Mirza Yawar Baig – Lessons From The Anbiya #77 I Love The Messenger

Mirza Yawar Baig
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The speakers discuss the burial of the Prophet Muhammad and the upcoming burial of his son. They stress the importance of staying away from customs and practices to build bridges and relationships in leadership, human relations, and building goodwill in leadership. The speakers also touch on the history of Islam and the burial of Sayyidina's family, as well as the importance of washing one's clothing and studying to help others. The segment also touches on the burial of Sayyidina's family and her study in helping others.
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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most

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Merciful.

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All praise is due to Allah, Lord of

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the worlds.

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And peace and blessings be upon the most

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honored of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad, the

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Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon

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him and upon his family, his companions and

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his companions.

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My brothers and sisters, we have completed the

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series of classes on the Seerah of the

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Messenger of Allah.

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We ask Allah to give us the benefit

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of, first of all, teaching and learning, and

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then of emulating the life of the Prophet,

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bringing the blessings of his life, his actions,

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his motivations, his manners into our lives, and

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thereby beautifying our lives and making them, inshallah,

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pleasing to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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This final episode is about what happened after

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Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam passed away, the

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few days after when the selection of Abu

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Bakr as-Siddiq as took place.

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Some Ansar, now Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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just passed away, there was this talk about

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where is he going to be buried, is

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his husl going to be done, and as

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we normally do in husl, do we take

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the clothes off and then bathe the body

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and then wrap the body in a kafr,

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or what is to be done, and so

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forth.

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So, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq then mentioned and

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he said that, Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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had told him one that the Anbiya are

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buried wherever they died, so his burial would

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happen in the house of Aisha as-Siddiq

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and not in Al-Baqiyah, which is the

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Qabristan, the Maghbara, the graveyard of Medina.

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As for husl, he was not disrobed, he

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was bathed, his blessed body was bathed with

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his clothes on, and he was buried in

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the same clothes.

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So before that the arrangements for the burial,

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the digging of the grave and so on

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was going on, and so on, the

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close family of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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they were engaged in that.

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Some Ansar gathered around Sa'ad bin Ubadah

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in the courtyard of Banu Sa'idah.

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Sa'ad bin Ubadah was also ill at

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the time.

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As I mentioned earlier, Ali bin Abi Talib,

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Zubair bin Awam and Tarha bin Ubaidullah, all

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of them gathered in the house of Fatima,

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and the Muhajirun were together with Usaid bin

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Hudair and Banu Abdul Ash'al, they gathered

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around Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.

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A man came to Abu Bakr and Umar

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and informed them that the Ansar were gathering

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around Sa'ad bin Ubadah.

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The man advised them to go out immediately

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and organize the leadership of the Muslims.

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He said it is unbecoming and inappropriate of

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the Muslims that Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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has not even been buried, and that divisions

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should start to appear among them.

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As Abu Bakr and Umar were going towards

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the meeting of the Ansar, they met two

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men from the Ansar who said that the

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Ansar were entertaining separatist ideas and advised Abu

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Bakr to sort out the matters of the

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Muhajirun first before going to the Ansar.

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But Umar advised him to continue onwards and

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see what the Ansar were doing and that

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is what Abu Bakr did.

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They came to the courtyard of Banu Sa

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'idah and they found the people gathered around

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a man who was wrapped in a blanket.

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Umar asked who the man was and they

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said it is Sa'ad bin Ubadah who

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was suffering from a serious sickness.

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Sayyidina Umar and Sayyidina Abu Bakr were joined

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by several of the Muhajirun and they took

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their seats.

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A speaker stood up and after praising and

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thanking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he said

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we are Al-Ansar, we are the helpers

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of Allah and we are the army of

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Islam.

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You the Muhajirun are only a brigade in

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the army.

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Nonetheless a group of you have gone to

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the extreme of denying us our natural leadership

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and of denying us our rights.

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See how shaitan works and Rasulullah s.a

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.w. has not even been buried and already

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shaitan is working hard to create divisions among

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those who are closest to Rasulullah s.a

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.w. Now this is an old complaint which

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some people used to make that the Muhajirun

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have taken leadership and Rasulullah s.a.w.

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mentioned very clearly he said leadership will be

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with the Muhajirun, will be with the Khuraish

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because this is the connection of Rasulullah s

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.a.w. Now so it was an old

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complaint and it didn't get aired too much

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as long as Nabi s.a.w. was

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alive.

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However, now it was raising its ugly head

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and threatened to divide the Ummah.

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Sayyidina Umar s.a.w. who was on

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the point of getting up to reply and

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was visibly angry at this unjust accusation but

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Sayyidina Abu Bakr s.a.w. restrained him

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and he told him to sit down.

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Then he turned to the Ansar and he

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said, oh people we are the Muhajiri, the

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Muhajirun were the first men to convert to

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Islam.

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Now this is the truth because Islam started

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in Makkah.

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We enjoy the noblest lineage and descendants.

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We are the most reputable and the best

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esteemed as the closest blood relatives to Rasulullah

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s.a.w. He said the Quran itself

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has given us preference when he recited the

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ayat The Muhajirun are mentioned first and then

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the Ansar.

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Allah s.w.t mentioned in Surah Tawbah

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and the first to embrace Islam of the

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Muhajirun and the Ansar.

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So Allah s.w.t mentioned the Muhajirun

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first and then He mentioned the Ansar.

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And this was what history, historically this is

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what happened.

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And also those who followed them exactly in

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faith.

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Allah is well pleased with them and they

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are well pleased with Him Jalla Jalaluhu.

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He has prepared for them gardens under which

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rivers flow which is Jannah to dwell therein

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forever.

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That is supreme success.

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Now on a side note I want to

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say here with respect to this ayat.

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That this ayat also is the sign of

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the great Rahmah, the great mercy and the

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great kindness of Allah s.w.t Jalla

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Jalaluhu.

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Because in this ayat Allah s.w.t

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could have restricted the R.A. and the

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Jannah and so on to the Muhajirun and

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the Ansar.

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For example this ayat could have said That

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the first to embrace Islam, those who raced

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and won the race and they were the

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first to embrace Islam among the Muhajirun and

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the Ansar.

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Allah is pleased with them, they are pleased

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with Allah.

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But Allah in His infinite mercy opened a

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door for all those Muslims until the end

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of time who want to join the Jama

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'ah, who want to join the group of

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the Sahaba.

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The first to embrace Islam who Allah praised

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among the Muhajirun and the Ansar.

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Because Allah s.w.t said And those

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and also those who followed them in excellence

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in Fith.

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So we ask Allah s.w.t to

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grant us the Tawfiq and the ability to

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live our lives like the Sahaba.

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This is the reason why it is so

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important to stay away from Bidat, to stay

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away from all kinds of customs and practices

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that creep into Islam which the Sahaba never

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did.

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Stick to what Rasulullah s.a.w. did

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and what his Sahaba did.

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And Inshallah you and I will be with

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them when we are resurrected.

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So this ayat Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq

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recited.

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And then he said we were the first

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to emigrate for the sake of Allah.

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And you are literally Al-Ansar that is

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helpers.

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He said Alhamdulillah we acknowledge you.

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But we are the ones, we first accepted

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Islam then we gave up everything and we

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migrated for the sake of Islam.

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He said however you are our brothers in

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religion, our partners in the fortunes of war

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and our helpers against the enemy.

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All the good you have claimed is truly

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yours for you are the most worthy people

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of all mankind.

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But the Arabs do not and will not

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recognize sovereignty unless it belongs to Quraish.

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So the leaders will be from us and

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you will furnish the Wazirs and you will

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furnish the Prime Ministers, you will furnish the

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Advisors.

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Now this is, see the whole, this whole

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speech and this was the talent of Sayyidina

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Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.

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He is taking people along.

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This is the most beautiful and the most

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important element in any leadership issue.

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Which is not just to bash on regardless

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and to be sort of passionate speeches and

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to stand out.

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It is how many people are willing to

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follow you.

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Because a leader by definition is somebody who

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people follow.

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It is not somebody who nobody follows.

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If nobody follows you, you cannot be a

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leader.

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And that is why to have a sweet

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tongue, to have kindness, to be compassionate, to

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go out of your way to help people,

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to build bridges, to build relationships.

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All of this is absolutely critical to great

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leadership.

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My first boss, James Nicholas Adams, Nick Adams

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who eventually accepted Islam, Alhamdulillah.

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He used to say that human relations is

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like a bank account.

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You put into it money when you don't

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need it.

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So that it is there when you need

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it.

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And he said in human relations, this is

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good deeds, this is good behavior, this is

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helping people, this is building goodwill.

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You do things for people when they need

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it.

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When you don't need their help, you help

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them when you don't need their help.

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So that when you need their help, they

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will be there to help you.

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And this is what Sayyidina Abu Bakr Siddiq

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A.S. was doing.

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He is not saying that we are the

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leaders and you can go to *.

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No.

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He is saying, yes, we acknowledge you.

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We acknowledge you.

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You are our helpers.

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We are grateful to you.

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And we acknowledge your very special status as

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the Ansar, as the helpers of Rasulullah S

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.A.W. But at the same time, he

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is now asserting himself, asserting the position of

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the Muhajirun.

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And he is saying we were the first

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people to whom Islam was presented.

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We were the first people who accepted Islam.

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We were the first people who gave up

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everything for the sake of Islam.

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And we left Makkah and we came to

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Madinah.

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This is fact and the Ansar knew this.

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So then one of the Ansar, he says,

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you can have your Ameer as long as

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we also have our own Ameer.

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Now this was like two people.

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So Abu Bakr Siddiq A.S. repeated his

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decision.

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Then he took the hand of...

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So he said, no, Ameer has to be

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one.

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You cannot have two heads.

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Then he took the hand of Omar ibn

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al-Khattab and Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah

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A.S. Who were sitting there, he lifted

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their hands, raised them up.

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And he said, either of these men is

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acceptable to us as the Ameer of the

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Muslims.

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So choose whoever of them you want.

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So at that time, all the people, they

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started to speak at the same time.

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And the meeting was on the point of

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disintegrating, a lot of argument and so on.

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When Omar ibn al-Khattab in his usual

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loud, clear voice, he said, Who among us

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is willing to be the Imam and have

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Abu Bakr as the Nawab to pray behind

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him?

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They all fell silent.

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And they said, Ya Abu Bilal, may Allah

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protect us, this is not correct.

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So then Sayyidina Omar said, Ya Abu Bakr,

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O Abu Bakr, stretch.

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Give me your hand so I can give

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you my Imam.

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Then he said, did Rasulullah s.a.w.

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himself not command you to lead the Muslims

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in Salah?

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He said, therefore, you are his successor.

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We elect you to this position.

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In electing you, we are electing the best

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of those whom Rasulullah s.a.w. loved

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and trusted.

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Now Sayyidina Omar's words, they really touched the

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hearts of the Muslims as they truly expressed

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the will of Rasulullah s.a.w. up

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to and including the last day of his

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life.

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On that day, they witnessed his insistence.

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They were all there.

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They had witnessed his insistence that Abu Bakr

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r.a. lead the prayers even in his

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own presence.

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Thus the difference between Al-Muhajirun and Al

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-Ansar was dissolved.

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And the members of both the clans, both

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the camps came forward and gave their Bayah

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to Abu Bakr s.a.w. On the

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following day, Abu Bakr s.a.w. ascended

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the minbar in the Masjid and Omar ibn

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Khattab s.a.w. stood up and rose

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and he said after praising and thanking Allah

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s.w.t. He said yesterday I presented

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to you a novel idea.

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I drew it neither from the book of

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Allah nor from any memory that I have

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of Rasulullah s.a.w. It just occurred

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to me that Rasulullah s.a.w. would

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continue to lead us in this world forever

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and that he would survive us all.

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But now I know better.

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Allah has left us his book and the

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Sunnah of his messenger s.a.w. If

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we hold wisely to it, Allah will surely

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guide us with the same felicity and the

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same ease that he guided his messenger s

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.a.w. with.

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Allah has consolidated you together under the leadership

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of the best man among you, of the

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companions of Rasulullah s.a.w. who was

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blessed with the company of Rasulullah s.a

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.w. in the cave when the Meccans were

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following in close pursuit.

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Rise and give him your Bayah.

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All the men rose and gave Bayah to

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Abu Bakr s.a.w. This was the

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public Bayah following the private one in the

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court of Banu Sahada.

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So it shows how Abu Bakr s.a

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.w. was publicly elected and he was given

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the Bayah by all the people and this

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happened willingly because they recognized his superiority among

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all of them as the closest companion of

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Rasulullah s.a.w. The one who was

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closest to him, the one he loved the

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most, the one who was in the cave

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with him, the one for whom Allah revealed

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Ayat of the Quran and so on and

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so forth.

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On a side note also, the last Khutbah

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that Rasulullah s.a.w. gave in the

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Masjid on the Thursday, Rasulullah s.a.w.

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said that I have fulfilled whatever I owed

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to anyone I have completed.

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I have given it.

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I do not owe anything to anyone except

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Abu Bakr.

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And what I owe to Abu Bakr, Allah

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s.w.t will pay that on my

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behalf to Abu Bakr s.a.w. So

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the superiority of Abu Bakr s.a.w.

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among the Sahaba of Rasulullah s.a.w.

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is established in multiple ways.

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May Allah guide those who dispute this and

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may Allah protect us from those who abuse

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him and to criticize him because this is

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something that Rasulullah s.a.w. would never

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have accepted and it would have caused him

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great pain that the one he loved the

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most, that his Ummah, there are people in

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the Ummah who criticize him and who abuse

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him.

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Inna illahi wa inna ilayhi aliyu.

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Then after this, Sayyidina Abu Bakr after the

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Bayah was over, Sayyidina Abu Bakr s.a

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.w. he rose and he delivered a speech

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which can be truly regarded as the most

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illustrious embodiments of wisdom and sound judgment.

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After praising and thanking Allah s.w.t,

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he said, O people, here I have been

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assigned the job of being a ruler over

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you while I am not the best among

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you.

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So if I do well in my job,

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help me.

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If I do wrong, correct me, redress me.

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Truthfulness is fidelity, is faithfulness and lying is

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treason.

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The weak shall be strong in my eyes

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until I restore to them their lost rights.

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And the strong shall be weak in my

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eyes until I have restored the rights of

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the weak from them.

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No people give up fighting for the cause

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of Allah s.w.t. But Allah s

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.w.t. inflicts upon them abject submission.

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And no people give themselves up to lewdness,

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to shamelessness.

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But Allah s.w.t. envelops them in

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misery.

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Obey me as long as I obey Allah

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and His Messenger s.a.w. But if

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I disobey Allah s.w.t.'s command or

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His Messenger's command, then no obedience is incumbent

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upon you.

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Rise to your prayer that Allah may bless

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you and then He let them all in

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Salah.

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Again, see this beautiful speech.

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What wonderful words of wisdom.

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He is making two things very very clear.

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Number one, that it is the law of

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Allah s.w.t. which will apply.

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So he says, I am your ruler as

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long as I obey Allah.

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If I disobey Allah, then it is your

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job to change me.

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So today when people say, do not criticize

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rulers, you must think.

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Here is the one who is saying, if

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I do wrong, correct me.

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If I disobey Allah, then correct me, remove

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me, redress me.

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The second thing he is talking about is

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the rights of people.

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He is saying the weak, it is my

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job to ensure that the weak will get

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their rights from the strong.

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And it is my job to ensure that

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the strong will not usurp the rights of

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the weak.

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So the strong will be weak, meaning I

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will fight them until they give back what

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they have taken from the weak.

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Now think about this, he is not saying

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strong Muslim, weak Muslim.

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He is talking to Muslims, but when he

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is saying strong and weak and so on,

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all of these apply across the board to

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all people because this is the law of

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Islam.

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Islam does not differentiate in terms of good

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and evil between the Muslim and the non

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-Muslim.

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The action is what is judged in Islam.

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If the action is good, it is good

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for everyone.

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If the action is evil, then it is

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evil for everyone.

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Then we come to the funeral of Rasulullah

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Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

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There was some disagreement, as I mentioned earlier

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also, I sort of preempted myself.

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There was some disagreement on where he was

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to be buried.

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Some people were of the opinion that he

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should be buried in Makkah.

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They said take him there because that is

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where he was born.

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Others wanted him to be buried in Makkah,

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which is the Kunastan of Madinah.

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So that he would be close to his

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Sahaba.

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Others said that he should be buried in

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Jerusalem, as other Prophets have been buried in

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the Holy Land.

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Others thought that he should be buried in

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Masjid-e-Nawawi, either under his mimbar or

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next to it.

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However, this was, we told, as Aisha Siddiqa

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R.A. related, that whenever he was in

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pain, he would curse those who turned the

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graves of their Prophets to places of worship.

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So she said not in the Masjid-e

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-Nawawi, not near the mimbar, not anywhere there,

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because it would become a grave, a place

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of worship.

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Sayyidina Abu Bakr R.A. finally saw this

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and he related that he had heard Rasulullah

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S.A.W. saying that the Prophets died

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in the place that they were to be

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buried in.

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So they should be buried where they died

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and this is what was decided.

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So Rasulullah S.A.W. should be buried

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where he died and this is the decision.

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Rasulullah S.A.W. was, his body was

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washed by Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Al-Abbas

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Ibn Abdul Muttalib, Abdullah Ibn Abbas, Fadhal Ibn

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Abbas, Al-Muqaddim Ibn Abbas, and Hisham Ibn

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Zaid and Salih who was the servant of

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Rasulullah S.A.W. They were debating whether

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to wash his body with or without the

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clothes and then they heard a voice from

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the heavens saying, wash him with his garments.

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So they washed him over his garments.

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Ali Ibn Ali was holding Rasulullah S.A

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.W. to his chest like that while they

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poured the water.

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Then they wrapped him in the Kafan which

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is three pieces of cloth with his clothing

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on him.

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Then people would make, they would come in

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groups because the place was small.

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The room was, Sayyidina Aisha S.A.W.'s

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room was small so they would come in

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groups and group by group they would pray

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Salatul Janaza on him.

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All the wives of Rasulullah S.A.W.

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were with his body in the room.

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Sayyidina Aisha S.A.W. said we were

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all there and we were crying but just

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to have his body there was a comfort.

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Then late in the night on Wednesday we

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heard the pickaxes as they dug the grave

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of Rasulullah S.A.W. and we screamed.

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This they heard in the Masjid and they

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started to weep and the whole of Medina

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wept.

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In the morning Sayyidina Bilal R.A. stood

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to call the Adhan but when he came

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to Ashadu anna Muhammad Rasulullah he started weeping

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uncontrollably and he could not complete the Adhan.

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Imagine this is such an emotional time it

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must have been Subhanallah.

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They dug the grave in the room of

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Aisha S.A.W. where he died as

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we said this was the Sunnah of the

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Anbiya A.S. Sayyidina Aisha S.A.W.

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said I had a dream that three moons

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fell into my lap.

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Abu Bakr S.A.W. said if this

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is true then you will have three of

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the best men buried in your house.

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And so when Rasulullah S.A.W. died

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he said to her when Abu Bakr S

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.A.W. said to her this is the

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best of your moons.

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And as we know Sayyidina Abu Bakr S

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.A.W. himself and Sayyidina Umar Ibn Khattab

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R.A. were buried with Rasulullah S.A

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.W. on either side.

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When they buried Rasulullah S.A.W. Fatima

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R.A. asked Anas bin Malik Ya Anas

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how did your heart permit you to throw

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soil on Rasulullah S.A.W. It was

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very difficult for the Muslims to accept the

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death of Rasulullah S.A.W. Anas bin

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Malik said I witnessed two days in my

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life.

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One was the best day and one was

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the worst day.

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The best day was the day that Rasulullah

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S.A.W. came into Medina and the

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worst day is the day he passed away.

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When he came to Medina, Medina became Al

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Munawwara.

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It became the illuminate.

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One day I mentioned this story before but

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let me say it again.

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One day Abu Bakr S.A.W. and

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Sayyidina Umar Ibn Khattab R.A. went to

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visit Umm Ayman R.A. and she started

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to weep.

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They asked her why she was crying and

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she said because the Wahi has stopped.

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Rasulullah S.A.W. left behind his mule,

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his armour and weapons and some land as

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Sadaqah for travellers.

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He also said we the community of the

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Prophets are not inherited.

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He said we don't leave behind wealth.

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Whatever we leave behind is for charity.

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So whatever is left behind is to be

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given in charity.

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In another place he said the inheritance of

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the Prophets is knowledge.

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So whoever studies and gains knowledge has inherited

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from the Prophet.

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Rasulullah S.A.W. died at the age

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of 63 on the 12th of Rabiul Amr.

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Abu Bakr S.A.W. died at the

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age of 63 two years later.

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Sayyidina Umar S.A.W. also died at

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the age of 63 following the Sunnah of

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Rasulullah S.A.W. In death as they

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did in life.

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We ask Rasulullah S.A.W. to grant

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us the company of these beautiful people, our

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leaders, the best and best of them, the

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leader of all of humanity, Muhammad Mustafa S

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.A.W. I

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ask you to make Dua.

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May Allah S.W.T. accept this whole

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series of classes and should reward us for

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this and make us among those who follow

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what we have been teaching and learning and

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we ask Allah to fill our lives with

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the Barakah of that.

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I ask Allah S.W.T., I ask

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you for special Dua for me and my

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family.

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