1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,620 --> 00:00:05,860 The story of our mother Hawwa (Eve). 3 00:00:08,529 --> 00:00:11,390 Hawwa does not act arrogantly toward the truth. 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,179 Allah the Almighty says: 5 00:00:15,539 --> 00:00:20,239 ﴾And [mention] when We said to the angels, 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,239 "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:29,640 except for Iblis; he refused.﴿ 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,640 “And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He demurred through pride, and so became a disbeliever.” (2:34) 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,119 When Allah created Adam, 10 00:00:37,119 --> 00:00:42,119 He commanded His angels to prostrate to him as an act of honor and veneration. 11 00:00:42,119 --> 00:00:44,119 Iblis refused to prostrate, 12 00:00:44,119 --> 00:00:46,119 out of arrogance against the command of Allah. 13 00:00:46,119 --> 00:00:50,179 So why did Iblis act arrogantly toward Adam? 14 00:00:50,179 --> 00:00:54,310 Allah the Almighty explains in another place in the Qur'an 15 00:00:54,310 --> 00:00:56,310 the reason for Iblis's arrogance. 16 00:00:56,310 --> 00:00:58,439 He said: 17 00:00:58,439 --> 00:01:03,439 ﴾[Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?"﴿ 18 00:01:03,439 --> 00:01:09,439 ﴾[Iblis] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire 19 00:01:09,439 --> 00:01:13,439 and created him from clay."﴿ 20 00:01:13,439 --> 00:01:15,540 And Allah the Almighty said: 21 00:01:15,540 --> 00:01:19,540 “He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!” (15:33) 22 00:01:19,540 --> 00:01:25,540 “He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!” (15:33) 23 00:01:25,540 --> 00:01:29,819 Thus, the reason that prevented Iblis from prostrating, 24 00:01:29,819 --> 00:01:32,819 and led him to act arrogantly against the command of Allah, 25 00:01:32,819 --> 00:01:36,819 was the corrupt comparison between the nature of his own creation 26 00:01:36,819 --> 00:01:38,819 and the nature of Adam's creation. 27 00:01:38,819 --> 00:01:41,049 As for the angels, 28 00:01:41,049 --> 00:01:44,049 when they were commanded to prostrate, 29 00:01:44,049 --> 00:01:47,269 they prostrated in obedience to Allah. 30 00:01:47,269 --> 00:01:50,269 Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 31 00:01:50,269 --> 00:01:53,299 The prostration of the angels to Adam 32 00:01:53,299 --> 00:01:56,299 was an honoring of Adam and an act of obedience to Allah, 33 00:01:56,299 --> 00:01:59,590 not an act of worship toward Adam. 34 00:01:59,590 --> 00:02:01,620 Qatadah said: 35 00:02:01,620 --> 00:02:03,620 It was obedience to Allah, 36 00:02:03,620 --> 00:02:05,620 and the prostration was toward Adam. 37 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:09,659 Allah honored Adam by having the angels prostrate to him. 38 00:02:09,659 --> 00:02:12,849 In this, there is a benefit: 39 00:02:12,849 --> 00:02:18,849 that when the angels obeyed Allah in what He commanded them regarding the prostration to Adam, 40 00:02:18,849 --> 00:02:22,849 they did not look at the material from which they were created, 41 00:02:22,849 --> 00:02:25,849 nor did they look at his work, but rather they focused on the command of Allah. 42 00:02:25,849 --> 00:02:27,849 Their status was elevated. 43 00:02:27,849 --> 00:02:29,879 As for Iblis, 44 00:02:29,879 --> 00:02:31,879 when he disobeyed Allah 45 00:02:31,879 --> 00:02:34,879 and did not prostrate to Adam out of arrogance, 46 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:36,879 the curse fell upon him, 47 00:02:36,879 --> 00:02:38,879 and he was expelled from the mercy of Allah. 48 00:02:38,879 --> 00:02:42,069 Likewise, it is said to the woman: 49 00:02:42,069 --> 00:02:46,069 that when Allah commanded her to submit to her husband, 50 00:02:46,069 --> 00:02:51,069 and to obey him in what he commands her of that which is obedience or permissible, 51 00:02:51,069 --> 00:02:55,069 there is elevation for her if she complies. 52 00:02:55,069 --> 00:02:57,069 But if she disobeys her husband, 53 00:02:57,069 --> 00:03:00,069 she has shared in the trait of Iblis's disobedience, 54 00:03:00,069 --> 00:03:03,069 which is refusal and arrogance. 55 00:03:03,069 --> 00:03:07,069 For nothing truly prevents her from compliance 56 00:03:07,069 --> 00:03:09,069 except for arrogance. 57 00:03:09,069 --> 00:03:14,650 Indeed, a woman's arrogance and her refusal to comply with her husband 58 00:03:14,650 --> 00:03:17,650 leads to belittling him and dismissing his opinion, 59 00:03:17,650 --> 00:03:20,650 and consequently, belittling the rulings of the Sharia, 60 00:03:20,650 --> 00:03:23,650 whether she realizes it or not. 61 00:03:23,650 --> 00:03:27,000 Al-Qurtubi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 62 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Regarding the saying of Allah the Almighty: 63 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,000 ﴾And he was arrogant,﴿ 64 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,000 "Arrogance" means considering oneself superior. 65 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 It is as if he disliked the prostration in his own estimation, 66 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,000 and considered it too great a thing to do for Adam. 67 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,030 Thus, the refusal to prostrate to Adam 68 00:03:42,030 --> 00:03:45,030 was a dismissal of Allah's command and His wisdom. 69 00:03:45,030 --> 00:03:49,030 Regarding this arrogance, the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, expressed: 70 00:03:49,030 --> 00:03:52,030 "No one shall enter Paradise who has in his heart 71 00:03:52,030 --> 00:03:55,030 a mustard seed's weight of arrogance." 72 00:03:55,030 --> 00:03:57,099 A man said: 73 00:03:57,099 --> 00:04:02,189 "A man likes his garment to be fine and his sandals to be fine." 74 00:04:02,189 --> 00:04:07,189 He said: "Allah is Beautiful and loves beauty. 75 00:04:07,189 --> 00:04:11,189 Arrogance is rejecting the truth and looking down upon people." 76 00:04:11,189 --> 00:04:13,219 Reported by Muslim. 77 00:04:13,219 --> 00:04:15,219 The meaning of "rejecting the truth" (batr al-haqq) 78 00:04:15,219 --> 00:04:17,220 is to dismiss it and invalidate it. 79 00:04:17,220 --> 00:04:19,259 And "looking down upon people" (ghamtu al-nas) 80 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:23,420 is to belittle them and hold them in contempt. 81 00:04:23,420 --> 00:04:27,420 Everyone who dismisses any of the commands of Allah the Almighty, 82 00:04:27,420 --> 00:04:31,420 or the commands of His Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 83 00:04:31,420 --> 00:04:33,420 his ruling is the same as his [Iblis's]. 84 00:04:33,420 --> 00:04:36,670 And this is a matter upon which there is no disagreement. 85 00:04:36,670 --> 00:04:39,699 Muhammad Rashid Rida, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 86 00:04:39,699 --> 00:04:42,699 "Arrogance" (istikbar) means haughtiness, 87 00:04:42,699 --> 00:04:45,699 which is appearing with the attribute of pride, 88 00:04:45,699 --> 00:04:50,019 the effects of which include turning away from the truth. 89 00:04:50,019 --> 00:04:53,019 So let the woman be wary of that, 90 00:04:53,019 --> 00:04:56,019 for the beginning of arrogance in a woman's soul 91 00:04:56,019 --> 00:04:58,019 arises from her feeling 92 00:04:58,019 --> 00:05:02,019 that she has a merit over the man that prevents her from yielding to him. 93 00:05:02,019 --> 00:05:05,019 And this is what happened to Iblis. 94 00:05:05,019 --> 00:05:08,019 Al-Qurtubi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 95 00:05:08,019 --> 00:05:11,019 Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: 96 00:05:11,019 --> 00:05:13,120 He used to see for himself 97 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,120 that he had a merit over the angels because of what he possessed. 98 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,120 Therefore he said: 99 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,120 "I am better than him." 100 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,220 And that is why Allah the Almighty said: 101 00:05:24,220 --> 00:05:30,339 “He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted?” (38:75) 102 00:05:30,339 --> 00:05:33,339 "When I created with My [own] hands." 103 00:05:33,339 --> 00:05:39,339 “He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted?” (38:75) 104 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:42,569 Meaning: You acted arrogantly, yet you have no grounds for arrogance. 105 00:05:42,569 --> 00:05:46,569 And I did not act arrogantly when I created him with My hands. 106 00:05:46,569 --> 00:05:48,569 Pride belongs to Me. 107 00:05:48,569 --> 00:05:50,569 Therefore He said: 108 00:05:50,569 --> 00:05:52,569 ﴾And he was among the disbelievers.﴿ 109 00:05:52,569 --> 00:05:56,370 Al-Shinqiti, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 110 00:05:56,370 --> 00:06:00,370 Everyone who rejects the texts of revelation using [corrupt] analogies, 111 00:06:00,370 --> 00:06:03,370 his predecessor in that is Iblis. 112 00:06:03,370 --> 00:06:06,370 And this analogy of Iblis, may Allah curse him, 113 00:06:06,370 --> 00:06:09,370 is invalid for three reasons: 114 00:06:09,370 --> 00:06:13,370 The first is that it is a corrupt consideration, 115 00:06:13,370 --> 00:06:16,910 because it contradicts the explicit text. 116 00:06:16,910 --> 00:06:19,910 So the woman who measures the texts with her own intellect 117 00:06:19,910 --> 00:06:24,910 falls into what Iblis fell into: rejecting the truth and acting arrogantly toward it. 118 00:06:24,910 --> 00:06:28,040 If Iblis approached the man 119 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,040 through the door of rejecting Allah's honoring of the woman, 120 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:37,040 then he approaches the woman through the door of rejecting Allah's favoring of the man. 121 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,040 And whoever responds to him, 122 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,420 the destruction of the family will be at their hands. 123 00:06:43,420 --> 00:06:47,420 We will continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills. 124 00:06:47,420 --> 00:06:51,000 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 125 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,000 The story of our mother Hawwa.