Sadullah Khan – Appreciating Water The Liquid of Life
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this weekend is indeed a special
weekend in the Christian religious calendar in particular.
Today is considered good friday and after the weekend.
It's followed by Easter Monday. And millions of Christians
throughout the world commemorate the crucifixion and the
resurrection of Isa or Jesus peace be upon him.
And the question then is that Muslims to respect ASR they Salam,
they do revere Jesus peace be upon him. So why is there no
celebration or commemoration attached to them?
By the Muslims.
It must be remembered to the Muslims except ASR is Salam, O
Jesus peace be upon him as a great prophet. We revere his exemplary
Mother Mary Seder Maria Maria Salam.
And we look in the Quran the direct honorable epithets and
names by which isa Ali salaam, Jesus peace be upon him is
mentioned in the Quran. He is referred to as a nubby a prophet
as a Rasul as a messenger, as Mina Salah as amongst the righteous, as
Kenema to Allah is away from Allah Spirit from Allah Rahman Allah as
a positive sign for humanity. I Attila dinars as Ramadan. Mina is
a mercy from Allah, as well, G Humphrey dunya, the one who's
eminent, in this world and in the Hereafter, in of course, most
unique of all, he is the Messiah, the Messiah.
So we acknowledge the special status of a Saudi Salaam and we
revere him with due reverence in all dimensions of these names that
we have mentioned and the titles attributed to him.
Muslims, nonetheless, do not accept the major concepts which
are central to the commemoration of Easter. So Esraa Salam is
important. Easter is not
and there are various reasons and are focused on three isa mercy,
Christ peace be upon him, according to Muslim belief was
neither killed on Good Friday. He wasn't crucified, but call him in
Catalan. Merci. Hi, Southern. Hola, well, Nakata Lu, what masala
boo, he was neither killed, no crucified, and therefore not
having died.
Isa good therefore, Ali Salam could not have been resurrected,
because to be resurrected, you must have died in the first place.
So now that death on the cross, no raising after death, which of
course did not occur. So now the crucifixion, no resurrection. Now
the Good Friday, no Easter Monday. In Islam. More importantly,
besides the historical events, there's a notion there's no notion
of attempt of redemption or atonement by anyone else. No nubby
nobody really has the responsibility for anyone. Each
one is accountable for themselves. We follow the guidelines. We
follow their way and their ways the best way. But our atonement
and redemption come from a sincerity of our action and the
deeds that flow from it. And therefore in Islam, no person
Oh Jesus, no Moses, no Muhammad peace be upon all of them. None of
them die or can die for our sins because lie you can live allow
Nelson in Laos Lamarca Sabbath.
No person absolutely carries the burden of another, each one
accountable for themselves from a yarmulke mascara in FIRA Euro,
when the YAML myth caught her attention, for each and every good
you do,
you will be you'll see the benefit thereof and for each and every
wrong you do, you shall have to bear the consequences there are so
we are responsible human beings,
each individually accountable to Allah. And therefore, we do not
accept the major concepts which are central to this weekend among
our Christian brethren. We neither believe in the crucifixion,
resurrection nor the atonement, and therefore, Easter besides
being a nice holiday, mashallah for all of you, are you from
outside for the medicine and so on? I'm sure he didn't come for
the water. I was making a joke with someone who said Inshallah,
we announced last week we're going to have this do mine. Please speak
about water, as I spoken about it before he said, but not here. So
please speak about water. So I was gonna make a joke as the people to
bring their umbrellas worth. And I think it was a good idea
nonetheless. So may Allah continue grant us his book and faith.
Nothing in recent times. And this is the theme of my discussion here
today. Our talk today. Nothing in recent times has attracted our
attention. Besides the ball tempering of course in Australia
and Zoomers going, but
nothing in recent times, has attracted our attention. As much
as the current water crises that we are currently experiencing here
in the Western Cape. We have never been as conscious about water,
this basic commodity of life. This commodity that surrounds us in
Cape Town, not only do we have water, not only do you have see we
have two oceans, which gather here, people come all over the
world to come see Morocco, but I mean, the joining of the waters,
water water everywhere, but not enough fresh water to drink. And
it's an irony listening for us. Despite abundance of something yet
we lack it.
At one dimension, we have too much of it
another dimension, we do not have enough of it.
So nothing is pre occupying our collective attention as much is
our concern about the availability of freshwater.
There's undoubtedly a doubt and there are many reasons got about
in public discourse discourse as to why we are in the situation. In
the domestic and dire situation, we find ourselves population
growth in Cape Town, and therefore an unprecedented increase in the
demand for water, industrial abuse, public wastage, and
definitely poor planning and mismanagement of the water supply
system.
But beyond our shores, and very briefly, recent United Nations
World Water Development report indicates that 2.4 billion people,
or just under half the population of the world have, at this moment,
no adequate supply to fresh water. And therefore every every minute,
five children somewhere in the world die every minute due to
water related diseases or water related causes.
The World Resource Institute says that by 2025, according to the
calculation, at least 3.5 billion people, or nearly 60% of the
world's population will face water scarcity. So even if it rains,
please get beyond the idea of we are okay and we are safe. The
world is in a water crisis. In fact, future wars will not be
fought over oil, it may be fought over water.
So as people are facing as people of conscience, we have the
responsibility of contributing to the alleviation of this dire
situation that we find ourselves in this immediate crisis locally,
and the long term crises globally.
The human be in Islam and we need to understand and I want to focus
today on this, not only about water and its importance, but even
the lessons we learned from it. So every aspect of our lives, we
cannot be devoid of appreciation of this liquid of life.
The human being an Islamic worldview, is considered a lever
to life and well.
What about the confer about in the Rajat? Leah below a comfy mat?
Allah subhanaw taala has made human beings as the decisions as
the managers of affairs on earth.
And He has raised people in different brands granting some
people certain things, skills, ability, whatever it may be
resources, and he will hold your tongue
suitable for every level of responsibility that you have. And
this brings to the notion, the notion of the school year as
they're assaulted could look them right, but could look on must hold
on under a year. Each of you is a caretaker is a steward.
The idea
and each and every person that hadith in Bukhari sahih al Bukhari
could look him right.
In each and every person will be held accountable for the people in
the things and the ease, okay? Whether it be water, the
environment, your children, whatever it may be, you will be
held accountable for whatever is under your care, this
responsibility, and this accountability, specifically, in
our context, begins by our profound appreciation of water.
The Deen of Islam itself ascribes the most revered qualities to
water, water is a purifying source, as well as water as a life
giving and a life sustaining source.
Factually 70% of the Earth is constituted of ocean water, and
65% of our body bodies. 65% of the human body
is made of water. And therefore, it is highly unlikely that anyone
in the right mind can be unaware of the importance of water in our
lives. Not only that water is the origin of life.
The origin of life on Earth, the substance from which the Creator
created human beings and the Quran emphasizes the centrality of water
to life and of living itself. But Allah subhana wa Tala says in
Surah Ambia
you equal share in AI, and we've made every living thing from
water, not only as US created from water, but also all living things
are constituted of water 90% of plants, and they said over 60% of
the human body, we drink water, we eat things containing water, while
we ourselves are essentially made of water.
There are consistent references also in the Quran, direct
references in numerous IR numerous verses referring to bar and heart
surgery for the bar to be mindful nurse. And so under the law
minister, Maggie may have pneumonia, but Sofia, Allah makes
reference to the rain from the sky water from the sky, and how to
even their words like water.
Allah subhanaw taala makes reference to even worse like
raindrops in the Quran. There's
a tremendous amount of reference to water and its centrality and
importance in the Quran. And the Quran ik metaphor, which Allah
subhanho wa Taala uses, even to symbolize paradise for the
righteousness even in the year after
we find from the numerous Quranic references method within the
tility Wi Fi. And in areas in Allah says about the paradise
promises those who are righteous, and those who are, Allah says it
rivers and springs of water. So even Allah subhanaw taala as a
reward for the hereafter makes reference to a paradise in the
Paradise it makes reference. Very often, if it most often, to the
fact that either the flowing water or drinking water or cooler water,
we can just deduce that water is an essential component, not only
of life, and of living of on Earth, but also of the landscape
of the gardens of Paradise. It flows beneath and through them,
bringing coolness to Paradise, sustenance and beauty here and
beyond that water is a primary element that existed even before
the creation of the heavens of the earth. Allah subhanaw taala in the
Holy Quran.
It will fee sit at a young guy not sure who
it is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six
periods, six days, not early days, of course six days and Allah
Sloane was on water.
So what is unique
I want us to go today from Juma highly conscious, not only of
water being important because we are lacking it and we are in a
drought, but how many lessons we can learn from it. How significant
is to our lives, whether we have an abundance of water tomorrow,
water is unique. Water is not an ordinary substance. Despite its
abundance on Earth. Water constitutes the building block of
life, the building block necessary for life
have no water, no life.
Water is a liquid at room temperature. And it's the only
substance which naturally occurs on Earth in all three states.
Liquid as water, solid as ice and gas water vapor is the only
substance No, that is in all three states on Earth, water is
transparent.
In the visible electromagnetic spectrum, as your science teaches
also, yes, be careful, because I must quote something
if the markets so aquatic brands can live in it, and because it's
transparent, anyone can survive and negotiate through it, and swim
through it. And see through
what is a poor conductor of, of differences in temperature, and
therefore it is called, you find ice frozen on top hit water the
needs to animals can survive, it can be boiling hot on top, it
absorbs the water somewhat because of the bad conduct the animals in
the bottom can survive. Being a bad conduct helps it to keep the
ice on top, yet liquid in the bottom. Animals can live or eat on
the top, and still animals kill them.
So what is not only unique as a life sustaining source, but also
provides thought provoking examples for our human social life
provides thought provoking examples for human social life.
And I want to focus on a few of that.
What is pure
is also purifying. You see what is pure in itself, but it's also
purifying.
It's not corrupt in itself, but can only get corrupted by
something outside. What in essence is not corrupt, but you can make
it dirty. But in essence, water is fine.
It's pure in itself, in its essence is h2o.
But it can be corrupted but the outside forces it by itself is not
corrupt.
So Allah subhanho wa Taala says boohoo under the Maria Bucha from
beignet Ramadan, once the nominee sama in mind to hurrah OBE Bolita
Mehta wellness Kiyomi Maha Khanna and amo See you can Iraq the water
cycle, it takes polluted water. Then what if we have polluted
outside it gets
transformed this evaporation that takes place. It vaporizes an
editor's role from gas to a liquid state through condensation. It
goes through a process of Ischia.
Water comes down from the skies, but he didn't come from a pure
source, you can go outside into maybe dirty water somewhere
infested with mosquitoes. And when that water evaporates, and water
comes down, you don't filter that water, you drink that water, why
it has gone through a process of tests
of purification,
above itself from a lowly state. And it's a lesson in the metaphor
for human beings from the level of state if you go higher up, we
elevate yourself by purification of the thought of the heart of the
mind as a human being does key clarification when you see the
rain falling, look at that, that was dirty water somewhere it was
salt water somewhere, not only that, it may have been water from
Wellington or from Wooster or somewhere else, it came from
there, it falls down here and what is water,
water is such that it facilitates growth in life, non prejudicially
no prejudice, the same water provides sustenance for all the
variety of life. All kinds of plants, same water the different
water for Greg in different water for roses, same water, Allah
subhanaw taala makes reference to the non prejudicial, universal or
embracing self giving nature of water will who will fill out the
kitten with a gyro to which anatomy was that oh one of
healings in one Oh, well I usually use copy my wide Allah to look the
only Earth text of lands
you find a variety of vineyards and fields of grain and take palms
that goes in customers some are going in route some without some
above the surface some below all of these are sustained by the same
word.
So what is pure facilitates non prejudicially we learn the idea of
Ischia. So it goes up to Ischia purification, it comes down as
drizzling rain, in precipitation as baraka and malfa. It can be
dirty water, or whatever water when it comes down from the sky.
It comes as far as benefit and it's a blessing
but also what as charity.
Look at how important and how significant and how central water
is to so many dimensions of our lives, in our band documents and
in Tiburon as well. There are social Allahu Allah was a Sherpa
to Minalima is key her sadaqa if you give someone a drink of water,
that is considered but Allah as sadaqa was charity.
So I've been Obeida, Allah Juan reports. I said to him, Messenger
of Allah, Ya rasool Allah, in
the Quran, you said yes, my mother has died.
How should I give charity on her behalf? He said yes, do give. So
said Ya rasool Allah for a use of doll which is the best charity I
can give my mother who has died, he said suck you will give her
provide on her behalf drinking water, whether you do well or give
as a gift.
Offering water is this considered offering water? Is this considered
a sadaqa jariya, a continuous charity? Whether you give water to
a tree, and any fruit comes from there any animals that shade in
there, or sits under it? Or any person that benefits from it
fruits? All those benefits are for the one who sustained that
tree or plant by water
of putting water? Is this considered a good act? So the
kajaria have continuous charity, whether through evading water, or
do you find for example, I saw a few weeks ago that I bbls did and
the gift of the giver told
it well.
So benefit all those who contributed towards them and
towards other efforts like that. For every drop of water that comes
from the people drink or wash or wash the clothes,
or whatever they do with it. Allah will give you the reward for every
drop of water.
Water is an explanation for that water. We did about Askia water,
but the purification, we learned about
charity now is expiation of sin.
That's what Allah said Allah Hadith in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih
Muslim there are two different versions of the Hadith. But same
effect same meaning a person in the one case documents I have my
Muslim, a lady
who has been referred to as a sinful lady
Imran Musa, in other words, the person cellphone.
Whatever lesson may have been,
she passed by a dog and she saw the dog was extremely thirsty and
she fell the dog may or may die.
She took her shoe, she saw well nearby sneaker shoe, and she took
a scarf or whatever she drowned and she tied to a shoe and she
lowered the shoe into the well and pulled up slowly with water and
she fed the dog and the dog was fresh was quenched. And there are
social Allahu alayhi wa sallam said about that, for this article
for her Osaka to be free Maria follows the
Dalek Allah gave on the basis of that one deed.
So one of the companions it ya rasool Allah, we're in the laughy
huddled behind me even to happen anymore like a dog to help an
animal. He's that he works for us. And it assaulted, he could be
covered in rock but in Agile, he said for every living thing that
you benefit, there is a reward.
For every living thing that you benefit, is reward. And imagine
the water is not only something you give is a source of life,
sustaining of source of sustaining life. That is water.
Water is tasteless,
colorless, odorless, and neutral.
Yet,
it's assuming look
undermines how crucial it is to life on Earth. Of all the things
we most take for granted of the favours of Allah it is what
what is so common and so familiar that it seems mundane,
unimportant, but in actual fact, it is extraordinary. Everyday we
drink water. We touch water, we wash with water, we wear things
with water, we boil water, we freeze water. We cook with water,
we swim in water.
It's mind boggling range of benefits, from his own important
life giving properties and his vital importance to the mechanics
of the human body and of living things, including his functioning
in every living
So, of every living thing, not a single cell of a living thing
doesn't contain water.
Every living thing that exists, every cell of every living thing
contains water. So, it helps in a very organic function and
existence of water.
And that is only the tip of the iceberg, mind.
Water is calm, it comes, water relaxes, water revitalizes, it
refreshes, it purifies it consciousness sustains life.
Indeed, it is the liquid of life and therefore it permeates the
life of Muslims, biologically, physically and spiritually. So,
please, what
have you heard all of this? Treasure water, whether we have
it, abundance of it,
or lack of it, treasure it for what it is, for we are partly what
treasure it did not waste it was culturable Eat and drink.
But obviously food to not be of those who wastes a lot of us
out of city and do not collect access for abuse. To Allah does
not love those who spread corruption never to abuse. One day
one of the companions was make was was making sadhana people curse
you Allah will make you will do and he was in the water and maybe
talking to someone and there was who said Mahal is rough, what is
his wastage? And he said to ya rasool Allah, I feel will do Issa
is the is the wastage in Google is the excess. In wudu. He said none
were in Kunta Allah, Allah in jar, even if you run if you are next to
a running River, always the water. Don't assume because the lot You
waste don't waste it. Even if you are by running water, don't even
let the water waste.
May Allah grant us the wisdom to imbibe the excellent qualities of
water, which benefits all things, yet remains cool. And calming. In
the free health as well, a lot of the work the laughing
Well, if we kill that it actually will barely be mindfulness. Why is
that alarming Osama Imam.
What's the fee I mean, coolly dab, what the three fear I was having
was luckily, by in the summer you will
call me afternoon, surely integration of the heavens in the
earth, in the succession of night and day, and in the ships that
speed on the sea water. But what is useful for human beings and in
the waters which Allah calls us to pour sky, giving life to Earth,
which may have seen lifeless before and facilitating thereby or
millions of living creatures to sustain themselves and to multiply
on the earth in the change of the wind and the clouds that gun
appointed causes which bring the rain in all of these
are messages for those who use the reasoning?
I leave the DUA. Allison, I'm documented in the Quran
is one there so Allah because many, many
people will fitclick question when the Imam is a member, can you
speak to the Imam Can you stop him? Of course he was something
wrong you can do if he says something wrong, you can do that.
But there are instances where someone made a mistake in the lead
he got up and said what's wrong in the hotbar but they're very
critical. He tried to avoid it. But in the US whose lifetime we
have a distinct example of one day Rasul was only member giving
football and someone can be honest with Allah while I was on Jana
Sula. From where I come this doubt, there's a dying there's no
water to drink, Jaroslaw play, and there are so in the middle of the
football you stop. It's Allah Allah. Allah Allah. Allah Allah,
Allah sin, fossa abandoned rain. cenforce abandoned rain cenforce
abundant rain and underspin Malik reports that after it rained
it rained so much in the area where it was requested. But the
point I'm making is the person stopped Rasulullah
ser la sala why Alex was talking while he said and he wasn't
talking about rain. jasola We come from this please pray for rain and
he stopped and he prayed for the rain. And then he continued
Salam documented the Quran go to stuffy rubber come in no kind of
afara you see
where it can be. Anyway, to come to natty wage and look Menara Ali
Salam said and we ask Allah as your Sustainer to forgive you your
sins is defined.
For Allah is all forgiving,
and he will show up on your heavenly blessings in abundance.
He will aid you with worldly goods and materials things and of your
children and will thereby bestow upon you gardens
and bestow upon you flowing refreshing beneficent water. We
make dua
Allahumma say Eva Nafion Allah give us beneficial rain, as killer
natrual be fabrica will be rhotic give us rain pinkos rain clouds it
bouches insha Allah and do it so by Your Mercy, Allah Allah, Allah
O Allah say for us,
Allah Maha Elena Willa Alina. Well Allah literally in four ways most
beneficial for us. Allah Mosqueda raitha muita ALLAH SubhanA wa ala
show up on us abundant rain. Maria Maria Nafi
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St. Paul's beneficial rain, rain they do not cause harm, but rather
the cost benefit said Oh ALLAH swiftly sooner rather than later.
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alaykum Warahmatullahi
Wabarakatuh