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Our mother, Aisha | Episode (3) | O Aisha, there is a house in which hungry people do not pass

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0:00 Our Mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her.
0:06 “O ‘Aishah, a house that has no dates, its inhabitants are hungry.”
0:14 Whoever is raised upon the hadiths of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
0:18 Is raised upon great principles that illuminate their path in life,
0:24 And assist them in dealing properly with the issues of reality and society.
0:29 They live in a state of happiness that only those who have walked this path can feel.
0:35 How could it be otherwise, when Allah, the Almighty, sent him as a mercy to the worlds?
0:41 He, peace be upon him, said:
0:43 “I was not sent as one who curses, but rather I was sent as a mercy.”
0:48 Narrated by Muslim.
0:50 This mercy is manifested in his leaving aside whatever he feared would be a burden upon his Ummah.
0:56 Even the siwak, which is a means of purification for the mouth and a cause of pleasure for the Lord,
1:02 The Prophet, peace be upon him, feared it would be a burden upon us had he made it mandatory with every prayer.
1:09 So he said:
1:10 “Were it not that I would burden my Ummah—or the people—
1:14 I would have commanded them to use the siwak with every prayer.”
1:18 Narrated by al-Bukhari.
1:20 So from where has this hardship in our practice of this religion come to us?
1:24 It came from our lack of commitment to the ease that the Prophet, peace be upon him, brought,
1:31 And our abandonment of the principles he taught us.
1:35 An example of this is:
1:37 Searching for the poor to give them charity.
1:40 For in this blessed month, the month of Ramadan,
1:44 People strive to distribute their zakat and charities,
1:48 And they search for the poor person who is deserving of zakat.
1:52 So, what are the characteristics of the poor person according to Muslims today?
1:56 And why is it difficult for some to identify the poor?
2:00 Let us look at the method of the Prophet’s, peace be upon him, teaching
2:04 To the Mother of the Believers, ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
2:08 Then reflect that upon our reality today,
2:11 To know the answer.
2:13 On the authority of ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, she said:
2:17 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
2:20 “O ‘Aishah,
2:22 A house that has no dates,
2:24 Its inhabitants are hungry.”
2:26 “O ‘Aishah,
2:27 A house that has no dates, its inhabitants are hungry.”
2:31 He said it twice or thrice.
2:34 Narrated by Muslim.
2:36 Indeed, the Prophet, peace be upon him,
2:39 Establishes for ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
2:41 A principle for identifying the poor, hungry person
2:45 Who should be sought out to satisfy their hunger.
2:48 It is the one who does not possess the staple food that the people of their land consume.
2:53 Al-Qurtubi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
2:56 “The Prophet, peace be upon him, only meant by this Medina,
3:01 And those who were in their condition,
3:03 Whose primary food was dates.
3:06 This is because if a house is devoid of the primary food in that location,
3:11 It is even more devoid of anything other than the primary food.
3:14 Thus, its inhabitants go hungry,
3:15 As they find nothing.”
3:18 This statement applies to every land that has only one type of staple,
3:23 Or where one type is the predominant one.
3:26 So it is said of a land that has only wheat:
3:30 “A house that has no wheat, its inhabitants are hungry.”
3:34 This Prophetic guidance to ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
3:38 Helps us identify the poor person clearly,
3:41 Without complication or excessive rigor.
3:44 Whoever does not possess the basics of life in their time is poor.
3:50 And in this Prophetic principle,
3:52 Which the Prophet, peace be upon him, taught
3:56 To ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
3:58 Is another educational guidance:
4:01 Contentment with one’s provision.
4:03 For the Prophet’s, peace be upon him, statement:
4:07 “A house that has no dates, its inhabitants are hungry,”
4:10 Indicates by the principle of the opposite,
4:12 That a house which has dates, its inhabitants are not hungry.
4:17 And the Prophet, peace be upon him, said it
4:19 To ‘Aishah in another hadith explicitly.
4:24 On the authority of ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
4:27 That the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
4:30 “The inhabitants of a house that has dates do not go hungry.”
4:34 Narrated by Muslim.
4:36 Al-Tibi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
4:38 “I say:
4:39 It can be interpreted as an encouragement toward contentment
4:43 In lands where dates are abundant.
4:45 Meaning, a house that has dates,
4:48 And they are content with them, its inhabitants will not go hungry.
4:51 The hungry one is only he who has no dates.”
4:54 In this is an upbringing for the people of the house,
4:57 Especially the woman,
4:59 To be content with the provision of Allah,
5:01 And not to be discontent,
5:03 Or to turn elsewhere to seek wealth.
5:07 For their possession of what sustains them of food,
5:10 Which is the recognized staple of the land,
5:13 Removes from them the label of ‘the hungry.’
5:16 And it obligates them to thank Allah for His blessing upon them.
5:19 If wealth comes to them without them asking for it,
5:23 Then this is from the expansion of Allah’s bounty upon them.
5:26 Because begging and asking people for charity
5:29 Involves great embarrassment.
5:31 It has been narrated from Qabisah Ibn Mukhariq al-Hilali:
5:36 “I took upon myself a debt,
5:38 So I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
5:41 Asking him about it.
5:43 He said: ‘Stay until the charity comes to us,
5:47 And we will command it to be given to you.’
5:52 O Qabisah,
5:53 Begging is not permissible except for one of three:
5:57 A man who takes upon himself a debt;
6:00 It is permissible for him to beg until he obtains it, then he must stop.
6:04 A man who is struck by a calamity that destroys his wealth;
6:08 It is permissible for him to beg until he obtains a subsistence of life,
6:13 Or he said:
6:14 A sufficiency of life.
6:16 And a man who is struck by poverty,
6:19 Until three men of wisdom from his people say:
6:23 ‘So-and-so has been struck by poverty.’
6:26 It is permissible for him to beg until he obtains a subsistence of life,
6:30 Or he said:
6:31 A sufficiency of life.
6:33 Any other begging, O Qabisah, is illicit,
6:38 The one who consumes it consumes what is illicit.”
6:41 Narrated by Muslim.
6:43 Finally,
6:44 This Prophetic guidance to ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
6:48 Teaches men the art of managing money in spending on the household.
6:53 The priority of spending should be
6:56 Providing the staple food that brings peace to the souls of the household.
7:00 Then, whatever is in excess of that,
7:02 Spend it on the secondary needs required by the household.
7:07 These are some of the guidelines extracted
7:10 From a short, comprehensive word spoken by the Prophet, peace be upon him:
7:17 “O ‘Aishah,
7:18 A house that has no dates, its inhabitants are hungry.”
7:22 Society benefits from it,
7:24 The family benefits from it,
7:26 And the individual benefits from it in their life.
7:29 So how would our state be
7:32 If we were raised upon the hadiths of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
7:37 And we raised our families upon that,
7:40 And we were keen on reading them and spreading them among the people,
7:44 Especially since they are addressed to us
7:47 By the one whom Allah sent as a mercy to us?
7:51 So shall we resolve to read a book of hadiths during this blessed month,
7:56 Such as the book of Sahih al-Bukhari, for example,
7:59 Or Riyad al-Salihin?
8:03 We will continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills.
8:06 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
8:12 Our Mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her.