Sadullah Khan – Developing a Qur’anic Personality To Be and What not to be. #6
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The speaker discusses two instances in the life of the prophet Muhammad, one in Mak ban and another in Taif. The first incident is a well known he'd preached Islam to people of Mecca, but the people rejected it. The second incident is a well known he'd preached Islam to people of Taif, but the people rejected it. The speaker emphasizes the importance of being a motivator and an enabler in the face of negative behavior.
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We continue our theme from
developing a Quranic personality
to be and what not to be.
When we reflect on the life of the
prophet
Muhammad we realize that it was his single-minded
devotion,
his focus on hope,
his trust in Allah,
that most often brought success
to whatever he was engaging on in his
mission.
And by the grace of Allah, it was
the prophet's positive attitude,
his inspirational
approach,
and his merciful character that raised people to
live their lives according to their own higher
standards and which he elevated them even further
by his example.
And the prophetic example was always inspiring,
always motivating.
Much of his sunnah of in
other words, his practice in social dealing with
people, with society,
was manifested
in how he encouraged,
enabled, and empowered people around him.
I will briefly refer to 2 incidents in
the life of Rasulullah
which illustrates
this from his illustrious life.
One is the situation in Taif.
From Mecca and he preached to the people
of Mecca. They knew him as the
truthful, the trustworthy.
He was part of the,
noble family. He was well known of the
Quraysh
for his honesty.
When he preached Islam to the people of
Mecca,
many of them rejected. In fact, they ostracized
him and
they belittle his followers and punished them and
tortured them. And he went to the neighboring
town of Taif to convey the message of
Islam. The first town he went to outside
Makkah to convey the message of Islam. When
he went to Taif, he was stoned by
the people, insulted by the people.
Blood, the angel
said, oh, Muhammad,
oh, Rasulullah,
invoke Allah to curse these people that Allah
may turn the mountain upon them. The prophet
refused to curse them. Rather
he said, Perchance,
from the offspring, there will will be someone
who
will say Though
was the first town the Rasul went to
preach the message,
was the last town to accept Islam before
he passed away. But the prophet never lost
hope.
The other incident is the people of those.
Was a well known poet and one of
the chiefs of his tribe of those.
And he embraced Islam quite early and then
he went to his people and preached Islam
to them.
They rejected the message. Not only that, they
deliberately did the opposite of what he asked
because he was the only one, or very
few of them were Muslim. And to show
him a point, they would do the opposite.
And he became very frustrated and he came
back to Rasulullah one time and he said,
oh prophet Allah, pray that Allah curse these
people and destroy these people. The prophet wasallahu
alaihi wasallam surprised
to fail by his response.
Instead of cursing the people,
he he left in his hand and he
said,
Allah,
oh Allah, guide the people of those and
bring some of them at least to Islam.
And then the prophet
Go back to your people.
Call them still to Islam. Invite them and
make sure that you are kind and gentle
with them.
Tufayl did exactly what the prophet said, salallahu
alaihi wasallam.
And some years afterwards,
after the battle of Khaybar when the Rasool
was involved, and 2 years before the passing
of Rasool Allah, sallallahu alaihi wasallam, the people
of Madinah saw a big crowd of people
coming. And they were assuming maybe it's a
a tribe coming for war or something.
And they were amazed. And as the people
came nearby, they found that Tufail was leading
the group. It was 80
families. Eighty families from the those tribe.
Men, women, and children.
Each one had embraced
Islam. So what we are saying, the prophet
truly inspired and empowered people.
Rather than cursing them, he prayed for
them. Rather than dissuading them, he tried to
persuade them. Rather than losing hope in them,
he gave them the chance. He, therefore,
motivated those around him rather than disheartening
those around him. And for us, the lesson
in that,
be a motivator.
Be an enabler.
Do not be a discourager.