Ismail Kamdar – Rasulullah The Greatest

Ismail Kamdar
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,

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the Most Merciful.

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We praise Him, we ask for His help,

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we ask for His forgiveness, and we believe

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in Him and trust in Him.

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We seek refuge in Allah from the evil

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of our souls and from the evil of

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our deeds.

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Whomsoever Allah guides, none can misguide him, and

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whosoever He declares misled, none can guide him

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to the right path.

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Allah has said in the Holy Qur'an,

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after I seek refuge with Allah from Satan,

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the accursed, In the name of Allah, the

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Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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One thousand four hundred years ago, Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala sent His final messenger, the

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Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, to this

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world.

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And it is a point of aqeedah for

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us, a point of theology for us, that

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Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is the greatest

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human being to ever live.

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It's not something that there can be any

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two opinions about.

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To even doubt it would be a matter

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of blasphemy.

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The very fact that Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala chose him to be the final prophet,

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to be the recipient of the perfect sharia,

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is proof enough that he was the greatest

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of human beings.

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In Islam, there is a ranking of piety,

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of greatness.

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Not everyone is equal when it comes to

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righteousness, when it comes to their status in

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front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And even amongst the prophets, there are different

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ranks.

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Not every prophet is of the same rank.

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And so for example, we have the difference

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between the Nabi and the Rasul.

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A Nabi is a prophet, someone who had

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revelation, they spoke to the angel Jibreel, right?

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And a Rasul was someone who came with

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a specific revelation, the Torah, the Gospel, the

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Quran, someone who came with a message.

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So for example, Musa and Harun.

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Musa alaihissalam was both a Nabi and a

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Rasul.

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He spoke to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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and he had a specific message, the Torah.

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Harun alaihissalam was a Nabi.

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He did not have a specific message.

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He received revelation but it was to support

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Musa alaihissalam.

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It was not something different or new, right?

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It was a supportive position to that of

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Musa alaihissalam.

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And so the scholars of Aqidah say that

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the Rasul is a higher status than the

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Nabi.

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But even amongst the Rasul, amongst the Prophets,

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there is a higher status.

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The Ulul Azam are not Rasul.

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The Ulul Azam, they are the greatest, the

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most strongest of the Rasuls.

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The five greatest men in the history of

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this world.

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The five greatest Rasuls.

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Noah alaihissalam, Abraham alaihissalam, Moses alaihissalam, Jesus alaihissalam

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and the Prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasalam.

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And even between the five of them, number

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one, the greatest human being in the history

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of this planet.

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The ever was, the ever will be is

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Rasulullah salallahu alaihi wasalam.

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But what makes Rasulullah salallahu alaihi wasalam such

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an amazing role model, such a great human

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being?

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There are so many angles from which we

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can discuss this.

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I want to talk about his accomplishments, which

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is a miracle in of itself.

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A few decades ago, a group of researchers,

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non-Muslim researchers, they had one, a Christian

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by the name of Michael Hart.

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They put together a project to try and

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figure out who were the most influential people

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in human history.

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And Michael Hart said he wanted to put

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Jesus at number one.

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But he couldn't honestly put Jesus at number

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one.

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After analyzing every great person in human history

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in terms of the influence and the accomplishments,

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he said we have no choice.

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And this group of non-Muslim researchers put

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the Prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasalam as the

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number one most successful and influential man in

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the history of this world.

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Why?

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They gave a very simple reason.

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Every other successful person succeeded in one or

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two aspects of life.

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Rasulullah salallahu alaihi wasalam succeeded in every possible

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measurement of success.

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He succeeded from the smallest of things.

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He succeeded as a father.

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He succeeded as a stepfather.

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He succeeded as a husband.

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But bigger than that, he was successful in

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war.

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He was successful in politics.

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He was successful in establishing a religion.

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He was successful in establishing civilizations.

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No man in history has had this level

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of success besides Rasulullah salallahu alaihi wasalam.

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And his success is a miracle.

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Because when you put it in the context

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of where he lived and what resources he

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was given and how much time he was

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given, it is a mu'ajiza.

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It is a miracle that he accomplished everything

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that he did in such a short period

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of time.

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To put it in context, Rasulullah salallahu alaihi

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wasalam is born into Makkah 1,400 years

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ago.

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And often, in the sense that his father

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dies before he is born and his mother

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dies when he is at a very young

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age, he does not have access to a

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lot of wealth.

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He does not have access to a lot

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of resources.

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At that time, the two superpowers of the

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world are the Romans and the Persians on

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either side of Arabia.

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Arabia is a small desert land with a

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few tribes, a few villages, a few towns.

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There is no real civilization and power there.

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He does not have a power base, right?

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He does not know how to read and

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write.

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He is given the message at the age

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of 40.

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And for the first 13 years of preaching

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the message, he is part of a minority

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that is oppressed by the idol worshippers.

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It is only after he makes migration from

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Makkah to Medina that he actually has a

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power base.

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He actually has a base of operations.

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He has a leadership position in the community.

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He has an army.

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And he can now actually do this.

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He can now actually make a difference.

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He can now actually spread his message.

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And he accomplishes everything that he accomplished in

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9 years.

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Think about this.

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Rasulullah ﷺ.

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All of his accomplishments.

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Accomplishments that even one of which would take

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us 50 to 100 years to do.

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He accomplishes all of it within a period

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of 9 years.

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From the time he makes hijrah to Medina

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until he passes away.

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In that 9 to 10 years, Rasulullah ﷺ

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accomplishes the likes of which would take people

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multiple lifetimes.

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He establishes Islam.

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Both on the religious level and the political

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level.

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He eradicates idol worship from the Arabian Peninsula.

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He leaves behind a generation of followers the

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likes of which no other leader had ever

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left behind.

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If you have to measure a leader by

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the quality of their followers.

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No leader in history produced a quality of

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following the way Rasulullah ﷺ produced the sahaba.

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The sahaba were the greatest followers in the

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history of this world.

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That they took the message of Rasulullah ﷺ.

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And they built a civilization out of it.

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And they took it throughout the world especially

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across the globe.

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No other leader had following like that.

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Rasulullah ﷺ.

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His life is a miracle.

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His seerah is a miracle.

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When you think about the fact that in

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those 9 years in Medina.

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He had to take care of all of

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his wives.

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All of his children.

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All of his step children.

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He had to teach in the masjid.

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He had to receive revelation.

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He had to teach the revelation.

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He had to advise people.

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He had to deal with delegations.

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He had to fight wars.

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He had to fight battles.

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He had to sign peace treaties.

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He had to do all of this.

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And yet he was still able to accomplish

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every single one of his goals.

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He was still able to accomplish more than

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we can ever imagine.

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Rasulullah ﷺ's greatness can be measured by every

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possible measure.

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When it comes to his accomplishments in this

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world.

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No human being comes even close.

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To having accomplished in a short period of

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time.

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What he did.

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I want us to think in our own

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lives.

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If we have a goal.

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If we have a project.

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If we're looking to change something.

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We know it's going to take 30, 40,

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50 years.

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Sometimes even 100 years.

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For it to actually have any fruit in

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the community.

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Right?

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But when Rasulullah ﷺ.

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Everything.

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Everything transforms within this 9 year period.

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Everything completely transforms in a short period of

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time.

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Another angle from which he was the greatest

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of human beings.

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Was his akhlaq.

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His character.

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His personality.

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Who he was as a person.

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When we study the seerah.

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When we study hadith.

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When we study any science to do with

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spirituality.

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We have to study the life and the

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teachings and the personality of Rasulullah ﷺ.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala called him in

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the Quran.

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The perfect role model.

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The perfect role model.

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If you want to be generous.

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There was no man in history more generous

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than him.

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You learn generosity from him.

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If you want to learn humility.

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There was no leader in history more humble

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than him.

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You learn your humility from him.

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For any good quality you can take off.

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Rasulullah ﷺ was the apex of good character.

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Think about his generosity.

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Rasulullah ﷺ.

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We know we have the same.

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We have the same nowadays.

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That he is so generous he gave the

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shirt off his back.

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The only person I know historically who actually

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did that was Rasulullah ﷺ.

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He was walking and he was wearing a

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very nice looking shirt.

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And a Bedouin man grabbed it and said

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I want that.

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I like that.

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And the Prophet ﷺ gave it to him.

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Just like that he gave it to him.

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Rasulullah ﷺ was so generous.

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That his generosity caused people to accept Islam

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and to recognize him as the true Prophet.

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A good example of this was Safwan ibn

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Umayyah.

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Safwan ibn Umayyah was the son of the

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same Umayyah that tortured Bilal and was killed

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by Bilal.

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So he hated Islam and hated Muslims.

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And when the Prophet ﷺ went to Mecca.

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He had a kind of a peace treaty

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with the Prophet ﷺ.

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And he accompanied him on the Jihad.

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But he wasn't a Muslim yet.

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When the Prophet ﷺ won the battle of

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Hunayn.

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Against the people of Tawheed.

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And they received more war booty than they

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received ever in their lives.

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Right.

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Anyone at that time could be king or

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a false prophet or anyone about themselves.

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They take the most of it for himself.

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Rasulullah ﷺ did not take anything for himself.

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And he gave Safwan who wasn't even a

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Muslim.

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Who was antagonistic towards Islam.

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He gave him so much.

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That Safwan realized.

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This man has to be a true prophet.

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He's got no worldly objective.

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He has no worldly desires.

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He's interested not in this world.

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It was the generosity of Rasulullah ﷺ that

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convinced him that indeed this is the true

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prophet of Allah.

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Rasulullah ﷺ was so humble.

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That if a man had to walk into

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a gathering and look for him.

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He could not recognize him from the crowd.

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He did not sit on a special chair

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or have a special clothing.

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Or sit in a special status.

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He was a man of the people.

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The most humble of people with the most

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humble of clothing.

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The most humble of homes.

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Or Rajaullah would go to the house of

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Rasulullah ﷺ.

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And he would see him sitting on a

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mattress that would leave lines on his body.

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And he would feel sad for him.

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Like, how can we get you a better

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bed?

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And the Prophet ﷺ said, I don't want

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anything of this world.

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I only want a nice bed.

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And again, at this point in time, Rasulullah

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ﷺ had access to the resources to give

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himself a good life.

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He chose not to.

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He chose not to because he didn't want

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anything of this world.

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His life was for Allah.

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His life was for Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala chose the Prophet

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Muhammad ﷺ to be the final messenger.

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Because he was the best of creation.

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He was the best of creation.

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He is the role model in every aspect

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of life.

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You want to be a good husband, you

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look at him.

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You want to be a good father, you

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look at him.

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You want to be generous, you look at

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him.

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You want to be brave, you look at

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him.

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At the end of one incident that proves

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that he was the bravest of the brave.

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One of the Sahaba narrates that one of

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the nights, we heard a loud noise from

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the forest nearby.

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So we all woke up.

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The men woke up to go and check

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what's that noise.

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And so by the time you went outside

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to check what's that noise, the Prophet ﷺ

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was riding his horse back from the forest

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telling everyone it's okay, it's okay.

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I went to check.

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There's nothing there.

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Meaning before any other man in the middle

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of the night could wake up and go

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into the forest to see if there's any

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danger, the Prophet ﷺ was the first one

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there.

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On his own, he went straight to the

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forest, searched for danger, came back and reported

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to his people.

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Shows his courage, also shows his humility.

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He didn't think of himself as someone special.

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He thought of himself as a man of

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the people.

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Rasulullah ﷺ taught us true leadership.

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True leadership is humble.

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True leadership is service.

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True leadership is generous.

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True leadership is genuinely caring about your people.

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And so he was the best of leaders.

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He was the best of human beings.

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He was the man who accomplished more than

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seemed humanly possible.

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Think about this point.

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When the Prophet ﷺ becomes a prophet, In

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Makkah, maybe after the first few years, there's

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like 80 Muslims in the world.

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Just in Makkah.

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And they are an oppressed minority.

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When he passes away, the entire Arabian Peninsula

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is Muslim.

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Right?

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Idol worship has been eradicated.

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Within 20 years of him passing away, all

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of the Middle East as we know it

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today, is under the authority of Islam.

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Within 90 years of him passing away, from

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Spain all the way to India, is under

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the authority of Islam.

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This is a miracle.

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No one in history has accomplished this.

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From him came the religion of truth, Islam,

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that today a quarter of the world follows.

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From him came many great civilizations that changed

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the world, like the Khulafa Rashidun and the

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Umayyads and the Abbasids and the Safavids and

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the Mughals and the Ottomans and many many

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others, the Mamluks, all claimed to follow him.

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Many civilizations from one leader following his teachings.

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And so we have the greatest of role

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models.

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Let us celebrate his life.

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Let us follow his example.

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Let us study his seerah and his hadith.

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Let us make him our role model.

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And let us be from those who continuously

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send salat and salam upon the Prophet ﷺ,

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and make da'wah for Alhamdulillah and all

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the worlds.

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One of the signs of a great leader

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is the kind of people they leave behind.

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Who are their followers?

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What kind of transformational effect did they have

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on their followers?

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And no one in history has had a

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stronger and better following than Rasulullah ﷺ.

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He is followed by the Sahaba.

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And the Sahaba were the greatest generation to

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ever live.

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He was the greatest Prophet, the greatest human

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being.

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He is followed by the greatest generation of

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followers.

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And to show you an example of how

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loyal the Sahaba were to him.

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How much the Sahaba loved him.

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How much they were willing to die for

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him and do anything for him.

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We go back to the Treaty of Hudaybiyah.

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Now normally when we talk about the Treaty

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of Hudaybiyah, we talk about Ibn Suhail ibn

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Amr and Rasulullah ﷺ negotiating the treaty.

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But let us go back a little bit

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further.

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The people of Makkah actually sent multiple people

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to delegate.

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Right?

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They sent multiple people as delegations to speak

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to the Prophet ﷺ and try and negotiate

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the treaty.

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One of the people they sent was the

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leader of Ta'if.

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Urwah.

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Astaghfirullah.

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And the leader of Ta'if, remember Ta

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'if and Muslims had a very antagonistic relationship.

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The worst thing, when the Prophet ﷺ would

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ask what is the worst thing to happen

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to him.

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It was when he went to Ta'if

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and they stoned him and chased him out

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of the city.

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So this man comes to negotiate with the

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Prophet ﷺ and the leader of this community.

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And he is coming in with very big

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misperceptions and very wrong ideas about the Prophet

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ﷺ and about Islam.

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He is coming in with this idea that

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this is a false prophet and his followers

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are just cowards who are just there for

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the money and for the fame.

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He has all these wrong ideas.

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He comes in and he starts talking to

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the Prophet ﷺ and he talks to him

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very roughly, very harshly.

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And Abu Bakr interjects.

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And this man, this leader of Ta'if,

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to try and cause some friction between the

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Prophet ﷺ and his companions, he tells the

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Prophet ﷺ, these companions of yours, they are

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going to abandon you.

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As soon as they find something better, they

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are going to abandon you.

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At that moment, Abu Bakr rakes it out

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and he gets so angry.

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He literally swears at this man.

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He utters such a vulgar swearing phrase.

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I can't mention it on the memoir.

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But it is found in Sahih Al-Bukhari.

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It is the only time Abu Bakr ever

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used such language.

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He swears this man to his face.

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And this man is shocked because he knows

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Abu Bakr.

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He knows Abu Bakr's personality.

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He knows Abu Bakr's level of character.

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He knows Abu Bakr doesn't use words like

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this.

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So he is shocked.

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Why is Abu Bakr talking to me like

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this?

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And he realizes it is because of the

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love and loyalty that Abu Bakr had to

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Rasulullah ﷺ.

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That he was so upset at the very

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idea of any man to assume that he

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would ever abandon him.

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That's why he used such language.

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It was a sign that how dare you

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even think that we would ever do something

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like that.

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So this man, the leader of the tribe,

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goes back to Makkah, a changed man.

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He goes back to the people of Makkah

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and he tells them, I have met with

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the Caesars of Rome.

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I have met with the Khazus of Persia.

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I have met many things.

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I have never seen a leader whose followers

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love him and respect him the way these

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prophets' followers love and respect him.

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I have never seen this in my life.

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He says when he tells them to do

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something, they do it immediately.

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When he is washing up for his prayers,

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they go to catch the water.

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And they all die for him.

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They literally die for him.

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He ends up eventually converting to Islam.

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But what does this incident show us?

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The quality of following that Rasulullah ﷺ produced

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with his Sahaba.

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This is the impact of his message.

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This is the impact of his personality.

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This is the impact of his character.

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People who met him and believed him were

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forever transformed to a level that after he

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passed away, his message did not stop.

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It spread and it spread and today it

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continues to spread all over the world.

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Wherever you go in the world today, there

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are people who believe in la ilaha illallah

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Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, who follow his lifestyle, who

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follow his footsteps, who send salawat upon him,

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who are from those who take him as

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their role model everywhere on earth.

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And to think he started as an orphan

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in Makkah, in a land that wasn't part

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of any major civilization.

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And he wondered, who's going to follow?

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If I go and preach to the people

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of Makkah, it's a huge joke.

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How many people are going to follow this?

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But Allah took his message and spread it

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across the world.

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Allah took the love for him and spread

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it across the world.

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And so we too need to have that

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love and that loyalty to Rasulullah ﷺ and

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his Sahaba, the way the Sahaba had to

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be.

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And we too need to be from those

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who we do not tolerate people disrespecting our

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Prophet.

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We do not tolerate people blaspheming our Prophet.

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We will let them know the way Abu

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Bakr let that man know.

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That we don't talk about our beloved like

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that.

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This is a red line for us.

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And so we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala to allow us to do justice to

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this deen.

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To be from people who represent this deen

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properly.

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To be from people who take this deen

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seriously.

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We ask Allah to put into our hearts

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and the hearts of our descendants, the love

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of Rasulullah ﷺ and his Sahaba.

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And to make Rasulullah ﷺ our role model

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and the role model of our children and

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our descendants.

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And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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to allow us to benefit from being part

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of the Ummah of Rasulullah ﷺ.

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We ask Allah to grant victory to the

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Ummah of Rasulullah ﷺ.

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Especially to those in Gaza who they are

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suffering what they are suffering.

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And we ask Allah to grant them patience,

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to grant them victory and to grant them

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success and to revive Islam.

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Fatiha.

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