Yasir Qadhi – Advice to the One Being Wronged

			hamdulillah All praise is due to Allah subhanho wa Taala we praise Him and we seek His help. And we
seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our souls and the consequences of our actions. Whomever ALLAH
SubhanA wa Tada guides, none can miss guide and whoever is misguided, none can guide him other than
Allah Jedi the Jedi, who I bear witness and I testify that there is no Lord no creator, no Sustainer
no deity worthy of worship other than Allah subhana wa Tada and bear witness and testify that
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa Salam is his final prophet, and his most perfect worshiper, and our
role model in this dunya and our intercessor on the day of judgment as to what follows. Remember all
		

			Muslims that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada has commanded us to be conscious of him when he says in the
Quran, yeah, you hola Dena, Amaru Tapachula haka, Ducati. What are temotu Illa one two Misty moon,
		

			dear Muslims, of the realities of our lives, is that each and every one of us is tested and tried by
other people in our lives. Each and every one of us faces hardships and wrongdoings caused unjustly
by the people in our own lives, whether they're our family, sometimes even our immediate family, our
parents and children, or our siblings, or our cousins and uncles, or they are friends, or they are
acquaintances and colleagues or they're even strangers. Every human being at multiple times in his
or her life, finds that their rights are being taken away from them. Either an actual physical,
right, many may be inheritance may be a money that is due to them may be something that was
		

			rightfully theirs, or their honor is mocked, or they are transgressed against in many different
ways. And such as the reality of our existence, there is no human being ever who has been safe from
the problems and trials of other human beings. So in today's brief hutzpah, I want to remind myself
and all of you what should be our stance as Muslims when others wronged us when we feel an injustice
has occurred? When people have trampled against us they have gone against what we believe is our
health. Our do what does our Shetty remind us? Firstly, brothers and sisters, we contextualize what
is happening. And we understand that being tested by the hands of other people around us is one of
		

			the integral mechanisms of Allah's tests on us. Allah uses the tests and trials through other people
to test you realize just like that person is being tested in what he or she has done against you. So
to Allah is testing you and your response to that person. It is your test just as much as it is his
Allah reminds us in the Quran, what your battulga calmly Bowden fitna 10 atoss be rune, we have made
each of you a test and trial of others, each one of you will be tested by and be tests for other
people, there is no such thing as a human existence that is free from the tests and trials of other
human beings. And by the way, just like somebody is irritating you, somebody is harming you,
		

			inevitably, there are people who will claim you have harmed them, and you have done something
against them. So this is a part and parcel of our existence, and understand that in the end, it is
Allah azza wa jal who is also testing you. So console yourselves that there is no existence in this
life, without the tests and trials that will come on the hands of other people. This leads me to my
second point, if we understand that Allah is using the tests and trials of other people to test us,
well, then we need to understand that what is happening with you on your friend, you want your
colleague you want your sibling, you and your cousin, it's not a matter of the two of you alone. On
		

			the contrary, you have to understand Allah subhanho wa Taala is first and foremost should be in your
mind, do not look at it as a horizontal interaction between you and your opponent. rather look at it
this person has to answer to Allah for what he or she has done and I have to answer to Allah for
what I will do in response. Remove this horizontal direct line and bring in Allah azza wa jal and
make the lines vertical. When you do so this will calm you down. When you do so you will get a boost
of confidence when you do so you will be able to temper your own anger your own response. It is not
about revenge.
		

			It's not about you versus them. No, like this person has wronged you or bigger wrong. They have
wronged the rights of Allah upon you. They don't have to answer to you, they have to answer to Allah
have a sense of pity for that, and then realize on the Day of Judgment, you don't have to answer for
them, you have to answer for yourself. And so, understand that your reaction is more important on
the day of judgment than what this person has done to you. How you react will be a bigger source of
potential problem of potential irritation or potential punishment, that what this person has done
unto you because you are only responsible for yourself. And that is why when you believe in
		

			yarmulke, Yama when you believe in yo Medina, Yeoman Hisar. That's what Yeoman SR means hisab is
going to be done. When you believe in yo Medina and Yeoman hisab. All of a sudden, it brings a sense
of confidence, because you understand that in this world, there is no ultimate justice. If you seek
ultimate justice in this world, you are going down a dangerous path, and you will inevitably do more
harm than has been done unto you, you will never be satisfied, you're going to continue push back
and get angry and try to get your revenge until perhaps you will do more wrong than has been done
unto you realize this is not the abode of ultimate judgment. No. And in fact, a lot of times there
		

			is no justice in this world. And a lot of times there is partial justice in this world. There is
never infinite justice in this will never, even when their criminal goes to jail when the murderer
goes to jail. How is that justice you didn't get the loved one back? It's not ultimate justice. So
when you believe that Allah is Mighty Kiyomi Dean, that's the whole point you remind yourself,
justice isn't the era in this world, the max you can hope for is partial, not full. So realize
Qiyamah is when the ultimate hisab will be done. Point number three brothers and sisters. We are
told in our Shetty out, when wrong has been done unto us, it becomes very easy for shaytaan to
		

			misguide us, and to cause us to react worse than what the wrong has been done unto us. When you are
angry. When you feel a sense of rage, maybe even righteous rage. That is the easiest, slippery slope
of shaytaan to take a legitimate anger somebody has wronged you, you have the right to feel angry.
But if you don't keep that anger in check, if you don't control your emotions now, it is very likely
that rather than being the wronged, you will become the wrongdoer. Rather than being the one upon
whom the voting was done, the more room you become the volume. And that's why we have to be extra
careful during this stage as Allah reminds us in the Quran, while Yejide min Commissioner Coleman,
		

			Allah Allah tidy Lu era do you do who are crapoly Taqwa Be careful, Allah is saying, Let not the
hatred of a people who might have been unjust to you, let not a hatred of a people even if they have
done wrong unto you cause you to be unjust against them. Notice Allah is telling the mother loom. Be
careful, your anger doesn't cause you to become the volume. We have to be super careful in this
regard, that in this sensitive situation, when we feel a righteous sense of justice and injustice,
anger and rage that we respond in a way and a manner that will still be pleasing to Allah subhanho
wa taala. And so many of our scholars have said that it is at the time of injustice and the time of
		

			anger, that a true person's a clap is demonstrated how you react when you're angry, how you react
when your rights have been taken from you is the best indication of your o'clock outside of that one
incident. And that's why there's so much praise in the Quran and Sunnah for controlling the anger
while Kaldi Mina leave to control your anger man Kenema Anna Lena, the president said whoever is
able to control his anger in this world will be honored on the Day of Judgment in front of the
entire creation, controlling one's anger and not acting unjustly just because injustice has been
done unto you. The fourth point
		

			What rights do we have when we have been wronged? This topic is much more detailed than what we have
time for. But to summarize, when somebody has taken a right of yours, somebody has mocked you,
somebody has humiliated you, somebody has physically pushed you hurt you. The Sheree or gives you a
ruler, a spectrum. The Shediac gives you multiple choice ABCD all correct. And then E F not allowed,
right. So there's a spectrum of
		

			of acceptability some of this question will give you zero credit and you will also not get a
negative you will just be equal, some will give you partial credit, some will give you full credit.
And one answer will actually give you a negative credit you will be taken away from your points will
be taken away from if you don't react in the proper manner. What is this spectrum? Allah subhanaw
taala summarizes it beautifully in Surah Assura that was that was say you can say to me through her
		

			woman alpha, were us Lucha for a judo who Allah Allah in the hola yo hippo volley mean, for choices
are given, four choices are given. Three of them are acceptable, and one is unacceptable. The first
one, what does that will say? Yeah, it didn't say yes to me through her. It is allowed, when
somebody has harmed you that you harm them back the exact same manner. Somebody makes fun of you in
public, you have the right to stand up and say something equivalent back to him, somebody pushes you
and for no reason you have the right to push them the exact same amount, which is I will say you
didn't say yes to me through her. By the way, Allah still cause her to say you're an evil. If
		

			somebody does evil, well, then you are doing evil, Allah calls it an evil. But in this case, because
he has done an evil, you're evil, and his evil will cancel out. And therefore the net result is
zero. No team wins. Neither are you the winner. Nor is that person the winner. But in Allah's mercy,
he's allowed this as an option. Somebody stands and curses you and makes fun of you and puts you
down, you have the right you stand and you make fun of them and curse them and put them down you
have the right. And Allah says your evil is allowed. He still calls it an evil, which is to say,
Yeah, say yeah, what you have done is not good. It's not dignified. It's not virtuous. But you know
		

			what he did an evil Allah has given you the option, you may do the evil, and it is going to be net
result 00 from an alpha you want partial points, you rise higher up awful. This is you get partial
credit. And awful means you do not respond in kind. And you expect Allah to reward you for not
responding in kind. You control a legitimate evil response you have the right to and get angry to
curse him to make fun of him, you have the right to say bad things like you said about you, you have
the right to push him, you say in your heart, allow for I will forgive for the sake of Allah. And
you can choose this as an option. That's the beauty of the Sharia, we have this option. And if you
		

			choose for a judo who Allah Allah, Allah will reward you, you get partial credit. But Alpha doesn't
mean you have to make up to this person, you might cut off from him. He was a friend of yours, he
made a major mistake. You forgive for the sake of Allah, but that friendship is gone it just Hello.
And there's nothing wrong with this. The Sharia has come to be a practical religion. It's not just
idealistic, beyond the scope of anybody know, sometimes somebody has hurt you so much that you can
forgive but not forget, it's okay. Forgive. And in your heart, you hold the grudge to the Day of
Judgment in this dunya you do nothing. And on the Day of Judgment, you lay out your case and you say
		

			Oh Allah, I held my tongue and I didn't do anything because I want you to give me more than what I
will get from him in this dunya. And if you do so for a little while Allah, you get partial credit.
And then there is an option, you get the full credit. You get the max, what is that? What a slacker,
you Forgive, and you mend? You build the Broken Bridge, your friend, your cousin, your colleague has
broken that bridge of friendship. Well, not only do you forgive, you mend it, you give him a gift,
you go out of your way, make dua for him, do a favor back unto him, you show him hey, I'm the better
of the two in the eyes of Allah. You don't say that. But your o'clock shows until you soften his
		

			heart and you win him over by your kindness. And Allah says in the Quran, that whoever returns an
evil with a good that is indeed very difficult. When are you la casa el Medina Sabado one raka Allah
to help them Alim and only those who are very patient and very fortunate will be able to return an
evil with a good somebody curses you makes fun of you. And instead you praise Him and He knows you
have praised him and other gatherings and you defend his honor when he most needed help everybody
abandoned him, you stand up and you help him he was no without any money you gave him alone knowing
that he devoted to you you say no for the sake of Allah and our past friendship. I want to mend this
		

			Subhanallah this was the way of our prophets Allah Allah said and this was the way you
		

			The use of with his brother in this was the way of our profits are some of the conquest of Makkah,
go for all of you are free are forgiven all of you. This is the way of the righteous and the
prophets. And if you do so, not only will you win the hearts and minds of the people, but you will
win the pleasure of Allah in the most manner. And that is very difficult to do. And whoever does so
is indeed very fortunate. So this is zero credit, partial credit full credit. Then the IEA concludes
in the hola yo hippo volley mean, Allah does not love the volume in, there's something you can do
that will cause you to fail and lose points. And that is when you respond in worse than what has
		

			happened to you when you allow your anger to get the better of you and you will reply in a manner
that makes much more harm and creates much more evil than what has been done unto you in a beautiful
Hadith and Sunnah Timothy, a man came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said O Messenger of
Allah, I have servants. When I send them for business, they cheat. They embezzle the funds, they
curse me. They are rude to me. And so you know, back in the day, what you would do, I beat them.
That's what they will do back in the day I beat them. What is the verdict on this? The Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
		

			that on the Day of Judgment, all the harm that they have done to you of money and stealing and curse
will be put on one side of the scale, and you're hurting them and beating them will be put on the
other side. And if your beating of them is less, then you are fine. But if you're beating will weigh
more in the scales, then you shall have to give your deeds to your own servants.
		

			In the eyes of Allah doesn't matter what your skin color was, what your what your status in life
was. We're all human beings in the eyes of Allah, whether your mom, Luke or Albert, whether you're
an employee or employee, you have to answer to him. If you have done more wrong to your servants,
then they shall get from your house and not on the Day of Judgment. The man became shocked and he
couldn't speak for a while. Then he began to cry. He goes it is like this ya rasool Allah. Yes, it
is like this. The Prophet system said, Didn't you read in the Quran, Allah told him enough sous
chef, che and when can omit or the headbutt him and harden and attain our behalf. No one, no one
		

			will be allowed to do a womb to another. And if even an atom's weight is done, it will be brought on
the Day of Judgment. So then the man said, If this is the case, the IRIS will Allah, then I have no
option but to free the servants of mine for the sake of Allah, I don't want the risk of having to
answer to Allah for having done more harm to them than they have done to me, I caused you to bear
witness. They're all free for the sake of Allah subhanho wa taala. The man did not even want to be
put in the position where possibly his good deeds have to be given to those who are under Him, those
who have more rights, but still no, when it comes to Allah azza wa jal, we are all equal. So these
		

			brothers and sisters, these are some of the things we have to be cognizant of when the situation
happens of people having done harm unto us. Remember, you have to answer to Allah, not to that
person. Remember what this person has done. It is a mechanism that Allah is using not to test him to
test you. It is your test you should be more concerned and interested in and remember, Allah has
given you multiple options. If you really feel this person has no hope, then you may respond in
kind. If the pain is so much you may forgive for the sake of Allah, but not forget in this world and
leave the ties broken, you don't have to have ties with every human being, especially if they're not
		

			relatives. And if you really want to, especially for family, and especially for close friends of the
past, whoever helped you, if one of them falls into a mistake and does wrong unto you, then try to
find the better path follow in the footsteps of use of and the footsteps of our Prophet Sall Allahu
Allah, he was setting them and not only forgive not only forget but mend and be the better of the
two and whoever does so Allah azza wa jal says that is the really fortunate and lucky one may Allah
subhana wa Taala bless me and you with through the Quran and May He make us of those who is versus
the understand and applies halal and haram throughout our lifespan as scholars forgiveness, yours
		

			will ask him for his the food and the ramen.
		

