The first human
- Allah says
- "Instruct the two of them"
- One was a shepard, and one was a farmer who had produce
- "Instruct the two of them to give out a charity, and whoever his charity is accepted will be correct"
- Now what happened?
- This is made mention in the Qur'an. Allah says...
- "And (O MUHAMMAD SAW) Recite to them the story of the two sons of Adam in truth;" SURAT AL-MA'IDAH(5:27)
- Oh Muhammad(SAW) recite to them the story of the two sons of Adam with truth
- "When each offered a sacrifice(to Allah), it was accepted from the one but not from the other" SURAT AL-MA'IDAH(5:27)
- When both of them gave their sacrifices it was accepted from one, but not from the other
- The question is: why was it not accepted? It is very interesting, we are going to draw a lesson from this
- The one who was a shepard was Abel. He came with a good animal and he put it on the mountain
- Why did he have to put it on the mountain?
- There were no poor people at that time
- There is no poor to give the charity to
- So the plan at that time, what used to happened is
- They used to put the sacrifice on the mountain and then they would go away
- When they came back they would see the fire has eaten one or the other
- When the fire has eaten your sacrifice it means it was accepted by Allah
- And if the fire has not eaten it than it is not accepted, it is rejected
- So this man(Abel) came with a very good animal, and he put it there
- And the other brother (Cain), the one who was fighting and arguing. He was a farmer, he had produce, he brought not mediocre produce. But that produce that was now almost rotten and he put it there and he says "right, this is the sacrifice"
- And they went away. So one was accepted and one wasn't
- It's very simple to know which one was accepted and why
- One charity was accepted and the other wasn't
- The latter said to the former: "I will surely kill you." SURAT AL-MA'IDAH(5:27)
- He looked at his brother and says "I am going to kill you"
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