Juz’ 25 Qur’an 30 for 30
In the twenty-fifth episode of this Ramadan series, Dr. Omar Suleiman and Sh.
Abdullah Oduro, joined by special guest, Sh. Ibrahim Hindy, explore gems
from the twenty-fifth Juz’ of the Holy Quran.
Welcome back to Qur’an 30 for 30. Before we get started, inshaAllah ta’ala, a
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accessible and hope that you’ll support it, bi’l-Binay ta’ala. With that being
said, tonight, it’s kind of awkward because Sheikh Ibrahim stole my co-host,
who is sincerely yours. Sincerely thing, just, I mean, there were a few nights
that I watched you guys bonding on sincerely. And I thought, how come Sheikh
Abdullah doesn’t love me the way he loves Sheikh Ibrahim? I mean, I was just
like, y’all look so comfortable together. You naturally mesh together. It was
like, all right, why am I the intolerable one? You know what I’m saying? It was
like, why did Sheikh Abdullah? And I tried to bring jokes into Quran 30 for 30
this year. All in hopes that maybe I could unseat you and sincerely Sheikh
Ibrahim and take over your co-hosting abilities sincerely.
But I don’t know, Sheikh Abdullah is not, Sheikh Abdullah, you got a choice to
make. I think it’s clear. Sheikh Ibrahim, how’s it going? Alhamdulillah,
alhamdulillah, feelings mutual. I see you guys together. I’m like, oh, I love
those days with Sheikh Abdullah. You got my seat, Sheikh, inshallah. We’re
going to make a new show at Yaqeen. Everybody loves Sheikh Abdullah. You
know what my daughter Khadija called him the other day, Sheikh Ibrahim, she
called him Sheikh Abud Yaduro. A two year old, Khadija saw him because she
knows her brother Abdullah’s Abud. So that’s Sheikh Abud Yaduro. I know
you’re on. You’re tight with him. You know, and you can call him Sheikh Abud
Yaduro. Maybe that’ll be everybody loves Sheikh Abud Yaduro. Be our new
show. It’s funny, our daughters are the same age, the oldest one, May and
Arwa, and then our sons are the same age as well. I don’t know if you
remember that youth talk. They were sitting next to each other and then Junaid
took a picture and he’s like the future 30 for 30. They’re the same age and they
were sitting next to each other. It’s like how LeBron wants to play ball with his
son. Sheikh, we’re going to have like a 30 for 30 edition, inshallah. We hand off
the duties to our sons. You know what I’m saying? And our jokes are so corny
at that point that they awkwardly laugh and just kind of like slowly see us out
of whatever has replaced restream at that point. You know what I’m saying?
That would be interesting. Sheikh Ibrahim, when I came to Canada, I’m going
to say this is pretty funny. I was going to do this and I realized I might start a
war. I came to Canada a few years ago and every city I went to, they gave me a
hockey jersey.
All right, so I’m going to need you to guess. So I got a bunch of hockey jerseys
with Suleyman on it on the back. I don’t have a Toronto, what do you all call
the Maple Leafs? Is that what you all want? Maple Leafs. I don’t have a Toronto
Maple Leafs jersey. I’ll get you one inshallah. I got a bunch of customized
Suleyman Canada hockey jerseys, right? And there’s one that I always wear
and it’s because of the colors. So can you guess which one it is Sheikh Ibrahim
and then we’ll get started. Because of the color. Is it Vancouver? No, that’s a
cool jersey. But It’s the Edmonton Oilers one because it’s yakin colors.
Orange, yeah, I should have got that. It’s orange and blue. Yeah, seriously, I’m
questioning your hockey knowledge now. Questioning your yakin Sheikh. You
know yakin’s colors are orange and blue. I mean, sure. You know that, right?
Although you guys changed the tint on them. That’s true. Turn me off.
Insha’Allah we’ll get started. I mean, as we said, we’re in the last 10 nights and
things are moving so quickly. But we have made our way to Juz 25 now. And
SubhanAllah, what I realized about Surat Al-Dufan when we get into Juz 25,
these ajza’ naturally have a lot of what we have covered in the Judgment Day
series. Because again, these are surahs where you have the snippets, right?
These snapshots of different scenes from the Day of Judgment.
However, SubhanAllah, here you have two surahs that as you look at them in
succession, you find that one of them, which is very frequent in the Quran,
gives you one side of it and then the next surah quickly goes into sort of the
next scene. We saw that with Az-Zumar and Surah Ghafir. And here we have
Surat Al-Dukhan. And Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala in verses 25, Allah
Subhanahu wa ta’ala says,… Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala mentions that how
many gardens and streams did they leave behind? How many palaces? How
many worldly gains did they leave behind? And suddenly we took them, they
passed away. And at that point, neither the heavens nor the earth shed a tear
for them. So we talked about this in the series, this idea that Ibn Abbas alayhi
wa sallam mentions that when a righteous person passes away, their place of
sujood cries for them. And the gate of heaven through which their deeds used
to ascend also weeps for them in a way that Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala sees
and Allah enables. And SubhanAllah, you think about that, like how many
gates to the heavens used to be opened in Ramadan for certain people. I know
very righteous people that passed away this year. And I know that the same is
true for many of you, including the mashayikh. And I think about like the gate
that they had where every Ramadan they used to exert themselves in
particular. And they’re not with us anymore. May Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala
allow them to be celebrated in the heavens at this point. Allahumma ameen.
But that’s something that really strikes me, SubhanAllah, about this.
So you got the people that were so in tune with their religion that they were
naturally bringing barakah, blessing, to every place that they were in. And this
is, of course, talking about the ones that the earth and the heavens don’t cry
over are the tyrants in particular. So this is talking about Fir’aun and his
people. But the opposite of that being the believer. And Allah Subhanahu wa
ta’ala, you just go a few verses past to verse 38. Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala
ْر ,says
نَا ال َّس َمَوا ِت َوا ْْلَ
ُهَما ََل ِعبِي َن َو َما َخلَقْ
َينَ ْب ما َو َض ُLook, we didn’t create the heavens
and the earth and everything in between out of play. Like everything has a
purpose. Every single part of the world, every part of Allah’s creation has a
purpose, the heavens and the earth. Therefore, the purpose of you
encountering it also is affirmed. It’s part of what Allah decreed for a reason. So
Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala says, ِّق ِحَ
ْ
ََّل بِال
ِ
َما إ
نَاهُ
ْقَخل َما َWe only created them for a
ُمو َن .purpose
ْم ََل يَ ْعلَ
َرهُ
َ ْكثَ
ِك َّن أ
َولَBut most of these people just don’t know. Most
people don’t contemplate. And so there’s a purpose to it. And then suddenly
Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala goes, ن َعيِم َجْ
َ
ُهْم أ
ْص ِل ِمي َطاتُ
فَ
ْ
ال
َ
َّن يَ ْوم
ِ
إBut then the day of
the final decision, الفصل يومis one of the names of the day of judgment, right?
The day that the decision has already been made, right? ,الفصل يومthings are
sorted out. So you had time to figure out purpose and you had time to live in
accordance with that purpose in such a way that you could have been at
harmony with literally the earth that you were walking on, SubhanAllah. And
that would have put you at peace with your Lord. But instead you ignored the
purpose, you ignored the signs. And now it’s .الفصل يومThis is the day of the
ْج َمِعي َن And. decision
َ
ُهْم أ
ُميطاتِIt’s the time that’s appointed for all people, whether
they prepared or didn’t prepare, the believer and the disbeliever, the righteous
and the wicked. This day is now the day of the decision.
َص ُرو َن
ْم يُن
َوََل هُ
ََل يُ ْغنِي َمْو اَل َعن َمْو ٍل َشْيئاا
َ
ومَ ْيAnd on that day, no kilth or kin are going to
be a benefit to one another whatsoever, nor will they be help. So you had to
have lived in accordance with your own purpose and not hope that someone
else is going to save you in that regard. ِللاََّّ
َ
ََّل َم ْن َر ِحم
ِ
إAllah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala
says except those shown mercy by Allah مُ
ْعَ ِزي ُز ال َّر ِحي
َو ال
ِنَّهُ هُ
إHe is truly Al-Aziz AlRahim, the Almighty and the Most Merciful. So Allah combines these two
names, Al-Aziz Al-Rahim. He is Aziz in that no one can impose anything upon
Him Subhanahu wa Ta’ala in this regard. Allah Azawajal does not need anyone
to be saved, nor can anyone force Allah to save. But He is Aziz Al-Rahim. He is
Aziz and He is still Rahim as well. So these two names and attributes go
together. And then SubhanAllah right after Surah Dukhan, what do you have?
The next Surah. And I wish the Mashayikh were even with me because I could
ask this. I know Shaykh Abdullah is probably like SubhanAllah the next Surah
is Surah Al-Jafia. Right? Which is literally the scene of every community on its
knees. SubhanAllah. Like talk about the next scene. Watara kulla ummatin
jafia You see every single faith community, every ummah on its knees. And at
that point, Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala says kullu ummah, every single nation is
going to be called to its book. Tud’a ila kitabiha is going to be called to its
book. Al-yawma tujzawna ma kuntum ta’maloon Today you will be paid back
for what you used to do. Hatha kitabuna SubhanAllah. This is our book.
Remember we talked about in the Day of Judgment series how the places that
you used to encounter will testify. Right? They come forth. And here Allah
Subhanahu wa ta’ala says..
Hatha kitabuna yantiqu alaykum bilhaq Just like we created everything in truth
and now that which we created in truth is going to speak. This is the book and
it will speak about you in truth. It is not going to lie. We were verily inna kunna
nastansiqoo ma kuntum ta’maloon Verily we were recording everything that
you used to do. And so it was all in the record of the angels and it never
escapes the record of the angels. So SubhanAllah, just this idea of testimony
and this idea of you have now people that are placing their face on the ground
making sajda. Right? And this is sort of the last scene I want to leave you with
inshaAllah ta’ala and we’ll go to Sheikh Abdullah because it’s something
profound that I was thinking about in the connection between these two. You
have people that make sajda on this ground that kneel that put their knees on
the ground and put their faces on the ground and glorify Allah Subhanahu wa
ta’ala. And then on the Day of Judgment when you’re on that other ardh right?
On that other ground the grounds of the Day of Judgment people are once
again on their knees. People are once again on their knees. And the place you
used to make sujood on is coming forth and testifying for you in that place on
the Day of Judgment. And what does Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala say? يكشف يوم
called then are point that at people Someعن ساق و يدعون إلى السجود رأيي استلطيرهم
to make sajda and they can’t. Their backs become firm. So that is .الفصل يوم
This is not the day to try to rectify all of this. You had your chance. This is the
day of reckoning not the day of rectification. You had the chance to rectify
yourself. And now this is the day of reckoning. But I just think about you know,
look at your place of sujood wherever it is. Say, Ya Rabb, allow that place to
come on the Day of Judgment and testify for me so I can be once again in
sajda and gratitude to You, Ya Allah.
And let not the places that I neglected or the people I neglected testify against
me and certainly not the revelation that I neglected and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
complaining about me rather interceding on my behalf and being pleased with
me. And of course Allah جل و عزmay He be pleased with us all. Allahumma
ameen. Shaykh Abdullah will hand it over to you inshaAllah. JazakAllah
والصالة والسالم على رسول هللا وعلى آله وصحبه ومن وَل اما بعد .Bismillah. khayran
MashaAllah what was mentioned in this series that we see from Shaykh Omar
تعالى هللا حفظهis the Day of Judgment series. And it’s interesting that MashaAllah
he’s made series on the pillars of Iman with the angels, MashaAllah even with
believing in Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلمand then now the Day of Judgment. This is a pillar
of our Iman, meaning that it is a pillar of our faith in Islam. When we say we are
a Muslim it’s important for us to know these aspects of our Islamic faith
because it’s mentioned consistently in the scripture, in the Quran, and in the
Sunnah of the Prophet .صلى الله عليه وسلمMore importantly, there are all of this Day of
Judgment, it’s scenes that hasn’t happened yet, it’s things that will take place,
which is a test for the believer, being that they believe everything that’s
mentioned authentically reported about what will take place on Yawm alQiyamah. Some of the things that, you know, the Day of Judgment and what
takes place after that in Jannah and in Hell. May Allah جل جلالهprotect us from Hell
and make us of the inhabitants of Jannah. But it’s important to remember that
all of these scenes is there for you to contemplate over and to ultimately ask
yourself where do I want to be? Where do I want to be? Do I want to be the
people that are full of regret? Do I want to be the people that fall off of the
silat, on the silat, that’s a certain mashhad, or an encounter, or an event that
will take place during these different events on the Day of Judgment when they
move from this dunya on to the next place, and inshaAllah it is Jannah.
And Allah gives vivid descriptions, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلمgives vivid descriptions of
what will take place as Shaykh Omar mentioned, ةَ ٍيِجاث َةٍمَ
ُ
َرى كُ َّل أ
َوتَ
that every
nation will be on its knees. We don’t know how that will actually look but it’s
important, it’s rather incumbent upon us to believe that that will take place,
that that will take place. But ultimately it’s for us to ask where am I in this
equation? Where do I want to be in this equation? We have the amal, we may
have the desire and hope to do something, but in reality what are the actions
that serve as an investment in the next life? Because it’s the actions that you
have in this life that are founded and couched and motivated by a belief in
Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala. So Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala in the chapter of
Shura, in verses number 47 and 48, it’s a call to all of us, and it’s a call
ultimately to those that may have some amal in certain things that they wish
that they could do. You know, I hope to do this or one day I will do it. One day
I’ll pray. One day I will come to the masjid. One day I will read the Quran. One
day I will give zakat. One day I will be honest. One day I will be an individual
that lowers my gaze. One day that’s going to happen insha’Allah, insha’Allah,
insha’Allah. It reminds me one time subhanAllah I was in Medina and this is
rather funny but it just hit me. I was picking up this beautiful, beautiful brother,
masha’Allah. This beautiful brother, he worked at a plumber’s shop and I had
to get something done at my home and I picked him up. And subhanAllah, he
got in the car, masha’Allah, beautiful smile, he couldn’t read or write,
masha’Allah. And then as we were driving there was a convenience store and
يَا استغفر هللا عليه وستغفر هللا عليه ,said he
ْ
ٰى شُ ُّر ٰى بِل
ْبغَ
َ
ْفنِي أ
ِوقَHe said, let’s stop real quick,
I want to get some cigarettes. هللا استغفر هللا استغفر هللا استغفرI was like, shaykh, you
don’t make it like
You roll over a man, it’s a roll over, هللا استغفرit’s for a future, you know, what you
perceive as a sin that you’re going to commit, shortcoming. I said, I’m not
going to stop I’m not going to stop at a convenience store for you to get that on
the way to my house. So just thinking about that concept, sometimes we’ll do
an act and then we’ll say, okay, I’ll ask for forgiveness later. Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta’ala gives us a reminder. As Shaykh Omar mentioned, Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta’ala mentions that word بغتةthat the عذابor the punishment or the wrath
of Allah will come on you least expected. You’re not going to know when it’s
going to happen. That’s the whole point. And that’s why Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta’ala says in this verse and in numerous verses, this attitude of take
advantage of your time. You don’t know when Allah will take you individually or
take all of us collectively. You don’t know. So what are you going to do? استجيبوا
Allahلربكم من قبلي أن يأتي يوم َل مرد له من هللا ما لكم من ملجأ يومئذ وما لكم من نكير
Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala says respond to your Lord before a day comes from
Allah which there is no repelling. There is no repelling. And that is the day
when everything will perish. Or that is the day where everything will perish and
there is no return. There is no escape. هللا من له مرد لَNo escape. No escape.
You’re going to have to answer for what you’ve done. You will be rewarded or
you will be punished. And may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala make us of those
that are consistently rewarded and for any shortcoming from His mercy and
forgiveness, forgiveness for our sins. He says, no refuge will you have that day
nor will there be any denial. You know, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala even
mentions that there are people that will ask, let me go back to the earth. Let
me go back to the world. I will do good. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala with His
knowledge Al-‘Anim knows even if they were to go back ُنهْعَ
َمانُهُ
ْو ُر ُّدوا لَعَا ُدوا ِل
َولَ
َكابِبُو َن
ُهْم لَ
ِنَّ
وإَAllah says and even if they were to return to the earth, they would
still go back to doing what they were doing. They would still go back. That
brings an important point.
Ramadan, we should look at it as a catalyst for a new deed and not just
something for mere motivation. We want to be disciplined in something that is
better for us in this life that serves as an investment in the next life. Look at
Ramadan as a catalyst for a better deed or a good deed that you can start to
do. A habit that you can leave off. Which is a good deed? Seeking forgiveness
for your sins. Consistently for a good sin. Which is a good deed? But making
sure that you seek discipline and not motivation. You seek to be disciplined in
something and not just merely motivated. Not to discount motivation, but
motivation should be a catalyst to something that is continuous. And that
continuous action with the struggle within that continuous action of rectifying
your niyyah is what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala loves. So Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta’ala says, istajeeboo, answer. Answer the call of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala,
i.e. answer the call by practicing and doing your best to be a good Muslim. And
when we say a good Muslim, a good human being. Because if we believe that
Islam is the truth for all of mankind, the good Muslim is a good citizen. The
good Muslim is a good human being. A good father, a good mother, a good
friend. That’s what a good Muslim is. So if the one is doing those actions and
they have the intention to please Allah, that is the answer in the call of Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala. Then he says, fa in a’radoo fama arsalnaka AAalayhim
hafeezaa Then he’s telling the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, and if they
turn away, then we have not sent you as a guardian over them, hafeezaa. Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala says after that, in AAalayka in AAalayka illa albalaahu
Verily it is upon you to give the message. You as the family member, your
whole family may make fun of you because you’re going off and you’re praying.
And they may say, asalatuka ta’amuluka bihada? Is it your prayer that’s
ordering you to wear the veil? is it your prayer that’s ordering you to be chaste,
not to backbite at a family gathering? You’re similar to a prophet now. Oh,
that’s what you think that you are?
