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0:00Allah now describes something happening
0:01deep inside ourselves, inside each
0:03person, inside me, inside you.
0:09Don't end up following feelings, empty
0:12feelings, that keep you from being fair.
0:16And this idea is your feelings get in
0:18the way and say this person deserves
0:20less because I don't like them.
0:22This person said this this this and
0:23therefore they should not have as much
0:24as this person or the other person.
0:26Or implicitly, you know, for example,
0:28there's a father who loves one of his
0:30sons and is kind of annoyed with the
0:31other son.
0:32And time comes for inheritance and he
0:34kind of
0:36you know, favors one son over the other.
0:38The feeling got in the way.
0:40The feeling got This one used to massage
0:42my feet even when he was a teenager.
0:44This one was talking back to me. He
0:45should not get the a piece of the This
0:47one gets the BMW, this one gets the 1987
0:50Hyundai.
0:51Right? That's cuz they both got a car,
0:53so you know. No, no, no. Your your
0:56feelings cannot get in the way of being
0:58fair.
1:00Your feelings cannot allow you to be
1:01biased one way or the other.
1:43What kind of heavy heavy Muhammad
1:45Sallallahu alaihi wasallam
1:47What in a shuttle aboard
1:49in a cooler
1:51and better What could I be that dollar
1:53or could I be that in the north?
1:56You call Allah as you wish you can tell
1:58me to clean my body and I call you to be
1:59like
2:39In my last uh khutbah, I spoke about the
2:42opening phrase of ayah 135 of Surat
2:44An-Nisa. I'll summarize that for you.
2:47Those of you who claim to believe become
2:49or be those that keep standing up for
2:52justice or stay keep standing up with
2:55justice by their side.
2:57Witnesses being witnesses only for
3:00Allah.
3:01Some easy takeaways that you can
3:03remember from this ayah will be or this
3:05part of the ayah will be that Allah
3:06wants us to not just be fair, but become
3:10people, completely transform ourselves,
3:13that every opportunity we rise up and
3:15stand for what is right over and over
3:17again. And it's not just in things that
3:20have to do with the outside world. It
3:22has to do with things inside our
3:23families, inside our homes. Because this
3:25ayah 135 in Surat An-Nisa is coming
3:28after a long series of ayat that deal
3:30with political issues in Medina, but
3:33they also deal with family issues.
3:35And then Allah mentions justice. So,
3:37there's justice in politics, and there's
3:39also justice in the family. And he
3:41combines both of them in this ayah now.
3:43And tells believers you have to keep
3:45standing up for justice every time there
3:47is an injustice happening between
3:48husband and wife, parents and children,
3:50inheritance matter, money dispute,
3:52whatever the dispute is, you have to
3:54stand by justice for Allah's sake. Now,
3:56why why even mention
3:58be witnesses for Allah's sake, shuhada'a
4:00lillah? Why not just say, be fair for
4:02Allah's sake?
4:03The shuhada'a, the the mention of the
4:05word witnesses is to tell us something
4:07very key about justice. Justice does not
4:09work without testimony.
4:11One of the most fundamental aspects of
4:13justice is testimony, is witness.
4:16And when someone gives witness, they can
4:18be influenced. They can be influenced by
4:20their anger.
4:21So, or they could be influenced by their
4:22emotions. One of my teachers is a great
4:24inspiration to me. Uh
4:26She doesn't like me to mention her name,
4:28but she's a I study under her uh in
4:30Istanbul
4:32uh at a university.
4:33And she was mentioning that one time
4:34there was at the university there was a
4:36dispute among teachers.
4:38Something happened. Somebody some
4:39teacher got angry at another teacher and
4:41they said something.
4:43And
4:44she was the director of the program, so
4:45she wanted to know what happened. So,
4:47she called all the staff that witnessed
4:48it, right? And so, tell me what
4:50happened. And they start telling her
4:53what happened, but some people came in
4:55and said, "Oh, it was terrible. I just I
4:57felt so terrified and it was so unusual.
4:59And it it
5:00And she says, "No, no, I didn't ask you
5:02how you felt. I asked you what
5:03happened."
