Mohammed Hannini – Studies in the Seerah of the Prophet Muhammad #12
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The speakers discuss the importance of protecting employees and finding hidden issues in public settings. They emphasize the need to be mindful of one's actions and consider one's ego, and stress the importance of showing actual intentions in public. The speakers also touch on the secret act of charity and the importance of forgiveness, giving small donations in public settings to encourage others to donate to projects related to Islam. They stress the importance of showing one's actions in public to avoid confusion and mistakes, and explain the concept of giving money in secret to avoid confusion and mistakes. They also emphasize the need to show one's actions in public to avoid confusion and mistakes, and explain the importance of helping people in need and not asking for help. They mention a potential increase in support from the Muslim community and emphasize the importance of helping people in need and not asking for help.
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So Tuesdays,
we normally have 0 passes,
and we have reached the point of,
the first to have a senior in. And
that's where we we stopped.
So,
I will resume it next week
from where the, you know, the from the
point of the hijra
and to see what the what the how
the hijra was. Not only how it was
conducted,
who went on the hijra? Why what was
the purpose of it?
If it was simply
people who were afraid, you know, and wanted
to protect their team, how come only certain
people who
on the on the will have a shot?
So these are the things that we will
discuss
next time.
And,
we will, you know
and to take some some lessons, for
for ops.
But today, I would like to just present,
you know, a small remark.
I am not sure how long it's gonna
take, but it's just a remark. I ran
across really last week.
I was listening to a lecture, and
the brother who was giving it the share
who was giving it,
attributed a statement to Khayim, Jose, and and
he said that and the title of it
is Al Hawafi
Mir Al Hawafi.
The hidden ones
for the hidden ones.
The hidden ones for the hidden ones.
And
so even
said,
I really could not I've I looked for
other book where he said this, I could
not find. But I looked at on on
the web. There are several sites.
They all cite the same statement attributing it
to.
But whether
said it did not say it, whether I
found it or not, still I think it's
worth reflecting upon.
He said,
Do you have any things that are not
known? Anything that's pain depending to you? Anything
that is painful to you? Anything that's uncomfortable?
Any hidden problems
that nobody knows about
Then he
said
Then if you have these hidden problems, these
hidden,
turbulences,
these hidden
pains that you have,
then he make sure
that you have hidden righteous deeds.
No one knows about but Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Okay?
So and that's the end of the statement
of Al Baym. That was attributed Al Baym.
So your sickness
that nobody knows about Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
And some of us are sick, have certain
sicknesses that nobody knows about with Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
You know? Then
make sure that you give a
in high in the hidden a hidden,
a hidden act of charity.
No one knows about Allah
and.
So
he
said
treat your the sick ones amongst you with
a charity, and you can treat yourself
with with charity.
And the best charity, as we will come
to see,
is what is the hidden child, meaning that
the one nobody knows about.
And then also
in the
They're doing righteous deeds, put things to others.
You know?
We protect you from harmful things.
And he said he continues
and the charity in hiding in secret where
nobody knows what you have given.
It puts out the anger of the Lord.
If you have troubles, Ilham
Ilham, by the way,
is
if you're worried about the future,
Ilham is different, let's say, from Huzoor,
is different from,
Ilham.
Ilham, you're worried about something that's present, you're
experiencing.
So your chest becomes heavy. You know, you
you feel, uncomfortable. You feel sad, that's Mahlou.
That's a person who has a gamma.
Alham is what will happen tomorrow.
I have to repay my rent. I don't
have money. I I need to go to
work, but my car is broke. You know,
my son is traveling, my daughter, my wife,
my you know, something or the other. You
are you have the
the concern,
the trouble troubling concern about the future.
And that ham that concern that you have,
no one knows but Allah
So what do you do then seek the
forgiveness of Allah
who's still far
in hiding the secret
that so that no one hears but Allah.
If you have that love, you're worried about
the problem that you are, you know, you
are experiencing it, then pray to at night.
Pray to at night alone
that no one sees what Allah
and listen to the that the spear and
the worship of Allah
when you have something that you're experiencing right
away.
You know, when he left,
thinking that no one will, be able to
reach him. And
he called in the dark. He says,
He's in the belly of the whale.
In the darkness
There is no worthy of worship but you.
Subhana, please be you your praises be to
you.
Amongst the transgressors.
Immediately that require that what,
response.
And we saved him from the calamity or
from the problem that he was experiencing.
That's how we save the believers.
How do we save the believers?
By the by the step forward, by the
returning to Allah
And just that,
everything that troubles us, we should go back
to Allah
in secret.
And in for every problem that no one
knows what Allah
we do something in secret that no one
knows what Allah
And,
always
with the full confidence, the tip-off, the confidence
that Allah
will change the problem and will take away
the problem for you.
Why why does it why is the?
Why is the why is it the spear
that is still far? The
the the the sujood, the court? Why does
it why should it be in secret? Why
shouldn't it be that
in seclusion or isolation from the people?
This is how you know that your rebada
is based or or wrapped with sincerity.
If you want to know that it has
a clause
you know, we are humans.
We are
humans. And whenever we do something in front
of the people,
there is always part of it
that feeds into your own personal ego.
You can intend it. You cannot intend it.
You can you can
minimize it. You can, you know but there's
always a question.
There's always something that goes for your ego.
You know?
And but when you do things by yourself,
when you recite Quran al Kareem by yourself,
when you make the sujood that night when
nobody is hearing you, nobody is seeing you,
nobody is watching you, you are only between
you are only with Allah
You know, those those
kinds of acts where the sincerity in it
becomes much more than when you when
you give
and nobody knows about it. You are in
the market in the middle of nowhere.
You know, you are you're passing by and
you see some, you know, a person asking
for help.
Nobody knows you. You don't know anybody, and
you give it's very different from you giving
when you give it in the messenger that
everybody knows who you are and everybody's seen
you before.
It's very different,
very different impact
on the the act itself.
And the people who do these things with
sincerity,
the people who do things in separation and
and, you know, by themselves without
the with the watchful eye of the people.
Those are the people who Allah
filled their hearts with the love of Allah
And,
then they're the even the corners of their
hearts were filled with the,
with the fear, with the love, with the
eagerness for Allah
Those are the ones really who deserve the
most reward.
So this is what
the the the servant of Allah
is always seeking,
to purify their actions. Look for actions that
are not mandatory, not.
We're talking about the nafil. We're talking about
the 2 rakah in the middle of the
eyes. We're talking about the set forth. We're
talking about the where
you buy yourself balloon asking Allah
you know, and crying to Allah That purifies
the person, that lenses
the person so that no one knows about
it but Allah
Hypocrites cannot do this,
and cannot do this.
You know, if you want to know
whether you have hypocrisy or not, see the
worship that you have and what you do
in front of the people and what you
do by yourself.
You know? Hypocrites cannot do this. They
are all they're doing it. What why the
problem will sign the problem to sell it.
You are all own and less.
If they get up for salah, they get
up a little bit laziness.
You are our own. Why do I have
to do this so that they can be
seen? Okay. We're praying. Look how I'm praying.
But now if they are by themselves,
they will not deny they might not even
pray altogether.
You know? So this is the the,
always
the secret that when you are alone with
Allah
that what shows the true metal of the
person. And the best of the the things
the best concept regard that.
Generally speaking, there are exceptions. Generally speaking, the
best kind of regard that are the ones
that are done in secret.
So, Rasulullah,
If you show the salawat, you give the
donation. You give the salawat.
If if you show it,
it's acceptable. It's good.
But
if you hide it.
And you give it to the poor,
It is better for you. Now not only
when you cut your ankles and
forgives
of
of your sins. You know, Allah
is all all knowing of what
you do. You know? So look at the
difference between giving it in public,
giving it in private, giving it with nobody
knows about it except you and
And then Rasulullah
as we mentioned,
Rasulullah encouraged the to give the in
not to show it off. Rasulullah and the
hadith mentioned.
And the the charity, the act of charity,
the the
that you do in hiding, in secret, nobody
knows about it. He puts out the anger
of the Lord.
If you remember the Hadith, there are
there are 7 people under the, you know,
the shade of of the
the on the day of judgment. You know,
7 categories of people.
One of them is
and
then
a person when you say a man in
in Arabic, it's always a woman meeting a
Muslim person
who remembers Allah
Al Faliyan,
Faliyan alone.
