Omar Suleiman – Ramadan 2019 – Allah Loves – Episode 16 – Gentleness

			Santa Monica, welcome back to Allah loves. So last episode we talked about honor and a sense of
protection and we've talked about strength. So we're gonna tone it down a little bit, but we're
gonna show how this concept is actually not contradictory. The prophets of advice in almost one day
walking with Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her. And there was a group of people in Medina group
from the people the book that yelled out, and they said some icon which means made death be upon you
instead of Salaam and the prophets. I send them said while he come and upon you, and the reason why
he said that sort of lying to them is because if they said Salaam and they said it really fast, then
		

			Salam upon you. And if they said Sam, which means the opposite of sinner, then it's upon you. But he
kept himself composed all along is lm and calm. I saw the alarm. And he was outraged by the fact
that they spoke to the profit slice on that way. And so she screamed back at them. And she said, Why
did he come with some will learn and apply new as the curse of Allah, and upon you as the anger of
Allah, and she started to shout back at them and the prophets. I said, I'm told her to calm down.
And he said to her, that, you know, she said, Don't you know what they said? Didn't you hear what
they said to you a messenger of Allah. He said, Didn't you hear what I repeated? And then he said to
		

			it shall have the law on her. He said, in the Lucha, Rafi, you hibel rifka, Phil Emery coolly, very
beautifully. He said that Allah is gentle, and Allah loves gentleness and all things. A lot of times
when you read the seat of the Prophet, slice lm, you read it to confirm an attribute that you have,
right? So if a person wants to be strong, and a person wants to justify their behavior in a context,
they go, and they take something from the Prophet slicin, where he demonstrated a sense of anger, a
sense of aggressiveness that wasn't common from the profits license or the opposite of it, right. So
anyone that wants to justify any type of engagement or compromise uses sort of her they'd be the
		

			treaty, or they'd be anyone wants to justify the opposite of that they'll use another incident,
right? But you have to read the Sierra honestly, the default of the prophets lie Selim was that
Allah loves gentleness in all of his affairs. And so if the prophets I seldom departed from that, it
was for good reason it was to send a very specific message in a specific context. But what does this
mean and how do you compare gentleness just as a law is gentle, and Allah is kind, Allah subhanaw.
taala also has attributes that denote punishment that denote a sense of anger, right, depending on
the context, that doesn't mean that a law stops being or human or human will do the law food. That
		

			means that there are contexts that determine that type of response. and in this situation, the
prophet slice on the saying that the general default is gentleness and all of your affairs. Now, the
way that we also understand this and understanding the sin in a holistic way, is that you don't have
to be loud or aggressive or foul to denote strength. Rather, those things are actually signs of
weakness. The Prophet sly sums composure in the face of the types of taunts and insults that he
received in Mecca and Medina, were actually portrayals of strength that he wasn't going to allow his
enemies to get in his head, or to drive him away from his principles and his ethics. The Prophet
		

			sighs I'm speaking in a calm manner, not raising his voice at people to win an argument not cutting
people off, not demonstrating aggression and power. Even when the prophets lie Selim was at the
height of his power was in fact a symbol of strength and a show of strength. So just like Eliza was,
despite having all of the authority over all of his creation, yet still opting that still showing
gentleness and kindness, we to show our greatest strength when we are in positions of power, but we
opt for gentleness and kindness not in a way that would cause injustice to be rampant, but in a way
that stops us from becoming unjust, or departing from our natural goodness and core. So in a lot of
		

			feet, you have a risk of illiquidity. A lot is gentle, and a lot of loves gentleness and all things
we asked last time to place that attribute within us and to allow us to act upon it, even when the
devil tries to stoke our anger and to cause us to depart from an alumni I mean, hello, hi, and see
you all next time inshallah Salaam Alaikum.