Chapter: Matters of Faith: And the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but righteousness is for one who believes in Allah and the Last Day
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The reciter: Chapter: Matters of Faith, and the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Baqarah 2:177]. [Al-Mu'minun 23:1] the verse.
The Shaykh : These are matters of faith,[Al-Baqarah 2:177], etc. This is an explanation that righteousness is not limited to a person facing the east or the west, but rather that righteousness is to believe in Allah. Accordingly, changing the qiblah from the Sacred Mosque to the Ka'bah does not contradict righteousness, because that is a matter of believing in Allah the Exalted and His laws. This is a refutation of those who denied the change of the qiblah from the Sacred Mosque to the Ka'bah, as Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:142].
[Al-Baqarah 2:177] etc. "In spite of his love": Does the meaning refer to his love for it due to his need for it, or his love for it due to his stinginess, or both?
Both. A person may love wealth because of his need for it, as the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did, who preferred others over themselves even though they were in need. Or he may love it because he is extremely stingy, but his faith overcomes him so that he spends the wealth. For this reason, you will find, for example, that spending a riyal by a rich, stingy person is greater than spending a riyal by a poor, generous person, because the poor, generous person gives it with a willing heart and generosity, while the stingy person is the opposite.
And His saying:, meaning the people of nearness, meaning the people of kinship. with a fathah or with a kasrah? Is not in the genitive case?
The questioner : It is a dependent noun.
The Shaykh : Yes, and this is conjoined to it. What is conjoined to?
The questioner : ... The second object, the second object.
The Shaykh : The second object, and it has the waw of conjunction?
The questioner : It is conjoined to the second object.
The Shaykh : Where is the second object?
The questioner :.
The Shaykh :, correct. [Al-Baqarah 2:177] The people of kinship. Accordingly, His saying: , is in the accusative case with a fathah implied on the alif [Al-Baqarah 2:177].
Those who ask, even if they are rich? Yes, those who ask, even if they are rich, as Allah the Exalted said:[Adh-Dhariyat 51:19] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not turn away a person who asked him. Accordingly, the saying of the poet applies:
"He never said 'no' except in his tashahhud... If it were not for the tashahhud, his 'no' would have been 'yes'".
And this verse is not fitting for anyone but the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He was never asked for anything in Islam but he gave it. So the person who asks has a right. But if someone says: If giving to the person who asks causes harm, which is encouraging him to ask, should he be given? Meaning, should he be given and then advised, or should he be advised and not given?
The questioner : The first. He is given and then advised.
The Shaykh : The first is better: that you give to him and then advise him and warn him of Allah Mighty and Majestic.
Slaves are bought and freed. What is "established" conjoined to?
Upon those who believe, meaning, and who establish the prayer[Al-Baqarah 2:177] Here lies the issue: the faithful are in the nominative case, and the patient are in the accusative case. What is the answer?
First, the problem is in His saying: Why is it in the nominative case?
The questioner : ... It is an initial particle.
The Shaykh : How is it an initial particle? Now,, how do you parse "man"? It is in the nominative case, in the position of a nominative, indicated by sukun, in the position of a nominative, as the predicate of "lakin." So is conjoined to it. "Lakin al-bar al-mufulun," and the implied meaning is "the righteousness of the fulfillers," just as we said in the first one: "Lakin al-bar bar man aman."
The second problem arises, which is His saying:. They said it is a conjoined sentence, and the implied meaning is: "And I praise the patient in suffering and hardship," so it becomes the object of a deleted verb.
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:177]. May Allah make us and you among them.
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
ليس البر أن تولوا وجوهكم قبل المشرق والمغرب ولكن البر من ءآمن بالله واليوم الآخر والملائكة والكتاب والنبيين وءآتى المال على حبه ذوي القربى واليتامى والمساكين وابن السبيل والسائلين وفي الرقاب وأقام الصلاة وءآتى الزكاة والموفون بعهدهم إذا عاهدوا والصابرين في البأساء والضراء وحين البأس أولئك الذين صدقوا وأولئك هم المتقونCertainly will the believers have succeeded:
قد أفلح المؤمنونThe Shaykh : These are matters of faith,
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day
ليس البر أن تولوا وجوهكم قبل المشرق والمغرب ولكن البر من ءآمن بالله واليوم الآخر ...The foolish among the people will say, "What has turned them away from their qiblah, which they used to face?" Say, "To Allah belongs the east and the west. He guides whom He wills to a straight path."
سيقول السفهآء من الناس ما ولاهم عن قبلتهم التي كانوا عليها قل لله المشرق والمغرب يهدي من يشاء إلى صراط مستقيمone who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans,
من ءآمن بالله واليوم الآخر والملائكة والكتاب والنبيين وءآتى المال على حبه ذوي القربى واليتامى ...Both. A person may love wealth because of his need for it, as the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did, who preferred others over themselves even though they were in need. Or he may love it because he is extremely stingy, but his faith overcomes him so that he spends the wealth. For this reason, you will find, for example, that spending a riyal by a rich, stingy person is greater than spending a riyal by a poor, generous person, because the poor, generous person gives it with a willing heart and generosity, while the stingy person is the opposite.
And His saying:
To relatives
ذوي القربىAnd orphans and the needy
واليتامى والمساكينthe close relatives
القربىThe questioner : It is a dependent noun.
The Shaykh : Yes, and this is conjoined to it. What is
And the Poor
والمساكينThe questioner : ... The second object, the second object.
The Shaykh : The second object, and it has the waw of conjunction?
The questioner : It is conjoined to the second object.
The Shaykh : Where is the second object?
The questioner :
To relatives
على ذويThe Shaykh :
To relatives
على ذويgives wealth, in spite of love for it
وآتى المال على حبهAnd the orphans
واليتامىthe needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help]
والمساكين وابن السبيل والسائلينThose who ask, even if they are rich? Yes, those who ask, even if they are rich, as Allah the Exalted said:
And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.
وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم"He never said 'no' except in his tashahhud... If it were not for the tashahhud, his 'no' would have been 'yes'".
And this verse is not fitting for anyone but the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He was never asked for anything in Islam but he gave it. So the person who asks has a right. But if someone says: If giving to the person who asks causes harm, which is encouraging him to ask, should he be given? Meaning, should he be given and then advised, or should he be advised and not given?
The questioner : The first. He is given and then advised.
The Shaykh : The first is better: that you give to him and then advise him and warn him of Allah Mighty and Majestic.
and in the freeing of slaves
وفي الرقابand established the prayer
وأقام الصلاةUpon those who believe, meaning, and who establish the prayer
gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship
وآتى الزكاة والموفون بعهدهم إذا عاهدوا والصابرين في البأساء والضراءFirst, the problem is in His saying:
those who fulfill
الموفونThe questioner : ... It is an initial particle.
The Shaykh : How is it an initial particle? Now,
but the righteous are those who believe
ولكن البر من آمنand those who fulfill
والموفونThe second problem arises, which is His saying:
and those who are patient
والصابرينAllah the Exalted said: