Mustafa Abu Rayyan – S 01 Ep 03 Seerah The Birth And Early Childhood Of The Prophet

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The Prophet sallavi alayhi's birth date is on a Monday and the importance of protecting against attacks is emphasized, including the use of animals and the importance of reliance on Allah. The Prophet's birth month is on a Monday and the importance of reliance on Allah is emphasized, including the use of Prophet Muhammad's birthday as a reference to his birth and fasting on Mondays. The need for evidence and practice to avoid false accusations and the loss of siblings and biological siblings is emphasized.

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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			I'm going to ask the brothers, like usual,
		
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			unless you're among the elderly, if you can
		
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			come closer, inshallah wa ta'ala.
		
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			Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim.
		
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			Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen.
		
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			Wa bihi nasta'eenu ala umuri al-dunya
		
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			wa al-deen.
		
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			Wa ala aqibatil mutaqina wa la'udwana illa
		
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			ala al-dhalimeen.
		
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			Wa salallahumma wa salamu ala nabiyina Muhammadin wa
		
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			ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een.
		
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			As-salamu alaykum.
		
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			Khab BW24HXB.
		
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			One of the brothers, he's scratched it a
		
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			little bit, so he wants to speak to
		
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			you outside.
		
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			Marakallahu feekum.
		
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			Tayyib.
		
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			Inshallah wa ta'ala, today is our third
		
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			class on the seerah of our beloved Prophet
		
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			Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			And it's important to remind myself and all
		
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			of you the blessing of these type of
		
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			gatherings.
		
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			That the mala'ik and the angels, they
		
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			come to the gatherings where Allah and His
		
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			Messenger are being mentioned.
		
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			That we are in one of the house
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And it's important to take a moment and
		
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			reflect and out of the many things you
		
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			can be doing right now, you are sitting
		
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			in a masjid, you are listening to the
		
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			seerah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam.
		
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			And I want to request everyone to send
		
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			salawat upon the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			every opportunity that you get.
		
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			So alhamdulillah, it's truly something to be grateful
		
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			and thankful for that we are all gathered
		
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			here today.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive our
		
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			sins and shower us with His mercy.
		
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			Ameen.
		
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			I've made a request last week.
		
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			I said that if there is anyone who
		
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			has either memorized or knows a decent portion
		
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			of the lineage of our beloved Messenger Muhammad
		
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			salallahu alayhi wa sallam, then let him come
		
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			forward and recite it.
		
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			We have a chair here inshallah wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			Is there anyone that is going to try
		
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			and volunteer?
		
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			Do we have anyone?
		
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			Ya ikhwan, don't be shy.
		
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			This is ilm.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Nobody?
		
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			Okay.
		
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			I understand that some of you may be
		
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			shy.
		
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			Raise your hand if you've tried to put
		
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			an effort in memorizing some of his name.
		
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			Ah, you guys are smart.
		
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			You guys are smart.
		
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			This guy, I think I caught you.
		
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			What's your name, Akhi?
		
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			Yes, what's your name?
		
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			What's your name, Akhi?
		
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			Junaid?
		
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			Junaid.
		
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			Up to how much did you memorize?
		
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			Okay, that's really good.
		
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			Do you want to have a go?
		
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			From there.
		
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			Once.
		
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			Twice.
		
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			Mashallah, mashallah.
		
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			Junaid, you did well, Akhi.
		
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			Jazakallah khair.
		
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			This is what you want.
		
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			Guys, if I advise you guys to learn
		
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			something, Wallahi, it's important.
		
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			You're not going to remember everything.
		
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			This is not just a story.
		
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			This is not just a regular story.
		
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			This is the most important story.
		
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			This is the story of our Prophet, Prophet
		
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			Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			So he deserves some level of commitment and
		
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			learning, inshallah.
		
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			But, khair.
		
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			So today, we are at the birth of
		
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			the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			What happened when he was born?
		
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			And there is a major, major incident that
		
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			happened the year that he was born, salallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam, that is also mentioned in
		
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			the Quran.
		
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			And that is the incident of Ashab al
		
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			-Feel, the people of the elephant.
		
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			And, inshallah ta'ala, tonight we will be
		
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			telling the story, what transpired, what happened at
		
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			this time, because it is about 40 days
		
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			or 50 days after this incident that the
		
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			Rasulullah, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, is born.
		
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			And this is why it's always said, and
		
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			this is agreed upon by the ulama, the
		
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			Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, was born in
		
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			Aam al-Feel.
		
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			The Prophet was born in Aam al-Feel,
		
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			the year of the elephants.
		
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			The Arabs did not have a calendar, a
		
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			proper calendar where they would mark every day,
		
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			and they wouldn't have like a 2024 or
		
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			this.
		
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			They would mark dates based on major events.
		
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			So they would say, such and such was
		
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			born, for example, Abu Bakr, radiallahu anhu, was
		
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			born two years after Aam al-Feel.
		
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			Or, this incident happened five years before Aam
		
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			al-Feel.
		
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			So Aam al-Feel was a major incident,
		
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			and it's that incident that marks before and
		
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			after.
		
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			In fact, throughout our serial class, you will
		
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			see as reference, for example, this happened five
		
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			years after the bi'atha.
		
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			Bi'atha means the coming of the Prophet.
		
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			So the moment the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam, becomes a Prophet in the cave of
		
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			Hira, that becomes almost like a mark.
		
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			This happened five years into him being a
		
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			messenger, two years before.
		
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			And then once the hijra happens, the hijra
		
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			becomes a reference point before the hijra, after
		
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			the hijra.
		
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			Does that all make sense?
		
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			So major events would mark, and then you
		
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			would know, okay, when did this happen relative
		
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			to that major event.
		
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			So this major event was the attack on
		
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			the Kaaba.
		
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			Now the attack on the Kaaba, there were
		
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			several benefits that came as a result of
		
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			this attack.
		
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			One of them was it really marked that
		
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			time, the time the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam, was born, with a major incident.
		
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			Number two, it really confirmed the special nature
		
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			of the Kaaba, not only for the Quraysh,
		
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			but everyone in the peninsula.
		
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			Understood now, the Kaaba is different.
		
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			And it gave importance to the first house
		
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			that was built for the worship of Allah,
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And it also increased something very important that
		
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			happened in Syria.
		
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			The Quraysh, at this time, when the attack
		
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			happens, are idol worshippers.
		
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			The Kaaba is filled to the brink with
		
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			idols.
		
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			They are not necessarily a people that are
		
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			connected to Allah.
		
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			Yet, when the attack is happening, there is
		
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			an understanding, oh, the idols cannot stop this.
		
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			Abraha and his army will not be stopped
		
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			by the idols, and they invoke Allah, subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			And Rasulullah, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, is born
		
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			in this year, and then as a child
		
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			he is growing up in Mecca, when the
		
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			incident of the elephant happened recently, and people
		
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			say the Kaaba was saved.
		
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			Not by Al-Lat or Al-Uzza, not
		
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			by the idols, but by who?
		
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			Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And it was something that really helped with
		
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			the message of the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam, later on.
		
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			Hence why Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, references
		
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			Surah Al-Furqan.
		
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			So there's a lot of benefits that came
		
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			as a result of this incident.
		
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			Now let's go back and give you an
		
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			understanding of what was happening in the world.
		
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			Mecca was an important town, but it wasn't
		
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			really a key place for the world.
		
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			The world had empires, the peninsula didn't have
		
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			an empire, and the Arabs didn't have a
		
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			kingdom, per se.
		
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			So you had three major kingdoms in the
		
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			world.
		
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			You had the Roman Empire, you had the
		
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			Persian Empire, and then you had the Abyssinian
		
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			Empire, or the Aksumites.
		
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			So the Najashi of Habesha, you had the
		
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			king of Persia and the Roman Emperor.
		
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			These were the main people that existed.
		
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			So Yemen was invaded not too long before
		
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			this incident by the Habeshis.
		
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			So now the king Najashi, not the king
		
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			Najashi that will be dealing with Rasulallah, salallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam, the one before him, he
		
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			had control over most of Yemen.
		
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			And the person that became in charge of
		
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			Yemen on his behalf, his governor, was a
		
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			man called Abraha.
		
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			And Abraha, now he is closer to the
		
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			Arabs, and he sees that the Arabs generally
		
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			have a reverence for this house in the
		
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			middle of the desert, the Kaaba.
		
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			And he did not like that.
		
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			And of course there were staunch Christians as
		
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			well.
		
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			So he decided to build a cathedral, a
		
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			huge church, and the intention behind it was
		
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			to have the Arabs make pilgrimage towards it.
		
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			To make this area now a central place
		
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			of religious worship and reverence.
		
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			So as he built it, he made it
		
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			lavish, he made it beautiful, he made it
		
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			amazing.
		
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			Important some of the stuff that was going
		
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			to make this great building.
		
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			But he did not understand that what made
		
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			the Kaaba special was not the fact that
		
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			it was not what it was made of.
		
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			The Kaaba was special because Allah made it
		
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			special.
		
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			The Kaaba was the first place built for
		
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			the worship of Allah on this earth.
		
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			The Kaaba was the first place built for
		
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			the worship of Allah on this earth.
		
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			It was built by who?
		
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			Who can tell me?
		
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			Prophet Ibrahim Alayhi Salam.
		
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			But I referenced last week, or the week
		
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			before I think, that although Ibrahim built the
		
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			Kaaba, he wasn't the first one that built
		
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			it.
		
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			In fact, he rebuilt the Kaaba.
		
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			Allah says in the Quran, وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ
		
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			الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَعِينُ وَرَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا When
		
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			Ibrahim and his son Ismail raised the foundations.
		
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			The foundations were already there.
		
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			The foundations of the Kaaba.
		
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			The Kaaba was a place of worship before
		
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			Prophet Ibrahim.
		
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			Adam Alayhi Salam built it according to some
		
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			of the ulama.
		
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			Some say even before that the angels built
		
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			it.
		
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			This area is special.
		
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			On this earth, the place of worship, the
		
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			first place of worship for Allah was the
		
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			Kaaba.
		
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			So there is no place on this earth
		
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			that has more barakah, that is greater than
		
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			the Kaaba.
		
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			When it comes to American places.
		
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			Abraha doesn't understand that.
		
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			So he built this place and now he
		
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			wants people to...
		
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			So there was a man from Kinana, a
		
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			man from the tribe Kinana.
		
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			Kinana is in the lineage of the Prophet.
		
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			Do you know this?
		
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			In any case, he heard that this man
		
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			is not only building this huge church, but
		
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			he is taking away from the honor of
		
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			the Kaaba.
		
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			So he said, I'll show him.
		
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			And according to the scholars, the Muslim historians,
		
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			he went into the cathedral at night and
		
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			he started to defecate and urinate in it
		
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			and he vandalized it.
		
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			And when he did this, this is what
		
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			made Abraha very angry and said, is this
		
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			how they treat my church and my building?
		
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			I will show them.
		
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			I will show them.
		
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			And he planned to march towards the Kaaba
		
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			and to destroy it brick by brick and
		
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			take it apart.
		
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			This was what he wanted to do.
		
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			So he makes his way.
		
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			And the journey was long and in between
		
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			the Kaaba and where he was traveling from,
		
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			there were many Arab tribes.
		
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			And every Arab tribe that he comes across,
		
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			some would try and defend because they knew
		
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			what he was going for and they would
		
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			stand and defend and he would defeat them.
		
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			And when he would defeat them, of course,
		
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			important here that he had with him, of
		
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			course, elephants.
		
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			Not the whole army was elephants, but he
		
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			had a number of elephants with him, something
		
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			that the Arabs did not know how to
		
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			handle.
		
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			The biggest animal they knew was the camel.
		
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			So he would defeat any army.
		
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			And one of them was a tribe that
		
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			he came across was the tribe of Khath
		
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			'am.
		
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			And a man called Nufayl ibn Habib al
		
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			-Khath'ami, he confronted him.
		
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			He was defeated and captured.
		
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			And then he said, instead of killing me,
		
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			instead of killing me, I can be your
		
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			guide.
		
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			I can help you because it's very difficult
		
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			to navigate the Arabian Peninsula and find Mecca,
		
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			actually, if you don't know where you're going.
		
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			And on and on he would go, come
		
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			across tribes, kill them, capture them, and he
		
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			would go and nobody could stop him.
		
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			Nobody could stop him.
		
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			When he came to Ta'if, it is
		
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			mentioned that they did not really care for
		
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			the Kaaba because they had a statue and
		
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			a house built for a lot.
		
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			It says, well, as long as you're not
		
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			coming for hours, feel free.
		
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			And in fact, we'll send someone with you
		
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			to ensure you get there properly.
		
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			And they sent with him a man called
		
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			Abu Righal al-Thaqafi.
		
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			Abu Righal al-Thaqafi.
		
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			So the difference between Nufayl and Abu Righal
		
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			is Nufayl is almost forced.
		
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			He has no choice.
		
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			He tried to at least fend him off,
		
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			but now he's captured.
		
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			Whereas this one was almost like a volunteer.
		
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			Hence, when he dies, the Arabs, this Abu
		
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			Righal person, the Arabs, his grave was a
		
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			place that they would stone and they would
		
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			call him Abu Righal al-Mal'un, the
		
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			cursed one, because he's the one that willingly
		
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			volunteered to guide the man who was hoping
		
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			to destroy the Kaaba.
		
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			In any case, he comes near the Haram.
		
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			At this time, let's go back to Mecca.
		
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			Who is the chief and the elder of
		
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			Mecca at this time?
		
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			It is the Prophet's grandfather, Abdul Muttalib.
		
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			And we all know about who Abdul Muttalib
		
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			is by now.
		
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			If you don't mind me asking, what was
		
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			his name, actual name?
		
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			Shayba, very good.
		
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			Were you guys going to say that?
		
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			His name was Shayba al-Hamd, Abdul Muttalib.
		
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			And what was a key event in his
		
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			life, something that he rediscovered?
		
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			What was that?
		
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			The Zamzam water.
		
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			So now, he is the elder.
		
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			He is the chief of Quraysh.
		
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			And the army of Abraha approaches.
		
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			And they stopped at a place near Muzdarifah.
		
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			Those of you that went to Hajj and
		
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			Umrah will know where this is.
		
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			And when they stopped there, he sent some
		
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			of the men that were with him to
		
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			go and capture the livestock of Quraysh.
		
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			And among the things that were captured was
		
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			200 camels that belonged to Abdul Muttalib.
		
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			So you also see that Abdul Muttalib was
		
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			a wealthy man.
		
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			200 camels that belonged to Abdul Muttalib.
		
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			And a few things to understand about the
		
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			army of Abraha.
		
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			Of course, the number is disputed.
		
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			Some ulama say it was a very large
		
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			number.
		
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			Others make it smaller.
		
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			And Allah knows best.
		
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			His main elephant, the biggest one, had a
		
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			name.
		
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			It was called Mahmud.
		
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			It was called Mahmud.
		
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			Is there any Mahmud in here?
		
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			Mahmud is a good name.
		
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			Mahmud means praised one.
		
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			In any case, Mahmud and the...
		
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			Once they capture the livestock of the Arabs,
		
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			their goats and their sheep and whatever they
		
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			had and their camels.
		
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			And Abraha is watching and how will Quraysh
		
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			react?
		
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			What will they do?
		
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			Will they fight as well?
		
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			Because every other tribe so far, what did
		
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			they try to do?
		
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			They tried to fight.
		
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			But Quraysh didn't try to fight.
		
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			They actually kind of fled into the mountainous
		
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			areas in Mecca.
		
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			They fled the city.
		
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			They didn't want to be part of this.
		
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			And they didn't want their blood to be
		
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			shed.
		
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			Then Abdul Muttalib approaches Abraha.
		
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			In fact, he requested a one-to-one
		
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			with Abraha.
		
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			And Abraha obliged.
		
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			After a while, he obliged and he said,
		
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			I'll meet you.
		
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			And then Abraha was sitting on a makeshift
		
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			throne.
		
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			And Abdul Muttalib walks in.
		
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			And Abdul Muttalib was a very tall man.
		
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			Very handsome and tall man, imposing.
		
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			He had aura.
		
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			The moment he comes in, the Prophet's grandfather
		
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			ﷺ, Abraha realizes, okay, this is not someone
		
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			that you mess with.
		
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			And he comes down and he sits with
		
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			him on the ground.
		
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			And then Abdul Muttalib, there's a translator between
		
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			them that says, what do you want?
		
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			Abdul Muttalib says, I'm here for my camels.
		
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			I'm here for my camels.
		
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			And then Abraha is surprised by this.
		
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			He's surprised by this.
		
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			And he said, I overestimated, or he said
		
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			that he overestimated his intelligence and his wisdom.
		
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			Here you are, asking me about camels and
		
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			animals.
		
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			When I am here to destroy the house
		
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			of worship of your fathers and your forefathers.
		
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			And you are asking me about animals, camels.
		
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			And then Abdul Muttalib said a powerful statement.
		
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			He said, I am the owner of the
		
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			camels.
		
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			I am responsible for them.
		
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			As for the house, it has a lord
		
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			protecting it.
		
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			That's not up to me.
		
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			You feel free to do what you need
		
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			to do.
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			There's a few things here that we have
		
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			to pause and reflect over.
		
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			This concept of Allah's protection.
		
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			My brothers and my sisters, our reliance upon
		
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			Allah has a direct impact on how much
		
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			Allah helps us.
		
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			The more you rely upon Allah, the more
		
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			Allah protects you.
		
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			Your level of reliance has to be higher.
		
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			If your trust in Allah's help is very
		
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			low.
		
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			When you make dua, you make dua, but
		
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			in your heart, you're like, this is probably
		
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			not going to be accepted.
		
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			That has an impact on the effectiveness of
		
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			your dua.
		
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			This is very important.
		
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			We have to build our trust in Allah.
		
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			Understand that the one you're calling upon is
		
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			close.
		
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			Understand that the one you're calling upon is
		
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			all-powerful.
		
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			Understand that the one you're calling upon is
		
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			merciful.
		
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			And all of that belief, that iman, that
		
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			he is merciful, that he is near, that
		
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			he can hear you, that he can help
		
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			you, that he is with you.
		
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			That iman, the more it increases, the more
		
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			potency and power your dua has.
		
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			This is really important to understand.
		
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			Look at the confidence of Abdul Mutalib.
		
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			To the point where he's not even saying
		
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			to Abraha, please don't.
		
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			Please leave our bayt alone.
		
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			No, no, no.
		
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			And he's saying this, and the Prophet was
		
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			not even sent, and Islam is not even
		
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			born.
		
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			Another thing that you learn from there is
		
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			that there was a reverence and an understanding
		
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			of an importance of the Kaaba by the
		
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			Arabs before Islam.
		
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			And that is even with all those idols
		
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			inside the Kaaba.
		
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			Another thing to appreciate is that the Arabs,
		
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			especially the Quraysh, they had an understanding that
		
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			Allah is the all-powerful.
		
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			They did not believe that their idols were
		
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			all-powerful.
		
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			They did not believe that their idols were
		
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			the ones that bring forth rain and cause
		
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			true harm.
		
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			And they did not believe, they understood there
		
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			is Allah.
		
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			But they took these idols as intermediaries.
		
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			They would worship them, and they would slaughter
		
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			for them, and they would bow down to
		
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			them.
		
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			Which is all, of course, shirk.
		
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			Hence why they were mushrikoon, and the Prophet
		
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			was sent to remove that.
		
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			But they had an understanding that the all
		
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			-powerful one was Allah.
		
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			Which is why Allah mentions in the Qur
		
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			'an that when things get really dangerous, they
		
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			would call upon Allah sincerely.
		
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			So here you have Abdul Muttalib saying, And
		
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			the Kaaba is special.
		
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			Allah protects the Kaaba.
		
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			Then, one of the things that happened which
		
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			is quite fascinating, and it is reported by
		
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			the ulama of Sirah, like Ibn Ishaq and
		
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			others, is that Nufayl, you guys remember Nufayl?
		
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			He was captured and brought along the journey.
		
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			And he spoke in the ear of Mahmood.
		
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			Who was Mahmood again?
		
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			The elephant.
		
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			And he said to Mahmood, He said, oh
		
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			Mahmood, speak to the elephant.
		
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			Sit down and don't get up.
		
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			You are in the sacred sanctuary.
		
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			You are in the haram.
		
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			Either go back or don't get up.
		
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			And guess what happened?
		
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			It refused to move.
		
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			The elephant refused to move and get up.
		
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			And then they would whip it to make
		
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			it stand up.
		
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			And when they grabbed its leash, if it's
		
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			facing the other side, it would get up
		
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			and walk.
		
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			The moment they tried to make it face
		
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			the Kaaba, it would sit down.
		
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			And then they would lash it again.
		
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			And then if they make it face back
		
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			towards Jaman, it would walk happily.
		
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			Every time it faces the Kaaba, it would
		
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			sit.
		
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			It wouldn't move.
		
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			What's interesting is, exactly something similar happened to
		
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			the Prophet ﷺ with his camel, Quswa.
		
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			I want you to imagine right now, this
		
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			is the year the Prophet is being born.
		
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			He hasn't even been born yet.
		
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			Something similar like this, while this is happening
		
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			and the elephant isn't moving, the Prophet ﷺ
		
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			hasn't been born yet.
		
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			But he is in his mother's womb.
		
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			Almost 50 something years later, the Prophet ﷺ
		
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			will be back in a similar spot with
		
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			his camel, on his way to Mecca.
		
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			And his camel will sit down and refuse
		
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			to move.
		
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			And the Sahaba will say it got tired.
		
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			And the Prophet ﷺ said, It did not
		
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			get tired.
		
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			And that's not its character.
		
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			But the one who stopped the elephant is
		
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			stopping the camel.
		
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			And this was during the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.
		
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			Before the treaty.
		
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			We'll get there in the Seerah.
		
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			But what I'm trying to say to you
		
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			is this concept of Allah protecting the Kaaba
		
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			whenever He wants, stopping people from entering it,
		
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			this is what Allah is doing of course.
		
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			So the animal was refusing to get up.
		
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			And what then happened was that Abdul Muttalib
		
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			goes back to the Kaaba and he orders
		
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			everyone, Listen, we're not going to fight Abraha.
		
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			Everyone, flee to the mountains.
		
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			Flee to wherever you can.
		
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			And that's what they did.
		
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			Then Abdul Muttalib goes to the Kaaba and
		
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			he grabs the Kaaba and he makes a
		
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			dua.
		
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			A powerful dua.
		
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			He said, O Allah, Your slave has protected
		
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			his camels.
		
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			O Allah, protect your house.
		
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			Do not let the cross and their power
		
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			overpower you and they will not.
		
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			O Allah, overcome and defeat the people of
		
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			the cross and its worshippers.
		
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			And aid the Al of Makkah, meaning the
		
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			people of Makkah.
		
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			And then he said, O Allah, if you're
		
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			going to leave them and let them do
		
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			what they want, Then, O Allah, that is
		
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			up to you.
		
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			And for you is the decision.
		
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			He left to Allah SWT.
		
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			Allah SWT decided to protect this Kaaba.
		
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			Allah SWT decided to teach humanity a lesson.
		
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			Allah SWT showed a lesson that lasted.
		
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			And it's mentioned in Surah Al-Feel about
		
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			what happened.
		
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			Like Allah said in the Quran, Allah
		
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			SWT sent birds carrying hardened clay in their
		
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			mouths.
		
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			And they showered them over the army until
		
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			they became destroyed and decimated like eaten clay.
		
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			How dare they try and destroy the place
		
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			built for the worship of Allah SWT.
		
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			Even at a time when that place of
		
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			worship has been corrupted by idols, It is
		
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			still a protected house.
		
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			It is still an honored house.
		
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			And one of the good things about Quraysh
		
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			was, Although they were corrupted beyond belief, Corrupted
		
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			in their idolatry, in their tribalism, In many
		
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			of the sins they were committing, They understood
		
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			the honor of the bait.
		
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			They understood.
		
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			And you'll see examples of that next week
		
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			as I talk about how they treated the
		
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			Kaaba and what they did.
		
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			Of course, shirk aside, which is a very
		
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			big thing to put aside, But they understood
		
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			the honor of the bait.
		
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			Allah SWT destroyed the army of the elephants.
		
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			An army that decimated many Arab tribes, Allah
		
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			sent birds.
		
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			One of his smallest creations.
		
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			And that is when it comes to the
		
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			junood of Allah are many.
		
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			The junood of Allah are many, Meaning Allah
		
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			SWT's armies are many and they come in
		
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			different shapes and sizes.
		
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			Allah says in Surah Al-Fil, Have you
		
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			not seen how your Lord has dealt with
		
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			the people of the elephants?
		
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			The Surah is being revealed on him in
		
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			early Makkah.
		
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			The Surah Al-Fil is revealed in early
		
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			Makkah.
		
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			We'll get there inshallah.
		
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			And the circumstances of the Prophet wasn't the
		
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			best.
		
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			When the Quraysh was going against him and
		
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			against him, And he's feeling the pressure from
		
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			Quraysh, Allah is reminding him, Have you not
		
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			seen how your Lord dealt with the people
		
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			of the elephants?
		
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			The same Lord that destroyed that army is
		
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			able to protect you, Muhammad.
		
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			Did Allah not protect the Prophet over and
		
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			over again?
		
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			Yes he did.
		
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			Their plot and plan, was it not ruined?
		
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			It was.
		
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			Abraha's plan was ruined.
		
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			And similarly later on, Quraysh's plan was ruined
		
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			over and over and over again.
		
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			Because Allah protects those he loves.
		
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			And Allah protects the places he loves.
		
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			And Allah loves the Kaaba.
		
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			Just like Allah loves the masajid, There's a
		
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			hadith where the Prophet said that the most
		
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			beloved places to Allah are the masajid.
		
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			The most beloved places to Allah are the
		
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			masajid.
		
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			And who can tell me what are the
		
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			most hated places to Allah?
		
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			The souks, the marketplaces.
		
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			Because that is all about dunya.
		
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			Whereas the masajid is all about what?
		
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			About akhira and ibadah.
		
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			A question.
		
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			What religion was Abraha?
		
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			Yes?
		
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			Christian.
		
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			What religion were Quraysh?
		
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			They were pagans.
		
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			From an Islamic perspective, which of those two
		
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			is somewhat closer to Islam?
		
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			Christianity.
		
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			So why is it that Abraha is the
		
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			villain here?
		
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			When he is closer to, he's at least
		
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			from the people of the book.
		
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			Isn't that a fair question?
		
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			The answer, my brothers and sisters, is that
		
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			it wasn't about the idolatry of Quraysh or
		
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			the Christianity of Abraha.
		
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			It was about the sanctity of the Kaaba.
		
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			It was about the sanctity of the Kaaba.
		
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			And the benefits of this were many.
		
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			Including ensuring the honor and the legacy of
		
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			Ibrahim and the importance of Mecca was established
		
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			even more after this incident.
		
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			After this incident.
		
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			So Allah destroyed the elephants.
		
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			And they were carrying in their mouths, these
		
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			birds were carrying small pebbles.
		
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			One in their beak and two on their
		
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			claws.
		
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			And they would throw them on the elephants.
		
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			And when it touched them, they would be
		
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			destroyed.
		
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			Allah calls them, This
		
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			is the same type of stone that the
		
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			people of Lod were destroyed by.
		
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			And Allah says, The people of Lod were
		
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			destroyed by the same type of hardened clay
		
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			as the people of the elephants.
		
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			And just like Abraha and his army tried
		
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			to defile the sanctity of the Kaaba, the
		
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			people of Lod defiled many, many sanctities.
		
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			And they transgressed upon many things.
		
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			So that's how Allah dealt with the people
		
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			of the elephants.
		
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			And Allah says, He turned them into eaten
		
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			hay.
		
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			Especially livestock.
		
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			When you give them their hay, farmers would
		
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			know this and they eat it.
		
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			And they literally don't leave anything behind.
		
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			They don't leave anything behind.
		
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			And that's what happened to the army of
		
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			Abraha.
		
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			Uraish never attributed the protection of the house
		
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			to the idols.
		
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			Rasulullah ﷺ is born, he hears the story,
		
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			he grows up hearing the story.
		
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			The Prophet ﷺ was born about 50 or
		
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			40 days, somewhere in between that, after this
		
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			incident.
		
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			Some of the Sahaba referenced the incident of
		
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			Fil.
		
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			One of them was a companion called Qabith.
		
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			He was asked once, Who's older, you or
		
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			the Prophet?
		
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			So he said, Who is older, you or
		
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			the Prophet?
		
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			And he didn't like the way that was
		
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			phrased.
		
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			He said, The Prophet is older than me
		
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			and I am older than him.
		
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			The Prophet is greater than me.
		
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			Because the word akbar means greater, it can
		
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			also mean older.
		
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			He said, The Prophet is greater than I,
		
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			but I am what?
		
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			Older than him.
		
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			And then he mentioned the reason why he
		
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			said he's older than him.
		
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			Again, remember the Arabs, they didn't know the
		
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			date they were born.
		
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			No one memorized the date they were born.
		
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			But they would have a reference point.
		
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			Look at the reference point of this companion.
		
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			He said, I remember my mother showing me
		
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			the dung of the elephants.
		
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			I remember as a kid, my mother showing
		
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			me the dung of the elephants that came
		
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			and attacked the Kaaba.
		
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			So when the Kaaba is being attacked by
		
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			Abraha, the Prophet is not born yet.
		
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			Yet this companion is saying what?
		
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			I was old enough to be taken by
		
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			my mother and showing me the dung of
		
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			the elephants.
		
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			So he was a little bit older.
		
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			So again, it shows you that again, the
		
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			tusks and some remainders of these.
		
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			These are all things that the Prophet, as
		
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			he grows up, he sees that.
		
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			One of the things that Aisha mentioned was,
		
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			and this is quite fascinating.
		
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			Our mother Aisha mentioned that she used to
		
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			see a beggar.
		
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			An old beggar in Mecca that was among
		
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			the men of the army of Abraha that
		
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			survived.
		
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			Or the men that were the guides.
		
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			And he was a blind beggar, really old,
		
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			that would just run around the city.
		
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			Because if you think about it, he would
		
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			be maybe in his 80s or 90s.
		
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			And he's in Mecca.
		
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			So this was something that the Meccanists, it
		
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			was very fresh in their memory.
		
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			It's not like a distant memory.
		
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			So that inshallah covers the story of Abraha
		
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			and some of the wisdoms and the lessons
		
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			behind it.
		
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			As well as understanding the importance of the
		
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			Kaaba that we face every Salah.
		
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			Let's talk about the birth of the Prophet.
		
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			The Prophet's birth is considered among the greatest
		
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			blessings for this Ummah.
		
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			Of course.
		
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			What do we know for sure about his
		
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			birth?
		
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			We 100% know that he was born
		
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			on a Monday.
		
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			The Prophet was born on a Monday.
		
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			There's no Khilaf in this.
		
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			He himself said this.
		
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			One time he was asked why he fasts.
		
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			And he mentions several reasons.
		
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			One of the reasons why he fasts on
		
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			Monday that he mentioned was that it was
		
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			the day I was born.
		
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			It was the day I was born.
		
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			He mentioned it was the day that I
		
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			was sent as well.
		
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			And he also mentioned that it was the
		
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			day...
		
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			He also mentioned that Mondays are generally the
		
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			day in the week where our deeds are
		
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			taken to Allah.
		
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			During the week, Monday and Thursday, our deeds
		
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			are taken to Allah.
		
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			And angels come in cycles.
		
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			Mondays and Thursdays.
		
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			And the Prophet used to say, I love
		
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			for my deeds to be taken to Allah
		
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			while I'm fasting.
		
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			I love my deeds to be taken to
		
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			Allah while I'm fasting.
		
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			That's why it's Sunnah to fast on Mondays
		
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			and Thursdays.
		
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			So he himself said he was born on
		
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			a Monday.
		
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			What month?
		
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			The scholars agreed that it was Rabi'ul
		
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			Awwal.
		
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			The month that we are in right now.
		
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			Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			So he was born Monday, Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			What year?
		
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			The year of the elephants.
		
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			Which coincides with the year 571 in the
		
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			Gregorian calendar.
		
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			571.
		
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			So we know the year.
		
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			The year Abraham attacked the Kaaba.
		
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			We know the day.
		
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			It was on a Monday.
		
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			And we know the month, which is the
		
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			month of Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			Which coincides, interestingly enough, it was on April.
		
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			It was on April.
		
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			If you want to look at the Gregorian
		
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			calendar.
		
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			Sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		
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			Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, the exact date that
		
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			he was born.
		
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			Rabi'ul Awwal, what number is the one
		
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			that you hear about the most?
		
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			Rabi'ul Awwal, what?
		
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			The first, the second, third, fourth, tenth.
		
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			What do you hear usually?
		
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			The twelfth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			Very good.
		
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			The most common, repeated.
		
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			The most common and repeated date of birth
		
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			of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		
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			That you'll find in the majority of surah
		
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			books.
		
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			Is that he was born on the twelfth
		
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			of Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			The fact that that is the one that
		
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			is more common.
		
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			Does not mean it is the most authentic.
		
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			In fact, if you scrutinize the evidence.
		
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			There is not a lot of evidence to
		
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			suggest it was the twelfth of Rabi'ul
		
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			Awwal.
		
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			The earliest mention that we have of the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam being born on the
		
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			twelfth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			Is by Ibn Ishaq.
		
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			But Ibn Ishaq does not mention it in
		
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			the chain of narration.
		
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			So we have to take his word for
		
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			it.
		
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			In other words, the earliest mention that we
		
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			have.
		
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			Ibn Ishaq is 150 years after the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		
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			And he's telling us the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam was born on the twelfth of Rabi
		
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			'ul Awwal.
		
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			And there were other reports similar to it
		
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			that had chains of narration.
		
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			Even if they're weak, at least there is
		
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			a chain because this one there is no
		
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			chain.
		
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			There was a report that he was born
		
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			on the eighth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			Ninth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			Sorry, the ninth one is actually a later
		
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			one.
		
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			The eighth of Rabi'ul Awwal, the twelfth,
		
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			you have the tenth.
		
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			And it's actually quite unclear.
		
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			It's not that important, by the way.
		
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			But it is quite fascinating to understand.
		
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			Why is it that the majority of people
		
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			think it's the twelfth?
		
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			Well, that's very simple.
		
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			It's due to the Mawlid celebrations.
		
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			So the Fatimids, which were a Shia, hardcore,
		
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			Ismaili, Twelver, even worse actually, empire.
		
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			They decided to create a festival, a huge
		
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			festival, where there would be a lot of
		
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			eating, a lot of drinking, a very lavish
		
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			festival, celebrating the birthday of the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wasallam.
		
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			And they just picked the twelfth.
		
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			And after that, that's kind of what stuck
		
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			with people.
		
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			When they write Shia books, they'll just say
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam was born on
		
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			the twelfth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			Now, is that possible?
		
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			Yes, it's possible.
		
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			It was possible it was the twelfth of
		
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			Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			But it could have been a few days
		
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			before, it could have been a few days
		
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			after.
		
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			We don't know for sure, and that's okay.
		
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			Are you guys with me?
		
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			So if you come across a book that
		
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			says the Prophet was born on the twelfth
		
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			of Rabi'ul Awwal, can we say that
		
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			they're wrong?
		
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			No.
		
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			Can we also say the Wahhabis are right?
		
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			No, we can't either.
		
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			And Allah knows best.
		
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			But so, let me get this.
		
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			What do we know for sure?
		
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			He was born on what day?
		
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			What year?
		
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			What month?
		
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			Rabi'ul Awwal.
		
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			BarakAllahu feekum.
		
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			What happened and how, when he was born?
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, he was born
		
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			in the morning, before sunrise.
		
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			His birth coincided with the sun coming up.
		
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			And that's very telling, subhanAllah.
		
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			His birth coincided with the sun rising.
		
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			As if his birth is shining upon the
		
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			dunya.
		
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			Having the greatest of Allah's creation join it.
		
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			Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, his mother, she mentioned
		
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			that it originated from her that she really
		
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			did not feel difficulty carrying him.
		
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			There was no difficulty carrying him.
		
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			She did not feel any difficulty that you
		
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			would feel in a pregnancy otherwise.
		
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			His father, of course, was not present.
		
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			Because the Prophet's father, Abdullah, travelled.
		
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			And I mentioned this last week, he travelled
		
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			for business, for trade.
		
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			And he became sick in Yathrib, which will
		
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			be where Medina becomes.
		
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			And he became sick and he died there.
		
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			So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam will be
		
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			born a true orphan.
		
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			Meaning, someone that has never had the chance
		
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			to meet their dad.
		
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			And as you'll see next week, the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wasallam's early childhood was not easy.
		
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			He would lose a lot of family members.
		
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			He would lose a lot of family members.
		
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			And that shows you again, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam, the childhood that he had was not
		
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			like most childhoods, but again he was being
		
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			prepared for something great.
		
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			And of course, even though he lost his
		
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			mother, he lost his father, he lost his
		
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			grandfather, he, sallallahu alayhi wasallam, gained so much.
		
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			He gained so much.
		
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			When he was born, the midwife of his
		
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			was a woman called Shifa bint Amr.
		
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			And some say her name was Shifa bint
		
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			Auf.
		
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			And she was the Shifa bint Auf.
		
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			And some say she was the mother of
		
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			Abdur Rahman, Abdur Rahman bin Auf.
		
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			So she gave, she was there when the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam was being born.
		
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			And it is said that a light came
		
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			out of Amr bint Wahab as she was
		
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			giving birth.
		
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			But there's actually a narration from the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wasallam himself in Musnad Ahmad, where
		
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			he mentioned about his birth.
		
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			Because they asked him, كيف كان بدو أمرك
		
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			يا رسول الله?
		
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			O Messenger of Allah, how was your beginning?
		
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			And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said that
		
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			I, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, I
		
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			am the da'wah, the dua of Ibrahim.
		
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			I am the dua of Ibrahim, and I
		
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			am the glad tidings of Isa ibn Maryam.
		
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			And I am also, he said, and he
		
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			said, and when my mother, as she was
		
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			giving birth to me, she saw in a
		
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			vision or in a dream a light that
		
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			came out of her that shone light and
		
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			illuminated all of Sham and the high buildings
		
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			and the palaces of Sham.
		
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			So what does that all mean?
		
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			Let's start with the beginning.
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, I am
		
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			the dua of Ibrahim.
		
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			We know Ibrahim was his great, great grandfather.
		
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			Not literally, but you know, all the way
		
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			back to his lineage.
		
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			And Prophet Ibrahim, his son and Hajar, when
		
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			they were left in Mecca, when they were
		
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			left in Mecca, Prophet Ibrahim made a dua.
		
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			When he was building the Kaaba, the Prophet
		
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			Ibrahim made a dua.
		
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			As he saw the village of Mecca being
		
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			born, and as he saw the Kaaba and
		
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			its importance, and he was building it, he
		
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			said, Oh Allah, وَبَعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِنْهُمْ يَطْلُوَ
		
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			عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِكَ وَيُزَكِيهِمْ وَيَعَلِّمْهُمْ الْكِتَابُ وَالْحِكْمَةُ Oh
		
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			Allah, send among these people a messenger who
		
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			will read upon them your ayat and who
		
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			will do tazkih upon them and who will
		
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			teach them.
		
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			He made that dua.
		
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			This dua that he made thousands of years
		
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			ago, where did it realize itself?
		
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			The Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		
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			Who was that Prophet that he said, Oh
		
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			Allah, send among them and from the people
		
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			of Mecca a Prophet that will teach them?
		
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			Who is that Prophet?
		
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			Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		
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			So the Prophet said, I am the dua
		
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			of Ibrahim.
		
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			I am also the bushra of Isa.
		
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			I am the glad tidings of Isa.
		
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			Meaning, Prophet Isa, the second to last Prophet,
		
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			He gave a glad tidings to the people
		
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			saying, He gave glad tidings of a messenger
		
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			that will come after him whose name will
		
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			be Ahmed.
		
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			This is referring to who?
		
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			Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		
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			So the Prophet said, I am the bushra
		
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			of Isa and I am the dua of
		
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			Ibrahim.
		
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			And he said, my mother saw a vision
		
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			that a light came out of her that
		
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			illuminated the Qusur of Sham.
		
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			Why Sham?
		
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			And what makes Sham so special?
		
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			And why is the light of the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wasallam establishing itself and reaching Sham?
		
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			Sham is Syria and Palestine and this area,
		
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			right?
		
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			May Allah make everything easy on her.
		
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			That's because this area, my brothers, was an
		
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			area that really established itself as a stronghold
		
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			for disbelief and kufr.
		
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			A stronghold for disbelief and kufr.
		
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			And Islam's light went there really quickly.
		
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			Really quickly.
		
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			A few years after the Prophet's death, Sham
		
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			was being conquered.
		
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			And Islam was being established.
		
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			And since then, it will always be Muslim.
		
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			To the point where Prophet Isa, when he
		
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			returns, he will return in Sham.
		
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			And Masih al-Dajjal will be killed in
		
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			Sham.
		
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			So that's why the ulema say that light
		
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			is referring to the strong presence of Islam
		
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			in Sham.
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned those three
		
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			things.
		
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			So Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam is born.
		
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			Then what happened?
		
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			News reached his grandfather, Abdul Mutalib.
		
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			Abdul Mutalib.
		
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			Why not his father?
		
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			His father passed away by this time.
		
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			So Abdul Mutalib became very happy with his
		
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			grandson.
		
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			He grabbed his grandson.
		
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			He went to the Kaaba.
		
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			He took him to the Kaaba.
		
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			He prayed for him.
		
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			He made dua for him.
		
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			He told everyone his name will be Muhammad.
		
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			So who named Prophet Muhammad, Muhammad?
		
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			Abdul Mutalib.
		
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			Muhammad was not a name known by the
		
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			Arabs.
		
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			And the Quraysh actually, they pushed back.
		
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			They said, why are you naming him Muhammad?
		
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			Name him the names that we know.
		
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			This is not a name that we usually
		
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			use as Quraysh.
		
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			But he stuck with it.
		
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			He said, I'm going to call him Muhammad.
		
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			And what does Muhammad mean?
		
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			The one deserving of much praise.
		
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			The one who is praised so much is
		
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			called Muhammad.
		
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			And then he said, I want, I want,
		
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			I want, I want, I want, I want,
		
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			I want, I want, I want, I want,
		
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			I want, I
		
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			want, When he wakes up, Alhamdulillah.
		
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			When he has to eat, Alhamdulillah.
		
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			He would praise Allah through his actions.
		
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			He would praise Allah every chance he could
		
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			get.
		
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			And also he was praised by the people.
		
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			He was praised by Quraysh.
		
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			They called him Sadiq Al-Amin before he
		
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			became a prophet.
		
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			He was praised by his companions.
		
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			He was praised by the angels.
		
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			He is Muhammad.
		
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			Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			The one who is often praised and is
		
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			deserving of praise.
		
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			Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			After that, Abdul Mutalib, he took our prophet,
		
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			Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, as a baby.
		
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			And after seven days, he circumcised him.
		
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			So circumcision was also known by the Arabs.
		
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			And he did the aqiqa for him as
		
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			well, which was also known by the Arabs.
		
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			So they did an aqiqa for him.
		
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			And he what?
		
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			And he circumcised him.
		
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			There are some narrations that mention that the
		
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			prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, was born circumcised.
		
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			There's generally three views on this.
		
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			There's some narrations that mention that the prophet,
		
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			Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when he was born,
		
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			he was born circumcised and happy, smiling.
		
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			Circumcised and happy, smiling.
		
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			But that narration is extremely weak.
		
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			It is so weak, in fact, that it's
		
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			considered a fabricated narration.
		
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			Ibn al-Jawzi added this book.
		
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			Ibn al-Jawzi, a great scholar, he has
		
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			three volume books where he collated all of
		
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			the narrations that are fabricated.
		
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			When we say fabricated, it means 100%
		
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			the prophet did not say this.
		
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			There were so many that the ulama, they
		
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			had to compile books.
		
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			If you read everything in it, you know
		
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			it's false.
		
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			So when you come across that, you know
		
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			it's false.
		
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			So that hadith is not true.
		
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			Then you have in some narrations that are
		
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			maybe a little bit stronger that say that
		
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			the prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the khitan
		
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			was done on him the same time as
		
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			when, and we'll mention this next week, the
		
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			same time as Angel Gabriel opened up his
		
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			heart and washed his heart with zamzam, which
		
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			happened, which we'll discuss next week, inshallah ta
		
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			'ala, a famous incident that happened to the
		
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			prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when he was
		
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			about five years old.
		
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			But the strongest view that the scholars of
		
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			Shira mention is that it was his grandfather,
		
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			and this makes the most common sense.
		
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			It was his grandfather that did the khitan
		
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			on him when he was seven years old.
		
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			Rasulullah, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, then grows up,
		
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			and who is around him as a wet
		
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			nurse at that time?
		
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			Of course, you had his mother, and very
		
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			soon after his birth, Halima to Sa'diyah will
		
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			take him, and we'll discuss that next week,
		
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			and also you had, of course, Ummu Ayman.
		
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			Ummu Ayman is a very key figure in
		
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			the prophet's life.
		
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			Ummu Ayman, and some of the riwayat actually
		
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			mention that Ummu Ayman was there when he
		
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			was being born.
		
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			She was there in the room when he
		
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			was being born.
		
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			Ummu Ayman was a freed slave of Abdullah,
		
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			the father of the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam.
		
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			She was a woman from Abyssinia that was
		
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			freed.
		
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			She was a slave, and she was freed
		
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			by who?
		
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			By Abdullah, the father of the Prophet, Sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			Then she stuck around with the family.
		
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			She stuck around the family, and then she
		
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			helped raise the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
		
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			and she was always by his side, and
		
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			after, even when he goes to the Bani
		
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			Sa'd and stays with them in the countryside
		
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			in the desert for many years, when he
		
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			comes back to his mother, Ummu Ayman is
		
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			there.
		
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			When the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, goes
		
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			with his mother to Yathrib, to Medina, and
		
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			then his mother passes away, Amina is there
		
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			with him.
		
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			She's the one that brings him back to
		
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			his grandfather, Abdul Muthalib.
		
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			And when Abdul Muthalib passes away, Amina, not
		
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			Amina, Ummu Ayman is still there.
		
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			And then throughout his life, as the Prophet
		
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			grew up, Ummu Ayman is there.
		
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			And when the Prophet becomes a prophet, she
		
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			is there, and she accepts Islam.
		
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			And she makes hijrah with the Prophet, Sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			And she used to live near the Prophet,
		
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			Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and he used to
		
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			visit her all the time.
		
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			And the Prophet and her had a very
		
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			motherly relationship.
		
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			And there were incidents where she would advise
		
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			the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and he
		
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			would visit her all the time.
		
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			And he used to see her as her
		
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			mother.
		
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			Her name was Baraka.
		
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			Her name was Baraka, and she was known
		
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			as Ummu Ayman.
		
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			And she, the Prophet, dies before her.
		
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			She lives all that time.
		
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			She was there when he was born, and
		
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			she was there, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when
		
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			he died.
		
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			And after his death, Abu Bakr bin Umar
		
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			one day said, let's go visit her, just
		
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			like the Prophet used to visit her.
		
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			So they go and they visit Ummu Ayman.
		
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			And they reminisce the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam, and then Ummu Ayman cries.
		
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			And then Abu Bakr bin Umar cries as
		
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			well.
		
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			Ummu Ayman is a key figure in the
		
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			Prophet's life, and it's sad that Allah would
		
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			not know her.
		
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			She's a very important figure in the Prophet's
		
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			life because she is there from the beginning
		
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			until the end.
		
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			And she's considered among the muhajirat because she
		
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			made hijrah to Medina as well.
		
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			Insha'Allah ta'ala, I'm going to conclude
		
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			the lesson here and take some questions and
		
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			also insha'Allah ta'ala ask some questions.
		
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			So far we covered the importance of the
		
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			Kaaba and why it's important because it is
		
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			a central place of ibadah and worship.
		
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			The evil intent of Abraha and what happened
		
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			to him and how he died and how
		
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			Allah destroyed him.
		
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			How Allah promised to protect the Kaaba and
		
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			that protection happened.
		
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			The connection Quraysh had with Allah even though
		
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			they were idol worshippers.
		
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			The importance of relying and trusting Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			The major incident that marked the Prophet's birth
		
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			as well as some details of the Prophet's
		
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			birth.
		
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			Next week what we will cover insha'Allah
		
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			ta'ala is the days that the Prophet
		
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			had as a childhood, early childhood until he
		
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			becomes a young man and will continue going
		
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			throughout his life to have major incidents until
		
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			the most major incident which is the day
		
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			he meets Jibreel and becomes a Prophet salallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			Let's see if there are any questions.
		
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			How can we learn?
		
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			How can we implement some of the things
		
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			learned in our life pertaining to Syria?
		
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			How can we relate back to the points?
		
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			So let's take today as an example.
		
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			Today we see the grandfather of the Prophet
		
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			salallahu alayhi wa sallam sincerely make dua at
		
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			that time and show true reliance on Allah.
		
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			That's something we can implement today in our
		
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			lives.
		
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			There are going to be moments in your
		
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			life where you need to rely you always
		
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			need to rely on Allah not moments you
		
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			always need to rely upon Allah.
		
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			But there are moments in your life where
		
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			you will be in a time of difficulty.
		
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			Let your first instinct be I have Allah.
		
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			I have Allah.
		
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			Let that be your first instinct.
		
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			Think of Musa alayhi salam at the edge
		
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			of the sea being chased by the Firaun
		
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			and the Bani Israel say We are going
		
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			to be caught.
		
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			They are going to catch us.
		
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			And he says No.
		
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			I have with me my Lord.
		
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			He will guide me.
		
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			Reliance upon Allah.
		
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			Think of the Prophet in the cave of
		
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			Thawr.
		
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			When Abu Bakr says to him if one
		
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			of them looks down they will see us
		
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			O Messenger of Allah.
		
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			We will get to that by the way
		
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			when they are hiding in the cave.
		
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			And the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said
		
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			Oh Abu Bakr what do you think of
		
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			two?
		
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			Allah is the third.
		
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			Trust.
		
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			Reliance.
		
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			Next time you are in a situation remember
		
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			Allah is with you.
		
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			You are not alone.
		
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			You are not alone.
		
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			So that is something that we can start
		
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			building.
		
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			And the best type of reliance isn't relying
		
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			upon Allah during disasters.
		
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			The best type of reliance is not relying
		
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			upon Allah during moments of difficulty.
		
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			It is relying upon Allah as it relates
		
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			to your worship.
		
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			It is relying upon Allah as it relates
		
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			to your worship.
		
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			Oh Allah do not make me dependent upon
		
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			myself even a moment because Ya Allah I
		
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			always need you.
		
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			And you have that reliance upon Allah Ya
		
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			Allah I rely upon you for my Ibadah
		
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			for my well-being for everything.
		
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			The more you truly rely upon Allah the
		
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			more that manifests itself in life.
		
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			So that is one.
		
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			So what we do is we look at
		
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			every time we look at every time we
		
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			look at the seerah and see moments.
		
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			Now to be honest right now we haven't
		
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			even dealt with the actual seerah.
		
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			This is all by the way the last
		
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			3 weeks everything this is all a prelude.
		
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			When does the real seerah begin who can
		
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			tell me?
		
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			When does the real seerah begin at what
		
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			point?
		
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			Huh?
		
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			No no no before that the hijrah is
		
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			too that's too far too far in.
		
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			Yes Akhi Sorry?
		
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			We can say from the birth but the
		
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			seerah of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			starts when the Qur'an comes down.
		
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			onwards that's when we see the Prophet Sallallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam with divine guidance.
		
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			The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam with what?
		
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			With divine guidance.
		
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			So when we get there and we see
		
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			the way he is calling people to Islam
		
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			we learn from that how we treat others
		
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			and call them to Islam.
		
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			The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam we learn from
		
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			that and we apply it.
		
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			So inshallah there are many ways as you
		
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			come to these lessons you'll see the Prophet
		
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			Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and and we'll inshallah take
		
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			many lessons from his life maybe be among
		
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			those that benefit from it Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			Someone is asking people say Prophet Muhammad celebrated
		
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			his birthday by fasting on Mondays so it's
		
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			okay to celebrate one's birthday.
		
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			The problem with this is the dalil itself.
		
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			The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did not celebrate
		
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			his birthday.
		
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			The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam fasted on Monday
		
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			and he fasted for many reasons.
		
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			Among those reasons was that he was what?
		
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			Born on Monday that he mentioned.
		
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			But wasn't the only reason that he mentioned
		
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			like we said the a'mal are taken and
		
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			for us it is sunnah to fast on
		
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			Mondays because the Prophet did so.
		
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			So the person that is doing this is
		
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			grasping at straws and this is really important
		
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			to appreciate.
		
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			Our brothers may Allah guide them that are
		
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			really staunch defenders of the Mawlid celebrations they'll
		
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			grasp anything and you can tell from the
		
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			note of how they are using the evidence
		
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			that this is come on what are you
		
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			doing here?
		
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			I mean this is one of them.
		
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			The Prophet the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said
		
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			I was born on a Monday and he
		
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			fasted.
		
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			Therefore not on Mondays by the way but
		
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			on the 12th of Rabi'ul Awal every
		
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			year not every week we're going to not
		
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			fast eat and have a celebration.
		
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			This is so far removed from the description
		
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			that you're making that it doesn't make any
		
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			sense.
		
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			Like make it make sense.
		
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			If I tell you some of the other
		
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			evidences and this was part of the lesson
		
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			today but I want to summarize it.
		
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			One of the people that was present and
		
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			heard of the Prophet's birth was Abu Lahab.
		
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			Abdul Uzza Abu Lahab.
		
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			Abu Lahab is the uncle of the Prophet
		
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			Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
		
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			He was actually happy that the Prophet was
		
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			born because it was his nephew.
		
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			He's happy now but in 40 years he'll
		
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			hate him for Islam.
		
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			We don't care that you're happy now.
		
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			What cares is that you're Abu Lahab.
		
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			Horrible human being.
		
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			Horrible human being.
		
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			But he freed a slave apparently the day
		
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			the Prophet was born.
		
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			So Abu Lahab was happy the day the
		
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			Prophet was born and he freed a slave.
		
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			So therefore we can celebrate the birth of
		
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			the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
		
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			Does that make sense?
		
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			Like that connection?
		
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			We're using not even Abu Lahab someone saw
		
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			in a dream that Abu Lahab's punishment is
		
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			less than it should be because he gave
		
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			a freed a slave the day the Prophet
		
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			was born.
		
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			So we're lying on a dream of Abu
		
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			Lahab the worst person ever one of the
		
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			worst people ever he harmed the Prophet Sallallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam that he freed someone the day
		
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			the Prophet was born nothing and look you
		
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			can tell from the way people are struggling
		
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			to find evidence for something that you shouldn't
		
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			do it.
		
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			If someone is really struggling to find evidence
		
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			for something it's usually an evidence that you
		
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			shouldn't be doing it and they do our
		
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			brothers when they are talking about the mawlid
		
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			they struggle to bring evidences.
		
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			Like we're dealing with now dreams Abu Lahab
		
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			what are we doing man?
		
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			What are we doing?
		
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			So now the Monday is not a strong
		
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			evidence for this at all.
		
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			And a lot of it is reverse engineering.
		
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			A lot of it what do you mean
		
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			by reverse engineering?
		
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			Sometimes what happens is there's a practice that
		
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			becomes widespread.
		
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			There's a practice that becomes widespread.
		
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			And some of the ulama sometimes out of
		
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			the kindness of their heart but it shouldn't
		
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			be done they'll say okay there is no
		
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			evidence for this but let me try.
		
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			Let me try.
		
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			So then they'll see maybe we can use
		
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			this thing over here that kind of looks
		
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			like that as an evidence for this if
		
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			you have to try that hard then don't
		
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			do it.
		
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			Is that clear?
		
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			The deen is easy.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive our
		
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			sins.
		
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			Barakallahu feekum.
		
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			The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam did not
		
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			have any siblings and his parents died very
		
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			young.
		
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			The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam did not
		
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			have any siblings any biological siblings.
		
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			He had siblings through breastfeeding.
		
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			He had many siblings through breastfeeding but he
		
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			didn't have any siblings biologically.
		
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			And his brother and father both died really
		
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			young so as we are aware of.
		
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			Barakallahu feekum everyone.
		
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			We'll conclude here inshallah wa ta'ala.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us
		
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			among those that follow the Prophet salallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam and send many salat upon him.
		
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			And this is the last Dawah.
		
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			Alhamdulillah Ya Rabb al-'Alamin.