Allah speaks about the coming of the signs of the end.
And we all know
that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) also prophesied so many things.
Many of these have occurred, and some of them have not yet occurred.
One of the signs of evil that the Prophet (pbuh) speaks about,
he says people will be ignorant
because the knowledgeable will be taken by Allah through death.
When it comes to the laws of inheritance,
there will be people who will claim that what a woman gets is very unfair.
It's not fair.
She's getting half of a man, but they don't realize
when you implement the entire system, she actually gets more than the man.
And I want to give you an example.
I've done it in the past, but this is a topic that we need to to know.
There is something interesting you will find.
Allah (swt) Speaks about the coming of the Signs of the End.
And we all know that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) also prophesied so many things.
Many of these have occurred and some of them have not yet occurred.
These prophecies are divided into major signs of the Hour and minor signs of the Hour.
The minor signs have all occurred.
The major Signs, we are waiting for them.
May Allah grant us all protection,
and may Allah make us from among those who will earn jannah /paradise.
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) informed us of many things
we see in our lives right now,
things where evil is made mention of, that it will spread.
But you need to know, when Allah says something, there is a reason.
When the Prophet (pbuh) says something, there is a reason.
It's not just for nothing.
There is a reason.
And sometimes it is best to answer things logically.
May Allah grant us goodness.
One of the signs of Qiyāmah, one of the signs of evil
the Prophet (pbuh) speaks about, he says people will be ignorant
because the knowledgeable will be taken by Allah subhanahu tala through death.
So the ulama, those whom we consider scholars, will die one after the other.
And then the ignorant will remain.
And people will consider the ignorant knowledgeable.
They will ask the ignorant questions and they will seek guidance from them.
These people who are astray themselves
will respond with an answer that is actually wrong.
They will be astray and they will lead others astray.
The answer will come, but it is a wrong answer.
So knowledge will go.
And one of the first topics that will actually be depleted in terms of knowledge,
people won't know anything about it is a topic
that is mentioned in detail in the Quran.
What is it?
It is known as Al-MAWARITH or al-mirath/ inheritance;
The laws of inheritance in Islam.
People will ignore.
People will not know.
The Hadith says there will come a time
when two people will argue over a share in the estate of the deceased,
and they won't have anyone to guide them as to what the ruling is.
Hadith of the Prophet (pbuh), he speaks about it.
So it's important for you and I to make sure that we learn.
It is natural that every one of us wants to push the Hour a little bit further away.
That's natural. You know,
I've only ever met one young man who told me, I wish the Qiyāmah was tomorrow.
This whole problem would be sorted out.
The rest of the world says, Hey, you know what?
Signs of Qiyāmah, very bad.
We need to stop this because we want Qiyāmah to be further away.
I still need to get married.
I still need to have perhaps children.
I still need to see my children getting married,
and I still need to see them having children.
And I said, you know what?
Listen to me.
You will be married.
It won't be enough.
You will have children, it won't be enough.
Your children will be married, you will still want to see them have children.
When your children's children are born, you will want to see them married.
And when they are married, you will say,
oh, Allah, let me be a great great grandfather.
Keep me alive, so it never ends.
Allah didn't keep it in your hands or in mine.
Allah says, We've decided.
We've decided.
But getting back to the point, knowledge is absolutely important.
Spend time, learning, understanding, putting into practice.
And why I started off with this issue of inheritance
is because of another misunderstanding.
I spoke about non Muslims not going to Makkatul Mukarama.
And I gave you a logical answer, which nobody can argue with.
No one can argue with that.
It's a fact.
We show statistics and we are proving to you.
But when it comes to the laws of inheritance,
there will be people who will claim that what a woman gets is very unfair.
It's not fair. She's getting half of a man.
But they don't realize when you implement the entire system,
she actually gets more than the man.
And I want to give you an example.
I've done it in the past, but this is a topic that we need to know.
When a man dies leaving behind a son and a daughter,
if there were $75,000,
the son would get $50,000 and the daughter would get half of that.
That is $25,000.
But according to the Islamic system,
that son, if he is the closest male relative to that daughter of the same man
who passed away, he needs to take care of
her basic necessities food, accommodation, clothing.
from the 75000, his 50,000; He has to look after himself,
perhaps his wife, perhaps his children
and on top of that, his sister, the same one who collected $25,000.
It's wrong for him to say, you've got 25000, use it.
I don't want to know anything about you.
So his 50000 will be divided by four or five.
And what about her 25000?
It's hers on her own.
Mashallah to go and eat out every weekend, subhanallah and enjoy,
and come back and say, hey, I need money because of my medical expense.
Where is the honor? You tell me.
Who was honored there, the male or the female?
The female.
And this is why, in the laws of inheritance
that Allah has stipulated, there is something interesting you will find.
And that is, every time the male relative is more distant.
If the closest male relative to the female
who is one of the heirs, for example, is distant, she gets a bigger share.
She gets a bigger share.
Like, for example, if a man dies leaving behind two daughters
and he has no sons, so the closest person might be an uncle.
Allah says no uncle gets very little.
That's if it even gets to him.
But they will get 66.6%, two thirds of what the father leaves.
And that is compulsory.
No males share is ever that big a percentage?
Never. How come they are getting 66.6%?
Two thirds of the estate goes to these two girls.
It's because the closest male relative is a little bit distant.
There is a chance that he might not want to look after them.
He's still sinful for not having looked after them.
But it's just to protect him a little bit more.
Where is the honor? Who got the honor?
The females.
The same applies if there's just one daughter,
she gets 50% of the entire estate for herself.
On top of that, the closest male relative must look after her for her necessities.
And she will get 50% because the closest male relative
to her is not so close in terms of relation.
I hope you understand this.
And the reason I say this is learn these rules.
When you know them,
It shows that the hour will be a little bit distant.