Mohammad Qutub – Quran Tafseer al-Baqarah – Resurrecting the House – 126-7
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Imagine
if because of their kufr,
he allowed them to starve.
I praise Allah, almighty. And I send prayers
and blessings upon Prophet Muhammad
salallahu alayhi wa sallam, his noble family, righteous
companions, and all those that follow them with
right guidance until the day of judgement. Ameen.
Glory be to you oh Allah no knowledge
have we accept that which you have taught
us. Indeed you are the all knowing, the
all wise. My dear brothers and sisters. Assalamu
alaikum Warahmatullahi
wa barakatu.
I hope everyone is doing great on this
fine night. We continue with the tafsir of
Surat Al Baqarah.
And there's just,
something I forgot to mention about the previous
verse that we did last time which has
to do with Maqam Ibrahim.
So in that
We spoke about that in detail.
The thing that also needs to be mentioned
when we talk about the tafsir of that
ayah
is the authentic saying of Sayyidina Umar radhiallahu
an when he said,
I was in agreement
with my Lord in 3 things.
And he means to say
that regarding the revelation of the Quran,
that Umar Raniyahllahahu
an
suggested
something
which
eventually Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
set down
as Quran, as revelation.
SubhanAllah.
And this is something the prophet alaihi salatu
wa sallam told us is special about Sayyidina
Umar in that way.
So he mentioned 3.
1 of them was Maqam Ibrahim.
So Umar before
the aya came down saying
to take Maqam Ibrahim as a place of
prayer, Umar
suggested it to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam.
Should we not take the maqam of Ibrahim
as a place of prayer?
After that, subhanAllah,
Allah revealed that in the Arab.
The other 2
in
1 authentic narration
are concerning
1 category.
Can you tell me what that category might
be?
Yes, brother.
You know?
Okay. This is this is 1. But this
is in a in another narration. In this
1,
the 2 the other 2 are concerning
the wives of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam.
1 concerning the hijab.
Yes? Yes, brother?
Prophet Muhammad.
Always
a correct answer, prophet Muhammad.
So the hijab,
right,
and the other 1,
when the prophet had
considered,
divorcing his wives, right, after what happened.
Anyway, we won't go into those details, but
the point is
that this is something that Umar radhiallahu an
had suggested before.
Then we come to the ayah of today.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
tells us,
Ibrahim So remember, when Ibrahim Alaihi Salam made
this du'a,
and he said,
My Lord, Rabbi jaa Alhayda,
make this
a secure
town,
a safe and secure place,
and grant its people of the fruits.
A very important dua
that we see
is in place until today, Allahu Akbar.
The dua of Ibrahim alaihis salam.
Notice subhanAllah
he is mentioning these 2 things which are
very important.
And we saw it somewhere else in the
Quran as well.
Allah subhanahu ta'ala always mentions these 2 blessings
such as in
the ilaha fi Quraysh.
Right?
So he mentions and he reminds them
of his blessing upon them. Why?
He is the 1 who fed them of
hunger
and he secured them because of fear.
Gave them safety and security.
2 very important blessings, and they keep coming
up. This is what Ibrahim alaihis salam is
asking for here.
Safety and security
and grant its people off
the fruits.
If we were to think about it
in modern
parlance,
we might
call it what?
Peace.
Peace and security
and food
security.
Right?
2 very important types of securities
which if you can,
guarantee
for a people or a country,
you have already done so much. When you
talk about food security, you're talking about the
economy.
And when you talk about
peace, right, political stability,
lack of fear,
you're talking about the country being strong
militarily and,
having a good reputation,
being able to defend itself against the enemies.
What else do modern nation states require?
So he made this du'a for Makkah.
Right?
Very important dua.
Now
he
first made the dua
to make Makkah a safe and secure place.
And indeed,
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
mentioned in the authentic hadith that Ibrahim alaihi
wasallam,
he said,
He made Makkah
haram
and He made dua for its people.
When we say He made Makkah haram, what
does that mean? Brother,
sister.
He made Makka haram. What does that mean?
Do you know Allah? Mashallah. But I do
Oh, mashaAllah. Excellent.
Give him the prize, not you. You're you're
close to him. Give him a prize. You
cannot do anything bad. Okay. It's very close.
So
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made Mecca or the
Ibrahim alaihis salam made
Mecca Haram,
meaning forbidden,
sacrosanct.
It cannot be violated.
And we discussed last time quite a bit
about
what that means
in terms of Makkah being a safe and
secure place,
and it's prohibition that Allah made it prohibited
in that way.
But here we are saying,
Ibrahim made it. The prophet
said,
Ibrahim made it haram
and he made dua for its people.
Yes?
And based on that,
the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam then made
dua for Madinah.
So he said, the Prophet alaihi salatu wa
sallam made du'a for Madinah.
He asked Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to bless
Al Madinah
in all
of its staple foods and its fruits.
And then he said,
Oh my Lord,
Ibrahim
is your slave servant and messenger and your
khalil,
And I am your slave servant and messenger.
And I make dua. I invoke your blessings
for the madinah.
Just like Ibrahim
made dua for Makkah.
So the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was
making dua and comparing
to Ibrahim alaihi salam.
And at the end of the hadith, he
said, and
the same
with 1 more multiple, so it is double.
According to this hadith,
the barakah, the blessing that the prophet
made du'a for would be double that of
Makkah.
Because he said,
I'm making dua
just like Ibrahim did for Makkah and more
and double it
for Madinah.
Does that mean Madinah is better than Makkah?
And the ulama are are fairly in consensus
that the best place in the sight of
Allah is Makkah.
And of course,
the we know the reward of praying
in Makkah, in the Haram,
is the greatest reward. Right? How much is
it?
100, 000. 100, 000, barakalafiq. And in Madina?
1, 000. 1, 000. Right? So there's a
there's a a factor of a 100 times
here.
But this is what the prophet salallahu alaihi
wa sallam did.
So he made dua
for Madinah as well.
But here we need to stop for a
minute
because
we read
just
an ayah or 2 ago,
Allah subhanahu ta'ala said,
Last time, actually, 1 ayah.
Who is speaking? Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
What is jalal bayta?
So who made it secure?
Who made it haram
and inviolate?
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
or Ibrahim.
And here Ibrahim alaihis salam is making this
dua.
Yes?
And the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
when he went to Makkah in the 8th
year Hijri,
in Fath Makkah,
After that,
he addressed the people
and he said,
He said indeed Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala made
the day he created
the heavens and the earth.
And he continues, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, and
he said,
and it is haram
It is haram because Allah made it haram.
And he said,
it has never been permissible
for anyone before me
and it will never become permissible
for anyone after me.
And it did not become permissible for me
except
for
a very short period of time during the
conquest of Makkah.
So more proof from the hadith
that the 1 who made it haram
and made it a safe and secure place
is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So how do we deal with this?
Especially when, Imam al Tabari says
that these sayings of prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam, if they are authentic,
cannot contradict each other. And we saw in
1 hadith he is saying, Ibrahim
made Mecca Haram, and in the other, Allah
made Mecca Haram.
How do we understand this? This is very
important.
So
or I'll give you a minute. Think about
it. It's good.
Why do we just give the answer all
over? Maybe there's no answer. Maybe we need
to find the answer.
Maybe we need to understand. Maybe our iman
needs to be strong enough to say, yes,
there's no contradiction
and
the reason is such.
It's like when,
you know, you have you have your test
and then the answer sheet is right there.
You can just look at the answer or
you can try to figure it out yourself.
Al Imam Ibn Hajar
if anyone has something, please go ahead. Definitely.
Al Imam Ibn Hajj al Aspalani
offers the following
reply.
He said,
it is haram.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made it such
and prohibited
so many things,
from being done in Mecca.
And it is possible
that
that
protection
or that command to protect Mecca
somehow for a period of time
may have disappeared,
may have not become that apparent
so that people
did no longer recognize
the fact that Mecca is supposed to be
haram, protected.
No fighting. You cannot pull out or pluck
out its plants. You can't do,
hunt the animals in it and so on
and so forth.
So maybe
that protection
had somehow
become less conspicuous
and people did not implement it for a
certain period of time, so now Ibrahim alaihis
salam came and
resurrected it,
brought it back.
Yes?
And it is clear here that ibn Hajar
is understanding
the safety and security of Makkah, as we
discussed last time,
as what? As a command.
As Amr
not Amur Qadari.
We talked about Amur Qadari,
that would be what
Allah protecting Mecca
and saying it is a safe and secure
place and therefore
it can never be unsafe, and we discussed
that.
Or the opinion of other scholars
that this is
a command.
Make Makkah prohibited. Meaning,
it is not allowed for you to do
this and this and this in Makkah.
And if it is violated, it is on
you. It is your sin. Allah made it
haram.
This is amr sharai. So it is clear
that imal Hajar here is understanding it as
Amr
Otherwise, it cannot disappear.
If Allah protected it, it cannot disappear.
Right?
But he is understanding it as a command.
Allah
said this place is to be protected
and inviolate
and sacrosanct,
What? It seems
that was not implemented for a while, so
Ibrahim alaihi salam
resurrected that and made it haram again. And
he
said And he transmitted
this prohibition to the people.
And the people again now recognize
Mecca
is a special place,
is a safe haven.
This is 1 possibility.
Another possibility he mentions
is that,
maybe it was Ibrahim alaihis salaam who,
conveyed
that prohibition.
But if that was the answer, then
why wasn't it conveyed before? And Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala made it haram from the time
He created the heavens and the earth. It
must have been conveyed maybe by the prophets
before.
But then Al Imam al Tabari says something
interesting.
He offers another possibility.
He says
that Allah
made it haram
and protected it as
Allah
decreed
that this is a safe and secure place.
In that, He will protect it
from the oppressors and the tyrants,
from its destruction.
And that continued
all the way until the time of Ibrahim.
And then Ibrahim
alayhi salam made the dua,
then it become safe
and conveyed it to the people, and therefore
it became
a responsibility
and
This
is a prohibited place.
You cannot do this and this and this
in it. But before that,
it was haram
by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Allah protected it.
Even if the people were not commanded yet
to make it a safe haven,
Allah protected it on his own. Amr Qadari.
And then with Ibrahim al Salah, it became
essentially
well, that's essentially what he's saying, Amr
This is another
possibility.
In how to understand
that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala made Makkah
protected
And Ibrahim alaihis salam also made Makkah
protected.
Of course,
a possible retort to Al Imam al Tabari
might be
that if that is the case, the hadith
that we just mentioned about the prophet salawasalam
about what he said
during fath Makkah.
He said it is haram haramillah and he
said it was never it never became halal
for anyone before me, and it will never
become halal for anyone after me. This seems
to indicate that
the protection of Mecca is
It did not become halal for anyone before
me. Meaning, it was always forbidden.
Allah made it forbidden and commanded the people
to make it such.
That's why we might say, Allahu a'lam.
We recognize
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made it haram
when he created the heavens and the earth?
Possibly Ibrahim alaihis salam resurrected
that
with his dua.
When he said
Very good.
And grant its people of the fruits.
Ibrahim Alaihi Salam is making this duha
for Makkah.
A desert, my brothers and sisters, what fruits?
What are you talking about?
You don't have fruits in Makkah.
But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala blessed this place
so that the fruits come to it from
everywhere.
By the blessing of the dua of Ibrahim
alaihis salam.
This is a miracle
and it continues until today.
And this is why we remember again
that imbecile,
Afonso de Albuquerque,
1 of the things he wanted to destroy
Makkah. But not only that, he claimed,
he said I am certain
if we take away
the trade of Malaka,
subhanallah,
Malaka, yes?
If we take away the trade of Malaka,
then
Cairo and Mecca
will be entirely ruined.
This imbecile thinks
that the train of malakah is the lifeline
for Makkah. He doesn't know Ibrahim alaihis salam
is the 1 who made dua. Dua.
And this will continue
until the day of judgement.
Neither you nor your father or your brothers
or your whole people
or anyone for that matter until the day
of judgement
can prevent
the samarat
from coming to Makkah despite it being a
desert.
This is the blessing of the dua of
Ibrahim.
Where are our hafaf? Raise your hands.
Don't be shy. Don't be modest.
Hafaf.
People who have a lot of the Quran
memorized, they're they're shy
or they're modest.
In the ayah of Surat Ibrahim?
The other 1?
Why?
The other 1,
Possibly
The reason is
when Ibrahim alaihis salam placed
Hajar
Ismail
and her son Ismail
in Makkah.
There was no 1.
It was as he said,
I have placed
my,
family here in this valley
in which there is no vegetation. It's not
a place yet. It's not a country.
It's not a town yet.
1 minute brother. Yeah?
So
at that point,
he
said,
make
it a town, a safe town,
But also make it a town. It's not
a town quite yet.
It is nowhere.
Ibrahim alaihi salam essentially
put his family
nowhere
in the desert where there is no 1.
And that's why she called back to him
as we said.
We'll get to this insha'Allah.
So,
Ibrahim alayhi salam said,
In the other 1 he said
as if it is already a town now,
but make it safe and secure.
And this is after
the tribe of Jurhum
came to Makkah,
Ismail alaihi salam
married from them as we know,
and this is how he learned Arabic
because of this Arab tribe that came, and
then it started people started populating it, and
it became a town. So
So he said, And you will hear this.
You will hear this opinion
that this is the reason
and the earliest that I found
someone claiming that opinion is
back
in the, 5th century Hijri.
So it is quite,
an old,
let's say, opinion
or possibility
that this may be the reason he said
here,
What
And grant its people of the fruits.
He put a condition now.
Ibrahim alayhi salam put a condition.
He didn't just say grant its people of
the fruits. He said,
those who believe of them.
In Allah in the last day.
Qala waman kafar.
So now Ibrahim alayhi salaam in his dua
put this
condition.
Again, subhanAllah,
you will hear
possibly or read
that the re that there's a reason Ibrahim
alaihi salaam did that. Why did he put
a condition?
The mercy of Allah is vast
and his rizq is vast.
Possibly,
that it has something to do with his
previous dua or his previous request
because Allah tested him
and he said, I'm gonna make you an
imam. And then Ibrahim alaihi salam sent
and of my descendants.
And Allah said,
So it seems that Ibrahim alaihis salam possibly
understood from this
that
as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told him that
his
his covenant, his imama
is not for everyone.
So now he put a condition when he
talked about the rizq,
and he said, those who believe of them.
And possibly he did it
to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Because he felt
that this is what pleases Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
He does not want to make dua
in a way that may displease Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
Because Ibrahim alaihi salaam, 1 of the reasons
he is Khalil ul Rahman,
as well as the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam, the highest
level of love between a slave servant and
his lord
is because
he loved Allah and what Allah loves more
than anything.
And he disliked what Allah dislikes and whom
Allah dislikes more than anything.
Therefore,
he would only ask now.
He felt that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala there
put that condition
but that was for Imam.
But here as well, he didn't want to
make dua
for those he felt maybe who don't deserve
it.
So he said,
Again, an opinion
of repeated and possibly you will read in
the tafasir.
But
the barakah and the blessing is to attribute
it
to the first person who offered it. And
it seems, wallahu a'alam,
that you would have to go back all
the way, not to Al Imam al Tabari,
but rather to Muhammad ibn Ishaq himself,
Sahib ul Sira. This is what he said.
He connected it to
the first request.
This is why then Ibrahim alaihis salam put
this condition.
Whoever believes
of them. Even though interestingly,
it seems
this is something Al Imam al Tabari mentioned
in his tafsir, but it is not in
the seerah of,
Ibn Hisham.
So Allahu'aalam,
if this is indeed the opinion of Muhammad
ibn Ishaq, but it seems from the tafsirah
Tabari that it is.
But my brothers and sisters,
is that the case when it comes to
risk?
Is risk
somehow
limited
to the pious?
Allah replies,
qala waman kafar.
Allah replied when Ibrahim put the condition,
Allah said
and the ones who disbelieve,
I will grant them. I will give them.
I will provide for them. Subhanakkia
Rab. How merciful is Allah.
How lenient is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
How forgiving.
How forbearing
just like the hadith of the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam when he said, there is
no 1 who is more patient than Allah
with regards
to patience
towards
things or abuse
that he hears.
They associate partners with him. They claim he
has a child
and then
he gives them and he provides for them.
Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Imagine
if because of their kufr
he allowed them to starve.
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
He gives.
This is why we know Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala gives the dunya
to the ones He loves
and the ones he despises.
The dunya is given to all.
And sometimes even more to the ones he
doesn't love.
It doesn't matter
because the duniya doesn't matter because the duniya
is worthless
because the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam told
us
if the
duniya
were to be equal to
the wing of a mosquito
in the sight of Allah. He would not
give
a kafir,
even 1 drink of water.
But it is because this duniya is completely
worthless in the sight of Allah. He gives
them. It doesn't matter.
Qala, wan and kafar,
he gives to all.
In fact,
in another ayah, maybe we'll we'll this is
we'll keep this as homework.
I have to go back to the I
used to give homework long back. I forgot
about it.
In another ayah,
if it wasn't for something that the ayah
mentions,
Allah would have given those kuffar even more.
More than he's presently giving them.
But there is a reason
it didn't go that far.
So maybe you can find this and tell
me about it next time.
If you know it now, please
tell me right now.
Anyway,
Allah will give
all.
But in al akhira?
No.
Alakhira
is only for the believers.
Only for the pious and the obedient.
That's a completely different domain. That's why my
dear brothers and sisters, do not interfere
in Al Akhira.
When people ask you about,
is he going to paradise? Is he going
to hellfire?
This is not our domain.
There are certain rules in the Quran. We
mentioned the rule but we do not say
this person is going to paradise or this
person is going to hellfire
by singling them out.
Be careful.
You can play around with the dunya. The
dunya is the dunya. Say what you want.
Allah left you. You can say garbage from
now until the day of judgement.
Allah will not stop you.
But,
akhira?
No, that's it.
Everyone shuts their mouth and only Allah speaks,
and only the truth is said.
Look at all of the garbage we hear
nowadays.
This has been going on and on, and
it will go on and on.
But al akhirah is another domain.
That is for the pious.
That is for those
who love Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and His
Messenger.
I will give grant him enjoyment for a
little bit.
No matter how long they live, my brothers
and sisters.
50, 60, 70, 80, 100 years.
I'll grant him enjoyments for a little bit.
Then
I will force him, I will compel him
into the punishment of the fire, wal ayadubillah.
And it is the worst of destinations.
That is what awaits them.
Let them play.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said in the other
Ismail
Who built
the house of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, my
brothers and sisters?
Who built the house of Allah?
Adam. Oh,
subhanAllah.
You went back all the way then, brother?
Someone else?
Yes. I heard Ibrahim. I thought I heard
him. Ibrahim alayhi salaam. As the say
okay.
Yes, brother.
Ibrahim.
Ibrahim. Ishmael.
Ishmael. Ibrahim. Ibrahim. Ibrahim.
Adam. Adam? Okay.
Anybody else?
You and me?
Anybody else?
Prophet Musa?
What about someone before Adam?
Maybe?
There's that opinion, right? Some scholars Yeah.
Said the angels,
right?
So there is some difference of opinion between
scholars about who built.
Al Baytul Haram, Al Kaaba. Right? The house.
In this ayah,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
Isma'il.
And remember when Ibrahim
raised
the foundations
of
al Bayt. The foundations
of the house.
Yes? And
Ishmael.
Why is there that difference of opinion?
Some understood the ayah to mean that Ibrahim
alayhi salam
and Isma'il
raised the foundation.
They understood raise the foundation to mean
that they built the house itself
from the foundation up.
And of course, when you place the foundation
for any building, you place
it.
So it's a it's a technical
description
of the way they're building the house of
Allah
On the other hand,
there are narrations
that
the house was sent down
with Adam alaihis salam.
And we may understand the saying of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala,
That the first
house
that was placed for the people of course,
for the purpose of worship
is the 1 in Batka.
The first house that was placed for
people.
So we might say,
if it was placed for the people,
if Ibrahim alaihi salam is the 1 who
built it, what about all of the people
before Ibrahim?
They were people as well.
Was there no house?
And the narrations that mention
that Adam alaihi salam.
So,
Adam alaihis salam built it or that it
was brought down
with him
or that the angels
are the ones
who did it because the prophet
also said that the first house,
the first masjid was Al Masjid
Al Haram.
And after it was,
yes, brother. Put you on the spot then
he looks away.
Yes, brother. After that, Masil Halam?
Masil Al Aqsa?
How many years later?
40 years. Right?
Not 40 minutes. Yeah. Okay.
Okay.
We may understand
from this ayah
that no.
Allah is telling us that Ibrahim and Isma'il
raised the foundations
of the Kaaba, of the house, meaning the
foundations were already there.
The foundation was already there and they are
just raising that foundation. There already was
some foundation and they are now raising it.
Ibrahim al Qawaida
min al Bayit.
And it seems, wallahu alam, that this is
the case.
Ibrahim
does not seem to be the first 1
to actually build it.
It was there before as well.
And we may also deduce that from the
other aya.
Allah subhanahu ta'ala told us in that same
dua,
Finally he says,
at your house. And he called it
the
prohibited house. Right? The sacrosanct
house.
Again,
prove that Allah made it haram.
Right? Ibrahim
just
resurrected it. But furthermore,
the house was already there.
Ibrahim alaihis salam again
is resurrecting it. There seems to be a
connection there.
How we understand,
and also
Ibrahim Both seem to be a type of
resurrection
bringing back to existence
after
it disappeared.
So he's resurrecting
al Bayt now.
He's raising the foundations. After what?
After it seems to have been,
maybe
slightly disappeared or eroded
for different reasons.
Right?
Ibrahim. So it was already there And Allah
guided him to the approximate
notice underline,
approximate
location.
The approximate location is there.
Yes?
And then he was told to
raise its foundations to build the house again.
As in the authentic hadith of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
which is a long
hadith in Bukhary
that tells the story
of how Ibrahim alaihi wa sallam took Hajar
and Ismail and placed them in Makkah and
then left.
Tells the whole story.
I'll just quickly summarize to get to the
main point,
and that is that he took them, he
placed them, and then he left,
and then he came back later,
much later.
He visited them, and
he visited several times.
And he came back at 1 point when
Ishmael had already married into
Jurhum.
And the famous story, he met his wife
and he asked, how are you doing? And
she said, we are not doing well and
we are
facing difficulty and we are this and we
are that. So he told her,
send my salaam to
Ismail and tell him to change his doorstep.
Famous narration.
And what he meant was change his wife,
right?
Because
he she is the 1 he is going
to meet.
She's the 1 who welcomed him. Right? And
Ishmael understood it as such and divorced his
wife and married another.
And he visited again. And that wife said,
we are doing
great. Ishmael is out. He is,
looking for food for us, and so on
and so forth. Long hadith. And then,
in 1 of his visits, he comes back
and he finds Ismail finally,
alayhis salaam.
And he is preparing some of his weapons.
And then Isma'il saw Ibrahim alayhis salam and
jumped up and they hugged.
And then
Ibrahim
tells his son, O son,
Allah
has commanded me.
So Ishmael said,
do what your Lord commands you, my father.
He said you will help me. He said
absolutely.
He said
Allah commanded me that I should build a
house for him
in this area.
So they started,
and he he pointed to an area that
was slightly
higher than the rest of the land. And
it seems that's where
the foundation was.
That's where Al Bayit was. And now he
is going to rebuild it and raise its
foundation.
So,
they started building
and,
Ibrahim alaihis salam was the 1 who was
actually placing the rocks. Isma'il was handing it
over. And when
they got quite a bit done and Ibrahim
could not go any higher, this is when
he brought a rock and he stood on
it and this is what we call Maqam
Ibrahim.
When he stood on it so that he
can make the house
even higher. Right? This is excelling at what
you do and doing it to the best
of your ability especially
when the 1 who commanded is Allah. The
1 who will evaluate
your work is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And then and as they're doing it all
around,
they are making duha, duha,
from us.
Indeed, you are the hearing, and you are
the all knowing, Allahu Akbar.
This is the hadith of Al Bukhari.
The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
turns to Aisha radiAllahu anha 1 day and
says to her,
did you not see
that
your people
did not have enough money
to rebuild the Kaaba
based on the foundations of Ibrahim,
Awa'id Ibrahim.
So she said, oh messenger of Allah, will
you not then
rebuild it
based on the foundations of Ibrahim?
He said, if it wasn't for the fact
that your people are still
very new to Islam
and still
too close to the time of Kufr
or Jahiliya.
He said, if it wasn't for that,
I would have rebuilt it.
But because that is the situation, I'm not
going to.
An amazing hadith that we can't go into
all the fiqh,
off at this moment because we need to
conclude.
But the point is, the prophet
is saying,
no, because
it may cause a problem.
If he now destroys the Kaaba to rebuild
it based on the foundation of Ibrahim and
these people are still
very close to Kufr at the time of
Jahiliyyah.
