Mustafa Khattab – What We Want From Our Rulers
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Humanity.
So
that man was making to offer on the
Kaaba, and he saw another man say in
his, oh, Allah, forgive me, and I don't
think you will ever forgive me. And have
mercy on me,
and I don't think you will ever forgive
me, and have mercy on me. So that
man came to him and said, why do
you lose hope in the mercy of Allah
subhanahu wa'ala?
He said, I did something terrible.
There was a bit of a between the
Umaween and the Abassid,
and
I went to one of the houses. I
was a leader of a group of soldiers.
So I went to that house just like
what happens in Syria and other places. I
went to that house. I broke into the
house. So there was this man and his
wife and 2 kids. So I killed the
man,
then I told to his wife, whatever you
have in the house, money, property, everything, bring
it to me.
So she brought everything she had,
but still, he went ahead and killed 1
of the 2 kids.
When she knew that he was serious about
killing off the whole family,
there was a shield that she forgot about.
She gave it to that man. And on
the shield, there were 2 point,
verses of poetry that
say, if you are a leader in the
community
and you abuse your authority
and abuse people,
then be aware that Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
sees everything
and he is able to abuse you and
punish you just like you abused the people.
Allah is more powerful
than you are.
Then the man said, when I read these
two verses of poetry, I lost my consciousness,
so he fainted.
Mohammed Morsi doctor Mohammed Morsi was elected president
in Egypt.
And I remember that a year and a
half ago, Mohammed Morsi, who is now president,
was in jail in Egypt,
and a former president, Mubarak, was in the
palace, in the presidential palace. Now a year
and a half later,
Mubarak is in jail, and Mohammed Morsi who
was in jail is now at the presidential
palace. So Allah
whenever he decrees a man, he just says,
be and it is.
And
Allah gives leadership
and presidency
and kingdom to whomever
who wants
Allah He is the owner of everything.
So today, inshallah, we'll talk briefly about what
do we really want from our leaders.
Whether we're talking about presidents
or a ruler, or a king, or a
manager, or a director at a company, or
the father or the mother in the house,
because these are in a place of leadership
in their position.
So, we ex we have some expectations for
them. So today, we're talking about a few
days
from the seerah of Omar Ibn Khattab Radiallahu
Alaihi.
So the first requirement is justice,
and neither has to be just. Otherwise, he
is not qualified to rule.
We read in Nasir of Omar Khattab radiAllahu
anhu, a Coptic a Christian Coptic from Egypt
came to Omar
and complained
that he had a competition with horses, a
racing competition.
So his horse
got the first,
spot ahead of the divorce of the son
of Muhammad bin Nas. His name was Mohammed.
So the son of Muhammad bin Nas got
so mad. He got so furious and said,
how do you how does your horse get
ahead of mine and I'm the son of
the honorable ones? My father is the ruler
of Egypt. How do you beat me in
in this competition? And he beat him. So
that man came to Omar Ibn Khattab and
complained.
So Umar al Khattab and complained. So Umar
al Khattab and brought Muhammad, the son of
Abra Abbas, the ruler of Egypt, and you
beat him up
nicely.
And he told him, how do you treat
people like slaves and their mothers gave birth
to them as free people? Why are you
a slave people?
So the second thing,
mashurah, consultation.
Whether you are a father in the house,
talk to your wife and ask her for
her mashurah.
Consultation.
And
the same thing with his wife, oh, Musa
Salaam.
Talk to your friends. Talk to the people
of wisdom and people of knowledge and get
their feedback. Get their,
their opinion.
And the prophet
did the same thing all the time. And
sometimes, he would prefer
the opinion of the Nasirah of his prince
over his own opinion.
He didn't have that arrogance that some of
the rulers today have.
He always listened to people.
And whatever was good and whatever was for
the best of the community,
he didn't.
He didn't have the Arabs. So Omar Ibn
Khattar al Adama'ad was on the way with
his army to Damascus
in Syria, and on the way, they told
him there was a plague that was killing
people, like wildfire.
So he started to make kashurah with his
army, the people. So they told him, no.
You should go back.
Because the prophet said, if there's a plague
in the land, don't go there. And if
you are inside that land and there's a
plague, don't go outside.
So he followed the opinions of most of
the people, the majority of the people, and
he went back to Madin.
So he took their advice.
He was not angry. Whenever people corrected him,
he accepted the criticism and he accepted their
advice.
So one day, he was giving a fafa
and he said to people,
what would you do if I deviate?
From Asirah Mustafa.
So a lot of the Bailiwids stood up
with his sword, and he said, listen.
Listen. If
you deviate, I'm gonna fix you out with
my sword.
So Omar Alhamdulillah,
who wrote forth from among the Ummah
Wow, Franklin. So he said, what happened?
So Salman al Farsi Radhaaban, he said, why
do you give people
a meter and half of clothes,
and you take for yourself 3 meters? This
is not justice,
and you're accountable before the people. So Muhammad
Ali said, my son, Abdullah, will answer for
me. So Abdullah stood up and said, you
know, my father is a very tall man,
as you know.
Whenever he got on the horse, his feet
touched the the ground
because he was very tall, not like me.
So
he said, I gave my portion. I gave
my share to my father. He didn't take
from the the cloth or the, the the,
Malabit of the Muslims. He took from me,
not from the people. At this moment, Salman
radiAllahu said, nam, samayna, well done. Now we
listen and obey.
There was a misunderstanding.
So number 4,
we elect people and we vote for them
to serve us. We are not their servants.
They are our servants.
So they should treat us as if we
are their
real leaders.
They are elected to serve us, not that
we serve them.
Umar ibn Khattab radiAllahu
oftentimes,
he can't sleep at night. He would sit
by the bed and cry.
His wife will wake up and say,
why are you crying? Why are you not
asleep? So he would say that Allah, subhanahu
wa ta'ala, chose me
to leave the Ummah of Muhammad, sasal, and
to be their servants.
And I know that in this Ummah, there
are orphans
and widows
and poor people and weak people and people
who suffer from injustice,
and I know that Allah
will hold me accountable
on the day of judgement for these people.
So
on another occasion, Umar al Fatah
before he sent to Amr al Dinaz to
be the leader of Egypt, he told him,
what do you do if they bring a
thief for you?
So he said, I'll cut off his hand
right away. So Muhammad al Fatima ibn Abayo
said, if a poor person,
a hungry person comes to me from Egypt,
I'm gonna cut off your hand.
Because if there is a poor
or if there is a homeless,
then this means that someone is not doing
his duty.
Someone is not assuming his responsibilities
in the community to make sure that people
eat, that people live a decent life. That's
Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
So Umar alayhi wa'anhu said, if a man
in a place of leadership, a man who
is a leader, hires people who are corrupt
to serve Muslims. And there are people who
are more knowledgeable, people who have the experience
than
the person who is corrupt
than this man who appointed them
is or has betrayed the trust of Allah
So number 5, and this is the last
one for today. If someone is in a
place of leadership,
he should hire
people who are qualified to rule. Otherwise, it
will be at this grace on the day
of judgement. And
So whenever a man came to the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam asking for a leadership
position to be a ruler,
So in in the authentic ahadith, the prophet
would tell them no, if the person was
not qualified.
So Abu Dhan came to the prophet
and said, make me a leader.
So the prophet
said, you can't.
You can't. You're not qualified.
The uncle of the prophet
himself, Al Abbas, came to the prophet
asked him to be a leader somewhere
over a city or a town, and the
prophet
told him, no. I can't. You're not qualified.
His uncle.
His
uncle. He said, you're not qualified. And if
a person who is not qualified
assumes leadership,
then
it will be a source of disgrace and
shame for him on the day of judgement.
And the prophet
refused.
So a man came to Umar when Kaslahi
was stabbed. He was close to death
and said,
why did you select
these 6 tahhabah?
Usman al Nafan, Alik Abi Talib and
and the rest of the 6, he selected
them so people can vote for them.
So women and men can vote for them
to elect
the Khalifa of the
leader of the Muslim.
So he said, forget about these 6 people
and get your son to be the Khalifa
of the Muslim. He is
Kabir al Khadash. He knows Quran. He was
the companion of the prophet. He knows Hadith.
Blah blah blah blah. So I'm gonna do
kata'ba, madadahu, and he was the companion of
the prophet. He does hadith, blah blah blah
blah. So I'm gonna do kata'ba, madadahu, and
he said, keep your masha'a. Be quiet.
I don't want 2 people from my family
to come on the day of judgement and
stand in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
for judgement, and they have all the sins
and those
responsibilities when they showed us before Allah.
1 is enough. 1 is enough. And now
look at those countries. They want their children
to be leaders.
They want their grandchildren to be leaders, and
so on and so forth. They should remember
these stories.
And
Kitah asked Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, and you
want Li'ana Muslimi that when you had to
be