The Concept of Giving Through the Perspective of Sayeda Fatima (a.s.) - Hassan Rashed

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[0:00][Music] abstractly Siderius early embryo al-alaq de 10 mil asani f kaha

[0:17]collie respected brothers and sisters I bid you all with Islamic greeting

[0:22]of assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh as we look around us in this vast

[0:31]and spacious universe we notice how deeply we are submerged flooded and

[0:35]covered with infinite blessings and endless signs and within our inner selves

[0:40]there is that compass that directs us to anything in everything that

[0:44]brings us relief that fills our hearts with tranquility and charges us

[0:49]with splendor and amazement every day on the news on social media

[0:56]we hear about people who would travel thousands of kilometers hike up

[0:58]mountains dive into oceans walk in the deepest areas of a forest

[1:04]just to glance a beautiful landscape or to smell the fragrance of

[1:08]a flower or to be astonished by a beautiful lake when we

[1:13]are in such a position there is a magical feeling of awe

[1:18]of splendour of wow that fills us that nourishes us that uplifts

[1:21]us it leaves the heart speechless it leaves the tank in awe

[1:28]it transforms the body and covers it with goosebumps and shivers now

[1:33]it's very interesting that this happens to us but if you think

[1:37]about it if this is our reaction when we come closer to

[1:43]the creation of Allah then how is it when we come a

[1:45]step closer to the creator himself the one who is the source

[1:49]of all generosity and the source of all perfection the question is

[1:53]have we really tried to get closer to Allah when he is

[1:56]always present to us Allah tells us in the Holy Quran that

[1:59]I'm closer to you than your jugular vein when I had no

[2:00]trouble a hymn and happily worried so isn't it more fitting that

[2:07]before seeking the creation we seek the Creator and what is it

[2:10]that we will we will get when we seek Allah Subhanahu WA

[2:15]Ta'ala imam zain arrived in beautifully in the menage out of Alma

[2:18]had been the whispered prayers of the loved ones he beautifully says

[2:21]in aji mandala da ha ha ha mohabbat iike farming cabidela woman

[2:30]de levy Anissa bill or Becca Fatah ha ANCA hawala he says

[2:33]oh my god oh my lord who is he who is the

[2:37]one who have pasted that the sweetness of your loved of your

[2:40]love story and then looked for a replacement instead of you and

[2:45]at the same time who is he that can claim that he

[2:47]became more intimate and closer to you and then was not satisfied

[2:52]and then wanted removal from you in this beautiful phrase from Iran

[2:55]Zine El Abidine we can no we can come to a conclusion

[2:57]that our goal in this world in this existence is to seek

[3:03]further proximity to allah subhanahu wata'ala now using this beautiful broad goal

[3:06]of seeking closeness to Allah allow me today to share in this

[3:09]discussion discussion a pathway a road called the road of giving that

[3:16]I believe is one way one platform that can allow us to

[3:18]each closer to allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala we're gonna discuss this topic that

[3:24]I hope is interesting in four main points number one what is

[3:27]why sorry does allah subhanho wa taala who is called almaty that's

[3:34]the beast or the giver and the Zi put any limitations and

[3:37]conditions to his giving number two in this discussion in this context

[3:43]of divine bestowment and giving where is the position of say the

[3:46]fat of the Sahara Allah has Sarah number three together we'll discuss

[3:50]what are some of the different forms of giving that we as

[3:53]humans can contribute to while utilizing the life of say the fatima

[3:58]zahra Alice Salaam as a role model and a point of reference

[4:00]and lastly what is that one condition that has to be present

[4:04]regardless of the form of giving that we are contributing to for

[4:09]it to be accepted by allah subhanahu wa ta'ala inshaallah will answer

[4:14]this these points after we illuminate our discussion and our halt by

[4:20]the remembrance of Muhammad Ali Mohammed number one analyzing God's name of

[4:25]Almaty the sustainer the beast or allah subhanaw taala is given that

[4:28]name he is the ultimate giver that granted the Beast over to

[4:32]all of his creation and as heavily emphasized in the holy quran

[4:35]there is no creation on this earth that does not depend on

[4:40]allah subhanho wa taala for its continuity for its sustenance now we

[4:43]humans are born illiterate we are born weak we are born poor

[4:50]we are born lost but in that very moment that we are

[4:52]formed as a small little insignificant droplet allah subhana wa ta'ala showers

[4:56]us and gives us with endless grace and blessings now the question

[5:01]is does allah subhanho wa taala put conditions to his giving does

[5:05]he put limitations let's answer this question but first let's look at

[5:09]how we would act as human beings you see if you look

[5:14]at corporations or companies when a new employee joins the workforce what

[5:17]do they do they put him or her in a probation period

[5:21]they say you have to prove yourself you have to work hard

[5:23]show us your quality of what you can offer before you get

[5:28]the additional perks and benefits but it's the complete contrary with allah

[5:31]subhanho wa taala who gives unconditionally regardless whether that servant shows gratitude

[5:37]and thankfulness by obeying the commands of allah old or shows arrogance

[5:42]and negligence by disobedience allah subhana wa ta'ala gives and he beautifully

[5:45]reflects that in Surat Annisa and certainly Sarah allah subhanho wa taala

[5:49]divides creation into two different groups one group is that group that

[5:54]seeks behind the desires of this world and one group that seeks

[5:59]behind that which is in the afterlife promised about allah subhanaw taala

[6:03]and allah gives the answer to whether he puts conditions or not

[6:06]he says in verse 20 of that surah : o Medora allah

[6:11]allahu allah min allah arabic wama kana hata arabica Mahavira to this

[6:16]group and that group we sustain we give without limitation the the

[6:21]bounty of allah is given without restriction so there is your answer

[6:26]Allah provides us the free will he gives us the means necessary

[6:32]to live in this world and our test becomes utilizing that means

[6:36]in goodness or in the wrongful path and this is all up

[6:42]to us but his promise of continuing that never-ending waterfall of goodness

[6:48]of giving is sustained and maintained now one might ask this question

[6:53]if allah subhanaw taala is the most giving he answers all of

[6:56]our prayers why is it that when I ask him sometimes I'm

[7:01]not granted an answer this is a very deep philosophical question that

[7:04]is beyond the scope of this discussion but in a very brief

[7:07]underlying concept we have a very limited understanding and comprehension of what

[7:12]things happen in this world our comprehension is limited we don't see

[7:16]the big picture the full scope our hearts ask a lot for

[7:20]what it desires but Allah answers to what it is for our

[7:22]favor that is the difference how many times have you and I

[7:28]asked Allah for something that alhamdulillah was not granted for us because

[7:31]if it was it could have been harmful for us and sometimes

[7:35]through that grace of Allah with the passage of time we are

[7:37]able to see that wisdom manifest in action we say o Allah

[7:43]thank you for not responding to my to my dog and in

[7:45]that I want to stress that sometimes Appa Yakka Allah Allah hakuna

[7:48]filament that giving can sometimes be in preventing allah prevents you from

[7:53]getting that what you want and in that is the gift itself

[7:57]because it's better for you if we keep that beautiful line into

[7:59]our abraham's athermal you and when we say well a salmon so

[8:04]fatty chaos AED and tomorrow be so early wait a minute a

[8:08]lotta hoie Templeman a novela applicati allah allah Mamluk attic it's not

[8:12]amongst your traits or Allah the most generous one to command us

[8:15]to ask you and then you refrain us from giving and it

[8:20]is you who is the grantor of all bounties of all residents

[8:24]of your kingdom so in conclusion if you want to derive closeness

[8:29]to Allah we should take a glimpse of his perfection and giving

[8:32]and inherit that and offer and give to others that is truly

[8:37]how we can manifest Allah subhana WA Ta'ala as mercy and showcase

[8:40]it to others and that is something that say the fatima zahra

[8:42]in a very very beautiful line in her door on the day

[8:47]of Friday shares and I pray that we all are included in

[8:52]the star where she says allah wa aj al lana min allah

[8:54]so like happy Amelie and then the beautiful powerful light I had

[9:01]back Feige Amir occultic oh allah make us amongst those who sincerely

[9:07]dedicate their actions to you and love you through all of your

[9:11]creation see that beautiful message of inclusivity 14 centuries ago say the

[9:15]fatima zahra Ali Salaam teaches us that you can love allah subhanho

[9:18]wa taala through all of his creation without putting boundaries and limits

[9:22]on Creed and race and what not this is true giving and

[9:26]this is how we can get closer to Allah in one pathway

[9:28]and now I'll move on to the position of say the fatima

[9:34]zahra alehissalaam in this whole context of giving and base torment after

[9:38]we take a break from my voice with a loud salat Allah

[9:41]Muhammad Ali Mohammed now to answer this very important question of where

[9:45]do we place a the Fatima where is her location in this

[9:49]whole equation of giving and mr.

[9:50]almond by allah subhanho wa taala we have to provide some context

[9:55]we all have heard about the hardships the struggles that the holy

[9:58]prophet has went through in his early days of prophethood where the

[10:01]pagans his enemies utilized any opportunity to insult to mock and accuse

[10:06]him in one of the instances these enemies of the Holy Prophet

[10:14]accused and taunted the Holy Prophet and mocked him why because they

[10:18]say your Lord has abandoned you he has forsaken you he is

[10:21]no longer close to you and he is displeased with you why

[10:27]because at that time there was a period where the Holy Prophet

[10:30]did not receive revelation it's approximately about 15 days according to some

[10:34]narrations but as a quick response Allah subhana WA Ta'ala didn't respond

[10:38]to the enemies with a verse he responded with an entire so

[10:43]dedicated to the holy prophet called surah - Doha where the Holy

[10:46]Prophet was addressed with beautiful promises that soothed his heart and brought

[10:53]tranquility and calmness to him what does allah subhanaw taala says first

[10:57]he starts with two oaths and then he confirms and affirms that

[11:00]o Muhammad I have never and will never leave you and instead

[11:05]of that to bring happiness to his heart allah subhanho wa taala

[11:08]the most generous said that i'm gonna give you something until you

[11:13]are satisfied well a so fair your applique Arab bucha Fatah robot

[11:16]and then he moves on in other verses where allah subhanho wa

[11:19]taala reminds the holy prophet of his childhood and his upbringing and

[11:23]all the hardships that he went through and who was the one

[11:26]who took care of him in these times it's allah subhanahu wa

[11:30]tada now let's keep this verse in particular in our minds and

[11:33]then shortly after in the same era in Mecca something else happened

[11:38]another incident happened where a person named al ahzab noel amongst other

[11:43]people gave a very harsh nickname that hurt the heart of the

[11:49]holy prophet he called him a laptop the one who has no

[11:51]progeny no offspring no children no lineage because at that time the

[11:57]Holy Prophet just recently lost his two sons Abdullah and Qasim and

[12:01]you can imagine that stone liked hearts of these enemies that would

[12:04]come and mock a man who just lost his children even if

[12:09]I'm your biggest enemy who has the humanness to do that but

[12:12]that's the level of hate that the Holy Prophet was receiving and

[12:14]in the same way the Holy Prophet was addressed again in yet

[12:21]another surah that was directed to him named suratul kappa where allah

[12:25]says in a pnina calc alpha now remember the first verse i

[12:29]told you if you analyze the entirety of the holy quran there

[12:34]is no other verse where Allah links that first verse while ISO

[12:37]file a caribou cafeteria until this first of in pinnacle kotha it's

[12:43]as if that divine gift from Allah that will satisfy the Holy

[12:45]Prophet was given in this coffin what is cava linguistically cava is

[12:52]an abundance of goodness its goodness in many many different ways shapes

[12:55]and forms some scholars interpreted this as a river in paradise we

[13:01]have heard this a lot and that's not a wrongful you know

[13:03]analyzation or interpretation because that falls under the category of abundant goodness

