 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا وحبيبنا وشفيعنا وقائدنا وقررت عيوننا سيدنا ونبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم يا ربنا لك الحمد كما يمبغي لجلال وجهك وعظيم سلطانك اللهم افتح علينا افتح الهارفين اللهم معلمنا ما ينفعنا وانفعنا بما علمتنا يا رحم الرحمن today we will talk about أم ورق الإنصارية رضي الله عنها and ساعد بن ربيع رضي الله عنه أم ورق الإنصارية بنته عبد الله بن الحاري سبن حويمين we know that the Medina was blessed by the migration of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم so in one of the انصار houses in one of the helper's houses that was enlightened by the light of the prophet the light of the Quran one of the female companion lined up with the ladies with the sisters performing صلى الله عليه وسلم she was the leader of women in صلى الله عليه وسلم so that that companion that noble companion أم ورق was a a bias companion she was known to be a worshiper she was known to have piety she was known to have close we'll remember it's Allah سبحانه وتعالى strong bond with Allah سبحانه وتعالى and a very strong bond with his حبيب with سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and with the Quran so she was one of the very few people to have memorized the entire Quran and she was known to be the حافظة of the Quran she was one of the few people who who understood the Quran in all its meanings so she was one of eight few oral transmitters before the Quran was recorded in writing so she went to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم one time and she asked him يا رسول الله there are no men in my home there are no men in my home and I want to lead the prayer so she asked him for a special permission to lead the prayer for her household and سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم knowing how how good she is in memorizing the Quran how good she is in understanding its meanings he gave her that permission and he did not give that permission to any other female companions at all ورقة was one of the women of the females who got the honor to give the oath of pledge of alliance to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and she was also honored to narrate and to transmit his narrations and of course أم ورقة being very knowledgeable in Quran she wanted to do something special so she said she assigned her home as a masjid for the females for the female Muslims to attend the prayers since سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم gave her the permission to lead the prayers and she was teaching her females her sisters she was teaching them the Quran and we know that سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم مجتمع قوم في بيت من بيوت الله يتلون كتاب الله ويتدارسونه بينهم so any group of people that assemble in one of the houses of Allah to recite the book of Allah learning and teaching it إلا نزلت عليه مستكينة tranquility will descend upon them وغشيتهم الرحمة will engulf them وحفتهم الملائكة angels will surround them وذكرهم الله في من عنده الله سبحانه وتعالى will make mention of them to those angels in his proximity so imagine this amazing blessing that this group of people have when they witness such and when they attend such assemblies so سبحان الله this is the importance of reading the Quran with others this is the importance of gathering with others to mention Allah الله سبحانه وتعالى الله سبحانه وتعالى will highly reward this group of people what other than his mercy will engulf them the angels will remember them with Allah سبحانه وتعالى their names will be mentioned up in the higher realm so this was her close relation with the Quran she wanted to to tell people she wanted to spread the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى she wanted to teach people about the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى because she knows that someone would get closer to Allah سبحانه وتعالى when that person would recite his words when that person would recite his book and what is better than reciting and understanding at the same time understanding the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى so this was the main concern of that she wanted to spread the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى she wanted to transmit the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى رضي الله عنها may Allah be pleased with her we noticed earlier when we talked about the female companions that some of them attended the battles with Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم وورقا was so eager to attend the battles and go into the battle fields with Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم but Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم didn't approve that for her although he approved it for other females but even though since she since she was always asking Allah سبحانه وتعالى to grant her the station of murder so she wanted to be a murder for the sake of Allah سبحانه وتعالى knowing the high reward that this group of people will get in the day after so what she did her heart was making dua for this and when Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم asked her not to go he wanted her to fulfill her duty towards the Qur'an to fulfill her duty towards the female Muslims and to teach them about the Qur'an but knowing that this is what her heart is willing for is wishing for is longing for he said he صلى الله عليه وسلم denoted her the murdered woman title so once he said to he said to his companions let's go visit the murdered she was alive but he gave her that title so even though she did not participate with sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم in any battle then she was given this title so when it was the battle of us with bidr the Muslims rushed to participate in fighting with sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم on the map before sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and she asked him for a permission يا رسول الله would you give me the permission to go out with you I would look after the wounded soldiers I would take care of them I would give water to people but he needed not approve that but he said to her Allah is going to give this position she did not ask again at all and she knows that when sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم says any word that would be truth so she knows she is certain now that one day she will be a murderer and she went with her mission just day after day in her home in her messaged praying reciting the Quran teaching the ladies the female companions and leading them in prayers until they passed away passed away so he passed away and he was pleased with her with what she was doing with how she was sacrificing herself for the sake of Allah and for the sake of teaching the Quran to the female companions later on battles happened and Muslims participated in battles winning after winning victory after victory but never went with any of the armies to any of the battles she knows she knows that she will get she was so sure that she will get what sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has promised her and it was on the time of Caliphate Omar رضي الله و عن that Allah سبحانه و تعالى gave her this position she was a murderer but how she did not participate in battles و و رقا had two slave servants female and a male and she promised them that they will be free after her death so one day these two slaves were talking and shaitan whispered to them that you will be slaves all your life how if if و مورقا lived for a long life how what will happen to you you will still be slave servants so it didn't take them long at night they killed her and they fled away so everyone knows that و مورقا stay up at night and read the Quran she had a special love relationship with the Quran so she used to pass by and listen to her recitation every night but that night he did not listen to her he knows that she would be of the people who would wake up to do the night prayers and to recite Quran she was an example of the normal people whom say المسلم has described when he said أشراف و أمتي حملت القرآن و أصحابوا الليل among you my people are those who know the Quran by heart those who understand the words of the Quran those who know the meanings of the words of the Quran so the nobles among my people are those who know the Quran and those who pray during the night but at that night say he did not hear her reciting so when he woke up so in the morning he said أم ورقا I swear by Allah I did not hear أم ورقا reciting so he got into her house and he did not see anything he did not hear any sound and he searched and he found her wrapped in a sheet in the side of the house so he knew he realized what happened he knew that her servants had killed her so he he gathered the people and he said أم ورقا was killed by her two servants and they fled away so he ordered that they will be followed and the companions rushed and they followed them and they brought them back when they were before say رضي الله عنه he asked them about what happened and they confessed that they killed her so سيدنا عمر punished them he crucified them and they were the first two people who were crucified in Medina and at that time سيدنا عمر رضي الله عنه said سيدنا عمر رضي الله عنه وصلم حين يقول انطلقوا بنا نزور الشهيدة سيدنا عمر رضي وصفة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة وصفة والذي يفعل الله سبحانه وتعالى سنسيراً للمارتر دون الله سوف يضعه إلى المارتر دون المارتر even if he died on his bed يا الله، نحن نسأل لكم في المارتر، يا أرحم الرحيمين نحن نسأل لكم أن يكونون من الذين you are pleased with them يا أرحم الرحيمين those whom you will say in the day after رضي الله عنهم الله سوف يكون سعيداً معهم فهذا كانت our female companion for today and the main lesson that we take from her is to stick to the Qur'an it is the time of the Qur'an so stick to the Qur'an سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم says اقرأ القرآن فإنه يأتي شفيعاً يوم القيامة فإنه يأتي يوم القيامة شفيعاً لأصحابه read the Qur'an for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the day of judgment this is our relation with the Qur'an and سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم wanted us to be of the people of Qur'an he told us that in the day of judgment the people will hear the voice saying to them اقرأ ورطق read رسائد and be elevated رسائد and be elevated so your station will be at the highest at the last ayah you can read on the Qur'an on the day of judgment and since this is the time of Ramadan also سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم says الصيام والقرآن يشفعاني للعبد fasting and the Qur'an intercede for a man intercede for a slave يقول الصيام أي ربي إني منعته الطعامة والشهواتي بالنهار فشفيعني فيه so fasting would say to Allah سبحانه وتعالى oh my lord I have kept him I have kept your slave away from his food and his passions by day so accept my intercession for him ويقول القرآن منعته النوم بالليل فشفيعني فيه and the Qur'an would say to Allah سبحانه وتعالى I have kept him away from sleep I kept him awake by night so accept my intercession for him فيشفعان then their intercession is accepted so let's take these moments of Ramadan let's take advantage of all seconds all blessed seconds of Ramadan and spend it with recitation with worshipping with making zikr and remember the shortest zikr that you can bake that would give you a lot of reward if you say if you say يا ربنا لك الحمد كما ينبغي لجلالي وجهك وعظيمي سلطانك then يا الله we we we thank you something that deserves that you deserve then الله سبحانه وتعالى the angels would