WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000 The story of women's suffering in the time of Moses, peace be upon him 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:14.970 The suffering of the mother of Moses, peace be upon him 00:00:14.970 --> 00:00:24.539 Umm Musa was among the women who were subjected to severe suffering at the hands of Pharaoh and his soldiers 00:00:24.539 --> 00:00:31.539 Our Lord Almighty mentioned to us the suffering of Moses’ mother in the Qur’an in more than one surah 00:00:31.539 --> 00:00:33.539 And He said, Glory be to Him 00:00:33.539 --> 00:00:39.570 We have favored you once again 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:46.570 When We revealed to your mother what was revealed 00:00:46.570 --> 00:00:52.659 He was saved in the ark, so he was saved in the sea 00:00:52.659 --> 00:00:59.659 Let the sea attack him with a weapon, so that an enemy of mine and an enemy of his may seize him 00:00:59.659 --> 00:01:07.730 And I bestowed upon you love from me, and let it be done before my eyes 00:01:07.730 --> 00:01:15.730 When your sister walks by, she says, “Shall I direct you to someone who will sponsor him?” 00:01:15.730 --> 00:01:23.730 So we returned you to your mother so that her eyes would be comforted and she would not be sad 00:01:24.730 --> 00:01:33.730 And you killed a soul, so We saved you from distress and tested you with tribulations 00:01:33.730 --> 00:01:42.730 So I stayed with the people of Midian for years, then I came to a destination, O Musa 00:01:42.730 --> 00:01:45.019 And the Almighty said 00:01:45.019 --> 00:01:55.530 And We inspired Moses’ mother to breastfeed her 00:01:55.530 --> 00:02:03.530 If you fear for him, then throw him into the river and do not be afraid or sad 00:02:03.530 --> 00:02:12.840 If we see him to you and make him one of the messengers 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:32.110 So Pharaoh's family picked him up to make them an enemy and a grief because Pharaoh, Haman, and their soldiers were wrong 00:02:32.110 --> 00:02:50.110 And Pharaoh's wife said, "He is the apple of your eye, for me and for you. Do not kill him. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son while they do not realize." 00:02:50.110 --> 00:02:56.550 Umm Musa's heart became empty 00:02:56.550 --> 00:03:07.550 She almost would have done so had We not tied her heart to her so that she would be among the believers 00:03:07.550 --> 00:03:17.900 She said to his sister, “Cut him.” She saw him from the side while they did not realize 00:03:17.900 --> 00:03:34.159 We had forbidden wet nurses to him before, so she said, “Should I direct you to a family who will be sufficient for you and are sincere to him?” 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:58.270 So we returned it to his mother so that her eyes would be comforted and that she would not be sad and that she would know that God’s promise is true, but most of them do not know 00:04:00.650 --> 00:04:10.650 God only mentioned to us the suffering of Moses’ mother in the Qur’an so that we could take a lesson and a sermon from her regarding steadfastness in the truth before the Pharaohs of the time. 00:04:10.650 --> 00:04:21.649 So be patient, my sister, and stand firm on the truth, no matter what suffering you are going through because of your enemy’s hatred for this religion 00:04:21.649 --> 00:04:27.670 Umm Musa's suffering went through several different stages 00:04:27.670 --> 00:04:40.800 The first stage is the duration of pregnancy, which is the anxiety that continued with her throughout the pregnancy as she sees and hears what Pharaoh’s thugs do, spying on women. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:50.800 Spying on them to find out which of them are pregnant, they monitor them until they give birth, then kill their child if it is a boy 00:04:50.800 --> 00:05:00.800 She tried to hide her pregnancy so that no one would know about it, and this was a great suffering that lasted nine months 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:12.060 Ibn Kathir, may God have mercy on him, said: They mentioned that when Pharaoh killed many of the males of the Children of Israel, the Copts feared that the Children of Israel would be annihilated. 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:26.060 They were subjected to the hard work they had been subjected to, so they said to Pharaoh, “If this situation continues, it is likely that their old men will die and their young men will be killed.” 00:05:26.060 --> 00:05:34.060 Their women cannot do the work that their men do for us, so that would end to us 00:05:34.060 --> 00:05:44.180 So he ordered that the children be killed in a year and that they be left alone in the year of Harun’s death, peace be upon him, in the year in which they leave the children 00:05:44.180 --> 00:05:55.180 Moses mentioned in the year in which they kill newborns, and Pharaoh had people appointed for that and midwives who would approach the women. 00:05:55.180 --> 00:06:10.180 Whoever saw that she had become pregnant, they counted her name. If at the time of her birth, only Coptic women would accept her, and if the woman gave birth to a slave girl, they would leave her and go. 00:06:10.180 --> 00:06:21.180 And if she gave birth to a boy, those slaughterers would enter with their delicate hands and kill him, and their ugliness would go away, may God Almighty 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:32.050 The second stage of suffering after giving birth to Moses, peace be upon him, was fear, anxiety, and mirth 00:06:32.050 --> 00:06:41.050 A tired psychological state with postpartum pain and the psychological state resulting from postpartum 00:06:41.050 --> 00:06:50.050 The reason is the constant inspection by the tyrant Pharaoh's thugs and their raiding and searching of homes 00:06:50.050 --> 00:06:56.050 Searching for male children and killing them in front of their mothers 00:06:56.050 --> 00:07:05.240 The nation of Moses must have heard the stories of the children who were killed by Pharaoh’s slaves and how they were killed 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:13.240 How was the killing of their mothers? Such news was widespread at that time 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:19.240 Because of the large number of killings that Pharaoh inflicted on the children of Israel 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:27.339 Imagine such events in the heart, thought, and mind of Musa’s mother, and they were very likely 00:07:27.339 --> 00:07:34.339 Imagine if this happened to her child, it would hurt her and increase her suffering 00:07:34.339 --> 00:07:41.459 If the mothers rejoice at the birth of a boy, especially if he is her firstborn 00:07:41.459 --> 00:07:47.459 Because they feel the support coming to them after the death of his father or his weakness 00:07:47.459 --> 00:07:53.459 Musa's mother was contrary to that, as she was plagued by fear and turmoil 00:07:53.459 --> 00:08:01.459 There is confusion about how to dispose of this newborn and hide it from the eyes of Pharaoh’s captives 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:07.819 Ibn Katheer, may God have mercy on him, said: When Musa’s mother, peace be upon him, became pregnant with him 00:08:07.819 --> 00:08:13.819 She did not have any illusions of pregnancy like others, and her midwife did not stop her 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:21.819 But when she gave birth to him as a male, she was fed up with him and was extremely afraid for him 00:08:21.819 --> 00:08:29.819 She loved him with an abundance of love, and no one saw Moses, peace be upon him, but loved him 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:35.820 The happy one is the one whom he loves, of course and by law, God Almighty said 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:39.820 And I showered my love on you 00:08:39.820 --> 00:08:48.940 With this suffering that Umm Musa is going through, relief comes from God Almighty 00:08:48.940 --> 00:08:54.940 With a revelation that God reveals to her and casts within her soul, God Almighty said 00:08:54.940 --> 00:08:58.940 And We inspired Moses' mother to breastfeed him 00:08:58.940 --> 00:09:04.940 If you fear for him, then throw him into the river and do not be afraid or sad 00:09:04.940 --> 00:09:10.940 If they return him to you and make him one of the messengers 00:09:10.940 --> 00:09:18.190 Al-Tahir bin Ashour, may God have mercy on him, said: The revelation here is the revelation of true inspiration 00:09:18.190 --> 00:09:23.190 It is the imprint of a meaning in the soul that resonates with the soul of the person being addressed 00:09:23.190 --> 00:09:29.190 So that he is certain of his success in it, and that is by the grace of God Almighty 00:09:29.190 --> 00:09:36.190 It may be by way of a good vision that makes the person believe that it is true 00:09:36.190 --> 00:09:41.350 Ibn Taymiyyah, may God have mercy on him, said: The Almighty said 00:09:41.350 --> 00:09:46.350 And when I inspired the disciples to believe in Me and My Messenger 00:09:46.350 --> 00:09:52.350 And God Almighty said: We inspired Moses’ mother to breastfeed him 00:09:52.350 --> 00:09:58.350 Rather, God Almighty said and revealed about every heaven its command 00:09:58.350 --> 00:10:03.350 And God Almighty said: And your Lord revealed to the bees 00:10:03.350 --> 00:10:09.350 This revelation is for people other than the prophets, and it occurs during wakefulness and sleep 00:10:09.350 --> 00:10:18.350 It may be the sound of a telephone. The sound is in the person’s soul, not outside of himself, while awake and asleep 00:10:18.350 --> 00:10:23.350 It may also be the light that he sees within himself 00:10:23.350 --> 00:10:33.350 This is the level of revelation that occurs within himself without hearing the voice of an angel in the lowest and last ranks 00:10:33.350 --> 00:10:41.409 This was the beginning of the relief for this suffering that Umm Musa was going through 00:10:41.409 --> 00:10:45.409 But it was not the end of the suffering 00:10:45.409 --> 00:10:49.500 The story of women's suffering in the time of Moses 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:56.500 The suffering that a person experiences may appear as it disappears or diminishes 00:10:56.500 --> 00:11:03.500 But it goes back again to a wisdom taught by the Creator, Glory be to Him 00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:08.570 What was the third suffering that Umm Musa suffered? 00:11:08.570 --> 00:11:13.570 How did she act with this inspiration that God gave her? 00:11:13.570 --> 00:11:21.399 We will continue in the next meeting, God willing, and praise be to God, Lord of the worlds 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:30.039 The story of women's suffering in the time of Moses, peace be upon him