The Prophetic Blueprint: Guidance for Modern Living | Sidi Mohammad Alboni (Part 11)

Muhammad. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. We meet again uh to continue with our study of the S the S of the best of the creations, the S of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And last week um we started talking about the events uh that took place uh leading up and eventually to the beginning uh of the theatra the greatest battle of Subhan Allah. And we learned about all of the preparation, all of the hard work that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and the companions in Medina did in a preparation that led them to be ready uh physically and spiritually and and mentally to be ready for that u new path, new chapter of the Muslim when they are now uh defending themselves and they are now fighting back. Alhamdulillah. And some of that the preparation that went into uh the the the second year uh of of the hijra um that we talked about last week is the census where the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam ordered uh the the counting of the Muslims in in in Medina and and of those who are present there who is able to bear arms and who is ready if something to happen who is ready to join and then the creation of the reconnaissance unit that unit uh that is now would go and scout different places, different path, different routes and they would gather information and they would bring that information u to the to the to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam to the commander and chief and the last u kind of preparation that we mentioned is the the expeditions where the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam will send these smaller groups of companions on on different to go on armed to go on different route on different paths. not seeking combat uh but just showing force and showing that the Muslims now they are growing in in strength and growing in force and also to prepare um and train the companions to train them for endurance for patience for just getting to to to get some of that type of a skill. Subhan Allah. And then we saw the events leading up to the battle leading up to the battle of Bedr where the Muslim army they set out initially to intercept the caravan of Abu Safyan returning from Sham. And then how Abu Sufyan when he learned about the the Muslims coming to intercept the caravan. He sent a messenger in the name of who went to get reinforcements to get help from Quraysh. and that um Abu Jahal when he is learning about the Muslims coming out he was just furious and he started to mobilize forces and he gathered all of the people that he can gather and the the Quri army that was about to set out. Meanwhile um Abu Sufyan he managed to take an to change the route of the caravan take it away from the path uh of the Muslim and secure it basically. So the Muslims coming out of the Medina, they can no longer reach that caravan and he sent another messenger uh to to to Mecca to Quraysh saying that the caravan is safe. There is no need for you to to to continue go back. But Abu Jah and his arrogance is insisting that um we would go and we will eliminate the Muslims. This an opportunity we would go and and and really uh put down uh the the Muslims and kill the Muslims. Subhan Allah. And now there is these two groups, these two parties, these two um armies, the army of Abu Jah, the army of with about 1,000 um armed fighter fighters fully equipped with with with gear and with 200 horses and sallallahu alaihi wasallam with 313 companions and only two horses and subhan Allah they were they were set out of Medina initially to intercept the caravan. So they they did not really have that full full kind of uh uh gather all of the troops, gather all whoever was ready joined at that time. And subhan Allah the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam would not really force the companions to go into war to go into battle to to go into fighting. So he would say what we will often hear quite often in his journey. Advise me oh people and subhan Allah we saw the great companions that and their reactions that put a smile on his face on his blessed face sallallahu alaihi wasallam we're showing like really exemplary support to him and we heard about saying to him oh messenger of Allah by Allah we will not say to you what the Israelites have said to to Moses go and your lord and and fight and we will remain here sitting rather we would say go and your lord and fight we will be fighting alongside of you. Subhan Allah. And then and how that brought sm smile to s to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And we were hearing about saying proceed, oh messenger of Allah. We have blessed to to to hear you and to obey you and to follow you in everything. This is the bledge of that that the made with him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. By Allah, if you would take us through the sea, we will walk into it. Not a single man will will will fall behind. Cut ties with whomever you wish. Make alliances with whomever you wish. Fight whomever you wish. We will stand firm in battle. Subhan Allah. Unwavering when facing the enemy. Look at the and look how much they had love to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and really had unwavering really support to him sallallahu alaihi wasallam and to the Muslims. And he would conclude his his statement saying perhaps Allah will show you from us what will bring joy to your heart. Like look at their priorities. Subhan Allah. The priority is they want to please Allah subhana tala. They want to please his beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. That that's their goal. That's what they wanted to achieve. They wanted to make something that they would feel brought of that I brought joy to the heart of the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam. really true role models. These are the people that we need to take as role models for our youth, for our children. We need to put their names on on on walls and and read their stories and really live their lives and understand their lives and and follow on their footsteps. And subhan Allah, we saw after all of that support, all of that great statements from the believers, Allah provided the openings, subhana wa ta'ala, that he provided the companions with slumber. the night of of the the battle, they had the best sleep that they could ever had that night before going to war. And then Allah supported them with rain that purified them and made the land firm underneath their their feets. and subhan Allah inspiring with coming with that really winning strategy that amazing strategy that they will will control the water resources and they will will shut down or or or like bury all of the other wells outside of that area. So the the army of Quraysh would not have water to drink except for that one well that is protected by the Muslims that is behind the Muslims. And we hear we heard towards the end how the the the Quri army when they arrived subhan Allah that that exactly what happened to them and they were in really shocked by that they don't really have even access to water. So how much that brought uh to their morale taking their morale low and then we heard about the strategy of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam what his fighting strategy that he would organize the ranks of the companions into two rows. He instructed the back row those are the the archery those are the ones who would throw arrows and then the the front row is for swordmen. So basically the strategy that those in the front they would crouch and then those in the back they will unleash a lot of arrows which will really put a lot of chaos into the the Quri army as the battle is starting [snorts] and this strategy required really precise required a lot of precision in the alignment. they would need to be lined up really really well. And this is where we stopped last week. We were starting to say that the amazing story of that happened to him when the the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam the beloved was lining up uh the the companions. So that story that Sna Sawad when the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he was commanding them to sit in that row in that formation and Saad stepped slightly forward. So the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he approached him and he said align yourself oh Sawad. So Sawad complied returned to his position but soon after he would step forward again. And the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam repeated that command. and he saw him and he say align yourself or sawad and then sawad soon after he stepped the third time. Subhan Allah. This is a very serious moment. The Muslims are about to go into the first the very first fighting uh w with the non-believers. This is a very serious moment. So the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam now firmly correcting him understanding that seriousness of that situation. So he would take a miswak and he would lightly lightly like book sah sawad with it and say align yourself. O sawad. Subhan Allah. Look at the gentleness of s Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Even in such a very serious moment this is how he reprimanded or he he was teaching them or giving them the adab with the siwak. Subhan Allah. Look at the way we we teach our children or we reprimand our own children like we ask for Allah's forgiveness and that we follow the ways of the the way of the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Then what did say in return? He said, "Oh, you have hurt me, oh messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam." Subhan Allah. Look at how much love, how much leniency the companions enjoyed from the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. He's the commander-in-chief and we are about to go into battle and now you're saying, "Oh, I'm hurt. You poked me. I'm hurt." Subhan Allah. And what's the the the response of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam? He uncovered his blessed stomach, his blessed belly and he said, "Take your reputation, oh Sawad." So Abu Saw seeing that great opportunity, he bent down and he embraced the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. He hugged him and he start to kiss him from his stomach. And the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam asked him what made you do this oh sawad and sawad replied sawad said oh messenger of Allah I feel that today is a day of martyrdom and I just wanted the last thing that I ever experienced in this world the last thing that I want to have that experience that would remain with me when I leave this world is that my skin will touch yours Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. And indeed, he was one of the first martyrs of the battle. Subhan Allah. I was just sitting and reflecting on this like the battle is about to start. This it would like how would it even be possible for Satan Saw to get in touch and touch the skin of Satan Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Like think logically. This is not the right time. This is not the right place. It's not the right moment. But then Allah made it that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam would poke him with the siwak and then and will get what he wanted what he desired. Like what made all of this happen? Only Allah knows. I truly feel and believe this is the sincerity of Sawad that he was so sincere in his love to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he asked Allah that he wanted that to happen to him and out of that sincerity Allah allowed it Allah allowed it allowed saw to be as close as the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam to be touching his skin. Allah is the most generous. Inshallah Allah will not let us down. Allah we ask Allah to fulfill our desires and in in this war before the hereafter we need to have that sincerity in our relationship to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam we just don't say it with words we say it and we believe it and have the full certainty in the heart that we love you messenger of Allah we want to be with you we want to see you we want to just follow you we we just want to live away a life that bring joy to you and bring smile to your face sallallahu alaihi wasallam >> [sighs] >> So now again looking at the other group, one group who is getting their desires fulfilled, getting the best night of sleep that they could ever had, being really fresh and ready for battle and the other group with their low morale and just desperate and and Abu Jah now is sensing despair in their faces. they have especially there's no water and they were tired from that journey from from Mecca to Medina to or to the place of of the battle in better. So now he tried to rally the troops up. He tried to raise their spirits and he was attempting even to give legitimacy to to to their war to their um goal and to their um um initiative. So Abu Jal he started to pray like Subhan Allah this is this is amazing like Abu Jal the leader of of the the politist the leaders of the disbelievers is making dua yes Abuj he raised his hand and he called on Allah and he said oh Allah Allah oh Allah subhah Abuj like look at the look at the tawa look at the party now Abujal is making dua subhan Allah and he says oh Allah whomever among us is upon falsehood. Destroy them this morning. Subhan Allah. Imagine Abu Jal is calling upon Allahh and asking and making dua. And this is an like how we would know even about this. This is an authentic hadith. This is an authentic narration that is narrated by some of the people from Quraysh who witnessed that incident and they become Muslim much later and they conveyed that to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So we know that with full certainty. This is all authentic hadith. And then Allah provided the response in the Quran. We read about the response of the dua of Abu Jah in the Quran when Allahh says Subhan Allah. Like whom Subhan Allah like Allah if if you are asking for judgment Allah's judgment will come to you and and your forces will not avail you. They will not save you. They will not do you any good. No matter how numerous, no matter how much advancement of weapons they have, no matter how much numbers they have, when the judgment of Allah comes, the judgment of Allah will come and it will come swift. Alhamdulillah. So this verse, it was directed towards the the disbelievers and Abu Jah in in in that time. Meanwhile, Sah Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam entered his tent before the battle. Subhan Allah. So before the battle commenced, Sah Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam entered his tent and he started to supplicate. All of that preparation, all of that planning, all of that hard work. Now the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam would rely fully on Allah subhana tala. This is the state of the believer. We take with all of the means. We do all of our best and then we as if we have done nothing we go to Allahha with full humility and we ask for dua we ask for victory from Allah. So s Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he raised his hands high and he was bleeding and we learn from if we learn from succ oh oh Allah accomplish for me what you have promised to me. Oh Allah bring about what you have promised me. Oh Allah, if this small band of the Muslims is destroyed, you will not be worshiped on this earth. Subhan Allah. He would raise his hands so high and he was like full humility with his head down and making that dua. Even his his like placed claw clock would fall. Subhan Allah. We learn like we know he is our role model. How are we making our dua? Look at the adab. Look at the etiquette of making dua. Subhan Allah. We see this every prayer, every when the Imam now is making dua, they are making the announcements and they making the dua. Some people they are not even raising their hands. Some people they are just putting their hands on their on their legs on their just casually making that dua. Subhan Allah. Have that with Allah. Make the effort at least if you can't really have it very high and have that full humility at least raise your hand a bit just take the effort this is a great adab that we learned from the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and if you have that full humility inshallah have the certainty that Allah will answer those duas like we should have really that that respect towards Allahh not just have that kind of a different condition and making the dua and now we are saying why Allah is not accepting my dua what effort did you put in your dua in in the first place. Subhan Allah. So now fighting would commence. So but before the masses enga engage and the the the battle is full full on there was this known tradition in Arabia there before any full battle to happen there will be single combat. So there will be uh individual people who would go out just to show force to show of bravery and they will call out of people from the other army for that kind of a single combat. So three men from the army of Abu Jahal from the army of they stepped forward. the three people of the name of those are two brothers and the son of sobba and his son and his brother Shabba the three from the same uh family they stood forward and they came forward and they started shouting with all of their voices Mubares is there any challenger so immediately that same moment three men from the Ansar they leap forward you would Like why the Ansar? The Ansar have not been tested yet. The Ansar they they have they were eager to prove their commitment to the Muslims and their commitment to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. They are building within themselves this growing hatred toward the disbelievers. They live this first and second year after the Hijra just hearing about the atrocities and and the crimes and the torture and the and really the bad treatment that the Quri people were treating the Muslims in Mecca. So we're growing in hatred. They would say like is this really what did to you? Oh, is this really what what did to you a messenger of Allah? They just needed that chance. So as the moment came for them to prove themselves in single combat, they just rushed to respond. But one would question like those three people from Quraysh and now the three men from the Ansar like would they really know them? Like of course not. They probably have not seen them before in their in their life. So because they are from a different tribe, from a different city. So as soon as they saw them, they did not really recognize them. So they told them like you're noble, you're brave, we acknowledge your bravery, but we want our people. These are like and they are saying this like we want the Qurayshi Muslims, we want our own people to come forward. So just go and send us send us someone in instead from Quraysh. So the returned and they informed the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam that they need men from and subhan Allah at this moment we see the response of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. He would not say well let me save or spare my cousins or my family or my relative. Let me not sacrifice my family. I'm going to send someone else. No, no, no. He would just say stand up Ali. Stand up Hamza. Stand up. are the three three relatives to him. So his cousin sallallahu alaihi wasallam and Abdut and Abdut the three men from Benu Hashim they stepped forward and they answered that challenge and answered the call of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So Hamsa Hamza faced and Ali faced and stood before. So fighting be begun and as it's narrated within few minutes it was just very swift and they were killed and as for and the fight was more evenly matched. So they were fighting and fighting and fighting and and eventually each one of them dealts really a killing wound to the other and say fell as one of the martyrs of that battle. So snams and sni they they finished off his opponent and they carried and brought it back sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he was on the brink of death. He was like blood was just going out of out of him and he was brought to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam drenched in his own blood and they placed him on the ground and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam immediately said no no no place him on my lab su alaihi wasallam. And now subhan Allah is is is bleeding and and in and he's facing and seeing the face of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam now is is in his love and and he looks and and he is in his final moments what came out of his mouth is a question to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. You say do you think I have fulfilled my duty? Oh messenger of Allah. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Look at their state of mind. He felt as if because the battle like he was killed or he was struck down before the battle even begun. So have he done enough. So running of Allah do do you see that I have fulfilled my duty and say Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he would start to weep and and and tears would flow from his eyes from and and and filling his blessed beard and and and he would become really like just tearing up and and he would say three times, "Oh Allah, I I witness that Kharat has fulfilled his duty. Oh Allah, I I witness that Khar has fulfilled his duty. Oh Allah, I bear witness that has fulfilled his duty. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Just reflect on on on on that relationship that Satan Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam had to the Muslims. He to them like the father to to to his children. He cared for them and he looked for every chance to to save all of humanity and to bring all of humanity and and and save them from from from disbelieving and and from the the the the the punishment that they will have in the hereafter sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And on the other hand, how much care the the the believers how much love the believers had to him sallallahu alaihi wasallam like he died before seeing any of the victories. He didn't know what happened to the Muslims after that moment after that battle. He didn't say they didn't see Islam reaching America. This is all through their effort. These are these are the great people that fought and and and and really lost their sacrificed everything even their lives for just to raise the word ofah. We should really feel we should really feel the the and and think about their sacrifices and and try to learn these names and and put these names in our hearts and learn about their stories. Subhan Allah. So then fighting commence and now it's full battle is full like everyone is is is is fighting and he will take a handful of pebbles and or sand and he will pass it to Suhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam who would throw them at and said that not a single man from Quraysh remain except that some of that sand some of that dust entered his eyes subhan Allah from that bliss and and forceful throw of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and we see the words of Allah revealing in the Quran in you did not throw when you throw it's Allah who threw subhan Allah [sighs] and the fighting sorry to to to to really intensify and rage on and we will we'll go through some narrations from from this great battle of Pedr uh but just one note before we go in more detail that um it's hard to put these some of these narrations in sequence in time because like different fightings different Muslims happening in different places of this battlefield and they are reporting them back after the battle has finished to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So in terms of sequencing, it's not obvious what happened first for some of these events. But we know that Abu Jahal he was killed early on. How would we know and who narrates this hadith? He narrates the story of the of the death of Abu Jahal. He said that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam has placed him in command of the right section of the army, the right wing. And as troops they were starting to line up Abd Rahman he wanted to assess the strength of the people the strength of the group that is he's being the leader of he's being in charge of and he would look to to to his right and his left and he would look to his right and he will see a young boy he's only 16 years old and he would look at his left side and he would see his younger brother subhan Allah he was slightly younger in age like one might ask did the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam did the messenger