Mustafa Abu Rayyan – S 01 Ep 07 Seerah The Revelation In Cave Hira

Mustafa Abu Rayyan
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The speaker discusses various topics related to the Prophet's teachings and their influence on the church. They mention various examples of the Prophet's teachings and their impact on the church. They also mention a lecture on margins and a discussion about the similarity between Aisha and woman in the church.
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In the name of

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Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

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By Him we seek help in the affairs

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of this world and the religion.

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Peace and blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad

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and his family and all his companions.

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All the way up to the age of

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40, where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would

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bless him with the final message.

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Where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would bless

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mankind with His speech and guidance.

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And where the story of the Muslims and

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the believers that follow Prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi

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wa sallam begin.

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It is extremely significant, extremely important that we

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appreciate that beginning.

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Because it is that beginning that is the

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direct cause of us sitting here today, having

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prayed Isha and being worshippers of Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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You can trace it all the way back

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to that day where Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala revealed upon our beloved Prophet Muhammad salallahu

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alayhi wa sallam the first ayats from our

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Creator.

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But inshallah before I start, let me just

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make a few announcements.

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As you've been told before, this program, and

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I think some of you perhaps only attend

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the seerah, but it's just part of a

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larger program that this masjid is doing, where

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we are trying to build up the foundations

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of our community and give them that sound

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knowledge that is based upon the Quran and

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the sunnah and the understanding of our righteous

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predecessors, the salaf as-salih.

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And we are doing this by having a

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program that runs throughout the week, Monday, Wednesday,

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and of course Friday, where you're learning aqeedah,

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you're learning fiqh, and you're learning seerah.

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I do encourage everyone to try and attend

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those, and I understand that sometimes circumstances may

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prevent you from coming to the masjid, but

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you can still follow these classes online inshallah

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wa ta'ala.

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And like I've told you guys before, this

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program is split into different parts, we call

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them seasons if you will, and the first

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season is ending today, where we took seven

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sessions, seven lessons, starting from the Prophet's life

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before he was even born, the state of

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the Arab world, the peninsula, and all the

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way until this lesson, where revelation starts.

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And similarly, there was a similar journey with

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the fiqh of purification, tahara, seven sessions that

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really cover the basics of everything related to

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worship and purification, and we had also aqeedah

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lessons.

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This is culminating into a reflection and relaxed

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session next week this time, next week, Friday,

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so next week there are no classes, there's

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no aqeedah, there's no fiqh, and there's no

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seerah, we're taking a break.

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And that Friday, inshallah wa ta'ala, we

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will be in the partition hall, where we

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will be testing everyone's knowledge, and inshallah wa

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ta'ala there will be some prizes and

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giveaways, and you'll have opportunity to get to

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know the instructors a bit better, and you

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know, feel like the community that we are

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inshallah wa ta'ala.

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That's really important, so if you want to

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attend, however, please follow our social media and

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try and register for it, so that we

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can have a decent understanding of the numbers

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that are coming.

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What will happen the week after that?

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We will continue just as we were doing,

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and we'll continue the Prophet's ﷺ life on

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Fridays, and other classes will continue as well.

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So next week, Friday, there's that evening that

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we have planned for you, and then classes

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will continue on as promised inshallah wa ta

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'ala.

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Is that clear for everyone?

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Hayyakumullah.

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Now before I start, I always like to

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maybe use the opportunity to ask you guys

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some questions, to see how much you've retained

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from the previous lesson.

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So the first question I'm going to ask

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is, I see you're very excited, mashallah.

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Are you ready for the questions?

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Who was with the Prophet ﷺ?

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Who was with the Prophet ﷺ when he

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went out to gather the stones and the

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rocks that the Kaaba will be built with?

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So a lot of the Quraysh were going

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and gathering the stones and the rocks to

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rebuild the Kaaba.

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Which individual was with the Prophet ﷺ?

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Are you sure you know the answer?

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Yes, go ahead then.

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It was not Abu Bakr.

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It was not Abu Bakr.

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It was not Abu Bakr.

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It was not Abu Bakr.

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It was not Hamza either.

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Okay, guys, come on.

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Come on.

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You at the back that is sitting down.

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What did you say?

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Zaid ibn Haritha is not dead.

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Okay, guys.

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This is not looking good.

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Cameras are...

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His uncle Abbas.

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Jazakallahu khair.

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Jazakallahu khair.

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What's your name, Akhi?

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Tayyib?

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Tayyib.

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Your answer was very Tayyib.

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Tayyib.

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Now, let me ask you guys another question.

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What was the Prophet's ﷺ solution for the

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Quraysh that were fighting over who gets the

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honor to place the black stone in the

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Kaaba?

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What was the Prophet's solution?

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Are you sure you know the answer?

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What's your name, young man?

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Mustafa.

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Of course, I have to give it to

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you.

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You know why?

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Me and you have the same name.

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Did you not know that?

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I'm called Mustafa as well.

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All right, Mustafa.

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Don't disappoint us.

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You ready?

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Tell us.

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The Prophet made all the other tribes come

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together and what did he put on the

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ground?

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A cloth.

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Yes.

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And what did they place on it?

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The black stone.

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And then everyone?

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Jazakallahu khair.

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Jazakallahu khair.

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Mustafa, you did really well.

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May Allah ﷻ bless our youngsters and may

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Allah ﷻ make us among those that truly

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know the story of the Prophet ﷺ and

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learn lessons from it.

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Tayyib, I'll stop here.

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And today, inshallah ta'ala, what we're going

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to cover is the first revelation that happened.

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And we, inshallah ta'ala, are going to

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learn what transpired.

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The Prophet ﷺ, how did he end up

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in the cave of Hira, Gharu Hira, to

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begin with?

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And the Angel Jibril coming to him.

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And the aftermath of that.

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And the importance as well as the significance

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of these five ayahs that were revealed upon

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the Prophet ﷺ.

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Out of the whole Qur'an, 114 chapters,

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why Surah al-Alaq?

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Why Iqra?

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Inshallah ta'ala we're going to cover all

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of that.

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Let's start with the Prophet ﷺ.

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I mentioned that the dreams of the Prophet

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were coming true.

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Every single time he would dream, when he

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would wake up, that dream would come true.

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Whatever he saw people doing in his dreams

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would be a reality.

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And the reason for that was Allah ﷻ

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was preparing our Prophet to believe the visions

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that he sees.

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So this was almost like a development and

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a training for the Prophet ﷺ.

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In fact, some riwayat mention that among the

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dreams the Prophet saw was the incident that

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will happen in cave Hira.

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So before the incident of cave Hira happens,

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he saw that event transpire in a dream.

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Some of the narrations mention that when he

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comes back to Khadija and he is worried

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and the Prophet ﷺ is not sure what's

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going on, he said, have I not told

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you that I saw this in a dream?

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So again, everything the Prophet sees in a

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dream is happening.

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Then something else happened to our beloved Prophet

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Muhammad ﷺ.

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He's reaching the age of 40.

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The Prophet ﷺ is becoming increasingly disillusioned with

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the society.

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He doesn't like the shirk that they're practicing.

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He wishes people would be connected to their

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Creator.

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He wants a better world and a better

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community.

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He sees the oppression that they are doing.

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He feels that something needs to be rectified,

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but that final bit of guidance is not

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there yet.

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So Aisha r.a reports.

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Interestingly enough, this is the first hadith in

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Bukhari.

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She talks about how the revelation started.

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She mentioned the fact that the Prophet's revelation

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started with these dreams that he was seeing.

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Then after that, the Prophet ﷺ started to

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love seclusion and solitude.

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He would love to be by himself, separated

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from the community and society.

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Now why would the Prophet ﷺ want to

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be separated from the community and society?

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Because of the evil that was transpiring in

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his community and society.

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The idol worship, the oppression, the injustice, all

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of that.

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So he preferred to be by himself.

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And what would he do ﷺ?

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He would go and travel to the north

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of Mecca.

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To a mountain that's now called the Mountain

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of Nur.

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And on top of it was a cave.

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It's more of a crevice to be honest.

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That the Prophet ﷺ would sit in.

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And subhanallah, when you're sitting in it, you

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have a direct line and a vision of

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the Kaaba.

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It's two miles away, but until today when

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you're there, you can see the Kaaba from

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it directly.

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Allahu Akbar.

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And it is said that the person that

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discovered that place was the Prophet's grandfather, Abdul

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Muttalib.

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So the Prophet ﷺ would gather some food.

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His wife Khadija would prepare some food for

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him.

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And he would be gone.

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Many, many nights he would be gone.

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He would spend the nights there.

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Many days he would be there.

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And what was he doing there?

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What was he doing there ﷺ?

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The hadith mentions, He would do what is

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called And the Salaf, they translated this as

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He would worship.

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Question, how was he worshipping if there's no

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Qur'an revealed yet?

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If there's no Salah revealed yet?

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If there's no Dhikr revealed yet?

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How was he worshipping?

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And this became a discussion point among scholars.

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And some of them would say, he would

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worship.

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And there's several statements and opinions.

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The strongest one being, he would worship upon

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the way of Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ.

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And how does he know about the way

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of Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ?

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Because the Meccans, like I mentioned many times,

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Inherited many practices that was from Prophet Ibrahim

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and his son Ismail.

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Such as the tawaf around the Kaaba.

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Such as the understanding, the honor of the

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Black Stone.

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And other than that.

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So the Prophet ﷺ was upon Hanifiyyah.

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In fact, some of the narrators did not

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say, Which comes from Hanifiyyah, meaning being upon

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the way of Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ.

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And other scholars have mentioned that he would

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do Pondering.

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Pondering over the world.

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Pondering over his community.

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Thinking about his creator.

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And pondering is a great worship.

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And in fact, sometimes what you need to

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allow yourself, Is when you're out in the

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world.

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And it doesn't have to be, you don't

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have to go far.

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You don't have to go to the beach

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and see the beautiful horizon, the sea.

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Wallahi, you could be in your own garden.

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You could contemplate looking at a plant.

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How it grows.

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If you have a plant at home and

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you water it, how it grows.

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How Allah is making it grow.

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How Allah ﷻ is causing this seed to

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grow.

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You ponder over that and you remember Allah's

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ﷻ power.

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Allah's ﷻ influence of every single little thing

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that happens in this world.

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And how Allah deserves our praise constantly.

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And how we not worship him enough.

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And we do not thank him enough.

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And we do not glorify Allah ﷻ enough.

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So the Prophet ﷺ would do tafakkur.

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And others have said, some ulama have said,

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The fact that he's separating himself from his

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society, Due to the sin that they are

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in, itself is an act of worship.

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And separating yourself from the place where sin

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is happening, This is an act of worship.

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And the strongest evidence of that is what

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the people of Kahf did.

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What the people of Kahf did.

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The young group, they left their society.

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Because that was a society of shirk.

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And they went into that cave seeking refuge

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from Allah ﷻ.

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From these people and what they are upon.

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Now, it's important to remember though, That when

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you have responsibility to the society, You don't

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just leave them.

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They need da'wah.

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But the Prophet ﷺ at that particular time

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was not able to help his people.

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Because he did not unlock the answers for

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their guidance yet.

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So the moment Allah ﷻ reveals guidance upon

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him, He doesn't stay separated.

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He mixes with them and calls them to

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Islam.

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So you always have to keep those two

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things in mind.

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If you are in a small group setting,

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And you realize that this group setting, This

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friend group, this place, this class, this university,

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This neighborhood is impacting you negatively.

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And you can't do anything about that, Then

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you move away from it.

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But if you can have a positive impact,

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Then you stay there and you try to

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rectify.

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You call them towards good.

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You try to change them.

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Never at the expense of yourself, But you

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always have to keep that in mind.

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The Prophet ﷺ is leaving, And Khadija is

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packing his food for him.

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May Allah ﷻ be pleased with her.

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What a great support she was for the

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Prophet ﷺ.

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And he makes his way, And he is

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in Ghar Hira.

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And he is there for many, many days.

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Which month is this?

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This is the month of Ramadan.

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And some of us could say, How can

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there be a month of Ramadan, If the

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Qur'an hasn't even been revealed yet?

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And the answer is, these months existed, And

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were something that were practiced, Before the emergence

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of the Risal, And the message of the

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Prophet ﷺ.

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So the month of Ramadan, Which is the

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ninth month of the lunar calendar, The Prophet

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ﷺ is there, it's a blessed month.

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Let me give you an understanding of what's

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been happening at this time.

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Now, it's close.

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The answers are about to come.

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Revelation from the Creator of the heavens and

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the earth, Is about to come.

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And to move away from Mecca, And the

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Prophet ﷺ for a second, And move to

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a completely different world, The world of the

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jinn, and the shayateen.

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What was happening there?

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They noticed a change in the heavens.

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As they would travel up, To gather the

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news, And what's happening, And what the angels

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are saying, All of a sudden they found

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that They found, There is something happening.

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What's going on?

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All of a sudden there are angels going

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to the heavens.

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Why?

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Because something big is about to happen.

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Revelation is about to start.

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The final and greatest revelation.

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So, Everything is being prepared for this moment.

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And, At this time, In Mecca, In Mecca,

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yes, Are the men, And the women, That

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will cause great harm to our Prophet.

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But also, Are the men, and the women,

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That will be the greatest support of our

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Prophet ﷺ.

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Abu Bakr is not too far off.

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Khadijah is in the Prophet's home.

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Young Ali, and young Zayd are there.

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Bilal, Is at this point in time, Still

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in captivity.

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But they don't know about Islam yet.

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But all those men, and women, That have

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no idea, And Yasir, And these great companions

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of the Prophet ﷺ, Uthman ibn Affan, Who

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will become his son-in-law, They are

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all there, No idea, That all of their

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lives is about to change.

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All of their lives.

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In fact, You would say, The world is

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about to change.

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Rasulullah is sitting, ﷺ, And then, That, Momentous

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occasion happens.

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When Angel Jibreel descends, And comes to him,

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ﷺ, And says those words, Iqara.

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Iqara.

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Now, Angel Jibreel, Did not appear to the

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Prophet ﷺ, In his real form, Except twice.

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This is important information.

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The Prophet ﷺ only saw, Angel Jibreel, In

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his real form twice.

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One, Was when they ascended together, To the

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heavens.

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And met Allah ﷻ.

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And the other time, Was when the Prophet

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ﷺ, Requested, And Allah mentioned this in the

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Qur'an.

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So this occasion, Who comes in?

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And says to him, Iqara.

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And the Prophet ﷺ replies, Shocked, who is

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this person?

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What do they want from me?

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Who are you?

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But the Prophet ﷺ immediately replies, And then,

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Angel Jibreel grabs the Prophet ﷺ, And squeezes

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him.

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And says, Iqara.

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And the Prophet ﷺ says, I am not

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one who reads.

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I am not one who recites.

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And then the third time, Iqara.

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And the Prophet ﷺ replies, I am not

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one who reads or recites.

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Iqara.

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The Prophet ﷺ mentioned, That how hard, Angel

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Jibreel squeezed him, And held him to the

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point, Until the Prophet ﷺ felt, Exhausted, tired.

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And the Prophet ﷺ, Did not understand what

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was happening.

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And there's a lot of things, That needs

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to be unpacked, Just from that bit.

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Starting with, The Prophet's reply.

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Recite, Or read.

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You can translate it in both, The Prophet

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ﷺ says, The Ulama said, The beauty of

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the Arabic language, The word, Can have several

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meanings.

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Some of the Ulama have said, That the

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first reply of the Prophet ﷺ, Is a

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reply of, Who are you to tell me

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what to do?

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I'm not going to read, Just because you

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asked me.

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And the second one was, I don't know,

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What to read, And how to read.

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And the third one was, What is it

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that you want me to read?

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And it came as a question.

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And that's only then, Is when Angel Jibril

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replied to him, With the revelation given to

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him, By Allah ﷻ.

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What is the significance, Of Angel Jibril, Squeezing

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the Prophet, And causing the Prophet ﷺ, This

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immense worry, And exhaustion?

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And the answer to that, Is what my

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brothers, The Ulama have said several.

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One is, He needed to understand, That what

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he was seeing was real, Not fake.

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Meaning he wasn't imagining it, It was real.

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He needed to feel, That what he was

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seeing, Was a real person, And a real

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entity in the cave.

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Not a vision, And not a dream.

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Number one.

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The words of Allah, And the words of

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Allah are heavy.

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The words of Allah, It is not something

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that is trivial, It is a serious matter.

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And to also really get his attention, ﷺ.

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Others have said, That these three squeezes, Represented

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three major difficulties, That the Prophet would face,

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After that incident.

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When he becomes a Prophet, He would face

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the first major difficulty, When his community, Not

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only ostracized him, But his whole clan.

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And they lived in a valley, And they

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were boycotted.

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That was the first difficulty.

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The second difficulty would be, That his people,

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Will not only cast him out, But there

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will be an assassination plot against him.

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And the third difficulty would be, That they

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would invade him in Medina, His city.

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Not only kill his uncle, But injure him

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greatly.

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It is a great path, And a great

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journey, But it is not without difficulty.

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And also, Each time he would let him

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go, He would feel relief.

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And that relief is indicative of what Allah

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tells in the Quran, Indeed, with difficulty comes

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ease.

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And indeed, With this journey you are upon,

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That you are going to call the people

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away from shirk.

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And upon Islam, It will be a path

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filled with challenges, Trials and difficulties.

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There will also be moments of relief, Ease,

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And moments of joy and happiness as well.

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And there is no greater joy, Than Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala speaking to you, And

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala blessing you, With

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his guidance.

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The word Iqra' Is a very fascinating word.

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Iqra' could mean, To read something that is

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written down.

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So you read a message, I read the

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message.

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But Iqra' can also mean, To recite something.

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On the Day of Judgment, The people that

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have memorized the Quran, Will be told, Iqra'

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Recite.

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They won't be reading something, They will be

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reciting the Quran, That they were taught, That

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they read in the juniyah.

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The Prophet said to the Sahaba, To Abdullah

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ibn Mas'ud, Iqra' alayhi al-Quran, Recite

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upon me the Quran.

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Reading would mean, That you read something that

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is written down.

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But the word Iqra' means to read, But

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also to recite.

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It has a third meaning as well.

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If someone says, Iqra' alayhi as-salam, There

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is a famous narration, Powerful hadith, Where Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala, Is so pleased, With

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the wife of the Prophet Khadijah, That he

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says, Angel Jibril comes down, And says, I

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have a message from our Lord, That he

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said, He is not reading, Not reciting, But

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he is sending her his salam.

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Or preaching, Or propagating.

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When you spread a message, It's called qira'

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as well.

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When you spread a message, It's called qira'

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as well.

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So the Prophet is not only being told,

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In the ayah, Iqra' read, Or Iqra' recite,

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But also Iqra', Whatever you are about to

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learn here, And everything else, You are going

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to spread that.

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Spread the salam, right?

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This is also qira'a.

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So the word Iqra' carries several meanings.

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Iqra' bismi rabbik.

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Recite, But don't just recite.

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Bismi rabbik.

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In the name of your Rabb.

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Your Rabb.

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Your Lord.

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Usually, when we say, We say bismillah.

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What does bismillah mean?

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In the name of Allah.

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What does bismi rabbika mean?

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In the name of your Lord.

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Now what is the difference between Bismillah and

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bismi rabbik?

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When you say bismillah, In the name of

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Allah, The word Allah means the one we

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worship, And is deserving of our worship.

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The word Allah, Is the one worthy, Deserving

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of our Constant devotion and worship.

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It has something to do with our actions.

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We worship Allah.

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We worship Allah.

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We pray to Allah.

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But the word Rabb is about Allah.

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And what Allah does for us.

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The word Rabb, Is all about what Allah

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does for us.

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Which is why a lot of time in

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our du'a, We use the word Rabb.

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All of the prophets when they made du

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'a, They would call upon Allah using the

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word Rabb.

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But most of the time, Rabb yaghfir li

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wa li waridiyya.

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Rabb arini kayfa tuhji almouta.

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You know, the word Rabb, Rabbana hablana ameen

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azwajina.

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Why?

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Because the word Rabb is the one, It

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really entails everything Allah does.

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The af'al of Allah.

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The one who creates.

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The one who provides.

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The one who sustains.

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The one who guides.

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That's who the Rabb is.

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We're going to have to wait until you

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turn it off.

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Apun sheikh.

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So Allah is teaching the prophet here, Immediately,

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Read in the name of your Rabb.

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The one who will guide you.

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The one who has created you.

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The one who has protected you.

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The one who has done everything for you.

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The one who is yours.

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It was an element of feeling that he

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is personal to you.

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And that's how we should feel with Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the one,

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Each one of us right now.

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If you take a moment and think about

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All of the blessings in your life.

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It is Allah who gave that to you.

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He is your Lord.

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He is my Lord.

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He is the Lord of the worlds.

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Read in the name of your Lord.

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The ulama also say here, And I'm sorry

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everyone, But it's important that we really unpack

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these ayats.

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Because there is a question, Why these ayats?

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Why these ayats?

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And inshallah when we unpack them, It will

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make sense.

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Read in the name of your Lord.

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Angel Jibreel is saying this, But immediately what's

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clear from that is, This message is not

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from Jibreel.

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It's from who?

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It's from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And then Allah says, The one who has

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created.

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The one who has created.

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Created what?

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The one who has created everything.

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And here immediately, Recite and read in the

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name of your Lord.

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Seeking your Lord's blessings.

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And this is something very important, right?

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We seek blessings from the name of Allah.

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Hence why we say His name with everything

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that we do.

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Bismillah before we eat.

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Bismillah before we enter our home.

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Bismillah when we leave our home.

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Bismillah all the time, every time.

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Because in the name of Allah is all

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blessings.

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Tabarakasmu rabbika.

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Blessed is the name of who?

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Of your Lord.

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So always keep that in mind, right?

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Keep Allah's name always on your tongue.

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Because Allah's name is blessed.

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Iqra' bismi rabbika allathee khalaq.

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Recite in the name of your Lord who

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has created.

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Khalaq.

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There is no specification here.

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Why?

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Because here the Prophet is being taught, and

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we are being taught that Allah is the

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creator of everything.

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Then Allah becomes a bit more specific in

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the following ayah.

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Iqra' bismi rabbika allathee khalaq.

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Khalaqal insana min alaq.

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The ulama, they say, when something general is

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mentioned, and then after that, a specific something

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that is part of that general is mentioned,

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it shows that that is special.

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I'll give you an example.

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Allah mentions in the Quran, Qul man kana

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adwanillahi wa malaikatihi.

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Whoever shows animosity and becomes an enemy to

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Allah and his angels.

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His angels, right?

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Now Allah mentions Jibreel and Mikal.

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And Jibreel and Mikal.

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But aren't Jibreel and Mikal part of the

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angels?

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So why are they mentioned separately, although they

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were just including the angels?

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Because they're special.

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Because they are special.

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And people use that sometimes.

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It's everyone here.

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Yes, everyone is here.

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The bride and the groom.

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If I say that.

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They're part of everyone.

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Why mention it?

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Because there's an importance.

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The wedding can't happen without them, right?

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So even in language and the way we

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use it, you will sometimes specify that which

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is important, right?

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Allah said, allathee khalaq the one who has

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created.

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Khalaqal insana has created mankind, min alaq from

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cloth.

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Allah is mentioning the creation of insan here

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specifically because the insan, mankind, have been honored

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by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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They have been honored by Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala with intellect.

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They have been honored by Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala with free will.

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They have been honored by Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala by preferring them over all other

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creation.

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Allah said, karamna bani adam We have indeed

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honored mankind.

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So immediately you should feel a sense of

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here you are, your Lord Allah introducing Himself

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to you and He's telling you that you

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are an honored being.

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You are an honored being.

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And that's why we are meant to honor

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each other.

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We are meant to honor each other because

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the bani adam, he, the human being, is

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honored by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Khalaqal insan, the one who has created man,

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min alaq from cloth.

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And it's interesting why Allah used cloth.

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Because in some other ayat, Allah mentioned that

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He's created us from a drop, min nutfa,

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from water, from turab sometimes, referencing to Adam

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alayhi salam.

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But who is excluded here that was not

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created from alaq, cloth?

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It's Adam.

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What was Adam created from?

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Prophet Adam alayhi salam.

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Yes, tell me.

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Prophet Adam was created from huh?

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Very good.

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Clay.

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And what was our mother and the mother

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of all of mankind created from?

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Hmm?

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The same?

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No.

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Yes, Akhi.

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From the rib of Adam.

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So she's also not created from cloth.

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So everyone else, everyone else grew and was

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created by Allah that Rabb nurtured and grew

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in their mother's womb until they became fully

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formed human beings.

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What about Prophet Isa alayhi salam?

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Included or excluded?

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Prophet Isa alayhi salam.

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Huh?

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Raise your hand if you think he's included.

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Raise your hand if you think he's excluded.

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He's included.

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Why?

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Because he grew in his mother's womb like

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any other baby.

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He grew in his mother's womb like any

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other baby.

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The only difference was that he was not

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created from a man.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created Prophet Isa

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in his mother's womb.

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He was a piece of cloth that grows

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and grows and grows.

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And of course this is reference to how

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala creates us in

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stages, how he grows us, how he nurtures

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us.

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It is again a reference from his Rabubiyah.

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And a reminder, although you are honored, remember

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your beginnings.

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Although you are honored, you have no right

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to be prideful.

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Remember your beginnings.

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And then Allah says again, Recite.

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And your Lord is the most generous.

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All of these are prophets hearing it in

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the cave.

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Your Lord is the most generous.

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Allah is the most generous.

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He's generous that he's created us.

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Wallahi, Allah chose us to exist and without

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him we wouldn't exist.

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Allah was so generous by allowing us to

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exist, allowing us to be Muslims, allowing us

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to eat and drink, allowing us to have

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families, allowing us for all of this.

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generosity.

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And then here Allah is telling us that

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he is not just generous he's Al-Akram,

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the most generous.

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Allah wants to give.

00:34:12 --> 00:34:13

Allah wants to forgive.

00:34:13 --> 00:34:14

Allah wants to guide.

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Allah wants to accept your repentance.

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Allah wants you to go to Jannah.

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That's why Allah is Al-Akram, the most

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generous.

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Allah is Al-Akram.

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Then Allah tells us what is an example

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of Allah's generosity.

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The one who taught.

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Knowledge.

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Knowledge.

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The knowledge you're about to receive from Muhammad

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is the greatest example of Allah's generosity.

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The knowledge of the Quran is a greater

00:34:45 --> 00:34:47

generosity than anything you've ever had.

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Allah is the one that taught but Allah

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has kept it general here.

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The Quran is the key part of it

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and in Surah Ar-Rahman Allah mentions this.

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Ar-Rahman, the most merciful, Allama al-Qur

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'an, taught the Quran.

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Right?

00:35:01 --> 00:35:04

Now Allah is telling us Alladhi Allama the

00:35:04 --> 00:35:07

one who taught, bilqalam with the pen.

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And here Allah is referencing the pen.

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Significance of the pen.

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All of the knowledge of mankind, many of

00:35:16 --> 00:35:19

it is transmitted orally but that which preserved

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and is remembered is transmitted through writing.

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And the pen is something we take for

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granted especially now that we type I guess.

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But honestly my brothers and sisters, Allah Almighty

00:35:30 --> 00:35:32

to mention the pen in the Quran, in

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the first bit of revelation.

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If you can't look in these, if someone

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were to analyze these five ayats, ilm is

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mentioned so many times.

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Right?

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Allama al-insana, alladhi allama bilqalam, allama al

00:35:47 --> 00:35:48

-insana ma lam ya'lam.

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The word ilm is mentioned three times.

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Knowledge.

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Its importance for the development of mankind but

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especially from a spiritual perspective.

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Especially to the Arabs who at that time

00:36:00 --> 00:36:02

were not a people that wrote, were not

00:36:02 --> 00:36:04

a people that preserved knowledge, were not a

00:36:04 --> 00:36:06

people that had a long heritage of knowledge.

00:36:07 --> 00:36:08

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is sending them

00:36:08 --> 00:36:11

a prophet that will transform their world.

00:36:12 --> 00:36:13

And truly he did.

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With the Quran of course.

00:36:17 --> 00:36:19

Iqara wa rabbuka al-akramalladhi allama the one

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who has taught bilqalam with the pen.

00:36:21 --> 00:36:23

Allama al-insana taught mankind ma lam ya

00:36:23 --> 00:36:24

'lam.

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That you do not know.

00:36:26 --> 00:36:28

Wallahi we did not know anything before Islam.

00:36:29 --> 00:36:32

It is through Islam we know so much.

00:36:32 --> 00:36:34

The justice that we think we know is

00:36:34 --> 00:36:34

through Islam.

00:36:35 --> 00:36:38

The honor that we know is through Islam.

00:36:38 --> 00:36:40

Many of the knowledges that we practice today

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is because of Islam.

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Something that we take for granted.

00:36:46 --> 00:36:47

The covering of our awrah.

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The taking care of your neighbors.

00:36:51 --> 00:36:53

The importance of your parents.

00:36:54 --> 00:36:56

The Quran and all of the stories that

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came before.

00:36:57 --> 00:36:59

The concept of patience.

00:37:00 --> 00:37:02

Understanding how to deal with difficulty.

00:37:03 --> 00:37:07

Understanding how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala operates

00:37:07 --> 00:37:09

in this world and why evil happens.

00:37:09 --> 00:37:14

Being able to navigate this world in a

00:37:14 --> 00:37:17

way that allows you to understand not only

00:37:17 --> 00:37:21

right from wrong but what's appropriate and what

00:37:21 --> 00:37:21

isn't.

00:37:21 --> 00:37:22

And to be able.

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This is all from ilm.

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Let's read the ayats one more time and

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then move on to what happens after.

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Iqara bismi rabbika alladhi khalaq.

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Recite in the name of your Lord who

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has created.

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Khalaq al-insana min alaq.

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He has created mankind from something as small

00:37:39 --> 00:37:40

as alaq.

00:37:42 --> 00:37:44

Iqara wa rabbuka al-akram.

00:37:45 --> 00:37:48

Recite and your Lord is the most generous.

00:37:49 --> 00:37:51

Alladhi allama bilqalam.

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He who has taught by the pen.

00:37:54 --> 00:37:56

Allama al-insan.

00:37:56 --> 00:37:57

Taught mankind.

00:37:57 --> 00:37:58

Ma lam ya'lam.

00:37:58 --> 00:37:58

What they do not know.

00:38:00 --> 00:38:03

Quraysh did not know that they need to

00:38:03 --> 00:38:05

worship Allah alone and that is their salvation

00:38:05 --> 00:38:06

in dunya and akhira.

00:38:06 --> 00:38:10

They did not know respecting neighbors and honoring

00:38:10 --> 00:38:12

parents and taking care of the destitute.

00:38:13 --> 00:38:16

They did not know anything until Allah sends

00:38:16 --> 00:38:16

them a prophet.

00:38:17 --> 00:38:18

And when we get to the story of

00:38:18 --> 00:38:19

Ja'far ibn Abi Talib.

00:38:20 --> 00:38:23

A beautiful moment in history where Ja'far

00:38:23 --> 00:38:25

the cousin of the Prophet stands in front

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of the king of Habesha and the king

00:38:28 --> 00:38:30

of Habesha Najash he says to him why

00:38:30 --> 00:38:32

do you follow Muhammad and he says we

00:38:32 --> 00:38:35

follow him because one two three four five.

00:38:35 --> 00:38:36

I won't spoil it now.

00:38:36 --> 00:38:37

Come to the classes and you'll hear that

00:38:37 --> 00:38:38

inshallah ta'ala.

00:38:38 --> 00:38:41

But when he mentioned that he mentions where

00:38:41 --> 00:38:44

they were and where this deen took them.

00:38:44 --> 00:38:46

That's what Allah is referencing here and says

00:38:46 --> 00:38:48

taught mankind that which you do not know.

00:38:49 --> 00:38:53

Honor and Tawheed number one and then all

00:38:53 --> 00:38:54

of the akhlaq and the manners and everything

00:38:54 --> 00:38:55

to do with that.

00:38:55 --> 00:38:56

The Prophet received these ayats.

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What happens?

00:38:57 --> 00:38:58

Ibn Jibreel goes away.

00:39:00 --> 00:39:01

The Prophet descends from the hill.

00:39:02 --> 00:39:04

He doesn't fully understand what just happened.

00:39:05 --> 00:39:06

The Quran is heavy.

00:39:07 --> 00:39:12

Allah says Allah mentioned the Quran is heavy.

00:39:12 --> 00:39:13

It's powerful.

00:39:13 --> 00:39:14

It's not easy.

00:39:14 --> 00:39:17

In fact revelation was not easy upon the

00:39:17 --> 00:39:18

Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

00:39:18 --> 00:39:19

And let me expand upon that a little

00:39:19 --> 00:39:19

bit more.

00:39:20 --> 00:39:21

How did the Prophet used to receive revelation?

00:39:22 --> 00:39:24

Even later how did revelation used to come

00:39:24 --> 00:39:25

to Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam?

00:39:25 --> 00:39:26

There are several ways.

00:39:26 --> 00:39:29

Number one was what happened right now where

00:39:29 --> 00:39:31

Angel Jibreel would come to him directly.

00:39:31 --> 00:39:33

That's one way of revelation where Angel Jibreel

00:39:33 --> 00:39:34

would come to him directly.

00:39:35 --> 00:39:39

Another one was that Angel Jibreel would inspired

00:39:39 --> 00:39:40

in his heart.

00:39:41 --> 00:39:41

Right?

00:39:42 --> 00:39:45

He would blow in his heart and the

00:39:45 --> 00:39:47

Prophet would be inspired through Angel Jibreel in

00:39:47 --> 00:39:48

that way.

00:39:48 --> 00:39:48

Right?

00:39:49 --> 00:39:50

And then there was another one and the

00:39:50 --> 00:39:51

Prophet said this was the most difficult on

00:39:51 --> 00:39:52

him.

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And Aisha r.a mentioned that revelation used

00:39:55 --> 00:39:57

to come to him like a ringing bell

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and or a buzzing noise before the revelation

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comes to him.

00:40:01 --> 00:40:03

And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would

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feel very heavy.

00:40:04 --> 00:40:06

And even if it's on a cold afternoon

00:40:06 --> 00:40:07

the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would be

00:40:07 --> 00:40:11

sweating before the revelation would come upon him.

00:40:11 --> 00:40:14

So it wasn't the Quran is heavy.

00:40:15 --> 00:40:16

The Quran is heavy.

00:40:17 --> 00:40:19

And the reason it is heavy is because

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there's a burden of responsibility.

00:40:21 --> 00:40:24

However those that accept that responsibility and act

00:40:24 --> 00:40:26

upon it, it's very light upon them.

00:40:27 --> 00:40:29

But the initial reception of course of the

00:40:29 --> 00:40:30

Quran was heavy.

00:40:30 --> 00:40:31

So that's the third one.

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A fourth one was that Allah speaks to

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the Prophet directly.

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And that was an honor Allah gave the

00:40:36 --> 00:40:38

Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam on the night

00:40:38 --> 00:40:38

journey.

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Where he journeyed to Allah subhanahu wa ta

00:40:40 --> 00:40:42

'ala and Allah spoke to him directly.

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And the Prophet reached a level where even

00:40:45 --> 00:40:48

Angel Jibreel could not go with him as

00:40:48 --> 00:40:50

he got near to his Lord Allah subhanahu

00:40:50 --> 00:40:52

wa ta'ala and spoke to him.

00:40:52 --> 00:40:54

And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed upon

00:40:54 --> 00:40:57

him one of the greatest acts of worship.

00:40:57 --> 00:40:57

Who can tell you what act of worship

00:40:57 --> 00:40:58

that was?

00:40:59 --> 00:40:59

The Salah.

00:41:00 --> 00:41:00

Jazakallah khair.

00:41:00 --> 00:41:03

And that should help you realize the importance

00:41:03 --> 00:41:04

of the Salah.

00:41:04 --> 00:41:07

The Prophet comes and he goes home.

00:41:08 --> 00:41:11

And when he goes home Khadija is there.

00:41:11 --> 00:41:13

And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is

00:41:13 --> 00:41:14

visibly upset.

00:41:14 --> 00:41:16

He is shocked.

00:41:16 --> 00:41:18

And the first thing he says to her

00:41:18 --> 00:41:20

is Zambiloni Zambiloni cover me cover me.

00:41:21 --> 00:41:22

And the Prophet lies down.

00:41:22 --> 00:41:24

And the hadith mentions that he had Rauh.

00:41:24 --> 00:41:25

He was terrified.

00:41:26 --> 00:41:28

And the ulama they asked themselves the question

00:41:28 --> 00:41:30

what terrified the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam?

00:41:30 --> 00:41:32

Was it the experience?

00:41:33 --> 00:41:34

Was it the responsibility?

00:41:36 --> 00:41:38

Was it that he is not used to

00:41:38 --> 00:41:41

engaging with this being Angel Jibreel?

00:41:42 --> 00:41:48

In any case he lied down until this

00:41:48 --> 00:41:51

Rauh this fear left him.

00:41:52 --> 00:41:57

And then here you see the importance of

00:41:57 --> 00:41:59

a caring intelligent loving wife.

00:42:00 --> 00:42:01

Here you see it.

00:42:02 --> 00:42:05

The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam comes home.

00:42:05 --> 00:42:07

He's been gone perhaps for many days.

00:42:07 --> 00:42:09

There's no such thing as where you've been

00:42:09 --> 00:42:11

and we needed this and all this happened

00:42:11 --> 00:42:11

and none of that.

00:42:12 --> 00:42:13

And then when he comes and he tells

00:42:13 --> 00:42:15

her her experience she listens.

00:42:16 --> 00:42:17

She assures.

00:42:18 --> 00:42:22

She gives words of encouragement and support.

00:42:23 --> 00:42:25

Brothers and sisters if someone comes to you

00:42:25 --> 00:42:29

and they are shocked they are worried they

00:42:29 --> 00:42:32

are telling you something listen to them and

00:42:32 --> 00:42:34

give them words of reassurance.

00:42:35 --> 00:42:36

That's the least you can do.

00:42:37 --> 00:42:38

That's the least you can do.

00:42:38 --> 00:42:40

If someone comes to you I'm worried about

00:42:40 --> 00:42:41

this and that and that and say well

00:42:41 --> 00:42:42

yeah you should be worried man.

00:42:42 --> 00:42:43

You should be worried.

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This is causing more anxiety.

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Your job is to relieve the anxiety if

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you want to be like the greatest woman

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Khadija.

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And then she tells the Prophet sallallahu alayhi

00:42:57 --> 00:42:59

wa sallam lasting words.

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Beautiful words.

00:43:02 --> 00:43:03

She said to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa

00:43:03 --> 00:43:05

sallam because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

00:43:05 --> 00:43:05

was hurt.

00:43:05 --> 00:43:12

She said never will Allah humiliate you and

00:43:12 --> 00:43:13

cause you harm oh Muhammad.

00:43:14 --> 00:43:14

Why?

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Because you are kind to others and you

00:43:20 --> 00:43:23

keep the ties of kinship and she said

00:43:27 --> 00:43:28

She mentioned the Prophet's qualities.

00:43:28 --> 00:43:30

She said nothing bad will happen to you

00:43:30 --> 00:43:33

because you are someone that takes care of

00:43:33 --> 00:43:34

those in need.

00:43:35 --> 00:43:36

You keep the ties of kinship.

00:43:37 --> 00:43:38

You support the oppressive.

00:43:38 --> 00:43:40

You feed the needy.

00:43:40 --> 00:43:42

Someone like you nothing bad will happen to

00:43:42 --> 00:43:42

you.

00:43:43 --> 00:43:43

Don't you worry.

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And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam calms

00:43:46 --> 00:43:47

down.

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Then she takes initiative and watch this.

00:43:51 --> 00:43:54

What do you do when someone needs help

00:43:54 --> 00:43:56

but you don't have the expertise or the

00:43:56 --> 00:43:58

knowledge to help You signpost them to someone

00:43:58 --> 00:43:59

that can.

00:44:00 --> 00:44:02

My brother, my sister, I don't have the

00:44:02 --> 00:44:02

answers.

00:44:03 --> 00:44:04

Let me find someone that does.

00:44:05 --> 00:44:08

My brother, my sister, I don't know how

00:44:08 --> 00:44:10

to help you but I can help you

00:44:10 --> 00:44:11

find someone that can.

00:44:13 --> 00:44:16

She takes the Rasul sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

00:44:16 --> 00:44:19

to Waraqah ibn Naufal who was among the

00:44:19 --> 00:44:21

few that were upon Hanifiyyah.

00:44:21 --> 00:44:23

Remember I spoke about Hanifiyyah last week.

00:44:23 --> 00:44:24

Who can tell what Hanifiyyah is?

00:44:25 --> 00:44:26

I want someone in this direction.

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What is Hanifiyyah?

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No?

00:44:30 --> 00:44:30

Yes my brother.

00:44:34 --> 00:44:35

Yes it is.

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And which Prophet lived by this and exemplified

00:44:38 --> 00:44:38

Hanifiyyah?

00:44:39 --> 00:44:40

Prophet Ibrahim alayhi salam.

00:44:40 --> 00:44:41

Very good.

00:44:41 --> 00:44:44

So there were a few individuals within Mecca

00:44:44 --> 00:44:48

and its surroundings that lived by Hanifiyyah.

00:44:48 --> 00:44:50

In other words they were upon Tawheed not

00:44:50 --> 00:44:50

Shirk.

00:44:51 --> 00:44:52

And Waraqah was one among those.

00:44:52 --> 00:44:55

And also Waraqah was a convert to the

00:44:55 --> 00:44:58

Nasraniyah, the way of Prophet Isa alayhi salam.

00:44:58 --> 00:45:00

And he would read those scriptures.

00:45:01 --> 00:45:02

And he had an understanding that a prophet

00:45:02 --> 00:45:03

was about to emerge.

00:45:04 --> 00:45:06

Khadija who was related to him takes the

00:45:06 --> 00:45:08

Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to Waraqah.

00:45:09 --> 00:45:11

And Waraqah listens to his experience and what

00:45:11 --> 00:45:14

happens and immediately puts two and two together

00:45:14 --> 00:45:16

and tells the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,

00:45:16 --> 00:45:21

the archangel, the one that came to Musa

00:45:21 --> 00:45:22

came to you.

00:45:22 --> 00:45:23

Nothing else happened to you.

00:45:24 --> 00:45:26

But clearly you are the messenger and the

00:45:26 --> 00:45:28

Prophet of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:45:29 --> 00:45:31

And then he tells the Prophet something very

00:45:31 --> 00:45:31

powerful.

00:45:32 --> 00:45:33

He says to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa

00:45:33 --> 00:45:35

sallam, I wish I was a young man

00:45:35 --> 00:45:37

so that I can be there for you

00:45:37 --> 00:45:39

when your people take you out of your

00:45:39 --> 00:45:42

city and they cast you out.

00:45:43 --> 00:45:45

And then the Prophet cannot believe this.

00:45:46 --> 00:45:46

He cannot believe this.

00:45:47 --> 00:45:50

He asks a question, are they going to

00:45:50 --> 00:45:51

cast me out?

00:45:52 --> 00:45:53

Why is the Prophet surprised about this?

00:45:54 --> 00:45:56

Because the Prophet just not too long ago,

00:45:57 --> 00:46:00

he resolved one of the greatest disputes between

00:46:00 --> 00:46:00

them.

00:46:01 --> 00:46:02

He is known as As-Sadiq al-Amin,

00:46:03 --> 00:46:04

the truthful and the trustworthy.

00:46:04 --> 00:46:06

Everybody respects him and likes him.

00:46:06 --> 00:46:08

He's the grandson of Abdul Mudalib.

00:46:08 --> 00:46:09

How can he be cast out?

00:46:10 --> 00:46:13

And then Waraqa says to him, never has

00:46:13 --> 00:46:15

one come with that which you will come

00:46:15 --> 00:46:20

with, except the people have pushed back, rejected

00:46:20 --> 00:46:21

and cast him out.

00:46:23 --> 00:46:25

And then he says, if I was young

00:46:25 --> 00:46:27

when that happens, I would be there for

00:46:27 --> 00:46:27

you.

00:46:27 --> 00:46:31

Waraqa died before the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa

00:46:31 --> 00:46:34

sallam was told to preach.

00:46:36 --> 00:46:41

Insha'Allah from, I guess next week we

00:46:41 --> 00:46:43

don't have a lesson from the week after,

00:46:43 --> 00:46:47

we will start talking about what did those

00:46:47 --> 00:46:49

beginning days look like?

00:46:49 --> 00:46:52

What was revealed after these five ayaat?

00:46:52 --> 00:46:55

How did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

00:46:55 --> 00:46:58

tackle this new mission of his of guiding

00:46:58 --> 00:47:04

mankind away from idolatry, shirk, disbelief, oppression and

00:47:04 --> 00:47:06

sin, towards that which will lead them to

00:47:06 --> 00:47:06

Jannah?

00:47:07 --> 00:47:09

And who were his first supporters?

00:47:10 --> 00:47:12

How did his family take it?

00:47:12 --> 00:47:14

How did his extended family take it?

00:47:14 --> 00:47:17

And insha'Allah it is in our next

00:47:17 --> 00:47:20

season, if you will, where we start meeting

00:47:20 --> 00:47:23

these great figures in Islam, Abu Bakr al

00:47:23 --> 00:47:26

-Siddiq radiallahu anhu, Umar ibn al-Khattab at

00:47:26 --> 00:47:29

a later stage, the Prophet's uncle Hamza, before

00:47:29 --> 00:47:31

all of that Khadija bint Khuwaylid.

00:47:32 --> 00:47:35

Wallahi a lot of our brothers and sisters

00:47:35 --> 00:47:38

kind of sleep on the importance and the

00:47:38 --> 00:47:41

centrality of someone like Khadija bint Khuwaylid.

00:47:44 --> 00:47:48

She was the first to accept Islam on

00:47:48 --> 00:47:48

this earth.

00:47:49 --> 00:47:52

She was by the side of the Prophet

00:47:52 --> 00:47:53

sallallahu alayhi wa sallam until her death.

00:47:54 --> 00:47:57

She was so special, the creator of mankind

00:47:57 --> 00:47:59

and the creator of the heavens and the

00:47:59 --> 00:48:01

earth specifically sent her salam.

00:48:02 --> 00:48:04

She has a special spot in Jannah.

00:48:05 --> 00:48:07

And we'll see her influence and importance insha

00:48:07 --> 00:48:09

'Allah as well as all the other companions

00:48:09 --> 00:48:11

and the challenges the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa

00:48:11 --> 00:48:12

sallam faced.

00:48:13 --> 00:48:15

So in other words, the real seerah starts

00:48:15 --> 00:48:18

in two weeks time, where we actually see

00:48:18 --> 00:48:19

the beginning of revelation and all the things

00:48:19 --> 00:48:21

that come with that insha'Allah ta'ala.

00:48:21 --> 00:48:23

I hope all of you continue coming, continue

00:48:23 --> 00:48:25

benefiting not just from the seerah class, but

00:48:25 --> 00:48:28

also from the fiqh and the aqeedah classes.

00:48:28 --> 00:48:29

I hope to see you all next week,

00:48:29 --> 00:48:29

Friday.

00:48:31 --> 00:48:33

Make sure you register though, please make sure

00:48:33 --> 00:48:34

you register so that we have an understanding.

00:48:34 --> 00:48:36

If you go to our social media pages,

00:48:36 --> 00:48:38

you can find ways to register and join

00:48:38 --> 00:48:40

us insha'Allah ta'ala to test your

00:48:40 --> 00:48:43

knowledge of seerah, fiqh and aqeedah on next

00:48:43 --> 00:48:44

Friday.

00:48:44 --> 00:48:45

Jazakumullah khair for attending.

00:48:45 --> 00:48:49

And we will start with our questions that

00:48:49 --> 00:48:51

we take from all of you.

00:48:52 --> 00:48:53

Muhsinur Abdul Rahman, if you can bring me

00:48:53 --> 00:48:56

the tablet for the sisters insha'Allah ta

00:48:56 --> 00:48:57

'ala and their questions as well.

00:49:01 --> 00:49:02

Brothers, if you have any questions, you can

00:49:02 --> 00:49:03

raise your hand insha'Allah.

00:49:07 --> 00:49:08

No questions tonight?

00:49:10 --> 00:49:10

Alhamdulillah.

00:49:11 --> 00:49:11

You know what I do, right?

00:49:11 --> 00:49:13

If there are no questions, I ask you

00:49:13 --> 00:49:14

guys questions.

00:49:17 --> 00:49:18

Nothing?

00:49:19 --> 00:49:19

SubhanAllah.

00:49:20 --> 00:49:23

So, alhamdulillah.

00:49:24 --> 00:49:25

Sheikh, I was about to say there are

00:49:25 --> 00:49:26

no questions tonight in the class.

00:49:27 --> 00:49:27

Go ahead.

00:49:32 --> 00:49:34

Who was the best among women?

00:49:34 --> 00:49:36

Was it Aisha or Khadija?

00:49:37 --> 00:49:39

The scholars differ over this.

00:49:39 --> 00:49:40

The scholars differ over this.

00:49:40 --> 00:49:43

And when it comes to the virtuous women

00:49:43 --> 00:49:46

generally, there are several dimensions and it's important

00:49:46 --> 00:49:48

that we know there were many great, all

00:49:48 --> 00:49:51

of the women around the Messenger were great,

00:49:51 --> 00:49:54

were blessed, were special, were great companions of

00:49:54 --> 00:49:55

the Prophet ﷺ.

00:49:56 --> 00:49:59

But there is a narration that mentions you

00:49:59 --> 00:50:01

have, of course, the one and only woman

00:50:01 --> 00:50:02

that is mentioned in the Qur'an by

00:50:02 --> 00:50:03

name.

00:50:03 --> 00:50:04

Who can tell me who that is?

00:50:05 --> 00:50:06

Maryam alayhi salam.

00:50:06 --> 00:50:07

Maryam.

00:50:07 --> 00:50:09

And then you have the wife of Fir

00:50:09 --> 00:50:12

'aun, Aasia, a believer in the house of

00:50:12 --> 00:50:13

the worst person, right?

00:50:13 --> 00:50:15

Aasia bint Muzahin.

00:50:15 --> 00:50:16

So that's two, right?

00:50:16 --> 00:50:17

Great women that are mentioned.

00:50:17 --> 00:50:19

You have Maryam, you have Aasia.

00:50:20 --> 00:50:22

Then you have Khadija bint Khuwaylid, the first

00:50:22 --> 00:50:25

wife of the Prophet ﷺ, the first Muslim

00:50:25 --> 00:50:26

to believe in the Prophet ﷺ.

00:50:27 --> 00:50:28

Then you have Aisha bint al-Bakr.

00:50:28 --> 00:50:29

And you know, in fact, let me give

00:50:29 --> 00:50:33

you a very interesting dynamic here between Khadija

00:50:33 --> 00:50:36

and Aisha and how important they both were

00:50:36 --> 00:50:37

for the Prophet ﷺ in different stages of

00:50:37 --> 00:50:38

his life.

00:50:38 --> 00:50:40

Here you have the Prophet ﷺ in the

00:50:40 --> 00:50:41

beginning of prophethood.

00:50:42 --> 00:50:46

He is being supported and you have Khadija

00:50:46 --> 00:50:50

putting the covering on him and supporting him

00:50:50 --> 00:50:53

in the beginning of his revelation.

00:50:53 --> 00:50:54

You have his wife, Khadija, with him.

00:50:54 --> 00:50:57

His last moments, Aisha bint al-'Ala mentioned.

00:50:58 --> 00:50:59

And we will get there, inshallah ta'ala,

00:50:59 --> 00:51:01

by the end, towards the end of next

00:51:01 --> 00:51:03

year as we continue with the seerah, where

00:51:03 --> 00:51:06

we will discuss a, subhanAllah, is a lecture

00:51:06 --> 00:51:07

that's always difficult for me to do.

00:51:08 --> 00:51:10

His final moments ﷺ.

00:51:11 --> 00:51:17

Aisha said, he died on her lap.

00:51:18 --> 00:51:20

His last moments, his head was on Aisha.

00:51:22 --> 00:51:24

Rasulullah ﷺ's first moments after revelation, he is

00:51:24 --> 00:51:25

with Khadija.

00:51:25 --> 00:51:27

His last moments in this world, he is

00:51:27 --> 00:51:27

with Aisha.

00:51:28 --> 00:51:31

And that shows you just our mothers, Khadija

00:51:31 --> 00:51:31

and Aisha.

00:51:31 --> 00:51:33

And I don't want to take anything away

00:51:33 --> 00:51:34

from all the other mothers as well who

00:51:34 --> 00:51:35

had different moments.

00:51:35 --> 00:51:36

And we'll get to know all of them,

00:51:36 --> 00:51:37

inshallah ta'ala.

00:51:37 --> 00:51:39

So your question, who is more virtuous, Aisha?

00:51:39 --> 00:51:42

The Prophet ﷺ mentioned in a hadith that

00:51:42 --> 00:51:44

Aisha is better than all women.

00:51:45 --> 00:51:47

In the hadith, we mentioned that the similarity

00:51:47 --> 00:51:49

between Aisha and woman is like thareed and

00:51:49 --> 00:51:50

other types of food.

00:51:50 --> 00:51:51

And thareed was the best type of food.

00:51:51 --> 00:51:53

In other words, that would indicate that Aisha

00:51:53 --> 00:51:54

is the best.

00:51:54 --> 00:51:58

However, the Prophet ﷺ would often put Khadija

00:51:58 --> 00:51:59

in her own bracket.

00:52:00 --> 00:52:01

You know how they talk about, and I

00:52:01 --> 00:52:02

don't want to make this analogy, lest it

00:52:02 --> 00:52:03

becomes a little bit distasteful, but you know

00:52:03 --> 00:52:07

how they talk about sometimes people in sports

00:52:07 --> 00:52:09

and they say such and such is in

00:52:09 --> 00:52:09

his own bracket.

00:52:09 --> 00:52:11

He's not, he's in his own bracket.

00:52:11 --> 00:52:12

Khadija is in her own bracket.

00:52:13 --> 00:52:16

Khadija is in her own bracket.

00:52:17 --> 00:52:19

Khadija, you'll see, inshallah ta'ala, come to

00:52:19 --> 00:52:21

the lectures and you'll see the kind of

00:52:21 --> 00:52:24

very strong moments that she had with the

00:52:24 --> 00:52:25

Prophet ﷺ.

00:52:25 --> 00:52:27

May Allah bless our mothers, all of them.

00:52:27 --> 00:52:29

May Allah bless all of our mothers.

00:52:37 --> 00:52:39

Did Waraqa influence Khadija, the fact that he

00:52:39 --> 00:52:40

was upon Hanifiyah?

00:52:40 --> 00:52:41

Allah A'lam.

00:52:41 --> 00:52:45

It's not particularly clear, but it was clear.

00:52:45 --> 00:52:47

Clearly she was influenced even before that, because

00:52:47 --> 00:52:49

guess who is closer to her?

00:52:49 --> 00:52:50

That was also upon Hanifiyah.

00:52:50 --> 00:52:53

The Prophet ﷺ himself was also upon Hanifiyah.

00:52:53 --> 00:52:56

So yeah, if there was anyone that's going

00:52:56 --> 00:52:58

to influence Khadija, because the Prophet was not

00:52:58 --> 00:53:00

an idol worshipper, really important to send.

00:53:00 --> 00:53:01

And if the Prophet is not an idol

00:53:01 --> 00:53:03

worshipper, do you think his household will be

00:53:03 --> 00:53:04

idol worshippers?

00:53:04 --> 00:53:04

Of course not.

00:53:04 --> 00:53:06

Even Abu Bakr, it is mentioned in some

00:53:06 --> 00:53:08

riwayat, that he never engaged in idol worship.

00:53:08 --> 00:53:10

But again, I'll see you all next week,

00:53:10 --> 00:53:11

Friday, inshallah ta'ala, for the event.

00:53:12 --> 00:53:13

And then next week after that, the 4th

00:53:13 --> 00:53:15

of November, I believe, that week, we'll start

00:53:15 --> 00:53:15

our classes.

00:53:15 --> 00:53:16

Jazakumullah khair.

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