So he gave us charity,
we know, and giving it gave it in
secret.
And to the point where his left hand
did not know what the right hand did.
It's an exaggeration
to show how nobody knows about what you
are doing.
You know? The is
the best of it is the one that
is done in.
And, of course,
you there there is an impact on this,
on the day of judgment, the lost but
even in the dunya. Do
you remember the hadith of the 3 people
who went into the cave?
Tells
us
about.
So some people who were before you, you
know, 3 people
who went into a cave.
And then when they went into the cave,
Iraq,
you know, ruled and closed the cave.
And so each one, how did they come
out? How did they leave the cave?
They all did something that nobody knew that
they did.
One person said that I had my parents,
you know, that I came one night from
work
and they wanted you know, they they were
hungry. So I moved and I I milked,
you know, the animal for them, some goat
or something. And my kids were,
you know,
very hungry crying for food, but I waited
because my parents were asleep, etcetera. So the
kids went to sleep, the parents were asleep,
and I waited with a cup in my
hand
until they woke up. And then I gave
them first and then the other ones. And
they said I did not put anybody ahead
of my parents.
That is at night,
the lady.
So nobody is aware of what this man
is doing.
He did that for all of them. They
were asking if I could give the children.
You know, nobody is watching.
I could have tried, but, no, he, you
know, he waited until they woke up and
they gave them first.
And the other one,
about the man who had a cousin, and
he said that I love no woman like
I love my cousin.
And but she did not want me.
And one day when she became poor,
she really needed money. So she came to
me asking for money. I said, yes. But
then you will have to enable me to
do fresh around the level.
You know? So
she said, okay.
He gave her the money.
And then when she, you know, he was
about to start,
he remembered Allah
and stopped while able
to
stopped and gave her the money with her.
And he said, you know, this is, again,
this is in secret. These things are not
done in public.
And and they,
they came closer and tried to to get
out of the the the situation that they
were in because of the things that they
did in secret.
This was, by the way, the trend amongst
the and
the people even after them. Why?
Because they did not want to react
that the the look that some people, you
know, that I'm doing it for the people.
Even if it is a share of an
eye.
You want everything to be for the sake
of Allah Subhanahu
Wa'am. It was reported that You
know, he said,
Whoever can have as a secret act of
charity,
you know, a secret act of charity,
let them do
that. So
you can have you you know, you don't
have to tell people. If you there's a
a widow woman,
you know, who's supporting her children,
send her, you know, monthly.
Even if it's a $100, if it is
$25, if it's $30, whatever it is.
But this is somebody who's doing this, nobody
knows. If if
a child
whose parents are poor, you put him through
school.
And I know people who do this.
They actually put people through college.
Why? I can afford it,
and they cannot afford it. And nobody knows
that they're doing it.
Nobody knows who they are helping or how
they are helping.
People who, you know, come and they all
of a sudden, they find, okay. This is
a gift, And the gift is enough, really.
It's not generating a gift because of the
the the size. Some people tell you, you
know, an act of charity, giving that donation
to a masjid, to an orphanage,
you know, to a poor family, something or
the other, you know, that that you can
do in in secret and you can do
it continuously.
You know, supporting an Islamic project.
You know, now they have,
projects for drilling wells, water wells in Africa.
You know, because there are the scarcity of
water. You know, if you contribute with that
and they are not expensive. They are $300,
$2,000 a well.
They're not they're not expensive.
But you can have it. It's not the
whole thing. You can have You can add
a little bit of time. You can contribute
with other brothers and their sisters. You put
them together, but it is all done in
you only know the or the people who
know are the people who have to.
You know yes. In certain times with,
you know, sometimes it is encouraged to to
to declare it, to show it. So for
example, if we're donating for the Masjid,
so that I I pay a $100,000,
you know, to encourage people to give that
kind of money, to encourage people, you know,
or 50,000, whatever it is. But it it
for in terms of encouragement, yes. But these
are the exceptions to the rule.
The rule the general rule is that
is the one that is done
in secret.
Ibrahim will have the report
from them. He said, can you ask about
the side about the predecessors?
That the the the predecessors,
they liked
now who's this, by the way, is Sheikh.
He
was named named Sheikh Islam, who's half.
You know,
etcetera. He said the predecessors
and he was since he was born in
in the year,
198.
So you're talking about 200 years from the
time
of the time of the time of the.
So you're talking about the tambourine, the import
of the tambourine with the the death mask.
But
he is saying that their predecessors,
you know, they like that the for the
person, for the man to have a hidden
act of charity, even his own wife does
not know about.
And since we're talking about wives and husbands,
you can always give a salakah in the
name of your spouse.
You know? And you don't have to tell
them.
It does not have to be a $1,000,000,000.
It does not have to be you know,
it can be a $50, $25,
but people insisted with it. It's in her
name. It's in my name. It's a you
know, it it like that. It's just for
my children without anybody knowing about it. You
know? Let it be a surprise on the
day of judgement. It doesn't have to be
a surprise now. It doesn't be a surprise
on the day of judgement. This can be
done for each other. And this is how
they wanted it. I look at at the
the story about
that if when he prayed in Fajr, he
went out to the.
After praying the he would go out to
the desert. And he would stay for a
while and then come back.
Well, what is he doing in the desert?
You know? So in one day, he followed
him.
So he saw him entering into a tent
and stayed there for a little bit of
time then came out and went back to
Benin.
So Allah went down you know, once he
left, he went to the tent to see
what what's in the tent.
So he saw a blind woman with children.
He said,
who's this? She said, we don't know. It's
just a Muslim. A Muslim man comes to
visit us. He comes every day. So what
does he do?
He makes our door for us. He sweeps
the floor for us. You know? He fixes
the place for us and then he leaves.
He brings food. He does the you know,
takes care of the one they need to
take care of, and then they leave.
Zain Abidine,
the grandson of Rasool Sallallahu Alaihi Salam, said,
Adin is Ali.
So Zain Abidine,
you know, he used to carry the flower
bags, sacks of flour on his back
at night,
taking it to the houses of orphans and
the the widows, you know, and the poor
without seeking the help of a servant, without
getting a servant or somebody to come help
him with him so that nobody would know
that he's doing it.
And nobody knew that he was doing it
until he died.
When he died and they were washing him,
his back was bruised
from the bags that he was carrying on
his back.
They they said this is the the
the back of a, you know, the the
those people who carried on their backs.
Okay?
And
once he died,
a 100 households,
you know,
stopped receiving food.
And they knew it was because of that.
That's how they found out about it. That's
what I'm saying. It's an action between you
and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
Nobody knows about it.
Rasulullah,
just these lines.
Rasulullah
said in the hadith and Muslim,
says,
Allah
the servant, the slave,
who has
the the piety,
who is pure,
you know, meaning clean intention, clean their heart,
the one who is not
out there to be watched, to be seen.
You come to the messages you pray and
believe. You know, you you do your righteous
deeds, you know, and you be you are
not there to be known, to be famous
on himself.
You know? So
Allah likes the act
who is and
who is.
Bishop Bin Al Kharef
was an Imam, a alif,
as Imam Al Thani said about him. You
know? So he was born in the,
year 152.
He said.
Nobody will see the sweetness of that, or
nobody will experience the sweetness of the
the sweetness of imam.
You know, if they like the duniya in
the in the duniya to be known by
the people. Meaning, if I donate, I want
everybody to know, look, look, look, this person
just donated.
If I prayed, you know,
he prayed this if he recite the Quran,
I want to be known that I I
I recite very well. If I do the
you know, like that.
The person like that according to Bishop
Berhad, he said that a person like that
will not find the sweetness of the you
know?
Remember, Hassan Lawson.
He said in
Canada, that person will be sitting in
a sitting of.
But we're sitting now. We're talking.
So a person
is, about to you know, feels like, they're
about to cry.
You know? So he tries to control himself.
But if he feels that he cannot control
himself, he gets out of this thing, you
know, that the meeting.
Why?
You know, so that nobody sees it. And
by that,
you know,
you don't if you wish, don't pollute
that you're you're you're crying so that people
would say that you are crying. That people
will say that, oh, this person is a
good Muslim. He was crying when he heard
such and such and such.
Whenever he went to will not go to
Jihad, he used to cover his face.
He would not show his face, and he
was a very far good fighter.
You know? Why? So that nobody would know
him.
Allah
only elevated and exalted
but
for something that he used to do in
secret,
meaning a good act of charity that he
was doing in secret, whether it's a
or whether it is a salawat, whether it
whatever it is, but it was done in
secret.
Meaning, almost
and this is something that, by the way,
not talked about.
You
take care of your your insight, your intention,
your heart, your your sincerity.
And
will take care
of the red the exterior stuff for you.
Because
if you are sincere to Allah and you
have lost, Allah will love you. And when
he loves you, he'll tell the angels to
that I love him love my servant. And
then when the angels will tell that the
people, you know, until it reaches all the
people on earth that love this person, he
is loved by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And
Allah will put the love for that person
in the in the in other words,
if that is the way what you want
if that, you know, that if you make
yourself sincere to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, the
natural by product of it is that the
people who like
it. You don't intend it. You don't go
after it. That's becomes that's that's the pollution
of the,
of the
sincerity. But if you do it
for the sake of Allah
rewards you with that.
You know, there is a man called,
Dinor bin
Adar. His his nickname is Abu Abu Hind.
Abu Ham. He's Imam, Pafa, Fippa. You know?
He fasted 40 years. 40 years he was
fasting, and nobody knew he was fast. So
in the morning,
he would his wife would fix him food,
and he's going to the shop to work.
He will take the food with him. So
now she thinks that he's taking the food
to go eat in the market, in the
shop.
On the way, he will donate it to
the pool.
He will go to the shop, and the
people over the other shops around him, they
think that he ate
at home.
You know? Why are you not eating that
because I'm not passing? They think that they
eat at home, and the people at home
think that he's eating in the market. So
he he would go actually, he would have
the farm with his family when he goes
home without anybody.
That is the when we talk about make
it make it a relationship between you and
almost.
No one knows about it, but it's
what happened?
But, of course, it has it has benefits
and has fruits.
The person who is able to do this
continuously
demonstrates the sign of demand,
a sign of sincerity.
Because almost does not give a person
that
that ability to worship
them in private,
for night after night, day after day, action
after action,
etcetera, when he the person
is
his heart is not pure.
It is a sign of the purity of
the heart. Remember the hadith of Jibril alaihis
salaam
when, you know, when he asked Rasool alaihi
salaam about Islam and Imam and his son.
So So he said
about
your
son
to
worship Allah as if he sees you.
And if you don't see him,
as if you see him. And if you
don't see him, he sees you. You know?
That is when you are always watching all
those part of God and you do things
in private because you believe that he is
seeing.
It's not a matter of the people. It's
a matter that he sees you.
The second
truth or the second thing that results from
this such kind of actions
is to be firm whenever there are calamities,
there are tests, there are problems.
Because the environment in secret
is the biggest
reasons, the biggest helpers
in being firm and and not being afraid
when something bad happens.
Okay.
Right? That
is
what
the hidden sense.
Because the opposite of what we're talking about
is that now in front of the people,
it's Allah, Muhammad, you
know,
this, that. But now what's, you know, by
myself, it's a different story, and I I
I can I start sitting and and this
very most prime time? Even said that
the hidden sins
As well, they are the causes of decline
of
being, you know, of
the
the and, worship in secret.
It is the foundation for being true
Because Allah
affirms the hearts of the news.
It is
it takes you away from Riya,
from the shom koff.
When you get yourself used to doing this
in in secret,
that it is, you know, you
hide away from the the the people and
you do things only for Allah.
And then came to.
By the way, Rasool
gave them the names of the hypocrites at
that time.
If you remember, our old man's father used
to come to our computer. He came to
the bakery,
but he said, you know, is my name?
Am I am I one of my
you know, that's how watchful of himself
he was. I I hear. So
a man came to hurry and he said,
Look at what the response of,
Khalil
Malik. Khalil Malik did not pull up the
the list
and said, let me see if your name
is on it or not.
Khalil Malik said,
do you pray by yourself when you're alone?
What is the the and you ask Allah
for forgiveness if you sin?
The man said yes.
Again, what can what made the person
that
doing things and what is secret.
You pray by yourself. You ask for forgiveness
of your sin. You know, that these are
not the the attributes of the.
And listen to the in
the
that this believer,
excuse me, the hypocrites
are trying to deceive Allah, and he will
deceive them.
And they get up to pray, they get
up for laziness.
They're showing up in front of the people.
And they do not mention Allah
but.
So their signs
the sign of hypocrisy, and that's why asked
them about these signs. You do things in
front of the people only, and you remember
Allah.
They remember Allah
if you do, if you send me, disobey
See, the man accused of And whoever complains,
you know,
whoever
suffers, if you wish,
from Ria, from this show we've offered from
the people,
it's because their
in secret is
The ones that will suffer from this is
because their regard in secret is little.
That,
whoever of you can have something that's hidden
or righteous deeds, let them do so.
And the last thing, you know, I mean,
just, so that I you know, it's
more rewards and more impactful is when you
do things without people knowing about it. You
know, if you remember that I have, like,
super party into super party, but he
went to 4 hour ago. He went to
2 hour.
Okay.
He showed the so called the acts of
charity, then it is fine. You know? But
if you hide it and you give it
to the poor, it is better for you.
And even the prayer at night,
in the night, she had a lady
here, you know, that the the prayer at
night is more impactful
and more,
more rewarding.
And despite the fact that the JLP data
text,
like, central, it's
3 times
If you do see mention that that this
is in in.
He said that this is the the the
person would hide the act of obedience.
That's a
You do things you do a righteous deed
in hiding in secret.
Nobody knows about you,
but it will appear.
It will become apparent on you. And the
people will talk about
it. And more than what you've done
to the point where they do not cannot
think of a I know that how I
don't want all the values in the person.
To the point where they see no fault
in you.
They see no fault in you, and they
only mention you with good things
so that the the person would know that
that the, Allah
does not waste any of the actions that
you do.
And that the heart of the people know
the situation of the people and they like
him. Or they repair you know, they
they repulse him or they get away from
him. Yeah. But whoever
fixes with what's between him and Allah
will fix what's between him and his team.
Perfect. So things like Whoever worries
about the people,
will make him always worried about it.
When we do report that, so that Republicans
Well, there was one thing that I mean,
if we're talking about
the secret acts of worship, etcetera.
Mhmm. The better acts of not all acts
of worship are the same.
So
now it is an an a good action,
good good deed, you know, good work.
But helping a person in need has more.
You know? Helping a family in need
better than, let's say, giving to, you know,
for something that is
to to spend to buy
something that's not needed.
To help somebody in need.
To to be there for somebody who's who
who, you know, who's in trouble, who's in
debt, who's who's not able to pay the
rent,
an old man who's not able to manage
their expenses, etcetera.
Always
that I know that that that where you
help others
better than that
only benefits you.
Because the one who is doing to
benefit others, you benefit others and you benefit
yourself.
But the rebounded that only benefits you only
benefits you. So it's always
it's always be, you know, in in in
the in the help of others
and try not to ask others for him.
Alright.
You know, if he
if, if something, let's say, fell down, he
would not say to somebody, give it to
him. Pick it up. He will go down
and pick it up.
You know? So that always
you know, ask Allah to help.
Be there always to help others,
but don't ask them for help. It is
better not to ask them for.
You know?
And finally, as I said,
do all of this just to emphasize the
point
that
we do this without people knowing who you
are, like, how you're helping, that you're helping.
Because as the prophet
says,
So like that, it likes the art, the
service, the slave of Allah's partner
who is,
Does not need, you know, others and,
you know, that who does things in secret.
And this is just really a reminder
for yourselves and myself.
And,
that's it. And I will
always help us
to do things with pure sincerity and always
watching ourselves, always watching what why are we
doing the things we
why you pray the same way we pray,
why we attend to the app, why we
give a, you know, charity, why that always
it's for the same.
The Muslim is the one who's always constantly
watching themselves and watching the reason why they
are doing what they do. May
Allah make us for those who
love
to worship us
in the way that he wants
and only seeking his pleasure.
Me.
Next
week, we will continue from or we
resume from the
the.
The first.
The first.
And,
we'll see some of the things that we
also have through its own situation that they're
there and, hopefully, we'll
manage to jump 5% in.