WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.700 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:04.700 --> 00:00:08.099 The story of Maryam, daughter of ‘Imran. 00:00:08.099 --> 00:00:12.359 Peace be upon her. 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:18.089 Maryam the Truthful (al-Siddiqah). 00:00:18.089 --> 00:00:21.289 Maryam ascended through the ranks of faith, 00:00:21.289 --> 00:00:25.149 until she reached the rank of the Truthful (al-Siddiqiyyah). 00:00:25.149 --> 00:00:27.149 Allah the Exalted says: 00:00:27.149 --> 00:00:31.750 “The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how We make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away!” (5:75) 00:00:31.750 --> 00:00:34.950 "And messengers have passed on before him," 00:00:34.950 --> 00:00:37.950 "and his mother was a woman of truth." 00:00:37.950 --> 00:00:41.750 "Both of them used to eat food." 00:00:41.750 --> 00:00:46.350 See how We make the signs clear to them; 00:00:46.350 --> 00:00:52.299 then see how they are deluded. 00:00:52.299 --> 00:00:55.100 Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:58.500 "He made the ultimate goal of Maryam the rank of the Truthful," 00:00:58.500 --> 00:01:02.130 "just as He made the ultimate goal of the Messiah the rank of Messengership." 00:01:02.130 --> 00:01:04.930 And Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:01:04.930 --> 00:01:06.329 Regarding His saying: 00:01:06.329 --> 00:01:08.730 "And his mother was a woman of truth," 00:01:08.730 --> 00:01:11.930 meaning she was a believer in Him and a confirmer of His truth. 00:01:11.930 --> 00:01:14.730 This is the highest of her stations. 00:01:14.730 --> 00:01:18.579 It indicates that she was not a prophetess. 00:01:18.579 --> 00:01:23.980 The rank of the Truthful is a station surpassed only by the rank of Prophethood, 00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:25.980 as Allah the Exalted says: 00:01:25.980 --> 00:01:29.379 “Whoso obeyeth Allah and the messenger, they are with those unto whom Allah hath shown favour, of the prophets and the saints and the martyrs and the righteous. The best of company are they!” (4:69) 00:01:29.379 --> 00:01:42.379 “Whoso obeyeth Allah and the messenger, they are with those unto whom Allah hath shown favour, of the prophets and the saints and the martyrs and the righteous. The best of company are they!” (4:69) 00:01:42.379 --> 00:01:49.980 "among the prophets, the truthful," 00:01:49.980 --> 00:01:54.780 "the martyrs, and the righteous." 00:01:54.780 --> 00:01:59.640 "And excellent are those as companions." 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.040 Thus, the rank of the Truthful comes 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:05.340 immediately after the rank of Prophethood. 00:02:05.340 --> 00:02:08.340 The Truthful rank is the perfection of faith 00:02:08.340 --> 00:02:10.539 in what the Messenger brought, 00:02:10.539 --> 00:02:13.740 through knowledge, confirmation, and implementation. 00:02:13.740 --> 00:02:16.939 It returns to the essence of knowledge itself. 00:02:16.939 --> 00:02:18.740 For everyone who is more knowledgeable 00:02:18.740 --> 00:02:20.539 of what the Messenger brought, 00:02:20.539 --> 00:02:22.539 and more perfect in confirming it, 00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:25.430 is more complete in their Truthfulness. 00:02:25.430 --> 00:02:29.229 The Truthful rank is a tree whose roots are knowledge, 00:02:29.229 --> 00:02:31.430 its branches are confirmation, 00:02:31.430 --> 00:02:34.090 and its fruit is action. 00:02:34.090 --> 00:02:36.689 Al-Sa‘di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:02:36.689 --> 00:02:40.289 "The Truthful rank is beneficial knowledge," 00:02:40.289 --> 00:02:44.270 "which yields certainty and righteous action." 00:02:44.270 --> 00:02:46.669 Our Lord, glory be to Him and Exalted is He, clarified 00:02:46.669 --> 00:02:49.069 the path that Maryam followed 00:02:49.069 --> 00:02:52.669 until she reached the rank of the Truthful. 00:02:52.669 --> 00:02:56.500 It is the confirmation of the word of Allah without doubt, 00:02:56.500 --> 00:02:59.300 the confirmation of the revealed scriptures, 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:03.099 and constancy in obedience and worship. 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:05.099 Allah the Exalted says: 00:03:05.099 --> 00:03:09.699 "And Maryam, the daughter of ‘Imran, who" 00:03:09.699 --> 00:03:11.699 "guarded her chastity," 00:03:11.699 --> 00:03:18.500 “And Mary, daughter of 'Imran, whose body was chaste, therefor We breathed therein something of Our Spirit. And she put faith in the words of her Lord and His scriptures, and was of the obedient.” (66:12) 00:03:18.500 --> 00:03:22.699 "and she confirmed the words of her Lord," 00:03:22.699 --> 00:03:26.500 "and His scriptures," 00:03:26.500 --> 00:03:27.900 "and was of the devoutly obedient." 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:34.300 [Note: Line 58 is the completion of the verse]. 00:03:34.300 --> 00:03:36.900 Al-Sa‘di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:40.500 "This describes her with knowledge and awareness," 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:43.300 "for the confirmation of the words of Allah" 00:03:43.300 --> 00:03:47.099 "includes both His religious and preordained words." 00:03:47.099 --> 00:03:49.099 "And the confirmation of His scriptures" 00:03:49.099 --> 00:03:53.099 "requires knowledge of that through which confirmation is attained." 00:03:53.099 --> 00:03:56.900 "This cannot be achieved except through knowledge and action." 00:03:56.900 --> 00:03:58.699 That is why He said: 00:03:58.699 --> 00:04:01.300 "And was of the devoutly obedient," 00:04:01.300 --> 00:04:03.699 meaning those who are obedient to Allah, 00:04:03.699 --> 00:04:08.099 those who persist in His obedience with fear and humility. 00:04:08.099 --> 00:04:11.500 This describes her with the perfection of action. 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:15.099 For she, may Allah be pleased with her, was a woman of truth, 00:04:15.099 --> 00:04:19.620 and the Truthful rank is the perfection of knowledge and action. 00:04:19.620 --> 00:04:26.620 The rank of the Truthful is available to everyone, men and women, who follows her path. 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:29.220 It has become famous in this Ummah 00:04:29.220 --> 00:04:32.819 through the Mother of the Believers, ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:04:32.819 --> 00:04:36.250 the Truthful woman, daughter of the Truthful man. 00:04:36.250 --> 00:04:41.449 So, every girl and woman who wishes to emulate Maryam, peace be upon her, 00:04:41.449 --> 00:04:46.649 and follow the path she took to attain the rank of the Truthful, 00:04:46.649 --> 00:04:49.610 must adhere to these matters: 00:04:49.610 --> 00:04:50.810 First: 00:04:50.810 --> 00:04:55.009 Knowledge of what the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, brought, 00:04:55.009 --> 00:04:58.209 from what Allah revealed to him in the Qur'an, 00:04:58.209 --> 00:05:00.939 and from the purified Sunnah. 00:05:00.939 --> 00:05:04.939 This necessitates that a woman reads the Qur'an, 00:05:04.939 --> 00:05:06.740 and understands its meanings, 00:05:06.740 --> 00:05:09.740 even if through concise books of Tafsir, 00:05:09.740 --> 00:05:11.740 such as the Tafsir of al-Sa‘di, 00:05:11.740 --> 00:05:14.540 or "The Qur'an: Contemplation and Action," 00:05:14.540 --> 00:05:17.939 and both are available on the internet. 00:05:18.139 --> 00:05:23.339 It also requires her to read the hadiths of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:05:23.339 --> 00:05:26.139 for they are the practical application of the Qur'an, 00:05:26.139 --> 00:05:29.139 and the Prophetic guidance for the Ummah, 00:05:29.139 --> 00:05:30.540 especially 00:05:30.540 --> 00:05:36.540 the hadiths in which the Prophet, peace be upon him, addressed women. 00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:38.740 Among the suggested books: 00:05:38.740 --> 00:05:41.939 "Riyad al-Salihin" by al-Nawawi, 00:05:41.939 --> 00:05:45.339 "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib" by al-Mundhiri, 00:05:45.339 --> 00:05:48.660 and the book "Sharh ‘Umdat al-Mar'ah." 00:05:48.660 --> 00:05:50.060 Second: 00:05:50.060 --> 00:05:56.060 Confirmation and certainty in what the Prophet, peace be upon him, brought. 00:05:56.060 --> 00:05:58.060 This is a matter of the heart, 00:05:58.060 --> 00:06:00.860 which a woman knows within herself. 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:05.860 Its sign is that when she hears a legal text from the Book of Allah, 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:07.660 or the Sunnah of His Messenger, 00:06:07.660 --> 00:06:09.660 that contradicts her desires, 00:06:09.660 --> 00:06:13.459 she does not object to it with her intellect or her opinion, 00:06:13.459 --> 00:06:17.060 nor does she search for opinions that align with her desires, 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:21.449 but rather she submits completely without objection. 00:06:21.449 --> 00:06:22.850 Third: 00:06:22.850 --> 00:06:25.449 Acting in accordance with this knowledge, 00:06:25.449 --> 00:06:27.050 for this is the fruit. 00:06:27.050 --> 00:06:31.050 This is what changes the life of a girl and a woman, 00:06:31.050 --> 00:06:34.050 and moves her from darkness into light, 00:06:34.050 --> 00:06:40.180 and from misery to a happiness that only those who have tasted it know. 00:06:40.180 --> 00:06:41.579 Fourth: 00:06:41.579 --> 00:06:45.009 Constancy in obedience and worship. 00:06:45.009 --> 00:06:48.610 This constancy is the sign of steadfastness, 00:06:48.610 --> 00:06:52.060 especially in the youth of a girl. 00:06:52.060 --> 00:06:53.459 Fifth: 00:06:53.459 --> 00:06:58.259 Commitment to truthfulness in speech, actions, and states. 00:06:58.259 --> 00:07:01.129 Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:07:01.129 --> 00:07:03.329 "The one who brings truthfulness" 00:07:03.329 --> 00:07:07.730 "is the one whose nature is truthfulness in his speech, actions, and state." 00:07:07.730 --> 00:07:10.560 Truthfulness in these three: 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:12.560 Truthfulness in speech: 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.160 The tongue is aligned with the statements, 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:18.560 like the alignment of an ear of corn on its stalk. 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:20.560 Truthfulness in actions: 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:24.199 The alignment of deeds with the command and the following [of the Prophet], 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:27.199 like the alignment of the head on the body. 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:29.199 Truthfulness in states: 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:33.759 The alignment of the actions of the heart and limbs with sincerity, 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:37.189 and the exertion of effort and expenditure of energy. 00:07:37.189 --> 00:07:41.189 Through this, the servant becomes one of those who brought truthfulness. 00:07:41.189 --> 00:07:48.220 According to the perfection of these matters in a person, their Truthful rank is determined. 00:07:48.220 --> 00:07:57.290 That is why Abu Bakr al-Siddiq held the pinnacle of the Truthful rank, until he was called "al-Siddiq" (the Truthful) absolutely. 00:07:57.290 --> 00:08:03.290 "Al-Siddiq" is more emphatic than "al-Saduq," and "al-Saduq" is more emphatic than "al-Sadiq." 00:08:03.290 --> 00:08:14.480 The highest rank of truthfulness is the rank of the Truthful, which is the perfection of submission to the Messenger alongside the perfection of sincerity to the Sender. 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:21.740 A woman must beware of the corruption of her faith by listening to those in whose hearts is a disease, 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:27.740 those who stir up doubts and invite to desires. Allah the Exalted says: 00:08:28.740 --> 00:08:48.929 “He it is Who hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture wherein are clear revelations - they are the substance of the Book - and others (which are) allegorical. But those in whose hearts is doubt pursue, forsooth, that which is allegorical seeking (to cause) dissension by seeking to explain it. None knoweth its explanation save Allah. And those who are of sound instruction say: We believe therein; the whole is from our Lord; but only men of understanding really heed.” (3:7) 00:08:48.929 --> 00:09:07.929 “He it is Who hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture wherein are clear revelations - they are the substance of the Book - and others (which are) allegorical. But those in whose hearts is doubt pursue, forsooth, that which is allegorical seeking (to cause) dissension by seeking to explain it. None knoweth its explanation save Allah. And those who are of sound instruction say: We believe therein; the whole is from our Lord; but only men of understanding really heed.” (3:7) 00:09:07.929 --> 00:09:17.929 “He it is Who hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture wherein are clear revelations - they are the substance of the Book - and others (which are) allegorical. But those in whose hearts is doubt pursue, forsooth, that which is allegorical seeking (to cause) dissension by seeking to explain it. None knoweth its explanation save Allah. And those who are of sound instruction say: We believe therein; the whole is from our Lord; but only men of understanding really heed.” (3:7) 00:09:17.929 --> 00:09:34.730 “He it is Who hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture wherein are clear revelations - they are the substance of the Book - and others (which are) allegorical. But those in whose hearts is doubt pursue, forsooth, that which is allegorical seeking (to cause) dissension by seeking to explain it. None knoweth its explanation save Allah. And those who are of sound instruction say: We believe therein; the whole is from our Lord; but only men of understanding really heed.” (3:7) 00:09:34.730 --> 00:09:49.730 “Our Lord! Cause not our hearts to stray after Thou hast guided us, and bestow upon us mercy from Thy Presence. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Bestower.” (3:8) 00:09:49.730 --> 00:10:01.210 My advice to every girl and woman seeking the highest degrees with Allah is to be careful about whom she listens to or reads from. 00:10:01.210 --> 00:10:15.240 For the means of communication today have become filled with people of desires and doubts who address women with honeyed words to spread their doubts and drag her into their desires. 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:17.269 Allah the Exalted says: 00:10:17.269 --> 00:10:32.269 “Allah would explain to you and guide you by the examples of those who were before you, and would turn to you in mercy. Allah is Knower, Wise.” (4:26) 00:10:32.269 --> 00:10:44.269 “And Allah would turn to you in mercy; but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray.” (4:27) 00:10:44.269 --> 00:10:53.269 “Allah would make the burden light for you, for man was created weak.” (4:28) 00:10:53.269 --> 00:11:01.529 The most dangerous inclination a woman might have because of them is to disbelieve or doubt the texts of the Shari‘ah, 00:11:01.529 --> 00:11:09.529 especially the Prophetic hadiths related to women, around which doubts are often raised. 00:11:09.529 --> 00:11:16.529 This inclination affects the heart, depriving it of the sweetness of faith and obedience. 00:11:16.529 --> 00:11:22.529 So how can a girl or woman reach the rank of the Truthful after that? 00:11:22.529 --> 00:11:29.690 We will continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.