Hosam Helal – Saviours of Islamic Spirit Episode 6 Shurayh al Qhadi
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The speaker discusses the history and legacy of Islam's journey, including his acquisition at the age of 40 and his experience with the Sun statement. They also discuss the importance of justice and personalization in Islam, as it is a system of justice. The speaker emphasizes the need for clear actions and privacy, and advises people to be careful with their words and evidence. They also mention missing experiences and moments of pride, and the importance of learning from past experiences and moments of pride.
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Amanda Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa salatu salam ala
Ruth, your maternal Alameen. So you do know more than Muhammad Ali
who are early he Abdullah Salah to attend with the slim. Welcome back
to another episode. I know we just went live a few minutes ago.
Unfortunately, the sound was not working, it was on mute to Zack
Monahan and for those who reminded me, but welcome back to another
episode of the saviors of Islam, where we look at the lives and the
lessons from the lives of those who left a beautiful legacy change
the course of Islamic history. Last night, we spoke about
somebody who began his journey of Islam acknowledged and searching
for Islamic knowledge and learning deeply at the age of 20. And we
asked the question, how many of you think if you start at 20 years
of age, you will be able to leave a legacy behind. Now tonight, we
look at somebody who began his journey of Islam much, much later.
In fact, this person began learning Islam at the age of 30.
So imagine started learning Islam, at the age of 30, yet built a
legacy in the most beautiful of ways, as one of the most impactful
if not the single most impactful judge in Islamic history. Imagine
that. And when did he begin his official position? When was he
appointed 2035 years of age 40 years of age, he was appointed at
47. So imagine taking an official position at the age of 40. How did
he do, we're gonna get to that the beautiful stories and his
beautiful legacy. But I want you to imagine he was able to build
his beautiful reputation, starting to serve efficiently at the age of
47. When many of us are beginning to think about retirement, he was
just beginning. And that's an inspiration and a reminder and a
motivation for all of us, that it's never too late. It's never
too late. There's hair, there's good in each and every one of us
potential waiting to come out. It's a matter of aligning yourself
with the Quran and the Sunnah, and doing the best that you can, with
what Allah Subhana Allah is giving you and finding and cultivating
this sincerity within. And you will be amazed of the fair that
Allah Subhana Allah allows you to do. So what is the story of this
individual? Should I allow the who left a beautiful legacy on
judicial history, and the history of law within Islam became one of
the most known judges in Islamic history? Well, let's look at his
childhood. Two things happened to him early on, that really allowed
him to value justice, the first as a child, he was bullied. We know
at least one situation that makes it to the books of history, where
a bunch of children tricked him into into into basically staying
in a position where he where his father told him not to be so don't
stay there. And the kids are like, No, I didn't see, you wait there
and close your eyes, and we'll come and then they went to the
Father and He told him, Look, your your son is in a place where you
told him not to be.
So the father came and gave it to him, really, really gave it to him
physically. Of course, this is not a part of Islam. But this is an
agenda before Islam. So he kept that, you know, he knew that he
was wrong. But he didn't have the right words to advocate for
himself. The second thing that happened as a child, his father
passed away, and upon the death of his father, his uncle, and this
was the habit and the social norm in Nigeria, before Islam, his
uncle inherited his mother, women were property that would be sold
and inherited. Now the Lakota level. So imagine your own mother
becomes the property of your uncle.
His uncle comes in and throws a cake that he's wearing, or cloth
that he was wearing on her. And that was indicative that now I own
you. Now, of course, he grew up, he grew up in that in that time,
which was really unfair.
And instead of instead of letting the injustice define him and
justify further injustice, because that's what happens, so many of us
life full of injustice, might as well just, if you can't be if you
can't be a part of the solution, and you've just become one of the
many become one of the many. And they will sit and told us not to
be like that. Let's equity man Don't be one of the many. When
people do good in accident SSN, when it says, Don't be one of the
people that just follows the crowd. When people do good, you do
good. And when people don't do good, you don't do good. Rather be
a someone who's critical. When people do good, you are a reason.
And when people fall short, you offer a solution. That's our
that's our dean. So should I allow the from a very young age, he was
looking for that hope. He was looking for that justice. He was
looking for a community that that can be conducive that can allow
that justice within him and that sense of justice to prevail and to
manifest finally at the age of 30. When he's in Yemen and added them
guitar to be sent by the Prophet Mohammed Salam go to the people of
Yemen, they have a soft heart, they have wisdom, they have
insight, teach them with kindness, and gradually introduce Islam to
them. So I didn't have you told me because
I was, and I didn't even tell him like other companions are more
than others. He had great insight. He could look at the person and
read the person. And he would read and introduce Islam to every one
of the people they came across in a different way based on what was
important to that person. So he recognized the shoreline value
justice. So when should I ask them tell me more about this religion
of yours, this deed of yours Islam of yours, He began by highlighting
the aid of justice. So let me tell you what the Quran says fell at
the table will help and Tadeu don't follow your whims and
desires because that will lien or take you away from that which is
fair, that which is just what I do remember Commissioner Coleman
Allah, Allah Tadeu Do not let the injustice of other people lead you
towards doing injustice yourself, will mirror to the ideal of a
nickel and Allah has commanded me to be just between you in Allaha
Moroccan and to Abdul MNF Illa Alia where either Hakim to bein a
nurse and como Villa addley, in Allah and even Mayor Eva Combi,
Allah commands that you rule or that you give the trust back to
the people that the trust belongs to. And then when you judge if you
were to judge between people, you judge fairly, as you kept hearing
all these ads about justice and fairness. And, of course, he
started learning that was the door from which he, you know, his
curiosity in Islam was piqued. And finally, he learned more about
Islam, and he became Muslim. And some say actually, just hearing
about the justice in Islam was enough to allow him to enter
Islam. You know, just just a few a few weeks ago, we had somebody
come to Islam enter Islam as a as a new Muslim as a revert, because
of the justice and the system of Islam is I love the systemization
I love the rules. I love the regulations. I love the laws. So
imagine others are saying, oh, standards tos, systematic. I don't
like the laws. I like my freedom. Here's someone who appreciates
that systematic, you know, component of Islam, and the laws
and the justice of Islam and comes to Islam. Because of it. Allah
subhanaw taala has ways of guiding people. So what happens then to
shoresh RB, from the age of 30, to the age of 47, he learns about
Islam, goes to different scholars goes to different companions, he
learns the Hadith, and he's doing this again, slowly but steadily,
until finally, one day at home, I'm gonna have Bob, listen to this
carefully. I'm gonna help Bob the Khalifa at the time. He's in
Medina, and he buys a horse from one of the merchants in Medina,
takes the horse and walks for a bit, and the horse becomes lame
starts limping. So he goes back to the personal sold and also,
something is wrong with the horse, I want my money back. The merchant
said, No, I can't give you your money back, the horse was fine.
Back and forth. The person the merchant said, You know what,
let's go to a judge. Let's go somebody who's gonna judge between
us. So he tells him or Mark tells him Who are you going to choose?
I'm going to go to show right. Show Roy, a man imagine imagine a
man from Yemen, who's 47 years of age, he's not a Sahabi. He did not
witness the Prophet Muhammad Salam. He's from the turban in the
second generation of Islam. And of course, the Hamas is, of course,
no problem. Let's go to him. So this man looks at Rama. Imagine
Omar the Khalifa, a man who is you know, intimidating, just by just
by His mere presence who is known for justice. He's asked by this
this person, 47 years of age show, right? I tell very, he's asked
Omar,
did you take the horse from this man while it was limping? Or did
you take it when it was sound when it was fine? He said, Well, I What
based on what I remember it was sound, well, then you give the
horse back in the condition that it was in, or you accept the horse
for the money that you've paid. And the discussion. So Ramana
Maharshi was, you know, he was really intrigued that a man like
this is confident enough to be able to see that directly to Rama,
Rama, I'm going to rule in your favor just because you're the
Khalifa. Are you immutable? The believer, you're the commander of
the believers, I'm going to go with what is true with what is
fair with what is just. And so conversation continued. And
finally our Lord decided, and this is again, the vision, the vision
of a leader. He recognized the potential in this man. He said,
You know what, I'm building a court and I'm building again, a
center in Kufa, and I want you to go and become the official judge
there. At the age of 47. Allah subhanaw taala allows him to be a
person who's going to rule between the believers, Allahu Akbar, what
a blessing and what does his legacy look like now that he's a
he's a he's an official judge. What is his legacy? Very beautiful
things happen. Look at this. The first thing that he does is he
makes a condition upon Omar he says to him
him, if you want me to be the official Judge, I want to make
sure that there is a difference or a, like, a clear line between the
personal and the public. So back in normal time, people would go to
the judge in his house.
Sure, he's saying no doesn't work like that there needs to be a
divide between the personal and the public. So what I would like
is for there to be a position as small, even if it's a small place,
as part of a larger structure. And there people would come away from
any personalization and have their matters dealt with. Almost said
yes. And you know what, that's an idea that we can implement in
other places as well. So imagine he's part of growing that court
system and Islam. Beginning of 47 years of age, his creativity is
not dead. His energy is not dead. He's just starting Subhanallah and
that's a beautiful reminder for all of us, seniors, young people,
you know, remember you might be 47 an age, but you might have a whole
heart, ready to give and ready to sacrifice and ready to really take
and carry the weight of the OMA you're never too old. Right?
You're never too old, do the best that you can with what you have.
And so he helped structure the court system in Kufa and adds many
beautiful things and elements to it. One story that stands out is
during the failure of a valid Nebuta him when he eventually
moved to Kufa, he was very close to Shura. And Ali lost one of his
shields that he had from battle. And so he walked around in the
market and he finds a man selling the shield. And this man is not
Muslim. But he's from Alabama, that people signed a contract to
be part of the Muslim society politically and socially but not
religiously. And so I didn't even tell it looks this is this is this
is my shield. Clearly this is my shield.
The man is told I didn't ever thought it was told no, it's not
your shield. What proof let's go to the judge. So they go to show
right. And I need to be totally obsessed to show right you are the
judge. You will between us. Should I says I have no doubt I'm not
going to doubt your word. You're the Khalifa I'm not gonna get your
word. But there are rules that must be followed. I need you to
bring me two witnesses that can prove that this is your this is
your shield. Okay, for sure I can bring it to witnesses. Here is one
convert, and here's one that has my son and the person who works
very close with me. You know, my my one of my helpers. So Shura
says I can accept your helper but I cannot accept that Hessen as
your second witness, because the lesson is your son, there is a
biologic, I can accept that as a as a as a witness. And that was
one of the conditions one of the rules they set in place. I'm not
going to accept what your son to be a witness to your case, go find
me someone else. So he says, You're not going to accept the
testimony of one of the people that are now being so Arsalan said
all of these beautiful things about you think it hasn't is gonna
lie about a shield? It is yeah, Ameerul Momineen. It's not about
it's not a personal matter. It's not about who it's about the rule
of the law.
You cannot have your son, bring me someone else. Well, I can't I
don't have anybody else. Well, then the shield belongs to the
men, the non Muslim man, the person of another faith. At this
moment, the man who's not Muslim says, what a what a wonderful
thing. This, this religion of yours is that I as someone who's
not even a Muslim, can bring the Khalifa, the leader of all the
Muslims to account in front of the judge that he has signed.
And I still win the case. And he says, You know what? The truth is,
I found this was a shoe that was dropped. And I found it and it
most likely belongs to you. Yeah, mural Mini. Let me give it back to
you. And let me accept Islam because I recognize this beautiful
religion of yours.
I live maybe Talib says absolutely not, of course, welcome to Islam,
but I'm not going to you know, you keep the shield. I give it back to
you as a gift. It's yours. And it becomes a Muslim and Alec never
taught up on top of that adds another horse as you know what to
honor you and to welcome you as my brother now in the community.
Here's a horse as a gift. You know, this generosity, Allah of
the companions, and the tambourine and this, what a beautiful society
we're missing that will lay we're missing that we're missing that
justice, that fairness that love, you know, become so secluded, so
selfish, so self centered. Just so you know, a heart needs to be
alive in order to really appreciate the Quran to appreciate
the love of Allah Subhana Allah to appreciate Islam, but we've become
so distracted, and so cornered and divided and so fragmented in all
different corners, that we began to miss out on these beautiful
feelings. And we began to miss out on these beautiful experiences.
And materialism has blinded us, as it did many people before us, as
we've shown in previous episodes. What else his own son Shura, his
own son, Shura.
his own son came to him and said that I'm thinking of taking these
people to court. But I want to know, who's you know, who's got
more of a case, because if they have a case, then you know, I
won't take it to court, I'll just have a, you know, an agreement
outside the court system. But if I have the better case than I'll go
through with the court system, his father looks at him and he says,
justice is justice go through the court system. Now the Son has to
look is my dad has got my back, he's gonna tell me to go through
the court system, which means I have the better case. But he ends
up losing the case in front of his own father. So your son comes
back, Daddy, why would you make me look so bad in front of people? I
asked you for advice. He said, you know that you're more beloved to
me than many people, you're most beloved to me.
But justice is justice. And I'm not going to compromise my
relationship with Allah subhanaw taala. For a relationship with a
human being. I was afraid that if I told you don't come to the
court, you would have settled outside, and you would have taken
more than you deserve. And you would have given them less than
they deserve. So we have to make sure that everybody's dealt with
justly, once his own son, served as a guarantor for somebody in the
community didn't show up. His own Son was jailed. That I'm your own
son, I was trying to justice is justice, no exceptions. Some of
the things that he added to implement that justice is when
people came to the court, he would do background checks on them, to
witness to serve as a testimony to give a testimony in the core, he
would do a background check, are they known to be honest people,
and that itself became again, a very core part of the verification
of the sayings that are attributed to the Companions into Rasulullah,
sallallahu alayhi, Salat, so his legacy of justice is not just
limited to the core, but goes beyond the core, even to the
transmission of Hadith. What else, he had intuition into this
beautiful intuition. He could look at somebody in the court and he
could tell that they may have been paid or they may be lying, or they
may be exaggerated the testimony. So he would look at them and he
would say, let me remind you of the hadith of Rasul Allah He still
Allah they sell that to people might come to me, this is what
sort of Salam said Allah was suddenly wa Sallim wa Barik. Allah
say, you know, what have you been out of Sudan, I want to be in a
Muhammad Ali, you are early on little Salah to them with this
need to have you might come to me, one person might be blessed with
eloquence. And you might convince me based on the evidence that is
presented, I might rule for you. But I've only ruled for you at
peace of the Hellfire, if you've convinced using your words, but
you're not entitled with that what you're claiming, or it's not true.
And so should I would remind people in the core, if you saw
them, you know, based on their behavior, he says that they could
be lying, he would say, I know. And I can tell that you're
exaggerating, or you're lying. But the evidence that you've
presented, I'm not going to dispute that. You brought the
witnesses, you've done your homework. So on paper, the case
looks solid, I might rule for you. But know that there's a day of
justice. And it doesn't matter what a rule today I have to
maintain the law, the spirit of the law, and the law itself, and
the formalities. But if you know that you're lying, take it back
now, and do the right thing before you have to sit in front of Allah
Subhana Allah and then regret this day. And there are many times that
people actually take their statement back because of how
powerful this moment is, in front of the court reminded like that
with discipline with justice with fairness, subhanAllah one other
moment that I would like to mention and Charlaine just maybe
wrap up with three points here.
He was also known for being able to read between the lines, as a
judge and for giving advice in the most beautiful of ways. And he was
also known for taking care of himself, his health, he lived to
be 107 so they can continue to take care of the community. Allahu
Akbar. So let's look at the intuition. Once the husband wife
comes to speak to Olive, maybe Salah was the Khalifa. Yeah.
Ameerul Momineen. And the judge was there. Sharif was there. I'm
coming here to voice my concern. What's your concern? Well, my
husband spends a long time praying the night praying the night pray.
Grades, what's the issue? He spends a long time praying the
night and she keeps repeating it. I didn't even tell him. Great.
What should I looks at the adequate resources? Yeah, I mean,
where she's trying to say is he's not giving me the right that is
deserved as a wife when it comes to intimacy.
And I didn't even tell him, follows up with a polite question.
And she confirms that she's polite. She didn't have to ask,
but should I was able to read between the lines.
What are we going to get that back people who really have the
love for Allah Subhana Allah close connection with Allah, that it
gives them clarity in their vision in their perception and being able
to read reality situations and people. When are we going to
overcome that distraction?
May Allah Subhana Allah make us from those who are just the mean.
And I know we're running out of time here. But one last thing
because I do believe this is very important, away from justice. One
thing that stands out about Sheree is he instilled in his children,
deep respect for the parents. So in short, I, his son eventually
becomes one of the the most qualified scholars in Egypt
settles in Egypt, and he lives in Egypt, and he becomes one of the
leading authorities in Islamic knowledge and science. One day,
he's in his halacha teaching, and he hears his mother. So his house
was next to the message. He hears his mother yelling from the house
in July, feed the chickens feed the chickens, feed the chickens.
He gets up and he says to his students, hundreds 1000s of them
perhaps there's only one of me for my mother. But many people can
teach this halacha the study circle, he excuses himself get
somebody else to continue the Halacha goes and sits with his
mother and comforts her. Now here's the catch. His mother was
suffering from dementia.
And she had they had moved out of the house where there were
chickens for many, many years. So she was recalling memories from a
long time ago. He didn't ridicule his mother. He didn't say, well,
just having another episode. he excused himself from the Halacha
one to comfort his mother, and didn't make her feel awkward, or
hurt emotionally or otherwise. This sensitivity he inherited from
his father, may Allah Subhana Allah allow us to be sensitive
towards our parents to be towards their community, and to be people
of justice. May Allah subhanaw taala allow us to revive the sense
of fairness with each other so that we're able to really trust
one another and work together and collaborate with each other. May
Allah Subhan Allah bless you all, and give you Janet for those.
Thank you for tuning in and see you next week was Salam alaykum
Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh