Kamil Ahmad – Lessons from the Seerah – 86 – Events after the Year of the Delegations
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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen
Wasalatu wasalamu al-atammal al-akmalani ala khayri
khalqi allahi ajma'een Wa ala alihi wa
sahbihi wa man ihtada bi hadih wa istanna
bi sunnatihi ila yawm al-deen Allahumma allimna
ma yanfa'una wa infa'na bima allamtana
wa zidna ilma wa alina alhaqqa haqqan warzuqna
attiba'a wa alina albaatila baatila warzuqna ijtinaaba
wa ja'alna mimman yastami'oona alqawla fa
yattabi'oona ahsana wa ba'd.
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh Last week
we spoke about the 9th year of the
hijrah which became known as Aam al-Wafud,
the year of the delegations and we explained
the reason for this was that at this
time tribes from all over Arabia had sent
their representatives to meet with the Prophet in
Medina to pledge allegiance to him and there
were many tribes that had come but we
only covered a few of the more famous
ones so you had the tribe of Thaqif
from Al-Ta'if Banu Tamim, the tribe
of Banu Abdul Qais the tribe of Banu
Hanifa and we also covered the story of
the one man delegation and that was Duymam
ibn Tha'alaba radiAllahu anhu Now there is
one last delegation, important delegation to talk about
and that is the delegation of the Christians
from Najran and so we're going to talk
about that and then we're going to wrap
up by mentioning some other important events during
this period we're talking about the 9th and
the 10th year of the hijrah so we
start with the delegation of the Christians from
Najran Najran is an area that was always
historically part of Yemen in fact, historically we're
talking about in the days of the Prophet
ﷺ and before that until perhaps recent times
anything that was south of Mecca and south
of Al-Ta'if was considered Yemen anything
south of Mecca or Al-Ta'if was
considered a part of Yemen so anyways, today
Najran is actually a province inside of Saudi
Arabia bordering with Yemen so it's on the
border with Yemen but historically it was a
part of Yemen and at that time, the
people living here were predominantly Christians and this
was due to the invasion of Yemen by
the Abyssinians who were Christians and we spoke
about this way back when we started the
seerah so now Rasool Allah ﷺ, he sent
them a letter he sent the Christians of
Najran a letter saying, I invite you to
turn away from the worship of slaves and
to embrace the worship of Allah I invite
you to turn away from showing loyalty to
slaves and to show complete loyalty to Allah
if you refuse, then you're going to have
to pay the jizya the jizya is the
tax that Allah ﷻ made mandatory on Ahlul
Kitab Jews and Christians who are living within
the Islamic State this tax basically is taken
from them and in return, they're guaranteed safety
and security by the Muslim State so anyways,
Prophet ﷺ says, if you refuse, then you're
going to have to pay the jizya and
if you refuse that, then I declare war
upon you when the Bishop of Najran received
the letter he gathered his people and he
read it to them and then he asked
them what they thought about it so after
some discussion, they decided to send a delegation
to Medina to meet with the Prophet ﷺ
that consisted of 14 of their noblemen so
they left, and when they arrived in Medina
they went to the masjid to meet with
the Prophet ﷺ and when they arrived, they
were wearing lavish clothes and they were wearing
gold jewelry so the Prophet ﷺ turned away
from them so some of the companions, they
told them he turned away from you because
of what you're wearing, go and change your
clothes so they went, and they came dressed
in simple clothes of monks and then the
Prophet ﷺ sat with them Rasulullah ﷺ immediately
started giving them da'wah he started inviting
them to Islam what was their response?
they refused they said, we were Muslims before
you meaning, we have already been following the
Prophets and the books that Allah has sent
we are different than these other people who
you have been sent to give da'wah
to these idol worshippers, we're different we have
been Muslims before you so the Prophet ﷺ
said to them three things stand in the
way of you being Muslims meaning, you're not
really Muslims, why?
because of three things number one, you worship
the cross number two, you eat the flesh
of swine, you eat pig and number three,
you claim that Allah has a son so
then, after that an all out debate broke
out between them and the Prophet ﷺ what
was the debate about?
the main points were the difference between Islam
and Christianity and the nature of Isa ﷺ
so them claiming that Isa ﷺ is divine
and is the son of God etc so
this was when Allah supported his Prophet ﷺ
by giving him ayat to respond to them
they're making all these claims and they're bringing
forth all these arguments and Allah is giving
the Prophet ﷺ counter arguments to refute them
and so, where are these ayat?
they are in Surah Ali Imran some 80
ayat of Surah Ali Imran were revealed some
80 ayat of Surah Ali Imran were revealed
addressing these Christians who came from Najran so
after going back and forth in this debate
with the Prophet ﷺ responding to each and
every single one of their arguments with counter
arguments and logical sound proofs what was the
result?
they still stubbornly refused to admit to the
truth and accept Islam so then, when this
happened Rasool Allah ﷺ invited them to what
is known as a Mubahala a Mubahala or
Mulaana is where you have two opposing groups
each claiming to represent the truth and what
they have to do is they have to
come out with their families and each group
has to ask Allah to curse the group
that is lying so obviously if you have
two counter claims one of the two has
to be the liar but no one is
admitting that they are lying each group is
claiming that they are speaking the truth so
here both groups say may the curse of
Allah be on the liars Allah ﷻ commanded
the Prophet ﷺ to do this in Surah
Ali Imran Allah ﷻ says فَمَنْ حَاجَكَ فِيهِ
مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا
نَدْعُ أَبْنَا أَنَا وَأَبْنَا أَكُمْ وَنِسَاءَنَا وَنِسَاءَكُمْ وَأَنفُسَنَا
وَأَنفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجَعَ اللَّعَنَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ
Allah says, O Muhammad After this, whoever disputes
you concerning him, concerning who?
Concerning Isa ﷺ Whoever argues with you after
all of these proofs and ayat Whoever argues
with you concerning Isa ﷺ After full knowledge
has come to you Then say to them,
come, تعالوا, come Let us call our children
and your children Our women and your women
Ourselves and yourselves Then let us sincerely invoke
the curse of Allah On who?
On the liars On the liars among us
So the Prophet ﷺ went to bring his
family He brought his daughter Fatima and Ali
His son-in-law And Al-Hassan and
Al-Hussein, his grandchildren And he told them,
when I make the dua When I make
the dua, when I invoke Allah's curse on
the liars I want you all to say
ameen So he came out with his family,
he was ready What about the other side?
They went in private, they had a meeting
And they said, you know what?
This is a big risk Because if he
is actually a Prophet Then that's it, we're
finished We'll be invoking the curse of Allah
from a Prophet And so deep down inside
these people knew They knew that Muhammad ﷺ
was the Messenger of Allah So if they
went through with this mubahala They would only
be bringing the curse of Allah upon themselves
And so these people were arrogant But they
were not ignorant They were arrogant And that's
why they refused to believe in the truth
But they were not ignorant They knew, based
on their knowledge of the Prophets and the
Messengers That when a Prophet makes a dua,
that's it It's over So they came and
they refused And they surrendered themselves to the
Prophet ﷺ Saying that they will accept whatever
he decides concerning them And what was his
verdict?
He said if you refuse to believe, then
you're going to have to pay the jizya
So they were ready now They were ready
to remain Christians But to pay the jizya
So the Prophet ﷺ signed a treaty with
them That they're allowed to remain as Christians
But that they would have to pay the
jizya Before they left, they asked the Prophet
ﷺ To send with them a trustworthy man
Someone who is extremely trustworthy and honest Who
can accompany them all the way back to
Najran So that he could take the wealth
that they had agreed upon in the treaty
of the jizya The Prophet ﷺ said I
will send a trustworthy man who is really
truly trustworthy So now all the companions They
were lifting their heads Hoping that the Prophet
ﷺ notices them Why everyone wanted this honor
Everyone wanted this honor Of being called the
trustworthy person So then the Prophet ﷺ He
said Stand up, O Abu Ubaidah ibn al
-Jarrah Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah When he
got up, the Prophet ﷺ said هذا أمين
وهذه الأمة This is the trustworthy one of
this Ummah And so that's how Abu Ubaidah
ibn al-Jarrah Got this title, this famous
title that he's known for Of being the
trustworthy one of this Ummah And so this
was the story of the delegation Of the
Christians from Najran More detail about the dialogue
and the debate that took place You could
read it in those ayat from surah Ahl
al-Imran Along with the commentary, the tafsir
of ibn Kathir Now we learned how delegation
after delegation came to meet the Prophet ﷺ
in Medina And how he would give them
da'wah And he would teach them what
they needed to know about Islam And so
these delegations would then learn what they needed
to know about Islam And then they would
return back to their tribes and their people
and teach them But then there were also
examples of how the Prophet ﷺ Also sent
out his own delegations He chose some of
the companions to go and meet with different
tribes Go to their homeland and invite them
to Islam And teach them about Islam And
it was around the same time in the
9th and the 10th years of the Hijrah
So one of these more famous delegations that
the Prophet ﷺ sent out Was two companions
And they were Mu'adh ibn Jabal and
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari Where did the
Prophet ﷺ send them to?
He sent them to Yemen And this was
in the 10th year of the Hijrah In
Sahih al-Bukhari It mentions that the Prophet
ﷺ sent the two of them Mu'adh
ibn Jabal and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
He sent them Each one of them he
sent to a different region of Yemen And
he gave them instructions He gave them instructions
He said, يَسِّرَىٰ وَلَا تُعَسِّرَىٰ Be lenient, go
easy And do not be harsh, do not
be difficult with the people بَشِّرَىٰ وَلَا تُنَفِّرَىٰ
And encourage them Give them good tidings Meaning
of Jannah, etc.
Of the reward of Allah And do not
repress Do not make people to run away
from you Don't be harsh on them Don't
make things difficult for them Don't make Islam
seem as being something strict and difficult And
then the Prophet ﷺ said And work together
Cooperate with one another, you two And do
not differ Do not dispute And so These
are golden pieces of advice that the Prophet
ﷺ was given To these two companions who
went out As da'at, as da'is
Calling people to Islam And we notice that
these instructions were different Than the instructions that
the Prophet ﷺ would give to other missions
that he would send out Because all the
previous missions that we have covered Were military
expeditions Where, you know, you have to be
harsh Right So we notice here that there
is a difference in the tone of the
Prophet ﷺ Because when it comes to giving
da'wah The method is not the same
as When it comes to fighting, jihad When
it comes to fighting, jihad We use force
Right Harshness But when it comes to giving
da'wah We use leniency And gentleness So
anyways, when they reached Yemen Each of them
Mu'adh and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
Each one went their own way But they
agreed when They agreed that Whenever one of
them happened to come near the region of
the other If they happened to come near
And their paths crossed Then Then the one
who comes near, he would come and visit
the other He would come and visit the
other And they would basically catch up So,
one day Mu'adh ibn Jabir radiAllahu anhu
He came close to The region of Abu
Musa al-Ash'ari Where he was sent
to And Mu'adh ibn Jabir came riding
on his mule Until he reached Abu Musa
al-Ash'ari And he saw him sitting
down While the people had gathered around him
And there was a man Who had his
hands tied to his neck So Mu'adh
ibn Jabir, he asked Abu Musa al-Ash
'ari He said to him, oh Abdullah ibn
Qais Abdullah ibn Qais was the real name
of Abu Musa Abu Musa was his kunya
His real name was Abdullah ibn Qais He
said, oh Abdullah ibn Qais What is this?
So Abu Musa, he replied This man has
gone back to kufr after embracing Islam He
has apostated, he has left Islam So Mu
'adh ibn Jabir radiAllahu anhu said I am
not going to come down until he is
killed So Abu Musa, he said Come down,
this is why we brought him This is
why his hands are tied to his neck
We are about to execute him Mu'adh
ibn Jabir said, no I am not going
to come down until he is killed And
then Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, he ordered
That the man be killed and he was
killed Then Mu'adh ibn Jabir, he came
down And he asked Abu Musa So we
see here now this conversation Of how they
are catching up with one another After a
long time being separated So Mu'adh, he
asked Abu Musa, he said Oh Abdullah ibn
Qais, how do you recite the Qur'an?
So Abu Musa, he said I recite it
regularly at intervals And piece by piece, meaning
I recite the Qur'an throughout the day
And throughout the night But I take breaks
in between So then he said, how do
you recite it, oh Mu'adh?
So Mu'adh, he said I sleep in
the first part of the night And then
I get up after having slept For some
time that is devoted for sleep Meaning I
have set hours for sleep And then I
get up, and then I recite As much
as Allah has written for me to recite
So I have set time for sleep And
I have a set time for Ibadah But
then he said And so I seek Allah's
reward For both my sleep and for my
Salah And so this shows us That Mu
'adh radiallahu anhu He was very intelligent And
we're going to see more examples of this
And he was one of the Fuqaha One
of the scholars Of the companions Among the
sahaba radiallahu anhum In another narration In Bukhari
al-Muslim The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
said to Mu'adh And this is a
famous hadith He said That you're approaching, you're
going to a people Who are from Ahlul
Kitab The people of the book So let
the first thing that you call them to
Let it be The Shahada Let the first
thing that you teach them That you tell
them about Let it to be about The
Shahada And then he said Praying
five times in the day and the night
Then if they obey you in this Then
inform them That Allah has made Zakah obligatory
upon them To be taken from their rich
And distributed among their poor If they obey
you in this Then refrain, stay away From
choosing the best of their wealth Meaning, when
you go and collect the Zakah from them
Don't take the most expensive of their You
know, the most valuable things that they have
And then he said This is the famous
hadith Of where the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa
sallam warned us From oppression And he said
that When the oppressed Makes a dua against
you For oppressing him It is accepted by
Allah There is no barrier between Allah There
is no veil between Allah and the dua
of the oppressed In another narration The Prophet
salallahu alayhi wa sallam Asked Mu'adh ibn
Jabr When he was sending him off He
asked him How will you judge When you
have to decide In a case Between two
opposing Disputing parties So Mu'adh said I
will judge according to the book of Allah
So then the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
asked him What will you do If you
don't find an answer In the book of
Allah So Mu'adh said I will act
according To the sunnah of the Messenger of
Allah Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam The Prophet salallahu
alayhi wa sallam said What will you do
if you don't find an answer In the
sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
Mu'adh radiyaAllahu anhu said I will do
my best to form an opinion And I
will spare no effort Meaning He said I
will ajtahid I will Try my best Strive
hard To come up With A verdict A
judgment If I don't find it In the
Quran or in the sunnah So then the
Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam When he heard
this The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam He
patted him on the chest And he said
Please be to Allah Who has helped The
Messenger of the Messenger of Allah To find
something that pleases The Messenger of Allah And
so this shows us How intelligent Mu'adh
ibn Jabal was Again It shows us How
knowledgeable he was as well Of Islam Where
He understood What to start with That I
start with the Quran Then with the sunnah
Right In those days that's all that existed
Today We have a third source to go
to After the Quran and the sunnah and
that is Ijma' The unanimous consensus agreement Of
the scholars And we start with that generation
So anything that the sahaba Agreed upon Unanimously
That is the third source After the Quran
and the sunnah And then there are other
sources Like Qiyas and other things But what
this shows us What this shows us Is
that Mu'adh ibn Jabal RadhiAllahu An Was
not just sent As a da'i Or
a teacher Or you know To invite people
to Islam Or to teach them about Islam
But rather he was being sent As a
da'i As an educator Also as a
governor And as a judge And also as
a Zakat collector He was to collect the
zakat So we see that his tasks were
many His tasks were many In another narration
It mentions that When Mu'adh RadhiAllahu An
Was departing from Medina The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam Accompanied him Until he reached The outskirts
of Medina To bid him farewell And to
give him advice Now Out of the humbleness
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam This is
only one example of many Throughout the life
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam How humble
he was The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Was
walking with him While Mu'adh ibn Jabal
Was riding on his animal It should have
been the opposite right But the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam This is how he was He
was humble So anyways After the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam finished Giving him his advice His
instructions to Mu'adh RadhiAllahu An He said
to Mu'adh Oh Mu'adh Perhaps You
will not meet me Again after this year
And perhaps You will pass by my masjid
And my grave Mu'adh ibn Jabal RadhiAllahu
An He started crying Knowing that He would
probably be parting Rasool Allah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
For good That's it This is him bidding
farewell And that is exactly What ended up
Happening Mu'adh RadhiAllahu An when he returned
to Medina He returned after the death Of
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Then the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Turned his face towards Medina
And he said The people closest to me
Are the people of Taqwa Wherever they may
be And whoever they may be Wherever they
may be And whoever they may be And
so this is A glad tiding That You
know those closest to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam Are not only his companions But anyone
Who follows The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam And
anyone who is a person of Taqwa It
doesn't matter who they are It doesn't matter
where they're from Right It doesn't matter where
they live On the face of the earth
Now besides Mu'adh ibn Jabal And Abu
Musa Al-Ashari The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Also sent Others So he sent Khalid ibn
Al-Waleed As well as Ali ibn Abu
Talib R.A And again he sent both
of them To Yemen And The reason why
You know Yemen was Chosen Was because it
was very far And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam Wanted to Secure the southern Border of
The Islamic State The northern frontier Was secured
We spoke about that previously And that was
with the end of the battle of Tabuk
And him Signing treaties With those who lived
in the northern frontier But now We have
the southern frontier And that is Yemen and
all those areas So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam Was constantly sending His companions there So
it mentions that Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed He
stayed there for about 6 months One narration
Mentions that he was successful in You know
his da'wah And people accepted Islam and
he stayed with them Teaching them Another narration
mentions that He was not really successful People
were not really receptive To his da'wah
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam called him
back And sent in his place Ali Ibn
Abi Talib RadiAllahu An When Ali RadiAllahu An
Got there He lined up the people, the
Muslims He lined up the Muslims To pray
and they prayed In jama'ah and then
after that He lined up everyone He got
everyone together The Muslims and the non-Muslims
He got them together, he lined them up
And then he pulled out A letter from
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Addressed to these
people And these people, they were the tribe
of Hamdan They were the tribe of Hamdan
So he pulled out this letter and he
read it to them This letter Addressed from
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam To these people
He read it to them And all The
remaining non-Muslims, they embraced Islam They embraced
Islam So Ali RadiAllahu An, he wrote to
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Giving him the
good news When the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Read the letter He fell down to the
ground in sujood And then when he got
up He said Assalamu Ala Hamdan Assalamu Ala
Hamdan May Salam be upon the tribe of
Hamdan In another narration Ali RadiAllahu An says
That the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Sent him
To be a judge Over the people there
So he said Oh Messenger of Allah You
are sending me to a people Who are
older than me Ali RadiAllahu An He was
still young And he said You are sending
me to a people who are older than
me And I don't really have experience In
judging Cases Right I'm not an experienced judge
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Put his
hand On the chest of Ali RadiAllahu An
And he said Oh Allah, make his tongue
firm And guide his heart And then he
said Oh Ali, when two parties Come to
you And sit in front of you Two
parties who had a fight Who had a
dispute Do not judge Between them Don't pass
your judgment Until you hear from both sides
If you do so It will be easy
For you to You know, to pass a
judgment So here the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Was teaching him how to judge To make
it easy for him Ali RadiAllahu An He
says After that I was never confused in
making Any judgment After that day You know,
it became easy for me To pass verdicts
In cases And Ali RadiAllahu An He went
on to become a prominent judge You know,
in the Khilafah Of Umar RadiAllahu An And
Uthman RadiAllahu An And they would appoint him
To be a judge You know Over big
cases And they should trust his judgments Now
we move on to another very important Event
that took place In this time After a
life Of hypocrisy And plotting and planning Against
RasoolAllahi SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Abdullah Ibn Ubay Ibn
Salool Was now on his deathbed The leader,
the head Of the Munafiqun The Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam Went to visit him And he
said to him By Allah I used to
Warn you from loving the Jews So Abdullah
Ibn Ubay he said Well Asad Ibn Zurara
Hated them And look at what happened to
him He died Meaning Meaning this companion Asad
Ibn Zurara who was one of the leaders
Of the Ansar He had hatred for the
Jews But he died Right What did that
do for him And this is An example
of how the people of the dunya think
Right They're short sighted Here Abdullah Ibn Ubay
Thought that Death meant Ultimate defeat And that
You know If you die Then That's it,
it's over Right He was unable to realize
that What comes after death That is the
ultimate Either the ultimate victory Or the ultimate
defeat Right So until his final moments Abdullah
Ibn Ubay He was having these split loyalties
Until the end He couldn't get This love
For the enemies of Islam For the Jews
Out of his heart In Bukhari and Muslim
It mentions that When Abdullah Ibn Ubay passed
away His son His son Who was actually
One of the noble companions Of the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam And He also participated in
the battle of Badr And His name was
also Abdullah His name was also Abdullah He
went to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam When
his father passed away And he asked For
his shirt The shirt of the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam To shroud his father in it
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam agreed And he
gave it to him And this is because
He was One of the leaders of Medina
Abdullah Ibn Ubay He was looked up to
by his people So his son Wanted to
honor him And then His son asked the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam to pray his janazah
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam agreed So when
He went to do so Guess who comes
In his way Umar Ibn Khattab RadhiAllahu An
He comes and he says O Messenger of
Allah Are you going to pray on him
When he said This and that on such
and such day And he said On another
day This and that Basically Umar RadhiAllahu An
He was digging out the past of Abdullah
Ibn Ubay And his evil track record that
he was known for Reminding The Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam Of the hostility The enmity And
the evil positions that Abdullah Ibn Ubay Took
throughout his life In another narration It says
that Umar RadhiAllahu An said O Messenger of
Allah How Are you going to pray over
him When Allah forbade you from doing so
So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam He responded
by saying Allah gave me Allah gave me
A choice in the matter Allah left it
to me Whether I should pray on him
or not What was the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam Referring to here He was talking about
the ayah Surah At-Tawbah Where Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala says About the munafiqun Istaghfir
lahum Aula tastaghfir lahum Intastaghfir lahum Saba'een
marratan falain yaghfirallahu lahum Allah says O Muhammad
ask Forgiveness for them Do istaghfar for them
Or don't ask For Allah to forgive them
If you ask Allah's forgiveness for them 70
times Allah will never forgive them Now What
do we understand from this Umar RadhiAllahu Anhi
understood From this that Allah was forbidding The
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam from praying For these
people And this is what most of us
Perhaps understand Allah says Whether you make istaghfar
For them or you don't Allah is not
going to forgive them If you make istaghfar
for them 70 times Allah is not going
to forgive them But the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam Interpreted this differently The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam Said to Umar And I will ask
Allah to forgive him More than 70 times
Allah said if you make istaghfar For them
70 times Allah will not forgive them The
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said in that case
I'm going to ask istaghfar for him More
than 70 times Then Umar RadhiAllahu Anhi said
O Master of Allah He is a munafiq,
he is a hypocrite The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam Still went ahead And prayed His janazah
But then After that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa
Ta-A'la Revealed to the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam Another ayah which is also in
Surah At-Tawbah Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta
-A'la says Allah
says to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam And
do not ever pray Over any of them
If they die Nor stand By their grave
Because they have disbelieved In Allah and His
Messenger And they died while being defiantly Disobedient
So it turned out That Umar RadhiAllahu Anhi
was right And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
should not Have prayed his janazah And this
Incident Is counted As one of the several
times Where The opinion of Umar RadhiAllahu Anh
Ended up being correct And was backed by
Wahi By revelation From Allah Subh'anaHu Wa
Ta-A'la We mentioned other examples in
the past And that's why the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam said That if there was to
be A Prophet after me It would have
been Umar But there is no Prophet After
me But now the question is Why did
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Go ahead and
pray the janazah Of not only One of
the Munafiqun But the head of them He
was their leader The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
He suffered Personally Again and again from Abdullah
ibn Ubay Directly and indirectly And we covered
Stories of that The plots The schemes, the
deceptions The betrayals The lies Of Abdullah ibn
Ubay are countless Nevertheless The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam Was still Willing to give him One
last chance Thinking that perhaps If I make
istighfar for him Allah will forgive him And
so it shows us How much the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Cared for his followers He
would go this far To protect them From
the punishment Of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
Another reason That scholars mentioned Is that Abdullah
ibn Ubay He had many loyal followers And
so The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was hoping
That by doing this He would be showing
You know, a gesture of goodwill And This
would maybe Cause them to repent And change
their ways And perhaps they would become Muslims
Also remember That it was his son Who
requested it This son that was a noble
Companion, he was He fought in the battle
of Badr And the same son Who understood
very well The evil of his father Remember
That in one of the battles The battle
of Banu al-Mustaliq His father Had said
Some very very evil words He said, when
we go back to Medina When we return
to Medina We will see who the more
Honorable person is The more honorable person will
kick out The one who is low He
was talking about himself Kicking out the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam from Medina And this is
mentioned in Surah al-Munafiqoon When his son
Abdullah found out He went to the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam And he offered himself to
kill his own father For these words So
it's not that His son did not know
But he thought like the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam Thought that perhaps There is a chance
Perhaps there is a chance Of his father
being Forgiven So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
Did not want to disappoint His son By
not fulfilling This request of his And he
felt The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam felt honestly
That he had a choice in the matter
Right And so by doing this The Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was able to avoid Alienating
Both his son The son of Abdullah ibn
Ubay And also alienating The Munafiqoon that he
did not want to give up on Now
There is a wisdom here In Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala Not allowing Abdullah ibn Ubay
To survive And live on after The Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Remember That Abdullah ibn Ubay
He was set To become the leader Of
his people Right He was set to become
the leader Of Medina But the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam made hijrah to Medina And now
He was the leader And so he felt
That the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam stripped him
Of That power And that leadership And this
Is why He went underground When the Muslims
started to rise In power Initially The Mushrikoon
in Medina Who refused to become Muslim They
were openly Mushrikoon Openly Kuffar But then as
the Muslims became stronger Especially after the battle
of Badr And the Muslims defeated The Kuffar
of Quraish Now all the Munafiqoon All these
Mushrikoon they went underground And they openly Showed
themselves as Muslims But you know They remained
Kuffar inside And there were Various reasons for
that Among the reasons for Abdullah ibn Ubay
was this He had this personal Grudge against
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam And so He
did not Give up his aspirations He thought
that As long as he sits Tight and
waits Then You know Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
will eventually Pass away And the whole idea
of Islam will Fade away and then You
know I will become the leader So he
was living With these hopes That if he
is patient enough Eventually he will regain power
That he feels That he was stripped of
But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala He did not want this
to happen So he made sure that Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala Part of his decree
And his Qadr was That Abdullah ibn Ubay
would Die first and now He will face
the consequences Of the Nifaq That he was
warned of With the death Of Abdullah ibn
Ubay As well as with the events That
transpired After the battle of Tabuk The Munafiqun
The hypocrites Were now Almost completely done They
had, basically They were dealt with their With
a final blow We no longer find Hypocrisy
And the Munafiqun We no longer find them
To be causing problems And to be a
major Problem From this point onwards In the
ninth year Basically Abdullah ibn Ubay He passed
away in Dhul Qa'dah of the ninth year
Towards the end of the ninth year Onwards
into the tenth year And the eleventh year
We find that Hypocrisy And Nifaq and Munafiqun
Are no longer a major problem Only a
few of them remain behind And their identities
were unknown Right Nobody knew who they were
Except the Prophet He He revealed The names
of the remaining Munafiqun to To the companion
Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman He is the one
who The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam Shared
secrets With of future events Things that are
going to happen in the future And also
the names of the Munafiqun This is why
Umar radiallahu anhu Came to him one day
and said I ask you by Allah Has
Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam Did the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wa sallam Name me as being
one of the Munafiqun And This is why
Umar radiallahu anhu Would never pray the janazah
Over someone whose Condition was not known to
him Like someone who You know he did
not know For certain that this is You
know a sahabi And that he was a
believer in the life of the Prophet salallahu
alayhi wa sallam He wouldn't pray over his
janazah Unless Hudhayfa radiallahu anhu Would pray over
his janazah Because he knew That if Hudhayfa
is praying his janazah Then he cannot be
He cannot be a Munafiq A hypocrite Alright
After that we have One Final event To
mention here In this period Of time and
That is the hajj Of that year The
hajj of The ninth year of the hijrah
Hajj being A pillar of Islam Was not
made Mandatory Until When?
Until this year Until the ninth year The
reason for this is clear Yes it is
a pillar of Islam But It was not
possible for the Muslims To make hajj Why?
Because all these years They were prevented by
The kuffar of Quraish The kuffar of Quraish
Had authority, had rule over Mecca They prevented
the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam from making
umrah Right, and we covered that story So
how about hajj?
Right However after the conquest Of Mecca When
was the conquest of Mecca?
In Ramadan of The previous year In Ramadan
of The eighth year So after the conquest
of Mecca The Muslims now have Rule over
Mecca However, right after Ramadan In Shawwal The
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam made his way
back to Medina So now There was not
much time To Prepare for that journey back
to Mecca for hajj Right, for that year
Because now you just have one month left
Dhul Qa'dah, and then after that Is hajj
So for that year The eighth year, the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam appointed Attab Ibn
Usaid RadhiAllahu an He appointed him to lead
the Muslims For hajj From Mecca So the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam appointed This companion
as the governor Over Mecca And he told
him That any Muslims who are with you
who want to go for hajj You take
them So this was the eighth year Now
although The Muslims had full authority Over Mecca
They still had Treaties With various Arab tribes
That had Until now still not accepted Islam
Right Which meant That they still enjoyed that
Privilege of Coming for hajj Right, the Muslims
even though they have Authority over Mecca, they
cannot Say to these Mushrikun That you cannot
enter Mecca, you cannot make hajj Right, because
the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had these
treaties with them These peace treaties with them
So this means that They would still be
coming for hajj And at that time The
rites Or the rituals of hajj For the
Muslims were no different Than the rituals For
the Mushrikun Now We're in the ninth year
And the hajj season For the ninth year
Is approaching And hajj has now become Obligatory
Hajj has now become mandatory But The Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Was still unable To
take the Muslims For hajj There were two
reasons for this Number one What we have
been speaking about This year The ninth year
was the year of The delegations So the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was extremely Busy
at this time Receiving all of these delegations
Giving da'wah to people who were coming
Receiving them Teaching them He was extremely busy
at this time And so You know Conveying
the teachings of Islam was more important At
this particular time So he couldn't go anywhere
Number two Until now Not all the Arabs
had accepted Islam Yes The majority have But
There were still many people all over Arabia
Who remained upon Shirk And so it was
expected That they would turn out for hajj
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Did not
want to go To Mecca And for hajj
While practices of Jahiliyyah Were still prevalent in
the hajj Here We're not only talking about
False gods and idols being worshipped But we're
also Talking about something else that was prevalent
What did they used to do?
They used to make Tawaf around the Kaaba
naked This was one of the You know
This was one of the One of their
customs of Jahiliyyah Why?
Why did they used to do this?
Basically When they would come to Mecca They
believed that their clothes That they came with
Were impure With sins So they had to
take off their clothes And if they were
rich Or if they had some status They
would borrow clothes From Quraysh Because they believed
that Quraysh are noble And that Quraysh They
are guardians Of the Kaaba So they would
borrow clothes from them But those who were
unable to borrow any clothes Because they were
poor Or they didn't have any status They
had no choice They would have to make
Tawaf Naked So this is one of their
practices And until now Until now They would
be doing this So the Prophet Wanted to
avoid Going for Hajj at the moment And
he wanted to wait Until only Muslims would
be Performing Hajj alone And this wish of
his It would be fulfilled The following year
The tenth year And that's exactly What we're
going to be covering next week Insha'Allah
The farewell Hajj of the Prophet So what
did the Prophet do now In the ninth
year As Hajj is approaching He appointed, who?
Abu Bakr to lead the Muslims For Hajj
There were a few hundred About three hundred
who went with him After he left from
Medina The Prophet Received Some very very Important
Ayat from Allah These Ayat Are the beginning
Ayat of Surah At-Tawbah Surah At-Tawbah
In which Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A
'la Makes a very Very important announcement To
the remaining Mushrikoon There were new legislations New
rulings pertaining To the dealings between Muslims And
The Kuffar So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
He wanted to send these Ayat To Mecca
For the people there To hear them Why?
Because there's no better opportunity To do so
To convey a message to All of the
Arabs Than at the time of Hajj When
all the tribes have come Right?
So these people When they return back They're
going to convey the announcement To their people
So Abu Bakr RadhiAllahu Anh Has already left
So what should the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
do?
Some of the companions they were Volunteering that
We can go We can go and Make
this announcement on your behalf Ya Rasulullah But
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said no Only
a man From my household Should convey these
announcements For me Only someone from My household
Then he called who?
Ali Ibn Abi Talib RadhiAllahu Anh And he
appointed him To go to Mecca And make
the following Announcements When everyone has gathered In
Mina on the day of An-Nahar, Yawm
An-Nahar which is The main day of
Hajj What were these Instructions?
What were these announcements?
Four things.
Number one No Kafir will enter Jannah Number
two No one will be permitted To make
Tawaf around the Ka'bah Naked anymore Number
three Whoever has signed a treaty with the
Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam It will
remain valid Until its expiry date But it
will not be Extended after that And number
four No Mushrik will be permitted To perform
Hajj After this year And so only a
little while After The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
Sends Abu Bakr RadhiAllahu Anh for the Hajj
Only a little while after that His wish
was fulfilled That next year No Mushrik would
be Performing Hajj And no one will be
making Tawaf Around the Ka'bah naked This
was a ruling from the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam No, this was a ruling From above
the seven heavens From Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
'ala Then Ali RadhiAllahu Anh Was to recite
the first Ayat of Surat At-Tawbah We'll
mention The first five Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
'ala starts بَرَاءَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ إِلَى الَّذِينَ
عَاهَدْتُمْ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ The surah starts with the
word بَرَاءَةٌ Which means Disassociation Becoming free of
these people And the scholars say This is
the reason That this surah does not start
with بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ It's the only
surah in the Quran That does not start
with the بِسْمِ اللَّهِ Because the name of
Allah has With it what?
Allah الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ The most merciful The most
compassionate And here Allah did not want to
show mercy To these people To the مشركون
This is what is mentioned by some scholars
Other scholars say that there are other reasons
why بِسْمِ اللَّهِ is not mentioned Such as
سورة الأنفال The previous surah The context of
that surah Is jihad And surah Tawbah is
also about jihad So it's like one surah
So there's no بِسْمِ اللَّهِ Between them So
Allah knows best Anyways here Allah says This
is a declaration of disassociation From Allah and
his messenger To those with whom you had
A treaty Among the مشركون So any previous
treaties That you had O Muhammad With the
مشركون Here Allah is telling you That's it,
we are severing these treaties We are disassociating
Ourselves from you فَسِيحُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ مُعْجِزِ اللَّهِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ مُخْزِي
الْكَافِرِينَ So travel freely Throughout the land For
four months But know that you will have
No escape from Allah And that Allah will
disgrace The disbelievers So Allah was giving them
four more months That's it You have four
more months And then after that, it's over
وَأَذَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ إِلَى النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْحَجِّ
الْأَكْبَرِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ بَرِيءٌ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَرَسُولُهِ فَإِنْ
تُبْتُمْ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ
غَيْرٌ مُعْجِزِ اللَّهِ وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
Again Allah declares Baraa Disassociation Allah says A
declaration from Allah and His Messenger is made
To all people On the day of the
greater Hajj That Allah And His Messenger are
free From the Mushrikun So if you repent
It will be better for you But if
you turn away Then know that you will
have no escape from Allah And give good
news To the disbelievers Of a painful punishment
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْقُصُوكُمْ
شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يُظَاهِرُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَدًا فَأَتِمُوا إِلَيْهِمْ عَهْدَهُمْ
إِلَى مُدَّتِهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ And
have not supported an enemy against you Honor
your treaty with them Until the end of
its term Surely Allah loves those who Fear
Him So here Allah was telling the Prophet
Those who have honored their treaty With you
They have not supported your enemy Against you
They have not been hostile towards you Then
continue their treaty Until its term Comes to
an end Until its expiry date But that's
it, only until then You cannot extend it
after that فَإِذَاً سَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ
حَيْثُ وَجَتْتُمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَحْسُرُوهُمْ وَقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ
مَرْصَدٍ فَإِنْ تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَخَلُوا سَبِيلَهُمْ إِنَّ
اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ Allah says, but once The
sacred months have passed What are the sacred
months?
Currently they were in Dhul-Hijjah Or they
were in Dhul-Qa'dah And then Dhul-Hijjah
And then Muharram, these are the three Sacred
months Allah says once the sacred months have
passed Kill the Mushrikun Wherever you find them
Capture them Besiege them And lie in wait
for them on every path But if they
repent Perform Salah and give Zakah Then set
them free Indeed Allah is the All-Forgiving
The Most Merciful These are the first five
ayat And also the ayat after that Were
revealed and sent with Ali And so In
effect This was the final announcement From Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala For the Mushrikun It
was an announcement That The era of Idol
worship Was now completely over And a new
era That of pure Tawheed Was being inaugurated
And so This announcement, what it called for
is Severing Ties with the Mushrikun And for
an open war To be waged upon them
Unless they Unless they submit and accept Islam
So we can See how This year's Hajj
Would now pave The way for The next
year's Hajj Which the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
Would Lead and take the Muslims For that
Hajj Which insha'Allah ta'ala Will be
the topic of Next week insha'Allah ta
'ala We conclude with Just a few Lessons
that we learned from The events of This
period of time Number one From the story
of Abdullah Ibn Ubay Ibn Salul We see
how You know A sign of Nifaq A
sign of hypocrisy Is having loyalties With the
Kuffar And especially The Jews and the Christians
As we saw in the conversation Between the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and Abdullah Ibn Ubay
What did the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam tell
him?
You know, didn't I warn you Didn't I
warn you from having Love for the Jews
Because The Munafiqun They were always conspiring Against
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Against the Muslims
with who?
With the Jews of Medina We saw that
on more than one occasion And the same
Applies until the day of judgment You will
always see The Munafiqun Conspiring with The Jews
and the Christians Ahlul Kitab in general But
specifically the Jews As the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam Mentioned about Abdullah Ibn Ubay Allah Subh
'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la tells us about
these Hypocrites فَتَرَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ يُسَارِعُونَ
فِيهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشَ أَن تُصُيبَنَا دَائِرَةً You see
those with sickness in their hearts Who?
The Munafiqun Racing for their friendship Friendship with
who?
With the Jews Saying, you know, justifying that
friendship Saying, we fear a turn A fortune
will strike us We fear that something will
happen to us Unless we ally ourselves with
With the Jews And the same thing is
happening today The exact same thing is happening
today With certain With certain Muslim countries Allying
themselves with The Jewish state Saying the same
thing That these people are more powerful We're
afraid if we don't ally ourselves with them
What's going to happen to us And so
on And so forth And Allah Subh'anaHu
Wa Ta-A'la also Specifically mentioning the
Jews And the Christians, Allah says يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَ أَوْلِيَاءٌ بَعْضُهُمْ
أَوْلِيَءُ بَعْضُ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ O
you who believe Do not take the Jews
and the Christians As allies They are allies
of one another Whoever Allies themselves with them
Then he is one of them The second
lesson that we learn Is the significance of
Abu Bakr RadhiAllahu Anhu Leading the Hajj The
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Appointing Abu Bakr to
take the Muslims for Hajj In his place
Was something very very significant As it shows
the status Of Abu Bakr RadhiAllahu Anhu And
the role that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Was preparing him for What role is that?
Of being the leader after him Right?
And we will see how the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam Further appoints Abu Bakr RadhiAllahu Anhu
To lead the Muslims Prior to his death
Now what's interesting to note here In this
story Is that when Ali RadhiAllahu Anhu Caught
up With Abu Bakr and You know the
Muslims who were going for Hajj When Abu
Bakr RadhiAllahu Anhu Saw Ali approaching He asked
him Have you been sent To lead us
Or as a follower Have you come here
to take my place Or You know to
follow us And Ali RadhiAllahu Anhu He said
Rather I have come as a follower So
each one of them They had their own
roles Abu Bakr RadhiAllahu Anhu Was appointed to
Be the leader over the Hajj While Ali
RadhiAllahu Anhu The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam only
sent him To convey the message To the
Mushrikun When they arrive on the day of
Hajj Right?
That was his only job But now The
question is Why Ali RadhiAllahu Anhu Specifically?
Why him specifically?
Why did the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Say
that It had to be someone from my
household And why did he appoint Ali RadhiAllahu
Anhu The reason Was that it was the
custom Of the Arabs That when a leader
Of a tribe Wanted to announce The continuation
of a treaty Or the termination of a
treaty He would Either have to go and
make that Announcement himself Or he would send
a family Member To go And announce that
on his behalf Now since This practice Was
not contrary to the teachings of Islam The
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam chose Someone from his
household To go and do this Right?
So this explains why The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam Chose Ali RadhiAllahu Anhu However The Shia
What do they say?
They use this story Right?
They use this same story To say that
this proves That the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Appointed Ali to be the Khalifa after him
Right?
But how do we refute this?
This is easily refuted Very easily refuted By
mentioning what we just mentioned Abu Bakr RadhiAllahu
Anhu Asked Ali RadhiAllahu Anhu when he came
Are you coming here to Replace me as
a leader?
Or are you coming here as a follower?
What did Ali RadhiAllahu Anhu say?
He didn't say, yes I'm coming to replace
you as a leader He said, I'm coming
as a follower Right?
So the question is How could a follower
Be more deserving Of the Khalifa Than the
leader Especially when that leader Was appointed by
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam Himself And so
this story is actually The evidence for us
That it was Abu Bakr who actually Deserved
to be the Khalifa after the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam and not Ali RadhiAllahu Anhu The
third lesson That we learn Is the importance
Of making intentions For our day to day
Activities Mu'adh Ibn Jabal RadhiAllahu Anhu He
said to Abu Musa He said to him
I sleep in the first part of the
night And then I get up after having
slept So I have A share of sleep
And I have a share of Ibadah And
I look forward to the reward Of Allah
For my sleep and my Ibadah Right?
What he was saying to Abu Musa Was
that even though you Exhaust yourself in Ibadah
And reciting the Quran As for me I
take some rest And I count that rest
as being An act of Ibadah Because the
reason I'm doing it Is To have the
ability and the energy To pray And to
read the Quran And so most of us
Think that we will get A lot of
Ajr For the good deeds that we do
Praying Fasting, Sadaqah Yes that's true But Even
our day to day activities You know Our
daily habits Sleeping, eating, drinking You know, bathing
All of these Can be counted As rewards
All of these Can be counted as rewards
As long as We are doing them for
the sake of Allah In order to worship
Allah Right?
In order to be energetic In order to
be active To worship Allah And do what
Allah has commanded us to do Right?
And so the scholars Take from this That
you know We should always have You know
The intention on our minds For even all
of these Day to day activities of ours
Right?
So for example You Go to work You
know make your intention I'm not going to
work So that I have money And I
can enjoy this money And I can enjoy
the dunya No, make your intention That I'm
going out to work For the sake of
Allah So that I could fulfill my My
duties And that is providing for my family
Right?
Because that is a duty Allah has put
on us Or so that I could use
this money For such and such noble causes
And so on and so forth All you
have to do Is to change the intention
From being just a regular habit To You
know An act of ibadah that you get
rewarded for And that's why the scholars They
say That The niyah Is the business You
know Of the scholars So you know while
Businessmen They deal with money And they're always
thinking how can I You know increase my
profit The ulama How do they think?
They think in terms of hasanat How can
I profit the most in terms of hasanat
And they do this one of the ways
Is through the niyah The intention Finally one
last lesson that we'll mention Is also from
the same story Of Muadh ibn Jabal Prioritizing
how to give dawah And What to start
with We learn this from The instructions that
The prophet of Allah gave to Muadh ibn
Jabal When he was sending him off On
his dawah mission to Yemen He told him
What to start with And he told him
Only to move on to the next Point
Once the people have accepted the first And
so This is a very very important lesson
On How to give dawah And Teaching Islam
Step by step That We don't move on
to the next step Until The people have
understood The first step And they have accepted
it Then we move on to the next
step It also teaches us the importance Of
focusing on aqeedah Right The prophet of Allah
said The first thing that you go and
teach them That you command them to do
Is the shahada Once they accept that then
move on to salah Then move on to
zakat etc And so this is because Once
The heart is filled with Aqeedah And the
right beliefs and iman Then everything else will
be easy For the people to accept Also
If the aqeedah is not correct from the
very beginning Then whatever they do after that
It's useless If a person does not understand
Who Allah is If a person does not
believe that Only Allah deserves to be worshipped
Then it's pointless for him to be praying
Because he is a kafir Right So all
of this shows us how the prophet of
Allah You know Gave these golden pieces of
advice to Muazza bin Jabal And this is
what we should also Focus our da'wah
On By focusing on what's more important And
prioritizing And not jumping to the next step
Until the first step Has been complete We'll
conclude here And insha'Allah We'll move on
to the farewell hajj Next week insha'Allah
Subhanaka Allahumma bihamdik Ashhadu an la ilaha illa
anta astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk Wa salli allahumma
wa sallim ala nabiyyina muhammad Wa ala alihi
wa sahbihi ajma'in Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh