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and welcome back.
My dear students, welcome to the 11th
session in the fourth level of the
prophetic noble hadith. Today inshallah
we'll study together hadith number 10 in
this level and the hadith is narrated by
the great companion Abu Kudri may Allah
be pleased with him whom we spoke about
his biography a couple sessions back and
it is a sound hadith and agreed upon its
authenticity
narrated that the messenger of Allah may
Allah's peace and blessings be upon him
said beware of sitting in the seat
streets. So the companion said, "Oh
messenger of Allah, we have no choice
but to sit and talk in the streets."
So the messenger of Allah sallall.aii
wasallam said, "Well, if you insist on
sitting there, then give the street its
rights." They said, "And what are the
rights of the street, oh prophet of
Allah?" So he said, "May Allah's peace
and blessings be upon him that you
should lower your gaze, refrain from
causing harm, return the greetings of
salam and enjoying what is good and
forbid what is wrong." The hadith is
agreed upon its authenticity. As I
mentioned earlier, when the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam says to the
companions or to us
uh this is beware of this is a warning.
stay away from, be careful, do not
approach it. And when they say we have
no choice, I mean their houses were not
as big as our houses nowadays. They were
not equipped with cushions and couches
and recliners and seats where people can
come and sit and enjoy. So together
after a working day or whatever, they
gather in the seat.
So the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam said well in this case make
sure that you give the suite its rights
and the rights of the street the
etiquette the appropriate way of sitting
in the street and this something that
you will find in our beautiful Islamic
teachings
because freedom is not only uh you know
uh to do what you think is okay even if
you're not harming others also
you should not harm your own self. So we
will learn about the rights of the
street uh according to the hadith
shortly inshallah but also when the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam says
lower your gaze or avert your gaze it is
not to close your eyes but simply that
if you see something that you're not
supposed to be staring at a woman
passing by or then you lower your gaze
and uh
you know we see we see in the streets of
New York we see in the streets of
everywhere including our Muslim
countries.
Uh uh I don't want to be specific but
some people some people they just hang
around they stand in the seats to do
what is wrong to stare at women to uh
pick on this person to harass that
person. So is to avoid all of that to
stop harming others. And sall alaihi
wasallam
is disciplining the um is teaching his
companions and he is aiming at refining
the entire Muslim society and guiding
them to the most sublime manners.
book he said sallallahu alaihi wasallam
I have been sent exclusively to perfect
good manners as it stated in the sound
hadith our beautiful religion wants
Muslim society to be full of love
harmony respect and uh justice justice
is really important brothers and sisters
because if you trust people with their
conscious not everyone will be uh
fulfilling their duties towards others
but There must be a doctrine. There must
be a constitution. There must be a law
and order.
When the companion said, "We don't have
any other choice. We need to hang
around. We need to talk." Somebody will
say, "Why don't you gather in the masid
habibi? We want to go out. Want to have
fun." Nowadays, there are cafes,
there are restaurants.
So even sometimes in the streets you
know on a sunny day people like to sit
outside outdoor they have a cup of
coffee some cake breakfast or whatever.
So if this is the case and nab
sallallahu alaihi wasallam did not
forbid us from sitting in the streets or
sitting outdoor but he directed us to
sublime
manners and attitude as how should we
behave in order to pay respect to others
and watch for the rights of others. Not
because you're sitting in the street.
You wander around and you look at women
who are going back and forth and you
keep staring at the and you see somebody
who is maybe maybe a little fatty, you
pick on him. Somebody who's short, you
pick on him and sometimes the people are
vocal, they talk about it. So people get
annoyed.
Uh you see somebody with many kids, they
envy them. A nice car, they envy them.
So it is okay to set outdoor but be
careful. There are adab there are
etiquets that you should keep in mind.
Not only that harming others is haram
and you should avoid harming others and
you should respond to the salam and you
should do this and this and that. But
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
said among the rights of the sweet.
Subhan Allah among the rights of the
sweet is enjoining what is good and
forbidding what is evil. Among enjoining
what is good. If you see somebody who
needs help, physical help, you rush in,
you don't say it's none of my business.
Not in our Muslim society. You see
somebody being exposed to harm, you step
in in order to stop this harm and
present justice. Uh the concept of uh is
none of my business. We do not recognize
it in Islam. We studied prior to that
the hadith, whoever sees something which
is evil, you must correct it.
So if you choose to sit outdoor and hang
around, you got to keep in mind the
beautiful etiquette that the messenger
of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam
instructed in the hadith. We have many
lessons to learn from this hadith.
Brothers and sisters, for instance, that
the general principle of uh sitting in
the street uh or in the park or in the
public places is not forbidden but it
becomes forbidden if you abuse it. If
you cause harm to others, if you're
sitting just to stare at women going
back and forth, whether Muslims or
non-Muslims, if you do not follow the
etiquette that the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam um have listed. So
you know being sitting outdoor
especially in public areas where people
going back and forth maybe give you
exposure maybe it will give you exposure
to temptations and we are order to plug
the means which may lead to temptations.
