Taraweeh Reflections – The Complaints Of Yusuf And Yaqub
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The three Surahs of the Bible discuss the way people deal with pain and how they are treated. The speaker also touches on the ways the prophet handles emotions and gives thanks to his brothers and father. The actions of the prophet are not just directed at them, but rather directed at their brother. The speaker emphasizes the power of the prophet's actions and how he is showing them to his followers. The importance of suppressing emotions and rewiring them to a positive state is also discussed.AI Generated Transcript ©
Denominator that you find between these three people.
Between the great grandfather,
the grandson, and the great grandson. You know,
when we talk about Ibrahim alayhi salam as
Abu Al Anbiya, as the father of the
prophets.
Obviously that refers to the creed, the pure
tawhid, the oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
that Ibrahim alayhis salam taught, and how that
was
transferred from generation to generation.
But there's also
the akhlaq of Ibrahim alayhis salam. The character
traits of Ibrahim alayhis salam. And as you're
reading about the
twists and turns, and the difficulties of Yaqub
alayhis salam, and Yusuf alayhis salam, and how
they're dealing with people,
It's important
to actually appreciate for a moment
that there is a method
to
the way that they are dealing with these
things. There's a methodology here, there's a manhaj.
And that methodology comes from
the great grandfather, in the case of Yusuf
alaihis salam, the great grandfather Ibrahim alaihis salam.
Now here's something I want you to pay
attention to. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us
in these 2 surahs,
about how each one of them dealt with
their emotions. So there's a question that I'll
ask and I won't answer it right now.
Is it good to suppress your emotions? Is
it healthy to suppress your emotions?
Yes or no?
All the men said yes, all the women
said no.
Exactly what I thought would happen. Right?
Pay attention, SubhanAllah, to something very beautiful
about these 3 men.
All 3 of them within
the capacity of these 2 Surahs. And, we
often talk about, you know, a hot temper
being transitioned from 1 to the next. But
here you have a beautiful huluq, a beautiful
characteristic transition from 1 to the next.
All 3 of them dealt with pain that
was caused to them by one of their
family members or some of their family members.
In the case of Ibrahim alaihis salam, he
complains to Allah about the pain caused to
him by who?
His father. In the case of Yaqub alaihis
salam he complains about who?
His sons. In the case of Yusuf alaihis
salam who?
His brothers.
Right? So the parent,
the child, the sibling.
And the method here that you have in
Surahut, and remember that Yaqub
lived to see his grandfather Ibrahim.
And there's a beautiful lesson that transitions here.
Allah describes Ibrahim alayhi salam with, innaibrahimalah
haleemunawahun muneeb.
It's one of the most beautiful summaries of
a man's character, alayhis salam.
Ibrahim
was haleem, he was very forbearing. He had
to take a lot.
He had to deal with a lot.
The types of things that Ibrahim
went through, the types of pain that he
encountered, the types of
hardships
that were inflicted upon him by the same
people that are supposed to give you comfort
and love, were so much the pain from
his people, the pain from all
circles and sectors of his society.
When he's thrown into that fire and Ibrahim
looks around, he doesn't have a friend amongst
the human beings.
His only supporters is his wife Sarah. Lut
alaihis salam has already moved on before that.
So he's looking around and he sees nothing
but insult, and hatred, and pain being inflicted
upon him. Haleem
He has to take a lot
but he was a wah.
Allah describes him as someone who grieves,
Right? So we're talking about the intensity of
emotion in the khutbah. He had a lot
inside. He had a soft heart. SubhanAllah this
is of the mission of the prophets.
They are a mercy
in their prophethood. And the prophet shalallahu alaihi
wa sallam, the last and final prophet is
rahmatanlalalamin
a mercy to the world.
It hurts him sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. What
is said to him, and then the fate
of those that are saying these things to
him. It hurts him. They have soft hearts.
They are the softest
hearted of people to ever walk the face
of the earth because
the softer your heart, the greater your rank
in the sight of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So Ibrahim alaihis salam used to take a
lot from the people,
and he had a tender heart. It was
So how does he deal with that?
He's Munib, he's turned back to Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. Frequently turning back to Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. Like if I could give you
a visual of this ayah. Think about the
first part,
you imagine the people hurting him, yelling at
him, and his ability to be patient with
that.
When he's all alone, and he is grieving,
and he is crying,
and he is feeling the pain of what
is being done. Muneeb turned back to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala and funneling all of that
into his ibadah, into his du'a to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala, into his supplication,
into his prayer, into his worship.
There's a method here.
And you could see in Yaqub alayhis salam
that he's halimunawahun
muneeb.
And you could see in Yusuf alayhis salam
that he's
All three of those characteristics
are demonstrated in their story. In the case
of Yaqub alayhis salaam, you have to be
extremely forbearing to be able to deal with
the pain that is being caused to you
by your sons. He's taking a lot from
them.
Not just that they kidnapped his son and
threw him away,
but that they also lied to him, and
they're mocking him in his pain, and calling
him a deluded old man, a delusional old
man, why can't you get over it?
And what does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala say?
That,
He cried himself blind
crying to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala,
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
He swallowed
it. He swallowed it. Right?
Those that swallow their pain. He swallowed
his emotions,
his pain, and he took it to Allah
So you see the element of
forbearing,
grieving, turned back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Forbearing, grieving, turned back to Allah. That's very
interesting
cause then you come to Yusuf alaihis salam,
the last one in this equation, in this
sequence. Ishaq alaihis salam, we don't see any
pain being caused to him
in the Quran. Right? But Allah knows the
life of a nabi always comes with its
challenges. Right? The life of a prophet always
comes with its challenges.
But Yusuf alaihis salam. When Yusuf's in front
of his brothers,
and he is in a position of power,
and they don't know who he is,
And they say, in yasriq if he steals,
right? If he stole meaning bin yamin, then
he had a brother that stole before just
like him. Meaning they insulted Yusuf alaihis salam
not realizing they were standing right in front
of him. What does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
say about Yusuf alaihis salam?
Yusuf afinafsihi.
Yusuf swallowed it to himself, like he
burned,
stings.
And he said,
that you are in an evil place.
And Allah knows what you're planning.
SubhanAllah,
think about how profound this is. So first
of all you see again a that
he is haleem, he's taking a lot. I
mean for him to not just like take
his brothers out in the moment, that takes
a lot of patience. We always talk about
Yusuf alaihi salam in the end and his
willingness to forgive them.
Most of us,
if you saw your brothers after all those
years after they threw you in the well,
the moment that
you set your side on them, and you're
in a position of power,
you're going to say to, to
the rest of the people in Egypt,
I have some business to take care of,
come
let's go to the Nile river, right?
You jump me into a well, it's time
to get rid of you. Most of us
would say, Alright, revenge. Right away, as soon
as we see them, right? We'd wanna take
our revenge back. Yusuf is holding it all
in.
He's being patient with them. And then they
insulted him. And he's still being patient with
them. And Allah is showing us how he's
awaa.
Like it was inside of him when they
said that comment.
And so much so, subhanAllah was turned to
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So much so,
that Allah
recorded
the words
He said to Himself,
for us to recite today.
Think about how profound this is.
Subhanallah,
Yusuf
said something to himself,
What an evil position
you all are in. And Allah knows what
you're planning. He said it to himself,
and imagine if there's like a microphone on
the inside of the heart and amplifying it.
What he said to himself in his pain,
is in the Quran.
Meaning, billions of people have recited
out loud what a man said to himself
in that pain, as he swallowed it for
the sake of Allah
That is so profound, subhanAllah.
And it's one of the greatest ways that
you can see validation like Allah
showing Yusuf alaihis salam and showing us
that the cry of the believer to himself
is not lost.
You know, you might say to yourself, Here's
how shaitan gets to you.
Shaitan says, Are you gonna let that go?
If you don't say anything,
then the record won't be straight. You have
to say this and you have to say
that. Eggs you on, respond.
Be louder than them. Be more aggressive than
them. Do this do this. And Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala is showing, just as he shows
us with Zakari alaihi salam in the corner
of Al Aqsa and these prophets as they
made their silent duas. Du'a and kafi'ah
that even the inner thought of the believer
when he swallows for the sake of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala, that Allah
is recording that, and that that could be
a source of great tremendous reward for that
person.
Now here's the thing, subhanAllah.
Every single one of them you see this.
And the question that I asked in the
very beginning, and it is an important question.
Is it healthy
to suppress your emotions?
No.
But it is prophetic to redirect your emotions.
That's what you see in all 3 of
these prophets.
They had a method of redirect to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala. They took it from here,
and then they brought it to Allah
here. Everything they took,
Everything they took from the people,
they took back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
and Ibadah. And that allowed them to be
the amazing people that they were, and to
have that khuluq, to have that trait.
Knowledge is through seeking knowledge, and forbearance is
through practicing it. And dear brothers and sisters,
if you simply suppress your emotions and hold
it in all the time, and you don't
talk to Allah with it, then at some
point you're just gonna explode.
At some point it's just gonna come out
in the worst way. And that's the thing.
So a lot of people they take, they
take, they take and then eventually the balloon
pops.
And then it all breaks loose. Right?
The prophets always had that valve.
Every single night
they had that valve with Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Even subhanAllah the scholars mentioned when Yaqub alayhi
wasalam says to his sons,
After it all came to be,
Yusuf alaihis salam said, I forgive you.
Right? When the brothers said to their father
after everything had been done,
right? To seek forgiveness for us. He said,
I will seek forgiveness
for you. The ulama mentioned what? That Yaqub
alaihis salam had a word, he had a
time where he would pray at
at the time right before fajr, the last
3rd of the night. And so when he's
saying so fastafrullahqumrabi
that I will seek forgiveness, he's saying, in
the last 3rd when I wake up and
I do my qiyam,
I will ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
forgive you.
I'll take that sincerity cause that's his release
valve.
So, they didn't suppress their emotions,
they redirected their emotions.
That's why the prophets of Allah were able
to endure the greatest trials because they had
the greatest out with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
That's why the prophets were able to endure
this mission.
Because they knew who they were doing it
for and they always turned back to Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
make us as he described Ibrahim alayhi salam.
May Allah Azzawajal allow us to embody these
traits and allow us to be in the
mold of our prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
And then join with our prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam and the prophets and the martyrs
ones.
ones.