Fatwa Shopping

Today in sha Allah I want to share with you a very interesting passage from the Quran. And I'm sharing this passage based on what we see happening often in our society and what we see often happening amongst people. See ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada I've said this before, I'm gonna say this again. The reason why Allah subhanho wa Taala has shared with us in the Quran stories of the past, especially stories that happen in the time of the Prophet SAW Salem, or even stories that happen amongst bunnies star eel. So that is a lesson for all of us. This Quran was revealed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the very first recipients of the Quran were the Sahaba or the Allahu

taala, on whom the Sahaba are being informed and told that there were certain things that the people bunnies saw eaten dead, and you and they were Anoma, we are an Omar you are, this is Allah telling Sahaba and the Muslims you are in Omaha, make sure that you do not follow the same footsteps as a previous OMA especially when they when he came to the wrong things, if you want to succeed, just to give you an example, we just went through a you know, a brief, you know, cold front, where, you know, the temperatures when you know, they were really low and so forth. All of us were taking some certain protective measures inside their own homes. Why? Because we've heard things about the past,

right? If you don't drop your faucets, for example, your your your pipes can burst, you know, due to not dripping your foxes and so forth. We probably have experiences personally, we saw these kinds of stories. So we make sure that we hear about stories of the past, we make sure that we don't repeat those same mistakes right now. Likewise, there were things that the people of bunnies saw in did that Allah subhanaw taala saying that make sure you as an OMA, you don't do the same thing. Now what am I referring to? I'll tell you exactly what I'm referring to. Often today we have people and ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala has told us many times in the Quran, let at the wall at our home, like Allah

subhanho wa Taala says, Do not follow your desires. Rather you should follow whatever Allah subhanho wa Taala has given us in the Quran. And what we have learned from the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. But yet today we are living in such a time, where today everyone has their own opinion about what deen is, we all think we know the best you don't Subhanallah when it comes to building your home, you will find the best architect, when it comes to your medical needs, you will find the best doctor when it comes to a surgery you're trying to find the best surgeon. When it comes to everything we feel like that I need to always resort to someone who is not who is

an expert. And I have no idea about this. But if there's one area in our life, where each one of us we feel even though we have not studied, we have not gone through the traditional training, each one of many of us we think that if there's one area that we feel like we're an expert in is it is the matters of religion. I each one of us, and many times we have our own opinion about something, we go to the chef and we say that this is my question if the chef gives the answer, according to what I want to hear, this is the best shot. Okay, this is the best share, and then we're going to tell other people if you want to know the answer, go to this share. Okay? Now, the same chef, you go to

him and you say chef, you know I came to you last time you know mashallah you explain things very well, I have this other dilemma. Can you please give me the answer? And then they give you and they give you the answer based on what's in the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet SAW Salem. And it is an answer that you don't want to hear. Why because it goes against your own personal desires. It goes against your own personal opinion.

Worship shaking the world, okay? We're shaking the world. This * he doesn't know anything. Okay? Please, everyone stopped bleeding to the ship. This is a culture that we have created, unfortunately. And once again, we have to be very, very careful that this footwear shopping that we often engage in, this is something that Bernie is so Ill did. This is exactly what Bernie is saw. And did you go to cinema either Sudha ma EDA from Iowa, number 41. To have it number 50. read this passage whenever you go home, read this passage and try to eat at the seat of this passage. Because first of all, is Sudama EDA, if you don't know is according to many on ama is the last Surah to be

revealed and is the last year to be revealed with Afghan with laws and legislation. And when it came to the last hoorah. This surah has the most amount of the word or the phrase. Yeah, you heard the Dean Ave. First of all is when Allah says yeah, you and Manu even Massoud says, whenever Allah says yeah, you Latina Amanu he says oh

Muslims wake up and listen attentively to what Allah is saying. There are approximately 88 Yeah, your leadin avenues in the Quran. And out of those 8818 of them are in this surah This is Allah's final message to the Muslims, that I'm leaving you, I'm telling you these things and that's why you read sort of my Eden. Allah talks about some very important aspects of our life. Allah talks about our commitments, Allah talks about halal and haram. When it comes to marriage. When it comes to food. Allah talks about will do Allah talks about salad Allah talks about the Imam Allah talks about justice, Allah talks about the previous nations. And if there's one thing that also Allah Subhan

talks about here is about even interfaith, Allah talks about the what should be our level of engagement, when it comes to people who are non Muslims, when it comes to people who are you know, living in your society that you are, you know, your religion and their religion are not on the same page, but how do you work with them? In what capacity do you work with them? So a lot of these things are mentioned in sort of my view that and much more, as mentioned to me that, but this passage is a very interesting passage from 41 to 50. Because this is Allah telling us that if you really want to protect your faith, especially in these areas, you have to stop doing what Bernie is

saw he did and what they did was photoshopping now, I'm gonna give you two instances that happened and Bunny saw in. So there was three Jewish tribes. If you remember in Medina, there was blue, Naveen, but who Karela in a new car, when it came to when it came to eliteness, because this is something that happens in many religions that there is a caste system. Even in Hinduism, there is a caste system, even within Jewish tribes. A long time ago, there was a caste system Alhamdulillah within our deen, if there's one thing that we don't have is a caste system. You want to talk about anyone who wants to be elite in our deen. There's only one way to be elite in our deen and that is

to have the most amount of Taqwa Allah says in the Quran. In a chroma coma and Ally at Polycom. The best amongst you the most dignified amongst you is the one who has the most amount of fear of Allah subhanho wa taala. So what happened was that balloon Aviv had this going ongoing feud with balloon, radon, and they had created a rule that if someone from Bernal cooroibah comes in kills someone familiar, Naveen because once again, these Jewish tribes were going at it a lot. Okay. And Olson 100, who eventually became the unsolved, many of them became the unsolved they were on the side of these Jewish tribes. So there was a lot of like, a lot of feud and a lot of conflict going on in

Medina prior to the coming of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So what happened was that they made a rule that if someone from Bernal Kure comes and kills one of our men, then instead of just taking the life of that one man amongst Arriva, we're going to take the life of someone else in bonobo radar. So, if you kill one person from another, we're gonna kill two people, that one person who killed their life has to be taken. But then in addition to that, one more other person's life should be taken your incident. So there was an injustice there was an imbalance in the system. If anything happened to but in the lead, then they will come back to bonobo Eva and they will do they

will you know, not they will seek revenge in a in a double capacity. So what happened was that one person

went and because of the conference are taking place, they may have killed someone from but another year now, but who knows, he came back to Cordova and said, We need to min first of all the person who killed this person. But in addition, you have to give us one other person. So they said no, this time we're gonna go listen to these people. These were people who rejected the message of the Prophet sallallahu. It was seldom, these were people who were not in favor of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So what they did was that they said that in this particular situation, let's go and see what Islam has to say about this matter. Let's go and see what the Prophet salallahu Alaihe

Salam has to say about this matter. So they come to the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wasallam the Prophet they informed the Prophet It is Sunday made him aware of the situation. They said yellow Sula, what judgment would you render, in this particular situation? had this happen in your own Muslim community? Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said it's simple life for a life. And by the way, you will find in the same passage, the very well known verse, what cabina Allah him fee her and enough Sabine FC while I enable it, I for an I will unfamiliar UNFI will Audrina Bill Alderney was sitting up in Sydney will Judo hockey sauce. This is mentioned here in this passage, by the way.

So the probability that Sam said this is my verdict. This is what my verdict would be if something were like this to happen in my Muslim community. So they said that see, you know, this is Islam is a great system. You're innocent

These are the Jewish people once again, they're saying Islam is the best system. Now we're not, you're not going to come and take two people from our community, the person who took his life you can take their life and that is it and we're done. But of course, they were not happy to hear this. Now, another incident takes place. And this happens with the Jewish people a bunch of Hi bud. So but do not lead by the way that were expelled from Medina because they did something long story, but they were expelled from Medina. And it was it was a story about a woman who walked into a jewelry shop, a gold shop. And what they did was that they stepped on her, her like abaya, and as she moved

her body, her body had got ripped off and her body got exposed and so forth. And long story short, the Prophet saw some he expelled this Jewish community from Medina. Now, these people there was a situation where there was a man and a woman who committed Zina while they were married. Now we know that if you're not married, the law or the HUD in Islam is there are 100 lashes Okay? Zania towards any fudgey dokolo the minima meet at the agenda, that is the law. However, for if there is an if there if there are married, we know the laws and that matter, too. So, in that situation, they said that, well, this might be a little harsh. We went to the province of Saddam earlier, and he gave us

an amazing fatwa. Okay, he told us what Islam has to offer. Let's go back running to the Prophet SAW Salem and let's see what Islam has to say about this matter. So again, they come back to the province suddenly they say yes to Allah. What is the verdict? What is the fatwa on this particular matter? If someone were to come and Zina and they were married, Rasulillah Salam gave them the fatwa provide some said, if something like this happened within our community, this is this will be the head. And he said the yellow so this is a terrible fatwa. Like what kind of a fatwa is this. So what happened was that at that same time, Roswaal Salam said that there is a person in your community,

his name is Edna Surya.

