Omar Suleiman – Utbah ibn Ghazwan (ra) – The Humble Governor – The Firsts

			Santa Monica on one side recaptured your brothers and sisters Welcome back to the first shorts were
hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen. We are looking at the lives of those early Muslims who we only have a
few paragraphs about, but whose lives are rich with lessons for us today and inshallah Tana as we
get to this last set of companions, what I want to start to do is group them in shot let's add it to
the best of my ability to where we can start to see some trends inshallah Tada. So, this next set of
companions, precisely the next three men that we're going to be covering, are men who were
commanders in the battlefield, but did not narrate many Hadith from the Prophet slicin them in fact,
		

			none at all, from these three that we're going to be covering, they were not really involved in any
social life outside of being recognized as warriors, but their contributions to this religion, our
significance, and that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam entrusted them with some of the most
important missions in Islam as well as those amongst them who lived in a time of Russia Deen in the
time of the righteous, Caleb's. So these three inshallah tada are going to be very similar in
regards to their biographies, but at the same time, there are little things to pay attention to. And
the first person we're talking about is a man by the name of Aruba, even has one will be Allahu
		

			taala. And him. And as you might be surprised by the title and how we refer to him that this is a
man who is as early as the seventh Muslim, after the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the
seventh Muslim. Now I'm just, I want you to sit with that for a bit and shall let's on and think
about what the implications of that are of the loving Masood, there'll be a lot of time and who of
course, is referred to as, as one of the earliest of those Muslims, the third, or the sixth person,
after the Prophet sallallahu wasallam. And here you have this man who is the seventh Muslim
according to a narration from him. And of course, even if he was not exactly the seventh because as
		

			we know, there were a few people that were becoming Muslim in the very early days, then he is
certainly in the first 10 or 15, maximum of those who accepted Islam. earthborn was one of the law
tada and who is the son of a man by the name of Allah has one evening Hadith. And this is a small
tribe that is related to grace, but not from grace, and they are known as Ben amazzing. And so at
that time, you had people that were known as heartleaf. They are people who have pledged their
allegiance to a larger tribe and the profit slice I'm said, the belief of a people the one who
pledges allegiance to a tribe is one of them, he's to be considered as one of them. And so his
		

			allegiance was to a larger tribe of Korea by the name of ben nelson and Bono. Fenn was a famous
tribe, the chief of that tribe is the famous multi event ad. So he's not from Quraysh, per se, but
he becomes a belief and one who pledges allegiance to beto NOFA of orange. And he's someone who is
known for his physical strength for his for his beauty for his intelligence. He's described as tall
Whelan, jameelah and tall, handsome, strong, a person with with with great command of speech, a
person who had large eyes, a person who had much light that came from his face, so it's about all
the time and who is described as having an imposing presence in that sense. And when he embraces
		

			Islam, he's about 10 years younger than the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So that would put
him just around the age of 30 years old when he embraces Islam. We don't have much about him in
regards to his early days, because as we said, this was a man who's seen it all speaks through the
battlefield, and because there were no battles early on, it's battle the Allahu tada and who really
doesn't have anything narrated about him early on, except that he made the two heroes to Abyssinia
and he was one of the first to make the hids route to the Medina of the Prophet sallallahu wasallam.
So he's one of those people who made three hids was in total twice to Abyssinia and wants to Medina
		

			as well what we know of his family life, his sisters both embraced Islam along with him. One of his
sisters is named Fath heater, faff heater and fast eater well the Allahu taala and have been told
how on earth would later on Mary Earth not have an iPhone will be a lot of time I know so fast
eater, marries Earth man or the Allahu taala and who later on in life and so if man becomes the
brother in law, where it's about his other sister is named best the best route with a scene not
Assad, and I'll talk about why that distinction is important inshallah I so besla, his youngest
sister also embraced Islam with him. And she would bury none other than a Hodeidah of the data and
		

			how much later on and so, this man then becomes the brother in law of both Earth man and a barreda.
May Allah be pleased with them all. So we don't have anything married about him an adversary
		

			We don't have anything narrated about him. In regards to the Hittites itself, it's really when he
gets to Medina that we get to see roots about all the time and who shine, the Prophet sallallahu
wasallam paired him off with none other than the famous Abu Jana, or the Allahu taala. And the great
warrior from the unsought. So that kind of gives you an idea of the type of person it's about was
because the Prophet sly sums pairings of the Maharaja Nene and the ansata were not random. So he has
a very similar type of character, build and presence like Abu Jana or the Allahu taala. I know. And
then we see that he is someone that fought that fought bravely embedded, he fought bravely in earth.
		

			So he's a veteran of better he's a veteran of earth, He fought in hundreds he fought in all of the
battles with the Prophet sallallahu wasallam, and also lost my son used to appoint him to some of
the special rates because of his particular expertise. And we also see that he fought in the Battle
of the apostates under a bucket, so they call the Allahu taala. And so all of this that we know of
him, we don't have a single incidence between him and the Prophet sallallahu wasallam narrated in
that regard, except that he was someone that was known in the battlefield and he would attract a
presence to him. When he was in the battlefield, we really see his most famous story in the time of
		

			Ahmedabad hip hop, or the Allahu taala. And which is not uncommon that, as you know, the battles
raged on under almost all the Allahu taala and hot in Islam spread to many parts of the world.
That's where some of these companions who did not have much of, you know, much narrated about them
before you start to see some of the stories about him. So what is he most noted for Under Armour,
mahalo, the alongside almost all the a lot of time and who dispatched him against the Persians in
particular. And he had a battalion of anywhere from 300 to 2000 men. So it wasn't a large group of
people that would fight with him. But he had an experienced group of people, mainly men from beneath
		

			Latif, that were very severe that that were that were very noted for their bravery in battle for
their courage. And he was someone that was able to make massive gains against the Persian Empire
Under Armour resposible the alongside it. And he particular particularly reaches a city by the name
at that time of a hula. hula was a main point of the Persians, a strategic city that belonged to the
Persians, and he asks almost all the alongside and who for permission to attack to go in. And once
this falls, this is going to be a major change in the battle against the Persians all model the law
of Thailand who gives him permission, and he is able to conquer and woodleigh with his small
		

			battalion and all model the law of Thailand who appoints him the governor of that city for six
months. Now what is the city known as in history, this is the city of bussola, the city of bussola
with a site so not his sister, besla bus bussola and this becomes very significant because at all
would be known as the two edocs bus RA and Kufa. Right, these were the two major strongholds the two
major cities of La la, and he was able to conquer one of them. And of course, much of our Islamic
scholarship would come out of bustelo, much of our civilization would come out of bustelo and some
of the historians they mentioned that Buster comes from busser which refers to obviously, vision and
		

			eyesight because they said that if you were at that place, then you had an overview of all of it or
not, you could really see all the very lock from there in the sense of how strategic The location
was and how central it was to everything that existed in Iraq at the time. So he is the one who
Allah subhana wa tada opened bussola on his hands, and when he conquered buster, ah, honorable kebab
will be a lot of time to Anheuser, he said, he ordered him to, to, to take the position of being a
governor of the city, and he was the governor for six months. Now when Ruth Bo was there, and the
Sahaba and the tambourine that were with him, conquered that strategic place, roots bottle, the
		

			longtime, who noted that many of the people around him, you know, saw all of this dunya all of these
material things suddenly come into their possession. So suddenly there were big homes that were
being built. Suddenly, the spoils of war were falling into the hands of these many men and earth
battle the a lot of time on who was uncomfortable with all of this material wealth that was suddenly
coming into the possession of the Muslims. And so it's about all the alongside, though he was the
governor, he actually did not pitch or he actually did not build a home for himself, but rather he
pitched a tent. So think about the scenery, right where the governor and the head commander does not
		

			build a home does not take one of the homes, or one of the palaces that is left behind after that
battle, but instead, rich middle, the alonside and who pitches
		

			Attempt while others are taking homes. And this is where you find the one narration from it's about
the Allahu taala. And it's in Sahih Muslim. And Kitab is about what the book of asceticism and heart
softeners were how the diviner made he narrates that rich battle the Allahu tida and who stood up
and he gave a hope. So you're hearing a narration about her, it's about all the time, from his hope.
But as he is speaking to the people, and this is all that we have from him, it's an image as well.
He says, luck Adora a Tony, Serbia Serbia attend Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he said
that I found myself as the seventh amongst seven who had been with Allah His Messenger sallallahu
		

			alayhi wa sallam. So that's why we say he's possibly as early as the seventh person to accept Islam
because these are his words, I remember being the seventh of seven, with the Prophet sallallahu
wasallam. And he says, Matt aramoana illawarra call hoobler he says that the only thing that we had
to eat were the leaves of this, this particular wild tree. And he says until our gums were ruptured,
okay, so he says, What Corey had I stuck with, that our gums actually became ruptured because of the
nature of what we were eating. And some of the scholars say this is referring to the boycott of the
Prophet sallallahu it he was selling them. So he's saying that look, we lived through some very hard
		

			times, and I was with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And that's why I can't see myself
being in this position with you all. And then he goes on to saying this is not in the heat with some
of the books of SIOP that I remember when sad didn't pass will be allowed to and who and myself only
had one garment to share amongst ourselves. Why is that significant? Because sadly alota and who
would be the main commander and the governor of Kufa, while he would be the governor of buster, the
two Iraq's, whereby these two men he sinks to Pamela were in charge of the two biggest cities in
Iraq right now are these two major outposts at the time that will develop into those cities. And I
		

			remember when there was a time when we only had one garment to share between ourselves and he said,
rubella and akuna alima and enough, see so later on and Allah I seek refuge and a lot from being
great in my own eyes and being small in the sight of Allah subhana wa Tada. So I seek refuge in
Allah from seeing myself in such a way, where as Allah subhanaw taala would see me very small, so it
looks about all the time and who was uncomfortable by the developments because he's used to being a
field commander. He's used to living a very harsh life for the sake of Allah, and for the messenger,
sallAllahu wasallam. And he really doesn't want to get involved in the distribution of wealth, and
		

			he wants to instead continue fighting. Now, here's what interestingly happens between him and Norman
Rockwell, Bob will be allowed to learn hoods but did not want to be the governor of a city. He
didn't want to stop being in the field and Amaro the allotted time, and who had appointed him as
such, so he could not relinquish his post without permission from I'm going to help Bob it'll be a
lot of time. So that next year he asks for permission to go to all model the allotted time when
hatch. So he goes to meet all the allotted time when hedge and then he accompanies almost all the
low tide on who to add Medina. And in Medina, he begs honorable how Pablo de la tada and who to
		

			relieve him from being the governor of that city. Right? And almost all the time who insists upon
him and says, Look, you're not going to leave me as the singular person holding a post. None of us
meaning the companions of the Prophet slice on like these positions of leadership or prestige. But
this is a trust from Allah subhana wa Tada. So no, you're not going to leave me to be the only one
that's holding this post. So first of all, the low tide who insists he tries to say that look, you
know, but by virtue of me proceeding you are coming before you in regards to having embraced the
slab on model the law tada and who says this doesn't take away from your virtue, but it's, you have
		

			to remain in charge. This is your post. How, how this made ertiga feel Subhana Allah is is really
interesting here because we think about how people kill each other over positions of leadership
today, how power corrupts people, and how the pursuit of power leads to all sorts of personal
persecution and corruption. Or it's about all the longtime who was so saddened that Omar will be
allowed to and who would not relieve him from that position. That when he was getting on his camel
in Medina, he looks to Allah subhana wa tada and he says, Allahu Allah tala danila all I don't
return me to it. Oh Allah don't return me to that post. His whole life. He was Mujahid FISA law, he
		

			was a field commander. He does not want to be in that position of leadership in that position of
comfort. So he says, Oh Allah do not return me to it. And Allah Subhana hoods
		

			Allah answered his gap that it's about all the allowed to add on who who could take on massive
armies was always outnumbered, dies on his way home to lock by falling off of his camel. So how long
have all types of deaths that could have happened to him? A man who could control multiple animals
in war and dictate, you know large armies, Allah subhanaw taala decreed that on his way home, he
would fall off of this camel and he would pass away while the Allahu taala on whom Allah subhanaw
taala accepts ritual the Allahu taala and who Subhanallah this man who could have been as early as
the seventh man to embrace Islam that we only hear about for with a few paragraphs, but his
		

			contributions are of course huge when you look at the height of the goodness that came out of
bussola and Allah knows best what else he accomplished as a silent soldier for the sake of Allah
subhanaw taala Atomy Allah be pleased with him and May Allah subhanho wa Taala allow us to inherit
that same level of dedication Allah I mean, inshallah Tada. Next time we will continue by speaking
about another person very similar to Earth's about by the name of Habib de zachman. Oh, hi, Donna.
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