Omar Suleiman – When Laws Are Held Hostage

			To begin by praising Allah subhanaw taala bearing witness that no one has the right to be worshipped
or unconditionally obeyed except for him. And we bear witness witness that Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam is his final messenger, we ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him, the
prophets and messengers that came before him, his family and companions that served alongside him
and those that follow in his lesson path until the day of judgment. And we ask Allah to make us
amongst them Allah. I mean, the brothers and sisters today is the first of Rajab and typically when
we get to this day of the first of Rajab, and this close to Ramadan, there is an atmosphere of
		

			celebration as we start to feel that closeness to Ramadan and we say Allah humma by living out
Ramadan, oh, Allah allow us to reach Ramadan. And we still say that and we say, I mean, but with
that, obviously, because of what is taking place in the world today is Pamela the mood is not one of
celebration. And I want to remind you that every year typically, the people of Azusa actually brace
themselves for Ramadan, because we have become accustomed to these last few years of Israel staging
its incursions on in Masjid Al Aqsa and Gaza and on the people of Palestine as a whole, especially
in Ramadan, to try to break the spirit of the Muslims all over the world.
		

			But this year, there's something else. And subhanAllah over the last few months as we've been
connecting these moments of the world that we are living right now. And the moments from the seer of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, what if I told you there is an incident from the Sierra
that relates to an ayah from the Quran that literally speaks to the first day of Rajab, and is
almost incredibly, you know, 100% aligned to what we are witnessing today, at the ICJ where Israel
is standing trial for genocide being prosecuted by South Africa. What if I told you there's an
incident from the CLO that fits that perfectly, and it is about the first day of Raja SubhanAllah.
		

			It relates to an overall atmosphere, and then a verse from the Quran.
		

			As far as the overall atmosphere is concerned, one of the things that you'll note about the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is that the Prophet SAW Allah Hardy, he was salam wanted to uphold the
sanctity of all things, and make sure that at no point he seeds the moral ground of the Muslim
community to flourish. Because the call of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was predicated on
righteousness. Their call was predicated on elimination, it was eliminating the threat of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in his community, or race did not have any reason or anyone to
hold it accountable to any moral standard. It could do whatever it wanted to do to the profit slice,
		

			um, who's going to tell police? No, what's it really going to compromise except for its image to the
rest of the world, but who's actually going to hold Abuja accountable in Mecca, who's going to hold
Ebola accountable and Mecca, so they could do all that they wanted to. And then they also control
the discourse because who controlled all the microphones, the metaphorical microphones around the
camera, it was great. They controlled the languaging that went out to the foreign emissaries of the
time, so they could do whatever they wanted to the Muslims. And they could also narrate what they
were doing in a way that would be favorable to them, and that would vilify the Muslims in the
		

			product and the process. The prophets lie Selim did not have that margin for error. And the prophets
lie Selim was not playing a PR game, he was abiding by divine revelation as a prophet of Allah. So
it's a different playing field for the prophets lie some altogether. And Allah says to the Prophet
sallallahu sallam, for example, cootie barely completed, well, who are caught up in Macomb? You hate
to fight,
		

			but it has been prescribed upon you. At some point with all of the persecution and everything that
was done to you. You have been given the command to fight back and this was the order that came
before. But you'll notice that the backdrop of the to the Prophet slice alum throughout his entire
prophetic career hates the killing of a woman to the point that the prophets lie some becomes
enraged when he sees a dead woman from the other side in the battlefield. He doesn't excuse it
sallallahu alayhi wasallam. But at the same time, if you look at Christ, the first victim of Quraysh
in Makkah, was Somalia. Well, the Allahu Taala and he was a woman who had absolutely no threat that
		

			she was actually perpetrating towards the people of Mecca except for saying La ilaha illallah killed
in the worst of ways, but we're not the same. Right the Prophet slicin was different Abuja * can
do that and get away with it and then give a message to the world as to why he's doing it the profit
slice I'm abides by something different, the profit slice and I'm when he held the captives of
better and treated them in a way that
		

			If no one had known before, fed them from the same food, gave them from the same drink, said call
them your brothers. I mean, it was an unbelievable treatment that the prophets lysozyme had towards
these people that drove him out and that came out to kill the Muslims.
		

			But what did Quraysh repay that with an effort, they literally cut out the liver of Hemsedal, the
Allahu Anhu mutilated the face of our beloved Jash while the Allahu taala. And they did all sorts of
things that were not known in terms of cruelty before to them. Why because they were on a different
playing ground. The thing is that Makkah, at that time, the command center of Mecca Quraysh, had the
right to carry out its own set of moral laws, and also tell the world about how moral it was.
Because it sent the foreign emissaries to the rest of the world, it controlled the discourse, while
it was also controlling the playing field. Now there is an eye on the Quran that speaks to this that
		

			I'm going to come to
		

			one of the things about the people of Mecca is that they did not come out and say we no longer abide
by any laws. They believed in the sacred months, for example, a shouldered haram and they perverted
the way of Ibrahim it is set up, they had a hudge they had they had their own things here, there.
But for the sacred months, what they would do is they would move the months around, and they would
find loopholes to allow for advantageous fighting to their tribes. So they played with everything
that was sacred, put loopholes there, did everything they could but no one could hold them
accountable. There's an ayah in the Quran where Allah azza wa jal says yes, Luna can Anisha Halal
		

			haram PETA and fee. They ask you about fighting in the sacred months. And what the ruling on such
fighting is called Return on fee Kabir. And Allah subhanaw taala says say that fighting during these
months is a great sin. I want to give you the story of this particular verse and how it relates to
the moment that we are witnessing today.
		

			The prophets lie some is in Medina.
		

			The casualty count of the Muslims at this point
		

			is extremely high. Muslims have been persecuted killed in their own home boycotted, run out to
Abyssinia run out to Medina run out to different parts of the world those that are still in Makkah
are being persecuted because of their Muslim relatives who have fled from Mecca to Medina seeking a
place where they could worship Allah subhanaw taala freely. All of this is happening. This is the
backdrop the prophets I'm literally how to escape death.
		

			And what they have left behind in Mecca, is now being stolen and confiscated and used in the
caravans, of course to trade with the rest of the world. I mean, it is utter oppression in every
way, meaning the people that are committing this type of oppression I have no right to speak of any
moral law. I have no right to speak of any set of principles that people should abide by. But here's
what happens.
		

			It is Jumada Thani, the month of Jumada Thani and the prophets lie some is in Medina. And he assigns
a battalion to go and to intercept the care events of Abu Sufyan and the Mexicans that are going to
a sham and other places of the world.
		

			And when the Prophet slicin was doing this, he was abiding by the sacred months of Allah subhanho wa
Taala there are times that you go and you attack, try to get your stuff there are times that you go
and you spy, you you map things out. The point is is that they have every right they've been
persecuted and run out to try to disrupt what the people of Mecca are doing.
		

			And in this particular situation, the Prophet slicin I'm appointed battalion under Abu Zubaydah
Vendula huddle the Allahu Taala and, and the narration is long and for the sake of the hotbar I'm
going to I'm going to paraphrase but it is beautiful to mention the very beginning that Obaidullah
the allot of time and who the Amin of this ummah, the trustworthy one of this ummah was always right
next to the prophets lie Selim. The narration says backhaul Sababa tunnel, a show can eat and the
views on the line salami started to weep. He started to tear up because he loved being right by the
side of the prophets lie Selim and coordinating with the Prophet slice on he was the trustworthy one
		

			of the ummah. He didn't ask the prophets lie some to be relieved but the prophets lie some looked at
him and the prophets like Selim said you know what, our beloved Midrash little the Allah Tala and
who this battalion is yours. And here's the order. He gave him a small group of men. He said I want
you to march in this direction for two days. And here's a letter and he told him the love no Josh
open the letter after two days very specific orders marched in this direction and opened the letter
after two days. So Abdullah no Jack shall the Allahu Taala goes out with a group of the Sahaba for
today
		

			days in a direction of Mecca. And then the letter is opened and the prophets lie some gives them
instructions to a very specific location near thought if. And the prophets lie. Some says in the
letter, do not compel the men that are with you to continue, meaning they're not forced. It's a
dangerous mission. I want you to go and to spy and to get the news of the caravans. Right, but those
men that are with you give them the choice at this point whether they want to go back to Medina or
they want to stay with you, our beloved projectional the Allahu Anhu reads the letter, they all say
we want to stay with you. So they go out in that caravan or in that battalion you have sad wo cos
		

			route weapon was one. May Allah be pleased with them, they get to a specific location, their small
battalion gets split up so sad, and earthbath actually get lost in the process.
		

			And as they are under this tree,
		

			they see the caravan of Quraysh passing by
		

			now Subhanallah think about this moment and think about the power of this verse. This idea and the
moral premise, the consistency that the Sahaba operate within their taqwa, their Eman their faith
and their god consciousness. At that point.
		

			They see this caravan passing through the prophet slice I'm set to get their news. They have a clear
shot at Ahmedabad helping me who is one of the most aggressive people one of the most aggressive
persecutors and they have a clear shot to take. Take that caravan. And they debate amongst
themselves. Wait a minute. Is it the last day of Jumada Thani? Or have we entered into Raja because
Rajab is a sacred month?
		

			It's panela. So they actually have sure amongst themselves. Are we allowed to do this? I mean, it's
obviously justified by any any objective standard, it's justified to attack this caravan after all,
that's been done to you. But do we wait? Do we know if it's Roger up? Do we know if it's junetta?
Thani? In any case, they decide that it is probably because they're traveling they don't know what
day it is in particular that it is justified for them to use their best judgment. They're able to
kill American 100 ami. And they're able to, you know, overtake that caravan. They take two prisoners
named How come I have no case on an Earth man Abdullah and they come back to Medina.
		

			When they come back to Medina and the prophets lie some sees them.
		

			The prophets lie Selim says wala Hema Amato Combi kita and for shahada look, the prophets licenses,
I told you, I did not command you to fight in a sacred month. You did not have the command to fight
in a sacred month. Meaning that was a mistake. It was Roger roger had already come in, you should
not have fought in a sacred month. So those Sahaba are worried about whether or not they're now
going to be sinful for what they have done. Even though again, it's excusable in the grand set of
circumstances. At the same time, the same people of Mecca, who have committed this long set of
crimes start to cry foul, and they say see Muhammad slay some fights in the sacred months. Look,
		

			they killed a man and a sacred month. Look at these people, they preach morality, they talk about
being righteous, they talk about, you know, operating with their own set of laws, they talk about
this, and they killed a man in a sacred month. And they mocked and they mocked and they mocked and
they mocked him and Allah subhanaw taala reveals this Aya Yes, Luna cat Anna Sharon halloumi Peter
Island fee. They ask you about fighting in the sacred months. And what the ruling of doing so is
going to located on fee he can be. Look, the principle is still upheld. Say that to fight and this
month is a major sin. It's a problem. It's not allowed to fight in these months. We're Muslims. We
		

			uphold the standards that are set for us. We uphold the principles that are set for us. Yes, we are
not allowed to fight in these months. We don't play with the monks we don't find loopholes. we
sanctify with a sanctified by Allah subhanaw taala but then Allah Subhana Allah says, was subdued
and severely ly what cough won't be he will Masjid Al haram us Rajawali Haman who Akbar and Allah
will fit in to Aqua ruminant cotton. But who are you to talk? Who are you to talk about any
principles or talk about anything that is sacred or sanctified? All of these things that you have
done, persecuting people, hindering them from the Path of Allah subhanaw taala trying to force them
		

			to apostate expelling them from the sacred mosque. All that you have done is a far greater sin in
the sight of Allah subhanho wa Taala than what was an innocent mistake where
		

			principle is still upheld. And Allah Subhana Allah says will Pfitzner to Akbar Rahman Al Kut and
fitna that persecution trying to persecute these people to make them relinquish renounce their faith
is far greater than the killing of that man that was one of the responsible murderers. The point
here is that they cried foul, even though they were the greatest transgressors. They set the
standards. They set the application of the law, they made sure that there was never any
accountability for it. And they tried to control the discourse and ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada called them
out on their hypocrisy and Allah azza wa jal forgave those men for their mistake. And Allah subhana
		

			wa Tada directed the attention once again to the key aggressors and transgressors and hypocrites in
the situation. How dare you talk about morality? How dare you talk about law? How dare you talk
about rights? How dare you talk about sanctity? When everything that you have done is a violation of
everything that is supposed to be sanctified. Now Subhanallah the incident has so much more to it
that we could go into of them is that of the two prisoners that were taken? Or it's not I'm gonna
have to learn how to remember Okay, son. The prophets lie some returned the captives back to Mecca
when he said that Saudi Arabia will cost and Earth weapon was one would come back to ensure their
		

			safety. And how can we UK son came back to Medina as a Muslim because of the treatment that he had,
and actually died of Shaheed in vitro marijuana, which was, again, the betrayal of all sanctity on
behalf of the Muslims. It's Pamela, about the Allahu taala. And so there's so much this incident.
But I want you to connect it to the moment right now, we're literally in the first of Raja.
		

			And we're watching hypocrisy play out on a grand stage like never before.
		

			And subhanAllah, as the standards are supposedly set, and adjudicated in these courts of law, the
entire world is starting to cry foul on those who have controlled the discourse for our entire
lives. And talked about what decency looks like in the international arena, and talked about what
human rights looks like in the international arena. And there was an Irish politician who, who
rightfully said that a South Africa puts Israel on trial today, it's international law that is on
trial today. Everything that is supposedly a standard, every suppose its set of principles is on
trial right now. Because if these institutions continue to function merely as extensions, of
		

			imperialism, as extensions of colonialism, as extensions of the foreign policy of the United States
of America, which is as bankrupt now as it's ever been before, and everybody is calling it out
outside of the United States of America, then it shows that those that have set the courts those
that have set the laws, those that are supposed to be in charge of accountability have failed
entirely. And it's not just the resilience of the people of Gaza. It's not just the resilience of
the people of Palestine, that is inspiring the world. It is the hypocrisy of those that are
complicit in their genocide, that is disgusting the world and hopefully guiding them to another way
		

			to think of another way.
		

			It's not just revealing a couple of countries, it's revealing entire institutions that are supposed
to be set up for justice. And so when we talk about the face of the entire Western colonial project
coming falling down, then the apartheid walls can't stand for much longer. And that is something
that we should look at today, and we should say, is a victory that is significant for us. And that
is something for Muslims to look at, and for people who support the rightful cause of the
Palestinians to look at. And to say that this is a turning point in our history today. And for too
long, American imperialism has created the language and the laws that absolve the United States and
		

			its colonial pets from all wrongdoing. All of the warmongering all the murdering of millions of
innocent people in the name of Global Law and Order hamdulillah people are starting to see through
it and I want you to think about how significant that is today for you. Where ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada
even speaks to and says, How dare you talk about human rights law? How dare you talk about what is
sacred and sanctified? When you have violated it over and over and over again? And in hamdulillah
horrible I mean, people have to stop believing in the hypocrisy of the system in order to open
themselves up to better possibilities. That is true, not just in terms of creed
		

			That's true in terms of what a global order actually looks like and Hamdulillah, for those that have
exposed the system for what it actually is, that in and of itself is a victory that in and of itself
is an opening. We don't put faith in the judges that historically always vote with their country's
politics. It's a political court in that sense, we understand that. But we say it hamdulillah when
the crimes are laid bare, when people can see that those who have set the standards have violated
them in the greatest proportion, when the entire world sees the moral bankruptcy of this system, and
starts to consider something else. That's something for us to retreat to. And to go back to our
		

			faith, and to pull from the ethics of our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and to remind
ourselves of the imperative to stay upon that which is just no matter what the circumstances and we
ask Allah Subhana Allah to add, that in these days, where the systems of accountability are held
hostage to these bankrupt powers, that Allah subhanaw taala brings change to our hearts through our
voices through our efforts throughout the world in whatever capacity that is, so that the world can
start to function in a way that is more pleasing to Him. Allahumma Amin Furukawa Mustafa, you will
recognize that and Mr. Minister fill in your horrible for wine.
		

			hamdu lillah wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah. While early he was like a busy woman, whether your
brothers and sisters particularly today, keeping your DUA the beautiful draft of the prophets why
Selim Allahumma barik fee Shah Amina well Yama, Nina law Mubarak fuchsia, Amina Well, Yama, Nina,
may Allah Subhana Allah protect our brothers and sisters in a sham. And of course that includes
Philistine and beta Democritus and in Yemen, and all over the world. May Allah subhanaw taala
protect the innocent, may Allah subhanaw taala continue to inspire us through the people of a visit
to do that which is necessary to see them through this great atrocity. May Allah Subhana Allah to
		

			Allah, forgive us for our shortcomings. May Allah subhanaw taala Give victory to our brothers and
sisters and Philistine Allama for what we need to learn what may not win Muslim you know what a
Muslim at Aloha, even humble and mighty Anika semi on Caribbean Mooji without Allah, Muhammad Allah
and our Hamner. Why for an hour or two? I didn't really know what I'm not enforcing our LM tougher
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			learner from Southern Ireland common Catherine or Sally la masa and baraka and Amina Mohammed
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