Taleem al Quran 2012 – P04 047D Tafsir Aal-e-Imran 97-100

Allah says V IR to begin add in it are clear signs meaning in Bucha there are clear signs, clear evidences of what that this place is full of blessing that this place is full of guidance that this is a special place. It's not an ordinary place in it are I at BU net? And what are these if Boehner clear signs, it primarily refers to the monastic the rituals, and it refers to them oh well there are those monastic being the places of those rituals. So the monastic for example, the laugh sorry, hold on me, the stay at Mina, the stay at Arafa all of these are what the rituals and secondly the places of those rituals, what are those places where the rituals are performed?

Karva Safa Marwah, right. Likewise, more palm Ibrahim. Likewise, Mina Arafa was deliver. All right, so fi I atom by hinnat in it are clear signs, clear evidences that show that this is a special place, it's not an ordinary place. This is a source of guidance. It's a place that is mobile rock. And also we think about it in Mecca, you feel such peace, such security that you don't feel anywhere else in the world.

At three o'clock in the morning, you can get up and go and do the love.

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really you can and you will not feel threatened, you will not feel unsafe. You won't. It's a place that is different. anywhere else in the world. You can't do that. You can't at three o'clock in the morning at 3am You cannot get up go out of your hotel room and walk five miles or two miles or one mile, whatever it may be and just go around you know, a mall or what and come back home safe and sound it's impossible.

But in Makkah you can do that. That goes we see that how people may be sick and when they go there they do or they do hudge and then all of a sudden they're feeling much healthier. Physically they're feeling much healthier.

So these are if the unit and we see that it's busy throughout the year, people go there throughout the year, and if a person goes once he wants to go again and again I add to my unit, but especially Mocambo Ibrahim, the standing place of Ibrahim Rissanen what is MACOM the spot of pm from cough whelming camellia como to stand so it is the place of standing of who Ibrahim Renison what is MACOM Ibrahim? There are two meanings of this the first meaning is the places where Ibrahim earnest and I'm stood and worshipped Allah meaning he performed the rituals. So for example, the place where he prayed the place where he attempted to slaughter his son at the command of Allah subhanaw taala that

was replaced by an animal. Likewise the place where he hid pebbles at Champon. Okay, these are all MACOM Ibrahim.

The second meaning of MACOM Ibrahim, which is stronger is the place where Ibrahim realism stood in order to construct the carbo

and what was that it was a stone on which he stood.

And Allah subhanaw taala appreciated his efforts so much

that his footprints imagine footprints were preserved on stone.

Typically, you leave footprints on what on snow on sand on mud. Right? You don't leave it on stone. You don't. But we see that Ibrahim realism his footprints are there on the stone. And they're there till today. Allah subhanaw taala appreciated that effort of his so much. So in it are clear signs, and especially the MACOM of Ibrahim Rolison and that is also a sign. Imagine 4000 years have passed by still it is preserved and people have touched it. And it's been exposed to harsh weather. But still it is preserved.

Woman Donahoe and whoever enters it Ghana, Amina become safe meaning whoever enters Makkah become safe.

I'm in from Amman, Hamza Amin known in what sense safe in what sense meaning from worldly harms no one can harm him. No one can threaten him. No one can hurt him.

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which is why we see that has an old bacillary he said during the time of Janelia a man would commit murder than were a piece of wool around his neck and enter the home. And even when the son of the murdered person would meet him he would not be

You can move against him until he left the huddle.

So even a criminal if he enters the home he becomes safe. But remember, if a person commits a crime in the huddle, then he is not safe, he is punished in the huddle. But whoever enters it, then he is safe. This is why the Prophet sallallahu sallam said, that Allah, not the people made Makkah, a sanctuary. Allah made Makkah, a sanctuary, not the people there for anybody who has belief in Allah and the Last Day should neither shed blood in it, nor cut down its trees. So after mentioning the great virtues of the city of Mecca, then Allah subhanaw taala tells us what we're supposed to do there. Don't just be proud of having gone to Makkah, don't just be happy about the fact that there

is such a nice place in the world such a nice peaceful place in the world that exists. No, you're supposed to do something there too. And what is that? How much? This is why Allah says well Allah He and for Allah, meaning it is the right of Allah. It is an obligation on the people or right of Allah when Allah He, it is the right of Allah, Allah nurse, an obligation on the people a duty on people.

