Wahaj Tarin – Seerah Episode 9 – The oldest living companion

			Salam ala rasulillah. So six years old,
		

			Amina died. And now Baraka brings him back
		

			to
		

			Abdulmutallab.
		

			And the elderly man takes charge of him, the grandfather. And we heard that, you know, he had a
platform next to the Kaaba used to sit under a shade. You know, because when the sun comes from the
other side, the wall of the Kaabah gives the shade, and no one would sit there, his children would
sit in front of him, they were all adults and leaders in their own rights, and no grandchild guest,
you know,
		

			delegation wherever allowed to sit where he sits, except for Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
he used to come and sit on the, you know, on the place next to his granddad, and he's not he's not
the baby, baby. He's He's eight years old. 767 moving towards eight years old.
		

			And when the uncles used to give him the stare, or tell him to you know, Mohamad move, the granddad
said, No leave with great things are in store for the son of mine. Again, the scholars of Sierra
mentioned, mentioned another, a dream of Abdulmutallab that he had a dream.
		

			And the dream parts of it was that a tree, strong solid tree rises, that goes up, up up to the
heavens, and its branches extend across East and West. So he might he went towards one of these wise
women, you know, this, aka Hina, or, you know, soothsayer. What's the interpretation of this dream,
she said, from you will come, you know, like, after you in your project, you will come one
		

			who will be adored and held on to buy east and west. So he thought, This is my son, Abdullah, this
is my son, Abu Talib.
		

			Mohammed was only eight years old, he doesn't know it's this one. So he was thinking that, yes, so
but the Prophet Solomon but he was good to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam quote, this was
the only sign of his
		

			of his son left, and at the same time he had hoped for, for goodness, he must have seen other signs
about him. And then Subhanallah the big hill makadi the Prophet is with Abdulmutallab, two years
intimately closely.
		

			And after two years, at the age of eight, Abdulmutallab dice,
		

			Abdul Mutallab dies. So they say we saw him his hand on to on the coffin of Abdulmutallab in tears
rolling the blessed advice of of the young boy, but before his death upon his deathbed Abdulmutallab
called Abu Talib
		

			and he put the prophet in his care for two reasons. One is a boo Talib and Abdullah shed the same
mother bonded to Sanjay because they had many wives. The only two sons that shared the same mother
was Abdullah and
		

			Abu Talib and at the same time they were very close to each other. You know, there was the older
brother younger brother, love between them. So he gave his son back to his brother look at look
after him. Now he's in you okay as I am going, and Abdulmutallab passed away. So the Prophet went to
the house of Abu Talib, at this stage is eight years old.
		

			And Abu Talib was a loving uncle. And my a lot of bluster give each one of us the capacity to become
people who bear the heart of relationships.
		

			So this he will, the Prophet says about him, he says, He used to feed me and preference to his own
children.
		

			You know, if there was limited food, he'd make sure I get to eat first before his children.
		

			And he stood behind the prophet like a mountain. You know, the whole of Arabia turned against him.
Abu Talib wasn't budging.
		

			So the Prophet stayed in the house of Abu Talib. Abu Talib had children. And he was he had aged
financially he wasn't Wow. So he realized that I need to carry my own load. I can't be a burden to
someone else. And in his teens, he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam started
		

			shepherding,
		

			looking after sheep,
		

			I want to stop here. And it is desirable for us, as humans and then as Muslims to aim to become self
sufficient,
		

			you know to and risk has written by the large majority at the end of the day you will get what Allah
has written but so far as your aim is concerned, to work towards becoming self sufficient, which
means to have enough for yourself and your family.
		

			And then go a little higher, where you can become a source of support for other people, whether you
employ them, or whether you help them out. That's what grant and diverse alludes to it will live in
a home. Lisa, Kathy
		

			fairyloot Elune. Those almost, you know, one one of the translations, those who work for soccer,
meaning what they work to have enough for themselves, and then some extra so they could play soccer.
		

			One on one of the meanings or the you know, the other upwards with regards, but my point is, we
reach the level of self sufficiency, and then where we can extend the help to the needy, near or
far. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam started to work as a shepherd. And he sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam in a hadith says, He goes, there is not a prophet, that was not a shepherd. So they
say even you, he said, Even me, I was a shepherd, I used to look after the sheep of the kurush for a
few coins.
		

			For a few coins, and the life of shepherds have things that the lifes of non shepherds don't have,
you know,
		

			number one,
		

			they have time to reflect.
		

