Mufti Menk – How Allah Turns The Hearts

I sit and I think of the Sahaba

sometime, and I wonder the type of connection

they have. Yet, moments before that they were

at war with each other.

They were at war with each other. Umar

ibn Khattab

was known as the notorious man in Makkah.

And do you know what? When he came

through to accept Islam,

Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib was standing at the

door

and he sees this man, a bit of

blood and his weapon and whatever else and

he says, where is the prophet?

The minute you say the prophet, you know

that this man

imagine how intelligent the people were.

Because you're addressing him respectfully, you acknowledging his

status. There goes.

You are acknowledging his status. Where is the

prophet? Aina Rasulullah. Where is the prophet of

Allah?

So Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib was allowing him

in, obviously. These were big big men.

And he says, oh Allah, this is Umar.

If you intend goodness, let him accept Islam.

And if he intends anything negative,

make it easy for us to overcome him.

Let him in. He looks at the Messenger

sallallahu alaihi wasallam.

A few moments prior to that he was

planning the murder of the Prophet peace be

upon him. How did Allah turn the hearts?

When he declared his shahada, the embracing,

it happens in such a way that

there is

instant love after tremendous

hate only by the power of Allah.

Allah is all able and all capable of

creating

love between you and the one you hate

and dislike

in an instant. That's Allah. Allah is all

able and capable. And Allah is most forgiving,

most merciful.

Allah can create it. He has done it.

So they utter the Shahada. There's an embrace.

The same weapon that was about to be

used for something else is now a means

of defense of the same Islam.

Within one moment,

who did that?

It was Allah.

Make this dua. Oh Allah, in whose

hands lies the strengthening of the heart.

Oh Allah, who is the strengthener of the

heart, strengthen our hearts upon the deen and

not away from it.

Make Dua.