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So the thing that strikes my mind is what is the result of that?
What change does the Quran bring in ourselves, in our actions?
And I want to tell you two stories. One story is with regard to the Quran changing somebody’s
life and the other one is the result of that.
The first story is narrated by none other than Imam Al-Awzaie, Rahmatul Ali. Imam Al-Awzaie
was one of the great Imams of the Sharia and he was the Imam of the Zahiri Masab and he
is ranked on the same level as Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Shafi’ and so on.
Allah swt spread some things and doesn’t spread some things so the Zahiri Masab is
not a big Masab but Imam Al-Awzaie is very hugely respected, he is fatawar in the books
of fiqh and he is very very well known and very respected Imam.
So he says that they were going for Umrah and so in a caravan and those were the days
when there were people, bandits used to loot these caravans because people went for Umrah
and so on. Usually they would go for Umrah just before Ramadan and then they would stay
on and so on until Dhul Hijjah. So they would do Hajj and then they would, after Dhul Hijjah
they would come back. So they had all sorts of provisions and stuff with them so it was
good loot for the people who were the highway robbers. So Imam Al-Azai says that we were
in this caravan and we got raided by this bandit group and of course there was chaos
absolutely, some people were getting wounded and beaten up and some people, maybe somebody
got killed or what not. Imam Al-Azai says that in the middle of all this I suddenly
found myself the head of that gang of thugs, gang of robbers. He said he was standing in
front of me, he had a naked sword in his hand and he said to me, who are you? Imam Al-Azai
said, I am so and so. He said what do you do? Imam Al-Azai says I teach children Quran,
I teach children how to read Quran. He does not say I am an Imam of fiqh and I am this
and that. He said I teach children to recite Quran. So this Robert Chief says, okay so
recite some Quran for me. Decide some Quran for me. I am talking about the effect of the
Quran on the heart. Who is this guy? He is the head of bandits, you are not talking about
some great sheikh of Tasiyyat-ul-Nafs. The worst of the worst, he is a man looting people
and killing people and so on. Al-Azai, may Allah have mercy on him, recites only one ayah.
He says, that’s it. One little ayah from Surah Dhu Zariyat, and in the heavens is your rizq,
your sustenance and whatever you wanted and want and need is in the heavens. Al-Azai said the man
started shivering. His sword dropped from his hand, fell from his head.
And he says, this is the Quran? Al-Azai says yes. He says this is Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. Allah said this.
He said yes. He said then why am I doing this?
Then why are we doing this work? If our rizq is in the heavens, why are we robbing people?
Allah said, I did not say anything. He said the man picked up his sword and put it in the scabbard.
He called his people and said, they all came. He said Allah says that our sustenance is with him.
In the heavens. So, I am making taba now. This work we are doing is haram. We should not be doing
this. He said we knew this. Now this is proof. And I am leaving this work. You decide what you
want to do for yourselves. His followers said we are your followers. Whatever you do, we do.
You are our sheikh. You are our chief. So, if you leave this work, we leave this work.
So, Alaudah and Haath-ul-Aal says they returned everybody their things and so on. They apologized
to people who were hurt. They gave some money and whatnot. They left. The effect of the Quran
on her made it. Then Alaudah and Haath-ul-Aal said well then we hamdillah we thanked Allah
subhanahu wa ta’ala and so on and we continued. And we reached Makkah. We went to Omra. All this
happened. He says that one day after Salat-ul-Fajr I am making taba for the Kaaba and I hear somebody
weeping with such a broken way. Not just crying. He said this is like coming out of his heart.
And Alaudah and Haath-ul-Aal said that weeping was as if as a woman who would weep if her baby
was taken from her arms and the baby’s throat was cut and it was given back to the woman.
What would she do? May Allah have mercy. That is the kind of weeping I heard. Completely broken weeping.
So, I said who is this person? Let me go and see and guess who it was.
It was this chief of the bandits.
He is sitting in front of the Kaaba. He is making dhaat all the time.
He is making istighfar and taba.
Alaudah said I tapped him on the shoulder and he looked at me. He recognized me.
And he said I then recited the next ayah which I had recited.
The next ayah is
The next ayah is
The next ayah is
The next ayah is
Allah is saying
The wow is the wow of Qasm there.
Allah is taking an oath by himself and he is saying
By the Rabb of the
This is true.
What is true?
It is true that your rizq is in the heavens.
Allah is taking an oath and saying this.
And Allah said just like you talk to each other and you have no
This is true. You know it is true you are talking to each other.
Alaudah says the man looks at
He says
Allah took an oath
Allah took an oath
For me
To convince me
To convince me
Why does Allah have to take
Why does Allah have to take an oath
I am nothing
And Allah is saying
Allah is taking an oath to convince me I am nothing
Alaudah said
That man
His knowledge of Islam is zero
He did not go to any darul or any madras or anything
But he said the kalam of Allah enters his heart
As if the Quran is making nozul right there
He said Allah is talking to me
Allah is taking a Qasm
Allah is taking an oath to convince me
Why does my Lord have to take an oath to convince me
I am nothing
This is the effect of the Quran
So I need to ask myself and I request you to ask yourself
What is the effect of the Quran on my heart?
Completely flips
The life
Of a bandit
One ayah
One ayah
Second story
There was another
Great
Alim
Who was a contemporary of Imam Ahmad bin Ambal
Rahmatul Ali
And his name was Hatim al-Asab
And Hatim al-Asab was
A student of
Sheikh Al-Shaqiq al-Balkhi
Rahimah Allah Ta’ala
So Hatim al-Asab
He was known to be a man of great tawakun
And his principle in life was
Whatever he considered to be
Ziyada as zaruri
Which means more than his specific requirement
He would be considered to be
Ziyada as zaruri
So he had no wealth
Just enough to sustain himself
And his family
So one day Hatim al-Asab
Rahmatul Ali
He is sitting in his house
Very sad
Tears in his eyes
So his little daughter comes back
And she looks at him and says
Why are you crying?
She says, I am not crying
I am crying because I am not crying
Why are you crying?
Why are you crying?
So Hatim al-Asab says to her
First you tell her
Don’t worry, nothing is wrong
No, no, no, why are you crying?
Why are you crying?
So he says that
I had this thing in my heart
This year, very strong
That I should go for Hajj
So I asked your mother
Will you permit me to go?
Will you permit me to go?
Because children are there and so on
She said you can go if we have enough
provision to last
Until you come back
Like I told you, they used to go for
Several months
So the travelling time, then they go there
They make umrah, they stay, they do Hajj
And so on
So obviously that provision
He didn’t have
So as I said, if you don’t have
That much provision to give us
Then you can’t go because we will be left
And we have nothing, no sustenance
What will we do?
So the little girl said don’t worry
I will take care of mom
You make your plans
So Hatim al-Asab said this is the last
Caravan which is supposed to go
Is leaving tomorrow
If I don’t go, I can’t go
Because you couldn’t travel alone in all those days
So this little girl went and whatever
She said, she convinced her mother
Little girls are very dangerous
Those of you who are daughters, you know this
Totally complete, no defense against them
So she went and convinced her mother
And the mother said okay, you can go
So Hatim al-Asab
And Amitlaladeh left
He gave the caravan
The caravan chief whatever
Fare he had to give him
To take him
And he left
Now a day into the journey
This chief of this caravan
Got bitten by a scorpion
In the desert you have scorpions and so on
So he got bitten by a scorpion
Intensely painful
Possibly could result in death
And the man was in serious trouble
But Hatim al-Asab was alone
People knew him and so on
They knew he was a great sheikh and Ali
So people came running to him
And said please come and do something for him
So Hatim al-Asab and Aadhar Ali went there
He made dua
And Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala cured him
So he made dua and instantly the
Pain went away, everything went away
He was fine
He was so happy
He returned Hatim al-Asab’s
Money to him and he said to him
You keep this money, you are my guest
I will take you, I will bring you back
This whole hatch trip is on me
So Hatim al-Asab and Aadhar Ali thanked Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala
And said Yaarab
You have taken care of me, please take care of my family
And they are continuing
Week passes, two weeks pass
Back home
Things are getting tough
Because what money they have and provisions
They have and so on are
Finishing
And things are getting tough
And the mother
And the other sibling and so on
They are on this girl’s case
And the mother says you are the problem
You are the one who convinced me
Now your dad is gone
And we have all this trouble, what do we do
And so on and this girl is laughing
This girl has got a big
Smile on her face, she is laughing
Which obviously the god and the mother
Even more irritated, why you laugh, what are you laughing about
We are in trouble here, we are
Running out of food and so on, you are laughing
What’s so funny
The girl says who left
She thinks about this, who left
Al-Razik or Marzook
The provider of sustenance
Or the one who takes sustenance
Who left
Marzook
So then why you worried
Why you worried
Al-Razik
He is there
The one who provides the provision
Allah is there
The one who left is my father
The one who left is my father, your husband
Who is the one who feeds
Who eats
He takes all, he left, what is your problem
The one who is giving is there
This conversation is happening, there is a knock on the door
You know those days they had
Even in Hyderabad we had houses like this
Which is for privacy
There used to be a big wall and then there was a
Doorway, gateway in the wall
And then the house starts with a courtyard
So they knock on the outside door, they go open the door
And there is the military ADC
Of the governor
The Amir
So the man says
Amir is passing by, we have run out of water
For the Amir wants to
He is feeling thirsty, he wants a water, can you give us a water
They said of course
So they went to their well
They took the water
They put it in a nice jar, tray
Obviously
He is going to the well of the province
So they sent it
Allah Subhanallah
Put such a baraka in this water
The man drank this water and he said
I have never drunk water like this, where did you get this from
So they said Yashak is from this particular house
Whose house is that? Hathim al-Assam’s house
He knew the man, he said oh I want to meet him
So they said no he is not there
He has gone for Umrah
For Hajj
So the governor says then
He called his minister and he said
Hathim al-Assam’s entire
Family are my guests
So until he comes back
Food and
Everything from
For them will go for the palace
So whole trip is
Taking care of right
Then what he does is
He rides his mount, he rides his horse to the
Wall
He takes out his, he is wearing a belt
The belts which were
Encrusted with
The precious stones and god knows
What and their pockets full of
Gold dinars
He took out his belt and he threw it over the wall
Into the house
And then he says whoever
Loves me, do what I did
And next thing you know there are
Belts and pouches of money and god
Knows what flying over that wall
Their courtyard was covered with gold
They had more, they had enough gold to blast
Them maybe 2-3 generations
That was the kind of you know wealth
And then later on
This is a side note
Later on one of the big
Businessmen
He came and requested them to sell
Him the belt of the Amir
Which he wanted to present back to the Amir
Because the Amir liked his belt and the man insisted
On paying a very high price for it
Right, they said just take it
No, no, no, I have to buy it
And he gave a big amount of money for that belt
And he took it for the belt
Now this whole day happening
Everybody is very happy, the mother and everyone
He says they are looking for the girl
Where is this girl, she is nowhere to be seen
They find her sitting in one room inside
Crying
So the mother said to her you are a funny one
When we are in trouble
When there is no food to eat and so on
You are laughing and so on
Now when allah has given us all of this
You are crying for what?
Why are you crying?
The girl says
I am crying because
When one
Adna slave of Allah
When one lowly slave of Allah
Looks at us
With karam
This is what we get
What will happen
When Allah Karabu La Karameen
Rabbul Alameen
Rabbul Sabawati Wal Ard
When Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala
Looks at us with karam when we meet him
Insha Allah
What will be the case?
Raise children like this
Raise children like this
Who are so connected to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala
Little girl
She is not some great mufti of the haram
Little girl
But she is connected to Allah in such a way
Allah
Imagine what kind of peace of mind
You can live with
Who cares who is in power
Who is out of power
Which stock market, which share market
Which this which that makes no difference
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala
The Sabah used to say
If the sky turns to copper
And the earth turns to iron
You won’t be worried
These are agricultural people
They are talking about
If the earth becomes iron
How will I plant my seeds
If the sky turns to copper
Where is the rain? Who cares
The seeds and the rain
All these are
Zaria, these are all
Means
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala is the
Creator of the Sabah
So I ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala to
Fill our hearts with His
Hub and with His glory
And with His majesty and with His khashiyah
I ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala to
Connect us to Him because only He can
Connect us
I ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala to give us
Complete and total ikhlas
In all that we do
In our ibadah, in our ma’amilat
In our akhlaq
In our waa-shirah
In our worship, in our manners
In our dealing with people
In our society
Fill it with ikhlas
Fill it with sincerity
That we do everything we do
We do only and only to please Allah
No other reason
And we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala to cover our faults
And to cover our shortcomings
And to cover our shortcomings
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