Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2010 – Durban – Reminders – Day 05

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim al hamdu lillahi wa kafa wa sallahu wa salam o Baraka Allah. Allah.
		

			Allah, Allah, Allah Allah Allah.
		

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			All praise is indeed due to Allah subhanho wa Taala blessings and salutations upon Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to bless him and every single one of us
and to grant us every form of mercy I mean, we do not have knowledge except that which Allah has
granted us yeah, Allah, we asked you knowledge that is beneficial, and we asked you to benefit us
from the knowledge that you have given us. And we seek your protection from eyes that will not cry
for your sake, we seek protection from a heart that will not tremble in fear of you. And we seek
protection from a belly that will never be filled from a soul that will never be content and we seek
		

			protection from a law that we make that is not answered. I mean, honor the rule of law and beloved
brothers and sisters and direct listeners. This evening we completed Surah Nisa
		

			at the beginning of the sixth part of the Quran. That is where Surah Nisa comes to an end. And
towards the end of Surah Nisa, Allah subhanho wa Taala clarifies the name of one of the most pure of
women that existed, who was she, one of the most pure was Maria Mala. Salatu was Salam. She was
accused by the people of the book or some of the Jewish people of having committed an act of
immorality and Allah subhanho wa Taala says they were cursed because of that accusation. From this
we learned that anyone who accuses anybody else of immorality, or of misconduct of that nature, that
itself will be a means of their own destruction, which means the accuser will be cursed by Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala. Because naturally, that accusation angers Allah Subhana Allah to Allah, in Surah
to know in a different part of the Quran, Allah subhanho wa Taala clarifies and purifies the name of
another one of the most pure females to exist, and that is a shadow of the law. And in other places,
Allah subhanho wa Taala has clarified the names of various other precious people, such as Yusuf Ali
Salatu, Salam and the others. And what these accusations have done, they have only resulted in the
downfall of the accuser and in the elevation of the one who was accused May Allah subhanho wa Taala
protect us all. So in Surah Nisa, Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of the hypocrites, the
		

			verses that we ended with yesterday. I'm sure there are very beautiful verses and I will read them
for you this evening. The signs of hypocrisy are mentioned quite clearly in Surah Nisa and one of
those signs is that when a person who is a hypocrite stands up for Salah they are very lazy, they
don't want to fulfill the Salah, the only reason they are doing it is to show off or to show others
and so on. May Allah subhanahu wa taala protect us from that. We are fortunate Alhamdulillah that
Allah subhanho wa Taala gives us so many opportunities to engage in Salah freely and openly with
jamara there are other places on the globe where it is not so simple and not so easy. We should be
		

			thankful to Allah subhanho wa Taala. The same applies when it comes to the dress code of the Muslims
especially the female. We are so fortunate in this part of the world. While lucky we are honored and
full of dignity when we put on Islamic clothing. Whereas in some parts of this globe they are they
are trying to ban it in some parts they have already banned it in sadly some Muslim countries are
also contemplating doing the same. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the ability to appreciate
his gifts upon us. Remember if we are not going to seize the opportunities Allah gives us He will
take them away. And this is mentioned even in the Hadith of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam
		

			seize every opportunity in your direction. If you don't, it's going to go then it will be too late.
We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to make us from those who can be alert, who can be appreciative and
who can understand Allah says regarding the hypocrites
		

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			Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of the qualities of the hypocrites. He says, the hypocrites
they want to deceive, who are they going to deceive, they cannot deceive Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			they are deceiving themselves. They are deceiving themselves when they stand up in Salah. They stand
very lazy really. And Salah is referring to an act of worship that which is an obligation, anything
that is an obligation upon us, we must do it with a full heart with we must do it wholeheartedly, as
we say. And we must be really thankful to Allah subhanho wa Taala that He has given us the health to
fulfill these acts of worship, it may be too late by the time we grow old and we don't have the
energy anymore, then we say Oh, I wish I had fulfilled my Salah when I was younger. And I want to
mention the Hadith. It says 10 im Hamsun cub blossoms, sees Five golden opportunities before they
		

			are overtaken by five other situations, then it will result in regrets. And these five I'm sure
we've heard them, that of youth when you are young, seize that opportunity. Because when you get
old, you won't be able to fulfill what you can whilst you are young. seize the opportunity of your
wealth whilst you have it to spend it in the path of Allah and to do good because when it goes it
will be too late. seize the opportunity of your good health because when you become sick, you won't
be able really, you won't be able to fulfill that which you would have had you been healthy. seize
the opportunity of your life before you pass away and seize your opportunity of your free time
		

			before you occupied May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us a lesson. And may He make us from those
really, who can appreciate the gifts upon us. So Allah subhanho wa Taala continues to say, in these
verses that I've just read before you that the hypocrites they are neither on this side, nor are
they on that side, they come to this site and they want to please these people, they come to that
site, they want to please those people and this is why we are taught that anyone who does not have
enemies at all is a hypocrite. So panela did we ever think of that? Because if you are a person on
principle, some people will have to hate you because of that principle. Whether they are the non
		

