The Prophetic Blueprint: Guidance for Modern Living | Sidi Mohammad Alboni (Part 10)

Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Mubarak. Ra Mubarak to everyone. Inshallah. Um this is a special time of the year. This is really really really a special time of the year. A special month of the year. um that we grow in in a stronger connection to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and subhan Allah this time of the year as every year there's this usual debate about the mid soh was making some reflections about that and and subhan Allah one school would say um like you should not be having the mid the mid is a they are not in favor of the mid another school who is in favor of the mid and they encourage us to to really um be sincere in our love in our connection to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Um I hope it's obvious to which school I belong. But uh subhan Allah I was reflecting on this and there's this ongoing debate every year almost every year and I don't I'm not a sheh I don't have the the sufficient knowledge like to hold a rigorous debate on the topic but I wanted to give a perspective. So what is the mid? The mullet is a celebration of the birth of the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. This is something that we do out of love. And I will try to compare this to something that many people might relate to. Um I will think of maybe there are like three types of men. There's those who know their wife's birthday by heart. They mark their their spouse's birthday on on on their calendar. They plan and they put the effort and regardless how big or small their effort is, but still they make the effort to make their wife happy. And there's a second type who get notified last minute maybe from Facebook or something else and they will find out it's not as not something special to them. It's just another day. They might rush into getting something last minute. And there's Subhan Allah, there's this third type, those who don't even remember, don't even care to remember. Those usually are the ones who get the most trouble. But Subhan Allah, which one of these three types of men do you think love their wives the most? Subhan Allah. Which one of them show the most care to their wives? And and would you really blame them for that care? Would you really blame them for that love? The birth of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam is far a more important event than the birth of any one of us. Far more important than the birth of any of our wives. Far more important than the birth of all mankind combined. Subhan Allah. And the love that we should have that Muslims should have to prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam is far superior to to to our love to all of mankind combined. So why would you try to blame us for trying to show our love and try to sincerely show our lives at the at the midsh I come to the mids out of love and leave with increased love my like love ometer alhamdulillah is always increasing after attending such bliss gatherings and subhan Allah so I I ask forgiveness for people that follow either school of thought I ask for forgiveness from all Muslims but like really forgive me I I can't I don't even want to control it. I would listen to the the the the poetry of im where he said let us be. Let us be. Subhan Allah. If you are fair, if you were fair, you would not really blame us. You would not really blame me. A lover is deaf to blame. A lover would celebrate the birth of their beloved at least once a year. Some lovers celebrate the birth of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam every single day of Rabia. That's a blessed habit. Subhan Allah. Some lovers they celebrate the birth of the beloved every single Monday. They fast on Monday celebrating and following his sunnah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Some lovers celebrate every single day sending hundreds and thousands of salutations and salawats day and night on the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And for some lovers, every single moment of their life is emoted. Every single moment is a celebration of their beloved. Every single moment they have that presence in their hearts and they have that ma, they have that withinness with him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And those subhan Allah are on a completely different level. But subhan Allah, this is the core essence of of of our faith. This is the core essence of our religion. This is the core essence of of our tradition. Subhan Allah. This is a religion of beauty. This is a religion of love. And this is a religion of happiness. The the the the core foundation of Islam is is submission. And we think we might think that we are powerful, that we are in control, that we and we and we and we are capable. And the smallest germ that we can't really even see with the naked eye that would put someone into laying in bed, they can't even move a muscle. Subhan Allah. So we we we submit to Allah fully and and and we acknowledge our weakness and and that Allah do with us whatever you whatever he wills. Subhan Allah. And with that submission comes subhan Allah senerity and that calmness and that happiness that fills the heart. And if you are truly in that pursuit of happiness, this is the way to go. This is your your way inshallah. And alhamdulillah for being part of this tradition. So we continue with our study after this reflection and and actually I'm I'm missing out on a mullet that is happening at the moment. So I feel sad for not being able to attend. But alhamdulillah inshallah this is part of the celebration of the life of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and celebrating his s and getting getting to know more of of his way of life and and following his footsteps inshallah. So with that intention um we reflected last week on the events that took place in the first year after hijra and we talked about the the the migrations and the immigrants and and their struggles and in their life. But subhan Allah I was referring to them as immigrants and trying to relate to them but I was like reflecting even more like the our life as immigrants in this country is even quite different from their life. Um we are for the most part we are leaving our homeland by choice. We are people who are leaving for uh studying at a better school or getting a better job and we are living or still in the pursuit of the American dream versus in their situation they were forced to leave. So the muhajarin are actually closer to refugees than they are closer to immigrants. If you are looking for terminology and a state of mind and and their emotions, they are much closer to refugees. Our