say يا الله how can we write it how can we write this and الله سبحانه وتعالى says write it as is and I will reward my slave who said it also when you say سبحانه وتعالى سبحانه وتعالى سبحانه وتعالى when you say الله سبحانه وتعالى حدد خلقه وريضا نفسه وزنة عرشه ومدادة كلماته four times after a pleasure prayer that will equal a long time of worship between a pleasure prayer and the rising of the sun so there are so many things that you can do send lots of salawat to Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and get as much reward as you can in these last days this is something like a fuel station that we have to get fuel through for all the year so let's follow the example of أم ورقه and get as much fuel as we can from the Quran and remember ألف لا ميم don't say ألف لا ميم is one word ألف is a word so ألف by itself has its word لام ميم so all of it all of it is just the letters of the Quran that الله سبحانه وتعالى will multiply the reward from up to 700 times and more so don't get stingy just be generous to yourself so we move now to سيدنا ساعد بن الربيح and سيدنا ساعد is is a companion who did not live long during Islam he was murdered in a battle and but he has so many good positions in Islam he has light in Islam so what happened what happened who is سيدنا ساعد بن الربيح سيدنا ساعد بن الربيح was one of the 72 Ansari's Ansar the helpers who were privileged to take the oath of alliance at the hands of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم at العقبة and that was before migration had happened and so Ansari's came to Mecca and they gave the pledge to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم not only this but he was also one of the trustworthy individuals the 12 individuals whom سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم made shift and by command by the command of Allah سبحانه و تعالى he was a noble person he was an honored person he did so many things to prove his love to Allah سبحانه و تعالى and to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم he knew how to write when very few people knew how to write at that time and when they came back to Medina their life they made their life an example and a proof to the pledge that they have given to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم so when Allah سبحانه و تعالى gave the permission to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم to migrate to Medina and when he came when he arrived there one of the things that he did was that he ordered that men from Ansar from the helpers and from Muhajireen the migrants became brothers so سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم made عبد الرحمن ابنعوف and Sa'ad ابن الربيع brothers for the sake of Allah and Sa'ad immediately told سيدنا عبد الرحمن he said to him I am a very wealthy person I will so he insisted to give to give عبد الرحمن half of his brother half of his wealth and one of his two orchards he wanted to share half of his wealth with سيدنا عبد الرحمن ابنعوف but Sa'ad ابنعوف no may Allah bless you family may Allah bless your wealth just tell me where the market is so Sa'ad and he took عبد الرحمن ابنعوف there and عبد الرحمن ابنعوف was a very successful merchant and he started to work so we are surprised of the unlimited giving of سيدنا ساد that he wanted to give to سيدنا عبد الرحمن and we are also surprised by سيدنا عبد الرحمن who refused to take from سيدنا ساد he didn't want to take easy money just to enjoy to spend and no we have to work we have to to work hard just for the sake of Allah سبحانه و تعالى we have to work hard so that we get our money and we enjoy spending our حلال money we have to make sure that our money is 100% and we have to increase our wealth and when we do when we give this is the way to increase the wealth that Allah سبحانه و تعالى has given us because Allah promised that whoever gives Allah will give him 10 folds or more so when we give the poor when we participate in helping people then Allah سبحانه و تعالى is in increasing our money and that's why you hear people say looking for those who need help to help them looking for those who need charity to give them looking for those who deserve to give them because they are sure of Allah's promise that Allah will highly reward them and will highly increase their money and some of the people of Allah they say that Allah places a portion of our money to be given to the poor to the needy and they always ask Allah to increase this portion in their wealth so the the migrants came to Muhammad and they told him يا رسول الله we haven't seen more generous people than the helpers than the answer so we came we left everything behind and they helped us they shared their food they shared their houses they shared their orchards they shared their wealth and they how can we reward them they got all the reward but how can we reward them so say يدن محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said not as long as you make application for them and praise them for what they did so the answer the helpers Allah سبحانه وتعالى revealed ayes in them he says they would give preference over themselves even though they themselves might be in need so these are the helpers of the who gave pledge to say يدن محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم to support him and to support his companions if they migrate to them so whoever does something good to you and you don't know how to reward that person there is a phrase that you can say a dua that you can say that will surface that person you will say جزاه الله خيرا may Allah سبحانه وتعالى reward him abundantly and when you say this you are not specifying how the reward is and Allah is the most generous Allah is the most merciful so he will give generously without being asked without any limits so whoever does something good to you just leave the reward for Allah سبحانه وتعالى and make the dua جزاه الله خيرا so then سيدنا سعد ابن ربيع participated in the battle of بدر and he was he did amazingly well and he was with سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم who came victorious out of that battle but when it was out سيدنا سعد ابن ربيع got the murdered position over there الله سبحانه وتعالى gave him this position gave him this station knowing that how he longed for it the Sahaba when they used to go into a battle with سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم they would go wishing to be murdered for the sake of الله سبحانه وتعالى so when the battle was done they were checking the murders there were about 70 of the companions of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم who were killed on that that day and سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said he expressed his feelings and he said is there anyone who may go and see as what happened to سعد ابن ربيع is he alive is he a murderer where is he and and and and he was looking he went and looked for سيدنا سعد and he was crying and before before before leaving سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said to him if if you سعد يقنضي سلام to him and tell him that رسول الله عليه وسلم is asking how are you so سيدنا زيد went out looking for سيدنا سعد and he called him many times but there was no reply until suddenly he heard a weak voice and he said I am with the dead so سيدنا سعد moved towards the direction of the voice and so that سيدنا سعد had few breaths left and immediately سيدنا زيد said to him the beloved Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم has sent me to see whether you are alive or not now he having heard the word of سيد سيدنا سعد looked at him and he opened his eyes and asked him is the beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم alive he is safe and sound and he is well and سيدنا زيد said to him yes he is safe he is sound and he sent he sent you his Salam and سيدنا زيد gave this بشرة to سيدنا سعد so he replied سلام بي to the beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم all praise be to Allah عز وجل that my beloved Prophet is safe and sound and now my heart is feeling happy to die these were his words convey my Salam to the beloved convey my Salam to Habibi صلى الله عليه وسلم and humbly say يا رسول الله I'm feeling the fragments of of paradise and humbly say سعد is saying may Allah may Allah عز وجل reward you يا رسول الله from our side better than the reward he bestows upon any Prophet he sent to his Ummah so he also said also convey my Salam to my tribe of Al-Ansar and say you made a pledge so he is reminding them of the pledge that they gave to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم at the time of Al-Aqaba and he said سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم will be acceptable in the court of Allah if سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم is murdered because of your negligence even if your negligence for a moment and having said this سيدنا سعد رضي الله who passed away and they said over 20 cars and arrows piers and wounds were in his body at that time so when سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم got the news that سعد died and heard what he what message he sent to him he said ممر سيبي أبنهم he remained faithful to Allah and to his prophet even in every state whether it be life or death and with this he also said اللهم القسعب وأن ترادم عنه this was اللهم القسعب من رديع وأن ترادم عنه يا الله ميت سعد and you are pleased with him so what type of a secret what secret is that of the faithfulness and truthfulness to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم سعد رضي الله عنه was with سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم always even when he passed away he was fighting he was defending and he was fighting bravely for the sake of and after his death this صحابة remembered سعد رضي الله عنه and one time his wife came to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم with her two daughters and said يا رسول الله these are the two daughters these are the two daughters of Sa'ad who was murdered in the battle of سيدنا محمد but their uncle has taken the entire wealth leaving nothing for them at that time it was still the time of they still did not have the way of inheritance how they did not know that the inheritance is to be given also to the daughters so they cannot get married unless they have their wealth so سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم sent an order to the uncle of those girls asking him to give two thirds to both of the daughters of Sa'ad رضي الله عنه and one eighth part to the mother of the girls and then he can keep whatever is left for himself so again once one time a girl came a young girl came to visit سيدنا أبو بكر رضي الله عنه so he took off his gown he put it on the ground honoring this girl and he made her sit on it سيدنا أمر came in and he saw that so he looked at سيدنا أبو بكر and he said what is this oh Caliph of رسول الله who is this and سيدنا أبو بكر says رجل قبيض على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم تبو أمقعده في الجنة وبقيتو أنا و أنت this is the daughter of someone who is better than me and you a man who who was murdered at the time of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and he smelled the fragrance of جنة of paradise and I am here behind you and me سومي الله سبحانه وتعالى have mercy on ساعد رضي الله عنه ساعد ابن الربيع who advised people during his life and after his death and the message that he sent to his people was his advice after his death وصل الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم وسلام وعليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته