Taleem al Quran 2021 J03-036F Tafsir Al-Baqarah 273-274

Now in the next day, Allah subhanaw taala commands us or rather tells us about who we should give to. So, in the previous verses, so far we have learned that we should give, we are taught that what we give will actually benefit us, we are taught that what we give we should give for his face for the face of Allah. So, that now there is a question that, who should I give to who is most worthy, right? Where is the most beneficial So, Allah subhanaw taala teaches us that we should give to lil Fukuhara for those who are poor meaning charity is especially for those who are poor, they are most worthy of it. Fukada is the plural of the word for Pete someone who is suffering *er *er is

poverty, meaning a person literally has nothing. Okay? Now, people experience poverty for various reasons. There could be war, there could be some economic crisis, perhaps someone has been unemployed for a very long time. Sometimes there are structural injustice is systemic injustice is because of which certain people will continue to suffer poverty, generational poverty, all right. So someone could be in poverty because of different reasons. So here Allah subhanaw taala tells us about those poor people who are suffering poverty for a very specific reason. And what is that reason or which poor specially Alladhina or slow FISA beat Allah, those who have been restricted for

the cause of Allah, meaning those who are poor, because of being restricted in the way of Allah. Okay, so certain traits are mentioned six traits basically are mentioned in this ayah. The first trait is that there are poor they do not have their next meal. All right. And remember Velcade is someone who has a shuddered Hajah any who has extreme need lively crochet who does not own anything. The second trait is Alladhina or Cyril FISA vilella Those who are restricted in the way of Allah Now ursino is from household how Sodre and Hassan is manner to hold back to restrict, okay. So, or Slidell, this is passive, they have been restricted, they have been constrained where Wi Fi subete

Allah in the way of Allah. Now, someone could be restricted prevented from being free for two reasons. Okay. One reason is that they are prevented because of others, any others are not allowing them to go around freely. Okay. Secondly, someone could be prevented from going around freely because they have themselves voluntarily held themselves back. Okay. So, little FISA beat Allah what does this mean? This means that first of all, they are restricted because of in the way of Allah. And this is talking about the Sahaba, the companions of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who were literally trapped in Medina. Okay, they could not freely travel, because if they stepped out of

Medina, what would happen the enemy outside of Medina would attack them, kill them, capture them and inflict harm upon them. And many, if you study the Syrah at the beginning, when the Prophet sallallahu recently migrated to Medina, this is the reality it was very dangerous for the Muslims to travel outside of Medina, very dangerous. We learned about companions who were, you know, a people of status who went they went to Makkah to perform obrah from the unsolved and he their lives were threatened, so they could not go back again. We learned about incidents where some Muslims who were traveling, they got captured and people sold them to the people of Makkah, and the people of Makkah

tortured those companions. Any this is well known that it was not safe for the Muslims to travel, especially the MaHA Julian who had come from Makkah, their expertise was trade. So if they could not travel for trade, then how are they supposed to earn an income? The people of the Mohammed Juran were not farmers, the people of Medina deinstalled were farmers. All right, they had lands, they had their orchard, etc. That will hide you. And we're not like that. That was not their skill. That was not their expertise. So if they could not go outside of their homes, they could not travel outside safely, then how are they supposed to earn an income? So are several feasts of Eden. They were

constrained in the way of Allah. And another reason for this is that they were constantly at war because of being Muslim. The people of Makkah, not just Macau but the surrounding tribes.

It also had turned against the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, and they were out to get him and all those who supported him, were in danger now, so many Sahaba could not go out of Medina, and many Sahaba they were constantly at war, basically. Because every now and then there was someone who was coming to harm the Muslims. So certain Sahaba had to be basically patrolling outside of Medina. All right, checking what's going on bringing in news, because the Muslims were in danger. So if they were out for one mission, and then another mission, and then another mission, and then there's, if you study the Sierra, what do you find a battle of butter battle of than this battle, then this

battle, then this bet, and these are only the major ones, right? There were many study yet that happened in the middle that are typically not discussed in Sera, but the Sahaba were the ones who did that. So if every other day, they're being called to go out and patrol the area, when were they supposed to go and make money for themselves. So Alladhina or pseudo visa vie the law, they were constrained in the way of Allah, they were not able to go and work and make an income and a Latina or Sanofi subete Allah, they had also voluntarily prevented themselves from doing things that people typically do to earn an income. So for example, we learned about a boy who died at Aldila horn,

right? How when he came to Medina, he could have gone to the market like many other people, you know, do something, earn an income and have enough but he did not do that. He spent his time learning from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam learning from other companions, what he had missed out on. All right. And so there will be times when he would be so hungry, he had not eaten for a very long time. You know, we learned about this incident where he was extremely hungry and he, you know, went out hoping that you would come across someone and they would offer him some food. So he met Abu Bakr al de la Mourinho, Booker, the logorrhea did not offer him anything. Eventually, a

Buddha and of the Lord who met the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and in the Prophet sallallahu, alayhi wasallam, you know, gave him milk to drink. So where was a Buddha and it'll be lower and his time going, it was going feasable Allah to learn the deen of Allah. And this is especially the US horrible, so for those who stayed in the masjid Muslims who had migrated to Medina from different parts of Arabia, okay, they did not have their families with them, they did not have any of their money with them either. And they were entirely dedicated to the cause of Allah. Okay, so if they were entirely dedicated the cause of Allah, this means lie, you're still to your own a lot of

unfilled, this is a third trait, they are not able to travel in the earth, they do not have the capacity, because each person only has 24 hours in a day, seven days in a week, right? And if five to six days you are in the way of Allah, when are you supposed to go and work? MashAllah some people are able to do that many of the Sahaba were not able to do that they were not capable, and you see is the torah is from tawar, were able to have the capacity to have the ability to do something, you can only engage in trade when you have something to sell, right? You can only sell, for example, food or harvest when you have been working in your farm. Or when you have rented a piece of land and

you have been working on it. And you know that working on a piece of land, looking after plants, et cetera. This requires time and effort. Their time and effort was going in the way of Allah when were they supposed to attend to their gardens and orchards or sell something, buy something. All of this requires time and energy. So they were not able to travel because of the danger to their lives? All right, if they stepped out of Medina, their lives were in danger. Or they were not able to travel in the earth because they were constantly working in defense of Muslims in defense of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, or they were not able to travel in the earth because they had nothing to

trade with nothing to sell. They were so poor, they were people off sofa, those who just lived in the masjid. Now the next description Allah subhanaw taala gives us several whom will Jaya who are hernia minute our fourth year Cebu whom he thinks them okay, yeah, Cebu from hacienda, who thinks of them them is referring to the poor who are mentioned in this idea who thinks them as Jay hill the ignorant person, the J Hill person thinks of them to be Alinea to be rich ones. Alinea is a plural of Lennie lane. Dunya rich. So the ignorant person thinks that they are wealthy, that they have sufficient they have enough to fulfill their needs with why

Is the ignorant person think like that mean? A third fourth, because of the fourth? What is the fourth? Third? Fourth is restraint. Okay? We're basically a person does not beg, okay? A person does not beg does not ask. All right? When a person does not beg, that means that they're not showing their poverty, right? They're not talking about their financial struggles. So when they don't beg, the ignorant person thinks that they're well off that they have enough they don't need anything. So the ignorant person does not help them does not spend on them. So Allah subhanaw taala is advocating for such poor people that don't just assume that they are rich that they have enough because they're

not begging. No, you need to recognize the need on the face. And so Allah subhanaw taala told us the fifth trade 30 Phone BC my home, you recognize them by their distinctive mark. All right. Now let's go back to your sub Umoja who have Nia Amina Thirith with Darla fourth is from moraine Fafa All right, I infer and Rafa is restrained basically. All right. And RIFA is also chastity. Okay. to abstain, it's abstinence, abstinence is the right word. So for example, riffa is used in the case of a person who does not commit Zina. Okay, any there is temptation? Of course there is temptation, but they don't allow themselves to commit how long All right, likewise here Garforth This is referring

to the person who does not beg even though he is in need, why does he not beg because of modesty? Because of self respect, because they don't beg the ignorant person thinks that they're rich, that they have enough. And we see over here there is an indirect condemnation of such J Hill, Allah's Partha recalled such a person Jaha that you're so ignorant, that you cannot see the need of a person on his appearance on their body. And this shows us that we should notice people this doesn't mean that the moment you see someone you start analyzing them. Oh, they're wearing a watch that costs about it's that watch, okay, costs about 300 to $500. Okay, they're wearing these kinds of clothes,

their shoes, alright, their bag, you start evaluating the net worth of a person based on their appearance. That's not we're being told to do 34 One BC Maham you recognize them by their distinctive mark? What is the SEMA? Sema is from? Wow, seen meme, some say seen while meme? It's a distinctive mark. Okay? Meaning the hungry person. Okay, a hungry person is such that you can recognize hunger on their face. If you are a parent of a young child. All right, there are certain signs that will tell you that your child is hungry, that your child is thirsty, that your child is in pain that your child is hurt, that your child is not feeling well. Or that your child is feeling

stressed out. Right, you recognize what state your child is in based on their behavior, based on certain things that are very obvious to you. You may have seen how a mother you know the baby is crying and the mother says, Oh, he's hungry. How do you know he's hungry? The baby cannot say any word for the mother knows, recognizes the cry. Right? And this is not just with babies, even with a 12 year old. Alright, recently, my 12 year old got injured and he didn't communicate that he didn't say openly that he was in pain. All right, but I noticed that, you know, in his face that he was not the his usual self. And, you know, he was not acting like he usually is. And just by observing him,

I realized, Oh, he's in pain. So I asked him, Are you hurting? Are you experiencing pain over here? And then he thought for a moment and he said, Yeah, I am. He wasn't able to put a finger on it, you know, he was not able to communicate clearly what he was experiencing. So you don't wait for people to tell you all the time I need this. All right, you have to be so aware. And so alert or you must think about other people and take note of their you know, demeanor, etcetera so that you can recognize what need they have, you know, for instance, somebody sitting in front of you, and their mouth looks dry.

Their eyes look tired, that's a sign that they're thirsty. So offer them water, offer them water, you know, earlier we learned you can check my Tamiya SHA, Allah gives wisdom to whomever he wants. This is all related to wisdom, all of this, because sometimes it could be someone in front of you who isn't such need, and you are very capable of helping them but you don't bother. You don't bother, because you are afraid to, you know, be overbearing or be intrusive and things like that you don't have to pry into people's affairs all the time. No, but you can say a gentle word because of which they might feel comfortable to open up before you, they might feel safe to express their need

to you. So be like that with people. And if you want to know if someone is, you know, in some kind of need, or if you have a feeling that someone might be in need, you don't have to give something as sadaqa or making them feel like oh, you're poor, and I'm helping you give a gift. Give it as a gift. I remember I learned from this family friend of ours, such a generous person, masha Allah, I remember I once went, you know, I once visited her with some people. And, you know, I mentioned to or rather those people themselves mentioned to her about, you know, their family situation, which was not that pleasant. And they didn't say that they were in financial need, or that they were

struggling, nothing like that. But you see, it's very obvious that if for example, a father is not there, okay. Then the children will struggle financially right. And so they gave a gift to her not that Oh, you must be struggling. So here no read was coming up. And you know, she said that oh, this is an eight gift for you. And you know, you can bring benefit to people like this. So er, some of them will J Lu Alinea, I mean a tariff of don't be a J Hill Okay, don't be a J hill that you have to wait for people to openly inform you give you the you know, submit a formal request that I am in need. Please help me don't be so jarhead No, Be wise ask Allah for wisdom, pay attention and give

Allah's parents RSS 30 For one we see my home you will recognize them by their visible signs by their distinctive marks. Right. And the next quality loss parents are dimensions is lyase Aluna NASA l halfa. 34 by the way is remind Wafaa roof to recognize lyase Aluna NASA il However, they do not ask people will have a naggingly Now this is the folks who are mentioned in this idea that they don't insist okay, they don't ask naggingly You'll have is from lamb halfa Okay, it'll have from lamb Hoffa and it'll have is to continuously beg to continuously ask okay any ask once and then ask again. And then again, and then again and then again, until someone gives up and gives this as it

have. And from the same root Lamhe alpha is the word Lee half or mil half a mil alpha is used for a blanket. Okay, you know, a blanket just is on you. And some people when they insist they literally on others, they don't leave them until they get what they are demanding. And it'll have some rhythm I said, this is ill Ha, Allah, Allah is to harass someone to perseveringly constantly beg and ask as if a person is stuck to the other like a blanket is on someone. Okay? So layers Aluna NASA Al Khalifa, they don't ask at all, and they especially don't ask naggingly. So when they don't ask that means their need is not fulfilled. So you have to be so observant, that you recognize the need and

you give them before even they ask. All right. In a hadith we learn the Prophet sallallahu earliest Allah mentioned that the poor the one in need is not he who wanders about and who's needed sufficed by a date or to a bite or two or a meal or two, rather than miskeen the person who is truly in need is the one who neither has enough resources to sustain him all the while people are unaware of his need. So they do not give him nor does he asked people for anything. Allahu Akbar, he does not ask people okay. So when he does not ask people he does not beg for a bite or to a meal or to a date or two then this means that he will not be able to you know, get his need fulfilled immediately. All

right, the 14 What does the forklift do? knocks at the door, begs he will get $1 here dollar there.

And over the course of the day he will collect enough to go get a meal for himself and he fulfilled his need okay. But then there is another person who is also in need, but he does not beg. He has Daraa for all right. And so he does not ask, and he will not ask, like those who ask naggingly, those who do it half. So this means that by the end of the day, he's still hungry, he didn't have food at the beginning, he does not have food at the end of the day. So we are being taught over here to seek out such people to use common sense that if someone has not been to the market and so long, has not had work for so long, has, you know, their family is such that the main breadwinner is not

there. He's absent, or he's injured, that it's very obvious that they are in need. So spend on them, and don't wait to be asked. And especially when someone is restricted in the Cause of Allah than they are most worthy of your sadaqa. Right. So seek them out and give them but be careful, don't make them feel, you know, embarrassed. Now here there's also condemnation of ill half All right, or asking continuously naggingly sticking to people until they give like a blanket is on someone, we learn that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam actually took a pledge from people from some companions that they will not ask anyone for anything. So we learned that these companions would be

sometimes in a situation where one of them would be on a camel and his whip would fall and he would not ask anyone to pass it to him even he would get down himself and pick it up and this is very inconvenient. Remember, it is not haram to ask for favors It is not wrong to ask for help, but the upper hand is better than the lower one. Okay. And if a person opens the door of masala any begging, asking, then what happens? Their needs remain unfulfilled. They always feel that they need to beg they always need to ask, present your needs before Allah azza wa jal. All right, take your needs before Allah. Take your chakra your neediness before Allah, Allah is Allah czar. And when a person

keeps asking keeps begging people. All right, then this develops a very bad habit, a person develops the habit of not working themselves, they become lazy. And laziness is extremely any disliked. We learn in a hadith that if a person were to take a rope, and go to the jungle, and collect firewood, and tie that firewood with that rope and carry it on their back, bring it to the market and sell it that is better for them than to beg others and we should be careful. Subhanallah these days, when people want to travel, they want to buy something they want to study something and they start fundraisers for themselves and things like that. Ask Allah ask Allah you can ask people to support

others, but it's kind of like wears hijab if a person is openly asking people give me support me, this is a very bad habit than ask Allah azza wa jal present your chakra, your neediness before Allah azza wa jal and he is the provider. Also in this we learn that we should not ask naggingly No matter how pressing of a need you have, do not ask excessively in a hadith we learn the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in Allah kitty Helicon the Latin Allah subhanaw taala dislikes for you three things Peale will call he said this that was said in he always talking about what people said. Okay, what yulara Tell mal wasting money, worker throw at the soil and asking too many questions. These

three things Allah does not like for you. So stay away from these three things, talking about what people said, wasting your money and asking too much. asking too much means several things. One, it means asking for information. Whatever that information would be, could be a limb, it could be any matter. Any ask one question and maybe one follow up question. But when one follow up question is followed up by a third and fourth and a fifth and a sixth and a seventh and 10th Follow up question. What happens to the one who is being asked they get fed up? And sometimes people have a habit of asking hypothetical questions. What if this happens, what if that happens? irrelevant, unrelated

questions, useless questions, you know, this is something that almost amounts to harassment, then so I don't mind asking people for money and asking them repeatedly. This is also not correct. And sometimes people will use really

It just texts to almost blackmail others. All right, make them feel bad, so that they give. There's a story in which we learned that a man once came to people and he begged them, right he asked him for something and they refused, nobody gave anything. So then he said, where are those who you threw narla and fusi him wallow cannot be him ha salsa he caught it an eye of the Quran, the where are those who prefer others over themselves, even when they themselves are hungry? So a man replied, they went with those who do not beg people naggingly. lyase Aluna, NASA il halfa. Okay. He also responded with an eye of the Quran that don't press Don't insist. And this teaches us that, you

know, in general also don't insist, you know, for example, some people if they want permission from their parents, right, they will ask them once and if the mother says no, they will ask again and again and again and again until the mother gets fed up and says, Okay, fine, this is wrong. So whether it is money or information or permission, don't be annoying.

And the thing is that it is not befitting that you ask people anyway, in a hadith we learned that if the person who is begging others knew what it truly means to beg, he would not beg. And if he realized how horrible this is, he would not beg in another Hadees we learned the upper hand is better than the lower hand, meaning the one who is giving charity is better than the one who is receiving it. Right? In another Hadith, we learned that one of the companions, you know, their family was in need, his mother sent him to the Prophet sallallahu where it is Allah to ask him for something. This is a boo sorry, Hodari Rotella Mourinho and the Prophet sallallahu aurizona was

saying at the time whoever wants to be independent of others, he does not want to beg than Allah subhanaw taala will make him independent. When estafa Hello, and whoever wants to be content, Allah subhanaw taala will give him contentment Allah will suffice him and whoever asks when he has something worth one will hear a certain amount of gold than he is being too demanding. Right? So that companion will say that he thought to himself that I have a camel, and that camel is definitely more than an Olympia in that amount of money. So I'm not going to bank. I'm not going to ask, and then he came back, and he did not ask. So refrain from asking for yourself, even your own family.

All right, ask Allah subhanaw taala to fulfill your needs, and Allah will suffice you and we learn in a hadith that a man who persists in begging people to give him charity will come on the day of judgment and there will be not even a piece of flesh on his face, or stuff that Allah because this becomes a habit, a bad habit. And this means there is no higher no shyness left in a person in this world. So on the Day of Judgment, no flesh left on the skin on the face of this person will not turn for your common height and for in Allah here I leave and whatever you spend of good than indeed Allah of it is fully aware he fully knows about it. And when he knows about it, Allah subhanaw taala

will compensate you, He will give you so in this IO we learn that we should especially spend on the cause of Allah and on the people who are in the Cause of Allah, support them, help them and especially when you have companions even that you are working with in the Cause of Allah. Don't hesitate spending on them. You know, for example, if you volunteer somewhere in a masjid, even, let's say on the weekend, take coffee for everyone. Bring some snacks for everyone something a give them gifts generously. This not only increases love, but when you support those who are in the way of Allah, then you're supporting the cause of Allah. All right, and especially when you know that

someone is struggling financially, then be generous and give them before even they ask. Then it is said Alladhina Yoon Mucuna M wala home those people who spend their wealth chloral who spend their wealth Okay. In this is an indication that they spend a lot and they spend from all types of wealth. All right. So those who spend their wealth when belatedly in the night, when the Hertie end in the day, why in the night, because it is more secret, right? It's dark. Not many people are around why in the day, because others will be encouraged. And a lay on the hub, night and day. Any if they have an opportunity to give in the night they given the night they don't wait for the day. If they have

an opportunity to give in the day. They given the day they don't wait for the night. And this means they spend at all times and they spend Silwan secretly seen rah rah or Alinea turn and open the iron lamb noon and they make it open they make it known others can see it. Others can see their southern

Ha, then follow him at home or in the lobby him they will have their reward with their Lord when our hope and our lay him Willa homea has an own and no fear will be on them, nor will they grieve. And this is the last concluding verse regarding sadaqa in these verses of Surah Baqarah. And in this is another encouragement that we should spend for the sake of Allah azza wa jal, and that we should make spending, giving sadaqa a habit, such a habit that we give in the day in the night in public and private at all times, in all conditions. Because when you have a habit of doing something than you do it at all times, in all places, right. So, make a habit of giving. And first of all, we see

that all times are mentioned, by mentioning the night and day, this means physically worked at all times, and sipping water Lania means in all conditions, okay? In all circumstances, whether they're alone, or they're in front of others, okay? They spend in all conditions. So the spend in both in all times, not restricting themselves to certain times, and they also spend whenever there is a need to do so whenever there is an opportunity without any delay, and Allah subhanaw taala praises such people over here. And when sin is mentioned, this teaches us that there must be some sadaqa you give, which is literally a secret between you and your Lord. And every person should do this, give

some sadaqa which is literally a secret between you and Allah subhanaw taala your children don't know about it. Your parents don't know about it. If you have a spouse, your spouse does not know about it. And also give sadaqa openly so that others are encouraged. And you know, they say that when you do good, then conceal it. But when good is done to you then talk about it. You understand, when you have to do good to someone, then you conceal that goodness. But when goodness has done to you, then you should talk about it. Meaning let the favor of others be known fellow Majora whom are in Dharavi him, they will have their award with their Lord, what is that reward? It's not specified

over here. It's mentioned in other places. But What is guaranteed is the reward. Where is that reward? With who is that reward? Or even though it'll be him with their Lord? And if something is with Allah azza wa jal then what do you think about that? How great will it be? You know when something is attributed to Allah al Karim and Joab the one who is so generous then of course it will be something great fella whom Romo rain the rugby him near there, Rob and it will be huge. When a homeowner Eileen, Willa homea, has unknown they will have no fear, no regret, health, as we have learned earlier, that it is a future. So this means that when they spend they're not afraid after

spending that oh, what will I have in the future? Why Why don't they have the spear because they believe in Allah. They believe that Allah will provide them in the future. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told Bilello de la Mourinho that spend, spend and do not fear poverty from the Owner of the Throne any you believe in the Owner of the Throne, spend unfair Pia Billa you shall be spent on right, and then no regret. No herzan unchosen is regret or grief over what has happened. So they don't have any regrets over what they have spent. And ask yourself when you give sadaqa Do you have health do you have herzan and challenge that joven husen challenge that hope that Allah gave me

before Allah is giving me now he will give me in the future I am not my provider, Allah is my provider and challenge that hose and also that what I gave, I was meant to part from it anyway. Alhamdulillah that I gave it for the sake of Allah so now it is secured. It is safe. So follow him or Jerome are in Nairobi him? Well, I hope when I lay him, walla homea has a noon May Allah subhanaw taala make us of those people who develop the habit of giving, giving, because giving is very beneficial in a hadith we learned the Prophet sallallahu Reyes and compared the stingy person and the generous person. Okay, he said, their example is like that of two people wearing armor. Okay,

the Hadith mentions the likeness of the miser and the one who gives is like two men wearing shirts of chainmail all the way from their chest to their collarbones, any the upper part of their body is even covered with the chainmail when the giver gifts anyone the moon Fick gives, then what happens? His shirt expands over his body. It increases until what happens it covers his whole body, even his fingertips. All right. And as he walks the armor, what does it do? It wipes his footsteps. So it's

Literally dragging behind him. But when the stingy person wants to spend anything, then every link remains in its place. He tries to make it looser, but it will not get looser. What does this hadith mean? That the one who gives then Allah subhanaw taala gives him such joy, such contentment, such richness that he does not hesitate giving. And one act of giving of generosity leads to another act of generosity which leads to another act of generosity until a person becomes of those who generously give. And when a person does not give when a person is stingy than what happens because it's stinginess a person is not able to give anything. He is constantly in Hove in Hosen, stingy,

selfish, afraid and unable to do anything good. So be of those who give and receive from Allah subhanaw taala more way more than what you could ever give. May Allah subhanaw taala grant us all sincerity, that will feel to give sincerely for his sake in the way that he likes, in places that he likes. And Allah subhanaw taala grant us all true richness, I mean, inshallah we will conclude over here subcritical Lahoma will be handy a shadow Allah Illa illa Anta Astok Hirokawa to Lake wa salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.