Mufti Menk – Some Facts About Our Beloved One
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The speaker discusses the importance of learning about Islam through the first act of the Bible. They explain that Islam is a trustworthy and honest message, and that people should read the Bible first before reading the Prophet's message. The speaker also suggests reading the Prophet's first act of the Bible for context.
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The prophet Muhammad peace be upon him,
when we say
that he was created free from any defect,
A poet puts it very well
by saying,
You have been created
free from every defect. When you looked at
him he was so pleasant.
They describe his face for you and I
and say,
His face was as though it was a
piece of the moon. Moonlight. Moonlight.
Lit. Well you look at him. So pleasant.
Masha'Allah.
Because Allah created him that way. Perfect.
No bad qualities from the beginning.
No habits
that ever needed any rectification or correction.
They knew Him as the most truthful, the
most trustworthy. In Arabic how do you say
that?
As sadiq al Amin.
Most truthful. Most trustworthy.
Because he was about to come with a
message.
If he was not truthful and not trustworthy
there would have been no point in sending
the message through a man like that.
So when you look at it,
in that society already the preparation was happening.
They knew him. Honest, trustworthy. Honest, trustworthy.
The companion said, if this man did not
lie to us about worldly matters he would
never lie to us about heavenly matters
because he was always honest and trustworthy.
There we go. But the day he came
with that message, guess what happened? They immediately
said,
some of them who did not know him
well. Some of the leaders and the cronies.
They said, he's a liar.
And if you go back,
the only people who said he was a
liar were those who did not know him.
Anyone who knew him,
close range, believed immediately.
SubhanAllah.
What does it go to show? It goes
to show to this day. If you recognize
Nabi Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam,
you will immediately know he's truthful.
But if you do not recognize him, you
begin to dillydally.
That's it. Give him a chance. People say,
I want to learn about Islam. Give me
the Quran. Good enough. Masha Allah. We can
give you. But as a point of entry,
rather read the seerah of the Prophet first,
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
As a point of entry, maybe you need
to get acquainted with the man who brought
the message, whom Allah chose
to be our leader. Read about him. Then
when you start with the Quran it will
put some context into it.
But it's not wrong to go straight into
the Quran. I have so many people say,
I'm interested to know about Islam. Can you
give me a copy of the Quran?
Right? I would give you but I will
tell you, give you another book. This is
a beautiful book on the seerah. Can you
take this and just read this first and
then you go into the Quran.