Mustafa Khattab – Fairness Children

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The speaker discusses lessons learned from the Quran and the importance of justice among children. He explains that in the Quran, the lady's treatment of children is equal to her treatment of her siblings. The speaker also discusses the importance of giving gifts and not just giving them at once. Finally, he explains that expenses for marriage are not equal to expenses for children.

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			So today, inshallah, we'll continue
		
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			our discussion
		
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			about
		
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			lessons that we learned from the Sahaba of
		
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			the Quranins and the prophet
		
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			And today's lesson is
		
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			justice among your children.
		
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			A poor lady came with 2 girls, her
		
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			2 daughters to Aisha, to
		
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			ask about something or to ask for something.
		
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			So Aisha, gave
		
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			her 3 dates, the fruits.
		
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			So she gave each of the 2 girls
		
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			one date, and the lady kept one for
		
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			herself. And when she she was about to
		
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			eat the date herself,
		
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			the kids, one of them, wanted to eat
		
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			it. So she split the date into half,
		
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			two halves, and she gave one half to
		
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			this and the second half to the other
		
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			one. So Aisha alaiha alhaab was surprised
		
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			because of the justice of the lady to
		
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			her kids. She she she could have just
		
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			given it to one of them, and that's
		
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			it. It is not a big deal.
		
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			By her justice to her kids.
		
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			Just that little
		
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			good deed at a time.
		
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			And I've seen this a lot. Yanivad Al
		
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			Aba,
		
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			they make their kids hate them,
		
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			and they make their kids hate each other
		
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			because of the treatment and also because
		
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			giving some
		
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			more
		
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			attention or some gifts more than others or
		
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			even in the distribution of miroth.
		
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			They don't like the distribution that Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala has given in the Quran.
		
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			They give more to some, and they don't
		
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			give some they don't give them anything.
		
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			And this is equal to saying that Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is not just.
		
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			If you don't
		
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			like the laws of inheritance that Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala has given us in the Quran,
		
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			this is equal to saying that Allah is
		
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			not just, and you do it your own
		
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			way.
		
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			And what happens after your death is the
		
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			kids hate you, and they hate each other,
		
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			and they don't talk to each other for
		
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			life.
		
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			And now you're not happy in your grave.
		
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			You wish you did it the right way.
		
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			And Nur
		
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			Mahinde bashir, one of the great sahaba, he
		
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			said that his mother bugged his father for
		
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			a whole year to give him a gift,
		
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			an extra thing that he didn't give to
		
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			the rest of his siblings.
		
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			So eventually,
		
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			he gave up and he said, okay. Okay.
		
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			Stop bugging me. And this is the word
		
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			used in the hadith. She was talking to
		
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			him day night for a whole year.
		
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			Eventually, he came to the prophet
		
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			and he said, my wife has been asking
		
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			for a whole year to give a gift
		
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			to my son. Something precious.
		
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			So the prophet said,
		
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			I came for you, oh prophet of Allah,
		
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			to witness over this. So the prophet
		
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			said, have you given each and every one
		
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			of your kids the same thing, the same
		
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			gift?
		
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			So I said,
		
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			okay. Quite frankly, no. So the prophet said,
		
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			go and ask for another witness because I
		
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			don't witness over injustice.
		
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			In another version of the hadith, the prophet
		
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			said, fear Allah
		
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			and be just to your kids. If you
		
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			wanna give one of them a gift, you
		
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			have to give each and every one of
		
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			them the same.
		
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			So the says
		
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			in that authentic hadith
		
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			that you have to when you give gifts
		
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			to your children, you have to give all
		
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			of them the same.
		
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			Boys and girls, you have to give them
		
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			the same thing. If you give each of
		
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			them a $100, you have to give, you
		
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			know, to everyone.
		
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			And as I said, back in the village,
		
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			back in the day, in the aid, they
		
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			used to give the boy
		
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			twice
		
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			the gift they give to the girl in
		
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			the aid. And the prophet, SAW, says in
		
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			the authentic hadith,
		
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			be fair
		
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			to your kids when you give them gifts.
		
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			Give them the same
		
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			to girls and boys. And if I were
		
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			to give to some more than others, I
		
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			would have given to the girls more than
		
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			the boys. He's talking about gifts.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			Inheritance is different, but now I'm talking about
		
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			gifts.
		
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			So when it comes to inheritance, we know
		
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			that in Islam,
		
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			the brother gets twice the share of his
		
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			sister his sister for two reasons. Number 1,
		
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			he has to provide for the family.
		
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			If there's no one to provide, he has
		
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			to provide. The lady doesn't have to provide
		
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			for no money. She keeps all the money
		
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			for herself
		
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			unless she willingly wants to help.
		
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			Number 2, at the time of marriage,
		
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			the man has to give a dowry, a
		
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			marriage gift to pay all the expenses for
		
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			marriage. Islamic league, the lady doesn't have to
		
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			pay anything.
		
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			To give to 1 more than the others,
		
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			you have to ask for the permission of
		
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			the rest. And if they agree, it becomes
		
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			a gift from them to their brother or
		
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			their sister in case someone of them is
		
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			very young or is handicapped or has a
		
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			mental problem. You can give him more with
		
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			his brothers or sisters after greatness Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			How about a different in nations? It's not
		
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			fair to give,
		
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			a $100 for 3 years old and $100
		
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			for 17 years old.
		
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			Okay. Pay a hadith. You give them the
		
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			same.
		
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			Because they're all at once, sometimes they work
		
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			and they have their own thing. So laptop
		
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			for 17 and laptop for a set of
		
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			3 years old. Okay. Look at this. If
		
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			you have someone who goes to college,
		
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			you pay them 1,000 of dollars
		
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			for fees and stuff.
		
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			But this is something you have to to
		
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			pay for them. But this is not a
		
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			gift. It is something you have to get.
		
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			But the little ones, if they go to
		
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			the, you know,
		
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			get that much. But the gift, which is
		
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			a sign of love from you to them,
		
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			has to be the same. But the expenses,
		
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			it doesn't have to be the same.
		
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			Like college
		
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			fees and stuff, you can give different money
		
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			to based on the age and their necessities.
		
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			But the gift has to be the same.
		
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			But it's a good question. We'll give you
		
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			candy.
		
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			Four questions.