The Prophetic Blueprint: Guidance for Modern Living | Sidi Mohammad Alboni (Part 14)

Alhamdulillah. We continue alhamdulillah with our study of S. And last uh week we started with the events that took place in the in the battle of and subhan Allah we learned how the the Quri people after the the great loss in the battle of Bedr they started rallying up people and building a huge army under the leadership of Abu Sufyan and Abu Sufyan was able to gather 1,000 men 1,000 strong men um that would will go out and set out to face uh the uh I'm sorry 3,000 3,000 men will go out to face the Muslims which are which started with 1,000 Muslims. Subhan Allah. Three times the number of the believers and they're on their way. Um um the Muslims setting out from Medina on their way the we learned about the hypocrites and and in his group now retreating and betraying the Muslims. 300 disbelie 300 hypocrites out of 1,000 Muslims and now they ended up um being significantly smaller in number 700 compared to 3,000 subhan Allah and we learned how the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam how he stationed the Muslims um between the mount of and the archer's hill that is more of the like the bottleneck where uh they would have to face the Muslims in equal number they cannot really um circle them and and outnumber them. It was a genius strategy by the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. But there is one very critical component to that strategy that's the archers that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam assigned 50 skilled archers under the leadership of Sahub and their sole role their sole responsibility is to remain there and prevent any kind of maneuver and to go around the Muslims and go from behind them which initially succeeded. Subhan Allah. And we learned about the the formation of of the army of Abu Sufuan and the army of Qurish. They were 3,000 in number. And Abu Sufyan, he assigned the different wings uh to to different leaders. They assigned the wing on the left to Abah, the son of Abujal who was slain, who was killed on the battle of of Badr and the right wing to Khaled who was just this young star raising up from the the the tribe of Benu were known for just really a lot of uh fighting skills and fighting abilities. Um and subhan Allah we learned about initially and and alongside they formed this um group of three that would go and really take on this critical mission of taking down the the the barrier of of the the the disbelievers. And they went and they broke into the ranks and they went and they fought the people of Benu Abdar who their responsibility was to hold that that flag until they were able to take all of them out and the and the flag of the the disbelievers will fall in the battlefield and no one would dare to carry it afterwards. And subhan Allah then Allah granted the victory to the Muslims initially with just uh the the the disbelievers having their morale crushed and they're not able to really figure out a strategy against the Muslims. Every time and his 300 uh men try to go and maneuver and try to go and encircle the Muslims they would fail. they will be get pushed back by the archers and how the Muslims were really up to a great victory in the beginning of the battle just just a matter of just a few hours the the the the army just scattered around and they were just running for their lives even leaving their women behind who were there to to tend to the wound and subhan Allah just running for their lives and it was really a great victory initially um until this is what we even recite in the Quran and recite that verse today until everything switched when that there was uh that act by the the great companions who disobeyed the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. 40 out of the 50 archers on that hill. They saw that the the battle is is uh is is winning and and the battlefield is emptying and they really just wanted to get some of that um um bounty that they can really change their their life and change their financial hood. So subhan Allah they disobeyed the command of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam who commanded him to remain on that hill and they disobeyed um also their commander say and they went down and now seizing that opportunity and they rushed and they really went on that hill and they killed the the the 10 who remained steadfast the 10 archers and say they were the first martyrs from the Muslim armies Subhan Allah. Um on on that day just being on the wad on the on the promise of of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and eventually now with this happening and putting the the the flag of the disbelievers over that hill and announcing that the slogan of the idol worshippers exalt hubal and now seeing that now they will start to rally up the troops and they're getting their morale back together and getting their formation back together. And some of the 300 men they start to encircle the Muslims. This is what the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam was concerned about turned to happen and then that great victory initially turned into something that is different. Subhan Allah. It was very tough for the Muslims now being encircled and there were chaos and many of the companions many of the companions of the greatest of the Sabun they made the decision to to go back to Medina to retreat to Medina. Some of them they made that decision out of fear out of that chaos that happened and especially after was killed and the person that killed him said I killed Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So they that rumor start to spread and the chaos happened and they were feared that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam was killed. So some of them escaped to Medina just out of fear. Some of them escaped, went to Medina just to fortify within the city just to follow on the vision on the dream that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam had. And subhan Allah, this is where we stopped last week. We started to talk about some of the martyrs, highlights of some of the the the great great people who were martyrs on that day. It was a really tough day for the Muslims. They they nervate 70 of the great companions were martyrs martyed on on that day. And we mentioned some of those stories being one of the archers, the leaders of the archers. And then and everyone had a really unique story. Subhan Allah. And today we continue with the company of the martyrs. We continue with Abdah. Subhan Allah. It was narrated that before the battle of he was in in the company of his companions they were sitting there in a gathering. It was the night of the battle and they're just making dua. They are just making supplication. Everyone is raising their hands and they are making their supplication to Allahh to grant them victory. So one of the men in that gathering he made the dua. Oh Allah, I ask you to grant me tomorrow a man from the disbelievers who is really fierce in battle and I'll fight him and he will fight me and I will kill him. Subhan Allah. And then the one next to him now they are competing. Subhan Allah. They competing in in good. So he wanted to compete and even asked for more. So he raised his hand and said, "Oh Allah, I ask you to grant me two of the disbelievers tomorrow. Two fierce fighters that I fight them and they fight me and I kill them." And then it was the turn of Subhan Allah. And he made his his hands and he made the dua. He said, "Oh Allah, I ask you to grant me tomorrow two men from the disbelievers. Both are fierce in battle and I'll fight them and they will fight me and I'll kill them." Then oh Allah grant me a third person person who is really fierce the most of the fierce of the disbelievers who would kill me who would split open my belly cut off my nose and cut off my ear so that when I will come before you in this state you will ask me why was this done to you my servant and I will reply to you oh Allah it's for your sake or or oh lord oh Allah and you will say to me you have spoken the truth. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Look at at at the way they were thinking they are even imagining how they would face Allah subhana tala and how Allahha will question them and what kind of response they would have for Allahhaala. This was his wish to be slain for the cause of Allah and to be mutil mutilated even in the cause of Allahhaala. And one of the companions was present um on on that night hearing all the supplications. He later said and narrated that during the battle of I had no concern but to go and see what have become what would have become of the supplication of Abdullah. And he says, "By Allah," he swears and says, "By Allah, after the end of the battle, we were we were burying the the the the the martyrs and I saw him killed, his belly split open, his nose cut off, his ear is cut off, and beside him lay two dead disbelievers." Subhan Allah. That exact same prayer, Allah have granted it to him. His subhan Allah his dua his sincerity made that to happen and to come true. Subhan Allah. So this is this is this is this day this day of it was really painful again just for the sheer number of of martyrs but at the same time martyrdom is good. It's a good victory. It's it's one of the two great outcomes. And so we we feel sad. We mourn the the the losses the big loss that the that that the their families had and the Muslims had in in in their in their martyrdom. But Subhan Allah they they won. They truly won. Subhan Allah. We continue with the next martyr saying alhamdulillah. Subhan Allah. Subhah. His story is amazing. He was on his wedding night, just returning from his wedding, being with his spouse, with his newly uh wed uh wife. And it was the night of his wedding when the Muslims head out to the battle of Aud. It was his wedding night, that same very night that the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam called upon the companions to march for forth. Subhan Allah. He he was at home with his wife when he heard the call. Oh mount up or Calvary of of Allah. And his response is he immediately immediately left his wife. His wife that someone would would just dream of that night and live their life to to have that great night of their their life and and he immediately left his spouse and went to join the the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and the Muslims. He was even in a state of ritual impurity. he didn't even spend the time to per to perform to to to be purify his body. Uh and subhan Allah he immediately left his wife in that state and he joined the the the Muslims and the next day the battle happening and a man would say that uh subhan Allah like he joined that battle and he continued fighting until he was martyed. And again after the end of the battle the the the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and the companions they were burying the the martyrs and suhammed sallallahu alaihi wasallam will look up to the sky and and he will smile and and say why do I see alhamdulillah between heaven and earth washed in a golden vessel by the angels subhan allah and and the companions they didn't really understand the reason so they went and they asked his wife who told them that this is what happened and he left while in he who was in a state of ritual in impurity and they went back and narrated this to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he confirmed that this is actually the reason why and from that moment on he was known to be the one the companion who was washed by the angels subhan allah subhan allah look maybe at our state today where if this would happen to a man in this day and age and the messenger of Allah saying let's head out. We we we have a mission to carry out. Then he might say, well, like yes, I'll I'll make dua for you or messenger of Allah, but I'll join you in a month. I'm I'm just going on my honeymoon, battles, expeditions, this and that. I'm sorry. I'm on BTO. I won't be able to join. I'll come later on in I'll join you after my honeymoon. Subhan Allah. Look at their their state for Alhamdulillah. He did not even wait for the next morning to come. Immediately in that very same night, he he took on to his mission to to to move forward and and fight with the believers. And we learn of another great companion who was not present in Medina during the the battle. He was in trade. He's a merchant. So he was just on business on trading and outside of Medina. And also the same thing happened to him on the battle of Bedr. When the battle of Bedr happened, he was also away on business. And when he returned and he learned about the great victory that the Muslims had on the day of Bedr, he was deeply deeply grieved and he was like mourning that he missed that chance. He missed that battle. So he said he made the dua said, "Oh Allah, he grants me another opportunity to fight alongside the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. He will see what I'm capable of." But again he's immersion and he how would he know when would be the time for the next battle. So he was out when when the battle of happened. But it happened that when he returned to Medina it was still that the battle is still ongoing. So he went there and he went to Medina and he found the city to be nearly empty and he went there and asked where is the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam and they told him that he has gone out to face and subhan Allah he immediately he went there and he prepared and rushed towards just preparing his his his mount and he rushed to to now when he is setting out of Medina who is coming back from Med from that battlefield it was the Muslims who returned back and and came uh towards Medina. Um and Subhan Allah he he saw them and he asked like where are you going? And they replied to him the messenger of Allah has been killed sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And subhan Allah look at his response. He told them like then what will you do with life after him? Go back and die upon what he had died for. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. I just want to reflect on that that state of of immense love that they had to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam like life is not worth living without the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam what would we live for we just go and die on his path sallallahu alaihi wasallam and subhan Allah I'm I'm reflecting also on their states after he sallallahu alaihi wasallam passed away after 10 years of after the hijra how much like the the sorrow and the grief that that they went through and and we we will inshallah get to that um to talk about that event. It was very very very hard on their hearts and their minds and how would they even imagine that being happening. Subhan Allah. So they he told them that statement and they all returned and they went back with him. And subhan Allah now rallying up all of these Muslims who went back and they were a cause for the eventually to to to to saving the the remaining steadfast with the Muslims and most importantly saving the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. as we will we will talk through the events how they started very very very few but gradually the numbers started to grow. So it was and his contribution to get them all back to to be with the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and it was narrated that once he stepped his foot in the battlefield he inhaled he inhaled deeply and said by Allah I can smell the fragrance of paradise from from this battlefield of subhan allah subhan allah that state that they were living and and he fought and fought and he fought fiercely until he was martyed This is the second to last who was the martyr that we'll talk about from this noble group of the martyrs is sad. He was a merchant uh from the Ansar. So he is from from originally from Yreb or from Medina. And despite his wealth, despite the luxury that a merchant, a good merchant will live, he answered the call of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Oh horses of Allah, ride forth. And subhan Allah, he knew he might die as a martyr and leave behind all of that comfort, but he wanted to give it all for the sake of Allah. And we will we see this happens to not just one companion to to two three four like to many companions who sacrificed their wealth and their livelihood and their lives eventually for just the sake of Allahh and to give victory to Allahh and to the religion and to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. This is the best of the people. Subhan Allah. How dare some people speak about them and and speak in ill about this greatest of of the people who walk the face of the earth. Subhan Allah. So this privileged merchant merchant, he went out and he fought and he was martyed in audit of the idol worshippers when they scattered and they were running out of the battlefield. So he went after them and he advanced until he even went outside of the battlefield and he was fighting fiercely and it was there when when he was hit when he was struck down. And at the end of the at the end of the battle, the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam, he was looking for him and he couldn't find him. So he asked for the companions would would any one of you go and see what happened to to to Saddamia. So one of the companions he went there and he was searching and searching eventually he went outside of the field battlefield and he he he saw him there and he was in his last moments. He's in his last breath and he went there and he told him that the messenger of Allah sent me to look for you to if you are from the live or from the dead and he responded and he said go back to the messenger of Allah and tell him that I am among the dead convey my greetings to the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam and tell him may Allah reward you on our behalf with the best of the rewards. Now I see with my own eyes that what you have promised us to be true. Paradise is real and hellfire is real. Subhan Allah. This is what was he was seeing. This is like the vision. Subhan Allah. When someone is going through transition, Allah will open visions for for him and and he will see be beyond of the unseen. He will inshallah we will see even our state. if we are inshallah among those who will will be granted paradise and may Allah protect us from being those who would see the hellfire in their last moments. And he continued and he said go back and tell my people the you have no excuse if harm reaches the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam while anyone of you still have an eye that blinks. There's no excuse for anyone of you if if anyone can still reach him. Subhan Allah. That that is his final final statement is rallying up the ansar to continue to protect the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam to sacrifice their lives for him sallallahu alaihi wasallam and this message is also should be directed to us today in this time and age the sunnah of the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam is in our hands we must safeguard the sunnah with everything that we have this gathering to study the s it's not a favor that we are doing. This is our duty towards the sunnah of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. They defended him and they with their wealth and with their lives. And today we must defend his legacy with all of the knowledge and all of the strengths that we can. And we must continue to study the S and live the S and relive it and and and really make it an essential part of our life to be able to respond of those fools of this day and age who attack the the sunnah and who attack the the legacy of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam those newbah and and this new and subhah we need to to to play that role if we can't really be with the companions and sacrifice of Allah is for the messenger of Allah. We need to really hold the guard and protect the sunnah of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And now we conclude with our master. He's the master of the martyrs. Subhan Allah. the the the story of his martyrdom is is well known and it was none but Washi himself who narrates that story after he accepted and embraced Islam. Subhan Allah. Washi who was a slave um and his um female owner was um hinsba the the wife of Abu Sufy Sufyan the daughter of of Atba who was killed on the battle of of Bed and she was enraged and she just wanted to seek revenge and subhan Allah he g she gave him that mission she gave Washi the mission if you kill Hamza I I will grant you just your freedom you will just set free you no longer a slave so he said on that day I had no concern except to kill Hamza and earn my freedom. And I kept watching him looking just for an opening to strike because no one could really stand against Hamza. This is Hamza. No one could really stand against him. It's just inevitable that whoever will face him will get defeated. So he said when I saw him engaging engaging in battle with someone, I took my spear and I shook it until I was satisfied with it. meaning that he's like just with full confidence he wanted to carry out on on that ugly mission and he said I readed my spear and I aimed it carefully making sure that it will strike true and then I held it with all of my strength and it pierced his stomach the place stomach of and it's it was like so forceful that it went through his stomach and it went back from his back and he tried to stand but he was overcome and he fell as a mortar Allah. This is just some stories just some highlights of this great great companions who sacrifice it all truly sacrificed us all just to protect the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and be on his side. So we should really heed the the warning and and seek the lesson and learn and be on his side sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So now after we went through some stories of the martyrs what was the state of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam himself. So Quraysh and the army of Quraysh now returning and now they have surrounded him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. They kept on closing in and closing in until they have pushed him sallallahu alaihi wasallam towards the slope of of the mountain the mountain of and the companions they were disarray in disarray and they were scattered divided and most of them fell back to Medina. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. The beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he even say our brothers have not fulfilled subhan Allah the role. Subhan Allah. Some of them as I mentioned before out of fear. Some of them just in fulfillment of his vision sallallahu alaihi wasallam thinking that he was killed. And then returning all of them. It was narrated initially that they started as just a 20 companions remained with him. Sallallahu alaihi wasallam until then eventually that number started to gradually increase due to the wars of Sn. But until then, imagine that situation. Live that moment. The the beloved sallallahu alaihi was sallallahu alaihi wasallam is now trapped in a confound area in the mountain. And around him are only 20 steadfast companions remained. Subhan Allah. And he's now facing and they are all facing that huge army who just filled with hatred and filled with rage. Subhan Allah. So that protection group that secret service that is the best of the protection groups it was formed on that moment. It was narrated those group those companions those 20 companions they described them like they were like a storm like you know the storm it's like like thunder and waves and and and wind and it will go left and right and it's just chaotic. It was like a whole storm just going around the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and making sure that no harm reach him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. The first 10 from those group half of that group were a goo group of young friends from the Ansar their leader or like the their chief was known of the name of Sa Yazid and subhan Allah he went there and he said defend the messenger of Allah and one by one they went there and they were kept on fighting until they were martyed one by one in front of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and they bought enough time until the the the remaining of the companions came and subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. And and they they describe Yazid. He was left alone after all of his friends, all of his group were martyed. He left alone and he continued to fight fiercely. So fiercely it seems that he's not even trying to be killed. like he would try to strike someone and go back and go strike someone else and go back because all of his fear was if I'm killed I'm the last man standing between this ugly army of disbelievers and my beloved who is standing behind me. So this is his most biggest concern that my life is before him and I need to make sure that I remain alive until I protect him and we get out of that situation. Subhan Allah. on the left side and on the right side under the the shoulders of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam were two of the most skilled archers Malik the uncle of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he is related in blood to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he was known for his rabbit shooting he will just fire arrows one after another in great accuracy and he would never miss a single shot. Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam, he was so impressed with him and his ability to throw arrows with that really great accuracy that he even said, "May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you." Subhan Allah. The messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam combined both of his parents for in that supplication. May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you. What a great honor. What a great honor for these great companions and for just to hear that statement from the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And every time the the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam would lean forward to see what's happening in the battlefield would say do not expose yourself a messenger of Allah. He meant like do not raise your hand least an arrow will strike you. And he would repeat not expose yourself oh messenger of Allah. My neck is before yours oh messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam this phrase become one of the iconic statement in the battle of this is I'm sorry he's saying basically I would rather die and not see any harm come to you oh messenger of Allah subhan Allah subhanan Allah that kind of emotion that kind of love that kind of connection that they had with the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam we really need to to to think of this and and make it reality in our life. Why we are thinking with that kind of cold emotion with the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and subhan Allah, we hear about the story of of this heroism and we think if we were with them, would we really say my neck before yours? Would would we really be among those who escaped and and went back to to to Medina? Very sorry but the mic seems to have lost battery. Um we we we are concluding anyway talking about the the verses from Ali Am that were revealed uh describing uh those three events in vivid detail. So we'll end inshallah at here and we'll continue inshallah next week. Does alhamdulillah.