1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:12,519 Bis miler rohimni Rahim in the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the 2 00:00:12,599 --> 00:00:30,760 most merciful. Heard a lot below heard. Part Excellence presents lessens from the 3 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:48,000 stories of the prophets by Mufti Ismail even Mussa menk you brohim and his Salam. 4 00:00:48,280 --> 00:01:00,600 Part one Abrahim, Peace be upon him. Part one Sakata sa rahmana 5 00:01:00,679 --> 00:01:07,040 Rahim and hamdula Alamin or Salah to Salamrahmat and lila ailahminnab in a Muhammad in 6 00:01:07,079 --> 00:01:11,760 no Alah earli he asked Habi he ajamahina abahd All praise is due to a 7 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,040 loss of Hannahua to Allah. Blessings and salutations upon Muhammed salalahu Alah. He 8 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,840 was seldom we ask a loss of hannahuat Alah to bless him and all his 9 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,599 companions. And as always we ask a loss of Hannahua to Alah to bless 10 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:29,000 us, for without the blessings of a loss of hannah to Alah, we 11 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,079 would not know what to do and where to go. May alas of Hannahua 12 00:01:32,079 --> 00:01:34,359 to Allah bless us and our offspring, and may He grant us the goodness 13 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,359 of the Dunya as well as that of the Ahrara, beloved brothers and sisters 14 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:44,040 in Islam. We thank a loss of hannahuata Alah first and foremost for having 15 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,439 granted us this opportunity to gather in his obedience. And we ask a Loss 16 00:01:48,439 --> 00:01:53,239 sub Hannah howa to Alah to accept from us the sacrifice of standing in Salah 17 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,239 for his sake and of fasting during the daylight hours for his sake. And 18 00:01:57,319 --> 00:02:00,719 we ask a loss su hanahuwat Alah grant us the true reward of this. 19 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:07,680 Yesterday we heard how one of the nations was destroyed, and today we are 20 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:13,080 going into the life of one of the highest of the messengers of Allah, 21 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:19,599 subhanahuata Alah after Muhammad Salalah Ali. He was senter and he is one of 22 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:23,960 the messengers who were sent not only to his people, but even to his 23 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:31,960 own father. Up to this point, the messengers were sent to their nations. 24 00:02:32,439 --> 00:02:39,080 Here we find a young boy. He was born in Iraq. He 25 00:02:39,199 --> 00:02:45,520 was born in Babylon Babyli, and at that time there was a king known 26 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:50,280 as Nimroud. This king was a very very powerful king. Allah had given 27 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:54,719 him a lot of power and authority. And if you notice, this is 28 00:02:54,800 --> 00:03:01,520 the messenger, the great messenger Ibrahim Ali Salah to Salam. Abraham made the 29 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:07,400 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. He is such a great man 30 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,280 that all the messengers who came after him were from his family. Sob Hannah 31 00:03:12,319 --> 00:03:19,400 law, he is such a great man. Alas Subanahuatlah tested him not once, 32 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:27,319 not twice, but again and again, and he passed every single test. 33 00:03:28,039 --> 00:03:31,879 And do you know what he was mostly at the beginning single in his 34 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:40,080 call. Nobody accepted his message besides one young boy loaho akabar loaho akaba and 35 00:03:40,199 --> 00:03:45,599 one Narration says later on there was who accepted finished the two of them at 36 00:03:45,639 --> 00:03:50,680 the beginning in the early stages. So what happened at that time? The 37 00:03:50,719 --> 00:03:57,240 people were worshiping idols, and they were worshiping wealth, and he was born. 38 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,520 As he grew up, he seen his father. His father. The 39 00:04:00,599 --> 00:04:05,240 Koran says his name was Aza, so we will use that particular name Azar, 40 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,680 the father of Abraham and a loss of Hannah. Howat Ala makes mention 41 00:04:10,759 --> 00:04:17,160 of how Asal used to make idols and sell them. So the young boy 42 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:23,759 he was watching his father carving idols out of wood and stone, and then 43 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:29,079 he would see his father selling them. Then he would notice people prostrate to 44 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:34,240 these things that his own father was carving. And he would notice people asking 45 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:41,560 these stones and these pieces of wood to give them good health and to grant 46 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:46,279 them long lives, and to give them sustenance, and to guide them and 47 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:51,480 so on. So he was shocked. One day he seen this big idol 48 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,600 and he tells his father, Oh, my father, what is this? 49 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,279 He says, these are idols? So it has such a big ear. 50 00:04:59,639 --> 00:05:03,000 He says, yes, this is because it hears everything. This idol here, 51 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,600 those who will buy it, it will listen to them. So what 52 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:12,399 used to happen at the time. The poor they could afford small idols, 53 00:05:12,519 --> 00:05:15,160 little ones. The rich they had big, big idols. So when people 54 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:20,000 had a bigger problem, they went to borrow a god belonging to someone else 55 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,519 because it was bigger love a kabar. Look at how foolish they were, 56 00:05:24,959 --> 00:05:28,319 yet they had brains. The young boy he started asking his father, and 57 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:33,319 alasub hanahwat Ala makes mention of this boy Ibrahim a salatua Salam in seventy three 58 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:40,439 different places in the Qoran and in twenty five different suras of the Quran. 59 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:46,319 One of those Suras named after him, Surat Ibrahim and Charlotte. We will 60 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:51,360 read that tomorrow by the will of Alasu hanahwat Ala. In tarawik so Alasu 61 00:05:51,399 --> 00:06:00,319 hanahawata Ala makes mention of this young boy. Alas says Oila Coddina embarrah Naoshdahumi 62 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:18,079 cord Ua Kunabi alimi if carl Ali Abbi call Umi Mahadi Tamathi latium la keif. 63 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:27,480 And indeed we had given Ibrahim a long time ago guidance from a very 64 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,720 early age, will in advance, and we knew very well. Alas subhanah 65 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:39,120 Hawatala is all knowing. Alas is remember when Ibrahim asked his father and his 66 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:43,319 nation, his people meaning his father's people, what is this that you are 67 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:55,079 worshiping? They said, straight answer, straightforward, Carlo Nambodu us namafanavanulahak If. 68 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:00,600 In another verse, Alas Subhannah Howatala says, they said, we worshiping 69 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:05,639 idols, and we will continue worshiping these idols. So he asked them a 70 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:15,680 question, Calahl yas my oona come in tad. Do they hear you when 71 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:27,920 you're calling out to them? Oha Fahona come? Can they benefit you in 72 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,199 any way? Or can they harm you in any way? They neither said 73 00:07:31,279 --> 00:07:34,160 yes, nor did they say no. They kept quiet, but they answered 74 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:45,000 him in a different way. What did they say, Carlo jaddaah bah alahab. 75 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,839 They said, we found our forefathers worshiping them. That was the answer. 76 00:07:50,959 --> 00:07:54,920 So listen very carefully. They did not say yes. They did not 77 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,360 say no. They just said when he asked them, do they hear you 78 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,639 when you call? Or can they help you? Can they harm you? 79 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,240 Can they benefit you? They said, look, we found our forefathers doing 80 00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:11,120 this, And in another verse they said, we found our forefathers exactly worshiping 81 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:15,160 these idols, so we will continue worshiping the idols. So if i am 82 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:22,720 adeesala to a Salam makes mention of even more questions, he says, karla 83 00:08:22,839 --> 00:08:41,320 afara aint makumtabuba ko damu for inaumadui illah balalamy. You see these things that 84 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:46,840 you people are worshiping, You and your forefathers that you have been worshiping all 85 00:08:46,879 --> 00:08:50,240 along, all of these things that you've been worshiping for so many years, 86 00:08:50,639 --> 00:08:56,480 they are all, including yourselves, enemies of mine. There is only one 87 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:01,279 that I worship and that is not Bula Lamin the Lord of all the worlds, 88 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,000 the creator, whoever made everything here, that is whom I worshiped. 89 00:09:05,159 --> 00:09:11,240 So from a very young age he understood that I cannot worship a stone or 90 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:16,120 a stick or a piece of wood or anything. I need to only worship 91 00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:18,840 whoever made me. That's it. Now, this was the sense. Alas 92 00:09:20,039 --> 00:09:24,000 is Ibrahim ausha Allah gave him the guidance at a very young age. He 93 00:09:24,159 --> 00:09:28,679 was young, very young when he started questioning. Some narrations say his age 94 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:33,000 was only seven. He started questioning age of seven. And after that he 95 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,960 grew up to a young boy and so on, and he started questioning, 96 00:09:37,039 --> 00:09:39,320 look, my father, what are you doing? One beautiful verse a las 97 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:54,080 subhanahatalyas is konflkitab him in Una also in the Khan And remember in the book 98 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:58,519 the prophet Abraham made peace be upon him. He was indeed a very truthful 99 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:11,399 prophet in called Ali abbyli mater. Yes, now ala Ala only can share 100 00:10:11,799 --> 00:10:16,799 uh. When he told his father, oh, my father, how can 101 00:10:16,919 --> 00:10:20,519 you worship something that cannot hear you, it cannot see you, and it 102 00:10:20,639 --> 00:10:24,559 cannot help you in anything. It won't be able to do a single thing 103 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:39,159 for you. Yeah, Bertie in cotton er an men A lane think Fanny 104 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:48,919 delC out s Yeah, oh, my father, knowledge has come to me 105 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:52,480 that did not come to you. So follow me. I will show you 106 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,240 the right path. I'll show you the guidance. And he's a young boy 107 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,320 saying this, so oh my father, Look, let me tell you common 108 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,159 sense. And I want to talk to you. I want to discuss and 109 00:11:01,279 --> 00:11:05,320 debate with you. Tell me what is the answer. The father also said, 110 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:09,279 look, don't question. I don't want any questions. We've been following 111 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,480 our forefathers. And the biggest problem is I'm making money out of this. 112 00:11:15,159 --> 00:11:18,240 How can you tell me to stop it? Come on today. If someone 113 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:22,879 was engaged in, say, for example, haram income, either making money 114 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:28,600 out of liquor making money out of something that is very prohibited, or making 115 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,159 money through gambling, making money through stealing, and so on, and the 116 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,679 son says, Dad, that's very wrong. The father will say, well, 117 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:37,120 who's gonna put a plate on your food? Who's gonna put a plate 118 00:11:37,159 --> 00:11:41,840 of food in front of you? There? Straight answer? Cash? The 119 00:11:41,919 --> 00:11:46,679 people have got cash answers not even checked so that it can bounce akaba no 120 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:52,960 straight how can you question me? Now, this is something we need to 121 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:56,000 know. Our children will correct us. And that also is a gift of 122 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:01,080 Allah, and it's a test of Allah upon us. As he failed his 123 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:07,320 test alas subhanah Watala had mercy on him at that stage by sending his own 124 00:12:07,399 --> 00:12:09,960 son to come to him and say, my father, how can you worship 125 00:12:11,519 --> 00:12:15,279 something you're making with your own hands? Come on, come on? And 126 00:12:15,399 --> 00:12:18,919 the father says, no, keep quiet, And the people said, no, 127 00:12:18,159 --> 00:12:24,840 keep quiet. Akabah so ibrahim are sala to a Salam continues he says, 128 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:31,519 yeah, abati ladhi Shaitan, Oh, my father, don't worship the 129 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,080 devil. Now you're fall him into the trap of the devil. Imagine, 130 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,440 as young as he was, he started understanding that there are two forces, 131 00:12:39,039 --> 00:12:43,000 the force of the creator the maker, and there is another force trying to 132 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,000 deviate man. And he says, oh, my father, don't worship the 133 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:54,240 devil. In shahitana can and rahnania, I'm saying, indeed, the devil 134 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:01,000 was very, very far from the obedience of a lost hanahwat Alah. The 135 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:07,840 devil transgressed against the command of Allah of the most merciful. Yeah, Betti 136 00:13:07,039 --> 00:13:22,279 in ahahamasakada boomin Rahman for takuni shiit ony, Oh my father, I have 137 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:28,679 a very big fear for you that the most Merciful might punish you. Look 138 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:35,039 at the words he's using. For the most Merciful to punish, it has 139 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,799 to be one act of worship, that is shilk. When someone associates a 140 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:45,639 partnership with Allah, the most Merciful says, that is the time when he 141 00:13:45,799 --> 00:13:48,919 punishes the hadith. In fact, the verse of the Qur'an Allas says in 142 00:13:50,519 --> 00:14:07,200 Allah halaaufar shaka he uayaufmaduadlikim Allah, who will not forgive association of partnership with 143 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,879 him, But besides that, he will forgive any other sin he wishes if 144 00:14:11,879 --> 00:14:16,639 a person dies in that condition. So if one has engaged in shil and 145 00:14:16,759 --> 00:14:24,399 association of partnership with Allah in worship, then if they have repented before their 146 00:14:24,519 --> 00:14:28,799 death, good news, Allah will forgive them. But if they have died 147 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,919 on that condition, Allah makes a promise that for that you will have to 148 00:14:33,039 --> 00:14:37,440 be punished. So this is why Brahim Salam says, I fear in n 149 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:43,279 ahafu must saka ada Rahman. Look at the two words being used. I 150 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:48,080 fear that punishment will overtake you from the one who is most merciful. That 151 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:54,000 means you have to have done something really, really really bad. Akhaba may 152 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,159 Allah say, Goddess from ship. This is why one llah he I swear 153 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,600 by Allah, who is the owner of this house, and I swear by 154 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:07,080 Allah, who has raised the skies without pillars that allahumah Allah. All the 155 00:15:07,159 --> 00:15:13,480 messengers of a loss of Hannah houat Allah warned their people about association of partnership 156 00:15:13,519 --> 00:15:18,679 with Allah in acts of worship. Whenever we engage in any act of worship, 157 00:15:18,159 --> 00:15:22,639 it must be solely for the pleasure of a loss of Hannah houata Allah, 158 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,600 and it must be in accordance with what was taught by Muhammad allallah ah 159 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:31,279 he was seldom. The reason is Allah has declared that we are not allowed 160 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,919 to worship him according to our desires. We need to worship him how he 161 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,440 wants us to worship him. And this is why we have to stand in 162 00:15:39,519 --> 00:15:43,039 Salah at specific times, do