Why You Shouldn’t Tell People about Your Plans & Dreams? By Mufti Menk
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses the stories of previous prophets as a source of comfort and strength for Prophet Muhammad, highlighting the challenges they faced. It delves into Surah Yusuf, emphasizing the significance of dreams, the importance of discretion, and the lessons from Prophet Yusuf's (Joseph's) life, including jealousy among siblings, false accusations, and the ultimate triumph of good. The script also touches on the roles of family members, the dangers of mixing roles, and the importance of controlling one's gaze. The overarching theme is the timeless wisdom and guidance found in these stories.
Takeaways
- 📖 The stories of previous prophets serve as a source of comfort and strength for Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), showing that earlier messengers faced similar challenges.
- ⚠️ The deeds that led to the destruction of previous nations will have the same result if repeated today, emphasizing the importance of learning from past mistakes.
- 🌙 Surah Yusuf is highlighted as one of the most beautiful chapters of the Quran, directly affecting many lives through its powerful lessons.
- 🤫 The advice to be discreet about good news and plans to avoid jealousy and negative influences is emphasized.
- 👀 The story of Yusuf (Joseph) being thrown into a pit by his jealous brothers and later becoming a minister in Egypt teaches that wrongful acts will be ultimately rectified by Allah.
- 🏠 The metaphor of the sun, moon, and stars in Yusuf's dream represents the roles of a father, mother, and children in a family, highlighting their respective qualities and responsibilities.
- 💔 The destructive nature of jealousy within families is illustrated through the story of Yusuf and his brothers.
- 👔 A warning against making inappropriate advances, especially in the workplace, is drawn from the incident involving Yusuf and the wife of the Egyptian minister.
- 👐 The example of false accusations and the eventual clearing of one's name, as seen in Yusuf's story, assures that truth will prevail.
- 💡 Mixing roles within a family leads to chaos, similar to an eclipse, and it's important for each member to fulfill their designated responsibilities to maintain harmony.
Q & A
What is the main purpose of mentioning the stories of previous prophets in the script?
-The main purpose is to provide comfort and strength to Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) by showing that previous messengers faced similar challenges.
What lesson can be learned from the example of mixing petrol with firewood?
-The lesson is that actions which led to destruction in the past will have the same destructive outcomes if repeated in the future.
Why is Surah Yusuf considered one of the most beautiful surahs?
-Surah Yusuf is considered one of the most beautiful surahs because it relates the best of stories, affecting almost everyone's life directly or indirectly.
What advice does Yaqub (AS) give to his son Yusuf (AS) about sharing his dream?
-Yaqub (AS) advises Yusuf (AS) not to share his dream with his brothers to avoid their jealousy and potential plotting against him.
What is the significance of keeping certain plans and successes private according to the script?
-The significance is to protect oneself from envy and the evil eye, as sharing too much information can lead to jealousy and negative consequences.
What does the story of Yusuf (AS) teach about handling accusations and false allegations?
-The story teaches that those who are falsely accused will have the opportunity to clear their names, either in this life or the hereafter.
What lesson can be learned from Yusuf (AS)'s refusal to succumb to the advances of the minister's wife?
-The lesson is to maintain integrity and avoid haram (forbidden) sexual advances, especially in the workplace, as it can lead to significant consequences.
What does the script suggest about the relationship between barakah (blessing) in wealth and avoiding sins?
-The script suggests that avoiding sins and haram activities can bring barakah in wealth, making it last longer and be more fulfilling.
How did Yusuf (AS) handle the jealousy and plotting of his brothers?
-Yusuf (AS) maintained patience and trust in Allah, eventually forgiving his brothers and reuniting with them in a position of honor and authority.
What analogy does the script use to describe the roles of fathers and mothers in a family?
-The script uses the analogy of the sun and moon, where the father is like the sun providing security and sustenance, and the mother is like the moon reflecting the father's light and providing beauty and care.
Outlines
📖 Comfort from Stories of Prophets
This paragraph discusses how the stories of previous prophets serve as a source of comfort and strength for Muhammad (peace be upon him), reminding him that other messengers faced similar challenges. It emphasizes the importance of learning from past nations' mistakes to avoid repeating them and highlights the valuable lessons that can be drawn from these narratives.
🛡️ Protecting Against Envy
This paragraph focuses on the dangers of envy and the evil eye, advising caution in sharing good news. It suggests that people should be discreet about their successes to avoid provoking jealousy. The example of Prophet Yaqub (peace be upon him) instructing his son Yusuf (peace be upon him) to keep his dream secret from his brothers is highlighted, along with the importance of seeking protection through prayers like 'Masha'Allah'.
🕊️ Handling Temptation and False Accusations
This paragraph delves into the story of Yusuf (peace be upon him) and the challenges he faced, including being falsely accused by the minister's wife in Egypt. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining integrity and avoiding sinful behavior, particularly in professional settings. The narrative illustrates how Allah's protection and eventual justice can prevail, even when one is wrongfully accused.
🌞🌙 Parental Roles and Family Dynamics
This paragraph explains the symbolic representation of the sun, moon, and stars in Yusuf's (peace be upon him) dream. It compares the qualities of the sun to a father's role, the moon to a mother's role, and the stars to children. It underscores the importance of maintaining these roles to ensure family harmony and warns against role confusion, which can lead to familial and societal chaos.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Prophets
💡Comfort
💡Surah Yusuf
💡Dreams
💡Jealousy
💡Evil Eye
💡Deception
💡Sexual Advances
💡Trust in God
💡Family Dynamics
Highlights
The stories of previous prophets serve as a point of comfort and strengthening for Prophet Muhammad, emphasizing that they went through similar problems.
The mention of past stories in the Quran is to strengthen the heart of Prophet Muhammad, showing that those before him faced similar challenges.
The lesson from past nations: if their deeds resulted in destruction, similar deeds in the present will lead to similar outcomes.
Surah Yusuf is highlighted as one of the most beautiful surahs in the Quran, directly or indirectly affecting almost everyone's life.
The surah starts with a dream and ends with its interpretation, with another dream and its interpretation in the middle.
Prophet Yaqub's advice to Yusuf about not sharing his good news with his brothers to avoid their jealousy teaches discretion and caution.
It is not necessary to inform everyone about one's plans or achievements, especially if it might invite jealousy or the evil eye.
The surah teaches the reality and potential harm of the evil eye and the importance of seeking protection from it.
Jealousy among Prophet Yaqub's children led them to plot against their brother Yusuf, showing the destructive potential of envy even among close family.
Yusuf's experience in the well and being sold as merchandise teaches about the unpredictability of life's trials and the resilience needed to overcome them.
The story of the minister's wife making sexual advances towards Yusuf teaches the importance of resisting immoral advances and maintaining integrity.
Yusuf's refusal to yield to the minister's wife's advances and his subsequent imprisonment illustrate the virtue of patience and righteousness.
Yusuf's rise from prisoner to minister highlights the theme of divine justice and the eventual reward for patience and righteousness.
The reconciliation and forgiveness between Yusuf and his brothers demonstrate the power of forgiveness and the restoration of family bonds.
The interpretation of dreams in the surah underscores the importance of understanding and interpreting divine messages correctly.
The analogy of the sun, moon, and stars representing the family structure in Yusuf's dream provides a profound lesson on the roles and relationships within a family.
The surah teaches the importance of maintaining clear and distinct roles within a family to avoid confusion and chaos.
The concept of 'social eclipse' when family roles are mixed up is a powerful metaphor for understanding the balance and harmony needed in family dynamics.
Transcripts
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that you see
these stories that we are mentioning of
the previous prophets for you o muhammad
sallallahu
alaihi wasallam it is a point of comfort
it is a point of strengthening for you
so that you know that your brethren the
messengers who are before you
they went through similar problems just
like you are facing today
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we have mentioned the stories of those
before you oh muhammad sallam
it is there so that your heart can be
strengthened as a point of comfort for
you
knowing that those before you have also
been through similar to what you are
going through
may allah in the same way that he has
granted a lesson for muhammad sallallahu
alaihi wasallam and the point of comfort
may he give us also lessons by reading
the stories of the past nations
seeing what they were involved in and
they were destroyed you know
if petrol mixed with
firewood makes a huge flame
or it made a huge flame last year
do we think that 10 years down the line
the one who mixes that petrol
with the same firewood will not get a
huge flame
that is being upset so if two things put
together
resulted in a huge inferno the same two
things put together a hundred years
later
will result in the same inferno the same
applies
if deeds of the previous nations
resulted in their destruction do you
think if we
engage in the same deeds it will not
result in our destruction
allahu akbar think about that example
then allah commences one of the
most beautiful surahs in the world or in
the quran
one of the most beautiful surahs that
have ever been mentioned on this globe
or in creation
we are now relating to you the best of
stories why the best of stories
why because almost everyone's life is
directly or indirectly affected by surah
yusuf
let's start drawing examples allah
starts off with a dream and he ends with
the interpretation of that dream
and in the middle there is another dream
that is mentioned and its interpretation
is also there
so the dream is is
i have seen 11 stars the sun and the
moon prostrate to me
that was good news the father was
he knew that this is some goodness this
means allah will gather
us all together one day but he did not
tell that to his son
rather he told his son knowing that this
is a great gift
don't relate this good news to your
brothers
because they might plan and plot against
you they might become jealous
of you what do we learn from this those
were the children of a nabi
and something good he told his son don't
tell the others
when something good happens to us
we don't even have to tell our family
members sometime
until we've achieved something sometimes
we're planning to go somewhere
who says that you have to inform
everyone no it depends on how important
that
journey is you don't have to always
inform everyone
of your next move you don't have to tell
them about your business deals
you don't have to tell them about
anything
you should seek assistance in fulfilling
your
needs by being secretive to a certain
extent
you don't have to tell everyone
everything because shaytan is bad
they might be good
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is an outright clear enemy against man
so
even if a person does not want to be
jealous you find that sometimes
shaytan puts in a spear an arrow
interferes and makes a person jealous
may allah not make us jealous when a
person has a child for example a little
baby
for those who are newly married who have
children alhamdulillah
if the baby sleeps all night you don't
have to tell the whole world you know
what that baby mashallah sleeps all
night
from that night on the baby might not
sleep because i'm and the evil eye
might attack that baby you can say look
that's a normal child you know they
sleep you know how children sleep so you
haven't lied
alhamdulillah at the same time when it
when something good happens
you don't have to tell everyone and if
you tell them make sure they say
masha'allah
in front of you don't be shy to say say
masha'allah let them say
so what alhamdulillah we will save
ourselves in fact even in the surah we
will see how yaakov
salatu was worried about the evil eye
befalling the fact
that he had children huge beautiful
handsome children all walking together
united
he didn't want people to see that so
when they were entering egypt later on
he told him enter separately why
so that people can't affect you with the
evil eye allahu akbar the evil eye is
true the hadith says
it is true it can affect a person may
allah protect us but remember one thing
not every sickness that you have is the
evil eye sometimes everything we have
people say you know someone did magic on
me man
you know i i don't understand that
someone is jealous of me man
sometimes it's just a health ailment
maybe you've eaten a bit too fast and
some
gastric movements in the stomach and you
think there is jado or you think there
is
a little bit of magic that someone has
engaged in may allah protect us
a little bit of enos will do the trick
inshallah
so allah subhanahu wa is informing us
here in surah yusuf that we need to know
who to talk to and how to talk what to
tell who to tell
then this nabi had these children and
these children subhanallah
they were the children of the ambiya
nabiya
salaam do you think he gave them an
upbringing that was anything less than
perfect
oh it was a perfect upbringing but on
top of that
they planned to kill their brother
imagine that means sometimes jealousy
levels which between brothers and family
and blood
can get to the point of wanting to to
eliminate someone may allah protect us
it is haram it is prohibited so one of
the older brothers felt a little bit
you know a little bit remorseful and he
felt a bit shy he says
don't kill him throw him into a pit and
someone will pick
him up and maybe they'll take him to
afar of land so what they did is they
hatched the plan they went to their
father
they told their father that
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what's wrong with you they're telling
their father why don't you release
release him with us tomorrow and we will
go we will graze the
flock and so on we will play and we will
come back you know what the father says
i fear if i send him with you it will
make me sad number one
because he will be away from me you'll
take him for the whole day and there is
a possibility that whilst you're not
watching
a wolf might eat him they used the same
plan they took him
they released him into that pit and they
came back with the false blood on a
shirt
and they said you know what a wolf ate
him whilst we weren't watching
imagine the same thing the father
suggested
they took it up and they actually came
back with the same words how many of us
are fooled by our children sometimes
it's there is a possibility if a nabi
could be told that by his own children
do you think our children don't lie to
us
they come to us from madrasa later on in
the afternoon and say you know what
today that sheikh that imam the teacher
he did this and that we roll our sleeves
and we want to beat up that imam
by believing a child five years old
imagine
yet we don't realize that that could be
a lie go out
defend the teacher say look if that's
what he did that's your teacher why did
you engage in something bad
may allah protect us all there's so many
examples that we could actually give but
let's move on
then allah tells us that he was thrown
into this
bit and they picked him up when they
picked him up what does allah say
they regarded him as merchandise and
they said no this we'll make money out
of this
you know sometimes when we pick up lost
property what do we do very valuable
you pick up a blank check it tells you a
million rands what do you do
very tempting
from amongst those who can hand it back
you know what happens sometimes like
what we read in the newspapers
in countries like these you find you
hand back a large amount of money to the
cop shop to the policeman
sometimes it disappears from there but
don't worry so long as you didn't steal
it may allah subhanahu wa
safeguard us so the same applies here
these people
what do we learn from them they looked
at an innocent boy
very handsome man they said no we'll
make money out of this come bring him
into this they sold him at the next
market
someone bought him a very wealthy man
bought him and in a nutshell what had
happened
the wife of this minister of egypt had
an evil intention when she saw this
handsome man handsome yusuf alayhi
salatu wasalam
she says you know what he's a worker for
us he works for us
let me advance sexually how many of us
are guilty of making sexual advances at
the workplace let's be honest
this lesson comes from surah yusuf
whether it is male or female is besides
the point the lesson is
don't ever make sexual advances that are
haram especially at the workplace
if someone is working for you and don't
think that this person here is actually
under me so let me try my luck allahu
akbar may allah say
look at the example who would have
guessed that we learned this from the
surah
so surah yusuf the nabi of allah was
actually
someone attempted to lure him
and allah protected him and thereafter
this lady became so upset
so angry that then the people the other
ladies
obviously everyone speaks about that
lady because she is the minister's wife
she's supposed to have been a role model
for everyone the other ladies began to
speak and they said you know
this lady here she actually wants to do
something with her own workers
imagine allah protect us all
so she said let me fix these ladies they
don't know how handsome this man is
so she prepared a little sitting for
them and gave each one of them an apple
with a knife
a fruit with a knife and she told you
was salaam because he was a worker he
had to obey the instructions i want you
to pass from here when they're all
seated
as he passed they were so engrossed in
looking that they cut their hands
allahu akbar imagine how handsome he
must have been they were so engrossed in
looking
that they cut their hands and they said
mahadabashara
this is no ordinary human being this is
an angel this is an angel allahu akbar
what do we learn from this
let's draw a jewel from it we learn from
it that whenever
our eyes and our gaze is not controlled
and we happen to look at the opposite
sex more than what we are allowed
in that case it will result in
destruction of one way or another
let me give you an example sometimes
you're driving your motor vehicle
and someone happens to pass quite good
looking and you turn
you might bump the car in front of you
it can happen why
it's similar to cutting the hand it will
cause bodily harm material harm it will
cause lots of harm
it's a fact sometimes if you engage in
an
act you might end up with a huge disease
may allah subhanahu wa
safeguard us so this is a lesson to say
anyone who wants to follow that path
there is destruction coming your way do
you know that we are taught by
rasulullah
that when you have wealth a salary at
the end of the month or wealth
and there is no barakah in it no barakah
at all ask yourself
you probably engaged in a sin you're
probably oiling some of your bad habits
maybe casino maybe gambling maybe
drinking maybe nightclubs maybe drugs
maybe a woman maybe someone of the
opposite sex you need to pay money
you need to look after someone more than
what allah has shouldered upon you
how can they be barakah in your wealth
so if you find your money is running
away quickly
leave the sins and you will find that
500 will last the whole month
you'll still have 450 inshallah may
allah grant us baraka in our wealth
this is a very important lesson we learn
from in sura yusuf as well
so from the jail term he was made a
minister
and he was given a chance to cleanse
himself because he refused to become the
minister until
he was allowed to ask the ladies a
question who was guilty me or you
and they actually had to confess to say
you know what we were the guilty ones
you were innocent
so whoever is accused falsely allah will
give you the opportunity to clarify your
name
one day inshallah if not today then in
the
thereafter allah wa'ta'ala speaks about
how the brothers had come to him begging
him
begging him for food now look
what lesson do we learn from this those
who plan the downfall of others
allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will drop them
lower than those whom they are planning
the downfall of
to the degree that one day they might
come begging to the same person
that they had planned and plotted
against at some point
so two lessons one is we should not plan
and plot against someone else leave it
to allah
and two is when someone plans and plots
against us don't stress
don't grieve the story of use of allah
is there as an example for myself and
yourselves
so alhamdulillah when they came a long
story occurred
and thereafter it resulted in them being
united with
the whole family and there are many
stories in fact use
yakub had lost his eyesight and yusuf
alayhi salaam says
take my shirt and go and drop it go and
give it to my father his sight will come
back thereafter allah speaks about how
the parents came together and everyone
came together and then the statement was
made
by yusuf
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oh my father this is the interpretation
of the dream that i had in the very
beginning
of the sun the moon and the eleven stars
so the sun was depicting the father of
the house
the moon was depicting the mother of the
house and we've got to listen to this
carefully
and the stars were depicting the 11
children if you take a look at the
qualities of the sun
strong powerful it shines everyone feels
secure in the presence of the sun we go
out we work we earn sustenance we come
back
we feel so secure that is those are the
qualities of the sun
every father in every home needs to have
the qualities
that the sun outside has he needs to
present give the warmth in the house the
sense of security bring in the
sustenance
make everyone feel secure and make them
feel
well don't we feel so good when the sun
is out we run around
without any fear alhamdulillah those are
the qualities that allah has kept in the
sun they are supposed to be in every
successful father
of every home the moon beautiful you can
look at it mashallah you can admire it
the moon the light of the moon is solely
derived from the sun
do we know that the brighter the sun the
more you see of the moon
so allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has kept
the example of the moon the example of
the successful mother in the house the
stars who are the children you don't see
them during the daylight
if you look at the sun you won't be able
to see it directly
you will probably need some glasses that
is the respect of the father in the
house not to say we shouldn't look at
him but we respect him
but when the moon is out the stars are
twinkling masha'allah
it shows the closeness of relation
between the children and the mother
alhamdulillah let's try and understand
this example it's a very deep example
and allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala is telling
us successful mothers
amazingly they should be having the
qualities of the moon
can i give you one more jewel that we
extract
the moon goes through a 28-day cycle
precisely some days it's not there some
days it's there
the same applies to a woman she goes
through a 28-day cycle
some days she's there some days she's
not there may allah grant us the true
understanding
when allah gives an example it is a
perfect example that fits
and if we think that it is not a perfect
example we need to revisit our intellect
because the creator cannot make a
mistake
the stars alhamdulillah we've seen now
let me tell you and we want to end with
this inshallah i might mention one verse
of surat
seeing that i've taken a little bit more
time because it's an interesting surah
today
very interesting allah subhanahu wa
gives us yet another example when we mix
the roles when father wants to play role
of mother and mother wants to play a
role of father
what happens there is chaos and
confusion they are fighting the children
lose the most
don't we agree the children suffer the
most because these two have now confused
their roles
so when the sun goes into the place of
the moon the moon goes into the place of
the sun
we have an eclipse where you can see
neither of them
amazing and what happens the stars are
nowhere to be seen when there is an
eclipse the same way
when we mix up our roles that allah has
given us
we have what is known as a social
eclipse chaos in the house
allahu akbar may allah save us from that
sign of qiyamah
in the same way that an eclipse is a
sign of qiyamah we are supposed to be
engaging in salah and still
when the eclipse is there outside when
there is a social eclipse in the house
that is also a sign of qiyamah we need
to be engaging in istighfar and tawba
and salah
until the condition returns to normal
that is surah yusuf may allah subhanahu
wa
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