 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلاة والسلام على أشرف المرسلين سيدنا ونبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم يا ربنا لك الحمد كم . وعلي . جلال وجيك واعوظي من سلطانك اللهم لا إله أنت وحدك لا شديك لك� just God above You يا ربنا لك الحمد كم besides بالجلال وجيك واعوظي من سلطانك اللهم افتح علينا فتounter اللهم عل оргنا م oni أنفعنا وانفعنا بما علمتنا يا الله بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. Today's session will focus on the seventh outer action that would draw us closer to Allah سبحانه وتعالى And will get us ready, will get us more prepared to meet Allah سبحانه وتعالى on the day when we leave this dunya So this outer action that we're going to talk about today is seeking the lawful and loving the Halal سبحان الله, الله سبحانه وتعالى gave us orders and he prevented us from doing a lot of things So we have things to do, things not to do, we have things that are lawful and things that are haram and in between there are things that are not clear, is it this way or this way So it's on the borderline and of course these things go in all aspects in food, drink, clothing, work In getting sustenance, in buying, selling, husband-wife relationship, social relationship, financial relationships, public relationships So there are things in all the fields of life that are either Halal or Haram So we have to seek the Halal, we have to seek what is permissible and we have to be away from what Allah سبحانه وتعالى has asked us to be away from, has ordered us to be away from الله سبحانه وتعالى says in Surah al-Nur ayah 51 إنما كان قول المؤمنين إذا دعوا إلى الله ورسوله ليحكم بينهم أي يقولوا سمعنا وأطعنا وأولائكهم المفلحون So the only statement of the true believers, so this is what the true believers say when they are called to Allah and to His Messenger to judge between them, to judge in their affairs So when they are called by Allah and His Messenger to judge about their affairs, they would say we hear and we obey Who are these? And those are the successful ones أولائكهم المفلحون So whatever Allah سبحانه وتعالى has ordered us, we have to obey. Those successful ones accept all the orders from Allah سبحانه وتعالى And they adhere to that by fulfilling and applying the narration of Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم when he said So the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said God has made certain things binding so do not neglect them Do not lose the rewards for them So he made certain things as far out and he has prohibited certain things so do not violate them Do not do any of those things that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has forbidden وحدعوا حدودا فلا تعتدوها he fixed certain limits so do not transgress them وسكت عن أشياء من غير نسيان and Allah without being forgetful has said nothing about certain things He did not mention them, he did not talk about them so do not search into them So from this we understand that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has made certain things permissible So the Halal and the Haram the lawful and the prohibited have a lot of fiqh rules in Islam because they are very important in the life of the Muslim And as we mentioned these rules are applied to many aspects of life And سيد المحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم made that very clear and he said لا يدري كثير من الناس أمين الحلاله أمين الحرام فمن تركها فمن تركها استبر الذينه وعرضه So من تركها so the Hadith starts with the lawful is clear And the unlawful is clear And between that are matters that are doubtful they're not clear Many of the people do not know whether it's lawful or unlawful فمن تركها استبراء الذينه وعرضه فقد سلم So whoever leaves these things that are doubtful to protect his religion and his honor So then فقد سلم then he will be safe ومنواقع شيء منها يشكوا أي واقع الحرام And whoever falls into something from them from this category The unclear category the doubtful category Then he soon will have fallen into the unlawful So this is the reason من يرعا حول الحما يشكوا أي واقع ألا وإن لكل ملكم حما ألا وإن حما الله محارم So why it would lead to doing something doubtful Why would it be leading to a haram Why So Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ explains He says it's just like if someone grazes his animal around a sanctuary He would soon wind up in it ألا وإن لكل حما المحاربة So he indeed for every king there is a sanctuary And indeed Allah's sanctuary is what he made unlawful So do not try to get closer to that area So do not try And as we mentioned There are these things whoever avoids them Even if they are halal But there is a fine line between them and the haram So if someone tries to be away from them And he is away from them just to be safe Then that man is really saved Because he left it just for to protect his religion So Allah ﷺ has made things lawful and unlawful Today we are going to concentrate and to focus on the lawful things Allah has made it permissible for people to work and to get profit But he has to work in something halal So what is in Surat Al-Baqarah ayah 168 الله سبحانه وتعالى says يا أيها الناس كلو مما في الأرض حلالا وطيبا ولا تتبعوا خطوات الشيطان إنه لكم عدو مبلي So Allah is addressing mankind And asking them to eat and to gain From whatever is on the earth That is lawful And good حلالا وطيبا So do everything that is lawful and good This is how your life should be And do not follow the footsteps of Shaytan Why? Because indeed he is a clear enemy to mankind Yeah, Shaytan has promised Allah سبحانه وتعالى لا ينخرطني إلى يوم القيامة لأحد كنذرية So he refused to make sujood to Adam And Allah سبحانه وتعالى has outcasted him of Shanna But he promised Allah that he will keep whispering He will keep deceiving mankind The children of Adam So Allah سبحانه وتعالى is ordering us As we mentioned earlier whenever we see We read at the beginning of the ayah يا أيها الناس يا أيها الذين آمنوا Then there is an order after it So the order of Allah here is to do everything lawful And not to follow the footsteps of Shaytan So why did Allah سبحانه وتعالى Followed the order of doing good And eating good, eating halal And doing everything that halal Why did he follow it by the footsteps of Shaytan He ordered us not to follow the footsteps of Shaytan So some of the people of knowledge They say that Shaytan would do everything To get people away from halal And to do unlawful things And in another ayah Allah mentions something that's very important So just how to avoid Shaytan Allah said in Surah Al-Baqara ayah 172 يا أيها الذين آمنوا Again there is an order What is it كل من طيبات ما رزقناكم وشكروا لله إن كنتم ياه تعبدون So Allah is ordering people to eat from what's lawful To eat from to gain what is lawful To do what is lawful And then they have to thank Allah سبحانه وتعالى And Allah said ولا انشكرتم لأزيدناكم كل مرة أنت شكرا لأزيدناكم ثم سأضعك ولا انشكرتم لأزيدناكم This is what we have to pay attention to Getting sustenance for our families And Allah سبحانه وتعالى has given us the order to work and to do ourselves to support our families To support ourselves So he said in Surah Al-Jumu'a يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا نوديا لصلاة من يوم الجموعة فسعو إلى ذكر الله وذر البيع ذلكم خير لكم إن كنتم تعلمهم Oh you who believe يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا نوديا لصلاة من يوم الجموعة When there is the call of prayer On the day of Jumu'a Which is the Friday prayer What should you do فسعو إلى ذكر الله And proceed to the remembrance of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Whether will be and leave trading Leave your work That is better for you if you only know Now the prayer is finished فإذا قضية الصلاة فنتشرو في الأرض وابتغوا من فضل الله وذكروا الله كثيرا لعنكم تفلحون And when the prayer is done And when the prayer has been concluded Then Dispress within the land Go seek Seek from the beauty of Allah سبحانه وتعالى So remember Allah that And by doing that You may succeed لعنكم تفلحون So the order here فنتشرو في الأرض وابتغوا من فضل الله So Go work and Try to Get from the bounties of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Now this ayah These two ayahs There is An order In the first ayah To perform the Juma prayer And There is also An order And to gain sustenance But Allah سبحانه وتعالى is saying When it's the time for the prayer Then you leave whatever you're doing You leave your work And go to pray And he ended the ayah With An order With an order اذكروا الله كثيرا اذكروا الله كثيرا So اذكروا الله سبحانه وتعالى After the prayer is done اذكروا الله سبحانه وتعالى Why did Allah سبحانه وتعالى Mention all these things together The order for the prayer The order to work And to get sustenance For the family And what else To remember Allah سبحانه وتعالى إبن عاشور الله سبحانه وتعالى He said ordering Allah To order people To remember him In that There is a protection for For mankind From being immersed In the world From being immersed in work From being immersed In this vanishing Life that we are living And forgetting The day after So remembering Allah Will make us Not forget that But working, working, working Without remembering Allah Without performing the prayers Or delaying the prayers or whatever That would be shaitan Shaitan's work So Allah سبحانه وتعالى Ordered us to work And Sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم Said طلب كسب الحلال فريضة بعد الفريضة So trying to Earn a lawful Livehood Livelihood Is an obligatory duty فريضة In addition to the duties Which are obligatory So first you do your prayers And then And then you Try to earn a lawful Livelihood And Of course Sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم Always cared about Building a perfect society And He didn't want People just to Sit on the road and ask for money If someone can work They should work So he said أحد طعاما قط خيرا من أن يأكل من عملية وإن النبي الله داود عليه السلام كان يأكل من عملية So no one has Ever eaten Better food Than what he eats As a result of the labor of his hands So this is an order This is an urgency That people should work To support themselves Their families God's messenger God's prophet David Dawood عليه السلام Used to eat from what he Had worked for With his hand And In another narration Sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم Emphasized Work And he said لأين يحتطب أحدكم حزمة على وهره خير له من أي سأل الناس أعطوه أو منعوه So Sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم حسكي أعطوه من قضية And he said أمان رأيك وإن مستقبت اللذين يدعوه And he said ايضاً بداية And said شعر شعر شعر يأخذه لتعمل ويوجد مجموعة لتعمل الله سبحانه وتعالى ومجموعة لتعمل في سورة المؤمنون عاية 51 الله يقول يا أيها الرسول كل من الطيبات وعملوا صالحة إني بما تعملون عليم لذلك once you've been a messenger سيد عمر ساد أردت مجموعة لأيطاق فإنك في السعود ومجموعة لتعمل فطلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت وقلت رب الله صلى الله عليه وسلم تحدث عن محاولة تحدث عن محاولة تحدث عن المحاولة وقال لو قال لكم توقلتم على الله حقا توقلي لرزقكم كما يرزق الطير تادوخ ماصا وتروح بطانة فهذا هو محاولة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم قال أنه إذا كنت ترزقوا على الله مع محاولة هو أنت فهذا فقط محاولة على الله سبحانه وتعالى ماذا يحدث؟ أنت تكون لديك محاولة like the birds كيف؟ هم يذهبون في محاولة ويسألون مع محاولة لذلك يجب أن نتبقى على الله سبحانه وتعالى one of the friends of Allah سبحانه وتعالى was asked why are you not worried he said I realized that my sustenance my رزق is written for me and I know that it will it will come to me so I don't worry I don't worry now you feel that the parents are working day and night and they are just trying to to provide for the future of their children well did the Allah سبحانه وتعالى ask us for to perform the Ibadah of the future of course not so Allah will not ask us to do that he did not ask us to perform that Ibadah so why we would be worried about our رزق in the future لو أنكم توكلتم على الله حق توكل له لرزقكم just rely on Allah سبحانه وتعالى so now people should work yes of course but during the money to be generated after the work there are things that are very basic a manner someone should be trustworthy someone should be trusty there is someone should trusty someone should someone should practice patience while working and there is صدق the way he performs his work is with faithfulness صدق and there is مراقبة الله عز وجل there is an important issue that Allah is over watching us so when we are doing any job and we are getting our salary we have to ask ourselves is our salary 100% حلال did we waste any time during the working hours because if we do then the money that we got for that wasted time is not low we have to be careful so الله سبحانه وتعالى has ordered us to work and we know the rules that we have to be careful the work should be low full and there should be ethics in work and there should be something very important that people should not trust anybody people should not take take the money of anybody that that money would not be low full that money would be haram if someone takes the money of people that he does not deserve and Allah سبحانه وتعالى mentioned that in سورة النسان he said لا تأكلوا أموالكم بينكم بالباطل oh you who believe do not consume one another's wealth unjustly do not because that would be مال الحرام and the مال الحرام is very will lead to great punishment of Allah سبحانه وتعالى on the day of judgment we want to talk about something that about the the other meaning of الكسب الحلال so gaining low fully what is the best thing to gain in this dunya the low full thing it's to gain a true friend for the sake of Allah only to love him for the sake of Allah to take care of him for the sake of Allah to help him for the sake of Allah to advise him for the sake of Allah and he does the same so why is this considered an amazing حلال جين سيدنا الله رضي الله عن فقال he said that سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said إلا من عباد الله لأولاسا ماهم بأنبياء ولا شهداء ياغبطهم الأنبياء والشهداء يهم القيامة بمكانهم من الله تعالى سيدنا عمر نريد that the prophet of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said there are people from the servants of Allah who are neither prophets nor martyrs and what happened to them why are they those special the prophets and the martyrs will envy them on the day of resurrection why for the rank from with Allah سبحانه و تعالى قلوا يا رسول الله تخبرون أمنهم so the people has said the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم who are those people and say the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said انت حابوا بروح الله على غير أرحان بينهم ولا أموال يتعاطونها فوالله إن وجوهاهم لنور وإنهم على نور لا يخافون إذا خاف الناس ولا يحزنون إذا حزن الناس so who are those people those are as described by سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم they are the people who love one another for the sake of Allah سبحانه و تعالى without having any mutual kinship without giving any property to one to another to each other they are true friends and say I swear by Allah my faces will glow and they will be sitting in pulpits of light on the day of judgment so they do not fear they do not have any fear on the day of judgment this is أكسب حلال to gain of dunya this is a good thing to gain from dunya and it's very lawful so those people will not have fear when people will be afraid on the day of judgment then سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم read the ayah so what are those people those are verily the friends of Allah there is no there is no fear and nor shall they grieve لا خوفون عليهم ولاهم يحزنون so this is the real gain in this dunya this is the real حلال gain in this dunya it's what helps you being saved on the day after سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم says إن الله تعالى يقول يوم القيامة أين المتحابون بجلال اليوم أظلهم في ظلي يوم لا ظل إلا ظلي so this is narrated by apu hurrayra and I'd say سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم is saying on the day of resurrection الله سبحانه وتعالى will say which will love for the sake of my glory so today on this day on the day of judgment I shall shelter them in my shade when there will be no shade except of mine this is the real gain of dunya this is what is seeking what we should be seeking in this dunya the lawful relationships between us the fruitful relationship between us this is what will help us on the day of judgment there should be a good relation between the husband and the wife between friends between in-laws and their son-in-laws and daughter-in-laws there should be all the lawful halal relationships but sometimes people they don't they don't care about this I'd say the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said it earlier that لا يأتينا لا يأتينا على الناس لا يبالي المرء بما أخذ المال أمن حلال أمن حرام now at some point of this dunya at some time of this dunya people will not care where did they they earn their money is it lawful or not how the relations are are they lawful or not so if someone is not sure 100% that he should leave it for the sake of Allah and say يقول حفظت من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم دعم يوريبك إلى ما لا يوريبك so الحسن صلى الله عليه وسلم he said I remember these words I know that these words are said by sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم give up what is doubtful to you for that which is not doubtful some people might have certain things that they will they are not sure are these حلال or حرام and they will go from one sheikh to another from one sheikh and they will get a fatwa for that but sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم told وابصه once came and asked him about what's righteous and what is sin what is حلال and what's haram so he said he said to him استفتي نفسك هو استفتي قلبك ولا أفتاك الناس even if you ask people for a fatwa what should you do just ask yourself for a decision even if you have asked you about it sometimes you will feel I'm not comfortable I know there is something wrong here so استفتي قلبك now which heart is that it's the heart that is being connected to الله سبحانه وتعالى when you are with الله سبحانه وتعالى in your affairs in your routine daily life then Allah will protect you when you will fall down كن مع الله ولا تبالي be with Allah and don't worry about any other things so in this dunya we have to have we have to gain low for things and the best gain that we are going to get in this dunya is not just material it's not just money it's not just knowledge it's not just no we have to gain our akhirah and how can we get connected to the akhirah how can we gain this akhirah relief through Quran and through the love of Sayyidina Muhammad every day you have to gain your your result of Quran read it understand it memorize it remember that it will come on the day of judgment and it will argue with Allah سبحانه وتعالى until you get into heavens this is the Quran and the love of Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is another important gain that we are going to get for our akhirah so we have to connect our life to the life of Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم we have to love Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم so we have to go to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and going to him is the beginning of the road we have to ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى for help إبراهيب عليه السلام said وقال إني ذاهب إلى ربي سيهدين so I'm going سأذهب إلى الله سبحانه وتعالى He will guide me so depend on Allah سبحانه وتعالى have trust in Allah سبحانه وتعالى and always remember that gaining what is lawful will get the heart to be filled with light but eating what's not lawful and getting what's not lawful would get the heart to rust and when the heart rusts it gets dark and it gets black and that having a black heart having a rusty heart well is one of the reasons that دع will not be accepted so each mistake someone makes would leave a black dot on the heart if this black dot is not erased with استغفار with doing good things then the heart would get rusty it will not at one point it will not be able to differentiate between what's right and what's wrong so the lawful thing the good thing is the title for the happiness of the servants of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and when someone is good then he will not accept anything other than good other anything that then lawful then Halal so he will just say the Halal words the good words he will just practice the good manners he will just spread what's good what's Halal among people so everything about him will be Halal everything all his relations with people with parents with everyone will be Halal completely and this is the real gain the real كسب الحلال of دنيا so it's not just the gaining of money of دنيا no we are ordered to get to get to work in this دنيا so we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to make this دنيا in our pockets not in our hearts because we are seeking for the Akhirah we want the real حلال كسب the real Halal gain of the Akhirah we want to be saved we want to be with سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم we want to be of the people of the group of people whom Allah سبحانه وتعالى said about them several times in the Quran رضي الله عنهم ورضو عنهم الله is pleased with them and they are pleased with Allah this is the goal of having low for life of having Halal relations of having Halal life with all that the word Halal means and until we meet next time insha'Allah I send my salam and your salam to Zigidna محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وسلام وعليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته