Mustafa Abu Rayyan – S 02 Ep 06 Seerah The Boycott And Year Of Sorrow
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The history of Islam is discussed, including the importance of showing the representative's behavior and protecting Islam. There is discussion of praying in public and the impact on reputation, as well as the importance of praying in public and testing one's actions. The importance of praying in public and testing one's actions is also emphasized. The segment provides a recap of the journey of Islam, including Omar bin legislation, the first year of Islam, the third year of Islam, and the ninth year of Islam.
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Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh I'll give everyone a
minute to settle down.
A few people are finishing their sunnahs inshallah
wa ta'ala.
And we'll start in about a minute inshallah.
Barakallahu feekum.
Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen.
wa bihi nasta'eenu ala amuri al-dunya
wa al-deen wa laa aqiwwati al-muttaqina
wa laa udwana illa ala al-dhalimeen wa
sallallahu wa sallamu ala nabiyyina Muhammadin wa ala
alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een Can anyone remind
me where we're starting the story from today?
The Islam of Umar al-Khattab, may Allah
be pleased with him.
We spoke about Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib and
Umar al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with
him, becoming Muslim in the same year.
Actually, it was only a few days apart.
Some of the scholars of Sira say it
was three days apart.
So Hamza becomes Muslim, three days later, Umar
becomes Muslim.
And like Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, when
these two men accepted Islam, it was the
biggest boost for the Muslims in Mecca.
And inshallah ta'ala, we briefly covered how
Hamza became Muslim.
And subhanAllah, what's amazing is his reasoning of
entering into Islam or professing the shahada.
We mentioned how Abu Jahl, again, Abu Jahl
is known as the fir'aun of this
ummah.
We have seen how torturous, how horrid and
horrible of a person Abu Jahl was.
One day, he insulted the Prophet ﷺ.
Some narrations mention that he beat the Prophet
ﷺ, but most of them mention that he
insulted him.
And that's when Hamza, who was only a
few years older than the Prophet ﷺ, he
finds out he comes from hunting.
And he finds out, he has his bow
with him and his spear with him, that
Abu Jahl has insulted or hurt his nephew
Muhammad.
And then what was the main cause of
the anger of Hamza was, how dare you
touch my nephew?
Who do you think you are?
And he walked up to him and he
insulted Abu Jahl and he took his bow
and he hit it with him.
And he said, you dare insult my nephew
while I'm also upon his religion?
In other words, if you're going to come
at someone, come at me.
And then this caused tensions now, because as
I've mentioned to you before, Quraysh was different
clans.
And you had the Bani Makhzum clan, which
was Abu Jahl.
And you had the Bani Hashim, which was
the Prophet and Hamza.
And all of a sudden, the clans and
the tribes, they all stood up.
And it started to become, wait, if Hamza
is going to protect Muhammad, well then Abu
Jahl has cousins and nephews as well.
And then everyone stood up.
And when they did, it was Abu Jahl
himself that said, leave him alone, leave Hamza
alone.
It is me who insulted his nephew.
So Abu Jahl actually realized that he was
about to cause a mini war and said,
I was the one in the wrong.
And that kind of ended that tension.
And now what's interesting is the reasoning that
Hamza becomes Muslim is not the reasoning, for
example, that the other Sahaba became Muslim.
What was the reason for Hamza to say,
I am upon the Deen of Muhammad?
It was out of what?
It was out of supporting his nephew.
Yet, with that being his reason, Allah opens
his heart to Iman and Islam.
He goes to his nephew, to the Prophet.
He professes his Shahada.
And he becomes one of the greatest companions
of the Prophet ﷺ.
What is the lesson that is learned there?
Sometimes you have people that come to the
Deen, but not for the best of reasons.
Sometimes you have people that come to Islam,
but not for the best of reasons.
I have seen cases where someone accepts Islam
because they want to marry a Muslim woman.
Or vice versa.
We have had reasons where people accepted Islam,
some of them in the seerah, because they
were offered safety or they were offered money.
So their reasoning may not have been the
best.
But it doesn't matter how you start.
What matters is how you finish.
Who said that?
Jazakallah Khair.
So, although initially when Hamza was saying, I
am upon the religion of Muhammad, he didn't
even know much of what he was saying.
But then later on he became one of
the best sahaba and protectors of the Prophet
ﷺ.
We'll dedicate a really good lecture upon Hamza
and who he is once we get to
the Battle of Uhud, Inshallah.
But you must already know some facts about
Hamza as we mentioned previously.
Umar ibn al-Khattab.
Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second greatest man
after Abu Bakr.
Of course, we're talking about non-prophets.
The second khalifa.
Rarely would you find a prophet except Abu
Bakr and Umar were with him.
So often do you hear the Prophet and
Abu Bakr and Umar.
The Prophet and Abu Bakr and Umar.
The Prophet and Abu Bakr and Umar.
They were his two advisors.
They were his two closest companions.
And like I mentioned last week, with Umar
becoming Muslim on the sixth year, he still
managed to become one of the greatest believers.
Meaning, if you're late, it doesn't mean that
you are necessarily not as righteous or good
as those that came before you.
This is especially relevant to many of our
revered brothers and sisters.
You accept Islam and there may be some
people that were Muslim their whole lives.
Just because they were Muslim their whole lives
does not mean that they are going to
necessarily be better than you.
After three days of Hamza's declaration of faith,
Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased
with him, was among the harshest critics of
Islam and Muslims.
And some of his reasoning was that he
felt that the da'wah of the Prophet,
may Allah be pleased with him, was splitting
apart Mecca and Quraysh.
Now, what's interesting is there are conflicting reports
of how he became Muslim, if you will.
There's one really, really famous one, and we'll
mention that one, and I'll mention another story
of how he became Muslim as well.
But it all has the same theme, which
is, Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be
pleased with him, is impacted by the Qur
'an.
It is listening to the Qur'an and
reading the Qur'an that led him to
becoming a Muslim.
And this is something you come across often.
You come across companions accepting Islam, being humbled.
I think it was last week or the
week before that I mentioned the Surah al
-Najm was recited, and not even the non
-believing idol worship in Quraysh were impacted by
the words of the Qur'an.
And I always like to remind myself and
all of you, if we were there, when
the Prophet read, وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ مَا ضَلَّ
صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ إِنْ
هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌّ يُوحَىٰ When the Prophet recited
that, in Quraysh, they were mesmerized by the
meaning, by the message, and the sahabah as
well, and until the end, فَسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَعْبُدُوا
And they all went and made sujood.
Imagine we were there.
How many of us would even understand what
the Prophet was saying?
Would Abu Jahl be more impacted by the
Qur'an than us?
If so, why is that?
This is a lesson for us.
The Qur'an is a message from our
Creator, Allah SWT.
So we need to really learn the meaning
of the Qur'an.
Umar ibn al-Khattab tonight, what will impact
him is the Qur'an.
It is the Qur'an.
The message of the Qur'an.
And for us, we send our children to
hifz.
They memorize the Qur'an.
But they don't learn the meaning.
We grow up, we pray salah, we don't
learn the meaning.
How is the Qur'an going to impact
us?
Will we ever experience what Umar ibn al
-Khattab will experience in this story?
This is something we have to think about
my brothers.
Ramadan is coming.
Get ready, start thinking about how can I
make the Qur'an have an impact on
me.
And learning its meaning.
Something as simple as starting to read the
translation of the Qur'an is a good
start.
Joining tafsir classes of course is even better.
So, what happened was Umar ibn al-Khattab
one day decided that he was going to
end Islam and Muslims.
And خَارَجَ يَوْمًا مُتَوَشِّحًا سَيْفُهُ يُرِيدًا يَقْتُلُ النَّبِي
ﷺ One day he left with his sword,
hoping to kill the Prophet ﷺ.
Look at how Allah turns the heart.
We have Umar ibn al-Khattab on his
way to the Prophet ﷺ trying to kill
the Prophet and end this conflict.
End this Islam, end everything.
And then as he's going, a man stopped
him and said, Where are you going?
Umar says, أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقْتُلُ مُحَمَّدًا أَوَنَا كِلْ
مُحَمَّدٍ And remember how I told you guys
that the dynamic in Mecca was, it was
all clans and tribes.
That even if your tribe isn't of the
same faith, they'll still try to defend you.
So this man says to him, كَيْفَ تَأْمَن
مِن بَنِي هَاشِمِ وَبَنِي زُهْرَةٍ If you kill
the Prophet, if you kill Muhammad, who's gonna
save you, O Umar, from the wrath and
the anger and the retaliation of Banu Hashim,
which is the Prophet's clan, and Bani Zuhra?
Bani Zuhra is the clan of his mother.
Amir ibn Tuha was from Bani Zuhra.
So they're gonna come after you Umar, are
you sure you wanna do this?
And then Umar said, I don't care.
I don't care.
And then this Sahabi actually, he realized that
the Prophet may be in danger.
And he has to divert Umar's attention away
from the Prophet.
And he says to Umar, Umar, you need
to look closer to your own home.
Instead of going all the way to Muhammad,
you need to look closer to your own
home.
And he said, أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى الْعَجَبِ يَا
عُمَرُ أُخْتُك فَاطِنَةَ بِنتُ الْخَطَابِ Your sister and
her husband have left your way.
They have joined Muhammad.
So if you're going to correct anyone, if
you're going to attack anyone, start with your
own home instead of going to the Prophet
ﷺ.
Of course Umar could not believe this.
My own sister, my brother-in-law, this
cannot happen.
Yet, he diverts attention there, and he immediately
goes to the house of his sister.
And who's with them at that time?
A companion whom you all know.
I'm not going to say his name.
I'm going to ask you all.
I'll give you a hint.
He was a blacksmith.
Yes?
Khabbab ibn al-Arad.
Very good.
بارك الله فيك.
Khabbab ibn al-Arad, whom you've heard, he's
the companion that was tortured so much that
pieces of his flesh from his back were
coming off.
He was the one that was almost beaten
to death.
He was the one that came to the
Prophet ﷺ saying, Ya Rasulullah, until how long
are we going to be suffering?
And the Prophet ﷺ had to remind him
that the people of the past used to
suffer too.
And that victory will come, but he is
rushing.
Remember that companion Khabbab?
He is in Umar al-Khattab's sister's house
teaching them Qur'an.
Umar al-Khattab is trying to find out,
is it true?
Is my sister a Muslim?
Is it true?
And Khabbab is there teaching her and her
husband, Sa'id ibn Zayd.
Sa'id ibn Zayd is also a distant
relative of Umar al-Khattab, and he is
also from the same tribe.
So Sa'id ibn Zayd and Fadhil ibn
al-Khattab, and then you also have, Allahumma
astaghfirullah alayhi wa sallam, Khabbab in the house.
Then what happened?
He walks in, and they happen to be
reading Surah al-Taha.
And then Umar hears something, knocks the door,
and they open.
First, Khabbab hides.
And you have to understand, Umar was no
joke.
Umar was an extremely strong and tall man.
He would stand out in crowds.
When people stand up, Umar stands up, he
would stand out in crowds.
He was large, he was strong, and he
had a temper, and he was fierce.
So you have to understand, Umar al-Khattab
is someone that was generally feared.
Right?
And then Khabbab realizes, okay, I need to
hide.
He hides.
They hide the parchment that the Qur'an
is on, because they didn't want to see
that, and Umar could read.
Then he walks in, and what happens?
He says, what was this noise that you
guys were making?
I heard what you were, what were you
reading?
And then Umar says, Perhaps you two have
left our ways.
You have turned away from our religion.
And then his sister says, Isn't it possible
that the truth may be with somewhere else?
Not this idol worshiping that we were doing.
Perhaps the truth, perhaps the haq is elsewhere.
And then Umar became extremely, extremely angry, and
he attacked, first of all, his brother-in
-law.
He attacked his brother-in-law.
He stood on him, and then his sister
tries to pull him off.
Umar is furious, seeing red.
How dare you?
I'm here trying to end it all.
I'm here trying to, Islam, in his eyes,
is the worst thing that has happened to
Mecca.
And now you dare to tarnish our reputation,
to join Muhammad, to leave our ways?
Chaos.
His sister tries to grab him, and can
you imagine your brother and your husband fighting?
She tries to grab him, and then Umar
gets angry, and he hits his sister.
And then she starts to bleed.
Some rewired mention, he became so angry, he
sat them down, and he tied them both
down.
Where is Khabab in all of this?
Still hiding.
All of this happening, Khabab is still hiding.
Then, Umar is furious.
His sister then says, out of anger, Yes,
أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمد
رسول الله Yes, Umar, the truth is not
with you.
I testify that none has the right to
be worshipped except Allah.
And I testify that Muhammad صلى الله عليه
وسلم is the messenger of Allah.
And then what happened?
Umar sees their devotion, their conviction, وَيَئِسَ عُمَرْ
وَنَدِمَ وَاسْتَحْيَا Umar gave up.
Umar felt guilty.
Umar felt shame.
And then he says to his sister, يَعْطِنِي
هَذَا الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي عِنْدَكُمْ فَأَقْرَأَهُ Why don't you
give me this book?
This thing that you are reading.
I know you're reading something.
Show it to me.
So he calmed down now, and he's seeing
something in them.
He's seeing something in them.
Where is this conviction coming from?
فَقَالَتْ أُخْتُهُ إِنَّكَ رِجْسٌ His sister says, No,
you're dirty.
You need to shower first.
What's making him dirty?
Idol worship.
شِرْك شِرْك I'm not going to let you
touch these purified pages.
Go and shower.
Umar goes, and he actually showers.
He comes back.
He says, Can I read it now?
أَخَذَ الْكِتَابِ فَقَرَآهُ He took the parchment that
has the Quran on it and he started
reading it.
This angry man, who a number of hours
ago was on his way to kill the
final messenger of Allah, who perhaps a number
of minutes ago was harassing and harming and
his family for believing, now is about to
be experienced the words of Allah.
And he reads, بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In
the name of Allah, the most merciful, the
giver of mercy.
And he says, أَسْمَاءٌ طَيِّبَةٌ طَهِرَةٌ What beautiful
and pure names.
Allah, which means the one worthy of worship.
That's what Allah means by the way guys.
Allah means the one worthy of worship.
Think about that when you imagine a society
that venerates idols.
Allah, الرَّحْمَنِ the most merciful.
الرَّحِيمِ the one who gives mercy to those
who are wanted and needed.
And then he reads, طَهَا مَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ
الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَى Allah is saying to Prophet Muhammad,
we have not revealed this Quran لِتَشْقَى for
you to be harmed, for you to experience.
مَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَى إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِمَنْ
يَخْشَى It's a reminder for those who fear.
تَنْزِيلًا مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتِ الْعُلَى Revelation from
the one who created the heavens and the
earth.
He's reading that all the way until he
gets to.
وَأَنَخْتَرْتُكَ فَاسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَى إِنَّنِي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا
إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدْنِي وَأَقِمِي الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي Allah
is speaking to Prophet Musa and saying that
only Allah is worthy of worship.
لا إله There is no one worthy of
worship.
I want you to think about Umar reading
this.
لا إله There is no one worthy of
worship.
No idol.
No stone.
Not a lot.
Not al-Uzza.
Not al-Manat.
إِلَّا أَنَا Except Allah says myself.
فَاعْبُدْنِي وَأَقِمِي الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي So that you may
remember me.
Why do we pray so that you can
remember Allah?
Umar says ما أَحْسَنَ هَذَا الْكَلَامِ ما أَحْسَنَ
هَذَا الْكَلَامِ What's greater and more beautiful than
what I just read?
وَأَكْرَمَهُ What's more honorable?
خَلَصْ It's done.
Umar's heart turned because of the Quran.
That's all it took.
It took a man to hear the words
of Allah.
That's all it took.
تَلُّونِي عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ He says.
I want to see Muhammad.
Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى My brothers and sisters is
مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ Allah is the turner of hearts.
اللَّهُمَّ يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى دِينِكَ
Oh Allah, the turner of hearts.
Keep our hearts firm upon the deen.
It's a dua that the Prophet taught us.
Umar's heart is turned immediately.
Now what happens?
Who's hiding in the house?
Khabbab comes out.
After all of this, Khabbab comes out.
And he says.
أَبْشِرِيَا عُمَرُ Umar, glad tidings.
Glad tidings, Umar.
فَإِنِّي أَرْجُ أَن تَكُونَ دَعْوَةَ الرَّسُولِ صلى الله
عليه وسلم Because I hope and I believe
that you are the manifestation of the dua
of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم وَكَانَ
قَدْ دَعَى النَّبِيَّ تِلِكَ اللَّيْلَةِ And it was
that night before that the Prophet made dua
and Khabbab heard that.
Where the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said
اللَّهُمَ أَعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامِ بِأَحَبِّ الرَّجُلَيْنَ إِلَيْكَ بِعُمْرُ
الْخَطَّابِ أَوْ بِأَبِ جَهَلِ ابْنِ هِشَامِ Oh Allah,
the Prophet said.
Strengthen Islam with one of these two men
whichever is more beloved to you, Umar or
Abu Jahl.
And who was more beloved to Allah?
Umar.
And then Khabbab says.
أَنَّ الرَّسُولُ صلى الله عليه وسلم في دار
الأرقم The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was
staying in the house of الأرقم الأرقم.
الأرقم الأرقم was one of the early converts.
And his house was a sanctuary where the
Prophet would teach in.
It was near Mount Safa.
So now Umar comes to the house.
فَخَرَجْ عُمْرُ حَتَّى أَتَى الدَّارِ وَطَرَقَ الْبَابِ He
knocks the door.
And then what happens?
They look because there were some of the
companions there and they see Umar with his
sword outside.
اِسْتَجْمَعَ الْقَوْمِ The people in the house, they
start gathering.
What are we going to do?
Umar is here.
What's going on?
They're worried.
Is he going to attack us?
Can we defend ourselves?
Is it enough?
Can we even take him?
Hamza says.
حَمْزَ مَا لَكُمْ What's wrong with you people?
They said Umar.
That's what's wrong with us.
Umar is outside.
حَمْزَ اِفْتَعُ لَهُ الْبَابِ Open the door.
فَإِن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْخَيْرِ If he wants good,
بَذَلْنَا لَهُ We'll exchange good.
وَإِن كَانَ جَاءَ يُرِيدُ شَرَّ And if he
wants harm, if he dare comes here to
try and harm us, harm the Prophet, harm
Islam, قَتَلْنَاهُ بِسَيْفِهِ I'll kill him with his
own sword.
His own sword.
I will use it against him.
وَالرَّسُولُ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ دَاخِلٌ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ The
Prophet is inside the home.
Revelation is coming to Prophet ﷺ.
Then what happened?
Umar comes in and the Prophet speaks to
him.
أَمَا تَنْتَهِيَا عُمَر Umar, when are you going
to stop?
When are you going to stop with all
of this nonsense, this anti-Islam?
When are you going to stop?
Or do you want to end up like
Walid ibn Mughirah who died upon shirk?
And then the Prophet ﷺ said, اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا
عُمَرٌ لِلْخَطَابِ O Allah, that's Umar al-Khattab.
O Allah, that's Umar al-Khattab.
أَعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامِ عُمَرٌ لِلْخَطَابِ And then Umar says,
the Prophet says, Ya Allah, strengthen Islam with
Umar.
I want you to think about that for
a second.
Umar from that moment on would be by
the Prophet's side until the Prophet's last moments.
Umar would then be by Abu Bakr's side
until his last moments.
In every battle, in every situation, in every
issue, there defending Islam and Muslims.
Learning and counseling and spreading and teaching and
preaching.
Until he becomes the Khalifa and among the
most successful Khulafa.
And then leads Islam and Muslims.
Until he conquers Sham.
Until he conquers Palestine.
Until he established لا إله إلا الله in
Masjid al-Aqsa.
It all started that day.
Where Allah, the Prophet said, Oh Allah, strengthen
Islam with Umar.
And then Umar says, أَشْهَدُ أَن لَا إِلَٰهَ
إِلَّا اللَّهُ I testify that none has the
right to be worshipped except Allah.
وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهُ And that you are the
Messenger of Allah.
فَكَبَّرَ أَهْلُ الدَّارِ تَكْبِيرَةً The people in the
house made such a strong Takbir.
Let me show you.
Takbir.
It was just like that.
And it was heard from inside the Masjid,
the Haram.
Remember the house of Al-Arqam is near
Safa, Mount Safa.
People heard it.
They don't know what just happened.
They have no idea what's coming.
And here you learn a few things.
One of them is the Sunnah that during
joyous occasions, what do you do?
You say Allahu Akbar.
You say Allahu Akbar.
Then what happens?
Umar al-Khattab, he wants to let Quraysh
know I'm Muslim now.
Subhanallah.
So فَلَمَّ أَسْلَمَ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَشَدِّ قُرَيشِ عَدَاوَةِ
لَرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَإِذَاءً لِّلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَهُوَ أَبُو جَهَلٌ فَدَقَّ
بِبَابَهُ فَوَخْفَ He went immediately to Abu Jahl.
Right?
Not left, not right.
Let me start with the worst among them.
Let me know what's up.
Remember, it's only three days ago that Abu
Jahl was smacked by Hamza.
Right?
Three days ago.
And now who's knocking his door?
Umar al-Khattab.
Umar al-Khattab then says to him first
is Abu Jahl أَهَلًا وَسَهْلًا مَا جَاءَ بِكِ
Yes, Umar, welcome.
What's going on?
جُئِتُكَ I came to tell you أَنِّي أَمَنْتُ
بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ I believe in Allah and His
Messenger, Muhammad.
And what does he do?
He closes the door.
قَبَّحَ اللَّهُ وَقَبَّحَ مَا جَئِتَ بِهِ ذَهَبْ عُمَرْ
إِلَى خَالِهِ Then he goes to his uncle
and he goes to other people and he
starts telling until he decided, you know what?
This is too slow for me.
Let me make sure the news spreads properly.
And he went to the one person who
was like the news.
Someone who was just spread and he will
talk and tell everyone.
You know, every family and every area and
every friend group has someone like that, right?
Someone that just...
So he went and he told him.
And then it started to spread.
Did any harm come to Umar ibn Khattab?
Yes, yes.
What happened was some of the more evil
members of Quraysh they said, we have to
teach Umar a lesson and they started to
attack Umar and Umar started to fend them
off.
He was fending a whole group off by
himself and he fought them the whole day.
He fought them the whole day.
They were trying to beat him and he's
beating them.
And until he became so tired, he sat
down.
And they're looking at him and they're scared
to approach him.
And he's tired and they're looking at him.
And then it was funnily enough a man
called Al-Aas ibn Wail who I spoke
about briefly in previous lessons who was among
the Quraysh and the disbelievers.
He said, what do you guys want from
him?
And they said, Umar ibn Khattab qad sab
'a.
The word sab'a means to turn away
from your religion.
So they said, Umar ibn Khattab, why are
you trying to beat and harm and why
are you ganging up on Umar ibn Khattab?
And they said, he left.
And then he said, just give up man.
Umar, if he made that decision, he's not
gonna change his mind.
And you should just leave him alone.
And then that's what happened with him.
Now, Umar ibn Khattab, he then started to
encourage the Sahaba and the Prophet that they
should pray publicly more and show resolve and
strength.
And he would say to the Prophet salallahu
alayhi wasalam, he didn't like the fact that
many Muslims would pray in secret.
Why are we praying in secret, he would
say.
Why would we pray in secret?
And then he said to the Prophet salallahu
alayhi wasalam, one day, ya rasul, alasna alal
haq in mitna wa in mutna wa in
hayayna are we not upon the truth whether
we die or whether we are alive?
And then he said, they left.
So now it's Hamza and Umar leading the
charge and many companions are behind them and
they're walking through the streets of Mecca, they're
going into the haram, they're praying in public
and there's almost a statement of force saying,
we're here, we're going to be worshiping, leave
us alone.
So now Quraysh has to think, what do
we do?
Muhammad now is gaining very influential people in
his ranks and it's now having an impact
on Mecca.
Ibn Mas'ud, radiallahu anhu, said, maazilna a
'izzah maazilna a'izzah mundhu aslama Umar.
And then he said, maakuna naqdiru annu salli
inda alkaabati hatta aslama Umar.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, and you guys
know how important the companion, Abdullah ibn Mas
'ud is, one of the most knowledgeable in
the Qur'an, among the most early converts,
who remembers his first experience with the Prophet?
Raise your hand if you know Abdullah ibn
Mas'ud's first experience with the Prophet.
I know you know.
Let's give someone else a chance.
Should we give someone else a chance?
Because I know you know.
Masha'Allah tabarak al rahman.
Yes.
Who can tell me?
Yes?
Are you going to guess?
Yes.
Very good.
When Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was with the
sheep and the goats and the Prophet and
Abu Bakr approach and they ask for milk
and he has no milk.
And then he says, give me a sheep
or a goat that is not producing any
milk.
And the Prophet just touched it and milk
started to come.
And that's Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, right?
So he's there from the beginning.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud is there from the
beginning.
He's seen it all.
It's been six years now.
And he says, we became honorable and we
gained so much dignity and strength the day
Umar ibn al-Khattab became Muslim.
And we wouldn't normally pray near the Kaaba
until Umar ibn al-Khattab became Muslim.
Suhaib al-Rumi.
Suhaib.
We also briefly talked about Suhaib.
When he became Muslim.
No, no.
He said when Umar ibn al-Khattab became
Muslim, Zahar al-Islam, Islam became apparent.
و جلسنا حول البيتي We started to sit
near the Haram.
Who used to sit near the Haram before?
It was just Quraysh.
Now the Muslims are also sitting near the
Haram.
This is the impact he had.
رضي الله عنه Now, Quraysh now had to
think outside the box.
Islam is growing.
What do we do?
So they said, let's send someone to Muhammad
and let's see if he can negotiate with
him.
Let's see if we can negotiate with him.
What does Muhammad really want?
And they send a man called Utbah ibn
al-Rabi'a, or Abu al-Walid.
And Abu al-Walid, he goes to the
Prophet, he finds the Prophet sitting in the
Masjid by himself.
And then he said, ابن أخي إِنَّكَ مِنْ
حَيْثِ قَالِ إِنْتَ مِنْ خِيَارِنَا حَاسَبًا وَنَسَبًا وَإِنَّكَ
قَاتِدَ قَوَمَكَ بِأَوْنَ عَظِيمًا He starts speaking to
the Prophet, saying, you're someone that's honorable.
We know you.
We know your family, Muhammad.
And then he says to the Prophet, So
the Prophet says to him, listen Abu al
-Walid, say what you have to say.
Say what you have to say.
So Abu al-Walid says, Muhammad, do you
want money?
Do you want wealth?
جَمَعْنَا لَكَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِنَا حَتَّى تَكُونْ أَكْثَوْنَ مَالًا
We'll give you all the wealth.
Each one of us, we'll gather all the
wealth, make you the richest man in Mecca.
If that's what you want.
What else do you want?
Do you want to be a leader?
We'll make you our king.
We'll make you the king of Quraysh.
And Muhammad, if you're sick, that's why he's
saying, if you're sick, if this messaging and
this religion is coming from devils and demons,
that will heal you.
Yes.
But please Muhammad, please stop this.
Stop this message.
And you can see almost their desperation, right?
They are so worried about the message of
Islam.
And then the Prophet says to Utbah, or
Abu al-Walid.
Utbah is his name, Abu al-Walid is
his kunyah.
أَفَرَغْتَ يَا أَبَ الْوَلِيدِ Are you done?
Are you done with your speech?
He said نعم.
فَاسْمَعْ مِنْ لِي Listen to me.
And the Prophet started reading صورة فُصِلَة بِسْمِ
اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ حَمِيم تَنْزِيلٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
كِتَابٌ فُصِلَتْ آيَاتُهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ بَشِيرًا
وَنَذِيرًا Until the end.
Abu al-Walid is just listening.
Each time the Quran is recited, they are
captivated.
They are mesmerized.
Because they understand what the Prophet is saying.
And then, the Prophet got to the 13th
ayah.
فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ
وَثَمُودٍ If you turn away from this message.
If you turn away from this message.
فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا If they turn away.
فَقُلْ Say to them, أَنذَرْتُكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ
عَادٍ وَثَمُودٍ A punishment.
Like the one that came to Aad and
Thamud.
Like the one that came to Aad and
Thamud.
مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودٍ وَطَعْ عُتْبَ يَدَهُ عَلَى
فَمِرُتَهِ That's it.
Stop it.
Stop.
And he said, Please.
Stop.
He feels like they were being cursed.
So then, the Prophet continued reading until the
Prophet got to a place where he does
sujood.
The Prophet makes sujood.
And then the Prophet ﷺ says to Abu
Murid, Have you heard?
The Prophet is not speaking his own words.
Whose word is he speaking?
Words of Allah.
Uthbah comes back.
And then he says to them, I've never
heard what Muhammad is saying before.
I've never heard this before.
This is not something we know.
Wallahi, it's not shir.
It's not poetry.
It's not sorcery.
It's not soothsaying.
He said, O Quraysh, will you listen to
me?
This is Uthbah now.
Will you listen to me?
Leave this man alone.
Leave Muhammad alone.
Leave him alone, for you will not be
able to stop him.
And this word that he's reciting, it will
go far.
This is not something normal.
That was the statement of Uthbah.
So the first negotiation tactic of Quraysh, maybe
we can convince Muhammad with wealth.
We make him king.
Please stop.
Did that work?
It didn't work.
What else did they try to do?
They said, maybe Muhammad will compromise.
And they said, Abu al-Waleed, clearly he
put magic on you.
Clearly he put sihr on you.
So what should we try now?
They said, maybe Muhammad will compromise.
Maybe Muhammad will compromise.
They came to the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa
sallam, and he said, O Muhammad, worship our
gods for a year, and we will worship
you for a year.
Perhaps you will worship our gods one year,
and then we'll worship your god one year.
Win-win.
One year we're Muslim, one day we're mushriks.
Right?
Seems fair.
We're losing out, you're losing out, you're winning,
we're winning.
Let's compromise.
If we're upon the haqq, then at least
half of the time we'll be on the
haqq.
And if you're upon the haqq, then half
of the time we'll be upon the haqq.
The Prophet did not respond to them because
Allah responded to them.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala responded to them.
To me, my religion, and
to you, your religion.
To you, your religion, and to me, my
religion.
I will never worship what you worship, you
will never worship what I worship.
Clear distinction.
We never compromise upon the truth.
This is very important to understand.
In Islam, our foundations, our beliefs, you never
compromise.
Non-negotiable.
So when they hear that, and other ayats
came down as well.
قُلْ أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ تَأْمُرُونِي أَنْ أَعْبُدَ أَيُّهَا الْجَاهِلُونَ
Are you telling, say to them Allah says,
قُلْ أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ تَأْمُرُونِي أَنْ أَعْبُدَ أَيُّهَا الْجَاهِلُونَ
قُلْ أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ تَأْمُرُونِي أَنْ أَعْبُدَ أَيُّهَا الْجَاهِلُونَ
Are you commanding me to worship other than
Allah?
أَعْبُدَ أَيُّهَا الْجَاهِلُونَ O you ignorant people!
And also what came down, قُلْ إِنِّي نُهِيْتُ
أَنْ أَعْبُدَ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ قُلْ
Say to them, إِنِّي نُهِيْتُ I have been
forbidden أَنْ أَعْبُدَ to worship الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ those
that you call upon مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ besides
Allah.
The Prophet said, I am being commanded by
Allah.
I can only worship Allah.
So now, their second tactic didn't work.
Utbah's plan didn't work.
Their compromise plan didn't work.
So what else then?
Then, they had to think hard of a
way to convince the followers of the Prophet
ﷺ to make being Islam as difficult as
possible.
Another tactic they used by the way to
discredit the Prophet ﷺ and briefly cross over
this one was to test the Prophet's knowledge.
Some of them, they ran to the Jews
and the Christians, and they ran to the
Jews and the Christians and said, listen, we
got a guy claiming to be a Prophet.
Mecca is starting to follow him.
Influential people are starting to follow him.
Things are really breaking apart.
Let us test him.
Give us some questions.
Give us some questions that we can ask
him that he won't be able to answer.
And they said, you should ask him the
following questions.
And those questions were, ask him what is
the ruh, what is the soul, what is
the spirit.
And ask him about Dhul-Qarnayn.
And ask him about the people of the
cave.
Ashab al-Kahf.
Surah al-Kahf came down.
Answering all of them.
So now, they were like, let's discredit the
Prophet with the knowledge we gained from the
Jews and the Christians.
They tried that.
Allah revealed Surah al-Kahf.
That didn't work.
That's the third tactic that didn't work.
So then now they said, let's just increase
the punishment upon his followers and make being
Muslim so problematic, so difficult, so painful, that
we discourage people from entering into Islam.
Then what happened?
They decided to focus on, there were also
attempts where the Prophet was asked to show
us miracles and we know about the moon
and all of that.
And they still wouldn't believe.
So now, they said, drastic measures.
And my brothers and my sisters, those drastic
measures was that they were going to put
the Prophet and his clan and his tribe
in a social boycott.
What is a social boycott?
Who have you been boycotting recently?
Does anyone know?
The young ones?
Why?
Israel.
Why are you boycotting them?
Because of the bombing and the killing of
our brothers in Palestine.
So a boycott is when you refuse to
buy things from them, right?
What is one brand we shouldn't be buying?
Nike?
Is it?
McDonald's?
Okay, you guys know what boycott is.
I was just checking for the younger ones.
So, now they're trying to boycott the Prophet
ﷺ.
Right?
And, how are they doing this?
In Mecca, in Mecca, if you need food,
there is areas you can buy food from.
And if you need water, if you need
milk, if you need to sell stuff, imagine
the whole cities.
I want you to imagine this.
Imagine you were told every single shop in
the city, every single shop in the city,
that will not sell to you.
Your local corner shop will not sell to
you.
The big supermarkets will not sell to you.
The petrol station will not sell to you.
Nothing.
So you can't get fuel, you can't get
milk, you can't get bread.
How quick are you going to start struggling?
Really quick, right?
That's what happened to the Prophet ﷺ and
the Sahaba and the Prophet ﷺ.
And even the non-Muslim relatives, even the
non-Muslim relatives, they said his whole tribe
because the tribe or the clan is still
somewhat protecting Muhammad.
And they said, listen, Banu Hashim, we know
some of you are either worshippers like us.
Either give Muhammad to us and let's handle
him.
If you're not going to do that, then
we're going to boycott all of you.
Suffer with him.
So Abu Talib, the Prophet's uncle, and his
other uncles, and his cousins, and his nephews,
and his extended family, and all of the
Banu Hashim, they were put in a valley.
And in that valley they lived on scraps
for three years.
For three years.
When shipments or caravans would come from Yemen
or from Sham, when they would come, because
every now and then you have these caravans
coming and they have goods that can be
sold, Quraysh would quickly go, meet them, buy
everything, and say, we're not going to sell
to you.
We're not going to sell to you.
So what happened?
They started to lose weight.
They started to starve.
They started to become so malnourished that they
were living literally on scraps.
Right?
Barely getting any water.
Getting any food.
And they lived like that except for one
man who everyone agreed that he would kill
the Prophet.
He would give the Prophet if he had
any power.
So they let him eat with the rest
of the people.
And that was Abu Lahab.
This continued and they to ensure that this
was entrenched almost as a constitution and a
law, no one is allowed to sell to
them.
They written a treaty.
A pact.
And they put this pact in the Kaaba.
And as long as that was there on
the inside of the Kaaba everyone has to
abide by it and uphold by it.
They had to get to a stage where
they had to eat leaves and skin.
And they became so hungry.
So poor.
It was a regular occurrence to just find
the babies crying all the time out of
hunger.
And people would sometimes smuggle in small morsels
of food.
Small morsels of food would be smuggled in.
Can you imagine living like that for three
years?
For benefit similar situations will happen to the
Muslims when Dajjal comes.
Similar situation like that will happen to the
Muslims when Dajjal comes.
When Dajjal comes the followers of Dajjal will
live a prosperous life.
The followers of Dajjal they will have plenty
of food and water and everything life has
to offer.
And the believers will be tested by Allah
that they will be struggling just like the
Prophet ﷺ here in Makkah struggling.
And that's the test of faith.
Do you have enough Iman that you can
suffer for it?
If you were in that situation if you're
in the desert having not had water for
many days, weeks maybe, haven't eaten in weeks
living on scraps if you're like that and
then over there a big caravan comes and
they're just milking goats and eating meat and
having feasting would you be strong enough?
Do you have enough faith and Iman to
say I'd rather suffer because the Iman La
ilaha illallah is more important than the nourishment
of the body and the water that they
have and the milk and the food or
would you slip up and say Wallahi I
could use some food forget this Islam we
all think that we have that strong faith
but you know when our faith is challenged
how strong are we?
With our Salah with our Sadaqah with our
Quran with all the commandments in Islam that's
how you have to kind of benchmark yourself
and look at it.
With all of that going on, with all
of the struggle, all of the hunger all
of the poverty The Prophet still called to
Islam despite the hunger despite the challenge his
mission continued especially when Haj time approaches he
would go to the tribes and he would
call them to Islam and for three years
of that oppression Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
started to turn the hearts of the people
and they became a little bit more compassionate
towards the tribes that were suffering and so
the Prophet and remember what I told you
it wasn't only Muslims that were suffering also
the non-Muslim Quranism were also suffering alongside
them and why would they not just give
Prophet Muhammad up?
Because of family ties.
And family ties are important but what's stronger?
Family ties or ties with regards to the
Deen the Deen is always stronger so some
of the Ashraf of Quraish some of the
honorable men of Quraish they decided that enough
is enough and that they should disregard and
disband this pact and allow them back into
the fold into the city and to them
and one of the people that was against
this the most was Abu Jahl of course
again the villain of the Sira always until
his death in Badr spoiler alert some of
the honorable Sadaat of Quraish they said يا
أهل مكة نحن نأكل طعام ونلبس الثياب وابن
حاشم وابن المطالب هلك how is it that
we're eating?
So now there's human compassion and human compassion
is a real thing sometimes you don't have
to be a believer to have compassion.
They said listen three years they're suffering I
think they're three years too late, would you
agree?
But still they said three years they're suffering
we're eating, we have nice clothes, we're enjoying
ourselves and literally two of the biggest and
more important clans of Quraish the Banu Mutalib
and the Banu Hashim are suffering لا يبيعون
ولا يبتعون they don't buy nor is anything
sold to them and they said we will
not sit down حتى نشق هذه الصحيفة we
have to tear apart this pact we can't
treat them like this anymore Abu Jahl was
like لا والله لن تشق we will not
tear them down, we will continue making them
suffer until they give up Muhammad and then
again tensions started to grow until what?
while all of this is happening, the Prophet's
uncle Abu Talib, who's been suffering with him
is Abu Talib a believer?
He's not a believer he's growing older now,
he protects the Prophet, he is part of
the leader of their clan but he is
suffering with them وكان أبو طالب جالس في
ناحية المسجد to tell them so the Prophet
then tells his uncle I don't know why
they keep arguing over this pact termites and
ants have eaten it anyway it's gone it
doesn't exist anymore, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
made it disappear so then they open up
the Kaaba and they see it and there
is nothing left what they wrote there is
nothing left from the parchment, nothing is left
except for the bit that said Bismillah all
of it was gone and they took that
as a sign when they saw that Bismillah
was the only thing that was left, they
took it as a sign and the Hisar
ended the boycott ended after three years and
the Prophet and those that were with him
the Banu Hashim and the Abu Talib, they
left the valley that they were in and
finally joined the society in Mecca and take
their being sold to them again, that lasted
for three years, now let me tell you
something since the day the Prophet became Prophet,
how many years was he calling Islam in
secret?
can someone raise their hand?
how many years?
no, it wasn't six?
no, yes it was three years so three
years calling Islam secret and many key people
entered into Islam like Abu Bakr and Khadija,
like Ali, like Zaid like you mentioned, then
he calls to Islam publicly from the third
year onward and then he called Islam publicly
which year and then of course the attacks
and everything happened, it gets really bad up
to the point where the migration to Abyssinia
happened, what year was that?
you were in here?
anyone?
it was the fifth year it was the
year five, what happens?
the trip to?
Abyssinia, so it's been five years then then
the Islam of Omar and Hamza happens in
the sixth year sixth year, what happens?
who becomes Muslim?
Hamza and Omar, around that time after they
tried these different tactics and I'm going to
ask you guys before the lesson ends, what
tactics did Quraish try to use to convince
Prophet Muhammad to stop his call but then
they put them in the boycott and how
long did the boycott last?
three years, so what year are we in
there now?
who said nine?
what's your name?
Muadh?
Muadh, come here is that your dad?
come here, do you mind?
come here, come here Mashallah, Muadh how old
are you?
you're seven years old and you did the
math so quickly, Mashallah Muadh tell everyone, how
many years is it?
nine Jazakallah Khair, Mashallah so now, we are
in the ninth year, don't worry guys, you
all get your turn, keep coming and keep
trying, the ninth year of the hijrah and
this year is our next lesson, Inshallah this
year is called Aamul Huzn the year of
sadness why is it called the year of
sadness?
come next week and you'll find out, Inshallah
Barakallah Fikum I'm going to ask some questions
and then we're going to conclude the lesson
if everyone is okay, Inshallah Barakallah Fikum let's
start with also Mohsin, if you're here you
can check the tablet if there are any
questions that are being asked, I have some
questions and brothers, all of you that are
here please engage and raise your hand, especially
those of you at the back first question
I have is what was the name of
the sister of Umar Al-Khattab go
ahead Fatima, very good, don't worry you'll get
your chance ok Fatima what surah did he
read in her house yes Taha, very good
by the way actually, that's fine we can
do this next lesson next question, which companion
was teaching the sister and the brother-in
-law of Umar Al-Khattab in their home,
which companion was it that was teaching them
in their home yes you, what's your name
Mohammed, you have such a beautiful name, yes
Mohammed, go ahead very good ok who
said the following statement we gained dignity we
gained dignity when Umar became Muslim, strength and
dignity when Umar became Muslim, which companion said
this Muad, do you want to answer that
Abdullah bin Masood, very good, mashallah ok what
was the, now is a more difficult one
and I want the brothers to engage I
want the brothers to engage what was the
name of the man that was sent to
the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to convince
him with wealth and riches to stop his
call yes brother Mahdi Utbah what was his
name very good what surah did the prophet
read yes, you don't know you got excited,
you don't know which surah was revealed as
an answer to the request of Quraish to
compromise surah al-kafirun very good are there
any questions from the sisters Mohsin or from
the brothers before
I answer this question I do want to
remind everyone that the this seerah class it's
not just one program we have a fiqh
and aqeedah program aqeedah on mondays, fiqh on
wednesdays and seerah on fridays try and come
to those lessons as well the fiqh you
learn the basics of everything that's one thing
and the second thing is for you to
gain more ajar and more reward invite people
to these programs so don't just come by
yourself each one of us knows someone each
one of us knows someone neighbors, friends, family,
cousins invite them to come and Allah rewards
you for that the one who shows others
to a path of goodness is like the
one doing it, in other words next week
I want all of you not try to
attend the other days as well the aqeedah
and the fiqh same time just mondays and
wednesdays and also invite someone one friend and
every week try to invite someone is that
something we all can do may Allah bless
you another quick announcement for the sisters my
sisters, next week look, unfortunately sadly we are
not always able to communicate with you as
directly as we would like so for our
sisters there is a special Q&A session
where you all need to write down your
questions or even if you don't write down
just come it's next week friday at 6
.30 so next week friday an hour before
our seerah class come and inshallah it will
be myself being able to answer all of
your questions related to fiqh, aqeedah the seerah
or other topics as well that's just for
the sisters, brothers that's just for the sisters
inshallah so I hope to see you all
there so this person is asking did the
scholar mention any hikmah or wisdom behind the
prophet making dua for one of the two
umars whichever is more beloved to him my
sister or brother who ever asked the question
the prophet actually was more inclined towards umar
anyway and he actually made a specific dua
for umar inshallah we will conclude here
jazakumullahu khair everyone for attending hadha wa akhiru
da'wana anil hamdu lillahi rabbil alameen