WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.050 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The story of Mary, daughter of Imran, peace be upon her. 00:00:13.050 --> 00:00:19.910 Mary's submission to Allah's command. 00:00:19.910 --> 00:00:26.300 Indeed, the reality of a woman's Islam is manifested in the extent of her submission to Allah's command. 00:00:26.300 --> 00:00:30.179 And this is the criterion of faith for all people. 00:00:30.179 --> 00:00:37.380 And this is one of the greatest issues around which the meanings of the verses and stories in Surah Al-Baqarah revolve. 00:00:37.380 --> 00:00:47.009 And our Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He, praised His prophet and intimate friend Ibrahim, peace be upon him, for his submission to Him. 00:00:47.009 --> 00:00:48.689 He said: 00:00:48.689 --> 00:00:57.369 “And who forsaketh the religion of Abraham save him who befooleth himself? Verily We chose him in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he is among the righteous.” (2:130) 00:00:57.369 --> 00:01:07.049 “And who forsaketh the religion of Abraham save him who befooleth himself? Verily We chose him in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he is among the righteous.” (2:130) 00:01:07.049 --> 00:01:16.799 “When his Lord said unto him: Surrender! he said: I have surrendered to the Lord of the Worlds.” (2:131) 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:27.519 Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said that when his Lord said to him, "Submit," he said, "I have submitted to the Lord of the worlds in obedience to my Lord's command." 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:32.430 With sincerity, monotheism, love, and repentance. 00:01:32.430 --> 00:01:38.989 And a woman's faith increases or decreases according to her submission to Allah's command and His law. 00:01:38.989 --> 00:01:46.349 Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Islam entails submission to Allah alone. 00:01:46.349 --> 00:01:50.590 So whoever submits to Him and to others is a polytheist. 00:01:50.590 --> 00:01:55.310 And whoever does not submit to Him is arrogant in His worship. 00:01:55.390 --> 00:02:00.409 The polytheist with Him and the arrogant in His worship are disbelievers. 00:02:00.409 --> 00:02:07.129 And submission to Him alone entails worshipping Him alone and obeying Him alone. 00:02:07.129 --> 00:02:12.169 This is the religion of Islam, which Allah accepts no other. 00:02:12.169 --> 00:02:16.409 And that is only by being obeyed at all times. 00:02:16.409 --> 00:02:20.400 By doing what He commanded at that time. 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:25.039 And this summary, which Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, mentioned, 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.240 summarizes the issue of submission for you. 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.159 It is that you obey Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, at all times. 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:36.460 By doing what He commanded you to do at that time. 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:39.500 And when you look at the story of Mary, 00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:43.740 and what Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, commanded her and decreed for her, 00:02:43.740 --> 00:02:47.419 of conceiving Jesus, and she was the chaste, virgin one, 00:02:47.419 --> 00:02:49.659 no man had touched her. 00:02:49.659 --> 00:02:54.860 She did not object after she was told that this was Allah's command, the Mighty and Majestic. 00:02:54.860 --> 00:02:58.300 And therefore, Allah, the Most High, said about her: 00:02:58.300 --> 00:03:03.419 “And she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place.” (19:22) 00:03:03.419 --> 00:03:06.139 Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:03:06.139 --> 00:03:09.180 The Most High says, informing about Mary, 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:14.219 that when Gabriel told her what Allah, the Most High, said, 00:03:14.219 --> 00:03:18.460 she submitted to Allah's decree, the Most High. 00:03:18.460 --> 00:03:23.259 And Mary, peace be upon her, before the good news of Jesus came to her, 00:03:23.340 --> 00:03:27.819 was devoted to the worship of Allah in the House of Jerusalem, 00:03:27.819 --> 00:03:30.060 distant from people, 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:33.259 having set up a screen from them. 00:03:33.259 --> 00:03:35.659 So the trial of pregnancy came to her. 00:03:35.659 --> 00:03:37.340 And she succeeded in it. 00:03:37.340 --> 00:03:41.099 So her status rose with Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:44.889 until He made her a sign for all worlds. 00:03:44.889 --> 00:03:46.810 The Most High said: 00:03:46.810 --> 00:03:49.210 And she who guarded her chastity, 00:03:49.210 --> 00:03:51.530 “And she who was chaste, therefor We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples.” (21:91) 00:03:51.530 --> 00:03:56.009 “And she who was chaste, therefor We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples.” (21:91) 00:03:56.009 --> 00:03:57.449 And He said: 00:03:57.449 --> 00:04:01.050 “And We made the son of Mary and his mother a portent, and We gave them refuge on a height, a place of flocks and watersprings.” (23:50) 00:04:01.050 --> 00:04:06.990 “And We made the son of Mary and his mother a portent, and We gave them refuge on a height, a place of flocks and watersprings.” (23:50) 00:04:06.990 --> 00:04:13.389 And Allah's testing of His servants is a past Sunnah that does not change or alter. 00:04:13.389 --> 00:04:15.069 Even the prophets, 00:04:15.069 --> 00:04:18.829 Allah tests them with the most severe types of trials. 00:04:18.829 --> 00:04:25.529 All of that is to reveal the extent of their submission to Allah's command and His law and their steadfastness upon it. 00:04:25.529 --> 00:04:27.470 The Most High said: 00:04:27.470 --> 00:04:39.389 “Do men imagine that they will be left (at ease) because they say, We believe, and will not be tested with affliction?” (29:2) 00:04:39.389 --> 00:04:44.990 “Lo! We tested those who were before you. Thus Allah knoweth those who are sincere, and knoweth those who feign.” (29:3) 00:04:44.990 --> 00:04:54.430 Allah will make known to us those who are truthful and make known to us the liars. 00:04:54.430 --> 00:04:57.149 Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:04:57.149 --> 00:04:59.149 The Almighty's saying: 00:04:59.149 --> 00:05:06.670 “Do men imagine that they will be left (at ease) because they say, We believe, and will not be tested with affliction?” (29:2) 00:05:06.670 --> 00:05:08.670 An interrogative of denial. 00:05:08.670 --> 00:05:14.910 And its meaning is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, must test His believing servants 00:05:14.910 --> 00:05:17.709 according to the level of faith they possess. 00:05:17.709 --> 00:05:20.589 As is mentioned in the authentic hadith: 00:05:20.589 --> 00:05:23.709 The people most severely tested are the Prophets, 00:05:23.709 --> 00:05:25.389 then the righteous, 00:05:25.389 --> 00:05:28.029 then the best of the best. 00:05:28.029 --> 00:05:30.910 A person is tested according to his religion. 00:05:30.910 --> 00:05:33.550 If he is firm in his religion, 00:05:33.550 --> 00:05:36.300 his trials are increased. 00:05:36.300 --> 00:05:39.579 And Mary, peace be upon her, was among the righteous. 00:05:39.579 --> 00:05:41.579 And due to the intensity of her faith, 00:05:41.579 --> 00:05:44.379 Allah tested her with a great matter, 00:05:44.540 --> 00:05:47.339 which was pregnancy without marital intimacy. 00:05:47.339 --> 00:05:54.620 So how would she face her people, she who was known only for her worship and devotion to it? 00:05:54.620 --> 00:06:01.769 And this is the trial by which Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, purifies His servants according to their faith, 00:06:01.769 --> 00:06:07.449 so that He may see the extent of their submission to His command and His law, and the extent of their steadfastness upon it. 00:06:07.449 --> 00:06:09.709 And this trial, 00:06:09.790 --> 00:06:14.910 its purpose is to distinguish the truthful from the liar in claiming faith. 00:06:14.910 --> 00:06:17.709 Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:06:17.709 --> 00:06:20.910 The Almighty informs about the completeness of His wisdom, 00:06:20.910 --> 00:06:25.870 and that His wisdom does not necessitate that everyone who claims to be a believer 00:06:25.870 --> 00:06:28.350 and professes faith for themselves 00:06:28.350 --> 00:06:33.310 should remain in a state where they are safe from trials and tribulations, 00:06:33.310 --> 00:06:38.600 and nothing that disturbs their faith and its branches comes their way. 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:41.399 For if that were the case, 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.360 the truthful would not be distinguished from the liar, 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:46.839 and the truthful from the false. 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:51.959 But His Sunnah and His custom with the previous generations and with this Ummah 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.480 is to test them. 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.959 And from Allah's mercy upon His servants 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:01.120 is that He aids the truthful in what He tests them with, 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:03.920 as happened in the story of Mary. 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:09.040 Allah aided her in facing her people with clear signs, 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:11.600 such as Jesus speaking while an infant, 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.000 and his speech in the cradle. 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:17.819 Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:07:17.819 --> 00:07:22.939 But Allah is kind to His believing servants during these trials, 00:07:22.939 --> 00:07:26.699 and grants them patience through them and rewards them for them. 00:07:26.699 --> 00:07:32.300 And He does not cast them into a destructive, misleading trial that would take away their religion. 00:07:32.300 --> 00:07:36.779 Rather, the trials pass over them while they are in well-being from them. 00:07:37.610 --> 00:07:40.410 Indeed, claiming faith is an easy matter, 00:07:40.410 --> 00:07:42.410 because it is mere words. 00:07:42.410 --> 00:07:46.410 But the reality of faith is manifested in the extent of commitment 00:07:46.410 --> 00:07:49.930 and practical action required of Muslim men and women. 00:07:49.930 --> 00:07:53.209 And for this reason, Allah rebuked the Bedouins, 00:07:53.209 --> 00:07:56.089 as stated in His exalted saying: 00:07:56.089 --> 00:08:00.879 "The Bedouins say, 'We have believed.'" 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:05.839 “The wandering Arabs say: We believe. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye believe not, but rather say "We submit," for the faith hath not yet entered into your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His messenger, He will not withhold from you aught of (the reward of) your deeds. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (49:14) 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:12.480 “The wandering Arabs say: We believe. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye believe not, but rather say "We submit," for the faith hath not yet entered into your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His messenger, He will not withhold from you aught of (the reward of) your deeds. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (49:14) 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:16.959 “The wandering Arabs say: We believe. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye believe not, but rather say "We submit," for the faith hath not yet entered into your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His messenger, He will not withhold from you aught of (the reward of) your deeds. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (49:14) 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:21.600 “The wandering Arabs say: We believe. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye believe not, but rather say "We submit," for the faith hath not yet entered into your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His messenger, He will not withhold from you aught of (the reward of) your deeds. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (49:14) 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:26.720 Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:33.840 The believers are only those who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:40.029 and then they doubt not, 00:08:40.029 --> 00:08:47.309 but strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of Allah. 00:08:47.309 --> 00:08:52.269 Those are the truthful. 00:08:52.269 --> 00:08:56.110 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Would ye teach Allah your religion, when Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and Allah is Aware of all things?” (49:16) 00:08:56.110 --> 00:09:01.870 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Would ye teach Allah your religion, when Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and Allah is Aware of all things?” (49:16) 00:09:01.870 --> 00:09:06.029 And Allah is knowing of all things. 00:09:32.590 --> 00:09:36.429 and His prohibition of you being alone with a man who is not your mahram, 00:09:36.429 --> 00:09:39.230 and mixing in workplaces, 00:09:39.230 --> 00:09:42.190 and His prohibition of you going out perfumed, 00:09:42.190 --> 00:09:44.990 and His command to you to obey your husband, 00:09:44.990 --> 00:09:48.990 and His creation of you as female, differing from the male, 00:09:48.990 --> 00:09:52.750 all of this and other matters are from Allah's law and command. 00:09:52.750 --> 00:09:57.549 It requires from you absolute submission without argument. 00:09:57.549 --> 00:10:01.950 Because Allah does not command you to do something or forbid you from something, 00:10:02.029 --> 00:10:06.029 except that it contains your welfare in this world and the Hereafter. 00:10:06.029 --> 00:10:10.190 It is not enough for you to say, "It is correct, and I have believed," 00:10:10.190 --> 00:10:14.429 and then not submit to it and not implement it. 00:10:14.429 --> 00:10:18.909 It is not enough for you to say that you love Allah and His Messenger, 00:10:18.909 --> 00:10:24.269 and then not obey the command of Allah and His Messenger in the reality of your life, 00:10:24.269 --> 00:10:30.269 or that you argue about the command of Allah and His Messenger when it contradicts your desires, 00:10:30.350 --> 00:10:33.070 and contradicts the reality of societies, 00:10:33.070 --> 00:10:36.029 out of fear of societal pressure upon you, 00:10:36.029 --> 00:10:40.299 and their disapproval of you or their mockery of you. 00:10:40.299 --> 00:10:45.399 All of this is contrary to submission to the command of Allah and His law. 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:47.639 And look at the state of the Jews, 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:51.240 when they opposed Allah's command with much argumentation, 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:55.679 what befell them in terms of severity upon them in this world. 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:57.740 Allah the Almighty said: 00:10:57.740 --> 00:11:01.659 "And when Moses said to his people, 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:07.470 “And when Moses said unto his people: Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye sacrifice a cow, they said: Dost thou make game of us? He answered: Allah forbid that I should be among the foolish!” (2:67) 00:11:07.470 --> 00:11:12.830 'Do you take us in ridicule?'" 00:11:12.830 --> 00:11:18.190 “And when Moses said unto his people: Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye sacrifice a cow, they said: Dost thou make game of us? He answered: Allah forbid that I should be among the foolish!” (2:67) 00:11:18.190 --> 00:11:23.149 "Call upon your Lord for us that He may make clear to us what it is." 00:11:23.149 --> 00:11:34.350 “They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what (cow) she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith, Verily she is a cow neither with calf nor immature; (she is) between the two conditions; so do that which ye are commanded.” (2:68) 00:11:34.350 --> 00:11:37.230 "So do what you are commanded." 00:11:37.230 --> 00:11:42.750 "Call upon your Lord for us that He may make clear to us its color." 00:11:42.830 --> 00:11:49.950 “They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us of what colour she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a yellow cow. Bright is her colour, gladdening beholders.” (2:69) 00:11:49.950 --> 00:11:54.590 "It is a yellow cow, bright in its color, pleasing to the observers." 00:11:54.590 --> 00:11:59.149 "Call upon your Lord for us that He may make clear to us what it is." 00:11:59.149 --> 00:12:07.230 "Indeed, the cows have become similar to us." 00:12:07.230 --> 00:12:14.590 “They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what (cow) she is. Lo! cows are much alike to us; and Lo! if Allah wills, we may be led aright.” (2:70) 00:12:14.590 --> 00:12:21.950 “(Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a cow unyoked; she plougheth not the soil nor watereth the tilth; whole and without mark. They said: Now thou bringest the truth. So they sacrificed her, though almost they did not.” (2:71) 00:12:21.950 --> 00:12:27.149 "And not to water the crops, a tame cow, unblemished with any [defect]." 00:12:27.149 --> 00:12:30.590 “(Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a cow unyoked; she plougheth not the soil nor watereth the tilth; whole and without mark. They said: Now thou bringest the truth. So they sacrificed her, though almost they did not.” (2:71) 00:12:30.590 --> 00:12:34.830 “(Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a cow unyoked; she plougheth not the soil nor watereth the tilth; whole and without mark. They said: Now thou bringest the truth. So they sacrificed her, though almost they did not.” (2:71) 00:12:34.909 --> 00:12:40.509 “And (remember) when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and Allah brought forth that which ye were hiding.” (2:72) 00:12:40.509 --> 00:12:46.029 “And (remember) when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and Allah brought forth that which ye were hiding.” (2:72) 00:12:46.029 --> 00:12:52.750 "So say, 'Strike it with part of it.' Thus Allah brings the dead to life." 00:12:52.750 --> 00:12:58.440 “And We said: Smite him with some of it. Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand.” (2:73) 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:01.769 And He, the Exalted, said about them: 00:13:01.929 --> 00:13:04.730 "And when Moses said to his people, 00:13:04.730 --> 00:13:08.809 “And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how He placed among you prophets, and He made you kings, and gave you that (which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures.” (5:20) 00:13:08.809 --> 00:13:15.129 “And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how He placed among you prophets, and He made you kings, and gave you that (which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures.” (5:20) 00:13:15.129 --> 00:13:18.009 'And He has made you kings 00:13:18.009 --> 00:13:21.049 and made you kings 00:13:21.049 --> 00:13:27.129 and given you what He had not given anyone among the worlds.'" 00:13:27.129 --> 00:13:30.649 "'O my people, enter the holy land 00:13:30.649 --> 00:13:33.210 “O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah hath ordained for you. Turn not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers:” (5:21) 00:13:33.210 --> 00:13:39.690 “O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah hath ordained for you. Turn not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers:” (5:21) 00:13:39.690 --> 00:13:43.929 and you will turn back as losers.'" 00:13:43.929 --> 00:13:51.210 “They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not till then).” (5:22) 00:13:51.210 --> 00:13:58.809 And indeed, we will not enter it 00:13:58.809 --> 00:14:01.210 until they leave it. 00:14:01.210 --> 00:14:03.610 So if they leave it, 00:14:03.610 --> 00:14:06.809 then indeed, we will enter. 00:14:06.809 --> 00:14:10.490 “Then out spake two of those who feared (their Lord, men) unto whom Allah had been gracious: Enter in upon them by the gate, for if ye enter by it, lo! ye will be victorious. So put your trust (in Allah) if ye are indeed believers.” (5:23) 00:14:10.490 --> 00:14:12.809 Allah bestowed His favor upon them. 00:14:12.809 --> 00:14:16.250 They entered upon them through the gate. 00:14:16.250 --> 00:14:21.370 “Then out spake two of those who feared (their Lord, men) unto whom Allah had been gracious: Enter in upon them by the gate, for if ye enter by it, lo! ye will be victorious. So put your trust (in Allah) if ye are indeed believers.” (5:23) 00:14:21.370 --> 00:14:25.049 And upon Allah, rely, 00:14:25.049 --> 00:14:29.850 if you are believers. 00:14:29.850 --> 00:14:36.809 They said, "O Moses, indeed we will not enter it 00:14:36.809 --> 00:14:40.250 ever as long as they are in it. 00:14:40.250 --> 00:14:42.970 So go, you and your Lord, 00:14:42.970 --> 00:14:48.809 and fight. Indeed, we are remaining right here." 00:14:48.809 --> 00:14:55.289 “He said: My Lord! I have control of none but myself and my brother, so distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk.” (5:25) 00:14:55.289 --> 00:15:00.250 So make a separation between us and the wicked people. 00:15:00.250 --> 00:15:04.809 “(Their Lord) said: For this the land will surely be forbidden them for forty years that they will wander in the earth, bewildered. So grieve not over the wrongdoing folk.” (5:26) 00:15:04.809 --> 00:15:09.450 Forty years they will wander in the land. 00:15:09.450 --> 00:15:14.320 So do not grieve over the wicked people. 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:18.320 and the refusal to submit to the command of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, and His law 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.080 and arguing against it. 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:23.759 stems from the arrogance that dominates the heart. 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:26.720 And this is one of the most dangerous types of arrogance: 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:30.320 that a Muslim woman becomes arrogant towards Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:34.080 and rejects His law with her intellect and desires. 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:36.299 Allah the Almighty says: 00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:41.899 Those who dispute concerning the signs of Allah 00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:45.179 without an authority having come to them. 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:51.740 “Those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without any warrant that hath come unto them, it is greatly hateful in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who believe. Thus doth Allah print on every arrogant, disdainful heart.” (40:35) 00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:59.980 “Those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without any warrant that hath come unto them, it is greatly hateful in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who believe. Thus doth Allah print on every arrogant, disdainful heart.” (40:35) 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:02.620 And Allah the Almighty says: 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:10.110 “Lo! those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without a warrant having come unto them, there is naught else in their breasts save pride which they will never attain. So take thou refuge in Allah. Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.” (40:56) 00:16:10.110 --> 00:16:13.230 without an authority having come to them. 00:16:13.230 --> 00:16:16.190 without an authority having come to them. 00:16:16.190 --> 00:16:19.710 “Lo! those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without a warrant having come unto them, there is naught else in their breasts save pride which they will never attain. So take thou refuge in Allah. Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.” (40:56) 00:16:19.710 --> 00:16:23.309 They will not attain it. 00:16:23.309 --> 00:16:26.110 So seek refuge in Allah. 00:16:26.110 --> 00:16:31.799 Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:35.000 So, O you who loved Mary, peace be upon her, 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:36.679 and followed her example, 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:39.799 beware lest the people of desires lead you astray 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:43.159 to reject the law of Allah and argue against it 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:46.600 with any of the flimsy arguments. 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:52.279 And adhere to the path of the righteous women, the Mothers of the Believers and the female Companions, 00:16:52.279 --> 00:17:00.110 and those who followed their path among the righteous women throughout the great history of this Ummah. 00:17:00.110 --> 00:17:03.870 We will continue in a future meeting, Allah willing. 00:17:03.870 --> 00:17:06.990 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.