Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb Madrasah Isha'atul Haq · Albert Falls Albert Falls, KwaZulu-Natal
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Programme From Abdullah Bin Salaam Jumuah Musjid | Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb
Programme From Abdullah Bin Salaam Jumuah Musjid Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb
Hijri date 20 Rabi'ul Aakhir 1441
Date 17 December 2019
Duration 52:12
Venue Abdullah Bin Salaam Jummuah Musjid Summary Main Topic
The talk focuses on understanding the deceptions of Dunya (the worldly life) and the stealthy tactics employed by Shaytan to lead believers astray. Through the narration of Prophet Musa (alayhis salam) encountering Iblis and various illustrative parables, the speaker highlights how worldly attractions blind individuals from eternal realities and spiritual obligations.
Key Lessons
The Deceptive Nature of Dunya: Like a chameleon-like shawl or a fisherman's bait, the world lures people with temporary glamour while hiding destructive spiritual consequences.Vulnerabilities Exploited by Iblis: Shaytan easily overpowers a person when they become arrogant, view their good deeds as sufficient, and forget their own sins.The Dangers of Seclusion (Khalwah): Being alone with a non-mahram creates an immediate opening for Shaytan to mislead even pious individuals.Promptness in Good Deeds and Promises: Delaying the fulfillment of pledges or charitable intentions grants Shaytan the opportunity to whisper doubts and stall righteous actions.Temporal Nature of Material Possessions: Worldly status, vehicles, and buildings constantly change and fade, whereas investments for the Akhirah remain eternal.
Quranic/Hadith References
Parable of the Moths and Fire: Hadith where Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) describes his effort to pull people back from falling into fire like moths attracted to a flame.Hadith on Khalwah: Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) warned that whenever a man and a non-mahram woman are alone together, Shaytan is the third present.Incident of Fazal bin Abbas (RA): During Hajj, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) turned the face of his young cousin away when an attractive woman approached, showing the necessity of guarding one's gaze.Hadith on Gratitude in Eating: The person who eats and is grateful is like the person who fasts with sabr.
Practical Advice
Guard Your Privacy and Interactions: Avoid situations of isolation with non-mahrams in professional, educational, or personal environments.Promptly Fulfill Debts and Pledges: Settle financial obligations and honor promises without delay to prevent Shaytan from interfering. Transcript Machine-generated, so it will contain mistakes — the audio is the reference. Tap any line to play from that moment.
0:03 Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. 0:04 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:05 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:08 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:10 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:13 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:14 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:16 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:19 Firstly we make shukr to Allah Ta'ala that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is allowing for us to sit in His house for a little longer 0:33 Then maybe what we would normally sit. 0:37 It was faraz upon us to come and read our Maghrib salah. 0:42 That is completed. 0:45 Now if a person is sitting longer, then it is an optional thing. 0:51 So a person only makes amal on the optional when a person has got love for Allah Ta'ala. 1:01 So the fact that you are sitting here 1:03 It is a sign of your love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 1:09 Your love for Nabi al-Kareem sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 1:13 Your love for the Deen of Allah ta'ala. 1:20 So you have recognized who Allah ta'ala is. 1:24 And you have got hope that Allah ta'ala will reward. 1:27 This is why you are sitting here. 1:32 And we are told in the Quran Sharif, Allah Ta'ala instructs us that we should sit with the righteous people. 1:42 So this is why we have come to your place to come and sit with you. 1:47 Because those people who will sit longer in the masjid, so they are the ones who love Allah Ta'ala. 1:54 They love Allah Ta'ala more. 1:56 So Allah Ta'ala allows for us to come and sit with you. 2:00 And we are hopeful that Allah Ta'ala 2:02 Blesses us also with the love for Allah which you have in your heart. 2:10 Make dua that Allah Ta'ala make it such that whatever is spoken, whatever is heard, it is beneficial for us, for our deen, our iman. 2:24 It becomes a means for us to get connected with Allah Ta'ala. 2:29 Becomes a means for us to become firm upon our Iman. 2:34 So firm that the roots of that Iman must never shake. 2:41 And we must depart from this dunya with that Iman intact. 2:46 Depart from the dunya with deep hearted love for Allah Ta'ala and Nabiya Kareem. 2:52 Sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 2:55 There is one incident that is mentioned recently. 3:00 That once Nabi Musa alayhi salam was sitting with some of his companions. 3:09 Like how Nabi al-Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam had the Sahaba radiallahu ta'ala alhum. 3:16 Allah ta'ala had blessed all the Anbiya alayhimu salatu wasalam with companions. 3:23 So as Nabi Musa alayhi salatu wasalam was sitting with some of his companions. 3:29 And a person came into the gathering. 3:31 And this person had like what we would say a shawl. 3:37 Like how we wear a shawl. 3:39 So he had a shawl draped over him. 3:43 But the strange thing, the ajeeb thing was that this shawl was changing colors. 