Suhaib Webb – A Woman’s Incredible Relationship With The Qur’an

Imam Ibn Ull Josi

mentioned something which I think is incredibly important

because

these are definitely challenging times, man.

And sometimes what happens with Muslims is instead

of turning back to the Quran

into the teachings of the prophet we look

for other things to rely on.

But it's the Quran that we have to

rely on. You gotta have an intimate relationship

with the Quran. You don't have to be

an to

have a personal relationship with the Quran.

SubhanAllah, I wasn't Muslim and the Quran guided

me to Islam. I wasn't a scholar.

I didn't know

much, if anything,

but the Quran guided me.

Then what about you if you're already Muslim?

And

this story that he mentions is very beautiful

because it shows how when people go through

difficulties,

they root themselves in revelation. I feel sometimes

specifically the American Muslim community

were always looking for bells and whistles.

We're always looking for something else instead of

having a relationship

with the

Quran. Imam Abusti said,

cling with all your might to the book

of Allah, the Quran,

because it will be the pillar that sustains

you, the anchor that hold you down

when all other pillars and anchors leave you.

SubhanAllah.

The story that Imam Ibnu Josie mentions is

actually

is incredible,

and he talks about one of our great

luminaries, Abdullah ibn Mubarak,

who, of course, is a student of Imam

Abu Hanifa

Rahim Muhammad.

And Abdullah ibn Mubarak was in the desert,

and he came across a woman who

she was lost.

You know, actually, in some of the books

of fiqh,

for example, in the Shafi'i Methheb,

there's a chapter on how you should take

care of and look after someone who's lost

in a desert

or lost regardless of their gender.

So, subhanAllah, he mentions that Abdullah ibn Mubarak,

one of the great, great scholars,

he came to this woman's help.

And when he asked her what happened, she

said,

She responded with the Quran.

He was kind of taken aback. He was

like, what?

Of course, the verse says that

she's lost.

Where are you going? She said, Rabul Mashriqih

is the Lord of the East.

I said, What?

Every time I ask this lady a question,

she responds with the Quran.

This conversation kept going on and every time

she would respond with the Quran.

Even when he said to her, here, please,

you can ride my camel,

ride my horse.

Excuse me. She said

for riding an animal.

And then as she was saying that,

Abdullah ibn Mubarak was like, what?

Taking her back, he looked at her and

she said,

So,

finally,

they came across a caravan,

and she said, yeah, Bush yeah. Bushala had

the holaam.

You know, like,

I got kids. Go find my kids.

And he said, what are the names of

your kids? And she said,

she responded with the Quran.

Then as he came back with her children,

she said, you know,

the story of Ibrahim and his guests, meaning

take care of this guest, so they took

care of him. And as he sat down

to eat, she said,

eat and drink now for what you've done

in the past.

He was shocked,

so he said to her children,

hey,

you know, I have a question.

What's the deal with your mom, man? Like,

the entire time my whole conversation with her

has been the Quran.

And they said,

we don't really have an answer for you

except to tell you

that this is how she's been talking for

40 years.