Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Reflect on the Quran #15 Surah Qalam Q&A
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doesn't have to be a q&a. I mean, there is q&a. But if there is no
question, that's okay, too. But people can reflect Yes.
They need clarification. First of all, we'll talk about what was
covered relevant to that. If there is a clarification question or
something, then we can open it up to general question. So I have
just not a question. It's
what I read about it was that in the Surah, column or noon,
there are 20 IRS. And the first one, this was a revelation in
which Allah, you know, chastises people who,
you know, commented or tormented Prophet Muhammad surah. This one
about the
garden, is written that this claim came later on, this was a MCQ. And
I think it's an Makara, Medina, so a different period time period. So
I was just wondering, in such a short Surah, there are two
different time periods. In your thoughts.
From what I know, the majority of the scholars have said that all of
the surah is murky, because it is more relevant. First of all, the
style of the short surah is that right? But it's more relevant to
the people. Because these people by the time we got Medina, your
letter was the Battle of bother most of these people had been
killed at that point. So it cannot be Medina. So that may be some
mine minority opinion of somebody. But the majority opinion is that
all of the surah is makan. They may have been, it's not all
revealed at one time, but after a gap between
Yes, or No, whether it's, I think you mentioned the Mozartian I
always have trouble with the in, for example, and when you want to
give to a beggar, you know, is asking for money.
In our country, in Pakistan, there is a lot of, you know, poverty and
a lot of beggars in the professional begging.
And, you know, when we were growing up there, and we wanted to
give money to somebody, somebody, you know, some adult would say
don't give it to them they are, but it's hard to differentiate in
America. When you go to Northampton, or some some of these
areas here are these, like beggars? What could be druggies? I
mean, they're the sign I'm homeless and stuff. And, you know,
because they are beggars, sometimes we want to give like $2,
or $5, or 10, whatever you want to give them.
And my question is, you mean, what would you do? Or what do you think
is the right way to approach them? Because some, sometimes it seems
to me that maybe, if they are, at least we are in a bad position, we
should help them.
So first, I will start with
on we our role model is Rasulullah sallallahu sallam.
He never said no to anyone.
Keep that as your foundation.
Now, you could say, well, maybe people like that didn't exist,
then who were drinking, but they did exist, then there were people
who got used to asking all the time, and he taught them that this
hand is better than this hand, the upper hand is better than low,
find a job so that you don't become dependent on this. So one
way is to if you know someone to help them in a way that they
because don't give them this temporary thing. Find that poor
example, like teach them a skill.
Now, examples like this, yes.
That's a reality today what you said that some of the people on
the street, maybe druggies, maybe alcoholics, maybe they'll just go
and buy cigarette smoke, and they're standing there hungry and
homeless, okay.
What I do
is I keep some food,
you know, snacks in the car, granola bars and things. So if I
come to a stop sign, instead of giving money, I'll give them that.
Okay.
So you have given something
sometimes you may not have
to then I will give them one or two or $3 But I will tell them
don't drink it off called God bless you. Of course not. But then
you are giving me the intention. Yeah, Allah I'm only giving them
for your pleasure in the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam
what he does with it is not I'm not responsible for that. Okay. So
I would say give them something. Don't give them enough that will.
But if you have something better if
They're hungry you should always keep a little from Costco you know
those snack bar one or two
in India Pakistan right that is professional begging. Now some
people use this as
an excuse not to give at all. Everybody can be a professional.
So who is going to chase these people down and see who's
so, you can give a small amount. So you have not said no, you don't
have to give $100 Bill to everyone
in India Pakistan if you give them 50 rupees, which is like you know,
5970 cents 80 cents, it's enough give them 10 rupees give them five
rupees, give them something why you are fulfilling the Sunnah You
did not say no. And the reason you are giving less is because you are
not sure. The other thing that I personally use, which I've learned
from observing some people
is the look
at the condition of the person.
So if the person is disabled
if the person is elderly, weak feeble, as opposed to a young
healthy kid running around who grow gaps from here and runs over
the grabs from the runner which is you know what happens in many
places you give them very little
and I've experienced this in Medina one kid took us all over
the place and then when he wanted a certain amount
we didn't give him finally we entered the restaurant and he left
us saying all kinds of curse words against us.
Remember that kid?
So that happens, which is okay, but you sent me a lot of posts now
if he's the first No, no, no, not the one in the master. This was
when we were going to broker is that restaurant? There was a kid
who took us Who should I show you the way I'll show you the way and
he would yell at the other kids remember who wanting to come so
no, they are coming with me. You remember that?
You didn't give him I gave him
what he wanted something like you know 50 We gave them I gave them
five reason. And he wanted at least 25
So anyway, a quick follow up on time but like in right now, this
Thanksgiving season and I think a lot of people here are talking to
me but it giving you know recently it has hit home that masa keen
should be fed. And you know in the past like there are shelters here
where people can donate and you know, you can give money. I just
wanted to ask what you do to feed the mass again in this area
because you know, I did unfortunately when so there are
for example, we have a pantry in West Springfield right on Main
Street, which you know, we have dealt with who we do the Ramadan
walk for. We don't you know, so you can use that if you have a
pantry in East Longmeadow find out, go meet the people.
And you can take canned foods, you can go and ask them. You can you
can buy groceries and put there but you can give them cash
donation, you can even put in your labor. Okay, I'm going to go in
and serve the people. That's even better. Because it teaches us
humility. We are serving people. So if you have that hamdulillah
you're doing for glissando
so you know that's that just that feeling itself is a good feeling.
And when you feed people in need, there are plenty of needy we have
in this country.
There are shelters, in Springfield, women's shelters,
battered women's shelters, homeless shelters, buy canned food
from you know, one of the cheap grocery stores. Take a case of
something you know, if nothing else, you know, soups, you know
beans, just go and drop them off. This is for you for Thanksgiving.
So there are many ways and when you have the figure you ask Allah
subhanaw taala helped me to make the best decision. And then Allah
subhanaw taala will open your heart into one of these things and
you do that and you might find you might do three different things.
And then you find that you really liked one and next time you do
more than that. So these are things we can
I want to mention here this is just mentioned like a little part
of it, which is of course back to our homeland. People do take
advantage of the people who have, you know, so and I've been you
Use a lot of time in this kind of circumstances. So every time
somebody takes advantage, and then he or she turns against me, by not
even talking to me, calling me back, I say 100 reliable Alamy who
put me on the other side of IOPs? Say I have, and they don't. So
this hand is always better. You know, even though people think
they're clever, they robbed me. They think that they made up all
that story said, nice, you know, try to get something from me for
100 Naira without me know who's the end because he or not the
other hand, you know? So
there is, there is this, I'm trying to remember it about this
as long Hadith about a person who wanted to go and give charity in
the night, same thing.
And one night, he went, and you give charity, from what I have to
review this hadith. He gave it to a thief.
He didn't know he was a thief, who was out to rob people at night. So
he met him. He said, you know,
then next day the news went or no
money was given to a thief. So next day he went, he found a
woman. He gave her money charity, next to the news, but no
prostitute was given this thing. So he went with the NIA and he did
not make the Eden No. So you are giving whatever you're doing for
Allah.
Your job is to try and make the best choice out of it, that's all
and then leave but don't judge Don't let these thoughts come to
you. This is a professional, this is not a professional decision.
Now, even in mustard another way
you will see people who are
challenged in one way or somebody cannot walk somebody's blind
who have become well trained.
So the moment they know that before, Alana karma people to the
Sunnah and sit down
now this person who cannot walk will start crawling across and
everybody will. So I just in Ramadan, I said from there today
must have collected at least 100 a year. And then you go by the time
as this must I must be connecting at least 10,000 reality
professional, just working. No one asking anybody dressed very nice
and white. You remember that many people like that, and they'll
start what they want to ask that just in between the SU foof Why
are you going there, you should be sitting waiting for Santa. That's
their way of so there is asking by the tongue
acquired dosa while by showing your hand. So that's professional.
Similarly, you will see people frequently we give to people who
clean the massages in Pakistan, Indian Bangladeshi people cleaning
the massage outside, they don't get paid much they deserve. But
sometimes you will see just when the time for Salah outside the
lobby standing with the things
you will see some people who are cleaning, they don't care. And
there's some who will just stand there. And then somebody will keep
it in the standing that we are cleaners. So you can give him some
but the one you see who's really working who's not asking Give him
more.
So use your judgment but don't think even badly about you don't
even notice these things because they're so obvious because they
think that but if you go there enough, you become professional in
judging. But
again, that attitude that Allah has given me enough to give if I
give 200 People of which 80 didn't fully deserve it, it still had at
least 20 got deserved.
Yes to bring here one workout from from Musa
event to a city where he saw one person was fighting with the other
person and the other person was his from his niche, right? You we
all know that, you know, a rocket. So he punched him and killed him.
And the next day when he come back, the same person who
troublemaker Yeah, who was a troublemaker, so here, I need your
reflection about it. When you said don't do the prostitute or the
thief, the man you know you think about it. You say that just went
away. So here Alas Matera doesn't teach us if you see that you saw
already the person is corrupted. He didn't know that this man
didn't know that Gator he learned and then because the news went
around next day the money had
When given to so and so. So he that's why he went out the next
night and again, Allah showing that again he and the third time
so I forget the end conclusion of this hadith. Please look into this
and we will,
what the end of it was but you know that's somewhat in that
sometimes you give but you may give to the person who's less
deserving than somebody who's more deserving. But the whole goal is
to give to share, because what you what is yours
and see the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
comes into his house.
And he's hungry, as you know, there's not much food. So he said,
Yeah, I shot over the lawn.
You know, that lamb or something had been sacrifice. What is left
of the Lamb?
She said, everything has been given away. Nothing is left of the
lamb except one shoulder. You know, he used to like the shoulder
piece of you know, what the shoulder piece of?
So right away? I mean, normally yourself. I'm glad you said that.
That's my favorite part. He said, Yeah, Ayesha.
Everything remains
of the lamb except the shoulder.
What does that mean?
She's saying nothing is left except the shoulder. Because she
had given it in charity. He's saying everything remains except
the shoulder, which we will eat.
Because everything that was given up in charity is permanently
recorded remains for you, in your account in the that's what you
have the shoulder you eaten is one finished?
Okay. So we have to think in those terms that what we have given is
not something we've given away.
That's what you have sent us last last term last sessions thing,
that what was the eye?
Send sending it forward. What is that I am
doing? Ma Tokat demo unphysical.
Whoever sends for themselves tagit dopamine that Allah will find it
with Allah. Multiplied manifold, of course. So that's what remains
when you give, don't think that we should change this that, as he
said, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam by the one in whose hand is
my life, that sadaqa never decreases or diminishes your
wealth, it cannot. This is not the law of Allah.
It increases it.
And the real increase, you will see where we just talked about
where it can be compensated by Allah because even that charity,
Allah can return you the money here, but that's not what he wants
to give you. So give and give and give. As the Bedouin came back
into his whole tribe, and he said, Oh, try, all of you become Muslim,
because I come from a man Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam, who gives
as if he has no fear of poverty.
How can you have fear of poverty when you're giving for Allah,
it's all there as you're depositing and depositing. So, we
have to change those attitudes from what we are taught through
secular education, of counting and collecting and growing this is
what you have no, this is not what I have. This is what my inheritors
will have, because I'm not using it.
What is yours is what you have consumed, and what you have sent
for the hereafter, what you relive in the bank accounts is for you in
editor's.
Note is good.
Just wanted to say in regards to words that the market mentioned
about giving and yet not getting the gratitude in return or not
being appreciated in return.
It just reminded me of an incident from the life of Abu Bakr
he used to support a particular person from within his own family
or tribe. And
this person later on, kind of
started to use one of the people who took part in the slander of
Anisha.
So if I recall correctly, Abu Bakr,
that you will never support that person again because now that this
person is, you know, I'm giving him I'm supporting him, and yet
he's accusing my own daughter
Yeah, and I think
if it's on us anymore I think even Quran Quran was revealed that
would you
would you not you know, some of you people have means would you
not that Allah forgive you for things so then he restarted
reinstated in fact in increased what used to give to this nephew
or cousin of his by the name of Mr. Who