Abdul Nasir Jangda – The Martyrs EP2- Hamzah
AI: Summary ©
The speaker discusses the history of the Prophet's name Hamza bin Abdul as the first cousin and the first cousin of the Prophet's mother. The Prophet's death is described as martyred and he is buried, leading to the loss of many lives. The Prophet is comforted by people and is the leader of all celebrate.
AI: Summary ©
In every generation, there are people who have
to make the ultimate sacrifice.
We have hundreds of thousands of our brothers
and sisters today in Gaza, who are making
that sacrifice, whose lives are being taken from
them, who are being killed and murdered and
massacred.
But this is not a new tradition.
This story is as old as the ummah
itself.
And inshallah, in this series, we're going to
be talking about the marchers from the time
and the life of the Prophet ﷺ as
a source of comfort and inspiration.
One of the most beloved people in the
entire world to the Prophet ﷺ personally was
Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib r.a. Hamza r
.a. had a very fascinating relationship with the
Prophet ﷺ.
First of all, Hamza r.a. was technically
the uncle of the Prophet ﷺ.
Hamza r.a. was the brother of the
father of the Prophet ﷺ.
Number two, Hamza r.a. whose mother was
the first cousin of the mother of the
Prophet ﷺ.
So they were second cousins through their mothers.
Thirdly, Hamza r.a. was only two years
older than the Prophet ﷺ.
And because of that, they had been nursed
by the same nanny.
And so they were actually foster brothers, rada
'i brothers.
And being only two years apart growing up,
their relationship was definitely of that of brothers.
Hamza r.a. was the big brother the
Prophet ﷺ never had.
And he always looked after him, looked out
for him, always had his arm around his
shoulder.
And so he was very extremely beloved to
the Prophet ﷺ.
Even the story of how Hamza r.a.
becomes Muslim is very interesting.
I won't go into all the details here,
but Hamza r.a. became Muslim in a
moment where he was defending the honor of
the Prophet ﷺ.
He came back from one of his legendary
hunting trips.
And someone told him that Abu Jahl had
disrespected the Prophet ﷺ publicly.
So he went into the Ka'bah, the
Masjid al-Haram near the Ka'bah.
And he hit Abu Jahl on the head
and stood up to all the people there.
And he said, you people keep disrespecting Muhammad
ﷺ while I believe in him.
And I accept his message.
And so even the moment in which he
accepts Islam, and then he had a follow
-up conversation with the Prophet ﷺ.
But I wanted to mention very specifically that
it was in a moment where he was
offended on behalf of the Prophet ﷺ.
And he was defending the Prophet ﷺ.
Hamza r.a. was the very first flag
that was ever carried by a soldier of
Islam in the way of Allah in jihad
was Hamza r.a. That it was the
very first flag the Prophet ﷺ ever gave
to anyone for the battlefield was he gave
it to Hamza r.a. On the day
of Badr, on the day of Uhud, Hamza
r.a. fought valiantly in the battlefield.
And the narration mentions he would fight with
two swords.
He was ambidextrous.
He would have a sword in each hand.
And he was like a human buzzsaw.
He would tear through the enemy.
On the day of Uhud, the day that
Hamza r.a. would be martyred, where he
would give his life for Allah.
Before he fell, he had taken out 31
people from the enemy side.
That is how courageous and valiant he was.
And when that moment finally came, the day
of Uhud, in the month of Shawwal, in
the third year of Hijrah, when Hamza r
.a. was 57 years old, his life was
taken and he fell in the battlefield of
Uhud.
And it was one of the most painful
days of the life of the Prophet ﷺ.
You know, whenever we hear about people dying,
people being killed, like our brothers and sisters
in Gaza and beyond, it's very important to
remember that this was someone's mother, someone's father,
someone's brother, someone's sister, someone's son, someone's daughter,
someone's uncle, someone's nephew, niece, aunt, etc.
It's very important to remember that.
Because the brother, the cousin, the nephew, the
best friend of Hamza r.a. who is
none other than Muhammad Rasulullah ﷺ.
And he grieved that day.
He said, لن أصاب بمثلك أبدا ما وقفت
موقفا قدت أغيض إلي من هذه The Prophet
ﷺ, he said that, I will never be
tested with anything greater than the loss of
you, O Hamza.
And the Prophet ﷺ said that, I have
never stood at a place that is more
disliked to me, أغيض إلي من هذا that
is more disliked to me than this place
where I'm standing.
When he was standing over the dead body,
the mutilated body of Hamza r.a. He
said, this is the toughest moment of my
life.
The Prophet ﷺ said that Jibreel, the Archangel
Jibreel, he came to me to comfort me.
And he said, مكتوب في أهل السماوات السبع
It is inscribed upon the heavens.
حمزة بن عبد المطلب أسد الله وأسد رسوله
That Hamza is the Lion of God.
And he is the Lion of the Messenger
of God.
The Prophet ﷺ, when he stood at the
grave of Hamza r.a, he said, رحمك
الله May God have mercy upon you.
أي عمي My dear beloved uncle.
فَلَقَدَ كُنتَ وَصُولًا لِلْرَّحْمِ You were good to
me.
You were always good to your family.
You were good to me.
فَعُولًا لِلْخَيْرَاتِ And you led by example.
You always did good.
Even when they reached back to Medina, and
more than 70 Muslims had fallen on the
day of Uhud.
And there were this, you could hear the
sounds of crying.
Every home was mourning.
The Prophet ﷺ became very sad.
And he said, لَكِنْ حَمْزَةٌ لَا بَوَاكِيَ لَهُ
But Hamza, my Hamza, no one cries for
him today.
And this was a very heavy loss on
the Prophet ﷺ.
Somewhat so that the Prophet ﷺ, for the
rest of his life, he had a regular
practice of going there to Uhud.
And where Hamza was buried.
And to remember Hamza.
Even the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, Fatima
رضي الله تعالى عنها Every week, she would
go to Uhud to pay her respects to
Hamza رضي الله تعالى عنه.
And this was the pain of the Prophet
ﷺ at the loss of someone so near
and so dear to him.
But he was comforted by the fact that
they would be reunited in Paradise.
The Prophet ﷺ He will be the leader
of all the martyrs in Paradise.
We pray that all of the Muslims who
have been martyred, who have been killed, may
Allah ﷻ reunite them with their loved ones
in Jannat al-Firdaws al-'Ala.
Ameen, Ya Rabb al-'Alami.