SURAH AL NISSA

النساء سورة

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Ruku No 1:

• The last verse of Surah Al Imran was concluded with an exhortation to Taqwa, while the present Surah

begins with Taqwa in the mood of command.

• Importance of Taqwa in treating near relations well. ( Hadith on breaking of blood relations)

• The rights of Orphans and protection of their property specially girls.

• Permission of four marriages for a man on the condition that one treats his wives equitably

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• Importance of bridal-due( Mahr) ------ The verses which are recited in the Khutbah of Nikah.

• Taqwa = Focus on responsibilities rather than rights.

• Test the ability and understanding of minors before giving their inheritance.

• Fear Allah while distributing inheritance.

• Open heart ----- Avoid heart breaking statements, speak in fair words.

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Ruku No 2: • Importance of knowledge of Law of Inheritance.

• Law of Inheritance = Commands from Allah(swt) ---- emphatic orders, Obligatory

• Law of distribution of Inheritance =Portions determined by Allah ---- He is Wise and All Knowing

• These are the limits set by Allah, obeying them will grant Jannah and disobeying will cause torment of Hell fire -----

Fierce admonition for those who change law of inheritance

• Allah is All Knowing ----- Who violates His Law’s will not be able to escape from His grip .

• Allah is All-Forbearing ----- These laws are not harsh but aim to prevent people suffering inconvenience and

hardship.

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Ruku No 3:

• Punishment of Adultery ( Nuskh) ---- Allah opens the way for them in Surah Nur.

• Essence of True Repentance ----- Sins committed due to ignorance, mindlessly, unintentionally or

deliberately and Sinner recognized his mistakes and ask Allah for forgiveness.

• Repentance of four kind of People ---- Who do it quickly, with procrastination, at the time of death or

dying in state of Kufr without repenting.

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• Believers are instructed firmly to give women their share of Inheritance.

• It is quite likely that we dislike something and Allah has placed in it a lot of good.

• Teaching Magnanimity in marital relations.

• Marriage with step mothers is Haram ------- Reverence of kinsman

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Ruku No 4:

• Muharramat : Women with whom marriage is prohibited ---- (1) by kinship (2) by fosterage (3) by

relationship through marriage ----Mother, daughter, sister, Father’s sister, mother’s sister, brother’s

daughter, sisters' daughter

• Taking two sisters together in marriage is forbidden.

• All Injunctions are great beneficence from Allah(swt) towards women ---- Ennoblement of women

and settlement of her rights

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• Muhsanat( protected women) = Women who are married , chaste, free, believer and have a

protection of a family

• Purpose and Significance of Marriage ------ Nikah is not just for lust, lewdness and

frolicsomeness, it is a very sacred ligament. Basis is to now provide a dignified status to a woman

in society / house.

• Responsibility of men ---- Providing protection( Nikah) , responsible for security , providing honor

and dignity, fulfilling her needs, spending money on her.

• Maher is obligatory.

• Conditions necessary for Nikah ---- Permission from Wali, Maher, provide security and dignity,

honored relation ,both parties are pleased and agreed

• Allah is All wise and All knowing ---- Our perceptions are very limited and we should not make

our judgments criterion, whether we understand the cause of an injunction or not.

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Ruku No 5:

• Islam is Deen e Fitrat --- Allah (swt) intends to make things easy for us as man has been created

weak.

• Do not devour one another's possessions wrongfully ----- Theft, robbery, usurpation, breach of

trust, bribery, embezzlement, all forms of interest, gambling and all transactions of unlawful things.(

Hadith and admonition)

• Kaffarah (writing off)of minor sins is to avoid major sins and perform righteous deeds.

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• What are major sins? Those sins whom Allah cursed or punishment has been prescribed for them in

Quran and Sunnah. (7 sins mentioned in Hadith: Shirk, magic, unjust killing, interest, eating up the

property of an orphan, deserting the battlefield of Jihad, false accusation against chaste woman) ----

Disobeying parents.

• Three elements turn an act into a major sin: violation of rights, insufficient fear of God, breaking

those bonds and relationships on which the peace and tranquility of social order rest.

• Allah(swt) has bestowed everyone with some special merit . Do not covet excellence given to others.

• Men and women are equal in earnings.

• Instead of Jealousy ask for Allah’s grace and trust His wisdom and knowledge.

• Fulfill your rights ----- Allah watches over all things.

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Ruku No 6:

• Men are qawwam : A person responsible for administering and supervising the affairs of either an

individual or an organization, for protecting & safeguarding them and taking care of their needs

(financial/social responsibility).

• Profile of a good wife: The best wife is she who, if you look at her, will please you; who, if you ask

her to do something, will obey; and who will safeguard herself and your property in your absence.

( Hadith)

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• Nushuz ----- Rising up, elevation, challenging the authority , rebellion, disobedience, hatred,

contrariness, diffidence, harshness, aggression, attitude of obstinate defiance, characterless,

Immorality.

• Amelioration of Nushuz ----- Admonish(Dissuade), Conciliatory counsel(apart from them in bed),

beating in a manner that it does not affect the body and no injury to skin and bones.

• Do not seek ways to harm them ----- Allah is Exalted, Great.

• The role of family arbitrator in marital disputes. If they both want reconciliation , Allah will bring

harmony.

• Rights of Allah and rights of people ----- Avoid all kinds of Shirk, emphasis on well treatment of

parents, relatives, orphans, needy, neighbors, companion, wayfarer, servants and employees.(eight

rights)

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• Arrogant and the boastful hinders the fulfillment of rights.

• Avoid niggardliness ---- Its hiding of grace giving by Allah(swt) ----- Unthank fullness

• Don’t spend out to make a show of it ----- Avoid Pietism ----- Showing off is a hidden Shirk

• Witnesses from every community, and Prophet(saw) witness on them all ------ His Excellency

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Ruku No 7:

• 2nd injunction concerning intoxicants --- Do not pray while you are intoxicated or instate of Janabat

• Commands prohibiting liquor came gradually

• Tayammum means to turn to, to aim at, to head for, to intend ----- A useful psychological device to

keep the sense of ritual purity and the sanctity of Prayer alive in man's mind even when water is not

available.(Blessing)

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What is the Philosophy behind Tayammum?

1. The Ethical Benefit :

Humbleness and humility towards his Lord as if to say: My forehead and my hands are totally humble and subservient in Your presence

2. The Sanitary Benefit :

Soil possesses a property that is similar to an antibiotic and is extraordinarily effective in eliminating microbes.

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• Selling a part of the Book and altering the words from their context ---- Attitude of the people of The

book ---- What is the lesson for us? What are we doing?

• Allah does not forgive Shirk ----- Shirk in Knowledge, in power and in Ibadah , avoid all.

• Indulgence in self praise, claiming and broadcasting your own sanctity is not permissible.

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Ruku No 8:

• Jibt : baseless superstitions and Taghut : false deities

• Curse of Allah(swt) for those who prefer polytheist rather than Muslims( Background: Ka’ab bin

Ashraf)

• The blind pursuit of material gains sometimes makes man surrender religion and faith.

• Jealousy and Narrow-Mindedness ---- Curse and disgrace due to unreasonable envy, burning of skin

and then new skin keep exchanging so that pain never stops and decreases.

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• The Knowledge of Book is not fruitful enough until one acts according to what its dictates and

abstains from material greed and pursuit of carnal desires.

• Fulfilling trust obligations ---- wealth, kin, rights, responsibilities and commitments

• Judge with justice and fairness ---- Always say what is just

• Obedience to the Allah (swt) and Prophet (saw) and then the authority ----- Importance of Sunnah

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http://www.islamworld.net/docs/it-is-truth/AboutHumanBody.html

Sensory Characteristic of the Skin

Dr. Tagata Tejasen, a Buddhist convert to Islam

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Rukooh No 9:

• Background of the revelation ---- The dispute between a Jew and a hypocrite named Bashir ----

Consulting Umar (ra) after prophet(saw) had made his judgment in their dispute

• Not accepting the decision of Prophet(saw) is Kufr.

• Qiyas , Analogical reasoning in a dispute if solution is present in Quran and Sunnah is Haram.

• If one makes a mistake, instead of looking for excuses , ask for forgiveness.

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• Surrender in total submission to all rulings by Prophet(saw) ---- No discomfort in hearts, submit

willingly,---- Importance of Hadith ---- What are we doing? Fitna of this time= Munkir Hadith

• Obedience of Prophet(saw) will grant the companionship of the Prophets, Siddiqin, Martyrs, and the

righteous.

• Attitude of believer with hypocrites ---- Ignore , give them good counsel and speak to them in

appealing words, say to them penetrating words about themselves.

• We have to believe in Prophet(saw) in six status: Teacher , Expositor of Quran, role model, Law

giver, Judge and Ruler.

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Ruku No 10:

• Be prepared at all times for your protection---- Always be on your guard against encounters

• Why being flinch and Pusillanimous a crime ----- spreading demoralization to discourage others

• Hypocrites ----- Opportunist

• Importance and merits of Jihad

• Ayah 75 ----- Supplication of the oppressed( Answering their call )

• Difference between the war of believer and non believer ----- purpose and intent is different

• Disbeliever fight in way of Taghoot , they are fellows of Satan but believer fight in way of Allah

• The guile of Satan is feeble

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Ruku No 11:

• A blessing comes only by grace of Allah(swt) & calamities are the results of misdeeds of man himself.

• Tawakul Ilallah

• Warning for spreading rumors ---- “For a man to be a liar it is enough that he repeats everything without first

verifying its truth.”

• Never stop persuasion of believers ---- Rouse the believers for Jihad, urge others to strive for the cause of God

• Good and bad recommendations ----- Our share and attitude

• Thrive salutation ------ supplication for peace and safety ----- Fraternity of society

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Ruku No 12:

• Types of hypocrisy ---- http://www.slideshare.net/DrYunus/nifaq-or-hypocrisy

• Opportunism, double dealing and preference of duniya ----- Hypocrisy

• Fighting with which hypocrite is permissible and with which is impermissible

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Ruku No 13: • Diyah and Qassas (blood money) ---- This is not a fine or penalty but repentance & expiation for which Niyah

should be of regret, contrition & self purification through worship, by acts of charity or by fulfillment of all the duties

• Wrath of Allah(swt) for killing a believer intentionally---- Reward of hell & curse ---- Value of believer’s life today

• Do not reach to conclusion without investigating into related facts of an event ---- Never guess and judge people’s

faith, investigate

• Ranks of Mujahidin ---- We always look for sale in this duniya , heed for virtues, how we can collect more and

more good deeds

• Try to improve our own rank ------ Better rank of people who strive than those who remain passive

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Ruku No 14: • Attitude of looking at circumstances and setting for doing something righteous

• The merits and blessings of Hijrah( migration) ---- Hadith

• Muhajir is one who leaves everything Allah and His messenger have prohibited.

• Purpose and expedience for migration.

• Admonition for those who do not migrate and what damage it will cause here and Hereafter.

• Conditions for concession incase of not migrating from Darul- Kufr ------ Allah is Forgiving , Very Merciful

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Ruku No 15: • The concessions given in travel ---- Qasr (48 miles, fifteen days)

• Salat ul Khuf ------ Must always be on your guard, vigilant, alert and make arrangements for security

• Prayer is a time related duty and even in state of fear is not excused

• Remembrance of Allah in all situations.

• Wahn ---- Faint of heart , don’t show your weaknesses

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Ruku No 16:

• Background of these verses --- Bashir ibn Ubayriq of the Banu Zafar tribe of the Ansar stole

something from another Ansar and then incriminate a Jew for his own crime

• Prejudice and chauvinism ----- Do not support criminals due to kinship or tribal solidarity

• Whoever commits a breach of trust with others in fact commits a breach of trust with his own self

first, he uses the abilities of heart and mind given by Allah( swt) against their will in doing wrong and

inequity.

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• Throwing the blame of your own sins on someone else is a flagrant sin.

• After realizing your own mistakes and wrong doing immediately repent and ask Allah for His

forgiveness.

• Don’t look for excuses . Never blame your sins on an innocent person, for then you will be

immersed into one sin after another.

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Ruku No 17:

• Allah’s grace and mercy on Prophet(saw) for revealing the reality of Bashir(hypocrite)

• There is no good in most of the whisperings.

• Secretly enjoining in charity( sadqa) is beneficent.

• The merits of removing mutual bickering among people and of bringing them to understand,

accommodate and cooperate with each other.

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• Etiquettes of talking in a group or a social gathering.

• Different forms of contending one self against Prohpet (saw) ----- Adopting disbelief, infidelity and

polytheist traditions, adopting bidah in place of Sunnah, Munkir Hadith, believing in a new prophet.

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Ruku No 18:

• The eternal punishment of Shirk and Kufr.

• Types of Shirk ----- lordship, attributes and worship

• Salutation, worshipping and obedience to Satan

• Different deluding methods of Satan ---- Engrossing in vain desires, slit the ears of the cattle,

altering/disfiguring the creation of Allah, promises and false hopes, took Satan rather than Allah

for guardian

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• Vain desires which have no basis in Shariah, disfiguring Allah’s creation is fighting with nature, false

consolation that every thing is fine, false hope that if you have faith other things will be forgiven.

• As a result Human beings become braves on their sins -- Greediness of promises & desires

• Faith of cheap salvation ----- Allah’s law of reward and punishment

• The best way of life, the best Deen = Islam ---- submitting whole being to Allah (swt), attitude of

Ihsan, following exclusively the way of Abraham whom Allah took for a friend.

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Ruku No 19:

• Treating the orphans well specially girls (justice)

• “Shuh Nafs” ----- miserliness of heart, avarice, selfishness, narrow mindness. Main reason of

glitches among human relations

• Shuh Nafs in the marital relations( husband and wife). It will become a hinder in

compromise/reconciliation

• Marital settlement is better -----Emphasis on compromising on their rights(give and take)

• Importance of Taqwa in Muamalat (interactions/transactions)

• If we try to acquire attitude of Ihsan Allah will make us need free of each other, no indigence..

• Admonish to treat wives with absolute justice. No one is responsible for something beyond his control.

• Repeating “All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth belongs to Allah” three times. (1) The limitless

scope of Allah’s power of creation which lacks nothing, if a couple separate due to incompatible conditions,

Allah can make it compatible , He has full control on all causes and resources.(2) Allah’s special favor on us

that He order us to act on these laws of Shariah and Fear Him , obedience is our own benefit and

disobedience is our own loss.(3) Future depends on obedience , Allah will establish His Deen and whoever

deserves this Allah will prevail them

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Ruku No 20:

• Be upholder of justice ----- Bearing witness to truth , do not swerve from justice by following your

own desires.

• Do not adopt twist and turn behavior or avoid saying truth.

• Belief in Hereafter and the fear of God is only guarantee of universal peace.

• Believers are asked to believe ---- Make your fancies, actions, attitude, creed, humor, character,

despites, purposiveness and endeavors all under that aqeeda in which you believe ( Ranks of

Faith/ Iman) ---- Sincerity

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• Ranks of Kufr ----- check ourselves

• Don’t make unbelievers your allies ---- Seek honor from Allah alone

• Do not sit in gatherings where Allah’s words are ridiculed. Todays fitna of opinion based explanation

of Quran.

• Characteristics of the Hypocrites.

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Ruku No 21:

• Laziness in offering prayers ---- The distinctive feature of hypocrites.

• Praying to show off --- Pharisees ---- Pilferage in prayers

• Hypocrisy ---- Dangle between Faith and Disbelief . They will be in the lowest level of the Hell fire.

• Repentance and then live righteously ---- Hold fast to Allah , sincerity in faith in God , concentration

of all affections on God, deeds are acceptable to Allah when they are only for His sake and

pleasure.

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• Shukr denotes an acknowledgement of benefaction and a feeling of gratitude ---- Allah is All-

Appreciative.

• Do not speak evil publicly ----- no foul language as Abhorrence (sensitivity) diminishes , evil and

injustice become widespread ( Oppresses can become oppressor , back biting)

• We should forgive because we like to be forgiven by God who, though able to punish us, pardon us.

• There is nothing in between faith and disbelief

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Ruku No 22:

• Prophet Isa was raised on high .

• Wrong-doing of Jews -- bearing people from the way of Allah & taking interest which had been

prohibited

• Consuming the wealth of others wrongfully narrows the lawful as a measure of punishment.

• Firmly rooted in knowledge ----- Have a quest for truth and whose minds are free from prejudice,

obduracy, blind imitation of their forefathers . When they find the light they open their hearts to it

(They listen and they obey)

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Ruku No 23:

• Different method of Wahi ----- Dream, angel in human disguise, angel in his original form, direct

dialogue with God Himself, direct inspiration on heart( bell, buzzing of bee)

• Do not exceed the limits in religion , no exaggeration ----- The legal limit of everything is what the

Holy prophet(saw) has left determined by his word and deed.

• Limits of materialism, Sunnah and bidah ----- Moderation

• Complexity of the doctrine of trinity.

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Ruku No 24: • Servant of Allah (swt) ; salutation ----- The honor of being a servant of Allah(swt)

• Disdains to serve Allah and waxes arrogance

• Avoid arrogance ----- Consequence of arrogance

• Quran is the ultimate guidance ----- Distribution of inheritance( Kalala)