Adnan Rajeh – Performing Dawah Outreach #8
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The story of the prophet alayhi wa sallam is described as a false lie, but the speaker notes that Jesus's faith and experiences led him to perform the job. The conflict of interest between the man and his partner is also discussed, with Jesus ultimately doing it because he was enjoying alay His presence. The conflict of interest between Jesus and his partner is also highlighted, with Jesus ultimately doing it because he was enjoying alay His presence. The importance of da absorption to the partner's personality and views the world is emphasized.
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And the theme of outreach to your dawah
is what I'll be continuing to cover over
the next week or or more.
And this is a very famous story,
but, you know, within it is just a
point I want to make with for you
inshaAllah about how the prophet saw someone by
this Qala, called Qala Anas.
The prophet
there was a boy
and the word hulam
does not necessarily mean
under age. Hulam can go from anywhere from,
you know, 13 to
to 19, basically. You can use the word
hulam. So this could be someone who is
of of of of of the age of
being an adult today, easily. And the Ravalli,
alayhi salatu wasalam, would often throughout his life,
have people who would do certain things for
him, especially when he got older, especially, you
know, towards the end of his life to
have someone young to kind of do errands
or help you out with around the house
stuff or even when he's traveling or doing
things. And this young Jewish boy
lived beside the Prophet
and he needed a summer job or something
of the sort. So, he would go and
he would help the Prophet, alayhis salawat wa
sallam, for something
in return. So, one day this boy got
sick or this young person got sick. The
prophet alayhi wasalam went to his house.
He wanted to
visit someone who was who was ill. It's
a sunnah of the prophet, alayhis salatu, to
do something like this.
So he sat right behind the this boy's
head. He The boy is lying on a,
on a bed. He went and he sat
beside him right right where his head is.
Not not far away.
Looks at him and he say and he
says, Islam. And he take the shahada.
So the young person, the young boy, he
looked at his father, the prophet alaihis salam
after he after he said that. So the
father said,
Oh praise be to Allah that he was
saved from the fire. Imam al Bayhaqi adds
in his in his in his narration of
his hadithqala,
Alhamdulillah
All praise to Allah that he used me
to save this young person from, from the
punishment of the fire. A few points I
think this is how you are interesting. Number
1, the prophet alayhi wasallahu alaihi wasallahu alaihi
wasallam. Well, this is Yeah. And he had
someone from a different faith
do actually work with him or work for
him or be in very close contact with
him alaihi wa sallam. There was nothing weird
about it. He didn't say, Well, a young
Muslim is ola to do this. No. It
didn't matter. It didn't matter what the deen
this young person had if they wanted to
do something or work with the Prophet alaihis
salatu wasalam or makes it. He didn't matter
to him alaihis salam. He didn't discriminate alaihis
salam based on the fact that this person
was from a different faith, and they have
a bad record with the Prophet alaihis salam
up to that moment. After that moment, they
had a pretty bad record. Yeah. Between Banu
Nablil and Banu Qurayyal and Banu Qaynu Ka'a.
Yeah. Things did not go very well. However,
he still worked with the Prophet alaihis salam.
He had no reason. Number 2 is that
when he got sick the prophet alayhis salam
actually went and performed ad al mereb. And
this is a younger person who works for
him alayhis salam. It was not a relationship
of kin or a relationship or friendship. This
was just someone who who did certain jobs
for him alayhi salatu wa sallam. When he
heard that he was sick, he went and
he visited him alayhi salatu wa sallam.
The 3rd piece is that he took the
and he took the opportunity to perform
dawah when he would offer the opportunity. Meaning,
the reason the meaning the the the fact
that he performed dawah at that moment means
that all throughout his interactions with this young
person, he was thinking about this alayhis salatu
wastan. That's what this means. In order for
him to go and actually do
visit him when he's sick. And then to
do this means that the whole time that
this boy was working with the Prophet alaihis
salatu wassup. In his mind, he was hoping
that he was able at some point to
offer dawah to him. Right? But why didn't
he do it when when he was working
for him?
Well, there's this conflict of interest first of
all, and there's a power differential there too,
and and maybe it wasn't the right time
or the right position. But now this is
a situation, this is very appropriate for him
to do it because this kid, as far
as he can tell, was on his deathbed.
He got very ill back then. If you
got a simple infection or you picked up
a virus or you picked up some, and
the kid did die. And this boy he
passed away. He didn't, he didn't make it
from this illness. So the prophet had to
do it then because he had no other
chance that this was the last chance he
was gonna get to perform dawah, and it
mattered to him. It mattered to him. He
was he was he was he was he
was he was enjoying alayhis salatu wa sallam.
That Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala used him to
save this person from jahannam.
There's all these little gems for us in
terms of his personality and how he saw
the importance of dawah.
Even someone like this who's a peripheral human
being. You know, There's a lot of peripheral
human beings for you. People that you don't
really They're
just there to do something. They have some
value in terms of what they do for
you. But they don't matter outside of that.
Go home and think about them. You'll come
up with them. There's like a bunch of
people in your life that they don't really
matter aside from the one the one thing
you need from them. They do it for
you and then they're done. It doesn't nothing
else really matters. You're not interested outside of
that. There's no interest. You don't have time
for different reasons. You can you give yourself
all these, you know, all the different reasons
in the world. This was a peripheral person
in his life, alayhis salatu wa salam. The
whole time in his mind he's like, how
do I when do I perform dawah? Waiting
and he sees the moment, alayhis salatu wa
salamat the right time and he performed dawah
and
When can I do it in a way
that's appropriate?
That's not offensive. That's not disrespectful. That's not
going to push them away. That's not gonna
make it difficult for them to say yes.
Where they
are open to accepting it.
Even those I I in my opinion, it
was a huge gamble.
He's in his house, the father is there.
This could go horribly wrong.
This could go horribly wrong. This story could
have been very different. But he's like, Oh
he's passing away?
He's passing away. This is my last chance.
I can't I can't wait anymore. Like I
can't wait any longer for a better situation.
This is the lie He's going to die.
I have to give it a shot even
though even though it may not work. As
the dawah
says
to see if it sticks. Just see if
it works. I don't know. He's probably he
would probably at least I'm hoping for a
better moment where he could where he could
offer this dua with him. But there's no
this is the last moment so I have
to just try it. Either it works or
it doesn't.
And it worked out. And, the person was
saved. And just keep that in mind because
this, you know, this shows you aspects of
how he saw the world and he saw
it was something that I think is valuable
to us.