Sadullah Khan – Parables and Wisdom from the Quran (Power of Collective Intentionality) Night 19

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The transcript discusses the highest form of charity in Islam, which is giving people the necessary help they need to achieve their needs. It touches on the importance of protecting others' position in order to avoid wasting one's pocket and creating a sense of community. The speakers also touch on various verses of the Quran, including those related to mutual care and public contribution, and emphasize the importance of individualism and helping people in needy ways. The conversation also touches on Turkey's small town where two tourists and two people sat on a winter'sday in a soup shop and a woman in Turkey who wants to lower her self-esteem to beg for a free cup of soup. The speakers discuss the positive power of collective intentionality, which is a positive power.

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			Amen and deserve and they will
learn Kenny Eisenman.
		
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			All the bIllahi min ash shaytani R
rajim Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim
		
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			Allah Jana Timken m salwak mominul
Quran Al Karim lights of
		
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			empowerment, parables and wisdom
from the Glorious Quran.
		
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			When we reflect upon the Quran and
the content of the Quran, we find
		
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			the numerous instances in the
Quran where attention is drawn to
		
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			the beauty and the wisdom of
mutual care of mutual
		
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			consideration and concern for the
well being of fellow human beings
		
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			and the rest of creation.
		
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			And among these verses, yeah you
had Lavina ominous Bureau was our
		
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			bureau or arbitral but Allah Allah
Allah come to for the whole Oh you
		
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			who believe?
		
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			patiently persevere and facilitate
patient perseverance for others.
		
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			Be ever ready to do what is right
and what is good. And be sincerely
		
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			dutiful to Allah, so that you may
attain unto piety.
		
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			We these kinds of verses arouse
our empathy and they motivate
		
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			within us a heightened awareness
of our duty towards our human
		
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			family. It also prompts our spirit
of generosity.
		
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			Allah says in the Quran introduced
to the Carty for neon Mahi. We're
		
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			in tofu our two alpha Cora for hua
hai Lacan
		
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			where you can feel uncommon
sejati, Kamala Hobbema Tama Luna
		
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			Kabir.
		
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			If your charity is in the open
public, it is good.
		
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			And if you do it privately, and
you make it reads the poor, it may
		
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			be better for you. Because that
charity will atone for some of
		
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			your sins. And be aware that Allah
is fully informed of whatever you
		
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			do.
		
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			Now when you give donations to
institutions,
		
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			that is something specific because
sometimes public contribution can
		
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			motivate other people to be
generous as well. So Islam does
		
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			not disdain or look down upon
public charity or helping people
		
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			in public. But there is this
preference specifically when it
		
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			comes to individuals, friends or
family or neighbors of a charity
		
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			be private. And this in regards to
assisting those who may be
		
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			impoverished or in need. In fact,
such acts are highly cherished.
		
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			There's a hadith of rasool Allah
Allah wa salam, documenting the
		
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			salary of Imam Al Bukhari, we've
been assaulted Sebata nuloom Allah
		
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			He Li, Yeoman Allina Illa vindaloo
there are seven persons from Allah
		
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			will shade on the Day of Judgment
when there's no other shade
		
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			besides the shade which Allah will
provide. And among the seven
		
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			people, you know, suits said
Allahu alayhi wa sallam said,
		
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			Roger lune to set the kabisa 14
For Aqua hat Taganga Muna, who
		
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			Martin fixie Malou, a person who
spins in charity, and conceals the
		
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			charity that even the right hand
does not know what the land has
		
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			left hand has given
		
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			that it's come down to us from
previous stages through history.
		
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			There are different categories and
degrees of charity
		
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			or assistance to the needy or the
impoverished. Some categorize it
		
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			as aid. But Allah Allah, they say,
the lowest form of charity is when
		
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			you give charity but you give it
grudgingly, unwillingly
		
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			reluctantly.
		
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			But the work week is for charity
to give charity you give it but
		
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			reluctantly, unwillingly, and of
course, not with an open heart or
		
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			free spirit,
		
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			when one gives willingly, but you
give far less than what you could
		
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			or what is needed, and you are in
a position to assist. They say
		
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			this is a better level of charity,
but still not as good as it
		
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			shouldn't be.
		
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			Then there are those who give to
the poor when the poor ask them
		
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			better than that, or those who
give to the poor. When they don't
		
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			ask them before they ask. Then
there are those where the
		
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			recipient, one who receives know
who the giver ease, but the giver
		
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			does not know who is giving to
better than that is when the donor
		
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			or the giver gives and the
recipient does not know who that
		
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			person is.
		
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			The highest level in that is
charity where neither the giver
		
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			nor the receiver knows who's given
it or receives it and the highest
		
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			form of charity. And this is a
whole new approach and requires an
		
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			entire discussion is
		
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			To make sure that people are not
impoverished in the first place
		
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			that they don't require to go in
big. So in other words, it can
		
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			come to when you have people
working for you pay them properly.
		
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			So don't have to go out in big
		
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			or seek to the needs of those who
are around you. So that you don't
		
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			need to go in big.
		
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			That's why in Islam, you can't
give a cut your own household why?
		
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			Because you supposed to see to the
needs. So the people who are
		
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			closest to you make your best
effort to ensure they don't end up
		
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			in a position where they have to
beg. So this is the highest form
		
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			of charity, to help the person in
order to strengthen his or her
		
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			position, so that they don't need
ever to depend on other people.
		
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			I want to give an incident that
occurred. And this is documented
		
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			by tourists that went to a Turkish
small town in Turkey.
		
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			And I want us to reflect upon this
as beautiful. And pajamas, we can
		
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			implement something like this here
in South Africa. So these two
		
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			tourists, European tourists, they
say they were sitting on a
		
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			winter's day in a well known soup
shop in a village town in Turkey,
		
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			enjoying some soup.
		
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			A man entered and set in an empty
table besides them, he called the
		
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			waiter in place in order for soup.
But he said two cups of soup, one
		
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			for here, and one for the wall.
		
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			So they noticed the person wrote
down the waiter, and the two pages
		
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			one brought the soup the person
paid drank it. And the other one
		
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			she wrote down or he wrote down,
put it on the wall
		
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			after a while. So another two
people came in a couple came in
		
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			husband and wife or something. And
they also ordered some the other
		
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			three suit. They paid for three,
two of them drank. But the third
		
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			one, the way to put it onto the
wall. So in other words, two, four
		
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			here and one for the wall.
		
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			After a while then the font is
very strange. What is the wall
		
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			suit for the wall? What does it
mean? And why would they pay more.
		
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			A little while later, a poorly
dressed woman perhaps in poor
		
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			woman came and seated herself. She
looked at the wall and said one
		
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			cup of soup from the wall. The
waiter served the took to the lady
		
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			with respect and dignity that she
does to anybody else, any other
		
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			customer. The lady had a soup left
with all revenue to pay us in. And
		
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			we notice the great respect for
the needy shown by the
		
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			inhabitants. And these two
visitors European visitors said
		
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			they will move to tears because of
what they saw.
		
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			They said we ponder upon the need
of what this woman wanted. She
		
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			enters the shop hungry without the
necessary money to satisfy her
		
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			hunger. She does not want to lower
her self esteem to beg for a free
		
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			cup of soup. So without begging or
without having to beg. She looked
		
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			at the wall with soup available
being paid for by someone she does
		
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			not know.
		
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			And she goes there not knowing who
paid for the soup. She placed an
		
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			order for herself enjoyed herself
and left super grateful. hunger
		
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			satisfied, dignity intact.
		
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			This is what they call the power,
the positive power of collective
		
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			intentionality, your good
intention.
		
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			The people who are giving the soup
don't even know each other. Nor do
		
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			they know the person who's going
to receive the soup. You do it I
		
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			do it I drink a soup I ordered
another one. I don't know. But
		
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			collectively we have an intention
if someone comes and if they need
		
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			the something for them to serve
the needy whenever they need. That
		
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			is called the positive power of
collective intentionality. Each
		
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			one on his own does something for
others, and many people can be
		
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			helped, as in this case, generous
individuals who may not know each
		
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			other, each buy a cup of soup with
the intention that it may feed
		
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			some hungry person and
collectively, hundreds of people
		
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			hundreds of people can be fed in a
dignified manner.
		
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			The lesson we learn from this
three. When we think of charity,
		
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			we contemplate compassion,
compassion towards others empathy
		
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			and compassion towards others. And
we manifest that compassion within
		
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			ourselves with generosity and
service. A habit very much loved
		
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			by Allah subhanho wa Taala to the
extent in the Hadith documented in
		
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			the summary of mum, Muslim
Rasulullah said, Man Yes sir Allah
		
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			wa salam yes sir Allahu Allah if
dunya will Kira wala if he only
		
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			lived, Madame Abdul Omar can only
have him Whoever relieves the
		
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			difficulty of a needy person.
Allah will be relieved the
		
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			difficulties in this world in the
Hereafter and whoever comes to the
		
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			assistance of a person you need.
Allah subhanho wa Taala is the
		
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			assistance of that person as long
as he assists the others
		
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			Second point for us besides this
charity being something of
		
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			compassion, which we manifest,
public and private charity is
		
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			good, public and private charity
is good. But privately assisting
		
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			the needy, especially those who
may know, family members, friends,
		
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			neighbors, dear ones, people who
you know, when you give it
		
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			privately it's meant to ensure
your own sincerity, because you
		
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			are focusing on the act of
charity, and the need of the
		
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			person rather than your own
generosity of giving. And thirdly,
		
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			generosity is always good. Asakawa
generosity is always good, but
		
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			nobility in generosity. nobility
in generosity is manifested in how
		
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			we maintain the dignity of those
who we assist. Akula kolyada was
		
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			tough for Allah. Salam aleikum wa
rahmatullah.