We Begin by praising Allah and bearing
witness that none has the right to be
worshiped or unconditionally obeyed
except for him and we bear witness that
Muhammad
is his final messenger we ask Allah to
send his peace and blessings upon him
the prophets and Messengers that came
before him his family and companions
that served alongside him and those that
follow in his blessed path until the day
of judgment and we ask Allah to make us
amongst them Allah I mean dear brothers
and sisters we often study the lives of
the righteous in this Masjid and the
righteous qualities that they had that
transfer over because it's not enough to
Simply look at the biographies of
the forerunners from this ummah
but it's imperative that you look at the
qualities that made them those special
people
just as it's important to study them
it is also important to study the
Hypocrites and to study the traits of
the Hypocrites and one of the things
that's very powerful about the language
of the Quran
is that the Quran names very few in fact
it only names one enemy of the prophet
sallallahu
but everybody else is described by
qualities
where there may be some of that quality
present within us if we're not paying
attention and this was true both of the
enemies of the Prophet saws as well as
those in Medina and so when you pay
attention to the qualities that Allah is
mentioning about those evil people then
that gives you an opportunity to be
introspective and say do I have some of
those qualities
now subhanallah there is one man who is
an enemy of the Prophet saws when you
say Allah
completely dissected this man with his
negative qualities it's this man 10
negative traits
in a series of four ayats where Allah
just completely demolishes this man
Allah says
describes him with 10 evil traits and
this was
a man who was very proud in the time of
the Prophet saws and Allah says do not
follow
a person who's vile and who swears a lot
he passes on scandals and tales
someone who hinders all forms of good
and puts forth all the worst forms of
evil
and on top of all of that he's callous
and he's a child of adultery zanin now
this man you talk about self-awareness
he goes to his mom
and he says to his mother he says the
god of Muhammad
just revealed the nastiest takedown of
me and he mentioned 10 qualities about
me he said I can see how nine of them
are true
but the last one I can't accept see
these were people that boasted only in
their lineage he said that last one I
don't accept zanid
a child of zinnah and subhanallah look
how Allah
was exposing and humiliating these
people who used to take pride in things
that weren't even real it was at that
moment that his mother actually revealed
to him that he was not the child of his
father a man who boasts about his father
and is boasting about being a noble Arab
and of the best people
and his mother tells him in that moment
after the Quran was revealed that your
father is actually not who you think it
is
that his father was another man who is
khabib filthy by the name
now let's talk about
was a man whose name was
powerful man eloquent man someone who
used to command a lot of presence in
Mecca had a lot of wealth
and he fits the profile but he's unique
in that he carries over the traits of
hypocrisy into Medina as well so many of
the verses about the monafithine if
they're not talking about Abdullah
they're usually referring to him when it
comes to the specific incidents
because he really camouflages himself to
every single situation with the prophet
saws to Simply take advantage of the
situation and he's not looking for the
welfare of quraish
he's looking for the welfare of himself
he really doesn't care who comes out of
this battle between the prophet saws he
really only cares about his own
well-being he's out there for his own
muscle for his own benefit
and in fact he takes the name
which is a negative name
because he was on the side of the
disbelievers when bet when better
happened
and he was
and when he saw that bed was about to
happen he said to his people the 300
people
he said look I think that we have enough
quraish has enough they've got it
covered let's get out of here and you
know if he's really a prophet of Allah
then Allah is going to give him Victory
if he's a liar then Allah is going to
humiliate him but let's keep the clothes
on our back let's take our Caravan and
let's get out of here and so he actually
took 300 of the kofag away from the
Battle of Bader not out of love for the
prophet saws
but just because the man was always
looking out for himself
now subhanallah Allah continues to
diagnose this man to tell us about what
type of man he is every single battle
that happens with the prophet saws he
weighs whether he should take this side
or that side who he should play to
and he happens to be an extremely
eloquent man
and this is the person
who Allah revealed the verse on
this is the person who Allah is talking
about
as the scholars mention that there are
people that come to you and they sound
