Mustafa Khattab – Wasting

Okay.

So,

shala'at today. I'm gonna keep it short. I

have a sore throat and,

I need my voice for Jum'at Shalom.

So,

every Monday we talk about

some Islamic qualities and Islamic manners. Adah.

And, today we'll talk about something unique in

the Quran. We'll make the distinction between what

they call,

Islaaf

and Tafthir.

Normally when they translate them, they,

the word they use is wasting or waste.

But there is actually a big difference between

israf and tabeer in the Quran.

What we know about the Prophet SAW is

that he didn't waste.

I showed you one time how much water

the Prophet

SAW used for his wudu,

just a small bottle of water. This is

how much he used for wudu, and he

used 4,

times that much for his wudu, like taking

a shower.

So, one small bottle of water for his

wudu.

And the Prophet

we know that he never wasted food.

So even if the food was left over

from yesterday or the day before, no problem

we're gonna eat it. And we know that

from the sunnah the Prophet used to lick

his fingers. That means that he finished everything.

There's nothing wrong with that.

It's it's a symbolic act,

to to show us that he didn't waste

anything at all.

And he didn't eat,

a lot of food either. He said in

the Hadith,

nahnuqawmun

la nakulhata

najur wayda aqalna

la najba.

He said that I don't eat unless I'm

hungry,

and if I eat I don't eat through

the fill, so I don't fill my stomach.

Because what happens after you fill your stomach,

you just,

you need to get to sleep.

So the Prophet

SAWH never wasted.

When I look at our behavior sometimes I

see a lot of, things being wasted. InshaAllah,

I'm going to make the distinction between the

salaf and tabeer in a second.

Say for example, and I see this with

my own eyes. So you have a notebook,

maybe use it for a couple of pages,

you write something, but after that you just

scribble

and you tear the pages, you throw it,

mama I need 2 more notebooks.

It happens all the time.

Also,

for food we don't want to eat,

leftovers.

Many of us.

Right? Although the food is nice,

it is not bad or anything,

but we we want to eat something new.

And we this is something we take with

us when we grow older.

You're driving your car, you have a flat

tire,

I need a new car. This is what

some people do. Right?

If you have a shirt

and one button is off or loose, I

need a new one.

Got it.

If you have a laptop and your son

or daughter

takes out one button, it happens all the

time. Right? The kids when they find the,

the keyboard, they take off all the buttons.

Yeah. I need a new computer.

You can just put the button back. That's

all. One of my friends was telling me

that he was driving one time on the

highway

and his car broke down.

He just left it and he took the

transit, he took the bus and he never

went back to take his car.

I'll just buy a new one. So a

lot of things go to waste.

There's something unique about this car.

You know what it is?

Small? Small. Can I get Abdul Majeed? Where

is Abdul Majeed? Please. Come here. Yes, Abdul.

I

got this scarf

from my aunt.

We call her aunt in Canada, but technically

aunt is the insect.

But

aunt is your aunt, aunt is the insect.

So I got this car from my aunt

when I was 11 years old, like Abdul

Majid.

Thank you. Go back.

So I got this

when I was actually I got this from

my aunt

when

that was

1989.

1989.

So we're talking about almost 30 years ago.

I got this.

I never threw it away. Yeah. It's getting

smaller, I know.

But

why should I throw it away if I

need it?

Yes. Some people gifted me like,

another scarf or 2 more scarves, but why

should I throw it away?

This pair of pants I got them in

2,000.

And the same for this, pullover. You call

it pullover? What do you call it? Sweater.

Sweater. Yes. I got it I got both

of them in 2000. So we're talking about

17 years.

So I never throw clothes unless they get

small for me,

or my brother wants to take them, or

unless something is terrible happened or they are

torn and I couldn't fix them, class.

So the reason I'm telling you this is

that

Islamically we shouldn't waste.

If there's something you don't need, you can

give it to someone else.

And

now we'll make the distinction,

between Israf and Tabveer.

Israf basically,

when you buy something halal,

but

you don't make the distinction between what you

want and what you need.

Okay. We spoke about this last year. What

you need basically is something that you cannot

survive without.

Like you need clothes,

you need food,

maybe you need a fridge, you need water,

the basics.

If you have seen the,

the Jungle Boy?

The Book of Jungle Jungle Books? Jungle Book.

Jungle Book? You know the bare necessities?

Yeah. This is what we are talking about.

This is what we need.

But what we want is almost everything we

see in the store

that we don't need.

So for example, you go to the store

and

they have snorkeling

stuff. You don't even know how to swim,

but I'm on it because it's on sale,

man. I feel like an idiot if I

don't buy it.

50% off? Then you don't need it. No.

I have to take it.

Buy a boat,

you know.

All that stuff.

So if you take

stuff that you don't really need, this is

called When

you go to a party, a walima dinner

or or something,

and you talk you take more food than

what you will actually eat, and it happens

all the time. We end up eating about

40% of the food, the risk goes to

waste.

And I see the kids stand in front

of me, especially kids, they stand in front

of in front of me in the land

or Ramadan when we are fasting.

The kids pretend to be fasting but they

just fasted for like 10 minutes. And they

stand in the line and they are fighting

mashallah, they want to get food.

And the people in the back they've been

fasting for 19 hours. No I wanna eat.

Okay, go.

So they take the plate, and they go

to the food, and they take and this

is their favorite dish like chicken,

you know, biryani,

fish, something they like.

And they start to 1 spoon, 2 spoon,

oh man this is

and they take the whole thing and they

go.

Then they don't eat it.

They just throw it away.

So this is if you take something halal,

but use too much of it, this is

called Israf. You are wasting, basically.

Tavir is something different.

Tavir is basically when you buy something haram.

So israf,

wasting, is when you use too much stuff

that you don't need but you just want,

this is called israf.

If you if you have 200 pairs of

shoes,

this is called israf.

If you are wasting for, like, notebooks

or pencils, use 1, you know, pencil

and you throw the,

you, you break the, like Lead bag. The

lead,

you buy a new one. This is called

israf.

It is something halal, but you are using

too much of it. And we know that

there are a lot of people who are

needy of this stuff.

Is when I buy something hot. Like for

example, when someone buys drugs.

Even if you pay $1

on drugs,

you know marijuana is legal now. People buy

this.

I'm not talking about the medical one. I'm

talking about marijuana. Right? You don't know this

stuff. Okay?

And,

alcohol or pork, if something is haram and

I pay money on it, this is called

tafdir.

Right?

So the Aleman say if and this is

the last thing I will say inshaAllah.

If you give a $100,000

to the masjid,

this is not Israf because this is for

a good cause. The money is not wasted.

But if you spend $1

on cigarettes

or drugs this is called tazir. This is

wasting.

Right? So this is waste.

I like to conclude when I talk about

this subject with a statement from

Ja'far.

He's one of the descendants

of Al Hussain Radiallahu,

he used to give a lot of money

in sadaqah.

He used to he was like a businessman

from the family of the Prophet SAW, descendants

of the Prophet SAW,

So we know that they are very generous.

He used to he had a business, he

used to give money out all the time,

likes paid a lot. So someone criticized him

and he said, why are you wasting?

Why do you waste?

So he said, this is not waste. Right?

When you do something

you give sadaqa, you help those who are

less fortunate, this is not waste.

And he said something very unique, and I

wish maybe one day you're gonna frame it

and keep it in your room. He said,

Translation.

He said, I have a habit with Allah

and Allah has a habit with me. My

habit

His habit with me is to shower me

with His favors,

to give me. And my habit with the

people is that I give people. Whatever I

don't need, I give to people, I give

charity. So I'm afraid if I cut off

my habit with Allah, He's going to cut

off his habit with me. If I don't

give, He will not give me. Right? So

we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to bless

you and your family. We ask Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala to keep us away from wasting

and doing unnecessary, unimportant things. We ask Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to bless our lives and

give us a happy and joyful life here.

And, see you tomorrow inshallah. Salaam Alaik.