WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.620 --> 00:00:05.900 The story of our mother Eve. 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:10.460 The enemies of Eve. 00:00:12.369 --> 00:00:13.910 Allah the Almighty says: 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:22.980 “And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers.” (2:35) 00:00:22.980 --> 00:00:26.920 "And eat from it freely wherever you wish." 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:34.020 "But do not approach this tree." 00:00:34.020 --> 00:00:37.460 "Lest you be among the wrongdoers." 00:00:37.460 --> 00:00:40.659 But Satan caused them to slip from it. 00:00:40.659 --> 00:00:45.259 “But Satan caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the (happy) state in which they were; and We said: Fall down, one of you a foe unto the other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a time.” (2:36) 00:00:45.259 --> 00:00:49.740 And We said: "Descend, as enemies to one another." 00:00:49.740 --> 00:00:56.700 "And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and provision for a time." 00:00:56.700 --> 00:01:01.600 This story indicates that the first enemy of Eve 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:03.280 Is Satan. 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.239 And that his goal is to expel her from Paradise. 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:10.519 And that the cause of this enmity is envy. 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:18.280 And that no one corrupts the life of Eve like Satan and his allies among the devils of mankind. 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.840 And that what he strives to demolish is her family. 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:25.000 So he sows discord between her and her husband. 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:26.280 Therefore, 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:30.840 It is necessary to raise the daughters of Eve to be hostile toward Satan. 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:32.840 And to be wary of his evil. 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:36.400 And to know the goal he strives to achieve. 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.239 Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:42.879 The enmity mentioned by Allah the Almighty 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:47.319 Is strictly between Adam, Iblis, and their descendants. 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:49.840 As Allah the Almighty says: 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:55.420 “Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire.” (35:6) 00:01:55.420 --> 00:02:01.060 He, glory be to Him, has emphasized the matter of enmity between Satan and man. 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:04.420 And He has repeated and elaborated upon it in the Qur'an. 00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:08.500 Due to the urgent need to be on guard against this enemy. 00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:11.020 As for Adam and his wife, 00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:14.020 He only informed us in His Book 00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:17.099 That He created her so that he might find tranquility in her. 00:02:17.099 --> 00:02:20.520 And He placed between them affection and mercy. 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:24.080 Thus, there is affection and mercy between a man and his wife. 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:28.110 And enmity between man and Satan. 00:02:28.150 --> 00:02:31.990 This, which Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, clarified, 00:02:31.990 --> 00:02:33.599 Is the truth. 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:37.199 There is no enmity between man and woman. 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:42.560 As the enemies of Eve strive to make her daughters believe. 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:46.879 For Allah created Eve for Adam so that he might find tranquility in her, 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:49.879 Not so that he would fight her and she would fight him. 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:55.479 And He made the relationship between them based on affection and mercy. 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:58.080 Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:03.719 It is known that an enemy strives and exerts effort to harm his enemy. 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:07.120 And to bring evil upon him by every means. 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:10.400 And to deprive him of good by every means. 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:14.800 Within this is a warning to the children of Adam against Satan. 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:17.110 As Allah the Almighty says: 00:03:17.110 --> 00:03:22.110 “Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire.” (35:6) 00:03:22.110 --> 00:03:25.110 "So take him as an enemy." 00:03:25.110 --> 00:03:33.900 “Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire.” (35:6) 00:03:33.900 --> 00:03:36.060 And Allah the Almighty says: 00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:44.060 “And (remember) when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, and they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He was of the jinn, so he rebelled against his Lord's command. Will ye choose him and his seed for your protecting friends instead of Me, when they are an enemy unto you? Calamitous is the exchange for evil-doers.” (18:50) 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:50.669 “And (remember) when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, and they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He was of the jinn, so he rebelled against his Lord's command. Will ye choose him and his seed for your protecting friends instead of Me, when they are an enemy unto you? Calamitous is the exchange for evil-doers.” (18:50) 00:03:50.669 --> 00:03:56.110 The enemies of Eve employ every method to corrupt her life. 00:03:56.110 --> 00:03:58.389 And to bring evil upon her. 00:03:58.389 --> 00:04:02.990 They cloak this in the guise of progress and civilization. 00:04:02.990 --> 00:04:06.830 And stolen rights, and the man's enmity toward her. 00:04:06.830 --> 00:04:11.199 And the oppression of society, among other methods. 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:14.400 Al-Tahir Ibn 'Ashur, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:18.959 The verse serves to stir regret in the souls of the children of Adam. 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:25.079 Regarding what befell Adam as a result of his failure to comply with the command of Allah the Almighty. 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:29.800 And it is an admonition that alerts one to the necessity of adhering to commands and prohibitions. 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:36.519 And it encourages striving for what will return them to this Paradise that belonged to their father. 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:41.000 And it fosters enmity between them and Satan and his soldiers. 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:45.480 Since he was the cause of bringing this calamity upon their father. 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:49.040 So that they may forever seek vengeance for their father. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:52.199 Being hostile toward Satan and his whispers. 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:55.360 As indicated by the saying of Allah the Almighty: 00:04:55.360 --> 00:05:02.639 “O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.” (7:27) 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:04.600 And His saying here: 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:07.160 "Enemies to one another." 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:10.939 This is a great principle in the education of the masses. 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:17.579 For this reason, the leaders of nations remind them of the past enmities of their rivals. 00:05:17.579 --> 00:05:23.579 And those who defeated them in wars, so that this may be a motive for seeking vengeance. 00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:26.699 'Umar al-Ashqar, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:05:26.699 --> 00:05:31.259 All that Iblis did was to falsify the truth. 00:05:31.259 --> 00:05:36.379 And he clothed truth in the garment of falsehood, and falsehood in the garment of truth. 00:05:36.379 --> 00:05:39.879 Satan did not come to say to man: 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:42.360 "Eat from the forbidden tree," 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:45.959 "So that Allah may be angry with you and cast you out." 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:52.519 Rather, he said to him that your happiness, well-being, and good lie in eating from the tree. 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:56.199 He said to him: "If you eat from the tree," 00:05:56.199 --> 00:06:00.620 "You will attain great dominion and eternal life." 00:06:00.620 --> 00:06:05.019 "And you will transform into an immortal angel." 00:06:05.019 --> 00:06:09.660 And as an increase in misguidance and an insistence on deceiving Adam, 00:06:09.740 --> 00:06:14.540 He swore to him and his wife that he was truthful in what he said. 00:06:14.540 --> 00:06:18.860 And that he was a sincere advisor to them, offering them good. 00:06:18.860 --> 00:06:22.060 And guiding them to the true path. 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:29.819 The people of misguidance and their leaders follow the guidance of Iblis in leading the servants of Allah astray. 00:06:29.819 --> 00:06:33.339 They portray truth in the image of falsehood. 00:06:33.339 --> 00:06:37.100 And they tell them that they have a right to something. 00:06:37.100 --> 00:06:40.459 They portray truth in the image of falsehood. 00:06:40.459 --> 00:06:43.259 And falsehood in the image of truth. 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:46.540 In doing so, they philosophize falsehood. 00:06:46.540 --> 00:06:51.980 And they attempt to provide evidence for it that deceives those who have no knowledge. 00:06:51.980 --> 00:06:55.980 Making them believe that their words are indisputable facts. 00:06:55.980 --> 00:07:00.060 Among these is what the proponents of progress do. 00:07:00.060 --> 00:07:04.379 When they demand that a woman rebel against the religion of her Lord. 00:07:04.459 --> 00:07:09.259 And depart from its teachings in the name of liberation and modernity. 00:07:09.259 --> 00:07:12.699 For instance, they say to the woman: 00:07:12.699 --> 00:07:16.620 "What is this clothing that shackles your freedom?" 00:07:16.620 --> 00:07:19.420 "And hides your beauty and your charms?" 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:22.759 "And deprives you of enjoying life?" 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:24.680 And they say to her: 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:28.199 "Why are you a paralyzed member of society?" 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:31.480 "You do not help in the prosperity of society." 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.439 "And you do not perform the work of men." 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:37.800 "You are not of lesser status than a man." 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:40.860 "And a man is not more intelligent than you." 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:42.379 And they say: 00:07:42.379 --> 00:07:45.259 "Why do you not mingle with men?" 00:07:45.259 --> 00:07:48.110 "Are you not confident in yourself?" 00:07:48.110 --> 00:07:49.709 And they say: 00:07:49.709 --> 00:07:54.990 "The cure for the sexual repression that men and women suffer from," 00:07:54.990 --> 00:07:57.310 "There is no way to get rid of it," 00:07:57.310 --> 00:08:00.829 "Except through what the devils of the West have decreed," 00:08:00.910 --> 00:08:02.670 "Such as Freud," 00:08:02.670 --> 00:08:04.990 "By mixing the sexes," 00:08:04.990 --> 00:08:08.060 "And the gathering of the two groups." 00:08:08.060 --> 00:08:11.660 We will continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills. 00:08:11.660 --> 00:08:16.110 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:08:16.110 --> 00:08:19.709 The story of our mother Eve.