A discussion regarding the verse: “(the patient, the truthful, the devout, the spenders, and those who seek forgiveness in the last hours of the night).”
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I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed. Allah the Exalted said: [Ali 'Imran 3:18] Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said before that: [Ali 'Imran 3:17] We have previously discussed patience and its categories, truthfulness and its categories, and qunut. What is qunut? It is the continuity of worship with humility and submission. Now, what is the evidence that qunut is the continuity of worship? [Al-Furqan 25:64] Yes? His saying: [Al-Baqarah 2:238] Yes, this is evidence that it involves humility and submission. His saying, the Exalted: [Az-Zumar 39:9] Yes [Az-Zumar 39:9] Now, His saying: Is this verse or this description absolute? The spenders are those who spend their wealth in the cause of Allah without extravagance or stinginess. What is the evidence for this? That the praiseworthy spending is that which is done without extravagance or stinginess? [Al-Furqan 25:67] And Allah also clarified, when He mentioned the measure of spending, the direction of spending. 'Umar? His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Baqarah 2:215] Well done, that is complete.
The Shaykh : His saying: What is the meaning of “those who seek forgiveness”?
The student: Seeking forgiveness from Allah.
The Shaykh : What is the meaning of forgiveness?
The student: It is covering the sin,
The Shaykh : Covering the sin and passing over it.
The Shaykh : Yalla, Muhammad Ahmad? Why was seeking forgiveness specified to the last hours of the night? It is... This is one point. Khalid?
The student: Because it occurs after the tahajjud prayer,
The Shaykh : After the tahajjud prayer, so it serves to remove self-admiration and to demonstrate that the person is in need of his Lord, for he is never free from shortcoming and deficiency.
The Shaykh : The pleasure of sleep? By Allah, I say this is a reason that can also be mentioned: they bow and prostrate.
Allah witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge - [that He is] maintaining [creation] in justice. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
شهد الله أنه لا إله إلا هو والملائكة وأولوا العلم قائما بالقسط لا إله إلا هو العزيز الحكيمThe patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allah], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.
الصابرين والصادقين والقانتين والمنفقين والمستغفرين بالأسحارAnd those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]
والذين يبيتون لربهم سجدا وقياماMaintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient.
حافظوا على الصلوات والصلاة والوسطى وقوموا لله قانتينIs one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing [in prayer], fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord
أم من هو قانت آناء الليل ساجدا وقائما يحذر الآخرة ويرجوا رحمة ربهIs one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing
أم من هو قانت آناء الليل ساجدا وقائماThe spenders
المنفقينAnd [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate
والذين إذا أنفقوا لم يسرفوا ولم يقتروا وكان بين ذلك قواماSay, "Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever you do of good - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it."
قل ما أنفقتم من خير فللوالدين والأقربين واليتامى والمساكين وابن السبيل وما تفعلوا من خير فإن الله به عليمThe Shaykh : His saying:
Those who seek forgiveness in the last hours of the night
المستغفرين بالأسحارThe student: Seeking forgiveness from Allah.
The Shaykh : What is the meaning of forgiveness?
The student: It is covering the sin,
The Shaykh : Covering the sin and passing over it.
The Shaykh : Yalla, Muhammad Ahmad? Why was seeking forgiveness specified to the last hours of the night? It is... This is one point. Khalid?
The student: Because it occurs after the tahajjud prayer,
The Shaykh : After the tahajjud prayer, so it serves to remove self-admiration and to demonstrate that the person is in need of his Lord, for he is never free from shortcoming and deficiency.
The Shaykh : The pleasure of sleep? By Allah, I say this is a reason that can also be mentioned: they bow and prostrate.