specific things. That is called worship. When 163 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,960 you're doing what you want, that's not worship. When you're doing what you 164 00:15:48,039 --> 00:15:50,080 want. A man can stand waving at the sun all day and you can 165 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:54,320 say, while I'm worshiping all it makes me happy Allahu a kaba, that 166 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:58,759 is not worship. Whenever you want to see if you're engaging in something that 167 00:15:58,919 --> 00:16:03,679 you feel is going to you closer to Allah subhanahuata Allah, ask yourself a 168 00:16:03,799 --> 00:16:07,159 question. Where we taught this by Muhammad salallah a slam. If we were, 169 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,960 you engage in it. If not, we're falling into the trap of 170 00:16:11,039 --> 00:16:15,720 chai'than. There are people who drink alcohol and they say, well, look 171 00:16:15,759 --> 00:16:18,440 it brings me closer to God. I forget my sins. I'm happy. 172 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:22,919 It satisfies me. There are people who commit adult tree and they say, 173 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,200 look, that's very very good, because you know what, that's what man 174 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,519 is created for, to reproduce and so on and to enjoy and whatever. 175 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:32,159 And it makes me happy and it satisfies me. Well, in that particular 176 00:16:32,279 --> 00:16:36,639 case, if they consider that something that brings satisfaction to them, then the 177 00:16:36,759 --> 00:16:41,840 devil is somewhere inside that pipeline. Allah protect us. This is why it's 178 00:16:41,879 --> 00:16:45,879 a law. The Shariah has no gray area. Whenever there is an area 179 00:16:45,919 --> 00:16:49,200 that we think is grey, just stay far from it. The reason is 180 00:16:49,559 --> 00:16:59,840 Allah says in the Koran. Yeah, sol bel na elakram bic oh messenger 181 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:07,039 convey in the most clear of terms. Bal means to convey in a very 182 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,079 very clear manner, the message of a loss of anahoat alah convey it very 183 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:15,319 clearly. So anything we needed to know is extremely clear, brighter than the 184 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:22,119 suns of anahoata Allah protect us. This is why the narration says layluha kannahar 185 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,240 riha naya zero aha i lahalik. The path which is the straight path. 186 00:17:27,559 --> 00:17:30,720 When you are walking on it during the day or the night, it's as 187 00:17:30,839 --> 00:17:36,240 clear as anything. It's all the same. Nobody can be deviated from that 188 00:17:36,319 --> 00:17:42,400 straight path except one who is rejected destroyed. We alla say godess so Ibrahima 189 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:51,160 to a Salam after questioning his father, he starts making mention of qualities that 190 00:17:51,519 --> 00:17:56,559 need to be found in a deity that anyone should worship. If you want 191 00:17:56,599 --> 00:18:02,480 to worship something, you should ask you self the following questions, and he 192 00:18:02,599 --> 00:18:11,240 says, a ladaki who ad the one who created me and the one who 193 00:18:11,319 --> 00:18:15,480 guides me. Whoever created me, I owe my worship to him. Whoever 194 00:18:15,599 --> 00:18:18,880 guides me is the same one who created me. I owe my worship to 195 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:23,240 him. Wal lady, who are you to mooney, who are steam the 196 00:18:23,319 --> 00:18:29,359 one who feeds me and who quenches my thirst? Well? Either maril to 197 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:34,079 who the one whom when I am sick and ill, he grants me cure. 198 00:18:34,519 --> 00:18:38,759 That is the one, the only, the creator one. Lady, 199 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:45,359 You me too needum yo him the one who will cause my death, and 200 00:18:45,519 --> 00:18:56,000 he will give me life thereafter wal laddi amati a woman de and the one 201 00:18:56,119 --> 00:19:00,720 whom I have hope in that he can forgive my sins on the day of 202 00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:06,839 reckoning. After we die and we are resurrected, there will be a day 203 00:19:06,839 --> 00:19:10,599 of reckoning. Whoever is the owner of forgiveness on that day, that is 204 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,559 whom I will put my head on the ground for nobody else loahu akaba. 205 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,200 This is the statement of Ibrahim alah Salah to a Salam, and he continues, 206 00:19:19,599 --> 00:19:30,200 Rob me heaveny houkma al hatony sali, oh my rob grant me the 207 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:36,920 judgment between right and wrong. Grant me correct judgment and join me with those 208 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,920 who are pious. Now he was alone. Nobody listened to him, not 209 00:19:41,079 --> 00:19:44,839 one, not even one lahu akaba. At that stage, no one. 210 00:19:45,599 --> 00:19:52,480 So what happened after some time, Alas of hannahuat Ala says that Ibrahim alah 211 00:19:52,519 --> 00:19:57,519 is sala to a Salam continued with them to remind them that whoever created the 212 00:19:57,599 --> 00:20:03,440 skies and the and who ever made us, that is whom you are supposed 213 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,599 to be worshiping. These stones and these idols have not made anyone. He 214 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:15,119 says, Karla bar rb bukum rob Musamawati. Well, our bin lady father 215 00:20:15,319 --> 00:20:18,839 Rahun, your rub, and what is the meaning of the term rub. 216 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,359 We've been through it, we will go through it just now. But he 217 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,319 says, your rub is the rub, the creator of the skies and the 218 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:32,359 earth. Who ever made everything in existence is your rub. Now the meaning 219 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:37,400 of rub creator Narisha Cherisher sustainer, provider, protector cura, the one in 220 00:20:37,599 --> 00:20:44,039 absolute control of every aspect of existence, is known as rubb. So when 221 00:20:44,079 --> 00:20:52,319 we say alhamduli la rab bin Lani, what we mean is all praise is 222 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:57,640 due to the worshiped one who is the creator Narisha Cherisher sustain a, provider, 223 00:20:57,759 --> 00:21:04,000 protector cura of absolutely everything in existence. He is in supreme control. 224 00:21:04,319 --> 00:21:10,559 That is the one whom we owe every point of praise to. Subhanla. 225 00:21:10,599 --> 00:21:17,240 Look at how powerful the statement is so Ibrahim Ada Salam after saying that he 226 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:21,640 noticed something that these people when they wanted sustenance, they quickly ran to these 227 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:26,839 stones, and they quickly ran to all these pieces of wood that they had 228 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,720 all around, and they went and they asked for sustenance. We want sustenance. 229 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:34,680 And he noticed that they even went to people, people who were dead 230 00:21:36,039 --> 00:21:38,319 and they started asking them for sustenance. So look at what he says. 231 00:21:40,839 --> 00:21:56,119 Ibrahim ad Salam says in alaviata medni lii liai kun nala kum rizka faberta the 232 00:21:56,559 --> 00:22:07,279 lion rizka wa bodo cala elai. He told ja, all those whom you 233 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,880 are calling out to besides Allah to give you sustenance, they do not own 234 00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:18,400 a droplet of sustenance. Allah is the owner of sustenance. So you should 235 00:22:18,559 --> 00:22:25,079 solely and only ask Allah directly for sustenance, for indeed, he is the 236 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:29,480 one who will grant you sustenance. And you should be grateful and thankful to 237 00:22:29,599 --> 00:22:33,880 him alone, because it is to him alone. You are going to return 238 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,960 to. What a powerful statement from a young boy. Growing up, he 239 00:22:37,079 --> 00:22:42,559 had the sense this is why Allah says Ibrahim aushdahum in Kablu. We gave 240 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:48,119 Ibrahim the guidance a long long time ago, from an early age. He 241 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:53,720 was rightly guided by Allah from a young age. Now he started talking about 242 00:22:53,799 --> 00:22:59,039 these idols to the people and questioning everyone. They did not have answers. 243 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,559 The only answer they had one thing. We have found our forefathers doing this. 244 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:07,319 That's it. No other answer. They were happy and this is the 245 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,880 way. And because people were making money. One borrows the god, the 246 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,240 other one doesn't borrow the God. And what else used to happen? According 247 00:23:14,279 --> 00:23:21,240 to one some historical narrations that when somebody asked an idol something and say that 248 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,640 was done, people started borrowing that idol to say this, one's got more 249 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,920 power. Look at this, Look at how foolish they were. Well, 250 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:32,799 this can happen up to today. When a person visits a certain tree somewhere 251 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:37,480 in Hra san and he makes a dua to the tree or whatever, and 252 00:23:37,559 --> 00:23:38,559 he says, look, I've come all the way to the tree and I've 253 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,680 made power around the tree. And then his problem is solved. Other people 254 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:47,119 will start going to the same tree who have that problem, because he'll go 255 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,920 and say, look this is what I did, and it helped lah Akaba 256 00:23:49,039 --> 00:23:52,680 look at this. So this is what was happening at the time, and 257 00:23:52,759 --> 00:23:56,759 the people were excited and Chipan was playing games with them, flicking them from 258 00:23:56,799 --> 00:24:03,000 one corner to another, pullar to post. A Salam says what allah aki 259 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:11,880 danausnama kada to a loomo debi. He says to himself, walah he I 260 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,759 am going to destroy these idols. I'm going to plan and plot against them. 261 00:24:17,079 --> 00:24:21,359 Once these people are gone, I will plot against the idols. So 262 00:24:21,839 --> 00:24:26,519 what happened some people heard him making mention of these idols. A few people 263 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,519 heard him making mention of the fact that he wants to plan something, he 264 00:24:30,599 --> 00:24:34,640 wants to do something. So they used to have their day in a week 265 00:24:34,759 --> 00:24:37,759 when they used to go out everybody and pray. They used to take their 266 00:24:37,799 --> 00:24:42,839 gods along and they used to go and the father had a warehouse what we 267 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:48,640 call a warehouse where all the gods that were not yet sold were there. 268 00:24:48,839 --> 00:24:52,759 So what happened is small ones, big ones, little ones, ones with 269 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,880 big ears to depict those who can hear, one with big eyes that can 270 00:24:56,519 --> 00:25:00,599 see, and so on. So if Rahim a toward Salam when they told 271 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:06,880 him, let's go we want to go and pray. He says, in 272 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:14,160 heserting, I am sick. He says, what I'm sick. Now, 273 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,839 he was not physically ill, But what he meant is, I'm sick of 274 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,480 what you people are doing. I'm not coming with you. So he just 275 00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:22,880 said I'm sick. He didn't finish the sentence. Obviously, he says, 276 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,200 I'm sick and I'm not coming with you. So they went away. When 277 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,920 they all went, he now decided to open this door. He went into 278 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,400 the room. He looks at all his idols, and he says, yes, 279 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:40,319 talk to me, talk to me. So naturally there was no answer. 