So in other words, it is the duty of people towards who?

towards Allah subhanaw taala

that all people must do this for Allah and if they do not do it, then they are not giving Allah his right. What Allah here Allah Nursey what is the right of Allah had jewel bait, that people must do hedge of the bait? Hedge same route as hedge, hedge hedging G means to intend to aim act.

And over here it means that all people must intend meaning must undertake the journey to what to elevate to the house. And this is a rite of Allah. All people must go to El beit. Why should they go to the house of Allah? It's a nice break. It's a nice vacation. Yeah, is that so? Why should they go to the house of Allah? Why hedgesville bait to perform the pilgrimage. So head Javaid is not just to intend to go to the house, but it is to intend to go to the house and go there to perform certain rituals at certain times.

But Allah subhanaw taala is very just, he knows that some people are capable, and others are not. This is why he says man, whoever is the torah was able LA to it Sevilla away meaning who ever is able to find a way to Makkah to the house of Allah, whoever is able to undertake that journey, then he has to go he must go he doesn't have a choice, it's the right of Allah and obligation on the people. Now, when it comes to people, people are of two types, some are most of the year meaning they are capable and others are like was still there they are not capable and is the thorough was still here is from the root letters for wall or in lower is to obey and is to thorough is to have

the ability to obey. So, some are capable some have the ability and others do not.

Now, what kind of ability do you need to perform hedge

financial as well as physical

right. So, this is the thorough tool man while better than a person is physically able to go and he can also afford the journey. He has the means as well. He can also get there, right. And when it comes to ability, it can be understood another way as well that a person has podra that a person has the strength to go there what kind of ultra Quadra that is received as well as shutter iya her senior meaning physical strength he has and this includes money as well as physical ability, that a person is healthy, and he also can afford the trip. All right. But there is another kind of Godhra that he must have. That is shutter. Yeah. So for example, if there is a woman, she's physically fit,

she can definitely do the HUD she can definitely, you know, take that long trip, even if she lives in North America. Okay, even in that case, she's able to take the journey. She can afford it, she has the money. But if she doesn't have a Muslim

she doesn't have a Muslim can she go there? No. Is she obligated? No. She is of those who are not able to go for Hajj. All right.

So, my name is Tara la he Sevilla means those who are capable. Those who are able to perform the hajj physically financially, they're able to do it.

Woman Guevara and whoever disbelieves whoever rejects meaning he is able to go for Hajj, but he doesn't bother he keeps delaying.

Woman Kafala whoever does Khufu for in hola hola ne yo, then indeed Allah is Rich on an island mean from the world's meaning he is free of need. Lena is what to have so much that you don't need another. So Allah is Lonnie. He is free of need of the people worshipping him. He doesn't need the people to worship if he doesn't need people to go for Hajj. He is Ghanaian in Ireland.

So if someone goes for Hajj, who is he benefiting? himself? Yes, it's the right of Allah but who is he benefiting himself? And if someone decides not to go then who is he harming? himself? When it comes to people, if you give someone his right, then he benefits and if you deprive them of his right then he suffers. But Allah does not suffer if people don't give him his right.

Let's listen to the recitation and then we'll discuss the lessons

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They came or they were raised in and around the place which Allah subhanaw taala has blessed which is Jerusalem. Allah subhanaw taala says in the Quran describing that place Allah the baraka Hola, hoo hoo surrounding area we have blessed so that place is also mobile rock.

But we see the Prophet sallallahu Sallam he was not from Jerusalem, he was not from Philistine, where was he from? from Makkah. So that you had this objection to that if you came to be a prophet, and how come you're from this place? So Allah subhanaw taala tells us about the great virtue of the city of Makkah from which the Prophet sallallahu sallam was that this place is also mobile rock. Just because he is not from Jerusalem does not mean he's not a messenger, no Makkah is also Mubarak. So we see that in all of these verses, primarily, the objections are being answered their criticism, their claims are being refuted. And at the same time, Allah subhanaw taala is teaching us.

