WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.720 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.620 --> 00:00:05.900 The story of our mother Hawwa (Eve). 00:00:08.619 --> 00:00:13.179 O Hawwa, do not be deceived by one known for evil. 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:20.239 O Hawwa, Allah has commanded you to be on your guard against your enemy. 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:25.559 He said: ﴾O you who have believed, take your precaution.﴿ 00:00:26.030 --> 00:00:28.390 Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:00:28.670 --> 00:00:33.750 Allah the Almighty commands His believing servants to take precaution against their enemy. 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:36.520 So take your precaution, O Hawwa. 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:39.439 For the enemy is lying in wait for you. 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:43.439 He awaits a moment of negligence from you to strike you down. 00:00:44.259 --> 00:00:47.460 And contemplate, O Hawwa, the saying of Allah the Almighty: 00:00:47.979 --> 00:00:53.020 ﴾And let another group come who have not yet prayed, and let them pray with you,﴿ 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:56.299 ﴾and let them take their precaution and their weapons.﴿ 00:00:56.859 --> 00:01:02.020 “And when thou (O Muhammad) art among them and arrangest (their) worship for them, let only a party of them stand with thee (to worship) and let them take their arms. Then when they have performed their prostrations let them fall to the rear and let another party come that hath not worshipped and let them worship with thee, and let them take their precaution and their arms. Those who disbelieve long for you to neglect your arms and your baggage that they may attack you once for all. It is no sin for you to lay aside your arms, if rain impedeth you or ye are sick. But take your precaution. Lo! Allah prepareth for the disbelievers shameful punishment.” (4:102) 00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:06.260 “And when thou (O Muhammad) art among them and arrangest (their) worship for them, let only a party of them stand with thee (to worship) and let them take their arms. Then when they have performed their prostrations let them fall to the rear and let another party come that hath not worshipped and let them worship with thee, and let them take their precaution and their arms. Those who disbelieve long for you to neglect your arms and your baggage that they may attack you once for all. It is no sin for you to lay aside your arms, if rain impedeth you or ye are sick. But take your precaution. Lo! Allah prepareth for the disbelievers shameful punishment.” (4:102) 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:11.280 This precaution is not limited to the battlefields. 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.120 Rather, it applies to every arena in which they invade us. 00:01:15.709 --> 00:01:19.069 You are guided to this by their ultimate goal, 00:01:19.549 --> 00:01:22.349 which Allah has clarified for us in His saying: 00:01:22.909 --> 00:01:29.469 “They question thee (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred month. Say: Warfare therein is a great (transgression), but to turn (men) from the way of Allah, and to disbelieve in Him and in the Inviolable Place of Worship, and to expel His people thence, is a greater with Allah; for persecution is worse than killing. And they will not cease from fighting against you till they have made you renegades from your religion, if they can. And whoso becometh a renegade and dieth in his disbelief: such are they whose works have fallen both in the world and the Hereafter. Such are rightful owners of the Fire: they will abide therein.” (2:217) 00:01:30.219 --> 00:01:33.859 This is the objective, O Hawwa, so be mindful of it. 00:01:35.829 --> 00:01:40.310 O Hawwa, your enemy will accept some deviation from you, 00:01:40.750 --> 00:01:42.590 because he knows the final outcome. 00:01:43.340 --> 00:01:48.019 Therefore, Allah has warned you against responding to him, even in the slightest. 00:01:48.620 --> 00:01:49.420 He said: 00:01:50.019 --> 00:01:55.980 ﴾And judge between them by what Allah has revealed and do not follow their inclinations.﴿ 00:01:56.579 --> 00:02:01.579 “So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce thee from some part of that which Allah hath revealed unto thee. And if they turn away, then know that Allah's Will is to smite them for some sin of theirs. Lo! many of mankind are evil-livers.” (5:49) 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:04.939 These are the footsteps of Satan, 00:02:05.379 --> 00:02:09.419 against which our Lord, glory be to Him, has warned us. 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:12.319 O Hawwa, 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:16.800 everyone known to oppose the command of Allah and the command of His Messenger, peace be upon him, 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:18.240 is your enemy. 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.960 So do not feel secure from him leading you astray if you obey him. 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:25.840 Allah has threatened him with His saying: 00:02:26.590 --> 00:02:31.629 “Make not the calling of the messenger among you as your calling one of another. Allah knoweth those of you who steal away, hiding themselves. And let those who conspire to evade orders beware lest grief or painful punishment befall them.” (24:63) 00:02:32.229 --> 00:02:34.629 “Make not the calling of the messenger among you as your calling one of another. Allah knoweth those of you who steal away, hiding themselves. And let those who conspire to evade orders beware lest grief or painful punishment befall them.” (24:63) 00:02:35.569 --> 00:02:38.050 And the most dangerous enemy to you, O Hawwa, 00:02:38.490 --> 00:02:39.650 is the hypocrite, 00:02:40.289 --> 00:02:45.289 who appears in the guise of one advising you and defending your rights. 00:02:46.110 --> 00:02:49.590 This is the one against whom one must be more cautious than any other. 00:02:50.349 --> 00:02:51.349 The Almighty said: 00:02:52.069 --> 00:02:55.229 “And when thou seest them their figures please thee; and if they speak thou givest ear unto their speech. (They are) as though they were blocks of wood in striped cloaks. They deem every shout to be against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. Allah confound them! How they are perverted!” (63:4) 00:02:55.789 --> 00:02:58.469 “And when thou seest them their figures please thee; and if they speak thou givest ear unto their speech. (They are) as though they were blocks of wood in striped cloaks. They deem every shout to be against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. Allah confound them! How they are perverted!” (63:4) 00:02:59.189 --> 00:03:01.909 ﴾As if they were pieces of timber propped up.﴿ 00:03:02.550 --> 00:03:05.150 “And when thou seest them their figures please thee; and if they speak thou givest ear unto their speech. (They are) as though they were blocks of wood in striped cloaks. They deem every shout to be against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. Allah confound them! How they are perverted!” (63:4) 00:03:05.669 --> 00:03:07.750 ﴾They are the enemy, so beware of them.﴿ 00:03:08.349 --> 00:03:09.830 ﴾May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?﴿ 00:03:10.270 --> 00:03:11.990 ﴾How are they deluded?﴿ 00:03:13.069 --> 00:03:17.430 It may be difficult for you, O Hawwa, to discover this type of enemy. 00:03:18.150 --> 00:03:22.110 The solution is to return to the trusted people of knowledge, 00:03:22.710 --> 00:03:25.310 who reveal this enemy to us. 00:03:26.219 --> 00:03:27.219 The Almighty said: 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:32.020 “And the believers should not all go out to fight. Of every troop of them, a party only should go forth, that they (who are left behind) may gain sound knowledge in religion, and that they may warn their folk when they return to them, so that they may beware.” (9:122) 00:03:32.699 --> 00:03:39.020 “And the believers should not all go out to fight. Of every troop of them, a party only should go forth, that they (who are left behind) may gain sound knowledge in religion, and that they may warn their folk when they return to them, so that they may beware.” (9:122) 00:03:39.620 --> 00:03:44.819 “And the believers should not all go out to fight. Of every troop of them, a party only should go forth, that they (who are left behind) may gain sound knowledge in religion, and that they may warn their folk when they return to them, so that they may beware.” (9:122) 00:03:45.669 --> 00:03:47.469 Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:50.180 In this verse, there is also 00:03:50.699 --> 00:03:55.460 evidence, guidance, and a subtle alert to an important benefit. 00:03:56.180 --> 00:04:02.580 It is that Muslims ought to prepare for every interest of their public affairs 00:04:02.900 --> 00:04:04.099 someone to undertake it, 00:04:04.740 --> 00:04:06.580 who devotes his time to it, 00:04:07.020 --> 00:04:08.340 and strives in it, 00:04:08.900 --> 00:04:10.860 without turning to anything else, 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:14.740 so that their interests may be established and their benefits fulfilled. 00:04:15.419 --> 00:04:20.579 And so that the direction of them all and the end of what they intend is a single purpose, 00:04:21.100 --> 00:04:24.139 which is the establishment of the interest of their religion and their worldly life. 00:04:24.620 --> 00:04:28.180 Even if the paths diverge and the sources vary, 00:04:28.899 --> 00:04:32.220 the deeds are diverse, but the intention is one. 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:37.459 This is among the general wisdom that is beneficial in all matters. 00:04:39.209 --> 00:04:40.850 And Satan, O Hawwa, 00:04:41.410 --> 00:04:42.490 is an enemy to you. 00:04:43.170 --> 00:04:46.889 He strives by every means to divert you from the path of Allah. 00:04:47.610 --> 00:04:48.649 The Almighty said: 00:04:49.569 --> 00:04:54.529 ﴾O you who have believed,﴿ 00:04:54.529 --> 00:04:57.720 ﴾Indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan,﴿ 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:04.040 “O ye who believe! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divining arrows are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. Leave it aside in order that ye may succeed.” (5:90) 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:07.199 ﴾defilement from the work of Satan,﴿ 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:12.560 ﴾so avoid it that you may be successful.﴿ 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:19.120 “Satan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of strong drink and games of chance, and to turn you from remembrance of Allah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done?” (5:91) 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:23.519 “Satan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of strong drink and games of chance, and to turn you from remembrance of Allah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done?” (5:91) 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:31.079 “Satan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of strong drink and games of chance, and to turn you from remembrance of Allah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done?” (5:91) 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:36.360 ﴾So will you not then desist?﴿ 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:41.079 “Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and beware! But if ye turn away, then know that the duty of Our messenger is only plain conveyance (of the message).” (5:92) 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.639 ﴾But if you turn away, then know﴿ 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:50.600 ﴾that upon Our Messenger is only the clear notification.﴿ 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:53.879 Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:57.519 The Almighty condemns these ugly things, 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:00.800 and informs us that they are from the work of Satan, 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:02.399 and that they are defilement. 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:05.240 "So avoid it," meaning leave it, 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:07.519 "that you may be successful." 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:12.120 For success is not attained except by abandoning what Allah has forbidden, 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.439 especially these mentioned immoralities. 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:16.920 They are intoxicants, 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.399 which is everything that clouds the intellect, 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:21.439 meaning it covers it with its intoxication. 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:22.800 And gambling, 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:27.759 which is all forms of competition that involve a stake from both sides, 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.120 such as betting and the like. 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:31.839 And the stone altars, 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.680 which are the idols, rivals, and the like, 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:38.759 that are set up and worshipped besides Allah. 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:42.079 And the divining arrows by which they seek to know their fate. 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:45.879 These four, Allah has forbidden and warned against. 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:50.759 He informed us of their corruptions that call for leaving and avoiding them. 00:06:51.620 --> 00:06:52.379 Among them is 00:06:52.819 --> 00:06:53.980 that they are defilement, 00:06:54.459 --> 00:06:55.259 meaning filth, 00:06:55.779 --> 00:06:57.100 impure in meaning, 00:06:57.500 --> 00:06:59.899 even if they are not physically impure. 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:06.300 And filthy matters are things that should be avoided and not polluted by their filth. 00:07:07.250 --> 00:07:08.050 And among them is 00:07:08.490 --> 00:07:10.370 that they are from the work of Satan, 00:07:10.850 --> 00:07:13.769 who is the greatest of enemies to man. 00:07:14.449 --> 00:07:15.529 And it is known 00:07:16.009 --> 00:07:17.810 that the enemy is to be guarded against, 00:07:18.170 --> 00:07:20.569 and his traps and deeds are to be avoided, 00:07:21.209 --> 00:07:25.370 especially the deeds he performs to cause his enemy to fall into them, 00:07:25.889 --> 00:07:27.649 for in them is his destruction. 00:07:28.370 --> 00:07:32.250 So, true resolve is to stay far away from the work of the manifest enemy, 00:07:32.649 --> 00:07:33.810 and to be cautious of them, 00:07:34.290 --> 00:07:36.490 and to fear falling into them. 00:07:37.410 --> 00:07:38.170 And among them is 00:07:38.730 --> 00:07:42.730 that success is impossible for the servant except by avoiding them. 00:07:43.370 --> 00:07:44.449 For success 00:07:45.009 --> 00:07:47.250 is attaining the desired and beloved, 00:07:47.730 --> 00:07:49.529 and salvation from the feared. 00:07:50.250 --> 00:07:54.410 These matters prevent success and hinder it. 00:07:55.350 --> 00:07:57.430 So whoever permits intoxicants or drinks them, 00:07:57.910 --> 00:08:00.350 or facilitates their entry into societies, 00:08:00.949 --> 00:08:02.589 is one of the soldiers of Iblis, 00:08:02.750 --> 00:08:03.870 and he is your enemy. 00:08:04.589 --> 00:08:07.990 And whoever spreads gambling halls and dance halls, 00:08:08.430 --> 00:08:10.509 and calls to immorality and nudity, 00:08:11.029 --> 00:08:12.670 is one of the soldiers of Iblis, 00:08:12.910 --> 00:08:13.990 and he is your enemy. 00:08:14.829 --> 00:08:19.069 And whoever sets up systems to rule over people other than the law of Allah, 00:08:19.550 --> 00:08:22.509 giving them a sanctity that the law of Allah does not have, 00:08:22.990 --> 00:08:24.110 is your enemy. 00:08:24.980 --> 00:08:28.019 And whoever has a history of fighting Islam, 00:08:28.459 --> 00:08:31.540 killing scholars and callers or imprisoning them, 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:34.940 and restricting acts of righteousness and da'wah, 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:36.379 is your enemy, 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:39.980 even if he claims to be among the reformers on earth. 00:08:40.940 --> 00:08:43.460 So do not expect from the plans of these people, 00:08:43.940 --> 00:08:47.340 or their societal programs or their laws, 00:08:47.779 --> 00:08:49.580 that they will bring you closer to Allah. 00:08:50.419 --> 00:08:52.659 Allah the Almighty said about Iblis 00:08:53.059 --> 00:08:54.940 in the story of our mother Hawwa: 00:08:55.620 --> 00:08:59.779 “And he swore unto them (saying): Lo! I am a sincere adviser unto you.” (7:21) 00:09:00.629 --> 00:09:02.669 Abu Zahra, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:09:03.389 --> 00:09:07.350 Allah the Almighty forbids us from being deceived by Satan, 00:09:07.950 --> 00:09:13.509 for he has a history of harming us and deceiving our parents, Adam and his wife Hawwa, 00:09:14.070 --> 00:09:17.870 from whom came the continuous human lineage, 00:09:18.470 --> 00:09:21.909 until Allah the Almighty inherits the earth and whoever is upon it. 00:09:22.700 --> 00:09:26.820 Allah the Almighty has reinforced the prohibition against being deceived by Iblis 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:28.019 with his past, 00:09:28.580 --> 00:09:30.580 when he deceived Adam and Hawwa. 00:09:31.299 --> 00:09:35.340 He approached their souls from the side of what is in human nature: 00:09:35.899 --> 00:09:37.899 the love of superiority and immortality. 00:09:38.620 --> 00:09:41.179 So he said to them, swearing to them: 00:09:41.860 --> 00:09:44.940 “Then Satan whispered to them that he might manifest unto them that which was hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord forbade you from this tree only lest ye should become angels or become of the immortals.” (7:20) 00:09:45.419 --> 00:09:50.100 ﴾Except that you become angels or become of the immortals.﴿ 00:09:50.779 --> 00:09:53.700 And through this door, he entered into their souls. 00:09:54.179 --> 00:09:58.019 And his followers after him follow this same path. 00:09:58.779 --> 00:10:02.580 They approach souls through what they love and desire. 00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:04.899 For whims and desires 00:10:05.379 --> 00:10:08.860 are the door through which Satan enters into souls. 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:14.580 And authority and tyranny are two open doors of the doors of Satan. 00:10:15.590 --> 00:10:18.629 We will continue in a coming meeting, if Allah wills. 00:10:19.269 --> 00:10:21.750 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.