Yasir Qadhi – Wisdoms in the Quran #17 Are You A Fitnah
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Today's Quranic wisdom, we just recited Surah Al
Furqan.
And verse 20 of Surah Al Furqan,
Allah says,
And We have made
every single one of you to be a
fitna,
a test and trial to others.
Every one of you
shares the fact that you are a fitna
for other people,
and other people are a fitna for you.
Groups of people
are tests and trials for other groups of
people.
Then Allah asks, Atasbiroon,
are you going to show sabr?
Now this ayah, once again, is one of
those profound
Quranic wisdoms that we could deconstruct
and talk about for many hours, but just
some brief reminders.
Now first, the context of the verse. The
context of the verse is about Allah sending
the prophets and those who reject them. So
Allah azzawajal is telling the prophets
that, O prophets,
you are gonna be a test for your
peoples,
and your peoples will be a test for
you. So, O prophets,
you must show sabr.
And when our Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam was
accosted, was ridiculed, was rejected, when things happened
that were difficult, he literally invoked
the memory of the previous prophets. In one
narration,
when some Bedouins surrounded him and they were
very crude and vulgar, He said to himself
and the sahaba heard, he said,
Musa alayhis salaam was tested more than me,
and Musa showed patience.
So he's reminding himself of this verse that
Musa had it more difficult than me, and
he showed patience. This means I can show
patience as well. So this verse is meant
to give us a consolation
when internal
issues, bickerings, and politics happen. And our scholars
commented on this verse. Ibn al Qayyim actually
has an entire page. It's very beautiful. I
will bring benefits from it. He said, and
so
every single group of people,
they have within them
that are a test and trial for other
groups of people. And then he gave some
examples.
He said, the rich
are a fitna for the poor, and the
poor are a fitna for the rich.
How so? If you have wealth,
if you have
plenty of mal,
it is a fitna for you. How are
you gonna deal with your money? Are you
dealing with it Islamically?
Are you earning it halal? Are you spending
it on halal? Are you giving its rights
to the fukhara?
Conversely, if you don't have wealth, it is
a fitnah for you. To be in poverty
is a trial. To be in poverty is
a test. How are you responding
to that fitna?
Ibn al Qayyim says, those in power, politicians,
their power is a test for them.
And those that they rule over, the ones
that are being ruled, they too are a
test for the ones in power. Each one
has rights and responsibilities,
whether they're gonna pass it or not.
Men and women, they are a test for
each other. Men and women, they have urges.
They're tests for each other. Can you control
those urges or not? Parents and children, each
one of them, they have tests and trials.
And subhanAllah,
the reality is the exact same fitnah for
1 group of people, its absence is a
fitnah for another group of people. So those
that have parents,
I have to take care of them. That
is a test and a trial for them.
Those that don't have parents, that is a
test and trial for them to deal with
that tragedy.
Those that have children,
some of the biggest tensions come from taking
care of children.
Those that don't have children,
the fact that they don't have children is
a test and trial for them. SubhanAllah, the
same thing. Its
presence is a test. Its absence is a
test. Those that are single, and, mashaAllah, we
have plenty of them. In Safa Nawaal, I'm
gonna give you the shout out. Those that
are single, that was a free call up
to you guys, mashaAllah.
It's a test for them to be single.
And those that are married,
I have heard from some people.
I wouldn't know. I have heard from some
people that
being married might have its fitna's in trials.
But this is the reality of life, that
wajaalna
ba'adakumlibaadin
fitnaq.
You will not be safe.
You are being tested
at multiple levels.
You are a fitna for other people. They
are a fitna for you. And Allah is
saying such is life.
Atasbiron.
You're navigating
the test. What does fitna mean? It's a
test. It doesn't mean you will fail, you
will pass. It is a test. It is
your job to pass the test. You must
pass the test as much as you can.
And how do you pass the test? Atasbiron.
Are you going to have sabr? And here,
we have a profound reality because if you
remember, we talked about sabr. We all talk
about sabr being 3 categories. Sabr, atqadr of
Allah, we accept Allah's qadr. So
abstaining from the haram, and sabr in doing
good.
This ayah
manifests all 3 types of sabr. How so?
We made groups of you, a trial to
others at all three levels of sabr. Number
1,
sabr at the level of qadr.
You must accept that Allah has given you
certain things and not given you certain things.
You must accept other people have and you
do not have. And you have and other
people do not have. This is a fitna
of your sabr, of qada and qadr.