of Allah allowed children to fight? No. But those two brothers, they had a they were personally tested by the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. They showed their strength to him and they even had a duel in front of him and and he found that they are capable fighters. So he allowed them to join. But yet he's now like seeing these two very very young Muslims on his right side and his left side like he thought like like maybe to himself he say I I I wish I have more capable fighters. He might say to himself like these are two very young men. Maybe the right wing might not do well in battle. But moment after one of the boys, he would reach out to him and he would tug his garment and say, "Uncle, uncle, where is Abu Jah?" And Abdman now, he would like he's amazed. He's just looking at him and and he said like, "What do you want with Abuja?" Like basically like go find someone of your size because Abu Jal is is a big big furious fighter. He's like fully armed head to toe and like he is even not by himself. He is surrounded by people who are protecting him. And that boy like responding to Abdman and saying well uncle my mother told me do not return home until you have killed Abu Jah. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. He they will tell him like we have heard that he used to insult the messenger of Allah. Subhan Allah. Like how dare you insult the messenger of Allah. Like subhan Allah look at the teaching of the mother. You you do not return home until you have killed Abujah and subhan Allah they will say we cannot really tolerate that he have insulted the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So they swear they said by Allah I will not let we will not let our shadows part away. We either kill him or he will kill us. Subhan Allah. Look at their love. Look at their immense love of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And the response of Abdman, he was really impressed by by them and impressed by their bravery. And Subhan Allah like as soon as fighting begun, he just pointed to them and said, "This is Abu Jah." And the the the two young Ansar they just they they they just shoot off and they start like going and and breaking through the ranks and and breaking through the troops that were protecting Abu Jah. And they reached to Abu Jah and they start striking him on his leg until he fell from his horse and they start like striking him and striking him and then they they were confident that that they have done accomplished their mission. So they rushed toward the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam eager to bring him that news eager to bring joy to him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. But Abu Jahal the son of Abu Jahal he was able to reach one of them and hit him hard that even his they would narrate that it cut off his entire hand that did not stop him. He did not want his other brother to reach the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam before him. So he did not even pay attention to his wound his severe wound and he was rushing with his his brother and they both reached the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and you say we killed Abu Jah we killed Abu Jah. Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. He said, "Who among you killed him?" And each one of them said, "I did. I did, oh messenger of Allah." And he said, "Show me your swords." And they presented their swords. And both of them they had stains of blood on their swords. So Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam will say, "Both of you have killed him." Subhan Allah. And we hear other stories uh that narrates. They said the fighting was so intense that we will take shield. We will take refuge in the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. He was the closest among the Muslims to the enemy. He would say he was the strongest among us sallallahu alaihi wasallam. In other narrations they talk about and how brave he was. He marked himself with a feather. So he is like recognized in in the army and he would just strike down the the the disbelievers. He would go from from one way to the other end and and and striking them left and right. This is and we hear stories of subhan Allah. He was eating some dates before the battle has full raged on before it's commence and before it started. He was just eating some dates just strengthening himself before joining the battle. And then S Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he was again encouraging the believers and he would say to them rise to paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth. And Smay he asked oh messenger of Allah a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth. Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam replied and said yes. Then he had those small days in his hand said and there's nothing between me and paradise is just and just martyrdom and these days and the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam said yes. So say no he was like questioning himself like this is indeed a long life as if I would wear I would want to live until I want to finish these dates. So he threw away these dates and and he rushed into battle. And he was fighting, fighting, fighting and he until he was mart martyed. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Just wanting to please Allahh. Just wanting to to please the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and wanted to be truly victorious. This is the victory that that that mattered to to be permitted into into Jenna. And subhan Allah, we hear other stories, other narrations among the Quri army. There were such people that they were ordered not to be killed. The messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam ordered the Muslims not to touch those people, not to kill them. One of them is in the name of Abu Baktam. We mentioned his name. I hope some people who are revisiting the S they remember Abu Baktam and what he did. He basically played a really critical role in ending the siege of Manu Hashab in in the valley of Abu Talib. So before the battle Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam instructed the companions that if you see Abu Bakr do not kill him. So the companions asked why oh messenger of Allah and he replied out of loyalty for what he did to us on the day of the document. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. We really learned the loyalty from the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And during battle Abu like Abu Bakti he was like could not really understand what is happening. It's like two magnets of of the of the same type. Like you push one magnet, the other magnet would run away. So he would like rush towards the Muslims. He want to fight them and they will just spread out and they would run away from him. And he was like really enraged. He wanted to show his bravery. He thought that like like what is wrong with me that they are not not attacking me? Is it maybe I'm not brave enough or like I don't know what went into his mind but he kept rushing and trying to uh follow them until he would follow one of the companions and the companion is is running away from him. They would even go outside of the battlefield of Bedr and eventually Abu Bakr he managed to surround that companion between rocks. He chopped him between box and his immediate like his first thing that he he wanted to do is just ask like why are you not fighting me? So that companion says out of loyalty for what you have did for the day of of of the document the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam commanded us not to fight you and not to kill you but he insisted on fighting and he tried to go and he said what if I fight you then the companion said I will just flee from you. I'll do my absolute best to flee from you. And then he attempted to kill him and he'd start like trying to strike him down and the companions had no choice but to fight back and he ended up killing Abu Hisham uh Abu Baktam but then that brought sadness to the heart of the companion now he's feeling that he have disobeyed the message of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam by killing him so he rushed toward the belie toward the Muslim toward the suhammed sallallahu alaihi wasallam in tears and s Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam will cond him and will will say to him like do not worry we have intended loyalty like we will will go out of our way just to be loyal but there are situations where we it's really out of your hand subhah so after the the death of Abu Jah after Abu Jahal was killed really terror overtookh the the whole Quresh army and they began to flee and they say in in some narration that the whole battle did not really last long it's only just a few hours so when it was nearing the end Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam will turn to Abu Bakr. He will say, "Rejoice, oh Abu Bakr. This is Jirel." Subhan Allah. Jirel has arrived with 5,000 angels. Subhan Allah. They are marked and they are ready for battle. Subhan Allah. We read in the Quran, Allah is saying, Subhan Allah. Allah sent them just as a good news, as a reassurance for their hearts. Why did Allah send 5,000 angels? Like it would have been sufficient that Snabil alone defeat the whole army. Like how would we know that? Because sad in a different occasion in a different time using only the tip of one of his 600 wings he just with one tip of wing he once lifted the entire city of loot the entire city of flot like you are flipping like you are taking a slice of pizza and and flipped [clears throat] it upside down with only the tip of one wing. So soil single-handedly could have defeated the entire army of Quraysh. So why why thousand angels? We learned that later on would would would ask the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he will ask him oh Muhammad how do you regard the people of Badr among you and s Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam will respond they are the best among us and sabre say and we regard the angels of Bedr as the best among us. Subhan Allah. This is an honor from Allah. Allah is honoring the angels in them joining ranks with the Muslims on the day of of of better that Allah describes in the Quran this day is the day of distinction a day that Allah separated truth from falsehood subhan Allah and the army as they began to flee naturally some of them they were really afraid to be killed so some of them they started to surrender they throw away their their arms and they're starting just thought to be taking us captives and among of these people one of them is he talked about last week and how he was forced to join by Abujal he did not want to join he knew that he was taken to his death because he was promised by that the Muslims will be killing him so he had this target on his back so he was desperate and he was searching for anyone just to take him as a prisoner as a captive so he would run Abdman and he he requested him to be captured So sad Abdman he took him up he tied him up and took him as prisoner. But soon lateral now seesah tied up as a captive and and he said I will not survive if he survives and he would run towards him intending to kill him. And Abdman now he like rushed and stepped between Snal and Umea blocking and because for the Arabs the captives they there was like a known rule they were protected by the capttor there. They are not allowed to be touched. So Sah Abdman will say I have I would not I will not let you raise hand over him. I have given him my word and s respond to him I will not have your word today. I will not have you bled today. I'm going to kill him. Subhan Allah. and and he couldn't really overcome him. He couldn't overcome. So eventually what he did he do he saw a group of young men from the and again think of the and think of what's going through their mind. He went to them and he said do you remember that person that I mentioned to you named and what he did to me and how he tortured me um in the days of Mecca. So they said of course we remember we heard those stories over and over again and he pointed to him and said that's him. So [laughter] the youth those youth they rushed towards Abdman and to surrounding him and wanting to to kill. So Abdman seeing all of this happening he tried to protect uh with all he could. So he threw him to the ground and he laid completely on top of him trying to protect him. Subhan Allah. But he couldn't really manage these young boys, these young men, these young fighters, they start like striking um from underneath Abdman. And that's how died in that really weak weak weak moment after he had that kind of arrogance and feeling that he is in control and he will torture people to death making them leave their faith and that's his ending. Subhan Allah. We hear more stories and try inshallah I'll try to wrap it up soon. We know time is coming. So we hear more stories now about the angels and how the angels aided the Muslims. So in one narration um the the there was this uh frails man of a small build. He was not really of a massive build was seen dragging behind him. Abbas obviously said that Abbas he was not Muslim at the time he was on the other side but Abbas he he's a large powerful man like everyone was looked at them and and they were like amazed how this small person small figure is leading behind him this massive mighty Abbas through the battlefield. So the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam even seeing this he smiled and he asked the companion like who who is this obviously he know him and the man said he was like very very proud this is my prisoner I have captured him oh messenger of Allah and then Abbas objected he said oh Muhammad by Allah this is not the man that captured me I I was seized by a tall man riding a white horse so Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam turn to theari cons like trying to to put him at ease and say, "An angel assisted you in in capturing him, in seizing him." Subhan Allah. And subhan Allah, we learn another story of another uh companion that that says, "When when they were rushing, I was really pursu pursuing a fleeing disbeliever and suddenly I was like rushing behind him trying to catch up to him. Suddenly I see his head fall from his shoulders and his head just rolling to the ground." So this companion like was really shocked. He look at his sword. His sword did not really touch that person and looked around. there's no one around and he would say what he would narrate this to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and and suhammed sallallahu alaihi wasallam will tell him that this is was a kill by the angel and and the and the final story that I'll share is from another companion that says that he engaged a disbeliever in really fierce fighting when he heard a voice from the sky calling out advance and immediately soon after immediately after he heard the sound of a crack of a whip you know like wow that sign of like a whip and that disbeliever in front of him just suddenly froze and collapsed to the ground and subhan Allah that's the striking of that angel we don't really know their ways and s Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam when he heard him that story he said this is this was an enforce reinforcement from the third heaven subhan Allah from every single heaven Allah subhana wa t'ala chosen and selected select angels to participate in this battle and give victory to the Muslims. Subhan Allah. So the battle ended and it ended with 70 uh of the polytheists killed, the disbelievers and 70 captive taken captive. So it's really hard to dig graves for each one of them. The Muslims were really tired. So Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam commanded the Muslims to dig one large uh place and bury all of the bodies of the slain fighters in in that in that. So once all of the corpse were were cast into that pit Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam stood on the edge of that pit and next to him was and he said Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he started to address the dead. He will tell them, "Oh Abujah, oh, oh assembly of Quraysh, what a witch a tribe you were to your prophets. You have denied me. You have denied me while others believed. You have abandoned me while others supported me. You have expelled me while others sheltered me." Tell me now, have you found what your Lord promised to be true? Subhan Allah. And he looked at Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam hearing these words and he looked at the dead bodies. He was just astonished. So he turned to to the messenger of Allah to the to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he asked him, "Oh messenger of Allah, how can you speak to them while they are dead?" Sah Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam responded, "Oh Omar, you do not hear me any better than they do." Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. This is yan. This is the battle that named the the the day of the the foran the day of distinction. It was a huge it was a big humilation for this is like really think about it. This is the the fierest fighters the the the the biggest of the leaders of of Quraysh. And this person, this man Satan Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam who was driven out of Mecca and within only a couple years, within one year, the second year coming now and now he established Medina. He established an army and now they defeated the most powerful tribe in Arabia. The leaders of the Arabs the like he sallallahu alaihi wasallam and the Muslims crushed all of these great warriors. This is these were not ordering men. These are not just like their names were known throughout the whole Arabian Peninsula for for their bravery and and and just being great warriors and Allah willed that all of them will be killed during that day. And with this victory Allahh ele elevated the status of of Medina in the eyes of all of the Arabs. The Arabs in their nature they respect strength and now many people they become began approaching the Muslims trying to inquire about the faith inquire inquiring about Islam and entering into the the fold of the Muslims. So inshallah we'll end we'll end here we'll continue inshallah next week with what happened to some of those captives that were taken by the Muslims and then the battle of in the next year in the third year of after the hijra and the the events preceded it and we'll just end with few lines of poetry. The adan is calling. So inshallah hear the adan and we'll continue with the poetry.