			You know how I said, everyone's so busy, no one's got time to think the greatest learning happens on
reflection on thinking, discoveries happen like that, I remember the word of Isaac Newton, he was
trying to figure out the gravitational force between planets and you know, the sun, the moon and
this, and he says, I, I thought about it, until sleep perish in my head began to ache.
		

			You see, it's thinking.
		

			It's thinking that comes out with new ideas with with with lessons, so the shepherd has time to
think.
		

			And that's one. Secondly,
		

			for those of you that have livestock, you know, whether that's a cattle, sheep, or whatever, you've
been blessed to be with them for a little while, and in another country or so on, you will see that
each animal has its own distinct character.
		

			You know, one of them is violent, he will come and hit you with his homes when you're not watching.
The other one is shy, he stays away. Other ones very loving, he wants to be petted, and through it,
you're not being part of that community. Like if you're not cheap, you're at the higher level of the
food chain, you get to look at it from outside, and kind of appreciate these different personalities
and learn different ways of dealing with with them, you know, for the harsh one, you might scold for
the nice one you might hold
		

			that you like, The Rime of that one was,
		

			it was it was unintentional.
		

			So point is that
		

			you get to learn personalities,
		

			and to deal with them in a way without it affecting you too much. And then
		

			dealing with sheep, gives other characteristics according to the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu,
Alayhi, wasallam. You know, shepherds, they're dealing with relatively gentle creatures, sheep.
		

			And sheep are pretty simple as well. So they can fall prey to I was reading a report on BBC, I think
it was in Turkey.
		

			There was a cliff, you know, what the cliff is, like a straight thing and then down, like the table
down there. So she put grazing up here. And then one of them decided he's gonna he's gonna he's
gonna commit suicide, you know, he jumped down from here.
		

			And then the rest of them saw and tooth to tooth. And I think 1500 of them had jumped down to his
death down the bottom before they stopped dying, because you know, they started to cushion one
another, they would fall down.
		

			But so you realize that they're pretty simple creatures. And if you're not careful, protective alert
away.
		

			protecting them, they could fall in harm. And that's an important
		

			Feeling to learn when you're dealing with with your flock later on when you're a prophet, you know
to protect them from harm to look for hired for them find greener pastures for them, think out and
so on and so forth. And, and that, you know, working with different animals changes your character a
little bit too. So the prophets, Allah wa salam told us, that those that work with with camels
usually have stubbornness and arrogance. You know, because a camel doesn't listen to nice things,
you know, sweetheart can be a camel, so you have to be hard and harsh and cocky to go and deal with
a camel. And those that work with sheep usually have a very good you know, inside if you like good
		

			hearts, because sheep require goodness and, and, and gentleness and so on. So, for these reasons,
and for people management, crowd management, whatever profits are exposed to shepherding. So
initially, his first job was he was a shepherd salallahu alayhi wasallam.
		

			And then, in these times, so some way before going on shepherding or after that, or in the middle,
he is around, we will ruin and shall we're finished with this story. He is some scholars say he's
nine, and some say he's 12 or he could be between nine and 12. His uncle Abu Talib was due to go on
a trip to Shanghai to the Levant, you know, towards Syria area, to the Roman Empire, you know, the
Empire was there and they used to go and sell them and buy and so on. And he's on his way or his
preparing to go and you know, whenever you want to go somewhere, young ones want to go with you,
especially when you go in some way. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam wanted to go, so, Abu
		

			Talib decided to take him
		

			with himself
		

			on the strip. Now, again Babel amanatullah elmia. With this with this narration or with this story,
some scholars in the Islamic tradition have raised questions with regards to certain occurrences on
it and others have fine in support of it.
		

			But so far as I am concerned and we are concerned this is a story narrated by many of the scholars
and there is you know, alternative evidences that kind of support what had happened so
		

			Alhamdulillah towards us, we will have no difficulties with it and it is it is, it is okay to
narrate. Again, I reiterate my initial point, there is a difference between the criterion required
for Hadith. And there's a difference between the criterion required for Sierra and Sierra and
history and biographies. There's a degree of Saturn is so long as it's not matters of arcada and it
does not matter as of Sharia, and so on and so forth.
		

			So the story goes, Abu Talib got the caravan organized. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
became part of this and they're going towards sham.
		

			So the Rasool went and as you reach Basra, this is somewhere in modern Jordan.
		

			It is where the, the road of the Romans used to kind of dwindle off finish off as it came towards
these lands. And there was a little monastery and a place where water used to gather water body used
to collect especially in the rainy seasons. So they used to call this era, you know, a little water
body. And there was a monk that used to live in this monastery, who they used to call the monk of
the Baha'i era, over time, he became the hero the monk, but this means the the monk living near that
water body. So the story is, the monk is sitting in his meditation or in his worship in his in his
in his monastery or temple or whatever was there as a structure. And he looks out towards
		

			Mecca
		

			in that direction, and he notices a caravan coming group of travelers coming which was ordinary it
would happen from time to time travelers used to come businessmen used to come, which was ordinary
to him. And then he noticed something somewhat strange. He noticed that there is a low lying cloud
over this group
		

			which again happens clouds go with clouds go.
		

			But did it you know he did have a more intense look at it. And then he noticed that the caravan went
to the right. The cloud went to the right and of the caravan went to the left. The crowd went to the
left so Bahia.
		

			All the monk,
		

			you know, being a person busy and spiritual worship, you know, thinking of spirituality and some
sight. And well, there is enough evidence to believe that the Christians were waiting for the coming
of the next Prophet, and they knew he's coming from that direction. And you can stablish this from
the story of salmonella piracy. So he set up straight to kind of see, you know, focus on this. And
he watched them come to
		

			near the water body near the Oasis, and they camped, or they put their luggage down near the tree
there. And
		

			when they sat under the tree, the tree he noticed, lowered its branches over them.
		

			So by here, I realized that whoever sitting there is a person of spiritual significance.
		

			So he looked in his ministry, and he found that, you know, he has some provisions, so he sent word,
or men of courage, you're invited
		

			to eat, break bread with me, and the young and old and free men and bondsman must come. So they
said, We will come at my day went, and bahir has provided the food
		

			and is scanning the faces, you know, which face here would warrant this extra ordinary conduct of
		

			you know, of what's happening, what of this witness? And he saw all ordinary people, so he turned to
them and he said, Man, Have you broken your word?
		

			They said, why he said, You everyone was supposed to come young and old and Freeman and bondsman.
someone's not here. So they look and they go, Oh,
		

			Mohammed, we've left them with the luggage. And they felt bad to themselves, especially Abu Talib.
You know, this is the son of my brother. And I have left him there. So he goes, sent for him and,
and, you know, sent for him to bring him to the gathering. And as he comes Salalah Toby was Allahu
LA, this is the one you know you. So
		

			the monk talk to him, ask them certain questions
		

			about you know, what he sees and, and he actually gave him an oath I give I swear, you know, I give
you an oath by Latin Jose he goes on give me an oath by that I don't like Latin aza, you know, but
irrespective the story, and then he saw the seal of prophethood between the shoulders of the law
school. So, up between the shoulders of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was a mark foretold
in the books of the past, that this would be one of the signs of the Prophet. And according to the
Hadith that is a little lump slightly
		

			pulled up like slightly above the level of normal skin.
		

			Like Like you've selected with a suction cup
		

			and color, slightly pale and there was a few strands of hair on it. And this was the seal of
prophethood between the shoulder blades of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So when he saw
this, he told Abu Talib it says, Where are you going? He said towards Sham he said go back, take the
child back for others see in him what I have seen that could harm him or they will harm him. So Abu
Talib sent the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam back
		

			and sapan Allah.
		

			The tree on which he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam reclined is still there.
		

			Part of the national collection of artifacts or treasury of the Jordan kingdom, United Kingdom of
Jordan. And I saw it huge thing.
		

			They have tried to seal it off. And it's on YouTube, it's called the oldest Companion of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And the people around have stories with regards to it. But then I say,
you know, certain evidence to support the other
		

			item but you know, if a government invests in it and calls it, you know, it's part of its national
artifacts, then
		

			we will give it a degree of weight and shallow Todd,
		

			you know, to kind of establish that This story happened.
		

			Others critique the story, critique the story, saying things like, you know, why would the branches
come down if there was a cloud already there?
		

			and others. You know, if Abu Talib had heard he was saying he would be a prophet. Why didn't he
accept
		

			you know,
		

			Later on,
		

			but all of these for for those who kind of study this euro will understand that these are not
		

			you know tangible points.
		

			You will see rock speaking to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam you can ask why they're in
every rock speak so hard on this one did for whatever reason, a lot of ways the guy with the
permission to do and have the branches of tree wish to do their part and protecting the profit and
the clouds do it at the same time, you know Alhamdulillah they've both done it. These are not
tangible
		

			rebuttals to the notion
		

			nor his nor his other issues like why did Abu Talib not acceptable even at his deathbed sighs that
are you know, people will say are left the religion of of Abdulmutallab. And that's what's keeping
Mr. lanata was the fact this self evident that his little suit he told his son listen to what
Muhammad says
		

			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam so
		

			I have quoted it. And again, the scholars of sera quoted, so this is the story of Waheguru obihiro,
the monk as they say, in English, and at this instance, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is
around nine to 12 years old. So this is his, his young age, I'll just go to his to his teen, I just
saw that in his teens, he is a shepherd for for most of the times.
		

			And then there was a battle
		

			that took place.
		

			And
		

			at the time, he's probably in his latter teens, or probably 17 ish, I would say probably 17.
		

			It's when one of the Confederates of the parish, one of the Confederates of the kurush, killed some
men from another tribe.
		

			And the tribes name is
		

			Ty Cylon.
		

			So and then there was these battles that took place between the kurush in this Confederates of
another tribe, the problem with the battles were, they took place in the sacred months.
		

			They took place and the sacred months. And these, if you like, are called the unholy walls, you
know, or sinful battles. I mean, all but you understand what it is. And this battle the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is recorded to have brought back arrows and spears to his ankles for
them to throw back so he took part in his teens in this battle. And then the other significant
thing, this is when he's 20 years old, and we'll stop with this in sha Allah, Allah. At the time he
is 20, a merchant from Yemen came into Makkah
		

			came into Makkah and trying to sell his
		

			his goods, he did a deal with one of the mccanns with one of the poorest sites. Us Ivanova Illa
Sammy and us took the the goods and didn't give any payment
		

			so this man understand there's no law there's no police to go to his in another people's land their
tribe realize that there's no way I'm going to recover my and and you know that the man can have me
killed there could be so his only hope was he went up to to the mountaintop, you know the local
mountain in Makkah, nearby the heroine, and then he shouted out an Arab poetry
		

			basically saying, I have come to your to your land away from my people. You have wronged me taken
my, my my property and between the Hydra last word and the stone like this is a sacred place and you
are people held in high esteem by the Arabs. So when he said this, the uncle of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam heard this
		

			one of his uncles heard this, and he said well, why he this cannot go like this It can't like
imagine and poetry used to go like fire from Arabia, you know, like you have Facebook and this and
that they poetry. Every child, you start saying it here and there and people and they suggest go
around. So the end it ended last. Today, the one of the Arabs, the history of the Arabs, his poetry
is what that's where everything is recorded. So
		

			he gathered a gathering of the nobles of the kurush. And they reach this agreement that we will
stand to support them of loom doesn't matter who the volume is, which was a very noble oath to take.
And they had a gathering in the house of one of the leaders of one of the prominent men of the
kurush
		

			Abdullah in Jordan, and in this gathering park of taking this allegiance swearing this oath was
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. At this stage he is
		

			20 years old. But in the gathering there is another young men, two and a half years younger than
him, and they would become
		

			partners for life,
		

			you know, friends besties, comrades
		

			for life, and that was Abu Bakr Siddiq. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says that was a
noble cause. And if they asked me to respond to it, I would even respond to it today. And he
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, I wouldn't give up sitting in that gathering, for a herd of red
camels, like doesn't matter. And you notice from this you should learn from tonight, let's learn a
few things. Number one, we'll start here is that we as Muslims must be at the forefront of
supporting good causes doesn't matter what who we don't need to align. If I did justice,
righteousness, goodness, as being supported, we should be part and parcel of that, irrespective of
		

			their Muslim not Muslim, we must we should support noble initiatives because that's what we are. And
another point to pick up you will notice that long before Tao was started the first thing that
happened, the heart of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam any little traces of
		

			you know, the touch of shaitan was removed from it. For my brothers and sisters here who want to do
some hire, before anything else remove, remove the darkness from the hearts first from your own
hearts. So we all have illnesses of heart for example, envy, jealousy, arrogance, pride, all these
things are defects of the heart. And long before you come out and try to you know, help people out
and try to tell people to stand like this and salah and do sell and so on and so forth before it
becomes physical. Get the get the internal and intrinsic right first my a lot of will
		

			support you and guide you and guide you so next week in sha Allah Allah.
		

			We will start past the 20 of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and discuss his marriage to our
mother.
		

			Khadija Robledo Allahu taala Anna and his family they, for fulldome, Appleton taco Hassan and Femina
La Hoya intercoast, a town from enough to shaytan was Salam alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh