Haitham al-Haddad – The Story of Jakob the Liar – A Call for Optimism and Victory in Gaza

			There was a documentary that was published in 1999. And the title of that Jacob, the lawyer, the
story of this documentary, and they said that it is a true story. And it is talking about the
concentration camps for the Jewish people by the Nazis. They said in one of those concentration
camps, after some time, the Jewish people there, they lost hope. And as a result of this, they
started to commit suicide, they started to stop marrying and having children, one of them who is
known as Jacob. And he used to be a shoemaker or something like this, he noticed this, and he said
that if we continue like this, we will kill ourselves by ourselves, not by our enemies. So what did
		

			he do? He invented a lie. That's why the commentary is called Jacob the liar. He created a lie. And
what does this lie say? He claimed that he listened to the signals of the Germans, and he assured
his people that according to those signals, the Germans are going to lose the war and it will be
announced soon his people started to believe in this story. As a result of this, they stopped
committing suicide, and they started to get married again and to have a children and then they said
that they were saying the moral of the story, that losing hope is the first enemy of who of
yourself, any nation might kill themselves by themselves by losing coal. And that's why from an
		

			Islamic perspective, having hope is something that Sharia is recommending in the Quran. Allah,
Allah, Allah, Allah says, Don't be sad, don't be low, because you are successful, as far as you are
believers and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sahbihi wa sallam used to give his people
hope all the time, you know, in the Battle of the Trench, when he was digging with Muslims, and he
was surrounded by the enemies. He said, Allahu Akbar, I see that we will conquer and we will open
the lands of the Romans and the lands of the Persians. The people were surprised how can he say
this? Especially after paying the hypocrites they said, how can he say this? Why any of the Muslims
		

			cannot just go outside the main camp to relieve himself due to the state of fear they were in Subhan
Allah the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he will send them based on the promise that Allah
Allah Allah Allah guaranteed to him the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam want them to see hope
all the time and this is we see this throughout the Sierra the Muslims, when they came to the
Prophet SAW Selim Oh make dua for us see what is happening to us the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam did not sympathize with them. Those people will not be the leaders the prophets, Allah,
Allah, Allah Selim in a very psychological way. He is dealing with them as the leaders as the
		

			leaders of a humanity. That's why the Prophet SAW Selim did not put attention to what they are going
through. He gave them the hope that Allah Allah Allah will establish this Deen until a lady traveler
travels from sun to Hadramaut long distance with no fear except she fears Allah, Allah, Allah and
the wolf giving hope is so important for success. Alhamdulillah we see our brothers and sisters in
Palestine, they have a lot of hope. And sometimes they are sending us messages of hope, messages of
confidence, and they are telling us, don't worry, don't worry, we will be victorious despite what
they are going through what Allah He loves people, they should be the leaders of humanity
		

			Subhanallah because they have this hope, they have this trust, and despite all what they are going
through, they are the most just people even when they deal with their enemies, we see them having
hope and having confidence in the Promise of Allah, Allah, Allah Allah. Not only that, but we also
see that they are doing well in terms of defending themselves against their enemies. And in sha
Allah, we will see good news My message to the Palestinians in Gaza, continue doing what you are
doing, sacrificing for yourself, sacrificing for your freedom, sacrificing for your dignity, and in
sha Allah, you will see victory the Palestinians in Gaza and even the Palestinians elsewhere in West
		

			Bank and any other place the other thing is a message to all Muslims. Don't lose hope because as we
said, losing hope is the biggest enemy against yourself against your community, against your ummah
and always send messages of hope to the Palestinians and to yourself. And remember, the struggle of
the Palestinians is not the struggle for themselves, they are struggling on behalf of the entire
ummah.