Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – The Far Reaching Generosity of God’s Messenger (S)
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Just to give you an understanding of how difficult a task, the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, faced when he was
granted his prophecy at the age of 14,
and the geopolitical situation at the time, and how the choice was
the most appropriate choice that was made through the wisdom of
Allah subhanaw taala. Let's start with a look at the map. Now you
don't have a map in front of you. But when you go home, just just
look at a map of the world in the way it currently seems, in the
older maps of
the earliest cartographers like idrisi, I mean, some some of the
earliest maps were actually developed by Muslims. One of them
was idrisi. So north or south and south was North, everything was
actually the other way around, which is very interesting.
However, since the last several decades, the map is the way we
generally see it. But according to the way the map is seen today,
look at where the Arabian Peninsula lies, in which Saudi
Arabia currently, which is called Saudi Arabia in its current name.
But the Arabian Peninsula is very interesting, out of the entire all
of the continents, the way you see them, Saudi Arabia will fall or
the Arabian peninsula will fall right in the middle, it's exposed
to see on three sides, despite being in the middle, it's exposed
to three sides to the sea to water, and it only is attached to
the land on one side. And what's very interesting, if you look at
it carefully, is that it actually appears like the heart is
suspended in the middle of the human body. So the most apt place
that was chosen. And this is not just kind of some kind of
emotional claim we're making when you go home, just tapping Saudi
Arabia onto Google Maps. And when the when the world comes up, you
will actually see where it's placed. It's so perfect. It's just
like literally a suspended heart, in the middle of all of these
continents. Now, that's the place where the Prophet salallahu Salam
was chosen. Now, that's not the only thing. The people who live
there among which Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was
sent to, were not normal people. They had certain characteristics,
habits and customs, which made a lot of people avoid them. Even the
most, the greatest of the powers of the day, the Persian and the
Roman Empires, which essentially surrounded them from three sides.
South was Yemen, there was the Christian influence there of the
in Yemen, because Yemen had a system, whereas Saudi Arabia
didn't have Arabia didn't have a system, but yet Yemen, the
southern point of the Arabian peninsula had a system
and likewise, you had then the Persians on your right, right to
the east and then to the north and beyond in Sharm in the Levant, you
had you had the Romans, But none of these people wanted to do
anything, or have anything to do with these people.
Despite the fact that these were all conquering, conquering
empires, they, for some reason, just avoided the Arabs among which
are Sula, Santa lorrison came. So they had certain characteristics
and certain habits and customs which are
considered very violent, which are considered extremely tyrannical
and rebellious, so nobody was interested in them, plus the way
the land was and their surrounding areas were.
However, there was another side to it. The qualities that they had
made it actually the perfect place for the last prophet Muhammad
Rasul Akram sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to come to. So let's just
look at that a bit. First and foremost, if you look at
the way, the people who are they were considered an extremely
uncivilized people, they had no law and order. It was, as they
say, you know, whoever had the stick, whoever had the sword, they
would win. And they were constant reprisal attacks. They were
constant infighting. And they were constant takeovers of one tribe of
the next and then enslaving the people. And this is the way the
system worked, everything was decided by the sword, so extremely
uncivilized in that regard to such a degree, I mean, as you've
probably heard of and many times before burying their daughters
alive. So life didn't mean much for them in that sense. Number
two, the land was a full desert, as Allah subhanho wa Taala
mentions in the Quran, Lady these are in
right a place with no vegetation. This is the situation of maca
mountains, and just miles and miles of desert, miles and miles
of desert. Number three,
the nature of the people was such that they really stuck together
with their tribe, tribal affiliations, were so strong that
individualism would never have worked there. It was such a
situation where if they were your friend, they were your friend
until death. And if they were your foe, than they would be your
enemy, regardless of what you did for them. They were very unlike
the camel, the friend of mine. On one occasion, he actually
described somebody as a camel. I said, Why do you do that for? It's
not a very nice description, he said, I'll tell you why. You can't
trust this. You can't trust this guy. I said, What's that got to do
with the camel? It says, You know what, Campbell,
when you wanted to sit, you have to be very careful.
Whether you're on this side or that side, because it can sit on
any side. And if you're there, you will be crushed.
So you can't trust it, that is only going to sit on this side or
this side, you seem to know what I'm talking about. Right. So
that's the nature of a camel, you have to be very careful, it's your
camel, but you don't know where it's gonna sit, and it might sit
on you. So you have to be very careful. So that was his
description. Now these people were such that they were very
particular, they were your friend or foe, and they would fight tooth
and nail until death for you.
So that was another that was another that was another issue.
That was another issue for them. And
number three, so that was that was actually number three. So they
were very extreme. But these were the most perfect people to send a
prophet to why? Because they had boldness about them, extreme
independence, they felt extremely superior within themselves. They
didn't care about anybody.
They had a lot of boldness about them this attitude. And that was
extremely important. Because if they if they were convinced that
they would be bold enough to take this deal and throughout the
world.
These were a people devoid of civilization. If they became
civilized, then with the boldness and this attitude they had, they'd
be able to take it around the world. Number two, another
advantage was that they were well suited for struggle. There was
less water, there was less water. And I mean, you know, there was
less water, extreme heat. So they were used to extreme heat, no ACS,
I mean, it's all been messed up now. Because there's, they live in
a scene.
A friend of mine, who's actually from India. He's working in
Emirates, and he's got all white hair and he's probably younger
than me. And he said, It's the AC working inside inside with the AC
that was his theory, Walla Walla, and I'm sure he's got some polish
on Yala was go darker. But that's what his idea was. In those days,
there is no AC, you're talking about complete heat of
excruciating 50 degrees etc. No, hardly any water economic
situation wasn't very easy. They had to fight for survival in many
cases, perfect if these people went to other areas that have no
problem in surviving. Whereas if you have people who are living in
pomp and glory and comfort and luxury, these people would find it
difficult in other areas. So that's the second characteristic
that this place was chosen for a number three, which was extremely
amazing is that despite this uncivilized nature, despite this
tyranny among them, and despite their
rebellion, they were extremely proud of one thing, which is that
they call themselves the Arab. And that means those who are able to
articulate themselves, articulate their feelings in the most
eloquent and apt and appropriate and refined, refined way. This is
the ability that they had, and they knew it. And that's why
anybody else that didn't speak their language, they call them the
iGEM. And the word origine refers to somebody who is unable to
articulate themselves, somebody who can't speak properly, somebody
who can't explain something, who doesn't have the ability to make
you comprehend what they mean, what they say inside, they have to
use 10 sentences, whereas a person who's able to articulate, he'll be
able to say it in a single sentence and give you the full
meaning. And that word and that construction, be that composition
be full of and rich, with many, many meanings. So these people had
that ability, and that was what they would vie with each other.
And so despite this uncivilized nature of their lifestyle, when it
came to speaking, they used to look down upon everybody else,
that those people, they don't know how to articulate themselves, we
know how to articulate ourselves. Now such a person is going to be
the greatest. Because his words, words are extremely powerful.
Words have a power, the language that you use, the vocabulary that
you're able to utilize an employee and invoke, and the construction,
so it's extremely believe, extremely efficient. So these were
the most perfectly suited people who were used to rough conditions,
extremely bold, and extremely articulate. If these people to be
one over, then that would the whole world would and this is
exactly the way retrospectively analyzing this. But this is
exactly the case. This is exactly what happened. Now, the other
thing is that Rasul Allah salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, he had
to win these people over.
How does he win these people over? Now, whenever you this is the job
of anybody that takes on something of a leadership position? How do
you win people over, whether it's the president or the prime
minister of a country, or whether it's the Imam of the Masjid? Or
whether it's a person who's just trying to bring his family
together? What he's going to have to look at all of these different
things. Now one of the most amazing things that the Prophet
SAW Lawson did, which is a later aspect, I'm just going to fast
forward a bit. When the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam moved
to Madina, Munawwara there are three things that he immediately
did. And I think for us Imams, this is a really helpful analysis.
This is what he did when he moved to Madina, Munawwara
so I'm just going off on a tangent. He said, first and
foremost, what he did was, he did Morehart
what that means is he created brother leanness between the
people. What you had is a situation where the people of
Makkah, the MaHA Julian had left everything and left all their
wealth, their places their abode, etc, and had come and moved to
Madina. Munawwara the answer, the Olson has Raj, who are originally
from the same family of Taylor, but who Kayla, they were they just
become, too. They just become two branches later on the Olson has
Raj, although they went to a common mother, right. That's why I
call it Taylor. Now they were in that they had great disharmony
between them. And they had a lot of conflict. Now that had been
resolved to a certain degree by Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
wasallam. But then you had this new group dental hygiene come in,
and they were going to vie for Space Place, they were going to
vie for the resources so the prophets Allah and created more
are hubs, brotherly love brotherly relationships, and thus he was
able to build build those bridges like that. So that's the first
thing he did create unity. Number two,
he got everybody involved in a common projects. So if you see the
idle mind is the workshop of the devil. So now you have this new
place. So he said, we're going to build a masjid Masjid Nabawi
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. So he had everybody involved in the
construction and development of this Masjid. So everybody had
something to do, there was an activity they were all involved
in. So that's why the less time for bickering and less time for
problems, you've got a common goal, and there's an exercise that
you need to do. Number three, they were the Jewish tribes that lived
around the three tribes that lived around. So he created he built
bridges with them, and a defense system, a security system that
will help you and you will assist us if there's a an enemy that is
to attack Madina Munawwara so these are the three things he did,
he did more hearts, and then he'd made a common project for
everybody to be involved in. And number three, he built bridges
with those that could be potential enemies, so that you would be
together and this is something an imam can also do any comes into a
community. And this is also what you can do within your own
families when there's a problem. This is something we can all
benefit from. However, let's go back to mocha mocha Rama the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has has just been
Given and bestowed with the Office of messenger ship with prophecy,
how does he go about winning these people for the sake of Allah
subhanaw taala. Of course, it needed many, many different
qualities, which in Sierra programs
are made clear
expounded upon, explored and surveyed in different ways that
they do today, we're going to be just looking at some of those
qualities. But the first thing is that to bring everybody together,
what would you do? What do politicians do? What do they rally
people on. So there were many possible rally points that the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam could have us number one was
on
economic welfare, there was a shortage of food, of supplies,
there was shortage of water. So he could have rallied everybody, with
a with behind the whole aspect of getting together for economical
purposes that, Hey, we should stop doing this, we should get together
so that you know, we could have better economic well being, he
didn't do that, though, that would have been easy for him to do,
because it's a common trait, and a common demand that they would have
all they would have all appreciated. Number two, the other
possibility. Another possibility was security, there was no
security there.
In the morning, you before you woke up for you know, in the
morning, at dawn, you'd be attacked, that was the best time
for attack. So there was no security, you wouldn't be caught
somewhere and made a slave and taken away. So he could have said,
Look, this is something that's plaguing our nation's our tribes,
we need to bring people together so that we have at least some kind
of security law. So he could have rallied everybody together and
security. That was another way to unify the hearts to unify the
minds actually, and bring them together. But he didn't do that
either. He was going to do something which would sort all of
these issues or These were, these were small things in the grand
idea that he had, and the tasks that he had been given. These were
all small issues that would all be dealt with, if the biggest issue
would be dealt with. The third possibility was to bring them
together on not nothing else, but the language. If none of the other
two than language, look, we speak the same thing. And then to rally
on that point, that we all speak like, we all have the same
language we need to be we need to come together in this regard
against possible enemies, or we need to do more in this regard.
But again, that was not something that was not the banner that he
used either. So what did he use, he went straight for the biggest
issue, which is to take people away from the servitude of the
people, to the servitude of the load of the people. That's exactly
what he did. And that's why his his whole his whole ambition. His
whole call is rally point wasn't Tawheed right from the beginning.
First it was done as you know, discreetly, then the then he was
the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam was ordered first Dark Bhima took
more
than now do it aloud. And thus he started with his own family,
absolute boldness with no fear whatsoever. Despite his compassion
itself, you don't generally expect, you know, people who have
very soft heart to be able to stand up to such things. But this
is exactly what he did. He was an amazing individual that comprised
of the best of qualities, even though they seem to be opposed to
each other. It's an amazing, just an amazing individual that
the mana Muhammad Saab has already described, you know, the formation
and the makeup. And that's essentially what is being played
out here in this, you know, in this talk here. So
yeah, you have nurse kulula, ILAHA, Illallah TUIfly, who
are people just say La ilaha illa. Allah, there is no God except
Allah. All of these intermediaries in between these what you say are
divine agents. They used to say that these were divine agents. We
don't believe in them. We only worship them. Because Neil curry
buena, illallah, his OLFA they're going to make us closer to Allah
subhanaw taala they act as intermediaries you don't need
them. There's direct contact with Allah subhanaw taala that was his
call for Tawheed and the oneness, Divine unity, Divine oneness. And
that's why To cut a long story short, we know we know the Sierra.
The prophets of Allah made that call. He went through great
difficulties. He had to he was they were persecuted. His
followers were persecuted. They had to leave Maka Maka, Rama for
Madina, Munawwara but then the day that they re entered Medina, maka,
maka, Rama they entered without bloodshed. The women were cowering
in the homes, that when they know that they have aggressed against
somebody when they have violated other people, and those same
people according to the tradition of the time and they would
Come back, they would lay waste to that area. So these women are now
cowering, because the men that be killed, but the women would be
raped, the women would be abused. And that's a major, that's
something that's been major all the way through a major issue and
a major concern. So they were cowering in the homes and waiting
for the carnage to begin, and nothing of the sort happens. In
fact, what they hear is totally the opposite. And the prophets,
Allah Larson has a well chosen words. He says anybody who enters
the home of Abu Sufian he is safe. If Abu Sofia is home is safe, then
everybody else is safe. And thus Hynde, the wife of Abu Sufian
comes out. And she is the same one who would
abused Hamza or the hola Juan, and she comes in enters into Islam,
and she is able to now say that you are once he says to the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam that you are once the most hated and
abhorred home and household in according to me, and today you
become the most beloved. So that's that's the Prophet sallallahu soms
story. Now, in order to do this, he had amazing qualities. Allah
subhanaw taala had placed into him every great quality there was And
subhanAllah when I shot at the Allahu Anhu was questioned about
him it store it's famous, the response she gave was Hulagu who
I'll call
his a HELOC or the Quran. However, the most amazing this is actually
her other with Allah subhanho wa Taala that that's what she said.
Really what she meant was that he had the unlock of Allah.
But you can't say that because there's a big distinction between
Allah and the creation of Allah subhanho wa Taala even though he
be Rasulullah sallallahu sallam.
So the way she could translate this was to say hola qu Al Quran,
Quran is the words of ALLAH, but the Halacha of Allah subhanahu wa
Tada. Look at the beautiful names and you will find them in
Rasulullah sallallahu, some at his level, not on divine level.
There's nothing that is like Allah subhanaw taala he is divine. He's
beyond these transcendent.
But this was her way of expressing this idea.
And
how out of all of these, of course, we have no time to discuss
all of these qualities. And when people say that Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is not mentioned in the Quran by name.
Musa al Islam has mentioned this many times isa Islam is mentioned
25 times, Ibrahim Ali Salam has mentioned so many times, you see,
when you mentioned an individual, and on as opposed to that you
mentioned aspects of an individual. That's a whole
different thing. So Allah subhanaw taala speaks about the Prophet
sallallahu in many different ways, or the cannabic.
We reveal the Quran onto your heart he speaks about the profit
and loss on his heart. He doesn't have to mention the prophets of
Allah is he speaking about the heart of the prophets, Allah
Lauryssens? He's speaking about the prophets. Allah says knifes if
Allah he says, Bahia landec About your nutsack Allah khulumani
number of things aim, Southern Allah Masha Allah casada rock, he
doesn't have to say Mohammed. And I'm not sure Halakhah Sodre this
is all actually a translation of Mohammed, what does Mohammed mean?
The one who has been praised the most, who is entitled to the
greatest Paris, Allah is actually praising him. And by using these
alternate means of addressing him to say you are the Muhammad.
And at the same time, he's hammered. And hammered means the
one who has the ability to praise Allah more than anybody else. So
RG with that one name. And this is the beauty of the Arabic language,
that Muhammad means the one who is able to praise Allah the most. And
Muhammad is the one who's been praised the most, both in the
heavens, the super luminary world and in the sublunary world on the
earth. That's the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam.
Just to give you an idea of how powerful the Arabic language is,
Love is an extremely important idea. It's something we all
experience. Now in English. What are the words for love?
Does anybody know any thing other than love for love? Except the,
you know, the vulgar words, any decent words? Um, there may be,
but generally people don't. Whereas in Arabic, the stages of
love, every stage of love has a term. So for example, the first
stage of love is called Hawa
where there's an inclination towards something in your heart,
feel something towards something, an idea, a person an endeavor.
A jewel or whatever it may be, or to Allah subhanho wa taala.
However, how enough's number two when it becomes a bit stronger,
it's called Allah aka
Allah aka
the knifes because we're the relook means to stick to
something. So now it's getting stickier. It's a bit stronger than
just our number three. It's called ish. Everybody knows Irish
translate into Arabic into English.
So English is the third stage of love. And number four is called
shut off. Shut off is stronger than English. Because this means
better than hope. She often called she's off, this is talking about
the outer skin of the heart. So the love has reached all the way
there is just one more stage left, which is called she Earth. So this
is in Arabic and the poet's use this in amazing ways. And those
who are articulate in the language uses in amazing ways and for many,
many things like that. There's an amazing philologist, a
lexicographer, called
last Murray, Abdul Malik Abdul Karim, also a hadith scholar, he
says, he wrote a book on the shirt,
shot Bacary, the goat. And he mentioned about 60, or 70, names
for in Arabic, how they use 60 or 70 names or words, vocabulary for
just the goat.
So he was in the early time and they were developing and the
philology of the Arabic language, the dictionaries were being
developed and so on. So this is one of the books he wrote among a
number of our Hebrew wrote another book on the forests, on the horse,
and the different words that relate to every aspect of the
horse.
Just amazing language and unfortunately, we are bereft of
this language. We read Quran for 20 years, and we never understand
it. How would it be, if we can, if Allah subhanaw taala can open this
up so that we can actually understand his words, his superior
words directly?
And you know, if you have a desire, Allah will fulfill it.
So we don't even have the dream to know Arabic. We just think it's
unattainable. And this is what they call our
this is what you call
low Hema.
High hem, high aspiration. Is it too difficult for Allah subhanaw
taala to teach you Arabic?
Is it beyond them?
Allah says I am with my servant as he thinks of me.
Once you have that as your dream, even if you think it's
unattainable,
you will do something and Allah subhanaw taala will give you tofi
At least start with the last 10 sutras and Surah Fatiha, which the
Imam reads most of the time so at least you understand that and you
will see how the beauty of it as a mom is we're doing wonderful
karats and unfortunately now massage it nobody Christ unless
it's a good tool.
Right? Everybody's into Arabic in the sheets today. Because it's
good today. You don't understand what it is.
So may Allah subhanaw taala enlighten us in that regard. Now,
I'm just going to go through one Hadith, just looking at one aspect
of the promise of Lawson's character which was extremely
important in his our work and in winning these people over and this
is the Hadith that I mentioned the beginning from ignore Buster the
Allahu Anhu he bumped into me he has transmitted in his Shama and
he says that Ghana rasool Allah He sallallahu alayhi wa salam, Edward
the nurse, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was the most
generous of people.
Most open hearted,
most open handed,
most benevolent,
most able to give
a Jew or the nurse or do not think this is just referring to money.
Because today we equate generosity with money, we equate the health
of a country with how people can spend It's so ridiculous. It is so
ridiculous. The health of a of a country and the political system
is determined by how many people go out at Christmas time and other
times and how much money is made in the High Street. The province
of Allah is in Cana Edgware the nurse he was the absolutely the
most savvy and generous and open hearted individual. And then even
Abbas on the Allahu Anhu carries on to say what can I do with my
Hakuna officia honey Ramadan in fact he was most generous out of
all of his states he was most generous during the month of
Ramadan until Ramadan finished abundant generosity in Ramadan.
Now once you hear that, you will start thinking there has to be a
reason for that Ramadan is a special time
I'm so there's something affecting him, which is making him even more
generous. You don't just become generous for no reason just like
that something's affecting him. And then he says,
for you to Gibreel for your added early he'll Gibreel Ali salaam
used to come to him and then they used to present the Quran to each
other. So whatever Quran had been revealed until now because the
Quran was revealed over the course of 23 years, so whatever Quran had
revealed up to the the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
exhibited it, someone would do his door as we call it would review it
so that it's all it's refreshed and it's put together so then he
then ignore bacilli, hola Juan, who says that either lucky or who
do you believe? When Gibreel Ali Salam used to be with him when he
used to meet him when used to have these special high ranking
meetings with Gibreel Ali salaam, Ghana Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam a Jew other bill hired him in a real masala
when he would meet with Gibreel RTE Salam now he would be so
generous with all types of goodness and excellence and
benevolence, that he would be more generous than and this is ignore
bustle the hola Juan is description, then the wind which
is sent. So like the wind just reaches everything. You can hear
it, it's everywhere, and it's spread. It's doesn't discriminate
of only being in one place, but it's everywhere. It's universal.
And it affects everything. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam Jude was like that now we're talking about epner Abbas at
the Allahu Anhu. He is not somebody who's very crude in his
descriptions. He's very eloquent in his articulation. He knows what
he's talking about. Imagine what's in his head, in his heart, and
what he's trying to say by this expression. Whenever somebody
makes an expression, it's not, you know, people analyze this, but
think of the person making that expression. And what is that
person saying? What must be going through his mind? What must be in
front of him that he's having to say this way that he's like the
wind, that's probably the only thing he could have thought of at
that time, that the Prophet salallahu sounds Judo is not about
money giving person you know, this much here this much they it was in
everything. Let us analyze the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa Salam
is Jude. Some examples, some examples of his generosity. So
fun. Evening Omiya the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave
Safar ignorant Romania so much heard so many goats and sheep from
some booty that had come that literally filled the valley
between two mountains. It was such an abundant amount that Safar did
not Omiya says.
He says, Allah Muhammad and you are thought among Allah, Ya shall
fucker. I see Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa salam, giving such a
gift, this gift of a person who has no fear for poverty.
Again, this is a non Muslim speaking at the time. Right? But
he is with his articulation. He's an Arab. This is his articulation.
He says I see him giving like a person who's got no fear for
poverty he gives
And subhanAllah the province of Assam himself said he said
in nama Anna Kasim Wallah who your OT, I am just the distributor,
Allah is the giver.
And subhanAllah Allah will give more to those who distributes why.
Imagine you have a charity, and you need to get rid of money, you
need to go and help people and you've got a few people that work
for you. There's one person who is really fast, he can identify
people who need help, he goes and he gives, He comes back for more.
Right? And then you've got others who are like, you know, not not as
generous in that sense that I know know, this person, now you're
going to be more happy with the person who's giving because that's
why you want to give
you want to give out so you're gonna give him more and more and
more. In fact, what happens when the will do when when I will do
places when when the too many people start using it and you need
it it needs an upgrade because the water is too slow for the amount
of people would you do you get a you get a thicker, you know, pipes
and the system right? If your electricity is good then you get
the three phase special industrial electric, you know supply that's
what happens. Allah subhanaw taala is opening his supply to Muhammad
Sallallahu Sallam give give give. He's just the distributor and
Allah is giving you
that's this is not a fundraiser. This is not a fundraiser we're not
collecting here for the masjid and you may be no you're not.
You're giving a break. Okay?
But keep this in mind giving. It's Allah who's giving and Allah knows
it's not like I'm giving hidden find out Allah knows every person
that's giving and he's the one who's given but we How can you
give? How's this the prophets of Allah awesome. Do this
After the Hawa is in her name, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam freed
6000 of them members that had been that had been enslaved. 6000 of
them he said free emancipated. Why? What were they worth? They
were worth 500 million dirhams. 500 million dirhams. 500,000 1000
dirhams
comes to me. That's what the Arabic says 500 million is
Debenhams with what they worth. He gave him Hello, there you go.
That's generosity.
Once he gave a bursary Allahu anhu, so much gold that he
couldn't carry it.
He couldn't carry the amount that he was given. When it came to
giving, he just gave.
In fact, this is the Prophet salallahu Salam and his reflection
is on his homework on the great people of his ummah. So it says,
Sofia Lipner arena, great Hadith scholar. He once said to one of
the students of Imam Abu Hanifa, Abu Hanifa, was an extremely
wealthy individual merchant. He, he had people working doing his
clock business, and he was teaching and studying teaching.
Once one of his students was approached by Sofia Lipner arena,
and he said, I can't believe how much your Imam Abu Hanifa gives
us.
Right? He gives us so much that he makes us embarrassed. One is you
go to somebody's house and you take them a pot of biryani and
maybe something else. The other one is you go and you give them
food for 100 people, they're gonna think, man, are you crazy?
All this food. It's like I'm embarrassed. You know, what are we
going to do with this? He used to give so many gifts to the aroma of
the city. And Sophie only been Ariana is one of them. And he's
saying that to the students or honey for Rahim Allah, and the
students said, You are lucky. There's actually other people who
gives even more than that. How do you do that? How do you do that?
The way you do that, the crux of all of this is reliance on Allah
subhanho wa taala. If your reliance and your trust is that
Allah is the Giver, he has given me this he can give me more he can
give me much more. And the prophets Allah Lawson's reliance
is unlike anybody's reliance. That's why he is the ajwa to nurse
because he is the greatest in our cool.
They go hand in hand without what can you can't give.
Unless a person is like minded and not very sensible, and people take
advantage.
So that's the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam.
On one occasion, 90,000 dirhams were brought to him, and he just
started giving and giving and giving until there was nothing
left. He just finished it all off completely. This same reflection
was on his family. The way he worked is that in the beginning of
the season, all of his wives would be given a Muhammad minion or the
Allahu Anhu. And they would be given the supplies of grain and
wheat, barley and whatever else it was, for several months for the
season.
Very few in very few days, it would be gone. A madman would come
a guest would come to Brussels and would call to his wives, anybody's
got anything and they will start giving and giving uh, by the end
of it, there'd be nothing.
And that's why for a number of days, there would be no fire in
the house to cook anything.
This is his Jude, this is his house. This is his generosity,
because of his ultimate reliance on Allah subhanho wa taala.
He knew that he is spending on the creation of Allah on the creatures
Allah's bondsman, and it's Allah who is supplying him, he is acting
just as the means. So with that reliance is giving to the people.
Now although we've kind of focused on wealth, contribution, on money
that he's giving, and generosity in a monetary sense, that's not
all that he used to give. You see, and it's not in this world that
this will this is confined to what the other mentioned is lumea
Kamala was full e 30. In fi se you will acquire me that the quality
of preferring others over oneself etha the quality of preferring
somebody else and giving somebody else advantage over yourself. This
quality has never come complete in anybody but Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, and you know when you will see it complete,
kalua hating your guru yo Malkia mattina I've seen I've seen every
person on the Day of Judgment including the prophets will say
enough see enough see except resources
because in that story, everybody's saying enough's enough series Ali
salaam, he doesn't in the narration, don't say enough's
enough. He says go to Mombasa. He tells them where to go to Muhammad
Sallallahu usos and the Prophet sallallahu
Are you someone who's the only one? Well who are your cool
Almighty almighty?
That is Jude expressed even in the hereafter. In fact, he knows this.
And that's why the special dua that every prophet is given this
one special dua that is accepted. He's kept it for that time.
So he's not just generous, but his planning is generous, even plans
in a generous manner.
Now this is not just to revelant this is for us to be inspired by
and not just for this measureless but everything that our Mallanna
set as well is not just for this, measure this It's to take out
beyond this. Unfortunately, we go out and we lose it. We pray to
Allah subhanaw taala Allah give us endurance. Allah give us
endurance. Allah keep these memories vivid in our mind so that
we can spread them to to others and we can practice them
that's why this
poet says what he says but I'll go into ignore Hydra last Kalani
somebody who dealt with the Hadith
somebody who dealt with the hadith of Buhari and many others.
Right. He says
that the reason why the prophets Allah son was like this is because
suburb with Alec
and the NAFSA, who Ashraful NuForce the prophets Allah some
soul was the most noble of souls, the soul
will Misa who then will Amazonia and his temperament
was the most balanced of temperaments. See, generally what
the other mentioned like Imam Ghazali has written this montage
every time he has mentioned this as well Rahmatullah here, they,
they've mentioned that for a person to be perfect in character,
they need to have perfection and an equilibrium in their knowledge,
the way they use their knowledge and wisdom, when they use it
excessively, in the wrong way. And they go beyond what Allah subhanaw
taala has told them to start going into rooms that Allah subhanaw
taala has not allowed, then that becomes problematic like the
philosopher's if they don't use it enough, then of course, there's a
problem. The second aspect is of anger, the quality of anger is
extremely important, because that is what will make you stand up for
your rights. But if it becomes excessive, then it makes it cause
you to sweat somebody, it causes you to be aggressive, it causes
people to be tyrannical, it causes ethnic cleansing, and so on and so
forth. And if there's too less of it than a person is a coward. It
leads to, as we say, boost Diddy won't even stand up for his
rights. Number three is desire shower, you need to have a certain
level of shadow in equilibrium. If there's too much of it, it leads
to all the harms, promiscuity, adultery, *, etc, etc.
And if there's too less of it, then it leads to one spouse not
fulfilling the rights of the other. So it needs to be perfect
equilibrium. And what the other might have discovered is that the
one that's going to have the closest to the equilibrium will be
the closest to Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, because the
Prophet sallallahu sallam was the most equal had the greatest
equilibrium in this regard, he was the most balanced in this regard,
in every aspect. So now, even though he will ask ALLAH and he
mentioned that he was the most temperament in his behavior in his
attitude, in his in his in his temporary was absolutely moderate.
And when it came to his knifes and soul, and his self, which
translates into the self, is he was the most noble and most
honorable and dignified in the way he conducted himself and the way
he treated others. So that means that he would have the most
excellent actions because actions are reflect reflection of our
inner self of our soul, and altavia. Our temperament. So if a
person has the the best character, the best inner self, and the best
temperament, then their character is going to be the best. Their
actions are going to be the best, they are going to be the best.
And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when we talk about this
dude of his, this
generosity, it was not just in wealth, it was in every aspect.
Jude who law FDIC July accosted Allah, no.
Bail, huge marble Anwar. It comprised of all the different
types of generosity that you can even think of, for example, but
the little L That's the first thing he did, which is to expand
his knowledge to go and to teach people
to go and teach people. For those that are other ma who are sitting
and not teaching.
This is a this is a reminder for us. For those of us who only teach
for money and don't teach for free
this is also
This is also for all of us, to give knowledge to this is
generosity
to go and teach people, like, for example, the story that's related
about one of the great scholars that he gave this big bomb. And
this individual comes at the end of the bar at the end of the
lecture, and he missed it. But there was so much desire in his
heart, that he said, You know, I came from so far the Sheikh gave
the entire lecture to him again. Now we think, man, I'm tired.
This is what you call expanding your knowledge and the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam wherever he was, he was expanding his knowledge,
one man
wealth, which we've already discussed well enough, sir Who and
of course his own self, in every aspect is willing to go out and in
in what it armature at him, which means going and feeding feeding
the hungry. Right? Just because you're doing one thing, it doesn't
mean you can't go and feed the homeless. Number two wildly
generally him to go and try to give Naseeha and give some
admonition to the people who are ignorant to go and help them to
some old model
to go and preach to them. What kadai our AGM
fulfill their needs somebody has a need you go and fulfill them. What
the humbly Escada him, go and help them carry their burden. Somebody
who's had an issue go and help them carry their burden or their
moving homes or their psychological burdens go and help
them relieve them.
What can a Euro t alpha and yet Jesus were unhelpful look,
you know kings with massive supplies. The Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam is described as being able to give in such a way
that kings would be enfeebled kings would not be able to
challenge him in that regard. In this whole life was full of it.
Were your issue fee enough? See here I shall focus on how
Subhanallah but in himself, he lived like a pauper. In his self,
he lived like a poor person.
So that's the amazing thing that he gave like a king, but he lived
like a poor person. Law you could now run fie Beatty, he sure
the fire would not be kindled in his home for months on end. We're
in nama Hua, Sweden, what did they use to spend? What what did they
use to live their life by? How did they sustain by the two black
things chedule your dates and your water. That's how they they used
to survive for a number of days. Let's try that for a day.
And Robert L hedgerow Allah botany human or Jew, he's the same one
who gives like a king. But he puts a stomach on he puts a stone on
his stomach. He ties to stones on his stomach.
He's the same one when his daughter came to him complaining
about her hands. And some slaves had come. She needed somebody to
help. Can I have a slave? And you know what the Prophet sallallahu
Sallam told her? He said,
Ask assistance through La Ilaha illa Allah and Subhan Allah And
Alhamdulillah that's where we get your 340 me from 33 times 33 times
34 times do it before you go to sleep.
He told her to use that and that will help you he didn't give her a
slave.
Now in the Hadith, where it mentions to finish it off, what
the Hadith mentions is, why is the person why is it not Abba, the
Allah when explaining he first said God edgewear the NUS
understandable, he was the most
he was the most
generous among people. So first, he said he is the most generous ng
everybody. Now then to further discuss that. He said he was more
generous than the rain. What does that mean? See rain? It's very
general. It's universal. It's everywhere. So the what does the
rain do? The rain as Allah subhanaw taala mentions many times
a parable in the Quran. He says Allah sends down the rain and
enlivens the ground after its desolation. There was an area that
was totally desolate, Allah subhanho wa Taala sends the rain
and it becomes living and fresh and green again. That is what the
rain is doing. And look at what even Abbas is, most probably had
in his mind, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam with his
knowledge. He is extending it to enliven the hearts of people. So
these hearts become live because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said that the one who does dhikr of Allah and the one who
doesn't is like the difference between a person who's living in a
person who's dead. So he's enlivening the soul just like this
rain is enlivening the desolate lands, desolate souls are being
enlivened. However, there's a difference. This is not a complete
parallel, there's a difference. And the difference is, is that the
rain stops and starts, the rain is not perpetual. Whereas the Jew of
the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam is perpetual. Even though he's
gone now from this world, you can feel
His Generosity because we are all living examples of his generosity
that were sitting in a masjid today. And his Jude will be on the
day of judgment and will be for anybody who's in Jannah forever.
His Jude is his his generosity is perpetual and eternal because that
is what the generosity is what we are benefiting from today and in
sha Allah, Allah send us to Jana, which will be forever and that is
where we will be.
That is that that is the expression of his generosity. So
the rain stops and starts, but the Jude of the Prophet sallallahu
Sallam doesn't.
Then the then he said, Eduardo nurse, the most generous among
people. Then he said in Ramadan, because Ramadan closer to Allah
subhanaw taala because his generosity is based on Tawakkol he
feels closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala in Ramadan because of the
special state of fasting and the baraka in Ramadan and the shaytans
being away as we know there's a special state and Ramadan is even
more generous and then he's even more generous specifically in
Ramadan in the time in Jabril Ali Salaam is with him. Why? Because
the it the earning of Dalai Lama Iike to Ramadan Li Tian off dolly
Mala equity Rama Illa off Donnell hulky B of Donnell Kalam mean
after the Muhtar Kent Lehman fee after is a man.
Why, because at that time, you have the most noble of angels of
the rock man, the Most Merciful One coming to the most noble of
creation, with the most noble of speech from the most noble of
speakers in the most noble of times, so all of this nobility,
and this father comes together, then what is going to happen to
Rasulullah sallallahu salah? Yeah, Allah, we miss Rasul Allah. We
weren't alive at the time, but yet we can still feel that the Prophet
sallallahu sallam said a group will come that I've never seen me.
He said many things about people who will come later who have never
seen me but they are. They love a sheepdog, Burnley. They have great
love for us. They are great love for me. And it would have been a
challenge. We thank Allah for wherever he is kept us as long as
He gives us His love. That's the main thing because if we were
timing Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam and we didn't get the love,
then
that would have been a curse. So we think Allah subhanho wa Taala
because Allah has wisdom, supersedes everything. Allah knows
when the best time for us and we just thank you.
Finally, one aspect of this, you see what's happening is, it says
in the Hadith, this is one final point that it says in the Hadith
that the Prophet salallahu Salam was the most generous when there
was debris, Larissa was Jebel Ali Salam coming from what is he
bringing is coming from Allah subhanho wa taala. What is this,
this is pious company. This is pious company, where noble things
are being rendered the Noble Quran is being reviewed. That is why the
other man mentioned from this hadith, what you can say is that
pious company is beneficial. So for us to sit in pious company
inshallah like this one among pious individuals.
So, what the hola ma have mentioned, is that just like the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam is also benefiting, as mentioned in this
Hadith from company of east of Gibreel, Ali salaam, we will
benefit from the company of the pious Gibreel and Islam is not
going to come to us and sit with us. It's possible, but he doesn't
generally do that. We have to be with the ones of Allah Kumar
Tsadikim. Now look at this.
I just give you an example of some of the greatest ordermark
Imam Malik Rahim Allah it's mentioned that despite his great
knowledge and everything, gonna Yeti, Mohammed Abdullah Moncada,
he would go and visit Mohammed Abdullah monka, who is known to be
a woody of Allah, and he would benefit from him. He would go and
sit in his company or jeep. Not only that, what kind of ama Dibner
humble, we are here Blumarine to have the greatest Maha DVM, right
Imams. Yeah, he had no mine. No humble Ghana, Ghana yesterday.
Ferny Isla ma rueful querque They would go frequently and visit
Monroeville Karachi and you know murder of Karachi when I'm here
configure el Milla. Hedy Beeman Zilla de Hema, when it comes to
sciences, he was not of their stage, but when it came to the
bottom and to Rouhani he was higher and they would go and
benefit from him. Amazing.
Not only that, what Colonel Imam Shafi Imam Shafi Rahim Allah
Garner usually has been a de che burner rari he would go and sit in
front of Shaban the shepherd. Because of his state, he would go
and sit in front of him. Coma yuck. Although subby you feel
mucked up, just like a child sits in front of his
Teacher with full discipline in front of his teacher. That's how
Imam Shafi used to sit in front of Shiva and Roy Imam has already
mentioned in here. After quoting some of this, it says the only
problem is that if you don't have anybody like that, then at least
you can read their books, read the world read their stories, and that
will be of benefit to you. You take the best that you have
amongst you miss no meat in your midst, nobody's perfect. But you
see somebody that reminds you of Allah subhanaw taala hold on to
them and take benefit from this. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant
us comprehensive Jude and Sahar and generosity as he gave to the
school, allah sallallahu alayhi wa salam, and thus we've expanded our
understanding of Sahara and inshallah we can expand it in a
similar way. May Allah subhanho wa Taala give us Tofik May Allah
subhanho wa Taala make his obedience beloved to our hearts,
may Allah subhanho wa Taala make his disobedience, ugly and
repugnant in our hearts. And may Allah make the best of our days
the day that we stand in front of him while he was out 100