ICNA Symposium 2020
Siraj Wahhaj – Direct Deposit The Time is Now
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The interviewer discusses the importance of rewarding people for doing things for Allah's pleasure. They also talk about a woman named Alicia who had a difficult time finding a job due to the pandemic and how Allah has forgiven her mistakes. The segment also touches on various topics including a woman named Jana who talks about her desire to give water to her dog and a man who talks about his love for religion and Islam. The segment also touches on a recent incident involving a virus and a woman named Hope. The speaker emphasizes the importance of making a deposit and not overpaying for things, as well as reminds viewers to record overlay for future events.
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Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh handily later Bill Alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala sherfield Ambia mursaleen one Allahi wa Sahbihi remain. Firstly, I'd like to thank Allah subhanaw taala for giving us the opportunity to benefit from this great program. I'd like to thank Eiken and the organizers and all of the volunteers that are working behind the scenes to bring this program to us. I'd like to thank all of the participants for watching and inshallah May Allah, Allah give us Tawfik to benefit from what we are experiencing today.
With that, we'll move to our second speaker in this session.
Imam Siraj wahhaj She was the Imam of America and inshallah his topic today is direct deposit. The time is now.
Second, I can't remember so much that I will leave
this document or him
I want to say this first about the Jevons, Sadiq I agree with him 100% Of what he said.
What I'm going to
introduce to you today a hadith
that I consider one of the most remarkable narrations
ohada say when the Prophet alayhi salat wa salam is that so many things?
You know what, there's something about this hadith. And I want you to keep in mind but, but the Javid said about doing everything for the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa taala.
Martin Luther King Jr. is a man that I loved as a Christian.
But, but a man who spoke the truth
and one of the things that he said,
life's most, most important,
persistent question
is what are we doing for others?
That's the key.
What are we doing for others?
Allah subhanho wa Taala he puts it in this way. We're met Tony Coleman Hidin flea and fusi, calm.
Whatever you spend
is for yourself.
We got to get that message. We we have to get it we have to understand that we have to appreciate it.
Everything you read in Sharia
is about people doing things for the pleasure of Allah. Go to the 26th Surah of the Quran. The poet's
on the Estella Comala human agile
all of these profits may be in that sort of five profits beginning with New Orleans salat wa salam and who then solid loads Shrade all heard them say the same thing.
Jeff it was right again. And that is we ain't looking for no thank you from you know reward from you know compensation from you know, pay from you.
But they are looking to get paid.
In Algeria Illa Allah, Allah Allah me and our payment is due from the Lord of the Worlds that's what I want to get paid for.
Everything we do
right now.
Possibly Hajj will be voided this year.
When you go on to Hajj
and the Prophet alayhi salat wa salam said, well, hajima bro, place Allahu Jezza and IlJin and an accepted pilgrimage there's no reward except Jana.
People fight she said be the last to be Shahid and they and they make salon and the first month of Ramadan. Why are you fasting in the month of Ramadan? Why are you doing that? I want to get rewarded. I want to be forgiving my sins. Well, why are you praying at night? I want to be forgiven my sins. Why are you looking for Leila to God? I want to be forgiven my sins. So everybody understand that it has something to do with Allah but yet I'm gonna give you a remarkable Hadith Give me a minute. I'm gonna I'm gonna end with that with that hadith. But I want you to, to get this picture
are issued on the law and her you know, the Prophet said and Tom Shuhada Allah fill out your laws, witnesses on Earth. And indeed, I used to love the Lord Anna, because she's married to the Prophet salallahu Salam. There are many things that he did, in private that we would never know. Unless Alicia told us I'll give you one example. She said one night the prophets Allah Salam prayed so much that his feet begin to crack
She asked him the question he also loved the math test no had the vocab the gaffer, Allah, Allah Karnataka government the big about
what are you doing that
Allah has already forgiven you? Not only your sense of your past but the sense of your future. Can you imagine that?
Allah has already forgiven any mistakes that you will make any sense that you could you make commit in the future Allah has already forgiven it.
And the Prophet alayhi salat wa salam said something very interesting to his wife Alicia.
I forgot who Hakuna Abdullah supporter,
if Allah has given me this, this great gift should not be should not be a faithful servant.
Motivation
what moves you
what makes you give
you want to do for pleasure of Allah.
You want Jana?
Course?
Let me give you
a hadith and narration
that might
give you pause to think
this has this narration as two narrations both of them multifocal malaise Bukhari Muslim Hadith.
And you know, the Hadith you know, we can we can call it a lot of Hadith and what Abu Bakr did, or the law and what Omar did or the line,
but this hadith
I will bucket it and do it Omar didn't do it. Abdul Rahman and didn't do it. The Prophet didn't do the laser that was on the profits do it. Sahaba didn't do it.
Who did it? Orange alone, man.
No,
in the Hadith,
buggy
buggy, you know, I'm trying to be polite. The lady of the night, harlot
prostitute.
And this hadith narrated this two narrations first, this man, you know, had the
he was on a journey and became very thirsty.
And he saw well,
he went into well, iniquitous thirst.
But when he came out of the well he saw a dog
licking his tongue on the earth.
And he said
this dog is suffering the same thing I'm suffering from
and when in the well
and gave
water to a dog.
Who is this habit? No profit No. was the original Amen.
Gay water to dog what's his motive?
He read some idle Quran.
Hadith of the Prophet No.
Nobody said
his dog is suffering from the same thing I'm suffering from
and again wanted to a dog.
And the Prophet alayhi salat wa salam said about this man three things. Shaka Allah Allahu
Allah was grateful for what he did. thankful
to God for God for Allah who are ne forgave that man.
At the whole agenda of color who agenda in the incident to gender.
Allah was grateful
you forgave him his sin in the incident agenda.
Think about it.
Motivated that man.
was no iPhone Quran he didn't hold Hadith.
There was something within him.
And this buddy, same thing, she saw a dog and she went in the in the well and took out a shoe put water in the shoe
and came out of the well and gave the dog water. And Allah subhanaw taala The Prophet said that I love her gave her
you know that reminds me of
when the Prophet alayhi salat wa salam finished his night journey.
He was very thirsty.
And he was offered
some milk
and some wine.
In those days why wasn't prohibited.
So the Prophet alayhi salat wa salam he chose the milk
please
sent to put Jabril laser that was unanswered and I think this is the key going back to this hadith that I said, Remember what Brother Chavez said was correct.
And Hamdulillah he led the DACA live fitrah
club the camera, the word Omar to
Praise be to Allah who guided you all Muhammad to the fifth
to the very nature
had you chosen the wind your own man would have gone astray. Petra
that woman the buggy, the prostitute. She wasn't thinking about no I had she wasn't thinking about let me give water to this dog so that I can go to Jana. Let me give water to the dog that Allah forgive me my sin. No.
It was fifth.
Something deep within.
So I close my message today is very simple. Allah knows.
I love ignor Allah knows I love
I love maths,
Islam and mana and Munna and care
and all of these Islamic organizations
Ignis close to my heart,
people so much
help in hand for relief and development, the work that they do around the world sure they do it for the pleasure of Allah of course they do.
But you know what?
Deep within
they feel for the people who suffer
I went to Kenya would help him from leasing development. I saw firsthand what they do.
He can relieve i i know what they do. I see what they do the work that they do. Of course they do it for Allah. Of course. Allah given Jana all of them Allah forgive them, since all of them Yes, of course.
There is something within
the say, let me let me help mankind.
If Allah can forgive a prostitute,
give water to a dog. How much more so given water and food to human beings to Muslims?
Yes.
I love
all of those relief organizations, Islamic Relief all of them.
But today, we're talking about an institution called Edna
this virus have stopped us from coming together, collectively.
Still, we must go on.
And finally,
you make a deposit.
You make a deposit today
for any aspect of
you know, right now brothers and sisters, we have to make a connection with this virus to the people we have to make the connection to Allah, we got it we got to bring it back to a lot less the people not gonna get the message. So we have to do the download work, gain peace.
Ignore does it have all of these magnificent programs?
Let me leave you with one thought.
Most of you know by now I know many of you know by now that I was a student at New York University. Majored in mathematics.
And I understand mathematics studied. I learned it. I learned advanced mathematics, calculus, trigonometry, algebra, all of that.
And I've come to the conclusion
that what the Prophet sallallahu sallam said is so deep. You heard it. You hear it at every fundraiser, the NACA Salmela Abdon. In South Africa,
wealth is never decreased by given Satoko one lies true. While lie I swear by Allah. It's true.
And you know what you have to think about it. When you spin,
you give $1,000 for Aetna or $10,000 for Aetna or 100,000 Donald's
you got to look at it as a lesson Quran as I mentioned when that 20 Come in hiding for the unforeseen, whatever
you spend, have good is for yourself.
Don't look at it as spending.
Rather, looking at it as a deposit.
You go to the bank,
you have a savings account.
You put money in a savings account.
You know, it's there for you.
When you give sadaqa
Give it today, no doubt.
Don't be stingy.
See, the proof of these bonuses is the Prophet peace and blessings be upon them. Leslie la Rasulullah he is Salah Salem che and Kata for call Allah. The Prophet never, ever said no.
He never said no people ask him, he never said no. Because he understands
it's only a deposit.
You're going to get it back.
And Allah is going to multiply it in such a way that you spend something so small. It will grow into size of a mountain.
That's the way it is
for it, you know, they say about athletes like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. They were so good. And they used to say, the left they're all on the field. Would that mean that means that they gave everything they could, again, a basketball game, a football game, a baseball game, they left it out on the field, they get everything they had.
When you see the Prophet peace and blessings be upon him, literally. He gave everything that he had you study Sahaba to give what they had.
You think about that. When the Prophet alayhi salat wa salam died.
Would he have left?
million dollars $2 million.
What
know
his weapon
a white new
in some land that they gave away in Saudi.
He left they're all in the field.
We thought
we're gonna die. Human beings die Kudo. Lovcen Vikatan. Now Petia all tastes of death.
But institutions shall live on after us. Measured harm is their
profits mastered is their measure the OXA is there were gone. The people that built them are gone. But it's a less than legacy.
I ask Allah bless Edna to be around for 1000s and 1000s and 1000s of years.
Probably will not going to be around to see it. But they will still be doing good. Still benefiting the people
seeking reward from Allah on the one hand,
but on the other hand doing it because it's right is the fifth. It's in our very nature. Allah bless you to have it. May Allah bless you. I love you. And love the work of Edna anonymous components. Keep up the great work. Salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
Carry mum Suraj for reminding us of this very important responsibility to strive with our wealth for the sake of Allah Spano, Tala, please do try to make a donation I really urge all of the participants on today's call, go to akena.org/donate or call 87733363 Akena and make a donation whether it be a one time donation, or whether it be a monthly donation, please try to do something. This is the striving that you can do to send forth something for you are Akira Insha Allah, masha Allah may Allah subhanaw taala reward you may Allah subhanaw taala like keep you on the path to choose you to do the work of the dean and for the community in America and beyond really to benefit
from what we've learned today. Inshallah.
So with that, we will move inshallah to conclude this session. So Monica Lahoma will be humdinger should online, not in land, record overlay