Mohammad Elshinawy – When Kings Fear Boys

			The purest of all stories and the most powerful are those that are related to us the stories and the
historical accounts that are related to us by our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam they are not
like other stories, which we hear at every turn, that are worthless, perhaps or dangerous, that can
distort our sense of reality at times, many times, or can distort our sense of morality, our values,
our principles.
		

			Rather what the prophets Allah Allahu Allah, He will say Sallam shared with us in the Quran, and
shared with us of the Sunnah that was revealed to him. This is what distances us even sometimes
subconsciously from every harm in our life, and interests us and turns our attention to every
benefit, sometimes subconsciously, once again. In fact, these stories did that. Even for the
prophets of God. Allah azza wa jal says, we're cool and also la Kameen. Illusory man without b2b For
ADEQ. And all of these stories that we convey, we reveal to you oh Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, of the stories of the previous messengers the previous nations, are the stories by which we
		

			set your full AD firm. And the word for ad very interestingly, refers to the heart. But throughout
the Quran, the word for ad is also used to refer to the intellect. So to set your intellect, right,
proper perspective and to to set your heart right.
		

			A huge component in that is where you get your stories from.
		

			The stories of our Prophet salAllahu alayhi wasallam with he shared our sacred stories,
		

			that we must always rehearse with ourselves and our loved ones, and our community members and our
children. Of course,
		

			I was recollecting this morning, is the story of another child that was feared by a king,
considering we were reflecting in the previous days, the earliest days of Muharram, of young Musa
alayhis salam, and for our own being haunted by a youngster coming up to be his demise.
		

			The prophets Allah Allahu alayhi wa sallam said in an authentic hadith in Sahih Muslim, let me
attack Cal landfill Maddie left Aletheia that none spoke up in the cradle, except for three
individuals. And it is possible that later on Allah revealed to him later accounts other accounts,
but at that time, he was telling them of these remarkable incidents. I wish to walk through just one
of them today.
		

			You know, an infant speaking in the cradle, which is actually the culmination the end of the story
		

			being found in the Sunnah at times, people whose perspective is compromised is corrupted by radical
doubt, radical skepticism may cause them some unease like babies don't speak in the cradle.
		

			And this starts us off with a very important fundamental lesson. That if you will, try to measure
divine sacred knowledge of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam with your intellect, not
realizing the limitations and sometimes the corruption of your intellect, you will not just have a
problem with the Hadith, you will have a problem with the Quran. This is a very important rule. Many
times people read a hadith because their Hadith are so much wider than the Quran. And there are some
times they're not as established with the Quran. The Quran is generation upon generation
authentically brought to us the Hadith sometimes it's an individual or to though reliable, that
		

			delivers it to us.
		

			But realize that if it's just based on your taste, I don't think that's possible. If you treat the
Hadith this way, you will find your you have the same issue with the Quran itself. Because the baby
speaking in the cradle,
		

			actually isn't sort of mme, isn't it? That Jesus peace be upon him and he Salah he said I'm spoken
the credo.
		

			And so it has been authentically established that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, None
have spoken in the cradle but three, and one of them he says there used to be in the previous
nations, a king that had a sorcerer.
		

			And the sorcerer was growing old. And so he said fine for me and apprentice, someone that I can
mentor and under under my tutelage, I will tutor them to be my heir, my successor to serve you.
		

			And this by the way is of the signs of an evil king and
		

			evil ruler, that he has a sorcerer. And that is a very beautiful lesson as well, you see that the
Stories of the Prophets, Allah Allahu Allah is are not just beautiful because they're accurate and
true historically. It's also because every last detail is beneficial. And all the unimportant
details that we read in history or watching movies or otherwise are removed, they're filtered. We're
not necessarily told the names, the settings, the geographical locations, the date, irrelevant.
		

			But the fact that he said there was a king and the king had a sorcerer, this is very relevant.
Because kings and rulers when they are corrupt, and they want control of the masses, they distract
them with things like poverty, like fear, the dark art of magic black magic, is how you distract the
masses and keep them in check. And likewise, the sorcery takes many forms of the evidence of our age
is the prevalence of entertainment and music in particular, which is of the intoxicants and of the
sorcery of our time in place. So keep that in mind. It's how people are kept distracted, and their
fitrah. Their pure natures are kept buried, because people love truth. And people love justice. And
		

			people love freedom. And so if they're distracted by their fears, or distracted by entertainment,
they can let those who don't care about truth and don't care about justice, and don't care about
freedom, manipulate and do as they please. So this king had that apparatus, a sorcerer in place, a
Ministry of Magic. And he,
		

			his employee said, grab me a young man, someone I can train,
		

			hoping for the reward of the king, of course. And so they found this young, poor man, a young lad, a
young boy, and this young boy would go and learn the skill of this black magic from the King.
		

			And then Allah put on his way, one of them will hit in one of those who worship Allah alone, without
any partners often hiding.
		

			And so he would visit both. And it is an extensive account of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam guided us to and blessed us with, but realize that Allah put on his path someone to help him
compare right from wrong for him to make his own decision to consult his own conscience.
		

			And so, one day, he said to himself, I have to end this inner conflict.
		

			And the people on the road were stuck, a huge beast came out whether it was a lion, or a tiger or a
bear, whatever it may have been a huge wild animal came out, and the people were all horrified. And
the young boy said, Today, I will know whether Allah loves this path, the power of the sorcerer, or
this path, the power of servitude, the power of submission, the power of devotion to Allah, which
one he loves more.
		

			And he said, Oh Allah, if you will love the monks way more than the sorcerer's way, kill this
animal. And he pelted him with a rock and the animal actually was hitting a fatal place and he died.
And so he realized that this was the right path, and he chose that path for himself.
		

			And the monk told him, and this was so beautiful also, today, you have become more righteous than me
superior than me. You've become superior to me know that you will be tested. And when you are
tested, do not tell them about me. He was not afraid to die, as we will see later on in the
incident, but he did not want the religion to die.
		

			And he was one of the few remaining teachers left that he knew about, if not the only one, to teach
the religion of Allah subhanho wa taala.
		

			And so the young man went on, having been blessed to encounter this monk and people began to say,
You're a righteous person make dua for us, when you made dua, that Allah kill the beast, he killed
the beast, make dua for Allah to cure us on this disease and that disease, and each time he will
tell them, I don't cure Allah cures, believe in him, I will pray for you, you will be cured. until
ultimately word spread and some of those who work for the king requested his services, can you help
me get my vision back?
		

			And so he said to him, I will make prayer for you in the name of Allah subhanho wa Taala in the name
of my Lord.
		

			And so news of this reached the king and he was appalled. Because the greatest liberator of humanity
is for them to worship the one true God, be answerable to the one and only Subhana who was to Allah.
And so he grabbed the young man and he tried to persecute him for his religion, and he tortured him
time and time again until he spilled the news of the
		

			monk that taught him that monk was brought in, he was killed. And then the young boy refused to
recant to step away from the religion from Islam. And so he tried to kill him time and time again.
And each time he would say Allahu mfine him be my shit. Oh, Allah saved me from these oppressive
people, however you wish, be enough for me, Oh Allah, however you wish, he would delegate his
affairs to Allah. And time and time again, the tables would get turned, and with a miraculous event,
Allah who would save him, and he would come walking back into the court of the king.
		

			Until he finally said
		

			to the king, stop trying, if you want to kill me, follow my instructions, gather all of the people
		

			to a wide place, and tie me to this tree and shoot an arrow at me in the name of my God, not in your
name, but in the name of the God I believe in Allah subhanho wa taala.
		

			And so he gathered all of the people of that nation, and he tied him there and he said, Bismillah in
the name of Allah or Buddha, coulomb, Rob bill, William, the Lord of the boy.
		

			And he shoots the arrow and the arrow lands. And he plates his hand on it and his face, his head
falls, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, This man driven by his hatred of that religion,
the pure religion, Islam, did not realize that he was feeding into the plant of the boy. And the
very reason why he wanted to kill him, which is to put an end to his religion, is exactly what
happened by killing him. All of the people saw that the king failed at killing this boy, except in
the name of the Lord of the boy.
		

			And so all of them became Muslim.
		

			And so the king relentless decided to execute them all. It was a massive genocide, he built this
huge bonfire, and one after another, they were told leave their religion.
		

			And when they would refuse to leave their religion, they will be thrown alive into the fire until
one woman stepped up.
		

			And she hesitated because she was carrying her infant in her arms.
		

			So her motherly concern naturally expectedly caused her to stutter. And so Allah kept her firm by
inspiring her child in her arm, a suckling infant to say, oh my lord, oh, my mother stepped forward,
you are on the truth. And so Allah bolstered her with that miracle and they entered as well. And
these were the people of the trench that Allah azza wa jal mentioned in the Quran. pootie Laos, Habu
Doot doot are the people that built those trenches and filled them with fire and natty that to
afford when they killed when they kindled that fire. It whom Allah corrode as they were sitting all
around it, while whom Allah may have Aluna will put me in a shoe hood, and they saw and they were
		

			watching heartlessly, they were watching themselves, as all of these people were being thrown inside
women, a common woman whom Ill and Umino biller Hill, Aziz al Hamid, and they held nothing against
these believers, except the fact that they believed in Allah, the mighty, all of this persecution
that happened was not outside of Allah's control, but filled and infused inside and out with Allah's
might and His wisdom, and as he is it Hamid praiseworthy and all that he does Subhanahu wa Taala
		

			accord the holy house that was start from the Altima Lee welcome.
		

			Al hamdu Lillahi wa salatu salam ala manana V Avada, Chateau La ilaha illallah wa Tada hola Shetty.
Kala were shadow and Mohammed and Abdullah, who whenever you who are pseudo.
		

			If you were to sit alone and take in this account, it would not be difficult for you believe me. And
that is more important than the lessons that I highlight in this book, it would not be difficult for
you to extract 20 3040 lessons for your life from it.
		

			But considering I've concluded the story, was this a success story or not?
		

			I'm talking about a boy
		

			who stood in front of a king. But then the King killed him.
		

			Who said that was not a success story.
		

			That is part of the byproduct of faulty storytelling.
		

			Who is to say that happy endings are only
		

			The here in this world that is the Disney narrative that is not the Quran and Sunnah narrative.
		

			You know when the companions of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam were betrayed at bitter
Morona a tribe had said we are Muslim send us some experts to teach us Quran. And so the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sent some of his best reciters the greatest experts on Quran midway.
		

			They betrayed them at the IRA well known as a mountain Hoonah. They came from behind them and plunge
Spears behind them. Haram Mohan Radi Allahu Anhu when he realized what happened after of course, the
shock, Allah had him guided him to say after he took some of the blood that I just burst it out. He
put it on his face and he said foods to herbal kava, I have succeeded by the Lord of the GABA, I
have succeeded.
		

			Don't you read another story the story of use of Alayhis Salam in the Quran. Even after the reunion
use of La salaam still said Oh Allah, you've been so good to me, allow me to die on Muslim. He
understood that the ending is not an ending until you are with Allah subhanho wa taala. Because
every sad event, every sad ending in this world will end. The ending has come to an end. And so
every happy ending in this world will also expire. Your worst day in this world will not last for a
few days. And your best day in this world that feeling that emotion will not last more than a few
days. Whereas the true ending and what truly matters is with What is Allah subhanahu wa taala holds
		

			in store for you. May Allah grant us a new the best reunion around our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam in the best of abodes where the happiness never diminishes, and the security never expires
Allahumma Amin
		

			and also look at the story of this boy, isn't it every Muslim story in all times and places you know
people want an easy religion? Do you really want an easy religion? We've covered in so many What was
that the grind without religion? The you know the devastation without the religion is so much
greater. But let us assume that there is some difficulty there is some challenge in committing to
Allah subhanho wa Taala compared to the happy ending that awaits the believers, is that really a
sacrifice? That is why it is so true what Allah said to us that it is a teacher, it's a transaction,
a very generous transaction. We call it sacrifice at times, but it's not sacrifice, you're not
		

			really giving up anything. And then you are told through the stories. The wise people who understood
this name for me, one of the prophets that had a Muslim majority population. They were not a
persecuted minority. They are very few
		

			they would add a Salam should a man Allah He said they were empowered. That's it. The end of the end
of Eunice la salaams life who else the last moments of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is
life who else?
		

			It was always like that. The Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when he received the
message what I said to him, nobody ever came with that message. Illa Rudy except that he was turned
into an enemy, he was opposed.
		

			And realize also from this story, that it was not just Musa alayhis salam was feared by the king
Pharaoh.
		

			Any boy any lad any individual, young or old, whoever they may be. Man or woman filled with faith
causes unjust kings to fear them. And that is why the greatest gift you can do to your children do
for your children and grants them and the greatest service you can leave in this world for humanity
is to fill your heart with faith.