Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Tafsir Surah Al Baqarah, Ayat of Fasting 183187.
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halacha of the Quran to study
the words of Allah subhanaw taala
in preparation for Ramadan, which is right around the corner.
So for today's halacha
I have chosen the I ads from Surah Al Baqarah which deal with fasting
and Ramadan which is either 183 to 187
in the entire Quran, these are the only parts that talk about fasting
nowhere else.
As you know, this is the Madani Quran because almost all of the
injunctions, the commands of Allah subhanaw taala came down or
revealed in Medina.
And this, these Iots came down about an hour about a year and a
half after the hedger of Rasul Allah ceremonies
in Makkah, Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam used to fast
and the Muslims fasted. And for the first year, when they moved to
migrated to Medina, they continued fasting, the way they were fasting
before till some of these ideas were revealed.
So that will background would help clarify which ideas with what.
So our scholars tell us that
it suggests from the narrations of the Sahaba that Rasulullah
Salallahu Alaihe Salam used to fast three days every month,
and he used to fast the day of Ashura, the 10th of Muharram.
The details of the fast how it started, how it ended or not, not,
but that's what they used to do.
Then Allah subhanaw taala revealed these ayat
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so Allah subhanaw taala starts the iets have song yeah you will Edina
obviously commands are going to be given to those who believe
113 years have gone by one year in Medina 14 years believers have
developed their people of iman now the commandments are going to come
one after another because without Iman you don't know who's sending
the commands you don't believe so all the work was done on the
hearts before these I had skin.
So I lost one Tala address addresses many places in the Quran
like here yeah he will Latina Ave. So when we read the Quran every
time you encounter yah, yah, Latina Amanu your ears should open
your heart should open your mind should open. What does Allah want
from me because I claim to be a believer.
I claim to be a believer
katiba Ali Kumu sia
katiba
literally means it has been written it has been ordained.
Allah smart Allah is using
a form in the Arabic where the one giving the command is not
mentioned.
It's like it has been ordained for you. Who ordained it via
the file. The doer is not mentioned why because it is known.
How is it known? Yeah, you in Latina Amman.
People of Eman should know who is commanding this because this is
the book of Allah. Okay. katiba la camassia for you has been ordained
commanded. Fasting cm.
Now CM has different meanings.
Do you know some of those meanings of Sam? Literally Sam has he has
sumo means to hold back to withhold. Okay. So, in a fasting
in Ramadan, we're withholding of holding back ourselves from eating
and drinking in relationship with our spouses we are holding back
when you hold back your tongue that is also called soy. And where
does that why where is that used in the Quran? In reference to who?
Maria Maria is Salam. When she's bringing the baby back.
She said I saw him.
Korea Allah Salam asked to give me a sign.
That's also a song quiet.
Sama sama is also used for horses, who were trained because the war
horses were trained because they can't in the war in the battles in
the desert, they can go long distances because they are not
like camels, but they're very important. So they used to be
trained in the desert not to want water.
Okay for the battle, so that they could fight they could race into
the battle without needing that much water.
So in a way, there is ishara that we are being trained as warhorses
for Jihad visa vie de la you hold yourself back.
Okay, sometimes it's forced on you, such as what we see in
because it is being forced there is no water to drink. There is no
food to drink. There is no bread to eat.
Here we're doing it voluntary
Kama katiba Allah ladina Minh Kubla Khan, Allah saying, this is
not unique for you. This is like what was written what was ordered
for people before you, whatever Allah Lavina min Cobla come the
people who came before
La La Quinta taco, then Allah smart Allah gives us
the objective. What is the goal of this?
The goal of this is that the Quran that you gain Taqwa.
So Allah subhanaw taala is telling us that look, you might find this
hard.
gadget can drink this. But it's not that hard, because this has
been ordained for people before you. And what is meant to
predominantly is the Jews and the Christians. But
every nation has been ordered, fasting, every nation that Allah
sent a messenger to are told to fast.
There are no narrations from the Sahaba and the Tabin. That people
of New Orleans Salam used to fast
that's the first recorded.
So Allah subhanaw taala is telling us that people used to fast before
now, you are also going to fast now if you look, if you do a
search in the world religions, there is fasting in every
religion.
Except one.
Do you know what that is? Sikhism
and we'll talk go back to that. It's a little unusual of what is
the alternative there for them.
But these are the divinely revealed religions all of them
Allah subhanaw taala ordered fasting that tells you how
important fasting is for our spiritual growth.
Rouhani benefits
Kamakoti Bala Leninism in Kubla Khan Lala Contacta Khun that means
you will the purposes that at the end of this month of fasting, your
meter of Taqwa should have gone up. The battery of Taqwa should be
charged.
Now suppose on the first of Chawan,
which is what
it
used to be behavior does not show
Taqwa that means the whole month was
wasted, even though you fasted.
But you wasted that means the spirit of the fast was missing.
Can that happen? Yes, because Allah's Messenger sallallahu
alayhi salam said, that there are many people who fast and gain
nothing out of it except hunger and thirst, no spiritual benefits.
But what Allah is telling us that by doing these not not eating, not
drinking, not having intimacy, are these physical acts or are these
spiritual acts,
physical acts
but it's telling us Allah is telling us that these physical
acts have
spiritual effects. Okay.
How that's Allah smile.
So normally you would say, you know, how does not eating not
drinking improve my spiritual health my Rowhani Allah saying it
does. And there are many narrations for example,
when we stand in Salah
in JAMA, what are we told? Close the gaps shoulder to shoulder
ankle to ankle otherwise what will happen?
One narration shifts says that shaitan comes between you and
another narration it says what? Otherwise your hearts will draw
apart? Are the two contradicting No, because shaytan job is to make
your hearts draw apart. Okay. So now again,
physical act shoulder and ankle together, bringing the hearts
together. So, all of these, it's very important. I'm stressing this
so that we at the end of Ramadan, we should feel an increase in
Taqwa. Otherwise we have not fasted with the true spirit of
Ramadan.
Because Allah smart Allah tells us right in the first law Allah
contact upon so that you may become people of Taqwa.
What is taqwa? We call it fear of Allah we call it awareness of
Allah we call it
not wanting to displease Allah obeying Allah,
keeping away from what Allah has made. All of that is the core
means constantly my mind and my heart is aware of Allah and what
action of mine What word of mine might displace Allah and I stay
away from
every moment What is Allah's command for me? And I do that,
that is
so, constant awareness, consciousness of Allah and fear of
displeasing him. That is taqwa and that is what we are supposed to
gain in Ramadan. Now let me ask you a question. All of you
mashallah have been fasting for years when you fast I'm not asking
after when you fast. Do you feel something in your heart that is
different in Ramadan?
Do you some people say yes.
You feel you? Do you feel closer to Allah do you feel? Isn't it
easier to do good things and stay away from that is part of that
taqwa and Allah subhanaw taala. makes changes in the unseen world.
To facilitate that Taqwa.
One of the examples one of the specific things that is given how
to to increase your taqwa is to avoid your distractions that come
from home,
shouting, and they are removed, they are non functional, chained,
so that it becomes easier to do good deeds. So Allah subhanaw
taala is, has written for things to be done in the unseen world.
For my body who are fasting with the right sincere intent, that
they may improve their hearts Megan and turquoise in the heart.
It's not something you know, you look very pious. No, it is in your
heart. Taqwa. Rasul Allah. It's inside, so you can see it. But
that Taqwa has external manifestation, in your luck, in
your words in your behavior in your armor. That Taqwa cannot stay
inside hidden. It shows by actions. But if the actions
contradict those of homotopy
then it means that Taqwa isn't that like it should be.
All of us have some degree of Taqwa. But the goal is to get the
degree of Taqwa that Allah wants from us
the next idea uh yet know Allah subhanaw taala says fasting is
prescribed for you, which is mandated for you. Then he says,
Uh, yeah, man, do that. A year days man do that limited number
counter counter days
that you're fasting that's ordained is for a few days. Now
we'll talk about what these are Yamaguchi. How the scholars have
explained. Then Allah subhanaw taala says so you're going to fast
limited number of days. Now this could be the limited number of
days that they used to fast which was three days and that Ashura
because the idea of Ramadan fasting is coming after. So most
scholar says that these few days that Allah was mentioning or the
fasting of the Muslims before Ramadan was mandated. So Allah
says, few days of fasting.
Then he says for men kinda Minko Merida know Allah suffering for
the two min a Yemen then Allah gives a Roxa Allah gives a
concession that you should fast your border too fast. But
there is an excuse for some people. If you are a Marine, you
are sick, or you are Allah suffering. You are on a journey.
It's not saying Mustafa Allah suffering, okay, there's a
difference. Because five minutes 10 minutes ago was Mustafa from
Connecticut to Massachusetts. But that's not
Allah suffering means one who is on a journey and we'll talk about
that for two min a Yamanaka for them those other days to make up
for the days which you are allowed to miss if you are sick, or you're
traveling. So Allah gives concessions.
Allah gives what's called a rasa.
So the question is, first, what is a married
you know, I got a little back pain today. I shouldn't fast.
I sneeze three times today, allergy attack, I shouldn't fast
what is the Marie?
So Marie, here means a person who, but if you fast that fast, it
would either cause the
duration of his condition of a sickness or delay this person's
healing of whatever he is suffering from. So it has to be a
serious enough illness. Because just remember, if you take the
slides just excuse to not fast, you do have to make it up anyway,
you're going to have to make that up anyway. So, why give up the
blessing of fast for example, a Ramadan and then do that, but if
you are truly sick, by all means, ALLAH says, take the rocks.
Similarly, for
a traveler,
what is a traveler?
One person told me once, do you fast he said, No, he said,
Mustafa, we came from Jana, we are going back we are suffering this
dunya.
So
Allah subhanaw taala might forgive people like that, because then you
have a sense of humor.
Because getting so
Allah sufferer means there is hardship. This is for hardship.
In those days, they used to travel by camera or photo horse, three
days travel.
Three days travel or one night different scholars have there is a
difference of opinion. But finally, it boils down to they
came up with a distance. And it's different for a dead land travel
and see trouble. And these are matters of
the majority opinion now, including the HANA is 48 Miles
distance.
If you're traveling 48 miles, that is what it was. Now, today, 48
Miles is what for you 45 minutes for some fast drivers.
So again, you do not have to avail of this. You do not have to avail
of this concession that I'm going to Western and I'm going to be
back in the evening because I have a conference there for two hours.
So I'm not going to fast okay. Technically, you're allowed to do
that. But you lose the reward of that, then you're gonna have to
make it up after. But if it is going to cause hardship, then
certainly Rasulullah Salallahu Salam, sometimes he will he was
Fatima QCCA took place in which month
Ramadan, so he was traveling from Medina to Mecca he fasted some
days. And he broke fast someday to show that both are Jah is Botha
permissible?
And one time some people said it is better if you're going to cause
trouble to others, it is better, not too fast. Okay. So, in one of
these expeditions, many people were trying to share this one
brother,
one of the sahabi and Rasulullah sallallahu sallam said What's the
matter is, you also realize fasting so he's a little weak.
So he was not happy with that. He said he shouldn't be fasting
because it's causing trouble to others.
That having been said for example, if you're traveling to
Mecca, Medina for Umrah in Ramadan
in a plane, few hours goes by.
I'm sure many of you fasted going without any problems. But you are
permissible to wait you're permitted to not fast. But you
have to make that
a year. How do you make up the missed fast after Ramadan?
Starting with how many you missed, do they have to be all together
or they can be separate.
either. If you missed five, you want to do five continuous you can
do that you want to break them up, you want to delay it, it's
preferable to do it. Now this is the debt you owe Allah subhanaw
taala so it's preferable to do it sooner than later. But even if you
delay it till next Shabbat it is still permissible because none
other than our mother say the Aisha the Alana used to make up
her Miss fast from her periods in the month of Shabbat and before
Ramadan came, but you do have to make them up before next Ramadan.
Otherwise, there is also a fee on top you still have to make it up
and you also have to give a fee of feeding a poor person. So that's
just an
issue of what is suffer.
While AlLadhina yoti Punahou Fadia Tong Tama Miskin and Allah
subhanaw taala says on those who have the capacity, and we'll talk
about what that capacity is
UTF Punahou failure to amo Mysskin their failure is, which is
recompense is to feed a poor person, similar to what you would
eat, but technically it comes down to
Have a sack of wheat or you know, raisins or whatever dates, that's
the words of that you you feed a poor person in place of fasting.
So, this idea is here telling you that those who have the capacity
means we have the ability to feed a person you take on a home
and it also means if you have the capacity to fast and you're still
feeding somebody instead
so, this was the I have before or the eyes of Ramadan came. So this
has been this is monsoon it has been abrogated or modified by the
iron that's coming next. So at that time, if they missed a fast
before Ramadan,
they did not have to make it up. They could feed one person.
But then Allah subhanaw taala said
four months
from now, whoever wants to voluntarily do extra, that is
better for him. Now, what does that mean?
That means one extra could be who wants to feed more than one person
that's good for them. But the majority said this means that the
one who makes up that fast and still in addition feeds a poor
person that that's better for.
So, three options fast on time. Number two, don't fast but feet.
Three, fast and feet.
And now comes Allah Swan taalas conclusion on this. He said what
Anta Zulu, come but if you fast that is better for better than
just feeding a person. This was what the situation was
In Kuntum Tyler moon if you know so Allah subhanaw taala is giving
a soft encouragement to fast he is not saying this is the only option
that if you have the ability, you have to you have to fast wasn't
there okay?
Now
so you're gonna Abdullah Abbas and everybody else up the lab named
Massoud when the next idea came, they said that this doesn't ask
nuskin monsoon means either that comes after either cancels the IR
before or modifies a specifies it okay. The earlier the time of the
Sahaba it was not called abrogation in English meant to
abrogate means it's been cancelled. Now that is not
canceled. It has been modified it has been specified and that's how
the word must use to be used. Next Allah subhanaw taala says
the ayah that came after shall Ramadan Allah the Zilla fi Hill
Quran orderliness whereby you not a minute Huda well for Allah smart
Allah says in the month of Ramadan, in which was revealed the
core
as you know Allah subhanaw taala from the time he created the
universe, you created time you created universe in space and you
create your universe in time.
And when the when he created time he created how many months 12
months? Allah says, with Allah there are 12 months. So Ramadan
has been from the time Allah created, okay, from that time
and Allah says, and of those 12 months for our
forum, data sacred, what are those four sacred months? Rajab which is
the month number.
Rajab is which month of the year just 1/7 month and what are the
other three
Ramadan you said?
How many agree Ramadan is one of them? No.
Body ah
Muharram and the one before God Hajj.
Three in a row 1112 And one
of the next year and then the seventh. So for our sacred months
Ramadan is not one of those.
But then why is Ramadan special?
Because Allah revealed the Quran he honored this month and raised
it that he revealed the Quran in this month. But it is
not the only scripture not the only book. Allah subhanaw taala
revealed. Sophia Ibrahim on the first of Ramadan Hadith says.
So the scrolls of Ibrahim and esalaam His scripture was revealed
in Ramadan
Torah
That torah was revealed on the sixth of Ramadan. And they used to
come down all at once.
And the Injeel on the 13th
and then Quran, the start of it was the end of the month after 24
days had passed.
Then Allah revealed the first part of the Quran and then the Quran
was revealed over 23 years. So this is a special month that Allah
has honored by sending His revelations and ultimately honored
by sending his final revelation the Quran. So which tells us when
you say Ramadan, we frequently what is the month of Ramadan? What
was the first thing that comes to you month of fasting? Now I want
you to change that a little bit.
Chain because we already have that this is the month of the Quran.
It's the month of the Quran, and fasting. So in other words, we
need to pay more attention to the Quran, not just fasting. And
that's why we have taraweeh but that's just listening to it. But
this is a month in which every year we must establish our
connection with the word of Allah, you want to come closer to Allah
there is no way to come closer to Allah better than through his own
words, the Quran.
So, coming closer to Allah means coming closer to the Quran. So you
have to spend more time with the Quran. Of course the law of the
Quran if you can do one Hatha hamdulillah but also the double
understanding, take any translation in any language that
you feel comfortable a good one.
And then what does it mean? What does Allah want and then reflect?
What is it take the Quran as a personal message that Allah sent
for me?
This is not for the kuffaar This is not for the bunnies, right?
Okay. This is for me. Because ultimately I have to stand in
front of Allah subhanaw taala to take it as a personal message.
What does my Robb want from me? What does he expect from me? What
is he commanding me? Reflect on those and internalize that. So
Allah subhanaw taala first specifies the month shadow Ramadan
Allah, Allah feel Quran, this is the month that is elevated status
because Quran was revealed in it. And of course the entire Quran was
revealed in the month of Ramadan to how is that from Latin my foods
on that letter cover the whole Quran came into that Bethel Mahmud
that's up in the heavens and then from there, into this our universe
over 23 years so there was a full revelation and then gradually
and what is the Quran Allah subhanaw taala mentions Why was
the Quran not be no fasting was for what purpose objective
taqwa
and the Quran
hotel leanness Buddha, guidance for who
not for money strive. Not for karma load. Nas
means every child of Adam till the Day of Judgment
This is the scripture that means nothing else is coming. This is
for all of mankind.
We'll begin at a minute Huda and the
something by en means to make clear. So to make guidance clear,
why does guidance need to be clear guidance should be clear, because
guidance came before
and people corrupted it by misinterpreting it by twisting it
people before but given
Bani Israel famous for it. Every law says in the Quran, they twist
the meaning they hide portions of the book, right? The
Rabbi's decide what what it means and Allah says they have changed
the book. And the same thing happened afterwards. With the
revelation of a Silas some of it is lost some of it is changed some
of it is twisted. So now Allah said people differ what is right
what is wrong Allah sent the Quran to clear all confusion by Hinata,
Mina Ruda that will every type of guidance has only one criteria.
Quran
if your guidance correlates with what the Quran says that portion
is correct. If it cannot
predicts what Quran says.
Manmade that's it okay
well for con and it is for con for con means what? Something that
separates right from wrong for tomorrow
good and bad,
vice and virtue.
So it tells you the criteria of right and wrong.
Then Allah subhanaw taala gives the command of fasting
for mon Shahida Min commercia So then whoever among you shader
means witnesses SHA hit this shot this shot means
month in Arabic not share share is the month
for month Shahida mean commercia Finally assume then he must fast
this is the command of fasting in just these
12345 words is all of your fasting commanded here
for mankind
for man Shahida men commercia Folly so
so whoever witnesses is shy now how do you witness this month
Moon sighting by seeing
the new moon the halal of the month of Ramadan
and if you have a day like today
then you complete 30 days of the month of
Shabbat I
suppose
afterwards I suppose it was today was the day and it was raining so
we completed it was 29th yesterday so we come we set 30 days that's
what the Hadith says We completed now a day later you find out well
the moon was cited actually.
Now
it is no sin for you for not having fasted that because you did
what you were supposed to do. But you then make up that afterwards
okay. But there is no failure or anything you just make
fun of yourself so once again Allah gives the same concession
they don't change for mankind for man for mankind Merida know Allah
suffering the two main aim and that stays the same if you're sick
a sickness that's going to harm you
where the doctor says you should not fast Muslim doctor because if
you go to the regular doctor you get dehydrated
you fast all day, no not a sip of water they don't know
or you are traveling and we just defined the travel then Allah
Samantha's I Yamanaka you make up these days afterwards.
Also included in here not in the IRA but from the Hadith are two
more categories of people who are given this concession this rasa
pregnant
women who feel that fasting would either harm them or their baby,
they're in a certain situation. If they feel perfectly fine, they can
fast but if they feel the doctor says advisors are knowing that a
doctor knows then they are excused from fasting and the nursing
mothers the same thing okay. So those two are added here.
So, with this
fast that is now commanded. Allah subhanaw taala
does not give the option of feeding a person.
Okay, all of those who missed because they traveled
or they were sick and assuming this the sickness from which a
person recovers, okay.
These two have to make up the fast there is no feeding of the poor.
If you want to do sadaqa that's different, but you still have to
make those.
But suppose a person has a chronic illness from which he doesn't
recover.
Illness continues till his death. Okay. He cannot make up those
facts. So that I have a feeling still remains so it is not
abrogated, but it is limited to people who are not able to make up
those fast because of continuing illness. It does not it does not
include the traveler anymore.
Okay,
chronic illness or
another category super elderly who is so weak that they cannot fast.
So that person would instead of fasting they would just feed a
person which is the
you read the law become a use of Allah intends for you is whether
you really do become a US and he does not want for you harch So,
all these concessions that Allah is giving is to make it easy for
you, our deen is easy.
Interestingly,
they were fasting three days.
Now they're fasting 10 times that 30 days. Allah saying I'm making
it easier for you. Somebody might say how is that easy?
Right?
What do you think
so
in a way that is correct, three days every month is 36 Do the math
that is more. But what is also meant here is that by doing this,
Allah is making it easier for you for what for the goal of it, which
is tougher, but if you do it like this, it will be easier for you to
also
you can take this directly applying to the traveler and the
sick and the elderly and the pregnant and the nursing mother
but Allah is making it easy for you, you know, you can make it up
later. So both ways it's use our deal is not one of hardship and
Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam whenever he sent his, his
companions as governors or rulers somewhere he said, make the deen
easy for the people don't make it hard so that people are run away
from the day. And that is the understanding of our dean or Dean
is very flexible, of course within the limits of the Sharia. And
within what is permitted, not that I make my own is as I decide as I
go along.
When it took me a little edge that Allah subhanaw taala says so that
you may complete that period that 30 days wanted to keep the room
loha Allah ma hada calm, while Allah calm Tasha and that you may
glorify, do Takbeer of Allah, when do we do Takbeer of Allah?
It Right, that Allah says, took me a long time to complete those 30
days and when you finish and you do that be what do you do tack
painful, you are the one who did all the work.
By using Allah is great.
First that Allah guided you to this number two that Allah gave
you the health and ability to do it. Allah gave you the Tofik to do
it without Allah's help you would be able to do nothing. Allah gave
you the guidance for it. So who needs to be praised Allah so you
do Takbeer of Allah subhanaw taala
Allah ma hada community disk describe the sun because he for
what for he guided you for the guidance he gave you.
While Allah calm TASH Quran and so that you may be grateful maybe
people have shook
so what do we need to ask for Ramadan we need to first thank
Allah subhanaw taala for making us Muslims, making a start to your
living avenue for making us people of iman Shaka is due for that if
you just thank for that you could do sugar all your life it would
not be enough just for making you. Number two sugar for making you in
the Ummah have the best of Amma caralluma OMAFRA Surah Lhasa
Shaka that Allah sent you the Quran
each of these is like huge
and then he gave you you die. Then he gave you a means for Taqwa.
And then you give you all these eases in a tune.
You should be thankful to Allah
so Ramadan, has a month of fasting song, month of Quran month of
taqwa, Mundo chakra. Okay. And you should also feel sugar because
after they have hunger, when you eat,
you feel satiated. You feel good. You appreciate that food. So you
should be thankful that every day you will not so aware of this
blessing you take it for granted no food. What's in the fridge? You
ask the kids today? What would you like to eat?
I don't know.
If you only had a piece of bread, you wouldn't be asked
During that question
as my shakes mother used to say, he said one time I said to my
mother
will you have this piece of bread? He said no, she said then you are
not hungry. Because you're hungry, you will eat stones.
And in no way the Sahaba eight stones in a different way Rasul
Allah and Allah so what did he do? Use to tie stones on his stomach
tight. So the stomach This is what the weightloss people are doing
these days, right? They're putting balloons and things to make the
stomach constricted, like they're full. He was doing the same thing.
1400 years ago, they left because there was no food to eat. So this
holding a tight here would make the stomach feel like it's fun.
So we should appreciate everything. Whatever is written
for us today. every morsel should go with Alhamdulillah.
Sugar Allah loves the people of sugar. And in the Quran, the
opposite of chakra is called what?
Gopher? There are two types of gopher
one is disbelief. What is COFRA namah denial of the blessings of
Allah and denial means
you don't count
the next idea now this is to do with Ramadan to is then there is
an aisle here and then another long aisle about Ramadan. So this
idea
you have to figure out why is this inserted in the middle of the
aisles of Ramadan? next aisle last month Allah says what it does I
like it by the Hanifa in ni Caribe Wu Ji Buddha WAT DA de da de Han
fell yesterday boo LEE Well, you may know be la la mujer should own
unless one Tara saying
and when either means for the future
is also for the past either. So when my ears set alaka everybody
when My servants when my bad? Ask you. second person singular means
this address to Rasulullah sallallahu
said Ya Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam when My servants ask
you, and what do they ask? They're not asking What is Allah? Asked me
underneath anything about me?
If they ask you about Me.
Normally, Allah subhanaw taala puts a word like to say to them,
here there is no call last month and it goes directly in Nikoli I
am indeed near
anything they ask about me I am near
how near is Allah tells us in the Quran
closer than ourselves closer than our spouses and our children.
Allah is closer in his own way. Okay.
And for any and in nice dark kid, I am indeed close.
How close would you boo da da either the N
and I respond. I answer the call
of my servant when he calls me.
In other words, Allah is so close. You don't have to read Yeah,
Allah. Allah is not deaf. He hears anyway. He's so close, that when
they make the hour when they asked me Allah says, I respond to the
many times you make dua
silently, does Allah hear that? Yes, he does.
It doesn't have to be generic. You're making die inside Allah
still yours. So Allah is telling you, I'm always with you. In that
meaning, okay. Not in time and space. But Allah is Cree curry
with his knowledge with his, you know, awareness of you. And not
only that, he will GBI. I respond. Allah responds to every dollar of
a believer alive in response to the dawn of
shaitan and disbelievers.
Sometimes they call they may be calling on the wrong god Allah
will give them
shaitan Magda What did you say Allah give me till the Day of
Judgment so that like, give it go
Wisdom of Allah smart Allah
so Allah subhanaw taala says, Indeed I am close, then I respond
to the Da Man Allah subhanaw taala puts one extra step down.
Finally yesterday, Ji Woo Lee and therefore now this is my situate
relationship with you. What should your relationship be with me for
yesterday boo Lee, so you should respond to me what does that mean?
You should respond to my commands by obedience, you should respond
to my prohibitions by staying away. While you may not be and you
must believe in me, so Allah saying, you believe in me and you
obey me, that is what is required
laleham Your shadow and so that the
law homea so that they may be
given guidance.
Rachna
Allah saying, I respond to your doors, I respond to the off
everybody. You want guidance? That is a condition believe in me as I
should be believed in without any partners see me in everything. No
Mayas, mind SIFAT.
And do
file yesterday, respond to what I say and responding to Allah is
obedience in one word,
obedience of Allah.
So this ayah is put in here because it is an idea of closeness
Allah is telling you and what is fasting giving you
Taqwa what does that word do to you, takes you closer to Allah
subhanaw taala right.
So, that is given here and also tells you, Allah is talking about
dua in this, that Allah has given a lot of opportunities for
acceptance of God in the month of Ramadan, such as at the time of
Soho, were all the day you are fasting at the time of breaking of
the fast at the time of night when you're standing opportunity after
opportunity. These are extra in addition to after the fourth Salah
and all of that extra opportunity Leila took other extra
opportunities
for acceptance of allies,
allies, the barriers a lot of the barriers have been removed.
Shayateen have been removed the barrier of our sins have been
removed because if we are fasting properly, it's removing the sins
so that barrier between us and Allah subhanaw taala of sinfulness
is also going
then Allah subhanaw taala goes back to the Latin last ayah one
idea which is the wrong idea about the rules are hella common Laila
to say Amara fossa Isla Anissa eco that it is now made halal for you
to have intimate relationship with your wives in the night of Ramadan
what used to happen to previous nations and what the Muslims did
before fasting, if they fell asleep before Isha they would not
eat till the next day, because you know the people of the book
they're fast from
Isha SHA two Acia 24 hours and they have the same thing. No
eating no drinking. No. The real ones. We're not talking about
fasting with fish allowed in this we're talking about.
So
24 hours now Allah subhanaw taala has
set and they were not allowed to
have intimacy they didn't have in the nights
when they were not fasting.
Allah subhanaw taala says Norton's halal for you Hoonah labasa C'mon
to millibar Sula, Han This is a very sort of a very general idea
all encompassing about the relationship of the husband and
wife that they are your women are your wives or your lovers and you
are their Libous means they are your garments, you are your
garments and what is the function of garment is the example Allah
has given.
Because it covers you covers your force, it comforts you it protects
you, it beautifies you and it is closest to you, it molds to your
body, whatever you move. So if you take the water beautiful example
that it's just next to you at all times. And it knows everything
about you. And it protects and hides and beautifies you. So
that's what the relationship if in one if so what should be the
relationship between husband and wife you'd say Libous
ILM Allahu unknown Kuntum tuna and for second, Allah Subhan Allah
says Allah knows that you use to
sort of
cheat,
do things
against yourself. What they were doing was sometimes in weak
moments, they would have relationships with their spouses
in the night. They knew that shouldn't but they used to.
So nobody would know But Allah says Allah knows.
And Tom Tatianna used to do piano used to betray that, okay? And for
sickle for taba Aleykum but Allah has turned to you.
I find uncommon Allah has installed that he is not only
forgiving he is giving you a clean slate Okay? Never happened forget
about it. Not only that for file an abortion ruhuna wrapped the
whole market of Allah Allah. Allah says now on the nights of the
fasting, you are permitted to have intimate relationship with your
spouse, go to them Allah and seek what Allah has written for you.
What is that what Allah Akbar shunova Roberta will seeking
marketable what Allah has written for you.
The majority of scholars have the opinion this means children, okay,
because they are the product of this intimacy. But any good that
comes out of it, but that's, you know, strengthening of the bond
between all that is written for you, that comes out Allah says
it's permitted.
And he says what Kulu was shabu. Diotima Jana Hola, como hytrel
abdominal fighting us with a mineral Fajr and eat and drink
because before they didn't eat and drink after Isha came in, Allah
says Kulu wa shabu continue you can continue till Hata the
white thread and the dark thread of dawn become clear. Okay. In
other words, the true Dawn of Fajr where the horizon starts to become
light this way, not the light that there is Fajr gossip and there is
Fajr Sadhak. The light spreads display today we have books that
tell us calendars that tell us because we live in environments we
can't even see the horizon many times so let alone
tell that but so Allah says you're permitted to have relationship you
have you can eat you can drink till you have to buy even at a
cocktail it becomes clear the threat of white and black. Now
when this first idea was revealed now Sahaba some of them they said
okay, we can eat and drink so one took a black thread one took a
white thread one tied it on his toes, and he would wake up every
time you keep eating, you're looking at Delta black from the
white.
And then the total Rasul Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam, so they
kept eating, whereas this fight already broken outside
Surah Surah allah sallallahu sallam said no this means the dawn
not that you see a dark red in a white thread apart the thread of
the you know that thread of light. So that is then Allah says some
team Musa in the lead and then you complete so that don't then you
complete a team must complete the CRM till lane. And lane here
doesn't mean night means sunset. Let's explain. That's why you need
the Hadith. Because if you don't go by the Quran says night has
become dark night then that's like, as soon as the sunset now
our Sharia Rasulullah sallallahu sallam said we are different from
the people of the book because we delay our soul till the very end.
You know, it is better to so just before Fajr comes in not midnight
and so now I'm going to sleep and we speed up our we break our fast
as soon as the sunsets
so
the sore is what the it's the leg and the
Iftar is
make it early.
Early mean Sun has to set but it doesn't mean the moment it says
right away means don't wait till night comes.
And the scholar says what can be the delay between the ending of
savour and the start and the foragers oven, enough time to
recite about 50 is to three minutes whatever is what used to
be
then Allah subhanaw taala makes one other
hula hula to bash you know, one to market for interfering massages
that intimacy with your spouses is not permitted if you are a person
who is in article
or some alternative is not allowed that it's not like okay, I can go
home then come back and take off no that is not permitted
unless one analysis teleca voodoo don't these are the limits that
Allah will do. He has set
limits of Allah for Allah dakara Takara boo ha don't even come near
them. This is because Allah subhanaw taala says don't come not
to Accra boo Zina Don't come near
intoxicants in here these are the who do the limits don't come near
them. In other words, keep a safe distance don't push the boundaries
because sooner or later you would violate them. And there's a long
Hadith about that is a person who was grazing his sheep next to the
the hammer of the of the King, the hem of the king the the
sanctuary and his sheep will crossover and then he'll be in
trouble. So don't walk
on the edge of halal and haram keep a safe distance.
Gallica you buy you know law this is how Allah makes clear to you it
is ayat
Linas again it started with
the Linares. Quran was central the Linares again this is made clear
Lynas law Allah whom your top own so that they may gain Taqwa. It
started with Taqwa first Daya last Jaya and
so, you start the month of Ramadan in a state of Taqwa Inshallah, by
preparing ahead and you come home after Ramadan with greater Taqwa.
So, that in brief and these are like a reset all of the iPads that
have to do with
fasting.
So, if there are any questions or anything else we can address those
about Ramadan or if you have any clarification or questions about
any of these Iots that we have studied
fit the
fitter is from a star
so fit Rana is at the end of Ramadan you get fitter the purpose
of fitter is to as a means of explanation of small mistakes that
you may have done just like for example, after every Salah when
you finish you say structuralist Could you discuss your
disconnected this that so the same thing equivalent to that after a
month fasting is to give fitrah okay the fitrah is will allow
through that will allow your fasting to be raised to him for
reward. So that through that fitrah everything small things not
major sins are erased and that fitrah the amount is determined is
known and it should be given preferably before that last day
before the Eid Salah if Eid Salah has started your fitrah is gone
you asked me for videos different videos when you are feeding
somebody
videos that he comments. So suppose I'm a bad diabetic.
My sugar goes up and I just can't fast. So what do I do I get video
I feed a person one way to remember feed the feed the feed.
Okay
what else I have?
I have a quick question here that I have heard from different people
saying that it is the best thing to give donation to Ramadan.
And but I my thought process was a little bit different to do to
donate and feed the hungry people throughout the whole year. That's
what my understanding was. That's what I firmly believe. What do you
think Islam says about donations and people say Oh, Ramadan is the
best one. We should donate the most in Ramadan only. I mean, I'd
say the people who are hungry are they gonna wait for the next
Ramadan for people to donate and so they can eat
so the best chance
80 is to be given when it's most needy.
That's obvious, as you said correctly.
So now you've got extra charity that you want to give
extra if you're given the month of Ramadan because it's a blessed
month and rewards everything multiplied. Therefore people give
a lot of it during that month because it increases the reward
many fold. But you don't wait till next Ramadan. But if you have and
you you set aside some to give in Ramadan, it's good.
And some people set Ramadan as the anniversary date for the Zakat. So
you know, now my Zakat is due and I start giving it in the in
Ramadan. So, yes, there is
some truth to both of those, but like we said, when a person is
needed, now somebody just had a massive earthquake, and they need
help now so I'm going to wait till this is the month of Shawwal in 11
months I'll send you money
to that.
You find other causes of charity at that time have
a general understanding. Why is it so important or so special in
Ramadan? Why? Because Because Allah subhanaw taala assigns
special values to certain things at certain times.
Allah has assigned special value to certain places. Say every place
belongs to Allah. Why is Long Meadow not as sacred as Makkah?
Because Allah chose Mk. Why is it not as sacred as Jerusalem because
Allah chose Jerusalem.
Allah chose Juma so every day is the same they're all belong to
Allah by Sunday not because Allah chose Juma so Allah chose of the
month he said for our sacred but then he said his in his put extra
rewards with Ramadan so Allah chose this chose this reveal plan
it could have been revealed in any month. So there is something
special about this month and that's and the one who decides the
one who's going to give the rewards decides when so we say
some of you chose that 100.
In one day
Yes.
Allah subhanaw taala tells us that the Quran is
written
in a garden a tablet
with Allah which is called love NightForce
and this is in the Quran, Allah says in surah borouge At the end
of that, okay, that the Quran
feel our * mouthful. Okay, so the entire Quran now you can say
but how does Allah know what is going to happen when it's because
there is no time for Allah subhanaw taala past present
futures all the same, it's already recorded there. Okay, so already
recorded before Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam is born or bred
before he is created, or what is going to happen. So that portion
of the Laughlin my foods which is the Quran,
all of that scripture, words,
were sent from that low Hallmark foods and again, we raise their
hand because it's high somewhere. And it was sent down to the lowest
heaven, where there is another bite of Allah subhanaw taala. Like
we have Baitullah here, the Kaaba. There is Basil Mahmoud, ALLAH
SubhanA. Allah mentions that in the Quran, and Rasulullah
Salallahu Alaihe Salam visited that during his marriage. So that
is the, what we call the lowest heavens and again, we don't know
what the heavens are. Okay. So just think of it this way.
Kaaba is here.
Somewhere up there is another one. So Allah sent the Quran from local
Murphy's to that in one night, Leila
now It stayed there
over 23 years as the situation's came as the time came, yes, yes.
Yes, all the features are nice decision. The order of revelation
is Allah's decision. The other order of compilation is Allah's
decision, because they are not Kronen chronologically compiled
Surah Baqarah is in the beginning, right second surah and it was
revealed in within
all the makin Suraj and the end, there is a wisdom behind it and
those who have studied it, they are amazed at the connections and
why
things happen, why it was put in that so it was order revealed in a
different order but compiled in the Quran in a different order.
This is how Allah wants you to do look at it now. So that's how that
happened. And then after that on the little color, a little color
it came from knowing my foods to better mama. And then also on the
little cutter just the first five is also run up a crab is Mayra
McCullough develop Collins, those came down there. And then the rest
there was a period of a gap where there was no revelation for a
period of time. And then it started after that
so the inner dimensions as you know, the fasting
is supposed to produce certain changes in our hearts globe.
One thing it does is the month of fasting, both the fasting and the
standing at night, the km and Lella to do three things. Allah
Swatara said, One sama Ramadan, Iman and like the cyber warfare
along with whoever fast the month of Ramadan with iman, this app
which means with certainty of Allah's promises of what he has
promised, His sins are forgiven.
Next Hadees mon karma Ramadan Imani Rattus Obon, Allah Swan,
same thing, who stands in the night which means Ferrari,
incredible whatever, again, with two conditions Iman,
believing in Allah truly as he should be, and with full
conviction and Allah's promises,
will have his sins forgiven, whoever stands in light of net
Takata incentive forgiven? So what does it mean to have your sins
forgiven? As we know, every time we sin, it puts a barrier between
us and
the example Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam gave was like you
take a white dip, permanent black marker. And every time you sin,
suppose you are given that and you put a black mark.dot.dot.on your
heart a time would come with all the sins, the heart would be
black. And what does it mean?
It does not allow black means light doesn't go through, in a
way. So
light doesn't go through to the heart. That light is the light
when you die. So a person starts to get further away. And the more
you sin, the more you become prone to saying
this person drinks the more you drink, the worse you get. You want
more and more. So sin attracts more sins. It's like spiritual
dirt. And when you have spiritual dirt, it invites more flies means
more since governments do more. So since make us distant from Alaska,
what does it mean? You move away from knowing the truth from
guidance from obedience, from Allah's blessings, Allah Stovic
you are, you are making yourself further away from Allah.
So when this effect of fasting and standing properly in the month of
Ramadan comes, it starts to remove those layers and some light starts
to go into the heart and therefore person then gets more motivated
now, I'm going to change my life, I'm going to become a better
Muslim, I'm going to be more obedient, I have this this these
five things in my heart that I need to clean up.
So one effect of Ramadan is the cleansing of the heart and
therefore, coming closer to Allah. And as you know, nothing that is
unclean,
can come close to one can approach.
Even those who have sinned will be first purified in the Jahannam in
the fire and then they will be taken to Jannah because they have
to be pure purification here in this dunya is by Toba purification
in the Accra is by the fire of Jana mela protectors. So, that is
one thing, then Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam tells us that
fasting the physical acts has certain effects of
and this is also known biologically that it affects the
way you think how you circulate he says the shutdown runs through
your veins in a way he gives you again this unseen ideas and things
but when you're fasting, it constricts his pathways it makes
it harder for shutdown suggestions is vice versa to affect you. That
is if you're fasting outside of Ramadan, okay, but in Ramadan, so
that's why it's it. Also weekends
your base desires your urges to do something that's why Rasulullah
sallallahu sallam said yeah Shabaab
or young men get married and if you don't have the ability to get
married means you don't have money to support a wife then fast
because that fasting will protect you by weakening your urges your
base desires
that's another thing so there are
effects that fasting have on the spiritual health of a person
including as you come closer to Allah more aware more increase in
knowledge, your attachment to the con, understanding an AMA AMA,
this is a month of ama it's not about knowing I know this, okay?
It's not about knowing Allah doesn't ask Iman
promises are not for Person of Iman and who know it is imminent
among people who know and they do. Okay, so we have to do this is a
month of doing doing doing everything that you know.
This is what Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam did so I'm wondering do it.
How is not up to us? These are things of the unseen world. The
benefits come from Allah Allah has promised those rewards.
Allah subhanaw taala says
Kula bunny Adam law all the actions of bunny Adam Chillar Adam
or for him for her Illa cm accepts him
for in no Lee, I GCB. This is now if you look at it, every act of
riba that we do Salah is for Allah.
Hygiene is for Allah. Zakat is for Allah we are doing all of that.
Allah says no, all of those are for you. He specify, he says,
Except cm, that's for me.
Now, he said doesn't make sense. Allah says,
Allah has specified just like he chose cm as a spiritual act of
worship. And he says that I will give its reward, not specified the
reward of sin.
In general, whereas every other good deed if you do this, your
reward is 10 times that and 700 times this cm, Allah semana has
kept it hidden. Why? Some scholars said because the CRM itself is
hidden. If I'm fasting, you don't know I'm fasting, only Allah
knows. I could be eating behind the scenes. You think I'm fasting
or not? Or you think I'm not fasting and that could be so
because CRM
requires more class. Nobody knows, nobody sees
is between you and Allah. It's a secret. And therefore Allah says,
the reward is also a secret island. This is for me, but
between you and me.
And interestingly,
Abu Talib and Mackay one of the early scholars, he took this
hadith and he reflected on it, he said, Look,
you know, on the Day of Judgment,
when you have wronged somebody, there's compensation to be paid,
you know, Justice has to be done. And it's not going to be in there
about their dinner. You know, you take my car index, no, it's only
in good deeds, and bad deeds. So what does it say? That the person
who's been wronged say Allah B means good deeds. You take your
good deeds, good deeds, and if they get completely exhausted, are
you satisfied? No, take my bad deeds and put it on this person.
That's why it is very important to have cocoa the bad to be very
conscious about the rights of people, even more than the rights
of Allah. Because Allah doesn't need it, He forgives. But people
on that day will not forgive this if I gave you 650 saudi riyal you
borrowed and you never returned it.
I wanted exchange for that. What do you want
and what your needs
so I will tolerable Mackey said this will happen this exchange
will happen that person will be left with nothing except when the
person comes to yalla give me some unless they can give me some
because it belongs to me.
You'll still be left with yourself What a beautiful reflects.
All of it was his so it could be given but some can be given
because it's mine.
So those are some there are many other spiritual benefits of
anything else.
Other Other than Ramadan, what are the other things to do?
How
to prioritize which ones are.
Yes.
So, if you go in order, if you go in order, then we have
the hasher, which is the 10th of Muharram,
the first nine days of the hedger
because those are the best nine days Allah took an oath by those a
lot of reward any deed in that done on that as Rasulullah
sallallahu Hassan done in that is greater than any anything else
except a person goes in Jihad and loses life, anything that you do
in those days is magnified man. So, those are special. So, those
in order of priority would first come after that.
And with those, the fast of Ashura and these fast these fast
the reward is forgiveness of the sins before
and this forgiveness of the sins of the following year. For one, it
is for both and for the ninth of the hedge it is for the year
before the year that is when
so those sins are forgiven. Then after that, what are the days to
fast you fast every month,
Mondays and Thursdays and you fast the 13th 14th and 15th They're
called the three white knights.
So every month you can do that if you want to do more of this as the
theory if you're going to do more than you go to every other day of
our season the best is the fat fast download and esalaam used to
fast every other day.
Every other day or less life which means one day
you are asking Allah for food next day you are thanking Allah you're
doing summer for Allah one day next day you doing sugar whole
life suburbs one day summer one day sugar one day Suburban.
Our mother Aisha Radi Allahu Allah used to fast every day of the year
except the five days where it is not permitted to fast
350 days and this is after a sudra masala had passed away.
Okay.
Can you do
you have to make up
no makeup has to be its own makeup has to be its own because it is
done in exchange.
Then the monster fast is this month, the month of Shabbat
because rasool Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam fasted more in this
month than any of the other 10 months
outside of Ramadan
sometimes almost the whole month except last two or three days so
easiest formula for that is if your first 16 days
in Shaba your first most of the month because that's more than 50%
if your first 15 days this month and it's a 30 day then you can say
I fasted most of the month you can only say I fasted half the months
So be smart fast 16 days
at least or more
and then the month after which is the month of Shawwal 60s have any
any days together or separate if you fast those six days of Chawan
it is like having an after completing the Ramadan is like you
have fasted the whole year now is does that work? 30 days of Ramadan
or 29 days and the six days of Shiva make 3536 Multiply that
button 350 or 360 days that's like fasting though because multiply by
10 Because the reward Allah gives us 10 times for each
so the whole month whole year of fasting
now if you're doing those six I faster six now I'm going to skip
Mondays and Thursday no do Mondays and Thursdays also and also do
1314 50 The door is open the competition is yours okay
why should you do all of these because there is a special door
again and Jana call for my
which is only for the saw a moon the title of saw a moon means not
just person who fasted all of Ramadan so far everybody does
that. This is a people who's fasted most of the life taking
care of every known as because you get known by certain things that
you do all the time so on oh he's always fasting
you go to some wife how's your husband? MashAllah Very good. Oh,
he's always fasting
and
has happened to this happened to one of these RV
famous RV by the name of hammer hammer YBNL us who opened up Egypt
he was the governor of Egypt who became Muslim along with Caledonia
invalid and late Medina period okay but he was a very smart guy.
So his son, Abdullah had never even Alas, got married and he was
he was a Muslim before His Father way before his father and he was
very dedicated young man. So he got married.
So, his father our iman, alas, after a few days, went to visit
his son and he found his daughter in law there.
So because he was smart, he knew his son so he said to her, how
have you found my son?
So the daughter in law says now more Raju the best of men
so he was smart. Explain that. What is it mean? Said he's so
good. He fasts all day. And he prays all night.
So our last what does that mean? In practical terms,
means he hasn't even touched his wife. He has no time for her. So
I'm gonna open Alas, came to Surah masala. Listen, he said yeah
rasool Allah Abdullah wife says this about him Rasul allah
sallallahu sallam said call him
so tell me about your routine. The daytime offense nighttime
in front of Allah
rasool Allah Silva gave the magic formula
He said
your body has a right on you.
Your wife has a right to and Allah has a right to give you right give
everybody their right.
Okay, your body needs rest make sure you get rest your wife has
needs fulfill her needs. Allah has so up to your boss free of needs.
So this is the formula but
we are far from those times.
Fast it's like a dream
in this can you reflect upon
talking about fasting, just not eating anything. But ready to
commit residual tension
on
the Korean national network.
So again, that is another form of song but from when we talk about
some of Ramadan, we are talking about these criteria. But as we
said the word song is also used for withholding for holding your
tongue. Okay. So when Maria Maria salaam
came back to her village with the baby, and people started saying,
you know, yeah, Maria, what have you done? Your mother and father
were pious people.
So she said
I'm in a state of some I'm not gonna hate you. She just pointed
that is a lesson
in the amygdala and the ion stock from that and he
sort of attested to the purity of his mother. So that is a form of
soul. Now.
Zachary Alesana when you hear this alarm, he was given Bashara that
you're going to have a son in this old age and he said, You know, I
have an old age, my bones are rotting. And my mom my wife is
barren. Now I never had I said, you're going to have a son
by sroka. But yeah.
So he said, Give me a say, I Atoka now to call on NASA Illa
Illa selasa esta yummy LA Rams, that you for three days and nights
you will not talk except by signs
with old so
that song, which is not the Philippi song was one that he
asked for lottoland Don't talk now that, again, has spiritual
benefits. Because we are constantly talking constantly
talking. You don't have time to think and reflect and all of those
things. That's why we are told to guard our tongues even in fasting
because one way of ruining the first is to be talking nonsense.
You know, lying cheating this thing backbiting gossip,
extra talk in fasting ruins the fast you get nothing except that
so no
Guarding the eyes not guarding. So there are all of these things to
be part of the Psalm is guard your eyes, with your eyes, your ears,
don't listen to backbiting. Don't listen to music, don't listen to
things that you know are not conducive to improving the state
of your heart. The whole idea of Attica is to isolate from all of
those stimuli, so that the heart can listen to this message secret
messages that Allah is sending you.
That's the whole idea. Silence.
Great, great benefits.
Many people kept silent for long periods of time. This is practiced
in many other fields. But this listener, had Rasulullah
Salallahu. Salam used to stay
quiet silent for long periods. Well, no, it would sit without
saying a word. Here, suppose we are in a social gathering. And
there is silence for about three minutes. Nobody's talking. Then. I
have to say, I'd love to break the silence because I'm uncomfortable.
silence
You and Dicker internally, you weren't thinking
we don't have to talk.
So, after and there is a long tongue is the biggest, you know,
promoter of you know,
taking people agenda was the tongue, the tongue. So, after
listening to many, many, many, many of these admonitions by a
chef, one of the students said, so yeah, Chef.
When can I talk?
Give me the magical formula.
So he said when you feel the urge to talk, or I should say
something, be silent.
And when you feel no urge to talk, you may talk
that's the magical formula.
These are all again means this The goal is not that I'm never going
to talk again. The goal is not I'm never going to eat again. The goal
is talk one core minallah And these are all avenues, tools to
get
Sikhism
Sikhism
is the only world religion in which there is no fast so I was
reflecting on that.
And you know what Sikhism is most famous for
feeding people. They have this longer continuous in the Gurdwara
has anybody come and eat?
Feed your tongue to our miskeen. So they have taken that instead of
fasting, feeding, feeding, feeding. I'm not saying that
that's why Guru Nanak took it but I said look, even there, they have
some exchange of instead of fasting, that's what they're
famous for. You go anywhere, you get food free, everyday
continuous, it's called the hunger
for this being cooked, anybody can come anybody coming in.
Which is again the same thing. But instead of fasting their founder
Guru Nanak chose feeding of the people and service of people have
done it.
We have both we have fasting and that
so how
prepared
is there any restriction on that? Depends on what they're prepared.
As long as there's Halal there's no restriction.
It could be just
vegetable and rice and
obviously, if there isn't meat then you have to find out is this
via on it is much
do you eat at Pintos. Do you eat at Pintos restaurant in West
Springfield? No, you're not you're from Connecticut.
He's a sick
special condition.
The animal is the name of
that's what I'm saying. It has to be they'll be
but we're just saying.
They may just be cooking it they may be buying it from from
Holland.
They do. You can go and see.
Into buys from Khaled he buys from restaurant restaurant depot. He
does it for business purposes. He does it for business purpose.
So, right interrupt, just on that same topic, I have a question as a
couple of Indian grocery stores that have opened halal meat
sections. And my question is if the person who was preparing the
meat is Hindu, is that okay to purchase it
and we have seen that they are, you know, the the whole animals
hanging in the freezers behind
but the fact that the meat is being cut and backed by a Hulu Is
that okay?
So the whole issue is who sacrifices when the life of the
animal is taken, who is the one who is doing and that's the
important thing.
Number two,
any self respecting Hindu should not be cutting up beef and giving
it to you, they would hang him upside down.
Especially if he went to India
didn't goats, goats and chickens.
I mean, it just cutting it, I would say there's no problem in
them cutting it for you. But as long as the the original sacrifice
was done by a believer in the name of Allah subhanaw taala.
Because you know, this cutting something is not, you know, in
pieces and packaging, it is not not an issue.
Kosher is another story.
Because you have to understand what kosher is kosher is not just
about meat.
Kosher is the whole procedure, your dish is kosher. Your spoon is
kosher, you, okay, but the kosher method of sacrifice is very
similar to ours, if it is done that way, but sometimes, again,
just like some of the meats AS certified halal, and then you go
deep into it, you find out that it wasn't properly done. Similarly,
the kosher once that Rabbi certifies that he's getting his
money for certifying it sitting in a different state, and
is it being done properly, we don't know. But if it is truly
done in the kosher way, then it is permissible for you because it's
done the same way.
They also cut the also blade, they also take the name in the proper
way you
know.
That's why Allah says in the Quran, and then the meat, the food
of the people of the book is halal for you.
But again, that's a general category. If you find out the
People of the Book and are not doing it, then it would not be
allowed for you because it would be forbidden under a different
category.
If the people of the book now started just shooting animals in
the head, and then giving them that's not this, even though
people have the book, but it gets forbidden because you cannot have
an animal that is stoned to death. Yeah, so that becomes forbidden
under a different category.
One more question. Yes.
On behalf of my mother in law, she wanted to ask the video for people
who are not able to pass does that need to be given to
fasting people? You know, it's good for them to open a fast way
to two times a day or can it be for anyone must want to arm Brahmo
miskeen in how we read it and if you read it and watch tamo masa
cane, poor people
does not specify
fasting or not fasting, but it's generally understood that it
should be upward Muslim.
Because they have first right on you.
And we assume that they would fast unless they have a reason not to
fast but even then you can give it to them. So that's not a condition
that you have to purchase. Are you fasting because fasting is between
him and his or her and her
suppose it's a poor woman who is in her monthly cycle she would not
be fasting yes you can give her the food.
So the answer is no, it does not have to you do not have to
question them that are you fasting then I will give you
panic Allah Monica him darkness shadow Allah