Mustafa Khattab – Wasting
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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.