WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.189 The story of Maryam, daughter of 'Imran. 00:00:08.189 --> 00:00:10.189 Peace be upon her. 00:00:10.189 --> 00:00:14.730 The child born was a female. 00:00:14.730 --> 00:00:24.859 The mother of Maryam had hoped that the child would be a male to serve the Holy House (Bayt al-Maqdis). 00:00:24.859 --> 00:00:31.859 But Allah ordained that the child be female, contrary to the desire of the wife of 'Imran. 00:00:31.859 --> 00:00:33.859 Allah the Almighty says: 00:00:33.859 --> 00:00:38.859 “And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.” (3:36) 00:00:38.859 --> 00:00:44.079 She was lamenting the loss of her vow due to the birth of a female. 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:47.079 Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:52.079 It is as if there is a sense of supplication and brokenness of spirit in these words of hers. 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:57.079 For her vow was based on the expectation that the child would be a male. 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:01.079 From whom one could obtain the strength, service, and fulfillment of that duty. 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:06.079 Which is what one obtains from those of strength, whereas a female is different. 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:10.079 So Allah mended her heart and accepted her vow. 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:16.079 And this female became more perfect and complete than many males. 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:18.079 Indeed, more so than most of them. 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:23.370 And through her, purposes were achieved that were greater than what could have been achieved by a male. 00:01:23.370 --> 00:01:27.370 This was a reward from Allah to the wife of 'Imran. 00:01:27.370 --> 00:01:33.370 Because her desire for a male was not based on the Jahiliyyah custom of the Arabs. 00:01:33.370 --> 00:01:36.370 In their love for males and hatred for females. 00:01:36.370 --> 00:01:40.370 Rather, it was for the sake of serving the Holy House. 00:01:40.370 --> 00:01:42.370 And that is why she said: 00:01:42.370 --> 00:01:45.370 "And the male is not like the female." 00:01:45.370 --> 00:01:48.370 Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:01:48.370 --> 00:01:52.370 Because the male is stronger for service and more capable of it. 00:01:52.370 --> 00:01:56.370 And the female is not suitable in some circumstances for entering the Holy House. 00:01:56.370 --> 00:01:59.370 And performing the service of the sanctuary. 00:01:59.370 --> 00:02:02.370 Due to what befalls her of menstruation and postpartum bleeding. 00:02:02.370 --> 00:02:05.370 And Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:02:05.370 --> 00:02:07.370 "And the male is not like the female." 00:02:07.370 --> 00:02:12.370 Meaning, in strength and endurance in worship and service to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. 00:02:12.370 --> 00:02:16.750 The wife of 'Imran was upon a righteous religion. 00:02:16.750 --> 00:02:20.750 She did not prefer males in procreation and hate females. 00:02:20.750 --> 00:02:24.750 For all of that is a blessing from Allah that deserves gratitude. 00:02:24.750 --> 00:02:26.750 And Allah the Almighty has said: 00:02:26.750 --> 00:02:31.939 "To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth." 00:02:31.939 --> 00:02:35.939 "He creates what He wills." 00:02:35.939 --> 00:02:40.939 “Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He createth what He will. He bestoweth female (offspring) upon whom He will, and bestoweth male (offspring) upon whom He will;” (42:49) 00:02:40.939 --> 00:02:46.939 "And He gives to whom He wills the male." 00:02:46.939 --> 00:02:50.939 “Or He mingleth them, males and females, and He maketh barren whom He will. Lo! He is Knower, Powerful.” (42:50) 00:02:50.939 --> 00:02:55.939 “Or He mingleth them, males and females, and He maketh barren whom He will. Lo! He is Knower, Powerful.” (42:50) 00:02:55.939 --> 00:03:01.490 "Indeed, He is Knowing, Competent." 00:03:01.490 --> 00:03:04.060 So beware, my Muslim sister. 00:03:04.060 --> 00:03:09.060 And the trait of Jahiliyyah that hates the birth of a female. 00:03:09.060 --> 00:03:11.060 Do not let it enter your heart. 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:14.060 Lest Allah afflict you with what you do not love. 00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:17.060 And you incur sin while you do not realize it. 00:03:18.060 --> 00:03:22.259 And if the people of Jahiliyyah preferred males. 00:03:22.259 --> 00:03:24.259 And hated the birth of a female. 00:03:24.259 --> 00:03:28.259 Then we have been afflicted today with a new Jahiliyyah trait. 00:03:28.259 --> 00:03:31.259 That contradicts reason and the Shari'ah. 00:03:31.259 --> 00:03:35.259 Which is the call for absolute equality between the male and the female. 00:03:35.259 --> 00:03:38.379 This false call. 00:03:38.379 --> 00:03:41.379 The wife of 'Imran rejected it by natural disposition (fitrah). 00:03:41.379 --> 00:03:44.379 So she said, "And the male is not like the female." 00:03:44.379 --> 00:03:47.449 Al-Shinqiti, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:03:47.449 --> 00:03:51.509 These mentioned Qur'anic verses have indicated. 00:03:51.509 --> 00:03:55.509 That the first woman, her initial existence. 00:03:55.509 --> 00:03:58.509 Was dependent on the existence of the man and a branch from him. 00:03:58.509 --> 00:04:02.509 And this is a cosmic, predestined matter from Allah. 00:04:02.509 --> 00:04:06.509 He created the woman in her initial existence upon that. 00:04:06.509 --> 00:04:09.509 And the noble Shari'ah sent down from Allah has come. 00:04:09.509 --> 00:04:11.509 To be implemented on His earth. 00:04:11.509 --> 00:04:14.509 By observing this cosmic, predestined matter. 00:04:14.509 --> 00:04:18.509 In the life of the woman in all aspects. 00:04:18.509 --> 00:04:21.509 So He made the man a guardian over her. 00:04:21.509 --> 00:04:25.509 And made her dependent upon him in all her affairs. 00:04:25.509 --> 00:04:27.509 As Allah the Almighty says: 00:04:27.509 --> 00:04:31.509 “Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.” (4:34) 00:04:31.509 --> 00:04:35.639 So the attempt to achieve the equality of the woman with the man. 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:37.639 In all aspects of life. 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:39.639 Cannot be realized. 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:43.639 Because the differences between the two types, cosmically and predestinedly first. 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:46.639 And by revealed Shari'ah second. 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:49.639 Prevent that absolutely. 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:52.670 And because of the strength of the cosmic and predestined differences. 00:04:52.670 --> 00:04:55.670 And the Shari'ah differences between the male and the female. 00:04:55.670 --> 00:04:59.670 It is authentically reported from the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:04:59.670 --> 00:05:03.670 That he cursed those of either gender who imitate the other. 00:05:03.670 --> 00:05:06.800 And there is no doubt that the reason for this curse. 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:10.800 Is the attempt by those who wish to imitate the other. 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:15.800 To break down these differences that cannot be broken. 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:21.860 And it is established in Sahih al-Bukhari from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: 00:05:21.860 --> 00:05:25.860 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, cursed. 00:05:25.860 --> 00:05:28.860 Men who imitate women. 00:05:28.860 --> 00:05:32.860 And women who imitate men. 00:05:34.089 --> 00:05:39.089 And we have already presented this hadith with its chain of narration in Surah Bani Isra'il. 00:05:39.089 --> 00:05:45.089 And we explained there that whoever the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, curses. 00:05:45.089 --> 00:05:48.279 Then he is cursed in the Book of Allah. 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:51.279 So if the differences between the male and the female. 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:54.279 Could be broken and removed. 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:59.500 Then those who desired that would not have incurred the curse of Allah and His Messenger. 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:05.500 And because of those great cosmic and predestined differences between the male and the female. 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:09.500 Allah, the Majestic and Exalted, differentiated between them in divorce. 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:12.500 So He placed it in the hands of the man, not the woman. 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:14.500 And in inheritance. 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:16.500 And in the attribution of children to him. 00:06:16.500 --> 00:06:20.500 And in polygyny, but not polyandry. 00:06:20.500 --> 00:06:25.500 He declared that the testimony of two women is equivalent to the testimony of one man. 00:06:25.500 --> 00:06:27.500 In His saying, the Almighty: 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:31.500 "And if there are not two men, then a man and two women." 00:06:31.500 --> 00:06:33.600 The verse. 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:35.600 So Allah, who created them both. 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:38.600 There is no doubt that He is more knowing of their reality. 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:44.600 And He has declared in His Book the standing of the man in place of two women in testimony. 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:46.730 And Allah the Almighty has said: 00:06:46.730 --> 00:06:49.730 “Are yours the males and His the females?” (53:21) 00:06:49.730 --> 00:06:53.730 "That is, then, an unjust division." 00:06:53.730 --> 00:06:57.730 Meaning, not fair, due to the lack of equality of the two shares. 00:06:57.730 --> 00:07:00.790 Because of the superiority of the male over the female. 00:07:00.790 --> 00:07:03.790 And that is why the wife of 'Imran fell into a problem. 00:07:03.790 --> 00:07:05.790 When she gave birth to Maryam. 00:07:05.790 --> 00:07:08.790 As Allah the Almighty says about her: 00:07:08.790 --> 00:07:13.790 “And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.” (3:36) 00:07:13.790 --> 00:07:16.790 “And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.” (3:36) 00:07:16.790 --> 00:07:19.790 "And the male is not like the female." 00:07:19.790 --> 00:07:21.860 The verse. 00:07:21.860 --> 00:07:23.860 The wife of 'Imran says: 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:25.860 "And the male is not like the female." 00:07:25.860 --> 00:07:28.860 And she is truthful in that, without a doubt. 00:07:28.860 --> 00:07:31.920 And the disbelievers and their followers say: 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:34.920 That the male and the female are equal. 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:38.920 And there is no doubt for any rational person in the truthfulness of this negative statement. 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:41.920 And the falsehood of this affirmative one. 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:44.209 Then he, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:07:44.209 --> 00:07:48.209 And among the things that are not disputed among the rational. 00:07:48.209 --> 00:07:51.209 Is that if the male and the female cohabit. 00:07:51.209 --> 00:07:54.209 The natural human cohabitation. 00:07:54.209 --> 00:07:57.209 Without which humanity would not survive. 00:07:57.209 --> 00:08:00.209 Then the woman is affected by that. 00:08:00.209 --> 00:08:03.209 A natural, cosmic, predestined effect. 00:08:03.209 --> 00:08:06.209 Preventing her from performing tasks. 00:08:06.209 --> 00:08:09.209 Such as pregnancy and postpartum. 00:08:09.209 --> 00:08:13.209 And what arises from that of weakness, illness, and pain. 00:08:13.209 --> 00:08:15.209 Unlike the man. 00:08:15.209 --> 00:08:18.209 He is not affected by any of that. 00:08:18.209 --> 00:08:20.209 And with these differences. 00:08:20.209 --> 00:08:23.209 No one dares to speak of their equality. 