1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:12,519 Bis Miler rahmani Rahi in the name of Allah, the most gracious, the 2 00:00:12,599 --> 00:00:37,000 most merciful, heard a power excellence presents lessens from the stories of the prophets 3 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:49,479 by Mufti Ismail even Musa mank It is a Salam Enoch, Peace be upon 4 00:00:49,560 --> 00:01:03,480 him. Alamin or Salah to us Salamo ala mabryrahmtl Alamin Nabi and a muhammadin 5 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,400 alah Ali he was happy at mahina Abad. All praise is due to a 6 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,799 La sub Hannah huata Allah. Blessings and salutations upon Muhammad Salahu Ali he was 7 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,920 seldom We ask a loss of hannahua t Alah to bless him and all his 8 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,359 companions. And we ask alas sub hanahuata Alah to grant us all goodness to 9 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:26,599 accept us in this month of Ramavan. As we say it is a sacrifice, 10 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,519 and we keep repeating that it is a sacrifice, but we are prepared 11 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,159 to sacrifice for the pleasure of alas anawa Alah, for indeed he is our 12 00:01:34,239 --> 00:01:38,680 creator, our maker, the one who created us, the one who made 13 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:44,319 us. For him, we dedicate our entire lives for him. We are 14 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:47,760 ready to put our heads on the ground and we do so so many times 15 00:01:47,799 --> 00:01:51,519 a day solely for the one who made us, the one whom we are 16 00:01:51,519 --> 00:01:53,920 going to return to. We would never put our heads on the ground for 17 00:01:55,079 --> 00:02:00,000 any being besides a loss of Hannah Adah. Yesterday we heard the story of 18 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,799 Sheith alaihis sala to a Salam. This evening, I'd like to move to 19 00:02:04,879 --> 00:02:08,479 the story of Idris alaihis sala to a Salam known as Enok May peace be 20 00:02:08,599 --> 00:02:15,199 upon him in the English language. Where exactly does he fit in the majority 21 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,360 of the historians say that he was one of the great grandchildren of Adam alaihis 22 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,719 sala to a Salam, meaning from the progeny the seventh generation of Adam alaihis 23 00:02:23,759 --> 00:02:27,879 sala to a Salam. However, there are some historians who make mention of 24 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:32,319 the fact that he may be from amongst the children of Jacob and from amongst 25 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:38,439 Banu Israel, meaning the grandchildren the progeny of Jacob and the people of Mussalaihi 26 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:40,960 sala to a Salam. However, we will stick to this opinion as the 27 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,240 majority of these scholars have made mention of it. So when Adam alaihis sala 28 00:02:46,319 --> 00:02:51,000 to a Salam was eight hundred and forty years old. This is when he 29 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,919 was born. One might ask, where do we get all these details from? 30 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:59,000 It's very interesting. We need to know it. We should know that 31 00:02:59,199 --> 00:03:05,639 Islamic history is divided into two categories, that which is from the time of 32 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,319 the prophets a la laho adehia seldom to now and what happened after the prophets 33 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:14,039 aalah is Salam and at his time and all the way to now. That 34 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,599 we are not allowed to take from Ahlukitab or the people of the book. 35 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,520 We're not allowed to take it at all. In fact, we have to 36 00:03:20,599 --> 00:03:23,680 take it bill isnad, which means every story that is narrated to us, 37 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:28,960 we need to know who brought the story, where it came from. What 38 00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:32,919 is the chain of narrators from the person speaking right to the source of the 39 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:39,560 story. If there is a single individual in that chain that is shady, 40 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:44,680 that is dodgy to use that word, that is known as a liar, 41 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:50,280 that is lying because he says I've heard from someone and that person passed away 42 00:03:50,319 --> 00:03:53,039 before this one was even born, then we know that they are lying. 43 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,639 If that is the case, we reject that. Even if it is Islamic 44 00:03:55,759 --> 00:04:00,479 history. We don't want that story. But when it comes to the history 45 00:04:00,759 --> 00:04:04,800 before Muhammad Salalah Alaihi was Selam. I have explained in the first session here 46 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:12,159 that there is something known as israeliliad. Israeliliad are the narrations of the people 47 00:04:12,199 --> 00:04:16,519 of the book, what the Taarah holes, what the Bible, the Old 48 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:21,360 Testament holes, and the stories that have been brought from those people. And 49 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:26,720 these are divided into three categories. It's important that we repeat these three categories. 50 00:04:27,199 --> 00:04:32,759 Those that Islam or the Shariah came and rejected them. Those narrations we 51 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:38,560 reject them. For example, some came with the story of the prophet Lot 52 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,879 and luth alih issalah to a Salam, and they mentioned that he was a 53 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,519 sinful man. We rejected because in Islam we believe that is not true. 54 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,199 He was a pure individual the best of his time. So we reject that. 55 00:04:49,879 --> 00:04:54,720 And we reject anything that Islam has rejected, even though it may we 56 00:04:54,759 --> 00:05:00,399 may have heard it from others. Then we have those narrations that have come 57 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,160 that Islam has confirmed. We find them within the Puran. I give you 58 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:11,439 an example the fact that eve anahwat Alah's peace be upon her. Ali hassalah 59 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,560 to Aslam was created from Adam. We hear that in the Puran in two 60 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,759 places. In the Puran, Allah makes mention of it in Suratu the Araf 61 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:23,240 as well as in Sura to Nissa. So what the Shariah has confirmed, 62 00:05:23,519 --> 00:05:28,040 we take it through because Islam has confirmed it. And there is the third 63 00:05:28,079 --> 00:05:32,120 category, which is the bulk of it. Islam has not spoken about it, 64 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:38,399 neither confirming nor rejecting. With that, we do exactly the same. 65 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,000 We will hear it, we will understand it, we will draw a lesson 66 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,319 from it, but we neither. We do not need it to be Muslims. 67 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,279 But if we can use that in order to understand, then be it. 68 00:05:51,439 --> 00:05:56,000 At the same time, we neither accept nor reject. So we do 69 00:05:56,079 --> 00:05:59,160 not reject it. But we say, after we mentioned the story, we 70 00:05:59,199 --> 00:06:02,800 say, well, lah Alam Allah knows best Ala subanah at Ala grant us 71 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,439 understanding. So shith alaihisala to a Salam is not mentioned in the Puran. 72 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:14,720 We spoke about Israiliriuayat that Islam has neither rejected nor confirmed. The same applies 73 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,199 idris alaih is sala to a Salam. They say he was born when Adam 74 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:23,800 alai is Salam was eight hundred and forty years old. That we got from 75 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:29,199 the Israeiliriuayat. And then they say that he was a man who was tall. 76 00:06:29,439 --> 00:06:31,160 He was very good looking. He was very calm. He had a 77 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:38,079 full grown beard subhan allah. And he spoke very very clearly when he spoke, 78 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,240 he was calm. When he walked, he lowered his gaze and looked 79 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:45,839 on the ground. And he was a very collected individual, calm and collected, 80 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,240 and he used to ponder and reflect, and he used to advise with 81 00:06:48,319 --> 00:06:53,319 so much goodness. That was Idris alaihi sala to a Salam. So what 82 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,759 does the Puran make mention of this prophet. There are only two verses that 83 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:03,240 we find in the Puran regarding the prophet Idris Ali sala to Salam. Firstly, 84 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:10,639 Alas sup Hannah Hawatala speaks about him in Surat Mariyan was korolfil kitab Idiri 85 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:19,279 and make mention in the book of the prophet Idris in who can now swing 86 00:07:19,519 --> 00:07:28,680 deep on Indeed, he was very truthful and he was a prophet. So 87 00:07:28,759 --> 00:07:32,040 this now we know confirmed. He was truthful and he was a prophet the 88 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:40,680 quality of truthfulness. Then alas WithU Hanah Howatala says war anahuma Can and Nilia, 89 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,920 indeed we raised him a very very high status. We raised him to 90 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,199 a very high level. This is what the korans is in Sula Marian. 91 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:55,240 So if you look at the mufassim, they make mention of the meaning of 92 00:07:55,279 --> 00:07:58,120 a high level. If I were to ask you someone is raised on a 93 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,279 high level, what would you say. You would say that spiritually they are 94 00:08:01,319 --> 00:08:05,399 elevated. So the same with Idris aa to a Salam, he was elevated 95 00:08:05,439 --> 00:08:09,680 to a very high level by Allah in that he was granted nubua and he 96 00:08:09,879 --> 00:08:13,319 was praised by Allah, and he is mentioned in the Puran. That is 97 00:08:13,319 --> 00:08:18,079 a high level. In fact, in another place, allahs suhnahuatalysis what Ismailawa, 98 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:24,279 Idris, Awadan Kifl three names together is Idris and Alas peace be upon 99 00:08:24,319 --> 00:08:39,240 them kunlum min A sabiri a nafirahmatina in nahum in a sari. All three 100 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,080 of them were very patient. So this is another quality of Idris. He 101 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:48,320 was very patient and Alas says, and we have granted them from our mercy. 102 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,200 We have made them enter into our mercy. We have we have put 103 00:08:52,279 --> 00:08:56,799 them within our mercy, so that is another quality. Allah has had mercy 104 00:08:56,799 --> 00:09:01,159 on them. And alas subhanahuatalysis Kulu Minasar. They were all pious people, 105 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,799 good people. Saleh means a pious person. So these are the qualities of 106 00:09:05,799 --> 00:09:09,799 Idris ale is sah to a Salam. We know, and this is definitely 107 00:09:09,879 --> 00:09:16,200 a very high status. However, we have a very interesting israeliliriwaya, a 108 00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:18,360 narration of the people of the book, which we say, well, la 109 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,600 Allah knows best, but it's interesting to mention it because most books of Tafsir 110 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,720 have made mention of this beautiful incident. They say, Idris alah is Salam. 111 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:33,480 He was told by a lass of anahuata Alah that, oh Idris, 112 00:09:33,519 --> 00:09:37,519 from those who have followed you, anyone who does good deeds, at the 113 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:43,960 end of the day, you will have all those good deeds doubled for yourself. 114 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:50,000 That is something amazing. This is a status. Imagine others do good 115 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:54,480 deeds and you getting the reward of it doubled. So he was very happy, 116 00:09:54,039 --> 00:09:58,240 and he knew that his death was approaching. So he had a friend 117 00:09:58,279 --> 00:10:01,799 from the angels and his to this friend, he says, you know, 118 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,080 Allah has promised me this reward, and I'd like to amass a lot of 119 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,919 reward before I go. So why don't you we speak to the Angel of 120 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,559 Death. Let's see what he has to say to say, Look, just 121 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:16,840 try and see if you can seek permission to prolong a little bit. So 122 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,879 the angel says, look, that is a matter that is decreed by Allah. 123 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,799 Subhanaha to Allah, however, there's no harm in trying. Come, 124 00:10:24,039 --> 00:10:28,960 you ride on my wing and let's go, subhanah Lah. So he rode 125 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,200 on the wing and he was taken up to the heavens. He crossed the 126 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,600 first heaven, he crossed the second heaven, he crossed the third heaven. 127 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:43,120 When he got to the fourth heaven, Allah had instructed the Angel of Death 128 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,759 to take the soul of Idris alais Salam on the fourth heaven. And the 129 00:10:46,799 --> 00:10:52,679 Angel of Death was following the instruction of Allah, but obviously did not know 130 00:10:52,759 --> 00:10:56,919 what was about to happen. When he got to the fourth heaven, he 131 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:01,759 seen Idris there. Amazing. When he seen Idris there, the question was 132 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:07,679 posed that, look, I would like to extend and so on. He 133 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,080 says, Look, Allah has already instructed me to take your ruh away. 134 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,399 Is it okay? He says, well, if that's the case, it's 135 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,159 fine. So it is narrated wal lah hu Alam. Allah knows best that 136 00:11:16,279 --> 00:11:20,720 his rule was taken away whilst he was still in the fourth heaven. And 137 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:28,000 rasulu la salla lah all Salam confirms in Sahi Halbohari in an authentic narration that 138 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,559 when he went up for Maharaj, he met Idris alaih is Salam in the 139 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,720 fourth Heaven. So that is a confirmed narration that we know. It's actually 140 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:41,480 hair raising, as we say malasuhanahmat ala Grand's understanding. That is as much 141 00:11:41,519 --> 00:11:45,759 as we know about the life of Idris Alaihi Salah to a Salam. And 142 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,000 this is why some of them of Asians say when Allah says he raised him 143 00:11:48,039 --> 00:11:52,559 to a high level, he is speaking of literally, Allah took him up 144 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,399 physically to the top and then his soul was taken there. Let's move on 145 00:11:56,519 --> 00:12:03,159 to the next prophet, who is known as the first prophets sent to mankind 146 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,559 at large, sent to the globe at large. We all know that Adam 147 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,639 alai Islam was a messenger and his son chief and degrees. And these people 148 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,679 who were part of the family of no haale Is Salad to a Salam, 149 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:18,200 but they were sent to remind their own families. It was one family no 150 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,080 haale is Salam. I remember telling you a few days ago that how was 151 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:26,399 he a messenger? He began reminding his children after they were born and they 152 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,279 grew up that look, this is what happened to me, and this is 153 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:33,480 what happened when this is what happened when Chithan refused to prostrate to me. 154 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:39,799 And so also be careful. So the hadith ra Alam says khana bay Adam 155 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:48,120 a ashato korun kulnuha alato hit between Adam, may peace be upon him and 156 00:12:48,279 --> 00:12:52,960 Noah, may peace be upon him. There were ten generations, or a 157 00:12:54,159 --> 00:12:58,240 term can be translated as generation, or it can be translated as a century. 158 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,840 So there was a certain period of time. Let's say if it was 159 00:13:01,879 --> 00:13:07,080 a century. There were ten centuries. All the people were on Islam, 160 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,679 they were on Tauhid. They did not associate partners with a loss of hannah 161 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:16,039 houata alah. What is the meaning of this narration. It's a correct narration. 162 00:13:16,519 --> 00:13:20,679 It means that for a thousand years, there was no shilk between Adam 163 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,879 and Nuh. There was much more than a thousand years, but there were 164 00:13:24,919 --> 00:13:28,080 a thousand years in which there was no shirk. There was no association of 165 00:13:28,159 --> 00:13:33,639 partners with Allah. And after a thousand years it crept in so Alas of 166 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,639 Hannah. Hawat Alah sent Noah, may peace be upon him as the first 167 00:13:37,759 --> 00:13:43,480 prophet to those who were engaged in shik to mankind at large, and shirk 168 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,720 was in them. Now, how did this association of partnership come about? 169 00:13:48,039 --> 00:13:50,120 We need to know what the Poran says. We need to know the authentic 170 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,000 narrations from the Poran. A loss of Hannah, howat Ala makes mention of 171 00:13:54,039 --> 00:13:56,480 it. Let us mention it in story form. Then we'll read the verse 172 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:03,120 a little bit later on Ishamah where Chaipan came to the children. Later on, 173 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,799 you see, they had transgressed, as we heard the family of Kabil 174 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,720 and those people sith Ali hi Salam was sent to, and in fact those 175 00:14:09,759 --> 00:14:13,960 people whom Idris was sent to, they had transgressed. They were committing lots 176 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:20,159 and lots of sin, but they were not associating partners with Allah. Their 177 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,960 acts of worship were solely for their maker. They knew that they had a 178 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:30,120 maker, and they only owed all their worship to that maker. However, 179 00:14:30,399 --> 00:14:33,039 they were sinning here, sinning there adult he was being committed, So many 180 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:39,080 other sins were being committed. And as time passed, Chaipan came to them. 181 00:14:39,559 --> 00:14:43,120 They had certain pious people from amongst them. If you look at Surat 182 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:48,879 Nurh, you will find the names of these pious people. Alasu Hanahwatala has 183 00:14:48,919 --> 00:14:54,559 named them. What done sua An, Yaruth, Yahok and Nassa. These 184 00:14:54,559 --> 00:14:58,799 are five names mentioned in the Quran. They were pious people. Chaipan came 185 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,559 to the the people of that time and said, look, these are pious 186 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:07,879 people who are reminding you to do good. They are very good people. 187 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:13,000 They have reminded you to do good. Now that they've died, just make 188 00:15:13,039 --> 00:15:18,120 a small statue to remind you of their message. So every time you see 189 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,679 the statue, you'll be able to remember that this person used to remind us 190 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,480 of good, and you will do the good. So it was beautified. 191 00:15:24,639 --> 00:15:30,080 They saw nothing wrong in that. They created statues and each one was named 192 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,399 after one of these pious people. And every time they came and they saw 193 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,639 these statues. They were very happy. It reminded them to do good, 194 00:15:35,679 --> 00:15:39,480 and they began to do good. Now, Cheipan is very patient. He's 195 00:15:39,519 --> 00:15:43,720 got a plan. He sows the seat and he goes away. So he 196 00:15:43,799 --> 00:15:50,120 waited for that generation to pass. When that generation passed and people forgot why 197 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,120 exactly they had made those statues, he went to the next generation and said, 198 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,720 you know your forefathers. You don't know what they used to do. 199 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,120 They used to worship these idols. These are statues. This is what brought 200 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,519 them goodness. And he conned them. How did he con them? Listen 201 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:10,120 very carefully, he said, whenever they saw these idols, they worshiped the 202 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:14,879 idols, so they became good people and goodness came in their direction. Look 203 00:16:14,919 --> 00:16:18,159 at how he's twisting the words. Parties true, part is not true. 204 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,440 When they saw these statues, they never used to worship them, but they 205 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,440 were reminded they used to do good. So a person would go to the 206 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,120 statue, come back and give a charity. Wow, that was good. 207 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,039 A person would go to the statue, come back and be be well behaved. 208 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,480 That was good. So Chathan says, don't you see the statue used 209 00:16:36,519 --> 00:16:41,879 to help them to become good. So you need to prostrate to these statues 210 00:16:41,919 --> 00:16:45,200 in order to become even better. So this is when Shirk started. This 211 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:52,799 is the first association of partnership with Allah suhanahuataila. What we learned today up 212 00:16:52,919 --> 00:16:59,519 to now, as sophisticated as men has become. We have technology, we 213 00:16:59,679 --> 00:17:03,759 have the bluetooth, we have Wi Fi. Very soon we'll be having yellow 214 00:17:03,799 --> 00:17:10,680 teeth and green teeth loaho akaba. But we still have people who worship stones 215 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:15,839 who think that that brings them goodness, who worship trees, who worship various 216 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:22,000 other objects, who worship creatures of a loss of Hannah hoa ta allah and 217 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:26,319 think that these things are going to bring us goodness. There are people who 218 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:30,680 worship animals, thinking that these animals are going to bring us goodness, a 219 00:17:30,799 --> 00:17:37,559 loss of hannahuata allah. He becomes very, very angry with this association of 220 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:45,599 partnership with a loss of hannahuata allah. So it is very strange how man's 221 00:17:45,759 --> 00:17:51,559 brain has developed to the degree that he has technology of the highest, most 222 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:56,680 baffling level, mind boggling. But at the same time he'll worship a stone 223 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:02,680 akaba, and he'll go and bow down to a cow allaho akabar, and 224 00:18:02,799 --> 00:18:06,279 he'll go and bow down to a tree, and he'll go and bow down 225 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:10,079 to another human being who also needs the lou just like him. Laho akabar. 226 00:18:11,079 --> 00:18:14,279 It's a fact. And I've mentioned the worst thing because this needs to 227 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:18,200 make us think Allah has given us the brain. If you have a belly 228 00:18:18,279 --> 00:18:21,880 problem, they have it too. How do we worship human beings? In 229 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:26,880 a llahtata mohammadan s la lahu Allah, he was alama liuhrijan nas means ibad 230 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,720 that il ibad illah ibad that ibad Allah has sent Muhammad salaalahu Allah. He 231 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:37,359 was seldom to remove people from worshiping other worshippers to worshiping the Lord of all 232 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:42,519 the worshippers Subhanana. So we don't worship other worshippers. People began to worship 233 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:47,240 Isa, they began to worship the others. At this particular stage, they 234 00:18:47,279 --> 00:18:49,880 were worshiping these five idols. So no Haaleh is Salah to a Salam was 235 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:55,680 sent when he was sent, very very interestingly, Allah makes mention of it. 236 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,359 In fact, his name or should I say not the name, but 237 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:06,000 mention of n Haaleh Salah to a Salam is in twenty different suras of the 238 00:19:06,079 --> 00:19:11,440 Quran, twenty different suras of the Quran. He has a very lofty level. 239 00:19:11,839 --> 00:19:14,960 You see, all the messengers are not of the same level. Allah 240 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:25,480 says in the Quran till Carsulu Famala bahom Ala ba minhum Kala Malaho war of 241 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:33,640 Aba bahom Daraja. Those messengers we have raised some above the others. Some 242 00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:40,400 of them we have spoken to Akabar, and Allah has raised the levels. 243 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,599 So they were five who were the highest. They were the most resolute, 244 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,319 and they endured the most. For the sake of Alla subhanah at Alah. 245 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,039 Who were these five right at the top. Muhammad Sallah Ali was seldom subhana 246 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:57,480 fan. Allah has granted him that status. Highest of all messengers and of 247 00:19:57,559 --> 00:20:04,920 all creatures of Blu healthy am Rossuli. The highest of creation and the most 248 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:12,519 honored of all the messengers is Rasulu la Allallah Alamar. To read through his 249 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:17,839 biography, not only will we bring tears to the eyes, but if we 250 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:22,480 are not shaken, how can we claim to be believers? Allah grant us 251 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,000 that opportunity and that acceptance to feel in our hearts the urge and the need 252 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:33,519 to go through the biography of the most beloved creature that existed. So La 253 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:37,200 lah al salam. So he was at the top. Then we had Ibrahim 254 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:41,880 alah Salah, to a Salam no hala is salam, musala is salam, 255 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,400 and is alaih is salam. These five names are found in the Qur'an. 256 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:51,319 Allah calls them ulu Lasmi meaner rossuli. These were the resolute from amongst the 257 00:20:51,400 --> 00:21:03,680 messengers of a different level is A Namabia mika quam Nohi Ibrahim musa seven yam 258 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,240 Alas subhanah Alam makes mention of the five there that we have taken the strong 259 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:18,640 covenant from you, o Muhammed wahimahimamusa Maria. So those are the five that 260 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,559 were the highest. So alas sup Hannah Alam makes mention of him very beautifully 261 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:32,200 in Ara alas is, and it's always very direct. Alases lad elam fat 262 00:21:32,279 --> 00:21:41,240 alaya kumir bodu la mala kung. And remember we sent to his people. 263 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:48,599 So he said to them directly, Oh, my people, worship Allah alone. 264 00:21:48,039 --> 00:21:53,279 You have no deity besides a loss subhanahuata Alah, nobody worthy of worship 265 00:21:53,559 --> 00:21:59,640 besides a loss of Hannah Allah. So the first message of all the messengers 266 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,720 was calling towards Tahed, calling towards the oneness of Allah, suphanah howat Alah, 267 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:10,799 calling towards leaving the association of partnership with that maker and that creator. 268 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:18,680 So alas suphanah howat alas is. He told his people in Aha for a 269 00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:26,599 lay kumada Bayaomi. Now, I fear over you the punishment of that day, 270 00:22:26,799 --> 00:22:30,359 the great day. I fear that a punishment will overtake you in another 271 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,200 place, he says, I fear that a very painful torment will overtake you. 272 00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:37,119 So they are listening to this man. He's saying, worship one Allah, 273 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,799 and I fear that punishment is overtaking you. They did not want to 274 00:22:41,839 --> 00:22:45,039 listen. They wanted to carry on in their ways. So look what they 275 00:22:45,079 --> 00:22:53,000 says, carl al Malaumi call me in la nara kafi bal alim mob. 276 00:22:55,480 --> 00:23:00,039 The chiefs from amongst the people who was talking alas is almela, meaning the 277 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,160 chiefs, those who had authority, those who had power, those who had 278 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,880 wealth, those who had respect in society, they spoke. They said, 279 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:11,799 you are astray ballala. One word, this man is astray don't listen to 280 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:18,359 him. He answered, callaya, call me lasa bi ba la la juila 281 00:23:18,599 --> 00:23:25,400 kimi or a soulumlalam. He said, Oh, my people, I am 282 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:30,839 not astray. I am a messenger from the Lord of the world who believe 283 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:36,559 a kumri sadaira b. I am only conveying to you. The messages of 284 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:44,680 my own rubb were ahsahula kum and I am giving you advice nasiha sound advice 285 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,680 I am delivering to you. So don't hold it against me. Don't call 286 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:51,000 me a madman. Way what I am saying, and if it makes sense, 287 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,880 and it will definitely make sense, if you are ready to ponder over 288 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:59,079 it, then follow it. So a few people started following him. Who 289 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:04,720 very you after so many years, one person after so many years, another 290 00:24:04,799 --> 00:24:10,319 person so bhanah lah, and yet he was in the bee of a loss 291 00:24:10,319 --> 00:24:14,680 subhanahua to Allah and the rest of them. They followed the haughty. They 292 00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:18,200 followed those who had money, They followed those who had authority, They followed 293 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:23,440 those who had dignity in society, and they had given dignity to those who 294 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:30,519 had material wealth. Why do we say this because Alas speaks about it in 295 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:36,160 the Quran and alas subhanahua Alah says this alas is in surat hood alas is 296 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:44,920 fakar al malaka call me hi manara ka illah basharonana. Those haughty, those 297 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,400 who were high, those who were in control. They had controlled all the 298 00:24:48,519 --> 00:24:52,039 people, and they told nujad isla to a Salam, we see you as 299 00:24:52,079 --> 00:24:56,519 a human being just like us. We see you as a human being just 300 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,000 like us. What happens in our lives unlesson we draw from it. When 301 00:25:00,079 --> 00:25:03,839 someone reminds us to say, brother, this is wrong, Say hey, 302 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:04,839 look at yourself. Who are you? Who do you think you are? 303 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,839 Lahu akbar? I had one youngster tell me, even my father doesn't tell 304 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,119 me that, loah akabar, I'll bring him. We'll tell him as well, 305 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:17,960 malasu hanah, t'll open our doors just as well you told me. 306 00:25:18,039 --> 00:25:19,599 He doesn't say it. Now we know that he also needs a bit of 307 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,039 advice. May Allah make us parents who are role models for our own children. 308 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,920 I mean all lie, that's a powerful tour. Mallah, make us 309 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,839 parents who are the role models of our own children. I mean akaba. 310 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:37,279 So they told him you are just a human being like us. Wamanara ka 311 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,599 taba akha. And look at those who are following you. Look at them 312 00:25:41,559 --> 00:25:47,880 in lavina humaradna BADIAI. They are the worst from amongst us. They've got 313 00:25:48,039 --> 00:25:52,880 no material standing at all. Nobody respects them in society. They are foolish. 314 00:25:52,079 --> 00:25:56,200 They haven't even thought before they followed you. They don't even know what's 315 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,920 about to come in their direction, as though they are threatening to boycott the 316 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:04,559 people. Imagine, so who followed those who were down trodden? And this 317 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:10,319 is why when Abu Sufyan rod they allahuanhu. Before he was a Muslim, 318 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:15,160 he had gone to Hercules the Romans, and Hercules asked him a question he 319 00:26:15,319 --> 00:26:22,000 rattled about Muhammad salaalaha allah were seldom. He says, what type of people 320 00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:25,119 are following him? The rich or the poor? He said, well, 321 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,200 most of his followers are the poor. He says, well, that is 322 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:33,880 all the messengers. It has happened to them quite similar. Look, Hercules 323 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,960 is confirming that those who are down trodden and not so wealthy, they are 324 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:42,839 quicker to accept the truth than those who are high and those who are wealthy. 325 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,160 Llahu akabar, we are fortunate, we are MUSLIMI we hope and pray 326 00:26:48,519 --> 00:26:52,839 that the more we get in terms of wealth, the more down to earth 327 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,599 we are, the quicker we surrender to a loss of hanahuwat ALA's command Allah 328 00:26:56,599 --> 00:27:00,519 open our doors of goodness. May he grant what does pure sustenance that bring 329 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,279 us, that brings us closer to him, and not sustenance that will drive 330 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,839 us further away. People normally say that this man was a good man. 331 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,960 Now that he's seen money, he's changed. I usually say, no, 332 00:27:14,559 --> 00:27:18,240 money doesn't change you all it does. It gives you now the opportunity to 333 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:22,640 show the true colors of who you always were, because if you had bad 334 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,400 qualities, they were hidden. When you have a boss, you need to 335 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,160 say yes, okay, he says, be here at eight, No, 336 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,119 five to eight okay. But the day you've got more money than he can 337 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,079 say, what five to eight you mad, I'm gonna come at eleven. 338 00:27:34,599 --> 00:27:38,240 Lahu a kaba, may Allah open our doors because now you know you have 339 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:42,400 a standing. So it only gave you the opportunity to show your true colors. 340 00:27:42,599 --> 00:27:45,960 Those who are good prior to wealth, they are still good even after 341 00:27:47,039 --> 00:27:49,720 that they've got that wealth. Now Allah keep us in that way. So 342 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:56,759 this was the excuse they said, we see these people all week wa man 343 00:27:56,079 --> 00:28:03,759 Allah, come laine, I mean fathling. Well, kum ka, we 344 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,039 don't see any virtue for you over us. In fact, we consider you 345 00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:11,000 liars. You are a liar. What virtue do you have over us? 346 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,799 You just like us. You've got eyes and ears and hands and everything, 347 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,400 just like us. You're a human being. There's no virtue. This was 348 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:23,640 the excuse of the people of Nuala to Salam so Alas of hannahuat Alam makes 349 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:30,880 mention of that in surat Hood, and this is why he told his people, 350 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:38,839 Yeah, tell me aratum to Allah in miro me. Oh, my 351 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:45,680 people, listen, listen very carefully. What if Allah has granted me signs, 352 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:51,319 clear proof, clear evidence, are you going to consider it a tiny 353 00:28:51,599 --> 00:29:00,640 rahma tam he found mekum And what if Allah has given me see and has 354 00:29:00,759 --> 00:29:07,519 had mercy upon me which you are blinded from You cannot see? What do 355 00:29:07,599 --> 00:29:12,359 we learn from this? Loahho akabar. Sometimes because of our evil deeds, 356 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:18,200 we become blinded to the straight path. This is why I mentioned the other 357 00:29:18,319 --> 00:29:22,119 day that one of the greatest acts of worship is touba to ask Allah's forgiveness, 358 00:29:22,319 --> 00:29:26,920 to search in your life where you are going astray and wrong, and 359 00:29:27,079 --> 00:29:30,599 to constantly ask all us forgiveness, because when you ask all us forgiveness, 360 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,359 there is now hope that you will see the light. You know. One 361 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,920 day there was a brother who told me regarding a certain problem. He says, 362 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,400 at least now there's lights at the end of the tunnel. I said, 363 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,039 brother, they haven't yet seen the tunnel. Forget about the light. 364 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:48,119 Loaveho akabar malla open our doors. Really, sometimes people haven't even seen the 365 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:52,240 tunnel. Once we get to the tunnel, then they'll be light at the 366 00:29:52,319 --> 00:29:55,960 end. In shallah that if you haven't seen the tunnel where we'll probably head 367 00:29:55,960 --> 00:30:00,039 to the oceans. Loah, hu akabar, open our doors. So alas 368 00:30:00,039 --> 00:30:04,680 subhanahama Alah says about nu haala is salatua Salama. He says, what if 369 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:11,720 allah Is mercy is blocked from you, What if Allah's mercy is blocked from 370 00:30:11,799 --> 00:30:15,880 you? You need to open your eyes and see what I'm saying. Turn 371 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,839 to Allah. So his people continue to argue. They argued again with him, 372 00:30:21,079 --> 00:30:26,079 What did they say? Why a call me? In fact, he 373 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:33,359 said again to his people one more point, why call me li anukumar him 374 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:40,200 la in Algeria in la allahhi, oh my people, I'm not going to 375 00:30:40,319 --> 00:30:44,240 ask any recompense from you. I don't want money for what I am teaching 376 00:30:44,319 --> 00:30:48,839 you. I don't want any wealth for what I am teaching you. And 377 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:53,279 from this we learn straight point. Whenever there are those calling us towards goodness, 378 00:30:53,559 --> 00:30:57,519 the spiritual leaders, if they fall under the employ of someone, they 379 00:30:57,559 --> 00:31:02,279 are less effective than those who do not fall under the employee of someone. 380 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:07,599 That is a general rule. Unless they've been given authority, which is very 381 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,000 rare, you find that they are always tapered down by those who pay them. 382 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,079 And this is why nohale Is Salam made it very clear, I not 383 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,319 only don't get a salary from you, but I don't want it. I'm 384 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,680 not asking you for a penny or a cent. My reward is with a 385 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:26,039 lah suhanah hawata ala. And this is why he could say whatever he wanted 386 00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:30,160 to. He uttered it the truth, he didn't mind, and he knew 387 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,279 he had the assistance of Allah suhanahwat aalah. So they told him, okay, 388 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,079 we ready to accept. They had a private meeting. They said we 389 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,359 ready to accept on condition that you see those who have followed you. They 390 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:42,359 all paupers. We're gonna come and sit with those paupers, and everybody's gonna 391 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,799 look at us and say, look, the top and the bottom they are 392 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:49,079 now mixing. That's not gonna happen. So get rid of them. Tell 393 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,440 them that you guys, you move out. We got some more important people 394 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,240 who are coming to accept the guidance. Now. The same was uttered by 395 00:31:56,279 --> 00:32:00,640 the koufar of Poraese to Mhammad salah Allah he was seldom and here he is 396 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,200 being told that that happened from the time of nuh So what if no hallela 397 00:32:04,279 --> 00:32:12,200 to a Salam said Waman an abiitarid Lavina, a man who I am never 398 00:32:12,319 --> 00:32:15,160 going to chase those who have believed. I can't chase them alas of Hannah, 399 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,799 Howatla knows their level, and Alas of Hannah, Howatla knows their condition. 400 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,240 I am not going to chase them at all, He says, Why 401 00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:32,599 tell me my solonim in allah in paratum aflat and come on, oh my 402 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:37,920 people, If I chase them away, who is going to help me when 403 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:42,319 alas rath and anger descends on me? Who is going to assess me against 404 00:32:42,359 --> 00:32:46,279 a lass of Hannah, howat alah if I chase away the believers Akamar. 405 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:52,720 And there are other beautiful verses in the Quran where a lass of Hannah Hawatala 406 00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:55,319 makes mention of what Nuhala is. Salam said, he said, these people 407 00:32:55,519 --> 00:33:00,720 appear to be low in terms of worldly stand but you don't know their hearts. 408 00:33:01,519 --> 00:33:06,799 You don't know their hearts. Akabar Lahu a kabar. This is why 409 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:14,799 sometimes we feel the piety in those who are poor, very very poor. 410 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:20,279 Sometimes we see people and I have witnessed people in some of the most remote 411 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:25,079 areas of Africa. We entered one area, very very remote area at the 412 00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:30,279 time of Asso, and we were looking for Muslims and we were going through 413 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,039 literally having parked the motor vehicle in one corner one side, and we were 414 00:33:34,079 --> 00:33:38,759 walking through the bush and we noticed a We noticed these. There was a 415 00:33:38,839 --> 00:33:43,640 field with a lot of plantation on it. Maize was planted and it was 416 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,559 quite high, the height of a man. And as we walked through it, 417 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,839 thinking that now there's no one. It was the time of asst we 418 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,880 heard sami Allah Holy Manhamida, and there were at least two three hundred people 419 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,720 reading Salah, and they had all come up and where were they? Where 420 00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:01,480 were we all? Lahi? I had weep when I'd seen that, and 421 00:34:01,559 --> 00:34:05,759 I told myself, these are the auliya Ullah, these are the friends of 422 00:34:05,799 --> 00:34:09,239 Allah. They for water, they go to the river which is five kilometers 423 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:14,679 away with buckets. But they're happy come time for us or nobody is there 424 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,960 to tell them, hey Salah. And you find all of them quietly on 425 00:34:17,119 --> 00:34:21,840 the ground, no muss allah, no nothing on the ground, sami allah 426 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,119 huliman Hamida. You know the sight, I felt like I was such a 427 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:30,639 weak Muslim looking at these people whom who have endured so much, and they 428 00:34:30,679 --> 00:34:36,360 are happily worshiping alat Subhanah. Where are we? It reminded me immediately of 429 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:42,840 a verse that I need to share with you alas is subhannahuata Alah. Yeah 430 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:50,920 are you hellla vina ahman my old dammy, come on for sa la Ubia. 431 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,440 Came you heim boom while you hem bona la akbar, oh you who 432 00:34:54,519 --> 00:35:00,679 believe. If whosoever is going to turn away from this deal, then remember 433 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:05,679 Allah will bring other people whom he will love, and they will love him 434 00:35:05,679 --> 00:35:08,559 even more. Laho akaba. So let's not turn away when we don't read 435 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:14,079 Salah. There are ten other people who are reading Salah. Recently, in 436 00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:19,199 many countries, there are women who have removed their hijab because of the pressure 437 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,159 of the globe. So by removing the hijab, I normally say, my 438 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:27,840 dear sister, if you have removed it, there are ten others somewhere else 439 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,960 who have doned it. So it's not Allah's loss, it's your loss. 440 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:37,840 For every person who thinks they have now removed the cover or removed the dress 441 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,760 code that Allah has ordained, Allah says, don't worry. We flick you 442 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,920 off. Do you know what we'll show you on the day of judgment. 443 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,480 As a results, there were ten others who donned it. Laho akhaba, 444 00:35:47,119 --> 00:35:51,559 you want to miss your Salah? There are ten other people in the remote 445 00:35:51,639 --> 00:35:57,880 regions of Vietnam who will start their Salah. But we don't know were Our 446 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,920 minds are too small, We don't understand and realize. So nou hahalae is 447 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:06,320 Salam said, these people, they are pious. Allah knows their heart Alah 448 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,199 supana, howat Ala knows the condition of their hearts. I'm not going to 449 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:13,599 chase them away in order to facilitate for you and for you to come. 450 00:36:13,639 --> 00:36:15,960 Another thing. If he had chased them away and these people did come, 451 00:36:16,119 --> 00:36:21,159 that was one condition. Some time later they would have made another condition and 452 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,719 a third condition. So a person who wants to attack you on one front, 453 00:36:24,039 --> 00:36:28,079 don't think that he's not going to attack you from all the other fronts. 454 00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:31,960 Mala subhana, howatala grant us a deep understanding. Remember these stories are 455 00:36:32,039 --> 00:36:37,639 mentioned in the Koran for us to derive lesson from it was not needed to 456 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:42,039 make mention of the previous stories. So much so that in this story of 457 00:36:42,199 --> 00:36:45,880 Nuh when Muhammad Salalah Aalej was seldom was mentioning the story to the Kufar of 458 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:52,760 Koraish and to the muslimin do you know what they doubted? They said, 459 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:58,519 no, this man is speaking things which are fabricated. So Allah says in 460 00:36:58,559 --> 00:37:00,800 the Koran. Whilst in the midst of the story of no halle is alam 461 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:09,400 ama kulun aftera are they saying that Muhammad Salah al Salam has fabricated this? 462 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:22,159 They don't know. Pull in if dari to f Alaijami or anabari ummi ma 463 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:30,119 tu jerimu oh Mohammad Salaah. He was seldom tell them if I have fabricated 464 00:37:30,199 --> 00:37:34,719 this, I'm going to get the son of it, and I'm not going 465 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,199 to hold the son of what you people are doing. So way, what 466 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:42,039 I'm saying this is an example. It is a story of a previous nation 467 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:49,119 confirmed by revelation without a spec of doubt. So Alas anahmat Alah speaks about 468 00:37:49,679 --> 00:38:00,360 no halee is slat a salam in sho aah as well menlaakanonklawama in me be 469 00:38:00,519 --> 00:38:09,840 macan man in his album in la allah on me in a wotation an Abiltari 470 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:17,920 didn't mean in an inu movie. He had a response for everything they said. 471 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,079 He had a response for everything they said. Alas makes mention of it 472 00:38:22,159 --> 00:38:25,719 here. They say, should we believe in you? When all these useless 473 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:30,039 people have accepted your message? There is a difference between us and them. 474 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:34,239 Kick them out? He says, Oh, my people, I don't know 475 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,280 their hearts. Alas of hannahwat Ala knows their deeds and their hearts. How 476 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:43,960 can I block goodness from them solely because they they don't have much materially La 477 00:38:44,039 --> 00:38:47,239 hu akaba, I am a warner. I will warn clearly, and this 478 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:52,559 warning will come. Now they got upset. They were upset. They started 479 00:38:52,199 --> 00:38:57,840 for how many years did this last? Not ten years, not one hundred 480 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,920 years, not two hundred years, not three hundred years, no more. 481 00:39:02,079 --> 00:39:08,480 Look at a lashna hotalyasis juala kada al sal n han ella, call me 482 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:16,960 fella betafi him al fa sanatin illah fansin am. And we sent Noah, 483 00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:22,760 may peace be upon him to his people. He dwelt within them, calling 484 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:28,800 them towards goodness for a thousand years less fifty, which means nine one hundred 485 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:34,400 and fifty years. He spoke to them, He called them, he instructed 486 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,599 them, he tried with them, He answered all their questions. Now they 487 00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:43,440 started getting frustrated. A few hundred years down the line, they started frustrating. 488 00:39:43,559 --> 00:39:46,440 No alihis sala to slam up to now it was a discussion, It 489 00:39:46,599 --> 00:39:53,960 was a debate. Now they wanted to begin to threaten ilaan tanta no letaknana 490 00:39:54,039 --> 00:39:59,960 men al mar jomi. They say, oh, no, keep quiet. 491 00:40:00,679 --> 00:40:02,360 If you're not going to keep quiet, we're gonna stone you to death. 492 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,719 Look at these threats. Look at these threats. If you don't keep quiet, 493 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:13,000 we're going to stone you, lahkabar. But he knew how to isla 494 00:40:13,039 --> 00:40:16,039 to a salam dhu. He knew Allah was with him. Not a day 495 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:21,280 did he raise his hands to say Allah destroy them. He kept on saying, 496 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:25,039 ya Allah guide my people. Yallah guide my people. Yallah guide these 497 00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:30,840 people. He kept on saying it. He was patient. He was patient 498 00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:37,559 for a long long time. And alas of anahuat Allah makes mention of how 499 00:40:37,639 --> 00:40:43,039 patient he was with his people, even though they started calling him names. 500 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:51,280 They said, this man is mad, he's mental junon and they said, 501 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,119 this man is possessed. He has a gin in him. Leave him for 502 00:40:54,199 --> 00:40:58,400 some time. He'll come normal. He's got a problem. He's got a 503 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:02,559 gin Imagine they are speaking from the very beginning in who are in lahajolo be 504 00:41:04,039 --> 00:41:07,920 jina. This is a man who has a ginna. He has a ginna 505 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,800 in him. That's why he's telling you to do things. He's stupid, 506 00:41:10,119 --> 00:41:15,360 because can't he see we have the money. Let him do a business deal 507 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:16,800 or two with us, and we will be able to make him rich and 508 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:21,079 wealthy, and he'll be able to enjoy life just as we are. But 509 00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:24,239 he's stupid. He'll understand, Leave him on one side and don't associate with 510 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:30,239 him, and you see what will happen up to today. Our business partners 511 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:36,800 can destroy our dean if they are not on dean. Remember this carefully. 512 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:39,880 If we have a man and we are making so much money through him, 513 00:41:40,559 --> 00:41:45,039 don't allow him to control your religion. Never, don't allow him to change 514 00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:49,840 your mind regarding a law. Don't drop your God when it comes to him. 515 00:41:50,159 --> 00:41:53,079 You can drop him when it comes to Allah. And this is what 516 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:58,079 we have seen. Those who fear a loss of hanahuata Allah when they are 517 00:41:58,159 --> 00:42:02,880 engaged in business deals and making money through somebody. If they drop that person 518 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:07,440 when that person begins to come between them and a law, they have achieved 519 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:12,280 happiness and contentment, and they die in a condition of imn. Whereas when 520 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,199 it comes to a person who has compromised the dean of a loss of hannahuata 521 00:42:15,199 --> 00:42:20,400 Allah and they have engaged in injustice, what happens today. A man is 522 00:42:20,519 --> 00:42:23,400 rich, We know him, so we side with him. Sometimes you get 523 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:28,519 a scholar of Islam Allah protect us. All Chaithan comes to the scholars sometimes 524 00:42:28,559 --> 00:42:30,599 as well, and you find there is a dispute. One sign there is 525 00:42:30,599 --> 00:42:32,840 a rich man. The other side, there is a poor man. Come 526 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:37,159 the scholar. He says, no man either. Look, I can't involve 527 00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,760 here number one. That's the sweetest way out. Or he will say, 528 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:45,840 you know what I think. He is right pointing at who lah akbar ala 529 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:50,920 suhanah hawat Allah keep us upon justice, not only scholars in our families. 530 00:42:52,000 --> 00:43:00,719 Sometimes we perpetrate grave in justice solely because of wealth. Akburg were standing on 531 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:05,639 a pedestal, as hanahla open our doors, and may he grant us a 532 00:43:05,679 --> 00:43:10,719 deep understanding with no hallela to a salam. He told his people, as 533 00:43:12,039 --> 00:43:22,599 the verse is in swath hood, while allancoma in a lie, while aiber 534 00:43:23,039 --> 00:43:30,440 while alclo in malak, while a call on Lata's daddy, Are you in 535 00:43:30,519 --> 00:43:42,760 okom lie? Dear Homo la allah lambe mafi for see him in me either 536 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:47,760 laminalim, oh, my people, I am not telling you that I am 537 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:52,760 an angel, and I am not telling you that I own the treasures of 538 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:57,599 the earth. And I'm not saying that by following me you'll become loaded. 539 00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:59,599 A lot of people think, hey, you know what, I'm a good 540 00:43:59,679 --> 00:44:02,320 Muslim. Why am I not making money? While Allah didn't promise you that 541 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:06,360 if you're a good Muslim you'll become as rich as Bill Gates. No, 542 00:44:06,639 --> 00:44:10,079 he didn't promise that. But when you're a good Muslim, you achieve contentment 543 00:44:10,159 --> 00:44:16,079 of the heart. A good Muslim who has fifty rands in his pocket is 544 00:44:16,199 --> 00:44:21,920 far better than a sinner who has five million in his pocket. And believe 545 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,400 me, he will sleep in a far more blissful sleep, if I can 546 00:44:25,519 --> 00:44:30,280 use that word, and he will probably snow, whereas the other one is 547 00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:37,320 busy putting in all the pills and still he can't sleep. And they know 548 00:44:37,519 --> 00:44:40,239 this is why all sleeping pills are very expensive. Loho akaba. They know 549 00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:45,639 that those who need them have money loahu akabar. May Alas of hannahuata Aala 550 00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:47,400 say, God does from all forms of sickness, and may a loss of 551 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:52,480 Hannahuatlah grant sleep to those who are suffering with insomnia. And may Alas of 552 00:44:52,519 --> 00:44:54,679 Hanah houat Alah open all our doors of goodness and grant does good health. 553 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:58,679 May he grant cure to those who are ill and sick, and may he 554 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:01,880 have mercy to those who are offering on the globe today. So he says 555 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:05,760 Oh my people, I'm not promising you you're going to get big wealth. 