			hamdulillah All praise is due to Allah the one and the unique. He it is whom we worship, and it is
his aid that we seek. He is the Lord of the oppressed and He hears the prayer of the weak or Muslim.
If somebody has done volume unto you, if somebody has shown injustice to you, if somebody has
trampled over your rights, taken your wealth accused
		

			you fall asleep. The first thing you should do is to thank Allah, that you are the mother loom and
not the volume. Thank Allah, that if home is being done, if injustice is being done, that you are
not standing on the side of perpetrating injustice, and you would much rather that injustice be done
unto you. Why? Because of the greatest of all sins is the sin of volume and injustice of the
greatest of all sins is the sin of taking the rights of innocent people of slandering innocent
people of stealing the money of innocent people of accusing innocent people. And if there's going to
be any falsehood and any evil and any injustice, well then a million times over be on the side of
		

			those upon whom injustice was done, rather than side with the perpetrators of injustice know that
Allah subhanho wa Taala has not cursed many categories in the Quran, one of the greatest curses and
of the most frequent curses in the Quran, Allah Lerner to Allah He either vadi mean Allah Allah
Allah to Allah He Allah volume in Allah, Allah Allah to Allah He had a volume in Allah's Lana is
upon the one who has done boom. You don't want to be in that category. You do not want to be in that
category. So if Gollum is being done, and it is being done against you say Alhamdulillah I'm not in
that category. Let it be done against me. I'm not going to be in the category of those upon whom
		

			Allah is Lana is being given and our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said Hadith in Bukhari and
Muslim of Voldemort who marched on Yom Okayama of Hulu Hulu Martin yarmulke, Yama, injustice will
become a darkness a source of grief, a source of perpetual anguish on the Day of Judgment, volume
will become guru Matt, Allah is unknown and Allah is calling to note and the Quran is known. When
you do volume, you have destroyed your relationship with Allah you have broken your relationship
with the Quran. So volume will bring about buruma to darknesses on the day of judgment, and the
great scholar of the pastor of Jana 30 said, that will law he if you were to meet Allah with 70 sins
		

			as long as the eyes can see 70 sins that are private between you and Allah subhanho wa Taala it is
easier and far more acceptable than for you to meet Allah with one sin against your fellow brother
or sister 70 Private sins as long as the eye can see big sins between you and Allah. It is much
easier to deal with than one sin between you and another creative being. And the reason for this
brothers and sisters is that Allah is looking for and Allah is Rahim and you just say a stop. But
Allah Yara I'm sinful Forgive me Yarrabah committed a mistake, Allah will forgive you. But the
minute you trample on the rights of another person, the minute you take the hook of another person,
		

			well then Allah azza wa jal in his infinite justice removes himself and says, between the two of
you, you decide now you tell me which human being will want to forgive a person on the Day of
Judgment, which human being will be like a Rahman and Rahim because of this one sin between you and
another Mohawk is bigger and more dangerous than 70 100 sins that are private between you and Allah
Subhana Allah to Allah because Allah forgives and mankind does not forgive and also brothers and
sisters, the final point for today, our Prophet sallallahu sallam said, it took a little more room
for in the whole Lisa Boehner who have been Allah here a Job fear the dua of the one who has been
		

			wronged. The DUA of the mudroom is the most powerful dua there is no dua more powerful than the dua
of the one who has been wronged. And the prophets Assam warned us beware of the dua of the one who
has been wrong because there is nothing standing between that DUA and ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada nothing.
In the other Hadith, the Prophet saw some said the dua of the Muslim races up like lightning to
Allah raise his up like lightning and Allah here's the DUA and Allah says where is it where Jalali
the uncertain Nikki what Obeida hanging, I swear by my visa, and I swear by my honor, I shall
respond to your DUA. Even if it'd be after a while might take a while might take some time. Allah
		

			sometimes for wisdom delays the response to see the test to see the test played out, but Allah never
ignores the response. So all you who has been wronged know that you have a weapon that is so
powerful. There is nothing more powerful that Travon him has the arsenal of the one doing volume is
nothing compared to the weapon in your own in your own pocket in your own hands. That weapon is more
powerful than any bomb, any jail. Anything that tyrants can have. That weapon is the dua of them of
loom, so be careful Oh Muslim, be careful of ever causing some
		

			injustice such that somebody else is making dua mentioning Allah subhanho wa Taala and then bringing
about your name be careful Oh Muslim, it took a little more room for in the Hubei Sabina Who ouabain
Allah happy job may Allah subhana wa Tada forgiven bless all of us and guide us to the straight path
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