00:08:23.209 --> 00:08:25.209 In all fields. 00:08:25.209 --> 00:08:28.209 Except one who denies what is perceptible. 00:08:28.209 --> 00:08:31.209 So no one calls for equality between them. 00:08:31.209 --> 00:08:34.370 Except one whose insight Allah has blinded. 00:08:34.370 --> 00:08:36.370 And he, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:08:36.370 --> 00:08:39.370 And know, may Allah grant success to you and me. 00:08:39.370 --> 00:08:41.370 To what He loves and is pleased with. 00:08:41.370 --> 00:08:43.370 That this disbelieving idea. 00:08:43.370 --> 00:08:45.370 Erroneous and despicable. 00:08:45.370 --> 00:08:48.370 Contradicting sense and reason. 00:08:48.370 --> 00:08:52.370 And the heavenly revelation and the legislation of the Creator, the Originator. 00:08:52.370 --> 00:08:54.370 Of making the female equal to the male. 00:08:54.370 --> 00:08:57.370 In all rulings and fields. 00:08:57.370 --> 00:08:59.370 Contains corruption and disruption. 00:08:59.370 --> 00:09:02.370 To the system of human society. 00:09:02.370 --> 00:09:04.370 Which is not hidden from anyone. 00:09:04.370 --> 00:09:07.370 Except one whose insight Allah has blinded. 00:09:07.370 --> 00:09:10.429 And that is because Allah, the Majestic and Exalted. 00:09:10.429 --> 00:09:13.429 Made the female, with her special characteristics. 00:09:13.429 --> 00:09:16.429 Suitable for types of participation. 00:09:16.429 --> 00:09:19.429 In building human society. 00:09:19.429 --> 00:09:22.429 A suitability that no one else can fulfill for her. 00:09:22.429 --> 00:09:24.429 Such as pregnancy and childbirth. 00:09:24.429 --> 00:09:27.429 Breastfeeding and raising children. 00:09:27.429 --> 00:09:30.429 And serving the house and attending to its affairs. 00:09:30.429 --> 00:09:34.429 Such as cooking, kneading, cleaning, and the like. 00:09:34.429 --> 00:09:37.429 And these services that she performs. 00:09:37.429 --> 00:09:39.429 For human society. 00:09:39.429 --> 00:09:42.429 Inside her house, in modesty and protection. 00:09:42.429 --> 00:09:45.429 And chastity and preservation of honor. 00:09:45.429 --> 00:09:48.429 And virtue and human values. 00:09:48.429 --> 00:09:51.429 Are not less than the man's service through earning. 00:09:51.429 --> 00:09:54.429 So the claim of those base, ignorant ones. 00:09:54.429 --> 00:09:56.429 From the disbelievers and their followers. 00:09:56.429 --> 00:09:59.429 That the woman has rights. 00:09:59.429 --> 00:10:01.429 In service outside her house. 00:10:01.429 --> 00:10:03.429 Like that of the man. 00:10:03.429 --> 00:10:05.429 Even though during her time of pregnancy. 00:10:05.429 --> 00:10:07.429 And breastfeeding and postpartum. 00:10:07.429 --> 00:10:10.429 She is not able to perform any work. 00:10:10.429 --> 00:10:13.429 That has any hardship, as is observed. 00:10:13.429 --> 00:10:16.529 So if she and her husband go out. 00:10:16.529 --> 00:10:19.529 All the services of the house remain neglected. 00:10:19.529 --> 00:10:22.529 From taking care of the young children. 00:10:22.529 --> 00:10:25.529 And breastfeeding those among them who are in the age of breastfeeding. 00:10:25.529 --> 00:10:28.529 And preparing food and drink for the man. 00:10:28.529 --> 00:10:30.529 When he comes from his work. 00:10:30.529 --> 00:10:33.529 So if they hired a person to take her place. 00:10:33.529 --> 00:10:36.529 That person would be occupied in that house. 00:10:36.529 --> 00:10:38.529 The occupation that the woman went out. 00:10:38.529 --> 00:10:40.529 Fleeing from. 00:10:40.529 --> 00:10:43.529 So the result returned to its origin. 00:10:43.529 --> 00:10:45.529 Furthermore, the woman's going out. 00:10:45.529 --> 00:10:47.529 And her exposure is a loss. 00:10:47.529 --> 00:10:49.529 Of chivalry and religion. 00:10:49.529 --> 00:10:51.690 So have you realized, my Muslim sister. 00:10:51.690 --> 00:10:54.690 The corruption of the call to equality. 00:10:54.690 --> 00:10:56.690 Of the woman with the man. 00:10:56.690 --> 00:10:59.879 We will continue in a coming meeting, if Allah wills. 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:02.879 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:07.139 The story of Maryam, daughter of 'Imran.