[13:08]but if we interpret and analyze the verses especially the end when

[13:13]allah subhanho wa taala tells his holy prophet in NASH on eik

[13:16]who well after it is your enemies on muhammad that will be

[13:20]cut off from progeny it's very clear that the holy prophet has

[13:24]been addressed and been discussed about something related to progeny and children

[13:28]and then it becomes evident it becomes very clear that cows are

[13:35]here that allah subhana wa ta'ala refers to is none other than

[13:39]say the photometer sahara alehissalaam she is the cofell allah subhanaw taala

[13:49]willed that the progeny of the holy prophet contain is not through

[13:52]sons but through his beautiful daughter fatima zahra Ali Saleh and despite

[13:56]all the bloodshed and the calamities and the cruelty and the hardship

[14:00]that her progeny will face in this world they will still prosper

[14:05]and continue and now look at seven continents all around the globe

[14:09]the tree that can be traced back to the Holy Prophet is

[14:11]Masha Allah noble and ever-growing and where are his enemies none to

[14:14]be found so far team alehissalaam was that divine gift from allah

[14:18]Fatima Ali has Sinan was the gift was the blessing that was

[14:24]sent as a mercy to he who was sent as mercy to

[14:27]humanity and the entirety of the world's now let's move on to

[14:31]the third point which is what are some of the different forms

[14:34]of giving that we can contribute to and because we talked about

[14:40]the context of Alcoa it's only fitting that we start this point

[14:44]by referring to the neverending flow of love that say the fatima

[14:47]zahra sallam has given everybody in particular her father as a source

[14:54]of giving you see in arabic you have a common expression that

[14:57]says fact leader che Eli Otley the one who has lost something

[15:00]he's incapable or she is incapable of giving it to others but

[15:03]fatima Cazale sallam proved to be an exception to that rule because

[15:09]despite the little bit of ease of comfort of compassion that she

[15:12]received she was that never-ending source of comfort of tranquility of calmness

[15:17]to the holy prophet salallahu alayhi wa ali or Selman say the

[15:21]Fatima desire a lacerum lived a childhood like no other it was

[15:24]headlined by calamities by hardship by struggle you noticed that when she

[15:29]was born she would look up at her father who was considered

[15:35]a stranger and outcast Arab men both in his own City you

[15:39]you think that small little girl would spend her time peacefully playing

[15:43]with other peers in the neighborhood but instead say the farm tasali

[15:48]salaam and her entire family were exiled outside mecca in in sherab

[15:52]ABI talib in the valley of ABI talib because the pagans of

[15:58]Quraysh decided to do a boycott a social economic blockade boycott to

[16:02]put pressure on the Holy Prophet so she spent her childhood in

[16:05]hunger in sorrow and loneliness shortly after she lost her loving great

[16:15]mother say the Hadees alaihe Sarah and also her father lost his

[16:18]great uncle uncle Abu Talib so imagine all these calamities but it

[16:22]was only evident that the more hardships a the far too bizarre

[16:26]I would see the more her level of giving and best omens

[16:29]would be offered to others how did the enemies treat the holy

[16:36]prophet who came as a mercy who came to bring that message

[16:40]of monotheism to creation they welcomed him with stones with the inner

[16:45]parts and intestines of animals and there she is say the fatima

[16:48]zahra she would wait until her father comes back and with her

[16:55]small little beautiful hands jump to him hug him take all the

[16:59]dirt the dust the blood and the tears from her beloved father

[17:06]she was that source of comfort she was that energy that boosted

[17:10]the morale of the Holy Prophet that regained his confidence the Holy

[17:15]Prophet was sent as a reformer to the nation but Fatima alehissalaam

[17:18]was sent to support the reformer and through Fatima she was able

[17:27]to transform the way that society at that era and until this

[17:30]very day view women and how people also view the relationship between

[17:34]a daughter and a father so it is no surprise that with

[17:42]all this in context what is the beautiful nickname that she was

[17:47]given by her father Omo Abia the mother of her father the

[17:51]Holy Prophet stressed that she is an inseparable part of him hair

[17:55]satisfaction is the satisfaction of Allah and His Prophet and likewise her

[17:58]anger is the anger of Allah and the Holy Prophet this statement

[18:03]brother and sisters was not given out of bias out of emotion

[18:05]but it is through the merits and goodness intrinsically in Fatima Tozawa

[18:09]Asylum because the Holy Prophet in another instance with with direct his

[18:14]daughter by saying Ah Fatima been to Muhammad Emilie vanilla oniy uncommon

[18:19]allahi Shia o daughter work I will not enter seed for your

[18:24]native judgment you have to work you have to earn so this

[18:27]proves that her merit her status her nicknames were all given to

[18:31]her because of her goodness because of what she performed and offered

[18:35]to the world not because she was the daughter of the Holy

[18:38]Prophet so that is a very important point to keep in mind

[18:46]another point is wealth wealth is something that we can all contribute

[18:50]to and give however when it comes to materialistic possessions and wealth

[18:54]we all know that the a debate alehissalaam were short of that

[18:57]they didn't have much in that side of things but with the

[19:01]very little that they had they would favor others on themselves even

[19:04]if they are an utmost need we all have heard of the

[19:09]story of say the photometers are awliya sena donating her wedding dress

[19:12]in the night of her wedding or her entire family fasting for

[19:15]three days and breaking their fast with none other than water because

[19:19]the little bread that they had they gave it away for the

[19:23]needy the orphan and the captive but i want to share with

[19:26]you another story that i don't think a lot of us have

[19:29]heard and that is the story of her necklace and see the

[19:32]power that comes with giving from the heart it is narrated by

[19:37]IBN abdullah al ansari that one day and they asked after the

[19:39]afternoon prayers were over the holy prophet was gathered with his companions

[19:43]at the mosque when an old man with very old shabby-looking closes

[19:48]appeared he greeted the holy prophet the prophet asked about his health

[19:53]but then the the man old man said what he actually was

[19:55]in for he said o holy prophet i am hungry helping me

[20:00]feed me I'm naked clothe me I'm in need of money help

[20:06]me at that time the holy prophet in very kind and generous

[20:08]and merciful methodology he addressed him I said oh dear brother right

[20:13]now I don't have anything to give you but I will direct

[20:18]you to a place to a home to someone who loves Allah

[20:22]and His Holy Prophet and Allah and His Holy Prophet loves her

[20:24]and she favors others unto himself unto herself so he asked his

[20:28]companion bill are they alive to stand up and he told him

[20:33]go and take that man to the house of my daughter so

[20:34]the man went outside the house and in a very loud voice

[20:39]greeted the house of the holy household referring to say the desert

[20:43]out of respect she created back and he expressed his need again

[20:47]and he said that he was sent by the Holy Prophet so

[20:51]far Tim does Allah said I looked in the house and all

[20:52]that she found was a small little sheepskin that was used as

[20:59]a carpet and bedding for her sons with a lot of humbleness

[21:02]she gave it and and and told the man to forgive her

[21:06]because that's all what she had but the man interestingly did not

[21:09]accept that gift he said daughter of the Prophet I'm hungry what

[21:13]are you giving me I don't I can't do anything with this

[21:16]so far team desire sallam was astonished she was shocked what can

[21:20]I do right now her house is not too big for her

[21:24]to have missed something but she remembered that she was gifted a

[21:28]necklace by her cousin that she was wearing she instantly and fastened

[21:31]it and she said I hope that through this your hearts are

[21:37]fulfilled the man was so happy he was joys he expressed his

[21:39]gratitude to say the Falcom and went back to the mosque and

[21:41]told the holy prophet what happened instantly once the holy prophet heard

[21:44]this there is no surprise that he started shedding tears he's like

[21:49]of course your needs will be fulfilled because they were blessed by

[21:53]the mistress of the worlds and then he started discussing the merits

[21:56]of say the father Zahra a modern Yasser was sitting close by

[21:59]to the Holy Prophet and after he all of this merits he

[22:04]approached the old man he said old man how much are you

[22:05]going to sell this necklace for he said all I need is

[22:09]a little bit of food a new clothing and money to transport

[22:14]me back to my village I'm not greedy that's all what I

[22:16]want so tomorrow when the answer said very well I'm going to

[22:19]give you 200 D 200 denars and 20 Durham's or the opposite

[22:23]let me check yeah 20 dinars and 200 Durham's and I'm gonna

[22:27]give you a new clothing I'm gonna give food what are healthy

[22:31]reality is either like you the camel the horse my method of

[22:33]transportation that man was so happy but the Holy Prophet said before

[22:38]you leave you have to make a drop or say the Fatima

[22:39]and he said o Allah from all of his heart he said

[22:43]grant say the Falcon is something that no one else had and

[22:45]the Holy Prophet said army and he said your DA has already

[22:49]accepted why he said because Fatima has me as a father and

[22:53]no one is like me she has the Ali as his her

[22:54]husband if it wasn't for Ali she would not find any suitable

[22:58]spouse she has hassan and hussain and they are the masters of

[23:01]the youth of paradise now the man went happy what did our

[23:07]modern yasser do with all humility - he took the necklace he

[23:10]puts fragments misc in particular he put it in a very expensive

[23:13]piece of clothing and he called his servant he said go back

[23:18]to the Holy Prophet and gift him that necklace and you are

[23:22]to be working under the custody of the Holy Prophet once you

[23:24]do so so very well the servant took it went to the

[23:29]Holy Prophet the Holy Prophet greeted him and said go and give

[23:31]it back to say the Fatima and you are under her custody

[23:34]so he went back to say the falconer who was very surprised

[23:38]to see the necklace and she said thank you for the necklace

[23:41]you are now free for the sake of Allah so the servant

[23:45]laughed and when was asked why he said subhanAllah look at that

[23:48]miracle of this necklace it fulfilled the hunger of a hungry person

[23:51]a clothed a naked person it enriched a poor person its freed

[23:59]a servant and returned back to its owner through this father necessarily

[24:09]Salam proves that no one is poor from giving and the reason

[24:12]why this necklace was miraculous was because Fatima Tahara alehissalaam gave it

[24:16]from her heart without conditions without going through possibilities and explanations of

[24:22]why what when just like a loving mother a mother when she

[24:25]acts he doesn't act out of worry or fear but from her

[24:28]heart out of love and that's what we also call say the

[24:30]Falcons are all he said on our mother because she is flowing

[24:35]us all with love and compassion and that brings me to my

[24:39]third point someone can say well I'm poor I'm weak I cannot

[24:45]help what can I do another form of giving that we can

[24:48]all contribute to is a word of advice knowledge or a word

[24:53]of Prayer that is something simple that we all can do and

[24:55]when you look at the life of say Department Azhar alayhi Salaam

[24:59]she was living in a household that is filled with responsibilities children

[25:02]to take care of her holy prophet her husband Islamic issues but

[25:07]she still had time to devote to allah subhana wa ta'ala so

[25:11]Imam Hassan Ali said I'm narrates that once he was asleep he

[25:14]woke up and he heard his mother you know bowing prostrating going

[25:18]up and down until the dawn fed just showed up and in

[25:24]that entire time say the Fatima Zahra was praying and mentioning the

[25:28]names of the meaning and me not without ever referring back to

[25:32]her name and when asked why that beautiful glorious answer el jardín

[25:38]Maeda the neighbor before us before the home why is this amazing

[25:48]because although she has already been burdened with a lot of calamities

[25:52]and hardships she was still concerned and prioritized the concerns and problems

[25:58]and and burdens of other people she's teaching us a valuable lesson

[26:02]that we shouldn't be self-centered but we should have a societal vision

[26:05]we should think about others we should magnify the concerns and problems

[26:09]of others and in doing so our own problems are dissolved that

[26:14]is the greatness of state of Arkansas sir and when you are

[26:17]such a generous giver even in your prayers it is no surprise

[26:19]that those around you can be inspired by such behavior and mimic

[26:26]it so it is again no surprise that Hassan alehissalaam an imam

[26:29]illumined he grew up what was he known to be kereama a

[26:32]little bit that generous member of the elevator because he looked up

[26:37]to his mother doing this beautiful act of goodness one last form

[26:42]of giving is giving time and effort you see we all think

[26:46]that money can buy everything but there's instances where money cannot buy

[26:49]something that is offered through effort and end time in the life

[26:55]of said about Mazzara that is repetitively stress upon that she would

[27:00]work in the household never endlessly endlessly you know her hands are

[27:04]blistered from grinding the wheat she's baking the bread she's holding the

[27:08]water skin the water on the water skin until she has been

[27:15]scarred she's cleaning but she did not stop that offerings to her

[27:18]family there is many innovations that say that she would go outside

[27:21]to the neighbors nearby neighbors those who are poor I'm privileged who

[27:24]are not able physically and monetary to sustain these things and she

[27:28]would help them and likewise in Ahmed Ali Salaam the great warrior

[27:36]that Islamic leader that man who took the door of Kaiba he

[27:40]would come back home and sweep the floor and clean it there

[27:43]is always room for giving we all have heard his stories about

[27:49]also extending his help to the Jews and Christians but it's no

[27:52]surprise because he's the one who described the believer as one who

[27:54]supply is limited and his aid and help is in extensivity and

[28:00]Mortman Ali allude in my own career or in my own a

[28:04]Cathedral moan and mock me no Khalil my una Cathy Ramona in

[28:09]that context I want to share with you quickly a story that

[28:12]really baffled me and surprised me that shows the power of giving

[28:17]imagine all of us that for one second lhasa Mahalo you are

[28:20]blind and to make matters even worse imagine that you are now

[28:26]deaf this is the scenario of a lot of people living in

[28:28]today they are losing their two most powerful senses and you can

[28:34]say well this is the most hopeless form of living that I

[28:37]can ever imagine imagine you cannot see in here how can you

[28:39]communicate how can you live this life this was the exact case

[28:43]of a girl named Helen Keller who after reaching 19 months of

[28:47]existence she lost both her hearing and her sight due to an

[28:52]illness until she was seven she was in that loneliness bubble until

[28:55]a woman a young woman came and changed her life forever that

[28:59]woman was named Ann Sullivan she came in with a lot of

[29:07]patience and persistence decided to help Helen she would bring her and

[29:11]make her touch things and through touching she would take her palm

[29:15]of her hand and start writing that word so for example she

[29:17]take her to water put the water out and then start writing

[29:20]water and she kept doing so over and over and this was

[29:24]a creative methodology that no one has ever seen before in doing

[29:28]so Helen started to learn some words and slowly after in about

[29:31]three years when she was the age of 10 she was able

[29:35]to read fully in the Braille language and used the typewriter it's

[29:38]astonishing if you think about that a step further she was able

[29:43]to talk how it's amazing you can watch it on YouTube she

[29:45]would take her hand and place it on the mouth of the

[29:49]speaker so with her finger she put a finger on the nose

[29:52]on the lips and on the throat and through the vibrations of

[29:55]the vocal cord she can assess what was being said and she

[29:59]can mimic that and slowly she learned how to speak through that

[30:01]by age 24 she has graduated from college with a bachelor's the

[30:05]first-ever deafblind person and had her first publication and biography and she

[30:10]grew later to have many organizations and take a leading role in

[30:14]providing insight and light on this blind and deaf struggles that a

[30:23]lot of people have went through so she became a voice off

[30:25]of that and she has a very beautiful quote that is forever

[30:29]remembered and that is alone we can do so little but together

[30:34]we can do so much but now in this whole thing imagine

[30:39]all this greatness that would have been buried if it wasn't for

[30:42]Ansel even come and giving her time and effort and by the

[30:45]way she lasted fourteen nine years with health imagine 49 years she

[30:50]was her companion giving endlessly and that was the result so don't

[30:53]limit your potential don't say that I cannot help in any way

[30:55]this is an example of something that money cannot buy but only

[31:03]through time and effort it can now lastly what are some of

[31:06]the conditions that or one condition actually that must be present for

[31:10]any form of giving and what I've given is just an example

[31:15]it's not all forms of giving but there's a condition that has

[31:17]to be applicable and present for it to be accepted by allah

[31:22]subhanho wa taala and that condition is mentioned in surah Baqarah mahalik

