Ahsan Hanif – Quran Tafseer – Page 178 – The Battle Of Badr

Ahsan Hanif
Share Page

AI: Summary ©

The Surah Al-Anfal is a learning experience for the next generation, as the Prophet salallahu wa sallam gives guidance and guidance during difficult situations. The importance of Islam's principles and lessons is discussed, including the belief that individuals can overcome enemies and become stronger, the use of hesitation in fear and hesitation when faced with large groups of troops, and the use of hesitation to avoid punishment and fear of punishment. The speaker emphasizes the need for everyone to be true to oneself and not be victimized by others, and provides examples of hesitation in times of fear and hesitation when faced with large groups of troops.

AI: Summary ©

00:00:06 --> 00:00:10
			I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the
		
00:00:10 --> 00:00:10
			accursed.
		
00:00:12 --> 00:00:14
			In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,
		
00:00:15 --> 00:00:16
			the Most Merciful.
		
00:00:44 --> 00:00:47
			Welcome to another episode of our Tafseer, page
		
00:00:47 --> 00:00:48
			by page, insha'Allah ta'ala.
		
00:00:48 --> 00:00:52
			Today we are covering page 178, which is
		
00:00:52 --> 00:00:55
			the second page of Surah Al-Anfal, towards
		
00:00:55 --> 00:00:56
			the very end of the ninth juz' of
		
00:00:56 --> 00:00:57
			the Qur'an.
		
00:00:57 --> 00:00:59
			In the previous episode we began with the
		
00:00:59 --> 00:01:01
			Tafseer of this chapter, the eighth chapter of
		
00:01:01 --> 00:01:03
			the Qur'an, Surah Al-Anfal, and we
		
00:01:03 --> 00:01:05
			said that Al-Anfal refers to the spoils
		
00:01:05 --> 00:01:06
			of war.
		
00:01:06 --> 00:01:08
			Because this was, or this Surah will speak
		
00:01:08 --> 00:01:11
			about, and as we began with in the
		
00:01:11 --> 00:01:14
			last episode, it speaks about the Battle of
		
00:01:14 --> 00:01:15
			Badr and the many lessons and principles that
		
00:01:15 --> 00:01:16
			we can take from them.
		
00:01:17 --> 00:01:18
			And the Battle of Badr being the first
		
00:01:18 --> 00:01:21
			major battle in Islam was the first time
		
00:01:21 --> 00:01:24
			that the Muslims then gained spoils of war.
		
00:01:24 --> 00:01:26
			And because of that the Surah is named
		
00:01:26 --> 00:01:28
			after this particular issue.
		
00:01:28 --> 00:01:31
			The Surah begins by giving to us a
		
00:01:31 --> 00:01:33
			number of important principles that a Muslim needs
		
00:01:33 --> 00:01:35
			in order for them to be able to
		
00:01:35 --> 00:01:37
			overcome the major challenges of life.
		
00:01:37 --> 00:01:40
			In the circumstance or in this particular incident,
		
00:01:40 --> 00:01:42
			the Muslims, the companions of the Prophet ﷺ,
		
00:01:43 --> 00:01:46
			for them that major incident would be the
		
00:01:46 --> 00:01:46
			Battle of Badr.
		
00:01:47 --> 00:01:48
			But for other people it may be different
		
00:01:48 --> 00:01:50
			things, but the principles in the Qur'an
		
00:01:50 --> 00:01:51
			are always the same.
		
00:01:51 --> 00:01:53
			And that is that you have obedience of
		
00:01:53 --> 00:01:57
			Allah, obedience of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ.
		
00:01:57 --> 00:02:00
			You are people who inwardly connect with the
		
00:02:00 --> 00:02:02
			religion of Allah by making dhikr of Allah
		
00:02:02 --> 00:02:05
			subhanahu wa ta'ala, by contemplating over the
		
00:02:05 --> 00:02:07
			verses of the Qur'an, by trusting and
		
00:02:07 --> 00:02:07
			relying upon Allah.
		
00:02:07 --> 00:02:11
			And then you also manifest that Iman in
		
00:02:11 --> 00:02:14
			physical actions by fulfilling the obligations of Islam,
		
00:02:14 --> 00:02:17
			performing the Salah, giving the Zakah, and the
		
00:02:17 --> 00:02:21
			other different things that Allah has made incumbent
		
00:02:21 --> 00:02:21
			upon us.
		
00:02:22 --> 00:02:24
			And by doing so Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
00:02:24 --> 00:02:25
			'ala will open up for you the path
		
00:02:25 --> 00:02:26
			of success.
		
00:02:27 --> 00:02:28
			He will allow you to overcome the challenges
		
00:02:28 --> 00:02:31
			and difficulties of life, whatever they may be,
		
00:02:32 --> 00:02:34
			and whichever form and shape they may take.
		
00:02:34 --> 00:02:36
			And often those challenges or a number of
		
00:02:36 --> 00:02:39
			times those challenges can even be unexpected, as
		
00:02:39 --> 00:02:41
			is being mentioned here in this Surah.
		
00:02:41 --> 00:02:43
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then goes on
		
00:02:43 --> 00:02:44
			to speak about the Battle of Badr.
		
00:02:45 --> 00:02:46
			And as the Qur'an always does, it's
		
00:02:46 --> 00:02:48
			not a full telling of what took place
		
00:02:48 --> 00:02:49
			in the Battle of Badr.
		
00:02:49 --> 00:02:52
			It's not a description of the chronological order
		
00:02:52 --> 00:02:54
			of events that led up to and then
		
00:02:54 --> 00:02:58
			what took place during the battle and after.
		
00:02:58 --> 00:03:00
			But rather the Qur'an picks snippets of
		
00:03:00 --> 00:03:01
			what took place in the battle.
		
00:03:01 --> 00:03:03
			The full story you find in the books
		
00:03:03 --> 00:03:05
			of Sira, you find in the life of
		
00:03:05 --> 00:03:07
			the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and his descriptions
		
00:03:07 --> 00:03:09
			in the books that speak about the battles
		
00:03:09 --> 00:03:11
			that he fought in sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
		
00:03:12 --> 00:03:14
			The Qur'an isn't a history book in
		
00:03:14 --> 00:03:14
			that sense.
		
00:03:15 --> 00:03:16
			But what the Qur'an does is that
		
00:03:16 --> 00:03:18
			it gives to us different things that took
		
00:03:18 --> 00:03:20
			place so that we can extract from them
		
00:03:20 --> 00:03:21
			lessons and principles.
		
00:03:22 --> 00:03:24
			From those lessons and principles is how Allah
		
00:03:24 --> 00:03:28
			subhanahu wa ta'ala sometimes determines things that
		
00:03:28 --> 00:03:30
			me and you may not necessarily choose for
		
00:03:30 --> 00:03:31
			ourselves.
		
