Yaser Birjas – TaSeel #52 Q&A
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Okay.
So before we go to the questions, I
would like to,
make a comment on on this flower and,
the kaffir that you see on on on
my vest over here because I know some
people, they were asking what is that exactly,
what does it mean. I don't know how
many of you know that, but, tomorrow,
July 11th,
does it,
ring a bell to you guys?
July 11th?
Does this symbol
do you recognize this symbol? What does it
mean exactly? Does it have any meaning to
you?
What about the other one? This one, what
does it mean to you?
This one is very clear, right?
That's well, this is
the Palestine
with the kufia
and this one, Bosnia,
Srebrenica particularly.
Tomorrow, July 11th,
will commemorate
29
years memory of the genocide and the massacre
that happens to the to
the Muslims of Bosnia and Srebrenica,
in which more than 8,000
men and young men and boys
were massacred and killed systematically for days in
the mountains there in Srebrenica.
Alhamdulillah, I was blessed and privileged to, go
after the war and serve in Bosnia for
4 years,
in which I was able to meet a
lot of these refugees and survivors from, from
the massacre
and met with many of them. SubhanAllah, during
my time there I was never able to
go to Suribin Itza because the political climate
was not clear yet, so the path to
Suribin Itza was banned.
Until later on, we visited after, alhamdulillah, it's
open right now for the public to go,
and there's
a memorial for the survivors, for the victims
of Srebrenica. Inshallah, we're gonna be taking a
group on August
and
visit Bosnia again and and and be with
the with the people. So, I just want
you to remember
that unfortunately,
our history,
repeats itself.
Right now, the genocide is in our brother's
sister, Gaza,
and the people are watching, just like people
watch what happened in, in Srebrenica
and the international
community failed the people of Srebrenica
back in 1995
and they're failing the people of Gaza today
in 2,024,
unfortunately.
And we're just watching and no one really
doing,
enough to prevent this genocide from continuing
and this injustice to to take place against
our brothers, Hassan, may Allah subhanahu make it
easy for them.
We ask Allah to protect them and shield
them. And all those oppressed around the world.
The wounds of the ummah are many Ajamah,
whether it's in Yemen, in Syria, in Kashmir,
in Sumal, in the Rohingya, in China,
there are many, Allah in this time, but
this one in particular keep bleeding,
the one in Gaza, and one in Palestine
in general.
And,
I feel it's kind of like, the irony
is that
around that same time, we remember also again
the genocide in in Sura Benitz and Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
Have mercy, rahma, those who pass in that
year, Rubal Al Amin, and and protect our
ummah from any of these to come again
and happen to the Mi'ra Bilalamin.
So please remember the name of Du'a, Insha'Allah.
Question, if we should not scrutinize the food
offered by a Muslim for halal haram,
why did Abu Bakr Siddiq do so?
And if he did because of his high
priority standard, can we do the same
aspiring for the same level?
Who can tell me why Abu Bakr Siddiq
Okay. What's going on here?
Masha'Allah.
Okay.
That was, interesting.
Alright. So, Abu Bakr as Siddiq. Remember the
story of Abu Bakr as Siddiq when he
ate something and he asked his servant where
this is from, he goes from kahana, from
sorcery he did before in the past? And
Abu Bakr Siddiq, he put his finger in
his mouth and he threw up whatever that
is that he could and he asked Allah
forgiveness forever went to the blood and the
flesh.
Why would Abbaq Ras Adiqa do that Ajamal?
I mean,
do you have to?
It's already in your mouth, in your stomach.
You don't have to throw up. But he
did that as as his level of warah.
Which level of warah was that to Abu
Bakr as Siddif? At what level was that?
The second one, not a siddiqin, actually the
second one which is Ashabuhat.
Even though it's a doubtful matter, but he
wanted to get it out. But his of
course was a siddiqinyan
himself.
But that degree is at least that practice
of as salihin, like imam ibn Khudam or
Hamillah mentioned. So,
he did that Rudran as a wara from
his part. So, how can we aspire to
get to that level?
There's no doubt, like we said, keep practicing
the spirituality,
keep avoiding the haram and even the halal,
not the not the doubtful matters in order
for you to stay away from the haram,
you can stay away from the halal as
well too, and some of the halal without
being extreme though, and if you choose to
do this for yourself, don't force this on
your family, just take it easy on them,
and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
How do you know if you have crossed
over from Huwara to Uruur in the Deen?
Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
If you care about people praise
and it worries you about when people criticize
you then there's something wrong with your intentions.
And the Ulema did say you're good as
long
as people's praise or reproach are equal to
you.
If we may ask the parents in short
to,
keep the kids with them, zakumalakhun turwudan zabbarakallafiq
umshala.
I'm sure they came with with parents. Yeah.
I hope.
Alright. So, once again,
if a person here, again, if the person
is
pleased
by people praise
and always feel sad for people,
and reproach,
then there is something with your intention.
If you're doing something for the sake of
Allah
it wouldn't affect you
because the people, they criticize you for it,
well, I didn't do it for them, I
did it for the sake of Allah However,
we're human beings. If we do something good
and we get praise from people who feel
good about it, it's okay. As the prophet
mentioned
in the hadith,
That's a good news for the believer.
But it shouldn't change the way you do
things or make more of it just because
of the prayers of the people. You're doing
it for the sake of Allah
What should you do when you do everything
for the sake of Allah and constantly remembering
him and people around you start to feel
overwhelmed, judging you especially when you're looking for
marriage?
Okay. That's
a that's
a kind of turn of revenge. Well,
if you're doing things for the sake of
Allah I don't know, to be honest, what
standard we're talking about. Are you talking about
the first warah, the second level of warah,
the third or the fourth level of warah,
I don't know which degree of warah that
you're talking about. So if you are marshal
at level 4
and people are still at minus 1 even,
definitely there's a huge gap between what you
do and what you do. Some of these
people say, yeah, I can barely maintain the
5 daily prayers, you want me to stop
eating apple
and not drinking any orange juice
because there is something
of Taqwa or water under?
Take it easy on
them. Hope that people grow with you and
if they don't want to grow with you
then just
keep going, advance yourself. When it comes to
marriage,
look for someone at the same level around
your level.
Don't look for somebody way ahead of you
and don't look for someone way behind you
because both of them will be liability on
you. So, look for someone around your level
and then grow with them,
insha Allah.
How should one go about wanting to teach
something, but fears they do not follow the
best of it, like the highest level of
prudence or wahaha?
Look, we have 2 obligations.
Number 1, to practice that which is good.
Number 2, to do amr ba'aravanaan munkar, to
enjoin good and forbid evil.
If you're unable
if you're unable to practice
what you order yourself,
it doesn't mean you should you should not
order people to die which is good. For
example, somebody smoking,
for example, someone smokes,
are they allowed to tell smokers stop smoking,
that's not good for you?
Would that be hypocritical?
No. It's not hypocritical as long as this
individual doesn't like what he does and he
wishes he could stop, or at least he
tries to stop but he tells other people
don't do it, it's not good for you.
Allah is not good for you.
But if a
person, if a person practices haram,
a person practice haram
and they seek they they they actually seek
pleasure to that practice, and they had no
intention of changing it. They have no right
to ask people to stop from doing that,
because now it becomes very hypocritical.
Or someone enjoys people tells people to wake
up for tahajjud,
and they never even make an intention to
wake up for tahajjud. It's not like they
could not. No. They don't have any intention
to make tajjud. So, in this case, that
would sound hypocritical. But overall, you should try
your best, inshaa Allahu Ta'ala, to practice what
you preach as well too. Otherwise, if you
couldn't, then do your best.
What is the best way to practice vara
and OCD
or that is like the religious OCD?
Well, I hope that the person, I mean,
we're talking about here, they're not they don't
have any chemical imbalance because sometimes OCD comes
from chemical imbalance, hormonal imbalance. In this case,
they need to seek professional help and hopefully,
they can put a medication to help them
balance those,
the OCD.
But if it's a matter of being obsessed
with halal and haram, like some people, they
become so obsessed of doing things right
and staying away from that which is wrong,
it cripples them to their life. They can't
make anything right because they start becoming worried
about everything. They make wudu,
they come back, was it good enough?
Did I make it to to the to
my elbows?
Well, I'm not sure. And then, they see
that there's some dryness over there. Did the
water touch this place and they're gonna make
a look 10 times?
That becomes problematic here.
Some people, they wanna eat, they grab every
box and they eat every single ingredient,
and they keep, you know, kinda making everything,
and they check about everything,
and they go to a restaurant, Halal restaurant,
they say Halal restaurant, they ask them, are
all the people Muslims over here? Are they
serving
these utensils and so and so? Become so
obsessed. That becomes problematic.
That becomes problematic. Practice warah within your own
personal practice,
your own personal life. Don't impose that on
other people.
Nothing is allowed
except that which is given willingly, so would
not the transaction that had dulm oppression be
invalid? Yeah. Well, that's why it says haram.
So even though it looks like it's
a a a a legal transaction because it
was an exchange of goods with money, but
with the dholm being attributed to the transaction
itself, it becomes obvious haram. That's one of
the examples of haram, not because of the
intrinsic
attribute of the of the essence of that
commodity, but the attribute that was given to
that transaction.
So, question about
loyalty to the leaders, what if the leader
of the Muslims or country is not adhering
to Islamic values and doing injustice?
Are we still expected to obey this ruler,
considering that what happened in the Arab world,
Arab Spring, and the consequence of the uprising,
and so forth.
Once again, the r'olemah, they
say, that
sometimes
within the context of certain events, things are
overlooked,
but not in initiating those events.
Meaning, if the ruler is still allowing people,
hamda, to do their riba, and their ta'a,
and dawah, and everything, and so on, but
he himself
practices maybe haram practice, for himself, they drink,
they, they maybe practice
riba or something like that and so on,
but they still everything, alhamdulillah, you're allowed to
do. In this case, are you allowed to
overthrow that person? The answer is no,
in this matter.
But,
if people got fed up
and and and and sick and tired of
this corruption,
and eventually they they, they revolted,
Are you allowed to participate to remove that
injustice
and bring a best ruler, better ruler? The
answer is yes. We say, wait a minute,
what about the cost of it? It might
cost a lot of yani life
and wealth and so
on. Again, you don't initiate that, but it's
already happening, so if you can bring the
best out of it, it should be okay,
Insha'Allah, Allahu'ala.
Can we can you mix the warah levels?
For example, can you be at level 4
of warah in terms of doing every single
thing to please Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, but
have no problem drinking
grape juice?
I guess so, yeah, you can grape juice,
Insha'Allah.
I gave a grape juice as an example,
it's a mas, not a
standard of
but I would say, yes, you can still
do that, but that person might avoid,
other kind of juices,
but they still drink the grape juice, that's
fine.
Oh my God.
Do you drink grape juice?
Actually, I love it.
But, be careful, don't leave it in the
sun for too long, Ajamal.
If you leave it in the sun for
too long and then you drink it,
you're going to be a different person,
because it becomes actually intoxicating.
Is it halal to eat dead fish from
the sea?
It is, as long as it's not rotten.
Like if for example you see a fish
that is floating and it's not contaminated
but it just died right now for example.
Yeah, that's okay.
That's what the meaning of the Ayat wa,
in the Ay, he means dead fish actually.
Actually, it happened in the time of the
prophet when Abu Ubaid radiallahu anhu, he went
in an army of 400 people
and they were hungry, and they saw a
big thing
on the shore. They went there, there was
a whale,
and it was already dead on the on
on the shore. They ate for days
until they grow they became, actually, they became
fat,
and they took some to the prophet
as well too.
How do you handle 2 parents with different
levels of warah when raising children?
We're not better than Nuh alaihi sallam.
The most righteous
of the of of the Anbiya and Musa
in the 5, Uruel Asbine Arusl and his
wife
was of the Kufa.
So you do your best inshallah. May Allah
make it easy for them.
What does it mean that a hadith is
hasanun sahih?
This is a specific terminology used most
by imam at Tirmid Rahimu Allahu Ta'ala. And
the Aleman, they have a difference of opinion
what does it mean. So some they say
Hasal al Sahih which means Hasan in terms
of its chain of narrators but Sahih in
terms of its metin,
and different views on what does it mean
exactly, like saying the the chain is good,
but the metin is strong.
Why? Because it might have been mentioned in
other narrations,
similarly, that makes it actually strong, but the
chain itself is not the best Yandian chain,
but it's still a good chain.
Is is, is earthly matters such as,
I'm not sure that I understand the word.
Is earthly matter such
as halal goods
or that halal goods
considered a burden on you on the day
of judgement if you collect them?
Or did the imam mean burden in sense
of action and interaction?
Well, if it's halal, I mean it's not
a burden, it's still halal, hamdulillah. However, like
we said,
the more you consume with the halal, the
more likely you're gonna be questioned about it,
even though it's halal. Hamdulillah, your answer is
clear, but you're probably gonna be asked asked
for it. And the less you carry with
you,
the better it is, just like when you
go and you travel. If you take a
carry on,
you're not gonna stop when people have
luggage with
them. And if you have even just a
backpack, that's even easier for you.
So, the less the load, the faster you
will go.
How do we ensure that we are on
the path of Sunnah? We're gonna talk more
about it next week, Insha'Allah, tell us we
talk about the son of the prophet and
the Sahab
Like I said, how does a higher level
of warah lives
with another warah, mostly husband, wife, and community?
Remember,
Abu Dharr
he was one of the most worried in
in the sahaba time
However,
the standard of the community was not his
standard.
So he was putting hardship on other people,
keep advising, hey, you shouldn't be Kibbeh, you
shouldn't be doing that. People complained, so they
went to Uthman, the Khalifa, Qalu yamir al
muminiyan, could you please stop Abu Dhar from
keep harassing us with our properties, our life,
and this and that? And he called me,
he goes, yeah, Abu'dar, listen, didn't the prophet
tell you when the city grows big until
it reaches the Mount of Sal, you should
leave.
He remembered, he goes, yes, that's true, and
he left.
So, if you're unable to live with people,
go somewhere where you find people of the
same level if you can. If not, then
an
someone who intermingles with people and endure patience
over their hardships
better than someone who avoids them and stay
alone. So, stay with them and bear bear
patience with them.
So the sunnah were 5 categories we said,
linguistic,
the Fakih, the Usulis, the Muhaddithin and the
theologians.
So, the linguistic means a path,
the faqih means mustahab recommended, usuli means anything
the prophet said did or approved,
Muhaddithin,
anything the prophet said, did, approved, or described
about him in terms of his manners or
his,
physical description.
Theologians means in aqidah, matters of aqidah, like
Sunnah versus, Shiah versus Khawarij and so on.
There's no 6th, so number 5 actually.
Can one still obtain the highest status out
of 4 of the 4, means the warah,
regardless of the past,
or
is only a set of people? No. There
are many from the past, even such as
Fadullah
he made the tawba to Allah and became
one of the greatest ulema of the ummah.
So,
as long as you're still breathing
and you're still alive, alhamdulillah, you have a
chance to be among the war ayna, but
you're gonna have to practice Allah to get
there, InshaAllah.
Does obey the rulers include the imam and
the leadership of the Masjid? There are 2
types of leadership here. We have the absolute,
which is the imam of the caliph and
of the Ummah, which we don't have unfortunately,
and we have also the other leadership
which is, of course, to keep order. So
it's considered
public leadership here. So the message is public
leadership, for example. If you have an organization,
there is public leadership.
If you're in a company, that's a private
leadership, so that's
it's up to you, there's a regulation there,
there's corporate
bylaws and so forth. But overall, if we
look for this, for example, the Masjid, then
definitely, it is also considered part of the,
the jama'ah that leaders that obedience actually is
reasonable. Again, Bil Ma'ruf, and that which is
considered
reasonable. What makes it reasonable? If we have
bylaws, if we have rules and all these
that we all adhere to, alhamdulillah,
brings brings law and order as long as
in the obedience of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
and the prophet
Yes. So, this also includes announcing Eid, Ramadan,
and so on. Just follow your Jema'ah and
your community and your imams, you'll be fine.
So, is haram almahd,
is it just the one where intrinsically
haram
like alcohol intoxication,
also the one where non intrinsic attribute is
haram like the example you gave forcing someone?
Both of them like we said, because the
haram almaht can be because of the intrinsic
attribute to the mat, to the commodity itself,
or the attribute that was that is part
of the transaction
or the action itself.
So
we'll leave some for next week.