You know, you may have family members that say that to you, but know that
the haq is with you and do your best to be your best to yourself and to them as
well. And that whole process is a struggle. So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala tells
the Prophet, it is upon you to give the message. You cannot make them
Muslim. It’s upon you to give the message. You cannot make him put that
cigarette down. You cannot make him come and pray. You cannot make him or
her to stop cursing and being vulgar in certain instances. Then Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala gives a beautiful example in here. He says, Wa inna idha
athaqal alinsana minna rahmatan fariha biha wa in tasibuhum sayyi’atun
bima qaddamat aydihim fa inna alinsana kafoor Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala
gives a reality of human beings and I’ll end here. After he tells the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam that look, it’s upon you just to relay the message,
do your best and sometimes you’ll be baqir. It will be hard upon you and you’ll
feel that stress and this is natural. We feel our family member or someone
that we love dearly that we thought would understand is not turning towards
the message that we love dearly. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala says, and indeed,
when man tastes mercy from us, he rejoices in it. But if evil afflicts him for
what his hands have put forth, then indeed man is ungrateful. Notice here
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala says, and indeed, when we let the mercy, when
they taste our mercy, wa inna idha athaqal alinsana minna rahmatan fariha
biha The rahma, the mercy, the goodness, the pleasure, the withholding of any
type of harm is from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala. Wa in tasibuhum sayyi’atun
bima qaddamat aydihim Notice that the sayyi’at, the evil, is not from Allah. It’s
from what our hands have put forth. Was sharru laisa ilayk as the Apostle
Suleyman Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam used to say in the du’a. That evil is what
your hands have put forth. And when that time comes when your hands are
put forth, we think we are ungrateful because we don’t turn back to Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala.
If evil quote unquote afflicts us, we don’t turn back to Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta’ala. We don’t ask for forgiveness. We don’t try our best to do istijabah and
responding to the message. So may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala make us of
those that recognize that time is limited, our life is limited, and we don’t know
when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala will take us and use the Day of Judgment
series, use the message of the Quran, use the unseen times that Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala talks about, the scenes that take place to serve as a
motivation for you to do something that is better for yourself, and Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala will never neglect the small deeds with the right
intentions that you have. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala equip us to be
disciplined individuals of this beautiful doctrine. Ameen. Jazakum Allah Khair.
Shukr Allah. Salaam Alaykum Shaykh Ibrahim. Jazakum Allah Khair. You know,
I was thinking about today’s topic and I thought I want to talk about something
really cliché that Muslims talk about all the time, which is unity. And that’s
because this surah is the surah that the letters Hameem. And these surahs
carry similar themes. And one of the themes in all of these surahs is a theme
related to unity and disunity. In surah Al-Shura, Allah particularly focuses on
the topic of unity. So 10th verse Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala says, ه ِيِف مْ
َو َما ا ْختَلَ ْفتُ
ٰى ِه
لَ
ِ
back go should ruling its, about disagree you whatever Thatِ م ْن َش ْيٍء فِي ُح ْكُمهُ إ
to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala. And so the standard of adjudicating our
differences or disagreements should be in accordance to what Allah wants us
to do. But the implication of this verse is that disagreements are going to
happen, right? We’re human beings, the idea that the ummah will be in
lockdown, we’re never going to disagree, that’s a fantasy. So when you differ
because you’re going to differ, then go back to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala,
seek the judgment with Allah. Then a few verses later Allah says, ن َم ِمْ
َش َر َع لَكُ
قِ
َ
ْن أ
َ
َ َو ُمو َسى َو ِعي َسى أ
َرا ِهيم
ْب
ِ
َو َّصْينَا بِ ِه إ
ْي َك َو َما
لَ
ِ
ْو َحْينَا إ
َ
ِذي أ
َّ
َوال
َو َّصى بِ ِه نُو احا
ِدي َن َو الِِّدي ََل ِن َما
ْ
ي ُموا ال
َّرقُوا
تَتَفَ
Allah says, He ordained upon you this religion, what He ordained upon Nuh,
what He has revealed to you, oh Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And
what we have enjoyed upon Ibrahim and Musa and Isa. To do what? What did
Allah tell all of these messengers to do? واُرقَّ
ِدي َن َوََل تَتَفَ
ْ
قِي ُموا ال
َ
ْن أ
َ
أEstablish a
religion and do not disunite. And so Allah is saying that there is a clear
difference between disagreement, which is natural, and disunity which is
haram. And the next verse is really what I want to focus on, the 14th verse in
Surah Tash-Shura. He says, مْهُ
ْغياا بِ ْينَ
ُم بَ
ْ
ِعل
ْ
ُم ال
َءهُ
ََّل ِمن بَ ْعِد َما َجا
ِ
َّرقُوا إ
they says Allahَو َما تَفَ
did not divide until after the knowledge came to them. غيااْ
ُهْم بَ
ْغياا بَ ْينَ
meansبَ
transgression. But the scholars say in this context, the transgression that Allah
is talking about is petty jealousy. They were jealous, they wanted to be in
charge, they wanted to be the leaders. These are people who received the
knowledge, they received the scripture, they understood it, they believed it,
and they disunited for what reason? Because of jealous animosity. They’re
upset that this person has leadership and they don’t, this person is more
famous than them and they’re not, and because this person has more than
them than they have, and so what do they start doing? They start attacking
each other, they start harming each other, they start backbiting each other,
they start slandering against each other, they begin transgressing against each
other. Why? Because of petty reasons, because of jealousy, because of ego,
because of wanting power and leadership. And then Allah ىَالَعَت وَ
سُ ْب َحانَهُ
continues in the verse and He says مْهُ
ْض َي بَْينَ
َوََل لَقُ
َسبَقَ ْت ِمْن ُهْم
ْو ََل َكِر َمةٌ
َولَHad it not
been for a word preceded by the Lord, meaning had Allah not decided to show
people mercy in this life and not punish them immediately, He would have
punished them right away. Then He says, and this is the end of the verse, and
this part is really really powerful,
ُمِريٌد
ِفى َش ٍِّك ِِّمْنهُ
ِكتَا ُب ِم ْن بَ ْعِد ِه ْم لَ
ْ
و ِرثُوا ال
ُ
ِذي َن أ
َّ
َّن ال
ِ
وإَAnd indeed those who are granted
inheritance of the scripture are in it in considerable doubt or in disquieting
ِكتَا ُب ,says Allah. doubt
ْ
و ِرثُوا ال
ُ
ِذي َن أ
َّ
َّن ال
ِ
إSo He’s talking about the next generation.
He says, these are the people, ب ُاَكتِ
ْ
و ِرثُوا ال
ُ
ِكتَا ُب says Allah realize Nowأ
ْ
و ِرثُوا ال
ُ
أ
Which is the same thing that they’ve inherited. But one of them is passive and
the other one is active. Right? So had Allah said ب ُاَكتِ
ْ
be would it Thenَو ِرثُوا ال
like the example, let’s say somebody owns a bakery, right? And they want to
leave this bakery as an inheritance for their children. And so, you know, they
bring the child and the child is eager to learn. So the child wants to know how
to bake and they want to know the recipes and they want to know, you know,
the protein levels of the flour and they want to know the humidity of the oven
and they want to know like everything to do with baking. This would be ث َر ِوَ
ِكتَا ُب
ْ
الHe wanted to inherit this bakery, right? But Allah says واُرث ِو
ُ
أwhich is
basically saying they were made to inherit. Which implies they didn’t want to
inherit. It’s like the parent brings the child and says, here learn these recipes
and learn this and learn that. And the child’s like, I don’t want to. Right? But
they’re being forced to learn it. And in the end, they have the knowledge, but
they don’t really want it. So Allah says the next generation, ’he ones who came
after them, they were made to inherit the scripture. They were made to inherit
the knowledge of the religion, but they never wanted it. Why? And Allah even
adds to that, they are in doubt about the religion. Why are they in doubt about
the religion? Because’it goes back to the beginning of the verse. They saw the
people who had knowledge of the religion, who had’the scripture, fighting over
petty issues. And when they were fighting over the next generation, they were
watching and making them doubt the religion. You know, we’re trying to inspire
conviction in people, but sometimes we have to understand that sometimes
what makes people doubt Islam is not misunderstanding or lack of
knowledge.
Sometimes it’s because they witnessed the behavior of people who had
knowledge. They witnessed the behavior of our community. They witnessed
the behavior of organizations and people fighting over petty reasons, and it
caused doubt to enter their heart. And Allah is telling us exactly that. They
didn’t even want to receive the knowledge. Why? Because they saw the earlier
generation fight and disunite over petty matters. And so how do we create
unity amongst ourselves? The surah gives us actually many reasons, many
things that we can look at just briefly. The next verse, ت ُرْمِ
ُ
ِل َك فَاستَِق ْم َكَما أ
ٰ
ِلذَ
فَ
Because of this, Allah says, because of this, ,ادعواcall, invite people to Islam.
When you give da’wah to other people, Muslims and non-Muslims, not only is
it good for the person receiving the call, it’s good for the person making the
call. It makes you more steadfast in your religion, more firm in your deen. This
is also the surah Ash-Shura, the surah of consultation. And Allah mentions in
ُهْم ,it
ْم شُو ارا بَ ْينَ
ْمُرهُ
َ
َوأ
قَا ُموا ال َّصَالةَ
َ
َوأ
ِهْم
َربِِّ
َجابُوا ِل
ْستَ
ِذي َن اَ
َّ
والَThose who responded to their
Lord and they established their prayer, and their affairs are determined by
consultation. Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلمoften would say, َ
نَّا أ
َ
َها أ
يُّ
َ
َّي أ
ِشي ُروا َعلَ
َ
me give Comeأ نَّا
your advice, come give me your consultation. Even in his personal affairs,
when he had an issue with one of his wives, he got the consultation of Utham
ibn Zaid and Ali ibn Abi Talib, two people who grew up in the house of our
Prophet .صلى الله عليه وسلمAnd Utham was only 12 years old, and the Prophet is asking him
his advice. If this is the Prophet who received revelation from above the seven
heavens, and he does not place himself above asking the people for their
advice and consulting them, then why should we not? When we do this, we
increase love and cohesion between the Muslim Ummah. Another point is
standing up for each other, supporting each other against injustices. اَذِ
ِذي َن إ
َّ
َوال
ِص ُرو َن
ْنتَ
ْم يَ
ْغِر هُ
بَ
ْ
َصابَ ُهُم ال
َ
أAllah says, and those who when you know, defend each
other. So the first example of disunity, they are doing transgression against
each other. And the example of unity, when transgression has come to any
Muslim,
We stand up for each other. We support the Muslims in Palestine and Kashmir,
in India, the Uighur Muslims, the Rohingya Muslims, the Bosnian Muslims. We
support each other when we do this. This causes us to have more love and
connection and cohesion between the Ummah. And finally, Allah mentions to
pardon and to forgive and to try to reconcile between people. حْ
ْصلَ
َ
ِم ْن َعفَى َوأ
فَ
ْج ُرهُ َعلَى ََّّللاِ
َ
أَفWhoever forgives and reconciles between people, his reward will
be with Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala. We’re going to make mistakes, but let’s try
to forgive and overlook and reconcile with one another so that we can get
more love and cohesion between the Muslim Ummah. JazakAllah khair,
Shaykh Ibrahim. You know, Amir Abu Ghaddaw was here a few nights ago, and
he was boasting that Canadian internet is better than American internet. Amir,
all your qawaneen, all of them are better than the internet. I’m taking your
reflection, man. Am I still, am I paused or something? Can you hear me now?
We’re still live, we still got you. For the audience’s perspective, Yanni, because
there’s glitching going on there. Just, Yanni, Amir Abu Ghaddaw, if you’re
watching, American internet is better than Canadian internet. It’s clear. But
since we’re talking about unity, Shaykh, we’re talking about unity and disunity.
On a serious note, the beautiful thing that you just brought up, but also I think
something very unpleasant that maybe we don’t take into consideration,
masjid politics runs kids away from the masjids, and possibly away from
Islam, like possibly away from Islam. You know, unfortunately, we’ve seen
some, like, you know, it’s become commonplace, right, to have like these
deep brawls in the masjid, lots of politics. And you’re telling the future
generation that you operate with a superior set of values,
And a superior ethic, and, you know, bond, and humanity, and all that stuff,
right, all these qualities that we’re supposed to have embedded. The imam is
speaking from the manbar about the qualities of the Prophet, and you’re
seeing none of them being lived in your masjid. And you’re seeing nothing but
ego and envy and pettiness. And that can cause shaykh, that can cause
doubt. It can cause doubt. It can run people away from Islam. And, like, I don’t
think people understand the consequences. Let’s include all of us sometimes
when these fights are happening, like what we’re doing. And I’ll actually share
some comment on something that maybe I’ll elaborate on in the future. There
was a brother that had become Muslim, and, Shaykh Abdullah, I’d love for you
to comment on this as well. And, you know, alhamdulillah, he embraced
Islam, and then he went online, and he saw all this garbage flying around
online, you know, the tabloids, and the slander, and the gossip, and the
disunity, and the tweets, and just the stuff that’s just part of our Muslim social
media space, right? And we joke about it. We say Muslim Twitter and Muslim
that kind of stuff. And it’s like if you engage that stuff, you’re going to get dirty.
It’s like you wrestle with a pig, you get dirty type deal, right? And so literally you
just tell people, like, stay away from it, right? It’s not good for you. But this
person just became Muslim, and suddenly he’s being bombarded with this
person, and this person, and that person, and this person. And he used these
words with me. Sheikh Abdullah, I want you to talk about this from the convert
resources perspective, particularly. He said, I didn’t sign up for this. When I
took shahada, I didn’t sign up for all of this. Like I signed up to be Muslim, to
believe in Allah, to believe in the Messenger, salallahu alaihi wasalam, not to
get into this camp, and that camp, and this sheikh is deviant, and that sheikh
is deviant, and, you know, this tabloid, and this, you know, this tweet, and, you
know, this YouTube video. I didn’t sign up for all of this nonsense. Like I could
have all that I could have had as a non-Muslim, you know,
Just all that type of just disunity, right? And I think we often don’t understand,
like, even when we’re embracing someone, bring them into the fold of Islam,
and everybody’s getting up to hug them. Man, Sheikh Abdullah, you have a lot
to share, right? Because everybody gets up to hug them, and the next thing
you know, these two people that hugged you are going to at some point be
whispering in your ear and saying, hey, don’t talk to that brother. He’s deviant.
