Nadim Bashir – Elite Followers #16 Abdur Rahman bin Awf RA

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So inshallah we continue our series, which is elite followers, the Sahaba of the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam. And in the very beginning of this series, we started off with the children of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Then we went to the wives of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, and now we are going to the ashram and Bashara the 10 people who are giving Glad Tidings in
		

			this dunya by Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that they will attain Jana in sha Allah. So the
person that we're talking about today is Abdul Rahman bin now for the Allah Tala. And now generally
when the name of Abdullah Hammarby. Now for the Allah the line is taken or mentioned before us, the
first thing that comes to our mind is a very rich companion, a companion of the Prophet salallahu
alayhi wa sallam who had a lot of money. But the most important thing that we learned from
abdur-rahim and alpha your waterline was that despite the fact that he had a lot of money and he was
truly blessing, by Allah subhanho wa Taala he never let money and his love for money come in the way
		

			between him in Allah subhanahu wata Isla, because generally when the when we talk about money, the
general idea amongst the people is the money is something that is bad. I remember I attended a
football one time overseas, and the hottie was saying that money is something that you stay
completely away from money is haram. Now I was thinking to myself sitting in that football, the How
is money haram when you use money to buy every single thing in life? So yes, there is there is no
doubt in the fact that when it comes to the subject of money we see in the Quran, Allah subhanaw
taala he talks about money. And so to recap, saying a man who will bananas will hire to dunya that
		

			that when it comes to children and when it comes to wealth, these are considered as the Xena of the
dunya it means that it can distract you from Allah subhanahu wata Allah Allah subhanho wa Taala and
subtle munafo Goon he says yeah, you want Lavina Amano la tool, he come and Wailuku Allah Allah to
command villa, do not do not let wealth do not let the do not let children deviate you from the
remembrance and from the from reminding yourself about Allah subhanho wa taala. So even though yes,
you know, when it comes to wealth, and when it comes to money, it has that mechanism of taking a
person away from Allah subhanho wa taala. But this is what's so fascinating about this habit of
		

			Yolanda and I know, especially a person like Abraham, I've been around for the allotted time, that
despite the fact that he has so much money, and I will share with you some stories about how much he
was generous and how much he gave for Allah subhanho wa taala. This, this materialism did not
deterred these people from attaining the best in this dunya and akhira. I mean, this is a man who
was given so much, but yet he was able to do so much for the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
that the Prophet Allah told Robin over the allotted time, that you will be in Jannah in sha Allah,
and this is this is what we need to really learn. We live in a world of materialism, we will benefit
		

			from materialism, but we cannot let materialism take over us. This is so this is why this subject
matter is so important. A drama going on for the wealth that it was one of the free first he was
amongst the first eight people to accept Islam. He was amongst those who were assured entry into
Jana, Dr. Zhang Bashara. Not only that, but because of his piety and because of his leadership and
his generosity. I'm going to reveal a lot that I and he chose six people who would who will succeed
him as a Khalifa and we talked about this in the past that he put these six people into one home,
that they should unanimously agree that who will serve as an ex Khalifa, and one of the six people
		

			that he chose was Abdul Rahman bin Alfred Yalta dawn. Now other Mohammed offer the Allah Tala and
after accepting Islam, even though yes, he was considered as someone who was noble, but yet he went
through his fair share of torture. The torture reached to such an extent that he migrated to
Abyssinia and as you all know, according to Islamic history, there was a rumor that has spread in
Makkah. There was a rumor that has spread that some of the people the key figures and the key
individuals who control Maga
		

			They had become Muslims. So because of this rumor, a lot of the Muslims they came back to Makkah.
But when they came back to Makkah, they realized once again it was a rumor. So drama going on for
the Alola island he decided to migrate for a second time to Abyssinia and this was another migration
that took place by the Muslims to Abyssinia and Abdullah bin was part of that migration. Now later
on when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he told the Sahaba now you can migrate to Medina,
less all my all my greater Medina, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he built a foundation of
muah Ha, the foundation of brotherhood and what the Prophet SAW Selim did was he assigned some
		

			people to take care and look after some the other people the idea of the Mahajan and the unsought
there was one person who was also a very well blessing person by Allah subhanaw taala. This is a
person who was given Allah by Allah, his name was Simon is sad, sad, been a bit of er, and he came
and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he was from amongst the unsought, the Prophet alayhi
salam said that I assign you outside, even Robbie, a person and he pointed out Rama mouth, that you
are to be with that person. Now Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, he came and he was in the mode of
generosity. He was a person who was generous himself. So when he was given Abramova oath as someone
		