00:03:31 --> 00:03:34
			But Allah azawajal determines or decrees those things
		
00:03:34 --> 00:03:36
			for us because there is a greater benefit
		
00:03:36 --> 00:03:37
			in doing so.
		
00:03:38 --> 00:03:39
			Like in this example of the Battle of
		
00:03:39 --> 00:03:42
			Badr, the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and his
		
00:03:42 --> 00:03:44
			companions went out to intercept a caravan of
		
00:03:44 --> 00:03:46
			Quraish being led by Abu Sufyan on its
		
00:03:46 --> 00:03:48
			way back to the city of Mecca.
		
00:03:48 --> 00:03:50
			That was the intention, that was the goal,
		
00:03:50 --> 00:03:51
			that was the objective.
		
00:03:51 --> 00:03:54
			But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala decreed that
		
00:03:54 --> 00:03:56
			actually what would took place is nothing to
		
00:03:56 --> 00:03:57
			do with the caravan.
		
00:03:57 --> 00:03:59
			The caravan would be saved, the caravan would
		
00:03:59 --> 00:04:01
			safely make its way back to the city
		
00:04:01 --> 00:04:01
			of Mecca.
		
00:04:02 --> 00:04:04
			But what would happen instead was that there
		
00:04:04 --> 00:04:07
			would be this major battle that would determine
		
00:04:07 --> 00:04:10
			between the forces of Islam and the forces
		
00:04:10 --> 00:04:12
			that were against Islam or the enemies of
		
00:04:12 --> 00:04:12
			Islam.
		
00:04:13 --> 00:04:14
			And Allah azawajal as he mentioned in those
		
00:04:14 --> 00:04:16
			verses that we covered in the last episode,
		
00:04:16 --> 00:04:19
			لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَيُبْتِلَ الْبَاطِلِ So that Allah azawajal
		
00:04:19 --> 00:04:22
			could establish the truth and show the falsehood
		
00:04:22 --> 00:04:23
			of those people.
		
00:04:23 --> 00:04:26
			And so Allah azawajal caused this battle to
		
00:04:26 --> 00:04:28
			take place even though the Muslims or many
		
00:04:28 --> 00:04:31
			of the companions disliked that out of the
		
00:04:31 --> 00:04:31
			two options.
		
00:04:32 --> 00:04:34
			The two options, one being intercepting the caravan
		
00:04:34 --> 00:04:38
			is easier, less likely to result in difficulty
		
00:04:38 --> 00:04:40
			or the loss of life and limb and
		
00:04:40 --> 00:04:41
			injury and so on.
		
00:04:41 --> 00:04:42
			And the other one is to face the
		
00:04:42 --> 00:04:43
			might and the army of Quraish.
		
00:04:44 --> 00:04:48
			Many of the Muslims preferred the less dangerous
		
00:04:48 --> 00:04:50
			if you like of the two options or
		
00:04:50 --> 00:04:51
			the less difficult of the two options.
		
00:04:51 --> 00:04:52
			That is human nature.
		
00:04:53 --> 00:04:55
			But sometimes Allah azawajal puts you on a
		
00:04:55 --> 00:04:57
			path that you may think is the easy
		
00:04:57 --> 00:04:59
			path or the good path and it becomes
		
00:04:59 --> 00:05:00
			extremely difficult.
		
00:05:00 --> 00:05:02
			And there are many examples of this that
		
00:05:02 --> 00:05:04
			we can give people's lives in terms of
		
00:05:04 --> 00:05:06
			their careers, in terms of their jobs, in
		
00:05:06 --> 00:05:08
			terms of their families and children, in terms
		
00:05:08 --> 00:05:08
			of their marriages.
		
00:05:09 --> 00:05:12
			And so Allah azawajal determines you or pushes
		
00:05:12 --> 00:05:13
			you towards a different path.
		
00:05:13 --> 00:05:15
			But in that path that is ultimately good
		
00:05:15 --> 00:05:16
			for you even though it may be a
		
00:05:16 --> 00:05:18
			path of difficulty and hardship.
		
00:05:18 --> 00:05:21
			The ultimate end result is that Allah azawajal
		
00:05:21 --> 00:05:24
			rewards you, Allah raises you in your station.
		
00:05:25 --> 00:05:30
			So we continue in today's lesson with the
		
00:05:30 --> 00:05:33
			same story and the lessons that we take
		
00:05:33 --> 00:05:35
			from the battle of Badr.
		
00:05:35 --> 00:05:37
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala continues in verse
		
00:05:37 --> 00:05:39
			number 9 of this surah and he says
		
00:05:52 --> 00:05:54
			When you beg your Lord for help, He
		
00:05:54 --> 00:05:55
			answered you.
		
00:05:55 --> 00:05:58
			I will reinforce you with a thousand angels
		
00:05:58 --> 00:05:58
			in succession.
		
00:05:59 --> 00:06:01
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying and
		
00:06:01 --> 00:06:03
			remember the great favor and blessing of Allah
		
00:06:03 --> 00:06:04
			azawajal upon you.
		
00:06:05 --> 00:06:06
			When you came face to face with your
		
00:06:06 --> 00:06:09
			enemy and you use that time and opportunity
		
00:06:09 --> 00:06:11
			to turn to Allah azawajal and seek his
		
00:06:11 --> 00:06:12
			help and his aid.
		
00:06:12 --> 00:06:15
			And istighatha is to seek help and to
		
00:06:15 --> 00:06:17
			seek aid, to beg for aid, to seek
		
00:06:17 --> 00:06:19
			help from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
00:06:22 --> 00:06:24
			This principle is an amazing principle.
		
00:06:25 --> 00:06:26
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying that
		
00:06:26 --> 00:06:29
			at the time when the Muslims were fighting
		
00:06:29 --> 00:06:30
			the Quraysh or just before the battle is
		
00:06:30 --> 00:06:32
			going to begin or as the battle is
		
00:06:32 --> 00:06:32
			commencing.
		
00:06:33 --> 00:06:35
			The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam as we
		
00:06:35 --> 00:06:36
			know he turned to Allah azawajal and he
		
00:06:36 --> 00:06:37
			made dua.
		
00:06:37 --> 00:06:39
			And the Muslims were turning to Allah subhanahu
		
00:06:39 --> 00:06:40
			wa ta'ala in dua.
		
00:06:41 --> 00:06:43
			They were asking Allah azawajal for his help.
		
00:06:44 --> 00:06:45
			They were asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
00:06:45 --> 00:06:46
			for his divine assistance.
		
00:06:47 --> 00:06:50
			They were asking Allah azawajal for success on
		
00:06:50 --> 00:06:50
			that battlefield.
		
00:06:51 --> 00:06:54
			The Muslim is always in difficult situations.
		
00:06:55 --> 00:06:57
			But the person whom Allah azawajal blesses the
		
00:06:57 --> 00:06:59
			most is the one who in those times
		
00:06:59 --> 00:07:02
			of difficulty and especially when there's surprising or
		
00:07:02 --> 00:07:08
			sudden moments of difficulty, they have the mindfulness,
		
00:07:09 --> 00:07:11
			the awareness, the consciousness of being able to
		
00:07:11 --> 00:07:13
			turn to Allah azawajal in that moment of
		
00:07:13 --> 00:07:14
			difficulty.
		
00:07:14 --> 00:07:17
			Many people are engaged in times of difficulty
		
00:07:17 --> 00:07:20
			and hardship and they will remember Allah after
		
00:07:20 --> 00:07:20
			the fact.
		
00:07:21 --> 00:07:22
			They will remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
00:07:22 --> 00:07:25
			days later or weeks later or months later
		
00:07:25 --> 00:07:27
			or when others come and remind them to
		
00:07:27 --> 00:07:28
			turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
00:07:28 --> 00:07:31
			But in that moment of calamity as it
		
00:07:31 --> 00:07:34
			strikes suddenly, who are the Muslims that will
		
00:07:34 --> 00:07:35
			turn to Allah azawajal and say for example,
		
00:07:36 --> 00:07:38
			Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon.
		
00:07:38 --> 00:07:39
			Who are the ones who remember Allah azawajal
		
00:07:39 --> 00:07:41
			and say la hawla wa la quwwata illa
		
00:07:41 --> 00:07:41
			billah.
		
00:07:42 --> 00:07:43
			Who are the ones who turn to Allah
		
00:07:43 --> 00:07:45
			azawajal and the first thing that comes to
		
00:07:45 --> 00:07:47
			their mind and the first word that is
		
00:07:47 --> 00:07:49
			uttered by their tongue is in one way
		
00:07:49 --> 00:07:51
			or another in one shape or another the
		
00:07:51 --> 00:07:53
			remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
		
00:07:53 --> 00:07:55
			the invoking of the name of Allah azawajal.
		
00:07:55 --> 00:07:58
			The Muslims in the battle of Badr are
		
00:07:58 --> 00:08:01
			facing an army that is three times their
		
00:08:01 --> 00:08:02
			or thereabouts their number.
		
00:08:03 --> 00:08:06
			Three times an increase of them in terms
		
00:08:06 --> 00:08:06
			of number.
		
00:08:06 --> 00:08:10
			A better equipped army, better weaponry, better armor,
		
00:08:10 --> 00:08:12
			has a cavalry and so on and so
		
00:08:12 --> 00:08:12
			forth.
		
00:08:12 --> 00:08:14
			And those things are being fixed by these
		
00:08:14 --> 00:08:16
			300 odd Muslims who are with the Prophet
		
00:08:16 --> 00:08:17
			salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		
00:08:18 --> 00:08:20
			Many of them poor, many of them having
		
00:08:20 --> 00:08:21
			left behind their wealth and their land and
		
00:08:21 --> 00:08:23
			their property in the city of Mecca.
		
00:08:23 --> 00:08:25
			Many of them not in a situation to
		
00:08:25 --> 00:08:27
			be able to go and fight because even
		
00:08:27 --> 00:08:30
			in terms of the living standards in Medina.
		
00:08:31 --> 00:08:32
			Many of them are poor, don't have the
		
00:08:32 --> 00:08:33
			necessary strength.
		
00:08:34 --> 00:08:36
			But this religion teaches us and Allah azawajal
		
00:08:36 --> 00:08:37
			teaches us through this surah that it's not
		
00:08:37 --> 00:08:39
			about just the materialistic things.
		
00:08:39 --> 00:08:41
			Yes, you take your provision and you try
		
00:08:41 --> 00:08:43
			your best and you make your preparations and
		
00:08:43 --> 00:08:45
			it's not only about the physical power or
		
00:08:45 --> 00:08:47
			the physical strength but it is about the
		
00:08:47 --> 00:08:50
			strength that Allah azawajal gives and the aid
		
00:08:50 --> 00:08:51
			that comes from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
00:08:51 --> 00:08:54
			So when they turn to Allah azawajal, what
		
00:08:54 --> 00:08:55
			did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give to
		
00:08:55 --> 00:08:55
			them?
		
00:08:55 --> 00:08:58
			He gave to them aid in an invisible
		
00:08:58 --> 00:08:58
			form.
		
00:08:59 --> 00:09:00
			A form that they couldn't necessarily see.
		
00:09:01 --> 00:09:05
			بِأَلْفٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مُرْضِفِينَ A thousand angels in
		
00:09:05 --> 00:09:07
			succession that would come and honor them by
		
00:09:07 --> 00:09:08
			fighting alongside them.
		
00:09:08 --> 00:09:10
			And that is how Allah azawajal honors the
		
00:09:10 --> 00:09:10
			believers.
		
00:09:11 --> 00:09:12
			You turn to Allah azawajal in a moment
		
00:09:12 --> 00:09:15
			of difficulty, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sends
		
00:09:15 --> 00:09:17
			to you the heavens and the earth.
		
00:09:17 --> 00:09:19
			He sends to you the universe with everything
		
00:09:19 --> 00:09:22
			that Allah commands within it to be your
		
00:09:22 --> 00:09:26
			helper, your assistant to guide you through that
		
00:09:26 --> 00:09:28
			difficult moment and the challenge that you're going
		
00:09:28 --> 00:09:29
			through.
		
00:09:29 --> 00:09:31
			And so these angels come and they fight
		
00:09:31 --> 00:09:32
			alongside the Muslims.
		
00:09:32 --> 00:09:35
			So now the 300 Muslims, it's not a
		
00:09:35 --> 00:09:37
			problem anymore, their lack of numbers, their lack
		
00:09:37 --> 00:09:40
			of weaponry, their lack of armor, the lack
		
00:09:40 --> 00:09:42
			of a cavalry unit because they have a
		
00:09:42 --> 00:09:43
			thousand angels.
		
00:09:43 --> 00:09:45
			And even if you are one and Allah
		
00:09:45 --> 00:09:47
			azawajal sent with you a thousand angels, then
		
00:09:47 --> 00:09:50
			what more could you possibly need or want?
		
00:09:51 --> 00:09:52
			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does this
		
00:09:52 --> 00:09:55
			because from the greatest blessings of Allah azawajal
		
00:09:55 --> 00:09:58
			in times of difficulty is not the materialistic
		
00:09:58 --> 00:10:00
			or physical aid that you may or may
		
00:10:00 --> 00:10:02
			not receive, but it is the spiritual haq,
		
00:10:03 --> 00:10:05
			the contentment that Allah azawajal gives to you,
		
00:10:05 --> 00:10:07
			the peace and the ability to turn to
		
00:10:07 --> 00:10:09
			Allah azawajal and connect with him subhanahu wa
		
00:10:09 --> 00:10:10
			ta'ala.
		
00:10:10 --> 00:10:12
			As Allah azawajal mentions here in this incident
		
00:10:12 --> 00:10:15
			in verse number 10, وَمَا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا
		
00:10:15 --> 00:10:21
			بُشْرًا وَلِتَقْمَئِنَّ بِهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَمَا النَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ
		
00:10:21 --> 00:10:26
			عِنْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ Allah made
		
00:10:26 --> 00:10:28
			this a message of hope to reassure your
		
00:10:28 --> 00:10:28
			hearts.
		
00:10:29 --> 00:10:30
			Hope comes only from Allah for he is
		
00:10:30 --> 00:10:32
			almighty and all-wise.
		
00:10:32 --> 00:10:34
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that this
		
00:10:34 --> 00:10:36
			hope from Allah azawajal, meaning the sending of
		
00:10:36 --> 00:10:39
			the angels in the form of soldiers that
		
00:10:39 --> 00:10:41
			will fight alongside you, it is bushra for
		
00:10:41 --> 00:10:42
			you.
		
00:10:42 --> 00:10:44
			It is something that you can seek happiness
		
00:10:44 --> 00:10:44
			in.
		
00:10:44 --> 00:10:46
			It is glad tidings for you that Allah
		
00:10:46 --> 00:10:48
			azawajal helps you in that way.
		
00:10:48 --> 00:10:50
			And I think for many of us, we
		
00:10:50 --> 00:10:52
			have been in those situations where things seem
		
00:10:52 --> 00:10:53
			extremely difficult.
		
00:10:53 --> 00:10:55
			You can't see an exit.
		
00:10:55 --> 00:10:57
			The problems of the dunya seem like they've
		
00:10:57 --> 00:10:59
			mounted themselves upon you and against you.
		
00:10:59 --> 00:11:02
			And you don't know which way there's going
		
00:11:02 --> 00:11:03
			to be any light at the end of
		
00:11:03 --> 00:11:03
			this tunnel.
		
00:11:03 --> 00:11:05
			You don't know which way you can escape
		
00:11:05 --> 00:11:06
			or exit.
		
00:11:06 --> 00:11:07
			You can't see any options.
		
00:11:07 --> 00:11:08
			There are good options before you.
		
00:11:09 --> 00:11:11
			But as the days pass and you continue
		
00:11:11 --> 00:11:13
			to be strong in your iman and turn
		
00:11:13 --> 00:11:15
			to Allah and make dua to Allah azawajal
		
00:11:15 --> 00:11:17
			and hope and trust in Allah subhanahu wa
		
00:11:17 --> 00:11:19
			ta'ala, Allah azawajal opens for you one
		
00:11:19 --> 00:11:21
			way or another way and a third way.
		
00:11:21 --> 00:11:23
			And when you go through those exits that
		
00:11:23 --> 00:11:25
			Allah azawajal has opened for you and then
		
00:11:25 --> 00:11:27
			later on you reflect upon this, you reminisce,
		
00:11:28 --> 00:11:32
			you look back in hindsight, in retrospectiveness, you
		
00:11:32 --> 00:11:34
			see that what Allah azawajal has actually given
		
00:11:34 --> 00:11:35
			to you was better than what you could
		
00:11:35 --> 00:11:36
			have expected.
		
00:11:36 --> 00:11:38
			It's made you stronger, it's brought you closer
		
00:11:38 --> 00:11:40
			to Allah azawajal, made you a better person,
		
00:11:41 --> 00:11:42
			given you so many things that now you
		
00:11:42 --> 00:11:46
			appreciate that before perhaps you didn't appreciate from
		
00:11:46 --> 00:11:47
			the blessings of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
00:11:48 --> 00:11:51
			وَلِتَقْمَئِنَّ بِهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ And so that your hearts
		
00:11:51 --> 00:11:52
			will be reassured.
		
00:11:52 --> 00:11:54
			Because when you know that in this most
		
00:11:54 --> 00:11:58
			difficult of situations and circumstances, Allah's help came
		
00:11:58 --> 00:11:58
			to me.
		
00:11:58 --> 00:12:01
			What an amazing gift from Allah subhanahu wa
		
00:12:01 --> 00:12:01
			ta'ala.
		
00:12:02 --> 00:12:03
			To know that you don't need anyone or
		
00:12:03 --> 00:12:06
			anything in the dunya, Allah is with you.
		
00:12:06 --> 00:12:10
			So therefore whatever situation you're in, whatever difficulty
		
00:12:10 --> 00:12:12
			you're going through, it is sufficient to have
		
00:12:12 --> 00:12:14
			Allah azawajal by your side and helping you
		
00:12:14 --> 00:12:15
			with His divine aid subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
00:12:16 --> 00:12:17
			You don't need anyone else.
		
00:12:18 --> 00:12:19
			So if your husband leaves you, your wife
		
00:12:19 --> 00:12:22
			leaves you, your parents forsake you, your children
		
00:12:22 --> 00:12:24
			ignore you, the people of the dunya abandon
		
00:12:24 --> 00:12:27
			you, and everything within the dunya forsakes you,
		
00:12:27 --> 00:12:28
			you have no need for them anyway.
		
00:12:29 --> 00:12:31
			You're not looking to them for anything.
		
00:12:31 --> 00:12:33
			And that is the highest level of iman.
		
00:12:33 --> 00:12:35
			To be dependent upon Allah and Allah azawajal
		
00:12:35 --> 00:12:36
			alone.
		
00:12:36 --> 00:12:38
			And that is why the Prophet salallahu alaihi
		
00:12:38 --> 00:12:39
			wasalam, when he would take the bay'ah
		
00:12:39 --> 00:12:41
			from some of the companions, he would do
		
00:12:41 --> 00:12:43
			it with this condition, that you don't seek
		
00:12:43 --> 00:12:44
			help from anyone.
		
00:12:44 --> 00:12:45
			Don't ask anyone for anything.
		
00:12:46 --> 00:12:47
			And they would give the pledge of allegiance
		
00:12:47 --> 00:12:50
			to the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam based upon
		
00:12:50 --> 00:12:50
			that condition.
		
00:12:50 --> 00:12:52
			To the extent that one of them, if
		
00:12:52 --> 00:12:54
			they were upon their riding animal, their horse,
		
00:12:55 --> 00:12:58
			their camel, and their stick fell down, they
		
00:12:58 --> 00:12:59
			wouldn't ask someone, can you please pass that
		
00:12:59 --> 00:13:00
			to me?
		
00:13:00 --> 00:13:01
			Just give me that stick, grab it, pass
		
00:13:01 --> 00:13:02
			it to me.
		
00:13:02 --> 00:13:04
			They would get off, disembark, and pick it
		
00:13:04 --> 00:13:05
			up themselves.
		
00:13:05 --> 00:13:08
			Even to that level, no reliance upon anyone.
		
00:13:08 --> 00:13:10
			Turning to Allah azawajal alone.
		
00:13:10 --> 00:13:13
			وَمَن نَصْرُوا إِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ Because you
		
00:13:13 --> 00:13:15
			know and you realize that victory only comes
		
00:13:15 --> 00:13:17
			from Allah azawajal, help only comes from Allah
		
00:13:17 --> 00:13:19
			subhanahu wa ta'ala, and Allah azawajal is
		
00:13:19 --> 00:13:21
			almighty and all wise.
		
00:13:22 --> 00:13:24
			Another benefit of this, Allah azawajal mentions in
		
00:13:24 --> 00:13:26
			verse number 11, in the ways that he
		
00:13:26 --> 00:13:28
			reassures and gives these glad tidings to the
		
00:13:28 --> 00:13:29
			believers.
		
00:13:30 --> 00:13:51
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, Remember
		
00:13:51 --> 00:13:53
			when he gave you sleep as a reassurance
		
00:13:53 --> 00:13:55
			from him, and sent down water from the
		
00:13:55 --> 00:13:57
			sky to cleanse you, to remove shaitan's pollution
		
00:13:57 --> 00:14:00
			from you, to make your heart strong and
		
00:14:00 --> 00:14:01
			your feet firm.
		
00:14:02 --> 00:14:05
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he says, that
		
00:14:05 --> 00:14:07
			the people at this battle of Badr, before
		
00:14:07 --> 00:14:09
			the battle begins or as the battle is
		
00:14:09 --> 00:14:11
			commencing, Allah azawajal places upon them a nu
		
00:14:11 --> 00:14:13
			'as, a sleep, a slumber.
		
00:14:14 --> 00:14:16
			It is mentioned, and this is not by
		
00:14:16 --> 00:14:18
			the way the only battle this happens in,
		
00:14:18 --> 00:14:19
			it happens in a number of battles.
		
00:14:20 --> 00:14:22
			From the ways that Allah azawajal gave reassurance,
		
00:14:23 --> 00:14:25
			and blessings and glad tidings to the companions
		
00:14:25 --> 00:14:28
			of the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam, is that
		
00:14:28 --> 00:14:30
			he allowed them to sleep, to doze off
		
00:14:30 --> 00:14:31
			before the battle commences.
		
00:14:31 --> 00:14:34
			Number one, because it strengthens you, gives you
		
00:14:34 --> 00:14:37
			energy, to have a power nap, reinvigorates you,
		
00:14:37 --> 00:14:39
			but also because it calms you.
		
00:14:40 --> 00:14:41
			A person who is in a state of
		
00:14:41 --> 00:14:45
			terror, of fear, is petrified, is terrified, can't
		
00:14:45 --> 00:14:45
			sleep.
		
00:14:45 --> 00:14:48
			Sometimes when you're scared of something, like our
		
00:14:48 --> 00:14:50
			children, sometimes when they're afraid, they spend the
		
00:14:50 --> 00:14:51
			whole night awake.
		
00:14:51 --> 00:14:53
			Or you yourself, if you're overcome, even not
		
00:14:53 --> 00:14:55
			with terror and fear, but just so many
		
00:14:55 --> 00:14:58
			worries, and so many apprehensions, it keeps you
		
00:14:58 --> 00:15:00
			awake for hours during the night.
		
00:15:00 --> 00:15:02
			From the greatest blessings of Allah azawajal, is
		
00:15:02 --> 00:15:03
			that the people who turn to him during
		
00:15:03 --> 00:15:05
			those times, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives
		
00:15:05 --> 00:15:07
			to them a level of sakinah, that they
		
00:15:07 --> 00:15:09
			can sleep and rest.
		
00:15:09 --> 00:15:11
			Can you imagine before the battlefield, before the
		
00:15:11 --> 00:15:15
			battle commences, on the battlefield, you're now in
		
00:15:15 --> 00:15:16
			the very danger that you may lose your
		
00:15:16 --> 00:15:18
			life, that you may be injured, and injured
		
00:15:18 --> 00:15:21
			very severely, that there's going to be fighting
		
00:15:21 --> 00:15:22
			and killing.
		
00:15:22 --> 00:15:24
			That's a time when people are nervous, when
		
00:15:24 --> 00:15:26
			people are scared, when people are afraid.
		
00:15:26 --> 00:15:28
			Those are natural human emotions.
		
00:15:29 --> 00:15:31
			Imagine being able to sleep at that time
		
00:15:31 --> 00:15:31
			and rest.
		
00:15:32 --> 00:15:33
			And that is the way that the Prophet
		
00:15:33 --> 00:15:35
			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and his companions were
		
00:15:35 --> 00:15:37
			given this honor by Allah azawajal.
		
00:15:37 --> 00:15:38
			It is mentioned in some of the battles,
		
00:15:38 --> 00:15:41
			for example, in the narration of Abu Talhah
		
00:15:41 --> 00:15:43
			al-Ansari r.a, that he said that
		
00:15:43 --> 00:15:46
			we would doze before the battle commenced to
		
00:15:46 --> 00:15:48
			the extent that my sword would fall from
		
00:15:48 --> 00:15:50
			my hand, my spear would fall from my
		
00:15:50 --> 00:15:50
			hand.
		
00:15:50 --> 00:15:52
			Meaning that they're literally sleeping to the extent
		
00:15:52 --> 00:15:55
			that things are just falling down, they're literally
		
00:15:55 --> 00:15:57
			falling from their hands, and then they're realizing
		
00:15:57 --> 00:15:58
			what's happening.
		
00:15:59 --> 00:16:00
			And that is from the nu'as that
		
00:16:00 --> 00:16:01
			Allah azawajal gave to them.
		
00:16:01 --> 00:16:03
			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also sent
		
00:16:03 --> 00:16:05
			rain upon them to cleanse them, not only
		
00:16:05 --> 00:16:07
			physically, but also spiritually.
		
00:16:07 --> 00:16:11
			From the whisperings of shaitan, that you're outnumbered,
		
00:16:11 --> 00:16:13
			that these people are stronger, that you're going
		
00:16:13 --> 00:16:15
			to die today, that this is the end
		
00:16:15 --> 00:16:17
			of the road, that you have family behind
		
00:16:17 --> 00:16:19
			you, you have children behind you, you have
		
00:16:19 --> 00:16:20
			dependents that you left behind and so on.
		
00:16:20 --> 00:16:22
			So Allah azawajal cleansed them from this.
		
00:16:23 --> 00:16:24
			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave them
		
00:16:24 --> 00:16:30
			physical consolment if you like, physical means of
		
00:16:30 --> 00:16:33
			keeping them steadfast, but also spiritual ways to
		
00:16:33 --> 00:16:34
			keep them steadfast.
		
00:16:34 --> 00:16:37
			وَلْيَرْبِطَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ الْأَقْدَامِ That Allah
		
00:16:37 --> 00:16:40
			may make your hearts firm and strong, and
		
00:16:40 --> 00:16:42
			that He make your feet firm and steadfast.
		
00:16:42 --> 00:16:44
			So that when they stand on that day,
		
00:16:44 --> 00:16:45
			on the day of Badr, they are able
		
00:16:45 --> 00:16:47
			to overcome their enemies.
		
00:16:47 --> 00:16:49
			And that is from the blessings of Allah
		
00:16:49 --> 00:16:50
			subhanahu wa ta'ala for the believers.
		
00:16:50 --> 00:16:53
			When you're in times of difficulty and challenge,
		
00:16:53 --> 00:16:55
			for Allah azawajal to give you a level
		
00:16:55 --> 00:16:58
			of calmness, serenity, that even though other people
		
00:16:58 --> 00:17:01
			are panicking, other people are finding it difficult
		
00:17:01 --> 00:17:03
			to cope, whether that's at the time of
		
00:17:03 --> 00:17:04
			the death of a loved one, or it's
		
00:17:04 --> 00:17:06
			the time of some other person, calamity or
		
00:17:06 --> 00:17:08
			problem, or a calamity that's facing the ummah
		
00:17:08 --> 00:17:11
			in general, gives to you a level of
		
00:17:11 --> 00:17:13
			calmness and ability to look at the situation
		
00:17:13 --> 00:17:16
			and to understand in that particular situation what
		
00:17:16 --> 00:17:18
			is most pleasing to Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
00:17:18 --> 00:17:19
			'ala.
		
00:17:20 --> 00:17:22
			And Allah azawajal then goes back in verse
		
00:17:22 --> 00:17:24
			number 12 to the descent of the angels
		
00:17:24 --> 00:17:29
			and He says, إِذْ يُوحِي رَبُّكَ إِلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ
		
00:17:29 --> 00:17:34
			أَنِّي مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا سَأُلْقِي فِي قُلُوبِ
		
00:17:34 --> 00:17:38
			الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ فَضْلِبُوا فَوْقَ الْلَّعْنَاقِ وَضْلِبُوا
		
00:17:38 --> 00:17:41
			مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانِ Your Lord revealed to the
		
00:17:41 --> 00:17:43
			angels, I am with you, give the believers
		
00:17:43 --> 00:17:43
			firmness.
		
00:17:44 --> 00:17:45
			I shall put terror into the hearts of
		
00:17:45 --> 00:17:48
			the disbelievers, strike above their necks, and strike
		
00:17:48 --> 00:17:49
			all their fingertips.
		
00:17:49 --> 00:17:51
			Allah said to the angels as He sent
		
00:17:51 --> 00:17:53
			them forth to help the believers on the
		
00:17:53 --> 00:17:56
			day of Badr, أَنِّي مَعَكُمْ I am with
		
00:17:56 --> 00:17:57
			you, meaning that I am with you in
		
00:17:57 --> 00:18:00
			terms of your assistance, in terms of helping
		
00:18:00 --> 00:18:00
			you.
		
00:18:00 --> 00:18:03
			So you go forth, فَثَبِّتُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا And
		
00:18:03 --> 00:18:06
			you help the believers that you are fighting
		
00:18:06 --> 00:18:06
			alongside.
		
00:18:07 --> 00:18:09
			Imagine if you had no one with you,
		
00:18:09 --> 00:18:11
			no one to help you, but Allah says,
		
00:18:11 --> 00:18:12
			I am with you.
		
00:18:12 --> 00:18:14
			Like in the story as we covered in
		
00:18:14 --> 00:18:17
			Musa's story, Musa A.S. is being sent
		
00:18:17 --> 00:18:20
			alone against Pharaoh, with all of his armies,
		
00:18:21 --> 00:18:22
			and all of his advisors, and all of
		
00:18:22 --> 00:18:23
			his wealth and power.
		
00:18:23 --> 00:18:26
			And Musa A.S. is one individual, or
		
00:18:26 --> 00:18:28
			alongside him is his brother Harun A.S.
		
00:18:28 --> 00:18:29
			But Musa A.S. is the one who
		
00:18:29 --> 00:18:30
			is going to be speaking, Musa A.S.
		
00:18:30 --> 00:18:31
			is the one who is going to be
		
00:18:31 --> 00:18:32
			in the forefront.
		
00:18:32 --> 00:18:33
			Musa A.S. you go.
		
00:18:34 --> 00:18:35
			And what does Allah A.S. say?
		
00:18:35 --> 00:18:37
			Don't fear, I am with you.
		
00:18:38 --> 00:18:40
			You don't need anyone else, you don't need
		
00:18:40 --> 00:18:41
			an army to come and face Pharaoh.
		
00:18:42 --> 00:18:43
			Allah A.S. is with you.
		
00:18:43 --> 00:18:45
			And that is enough for the believers.
		
00:18:46 --> 00:18:48
			So likewise Allah A.S. is saying, I
		
00:18:48 --> 00:18:50
			am with your angels, so go forth and
		
00:18:50 --> 00:18:51
			help them.
		
00:18:51 --> 00:18:52
			And when Allah A.S. is with you,
		
00:18:53 --> 00:18:54
			therefore from this verse we understand that it
		
00:18:54 --> 00:18:56
			doesn't mean that you have no other help,
		
00:18:56 --> 00:18:59
			that it's just a false promise, or an
		
00:18:59 --> 00:19:01
			open promise, or a vague promise, no.
		
00:19:02 --> 00:19:03
			It means that Allah A.S. is with
		
00:19:03 --> 00:19:05
			you, so the whole universe is with you.
		
00:19:06 --> 00:19:08
			Because Allah controls everything in the universe.
		
00:19:08 --> 00:19:11
			So Allah will change things, manipulate things, alter
		
00:19:11 --> 00:19:14
			things, that are decreed by Him A.S.
		
00:19:14 --> 00:19:16
			that will come and serve you at that
		
00:19:16 --> 00:19:17
			particular moment.
		
00:19:17 --> 00:19:19
			And this is something which we see in
		
00:19:19 --> 00:19:20
			the stories of the Prophets of Allah, and
		
00:19:20 --> 00:19:22
			in the stories of the believers that we
		
00:19:22 --> 00:19:23
			are aware of.
		
00:19:23 --> 00:19:25
			And so Allah A.S. says that at
		
00:19:25 --> 00:19:27
			the same time as the believers having this
		
00:19:27 --> 00:19:30
			contentment and peace, the disbelievers will have a
		
00:19:30 --> 00:19:32
			ru'ab, they will have fear in their
		
00:19:32 --> 00:19:33
			hearts.
		
00:19:33 --> 00:19:34
			They are the ones who will be scared.
		
00:19:34 --> 00:19:38
			فَضْرِبُوا فَقَى الْعَنَاقِ وَضْرِبُوا مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانٍ So
		
00:19:38 --> 00:19:40
			strike them above their neck, strike all of
		
00:19:40 --> 00:19:43
			their fingertips, and the scholars of tafsir have
		
00:19:43 --> 00:19:44
			a discussion as to whether this is the
		
00:19:44 --> 00:19:46
			command to the angels or the command to
		
00:19:46 --> 00:19:48
			the believers or to both, and Allah A
		
00:19:48 --> 00:19:49
			.S. knows best.
		
00:19:49 --> 00:19:51
			But either way, the meaning is the same.
		
00:19:52 --> 00:19:53
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then continues in
		
00:19:53 --> 00:19:59
			verse 13 and He says, ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ شَاقُوا
		
00:19:59 --> 00:20:04
			اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ
		
00:20:04 --> 00:20:08
			شَدِيدُ عِقَابًا That was because they opposed Allah
		
00:20:08 --> 00:20:08
			and His Messenger.
		
00:20:08 --> 00:20:11
			And if anyone opposes Allah and His Messenger,
		
00:20:11 --> 00:20:13
			then Allah will punish them severely.
		
00:20:13 --> 00:20:15
			What took place in the Battle of Badr
		
00:20:15 --> 00:20:17
			against the enemies of Islam, that's because of
		
00:20:17 --> 00:20:19
			what they did to the Muslims and to
		
00:20:19 --> 00:20:21
			Islam, the way they rejected it and the
		
00:20:21 --> 00:20:23
			way that they dishonored the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
00:20:23 --> 00:20:24
			wa sallam.
		
00:20:24 --> 00:20:25
			And that is why after the Battle of
		
00:20:25 --> 00:20:28
			Badr was done and over, and those people
		
00:20:28 --> 00:20:30
			from Quraysh were being disposed of, the Prophet
		
00:20:30 --> 00:20:32
			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam spoke to their leaders.
		
00:20:33 --> 00:20:34
			They were dead and he said to them,
		
00:20:35 --> 00:20:37
			I have found Allah's promise to me to
		
00:20:37 --> 00:20:38
			be true.
		
00:20:38 --> 00:20:40
			Have you not found Allah's promise to be
		
00:20:40 --> 00:20:41
			true to you?
		
00:20:41 --> 00:20:43
			And so Umar r.a said, O Messenger
		
00:20:43 --> 00:20:45
			of Allah, they're dead bodies, they don't hear
		
00:20:45 --> 00:20:45
			you.
		
00:20:45 --> 00:20:47
			The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, They
		
00:20:47 --> 00:20:48
			hear me just as well as you hear
		
00:20:48 --> 00:20:49
			me.
		
00:20:49 --> 00:20:50
			Meaning that Allah azzawajal has allowed them to
		
00:20:50 --> 00:20:52
			hear this statement from me.
		
00:20:53 --> 00:20:55
			And that's because of the evil that they
		
00:20:55 --> 00:20:56
			did towards the Muslims.
		
00:20:57 --> 00:20:59
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then says in
		
00:20:59 --> 00:21:05
			verse number 14, ذَٰلِكُمْ فَذُوقُوهُ وَأَنَّ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابَ
		
00:21:05 --> 00:21:08
			النَّارِ That is what you get, taste that,
		
00:21:08 --> 00:21:09
			and the torment of the fire awaits the
		
00:21:09 --> 00:21:10
			disbelievers.
		
00:21:10 --> 00:21:12
			So in the dunya they were punished, and
		
00:21:12 --> 00:21:15
			yawm al-qiyamah they will be punished as
		
00:21:15 --> 00:21:15
			well.
		
00:21:15 --> 00:21:17
			And so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave
		
00:21:17 --> 00:21:18
			to the Muslims a great victory.
		
00:21:19 --> 00:21:21
			Gave to them help from him, divine aid
		
00:21:21 --> 00:21:23
			from him, sent angels for them, and alongside
		
00:21:23 --> 00:21:25
			them to fight with them, because they were
		
00:21:25 --> 00:21:26
			people of Iman.
		
00:21:27 --> 00:21:29
			Because they turned to Allah azzawajal internally and
		
00:21:29 --> 00:21:29
			externally.
		
00:21:30 --> 00:21:31
			Because they were people who trust in Allah
		
00:21:31 --> 00:21:33
			subhanahu wa ta'ala and they obeyed Allah,
		
00:21:33 --> 00:21:35
			and they obeyed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
		
00:21:36 --> 00:21:38
			So the believer holds on to these principles,
		
00:21:38 --> 00:21:40
			Allah azzawajal will make their life easy for
		
00:21:40 --> 00:21:44
			them in whichever situation they find themselves in.
		
00:21:44 --> 00:21:46
			In verse 15 Allah azzawajal then gives a
		
00:21:46 --> 00:21:49
			commandment to the believers who face themselves or
		
00:21:49 --> 00:21:51
			find themselves in similar situations and he says,
		
00:21:52 --> 00:21:56
			يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَقِيْتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا
		
00:21:56 --> 00:22:00
			زَحْفًا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ الْأَدَبَارُ O believers, when you
		
00:22:00 --> 00:22:03
			meet the disbelievers in battle, never turn your
		
00:22:03 --> 00:22:05
			backs to them or on them.
		
00:22:06 --> 00:22:08
			This is one of the commands of Islam
		
00:22:08 --> 00:22:09
			and that is that it is not allowed
		
00:22:09 --> 00:22:13
			for the Muslims to turn their back to
		
00:22:13 --> 00:22:15
			the disbelievers in the middle of the battle,
		
00:22:15 --> 00:22:17
			meaning to flee from the battlefield.
		
00:22:17 --> 00:22:18
			This is something which is mentioned in a
		
00:22:18 --> 00:22:21
			number of hadith to be considered from the
		
00:22:21 --> 00:22:21
			major sins.
		
00:22:22 --> 00:22:24
			تَوَلِّي يَوْمَ الزَّحْف Meaning when the two armies
		
00:22:24 --> 00:22:27
			are fighting to abandon your post, to leave
		
00:22:27 --> 00:22:30
			the battlefield, to disobey the ruler or the
		
00:22:30 --> 00:22:33
			commander of the army or the general, that
		
00:22:33 --> 00:22:36
			is considered to be from the major sins
		
00:22:36 --> 00:22:36
			in Islam.
		
00:22:37 --> 00:22:39
			And so Allah Azawajal is giving this command
		
00:22:39 --> 00:22:40
			here, that the people of Iman are not
		
00:22:40 --> 00:22:43
			people who should fear their death if that
		
00:22:43 --> 00:22:44
			is what Allah has decreed for them, or
		
00:22:44 --> 00:22:46
			defeat if that is what Allah has decreed
		
00:22:46 --> 00:22:49
			for them by fleeing without any good cause
		
00:22:49 --> 00:22:49
			or good reason.
		
00:22:50 --> 00:22:51
			However, if they have good cause and reason,
		
00:22:52 --> 00:22:54
			it is part of the military strategy or
		
00:22:54 --> 00:22:55
			whatever it may be, then that is something
		
00:22:55 --> 00:22:57
			which is permissible as Allah Azawajal says in
		
00:22:57 --> 00:22:59
			the final verse that we'll take today, verse
		
00:22:59 --> 00:22:59
			16.
		
00:23:00 --> 00:23:06
			وَمَن يُوَلِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ دُبُرَهُ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفًا لِقِتَالٍ أَوْ
		
00:23:06 --> 00:23:11
			مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٍ فَقَدَ بَاءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ
		
00:23:11 --> 00:23:17
			فَقَدَ بَاءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَمَأْوَاهُ جَهَنَّمٍ وَبِئْسَ
		
00:23:17 --> 00:23:20
			الْمَصِلِيرِ If anyone does so on such a
		
00:23:20 --> 00:23:23
			day, unless maneuvering to fight or to join
		
00:23:23 --> 00:23:24
			a fighting group, he incurs the wrath of
		
00:23:24 --> 00:23:26
			Allah and hellfire will be his home and
		
00:23:26 --> 00:23:27
			wretched destination.
		
00:23:28 --> 00:23:29
			And because there is this threat of punishment,
		
00:23:29 --> 00:23:31
			that is why it is considered to be
		
00:23:31 --> 00:23:32
			one of the major sins.
		
00:23:33 --> 00:23:36
			But here Allah Azawajal makes an exception or
		
00:23:36 --> 00:23:38
			two in terms of strategy.
		
00:23:38 --> 00:23:41
			So if the Muslims are retreating to regroup
		
00:23:41 --> 00:23:43
			with another Muslim army, it's part of the
		
00:23:43 --> 00:23:45
			battlefield strategy that the commander says you people
		
00:23:45 --> 00:23:48
			retreat because we're going to regroup here and
		
00:23:48 --> 00:23:49
			we're going to attack this place or that
		
00:23:49 --> 00:23:50
			place, that is permissible.
		
00:23:50 --> 00:23:52
			Because that is part of the battlefield strategy.
		
00:23:53 --> 00:23:55
			Or in times of defeat when the Muslim
		
00:23:55 --> 00:23:57
			army is being overpowered, that they're going to
		
00:23:57 --> 00:23:59
			go back to a fighting group, meaning to
		
00:23:59 --> 00:24:02
			a safety point, meaning back to the lands
		
00:24:02 --> 00:24:04
			of the Muslims, going back home, then that
		
00:24:04 --> 00:24:05
			is something which is also permissible.
		
00:24:06 --> 00:24:08
			Because on occasion, the Muslims will be overpowered
		
00:24:08 --> 00:24:10
			as we've seen in a number of times
		
00:24:10 --> 00:24:12
			in the time of the Prophet ﷺ when
		
00:24:12 --> 00:24:13
			the Prophet ﷺ sent the companions out to
		
00:24:13 --> 00:24:14
			fight.
		
00:24:14 --> 00:24:16
			He was with them but he sent expeditions.
		
00:24:16 --> 00:24:18
			On some of those occasions, the Muslims were
		
00:24:18 --> 00:24:20
			being defeated.
		
00:24:21 --> 00:24:22
			Like for example, in the battle in which
		
00:24:22 --> 00:24:25
			Khalid ibn Walid takes the Muslims and retreats
		
00:24:25 --> 00:24:28
			back to them to the city of Medina.
		
00:24:28 --> 00:24:30
			And that is when the hadith of Ibn
		
00:24:30 --> 00:24:32
			Umar he said that this happened to us
		
00:24:32 --> 00:24:33
			at one time.
		
00:24:33 --> 00:24:35
			And we came back to Medina and we
		
00:24:35 --> 00:24:38
			became very upset because we left the battlefield,
		
00:24:39 --> 00:24:41
			we were being overpowered, we were losing, so
		
00:24:41 --> 00:24:42
			we came back to Medina.
		
00:24:42 --> 00:24:44
			So he said we were ashamed and we
		
00:24:44 --> 00:24:46
			came to the Prophet ﷺ and we said
		
00:24:46 --> 00:24:48
			to him, O Messenger of Allah, we are
		
00:24:48 --> 00:24:49
			the ones who fled the battlefield.
		
00:24:49 --> 00:24:52
			He said no, you didn't flee the battlefield,
		
00:24:52 --> 00:24:54
			you're the ones who came back to safety
		
00:24:54 --> 00:24:56
			because I am your safety point.
		
00:24:56 --> 00:24:58
			And so that shows that it is permissible
		
00:24:58 --> 00:25:00
			because the companions did so and the Prophet
		
00:25:00 --> 00:25:02
			ﷺ allowed it that the Muslims either because
		
00:25:02 --> 00:25:04
			of the battlefield strategy or because they need
		
00:25:04 --> 00:25:07
			to retreat because of the circumstances of the
		
00:25:07 --> 00:25:09
			battlefield that isn't considered to be fleeing.
		
00:25:10 --> 00:25:12
			However, if it's not from those things, then
		
00:25:12 --> 00:25:14
			the believer shouldn't be those people who simply
		
00:25:14 --> 00:25:15
			flee from the battlefield.
		
00:25:15 --> 00:25:19
			Like for example, the hypocrites did in the
		
00:25:19 --> 00:25:20
			Battle of Uhud when they just left and
		
00:25:20 --> 00:25:22
			in the Battle of Ahzab when they just
		
00:25:22 --> 00:25:24
			left, that's fleeing from the battlefield without any
		
00:25:24 --> 00:25:26
			cause or without any reason.
		
00:25:26 --> 00:25:28
			And that is because the Mu'mineen, the believers,
		
00:25:28 --> 00:25:30
			believe in Allah عز و جل and they
		
00:25:30 --> 00:25:32
			know that Allah عز و جل has decreed
		
00:25:32 --> 00:25:34
			for them death whenever it may come.
		
00:25:35 --> 00:25:36
			And so they're not afraid of those things
		
00:25:36 --> 00:25:41
			if circumstances dictate but under the, obviously with
		
00:25:41 --> 00:25:42
			all the rulings of Jihad and all of
		
00:25:42 --> 00:25:44
			the conditions of Jihad and under the guidance
		
00:25:44 --> 00:25:47
			and the rule of the Muslim rulers and
		
00:25:47 --> 00:25:49
			so on, the Khalifa and what have you,
		
00:25:49 --> 00:25:51
			then that's something which is permissible in terms
		
00:25:51 --> 00:25:53
			of the way that they conduct themselves.
		
00:25:54 --> 00:25:56
			Otherwise, the Muslims should be people of steadfastness
		
00:25:56 --> 00:25:58
			and firmness and trust in Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ
		
00:25:58 --> 00:26:00
			تَعَالَى And with that, we come to the
		
00:26:00 --> 00:26:01
			end of today's episode.
		
00:26:01 --> 00:26:03
			بارك الله فيكم وصلى الله على نبينا محمد
		
00:26:03 --> 00:26:06
			وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله
		
00:26:06 --> 00:26:15
			وبركاته Thank you for watching!