Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2015 – Day 7

Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.

smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa salatu salam ala ala MV mursaleen Nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa Tabby nomophobia whom be son Elijah Medina bad. We praise Allah subhanho wa Taala we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his entire household all his companions May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless them all and bless every single one of us. My brothers and sisters, we are going through the reasons of revelation of verses of the Noble Quran. We will commence this evening with verse number 88 of Surah Nisa, we all know the Battle of took place. And at the beginning, when the Muslim men were going out to the battle,

there were quite a few in number, some of them decided to pull back and to come back when they thought that perhaps the Muslim men will lose because the entire army of the mccanns was coming all the way to Ohio. So more than 300 or 300 plus happened to come back to Medina to munawwara. And there is a hadith Mustafa palay, narrated by Isaiah dibny sabotaged the Allah and he says that on that day, when those hypocrites came back, and after the Battle of Russia, there was a debate among the believers. The debate was those who went back, they are hypocrites, should we fight them, or should we leave them? So the debate became very, very strong. One group from among the Sahaba of the

Allahu anhu, saying, Let's fight them, they are hypocrites, they are going to be a rot in our midst. And the other group said, No, we cannot fight them, because Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has expressly said that we should not be killing those who are hypocrites, because the people would then say that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam is killing his companions. So, verses were revealed to explain something very, very serious and that was

the fight that you are having between yourselves as to whether these people are hypocrites or not, is more dangerous than anything else. Many times what happens among the Muslims, we have a debate amongst ourselves regarding something external, something outside and that happens to split us in a way that is more detrimental against us than anything else. So we need to learn to understand that as an oma, our strength is in our unity. Allah says clearly while at Anna's shallow water.

Do not debate do not dispute with one another, because you will be unsuccessful and you will lose your strength. So verses were reviewed explaining this family Moana Philippine Effie at a new one LA, Casa Bhima Casa boo to read una de

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What is it with you that you are divided regarding the hypocrisy of Allah is the one who chased them away because of what they had earned. Allah is the one who kept them away from the Battle of the Battle of 100. We all know that it ended without a decisive victory. But if we were to look at it, the muslimeen will not defeat it. The kuffaar will not defeat it. It was only a lesson for the momineen. The lesson was whoever disobeys Allah and His Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, they will not be able to see clean cut victory. As simple as that. Those who are the archers on the hillock, who decided to come down against the instruction of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,

perhaps it would be correct for us to say that that resulted in a great loss, but there was no clean defeat. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us from the debate and the argument amongst ourselves regarding petty matters, Petty issues, Allah says in the next verse.

Allah says in the next verse, what dula otaku una cama Kapha mufa takuna Sawa

Allah subhanho wa Taala says, they wish that you disbelieve just like Ray disbelief so that the two of you can be equal, so that the two of you can be equal. And so Allah subhanho wa Taala makes it clear that the hypocrites their intention is to divide us their intention is for us to join their ranks, and this will be their mission all the time. Verse number 92 of Salatu Nisa, Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks of an incident that occurred with a ye ship Nabila BIA, there was a man in Makkah, Tomoko Rama, known as inherited near him and Abuja have they harmed

a lot when he was in muckety, muck alama. And so are you

airship Nebula he came to Medina menorah, the hedgehog. And later on and Harris, igneous he decided that he also has turned to the fold of Islam and he wants to make the hedgehog. So he started the soul journey of the hedgehog. And a year should not be Robbie. I happened to see him outside Medina. And he remembered this is the man who used to beat me up, he almost killed me, he wanted to kill me. And he didn't succeed. This narration is made mentioned off by a party and his stuff.

And so he went to him, because now the two of them were alone.

