1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:12,519 Beisse miler rohimn Rohi in the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the 2 00:00:12,599 --> 00:00:30,719 most merciful, heard a lot low heard. Part Excellence presents lessens from the 3 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:48,200 stories of the prophets by Mufti Ismail even Mussa menk yusef ali Salam. Part 4 00:00:48,399 --> 00:01:00,399 two Joseph, Peace be upon him. Part two about Akato. It's Milah 5 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:06,480 Rahman Rahim a Handriri Lahiakafa aassl laala who is Seldam abaraka alahibadhla Stafa Aabad. 6 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,840 All praise is due to a Las sub hannahuata Alah. Blessings and salutations upon 7 00:01:10,879 --> 00:01:15,840 Muhammad salalahu alaiha Slam. We ask alasub hannahuata Alah to bless him and all 8 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,799 his companions and to grant every single one of us goodness, beloved brothers and 9 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:26,760 sisters. Not only have we completed twenty of the chapters of the Quran, 10 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:33,400 and not only have we completed half of Ramadan. And not only is the 11 00:01:33,439 --> 00:01:38,280 culture in this part of the world of the Bubba and the milk that we 12 00:01:38,359 --> 00:01:42,079 normally distribute in this part of the world, but in sha Allah, from 13 00:01:42,079 --> 00:01:48,840 tomorrow the recitation shall be slightly shorter in that we will be reading one joze 14 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,239 a day from tomorrow, not that it will make a very big difference. 15 00:01:52,319 --> 00:01:56,879 But the reason I'm making mention of this is because do you realize this month 16 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,239 is almost over now? Then the other day we had started it, we 17 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:07,239 saw the moon, we were standing here, and it seems like a few 18 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:13,159 hours and we are already more than halfway down this month subhanana, So let 19 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,639 us make the most of it. Sometimes Chaipan comes to us and makes us 20 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:20,360 feel a little bit lazy. Believe me, there's not much left, very 21 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,479 little left, So don't be lazy this month. Whatllah he we might not 22 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:28,400 see the end of the month, and whatllah he we might not see another 23 00:02:28,439 --> 00:02:31,919 Amadan. Ever, Allah might decide to take us away before that. So 24 00:02:32,039 --> 00:02:36,479 let's make the most of this and let us turn our lives. If Allah 25 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,280 has given us a gift before we meet him, before we pass away, 26 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,599 and we go to him, that he softens our hearts and we become from 27 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:51,560 those whom He has befriended, What more do we want? Ma allasu Annahatala 28 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,080 accept us. All we were speaking yesterday of Yusuf alahis Salam, the prophet 29 00:02:55,159 --> 00:03:00,439 Joseph made peace be upon him. How the why of this person who had 30 00:03:00,479 --> 00:03:06,439 purchased him, had bought him had evil intentions, And how a little child 31 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,960 bore witness or a little share head a little depending. There are different narrations 32 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:15,039 as to who and how it exactly happened, But the moral of it is 33 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:20,840 he was innocent, and the man knew that this young boy is innocent. 34 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:28,479 However, this woman was definitely one who controlled her husband. She controlled him 35 00:03:28,479 --> 00:03:32,960 such that even the innocent were made guilty for him. I would like to 36 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,039 draw an example. May alasu anahamat Allah grant us forgiveness. As you know, 37 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:44,759 we are currentizing the lessons in order to see how they apply to us 38 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,400 in my life and yours. Many of us have people who work for us 39 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:53,000 in the home or at the workplace. Something goes missing. The first thing 40 00:03:53,039 --> 00:03:58,199 we do, I think she took it. Asta doesn't it happen? Why 41 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,879 does our mind go in that direction? Sometimes we blame them, we fire 42 00:04:01,919 --> 00:04:04,840 them, not realizing in the eyes of Allah, they were always innocent. 43 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:12,400 So without evidence, we should not speak, and we should not doubt. 44 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,240 Without evidence. It is very dangerous. It is critical if we are to 45 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,759 doubt people with no evidence. They will come a time when people will doubt 46 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:25,720 us without evidence. Alasubanawa alah safeguardess. So in the same way that we 47 00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:30,879 are hurt when we hear how an innocent man was made to look guilty and 48 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,959 he was a messenger of alas subhanahwat alah. How many of us are guilty 49 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:39,279 of making the innocent look guilty when it suits us to do that. So 50 00:04:39,319 --> 00:04:44,439 it's important for us in the homes rasulula Allah. He seldom speaks of how 51 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:50,240 to treat those who work for you. Ijuankum ualukum ja allahmu lahad come from 52 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:57,199 ankana Ahuhu tatadi He fell you Tomim maul well you'll bis umi ma elbas. 53 00:04:57,519 --> 00:05:00,959 The prophets are allahu A seldom speaks about how to treat these brothers of yours 54 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:06,800 who happened to be working for you. Yes, it also applied to those 55 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:12,199 who were slaves at that time, but today the rule would apply to us 56 00:05:12,319 --> 00:05:15,360 for those who worked for us. They are also human beings. If Allah 57 00:05:15,439 --> 00:05:18,920 wanted it could have been the other way around. Maybe our offspring might be 58 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:24,959 working for theirs. Who knows. So this is why it's important that justice 59 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:29,959 prevails even at the workplace at all times. Now, Yusuf Adahi Salatua Salam 60 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:33,839 was made to look like the evil one, and the rumor started spreading around. 61 00:05:34,319 --> 00:05:39,480 Rumors started spreading around the town. The women of the town and the 62 00:05:39,519 --> 00:05:46,079 gossip of the women. Alas says, what alanisa to film madinatimah too lazzi 63 00:05:46,120 --> 00:06:03,360 easy to orrah we too fata see god shaw afa bah in Bala. The 64 00:06:03,399 --> 00:06:06,920 women of the town began to talk that this wife of the Aziz, the 65 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:11,399 wife of the leader at that time, who had purchased this particular slave, 66 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,240 she is trying to indulge in the wrong act with this particular youngster, trying 67 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,759 to pull him through and so on, and definitely she is totally wrong. 68 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:25,519 She has been blinded by her own desires. Now, when she heard of 69 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:30,040 this, she decided to teach them a lesson. She knew that they did 70 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:34,000 not know how handsome he was. So it is reported that she got some 71 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:40,439 fruit or something that they could hold with knives, and she decided to have 72 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,639 a party for them, and she let this young boy walk past them. 73 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:56,439 And Alas su hanna what Ala says in the Koran Phalam Samyat Mimakin Usalad Elatada 74 00:06:56,759 --> 00:07:10,519 Launa mutaka kullawhidantim in Hunsikina. When she heard of this, she prepared a 75 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,240 place. She invited all of them. She gave them a knife each and 76 00:07:13,319 --> 00:07:15,439 so on, and she told him, come come out and I want to 77 00:07:15,519 --> 00:07:25,600 parade you walk from this end to that end. Paramara Aina Akara caltarna idea 78 00:07:25,839 --> 00:07:40,560 who wakul Nahashi la himavasharrah in her in La Malancu carry. When they saw 79 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:46,439 him, they were overtaken by how handsome he was. And they exclaimed whilst 80 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,800 they were busy cutting, not realizing they were cutting their hands, and they 81 00:07:49,839 --> 00:07:55,319 said, whoa, this is not a human being, this is an angel. 82 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,959 And in the process they cut their hands akbar. It was better for 83 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,279 them to lower their gaze. And from this we do learn something. When 84 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,120 people do not lower their gaze is when people do not understand what it is 85 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,000 all about. There was a young man, and I've given this example here 86 00:08:13,079 --> 00:08:15,600 before, whom I was speaking to, and he tells me, you know, 87 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,240 when you have something and you are happy with it, you buy the 88 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:24,399 latest car latest. The example I gave a few days ago here was that 89 00:08:24,519 --> 00:08:26,759 our Macedes, and I said, you have the latest masides for you. 90 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,519 It is the latest until you don't know how to control your eyes and you 91 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,480 start looking at even the later murk, and then yours means nothing la hu 92 00:08:35,519 --> 00:08:39,879 akaba. So when you get married, mashallah, it's the latest. It's 93 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,720 your choice. Alhamdulillah. Keep your eyes with blinkers and ishallah it will remain 94 00:08:43,759 --> 00:08:48,080 the latest forever. Malas of Hannah Hawatala, open our doors. May he 95 00:08:48,159 --> 00:08:52,440 grant us understanding. I see the young boys here masha Allah smiling. Mala, 96 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:56,519 grant you spouses who will be the latest at all times. I mean, 97 00:08:56,919 --> 00:09:01,240 we ask Alas of Hannahwatala to OpenDOS here. What happened us off alai 98 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:05,559 has salah to us salam. He was innocent, He was forced to do 99 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,360 something these women. If any one of them looked down, they wouldn't have 100 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,480 cut their hands. It also also shows us that when you do not control 101 00:09:13,639 --> 00:09:18,720 yourself regarding the opposite sex, you will be hurt and you will be affected 102 00:09:18,799 --> 00:09:24,320 and inflicted with damage and with disease. It's very apparent and clear from this. 103 00:09:24,039 --> 00:09:26,960 If you control yourself, you will be saved. And this is where 104 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,080 we have all these diseases of the age. Subhanah, Howatala protect us from 105 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:35,679 all the STDs and hivs and aids and what have you, and melsupnah. 106 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:41,240 Howatala grant us upright lives. Well, Lai, we achieved nothing, nothing 107 00:09:41,399 --> 00:09:46,039 by engaging in immorality. Absolutely new. Imagine you've engaged in immorality. It 108 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:52,039 was very amusing, it was meaning. One enjoyed it for a little while. 109 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,840 After that, you grow old, your bones start aching, and now 110 00:09:54,879 --> 00:09:56,840 you're lying on your deathbed and you're busy thinking of the sins you committed in 111 00:09:56,919 --> 00:10:01,080 your life. Was it worth it? The answer is no. But still 112 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,480 a lie is most merciful. And he says, if you've realized even at 113 00:10:03,519 --> 00:10:07,519 that point, we are ready to forgive you, Anna Ala grant us all 114 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:15,519 forgiveness. So yusuf aale is salahtua salam. Thereafter the plan was hatched and 115 00:10:15,919 --> 00:10:20,360 she told him you must come now it's over. This is it. You 116 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,519 have to come and engage in what I am saying. Do you know what 117 00:10:22,639 --> 00:10:26,240 he says? He made it do art to allah. He raised his hands. 118 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,399 She warned him, if you don't do this, I'm gonna get you 119 00:10:28,519 --> 00:10:33,440 jailed. Remember we said yesterday she told her husband what is the punishment of 120 00:10:33,519 --> 00:10:39,879 someone who intends evil against your own wife? So he had an option of 121 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:46,039 jail or committing the action. And who was she? She was also very 122 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:50,279 good looking, very wealthy, very high standing, high status. There was 123 00:10:50,399 --> 00:10:56,240 lots of privacy. Every point was taken care of, in the sense that 124 00:10:56,519 --> 00:11:00,279 if someone wanted to commit a sin, this was the ideal opportunity. But 125 00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:11,120 he raised his hands, Robb sig You know ahbo Inlayami madern Ani, we 126 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:26,600 in LATAs If and kids war comin a jailing alamatalysis yusu Aalehisalam made this dua. 127 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,759 Then Yeah Allah, for me, it is better to be jailed than 128 00:11:30,799 --> 00:11:33,879 to engage in this sin. For me, it is better to be jailed 129 00:11:33,919 --> 00:11:37,120 than to engage in this sin. And if you are Allah, are not 130 00:11:37,279 --> 00:11:43,519 going to keep it away from me, then I might fall into a trap 131 00:11:43,919 --> 00:11:48,120 and become from amongst the ignorant. What do we learn from this, my 132 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,480 beloved brothers and sisters. It is important we make do our to Allah constantly 133 00:11:52,759 --> 00:11:56,320 to save us from sin. Yeah Allah, save God us from chaithan, 134 00:11:56,519 --> 00:12:01,759 keep us away from him and keep him away from from us. Because you're 135 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:05,600 alive, you do not keep Chipan away from us. We as human beings, 136 00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:07,559 may falter, and then we will be regretful. So we make to 137 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,919 our to Allah to protect us from evil. That is also a Sunna of 138 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,759 the prophets a Lallah. Another thing we learn. Whenever there is sun that 139 00:12:18,919 --> 00:12:24,120 is facilitated for us completely and the only thing that is blocking us from committing 140 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,240 it is the fear of Allah, we arrive at a new level of spirituality. 141 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:35,279 This is why rasululas Allah seldom speaks of seven categories of people who will 142 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:39,000 be shaded on the day of Kiyama. One of them is Radu lun daat 143 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:43,240 huim Rahatunda tou man Sabina jamad in fatala inn a half a lah, a 144 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:50,519 woman or a man who has been called to commit a sin by a woman 145 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,360 who is very very good looking, and at the same time she has high 146 00:12:54,519 --> 00:12:58,600 ranking and high status in society. Everything is facilitated. But he looks and 147 00:12:58,639 --> 00:13:03,559 he says, in me a half a lah i, fear Allah malas of 148 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,879 Hannah, howat Ala make us steadfast. Those are the deeds that will come 149 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,559 to our rescue after we've died. Those are the deeds that will grant us 150 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,240 free entry into paradise by the mercy of a loss of Hannah. Howat Alah, 151 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,600 we ask Allah to grant us paradise without reckoning. We know that they 152 00:13:20,639 --> 00:13:26,559 are going to be so many people who will be entering Jenna billahisabin wala ada 153 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:31,000 without accounting, no punishment, no nothing. As we normally say, through 154 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,720 the green root. They walk straight out and they're gone malas of Hannah. 155 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:39,080 Howat Ala make us from those so Yusuvalihsalah to a salam. After that he 156 00:13:39,279 --> 00:13:45,559 was jailed. When he was jailed, he was literally the sentence was passed 157 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:50,759 against him. These women bore false witness and he was jailed. From this, 158 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,320 we learn that those sitting in the jails, and we'd like to dedicate 159 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,639 a little bit of time for those sitting in those correctional services. I called 160 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:03,960 him this afternoon correctional service depots. Mala protect us all those who are seated 161 00:14:05,039 --> 00:14:07,519 there. We know that sometimes they are innocent. Some of them are innocent, 162 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,919 not all of them are guilty. Because look at this, the witness 163 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:18,080 was guilty of bearing false witness. We ask Allah's protection. When Yusuf Ali 164 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:24,080 Salah Tua Salam entered alas says Wada Halamar Siji Affatayani. There were two youngsters 165 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,799 who entered the jail with him. As soon as they looked at him, 166 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:31,759 they seen this man. He looks to be a very very good man. 167 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:37,960 So look the character, the conduct, the appearance, the mannerism, the 168 00:14:37,039 --> 00:14:43,120 etiquette of an individual should be able to tell the rest that this person is 169 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,279 good. The way we behave, the way we speak, the way we 170 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:52,240 act, our character, our conduct, our imeren must automatically reflect upon us 171 00:14:52,399 --> 00:14:56,879 to the degree that those around us should be able to say the evening La 172 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,039 radu lun saleh. By the will of Allah, this looks like a pious 173 00:15:01,159 --> 00:15:05,399 man. H. This looks like a good woman. So this is what 174 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,919 happened with Ya Salam. As they were entering, these two men recognized him. 175 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:22,919 They'd seen him kla ahaduma in Arani as haamra in Arani ahm see rubins 176 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:33,919 andomin nabitauili in narakamin a masini. The first one says, oh, Yosuf, 177 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,519 I have seen a dream. In my dream, I saw that I 178 00:15:37,759 --> 00:15:43,240 was squeezing some juices. I was squeezing wines and the other one says I 179 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,399 saw a dream that there was a loaf or a bread on my head, 180 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,679 and the birds were eating from it. The birds were eating from it. 181 00:15:50,799 --> 00:15:54,519 Please, can you tell us what is the meaning of this dream? You 182 00:15:54,679 --> 00:15:58,279 look like a good man, lahu akabar. That means he was very helpful. 183 00:15:58,399 --> 00:16:03,080 Now I'd like to spend a moment again to say, when a person 184 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:06,759 is sentenced to a jail term, don't lose hope. It's not the end 185 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,639 of the world. Those better than you have spent time there, may Allah 186 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:15,000 protect us. So use of alais salam. He did not get depressed in 187 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,600 the jail. He spent quite a bit of time in the jail. He 188 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:22,840 did not get depressed. He used the opportunity for dawa. He used the 189 00:16:22,919 --> 00:16:27,399 opportunity to call people towards Allah. He used the opportunity. Now I was 190 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:32,480 good, I had good character, good conduct. I'm now in the jail. 191 00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:36,320 These people have asked me a question. I need to make sure that 192 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,919 I use the opportunity to explain to them a point or two before I give 193 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,600 them the meaning. So he sees the opportunity immediately. You see, when 194 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:48,840 we looked at the story of Nu, the prophet Noah may peace be upon 195 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:53,480 him. We found that he used every means at his disposal to call the 196 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,399 people to Allah, and we heard about it. So in our times, 197 00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:03,000 it would be our duty also to use every means at our disposal to spread 198 00:17:03,079 --> 00:17:07,480 the message. Whether it is a tweet, whether it is a message on 199 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:11,240 the net, whether it is a message with any other media, whether it 200 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,640 is a call in the message, whether it is a madrasaware we are teaching 201 00:17:14,799 --> 00:17:18,759 directly, whether it is a newspaper article, whether it is a radio program. 202 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,319 No matter what it is, whatever you can do, please engage in 203 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:29,079 it. Because the opportunities of calling people towards Allah are limited to your life, 204 00:17:30,279 --> 00:17:33,599 and even in your life, they will be limited to your capacity and 205 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,240 capability. So when you have it, don't waste it. All open our 206 00:17:37,319 --> 00:17:41,000 doors. Usuvala Salam was not going to languish in the jail forever and ever. 207 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:42,960 No, when he was there, he made sure, this is a 208 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,759 chance. There's only two people, but let me try with them. Subhanama, 209 00:17:48,319 --> 00:17:59,680 So he says, carl Alaya ta kuma famator zakhani in kumaili kabala kuma. 210 00:18:00,319 --> 00:18:03,160 He says, don't worry before the next meal. I will tell you 211 00:18:03,279 --> 00:18:06,079 the meaning of your dream. But in the meantime between now and then, 212 00:18:06,279 --> 00:18:08,160 I want to talk to you about something. The first thing I want to 213 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:14,240 talk to you about is how Allah has blessed me. I am the son 214 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,720 of Yakub, who is a prophet, who is a son of another prophet, 215 00:18:17,759 --> 00:18:19,240 who is his hat, who is a son of another prophet, who 216 00:18:19,319 --> 00:18:23,160 is Ibrahim al Akaba. And he's making mention, and he says, many 217 00:18:23,279 --> 00:18:29,000 people are ungrateful of what Allah has given them. Many people do not know, 218 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:33,200 and they are ungrateful of what Allah has bestowed upon them. So look 219 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,359 the most noble. When Nabis alalaho ale he was Seldam was asked who was 220 00:18:38,519 --> 00:18:42,599 the most noble of the prophets, obviously after Muhammed Salah hell he was slam. 221 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:48,880 This nobility is being spoken of lineage. He says, well, if 222 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,920 you look at Yusuf ali Salam. And I made mention of this a few 223 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,480 days ago, he is an Abe, son of an Abi, son of 224 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,839 an Abi, son of a khalil. The level of a Khalil is higher 225 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,480 than an Abe. It's a friend of a last with anaho to Alah, 226 00:19:00,599 --> 00:19:03,559 Ibrahim Alaih is sala to a salam. What a great lineage, yet he 227 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,240 was still in the jail lahu akaba. This shows us that when you are 228 00:19:07,319 --> 00:19:11,839 going through something negative in your life, it's not a sign that Allah is 229 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,880 angry with you, not always. It is the condition of the heart that 230 00:19:15,039 --> 00:19:18,799 determines that. If you are going through goodness and your heart is not content, 231 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,279 there's some problem with your spirituality. And if you are going through test 232 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,319 after test where limbs have been amputated, people have been lost in your midst 233 00:19:26,519 --> 00:19:30,039 your loved ones are gone and so on, and you are still saying alhamdulillah, 234 00:19:30,319 --> 00:19:33,079 it's not a punishment. It's a test from Allah and you are passing 235 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:37,759 it and you are now going on to new spiritual levels. So use of 236 00:19:37,799 --> 00:19:41,079 alaih is Salah to a salam subhan allah. He says, Oh, my 237 00:19:41,559 --> 00:19:44,680 companions, I want to tell you, these are the gifts of Allah upon 238 00:19:44,759 --> 00:19:48,359 us. And you know a lesson we draw from that. No matter what 239 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,680 your lineage is, it's not going to help you neither in this world nor 240 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,160 in the next. It might have a temporary assistance for a moment, for 241 00:19:55,279 --> 00:19:56,839 as long as people are looking up to it. After that, you're on 242 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:03,079 your own. You're on your own. Rasulu lasa was Selam tells his wife 243 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:07,359 and his daughter, May peace be upon them all. Lah Am liku Anki 244 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:12,359 men a lahi chai, and I don't own anything for or against you. 245 00:20:12,519 --> 00:20:17,880 Whether lass subhanah hawat alah. You are responsible for your own deeds. We 246 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,000 ask a loss Subhannah hawat Alah to grant us the intercession of Muhammed Salalah a 247 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:26,960 hell. So it's important for us to know this. Yusef ali Salam then 248 00:20:27,039 --> 00:20:30,880 says, yeah, Sir, hebai is sie Jenny. Oh my companions, 249 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:37,000 Look at how beautifully he's calling them beautiful words. Oh my beloved, two 250 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:45,759 companions of the jail, my comrades who are seated here, Arnold Babu moteferri 251 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:56,839 Kunahai ron I mean launa. He don't look. Is it better to worship 252 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:03,279 so many little deities and God? Or is it better to worship the one 253 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,000 who made you, the supreme, the most powerful? Who is better to 254 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:12,279 isship? So he engaged in a discussion. Look all the prophets called towards 255 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:18,519 Tahed, they called towards worshiping one Allah. And we've stressed this. This 256 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,079 is why I say Mashallah. In Cape Town we have a city which is 257 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,240 known as the city of the reciters of the Quran. Together with that, 258 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,640 we want to make it a city of the understanders of the Koran. I 259 00:21:30,759 --> 00:21:36,200 mean, so we want to marry the two and then in sha lah, 260 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,960 we will be able to be a beacon of light in this world. Allah 261 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,079 grant that to us. Walahi, you want the best fur lah in my 262 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,319 opinion, come down to Cape Town. You will have powerful reciters. Now 263 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:53,279 we also want people who can understand the Quran as powerfully be nillah by the 264 00:21:53,319 --> 00:21:56,880 will of a lass of hanahawat anah, because wal LLAHI even if you just 265 00:21:57,039 --> 00:22:00,799 read the stories of the prophets and who get their messages, it will solve 266 00:22:00,839 --> 00:22:07,079 your problems. Alla Suhanah to Alah grant as solution to all our mess So 267 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,279 Ala suhanahwat Ala. Thereafter speaks about how this use of al Islam gave this 268 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,920 daur and he spoke to them, and whether they accept it or not is 269 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,759 not mentioned. We don't know, but he tells the one after that after 270 00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:22,319 he makes mention of it, and he says, look, don't worship more 271 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:26,039 than one God, worship whoever made you, same message as Ibrahim. And 272 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,319 he says there that I have my forefathers. They have trained us one after 273 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,559 the other, and they have made sure that every one of us know that 274 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,680 you only worship one God, your supreme Deity, and nobody else, whoever 275 00:22:37,799 --> 00:22:40,920 made you, whoever created you, You put your head on the ground solely 276 00:22:41,039 --> 00:22:45,880 and only for him. After that, he says, yeah, sahibe in 277 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:57,559 sigini am ahadun kuma faskamra wam malaha, fayus labu feta called al amuli. 278 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,599 That's tefty, oh, my comrades in this jail. The first one of 279 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:08,160 you, you're going to be let free and you will be serving the king 280 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:12,759 here and you will be squeezing all his juices for him. That's the interpretation 281 00:23:12,839 --> 00:23:17,359 of your dream. And as for the next one, very sadly, you're 282 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,880 going to be crucified, executed and the birds will eat from your head. 283 00:23:21,799 --> 00:23:23,839 Now, before they could say no, no, no, I didn't see 284 00:23:23,839 --> 00:23:27,559 that dream, because what happens sometimes to people when you told her your dream 285 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,680 means you're going to be doomed. They say no, but I didn't really 286 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:36,160 see that because they really scared they worried and they thinking to themselves, now, 287 00:23:36,319 --> 00:23:40,079 what if this really does happen. So before that, kodoyl Amru he 288 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,480 said, look, the matter has been decided. It's over. Whether you 289 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,079 now say you've seen it or you didn't see it, that is what is 290 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:51,039 going to happen. And I've been informed this through inspiration. So then he 291 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:56,599 looks at the one who was going to be released and he says, wakar 292 00:23:56,759 --> 00:24:03,839 ali lady one hmmm in human courney in arab Bic. He says, look, 293 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,920 you who are going to be let loose, you're going to be free. 294 00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:10,880 You're going to be there with the king. I'd like you to make 295 00:24:11,039 --> 00:24:15,559 mention of me with him, because you know, I'm an innocent man. 296 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,160 You know I'm a good man. You know what has happened. Try and 297 00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:21,519 mention my name there so that I don't have to serve such a long sentence 298 00:24:21,559 --> 00:24:32,079 and so on. Alas is for Sagenybil Bossing. You know, in the 299 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,279 excitement of being let free, he forgot, he forgot about the man in 300 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,599 the jail, and he was gone there and so excited. Sometimes we promise 301 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,920 people things and then in the excitement of the moment, we forget completely what 302 00:24:44,079 --> 00:24:47,000 we promised. In that case, write it down. It doesn't mean you're 303 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:53,960 becoming old alas of Hanahua to Ala grant ask goodness. So here we learn 304 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,400 something. To help someone come out of the jail is also an act of 305 00:24:59,519 --> 00:25:03,319 worship. To serve those who are in the jails is also an act of 306 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:07,640 worship. The hearts are the soft tests. When a person is serving a 307 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:12,960 jail sentence, they might be very physical at the beginning, but when they 308 00:25:14,039 --> 00:25:18,759 realize this, no where I am going besides within this parameter of whatever it 309 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,480 is here, they soften up, they cool down. So we are now 310 00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:26,960 addressing those who are serving sentences in the prisons, and I know they are 311 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,920 listening to me because I get messages from them every other day that we are 312 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:37,440 listening to you. Subhanama. The message is, seize your time whilst you 313 00:25:37,559 --> 00:25:44,519 are serving in that place, and make sure you leave the place having earned 314 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,680 as much as you can from that particular prison. If there are people around 315 00:25:48,759 --> 00:25:52,440 you who know a little bit more, go to their feet and try and 316 00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:57,279 learn. I have visited many prisons in this particular country, and we've seen 317 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,599 good Muslims who are there. Some of them are Hafa. They know the 318 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,599 Kuran, and they are busy teaching the others for an in a manner that 319 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,759 when some come out, they now know more Dean than when they ever or 320 00:26:08,839 --> 00:26:12,359 before they went in. The same is happening in the United States and in 321 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:18,720 other countries where people are being softened towards Dean and religion. Alasubanahata Allah grant 322 00:26:18,759 --> 00:26:26,319 as opportunity to serve. There are prison boards Rodama and people who are voluntarily 323 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,319 working. It's our duty to support them because we don't know tomorrow. I 324 00:26:30,559 --> 00:26:34,640 might be there, you might be there sometimes for no reason, as we 325 00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:38,519 said, just like Yusuf Ali Salam was there. It doesn't mean we have 326 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,960 forgotten them. We pray for them. We try our best to also remember 327 00:26:44,039 --> 00:26:47,440 them. We send messages to them, we will try to help them, 328 00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:51,359 we will try to teach them, and at the same time, within themselves, 329 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,839 they best use that time in a way in a manner that will be 330 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,920 more beneficial. Because there's only one chance you get. I know, in 331 00:27:00,039 --> 00:27:03,759 the UK and in other places they have courses that you can do even here 332 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:10,400 in this country, courses varsity degrees. You can start in the jail and 333 00:27:10,519 --> 00:27:12,279 if you're serving a seven year sentence, you might come out with a pH 334 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:18,319 d Allah protect us. Now we want to use that for an Islamic cause 335 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:22,000 as well. Remember if you come out now, you are half of the 336 00:27:22,079 --> 00:27:26,799 Kuran. It was worth that sentence. Malasubanah howat Alah grant us all goodness. 337 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,039 Remember we need to make do aur for one another. And on this 338 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,160 day we make do aur for all the inmates, and we ask Alas Subhana 339 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,279 hawat Ala to have mercy on them, to open the doors for them, 340 00:27:36,519 --> 00:27:38,920 the brothers as well as the sisters who are in the jails. Malas Subhanah 341 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,480 howat Aala opened the door for them. Going back to the story of yusuvale 342 00:27:42,559 --> 00:27:47,680 Hsala to a Salam, one day the king sees a dream. Wakar al 343 00:27:47,759 --> 00:28:00,160 maniko in aba karanti seeman yeah kulun sabrangelabazatin hodo i am. He said, 344 00:28:02,759 --> 00:28:11,839 yeah, Malah have tony if yeah ya intumliro table. The king sees a 345 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:19,400 dream which was very weird because he saw seven thin cows eating up seven fat 346 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,079 ones. Now it's supposed to be the other way around, so this didn't 347 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:30,400 make sense to him. And then he'd seen seven dry corns and seven green 348 00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:34,480 ones, and this, for some reason made him think. He got up 349 00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:38,240 and he felt that this is now a message. So he asked his people, 350 00:28:38,319 --> 00:28:42,240 Oh, my people, please, can someone interpret this dream? What 351 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:48,079 did they say? Polo ahlam? They said, Nah, this is just 352 00:28:48,119 --> 00:28:51,240 a nightmare. It's just a dream. It's one of those weird dreams that 353 00:28:51,319 --> 00:28:53,799 everybody dreams. All Granta's goodness, I want to pause here for a moment. 354 00:28:55,319 --> 00:28:59,920 When we dream, our dreams, nine times out of ten are connected 355 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:03,559 to what we were thinking about, what we've seen, what we worried about, 356 00:29:03,799 --> 00:29:06,960 what we have been pondering over, and so on. Nine times out 357 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,440 of ten it's just like a sixth sense. You're sleeping and now you've seen 358 00:29:10,519 --> 00:29:14,519 certain things not really connected to any message, and so on. So there 359 00:29:14,559 --> 00:29:17,200 are some people who get excited every little dream and want to jot it down 360 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:21,000 and pretend like it's working that came from Allah. No, let's not get 361 00:29:21,079 --> 00:29:25,000 too excited about dreams. It is a disease to get excited about dreams. 362 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:29,920 But at the same time, if you have a dream in the last hours 363 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,160 of the night, meaning the time of the Hadjude slightly before the fudge of 364 00:29:33,279 --> 00:29:38,240 time, and it bothers you, and it repeats itself. It's recurring. 365 00:29:38,559 --> 00:29:42,400 Most probably you should ask someone it's meaning, but with the following conditions. 366 00:29:45,519 --> 00:29:49,720 Firstly, do not spread that dream around to everybody. I had this dream. 367 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,279 I had that dream. No, it is only for you and for 368 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,519 someone you trust with interpretation, So you will ask them, Look, I've 369 00:29:57,559 --> 00:30:00,960 seen this dream. It's real bothering me? Would it mean something? And 370 00:30:02,039 --> 00:30:04,480 you get a good interpretation, and believe me, if you've asked more than 371 00:30:04,519 --> 00:30:07,400 one person. The narration of the prophets all allaho ale was Alam, he 372 00:30:07,519 --> 00:30:11,480 says, most probably the first one you asked will be true, So you 373 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:15,079 better ask someone who's at least got some positive thinking. A loss of Hannah 374 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:21,319 howat ala grant as understanding. Thereafter you have a bad dream that someone had 375 00:30:21,359 --> 00:30:26,240 seen, you are supposed to slightly spit on the left three times, say 376 00:30:26,519 --> 00:30:29,599 oh the billah him in a chipan and rajin, turn the other way and 377 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,240 go and sleep, and if you'd like, in the morning you can give 378 00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:37,160 out a little charity and a loss of hanahuata Allah protects us through the blessings 379 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:44,839 and mercy that he sends. When we give out a charity. Now this 380 00:30:45,119 --> 00:30:49,200 dream, nobody knew the meaning. After some time, this young man remembered, 381 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,559 Hey, there was someone who interpreted my dream and it was true. 382 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,160 It was true. So let me go to him. I ask this king, 383 00:30:57,519 --> 00:31:00,359 do you allow me give me permis to get back to the prisons. 384 00:31:00,519 --> 00:31:06,839 There is someone who can help us. So he was sent you. So 385 00:31:07,079 --> 00:31:11,240 for are you ha siddyko? Oh? Yusuf, my beloved friend, he's 386 00:31:11,279 --> 00:31:15,480 come back. After some time he came back. He says, yes, 387 00:31:15,559 --> 00:31:21,119 what is it aftina? We want a fatua meaning we want an interpretation of 388 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,359 this dream. And he related the dream and he says, this is what 389 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:27,160 the king saw and this is what happened. So Yusuf a Hasla towards Salam 390 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:41,400 immediately responded, ada abba from Hasatu, fads Colila from my team in bad 391 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:53,240 Dad Nama goddamnum in Colina min from my team in he ass your own. 392 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,160 He says, oh, listen, you're going to have seven years of very 393 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:05,400 good crop and produce. You should save as much as you can in these 394 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,960 seven years of good produce because after that there is going to come seven years 395 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:14,759 of drought when nothing will be produced, so you will have to use whatever 396 00:32:14,839 --> 00:32:17,000 you've saved, and you'll have to bring it and after that it will return 397 00:32:17,079 --> 00:32:21,559 back to normal. You'll have a year flourish. So this man ran back 398 00:32:21,599 --> 00:32:23,559 to the king and he interpreted it, and the king says, where did 399 00:32:23,599 --> 00:32:25,839 you get it from? He says, well, there's a certain man. 400 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:30,119 Now look look now he remembered there's a man in the jails, and from 401 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:34,839 that man he gave me this. So the king says, we call al 402 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,440 Malikotnibi. The king says, call him, bring him here, take him 403 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,119 out of there. He's not supposed to be there. We want him to 404 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,640 come here, and we want to talk to this man. It makes sense 405 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:54,400 what he is saying. Phalanmajasono calogia in a big fasal huma ballons what in 406 00:32:54,680 --> 00:33:05,559 Latin caln in now baby kadingally. When the messenger went to call him, 407 00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:09,599 he said, masha Allah, this is my opportunity to clarify my name. 408 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,920 They accused me of committing a sin. Go and tell that king of yours 409 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:19,160 that what happened to those ladies who cut their hands? And all those witnesses 410 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,640 who are bearing witness against me? Where they false or were they true? 411 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,480 Find all that out and then come and see, come and get me after 412 00:33:24,559 --> 00:33:31,039 that? What do we learn from this? Whenever an innocent man has somehow 413 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:36,519 been looked upon as guilty, there will come a time when Allah will give 414 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:42,720 him an opportunity to clarify his name. You don't have to worry allies there. 415 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,799 People talk, people say, people spread rumor, people want to gossip, 416 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:51,240 people want to send SMSes, and people want to send emails, and 417 00:33:51,359 --> 00:33:53,839 people want to do all sorts of things. No problem. If people are 418 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:59,359 accusing you of something that you are not guilty of, Allah will give you 419 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,240 the opportunity one day, sooner or later in shah Lah for that name to 420 00:34:02,319 --> 00:34:06,680 be clarified and cleared by the will of Allah. Don't worry. They don't 421 00:34:06,759 --> 00:34:10,119 own any of your bread or butter. Alasubanah to Alah grant as bread as 422 00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:16,559 well as butter, so alasubana at Allah makes mention of this in the Quran. 423 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,719 And then when the messenger came back, the king had no option but 424 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,639 to call the queen and to call this woman and all the others, and 425 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,679 to say, look what happened exactly, let us know. Let us know, 426 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,960 because now we've got some serious matter that has come here and we need 427 00:34:30,039 --> 00:34:32,719 this man and we need to clear his name. So now the woman had 428 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:42,159 to literally put her tail between her legs and come and surrender. Allaha hasl 429 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:49,559 halko an a rawat fsi well in Nahu Lamina, saying, these are the 430 00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:52,440 moments of the truth. I was the one who was guilty of trying to 431 00:34:52,559 --> 00:34:58,039 leo him. He is completely innocent and honest, and he was truthful always. 432 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,920 So hanaha, look at the clarification of the name and after that use 433 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:07,840 of valet Islam is called into the palace. So what happened, he says, 434 00:35:09,199 --> 00:35:19,679 calla jali aala raza in ill in Haynali. He says, listen, 435 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,199 the best for you to do is make me in charge of the granaries what 436 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,880 we would call maybe the minister of agriculture or something of that nature, in 437 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,480 charge of the production the produce the granaries and so on, and I will 438 00:35:31,559 --> 00:35:35,880 definitely look after it. I am an honest, upright human being. In 439 00:35:36,039 --> 00:35:38,840 shah Allah, you will find me to do a good job. Loss of 440 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:44,199 hannah hawatala grant as goodness. We learn from this that when we are employed, 441 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,800 we must fulfill properly. When we have been employed to fulfill a job, 442 00:35:49,079 --> 00:35:52,599 we must be honest and we should fulfill it bearing a loss of Hannahuatala 443 00:35:52,679 --> 00:35:55,719 in mind, without cheating, without deceiving. No, not at all. 444 00:35:57,119 --> 00:36:00,280 We should not deceive or cheat the system around us, just because we are 445 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:05,159 in a position where nobody's going to catch us. Allah is watching, and 446 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:09,480 Allah knows there is no baraka, no blessing in that wealth that came to 447 00:36:09,639 --> 00:36:15,880 you through deception. Alas of hanahawa to Allah help us to get rid of 448 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:21,679 that type of wealth and protect us from it. So after that Ala suhanahawata 449 00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:25,719 Alla says, the years continued, the seven years Marshallah. The granaries were 450 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:30,320 full, full, full, and he had devised a plan and a system 451 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:36,760 where thereafter, when the drought started, people would come in certain system and 452 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:40,119 they would collect their rations. Each male must come himself, he must pick 453 00:36:40,159 --> 00:36:44,440 his bag up and go so hanahlah. And after a while, Alas is 454 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,679 now look at how the brothers of Yusuf alahis Salam. They were also affected 455 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:52,199 by the drought. They were also affected by the drought. And this was 456 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,320 many many years later. It is reported that more than thirty years later. 457 00:36:55,480 --> 00:37:00,480 This happened because he was a youngster. Now he grew up. He spent 458 00:37:00,599 --> 00:37:02,159 so much time in the jail. His father, on one hand is making 459 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,719 doah, yeah, Allah, unite me with my son. Yeah, Allah, 460 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:16,119 unite me with my son. Laho akaba so alas says Waja Sufa Alpha 461 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:23,719 mum lahom, the brothers of Joseph made peace be upon him walked in. 462 00:37:24,199 --> 00:37:29,400 He immediately recognized all of them. They were ten. He recognized all of 463 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,159 them. They didn't know who he was because when he had seen them, 464 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:36,719 they were already adults. But when they saw him, he was a child. 465 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,239 When a child becomes an adult, the features change. You have march 466 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,840 allah beard and you have different features, and they look at you and say, 467 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,800 oh, it's you and so on. That's if they're lucky. Otherwise 468 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,639 they won't even tell so yusuf aalih is salam. It didn't make them feel 469 00:37:49,679 --> 00:37:52,880 bad. But he went there as they wanted to collect. They had to 470 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:57,280 pay a certain amount and collect. So as they were making their payments and 471 00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,199 so on, he looks at them and he starts asking them questions, who 472 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:01,760 are you, where do you come from? They started saying, we are 473 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:06,400 the children of the prophet Jacob and what have you and how many brothers are 474 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,519 you? Well, you know we are eleven. They missed out one completely. 475 00:38:08,679 --> 00:38:12,639 He was in front of them. We are eleven, but I only 476 00:38:12,679 --> 00:38:15,199 see ten of you here. Well, you know the one is at home 477 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,679 and so on. No, you must bring him. You will not take 478 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,360 his ration. You're not allowed. He must come in person to collect his 479 00:38:22,519 --> 00:38:28,440 ration. Otherwise we're not giving it. So he hatched that plan, they 480 00:38:28,559 --> 00:38:31,880 understood it, and so on, and after that, hannahuatla grant us all 481 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,639 the wisdom of use of ali is Alam. Look at how wise he was. 482 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,519 He didn't make them feel unwanted. He didn't remind them. Yeah, 483 00:38:38,679 --> 00:38:42,199 you, the people who threw me in the well, you did this, 484 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,400 you'd know nothing of that nature. That's all gone, because Allah has already 485 00:38:45,559 --> 00:38:52,119 raised him far above them, far above them. Their plan was his downfall. 486 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,519 Allah says, hang on, it is through your plan that now he 487 00:38:54,599 --> 00:39:01,519 will go far beyond. And remember one thing we must mention this. One 488 00:39:01,679 --> 00:39:07,920 negative thing happened. Two negative things happened. The first one was he was 489 00:39:07,039 --> 00:39:10,360 taken by his own brothers. They were planning his killing, his death. 490 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:15,719 Secondly, they threw him into the well. Thirdly, he was picked up 491 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:20,159 by people and considered merchandise rather than being set free. Fourthly, he was 492 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:24,960 sold. Fifthly, the person who bought him mal treated him. Sixthly, 493 00:39:25,119 --> 00:39:31,679 they had a court case against him. And after that he was actually proven 494 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,559 guilty when he was innocent. And over and above that, the seventh and 495 00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:42,360 eighth point he was jailed. And it was so bad. And on top 496 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,360 of that, when he told his man to remember him, that man forgot 497 00:39:45,679 --> 00:39:50,880 so eight or nine bad things, one after the other. Imagine if it 498 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,519 had to happen in our lives, I think the bulk of us would say, 499 00:39:52,639 --> 00:39:57,519 Hey, someone's been to visitor which doctor here? They're engaging in magic 500 00:39:57,599 --> 00:40:00,159 against me. I can feel it. I've just got a spit of bad 501 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,400 luck. That's the type of statements. We utter, Well, he very 502 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,320 bad. Why don't we understand it's from Allah, make do to Allah. 503 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,480 Now when the doors opened, look at how one by one they all opened 504 00:40:10,679 --> 00:40:15,800 from the prison straight to the seats la hu akaba, straight to the seats 505 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:21,920 banah. Much ala grant is a deeper understanding. So thereafter they went back 506 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,400 to their father, and before they left, use of alais alam quietly whispered 507 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:29,440 in the ears of some of his men that look, you know the merchandise 508 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,519 that these people have brought, don't worry on the house, which means you 509 00:40:32,559 --> 00:40:36,159 know, I'll pay for this and so on. You put it back into 510 00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:38,159 their bags before you seal the bag, and then seal the bags and let 511 00:40:38,199 --> 00:40:42,639 them carry it. So he put back the merchandise, he sealed the bags 512 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:45,400 and they went. When they went home, ya abana muni, i'm in 513 00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:52,719 al kilos inha ahana nektel well in la hula have him our father. We 514 00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:58,599 have been prohibited from this one measure because we didn't take our brother with. 515 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:04,159 So send the brother with and we will protect him. Manu kumara in kama, 516 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:07,440 I mean to Kumar la ahim cobble. The father says, you want 517 00:41:07,519 --> 00:41:10,400 me to trust you with him like I trusted you with his brother before. 518 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:21,039 Simple question flah hoa on half our allah is indeed the protector yea salam. 519 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,480 He knew that there is something hatching here. Anyway, they were now quiet. 520 00:41:24,559 --> 00:41:28,440 They didn't know what to say. They started opening their bags. Hey, 521 00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:31,000 they noticed this, all the merchandise in the bag over and above the 522 00:41:31,079 --> 00:41:40,440 green Yeah, Abana manabi hadhbiva ano d ela in Juanami helena ahana one as 523 00:41:40,519 --> 00:41:46,159 the du quaila bay oh our father, what more can we ask for? 524 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:50,639 Here's all this merchandise is back in here. We can take it and go 525 00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:52,960 and give it back to them. And on top of that, we will 526 00:41:52,039 --> 00:41:57,039 get another measure. Now at least they were honest. They want to now 527 00:41:57,119 --> 00:41:59,960 return it because they said, look, this is not ours, we're supposed 528 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:01,760 to return it. So let's get back there. And they told the father 529 00:42:02,039 --> 00:42:05,960 that we will at least get one more measure. So we are going to 530 00:42:06,119 --> 00:42:12,519 go there, send him with So the father says, learn or sea huma 531 00:42:12,639 --> 00:42:20,280 akum hata tunimuthi, come in, Allah, I am not going to send 532 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:24,440 him with you until you swear by Allah that you are going to bring him 533 00:42:24,519 --> 00:42:34,480 back to me, unless you are surrounded letter tonanibe in nahha tab, unless 534 00:42:34,679 --> 00:42:44,159 there is something beyond your control. So Allah says palaukaum ta lah' lah Manapulu 535 00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:50,360 waking. When they had promised and sworn by Allah, still he made it 536 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,400 do a He says, only Allah is the one whom I lay trust in 537 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:58,000 regarding what you have said. What do we learn from this? When you've 538 00:42:58,079 --> 00:43:01,480 lied once the next time no one believes you. You see that they lied 539 00:43:01,559 --> 00:43:06,159 once when they took us of alahis Salam. Now they are telling the truth. 540 00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,960 Nobody believes. So this is a lesson for us all. Let us 541 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:14,880 stop lying. We ask Alas subnahawa to Alah to grant us truthfulness. May 542 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,519 Allah forgive our shortcomings. May he make us from those who have no reason 543 00:43:17,599 --> 00:43:21,440 to lie. I know there are some who say, ask no questions and 544 00:43:21,519 --> 00:43:24,639 you shall hear no lies. I've heard that before. But to be honest, 545 00:43:24,679 --> 00:43:28,880 we need to tell the truth no matter what. Speak the truth, 546 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,840 otherwise remain silent. It's better for you alasubanahawa to Allah grant us a deeper 547 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:37,960 understanding because it's your reputation that is at stake. So Alas subhanahawa to Alah 548 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:46,639 says, while a'm mada alu a lay sufa ali Ahah, these brothers were 549 00:43:46,679 --> 00:43:50,800 coming in, and just before they walked in, there is one point I 550 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,280 need to make mention of yakubala he Salam says, Oh, my children, 551 00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:57,000 I have a piece of advice for you. What is the piece of advice 552 00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:04,400 ye have any Allah? Tata fulu in babinhed, but the fulo inabin muntaferne 553 00:44:04,519 --> 00:44:07,679 pah, Oh, my sons, they are going to be eleven of you, 554 00:44:07,519 --> 00:44:13,559 huge handsome boys, all entering from one door. Children of Jacob. 555 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,960 There is a possibility the evil eye might overtake you as you're walking in. 556 00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:21,679 So don't walk in all together from one door. I want you to walk 557 00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,800 in from different doors, two from here, two from the two from there, 558 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:28,000 and enter from all different doors. People mustn't recognize you and see and 559 00:44:28,039 --> 00:44:31,960 say you might be affected by the evil eye. Amar. This is what 560 00:44:32,039 --> 00:44:37,920 we learn from Sura Yusuf as well, that don't intentionally give people the chance 561 00:44:38,039 --> 00:44:44,079 to affect you by the evil eye. Even for them, sometimes it's unintentional. 562 00:44:44,519 --> 00:44:46,079 And what is the evil eye? The Hadid says, an eye and 563 00:44:46,119 --> 00:44:51,719 know hakpun the evil eye. It can happen, It occurs. How does 564 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:55,159 it occur? When someone sees something that they like and they don't relate it 565 00:44:55,239 --> 00:45:00,480 to Allah. So you see someone very good looking and you don't say masha 566 00:45:00,599 --> 00:45:04,880 lah alhamdulila subhanah la tabarak la. There's no name of Allah made mentioned of 567 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,440 and you just gup and that's it. Did you see that? So suddenly, 568 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:15,840 as he's turning his vehicle it's now creamed on the side akabar. Why 569 00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:17,679 because they looked at it and they just said, oh, what a car, 570 00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:22,679 But they didn't say masha a lah. Now this we learn, and 571 00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:27,320 it's important for us to learn it at this point. Always never affect people 572 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,960 with your eye as well. Remember you see a little child, marshall la 573 00:45:30,079 --> 00:45:35,480 cute, don't you say cute? No, say masha lah, sell hamdulillah, 574 00:45:35,679 --> 00:45:38,639 tabarak law and so on. Now for your information, to protect yourself 575 00:45:38,679 --> 00:45:43,519 from that, you read ayatol cur see three times every morning and evening the 576 00:45:43,639 --> 00:45:46,760 last three surahs of the Quran three times every morning and evening, with one 577 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:52,320 or two do ours. Audu di kalimati la hitamti mish mahalak. I seek 578 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:58,239 the protection of Allah from all the evil that he has created, and I 579 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:02,719 seek Allah subhanah to alas protection completely. We read that dua morning and evening, 580 00:46:04,199 --> 00:46:07,800 we will be similar to he who has a metal armor around him against 581 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:12,920 black magic, against this type of the evil eye, against all these things. 582 00:46:13,079 --> 00:46:19,320 Malasuhnahuatala. Grant us the strength to read it morning and evening without being 583 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,320 lazy. It doesn't take more than ten minutes of your time, but it 584 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:25,039 protects you until nightfall, and if you read it in the evening, it 585 00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:30,360 will protect you until the morning. So it's important for us to know this. 586 00:46:30,639 --> 00:46:32,920 So the children walked in, two from there, two from there, 587 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:37,599 two from there, and Yusuf valet issalam seize them. He's seen these and 588 00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:40,679 he knew automatically all these are connected. There are my brothers. So when 589 00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:44,519 he got a chance with his one brother, he looks and he says, 590 00:46:45,639 --> 00:46:50,639 in the anna ahunka falah tabetha is, don't worry. I am your brother. 591 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:52,519 Don't worry what they are going to do. We've hatched a little plan. 592 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:57,360 I am Yusuf, And you know what, don't worry. Just play 593 00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:01,280 with the flow, which means I've hatched a plan to detach you from these 594 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:07,679 and in shah lah it will work. You pretend ignorance. So Yusuf Ali 595 00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:09,480 his Salam, is now planning against his own brothers. There was a time 596 00:47:09,599 --> 00:47:14,760 when they were planning against him, but they were planning evil. Here he 597 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,239 is planning something good. He wants his brother. He must have missed his 598 00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:22,559 family for so long. He doesn't know yet whether they are softened or whether 599 00:47:22,639 --> 00:47:27,159 they are still hard in the sense that if their hearts are softened, or 600 00:47:27,199 --> 00:47:36,400 if their hearts are still hard against him, so Phalama jahasa Jahasim jah alas 601 00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:45,280 a yatafi ra hahi from Aa to hell hero in na kum la sari. 602 00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:52,880 When he had given them their due, he quietly placed the gold mug of 603 00:47:53,079 --> 00:47:57,840 the king into the sack of his brother, and it was sealed. And 604 00:47:58,039 --> 00:48:01,280 as they were leaving, an announcer called out, hey, you people are 605 00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:10,199 thieves. What they look back? They said, we are not thieves. 606 00:48:13,519 --> 00:48:22,519 Carlo talai lahkadelim to maginanin of sidafil arbi Warman couldn't say. They said, 607 00:48:22,599 --> 00:48:27,679 by Allah, we have not come to your land to cause corruption, and 608 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:39,920 we are not thieves. Carlu mad taftidun Carlo aftrin al malik jimja abih him 609 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:45,840 Lubari and abizaim. What a beautiful story being related by a loss of hannah 610 00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:51,519 amatanah. What is it that you have lost? They ask? So the 611 00:48:51,639 --> 00:48:55,719 response is, we've lost the smug of the king, and whoever comes with 612 00:48:55,840 --> 00:49:00,679 it shall be rewarded. Whoever finds it will be rewarded, and the person 613 00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:04,880 who's stolen it, obviously will be penalized. So they ask a question, 614 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:08,559 what do you think should be the punishment of the one who has stolen the 615 00:49:08,639 --> 00:49:12,880 mug? They say, well, no problem, you keep him, you 616 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:16,320 imprison him himself. So now Yusu vale Hi Salam is happy and he starts 617 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:23,239 looking and his men start looking into the sacks and intentionally, intentionally, he 618 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:28,000 doesn't search that sack. First he starts off with the one, so they're 619 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:30,639 happy. The next one they happy, the next one day happy. He 620 00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:36,039 finishes all ten of them, they happy. And then he comes finally to 621 00:49:36,119 --> 00:49:38,119 the last sack and they're about to say, you know what you see? 622 00:49:38,199 --> 00:49:40,599 We told you we're not here to steal, and he says, here you 623 00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:45,400 are. Here's here's this mug lahu akbar. They took it out. Now 624 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:49,679 the brothers are looking at their brother and what do they think? They think 625 00:49:49,719 --> 00:49:52,960 he's a thief. They think he's a chief. So what happened? They 626 00:49:53,039 --> 00:50:00,199 look and they say, hees re ll for father Zaraha ahulahoma kablu. What 627 00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:06,039 a bad statement, they said, if he stole We want to tell you, 628 00:50:06,599 --> 00:50:10,280 o leader, that his brother was also a thief before him. They 629 00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:15,880 don't know they're talking to him yusuvale is Slam kept it as laha Yusuf walambi 630 00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:20,599 halam yusuvale Islam kept that intact. Imagine, if it was one of us, 631 00:50:20,639 --> 00:50:23,599 we'd say, hey, guy, listen, relax, That's what would 632 00:50:23,639 --> 00:50:27,840 have happened. But with him, no, he kept it relaxed. Inside 633 00:50:28,079 --> 00:50:32,480 he says, no karla toumi sharamkhana. Within himself he said, haha, 634 00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:38,199 these people are worse than him. They are in a worse condition. Now. 635 00:50:38,519 --> 00:50:43,400 They looked at him. They were worried because amongst themselves they promised their 636 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:46,039 father, we are going to bring this brother back. Now they say, 637 00:50:46,719 --> 00:51:02,320 lahu akabar Carl yalla assu in nlauaba shaika kabilah ahadanam inaa, come in almo 638 00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:08,400 seeing oh as is, oh you who is a leader here? We want 639 00:51:08,519 --> 00:51:13,679 to tell you that we have a father who is a very old man, 640 00:51:14,159 --> 00:51:19,199 saihan kabiran. He's an old man, So why don't you release him and 641 00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:24,199 take one of us in his place? Today they are ready to give one 642 00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:30,000 of themselves in the place of the one who is truly found guilty in this 643 00:51:30,159 --> 00:51:35,039 sense according to them, But at that time they were ready to sacrifice their 644 00:51:35,079 --> 00:51:38,199 own brother for nothing, no son of his. So they're learning their lessons 645 00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:45,199 slowly but surely alas Suhanahatala is panel beating them into the right direction. Now 646 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:50,039 you find these people mashallah, they're ready to give them. So what does 647 00:51:50,159 --> 00:52:01,280 what is the response? Maa allah he andhoda in La Majada Matana in the 648 00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:08,159 Lah volume, How on earth can we punish someone who did not come at 649 00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:13,199 the crime and leave the one who is guilty. We are not people who 650 00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:17,800 punish the innocent. Yusuf Alahisalam himself was punished when he was innocent, so 651 00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:22,320 how would he ever punish someone who is innocent? He says, we won't 652 00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:25,159 do that. We would be oppressed as if we did that anyway. Now 653 00:52:25,199 --> 00:52:29,719 there was a problem because the oldest brother, he said, you know, 654 00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:34,559 I really cannot now go home because we do. You remember what we told 655 00:52:34,599 --> 00:52:38,320 our father. We told him and we swore by Allah that we're not going 656 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:42,519 to come back except with this brother. Now the brother is not there, 657 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,960 how can we return. I'm not coming back. You people, go back 658 00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:52,679 elgio ella abikum fakno ya abana in abana casarata. Go back to your father 659 00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:54,639 and tell him the truth that look, your son is a thief. And 660 00:52:54,760 --> 00:53:00,920 he's told Wama shahidna in la bima alim na. And we have not witnessed 661 00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:09,320 anything but what we know. We know Akabar was alan Korea lati kun nafi 662 00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:15,599 ha well a lati a nafi. You can ask anyone they've seen what happened. 663 00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:17,679 You can tell your father that asked the village, Ask these people, 664 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:21,960 ask the caravan, ask anybody who came with us. They all know the 665 00:53:22,039 --> 00:53:24,960 story. This is what happened. Now when they went. The answer of 666 00:53:25,079 --> 00:53:34,199 Yakub Jacob made peace be upon him. He says, bal saua lacoms don't 667 00:53:34,199 --> 00:53:46,559 cum. I'm rang fasdor jemmy asalah t any him jemmy uh. He says, 668 00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:52,519 now he's lost three children. Two were gone and the one refused to 669 00:53:52,599 --> 00:53:57,760 come back. He says, my patience is very beautiful. I have hope 670 00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:01,320 that Allah will bring back all all three of these children to meet together. 671 00:54:02,519 --> 00:54:10,400 I have hope. So the brothers are still saying talahi sofar hata ta kuna 672 00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:15,880 haaban auta kuna mean al hali kin as for Joseph, may peace be upon 673 00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:20,159 him. You don't even have to bother, mentioning him, you're not going 674 00:54:20,199 --> 00:54:22,360 to see him, and he far away. It's gone. That story is 675 00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:28,519 over, and this father says Alamo men Allah him ala Talamon. I know 676 00:54:28,599 --> 00:54:31,920 from Allah what you don't know. What was that knowledge? The interpretation of 677 00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:37,440 the dream. It's stillless to come true. The young boy told me he 678 00:54:37,519 --> 00:54:39,960 saw a dream that means Allah will raise him high above everybody. I still 679 00:54:40,039 --> 00:54:44,960 need to see and ishallah. Tomorrow we will get to see how it unfolds 680 00:54:45,159 --> 00:54:47,320 and how it ends, and thereafter we will move on to some other prophets 681 00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:52,159 of Allah supanahma Talah until we meet again. Asura lahu is selam abara ka 682 00:54:52,159 --> 00:55:23,159 aala and avin Ahmhammad Subhanah lah Behamdi Subhanaha Lahama bhamdik whitelock