Suzy Ismail – #09 AlAziz
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The speaker discusses the importance of honor in relationships with spouses and children, citing the example of the name Islam-ism. They explain that honor is not just about names, but also about actions and emotions. The speaker also discusses the use of honor in daily life, such as maintaining family friendships and family connections.
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Salam Alikum it's nice to see you all again, as we continue with our
series of bringing the Divine Names of Allah subhanaw taala into
our daily lives to improve our relationships with our spouses and
with our children.
Today, the name that we're going to explore is the name of Allah
Azeez, which means the one with honor or the most honorable. Now,
when we think of honor, we often equate honor with the honor apply
towards the marriage vows or the honor within the marriage
relationship, honor towards husband and wife. But honor also
extends in the family realm to our children.
It's frequently heard that in the past, children honor their parents
in a way that was much more respectful than what we see today
will often hear that the level of respect shown to the parents, the
level of honor towards the parents was incomparable, maybe 10 years,
20 years 30 years ago to what it is today. Why is that? What is it
about the aspect of honor that our children today may be losing sight
of or may be having difficulty with?
It's undoubtable, of course, that we live in a world where our
children are consumed and bombarded with really self
motivation. We've got our iPhones and our iPods and our iTunes and
iPads and surrounded in a world that's very narcissistic, that
narcissism often allows our children to feel like the world is
all about pleasing them. The world is all about their neffs and their
desires. And this of course, is a very negative path in which our
children might go down, because it is a path that leads to a giving
in have desires, a feeding of desires, a feeding of the neffs,
and a growing of arrogance and ego. So bringing honor back into
our lives, bringing honor back into our children's lives, begins
with allowing our children to experience what it really means to
have that parental respect. What it means to not say off to our
parents, as the Quran commands us what it means to elevate our
parents to a place where the connection with them is one that
is built upon honor and respect.
You know, when we think of alliances, oftentimes another
chapter of the Quran also comes to mind. And it's the chapter of
students Youssef, where we are given the narration of what
happened to the Prophet Yusuf alayhi salam, when the wife of
Allah disease analysis was the chief minister of Egypt at the
time, when his wife was well I put so you know, use as the prophet
uses into a very compromising situation. Now, Prophet Youssef,
as a child was
experienced a great deal of jealousy from his brothers. And in
that jealousy that sibling rivalry, it caused them to act in
a way that, of course, was incredibly detrimental in throwing
their brother into the well, and coming home to their father, and
saying that he had been eaten by a wolf. The brothers acted out their
sibling rivalry, of course, in a way that showed no honor in a way
that showed no respect. And in lying to their father, even as he
wept in front of them, they continue to live out that life
without honor that act without respect.
And in the well, once the use of family history was brought up in a
bucket by a caravan a man who was a part of a caravan that was
trading, the man was taken aback, and thought, wow, this is my lucky
day. I now have someone that I can trade in as a slave or sell as a
servant. And so the Prophet Yusuf Ali has said, was sold to ally
Aziz, the man who was the chief minister of Egypt, the man grew to
love. So you'd know Youssef, because he was kind, He was
compassionate. And he had more on his face light on his face, and he
was honorable. His actions always maintained honor.
And then there came a time when zuleikha The wife of a disease
began to cover it. So you'd know Yusef and to feel that she had
every right to seduce this gentleman who she saw, was
honorable who she saw had light and respect in his character.
And yet in a situation, she reached out to him and pulled the
shirt off of the back of say, you'd let us
and in that moment, Allah subhanaw taala sent help to the Prophet
Yusuf in the form of the husband of zuleikha al Aziz, opening the
door with one of his relatives by his side.
And in that moment, in the questioning of Satan, the use of
the relative looked at the shirt and said, If the shirt is ripped
from the back
Back then it is zuleikha who has to do STEM. But if the shirt is
from the front, then we'll know that zuleikha is telling the truth
and that it was Yousef who initiated and of course the shirt
was ripped from the back, because you said was an honorable man and
eventually saving him from this trial. Allah subhanaw taala
preserve the honor of Youssef, by allowing him to spend time in a
prison.
And for us, when we look at our daily lives, sometimes what seems
like a prison can actually be salvation from Allah subhanaw
taala. Sometimes I'm trying to maintain our honor, sometimes and
trying to maintain the honor of our families, we may find
ourselves in a situation that seems very difficult, may be under
Financial duress may be under difficulties with family may be in
difficulties at work, or in other realms. But in the end, it is
Allah subhanaw taala Allah Aziz, who protects our honor, who gives
us that sense of honor, and who we look to as the most honorable
always. So I pray that Allah subhanaw taala keeps that is that
an honor in our lives, and protects our honor for us for our
family, and it really integrates in our children's lives, that
sense of honor towards their parents, just like on the law
here, and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow as we speak about the
next name of the 99 names of Allah subhanaw taala salamati Go