so sweet
foreign and they even called to Allah to
Bear witness in what's in their hearts
but that is a person who is
a stubborn argumentative human being who
has no good inside of them now
subhanallah what this is referring to
is when he saw that the tables were
turning he went to Medina
came to the prophet saws but he didn't
just take shahada he said Allah
swear by Allah you're the most beloved
of people to me and I always tell these
people about how much I love you and he
started to praise the prophet saws
eloquence and I knew it was only a
matter of time before Allah would give
you Victory and you were going to squash
your enemies and he goes on and on and
on and on
reveals this verse about him he's not
who you think he is
this person comes to you with these
words
the nerve to even say Allah knows what's
in my heart
Allah describes him with these qualities
which is what I want to talk about in
today's
a person who is quarrelsome
argumentative at all times and if you
wonder the next verse
that when he turns around from you they
strike through the land and they spread
fitna they Sprint they spread mischief
and they destroy crops and animals and
herds and Allah does not like these
people
what it's actually referring to
specifically to him was after he did all
this Praise of the Prophet saws the man
is a Savage he turns around he starts
walking it's night time he sees a group
of Muslims with their crops and with
their animals he sets their crops on
fire takes their animals and goes off as
if he never had that conversation with
the prophet saws
what a hypocrite habith filthy human
being that Allah is diagnosing here
and the very next verse is Allah says
and there are those on the other hand
who sell themselves for the pleasure of
Allah subhanallah this is referring to
the khobabes of the world the khababs of
the world the bilals of the world those
people who gave everything up for the
sake of Allah they wanted nothing in
return humble to the truth as soon as
the truth came to them
now what's the quality that Allah chose
to describe him with and this is whether
not say it's important to pause for a
moment why Allah chose out of all the
negative qualities of this man to boil
it down to Allah
the Arabs used to call someone
who always has to have the last word in
an argument
a person who argues for the sake of
arguing a person who's always
quarrelsome no matter what happens they
have they have a response they snap back
at you no matter what you put forth in
front of them they quickly resort to
Something in the name of logic because
to them the important thing is that they
walk out of that and they have the last
word
and the prophet saws
foreign
the person who Allah hates most is
someone with disquality
now first and foremost it relates to
the revelation of Truth
and their inability to grasp anything of
the truth and Allah says
Allah described the people that way they
always got us they always have an answer
they're quick to respond because they're
really not trying to listen to you ya
rasulullah they're really trying to
dissect because at the end of the day
they're dissecting everything is a
diversion because they don't want to
abide by anything that's going to be in
their minds against their interests
you know when someone says let's go I'm
going to debate with this atheist I'm
going to be very honest with you
sometimes some of you even bring someone
I got a non-muslim friend I want you to
talk to you can tell when someone's
arguing for the sake of arguing
and someone's interested in the truth if
they're not interested in the truth and
they're listening to you not with the
intent of considering what you have to
say but considering how they can reply
to what you have to say that person has
another problem
and this is what Allah is talking about
that his most hated quality to his
people was he always has to have the
last word the man argues for the sake of
arguing
constant argumentation now connect this
to the Hadith that we mentioned a couple
of weeks ago where the Prophet salallahu
said
that Allah despises a person who's
eloquent in the sense that they wrap
their tongues around everything the way
that a cow wraps its tongue around its
father like they got to get involved in
everything but in this Hadith it's even
more severe
the most hated quality to Allah
is a person who always has to snap back
always has a response always has a
retort that is a person who's not going
to be able to grasp the truth they will
destroy their relationship with Allah
and they'll destroy their relationship
with the people as well
Let It Go
all of this this constant emphasis
within the Sunnah of the Prophet saws
Allah guarantees you a place a special
place in Jannah where you leave off in
an argument even though you have the
truth on your side okay
how many times do you get into a fight
an argument maybe with your spouse and
you've got to have the last word
it's okay be wrong this time it's all
right
Let It Go but a person who is haseem a
