Kamil Ahmad – Lessons from the Seerah #69 Events After Khaybar – Part 2
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The speakers discuss the events leading up to the end of the 7th year of the AD, including the announcement of the Treaty of Hudaybiyoll, the return of the Prophet Sallallli, and the return of the Prophet to Mecca. They also discuss the return of the Prophet to Mecca and the upcoming events in Islam, including the return of the Prophet's guidance and the return of the waif and the waif's wealth. The importance of staying in Mecca and the return of the waif and the waif's wealth are also discussed. The importance of verifying Muslim character and holding strong personal character is emphasized. The speakers also mention the importance of guidance and holding strong personal character in the face of hatred and envy and envy of Muslims.
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Last week we looked at some of the
events
from the Sirah
that took place
after the Battle of Khaybar.
This was
in the 7th year of the Hijra.
So we looked at the marriage of the
Prophet
to
Habibah
radiAllahu anha.
We also mentioned the delegations,
the Muslim delegations that had arrived.
The delegation of
the Muhajirun
who are in Abyssinia.
They arrived in Khaybar while the prophet was
still at Khaybar.
Also
the tribe
of
Abu al Hassan al Ashari
and the tribe of
Abu Hurayrah
And so all of these delegations had arrived
while the prophet was still
Khaybar.
Then we looked at some other events,
the expeditions that took place
after that, after the battle of Khaybar.
And so we continue on from here looking
at more events,
important events that took place
after the Battle of Khayb.
So we now come to the end of
7th year,
The end of the 7th year of the
Hejurah.
And the first major event that we have
at this time
was
the long awaited
Umrah.
Umrah tul Qadha.
And so a year has passed
since the signing of
the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
and part of the agreement of that treaty
was
that the
Muslims have to leave now. They've arrived
outside of Mecca, but they have to go
back without entering Mecca,
but they can come back after a year.
The Muslims
can come back after a year to perform
their Umrah.
So everyone who was present with the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, they
were now preparing to head off for Mecca
to make umrah,
and this was
in Dhul Qadah
of the 7th year of the Hijrah.
Now the agreement
that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam had with Quraysh
was
that when he comes for Umrah the following
year,
he would only be permitted to carry
light weapons
that travelers usually carry when they travel,
namely
swords in their shields.
However,
Rasulullah He Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam had set out
with other weapons
And so he brought with him bows and
arrows and spears.
And when
they reached close to Mecca,
news had reached Quraysh
that the Prophet
had brought arms
other than what had been agreed upon.
So they were saying
he's come for war.
So Quraish, they said,
we've done nothing wrong.
We did not break our side of the
agreement
or the terms of the treaty
so why is Mohammed attacking us?
So they sent him an envoy
and
they asked him,
oh Muhammad,
you are not known
since you were young
nor
since you became an adult. You were never
known
to betray,
to
go against your word.
You want to enter the Haram
with weapons against your people.
While you had given them your word that
you would only enter
with the weapons
of a traveler.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, what did he
say?
He said, I haven't broken
the agreement.
I will not enter with these weapons.
And so the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did
not have the intention
of entering Mecca with these weapons.
The envoy of Quraysh,
Mikraz, he said,
this is what
you have been known for.
For being good and being a man of
his word.
And so why did the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam do this? Why did he bring these
weapons?
He brought them as
precautionary measure,
as a safeguard
in case
in case he needed them. But his plan
was to leave them outside of Mecca
and then only enter Mecca with the light
weapons that he had agreed on.
So now
they enter Mecca.
Years have gone by since the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam had,
the Muhajirun
who left Mecca
the first time now they're coming back.
Part of the agreement that Quraysh had made
with the Muslims at Hudaybiyyah was
that when the Muslims enter
the kuffar of Quraysh, they will vacate. They
will leave Makkah
during the period of their stay.
Why?
This is how much they hated the Muslims.
They couldn't stand being around them. They couldn't
stand seeing them,
especially
having this freedom,
you know, after years of fighting against them,
they're giving them free entry into Mecca without
putting on a fight.
So
they they didn't feel
they didn't feel
that they were in a position of authority
anymore.
And so they said, we don't even want
to be there to watch this.
And so they left, however,
they didn't go far. They went onto the
hilltops
and the mountains overseeing Mecca
where they could see the Muslims from far.
And
the word that was spreading amongst them
was
that the Muslims have become weak
and when we see them, they're gonna be
weak. They're gonna be feeble.
Why? Because
of yesterday.
There was this
common
understanding
or a myth
that
there's a certain
disease
in Medina
that people who live there, they end up
having this fever.
And so it weakens them.
And we mentioned this when we spoke about
the Hijra,
when the Muhajirun
came and settled in Madinah.
Many of them did actually
fall ill
for a long time.
So
they were spreading this rumor that
the fever of Madinah has weakened the Muslims.
So the Muslims now they enter Mecca
and they see the Kaaba
and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he cared about the reputation of the Muslims
and he heard about this rumor, so he
wanted to dispel this rumor
by showing an image of strength.
So he told the companions, we're gonna start
our umrah, but what I want you to
do is uncover
your right shoulders.
So normally when we enter into Ihram,
we cover
our
shoulders.
But here the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam told
them to
uncover your shoulders the first three rounds.
And
not only that,
but as we go around the Kaaba,
he wanted them to do what is known
as Ramal, which is
not walking nor
running, but in between,
walking at a fast pace
similar to marching.
So they did this.
However, between the two corners,
the Yemeni corner and the black stone,
here the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam told
him to
to just walk normally.
Why?
Because
from this angle,
the kuffar of Quraysh could not see them.
So they were at the opposite. The kuffar
of Quraysh were at the opposite side
of the Ka'bah.
So when the Muslims would go around
from that side,
they wouldn't see them. So the prophet shalallahu
alaihi wa sallam told them to walk normally.
And the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam, he
didn't want to exhaust the Muslims
so he let them take a break at
that time.
And so this is what they did.
And
when the Kuffar of Quraysh saw this,
they said, These are the people who you
said that they have been affected by the
the fever of Medina.
They are more stronger than kada, wakada.
They're more stronger than such and such.
And so this is what the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam did.
And
although he gave these instructions for that particular
situation
and for that particular reason,
however, the sunnah has remained
with us.
And so until this day, whenever we go
for umrah,
when we make our first tawaf,
we do this
following the sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam.
The Muslims, they completed their Umrah
as Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala had promised them
a year before.
Allah
revealed Suratul Fatiha right after
Al Hudaybiyah.
And
this was when the Muslims,
they were down, they were depressed,
thinking we have been barred from entering
Mecca.
And Umar radiAllahu anhu came to the Prophet
and said, Didn't you promise us that we
are gonna
enter Mecca and make our Umrah? The Prophet
saw a dream
that they were making tawaf and they were
making Umrah.
And the dreams of the promise
the the dreams of the the prophets
are true.
When Umrah said this, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam said to him, did I say
that we're gonna make it this year?
So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
yes, his promise is true,
but it doesn't mean that it has to
happen right away. What does Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala say?
Allah says, Indeed
Allah will fulfill
His Messenger's dream.
In truth,
insha Allah,
you will surely enter
the masjid
in security.
Some of you will have your head shaved.
Others
will have their hair shortened
without fear.
So imagine,
they now entered without being worried about Quraysh
attacking them. Why? Because now they have a
treaty with them. They have an agreement.
Allah says,
Allah knew what you did not know, so
He granted you
the victory,
the triumph at hand.
Now while the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was
still there
in
Mecca, he married
Mahimuna
bint Al Harith radiAllahu anha.
She was the sister of
the wife of Al Abbas,
the uncle of the Prophet
His wife is Umul Fabbal.
So her sister is Mahmuna.
The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam married her
during this trip,
and he wanted to have the walima in
Makkah before they left.
But part of the agreement with
Quraysh
at Hudaybiyah was
that the Muslims would only stay for how
many days?
For 3 days.
And now the 3 days were up.
So one of
the leaders of Quraysh,
he comes to the Prophet
and says,
I ask you in the name of Allah
and the treaty between us to leave.
In another narration, it says they went to
Ali, ibn Abi Talib radiAllahu anhu
and they went to him and said, That's
it. Your time is up. You guys have
to leave now.
Again, why?
Because of their hatred for the Muslims.
And they felt
that they had been humiliated
by allowing the Muslims to enter
freely
and to roam about in Makkah freely.
And so
now immediately they came to the Prophet and
asked them to leave.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
I've just married a woman
from among you.
It won't it won't harm you
if I finish my wedding
and
I prepare a feast. I have a walima.
And you guys are free to join.
They said,
we're in no need of your food. We
ask you in the name of Allah to
leave.
So again, look at the hatred, the enmity
that they had for the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam. In one narration,
it says that Quraysh said, We want you
to leave our land.
So some of the Ansar were with the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
and one of the leaders of the Ansar,
Sa'adib bin Rubada,
he got angry and he said,
This is not your land nor the land
of your
forefathers.
Rasulullah He wasalam
calmed him down
and said, We will leave.
So they left,
and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam held the
walima
outside Mecca at a place called
Saraf.
And
it so happens that
my Mumuna
radiAllahu anha,
later on when she passes away, she passes
away at the same place.
And so the Qadr of Allah was for
her to get married to the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam at this place and for her
to die and her grave is at this
place.
Now she was also
one of the last
women that the Prophet SAW Alaihi Wasallam married
and she was also one of the last
to pass away.
She lived a long life, she passed away
in her eighties.
Now when Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was leaving
Makkah,
there was another scene.
As he and the Muslims were leaving,
a small girl came out
crying out to him
saying, You ham, You ham.
My uncle, my uncle.
Who was she?
She was
the daughter of
Hamza,
ibn Abdul Muttalib, the uncle of the Prophet
sallallahu
alayhi was salah.
And we know
that Hamza radiAllahu anhu was martyred
at
Uhud.
So now she
was left as an orphan
in Mecca.
So
Ali
ibn Abi Talib
he goes and grabs her
and hands her over to
Fatima
And he said to her,
Take care of your cousin.
He meant
that Fatima would take her
back to Medina and
foster her,
adopt her.
But then
the brother of Ali steps in,
Ja'far,
ibn Abi Talib
and says, no.
I'm gonna take her.
Ali says, I am her cousin.
Jafar says, I am her cousin too
but
her aunt is my wife
and so her aunt
was the wife
of Ja'far RadiAllahu Wa'an.
But then a third Sahabi steps in
and that was Zayid ibn Al Haritha.
He says,
she is the daughter of my brother.
Why did he say this?
Zayd ibn Haritha was who?
He was the adopted son of the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
before Allah abolished the concept of
adopting.
So
he was
he was the adopted son of the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
However,
although
Hamza,
Radhiallahu Alaihi Wasallam, is the uncle
of the
Prophet
He is also
his brother from breastfeeding.
He is also
his brother from breastfeeding. Basically, the same woman
who breastfed the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
also
breastfed
Hamza
radiAllahu anhu. So that makes
the daughter of Hamza
the cousin of
Zayd
Radiallahu Alaihi Wasallam. If we say that Zayd
is the son
of the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, and that's what he was
considered before Allah abolished
this concept.
So basically,
everyone wanted to take her by showing their
relation to her.
So what happens? The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
steps in to judge between them
and who does he give her to?
He gives her to
Ja'far,
ibn Abi Talib.
Why?
Because
Jafar
was married to
her
aunt. And what did the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam say?
He said,
Al Khala bi manzilatil
That the aunt
is
like the mother. She's at the same level
as the mother.
This also meant
that
Ja'far was her her mehre.
Right?
Why?
Because
you're not allowed to marry a woman and
her kala,
her aunt, at the same time.
So
this is one of the prohibitions
when it comes to marriage
which is not mentioned in the Quran.
So in the Quran you have
the women you're not allowed to marry, Allah
mentions them.
In Surat Nisa,
as for the Khala, this is mentioned by
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam in a hadith.
But then the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
he did not just end it there.
He didn't end this dispute
just like that.
But he turned to Ali radiAllahu anhu. What
did he say to him? He said,
You are from me and I am from
you.
And then he turned to
Jafar radiAllahu anhu and he said to him,
You resemble me in character and in looks.
And then he turned to Zaid Radhi Allahu
An and he said, You
are our brother
and
our freed slave.
And so in this way, the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam,
he brought an end to this dispute
without
allowing any grudges
to remain in the hearts.
Then Ali Rabiullah Muhammad asked the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam,
O Messenger of Allah, why don't you marry
the daughter
of Hamza?
Why don't you marry her?
So this is when the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam clarified his relation
and he said,
she is
my niece through
breastfeeding. So he couldn't marry her because
he was her mahram in this way.
We move on
to the events
of the 8th year
of the hijrah.
The Muslims now return from their Umrah.
This was at the end of
the 7th year.
And now we have the 8th year of
the Hijrah
which is a very very busy year.
You have a lot of
major events that take place
as we're going to see.
The first of these major events,
and we're only gonna talk about this today
and next week. We'll move on to other
events.
The first of these events, it happened in
the beginning of
8th year of the hijrah.
The Islam
of 2 very very important
individuals from Makkah.
These 2 individuals
through their Islam,
they would bring might and glory
to the Muslims.
Not only in the lifetime of the Prophet
but even long after his death.
And so as we will see,
the Prophet
was extremely delighted by
them embracing Islam
and he gave them positions
of authority commanding armies
and this continued even after his death.
And through them,
vast lands and empires
were conquered
just through these 2 companions.
And so we mentioned previously,
just like
2 men from
Quraysh had embraced Islam
while the Muslims were
in Mecca,
downtrodden,
persecuted,
And through their Islam, Allah
elevated
the Muslims somewhat,
you know, somewhat
their persecution was lessened.
Right?
And that was the Islam of
Umar ibn Khattab radiAllahu Muhammad and
the Islam of these two individuals,
and so they were,
Amr ibn al-'Aas and
Khalid
ibn al Walid.
And so we start with
Amr ibn al Aas.
He tells the story of his of his
Islam on his own.
He says,
I fought against Muhammad
salallahu alaihi wasallam in the Battle of Badr
and Allah saved me.
Then I fought against Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasallam
in the Battle of Uhud,
and Allah saved me.
And then I fought against Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam
in the Battle of Khandaq,
and Allah saved me. And so here,
Ahamr radiAllahu anhu, he was basically recounting his
days of Kufr.
And was basically saying,
how stupid was I
for fighting against
the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam?
If I had died,
that's it. I would have been in the
hellfire.
But he says,
Allah saved me each time.
He goes on to say,
And I was beginning to feel
that no matter what,
Muhammad is going to win.
His army is getting better and better.
His dawah is spreading more and more
and we are becoming more and more restricted
in our movement day by day.
So he says
he had enough of
it. And he says, That's it.
I was gonna leave Mecca.
He says he left Mecca
to go and stay in an isolated place
outside of Mecca,
and he took his wealth with him, he
took his family with him,
and he basically isolated himself
from the people.
He says then
when the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah took place.
So basically,
he left Mecca after
the Battle of Khandaq, the Battle of Al
Hazab.
He says now when the Treaty of Hudaybiyah
took place,
when Quraysh were finally forced
to acknowledge
the existence
of the Islamic State.
And they were forced to
admit
the authority of the Prophet
Muhammad ibn Al Hash, he says,
Tomorrow,
Muhammad will enter Mecca.
He was basically saying that
if Quraysh
were unable to
fight Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam
while he was at their doorstep.
Instead, they are forced to sign a treaty
with him,
then this is a sign that
sooner or later,
you know,
it's inevitable
that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is gonna
enter Mecca and conquer it and invade Mecca.
So he ruled out staying in Mecca or
even in the surroundings of Mecca.
Now,
Umar ibn al Hawass,
he was no ordinary person
from the people of Makkah.
He was
an intelligent man, he was wise,
and he was
a respected man from among his family members.
So he called
some of the members of his clan, who
he trusted,
and he told them,
I can see that
the affair of Muhammad is rising
above all others in a horrible way.
And so
he was basically seeing
the events unfolding before his eyes.
And through his wisdom and his intelligence,
he was seeing that
Islam is rising
above everything else.
You know just like today,
many of the kuffarsiit,
where some Muslims,
they can't see
Islam rising
and
they can't see
that, you know, our victory is around the
corner. Why? Because they're deep in their sleep.
They can't see the events
of the Ummah
and how they are unfolding today and
they're failing to see
the victory of Allah that is on its
way.
But you have some kuffar who could see
it.
But even now,
Muhammad ibn al-'Az,
he had no plans of becoming a Muslim.
In fact,
he used to say,
if all of Quraysh became a Muslim,
I would never become a Muslim.
And so that's how much he
hated Islam
and the Muslims.
So anyways,
Amr, he told his people,
I see that
the affair of Islam is rising.
Therefore,
I don't think it's a good idea for
us to stay here in Mecca.
I believe
we should leave.
Where should we go?
We should go and stay with the Najashi
in Abyssinia.
Why Abyssinia in particular?
Hamid ibn Al Aas,
he was a seasoned traveler. He used to
travel a lot
and he had a good relationship with the
Najashi.
So he wanted to use that.
He wanted to take advantage
and put that relationship to good use.
So he said,
if Muhammad is victorious
then we are safe from him, we're far
away from him.
And if he loses
and Quraysh wins,
then
they already know
who we are
and what our position is and we'll come
back.
This is what he told
these people from his family.
So these people, they actually
agreed with his assessment
and they decided to travel together
to
Abyssinia.
Before they left, Aamir,
he said we should take some gifts for
the Najashi
and he knew that he used to love
leather from hijabs.
So they gathered all the fine leather that
they could
and they left, they took a boat
and they went
to Abyssinia.
Now
when they reach there,
guess who they find
coming out
of the court of the Najashi.
Ahamr
ibn Umayyah
al Damri
radiAllahu
alaihi. Who is he? We mentioned him
only last week.
He was the one who Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam
had sent. He was his Messenger. He had
sent him to
the Najashi
to call the remaining Muslims from Abyssinia to
make their way to Madinah.
And so
the remaining Muhajirun,
the first Muhajirun
who had made Hijra to Abyssinia,
we mentioned last week.
Under
the leadership of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, they
made their way back
to Madinah and they joined the Prophet while
he was at Kaibah.
So it was Amr ibn Umayyah Abbamri who
the Prophet sent from Madinah to the Najashi
to give him this message.
So now, Umar,
ibn Umayyah is leaving
the palace
and 'Amr ibn al-'Az sees him.
So now
'Ahammar ibn al-'Aas,
he enters
to meet the Najashi all alone.
His companions wait waited for him outside.
He was well received
by the Najashi
who told him,
welcome my friend.
And immediately he asked him, what have you
brought for me from your land?
Do you have any gifts?
Muhammad ibn Nawaz he said, Yes. I have,
O King.
I have brought some leather for you.
The Najashi, he was extremely happy.
He took some of the leather leather and
he distributed
it among those who were present
and
he kept the rest for himself.
Now, Ahmad ibn al Haas,
he saw how happy
Najashri was
that he got carried away.
He said,
'O King,
I have seen
a man leaving your court
who is the messenger
of our enemy.
The man who killed the noble among us,
would you hand him over to me
so that we can kill him?
The Najashi
immediately
hit Amr in his face.
Amr says,
He hit me so hard that I thought
my nose was broken
and blood started to flow from it.
And I was covering my face with my
clothes
and
I had wished
that the earth would just swallow me up
because of the embarrassment and the fear
I had felt
from the king.
Then Amr, he said to the Najashi,
O king,
if I knew
that you wouldn't like what I said,
then I wouldn't have said it.
Najashi, he said, O hamra.
You are asking me
to hand over to you
the Messenger of the man
who receives
al Namus al Akbar.
Al Namus al Akbar
is basically the Angel
who receives the secrets.
This was the name
that the Jews and Christians would give to
Jibreel Alaihi Wasallam.
And they
recognized
that this was the same angel who
came to the Prophet SAW. And
we mentioned this previously in the story of
Warakah
Bibin Nawfal.
The first sign that
the Prophet
received
Jibril when he was in the cave of
Hera,
and he didn't know who he was, and
Khadija took him to Warakar ibn Nofal who
was well versed in the scriptures.
He said this
is the same Namus
who would come to Musa Alaihi Salam.
So basically what Namus means is the angel
who receives the secrets and that refers to
Jibreel.
So
who's a Christian,
he says, this is the messenger of the
man who receives
You
want me to hand him over to you
to kill him?
Ahamr ibn al-'Aas
radiAllahu anhu he says,
Right there and then
I had a change of heart.
And I told myself,
the Arabs
and the non Arabs
recognized the truth while I did not.
And that is when my heart changed.
And so look at how Allah guided him.
He lived with Rasulullah He Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
for years in Mecca,
Knowing him very well,
but he did not become a Muslim then.
But now after going to a foreign land,
he is being guided by
a non Arab who has never ever met
the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam.
Umar he says,
I told
the Najashi,
do you bear witness to that?
Do you testify to that?
And Najashi said, Yes.
I testify by that in front of Allah.
Then he said, O
Umar, listen to me
and follow him
because in the name of Allah He is
upon the truth
and he will prevail
against all of his enemies
just like Musa prevailed against Firaun and his
soldiers.
And so
here we can see how
we can see the iman of a Najashi.
This is one thing we can see and
later on
we'll learn
how
the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
prayed
the janaza of Al Najashi
when he learned of his death,
proving that he died as a Muslim.
This is one thing we can see. We
can also see here
how the Najashi was an intelligent man.
He was a man of deen, of religion.
He was a man who had knowledge
and he knew history.
He knew the lives of the prophets.
And you know the consequences
of going
against the messengers
of Allah.
Amir ibn al Ahusi says,
at that very moment
I gave him my pledge to become a
Muslim.
Then he ordered
some new clothes for me
to be brought because my clothes were soaking
in blood.
Then when I came out
and my companion saw me wearing new clothes,
they were quite happy
and they felt that things were going well.
Before I had gone in,
I had told them that I will try
my best to convince the Najashi
to hand over
Nuhamr
ibn Umayyah so that we could kill him.
And this would gain us
some good reputation back home if we did
that.
So when they saw me,
they thought it had worked. So they asked
me, what did he do?
What did he say?
So 'Amr ibn Aas, he said,
actually I didn't feel
it was a good idea
to propose to him this in our first
meeting
but I'm gonna do it next time.
So then
Raham radhiyallahu anhu
he told them
he was
going for some business that he had and
he'll come back.
But he didn't tell him. He didn't tell
them of his
actual plans.
Now before we continue,
we go back to Mecca.
Back in Mecca,
we have
Khalid ibn Walid
who is also
starting to have similar feelings
to Muhammad ibn Al Ras
concerning the future of Islam
and the future
of Quraysh and Mecca.
So Khalid ibn Walid,
he tells his story.
He says,
I had attended
all of these battles
against Muhammad
and in every single one of them
I left after the battle
with this feeling in my heart
that I am putting all of my efforts
into something that's gonna go to waste.
And that in the end,
Muhammad is gonna prevail over us.
And so he had this
feeling deep down inside
that what he was doing wasn't right.
And that Rasulullah
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam eventually
he's gonna prevail.
He says,
Until Hudaybiyyah.
I led
a contingent of 200 men.
This was when
Quraysh had heard
that the Muslims had come out from Madinah
and they were on their way
to Mecca
before they reached Hudaybiyyah.
And we mentioned this.
As soon as Quraysh had heard that, they
sent Khalid ibn Walid
with 200 men. So he says,
until Hudaybiyah,
I led a contingent of 200 men
and Muhammad and the Muslims were praying dour.
I met them face to face while they
were praying
and that was my chance to attack them
while they're in salah.
But I was reluctant to do so. Now,
this was not the nature of Khalid ibn
Walid.
He was not a reluctant man.
He was decisive.
He was firm.
Right?
He says,
But that was good for me.
Meaning
that Allah had saved him
and
that meant
Allah wanted good for him.
He says,
When they finished praying
and I missed that opportunity,
I said,
I'll have another chance
when they pray 'asur.
He says,
But by then,
Rasulullah
was now instructed
to pray
salatul khaw,
which is the salah that we've spoken about
before,
which
is
a particular
way of praying when you are in battle,
where
half of the army prays
while the other half is protecting them.
So now Khaled ibn Waleed, he has no
chance of attacking
the Muslims.
He says,
so I knew then and there that this
man was being protected.
Meaning, by Allah.
He continues the story
and he says that when Rasulullah
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam came the following year for
Umrah
to Mecca,
his brother, the brother of
Khalid ibn Walid, who was he?
Al Walid ibn Walid.
And
he was actually a Muslim.
He had fought
in the army of Quraish
in the Battle of Badr,
and the Muslims took him as a prisoner.
But they
released him and he became a Muslim. He
went back to Mecca
and he remained a Muslim but he was
imprisoned
by his family.
They held him and that's why the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in his dua al
kunut,
when he would
pray for the oppressed
and those who are being detained in Mecca,
he would mention them by name and he
was one of them.
He would say in his dua al
Kunut,
And he would mention the other the other
Muslims. So anyways,
later on, Al Walid ibn Walid managed to
escape
and he joins the Muslims in Madia.
Now they have come for Umrah.
And
his brother, the brother of Khalid
Al Walid ibn Walid came looking for him.
But
what did we say?
That the Kufar of Quraysh vacated Mecca.
They left to the hilltops and the mountains.
So
he couldn't find him,
but he left him a letter.
What did this letter say?
He started with Bismillahi ur Rahman ur Rahim
and then he said,
I know of nothing more strange
than
your realization
for the truth of Islam.
Being as intelligent as you are,
could anyone disregard
anything like Islam?
You're an intelligent man.
How could you possibly
ignore
the truth of Islam?
Then he said,
Rasulullah
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has asked me about you.
He said, Where is Khalid?
I replied,
Allah will bring him.
Then the Prophet asked, this is all mentioned
in the letter,
that Khalid ibn al Walid is gonna read.
Then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam asked,
could anyone like him disregard Islam?
If he was to put his energy and
bravery to work with the Muslims, it would
be better for him
and we would certainly
give him precedence over others.
Take note brother
of what good things you are missing.
And so this was a letter
that Al Walid, Ibn Walid left for Khalid
ibn Walid. And
so look at here how the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam
had great care for Khalid ibn Walid.
He was looking for him
And
then he sends a message through his brother
and mentions
that he was looking forward
to his Islam
and that someone as intelligent as him
should not
be reluctant
in accepting Islam. And then he mentioned how
he would put him in positions of authority
over many of the other companions.
This was all part of
the dawah techniques of the Prophet salallahu alayhi
wa sallam.
And so we don't use the same
dawah techniques
with everyone.
You know, each person is to be approaching
in different way.
So anyways,
Khaled ibn Walid,
he says that it was this that attracted
him to Islam.
The fact that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam had
him on his mind
and was thinking about him
over everyone else.
So anyways,
Khalid
ibn Walid, he was moved by this message
and he decided
to
become a Muslim.
He says
that he went to his close friends,
Safwan ibn Umayyah being one of them.
He disclosed to him his intention
of becoming Muslim
and he asked him if he would like
to join him.
Sufwan said,
If no one but me remains,
I'm not gonna become a Muslim.
Khalid
said he could understand that. Why?
Because
this was a man
who had lost his father
and his brother
in the Battle of Badr.
Right?
Safwan ibn Umayyah,
His father was killed, his brother was killed,
and even his uncle.
So then Khalid ibn Walid,
he went
to his other friend,
and he told him,
Look,
our situation with the Muslims is like
a fox in a hole.
You drop
a bucket of water on him and he's
gonna come running out.
In other words, what was he saying?
He was saying, Look,
Muhammad has surrounded us
and we are like
a fox in a hole.
All they need to do is throw a
bucket of water on us and we're gonna
come out running.
We have nothing left.
He's constantly attacking us. He's attacked our caravans.
Our trade routes are not safe.
He surrounded us.
He said to him,
So what do you think about becoming a
Muslim?
'Il Karima refused.
Who is he? He's the son of Abu
Jahal.
So then Khaled said, well,
don't tell anyone
about it.
Then
Khalid, he met
Uthman
ibn Talha
And
he contemplated
talking to him as well.
But then
he decided not to.
Why he
said, this man has lost
7 members of his family
and that was
in the Battle of Uhud.
They were on the side of Quraish
and they were killed by the Muslims.
So he said,
you know, what difference does it make?
I'm leaving anyways,
so let me just go and talk to
him anyways.
So
initially,
he thought there's no point, but then he
said,
you know,
it's worth a try.
So he went and spoke to Uthman ibn
Talha.
Obviously,
this is not Uthman ibn Affair.
This is another
individual,
and he proposed to him the idea, and
to his surprise,
he actually found him to be
very receptive.
And so he agreed
to leave with him immediately.
And so Khalid ibn Walid, he told Uthman
ibn Talha
to meet him at a particular place outside
of Mecca.
He said,
If I arrive before you,
then I want you to wait for me
until
he said, if I arrive before you, I
will wait for you until you arrive. And
if you arrive before me, I want you
to
wait for me.
And so when they met,
they set off
for Medina.
Now we go back
to Abyssinia.
Muhammar ibn al-'Az,
we said he left his companions,
But he wasn't going on some business of
his.
Instead
he got on a boat
and
he left for Hijaz.
His plan was to go to Madinah.
And so look at how
he was the one
who rallied
these men to leave with him from Makkah,
to go to Abyssinia,
and now he is the one who is
leaving them behind
and going to Muhammad
Alaihi Wasallam.
He reaches
Hijaz
and he starts to make his way.
He reaches a place called Mar of Dhahran
which
is just north of Mecca.
And as he was traveling,
he spots 2 men.
Who were they?
They were Khalid ibn Walid
and
Usman ibn Talhat. He went up to
them and he asked them,
What are you guys doing here? Where are
you going?
Khalid, he said,
there's no one worthy
left behind in Mecca anymore
while Muhammad is prevailing.
So we are going to Medina to become
Muslims.
Rama ibn al Hazi said, well,
this is the same reason
that brought me here too.
And so now the 3 of them set
off
for
Al Madinah.
Now Khalid ibn Walid was no different
than Amr
in
his hostility and enmity for Islam and Muslims.
We know of
his military
skills,
you know, and what he did
to the Muslims
at Uhud.
Also,
his father,
the father of Khalid, who is he?
Al Walid ibn Muhiyyah
who was one of the chiefs of Quraysh,
who had spearheaded
the campaign, the media campaign
against the Prophet
calling him
all sorts of names,
trying to prevent people from accepting Islam.
And
it's about his father who so many ayaat
of the Quran were revealed.
In general,
you know, we have the family of Khalid
ibn al Walid who are hostile to the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, not only his
father.
He was from the family of Bin Mahzum.
And from this family, we also have Abu
Jahal.
So Khalid ibn Walid,
he was no different than Amr ibn al
Haas
in this regard. He had hatred
for Islam
and the Muslims.
As
for Uthman ibn Talha,
he belonged to
Banu 'Abdiddar
and they were a very noble family
from Quraysh.
They were the ones who
they would carry the banner of Quraysh
in war
and
it was this family that would also hold
the key of the Kaaba.
In fact, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
allowed them
to keep the key of the Kaaba
until today.
And so the key of the Kaaba is
with this family until this very day.
So anyways,
these 3
men were prominent figures
of Mecca. There were no ordinary people in
Mecca
And
look at how
Allah
brought all 3 of them
together
to journey now together
for the same purpose,
to Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
to embrace Islam.
Now to show you how important they were,
once
they reach the outskirts of Madira
and people learn
that they had come to embrace Islam,
someone said,
'Mecca has now handed over its reigns to
you.'
after these 2 men.
Meaning
that after Khalid ibn Waleed and Amr ibn
Nuhas,
that's it. No
one no one of prominence,
of importance is left behind in Mecca.
This is because Khalid ibn Walid and Amr
ibn Uhas,
they come from
the
next generation
of leadership of Quraish.
The first generation,
they pretty much were annihilated
in the Battle of Badr.
Right?
When we spoke about the Battle of Badr,
we mentioned
that all the leaders and the seniors of
Quraysh were killed
in that battle.
Abu Jahal
and all the others.
The only exception was who?
Abu Sufyan.
And that was because he didn't show up
in Badr.
Why? Because the whole reason behind that battle
was his caravan
that they had come to protect.
So he
managed to escape. Otherwise, all the other leaders
of Quraish, they were annihilated in the Battle
of Badr. So now you have the next
generation.
They are now in the positions of authority.
They are the ones who are leading Quraysh
with Abu Sufyan.
And here we have now the likes of
Khalid ibn Walid,
Muhammad ibn Al Haas,
They are considered
the heads of of Quraysh.
So for these two men, you know, Khali
Daybir Walid and Umar ibn A'as for them
to come and become Muslim,
it was a devastating blow to Quraysh
which,
you know, made that person to say what
he said.
That,
you know, now
Mecca has handed over its reins
to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam after these
2 men.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he was extremely
eager
to meet them.
Before they entered,
they changed their clothes,
They put on their best clothes.
This is how they wanted to meet the
Prophet
preparing themselves for the greatest moment
of their lives.
So the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was
extremely happy to receive them,
and
all 3 of them, they took their shahada
at his hands.
The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam then said
to Khaled ibn Walid,
Alhamdulillah
for the one who has guided you.
I used to see that you were intelligent
and I had hoped
that your intelligence would only would would only
lead you to good.
Then
Khali de bin Walid, he says that Rasulullah
he salallahu alaihi wa sallam from that day
onwards,
he would put me ahead of his
other companions,
as He salallahu alaihi wa sallam had promised.
Now before
Khaled ibn Walid had left Mecca, he had
seen a dream.
He had seen
that he was leaving
a very narrow and restricted place
to a very spacious and beautiful place.
He didn't know what the dream had meant.
When he arrived now in Madinah and he
told the dream to Abu Bakr,
Abu Bakr radiAllahu Muhammad told him
that was you leaving from shirk to
iman.
As for 'Amr ibn Luhas,
he said,
O Messenger of Allah,
I pledge my allegiance to you on one
condition
and that is
that Allah forgives me for all of my
previous sins.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he said, oh Amr,
don't you know
that Islam erases everything before it?
And that Hijra
erases everything before it?
And that Hajj also
erases
everything before it.
And so
this shows us
the great status of these 2 particular
deeds
and acts
after Islam, Hijrah and Hajj.
Anyways, Amr radiAllahu anhu he says, he goes
on to say
that Rasulullah hilalahu anhu will take good care
of them,
him and Khalid ibn Walid,
putting them in front of many of his
other companions
and that remained to be the case
until he passed away. Then Abu Bakr continued
that.
Then in the time of Umar,
he also
took good care of me,
placing me in important positions of authority. We
know that.
Umar ibn Nu'az, he became the governor
of
of Egypt.
He was the of
Umar ibn Khabtad radiAllahu an in Egypt.
However, he says, 'Amr ibn Khaw says, however,
the relationship between
Umar and Khalid was not that great.
Where Umar radiAllahu anhu would disapprove
of some of the actions
of Khalid ibn Walid.
And we know
that in the time of Umar
Khareed ibn Walid was the commander of many
of many battles
and he was undefeated.
He would win battle after battle after battle.
He was the most successful
commander of the Muslims
in our entire history
and that's why he has the great
nickname
of Sayf Allah, the sword of Allah.
So
there was no battle that he commanded except
that he won.
And Nur Rama radiAllahu anhu wanted to teach
a lesson to the people.
He said,
I am going to remove
Khalid
so that the people realize
that Allah gives victory to his deen through
other than Khalid.
Because now people are thinking that
victory can only come through Khali ibn Walid.
And that's why Khali ibn Walid,
he did not die as a shahid.
He did not die in battle.
So anyways,
these were the events that we want to
cover until this
until this time.
And next week, we'll continue the events of
the 8th year of the Hijra.
We'll go over some of the lessons we
learned
quickly.
First of all,
the first lesson that we learn
is
the importance of upholding
Muslim character
even
with our enemies.
Where do we learn this from?
We see this
in the testimony
of the envoy of Quraysh
when
he came to meet the Prophet When
he learned that,
the Prophet
had brought arms
and he said to him,
'O Muhammad,
we don't know you to be like this.
You are not a man who goes against
his word. You made an agreement,
now fulfill that agreement. What are you doing?
Why are you bringing these weapons?
And when the prophet said,
I am not bringing these weapons into Mecca.
What did he say? That man, he said,
This is what you are known for.
You are known for Al Waffa,
for,
you know, being a man of His word.
And so Islam teaches us
to uphold a certain level of character
and standard of conduct.
We need to hold,
uphold these values with both
Muslims and non Muslims.
This is what the Kufar acknowledged about the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
and so he was
honest,
he was truthful,
and he would never go against what he
had agreed upon.
And what do we notice here?
That this was the conduct of the Prophet
Whether
in peace or at war,
whether with his friends or his foes, whether
with
his friends or his enemies.
Yes.
He dealt with his enemies fiercely
as Allah commanded him to.
O Prophet,
fight
against the kufar and the munafiqul
and
be fierce,
you know. Don't fight them
with weakness.
Show strength and
be fierce
and slaughter them and kill them.
However, that didn't mean
that he would abandon his noble character
of being good and righteous and honest and
trustworthy
even
with his enemies.
And so this is something
that we need to understand and we need
to live
up to the standard of morals
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was
a role model in every aspect
of his life.
The second lesson that we learn
is
we see the hatred
that the enemies
of Islam have
for
Islam and the Muslims.
We see this throughout the the Seerah,
but especially on these two occasions that we
discussed today.
The first, when the Muslims had arrived in
Mecca to perform their umra
and
the kuffar, they left Makkah.
They couldn't stand being around the Muslims
and seeing them.
And the second occasion,
when Muhammad ibn Al-'Aas,
he was recounting his days
of Kufr
and he was saying that
the Muslims
are winning
and we are losing.
You know, that is what led him
to leave Mecca
and go to Abyssinia.
But until now,
he had kufr in his heart
and he had hatred and animosity
to the point where when he sees
the messenger of the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa
sallam, he wants to kill him.
Right?
So he still had that hatred and that
that enmity and this
is how the Kufar are.
You know,
they have this hatred, this
envy, this resentment,
ill feelings in their hearts
towards Islam, the Muslims.
And this was in the past and it
is in the present
in all places and times.
Even in today's
Western society
where they claim to uphold
values
of tolerance and equality
deep down inside.
They hate us
and
they don't want to see the Muslims
prevailing
and rising.
You know, just look at what's happening around
us. Just look at the events
in Palestine and you see
that if it was any other people,
they would have pulled out the card of
human rights
and war crimes, etcetera. But this shows you
what is in their hearts
of hatred for Islam
and the Muslims and not wanting to see
Islam rising.
The third lesson that we learn
is
that guidance,
Hidayah,
is something that defies all rules and standards.
With everything in this world,
we have standards and norms
by which we measure things
and we see trends.
Right?
However,
this does not apply to guidance.
There's no fixed standard
for who is guided to the truth and
who isn't.
Abu Talib,
he doesn't become a Muslim
even though he supports the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam till his last breath.
He doesn't become a Muslim.
But here you have
Salman al Farisi
who travels all the way from Persia and
becomes a Muslim.
Abu Lahab
does not become a Muslim
while
an Najashi in a far off land who
never meets the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
has no blood relation with him, he becomes
a musa.
Hidayah is something that defies,
it defies all rules. It defies logic. You
can't use logic
to say
so and so,
he is suitable for becoming Muslim and he's
gonna become a Muslim. So and so, he's
not suitable, he'll never become a Muslim.
And so look at how
Umar ibn al Ahasr radiAllahu anhu was receiving
dawah
from the Najashi
while he had spent
years in Makkah
fighting against the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam. Who would have
imagined
that such
an event
would happen where he would have a change
of heart
and he would become Muslim. The same thing
about
Khalid ibn Walid
and Uthman ibn Talha.
In fact,
Khalid ibn Walid
initially,
what did he say about Uthman ibn Taulha?
He said, It's useless. I've tried
with Safwan
ibn Umayyah.
He turned my proposal down. I went to
Ikrana
ibn Abi Jahal.
He also,
you know, turned down my proposal of going
with me to Madinah to embrace Islam.
He comes across Uthman ibn Talha and he
says, It's pointless.
It's useless.
And so this is why
we shouldn't
have preconceived notions when it comes to giving
dawah
and guidance
because
we are not in control of the hearts.
That
is only in the hands of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
So it is not for us to judge
and we shouldn't rule out
that so and so, it's useless. Don't talk
to him.
He'll never be guided.
What is our job?
Our job is to convey the message.
That's it.
We have to convey the message to everyone.
Even to those who,
you know, we think it's impossible. Look at
Musa alaihis salaam when Allah told him to
go to Fir'aun.
He also thought, what's the point?
What's the point?
This person is a tyrant.
He's gonna grab me, he's gonna kill me.
Right?
He's gonna disbelieve in me.
They're gonna disbelieve in me.
What's the point?
But yet Allah told him, No, go.
Yes.
Firahun did not accept it, but
here Allah was teaching us a lesson
that the message has to be conveyed.
Then after that,
the guidance
is not from us, it is with and
from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
The last lesson that we learn here
is
treating people according
to their status.
This hadith,
its authenticity
is disputed. Many scholars of hadith say it's
a weak hadith, same sun and abi Dawood.
But the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says
treat people according to their rank, according to
their status.
And so although it may be weak, the
meaning is true.
What it means is
that people should be treated
and respected based on
how they are viewed by their people,
as well as based on their skills and
their qualifications.
And we see this throughout this year. The
Prophet
used to deal
with different people in different ways.
People who are considered noble
and of high status among their people,
he would respect them, he would honor them,
he would go out of his way
in treating them.
Not like any other ordinary person.
As well as by looking at their skills,
what skills does this person have?
What qualifications does he have?
Let me give him a position based on
his skills
even if it be over others
who have been with me for a longer
period of time.
And so this is why the Prophet told
Khaled ibn Walid that he would place him
above others.
Although,
you know, those who had embraced Islam earlier
back from the days in in Mecca,
they were more deserving
of being put in places
of authority, positions of authority. However,
Khali Diwani Waheed,
the Prophet wanted to honor him,
and also he had skills
that others did not have.
And so this shows
us that we treat people
according to their rank and
according
to their status.
And so we conclude with this and we'll
continue next week.