Sadullah Khan – Smile ~ it is sunnah

Sadullah Khan
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The speaker discusses the importance of humor in the context of one's life, as it is the most powerful and most misunderstood aspect of human nature. The speaker uses examples of popular figures, including the Prophet Z Lucknow, who used to laugh and cry at people who were outcasting him. The speaker also discusses the importance of laughter in the context of one's life, as it is the most powerful and most misunderstood aspect of human nature.
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Islam is a comprehensive way of life,

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and its precepts and rules and regulations

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addresses all dimensions of human nature.

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Life,

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as we ought to know by now,

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is much more than working and striving,

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weeping and crying.

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There is plenty

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more to

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life.

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Lighter avenues as well.

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As they say, there's a time to laugh

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and a time to cry. And remember what

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the Rasul told, There's

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a time for something here

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and a time for something else. A time

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for this and a time for that.

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As a reflection

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of many different types of extremities we find

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among some of us,

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There are those who avoid humor altogether.

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And they, in fact, consider humor as un

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Islamic.

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And

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they used a quote of the prophet

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to justify that. The prophet said hadith documented

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If you knew what I know,

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you would laugh less and cry more.

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Isn't it advice?

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It's not the law

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banning you or preventing you from laughing

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or smiling.

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Now prophetic traditions like these are well known.

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But the

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unintended

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impact of such traditions

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have been construed or misconstrued by some,

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in such a manner

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that some people forget

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and others even refuse

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to have a sense of humor altogether.

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Indeed,

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the more religious some people consider themselves,

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the less likely they are to smile,

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and the least likely they are to laugh.

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Some people wear their religiosity

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with such

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suffocating self awareness

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that it robs them, and even those around

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them,

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the ability to positively relate to other people

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in a pleasant manner.

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You see?

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Seriousness

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is not a sign of piety.

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It's merely

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an expression

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of unpleasantness.

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On the contrary,

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Rasulullah

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salallahu alaihi wasallam was described by his cousin,

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His father's brother Hadith, son Abdullah bin Hadith,

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who knew the prophet all his life said,

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Hadid documented by mama Tellmideh, I've never seen

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this is the cousin of the Rasul.

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Said, I've never seen anyone

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more smiling,

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more regularly smiling,

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more constantly smiling

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than the Prophet of Allah.

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No.

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The Prophet

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though we know when he laughed,

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he had the habit of not laughing loudly

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or with his mouth wide open.

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He used to laugh with a smile almost.

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You know in the Quran, Allah makes reference

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to Soleiman

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Remember in Surat An Naba?

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Where he

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picked up the communication

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of the of the ant.

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And they said, let's move out of the

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way before Suleiman and his enemy, his army,

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temple us. And the Quran documents Suleiman's response,

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alayhis salam. Very famous, well known part of

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the Quran.

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He smilingly

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laughed.

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And that was a sunnah of many of

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the prophets. Their laughter was more a broad

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smile

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than an open loud laughter.

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But smiling, they did.

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And laugh, they did.

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So the prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, made

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a warm, gentle,

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friendly, inviting disposition. Imagine a person you see

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constantly smiling.

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He mourned and he cried. He smiled and

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he laughed,

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depending on the situation as it warranted it.

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And he witnessed the laughter of those around

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him. And he even inspired

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and motivated laughter

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and humor

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amongst his companions.

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An example of this is Suhaib Arumih, one

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of his companions, was a foreigner in Islam.

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He had a great sense of wit, a

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man who traveled much.

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And the prophet

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enjoyed joking with him.

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So once Shuhayb

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had an ailment in the eye, he had,

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you know, some infection in the eye.

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And he was eating some dates. And then

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Rasul jokingly

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said to him,

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Rasool said, are you eating dates with an

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ailing eye?

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And he wittily

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remarked and jokingly said to Rasulullah,

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He

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said, don't worry you Rasulullah.

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No problem. My other eye is okay.

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So he's making a joke. You know the

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prophet is making a joke. So he responded

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jokingly, my one eye is damaged, but my

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other eye is good. Because you don't eat

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with your eye. Then Rasul was making a

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joke.

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Then there was a lady, very well known

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tradition.

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When a lady came to the prophets,

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or rather, there was a man first,

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who came from the desert. He was a

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Bedouin.

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And the Rasul loved him a lot. And

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he wasn't the man who was best looking

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among people. And people should ignore him. But

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the Rasul should love him a lot. His

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name was Zaheel bin Hizam.

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Zaheel bin Hizam.

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So he used to sell things in the

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market, come from the desert, sell stuff.

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And one day while he was selling things

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in the market, the Rasulullah Salaam came behind

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him

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and closed his eyes and said, take a

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guess who it is.

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And eventually the person turned around,

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it was the prophet. So the prophet grabbed

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him and he said, who will buy this?

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And he said, You Rasulullah, I'm worthless. He

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said, no. Nobody will be able to afford

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you.

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See, a person was outcast by the people,

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but the Prophet said to him. So someone

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said, You Rasulullah, Tamzah, do you make jokes?

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He

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said,

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I do make jokes. But even in my

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jokes, I don't say anything except what is

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true.

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That brings me to another very famous incident

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of a lady

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who came to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam.

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And this is documented by Imam Atirmidi.

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An elderly woman came to the Rasul, said,

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Yeah Rasul, I'm an elderly woman elderly woman

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like me. Will I enter paradise?

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And the Rasool

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said,

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No old person will be in paradise.

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No old person will be in paradise. The

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lady left, but she was upset.

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So the prophet said, no.

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Haven't you read the Quran?

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That we will create you anew in the

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in the in the heaven. You'll be live

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revived in such a way as if you

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are a new creation,

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young,

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compassionate,

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and amicable. So no old person will be

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in paradise while in paradise.

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Everybody will will be young. So no old

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people will be there. And then she smiled.

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Then there was Auf bin Malik. There's numerous.

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He's sunnah Abu Dawood.

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You

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know, he was rather a very big man,

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rather huge man.

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So

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it was the, expedition of Tabuk, they say.

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And he came into his his he made

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and he found the Rasul was alone in

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his tent, small tent that Rasul had. So

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he's a very big man. And he came

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into the tent, he put his head, he

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said, you, Rasulullah,

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can I come in? Rasul said, yeah, come

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in. The whole of you, not only the

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part of you. And he said, then I

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came in everything of myself.

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You see?

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What we are trying to say from all

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of this is that Rasulullah

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This is the kind of disposition he had.

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Sometimes the image we have of the Prophet

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is an image of either cultural

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background or assumption of the prophet, which is

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not what the prophet really was.

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Let's go to the prophet's wife, Said Aisha

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Hadith documented

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in the sunnah of al Nisayih.

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We asked her to describe the prophet, and

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she said these words,

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She said, the prophet was the most lenient

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of people,

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the most generous of people. He was like

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a man among other people,

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except

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he used to laugh

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and smile.

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