Shady Alsuleiman – Legacy of the Righteous – Umar Ibn Al Khattab RA
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The importance of honoring the Prophet Muhammad S.a.w. is emphasized, as it is crucial for leaders to deal with difficult times and avoid giving anyone the option to ask for leadership. The process of appointmenting a successor after the Prophet Muhammad S.a.w. is discussed, including the importance of acceptance and embracing opportunities. Omar Al-J cargob caused conflict between their tribe and the tribe of Muhammad, leading to a war, and ultimately resulted in a war. The woman named Omar Alipeth was knocked on by Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep Omar Al prep
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I love every moment that Allah brings us
together to remember him and to learn more
about his deen.
And when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves
someone, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala increases their
knowledge in Islam.
Allah increases their knowledge in Islam.
May yuridillahu bi khaira yufaqihu fid deen.
Whom Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants goodness
for, Allah will increase their knowledge in Islam.
So alhamdulillah this is a gathering that we
come together for the sake of knowledge and
for the sake of getting this great goodness
from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which is
the knowledge of Islam.
We've been talking about Abu Bakr radiyallahu ta
'ala anhu, the greatest human being after the
prophets and messengers, Abu Bakr.
Abu Bakr radiyallahu ta'ala anhu, this great
companion that we've been talking about for the
last few weeks, and unfortunately, we will never
ever give it its rights.
As much as we talk about Abu Bakr
radiyallahu ta'ala anhu, we'll never ever give
it satisfaction.
But alhamdulillah we mention what we know and
we mention what we have, and if we
want to talk about Abu Bakr, we could
talk about Abu Bakr for months and years
long.
Abu Bakr radiyallahu ta'ala anhu is without
a doubt the greatest companion out of all
companions and the greatest human being after the
prophets and messengers, Abu Bakr radiyallahu ta'ala
anhu.
And we mentioned that Abu Bakr was a
very good companion and close friend of the
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and he
stood by the Prophet alayhi salatu wa salam,
and he was always there with the Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to the very
end.
When the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
passed away, the Sahaba radiyallahu ta'ala anhum
unanimously agreed to give bay'ah, pledge of
allegiance to Abu Bakr radiyallahu ta'ala anhum,
which we covered last week.
And we mentioned how that took place, it
took place in Saqifat Bani Sa'idah, in
the shelter of Bani Sa'idah, where both
the Ansar and the Muhazirin were there, and
they both gave the pledge of allegiance to
Abu Bakr, and then Abu Bakr radiyallahu ta
'ala anhum came up to the crowd, where
people gave their pledge of allegiance, bay'ah.
And what's bay'ah?
You'll hear that word bay'ah a lot,
I think it's important for us to understand
the word bay'ah.
Bay'ah means pledge, pledge, bay'ah means
pledge.
And in Islam we have something called bay
'ah, which is a pledge of allegiance.
This day and age, the simplest word I
could say is commitment, commitment of loyalty.
You know when you make a commitment to
someone, that I'm committed to do this, or
I'm committed to be with you, I'm committed
to take on this task.
Pledge of allegiance is the loyal commitment to
a task or to someone.
When we say bay'ah, here it means
pledge of allegiance to the leader, pledge of
allegiance to the leader.
So when you have someone like Abu Bakr
radiyallahu ta'ala anhum, he becomes the khalifa,
the leader of the Muslim world, and the
Muslim state, the Muslims would give him something
called bay'ah, where they come to him
and say, we give our pledge of allegiance
to you that you are a leader, and
whatever your order will follow, whatever command, we
will obey.
So this is what we call bay'ah.
And usually when there's a khalifa, Muslims are
obliged to give bay'ah, whether they give
bay'ah as a whole, which is impossible,
or they have representatives who give bay'ah
to the khalifa, which they would say, we
give our pledge of allegiance to you that
we will take you as our leader, and
we'll take your instructions and your orders and
your commands.
Now when you hear the word orders and
commands, yes, the Prophet s.a.w. says
if there's a leader, you must obey him.
