my beloved brothers and sisters
lived at a time of Musa
Allah mentions him in the Quran so that we can learn lesson
from what happened and I'm sure we all know he was a very wealthy man his crime in his
sin was simply that he did not relate whatever he had to Allah rather he related it to himself
and his own intellect the question posed to him was who gave you that intellect in the first place
another thing it made him develop a lot of arrogance so Allah Almighty warns us through
that story telling us that if you have been blessed with anything use that to gain closeness
to Allah then you're a True Believer and then you would be able to earn Paradise you won't regret
but if Allah has blessed you with something and you use that blessing to drift you away
from Allah the loss is yours or if it makes you develop bad habits and bad character
how can you use the blessing of Allah to distance from Allah that's the question people have wealth
and then they use that wealth to develop bad habits whatever those bad habits are they are
being warned through this story to say don't do that it's not good for you the destruction
of those more powerful than you and I those who had more than you and I is in front of your eyes
so I wish to go through a verse from among these verses in order to show you what exactly happened
and to let you hear the verse of the Quran where Allah does not mention Musa salaam's advice
but Allah says the public the people told him to behave himself the public is [Music]
the first thing the members of his community told him his people told him they came up to
him and they said don't be arrogant here refers does not refer to a person who's simply happy but
it refers to a person who is haughty his Joy makes him think he is bigger and better than others so
he can despise them belittle them mock at them joke about them make them feel small his people
told him don't do that it doesn't mean you have something so now you can laugh at others so now
you can belittle them make them feel small make them a mockery or make a mockery of them foreign
obviously he was upset because when people hear advice from the general public it's
not easy to digest the same applies to you and I someone comes to you and says watch
out you look at him and say what are you on about you might become upset and angry
but Allah Almighty is telling us that when the advice is correct learn to digest it accept it
and is also telling us in another place in the Quran that you should apply wisdom when calling
people towards Allah so if you want to tell someone something don't say it in a harsh way
and if someone tells you something learn to accept it so it's both sides that are dealt with by Allah
because the Quran the Sharia Islam is complete it doesn't miss out anything so his people
told him don't become angry meaning don't become haughty and proud and then they continue to say
whatever Allah has given you seek through it your Hereafter which means use the blessing Allah gave
you to build your Jannah your Paradise your akhira you're hereafter from that I learned
that we all have different blessings that man had wealth his people were so smart they did not tell
him use your wealth to earn Jannah they could have said that it would have been right they said use
whatever Allah gave you subhanallah that's why the verse is mentioned here now the lesson includes
all of us because sometimes I don't have money but I have strength use your strength do something
I don't have money I have intellect use your intellect maybe I have a job I might be a doctor
I might be whatever I am I might be a driver Uber whatever it might be I'm included to say whatever
Allah gave you use it to earn your akhira don't forget your eyes are going to close just now just
now later today your eyes will close later today meaning very soon I don't mean today as in now
but it could be who knows may Allah Almighty take us in a condition that he's happy with us
if someone says when would you like to go the true answer of a True Believer is when Allah is pleased
with me whether it's today or tomorrow is besides the point Allah is happy with me oh Allah Take Me
Away Allahu Akbar whenever he knows it's better for me to go the prophet salallahu oh Allah when
you know it's better for me to go take me when you know it's better for me to remain keep me
alive for as long as you know that it's better for me to be alive so my brothers and sisters
listen to this Allah Almighty is telling us his people told him that use what you have in order
to earn your akhirah and to build it because it is temporary I want to say one more thing every
single one of us without an exception have been blessed by Allah with something you have a gift
that I don't have so he has a gift the other one doesn't have she has a gift someone else
doesn't have what is it maybe it will take you some time to recognize it and realize it today
I can do certain things I promise you I cannot do some of the things you can do and Allah has given
you things which he has not given me and he has given me things which he has not given you but
nobody on Earth can say I have nothing because if you are saying I have nothing you need to
go back and check and ask someone's help that show me where is the favor of Allah in my life
subhanallah you are favored you have some gift you are unique you are amazing because that's
the way Allah created you but if you are fed up of yourself it's because you are comparing
with others and you are not realizing your favor that Allah has blessed you why compare you don't
need to be like the other people you might not have a car you might not have a proper job but
I promise you Allah has uniquely designed this life in such a way you have something and that's
why people need you to work for them because they don't have you that's the reason you see if they
had everything they wouldn't need you but Allah created it in a way someone is looking for people
to work for him because he can't do it himself and someone else is looking for someone where he can
work because he has something what is it I have my time I have energy I have expertise I have a
field I chose different from yours you need me at your workplace now we will talk how much are you
going to pay me so we have to be fair when we are deciding the amount don't underpay people
and don't be unreasonable to rip people off when you know this is 2000 and you are saying twenty
thousand may Allah Almighty grant us ease so use what you have to build the Hereafter how do
I build the Hereafter look his own people members of the public are telling him don't be haughty use
what Allah gave you to build the Akira now the question is what about the Dunya it's a simple
question if I tell you my brother worked for the akhira my sister worked for the akhira you say
what about the Dunya I need good clothes I need a place you can't tell me to just come and sit in
the Masjid or just do I need something [Music] don't forget your portion in this world nasib
is a little portion which means you are not going to have everything on Earth you are not
going to have everything on Earth your portion you know the other day we were thinking about firoud
and we were thinking what he had you have more than him in so many ways and whatever he had
maybe besides the gold you might not want anything else because will you live in a pyramid you won't
he didn't have a car will you go the way he went no you won't he doesn't have electricity will you
live in his house no no air condition no fan nothing imagine you have more than firoud in
so many ways and I have more than him sorry to compare with firoud but what I'm saying is look
what Allah did to him you know why he wanted the whole Dunya to himself that's the reason
how much are you going to spend in this life I tell you how many million do you want one two
three five ten let's make it interesting 100 million after that what will you do nothing
if you eat at the most expensive place every day you still will not use 100 million
so what are you going to do you're one million five million more than enough subhanallah the
wealthy will look at me and say you don't know what you are talking about and the poor they'll
say never mind one million five hundred thousand is enough for me that is the world so Allah says
don't forget your portion on Earth you have a portion be
happy with it and then when you have a little bit more what should you do
good to others like what Allah did good to you Allah did good to you it's your turn I gave you
more than you need why did you give me more than I need o Allah so that you can spend on others do
good did Allah do good to you yes are you ready to do good to someone else who are you to Allah you
are just a person a creature of Allah he doesn't need you but he loves you he gave you more than
you need he says I gave you more than you need so that you can do good like how I did good to you
someone is nice to you can you not be nice to others as well imagine when a person makes you
feel important listen to this when someone makes you feel important don't only give it
back to them but make others feel important in a way they made you feel important so that you can
spread the goodness if you were to keep it only between the two of you what goodness is there
so Allah is saying when I do good to you yes you follow my instructions and worship me but
part of my worship is you know I created so many others they are privileged in another
way not like yours so you be kind to them with what we gave you give to them share
it give others as well you have money give this is the Masjid how much have you donated to this
place how much have you given one pound five pounds can I tell you a fact the the lights
are being used the place is being clean there are people employed here so much is happening
we haven't we haven't even given one pound but they spent five pounds on you in actual
fact Allah's cause has spent on you and I more than we gave for example today in this Masjid
today there are people who might have used the bathroom to make Hulu and so on and so forth we
came here how much money has this place which is the house of Allah spent on you more than what
you spent back on them in the case of most of us so I encourage you think about it put five
pounds one pound no problem every time you go to the Masjid one pound why I use the spot there's
someone cleaning they're paying electricity why should I let someone else pay for me when I'm okay
subhanallah I'm not saying it's compulsory but I'm just making you think there are people paying
for you sometimes they have less money than you and you don't even know Allah says do good like
how we have done good to you then what happens when someone has been given too much too much
sometimes when you do good what happens you become arrogant hey I am spending on this man come here
and you expect when I walk in they must all greet me because why I put my money there so Allah says
don't be mischievous on Earth don't create chaos
don't spread sin and vice on Earth don't do that which is wrong on Earth
be careful calm down and Allah will bless you in a million and a billion ways
Allah doesn't like those who who do facade whether it is corruption or chaos or the wrong thing or
sin or harming people in any way Allah says Allah doesn't like those who do that so do good and calm
down and be humble these are just some verses this is a portion of a verse that I shared with
you and I just broke it down to the few points and how they are connected to each other but the
moral of the whole story is karun when he refused all the advice of all the people of the public
and there were some in the public saying look what he has we want similar to this I wish Allah gave
me what karun has the people of knowledge said don't wish that because you know what what he has
has not come with goodness he's only amassing and amassing and amassing what are you amassing for
are you not going to use you're not going to spend my easily sometimes there's a wealthy person his
own family will tell you this man doesn't spend the term they use is stingy may Allah Almighty
protect us from stinginess miserliness spend it's okay don't waste but when you spend in a good
way what is needed and you are charitable you have built your Dunya and your wallet