3:51 Like a chameleon or a chameleon changes colors or like in today's zamana 3:57 You have lights. 3:59 The lights change colors. 4:02 So this person's shawl was changing colors. 4:06 So he came in and he made his way to the front. 4:12 And when he came close, he removed the shawl of his. 4:18 So Nabi Musa A.S. asked him, He said, Who are you? 4:25 So he responded, he said, I am Iblis. 4:28 I am Shaitan. 4:32 So Musa alayhi salam said to him, that then you are not welcomed. 4:38 Normally somebody comes, we say to the person, Ahlan wa sahlan, welcome the person. 4:45 So here Musa alayhi salam said to him, that look, you are not welcomed. 4:53 But Musa alayhi salam asked him, 4:55 Say, what's this shawl that you were wearing? 4:58 It was changing colors and all of that. 5:01 You removed it. 5:02 First he asked him, he said, what have you come here for? 5:05 So he said, no, I've come to meet you. 5:08 Come to meet you because of your position with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 5:14 So I've come to make mulaqat with you. 5:17 Come to meet you. 5:19 So Musa alayhi salam told him, you're not welcomed here. 5:22 Then he asked him, 5:24 He said that this shawl that you were wearing, it was changing colors. 5:28 What is that? 5:30 So he said that that is my cloak. 5:35 That is my cloak through which I deceive the people. 5:43 In other words, the ulama explain that this world, shaitan gives it different colors at different times. 5:54 Different shapes. 5:56 Different fragrances. 5:59 And due to that people get attracted. 6:02 But it's all just a trap. 6:04 It's all just a trap. 6:06 Shaitan wants us in his clutches. 6:11 Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Mazhar Sahib. 6:13 Now in Barakatuhu. 6:17 He gave this one example. 6:21 He said that a person is fishing. 6:24 So obviously he has put his bait on his hook and he sent this thing into the water. 6:32 So a little fish comes along and it sees this bait and wants to devour it. 6:41 So a little older fish comes to this younger fish and says to him that look my child don't touch this. 6:50 So this is a trap. 6:53 Concealed under this fish is a hook. 6:58 And this hook is attached to a line. 7:02 And that line is attached to a rod. 7:05 And that rod is in the hand of a man. 7:09 As soon as you are going to bite this, he is going to hook you. 7:14 And then he will pull you out. 7:16 Once he has you hooked, then you got no control. 7:22 Your fins won't help you. 7:24 Your strength won't help you. 7:26 Your tail won't help you. 7:28 Nothing is going to help you. 7:30 He's going to pull you out. 7:33 And when you come out, you won't be able to breathe. 7:37 And that's only the beginning of your troubles. 7:40 Because after that, he's got a sharp knife with him. 7:44 He will cut you. 7:46 And if that wasn't bad enough, 7:50 Then he's got a pot with boiling oil. 7:56 He will put you inside and burn you. 8:00 And if that's not enough, after he has burnt you, then he is going to call another nine more of his friends. 8:09 So ten of them, each one has got ten fingers and thirty-two teeth. 8:16 And they are going to devour you. 8:18 And then there will be nothing left of you. 8:21 So this small fish says to the big fish, I don't know what you're talking about. 8:27 All I can see here is a lovely piece of meat for me to eat. 8:34 What you're talking about, hook and line and all that, I never heard of these things. 8:40 And he doesn't listen and he goes ahead and bites into the bait. 8:48 And then the very fate what the older fish told him will befall him. 8:53 The very fate befalls him. 8:57 Like that we are told Nabiya Kareem sallallahu alayhi wasallam has warned us. 9:03 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has very lovingly addressed us in the Quran Sharif. 9:08 Nabiya sallallahu alayhi wasallam so much of effort he made. 9:12 Nabiya Kareem sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned in one hadith Sharif. 9:18 That I am like a person that is standing in front of a fire and the moths are coming and they are not realizing the danger in the fire and they are trying to make their way into that fire. 9:32 And I am trying to stop them but I am being overpowered. 9:38 In other words, there are so many moths and they are making their way into the fire and they are getting burnt. 9:44 So like that Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 9:47 Lifelong effort. 9:49 So many advices. 9:51 Trying to educate us and warn us that look. 9:55 Don't make your way towards the fire. 9:59 So shaitan says that that shawl of mine with the different colors. 10:04 That is the glitter, the glamour of the dunya. 10:07 Whether it is in the cell phone. 10:10 Everybody's weaknesses are different. 10:13 Each person has got a different weakness. 10:15 Whatever weakness it is, if you really look at it, every evil, every guna, you know, as Mu'izz Patel, some Rahmatullah Ali used to mention, that if we really analyze it, anything that Allah Ta'ala has prohibited, Allah Ta'ala only prohibited it because it's harmful to us. 10:39 You take 10:40 Gambling. 10:41 You take drugs. 10:42 You take zina. 10:43 You take music. 10:45 You take interest. 10:46 Whatever it may be. 10:48 Whatever Allah Ta'ala has prohibited. 10:51 Either it is harmful to the individual. 10:54 Or it is harmful to him and those around him. 10:57 Or it is harmful to him and the community around him. 11:02 But all these things have been packaged with that shawl of the devil. 11:09 You go past a casino, it's got all bright lights, signs, lot of invitation. 11:18 You go past a nightclub, it's the same thing. 11:21 You go past a place where they are showing movies, it's the same thing. 11:24 You go past a place where there is zina, it's the same thing. 11:29 It's just the bright lights, the attraction. 11:32 But inside, it's filthy. 11:35 It's evil. 11:36 And once a person gets caught up 11:40 Then, even his akal, his strength, nothing helps him. 11:45 Every person who got caught up in a guna, a person who became a drug addict, a person who became a gambling addict, if you were to ask them in the early days, all of them would say, no, no, it's just a social buzz. 12:03 I'm in control of the situation. 12:05 No worry. 12:06 It's just a social thing. 12:07 Let's get together with one, two friends. 12:10 Just have a good time. 12:13 Later on the person is in the gutters. 12:16 Person has lost everything. 12:18 His family has left him. 12:20 Lost his business. 12:21 Lost his wealth. 12:22 He didn't intend to end up there. 12:25 To him he was just having a little bit of a good time. 12:29 But after that what happens is disastrous. 12:33 So shaitan told Musa alayhi salam that that shawl that changes colours. 12:39 That is what I use to deceive people. 12:41 To lure people. 12:42 To bring them close to guna. 12:47 There is one incident coming to mind. 12:48 That I mentioned to our friends. 12:54 That Hazratji Mauna Inam al-Hassan Saab rahmatullahi alayhi. 12:58 When he had made his first trip to the states. 13:02 There was an ijtima or a jor that was going to take place in Detroit. 13:10 So, when he got to the States, so the brother who was to pick him up from the airport and now take him to his destination, so this person felt now, you know, first time, Azizji is coming to America, show him around little bit, show him some buildings and show him some parks and, you know, couple of things. 13:33 So he's taking him on a long cut, put off a long drive. 13:36 And he's trying to show him, trying to interest him, you know, that this is like this and this is like that. 13:43 But Mauna Inam al-Hassan s.a.w. 13:46 all the time had his Quran Sharif and he was making Tilawat. 13:51 He was reading Quran Sharif. 13:56 So this person was getting a bit irritated, you know, like, you know, I'm showing you this, I'm showing you, you're not even looking, you know. 14:06 So, Huzoorji Marainam al-Hassan sahab rahmatullah alayhi sensed the disappointment in this person. 14:16 So, he closed his Quran Sharif. 14:18 Then he addressed him. 14:19 He said to him. 14:20 He said, what must I tell you? 14:24 All of this is sand. 14:27 Some sand is lying flat on the ground. 14:31 Some sand is standing up. 14:34 Some sand has been given some form and some color. 14:37 Right? 14:39 But bottom line, end of the day is all sand. 14:44 So now you're showing me this and you're showing me that. 14:47 I want to work with that. 14:52 Once Allah Ta'ala allowed us to travel with Mauna Harun Abbas Umar Sahib down Marakatuhu. 15:03 We were in Malawi. 15:05 There was a Bukhari Jalsa there. 15:08 Maulana Haroon Sahib had to do the Bukhari Khatam. 15:14 So the Khatam had finished. 15:15 We had lunch there. 15:17 And there was a bit of time between then and Asr Salah. 15:24 So the locals they mentioned to Maulana Haroon Sahib see some beautiful place here. 15:32 I'm going to take you for a drive. 15:34 Go and have a look at this place. 15:37 It's a beautiful hotel there on the top. 15:41 SubhanAllah. 15:42 Harun mentioned to them. 15:43 He said, look. 15:45 Instead of that, are there any people in this town that are not well? 15:54 Take me to go and visit them. 15:58 I didn't come here for sightseeing. 16:01 And come here to see hotels and all these things. 16:04 And if I go and visit this person who's not well, I'll get some sawab. 16:11 That person's heart will get happy. 16:13 I'll find Allah Ta'ala there. 16:14 And Allah Ta'ala will appoint 70,000 malaika to make dua-e-maqfirat for me. 16:24 So that's more beneficial. 16:25 That's more profitable. 16:28 So this is how we should be looking at life. 16:32 We mustn't get deceived by the outward form of things. 16:37 Outward forms of things. 16:39 You know, those that are older than me, even those around my age, right? 16:47 If we have to think back, that when we were little children, what was our favorite motor car? 16:57 Think back now. 16:58 What was my favorite motor car? 17:02 You think at that time how many ambitions you had in the mind. 17:06 What plans you were making in your mind. 17:09 I get big. 17:10 I must have that car. 17:12 Today that car even the scrapyard don't want it. 17:16 Today nobody is going to look at that car. 17:18 It's outdated. 17:19 It's finished. 17:20 It's old fashioned. 17:21 It got no value. 17:22 Right? 17:24 But there's other cars that are out. 17:28 And now we've got ambitions for those. 17:33 Give it a couple of years and those two will be in the Durban. 17:37 Those two are gone. 17:38 That's the dunya. 17:40 The world. 17:40 It just comes. 17:41 It goes. 17:42 Shaitan just changes the color. 17:44 It changes the form. 17:45 The other day we went to another town. 17:47 I was telling my friends that I lived here in this area. 17:54 And I'm telling them that at that time 17:58 This area was known to be like the elite area. 18:03 The houses here, the designs, you know, the architecture, this was the top stuff. 18:09 Everybody would take a drive to have a look at it. 18:14 All the, you know, wealthy, wealthy people built here. 18:18 They lived here. 18:20 And people were impressed with those buildings. 18:23 Today those very buildings, nobody wants to give them a second look. 18:27 Because designs have changed. 18:29 Architecture has changed. 18:31 Things have changed. 18:33 Nobody wants to give it a second look. 18:35 What's smart today? 18:38 In fashion today? 18:40 Give it another 10, 15 years, 20 years. 18:42 Nobody wants to look at it. 18:45 Because Allah Ta'ala is showing us that these things are all temporary. 18:50 These things are all temporary. 18:52 The thing that is permanent is the Akhirat. 18:55 Don't throw the akhirah away for that which is temporary. 18:59 Those things that are temporary, whatever Allah Ta'ala blesses us with, we make shukr to Allah. 