Mufti Menk – How Allah Turns The Hearts
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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.