Omar Suleiman – Does Backbiting Break Your Fast

			not gonna talk about pseudo usage but I did actually just want to mention to everyone's Pamela Today
we had a session with Jeff Biddle asides from Australia may last pantile Bless him reflecting in
Quran 30 for 30 If you go to just 12 on Europeans YouTube channel, he was actually reflecting on
Sudha Yusuf and the tragic death of his own son, and his brother in a tragic accident may last
Bannatyne have mercy on them and make it easy for their family and for all of those that have
suffered these devastating losses Allah him I mean, so I highly want to recommend everyone to please
take the time to watch that with your family in sha Allah, Allah, really the chef was extremely
		

			vulnerable and open. And it's very clarifying. And it shows you what a personal connection with the
Quran can look like, in these times. What I wanted to talk about today was actually the basis of a
question that you'll find in the early books that the seller would debate. An even if there's a
minor opinion, the fact that it's even a discussion is something to be considered. Does backbiting
break your fast? Does backbiting break your fast? And if it breaks your fast does it break your fast
spiritually? Or do you actually have to make the day up? So I want to start actually, from the scene
of the Day of Judgment, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told us that we will be asked about
		

			our deeds and categories. So the first deeds that you will be asked about are your Salawat, your
prayers. And the prophets lie. Some mentioned that the next thing you'll be asked about is you're
fasting, you're asleep. And I want you to think about a person who receives their book on that day.
And let's say they fasted 20 years. So 20 years, approximately 30 days Ramadan. So we're talking
about about 600 days if my math is correct, you're expecting for your book to say, All right, well,
let's start from this place. The first thing that you expect is that's going to come through is how
many days of Ramadan Did you fast? Then we'll talk about different things. And imagine if you're
		

			standing there and you're expecting the books to come back, just like a person waiting for an exam
results to come back. And it comes back and it says you fasted for 22 days,
		

			your entire lifetime.
		

			And you think to yourself, there must be a mistake.
		

			Yeah, Allah this only says 22 days.
		

			I fasted two decades, three decades for decades. How does it only see 22 days in it? What happens?
Yeah, Allah. This is the scenario that an imam Rahim nfra Rahim Allah to Allah paints for us, when
we're thinking about the invalidation of the fast through particularly backbiting.
		

			Medina says, well, on this day, you forwarded a WhatsApp message, and it was backbiting on this day,
you made this joke about this person on this day you got on social media and you commented with this
on this day, you were talking with your family and you made that sly comments about this brother or
the sister on this day this on this day that until there was nothing there. And the terrifying thing
and sometimes we actually need to think about the worst case scenario here is this does not even
occur yet at the MISA where the prophets lie some describes the mufflers the bankrupt person who has
to pay back the people for the crime. This is just the edit of the fasting, the reward of the
		

			fasting gone, but the people that you backed by to still have to come get their hug from you, they
still have to come get there right from you. It's a frightening reality that will occur for many
people. Many people will go to hellfire over their social media. Many people will go to hellfire
over their chats, many people will go to hellfire over there forwards, many people will go to
hellfire over there. If thought conversations. It's a reality and we ask Allah to protect us from
that Allah. I mean, it's not a possibility. It's a reality for many, many, many, many people. Now,
let's get to that question. Does it invalidate my fast like if I backed by in a day, do I do I stop
		

			fasting at that point? And do I make it up most of the element the vast majority of the elements
said no, you still physically maintain your fast, but they're basing it on the Hadith of the
prophets lie Selim COVID Azul remain calm whoever amongst you does not give up false speech, foolish
speech and argumentation. and acting upon those things. Allah has no need for them, no need for them
to give up their food and their drink. So it's a spiritual element of the loss of reward. And
there's something here Subhanallah to liken it to so that you can actually have a clear analogy to
it. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that whoever drinks alcohol, Len took Bella Minh
		

			who Salatin Albarino sabaha famous Hadith the Prophet slicin Um said Whoever drinks alcohol, Allah
will not accept their prayer for for
		

			The Days whoever drinks alcohol their Salah is not accepted for 40 days. So do you just stop? You
know, may Allah protect us from ever falling to that. But if a person falls and drinks alcohol,
		

			do they not pray for 40 days? No, they still have to pray. But the reward of those Salawat has gone.
So they still have to pray. But they will not have the reward of those 40 prayers realized. And so
many of them said, think of your fasting in the exact same way that if a person transgresses with
their speech, it's not like food and drink, you still have to fast when you come to the realization
if you even come to the realization, but on the day of judgment, a person would not find the reward
for those things at all. And that's one way of visualizing it. There's of course another story from
Akbar, and Muslim and that's some of the element like remember, Bernie said, There's a bar if
		

			there's a weakness in the chain, but still, the story holds great weight. And it's in whistling
Mamet. And it's there for a reason for us to ponder upon, that there are two women in the time of
the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam, who complains about their stomachs hurting during a day of
fasting.
		

			And the Prophet sallallahu Sallam told them to put two bowls in front of them, and they vomited what
appeared to be like human flesh. And hence the example was given that these two women gave up what
was halal, but they consumed what was haram a you Hibou Hadoken and Yeah, could Allah agree he made
her fuckery two more, the i uncertain Hydra Would one of you like to consume the dead flesh of their
brother or their sister, you would hate that. But imagine if you actually felt it in your stomach
every time you back about it, how different we would we would act in our lives if there was an
immediate effect and immediate impact. Now in the day and age where the lines get blurred as to
		

			what's backbiting and the Libra is what is true about a person. Libra is not even Amina. And in our
times we live in times of deception. Most of what we would think to be riba could actually be an
amoeba which is slander, which is a much far you know, worst sin in the sight of Allah subhanaw
taala Riba is something that your brother or sister does not like to be said about them. And it is
true. The brothers and sisters, I say this, because I want us to recalibrate. Insha Allah to Allah,
what Allah wants us to do in this month. Most people who will be in the Hellfire or sulla some said
will be in the Hellfire because of this. Most people will be in the Hellfire because of their
		

			tongues. May Allah protect us Hustla, the Lisa, the harvest of the tongue, the things that they
store in their tongue. And for us as we sort of take a step back and say, well in Ramadan, I'm
asking Allah for forgiveness. And I'm asking Allah subhanaw taala to save me from the firewall its
gates are shut and to enter me into Jana forever, while its gates are open, then we have to think
about how we purify our tongues in aligning to Allah and not find ourselves in a situation where the
reward of our fasting is gone. Because of these bad habits. And this is the best time for us to
purify ourselves from this once and for all. If you come out of Ramadan, and if I come out of
		

			Ramadan May Allah azza wa jal allow us to come out of this month, hypersensitive to backbiting from
now on, whether it's through here or it's on the phone or whatever it is, I'm not going to engage in
this type of rhetoric in this type of talk about a brother or a sister. Then within law, he to
Allah, your fasting would have been successful in activating that Taqwa activating that God
consciousness. Because you don't want to meet Allah azza wa jal with all of this having been a
pointless exercise for yourself. You want to meet Allah with your Siyam interact with your fasting
intact. You don't want to meet Allah subhanaw taala bankrupt, you want to meet Allah subhanaw taala
		

			in anticipation of a reward that you never even would have thought was possible for you purely out
of His mercy. So do not violate the sanctity of your brothers and sisters in this month. May Allah
subhanaw taala protect us protect our tongues, protect our eyes, protect our ears, protect us from
engaging in that which is displeasing to Him, protect us from engaging in that which can take the
reward from these acts which are meant to be acts of quarterbacks of closeness to him Allah whom I
mean does that can allow fatal sin I want to go