19:05 Not to say we must throw our ni'mats away. 19:08 We must make shukr. 19:08 Allah Ta'ala gives us wealth. 19:10 We need wealth. 19:11 Anybody say they don't need wealth, give them my phone number. 19:14 They pass it on to me. 19:15 No problem. 19:16 We require wealth. 19:17 Nobody can say they don't want wealth. 19:19 We need wealth. 19:22 Nobody can say they don't want a good house. 19:24 They don't want a good car. 19:26 That's not dunya. 19:28 Allah Ta'ala blesses a person with a good house. 19:30 He makes shukr to Allah. 19:31 And if I give somebody a good car, make shukr to Allah Ta'ala. 19:36 Use it for the right purposes. 19:38 Right? 19:38 Don't acquire it in an incorrect manner. 19:41 And don't use it in an incorrect manner. 19:45 Do not become boastful with it. 19:47 Do not become proud of it. 19:48 It's a ni'mat. 19:49 It's a ni'mat from Allah. 19:50 Finished. 19:51 Hazrat Ayyub a.s. You all know that Allah Ta'ala had given him illness. 19:59 And in that he had lost everything. 20:02 Thereafter Allah Ta'ala gave him back his health. 20:05 Allah Ta'ala gave him back his wealth. 20:07 His family. 20:09 So one day he was having a husar. 20:14 And gold locusts began falling on him. 20:18 Locusts. 20:19 Golden locusts now. 20:21 Start fawning. 20:22 So as the ayub alayhi salam, he started gathering this. 20:26 Started picking it up. 20:27 He's gathering it. 20:29 So Allah Ta'ala addressed him. 20:30 Oh ayub. 20:33 I gave you so much. 20:35 Now you're having a bath. 20:37 Now this locust also you're not leaving it. 20:41 So he said, Ya Allah. 20:43 This can only be from you. 20:48 There's no other way. 20:50 Golden locust can rain down. 20:54 This can only be from you. 20:56 And if it's from you, how can I leave it? 20:58 If it's from you, I can't leave it. 21:00 I must take it. 21:03 So we must make shukr for the ni'mats that Allah Ta'ala has blessed us. 21:07 Use it in a correct manner. 21:08 Don't be deceived and throw away our akhirat. 21:13 Our deen must come first. 21:15 Our obligation to Allah Ta'ala. 21:17 And Nabiya Kareem salallahu alayhi wasallam must come first. 21:21 So khair. 21:23 Musa alayhi salam then asked shaitan. 21:26 He said tell me what condition of man. 21:32 The man goes into a certain condition. 21:35 And if man is in that condition you now can overpower him. 21:44 He now becomes a toy in your hands. 21:46 You can now use him. 21:48 You can get him to commit evils etc. 21:52 So Shaitan responded. 21:53 He said. 21:56 When man becomes proud. 21:59 Man becomes proud. 22:02 And. 22:04 He considers his good deeds to be sufficient. 22:09 He considers his good deeds to be sufficient. 22:14 And he forgets his gunas. 22:19 He becomes proud. 22:22 And he considers his good deeds to be sufficient. 22:26 I am reading my namaz. 22:28 Other people are not even reading namaz. 22:30 So I am doing a lot. 22:32 I give my little bit of sattva. 22:35 I went for hajj. 22:37 I go for umrah when I can. 22:38 So I am doing enough. 22:41 I am considering my good deeds to be sufficient. 22:45 And I forget my gunas. 22:48 Right. 22:49 Sometimes when Allah Ta'ala gives us tawfiq to make some changes in our life. 22:57 We start reading some salah. 22:58 We start doing some neki. 23:02 It's only from Allah. 23:03 We can never do it on our own. 23:05 Only Allah Ta'ala gives us tawfiq. 23:08 So when Allah Ta'ala gives that tawfiq, we start looking down on others. 23:15 Whereas we were in the same boat. 23:19 Few years back we were doing the same thing. 23:21 Right? 23:23 Now Allah Ta'ala gave us some hidayat. 23:25 Maybe we went in Jamaat or we made ta'alaq with some Sheikh or we heard some bayan or whatever. 23:31 So we changed our life a little bit. 23:34 We still got lot of skeletons inside too that nobody can see. 23:37 We camouflaged it with our kurta. 23:40 Nobody can see the skeletons inside. 23:42 Right? 23:44 But now when somebody else not coming for namaz or somebody else is not doing some good deed or something, now we look down on that person. 23:54 So we forgot that just couple years ago I was doing worse. 23:58 Somebody made dua for me. 24:00 Somebody made some effort on me. 24:03 Somebody showed me some kindness, some love and pulled me towards Allah Ta'ala. 24:08 Allah Ta'ala out of His mercy accepted me. 24:11 I got connected with my Allah. 24:12 What right do I have to look down on the next person? 24:17 We forget our gunas. 24:18 We forget what gunas we were committing. 24:22 And the other musibat is we confine gunas to a few things. 24:28 What are those few things? 24:29 The things that I am not doing. 24:33 The things that I'm not doing, that's simple. 24:38 Only that is guna. 24:40 Must remember, shaitan shaitan traps people in different ways. 24:46 To a person who, you know, he's out there, he's involved in music, movies, women, whatever. 24:54 So shaitan catches him with that bait. 24:58 A person who doesn't do those things, 25:01 So Shaitan knows I'm wasting my time putting, dangling that carrot in front of him. 25:06 He's not going to go to the movies. 25:09 This fellow is involved in Jamaat work. 25:10 Where is he going to go to the movies? 25:13 This man is a murid of certain Sheikh. 25:15 I can't take him and put him in the movies. 25:16 He's not going to go there. 25:17 He's not going to get enticed to go there. 25:20 Right? 25:22 So Shaitan uses a different bait for him. 25:25 For him, Shaitan makes him look down on somebody. 25:28 Shaitan makes him make ghibat of somebody. 25:31 Now are those not major sins? 25:34 Those two are major sins? 25:37 Some years ago, there were some friends. 25:43 At that time, I don't know if you can recall, there was one gangster in Cape Town. 25:52 The people had set him alight. 25:58 Recently, I believe his brother too passed away. 26:02 So anyway that person there had set him alight because of the drug trade and whatever Allah Ta'ala knows we don't judge anybody. 26:10 But khair. 26:12 So this part you know there was an organization formed in Cape Town and other towns people want to also form this organization. 26:21 Must fight all the drug merchants and you know go outside their houses and you know rough them up little bit. 26:29 Must stop selling drugs and 26:32 So there were a group of brothers now, you know, they got that josh and they want to start this thing. 26:38 So they had approached me at that time. 26:41 Because all friends now, we grew up together, now they're starting this organization. 26:46 So they came to me and said, you know, Maana, you must be the ameer of this organization now. 26:52 Put you in the front line. 26:53 You be the ameer. 26:55 Sort out all the drugs in this town now. 26:58 So I said, alright, what we gonna do? 27:02 No, no. 27:02 We take our weapons and everything and we're going to go there. 27:07 Friday night, Saturday night, we stand outside. 27:10 Nobody must be able to come and buy. 27:12 If they come out to fight with us, we give it to them. 27:15 If we have to lose our life, we lose our life. 27:17 Become shaheed. 27:19 Iman levels are strong. 27:21 Jazba is there. 27:24 So I heard them out. 27:28 Told them, I said, alright, no problem. 27:32 We'll do this thing, right? 27:33 We'll do this. 27:34 I'll become your Amir Sahib. 27:36 Right? 27:37 You all get ready now. 27:39 Friday night, we will start now. 27:41 But I just got few conditions. 27:44 I said, alright, what's the conditions? 27:46 I said, for starters now, I will come to all your homes. 27:53 All the TVs, we will do target practice on them. 27:58 Right? 27:59 All the music CDs, 28:01 Music tapes. 28:02 At the time it was cassettes, not CDs. 28:06 We're going to take them, we're going to burn them now. 28:09 So all your clothing, we're going to make it according to sunnah. 28:14 All of you are going to adopt the sunnah. 28:16 You're going to start growing beards and you know. 28:19 Wow, you're getting heavy now. 28:22 I said, no, I'm not getting heavy. 28:24 If your iman is so high, your iman is so high, 28:29 That you are prepared now to go and rough this fellow up because of this. 28:34 Why you want to go rough him up? 28:35 See, he is haram. 28:37 Drugs is haram. 28:38 So are these other things also not haram? 28:42 Are the things also haram? 28:46 So this is what happens is sometime we confine gunas only to those things that we are not involved in. 28:54 What we are involved in, that's not so bad. 28:57 What everybody else is doing, that's very bad. 29:00 This is also a ploy of the devil. 29:03 Right? 29:04 So we consider our good deeds to be sufficient and we forget our gunas. 29:10 Shaitan says when the person goes into that mode, now I got him. 29:15 He goes into that mode, I got him. 29:18 Because he won't do anything better than 29:20 He won't abstain from the wrong that he is currently involved in. 29:24 And he is busy looking down upon everybody else. 29:27 Judging everybody else. 29:29 So he will become arrogant. 29:31 And through that he is going to lose everything. 29:35 So Musa a.s. heard that. 29:39 Then shaitan said to Musa a.s. You see. 29:43 I give you three tips. 29:46 I give you three tips. 29:51 First step. 29:54 Never be alone with a strange woman. 29:59 Now this is hadith of Nabi al-Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 30:02 Nabi al-Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam has warned us never to be alone with a strange woman. 30:07 When a person is alone with a strange woman, then the third one day is shaitan. 30:13 Right? 30:13 That's the mafhum of the hadith of Nabi al-Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 30:20 So Iblis is telling Musa a.s. that don't ever be alone with a strange woman. 30:30 Because when you are alone with a strange woman, then I will make sure that I am your companion. 30:38 And I will mislead you through that woman. 30:41 Through that woman, I will mislead you. 30:44 I will cause you to do wrong. 30:48 Today's zamanah, 30:52 How many situations we are overlooking this. 30:56 We are overlooking this. 30:58 In fact, when ulama talk about this, they say, because they spent so many years in the Darul Ulum, they didn't interact with women and all that. 31:07 That's why, you know, they now, their tongue is hanging for everything, you know. 31:13 We now, we can mix with them and talk to them because from school we are doing it, from high school we are doing it, university we did it, nothing to us. 31:22 Right? 31:25 Remember this one incident. 31:30 Nabi-e-Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam is on the journey of Hajj. 31:36 Right? 31:38 Now, when a person is on Hajj, automatically his Imani levels are high. 31:45 Any person goes for Hajj, I mean at that time, automatically he feels more pious than at other times. 31:51 Right? 31:52 The Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam is on Hajj. 31:56 Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam's cousin, Hazrat Fazal bin Abbas radiyallahu ta'ala anhuwa, is with Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 32:07 Now who is this a Sahabi? 32:08 Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam's cousin is the days of Hajj. 32:14 He is a Sahabi. 32:16 On top of it is in the presence of Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 32:19 You know like us. 32:20 Now if the Sheikh is around or the Ustad is around. 32:23 We get very pious. 32:25 Our akhlaq. 32:26 You know how it comes. 32:26 So shining and everything. 32:28 But the Sheikh is around. 32:29 Ustad is around. 32:33 So now he is in the company of Nabi al-Karim sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 32:38 And he was very handsome too. 32:40 Fazal bin Abbas. 32:41 Nabi salallahu alayhi wa sallam's family. 32:43 Very handsome people. 32:44 Fazal bin Abbas was a very handsome person too. 32:49 And one young lady came. 32:51 She is approaching Nabi salallahu alayhi wa sallam. 32:54 She wants to find out a mas'ala. 32:56 It's Hajj time. 32:57 Right? 32:58 First time they are making Hajj with Nabi salallahu alayhi wa sallam. 33:02 She needs to find out a mas'ala. 33:04 So she is advancing towards Nabi salallahu alayhi wa sallam. 33:07 And this woman also happened to be an attractive woman. 33:11 She also was a pretty sahabiya. 33:15 So as she came close, Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam held Fazal bin Abbas radiyallahu anhu and turned his face away. 33:27 Right? 33:29 Days of Hajj, sahabi of Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam, in the presence of Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam, 33:36 Don't look. 33:38 Where are we? 33:43 Where can I then make a claim that no, I can interact with women, nothing will happen to me. 33:51 You know, you get snake catchers. 33:54 Couple months ago, you know, in Durban when the season comes about, you get all these black mambas moving around. 34:01 Come into the houses and all that. 34:02 So the snake catchers are very busy at that time, you know. 34:07 So you get snake catchers. 34:08 They've been catching snakes for years. 34:11 But one day they get bitten. 34:14 One day they get bitten. 34:16 One wrong move. 34:18 Something. 34:18 They didn't, you know, assess the situation properly. 34:22 The snake was a little bit too sharp for them. 34:24 They got bitten. 34:26 So we don't know when that moment is going to come. 34:29 A person must never feel sure of ourselves. 34:32 So don't ever be in communication, whether it's on the phone, 34:36 Whether it's at work, sometime now the secretary, or sometimes the female staff. 34:45 Sometime majboor and you're working in that type of an environment. 34:49 We have chosen that kind of a lifestyle. 34:52 Right? 34:52 So you're working. 34:52 You know, I got one friend, he's a Hafizul Quran, and he's a qualified doctor, right? 34:59 So he got married, and then he was practicing as a doctor. 35:05 His wife came to him and told him, one day she told him, you know, I'm not happy with your profession. 35:13 Because you have to see to patients. 35:16 You don't know who's going to come. 35:17 There's women that come here. 35:19 And now you have to see to the patient behind closed doors. 35:23 Right? 35:24 And then there's, what they call it? 35:28 Confidentiality. 35:30 Professional confidentiality. 35:32 Big, big words they make, you know. 35:34 So you say now there's no patient, doctor, patient, all that confidentiality and all that. 35:41 So she told him, see, you know what, I don't think from a dini perspective, you know, this is a very good thing. 35:48 You are a young man. 35:49 Young woman may come here. 35:51 You behind closed doors. 35:52 I'm not happy. 35:55 So he heard her out. 35:57 And he said to her, you know what, you're right. 36:01 It is a dangerous situation. 36:03 He gave up his practice. 36:06 The man studied. 36:07 I mean he went to school. 36:08 He went and studied. 36:09 He became a medical doctor. 36:10 He is practicing. 36:12 Right? 36:13 His wife sat him down and told him, See, do you think this is a good thing? 36:17 Are you not putting yourself in harm's way? 36:21 From your Iman perspective. 36:22 Your Deen perspective. 36:25 So he heard out. 36:27 And he said, No. 36:28 What you are saying is right. 36:30 So he gave up his profession. 36:33 He gave up his profession. 36:35 Now what must do now? 36:37 I mean, you studied to be a doctor, right? 36:41 So he went into tijarat. 36:44 Went into business. 36:46 Allah Ta'ala gave him so much of barakat in the business. 36:51 That he himself sometimes he tells me, he says, you know what man, business is getting too big now. 36:58 You need to stop now. 36:59 The stigma is stopped somewhere. 37:01 It's getting too big. 37:04 So I'm not saying all the doctors must give up their practice. 37:06 Maybe you want to come ask me now after the program what business he went into and all that. 37:11 I'm not saying that. 37:12 But the man had a clean intention. 37:15 His wife spoke to him and to him. 37:16 Said I'm not too happy. 37:17 I feel insecure. 37:19 I'm not happy. 37:21 Another doctor told me himself. 37:23 He was not a GP doctor. 37:26 He's in the eye field. 37:31 So he told me himself. 37:32 He said there was one 37:34 Young patient that used to come. 37:37 He is a Muslim. 37:38 She is also a Muslim. 37:40 She used to come here. 37:41 Now I want to put lights off. 37:44 To test her eyes. 37:45 You can see this. 37:46 Whatever. 37:47 And she was very attractive. 37:50 Now I am alone with her. 37:51 The door is closed. 37:55 So he says this thing carried on. 37:56 She is coming for her appointments. 37:58 Regular checkups. 37:59 Whatever. 38:01 You see, one day I couldn't control myself and I held her hand. 38:05 I put my hand on her hand. 38:06 While I'm consulting with her, I put my hand on her hand. 38:11 And she didn't move her hand away. 38:15 She didn't move her hand away. 38:18 So, it was a moment of weakness. 38:21 This thing happened. 38:23 So, after that, you know, I realized what am I doing. 38:26 Pulled my hand away. 38:28 And then I told her, see sister, better you find another doctor. 38:33 Don't come back to me. 38:34 This thing could have just escalated. 38:36 You are a married woman. 38:38 I am a married man. 38:39 You have got children. 38:40 I have got children. 38:41 We don't need this in our life. 38:43 You rather find yourself another doctor. 38:46 Don't come back to me. 38:48 And then what he did, he put a whole glass on his surgery wall. 38:55 He made it glass. 38:58 So anybody who walks into the surgery where the glasses and all that are kept, they can see into his room. 39:08 Right? 39:08 So he said he'd rather do it that way so there is some protection. 39:13 Right? 39:14 So each person by we'll have to ask our hearts. 39:17 Right? 39:17 We'll have to ask our hearts. 39:19 Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is warning us 39:21 Don't be alone. 39:22 I always mention this to my friends. 39:25 Even those teaching in madrasas and all of that. 39:27 Sometime the person is the principal of the maktab. 39:30 And he says, no I have to interact with the apas. 39:33 Right? 39:33 I have talked to the apas. 39:34 Sometime out of zarurat. 39:37 But then to sit alone with the apa in office. 39:39 And the door is closed. 39:41 Discussing something. 39:42 I have to reprimand the Appa now. 39:44 Her class is not doing well. 39:46 So I have to keep her israt also. 39:48 So I call her in the office and close the door. 39:50 Appa have a seat. 39:52 Right? 39:52 And now the Moli Sahib is talking to the Appa like that. 39:55 In closed doors. 39:56 That's not allowed also. 39:58 The same rule that will apply to the doctor. 40:00 Same rule apply to the Moli Sahib also. 40:03 Alim is not above the law. 40:05 Right? 40:06 So each one of us we must check. 40:09 Let's check our situation. 40:10 The other day, I went to a Muslim doctor's rooms. 40:14 I had to take somebody there. 40:16 When I went there, it was a rare sight because he only had male staff. 40:25 The reception, the... Because you don't see this anymore. 40:31 Every place you go, they've got female admin, clerk, reception, all females, right? 40:37 So he only got males. 40:41 So he told me after that. 40:42 He said look. 40:44 We are men end of the day. 40:46 We will get attracted to the opposite. 40:49 And now I have to interact with these people every day. 40:54 So I decided I rather just have males here. 40:57 They can do the job. 40:58 I will pay them little bit more. 41:00 But at least my Iman will be safe. 41:02 My Amal will be safe. 41:05 So this is what Shaitan mentioned. 41:07 That don't ever be alone with a strange woman. 41:10 Because when you are alone with a strange woman, then I am your companion and I am going to mislead you through that woman. 41:18 The second thing Shaitan mentioned, he said to Hazrat Musa a.s. that see, whenever you make a promise, make a promise to Allah Ta'ala, you made a promise in your life, make sure you fulfill it. 41:35 Because until you don't fulfill it, I become your companion. 41:42 I become your companion to ensure that you don't fulfill it. 41:48 To keep, you know, enticing you, convincing you not to fulfill it. 41:53 Give you all the reasons why you mustn't fulfill it. 41:57 So you've made, you've given your word. 42:00 You've made a promise. 42:02 You've made a pledge. 42:04 Now I know I can catch you. 42:06 Because now you've committed yourself to something. 42:11 You find so many businessmen this part of the year. 42:16 They say, Maulana, I have to be with the books now. 42:20 I got to be with the books. 42:22 Because if I don't catch them now, gone. 42:28 Now I have to wait. 42:29 Maybe end of January, February they'll talk to me, you know. 42:33 But the person when he bought the goods, he gave a commitment that he is going to pay in two weeks or one month or whatever the arrangement was. 42:45 So when a mu'min gives his zaman, there is no need to go back to him now. 42:50 He has given his word, so he will keep to his word. 42:55 What shaitan does now is entices him not to keep to his word. 42:59 You made a promise. 43:01 You made a pledge. 43:03 Don't keep to it. 43:04 He'll give him 50 reasons why he mustn't keep to it. 43:09 The other day we went to visit one person. 43:11 Really it was heart touching. 43:14 This person was telling us about a son of his who had passed away. 43:19 Son was a businessman. 43:21 Very generous, large hearted person. 43:23 And he passed away very young. 43:25 So about 33 years old. 43:27 Had an accident and he passed away. 43:30 So he had a book. 43:33 And in this book he had all his hisaab kitab. 43:36 People that were owing him money. 43:38 People that he loaned monies to. 43:40 So he told his mother. 43:41 He said that after I pass away. 43:45 If I have to pass away. 43:47 He told his mother. 43:47 If I pass away. 43:49 Then there is my hisaab. 43:50 Everything is here. 43:52 Must phone these people that are owing me money. 43:55 And remind them of the death. 43:59 If they pay it well and good, if they don't pay it, don't fight with them. 44:04 If they don't pay it, don't fight with them. 44:07 So he passed away now is over 10 years. 44:14 A brother who is a Pakistani national came to South Africa. 44:20 He was doing some business and he went into some problem. 44:23 So he had taken a loan from this brother at that time. 44:29 So his name was also in that book. 44:30 He is also owing certain amount of money. 44:33 But the person went AWOL. 44:37 He didn't know where he is. 44:40 Now 10 years later. 44:41 He contacts the family. 44:45 And he says this. 44:45 See I have moved to Germany. 44:48 And I started up some business. 44:50 And Alhamdulillah my business is doing well. 44:54 And I have got the money that I was owing. 44:58 And I wish to pay that money and somehow he made the payment, sent the money through to the family. 45:05 When a person's niyyat is clean, Allah Ta'ala makes it possible. 45:13 Today's time, you know, it's become so common that people's niyyat is just not clean. 45:20 At the time when the person is taking the loan or is taking the goods or whatever, it's got no intention to pay back. 45:28 Already he's got intention, I'm going to pull this man on, drag him, I'm going to do this or do that. 45:35 So once we make a commitment, we make a promise to Allah Ta'ala that we are going to do something, we're going to abstain from something, whatever it may be. 45:44 So shaitan says, make sure you do it. 45:46 Quickly do it. 45:47 Because if you don't do it, I don't leave you. 45:51 And I will carry on convincing you not to do it. 45:56 And the third thing, 45:58 Shaitan mentioned. 46:01 He said that when you make intention to give some something in the path of Allah. 46:09 To give some sadaqat or some whatever you want to contribute something to some dini cause or to some poor person. 46:16 Whatever. 46:17 So make sure you do it quickly. 46:20 Once you make the intention make sure you do it quickly. 46:23 Because if you don't do it then I am with you. 46:27 I am with you to convince you not to do it. 46:32 So after he mentioned this, these things to Hazrat Musa a.s. 46:37 So he turned around and lamenting, he walked away from that gathering. 46:43 He said, what did I do that I have now given away all the information of my tactics to Musa a.s. And he can now inform the people of my tactics. 46:56 Right? 46:58 The problem is that we have become like that fish. 47:04 The information we have, Allah Ta'ala has given it to us. 47:08 Nabiya Kareem sallallahu alayhi wasallam has given it to us. 47:11 Anbiya alayhimu sallatu wasallam have left lessons for us. 47:15 But we are getting caught up with that cloak of the devil. 47:20 Getting caught up with the different colors. 47:23 And we are forgetting what is our purpose in the dunya. 47:28 The worldly life has become the objective. 47:32 That has become our mission. 47:34 You know, I'm here. 47:35 I'm going to sort this out. 47:37 When it comes to our deen, we make a few, you know, a few changes here and there. 47:43 But we're not giving our all to our deen. 47:47 The amount that we're giving to our dunya, we're not even giving 20% of that amount to deen. 47:56 Whereas it's supposed to be the other way around. 48:00 90 to 95% of our effort is supposed to be for our Deen. 48:05 5-10% effort for the Dunya. 48:09 Because the Dunya is temporary. 48:10 We are going to stay here for a very short while. 48:13 The Akhirat is where we are heading. 48:15 And that is eternal. 48:19 So the least we can do is that 48:22 In our life, whatever situation we may be in, we in business, we are professional people, whatever we may be, but in that, always be in the remembrance of Allah Ta'ala and always be in the obedience of Allah Ta'ala. 48:38 Right? 48:39 Whatever we may be doing, try and do it in accordance with the sunnah of Nabiya Kareem. 48:44 Sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 48:46 Then what will happen is even our mundane activities will then become ibadat. 48:53 Our eating will become ibadah. 48:56 Our sleeping will become ibadah. 48:57 Everything will become ibadah. 49:00 Nabi Karim sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned one hadith sharif and we'll conclude on this. 49:06 That At-ta'imu sh-shakir. 49:09 Kas-ta'imu sabir. 49:12 The person who is eating and he is grateful to Allah Ta'ala for the food. 49:17 Then he is same like that person who is fasting and he is bearing 49:23 You know, the difficulties of the roza with sabr, he is bearing that. 49:27 Right? 49:28 So, we will get those people who are strong in the deen and they are. 49:32 And then you get people like myself. 49:34 We are weak. 49:34 We can't do too much. 49:36 But at least that whatever we are doing now, we need to eat. 49:39 Right? 49:40 But eat according to the sunnah. 49:42 Then that eating will become ibadat. 49:45 Right? 49:45 We need to sleep. 49:46 We are not like those people can just sleep two hours for the night and rest of the time doing ibadat and all that. 49:52 Now we are sleepers. 49:53 Now we need to sleep. 49:54 At least let us go to sleep with wudu. 49:57 Let us go to sleep in the sunnah method. 49:59 Right? 50:00 And then at least if we can't wake up for tahajjud, but we make it for fajr. 50:04 Right? 50:05 Then that whole night becomes ibadat. 50:08 Our business, make sure you're doing everything according to shariat. 50:13 Be an honest tajir. 50:14 Right? 50:15 Honest businessman. 50:18 Then Allah Ta'ala will elevate us. 50:22 Allah will give us barakat also in the business. 50:24 And Allah Ta'ala will elevate us also. 50:27 Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala give me first tawfiq. 50:30 Give you tawfiq. 50:32 Allah Ta'ala forgive my sins. 50:33 My shortcomings. 50:34 Weaknesses. 50:36 Allah Ta'ala forgive us all. 50:38 Be pleased with us. 50:39 Bless us with His Raza Mandi. 50:41 Bless us with Jannatul Firdous. 50:47 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 50:48 Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi Sayyidina Muhammad wa barik wa sallim. 50:56 Allahumma naka alhamdu kulluh wa naka shukru kulluh. 51:00 Allahumma Rabbana zunamna anfusana wa illam taqfir lana wa talhamna lana kunanna minal khasireen. 51:08 Allahumma Rabbana faqfir lana zunubana wa kafir anna sayyatina wa tawaffana ma'alabraun. 51:16 Allahumma inna nas'aluka as-sihha wal-iffa wal-amanah. 51:20 Wa husna al-khulk wal-ridha bil-qadr. 51:23 Allahumma inna nas'aluka al-ridha bil-qadar. 51:26 Wa nas'aluka barda al-a'ish ba'd al-maut. 51:30 Wa nas'aluka ladhata al-nazari ila wajhik. 51:33 Wa al-shauqa ila liqaik. 51:35 Allahumma inna nas'aluka min khairi ma sa'alaka minhu nabiyuka sayyiduna Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 51:43 Wa na'udhu bika min kulli sharrim asta'adha minhu nabiyyuka sayyiduna Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 51:50 Anta'l musta'an wa alayka'l balagh. 51:53 Wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah. 51:56 Wa sallallahu ta'ala ala khayri khalqihi sayyiduna Muhammad wa ala alihi wa ashabihi ajma'in. 52:04 Ameen. Act Immediately on Charitable Intentions:
Transform Everyday Habits into Worship: Align daily routines—such as eating, sleeping with wudu, and business transactions—with the Sunnah to turn mundane actions into rewards for the Akhirah.
Avoid Looking Down on Others: Always remember your past shortcomings, attributing all guidance and good deeds solely to the mercy and tawfiq of Allah Ta'ala.29:23
Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb