Sadullah Khan – 17th Post Witr Talk Ramadaan 14442023
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We continue our theme.
Moral guidance from everyday experiences.
We are on the eve of 17th of
Ramadan. Tomorrow is 17th Ramadan,
and
1442 years ago tomorrow,
an epic battle took place,
the monumental
battle of Badr,
and was the first major battle in the
history of Islam
and a turning point in the history of
the Ummah,
a day on which
the truth
was victorious
and falsehood
defeated,
and the banner of Islam raised in victory.
The battle of Badr is one of the
few battles
explicitly mentioned by name in the Quran.
A distinguished day in the history of Islam,
Yom al Furqan, Yom al Qal Jam'an, the
day of Furqan, the day of the criterion,
a day on which the 2 armies met.
Now what makes the battle of Badr even
more apparent in our minds at present
is the ongoing attack at present
on the Palestinians
as we are speaking.
We have been witnessing
the brutal attack
on worshipers at Qubbatu Sakhra,
the Dome of the Rock,
and at Bashar al Aqsa
by the Zionist occupying forces
during these sacred days of this holy month.
The city of Yare Shalem,
place of peace,
has neither peace
nor justice,
and it is Muslim inhabitants
and its Christian inhabitants
are brutalized
in their own homes
by these callous
and despicable
Zionist cowards
who are armed to the teeth
with the most sophisticated of weapons.
Beating up
defenseless people
on the sacred site of the Masjid
at the special time of Ramadan
while the people
are in Salah.
What is needed in the Muslim world is
dedicated and fearless leadership.
Leadership
where you find
the right person
or the right persons and not necessarily a
single person, but leadership. We have many leaders,
of course, but leadership.
Leadership for this particular ship situation
aware and cognizant of the kind of challenges
we face, the global challenges we face.
You see,
looking at the battle of Badr,
Muslims were fighting a well trained army
three times their size,
and the odds were, of course, stacked very
heavily
against the Muslims
at the battle of Badr.
And in circumstances like that as it is
in Palestine right now,
it's easy to lose heart
and become despondent
in such situations.
The prophet
took 30313
of his
army,
if you can call it that,
and took on the forces of Quraysh, which
were 1,000 well armed, well trained people.
And one of the companions,
Miqdad bin Amru Bahrani,
originally from Hazar Amout in Yemen,
he assured the prophet
This is the kind of spirit we need
from the Muslim community globally.
Oh messenger of Allah, proceed against this well
equipped army,
3 times our size, much more sophisticated,
much more prepared, but you go forth, oh
prophet of Allah. You proceed
where Allah directs you and be rest assured
that we are with you.
Oh, Moses, you and your lord, you go
and fight. We're watching in our seats what
you are doing. We
tell you the different from that. What we
say,
you and your lord, you go and fight
in and we will be both you fighting
beside you.
That's the difference.
Cowards
and then those who put yaqeen on
Allah. Nothing is more empowering than faith in
the heart
and the support of the faithful,
especially in the darkest hours
when things may seem hopeless.
And the most valuable thing in difficult times
like these is to have the assurance,
the the support
of those who are dear to you. And
remember the whole body of the Ummah is
one body.
Every member is part of that body. And
the best of aids are those who do
not betray you or forget you or forsake
you in times of difficulty,
but instead they support you.
You see, it was in this very hallowed
sacred area
where the fighting is taking place right now
the the demeaning of Dawud, David, took on
Goliath.
Dawud took on Jalut,
and he took him on with a slingshot.
The same slingshot
the Palestinians are still using today against the
sophisticated weaponry.
The same slingshot
that Dawud used against Jalut,
And as a humorous incident, people told Dawud,
Jalud is so big, how can you hit
him? And Dawud said, he's so big, how
can I miss?
So he took on the the gigantic Jalut
or Goliath and defeated him by the permission
of Allah.
You see it's not the size of the
army
nor the sophistication
of the weaponry that eventually counts,
nor the number of soldiers.
Allah reminds us in the Quran about this
very bet battle of Badr.
Allah helped you at bet the battle of
Badr when you were insignificant in numbers.
But be conscious of Allah so that you
may show gratitude.
The battle of Badr is for us a
great example
from our history and from our legacy
and teaches us that victory does not depend
on numbers,
nor on the sophistication and the power, seeming
power of the opposition,
but rather on the sincere
dedication
of those fighting
for the oppressed people against the oppressor.
And Allah imagine in the Quran,
How often a small group of people
overtaken
and beaten
a large group of people.
So be patient.
The struggle you see, whether it be Dawood
alaihis salaam, whether it be the battle of
Badr, whether it be the fight in Palestine
or in Kashmir.
The struggle
has always been for truth and goodness and
justice.
It was always about the quality of people
and the goodness of the cause that they
stood for and that they stand for
rather than the amount of believers who fought.
You see, it was never ever about the
quantity,
and it's always ever
about the quality.
1 of our
So I'll read a short snippet of it,
but in this snippet,
he asked Allah by the, you know,
by the means of the people who fought
in the battle of Badr. He said, Allah,
may Allah grant us safety to the nation,
to the Ummah of Islam.
From disease and retribution and anxiety and worries
and sadness
and the sense of defeat, oh, Allah, we
ask you this in the spirit of the
people who fought it Badr. So they say,
May Allah grant the victory to the oppressed
wherever they are, and may truth and justice
prevail.