So what does this mean?
It means that
the Kaaba at the time of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is not based on
the foundations of Ibrahim.
Why?
Because
there was a great flood
and the Kaaba was destroyed.
And then Quraysh
rebuilt it but didn't have enough.
So what did they do?
They made the kabbah smaller.
How?
By
excluding
what?
What did they exclude from the Kaaba?
Yes. Al Hijr.
Sometimes
it is referred to as Hijr Ismail,
but the correct
name or label is Al Hijr.
They excluded Al Hijr
which is
that area that you see on the northern
part of Al Kaaba
where you have this
curved wall. Right? You have this marble wall.
This is Al Hijr. This used to be
part of the Kaaba. So
the Kaaba was not a perfect square. It
included
Al Hajar as well that was part of
the Kaaba. This is the foundation of Ibrahim,
Qawa'id Ibrahim.
And this is why
when you do the tawaf,
you are not allowed
if
it is open,
If the place where the hijab is open,
you are not allowed to go inside.
So,
you know, maybe you're young and then you
saw the the barrier and you figured, oh,
I can go under here. No. The tawaf
must be around because this is part of
the Kaaba. You cannot go in that's like
going inside the Kaaba. And this is why
when Aisha radiAllahu anha told the prophet
that she would like to pray inside the
Kaaba, He said pray inside the hijr. It's
like praying the Kaaba because it used to
be part of the Kaaba.
So you should not go inside, you need
to go around.
Al hijr. Yeah?
And
then Abdullah ibn Umar said,
and this is why
he claims
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam would not
touch
would not touch
what is called
the other 2 rukans.
Which is?
The
side
which
is the side of the hijr. Right?
Because it's in the northern part of Al
Ka'bah.
So now what we do is we try
to touch Arrukle Liamani, and we try to
touch Al Hajjal Aswad,
but we don't touch anything else. Right?
But if it was
the way it was before,
then you would have had that
corner as well
or because the Hajr would be part of
the Kaaba. That was the foundation of Ibrahim.
But by the way, it was returned to
the foundations of Ibrahim by whom?
After the prophet
it was returned to the foundation of Ibrahim.
Why?
Another homework question, brother? Are you,
brother Ahmed, are you writing down the quest
the homework questions
so that you can remind everyone?
It was returned
to the foundations of Ibrahim by whom?
Homework or should I say it now?
Say it now.
Abdullah ibn Zubayl.
Abdullah ibn Zubayl returned it
to its foundation. Even though Ibn Abbas radiAllahu
anhu
felt
maybe you shouldn't
for different reasons,
But he returned it to the foundation of
braaiim and then Al Hajjaj,
the tyrant,
returned it back to the way it is
today.
Even though the prophet said
he would have liked
to return turn it to
Qawaid Ibrahim.
Let me just conclude with this.
SubhanAllah, they are performing 1 of the greatest
deeds
that 1 can perform.
And instead of causing some kind of arrogance
or haughtiness,
they are worried
and they are making dua. Oh Allah accept
from us and they keep saying it. They're
going around
building this house and they are saying
Du'a.
SubhanAllah,
when you do a good deed,
make dua.
When the the Sahaba, they used to do
some kind of inshad, some kind of sharr.
Right?
They are saying,
repeating it. SubhanAllah.
For a lot of us,
we perform
the slightest deed
and we think, subhanAllah, we have become
or we've become shaykh ul Islam.
You know, because I prayed 2 or 4
raka'at tiyam
or something else.
SubhanAllah.
This is the difference my brothers and sisters
between the pious
and the Munafiqeen.
The pious,
they do
the best of deeds
and then they're worried. Will Allah accept? And
they make dua and they do istighfar.
The munafiq does the worst of deeds,
and he doesn't even care.
It's like a fly on his nose.
Subhanahu alaikirab.
Reminds us of the other
ayah. They the ones who give what they
give of charity,
of good deeds,
but their hearts tremble
that they are going to be returned to
their Lord. They are afraid.
Will Allah accept from me? And that's why
you hear some of the sahaba and tabi'ins
saying something like if Allah accepted 1 sajdah
from me, I am happy.
And there are other duas
which we will get to next time. Sorry
for taking a little bit longer this time,
but we had to get that other ayah
in.