Allah tests people, and shaitan comes. How come
I didn't get that wealth?
How come, you know, my friend, my cousin,
he started like me? Now, he's a multimillionaire.
Where am I? And shaitan comes and gives
waswasa.
How come I don't have what other people
have? And people look and they desire, and
they're greedy, and they're jealous. No. Atasbiroon,
you must accept Allah's qadr. If you wanna
work to change it, that's fine. You wanna
try to get richer, that's fine. No problem,
in a halal manner. But in the end
of the day, nobody's equal. And by the
way, we have to say this before I
go on, you think that somebody's better than
you because they have more wealth. You think
somebody's better than you because they have, you
know, maybe a sister thinks she's more beautiful
than me. A person thinks their marriage is
more
better than mine. Their wealth is better than
mine.
How do you know?
Brothers and sisters, that person whom you think
is wealthier than you, they might have more
money, but the stress that that wealth brings
their life,
the hassle, the grievances that that wealth brings,
Allah protected and saved you. You don't have
to worry about it. That marriage you think
is rosy, you do not know the reality
behind closed doors, and how many married couples
you think they're living, mashaAllah Tabarakallah,
ends up in a divorce and you're shocked.
What? Because you don't know reality.
You do not know. So atasbiroon,
at some level,
you must accept
Allah gave me what is best for me.
Allah gave me the test I can pass.
Maybe if I had that wealth, I would
fail that test.
Maybe if I had that beauty, I would
fail that test. Maybe if I had what
I am jealous of other people, I would
fail it. So
level number 1, atasbiroon,
accept Allah's adr, sabr at Allah's qadr. Level
number 2, sabr in abstaining from evil. This
is the second category of sabr. So, atasbiroon,
whatever you have,
are you making sure you do not use
it for evil? The wealth that you have,
are you using it for evil? This is
Atasbirun.
The fame that you have, if Allah blessed
you with handsomeness, with beauty, are you controlling
that with the opposite gender and not doing
the haram? This is atasbiroon.
And then the 3rd category of sabr, sabr
in fulfilling the rights that are due. Sabr
intaa'at.
And so when it comes to wealth, atasbiroon,
are you giving sadaqa and zakah?
Are you earning halal and spending on halal?
When it comes to power, are you giving
the power it's due, the fame that Allah
blessed you with, the power that Allah gave
you? And by the way, every one of
us has power at some level. Every one
of us is in charge, whether it's even
of our family and friends, we are all
leaders at some capacity.
Are we being just with those under our
control? Are we giving them their rights, their
due, our spouses, our children, our family and
friends? So this ayah, brothers and sisters, is
a profound ayah. Next time you get involved
with bickering and politics,
next time somebody hurts you, and wallahi, this
is life. Whether it's a family member, whether
it is a friend, whether it is office
politics, whether it is the global situation,
nobody
will be safe from internal politics.
You will be hurt, you will be harmed.
Remember this ayah,
And one final fa'idah, not directly linked to
this ayah, but it is overall linked to
the concept.
Realize,
just because you have a problem with somebody,
doesn't mean that that person is evil and
you are good.
It is possible 2 righteous people don't get
along.
It is possible 2 muttaqeen
are having an internal issue. And it is
possible each one of them will pass the
test.
Just because you don't get along, doesn't
mean Allah is not happy with them. Please
humble ourselves.
You do not represent astaghfirullah Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala. You do not represent the deen. If
somebody doesn't like you, doesn't mean they're an
evil person. The Sahaba themselves had massive issues
between them. And once somebody came to Ali
radhiallahu an and said bad things about Mu'awiya
radhiallahu an, Ali said, no, don't say this
in front of me. He said, but you're
fighting against him. Surely he's an evil person.
And what did Ali radiAllahu anhu say? No.
This is a problem between 2 brothers, And
I pray that Allah makes us in the
verse that,
I pray that Allah causes both of us
to enter Jannah, and to remove
whatever
animosity was in our hearts that we are
sitting facing on couches reclining in Jannah. This
is the spirit of Islam. Just because you
don't get along with somebody, doesn't mean he's
a bad person. You have sabr, the other
person have sabr, you can both pass the
test and both enter jannah. So brothers and
sisters, remember, you are a fitna for others,
and others are a fitna for you. Your
goal is to pass the test, and you
will do it by showing sabr in all
three things. Sabr in qada and qadr, Sabr
in abstaining from evil, and sabr in doing
the good. And inshaAllah will continue tomorrow.