Jewels from the Seerah – Lessons from Sulah Hudaybiyyah – Session 1 by

Hello Sara tosylamide I should film via Ali he was having human robot My dear brothers and sisters, Allah subhanaw taala mentioned the life of Rasulullah as a seller, and he said that Canada comfy Rasulullah he was working on Hashanah, Lehmann carriers Allah Allah Allah Hera was was a kind of La cathedra which means the last marathon I said that the life of Miami Mohamed Salah is Salam is the best example is a good example is the best example for you to follow for and who is the you for anyone who has

who would love to meet Allah, Yahweh Allah Who looks forward to the meeting with Allah, and for the person who

remembers Allah subhanho wa Taala a great deal of Allah Kathira so two qualities have been mentioned. One is somebody who looks forward to the meeting with Allah subhanaw taala meaning someone who's connected to his rock geladeira Allah Who loves Allah subhanho wa Taala and would love to meet Allah subhanaw taala May Allah make us among them, and somebody who therefore also remembers Allah subhanaw taala which is a natural outcome of this kind of feeling and this kind of attitude. Now Allah subhanaw taala said that for such people. The life of Mohamed Salah Salem is the best possible example.

I submit to you that whenever I read the Sierra, one of the things that has always struck me is how the Sierra is a microcosm, which fits in with our macrocosm today, 14 centuries 15 Centuries later, in the sense that the Sierra is the setting of the biography the Sierra means the biography of Muhammad Salah Salem, the setting of the life of the prophet Sallallahu sallam.

The more I studied, the more I'm struck by the extent to which the life of the Prophet salallahu alayhi salam matches almost exactly the kind of life and the kind of society that we have here. Now, why therefore, is it important to study his life, it's important to study his life because in one generation

23 years of his own life, and then in the same generation, another 20 odd years, given a total period of what 40 years, the entire aspect, the entire nature of society changed from a society which was to begin with worshipers of wealth alone, society, which was focused purely on the outcomes purely on the ends without any reference to or without any importance to the means by which these ends were achieved. A society that had no value for anything that today we call we know as ethics and morals, and ideals and so on. All of these were redundant, but a society which focused and worshipped the accumulation of material and wealth.

This kind of society changed into a society which became the epitome of morals, the epitome of ethics, the epitome of compassion, of mutual consideration of hospitality, and all the good things that we know are the outcomes are four should be the outcomes of human civilization. So, this transformation happened. And not only did this transformation happen, this transformation happened in a very short time, because if you look at it in the history of nations, what is

3040 years I mean, it is, is less than one lifespan. So we are talking about a change of that happened within one generation. Now therefore, I believe that if we study the life of Muhammad, Salah Salem, and if we see and from this study, we don't just get stuck in the details and the stories which unfortunately tends to happen, but if we can extract from those details and stories,

typical, valuable, applicable lessons, lessons that can be applied, then inshallah we will be able to apply those lessons in our society today to cure the many

areas of toxicity that we find ourselves in.

J Krishnamurti, one of my favorite philosophers and writers who I have read for many, many years now decades, literally. I started reading J. Krishnamurti, when I was in school, almost 40 years ago, J Krishnamurti one one statement, which stayed with me all the time. He said, it's not easy. It's not a measure of health, to be well to be profoundly adjusted to a sick society. He said, It's not a measure of health, to be profoundly adjusted to a sick society. And that's what we have unfortunately become today. We are a profoundly sick society whether we like to accept this or not, this is our reality. We

We are a profoundly sick society, and we have

raised the adjustment to being sick to the level of virtue. So instead of trying to cure the sickness, we have made sickness into a virtue itself. And therefore the more sick you are, and the more tolerant off and acceptance of sickness that you are, the more you have a place in the society, the totally completely ridiculous way of living. And sad to say that this is completely unjust, unsustainable, also, in the process of our sickness, not only have We destroyed our own ethics and morals, we have destroyed the structure of family, we have destroyed the structure of nations, we have removed compassion from our lives, we have stopped taking care of each other, we are we are we

are, we have become toxic to the earth. And we are destroying our the actual resource that we live on this planet itself, the water, the air, the the wildlife, the forest, the earth itself, to an extent and at such great rapidity, and at such an accelerated pace, that we are very quickly and very soon going to find ourselves completely untenable in a position which is completely untenable.

And then, and then I don't know what the result will be. So, it is the need to change the need to reverse this the need to cure the sickness to heal ourselves and to heal this earth is absolutely of paramount importance. And my submission is that where are we going to find the lessons for this? How is this how is this to be done? I believe that one of the finest places that we can find lessons for this, if not the finest place is in the life of Muhammad Salah Salem.