			who he should look after, he said, the very first thing he said to him, throw him under oath
Rhodiola on was that I have two gardens, I have two orchards. I will give one of them to you for you
to keep. And I have two wives, if you wish, I will divorce one of them. And once she is past time,
that you can marry her a drama and offer the along the line. He was he was appreciative towards this
generosity, generosity, and this hospitality by a Saudi Arabia, but he requested sod even Obeah that
just simply show me where is the soup to show me where the market is, and the sudden dropping off of
the alotta. And so behind law, he had this, he had a neck, as he said, he had a knack of knowing how
		

			to do business. So you went to the marketplace. And he just he bought something small with whatever
he had. And he made that into he made he turned that into double profit. And he just does he began
to make a lot and a lot of profit. Now I remember one time I was talking about abdur-rahim and alpha
Yola, and I and and someone asked me, that was under 100, and over the allotted time, because he was
such a successful businessman, was the amendment and I said, No, he was on an amendment. Okay. So
for those of you who don't know what amendment is amendment is a person who's generally recognized
as a person who can take very little and turn it into gold, okay. So he was not that good to have
		

			been on for the allotted on Yes, he was given business instincts. He had this, once again, this
reputation of turning small profit into big profit. And this is what is this, this is exactly what
he did. He went to the marketplace, and he was able to achieve so much profit, that a day came, that
he came in to measure the number up. And there was something that the Prophet SAW Allah while he was
some saw on his forehead. And it was a it was a it was a sign. Or it was a symbolic that this person
has, has just been has just married someone. And so the problem is that a lot while he was someone
was shocked, why was he shocked? Because you still had the Alzheimer's sofa living inside Majid
		

			Neverwet does have a sofa. These were people who were extremely poor people Sahaba or Yolanda on
home, who migrated with Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, but they had nowhere to go. They were
not paired up with anyone from the brothers in Medina. So they were the ones who were sitting who
were living in the back of the masjid. And they were known as as Hagia Sophia. And that's why they
said that when the Prophet SAW Sanlam whenever he would receive any gift, before he was spending it
on anyone else he would give it to who the US have a sofa, the Sahaba who were living in the back of
the Masjid. Now when when Abraham and all for the Ultron came inside the masjid and the Prophet
		

			Allah you don't realize that he's just you know, he just got married there probably is some was
shocked and he says I'm gonna human. This is what the this is what the profile is, um said to me, he
says already like as if you just came to Medina, okay, the Sahaba who are struggling and you're able
to take so little turn into so much profit, find a wife for yourself getting married, and has
everything is done. And he says yes, hula Yes, I got married, you know, and he was and he this is
the way he said to us wa sallahu alayhi wa sallam, and then the Prophet it sound reminded him that
make sure you have a one EMA and make sure you feed
		

			The others and so he agreed to that. And this is you know, once again this is the shows who are
gonna have an offer the a lot and and who was when we talk about the battles and the expeditions in
which the Sahaba they participated with Rasulullah sallallahu it was sending them you know, there's
the Battle of whether there is a battle I've heard, you know, battles in which of the robbing out of
your waterline he participated in, and he poured his heart out, he gave in one of these two
expeditions, it said that he gave a 4000 dinars to help the to help the eighth the Muslims in the
Battle of taboo the Battle of the book was something was a time which was extremely difficult upon
		

			the Sahaba of the Allah Tala on whom the Sahaba they say that it was extremely hot. And that's why
in the Quran, Allah subhanho wa Taala when talking about the book and the expedition of the book,
because these people they said that it was so hot, the heat was so intense, Allah subhanho wa Taala
He reminded them and this is a reminder reminder for all of us. Allah says in the Quran, Punahou,
Johanna Shahara. That Don't you forget about the fire, Johanna that when it comes to heat, it is far
more intense than the heat of this dunya. Nonetheless, it was a battle where the Sahaba were
struggling. And they said that in a battle like an expedition like that of the Mohammed or for the
		

			Allah that I'm once again he opened up his heart, and he donated 200 odd years of gold. These are
these are gold, gold coins, which are, which were extremely valuable at the time of Rasulullah
sallallahu ala he was setting them and so Subhanallah he he poured his heart open. He gave
everything that he had. But so while at the same time we learn that there was a type of honor that
he was given that no one else was given. In the same expedition. They said that the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was not there when it was the time for Salaat. And so the Sahaba they
are debating the who is going to leave the salon who's going to do the salon. At that time, they
		

			push the Rahaman off of your water onto the front, that you are to lead us a lot. And the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came later on, and he prayed behind a drop moment offer the Allah
tonight. Now this is an honor for Abdul Rahman Oh, because there were very few Sahaba the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he prayed behind and the orlimar they mentioned that you have to
understand that the Prophet sallallahu it was sending them once in his life, he led all the Gambia
on the night of Istart in Mirage, and I do want to make a point about assignment Raj at the very
end, so please do so please do stay for that. At the height of a certain Mirage, the Prophet SAW
		

			Allah some he led all the Gambia This is a man who is now standing behind Abrahamic for the Yolo the
nine so this was an honor. And this was a privilege for Abdul Hamid out for the a lot and on the
other hand off of the Allah on after the death of resource Allahu alayhi wa sallam, he took it upon
himself to take care of all the financial needs. Of all the wives of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, no one came to him. The problem was I'm not telling that you have to take care of them. He
himself stepped forward, and he chose to take care of all their financial needs. Even it said that
in a season of hemorrhage, when the Omaha Momineen when they would go for Hajj, and they will stay
		

			there Agraharam and all for the Allah Allah will stay with them so that he can pay for all their
expenses during March. He was a man who gave so much for us wa sallahu alayhi wa sallam and for the
family of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam once he sold a piece of land for 40,000 dinars and
he distributed that amongst the people of the the bionews. Zara, which is the relatives of the
prophets Allah somes mother Amina, and then he distributed some of that amongst the
		

			amongst the poor people in Medina, and then he distributed this this money or this Prophet that he
was able to gain amongst the Omaha Romanian the story I mean the Mothers of the Believers, to which
I showed you allow that on her she says that whenever she received her share, she said the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that no one she This is the prophet it is I'm telling I shall be
allowed Alana that no one will feel compassion towards you after I pass away except for a person who
is amongst the saw beauty and so here are the Ramadan for the Allah Tehran he has that that title
also in that in that honor, under Mohammed offer the Allah Tala and one day he came inside Medina
		

			and there was a huge commotion in Medina. And so I saw the Ultron sitting in her home she's saying
that she asked someone that can you go find out what is a huge commotion
		

			So the news comes back to I showed you a lot and I have that up there hanging off of your log and it
has come with his group of people inside Medina. So I showed you a lotta AHA says that will okay if
someone just came inside Medina why is there such a big commotion in Medina? So the response or the
answer given to I showed you a lot and Anna was that Abdul Rahman Alfred Yolanda has come by he has
not come empty handed. He has come with 700 camels. You know, what's the value of one camel today?
What's the value of one camel? Does anyone know? The value of one camera?
		

			Someone told you $5,000 Well, Allahu Allah. If you do the math, if you do the math 700 camels and
let's just say each one camel is $5,000 How much is that?
		

			Huh
		

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			3.53 point 5 million.
		

			This is now listen to this. This is not only just camels that he has coming to Medina with each
camel is loaded with merchandise.
		

			Each camel is loaded with merchandise. So you're talking about not just 2.5 million very possibly $5
million worth of stuff for example. And so what happened was that I saw the a lot and I now she
begins to contemplate and she remembers something that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
about a little humbling for the allotted time that Mohammed would will will be going into Jana.
		

			Some some some people they translated as he'll be creeping into Jana. Some say that in some way.
Some people translate the Hadith of the Prophet it is some by saying that he will be crawling into
Jana. Now, I showed you Allah tonight and she says that I want you to convey this message to
Andromeda and Alfred Yola, tonight. The message is conveyed other human outcomes. I share with you a
lot Anna Anna, and he asks, that is this truly something that the Prophet sallallahu sallam said,
and probably because of my my love of wealth, this is happening. And I showed you a lot on how she
says yes. Now think about this. This is what I said earlier on, that it didn't matter. It didn't
		

			matter how much money these people had, when it came to Jannah when it came to the hereafter the
hereafter was first it was the priority. And I'm dropping off of the Allah dawn he says to ISIL the
ultra Unha there you'll be my witness, that everything that I have come in today with into Medina
with I give all of that away for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala
		

			I give all of it away, for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala now, not only that, but Subhanallah I
was able to find some more interesting information about I'm gonna have been on for the allotted
time. These are just different, different different different times. This is this is his generosity.
At one time he gave 40,000 Durham's of silver, another time he gave a 40,000 dinars of gold, and
other time he gave 200 years of gold. In another time he gave 500 horses to the army of Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and for Expedition one time he provided 101,500 camels to another group
who are going for an expedition and one time he also gave 400 dinars of gold to the survivors of
		

			brother. Think about how much this man was given I think he was surpass pretty much all of us over
here in terms of what the how much he had. But once again, it did not keep these people away from
achieving Janna and that's why I saw the wealth and on how she would make dua for other home and off
saying that may Allah subhanho wa Taala give him something to drink from the water of Sal Sabine. It
is a particular spring in paradise. I showed you a lot that ANA she will say May Allah subhanho wa
Taala give this to other human off of your waterline. Finally, a Brahmin also the Allah turned on
even after the death of us also Allah sent him he always contributed always helped out, never never
		

			shied away from being generous. And he passed away in the Khilafah of Earthman. Even though I firmly
YOLO to nine, and till today, he is buried and genital bacteria. So these are. So this is something
that we learned from Abdurrahman off of the Allah Tala and such a great individual, someone who
never let materialism get in their way of achieving Jana. And this is what we can take from other
Muhammad alpha the Allah Tala. And now the last thing I want to mention which was which was about
you know That tonight is the 27th Night of Rajab, few people have come to me and said that are we
doing any program at the masjid shall be mirage or anything like that? And there are just a few
		

			things I want to say about that.
		

			First of all, is that when we look at our Islamic matters, there's always two extremes. Like for
example, you have one extreme that that will say that Budda Budda Aveda don't even talk about
		

			They don't even mention about it, do not give any attention to the night of his sorry, miraj and to
the subject of historian mirage. And then you have the other extreme that, you know, they might be
in the measure all night long. They're fasting the next day they believe that there are some
different do is that the Prophet sallallahu it was some he made on this particular night. First of
all, is that when we studied the night this the you know, the the incident of assaulting a mirage?
First of all, there is a great difference of opinion amongst the Allamah. Exactly when did this
event occur? Number one, number two is that even if majority there Alama they did agree that it took
		

			place in the month of Raja yet there is still a discrepancy in terms of the date exactly when it
took place. Now, even though a lot of the orlimar they say that, yes, it took place on the 27th of
Raja. And let's just say even tonight is the 27th Night of Rajab, the best way to approach this
matter is that yes, we don't find anything from US law. So Allahu alayhi wa sallam Sierra, where he
collected people at the masjid. Okay, I remember one time I was overseas, and it was a month of
Rajab. And it was that 27th night and I went to the masjid and I was and I saw people, you know,
wearing new clothes. I saw people like, you know, the budget was packed. And I was really shocked. I
		

			was like, what's going on today? Like, what's is there? Some? I'm thinking to myself, I'm sure
there's no II okay. I'm sure there's no other day what's going on today. And then someone informed
me that tonight is the 27th of Raja and I said, Yes, I know. But so what you know, and the in the
idea and there is like this, you know, in the world that we live in, there are a lot of people once
again, who will go to the masjid. They will have all these programs all night long, talking about
Islam and miraj and then fasting the next day and making the difference to us. And if we don't find
any of that from the CETA of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, at the same time, the middle
		

			approach is also that we should, without a doubt, we should teach our children about Asahi Miraj, we
should tell our children about Islam in Mirage, because do you know what you know, the idea of Sri
Mirage is something that first of all, it took place at one of the most difficult times of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And it was probably one of the greatest gifts given to us who
also Allahu alayhi wa sallam at the same time. What did the Prophet send a witness on that night?
There were so many things that probably some of you witnessed on that night. Not only that, but even
on a slightly mirage. And every single at every single stage, he met a different, a different Nebby,
		

			a different prophet of Allah, Allah He saw it, he saw there was salam, And subhanAllah do Allah ma,
they even give an explanation behind that, that when he met Adam Alayhis Salam when he made use of
Adi Islam when he met inside of Islam, what is what is the meaning behind all that? What is the
meaning behind all that? And subhanAllah this took place before the Hijra of rasa Allahu alayhi wa
sallam, and who he met on each, each stage the prophets that he met, there was a message behind
that. There was a message behind that because you're talking about tons of Gambia, so many prophets
sent by Allah subhanaw taala. But yet the province has some you only met eight, when he when he, he
		

			led the Gambia, but in that time when he went to the different different stages in the sky, he emits
a different Ambia Allah subhanho wa taala. But what was the message behind that? Why only these
eight eight people, there was a there was a message behind that. And, and overall, the idea was that
Allah subhanho wa Taala is prepping, he is preparing Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for his
hatred to Medina, as many orlimar they say. So there are so many things that can be learned from the
night of Islam in marriage. And we should teach that to our children. Because, believe it or not, if
you go home right now, and you tell your children that first of all, What month is it? I can I mean,
		

			I'm not being trying to be negative here. But majority of our children will not even know what month
what is something month is going on. And then let's just say you ask them that what major incident
took place in the month of Rajab, they probably won't even know about that, too. So our kids so what
happens is that sometimes we try to take one extreme, but we don't realize that we're keeping our
kids absolutely ignorant about the matter. So the best way to approach it, which is the you know,
the moderate way, Allah Subhan Allah says in the Quran, look at Attica, John Malcolm and Martin
wasa. He has created you as a moderate OMA a an Obama that takes the middle path. So we won't take
		

			either extreme But on this night we will there is no extra there's no fast tomorrow. There is no
unique do us that the problem he taught us on this night there is nothing that we learned from the
profiling some that he will spend all the night the entire night at the masjid and giving lectures.
By the same time our Islam history talks about a great event that took place so I think that we need
to sit down with our children. We
		

			To tell them about what happened and the lessons that can be learned more more important than the
story is the lessons to be learned from SR a mirage So may Allah subhana give all of us ability to
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