Nadim Bashir – Umar Ibn Al-Khattab 40 Ahadith Of The Sahaba
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So we started the series of 40 hadiths
regarding the Sahaba radiyallahu ta'ala anhum.
And today inshallah we are on hadith number
2.
And this is a hadith or a narration
by Amr ibn Maymoon.
So Amr ibn Maymoon says, and it's a
long hadith or narration, so I won't go
into the Arabic text of it.
I'll go straight into the English translation of
it.
He says, I saw Amr ibn Khattab radiyallahu
ta'ala anhum a few days before he
was stabbed in Medina.
He was standing with Hudhaifa ibn Yaman and
Uthman ibn Hunayf.
To whom he said, What have you done?
Do you think that you have imposed more
taxation on the land of Iraq than it
can bear?
They replied, We have imposed on it what
it can bear because of its great yield.
Meaning that they are benefiting immensely from it.
Amr ibn Khattab radiyallahu ta'ala anhum said,
Check whether you have imposed on the land
what it cannot bear.
They said, No we have not.
Meaning that again, these two Sahaba they are
saying and they are basically sticking to what
their word was that we are not imposing
a taxation more than they can handle.
Amr ibn Khattab radiyallahu ta'ala anhum then
said, If Allah should keep me alive, I
will let the widows of Iraq need no
man to support them after me.
And then the narration goes into the story
of Amr ibn Khattab radiyallahu ta'ala anhum.
Now, first of all is that, what is
Amr ibn Khattab radiyallahu ta'ala anhum talking
about when he's saying about taxation and taxing
people and so forth.
First of all is that, one of the
common claims of the Islamophobes is that Islam
would impose a jizya on people who are
not Muslims.
It was almost as if they are saying
that if you are not a Muslim and
you are living in Muslim lands, then they
will charge you a jizya and a tax
because you are not a Muslim.
This is what they say.
Our response to that is that that is
not necessarily the case.
Yes, the non-Muslims were taxed.
But what was happening to the Muslims?
It was not as if the Muslims were
not giving anything.
The Muslims were giving their zakat.
So they were giving zakat, the non-Muslims
were being taxed.
And what would they get in return for
being taxed?
They would gain security by living in the
Muslim land.
By giving taxes to the government, they were
given the assurance that if there's anything that
happens to you, you can come to our
Islamic courts and you'll find justice.
They were given that assurance that your places
of worship, your monasteries are not gonna be
hurt.
They're not gonna be damaged.
One thing that we learned during the time
of Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه
is that yes, he wanted to always differentiate
between the Muslims and the non-Muslims.
And this is why he never wanted the
non-Muslims to keep the same name as
Muslims.
So that there will be a differentiation between
who are the Muslims and who are not
the Muslims.
Even during the time of Umar ibn al
-Khattab رضي الله عنه, one of the things
that he institutionalized was the rule or the
law that no monastery or no building or
minaret can be higher than the minaret of
a masjid.
He wanted to ensure that the minarets of
the masajid are taller than any other minaret
of any other monastery or place of worship
that had existed in that land.
But never did Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي
الله عنه ever do dhulm against a person
who was considered as a dhimmi.
A dhimmi was that person who was not
a Muslim living under Islamic rule.
And by the way, Ibn Qayyim رضي الله
عنه, he has written a very thick book
on the ahkam of ahlu dhimma.
Like if there are non-Muslims living in
Muslim lands, what are their haq, what are
their rights, what to do in a situation
when there's a conflict, when there's a dispute.
All these things have been taught to us
by our deen.
So once again, the Islamophobes, they say this
over and over again, that Islam says that
if you're not a Muslim, because you're not
a Muslim, tax you.
And once again, and they usually bring Umar
ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه.
But once again, the best way to answer
that is that yes, there was a tax.
The Muslims were also giving something that was
going to the baytul maal.
But in return, the Muslim government, the Islamic
government gave a lot of promises, made a
lot of promises, and they stuck to their
promises, and they fulfilled those promises to those
people living in that land.
So this is exactly what's happening.
Now Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه,
during his time, of course, he was sent
out, he had many governors.
You have to understand, we're talking about two
years, two and a half years, perhaps Abu
Bakr رضي الله عنه, he ruled as a
khalifa.
After that you have Umar ibn al-Khattab
رضي الله عنه, and now Umar ibn al
-Khattab رضي الله عنه is ruling for 10
years.
So during this time, even non-Muslims, they
usually refer to the time of Umar ibn
al-Khattab as the golden era of Islam.
This is where Islam prospered.
This is where Islam thrived.
And of course there were many other years
later on where Islam thrived in terms of
their intellectual developments.
But the point is that Umar ibn al
-Khattab رضي الله عنه, he would always keep
a very close eye on all his governors.
And he would look at what are they
charging, and he would always try to make
sure that the taxes that were being imposed
on the general people, the general mass, it
is not so much where they cannot bear
the taxes, and if it becomes difficult for
them, Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه
could not live with that.
So this is exactly what this conversation is
about.
Now, we come to the story about when
he passed away.
And before this, this is mentioned in the
narration.
But what's not mentioned in the narration is
few things I want to mention to you
so you know.
Number one is, the stabbing of Umar ibn
al-Khattab رضي الله عنه took place right
after hajj.
It was a normal nature of Umar رضي
الله عنه that he would do hajj every
single year while he was a khalifa.
Okay, this was his nature.
So he went for hajj, he came back,
and what happened was that there was a
rule or a law that Umar ibn al
-Khattab رضي الله عنه did not like to
keep non-Arab captives in Medina.
He just did not have a good sense.
Because think about it, a person who's a
captive as it is, in their mind, they
always are going to live with this mindset
that, I'm a captive.
And they want to get out of this
status quo.
And usually what they do is that they
like to take out their anger and their
revenge on certain people.
So the fact that his land was conquered
during the time, during the khilafah of Umar
ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه, in his
mind, the person he wants to go against
is Umar ibn al-Khattab.
He feels that Umar ibn al-Khattab is
the cause of what has happened to me.
So this was the nature of the Arabs
and Ameer al-Mumineen had created this rule
and law.
However, because this person, he was a Persian
man, his name was Abu Lu'lu al
-Fairuz.
He was a great craftsman.
Like he knew how to create weapons.
And he was an expert at this.
So one day Umar رضي الله عنه, he
saw him creating his weaponry and he says
to him that, you know, I see that
you have a great skill and a great
art.
Perhaps you can create for me something like
a weapon that I can always keep by
myself.
So he says to Umar رضي الله عنه,
which basically alarmed Ameer al-Mumineen رضي الله
عنه, that he said to him that, I
will create such a knife or a dagger
for you that people are going to be
talking about it for a long time.
That's what he said.
Now when he said this, it alarmed Umar
and he said, I believe this man is
going to take my life.
Now the Sahabah رضي الله عنهم, they said
that, O Ameer al-Mumineen, if this is
the case, let us arrest him right now.
And he said that, no, you cannot arrest
him based on my own dhan, based on
my own assumption of him.
But nonetheless, what happened was that there was
a tax dispute.
There was a tax dispute and they went
to Umar al-Khattab رضي الله عنه, and
Umar did not necessarily rule in his favor.
So it was in his mind that now
I need to get revenge from Umar رضي
الله عنه.
And then this dagger situation happened.
Now, it was on the 23rd day of
the hijjah.
So we're talking about Umar رضي الله عنه
just performing his hajj, coming back to Medina.
And it is mentioned that he always knew
that for example, there's a well-known story
that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was
standing on the Mount Uhud.
And Mount Uhud began to shake.
And he says, stay still, because there is
a Siddiq and a Shaheed, two Shaheed on
you.
So this is in reference to Umar al
-Khattab and Uthman رضي الله عنه.
So Umar al-Khattab رضي الله عنه, he
always would make this du'a generally, that,
Ya Allah, I want to die in Medina.
I want to be always in Medina.
But at the same time, I want to
die as a Shaheed.
But I don't want to die at the
hand of anyone but a non-Muslim.
And subhanAllah, if you look at his story
and how he passed away, all these three
du'as were accepted.
Now, it was always the curiosity of Umar
al-Khattab that he would think that, how
would I become Shaheed in Medina?
Because if you're talking about Shaheed, often the
mind goes to what first?
If you're going to die as a Shaheed,
you're going to be dying in a battlefield.
But there's no battles going to be taking
place in Medina, so how would I die
as a Shaheed?
But he would say that, if this is
my du'a and this is what the
Prophet ﷺ says, it's going to happen whether
we understand the logic behind it or not.
So nonetheless, it was the Salat al-Fajr
on the 23rd of Dhul-Hijjah.
And this person, Abu Lulu, he created a
dagger which was sharp on both ends.
It was sharp on both ends.
And it is mentioned that Salat al-Fajr
had commenced, and Umar al-Khattab was reciting
Surah Yusuf.
Okay, he would often recite, it's mentioned in
the books of history, he would often recite
Surah Yusuf and Surah Nahl.
So he began to recite Surah Yusuf.
And all of a sudden this man, and
once again it was dark, that's why he
chose Salat al-Fajr because it was dark.
So he jumped over, and it is mentioned
that he was perhaps standing in the third
row, but he made his way all the
way to Umar al-Khattab radiallahu anhu when
he was in the state of sujood.
And he began to stab him different places
around the body.
He began to stab him different places around
the body.
As Umar al-Khattab got stabbed quickly few
times, and not only that, but he had
soaked the dagger in poison too.
So Umar al-Khattab radiallahu anhu got up.
When Umar al-Khattab radiallahu anhu got up,
he stabbed him also in the stomach area
too few times.
And at that time, when Umar al-Khattab
said, that this kalb, he has attacked me.
This person as he was trying to run
out, because once again it was sharp on
both ends, he began to attack many sahaba
radiallahu anhu.
13 sahaba were injured, and perhaps 7 to
9 sahaba radiallahu anhu lost their lives.
They threw a sheet over him, and they
captured him.
When they threw the sheet over him, he
knew exactly what his fate is gonna be
after that.
So this person, Abu Lulu, he stabbed himself
3 to 4 times, and he took his
own life.
He basically committed suicide right then and there.
Now, going back to the hadith, so I
just give you a brief idea about what's
coming up next in the narration.
So continue with the narration.
He says that, it was only after four
days had elapsed that he was stabbed.
The day he was stabbed, he was standing
there, and nobody was between me and him,
meaning Umar al-Khattab radiallahu anhu, except for
Abdullah ibn Abbas who was in the front
row.
So the narrator is saying, I was standing
in the second row, Abdullah ibn Abbas was
standing in the first row, and then it
was Umar al-Khattab radiallahu anhu.
When Umar passed between the two rows, and
it's mentioned that, and so this narration says,
when he would pass by the two rows,
he would say, stand in straight lines.
When he saw no defect in the prayers,
he would go forward and start the prayer,
meaning that Umar radiallahu anhu would go between
each row, making sure that all the people
are standing aligned.
Once again, they never had rows, so he
had to make sure that everyone's standing in
a straight row.
He saw no defect, so he started the
prayer, and he would recite surah Yusuf and
surah Nahal, or like that in the first
unit, mean the first shakaat, so that the
people may have time to join the prayer.
As soon as he began, I heard him
saying, the dog has killed me.
At that time, the person, Abu Lu'lu,
has stabbed him.
And then he says, a non-Arab kafir,
proceeded on carrying the double-edged knife and
stabbing the people as he passed by on
his right side and left side, until he
stabbed 13 people, out of whom 7 or
9 people died.
When one of the Muslims saw that, he
threw a cloak on him, realizing that he
had been captured, and Umar radiallahu anhu held
a hand of Abdu'l-Hamid Auf radiallahu
anhu, at that time.
Now think about this.
Umar al-Khattab radiallahu anhu has just been
stabbed.
In his mind, the only thing that's the
biggest concern in his mind is, Salat needs
to finish.
SubhanAllah.
Salat needs to finish.
So he grabbed the hand of Abdu'l
-Hamid Auf radiallahu anhu, brought him to the
front.
Abdu'l-Hamid Auf radiallahu anhu, he quickly
finished off the Salat.
He finished it before.
And it says that those who were standing
by the side of Umar saw what I
saw.
But the people who were in the other
parts of the masjid did not see anything,
because it was dark.
But they lost the voice of Umar radiallahu
anhu, and they were saying, SubhanAllah, SubhanAllah.
Abdu'l-Hamid Auf radiallahu anhu led the
Salat, making it a short prayer.
When they finished the prayer, Umar radiallahu anhu
called Ibn Abbas, find out who attacked me.
Ibn Abbas kept on looking there for a
short time, and he said, it is a
slave of Mughira.
On that Umar said, the craftsman?
Ibn Abbas said, Yes.
Umar said, May Allah curse him.
I do not treat him unjustly.
All the praises are for Allah who has
not caused me to die at the hand
of a man who claims himself to be
a Muslim.
Meaning that Alhamdulillah, if I die, I will
die at the hands of a non-Muslim.
No doubt, you and your father Abbas used
to love to have more non-Arab kafir
in Medina.
Abbas, and it is mentioned that Abbas and
his son Ibn Abbas, they had a lot
of slaves who were non-Arab slaves in
Medina.
So Ibn Abbas says to Umar r.a,
if you want I can kill all of
them for you.
He says, No, no.
You cannot do something like that.
These are people that they are innocent people,
do not do this to them.
Then Umar r.a was carried to his
home.
When he went along with him, now where
did they go?
They went to the house of Ibn Umar
r.a because Ibn Umar was the closest
out of their two houses.
Ibn Umar used to live closer to the
masjid than Umar al-Khattab r.a. So,
what happened was that they went to the
masjid, they went to their home.
They put Umar r.a down and Umar
r.a was unconscious.
Later on he was able to gain his
consciousness.
And subhanAllah, the very first question that Umar
al-Khattab r.a asked was, not what
happened to me, who died, what happened?
No.
Did the salah finish or not?
SubhanAllah.
I mean look at the taqwa and the
leadership of Umar al-Khattab r.a. He's
saying that did the salah finish or not?
He said, yes.
Then Umar al-Khattab r.a, he ordered
water.
Now generally you would think that what is
he gonna do with that water?
He's gonna drink it.
No.
He ordered water to make wudu to finish
off his salat al-fajr.
He ordered the water to make wudu to
finish off his salat al-fajr.
SubhanAllah.
And then after that, it is mentioned that
he ordered then dates, he ordered some dates,
he ordered some water, he even ordered some
milk.
And because he was stabbed in the stomach,
everything that Umar al-Khattab r.a would
consume, it was coming straight out.
The milk will come straight out, the water
will come straight out, the dates were coming
straight out.
So they called the doctor.
The doctor came, he assessed the situation and
he said that, I don't believe that...
He was looking at Ibn Umar, he says,
I don't believe that your father is gonna
be able to recover from this.
I believe that he's gonna die as a
result of these wounds.
So what did at that time, what did
Umar al-Khattab r.a do?
He said that, go and find out.
So he told his son that I need
you to go and make sure that every
person I have taken a debt from, make
sure you pay all their debts.
Because now Umar al-Khattab r.a understands,
this is the end of his life.
So now he wants to make sure that
all his affairs are put in place properly.
So he says that, make sure you take
care of all my debts.
If the debts are a lot, all my
assets, my house, whatever I have, make sure
you give it to everyone.
I wanna make sure I leave from this
dunya debt-free.
I don't wanna have anyone's burden on me.
Then at that time again, Umar al-Khattab
r.a he then says to his son
that I want you to go along with
all the requests that he's telling him.
He says that, he also created a shoot
-off for the khilafah of the next khilafah.
He realized that he's gonna die.
So he created a shoot-off for the
next khilafah.
He took the remaining 10 mubasharah and he
put them in a place, a home.
And he says that you need to come
to a unanimous decision on who's gonna become
the next khalifah.
Now many people did come to Umar al
-Khattab r.a and suggest to him that
your son, Ibn Umar has your level of
wisdom, hikmah, sunnah in his life.
Perhaps you should make Ibn Umar the next
khalifah.
And he said that, no I don't want
to do this because this will create nepotism
in this ummah.
And I don't wanna create nepotism in this
ummah.
Look at the hikmah and the wisdom of
Umar al-Khattab r.a. So he created
them.
However, he did tell his son, Ibn Umar
r.a he gave him a certain role
to look over when this shura was put
together.
And not only that but when these people,
these sahaba in order to discuss who's the
next khalifah, they would discuss amongst themselves.
The next thing he did was, he sent
his son and he says that I want
you to go and ask our mother, Aisha
r.a for a very special request.
I want you to go and ask her
that there is a space right next to
Abu Bakr r.a that is empty.
And he gave special instructions to his son
and said that do not go to our
mother and say Ameen Mu'mineen has sent me,
but rather say Umar al-Khattab sent me.
Why?
Because I don't want her to feel the
burden that I'm pressuring her into making this
decision and giving up her haq.
So it is mentioned that when she was
approached, the son of Umar al-Khattab brought
up the request.
And at that time she said that, yes
indeed I give permission to your father that
he can be buried right next to Abu
Bakr r.a. And because one of the
things that we learned very beautifully from the
time of the Prophet ﷺ was that he
would often say, I Abu Bakr and Umar
did such and such.
So it was just the burning desire of
Umar r.a that I want to be
buried over there.
And when he came back with the news,
they made him sat up and he said
that what news have you brought me?
Ibn Umar r.a who said, that good
news to you, our mother has agreed.
Now Umar al-Khattab said again, when I
pass away and right before I'm buried, ask
her again.
Ask her again because I don't want to
create a situation that perhaps she was emotional
because when she heard and she was approached
by Ibn Umar r.a, she was crying,
she was very emotional.
So Umar al-Khattab is saying that perhaps
she said yes because she's emotional right now.
But later on her emotions may have, you
know, will come to their normal state and
she can think better.
Then again ask her.
And if she says no, then bury me
along with the other Muslims.
Even after then, Aisha r.a she said,
absolutely your father can be buried over there.
So this is what's mentioned in the narration.
And at the very end it is mentioned
that many Sahabah r.a, now before this
also interestingly, Umar al-Khattab r.a said,
if I pass away, I want you to
make sure that you look after the muhajirun,
make sure you look after the ansar, make
sure you look after the people of the
city.
And I'm going to share with you right
now some quick stories inshallah about how much
Umar r.a he cared.
Wallahi there were times when people would send
food, special dishes to Umar al-Khattab r
.a. And he was saying that if other
people don't get this kind of dishes, then
I don't deserve this kind of dish also.
He was that aware of the state of
the people.
So he said that look after the ansar,
look after the people of the city, look
after the Bedouins, and look after the orphans.
And he said that make sure you look
after all these people.
And then when eventually when he passed away,
many Sahabah r.a of course they gave
their own, they said their own peace, you
know they basically said and they praised Umar
al-Khattab r.a for what an amazing
leader he was.
And not only that, but they were attesting
to what a great leader he was, but
what a wise man he was.
And during his time, the amount of Muslims
that they had gained prosperity, Islam had not
had that much prosperity at that time.
So now coming into a little more about
the life of Umar al-Khattab r.a.
Few things.
Number one is that before Islam, before he
became a Muslim, it is mentioned that Umar
r.a, he had a very like aggressive
nature too.
He had a very aggressive nature.
By nature he had a very deep voice.
And Umar al-Khattab r.a was such
that if you heard his voice, you would
tremble.
Okay, you would tremble.
And he had this awe or this, you
know he would carry himself with this swagger
that no one could mess with Umar al
-Khattab r.a. So before Islam, he would
actually mention a lot of times that my
father was very very harsh.
My father was very very aggressive.
And hence this also taught him after he
became a Muslim that my father was this
way, but I want to make sure that
I am calmer with people.
Now when there was time, when the time
came that he had to be tough, he
would really set down the standard.
But there were times also that subhanAllah if
you understand the tawadu and the humbleness of
Umar al-Khattab r.a, his story and
his biography is truly remarkable.
The Prophet ﷺ, this is something that we
all are aware of.
The Prophet ﷺ made this du'a to
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that give Izzah
to Islam either through Abu Jahl or through
Umar al-Khattab r.a. And the ulema
they explain something interesting about both of these
people.
The ulema they say that the reason why
perhaps Allah gave Islam to Umar over Abu
Jahl was because Abu Jahl was very much
concerned about tribalism.
Okay.
There were times that Abu Jahl knew that
the Qur'an is the haqq.
But why did he not believe in the
Qur'an?
Because he said that my tribe and the
tribe of the Prophet ﷺ, we are at
heads.
Basically we are at neck and neck.
And the thing is that there was always
a constant state of competition between the two
tribes.
So he said that even if I become
a Muslim, it's almost as if my tribe
is accepting defeat to the tribe of the
Prophet ﷺ, I cannot do that.
So were they both enemies to Islam?
Yes.
But Abu Jahl knew that this Islam could
end his reign, it could end his leadership,
it could end his tribe, and his tribe
would accept defeat.
That's why he was an enemy, a staunch
enemy of Islam.
Now the question is that why was Umar
al-Khattab r.a an enemy of Islam?
It was not because of tribalism.
But he felt, and as people were saying,
that ever since Muhammad ﷺ has began to
spread his message, this has caused chaos in
the community.
This is breaking up families.
So he hated Islam, not because of tribalism,
but because of the fact that we were
living a very peaceful life.
Until Muhammad ﷺ came, he's preaching about his
Islam, families are being broken apart, and then
there's so much chaos in Makkah and so
forth.
He wanted those peaceful days.
And that is why he did not like
Islam.
Because, now keeping that in mind, this is
why the ulema, they say that perhaps, this
is why Umar al-Khattab r.a was
the one who received Islam rather than Abu
Jahl.
Umar al-Khattab r.a before Islam, he
used to drink a lot.
He was a heavy, heavy drinker.
And it is mentioned that one day, I
mean it was very common that he would
go and hang out with his buddies and
his friends, and they would drink a lot.
So one day he went, and he saw
that the place where he used to drink,
there was no one there.
His friends were not there.
So he says, let me just go home
tonight, and I'll probably just go home and
drink by myself.
On his way going home, he stopped by,
he saw Rasulullah ﷺ praying next to the
Ka'bah.
Now, if you remember, the change of qiblah
took place in Medina.
Okay, the change of qiblah took place in
Medina.
Before Medina, they would have to pray towards
Jerusalem.
So the way the Prophet ﷺ, he would
pray towards Jerusalem, is that if the Prophet
ﷺ is praying, he has prayed north towards
Jerusalem, he would pray in such a way
where the Ka'bah was between him and
Jerusalem.
Okay, because he loved to pray towards the
Ka'bah.
So that is where he would stand at
that angle.
So he can pray in the direction of
both.
Umar ibn Khattab came over there, and there
was the ghilaf or the covering on the
Ka'bah, and he hid behind the ghilaf.
The Prophet ﷺ was reciting Surah Al-Haqqah.
And in Surah Al-Haqqah by the way,
Allah talks about the Day of Judgment.
Allah says, فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوْتِى كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِ وَأَمَّا
مَنْ أُوْتِى كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِ Allah talks about the
two parties.
One party or one group of people that
will receive their Book of Deeds in their
right hand, and one party that will receive
their Book of Deeds in their left hand.
So, after all this, Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala, so there's a lot mentioned, other mentioned
in this surah.
But nonetheless, Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anhu, he's
hearing all these beautiful words, this kalam.
And he's thinking to himself that I've never
ever heard these kind of words before ever
in my life.
So, he's thinking to himself in his mind
that this man, this man Muhammad ﷺ, he
must be a poet.
Because if you read surah Al-Haqqah, the
ayat, they rhyme with each other.
The ending of the ayat, they rhyme with
each other.
So, he's thinking to himself that this person
must be a sha'ir.
Subhanallah, the very next ayah that the Prophet
ﷺ he recites is, وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرِ
These words are not the words of a
poet.
Now, Umar ibn Khattab is like, I'm thinking
something, and the Prophet ﷺ is saying exactly
that.
Like he's negating exactly what I'm thinking.
Then he's like, okay, then he must be
a soothsayer.
He must be a kahin.
And wallahi, the next verse is, وَمَا هُوَ
بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنِ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنِ These are
not the words of a soothsayer.
So, now Umar ibn Khattab is thinking that,
okay, if he's not a poet, if it's
not the words of poetry, if he's not
a kahin, then where is this coming from?
The next ayah, تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ This
is coming from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And by the way, the remaining verses of
Surah Al-Haqqa mention that there is no
way that Muhammad ﷺ can make up these
verses of the Qur'an.
If the Prophet ﷺ were to make up
the Qur'an, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
will inflict a punishment upon Rasulullah ﷺ.
So, he's so shocked that this situation has
happened.
Then, after that, of course, we know the
story and how he converted to Islam and
so forth.
All I would say about his Islam is
that his Islam was the most impactful Islam
during that time.
Because subhanAllah, you know, what's amazing about the
story of Umar ibn Khattab when he converted
to Islam is, we know the whole story,
he went to his sister's house and what
happened and what transpired over there.
But when he came, when he came to
Dar al-Arqam, that is where the Prophet
ﷺ he would conduct all his halaqat, he
knocked on the door and subhanAllah, Hamza رضي
الله عنه had just accepted Islam perhaps just
few days ago.
So, Hamza is sitting over there.
Now, of course, before Hamza, they would be
scared.
But now that Hamza is there, some sahabi
said that, oh my God, it's Umar.
So, he goes, so what?
Hamza was like, so what is Umar?
Okay, who cares?
He goes, open the door.
And the Prophet ﷺ says, yeah, open the
door.
SubhanAllah, you know the Prophet ﷺ, no matter
who Umar was, Umar was a tall man.
So, the Prophet ﷺ is not afraid of
anyone.
He went all the way to the door.
Umar رضي الله عنه is standing at the
door.
He goes all the way to the door.
He grabs him like this and he brings
him down on his knees.
The Prophet ﷺ is not scared of anyone.
He goes, Umar, what do you want?
You know, if you're here to take my
life, and he says, ya Rasulullah, I'm here
just to take my shahadah.
SubhanAllah.
And he took his shahadah.
And then after that, the Muslims were able
to pray in the haram without anyone.
Because Umar رضي الله عنه say, anyone who
has a problem with us praying in public
over here, I'll meet you after salat.
Okay.
Like no one would dare mess with Umar
رضي الله عنه.
Now, let's quickly talk about some other interesting
things about him.
There's about his justice.
Wallahi, there's so many stories about his justice.
Quickly, I'm just gonna say one thing.
That, there was a man by the name
of Amr ibn Aas رضي الله عنه.
He had a son by the name of
Muhammad.
So, Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Aas.
Amr ibn Aas was the governor of Egypt.
So, his son Muhammad, he was a great
horseman.
And they used to of course compete, you
know, there was like horse races and so
forth.
And so what happened was that, him, so
not Amr ibn Aas, his son.
So, Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Aas, he was
engaged in a competition with a Christian man.
He was a slave.
So, of course, you know, as we all
know that slaves in that society, of course,
they have a different status compared to those
who are free.
So, there was this competition between him, between
the two of them.
And this Christian man, he won the competition.
Now, of course, everyone is thinking that Muhammad
ibn Amr ibn Aas is gonna win.
Now, he feels humiliated when he lost the
race, or he lost the competition.
So, he went to this Christian man, and
he says that, do you know who I
am?
I am the son of the governor of
Egypt.
And he, out of just his frustration, he
whipped this person, he hit this person.
Now, of course, was injustice done to him?
Absolutely.
Just because he won, that's not a crime.
But he could not take the loss, he
could not accept the defeat.
So, this is what happened to him.
He went to some people and he asked,
that what can I do in this kind
of situation?
I need my justice.
If I go to the father, I don't
know if I'm gonna get my justice.
So, what should I do?
They said, look at this.
They said that if you want justice, go
to Medina, and go to Umar ibn Khattab
r.a. He went to Umar ibn Khattab
r.a. He explained his entire story.
Umar ibn Khattab r.a. gave him lodging,
food, housing, gave him everything.
And immediately he sent a letter to Amr
ibn Aas, I am demanding that as soon
as you get this letter, you drop everything
and you come.
And not only do you come, you bring
your son along with you, okay?
So, they come.
It took them few weeks or probably few
months.
During that entire time, this man, this Christian
man, he was under the security of Umar
ibn Khattab r.a. They came.
Umar ibn Khattab r.a, he brought this
Christian man.
He said that, just bring this Christian man,
I'm gonna sort this out now.
He gave him the whip.
And he says that, this is the person,
can you identify which person hit you?
He goes, yes, this person did.
He goes, go and take your revenge.
You have absolutely the right to.
He went, he actually lashed him one time.
Then, or he hit him with a stick
perhaps.
Then he says that, now what?
He says, I want you to take this
stick and I want you to put it
on the head of Amr ibn Aas.
Now, this man is saying that, O Ibn
Munir, I understand you gave me the authority
to get revenge from him, but Amr ibn
Aas didn't do anything.
He says, just put it on his head.
Why?
Because Amr ibn Aas needs to understand that
the gravity of justice in his land is
on his head.
He is responsible to ensure that every person
gets justice in Egypt.
If this is happening under his watch, then
that's a violation.
So Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh, he set
the standard.
And not only that, he even sent back
this Christian man.
He gave him money to get back to
Egypt.
He said to him, if anyone messes with
you after this, you come to me.
You tell me.
If you see any injustice, you tell me.
And then he says to Amr ibn Aas,
that since when can you start enslaving people
when their mothers gave them birth as they
were free men?
Since when do you start this?
Have you started this culture?
So this is once again, the justice of
Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh.
Quickly, just few more things.
I know we're going a little over time,
but these are just interesting stories I want
to share with you.
Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh one day, because
he has such a caring nature, he one
time went out, and he was married by
the way, to the daughter of Ali radiallahu
anh.
Because from the marriage of Ali and Fatima,
they had a daughter by the name of
Ummi Kulthum.
So Ummi Kulthum was then married to Amr
ibn Khattab radiallahu anh.
So Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh who went
out one day, and he saw a man.
Now once again, many people they will see
Amr, they could not notice that this is
the Ummi ibn Kulthum.
So he saw a man, he was sitting
by a fire, and there was a tent.
His wife was sitting in the tent, and
she was crying, or there was some loud
noises coming from the tent.
So he asked that, what's going on?
He says that, I'm just sitting outside, but
my wife is pregnant, and she's about to
deliver.
And I have no one to help me
here.
Amr radiallahu anh went home, and he told
his wife, Ummi Kulthum, that, do you want
to have an opportunity to do something that
is good?
She goes, of course, Amr ibn Kulthum.
She goes that, come with me.
So they both went.
Amr ibn Kulthum radiallahu anh, he sit down,
he begins to make food.
We're talking about Amr ibn Kulthum here.
Amr ibn Kulthum is cooking food for this
person.
And then, and this man still does not
know that this is Amr ibn Kulthum.
Then the wife, she goes inside, she helps
deliver the baby.
And from inside, she says that, O Amr
ibn Kulthum, give your friend the glad tidings
of a baby boy.
When this man heard that Amr ibn Kulthum,
he's like, you're Amr ibn Kulthum?
He goes, yes, Amr ibn Kulthum.
He goes, don't get flustered, just relax, okay?
I'm here for you, okay?
And just take care of yourself.
And subhanallah, even after that, when he...
because Amr ibn Kulthum radiallahu anh told him
that now you just had a baby.
After you finish with all this, come back
into Medina, and I'll take care of you.
He gave him actually financially, he helped him
out while he had a baby.
And so this is something that, because this
was the nature, the caring nature of Amr
ibn Khattab radiallahu anh.
Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh, one day he
was walking in the streets of Medina, he
used to patrol the city.
So he saw a woman, she was crying.
And she was using poetry, and saying that
how much she was missing her husband.
So Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh, he went
to his daughter, Hafsa radiallahu anh, and said,
that how long can a woman be without
her husband?
And she said that perhaps anywhere between two
to three, four is like I would say
stretching it.
You understand?
And so Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh, he
made a rule from that point onward, because
he cared about people and their feelings.
He said that from this point onward, anyone
who is going out for any kind of
jihad or anything of that type, they're not
gonna go for more than four months at
a time.
They're not gonna go for more than four
months at a time.
When Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh, he would
consult.
He had this nature of consulting people.
Who would he consult first with?
The As-Sabiqoon.
Those who were like in the battle of
Badr and so forth.
The Sahaba who attended the battle of Badr,
they had a very special rank amongst all
the Sahaba radiallahu anh.
Next he would consult with the people of
the Qur'an, those who knew the Qur
'an the most.
And then the third category that he would
consult with the most, which is very interesting
is who?
He would consult with the youth.
He would consult with the youth.
He had people who were young people in
his gathering.
In fact one time Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu
anh, he said that what is the tafsir
behind, اِذَا جَاءَ نَسُوا اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحِ And ibn
Abbas was, you know, he was the youngest
of all of them.
And ibn Abbas says, and all the Sahaba,
they gave their own opinion about it.
Ibn Abbas gave a totally different opinion.
I mean it was his opinion.
His opinion was correct and not his opinion,
but his understanding, his knowledge was correct.
And he said that this surah, اِذَا جَاءَ
نَسُوا اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحِ was an indication to the
Prophet ﷺ that his time in this dunya
is coming to an end.
And Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh who said
that, out of all of you, this is
the correct answer.
So Amr radiallahu anh, he would often keep
youth in his council also, and he would
consult with anyone.
The last thing inshaAllah right now quickly, because
of course there are many people who ask
this question, that what was the nature or
what was the akhlaq or the demeanor of
Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh when it came
to the Ahlul Bayt.
First of all, Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh,
he had a considerable, he had an amazing
respect for Ahlul Bayt.
In fact when Amr radiallahu anh went to
Jerusalem, who did he appoint behind him as
the leader of Medina?
He appointed Ali radiallahu anh.
Okay, he appointed Ali radiallahu anh in his
absence.
Ali radiallahu anh who one time, there was
a dispute between him and another person, and
they took it to Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu
anh.
And Amr radiallahu anh, he of course, Ali
is his friend, they both are sahaba, they
both are amongst the khulafa.
Of course he does not know he's gonna
be the fourth khalifa.
But nonetheless, they were always with Rasulullah ﷺ.
He was a son of...
They both were the...
In fact Amr ibn Khattab was the father
-in-law to the Prophet ﷺ.
Ali is the son-in-law to the
Prophet ﷺ.
But nonetheless, they are very close.
Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh, he gave a
judgment in favor of the other person.
Not in favor of Ali radiallahu anh.
Ali radiallahu anh, he had like this upset
face.
So Amr ibn Khattab radiallahu anh asked him
afterwards that, are you upset because of my
judgment?
He goes, no, no, no.
He goes, your judgment was correct.
He goes, I'm upset that you did injustice.
So he goes, I did injustice?
He goes, yes.
He goes, what injustice did I do?
He says that when you talked, when you
called out to that man, you called him
out by his first name.
And when you called out to me, you
refer to me with my kuniya as Abu
'l-Hassan.
Now rather as Ali.
And he says that this person could feel
that you're taking my side because you only
use kuniya with people that you are very
close to.
You understand?
You use the nicknames that you are very
close to.
Other people may not know your nickname.
So anyway, when Ali radiallahu anh who said
this, Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anh was so
impressed by this that he even kissed Ali
radiallahu anh on his forehead.
And he said, he made dua to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala that, ya Allah always
keep me in the same land where Ali
radiallahu anh who is.
He always made this dua to Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
And finally, the last story is that his
son Abdullah ibn Umar radiallahu anh, they used
to receive a stipend.
And so he asked him for more.
And the one thing that we learn about
Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anh that he would
always keep the family of the Prophet ﷺ
even above his family.
So he asked and he says that, look,
he says that, if you were to compare
yourselves, Usama ibn Zayd and Abdullah ibn Umar.
Usama ibn Zayd is more beloved to the
Prophet ﷺ.
And not only that, this is why I
give Usama ibn Zayd a larger stipend.
But additionally, the father of Usama is more
beloved to the Prophet ﷺ than your own
father.
So he's saying that even Zayd is more
beloved to the Prophet ﷺ than even I
am.
That's why he deserves a higher stipend.
So this is...
Of course, you know, there are so many
things that we mentioned about Umar ibn Khattab
radiallahu anh.
But once again, you know, from the story,
that hadith that I mentioned earlier, we learned
that even the most important thing perhaps you
can take from that story is, even at
the end of the life of Umar ibn
Khattab radiallahu anh, he was more worried about
his salat.
Did the people finish their salat?
He made wudu to pray his salat before
he even ate or did anything.
So his taqwa at the end of his
life, his worry and concern to ensure that
everyone's rights are taken care of.
These are two things that perhaps the most
important things that we can take from the
life of Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anh.
And there are many stories that he would
always care for other people.
He put others above his needs at all
times.
A nature that you and I would need
to develop within our own lives.
And once again, learning from the salat of
Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anh, he would say
that there is no place in Islam for
a person who does not pray salat.
There is no place in Islam for a
person who does not pray salat.
So we can learn from this also the
importance of establishing our prayers and being punctual
in our prayers.
I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
grant all of us tawfiq inshaAllah.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us
like the sahabah radiallahu anhum.
And more importantly I ask Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala that may Allah grant us the
companionship of Rasulallah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and
his sahabah and his sahabah, all of his
sahabah in jadad for those al-a'la,
ameer of al-alameen.
Wa rizakum Allah khair.
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
As
-salamu
alaykum
wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.