Sajid Ahmed Umar – Seerah S4 E17 – Lessons from The expedition of al Hudaybiyyah Part 04

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The importance of achieving progress in achieving Islam is highlighted, including the need for divine values and acceptance of agreements. The importance of following the Prophet's teachings and not being in a position of power is emphasized, along with the need for leaders to address bigger issues and be leaders themselves. The importance of acceptance and leadership is emphasized, as well as following the Prophet's teachings and not speaking about small issues. The segment concludes with a call for viewers to share questions and make suggestions for future events.

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			Rahim hamdulillah Europe Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah ala alihi wa sahbihi wa
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			Allah whom Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Montana in the cantle earlimart Hakeem Allah alumna Marian
foreigner, one foreigner
		
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			female alum tena Was it an Irishman Romulan Karim Rob Bishop Elisa, three westerly Emery. Let me
Lisa Annie Jaffa who Kohli or praise belongs to Allah subhanho wa Taala alone, we praise Him and we
seek his assistance and guidance and we seek refuge in Him from the evil of ourselves and the
adverse consequences of our deeds. We testify that Whomsoever He guides land can misguide and
whomsoever He must guide the man can guide and we request praises and blessings upon the final
messenger humbly Abdullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I bear witness that there's no one worthy of
worship besides one Allah.
		
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			And that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is His messenger to our brothers and sisters in Islam.
Salaam, Allah here la Kumamoto Barakatuh with the Peace and blessings of Allah subhanho wa Taala be
upon you all, and welcome to blast from the past Sierra in the 21st century. This is our season
four, and episode number 17. For those who are joining in and wondering what happened to episode
number 16. Well, Episode Number 16 happened yesterday, but at a different time.
		
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			The scheduling changed a little bit in case you missed it, I did put a post about it. I'm not sure
if you saw it, and Alhamdulillah yesterday, we managed to tap into the lessons from the expedition
of alpha DB and we covered five lessons. So it's fine for you to continue
		
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			with us today. But please do make it a point to review episode number 16. Okay, because that way, at
least you covered the first five sessions. And then in today's episode, we'll take sorry, the first
five lessons and today's in today's episode insha Allah, we will take the remaining lessons from
this amazing expedition meaning amazing in terms of lessons, lessons for us in the 21st century a no
doubt lessons for every era of Islam. To make things a bit more palatable. I am going to quickly
review or summarize the first five lessons that we discussed in yesterday's episode in Episode
Number 16. We said number one, that this whole treaty of her davia formulates a base in terms of
		
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			Islamic faith and jurisprudence for
		
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			how a treaty should be okay. And we see the footbaww when they discuss the etiquettes of treaties,
the conditions of treaties, and the elements of treaties and so on and so forth. They tap into the
Treaty of alhuda between the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And the Polish so in terms of how
you know how the treaty should start in the name of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So, you know, the, what
they call the shackley. Yet the
		
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			the tertiary parameters of the treaty, and then also how the treaty should have witnesses. Also the
treaty falls into effect upon the signing taking place unless you've stated otherwise, and so on and
so forth. The point is that this treaty formulates a base, right for rulings on how treaty should
take place. And as we said yesterday, the entire life of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam is a
base for us to understand things that Allah subhanho wa Taala made certain situations happen in the
life of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam beat him oversleeping for the fudgier prayer and
then how he went about
		
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			you know, reacting to that circumstance. So the whole concept of Kava that came to our knowledge
because of Allah subhanho wa Taala making the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam oversleep, or for
example, the concept of tm of
		
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			an event happened and as a result, this, these laws were revealed, and it became knowledge to the
day of tm. So this is the first lesson that we discussed yesterday. Secondly, it is from Islam to be
proactive in seeking no conflict and taking the means towards achieving it. There's many examples
from this and we discussed this in yesterday's episode. Thirdly, seeking divine values comes before
conceding
		
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			To emotion. And
		
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			we just this is clear from how the Sahaba, Mr. Mecca and Mr. Amara and they had the right to do MRI
and so on and so forth. But despite all this, they're going back. And despite all this, this treaty
is being signed, and it looks as if the Quraysh are winning, and we losing. But the point is, the
objective of the treaty was to prevent bloodshed and respect the sanctity of the holy lands of
Mecca. So seeking divine values comes before considering emotion. Please do revise yesterday's
episode, to listen to more about this particular point. Lesson number four, peace promotes progress
when this peace, then the things flourish, the economy flourishes, education flourishes, the health
		
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			system flourishes and your ability naturally to spread Islam
		
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			flourishes. So this is a point that we touched on yesterday. And last but not least, the last point
that we discussed yesterday was that it is permissible to enter into a ceasefire treaty, even if you
are strong and able and capable over the enemy, right. So even if you are the opposition, even if
you are capable, it is permissible islamically to enter into this ceasefire, because after the
Battle of the Confederates, I did share with you nearly episodes, how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam announced that basically the Muslims are in a strong situation now and position now and
they will not be attacked, and they won't have to defend but rather, there will be an offensive in
		
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			terms of spreading the justice and mercy of Islam. And yesterday, we highlighted that this shows
that Islam didn't spread by the sword because if this was the case, and the Muslims were capable
when they were at Libya, then the first option would be for them to go in to Mecca, given the
attachment to Mecca, and given how Mecca has the Muslims have a greater right to Mecca than the
isolators. But here we see the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam going to the, to the you know, to
extreme levels, to ensure that a peace treaty happens, even if it means we go back and we don't do
it. And we come back next year, despite the length of the journey despite the term Tommy Tommy Tommy
		
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			enough the journey, despite all this, if peace can be achieved, we're ready to do so. Okay, now, one
thing I didn't say yesterday, and it's it's a shame Petia youth chorus they say in the Arabic
language when you know, something which is related to a point deserves to be said or should be set
or has the right to be said when that point is mentioned. If we saying that you have a right
		
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			to
		
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			signing a peace treaty when you're in a position of power, then what do you think would be the
situation if the Muslims were not in a position of power? If the Muslims are not capable? If they
were not able? Right? In the first instance, then we would say that the Islamic teaching would be to
enter into a ceasefire and peace treaty with the enemy and Allah subhanho wa Taala knows best so
this is a quick summary of the first five lessons that we can extract from davia but please do go
back to yesterday's episode. In fact, there's more in yesterday's episode because we discussed some
highlights from the from the events of academia from them the conflict how formidable hubbub,
		
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			robiola, who am confronted the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and his lessons in that and
also, how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam managed the difficult situation with the Sahaba by
taking guidance from him selama so if you haven't watched it, I know I've said it
		
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			already, but I allow me to say it again, brothers and sisters in Islam.
		
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			Please, please, please do go back to Episode 16. And do not take this quick summary as something
that suffices. Okay. All right. Now, the next lesson with this will be lesson number one, this would
be lesson number six. The next lesson that we can take brothers and sisters in Islam from this event
of alpha davia. And the Treaty of alhuda is that an agreement is about give and take. When you reach
an agreement when there's a ceasefire. It's about give and take. Okay, now I know when we went
through the discussions, you know, you feel that the Muslims were giving and the Quraysh were taking
when you look at the highlights of the treaty that we shed in our previous episode, you get the
		
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			impression that you know what, if anything, the Muslims were giving and the Quraysh were just
taking, they weren't giving much. If anyone from muddy if anyone from Makkah comes to Medina without
a guardian, you have to send them back to Makkah. But if anyone from Medina runs away from Medina to
Mecca, we don't have to send them back. Okay. You won't do Umbra this year, you will go back and you
will come back next year and you will only get three days and desert. There's a an embargo in terms
of the the weapons you can carry. Okay, fine. Right. So you get the impression that it's all about
the Muslims giving him the courage taking but it's not the case. The reality is, it's about giving
		
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			and taking any sometimes one party has to give up more. But then again, brothers and sisters in
Islam, it's all about perception. At the end of the day, it's all about perception. Right everything
is relative what constitutes giving and taking and how much was given and how much was taken is
relative to the untrained eye.
		
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			And we saw this in yesterday's episode when we discuss the Sahaba his reaction to the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam signing of the Treaty. You feel that? No, there was more giving than
taking but to the train, I have no doubt the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was taught by Allah
subhanho wa Taala.
		
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			That wasn't the case the Muslims were taking. Right? And that is why the expedition of Alfa davia
has been cited as the opening of MK before the opening of Mecca. And perhaps we'll touch on that a
little bit later on in today's episode, or if not, then in tomorrow's episode. So remember this
brothers and sisters in Islam, that in an you know, an agreement can happen, even if you do not get
everything you want. That's the point. Right? Put aside the whole relativity matter? You know, what
constitutes more what constitutes less? Yes, it will differ in terms of different people's minds and
different people's eyes and how they look at it. But the point is that a ceasefire, a treaty and
		
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			agreement does not mean that you have to get everything you want. Right. And if we take it to,
		
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			you know, common levels, agreements to maintain peace between the husband and the wife, between the
you know, the spouse and her in laws, or the spouse and his in laws, or between the two sets of in
laws are between a person and his relatives, those who constitute the bonds of kinship, brothers and
sisters in Islam.
		
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			You know, and you can reach an agreement with them without you getting everything that you want.
That is the bottom line of an agreement, and you need to take this guidance from the life of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, right? And we mentioned yesterday, this whole concept of
seeking divine values before conceding to emotion. Let me add to that before conceding to ego.
Sometimes that's what it's about. It's just about you wanting to service your ego, rather than
attain the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala. If it's about attaining the pleasure of Allah
subhanho wa Taala, then you don't have to get everything that you want. And in the process, you will
		
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			get everything that you want because ultimately we all want the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
Right. So remember, here, the Quraysh still had the Muslims wealth. Remember, this was another thing
that the Muslims, obviously were hurt about that the Quraysh when they left Mecca, they were forced
out of Makkah, then the Muslims were forced to go to Medina, then the Muslims wealth was forcefully
taken, their properties and whatever they left in Mecca was taken by the Quraysh. After this treaty,
did the parade still have the wealth of the Muslims? Yes, where the Muslim still trapped?
		
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			Meaning the Muslims who couldn't escape from Mecca to Medina, were they still trapped in Mecca and
being punished by the Quraysh. Like the son of Sohail who he himself was negotiating this treaty.
Yes, his son was in chains, his father
		
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			had hand handled him brutally. And inshallah, if Allah gives us life and time, we will touch upon
this. So brothers and sisters in Islam.
		
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			You see the situation here whereby the Quraysh still had the, you know, the Muslims who couldn't
escape from Mecca and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam couldn't take them back, also, where
the Muslim still left at an impasse that they can't do over and have to go back. Yes, this was the
case. But the point is, was the treaty signed? Yes, it was. And was the treaty respected from the
Muslim side? Yes, it was. And we will see this inshallah, if we get to the story of Abu jandal, or
the Allah one.
		
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			Lesson number seven, and agreement to live peacefully and co exist, does not mean that you have to,
number one, whitewash your beliefs to make other people accept you.
		
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			And number two, it doesn't mean you need to stop telling people the truth and giving them that
		
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			we learned this from the from the Treaty of Abu Dhabi. When the Treaty of alphedia happened. Did
anyone doubt with the Muslims were and who the isolators were? No. Did anyone doubt the values of
the Muslims and the values of the isolators? No.
		
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			Was the whitewashing taking place between the beliefs of the Muslims and the beliefs of the of the
isolators? No.
		
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			But an agreement did happen, right? It did happen.
		
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			So this is the point brothers and sisters in Islam, some people they conflate this whole thing of if
we enter into an agreement that with them when we are selling Islam down down the river, this is not
the case, we sending Islam down the river, whichever English phrase you prefer, this is not the
case.
		
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			Right, entering into a ceasefire, seeking divine values, entering into an agreement with which
allows for peaceful coexistence, seeking divine values. Right seeking divine values means that you
cannot whitewash your beliefs to make other people accept you. It means you cannot stop doing that
our because if you entering into this type of an agreement, to whitewash your beliefs and stop
presenting the truth in the capacity that you can, sometimes it's by tongue, sometimes it's through
action. Sometimes it's only through do right
		
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			So in the capacity that you can, if you enter an agreement that stops all this, then you're not
seeking divine values by the agreement and ceasefire that you're entering into. So there should be
no conflation from the right and there should be no confusion by the left, we should be straight
into the we should remain upon the straight path, which is right in the middle. Can we enter into a
ceasefire? Yes. Can we enter into a treaty of peaceful coexistence? Yes.
		
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			But it shouldn't be conflated to mean that we whitewash our beliefs of other people except us or
that we stop saying the truth less they stop accepting us. So that is lesson number seven, lesson
number eight brothers and sisters in Islam.
		
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			If the benefits outweigh the harms, then from the from the Sharia as perspective, you have to pursue
the achievement of the benefits.
		
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			Was it compulsory upon the Muslims to perform amber?
		
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			Given the circumstances? No. Wasn't? Was it compulsory to look after the sanctity of Makkah? Yes. So
the Prophet sallallahu, alayhi wasallam pursued, the greater benefit, the greater benefit here I'm
saying if the benefits outweigh the harms, also, sometimes you have conflicting benefits. And we've
spoken about this in earlier
		
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			episodes that out of the Mr. hatten right, if two benefits clash, then what do you do? Right, you
seek out that which allows you to achieve the greater benefit, even if it means losing the lesser
benefit. This is from the teachings of the Sharia. And what the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
did at alhuda. BIA is evidence for this, that they had the muscle of going into that the muscle of
taking the Muslims back that the must have may be getting their money back, but he forgot, they had
the Muslim performing omarama by Mr. Hyman benefit, the benefit the benefit right the muster have
means the benefit. However, these benefits came at the at the peril of bloodshed and fighting and
		
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			losing lives on both sides probably were on sanctified lands on V mo sanctified of lands market on
the lens of the harem surrounding Mk. So, here, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam pursued the
achievement of the greater benefit, even though it meant losing the other conflicting, smaller
benefits in comparison to this particular benefit. So this is lesson number eight, if two benefits
clash, you pursue achieving the greater benefit, even if it be at the expense of the lesser
benefits. Lesson number nine, it is not harmful to do away with procedural related matters, to
		
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			to end a dispute and to protect
		
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			the mandatory matters from being achieved. What do I mean by this? So signing the treaty was the
mandatory matter? Should we use the termite data? Let's say that the greater objective, let's not
say mandatory matter, let's say the greater objective, right? So it's not harmful to do away with
the lesser objectives to achieve the greater objective. And we see this in how the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Didn't
		
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			you know, he didn't oppose. He didn't oppose Sohail saying, we don't want to see a man in the
treaty. Robert Rahman. We don't want to see the messenger of a lion, the treaty Robert, the
Messenger of Allah, these are these are secondary objectives. These were minor objectives, if the if
pursuing the main objective would lead to the failure of achieving the greater objective than this
is a failure from an Islamic perspective of the entire process. Right. So Islam teaches us and this
goes back to the earlier point also that what we said, if there's a clash of two
		
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			benefits of two positives, pursue that which allows you to achieve the greater benefit even if it's
at the expense of the lesser benefits. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, okay, cancel
that, take it out, rub it out, rub out the Messenger of Allah. All right. And by doing so, was he
going against the Sharia? No. And this is something that should be set, as well, in understanding
what constitutes pursuing the greater benefit, even though at the expense of the lesser benefit, we
need to make sure that by pursuing that which helps us achieve the greater benefit, we don't do
harm.
		
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			We don't enter into the sphere of harm to achieve this greater benefit. right because as the
principle in Islam says, allow you to wa salam ala rasulillah Hara, Ellen halaal, emperical, Helen,
la Utah Sue Ellen Helen and perryton Hara meaning you don't get to a halaal. By doing haram things.
You don't you don't justify doing haraam by saying,
		
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			you know what, let me do this haram because I'll get to that halaal at the end. In English, we say
the ends justify the means this is not an Islamic concept. The ends justifying the means is not an
absolute concept in Islam, if you mean by the ends justifying the means that you can pursue
		
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			haram means to achieve halal ends. This is not from Islam.
		
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			This is not from Islam. The statement the ends justify the means is not from Islam. Okay, so the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said Robert Rahman, was it haram to do so? No. Was it a
condition that you had to have ramen in the treaty for it to be a treaty? No. So take it out? Was it
a condition that you had to have the Messenger of Allah, the description of Mohammed, Abdullah
Abdullah, and not his name? No, it wasn't. So take it out and put put, you know, put the name, let's
do away with the matters that don't need conflict so that we can achieve the greater objective here.
This is what the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam is basically teaching us in the signing of the
		
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			street,
		
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			that you have the ideal but sometimes you don't have a choice, you don't have the ideal. Remember
going back to the earlier session, it's about give and take. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam let go of these ideals, right to ensure that the greatest ideal was achieved, what's the
point of arguing on matters that are not compulsive in the treaty, right at the expense of the
Treaty, which is an objective in this particular expedition.
		
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			Taking place, all this at the expense of the greater objective. And we see how the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam dealt with it effectively executively even though the voices of the
Sahaba behind him were heard. So this is lesson number nine, lesson number 10. You can seek
assistance of an Muslim, if the non Muslim is trustworthy. There's nothing in Islam that says you
can't get help or you can benefit from the idea of an admission. If that if the person is not trying
to harm you. They just have an idea. We don't say that idea is false because you don't believe in a
line is the source of Allah, Allah was Allah. We don't say that what you spoke is false, because you
		
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			don't believe in Allah and the messenger sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Remember, the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam took the way of the fire worshippers in terms of the trench, the
trenches that they would use as a war strategy during the Battle of the Confederates or the
expedition of the Confederates, right. And we shared a similar lesson then that we judge things
based on evidence. We don't judge things based based on emotion, or based on relative or matters
that are purely relative. At the end of the day, if a Muslim says something wrong, then it's wrong.
It doesn't become right because he or she is a Muslim. And if a non Muslim say something right, then
		
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			it's right. It doesn't become wrong, just because that person is an unlisted. And if someone is
trustworthy, and they come to you looking for employment, then and they capable, they're able to do
the job then there's nothing wrong funny Islamic perspective to use them. And here we see the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam using booster even sofian If you recall, when he sent him out to
scout, even though he was a disbeliever, but he was a trustworthy disbeliever he went out to scout
to see if there was any movements from the Arabs in the desert when the Muslims were planning to
leave Medina during the expedition of alpha davia, meaning for the umbra. And he came back and he
		
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			gave his his his under his reading of events and because everything is carrying like normal, I don't
see anybody gathering against you and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam listened to. Okay, so
this is a quick lesson that we can take from this number 11 brothers and sisters in Islam, people
management and this is testimony to the leadership of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and
his visionary nature sallallahu alayhi wa sallam because look how he managed the uproar of the
Sahaba during the negotiations when so he'll said remove
		
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			man and remove the Messenger of Allah. As we saw in we discussed in the hour, it was yesterday's
episode, I believe what episode before that we discussed this how the Sahaba got up and objected to
this, saying that our man is on the names of Allah and Allah is the How can allies the truth and
what you are all upon is Boulton. And then when when so he'll refuse to accept the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam as the Messenger of Allah, thus the companions of the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam the stood up again and there was an uproar to say he is the Messenger of Allah and
what you are, you know, using as an excuse for you to be rubbed out is false. And the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam didn't enter into a discussion with the Sahaba he didn't turn around. He
didn't look at them. He didn't start debating them. All he did was tell his cry, but the other one,
rub it out, rub it out, and the Sahaba understood, and this is lesson number 12 that this whole
treaty teaches us how to be a team player as well. That the leader has spoken call us the team
leader has spoken that's it. The principal has spoken bad teacher has spoken Let's move on. There
was an uproar, but when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam immediately told her le rabbit out
the Sahaba understood, okay, it's it's, it's not something to make an issue of right now. And in the
		
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			process, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam didn't make them feel like what they were doing was
wrong, or the love for Allah was out of place or the love for the Rasul was out of place. The
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam knew that they were hurting and they, they, they are invested in
Islam, with the mind with their body, with their soul with their heart with their nerves. These are
Muslims through and through that the people of Eman they they don't value blood, people
		
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			Faith unless blood confirms to faith. So they standing up for what they believe the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam didn't make them feel inferior as a result.
		
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			Right by speaking to them in front of so here.
		
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			But so, so credit to how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam managed the situation and this is
testimony to his visionary leadership, and also credit to the Sahaba and Time, time and time again
we said, these were not people suffering an inferiority complex. These were people who could have
worked,
		
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			they could have worked, but the way the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was with them with the
mercy of Allah on him as Allah says, aubema mighty min Allah, He didn't tell him is the mercy of
Allah that you were how you were with them in all circumstances.
		
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			And if it had been any different, they would have left you they would have abandoned you. They are
not with you because of an inferiority complex they with you because they believe in the course.
Right? So credit to the Sahaba rhodiola Jemaine and this teaches his brothers and sisters in Islam,
how to be team leaders. And you know, we learned this even in the Salah, because in Salah we have to
follow the Imam the second pillar of Islam the prayer when you pray in congregation, you have to
follow the Imam Can you beat the Imam? No. Can you bow before he bows? It's forbidden
		
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			Can you should you delay you shouldn't delay that's also forbidden and depending on how long you
delay then you're sinful and affected.
		
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			So let's say that Imam prostrates
		
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			sorry the Imam for example stands up from frustration while you still need to be in frustration or
you feel there's some things you need to say or some things you need to offer in prayer. You have to
follow the Imam and get up
		
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			there time for you to prostrate has expired. Why because your leader has stood up now you need to
follow and stand up in the majority lol e bamboo attempt to be as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said that the Imam has been placed in the prayer to be followed.
		
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			Right. So even from the Salah, we learned this brothers and sisters in Islam, how to how to be
leaders because the Imam needs to have executive ability. The Imam leading the prayer, the Imam, he
needs to have an executive ability. If he sees he has all people behind him he shortens the prayer
that is an executive decision he makes. If during the prayer, he has a child crying.
		
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			He speeds up the prayer and shortens the length of his positions so that the prayer can end and he
can allow the mother or the father to get to the child. That's an executive decision which the man
makes. So even the Salah teaches us how the Imam needs to have the ability to make to be a leader to
make executive decisions. The man has to be Audible, he has to be heard.
		
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			And he can't say low awkward, softly nobody hears him. Right You have to be a leader you have to be
heard you have to speak clearly. That's part of leadership. Right. Also, there's a process in terms
of how you choose the email. And there's a process in how you choose a leader. The leader has to be
from the family of leadership to be a leader because Allah has created us in different ways with
different demeanors. If you take someone who's a great team player, and put him over at the
leadership space without training them to have the ability to do so you're setting them up for
failure. In earlier episodes, we spoke about how Islam time and time again in the Sierra
		
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			consolidates this idea of setting people up for success, not for failure.
		
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			Right. So you have the man who needs to have executive ability, and then you need to have the
followers who also know how to follow. They know how to be team members, they know how to stand in a
straight line and how to be synchronized in their movements with the Imam, and so on and so forth.
Okay, so lesson number 11 people management phenomenal in terms of the life of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam, lesson number 12. Team,
		
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			being a team player, and being part of a team, phenomenal from the Sahaba robiola Who, me. Alright,
the next lesson brothers and sisters in Islam lesson number 13. We learned the role and status of a
female in Islam, and that her role was established in Islam before the concept of human rights in
the modern age.
		
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			Yep, bring this into the 21st century. Because they tell us what do they tell us? They tell us that
Islam takes away women rights. Islam, locks her or keeps her backwards, doesn't promote her
education and so on and so forth. And they couldn't be further from the truth. And they keep on
saying it. And they keep on saying it. And they keep on saying it because that's what happens
sometimes when you say things, and you go on saying it and saying it and saying it even if it's
alive. People start believing it to be the truth. And this is where we brothers and sisters in Islam
need to tell them that hold on a second. What are you talking about? The Prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam at one of the most critical periods of his prophethood
		
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			One of the most sensitive situations with these companions, when they were, they were in a state of
disbelief with regards to what happened.
		
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			Right? I don't mean it in that sense of disbelief, obviously, they believed everything that the
messenger did. But human nature consumed them, they still had the sense of hope that you know what,
we might still perform the ombre. And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told them come out of
a harem. And they didn't want to let go of that hope. Let's put it this way, let's not say a state
of disbelief, but a state whereby they didn't want to lose the hope that they had the prophets that
allow it he was in him. So a dream. So I'm sure we're going to do the summer of let's just wait,
let's just stay in our ROM, let's not take off our home because you can't take off your harem if
		
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			you're about to do the ombre.
		
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			And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sees that nobody's listening to him, what does he do? He
goes to his wife on selama. And she gives him the way forward. And look how phenomenal she was in
her discussion. She first explained the psychology of the situation outside of the tent. Right, that
this is what they're going through, outside of messenger of Allah, you have people, some of them
think that you are going to be hard on yourself by remaining in Iran and telling them to come out of
your home, then there's others out there who think that you are doing it just for them to fall into
a state of ease so that they can do things that they normally did when they're out of your home. And
		
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			by them being in Iran in the situation on improving. It's you know, the situation is just getting
more difficult for them. So they think you just saying it for them. You're not saying it because
it's something that you wish for.
		
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			So she's she's, she's giving the psychology of the events outside there. And then she says in a
group of them are just upset. They just can't get over the fact that this has happened. Because it's
been year after year after year. And they've been, you know, they have this innate, deep desire to
go to Mecca, and you so close yet usofa. So some of them just can't believe that it's over.
		
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			So first, she highlights the psychology. And then she goes out and says, oh, messenger of Allah.
		
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			Why don't you do this? You go out there, don't speak to anybody. And slaughter your animal,
sacrifice your animals.
		
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			And also call your shaver. Let him shave your head.
		
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			And that's what he did. He listened to her.
		
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			So where do people get this idea that Islam puts the female at the back of the crowd, and her voice
at the back of her crowd and her intelligence at the back of the men? Where does this come from?
		
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			This is
		
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			these are lies, and quite frankly, slander. Right? And we need to be educated about who we are and
who we not. And stand up to these lies, and these slanders with Iza with honor and say, thanks. But
no thanks, you are grossly mistaken. And you need to go back to the books you need to hit the books
and you need to revise because you're spreading lies.
		
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			Okay, lesson number 13. correcting people, even in matters considered small, and reminding them to
what is right should not be considered an offence brothers and sisters in Islam. Where do we get
lesson number? Is it lesson number? lesson number 14. Lesson number 14. Where do we get this from
brothers and sisters in Islam? Remember when the prophets Campbell, us were sat down?
		
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			Right? And then the companion started prodding the camel. And then they said that they said that
what has happened to us were cassava has sat down for no reason. Now you might say this is a small
matter. That's how but we're not the you know, they were not meaning anything. Incorrect. But what
they were saying. But the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam corrected them. He said Casa hasn't sat
down, but rather, the one who prevented the elephants from moving has prevented us from moving
		
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			Subhan Allah, right. I mean, you could say, should this be a point chef? It's a benefit. So yes, it
should be a point as part of our pitstop lessons for the expedition of Allahu davia. Right, because
it has a relationship to our discussions in the 21st century. How many times today? Do we do we make
someone feel inferior? Because they spoke of something we say, Brother, you still speaking about
these things? Come on, get off it. There's bigger things to talk about.
		
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			How many times do we say that?
		
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			Yes, there's bigger things to talk about. But who said if there's bigger things to talk about that
you can speak about the smaller things? Who said if there's bigger things to to speak about, when
		
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			speaking about the smaller things become something invalidated. Who said if this bigger things to
talk about then speaking about the smaller things is sinful? Who said that?
		
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			Yes, what can be said is that if there's bigger things to speak about them, the time spent on
speaking about the smaller things as opposed to the time spent about speaking on the bigger things
should be different clearly. We should spend more time on
		
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			Bigger matters less time on the smaller matters. But if time is being spent in some capacity in a
smaller capacity on the smaller matters On what grounds do we go and belittle and make people feel
inferior? And unfortunately, we see the straight brothers and sisters in Islam. And some people try
and justify their sins
		
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			by saying that Brother, come on, get over it. There's bigger things to talk about.
		
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			Right? There's bigger issues to worry about.
		
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			Brothers and sisters in Islam, we should feel Allah subhanho wa Taala the truth has a right to be
heard. The truth has a right to be aired, no matter how small it is. And Allah knows best lesson
number 15. We learn from this treaty brothers and sisters in Islam to follow the Quran and Sunnah
before following your own thoughts that are not taboo. Luckily, the uncle is the mind.
		
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			And then Apple is the Quran and the Sunnah, that that which God Almighty reveals what God Almighty
reveals
		
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			has a greater right to being followed
		
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			than what you think.
		
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			And we see this today some people say, but it doesn't make sense.
		
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			Okay, if it doesn't make sense to you, then understand it make sense to others. And that's beside
the point. Because the point is that if you think of something, and what you think to be true
contradicts what God Almighty revealed as the truth, then what God Almighty revealed as the truth
comes before, what do you think to be the truth? Where do we get this from? From the discussion of
Abubakar with the prophets or with Omar? Right? Because when yesterday we discussed this, and that's
why I really advise you to go to yesterday's session, when Omar confronted the situation after the
treaty was signed. And he went to Abu Bakar and he said to Abu Bakar, are we not the Muslims? Are
		
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			they not the idolater? Is he not the Prophet? Are we not upon the truth? Right? And Abubakar said,
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Then he goes, why are we being humiliated? What did the Buddha say?
Abubakar said, what the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told him earlier, that he is the
Messenger of Allah, and he will not disobeyed what Allah said. That's the bottom line. It doesn't
make sense, but it doesn't need to make sense. What needs to happen is it needs to conform to the
will of God Almighty, and he is following what God Almighty revealed. So deal with it Omar, get over
it effectively. And Omar understood Amara Viola when he understood that Subhana Allah, yes, he has
		
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			an eye that we don't have. He sees things as we don't see. Right? I have a pixel, he has a bunch of
pixels. And I'm busy painting a picture from a pixel that I don't have a right to paint a picture
from, because a pixel could mean 1000 different things. So let me be patient and let's see what
happens and as I gain more pixels with the moving of every day, and the setting of the sun every
evening, then I will be able to understand exactly what the messenger did overhear. And, and that's
what happened to Omar. Omar understood how wrong he is caught you you know he's called his
confrontational.
		
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			demeanor was at that time because later on he saw Subhana Allah how the treat of her baby and led to
the opening of maca forget about visiting mecca for just three days, Macau will be a Muslim place
and space and accessible to the Muslims till the Day of gamma at any time. Subhan Allah. All right,
so follow the Quran and Sunnah even if it goes against the mandates of your mind. Lesson number 16.
Take the means based on reading of events, we've spoken about this before in another capacity where
we say don't be naive. Now we get this brothers and sisters in Islam from
		
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			from how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam took the pledge of allegiance. The pledge that was
pleasing to Allah subhanho wa Taala Ridwan.
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he gathered his companions for that pledge when the rumors
came that earthman was killed. Now somebody might say but sheer time and time again, you've been
telling us that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam always authenticated before acting. So what
happened here? Well, did he act? Did he wage one the Quraysh he didn't wage one the crush it didn't
happen. But was he preparing in case
		
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			the man was indeed killed. Yes, that's what he was doing. And that conforms to you not being naive.
		
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			Very that is also the lesson of not being naive. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam didn't go
against his norm brothers and sisters in Islam. He took the means
		
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			in case
		
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			you know events took a turn for the worst in case it was true.
		
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			As you can only imagine that after this, the professor
		
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			Allahu Allah He was telling would have worked on authenticating whether it was man had been killed.
And if that happened that would have constituted things having taken a turn for the worst, and then
he was ready to react. So brothers and sisters in Islam, when we say authenticate before acting, it
doesn't mean you should be naive. It doesn't mean you should not prepare. It doesn't mean you don't
have a right to forecast events. You know, you can read events, like I said before this happened
when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam sent the first ambassador, they killed his his camel,
and then they threatened to kill him. But they're Habash stepped in and save the ambassador from
		
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			being killed and he managed to get back to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam So know that the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has this in his consideration. Then they sent representative
after representative to try and see whether the Muslims came for war. They came for pilgrimage, and
the answer was the same, but nothing was changing on their side. So you could see that these people
want war. They're not interested in listening. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam put that
on the scale of considerations. But then when it was man went, he got in successfully only after he
was given security by one of the people of the place. And now we haven't heard from him. And whilst
		
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			this man is there, some reports say there was a skirmish where a stone was thrown or a spear was
thrown. Right? So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam takes this, and he puts it in the scale of
considerations. And now this rumor comes that was mine has been killed. So when you have these
considerations in front of you,
		
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			what's most likely, the rumor is most likely true, or most likely not true.
		
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			There's a chance that is not true, but there's a good chance that it's true. So this is the reading
of events that cause the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to bring the Sahaba together and take
the pledge of allegiance. So brothers and sisters in Islam, this is not the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wasallam going against who he was and his values, and the whole leadership of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that we spoke about, it only increases our all of him as a leader.
salallahu alayhi wasallam Okay, so we'll stop here, brothers and sisters in Islam. We've taken 16
lessons Alhamdulillah but there are more and as I said to you, brothers and sisters in Islam.
		
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			You know, this books written on this. There's books written on this now to our brothers and sisters,
joining us on Twitter, and on YouTube. And on Facebook, Jacqueline lokalen. For your comments. I do
browse them as you send them in to everyone sending in the thanks and the greetings, I I say welcome
Salam rahmatullah wa barakato. Back to you all, and I say about a calligraphy comb for being with us
throughout this month. And we have a question related, or a question has cropped up, which states
was Omar robiola? Who I'm being rebellious when he confronted the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
after after the treaty was signed? Alright, we'll leave this for tomorrow inshallah, because our
		
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			time has gone has ended in fact, we've gone over time, so inshallah tomorrow when we come back for
Episode 18 We will start by answering this question was Omar being rebellious Okay, and then
inshallah tomorrow, I want to share with you another highlight before we move on to the next part of
the Sierra. And that is a highlight related to abou gender, the son of Suhail, who was the chief
negotiator for the Quraysh during the Treaty of alhuda, Jacques Cousteau here and everyone. I love
you all for the sake of Allah and ask Allah subhanho wa Taala. To accept our month thus far, and to
forgive our past and inspire our future and ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to make us from amongst
		
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			those that will witness the night of power and decree and virtue, the night of elkader Elena to
Qatar a night which is better than 1000 months, which exists in one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan
and Subhan Allah, I believe where I am at least, that tonight is our 18th night, which means three
nights from now we will be entering the last 10 nights of Ramadan for some of the people in other
parts of the world in four nights from now you will be entering Subhan Allah the last 10 nights of
Ramadan exciting times ahead and no doubt exciting times with the Sierra as well. Until next time,
everyone salaam Allah here are 102 who are Bearcat.