WEBVTT 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:13.060 O Allah, we hope for Your mercy. I can almost see her as she approached the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, with a steady step, 00:00:14.460 --> 00:00:17.460 And a heart trembling with awe and fear. 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:22.920 She cast aside all human standards and scales. 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:26.519 She forgot the shame and the scandal. 00:00:28.109 --> 00:00:30.609 She did not fear the people or the eyes of the people, 00:00:31.109 --> 00:00:33.740 Nor what the people might say. 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:40.840 How could she be concerned with all that, when she had turned toward Allah? 00:00:41.659 --> 00:00:45.659 And whoever turns toward Allah, Allah draws him near. 00:00:46.229 --> 00:00:49.729 Allah loves him, grants him success, 00:00:50.229 --> 00:00:52.729 And accepts his repentance. 00:00:53.229 --> 00:00:55.729 It is Allah. 00:00:56.229 --> 00:00:58.320 It is Allah. 00:01:00.490 --> 00:01:02.990 I can almost see her saying: 00:01:03.490 --> 00:01:08.739 "I truly hope for what is with the Lord, and I have 00:01:09.310 --> 00:01:12.310 No request after His forgiveness." 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:16.840 If I am saved from my sin in this fleeting world, 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:20.840 How could I be saved and escape in the Hereafter? 00:01:21.790 --> 00:01:23.790 She came seeking death. 00:01:24.290 --> 00:01:26.790 Yes, she sought death. 00:01:27.290 --> 00:01:31.790 For death is easy if it is accompanied by forgiveness and pardon, 00:01:32.290 --> 00:01:34.290 And contentment and pleasure. 00:01:34.790 --> 00:01:39.290 From a Merciful, Generous, Forgiving, and Bountiful Lord. 00:01:39.950 --> 00:01:41.450 Death is easy, 00:01:41.950 --> 00:01:44.950 If after it lies contentment and acceptance. 00:01:45.450 --> 00:01:46.950 Death is easy, 00:01:47.450 --> 00:01:50.950 If it extinguishes the burning pain, 00:01:51.450 --> 00:01:52.950 The sting of disobedience, 00:01:53.450 --> 00:01:55.450 And the reproach of conscience. 00:01:55.450 --> 00:02:00.950 She stood before the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:02:01.450 --> 00:02:04.950 Unconcerned with a fleeting world, 00:02:05.450 --> 00:02:09.949 Or a scandal that vanishes with the vanishing of the sin. 00:02:10.449 --> 00:02:15.949 "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed a sin requiring a prescribed punishment, so purify me." 00:02:16.509 --> 00:02:21.009 "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed a sin requiring a prescribed punishment, so purify me." 00:02:21.509 --> 00:02:23.039 At that moment, 00:02:23.539 --> 00:02:27.539 The Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:29.539 Turned his face away from her. 00:02:30.330 --> 00:02:34.330 So she approached him from another side and said: 00:02:34.830 --> 00:02:39.830 "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed a sin requiring a prescribed punishment, so purify me." 00:02:40.330 --> 00:02:44.490 "I see, O Messenger of Allah, that you wish to turn me away, 00:02:44.990 --> 00:02:46.990 Just as you turned away Ma'iz ibn Malik." 00:02:47.490 --> 00:02:52.280 "By Allah, I am pregnant from adultery." 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.449 "I am pregnant from adultery." 00:02:56.949 --> 00:03:01.449 At that, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, commanded her: 00:03:02.180 --> 00:03:04.680 "Go until you have given birth." 00:03:05.939 --> 00:03:12.210 I can almost see a question in the eyes of the listeners: 00:03:12.710 --> 00:03:14.280 How did she leave? 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:17.340 Did she leave with joy filling her heart? 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.340 With relief mingling with her soul? 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:22.340 That she had been spared from certain death, 00:03:22.340 --> 00:03:24.840 Even though she had done what she was commanded to do, 00:03:25.340 --> 00:03:26.840 And the Messenger of Allah had turned her away? 00:03:27.340 --> 00:03:28.840 No. 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:32.840 Rather, anxiety did not cease to dwell in her heart, 00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:37.840 And the concerns of fear of Allah loomed over her thoughts. 00:03:38.340 --> 00:03:40.939 A month passed, then another, 00:03:41.530 --> 00:03:44.030 And pains gave birth to pains. 00:03:44.530 --> 00:03:47.030 Then she came with her newborn, carrying him. 00:03:47.530 --> 00:03:51.159 "Here I am, I have given birth, O Messenger of Allah, 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:52.659 So purify me." 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:55.819 The Kind and Merciful one said: 00:03:56.449 --> 00:03:59.949 "Go until you have breastfed him and weaned him." 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.460 So she returned with her nursing son. 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:07.460 If only you could have seen her with her newborn in her arms, 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:11.460 While the people watched her with wonder and reverence. 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:17.129 Yet Satan continued to whisper to her and entice her, 00:04:17.629 --> 00:04:19.129 "That is your chance, 00:04:19.730 --> 00:04:21.230 You have done what was required of you, 00:04:21.230 --> 00:04:23.730 And the Prophet turned you away repeatedly, 00:04:24.230 --> 00:04:27.459 So do not return to him." 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:30.959 Did she respond? 00:04:31.459 --> 00:04:34.459 Did she respond to all of that? 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:36.120 No. 00:04:36.620 --> 00:04:38.620 Far be it from her to respond. 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:42.680 Because, simply put, she wanted what was with Allah. 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:45.680 So she turned toward Allah. 00:04:46.180 --> 00:04:48.680 And whoever turns toward Allah, 00:04:49.180 --> 00:04:52.680 Far be it from Him, the Almighty, to turn him away, 00:04:53.180 --> 00:04:56.709 Or leave him to himself or to Satan. 00:04:57.209 --> 00:05:01.709 "As for My servants, you have no authority over them." 00:05:02.209 --> 00:05:07.470 A year passed, then another, 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:09.759 And she came with her child, 00:05:10.259 --> 00:05:12.759 Who was holding a piece of bread, eating it. 00:05:13.259 --> 00:05:18.050 She stood before the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:05:18.550 --> 00:05:21.050 And said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:05:22.050 --> 00:05:25.550 Here I am, I have weaned him, so purify me." 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:28.579 How amazing she and her state were! 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:32.579 What faith is this that she carried? 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.740 What repentance is this that she was blessed with? 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:39.740 What persistence and resolve is this? 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:42.740 Three years, more or less, 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.740 Were enough to change her state, 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:49.740 To diminish her faith, 00:05:49.740 --> 00:05:52.240 To diminish her patience and resolve, 00:05:52.740 --> 00:05:55.240 And her turning toward her Lord. 00:05:55.740 --> 00:05:58.240 No, a thousand times no. 00:05:58.740 --> 00:06:00.240 The days followed one another, 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:02.240 The months succeeded each other, 00:06:02.740 --> 00:06:06.240 And in every moment, she had a story with pain, 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:10.240 And in the world of sorrows, tales. 00:06:10.740 --> 00:06:13.850 Two full years, 00:06:14.350 --> 00:06:17.850 Every time she offered her breast to her child, 00:06:17.850 --> 00:06:20.350 Or held him to her chest, 00:06:20.850 --> 00:06:23.350 Her attachment to him increased, 00:06:23.850 --> 00:06:25.350 And his attachment to her, 00:06:25.850 --> 00:06:27.350 And her love for him, 00:06:27.850 --> 00:06:29.350 And her love for him, 00:06:29.850 --> 00:06:31.350 And his love for her. 00:06:31.850 --> 00:06:33.350 For she was a mother, 00:06:33.850 --> 00:06:37.350 And mothers have secrets and stories. 00:06:38.069 --> 00:06:40.569 O you who disobey, 00:06:41.069 --> 00:06:42.569 Return. 00:06:43.069 --> 00:06:45.569 O you who sin, 00:06:46.069 --> 00:06:47.569 Repent. 00:06:48.069 --> 00:06:49.569 O you who are negligent, 00:06:50.069 --> 00:06:52.569 Make amends. 00:06:53.069 --> 00:06:55.569 All humiliation is in the pleasure of Allah, the Almighty, 00:06:56.069 --> 00:06:59.569 And all honor is in the displeasure of Allah, even if it seems like humiliation. 00:07:00.069 --> 00:07:03.569 And what is with Allah is better and more lasting. 00:07:04.069 --> 00:07:07.569 If only my people knew. 00:07:08.069 --> 00:07:11.990 If only my people knew. 00:07:12.490 --> 00:07:14.990 The Prophet, peace be upon him, handed 00:07:15.490 --> 00:07:17.990 The boy to a man among the Muslims, 00:07:18.490 --> 00:07:22.990 And she was ordered to be buried up to her chest, then she was stoned. 00:07:23.490 --> 00:07:25.240 At that moment, 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:31.240 Blood splattered from her head onto one of the Companions, 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:37.439 Who cursed her within the hearing of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:07:38.129 --> 00:07:41.629 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said 00:07:42.129 --> 00:07:44.629 A statement that history has recorded: 00:07:45.129 --> 00:07:47.629 "By Allah, she has repented a repentance, 00:07:47.629 --> 00:07:51.129 By Allah, she has repented a repentance, 00:07:51.629 --> 00:07:55.129 That if the collector of illegal taxes had repented it, it would have been accepted from him." 00:07:55.629 --> 00:08:01.129 And in another narration: "If it were distributed among the people of Medina, it would have sufficed them." 00:08:01.629 --> 00:08:04.129 O Allah! 00:08:04.629 --> 00:08:09.129 History did not record a scandal for that woman, 00:08:09.629 --> 00:08:13.629 Rather, it recorded a story of repentance, 00:08:13.629 --> 00:08:20.129 Told to the ears of all Muslims throughout the ages, 00:08:20.629 --> 00:08:23.629 Of a woman who turned toward Allah, 00:08:24.129 --> 00:08:26.129 And Allah accepted her. 00:08:26.629 --> 00:08:30.129 Do you know why, servants of Allah? 00:08:30.629 --> 00:08:33.629 It is the fear of Allah. 00:08:34.129 --> 00:08:36.629 It is the awe of Allah. 00:08:37.129 --> 00:08:39.629 It is the glorification of Allah. 00:08:40.129 --> 00:08:42.629 It is the glorification of Allah. 00:08:42.629 --> 00:08:44.629 It elevates the souls, 00:08:45.129 --> 00:08:49.629 So they find no rest except in the proximity of the Most Merciful, 00:08:50.129 --> 00:08:52.629 In the Garden of Pleasure. 00:08:53.129 --> 00:08:55.129 It is the awe of Allah 00:08:55.629 --> 00:08:58.129 That did not cease in that believing woman, 00:08:58.659 --> 00:09:01.659 When she fell into the snares of Satan, 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:05.159 And responded to him in a moment of weakness. 00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:09.659 Yes, she sinned, 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:12.659 But she rose from her sin 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.159 With a heart filled with faith, 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:19.659 And a soul stung by the heat of disobedience. 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:21.659 Yes, she sinned, 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:24.159 But there arose in her heart 00:09:24.659 --> 00:09:26.659 A station of glorifying the One she disobeyed. 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:31.159 Questions choked in her chest: 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:35.539 "How can I disobey my Lord, while He is my Creator, 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:37.769 And the Bestower of blessings upon me? 00:09:38.269 --> 00:09:39.769 How can I disobey my Lord, 00:09:40.269 --> 00:09:42.269 Who provided for me and granted me 00:09:42.769 --> 00:09:45.769 Everything I hope for and everything I do not hope for? 00:09:46.460 --> 00:09:49.460 How can I disobey Him when He has clothed me, 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:52.460 Sheltered me, fed me, and given me to drink?" 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.460 So that woman was not satisfied 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:57.460 Except with purification, 00:09:57.960 --> 00:09:59.460 Even if that purification involved 00:09:59.960 --> 00:10:01.460 The taking of a life, 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:04.990 A scandal in the eyes of some, 00:10:05.490 --> 00:10:07.490 And the departure of life. 00:10:07.990 --> 00:10:09.990 For what life are we living 00:10:10.490 --> 00:10:12.990 While we disobey Allah? 00:10:13.490 --> 00:10:15.490 What life are we living 00:10:15.990 --> 00:10:17.490 While we disobey Allah? 00:10:17.990 --> 00:10:21.840 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:23.940 "And Paradise will be brought near 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:26.940 To the righteous, not far. 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:29.440 This is what you were promised 00:10:29.940 --> 00:10:31.940 For every returner and keeper of the covenant, 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:35.039 “Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.” (50:33) 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:38.039 Who came with a repentant heart. 00:10:38.539 --> 00:10:42.039 Enter it in peace. 00:10:42.539 --> 00:10:46.200 Enter it in peace. 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:50.200 Enter it in peace. 00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:53.700 That is the Day of Eternity." 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:57.700 “There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.” (50:35) 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:01.700 “There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.” (50:35) 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:04.200 "And We have more." 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:06.200 Al-Hasan said: 00:11:06.700 --> 00:11:09.889 "A man commits a sin and does not forget it, 00:11:10.389 --> 00:11:12.889 And he remains fearful of it, 00:11:13.389 --> 00:11:14.889 Until he enters Paradise." 00:11:15.389 --> 00:11:17.950 O Allah, Your pleasure and Paradise. 00:11:18.450 --> 00:11:20.950 O Allah, Your pleasure and Paradise. 00:11:21.450 --> 00:11:23.950 O Allah, Your pleasure and Paradise. 00:11:24.450 --> 00:11:27.450 O Allah, Your pleasure and Paradise.