And disobeying the Amir is disobeying the Prophet
s.a.w. And disobeying the Prophet s
.a.w. is disobeying Allah s.w.t.
That's a hadith of the Prophet s.a
.w. And the Prophet s.a.w. says
when there's a leader, whether a leader over
the entire Islamic state or a leader in
a group or a general in an army,
the Prophet s.a.w. says obeying the
Amir is obeying me, and obeying me is
obeying Allah.
Disobeying the Amir is disobeying me, and disobeying
me is disobeying Allah s.w.t. And
the Prophet s.a.w. emphasized so, so
much on the obedience of the Amir.
You must obey him.
Whoever is your leader, you must obey him.
Whether a leader for a specific task or
a temporary group or a permanent task and
a permanent group, and that's where you have
the khalifa.
Now how far does the obedience go?
Of course, the Prophet s.a.w. said,
لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالق You never
obey the creation when it comes to disobeying
Allah s.w.t. That's a principle.
That's a principle.
When it comes to obeying the creation of
Allah, it must be in obedience to Allah
s.w.t. And there's no obedience to
the creation if it's disobeying the creator Allah
s.w.t. The Prophet s.a.w.
had already put guidelines, a framework around when
it comes to the obedience of the Amir.
The obedience of the Amir is restricted to
the obedience of Allah s.w.t. I
know that sometimes it becomes a bit tricky
where, is this in the obedience of Allah
s.w.t or not?
If it's something about strategy, plan, going right,
going left, going forward, that's where you take
instructions.
There's got to be one captain for the
ship.
You can't have two captains.
But when it comes to something that's very
clear cut, where the khalifa is saying to
you drink alcohol, you know that drinking alcohol
is haram.
And the Prophet s.a.w. says obey
your Amir.
Well, there's no obedience here because it's very
clear cut to us that drinking alcohol is
haram.
So there's no obedience to the creation in
disobeying the creator.
But if the khalifa says step down, or
the khalifa says I don't want you to
proceed with this project, or the khalifa says
I want you to do that, you have
to obey.
Even if you think, okay, maybe this is
not the best strategy.
So there's no obedience to the creation, doesn't
matter who this creation is, when it comes
to disobeying Allah s.w.t. That's the
law, that's the rule.
You never ever disobey Allah s.w.t.
Even if you are ordered by the creation
to disobey him.
But when it comes to everything else, you
have to obey and you have to comply
with the orders of the leader.
And that leader, as I mentioned, could be
the khalifa or could be a leader of
a small group of people.
You must obey them.
And the Prophet s.a.w. was very
strict about that.
So much so, that the Prophet s.a
.w. said, if there's one khalifa, okay, if
there's one leader, and Nabi s.a.w.
refers to it as a leader.
If there is one leader, and another leader
tries to do a coup, or tries to
overthrow this leader, Nabi s.a.w. said
the second leader must be killed.
That's what the Prophet s.a.w. says.
He's so strict about it.
Why?
Why?
Because, this is not the saying of the
Prophet Muhammad s.a.w., but this is
the saying of the scholars, the unity of
the ummah under a corrupt leader is greater
than the division of the ummah under 100
righteous leaders.
I'm going to repeat this so it could
make sense.
The unity of the ummah under one corrupt
leader is greater and better and more of
an obligation than the division of the Muslim
ummah under righteous leaders.
Why?
Because the unity of the ummah is strength,
even under a corrupt leader.
Yes, ideal is for you to have a
righteous leader, like Abu Bakr, like Umar, like
Uthman, like Ali, like many of the great
khalifas, yes, but we don't live in an
idealistic world.
We need to be realistic, and this is
the problem with the sometimes Muslims, we are
unrealistic.
We expect an ideal world when it doesn't
even exist.
We expect everything to be 100%, either give
me everything 100% or don't want anything
out of it.
It doesn't work that way.
So from time to time, the Muslim ummah
will go through its ups and downs, and
the Prophet s.a.w. even said that
even Nabi s.a.w. went through his
ups and downs.
