Yousef Bakeer – The Prophet’s Dua At Taif

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one of the most beautiful dies of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa

sallam was in a life.

And to give you a little background about this, the Prophet

sallallahu wasallam was going through a very difficult time of

his life. That year we call it arm will host the year of sadness. And

this year Rasulullah sallallahu sallam was going through a lot of

hardships, multiple events happened, multiple life events

happened throughout this year. He lost some family members. His

Sahaba that was status was not at the best. They were struggling as

a minority of Quraysh. In Mecca, his Sahaba were tortured, he was

mocked. He was actually you know, he got tortured as well. It was

rough time. It was very rough time. So his own people, his own

family, actually are the ones who put him through that painful

journey in Mecca in this year.

So Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam figured that he can

actually seek help and seek assistance outside of his own town

outside of Mecca. So he decided to go to a thought, which is a town

or a city that's very close to Mk.

Now Prophet sallallahu Sallam had high hope, is carrying the message

of Allah subhanaw taala. And he had high hope that the people of

thought if eventually accept his message, eventually accepts his

Dawa and give him that support and help that he seek.

But what happened is the total opposite people of Fatah if we're

more aggressive, were more cruel towards the prophets of Allah

Allah isn't. So imagine just you running a business and you're just

opening up a business, you're hoping in your first day for for

your business to arise for you know, people to be excited about

your own product, and you're opening that business and your

first day people are totally diminishing, all of the effort

that you have put, people are, you know, not very satisfied with your

message. People are putting you down about your own product that

you have been working so hard to achieve.

Prophet was carrying something more precious than just business.

He was carrying that the seller of Allah subhanaw taala.

So not only that, they rejected his message but he actually sent

even the children the slaves to chase out the Prophet sallallahu

Sallam to throw him with stones and to humiliate the prophets,

Allah, Allah Allah who was the Prophet sallallahu Sallam at some

point, he felt helpless and hopeless with these people. He sat

down under a tree. And then he made a very powerful, beautiful

dua. He just turned his face to Allah subhanho wa Taala and he

started speaking to Allah subhanaw taala and he said, very beautiful

words, powerful, beautiful words that we all need to memorize in

sha Allah Tala. Maybe today, I will just explain the very few

first words of that dua, he said. Allah Houma. Inni Asch qu e Lekha.

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Ya Allah. He said yeah, Allah I am very powerless, helpless. I

complain to you, Ya Allah, Ash, Gu la cabeza, Kuwaiti, I complain to

you, your Allah, the lack of my power, the lack of my Cova

I need your help, I need your assistance. And then he said,

buffer Kuwaiti working letter Haloti. I got no more strategies.

I've tried everything. It's not working.

Couldn't let a healer at will when he alumnus and the feeling that

people have I am insignificant in the eyes of those people. It hurts

because they're not seeing any value in me. They're not

acknowledging me. So he said he started out with three things.

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own power and power less and you are powerful. And then Basa

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it. I have no more strategies. Well, when you're Elena's how I am

insignificant in the eyes of those people. Now to give just quick

reflections about these three things,

three things that we can unpack from this beautiful, number one,

if you truly

running out of options, turn your face towards Allah. Ask Allah for

help. He is all hearing. And he's all saying he's the one who is

always going to listen to you regardless how much you're talking

to him, how much complaints or how many complaints you have towards

him. He's gonna listen to you.

Eventually, people you know will get tired. You have many

complaints, you speak to somebody who you trust, or you think, you

know, that person loves you. And you start complaining, they will

listen to you one day. And then eventually, as humans we have

limited capacity will turn off.

Allah subhanaw taala would actually listen to you regardless

how many days you want to talk to him, just open your heart and talk

to Allah subhanaw taala. So that's the first first thing. Second

thing he said, you know, how any Arlen Ness Allah, it's beautiful.

Because some of us we constantly seek validation from others. Some

of us we're constantly seeking recognition from others. Some of

us will only feel good about ourselves when we hear good

feedback about you know about ourselves from others Rasulullah

sallallahu sallam, he is shifting this, he's telling us Listen, the

only one who you should please is not the people is Allah subhanaw

taala because you're when you're constantly seeking validation from

others, it will actually lead you to feelings of low self worth, and

anxiety and depression, always thinking about what people think

of you. It's very tiring. And the Prophet sallallahu sallam was

telling Allah, Allah, Allah, I am a noble person, I'm a prophet. I

am aristocratic from Quraysh. And they're humiliating me. But you

know what, you are the only source you are the only one who I should

seek pleasure from. And if you're pleased with me, I am good.

Regardless of what people think of me, because I'm carrying the most

precious message, which is your message. And what matters at this

point is the pleasure of you Allah.

Will the salah Salah Salem was showing the human side of him here

Subhanallah it's really a learning moment. When we shift our thoughts

from constantly seeking validation from others, and you're only

seeking validation from Allah subhanaw taala will actually be in

a state of getting the pleasure of people as the Prophet sallallahu

sallam said, so you're the Allahu Allahu Akbar Ali calmness, you

only seeking pleasure from people, Allah is the One who has control

over people's hearts. So if Allah is pleased with you, he will

actually make people pleased with you with you as well.

That's the beauty of this dial. So again, few words, I want us to

remember at least this the beginning of the art because of

Allah, it's beautiful. And we should all always, always, always

putting this in the back of our head, once we go through, through

hardships or difficulties. Again Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam

said, Allah who met in the ash code like Ya Allah, I complain to

you Basa pulwarty, the lack of my power, the lack of my coworker I

school, like above a Kuwaiti were killed, let her heal it. I have

put everything all the strategies, all the plans, and it's not

working out. I want you to help buffer who what you were

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alumnus how, how am I insignificant in the eyes of Allah

in the eyes of the people and I want to be recognized by you your

Allah I'm seeking only your pleasure. Yeah, Allah. Allah

subhanaw taala make us some of those who internalize this

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