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