Mustafa Khattab – Closer to Allah 22 Meaning of Injustice Ramadan 2011

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In this segment of a transcript, a speaker discusses the concept of injustice and its various forms. They explain that some people, like their father, are unaware of the importance of their actions and are only acting for their own sake. They also mention that some leaders, like their sister, are unaware of their actions and may be embarrassed by their actions. Finally, they discuss a question about a person who was not reciting a short surah after a start, and they encourage viewers to email them before the end of the day to share their thoughts.

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			So Yahya ibn Khalid Abarmakih
		
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			and his family
		
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			in the Baba Amica dynasty,
		
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			they
		
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			exercised
		
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			authority at the time of Harun al Rashid.
		
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			They were in the highest positions in the
		
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			country. They were ministers, educators, and so on
		
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			and so forth. And for some reason,
		
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			Harun al Rashid got mad at them and
		
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			he threw them in jail.
		
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			So one day, Yahyan al Bar Makin and
		
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			his son, they were sitting in the cell
		
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			in the prison.
		
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			So his son was telling him, father,
		
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			after the palaces and the silver and the
		
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			gold
		
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			and and all that stuff. Now we are
		
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			in prison. What happened?
		
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			So his father told him, son, listen.
		
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			Maybe we did someone wrong
		
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			when we're we were empowered,
		
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			and he prayed, he made du'aqa Allah
		
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			against us. So we didn't we didn't know
		
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			about the prayer, but Allah
		
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			was not asleep.
		
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			Allah's doors are always open. Allah
		
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			So don't be unjust to the people. If
		
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			you are in authority,
		
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			if you are in a position,
		
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			don't abuse the people because if you are
		
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			powerful,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is more powerful than
		
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			you are.
		
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			Allah is more powerful than you are.
		
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			So there are 2 types of injustice.
		
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			Some people are unjust to themselves by doing
		
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			the Haram.
		
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			They deprive themselves of the reward of the
		
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			good deed.
		
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			They don't pray. They don't fast.
		
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			They don't give me charity. They don't give
		
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			zakat. So they deprive
		
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			themselves of the reward.
		
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			Also, some people, they are unjust to themselves.
		
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			They have a good relationship with Allah
		
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			They are the best when it comes to
		
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			salah.
		
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			They make it to the Jairus book of
		
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			records when it comes to the salah.
		
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			They are the best when it comes to
		
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			fasting
		
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			and Hajj and so on and so forth.
		
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			But when it comes to their relationship with
		
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			the people,
		
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			they are in the basement, the basement of
		
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			the basement.
		
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			And the prophet says in the Hadith, we
		
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			mentioned several days ago about the the broke,
		
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			the people who are broke. They will come
		
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			on the day of judgement with prayers, fasting,
		
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			charity, Hajj, everything,
		
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			But they lose their word because they stole
		
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			from this, they insulted this, they killed this,
		
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			they did this and this. They lose their
		
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			word.
		
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			So these are the people who are unjust
		
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			to themselves.
		
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			So someone can be unjust to others
		
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			by forcing harm on them or depriving them
		
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			from good.
		
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			Tama'
		
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			stealing from them, cussing at them, backbiting them.
		
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			So this is being unjust to people.
		
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			And it's even worse if you are in
		
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			a position of authority like some leaders, they
		
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			abuse people and they abuse authority.
		
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			On the day of judgment they will come
		
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			and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will ask them,
		
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			someone
		
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			was thrown in jail for nothing. What did
		
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			you do about it?
		
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			Someone died in the hospital because he had
		
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			no one to give him medical attention.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Someone lost his money
		
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			because he had no one to defend him.
		
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			Why?
		
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			So everyone, a big question about this on
		
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			the day of judgment. Wakabaqal and Nabi Musa
		
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			Salaam, kayna Hazaflunu Hasratan Warazam. Leadership,
		
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			So Al Jahid was walking one day in
		
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			the market, so he heard this teacher
		
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			teaching this guy in a wrong way. He
		
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			is confusing 3 surahs at the same time.
		
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			So Jadha said, what's wrong with you? Why
		
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			are you confusing the surahs? You are teaching
		
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			him wrong. He said his father
		
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			is not paying me any money. He says,
		
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			I will pay you, but he doesn't pay
		
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			me anything. So I'm not teaching him anything.
		
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			I'm not taking anything from his father. Okay.
		
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			We'll go we'll keep it that way. So
		
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			he is unjust to the boy and he
		
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			is unjust to himself.
		
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			A question for last night, if someone forgot
		
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			to recite a short surah after Fatiha in
		
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			the salah in the second or first rakah,
		
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			they don't have to make sujood as salfa
		
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			at the end. Fatiha is an obligation in
		
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			the salah, but the short surah after is
		
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			not. So if you forget it, you don't
		
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			have to make sujoodi saba at the end.
		
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			And, the winner for today is sister Eret
		
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			Ahmed. Is there anyone to take their word
		
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			on her behalf?
		
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			Sister
		
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			The question for today, someone is mad at
		
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			his wife,
		
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			and he said he said, if you go
		
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			to your mom's house today for a start,
		
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			then I will divorce you. So she went,
		
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			she said, don't worry about it. She went
		
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			to her mom's and she sent him a
		
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			postcard with these words, hasta la vista, baby.
		
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			That is goodbye in Spanish.
		
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			Do we have a divorce in this case
		
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			or not? If you know the answer, email
		
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			me before tomorrow, asin@[email protected].