brothers and sisters from Afghanistan, from Iraq, from Syria, from Yemen, from all of these places where there's a lot of wars happening and they have massive love to their homeland. They don't leave their homeland by choice. They leave everything behind. They even leave their families. Even this is the case of Snuhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and Abu Bakr when they migrated they left behind their families. They did not take with them their families, their daughters, their their spouse and their and and they kept all of their family behind and they migrated to Medina. And and there are people still have that situation until our day and this day and even in the future. Subhan Allah. And especially for for people from from Mecca and like you can think of that longing and that sha and that uh just state of of really severe longing to the cabba. The cabba is not like any other place. This is a haram. Like for people who go on Hajj or go on on Omra, they go just for a few days and they spend a few days in Mecca and they feel a strong connection to the Caba. They they don't even want to leave. They just spend a few days and they already feel so much connected to the Cabba. They want to spend their entire life there. So how about the people who were born and lived and raised in Mecca for their entirety of life and they lived with the Cabba as an essential part of their life. Now they are pushed away. Think of that severity of that emotion of that longing of that feeling. Subhan Allah. In in like and subhan Allah we hear about stories of of the companions and and alabashi who is even not from Mecca. He's from Abis. Subhan Allah. He would compose poetry describing his longing to Mecca. And he and he would say Subhan Allah. He is like describing his longing that he would just if he can spend one night in Mecca. If he can just drink one sip of water from from the the the well of Maj and and as if he just want to just his lay his eyes on on the mountains of Shama and these are two mountains close to Mecca. Look at that description. Look at that sh and that longing. Subhan Allah. Even the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam himself when he migrated as he was migrating he he would say that sallallahu alaihi wasallam he's saying that this is the best land this is Allah's best land and this is the most land beloved to me and if your people have not driven me out of it I would not have left so think about that emotion and and think about the challenge that they go through and subhan Allah like the moment they the refugee set foot in the new land they might have that happiness that feeling of security that feeling of like I'm done with fear I'm done with persecution now I can live my life but days soon after it will sink in that longing like what did I do to myself maybe I I feel better living under war and under bombing and shelter and not have left my homeland. I came to a land that I don't know my neighbors. I don't share the culture. In in our case here in this country, I don't even share the language of the people. I don't share their tradition. What have I done to myself? And look at the state of depression that refugees get into. And at their time, they did not even have Google maps. Someone of of the Muajarin would leave their home. If they they really go far away in Medina, they might not be able to go back to the to their home, not really knowing the city or having a way to navigate and go about the the the the movements. Subhan Allah. So reflect on this and reflect about their suffering and relate to the refugees that we receive in this country in this time in this age. Be kind to them. Understand their experience. relate to their experience and like think of their struggle and be as kind as you can as possibly can to the refugee the refugees and to this community and support them inshallah and subhan Allah we talked a bit about the the other challenges that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam was facing in the first year he had the and these are the new Muslims from Medina and there's lingering hatred that still lives in in the hearts of some of them after going through battle after battle, war after war, bloodshed after bloodshed, that hatred still remains in the hearts of the some of the and and the and again to add to the presence of the Jews who had full control over economy and and and water and resources and the rise of the hypocrites that new faction in the society and the widespread even of a pandemic in Yre many most even all of some narrations all of the companions except for the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam they got sick. that kind of fever, that kind of sickness, that kind of pandemic that hit them in in Subhan Allah. And then when he sallallahu alaihi wasallam made the dua and the baraka of his dua, that that affliction that that pandemic was lifted that that disease was taken out of alhamdulillah. Subhan Allah. Think of the baraka of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam coming into Medina. like with his arrival, with his stay here in Medina, it's no longer that random city. It's no longer any city. It's the city part of that city is part of heaven. We know that subhan Allah that that the that part of Medina is part of heaven. If the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam did not migrate there, there would not be no Medina, none of that. Subhan Allah. So think of his blessings and his his his his baraka sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And then we talked about the actions that sallallahu alaihi wasallam he took to address those challenges. And the first one building the masjid and establishing then the brotherhood between the the muajarin and the ansar and the creation of the new marketplace for Muslims within the houses of of the people of and then drafting and writing that charter of of Medina that constitution that norm like formalized the relationship between every different faction of the society and subhan Allah then that finally changing the name of into Medina and How very very very important that was is that was for the the state of mind of these different groups that all of them they would have that ownership of this project. All of them they would have that strong association to it and all of this happened in one year. This is really this is really amazing. All of these accomplishments all these amazing achievements and it's still one year. This is how genius he is sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So now we talk about the second year and there were a number of events. The biggest event of the second year is the great battle of Pedrat Kubra. And subhan Allah this is not only an important event for that year. This is one of the most important events in the entirety of of the tradition of Islam that how that divisive victory and that importance of it. It's very very very very important event to talk about and we might not be able to finish all of the the the the details of the event today. So inshallah we might continue next week but we start so the great battle of better and we all know the story that the Muslims they went out to intercept the trade caravan of Abu Safyan that is coming back from Sham and they ended up facing an army from Quraysh that's between roughly 950 to a thousand fighters and when we tell this story when we hear this story one assumption might come to mind that the Muslims were not prepared for battle. This is not entirely true. So now let's talk about what sallallahu alaihi wasallam did in the first year in the second year after hijra that prepared them for that battle and that prepared them for the battle of better. The first thing that he did sallallahu alaihi wasallam that he wanted to assess the strengths of the Muslim community in Medina. If Quraysh were to attack them at any point there was a possibility. Could they really face Qur? So sallallahu alaihi wasallam he ordered something called at the time which is in today's terms this is census this is really really really amazing to see to look at his way of thinking and his wisdom sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So he instructed the the the companions to go and count all of the Muslims and then from all of the Muslims also count those who are capable of bearing arms. Subhan Allah. like he doing all of that preparation just for the building of that army and building for that force that now will protect the community of Islam at large. Subhan Allah. So he's determining his forces and then following the census was the establishment of a very special unit, a unit that was dedicated for reconnaissance or scouting. And subhan Allah, this unit composed of a group of men uh who are really really swift horsemen uh that were led by two commanders. Remember these names very very very well because when I mention when I mentioned this means that those are the scouts. Those are the people who would go very very quickly. They would go on paths. they would gather information and they would come back and bring that to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and and and this is very very important and we will learn about their um contributions for all of the expeditions all of the battles that the Muslims had and subhan Allah these two companions they are part of they are from the with Jenna they were giving glad tidings of entering paradise so very very very important uh companions and very important names to know about and know about their life and memorize their names names and their uh stories and their sas. Subhan Allah. And the final measure uh before the battle of better was the use of expeditions. So these expeditions were not primarily for like meant for combat but rather just subhan Allah just as as a way that the the the Muslims would show power and and they will imitate the enemies as a way to prevent bloodshed that uh the Muslim community has grown strong really. They are now sending troops here and there for expeditions and they are subhan Allah becoming a force to reckon with and they sometimes they pass by trade routes and that really provoked Abu Jah in particular he was like furious that seeing that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and the Muslims they have become a power that they would send expeditions like he was waiting for the the first opportunity to emulate eliminate Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and and really like seeking that kind of really hatred to toward them and toward their growth and subhan Allah we will see how that kind of blinded his sight and how that how this hatred contributed to the battle of of better happening subhan Allah with all of Allah's will so one might ask how many expeditions there were before the battle of better there were 10 different expeditions so you can think all of that training that the companions had all of that training to endure like the the the the desert and endure traveling, being uh always vigilant and and and just being trained on combat without even having to go into fighting. That's a lot of training for the companions. So all of that preparation was happening before the battle of Ped. So they had that they were ready. They were really ready when when the event happened. So then the event happened. So Abu Sufyan, he departed Mecca uh uh to Sham for the the the known trade that they do once a year to Sham. And this special year, it was really a special year for them because most of the wealth that was really consisted of stolen property of all of the companions, all of the Muslims who left Mecca. So they went, they took the houses, they sold the houses, they took the money as if it was their own. Like how ugly is that? And then they are even trading with it and they are going on a trade to to even make profits out of it. So that trade was massive that year and they and Abufan returned with really massive massive and significant profits. On the way back they were near Medina and they you know the path the trade routes they will come close to Medina and they will continue to their way to to Mecca. And here we would see a map that is describing that route uh where they are coming from Sham. They would come close to Medina and this is the route that eventually Abu Sufyan um alternated and took to avoid meeting the Muslims. Subhan Allah. Then the the the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he summoned the the the companions and he said Jirel informed me. So the battle of of better the initial command it was a divine command from Allah subhana wa ta'ala and sabrel conveying that command to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he is conveying that to the companions that jirel informed me that Abu Sufyan is passing now with his straight caravan returning from sham rise for perhaps Allah granted to you in another narration this caravan contains your wealth and and subhan Allah that command it was not obligatory It was limited to only those who were ready and capable and prepared. In one narration, the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam says, "Who is whoever had their mount ready and is able to join now, let them come." So it was very swift, very fast. Whoever is ready, let's let's head out. And subhan Allah based on the intel that was gathered by this count unit that the the discounting and the reconnaissance that we just mentioned that they came back with the information that this massive caravan was guarded only by 40 men. Subhan Allah. Imagine this and and and think about this. A caravan of over a thousand camel filled with wealth and filled with money and product and goods only got it by 14 men. 40, not 14, sorry 35, 40 men. Why is that the case? Why did Quraysh assign just a very few guards for that caravan? Because Quraysh, as we talked many, many classes ago that they had really um like they had authority, the religious authority over all of the Arabs. And all of the Arabs, they were very nice to their to the caravans of Qurish. Uh they would not really uh dare to attack them or steal from them. They will and the opposite they will provide them with aid provide them with food on their way and support them because out of the fear that their idols in Kaba if they do something bad it will might be removed or displaced. So the Quraysh they had that religious authority so they did not really guard their caravans. They did not even have the need to guard their caravans heavily. So that particular caravan was really lightly guarded and the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam ordered these prepared companions to set out. In response to this command there were 314 companions the of the elites of the companions. These are the the people of these are the the greatest of of the pe of the people. Subhan Allah. In some narrations they are a bit more or less but they are around 314 um men and they not all of them they had mounts. Um they some of them they had to walk. They had only with them 70 camels. And so you can do the math. Every three would have to almost share one uh camel. And it was a distance of 150 km almost 90 miles give or take. And each person then would walk for 60 miles and would ride for 30 miles roughly. And then they will alternate. And even Snuhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam the beloved he shared also a a mount. He shared a camel with snub and snib. These were young men at the time. So they went to him and they told him, "Oh messenger of Allah, you ride the whole distance and we we will walk." But sallallahu alaihi wasallam he responded to them and and he said, "No, you are not stronger than me at walking sallallahu alaihi wasallam with his fat and his strength. You are not really stronger than me at walking nor like I'm I'm in less need of the reward than you." Subhan Allah. This is this is amazing. Reflect on this for a minute. Allah subhana t have forgiving all of his sense sins sallallahu alaihi wasallam as if he didn't he had any sins to begin with and he elevated him and and and Allahh elevated his mention sallallahu alaihi wasallam yet he was eager for reward he was eager for the opportunity and in each and every single opportunity to for getting reward and getting that eagerness for reward should be within each and every one of ush especially after we have blessed seasons where we have for example the month of Ramadan or the first 10 days of of don't say that well I have done enough worship I have done enough recitation of the Quran during the month of Ramadan I have filled my my scale with a lot of good deeds so now I'll stop take take lesson from the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam do not accept a single day that pass by you without reciting even a few verses or even a single ver verse of the Quran sees on every single opportunity to to to do good and to gain good and to increase in in good inshallah. So Abu Sufyan now returning with this caravan Abu Sufyan also he had his own way of of getting intelligence. So he learned about the advance of the the the the he learned in advance about the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and the companions that they are coming towards him to intercept that carvan. So Abu Sufyan being the expert in desert he is and and and being really wise he reacted in two different ways. He put a plan a two-part plan. First he sent an urgent call for reinforcement to Mecca. So he sent a swift rider in the name of and at the same time so that person will go there and he will inform and he will try to bring uh reinforcements at the same time he changed the the route he changed and and altered that caravan route to steer it away from from Medina toward the the the coast area as we see in the map here that's near Jada in in today that's along the the Red Sea. Subhan Allah. And um subhan Allah we we see and and learn how this person that he was truly an effective communicator. It was really a good choice by Aufan. We have to acknowledge it. So what he did he put on a scene that really attracted the attention of all of the people of Quraysh. He rode his camel when he was approaching when he was on the gateways of of Mecca. He flipped his his camel and he rode backward on the camel. He wounded that camel and smeared its blood on it on its clothes and and he tore even parts of his garments and he entered Mecca while like beating himself and and wailing loudly and crying out loud and saying, "Oh people of Mecca, help people of Mecca." I want you to imagine the scene. Someone coming with this, it's a normal day and then suddenly someone showing up and coming with this way of of entrance and making that kind of wheeling and crying for help. That's that's a big scene. So people they start to follow him and they start to gather around him and he reached around the cabba and and he made sure that every almost everyone in Mecca would come and know what is happening. So they saw him and they understood that there's something that is very serious that have happened to the to the caravan because they know this person this he was with the caravan he was with Abu Sufyan. So he said that and he informed him with what is happening. He said Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam had set out to intercept that caravan and and you have to come and and help us. We have to come and save this caravan and save all of this money and wealth. And this is really now enraged Abu Jahal. You can think again of Abujah and how much he has been really furiated with all these expeditions even not being able to to prevent the Muslims from migrating and now he saw that opportunity. So Abu Jahal he starts really mobilizing forces and he gathered a thousand fighters about a thousand fighters in a short period of time he did not really waste any efforts there even with them they they were 200 200 horses subhan Allah comparing that to the army of the Muslims it was around 300 314 and they were like they were they had only two horses with them. Subhan Allah. Look at the difference. And then and the army of Quraysh, they were coming with full gear, full war gear, with full like arms and and and weapons and and all of the way that they can go into a battle. Subhan Allah. Not all of the people of Mecca, they were excited about this. Some they were really afraid to go out. Some would go and send someone on their behalf. And we will mention one person of that nature and that was because long time ago as we talked about the event of of Havesi who was a slave of and was torturing him and they put the stone on on in the heat of the desert and they really tortured him in ugly ways and sayal very calm he would say toya that the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam He said that we are the ones to kill you and subhan Allah he knows like they know that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam is the he is the trustworthy he is the truthful. Soya he was so afraid that he is thinking that this is the moment this is where that promise of of of will come uh to to fruition will come to happen. So he at first he was afraid. So he sent someone on his behalf, someone who he had like he had like bored that money that person had money borrowed from Omeaya. So says I'll forgive you. I'll forgive all of that money that I loaned you in in on on the other hand you would have to to go on on my behalf. And then Abu Jahal would not sit still and look at this happening. He want to bring all of the strongest men in Quraysh to go and fight the Muslims. So he would he would go to to he went to to Umeya and he would approach him and he will have bakur have this incense and he would go around him and try to give that scent to him and start to mock him and say ohya are you now burning incense like women they are staying behind like women and that really infuriated omea that really touched his honor and that like he know that he would not be really saved from that promise of sil So like he he eventually he decided to join but he told Abu Jahal it seems that you will take me to my death. Subhan Allah. He's realizing what what is about to happen. But out of fear of being labeled a coward, he eventually joined the army. And Abu Jahal's army, they set out of Mecca. And meanwhile, while this is happening now, Abu Sufyan is now really went far away from the from Medina and in a way he secured that caravan. He's far from the Muslims. The Muslims can really catch him in time. so he can continue his way to Mecca unharmed. So he sent another messenger, he sent another person to inform uh that hold on there is no need to come out. I have secured the caravan. Everything is good. Everything is is is okay. And subhan Allah when that person reached Quraysh with that second message of turn back, Abu Jahal refused. Abu Jahal like out of arrogance and and just being stubborn. He he swore to continue just driven by the the the pride and that desire to just make a statement. He said, "I will not return until I will reach the Muslims and I will defeat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and then I will gather the girls and will have them sing songs on their graves and on their bodies on their dead bodies and we will drink wine and let the Arabs know that we are still powerful. We are still to be feared for eternity." This is what Abu Jahal was saying. the primary concern for him is is the image of Mecca which has become really to weaver um like in the face of this rising power from Medina. So he was determined to go and crush that emerging threat and restore the the the dominance of of Mecca in the eyes of the Arabs. Subhan Allah. So now let's turn the scene and go to the Muslims and let's imagine this happening. The beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallams and the companions they are now receiving two piece of intelligence, two piece of information. The first one indicating that Abu Sufyan and the caravan they have moved far away. We can't really catch them in time. We can't really be there. We can't really intercept the caravan anymore. And the other information that oh on the other hand there's now an army a full equipped army is coming from Mecca and it's on its way. So what would you do oh messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam what would you do? So sallallahu alaihi wasallam faced with this situation like Subhan Allah even though they were setting initially just to intercept the caravan and now they're about to go into a battle he would never ever force the Muslims into fighting they love him and he know that they love him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So if he would command them they will sacrifice their entire beings their their entire lives for him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So he would always consult with them first. In every single battle, in every single opportunity, we will hear this phrase over and over and over again. Adise me, oh people. Subhan Allah. Allah describe this quality of of the Muslims in the Quran. Their affairs are decided by mutual consultation among themselves. Subhan Allah. This is a very very important tradition. This is a very important sunnah. Do not make a single decision no matter how small or big without consultation. Even if you consult one person, this is a sunnah and benefit from that sunnah and have the intention of practicing that sunnah, the sunnah of consultation, the sunnah of sh in small and in big matters. But again, this is not easy. Imagine imagine the two armies faced face to face a thousand fighters ready for battle and roughly 300 314 that this army have two 200 horses and this army has only two horses. I would imagine the companions in that scene they are looking at the 200 horses and they're looking aside and looking at the two horses on their side and yeah alhamdulillah at least we have two horses. That's that's good. Let's go. So it was not easy. It was truly not easy. And the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he gathered the companions. He discussed the situation with them that the caravan has escaped. But Allah has promised them one of the two outcomes. We read that in the Quran and I encourage all of you to read surahal all of the details almost all of the details of the battle of per inahal and the next time you read think about the battle of and try to live those moments as in some of these verses there's truly vivid and very strong description that Allah is providing in the Quran Allahh says Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Allah has promised you one of these two groups that it will be yours. That's Allah's promise. The first, Subhan Allah. The group is is the caravan. The other group is is the army. And the Muslims, the companions, they have wished for this unarmed, lightly guarded group to be theirs. Meaning that the companions, they had really hoped for that easy target. This is really natural. Again, thinking of the difference in in in in in like in numbers and in equipment and in and in and really being ready for for battle, there's there's a big difference at least from the outside. So subhan Allah even say Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he sent and to scout the area ahead. They didn't they couldn't get really close close to the the army but they were able to capture a boy a young boy who was just filling water for for the army and they brought him back and they started integrating in in like they started questioning him and asking him and subhan Allah s Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam at the time he was praying. So I want you to to imagine that the the state of the companions and having that fear of now they have missed the easy opportunity and now we have about to face the first major battle in Islam. What would be their state? So they start questioning the boy what group are you from? Are you from Abu Sufyan's caravan or are you from Abujah's armies? The boy says I'm from the army of Abujah. So feeling that answer they did not really hope for that answer. They would start like beating the boy and they would start questioning him again and they would ask him like are you from the army of Abu Jahal or are you from the caravan of Abufan and then he would say out of fear he don't want to be beaten anymore he would say I'm I'm from the Abuyan's caravan and then Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he finishes his salah he finishes his prayer and he would turn to the companions and tell them like when really tell when he is telling you the truth you beat him and when he is lying to you you you leave him. Subhan Allah. So I want you to to to look at his way sallallahu alaihi wasallam and how he would be able to deduct and get that important information from that boy. So he says bring me the boy. So they they they sent him to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he asked the the the boy how many are they? So the boy replied I don't really know the exact number but they are they were they are many there are truly many people. says subhan Allah look at the wisdom look at how genius he sallallahu alaihi wasallam he so he would ask the boy how many camels do you slaughter every day for food you know it's a long journey from Mecca to Medina so they they would need to find a way for to to like to feed that entire army so they will slaughter some of the animals with them to feed that army so he sallallahu alaihi wasallam asked him asked the boy how many camels do they slaughter every day for food and the boy said in one day we slaughter nine in another day So we slaughter 10 and s Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam turned to the companions and he said they are between 900 and a thousand subhan Allah with even that precision and he got the number right sallallahu alaihi wasallam just from that question that one question subhan Allah and he he is not concerned sallallahu alaihi wasallam he he is confident and have that 100% certainty in Allah's victory then he would ask the boy who is among them who is among that army and the boy started saying several names of these prominent figure, these very strong and famous fighters says and this and that and with every single name the companions and their they have their their face really lose color and turn pale. And Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam on the other hand like these are the most powerful men in in in Qur. So he will turn to the companions sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he will smile and he will say Allah abbar Mecca has thrown its most prized sons at your feet. Look at his confidence sallallahu alaihi wasallam. This means that Mecca has sent its most significant powerful leaders. Now their defeat will be a divisive blow. when we defeat them this this round, they would not really be able to to to face us anymore. If they have brought their most the strongest people among them and they will lose, they would not have a way around us anymore. And and sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So again, subhan Allah, look at Allah subhana wa ta'ala and and and Allah how Allah give the openings when the Muslims submit. When the Muslims submit to Allah subhanaa tala and to his will and to the will of his beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam Allah start giving openings and we see the victory. So the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam again he is gathered with the companions and he's saying advise me oh people Abu Bakr stood upr the always the initiator. So he stood up and he said proceed oh messenger of Allah we are with you. So Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he replied to Abu Bakr and he said may Allah reward you Abu Bakr and then he asked again advise me oh people. So the strong he stood up and he said the same thing. Proceed oh messenger of Allah for we are with you. And the same response from the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he told him may Allah reward you Omar ask again advise me oh people. And there was a companion by the name of who stood up and said something that is really really quite remarkable something amazing. He said proceed oh messenger of Allah by Allah we will not say to you what the Israelites have said to Moses. Go you and your Lord go and fight while we remain here sitting. And we would rather say We would rather say go you and your lord and fight and we are fighting alongside you. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Who is narrating this hadith? Who is narrating this incident? He would say I wished I had done nothing in Islam with the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam except that I have said these words. Subhan Allah. These words, these words you would write with musk, you would write with gold. These are beautiful, beautiful words. And then he's basically comparing the the the reaction of the Israelites to to to their prophet and their and and comparing the nation of Muhammad to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And who made that comparison? Remember this named and when the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he heard these beautiful words his face was was shining out out of out of delight sallallahu alaihi wasallam and subhan Allah subhan Allah like he was pleased by by these words but yet he still asked again advise me oh people so the first three people and all of them they were from the immigrants, they were from the majarim. It's as if Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam would not really commit to to war and bring all of these people with him without having also the opinion of the and having their say. So he he is the leader of the he stood up and he said um it seems that you mean us oh messenger of Allah and S Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam responded yes. Say, "Proceed, oh messenger of Allah. We have bledged to hear you and obey you in everything just as we bled at at the pledge of the remember the words that they bled to him sallallahu alaihi wasallam that they will sacrifice everything for the cause and and and and and they will obey him." So he continued and he said, "By Allah, if you were to take us to the sea and walk into it, we would walk into it with you. Not a single man from us. Not a single man from the Ansar would stay behind. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Like imagine and think about this. The Arabs they really feared the sea. They don't live most of them they did not live by the sea. So they don't really know how to swim from someone who is from the desert making that analogy. This is just showing the commitment showing how much they how far would they go just to to be with the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and and give him victory. So subhan Allah um Subhan Allah Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam now hearing all of these words and and and now that Subhan Allah that really brought joy to him sallallahu alaihi wasallam like subhan Allah this is really really important uh that like the the companions they are showing their love the same way we try to show our love with the mullet. It's not really that comparison it's it's not the same. is definitely not the same but we can really be with them and and live that moment. So with all of our weaknesses and with all of our shortcomings at least we try to celebrate him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. We try to celebrate his companions and Allahh says in the Quran also. Subhan Allah. Like we really ask Allah subhana wa ta'ala that on the day of judge of the day of judgments that when we are meeting the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam that you are able to bring joy to him sallallahu alaihi wasallam because he sees our actions. Allah subhana t will see our actions. His beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam will see our actions and the Muslims will see our actions. So I want you to imagine yourself at the day of on the day of judgment you are standing with those elites, the companions, the martyrs, the the the scholars, all these great great Muslims and at this grand gathering and the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam is embracing all of these heroes and where are we? Are we just standing on the sideline saying, "Oh messenger of Allah, we loved you." But then he would ask what did you do? What did you do to show that love? Subhan Allah. This is the work that every single one of us we need to think and bring that intention to the to the action that we are doing this action to please Allah subhana tala first and please his messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam and please the Muslims because all of them they will be seeing our actions on the day of judgments. So like we should strive to be with them. We should not just be content sitting on the sidelines in that day on that scene not only with love but also with action because we can't really bear and bear that kind of to be distant from him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Inshallah love alone is enough. We know the hadith. We know and we believe in it 100%. But we and like we should show some action to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam that we took some action based on that love just to please him and just to make him happy and see him smiling to us inshallah on the day of judgment. So after all of them and all of these positive words and and support and proceed oh messenger of Allah we are with you as I mentioned when this submission would happen the the victory will come and the divine support will start to unfold. So like let's look at the at the miracles that happened. The first thing that happened is slumber, sleepiness, dizziness. Uh that's really struck all of the companions, all of the army of the Muslims. And then the rain that happened. Subhan Allah. And first that slumber that will bring a sense of a calm to the companions. They were truly afraid. They were fearing for themselves, for their lives, for their faith, and for the entirety of Islam. they had a big big big weight weight on their shoulders and subhan Allah think of someone who is in fear would they be able to go to sleep they would say like I have lost sleep because of my worry and I'm thinking about this and I'm thinking about that they would not be able to go to sleep the night of the battle so Allah subhana ta he would lay down that sleepiness and that dizziness and that slumber that will fall upon them just subhan Allah to calm them and and that's a reassurance from Allah subhana w t'ala uh that that he even send the water from the rain to to to be purify them and subhan Allah in in one narration one of the companions he would narrate and say that he was being set guard on on on on that night and he would say my sword fell from my hand nine times that night because I kept do dozing off. Subhan Allah. He's like guarding the troops, guarding the ent entire army and and trying to stay awake and that out of slumber out of just sleepiness the the sword will fall nine different times and we read about this in the Quran as well. Allahh says that Allah subhana t made that slumber then made that sleepiness fall upon you to as a reassurance from him and send down upon you from the sky water to purif purify you and to remove the filth of Satan from you to strengthen your hearts and to make your feets firm. Subhan Allah. that that that's number that dizziness it was probably the best sleep that any one of them ever had. That's the best night of sleep because that sleep it was a gift from Allah subhana t to them at that night. So they can basically they can wake up the next day they can be with full strength and they can be ready for battle. And the second thing as I mentioned as a support that Allah provided rain to them. So I want you to think and and and we'll probably ask what is the significance? What's the impact? was the significance of of rain coming down on them. Subhan Allah. To understand its significance, we need to look at again at the at the map and understand the positioning of the two groups. The Muslims they were the companions they were positioned in an area in the valley called while was positioned in another part of the valley called and the nature of the land of these two different positions the is different. Subhan Allah. But when the rain came that sandy land where the companions and the Muslims were, it become really firm. It stabilized and and and and they were able to stand. They were able to walk easily and it even stabilized the the legs of their camels. Before the rain they were struggling because it was sandy so they their foot and the camels foots will will really go into the sand and it was hard for them to move. On the other hand, in the Quran, that rain turned that land into mud. And you can imagine now because all of that kind of um supplies and excess armor and all of the weapons that they had, it way would weigh them down and they will struggle to move, struggle to move with the mud. Subhan Allah. So you can see how Allah subhana ta subhan Allah like he's subhana wa ta'ala his words are amazing. He would describe this scene in the Quran in a different verse from the same surah. He would say, Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. When you were on the on on the near side of the valley and they were on the further side and the caravan was below you, basically that caravan, it's in reference to Abusfan's caravan that is below them. It's far from them. They can't really reach it anymore. Notice how these verses describe the situation again in in really precise details. And if you had made an appointment to meet in that location, you would have failed to keep it. Subhan Allah. But it's Allah's will and it's with Allah's might that he would accomplish the the matter that is already distant. Subhan Allah. So again, the slumber and the rain. And now the third point that came to their aid is really a brilliant idea from one of the companions that was inspired by Allahhana tala a companions uh a companion with the name of Mundhah he he was really skilled strategically in in thinking about planning and he came forward as Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he was stationed the army in in one area. So he went sabb he went to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he is just a simple soldier think about this he's just a simple man going to the commander of that entire army the commander and chief and he's saying oh messenger of Allah is this a place that Allah has commanded you to settle in or is it just a matter of strategy and warfare do you understand the significance of whatab is saying um subhah sabab He he is basically saying that if this is a command from Allah, I'll just keep shut I'll remain silent but it's just an opinion. It's a matter of strategy. I I I really have an idea. I really have a good idea. I will I would love to share my thoughts. And subh this is how s Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam this is how the beloved raised him. This is how he gave them the Arab like anyone can speak up. Anyone who have an idea can share his idea or her idea. This is truly the freedom of speech. Subhan Allah. Not in a situation that one would be afraid to speak and they will be cancelled or they will lose their job and or they will lose their status. Subhan Allah. How he sallallahu alaihi wasallam gave them the confidence and the security to be able to speak their minds. So Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and look at his reaction. The commander of the entire of the army being now given an idea by just one man, one soldier. So what would you imagine his reaction is was so suhammed sallallahu alaihi wasallam he turned to him and he smiled and he said it's actually it's a matter of opinion strategy and warfare soab he said oh messenger of Allah this is not the right place for us like subhan allah subhan allah like imagine he's telling even the commander that you have made the wrong decision and I have a better idea so Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he asked him what's your opinion? So he said and this is happening in front of all of the companions. He said that this area of Beder it has several water wells and we should really go and demolish and destroy these wells except for one well that we will keep behind us. Basically his idea is that we will narrow down all of the sources of water and we are securing that source of water when the the the army of Abu Jahal and the army of they come in they have been on a long journey on a probably like a six seven days journey u more or less and they are probably thirsty they are expecting to see water they know the area they know there's a lot of wells and suddenly they will see no water what will happen to them what will happen to the moral So S Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he he was really pleased by by this idea and and and he acknowledged it. He was really impressed by this suggestion and he said this is a good opinion and he ordered all of the wells of better to be destroyed leaving only one behind them and the companions they set out to demolish the wells. Exactly doing this and subhan Allah exactly what they they they planned happened when the masses of Quraysh arrived and they found no water they were enraged. They went out of their mind. Even one of the Qurayshi people, he was extremely thirsty. He like started charging towards the Muslim. He's not seeing truly with his eyes. He's like just saying, "I'm going to either drink or die." And says, took care of him. Subhan Allah. So you can think of how their morale, the morale of the army of Abu Jah plummeted. And the Qurayshi people, Subhan Allah, they arrived and and and the Muslims, they arrived before them. And St. Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam before the battle commenced he started forming the rows by himself sallallahu alaihi wasallam the leader is forming the rows and and setting people in positions. So he formed the Muslims in two different rows. The back row is for archeries for for for archers. And the front row is for swordmen. And the swordmen will they basically they will just uh duck and the the people behind them they will start arrows basically breaking the formation of of the people and and uh causing panic to the mushik. Allahbarbah. It's a call for so inshallah we'll wait just a couple minutes and then we'll just continue and briefly and we will stop inshallah for today. So we continue inshallah and and I'll just share one more story and we'll stop inshallah before the the the prayer of for so Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam again he's lining up uh the the Muslims in two rows and all of the companions they adhere to their position except for one I think they are calling for a prayer okay we'll stop inshallah here for this week and we'll continue inshallah next week. Keep us in your dua.