Musleh Khan – How the Quran teaches us what to do #15 Always Back To Allah and His Messenger (s)

			So then when it comes to love you were bought a Cotuit hamdulillah Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah
barbarian. So today we're going to go to sorta 10 Nisa, verse number 58 and 59. Here Allah subhanho
wa Taala gives us a way out every time there's disagreement, anytime there's a problem, it doesn't
matter the magnitude of that problem, it doesn't matter what the implications are, the nature of the
issue, how many people are involved, at the end of the day, there is always one solution that helps
us to navigate resolve, but even to just get out of difficult situations. Allah subhanho wa Taala
starts off this conversation and says in the La Jolla modal come in to do an anti La Liga, that a
		

			lot orders you and I that we give everybody who deserves a position a status, regardless where it
may be. So whether it be in an organization, it msgid at a political level, the point is when
somebody has to be assigned a position that you give the person who is most deserving of that
position, that position. And so this area is just it's amazing to me, because what happens in the
world today at all levels, is usually you give the best positions the best jobs, you give it to the
people that you know, you give it to your cousin's family members, your best friends, so somebody
could come with the best to resume. And they have all the qualifications, they've met all the
		

			criterias. But they weren't chosen. Why? Because the head, the boss, the President, whoever that
might be, has given those positions to their cousin to their child to this person, they know that
person they know, a donor and their family. So this is really not not not only is it unfair, it is
islamically And fundamentally wrong. And this is especially to those who administrate a particular
organization. And when you're part of that body in that group, the administrators when you're a part
of a committee, the point is you're part of a group where decisions are made, and people are given
certain responsibilities. This is ordering all of us, every single one of us that you assign those
		

			roles to the people who deserve it the most who are qualified who have met those criterias and not
to the people that you want or desire that you think they should be in those positions. So a lot so
a Joe actually calls this, the position, he calls it an Amana, we all know that the word Amana means
a trust. And that's what those positions are. The idea here is that every time you're given the
ability to make decisions that affect people in any capacity, that's an Amana, in the sight of
Allah, that's a trust that Allah gives you that you have now some authority, you have some power,
which you have the ability to change and restructure and alter the way people do things. Whether it
		

			be at the job, at work, or at home at school, doesn't matter at any capacity. Well, we also learned
from this is that we all have some sense of leadership, at the end of the day, as a parent, you are
a leader in your family, you make certain decisions that you feel are best for your kids. But that
doesn't necessarily mean that just because you have kids that you're a good parent. And so this is
telling us also and we're going to be able to address some of those issues of Okay, so what if you
have children, but you're not a good parent, you don't know how to make sound decisions. It's coming
in the next verse in sha Allah. So the point here is that whatever level of leadership that you
		

			have, even as a parent or as a teacher, the fact that you can make decisions that affect another
human being Allah says your position is an Amana. But even as a parent despite it being your own
children, despite that these are your own kids and your own family. The A is also saying to us that
if you can't fulfill that Amana go to somebody who can, in other words, talk to people get advice.
This is why we have parenting classes. We have counselors, we have people who we have parents, who
obviously more experienced who have many children who have been parents for much longer than you and
I so talk to these people, get some advice, get some direction, you know, if your kid does something
		

			wrong, and you're trying to teach them find a different techniques and different ways of how experts
advise. So in other words, it doesn't necessarily mean that you physically have to be in that
position, even if you're not in that leadership position, or that position of controlling authority.
But you have a say in the matter, this mn and this is what a lot calls an Amana the fact that you
have a voice that you can give input that you can influence even officially, you are not in that
position. It's still as still applies to you. Treat your voice as an Amen especially when your voice
affects the decisions and the lights.
		

			From the people that are the lives of the people around you, in the La Jolla model come into adult
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they're in many areas will compete in a lot of Cana Semyon basura, just take a look at how beautiful
Allah subhanaw taala addresses this. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala says, In Aloha and welcome to
adult humanity that either had come to him been a nurse and tackle mobile, Eric whenever you will
have to make a decision between people and tackle mobility that you do so but you do so with just
justice and fairness to everyone is that if somebody was guilty of a crime, you punish the person
		

			who committed the crime. And and you don't just say, Hey, you know what my dad knows the judge,
maybe we can talk to him and relieve you of some of the punishment. Some of you, you know, you your
sentencing. And so, if you take that medium road, that's what the area is addressing, that if you
have to create a judgment, or you have to give a judgment in any scenario, that you do this fairly
with justice, fairness, everybody is treated fairly in that scenario. And this could not have come
at a better time just considering what's happening in the world, what's happening in the United
States and all of these campaigns and protests. I mean, it's not just for that issue alone, but it's
		

			just so many the list is just endless of issues where people at the end of the day are treated
wrongly unfairly and unjustly. This is telling us that it is a command a criteria of our airmen that
we be just unfair when we're judging between people. In msgid environment, same scenario, you know
how we judge a situation that involves brothers and sisters, we don't just lean to one side over the
other or this side over the other, but you treat the situation as fairly and as justly as possible.
In the law, Katniss semi I'm bossy you're in the loving their email your info can be in the Lucha
Canada semi I'm bossy Allah. Allah says, in the law near in your elbow can be that is not just a
		

			narrow man, Allah says a near in it's a different form of the same word. Near in the means of that
is the best and most noble thing to do in the sight of Allah. In other words, by just doing the
right thing that is the best that is the most noble, that is the peak of blessing and Baraka in your
life. And there are so many examples of our profits highly sought to slim. Think of the example of
our Abdullah bin Omar tomorrow the lover and the blind Sahabi that came to the Prophet it sought to
sell him and interrupted him whilst he was talking to the leaders of the correction. He's in this
unique opportunity to be able to talk about and give some data and address some of the issues that
		

			he has and that they have with him. Because remember, he was constantly being persecuted, he was
subjected to pain and torture.
		

			They were constantly threatening him all because of his message all because of Islam, or because of
what he was preaching. So he had this opportunity to sit there and address some of their concerns
and this blind Sahabi came and said, Yeah, they'll pseudo luck Could you teach me something that I
could carry for the rest of my life? He wanted some advice or you had a question about the dean and
the Prophet it is subtle Sam looked at the cement and the verse goes Ibis, Allah tala gave him the
expression of Abu Abu says, when you kind of give somebody this, this expression, you know, your
forehead, kind of, you know, it comes together and you look at somebody with disgust or you're
		

			frustrated and you're confused. You're like, don't bother me right now. Can't you see him doing
something important? The line so Joe, literally ridicules the Prophet I lose sight Wasserman says
Allah subhanho wa Taala. And Jeff will remember may you declare lonely as Edgar How dare you give a
frown towards this man, he came to you with a question, perhaps that he could be reminded or
purified through you. point is that Allah subhanho wa Taala. Literally, no matter what the scenario
is, it was to do what was right as a prophet of Allah. Somebody had a question. You don't know the
potential of your answer what it would lead for that individual where will go this meeting, you can
		

			come back to it. You know, it's a rare opportunity, but a few seconds of your time, turn answer the
man's question, then go back to the situation. That's all you had to do. And so it really helps us
to set some of our priorities that even on the outside, we may not see the importance of a
situation. But if we're patient, and we have in our heart that we want to do what is right, then
insha Allah, Allah, Allah says, that is near in many areas. Oh, convey that. I'm reminding you and
teaching us the best thing that you could possibly do. No matter how much it hurts, no matter how
frustrating it can be, no matter how angry
		

			Convenient it could be that if you have an opportunity to do what is right and you stick on that
onto that course you stay on that path. That is the thing that Allah subhanho wa Taala says that's
the best and most honorable thing that you can have the most noble in Allah Cana Semyon basura,
Allah is always listening and always observing and monitoring. Why, if you think about
		

			leaders in general, when you see them in their, you know, I guess you could say in their habitat,
whether it be in a Masjid, in school, their company, their whatever the cases, right, and when
they're on a campaign, you know, they're trying to muster up votes and things like that. When you
see them, you see them in the most perfect attire with all the smiles, the handshakes, the hugs, the
kisses, everything they embrace, you get the sense that some kind of law, you know, they're really
genuine, they're really working for us. But then behind the curtains in those board meetings, in the
politician in his house, when they're when they go back behind the curtains and behind the walls,
		

			it's a totally different scenario. And then they get caught on camera, somebody's still rolling
their phone, and they get caught hidden. They don't realize they're being recorded. And as a result,
now that footage gets put online, everybody sees it. And it exposes that that person was not sincere
to begin with. They were not working for you. They were not working for the community, they were
working for themselves. Corruption was happening behind the scenes, dishonesty, cheating, lying,
taking advantage of power and authority, all of those things that we don't necessarily see or
experience those secret conversations that could never be uttered on a microphone and now being done
		

			behind the curtain. What does the law say in the law, Kennison the embassy era? Oh, don't worry if
you're not listening and you can see that guess what I'm listening and I'm watching it so don't you
worry, they will be brought to account subpanel law that's what justice is to a lot when you think
you can hide a lot reminds me you can't and that leads us to the next verse yet you are Latina M and
all people have he meant I'll tell you or loa lt or was sold what will it mean come obey Allah obey
His Messenger Salah love, it was cinnamon, those that are in charge of those in authority, how many
times that unless they obey twice very unusual in the entire core. And even when we speak, when I
		

			tell you listen, I want you to obey your mom, obey your dad and obey your family, obey, obey, obey,
I wouldn't say obey your mom, dad and your family. It although it might mean the same thing, it
comes off very differently, the emphasis is on one more than the other. But in the poor end, this is
one of the rarest spots in the entire poor end where Allah subhanho wa Taala mentions three groups,
or three things that require a player complete obedience. But then one of them is missing a player,
which is the empty main column, which is those who are in charge and authority. Why? Because this is
actually bringing us back to what I like to call the the Islamic constitution. Every time there's a
		

			problem or there's a dispute, you go back to Allah and His Messenger, but those who are in
authority, you listen and you obey them to the best of your ability, within the confines of
scholarship and direction and guidance and advice to everybody who was involved in that picture. So
everybody who helps to steer us towards the right direction when he let him. You do your very best,
as long as you don't break the Constitution. And the Constitution, at least from a religious
perspective here islamically I'll tell your love obey Allah and the messenger sallallaahu. It was
sentimental obey Him as well. So those are the two categories that you go back to. So here you are
		

			sitting in a board meeting. And everybody says, You know what, we need to pause the Jehovah and I've
actually seen this myself, right. I've been in. I've done this before, where
		

			we'll pause the Jehovah walk around with a donation box. Everybody donate and then we'll continue
the jumar and to commercialize the hope of this way and to interrupt it just for the sake of
donation. Many of the LMS say that invalidates the hook, but if the hook is invalid and the jumar
itself is invalidated, so you run into a problem. So what do you do? You have one side of the board
who says no, it's perfectly fine. It's not a big deal. Our donation skyrocket when we do it during
the Juma Altima. Then you have another half that says no, we can't interrupt the hotbed that's an
Islamic it's not allowed. What do you do in this scenario? You go back to okay what Allah and His
		

			Messenger sallallahu it he was sending them say about this. Allah subhanho wa Taala that says has a
whole chapter called sort of Juma, so you look through it to try to find some direction. You seek
counsel and guidance from scholars and leaders.
		

			Then you come with a decision. But the point is, what did you do? You went back to the foundation.
So you are only empty men come but you go back to Okay, let's see what we have to do here. And
that's why leaders and those that are in charge at the end of the day, whether it be this
constitution of Allah and His Messenger, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, or freedom of rights of the
Constitution of your country, the point is, all politicians and leaders say, we're here to protect
that. I know I don't really like to get into the politics of things. I'm just trying to give a
standard sort of foundation to understand what the message is of this a how people do all of this is
		

			a whole different subject, and I totally get it. When it comes to the how we interpret a and Hadeeth
whole nother ballgame. I know that you know, brother a and brother B and brother c might look at one
handy thing, they all have their own shorthand, their own explanation of the same had faith. And
then sr, E, F, and G, they will come with their interpretation, then the scholar or the Imam is
trying to say to buddy, guys, all of you are wrong, this is what it means. And then that particular
scholar will get it from somebody else who he only is committed to he won't listen to anybody else
or any other shape. And then it gets into that problem again. So everybody just decided, you know
		

			what we need to get somebody on the outside to tell us what to do. And in the cycle continues, I
totally get it. I totally understand that. It's easier said than done. The point of this short
reminder
		

			is just to show where our mindset should be. Whenever we have a disagreement or an issue that needs
to be resolved. That involves how people live or interact with each other the decisions that they
make, we must do these three things. Allah, this messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and at least
the bare minimum, follow the laws of your country, to the best of your ability, follow the rules and
regulations. The internet is actually the shape of a door your loved one was sorely included and
took me in on a villa, he will do me a favor, vertical, halal, accidental tequila aligned solely
joking continues and he tells us if you ever have a disagreement with anything, then go back to the
		

			Constitution of it and to the Messenger of Allah to Allah subhanho wa Taala go back to these two
sources, it will resolve everything, it will make your life easier. Again, I understand the going
back journey, the interpretation, the knowledge, one very quick, I guess you could say solution that
helps navigate through that is to try to stick to a a body of scholarship and an authority. So when
you have a collective agreement on an issue is very different than when you have one scholar one
ship, one email one this one person saying things. That's one scenario, but at least to help us
navigate and get through that you do what the prophet alayhi salatu salam said to do I lay convey
		

			jamara stick with the majority as long as of course that majority is sticks with the Islamic
constitution. So with that being said, that's what Allah subhanaw taala includes is a vertical halal
acts, Senator Wheeler, that is the best thing that I have said and recited over you, that we have
revealed to you to all of us and our Prophet sallallahu it was him so with that being said, my
brothers and sisters, I hope that this gives you some I guess you could say direction and hope that
regardless of the scenario, what level of authority and leadership you carry, that the evening lead
eternal, once your mind is always in autopilot to go back to Allah and His Messenger solo, love it,
		

			sell them.
		

			You'll be okay. You'll be okay in shuttleq retire, I let you do whatever it is that you can to seek
counsel and direction go to the people that are qualified, go to the people that have knowledge, go
and ask them so that they can consult a committee they can go and consult and discuss these some of
these issues. But the point is, is to voice those concerns, so that it can be addressed with the
right people in the right positions, and they can do the right thing and shut alone. There's so much
to talk about on this subject so many different things. But in sha Allah, perhaps later down the
line, we will get into some more of the nitty gritty details on how this process should be done.
		

			That isn't a lie at Allah. But with that being said, once again, this is one of many, many verses of
the poor end that teaches us how to behave and how to conduct ourselves in a manner that is pleasing
and beloved and accepted by Allah subhanho wa Taala so May Allah bless you all just open below
Hayden was Salam or Aleikum, wa Rahmatullahi wa barakato