K-Tafsir Surat Al-Baqarah.docx

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Khutbah Ul Hajja

Khut-butt-ul-Haa-ja (Sermon ofNecessities)

And we havefaith (belief,confidence)

in Him

And we beg/seekHisforgiveness

And we beg/seek His assistance

We praiseandthankHim

Verily allpraise andthanks(Belongs to)Allah

And we seek protection (refge, safety,shelter, sanctary, salvation, safety)

with Allah from the evil(mischief,malice) of orselves

And we pt ortrst(reliance,dependence) in Him

Whomever is gided (by) Allahthen no (they are) misgided

And (we seek protection) fromthe (bad conse!ences) of evilactions of we do

And whomever is mislead from no misguidance for him

And I bear witness (that there is) no Allah. And I bear witness thatMuhammad slave (his) and messenger (of His)

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Imortance of !eflectin" on #uran$rothers and sisters in Islam Allah %a&la tells us in the 'uran in urat

aad aah "!*

(%his is) a $oo+ (the 'ur,n) which e have sent down to ou/ full of

blessings that the ma 0onder over its erses/ and that men of

understanding ma remember. ("2)

Also Allah %a&la tells us in urat Muhammad aah "3*

3*"3 4o the not then earnestl see+ to understand the 'ur,an/ orare their hearts loc+ed u0 b them5

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4o the not then consider the 'ur,n carefull5 Had it been from other

than Allah/ the would surel have found therein man contradictions.

(3*6")

o these and other aaat tell that we must ma+e ponderos and

reflection on the "raan if we are people of nderstanding#

o toda Insha-Allah we will reflect above the first few ayaat of

$rat Al%Ba!arah#

Introductor$ oints on Surah Al %a&arah

&irst let's talk abot some introdctory points related to thisgreat srah#

7ecall that $rat Al &aatihaa a eccan surah is called the mm%l%

"rran or essence of the "ran, the smmary of the "rran.

Now urat Al $a8arrah is the first of four Medina uwar/ 0lural for

surah that follows the 9mm-9l-'urran/ which e:0lains the details of

9mm-9l-'urran. Indeed the whole 'uran is the detail of 9mm-9l-

'urran.

urah Al $a8arah the "nd cha0ter is 0aired b the scholars with urah

Alaa& Imran the #rd cha0ter based on the saing of ;ro0het

Muhammad. urah Al $a8arah is the longest surah of the 'uran at "6<

aaat/ and more than ".= >uz of the #! >uz or ections of the 'uran.

%he "6< aaat contain si* thosand two hndred and twenty%one

words# ?urther/ its letters are twenty%five thosand five hndred#

Allah +nows best. It is divided into 3! ru+u if ou are reading the

'urran with ?arsi@9rdu font. And if ou loo+ into the 9tmaani font/

than it is divided into over < Hizb.

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Period of Revelations:

%his urah is the first Madinee surah. Most of it was revealed

beginning ust after Hiarah until ust before the battle of badr. %his

0uts at duration of a time s0an of 1< to 1 months. However a few

0arts of it were not revealed until the end of ;ro0het Muhammad A

life. In fact the last aah to be revealed was*

Importance and Virtues:

%he im0ortance of this urah has been given to us directl from our$eloved (A) who said as re0orted b ahl bin aBd*


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CEverything has a hump (or, high peek), and Al-Baqarah is the high peek of the Qur’an. hoever re!ites Al-Baqarah at night in his house,

then "atan #ill not enter that house for three nights. hoever re!itesit during a day in his house, then "atan #ill not enter that house for

three days.D %his Hadith was collected b Abu Al-'asim At-%abarani/

Abu Hatim Ibn Hibban in his ahih and Ibn Marduwah.

+mam Ahmad said that Ab -aym narrated to them thatBishr bin ha.ir said that -Abdllah bin Braydah narrated tohim from his father, + was sitting with the 0rophet and + heardhim say,

)1earn $rat Al%Ba!arah, becase in learning it there isblessing, in ignoring it there is sorrow, and the sorceresses

cannot memori2e it(.

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Eearn urat Al-$a8arah and Al BImran because the are two lights andthe shade their 0eo0le on the 4a of 7esurrection/ ust as two clouds/two s0aces of shade or two lines of (fling) birds. %he 'ur,an will meetits com0anion in the sha0e of a 0ale-faced man on the 4a of7esurrection when his grave is o0ened. %he 'ur,an will as+ him/ ,4oou +now me, the man will sa/ and FI do not +now ou., %he 'ur,anwill sa/ ,I am our com0anion/ the 'ur,an/ which has brought ou

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thirst during the heat and made ou sta u0 during the night. Gvermerchant has his certain trade. $ut/ this 4a/ ou are behind all t0esof trade., ingshi0 will then be given to him in his right hand/ eternallife in his left hand and the crown of grace will be 0laced on his head.His 0arents will also be granted two garments that the 0eo0le of this

life could never afford. %he will sa/ ,h were we granted thesegarments, It will be said/ ,because our son was carring the 'ur,an.,It will be said (to the reader of the 'ur,an)/ ,7ead and ascend throughthe levels of ;aradise., He will go on ascending as long as he recites/whether reciting slowl or 8uic+l.),,

3he essenger of Allah (peace be pon him) said4 56ecite the"r7an, for on the 8ay of 6esrrection it will come as anintercessor for those who recite +t# 6ecite the two bright ones,Al Ba!arah and $rat Al -+mran, for on the 8ay of 6esrrectionthey will come as two clods or two shades, or two flocks ofbirds in ranks, pleading for those who recite them# 6ecite $ratAl Ba!arah, for to take recorse to it is a blessing and to give itp is a case of grief, and the magicians cannot confront it#(-awiyah said4 +t has been conveyed to me that here Batalameans magicians#)9 :6eported by slim in his $ahih;#

3he 0rophet (peace be pon him) said in another Hadith4 5+t issfficient for one to recite the last two Verses of $rat%AlBa!ara at night#9 :6eported by Al Bkhari and slim from theHadith of +bn as-d (may Allah be pleased with him);#

Ad-4arimi also recorded that Ash-haBbi said that BAbdullah binMasBud said/ hoever recites ten Aat from urat Al-$a8arah in anight/ then hatan will not enter his house that night. (%hese tenAat are) four from the beginning/ Aat Al-ursi ("==)/ the followingtwo Aat ("=


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Only Allah knows their meaning

%he general understanding is that onl Allah %a&la +nows the meaning

of these words. And there a cou0le 0oints to be made with regards to

this first aah.

1. %he mufaseeren mention that the last 0art of urat Al ?aatihaa

there is calling for guidance. In this urat Al $a8arah Allah %a&la

answers that call b saing/

Come to this book humble

$ut before that Allah revealed something that we cannot

understand. In other words our intellect is 0ut in its 0lace if ou

want to get real guidance from this boo+ then +now that ou

cannot understand everthing. o come to this boo+ humble not

arrogant and submit to Allah in order for ou to attain this boo+&s

guidance.

%his Alif Eaam Meem teaches me to acce0t this boo+ in its

totalit/ not 0ic+ and choice 0arts. %his teaches me that ever

verse of this boo+ is from Allah/ and I need Allah&s hel0 to

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harvest the fruits of each of those/ verses/ those 0roofs/ those

aaat. And this how Allah has defined the attitude of the

+nowledge towards the 'urran/ when Allah sas in #**

Also the Alif/ Eam/ Meem also a00eared in the Hadith re0orting therewards of reading the 'uran/ $adith re0orted b at-%irmidhi on theauthorit of Ibn MasBud which reads/ 5Whoever reads one letter ofthe Book of Allah will have one Hasanah or (reward) for doing

so, and every Hasanah will be mltiplied by 1am'isa letter and 7eem7 is a letter#9

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%he demonstrative 0ronoun some translations translate as CthisD

but the Arabic word for this is C D. Now 7asullah did not have a

0hsical boo+ with him. %he revelation come to 7asullah/ and he

memorized it in his heart. o the actual boo+ was with Allah in >annah

in lohe mafooz. %herefore/ the word should be translated as

CthatD. Meaning the boo+ was far awa/ u0 high/ elevated with Allah

Din the guarded tabletD.

here is no doubt:

o that boo+ high elevated boo+ has in it. %his tells that

there is absolutel no/ room/ s0ace/ ounce of doubt in it.

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o we as+ed for guidance in Al-?aatihaa/ and this 'urran is the answer

and there is no doubt in it.

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o this guidance is for those who ta8wa/

or are those who 0recautious of Allah %a&la.

Now undoubtedl there have been volumes of volumes of boo+s on the

un-doubtfulness that the 'uran is the word of Allah. %herefore/ this a

loft subect to e:0lain/ but let us consider the following 0oints*

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be written b the Rreator of All/ since onl Allah can ma+e such a

statement of his su0ernatural abilities. ubhana-Allah.

Another point is when we stdy this book we find that from a

historically, statistically, mathematical, geological,

embryonically or we can say general scientific, from a

prophetic, and most importantly lingistic point of view this

book is perfect, leaving no dobt to sincere trth seekers that it

is from the ?reator of all, Allah 3a'la#

!evels of a"wa

3he levels of ta!wa the scholars say have three levels. %he firstlevel these 0eo0le are fearful of the 0unishment of Allah. %he are

fearful 0unishment of the grave/ the 4a of >udgment/ and the hell

fire. $econd level of the 0eo0le of ta8wa/ have love and ho0e for the

0romise of Allah %a&la. In Allah&s >annah/ and 0leasures that he has

reserved for the muta8een. &inally the 0eo0le of become a muta8een

or Allah conscious in everthing that the do/ in the eating/ drin+ing/

wal+ing/ tal+ing/ thin+ing/ seeing/ hearing everthing the do. %he8uestion/ the as+ before doing is/ CIs this going to earn the 0leasure

or dis0leasure of the Allah %a&la.D

%he word ta8wa is mention over #< times in the rest of the surah. o

this guidance is for those who see+ it/ and the 0eo0le of 0recautious or

conscious of Allah the ones who see+ the guidance from the 'uran.

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A$ah ,' %elief in the Unseen .stablish salah and "i/echarit$'

$elief in the unseen is the is the second 0rere8uisite for deriving

benefits from the 'ur,an. Shab signifies the realities which are hidden

from our senses and which are beond the sco0e of our ordinar

observation and e:0erience/ for e:am0le the e:istence and attributes

of Allah/ the angels. the 0rocess of revelation/ ;aradise/ Hell and so

on. ,$elief in the Shab, means having faith in such matters/ based on

an absolute confidence in the Messengers of Sod and des0ite the fact

that it is im0ossible to e:0erience them in a 0hsical sense.

#n$inching %alah

econd 0oint is to establish or means it is unflinching/

unwavering/ done all the time.

LBE: =@; MEN EO9G:M JEBE@

F9= JEBE@ EO9G:M =@; MENo let&s be those who 0lan our das/ our activities around the = five

dail salah. Not be of those who ta+e a brea+ from our lives to 8uic+l

do salah and then run bac+ to our world activities. Allah %a&la informs

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us to be guardians of the salah when He said/

PGEOM JEBE@ B>I; E QO;9GJ R;?;B1. An e:am0le or analog is the one who is entrusted with a

0recious stone li+e in museum. In a museum the 0rotect the

0recious ewel b 0utting it in a bright room with cameras/

securit guard/ infra-red motion doctors/ and so on. o the same

with salah. alah is guard b observing carefull all the e:terior

and interior re8uirements of it.

". %he outside or e:terior re8uirements include clean clothes/

0ro0er wudu/ and the 0lace where we 0ra is clean and suitable/

8uiet/ and an inviting atmos0here where we can concentrate.

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#. Also to 0ra at the correct time. Not delaing the salah and not

0raer before the has come in for that 0raer.

3. %he inside 0rotection of the salah includes invo+ing Allah %a&la to

clear our minds of all of lives distractions/ in other words

Cdecom0ressingD for a moment before starting salah. And when

in the salah the heart is connected with Allah %a&la.

&stablish the %alah

o this belief in the unseen/ leads the

0eo0le of ta8wa to immediate action. In other words the ust do not

sa that the believe in Allah/ Angels/ boo+s/ 0ro0hets/ 4a of

>udgment/ 8adr/ heaven/ hell/ but the 0rove it immediatel in deed in

action b establishing the 0raers that will lead them to be successful

in this world and hereafter.

SEBE@ >J ;EJN T9O =@9J; ?@9 @EU; J=O9:K >HE:Another 0oint is the se8uence of this aah is ver interesting. Eoo+/

understand that we are told that those who believe in the nseen,

salah is easy for them to establish# o those who have a wea+

iman it will be hard for them to establish the salah. $ut those who

firml believe in the unseen 4a of >udgment/ heaven/ hell/ then this

will move them to establish the most im0ortant worshi0 that proves

their belief in the unseen and that is the salah.

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And %pend out of what 'e have provided:

(aith does not mean divorce from the world

1. o the 0eo0le of ta8wa that believe in the unseen/ and 0rove

their belief with the deed of salah/ their faith does not lead

them to become monks/ but rather the further 0rove their

faith b being involved in the societ b giving in charit. In

other words their faith is 0roven in action b fulfilling the rights

of Allah through salah and rights of other humans@and

environment b giving in charit. %he fulfill the rights of Allah

and 0eo0le.

'ealth is a trust from Allah:

". e learn here that we are not the ones who s0end from

ourselves/ but rather what Allah has 0rovided for us what we

s0end. $o when we give we are giving of the trst or

Amana that Allah has given us. %his is li+e the role of the ban+

teller/ there role is to give out of the account. o when a worth

cause/ or 0erson comes then we give out of what Allah has given

to us as a trust.

#. o now loo+ at the se8uence/ the 0eo0le of ta8wa have iman in

the unseen the first fruit of this is establishing the salah/ and

after that it is eas to give in the sa+e of Allah.

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A$ah ' %elief in current and re/ious re/elations

)elieve in the Previous Revelations

Allah %a&la then revealed*

1. o these believers believe with certaint in what was sent to

Muhammad A and what was sent to those before Muhammad.

". %he 0eo0le of ta8wa rise above all national/ regional/ geogra0hic/

and racial 0re-conclusions/ 0reudices or bias towards other

revelations. %he do not discriminate against an of the 4ivine

boo+s of Allah. %he believe all came from Allah %a&la.

#. In other words the do not believe in the revelation of their

0ro0het who came from their region/ nation/ or race T but

believe in all the revelations that were given b Allah to the

;ro0hets.

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3. Kne im0act of this aah is that sometimes even we get

emotional about the truthfulness of Islam when tal+ing to the

Rhristians and >ews but we should still show res0ect in what was

sent in the $ible and %orah/ because we have iman that the

original $ible and %orah was from Allah.

=. o when the tal+ about having 'uran burning events/ es we

should stand to condemn these acts/ but still we must maintain

our Islamic manners/ and eti8uettes. As Allah %a&la admonishes

to do*

You shall Invite (mankind, O Muhammad S!" to the !a# o$

#ou% &o%d (i'e' Islm" )ith )isdom (i'e' )ith the *ivine

+evelation and the u%-n" and kind enli.htenment, and

de/ate )ith them in a )a# that is /ette%' 0%ul#, #ou% &o%d

kno)s /est )ho has .one ast%a# $%om 1is 2ath, and 1e is the3est )a%e o$ those )ho a%e .uided' (456"

(irmly )elieve in *ereafter

%hen Allah %a&la revealed*

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A$ah ' he fruit of the belie/ers "uidance and success1. %hen Allah %a&la revealed*

". o those on true guidance from the Master/ Allah are the 0eo0le

of ta8wa who/ believe in the 9nseen (Allah/ Angels/ etc) and

0rove immediatel this belief b establishing/ firml/

unwaveringl/ unflinching in their salah/ and do not forget their

obligations to the rest of man+ind b giving out of the riz8 that

Allah has given/ and believe in all that was given to Muhammad/

and believe that the 0revious revelations/ and have full a8een

in then hereafter then the are the successful or .

%uccess comes with toil

#. o here the word relates bac+ to a farmer who 0lants

the seeds/ 0rotects his cro0s from the insects and attac+s of the

weather/ waters his 0lants and after those heav labors/ sweat/

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e:ertion/ and effort he harvests his cro0s. o similarl Allah %a&la

uses the word success that comes after labor/ after toil/ after

effort for success in Islam. %herefore Islam is not a religion of do

nothing but rather following u0 the belief with effort.

3. I was driving m car the other da and saw a bum0er stic+er

that said/ 5Heaven is &ree, @st ask @ess9#

=. ell for us in Islam heaven is not free/ it is not a 0assive goal.

Heaven is achieved b the correct belief/ 0roven with the correct

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It was mentioned before the ;ro0het that there was a man who

sle0t the night till morning (after sunrise). %he ;ro0het said/ He

is a man in whose ears (or ear) atan had urinated.

Now I do not +now how the smell of shaitaan is but those who

are laz and get u0 with the sun in their face/ not 0raing far

then the are of those 0eo0le shaitaan has made laz.

2. 9mar ibn al-hattab radi Allaahu anhu is 8uoted as saing/ CI

see+ Allah&s 0rotection from the time when the fasi8 or

disobedient will have much energ and enthusiasm and the

righteous will be laz.D %he fasi8 will o0en u0 bars everwhere

and run his houses of immoralit with vigor. And the righteous

will do little to nothing in the sa+e of Allah. hen this ha00ens/

there is an imbalance on earth/ and corru0tion will be

wides0read and 0revalent.

1!. o we see+ Allah %a&la 0rotection from laziness. In fact at

far and ma8rib there a dua that 7asullah use to mention*

My Lord, I take refuge in You from laziness and senility.

o the believers are defined as those 0eo0le of ta8wa who tal+

the tal+ (belief in the unseen) and 0rove that tal+ b wal+ing the

wal+ing the actions/ the first 8ualit is establishing salah/

fulfilling the rights of Allah on them/ and not forgetting the rights

of the creation b giving out of the riz8 that Allah has 0rovided

hem. And these beliefievers belief in what was given to 7asullah

A/ and was given before him/ and are convinced everda

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about the hereafter. %hose are the ones who are guided/ and

those are the ones who will be successful after the struggle and

striving of being a believers.

A$ah ' he 3is-%elie/ers (2nd 4rou)

1. Here Allah %a&la refers to the dawah of 7asullah/ and calls him a

/ meaning to warn# %his word refers not to li+e a bandit/ ora trant who warns to frighten/ but rather a 0erson who ismotived by love and compassion and warns# >ust li+e when!ou warn our child against a sna+e/ dog/ or fire.

". o to this com0assionate warning Allah %a&!la tal+s about thebrand of +aafir that no matter how much da&wah is made tothem the will not believe/ and instead of them becoming moreo0en minded with da&wah the become more close minded.

#. %hese 0eo0les disbelieve are actuall referred in the 0ast sense

b the word .3. Also note that the root word that +aafir comes from is +a-fa-ra/

which refers to the farmer that digs a hole 0uts the seed in it/and then covers the seed with soil. o similarl a +aafir is theone who 0ur0osel/ +nowingl covers the truth the built-innature (fitr) to +now their Rreator Allah %a&la.

=. o e:am0les of these 0eo0le during 7asullah A time are Abu>ahl/ Abu Eahab (flame)/ and his wife/ 9rwaah and the otherenemies that were adamant on their disbelieve.


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# Kne Muslim scholar aseem han ma Allah +ee0 him on Islam

e:0laining this aah/ re0orted that one of these disbelieverssaid to 6asllah, if a ladder came from the sky and anangel came down and he handed yo a scroll that said yoare the essenger, we still wold not believe in yo#

6. o what ha00ens to these adamant/ 0ersistent/ insistent +aafir*

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A$ah 5' Sealin" of hearts and ears co/erin" of e$es

1. Now note with regards to sensitivit of the language of the

'uran. Eoo+ how Allah %a&la sas sealing of the heart/ and ears/

but sas not sealing of the ees but rather cover. o scholars

e:0lain this b saing the heart/ and ears receive information

from all directions. As an e:am0le ou can hear from in front/

behind/ above and below so for this facult it is more a00ro0riate

to sa sealing. $ut for the ees ou can onl see what is in front

of the ees/ so sim0l covering of the ees is enough to im0air

the sight.

". o after these 0eo0le have chosen disbelieve and are adamantabout disbelieve/ and 0roof this hatred and animosit against

Islam/ Allah %a&la tal+s about the sealing of their hearts/ and ears

and covering their sight.

#. In other words if 0eo0le 0ersistent/ and insistent on choosing the

0ath of disbelieve then the scholars comment and sa Allah&s

sunnah is to allow them to go forward on that 0ath of disbelief

b their sense of understanding and hearing/ and seeing being

dulled/ or delusional.

3. o the Mushri+ of Mecca sees this man with 0erfect manners/

with 0erfect morals/ with the best character et the have the

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audacit to call him a liar/ a madman/ a magician. %he Mush-ric+

of Mecca hears these beautiful/ unmatched words of the 'uraan

et the filter in their ears as this is some +ind of magical 0otion

or sim0l 0oetr.

=. imilarl now a das some 0eo0le choose to see/ and hear about

Islam as onl/ bac+wards/ grow a beard/ everthing is Haraarm/

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1. o now Allah %a&la tells about the third grou0 of 0eo0le/ the

h0ocrites.

wo +inds of *ypocrites

". cholars comment and mention that whenever ou have an

ideolog a religion there is one grop who is sincere and

prepared to sacrifice anything, and everything for that

case, and then ou have another grou0 who will fight tooth

and nail to oppose that case in order to maintain the status

8uo or to +ee0 thing as is/ and the final grou0 ou have 0eo0le

who stand at the fences/ and who neither want to commit totall

to the believers/ or the disbelievers.

#. Now with regards to this third grou0 which is h0ocrites thescholars brea+ them into two grou0s. Kne grou0 is the one who

on the outside a00ears Muslim/ but inside the do not believe.

o can call them spies, or doble agents#

F9:CVGJB>H WNQ9=;3. I will give ou an e:am0le of the non-Muslim t0e. Nou&man

han a Muslim scholar ma Allah +ee0 him on Islam/ e:0lainedthere was this white/ American 0erson showed u0 at theircommunit/ he wore a toub/ cou0e/ long beard/ the whole outfit.Kn one occasion this gu 0ush or invited himself to oin theMuslims in his grou0 to a lunch gathering and then said withsome of oung outh around/ 5eah we shold be prod tobe called terrorist, Allah tells s to terrori2e the non%slims#9 %he Muslim brother said the tried to dismantle hisarguments/ and after a while warned the gu/ C$rother ou need

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to sto0 tal+ing this non-sense otherwise we will have to re0ortou to the to law enforcement.D Eater the found out that thegu was sent b a church grou0.

=. Now one 0oint with this e:am0le is that we need to not close our

masid doors to those who sincerel see+ to learn about Islam

and Muslims/ and et at the same time we need to be cautious

that there are non-Muslim h0ocrites who tr to get Muslims and

es0eciall the outh into trouble es0eciall given the current

microsco0e that us Muslims are in now-a-das.

HCWNQ9=;. %he second grou0 which is scarier is the Muslim who does not

even +now the are a h0ocrite. cholars call this h0ocris ash0ocris in Actions UAn-Nifa8 al-,AmaliV.

7h$ it is Imortant to +no8 the si"ns of H$ocris$

)elievers investigate their actions

6. Now wh is it im0ortant to +now about h0ocris of action5%he answer is that one of the 8ualities of the believers is thatthey investigate and scrtini2e their intentions, actions,behavior and overall sitation as regards to how they willfare in the hereafter, Allah 3a'la informs s4

O #ou )ho /elieve7 8ea% llh and kee9 #ou% dut# to 1im'nd let eve%# 9e%son look to )hat he has sent $o%th $o%the tomo%%o), and $ea% llh' :e%il#, llh is ll;)a%e o$)hat #ou do'

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CGver soul will be confronted with all the good it has done andall the evil it has done and it will wish that there was between itand its (evil) a great distance.DF urah al-&Imran (#)*#!

F9mar (radiallahu Fanhu) used to sa when he would give advice* CRall our own souls to account before ou are called to account(on the 4a of >udgment)/ weigh our own souls before ou areweighed (on the 4a of >udgment) and 0re0are ourselves forthe biggest e:0ositionWD

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H0ocris in actions 0enetrates the Muslim communit as thefire 0enetrates and devours wood. It enters into the hearts fromdirections that are not we are not aware. o we have to be onguard and seal the doors that h0ocris it enters.

+now evil to stay away from it:A 0oet said* + ac!ainted myself with evil not for evil bt inorder to avoid it# Whoever does not know the evil isdeserving of falling into it

3herefore, this protection cannot be complete e*cept byknowing the signs, characteristics and the mintestdetails of hypocrisy becase this knowledge of its trth asan enemy is necessary for its e*plsion, as well ascasing its defeat# F9mar (radiallahu Fanhu) said* Ceril/ the

bonds of Islam are removed one b one from a 0eo0le who areborn into Islam and do not +now what ahiliah is.D Ei+ewise theone who does not +now the realit of h0ocris will have thebonds of truthfulness and sincerit removed from him one bone until he falls into falsehood and h0ocris.

%wine $u analogy

o last ear we had the swine flu which turned into a 0andemic/and on the media the re0orted the signs of being infected withswine flu. o everone became ver sensitive and man 0eo0lewith smith a rash/ or throat ache/ would go to doctor. Pou saw0eo0le even at the stores wearing mas+s as a 0recaution to notgetting the swine flu. $o similarly a Muslim would becomefamiliar with the signs of h0ocris/ and be fearful of falling intoh0rocris.

#mar RA asked if he is a hypocrite

F9mar insisted on as+ing Hudhaifa (radiallahu Fanhuma)* C4id theMessenger of Allah count me amongst the h0ocrites5D %histeaches a 0oignant lesson to those who feel comfortable/thin+ing that their actions for the sa+e of Allah are so man.

F9mar was one of the ten who had been granted the good tidingsof ;aradise but nevertheless/ he still feared h0ocris.

o the 8uestion must be as+ed* hat then/ is the case of thosebesides F9mar (radiallahu Fanhu) who are less than him in 0iet.and the fear of Allah5

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$rat al Ba!arah and other chapters in the "ran as wellas many hadith give s the signs of the hypocrite, so lets read and learn#

A$ah 6 - H$o claim to be art of the "rou

2. %he first 0oint to note on aah 6/ is that the singular

which is translated as CwhoD saing that Ce

believeD. o the scholars 0oint that one of the !alities of the

h0ocrite is the 0lace themselves as one with the believers/ b

saing we are all together we all believe/ instead of sim0l

saing I believe. In other words the tr to be 0art of the grou0

and ma+e everone feel li+e the are one with the grou0.

Allah callout the hypos with strongest term

1!. $ut Allah %a&la calls them out and sas/ . o

this cou0led with the is one of the strongest was of

saing/ Cabsolutel not/ not at all do the believersD.

%ome of the ,ews committed hypo-

11. ome scholars 0oint that this aah is also referring to the

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and belief in the hereafter / but not acce0t the

;ro0het hood of 7asullah A.

Iman is not cloak 1". cholars also stress in this aah we learn that merel having the

cloa+/ the words/ the faXade of the believers means nothing to Allah

without the sincerit that is re8uired to bac+-u0 the cloa+/ words/

and face of imaan.

1#. Abu Hurarah re0orted Allah&s Messenger (ma 0eace be

u0on him) as saing*

ABBE@ B99IJ E= @;EO=J E:M M;;MJ

Verily Allah does not look to yor bodies, or faces nor

yor wealth bt He looks to yor heart and to yor deeds#

($ahih slim)

o Allah does not loo+ at our bodies T how tall/ how short/ how

round/ how s+inn/ nor our faces whether it is white/ blac+/

brown/ ellow/ red/ whether we have 0im0les/ whether it is clear/

whether our faces are beautiful/ whether our faces are ugl/ and

Allah does not loo+ to our wealth/ all these thing are not our

choices anwas&/ all these thing irrelevant/ insignificant/

meaningless to Allah %ala. $ut rather Allah loo+s at our hearts

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A$ah 9' he H$ocrites tr$ to decei/e but the$ decei/eonl$ themsel/es

1. o here scholars comment that the h0ocrites thin+ the aredeceiving Allah %ala and the believers but the onl aredeceiving themselves.

". %hese 0eo0le delude themselves that their h0ocritical behaviorwill 0rofit them when in fact it will 0rove harmful both in thisworld and the Ne:t. A h0ocrite ma be able to fool 0eo0le for a

while/ but it does not last longY his h0ocris is ultimatel seenthrough. As for the Ne:t Eife/ it is obvious that his claim to be atrue believer is contradicted b his own actions and is thus 8uiteworthless.

Insincere deeds become scattered dust

#. In a scar hadith that in Ibn Maah that we as+ Allah to 0rotectus from/ Abu Hurairah re0orts* %he ;ro0het said* C;eo0le willcome on the 4a of udgement with good deeds li+e themountains of %ihamah and Allah will ma+e their deeds li+e

scattered dust. D %he Rom0anions as+ed* Cill the not beMuslims.5 He re0lied* CKf-courseW %he will have 0raed as ou0ra/ the will have fasted as ou fast/ the will have s0ent incharit from their e:cess wealth and will have given their0ortion of the night (tahaud) however/ when the were alonethe would violate the anctuar of Allah (i.e. tres0ass intowhat is unlawful).

3. o the action item for mself and ou is to not be amongstthose who tr to deceive/ with the cloa+ of 0iet in front of the0eo0le/ but in 0rivate act wic+ed.

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A$ah 10' H$o is a disease and unishment is becausethe$ lie:

*ypo is a disease of heart

1. o we tal+ed about earlier h0ocris is li+e a disease and we asMuslims need to +now the signs of this disease. Here Allah %a&la

is calling this h0ocris a disease.

.ever decreasing punishment

". Another 0oint on this aah is that Allah %a&la is 8uantifing the0unishment of the h0ocrites b calling out the 0unishment b

the adective .#. Now one 0henomenon about 0ain that when ou as+ 0eo0le who

are in constant 0ain is that after some time a degree of toleranceis develo0ed against it. o the first da the 0erson is in more0ain than the second da/ because their bod develo0s toleranceto that 0ain.

3. o scholars comment here that when Allah %a&la uses the word

/ this means constant 0ain/ a 0ain that never decreases.o how horrible the faith of the munafi8een and disbelievers.

=. o earlier in the urah Allah mentioned the 0unishment of the

disbelievers as Cgreat 0unishmentD / but forthe munafi8een the 0unishment is ta+en a ste0 further as

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. o ma Allah 0rotect us from the fate of the munafi8een.

Si"n of H$ocrite ; *iar 6. o wh are the munafi8een 0unished so greatl. %he answer/

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mentions h0ocris in the 'ur&an/ He mentions ling along withit and vice-versa.

1#. Eing. Al-Hassan Al-$asri said* CNifa8 is the differencebetween the inner and the a00earance/ between statement andaction and between entering and leaving and it used to be said

that the foundation of nifa8 u0on which it is built is ling.D 13. Eing is cursed action/ so we must be cautious against this

blameworth habit since the foundation of h0ocris/ its greatest0illar/ its leader/ its momentum and its su00ort is ling. %heh0ocrites did not e:hibit h0ocris e:ce0t due to falsehood intheir hearts and that begins as a small s0ec+ in the heart/ thendee0ens and enlarges/ until it becomes a fortress from amongstthe fortresses of h0ocris - refuge is onl with AllahW %herefore/I warn mself and ou/ for the sa+e of Allah/ from ling. $ewareof ling as it is due to h0ocris and Allah has described theh0ocrites as liars.

1=. o let us loo+ at the subect of ling closer/ and stud itssigns and characteristics in order to become aware of it andInsha-Allah ta awa from it.

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Eoo+ing at www.0reventdisease.com we find the article/

Brain $cans ?an 8etect 1ying

(HealthScoutNews) -- You know the old saying, "You can't lie to yourself"? Now,

brain scans show that adage is all too true

!n findings that could ut the lie detector #achine out of business, a new study has

found brain scans can detect when so#eone is lying

$esearchers used functional #agnetic resonance i#aging (f%$!) to track the brain

acti&ity of college student &olunteers who were gi&en a &ersion of the Guilty

Knowledge Test , a #ethod of interrogation freuently used by law enforce#ent

officials

The students were given an envelope containing the five of clubs playing card. They were

told to hide it in their pockets and to deny they had it when asked.

The students then were placed in a fMRI scanner and "interrogated" by a computer thatshowed them a series of playing cards accompanied by the uestion! "o you have thiscard#"

*hen the students lied, the areas of the brain that lay a role in aying attention

and controlling error were #uch #ore acti&e than when the students told the truth

+he brain sections include the anterior cingulate gyrus, located dee in the brain

towards the to of the head, and arts of the refrontal and re#otor cortees, both

located in the &ery front of the brain

"It reuires more brain activity to lie than to tell the truth$" says lead study author r.aniel %angleben$ assistant professor of psychiatry at the &niversity of 'ennsylvania.Truth is the default position of the brain. Its harder to lie than to tell the truth becausethe first thing we need to do to lie is to suppress something."

The study was presented at the recent national meeting of the ociety for *euroscience inan iego.

o what does this mean for the future of catching criminals#

%angleben says more testing is needed$ but brain scans could eventually become the"gold standard" to refine other methods now used to determine truth and deception.

The most commonly used lie+detecting device now is the polygraph$ an instrument thatuses electrodes to measure physiological changes associated with nervousness$ such asincreased respiration$ heart rate and perspiration. 'resumably$ people who are lying aremore nervous than those telling the truth.

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,ut the polygraph is very controversial. -ritics say its not reliable and that people caneasily learn to fool the system.

Researchers around the world are eperimenting with newer technologies to developmore accurate lie+detection methods$ including analy/ing movements of eye muscles and

"brain fingerprinting$" a method that measures brain waves called '011. These brainwaves are triggered when someone sees something familiar.

2manuel onchin$ professor of psychology at the &niversity of outh 3lorida$ in Tampa$says looking for clues about lying by eamining brain scans or brain waves is fraughtwith problems.

In the eperiment using fMRI scans$ the researcher found the students brains reacteddifferently to the five of clubs than to the other cards. ,ut the study did not prove that thedifference in brain activity was the result of lying.

The brain could be reacting to the previous knowledge that the card had been singled out$onchin says.

"%ies are not being detected. 4hat is being detected is an emotional response to an item$"onchin says.

5nd he cites a real world eample. In the Guilty Knowledge Test $ suspects are askedabout their knowledge of some aspect of a crime known only to the guilty person and the police.

ay a wallet was stolen and hidden under an auarium. The police ask the suspect a series

of uestions about the location of the wallet. (Is the wallet in the cabinet# on the table#)

4hen the police ask if the wallet is under the auarium$ the suspects brain might responddifferently to that uestion. ,ut this could be because the suspect forgot to feed his fish$or because$ when he was a child$ he got into big trouble for knocking over an auarium.

"If you respond differentially$ you know the item has special significance$ but you dontknow that the person is lying$" onchin says.

5nother article on *'R shows that that compulsive liars have more connection in theirfrontal lobe of their brain.

Radio !ab: Into the )rain of a !iar

Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad

he !esearch

USC: Liars' Brains Wired Differentl'British Journal of !schiatr' !a"er# co$authored b %alin& %an& and AdrianRaine: !refrontal White atter in !atholo&ical Liars

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'British Journal of !schiatr' Commentar: Sean S"ence# a "rofessor of"schiatr at Uni(ersit of Sheffield# shares his (iew of the stud

arch 2006

We all lie ) once a da or so# accordin& to most studies* But usuall we tell little

lies# li+e ,our new haircut loo+s &reat-, And most of us can control when we lieor what we lie about* But some "eo"le lie re"eatedl and com"ulsi(el# about

thin&s both bi& and small*

.n /001# a stud "ublished in The British Journal of Psychiatry "ro(ided the first

e(idence of structural differences in the brains of "eo"le with a histor of

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shown that the "refrontal corte3 "las a role in both lin& and in antisocial

beha(iors*

If $ou could loo+ into this art of the brain 8hich sits ri"ht behind $our

forehead $ou 8ould see t8o +inds of matter' "ra$ and 8hite: 4ra$ matter

is the "rous of brain cells that rocess information: ost neurosciencestudies focus on "ra$ matter: %ut nearl$ half the brain is comosed of

connecti/e tissues that carr$ electrical si"nals from one "rou of neurons

to another: his is 8hite matter: !ou"hl$ "ra$ matter is 8here the

rocessin" haens and 8hite matter connects different arts of the brain

helin" us to brin" different ideas to"ether:

he liars in than both the normal and antisocial

controls:

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liars: 2he ha(e less white matter than other "eo"le* .n autistic children# white

matter doesn't de(elo" at a normal rate*

,oe*

,?(er ste"# e(er little noise she ma+es# it ma+es me wonder what's &oin& on in

her brain#, %an& sas* And because she's a scientist# as well as a mother# she

does more than 7ust wonder* ,.t's too earl to scan her brain#, %an& sas# ,but

e(entuall . will do it*,

Soren Wheeler contributed to this report.

http!66www.npr.org6templates6story6story.php#storyId789:;;:K D9O;B9: SGOE= AB ABEYAllah tells us how He will deal with the liars/ the ling sinful liars/ insurah Al Ala8. (ch0ater 2:K T9O;B9


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Allah will grab him by the (naseyah) :frontal lobe of thebrain;, the lying sinfl (naseyah)#

How could anone have imagined 1/3!! ears ago/ the frontal lobe ofthe brain was the source of ling/ aggression and transgression5 Pet/

this is described in 'uran as the e:act location inside of the humanmind for these horrible characteristics.

0uaa1 Placing the (orelock with Allah

Also Muhammad (A) told us of in the duaa& to relief distress thatthe 0lace of decision is in the foreloc+/ b submitting his foreloc+ toAllah %a&la*

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eve%# name /elon.in. to You )hi=h You name You%sel$ )ith, o% %evealed in You% 3ook,o% Youtau.ht to an# o$ You% =%eation, o% You have 9%ese%ved in the kno)led.e o$ the unseen)ith You,that You make the u%@an the li$e o$ m# hea%t and the li.ht o$ m# /%east, and ade9a%tu%e $o% m#

so%%o) and a %elease $o% m# an>iet#'@$o is it not ama2ing that both the "rran and hammad $AWtold of the location of where decisions are made, the forelock# ?rom the foreloc+ we can ma+e the decision to na-aoubillah lie or callon Allah to ta+e hold of it/ b guiding it and then Insha-Allah we ma+ethe greatest 0osition of submission to Allah/ and that is sidah.

Also the dua& mentioned earlier 7asullah mentioned as re0orted in theMusnad of Imam Ahmad from Abdullah Ibn Masood that 7asullah said/

53hat whoever reads this da' ABBE@ O;B>;U;J @>H 9T @>J?9OO>;J E:M O;QBEJ JEM:;JJ ?>=@ @EQQ>:;JJ$\@;N ]=@; 9:J ?@9 ?;O; QO;J;:=^ EJI;M_ `V;JJ;:K;O 9T ABBE@_ aS@9GBM ?; B;EO: =@;J; ?9OMJbcW; O;QB>;M_ ad;Je A:N9:; ?@9 @;EOJ =@;J; ?9OMJJ@9GBM B;EO: =@;H$c

IN NAE HA MA AA$

$I7GGNSi"ns of H$ocriteshammad ($A$) said in a really important hadith told s thethree big signs that can a mnfi! can be recogni2ed# 3hesetraits tell s how a mnafi! goes throgh life, and the way theytreat each other#3he essenger of Allah sallallah alayhi wa sallam reported byboth al%Bkhari and slim4

53he signs of a (hypocrite) are three4 When he talks he lies,when he makes a promise he breaks it and when he is trstedhe is disloyal 5

Also is he (sallallah alayhi wa sallam) saying which makes thematter more clear, as is reported by >mar4

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53here are for things, whoever possesses them is a prehypocrite and whoever possesses one of them possesses acharacteristic of hypocrisy ntil he abandons it# >When he istrsted he is disloyal, when he speaks he lies, when he makes apromise he breaks it and when he arges he behaves in an

insolent manner#'9 :6eported by al%Bkhari;

2 'hen they speak they lie

Nowadas when ou go through the Muslim world the are +nown andit is ver common the maorit of us are liars/ the alwas lie. All da/we lie about religion/ we lie about 0ersonal matters/ we lie aboutfinancial matters/ we lie at wor+/ we lie at school/ we lie at themos8ue/ and we live everwhere we are.

f@E= >J BN>:Kb

1ying is hiding the trth# &or a person who lies all the timescholars tell s that this person has no fear of Allah#

f@N M9 Q;9QB; B>;b3he reason why people lie it is most of the time or two mainreasons#

;J EKE>:J= ABBE@ E:M ZEJGBBE@%his is the most serious +ind of lie/ and the one who does this issubect to a severe warning. ome of the scholars said that the onewho does this is to be denounced as a +aafir. o this is a seriousoffense.

Allah sas (inter0retation of the meaning)*

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It was narrated that FAli (ma Allah be 0leased with him)* C%he ;ro0het(0eace and blessings of Allah be u0on him) said* F4o not tell lies aboutme. hoever tells lies about me/ let him enter the ?ire.&D

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E:M @;EO= ?>BB [; EJI;M E[9G= =@;>O M;;MJ$m

0his is im9o%tant to $ollo) /e=ause .ivin. ?ud.ments in the +eli.ion)ithout kno)led.e is amon. the )a#s )hi=h lead a 9e%son to /e alose% in the 1e%ea$te%' Indeed, this matte% is amon. the to9 %easons

leadin. 9eo9le to ente% 1ellG%e' 0he one )ho sa#s somethin. is HhalalH (9e%missi/le" o% Hha%amH($o%/idden" in the +eli.ion )ithout %el#in. on a valid %eli.ious9e%mission to do so a==o%din. to the s=hola%s is sin$ul'

n$ \NQ;J 9T X>;J >: [GN>:K E:M J;BB>:K$Eing also includes lies told about or to other 0eo0le/ such as

It was narrated from Abu 4harr (ma Allah be 0leased with him) thatthe ;ro0het (0eace and blessings of Allah be u0on him) said* 53hereare three to whom Allah will not speak on the 8ay of6esrrection and He will not look at them or praise them, andthey will have a painfl torment#9 3he essenger of Allah(peace and blessings of Allah be pon him) repeated this threetimes# Ab 8harr said4 5ay they be doomed and lost, who arethey, E essenger of AllahF9 He said, 53he one who lets his

garment hang below his ankles, the one who reminds others ofhis favors, and the one who disposes of his goods by swearinga false oath#9 (Narrated b Muslim/ 1!


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their transaction will be blessed for them and if the concealsomething and tell lies/ the blessing of their transaction will be wi0edout.&D (Narrated b al-$u+hari/ 12#Y Muslim/ =#")

ha+h al-Islam Ibn %ameeah said*

CAllah has enoined truthfulness and honest/ and He has forbidden liesand concealment with regard to matters which should be +nown andrevealed to 0eo0le/ as the ;ro0het (0eace and blessings of Allah beu0on him) said in a hadith whose authenticit is agreed u0on* F%he two0arties involved in a transaction have the o0tion Uof canceling itV untilthe 0art. If the are honest and truthful/ their transaction will beblessed for them and if the conceal something and tell lies/ theblessing of their transaction will be wi0ed out.& And Allah sas(inter0retation of the meaning)*

FK ou who believeW tand out firml for Allah as ust witnessesY andlet not the enmit and hatred of others ma+e ou avoid ustice. $e ust* that is nearer to 0iet& Ual-Ma,idah =*6V.D (Minha al-unnah/1@1;J E[9G= U>J>9:J E:M MO;EHJ%his refers to when some who claim to have seen such and such in adream/ but the are not telling the truth/ then in the morning he startsto tell the 0eo0le something that he did not see.

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It was narrated from Ibn FAbbaas that the ;ro0het (0eace andblessings of Allah be u0on him) said* 5Whoever tells of a dreamthat he did not see will be commanded :on the 8ay of6esrrection; to tie two grains of barley together, bt he willnever be able to do it# Whoever eavesdrops on people's

conversation when they dislike that G or they try to get awayfrom him % will have molten copper pored in his ears in the8ay of 6esrrection# And whoever makes an image will bepnished and will be told to breathe life into it, and he will notbe able to do so#9 (Narrated b al-$u+hari/ : R;J=

ome 0eo0le thin+ that it is 0ermissible to tell lies if it is in est. %his isthe e:cuse that the use for telling lies on A0ril 1st or on other das.

%his is wrong. %here is no basis for this in the 0ure hari,ah. Eing isharam. whether the one who does it is o+ing or is serious.

cholors mention that ling in est is haram/ ust li+e other +inds oflies.

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It was narrated that Ibn F9mar said* C%he ;ro0het (0eace andblessings of Allah be u0on him) said/ FI o+e/ but I s0ea+ nothing butthe truth.&D (narrated b al-%abarani in al-Mu&am al-abeer/ 1"@#21)classed as saheeh b ha+h al-Albaani (ma Allah have merc onhim) in aheeh al->ami/ "323)

It was narrated that Abu Hurarah said* C%he said/ FK Messenger ofAllah/ ou o+e with us.& He said/ F$ut I onl s0ea+ the truth.&(narratedb al-%irmidhi/ 122!) Abu FGesa said* this is a saheeh hasan hadeeth.

A similar hadeeth was narrated b al-%abarani in al-Awsat (6@#!=) andclassed as hasan b al-Hathami in Mama& al-Zawaa&id/ 2@1

FAbd al-7ahman ibn Abi Ealaa said* the com0anions of the Messengerof Allah (0eace and blessings of Allah be u0on him) told us that thewere traveling with the Messenger of Allah (0eace and blessings ofAllah be u0on him). A man among them fell aslee0 and some of themwent and too+ his arrows. hen the man wo+e u0/ he got alarmed(because his arrows were missing) and the 0eo0le laughed.%he ;ro0het (0eace and blessings of Allah be u0on him) said/ Chatare ou laughing at5D %he said/ CNothing/ e:ce0t that we too+ thearrows and he got alarmed.D %he Messenger of Allah (0eace andblessings of Allah be u0on him) said* CIt is not 0ermissible for a Muslimto frighten another Muslim.D (Narrated b Abu 4awood/ =!!3Y Ahmad/""=== T this version narrated b Ahmad).

It was narrated from FAbd-Allaah ibn al-a,ib ibn Pazeed from his fatherfrom his grandfather that he heard the Messenger of Allah (0eace andblessings of Allah be u0on him) sa* CNone of ou should ta+e thebelongings of his brother/ whether in est or otherwise. hoever hasta+en the stic+ of his brother/ let him return it.D (Narrated b Abu4awood/ =!!#Y al-%irmidhi/ "1ami&/ =6

q$ \NQ;J 9T X>;J ?@;: QBEN>:K ?>=@ BMO;:e must beware of ling when 0laing with children/ because that will

be written down (in the record of deeds of) the one who that. %heMessenger of Allah (0eace and blessings of Allah be u0on him) warnedagainst doing that. It was narrated that FAbd-Allaah ibn FAamir (maAllah be 0leased with him) said* Cy mother called me one daywhen the essenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah bepon him) was sitting in or hose# $he said, >?ome here, and +will give yo (something)#' 3he essenger of Allah (peace andblessings of Allah be pon him) said, >What do yo want to give

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himF' $he said, >+ will give him a date#' 3he essenger of Allah(peace and blessings of Allah be pon him) said4 >+f yo hadnot given him something, yo wold have been lying#'9

And it was narrated that Abu Hurarah (ma Allah be 0leased with

him) said* C%he Messenger of Allah (0eace and blessings of Allah beu0on him) said* Fhoever sas to a child/ FRome here and ta+e this/&then does not give him something/ this is counted as a lie.&D (Narratedb Abu 4awood/ 3221) %his hadeeth was classed as hasan b ha+hal-FAlbaani in aheeh al->ami&/ 1#12.

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It was narrated that Mu&aawiah ibn Hadah said* CI heard the ;ro0het

(0eace and blessings of Allah be u0on him) sa* Foe to the one whotal+s to ma+e the 0eo0le laugh and tells lies/ woe to him/ woe to him.&D (narrated b al-%irmidhi/ "#=. He said* this is a hasan hadith. Also/narrated b Abu 4awood/ 322!).

o these are some e:am0les of different +inds of ling that we as$elievers must become aware of it. e as+ Allah %a&la to forgive all ofus of the time we have fallen into this sin/ and as+ hidaaat and tawfi8to sta awa from ling.

S9BG=>9:J =9 XN>:Ko what are some of the solutions to ling.

0o not speak everything one hears

Kur $eloved 7asullah (A) gave us one solution when in ahihMuslim he was re0orted to have said4 >+t is sfficient lying for aman to speak of everything that he hears#'9 (Narrated b Muslim/=)

o let us be careful s0ea+ about everthing that we hear/ becausesometimes we hear lies and sometimes truth and the one who0ublishes everthing the hear is liable to s0read lies.

*old your ongue

+asullah .ave anothe% solution to not .ettin. t%ou/le )ith ou% ton.ues)hen he said, That whoever believes in Allah and the day of judgment,should not be mean to their neighbors, treat their guest with honor, and saysomething good or be quiet.

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In another similar hadith, U@bah .bn Aamir narrates: . said# CD !asulAllahE7hat is sal/ationFC He sal Allaahu ala$hi 8a sallam said CHold $ourton"ueE a+e $our house sacious for $our "uest: And cr$ o/er $our (o8n)faultsG (irmidhi)E

Sa# I do not kno) 0he 9ious, kno)led.ea/le 9eo9le said it is a ve%# .ood a=t $o% the9e%son to sa#F st M9 :9= I:9?ls )hen it is a99li=a/le to do so' I$ onedoes not kno) the %eli.ious ?ud.ment on a 9a%ti=ula% =ase, he shouldnot ventu%e his o)n o9inion on it'

On=e, )hen li + )as asked a/out somethin. )hi=h he did not kno),he said, HI do not kno)'H 0hen he added, HW9? J99=@>:K >= >J T9O H;=9 JEN ut M9 :9= I:9?k ?@;: t M9 :9= I:9?$s

li + meant that he $elt =om$o%ta/le not to ans)e% a %eli.iousuestion )hen he did not kno) the ans)e% to it' !e should take heedand $ollo) the )o%ds o$ li + in this matte%' 1e )as one o$ the mosthono%ed Jom9anions o$ the 2%o9het;;kno)n $o% his hi.h level o$kno)led.e and =om9%ehension in the +eli.ion'

On=e, )hen 2%o9het Muhammad, sallallahu Kala#hi )a sallam, )asasked )hat the /est and the )o%st 9la=es )e%e, he ans)e%edF

1is )o%ds meanF st M9 :9= I:9?$ t ?>BB EJI j>[O>B$H !hen the 2%o9hetasked Li/%il, j>[O>B EBJ9 said, HI do not kno)'H $te% a 9e%iod o$ time,

Li/%il %etu%ned to 2%o9het Muhammad )ith the ans)e% )hi=h llah%evealed to himF s\@; ?9OJ= QBEJ >J =@; ?EN =@; I:9?B;MK; 9T =@; Z;B>K>9: >J =EGK@=l E:M=@>J >J =@; ?EN =@; I:9?B;MK; >J QO;J;OU;M$

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A [;B>;U;O M9;J :9= B>;3o the point that one time the sahaba the companies of the theprophet, came to the prophet hammad ($A$) and askedhim this, 5Will a believer stealF9 and the prophet said yes, abeliever might steal# 3hen they asked 5will a believer commit

adltery9, and the prophet said 5yes, they might#9 3hen thelast !estion was will a believer lie and he said no a believerwold not lie# ow this is a really dangeros hadith if yo donot nderstand it correctly# %he hadith does not mean ou cansteal and commit adulter.

%tealing

It is saing that a believer might feel wea+ that there need might 0ushthem to steal. Eet&s sa ou are hungr 0oor/ starving/ ou are begging0eo0le for food and mone and the are not giving it to ou. Nobodis hel0ing ou/ an food or mone. Kr even worse ou have childrenwho are starving. ould ou steal at that moment5 Pes. Pou&re goingto end u0 stealing. Kr ou have a rent and ou need mone so ouare going beg around for mone loo+ for loans.

Adultery

%he other thing is adulter. Having a relation with a male and femaleis haram and a abir or maor. $ut can a believer sli0 and get tem0tedand fall into this maor sin/ according to this hadith.

o if shataan gets into that 0erson he or she might fall into that

tem0tation. And it is not o+a it is a big deal. %he 0ro0het is notsaing it is o+a/ but the believer might sli0/ and do that crime (wan aothoro billa)# Bt wold a believer ever lie he hammad ($A$)says no#

How come a believer m sli0 and steal/ sli0 and commit adulter buthe or she is not su00osed to lie5

%he scholars mention/ because ling has no benefit and there is notneed for it. Pour bod doesn&t need ou to lie. ;hsicall whensomeone commits adulter there bod is 0ushing them to it. hen

somebod steals there life de0ends on that mone if shataan gets tothem.

Bt when yo lie, yo have no reason to lie. If ou are afraid oushould +now that ou should not be afraid of anbod e:ce0t Allah. ofear should not be controlling ou.

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ow there are circmstances when lying is okay. uch as in warto lie to our enemies/ but none of us are in that 0osition as Seneral.Another e:0ectation is to fib/ ust a litter to fi: relations/ es0eciall

when it comes to a husband and wife.As an e:am0le let us sa a husband and wife get into an argument andthe are getting to the 0oint of divorce. o scholars mention then onecan in order to amend/ and fi: their relations got the husband and saour wife reall misses ou and wants ou bac+/ and go to the wifeand sa our husband misses ou and wants ou/ even though thedid not sa that.Another e:am0le is a husband and wife get into an argument and thehusband or wife goes and sas ou +now what hone ou are 1!!correct/ I am sorr let us amend. And that 0erson in their heart does

not feel that the 1!! incorrect/ mabe the fee the are onl =!incorrect/ nevertheless the sa this to ma+e amends.

%he believer is tring to fi: it. Another incited is when Abu ufaanwife came to the 0ro0het and said Abu ufaan was not s0endingenough mone on the famil. o he said it is o+a to ta+e mone fromhis bac+ and s0end it on what is needed. Now that ma sound li+estealing but she is not thin+ing it of her sa+e she is thin+ing of it forher families& sa+e. o let&s sa the wife has children and the husbandis greed and doesn&t want to s0end it on his famil. he is allowed tota+e enough mone for her famil behind his bac+.

o ling is 1!! 0ercent wrong e:ce0t in those two cases. $ut ingeneral when ou have fear ou should have no fear e:ce0t of Allah(%). h because ou won&t get an benefit ou will get in biggercrime.

%econd !unch

Eet&s sa ou are a greed 0erson who loves to eat. o somebodas+s ou have ou had lunch et when ou had lunch but ou sa no Ididn&t have lunch et. o ou&re greed ou want to have a secondlunch with him. h did ou lie. %hat is a shameful act/ to gain to getsomething to get some food.

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Kr let sa a relative is giving ou some e-di/ this is some mone foreid as a gift. And it is a big famil and the as+ did we give ou e-deand ou sa no ou didn&t. so the give double the e-de. o that lie isbased on greed.

ABBE@ >J ?>=@ SEEM>Y;;:o ling is haram in Islam. And Allah is with those who are truthful.

And Allah said in the 'uran the 0rinci0le we learn here is that Allah isis with the honest 0eo0le. And when Allah (%) is with ou do ouneed anbod else. Allah (%) is 0rotecting ou and ta+ing care ofou. u00orting ou. 4o ou need anbod else do ou need to goand lie to somebod else. No. ou get all what ou need with Allah.

Continual truth 4 Paradise

In ahih Muslim ,Abdullah re0orted Allah,s Messenger (ma 0eace beu0on him) as saing* It is obligator for ou to tell the truth/ for truth

leads to virtue and virtue leads to ;aradise/ and the man whocontinues to s0ea+ the truth and endeavors to tell the truth iseventuall recorded as truthful with Allah/ and beware of telling of a liefor telling of a lie leads to obscenit and obscenit leads to Hell-?ire/and the 0erson who +ee0s telling lies and endeavors to tell a lie isrecorded as a liar with Allah.

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5nd %ign Promise )reakers

%he second thing is the 0romise something the brea+ it. %he reasonwh it is a sign of h0ocris is usuall ou 0romise something ou aregiving our honor/ because the Iman of Islam ta+es us to a higherlevel. $ecause ou are 0ure for Allah (%).

o when ou give our 0romise to someone Muslim or non-Muslim andou brea+ our 0romise ou loo+ horrible in front of 0eo0le&s ees.9suall if ou brea+ 0romises/ ou 0romise me for e:am0le to give oua s0ecific boo+ or meet me somewhere for a s0ecific incident oroccasion or drive me somewhere for e:am0le and then I wait for ouor I go over there to meet ou and ou don&t show what ha00ens tome/ what ha00ened to m time/ what ha00en to m feeling/ whatha00en to m arrangement/ what ha00en to some other im0ortantthing I was su00osed to do. I sacrificed m time for ou. Pou basicall

crushed me trust in ou. hen ou are brea+ing our 0romise ou arecrushing the 0erson ou 0romised to. Pou have made them feelhorrible.

And the 0ro0het Muhammad (A) said that the believer to thebeliever or the Muslim to the Muslim are ust li+e the building/ all thebric+s together/ +ee0 the building together from falling a0art.

o when ou are crushing the brother or sister ou are going too00osite and ou are mimic+ing the munafi8een and ou are ah0ocrite because that is how the deal with others.

o as Muslims we all fall into this. %his is +nown unfortunate thesedas. hen a Muslim 0romises ou come later/ half an hour/ 3=minutes. Pou see this ever da. Pou see this ever da. ;eo0le inviteou to dinner. %he sa it starts at five/ and ou come at =*3=. h5Pou have an e:cuse/ I over sle0t/ traffic/ so leave earlier. Set outearlier/ so ou don&t have to brea+ our 0romise. ;eo0le would tell ouour wor+ is from to #/ and what time do ou show u0 at wor+ seventwent. hat ha00en/ boss I got stuc+ in traffic/ boss there was anaccident/ boss I had a flat tire/ and ou ma+e all these e:cuses. Ran

ou reall have an accident/ everda5 $ut if ou alwas brea+ our0romise/ on a dail or wee+l basis/ then ou are a h0ocrite. $ut ifou are on time in si: months and ou get stuc+ in traffic/ then Allah(%) will forgive ou. $ut if ou +ee0 on brea+ing our 0romise ouare a h0ocrite. Gven if it sounds harsh ou are a h0ocrite. A0romise is a 0romise/ our business hour is a 0romise/ our schoolhours are a 0romise/ our 0raers to Allah (%) is a 0romise. e

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need to be afraid of that otherwise we will end u0 in the lowest 0art ofhell fire.

VG@EHHEM SAf ?E>=J T9O o MENJIt is re0orted about the Messenger (sallallahu alahi wa sallam) in hisseerah with acce0table chains of narration/ that he made a 0romise toa man that he would meet him. o the Messenger of Allah (sallallahualahi wa sallam) came to the meeting 0lace at the a00ointed time/but the man bro+e his 0romise and he remained in that 0lace for threedas and nights.

%hen the man remembered and came/ so the Messenger of Allah(sallallahu alahi wa sallam) said to him* o have trobled me (i#e#cased me inconvenience)#

%herefore/ the 0erson who brea+s his 0romise on 0ur0ose orcarelessness and does not thin+ it is im0ortant that is a clear sign ofh0ocris. %his occurs due to the lac+ of disci0line in the 0romisesmade between the Muslims. hoever 0romises to meet ou at acertain hour/ da or 0lace then fails ou in our 0romise then +nowthat he 0ossesses a branch of h0ocris.

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hos0ital. o ou go and ou tell everone. And the 0erson who issu00osed to be sur0rised finds out. %he 0erson might not act sur0risedor might not even li+e it. 9suall when ou sur0rise someone ou doit because ou love them. And when ou tell that 0erson ou hurttheir feelings for s0oiling.

Another common one is borrowing boo+s from a friend or librar andou don&t ta+e care of it. Pou dro0 water on it or ou are eating 0izza.%he 0izza sauce falls on it and ou tr to clean it off but ou ust messit u0 some more. %hat is brea+ing the trust that is brea+ing theamana.

Pou borrow a clean 0a0er and ou give it bac+ crumbled/ ou bro+ethe trust and ou are a h0ocrite. $ecause that is an Amana and onceou sa I will +ee0 this safe for ou and ou mess it u0 ou havebecame a h0ocrite.

Another e:am0le ou borrow someone car to drive somewherebecause our car bro+e down. %hen the door was clean and now thereare some scratches on it that was an amana. %he car didn&t belong toou/ ou too+ it and that 0erson trusted ou to +ee0 it same. o nowou must tell the 0erson.$rother I too+ the car and it got scratched and I didn&t scratch itsomeone else did and if ou want me to re0lace the car I will becauseit is m dut and res0onsibilit. %he 0erson might sa it is o+a/ or the0erson will ma+e ou fi: it and ou have to fi: it. Pou have to fi: it

even though it wasn&t our fault. %he 0erson gave it to ou for safe+ee0ing.

Pou are going out of town and ou give me our +e to the house soou can water the 0lants. Instead ou have a 0art. atch movies/slee0 there/ eat 0o0corn. %hat +e was a trust and amana and oubro+e it. An amana is an amana and ou must not brea+ it or else ouwill be a h0ocrite.

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7th %ign !a/iness In 'orship

Allah/ Slor be to Him/ sas (3*13")*

Chen the stand for the ;raer/ the stand without earnestness(laziness).D U3*13"V

wxEHQB;J 9T BEy>:;JJ >: ?9OJ@>Q- o/ If we find ourselves

o laz in attending to the salah

o laz towards remembering Allah

o laz towards sitting in good sittings of 'uran/ and learning

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o laz in coming late to >umu&ah

o in general Islam is ust sim0l a routine and we have a

lac+ of 0assion for it

- %hen the scholars mention that hatan has whis0ered into theheart of this 0erson.

- hatan wishes that this 0erson is at ease while the whis0er iswithin him/ so that it ma ta+e its effect after a delaed timeY ust as a hen las an egg and waits for it to hatch/ li+ewisehatan 0lants a whis0er in his heart/ waiting for it to 0roduceits ill effects. o we must become aware of this.

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Allah sas*

C! PahaW Hold on to the $oo+ with firmness.D U12*1"V

ZEJGBBE@ SAf ?9GBM RGHQ 9G= 9T [;MMuslim re0orts in his aheeh in the hadith of al-Aswad bin Pazeedal-&Ira8i al-&abid that he said*

5+ asked >A'ishah%(radiallah >anha) when did he sed to wakep for the night prayer (that is "iyam l%1ail or 3aha..d)F $oshe replied4 >He sed to get p when he heard the roostercrowd and he sed to .mp and leap p# 5

he did not sa that he would stand u0 but that he used to um0 andlea0 u0 for the 0raer.

%his is a 0roof for braver/ courage/ soundness/ fitness/ liveliness/ thefierceness of ?aith and the firmness of intention. He used to cometowards worshi0 with determination and obedience. %herefore/ ou willsee the righteous 0erson constantl loo+ing at the hands of his watchthin+ing when will the mu&adhin ma+e the Rall to ;raer5 Has the timearrived5 Has the time for the ;raer commenced5 %hen he standshastil.


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Imam Ahmad re0orts in his itab az-Zuhd/ in the biogra0h of FAdeebin Hatim/ that he said* 5By Allah never did the time for 0rayercome close e*cept that + had an ardent desire for it#9

%he also sa about a&eed bin al-Musaib/ in his biogra0h/ that he

said* 5ever did the m'adhin annonce the ?all to 0rayer inforty years e*cept while + was in the mos!e of the essengerof Allah (sallallah alayhi wa sallam) $ Allah/ this is ?aith. owhen ou see the man who is in the best 0art of the mos8ue and inthe first row then ou ma bear witness that he has ?aith.

89:9: 9: BEy>:;JJ$o la2iness, my brothers and sisters, is a sign from among thesigns of hypocrisy# o will see this sign with regards to0rayer, fasting, giving charity, remembrance of Allah, seeking

forgiveness, attendance of lessons, sefl knowledge andinviting people to +slam#

$o we slaves of Allah mst be aware and make orselvescatios of la2iness, idleness and the lack of 2eal as this is adangeros disease with which Allah has described thehypocrites and we seek refge in Him from it#

8th %ign: %howing O9

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Chen the stand for the 0raer/ the stand without earnestness/ to beseen of men/ but the do not hold Allah in remembrance e:ce0t little.U3*13"V

Al-$u+hari and Muslim re0ort the saing of the Messenger of Allah(sallallahu alahi wa sallam)* 5He who lets the people hear of hisgood deeds intentionally to win their praise, Allah will let the

people%know his real intention (on the 8ay of .dgment) andhe who does good things in pblic to show off and win thepraise of people, Allah will disclose his real intention andhmiliate him (on the 8ay of @dgement)# 5

W9? >J J@9?>:K 9{ M9:;bA 0erson is humble and submissive in front of the 0eo0le but when heis alone and in secrec he 0ras 8uic+l/ without humilit andsubmissiveness.

hen he sits with 0eo0le he is full of renunciation of the worldl things

and engaged in I worshi0Y he behaves with good manners/ s0ea+s andthin+s in a disci0lined manner/ but when he is alone he violates thesanctuar of Allah (commits unlawful things).

ood in front of the people; bad alone

Ibn Maah re0orts from Abu Hurairah* %he ;ro0het said* C;eo0le willcome on the 4a of >udgment with good deeds li+e the mountains of%ihamah and Allah will ma+e their deeds li+e scattered dustD.

%he Rom0anions as+ed* Cill the not be Muslims5 He re0lied* Cof

courseW %he will have 0raed as ou 0ra/ the will have fasted as oufast/ the will have s0ent in charit from their e:cess wealth and willhave given their 0ortion of the night (tahaud) however/ when thewere alone the would violate the anctuar of Allah (i.e. tres0ass intowhat is unlawful).


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o a sign of the h0ocrite is showing off. His actions are done for thesa+e of the 0eo0le and he s0ea+s for the sa+e of the 0eo0le. e as+Allah to 0urif us from showing off and from fame and re0utation.

It is authenticall related from the Messenger of Allah that he said* D

Allah will sa on the 4a of >udgement* + am free of having anypartners and from having anything associated with me#Whoever associates (partners) with me in any action, + willabandon him and his association to me#

o Allah will not acce0t the actions of a h0ocrite whether the are fewor man.

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believers fear their Master. And for these Allah %a&la sas that he hasfor them forgiveness and a great reward.

?irst* %o +now that none that has the 0ower to give benefit and inflictharm e:ce0t Allah/ that there is none that can cause illness and heal/

give and ta+e life/ give sustenance and withhold it/ give reward for anaction and 0unish for an action/ e:ce0t Allah. o it is u0on ou to beaware of this and to be cautious.

ubhan-Allah one incident that a brother in ansas Rit who was 0artof a tab-li-8ee ama& mentioned/ that a Muslim brother wearing atoube and +oufee sto00ed at a gas station near aint Eouis Missouristo00ed when he went inside/ an non-Muslim man stood in his waand said man I am going to +ill ou. %his brother res0onded and said/if I +now ou could +ill I would worshi0 ou. ubhan-Allah he re0ortedthat man with this state and the brother reading 5Has%bi%Allah%wanemal%wakeel9 fell to the ground and started going into convulsions.

o again I remind mself first/ and then ou that nothing can ha00enwithout the ill of Allah.

econd* %o ac+nowledge that the creation has ver little abilit and its0ower to do the above-mentioned is none:istent. It cannot benefit norharmY it cannot give nor ta+e lifeY it cannot resurrect nor give rewardand neither can it 0unish. o again/ it is u0on ou to be aware of thisand to be cautious.

%hird* %o call u0on Allah with this beautiful su00lication which theMessenger of Allah (sallallahu alahi wa sallam) used to sa andtaught his Rom0anions with/ that the should sa*

CAllahumma innee a&oodhobi+a an ashru+a bi+a sha&an wa ana a Flamwa astaghfiru+a mim-ma la a&lam.D

[[Kh AllahW I see+ refuge with Pou from +nowingl associatinganthing with Pou and I see+ forgiveness from Pou for that which I amunaware of. U#V


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Al-Hasan al-$asri used to sa* CKh AllahW I see+ refuge in Pou fromshowing off and see+ing re0ute and fame.D In another wording fromhim/ in his biogra0h* CKh AllahW ?orgive me for m showing off andm see+ing to be heard of.D


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o fear AllahW ?ear Him and be cautious of these two diseases. As forsee+ing re0ute and fame/ then this means see+ing re0utation orrecognition/ s0ea+ing and doing actions for the 0ur0ose of gainingfame amongst the 0eo0le. %herefore Allah will e:0ose the h0ocrites infront of all the 0eo0le (on the 4a of >udgment) and we as+ Allah to

heal us and free us from showing off and see+ing re0ute and fame.it.

udgment with good deeds li+e the mountains of%ihamah and Allah will ma+e their deeds li+e scattered dustD.

%he Rom0anions as+ed* Cill the not be Muslims5 He re0lied* CofcourseW %he will have 0raed as ou 0ra/ the will have fasted as oufast/ the will have s0ent in charit from their e:cess wealth and willhave given their 0ortion of the night (tahaud) however/ when thewere alone the would violate the anctuar of Allah (i.e. tres0ass intowhat is unlawful).

\OG; tHE: S@9?J >: LG[B>< E:M LO>UE=;o true iman the scholars tell manifest/ shows u0 both when we are infront of the 0eo0le and when we are alone/ and we do everthing forthe sa+e of Allah.

And Allah %a&la sas*

o of the e:0lanation the scholars give for this aah is that the truebelievers when the are alone/ ou middle of the night/ the curtainsdrain/ the door is loc+ed/ no-one around/ even in that time the truebelievers fear their Master. And for these Allah %a&la sas that he hasfor them forgiveness and a great reward.


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o brothers and sisters in Islam I want to focus our hutbah todas0ecificall on this issue of violating the laws of Allah when alone.

#sed =odern =edia with 'isdom

cholars comment that in the 0ast our homes were a 0lace of

sanctuar/ a 0lace of 0rotection/ a 0lace where we could 0rotectourselves from the tem0tations/ and trails of the world.

$ut Pou see in now a-das the means of loo+ing/ reading seeing haramis too eas with regards to the internet/ 44&s/ Net-?le:/ chea0 44&s.o violating the laws of Allah in 0rivac is as eas as a few +estro+eson the internet/ or b 0ressing the remote on button.

0ecificall I want to 0resent one t0e of 0erson that violates theboundar&s of Allah and that is the Muslim addicted to 0ornogra0h.$ut the lessons and reasons for 0oronogra0h addiction can be a00liedto other t0es of Addictions. ?or e:am0le I had a oung Muslimbrother who recentl admitted in a hala8ha that he cannot achieve hishomewor+/ and other chores because he +ee0s um0ing to differentvideos on s0orts cars on outube.com.

o I will 0resent to ou the e:am0le of a case that hei+h Pasir 'adriwho ou ma +now from ;eace % of one Muslim addicted to 0orn andsome of the 0ractical ste0s to overcoming this addiction/ which shouldalso a00l to overcoming the deases of the internet/ Movies/ % beingtime +illers and getting us into and ma+es us fall in this branch of

h0ocris of good in front of 0eo0le bad alone.

A =uslim Porn Addict

+he ddicts. /ro# the Husband0s 1ersecti&e (23werty4).5s someone who is eperiencing this fitnah$ i can authoritatively tell you that most ofyour comments that discuss the reasons for why people like me fell into this sin are wayoff mark. You don0t reali5e the self-loathing, and hatred a brother has for hi#self inhis day to day life when he re#e#bers what he does when no one is watching but

llah 5nd if only it was as simple as you guys suggest>

6efore i begin, let #e say that in this story of #y own descent into sin, i bla#e noone but #yself ! will deliberately be &ague in so#e of what i say so that no one finds

out who i a# nd oh yes, so#e of you know who i a# 6ut you don0t really know

who i a# ! a# a brother between 78 and 9: with #y own fa#ily who i lo&e &ery

#uch and !0&e been ractising for #any years

! fell into the fitnah when i was in #y teens ! don0t want to go into the details, but

soon after i was introduced to ornograhy, i was hooked on it *hat fanned the

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fla#es of desire was access to the internet *hen i was new to the sin, i would ne&er

ha&e dared to buy a dirty #ag fro# the local store out of a sense of sha#e and

e#barrass#ent 6ut the internet #ade e&erything accessible to #e, and i could see

what i wanted and when i wanted, all in the ri&acy of #y own ho#e nother

roble# was that #y fa#ily resisted when i suggested that i #arry in #y early 7:s

+hus, the absence of a halal outlet for this desire is another factor that has brought#e to where i a# now Ha&e you heard the story of 6arseesah? He was a fa#ous

worshier fro# 6ani !sraeel, who was led astray ste by ste by Shaitaan until his

last action was to lea&e the religion !n so#e ways, #y own story o&er the ast :

years #irrors that

%y addiction began as so#ething s#all, but ste by ste o&er : years, it has

transfor#ed into so#ething which is at ti#es uncontrollable +he first ti#e i used a

credit card on a orn site was after se&eral years of being addicted to orn !t was

like i0d crossed a threshold, steed o&er an i#ortant line nd unfortunately,

ha&ing crossed that line, i ha&en0t looked back and ha&e used the card nu#erous

ti#es since nd that is how it is with this sin You ro#ise yourself for a long ti#ethat you won0t cross a certain line, but then you do, and it beco#es easy to reeat

that sin again 6ut ha&ing crossed that line only once ad&ances you to the net le&el

of sinfulness So you0re first #istake is looking at a wo#an lustfully +hen its

looking at free orn sites, then its looking at ay orn sites, and so on %y ad&ice to

those who are in the early stes of this sin is to ne&er gi&e into the te#tation to 2go

to the net le&el4 !f you ad#ire retty girls, thats bad, but not as bad as searching

for orn on the web !t is a sliery sloe that ends with you in a lace where a

%usli# shouldn0t be

o why haven?t i sought help#

ear reader$ what haven?t i tried to give up this addiction# Reciting @ur?an$ going totalks$ activism$ du?a$ all of that and more. I?ve prayed those prayers in the middle of thenight when i thought to myself$ Aman$ i wish i could pray with that much khushoo? inevery salaahB and i made salaam and thought i?d never return to that sin$ but then a week$or two weeks later$ i was back at it.

,ut let this net event sum it up for you! me standing in Mecca asking 5llah to help mestop committing this sin$ asking 5llah to kind of like flick off a switch and Cust bring it toa stop$ because i am mentally fatigued by the daily battle inside me between my shamefuldesires and my Muslim conscience$ and i Cust want it to stop but its proving too difficultright now.

A reali/ation of his position

;nowing that i a# a racticing %usli#, knowing that there is a day in which i will

ha&e to stand in front of llah and take the ra for these sins, and not ha&ing a

single lausible ecuse co#e to #y #ind which i can bring on that day is a horrible

feeling !t feels sickening trying to #ake tawba for this sin, because while asking

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llah to forgi&e #e, i felt within #yself (and fro# knowledge of ast relases) that !

ha&en0t really gi&en it u and would fall into it again +hat is difficult to co#e to

ter#s with $eally difficultnd also the guilt that co#es fro# leading a double-life

and betraying one0s souse +his is not how i wanted to be

I?ve seen my early /eal to learn and practice$ and potential to be a productive member ofthis ummah fade over the years as i spent my time D hours and hours in front of thecomputer getting up to no good. ome say its due to a lack of imaan$ and I agree that it is$ but its more comple then that. uring these years in which i have sinned I have alsomemori/ed E1 Cu/ of the @ur?an! that didn?t come easily$ nor without determination$ and iwould bet that is more than most people who are reading this. I don?t know if that makesme a AbetterB porn addict than the net porn addict. ,ut I?m certainly with those who areunhappy and want out as opposed to those who Cust don?t give a damn.

5s to solutions$ i don?t know. I personally think that it is nigh+on impossible to give it uphere in the 4est once you?re addicted because se and pretty women are all around you$

on the TF$ in the streets$ at work D everywhere.

isters$ your husbands go to work and there are pretty women all around. on?t let it bethe case too often that he comes homes to find you wearing some lame tracksuit bottomsand a T+shirt D or worse your paCamas.

4hat about taking another wife# I wouldn?t dismiss that as uickly as some do. 4hat pornography offers is variety! black$ white$ fat$ thin$ tall$ short$ all sorts. 'erhaps having asecond wife might satisfy a brother?s need for variety. 'erhaps not D i can?t say for sure.

4hat else works# Its a day to day struggle. Gne day its an ayah$ another day its a hadith.

5nother day its a talk. 5nother day its because you met a good brother. ometimes the boost in imaan from these things keeps you off the sin for a month$ other times$ only afew days.

Cold urkey %olution

The most helpful solution overall i found was going cold turkey with the internet! cuttingit off completely. It severely restricted my access to pornography$ and though theaddiction didn?t cut off completely$ it was definitely a practical step in the right direction.

Allah1s =ercy is never far away

!f you can #ake a uiet du0a for llah to switch off #y addiction


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Say. 2= #y Ser&ants who ha&e transgressed against their souls> esair not of the

%ercy of llah. for llah forgi&es all sins4 @9A.89B

One sin leads to another

More from Br. “Qwerty”: Gne sin leads to another$ and this addiction makes you sin inother ways. 3irst and worst of all$ is the lying and deceit. I never$ ever used to lie before$ but after this addiction caught hold$ lying became habitual as i concocted story after storyto cover my tracks! why was i

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