			Muslims or the others or whoever it is, but they will have to dislike you. When you are the head of
a school for example, you've got to lay down rules, some people won't like those rules, so they will
dislike you you've got to be hard on various members even in your workplace, your business your
home. As a parent sometimes you've got to be on principle but when you are a person who sways from
side to side, you will lose your value that is hypocrisy. Why should we want to please everybody?
This is why the Hadith says men are the law hobbies or happiness or the Allahu Akbar Juan Lunas
powerful Hadith in Sudan. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says, Whoever pleases Allah,
		

			whoever his whole aim is the pleasure of Allah and in the process, they achieve the displeasure of
all human beings. Allah says, Allah will be pleased with such a person and very soon everybody will
begin to understand and love that person as well.
		

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			Whosoever wants to please all the people and in the process of achieving the displeasure of Allah
subhanho wa Taala we are taught that that person Allah is displeased with them, and very soon
everybody will be displeased with them. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us a lesson again. So
hypocrisy there is no room for hypocrisy within our hearts and within our minds and within our own
existence. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to protect us from that we'd rather be people who are
straightforward upright, this smile should be genuine so that Alhamdulillah when you are upset
people can ask you why are you upset? Rather you clarify the matter and live a crystal clear life
		

			then to pretend that everything is okay when it's not me Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness
in our lives. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of why these people were cursed. And I did
make mention of it very briefly. Some of these people who had accused Maria Maha Salatu was Salam of
immorality. They were cursed because of that. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says
		

			that statement was disbelief out of their disbelief.
		

			And because they did such a great fabrication against Maria Maria salatu salam, we kissed them May
Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us, really if we are going to utter false utterances and if we are
not going to look after our tongues, there is a chance that Allah subhanho wa Taala may kiss us and
we don't want this to happen. Then there is a very interesting clarification also in Surah Nisa,
Allah subhanho wa Taala clarifies the fact that Jesus May peace be upon him did not die.
		

			Unlike what the Guardian is say they say he died and they say that he is not going to return. In
these verses Allah says, Allah, Allahu wa masala boo Allah.
		

			Allah whom they neither killed him nor did they crucify him. So how did he die? He did not die. They
neither killed him, nor did they crucify him. The Christians say that he was crucified. And the
others say that he was killed so Allah says neither of the two so where did the Guardian is get what
they came with Allah protect the soul. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala protect our belief and keep
us from those who are interested in the deviant beliefs solely to know how to protect ourselves from
it. RF to Sherif Ali t woman Lamia artificial via copy. One of the poet's beautifully says that I
had to learn what evil was in order to protect myself from it because if I didn't know I would have
		

			fallen straight into it without knowing this is evil. So it's important for us to know what's right
and to know what's wrong. The idea of knowing what's right is to follow it and the idea of knowing
what's wrong is to be able to abstain from it. When you understand how shaken can come into or come
into your life or come and try and affect you. That is when you will be able to protect yourself
from shaytan but if you don't know how to check, then you will not know that you may be overtaken by
the Devil May Allah protect myself and yourselves. So this is why it's important to know to know
what is wrong as well so that we can abstain from it. And Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of
		

			this he says bar Rafa who Allahu la waka Allahu Aziz and hakima Allah has raised Isa alayhis salam
above to him and Allah is all powerful, all wise. You know, sometimes they get mixed up with Aziz
and Hakeem and alleman hakima. If you know the meaning of the Arabic language, they the chances of
being mixed up are very slim. Because here, Allah says, Aziz and Hakeem and which means he is all
powerful, all wise, why is the power mentioned? because it requires mighty divine power to raise
someone up to heaven. Alive Subhana Allah so when Allah speaks about that, he won't tell you that
Allah subhanho wa Taala is all hearing and all knowledgeable know he speaks about how powerful he
		

			is. So when you hear Baba hula hoop la Close your eyes and say what can Allahu azeez and hakima
Subhana Allah that's a tip for the whole fall. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us a deeper
understanding. This is why we always say when you learn the Arabic language and you are interested
in it, you will not want to stop when you are reading the Quran, you will want to continue over and
over again this evening. Towards the end of the verses we read Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about
Najafi and Allah says you will find the closest people to us as believers are those who say we are
Christian. Why Allah says because from them, they are some who are good. And they are some whom when
		

			they heard the verses of the Quran being read, they began to weep. If you notice, I did not stop at
the end of the soul of the Jews, because it was still continuing in meaning for a person who
understands the meaning you've actually cut it down. And now what happens next tomorrow you start
off what either semi Oh, and one wonders, what is it that they are saying here? May Allah subhanho
wa Taala grant us understanding this is why you find normally those who speak the Arabic language,
they won't stop at the end always they might add a verse, and so on in the following day, they might
continue from a few verses prior to where they had finished and so on just so that the meaning fits
		

			in.
		

			So Allah subhanho wa Taala then addresses the People of the Book and Allah says all the people of
the book they will believe in the truth regarding Jesus before he dies, which means he's not dead
yet because they have not believed in the truth about him yet. So he's going to come back when he
comes back, they will all see the reality they will be forced to believe that this is a sub
pneumonia and they will be forced to believe the reality then he will die a death. May Allah
subhanho wa Taala grant us all a good day. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Oh People of the Book
here addressing the Christians or People of the Book. Do not exceed
		

			The limits in your religion and don't mention that regarding Allah subhanho wa Taala except that
which is the truth. When you know this is the truth, then you utter it. Allah says, Don't say
Trinity. There is nothing like Trinity. Allah is saying it himself. Allah is saying Allah is one
don't say Allah has a son, he doesn't have a son Subhana Allah so these verses are addressing the
People of the Book, most of the Christians May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us all guidance and
them as well. In the next Torah, which is named the surah to Merida Alma Eden is the late tablecloth
for your information. The connection of this to the previous surah is simple.
		

			When Allah subhanho wa Taala spoke about Jesus is Allah His Salatu was Salam and all the miracles
and so on. One of the miracles was the lay tablecloth that came down from heaven. Some might call it
the Last Supper. But it's a it's a table laid from heaven that came down for the people to eat. The
disciples ate the others ate and Allah makes mention of this table cloth in Surah. Wilma EDA, after
making mentioned in Salatu, Nisa of East LA salatu salam, and so on. So Allah subhanho wa Taala at
the beginning of shiratama EDA, he says
		

			levina man oh boo, boo. Oh you who believe fulfill your covenants. When you make a promise fulfill
it. When you give your word make sure you fulfill it. fulfill the covenants May Allah subhanho wa
Taala grant that to us, be honest, be upright. And Allah subhanho wa Taala has mentioned this at the
beginning of the surah for your information in Surah Tula ADA, Allah has also made mention of halal
and haram food because naturally it's a late tablecloth. So Allah has made mention of halal and
haram food and if we fulfill our promise to Allah, we will automatically abstain from Haram. Look at
how beautifully he started. you fulfill your promise you fulfill your word, we say we are Muslim in
		

			a shadow Allah Allah Allah Allah, I bear witness that there is none. No diety will be of worship
besides Allah there is none worthy of worship besides Allah subhanho wa Taala and I bear witness
that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is the messenger, the final messenger. If we really bear
witness, let's fulfill what we've said. Automatically we will abstain from Haram. Allah protect us
from Haram.
		

			Then Allah subhanho wa Taala describes how it is prohibited to hunt whilst in the condition of the
hand.
		

			It is prohibited to hunt whilst in the condition or the state of the Haram. Then after a verse, he
says what either Halton festa do, when you remove your hand, then you may hunt once again. And after
that, if you recall, there was a stage when the muslimeen were blocked from entering Makkah at the
time of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And a lot of the Sahaba of the Allahu anhu had a
heavy heart. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Don't let that heavy heart lead you to be he says
what either Halton festa do when you remove your arm, then you may hunt once again. And after that,
if you recall, there was a stage when the muslimeen were blocked from entering Makkah at the time of
		

			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and a lot of the Sahaba of the Allahu anhu had a heavy heart.
And Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Don't let that heavy heart lead you to be unjust. Or Elia. jurymen
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			data do. Don't let the fact that you might have a bit of hatred in your hearts against these people
who have blocked you from going into the magical Hara. Don't let that make you transgress. And in
another verse a page down or two pages down Allah subhanho wa Taala says, never let your hatred for
a nation or for any people lead you to be unjust always be just for that is what will achieve the
mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala the lesson is for myself and yourself. Sometimes we get upset with
our fellow Muslims. And it leads us to be unjust we start swearing and screaming and slandering and
rumors mongering and so on. That is unfair. Even if you don't like someone be just be fair. We are
		

			muslimeen we have a religion. Really that is the best. every single aspect of life is taught to us
in Islam. Let us think Allah subhanho wa Taala for this and Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of
how powerful the deen has become. There was a time at the beginning where the kuffaar of Polish were
trying to extinguish the deen. They wanted to eradicate Islam.
		