Uh if you think that you or those who
will be sitting with you will end up
annoying others
uh ridiculing others mocking at others
that is not permissible. Okay. Uh some
people are very nosy. They like to know
the details. Oh, you know this guy, he's
sitting he's living in the street and
his wife the uh the short lady the
little heavy. All of that is forbidden.
Don't be nosy. Manage your own business.
Add to that wasting time. Unfortunately,
I know some people who have been
standing or sitting in the streets as a
habit for wall decades, decades
and eventually they wasted a lot of
time, lot of years because if it adds
up, it will end up years, hours and
hours doing what? You see them staring
at those who are going right and left
back and forth and talking, talking,
talking, talking. It is okay to meet
people to chill with them for a few
minutes half hour but to do this as a
habit you leave work you finish school
and you sit there for hours every day
that's definitely a waste of time. So
the prohibition mentioned in the hadith
do not apply to gatherings in the street
but it applies to if we do not fulfill
the rights of the street. But those who
fulfill the rights of the streets okay
and they make sure that they do not
waste much time that is perfectly okay.
We also learn from this hadith uh a
number of Islamic etiquette such as the
importance of lowering the gaze. We know
that in surah no chapter number 24 there
are two consecutive verses number 30 and
number 31. Number 30, Allah the Almighty
commands the believing men to lower some
of their gaze. And we say some because
it's okay to look at my sister, my wife,
my daughter, my so that's why he said
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in order to guard your chastity
that is indeed purer for them. The
following verse also commanded the
believing women to lower some of their
gaze as well. Don't you think that he's
a man? He doesn't have a No, he has a
No, I'm not looking at a I just enjoy
looking at his face. He's very handsome.
That becomes forbidden as well. So,
lowering the gaze is something very
important. And here is a quick uh advice
over some of the means which enable the
person to lower his or her gaze from
looking at what Allah has forbidden or
might lead to temptation and what is
haram. To keep in mind that Allah
subhana t says that
He knows what is in your heart. So he's
watching you. Sometimes a person would
be sitting with people but from the
corner of his eye he will grab a glimpse
over something. He wants to see a woman
passing by. Allah knows that even if
those who are sitting did not notice. So
keeping in mind that Allah is aware.
Allah is watching you is sufficient mean
to help you to lower your gaze and
abstain from looking at what Allah has
forbidden. Obviously to achieve anything
we need to seek the help of Allah.
Struggle against one's inner desire is
jihad.
Allah promised in the last verse of
those who observe jihad against their
inner desire. Allah will guide against
anything which is haram including the
inner desire. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
will assist them, will observe jihad in
order to achieve what Allah loves and
what Allah has commanded. Allah the
Almighty will assist and help them and
aid them. Avoiding places where you fear
exposure to temptations. We travel the
world and sometimes some countries when
you go out you find some women would
come and offer you that she's willing to
come with you to your hotel room. If you
know that you're exposed to fitna here,
manage your business and go home and
avoid being in a fitna place. This is
really important. Realizing that uh
every blessing you have from Allah
subhana wa tala requires gratitude. And
the greatest way of offering gratitude
is to utilize this blessing in what
pleases Allah, not the opposite.
uh increasing doing good deeds including
voluntary good deeds in order to raise
the level of iman so that it will help
you to avoid what is uh haram. Uh
bearing in mind that you know after you
enjoy looking or watching what is
forbidden it follows that by severe pain
and suffering not only in the hereafter
but also in the worldly life. So fearing
the bad end and bad conclusion, the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said,
the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi
wasallam commanded us to be
well-mannered. So refraining from
causing harm if you are in public areas
or sitting in the street or outdoor in
the park. It is simply because Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala has also warned in
verse number 58 that
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there is a severe punishment for those
who annoy and harm the believing men and
women. Subhan Allah. to be careful and
avoid that backbiting
uh mocking at people making fun of
others, winking at them,
envying them, that should be avoided
completely. Not only you, if you know
that you will be hanging around people
who are involved in that, you should not
be with them. Finally, brothers and
sisters, the messenger of Allah
sallall.aii alaihi wasallam was asked
about a woman who prays, she fast, she
gives in charity but she annoys people,
she harms people. So immediately he says
sallallahu alaihi wasallam she will be
in hellfire and that's a sound hadith be
careful. So you may be offering lot ofat
but annoying people and harming them
will wipe out the fruit and their word
of such ibadat. May Allah protect us
against that. answering and replying the
salam. You know that Allah the Almighty
said in the Quran
if you are being greeted with a greeting
you should give a better one or reply at
least with the same. So if you're
sitting in the street you got to keep
that in mind. Whenever you have a chance
to enjoy
and if you choose to be outdoor you got
to bear that in mind with the proper
etiquette as we mentioned in a previous
session. Inshallah till next time I
leave you in the cur of Allaham.
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