 I'm reminded of a story of a Jewish man one time came to Sayyidina Umar, R.A., and said to him, Sif lana Habibak, described her beloved to us. So the Jewish man, he knew who the beloved of Sayyidina Umar was. He didn't say Nabi Yaqar or Kursula or something. Sif lana Habibak. And Sayyidina Umar, he said, this is difficult. So why is it difficult? So this is just a very difficult thing to do. And so the Jewish man, he kind of lost his patience and he went to Sayyidina Ali. So this was during the caliphate of Sayyidina Umar. And he said, Sif lana Habibak, described her beloved. And Sayyidina Ali, he said to him, he said, Sif lana Mata'a Dunya, described for us the pleasures of the world. And the man said, oh, you're going to have to be more specific to that. And then he says, how do you expect me to describe the one who was addressed by Allah SWT? Verily, you dominate magnificent, magnanimous character. So the ethos of the Prophet Sulelah is something that is just unfathomable, is incredible. The kind of human being that he was. A prophet, a statesman, a warrior, you know, a true man in every sense of the word. You know, as one of my colleagues said, visit his wife during the day, he would fight the Byzantines in the afternoon, and then pray to Hajj at night. Mashallah. So innaka la'ala khulu ki na'aleen. And he was meditating about the khuluq of the Prophet Sulelah. And something that's just amazing is the Prophet Sulelah said that in a position of power which forgives people. And this is incredible, you know, because that's true virtue. Someone who doesn't have power, imagine like a really weak man. You know, someone tries to pick a fight with him on the street or something. And he says, look, I didn't engage. He doesn't have the power to even physically defend himself. That's not virtue. That's weakness. You shouldn't confuse weakness for virtue. Or someone who has an incredible ability to defend the faith, right? Using da'ala'in. Proofs that are rational and scriptural. And someone is trying to go to him into this type of polemical debate or something where there's, you know, where, you know, people are sort of, it's a type of jihad that is reaching good character. And he restraints himself. You know, that's virtue. Not someone who says, well, I didn't engage, but I didn't know anything. That's not virtue. The Prophet Sulelah said during the conquest of Mecca, this was incredible. That when he came into the city and Sa'id bin Urbada, radiallahu anhu, when he passed by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, he was saying, al-yawma yawmu al-malhama al-dallallahu qureisha. That today is the day of slaughter, the basement of the Qureish. Right? And so word reached the Prophet Sulelah that this is what Sa'id was saying. His name is Sa'id. Ibn Uba'az now. And so the Prophet Sulelah, he said, go tell him not to say that. And so this writer approached him and he said, don't say this. And he said, I don't believe you. And so the writer came back to the Prophet Sulelah, and the Prophet took off his blessed imama, and he said, present this to Sa'id and take the liwa from him, the standard that he was holding. But give it to his son, Faiz. And this is the genius, the hikmah of the Prophet Sulelah. He's taking the standard from him, would hurt his feelings as it were, because he's holding the standard of the Muslims. But give it to his son, Sa'id's son. So that when you honor the son, you automatically honor the father. If I shake your son's hand, I'm honoring you. So the Prophet Sulelah, he passed by Abu Sufyan and he said, al-yawma yawmu al-malhama. You're Izzullah of Qureishan. Today is a day of mercy, the exaltation of the Qur'an. This is incredible. We think about it. It's really incredible. La tafriba aleykum al-yawm. So you find in the previous prophets, all of the fada'il of the previous prophets are in him, Sa'ad Allah, he says. And you look at the sort of story of Yusuf A.S. He was rejected by his brothers, was forced into exile, came into a position of power, and then had the ability to exact retribution from his brethren, and he forgave them. This is exactly what happens in the life of the Prophet Muhammad, and even quotes from Surah Yusuf at the conquest of Mecca. Today there's no blemish upon him. This is true virtue. He was the most formidable and courageous of human beings. But true courage is balanced. There's something called foolhardiness, where you sort of plunge yourself into danger without thinking. That's not wise. And then the other extreme of that is cowardice, where you fail to respond. So he is the pinnacle of ethics. The pinnacle of good ethics, Salam A.S. And this is an area of study just by itself. It's incredible. On the day of Qazwa B'uhr, as we heard as well, the Prophet, Salam A.S., reported that he injured his blessed face and there was blood streaming down his face, but he was trying to catch the blood with his hands and absorbing the blood with