Episode 9 - (Wa Liyu'afu Wa Liyasfahu)

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah. Brothers and sisters...Sometimes when we talk about obeying Allah the Almighty, someone says: (Little by little, nothing comes at once, is it pressing a button?). And in reality, faith makes a person obey Allah the Almighty as if it were pressing a button! In the previous two episodes, we saw examples of this: Umar was in a state of anger and they were about to strike a man, then he heard ((And turn away from the ignorant)) so he stopped and forgave. The companions were drinking alcohol, then they heard ((Will you then be restrained?)) so they poured it out immediately. Today we have another example, a harder issue than anger and harder than alcohol, a man stabs the daughter of a companion. Yet when the command of Allah came to forgive and pardon, the companion responded as if it were pressing a button...it is faith that makes miracles. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) had a poor relative named Mustaq, and Abu Bakr would support him by spending from his wealth. When the hypocrites slandered our mother Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and accused her of her chastity, what was expected of Mustaq? To stand up in defense of his relative's daughter who was good to him out of kindness and loyalty. But the opposite happened! Mustaq participated in spreading the rumor. Allah revealed the innocence of the pure one from above seven heavens and punished those who spread the rumor, and it hurt Abu Bakr what his relative did, so he said: (By Allah, I will never spend anything on Mustaq ever again after what he said about Aisha)...of course, a completely expected reaction. But Allah the Almighty wants for His servants a higher character, so He revealed: ((And let not the free among you and the wealthy swear not to give to the relatives and the poor and the emigrants in the cause of Allah. Let them pardon and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful (22)) (An-Nur). What was Abu Bakr's reaction (may Allah be pleased with him)? He said: (Yes, by Allah, I do wish that Allah forgives me). So he returned to spending on Mustaq and said: (By Allah, I will never take it away from him ever) (Al-Bukhari)... meaning he would never stop spending on him. As if it were pressing a button...a 180-degree turn: from (By Allah, I will never spend anything on Mustaq ever again) to (By Allah, I will never take it away from him ever). Ibn Kathir commented on this situation: Therefore, As-Siddiq was As-Siddiq [may Allah be pleased with him and his daughter]. Did the respect of Abu Bakr decrease among Muslims after he responded to Allah's command to forgive? No, by Allah, rather he is loved and cherished by hundreds of millions of people until the Day of Judgment. Therefore, my brother, when someone tells you: Forgive your brother who wronged you, forgive your friend who abandoned you...do not say: (No, he wronged me in a way I cannot forget). You will not be greater than the wrong Mustaq did to Abu Bakr, and yet: ((And let them pardon and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful)).