Mohammad Elshinawy – Divinely Sheltered – Reflections on Surat Al-Hujurat 09

			Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah ala alihi wa sahbihi Marine,
		

			we begin the name of Allah All Praise and Glory be to Allah and may its finest peace and blessings
be upon His messenger Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his family and his companions and all
those who tried his path
		

			so we need all our youngsters to come forward
		

			and all are very youngsters to be apprehended and straight jacketed in his gentle way as possible,
it's like a low Hydra
		

			you can let them roam I'm joking you can let them roam if they're being quiet inshallah.
		

			So we begin the name of Allah subhanho wa Taala All Praise and Glory be to Him and may his finest
peace and blessings be upon His messenger Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his family and
his companions and all those who tread his path.
		

			This in sha Allah who will be our final session and sort of that who gerat covering so that her
gerat and some of the Divine protections and sheltering Allah subhanho wa Taala set for us as
individuals and communities through sort of that huge rot.
		

			But before I proceed into the final three eighths of the surah
		

			in the coming weeks in sha Allah to close out the calendar year, instead of starting a new series
with the breaks coming up and traveling otherwise and interrupting it midway, we wanted to actually
ask of everyone here on site or those who will be watching this online. If there were any particular
topics that you felt were of interest to you, or of use of practical use to yourselves and your
family in the community. Please suggest approach us write them in the comments if you're online or
whatever you want the child law, there are a few topics already lined up for the next week or two.
But we want to fill the remaining Friday nights of the year with one and done topics isolated
		

			topics, each one. So the next week in sha Allah azza wa jal, for example, will be speaking about the
complexities of a dual identity. That sounds so complicated, basically, what it means to be an
American Muslim at the same time. Is that an oxymoron? You know? No, it's not.
		

			Spoiler, it's not and other subjects as well.
		

			So don't hold back on the suggestions. Let's just proceed with me later on.
		

			So in these final three ayat and Susan Who gerat Allah subhanho wa Taala is still speaking to and
about the Arab, the Arab, the Bedouin Arabs who I said, came forward with that sense of over
confidence, you know, unjustified reassurance, sense of entitlement. They said, We believe we're
good we do enough on Allah Subhana Allah to Allah, call them out on their faith and the weakness,
the fragility of their faith and what it actually means to believe in Allah through millennia or
taboo and then not doubt thereafter, when the events of life continue to come your way and evaluate
your claim to faith.
		

			That first idea that we're recovering the last three out of the surah today in sha Allah, the first
of them Allah azza wa jal continues to say to the Arab at to the moon Allah heavy Dini come wala Who
ya allah mu Murphy semi Allah to fill out of the wala who equally che in Allium. Say to them, oh
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		

			Are you going to inform Allah about your deen? And Allah knows all things in the heavens and all
things in the earth. And Allah is over all things acquainted knowing without exception.
		

			So in other words, Allah subhana was Allah saying, are you actually going to define to Allah what
kind of believer you are?
		

			People do this all the time. We want to highlight that but first what does it mean to the moon Allah
hubby Dini come are you going to tell Allah or teach Allah your Dean? Dean here does not mean
religion. Deen does not mean religion. You see the word Deen in Arabic has multiple usages in the
Quran.
		

			of them is the deen as you know the most common usage means the religion my deen is Islam his deen
is Christianity their religion. You know the the set of beliefs that you adhere to you identify as
the religion. Another meaning of the word Dean is repayment, repayment like Forex.
		

			sample when Allah azza wa jal says Maliki Elmy Deen, Owner of the Day of deen is not the day of
religion. It is the day of reconnaissance the day of repayment. You see a debts when you owe someone
something in Arabic is called Dane, Dane as a debt. The longest eye on the Quran is Aya today in the
verse on debts. So Dean and Dean are derived from the same place. Your Dean, your dean, your
religion is what you are committed to what you are liable for what you see yourself liable for.
You're bound to this set of beliefs and teachings, but also
		

			your actions you are Medina, you are indebted in light of your actions, right? You have to answer
for every single one of them. Okay? Neither of these is intended in this area. What's intended by
Dean is the third meaning of Dean and that is your acting upon the teachings of the dean, your
devotion, Your Worship, the acts of worship, the acts of devotion are called Dean.
		

			So for example, elsewhere in the Quran, Allah subhanho wa Taala says
		

			yeah, halal Kitabi, Latin for Luffy de Unicam. Oh, People of the Scripture, the Jews and the
Christians do not go into excess in your deen, what is meant here? Do not go into excess in your
worship. I mean, you worship Allah they do. And you also worship your your trends, you're
trespassing. Now beyond that, you're also worshiping this person who you claim to be the Son of God,
or otherwise, do not transgress in your worship in your devotion. So that's what this is referring
to with the word dean called to the moon Allah Javi Dini, come say to them, are you actually going
to tell Allah, how devoted you are? Do you actually think Allah needs you? Or doesn't know how
		

			little or more devotion you actually have at heart?
		

			There are people like this throughout time. This is a sign of conceit, that you think you're upon
great Dean. But it is also that urge, but it's also a sign of Guru. Guru is self deceit, when you
deceive yourself, okay? When you continue to argue that you're such a good person, or continue to
surround yourself with people that tell you you're a great person only, that's all they do. And so
you begin to become absolutely sure that you're a great person. You're flawless.
		

			You know, and so that Bukhara Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			says that among humanity are those that when you tell them you're not perfect when you tell them
fear Allah, what do they do with a paella? Who tequila HA, HA HA that when there is a he is
overtaken by pride, belief, and it leads him into sin. Why is overtaken by pride? How could I have a
mistake? How could you tell me fear Allah, right? What do you mean? He's not used to hearing this?
It never crossed his mind. It never crosses his social circles. So when it said to him, it's so
offensive to him. Were either predella who tequila ha ha That is to believe for his boo Johanna.
What are they selling me had?
		

			The idea before Allah Subhana Allah Allah says, and among humanity are those that
		

			you shade Allah, Allah mafia kalbi, he will who are led to Assam. He cites Allah regarding what is
in his heart. You know what that means? Let me simplify it for you. Allah knows what's in my heart.
Allah knows I'm sincere. Allah knows I fear him more than you do. Right? Mind your business. I'm I
got it taken care of. There is even a hadith. So you should Allah Allah mafia kalbi, he cites Allah
as if Allah he's claiming Allah is on his side about this, you should Allah He calls Allah's
testimony regarding what his heart contains is very deceitful. This is self deceit, to assume that
what you think about yourself, Allah sees you in the same way.
		

			Well, who I let do his arm and he is
		

			abstinent, an easier word, just very fiercely argumentative. I let down his arm he's always
disputing.
		

			This is rude. And this is self deceit. People deceive themselves like this all the time. And of the
signs of it is that he cites that Allah
		

			testifies to the purity of his heart, and also the next INR or either Fetullah who tequila when he's
told
		

			You're Allah. He's dismissive of that.
		

			And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam on the same concept the same meaning. He said of the
Pete the most detested words to Allah one of the statements Allah hates most. And yeah Paula Raju
Lulu Rajawali tequila for Kulu alayka Bihar Sati enough sick is when a man tells another man meaning
a person tells another person, fear Allah and that person responds with worry about yourself.
Meaning there's nothing for me to worry about. You know the Sahaba of the Allahu Anhu they feared
hypocrisy very much of the ramen of NaVi Laila Rahim Allah He said, I met I got to meet 30 of the
companions of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Kulu, whom yet he munificent, who Winnefeld
		

			every single one of them accuses or suspects in himself hypocrisy.
		

			Like I'm not exactly sure what Allah knows about me I could be deceived about myself. That is
actually what keeps you pure. That's what keeps you from paper ah cracy your vigilance your fear
that you could be a hypocrite on some level right.
		

			Abdullah and Miss Ruth and others who have you know, the Allah Who an A man came to him and said to
him, Afshar and nee Munna fear I fear that I'm gonna if I'm a hypocrite, so he said to him, in
koonta Munna Farrakhan lemtrack shoddily shambolic, if you were actually a hypocrite, you would not
be afraid of that. Because that is what purifies your hypocrisy, the constant fear and concern that
you're in the mud of hypocrisy. That's what keeps you from falling into that, that quicksand.
		

			And as the Prophet alayhi salatu salam said
		

			that I swear by the one in whose hand is my soul, or leadin fcbd, one of you will do the actions of
the people of paradise hat, my Hakuna Vina who are being a healer, there are a female Yep, duty
pneus.
		

			Until there is nothing between him and Paradise, but an arm span, in what appears to the people, it
appears to the people that you're so close to Jana,
		

			first before Allah Hill Kitab, and then what is written happens that his true colors have to come
out. And so he does the actions of the people of the fire and he answers the fire. And so this is
essentially boils down to be very critical of your opinion of yourself. You have to always be
checking, introspective, check inspecting inside of yourself. And also also be very careful of
people's opinions of you. Because you will start to believe them.
		

			If they're too praising to celebrating of you, you will become diluted. And if they also if you're
just surrounded with negative people that are always criticizing you, that's another subject, right?
It'll become your self image, you'll just live up to it.
		

			But, and if I can draw a quick parallel, this is by the way, the true danger of social media, social
media, you hang up your entire self image on the validation of others, right? I'm a great scholar
because I have 200,000 followers, right? I'm a great person because someone wrote a comment that
you're you know, you're this that and the third right? I've got this amount of likes, it is vanity
metrics, they call it in that space right? Vanity, meaning it is like hollow and it is empty and it
is deceitful. These measuring sticks when you subject yourself to them Allah it is a disease.
		

			Even under the laws are his son forgive me, I believe no, I'm Radi Allahu Anhu. I used to say the
cruel nasty that was the Corolla he there were that the mention of people or remembering people too
much is a disease the same way that remembering Allah, how much is a cure? And so when you're
constantly looking for people thinking about what is their opinion of me and this that in the third,
or you lock yourself in a place where only good opinions come your way and it could be destructive?
You begin to believe it and then you begin to claim that Allah believes the same thing about you.
That is what this is talking about. Go to the moon Allah be Dini, come say to them, Do you? Are you
		

			going to teach Allah inform Allah just how devoted you are your level of devotion your deen wala
Ahuja Allah Matthew Semilla to imfl rd Allah Who equally che in Alim and Allah who knows everything
in the skies and on the earth, and he's aware of all things subhanho wa taala.
		

			In other words, are you claiming there's an exception? Like do you believe Allah knows what's on
other planets and inside mountains? Do you think he doesn't know what's inside of you? He doesn't
just see you he sees right through you, everyone else including
		

			yourself could be deceived, but he cannot be deceived about you subhanaw taala
		

			and so give that due regard. The second is Allah subhanho wa Taala then says to the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam about them again the subject is still them. Yeah Munna alayka and
assalamu koe. Let me know Allah Islam welcome belly Allah Who Yamuna? Allah caminhada komlin IMANI
in quantum Saudi Fein they
		

			claim some favor over you. Oh Muhammad, that they became Muslim like we did you a huge favor. We
accepted your leadership. We became one of your followers. We claimed that your faith is true. They
they perform men over you about the fact that they became Muslim.
		

			Go let me know Allah Islam or come say to them Oh Mohamed, I'm telling you say to them, some Allah
Hatha Yoga love go tell them don't mention any favor to me. You have not done me any favor by
becoming Muslim. Belly LA who mo no la caminhada calmly man, rather it is Allah who truly has done
you a favor by having guided you to faith in quantum saw the thing if you are truthful in your
faith, if you are truthful, so a few stops here number one, what is men? I keep translating it
roughly as confer a favor or mentioned a favor. What is men? You guys describe it or give me
examples of men.
		

			I bet God
		

			what is men? Men whose two ends
		

			elmen nobleman Nan
		

			Hamza go
		

			type of what?
		

			Fruit? Oh man. No salah. No, not that men. Yes, that's a good catch. But that's not what it means
here. elmen No Salah
		

			what ALLAH given to Israel manual Salah that was a favor that he gave them. It was called a favor.
But what does it mean men? Anyone know? The evil act of men?
		

			Sisters, older sisters. What is men? Can you give me an example of men?
		

			I didn't hear fully but I think she got it. Well, you said when he there you give someone something?
And then what?
		

			Yeah, you talk about it. Allah azza wa jal says about us with each other led to the loss of Ducati
Campbell many will ever don't invalidate your charities with men and with abuse. I didn't translate
men on purpose men is by reminding others that you did it that you did them a favor. Right?
		

			So I you may have heard this from me prior a really good example to clarify men, though we all know
it once we've identified it. You all know many examples of it is that a man buys another man a pair
of shoes. And every time he sees them in public, he tells them Hey, take care of those shoes. Man, I
bought you those shoes. Like don't step there. And
		

			it's extremely humiliating, isn't it? Like you just keep making sure everyone knows you bought him
those pair of shoes. They say so another guy came and said, Listen, you don't have to tolerate this,
give him his shoes back. Here, here's a pair of shoes and a pair of shoes, like give me a pair of
shoes. You don't have to put up with this. And so He returns the shoes and takes the second pair of
shoes from the second donor. And then when he comes into the masjid, or wherever the market or
whatever it was, the second donor says, Hey, listen, walk wherever you want with those Jews.
		

			You haven't really done much you've done the exact same thing. Any form of calling attention, right?
Or provoking or like offending a person by reminding them of your favors, is men. And it is the same
exact thing as showing off when you do that favor.
		

			That I do not forfeit your charities with men. And with abuse abuses, like you're not reminding
you're hurting someone because you think you can just because you help them at some point in time,
right? There close. Don't forfeit your charities, with men with reminders and with abuse. Just like
the person who spends his money to show off to people. So there's a way to ruin your deeds. This
example is charity.
		

			Pre and Post pre is by doing it for the wrong reasons, right? And post is by abusing the person or
reminding the person because you did it for them. They're equal. It's just like showing off. It just
happens after the deed, not before the deed. Got it. So this is men.
		

			Why can't they say to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam? We did you a great favor by accepting
your Islam
		

			I mean, technically Islam did get stronger with more tribes becoming Muslim, right? Technically the
numbers grew the state, you know, fortified there is some, you know, benefit worldly benefit in them
becoming Muslim. But you cannot it is illogical. Like if you want to do men, you want to be smart
about it too. Like, It's haram but like, don't be a fool. You cannot say to someone, I've done you a
favor when it's a duty on you. That's why the discussion of men the example in the Quran is charity,
like a voluntary charity is where men is imagined. But when it's a duty on you, right, then there's
there's no grounds for use. I did you a favor? No, you did yourself a favor by living up to your
		

			duties. Like you can't, like, you know, when you see a traffic cop in the street, as you know, one
of my shields, one of the shields said,
		

			he said, you can't just stop on, you know, at traffic cop signal and say, Listen, see, we do your
government people a favor, you owe us. You can't do that. Why?
		

			Because you're going to jail if you don't stop, right. You're doing yourself a favor by stopping at
the red light. You're not doing the government the favor, even though ultimately the government will
benefit everyone will benefit from, you know, people abiding by the traffic laws. Yes, I bet.
		

			It's everybody's duty who meets the Prophet alayhi salatu salam to accept Islam.
		

			Yeah, yeah, for sure. Absolutely. They knew.
		

			And so that concept of you're not doing Allah any favors. This is your duty. You know, the famous
hadith of a Buddha, you know, the Imam Muhammad and others. They say this is the most noble Hadith
that ever came from Hashem because Abu Dhabi was in a sham Radi Allahu Anhu and the Hadith spread
through him. And you know, the self, the early Muslims, they were so humbled by this hadith that
they used to narrate this hadith only on their knees, they would refuse to narrate this hadith
standing or even sitting. Some of them would be on their knees. I'll narrate this from my knees
only. It's the Hadith where Allah subhanho wa Taala says Hadith footsie
		

			yeah a bad the Oh my servants in the haram to whom Allah and FC which are allowed to Hubei in a coma
haram and fell out of Allah.
		

			Oh, my servants I have prohibited injustice on myself and made it prohibited on you with each other.
So don't wronged each other.
		

			Yeah, a baddie could look on ball loon a lemon Herdade do any of the comb Oh my servants all of you
are lost except the one that I guide so ask of me guidance and I will guide you. Yeah, a bad the Oh,
my servants could look them either in a lemon castle to Fasttech Sunil ZICO? Oh, my servants, all of
you are naked. Look how humbling all of you are naked except the one I closed. So ask of me clothing
and I will clothe you. Yeah, a baddie could look them Jack Lemmon album to who first up for Emoni.
Otter income. Oh, my servants, all of you are starving, hungry, except those I feed. So ask of me
food and I'll feed you. Yeah, a baddie could look oh my servants
		

			all of you are thirsty except those who might give drink too. So seek drink from me. And then he
says and then he says
		

			yeah, a birdie This is the part now about guidance also, about not doing Allah Azza did any favors
low Anna Wella como FIRA como encircle Magina calm can who Allah Tala will be F God Allah Julie
Minco mana cassava Alikum animal Keisha if the first of you and the last of you and the human of you
and the Jinn of you had the heart of the single worst of you, the heart of the bliss if we all had
the heart of the bliss of shaitan that would not take anything away from me. Oh my servants of the
first of you and the last of you and the human of you and the jinn Have you had the heart of the
single best one out of you all if we all had the heart of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Mazza
		

			Delica femal Keisha, that will not increase anything in my kingdom.
		

			The yeah a bad day. Oh, my servants of the first have you in the last have you and the human have
you in the gin? Have you carajo Isla saw Aiden were heading for a loony for Updata Kula hidden Miss
Elata who mana casada Alec me Marin the CHE if all of you came out to a wide open plane, all human
beings beginning of time till the end of time, humans a jinn as well. And each of you asked of me
their biggest wishes and I gave each of you their wish it would not take away anything from what I
have from my treasures
		

			and then he says yeah, a bad the Oh, my servants in NEMA here I'm like Malcolm, they're your deeds.
These deeds you do they're your duty. They're your deeds, or see *
		

			I come I collect them for you, Phil Murphy Komiya and then I deliver them back to you i recompense
you for them. So whoever finds good deeds for Leanna dilla let him praise Allah. Praise Allah that
He gave you the opportunity, Allah's favor, not our favor on Allah. Allah has favor that he gave you
the opportunity to do good. And whoever finds anything else the Hadith ends by saying fella alumina
Illa NAFSA Who let him Let him only blame himself. Okay, so that's men. Basically they perform this
men, they exhibit this men. You know this high hoarseness we did you a favor by becoming Muslim say
to them, you're not doing anyone any favors. Don't mention that to me. Allah did you a great favor
		

			by guiding you to to Eman? He said Eman. By the way. The scholar stopped here. He didn't say Islam.
What does it mean he guided you to Iman?
		

			It either means he guided you to the doorway of Eman. You have the bare minimum you're barely
Muslim, and so get to work.
		

			Or it means I showed you Iman, the Prophet SAW Selim guides to the entirety of the faith. Right now.
It's your job to act on it. That's what's meant, like I guided you, meaning I put in your heart a
little bit of Amen. Because the Prophet alayhi salatu salam can't do that he can guide anyone's
heart. He can show us guidance entirely, but he cannot get us to commit to guidance whatsoever. Two
very different kinds of guidance, right.
		

			So he says he has done you a favor by guiding you to Eman meaning putting you in the faith. Or it
could mean by showing you
		

			the guidance of faith the faith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam if you are truthful, now
do something with it if you are truthful, the last idea ends by saying in Hola Hola. Hola. Mileva
somehow it will auto Allah who will see it will be my time alone. Certainly Allah knows all hidden
things in this universe. And Allah certainly knows everything that you're doing.
		

			So I guess to summarize the surah Now, why does it end with that?
		

			Throughout the surah Allah's knowledge is central. Allah's knowledge is paramount. Allah's knowledge
is constantly being reminded about isn't it? In the first I have the surah
		

			send me on Ali, and then Ali Moon Hakeem. And then Ali mon Kabir into Hana Allahu Kaluga, huzzah.
All of this, Allah knows this, Allah hears this Allah tested their hearts. And here it's ending now
again, by saying, Allah knows the hidden vibe, the vibe, the hidden, our hearts are hidden. All
right. And this surah we said, the recurrent theme in it is relationships. Also, nothing will fix
our relationships with Allah or with you know each other, except focusing on the hidden crevices,
insight, without taking too deep of a dive in like, you know, moral philosophy. But, you know, for
1000s of years, philosophers have always been stuck on how to make good people good, basically, not
		

			to make people good. It's called moral philosophy. Right?
		

			Some of them, you know, they speak about I said, this you in the past, like one camp or one madhhab
speaks about categorical imperatives, whatever that means, right? Just stick to a category honest
equals honest, even if the world is going to burn down, just be honest, right?
		

			Another group of them said, No, but you have to be also pragmatic. They call it utilitarianism,
there has to be some utility, meaning, if my little lie is going to save the planet from world war
three, then it's not unethical to lie, right? And of course, without ALLAH SubhanA, wa taala, you
can't strike the balance. You can't figure it out when this one when it's this one. That's why our
Dean came to get us that, but that's not the only thing you need to be a moral person to be a good
person. It's not that's just to define what is good, right? In every situation, where do you get the
motivation? You know, that is why there is a new form of or like, a new discussion in moral
		

			philosophy, especially recently, in the past, you know, century Some call it
		

			ought to ethics, like, Okay, this is ethical, but why should i You're saying I should go this way,
should go that way. I ought to, why should I? Write? Like, let's assume this is right, but there's
no God. Then why should I? Why don't I just leave it up to the max, right? So to be good, to be
moral to have hired in you, you have to have like an internal motivation.
		

			So we don't just need Allah Subhana Allah Allah to define for us good. We need Allah Subhana Allah
to Allah to motivate us. In Allah Allah Allah Allah says, Allah knows the hidden grant
		

			SS, Allah knows deep down inside, you know, think about it when it's human to human transaction,
financial transactions. You guys see financial contracts, you know them better than me business
dealings, they just get longer and longer, don't they?
		

			five pages becomes 15 pages becomes 45 pages, right? I think I must have signed. When I closed on my
house a few years ago, I think I put my signature like 85 times or something. You know, I almost
said I don't want the house.
		

			Why is this? Because when it's men to men, men, certain men and women will always try to look for
loopholes, because it's only wrong if I get caught. Right? So that that is why there's more and more
qualifiers more and more clauses in these contracts. Right? Rather than it being can you support me
on this one? You're my reference point on this one.
		

			So but when you insert a another factor here, which is the last day of the surah in Allah Allah
movie was similar to a lot of then I will get caught I will get caught. You guys hear this right?
It's only wrong if you get caught. Some people say this many people believe this right? They they
basically consider like, How bad is it if I get caught and what is the likelihood if I get caught,
they factor these in that is part of their ethical math. But when you know that Allah sets the rule,
the motivation is completely different. The deterrence is completely different. And that is why it
makes it so wise that after this long discussion, Allah ends it by saying in Allah Allah Allah Maha
		

			Eva similar to a lot of Allah knows the hidden of the heavens and the earth. There is no escaping
him. Well Allah who will see you don't be my time alone. And Allah is observant, he sees with full
visibility, every single one of your actions
		

			will stop there. Subhanak Elohim they can shadow Hola, hola, hola. Esta for looking into the lake. I
pray that Allah benefited you with these sessions and me and allows for our share of it not to be
limited to just hearing and listening. Allow some of it to be inculcated in our lives and in our
club and in our communities. Allahumma Amin SallAllahu wasallam Eduardo kinda b&m Muhammad Ali he
was on the edge many any questions