Now, remember that the first house built for the worship of people was the one that is in Makkah,

which one was the second? Or the second big one, I'm not talking about any Masjid. But the second major place where all people were to travel and come there, for the worship of Allah subhanaw taala which place was that? The one in

Jerusalem vital Noctus. The third one, the Masjid of the Prophet salallahu Salam in Medina, in a hadith we learned that there are three masajid for which people are to travel to and worship Allah there. Right? Three massages, and which ones are they? These three, so a person should not undertake a journey to go and worship in a mosque or in a shrine that is other than these three shrine you're not supposed to go there anyway. Okay, but these three you're supposed to travel to. Then we also learn from these verses that the older a masjid is, the higher its rank is, the more special it is.

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in these verses

about the city of Makkah, that are its characteristics is that it is Mobarak it is a source of guidance, and that it is a place that is peaceful. So when we go to the house of Allah, when we go to Makkah, then we have to be peaceful.

And by extension, this means that when we visit a masjid, any house of worship,

any house of remembering Allah, then again, we have to be

peaceful individuals, which means that we don't hurt anyone. We don't harm anyone. We do not disturb anyone. Whether it is by our

are loud voices or it is by our rude behavior or it is by our harsh way of walking and pushing into and bumping into other people, we should avoid all of these things. Why? Because a masjid is a place where people come to worship Allah and we should not disturb them. And it does not befit a believer that he would harass the one who is worshipping.

You know, once the Prophet sallallahu sallam was performing the Salah by the Kaaba and Abu Johanna, and his companions, they were watching him pray. And one of them he said, that who's gonna go and bring the uterus, the womb of that camel which has been slaughtered by so and so tribe. And one of them, he got up and he brought it. And then when the Prophet saw a lot of sun went down into such that he put it on his back between his shoulders.

And they were laughing, laughing, having so much fun, they were falling on each other, and then found the metal dyno on her, she came, and she removed all of that, and the profit Totalizer as he got it from sector, in that the shadow position, he prayed against the Polish, he said, Allahumma alayka will punish, Oh Allah, you deal with these people, I leave them to you. And then he prayed against every single one of those people who did this against him. Why? Because what they did was so bad that someone who is praying is in the state of worshipping Allah, He is harassed.

So likewise, we should stay away from such behavior of hurting those people who are worshipping Allah, you know, just respect the fact that this person is here to study the Quran, I should not hurt them. Respect the fact that this person is here to worship Allah and I should not hurt them, I should not harass them in any way.

In a situation where nobody cares about any other person, okay? So for example, everybody's walking together. Everybody's running together, everybody's pushing. So what are you supposed to do push and shove until you find your way? No, you can't, you can't do that.

So for example, if you go to Medina, you want to go pray at riello Jana, and all the women are running and pulling each other scarves and whatever. So what should you do do the same? Because otherwise you cannot get inside? No. Because we have to observe Aman, even if other people are not, because each person is going to be questioned about what he does. So you cannot hurt anyone, you know, the two sons of other renessa When one of them said that I'm going to kill you what did the other say? That if you try to kill me, I'm not going to kill you. I'm not even going to attempt to kill you.

So we should not even attempt to harm someone else. Be peaceful. And keep making dua that Allah you make away from a you make away from me and Allah will make away for you.

One of the best things that you can do is that get behind someone who's going in a wheelchair. But be peaceful. Wait, it's okay. Ask Allah you can only worship Allah when he facilitates that for you when he gives you tofield so if he gives you Tofik you'll do it and if he doesn't, then you ask Allah again, but don't harm others in that process.

Then we also learn in this ayat about the obligation of Hajj on those who are able, which means that if someone can afford to go for Hajj, then what should they do?

Go right away, go immediately do not delay.

You know, some scholars have said that if a person is physically able to take the journey, which means that he is physically capable of walking all the way to Makkah, okay, and you're talking about obviously not from North America, but from a nearby place if someone is able to then he has to, if he cannot afford a camel but he can walk then he has to walk.

This is how important Hajj is. Because what does Allah say over here, woman Kafala whoever does Kufa which is why some scholars have said that if a person does not do hajj when he is able to and he dies in that state, then it's as though he died as a disbeliever because in a hadith we learned that whoever can afford Hajj but did not perform it there is no difference in his case if he dies well Jew or Christian, meaning Allah doesn't care about because when he left Uranus, it's the right of Allah. And if someone does not give Allah has right then Allah doesn't care about that person. Likewise, in a hadith we learned that Booney al Islam or Allah hums, Islam has five pillars, and one

of them is what had said if someone is capable, then he has to perform Hajj immediately.

Can I ask a question?

Who goes to America for shopping?

who crosses the border to go shop? You don't have to raise your hand but you know what I'm talking about right?

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right, a friend of mine used to live in Niagara Falls and choose to say that we used to go grocery shopping even to the states, because it was much cheaper and much better, more variety.

Something people do. And they go again and again, right? And they go again and again, every summer, every March break every winter break. They say let's go shop. Right? Because the deals are better. The variety is much more, right? You get much better things for less price and you take all the tags off, and then you come back you wouldn't have to pay any taxes here you have to pay so many taxes over there, no taxes, you know what I'm talking about, right?

You can get more with less money. So go again and again.

Maca is a place that is Mobarak

where you can get many benefits one after the other.

This is why we should go for Hajj for Umrah not just once in our lifetimes but again and again. Unfortunately some of us think that if we have done Hajj once we don't have to go ever again.

Or if we have gone for Umrah once we don't have to go again no going for Umrah going for Hajj is so beneficial in our Umbra Turramurra is a source of follow for the sins that were committed in between

when a person does or murder after that he comes back home committed some sense doesn't even realize and he goes back for Umrah then all the sins are were committed in the middle inshallah forgiven by Allah subhanaw taala going for over again and again is a source of Baraka in risk. There are many Hadees, which tell us about the benefit of performing hajj performing Ramadan, again, and again, there's so much reward.

But unfortunately, we don't think about it much. We will think about, you know, getting a bigger house or getting a better car, or renovating our house and one thing after the other but unfortunately, this is something that is neglected a lot.

This is something that is neglected.

And we think that we can only go for what if we have this much money and only when we can afford the best trip, whatever, but even with less money. It's okay.

It's okay if you cannot have the most luxurious formula. It's only a matter of a few days but at least go and have your sins forgiven. And these go and experience the sweetness of faith. At least go and focus on worshiping Allah come on at home you have to shop you have to cook you have to clean you have to iron you have the laundry one thing after the other you can never have for sure please go there spend a few days dedicate them to your Lord and come back refreshed.

If someone has ever gone for 100 Rotten you know it says though the body comes back but the heart stays there right you keep longing to go back you keep desiring to take that journey again and again.

So there are many blessings that a person gets over there this is a reason why he'd want to go I mean is there any casino are there that you can go and have fun like people wish to go to casinos? May Allah protect us but this is what happens in this world, right?

Are people want to go to luxury hotels and shopping malls and an amusement park? There's an amusement park over there. There's hardly any place to walk. So why do people go there for Allah for the and that is the purpose of our lives when that purpose is fulfilled. You feel satisfied you feel such happiness and joy that you can not experience by eating the most delicious cheesecake ever. Seriously, you can't

resistor she said that when she saw the carver the feeling that she had the first time she ever saw the karma that she's never experienced that ever again. I mean it's unique feeling unique joy and pleasure

that you cannot get from anything else. So, go there and go again and again. And every time you go ask Allah to bring you back again. At least make the intention you know head drill bite hedges word intention. So at least make that intention make up your mind that I am going to go for Umbra I am going to go for Hajj. And oh Allah you take me that when you will make up your mind when you will have that desire then you start saving up a little bit even inshallah Allah will put Baraka in your money and you will be able to go I've heard of so many people when they go for Hajj of aroma. They say half my trip was covered for by so and so member of my family, my mom paid for my ticket my dad

did this. My uncle paid for our hotel, everything gets covered somehow or the other. So it's Allah Who does it but you need to make that firm intention that sincere desire and Allah will bring you there. Allah will take you there.

And there are many many stories as recently

I met someone who was saying that she got married recently she had a child and she said that she just came back from Hajj and she said, we could not even think about going for Hajj given our financial condition. She said my husband had to sell his car in order to pay for something. Not for hutch, but for something else that came up. She said we had hardly any money. She said, but somehow I got money together. My mom told me let's go for Hajj, we'll do something about it. She said we applied for the visa, they got money together for my husband's ticket and my mom paid for mine. And she said we went for Hajj and everything else was taken care of. Yes, it wasn't the most easy hedge

it was difficult. But even people who go in the most luxurious plants even they suffer difficulty because Maca is maca it is Bucha right?

That you know there's a little more move above the carbon in the heavens. Right? Can we learn about that from a hadith? Every Angel? Okay, so many answers that Allah has created. There's so many of them that one angel gets only one opportunity in his entire life to go and worship Allah subhanaw taala over there

only once because there's so many angels

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get many opportunities again and again some people every year some people every few years. So when you have that opportunity seize it. Don't delay it.

Cool. Yeah. Hello Kitab say oh people of the Scripture. Lima duck for Runa Biya Tila, why do you disbelieve in the signs of Allah? In the verses of Allah? Will Allahu Shahidan or Allah matar Malone and Allah is a witness over whatever you do. Allah subhanaw taala addressed the people of the book directly in either 70 we learned earlier Yeah, Al Kitab limited Faloona Biya Tila, he will anthem Tasha doom. And over here, Allah says to the Prophet, the Prophet you say to them, that Yeah, hello kita limita Corona, Biya Tila, why do you reject the Ayat of Allah, which I utter these, the shutter is that I had that were revealed on Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, or the ad that were in the Torah

describing Muhammad Sallallahu. So why do you reject them? Meaning Why do you not believe in Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam Why do you not believe in the Quran? When Allah will Shahidan and Allah is a witness or Allah Mata Malone over whatever that you do.

Meaning, all of these objections you're coming up with these false claims. Allah knows what you're doing. Allah knows about your tactics. We know that the Bani Israel adopted many ways that don't get that do not just avoid submission themselves, but also to lead others astray. So over here, I have a questions and then why, what's the purpose? What right do you have? Why don't you accept any you know that Allah knows, Allah is a witness over your actions. And when Allah is a witness, then be afraid, because Allah will hold you accountable. So what do we learn over here? That knowing that Allah knows, is not enough, knowing that Allah knows what I'm doing this awareness alone is not

sufficient. What is necessary, change, submission, obedience. If a person claims to love Allah, then he must prove it by obedience. You know, just as we all claim to love Allah, but we have to prove it. By responding the call to Hajj by going for Hajj. And when someone is sincere in that love, in that desire, than Allah will fulfill it for him. Polya al Kitab say, oh, people of the Book limit those who do non civilian law. Why do you stop people from the way of Allah? For which people do you stop man Armineh those who have believed the Sedonas from the rule that Assad Assad dal dal, which is to stop someone, so you stop people from the religion of Allah, how do you stop directly and

indirectly, directly? By using your words?

By literally telling people

indirectly by your tactics, like for example, they came up with this plan that they would believe in the morning and by the end of the day, they would disbelieve so all of these things they were coming up with, they were basically trying to do what stopped people from the way of Allah which people, those who had believed. So Allah says, Why do you stop people from the way of Allah? Those who have believed and how did they stop people from the way of Allah wa guna her imagine that you seek the deen the way of Allah to be crooked, the Bill Warner from Bell lainnya and revert from the rule letters i And while Jeem which is crookedness when something is not straight when something is not

as it should be, it is corrupted, it is demented is not right. So this is what are which is so

You seek meaning you want that the Dean should be or which you want that the Dean should be cricket. Meaning, you want that people should not practice the Dean as it should be practiced.

They should not accept it. And they should not practice it the way it should be practiced. And how do you do that? By presenting the deen as rewatch. Okay. Now, for example, if you say that something is good, very good, excellent, amazing, then what will people do? They will take it immediately. They will accept it immediately. But if you say yeah, it's good, but the quality I'm not sure about. Yeah, it's good. But I don't think I like the color. It's good, but it smells kind of funny. Then what will happen?

What will people do? Will they take it? Or will they stay away from it? They will stay away from it.

So likewise, the al Qaeda what would they do? They would find faults in the deen they would come up with objections, they would criticize aspects of the deen. Why? So that the dean would look bad to the dean would not look right. And as a result, people would leave to the this was their goal. This was their focus. Interest like children if you don't want them to do something, what do you say their tea? Not nice? Right? Not good. Leave it. If you tell them leave it, they won't listen. But if you tell them it's not good. You know, for example, my son when he saw that everybody has pop, Sprite, okay. Or seven,

according to him is something else. Okay? I don't even know how he says it. I don't remember. But anyway, when he saw that everybody's having soda he wanted it to, because you see monkey do right? Children. This is what they do whatever they see parents doing whatever they see other people doing. They want to do the same thing.

Now, if I were to tell him don't drink it, he would want it. Right. But I don't want him to start drinking soda so early in his life.

So what I did was, I told him, it is spicy, meaning the pop. Okay, the soda part of it. It is very strong, strong for children. Right. So I didn't know how to explain it to him. So I use the word spicy. I wasn't intending to lie over there. But I intended to tell him that it's not really that nice to drink.

And he doesn't like strong tastes at all. He likes bland pasta. Okay. He likes bland, plain cheese pizza. That's what he likes. He likes bland rice. So when he found out that he has a strong flavor, he wasn't interested for a little while. Until one day, he accidentally had a super too. And he felt that that strong taste was actually nice.

So anyway, if you tell someone No, don't do this, they are going to do it. But if you tell them that, no, it's not nice. It's bad. Then they will stay away from it. So likewise the Nikita, this is what they will do the balloon or hire a witch and they will present the deen as something crooked, something that's not good, something that's not suitable. And they will do this by raising objections by criticizing this has happened today.

Yes, it happens today a lot. For example, when it comes to the hurdle, the punishments in Islam people to also barbaric, so scary. Can you imagine? And you're like yeah, it's mentioned in the Quran. Seriously, job of the hand of the thief. Oh my god.

People do this today, too.

Right? Or they will say see on the news. Someone came in a hijab and they kidnapped a child. You know, this happened recently in the States, right? Somebody came wearing a Muslim veil, and they kidnap a child, the child was discovered somewhere in a park with only a shirt on in the cold in the rain. And then the child said that there was a bird that was talking so they searched the houses until they found that there was a house in which there was a bird. And there was a person over there who used to work in the daycare. So they had kidnapped the child with the game wearing a hijab.

Not a Muslim, okay. So people will go to such incidents, they will not tell you those incidents where a woman in hijab helped another person. A woman in a hijab, you know, did something so Herot? No, they won't say that. They will talk about incidents where something wrong happened. Why? Because they want to dissuade you from wearing hijab.

This is exactly what Allah says, What uncom shahada, You are witnesses to its truthfulness for the truthfulness of the deen. You know that it's right. You know, it's from Allah. And many times we see that people under the claim of being Muslim, right, they are Muslim. Yeah.

it they will present the deen as your watch. So likewise the Al Kitab they were supposed to be very knowledgeable people people the Scripture yet they were the ones misrepresenting the deen they were the ones showing the deen as very corrupted Allah who warns him Allah who will often in our meta Malone Allah is not unaware of what you do Allah is fully aware. Just because Allah doesn't punish you immediately don't think you're right. Just because those who do wrong can survive for some time don't think it's okay Allah is not unaware of what you do he is fully aware recitation

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so this is the reason why Allah warns us that yeah, you have ladina ama know or you have believed into the roof recon if you obey a group to clear from our obedience. If you were to obey a group of who mean Alladhina otro Kitab of those people who have been given the book, meaning some people from the people of the book, if you were to listen to them, if you were to do everything that they asked you to do, then what will happen Euro do convert the E money come caffeine, they will turn you back after your iman as disbelievers you will do come from rod rod dal dal, meaning if you listen to them, then you won't remain believers for very long, you won't even realize and you will actually be

committing coffee. Because these people, some of them, not all of them, but some of them. Their goal is to lead you astray. And we have learned that earlier many times in the Quran. They don't like your Islam, they like you, but they don't like your Islam, and they want to lead you astray. So if you start listening to them, if you get trapped in their plans in their traps, then what will happen, you won't even realize and you will lose your faith, you will be out of the faults of Islam. And we see that many ways are adopted to lead Muslims astray. They were adopted at that time. They are adopted today to buy for example, it is said that once a man came, and he said some very fiery

poetry, okay, which caused the unsolved the tribes of Osen hostage to start arguing with one another. He basically said some poetry that reminded them of the past of how they used to fight against each other. And the Osun Hassan who were brothers who had become so united after Islam came. It started with a verbal conflict, which almost led to a physical fight and the Prophet sallallahu Sallam came and he resolved the situation over there. So Allah subhanaw taala is warning the believers that Be careful. Don't fall into their traps, be alert, be conscious, whatever they say, don't accept it, whatever they tell you to do, don't do it. Use your mind, filter everything they

tell you. Be very careful about what they ask you to do. Because if you are not careful, you won't even realize that your Islam has gone that you're hardly a Muslim.