So,

for this, for the purpose of this lecture, I have taken two incidents and inshallah we will do

two lectures. One on each one is the Treaty of Libya, the Salah was a B. And the second one is the conquest of Makkah Potomac. The reason I've taken these two incidents is because these two incidents represents represent two ends of a continuum and that continuum two ends of this thing, which is one is an apparent defeat, and the one hour and the other one is a clear victory. Now is that is the defeat? i If you will notice I use the word apparent, I'm saying apparent, because is it really a defeat or not? What is a defeat, we will we will see that July, and then the issue of victory, what happens when you gain victory. So we are looking at both aspects of human life, some somewhere where

we find we find or we feel ourselves to be

suppressed or pressed, and apparently in a state of defeat and another place where we actually have power in our hands, how are we to behave and both of these decide our fate, it literally decides what our future is going to be.

So let's let me quickly do a brief thumbnail sketch of the main events of who they be, I'm not going to go into the details, what happened and so on and so forth. But quickly, just the overall

details of who they are. So, that we can put what I have to say in context,

time that we are talking about is six of

Hijiri, the month is is Lucaya which is the month that we are actually in just now. So, we are looking at

the time in terms of the month the same time, as we are recording this lecture. So 636 years after the Prophet SAW Selim migrated to Medina, corresponding corresponding date is March of 628.

of the Common Era, men events, one, the first one is the

the main event of is the dream that are sort of Russell absorbe, where he saw himself making Amara so he announced this dream because and invited people to join him to go to Makkah to make Amara The reason he did that, as we know is because the dream of the Prophet prophets are wahi they are they are revelation from Allah subhanaw taala. And so it's not like our dream, you know, I see a dream and really, it has no meaning with the promise or selling the dream has meaning the dream is an instruction instruction to do something. And so therefore, when he saw himself making on

this was an instruction to him to go there to make orders and that's what he announced to the people and 1400 people went with him left for Makkah, now.

This was a caravan of for pilgrimage. They were not armed except their personal you

A sidearms other than that they had no arms, they had no intention of making battle,

and so on and so forth. So I'm skipping over all of those details.

To make a long story short, this caravan came to the place called with a via, which is one day is March from Makkah, and there are also as a result of scandal.

The name whose name was cassava, cassava refused to go forward cassava cassava sad. Now people said well, you know she has become rebellious and something is wrong with this camera and so on.

This camera is not rebellious. This is not her nature. She is being directed by the one who directed the elephant Abraha. Our hi if you remember is the Yemeni king who came

in the year that a sorcerer Salam was born, our I came to Makkah with the intention of demolishing the Kaaba. And he brought with him an elephant, which was meant to do the demolition. This elephant when it got when the army of Allah got close to Makkah, this elephant did exactly what? Because why did the elephant sat down refused to move. They got it they tried their best to get it to move. Every time the elephant was turned away from Makkah in the direction of Yama it would move but when it was turned around, going towards MCI it would not move. So this was similar kind of thing was happening here because the

the scholars have said that Russell was an asylum, that Allah subhanaw taala did this in both these instances because he wanted to save the people of Makkah from annihilation from being killed. And that is, that is the reason for that is because Allah subhanaw taala knew that the people of Makkah would one day accept Islam and that's why Allah subhanaw taala wanted to protect them. In the case of abre Allah subhanaw taala destroyed the army. In the case of Salah Allah subhanaw taala merely stopped him from going ahead to prevent any bloodshed in

the area, they found that there was no water, which was a matter of great concern because there were 1400 people they had some camp followers with them they had all their animals, riding animals, the animals for sacrifice with their brought and so on. But there was no water finally they found a dry well. So they came from sediment. They said to him that here's this drivers or sources and give them

a an arrow from his quiver. And he said drop there on the well. And there will be water and there was in the well filled up with water. And for the entire duration of the time that the

the caravan of

them stayed in today via this water was sufficient for all of them, and for all the animals.

Now again, the question of negotiating with NACA to

go there for

for O'Meara Salam sent us right in front of Delano, who was from Bolivia, which was the dominant branch of Quraysh, which was in charge of Makkah, as his ambassador, when

founder Delano reached Makkah.

Above inside, who was the leader in charge, because I was a fan was away, above inside, gave protection to him, put him on his camera, took him to the Kaaba and announced his protection. So if I'm not fond of Elon, who was safe from any harm, was one of them called the leaders of the garage and he made a speech and he said to them that look, he said, Allah subhanaw taala sent His Prophet with a message, his prophet sent me here to tell you that he is here only to make Amara only for believers, he is not here to fight. He's not here for any other purpose. He's not even here to trade or anything like that, just for the sake of ombre, so allow him to make Amara sacrifice the animals

and go home.

And also the last one then gave his own advice to his people to the forest. And he said to them that look, Allah subhanaw taala will protect his Nabhi you have seen this for yourself three times we went to battle with him in brother in Ohio, and in

Vanuatu, Lhasa, and all three times you did you were not successful. He says, Now therefore do not keep on fighting. It's only going to destroy you. You're already tired and exhausted from this fighting, if you like just stay away from this. Whoever else wants to oppose him, let them oppose, if they are successful, and if they

can deal with him and remove him. Then you have given what you wanted without effort. If not, you can decide what you want to do later on. But right now my advice to you is don't oppose him and don't stop him. The chorus listen to him, but of course

They had no intention of following his advice. The above inside offer says there are no the opportunity to make the off. But Second off, man refused. And he said I will not make the laugh until and unless the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam makes the off of the Kaaba, if he is not being interrupted, I will also not

then the courage.

from their side, they sent a man called over Ben was old. Ottawa in Moscow was known as the great man of both the towns meaning type and maca. He was very well, a very wealthy man, very well known leader of the Arabs are known to be a great negotiator, somebody who had been to the, to the, to the courts of Kisara and Heiser courts, a court of the hospital of Iran, or Persia and the Caesar of Rome, which is, of course, refers to the Byzantine King, not the not actual Rome. And so he was, and also to Abyssinia to the niggers of Abyssinia. So Robin Massoud was a very well known and experienced negotiator. So he was sent to negotiate on behalf of the college. He came a lot of

things, you know, he dropped and various things happen, eventually that failed. And before we muscled, return and advise the chorus, what seven off binary advice you told them that look, I've been to the court of Kings I've never seen their followers, their courtiers revere them as I have seen the companions of Muhammad Salah Salem revering them. So he said, Make no mistake, they are not going to abandon him, they will not leave him. If you get into a fight with them, they will fight to the death and you will have huge losses. So do not do that allow them to make Amara and go away to college, we're not interested in listening to them to him either. Meanwhile, a rumor started to say

that was one who had been killed. That was one of the one who had been shade. So as well as Allah Selim went from his tent from his part of the camp, to the area where the bundle Naja of Medina were camped who were people of his own mother's family. So they were in effect his family. And they were the known as the guards of the Prophet, Salah Salem. So he went there to the bottom of the jar, he sat down there, he sat down under a tree there, and he invited the banana jar and whoever was with him, all the people who had come with him to make

a pledge to make a buyer

to fight.

In case there is a there is a war, because one of the law had been killed. Obviously, the rule was that if the enemy kills your ambassador, then that was a declaration of war. So therefore the bed by the buyer started now it's a very interesting buy.

So as soon as I sell them, asked called the people to make bam, they all came and they made by under the tree. It's very interesting. This by it's a very interesting pledge.

They said, We pledge to die, meaning we pledge to fight. And if we if need be, to fight to the death, we pledge not to flee from battle. And then they said a very strange thing. They said, We pledge to you, according to whatever is in your heart. Now think about that. We sit there saying we pledge to die in battle, if we need to fight so we pledge to die. We pledge not to flee from battle. And we pledge to you according to whatever is in your heart. Now, tell me what do you understand by this? What is the level of trust in the leader that we are talking about here? It's an absolutely unprecedented, absolutely amazing kind of a statement. I've never ever heard this kind of statement

from any. Whereas the world where followers will say to a leader, we pledge to whatever is in your heart, meaning that whatever you may be thinking, we are already giving our pledge to be faithful to that and to obey you in doing that. Now, this is the essence of Islam. Islam is to trust Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam, to the extent where we pledge to whatever is in his heart SallAllahu sallam.

Allah subhanaw taala liked this whole process of the buyer so much that Allah subhanaw taala

mentioned his back and he gave great Bashar great glad tidings for the people who give this via where Allah subhanaw taala and so the Fatah Allah subhanaw taala said I

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la Ciudad del in this beautiful item Karima Fatah. Allah subhanaw taala said, Verily We sent you over hammer Salah Salem as a witness, and as a bearer of glad tidings and as a warner Bashir on one of the era in order that you all mankind may believe in Allah and His Messenger SallAllahu sallam, and that you assist and honor him. Salallahu Alaihe Salam, and that you glorify Allah subhana wa Janas praises morning and afternoon. Verily those who gave the buyer the pledge to you on the hammock they are giving the buyer the pledge to Allah subhanho data, the Hand of Allah subhanaw taala you're the life okay the hem the Hand of Allah subhanaw taala is over their hands. Then

whoever breaks his pledge breaks it only to his own detriment to his own harm. And whoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, Allah subhanaw taala will bestow on him a great reward. And then Allah subhanaw taala even more specifically said about this via knockout Roddy, Allah who are Anil Momineen you buy your own, I gotta share Jarrah Friday my Matthew coleauxv him. Zara Sakina Tara Lee him was Abba homophone. Ohan called Eva, Allah. That is it. Indeed, Allah subhanho wa Taala was pleased with the believers. Allah subhanaw taala was pleased with the believers, when they gave their baya to you Oh, Mohamed, Salah Salem, under the tree that Ashara he knew Jalla Jalla Allahu

what was in their hearts, and he sent down Sakina which is calmness and tranquility upon them, and He rewarded them with a near victory. Now,

this may seem strange, because we have nothing has happened yet. And Allah subhanaw taala is saying that Allah gave them victory already. Inshallah we'll see what is this victory that Allah subhanaw taala mentioned in this process.

