Nadim Bashir – Who Are Intellectual
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The speakers discuss the meaning of "ilur Al" in Arabic language, which refers to individuals and their abilities. They also touch on the importance of human intellectuality and the need for it. The conversation then delves into the characteristics of the "ul carriers," which reflect on individual behavior and their ability to make decisions based on all factors. The "light of Allah" and "light of the bubble" are highlighted as signs that individuals are the culapping, and the "ul carriers" are discussed as the ones who have the ability to understand the situation and make decisions based on all factors.
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day of Jamara, may Allah gather us along with our families in jadal,
firdausal, Allah, in the companionship of rasulallahu,
alayhi wa sallam, without any accountability, Ameen ya rabbalah,
Alameen, brothers and sisters. When we study the Quran, when we
observe the Sunnah of rasulallahu, alayhi wa sallam, we learn that
even amongst Muslims in front of Allah, subhana wa taala, everyone
is at a different level. A Muslim can.
Be compared to a moment. A moment is superior to a Muslim, a morsin,
a person who has a son in their life, is superior in the eyes of
Allah, than a moment. Likewise, a person who dies a normal death
cannot be compared their death cannot be compared to the death of
a shahid because the Shahid has put his life or her life on the
line, and they lost their life due to the cause of Allah. So we
understand that when we live in this duniya, there's always a
general standard, but there's always going to be a superior
standard. There's always going to be a superiority Likewise, in the
Quran, when Allah talks about our intellect, when Allah talks about
people who are smart, people who are intellect, Allah says, often
in the Quran, when it comes to common sense matters, Allah says,
afala, like, don't you Understand meaning that Allah is this is a
rhetorical question that Allah is asking. I've given you a brain.
I've given you the ability to think and rationale. But why can
you not use this brain to understand the Oneness of Allah?
Subhana wa taala, how can you not come to the Oneness of Allah? How
can you not come closer to Allah, subhana wa taala. So Allah in the
Quran will ask us many times, afala Talon, a fala Talon. But on
the other hand, there's another term in the Quran that many of us
we don't truly understand. What is the meaning of this term? And this
goes beyond just just smartness. It goes to another level, and that
term in the Quran is known as ullul Al Bab. And if you pick up
any translation of the Quran, you will find that this term, ulu Al
Bab, has been translated as the people of intellect, the people of
thought. And this truly, these translations do not really
justify, cannot do true justice to what the term ulu Alba means,
because this is a very rich term that is mentioned in the Quran.
Now, a person may ask that, what is the point of all this? The
point is that Allah is telling us everyone in general, Allah has
given us a mind to think, but a believer, a Muslim, has to go
beyond that. It's not just the Akal that we use, but we use the
Akka in a very deep way. And Allah wants us to be amongst the ulul Al
Bab. This term ulul Al Bab has been mentioned 16 times in the
Quran, but there are, there are few objectives of this word, or
this term ulul Al Bab. First of all is that this word, ullul Al
Bab comprises of two words, the word ulu in the Arabic language
usually signifies something that you have that is unique, that
other people may not have. For example, in the Quran, Allah
subhana wa Taala says, UL Adi wala Abu salad. This is a term that is
used in the Quran, meaning that at that time, there are not many
people who had the ability to utilize their hands in the right
way and their skills in the right way, or they cannot see beyond
what everyone sees. So ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala said that they
just don't have eyes, but they have eyes, but they use their eyes
in a very different way compared to everyone else. So the word ulu
means something unique that you have that other people may not
have. And then the word Al Bab usually refers to the core of
something. Imagine you had a huge machine, or there's a huge piece
of machinery, and you can look at that there are so many components
to that machine, but you all know that there's always the brain to
the entire machine. There's a there's there is the mind of that
machine that, because of that mind, everything else functions.
That is called lub, that is called Al, bab. And I remember even when
we were studying amongst when we were studying with our teachers,
when we would go through an entire lesson of fiqh, we will go through
the different opinions of the ulama and the scholars. I remember
our teachers Jesus, always say at the very end that the lubbi lebab
mean that the crux of this entire fiqhi discussion is this one or
two sentences. So this is what ullul Al Bab means. Ullul Al Bab.
Many people think that to be smart is ulul Al Bab. No, that's not
smartness. Some people think that if you have street smartness, you
are ul Al Bab in our you know, in the Urdu language, we sometimes
call them or refer to them as chalak. You know, people who are
very sweaty, there are smart there are street smarts and so forth.
People will refer to them as ulu Al Bab, but no, that is not
considered as ulu Al Bab because there are few characteristics of
those people who are in who are extremely intellectual. The dunya
can call you smart, but what is Allah calling you smart? What is
that the dunya says you are intellectual, versus Allah saying
that these are the people who are truly intellectual. So the
question is that, yes, many of us, we have smartness in certain areas
of our life, but who are the truly ulu Al Bab, the true intellectual
ones that have been highlighted by Allah, subhana wa taala, that is
what we're going to quickly go through the very first sign of
someone who is considered as ullul Al Bab are those people who
reflect and they focus on their purpose of their life, the
purpose, one of the key things that we see today in our life, is
that we, as the human race, we have forgotten our purpose of
life, and because we have forgotten our purpose of life, we
are acting like animals on the face of this earth. Allah subhana
wa Taala says in the Quran, there will come a time when people
disconnect from their purpose. Lahum Kullu, born Laith, Ahuna
Biha, they will have hearts, but they're not able to think. Wala
hum, aadon, la Asmaa, una Biha, they have ears, but they will not
be able to hear the reality and the truth. Wala hum, are you don?
La Yuba, suruna Bihar, they have eyes, but they still don't see the
truth. Allah then says, ULA ika Kal an arm.
These are people who have become like animals. In fact, they are
worse than animals and Subhanallah today, if you look at the
oppression, if you sit on social media for a while and you see what
is going on around the world, Wallahi, the human race overall,
we have forgotten our purpose of life, and that is why we have
become like animals, in fact, worse than animals in many cases.
So Allah is telling us the sign of those people who are amongst the
ulul Alba is that they reflect on their purpose of life. They
reflect on the creation of Allah, subhana wa taala. And when they
see the creation of Allah, then they understand that how
insignificant we are and how significant ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala
is. Allah tells us in Nafi khalaq is sama Wati wala Audi, waktila,
one Naha la Ayat ini uilab, Allah is telling us that reflect on the
creation of Allah subhanahu wa. Just last week, I went with my
family and I saw the mountains. We went to Colorado and just saw the
mountains, the beautiful mountains of Allah subhanahu wa. And every
single time I saw these kind of things, the Quran tells us that
what should be our response when we see the beauty of Allah. We
say, robida, Ya Allah, you have not created these things in vain.
When you look at these amazing creations of Allah, when we go
with our families in summer for vacation and we see the amazing,
beautiful creation of Allah, this is a moment to understand how
insignificant we are, and how how significant ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala
is. This is the sign of those who are UL bab. They don't say that,
wow. This is just amazing, but they see this, and it reminds them
of Allah subhanahu wa. So the very first sign of those who are, who
are the ulu Al Bab, are those who reflect on Allah, those who think
about Allah, those who look at everything around them and their
mind takes them every time back to Allah. This is the sign of those
who are the ullul Al Bab. The second sign of those who are the
ulu Al Bab are those who are very conscious of their abilities. They
are very cautious of their personalities. They are conscious
of their surrounding, and they always make sure that if anything
happens in life, their response listen to this word very
carefully. Their response is very methodical and very calculated.
When people act ignorantly with them, they don't act ignorantly
back with them. Allah says what Jahi Luna paulu Salama, people may
say something about you. People may say something wrong about you,
but a lot of times, there's no need to even go and retaliate or
even confront a person who is ignorant. Why? Because, like Imam
Shafi Ahmed, Allah Ya ALA, he says very beautifully that he was a
great debater. By the way, Imam Shafi was a great debater. He was
mashallah, very well grounded in his knowledge, but he said that
there was always one.
Very, very emotional. People are extremely emotional. I have seen
people who come to the Majlis on a daily basis. They do things at the
graveyard which are against the Quran, the Sunnah, the prophet
sallam. There is nothing in the Quran the Sunnah about this. For
example, often you see that people will bring a whole gallon of
ZamZam, and they will start squirting it all over around the
maid. Is this anywhere from the Quran? Is this anywhere from the
Sunnah, the Prophet sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam? It is not. It
does not impact the outcome of the may yet. It doesn't mean that
because you put some water. Now Halas, you know, if they were a
bad person, they're going to give all the right answers. That's not
how it works. But you see people that will come and put some water.
Now, is it right or is it wrong? Now, once some people may say
that, okay, it's not that. It's, you know, It's haram. It might be
mubarak, but it's wasting of water. You can give it to someone
else who can drink the Zamzam water, and they can get their dua
accepted. So when people do this, think about it, you can correct
them at that time. You can correct them at that time, but wisdom says
you don't correct them at that time. Why? Because they won't
listen to you. They are extremely emotional. This is what wisdom is
that you and I, we don't have, and this is why Allah, subhana wa
taala, he says you
that Allah gives hekma to whoever he wants. Wamayut al hekmata, UTI
on kafira, whoever has been given wisdom, they have been given a
lot. And then Allah, subhana, wa Taala says, wama, yad VA Illah,
ull Al Bab, these are the people that they have, the ones who have
wisdom. They are the ones who have who are considered as ulu Alba.
And finally, the last characteristic of those who are
the ulu Alba is that they always think about the akhira. They
always reflect on what will come out of this. If I do what am I
doing, what I'm about to do right now? Will it, will it lead me to
Jannah, or will it lead me to the fire of jahannam? And that is why
Allah says in the Quran Abdullah hula, Huma adab and shadida
Fattah, Allah ha ya ul Al Bab, that Allah says, I have prepared
for the wrongdoers the fire of jahannam. So be cautious of Allah.
Subhana wa taala, always think before you do something, will this
take me to Jannah? Will this take me to jahannam instead, rather
just than just doing it. And even if there is a situation where you
do something that is wrong, always go back and make tawba to Allah,
subhana wa taala. This is what Allah is telling us. So these are
five characteristics of people who are the intellectual, the
intellectual they are that is recognized by ALLAH SubhanA wa
taala, not the society, but by ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. So we, as
a Muslim, we should always strive to be amongst the ulu Al Bab, and
that is where we need to keep on working at. It's not about just
being smart. It's about being intellectual, being smart, going
deeper than what the what the brain is and what the mind is,
going deeper and connecting with ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. This is
what Allah subhana wa taala, he wants from us. I ask Allah subhana
wa Taala that he all makes. He makes all of us, not only those
who have the apple, but he makes us for amongst those who are the
unlu Al Bab, I mean Rabbi la Alameen, Barak, Allahu, Anna.
Welcome Phil Hakim, estafala, Hari, welcome. We Salma, stuff,
you know, in the whole of for him,
Mr. Lehman, or he, Asmaa, bad quickly, I just want to run
through again the characteristics I like to always recap at the end
of the khutbah, the first sign of those who are the uluba is they
always connect with their purpose of their life, and they reflect on
the creation of Allah. Number two is, these are people who are
conscious of their own abilities, their surroundings, and they
understand the situation, and they make a decision based on all these
factors. The third is that these are people who are who have the
skills and the ability to understand the social issues, and
they know how to deal with the society problems, and they bring
solutions in a way that is going to be beneficial to everyone. The
fourth thing is that the user knowledge and the user wisdom to
make a difference in the society, and this keeps them apart from
everyone else. And the fifth sign of those who are the ullul Alba is
they always are spiritually connected to Allah subhana wa
taala, thinking about their actions, the benefits of their
actions and the repercussions of their actions. I ask Allah subhana
wa Taala that he makes us for amongst those who are the ullul al
bad and.
Allah has mentioned the Quran that those who are the ulabab, they
are, they connect with Allah. And Allah says, In Lavina, as dunya,
hassana wa Al dullah, he was ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala talks about these
kind of people, that they are going to be given rewards in this
dunya, and they'll receive a great reward in the akhira by Allah by
Allah subhanahu wa to grant all visit Afiq to apply what has been
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