Riyadh Walls – Jumuah Talk 23 Aug 2024
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The segment covers various news stories and their implications for the state of Islam, including the loss of two brothers and the use of faith and work to achieve success. The speakers emphasize the importance of making money and spending it according to what one wants to achieve, while also advising against seeking wealth from the world and the media. The segment also touches on the Health and Work of Jesus, the importance of contentment, finding one's music as a means to achieve wealth, and advises against seeking certain parts of the book.
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I mean, can you even make an announcement for something like
that?
Below? Samila, Ali Mina, shaytaan ya rajim, smilahir, Rahman,
Ibrahim
Al hamdilla, rabbil, I mean
us all the what was Ali mu Salat and what taliman?
YALI kahne, Bhima Kami, Amir lambia, IWA Imam Al musaline,
illallah, you saw a Heena
Sayyidina When abina waldeem in our have even a Muhammadan
rasulallahu,
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Joachim, assalamu, Alaikum to lahi over a
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prajeem
in the lady in a call. Or
abuna
alayhi will Allah Taha,
to Allah Abu
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Well, a comfy hammered down New Zealand, mean, Raf, Rahim,
so the colladi,
wakala, Suba, Hana
in ladina, Kalu, Rabun, Allah, Thomas takamo Follow
him, wala hut, Allah, a
sometimes, especially during these days and during these hours that
we as an ummah are experiencing.
You ask yourself,
what more can be said?
How much?
How much longer do you want to spend in talking, in speaking, in
thinking and not doing?
When we see the situation, the condition of the Ummah,
Allah, we are humiliated.
And when I say we are humiliated,
when I say we are disgraced,
something that we've brought upon ourselves.
And this disgrace is quite simple. It's pure mathematics
that 2 billion
cannot save 2 million. That's a disgrace.
That's a total and utter humiliation. I don't know if
anybody has any other ideas,
and today I want to speak about
how did we get here
to this point,
and how are we going to get back
to that point
when we had Iza, when
we had karama, collectively, the 2 million have izzah in karama,
the 2 million in Raza,
and all of those who are fighting and resisting oppression and
occupation from the Ummah of Muhammad, sallAllahu, sallam, they
have is a karama, those who have detached their hearts from the
dunya
and are prepared to make
the greatest sacrifice for the akhirah,
to give up their property, their wealth and their lives in the path
of Allah subhanahu. That's why the nickname for Raza is Peta, or
it's the strip of dignity.
But there are the humiliation.
The Dhul,
the his synonyms are his
synonyms for humiliation and disgrace
is upon the 2 billion.
Because we might be thinking, oh, you know, okay, let me just check
on the news. What?
Happening in Raza. Let
me just, you know,
be horrified,
be traumatized, shed a tear or two, and then just go back to my
slumber.
Go back to my state of heedlessness and carelessness.
Go back to my state of Adam, and I want
to know what the topic for today is. It's istikhar. What's
the topic for today? Istiqamar,
or the lack thereof?
What is istiqamah?
Let's see what Allah says in the Holy Qur'an. And here we are
starting with
Surat,
verse number 3031,
and 32
Allah says
in the Larina, Kalu, Rabban, Allah, that's a good start. That's
a good start. Indeed, those who say that
Allah doesn't
it feel good to be
a Muslim, Allah, makers
of the true believers
in Allah,
indeed those who say that Allah is our Lord,
Allah is our Creator. Allah is our Sustainer. Allah is our God,
guider. Allah is our helper. Allah is our protector.
Master kamu and the they are steadfast, they don't waver,
they don't look left or right.
They don't deviate. But even for a moment, no matter what befalls
them,
no matter what afflicts them,
like the people of
I keep thinking of that story of
of the sister of the two brothers,
when she witnessed the istishad,
when she witnessed The martyrdom
the first brother, as they were walking with a white flag,
just to show that they were not armed and that they were just
refugees seeking refuge,
they shot the one brother,
and so the other brother
ran back to help his brother, but the Father,
can
you imagine you really lost your one son? You
don't want to lose your other son,
so the father tried to stop his other son from from going to help
his brother.
And the brother broke free.
And as the brother
got to his injured brother,
the Zionist shot him in the heart.
And now the sister is narrating the story, and she says, he turned
and he looked at me, and he smiled.
He smiled,
Thomas to shed, and then he was martyred. I'm
just trying to imagine,
what did he see at that moment of martyrdom in Nadina, Kalu rambun,
Allah, Indeed, those who say that Allah is a creator and sustainer,
and they are steadfast on that belief.
They are steadfast not just on belief, but on works as well,
because it's Walid Amanu
Abu
Asmaa, the immutable fate of tawhid, of perfect monotheism,
muhammadu, rasulallah,
sallAllahu, sallam,
that we all submit and surrender
to Allah based on the law and the way. Shri Ratan, Rameen Haja,
that Allah AJ completed, culminated and perfected with the
coming of our beloved prophet, Muhammad, sallAllahu, sallam.
So it's faith and works
like we say every day. What
is the purpose of that?
The purpose is
istiq changing
like a feather in the wind,
but that
after affirming my covenant with Allah, worshiping Allah, Allah
alone, associating no partners in the worship of Allah, subhanho wa
taala, I also submit and surrender.
It
to Allah, to Allah.
So those who
live in that steadfastness,
faith and works,
not playing with the dean of Allah,
not believing in a portion of the Book and rejecting a portion
thereof,
like Bani Israel. Did you know we are behaving just like Bani sail?
That's why Allah warned us.
Allah showed us the perfect example of a people
who were favored
Israel to come ala Alamin,
O Children of Israel called to mind the favor of Allah on you,
and that I favored you amongst all the nations, for what
for the message of Tawheed
to establish Tawhid
and to implement the sovereignty of Allahu Subhana wa taala, to
implement the laws and commandments of Allahu Subhana wa
Taala under dunya, and
what did they do?
They started picking and choosing
supermarket mentality.
Attack for una be bad. Do you believe in a portion of the Book
and reject A portion there
Fama, Jazza, uma yafali, coming Allah.
Saru
an
example
left for us as a warning to us. Do
you believe in a portion of the book?
I know salah, okay, I can manage that.
And I'm just giving an example. Let's
rather speak in the third person.
Fulan Fulani bunu, fulan, so and so, the son of so and so, he says,
No, he can make Sala it's okay, not too much of a big deal.
Ramadan, who he enjoys, especially at night, the pies and some Moses,
you know. Zakah, okay, 2.5% that's, you know, not much. But
Riba, Oh, where am I going to get my cash flow,
overdraft,
HP, how am I going to buy all these cars and pay for them,
believing
in a portion of the Book and rejecting a portion thereof? I'm
just making an example.
There's many other examples,
but this is our biggest, our Achilles heel, let me tell you
today, and
I'm speaking to myself first, our Achilles healed, Achilles heel of
this umbrella. You know the story of Achilles? I mean something of,
obviously we don't believe in It's a Greek legend, a myth.
When the mother of Achilles dipped him in the well of immortality,
but she was holding onto his onto his heel,
and so his heel was his weak point, and
the only way that he could be killed was to be struck with an
arrow in the heel. And si was killed at the end of the day.
Greek legend. We don't believe in it, but I'm just using it as a
as a phrase to show what is our weak point. What is our Achilles
heel, the Achilles heel of this ummah. You know what it is?
Fulus
Paisa, and
I always laugh when I say, Mir,
money bucks. This is the weak point of this ummah. The Prophet
said,
he said liquid fitna to ummati. Al man said, for every Umma, there is
a trial,
and the trial of this ummah, the trial of my ummah, he said,
is money,
is money. So that's where we see
the most transgressions
in this ummah,
is in how we make our money, not
just how we make it, but also how we how we spend it. You know, I
was looking at the Saudi Arabian public investment fund,
which is sitting at $952
billion
That is like 18 trillion Rand, and were they investing it in all
these cofar fortune, 500 companies,
companies that are collaborating and aiding and supporting the
genocide that is taking place in Raza,
and I'm just giving an example of one Muslim country
for Daily said, Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful
what you wish for. A person that wishes for a lot of wealth is only
wishing for a long court case on the Day of Qiyamah,
because the feet of Ibn Adam will not move from its place of
standing
until they are questioned about four things. Shabab, buchama,
abdelator, your youth,
how you tested in Italy?
Inshallah, let's make dua that Allah grant for our youth
inshallah to be the leading examples for this ummah, so they
can get that, what they can get that shade,
the shade of Allah on the day when there is no shade except his
shade. Shababu kafima Abu, later, your youth. How you test it in it?
Well, Amu kafirma of nature, your life. How did you live it? Well,
man, look FEMA and factor your money. Where did you get it from?
And how did you spend it?
Well, mukamada, Salah, tabihi, and your knowledge. What did you do
with it? So
it's not just about how we earn our money, it's also how we spend
our money.
What's that painting that one of them bought? Salvatore Mundo.
Salvatore Mundo is a painting of
of the Christian depiction of Jesus. In actual fact, it's an
iconic painting. You know, in the Catholic faith, they actually they
use icons as part of their worship,
a Muslim bought the painting for 480 $5 million
and a yacht
For almost a billion dollars.
Wa maluna,
so Jamaat al Muslimeen. This is, this is our Achilles heel,
and it's because of the fact that we are picking and choosing.
You're saying, Okay, no, I can be in the first half.
I can even stand up for tahajjud. I can fast Mondays and Thursdays,
but don't tell me how to earn my money.
Why? Because you know, everybody else is doing it.
Like I asked an
accountant one day, Muslim accountant, I know he was being
very facetious when he said it to me, but I asked him, please
explain to you what's happening in the Muslim business community. I
hear so many people complaining DNA for Diana, and this one
defrauded that one, and this one stole from that one, and this one,
he owed so many people, so many millions of rands, and then he
just went into voluntary sequestration, and the next day,
opened a business
on his wife's name, a to jar fujar, ilaman, Barrow Sadak. What
did the Prophet say about business? All business people are
transgressors.
A tujar, fujar,
except for the one that is righteous in their business
dealings and speaks the truth.
Illaman Barra,
they are righteous in their business dealings,
and when they speak, they speak the truth.
Islam is a package deal,
no picking and choosing
like Bani Israel.
Let's go back to that verse quickly. Do you believe in a
portion of the Book and reject a portion thereof? Indeed, those who
do that will be disgraced in this life, they'll be humiliated, and
on the Day of Judgment, they will be recompensed with a painful
torment. And Allah is not unaware of what you do when
one person cheats another person, they might get away with it on the
dunya,
but the courtroom of Allah is waiting for them
on
the Day of human PM, Lata annalimachuk in Allah, tomarina to
saw hybrini and.
Allah, we are seeing it. We are seeing it. The poet says,
so sorry, forgive me. I enjoy the Arabic is, can never match my
English translation of it, but nevertheless, I'll do my best.
He says, Do not cheat anybody out of greed, because that's what
causes people to cheat each other,
is greed. The Prophet said a prophet, how did beware of greed?
Because it's immediate poverty.
A person that's not satisfied with what they are getting every day
doesn't mean you can't work to improve yourself, but you we have
to be satisfied in the moment. Every single day, we have to be
satisfied lay Salah in Arad
wala kin alhina, Hina nafs, true wealth, said the Prophet
sallallahu, sallam, is not measured by material position, but
true wealth is measured by the satisfaction of the heart, like
that man walking through the streets of Medina. Anahs, I'm the
richest of all peoples, he said, they took him to
the Prophet
sallallahu said, Oh, Messenger of Allah, nothing comes from this man
in the marketplace except a shout at the top of his voice, and the
richest of all people. And this is a guy dressed in rags with a stone
tied to his belly,
don't allow his mouth.
So the Prophet Salla Salah looked at him and said to Ahn, are you
truly the richest of all people? The Prophet understands
SallAllahu, sallam, but he wants to prove a point to the Sahara.
So the man smiles and says, Allah, indeed, I am the richest of all
people. The Prophet asked him, Keith, how so he says, Ya Allah,
Innis to wardah. Be my Qassam. Allah, Hona, katakun, abnas, he
said, Oh messenger, Allah, I heard you say, be satisfied with the
portion that Allah has put out for you, and you'll be the richest of
all people.
Heal. Kana Abu, to far father to be her malikan, walalum, tekuna,
Raha, badeny, Waka mean, Malik in JAMA, Abu, Asmaa ha Famara Ha Min
habi rail could me well, careful. It is contentment. If you have it,
look after it, because with it, you will be a king or a queen,
even if you only possess your health,
even if you only possess your health.
And how many kings and queens of this world have gathered up the
material possessions of this world, but they haven't left this
world, except with a burial shroud and some cotton wool.
So contentment Allahu, Akbar, that is true wealth in the eyes of
Allah. So what does
the poet say? Don't cheat a person out
of greed, mahluq in Allah, because indeed, that will be a great
deficiency in the way that you are practicing your religion to cheat
somebody,
nobody is able to give you a mustard seed in this world,
except by the permission of the One who created you, meaning our
father, from clay,
created our father and created all of us and created everything.
Allah, and
he says
that look in Allah Thomas, so don't attach yourself to a wealthy
person thinking that they are gonna make you rich or couldn't
have even but instead, be upright
without them harmed, Dini, and make great the sanctity of your
religion,
which in business means being righteous in our business dealings
and speaking the truth.
And then he says, at the end, he says, was it from Allah
mimma ficha in Treasury. There's not a
single one of you, except that their provision
is in the treasury of Allah. Whatever has been put out for us,
nobody can take away from us, and whatever has not been put out for
us, nobody can give to us. So seek your music from Allah, He says,
from the treasury of Allah. But Al Baraka bank, but bank will. Baraka
is a difference.
Ma aindo com yanfet or Mahan. Baraka means to remain and Allah
SWT.
Allah says in the Holy Quran, that which is with you will perish, but
that which is with Allah will remain forever. So seek your Isaac
from Allah, from his treasury. For indeed your ISIC lies between two
letters,
wanuni.
What comes in
between those two? And be independent of the owners of the
kings and rulers of this world, like the people of Peter, the
people of
the strip of dignity, they are not relying on any king or any
president or any prime minister or any leader or any organization.
What do they say? Husband Allah
and be independent of the owners of this world. Just like the
owners of this world have become independent of their Deen, they
want nothing to do with Deen anymore by being so dependent on
their dunya. Do
you believe in a portion of the Book and reject a portion thereof?
So what will be the recompense of those who do that, except that
they will be disgraced in this life,
and they will be recompensed with a painful torment on the day of
judgment, and Allah is not unaware of what he do.
Those people who do that, who pick and choose. Oh, I can do this part
of Islam, but I can't do that. I can stay away from this, but I
can't stay away from that. No,
yeah. Oh, those of you who believe, submit and surrender
totally, absolutely to Allah
and don't follow the powers of the shaytaan the Prophet sallallah
sallam. He was sitting with the Companions one day, and he said,
Ha sirato mustache, this is the straight path that leads to
Jannah. And then he drew a lot of other side paths.
And he said, wahadi subun and these side paths, Allah, raksi,
kuldi, Waha diminha, at the head of each and every single one of
them, shaitanun, yada ru Ilan NAR is a shaitan calling to the fire.
It's a package deal.
So those who don't accept the package deal, those who want to
pick and choose, those who want to believe in a portion of the Book
and reject a portion thereof. Allah says it's like they are
engaging in a business transaction. What are they doing?
What are they buying? What are they selling? We're
coming to the end of Part One. Inshallah,
Ola ikaladi, nashtara, will Hayat, a dunya, belakhira, they have sold
the akhira for their dunya
for I mean, look, I'm not a person with great business acumen, as
they say. That's why, you know, I thank Allah for putting me in the
in the work that I'm doing, Allah, except from all of us, I mean.
But to me, this sounds like probably the worst business deal
that they could ever be
in this wudu, in this existence, selling eternal bliss. Imagine
selling eternal bliss
in paradise
just to follow our wombs and fancies, lusts and desires for the
blink of an eyelid on the dunya.
This is what has brought us to where we are,
Falaya, for a normal either their punishment will not be lightened.
Wallahi on Saru, nor will they be aided, nor will they be supported,
nor will they be helped, nor will they attain any victory until,
until we come back to Allah.
Let's leave it at that. Inshallah, I look
forward to seeing you for part Two next week, guide and protect us
all. Allah,
SWT,
Euro Pilani.