556 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:08,880 And I don't know the unseen, so don't come and ask me what's behind 557 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:12,599 the wall, and don't come and ask me what are these people going to 558 00:45:12,639 --> 00:45:17,119 have tomorrow. I'm not claiming to know the unseen. And oh my people, 559 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:22,719 not only do I not claim to know the unseen, but don't think 560 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:27,320 that I am going to chase away those whom your eyes look down upon. 561 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,320 Going back to the same point, look at how many times it's repeated in 562 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:36,840 the Koran, where Allas speaks about how the down trodden the messengers were instructed 563 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:38,599 to kick them out. Alas is, I'm not going to do that. 564 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:45,280 Then Alas Suhnahuatala speaks about how they called him mad, Sura will come up. 565 00:45:46,079 --> 00:45:50,800 It rhymes very very well. The Sura is powerful, alas is, 566 00:45:51,960 --> 00:46:00,559 get the bad cobbla factam than waka lou. Imagine, oh, what's dujin? 567 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:09,960 They have belied the prophet Nu before, and they have rejected the message 568 00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:15,960 of one of our worshippers. Allah calls him ka Abdana alas is Abdannah, 569 00:46:16,199 --> 00:46:22,440 meaning my worshiper, my worshiper. They have belied Wakaru Majnunn, and they 570 00:46:22,519 --> 00:46:28,159 called him mad was Douji, and they rebuilked him. They swore him, 571 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:31,519 they mocked at him, they tortured him, they engaged in all forms of 572 00:46:31,639 --> 00:46:40,039 evil. But he was still saying, Oh Allah guide my people. Then 573 00:46:40,119 --> 00:46:46,039 there came a time when Alasu hanahuata Allah says it was the final straw. 574 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:52,599 These people came to Nohla Islam and they said, yeah, no, this 575 00:46:52,760 --> 00:47:08,119 isn't surat hood carlu Yah pad Ja, Dantana, Fatina, Donna tamina sadi. 576 00:47:10,679 --> 00:47:14,840 They said, oh no, you have debated with us. You have 577 00:47:15,119 --> 00:47:19,840 argued with us, and you have prolonged that debate, promising us that some 578 00:47:20,039 --> 00:47:22,280 punishment is going to come to us, some punishment is going to come to 579 00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:27,119 us. You kept saying that bring that punishment we wanted. Now, if 580 00:47:27,159 --> 00:47:32,119 you are truthful, come, let's see it. Imagine they are asking for 581 00:47:32,199 --> 00:47:37,199 the punishment. Lahu Akbar may Allah protect us. Whenever we are reminded in 582 00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:44,199 the messaget, usually the miracle of Allah. And believe me, I've seen 583 00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:49,119 this almost all the time, the miracle of Allah. Whenever there is an 584 00:47:49,159 --> 00:47:53,480 island speaking in the front and we are being reminded it will apply to many 585 00:47:53,599 --> 00:47:58,719 of us, as though he is speaking about us and he knows us, 586 00:48:00,519 --> 00:48:04,880 but he doesn't know you. And it is Allah communicating directly to your heart. 587 00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:08,760 Many people have come to me and they've told me, look, today 588 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:14,480 you spoke about this. Did someone tell you I had this problem? ALLAHI 589 00:48:14,599 --> 00:48:17,639 not at all. Allah knows you had the problem. So he made something 590 00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,800 feel within you. Let me go and sit there. So when you sat 591 00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:25,440 there, asa bakalam yakulak. What got to you was never ever meant to 592 00:48:25,519 --> 00:48:30,480 miss you, Subhana lah. If it got to your ears, Allah made 593 00:48:30,599 --> 00:48:34,880 you make an effort to come and listen to it. And then Alas go 594 00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,400 to ask you, didn't we send a warner to you? Do you remember 595 00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:39,320 that day you felt he was talking to you while I was talking to you, 596 00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:45,039 Subhana had amazing That is a loah. So they told me, halee 597 00:48:45,199 --> 00:48:50,199 is Salam. You know what you have done so much and you've argued and 598 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:54,320 you've debated. Now we want to see what this punishment is. So no, 599 00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:58,920 halle is Salam. Although he was so patient for many, many years, 600 00:48:59,559 --> 00:49:01,920 many men years, nine hundred and fifty years, do you know what 601 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:09,079 happened. Finally he raised his hands. Made now when a saint raises his 602 00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:13,639 hands, Remember, those who are friends of Allah have a lot of patience, 603 00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:15,800 a lot of patience when you harm them, when you trouble them, 604 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:20,400 when you spread rumor about them, when you, you know, create problems 605 00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,920 for them, when you make their life difficult, when you block them, 606 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,119 when you stop them, they will be patient. They will continue making do 607 00:49:25,199 --> 00:49:30,800 hour for your goodness, your guidance. But patience has a limits. Remember 608 00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:35,639 that every nabee has stopped at a point. No nabie has just carried on 609 00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:39,000 and on until he was destroyed. No, every nabee has had a limit. 610 00:49:39,199 --> 00:49:42,800 When he called out to Allah, so hanahu a to Allah, so 611 00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:46,280 no haalais Halam raised his hands and he made it to our And I just 612 00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:50,679 want to share with you one verse. Tomorrow we will continue with what the 613 00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:54,360 dua was and what happened as a result. But today there is a verse 614 00:49:54,440 --> 00:50:00,800 that brings tears to the eyes. Alasu Hannah. What Alas says speaking about 615 00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:05,400 no Halle is Salem, that he went through so much, he went through 616 00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:09,480 so much turbulence, so much suburb that only a handful of people accepted his 617 00:50:09,639 --> 00:50:16,199 message. In nine hundred and fifty years. Imagine the narration makes mention of 618 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:22,280 eleven people in nine hundred and fifty years, eleven eleven. And there is 619 00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:29,639 another narration that makes mention of the maximum eighty people. So let us take 620 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:35,920 the maximum. If we say eighty people in nine hundred and fifty years, 621 00:50:36,199 --> 00:50:39,880 you can work it out in one hundred years. How many one, no 622 00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:45,960 two? Loho akabar love akabar. So after that patience enduring, he raises 623 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:55,719 his hands. Alas is waaka nadana fal mal mujib no haalae is Salam called 624 00:50:55,719 --> 00:51:00,360 out to us. We responded immediately to our worshiper laho akaba laba. We 625 00:51:00,519 --> 00:51:05,639 are the best of those who respond allasis. So if any one of us 626 00:51:06,079 --> 00:51:09,880 has endured a lot, remember the day you raise your hands. It will 627 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:15,440 come immediately, it will come straight. This is why the prophets allah Alam 628 00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:23,400 says it mavulum for innahu la baha allah hey hey jab, be careful of 629 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:28,519 a dua made against you by the one whom you have oppressed, because there 630 00:51:28,599 --> 00:51:34,280 is no barrier between the dua and a loss sub haanah howatan. So if 631 00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:37,559 you have wronged someone, you are doomed if they have to raise their hands 632 00:51:37,679 --> 00:51:40,760 malasu Hannah, howat Alah open our doors. Tomorrow. We will listen to 633 00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:45,320 the dua that was responded immediately by a Las su hanahuata alah until we meet 634 00:51:45,400 --> 00:52:21,039 insha allahasallallah is ala ma Abarakhammad subhanah lahu Behamdi subhana klahomakman a T. Boy Lake b