 إن الله و بلاجكته يصلون على النبي يا أيها الذين هامنوا و صلوا عليه وسلموا تسليمهم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أنبياء الله جميعا و على سيدهم و خاتمهم حليل إله العالمين أب القاسم المصفى محمد و على أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المقصومين الذين هذا الله و عنهم و قدسه و طهرهم تظهير سنواتنا نتحدث عن الأشياء الذين يدفعون إلى المساعدة المساعدة المساعدة المساعدة المساعدة المساعدة المساعدة بعض هذه الأشياء والأشياء are somehow controversial و علينا to be able to answer every single Muslim male or female should be able to address these questions intellectually not emotionally but intellectually and we have to have the evidence from the Holy Qur'an لن نتحدث عن أشياء أشياء أو أشياء أشياء أو أشياء أشياء today or tonight one of them is the issue of inheritance why there is a difference in the distribution ratio of inheritance between the male and the female many people ask why where is justice where is firmness God is supposed to be the God of justice so how does God so called discriminate between male and female why should he give two portions to the male and only one portion to the female many people ask about this and they try to understand it and this is actually a verse in the Holy Quran in Surah An-Nisa you seekum الله في أولاتكم للذكري مثل حفل أمثيين God directs you you seekum means this is a directive this is an injunction this is mandatory you must listen to it this is mandatory so God directs you in the issue of inheritance when it comes to inheritance then to the male a portion equal to that of two females so each male like you gets two portions equal to one portion to the female where is justice here and we know God as the creator of justice and God advocate justice and God invite us to implement justice in every sphere every aspect of our life so where is it here I seek help from Allah سبحانه وتعالى to be able to address this and to answer it according to the wisdom of the Holy Quran this ratio of two versus one two portions to the male versus one to the female is not everywhere when it comes to the inheritance it's not a general one it has some exceptions I'll give you some examples if someone dies and he has parents his parents are still alive he has parents he has wife children in this case if he has wife and children then one sixth one over six of his inheritance goes to his father and the equal portion goes to his mother again one over six so there is no discrimination the father gets exactly the same portion that his mother gets this is one example another example is that if a father dies and he is survived only by his daughter only by one daughter no sons this daughter does not have siblings does not have brothers or sisters neither he survived by a wife or parents so the only inheritor wife to this father is a female then she gets 100% of his inheritance and nobody share anything with her the entire state the land property buildings in our ranches farms whatever gold silver cash money goes to his daughter because she's the soul even if he has a brother or sisters they don't get any share the whole money goes to his daughter so it is not a matter of gender preference when Allah says two portions for the male versus one portion for the female it's not about gender preference that male is better than female or the male deserves more than the female it's about economy and I explained women be it daughters sisters wives mothers they are free from all financial obligations in Islam under the Islamic law what does that mean it means that if you are a daughter then it is your father's responsibility to sustain you financially if he is able sometimes the father is not able sometimes the father is out of work sometimes the girl she makes more money than her father even if she makes more money than her father then religiously the father is responsible to sustain his daughter or daughters according to his ability if you get married then your husband is responsible for you even if you make money you make this money for yourself so you are responsible for your husband is responsible for your well-being if you are God forbid a widow the husband is dead she is divorced then your older son is responsible for taking care of you for your financial expenses this is the duty of you the oldest son or if the oldest one is fugitive you don't know where he lives then the second son the one who comes after him the second one is missing the third one one of the children has to take care of his living mother not only living mother but even his siblings in the family after the departure of the father the father is the breadwinner he is responsible for his family and the father is gone for any reason either he is dead or he is not there then it is the responsibility of the male children in the family to take care of the living mother and the siblings financially take care of their health care education rent mortgage food clothing so in this case the female is free from all these financial obligations before her marriage when she is single her father is responsible when she gets married her husband is fully responsible if there is no husband then the son should be responsible for his mother and his siblings at home therefore she has no financial obligation and in certain cases you know although the male gets two portions and the female one they end up the female because she saves her money they end up that she makes more money than the male because the male has to spend the money that he received he has to take care of his mother he has to take care of his family his sisters his brothers the younger ones so she ends up making more money than him although in the beginning she got half of that amount because she saves it this is according to the Islamic law now you may tell me say it who follows the Islamic law I don't know this is your problem this is not God's problem God says this is my law this is my Quran this is my constitution you better follow it if we do not follow it then we are guilty we should not blame God we should blame ourselves these are the boundaries that God has set for you do not transgress stay within these boundaries if you want to be happy and dignified stay with the boundaries of God and then more than that imagine there is a father who is worried about his daughter he has a daughter and he has a son and he knows after his death that the son is going to get two portions double the amount that his daughter is going to get but he loves his daughter and he wants her to get more than his son is there any way for that I am asking you is there any way the father during his lifetime can make a will and allocate one-third of his wealth one-third of his wealth to whomever he likes be it his daughter be it his wife be it his father his mother his a friend his mosque his church no not church sorry the orphanage you know whatever so he can give that so he says in this case because I am worried my daughter is going to get less I am going to write in my wasiyah that my one-third my fourth the one-third of my wealth is going to go to my daughter in this case she ends up making much more than her brother because she gets one-third and again when it comes to the two-thirds they give that portion for the life for the mother which is one-eighth the rest of it they distributed between the boy and the girl and she ends up taking more in this case are you with me do you follow me almost so there is no abuse for females in this case الله says this the law of inheritance the earth the ratio of distribution is based on economy of financial responsibility not on gender profits because Allah says الرجال قوامون على النساء بما فضل الله بعضهم على بعض و بما أنفقوا من أموانهم من are bread groups man have to spend don't have to give they are responsible for the well-being of their families the well-being of their dependents now what is the age of dependency where does it end it has no specific time maybe in america it's 18 years 21 years I really don't know but Allah says since your daughter and your husband are still single they are at home living with you then they are your dependents the day they get married and they have an income they have an income then after that they are no longer dependents but before that if they live with you at home whether they work or they don't work they are your dependents and you are responsible for their well-being now some wives they ask they say how much is responsible for my expenses Allah says he is responsible for what is necessary for you what is necessary for us number one food and drink and shelter and what else clothing now some people say what sort of clothing a handbag which is 500 box should we buy it for me if I ask him no this is not Allah says what is necessary what is necessary the clothing that is necessary the things that are extravagant he is not responsible he is not responsible for that what sort of house one bedroom apartment or a mansion Allah answers this in the Quran he says أسكنوا هن من حيث تسكنتم من وجدكم أي من طاقتكم shelter them place them lodge them in a place in a house according to your financial ability so if you are rich if you have good income then you cannot put her in one bedroom or two bedroom apartment it has to be according to you financial ability and Islam says you know yourself you know how much money you make I am not going to say you have to put her in this mansion in this zip code Islam does not sleep about that it is a general law Islam says if you have decent income good income if you are rich then put your family in a house compatible to your financial status but if you are struggling with your income then your family has no right to come and put a burden on you they have to understand they have to appreciate your condition Allah says to man do not allow your women to ask you for money you give them you should not allow them to come and beg they are not beggars they are your wives and you are responsible for them you have to give them money you have to give your children don't allow them to come to you and say I am broke I have no money don't allow it to reach that that level don't you have to take the initiative you have to be smart and you have to watch for the needs of your family at the same time Allah says to the wives اتطق الله be careful if your husband is struggling today this month, this year be careful no need for extra expenditure no need do not put burden on him do not let him go and get alone one after the other don't do that live within your means you must live within your means this is what we learned in Islam don't go and get alone because you need to have a vacation while you don't have leave the vacation until the future or don't buy something expensive while you know your husband is struggling so you have to take care of each other appreciate each other do not abuse misuse each other protect each other the best family is the family where the father the husband protects his children and his wife and the mother also protects her husband and her children that's the best family they care for each other they defend each other they sacrifice for each other this is family this is the beauty of family they worry about each other the husband worries about his wife and his children and their well-being and she also worries they don't take advantage of each other nowadays what we see is that they are not honest with each other especially when it comes to the financial things when it comes to financial matters they are not she saves money somewhere she doesn't tell her husband and he keeps another account somewhere else he doesn't want her to know this is not good this is not good the husband should be generous with it with his family وَلَبُ الْحَلَانِ جُزْ أُنْ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةَ وَلَبِ الْحَلَانِ the father struggles to earn the decent income to sustain his family this is a matter he's worshipping الكاد على عياله كالمجاهة في سدي الله someone who struggles to sustain his family and keep them healthy, strong is مجاهد he received the title of جهاد مجاهد في سدي الله the same thing with their wife a concerned wife wants to protect the dignity of her husband and her family she does not overspend she does not overspend even if the husband says it's your money go buy anything she does not go and buy anything she is responsible she may give this money her own money to someone else to all friends, to others to those who are in need to be responsible is beautiful you enjoy this life when you act responsible let us start to take advantage of each other the husband is stingy does not give and the wife wants to hijack his wallet and go and take this and take it's not good they are not going to enjoy this life so this is the first issue the ratio of distribution of inheritance is based on economic responsibility since the financial responsibility belongs to the husband then he has to get a double share in order for him to sustain his family so it's about monetary compensation it's not that women are less than men the second issue which is equally sensitive and we hear about it and many people ask this question I've been asked by so many Muslims and non-Muslims about this the second question which is the the matter or the issue of Shahada in the court testifying before the judge the longest surah in the Quran what is the longest surah in the Quran and what is the longest ayah in the Quran احسنت صلوات for say hi ayah 282 282 حسنت ورك الله 282 is the longest ayah in the Quran and that ayah speaks about something very important we think that well this might not be important but it is very important it says when you get a loan from someone تداينتم بدين إلى أجر مسما فكتبو when you ask someone to give you $500 $1,000 $100 write it on a piece of paper فكتبو if you don't know how to write فاليكتوب بينكم كاتبون بلعات some people they don't know how to write so ask someone to sit and write but today you took a loan from someone at this date $500 let's say in 6 months in a year 2 years you have to write it why because sometimes you forget he forgets that's not good so you have to write it and then the verse continues to say that sometimes in financial in financial you know matters some issues come up some disagreements when you have contracts so there will be some disputes and disagreements between people in this case you have to bring witnesses in this case the witnesses Allah says وَاَسْتَشْدُوا شَهِدَيْنِ مِرْ رِجَالِكُمْ you have to bring 2 male witnesses to the court when you have a disagreement regarding a financial issue with someone with your partner you go to the court you have to bring 2 witnesses شَهِدَيْنِ مِرْجَالِكُمْ فَاِنْ لَمْ يَكُونَا وَاَجُولَيْنِ if you don't have 2 men in this case what do you do فَاَجُولُمْ وَاَمْ رَأَتَانْ 1 male and 2 female and here people say why 2 female this means that 2 female are equal to 1 male this means that every female is 50% of a female of a male every female makes one half of a male where is justice here why God says at the time of testifying either you bring 2 men or if you have only one man then you have only one man you have to bring 2 females here 2 women why why not only one woman why man and woman again God says this is again it is not gender based decision it's not because women are inferior to men or we less trustworthy than men or we question their mental capability it's not about that we do not mention we do not question their intelligence or they are more deficient than men it's not about that it's about that mostly most of the time financial transactions and financial dealings and the business and the trade was done most of the time most of the time was done by men or women by men even today CEOs of companies look that up look at the names of the CEOs of most companies even in America and Europe 95% of them are women 95% because this issue is dealt by men usually these transactions and these dealings they are the profession of men so this is why Allah says because they know they are experts in this field this is their job this is their profession so they know better than others this is number one now if someone says okay how about now we have a lady who is a graduate of the best university in business she has a business degree MBA and maybe in the past they did not do these dealings they did not involve in business in financial matters but now they are doing it so what you say about now we say that the Quran goes with the norm the Quran deals always with the standard of the societies what is the standard in the society we don't go after the exceptions yes we do have exceptions we do have and sometimes I believe some women are much more smarter when it comes to business when it comes to administration when it comes to many things they are much more smarter than many men yes they are very competent in many fields not just business in many fields in teachings and education in administration she would do a good job insha'Allah so they might be very smart women it's not about the issue of trust but Allah says sometimes it's the issue of physiology and psychology how is that listen to this I have a friend who told me that his mother used to work in a lab many years ago and she used to go to hospitals maternity departments and hospitals where delivery deliveries are taking place neighbor so she goes there after women deliver their babies there is something called placenta placenta is the machine where the baby grows each one of us we were growing in this house called placenta in our mother's womb placenta is a layer that protects us and we nurture there we grow there until we leave that house and we come into this room so she would go there and all these disposed these placentas they disposed them she would collect them she brings them to the lab to make a test on them the liquid inside she takes this liquid out and she does some experiment with this liquid she takes this liquid she puts it in a needle and she gives it to her husband and before she inject him with this liquid which is taken extracted from these placentas she would show him some cards you are familial with cards I am not familial I am very ignorant when it comes to cards but you know the names of these cards each one has a name I am worried we need your help here so she would show him she tells him what is this card give me a name of these cards I know the name of the particular card so she tells him what is this he says she puts it here what is the second one ace she asks him what is the third one he says she puts king here ok that's it you are going to forget the Polanna so and then immediately she injects him this is a true story my friends she injects him with that liquid and after few minutes she tells him what was this card here that I put here he says I don't remember she says what was the name of this card here that you put yourself few minutes ago he says I don't remember the third one I don't remember Allah SWT has put this liquid so when women they give birth they forget if they don't forget if the mother keeps remembering the pain of labor she would never conceive again she would never become much pregnant again believe me but Allah makes it easy for them because he knows if they if they remember the pain that they went through impossible for them to to have babies again but this particular liquid makes them forget forget the pain the pain and the hardship of labor and it is found in women you don't have it the men they don't have it only women so when your wife says no more pregnancy you have to understand so this maybe the Holy Quran says indication Allah says فإن لم يكون رجلين فرجل ومرأتان من من تلظون من الشهداء the witnesses that you agree upon both of you have to agree upon and then listen to this أن تظل احداهما فتذكر احداهما in case one of them forgets she forgets she forgets she is standing before her job there is jury people listening she might forget she knew about it but at that particular instance she might forget انتظلة وولا here is forgetfulness not deviation of because وولا has so many means one of them is misguidance deviation one of them when someone forgets انتظلة احداهما so in case one of them becomes hesitant and she forgets فتذكر احداهما her friend will remind her about it are you with me so it's not about discrimination it's not about women are less intelligent less reliable they have no place in Islam they are second class citizens it's not about that in Islam we have only one class have you seen some of these airplanes here they have only one class there is no business first class all economy in Islam we have all first class we don't have this gender as first class and that gender second class we don't have this color as first class and the second color is less we don't have this culture as first class even arts are equal with non-arts this is exactly the wording of the Quran ان أكرم كون ان باللهي تقاتل you are all equal so if you want to get closer to God you have to do better than others now when it comes to testimonies to be a witness the judge depends on women more than men more than men he says no I am not going to accept the testimony of this man or men but I am going to accept the testimony شهادة of women how is that when it comes to family at first because they are more experts this is their field when it comes to pregnancy he is not going to ask a man about it he asks a woman when it comes to the consummation marital consummation if you know what I mean whether this whether the husband and the wife when they get together after marriage whether they have consummated their marriage or not who they are going to ask not the husband they are going to ask the wife because this is her body she knows about it the husband does not know about it when it comes to let's say and other issues she knows better this is her expertise so Islam says don't ask women we don't ask women in this case so these two issues they depend on expediency and wisdom they do not depend on prejudice against women because Allah says at the end of the day women and women and men in my eyes are equal are equal something good about something good about it first of all is color blind God is color blind he doesn't look at colors we look at colors we judge people by colors we like certain colors so we sway towards we dislike other colors we neglect them I mentioned yesterday something very painful happening in America serious since the incident of Charleston North Carolina is it North Carolina or South Carolina since that incident 2 weeks ago 9 other black churches were burned 9 other black churches were burned in the southern states North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Tennessee 9 black churches in America in a country where it takes pride in equality between people in a country where it takes pride in democracy and we have so much democracy here a surface of democracy that we want to export some of it to the Middle East to other countries we have so much democracy here we don't need it imagine 9 churches were destroyed because the people are black and this is 150 years after slavery was banned in America this is not good God is color blind God does not look at the color also God is genderless God is neither male or female الحمد لله God is neither male or female therefore God does not look at the gender God look at the heart He looks at the heart He looks at our contribution at our service He looks at the heart God judges us by our hearts and by our intentions نيات نيات المرء اخيهم من علي sometimes you love to do something good you love to help someone you love to give charity you love to shelter but you don't have money God says I will give you the credit because I looked at your heart I looked at your heart I know you could not do that but because your heart and your mind you wanted to do that and you could not but you still give you the credit where do you find such a lot you can't find him anymore accept him الله مخفر المؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات الأحياء منهم والأموات تابع لهم بيننا وبينهم بالخيارات إنك مجيبوا الدعوات إنك قاضي الحاجات إنك سامعوا الدعوات إنك على كل شيء يبتقبل منها صلاتنا والله اقصبت اقصبتنا بسفر اقصبتنا بحياتنا رسايتيشن ودعوة سافريكيشن وردنا اقصبتنا بردنا يومي بيومي هل تبقى؟ بيومي يومي يومي لذا اقصبت الانتباه بسرعة بسرعة ونذهب سنذهب بسرعة اقصبت الانتباه الله سبحانك الله سبحانك يرى بك يرى بك يرى بك لا تنسوا الوقت الله يوم كل وليك الحجة من حسن صلواتك عليه وعلى آباله في هذه الساعة وفي كل ساعة وليا وحافظا وقائدا وناصرة ودليلا معينة حتى تسكنه غرفك طوعا وتمتعه فيها طويلة واجل الله وفي فرجه واجعلنا من مصاره وعواله وإلى الواحي المؤمنة والمؤمنات والشهداء تواب الفاتح مع الصلاة وعلى آباله