Bilal Philips – The Best In Islam #21

			Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh I'd like to welcome you dear viewers to another in our
series, the best in Islam. In this episode, we'll be looking at the best with regards to festivals.
And also with regards to Friday, the first Hadith, which was narrated by Anna's, that when the
Prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him, came to Medina, there were two days in which the
people of Medina used to play during the time of ignorance. That is the time before the coming of
Islam. He told them, cannula comio amanatullah, Abu Nephi Hema pocket Abdullah Kamala, who beat him
Hiren min Houma, Yeoman Fitri or Yeoman Aloha, you have two days in which you used to play but Allah
		

			has replaced them with something better, the festival of sacrifice, you will add her and the
festival of breaking the fast he will fit her. So this hadith
		

			is a fundamental Hadith telling us about festivals in Islam it would be called the eighth and these
festivals which which are called Eid are ones which are done every year at the same time. They are
repeated, such which existed in Medina. When the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam came there.
		

			He instructed the people of Medina to cease and desist from celebrating them. And some narrations.
He asked them what they were about, and they told him anyway, he told them to stop all of them. And
they were all replaced by two Islamic festivals to Islamic aids, one known as Adel Aloha, and the
other Adel fitter, it allowed her being the sacrifice the day of sacrifice for people making Hajj as
well as people and their homes, and Adel fitter is at the end of Ramadan. These are the two aids
that Muslims were supposed to celebrate. What this meant is that
		

			the celebration of other days,
		

			which were not prescribed by Rasulullah, sallAllahu wasallam, especially those having religious
significance should not be done, they will be considered Bidda, or innovation in religion.
		

			For example,
		

			people celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, because peace and blessings be upon him. However,
the Prophet himself did not celebrate his birthday.
		

			Neither did his companions. Neither did the generation the follow them. It wasn't until the time
		

			of the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt, governing Egypt and neighboring countries. In that time, they
began the state celebration of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, may God's peace and blessings be
upon him. And that is some 400 years after the death of the Prophet. So we know that it has no
foundation, in the practice of the first generation of Muslims for a second third generation of
Muslims. And as such, it is classified as innovation in religion, besides the fact that we really
don't know the actual date of the birth of the Prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him.
Historians, Muslim historians differ as to what day the Prophet sallallaahu Salam was actually born
		

			on they don't know. They don't have the date. There is no evidence to confirm any date and they vary
in suggested dates, possible dates. It's just that the general masses of people have
		

			accepted,
		

			are a bit of our, because of it having started in Egypt with that month, and they haven't accepted
the date, by tradition, but it is actually an innovation in religion. Similarly, in Indian Pakistan,
there are celebrations of the night of the ascension of Mirage Alliser, our Mirage, and the middle
of Shaban, they also have celebrations and the beginning of the new year in many parts of the Muslim
world they celebrate. But all of these celebrations are actually unacceptable Islamically because
people do them believing that they're pleasing to Allah, believing that it's a part of the religion.
And it's not. As we can see, the Prophet, may God's peace and blessings be upon him himself, he
		

			cancelled those aids that were being celebrated in Medina when he got there and replace them
		

			with what was better,
		

			which was a little fitter, and a little odd ha. So this is what Muslims are supposed to celebrate on
a regular annual basis, other celebrations which might take place on an occasion or not having any
religious significance to them, then this area differs. If it is imitation of other nations because
they do it we do it, then it's not recommended, disliked, because the Prophet, God's peace and
blessings be upon him had warned us against imitating other people saying Manta Shabaab Holman, for
who among whom, Whoever imitates a people their way is from among them. So, on the basis of that,
scholars have recommended, you know, that we avoid the imitation of the practices, social practices,
		

			in our which have no real value, they are just pure imitation of the dominating and domineering
culture of the West. So,
		

			as I mentioned in the beginning, as the Prophet SAW Salem made this decision, he left behind for us
a methodology, a way by which we will determine what is acceptable and what is not acceptable with
regards to celebrations, festivals, AIDS. And we should note, that, actually, the knowledge of the
Prophet's birthday was deliberately hidden from the OMA by Allah. Because how the Lord wanted us to
know the date we would know it. But as he hid the date for the birth of Jesus, but in spite of the
fact that it was hidden. Christians created a date the 25th of December, and made it a day of
celebration, celebrating the birth of God, which itself is a unacceptable concept that God was born
		

			on a particular day. And the roots of that celebration, which is now called Christmas, the roots of
it are from the pagan practices of the Greeks and the Romans. And added to it were the practices of
the Scandinavian Europeans, introducing the Christmas tree and all the other things that came along
with it. So that's their practice. And as Muslims were encouraged to avoid them, to stay away from
them. In closing, because we're now going to take a break and continue to look at the issue of days
that are celebrated days. And the day most important for us, is that a Friday we'll be looking at
that after the break. So now what a come Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.
		

			How many of you have thought about polygamy?
		

			It's a topic which
		

			the Western society the Western world, sees as something negative Islamically Of course, it is a
part and parcel of the Islamic marital system.
		

			It is not something harmful to society, in fact that there's something beneficial to society.
		

			It has rules it is not just any man can marry any number of women, under any circumstance, there are
rules governing it, you know. So it is important for every Muslim to understand
		

			why Polygamy In Islam, Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu sallam was polygamous. He had multiple wives. And
if we don't understand what polygamy is, when people speak about the Prophet, may God's peace and
blessings be upon him, they denigrate him, they speak ill of him, etc, etc, as in especially in this
area, then we have nothing to say. I mean, we may react emotionally, but we really don't have a
proper defense, because we haven't understood this part of Islam. So from this perspective, it's
worth taking this course, to get some insight into how polygamy functions within the Islamic system
are how it's supposed to function.
		

			We don't judge it based on individuals we see or know etc, and what they have done, or are doing,
and have said, we judge it according to what Islam actually says. So, enjoy this course. And share
the knowledge that you gain from it to others. So you are rewarded both for your effort in gaining
that knowledge as well as the effort in conveying that knowledge as the prophet may God's peace and
blessings be upon him told us all, but level and he will have either convey whatever you have
learned from me, even if it is only a single verse from the Quran, Baraka Luffy come so I want to
live by God.
		

			Welcome back from the break, before the break, we were looking at the celebration of festivals or
AIDS, and the fact that the Prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him, limited them to two,
he canceled all of those celebrations which were going on amongst the people of Medina. When he got
there. They had their own traditions, cultures, etc, cultural practices customs of celebrating
certain days for a variety of different reasons. And he basically canceled them all and said, This
is all replaced. Now with two, these are the two for you. It will filter the aid of celebrating the
end of Ramadan, which is a feast after Salah and Adel or the HA the slaughtering of animal
		

			commemoration of Prophet Abraham's willingness to slaughter his son at the command of God. It
allowed her for the people in Hajj as well as for the people at home. So any of the other
celebrations that people have invented, have produced an imitation of the West that has a variety of
different celebrations throughout the year. Muslims were not content to just go with what Islam has
basically provided and prescribed. They started to include and to make up other celebrations so that
their year was filled with other festivals, something like that of the colonizing countries that
colonize their lands. Anyway, progressing on to what has been said about Friday. And we have looked
		

			at Friday to some degree before.
		

			We have a narration from Abu Huraira in which he quotes the prophets Allah Salam is saying hydro
Yeoman Talad fie his shrimps. Yeoman Juma fie Holika Adam will fi o hibbett watever la FEA here
COVID Or fi heater como sa the best day on which the sun has risen is Friday.
		

			On its Adam was created on it. He was placed in paradise on it, he left paradise on it, he was
forgiven. And on it he died and finally on it. The final hour will take place
		

			So Friday has a special series of events connected to it. Many of them are most of them we haven't
experienced. But the Prophet SAW Salem has told us, they will come. And many of them were before our
time, which have to do with the beginning of humankind on the earth with Prophet Adam. So, the
Prophet sallahu wa salam, based on Revelation, had said that this was the best day Friday, Adam was
created on Friday.
		

			The first human being, that gives it further significance. But still, we're not talking about being
a day of celebration, we're not celebrating the day, or just recognizing this is our day of
congregational prayer, which has been prescribed for us. And there is greatness in that day.
		

			He was placed in paradise on that day, and on that day, he was also removed from paradise.
		

			And significantly on that day, he was forgiven. It was also forgiven on that day. So his leaving of
Paradise was not an evil. It was a way through which he would be forgiven. And on that day, he died,
his life ended. And finally, on that day, the final hour, the end of this world, would begin
regarding Friday, the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him also said
		

			as narrated by Samara Mantova, the iomadh Giamatti. fabby, haven't yet met on Monday tessen for who
have been, whoever makes will do on Joomla has done well.
		

			But if one takes a whistle, a bath full bath, it is better to
		

			do a normal Joomla
		

			is necessary for the prayer. The Hustle is not necessary. The Hustle was recommended because this
was a time of congregational prayer, a time of major congregational prayer. In Medina, there was the
main mosque of the Prophet, may God's peace and blessings be upon him and then there were smaller
mosques in other
		

			corners of the city. On Juma everybody came and prayed in the mosque of the Prophet sallallahu
Sallam so the largest congregation was then on Joomla and of course with the shortage of water, etc,
then people are not able to bathe as often. Naturally, there will be some unpleasant smells,
		

			which people could not help or whatever. The Prophet Muhammad wa salam encouraged his followers to
bathe on that day because it's the day when they're coming contact, in a close contact with a large
number of people. And to make that gathering a pleasant gathering. They were all encouraged to bathe
on that day. Of course, Muslims in general men in particular, were encouraged to
		

			use perfume to further enhance the pleasantness of that gathering. So, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam
advised us, it is preferable on that day, to make a reversal, it is not obligatory but preferable.
Moving on to another statement of the Prophet Muhammad wa sallam speaking about what is in fact best
with regards to gatherings. We have a narration from Abu Zeid, allegedly, in which he quoted the
Prophet sallallahu sallam was saying, head on modality outside Aha, the best of gatherings are those
most spacious that when we gather in sittings with people that we should not limit it, and block
others from joining us. But it should be open that other people could
		

			come and sit with us comfortably. So this was what was intended here because of course, there's a
tendency for people when they make the gatherings to have different gatherings is to keep it
private, keep it personal and exclude people. Whereas the Prophet Muhammad Salem wanted us to be
inclusive to bring people in and let people feel comfortable to be a part of our gatherings when
		

			not plotting or planning anything secretly. But we're open, transparent, people are welcome to come
and visit. Further, we have a statement of the profit regarding the best of generations. And that
statement narrated by Imran bin Hussein. The Prophet sallahu wa salam was quoted as saying, hi to
Nancy, pardon me. So Medina eluna home. So Mullah Dina eluna. Home, the best of people are my
generation, then those in the following generation, then those in the following generation.
		

			What he was speaking of here was the example,
		

			who should we look forward to, as an example for us, we are a generation now, should we look at the
generation that preceded us, as our example whatever they did we do, or the one which preceded them,
people tend to base their practices their ideas on their forefathers, the prophet may God's peace
and blessings be upon him, encourage Muslims, at least from an Islamic perspective, we're encouraged
to look back at the very first generation, the generation of the Sahaba, that they were the ones who
lived at the time of the revelation. When Islam was being revealed.
		

			They had the best understanding. They were with Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu wasallam. They learned
directly from him. So naturally, that generation had a special blessing of being in the presence of
the Prophet of Allah, may God's peace and blessings be upon him. So we should use them as a guide,
as a generation as a whole, not necessarily each and every person from that generation. But as a
whole, they represented the best of generations, then those who followed them, they're called the
tabby Irwin, students of the sahaba. That generation is the next best they lived with, studied under
the companions of Prophet Muhammad, may God's peace and blessings be upon him, meaning that they had
		

			a closer contact with Revelation. They were one generation away from Revelation. And then the
Prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him went on to say, then that generation which
followed them, they're referred to as at bow Tabby, or those who followed the successors, who were
students of the companions of the Prophet, may God's peace and blessings be upon him. So those three
generations are looked at, as the blessed generations as guides with regards to the practice of
Islam. So their understanding of Islam we take to be the best understanding when we're looking at
issues in which there aren't any clear Quranic or Hadith ik rulings. To clarify for us, this is
		

			better, that is better, we should do this or should do that. We look to them, what did they do, and
if what they did, appears to be something not limited to their time, but containing general
principles, and they lived in the time of the revelation, then we take their example, as a good
example to follow.
		

			And especially among them, the righteous caliphs, the four righteous caliphs, Abu Bakr, Omar, Osman
and Ali, because the Prophet Muhammad wa sallam himself had said, Follow my sunnah and the Sunnah of
the righteous caliphs after me. So he gave sanction to taking the righteous caliphs as an example
for us to follow. Those were among the closest of his companions, who learned directly from him. So
they had insights into the meanings and the depths of Islam, the generation that came later would
not have had. So we are encouraged to follow the generation the example of the generation of the
Prophet, God's peace and blessings be upon him, and the two generations following that. And this is
		

			important in preserving Islam, in its pristine purity, preserving it from change through interpolate
		

			tion, misinterpretation, etc, which could change the very face of Islam. As Christianity was changed
from the message which Prophet Jesus brought, may God's peace be upon him, and how it was distorted
and changed in time to they became something altogether different. It became another religion
altogether different from what Prophet Jesus brought this principle of the best of generations and
following their guidance, their understanding. This serves to help preserve the original teachings
of Islam from any form of change, innovation, distortion, misinterpretation. With that the viewers
would like to thank you for being with us on this episode of the best in Islam, and we hope that you
		

			will continue to follow the best in Islam benefit from the wisdom of the Quran and the Sunnah. Salam
alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh