Sadullah Khan – 10th Post Witr Talk Ramadaan 14442023
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We continue our theme
moral guidance from everyday experiences.
At a most crucial time
in Muslim history,
when the prophet
with a few Muslims
were to engage in the first battle in
Islam,
the decisive battle of Badr,
a battle mentioned by name in the Quran,
and Muslims were outnumbered 3 to 1,
outmatched
not only in manpower
and in experience,
but also surpassed by the enemies
in means of war, in weapons,
and in steeds of the battle.
In other words, more horses, more rides, and
so on much better equipped
than the Muslim army which were only 313.
The meager Muslim defenders came down
into the valley of Yal Yal
to meet the powerful,
invincible army of Quraysh. And
initially,
they chose to form their defense
at the first well that they encountered.
Khubab bin al Mundir, one of the companions
of Rasulullah, not very well known, Radiallahu an,
he asked the prophet
a question.
He said, you
Rasulullah, is this decision of yours to fight
here
to make the army, the lines here, the
defense here? Is this divine instruction from Allah,
or is this merely your opinion about it?
Said, he said, you know, this is my
opinion,
and remember,
war is strategy.
If it's purely that, then this is not
the right place to be at. And he
suggested
that the Muslim army
advanced towards the last well, not the first
well where they were near Madinah,
so that the enemies won't have access to
water. In other words,
the Croatia army
outnumber is outnumber the Muslims in numbers, they
outnumber them in manpower
and, of of course, equipment and preparation,
but
we will be better prepared in defending
because we will have at our disposal
water resource. And maybe if they don't have
water, they may turn back.
The Prophet
accepted his option.
Now who is Hubbaal Mundir?
The Prophet
received revelations directly from Allah
Yet he did not shy away from listening
to an alternate suggestion.
And in fact, when he found the other
option to be logically and practically
a better one, he openly accepted
another perspective
above his own perspective.
And he did this at one of the
most crucial
stages,
a watershed moment in the history of Islam,
in the history of the Muslims.
You see,
it's absolutely important
that we see we as social beings realize
that every human being is an individual
and each person with their own feelings,
their own understandings,
and their own sense of dignity.
Validating people
to confirm that they are valuable
and that they are appreciated
is fundamentally
important
in any human relationship. When relationship. When people
are wrong, you tell them they are wrong.
When they are guilty, they are punished. When
they are right, you approve of them, but
you don't dismiss people.
And very often in human relationship,
spousal relationship,
in management,
among workers, among friends, family, we are dismissive
sometimes of people. Rasool Allah did not dismiss
the suggestion of a man at the most
crucial stage in Islamic history.
And one of the companions
said,
This is the style of the
He used to meet them with a
positive countenance.
He used to turn to them even when
they speak. He used to turn them with
full attention when they spoke. And he said
personally,
He did the same to me whenever I
spoke to him, he would turn and pay
full attention to me.
He spoke to me in a way that
I felt when he spoke to me, I
was the best of all people. That Rasul
made me feel that way.
You see, the prophetic model of excellence
was such
that he would acknowledge the worth of people
and never be dismissive of any individual
even in dire situations
like this.
And this is in keeping with the commands
of Allah, the etiquette of the prophet
and the general behavior
of people, of character, and of good people.
As an example,
let's consider
She
complained to the prophet about her husband who
divorced her by an ancient mean of divorce
where the husband could just say some word
and and it was she was dismissed as
a wife. He was divorced.
And she plead to Allah, she spoke to
the Rasul and she pleaded to Allah, how
can you know,
keep me out of Zulul. Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala
responded to her plea.
The first verse of the 28 Jews.
This one verse an entire book can be
written about it. It says, Allah has indeed
heard the statement of this woman who?
Allah says it reveals a verse. Allah heard
the plea of this woman who pleased with
the concerning husband and carries a complaint in
prayer to Allah.
And Allah is the one who observes the
argument of both sides.
Not one-sided.
He observes both the sides
for Allah is the hearer and seer of
all things.
So when Khawla spoke to the prophet, Allah
heard a plea and responded with direct revelation.
Ibn Kathir,
the interpreter of the Quran,
may Allah be pleased with him, mentions
in Istafsir
an incident during the khalif of Sayyidina Umar,
the second khalif of Islam.
And when Umar was attentively listening to an
old lady
talking to him while a man of the
Quraysh was waiting for Umar,
So the man, his name was Jarud bin
Abdi Jarud bin Abdi.
He said to Umar, said, now Omar, when
he saw him welcoming this old lady warmly
and listening to us attentively,
he said, you left a man of the
Quraysh
waiting
to listen to that old woman.
And R Omar said, shame on you.
Shame on you, Jarud. Do you know who
that is?
He said, no. There's
this Qaula
when she spoke, Allah listened to her. He
said,
When she spoke, Allah listened to her from
above the 7 heavens.
You mean to say Allahu, the Lord of
the world listened to her which she spoke
and Omar Khan listened to her? So validation
and acknowledgment of others is not only a
mark of your respect for them
and respecting people when you're engaging them, but
it also is a reflection of your moral
character
and of your degree of emotional maturity.
May Allah grant us to do what is
best
and grant, you know, that Rasulullah said it's
easier for Allah easier for Allah to burn
down the Kaaba than to hurt the heart
of a believer. How often do you burn
down the Kaaba in that way? So may
Allah
grant us that we validate
respect,
do what is right, but never be abusive
or dismissive,
especially of dear ones and loved ones.