This buyer, also made via on behalf of was one of the law

took his hand, he said, This is the handle was one, he put his own hand there. And he said, this is this is my hand, and I'm taking the buyer of one on behalf of his Vanderlaan. So here we have a situation where

a seller to the buyer on the on behalf or with one or two things to remember here, first of all, this buyer is being taken far off from everybody, because it's one of the land who is rumored to have been killed. So therefore, was one of the language the reason for this buyer. And the result of this buyer is Allah subhanaw taala revealed I have to say he's pleased with those who gave his bare. Secondly, the buyer was one of the land who here is established, because a Surah Surah Surah himself to this buyer. In so many words, he stated and said that this is this is the hand I was born, this is my hand and he plays the hand in the other hand, and he said that I'm taking by on behalf of law,

or the Law No, and unless America is in the hands of Allah subhanaw taala is on the hands of those who gave by to Mohammed Salah salah. Obviously even more on the hand of Muhammad Salla Allahu Allahu Allah Azza wa sallam himself. Allah subhanho wa Taala announced his praise

for the Sahaba, who took part in the bIab Allah subhanaw taala witnessed this and said that it was his hand on the hand of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, when this battle was over. Also, la Santa Salam said to the people, he said unto them here on earth, he said, You are all you people are the best people on the face of the earth, achieve the the positions I have read one layer image. Now interesting

that all of this happened, but then the rumor was proved to be false. And as one of the land was well, so this entire incident of the buyer of vital Ridwan was an incident which can be seen as a test of Allah subhanaw taala where actually there was no battle no one and no one had to die. There was no fight, no bloodshed. Yet this resulted in all the people who gave by being forgiven by Allah

Vinyl Danijela gelato clear is in that process. Now, meanwhile

the the

the Macan people descend third negotiator or at that time it was a third of it which was so hell when our now as well when our when he came as soon as salam said and Hamdulillah this man is coming courseware with our and Sohail the is derived from the word Sal which means easy Surah Surah Surah Ramsay inshallah Allah would make it easy for us to come to a conclusion so swell when our came later on where soil minima became Muslim, he was known as the auditor of Baca, and in the years after the passing away from Salem, when I work on a severe Delana was the Khalifa the muslimeen. And the time when there was radar when people were threatening to leave Islam and not to pay zakat, Sol

when our was the man who held Makkah together, and did not allow the people of Makkah to rebel and leave Islam. So this was when at the time you're talking about the number is, is not a Muslim, yet, he is the negotiator on behalf of the people of Makkah. And as it proves, he turned out to be a very tough negotiator, a negotiator who sometimes stretched the boundaries, or even broke the boundaries of other with resorts as a seller, may Allah have mercy on us and lost America sees what's in the hearts of people, and Allah subhanaw taala guide those he wants. So while this was happening, for example, the famous statements that happened in this via in this treaty swell, remember came, they

started negotiating, explained that the people who are Bucha the holidays, we're not going to allow the Muslims to make Amara this year that they would have to return and so on. So finally they came to accept it because I made an announcement and said, I'm not interested in fighting. I'm not interested in any bloodshed, whatever reasonable terms the holidays present, I am willing to accept those terms. As it turned out the terms of the condition were not reasonable but still haven't accepted them. So when these negotiations are weighing up, the treaty was about to be written.

This was a wrestling channel indicating the treaty swell when I was sitting there listening to that said I didn't have thought about the law nor was writing this treaty. So I'm said treaty between Mohammad Rasool Allah SallAllahu sallam, and so has been our as a representative of the Quran serving our objective he said, We know you as Mohammed de and we know your father Abdullah. So we know you as Mohammed Abdullah, we do not accept you as the messenger of Allah. So if we accept you as if you write the treaty as Muhammad Rasul Allah, as Muhammad the Messenger of Allah and if we accept this treaty, then obviously there is no fight there is no there is no conflict between us.

This is not the reality there is a conflict between us because we do not accept your prophethood so therefore, rub this out and right Mohammed bin Abdullah

Salam told, I don't even have Italian law no to rush out. Mohammad Rasool Allah I live in Italian law no refused he said this is my email I will not have it up Surah Surah Surah seven then rub it out and he told I live in Italia, but there are no two right there. In the name of Muhammad, Abdullah GTV between Muhammad Abdullah and

soil the number one thing even before that, the treaty was started as soon as I said, this will lie in the name of Allah subhanaw taala the most compassionate the Most Merciful, swell swell with our objective he said we know Allah because the the the the Macan Koresh pantheon of the Arab pantheon of gods we had got the new as ALLAH. So he said, We know Allah, but we do not use Rahman who's Rahim. So we cannot accept this. So he said right instead Wismec Allahumma in the Name of Allah, don't write.

Once against the rally with episodic objected Ramona, we shall then rub it out and he made say the rally right? This week Allahu Allah. And then of course the others incident of Muhammad Rasul Allah. So now all of these things are happening. Obviously the Sahara Limelight Hollywood men

who are witnessing all this I want you to imagine the situation here, this TV being written, people are standing all around sitting around. They're listening to what's happening. So people were getting extremely upset the Sahaba were getting very upset that this is a kind of treaty that looks so demeaning. It looks insulting to the Muslims. The other of the province of Assam is not being maintained. He's being treated like any ordinary man or

All of this went completely against their grain of their other the grain of their belief and love and veneration for the person itself. And the question in the minds of the Sahaba was, why are we accepting this kind of treatment? Why do we need to accept this kind of treatment? Now this feeling, which was must have been in their hearts and minds of many, if not all of them, was actually articulated and spoken by our Barbara Delano said the numbers nature was this, that he was a man who stood for justice. He was a man who simply could not keep quiet whenever he saw anything that had anything happening in front of him, which he did not consider to be justified or in line with

justice. So Sarah

came to the viscera salah, and he said jasola Are you not the Messenger of Allah Azza wa sallam said, Yes, I am the messenger of Allah. He said, are we not Muslims? And are we not on the right, and are these people meanings? Well, and the horizon is or are these people not on the on falsehood? And are these people not sure here are the other we are these people not policies? Now, there are some serious both of these things. Yes, we are Muslims. Yes, we are right. And yes, they are not Muslim. And in this particular case, they are on falsehood, and they are not wrong. The law said then why must we accept this treaty? Why must we demean our religion? Why must we bargain with these

people? That's what I said. I said, I'm said, I am the slave of Allah, and I will not disobey Allah, and he will not abandon me. That is a beautiful statement of a Bodia and Tawakkol, Allah Allah, He said, I am the slave of Allah, I will not disobey Allah, and Allah will not abandon me the beautiful statement of a booty call. And it's a beautiful statement that relates and shows the relationship between our body and our core, there cannot be Tawakkol unless there is a body that we cannot have trust and reliance on Allah, unless we submit completely and totally to Allah subhanaw taala. This is the essence of Islam. This is the meaning of la ilaha illAllah. Muhammad Rasul Allah, that we

completely and totally submit ourselves to Islam, as a result of which we then invoke, and we access the glory and magnificence of Allah subhanho wa taala, the dua of the moment, that which doesn't upset the doer of the moment is his greatest weapon, meaning that when these hands are raised before Allah Subhan, Allah, Allah subhanaw taala, will accept the DUA from these hands, provided these hands have been raised only and only in obedience to Him. Allah does not accept the dua of hands, which have previously been raised in disobedience to Allah subhanaw taala for the operation of other people, they have been extended for transactions of haram, there is the hand which have indulged in

transgressions, indulged in doing things which Allah subhanaw taala has collaborated, and then those hands are raised and DWIs asked Allah does not accept that dA. So the the the relationship between Obadiah between being a slave of Allah between being true to Allah subhanaw taala and therefore our core meaning the reliance on Allah subhanaw taala with a complete and total certainty that Allah will not abandon me, these two are completely and totally and intrinsically related. And this comes out from the beautiful statement officer salah, he said, I am a slave of Allah, I will not disobey Allah and my Rob will not abandon me.

So well.

I left from there went August. No. He asked me the same questions. Our workers who use the same answer he said, sit down and do not argue. He said, The soul as a wrestler is the lobby of Allah. Rasool Allah Salah Salem, here's Rob will not abandon him. So follow him. Seven out of Delano said, Hold his stirrup and he will take you to success. turn our focus to the

contemporaries.

And an age gap of two years between them. So seven hours a day is two years older, and he's giving sighs and on top of that, I know some straight forward and clear advice is you have is not two years but 10 years between them. And he's giving him some straight from the shoulder kind of advice and saying do not argue with the prophets, many years later. So the number of Catawba Delano said that since that day, I have been fasting and I've been giving charity over and over again in the hope that Allah subhanaw taala will forgive me for questioning is an abuse of Salah.

The point I want to make for you is that this questioning was not a questioning out of disobedience. This questioning was a questioning big out of the love of Islam that only

Have the custom hat in his hand in his heart of the law. No. So then I asked the question because it hurt him so much that Islam is being demeaned that Islam is apparently being Bibi is not being respected, that Islam is apparently losing. So we are looking at different aspects and incidents which look like incidents of defeat, because here is the Prophet SAW Selim, despite and whilst being on right is accepting terms which are far from just just to give you an idea the treaty was in so what was the what were the terms that were agreed upon in

the Treaty of Libya. The first was that both parties meaning the kurush on on behalf of home soil when our land was negotiating.

And also like Rossella, both have agreed to a complete truth for a period of 10 years, during which all people will enjoy peace and security and will not attack one another. So the first part of the the first point of the treaty was a very comprehensive point to say that there will be no war, there will be no instigation for war, that both the parties will not attack each other. And they will not attack anyone who's aligned or associated or has a pact with that party. So the allies of courage will not be attacked by Muhammad, Salah Salem or his allies, and Mohamed Salah Salem and his allies will not be attacked by Koresh or their allies. So it was a very comprehensive term, and there was

going to be complete peace for a period of 10 years, which means that people could travel freely, they did not have that they didn't have to anticipate any danger. Number two point of this of the treaty. Now this was a very a point of great contention. It said if anyone from the college should join Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam without permission from a guardian or chief, he will be returned to the fresh, meaning that if anyone from the forage from Makkah, or their allies, if anyone accepted Islam, and came to Muhammad Salah Salem, this person could not be retained and could not be given protection by Marcel Selim, but must be returned to the kurush. Now, this term of this treaty was

first of all, completely unjust totally one sided. But also this went against the entire culture and entire tradition of the Arabs. Because the tradition we had was that if someone came to a person and asked for protection, then the person was free to give protection to that person. And this protection was respected by others. But here the opposite is being demanded that if a person comes from courage to Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam who is the enemy of Allah, and seeks his protection, because he became Muslim, that protection must be denied to him, and that person must be returned to the college. And then the third 1/3 term was even worse, which says that if anyone from the camp of

Mohammed Salah Salem joins the courage, they are not required to return that person, meaning that if a Muslim left Islam and went over to the courage and the courage were permitted to keep that person, they will give protection to that person, that person need not be returned to Muhammad salah. Now, we know from whatever rudimentary, even rudimentary

knowledge that we have of law, even to this day, that any agreement like this, which is completely one sided, I will give you everything and you will give me nothing is invalid in law, it is not valid. But this is the kind of agreement that the coverage we're seeking to foist upon the purchaser and seller, and to the surprise, and to the shock of the Muslims are sort of accepted this agreement. Point number four, both sides agree that they will have an harbor only good intentions about one another. So this is good Hamdulillah this point was no threat, no theft or treachery on either side will be condoned. So not only will you not fight directly, you will also not do anything

which amounts to treachery.

Point number six, which was again a good point, whoever wants to enter into an alliance with Bahamas or asylum may do so. And whoever wants to enter into an alliance with the college may do so. So this was clear there was no

prohibition for anyone to align themselves with either of the two parties. Number seven, it is further agreed that you overhang

masala Selim shall return home this year without entering Makkah. At the end of one year, we shall evacuate Makkah for you so that you may enter Makkah with your followers and stay only for three days and make Amara, you shall carry only arms necessary for the traveler, namely, your swords in their sheets, and you will not carry any other arms. So this was really when I read this whole treaty, it shows to me that

this particular class is really a class of desperation. It's a class, which is pure ego, absolut cussedness and negativity, nothing more. Because effectively, you're saying to the people, you must go now because we want to show that we are the boss that we own this place. That the demand that they are making, is a demand that goes against their against every one of their traditions for centuries, because the Kaaba has always been open to any pilgrim from anywhere. And the Quraysh were duty bound, and enrolled bound to protect the pilgrims, to support the pilgrims to feed the builders and to permit Peruvians to come and make pilgrimage of the cover. Even if those pilgrims happen to

be the enemies. This was something that they honored for centuries. But in the case of Muhammad, Salah Salem, and the ironic thing was, who is Muhammad Salah Salem is the grandson of the number one man who held the keys of the cover up the metallic, who was the guardian of the cover, who was the person who discovered zum zum, and dug the well, who was the man who negotiated with Abra, with respect to the time that he came to attack Medina, such a man, his own grandson, is being prevented from coming to the cover. But the college were not in a mood to consider anything. They just wanted to establish their own ego and their own. And they were stuck in their own pride. When I read this

incident, I think to myself that this is a sign of desperation, it's a sign of losing, because nobody who's confident in his power will do that anyone with any level of confidence in their power, they would have said, alright, we agree to this treaty. Now, since you are here, go back over and then go go back home immediately. And you know, that's that's the end of the story. Because you came all this way, fine, just go back over and go back. That would be that would have been the normal thing to do. That could have been a normal thing to do. That would have been the logical thing to do. But the college did the opposite. And they wrote this into the treaty, you this year, you will

not make over. And you will go back next year, if you like you can come and we will give you a period of three days in which to complete your pilgrimage. For before that period, we will make it Makkah because we don't even want to see you we don't want to meet you. So we will get back to you come do the do you do your pilgrimage, and leave in three days. And of course later on, as we saw, that's what happened. Now.

This was a treaty. So we are looking now at a situation which looks like defeat.

There is a threat that was one of the land who has been assassinated and killed. That's the rumor. Later. Of course, this rumor was proved to be false.

The person SLM has entered into a completely one sided Treaty, which gives away things without getting anything in return. The only good thing about this treaty is that they have agreed to peace for a period of 10 years.

The signs of the outward signs of this are the signs of a defeat. Now, this is where Allah subhanaw taala tests.

While this was going on, while the treaty was being written up, a man called Abu Jandal.

Even Mr. Hale being our the son of Sohaib in our agenda, tada. Now Alexander had been he and his brother, Abdullah Abdullah bin Sohail also his elder brother of alpha, which had accepted Islam,

quietly without any anybody. He joined the army have the courage when they were going to bother. And in bother. He changed sides. And he fought on the side of the Muslims. He actually fought his father in but that's Abdullah. Now.

The younger brother also accepted Islam, but his father came to know soldiers that had been in prison. They had beaten him tortured him, but he did not leave Islam. So he had been in prison. Now he escaped from his prison. And he was told that Muhammad Hassan was camped one day is March from Makkah. So he was delighted he went to think to know that he didn't have to go all the way to Medina to meet the boss or you could meet him right here. So he came running to the BIA with the idea of accepting Islam or here or here or it accepted Islam, but with the idea of giving via to the boss or asylum and to meet him, and when he came there, what does he see? He sees his father sitting there,

and he's and he realized that this is the truth.

We just happen

to one look at our jungle. And he invoked the the the clause of the treaty which said that if anyone from kurush comes from our Salah Salem, he must be returned. And our agent and soil and our said, return this man to me give this back to me now. I'm trying to argue with him. He tried to explain to him that, you know, we have the treaty is we're still talking about it and the treaty has not yet been written. But our server said no, he said as far as we are concerned, we have agreed the writing of it is

incidental. It doesn't matter. The agreement is sacrosanct, and therefore this treaty is valid. Return Abu Jandal to me, because he this is part of the treaty. So I'm set up agenda, go back with your father, I will try to protest is the jaws of life I go back they will talk to me they will do you know they will they won't harm me and I misunderstand I'm saying Have faith in Allah subhanaw taala inshallah Allah will help you.

Of course, as we know from the history, this is actually what happened. But the point I'm making here is that here was a was almost a final seal to a situation which looked like defeat right here, or here are a bunch of people here or this group of people that have Salem, who are noble people who are strong people who are brave people, and they are being forced into a situation where they're having to accept a treaty, which is clearly oppressive, or Treaty, which is clearly one sided Treaty, which is clearly disrespectful of Islam, and disrespect for the officer seller. So obviously, we're extremely upset and extremely unhappy. Finally, the treaty was written, signed and

sealed soil with our went off on his way with our agenda.

No Salah Salem then gave the command and he called the sahaba. And he said, sacrifice your animals shave your heads. And then we will go back to Medina complete the rituals of our right here and then we will go back to Medina. And for the first time in the history of the Muslims until that time, for the first time, the Sahaba did not move. And this was very, very strange, because the salvo of people who jumped to obey the Prophet SAW Selim, even when he did not give a specific clear order, they anticipated the the desires of horses, and they jumped to fulfill those desires, even before he actually said that. But here on the other hand, not only did Salem express a desire, he actually

gave an instruction. But the Sahaba did not move on got very upset, because here was a situation where it was apparent. Apparently, his people were rebelling against Him. Now as we know, this was not actually the case, but this is what it looked like. So let me sort of Santa was very upset. He got up and entered his tent, he left them and he went off into his tent. In his tent was his wife, our mother who masala maravilla Ana, she looked at him and one look at his face. She knew that he was very upset. So she asked him he also love What is the matter what has happened. That was a lesson I'm told. I said, My Ummah is destroying itself. Your brothers sisters, I request you to

think about this. Why is he saying my own man's destroying himself? Because to deliberately disobeyed or Salah Salem is to destroy yourself, because to deliberately disobey the person is to deliberately disobey Allah subhanaw taala now what, what standing then do we have as the back of Allah subhanaw taala if you are going to directly disobey Allah, so here let me share a Salam said to them, said to her avellana he said, My alma is destroying

themselves. She asked him what happened and there is a reason to explain the situation. He said, I give them this instruction, and they have not moved they have not. They have not obeyed me. She said Yasser Allah, they are brave people. They are heartbroken with what has happened. They are extremely upset and very, very sad and desolate. jasola This time, don't order them any more. You go out there and you carry out your part of the rituals, you complete your rituals, and inshallah they will obey and this was the advice of his wife, or the other one. May Allah Subhana Allah have mercy and increase the GA of the wives of Rasul Allah, he's Salam, and the oddest people of his family, they

are bright, and we are not going to give the greatest of rewards to the Sahaba this one right here.

So she advised me she said, Please do this. And that took her advice. And this also shows another aspect of his carry of his characters of asylum, where he took advice from people, including his own family, even though he was the one receiving where he even though he was the messenger of Allah. He did not. He was not arrogant about that. He did not refuse to take advice from people. He took the advice of he took the advice of people when their advice was good to hamdulillah so he went outside he called Seven

Meet Alonzo he ordered him to slaughter the animals. And he ordered somebody to shave his blessed head and the Sahaba Rizwana had a madman all got up, and they did likewise. Now imagine the scene that this kind of thing happened. The the historians who write what the Sierra, they say that it was a strange sight where people were weeping and they were shaving each other's heads in the process, sometimes, maybe, you know, small wounds would be would take place in the scalp, so, tears mixed with blood, as the Sahaba carried out the instruction of our sorrows and asylum, they were so upset, but this thing, this thing was this thing happened. And Allah subhanaw taala

what what which was

agreed in the treaty actually was implemented.

This is where we

look at the issue of saying that

the what was this whole debate about and this is where Allah subhanaw taala then revealed the

when they're finished all this and they were now going back towards Medina. Last Ramadan, reveal the Ayat of Sodom, Fatah, which are strangers if you think about them, where he said in the FATA Hannah laka Fatah movie in Lyon FIRA laka la hamata Katana in them Amata Holloway ot manera Mata who Malaika da da Silva Musa Pema. Why Onsala kala Vanessa Aziz?

Well, the answer is again at the V colo Bill Momineen ideas that we man my man him while he la he you know this summer our Theva Lord makan Allah wa Lehmann Hakima. Allah subhanaw taala say said,

Verily We have given you over hammered a clear and manifest victory. Now think about this here is a situation where outwardly it looks like defeat. But Allah is saying we have given you a great victory. So what was his victory?

What was this victory that Allah is talking about?

I will come to that in a second. But let me let me translate the rest of the, Allah said that Allah subhanaw taala may forgive you your sins of the past in the future, and complete His favor on you, and guide you on the Serato Mr. Came the path of steadfastness and that Allah subhanaw taala may help you with Nasaan Aziza with great and very strong health. And then Allah has mentioned this habit and he said he geladeira, who Allah subhanaw taala is the one who sent down a Sakina calmness and tranquility into the hearts of the believers, that they may grow more in faith. Along with the present faith, ALLAH is talking about faith being increased. And to Allah you belong to the horse

and the armies of the heavens in the earth. And Allah subhanaw taala is all knower and all wise, very, very, on the face of it strange kind of Revelation, where Allah subhanaw taala is talking about victory when on the surface of it, it is defeat, what is his victory? My brothers sisters, my understanding of this man was right that I make this correct. And if I'm if I'm wrong, may Allah forgive me, my understanding of the situation is the victory was the victory of obedience to the Prophet sallallahu Sallam over their personal desire. So here was a situation where the Sahaba obeyed salah, even though they did not really want to obey their personal desire. And please notice

here we are not talking about personal desires, which in themselves are Hara. So here we're talking about the personal desire to make ombre, the personal desire to make off of the car, the personal desire to sacrifice an animal in the name of Allah subhanaw taala. All of which are great actions of a bad, great actions of worship. Yet, when the provinces are upset, we will not do them this year, we will go back to Makkah to Monterey to Marina, the Sahaba obeyed this was the victory and Allah subhanaw taala general who said that we have given you a great victory, which was the which was in anticipation for Makkah. This was a prophecy of the victory and conquest of NACA, but it was being

given as a reward of the victory of obedience over desire of the self. And that's the reason why I always say that was the idea was the final exam of the Sahaba and maca was the price of this of passing this exam. The Saba passed the final exam, and maca was the price that they got as a result of passing this exam, as if this is the beauty and then of course Allah subhanaw taala revealed the idea to prove that the dream that amateur wrestler had seen was a true dream, unless rather I said Laqad Sakala who Rasul Allah who wrote Yeah, we'll talk later the Holan letter

Houlden al Masjid Al haram insha Allah Who Armenian Russa calm mocha Syrian Allah the harpoon for Imam Al um die level for jihad, I mean Dooney that Iike 500 Kariba Allah subhanaw taala said Indeed Allah subhanaw taala will fulfill the true dream the true vision which he showed to His messengers are Ali Salam in the in with his companions, having their heads shaved or cut short the hair cut short in the very truth and usual enter much is on haram. If Allah will secure some having your heads shaved and some having your head the hair cut shot without any fear and he knew what you did not know and he granted besides that a near victory which was too far Tomica inshallah. So, this is

the, the the overall

events of Davia which came to pass and this is the test that held there was a test of a booty, a test obedience to the muscles, Allah salah, against and over and above your own desire, even when the desire is Herat. So, imagine what we need to do, when our desires that we the reasons why we why we disobey the progress ourselves, does not follow Jesus, we dissolve as ourselves sort of in terms of disobedience, which we should not be doing anyway. So imagine and think how much of change we need to bring about in our own lives, may Allah forgive us and may Allah give us off exchange. Inshallah, now, we will look at the lessons from whatever now that the even some of them are over.

Now Inshallah, let us look at what are the lessons from who they are