He’s got this for you. You know, don’t, you start, you’re going to notice the
camps, and the only thing they’ll agree upon is abandoning you, you know, to
go figure out your life now, and then you’re just left with this whole package of
a mess. Your brothers and sisters that are watching, we’re the ummah of the
Quran, hablullah, it’s the rope of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. Like when we
fight, we cause doubt, we induce doubt. The next generation doesn’t want to
inherit our drama, they want to inherit the Quran. And if you, you know, put too
much drama into it, then they’re not going to want any of it because they’re
going to think the Quran and the sunnah are tainted by what we do. And so,
Sheikh Abdullah, I want to hear from you because, you know, I think,
obviously, convert resources like, you know, this is not very personal, but just
anything you’ve seen in your own experiences and other people in this regard,
I didn’t sign up for this. Yeah, I mean, that’s a lot. I mean, subhanAllah, you
know, I always tell these people that want to deal with converts or even youth
directors because, you know, when a young man or young woman wants to
start practicing the deen or makes the decision to become a Muslim, right,
and their parents are Muslim, but they made that conscious decision, it’s
pretty much similar to the one that converts to the deen from Christianity or
from some other type of religious framework or no religious framework
because they’re learning the deen from the very beginning. But they have to
understand, we, I guess you call seasoned Muslims, have to understand that if
they’re looking at you, you are their sheikh.
You are their sheikh al-Islam. You are their mufti. And if they see you get into it
with somebody and you don’t use the bigger framework of the quote unquote
brotherhood, sisterhood, and allowing that to be the overlying element that
has an effect on our relationship as Muslims, they’re going to associate that
with the deen. And that’s why I always tell the converts, you know, separate
the doer from the doctrine, because a lot of times, you know, it’s important for
us to remember that these are human beings. But at the same time, those
human beings, i.e., we Muslims, have a responsibility in regards to those that
just come into the faith. So when you hear people say something like, you
know, I didn’t sign up for this, because this is what Islam really is, I didn’t know
that this was, you know, Islam, or does Islam really instruct this? You know,
and when you see them ask the question and they’re very sincere, because
they are sincere and Allah knows best, they just want to do their best. But
when they see someone they look up to or when they see the entrance of
Ramadan, when is it going to be, and masjids arguing over it, and, you know,
the youth just like, man, I’m done with this, man. This is, forget it, you know.
We have to be really cognizant of that and look at the bigger picture. And
looking at the bigger picture Is an Islamic construct. As we call the maqasid of
the shariah, we have to look at the maqasid, the overlying objective that the
shariah wants to bring. That’s what Shaykh Omar mentioned. َعتْ
َ
َوأ
ِص ُموا بِ َح ِِّب ََّّللاِ
ُهَو ۟ى
ُهَّو فِي ِه تَ
َتSo really, those of you individuals, you know, I commend all of you
that choose to be on boards of masjids, boards of organizations, but
remember, you are there to serve. You’re there to serve your community. If it’s
a non-homogenous community and if it’s a different demographics, every
person of each demographics should represent on the board. It’s as simple as
that. So if you’re on the board, you’re there to serve the community.
It is a position that one should strive to hope for, to serve Allah by serving
people. And if you’re not serving the people that come into the religion post 9-
11, you really have to take a step back and have a meeting and realize, okay,
what are we doing for our future generation of the converts to Islam, of the
youth to Islam, of the women in our communities? What are we doing to serve
them? Because that is why we are here is to serve them, nothing else. So I
think, you know, this is a whole other sitting, but I think, you know,
subhanAllah, it’s very, very important that we as people, that Allah has given
us this element of authority in a community, in a home, to realize that that
authority is there to serve the people that you have authority over. So we just
have to remember that and not use that in being tyrannical, but being a
worshipper of Allah subhanAllah. Nallamah was best. JazakAllah. I feel like we
should do a podcast on how disunity causes doubt and just talk about this
stuff and really get into it, man. Because I know a lot of people will not make it
to this part of Quran 30 for 30, but may Allah subhanAllah accept those words
that you just shared, Sheikh, and may Allah protect us from disunity and
destruction that comes as a result of the muhammad. Fahim, you got any final
words? I remember jokes. Your internet froze right, oh my God. Right when I
said that. You said, I remember and then jokes and then. I guess the angels or
the jinn don’t know which one, they don’t want you to mention it.
SubhanAllah. Someone said to me that, a fictional joke obviously, a Muslim is
stranded on an island and they come months later, years later,
They save this guy from the island and they show up there and they see he
built himself a little house and they see he built a couple of things for him to
take advantage of and then he built two masjids. And they said to him, why do
you have two masjids? He said, well, that one I pray in and that one I don’t. So,
you know, we’re getting there as a community where like, avoid some. You
know, we got to keep. What’s your ethnicity, Sheikh Ibrahim, aside from
Canadian? Egyptian. Egyptian. That was a Canadianised Gohad joke. Gohad
built two masjids for himself. That’s what happened there. Next year’s Quran,
we’re going to put you and Sheikh Yasir Fahmy on together. Must be a joke off.
Must be a joke on. Have Sheikh Mohammed lighten him up, man. Yeah, there
we go. Oh, my God. Jazakum Allah Khayran. So I reminded everyone once
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