5:05Right? So, now what they're testifying,
5:06but they're mixing the testimony with a
5:08lot of their emotions, their
5:09experiences, how they felt. I can't
5:11believe this person said that. I can't I
5:14can't believe they raised their voice
5:15this much. Those things are your
5:17opinions.
5:18And you may be entitled to your opinion,
5:21but
5:21testimony has nothing to do with your
5:24opinion. Testimony is who said what,
5:26what did they say,
5:28and what did you what did you recall?
5:30When you start mixing that in with your
5:32emotions, the emotions that we have,
5:34they go up and down. When you're
5:35stressed out, you feel a certain way.
5:37When you're angry, you feel a certain
5:38way. You could say something and you
5:39don't remember that you said it.
5:42Other people even testify to She asked
5:44them, "What happened?" "I I don't know.
5:46It was so I can't remember anything.
5:49Okay, then you're not a credible
5:50witness.
5:51Right? So, the idea of witness is really
5:54important in testimony. And in in
5:56justice, you can't have justice without
5:59accurate testimony. And testimony
6:02can be corrupted easily.
6:04It can be corrupted, like I said, by
6:05anger. It can be corrupted by fear.
6:07Somebody could intimidate a witness, you
6:09better not say anything.
6:10Or you better testify falsely. Somebody
6:12could be thinking, if I testify, I'll
6:14lose my job.
6:16If I testify, my father will disown me.
6:18If I testify, I'll be humiliated. If I
6:20tell the truth of what happened, they're
6:21not going to be my friend anymore.
6:23Everybody's going to block me. I'm going
6:24to lose my position. I'm going to be
6:26humiliated in this society. Now, I'm
6:28never going to get invited over to their
6:29house again. Etc. etc. etc.
6:32Meaning, if you're going to stand up for
6:33justice, you're going to lose somebody.
6:36So, Allah says, shuhada'a lillahi.
6:38Be witnesses
6:40for Allah. And that for Allah means
6:43against someone else.
6:45Because for Allah means that if I was
6:47going to testify for my father's sake,
6:50to make sure that my father doesn't get
6:52upset, then it's not for Allah anymore.
6:54But if I testified for Allah's sake,
6:55it's very possible my dad might get very
6:57angry.
6:58It's very possible my employer that
7:00might get very angry. It's very possible
7:01all my friends that decided to give the
7:04same false testimony, and I decided not
7:06to go with them, and I was there, too.
7:09I don't go with them. They all I lose a
7:10I lose that circle. They're no longer my
7:12friend.
7:13It's very possible that they next time
7:15they testify against me.
7:17They And so, I'm bringing a world of
7:19trouble on myself when I testify for
7:22justice.
7:24Shuhada'a lillahi.
7:26Now, Allah adds, this is the opening.
7:27This is what I talked about in some
7:29detail last time. Walau ala anfusikum.
7:32Now, Allah says, and you better get up
7:34every time and speak what the truth is
7:37in whatever situation, personal, family,
7:40business, friends, political, whatever
7:42situation, even
7:45if that testimony goes against
7:48yourselves.
7:50This means a few things. What does it
7:51mean it goes against yourself? It might
7:53mean that you did something wrong and
7:54you're testifying here, I messed up.
7:57I said that I shouldn't have said that.
7:58Meaning you're admitting your fault.
8:00That's one of the meanings, that's
8:01obvious.
8:02Another meaning is even if it's not
8:04against your own mistake,
8:06but you testifying is going to bring
8:08harm to you.
8:10You will testify and it will go against
8:12you in some way.
8:13You testify and now you made a new enemy
8:16that you didn't want. That enemy is
8:17dangerous. He's already hurt a lot of
8:19other people. She's already hurt a lot
8:20of other people. And you by correctly
8:22testifying have turned her or his
8:25rageful eyes towards you.
8:27So you brought harm upon yourself. Allah
8:29says, "Even if it brings harm upon
8:30yourself, testify."
8:35Even if your testimony harms or goes
8:38against both parents.
8:40So one meaning of that is maybe the two
8:42parents, by the way, all human beings
8:45are flawed.
8:46All human being Nobody's perfect. You
8:48know what that also means? Shocker, no
8:50parents are perfect.
8:52You know, in the end, we have in Islam
8:55the highest respect for our parents, but
8:58that does not give them the rank of
9:00angels. They're also human beings.
9:02They can also have greed. They can also
9:04have jealousy. They can also have
9:05injustice. Somebody's father is also a
9:07thief.
9:09Somebody's mother is also testifying
9:10falsely. Somebody's father and mother
9:12also doing riba. These evil things are
9:14happening by somebody's father and
9:15somebody's mother also.
9:17And now if you have to testify against
9:19the evil that's happening, sometimes you
9:21might even have to testify against both
9:22parents.
9:24Or against the will of the parents.
9:26Parents come and say, "Hey, I know you
9:28saw what happened. I know you want to
9:29speak up, but I'm telling you as your
9:31father and I'm telling you as your
9:33mother, don't get involved."
9:36That's not your problem. Don't just this
9:37shut up.
9:38Listen to your parents. Don't say
9:40anything.
9:41We don't talk about that. That's If you
9:43speak about that, it's going to make us
9:44look bad in the family.
9:46Et cetera, et cetera.
9:48I will walidain, even if the parents are
9:50putting pressure on you not to speak up.
9:53Even if the it goes and eventually even
9:55harms the parents in some way. If it's
9:57the right testimony for the sake of
9:59Allah, nobody gets in the way.
10:05There's no possibility of obeying any
10:06any of Allah's creation when it come if
10:09you have to disobey the creator to do
10:10it. And what's the what's the obedience
10:12of Allah here? Testifying truthfully.
10:15Speaking of the truth when you know the
10:16truth.
10:21wal aqrabin, and then the closest
10:23relatives.
10:24And some of you might say that's easy. I
10:25don't like my close relatives anyway.
10:27I'll easily testify against them.
10:29Right.
10:30The problem here is the Arabs, for them,
10:33the close relatives were the tribe.
10:35And the tribe was your identity. It was
10:37your security. It was your lifeline.
10:40Somebody might take your head off, and
10:42then they realize you're from that
10:43tribe, might spare you.
10:45That was your security net.
10:47That was the thing that buffered you.
10:49That was your passport. That was your
10:50citizenship.
10:51So, al aqrabin is broader than just your
10:53family.
10:54It has deeper meaning.
10:56Today it might be that the your buffer,
10:58your security buffer, might be something
11:01that you lose your job security.
11:03You might lose your place in the in the
11:05in the family business or something. Aw
11:07al aqrabin.
11:08Then Allah says in yakun ghaniyan aw
11:10faqiran.
11:12Stop. Don't don't get in the way of the
11:14correct testimony thinking about whether
11:16the person you're testifying against or
11:18the speak that the the thing you're
11:19going to say, is it going to harm
11:21someone rich or is it going to harm
11:22someone poor?
11:24That doesn't factor into the testimony.
11:26If it harms someone rich, you might get
11:28scared and say, "Well, they got money,
11:30and if it harms them, they're going to
11:31take revenge from me. So, I better not
11:33mess with this rich guy or these rich
11:34people. I'm not going to testify against
11:36them.
11:37If it's against some someone poor and
11:39you testify, you say, "Oh, this is
11:41already poor guy. He's already got a
11:42tough life. Me testifying against him is
11:44going to make things even harder. Let it
11:46slide."
11:48Right? So, either you get afraid to
11:49testify because you're intimidated by
11:51someone's wealth
11:52or maybe you might even want to win
11:54their favor by not testifying. They
11:55might do you a favor. They might give
11:57you a promotion. Might give your son a
11:59job, something. Right? So, might come
12:01with some benefits. And not testifying
12:04against someone poor, you might pity
12:05them and might let them go.
12:07Allah says, "When it comes to justice
12:08for me, these feelings of yours, you
12:10have to put them aside. These fears and
12:12these biases, you have to put them
12:13aside. Just testify."
12:22And after making all of this list, which
12:23started with myself, of course, the one
12:25the one person I'm looking out for more
12:27than anyone else is myself. And Allah
12:29started with that. When it comes to true
12:31testimony,
12:33you need to be willing to sacrifice
12:34yourself.
12:36That's where he started.
12:37Then he says,
12:40"Allah comes before before all of them."
12:44Allah comes before both of them, you
12:46know?
12:47Meaning that Allah is priority over the
12:49rich one. Allah is priority over the
12:50poor one.
12:52There's no These are not priorities for
12:54you. Allah is priority. When Allah gives
12:56his word, that's it. That's the end of
12:57it.
12:58Now,
12:59this part of the ayah is telling us the
13:02people
13:04that have influence on us, including
13:06ourselves, that get in the way of
13:08speaking the truth
13:10or standing up for what is fair, what is
13:11right. Yeah?
13:13The next part of the ayah, still on one
13:15all one ayah.
13:17Allah now describes something happening
13:19deep inside ourselves, inside each
13:21person, inside me, inside you.
13:25and ta'dilu.
13:27Don't end up following feelings, empty
13:30feelings that keep you from being fair.
13:34Don't end up following empty feelings
13:36that keep you from being fair. Now, the
13:38word for fairness here
13:40is the second word. The first word used
13:42in this ayah was al-qist.
13:45Allah in the beginning said, "Kunu
13:46qawwamīn shuhadā'a bil-qist."
13:49Shuhadā'a bil-qist lillāh in the
13:51beginning of this ayah. Now, he's not
13:53using the word qist.
13:54He's using the word al-'adl, and a
13:56different word, and ta'dilu.
13:59The word 'adl in Arabic has to do with
14:01equal.
14:02Has to do with fair share.
14:04'Adala, everybody got an equal share.
14:06Everybody got a fair share, right?
14:09And this idea is your feelings get in
14:12the way and say, "This person deserves
14:13less because I don't like them.
14:15This person said this, this, this, and
14:17therefore they should not have as much
14:18as this person or the other person."
14:20Or implicitly, you know, for example,
14:22there's a father who loves one of his
14:23sons and is kind of annoyed with the
14:24other son.
14:26And time comes for inheritance, and he
14:27kind of
14:29you know, favors one son over the other.
14:32The feeling got in the way.
14:34The feeling got, "This one used to
14:35massage my feet even when he was a
14:36teenager. This one was talking back to
14:38me. He should not get a piece of the
14:40This one gets the BMW, this one gets the
14:431987 Hyundai."
14:45Right? That's cuz they both got a car,
14:47so you know. No, no, no.
14:48Your Your feelings cannot get in the way
14:51of being fair.
14:53Your feelings cannot allow you to be
14:55biased one way or the other.
14:57This is extremely important because
14:58there are people that we want to do more
15:00for more than they deserve because we
15:02love them.
15:04There are people that we want to deprive
15:06because we hate them.
15:09There are people that we want to cause
15:10harm to because we don't like them.
15:13Because they were we were hurt by
15:14something they did or something they
15:15said. We just want to see them suffer.
15:17The feeling,
15:19the need for revenge, the feeling of
15:21being humiliated, the feeling of being
15:23one-upped by somebody. Now you want to
15:25satisfy that feeling and when justice
15:27comes in front of you, you say, "No, no,
15:28no, no justice, excuse me. Go to the
15:30side. I need to follow my feelings right
15:32now."
15:33And then someone reminds you, "Hey, fear
15:35Allah. What you're doing is unfair. What
15:37you're saying isn't true. What you're
15:38saying is a lie."
15:40You know that it's a lie. Don't do it.
15:42You don't know what this person did.
15:44You don't know how they made me feel.
15:46As if
15:47justice can be put on the side because
15:49of how you feel.
15:51This is exactly what Allah is saying. Do
15:53not follow your feelings to let them get
15:56in the way of justice.
16:02Then this this whole concept of justice
16:06takes another step.
16:08People say, "No, no, no, fine. I'm not
16:09being unfair. Fine, fine, fine. I'll be
16:11fair."
16:12But there are plenty of ways to play
16:13games with justice.
16:15There's plenty of ways and Allah
16:17mentioned two ways. You can be unjust.
16:20You can violate what Allah is teaching
16:22you. You can violate it and be slick
16:25about it and nobody will catch you.
16:28Except Allah.
16:29But everybody will think you you're
16:31right.
16:32First tactic you can use if you want to
16:34be really unfair while wearing the
16:36disguise of fairness.
16:38While be you can be the the villain, you
16:40can be the oppressor while while wearing
16:42the disguise of the oppressed.
16:45You can be the perpetrator
16:47while wearing the the disguise of the
16:49victim.
16:50It's very easy.
16:53If you just twist The word Allah uses is
16:56twist. Let's focus on this word for a
16:58minute. I know I'm supposed to
16:59end at 3:00. I'm going to take 5
17:01minutes. I promise you. 5 minutes is I I
17:02don't mean Muslim 5 minutes. I mean 5
17:04minutes.
17:05Okay?
17:06If you twist Let's just talk I won't
17:08even talk about the second tactic. I'll
17:09just talk about this one tactic. If you
17:11twist The word lawa in Arabic is used
17:13for a tree that wraps or the kind of
17:16plant that wraps itself around other
17:18trees and then squeezes them.
17:20Yeah? [clears throat] That's what it's
17:21used for. It's also used for the tail of
17:23a scorpion that's always bent.
17:25Yeah? From this comes the idea that
17:27there are people
17:29who wrap them They They find someone to
17:30talk to. Like for example, you stole
17:32money. I'm not saying you, hypothetical
17:34you, stole money.
17:36And you're about to get caught.
17:38So, before you get caught,
17:40you go to someone and say, "You know, I
17:42was working so hard and these people
17:44didn't pay me for several months and my
17:46boss is so oppressive and it was such a
17:48bad and you know this person is a
17:49soft-hearted person, you start crying in
17:51front of them telling them an entire
17:52mythology that you created about how
17:54oppressed you were and you just wanted
17:56your paycheck." And you don't mention
17:58anything about the
17:59couple of million you conveniently
18:01withdrew for yourself. "I did so much
18:03for him. I did this and I did this. And
18:05now they're accusing me Astaghfirullah,
18:06I can't even tell you what they're
18:07accusing me of." The cops are after you,
18:09bro, like
18:11But they know how to spin a story. And
18:13they can get someone to cry for them.
18:15They can get somebody to feel bad for
18:17them.
18:18They know what disguise to put on in
18:20front of what person.
18:22Oh, this person has a soft corner for
18:23children? Let me talk to them about my
18:25kids and how bad they feel. This person
18:27cares a lot about, you know, Islam? Let
18:29me quote some ayat and a hadith when I
18:31tell my story to this person. They know
18:33how to put on the disguise that they
18:35need to to manipulate the opinions of
18:38others because if they can twist enough
18:40people's minds and a bunch of people
18:42start saying, "Yeah, this person is the
18:44victim." You no longer need justice
18:46because the popular opinion is this is
18:47the right This is the victim.
18:49And you can play that game.
18:51You can be very good at playing that
18:53game.
18:54You can also twist words by not saying
18:56what happened. You know, uh politicians
18:58are very good at this. "Did you or did
19:00you not sign this document?"
19:02Senate hearing.
19:03The guy says, "Yeah, when I was five, I
19:05went to kindergarten and
19:06Nobody asked you."
19:08You're going everywhere in in universe
19:10except a yes or a no.
19:12Right? You can't do it because this is
19:14intel woo.
19:15You twist. You word You play word games.
19:18You're not straightforward. This is the
19:19opposite of qawlan sadida, speak
19:21straightforward.
19:23Some people, men and women, master this
19:26technique.
19:27They master twisting words, manipulating
19:30communications, talking to this person
19:33in this way, that person in that way,
19:34that person in that way. In their mind,
19:36people are just pawns. You're supposed
19:38to just turn them like chess pieces. I
19:40want to turn this person's focus this
19:42way, this person's focus that way. I
19:43want to turn this one against them, that
19:45one against them, that one against them,
19:46that one against them. And then I can
19:47slip through.
19:48When tell woo.
19:50Now, I'm telling you all of this because
19:52people that do this, right? They might
19:53be in your family. Some of Some of you
19:55are sitting here listening to this like
19:56I can think of someone in my in-laws
19:57that are very good at this. Like
19:59Don't.
20:00Try not to.
20:02But as you're thinking about that, just
20:04know something. They get away with it.
20:07They don't get caught.
20:09There's no way to catch their
20:10manipulations. They're very good at
20:11doing this
20:13without a clean record. That's not what
20:15I said.
20:17I didn't I don't remember saying that.
20:19What are you talking about? I would
20:20never say that.
20:22No, no, no. This person's lying. This
20:24person's doing this. What I actually
20:26meant was this. They know how to rewrite
20:28the history.
20:29They know how to retell the story.
20:31Flip it every time. And you're like, how
20:32do I How do I deal with this person?
20:34They're like, you know, like a snake
20:36that keeps twisting. Like you can't
20:37catch them in a straight line.
20:39What does Allah say at the end of that
20:41ayah? If you are going to play this
20:42game,
20:44Allah didn't say in this ayah that you
20:46will be exposed. That's not what Allah
20:48said. Allah said, "Inna Allaha kana bi
20:50ma ta'maluna khabira."
20:52Then Allah has had full news of
20:53everything you've been up to. Every
20:54twist and every turn and every
20:56manipulation that nobody caught.
20:59You never went to court for it.
21:01Nobody held you accountable for it. You
21:03got away with it clean.
21:05The The The wolf successfully pretended
21:07to be the sheep.
21:09Yeah?
21:10The the the the the snake successfully
21:13coming off as the rabbit.
21:15Every time.
21:17And Allah says, "Congratulations. I've
21:19kept record of every one of your twists
21:21and turns."
21:26And you're like, "Okay, okay, yeah,
21:27Allah knows. I got it. Uh-huh. At least
21:28at least I won the lawsuit."
21:31Allah got it, but at least I didn't have
21:32to pay the money back.
21:33I got away with it.
21:35Yeah, yeah. I got But at least I got my
21:37revenge.
21:38You know, in the next ayah Allah This
21:40ayah was about justice. The next ayah is
21:42ya ayyuha alladhina amanu aminu billahi
21:44wa rasulih.
21:45Those of you who believe actually
21:46believe. Meaning, this is not just a
21:48matter of justice. This is a matter of
21:49faith itself. If standing in front of
21:52Allah doesn't scare you, do you even
21:54believe in Allah?
21:56Is that even faith?
21:58I mean, if that level of injustice
22:00doesn't bother you,
22:02and Allah threatening you directly that
22:03I know I'm going to deal with you,
22:05that's not enough for you to stop you in
22:07your tracks
22:09and to rethink your behavior, and you
22:11continue to twist and plot,
22:14then the only one to deal with is Allah.
22:16And that's why in this set of ayat
22:17you'll also find alladhina kafaru
22:20alladhina amanu thumma kafaru thumma
22:22amanu thumma kafaru thumma azdadu
22:24kufran.
22:25Those who claim to believe, then they
22:27disbelieve, then they believe, then they
22:29disbelieve. We know in this in in Medina
22:31nobody accepted Islam and rejected Islam
22:33and accepted Islam and rejected. That
22:34never happened. Not on the outside.
22:37This is talking about what's happening
22:39on the inside.
22:41They got their act together, then they
22:43twisted and turned again, then they got
22:44their act together, then they played
22:45more manipulations. This is the story of
22:47the munafiqun.
22:48That's why in the next ayah after
22:49alladhina am alladhina amanu thumma
22:51kafaru thumma amanu thumma kafaru thumma
22:53azdadu kufran, next ayah bashshir
22:55al-munafiqin.
22:56Bi-annahum adhabun alim. Congratulate
22:58the hypocrites.
23:00That that was about hypocrites.
23:02Allah Azza wa Jal protect all of us from
23:03falling into that hypocrisy.
23:05>> [snorts]
23:05>> And Allah Azza wa Jal protect us from
23:06those who twist their tongues and
23:08manipulate the truth for their ends. And
23:10may Allah Azza wa Jal not make us of
23:12those who fall into these traps and
23:13those that are committed to Allah's
23:14justice because that is a that is a
23:16testimony to our own Iman. Barakallahu
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