his clothes. And the Sahaba said, What are you doing? And he said, If one drop of blood should strike the earth, then immediately the angels will come and vanquish all of our enemies. And so they said, Let it flow. And they saw him a short time later with his hands raised. Oh, it's game over now. Allahumma hadhi qawmi, Innahum la ya'nami. This is what he said, Salallahu alayhi s-salam. There's something similar attributed to Isa alayhi s-salam and the New Testament Gospels and the Gospel of B'ud, but almost all scholars, sexual critics, believe it's a fabrication that he didn't actually, that Isa alayhi s-salam did not say this. Support, apparently said it while crucified. Of course, But it should be alone. So these are the virtues of our prophet, Salallahu alayhi s-salam. And the Barakah of B'ud, he brought up the drawing of the prophet, Salallahu alayhi s-salam. And the drawings of those days was poetry. The poet, the Sha'ir had a lot of power. If a Sha'ir that was well known insulted you or lampooned you, or lambasted you in a poem, that could stay for generation after generation after generation. They were feared of the poems, and they were beloved. They would have poetry contests, right? The Mu'allakata al-Saba'a, the Seven Greatest Odes would be hung in the Ka'ba, right? So when the prophet, Salallahu alayhi s-salam, came into Medina, Medina al-Munawara, there was a man, Hassan ibn Thabit, who would later become a companion. He was a great poet. And so the Mushrikeen in Medina, who would become the Munafiqeen, right? They came to Hassan ibn Thabit, and they said, you know, when you see him, write something, make fun of him, insult him, lampoon him in a poem, so that we can laugh and we can recite it, you know? And so Hassan ibn Thabit, they gave him some money, right? Here's some money. So Hassan, he said, you know, he was waiting by a certain road, and the prophet, Salallahu alayhi s-salam, passed by, and then he sees the prophet, Salallahu alayhi s-salam, and then he just, he is in awe, and then he goes back to the Mushrikeen, and he says, here, I don't need this anymore. I don't need your money. He said, did you write something? He said, yeah, I wrote it. What is it? He said, He said, he said, when I saw his lights approaching, it was like an war, lights were approaching. I had to cover my eyes because of the illumination. I was fearful of losing my eyesight because of the beauty of his countenance. He said, it was like a soul made of light. His body looked like the full moon. He looks like a mantle stitched together with illuminous stars. Muhammad is a human being. He is like a gem or a ruby, while other men are stones. A gem is also a stone. It's the same genus. He's not saying he's an angel or something like that. He's not so demigod. He's still a human being. But he's like a diamond. He's like a diamond. He's like a diamond. He's like a diamond. He's like a diamond. But he's like a diamond. The greatest of human beings. This is just one glance into the countenance of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he was... He had these virtues. He was a long-suffering person. He was very, very forgiving. You know, we have to learn the Sunnah. I mentioned this the other day in the Khutbah people, they go on these YouTube rabbit holes. And they come across channel after channel after channel of antiques and content. And it gets them into this type of crisis. But they fail to put things in perspective. As he said again, I'm taking everything from the Mother Earth. When Kofar speak about the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, it's like dogs barking at the moon. Does it affect the majesty of the moon as it traverses the sky? One, Iona, it's a total waste of time to insult the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. It gets you nowhere. It's a total waste of time. And Allah SWT tells us, Wala tastu wa l-khabibu wa'ta'ib. You know, good and foul things and good things are not the same. Wala a'ajabaka tathlatu l-khabib. Even if the sheer abundance of the fowness would dazzle you. It's so amazing, there's so much of it. Thattakullah ya'ulil al-bath. Fear God. Oh, people of deep understanding. The people of lup, the people of essential understanding. They know. They put things in perspective. They know he is the Shafi'ah on the Yom al-Qiyamah. What does some loser on YouTube think? Who cares? Are you kidding me? The leaves of the trees of Jannah, they have the name of the Prophet SAW. The Arsh of Allah SWT says, The name of the Prophet SAW is on the Arsh of Allah SWT. What is some loser saying? We should pity them. Really? We should make dua for them. We should want their guidance. The Prophet SAW, the guidance of the worst of his enemies. He would not give up on them. This is what I mean when I say he's long suffering. He would not give up. If you're 20 years of fighting, you know, the Prophet SAW, he came up with Sufi'ah and said, Isn't it about time for you to acknowledge who I am? I'm about to take over Mecca. Isn't this a sign to break these idols? Isn't it about time? And he said, Is this religion? This is what he cared about, ultimately. This is what he cared about, ultimately. This is what he cared about, ultimately. The woman who cannibalized Hamza, on the battlefield, is the Quraysh who would do things like this. She came to him completely veil. Hind had been to Ritba. Completely veil. And she said, Praise be to the one who made his religion victorious. And he said, Who are you? Hind. Welcome. And Hamza was, you know, his uncle, but he was more like his brother. They were almost the same age. Like his brother. She cannibalized his brother. Because the point is, come into Islam. This is incredible power to be able to do something like this. When you could flex in just you could have done it. And he's well within his rights to do that. But to forgive for the sake of Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Forgive the man, All of the leaders of the Musharri-Keen at the battle of Uhur, most of the leaders on that day became Muslims. Amr Ibn al-A'as who was fighting against the Prophet, he said to his son on his deathbed, Abdullah. He said there was a time when I hated the Prophet, so much. I fought against him in many battles. And then there came a time I loved him so much. I couldn't raise my eyes to his because I was all struck by him. And if you ask me right now what did he look like, I don't even really remember because I couldn't look him in the eyes when I became Muslim. And this is a person that the Prophet so much loved to. Someone who was fighting against him. He showed him so much love that Amr Ibn al-A'as came to the Prophet one day and he said, Ahabun Nass He said who do you love the most from humanity? And the Prophet What do you love most from humanity? What do you love most from humanity? And the Prophet said You see? His wife. He loved his wife. And some of the more tough desert Arabs they don't they don't admit you love your wife. It's part of the culture of the tough. He said whoever lives in the desert becomes sort of gruff. Like if the better one would come and ask the Prophet some questions the Sahaba had mixed feelings about it because they loved the questions but they were kind of rough with the Prophet so much. They would grab his clothes and they wouldn't address him by his title or things like that. When the man came urinated in the masjid the Sahaba got up to address the man you know what that means the guy is in trouble and the Prophet said let him finish and then the Prophet goes up himself imagine if this happened today imagine if he wouldn't make it out of the masjid on life imagine a homeless man or something like that who comes in and can't find a bathroom what's gonna happen to this man Subhanallah He said you know brother this is a Yara Akhir Ara Oh my Arab brother you know this is an appealing to him you know this is a masjid this is a place of salawat of car we don't do these things he said oh I didn't know and then when the man was leaving the masjid he turned around because the Sahaba scared him he said he said oh Allah have mercy on me and on the Prophet and nobody else how can that mean the Prophet laughed and he said you're constricting the Rahmah don't constrict them it's okay to offer everybody you know this is incredible as the brother mentioned again they're making fun of his name in Mecca you know which has the opposite meaning of Muhammad the Sahaba were sad and they're this is terrible and the Prophet said and he said oh this Quraysh are strange what strange weird people they are what do you mean and master tactician defuse the entire situation with a bit of humor he said they're reviving this Wudemna I'm Muhammad I'm the most prayers who are they talking about that's not me people draw pictures that's what some loser drew who is the Prophet we have a picture of him in the Qur'an he said the Prophet the Prophet has more beloved to the believers of their own selves he said he said he said he was more beloved to us the shape here means something that was brought into existence something that was willed into existence does not include in this context it doesn't include Allah so out of all of creation out of everything that is willed into existence he was the most beloved to us even more than cold water he's using analogy in the desert Arab understanding he really loves the Prophet cold water in the desert Arab that's Jannah on earth as a word so there's many things we can say but I'm going to put it short inshallah ta'ala Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept this from us Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala put us under the banner of the Prophet and make us of those benefit from the Shafa'ah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give us a trophy to be implemented in all the Qadir of the Prophet in our lives inshallah