 Now, what we've just seen there is a very awesome Nasheed reminding us that we have more beneficial things to do other than WhatsApp. I'm not saying that we should stop WhatsApping because you'll also find me on WhatsApp. But we've got to remember that this is a month where we're supposed to always perform the Taraweeh and always make sure that we go closer to Allah because one of the definitions of the word Islam is Islam is staying closer to Allah and going closer to Him by submitting to Him alone and also going closer to Him through obedience and staying away from polytheism and polytheists. Now, the Hadith I mentioned earlier was about Allah loving you and when He loves you, He tells everyone in heaven and everyone in heaven once they love you, their whole universe loves you. Now, this is not a Hadith like any other Hadiths we always hear about. It's Hadith Qudsi, which means that it's the words of the Almighty Allah through the Prophet, peace be upon him. Now, I want us to get back to this very interesting discussion with the Sheikh. Back there when we were on the break, we just mentioned these people who stopped performing the Taraweeh prayers during the last 10 days of the month of Ramadan and also people leaving what they've been doing. We'll get back to that a little later, but I want us to finish first of all on actually, we've not even mentioned the Itkuminanar. Can we just at least mention something about the Itkuminanar? Yes. You see, the first division was Rahmat, Sikor and Maghfirah, meaning Masih, then forgiveness. After Allah has given you His Masih or endowed you His Masih, then accepted your forgiveness. The third thing Allah swt does is to assure you that you'll enter Paradise and if you assure you'll enter Paradise, then unfortunately and automatically you'll not enter Hellfire. And you know people fear fire. Very much. Here on this earth and hereafter. And that's why with the Prophet Muhammad swt, maybe he was supposed to say the third division is the one which now people enter Jannah. But people could not take it that way. Seriously. But when they hear now the third division or part of Ramadan is to keep you far from Hellfire. Now people are ready to get that guard from Hellfire. Sorry to cut you short, but just to give the magnitude of the Hellfire. I once heard a sheikh on radio. He said that the fire that women always use to cook food is so hot. Let's ask them how hot it is. And he says imagine that multiplied by 70 times. That's the magnitude of the... Not even 70 times because some scholars explain that the Hellfire when you are almost 70 miles, 70 miles before you reach there, you're already burnt the entire body 70 times. And Allah swt explains that fire. And he says that The fuel of Hellfire is human beings and stones. So it's very bad fire. Allah put us very far from that fire. And that's why it's upon me and you and all the viewers and even those who are watching have to have a responsibility to go and talk to others who have not watched. Tell them, my friend, we have now the last 10 days of Ramadan which Allah swt has guaranteed us that if we stand by his teachings in these 10 days and do what is supposed to be done, we'll never enter Hellfire. Then let them go and tell others. And me and you start doing the best from now till the end of Ramadan and even after Ramadan so that we'll never enter Hellfire, inshallah. A very intriguing question comes up when we talk about Itqum-e-Nanar or being taken far away from the Hellfire. What is someone supposed to do? Because we know that in the second 10 days of Maghfir or Tawba or asking for forgiveness from Allah, we increase our Ibada in the form of Irtikaf. And before that, there is so much dhikr that people do on the first 10 days of the month of Ramadan. Now what obligation are people supposed to do in these last 10 days of Itqum-e-Nanar? You know, the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him from the hadith of Anas bin Malik, r.a. he said that this month has a lot of benefits Ramadan and many people who will not get the benefits of Ramadan are the people who are far from the mercy of Allah. Subhanallah. He explained it that way. So it means that if you are far from the mercy of Allah then you are among those who will not get the benefits of the 10 days. Let's look at them. And if that is the interpretation of the hadith, then it means that even your first 10 days are not void. That's what it means. So it means that we need to do the best. But let us just consult our mother Aisha, r.a. because she is the one who, as the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, if I want to get the words of Leklu Qadir, what do I do? He taught us, say, Allahumma inna ka'afuhun to haibu la'afua fa'afu anna. So my friend from now up to the end of Ramadan let your dhikr among the best dhikr be Allahumma inna ka'afuhun to haibu la'afua fa'afu anna. Allahumma inna ka'afuhun kareemun to haibu la'afua fa'afu anna. I'm saying it this way because this is the version people know in most eko from Lamuq, Garisa, Malindi, Mombasa. That's the version. When I say it like once, they don't get it. But when you say Allahumma inna ka'afuhun kareemun to haibu la'afua fa'afu anna. Meaning Allah inna ka'afuhun. You like forgiving and wiping away sins. To haibu la'afua, you like wiping away sins. Fa'afu anna. Then forgive and wipe away our sins. And we explain the difference between Isteqfar and Tawba also and Afu last time and we are repeating today. When Allah makes Afu for you, it means that things you have done. He finishes them. He forgives them. He will never even mention them to you. They are forgiven and forgotten. But Isteqfar, when you say Allah forgive him something, there is a possibility of Allah remaining in the day of judgement. You remember you stole that banana but we forgive you. But Afu, when it's done, you'll never even hear about it. And that's the best thing we're asking from Allah this time. And every time Allahumma inna ka'afuhun to haibu la'afua fa'afu anna. People add kareem. The word kareem didn't come from the Prophet Muhammad SAW. But they add kareem because it's also part of the names of Allah. Kareem means generous. Meaning you like wiping sins and you're also generous. Fa'afu anna. Then forgive us. Now, we've been mentioning this so many times. Within this show, I think if we count it, it might even be 20 times that we've mentioned laylat al qadr. Only me 20, maybe you 20 as well. And the viewers, especially non-Muslim viewers, would wonder what exactly is laylat al qadr. Now, to clarify it a little bit, I'll start by saying that it's the night of power. The night of decree. The night where the Noble Qur'an was revealed to the Noble Prophet, peace be upon him. I'd like you to also add more flesh into this information perhaps, even give more information to the viewer. The first thing is that laylat al qadr is the best night ever in this world. With the lifetime blessings. With the lifetime blessing. Because Allah SWT explains in the Holy Qur'an that if you do anything good in that night, and you know it's not the entire night, it is part of night. It is as if you have done that thing which you are doing for 83.3 years. Many people don't even live that long. Of course, many of us will never get there. But we pray to Allah SWT to reach there with our teeth and everything intact. You know, there's no need of you being 80, then you don't have teeth, you don't have eyes. It's a big burden also to the community. So we are praying to Allah SWT to reach that age but healthy. So it's important for everyone of us to do what pertains to be done. And I always give people five things, my brother. One, make sure you pray asha, Jama'a, and mix it with tarawih with the imam at mosque. Make sure you pray the hadjud and wittri. Make sure you give swadaka. Make sure that you pray fajr on its time. Make sure you recite Qur'an at night and that du'a. If you do those five things, my brother. Wallahi, you will get lailatullah qadr. But now here is a warning. You know, we must give a warning also. If we are talking of getting thawab for 83 years, what if, you are among the people who have diseases in their hearts, you go have sex during Ramadan. I'm not talking with your wife. If you do it with your wife, you get thawab. But you see in the day of judgment, you'll be told, hey, you had sex for 83 years. We get thawab, you know, when you sleep with your wife, you get thawab. But if you do it with the wrong person, subhanallah, you get sins for 83 years. It's very nasty. Wallahi, very nasty. Or you know there are these youths, sometimes they say during Ramadan, they want to chew some mira a little bit. Aami, sheikh, let me go get something because you are Aniwangu. My friend, in the day of judgment, you will come and when you see the pile of gut you have eaten, it's as if you have eaten the almost 30 acres of mira of Ameru. It becomes a tragedy. Or that day, you decide to go and do anything bad. Even those who maybe say, let me go to disco, I've missed disco ban. Then you go, in the day of judgment, you are told, you have been going to disco for 83 years. Wallahi, it's a big tragedy. So it's upon me, you and everyone watching, and even those who are not watching, to do the best during the 10 days of Ramadan from today. Let's talk of today, not 10 days. From today, insha'Allah, let us be the best Muslims, insha'Allah. And we continue with this video till we meet Allah swt. Now you've mentioned this very intriguing aspect of the Lailat ul Qadr. Yes. That you, anything that you do is multiplied by 83.3 years. Now whether it's good, whether it's bad. So if someone commits phonication, commits zina in this night of Lailat ul Qadr, and it's multiplied to a thousand nights, an equivalent of 83 years, does that mean that by the time you go towards Allah on the day of judgment, does that mean that someone of that nature will be a mufless? You know that person will be a mufless. One thing is that Muslims try to play with Allah swt. Because you know there is that good intention of Allah swt. That if you do intention, if you have intention to do something bad, and you don't do it, you don't get anything. But if you do, you make intention of doing something good, and you don't get it, you get one thawab. If you do it, you get 10 thawabs. So for Lailat ul Qadr, some scholars also argue that if you do sin, it is counted to be only one day sin. But many scholars, those who fear Allah swt, have asked yourself, if Allah swt have given you a blank check of 83 years, What do you want to write on it? What do you want to write on it? Whatever you write is what you get. So that is my explanation, and that is the logic I use, and the philosophy I use also. I join the scholars who say that whatever you do that day is what you get. Subhanallah. Now for the purpose of those who are watching and they do not understand, what the meaning of the word Muflis is, I would like you to clarify it, even also you can include the adith where Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him mentioned and described exactly who a Muflis is. Muflis is bankrupt. You know in this world, there are people who become bankrupt. Some of them do it actually purposefully, technically, maybe they have divorced their wives or they have problem with the government, then they declare themselves bankrupt, so that of course when you become bankrupt, everyone runs away from you. But the day of judgment there are people who will be Muflis, bankrupt, because you come before Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala and you have abuse so and so. You come before Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala and you have split blood. You come before Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala and you have stolen things from so and so. Yes, you have your own thawabs because you know there are people who still they pray, they phonicate, they pray. They try to equalize. The problem is that you don't know when you are trying to equalize, you don't know how the magnitude and the balance, you know you cannot balance these things. So the best choice to become the best person because if you do that then in the day of judgment, Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala will be seeing that so and so is going to hellfire. But you wronged him. So what Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala will be doing will be taking some thawabs from you giving it to this person. Another one is also going to hellfire and if you have done something wrong also your rewards are taken given to this person. By the time Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala looks back to you then your mizan is down meaning that you are going to hellfire. That is what we call Muflis. So what I am trying to say is that Islam is a humanity religion. Be good to people. Muslims and Muslims, animals and everything and you will be the best person. But if you go wrong in each other and at night you go and pray to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala you are doing nothing. So in a nutshell, what a Muflis is or what a bankrupt person is in Islam is someone whose bad deeds they outweigh the good deeds on the mizan or the weighing scale. So that's it. The bad deeds are higher than the good deeds so you are a Muflis. That's why I am happy to be with you because you understand your audience better than the youth and that's the easiest way they can understand. Even when you do the hands like this now they understand. My way of explanation was a little bit high in level but thank you so much for that. That's very true. Thank you very much for that clarification. I am sure that the viewer has also benefitted from that. Now, I mentioned where it started the first ayah that was revealed in the Qur'an that was from Surah Tula'anaq where the Almighty Allah says, read in the name of your Lord, who created you. Now, when I mentioned to my non-Muslim friends that the Qur'an was brought down to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him they would ask me, was it brought down the same way that the Torah or the Torah was brought down? No. Or was it, and then I explained to them that it was brought down over a period of 23 years but it becomes really difficult to explain it to someone who is totally oblivious about this matter because the Qur'an, we say it was brought down on a particular night and then we say it was brought down on a period of 23 years. Let me clarify. You know, the Qur'an was being revealed in a portion we call it gradation at the University, we teach students gradation when you see gradation in a course of outline it means the portions the way it was revealed You know, every time any incident occurs then a verse will be revealed so that occurrence, every time and that's why people who have done Islamic sciences, they have something we call Asbabun Nuzul, reasons for revelation but now, during the end years of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him the Qur'an was recited to him by Jibril peace be upon him once the entire, in entirety now from Fatiha to Nas in that one night and scholars say that during the year he died he was done twice now, to explain to someone who don't understand better is that you see by the time Prophet Muhammad was done he had already covered the 23 years in his Prophethood because he got Prophethood when he was 40 and he died when he was 63 so he had already finished his lifetime and that's why the last verse which was revealed by Allah swt is I have completed to you your religion you Muslims, your religion is complete and I have also perfected the bounties on you and you see the best bounty of Allah swt is Prophet Muhammad and Islam itself and that I'm only pleased to see religion which you should follow is Islam when Prophet Muhammad read that verse people knew that this is the end of Prophet Muhammad of course some scholars also attribute the verse which says that that Muhammad peace be upon him is like other prophets who passed before him so people say that even that one was among the last ones but what I'm trying to say is that you see now these are the last versions of Quran so when that verse came there was no any other there was no revelation you get me so what happened is that Jibril now had to recite to the Prophet Muhammad swt the entire Quran from Surat al-Fatiha to now these verses at the end you get me but now on Laylatul Qadr Laylatul Qadr now the compiles now the entire compilation now that is when it was read upon Prophet Muhammad and that's why we say that that is when it was revealed in totality as a complete book now I read yes from back in the madrasa that the Quran on this night it was it was revealed it was lowered from Baitul Ma'amur to is it Baitul Hayza so how was that is it that it happened all of it at the same time from Baitul Ma'amur to Baitul Hayza all at the same night when it was read to the noble prophet or is there a time frame separating these two instances there was no time frame it was the same night that same night because Muslim scholars especially the scholars of Quran believe that it was being protected in Baitul Ma'amur Baitul Ma'amur according to what scholars explain is that that building it is totally adjacent to Ka'bah is it so from there that's when it was revealed to Prophet Muhammad in totality now the entire Quran so it was recited to him the entire of it and that's why people who said that Quran has some human element they are wrong because Allah SWT made sure that Quran does not have the human element inside because he recited it in totality to Prophet Muhammad and that's why Allah SWT says that that we have revealed this book and we protect it and that's why Quran will remain protected to the day of judgement you cannot bring anything in the whole Quran people are trying but you'll never bring anything in the whole Quran but you'll detect even before you finish it to what you've said before we move forward to the next section that I want to ask you I would say that for the purpose of benefitting the viewer that the also means the protected manuscript literally from Arabic okay now the next thing that would like us to talk about very briefly is about the the Quran and perhaps you can also demonstrate if you can inshallah the difference is because you've said there is no human element and for us Muslims we understand that there is no human element but now for the purpose of other people who are watching this show there is this surah to fill where some poets in the times of Prophet Muhammad they tried to write their own poetry to try and rival the language of the Quran and perhaps you can also clarify this to us you know one of the more interesting of Quran or miracles of Quran is things which will come things which even appeared before Prophet Muhammad and one of them was that surah Prophet Muhammad when it was revealed to him he said to people or or don't you see what Allah swt did to those people who came with their elephant when that incident happened the Prophet Muhammad was not born and people could not be giving those stories to people I didn't make them feed them those people it was a king from Habash Ethiopia who heard of Mecca and he said why do we have another center of religion and economy in this world I'll go finish it he decided to go with his army to Mecca when he reached Allah swt those people from Mecca tried to protect Kaaba but they couldn't so they said we'll run away let the king do what he can do but Allah swt sent to them birds which were carrying pebbles but if that pebble touches your head I'm told you could the entire body could burn only a pebble and each bird was only assigned to one person and that's how Allah swt protected Kaaba Kaaba was built by Ibrahim al-salam and even some scholars say that it is Adam al-salam who showed where Kaaba should be that's why we also told us that Adam al-salam descended in Mount Arfa in Mecca I'm one of the historians when you go to Mecca that's part of my work to tell people to take people along those places but you see now that is one of the moreges that Prophet Muhammad did because people could not understand what he's saying but how did he get this story then one of the poets of Mecca was telling him let me now compete with you and then he came and said I feel elephant elephant has a very long tail those are things which could not even awake Quran al-karim I think they're trying to imitate some parts of the Quran where he asks you he mentions something and then he asks you what is that thing and then he goes and explains it it's very true it's very true it's very true so you see Allah swt but you see when you look at the what of Allah swt and the language of Allah swt you see where is to Allah swt now we're going to continue with that much later on the next Friday it's a very exciting thing we want to know all of you that we will continue with this same topic and finish it next Friday but also we're not going to continue with the same thing that you've had about but we will also talk about the Eid because insha Allah next week but one that's going to be within the month of June we're going to celebrate the Eid we will also talk about Zakat al-Fitri which I don't want to translate it into English because non-Muslims who are watching this show will think that we're talking about the Tithe but that's what it might mean to you so to make you understand we're going to talk about the Tithe or Zakat al-Fitri who's supposed to be given the Zakat al-Fitri and also we're going to talk about who and what amount is supposed to be given and everything that surrounds the day of Eid the Sunnah or the voluntary acts of the day of Eid and also the Sharia governing the day of Eid insha Allah my name is Abdul Razzaq in Gouthia and I have been with sheikh Dr. Hasan Kenyumari from the University of Nairobi thank you very much for coming and I hope to see you next Friday insha Allah Wa haathasalam wa rahmatullahi wabarakatuh