Ebrahim Bham – The History of Taif
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My dear respected elders and brothers,
I
recently went for Umrah, and during the course
of my Umrah, I went to the city
of Taif.
And I felt that today, we will talk
about the history of Taif more than
seeing what is in Taif more than history
and the lessons
from
the city of time. And there is no
doubt whatsoever. It is an amazing history.
And we learned so many things about
the city of time, the inhabitants,
Nabiya Karim, compassion,
kindness,
his foresightedness,
his duas,
and what we can learn from that particular
lesson.
Now Dayef was a very important city
in Islam even before Islam. The people of
Mecca, the elite of Mecca.
The wise the wealthy people of Mecca
used to buy property in time even before
Islam.
And the reason for it is because
the weather is relatively cooler.
So in summer, the people used to go
to time. Even today,
time is known as the summer capital of
Saudi Arabia.
So in the in the summer,
the government buildings are there where the work
of the government is supposed to take place
in time.
Of course, we all know that despite all
of that,
the time
came into prominence in the time of our
beloved.
When the people
of secured
and they gave him all types of difficulty,
and they did not accept Islam in the
initial stages.
And especially after
Abu Talib passed away, when Abu Talib, the
uncle of Nabiya Karim,
who despite the fact did not accept Islam,
but he was a pillar
for when he passed
away.
Decided to go to Taif.
And with the intention that in Taif,
there is a very prominent tribe known as
Bani Fatif.
And if they accept Islam,
then Islam will gain strength,
and the Muslims will gain a place of
refuge.
That is what the Nabiya Karim salallahu alayhi
salam's
idea and also to give dawah to the
people of
So when they came to our beloved
came to the people of, gave them the
dawat of Islam,
and told them about the beauty of Islam
instead of accepting which was the right cause
of action.
And even forget even if they didn't do
that,
as someone who has come from another town
who could have shown them, you know, the
etiquette of showing respect to the guest.
They turned against,
and they ridiculed.
So one of them, the one the most
famous person among them was.
He was
was one of the prominent
leaders of the.
So he turned and he
not get anyone better to appoint as a
Nabi than you, which
makes mention of in the verse
Why didn't Allah send
Islam
to
someone who was prominent amongst us
from Makkah and ties. You see Makkah and
ties with 2 twin cities,
very, you know, close to one another, maybe
80, 90, 100 kilometers.
So they ridicule.
And after ridiculing him,
they forced him out of the city. Not
only forced him out of the city, they
got the urchins,
and they got the gangsters, and they got
the youngsters
to turn against
to throw stones upon our beloved
whole body was filled with blood. So much
so that bloods
clogged the feet of our beloved
and the shoes of our beloved.
After a great amount of time
came
to rest at a particular place.
And at that particular time
when came to rest,
came and said, oh, Allah has listened to
you and what has happened to the people
of. And
Allah has sent an angel
who is in charge of the mountains,
and he is in charge of the mountains
that is surrounding Mecca.
If we have to give one command,
If you tell us once
that tell the angels
that bring the mountains of time together, his
angels will bring the mountains of time together,
and the people of time would be completely
destroyed. But today, when you drive between Makkah
and time, you just see this great amount
of mountains everywhere. And you think about the
time. You think about the offer that was
made to our beloved,
and you see that this these are the
2 mountains. We just see mountains everywhere.
So much so that they bought a cable
car between the 2 highest mountains between the
mountains.
22 because of whatever the the distances between
the the mountain tops.
So Nabiya Karim salallahu alaihi wa sallam, you
know, heard what
Jibreel Ali salallahu alaihi wa sallam had to
say,
Islam.
What what
said
and how it turned out, the consequences.
You know, how did how the consequences happened.
It you can't even imagine how it happened,
but that
was the certainty of faith, the dua of
our beloved Nami Karim,
and he made a dua which was so
heartbreaking, so emotional.
Because, see, this is one of the most
emotional journeys of our beloved Maryakareem salsar.
The journey of time was one of the
most emotional journeys.
Uhad Gebad
after the battle of Uhad, where 70 Sahaba
was shayid. Nabi Karim's uncle was shayid.
Did we ever have any day that was
more stressful
and more hurtful and more painful than?
And then we are telling said yes.
The day of time. It was either more
painful or equally painful.
So
the made mention of this, and then Nabiya
Karim made a dua that was so beautiful,
so great,
so full of humility,
so full
of meaning.
Complain to you about my weakness,
about my feebleness,
that perhaps I didn't approach them in the
proper manner. Complain
to you about the fact that they were
indifferent to my
to my invitation.
They are they are they are
they are
I I complete you about my weakness.
Subhanallah.
Then the
said,
Who did you who did you who did
you entrust me to?
How
many? Yeah. I'm
You know, have you entrusted me to my
enemies
who like my downfall
or to my enemies that you have given
them control over me.
But, oh, Allah, if you are not
if you
are not
displeased with me, if you are not angry
with me, then I have no.
I have no worry if you are not
angry with me. If they have rejected me
so weak.
But if you must not be angry with
me, oh, Allah.
This was a
that Namib Karim
did it hard. Today, there's a place there.
They really said that this was a place
where Namib Karim
came to rest. For Allah knows best. Right?
Then while Nabiya Karim saw Islam was there,
there was
now the people who were there, one of
the prominent people,
whether the the sons of Rabia, Putba, and
Sheba.
They send the slave at dusk
with a plate of grapes
And they were part of the people who
were instigating
all this,
But, then they felt some sort of pity,
so they send grapes to Adas. I am
Nabi Karim.
Nabi Karim saw someone got them the grapes.
Prophet
is from.
No one know about Yunus the prophet. How
do you know about him?
So he said,
I know him because he's a fellow prophet,
and Allah has made mention of him in
the holy Quran.
Started kissing.
He said, He's a. When he went to
to
You will not gain victory over
a. Who are you going to go fight
against?
So then he came back.
So the the prominent view is
that became a
that today,
amazingly, there is a place that is a
small budget, which is known as.
That that is why they keep the name
there. And,
nowadays, the whole situation in Saudi is amazing.
They they protect certain things
not because of religious
basis, but because of cultural heritage. So in
that particular merchant, they got a stem
cultural heritage of Saudi Arabia.
The cultural heritage of Saudi Arabia, they got
a name merchant named.
Party,
So this was the incident that happened in
the time of our beloved Nabiya Karim. Now
let's fast forward.
They didn't they didn't gain victory over the
time.
So Muslims stay surrounded, and and this is
the first time, some say in history, that
the catapults was used
to try and break the the the fort,
because time was on a very
high place. So the first time Muslims used
catapults in the time
of those people who say that was against
technology must learn from this. The first time
used the catapults for the sake which was
not the normal way of the most the
people fighting at that time. And then, of
course, in the middle ages, that became the
major force, source of war and victory. So
in
that time, they were very, very good marksman.
So they used their bow and arrows, and
they wounded
certain Muslims.
So people said, you Rasoolullah,
make dua against the people of
This is today where we got I don't
know where we got this whole particular mindset.
You know, all the time, having Nafrat against
the people.
Kufar, not against them. We were supposed to
have raham for them. Call them towards Islam.
Never make badua against the non Muslims. You
always make for
them. Allah
So then afterwards,
one of the most prominent people of time
became a Muslim. He went to Madinah. Muslim.
Oh,
he should say
Islam is similar in appearance
to. Just looks
like And he was the one who was
negotiating
on behalf of the or the Muslims in.
You remember his name.
Right?
But he was negotiating on behalf of the
people of Mecca. He became a Muslim. He
went to Mecca. He became a Muslim. And
when he became a Muslim, he told the
I'm gonna give dawah to the people of
Like, and he had this whole particular passion.
He want to be invited to Islam. He
came back to to to.
When he came back to, you know, the
first thing that people of, when they used
to come, they used to go to. They
didn't go to the idols.
And then he told them about Islam. They
made salaam to him. He made a salaam
alaikum, not the normal salaam. Then he made
azan for fajar.
While he was making azan for fajar,
they they they shot an arrow against him,
and they killed him, and he became shaneed.
The one whom became the first Muslim, the
first
he became a Muslim. And when
heard about his
said, he is like
aliyah. He is like,
who told his people to accept Islam, and
they killed him. And he even was worried
about them after he going to Jannat.
After he went to Jannat, he said, you
Allah. You
He was shahid, and he told the people
towards the end, they wanted to take revenge.
Don't take revenge. Go to a vehicle and
saw Islam and become a Muslim.
So after a long time, a group of,
they had a small delegation, and they went
to Madina. They came to Madina in the
9th year after Egypt. That means just about
a year before
passed away.
Think big for.
But they made maybe saw a sudden made
a tent for them, and maybe saw a
settlement kept them.
According to 14
days, they stayed in that
tent. Gave them water.
Everyday, Nabi
used to come and talk to them about
Islam.
And one of them, his name was, I
think, was Abu Bakr or someone. He learned
so much of Quran that when they were
going back, Nabiya Karim made him
Now, during the course of that, then towards
the end, they started saying, you know, we
want to become Muslim, and then they started
speaking.
Just accept what they are saying. When they
start reading salah, they will become punctual.
When they will come read salah, they will
become punctual.
Nabi saw Islam didn't insist.
Now this is how you bring and you
win people to Islam.
You don't win people by Islam becoming hard.
Said, alright. But the one thing that
didn't compromise, they said,
give us some time with regard to Lot
and our idols.
You know? Don't don't give us
1 year. 1st, they said 2 years, then
they said 1 year, then they said 3
months.
Said
Only one thing.
You don't make us break the idols. Send
2 people to break the idols.
Accepted that also. So
was also from.
So when he was he was outside Medina
when he saw the tribe, you see, This
is from. So
they came and they break the idols.
Was a person who was a little bit
joking.
So what he did was when he started
taking the chopper to break the idols, so
just when he was about to break the
first, you know, blow against the hiders,
you know, he made as if he's falling
down unconscious.
So he fell down unconscious, and he started
licking
that Mohammed who introduced
Islam to India and Pakistan.
Mohammed
We are Muslims
because of the.
We are Muslims because
the people of
you keep them alive. And from the tribe
of the king came someone who brought Islam
to India and Pakistan.
So this is what we learn, my dear
respected brothers. It's not just to go and
see a place
learning these lessons and put it into practice
in our daily life.