[31:26]where imam zain hobbling says well as really nasty and I had

[31:30]a young wife well Adam helped her build men jobs and Ivan

[31:34]says o Allah let good flow out of my hands to people

[31:38]for people but at the same time do not let me erase

[31:43]the goodness by obliging people what does that mean you see it

[31:46]is easy for us to commit and perform acts of goodness but

[31:49]the challenge is to preserve and maintain the reward a lot of

[31:54]times we do goodness but in an in an instance we blackmail

[31:56]and remind others about the favors that we have done upon them

[32:01]we put conditions on our help we say I did this and

[32:03]I did that I don't think that this is a way that

[32:05]law subhana WA Ta'ala would accept your giving as a form of

[32:11]sincerity I believe actually that when you give the moment you give

[32:15]or perform a favor instantly forget it but the moment you receive

[32:18]a favor I remember it forever even better do not consider what

[32:25]you do as a favor to others but yourself when I'm in

[32:27]a Salah hanford NFC and Imam Zainab do you know what he

[32:31]used to do when a poor person reports him he would say

[32:32]marhaban be man jaaa me lose Adi in a locker welcome to

[32:36]he or or she who would come and hold my wealth and

[32:41]provisions to the afterlife look at the level of humility and humbleness

[32:44]that he would pertain to even that who who comes and asks

[32:49]for him this is the kind of spirit that we have but

[32:51]it is only through societal engagement and inclusivity and helping others that

[32:57]we able to eradicate that selfishness that ego centric you know features

[33:03]that we have in ourselves and truly offer a life of giving

[33:06]we make a living by what we earn but we make a

[33:12]life by what we give so in conclusion say the Falcom Tazawa

[33:16]Islam lived a life that knew nothing but beasts omens and giving

[33:23]she combined worship and work behavior mannerism and faith and taught us

[33:28]that only through giving you are able to receive more than what

[33:30]you already have and this is the metaphor I want to end

[33:37]I have to stress that we all have to imagine envision ourselves

[33:40]as a fruit which once reaches maturity and and ripes ex source

[33:47]of youthfulness is by giving its sweetness away but if that sweetness

[33:51]is kept and stays then it becomes the source of its decay

[33:59]and rotting or rotting in in particular so enough of us being

[34:03]spectators enough of us thinking that we don't have a role to

[34:07]play enough us thinking that we cannot provide anything or give back

[34:10]it should be viewed as an honor that we all compete for

[34:13]a fiddle carefully attend a facility na'vi soon this should be like

[34:17]a competition and you know when you're in a competition and you

[34:19]end up in second place you don't even feel like celebrating you

[34:22]feel like this bitterness this is how we should view this honor

[34:25]of giving we should be competing for it we should strive and

[34:27]try to be the best the pinnacle at that lead in that

[34:31]mountain of giving to others because remember that all the blessings that

[34:35]you have are not necessarily for you but it's a test that

[34:37]allah subhanaw taala will ask you I have given you so many

[34:43]blessings have you passed them on to others or no don't belittle

[34:47]your capabilities and don't say that it's too late I'm too young

[34:51]I can't do it photometers our ally salam lived two decades but

[34:54]in those two decades she gave until she was recognized by the

[34:57]skies the heavens this existence as the mistress of the world said

[35:03]that when he saw al al-amin so don't say you don't have

[35:05]a part to play thank you so much I hope this have

[35:09]sparkled a level of thought to all of you and ask you

[35:14]to forgive me for being lengthy Avila Hammond's illallah Muhammad Ali Mohammed

[35:28][Applause] [Music]

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