person who's constantly trying to argue
never knows when to put a pause on it
and that can have a spiritual
ailment in it as well because they
always have to be right
and so the scholars say that the
diagnosis of this is kiber
Pride I can't accept that I'm wrong in
the situation and so with the kofad with
the disbelievers they couldn't accept
that they were wrong with revelation
but there is a quality that then
transfers over to the rest of us where a
person has to know when to take a step
back and for the sake of Allah
even in your personal relationships it's
okay
it's okay
now
there is of course
a praiseworthy type of argumentation
which is when a person sometimes has to
debate when a person sometimes has to
show the truth of Islam show the truth
of Revelation but even then with good
manners obviously with
wisdom and beautiful preaching but
sometimes you have to use that type of
style you've got to argue you've got to
debate but on a personal level if you
program yourself to where when anything
comes to you you automatically are
thinking respond
and not thinking consider
then that lack of humility is going to
cost you in life
and it's a trait that Allah does not
like and in fact the scholars like
mentioned the opposite of this
people that are easy going lenient Allah
they are gentle Allah will forbid that
person from the fire in Allah
loves that a person be lenient in their
affairs right that it's the opposite of
this trait of the Hypocrites a
disagreeable type of person
now what does this mean for us in the
world that we live in the scholars
Define that a person should look at this
treating themselves with two ways number
one
a person who argues falsehood because
they really want to be right they know
it's not true but they've got to win
every argument and subhanallah if you
think about the social they're literally
articles written about how social media
leads us to this type of behavior right
when does anyone give up in the thread
when does anyone give up in the argument
right I've got to be right no that
person said this well I can't not
respond now I have to respond and the
winner is the one who simply has more
time on their hands and a harder head
and a harder Hearts because it's the
person who's just not going to let it go
until they get the last word in that's a
trait that Allah hates
and you find that the prophet saws was
to the point
always beautiful with what he said
was overlooking in this regard so that's
number one
to speak in falsehood number one
Cathedral
that a person starts arguments or gets
into arguments for no reason whatsoever
and finally the scholars mentioned
subhanallah
was the perfect embodiment of what Allah
mentions of someone who is looking for
the truth to arrive and not necessarily
on his tongue not necessarily he be the
one who gets the answer right he says
I swear by Allah that I never debated
anyone
except that I did not care if Allah put
the truth on his tongue or my tongue and
I would make Dura that Allah
that Allah would put the truth on my
opponent's tongue in a debate so that
the truth stand is clear and I don't get
the credit for it I didn't want to win
the debate
I didn't want to win the debate I just
wanted the truth to be clear
and that was from his sincere sincerity
that's why he never used to lose debates
because he was sincere in what he was
trying to achieve it wasn't about
dominating an opponent it wasn't about
putting someone else down it wasn't
about coming out on top in any way it
was about making the truth stand clear
on a personal level
if a person actually thinks with that
mindset
I don't have to win every argument
I just want the truth to be arrived at
in some way whatsoever
in my own personal relationships you
know what it's okay
I can let this one go
I can hold myself back from this one
with seeking the reward from Allah Allah
will allow that person to benefit from
both their spiritual matters as well as
their worldly matters subhanallah you
find that even when you listen to you
listen to a text if you're trying to
skewer something
right
and at the end of it it's I've got this
question and this question and this
question it's like the man who came to
Imam after he talked about the shaytan
and warning a person from the tricks of
shaitaan the only question that he came
he said hey what is shaytan's wife's
name
he said to him I didn't get invited to
the wedding I have no idea what her name
was it's irrelevant why are you
listening to it to poke a hole so that
you can find something because a person
is into argumentation a person is into
something else
that's not who we are as Believers and
that's not what Allah loves and so a
person has to stop loving to be right
and instead love to be rewarded by Allah
make us amongst those who are humble in
our relationship to the Revelation and
our relationship with Allah in our
relationship with the people in our
lives may Allah grant us humility in our
hearts to the truth and humility in our
tongues
foreign
Salah