Mohammad Elshinawy – The Prophet Muhammad – Incredible Positivity

			Brothers and Sisters if you were to spend the day with the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wasallam How do
you think you would describe his personality? His demeanor, how he carried himself his outlook on
life.
		

			Perhaps the most obvious thing you will notice, front and center was how concerned he was with
people at every hour sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		

			Think of the night before the Battle of Bender, the Battle of bed that was a battle before it began
despite the Muslims being caught off guard unprepared, facing an army three times their size. And
the prophets Allah Allahu alayhi wa sallam in that context is told all of the leaders of Qureshi
will die tomorrow. It's going to be an unbelievable unexpected turn of events. Abu Jahan will fall
here and he pointed and he walks over and says that road trip Nairobi I will fall there, oh my god,
it will fall here. Despite that, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam spent the night begging
Allah pleading with Allah crying and stretching his hands so high to Allah azza wa jal sang
		

			Allahumma inner whom who fare to in Milan Oh Allah, the men that are with me are barefoot. So carry
them around to in fact to whom they can't even they don't even have enough clothing for their bodies
so guard to them.
		

			They are gr on felt I should better whom they are hungry. And so give them their fill.
		

			Allah who may entirely care the healer Sr, but later but fill around, Oh Allah, if you allow this
group of mine to be destroyed, you will not be worshipped on the earth any longer mean these are the
only believers left Oh Allah do not allow them to be destroyed. And then I will walk around the
Allah Who and sees the Prophet SAW Selim continue like this, to the point that he feels like he has
to intervene. And he says, Yeah, rasool Allah who will give you what you promised. Did the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wa sallam doubt that Allah who would give him he didn't doubt. But Allah did not
promise him that all of the Companions would go home safely, right? And so he still had concern in
		

			light of all of this for those Sahaba that he doesn't know their outcome. He's concerned for his
companions.
		

			You know, he wasn't just fixated on the safety of the innocence or the safety of the believers. He
was always protective of even those that were stubborn and were rejecting faith and we're
persecuting the Muslims. Allah says that in the Quran, hanawa Allah La la cabeza here on Neff.
Sokka. Allah Hakuna mumineen you're going to destroy yourself chasing after these people, oh,
Muhammad, just because they're not believers.
		

			And he said subhanho wa Taala Kadena Alamo, inner hula Huizhou que la vie of Kowloon. We know how
much it saddens you these things the rejecters of faith are saying we know it saddens you.
		

			And Abu Hala Radi Allahu Allah and it's reported about him that he used to say that the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was moto arsenal, ZAN. He was constantly grieving is sort of the basic
translation. But what does it mean constantly grieving? Like was he depressed? And sort of when you
see him, was he negative? That is the idea because he was not depressed. How could he be depressed?
Sal, Allahu Allahu alayhi wa sallam. This is a man who used to speak to Gibreel Alayhis Salam day in
and day out, did have conversations right? Allah would send him the archangel himself to walk his
path with him to be his friend and advisor.
		

			He sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was honored by Allah to be carried through the heavens and pass the
threshold of, of the created universe in a sense, or the universe as we know it, and pass it through
to the moonta which even Angel Jibreel alayhi salam was not able to permit it to pass. So it wasn't
grief like depression. It was concerned for everyone that was very obvious in his personality, Sal,
Allahu Allah. He said you couldn't miss it.
		

			So he was constantly concerned, constantly anxious, constantly protective of people. And Allah says
that about him in the Quran, Aziz en la Hema I need to a prophet that it's very difficult on him to
see you go through difficulty
		

			How do you soon alikoum keen on your well being protective of you? However, that's one side of his
personality. sallallahu alayhi wasallam there is another side of the personality that may even be
more obvious.
		

			And you got to think of how it all came together in him. sal Allahu Allahu alayhi wa sallam. That
second element is the fact that Jared for instance, Radi Allahu answers. Since I became Muslim 10
years straight, the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam never saw me except that he smiled to me.
		

			And Abdullah hadn't had if they don't the Allahu ansaid, no body used to smile more than the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he had this radiant, lovely, unforgettable smile, and someone saw it,
they remembered it for as long as they live.
		

			That he would
		

			comfort people with he would reassure people with
		

			and now the personality, if you will, I hope is becoming a little bit clearer. That of His
greatness. sallallahu alayhi wasallam is that no matter how he was feeling inside, which would show
it had to show how protective he was? That did not stop him salAllahu alayhi wasallam from being the
type of person that was kind that was reassuring, that was constantly instilling trust in people
instilling hope in people instilling confidence in people he would cheer people up, you know, that's
not easy to bring those two things together. When people are feeling the low. It is very hard for
them to be lifting other people up, right. But he had this amazing ability sallallahu alayhi wa
		

			sallam to reconcile those two great personality traits, that he was able to reach into his his
reserves. Reach into the bottom of the bucket, to bring people up to uplift people to empower them
to make them cheerful. He was exhausted and chasing after people's well being yet he still had it in
him to try to exhilarate others some Allahu Allahu alayhi wa sallam, you know, this is called like
emotional generosity. Yes, it doesn't cost a penny to be emotionally generous, but it can be very,
very, very challenging.
		

			Very few people can pull this off, you know, some people, they're, they're depressed, they're
depressed. One of the reasons is because they're just consumed with their problems. Like, I'm
concerned about my finances, or sort of my emotions in as an individual, my security, like, my,
whatever it may be. And so they're, they're not able to even think about the feelings of others, let
alone how to make them better.
		

			Other people like the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his grief was out of concern for others
to begin with. But that concern for others never broke him. Never paralyzed him sal Allahu alayhi wa
sallam the way it does for so many of us.
		

			You know, you can have the most loving family member in the world. There is such a worry warrior, as
they call them nowadays, that they fill the air with sorts of tension, like paranoia, anxiety,
because they just they worried so much about you that they actually imprint on you this sort of
		

			ill atmosphere, this negative energy, as we call it, nowadays. You see, even relief workers is
actually very common. People sort of go out of their way to take care of the underprivileged, the
underserved, the broken the downtrodden, and they have crises, they have these psychological
meltdowns, and they're not able to continue.
		

			You know, the Imams of communities.
		

			Not for anyone to think ill of the Imams, but we also have to differentiate between the Imams and
the prophets, Allah Allahu Allahu alayhi wa sallam. I know Imams who tried so hard to be
accommodating to their communities, and they had to seek clinical help for their mental health. And
so he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had both, and brought both in with such beauty. Like his emotions
manifest that as we said, it's better sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but it never overloaded him. And
that brings us to the third dimension of his personality. sallallahu alayhi wasallam which is that
he at the core of it all, he enjoyed such an inner peace sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam he
		

			had like endless serenity, tranquility, peace, and that is what only faith can give you. Right? He
had this certainty inside him sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, that was an infinite resource that no
matter what happened, no matter what happened, he could still move forward. You know these people
say like, move past your problems. You can't always move past your problems. Some things you just
can't move past them. They latch on right there long term challenge
		

			Just trials, he was able to move with the problems along with them. He didn't even put them down. He
didn't sort of lock them out of his purview. He saw them and was still able to operate within them.
And that's what gave him this legendary optimism. You know, what is the difference? They say between
like an optimist someone who thinks positively, and someone who thinks negatively a pessimist. They
say the optimist sees every obstacle as an opportunity, everything that you think is a dead end,
they see it as an opportunity.
		

			And the pessimist sees every opportunity as an obstacle to dead end. The Prophet alayhi salatu salam
was the most optimistic human being on the face of the earth. Despite the fact that he was the most
concerned about humanity than any human being ever. sal Allahu Allahu alayhi wa sallam.
		

			Like you read about,
		

			you know, when the Muslims are being taunted in Mecca. Let's give you a few examples.
		

			Abu Lahab 's wife, Amin, she used to walk the streets she was a well known poet, and she used to
sing or like chant, Madame mamoun Ebina were Dina who Carlina Amara who is Lena muda mum, she's
referring to the Prophet we have rejected
		

			and his religion we have hated. And his command we have defied she's taunting him sallallahu alayhi
wasallam but she was using the term modem modem and means the displaced one, the condensable one.
And so people are hearing this, and she's making a public display of it and the Prophet alayhi
salatu salam immediately for the Sahaba he reframes. He says to them, only look at how hola diverts
the insults of Quraysh from me. She is insulting muda meme that is praised one and I am Mohammed.
I'm the I'm the praised one. Mohammed means the praised one. She's trying to flip it on its head and
he's saying see Allah misguided her into using a name. That's not mine. That's not me. I don't know
		

			who she's talking about. Right? That reframe was what he was so good at sal Allahu Allahu alayhi wa
sallam, and this would energize the Sahaba around him. He used to say to those who have Allah I do I
start panicking. There's no such thing as like a contagious disease that just without Allah's other
no matter what, it's just going to infect you. He said, while I play it out, there's no
superstition, there's no such thing as a curse or a bad omen or otherwise. He said, Well, he
bullfighting Al Hasan, I love good omens. Wherever I see a sign an event. I'm reason to think
positively of Allah I'm gonna think positively of Allah. When it was deadlocked during today via
		

			negotiations and was such a difficult moment, they saw a man come forward to negotiate after several
others before him. His name was so alien to him. Instead of everyone saying Here goes another hard
headed person who's going to strong arm us. His name was Joe. Hey Lebanon, the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam took a good omen out of the name of the man. He said his name is Souhei he says I'd
say hola and Morocco, your your affair your mission has just become settled. Easy. Why? Because the
guy happens to be named Suhail.
		

			See the reframe. You see the beauty in the personality sallallahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam, you
know late into his life salata, Abdul Salam who Ali, it just didn't weekend. It wasn't sort of the
energy and the optimism of a young, youthful person. I didn't Hatem about the Allahu ion when he
became Muslim. I didn't know that there was a big personality in Arabia. I did the Hatem
		

			came and the Prophet alayhi salatu salam was trying to convince him to become Muslim. Every time he
speaks to him someone interrupts and says, yeah rasool Allah we heard about like some some people
road bandits intercepting a caravan robbing everybody. Yeah, Rasul Allah, things are really tough
where we're running out of like resources, poverty, and so he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam starts
feeling that idea of the Hatem is starting to develop a negative perception of the Muslim community.
These guys are pretty weak and like things aren't going their way and he thought it maybe would
detract from his willingness to become Muslim. And so he reframed it immediately.
		

			He said or ID in thought that we could hire if you live long enough. You're going to see a woman all
by herself travel from an era hundreds of miles away, all the way to an kava without an entourage
without security without fearing anyone but Allah and the wolf attacking her sheep. And oh ID if you
live long enough, you will see the Muslims inherit the treasures of Kisara Abner Hormuz, get certain
hormones is the grand emperor of the superpower of the world. Sassanid Persia right now in that
time, so I do
		

			actually has to stop him like Do you hear yourself? Kiss? Are you sure you mean kiss Dr. Nicodemus,
he said kiss Rob normos. And I'll tell you one more. If you live long enough,
		

			you will see a man walk out of his home with abundant wealth and not know who to give it to.
		

			Everyone will be satisfied.
		

			Id are the Allah who are undecided to become Muslim.
		

			How confident the Prophet SAW Selim was in things changing for the better as Allah promised him, how
tranquil serene at peace he was, with his certainty and Allah He decided to become Muslim and then
he said at the end of his life now and I have lived long enough to see two of those come to pass.
And if I live long enough, I'm awaiting the third Akoto holy house I was stuck for Allah Allah
Mineola.
		

			hamdu Lillahi wa Salatu was Salam ala Milena, we about the shadow Allah illallah, WA the hula
sharika lahu a shadow and Mohammed Abdullah, who whenever you also do so in that way, brothers and
sisters, regardless of how dark things got, he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was not able to just stay
anchored because of his faith, but was able to uplift those around him because of it. And so I asked
Allah to allow us to meet the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. But for now, I hope you've met
through this whole book, a little bit of a clearer image of his personality. He had this incredible
strength at the core of things. And that is why despite deep in his heart, having so much mercy,
		

			compassion, concern for people, he was also able to be cheerful and uplifting with everybody. You
know, I've been hearing people say with everything going on in the world, and we just can't
disconnect or if we do disconnect, we're going to feel guilty and there are many problems in the
world. He wasn't detached from them, right? He wasn't just like, ecstatic to a fault, right? In a
way that is not recognizing of reality. He wasn't detached. He recognized it all. You know, people
are saying how are we going to even like, enjoy Ramadan celebrate Ramadan, and this Ramadan is
exactly for this. I don't mean over eating and so it No, of course we're going to do Ramadan, a
		

			little different because of these events. Because Allah has blessed us with a wake up call. Because
Allah has granted us this very big obstacle to be a humongous opportunity for us. Ramadan is just
for that, refill your reservoir, so that you will have the capacity to remain concerned for the well
being of everyone and to even exude that in a way that uplifts others to take part in it with you.
May Allah azza wa jal teach us that which will benefit us and benefit us with that which, with that
which He has taught us, may Allah azza wa jal forgive our sins and cure our sick and have mercy on
our disease. And in particular, our brother the founding member, our brother Ibrahim, the founding
		

			member of Malibu, there bring Janessa on now Allahumma Amin if we cannot be with him today than at
least our door, I will reach him certainly, may Allah have mercy on him and accept all that he has
done and have granted family patience and allow us all a positive stamp on this world before we
leave it. Allahumma Amin