Divine Parables #04 Cornstalks & Charity Stocks 2-261

We continue now to our next parable, our next method in towards the end of skeletal Bukhara, verse 261 Onward. There's a discussion in general and that section on charity and Allah azza wa jal speaks in this particular parable,

on the impact and the reward of charity being far behind beyond what we can comprehend. And he says, subhanho wa taala. Will method will Lavina Yun fear poner and moi whom feasability Allah, and the example or the parable of those who spend their wealth in the path of Allah. And this is already interesting, by the way, because when Allah azza wa jal calls people to be generous, to be charitable, he often reminds us of the fact that it's actually his wealth, where to whom imagine Allah He led the attack him and give the needy from the wealth of God that He gave you. Or the other verses when fecal matter Allah co mustafina fee and spend out of the wealth that we have trusted to

you. It's not yours entrusted to you. But this verse, it's saying something a little different. It's saying and those who spend their wealth, but in reality, we know it's not our wealth. And so what is the message here? It is your suspend. It's not yours in the absolute sense. Allah gave it to you. He gave it to you so that you may give it for His pleasure. So Anahata Allah, that's actually your wealth as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, your wealth is what you spend.

And what you consume is gone. What you consume is for your heirs, the inheritors or gone, no one will get it at all, have you consumed it, but what you spent is actually yours. You know, it is almost like Subhanallah, you know, a child receives money from their parents to put it in the box, right? The adults are the same way. Allah gives you money to see if you're going to give, he doesn't need it. He's not even asking you for all of it. He's the one that gave it to you to see if you're gonna give a bit of it in the right direction. That's first of all, their example is what those who spend of their wealth the wealth they are entrusted with some agency over not full ownership of can

Mithali have betin and bettered Saba Asana Biller, Fi Kohli, some bullet in me to Abda is like the example of a green meaning a green a seed that's planted, that caused the stock to emerge that has seven, seven years of corn, right? In every year of corn, there's another 100 grains, okay. And so a few stops here very quickly.

The first of them is that Allah called that they have a seed, your wealth is a seed that you plant, you know, my objective of this series is not to fully explain to you any parable that's actually beyond any human being. It is to sort of like, stare in us Our ability to take inferences from these parables, once again, to become our lenses to adopt these new lens, new perspective on what wealth is about. Allah says it's, it's not like you know, I'm thinking of a smart example I'm going to tell you to help you. Allah called it a seed. So that's the best analogy. That's the best metaphor. That's the best example. What do we get from a seed in terms of reflections, some have said you

know, a seed, you have to plant it with care. You can't just like seed alright? Throw it behind me. Bismillah Tolkien Allah Allah right. Doesn't work like this. You don't just chuck it in there, you know, in the dark. Like some people superstitiously

and unintelligently throw like a coin in their wish fountains right see those coins, the bottom? No, no, no a seed, you got to tuck it in the ground, you got to look for a fertile ground. So be careful of where you put your money. Be conscious, be careful, be concerned, have a son, right? Excellence in how you choose where you plant it. And also after you plant the seed, you can't just forget about it. You got to cultivate it. There is a follow up. Maybe we can talk about that on another night. Make sure the sincerity is there. You never brag of this and otherwise, the sincerity is what sort of like so it is a seed and Allah azza wa jal is telling you let me leave it to me to cause to help

your seed grow, consider it a seed and just plant it. But then he says the seed becomes seven years of corn on every year is 100 more grains 100 more seeds.

Can you think of your charity sort of benefiting in 700 directions or being multiplied? 700 times? It's hard to think of, but that is what Allah azza wa jal is telling you leave that to me. I do that with your charity for you. You know when we tell people like donate to the masjid, it can affect 100 streams. It can

Right, you're supporting Palestine through the messages. You're supporting Dawa through the masjid right. But Allah azza wa jal is telling you 700 directions perhaps just let it go drop your seed in the right place, tuck it in and put your trust in me to grow it for you.

You know,

there's a hadith beautiful Hadith. I had been to have to summarize it, but the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that Allah when one of you spends from good income and he only accepts that which is good and pure, he accepts it with his right hand. Right? He accepts it with his right hand and he grows it for you the same way you grow a baby horse baby horse can basically can't even stand by his own two legs had that Hakuna yo multi ama tickle Jebel until that.

That which you spent the Hadith I'm sorry, begins with saying even half a date of pure income. Allah grows it until it's like a mountain on the Day of Judgment. Because you placed it in Allah's hands, right? It's no longer in your hand, leave it to him, you're gonna die and your children are going to die and the world is going to come to a demise but it's still there with Allah azza wa jal, and then you're shocked to see what it is on the Day of Judgment. Also, they said what you get from the from a seed, Allah didn't say, you know, you plant your seed and become 700. It's the fact that also it happens slow, the seed became seven, the seven each became 100. Don't wait on the outcome right

away. You may not see it, you may see it sometimes but you may not always see it most of the time. You won't. You know, there was a brother in this community actually. Some of you may remember him he was studying abroad here from Saudi Arabia. here in the Lehigh Valley. His name was Rob Rahman KML Abu Anas. He mentioned to us that he used to do fieldwork in Africa charity work with Dr. Abdul Rahman, a soulmate. Soulmate is like a huge philanthropist. You can look him up. He's a Kuwaiti physician that spent the last 29 years of his life doing charity work in Sub Saharan Africa. He says of what he mentioned about his time with Dr. Abraham and his abdomen said to him

that I used to spend from my money sometimes on kids that we weren't supposed to be giving charity to. So we couldn't give them charity, because they would have to wait them the supply was limited, right? And so they're not meeting sort of the the body weight per age or per size, they're probably not going to make it so we have to give the limited supply to somebody else. So one time I went to rest from dispensation, and I saw a woman sitting behind the tent crying waiting for her child to die. So I said, let me take out of my own pocket, my salary, which was peanuts, he gave up his big salary as a physician and came to work here. He spent on this child give him a stipend, a running

stipend. He said, I forgot about him. And then 16 years later, a young man walks up to me and says, Chef, you know, you don't know me. But I want to tell you something. 16 years ago, behind the 10 people basically gave up on me and you didn't, I want to tell you, I survived. And I am now a half of the Quran. And I just want to say just like a little Clayton, right. You know, when we tell you when we say to each other sponsor orphans, it's about breaking the cycle of poverty. It's a generational thing, you know, an orphan because his father's not home, he probably has to drop out of school to go work to help his mom. And then when he does that, he's not going to have an

education. So he's probably not going to climb out of poverty. And it just the cycle continues, right? Even the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said, about the man who kept misplacing his charity. Every time you want to give someone he gave someone that wasn't deserving. We didn't know any better. He said, salallahu Alaihe Salam, perhaps the rich man he gave will become charitable. This guy has less than me and he's giving so I'm gonna give, and perhaps the prostitute he gave will stop. Maybe she was forced into this lifestyle because of just her means. And maybe the thief accidentally put money in the hands of a thief, you know, hiding around in the shadows in the middle

of the night. Maybe he will make Toba maybe he will desist. And so leave it to Allah to grow your charities. And then Allah azza wa jal says wala who you will die for the mania chat. And Allah multiplies beyond that, even for whomever he wishes. You see, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to us, when you perform a good deed, Allah does not reward you for your good deed. He rewards you for your good intention. But when you perform the good deed, he rewards you 10 times to 700 times just like the idea, and he multiplies beyond that, however he wants, right. And so the one who donated $1,000, Friday night, you actually donated $700,000 And the one who donated $5,000 has

just donated $3.5 million. That could be it. I'm not fundraising tonight, I promise you, but it is the perspective. This is the perspective we must have. Right? Allah multiple and who do you know like this corn stock example really shifts your mindset on Do you know any stock like this? That guarantees you a minimum of 10x You guys know of any because tell me because I'm gonna need it. My kids are going to college in a few years. Guaranteed Minimum two

Next to 700 and then it could be more because you know, like, if it's Ramadan, it could be different. And if the person gave half of his money so he pushed more, it's gonna be more than the guy who gave 10% of his money, right? But it's minimum 10x And then he says, and I'll close here Wallah who has it on alim. Allah multiplies for whoever he wishes. And Allah is vast in his bounty. And Allah is all knowing he knows who's trusts him. He knows who's confident in Him. He knows who's spending sincerely for his sake. He is vast, you know, Allah's Name and Whassa. They say, as mentioned eight times in the Quran, seven times are related to charity, because that's really what

it's about here. Give this for my sake, that you believe that I can replace you. Do you believe that I can do it for you. That is what changed the Sahaba what made the Sahaba exceptional brothers and sisters, it was the fact that of what made them exceptional, is that unlike everyone else, they kept giving it the same percentages, no matter how rich they got, you know, everyone, normally the richer you get, the less you give of your money. The Sahaba were not like you know, men are the Allahu Anhu. When they came to him, and there was like a drought or short supply, they came outside the city to take his 100 camels for double the price. They went up all the way to double the price,

because they knew they'd sell it for even more because everyone's desperate. And he just kept telling them from 20% to double. He just I'm sorry, I got a better offer. I got a better offer. He was bringing the 100 camels to sell them with him when he realized there was a need. He kept saying I have a better offer. He changed his knee and said I have someone who offered me a minimum of 10 times the value and he gave it all for the sake of Allah azza wa jal, the use of a rich family. The rich families like take pride in their money, right? But he was able to do that because the likes of these parables in the Quran. May Allah azza wa jal fill our hearts with confidence and sincerity and

generosity for his path alone. I mean, it was ALLAH who said nobody kind of Vienna Muhammad Ali. He was