The Prophetic Blueprint: Guidance for Modern Living | Sidi Mohammad Alboni (Part 9)

Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. We continue we continue our study of S. It has been a while since we did some of these sessions. Um, I was traveling and alhamdulillah that Allah enabled uh me to be able to be here today to continue with this study to continue with this best of studies with the life of the beloved the life of the best creation to get to know him more to get to increase in love for him sallallahu alaihi wasallam and get to increase in salawat to him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Especially as we are approaching the month of Rabia, this is the month of joy, the month of happiness for all Muslims and alhamdulillah that Allah enabled us to continue to embark on this journey and continue to embark especially as we are approaching the month of Rabia. So the last uh time before we uh paused these classes, we approached a significant milestone and it was the event of Hijra from Mecca to Medina. And we went through all of the struggle, all of the the the effort and the planning, the meticulous planning that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam went through to make sure that all of the Muslims are well taken care of and they have now a really home and a new stronghold for the Muslims established in Medina. What a great great milestone. And subhan Allah, I was also reflecting on my recent uh trip. Alhamdulillah, I was able to travel. Uh it was a long trip 30 37 hours of of of travel and with the family of three toddlers three very young kids it was quite challenging but subhan Allah I was reflecting that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam says that travel is a piece of punishment and I was like trying to make myself feel better but then I reflected on the hijra which we just studied before uh we traveled and subhan allah And subhan Allah how how easily we get immersed in in in this life of of of leisure life of easiness and then we start complaining about small things that we face. Subhan Allah. the the travel we might think it's difficult but if we think about the hijra and and we compare our travel to his travel sallallahu alaihi wasallam he took 10 days of travel going all like in the heat of the desert climbing even rough terrain to reach the the cave of and to stay there for three nights to say and and they were traveling back going on a different route not the the the main route from Mecca to Medina Yeah. And subhan Allah, all of the struggle that they went through, even above all of that, they had a bounty on each one of their heads, 100 camel. That's a fortune. You can think of how much that added to their struggle. This is not a normal travel. They are traveling, escaping for their lives. Subhan Allah. And now we think about our own travel. We are flying in a in a secured airond conditioned uh comfortable cabin with a comfy seats um over 30,000 uh feet in the air and you get served a hot meal. You don't even have so reflecting on our own own travel on our own struggle. Subhan Allah that we call a struggle and subhan Allah think about how would you react? How would you react if you are sitting in this uh seat for a long flight and you have a toddler that is crying next to you? How would you react if someone was rude to you on that flight or if someone didn't like the the meal did not really meet those high expectations? Maybe it was a bit more spicy than what you are used to eat or it's a bit salty. How would you react? How would you react if there was a line on on TSA and we see people not even going through those traditional lines they have to the BTSA check or the global entry and have all of these fanciness of these really like luxuries of life how would we react let's not reflect on others let's reflect on ourselves first how would we react to our travel and how we think and compare that to the travel that he went through sallallahu alaihi wasallam and then Inshallah this would help you to to to reflect and and andah change your mindset when we go through struggle during travel. And one might say well they did not really have a lot of technological advancements. Well sallallahu alaihi wasallam he had the bak don't forget about that. What kind of a mood of transformation transformation today transportation that would even come even close to the bak the bak would put his sight on a place and he will be just right there and he sallallahu alaihi wasallam is teaching us we take the means and then we struggle we don't go with the easy route if he have prayed for Allahh to give him the Allahh have certainly fulfilled his command and fulfilled his dua his prayer and he would have given him the bak but subhan allah uh even even today you will see find people that they can't afford really the the the the airfare of a ticket so they they take the bus or they they go with a more struggle that what we think is our own struggle. So subhan Allah continue to reflect on on how many blessings do we have and increase in your and think and reflect and your attitude inshallah will completely change toward any struggle uh with travel. But anyway, alhamdulillah. So now the beloved has sallallahu alaihi wasallam has entered Medina. This is where we stopped last time. Sallallahu alaihi wasallam imagine that beauty and that light now emerging from the entrance of Medina with him. Sallallahu alaihi wasallam wearing that beautiful white garment that brought to him and everyone just holding that camel holding the reigns of that camels wanting to host him sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he says let it go for it's commanded and the camel now moving from one neighborhood to another neighborhood and and finally reaching a well-known place a well-known area which is the homes of of Ben Nar this is the maternal relative ives of the the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam from his father's side when when when he was a six-year-old he traveled with his mother there and and and that's where a familiar place to to him sallallahu alaihi wasallam so that's where the camel stopped and and in a way that's a divine command in a way that Allah is is choosing to honor the the ties of kinship subhan allah so the camel stopped and and the camel knelt and then in that courtyard and people now is like just in waiting to see what's going to happen next. And then the camel stood again, took another almost full 360 route and then it came back and sit in that same exact spot. Subhan Allah. That's a divine position, a divine uh place for him to stop there. And the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam dismounted his camel and he gave the firstbah in Medina, the first address to the people of Medina. It's very very very brief but filled with really important teachings and important lessons. He said of oh people spread peace, maintain family ties, feed others and pray at night while people are asleep and you will be you will enter paradise in in peace. Subhan Allah. That's that's a recipe for for success. That's a recipe for our entirety of life. If you can just take these lessons and uphold them, inshallah we are guaranteed inshallah by the dua of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and his shaf and his his here promise that we will enter paradise in peace inshallah. But how many of us think about those commandments and fulfill them. So meanwhile there was one man from Benu Najar who had went to the camel while the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam is giving that speech and while while those events were happening he went to the camel and he took the belongings of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he rushed home and he went back and he put the belongings of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam in his house and we went back to listen. When whenasam when the beloved finished his his he turned and he asked where are my belongings and he said they are at my home oh messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So people started arguing and Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam he calmed them in a way he is really admiring the the initiative that took so he said a person stays with their belongings. [laughter] So there's no argument there. I'm going to stay with him. And subhan Allah, that's that's the that showing like the readiness and and the swiftness and taking initiative and how important that is to be of among those to be among those who are will come first. We have to be swift. We have to be ready and we we have to rush for goodness and take initiative and we'll get the great reward as took the the most beautiful reward of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam living in his house for a period of time. So the the house of Abu Yublan sorry it was not a big house but it was a twostory uh building. It consisted of just basic two basic structure of two rooms but they are on top of each other and sah Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam stayed there until the completion of the construction of the masjid in Nebi uh his his masid in Medina as well as the chambers that are connected to the masid and in some narrations they say it's one month in another narration they say it's about se seven month uh time that he stayed there imagineah imagine the beloved your beloved and Allah's beloved is staying at your house. What kind of [laughter] what kind of what kind of a lifestyle would you have? Subh what would what you would change or what you would not change? So um when when he sallallahu alaihi wasallam he went there um they like and his wife they were pleading with him to go upstairs but he sallallahu alaihi wasallam he said like I'm a man who would be receiving many visitors like imagine now he's going to Medina there are a lot of new Muslims who haven't even met the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam who maybe just seeing him for the first time so many many of them almost all of them they would want to go and visit him and provide him with gifts and and welcome w him and get to know him and get to learn from him. So suhammed sallallahu alaihi wasallam he is acknowledging and and look at the foresight he is acknowledging how much struggle it will be for the family of sorry if he would stay upstairs and every time there's a visitor coming they would have to prepare they would have to open the door and welcome that visitor and send him upstairs it will be um an added effort and added struggle so sallallahu alaihi wasallam instead insisted that he will stay in the first uh floor and that they will stay upstairs and subhan Allah like they they were like really pushing hard. They were like thinking and would say like I can't think of a way how would I walk because I'm walking on a room and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is is living underneath me like where would my footsteps would fall. So they would try to walk literally on the edges of that room trying to walk into the places with the least likelihood that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam will be sitting that just to to avoid that kind of a feeling that I'm stepping on a place and the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam is beneath me and subhan Allah they went through the struggle themselves in one night they describe like his wife she she had a bucket of water and accidents do happen so that bucket bucket sp like it's it fell and the water just spilled and it's not like concrete building with like fixed and strong structure. It was like made of of leaves and and a structure where water would leak. So they had only one uh blanket that they will just put on themselves when they are sleeping. So they immediately just threw out that blanket just to make sure that they can take every single drop of water and prevent any harm from reaching the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam or giving him the slightest disturbance. Subhan Allah. Think of that love and think of that respect that they had to him sallallahu alaihi wasallam and just trying to make him as comfortable as they can possibly get him. At a later time they actually they went to him and they told him, "Oh messenger of Allah, please we can no longer pair with this." Even say no. He says like I'm going to leave my home. I can't like really live with that um like kind of added uh overwhelming pressure. Please just go upstairs. And he sallallahu alaihi wasallam eventually went and lived upstairs for almost half of the time for the remaining time. And they would send him food every time. And think of the meal that you are preparing and they are sending to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So they prepare the best of the food and they will send him the food and when the foods come back they will trace and look for the traces of his fingers and his hands sallallahu alaihi wasallam and go and eat from those spots seeking that parakad seeking that added blessing. Subhan Allah look at their way of thinking like they will have maybe a full plate they have a lot of food but they will still go for that spot and they will probably fight of who will going to eat first from that spot. On one occasion they prepared a meal for him sallallahu alaihi wasallam. They sent it and it came back untouched. So imagine that you are the spouse that you are the wife or the husband who is making that meal preparing the food and you give it to a guest and the guest is not really touching that food. So how would you feel? So they they they were saddened and and they went and asked him, "Oh messenger of Allah, did really the food not really uh did you not like the food or were there any issues with the food?" So he sallallahu alaihi wasallam he said it's good food but it has garlic in it and I am a man who converses with the angels and receive revelations. I also meet the people so I do not wish to harm the angels with the smell of garlic. Subhan Allah. This is an important teaching that we learn about and we we should always try to remember when we are coming to a gatherings especially at the masjid try to avoid if not avoid completely try to eliminate or take the least amount of garlic or or onions. the the the the moment where we have that kind of feeling the most is maybe in Ramadan during prayer when there's a big crowd and there are people on your right and people on your left and you are basically stuck and if you have like the smell of garlic or the smell of the spices or the smell of some of these ingredients that are really um would produce that kind of smell imagine how much the the the wor the worshippers and the prayers next to you are harmed. harmed the same way this is how the angels are harmed. Sallallahu alaihi wasallam he say in a hadith that the angels are harmed from whatever harms the human being. So subhan Allah we should reflect on that and try to avoid if not avoid completely eat less garlic especially when we go to a place of worship or to the masjid. So now we need to think about that first events that happen after hijra. This is the first year and there's this new community that is forming and now with the first year the focus was on building that Medani community, building that new uh Muslim community and facing a lot of challenges. So I want you to imagine Medina or yesterday but it was called before during this that time and I'll list a number of difficult difficulties and a number of challenges that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam had to deal with and imagine how tough it would have been for him. The first issue or the first challenge is the lingering feud between the and the Khazr. The and the Khazr, the two main Arab tribes in in Ythreb, they were in constant feuds and in constant battles and and and they had so much bloodshed between each other. They were like filled with hatred to one another. And the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam in the in the first one and the second one especially the first one he commanded them to go and fix the their their relations and and mend those relations but you can't imagine that all of it would go suddenly away so there must be some lingering kind of feelings or hatreds that is still fresh like the wounds of the war is still fresh and subhan Allah a pressing question now will will arise like under the new Islamic system who would have the upper hand would it be the house the or the khazr this is the first challenge that the beloved sallall alaihi wasallam had to face the second challenge is now the presence of the immigrants the muhajarin this is subhan allah individuals who have suffered a lot and sacrificed everything and they immigrated from from from Mecca they left their wealth they left their home they left everything behind and they have migrated to Medina think about integrating this new massive group into the existing society of Medina and what challenges would that come with? Subhan Allah. The the Ansars and how would the Ansar who are the residents of Medina, how would they treat the the immigrants and the two cultures are quite different. The and the are primarily farmers and the farmers life like the women they played an active role in on the fields and they often they would share decision making responsibilities with their husbands. On the other hand, subhah the muajarim, the people of Mecca, they were mostly merchants and the like subhah it's a society where the husbands will take sole responsibility of decision-m at home. So you can imagine how over time the the the women of the muhajarin the women of the immigrants now are observing how the the women of of the the thesar they are like speaking and they doing the mura and they are speaking with their spouses and they are coming up together sharing decision-m responsibility and how that will change in them. Subhan Allah. Any family that immigrates, many of us are immigrants to this country, in this land, you would see a change in the family. You would see a change in your spouse. You' see a change in your children. This is a challenge. This is a real challenge. How would we react and how would we try to to to to to hold everything together? Um, subhan Allah, it was not easy. And the third and it was a really big challenge is the presence of the Jewish the Jewish community or the Jews in Medina. Subhan Allah. Um the the the Jews in Medina they regarded themselves to be superior to the Muslims or to the people of Yreb because they were a community that they had divine scripture while the Arabs they were idol worshippers. So they will always look down on them. But now suddenly the the the Arabs in in they are also they are receiving divine scripture and they can no longer have that kind of superiority on on them. So that they were really fueled with jealousy and fueled with resentments towards the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and towards Islam and and they were subhan Allah they received vivid description of him sallallahu alaihi wasallam in his in their scripture. The only piece of information that Allah kept hidden is that he would not be sent from the Jews. he will be sent from the Arabs. So they had that huge expectation that the last prophet the seal of the prophets sallallahu alaihi wasallam will be sent from them and he was sent from the Arabs. So they had a lot of resentments and and most of them they did not submit and they did not uh convert to Islam. The next challenge now is the rise of the hypocrites. That's now a new faction that is emerged in Medina. Before the Hijra, the after they had their last and really most severe battle, they have agreed to appoint a person in the name of Abdullah they they agreed to appoint him as a king in an effort to unify the city and stop their their fighting. However, after the pledge uh of the second especially the second pledge of the pledged their allegiance to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So that agreements with with Abdullah is is completely dissolved. And now Islam is is spreading in Medina. So so you can imagine how Abdullah suddenly feeling that all of the power that he was about to take is all being taken from him suddenly. So he also grew in resentment and he grew in hate especially toward the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and subhan Allah he formed the group of hypocrites. Hypocrites the often they are they arise when it's basically the group that cannot open openly like openly um oppose a stronger um power. So they are weak but so they have that fake allegiance. And subhan Allah he instructed his followers he that that they would attend congregational pray prayer. So they will be in jama they will be in namas they will be praying with the muslims and they will praise the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam in public. They will pretend to honor him and they would say in gathering oh people this is the messenger of Allah glorify and respect him. But when they are alone when they are among themselves they will start insulting the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Abdah he would say he would say like his example and our example is like the example of a one who feeds his dog and his dog would attack him back. Look at that kind of an ugly insult that he was make he was making towards the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. But we should make an important note here that there is a great companion in the name of Abdullahb Abdahbn the son of Abdullah who is the head of hyp the hypocrites is a great companion and he went he's a really steadfast companion and he is had like his sincerity and he went through a lot of struggle to to to give victory to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and subhan Allah look how he would have his own struggles now his father is like the head of hypocrites and he is seeing his actions and he is trying to uphold his faith and be close to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. It's definitely not an easy uh position to be in. Subh the last uh challenge that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam had to deal with and the Muslims have to deal with is the the the economy. The economy in Medina it was dominated by the Jewish tribes. The Jewish community, they had dominance over all trade and commercial market. The commercial market, it was located in their within their strongholds and they would control all of the buying and the selling. Even the main water wells, it was in their hands and they had almost full control over water and they will sell water to the people of Ythre. And subhan Allah there were even added challenges like for example the diseases that were in in inreb and there was like known the plague of Medina that caused many companions to fall ill when they are arriving. And the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam would make supplications saying oh Allah make us love Medina as much as we love Mecca or even more oh Allah make it healthy and transfer its plague outside of it. This shows how many difficulties and how difficult the situation was for the companions and for the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Imagine this fragmented society. How would it rise? How would it rise in one year now to be a a really strong and unified society to face Qur and face uh the the and and and the and face them in in different opportunities especially with the battle of Per. So now the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he is the leader of Medina and within one year he would take three actions. These are the three three main actions that we need to keep remembering that really transform this divided society into a unified and a powerful one. And now subhan Allah as I mentioned come the second year the same society will go in battle in the battle of and they would in the battle of better and they would win subh over the mushikim. um how how is that possible with all of these challenges? So in one year the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he developed an economy he developed an army and he built the the the masjid and that was the first action that he took the establishing of the the masjid in the establishing of his masjid sallallahu alaihi wasallam in Medina. And the second action is is is the brotherhood the mua between the thesar and and the muhajarin. And the last one drafting the constitution of Medina. One might say like a constitution. This is over 1,400 years ago. Is this really a constitution? Yes, it's a full constitution. It was a document known as Medina, the charter of Medina. It consisted of 15 different articles taking care of all aspects all of it regulated all of the relationships of Medina in inbound and outbound internally and externally. It's really a remarkable framework of governance. Anywhere his who's up to politics, they should really study this really vividly and learn from the way the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was thinking and how he brought all of this society together and put together a constitution that would ensure the coexistence of all of these different groups of Muslims and the Jews and the other groups. It's really something amazing. Subhan Allah. So the first action as I mentioned is the building of the masjid and sallallahu alaihi wasallam he prioritized the construction of the masjid as a place that will bring people together. This is a way to unify people. He commanded sallallahu alaihi wasallam that everyone would participate in the construction. Everyone alike the rich the poor everyone alike. There will be no wealthy person who would be allowed to send someone on their behalf to do the work. Everyone would have to go. Even he sallallahu alaihi wasallam he participated himself in the construction of the masjid. He would carry the bricks alongside everyone. It was narrated that the dust covered his blessed beer and covered his clothing as he works sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So the next time you visit the masjid and you are leaning towards one of these beautiful walls, think that this may be one of the walls that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam constructed with his own hands. like reflect on this as you are in in visiting and staying at at at the masjid knowh and [gasps] you can imagine the the the energy and the enthusiasm of of the companions seeing their leader is working as hard as they are and everyone is building this new establishments that will bring them all together. So one of the companions of the name of Smarbaser, he should be very well known. He is the the son of Ali Yaser who were the first martyrs in Islam and they were killed in in one of the very first people to be killed for preserving just their faith. And he was like had so much energy that he would carry two stones instead of one. And subhan Allah he he the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam noticed him and he would say everyone gets one reward except for Omar he would get two rewards subhah he's even increasing his energy and people started reciting poetry to motivate and encourage everyone and subhan Allah there were poetry that was said on that describing how was working and that resulted in a tough incident there was a wealthy companion who was, you know, trying to cautiously avoid getting uh his clothes dirty. You know, when when you have this new fancy clothes and you are like going into a muddy field or some place with a lot of dust, maybe you will be extra careful. So you can imagine someone having that attitude and another companion a poet seeing the difference between carrying the two stones and brushing and working not really caring about dust or caring about kind of getting muddy and that other companions a great companion still trying to cautiously not avoiding getting um being dusted up by the work. So he composed a few line of poetry and he would say He says those who build the mosques tirelessly standing and sitting, they are not equal with those who shy away from dust. Andy said he liked the rhythm. It has a really beautiful rhythm in Arabic when he recited it. And he didn't really see and witness the behavior of of the other uh companion. He was just busy doing the work. So he was he didn't know that it was made in comparison. So he would repeatedly go and recite these lines and he would go up and down. He would be reciting and saying he would go up and down and he would be reciting the the the verses of of these poetry. And slowly but surely the other companion he started to really grow annoyed until he couldn't really be bear it anymore. So he grabbed a stick and he approached Namar and he said to him, "Listen, oh son of Sumeya, his mother, the the the one of the first martyrs in Islam. He he called him by this name. Oh son of Sumeya, if you don't stop repeating those lines, I'm going to strike you on your face between your eyes and your nose." And this has happened in front of everyone even in front of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam in front of the beloved. And he sallallahu alaihi wasallam he immediately came and he said do you not know that Omar is so dear to me that he is between my eyes and my nose. Subhan Allah. As if he is saying like if you will strike him as if as if you are striking me sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Look how much care he had for for those who suffered the most. And he's like showing them how much struggle the muhaj and the immigrants they went through. And Omar he's hearing those words he start to weep and he start to cry tears out of joy seeing the care for for the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam towards him. Subhanik he just can't call him son of Sumeya. Subhan Allah. It's a message to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam reminding everyone of the sacrifices. Take care of them. Take care of the majarin. They endured so much and they sacrificed so much for the sake of Allah. Don't treat them like that. And subhan Allah nothing like this would happen again after after them witnessing such an event and subhan [sighs and gasps] Allah we reflect on the event of building the masjid and the purpose of the masjid that it should be the purpose that it's the masjid and we compare to the state of our mass massages nowadays subhan allah the masjids nowadays it lost an important role it's the it's surely the the place for worship the place of like prayer and there were in Many massages there's a lot of activi activities like Sunday school and Quran programs and this and that and lectures but the massagids are the central place they are the the the place that all of the Muslims should come together to debate important issues to talk about challenges they face and they think of solutions. This is one very important role for the masjid that we miss today. We see Muslims arguing and debating on social media while the masjid is a much more appropriate place for those important decision-m think of the barakan think of the angels that surrounds these places and these messages and how much that will play an important role in coming up with the right decision with Allah's guidance and Allah's inshallah mercy. So we are really really missing out on on these um opportunities with the way the massages are operated unfortunately in our day and time. The second important action as I mentioned that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam took in Medina is the mua establishing brotherhood between the immigrants who are coming the muajarene from Mecca and the Ansar the people of Yre. And other than the challenges with the difference of culture there were other challenges around housing and sustenance. Where would you house this massive flood of immigrants? um how would you [clears throat] get them food and drink and and money until they can really establish themselves? So sallallahu alaihi wasallam he established the bond of brotherhood between the majar and the and he himself sallallahu alaihi wasallam he would bear people from he will bear one from the muajar with one from the thesar he bebsari was he subhah this is an amazing teaching When we study the s of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam, we seek to emulate him. We seek to take lessons and apply these lessons. We should really compare ourselves to the companions. There will be immigrants and there will be refugees that will come to our communities quite often. Subhan Allah. Because of so many events are happening in different countries as we know. So how are we treating those immigrants? How are we treating those refugees? Subhan Allah. Look at Saabia. He's a native of Medina and he's a well-known merchant. Meanwhile, Sa he's also a prominent merchant in from from Mecca. So, Subhan Allah, he he like brought him to his house and he say, "Oh, my brother, this is my house. We shall divide it in half and this is my wealth and we should divide it in half." This is not just a statement. This is action. They literally divided everything in half between themselves and and their their brothers. So Abd being the smart and really beautiful Martian that he is he said just guide me towards the market. So he went there and he had some camel robes that he brought with him from Mecca and he bought those and he earned some just small amount of money and you can think of it a seed fund an angel fund in our today's terms. Uh and within a few days he went to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam inviting him to his wedding. So the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he was amazed and he was like looking at him like are you how are you getting married and he said um I found a woman from the I proposed and she accepted and he told him the story and he sallallahu alaihi wasallam he asked him what did you give her as a m as a dy and he responded I gave her the weight of a date seed of in gold. Subhan Allah. Imagine the the hard work that he went through just being really a brilliant merchant. But again, we compare that ourselves. This is not an easy matter. Now a day really truly someone would go above and beyond and they would go out of their way to host someone at their home. Maybe they will give them a place in their garage to sleep in or maybe they will give them a room for a few nights. And now few days will pass and then you can think how their attitude will change toward that person who is in need of shelter. They might start like saying hurtful words towards them. Subhan Allah. It was narrated that the the thesar would say the the the muajeri brother the immigrants would come to me and they will put their hand in my pocket and they will take some amount of money. Now this amount of money that they take is more beloved to me that anything that is left behind, anything that is remaining. This is how much they were happy that they are sharing all of the the their the blessing that they had with the people of need and they are making sure that they get established and they are getting taken care of. Subhan Allah. And we learn of a story subhan Allah um of of the the Ansar where they came to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and they said we want to divide our farms between us and the muajarin but remember the muhajarin they are not farmers they don't really have that skill so the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam appreciated that proposal but said no no no let's keep you keep your farm so they told him okay that's fine we'll keep the farm but we will divide all of the brutus between us and the immigrants basically We will still do all of the hard work. We will not gain any support from the from the immigrants from the muhajarin. And still at the end of the the season, we will split all of the brutus, all of the outcomes of that season between us and the muajarin. Think of that subhan Allah that sacrifice that they are making. It's not really easy. It's not just a statement that we say. And one time in one story on on in one narration that one of the mahajarin came to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and came they were praying is at the masjid. This is after the establishment of the masjid and he he was a man from the muajar and he came to the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he was telling him oh messenger of Allah I'm exhausted. Basically he reached a level of hunger that really overcome him and and he was a really a point of severe uh fatigue that he cannot really be able to to to have that energy to move. So sallallahu alaihi wasallam he turned to the gathering that they were sitting there after that the prayer after the congregation he said who will host this man. So a man from the Ansar who was actually poor volunteered to take him in though he did not really like no one knew of his poverty, no one knew of his conditions. So they brought the guest home and they only had food s sufficient for themselves and for for their children. So what they did is really really really amazing. The husband told the wife keep the children busy. try basically distract them with any kind kind of distraction until they fall asleep and let's prepare the food whatever food we have and let's dim the lights. Let's distinguish that lamp and we make sounds uh with our plates as if we are eating and we and as if we are eating and we give all of the food that we have to to to this person who is who is to the guest basically at their homes. And indeed they did that. They they were able to put the children to sleep. They prepared the the food and the and the couple they pretended to be eating. They dimmed the lights and the guest ate his fullest and he was not even aware of that situation. And subhan Allah they kept the story to themselves. The story ended there. They did not go the next day and start bragging or they they put that on on on on their social media feed. Subhan Allah. They kept it to themselves. But Allah subhana wa ta'ala wanted that story to be well known until the day of judgment. wanted to know that their sacrifices will be will be really until eternity recited in the Quran and and people will know about it. So there was a verse in the Quran that was revealed about that event and Allahh is saying in in in in the Quran those who love people who immigrates to them. They would give the immigrants preference over themselves even though they they were in need. They were really in need but they give preference to the to the guest to the immigrants over themselves. And subhan Allah the next morning they immediately next morning during the f pray prayer um the they came the host came and the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam was smiling to him. Imagine that you are doing an action that will make the face of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam smile. Imagine what a great feeling that he felt just seeing the smile of the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And he told him, "Allah who was amazed by what you have both what what both of you have done last night." And subhan Allah, this this verse is really um like putting this really great sacrifice into a lesson that all of us, every single Muslim should learn from. May Allah grant us this ability to reach this such high level of really selfishness. the Ansar were truly an exemplary model for that and we should reflect on the the thesar and learn from them and try to to take some of these lessons and apply them in practice. The third and the last um action and this is probably where we will stop today. Maybe we'll continue a bit more. We'll see inshallah. Um which is around the charter of Medina. Now we turn into this important documents. This establishment of the set of rules, the laws that that that unify this divided community um this divided society in a really extraordinary way. And as I mentioned there were 15 different uh articles but we'll talk we'll mention about four important clauses. The beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam he said the Muslims in Medina in one clause the Muslims in Medina are one united nation. They are distinct from all other people. So basically the muhajarin the thesar the immigrants and the and the and the Muslims coming from any tribe they are one unity. That's mean this is really all of them are equal. There's no first first uh class citizen. There's no secondass citizen. Every everyone is is equal. And whoever will come to them from Mecca or or from Medina or any parts of it is also from that one nation that is distinct from others. Another important clause that the Jews in Medina are also one nation alongside the believers. Subhan Allah. This is recognizing that u this is basically recognizing the freedom of religion that that these group of people that the Jewish people they can continue to preserve their faith and and and until they they they respect this society and they respect these regulations and they don't really harm us they they have their faith we have our faith and we live um in in harmony. Subhan Allah. before any any first amendment or second amendment as we are like the people feel proud about these amendments and the US constitution it's a great document think about this document more than 1400 years ago and the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam how genius he is putting those clauses and then he would say in another clause a very important clause that again Muslims would have their own religions and Jews will have their own religions again this is again as I mentioned establishing that freedom of of belief the the the Last one that I'll talk about that everyone living under this society in this new community they should come to aid. They should come to defend one another from any external enemies that might attack Medina. So now we all live in one homeland and we all defend that homeland. No matter what's our background, what's our faith, we all come to the aid of one another if you are under under fighting and under battle. And this is again showing us subhan Allah how he sallallahu alaihi wasallam thinking strategically about how with a society that is so fragmented filled with hatred now will become just a unity as a one body and one soul and they will be capable to to to to fight back and they will able to be winning battles as we will learn inshallah in the near future. And he [sighs] did one thing uh other than the constitution that he sallallahu alaihi wasallam changed the name of Yre. Now he gave gave the the the city the name of Medina. Medina is the city. Subhan Allah. Like this is really really brilliant move. He created a sense of belonging to everyone who is living there. If he had called it and kept it as as Ythreb the the the muhajarin the immigrants would not have that sense of belonging. This is the the the home of the people of Ythre. If he had called it Darl Hijra the the the house of the immigrants the the the the people of Yre would not feel that sense of belonging and the Jews would not even feel belonging either way. So he called it the city the the Medina and now by giving it this name it included everyone. It encompassed everyone there including the Jews and everyone feeling that inclusion and feeling that sense of ownership to the success of this project to the success of this community. Subhan Allah. And [sighs] now regarding the the economic uh situation sallallahu alaihi wasallam he ordered the establishments of the marketplace in Medina that it will be established among the houses of the Muslims the houses of the people of Yreb rather than it's ex exclusively in the areas that is controlled by the the the Jewish community and he sallallahu alaihi wasallam he went there and he established and he drew the boundary of the marketplace and says this is the marketplace and this is where we should trade and we hear stories of companions like a really great wealthy companion who would go and start purchasing those wells and and just putting it for for the benefit of the Muslims that they can drink as much as they want. He paid a thousand gold in dirhams that's a fortune just to purchase the well of Rome. Subhan Allah. And and and he donated it all the way to the Muslims that they can have water. And subhan Allah say Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam will see his his reactions and he and he will just really amazed by the sacrifices that say is is doing with his wealth. Everyone has a part to play. Those who have wealth they should contribute with their wealth or those who have the strength they should contribute with their strengths. Those who have the the the the intellectual ability or the skill everyone is responsible. We are like the Muslims in Medina. We all building a society. We are establishing a society in the US. We should all take part and and really work hard to to to make this project a successful project. And the final [sighs] uh subhah challenge as I mentioned the health condition as I mentioned the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam would pray and he would would ask Allah to purify the the the the air in in Medina and will take the disease of Medina outside of Medina. And now a question as we are wrapping up all of these challenges and the actions that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam took. One question like one might ask like where is where where is the the the revelation? Subhan Allah. Uh like uh where are the miracles? Like is there anything miraculous happening? Like no all of this is [clears throat] really meticulous planning and careful planning and hard work there. None of this is miracles. Maybe the the the diseases taking the dis diseases out of Medinas, this is truly a miracle. But everything else, all the challenges that the beloved sallallahu alaihi wasallam had to face and the companions they had to face, it's all through hard work. And Allahh says in the Quran indeed in in the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam, you have a great example. Allahh will not say this in the Quran for us just to recite and and and move over. He is truly an example. He is truly someone that we are capable of following that we are capable of imitating. Don't say oh these are the the companions and and he is the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam as if they are from a different planet. We are capable of following on their footsteps and and and following on their example. Subhan Allah. So these were the events uh that took place in the first year uh in the hijra and subhan Allah the second year u is what the preparation for the great battle of of kubra so inshallah is approaching so I think it's it's maybe a good uh time to stop here to give people who want to to prepare for prayer want to make inshallah continue and then uh we continue next week inshallah with the events that took there and how the Muslims that that great great great great victory that they had on that battle and the struggle that they went through even to to to get to that victory. So inshallah we conclude with a short dua. Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Muhammad.