Muiz Bukhary – The Emotional IQ of the Prophet Muhammad – A Masterclass in Compassion and Wisdom

Muiz Bukhary
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The speaker discusses the success of Muhammad sallali Alaihi wa sallam in navigating emotions and responding to difficult situations. He emphasizes the importance of understanding emotions and empathy in responding to others' actions. Bilal radi-costed and was used to be a victim of abuse and abuse from his parents, becoming theful and conquerer of Mak MAC, promised to destroy leaders and companions, and united the people of peace and love.
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All praise belongs to Allah, Prabhu al Amin,

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the lord of everything, the most merciful, the

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most compassionate,

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the creator of the heavens and the earth,

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the one who fashioned mankind in the most

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perfect

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form. We glorify him, we praise him, and

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we thank him

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for his infinite

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boons and blessings, the ones that we see

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and the ones we do not see. He

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is the one

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who guides whom he wills,

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and none can misguide

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whom he has guided.

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He is the one who turns hearts

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and he holds dominion

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over all affairs.

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We bear witness.

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We bear witness that there is no god,

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no deity

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worthy of worship

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other than Allah. And we bear witness that

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Muhammad salawaturabi

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wasalam Muhammadu alayhi is his final messenger.

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He was sent as

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a mercy

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unto the worlds,

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a bringer

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of glad tidings,

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and he was sent as a warner.

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He is the one

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who

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illuminated

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the path of truth with his light.

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He exemplified

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the highest

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of character, the highest of conduct

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and his life was a timeless

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guidance for all of humanity

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until the end of time.

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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to send

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his most perfect and complete blessings and peace

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upon our beloved prophet Muhammad sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam, upon his noble family, his

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righteous companions,

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and every single individual

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who follows his path, who follows his teachings.

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Until the day of judgement.

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I begin by reminding myself and then all

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of you all gathered here in this house

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of Allah

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to adopt a life of taqwa,

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and that is to bring in the consciousness

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of your maker. And, oh, my congregation, you

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must do this if you wish to attain

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victory and success in this world as well

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as the hereafter. May Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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make us all from the people of Taqwa,

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and may he make us from the victorious

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and successful ones. Ameen.

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So, inshallahuta'ala,

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today,

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we continue our journey,

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our exploration

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into the life

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of the most beloved unto Allah, our beloved

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prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. This journey,

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with the help of Allah,

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I began last week.

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This is a series of reflections

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on the blessed life of Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi

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Wa Sallam. A life that is filled with

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lessons

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that can illuminate

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the darkest

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corners of our hearts.

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In my previous sermon,

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we took a glimpse into the

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unmatched

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and unparalleled

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beauty

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of our beloved prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam Both outward and inward.

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SubhanAllah.

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A reflection of

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completion.

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Divine completion.

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Why? Because he was completed by Allah in

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every aspect of the being of Muhammad sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam. So, I pray that each

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of these reflections bring us closer

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to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And that

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may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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ease things for us to walk in the

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footsteps of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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So, today, I want to talk about something

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that lies at the heart

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of the success of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam in guiding humanity.

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Something,

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you know, that a lot of us we

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often

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overlook.

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And, this

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is the emotional

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intelligence

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of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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The way he connected with people,

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the way he healed

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hearts,

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the way he guided his companions, the suhaba,

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rihuana alayhi alayhi

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majma'een with wisdom, with hikma, and with empathy.

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You see emotional intelligence

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is more than just

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understanding emotions. You and I we can understand

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emotions.

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We know when someone is angry.

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We know when someone is sad. We can

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understand emotions.

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The emotions of others

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and our own emotions,

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but emotional

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intelligence

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is the ability

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to navigate

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through these emotions,

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your own emotions and the emotions of others

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with wisdom,

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with grace,

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and with kindness.

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Rasoolallahu

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alaihi wa sallam

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was a master

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was a master in this. And this allowed

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him to be

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the most beloved leader.

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Today, we talk about leadership skills.

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He was such a beautiful leader.

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It allowed him. He harnessed it to become

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such a beloved leader,

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to become the most compassionate friend

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and the most

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trusted adviser to all those around him. So

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Insha'Allah,

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the few minutes that I have with you

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all, a few facets very quickly. Number 1,

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empathy. He sallallahu

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alaihi

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wa sallam

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had a

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heart that felt for others.

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He had a heart that felt for others.

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And this was one of the most

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remarkable

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traits of Rasulullah, his

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deep empathy. He was known as an empath.

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Empath.

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Deep empathy.

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Look at the incident

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where he loses

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his beloved son Ibrahim.

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As any parent

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has fathers in the crowd and any parent

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can imagine

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the grief of losing a child is unbearable.

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Yet, Ruzoorullahi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in his

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grief,

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he exemplified

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emotional wisdom.

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When he held his son in his arms,

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his eyes, subhanAllah,

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his beautiful eyes

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brimming with tears.

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The companions were surprised

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seeing tears

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flow down from the eyes of Muhammad sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam. Salam. They ask him, you Rasulullah,

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even you weep?

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Even you cry? And he Sallallahu Alaihi wa

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Salam with his voice gentle, he replies,

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the eyes

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shed tears

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and the heart feels heavy. Yani, the heart

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feels sorrow but we do not say anything

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except what pleases our lord. Indeed, o Ibrahim,

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he

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is mentioning his son. Indeed, oh Ibrahim,

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we are grieved. We are saddened by your

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departure.

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Look at the balance in his response. His

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tears

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were a reflection

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of the humanity within him. Yet his words

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were a powerful reflection

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of his strong and deep connection unto Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. He taught us that it

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is okay to feel sad. It is okay

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to cry. It is okay to let it

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out, but even in those emotionally

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charged moments

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our words

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should be in submission unto Allah. We should

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not spiral

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out of control and start saying bless from

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us things. Start questioning the plan of Allah.

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Start questioning the decree of Allah. No. Our

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responses,

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our words, our actions

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should be

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in alignment, in submission unto Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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Take the incident

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of the man who comes to the masjid

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of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. This

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is a lesson in rifq,

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in gentleness.

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The man comes and what happens?

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It is a story that we have heard

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often but it contains

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a depth of wisdom

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and emotional intelligence that is often overlooked.

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This man, he enters the masjid. He

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misunderstands or he does not understand the sanctity

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of the masjid. He goes to a corner

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and he starts to urinate.

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He starts to urinate.

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To better appreciate the story, my dear brothers,

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Right

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now as we sit in this house of

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Allah, in this masjid,

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in salatuljum'a'an,

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if a man were to walk now

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and go to a corner

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and start urinating,

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How do you think ask yourself. How do

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you think you would react?

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How would we react?

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How would we react?

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We obviously

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we're going to lose our cool.

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So, in a in a similar fashion, the

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Sahaba were disturbed.

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They were disturbed.

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But, Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Salam at the

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helm,

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the leader,

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he calmed them down. He said, let him

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finish

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Subhanallah.

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Let him finish.

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And once he had finished relieving himself,

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Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam calmly approaches the man

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and he explains to him the sanctity

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of the masjid of the house of Allah.

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He did not shame him.

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He did not humiliate him. He did not

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chide him. He did not scold him. He

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did not embarrass him. He spoke to him

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gently

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understanding

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that the bedouins

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act

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was something

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not out of disrespect

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but rather out of ignorance.

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The prophet sallai alaihis salam he recognized the

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man's background. He recognized his limitations

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and he responded with empathy

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not judgment.

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Today, we are judgmental.

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Very quick to judge.

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Who are we to judge?

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Alayhi salallahu be akhamil hakimin

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is Allah not the best of judges.

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Are you not going to be judged

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on your Al Qayama? And why do you

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not fear that then? Who are you to

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judge another person's actions? Who are you to

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judge another person's heart?

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Are you lily white?

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Are you so pure?

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Are you

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free of sin and mistakes?

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No. We are all sinners. SubhanAllah.

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We all sin left, right and center.

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We all need to turn to Allah in

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tawba.

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We all need to seek the forgiveness of

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Allah. So, let us leave the judging unto

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Allah azza wa Jal. The Surahallahu

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alaihi wa sallam, he responded

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with empathy,

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with kindness

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and this bedouin

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expecting punishment

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now receives kindness,

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he was

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amazed.

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Rasool Allah alaihi wasallam transformed

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an embarrassing mistake into a teaching moment. Look

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at how powerful it is. He transformed

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that embarrassing mistake into a teaching moment

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showing us

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the power of responding with the gentleness,

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the power of responding with understanding and empathy.

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Peace salallahu alayhi wa sallam

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was the pinnacle

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of patience,

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of restraint

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and of forgiveness.

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Pinnacle,

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SubhanAllah.

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Look at the conquest of Makkah.

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He had a heart

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Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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bigger than the universe Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

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After years of persecution,

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years of oppression,

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unimaginable

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persecution,

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unimaginable

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oppression,

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after being driven out of his own home

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from the land he loved by his own

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people,

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after watching his beloved companions

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endure unspeakable

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pain,

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unspeakable torture and suffering,

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Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Salam returns to Mecca

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now

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not as a fugitive

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but as a victorious

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leader.

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As a victorious and powerful leader,

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he had every right

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every right to seek revenge

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against those who had tormented him and his

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followers.

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But before we reflect

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on what happened when he returned to Makkah,

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you and I, it's very easy to mention

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it, but we really need to understand

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the weight of that suffering. Take Bilal radiAllahu

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an, one of the earliest

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ones to embrace Islam

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dragged through the scorching streets of Makkah. You've

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been on Umrah. You've been on Hajj in

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the recent

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years. You know how hot it is. 40

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degrees, 45 degrees, 50 degrees. You cannot think

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of walking

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barefooted.

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All the while you're walking on tiles and

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granite and all these fancy material.

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He was dragged

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through the scorching streets of Mecca.

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Whipped,

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beaten,

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tortured mercilessly.

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His master

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used to torture him, force him to lie

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on the burning sands,

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his skin blistering under the heat of the

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desert sun, a boulder, a massive stone

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so large that it crushed the breath from

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his chest was placed on him and he

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was commanded, ordered, renounce your faith. Renounce your

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faith.

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Worship our idols.

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Bilal radiAllahu anhu's response was ahad. Ahad. The

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one. The one. His body was being shattered,

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broken down left, right, and center, but his

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soul his soul was unbreakable.

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For years, this torture continued. Yet Bilal radiAllahu

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anhu stood firm.

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Yasir radiAllahu anhu.

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The family of Yasir. Alay Yasir SubhanAllah. A

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humble family who only wanted to live in

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peace, but the Quraysh would not allow it.

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They bound the Yasir Radhiallahu Anhu and his

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wife, Sumayyah Radhiallahu Anhu, to trees,

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whipped them, tortured them mercilessly

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up until a spear was thrown right through

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the private parts, right through the lower abdomen

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of Sumayyah radiAllahu anha.

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SubhanAllah, the first woman

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to die for the deen of Allah. Her

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blood spilled on the sands of Makkah, a

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witness to her unshakable

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iman, her unshakable belief in Allah.

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These companions were being tortured mercilessly

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and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. What

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about the prophet sallallahu

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One day as he was in sujood

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before the Kaaba. In sujood, subhanAllah. Just imagine

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you are in sujood.

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He's humbled himself before Allah. Abu Jahal. What

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does he do? He sees an opportunity.

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He immediately called upon his friends and companions

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to bring fill

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the entrails,

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intestines of a camel. It was all placed

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with all the dung and droppings on top

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of the prophets back while he prayed. They

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dumped the heavy.

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SubhanAllah. Just imagine you've you've you've literally slaughtered

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bulls. You know how heavy the entrails are.

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Then think about a camel.

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All the entrails placed on the back of

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Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wa

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Salam. He could not get up from sujood

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or the followers of Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa

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salam. Is your heart not aching?

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His young daughter

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Fatima radiallahu anha, she hears about it. She

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runs to the prophet, her father, her beloved

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father. And with her little hands, she tries

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to remove the filth from the back of

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the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam so that

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the prophet could rise again. With tears in

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her eyes, she cleans the back of her

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father. Heart broken by what they had done

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to him. But the prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam, he remained calm.

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He remained calm. Allahu Akbar.

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They used to throw thorns in his path

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to harm him. They hurled insults at him.

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They called him mad. They called him a

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liar. They called him a magician.

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Yet despite all this physical pain, despite the

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humiliation,

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despite everything,

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now the tables had turned. Years had passed.

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He was now the victor, the conqueror of

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Makkah. As he enters,

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he is in a moment of ultimate power

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with a heart greater than the mountains. He

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looked upon them and asked them, asked the

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Quraysh, what do you think I will do

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to you?

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They

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knew what they deserved, but with trembling voices

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they replied,

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you are a noble brother, the son of

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a noble brother. And then in an act

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of mercy that would be remembered for all

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of time,

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He uttered words

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that echo throughout history.

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Go

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for you are free. Allahu Akbar.

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Allahu Akbar. Go. You are free.

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He could have chosen revenge.

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He could have chosen retribution,

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but instead he chose mercy. He could have

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chosen to punish them for the years of

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suffering that they put him and his companions

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through, but he forgave them. This my dear

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brothers and sisters sisters is our beloved prophet

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Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

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He forgave not

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because they deserved it, but because his heart

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was connected to Allah. He did not forgive

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them because they deserve to be forgiven. He

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did so because his heart was connected to

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Allah. This is Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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So my dear brothers and sisters, today we

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only scratched the surface

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of the emotional intelligence of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam. In a world filled with misunderstandings,

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filled with hurt and anger, let us

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take from the example of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam. And let us strive to become

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a people of mercy, a people of understanding,

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and a people who lift others with our

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words and with our actions. As we conclude

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today, we pray. May Allah

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grant us the ability

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to emulate

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the emotional intelligence of our beloved prophet Muhammad

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as

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we navigate

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through conversations,

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as we navigate through relationships,

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as we navigate through the community.

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May he allow us to become

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beacons of light, light houses of compassion in

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this world. May Allah

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grant us the patience of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam. May Allah grant us the strength

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to forgive those who have wronged us. May

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he give us the strength to forgive those

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who have oppressed us. May he expand our

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hearts with mercy and with kindness. May Allah,

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subhanahu wa ta'ala, help us to understand the

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struggles of others. May

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Allah grant us the patience of Muhammad sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam. And just as how he

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united us here in this masjid, may he

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unite us in the beautiful gardens of Jannah,

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in the companionship of our beloved messenger, Muhammad

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sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam. And may he bless us

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all to drink at the howod at the

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fountain,

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the sweet

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waters of the Hawd, the sweet waters of

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the fountain through the soft and beautiful hands

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of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Ameen. Ameen.

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