And according to some orlimar, they pronounce his name a little differently. But the point is, his aim was close to even Astoria. So he the Prophet alayhi salam said, You respect this man, he's a person in your community. What is your opinion about this man, he said that he's a man who knows that Torah, he is well versed, he is educated, he's very intellectual, and so forth. So the property is some said call him. He was brought to the Prophet alayhi salam, the prerelease. I'm asked him that these people have said such and such great things about you. What is your verdict about a particular situation? And so the height Allah, He gave the same verdict, he said that in our tota,

the rule about this particular matter is as such an It was basically the same thing as a Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, but once again, they were not happy because they wanted a different verdict. So what did they do? They said, the jasola were not happy with this. They totally been Surya you don't know anything, either. And they left once again, when they got the answer from the Prophet alayhi salam, that was according to their desire. They're all happy. They're praising Islam, when they heard something different from what they want to hear, they were criticizing Rasulullah sallallahu it was setting them and that is why in the same passage, Allah said to the

Prophet alayhi salam, because of their attitude like this, Allah says, For injure, Ooka, Falcon beta home, River and home, if they come to you, and they are seeking, you know, legal consultation, and you know how their nature is. Allah says we don't provide you some either you can give them a fatwa, you can give them a verdict, or you can turn away from them and say, I don't want to give you a verdict. And Allah Subhana Allah says, then we're in totally behind home, if you turn away from them, and you refuse to give them a verdict, filling your cache, okay? They cannot harm you, you will not be harmed, you have not done anything wrong. We're in Hotlanta Fabcon Boehner humbleness.

If you do render a judgment in the matter, then do it with justice in Allah, your Hibben Monkseaton. And Allah subhanho wa Taala is he loves those who apply justice. Now, in this passage, I'm going to finish on this. There are some certain there are some certain things that Allah subhanho wa Taala has mentioned, which are very, I would say advices, for those who are asking the question, and number two is the one who is giving the judgment. As for the person who's asking the question, the stories tell us that we cannot engage in this idea that if I hear a fatwa, a chef tells me something that I want to hear, we praise him and when we don't hear something that we want to hear, then we

criticize them. This is something that we have to get rid of. And by the way, you will find many scholars who will say the same thing. Now I will say this, if you know of an opinion that it comes from a very reliable source, it comes from a very reliable chef and

Once again they are you know, in our society, there are some opinions that are considered as my roof and mature, okay, opinions that are very well known, and they have been adopted everywhere and there are some opinions that are considered as shez Shas means that they are extremely rare. And there are times when people for their own comfort, they want to go for the most rarest opinions, okay, they want to go for the most rares opinions, this picking and choosing that many of us have created within our life will lie in many orlimar they say I'm not saying this many orlimar they say this falls into the category of worshiping or following your desires. So that is why it is very important

for all of us. That when we hear something that comes from the Quran and the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, we must abide by that. And that is why interestingly, also in the same passage from 41 to 50, there is one thing that Allah mentioned three times, he says, While malum yakang Bhima and Zed Allah, whoever does not make a judgement, based on what ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala has revealed, meaning that the person who's being asked a question they have to give the verdict based on what Allah has mentioned. And the person who's asking the question, they have to follow what's in the Quran. Allah says, well, Mala Mia coma Anza Allah, whoever does not render a judgment

based on what Allah has revealed three things Allah mentioned, for all ICA whom will have you known they are people who are a cafe, or they are people who have rejected the message of Allah subhanho wa taala. Number two is for Hola, Erica, Houma, volley moon, they are oppressors. Number three is full, Erica Holman, fasciae goon, they are people who are fast if they are sin, they are evil doers, and they commit sins. So Subhan Allah, the person who was asking the question, we have to be very careful going forward, that if something that if there is something in the Quran, I'm doing something in my life, you know, this is something that by the way, I've seen happening before, where

people have told other people that I don't want to hear this chef, because, you know, he, that person was doing something that is wrong, clearly, he's doing something that is wrong. But when the chef called them out for the wrongdoing that he was he was doing, then he got upset with the chef that you have no right to interfere my family, although the family is the one who came to the chef and said, This is what's happening with us, the chef said that if this is exactly what's happening, it has been the person who's actually doing the loan, he was not happy about this. So that's why we have to change this mindset. If we are following our desires, that we're not following the Quran and

the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu. It was send them simple as that. Now as to the person who's being asked the question, first of all, is, we've talked about this before, we should never ever render a judgment that especially in the case of where we have not gone through traditional training, and this thing that many of us unfortunately have today, I'm gonna go and ask someone, and then I'm just gonna go and you know, someone comes to you and says, what is the verdict about this matter? Okay, let me quickly check this particular answer, and then just give it to that person. This is not how things worked a long time ago, in this day and age because we have this, okay. We

have the shaytaan in our hand. That's why it at times we do these kinds of things. But the person who's being asked a question, Allah makes it very clear for Tasha, when NASA was showing me, okay, first of all, is Do not be afraid of people, but be afraid of me. This is Allah saying that when you render a judgment, do not be worried about what people are going to say. The person's job who's being asked the question is that they provide the fatwa based on what's in the Quran and the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu. Why do you send them and that is it period? No, no, no, no ifs and buts. Simple as that. Why? Because in this in one or two is before that, interestingly, Allah talks about

the Jewish rabbis, and he says, some odd KVB lunula. Allah says that they will take bribes. If you wanted a verdict, I will take a bribe, and then I'll give a verdict accordingly. And in this day and age, by the way, many people don't give the fatwa accordingly. Because it's, you know, when we say the word bride, the only thing that comes to my mind in your mind is money. That's all that comes to our mind. But bribe is a bribe is I'm going to give you an answer or a fatwa, in exchange for something that I want, that is considered as a worthy possession. In this day and age, a long time ago, it was money. In this day and age, there's so many other things that can be considered as a

bribe. You know, social media following by the way can be considered as a bribe. I don't want to give a * or why because if I say something about this particular matter, in the community in the society, I will lose social media following by the way this is you think that I'm kidding here. When I say these kinds of things. This is real. yourself. This is real. If I say such and such

then I'm not going to get the funding. I'm not going to get this I'm not going to get that because we are so obsessed with getting other people's approval and pleasure that we will squash and we will walk over the Quran and Sunnah of Rasulullah Salem, this becomes what a bribery you understand. And the Quran says the Jewish people that I mean the the Jewish rabbis long time ago in the time are like in a time of a bunny saw and they took this ritual they took these bribes and they will give the verdict accordingly. So that is why first of all Allah said that this is haram. And not only that, but when you give a verdict, do not be worried about people, but you give the verge

accordingly. What's in the Quran, sunnah. And finally, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, well, Ansel equal Kitab a bill happy, Musa Lima, Albania de human Kitab

that Allah says what unzila illegally they will have that we have revealed to you the Quran, and then Allah subhana wa Tada says Musa Kalima, being a communicator, it is it is just not justifying, but it is affirming what came before. And then Allah Subhan Allah says at the end of that I am while at the beer Hawa, whom I'm a comedian, Huck, do not follow your desires diverting away from the hook. Okay? Because once again, either you're going to follow the hook, or you're going to follow your desire you cannot be following both at the same time. So that is why these are clear instructions in the Quran advices and guidelines for those who are asking the question and

guidelines for those who are being asked the question and finally, the most important thing I started off with, and I'll finish on this, this idea of photoshopping is a serious is a serious sickness, a spiritual sickness that many of us are dealing with. And we need to end this we need to finish this personally with there's no need to point fingers at each other. Many of us are doing this ourselves. So that is why we need to end this follow what we find in the Quran and the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and we should be satisfied with that because if we call ourselves Muslims, that means that I have already submitted to Allah subhanho wa Taala I have

verbally done it. Now I have to do it in a practical manner. I ask Allah Subhana Allah subhanaw taala to grant all of us Tofik to act upon the Quran, the teaching of the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I mean no but I mean, what is that Kamala? Hey, it has Salam alikoum to Libra cattle

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