Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2012 – P08 089B Tafsir Al-Araf 26

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The speakers discuss the importance of covering one's body and not compromising on body clothing. They stress the need to be mindful of one's beauty and not to spend too much time on clothing. The speakers also emphasize the importance of surrounding people with good behavior and being out of the way to avoid becoming a liability. The segment concludes with a discussion on clothing and the use of "branded" in the context of clothing.

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			Lesson number 89 Sora to arrive I am number 26 to 39 Before we begin, we will listen to the
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			yeah bunny Adam, oh children of them, who is being addressed over here.
		
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			Us. So you tell yourself I am being addressed? Allah subhanaw taala is talking to me. He is telling
me something. What are the N Zelner? Aleikum Lieberson certainly, we have given you clothing, we
have descended on you We have sent down on you clothing, meaning we have commanded you to wear
clothes. And we have provided you the means with which you can get clothes, whether it is that you
grow cotton, and you make a fabric yourself and you wear that fabric on yourself or it is that you
have the means to go and purchase clothes and you put them on. But who is it that has provided you
the means to put clothing on? Allah subhanaw taala? What does this clothing do? You wear it so it
		
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			can it covers your private parts, because human beings have been made such that they don't have any
natural covering on themselves on their bodies, other creatures, the way that Allah has made them
the way that they're made, the way their bodies are, naturally their private parts are exposed. For
instance, in animals, how are they four legged animals, how are they they are bent downwards. So as
a result, their private parts are concealed because of how their bodies are. But human beings,
they're different. And likewise, animals, how have they been created with something on their skin,
whether it is feathers, or it is fur or wool, whatever it is, that covers them, but human beings
		
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			have not been created that way. So clothing, what does it do? It covers us, and it completes us. It
covers us and it completes us what Isha and it is also feathers for us in the sense that it is
something that keeps us warm, it is something that conceals us. And at the same time, it beautifies
us it enhances our beauty. So for instance, a person, they have a beautiful skin color. However,
when there were some color on their body, whether it is pink, or blue, or black, or white, or green,
any color, what happens is that their body gets more beautiful, they look more beautiful, they look
more complete. So clothing is something that covers you and it is something that beautifies you and
		
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			this shows to us that these are the objectives, the purpose behind clothing, what is the objective?
What is the purpose of clothing, covering and beauty in covering? What did we learn? That covering
is a priority. So if a cloth if some clothes are very beautiful, but they don't cover you properly,
then should we choose to wear them? No. What is the first and foremost purpose of clothing that they
should cover you? And what are the three things included in covering that first of all, they should
be they should be concealing. So what does that mean? What does that mean? That they should be not
translucent, they should not be transparent. Secondly, they should be covering and what does that
		
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			mean that they should be long enough that they conceal the parts of the body that should be covered?
Not that a short dress is being worn so that a person's front or backside is being exposed?
		
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			No, that is not appropriate. And thirdly, they should be loose enough that they actually cover the
person. Because if a person is wearing extremely tight clothing, then they're as good as not wearing
anything. So you Addy. So Article One Isha. But clothing is not worn just for the purpose of
covering, it should also be worn for the purpose of beautification. So you see, there has to be a
balance. Because sometimes we go to an extreme, we say, no, no, it should just cover me. I don't
care whether it's faded, or it is old, and it looks horrible on me. No, no, it should just cover me.
No, it should cover you. And it should beautify you, we should also focus on beauty. Why? Because
		
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			we're coming in front of other people. And if our clothing are becoming an eyesore for others, then
we are what? We are becoming a source of hurt for other people. All right. And at the same time,
we're not giving a good image of the deen of Allah subhanaw taala. Because then people think that
oh, whoever becomes religious, then they become very boring. All right. And also think about it.
It's a natural desire of a person to beautify themselves, isn't it so little girls, even, they want
necklaces, and they want bracelets, and everything that they see their mom wearing, they want it as
well, right. And they see that if someone is wearing nice clothes, they will appreciate them. My
		
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			daughter is hardly two years old. And the other day was wearing something that had beads on it. And
she wanted to touch it. And she kept saying beautiful, wonderful. Like, it's very nice. So even
little children notice these things. And this shows to us that it's within our fitrah it's within
our nature to beautify ourselves. So we should also pay attention to that, and especially sisters
who are married, they should pay a lot of attention to this, why in order to please their husbands.
But remember that when it comes to beautification, there's certain things that we need to remember.
Firstly, there should be beautification. But that should not be the focus, meaning for the sake of
		
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			beautification, other things should not be compromised.
		
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			Other things should not be compromised, like what, like what gets compromised, for the sake of
beautification, modesty, for instance. Because, you know, in different cultures, there are different
standards of beauty. And every few months, every few days, every few years, we see that fashion, you
know, it changes, so people like to dress up the way, you know, certain people are dressing up or
the way everybody's dressing up. So in trying to beautify yourself, remember, don't compromise on
modesty. What else gets compromised?
		
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			What else gets compromised when we are beautifying ourselves, what gets compromised sometimes? Yes,
our time and our money that also gets compromised, that some people, their focus becomes just
dressing up in the sense that every few days, every few weeks, every few months, they have to, you
know, buy something new in order to beautify themselves with or they feel that I've already worn
this outfit. And I cannot wear this. Again. I've already worn it to such and such wedding to such
and such party. And I cannot wear it again. Because that same person is coming to this party, and
they'll see me wearing the same outfit. But this is not correct.
		
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			Just for the sake of leaving a good impression on other people, and to show that we have a lot of
money or that we have a lot of clothes, we should not be wasting money. We should not be doing that.
Think about it. How much money are we spending on clothes? And how much money are we spending on
things that are really meaningful that will help us in the Hereafter? And remember the Hadith of the
Prophet sallallahu wasallam that the son of Adam says, My money, my money, my money, it's my stuff,
my clothes, my makeup, my jewelry, my shoes? But what is your money? What you've actually used it so
much that you tore it or you know, it became old and what you sent in the hereafter for yourself?
		
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			Because everything else what's going to happen to it? It's going to become somebody else's. It's
going to become somebody else's.
		
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			I myself have seen suitcases literally suitcases of clothes being given away.
		
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			After somebody passed away.
		
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			They had a whole section of their house that was not being used. And in the closets. They had kept
boxes and boxes and bags and bags of clothes and what
		
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			Are those clothes, huge jackets and different different kinds of clothes. And they were kept even
after this person passed away, they were kept because the family felt bad about using it or giving
it away, because our mother kept it, or a mother used it. She wanted it for herself. But then after
an entire decade was passed, and that part of the house was needed for something, they had to get
rid of all those clothes. And I saw with my own eyes, that those clothes were being given to
servants. They were being given away for free. For no value whatsoever. People were no need of it.
		
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			So think about it every time you're buying something super expensive, or something that you don't
need. Reflect on it that how is it going to benefit me in the long run.
		
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			And money should not be compromised on this. It doesn't mean that you should never wear expensive
clothing. If Allah subhanaw taala has given you the means go ahead. But don't forget to spend in
Allah's way. And don't forget to focus on your good manners as well don't think clothing is
everything beautiful clothing is everything. And at the same time, don't forget the needs of other
people. 100 Hola. Hola. Hola. We're having a coat drive. A winter coat drive. Have you seen the
flyer? I don't know if an announcement was made or it will be made. But if you have a jacket that
you're not wearing, and I'm sure you do,
		
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			I'm sure you do have a jacket that you're not wearing. Why? Because you weren't last year, and you
don't want to wear it again this year. Or because now you have a new one, or that one? You know, it
just doesn't fit me that well anymore. You must have at least one that you're not wearing. And if
it's just sitting like that, what should you do? Give it to someone who needs it.
		
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			Somebody was telling me yesterday that this line of documentary or something that how homeless
people and when it's winter and they don't have jackets, then what they do is that they stuff their
shirts, their clothes with newspaper. Why? Because it insulates. And as a result they have some
warmth inside.
		
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			How is it? How is it fair? Tell me? What answer will we give to Allah subhanaw taala on the Day of
Judgment that we had five jackets sitting in our closets, we used to wear only one or two. And the
three we had just in case, the three we had because they're mine.
		
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			Because they're mine.
		
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			And just one mile away from our house, somebody was going in the cold without a jacket. What excuse
will we present to Allah Spangdahlem on the day of judgment.
		
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			And at hamdulillah the way that this coat drive began was at one sister, she got herself a new
jacket and somebody asked her that okay, what are you going to do with the jacket that you have
right now? And she said okay, I'm gonna give it FISA beat Allah. And the question was, where do I
give it? So then they came up with this idea that why don't we start a coat driver, oh holder, so
that all the people who have extra jackets sitting at home with they're not using, they can bring it
and inshallah we can give it to the people who are needy.
		
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			And always think about it, that on the Day of Judgment, you will be needy of every little thing.
		
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			Every every little good deed, the Day of Judgment when the sun will be so close, and people will be
drowning in their sweat. They will be drowning in their sweat literally.
		
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			So don't you want something to shade you on the Day of Judgment? Don't you want something to protect
you on the Day of Judgment from the punishment of hellfire? Because what is it that will protect a
person from punishment on that day, it will be his good deeds, they will become like a shield for
him. We learned about this earlier, that will was new Yom in ill health. deeds will be weird on the
Day of Judgment. So you want something anything to help you on the Day of Judgment. So if there is a
jacket just hanging in your closet, bringing you no benefit, except that it's occupying space in
your house, and it's collecting dust on itself. And with every passing day, it's becoming outdated.
		
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			What good is it to you? What benefit is it going to bring you but if you give it in the way of
Allah? Is it not going to benefit you in sha Allah? Is it not going to benefit you in sha Allah? It
will. BUTCHER THON threatens us with fear and poverty. That what if I need this jacket? What if I
need it? You know what, tell yourself at that time if I needed Insha Allah, Allah will provide me.
		
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			Allah gave me this one, Allah gave me more in sha Allah, Allah will give me more as well. So when it
comes to clothing, let's remember that when we are beautifying ourselves, we should never compromise
on money. And one thing that was mentioned was also time. Sometimes we are taking care of our
clothes, we are eating them, we're pressing them, and we spend like 10 minutes 15
		
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			is trying to make sure that they're perfectly pressed. Right. And then as we wear them, we have to
make sure that you know, our makeup and our hair and our jewelry and everything matches perfectly.
And so much time is spent on dressing up. You know what I find really funny and not funny, actually,
I find it very, very strange that if you go to any women's party, whether it's a wedding or
anything, you will find less people
		
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			in the main hall, and you'll find more people were in the washrooms
		
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			What are they doing? fixing their hair, fixing their eyelashes, fixing their makeup, fixing every
little detail, and they're just staring at the mirror constantly perfecting themselves. And by the
time they go out, it's time to go.
		
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			And who are you trying to impress? Seriously, who are you trying to impress?
		
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			What are we trying to prove? With perfect hair or with perfect makeup? What's the big deal? If
you're, you know, eyeliner is not perfect? What's the big deal?
		
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			Are you going to fail at your test or something? Are you going to become sick or something? What's
the big deal? People are not going to have a great image of you. You know what? They'll forget about
it because they're more concerned about themselves, isn't it? Every woman is concerned about how her
hair is, which is why either she's in the washroom, or she's constantly checking herself in a
mirror. Or if she doesn't have that she's taking her phone out and looking at herself in the mirror,
making sure that her hair is fine or makeup is fine. Everything is perfect. I'm not saying don't do
makeup and don't make your hair do that, but within moderation within limits. Don't spend too much
		
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			time on this.
		
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			It is a need. Obviously you will have to spend some time on it. But don't make it a habit to spend
more time than needed on just beautifying yourself. So don't compromise on time when it comes to
beautifying yourself. And all of this can be summarized in one word is rough. What is this rough
extravagance? Whether you're spending too much money, or you're wasting too much time on this, so
stay away from suave when you are putting Risha on yourself? Okay? When you're beautifying yourself,
stay away from Israel off.
		
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			All right, because in the Quran, what does Allah say Kulu wash Prabhu 1234 Eat and drink, use the
blessings that Allah has given you enjoy them, but don't do ISAF because that's something that
doesn't fit a person who is preparing Jana for himself.
		
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			Also, one more thing, when it comes to beautifying yourself that should not be compromised. When it
comes to women, especially Allah subhanaw taala says in the Quran that Wallah you badeen Xena Tahuna
that they should not expose their adornment, their beautification, expose the beautification, to
who?
		
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			To who, to other women, no, to their families. No, they should not expose their beautification, to
who
		
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			to non Muharram meaning to men who are not related to them. Because you might have thought that we
saw the pictures of those birds and they looked so beautiful, right? And that's what Allah is
telling us to do that we should put on reach on ourselves so that we beautify ourselves, then why do
we have to wear hijab? Why do we have to wear in our BaIa? Why? Because Allah says in the Quran,
beautify yourself, that's a natural need of every woman. However, when she goes out when she goes in
front of men who are not related to her, then she's not allowed to show that beauty to them.
		
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			So wear anything that you want within the correct limits. But when you go out, then you have to be
careful. And the solution to that is what the cover your beauty. Some sisters, what do they do? They
don't beautify themselves at all.
		
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			This is since I don't wear you know, a baya that's why I have to wear this plain black skirt all the
time. And I have to wear this plain blue skirt all the time. And this boring blouse and this brown
jacket. Why because I don't wear it a via and I have to wear these loose black pants all the time
because I don't wear in a via and I'm not going to wear makeup ever again. I'm not going to wear lip
gloss. I'm not going to wear any jewelry. Because then you're beautifying yourself in front of other
people. That's not right.
		
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			You shouldn't beautify yourself. Once the prophets of Allah Islam saw the hand of a woman didn't
have nothing on it. No jewelry, no henna. And he said Is this the hand of a man or a woman?
		
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			But what do women do? They will not wear jewelry even rings, even bracelets. Right? What is that?
It's difficult for you. So for example, if I were wearing bracelets right now, and every time I
moved ever go changin, you'd be
		
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			distracted by that, right? Instead of focusing on the class, you'd be focusing on my bracelets. All
right? So that's a different situation. But I mean, this is a natural need of every woman.
		
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			And if you will not fulfill it, you will snap. You will snap, you'll go to another extreme. So
beautify yourself, make sure you do that. Allah is not stopping us from beautifying ourselves. But
what do we do when we go in front of other men? Just cover it, simply cover it, wear earrings
underneath your hijab, big huge earrings if you want most colorful if you want. Make Your Hair
however, okay? Wear whatever necklace you want, wear the nicest clothes that you want. But when you
step out when you go in front of other men, then what does Allah say that the believing women should
not expose their beauty in front of non Muslim men? That's it simple.
		
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			All right. So
		
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			it doesn't mean that you come all decked up to class, but you can. So for example, the assault
sisters over here, if you love to wear makeup, go ahead. Go ahead, because it's women over here, but
when you go in front of other men, then you have to be careful about that. Okay. So what do we learn
over here in this idea, that clothing is something that Allah has blessed us with? It's a blessing
from Allah. It covers us it beautifies us, we should use it, we should enjoy it. However, we should
not compromise certain principles when it comes to beautifying ourselves. And what are those
principles that Xena beautification should not be displayed before non Muslim men and a person
		
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			should stay away from Islam they should stay away from extravagance.
		
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			And Allah says wali bassa, taqwa Velyka, haze, clothing of piety that is much better, much better
than what then your outer clothing, then your tangible clothing. So for example, one is that you are
wearing beautiful clothes, you're going to your friend's party, her engagement, let's say or her
Nikka and you are wearing the best clothes that you have in your closet. You make your hair really
good, you put your makeup on, amazing. But if you go there and sit down with a sour mood, and
everyone who comes and talks to you, you ignore them, or you give them those eyes, and you end up
arguing with someone and yelling at another person and fighting with another person, then you know
		
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			what? Your beautiful clothing is meaningless. Really, because you're not looking beautiful at all.
You're in fact looking very ugly. Even with those sleek black shining straight hair. You look really
ugly. Why? Because of your bad character. So what does Allah say? labasa Taqwa our focus should not
be just on beautifying ourselves outwardly, but also beautifying our heart, beautifying our manners,
beautifying our dealings with other people. That should be our main focus.
		
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			In the Quran, Allah says in surah 200 is seven that will our kin Allah have Baba la como Iman was a
Jana who feel Kuru become what Cara la como COFRA. Well for Su poder a cn that Allah has made
beloved to you Eman, meaning Eman. Allah has made it very beloved to you. So you love it and has
made it beautiful in your hearts. So what is the beauty of the heart? Iman, what is the beauty of
the heart, that which Allah subhanaw taala likes, whether it is good thoughts, whether it is love of
Allah, fear of Allah, love for the prophets of Allah is Allah positive thinking about others,
forgiving others. All of this is what beauty of the heart. And that is something that we must we
		
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			must focus on. Because if a person has beautiful manners, then it doesn't make a difference. Whether
they are wearing silk clothes or cotton cloths doesn't make a difference, whether they were wearing
the jacket which is worth $500 or worth $50 Doesn't make a difference. Why? Because their beauty
will radiate. It will shine.
		
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			It will be far more effective. It will be far more catchy than a shiny diamond can. Right. So
beauty, you know it draws the attention of other people. But the beauty of character that is far
more impressive. That is far better. Because any person can beautify themselves in a tangible sense,
right?
		
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			Any person can do that. And people can use many deceptive techniques in order to beautify
themselves. Like for instance, someone has very short eyelashes, they go and put on fake eyelashes,
right? Someone puts on makeup that conceals their skin so well, that they look very, very beautiful,
right? Someone could put on certain clothes or certain kinds of shoes that will change the way that
they look completely, they will change their height, it will change their figure because of the kind
of clothes that they're wearing. Right? But when it comes to real beauty, which is the beauty of
character, that is true accomplishment. That is true accomplishment, because that makes a person
		
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			look beautiful in the eyes of people and in the sight of Allah subhanaw taala. So we don't want to
just look beautiful in the sight of people. We want to be really beautiful in the sight of Allah
soprano third, and whatever that we were it should be labasa taqwa, meaning it should reflect by it,
it should show that a person is afraid of Allah. Meaning the clothes that a woman wears that a man
wears, they should be
		
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			Allah approved. Okay, they shouldn't be Quran approved. They should be sunnah approved.
		
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			All right, so nothing should be worn. That reflects disobedience to Allah. That reflects, I don't
care what's mentioned in the Quran. I just care about fashion. I just care about my looks no, that
does not befit a believing person. So when he bastard taqwa, they're like, Oh, hi, that is much
better. The prophets have a lot of centum said that the most complete of believers in Iman are those
who are most excellent in character.
		
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			Not those who have the most perfect clothes that fit them really well. The color just suits them
perfectly. The length of the clothes is just perfectly fine. No, who is a Kamalu menina email sent
Whoa, collagen, those who are best in their character.
		
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			Once the Prophet said a lot of Saddam was asked, well, Messenger of Allah, a certain woman, she
prays in the night, fasts in the day and does good deeds and also gives charity but she hurts her
neighbors with her tongue. She hurts her neighbors with her sharp done and we can take neighbors as
even people who are living in the room that is next to ours. Could be your brother could be your
sister could be your parents. You know whoever Okay, so this woman, very righteous otherwise, but
she was to hurt her neighbors with her tongue. The messenger of allah sallallahu sallam said there
is no good in her. She is one of the people of the fire.
		
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			Because of her bad luck because of her sharp tongue, because of the rudeness of her speech. Her
Salah is not helping her, her fasts are not helping her.
		
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			Hurt, bad manners are taking her to the fire of *. The prophets have a lot of fun and was asked
about another woman that she prays the fourth prayers, meaning only the five obligatory prayers, and
she gives a little bit of yogurt as sadaqa and she does not hurt anyone meaning whatever little bit
of food that she can find extra. She gives that a sadaqa but she's very careful about how she
interacts with other people. She doesn't hurt anyone. The messenger of allah sallallahu sallam said
she is one of the people of paradise.
		
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			She is one of the people of paradise. Why? Because of her good o'clock. This is why Allah says when
he busts a Taqwa that equally we try to impress people with our jewelry with our perfect eyeliner
with our perfect shade of lipstick, with our perfect style of making hair.
		
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			But what is it that is far more important? It's good character.
		
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			So when you go there's this book I read in which this female character she realized that my mother
told me if you can't be beautiful, you should at least be good to people because it'll do appreciate
it more.
		
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			Because we put in so much effort in trying to beautify ourselves which is why we stand for 15
minutes 20 minutes in front of the mirror checking constantly says my mascara okay? My eyeliner.
Okay. Is the lipstick okay? Is it's much is it this is it that you know sometimes I'm amazed that
sisters are standing in the uniforms over here in the washrooms perfecting their white hijabs. Like
really, we told you to wear white so that you wouldn't waste much time.
		
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			And if you waste your time, perfecting your white hijabs, in the washrooms Come on, like, seriously,
it's only white. There's no color in it. And they should be playing as plain as possible. Right so
that they don't distract you as much. So we spent so much time beautifying ourselves outwardly
		
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			But our efforts should be dedicated to one beautifying ourselves on the inside, beautifying
ourselves on the inside,
		
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			you know, like, on your clothes. On your hijab, let's say the one that you're wearing right now
White, if there was a big ketchup stain
		
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			right in front.
		
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			Would you be okay with that? Would you be like, Oh, whatever, I'll just go home put in the laundry.
Yeah. Or would you be standing the Washington right now trying to claim that are trying to wear your
hijab in such a way that that big ketchup stain can be hidden somehow? What would you do?
		
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			What would you do
		
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			with that stain bother you? Would it? Yes, it would. So just like that we have many bigger ketchup
stains on our heart, don't we?
		
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			much bigger and much worse. But we ignore them. And we don't think about removing them. We don't
think about beautifying our heart. Sometimes we're so concerned about eye makeup. And we'll apply so
many layers and a different product on every part of the eye. Why? Because we want our eyes to look
just perfect. Something else inside something else outside something else on the lashes, and
something else right under the brow. Right. And we'll use different different colors perfecting our
eyes. Have we ever thought about perfecting our sauna like that? perfecting our recitation of the
Quran in that manner, perfecting the way that we speak to our parents,
		
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			perfecting the way we think about other people in our hearts.
		
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			Think about it. We've become very materialistic.
		
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			And we forget what is most important. Whenever you're wasting too much time, you know perfecting
your beautification, tell yourself, this body is going to end up in the grave anyway.
		
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			Seriously, you think your body is going to stay perfect always. One day, it will be put under the
mud.
		
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			Think about it. People will wash you, they'll shroud you in the most plain clothes, and they'll put
you under the mud. And what's going to happen to your beautiful eyes then, and Your beautiful lips,
then what's going to happen to it, it's going to rot, it's going to decay, it's going to decompose,
it's going to finish.
		
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			But the way you looked at someone
		
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			and the way you spoke to someone with that mouth.
		
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			And the kind of horrible expression that you made with your lips that is going to stay.
		
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			We perfect our nails. And we forget about what we're typing and what we're writing with those
fingers, what we write what we type is going to stay in our record forever. And those nails, those
fingers are going to rot in the grave.
		
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			So what's more important outer beauty or our actions in our character, what's more important, our
actions, our character. So when he come, I just wanted to say that sometimes when we've displayed
bad behavior, or we've been rude to someone, the effect is everlasting. The person might remember
you for that bad behavior forever. It happened to me that sometimes you speak to someone and you
don't realize it, you've been very rude. And even if after a while you apologize, you still feel
really bad about it. Whereas you can go and change your clothes and look beautiful or may put
another color on the bad behavior will always take that soldiers minds. That is so true.
		
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			I was reading a quote yesterday that some people might die, and their character keeps them alive.
But some people may be alive but their character kills them. Yes.
		
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			Some people die, but their character, what they did their actions, they keep them alive, their
beauty. What the impressions that they've left in the hearts of people that keep them alive. And
some people they may be alive, but their character, their actions, make them as if they're dead
because people don't want to know them. They don't want to be around them. They don't want to hear
them. They want to have anything to do with them. Because even though they have beautiful eyes and
beautiful clothes, they're very hurtful in their words. So this is why Allah says well he basswood
taqwa, they're like a hyena.
		
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			I was listening to a lecture the other day. And they're talking about how we become so obsessed with
the gifts but not the giver. So the blessing that we get but not from the gift, give it to the
giver. And then she said that, because we put it in our hearts and not in our hand. Because if it
was in our hand, we wouldn't mind so much if it was taken away from us. But as we put it in our
hearts, we're so obsessed with it, just the concept of it. And then she gives a story An example of
a man who he had both so yeah
		
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			Have lots of merchandise on his boats. And he was teaching a class and a man came up to him and
said, We're sorry, but something happened to your boat like it's synced. And then he paused and he
said, I'll come to LA. And then he kept teaching. And then they came back to him and said, I'm
sorry, it wasn't your boat and other person's boat. And then he paused again, he said,
Alhamdulillah. And then later, they asked him why he said, Al Hamdulillah. And he said, the first
time I paused, and I checked my heart to see if it moved, and it didn't, so I sort of Fringilla and
then again, when they told me that it was my boat, I paused to see if my heart moved, and it didn't.
		
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			So I said, 100 Allah.
		
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			So the blessings that Allah has given us, let's use them, but don't get too attached to them. So
that our, all of our concern becomes our body and our clothes and our makeup and our hair, and all
these products that we have to use.
		
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			Let's remember the purpose of our lives, which is to draw closer to Allah, not to beautify your
body.
		
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			So when he Basu taqwa, that eco hate that is much better. And remember that when it comes to
beautifying yourself, it's not just your clothing, in the eye of clothing, as mentioned, but it also
applies to your body, which is why we were discussing makeup in here. And when it comes to hair,
again, I would like to remind all of you that when it comes to beautifying our hair, many times we
wear our hair bun, or whatever really high.
		
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			So then what happens is that our head, it looks like the hump of a camel. And that has been
described as the seat of shape on the seat of what chatline so it's like as a woman is walking, and
who's sitting on her head. Shetland, why? Because then she's like, my head, you know?
		
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			Do you know what I'm talking about? Then your attitude changes completely. The way you perceive
yourself, it changes and the way it draws other people's attention. So let's be careful about and I
want right now, and I hope inshallah you won't mind because our purpose of coming here is to not
just learn but to do Islam, to correct ourselves, many times we don't see the back of our head. So
we can't really tell if we are wearing our hair too high, so it looks like a bump. So we are
sisters, believers, and a believer is the mirror of another believer. So can we become mirrors right
now to those who are sitting next to us. And let's remind if someone is not wearing their hair
		
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			properly, very nicely and politely that your hair is a little too high, or your hair is Hamdulillah.
Perfect.
		
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			Can we do that? Very nicely. And nobody make fun of another person. Don't you dare do that. And
don't you dare make any person feel bad? Because it could be an honest mistake.
		
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			So if your hair is too high, what can you do? What can you do? Just lower it
		
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			is my shin.
		
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			Does it look like a camel? Does it? Okay, if it ever does, please come and tell me. Okay, because it
happens sometimes we don't realize in a hurry. We're just staying over here and it's too high. And
it wouldn't be correct if it's like that. Okay.
		
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			All right. So let's continue. Allah says Willie Basu, taqwa. Aliko. Hi, Valley come in iOttie lead.
This is from the signs of Allah. What is clothing to the miracles of Allah? I mean, isn't it amazing
that every day you can dress up differently. I mean, a bird that has been created with blue
feathers, it will forever remain blue. But you can wear blue one day and turquoise another day in
green the other day in another shade of blue and another shade of green, whatever you want.
		
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			So we had some confusions about the bum. If it's below your head, that's fine. You
		
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			see a camel hump? What does it look like? And shall I think I'll show you a picture so that you can
become clear on that. A camel hump it looks like so it's at the same length. Think about a wave,
like a sound wave I'll just pictures are. So it should not be like that, that this is the bump of
your head and this is the bump of your hair.
		
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			You get it? This is the bump of your head and this is the bump of your hair. Should we as low as
possible. Okay, so if there is a bump, but it's like really far down, that's okay. But if it's high,
that's not okay. That's I mean chip on can sit there if he tries to sit he will fall.
		
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			Okay, but if you're making a perfect hump for Shetlands, that he can sit there comfortably and ride
you. You don't want that. Okay.
		
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			So then you come in at Lehi La Ilaha Coronavirus from the signs of Allah so that they remember. So
from today
		
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			What are we going to do?
		
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			When you dress up? Check yourself my clothing? Does it reflect the fear of Allah?
		
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			Or does it show that I'm just a fashionista? Yes.
		
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			I find that it's really hard for new hijab is to like, wear their hijab according to how Allah has
told us to, because of all these like, new things that people, especially like Islamic stores have
made like volume maizing clips or something like that Siri just so they can like, pop it up like
Hello. Hola, volumising clips. Wow.
		
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			Interesting. And then sometimes you'll find videos also of how to wear your hijab in the most
fashionable way. Right? So that's, I mean, you know what to watch and what not to watch and even if
you want something doesn't mean that you have to do it. Okay.