Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2012 – P04 052D Tafsir Aal-e-Imran 178-184
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The speaker discusses the concept of Islam's wealth and how it can lead to feelings of satisfaction and happiness. They touch on the topic of money and how it can lead to feelings of satisfaction and happiness. The speaker also touches on the negative impact of giving money to people who don't know who they are and the importance of valuing one's own worth.
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normally is from the root letters meme langwell. And the word malroux is to walk briskly to race.
What does it mean? To walk briskly to race, and the Word gives the meaning of tool length. So, for example, Malwa Malaya minute, is a long period of time.
And it also gives the meaning of what's our vastness abundance, Mala is used for desert and Desert is huge, vast.
So INLA what does it mean that Imler is to give a long and enjoyable life long and enjoyable. So it's not just a long life of 7080 90 years that a sort of misery and illness, no, it's a long life that is filled with happiness and enjoyment and luxury and money, and you know, good experiences and happiness and joy. This is what a doula is. Okay. For example, a person does something really, really bad.
It's possible that Allah will punish him immediately and take his life away. Don't we have this fear that when we do something wrong, we might die the next moment? Right? But Allah does not take the life of a person away. He loves him live. For example, Michigan, they were opposing the prophets of Allah, Islam for years and years for decades. But they all die instantly. No. They were allowed to live and what kind of lives were they living? Lives of difficulty? No. They were experiencing joy and happiness and victory. They did whatever they wanted to. They harmed whoever they wanted to. So this is what Imola is. So Allah says that they should never think that whatever indulgence we are
giving them, whatever chance we are giving them to live to survive, is actually good for them. Because if a person sees that, despite his wrongdoing, he is living a happy life, despite his wrong actions, you know, he's not dying. He's still alive. He still has money, then he thinks that what he's doing is good. He thinks that what he's doing is okay, it doesn't matter.
Isn't this, which is why many times we ask that why is it that if there are some people who disbelieve still, they're so well off? If there are people who are so disobedient who oppose the dean who ridicule the dean, still, they have so much power? Do you ever ask these questions? Yeah. Have you heard people asking these questions? Everyone has such questions that why is it that you say these people are wrong, and yet they are successful in worldly terms? Allah says, Never think that this is good for them. It's not good for them in the man whom Lila whom the reason why Allah lets them live, let them enjoy. Let them experience goodness in life is so deadly as their do is man
so that they may increase in sin. Yes, Daddo is from Xia Xia dal to increase. He lets them live so that they can increase in sin, while Hua Mahina and for them is a humiliating punishment from her well known. Because the longer they will live, the more sense they will commit, the more sins they commit, the more punishment they're promising to themselves in the hereafter.
So we see that long life in itself is not something that is good.
Okay. Long life is only good when a person is righteous. Many times we hear people giving this dua, may Allah give you a long life, in every language, perhaps do our exists. Right? Like for example, this agitato keep living, meaning May Allah give you a long life.
But long life in itself is not something that's great. It could be very dangerous for a person. Because the longer he lives, the more sins he can commit, the more disobedient he can become to Allah. And you know, the older people grow, the more firm they become in their habits, the more difficult it is for them to give up the wrong ways. Correct. So over here, we see that someone who lives a long life that is full of sin and disobedience is worse for him, because he will earn so much
Then in the Hereafter, he will have no reward only a whole lot of punishment which he fully deserves.
So what should we ask Allah for?
A long and happy life? That's it?
Or a short life?
That will Allah don't let me live beyond the age of 30. Yeah. Is this what we should ask for? What should we ask for? Yes,
a productive, beneficial good life, however long it is the length remember, it doesn't matter.
It is beneficial for the believer. But it doesn't matter that much. The prophets Allah, Allah is Allah. At what age did he die?
In the 60s, right? There are people who live past the age of 18, who live past the age of 100. But do they accomplish with the prophets of Allah is accomplished? No.
Have you heard of the book, Dr. Salah hain? Yeah. Who's the author of that book?
Imam nawawi. You know how old he was when he passed away. He was in his 30s.
He was in his 30s. He wasn't an old man. No, he was very young when he passed away. Many, many scholars of Islam, they accomplished a lot, even in their short lives. And they did something that people are not even able to accomplish and very long lives.
So at the end of the day, what's important is a good, righteous, productive, beneficial life. Regardless of its length.
In a hadith, we learned that the person said, O Messenger of Allah, which people are the best, he said, those whose life is long, and their actions are good. So a person whose life is long as the actions are good, that person is the best person. Then the man asked, and what people are the worst. And the prophets, Allah Hudson replied, whose life is long, and his actions are bad.
You know, when a person does something good, like for example, he maintains good relations with his relatives, and especially those who cut off from him, he joins with them, right he joins the relations with relatives, then this person, Allah blesses him with a long life.
Within a hadith, that's what we learn, that whoever wants to have Baraka in his risk and his life to be extended, and he should be good towards his relatives, he should maintain good relations with them. Why does Allah subhanaw taala give him a long life so that he can do more good.
So remember, when a person does good than Allah will lengthen his life for him so that he can do more good. And when a person does evil, that Allah will lengthen his life for him so that he can do more evil.
So don't be deceived by the current state of affairs. Don't be deceived by your present situation. Always rush towards goodness. Man can Allahu Allah who would never leave whether or not me Nina, leave the believers, McCann Allah will McKenna means it's not possible, it is impossible. It cannot even be imagined that Allah would leave either on mute meaning that he would leave the believers yellow from the letters, while they're wrong, whether a yellow is to leave to abandon as it is, so Allah would never ever leave who l macmini the believers, Allah upon meaning on the condition, that man and tomb early on which you are meaning ALLAH, who would never leave the believers in the state
of affairs in the condition that you are presently in? What does it mean by this? In this world, right now, we see that the true believers there are hidden amongst to the rest of the people. There are three types of people. One are pure disbelievers. Who are they who clearly show with their actions with their statements that they don't believe? Okay, they're distinguished or the distinguished, you're clear. Then there's another kind of people who are they the believers, okay, those who are sincere in their faith, and then they're a third kind of people and who are they, those who are insincere believers or insincere people? Whether it is the hypocrites whatever level
of hypocrisy they have. So we see that the disbelievers they're distinguished, but the pure believers are mixed with who, with those who are insincere. Isn't that so? Meaning you can't tell? If a person is really sincere in their faith, correct, because we don't know what's in the heart of another individual. We don't know.
Now we see that they're done.
People, all 10 of them can claim that they believe in Allah. They love the deen they love the prophets of Allah Salam, they can do anything for the day they will sacrifice anything for the deen all 10 of them can claim this. Okay. And from the apparent it seems that all are very sincere. But there are those who are sincere amongst them, and those who are insincere amongst them. And this was true even at the time of who the prophets are a lot of seldom. There were people who were sincere and there were people who were insincere. People who prayed with the Prophet salallahu Salam, there were those amongst them who were sincere in their faith. And there were those amongst them in whose
hearts was only disbelief when the prophets have a lot of time left for or hurt. There were people who were sincere, and there were people who were insincere.
So Allah says that He will never leave the believers in the state, that there are hidden know, Allah who will expose those who are true in their faith, and Allah will expose those who are insincere in their faith. So at the Battle of or what happened 1000 People left with the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and apparently it seemed that all of them were righteous, all of them were sincere. But Did Allah not show who the true believers were? Yes, when 300 men left the Prophet salallahu Salam, it became very clear, who was obedient and who was disobedient, who follows the messenger and who refuses to accept the authority of the messenger it became evident. So, Allah will never leave the
believers in the state that you are on, how to undo your Misa, He will separate he will distinguish your musings from the rulers Mimi as a maze is to distinguish to separate things on the basis of priority. So, for example, things are mixed up and then you distinguish this as good, this is bad. So, you separate and you distinguish each and every one of them. So, he will distinguish what other hobbies the impure minify him from the pure the impure and the pure are mixed up, he is going to separate them and he is going to show who is pure and who is impure. How,
how is he going to show by telling someone by putting in the heart of an individual that this person is sincere and this person is insincere. So a person goes around passing verdicts that oh hypocrite an oath truthful person or Jannetty and Oh, person of hellfire? Is this how Allah informs No, not at all? Well, Matt can Allahu Allah, Allah is not going to lead to the outcome that he informs you from its lair, follow mine, which is to inform, to notify, so he will never inform you are a little naive about the unseen.
Allah is not going to tell you about the unseen, that every believer you know, he is told in his dream that oh, this person is a hypocrite and this person is a believer. No, he's not going to tell you the unseen, well that can Allah but Allah yet at the V selects from Jean by well, to select, he selects MidwayUSA Li from his messengers, mijoshop whomever he wills, meaning Allah only informs of the unseen, to who to the Messenger whom He selects. And even that messenger Allah does not tell him everything. Allah tells him, only some matters of the unseen. So for example, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam he was informed of who the Muna 15 were, and who the believers were, he was informed by Allah
who the hypocrites were. And the Prophet sallallahu Sallam shared the names of the hypocrites with who with one of the companions for the feminine human, only one companion, he did not publicize that list. So Allah did inform him. But does Allah inform everyone? No, he only informs who? His messengers.
So if there's anyone who claims that I know who's sincere and who's not, then that person is lying.
And we are making a judgment that we do not have the authority to make, you know, we are not allowed to say, This person is going to paradise and this person is going to hellfire. We're not allowed to say that we're not allowed to make such judgments. Remember that story of that man who passed away one of the battles and the people they kept coming to the Prophet sallallahu Sallam and he kept saying that so and so is is your heat and so and so is the Shaheed and the prophets have a lot of sense that he's not a Shaheed
he's not I see him in the hellfire. Why? Because of a shawl that he stole from the war booty. A shawl that he stole from the war booty because of that, he's an alpha. So we don't know the unseen we can never make some judgments
If you don't know how these we learned that a person may be performing the actions of the people of Jannah, but in reality, he's off the people of hellfire. And a person may be performing the actions of the people of hellfire on the buried it seems that he's gonna go to hellfire. But he will end up in Jannah. So we don't know we don't have the authority to make such judgments. So Allah will not tell you of the unseen and he only chooses from his messengers whomsoever He wills, and he tells them for me Nabila, he was also the he so believe in Allah and His messengers. Were in took me know what a taco and if you believe and you fear Allah, Fela, Edgerunner Aleem than for you is a great
reward. So believe in the messengers and fear Allah. Now we see that after the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa salam, how does Allah expose the reality of people? Through what, through situations like or
through situations like bitter Morona through situations like a revere incident, the incidents that I mentioned to you earlier, that at these times, it becomes clear who is a sincere believer and who is not?
That at the time of difficulty, who still has hope and Allah who still firmly believes and who gives up his faith,
the one who gives up, it's clear that he's not sincere and the one who doesn't give up who remains firm. He is the one who is sincere. Now remember, Hebei Allahu anhu, who was captured by the machine and sold to the people of Makkah. What happened with him? We learned that Kobe.
He was detained for some time in Makkah meeting the people. They kept him in captivity in a closed place in a secluded place for some time. And then it was unanimously decided amongst the people of Makkah that they were going to assassinate him. And they weren't just going to go and assassinate him. When he was alone somewhere. No, they're going to bring him out in public and assassinate him in public. So what did they do? They brought him out. They made a cross for Him so that they could crucify him in public. They put him up over there. And they didn't just take a sword and kill him. No. They started cutting pieces of his body while he was still alive.
Can you imagine they brutally assassinated him? And as they were cutting pieces of his body off, it is said that one of the executioner's he said that do you not wish that Muhammad Sallallahu sallam was in your place right now?
That before you believe in Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, everything was fine. And since you believed in him, since you went with him, to war against us, this is why you're in trouble today. So Don't you blame Mohamed Salah lorrison for the difficulty that you're suffering, don't you want that he should be in your place? He said Never. He said that I would never wish that I am at home and the prophets of Allah Islam suffers even a thorn. No, I would never wish any kind of discomfort for him. And at this, the Michigan got so angry that they started saying kill him kill him. Now imagine the whole mob of people. All the people there chanting Kill him, kill him kill him. And all the people
took out their swords in their spirits and the shot at him. And this is how he passed away. Now this incident, it clearly shows the faith, the sincerity of Hebei, but of the Allahu Anhu. And this is why for the companions of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam we say, the lovely Allahu Anhu that may Allah be pleased with them
because of the sacrifices that they made in the way of Allah. When there were people who went for war with the Prophet sallallahu sunnah and defended him with their backs with their hands, with their bodies, that if someone shot an arrow to the Prophet sallallahu sallam, they shielded him with their own body
that showed that they had love for the Prophet salallahu Salam. And if someone abandoned the Prophet sallallahu Sallam and left and later said, I'm so happy, I was not there. What does that show them? Something different. So it is through different tests, through different situations in life, that Allah exposes our reality to us, and also to others.
That for example, if we, you know, at a time when someone has upset us at a time when someone has angered Us, if we go and humiliate them and forget all about somebody and gentleness, whatever that we have learned, and what does it show, that what we have learned is not in our actions, that our knowledge is useless for us that we are not one of those people who are taking knowledge seriously, who are taking it to benefit ourselves. So
Do our actions, they show to us what our status is.
And Allah will publicize this, Allah will make you aware and others aware. So don't just think that learning is sufficient. Being good on the outward is sufficient. No, being good on the inward is necessary. And it's at times of difficulty that Allah will expose the reality.
We know what it is, when you get something easy, then you don't value it that much. When you endure difficulty, then you start valuing it. And Allah makes it difficult for us sometimes, that for example, coming on the weekends to learn the deen coming in a time when we are tired or exhausted when we have work to do at home, when we you know, have to struggle to get here, because other people don't like it that much. This is the time when the sincerity will come forth. And this is the time when you will also start to value what you're doing
that when we have something we take it for granted, right? If for example, if somebody lives in Saudi they think, you know, what's the big deal going for Omar going for Hajj, what's the big deal? Why are you so emotional about it?
Right, or wearing the hijab or learning the Quran? What's the big deal for when they have to move away from there, and they realize that going there is not something that's easy to do all the time every other weekend, then they realize its importance and value, and then they struggle for it. That the same thing when it comes to Islamic classes, that we think, you know, all this knowledge should be for free and we should not be charged any fees. Because you know, look, they're selling the deen and you should not be selling the deen. But the thing is that if you're not charged for it, then what happens? We take it for granted. We don't show up for the class, we don't do our lessons. We
don't bother to attend the class seriously, right? But then when we have to pay for it,
and our parents are paying the fees for it, then what happens? We start to value what we are getting. So Allah subhanaw taala makes doing good. Difficult for us sometimes, so that we start valuing it. And when that difficulty comes or two reactions, some people give up and leave, they say not too expensive, I'm not paying any fees, I'm leaving the scores. You know, I was sent a reminder, and I was told by the group in charge. And then I was followed up, you know, I can't deal with this I'm leaving. And another is that you say no, I should pay my fees, I should fulfill my responsibility. And then you start valuing the class even more. So there are two reactions, one
losers, the other are winners. One is to embrace the challenge and the other is to give up
when I observe and Alladhina Yabba Luna Bhima atta whom Allah and never should those people think which people, those people who are stingy with that which Allah has given to them. What is booklet? Yep, coluna is from Boho, Boho is to keep something that you must give away.
There is something that you are obligated to give away. But still you keep it.
This is what booklet
now, for example, if you have $10 It's your money. And you're not obligated to share some of that money with your younger brother. Okay. Why? Because your dad also gave him $10 He asked $10 you have $10? He didn't tell you that you have to give any. So if you don't give him $2 out of your $10 Are you being miserly? Are you being stingy? No, this is not bottled. All right. But if your dad told you that buy lunch for yourself and also for him from this money. And you don't buy him lunch? And that is what?
Okay. Now, if a person has $100
and their brother has zero,
okay. And this person is buying something for themselves that costs only $30. And their brother wants something that costs only $5.
And they say that No, I'm not gonna give you my money. It's mine. Is this? Yes, it is. Because even though they're not obligated to give those $5 But isn't it logical for them to give those $5 Because a giving us $5 is not going to be that difficult for them and be their brother needs it. So you understand, but whole is to not give what you should give what you must give, whether it is humanity that demands that you give it or it is the law of Allah that demands that you give it or it is you know, being kind towards others that demand
is that you give it whatever it is that demands that you must give when you don't give that as bottle.
So those people who do bottle Alladhina yerba Luna, they are niggardly, they're stingy. Bhima atta, whom Allah whom in fugly. With that which Allah has given them from His bounty, it's not theirs, they didn't get it themselves. Allah is the One who gave it to them in the first place that didn't deserve it. Allah was merciful towards them. He was generous towards them when he gave them, but yet they are stingy. So these people should never think that who will hide on the home, that it is good for them? What is good for them, being stingy, keeping everything to yourself and not giving anything to others? Never should they think that this is good for them. So for example, a person
thinks, you know, I have my $100 Okay, I'm spending only 30, my brother wants $5 from me, I'm not going to give him those $5 I'm going to keep those $5 with me, and I will have 70 left. Because if I give him five, I will have 65. So I have 70. And having 70 is better than 65. Allah says no, never think that having 70 years better than 65 No, it's not good for them. Bell who has Shalom Brother, it is worse for them. It is most evil for them, it is bad for them. When a person is being stingy, he thinks that he has more. And he thinks that this is good for him. But in reality, he does not have any more. Because in the Hadith, what do we learn that sadaqa does not reduce wealth sadaqa
does not reduce wealth. So giving those $5 away, is not going to reduce your wealth, okay, you may have 65 left, but because of your generosity towards your brother, Allah who will give you more, whatever you spend, Allah replaces it for Who are you only for He replaces it, and when you don't give than Allah who Allah give you more. And when people are ungrateful than what they have is also taken away from them. So you feel that okay, those $70 You're going to keep to yourself, and you keep them in your wallet, and you keep them in your bag and your bag is right next to you. And the next thing you know, you went to a public washroom and you hung your bag inside and you forgot to
bring it out with you. By the time you get there back the bag has gone to $70 that you saved, gone.
It is worse for them. What you have right now is not going to stay with you forever. So how much can you keep? How much can you save? How much can you keep to yourself? Eventually it's going to go so give it away in the way of Allah and Allah who will replace it for you. Well who has shown the home and how well does it evil for them that so you thought we're gonna soon they will be * man bullied will be that which they were stingy with when yo mo pm on the Day of Judgment, the money that they're hoarding the wealth that they're hoarding that they're keeping to themselves, they're not giving to others, the same wealth is going to color them on the Day of Judgment. So you thought
what Buddhism do Let us bow call and talk is a neck collar. What is it a neck collar? Have you seen it on a cat or a dog a collar that is around their neck and on it is a leash and with it they are pulled with it they are taken and sometimes the animal does not wish to come but still he is pulled and dragged until he is forced to give up and come along. So talk Allah says over here so you thought we're gonna they will be * with what with the money that they hoard it, meaning that same wealth is going to be wrapped around their necks on the Day of Judgment. In a hadith we learn that whoever Allah makes wealthy and this person does not base the cat that is due on that wealth.
Then on the Day of Resurrection, his wealth will be made in the likeness of a bald headed poisonous snake with two black spots over the eyes. The snake will encircle his neck and bite him on his face on his cheeks. And we'll say I am your wealth. I am your treasurer. So on the Day of Judgment, this wealth will take form of what of a snake that is poisonous, which is going to be wrapped around the neck of that individual and is going to bite him on his face. I am your wealth. I am your treasurer you wanted me you didn't want to give even a part of me away. Here I am.
So you don't work on a Buffy Looby yomo piano well Allah He Mira to Samoa it will all to Allah belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. What is me Roth from well author if inheritance is basically what is left behind by the owners when they're gone when they die. A person is alive
He has his wealth. But when he goes away when he dies, that wealth remains in this world. That's me Ross. So when all the people are gone, come home and our Laker fan, then who will remain why our book our tulip beaker, don't Jalali will ECOMP Allah will remain. So all this money that we're hoarding, ultimately, who is it going to go to? Allah, it's his anyway, he gave it to you. And he's going to take it back to, he's just testing you right now what you will do with it. Remember the stuff that you have? It's not yours.
It's not yours. But from when we are very little even we start saying Mine, mine mine. This is mine, we don't want to share
little children, very little children, the hips, the greed that we have, the feeling that we have that what we have is ours, whereas in reality, it's not ours. Allah gave it to us my towel Malone and fugly. And eventually he is going to take it back. So right now he's just asking you, what are you going to do with it? Well, Allah will be met Dharma Luna hobby, and Allah is Aware of whatever that you do, what you are hoarding, what you are spending, how much are you spending, how much can you spend, where you are giving where you should be giving, Allah is watching you, he's fully aware. You know, like, at the at the end of the month, you get your bank statement, this much money, went
at the grocery store, this much money went at a clothing store, this much money went to the gas station, this much money was paid in builds, you get the statement at the end.
Have you ever seen it, every single transaction is recorded. And when you see it, you're shocked. Because even if a transaction is a few dollars, even that is recorded, even that is recorded, and it adds up to how much it adds up to how much sometimes more than your paycheck, sometimes more than we can afford. Allah is fully aware of whatever that we're doing, every transaction, every interaction is recorded, and he knows.
Now why was this iron revealed? What's the relevance of this idea in this context, at the battle over what happened?
Because you see the Muslims, they went for war with their wealth as well, right? They went with their money, meaning the swords, the animals, whatever they took, was there as it was a personal wealth, they took it in the way of Allah. And they came back, having lost a lot of it, were even some of it. Right? Remember Buddha Jana, the sword that he had, what happened to it, it was bent because he had used so much. But a person who did not go out in the way of Allah, or beloved obey, who came back home with his sword, perfectly safe and said, the prophets of Allah said when he came back, his sword was full of blood. And he told his daughter to wash it, our little, little one who
also gave his sword to his wife to wash it. So when a person goes out in the way of Allah, then he ends up spending in the way of Allah.
So for example, when you drive all the way here you spend on your gas, right? The money that you have to pay money that you have to give in buying gas in order to come here, some of you drive from a very far place. Others don't do that. Some of you come on public transport. So paying for bus tickets, it adds up, doesn't it?
Or paying for books, or paying in the fees you spend in the way of Allah when you are out in the way of Allah, you have to do that.
And there are others who decide not to go in the way of Allah because they don't wish to spend
the one who does not spend in the way of Allah he stays back. He thinks that he has a lot. He thinks that he has saved a lot of money. And he feels pity for those whose money is going in their fees in the gas and buying their books and buying their uniform, whatever it is. But never pity yourself when you have to spend in the way of Allah never.
Even if it means you will not have much left because whatever level that you will have left Allah will put Baraka in that for you, that it will be enough for you insha Allah.
Ask Allah to bless that well, and Allah will.
I remember once a sister shared that when she decided to take up a course, this wonderful time when during the week, she was working before that.
And she was being paid hourly. I don't remember how much money but she was being paid hourly. And she gave up that job so that she could study full time. She said, I left that job and my husband got another job elsewhere, which was more than the money that we were previously making my salary and his salary combined.
It happens
it happens
to people. So never think that if you have to spend in the way of Allah, you're wasting your money. And if you're keeping your money from spending in the way of Allah, that you will save a lot. No, you're not going to save that much. How much are you going to save? Eventually it's going to go. Eventually you're going to leave it eventually it's going to leave you suspend in the way of Allah, happily, happily, and Allah will put Baraka in the money that you have