280 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,319 That is by nature. It's a stone, it's a stick. So 281 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:51,400 he says, malacum latter, what's wrong with you? You're not talking to 282 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:59,880 me. He gave them a chance to talk. For Avaim barbbin Yami. 283 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:07,640 He started hitting them and destroying them one by one, and he's asking them 284 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,039 questions as he's destroying them, what are you going to do? Can you 285 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,839 help yourself? You can't help yourself. You can't help anyone else here. 286 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,119 You are one gone, two gone, three gone, The whole lot of 287 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,799 them gone, but that one with big ears he left it. Why did 288 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,119 he leave it? Because he was very intelligent, extremely intelligent. He hung 289 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,480 the ax on its ear on the ear, and he went away and he 290 00:26:30,559 --> 00:26:36,240 went back to sleep. Now when they came back, they noticed that all 291 00:26:36,559 --> 00:26:45,640 these idols are broken. My fa alahadahbi ali jatina in la hula mean Avlimeen, 292 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:53,599 who did this to our gods? Indeed, he is very very wrong. 293 00:26:55,119 --> 00:27:06,559 He's from amongst the oppressors. Car Samir Afati koum krula ibora him. 294 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:11,279 They said, we heard a young boy fata fata meaning young a youngster. 295 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:19,680 We heard a youngster mentioning them, and his name is Ibrahim. We heard 296 00:27:19,759 --> 00:27:26,319 someone called Ibrahim mention them. Why are they saying this? They don't want 297 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:32,559 to associate with this man. If someone were to tell you I heard Ibrahim 298 00:27:32,599 --> 00:27:36,400 saying this, that means they know Ibrahim. But if someone were to say 299 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:41,000 I heard someone called Ibrahim say this, that means they want to pretend that 300 00:27:41,079 --> 00:27:44,000 they don't know who who Ibrahim is. They've got no link with him. 301 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:52,519 Look, they did not want any association at all. So they asked Ibrahim. 302 00:27:52,559 --> 00:28:03,119 They called him Carlo mafar Adahada Alihati Ayabrahi they said, oh, Ibrahim, 303 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,920 who did this to our gods? So he looked at them. He 304 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:15,079 looks at the gods and he says, kabi u hum ha the fas alu 305 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:22,960 hum in canu young this big one here, you ask him, maybe he 306 00:28:22,079 --> 00:28:30,000 might know what happened. See does he talk? What a question? Look 307 00:28:30,039 --> 00:28:33,440 at a young boy and just try and picture the whole community waiting and standing, 308 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:38,160 big big people, leaders of the community and society, his father and 309 00:28:38,279 --> 00:28:41,960 his relatives and everybody, and they're looking at this young boy, look pointing 310 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,440 there and saying, you know what, ask the big one. I'm sure 311 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,160 he'll have an answer for you. Does he talk? They knew that this 312 00:28:52,119 --> 00:28:59,200 was wrong, so what happened? Immediately they felt within themselves that we are 313 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:07,920 wrong. Farajar in a uh for seeing him, for calu in to most 314 00:29:07,119 --> 00:29:21,839 volume thum ma kis who allow see him? La carder alim Tamaha. For 315 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,039 a split moment they thought that, you know what, this youngster is right. 316 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:29,039 These things don't speak. But immediately they were overtaken by all the other 317 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:30,880 thoughts and they said, no, no, no, no no no, 318 00:29:32,319 --> 00:29:34,880 this young boy is wrong. He is guilty. So what did they do? 319 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:45,799 They decided we need to punish him. So Ali had come in too 320 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:52,079 far in they had their meetings, they arrested him, they chained him up, 321 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,799 and they said, you know what, burned him to death to set 322 00:29:55,839 --> 00:30:00,640 an example. So nobody must do this again. No one. Mali Islam 323 00:30:00,759 --> 00:30:07,720 is one alone. But his belief in his maker was solid. He says, 324 00:30:07,839 --> 00:30:11,720 Oh, my creator, you are enough for me as a protector. 325 00:30:12,279 --> 00:30:18,519 Who Ever made me protect me? No one else. I don't want anyone 326 00:30:18,599 --> 00:30:23,720 else's help. Whoever made me protect me? That was his Dua Brahim Alisaram. 327 00:30:25,759 --> 00:30:30,559 So his father tells him, you better keep quiet, my son in 328 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:38,240 Antetahi or German Jorni annia Akaba. His father told him at one stage, 329 00:30:38,519 --> 00:30:41,480 oh my son, if you do not keep quiet, and if you do 330 00:30:41,599 --> 00:30:47,039 not stop asking all his silly questions, I will stone you to death. 331 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:53,079 Personally, imagine his father, his own father wants to kill him, wants 332 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:57,440 to stone him to death, and now the community is saying burn him. 333 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:03,039 So what did they do? They decided, yes, we must, and 334 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:07,279 they prepared a fire. And one narration says it took them a long time 335 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:11,960 to prepare that fire. It was really they got lots of fuel from all 336 00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:17,680 over, and it was so hot that from a distance they had to send 337 00:31:18,039 --> 00:31:22,279 the fuel with a catapult into the fire. And it is reported that even 338 00:31:22,319 --> 00:31:25,119 the birds that flew over it they dropped into it. That's how hot it 339 00:31:25,279 --> 00:31:32,359 was. And what happened. They then got Ibrahim Alahisalam. He was all 340 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,920 tied up in ropes and chains, and they put him into a catapult. 341 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:40,839 Why because they couldn't throw him into them getting close to it would burn them 342 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:47,079 as well. And they released the catapult. So Allah created from the point 343 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:52,559 that the catapult released him, Alah created steps going down as he was being 344 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:57,279 thrown, he made the dua what was this? Dua? One dua? 345 00:32:00,039 --> 00:32:07,279 La Alam tells us this in a narration in Sahilbuhari has bon Allah huani malaky 346 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:15,559 enough. Allah is enough for me and he is the best disposer of affairs. 347 00:32:16,079 --> 00:32:20,880 Yeah, Allah, you are enough for me. You alone protect me. 348 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,599 Look what they're doing. You made me. You can help. You 349 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:28,880 can hear these idols cannot? You can see these idols cannot? You are 350 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:32,359 in control these idols cannot. Yeah, Allah, I am at your protection. 351 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,640 I am under your protection. So as he was released, there were 352 00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:45,720 stays created. So he was literally coming down in such a beautiful way into 353 00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:49,960 the fire, and these people are looking at him. And as he went 354 00:32:50,039 --> 00:33:01,519 in, Allah says ulna, we decree to the fire. Yaukonida samanala ebi. 355 00:33:05,519 --> 00:33:12,000 We said, oh, fire become cold and be a means of peace. 356 00:33:12,279 --> 00:33:15,680 To Ibrahim, a leat his sola to a salam. So immediately, 357 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:21,519 if someone is tied up with chains and ropes, for the fire to be 358 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,440 a means of peace, it had to burn the ropes and chains. So 359 00:33:24,559 --> 00:33:30,039 now he was released, So bhanala, he was released. And as he's 360 00:33:30,079 --> 00:33:34,720 released, he goes in there and he felt so comfortable. Later on he 361 00:33:34,839 --> 00:33:38,119 makes mention in his life that the best time that I've ever spent during my 362 00:33:38,319 --> 00:33:44,799 lifetime was that time that I was in the fire. Imagine young boy. 363 00:33:45,119 --> 00:33:50,519 Now everybody is watching. Everybody is watching. Nobody said magician. Nobody said 364 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,920 because they were shocked. He was a boy and he is being assisted, 365 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:59,319 and they know for a fact, none of those stones or pieces of wood, 366 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,359 none of those idols have helped him, not even one the one who 367 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:07,360 made him help him. Now he comes into the fire and he is very 368 00:34:07,519 --> 00:34:13,000 happily enjoying and then he walks out of that fire, very calmly. As 369 00:34:13,079 --> 00:34:16,119 he walks out, they're just shocked looking at him. They don't know. 370 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:24,880 So one young man gets up and he decides, I want to follow you. 371 00:34:25,039 --> 00:34:29,519 You are right. These people are wrong. A young man. Who 372 00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:37,000 is This young man his nephew luth alaihsalah to a Salam, the prophet lout. 373 00:34:37,119 --> 00:34:38,440 He was not yet a prophet. He was a young young boy, 374 00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:44,039 the nephew of Ibrahim alai issala to a Salam. He came up and he's 375 00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:47,239 seen everything, and he'd watched it, and he decided, I surrendered to 376 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:52,119 whoever made me. As well, look at the common sense. They don't 377 00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:57,199 want to surrender to their maker. I always tell people that Islam is the 378 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,400 religion of Abraham, which means the Abrahamic religion. They call it Abrahamic one 379 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:07,639 atheism. He says, I worship the one who made me, who ever 380 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,119 made me, I call him the worship to one, and that's who I 381 00:35:10,199 --> 00:35:16,320 will dedicate every act of worship to nobody else and nothing else finished. That 382 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:22,960 is Ibrahim. So alasubanahwat Alah became so happy with him, and as they 383 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:31,119 were saved alasup Haanahuatla says that they decided we now need to leave because these 384 00:35:31,119 --> 00:35:35,679 people are making our life difficult and they need to go. So Alas sub 385 00:35:35,679 --> 00:35:43,239 Hannah howat Ala says, for Ahman Alahuolut accepted his message and believed in what 386 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:50,599 he brought Wakala in Nemoha jun Ina, and he said, I am I 387 00:35:50,679 --> 00:35:53,559 am making hijera for the sake of Allah. I cannot worship Allah here with 388 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:58,280 these people around. We've tried everything, they've seen the signs of a Las 389 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,760 Subphanah hawate Alah. Now I need to go elsewhere so that I can worship 390 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:06,559 alas of hanahawat Alah correctly. And the two of them decided to leave the 391 00:36:06,599 --> 00:36:09,199 place. Now there are two three stories that are mentioned in the Koran that 392 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:13,119 are very beautiful. We'll try and make mention of one or two of them. 393 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:19,239 Firstly, Ibrahim Aleala Salam asks Alas Subannah howat Alah. He says, 394 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:23,840 yeah, Allah, I want to see how you are going to resurrect. 395 00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:30,280 How do you resurrect? How do you give life to the dead. Not 396 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,679 to say I don't believe, I believe firmly, but I'm just interested in 397 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,880 knowing. You know, it's like a child telling you, mom, how 398 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,199 did you make that? Just show me. It's not like they they don't 399 00:36:39,199 --> 00:36:42,800 believe that you made it. You did, but they want to see how 400 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:46,920 it's done. Curiosity. Now this is a higher example because it is definitely 401 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:51,840 a messenger, nowhere near the example I gave just now. But Ibrahim ad 402 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,599 Is Salam Allah makes mentioned in the Koran, well if kana ibera him or 403 00:36:55,960 --> 00:37:02,840 be any kaif to hilmahota paula to min. And remember when he Brahim ad 404 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,400 Is Salam asked his rub, oh my rub, show me how do you 405 00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:10,400 give life to the dead? And Alas says, oh, Ibrahim, don't 406 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:15,719 you believe? He says, par la balla. Oh indeed, I believe. 407 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:21,239 While a kill in colbi, but I just want to put a bit 408 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:25,599 of comfort in my heart. I want to see it for myself. Paula 409 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:34,119 fa mean Allah told him take four birds, take four birds. So he 410 00:37:34,199 --> 00:37:43,800 got four birds. Then Alas is fasorohonaka So majila la kunija baalim minhon just 411 00:37:44,119 --> 00:37:49,840 uh cut them into pieces, mix them up totally and put all the different 412 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:57,800 pieces onto different mountains, the tops of mountains, different mountains. Then when 413 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:10,400 you're standing alas Subhanahuatl says, thum madou yati nakasaiah alam nalazizun Halki, then 414 00:38:10,519 --> 00:38:15,239 call them and see what happens. They will come flying back to Youahu Akabar. 415 00:38:15,519 --> 00:38:20,280 So he did that and then he called the birds and he started watching 416 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,000 these birds. Amazing. When he started watching these birds, they flew back 417 00:38:23,039 --> 00:38:28,280 to him when he called me. And then Allahu akabar Alla says, and 418 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:31,559 you should know that Allah is all powerful. All wise, this is a 419 00:38:31,639 --> 00:38:37,280 young boy hiss iman in Allah has now been strengthened one after the other. 420 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,679 And Alas suhana Huatala gave him a lot more. As they left, and 421 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:45,760 they went further up, further away from where they were in Iraq. They 422 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:50,519 shifted towards the Middle East, and they were on their way to a blessed 423 00:38:50,599 --> 00:38:54,920 land. Allah makes mention of the blessed land in the Quran. And on 424 00:38:55,119 --> 00:39:00,519 their way there, they stopped in a place known as Haran. In Haran, 425 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:05,159 Hibrahim alaih Salah to was Salam. He was a man who used to 426 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,079 debate. He used to discuss with everybody he met. He used to talk 427 00:39:08,119 --> 00:39:10,800 about my creator, who do you worship? They would say, we worship 428 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:15,119 this, and he would start inviting them to say, don't worship that, 429 00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:19,639 worship whoever made you. Everybody he met he did it with them. Firstly 430 00:39:19,679 --> 00:39:23,440 he did it with his father. Then amazingly he did it with the king 431 00:39:23,559 --> 00:39:28,239 Mamrud, Inshallah, we will see that tomorrow. And thereafter when he went 432 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,800 to Haran, he did it with the people of Haran. With Namrud, 433 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:35,639 that was the king of the time. When he had heard that this young 434 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,400 boy was saved from the fire. Just before he left with Luke alai is 435 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:44,480 Salamnamrud called him. So he was taken to the court of Nemrud, and 436 00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:49,199 Nemrud started asking him questions, Hey, what do you think what happened here? 437 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,440 And so on? Inshallah will get to those questions and answers tomorrow. 438 00:39:52,679 --> 00:39:55,639 Until then we say, was Allallah who was Selam Abarakhala and avian Aumuhammad Subhana 439 00:39:55,679 --> 00:40:00,159 lah had A Hamdi his Subhanaha Lahom or hamdik Tennistasu Comana to bo