to endure and stand
in that. In other words, the whole world is pushing in one direction,
which is the wrong direction. You stay steadfast is the karma.
You're standing up for justice.
So continuing in the right way as you're commanded is to karma
steadfast in affairs based on rights and the norms that Allah
has determined.
And it's the karma is also in moderation.
The word awam and in pay wom these are also used in the sense of
moderation and an adult is Stiva. And Siva means equivalence.
Equality and is also used in the Quran. Was that means in between,
oh, Martin was that, you know?
Middle, moderate nation, that's also used as a balanced Oma. It is
not one of extremism and deviation. The word Mazon is used
wasn't for weighing all us for justice, specifically and in
general.
And then,
the opposite, and Allah uses the word kale, and kale means to weigh
and his uses the word Mazon, Kristof's and custard word cuss
means moderation. So all of those are somewhat related terms to
justice.
So those are in summary, some of the things that we wanted to
cover, we still have about 10 minutes before Maghrib. Now if you
were to
summarize all of this in one short sentence of justice and Islam,
what would you say?
Very short, simple, put it all together as a summary.
I'll come to you.
Hello, Justin. Justice. Those are Yes. I am looking for something
that's absolutely correct. And I'm also looking for
from our perspective, what is
often overlooked by Alicia key is that Islam is very heavy on
practicing equality but not through equity, because there's
very many circumstances
to waive equality does not equal equity. And that's a very
important thing that we need to keep into consideration. There's
another aspect of it. I just have a
sentence from MLK.
Representative of everything talked about injustice anywhere is
a threat to justice everywhere.
anywhere is a threat to justice. And this is exactly what we see.
In countries that is lack of justice, and you see where we are
right now. Yes, it trickles down and has certain Yes, who else
wants to send something simple. One of the sisters you know, they
are not exempt from this. Okay. This comma is based on sisters.
The future is based on sisters.
First
Muslim was our mother are the Alana. first martyr was
for the Allahu anha
when he first so you're not exempt.
The next generation is brought up tarbiyah is first amok, Amok amok,
your mother, your mother, your mother, so I want a simple
sentence.
Simple like you could then tell that to the youngest, he's asleep,
wake him up and say, look, what was the class? A class was this?
Yes, young lady.
Can you say what this is all about? Yes, stand up for justice.
Stand up for justice has Yes, that's one way. But he may not
know what justice is.
Just a word, something you in sophists or the translation of the
same word.
With justice, and justice, again, justice, explain it to be
something simple. How about if we say something like Allah subhanaw
taala making the world and we survive, as opposed to maintain
the wellness? Does someone something? When I was thinking of
the simplest Yeah, go ahead. Please. Please, follow?
That that's what Yes, deal justly or fairly. It can be applied to
build the right by everyone. And now we're coming close. Now we are
coming close. Recognizing something, whatever you're doing,
if
this is now coming to a simple put the two together? No, go ahead. Be
truthful about everything. Absolutely. You have. But simple
thing for the child. Know, what is the right thing to do? And do the
right thing. That's it. That's justice.
Knowing doing it? Isn't that very simple?
Just do the right thing. It's not complicated.
I suppose I don't know the right thing and find out the right.
That's all. And that's the summary of all of this
is different.
Again, that's why you need to know the criteria. What is the right
thing based on what Allah and His Messenger certain which comes back
to the thing followed us for the last analyze. But the simplest
message is simple that our deen is very simple. You don't have to
have to go to 1000 Hyatts. You know, the but who knows? Because
this thing, what we're talking about the summary is what is
programmed in our genes in our fitrah to know the right thing,
it's just a matter of doing the right thing. No, yes, you get
corrupted because you are living in a society living in people
living with people with all kinds of baggage, you know, influencers
are influencing you to do everything that's wrong.
So may Allah subhanaw taala make us people of justice, who know
what is right what is wrong by the criteria for Las Panatela. And we
should know that because we are in the house of who rather
for con what is for con,
to know the criteria of right and wrong to just remember, we are in
a house where the criteria of right and wrong is.
We should know that and then the next logical step, every action,
every word, everything I do should fulfill should be doing the right
thing. And that's simple.
Subhanallah
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