Kamal El-Mekki – Courage

			Sisters in Islam or hookah is about something that is sorely needed in our oma or when our men need
it, and our women are in need of it. We needed to raise our children properly. It is needed by our
political leaders by our teams and religious leaders, and it is needed to ascend in any situation.
Our topic today is a shujaa, which is courage. And it is a topic that is not spoken about much
anymore. If you go on YouTube and search shujaa in Arabic, you will get six lectures only on
courage. And if you search the opposite, and jubin, which is cowardice, you will get 100 videos on
cheese and how to make unprocessed cheese in Japan. But nothing about cowardice.
		

			And we have chosen this topic, because Muslims are living in a constant state of fear all around the
world. Fear of discrimination, fear of the possibility of being attacked, and now the fear of being
shot.
		

			Last weekend, we had our conference here in the masjid, and the babysitter's passed out balloons.
And every time a balloon popped, the whole mustard jumped up.
		

			Whereas By comparison, a friend of mine told me he was in Jerusalem at a cafe, just having coffee,
and a loud sound, something that sounded like a gunshot. He said within an instant, every man every
woman jumped from their purse and everyone had their gun out instantly. So this is not a pro gun
message. But it's just look at the comparison. And what kind of life is this where one would live in
constant fear and not even have an immediate threat but of a potential threat. If that coward in New
Zealand causes you to live in fear, then he is defeated you and he's defeated the entire oma one
coward defeats an entire oma people living in constant fear of what if the house burns down? What if
		

			my store burns down fear of attackers fear of accidents, fear of something might happen to the
children. One of the famous authors who constantly writes about positive thinking His name is Norman
Vincent Peale. He met an old man that did something very unique. This man that he met, whenever he
worried about something happening in his life, he wrote it down in this notebook. So if he feared
his house might burn down, he would write it down. He feared that his car might be stolen, he would
write it down in this notebook. And towards the end of his life, he says 92% of the things that I
worried about never happened, and never even came close to happening 92% of them, but what a waste
		

			and what a shame, to live your life constantly a fear afraid of things that could happen. And there
is no immediate threat, but just living in a constant state of fear of things that will 92% chances
are not even happening.
		

			It is not from the way of the believers to live in a constant state of fear. And imagine we
dedicated all this fear that we've given to random things and just dedicated all of it to Allah
subhanaw taala even fear of Allah now speakers don't like to call it fear of Allah they say
translate taqwa as being God conscious, but not being fearful of Allah subhanaw taala. So they're
challenging the only fear that is beneficial and praiseworthy. Whereas the other fear Allah subhanaw
taala does not praise it in Surah Al embrun. Allah says, In Nima De Luca Masha Tano, you have with
Alia, this is a this is the shaitaan scaring Alia who his friends or his people, but a lot of
		

			students his father to half of whom waha funi, do not be afraid of them, but be afraid of me in
meaning if you're a true believers, to be constantly afraid of things, or possible events is not one
of the signs of the believers. And a larger agenda mentioned this in the Koran. As one of the signs
of the hypocrites. One of the descriptions of the hypocrites allows you to have some sort of
monopoly on the chapter of the hypocrites. Yes, yeah, savona couldn't have been la him. They think
that every cry is against them. Every crime meaning every declaration, every announcement, every
message, they think it's about them. The hypocrites are the ones that are in constant fear.
		

			To be clear, we're not saying that the believer does not experience fear. Because Musa alayhis salam
and he is one of the five greatest prophets of Allah, he experienced fear. And you will find that no
other prophet had fear described or his fear described as much as Musa alayhis salam in the Quran.
And the scholars say
		

			Because he was sent to the biggest of all tyrants. So Musa alayhis. Salam was constantly in
different times and different events afraid. And Allah subhanaw taala would strengthen his heart.
We're not talking about fear of an incident or something specific, but someone living in constant
fear, afraid of what might potentially happen. And unfortunately, we're in the age of movies on
Hollywood. And courage now is just synonymous with aggression, and physical altercations and rude
discourse. This is courage. And for young people, they see it for young men for young Muslim men.
Courage is Jihad only, as if there's no other form of courage whatsoever. But there's also courage
		

			of opinion. And speaking the truth, the famous poet and Madonna, he said,
		

			you published Satoshi Gianni or you publish. Johnny. Here, oh, well done. Well, who am I?
		

			Who am I hallucinating? He's saying that the courage of opinion comes before the the courage of the
brave ones and in the battlefield or physically being courageous, but he says this is first and that
is in the second place. So giving value to that. And we see that historically, in the life of Mr.
Humble Rahim Allah, his courage was not that of a physical courage physically. He was actually a
weak man, Rahim Allah, but his courage was that of sticking to his opinion. And that's why the
scholars and historians say there are two incidences through which Allah subhanaw taala saved Islam,
because Islam was never under threat of actually changing many times in history, Muslims, their
		

			lives were under threatened under threat their livelihood.
		

			But in all these events, Islam would have been unaffected and unchanged. But they said there are two
stances where Allah subhanaw taala saved Islam through two men. Allah saved Islam through Abu Bakr
radi Allahu anhu on the day overridden because if he didn't stand firm on his view, we would have
received an Islam today that had nose a cap. And then Allah saved Islam through Ramadan humble,
because if he didn't stand firm on his beliefs and his view, we would have received an Islam where
the Quran was not the speech of Allah Subhana Allah Tada.
		

			And so, what then, is the source of our courage? What is the source of the courage of the believer
and the courage that opposes natural fear which Allah subhanaw taala instilled and created human
beings with a lot of good says in the Quran in sirna. Hola. Hola. Indeed, man is created. They
translated as of a hasty temperament. But Hello, Gianni yet za ne. If calamity befalls them, they
panic instantly. Or this before calamity, they're stingy. They're fearful. They're extra cautious.
And but Mr. moto Pereira him Allah says this verse is not talking about the believer. This verse is
talking about non believers. So what makes the believer different? What makes the believers
		

			different is would be their principles, their values and their beliefs. They're a man in Allah
subhanaw taala they're a man in an cudham that everything has been pre written 50,000 years before
Allah azza wa jal even created this earth, it was written that a man gives courage, the fact that
your agenda, meaning the exact time of your death is written, and that nothing changes that it will
not change for one second more or one second less. And being brave does not bring your agenda
closer. And cowardice doesn't push it back either.
		

			being brave and courageous, doesn't mean ignoring all the physical means and preparations that one
has to do. And the best example of that is in the hijra of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
And Nabi sallallahu Sallam wants to go to the house of Abu Bakar and inform him that it's time that
tonight we will leave to go to Medina. So he leaves the narration says to go to the house of obaku
at the time of the hero, and the time of the hero is this time between her and the officer, that is
the hardest time of the day. And those of you who have been in the Middle East at that time, there
is usually not a living thing out during that time because of the extreme heat. So the Prosser lamb
		

			leaves at the time of the year where there will be less traffic, less people to see him going to the
house of obika. But on top of that, even though there are not many people he covered his face
Salalah on he said, then he entered the house of blue book, and he said as a precaution, send
everyone out and what I'm going to tell you is top secret, then Obama tells him that it's okay to
speak in front of them.
		

			Then he leaves the plan was he leaves it alone to sleep in his place. And that's another storage of
a story of courage on its own. Because I literally alone who sleeps in the bed of the prostate exam
and the person who explained to him, I need you to sleep in my bed because there's some people who
are going to attempt to kill me. So you would not sleep a wink, if that's the position, but a little
below and said he's never ever slept better sleep in his life than that night.
		

			Then the filament over her head out in the opposite direction of Medina, look at the precaution and
the preparation. being courageous doesn't mean ignoring all the physical preparations. And the means
they didn't head towards Medina, they headed in the opposite direction where nobody would think to
look for them. And they left at a time of night were so somewhere like near the second third of the
night, there are some people who are the early risers, and there are people who stay up late. And
then there's that moment where the people who stay up late has have gone to bed, and the early
risers have not woken up yet. And that's the exact time that they left.
		

			Then they had amueblado Hara, bring goats and he would walk them over the trucks to cover all the
trucks of the profits or loss element. As they were heading towards the cave, then they would stay
in the cave for three days. Because the first day that the search is intensified, and the second
day, it still might be intense. But the third day, the search will decrease. And so they stayed for
three days, and then they leave. In the meantime, Abdullah Abu Bakar, who is a small boy, the son of
okra still did, but he was precocious. Yeah, and he, he was mentally way ahead of his age. So he was
young enough to walk amongst the Quran, and they wouldn't suspect him of understanding anything. But
		

			he would come back at night and report everything to them. Everything was carefully planned out as
smart, the daughter of obaku would bring them food in the cave during the three days. And no one
would suspect her because she was in her third trimester of pregnancy. So no one would expect this
pregnant woman to go out into the desert and climb this mountain. In the dark. No one would suspect
that the plan was perfect. And then three days later, after live Nora, who was inexperienced, and he
knew the terrain and he knew the way he would come back later on with the camels. But despite all
this preparation, Allah subhanaw taala decreed that the Quran should make it all the way to the
		

			door, despite all this preparation. So the question is, why would Allah Subhana Allah allow that
despite all this preparation, there must be a message why Allah allowed them to come all the way in
front of the door of the cave.
		

			Before we answer that, on the way to the cave, look at the situation of Abu Bakar and compare it to
that of the Prophet sallallahu sallam. And Nabi sallallahu Sallam was doing nothing but making Vicar
of Allah azza wa jal and calmly writing his animal towards the cave. In the meantime, oh, Book of
narrates, I would think to myself, What if there's an ambush ahead, and they would capture the
profits on him. He said, so for a while I would be way ahead of the process. So if there's anyone in
ambush, the capture me and he is alerted, then he can escape? Then I think what if they catch up
with us from behind? So I'll go far behind the prophet SAW Selim, then I think, what if they catch
		

			up from the right, so I'll go forward to the right of the problem, then you think what if they come
from the left, so I go forward to the left. So he's just moving Right, Left Front, back. And the
problem is commonly just making dhikr of Allah subhanaw taala.
		

			Look at the situation of a worker and out of the profits. Fast forward to the Battle of bud. And now
the Prophet sallallahu Sallam is making the law and he's raising his hand so high that his cloak
falls off his Blissett shoulders, and now abubaker the llama and who is lifting the cloak and
putting it back on the shoulders of the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and he's telling him enough of
you calling upon your Lord, Allah will give you what he promised. So the scholars see what is the
difference between the behavior obika and the Prophet sallallahu Sallam in these two different
instances?
		

			And why did Allah allow the courage to reach them out of the cave
		

			so that we can see a practical application of relying on Allah subhanaw taala because on the way to
the cave, the Prophet salallahu alaihe salam had done everything humanly possible. There is nothing
else you could have added to his list of preparations. He did everything he could. So the only thing
left was to completely rely on a large surgeon, but on the Battle of better The problem was
expecting his 313 men to overtake a caravan of 60 poorly armed men. So he had not made preparations
to meet an army of 1000 so because he did not make the full preparations he made up for it with much
to Allah subhanaw taala so Allah azza wa jal allowed them after all this preparation to get to the
		

			mountain
		

			The cave. So you know, after you've done everything what is there left to do? Nothing but to put
your token, your complete trust and reliance upon Allah subhanho wa Taala. And that's why it will
work who said, Yasser Allah, if they just look down, they'll see us. There was no spider web. That's
a weak, very weak narration. There was nothing to stop them from seeing through in looking inside
and seeing them. And then the process of them tells a worker to be quiet that tells them to keep
quiet, because he tells them mamanuca bitmain Allahu Houma. He says, What do you think of to whom
Allah is there? Third, when there is nothing left to physically do, you put your token on Allah
		

			subhanaw taala and you don't falter and you don't shake after that. But not only that, on the same
journey, and maybe someone said and then continues towards Medina, and then Soraka bumalik puts on
his full armor and weaponry and comes to capture the Prophet sallallahu wasallam. And in the story
that everyone knows, in the end, the Nabi sallallahu Sallam asked him key for NTR Soraka wifia,
deca, soiree kisara, he asked him, How will you feel Oh, Soraka, when on your wrists will be the
bracelets of kisara. So the problem is telling him, you're not going to capture me. And I'm going to
get there. And I'm going to start a new nation. And it's going to become powerful. And it's going to
		

			bring down one of the two superpowers on Earth. So this is the reliance on Allah subhanaw taala.
This is the confidence and strength that it gives. And we see this again and again, in the seed of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. There were times when the companions were in constant fear.
But that's because there was an actual threat that they were aware of, when the sun, which is a
large, Christian Arab tribe in the area of Iraq, was going to attack them. It wasn't just a rumor,
it was just a possibility. But they were during those times constantly aware, and cautious that a
son might attack.
		

			But this is not to compare to the type of unwarranted fear that people are living in today. Just
last week, a young lady came to my office, and she said she wants to wear hijab, but her mother
doesn't allow her to why, because she might get attacked, nobody sent her a note saying you'll be
attacked, but she's just afraid. And if you do the numbers, if you look at the millions of people
who are in America, and if you look at the few incidences here and there of a woman who had her
hijab pulled or so that's such a small negligible number, but to avoid putting on hijab, because
maybe someone will attack you. And there, the fear of being pulled hijab pulled off or being
		

			physically struck, and then no fear of the punishment of Allah subhana wa tada
		

			we have a nation with a history of brave men, and brave woman, Sophia rhodiola, Anna saved the
Muslims on the back level as up because there were all guarding the ditch and there was no one to
guard the back. And
		

			some of the Jews have been no karela came. And they were trying to see if there were any men in the
back so they can attack them. So Sophia goes and tells her sign up nothing but the poet of the
Prophet sallallahu sallam, and he was physically incapable of doing anything. And she found that the
situations are one of to one, she will do nothing. And then they will know that the Muslims are
uncovered, and then they will attack them from the back, or to she has to do something and save the
Muslims save the oma. And so she took one of the poles of one of the tents and struck this man who's
coming to spy on the on the top of his head, and then she cut off his neck. And she was Danny. It's
		

			not a common thing for a woman to just easily chop off a man's man's head and then throw it back to
his his comrades. But she mustered up the courage and this is something that even men cannot
tolerate to chop someone's head off. But she gathered her courage, and she threw it back to them. So
when they found the head of their companion, they said that Hudson Valley region, it's full of men,
so they decided not to attack. And it was never about physical size. It was never about muscles and
physical ability, meaning courage was never about physical size and muscles and physical ability to
live no macoun. The companion the blind companion, will be alone who he held the standard, which was
		

			the most difficult job during the Battle of Al qadisiya. He told him you're not able to see he said,
That's even better. So I will hold the standard and stand. And even if we lose, and we retreat, I
can't retreat because I don't know where I'm going.
		

			Others
		

			like Alberto Abdul Malik, during the battle against Muslim al Qaeda, and there was an intense moment
where Muslim and his people were in the garden that was fortified and the Muslims couldn't get to
him and they didn't
		

			Adil Bara nomadic Ravi Allahu anhu. What kind of layer abedeen meaning he's physically wasn't
impressive. He was small physically. But he said, Bring a shield and they brought a shield. And he
stood on top of that shield and he said lift it with your Spears, so many men gathering, lifting the
shield as high as possible with their spears. And then he jumps inside. not physically strong, but
courageous, and many, many other examples. But if it were just about physical size, and Sahih
Bukhari and Muslim, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam said inaho laity, or Raja Lu, a semitone, of the
movement, Yama kiama law, yes, no in the law, hey, Jenna haba. He said, a man who is great and fat
		

			and physically large will come on the Day of Judgment, and he will Allah is not equal to the weight
of mosquitoes wing.
		

			So it's not about that physical size, but it's about a quality that we're sorely in need of, and
we're in need of it also, when it comes to raising our children, not just courage in the playground,
but courage to speak the truth, and to stand up for the truth. Back to Sophia the out of the Prophet
sallallahu wasallam. She raised one of the most fierce warriors in the history of our oma is
debatable, ombre Bella Juana. And when he was a young boy, she would leave him in the desert in the
dark, and he would cry for long periods of time, and people would come and tell her. And this when
you look at what you're doing to the child, as we say, Now traumatizing everything now is
		

			traumatizing. Your trauma, and you're traumatizing the child in our terms. And she would say rather,
I'm making him a courageous warrior. So he grew up not afraid of the dark, and not afraid of
anything else. Inside Buhari in one of the battles, he entered into an army of 240,000 by himself,
and cut through the entire army all of its ranks, and then turned around and cut through again and
made it back to his camp will be alone. In summary, brothers and sisters,
		

			we are not to live our life in constant fear of potential bad things that might happen. This is not
a description of the believers, we have tawakkol in Alaska, we rely and trust upon a large audience.
We believe in elkader things were written 50,000 years before the earth was created. We know our
agenda, our time of death is written. So it's not a matter of Will you go or not, it's Are you ready
to meet Allah subhanaw taala and that is what is inevitable. So we shift our focus from being afraid
of things that could happen to having our fear of Allah subhanaw taala and preparing to meet Allah
azza wa jal. And we saw that having Toku doesn't mean ignoring physical preparations and the
		

			physical means, and finally the Prophet sallallahu Sallam used to seek refuge from an bookboon while
jubin he's to seek refuge from being stingy and from cowardice. Apolo colada was stopped for lalala
money. Welcome, man, Jamie, I know first off thoroughfare for almost offering. ask Allah subhanaw
taala for his forgiveness Indeed, those who ask for forgiveness shall prosper.
		

			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa salatu salam ala rasulillah amin wala
		

			the last, the last point here is to not mistake anger for courage. And this is something that's very
common. And psychologists mentioned that what anger does is it gives a person a false sense of
control. So they lose their temper. They say they use choice words. And in their mind, they feel
that they weren't defeated. They control the situation. They yelled at everyone. But in the end,
what really happened is they just lost their temper, and that is not courage, and that is not
strength. We have the famous Hadith in Bukhari and Muslim. The Prophet sallallahu Sallam said Lisa,
should you do this? surah Jani that the strong person is not the one who can out wrestle people
		

			physically strong. In nimisha de la de em lacunas who indelicato but the strong person is the one
who can control himself at the time of anger.
		

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