Abdul Nasir Jangda – Leadership Lessons From The Quran

			salatu salam ala rasulillah
		

			Shalom, shalom. Today we have dinner we recited
		

			we completed actually so today I'm wrong but I wanted to speak about one of the ads from the suit on
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			Allah subhanaw taala basically to just briefly translate Allah subhanaw taala says for the man I met
him in a logging into them, it was only due to the mercy of Allah tala that you were soft and gentle
with them,
		

			when I wouldn't have been an evil kalbi, but if you have been harsh, if you would have spoken
harshly, or if you would have been hard hearted towards them, love for boomin Holic, they would have
dispersed they would have abandoned you. They would have dispersed from around far far I'm home. So
forgive them was selfish. And seek Allah's forgiveness for them. I wish I went home
		

			and include them in consultation regarding different affairs and different issues, basically consult
with them for you that
		

			a lot. Once you have made up your mind once you have come to a decision, a firm conclusion and
decision fatigue aka lala land and put your trust in your reliance upon the last pero tada in the
loving giving a last panel which Allah loves the people who put their trust in Allah. So this is a
brief translation of this ayah. Now this ayah follows after the IOD that are speaking and addressing
the issue of the Battle of boyhood. And I don't want to get too much into the historical context
into discussion of it, because that's a whole nother lesson altogether. But I wanted to talk about
something very specific and extract that particular
		

			thought and an idea from this ayah. But to give a brief idea what this is talking about, because
it's going to contribute to the lesson that shall be taken from here is that this ayah follows he is
talking about the Battle of the hood. And during the Battle of boyhood, what the issue that it's
addressing here is that, at the bulk of the profits of autism, I've given very specific direct
instructions to a group of Muslim Sahaba to Oman. And that group of Muslims ended up disobeying the
direct instruction and command of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. They ended up abandoning
the post that he had assigned them to and told them not to leave, no matter what happens until I do
		

			myself do not inform you directly, that now you can leave this post you are not to leave. And they
ended up leaving and abandoning the post. Once they assumed that the battle had been over at around
least most of them did. And this led to a great loss of the Muslims. And this opened up a very
strategic attack point for the other side for the machine of Makkah. And the Muslims ended up
suffering a lot of loss of lives and a lot of injuries they sustained due to this situation and
these this incident that occurred. So this follows after that, because once this had occurred, the
profits along asylums demeanor in dealing with these people would who had disobeyed him was not was
		

			not very, very harsh. He wasn't harsh on them. He didn't come down on them with severe punishments
or anything he he, he, he treated them very, very gently, very kindly, he was very forgiving, he was
very generous, he was very benevolent in his in his dealing with them. And he was very generous in
his dealing with them. And he forgave them, he did not hold a grudge against them. And in fact he
prayed that Allah forgives them as well. And he continued to keep them as a as contributing members
of the Muslim community.
		

			So now going through exactly what the is talking about. So let's see what Allah says for bemaraha
Massimino logging into them.
		

			The first thing I wanted to explain here is that Allah, the sequence of the words in the eye of the
grammar of the ayah gives the meaning that it was only due to it was only because of the mercy of
Allah that you were soft and gentle with them. This teaches us two different lessons. The first
lesson that it teaches us is that this softness, this kindness
		

			This that the prophets of Allah Salaam, displayed in dealing with these group of people who had
actually disobeyed His commandments was not a sign of weakness of the prophets, Eliza. The Prophet
was a weak with them, he didn't forgive them because he couldn't punish them. You know, sometimes
when you say okay, that's fine, I'm going to let you go this time. And you tell the person back you
said, what could you do even if you want it?
		

			Like if somebody gives you a warning, and says, Don't do that next time, and you tell them or what?
		

			What are you going to do about it? So it allows power Italian designers and formulas. It's not that
the profits of artisan was weak, or he did not have the capacity to hold these people accountable.
The prophet SAW officer was firm when you need it to be
		

			he yet every yet every resource, and he was completely capable of holding these people accountable.
So but he was merciful towards them. And this mercy was instilled within him from Allah. So by
attributing the mercy to Allah, Allah is actually displaying that it's not that the prophets a lot
of zeros week that he could not hold these people accountable. But it was rather due to the mercy of
Allah subhanaw taala. The other thing that this teaches us is that only because of the mercy of
Allah were you soft with them. That means that they were not deserving of softness. They were not
deserving of any special kindness, they had disobeyed a direct commandment. The books have seen if
		

			you read the books of Hadith and see if you read the prophet and given them very clear, distinct
directions and instructions, have told them very clearly what they were to do, and not leave that
post under any circumstances. But they directly disobeyed a very clear instruction from the prophet
SAW Selim. So they were not deserving of any kindness, or any gentleness from the profits a lot.
		

			But rather, it was due to the mercy of Allah spawn Tada. So they weren't deserving of some type of
		

			rebuke or some type of punishment. But Allah subhanaw taala chose to shower them with this mercy
through the prophets alarmism. So this is the first thing that we learn here. The second thing that
we learned here is the word itself. Allah says Lin's Allah home, you were soft, you were kind with
them, this word naked, because of overlaying in the Arabic language, which is basically some imagery
being used here, it literally means something that is soft, or something that is very comfortable or
something that is very soft, very easy.
		

			Something that is very soft and very convenient, that is laying in. So unless one or the other is
describing the conduct, the character, the disposition of the profits or loss him as being soft, and
gentlemen is likening it to an example. There's some imagery you that just like silky soft,
		

			just like silky soft, that's how soft and gentle and kind and easygoing the Prophet sallallahu
Sallam was with the believers. But Allah says what I wouldn't do for them. But what's the other
side? How else could a person would have reacted fun if you would have been fun? The word father in
the Arabic language means somebody who was very harsh in his speech, somebody who's really harsh in
his speech. This actually teaches us a lesson. I'll explain this in a minute. But it means somebody
that is harsh in their speech, and their words, they use harsh tones. They use harsh language in
dealing with people.
		

			And you would have been hard hearted heartbreak harsh your heart would have been towards them. This
is describing a different characteristic. The word if I mean literally means something that is rough
or abrasive in the Arabic language, like if you tell something and it's very rough, like a like some
type of thorns or a wall or gravel or something like that it's very rough that's beneath something
that's rough or abrasive. It's quite funny as in the Arabic language. Once again, you see the
imagery here. The Prophet was very soft, like silk, soft and this is describing somebody being very
harsh or very abrasive. So it's two polar opposite qualities characteristics dispositions demeanors
		

			one being very harsh and one being very soft. So if you would have lessons if you would have been
harsh in your language, in your words in your tone, and you would have been hard hearted l'enfant
boom and holy l'enfant boom and holiday would have dispersed they would have abandoned from around
you. And this word infantile literally means to break something, they would have broken off from you
never to be rejoined again. Because when you're harsh with someone, you're hard, extremely hard with
someone. You're very rough with someone. Many times when they're breaking a relation, you end up
severing a relationship that can never be repaired completely. There's a couple in the Arabic
		

			language, the Arab poets, he says Joe had to send any LaHood to Wellington.
		

			He says that the wounds that are inflicted by the teeth, if you bite someone, and you cause them a
wound that will heal one day.
		

			But the wound that is inflicted by the tongue that never heals, it never heals. So this is what I
like speaking about here, then if you have been harsh with them, you have been hard with them at
this very fragile moment. At this moment when they were very vulnerable, they realize they did
something wrong. And now they're ashamed, and they're confused. And they're conflicted about what's
going to happen with them.
		

			If you would have been extremely harsh with them, you might might have just broken them permanently,
they would have broken off from you, and they would have lost that connection, that relationship
that they have with you that love that affection that they have for you, they would have lost it. So
losses that were kept them close to you was your love and your compassion. Even in those moments of
difficulty, even when they're wrong, even when they're guilty. Those those moments are sometimes the
times when the people are the most vulnerable. They really need people to be kind and generous to
them, when they've actually messed up. Compassion is a very powerful tool to rehabilitate a person
		

			to correct the person. Compassion is always a very, very powerful tool. So Allah says learn
fundamentally they will have dispersed from around. Now one thing I want to mention here is Allah
mentions two qualities, harsh in tone, and being harsh, hard in itself, being harsh and tone and
being harsh internally in your heart. And Allah mentions both things. You know why? Because both of
these things are reprehensible. Many times somebody speaks very harshly with other people. Many
times you'll find someone they have a very harsh tone, they have a very harsh manner of speaking.
But they say Oh, it's nothing in my heart, I don't keep anything my heart against Allah is informing
		

			us here in this ayah. That that is not a valid excuse. Just because you don't, you don't harbor
animosity towards someone, it does not excuse you from being rough and abrasive with them. That is
still wrong. You cannot speak to people that way. You can't talk to people that way, let alone when
you are in a position of authority.
		

			Especially when you are in a position of authority, we need to constantly be very, very careful
about this problem. And Holly, that is fabulous. fafa. So now what are you supposed to do with them?
		

			What are you supposed to forgive them?
		

			Forgive them, let it go. Don't hold them accountable for whatever what's the film and see
forgiveness for them ask a lost power Tata Tata, have mercy on them. And also forgive them so that
they're not held accountable in the eyes of Allah, what shall we do, and then include them in
consultation, consult with them about important issues, about different matters that need to be
decided. This is actually a step by step process on how to deal with maybe some type of a
difficulty, or some situation that might have occurred within a group of people that work closely
together. The first thing is, let it go. Don't hold them accountable for that meaning. What that
		

			means is don't punish them for that, let it go. It's okay. Everyone makes mistakes. We're still
filming and asked a lot to forgive them. What this does is, this removes any ill feeling that you
might have in your heart. When you pray for someone, when you make the offer someone and they are
not even present in the in your own time in your own privacy. You may want to have mercy upon this
person, and forgive that person that removes any ill feeling or any stains that might be on your
heart towards that person. Any ill feelings that you might have towards that person get removed at
that moment. And then consult with them. Now that you have removed any ill feeling you might have
		

			towards that person, that person is still nervous, that I think he might still be mad at.
		

			You didn't punish the person. You said okay, don't worry about it. It's alright. Everybody makes
mistakes. No problem. Don't worry about it.
		

			But that person is still nervous when they come around you. They're ashamed to come face to face
with you. So we shall get hopefully, the next time there's a decision to make. You have to decide
something something needs to get done. You actually talk to them, you say excuse me? Can I have a
minute of your time? I need to take care of these things. What's your advice? What's your opinion on
this matter? Now what that does is that's a gesture to this person that shows this person that this
person is no longer angry with me. This person doesn't have any ill feelings towards me, this person
doesn't think any less of me because of what I might have done wrong I wish I would have known for
		

			either as a token Allah, then when you come to a conclusion and decision put your trust in Allah in
the light when we're talking a lot of love so people put their trust in it with the lesson I want to
extract here from desire is this is teaching us. Now I just don't want to use the word leadership.
Because sometimes we have a very specific idea in our head, what leadership means. Leadership is
actually much more broad than we consider. The better word that I want to use is. This teaches us
how we should behave when we are in a position of authority
		

			when we are in a position
		

			of authority, whether it's within our own families, whether it's with our own children, whether it's
with our at work, whether it's here in the masjid, or it's in some organization, or some other
effort that we're doing, or in the extended family, whatever it might be, when when a person has a
position of authority, how should he deal with people? How should he interact with people, the
prophets allottee, some is in the position of authority, these people have disobeyed a direct
command that's ended up in the result. And that's resulted in the death in the market of the death
of dozens of Muslims. And dozens more have been injured, because these people disobeyed him, and
		

			he's the authority. How does he deal with them? He's soft, he's gentle, he's understanding.
		

			That's the first time he's not harsh with them not in tone. And same thing in his heart, he doesn't
have any real feelings towards them, then he doesn't punish them, he asked the Lord to forgive them.
And then when the next situation comes around, he includes them in this consultation in his close
circle, he doesn't exclude them. Now, all of these people don't know us anymore. Don't you remember
what they did last time.
		

			Let's remember what he did last time, I gave him a responsibility to profit into that he still kept
them close, still consulted with them. And this is how that community that society, that group of
the Sahaba remained connected and bonded and stayed very close to the property. So this is from the
Quran a lesson and how to have a position of authority and how to be a leader. And once again, I
mentioned that this doesn't refer specifically only in specific terms of leadership,
		

			any position of authority. Anytime you have a position of authority over other people, this is the
way to behave. This is the way to conduct yourself. And this is how our community is built. This is
how a solid unit is built. And the last thing that I wanted to mention here is one thing that I lost
power until I mentioned here at the end is the issue of consultation, Mashallah Shula, this is a
very important teaching from our dean. And this is something very valuable that we should implement
in our lives. This is we see the presence of an end up for our, and it had a very strong presence in
the life of the prophets a lot of fun as well, the word mature itself, it means to make something
		

			apparent, something that is hidden, or something that is not clear to make it clear. And then some
of the linguist even mentioned that the word extracted from the word from Russia is also used to
extract honey is the same word used for extracting honey from the beyond.
		

			Because there is some element of danger there. And you have to be very cautious and very careful to
pull out that which is pure, and that which is beneficial. And that is what consultation is that is
what much works. Because there's a lot of things that can go wrong when making a decision. But when
you consult with other people and other believers, and you consult with them, and then you put your
trust in a line you go forward, and so a level delivered to you that which is pure, and that for
which will be beneficial to your situation. And the prophets. Eliza was very particular about
consulting with people has another love and who the grandson of the prophets Allah, He says, but I
		

			know a lot who I know who might be in a pageant. Well I can assume the beam about them, that
		

			Allah subhanaw taala knew that the Prophet Alayhi Salaam necessarily did not need to consult with
people, the prophets of Allah was fully capable of making a decision. He didn't have to consult with
people. He didn't need to consult with anyone, but a lot of what Allah commanded him to do so, so
that this would become a set practice. And this would become something that people would continue to
do after him. The province a lot of a sudden himself, he says, matters our opponent to Illa we do he
actually under him, whenever people will consult with one another, in making the decision alone will
guide them towards that which is the best for them in that situation. Or those circumstances.
		

			Whatever the law says that you I never saw anyone doing more consultation and Metro with one another
when making decisions. Then the companions of the prophets along the center, if not above the law
says that Allah and His Messenger salon the salon lover nega they are unhappy, they don't need to
consult with anyone. Allah doesn't need to consultant anyone in the prophets Allah likewise does not
need to consult with anyone will enjoy Jada Welcome to Allah Almighty. But Allah subhana wa tada has
made it a source of mercy for the oma of the prophets a lot essener feminists the shadow minimum
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			whoever will make it a regular practice to consult with others, he will always find good in whatever
he does, and woman tabaka
		

			and whoever will not consultants, people will habitually not consult with people and
		

			Make sure and consult with other people, then that person will constantly find himself in a position
of difficulty and a difficult position. So therefore it's very good to always consult with others,
and take the advice of others. And this builds a sense of community. This builds a sense of
belonging. And then the last thing that Allah subhanaw taala mentions the ayah right after this,
Allah says, em, so boom, Allahu Allah, Allah. If Allah subhana wa Taala helps you for that money,
but no one will ever be able to overcome you. And the connection, the reason why Allah subhanaw
taala mentions right after, whenever a leader will conduct himself with his people, in this manner,
		

			he will be forgiving, he will be merciful and he will continue to include them in his decision
making. the help of Allah was always we will always be with this group of people and nobody will
ever be able to overcome them. May Allah subhanaw taala allow us to May Allah grant us the ability
to conduct yourself in such a manner may give us May He grant us the ability to practice everything
we've seen her so how about he will be handy to have along