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 --> 00:00:05,900 The story of our mother Hawwa (Eve). 3 00:00:08,710 --> 00:00:10,109 O Hawwa. 4 00:00:10,349 --> 00:00:13,910 Sincere repentance is followed by guidance. 5 00:00:15,619 --> 00:00:17,100 O Hawwa. 6 00:00:17,219 --> 00:00:19,699 You are today in a blessed month. 7 00:00:19,699 --> 00:00:22,019 And in a blessed night. 8 00:00:22,019 --> 00:00:25,019 And in the last ten nights of Ramadan. 9 00:00:25,329 --> 00:00:27,649 And the fact that you have reached Ramadan, 10 00:00:27,649 --> 00:00:30,329 means you have attained much good. 11 00:00:30,329 --> 00:00:34,250 Just as the Prophet, peace be upon him, gave glad tidings of this. 12 00:00:34,609 --> 00:00:38,340 For it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 13 00:00:38,340 --> 00:00:40,539 There were two men from the tribe of Bali, 14 00:00:40,539 --> 00:00:42,740 which is a clan of the Quda'ah tribe. 15 00:00:42,740 --> 00:00:46,740 They embraced Islam with the Prophet, peace be upon him. 16 00:00:46,740 --> 00:00:48,939 One of them was martyred, 17 00:00:48,939 --> 00:00:51,140 and the other lived for a year longer. 18 00:00:51,140 --> 00:00:53,630 Talhah Ibn 'Ubayd Allah said: 19 00:00:53,630 --> 00:00:55,630 I saw Paradise in a dream, 20 00:00:55,630 --> 00:00:57,829 and I saw the one who lived longer 21 00:00:57,829 --> 00:00:59,829 entering before the martyr. 22 00:00:59,829 --> 00:01:01,829 I was amazed by that. 23 00:01:02,390 --> 00:01:07,390 When I woke up, I mentioned it to the Prophet, peace be upon him, 24 00:01:07,390 --> 00:01:12,390 or it was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 25 00:01:12,390 --> 00:01:16,390 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 26 00:01:16,390 --> 00:01:19,390 "Has he not fasted Ramadan after him, 27 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:22,390 and prayed six thousand rak'ahs, 28 00:01:22,390 --> 00:01:26,420 or such and such number of Sunnah prayer rak'ahs?" 29 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:29,030 Narrated by Ahmad. 30 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:32,030 The first was killed as a martyr in the cause of Allah, 31 00:01:32,590 --> 00:01:35,590 and the second died in his bed, 32 00:01:35,590 --> 00:01:38,590 but he remained for a year after him praying, 33 00:01:38,590 --> 00:01:40,590 and he reached Ramadan, 34 00:01:40,590 --> 00:01:42,590 so he surpassed him in reward, 35 00:01:42,590 --> 00:01:45,590 and his rank in Paradise was elevated. 36 00:01:45,590 --> 00:01:47,780 So you, O Hawwa, are today 37 00:01:47,780 --> 00:01:49,780 in a state of great blessing, 38 00:01:49,780 --> 00:01:53,780 which is reaching the month of Ramadan and fasting it. 39 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:56,780 This blessing requires gratitude. 40 00:01:56,780 --> 00:01:58,780 And part of showing gratitude for this blessing 41 00:01:58,780 --> 00:02:00,780 is repenting from sins, 42 00:02:01,340 --> 00:02:05,340 and resolving to continue in righteous deeds after Ramadan, 43 00:02:05,340 --> 00:02:07,340 such as reciting the Qur'an, 44 00:02:07,340 --> 00:02:10,340 performing whatever is possible of the night prayer, 45 00:02:10,340 --> 00:02:13,340 and other righteous deeds 46 00:02:13,340 --> 00:02:15,340 that have been newly introduced into your life 47 00:02:15,340 --> 00:02:19,110 because of the arrival of the month of Ramadan. 48 00:02:19,110 --> 00:02:21,110 O Hawwa, 49 00:02:21,110 --> 00:02:24,110 many people repent during Ramadan, 50 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:27,110 because of the means of guidance Allah has prepared for them, 51 00:02:27,110 --> 00:02:30,110 such as the chaining of the devils, 52 00:02:30,669 --> 00:02:32,669 the opening of the gates of Paradise, 53 00:02:32,669 --> 00:02:34,669 the liberation from the Fire, 54 00:02:34,669 --> 00:02:36,669 and other such causes. 55 00:02:36,669 --> 00:02:38,669 But after Ramadan, 56 00:02:38,669 --> 00:02:40,669 they return to what they were upon 57 00:02:40,669 --> 00:02:42,669 of committing forbidden acts, 58 00:02:42,669 --> 00:02:44,669 or abandoning acts of obedience, 59 00:02:44,669 --> 00:02:46,669 such as forsaking the Qur'an, 60 00:02:46,669 --> 00:02:48,669 delaying the prayers, 61 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:50,669 or abandoning them entirely, 62 00:02:50,669 --> 00:02:52,699 or other such things. 63 00:02:52,699 --> 00:02:54,699 So this repentance, O Hawwa, 64 00:02:54,699 --> 00:02:56,699 which occurs in Ramadan, 65 00:02:56,699 --> 00:02:58,699 if it is not sincere, 66 00:02:59,259 --> 00:03:01,259 it may not be accepted. 67 00:03:01,259 --> 00:03:03,259 And the sign of sincere repentance 68 00:03:03,259 --> 00:03:05,259 is that you are, after the repentance, 69 00:03:05,259 --> 00:03:07,330 better than you were before it. 70 00:03:07,330 --> 00:03:09,330 This is what we have learned 71 00:03:09,330 --> 00:03:11,330 from the story of our mother Hawwa 72 00:03:11,330 --> 00:03:13,330 with our father Adam, peace be upon him. 73 00:03:13,330 --> 00:03:15,330 Allah the Almighty says: 74 00:03:15,330 --> 00:03:17,330 ﴾Then Satan whispered to him﴿ 75 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:19,330 saying, "O Adam, 76 00:03:19,330 --> 00:03:21,330 shall I direct you to 77 00:03:21,330 --> 00:03:23,330 the tree of eternity 78 00:03:23,330 --> 00:03:25,330 and a kingdom that does not deteriorate?" 79 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:27,330 So they both ate from it, 80 00:03:27,889 --> 00:03:29,889 and their private parts became apparent to them, 81 00:03:29,889 --> 00:03:31,889 and they began 82 00:03:31,889 --> 00:03:33,889 to fasten together 83 00:03:33,889 --> 00:03:35,889 and they began 84 00:03:35,889 --> 00:03:37,889 to fasten together 85 00:03:37,889 --> 00:03:39,889 over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. 86 00:03:39,889 --> 00:03:41,889 And Adam disobeyed 87 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:43,889 his Lord 88 00:03:43,889 --> 00:03:45,889 and erred. 89 00:03:45,889 --> 00:03:47,889 Then his Lord chose him, 90 00:03:47,889 --> 00:03:49,889 and turned to him in forgiveness, 91 00:03:49,889 --> 00:03:51,889 and guided him. 92 00:03:51,889 --> 00:03:54,659 Abu Zahrah said, 93 00:03:54,659 --> 00:03:56,659 may Allah have mercy on him: 94 00:03:57,219 --> 00:03:59,219 The word "then" (thumma) implies 95 00:03:59,219 --> 00:04:01,219 sequence and a lapse of time, 96 00:04:01,219 --> 00:04:03,219 indicating the distance 97 00:04:03,219 --> 00:04:05,219 between the two ranks: 98 00:04:05,219 --> 00:04:07,219 the rank of disobedience and error, 99 00:04:07,219 --> 00:04:09,219 and the rank of being chosen, 100 00:04:09,219 --> 00:04:11,250 and guidance. 101 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:13,250 Being chosen (al-ijtiba') is selection 102 00:04:13,250 --> 00:04:15,250 and purification. 103 00:04:15,250 --> 00:04:17,250 He was chosen initially 104 00:04:17,250 --> 00:04:19,250 by being made the first of His creation, 105 00:04:19,250 --> 00:04:21,250 and he was chosen a second time 106 00:04:21,250 --> 00:04:23,250 by being selected for the test. 107 00:04:23,250 --> 00:04:25,250 And He accepted his repentance from this 108 00:04:25,810 --> 00:04:27,810 disobedience that he committed. 109 00:04:27,810 --> 00:04:29,810 So Allah the Almighty returned 110 00:04:29,810 --> 00:04:31,810 to him with forgiveness, 111 00:04:31,810 --> 00:04:33,810 as he returned to Him with the feeling 112 00:04:33,810 --> 00:04:35,810 of his error. 113 00:04:35,810 --> 00:04:37,810 And Allah the Almighty returned 114 00:04:37,810 --> 00:04:39,810 to him with forgiveness, 115 00:04:39,810 --> 00:04:41,899 and then with guidance thereafter. 116 00:04:41,899 --> 00:04:43,899 This meaning points 117 00:04:43,899 --> 00:04:45,899 to the fact that error is in the nature 118 00:04:45,899 --> 00:04:47,899 of the human being, and repentance 119 00:04:47,899 --> 00:04:49,899 is the character of the guided. 120 00:04:49,899 --> 00:04:52,060 And Allah the Almighty is Forgiving, 121 00:04:52,060 --> 00:04:54,060 Merciful. 122 00:04:54,620 --> 00:04:56,620 After the sin our mother Hawwa committed, 123 00:04:56,620 --> 00:04:58,620 which was eating from the tree, 124 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:00,620 the one who caused 125 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:02,620 this sin 126 00:05:02,620 --> 00:05:04,620 was Satan, 127 00:05:04,620 --> 00:05:06,620 for he always strives to lead 128 00:05:06,620 --> 00:05:08,620 the human being astray. 129 00:05:08,620 --> 00:05:10,620 But this sin also 130 00:05:10,620 --> 00:05:12,620 was a cause for the repentance 131 00:05:12,620 --> 00:05:14,620 of our mother Hawwa and her guidance. 132 00:05:14,620 --> 00:05:16,689 Al-Sa'di said, 133 00:05:16,689 --> 00:05:18,689 may Allah have mercy on him: 134 00:05:18,689 --> 00:05:20,689 "He was, after the repentance, better than he was before it." 135 00:05:20,689 --> 00:05:22,689 And the plot of the enemy turned 136 00:05:23,250 --> 00:05:25,250 against him, and his deception failed. 137 00:05:25,250 --> 00:05:27,250 Thus, the blessing was completed for him 138 00:05:27,250 --> 00:05:29,250 and for his descendants, 139 00:05:29,250 --> 00:05:31,250 and it became incumbent upon them to uphold it 140 00:05:31,250 --> 00:05:33,250 and to acknowledge it, 141 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:35,250 and to be on guard 142 00:05:35,250 --> 00:05:37,250 against this enemy who is lying in wait, 143 00:05:37,250 --> 00:05:39,250 accompanying them night and day. 144 00:05:39,250 --> 00:05:41,500 And Ibn Taymiyyah said, 145 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:43,500 may Allah have mercy on him: 146 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:45,500 "Adam repented and turned back to Allah," 147 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:47,500 and he and his wife said: 148 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:49,500 ﴾Our Lord, we have wronged 149 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:51,500 ourselves, 150 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:54,060 and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, 151 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:56,060 we will surely be among the losers.﴿ 152 00:05:56,060 --> 00:05:58,060 So Allah accepted his repentance, 153 00:05:58,060 --> 00:06:00,060 chose him, and guided him, 154 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:02,060 and sent him down to the earth 155 00:06:02,060 --> 00:06:04,060 to work therein by His obedience, 156 00:06:04,060 --> 00:06:06,060 so that Allah might raise 157 00:06:06,060 --> 00:06:08,060 his rank thereby, 158 00:06:08,060 --> 00:06:10,060 and his entry into Paradise 159 00:06:10,060 --> 00:06:12,060 after this would be more perfect 160 00:06:12,060 --> 00:06:14,060 than it was before. 161 00:06:14,060 --> 00:06:16,060 So whoever among the children of Adam commits a sin, 162 00:06:16,060 --> 00:06:18,060 and follows the example of his father Adam 163 00:06:18,060 --> 00:06:20,060 in repentance, he will be successful. 164 00:06:20,620 --> 00:06:22,620 And if he repents, believes, and does righteous deeds, 165 00:06:22,620 --> 00:06:24,620 Allah will replace 166 00:06:24,620 --> 00:06:26,620 his evil deeds with good deeds, 167 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:28,620 and he will be, after the repentance, 168 00:06:28,620 --> 00:06:30,620 better than he was before the sin, 169 00:06:30,620 --> 00:06:32,620 like all the allies of Allah, 170 00:06:32,620 --> 00:06:34,620 the righteous. 171 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:37,300 O Hawwa, 172 00:06:37,300 --> 00:06:39,300 your state after repentance 173 00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:41,300 reveals the extent of the sincerity 174 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:43,300 of your repentance. 175 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:45,300 And your state after Ramadan 176 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:47,300 reveals the sincerity of your deeds, 177 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:49,579 your repentance, and your supplication. 178 00:06:50,139 --> 00:06:52,139 Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 179 00:06:52,139 --> 00:06:54,139 "This is why you find 180 00:06:54,139 --> 00:06:56,139 the sincere repentant person 181 00:06:56,139 --> 00:06:58,139 more steadfast in obedience, 182 00:06:58,139 --> 00:07:00,139 more desirous of it, 183 00:07:00,139 --> 00:07:02,139 and more cautious of sin 184 00:07:02,139 --> 00:07:04,139 than many of those 185 00:07:04,139 --> 00:07:06,139 who have not been tested with a sin. 186 00:07:06,139 --> 00:07:08,139 Repentance may even 187 00:07:08,139 --> 00:07:10,139 result in good deeds for him 188 00:07:10,139 --> 00:07:12,139 that would not be attained by one who was not 189 00:07:12,139 --> 00:07:14,240 like him, repentant from sin. 190 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,240 And we do not say 191 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,240 that everyone who sins and repents 192 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,240 is better than one who did not commit 193 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,240 that sin; 194 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,240 rather, this varies according to 195 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,240 the states of people. 196 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,240 For among people are those who become 197 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,240 better after repentance, 198 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,240 and among them are those who return to what they were, 199 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,240 And among them are those who do not return 200 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,300 to their former state. 201 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:38,300 As for these three categories, 202 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:40,300 among them is one who is superior 203 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:42,300 to one who did not sin and repent. 204 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:44,300 Among them is one who is equal to him, 205 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:46,300 and among them is one who is inferior to him. 206 00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:48,430 Ibn al-Qayyim, 207 00:07:48,430 --> 00:07:50,430 may Allah have mercy on him, explains the words of his teacher, 208 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:52,430 Ibn Taymiyyah, saying: 209 00:07:52,430 --> 00:07:54,430 "This depends on the strength 210 00:07:54,430 --> 00:07:56,430 of the repentance and its perfection, 211 00:07:56,430 --> 00:07:58,430 and what the sin has produced 212 00:07:58,430 --> 00:08:00,430 in the servant in terms of humility, submissiveness, 213 00:08:00,430 --> 00:08:02,430 turning back to Allah, caution, 214 00:08:02,430 --> 00:08:04,430 fear of Allah, 215 00:08:04,430 --> 00:08:06,430 and weeping out of fear of Allah." 216 00:08:06,430 --> 00:08:08,430 For these matters may strengthen 217 00:08:08,430 --> 00:08:10,430 until the repentant person 218 00:08:10,430 --> 00:08:12,430 returns to a rank higher than his previous one, 219 00:08:12,430 --> 00:08:14,430 and he becomes, after 220 00:08:14,430 --> 00:08:16,430 his repentance, better than he was 221 00:08:16,430 --> 00:08:18,500 before the sin. 222 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:20,500 Thus, the sin may be, 223 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,500 in his case, a mercy, 224 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:24,500 for it purged from him the disease of vanity, 225 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:26,500 and freed him from his self-reliance 226 00:08:26,500 --> 00:08:28,500 and his pride 227 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:30,500 in his own deeds. 228 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:32,500 It placed his cheek of supplication, humility, 229 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:34,500 and brokenness 230 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:36,500 upon the threshold of the door of his Master 231 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:38,500 and Protector. 232 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:40,500 It made him know his own capacity, 233 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:42,500 and made him witness his need 234 00:08:42,500 --> 00:08:44,500 for his Master’s protection of him, 235 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:46,500 for His pardon, 236 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:48,500 and for His forgiveness. 237 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:50,500 It cast out from his heart 238 00:08:50,500 --> 00:08:52,500 the arrogance of obedience, 239 00:08:52,500 --> 00:08:54,500 and humbled his pride so that he would not boast 240 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,500 of it, or become arrogant through it, 241 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:58,500 or see himself through it 242 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:00,500 as better than others. 243 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:02,500 It caused him to stand before his Lord 244 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:04,500 in the position of the sinful, the erring, 245 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:06,500 with head bowed 246 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:08,500 before his Lord, 247 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:10,500 ashamed and fearful of Him, 248 00:09:10,500 --> 00:09:12,500 viewing his own obedience as insignificant, 249 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:14,500 and viewing his disobedience as grave. 250 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:16,500 He recognized himself 251 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:18,500 by deficiency and blameworthiness, 252 00:09:18,500 --> 00:09:20,500 while his Lord is unique 253 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:22,500 in perfection, praise, 254 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:24,820 and faithfulness. 255 00:09:24,820 --> 00:09:26,820 So this category, O Hawwa', 256 00:09:26,820 --> 00:09:28,820 is the one that benefited from its sin 257 00:09:28,820 --> 00:09:30,820 through sincere repentance, 258 00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:32,820 so Allah guided him to the truth, 259 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:34,820 and his states changed 260 00:09:34,820 --> 00:09:36,820 for the better, 261 00:09:36,820 --> 00:09:38,820 and the signs of guidance appeared upon him. 262 00:09:38,820 --> 00:09:40,820 May Allah make me and you 263 00:09:40,820 --> 00:09:42,820 of this category. 264 00:09:42,820 --> 00:09:45,039 We shall continue in a 265 00:09:45,039 --> 00:09:47,039 future meeting, if Allah wills. 266 00:09:47,039 --> 00:09:49,039 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 267 00:09:51,779 --> 00:09:53,779 The story of our mother Hawwa'.