Musleh Khan – The True Slaves of Allah Class #4 The Slaves of ArRahman-1

			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala Ashraful,
Umbria you will mursaleen Nabina Muhammad Ali he of Talos sada will attempt to slim Maberry Salam
alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh. So, we're going to continue our journey through
		

			suity photo con, but more towards the end of this surah. So what you see on your screen in front of
you is, of course, the PowerPoint slides that we've been using thus far. But this is the first
handout of today's lesson. And there is a lot to unpack today as well. Okay, so there's a lot that
we're gonna go through. Just a quick recap of some of the things we've been talking about. So we've
been here in the last session, right we've done this. We I believe we did start this as well didn't
we?
		

			We talked about those who spend a good portion of their night prostrating themselves instead of
before a lunch so we talked about tahajjud then we came to this area,
		

			a number 65 We're Lavina Kowloon Otto Benesse, refiner either Jahannam in either her can a lot on
this a highlights for us that one of the most important doors for a believer is especially in their
tahajjud is that they are asking Allah for protection from the fire. But the wording is very
important. The wording it says here,
		

			Robin Nasri fine, I see this word here sort of is sort of sort of a means to like, whatever it is
that you're doing in your life, now that's leading towards the fire. You're asking Allah to steer
you off of that road and take you back onto the road of guidance. That's why sonofa is used here.
Like slightly shift your focus shift you off of this lane into the righteous lane. So it's very
specific wording because why? You know, sometimes, not even sometimes for most people, their
experience with Islam is like that. Like they are not able to do everything that Islam expects of
them. So they will do certain things about for the deen and then there will be parts of their life
		

			where it's not so Islamic. They need some improvement. That's why you use an area like this, rub
their nose through foreigner or the jahannam. So this sort of fear is Oh ALLAH even those bad habits
that I have amongst the good habits. I want you to
		

			Take me away from those bad habits and keep all of my habits on a path of righteousness and goodness
in sha Allah. So Rob then asked if I'm either Jahannam
		

			so steer us away from the punishment of the gentleman in the back can a hot Amen. Indeed, the
punishment of the Jahannam is unrelenting. So we we mentioned very briefly this word hot on Karana
something unbearable a lot on that is the kind of punishment that sticks and holds onto you and then
doesn't let go. This is one of many words throughout the Quran that describe how punishment is
executed in jahannam. Another word that's very common is that Allah describes that the punishment of
the Jahannam will be like a methadone. Mad is like when the mother cry when the mother she cradles
her baby. And when you hold the baby, and you just Rockabye baby sort of cradle and you hold the
		

			baby tight, let's call it Magdalene. That's actually one of the descriptions of the punishment of
Jahannam is that when it grabs that individual it holds on to them. And as the punishment is being
executed, it also cradles that individual like it literally wherever that individual tries to run,
it's stuck on to them just like the cradling of the baby. So it's very, it's quite intense. It's
very specific, the wording, you don't want to these days in Chicago, I hope that somebody gathers
all of the C fat of Jahannam, and Jenna, all of the words that are used in the court and to describe
how punishment is executed in Jana, in Jahannam, as well as blessings in Jana, and I think that
		

			would be an interesting study. So this is the most important and common door out when you're praying
your 200 you ask Allah steer you away from the path that is leading towards the fire and onto the
path towards you. Because the path of the fire is unlike it's it's unforgiving, unbearable. Okay,
now, those of you did just arrived to remember this right. So I do have a handout for you, but it's
unfortunately not here with me. It's sitting on my desk at home.
		

			So I have a tear on the screen for you. So we'll try to like fill in a lot of the stuff that we're
going to be talking about here. And then in sha Allah I'll just I guess I will get a reprinted and
you'll just have all of this. So whatever notes you are taking that's great and these are just going
to be some additional notes for you as well. Next day, but there's one short a a here that we could
look at
		

			the center what happened here in the has set at the most so called wrong one more common, it is
certainly an evil place to settle and reside. What is this idea talking about?
		

			What is it referring to
		

			the hellfire. So there's two things that are being highlighted.
		

			It is a sad place or it's an evil place to number one this word Musa Cora and number two more calm,
Mr. Cutter and more calm.
		

			More staccato
		

			is this word? When you settle somewhere and you decide, okay, here's where I'm going to stay more
common. This is your permanent place of residence. Most staccato can sometimes also refer to some
place that is temporary. Okay, so think of it that way more staccato, temporary, more calm,
permanent.
		

			So Jahannam
		

			even if somebody says, Well, if I get punished just for one deed, one bad that I've done. Allah
might just take me in Jahannam for one day, I think I can handle that. Like, there's an extreme
group of the Jews during the time of the prophet Ali psychosom and from Benny Surah eel, some of the
followers or some of those who criticize Musa alayhis salam from Benny Surah 11 They said the same
thing they said that
		

			fine if we follow you and all the wrong that we do Allah is just going to punish us for a Yemen not
to do that like just for a few days and we can handle that you know what's really sad about that
statement even Muslims say that
		

			I I've heard it countless times that even some Muslims believe you know, what's the big deal? Okay,
fine. I said one wrong thing. I did one wrong haram you know, I committed this particular sin or I'm
doing so much in my life. Okay, there's one bad habit in my life. So what's the big deal? Allah is
going to take me and punish me for that. Even if I go there temporarily, no big deal. So that's the
problem. This same attitude. Muslims unfortunately
		

			As many of them have adapted the same approach with Islam. Like, as long as I'm doing all of the
basic fundamentals, then it doesn't matter. Like Allah is not going to nitpick all of my other
issues and my other struggles, that attitude for iba to Rahman they don't tolerate, they don't have
that attitude. They look at even the little things, even the little things or big things, even the
things that are temporary, like once in a while, at the big once a year family gathering, you know,
things might get a little crazy, they probably get a wedding invitation, and there's some no good
that's happening at the wedding at the reception or something like that, for the bedroom, and they
		

			still feel uncomfortable. Even if it's just for one night for just one moment. There's a huge,
enormous level of discomfort. By the way, they are the men, they say that anytime you find yourself
uncomfortable, whether it is that whether you're doing something wrong, or there is wrong that just
revolves around you, the moment you start to feel uncomfortable, it's one telltale sign that you're
on the right path. Because a true believer never gets comfortable with sin, even if the sin is just
around them and that they're not involved in it. You know how sometimes you'll go somewhere?
		

			And you'll just be around like some people and I don't know. So they might be just like talking
trash using certain words words, or just people might be acting in a certain way.
		

			That's all all of that surrounding you the the unsettling feeling that you have is a sign that your
Eman is on the right track. Okay, now, every time you fall into that particular sin
		

			or that maybe different types of sins you feel uncomfortable every single time after is that also
assigned but or is that like just us being like falling into a pattern and just like, oh, at least
I'm guilty, or at least you know, I feel unsettled and then not repent. So, the first step towards
Toba and repentance. One of the first conditions is remorse and guilt. Okay, so it's actually not
this area, but two more verses. We're going to talk about how the true believer makes Toba to Allah.
There's one area that we'll come to inshallah today. It is the most remarkable verse in the entire
Koran that gives you a step by step get a guide of how to seek Toba HOW TO REPENT and repent
		

			correctly and properly. So we're going to talk about the same, the same I added to that as long as I
feel guilty, I'm okay know that guilt has to lead to another step. Right? It can't just be a feeling
and that's your Toba. That's not enough in the sight of Allah, Allah requires from us much more than
just a guilty feeling. So we're going to come to that in a second. But at least you understand this
problem here. This problem was the problem of disbelievers during the time of Musa alayhis salam but
also, even during the time of the Prophet Ali's salat wa salam, he dealt with people, especially in
Medina, the Mona Lisa Cohen had the same attitude as well. Like, what's Allah like? What's the big
		

			deal? So like, the developers acted like, they didn't fear a little punishment. They thought, Okay,
fine, I'll take it. You know, I'll take my burn for a day or two or weekend and I'll be good. But
for the believer, they don't settle for that because even the smallest amount of punishment in the
Jahannam is major.
		

			Well, Latina either and fekola, muesli for Well, I'm Jaco total. What can I be in Ehrlichia column.
So let's look at this handout. Will Latina either and Felco.
		

			There are those who spent neither wastefully nor stingily, but moderately in between Okay, so lots
of things are going on here. This is going to talk to us about this. The etiquettes with money
transactions and business in general. Okay, that's what this so now the attention is shifted from
individual in a bad debt. So from prayers, and Dora's and all of that and being a true slave of
Allah. Now it's going to target specific areas in your life and in my life. The first is money,
wealth. Well, levena is infallible. So, the next quality is that they have their EBA dual Rockman is
that when they do spend, this is the word that's used for spending, by the way, see that there and
		

			Felco comes from the word Neff aka NEFA car means that you spend,
		

			spend on your obligations. So if you have bills to pay, you have a family to feed you have children
to take care of. That's called Neff alchol. In fact, I'm taking this money that I've earned or this
wealth that Allah blesses me with and I take care of my responsibilities.
		

			I've got a car to pay for, I've got insurance, I've got all these bills, then I have a family to
look after that's called an f up. So the believer, when they take care of CC, it's not talking about
anything outside of that. It's not just talking about general spending, you know, buying some
clothes going out to eat doing that sort of thing. Not really. The believer when they do spend even
on their obligations, look what happens. Lemon UserInfo and a Miaka total. So they don't spend
wastefully. You guys know this word usefully for from sort of like a Seraph, which means to
		

			exaggerate. So to waste to buy or spend
		

			more than you need to, that's literally what is their office. Or that is when you purchase and you
buy something, you can afford that same thing and buy it elsewhere for a much more reasonable price.
But you choose No, I'm just going to buy this more expensive item, just for the heck of it. That's
called a slot off. And it's set off to be to exaggerate and to be wasteful, spending more than you
need as haram. And even there are several areas in the Quran that Allah says well, a 234 in Allah,
Allah, you will mostly feel like Don't be wasteful, because Allah does not love the people who are
wasteful. Now, this brings us to a couple of fix issues. Okay.
		

			So what if I want to buy a bottle of water that cost $15?
		

			What's What's your response to that? I can afford it. I make a million dollars a year. $15 is like
50 insensitivity. So I want to buy the most expensive water I can find. Do you say to that
individual? Well,
		

			you're the NFL? Well, I'm usually like, what are you doing can waste. And you say like what a lot of
Muslims will do? Like, listen, you can take that extra money just donate it to the poor? Or do they
have a right to spend the extra money in earnings that Allah gave them? Can they present an argument
that way? Well, it's nothing for me, I can afford it. I don't feel like I'm wasting my money buying
a $15 bottle of water. Well, so how do you understand this subject? This concept of is sort of being
wasteful. How do you how do we understand this?
		

			So we say a thing with my friends like everyone's in a different tax bracket.
		

			Like to someone $100 might be a lot for someone $200 might be a lot for pair shoes. So it depends on
like, for example, I know if I'm spending $15 in a bottle of water, it also depends on the situation
is that am I at the airport? And do I need water like or depends on I guess where your time and
place but I guess it also depends on your intention, your feeling. Okay, so let's add one thing to
this is Seraph can only be a Seraph
		

			when it happens out of choice. Like it's not in a situation where there's necessity, like you're at
the airport, you're stuck somewhere. This is the only store on this route, you're on that you stop
that and they're just gouging people 15 $20 For water $10 for like a doughnut or something, right?
Because they know nobody else can go anywhere. So it's sort off cannot apply to situations where
it's necessary for you. You're compelled to purchase what you need. When there's a need. None of
these rules apply anymore. It's your life, right? is thrown off, only counts when you have other
options available, but you choose not to. And here's the thing that will answer the scenario of $15
		

			is not a big deal to me as it would be for somebody else. Because Allah blessed me with so much
income. Your response to that is the scholars, they say that what is thrown off in one culture and
place is not in another culture in place.
		

			And your income has everything to do with what you can afford. So if you're extremely wealthy, you
want to buy some, you know, $15 water, you don't go out and have exotic shrimp every other day with
the family. That's fine. But it's not an open door just because you can afford to do so and you
don't feel any financial burden. Scholars, they still say that the true believer is still conscious
and aware. Most people can't do what I'm doing. So maybe I should put my desire elsewhere for
something more meaningful. Maybe instead of us coming to this restaurant every single month and
spending $1,000 on an evening. Maybe we should consider once in a while. Let's give some of that
		

			money or Let's go somewhere a bit more affordable. Maybe once in a while we should do that. So what
our LMS say is that no matter
		

			matter how wealthy you are, you should always try to balance your spending, no matter what it is, if
you can afford everything and anything, that's fine. But just try to also balance your mode of
spending once in a while, if you want to buy something lavish and expensive Alhamdulillah if ALLAH
blessed you with it, go for it. Nothing wrong with that. But don't be like the person and be like,
oh, you know, my car got dirty. So I just traded it in just you know, I don't want to wash it.
		

			Yeah, just, you know, I got a flat tire. So I'm just gonna buy four brand new tires just for the
heck of it. I don't want to deal with a flat tire, you know, like that kind of silly, unnecessary,
completely wasteful, doesn't make any sense. And you're going literally, you're just throwing money
away, that's totally unnecessary, whether you can afford it or not. So you see how a Seraph can be
very technical in certain scenarios. But for us here,
		

			it's thorough off is very obvious in the sense that it's very clear because of the level of income,
the the the income that's needed to live, like an average normal person in this city, with all of
the prices with what it takes to do groceries and pay your bills. More than likely, most people
don't have enough to commit is sawed off here. Anyway. Most average citizens here in the city don't
have that anyway. Yep.
		

			Yes, spending for wedding was nothing at that time. It's like a different attitude that we have. And
then we could spend like $100 and get it and go for like, five, six outfit like that. We're able to
afford things like it's just a one mate. Yeah. And that's totally fine.
		

			That's totally fine. No, no, no, not necessarily. So it's a good question in case for our viewers
online, that, okay, let's say, you know, we're just planning on nice wedding, or my daughter or my
son's getting married. So we want to buy all, you know, nice suits, all the bridesmaids, and all of
them want to have matching outfits, like these are extra things that we're purchasing that, really
and truly, they're not necessary, you have two ways to look at this. Number one is, if you spend and
you want to do this sort of, let's just use the word, although it may not be the right word for
every scenario like this. But if you want to go and have sort of a lavish wedding, okay, go the
		

			extra mile, because as you mentioned, it's just a once in a lifetime thing, one day thing, if you
want to do it, and it doesn't put any financial burden on the bride or groom, then generally
speaking, that's okay. Most of the time, that's not the case. You know, they're going they're going
to go into debt, especially where we live. I mean, I perform weddings all the time. And I don't I
can't even recall meeting a couple that didn't have debt from the wedding after their marriage.
Okay, I don't know anybody. I can't think off the top of my mind. The only people that I know were
able to do a wedding that they could afford, and they don't have to worry about the debt afterwards.
		

			And that's the second option is those who did a wedding that was within their financial needs. If
you keep it within your financial means and you don't put yourself in a difficult situation that
that's the Hadith. The Hadith of the Prophet Alayhi Salatu was Salam is that when you make your
expenses, particularly your Mahara, easy and affordable for the groom, then that is the most blessed
wedding. That is the most blessed merit marriage, the marriage that is affordable and easy for both,
especially for the group because it's technically his responsibility to ensure and pay for all of
these things. Right? So she says, Well, yeah, you know what? I don't mind if we have our wedding?
		

			You know, at the masjid. Fine. It's it's way cheaper. But I want to be flown in on a Concorde.
		

			And I want you know, my Mahara. I know you're working overtime at Walmart. So 100,000 would be
great. All right, those things she has every right to ask for that. She says she wants a Concord.
		

			She has every right 100% Khaled. But if he's like that's a totally different planet, he just never
can get there. That's the hadith of Stalin was like, Listen, if you want a lot of bless your
marriage, make it as easy as possible and as affordable as possible and spent as minimum as
possible. Right? That's the Student No, Eddie, does anybody know what your guest list is? We're
talking about this what the guest list should look like in accordance to the Sunnah.
		

			How do the prophesy highly sought was salam? What What kind of guest list did he have for weddings?
And when companions got married, who did they invite to their weddings
		

			included?
		

			Okay, those that are poor and will come
		

			anything else? Yeah. The entire guest list was just the poor, literally people that were living on
the streets. That was the guest list. Can you apply the same style here?
		

			Because it could potentially be what
		

			can be dangerous, right? Like, you'd have to screen people like, I mean, these are people that are
on the street, like you don't know what they're bringing in what they're doing. You don't know how
they would respond. Reason why I'm bringing all of this up is over the years, I have like, met some
brothers that really took that. That idea of having the poor to an extreme. And they would say
things like, you know, this is not a wedding from the Sunnah. We should invite the poorest people,
the homeless, all of those should be here, whether they're Muslim or not. That's the Sunnah. Yeah,
so you're gonna play security. You can stand by the door and screen all in and make sure no alcohol
		

			comes in no weapons coming in. Because why? This is kind of like, these are people you don't know
you don't interact with. So it immediately becomes a safety concern. The second thing is usually the
culture that we live in right now is back then those that were poor did the Prophet Iseult was salam
Northam?
		

			Yeah, he was acquainted with everybody in the city. So all of the marriage rules came in Medina. So
everybody in Medina that was involved with Islam, was involved with the Prophet, he knew or at least
had heard of each and every one of them. Because the prophets I send them there are famous
narrations of him taking care of the homeless, like the famous story of July before the Aloha,
right. So in Mecca, this man was a homeless men and promises tell him not only knew of him, but
helped him get married and found him a wife, right and made sure that they got married, so he was
very well in tune with people that were close to him. So that element should also be there. The
		

			reason what the point that I'm getting at is, you know, Inshallah, those of you that are not
married, that inshallah will get married someday. Don't walk around downtown and just start inviting
random people. And just be like, Listen, I'm just trying to fulfill something called the Sunnah in
my marriage in my life, so could you just show up at my wedding? Don't do that. Okay.
		

			So you now understand what a sawed off is? Right? A Seraph is you buy something that costs more, but
you can get it cheaper elsewhere? Okay, that's generally and then, you know, some exceptions behind
that. So the price tag in this part of the world is not going to be the same of people living in
Dubai, living in other countries where at least the standard of living is a little bit higher. Then
you have the opposite, which is equal to total
		

			equal to room
		

			is somebody that is stingy. Okay. A penny pincher. Ben. Sure. Is that Is that right? No.
		

			Yeah, I think that's okay. So someone like a penny pincher, right. So somebody that goes to like the
grocery store and be like, oh, you know, we need