WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.700 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.620 --> 00:00:05.719 The story of our mother Eve. 00:00:08.630 --> 00:00:13.349 O Eve, do not be among the allies of Satan. 00:00:15.939 --> 00:00:17.239 O Eve. 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:22.140 Allah the Exalted said, in reflection upon the story of our mother Eve: 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:32.859 “O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.” (7:27) 00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:44.359 “O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.” (7:27) 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:49.859 He strips them of their garments 00:00:49.859 --> 00:00:52.859 To show them their private parts. 00:00:52.859 --> 00:00:59.359 “O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.” (7:27) 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:07.859 “O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.” (7:27) 00:01:07.859 --> 00:01:12.469 Satan has a trial with which he tempts humanity. 00:01:12.469 --> 00:01:16.469 And he has allies who take him as a patron instead of Allah. 00:01:16.469 --> 00:01:19.469 The way to be protected from this trial, 00:01:19.469 --> 00:01:21.969 And from falling into taking him as an ally, 00:01:21.969 --> 00:01:24.469 Allah has clarified for us in His Book, 00:01:24.469 --> 00:01:27.969 In reflection upon the story of our mother Eve, 00:01:28.469 --> 00:01:31.469 In every passage where the story is mentioned. 00:01:31.469 --> 00:01:34.790 Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:01:34.790 --> 00:01:38.790 The Exalted warns the children of Adam against Iblis and his tribe, 00:01:38.790 --> 00:01:44.790 Clarifying for them his ancient enmity toward the father of humanity, Adam, peace be upon him, 00:01:44.790 --> 00:01:47.790 In his striving to expel him from Paradise, 00:01:47.790 --> 00:01:52.790 Which is the abode of bliss, to the abode of toil and hardship, 00:01:52.790 --> 00:01:55.790 And causing the exposure of his private parts, 00:01:55.790 --> 00:01:58.290 After they had been hidden from him. 00:01:58.290 --> 00:02:02.680 This is nothing but the result of deep-seated enmity. 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.180 The first method of protection 00:02:05.180 --> 00:02:07.680 Is realizing Iblis’s enmity toward you, 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:10.680 And that it is a deep-rooted enmity 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.680 That time will not change for your sake. 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.680 Nor will you have any special exemption 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:18.680 From the sphere of his enmity. 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:20.680 The Exalted said: 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:25.680 “Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire.” (35:6) 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:31.340 The way of protection is to treat him as an enemy, just as he treats us as an enemy. 00:02:31.340 --> 00:02:33.960 Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:36.960 The Exalted says, warning the children of Adam 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:40.960 Lest Satan do to them what he did to their father, 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:44.960 “O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.” (7:27) 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:47.460 By beautifying disobedience for you, 00:02:47.460 --> 00:02:50.960 Calling you to it, and making you desire it, 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:52.960 Until you submit to him. 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:56.460 “O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.” (7:27) 00:02:56.460 --> 00:03:01.030 He brought them down from the high station to a lower one, 00:03:01.030 --> 00:03:04.530 And he wishes to do the same to you. 00:03:04.530 --> 00:03:09.530 He will not spare any effort to tempt you if he can. 00:03:09.530 --> 00:03:13.590 Therefore, you must keep caution against him in your mind, 00:03:13.590 --> 00:03:17.590 And don the armor of war between you and him, 00:03:17.590 --> 00:03:22.939 And never be heedless of the avenues through which he enters to reach you. 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:25.939 The means Satan uses with you, O Eve, 00:03:25.939 --> 00:03:27.939 Is the beautification of sin. 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:32.439 He makes it appear good to you until you believe it is the truth, 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:34.939 And that everything else is falsehood. 00:03:34.939 --> 00:03:39.939 So you defend it, and thus become one of the allies of Satan. 00:03:39.939 --> 00:03:44.759 The way to be protected from this satanic means 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:47.759 Is absolute submission to the command of Allah, 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:50.759 Adherence to the obedience of Allah and His Messenger, 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:52.759 And abandoning sins. 00:03:53.389 --> 00:03:55.960 Abu Zahra, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:03:55.960 --> 00:03:58.960 Allah the Exalted said, forbidding: 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.960 "Let not Satan tempt you." 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:03.960 The prohibition is directed at human beings, 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:06.460 And the tempter is Satan. 00:04:06.460 --> 00:04:08.960 The prohibition was not directed at him, 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:11.960 Because he rebelled against the command of his Lord, 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.460 And departed, disgraced and cast out. 00:04:14.460 --> 00:04:16.959 The prohibition was for the children of Adam, 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:19.459 Even though the actor is someone else, 00:04:19.459 --> 00:04:21.959 Because the meaning of the prohibition then is: 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:23.959 Do not let him have power over you. 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.959 This is achieved by obeying Allah the Exalted alone, 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:29.459 And rejecting illusions and whims, 00:04:29.459 --> 00:04:31.959 For they are the gateway of Satan. 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:34.959 If the door of illusion and whim is closed, 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:37.959 Then the paths of Satan are blocked, 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.959 And the command of the Most Merciful is established in the soul. 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:42.959 The fortress that protects the believer from 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:44.959 The trial of Satan 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:47.959 Is obedience to the commands of Allah the Exalted, 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:50.959 And strengthening one's resolve and will 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:53.959 To be an ally of the Most Merciful, 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.959 And to avoid taking anyone other than Allah the Exalted as an ally. 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:01.180 Among the means of Satan with you, O Eve, 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:04.180 Is occupying you with what does not benefit you in this world, 00:05:04.180 --> 00:05:06.180 Nor in the Hereafter. 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:09.180 The least that can be said about this 00:05:09.180 --> 00:05:11.180 Is that it is a waste of time. 00:05:11.180 --> 00:05:14.180 Sometimes it leads to argumentation, 00:05:14.180 --> 00:05:17.180 If it takes the form of a dialogue with others. 00:05:17.180 --> 00:05:20.180 The matter may lead to habituation, 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:23.180 Strengthening the triviality in deeds and words. 00:05:23.180 --> 00:05:26.370 Through the story of our mother Eve, 00:05:26.370 --> 00:05:29.370 We learn that useful information 00:05:29.370 --> 00:05:33.370 Is what we should occupy ourselves with. 00:05:33.370 --> 00:05:35.370 As for other thoughts 00:05:35.370 --> 00:05:38.370 That Satan casts into the soul, 00:05:38.370 --> 00:05:40.370 The cure for them is to abandon them, 00:05:40.370 --> 00:05:42.370 And not to occupy oneself with them, 00:05:42.370 --> 00:05:45.370 Such as the name of the tree, 00:05:45.370 --> 00:05:47.370 Or the place where they descended. 00:05:47.370 --> 00:05:49.370 Adam and Eve 00:05:49.370 --> 00:05:51.600 Then they met. 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:54.600 Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:56.600 The exegetes have mentioned the places 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.600 Where each of them descended. 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:03.600 The sum of those reports goes back to the Isra'iliyyat (narrations from the People of the Book), 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:06.600 And Allah knows best their authenticity. 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:09.600 If there were any benefit in specifying those locations 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.600 That would return to the accountable believers 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:14.600 Regarding their religion or their worldly affairs, 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.600 Allah the Exalted would have mentioned it in His Book. 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:19.600 Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:22.810 O Eve, 00:06:22.810 --> 00:06:24.810 Allah the Almighty 00:06:24.810 --> 00:06:26.810 Said in the remainder of the verse, 00:06:26.810 --> 00:06:29.810 Clarifying the characteristic of those who take Satan as an ally: 00:06:29.810 --> 00:06:32.810 "We have made the devils..." 00:06:32.810 --> 00:06:35.810 “O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.” (7:27) 00:06:35.810 --> 00:06:39.160 Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:41.160 Lack of faith 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:43.160 Is what necessitates the contract of alliance 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:45.160 Between man and Satan. 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.199 The Exalted said: 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:51.230 “Lo! he hath no power over those who believe and put trust in their Lord.” (16:99) 00:06:51.230 --> 00:06:54.230 "And upon their Lord they rely." 00:06:54.230 --> 00:06:58.230 “His power is only over those who make a friend of him, and those who ascribe partners unto Him (Allah).” (16:100) 00:06:58.230 --> 00:07:01.230 “His power is only over those who make a friend of him, and those who ascribe partners unto Him (Allah).” (16:100) 00:07:01.230 --> 00:07:04.120 O Eve, 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:07.120 Faith increases with obedience, 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:09.120 And decreases with disobedience. 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:11.120 The more your faith increases, 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.120 The closer you are to Allah. 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.120 And the more your faith decreases, 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:17.120 The closer Satan draws to you, 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.120 Even more. 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:21.120 So seize this blessed month, 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:24.120 In which the devils are chained, 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:27.120 The gates of Paradise are opened, 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:30.120 And in which mercies descend. 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:32.120 The caller of faith has called out to you: 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:36.120 O you who desire good in this world and the Hereafter, 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:39.120 Turn to a Merciful Lord 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.120 Who forgives the sins of those who seek forgiveness, 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:43.120 No matter how great they are, 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:46.120 And rewards the doers for their deeds, 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.120 No matter how small they are, 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:50.120 And multiplies good deeds, 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:52.120 And forgives slips. 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.019 O Eve, 00:07:55.019 --> 00:07:57.019 You must give charity, 00:07:57.019 --> 00:07:59.019 For it shields you from the Fire, 00:07:59.019 --> 00:08:01.019 And disturbs Satan. 00:08:01.019 --> 00:08:05.019 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:08:05.019 --> 00:08:09.019 "No man brings out anything in charity 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:13.019 But that seventy devils are loosened from it." 00:08:13.019 --> 00:08:15.019 Narrated by Ahmad. 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:17.079 Imagine, 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:20.079 All this number standing in your way 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:22.079 To prevent you from giving charity. 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:25.079 Will you respond to them? 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:29.339 We will continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills. 00:08:29.339 --> 00:08:32.340 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:08:32.340 --> 00:08:36.950 The story of our mother Eve.