Al Ma’un

April 3, 2010
 Recap
• Peace & Prosperity
• Softening of hearts
• Slavery Demand
• Reality check
• What they should do vs what they are doing
 Al Ma’un
• Sharp, uncompromising, unapologetic
• Social corruption in position of power
• Orphans can be abused and pushed around
(no police)
• Tone has changed
• Favors, now warning
• Positive reinforcements vs negative
• Two group misconception
 ‫أرأيت‬
• Talking to the messenger about Quraish
• Talking to us
• After all my favors
• ‫الم تر‬: in a time of distress
• Now showing strength, looking down upon
them
• Questioning gets students involved
 ‫الذي يكذب بالديه‬
• Specific vs general
• Feel of guilt exposes
• ‫ٌكفر‬: open denial and rejection
• ‫ ٌكذب‬: lying against someone (made him your
enemy) continuously
• Calling this deen a lie, messenger a liar
• You know its true but still lying anyway
• Commentary on psychological internal state
 ‫الديه‬
• Deen of Islam
• Literary: to give a loan vs hiba
• Payback
• Tawhid, Risala, Akhira (biggest hurdle)
• Requires change of behavior
• Denial of reality (losers) no job playing video games
• Root of corruption (no accountability)
• No fear of consequence (red light camera)
• When reading Quran
• The idea is there but they choose to ignore it an don’t
care
 ‫فذلك الذي يدع اليتين‬
• The proof of someone who doesn’t believe in afterlife
• ‫ذلك‬: that, humiliation, distanced
• Orphan: no social support, lost parents in childhood age
• Helpless, depressed (imagine a child)
• Child attachment to parents
• Extreme evil (not honoring them)
• When you deny akhira, your heart becomes hard
• No mercy in heart
• ‫ٌدع‬: constantly pushing around forcefully (bullying)
• Yateem has rights (not stranger)
• One yateem
 ‫وال يحض على طعام المسكيه‬
• He doesn’t encourage feeding the poor
• Personal vs public life
• Corruption serves the rich, not poor
• No benefit, so don’t even encourage
• Bukhl vs giving
• If he brings it up, he will be questioned
• One miskeen
• Stuck, don’t have enough, helpless
• Food belongs to them, not feeding act
 ‫فىيل للمصليه‬
• ‫وٌل‬: Worst form of destruction already on them
• Repetition of ‫صالة‬
• Alert for all who pray. Ayah stops
• Muamalat vs Ibadat crimes
• Prayer should prevent you from evil,
shamelessness acts
• ‫مصلٌن‬: regulars and jama’a
• To show off
• Audience includes believers, Quraish, hypocrites
• Crimes: sahu + riya’ + bukhl
 ‫الذيه هن عه صالتهن ساهىن‬
• Not giving importance, no big deal
• Bird praying
• Missing prayers on time
• Alarm clock: sleep idol
• Fajr guilt of sahaba
• Jama’a: you were created for this, bare minimum
• Work on basics, then nawafil
• Don’t plan day around it
• Ghafla, car wipers
• ‫ عن‬not ً‫ف‬
• Importance of ‫صالة‬
• ‫إن صالتً ونسكً ومحٌاي ومماتً هلل رب العالمٌن‬
• Hearts are not soft, no khushu
• ‫قل ما عند هللا خٌر من اللهو ومن التجارة وهللا خٌر الرازقٌن‬
 ‫الذيه هن يزاؤون‬
• Those who also show off, busy impressing others,
try hard to be seen
• Showing opposite of reality
• Quraish had to play the role
• Disease, minor shirk
• ‫وإذا قاموا الى الصالة قاموا كسالى ٌراؤون الناس وال ٌذكرون‬
‫هللا إال قلٌال‬
• Nawafil at home
• Black ant, on a black stone, in a dark night
 ‫ويمنعىن الماعىن‬
• ‫ماعون‬: insignificant giving, pencil, zakat (2.5%)
• They are so cheap, more than bukhl
• Why should I help you?
• Gradual hardness of heart
• ‫اطعمهم من جوع‬
 Summary
• Crime against Allah: lying against religion
• Crime against people: orphan and miskeen
• Crime against Allah: Salat
• Crimes against people: Forbid Ma’un
• Muamalat and Ibadat inseperable
• Two things that will keep your heart soft for
akhira:
– how you pray and how much you give
• Name of Surah Ma’un