Ali Hammuda – The Chosen Ten #11 Even The Devil Feared Him! Umar RA
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The transcript describes a disturbing incident where a jinn from among the humans once wipes out a woman from among them. The jinn says that they will not stop until they see a different path, but the woman refuses to give up and refuses to give up. The jinn then says that they will teach the woman a verse from the Quran, but the woman refuses to recite it. The jinn then says that the woman is a woman of the jinn and that they will not stop until they see a different path.AI: Transcript ©
For Shaytan, mankind is a spectrum of potential
targets.
Some are easy praying, effortlessly
swayed by feeble whispers, whilst others strike fear
and dread in Chey Pan's heart.
Umar worked tirelessly to be from the latter
category until Allah
granted it to him. As is well known,
shaitan would flee from Umar.
He said once Umar asked permission to enter
upon the prophet
while several Qurashi women were sat with the
prophet. They were talking to him and requesting
extra financial support with their voices raised. The
moment, however, they heard the voice of Omar
seeking permission to enter, the women hurriedly got
up to veil themselves. This of course was
before the hijab was made compulsory. The prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam gave permission to Umar
and the moment he entered, he saw the
messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam smiling. Umar politely said,
may Allah almighty always keep you happy, oh
messenger of Allah. As if to ask what
makes you smile. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
said, I am astonished at these women who
were with me. As soon as they heard
your voice, they rushed to cover themselves. Umar
said, oh prophet of Allah, you have more
right to be feared by them than me.
Then Umar turned to the women and he
said, oh enemies of your own souls, do
you fear me and not the prophet of
Allah? They replied, yes, because you are harsher
and fiercer than the prophet of Allah. And
upon hearing this, the prophet said
to
Omar
Oh, son of Al Khattab, I swear by
the one who possesses my soul. Whenever shaitan
sees you treading a path, he looks for
a different path to walk away from yours.
As far as the devil was concerned, the
Umar was a hopeless case. I wonder how
shaytan behaves when he sees us treading a
path. Does he wave his white flag and
surrender and retreat? Or does he cynically grin
knowing that he has guaranteed a catch for
the day? Our individual
response to his next whisper will be the
answer to this question. For Umar, however, it
didn't stop there. Abdullahi ibn Mas'ud narrated that
a man from among the humans once went
out and was met by an individual from
the jinn who said, will you wrestle me
if you throw me to the ground? The
jinn said, I will teach you a verse
from the Quran which if you recite it
when entering your house, no devil will enter.
So they wrestled and the human being threw
him to the ground. The human being then
said to him, I see that you're very
weak and your forearms are like the front
paws of a dog. Are all the jinn
like this or is it only you? And
he responded, I'm of the strongest amongst them.
And so let us wrestle again. So they
wrestled and again the human being threw him
to the ground. So in keeping with his
promise, the jinn taught the human being diverse
from the Quran. And he said to
him,
He said, you are to recite
the verse of Kursi.
He said, because anyone who recites it when
he enters his house, the devil will escape
passing wind like that of a donkey. Ibn
Mas'ud, who is the narrator of this incident,
he was asked, was that man Omar? And
he responded
Omar. Who else could it have been other
than Omar? It was not only the devils
of the jinn who feared Umar, but the
devils of mankind as well. Allah tells us
that devils are not only the unobservable ones,
but that some human beings are devils in
their own right as well. Allah
said,
And so we have appointed for every prophet,
enemies, devils among mankind
and jinn. Allah Almighty also said in reference
to the devils,
They are of jinn and of men. However,
we should be more wary of the human
devils than those of the jinn because they
can be far more wicked. Even though many
muslims tremble at the thought of jinns. And
indeed no campfire is complete without a good
jinn story. When a devil from the jinn
whispers, their protection is simply to remember the
name of Allah. At once, the jinn will
withdraw humiliated and disgrace. The matter however, is
altogether different for the devils of mankind. If
the whole Quran was to be recited upon
them, they may not cease in their wickedness,
whisperings or evil influence. Omar's honor therefore of
having both categories of devils fear him presents
as even more impressive. Our mother Aisha narrates
an incident that she would never forget. She
said the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was once
sat down when we suddenly heard children making
noise. The prophet stood up to see what
was happening. An Abyssinian woman was dancing. The
children have gathered all around her. The prophet
called
me. He said, Aisha, come and watch. I
came to him and I placed my chin
over the prophet's shoulder and watched through the
space between his shoulders and head. The prophet
asked me several times, have you had enough?
And I kept saying no, just to see
how much he cared for me. Meanwhile, Umar
passed by, and at once the gathering dispersed.
Upon seeing this, the prophet
said,
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