			Lamb because they were just a few people. But in Madina munawwara when Islam grew and the armies had
come and they lost a few of their battles, the kuffaar had lost a few of their battles towards the
end when they was full of Mecca the victory of Makkah, Allah subhanho wa Taala revealed these
verses, he says, and Nehemiah is Allah vena cava. Dini come, fella, dark shadow Moksha.
		

			Allah says, this day, the kuffaar have given up the kuffaar have given up regarding your deen they
now acknowledge that they're going to have to live with it forever. Now you you have gained that
foothold and now the muslimeen are going to last forever and ever. So Allah says so don't fear him
anymore via me Subhana Allah, Allah is saying fear me Don't fear them. And that this is why one of
the last verses to be reviewed.
		

			Allah says Aloma Kemal Tula coup de la con watchman la comunidad de oro de la comunidad Islam
Medina. This day I have perfected your religion
		

			and my gift upon you is complete the Sharia is completed. Imagine Allah calls it Nima he calls it a
gift upon you, how many of us consider the laws of the Sharia a gift upon us, especially when it is
working according to our little minds against us? Sometimes you have sleep and you feel that your
sleep is very, very valuable. Suddenly the alarm clock rings to get you up for Salatin fudger do we
consider it a gift Allah says at mum to Allah equanimity I have completed my gifts upon you Subhana
Allah May Allah subhanho wa Taala make me realize that all the laws of the Sherry are there as a
gift for myself and yourselves. Anything that is against the Sharia is against the gift of Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala imagine someone gives you a nice, expensive, valuable gift and you pick it up and
throw it on the side. What if that was Allah subhanho wa Taala In fact, it is Allah subhanho wa
Taala who's given us all a gift, and this gift is Islam and the man let's never ever discarded.
Let's surrender to it. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us understanding. So Allah subhanho wa
Taala then speaks about various other gifts upon us. He says, Yeah
		

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			la, la. Oh you who believe. Remember the gift of Allah upon you. When Allah says when people wanted
to harm you and we blocked their hands from harming you, this was at the time of the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wasallam. But the lesson is for us all, look at the security Allah has given us
look at the peace and stability Allah has given us. You know, we are taught that there are two main
components of a successful country, a lady abama, whom endure what a man or woman hope we read these
verses this evening in solitude with the one who has granted us peace and security, and the one who
has fed us. So if your economy is right, and your security is right, your country is perfect,
		

			nothing else you need. This is from a simple surah known as the surah of Quraysh. Two things you
need. That's all if your economy is right. And your stability is okay. What more do you want in a
nation Subhan Allah, look at what Allah is telling us. So this is a gift of Allah subhanho wa Taala
upon us, he says, ponder over it. seize the opportunity of the security you have and seize the
opportunity of the freedoms you have May Allah make me and yourself as well conscious of this and
may He make us seize these opportunities to fulfill as much as we can in terms of Deen and in terms
of gaining closeness to Allah subhanho wa Taala then Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks after that.
		

			About the gift upon the people of masala is Salatu was Salam. When Musa alayhis salam told him Oh my
people remember the gift of Allah upon you remember the gift of Allah upon you when he made you
kings and leaders, and he made profits from amongst you? What is Karla musala komiya commies qurani
Rahmatullah
		

			when Musa alayhis salam said to his people, oh my people remember Allah gift upon you. If Jalla
		

			wa Jalla como Luca, when he made from amongst you ambia prophets, and he made you kings leaders,
Allah, Allah says, Musa alayhis salam told his people remember that gift? What did they do?
Immediately after that Allah says when Musa alayhis salam instructed them to enter a specific city.
They refused. They says No, we are not going to enter here.
		

			Because in there there are people who are powerful you go oh Moses and let your brother go with
yourself and go with your up you and your up the two of you can go we are sitting here, when
everything is secure will come. Allah says look at how they change the gifts of Allah. And look at
how they transgress they did not acknowledge that Allah was instructing them via a prophet, live and
direct. When Allah subhanho wa Taala never ever curse us and Allah says in the Quran, we kiss them
because of that.
		

			Because of the fact that they disrespected the Prophet, Allah subhanho wa Taala says we curse them.
When Allah subhanho wa Taala protect the soul and after that Allah makes mention of the sons of the
Mala. His Salatu was salam, Abel and Cain happyland kaabil and the first murder and what happened
and why did Allah make mention of it here in the middle of making mention of the story of Vanessa L.
Because at the end, Alice is mean edgeley, Delica Katerina Allah Vani sa de ella says because of
that incident that occurred at the time of Adam, we then prescribed upon the others including Bani
Israel, that if you are to kill one person, it is as good as killing everybody.
		

			And if you are to help one person survive, it is as though you've helped everybody. Allah says that
is the decree it applies even to our times. Today, if you have assisted one person by helping them
say someone is drowning, and you go and assist them. It says though you have helped entire mankind
		

			and if a person has murdered one, it is as though he has destroyed entire mankind. Allah subhanho wa
Taala grant us all protection, and may He use us to assist one another and never ever to be harmful
against one another. And Allah subhanho wa Taala thereafter makes mention of how
		

			the Torah in its original form is also a book of guidance from Allah Subhana. Allah to Allah. Allah
says in
		

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			Allah subhanho wa Taala is confirming he says we have revealed the Torah in it. There is guidance
and lights are obviously the Torah that was changed over time, you will find there might be little
portions of what is right and portions of what is wrong. May Allah Subhana Allah Allah grant us the
acceptance to understand that this Quran we have is flawless, absolutely flawless. Well ah here we
have a book that is so powerful, such a great gift that we recited, of by heart, no book on earth is
recited as the Quran not one. Whether it is heavenly or not, not a single book is recited as the
Quran or memorized as the Quran. This is a gift of Allah subhanho wa Taala upon us this is why many
		

			people are trying to find the error in the Quran, but obviously they won't. So what they are doing
now they want to confuse the Muslims regarding the deeper meanings of the Quran. We hope and pray
that Allah Subhana Allah protects us. This is why it's important for us to know. Sometimes you find
many people don't know the Quran, so you find a non Muslim comes to them or a weak Muslim comes to
them with a question. Look, this is what your Quran says. Few people are all terrorists, Allah
protect us all. Now, if we don't know and we've never ever learned, we look at the verse and will
say, oh, oh,
		

			but that's not good enough. We need to know that it's impossible for terrorism to be preached in the
Quran. It's not there. And that is a challenge, an open challenge that we have really challenged the
globe with May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect the soul and grant us understanding. We need not hide
and we need not be ashamed. There are simple explanations for the verses of the Quran.
		

			We don't need to be apologetic at all, but the secret is, the solution is let's start learning these
verses of the Quran. Let's start understanding so that when we are questioned, we can find a direct
we know the answers automatically. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us all protection, then there
is a clarification I'd like to make on a because several years back, there is a verse in the Quran
that I made mention of and I found out later on that the narration I used was actually fabricated.
So I did clarify it but it's only my duty to clarify it again on air to put it on record. There is a
verse way Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of how he is the protector of the believers all he
		

			will protect the believers and the messengers and so on. And Allah says in our lenio como la
		

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			Allah subhana wa Taala speaks about how he will protect the messenger. And then he describes the
believers and from amongst them, he describes those up Muna salata who established their Salah, well
you know the kata and they give their Sokka well whom rock your own and they are in the condition of
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			and according to one of the fabricated narrations, it is made mentioned and this is wrong obviously,
and I've mentioned it in the past and we withdraw the statement. They say alley evening. The Allahu
anhu was the only one whom whilst he was in ruku, a beggar came and he was asking him for some
money. So in record, he gave him some money, so they say this alladhina Yuki Muna salata una
SOHCAHTOA hombre Kiran they say it is Ali or the Allahu anhu that narration is fabricated. It is
found in the books of the Shi as we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to protect it to protect us it is
not found in our books. So as a clarification or a note, it is not connected to the reason of
		

			revelation of this particular verse. This verse has its simple meaning and Allah subhanho wa Taala
is praising those who gives the care those who've established Salah those who find themselves in the
record and that includes everybody who does that. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the
establishment of Salah May he make us from those who appreciate the his gifts upon us, and may He
make us from those who learn a lesson until we meet again or sallallahu wasallam ah Baraka la Vina
Mohammed Subhana Allah Subhana Allah homo become the Ganesha to Allah ilaha illa anastasiou Khurana
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