And he got hold of him and this will hide it says, Look, I've become a Muslim and I would like to make the hegira But sadly, I should not be rabea

executed him. The reason is, it was a tit for tat. This man tried to kill me a long time back he almost got me killed, had I not gone, perhaps it would happen. So when the fight happened, this one died and had it with me as he died. and thereafter the the message came to the Prophet sallallahu Sallam with revelation. One mcenany meaning a Portola meaning

the ruling regarding the killing of a believer, you are not allowed to kill a believer, a believer is never ever allowed to kill another believer. If that happens, that the one who is the murderer will enter the fire of *. And Allah says Holly then Allah says he will be there for a long, long time. The term Khalid and fear refers to two things it can either refer to forever, or it can refer to for a long, long time, in this instance, for a long, long time, and Allah says was the Bala who Allah, Allah Allahu Allahu Allah Subhana vema Allah becomes angry with the person and curses Him and for Him is a severe punishment, because life was given by Allah. Allah is the giver of life, who are

you to take the life of another believer away. Today people are using the name of Islam to execute other Muslims just because they have a dispute or difference of opinion and so on. May Allah protect us if we take a careful look at this, it is a sickness and disease. Allah says believer never ever, you've got no right whatsoever, not only the believers, even other innocent people, you're not allowed to just harm them for no purpose. No reason. We are meaning our aim on this earth is to try and spread a man so that it can get to those who are disbelievers so that they can enter the fold of Islam. This was the mission even of those of our pious predecessors who worked so hard, perhaps on

our forefathers in a way that today we are Muslim in sitting and listening to this. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us. So Allah explains to Hannah what Allah that if a believer killed someone else, it can only be by mistake, it cannot be intentional, can it never be purposely so if it was a mistake, if it was an error, then there is a way to resolve the matter and that entire explanation is given in these beautiful verses of the Quran, verse number 9394. inshallah, I hope we can go through verse number 93 at leisure inshallah in our own time, and we will be able to see, in fact, it's verse number 92 of Surah Nisa, we will be able to see how Allah subhanho wa Taala has resolved

this and how the solution is when a mistake happens. And for your information to this day.

If people happen to be killed in an accident,

in a car accident, there is a way of resolving the matter. Because the man who was driving or the person whose fault it was, is responsible, I think they call it culpable homicide, right? So they are responsible for what for what has happened, it was their fault, their mistake, but it was an accident. So perhaps they will not be penalized to the highest of degrees, but they need to pay for it. They need to acknowledge it. They may be forgiven by those who lost their limbs or their lives, the heirs of them or they may not be forgiven, in which case they will have to pay what is known as a deer, a deer sometimes referred to as blood money, and sometimes referred to as a settlement. May

Allah subhanho wa Taala help us understand it is something very serious and this is why when people die in accidents, it is definitely those who are responsible. They need to stand up and acknowledge that yes, it was an accident, but it was our fault. We could have done better. We could have perhaps driven slowly we could have perhaps ensured that our vehicle was okay and so on. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us on our roads really, they are becoming more and more dangerous throughout the globe. I think perhaps because of the vehicles becoming so fast. I always wonder why is it that the speed limit sits at 120 when the vehicle shows you to 40 perhaps it's just a carrot that's dangling

and you know what some of us become donkeys sometimes. May Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive us

Brothers and sisters first number 93.

Allah subhanho wa Taala explains I've already spoken about it, that if a person kills another intentionally, then for them Allah becomes angry with them and Allah subhanho wa Taala curses them, and for them is a severe punishment. There is a story made mentioned by a crema in robbery. He says there was a man from the unsolved and he killed a man

who was the brother of someone known as mewps. And this Mateus the Prophet sallallahu Sallam spoke to him and told him look you on the air? Do you agree on a settlement, he agreed on a settlement the blood money, so it was given to him that means Okay, it's resolved, I don't want now the blood of this person. But after having taken this amount, he took the law into his own hands after a while and he still killed the murderer. He still took the law in his own hands and kill the murderer. Now for your information. This vigilantism is haram in Islam. If someone has done bad to you, you need to report him to authority. You are not in Islam allowed to take the law into your own hands,

otherwise, you will face the full Wrath of the same law. So the Prophet sallallahu Sallam then said that we will have to execute MC Yes, because of what he did. Yes, he did execute a murderer. But he took the law into his own hands. And it was after the settlement had happened. So this is something very, very strong in terms of a message to us. As muslimeen we sometimes become frustrated with certain things that might be happening. It does not mean you take the law into your own hands and you go and beat somebody up, you go and hit them, you go and murder them. This is unacceptable in Islam. Here we are reasons of revelation of this verse have explained the prohibition of vigilantism

May Allah subhanho wa Taala. Grant us a deeper understanding.

Verse number 94 of Salatu Nisa another incident where someone was murdered, who was murdered this time there was a man from benaulim Let's listen very carefully because we are affected by this. A man Shepherd from Bhanu Sulaiman. He was out in the field in one of the farms in the outskirts of Madina, munawwara and he was with his sheep, a group of Muslims who were sent by Rasulullah sallallahu, Ala Moana platoon happened to pass him. They saw this man. And he said to them, assalamu Aleikum aloud.

And sadly, shavon made these people think for a moment that

this man is saying Assalamu alaikum because he has something to hide. He's not a believer. He's actually fearing that we might harm him or attack him. And he's being hypocritical. They attacked him or the builder, they murdered him. They took all his sheep and they went away. That was something very bad. They judge the man he said a Salam aleikum. They said no, no, he's not a Muslim. He's not a Muslim. And so they harmed him attacked him, like we said, killed him off. He was a man from Blue lane. The story went to Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. This is made mention of in Sahih al Bukhari bypass rhodiola. Han as well as in Sudan.

Meaning the story went to Mohammed salatu salam, and verses were revealed. powerful, powerful versus verse number 94. Yeah, are you Latina man, oh, oh, you who believe and I'm sure all of us consider ourselves believers. So let's listen. Either feasability la effetto abbiano

when you are traveling in the cause of Allah subhanho wa Taala when you're traveling on Earth, the cause of Allah subhanho wa Taala

verify thoroughly before passing judgment on someone verify thoroughly before passing judgment on someone while at appunto lemon alko in como Salam Allah stem Amina never ever say to someone who has said a Salam aleikum to you that you are not a believer.

Amazing, clear cut verse. Someone says Assalamu alaikum. And you presume this person is not a Muslim. Your first presumption is if there is one sign of Eman or Islam in a person for you. It's enough. What's in the heart is in Allah's hands. Yes, if you definitely know because you will close to the person and so on that they're just saying a Salam aleikum because they happen to be knowing the Islamic greeting then you reply to them while a como Salam even if they are not Muslim. If a non Muslim greets you with a Salaam Alaikum and you are clearly sure that they said Assalamualaikum properly and they did not say a summer Alaykum they had no evil intention, then you respond the

greeting with a similar greeting or better than it the only time you say what I like come is when you're not sure what they've said when when you don't know exactly what they've said they might have been very malicious in their intention like at the time of the Prophet

Salam Salam they were the hypocrites. They said to Muhammad Salallahu salam, Salam Alaikum Salaam Alaikum without the law in the middle, you know normally we say a Salah, this is a sir. So as someone who means death upon you

so they used to say a summer Alaykum so I shall the law heard it. And you know immediately she retaliated. She said while a como sama Lana, she said upon you is not only death, but even the curse of Allah. So the prophet SAW Selim says Melania relax or I should take it easy. If they greet you with a some la come you just say what la Can you just say unto you too? So no matter what they've said to you, you said unto you to say they say death to you It means yes and you do love acaba May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us but if you know that they have said Peace be upon you. The Quran says we're either here or here to fi yo Bs and I mean her, our daughter in law Hakuna Allah Konishi

in Hacienda. When someone has greeted you, when you are greeted with a greeting, respond with a better greeting or at least equated. So it falls into that particular category. May Allah grant us an understanding. So today we have a sickness of calling people caffeine. Not only does the person say Assalamualaikum we see him reading Salah, we hear the Shahada from his tongue, we see him recite La ilaha illAllah, Muhammad Rasulullah. And because we have a difference of opinion with him, we say this man is a caffeine that's it. And Allah is saying the salad is enough not to call him a cafe. Imagine, don't say it. So let's be careful. This is why I always say those who know the origin

literally, they cannot be fooled. They know what Allah instructions are, they become softened, they learn to love one another. They are so loving in their hearts that they reach out to the non Muslims with such dedication that they desperately want to see the non Muslims enter into the fold of Islam. That's the heart of a true moment. That was the heart of Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, he desperately wanted to see a Buddha Hall and an Atlas, evolutionary and all the others into into the fold of Islam. That is why he lent them in here. That is why he spoke to them with so much respect. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us understand that our mission on earth is not to kill off everybody we

see who's different with us or from us, but rather to reach out to them to be able to teach them what is right to be able to convince them that what we have is actually the right path and you are missing out. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us when you have a bargain. And you try and tell someone you know what, brother sister, there is a bargain out there. They might not listen to you. But when you show them look, this is the deal I got and I only got this entire dinner set for 50 rands and it's original.

Notice I'm using dinner set because then the men also have to think how to please their women Mashallah.

And then they will start thinking okay, where did you get it from? It's very easy. You press a button and they'll deliver it. Oh, wow. They will press 10 buttons Masha Allah. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us market the deen in a beautiful way so that the Muslim men can be strengthened, and those who are not Muslim can look into the fold of Islam. And may Allah grant him hidayah and guidance. I mean, brothers and sisters, another beautiful verse, we all know that Islam gives great importance to those who are challenged, those who are disabled, those who perhaps might not be exactly like everyone else in terms of their vision, in terms of their ability, some might call them

disabled, some call them challenged. Islam gives great preference and priority to such people. And Allah subhanho wa Taala has kept rules and regulations in their regard, such that if they are not able to read Salah say standing, they can sit and read, if they cannot see they have a certain excuses, or that they have a leeway from Allah subhanho wa Taala. So verses of jihad that were revealed. And amazingly, these verses are so strong because at the time of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, there were occasions when people were conscripted, so anyone who stayed behind was considered a criminal because everyone was conscripted.

So there were some people who couldn't make it because of their disability or inability. So, according to a hadith Mata fatale, reported by Alberto Nunez, he broke the law when he says a certain verse was revealed regarding jihad, and Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam called Zaid, even his habit he used to write, he says, I'm dictating to you right, the following. What was the verse verse number 95 of Surah Nisa, Leah Stoker, I don't know many, while Mujahideen ifisa been in

the verses, those who are sitting behind from among the believers and those who have gone out to struggle in the cause of Allah subhanho wa Taala. They are not equal.

Who are not equal. Those who stayed behind and those who went out

The two of them are not equal. So behind the Prophet sallallahu Sallam was the blind man standing What was his name? Abdullah even Omi Maktoum rhodiola and he was the Muslim of Rasulullah Salaam with Bella it naraba Allah when

he says oh messenger, I am bereaved, you know, I am disabled, I cannot see.

So verses were revealed in the middle of that verse.

The term or the words, rail only barari were added on through revelation. And Allah subhanho wa Taala uniquely waited for this man to say the words before these words were revealed, had he wanted, he could have revealed them without these words. But Allah wanted to show us that there is a story behind the revelation so that we can remember the term highrollers Bara which means the exception of those who are disabled, Allahu Akbar. So now when we read the verse, do you know how we read it? If you don't, I mean, Alma mininova your body while masahito nafeesa been in? Amazing, amazing. So it's added in the center of the verse. So now Allah says they are not equal, those who sit behind those

who sit behind those who go forth, except the disabled who are granted an excuse. Amazing May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us understand the beauty of this poll on verse number 100 of Surah Nisa, Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about those who intend to do good and do not complete the good. Say for example, I want to fulfill my Salatu tahajjud and I've set my clock and everything happens. And for some reason, I didn't manage to get up not because I snooze the clock and snooze the clock. We always say if you snooze, you lose passion. If you snooze, you lose, don't press snooze, a movement should not have a snooze button on their phone or on the clock. You want to get up for Salah there's

no snoozing, that's nosey shape and remember this. So, if you want to get up and for some reason you overslept, something happened, maybe you fell ill Allah subhanho wa Taala gives you the reward because in normal Amarillo beanie yet, the Hadith says all your actions will be judged by the underlying intentions. So those who intended to make hegira and they started the hegira. But they died halfway, they died somewhere they died just as they set out the journey. Allah writes for them the hero as though they had made it so panela Did you know this? So there was a man at the time of Rasulullah Salam. This Hadith is narrated by Abby Hatem reporting from Eden Episode 11.

He says they were those people who passed away on the path from Mecca to Medina, some names are mentioned that bloomery and certain names but there is a difference of opinion regarding the names and whether it was just one person or a few and so on. So we won't mention the names. But the verse is one my Afro Jim Beatty, he mohajir on Illallah he was only from a God called moto falcoda, aka Jonah, who Allah Allah, whoever has come out of his house,

doing the hedgerow for the sake of Allah and His messenger and then he passes away on the path, then his reward is definitely written with Allah subhanho wa Taala. May Allah bless us look at the mercy of Allah, a more min and a believer receives a reward based on his intention. And this is why when you are doing a good deed with a false intention, it becomes sinful. May Allah forgive us, a person wants to reach out to others with money in order to show off, it becomes a show off, and it does not become an act of worship. But if people happen to see you donate or your reason for letting others know how much you are donating, is because you would like to encourage them to give to them there is

no harm, there is nothing wrong. In fact, then it's a good deal. So sometimes you have people who say right, this man has given so much how much are you giving? It happened even at the time of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam that was not in order to boast. It was in order to encourage others that look if such a man can give and he's only a millionaire. What are you going to give when you are a billionaire?

May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us understand?

I mean, I mean,

then we have verse number 101 a beautiful verse, another discount from Allah subhanho wa Taala you know, people who go in business, they always looking for discounts, they phone and they say, you know what, hey, we're going to China now Are we allowed to leave our fast food after Ramadan? So the first question it's just a business trip. It's not any religious trip. It's a business trip. But guess what? You still enjoy the discounts. Do you know that? Mashallah, even though it's a business trip, you did it in the month of Ramadan, you still enjoy the discount if you're a massage when you have the discount of a massage and even though the journey was for business, it was not a haram

journey. permissible. Some people say you know what, I'm traveling Friday morning. First thing I have to go, I might miss my job.

The reality is if you have to go on the Friday, you have to go on the Friday. I had recently a person who told me that I have a ridiculously priced ticket overseas, but it's on a Friday morning. Can I try

The reality is if you have to travel you have to travel You will now be known as a massage. If you get an opportunity to read your Juma you may do so but for your information what is compulsory upon you as a massage is the lower you need to know this it is a discount from Allah because one of the conditions of the obligation of Joomla is that you are not a Musashi, you are not a traveler. If you are a traveler, it becomes optional. So you can you have an option of making your law or you have an option if you can to join the Joomla but I think the bulk of us would agree that we try our best to still look for the Joomla and read it even though we may be Musashi because we know the value of

that Juma but just for your information, the discount does apply. So Allah subhanho wa Taala explains when these businessmen came to Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam and they said you know we travel a lot So how should we read our Salah love. It's like they were searching for discount even in Salah. As it is the business people search for the discount in trade, isn't it?

So verses were revealed 101 of Surah Nisa were either Baba to fill out the valet silent congener on top of salami masala when you are traveling on the land, you are a traveler, there is no harm if you would cut your Salah. So we know it is Salatu Casa de Soto Meena Salah Salatu Casa means that Salah which is cut down so from four it becomes two, but the three remains and the two remains only the four becomes two Jojo also becomes two two Eurasia becomes to discount and that which is sooner, obviously the forum would remain for that which is lesser than Faraj would remain lesser than Faraj.

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after some time, it is reported that almost a month later

and this narration is also reported by Ali if not be thought about the Allahu intersil tabari after some time the verse was ended in 15 if Tina como la vena cava

if you fear that the disbelievers might harm you, they might test you. They might hurt you might want to attack you, then you shorten your Salah. So now some of the move Assyrian and some of the scholars happen to say that this verse is teaching us Salah to house. It is a different type of Salah that you read when you are in fear. At the time of a war, say the enemy is in front of us how to read Salah because the term in his tomb is there. Allah says when you are scared when you are fearing the enemy, or the disbelievers. And some of the scholars say no, it is connected to the shortening on a journey whether you are scared or not. So some say it's for both, and some say it's

only for Salatu hosts. That is just a discussion among the scholars. But the more interesting point is that Allah subhanho wa Taala has favored the oma by showing them different methods of fulfilling Salah on different occasions. When you're a traveler, you read Salah slightly differently in terms of quantity, when you are in war, for example, you read Salah slightly differently in terms of quality, amazing, this is something amazing and this is why in the next verse, Allah subhanho wa Taala explains the entire method of reading Salah to health Do you know what he says? This is something that is mentioned in soon. In fact in the mustard Rockefeller hacking, as well as Muslim

Imam Ahmed narrated by a big fella when he says we were with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam in a place known as as fun or as fun

and we met the army met the machine in front of us and from among them was Khalid al Walid we saw him in the midst of the machetes and we had to read Salah to her so we got up and we fulfilled salata door in JAMA, everyone went in. So Jude, everyone came up, we did our Salah, so Holly didn't when he tells his people do you know what? We should have attacked them while they were oblivious. They all went into such that at that moment, if we whack them, we could have knocked all of them literally that was what he said.

They were all in such that who was looking after them we could have swiped they were all gone one time. So then Holly demurely rhodiola who said Wait, hang on. There is another prayer that they love more than themselves and their children. It's coming just now what prayer was that salata last stop for a moment.

Holly definitely being a disbeliever is acknowledging that these Muslims love Salatu Lhasa more than they love themselves and their children. How many of us love Salah more than we love ourselves. We don't even want to fulfill it. We don't need if our children come in front of us. That's it. We are melted by darling and Salah is gone. Well, that's what happens. We are melted, our family members come and that's in fact a haram relationship. You are talking to someone you're not supposed to be speaking to and allies by the way that goes

and we are just speaking here this is unsexy.

Your call is unsuccessful. May Allah Subhana Allah Allah forgive us learn from the Sahaba of the Allahu all of us, myself included, we have a page to take the kuffar acknowledging that these momineen loves Allah to last for more than they love themselves, it's impossible for them to miss it. They are at war but they still going to be there Salah so he says when they read that Salah we will wipe them out, and they did not know that jabril Allah Islam came with verses to Muhammad wa sallam teaching him the method of Salah to health. So I won't read for you the verses but verse number 102 of Surah Nisa, where Allah describes the whole of salata have, it's quite a long list.

And Allah says, When you stand up in Salah, at this time of war, then you stand up with those behind you holding their armor holding their weapons. And you make two rows, two groups of people, when the one group goes for such that with you, the other must stand and watch.

And then when that one comes up, this one must go down that one must stand and watch. And when that one comes, and they will rotate. Amazing. So when they started Salatu acid, these disbelievers were already waiting. They were waiting, they held their armor and all that. And then when the prophet SAW Selim says Allahu Akbar and he went into such that one group was standing with their weapon. Salah changed, amazing, this is a gift of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And Holly didn't believe now let's fast forward later on he became a Muslim. You know what he said later on? He said, I always knew this man was the truth. He spoke the truth. He was protected by Allah Raja lumen Lord, I told

myself this man, it's impossible to get to him. And he says one of the incidents where I was confident we were going to wipe them out was this incident and Allah had revealed Salatu health and I was shocked we were gobsmacked. Subhana Allah, they didn't know what to say. This is the gift of Allah Subhana Allah to Allah. Then Allah says at the end for Eva

Toma Aki masala when you are at peace once again and you are calm, then you fulfill Salah the proper way once again. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us understand His blessings upon us. He has made Salah so easy, we still feel lazy to fulfill Salah brothers and sisters, I end today's session with a call for myself and yourself. Let us promise Allah We will never miss the pharaoh Salah at least five times a day until we meet Allah who was ella mobarak Allah Nabina Muhammad Subhana Allah Abraham the Hispanic alohomora hamitic shadow Allah Allah hi lantana stuff like