Hosam Helal – ExSlave! Ramadan Series ‘Ataa Bin Rabah Ep. 8

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The speaker discusses a story about a woman who was a slave during the slave trade war. She explains that the woman had a weakness in her appearance and worked for a woman who had a weak body. She later becomes a successful woman and gives a demonstration of her knowledge and ability to achieve success.

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			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim Al
hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa
		
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			salatu salam ala Asha, silly.
Today we're going to be talking
		
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			about a great Tavi whose name is
our PA,
		
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			our PA, was known to be one of the
greatest scholars in Mecca, people
		
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			would come from all over the past
have been incidents around the
		
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			regions, to ask him for his
opinions about very important
		
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			matters of the religion. But he
wasn't always a scholar. In fact,
		
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			in his early years, he was a
servant, he was a slave, because
		
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			of his color skin. And because of,
you know, him being sold into the
		
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			slave trade, he was a slave. And
he worked for a woman who would
		
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			give him very simple tasks, but
because of his body built because
		
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			of his weakness, because of his,
you know, frame, when he was
		
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			always knelt down, very weak, very
fragile, he was unable to match or
		
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			do any of the tasks that were
basically given to him. So the
		
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			lady just pretty much gave up on
me. She told him, I can't even
		
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			have you as a slave, you're not
doing a good job. You know what,
		
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			just go ahead, I give you your
freedom, you can go and do
		
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			whatever you want. So she sets him
free. And interestingly, when he
		
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			was set free, he didn't know what
to do. But because he's been
		
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			through the slave trade for so
many years, he decided, You know
		
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			what, the best thing to do is to
seek knowledge. And this is what
		
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			he's mastered. You know, the woman
who owned it, told them go ahead
		
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			and try to learn something. So we
sat for 30 or 40, continuous
		
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			years, every single night learning
from the greatest of companions,
		
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			for example, our beloved Mr. He
sat with them all these years, and
		
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			he became one of the most
important scholars not just
		
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			important, not just in Hadith, but
also in jurisprudence. So
		
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			mastering the Quran, mastering the
traditions of the Prophet Muhammad
		
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			salah, and mastering the sciences
of jurisprudence and FIFA. One
		
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			beautiful story is when the
Khalifa himself Soloman in Captain
		
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			Milliken came with his delegation
came with all those all came with
		
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			all the advisors in the army in
his room, he came with a large
		
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			delegation to perform Hajj to
perform the pilgrimage and the
		
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			deferred about a matter in
jurisprudence. So they basically
		
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			asked who is the greatest scholar
here Metka that we can bring and
		
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			has an answer what's true, so they
told him go to upper ignorable
		
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			they went to him and Khalifa you
know, he wanted to but the line is
		
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			large line, everybody has a
question. So I'll enter back to
		
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			them go back and stay in the line
wait for your turn. Imagine he's
		
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			telling the Hadith himself stay in
the line for you to turn. So when
		
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			he got his question answered, and
he was really really admiring the
		
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			alpha and the response to offer a
middle block the the way he
		
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			carried himself I put another
block to the shock and many was
		
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			said it was said about him by the
Khalifa that can even turn to his
		
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			children and told them Yeah, net a
I like for him to follow the real
		
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			me will love him and and to be
higher ed i hadn't Illya ignore
		
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			the real me. He says to his
children, my children seek
		
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			knowledge and focus on attaining
as much knowledge as possible.
		
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			Because even if I believe I've
never had to humble myself to such
		
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			a point to anybody, except to
offer him the robot because of his
		
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			knowledge because of how much
knowledge you had. So imagine
		
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			because of his knowledge, look
what he was, he was a slave. But
		
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			he came to a point through his
knowledge, where even the Khalifa
		
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			was humbling himself waiting for
his turn, and beautifully
		
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			accepting his answer. The hadith
himself said about him, nobody
		
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			should issue and nobody should go
to anybody except Allah for
		
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			questions because he indeed is the
best when it comes to answering
		
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			when it comes to giving those
responses. May Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala allow this month of Ramadan
to be a month in which we seek
		
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			knowledge and in a month in which
we are allowing ourselves to be
		
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			elevated through the knowledge
with benefits and through the
		
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			knowledge that we attain. Does
that mean the highest enjoy
		
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			Ramadan and keep learning so that
		
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			was it