And sometimes people do this deliberately that they want you to leave your Islam. But other times, people don't want that you should leave your faith. But just because they don't have the same faith as yours. They influence you so much. That not out of a bad intention, but they influence you so much that you don't even realize, and you're doing so many wrong things. For example, if you surround yourself with people who don't believe in Allah, who may be using words that Allah does not approve off, then you won't even realize and you'll be saying those words. I've seen Muslims saying that the time of anger. Jeez, what does that mean? You know what it means? What does it mean? Jesus

at the time of difficulty calling upon resources,

right, or showing your frustration in that way? Come on. You've seen people doing this perhaps you've done it yourself. Why? Because this is what you watch on television. This is what you hear people doing around you. Right? The way people dress we start dressing up like them without even thinking that it may be wrong.

The way people eat, we start eating like them without even thinking that it may be wrong. If somebody's drinking, pop with their left hand, we start doing that too. Because everybody is doing that. Somebody's eating without saying Bismillah we also start doing that. So we develop their habits do

go Correct. I'm not saying that cut yourself off from the rest of the people. Don't ever speak to a non Muslim don't ever be with them. Don't work. Don't study this. Keep yourself in a bubble know.

Allah soprano Dinah's telling us to just be careful, filter everything.

Let me give you an example. This past week, few days ago was which Day?

Valentine's Day, everybody's celebrating it. And you say Yeah, so what everybody's doing Christians, Hindus, Jews, everybody does. So we should also do it. No, you're not going to imitate other people blindly. You're not going to do that. Because it's against your deen. It's something that's not allowed in your deen. So don't participate in these things. And it starts with one thing. One thing and it leads to so many others.

You know, when the door to evil is opened up, then what happens? Much more evil comes in. So stop it right there. Be alert, be careful living in this society at this time. You have to question everything. Why am I doing this? For what reason? Should I do it? Is it allowed? Is it not allowed? From the food that you eat to the clothes that you wear to the places that you go to the activities that you do everything? Question It Be careful filter it because if you don't,

there will be hardly any Islam left in your life.

And we learned earlier how valuable Iman is. How valuable is it it's more precious than

the Earth's full of gold.

So take care of your email

that we become so you can say assimilated that we forget our own identity then we are so much into for instance New Year's Valentine's that winter eat comes we have no idea when is Ramadan coming? We don't know. But when is Valentine's Day, February 14, when is read this year? How many of you know when is Ramadan this year? We don't know. Right? So we forget our deen in imitating others, that it's sad that when you tell children that no we Muslims don't do this, but they say but so and so does it in so and so does it. So, when we forget our principles we make practicing being difficult for ourselves and also for other people. Recitation Yeah.

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twins who were before you span by span and cubed by cubic meaning inch by inch, so much so that if they enter the hole of a creature, then you will also follow them? Meaning if they go astray, if they make a bad choice, then you will also make a bad choice. You will also go astray after the for us what's the criteria? What's our Imam who is our leader? What is it that we have to follow what Allah has revealed? What Allah has legislated? That is our goal that is our target, not something else. And if we make our leaders something else, meaning if we start following that, which contradicts the Quran and Sunnah, then if they go astray, we too will go astray. So the point of

this idea is not to instill hatred in our hearts against those people who are not Muslim. But rather, the point of this idea is that we become careful, we become conscious, don't just say anything that other people are saying, don't just do anything and everything that other people are doing, don't dress, the way they dress, eat, what they eat, say what they say, No, you are a Muslim. And the Muslim is someone who is entirely submissive to Allah, on his apparent and internally as well as externally and internally, in his personal day to day matters, as well as when it comes to rituals. I mean, you all just learned about fifth fifth of the Hara. And if you think about it, in

flick of the Hello, we learn about such small issues which we won't otherwise think about. I mean, how complete is our religion, that even when it comes to the state of cleanliness, even when it comes to the color of your discharge, you have to be careful. It means either you pray or you don't pray. So a Muslim is someone who is entirely submissive to Allah. And this is the reason why we have to be careful

Well when it comes to other people telling us about something that we should do or not do our standard is the Quran and Sunnah