Yusuf Ali Salam Episode 1

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bein most global Kareem Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh and welcome to another episodeof our fascinating series towards understanding so the use of this is your host. So Callie. In ourprevious episode, we had discussed the series of events that led to the imprisonment of Prophet useof Allah His Salaam, and in today's episode, we will take up the story with the dour of the ProphetYusuf Alayhi Salaam within the prison, stay with us local the canopy.

Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu Welcome to another episode of our series towardsunderstanding surah Yusuf. In our previous episode, we had discussed the series of events that ledto the imprisonment of the Prophet Yusuf alayhi salam, when he refused to give into the temptationsand the seductive seductions of the wife of Aziz, who then threatened him with jail. And Allah azzawa jal said in the last verse that we did in the last episode, film about the home man back thenabout it lay a student who had to hate that it became clear to them or this is what they wanted todo, that after the clearness of his character was shown to them. After the miraculous nature Allah

calls it yet, after the miraculous nature of his purity and innocence was shown to them, how didthey respond to that innocence? They threw him into jail, what happened in jail? This will be thecourse of events that we will discuss in today's episode. And as usual, we'll begin with arecitation of the pertinent verses, and I asked my readers to follow along with me today we willinshallah without oversight from verse number 36 up until verse number 14, one

in this series of verses a lot of what Allah tells us what the hata mara who cijena Fatah young, twoyoung lads, two young men entered the prison along with him. And according to some historians, thesewere people servants who worked in the Palace of the king. One of them was the breadmaker of theking. And the other one was the winemaker. And the both of them were charged with trying to attemptto poison and assassinate the king. So they were imprisoned along with the Prophet Yusuf alayhisalam.

The both of them saw a dream. One of them said called a huduma. In the arani, pseudo hombre, I sawmyself in a dream, pressing wine. I eat pressing the grapes to make wine, even though what he ispressing is grapes to make the wine. Allah azza wa jal says that he saw himself pressing wine, as ifhe saw the final result. So he is producing wine, he sees himself making the wine, we'll call italpha, the other one said, in the r&d that I have seen in my dream, asked me to folk rock See, hopeisn't holding on top of my head some bread, so he is carrying bread on top of his head, cola.Pyromania and the birds are eating from this bread Nabina beta Wheezy, he please inform us of what

See here, that the two companions who came along with the Prophet Yusuf alayhi salam, they alreadyeven though they are supposed to be criminals, they already noticed that the Prophet Yusuf AlayhiSalam is not like the rest of the prisoners. They call him of the mercy Nene. And this is exactlythroughout one of the themes of the story, exactly what Allah calls the use of aluminum as well,that he is invoicing somebody who worships Allah as though he is seeing Allah subhanho wa Taala. Sothese two people testify to the character of the Prophet Yusuf alayhi salam, even though he is inprison, he still manages to outshine the other prisoners, he doesn't just sit back and sulk. He

doesn't just do nothing. Rather, he makes a effort to bring some good in the prison. And thescholars say he would visit the sick, he would even give some of his food to those who needed it. Hewould be kind and merciful to the other prisoners. So he established a good reputation, even whilehe was in prison. Now, because of this good reputation, the two men came to him, and they presumedthat he would be able to interpret dreams. And little did they know that yes, indeed, they wereright. This is the very man whom Allah subhanho wa Taala blessed with the knowledge of interpretingdreams. This also shows that the concept of the dreams being symbolic in nature, and that people

have to interpret them. This is known to many amongst mankind, even if they are not Muslims. Thesepeople obviously were pagans, they were idol worshipers, and yet they knew that this was somethingthat had to be interpreted. So they say to the Prophet Yusuf Alayhi Salaam, interpret this dream forus. The Prophet Yusuf responds on li te Kumar. I'm on to the Connie Ilana back to come up with awinning combination.

Akuma he said, your food will not come to you that you eat from, except that I would have told youof your interpretations before the food comes. What is the sentence supposed to mean? Well,obviously the prisoners would have timings that they get their breakfast or lunch, their dinner theyget their foods in. So they knew these timings and the Prophet Yusuf Alayhi Salaam is telling them,you are not going to be fed at that time, that time will not come until I have told you what youwant to know. In other words, he is telling them Be patient, you will get this information beforeyour next feeding time before your next meal time you will have this information. Why does he want

to delay giving them the response because he wants to benefit them in a more important way than theinterpretation of their dreams. He wants to invite them to Islam, he wants to tell them about thereligion of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And look here, he is a prisoner, amongst other prisoners, theseare criminals, these are murderers. These are thieves. These are evil people in the prison. And yethe doesn't just sit back and do nothing. He becomes active. He does what he can. And this is the wayof the believer, the believer looks at the good he can cost society wherever he is even in prison,and how many are the great odema like him, like she was happy with Tamia. And like many of the

famous odema whom this history our history has seen. They were imprisoned. And even when they wentto prison, they continue to preach. They continue to teach, they formed a generation of scholarssometimes within the prison, such as the way of the pious and the righteous, they don't just sitback and become despondent, they don't just become pessimistic, there is always an opportunity to dogood, you can always cause a change, even if you're in prison in jail with other prisoners. So theProphet Yusuf alayhi salam, he begins giving them that what he preaches to them and teaches to them,what is this religion about? And he tells them, don't worry, before your food comes to you, I would

have told you the interpretation of your dreams. And then he goes off into the tangent which is moreimportant than the final goal. The tangent I'm telling them what the religion is. So he says that heKuma Mima Alemany, Robbie, the interpretation of these dreams is what a lot my lord has taught tome. So he brings in the concept of his Lord, he changes the topic from the dreams to religion. Andthis is a profound way of giving Dawa. In fact, this is the best way of giving Dawa of teaching andpreaching. whatever topic is brought up. The first thing you should do is take it back to belief inGod. This is the primary thing, the primary message, bring it back to our belief in God. How did he

change the topic from dreams to God? Simple one word. zydeco Malema as them and europei. This iswhat my lord has taught me. He's trying to say, if you're going to come to me for this knowledge,the knowledge of dreams, surely, you should also find out where did I get this knowledge from? Andthis knowledge came from my Lord. And then he goes off into tangent, talking about his Lord, ZadieColumbia, Adam and Robbie in Iraq. To me, that's a common law human wannabe law. He was humble bill,capital, I have left the religion, the methodology of a group of people who do not believe in Allah,and they also disbelieve in the hereafter. Remember, he was in Egypt, surrounded by people at that

time, who were idol worshipers. These were the followers of the pharaohs in the kings of Egypt. Theydid not believe in the religion of Islam. So he says, I am not upon this religion, we need to take ashort break. Now. When we come back, we'll continue talking about the methodology of the ProphetYusuf Alayhi Salaam. While he's teaching Islam to the fellow prisoners in the jail stay with uslafonda Ghana de cosas de Mio Tulio de

Welcome back. So we were talking about the Prophet Yusuf Alayhi Salam while he was in prison, andthe two men had come to him to ask for the interpretation of their dreams. And he tells these twopeople before your food comes to you, I would have told you of this interpretation. This is what mylord has taught me. So he mentioned his Lord. And then he says, I have left the religion of a groupof people who do not believe in Allah, and they also deny the hereafter. They didn't believe in aresurrection. So the Prophet Yusuf Alayhi Salam tells the people I am not upon your religion, hedisassociate himself from that.

The religion of the people around him. And this is something that we need to understand that it isdifferences that tell us that that makes it clear who we are similarities are fine similarities helppeople understand, but it is differences. What makes us separate. Today we have a movement, we havea number of people, they seem to be embarrassed to mention the differences and the only one tomention similarities between Islamic Christianity between Islam and Judaism. It's good to talk aboutsimilarities and we need to emphasize those similarities. But in the end of the day, it is thedifferences that make us who we are. So the Prophet Yusuf Alayhi Salam says, I am different from all

of you. I don't believe in what you believe, I believe in one God and I believe in the hereafter.And he said, Whatever I do mean that Abba Ibrahim is how Korea code and they follow the religion. IfI don't follow your religion, whose religion do I follow? I follow the religion the way of myforefathers, Abraham and his house and yaku. Notice in less than one sentence, use of alayhis salammentioned the three fundamental principles of all religions of Allah, and that is the hate risalaand our belief in Allah, belief in the prophets belief in the hereafter. Notice how beautifully howsuccinctly he summarizes these three fundamentals. He says, I believe in Allah, I believe in a

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