He won the battle of Badr, he lost
the battle of Uhud.
What do you do here?
That's it, you walk away from him and
say, okay, it just doesn't make sense.
Because you know what, some people had that.
It just doesn't make sense to me that
you're a prophet and messenger and you lost
a battle.
Well that's Allah s.w.t's way.
You can't just say, why is this happening,
you know?
And Nabi s.a.w. had Abu Bakr,
Umar, Uthman, Ali in the same gathering, you
had Munafiqin in the same gathering.
You can't expect everything to be 100%
in the way you want it, it just
doesn't exist.
Allah s.w.t created those challenges to
empower us.
You need challenges in life.
So to have this ideal world where you
have always a righteous Khalifa or righteous leader
and this, and Nabi s.a.w. warned
that if there is a leader, and the
scholars say, even if this leader is corrupt,
and another leader tries to overthrow him, kill
the other one.
Because the unity of the Ummah, the unity
of the Ummah is strength.
The unity of the Ummah is power.
There's a lot greater good in the unity
of the Ummah even when there is a
corrupted, then the division of the Ummah, even
though the Mu'ahhab righteous heads.
So the unity of the Ummah and the
one corrupt Amir is greater than the division
of the Ummah and the righteous Amirs, righteous
leaders.
So this is very important for us to
understand.
That's why Nabi s.a.w. emphasized on
the importance of obedience.
He set a boundary, which is, you never
obey anyone, Amir or non-Amir when it
comes to disobeying Allah s.w.t. There's
a boundary here.
But when it comes to everything else, you
must obey.
You must obey.
Because that brings strength to the Ummah, that
keeps the Ummah united.
Look subhanAllah, look how big the Muslim world
is.
Look how big the Muslim world is.
And but we're so divided, we're so big,
but divided.
Which reflects on what?
Weakness.
If we are a lot smaller and united,
we're a lot stronger.
We're a lot stronger.
So this is what we refer to as
the Amir.
Now obviously the word Khalifa, Khalifa, came about
the time of Abu Bakr because Khalifa means
a successor, someone that just succeeded a predecessor.
So you've got something Khalifa and then you've
got something called Salaf.
Salaf means a predecessor, Khalifa means a successor.
Abu Bakr r.a was the first successor
of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. And
Abu Bakr, he ruled and he led two
years and seven months, maybe give and take
a bit more than that, less than three
years.
And then he passed away.
He passed away at the same age as
the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w., 63 years.
Before his passing, Abu Bakr r.a was
ill and sick for about two to three
weeks.
You know, the narration say 15 days, two
to three weeks.
And obviously Abu Bakr r.a at his
age and being ill, he couldn't fulfill his
role as the Khalifa of the Ummah.
And he's realized, you know, he's realized his
time is coming to an end.
So what did he do r.a?
He started to engage with the senior companions.
There's another thing that's important for you to
understand.
So we've got something called Imara, later on
known as Khalifa.
During the time of the Prophet Muhammad s
.a.w., they used to refer to him
as Ameer, Ameer means a leader.
After the time of the Prophet Muhammad s
.a.w., they started to refer to him
as Khalifa.
But then after Abu Bakr, they started to
refer to the Khalifa as Ameer al-Mu'minin.
And I mentioned the story to you.
Because when Umar became Khalifa, he is the
Khalifa of the Khalifa of Rasulullah.
Uthman bin Affan is the Khalifa of the
Khalifa of Khalifat Rasulullah.
Ali r.a is the Khalifa of the
Khalifa of the Khalifa of the Khalifa of
Rasulullah.
That means ten Khulafa later on, they're going
to be the Khalifa of the Khalifa of
the Khalifa of the Khalifa of the Khalifa
of Rasulullah.
During the time of Umar al-Khattab, they
said, this is not doable.
We need to change the name because Umar
al-Khattab is not Khalifa of Rasulullah.
He's Khalifa of Khalifa of Rasulullah.
That's a reality, realistically.
So they decided to change the name from
Khalifa to Ameer al-Mu'minin, the leader of
the Mu'minin.
Ameer al-Mu'minin.
So the one that was referred to as
Khalifa of Rasulullah was Abu Bakr.
Even though all the Khulafa, all the leaders
after the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. are
known as Khulafa, but the title that was
given to them, that was recognized as Ameer
al-Mu'minin, the leader of the believers.
The leader of the believers.
Now you've got something called Amara or Imara.
Imara means leadership and the Prophet Muhammad s
.a.w. was a prophet and by default
was a leader.
Prophet and a leader.
After the death of the Prophet Muhammad s
.a.w. the leadership continued.
The prophecy doesn't continue.
See during the time of Bani Israel, during
the time of Bani Israel, after Musa a
.s., Musa a.s. was a prophet and
a leader.
But then all the way to Dawud a
.s., Bani Israel were scattered and Bani Israel
had challenges.
When we talk about Bani Israel, we're not
talking about Bani Israel as Jews, we're talking
about Bani Israel as what?
Muslims.
They are Muslims.
Bani Israel was scattered.
So what happened to Bani Israel?
They had a king and they had a
prophet.
They had a king and the king is
the leader and the prophet is the spiritual
leader.
Until Allah s.w.t. united them again
under a prophet and a king.
Who's that?
Dawud.
That's when Dawud a.s. emerged.
In a long time, for decades if not
centuries, Bani Israel had a king and a
prophet.
So the leadership is one thing, the prophecy
is something else.
Until the time of Dawud, before that it
was Musa a.s. who was a prophet
and leader.
And then Prophet Yusha, after
Musa a.s., and then the leadership was
split, leader and prophet until the time of
Dawud a.s., Allah s.w.t. united
Bani Israel once again under the leadership of
Dawud a.s., that he was the king
and the prophet at the same time.
And then after that, it was Sulaiman a
.s. And Nabi s.a.w. is the
prophet and the messenger by default.
He is the prophet and the messenger but
by default he's what?
He's the leader.
He passed away what passed on leadership, under
the guidance, under the legacy, under the instructions,
under the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad s
.a.w. There's no more prophets and messengers
after the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. Even
though the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. spoke
about one of the signs of the Day
of Judgment, the Day of Judgment will not
emerge until 28 people claim the prophecy, until
28.
The reality is thousands of people claim the
prophecy, not 28.
So Nabi s.a.w. spoke about people
who claim the prophecy but to us, this
is kufr.
This is kufr.
Anyone that claims a prophecy or believes in
a prophet after the Prophet Muhammad s.a
.w. is a kafir.
So what we believe in, in a succession
of leadership, under the guidance of the Prophet
Muhammad s.a.w. that we know as
the Khilafah and it's also known as the
Imarah.
Nabi s.a.w. was very very strict
on this matter.
You must obey the Ameer.
You must obey the Ameer.
As long as the orders and the instructions
of the Ameer do not violate or go
against the orders of Allah s.w.t,
you must obey.
And subhanAllah you see that in the character
of the Sahaba r.a. And the way
that was initiated, it was initiated through something
called Bay'ah.
Bay'ah, which is the pledge of allegiance
of individuals coming to the leader, the Khalifah
or Ameerul Mumineen, that they pledge their allegiance
to him as their leader, that they'll obey
him as long as it does not disobey
Allah s.w.t. Now in addition to
that, okay, like, alright, maybe during the time
of Bakr and Umar it's doob that you've
got most of the Muslims in Medina and
Mecca.
What about after that when Islam became so
widely spread?
Like how does that happen?
It's impossible that you're going to get every
single Muslim giving the pledge.
That's why there's something called Ahlul Halli wal
Aqd.
There's something called Inna Shari'ah.
The best term I could use there is
the makers and breakers, okay?
Ahlul Halli wal Aqd, it is the makers
and breakers, the influential people, the leaders.
So you've got something called leaders, those that
represent tribes during the time of the Prophet
s.a.w., senior people during the time
of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. Because
when the Prophet s.a.w. passed away
and had over 100,000 companions, we always
hear of the very same names.
You've got something called the leaders and the
influential people in the Kimdri.
They are the ones who represent the rest.
So a head of a tribe will come
and give their pledge of allegiance to the
Khalifa on behalf of the tribe.
That's it.
It's done.
It's locked in.
You can't expect, Wallahi, one million Muslims to
go and give a pledge of allegiance to
the Khalifa.
It's impossible.
So Ahlul Halli wal Aqd, they are the
ones who are considered to be the influential
ones and the makers and breakers, the shakers.
The makers and the shakers, they are the
influential people.
It's a Shari'i term that the scholars
refer to, they are the ones who make
decisions.
And they are usually leaders.
And usually in Islam, they are the ones
who represent their people.
They are the ones who represent their people.
And they are the ones who can speak
on behalf of their people.
And you will never get 100% consensus
of everyone.
But once there is a pledge of allegiance
given to a Khalifa, that's it, it goes
on.
And there is no cap or tenure or
limited time on a Khalifa.
So once someone becomes a Khalifa, he is
there until he either dies, steps down, or
he comes out of the fold of Islam.
If he comes out of the fold of
Islam where Ahlul Halli wal Aqd, the scholars
and that come together and say, this person
is out of, that's it, his Khalifa is
gone.
So as long as this person is alive,
and he does not step down, or he
does not come out of the fold of
Islam, no one can go against him.
Even if this person is corrupt.
Even if this person is corrupt.
And you might turn around and say, but
how is it?
Yes, because you rather have the Muslim Ummah
united under one corrupt leader, than being divided
under 100 leaders.
Which one is going to give power and
strength to the Ummah?
Yes, ideally it's for you to have a
righteous Khalifa, I'm not saying, this is not,
but from time to time, did the Muslim
Ummah ever, you know the 1400 years, did
they ever have corrupt Khulafa?
Well, brothers and sisters, some of the things
that you read about some of the Khulafa,
wallahu turn your head grey.
Some of the things that you read about
them, you say, I can't even believe this.
Is this in the 600 and 700 after
the Hijra, or we're talking about you know,
2024?
Some of the things that some of the
Muslim leaders used to do in the past,
will turn your head grey.
Corruption, haram, but at the end of the
day, Nabi S.A.W instructed that you
must be united The unity is more important
than, you know, division, and Subhanallah, that's why
I mentioned this to you last week, that
when the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. passed
away, they did not bury the Prophet Muhammad
S.A.W. until they agreed on a
Khalifa, and Nabi S.A.W. was there
for 2-3 days, his corpse was there
for 2-3 days before they buried him.
Why?
Because of the importance of the unity of
the Ummah, because Allah S.W.T says,
Do not dispute, otherwise you lose, and you
lose your respect.
So Abu Bakr S.A.W. led for
less than 3 years, and 15 days before
his death, he was very very ill, and
because of that he started to seek advice
from prominent Sahaba S.A.W. That includes
Uthman Ibn Affan and other companions, and he
used to ask them, what do you see
and what do you think of Umar Ibn
Al-Khattab S.A.W.? What do you
think of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab?
He was asking the companions.
Most of the companions praised him, and most
of them said, we are concerned over his
harshness.
Most of them praised him, we trust him,
trust his loyalty, trust his Deen, but he's
tough and rough.
And when you're as a leader, you need
to be tough and you need to be
easy at the same time.
You're a leader, you need to strike the
balance, you can't always be hard, it's give
and take.
You have to give and take.
You're leading everyone, you're not leading a small
group of people at the end of the
day.
So he started to consult the Sahaba S
.A.W. on him, and he started to
hear their feedback.
At the end, Abu Bakr called in Umar
Ibn Al-Khattab and he said, I want
to appoint you as the Khalifa after me.
So now it's an appointment, from the Khalifa
to the next Khalifa.
Different to the time of the Prophet Muhammad
S.A.W., the Prophet S.A.W.
did not appoint anyone directly.
He left it open for the Sahaba S
.A.W. to decide.
But then Abu Bakr S.A.W. is
the one that appointed Umar Ibn Al-Khattab
S.A.W., which became part of the
Sharia, that a Khalifa can appoint a successor
after him.
And then later on when we talk about
Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, Umar Ibn Al-Khattab
chose six and he said, you choose one
amongst you.
That was another process, another process.
So there are three processes that we learn
from.
One that you leave it open, and that's
what the Prophet S.A.W. did.
One that you appoint, and that's what Abu
Bakr S.A.W. did.
And one that Umar Ibn Al-Khattab did,
which he appointed six and he said, you
must choose one amongst you.
And he doesn't leave that room until you
choose one amongst you.
So there are different processes.
But then what later on became the most
prominent one?
Appointment.
Appointment.
Khalifa appoints someone.
And yes, a lot of the times were
father appointing son.
And sometimes that son is very good and
sometimes that son is so corrupt.
But at the end of the day, the
Prophet S.A.W. put instructions, guidelines.
What is it?
As long as this person is in the
fold of Islam and does not command you
to disobey Allah, you must obey him.
This is the guideline.
As much as you might like it or
not like it, this is the reality.
In life, SubhanAllah, when you think about this,
it amazes me.
Because in life you have to accept not
always everything is 100%.
You have to accept the fact that there
are ups and there are downs.
You have to deal with them.
We're not in a part of this din
when things are going good.
When things collapse or not things collapse, things
go down, we'll walk away from it.
No.
This is life.
One day for you, one day against you.
وَتِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ Allah says, these
are the days that we turn around amongst
people.
One day you get things, one day you
get things taken away from you.
One battle you win, the next battle you
lose.
At the end of the day, the ultimate
success is from Allah.
You have to deal with that situation.
So Abu Bakr consulted the Sahaba.
And then Abu Bakr appointed Umar ibn al
-Khattab to be the next Khalifa after him.
And he wrote, he wrote a document saying
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, this is what
Abu Bakr, the son of Abu Qahafa, in
his last days, exiting this dunya, had made
as a decision.
And then he says, you know, he gives,
you know, about Iman and belief and this
is the time where you can infer that
in a time where we are coming to
difficult times.
And then he says, إِنِّي اَسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدِي
عُمَرٍ بِنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَاسْمَعُ لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا Okay, so
he said, I had made Umar ibn al
-Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه, as my Khalifa
after me, upon you, so listen to him
and obey him.
And then he says that I'll turn to
Allah and I order you that you follow
the path of Allah and His Messenger, and
then he says, if he is just, then
this is what I thought of him, and
if he's not, then this is between him
and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, so just
in a, you know, a quick summary of
what Abu Bakr, رضي الله تعالى عنه, had
written and then he ordered one of the
Companions to read it out loud to people
in the congregation in the Masjid where Abu
Bakr, رضي الله تعالى عنه, had appointed Umar
ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه, to
be his next successor.
That's a process, a process that Abu Bakr,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, went through in appointing
Umar ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه.
Now obviously Umar ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, pushed back at the beginning.
He didn't want it.
He said, find someone else, because a sincere,
genuine leader doesn't want it.
You know, in Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam it
even says, do not give it to someone
that asks for it.
That's the criteria.
When someone asks for leadership, don't give it
to them.
You give it to someone that doesn't ask
for it.
Because when someone asks for it, then they've
got ulterior motives.
And subhanallah, none of the Sahaba ever asked
for it.
Never.
Even Umar ibn al-Khattab never asked for
it.
It was imposed on him by an authority.
What authority is that?
Abu Bakr, رضي الله تعالى عنه.
And Umar ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, did not proceed with his journey until
Abu Bakr, رضي الله تعالى عنه, passed away,
which was only a few days after that.
Now before we wrap it up, inshallah, let's
talk quickly about Umar ibn al-Khattab.
Umar ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
was born 13 years after the year of
the elephant.
Why do we say the year of the
elephant?
Because that's the year the Prophet Muhammad, صلى
الله عليه وسلم, was born in, which means
Umar ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
was 13 years younger than the Prophet Muhammad,
صلى الله عليه وسلم, and 10 years younger
than Abu Bakr, رضي الله تعالى عنه.
His name is Umar ibn al-Khattab, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, the son of Khattab, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, the son of Nufayl, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, the son of Abdul Uzza,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, all the way to
Luay, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and then Quraysh,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, and he was known
as Abu Hafs al-Farooq, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, the criterion or the distinguisher between truth
and falsehood, رضي الله تعالى عنه, which we'll
talk about later on, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
and رضي Allah Ta'ala Anhu, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, Bani Uday, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
he was known to be a respectful man,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, big, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, huge in his size, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, a lot of people feed him because
of his size, رضي الله تعالى عنه, because
of his physical appearance, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
as opposed to Abu Bakr, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, he had a smaller physical appearance compared
to Umar ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, and Umar ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, embraced Islam not from the very
beginning or early, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and
he has an interesting story of him becoming
a Muslim, رضي الله تعالى عنه, because Umar
ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه, hated
the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam so much,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, that he wanted to
kill the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, that was the mission of
Umar ibn al-Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
kill Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, and he planned it, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, and he also went ahead with it,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, to kill the Prophet
Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
and the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, he used to torture Sahaba
who embraced Islam, رضي الله تعالى عنه, he
tortured anyone that's close to him who embraced
Islam, رضي الله تعالى عنه, but then he
had enough, رضي الله تعالى عنه, he just
wanted to get rid of the Prophet Muhammad
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى عنه, so
he prepared himself to go and kill the
Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, after he was warned that if he
killed Muhammad, رضي الله تعالى عنه, he's only
gonna break a war between a tribe and
the tribe of Muhammad, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
so he didn't care, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
he just wanted to go and kill Muhammad
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى عنه, along
his way going looking for the Prophet Muhammad
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى عنه, one
of his close mates that knows Omar Khattab
very well, رضي الله تعالى عنه, saw him
with his sword by his side, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, walking around looking for the Prophet
Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
this friend of Omar Khattab was a Muslim,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, and he feed on
the safety of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى عنه, not knowing that
he is a Muslim, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
and he told him where are you going
Omar, رضي الله تعالى عنه, he said I'm
going to kill Muhammad, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
get rid of this man that brought this
division amongst us, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and
this you know difficult time amongst us, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, I just want to get
rid of Muhammad, رضي الله تعالى عنه, I'll
do whatever it takes, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
and he told him if you kill Muhammad,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, then he's just going
to create an all-out war between your
tribe and the tribe of Muhammad, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, he said I don't care, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, this friend of Omar Al
Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه, he's a Muslim,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, a follower of the
Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, he was very concerned over the Prophet
Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
he knows Omar Al Khattab, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, he'll do it, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
so he wanted to deter him away from
the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, to at least give him that
time and leverage for him to go and
inform the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, well let me tell you of
a worse news, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and
Omar Al Khattab said, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
what's a worse news of Muhammad?
رضي الله تعالى عنه, he said, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, your sister and brother-in-law,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, they're both Muslims, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, your sister Fatima and your
brother-in-law Sa'ad, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, they are both Muslims, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, what are you going to start with
them?
رضي الله تعالى عنه, that aggravated and made
Omar Al Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه, so
angry that he went towards his sister, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, at that time his sister
Fatima bint Al Khattab, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
and her husband Sa'ad, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, they were sitting in their home, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, with another companion Khabbab ibn
Arad, رضي الله تعالى عنه, reading the new
revelation of Allah, رضي الله تعالى عنه, when
Omar Al Khattab came and knocked Sa'ad
on the door, رضي الله تعالى عنه, they
knew it was Omar Al Khattab, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, Khabbab fled, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
he went and hid in one of the
rooms, رضي الله تعالى عنه, Fatima opened the
door, رضي الله تعالى عنه, it was her
brother, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and straight away,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, is it true that
he became Muslim, رضي الله تعالى عنه, she
said yes, رضي الله تعالى عنه, he slapped
her in the face, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
and made her bleed, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
he looked at his brother-in-law Sa
'ad, رضي الله تعالى عنه, is it true
that he became a Muslim, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, he said yes, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
he started to bash him, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, and then Umar bin Khattab, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, when he saw his sister crying
and bleeding, رضي الله تعالى عنه, he softened
up, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and he sat
down, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and with a
conversation dialogue رضي الله تعالى عنه, going between
Umar bin Khattab and his sister, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, then she told him about Islam,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, and then he saw
a, رضي الله تعالى عنه, you know, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, a new verse, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, a paper being written with new
verses, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and he said,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, can I read that?
رضي الله تعالى عنه, and she said, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, no, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
you're a kafir, رضي الله تعالى عنه, that
you can't touch the words رضي الله تعالى
عنه, of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A
'la, رضي الله تعالى عنه, you have to
go and purify yourself, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
he went and purified himself رضي الله تعالى
عنه, by having a shower and came back,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, and then he read
the words رضي الله تعالى عنه, of Allah
Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم, طه ما
أنزلنا عليك القرآن لتشقى إلا تذكرةً لمن يخشى
تنزيلاً ممن خلق الأرض والسماوات العلى الرحمن على
العرش استوى to the end of the verses,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, and then he was
fascinated, رضي الله تعالى عنه, amazed, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, by these words of Allah Subh
'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, these words that will penetrate and shake
a mountain, رضي الله تعالى عنه, he said,
words like this, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and
someone who says words like this, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, must be worshipped alone, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, guide me to Muhammad, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, that moment Khabab came out of
the room, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and he
said, SubhanAllah, رضي الله تعالى عنه, Allahu Akbar,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, just yesterday, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, and Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was
making dua, رضي الله تعالى عنه, O Allah,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, strengthen Islam by bringing
one of the two to Islam, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, Umar ibn Khattab and Umar ibn
Hisham,
رضي الله
تعالى عنه, by bringing one of the two
to Islam, رضي الله تعالى عنه, either Umar
ibn Khattab or Umar ibn Hisham, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, and for your information, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, Abu Jahl was the brother of
the mother of Umar ibn Khattab, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, so Abu Jahl was Umar ibn
Khattab's uncle, رضي الله تعالى عنه, Khabab came
out saying, رضي الله تعالى عنه, Allahu Akbar,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, just yesterday, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was making
dua for you, رضي الله تعالى عنه, They
took him to the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى عنه, where the Prophet
Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was at Ibn Arqam,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, with a group of
companions, رضي الله تعالى عنه, including Hamza ibn
Abdul Muttalib, رضي الله تعالى عنه, from far,
some of the Sahaba saw Umar ibn Khattab,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, coming to that home,
coming to that venue, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
they got scared, Umar ibn Khattab, everyone knows
him, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and he came
and knocked on the door, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, let him in, he wants good, we'll
give it to him, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
he wants anything else, we'll deal with him,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, at that moment he
walked in, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and Nabi
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam looked at him and said,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, oh Umar, become a
Muslim, رضي الله تعالى عنه, and Umar said,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, I came for that
reason, أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأنك
رسول الله, Subhanallah, رضي الله تعالى عنه, from
going to kill the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam, رضي الله تعالى عنه, to become
a man, رضي الله تعالى عنه, the Prophet
Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, رضي الله تعالى
عنه, if Allah wanted to choose a Prophet
after me, رضي الله تعالى عنه, or have
been Umar, رضي الله تعالى عنه, Umar ibn
Khattab is the one that we'll be talking
about, رضي الله تعالى عنه, inshallah, next week,
رضي الله تعالى عنه, may Allah Subhanahu wa
Ta'ala bless you, رضي الله تعالى عنه,
and bless you in this gathering, رضي الله
تعالى عنه, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala muhammadakum, رضي
الله تعالى عنه, and may Allah reward you
and forgive you.
رضي الله تعالى عنه.