 We're continuing, insha'Allah we'll finish chapter one tonight, insha'Allah ta'ala. I believe we're on section seven, there's ten sections in chapter one and then we'll move on insha'Allah. So last time we talked about section seven concerning Allah's praise of Him and His numerous excellent qualities. Qadi Ayyad here, he quotes, as we said, Sula al-Imran, ayah number 81. This is called the prophetic covenant. This is when Allah SWT, He took a covenant from all of the prophets, as we said. And the gist of the covenant, according to the commentators that are quoted here by Qadi Ayyad, is that the covenant stipulated that if any prophet met the prophet Muhammad, Sallal Ali Sallam, he must believe in the prophet Sallal Ali Sallam and help the prophet's mission. It is said that the pact or the covenant, it's called a mithaq, entailed telling their people about him as well. So every prophet described the prophet Sallal Ali Sallam to their people. So he says here, Allah's words, Ja'akum Rasulun, as we said last time, is in fact addressed to the Ahlul Kitab, the people of the book contemporary with the prophet Sallal Ali Sallam. And then we also said, the next ayah, So, whoever turns away after this, in deed, they are sinners or iniquitous. So Imam al-Qurtubi and Imam al-Razi state quite unequivocally then that the ayah here cannot only be addressed to the prophets, but to their umam, their people. Because a prophet would never turn away and become a fasik, should the prophet Sallal Ali Sallam come during his time. It's impossible for a prophet to do that. Because the prophets have Ismah, they have a divine perfection or infallibility, divine with a lower case D, divine meaning that, or divine meaning that the source of their Ismah is God, the deity. So they're free from consciously disobeying Allah SWT. So this must also refer to their followers turning away from the prophet Sallal Ali Sallam and becoming iniquitous. We mentioned that last time. So that's called the Mithaqan Nabi'een. There's another Mithaq we mentioned last time too, mentioned in Surah Al-A'raf, Surah number 7, verse 172, the primordial covenant, Mithaq al-Ast. This is when Allah SWT took a covenant from all human beings. Before he created their physical bodies, the ulema say that Allah SWT questioned our arwah, our souls. Alastubi Rabbikum, am I not your Lord? And we all bore witness. Bala shahidna. Yes, we bear witness. Okay, so that was just sort of review from last time. So Ali ibn Abi Talibi says Allah SWT did not send any prophet from the time of Adam onwards without making a pact or covenant with him about Muhammad Sallallahu alayhi So this goes back to the previous ayah Ali Imran verse 81, Mithaq al-Nabi'een. If the prophet Sallallahu alayhi was sent, while that prophet was alive, then he would have to believe in him and help him. So we mentioned that. He had to make a contract to that effect against his own people. As-Sutdi and Qatada said something similar about some other ayat, which refer to the excellence of the prophet Sallallahu alayhi and more than one way. Imam Ar-Razi also mentions here that this covenant really pertains to any prophet who fulfills the criteria. For example, Yahya alayhi Sallam is a Nabi, is a prophet. But when Isa alayhi Sallam, who's a Rasul, appeared Yahya alayhi Sallam, believed in Isa alayhi Sallam, and helped the mission of Isa alayhi Sallam, because Isa alayhi Sallam outranks Yahya alayhi Sallam. Isa alayhi Sallam is from the greatest of the five prophets. He's a Rasul, which means that he's given a revelation, and he's commanded to the people to take the revelation to the people, while Yahya alayhi Sallam is a Nabi. And of course, Allah says, Musaddiqam bi kalimat min Allah, that Yahya alayhi Sallam will confirm the word of God, meaning Isa alayhi Sallam. Now Qadi Iyyad here, he quotes another verse. This is Surat al-Ahzab, verse seven, in which Allah says, So here we have yet another covenant. This is an additional covenant taken from these five messengers. These messengers are called the ulu al-Azam min al-Rusul. These are the five most exalted human beings to ever walk the planet Earth. Imam al-Qurdubi says they are the great law-giving messengers, the Rasul of the Shariah. Right? So you have the Mithaq al-Ast, which is all of humanity. You can think of it as a huge sort of ring, and then within that ring concentric circle, the Mithaq of the Nabiyeen, 124,000 prophets, although that number is disputed according to the hadith. And then at the center, the covenant that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made with the Rasul, the ulu al-Azam min al-Rusul, the five prophets. Now Qadi Iyyad here, the point of quoting this verse is to point out the order of the prophets mentioned. So just to read the verse again, Ahadna min al-Nabiyeen, and behold, or remember, we took a covenant from the prophets, Mithaqahum, wa min ka'a, and from you, so the ka'a, the ka'af al-khitab here, is a direct reference to the prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi sallam, wa min nuh wa Ibrahim wa Musa wa Isb ni Maryam. Notice the other four prophets are in chronological order. The prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam is mentioned first. That's what he wants to point out here. So just some commentary on that, Qadi Iyyad, he mentions, that Orman ibn al-khitab, radi allat al-'anhu wa ar-udhaa, was lamenting the death of the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam. He said, my father and mother be your ransom, O messenger of God, it has come down that part of your excellence with Allah is that he sent you as the last of the prophets while mentioning you among the first of them. And then he quotes the ayah, when we made a pact with the prophets from you and from Noah, Nuh alayhi sallam. My mother and father be your ransom, O messenger of Allah, it has come down the part of your excellence with him, is that the people of the fire will wish they had obeyed you, even while they are being punished in its depths. And then he quotes this verse from Surah al-Ahzab, ayah number 66, ya lay tan'a, a ta'anallahu a ta'anal rasul, O would that we had obeyed Allah as messenger. And then Qadir Yad, he quotes Qatada, a great exegete who studied under Ibn Abbas, that the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam said, I was the first of the prophets to be created and the last of them to be sent. And Ibn Qithir and Imam al-Qurtubi, they mentioned this as well in their tafasir. And this is related to the idea that the Ruh, the soul of the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi sallam, has temporal priority over the rest of creation. There is a hadith, it's a popular hadith. It's attributed to the Musannaf of Imam Ad-dur-Razaq, al-Sana'ani. Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani also quotes this hadith, it's a very famous hadith, and his famous treatise is called the merits of the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam and his umma. So the hadith says that a companion named Jabir ibn Abdullah came to the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam and he said, and this is how the Sahaba would address the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam. O messenger of God, they use a title, Allah uses his title in the Quran as we mentioned. Allah never calls him directly by his first name. The abi anta wa ummi, may my parents be ransomed for you. Inform me about the first thing that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created before he created anything. O Jabir, Allah created before all things the light of your prophet from his light. This is the hadith. Though as it turns out, this hadith is actually not found in the musannaf of Abd al-Razaq al-Sana'ani. No one could trace it back to anything that's authentically written by him. Most of the ulama today say that this hadith is moduar, it's fabricated. However, however, many, many ulama, many ulama, great ulama, whether they're scholars of ulumu al-Quran or the rfuqaha or their muhadithin, many ulama say that the meaning of this hadith is sound. It's still a sound meaning. This particular hadith however is fabricated. So it's a jahiz, it's permissible to believe in the meaning of this hadith. That the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam, the light of the prophet, is the initial creation. It does not make or break your iman. If somebody tells you you have to believe this, if you don't believe this, this is kufr. Say no, it is not kufr. It's a jahiz. It's non-essential. It doesn't make or break your iman. Any questions about that? There's some groups sometimes they fight over this issue unfortunately and they make takfir because of this issue. What is the initial light of the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam? What is the initial creation? There's a stronger hadith that says the pen, the first thing that Allah created, this is a sound hadith. The first thing that Allah created was the pen, the qalam. And Allah said, write, write what? Write history, write all of history, write existence. Right? Now some will try to harmonize these hadith and they'll say, well what is the pen made out of? The first thing that Allah created in its final functioning form is the pen. But what is the constituents of the pen? What is the pen made out of? Light, light of the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam. This is how they try to, some of them, they want to harmonize these hadith or these beliefs. Is there, I saw a hand up here. Yes sir? No, I mean, you're not taking the belief from this hadith, the hadith is fabricated. But so many of the ulama agree in the meaning, with the meaning of the hadith. Let's say there's a hadith that says that Allah created the heavens in the earth in six days. That's a true statement. But let's say you try to find this hadith somewhere you don't find it, or you find that the Sunnah is completely fabricated. So it's a fabricated hadith, but the meaning is sound. So there's other traditions, right? It's not just this one hadith that people are drawing this belief from. There's many, many traditions that corroborate this belief. And the fact that many, many great ulama consider this belief jaiz is something to consider. Okay, any questions over here? And then, you know, there's a Qur'anic ayat. Remember what we said? This is an ayah of the Qur'an. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the light of the heavens in the earth. Imam Suyuti says the meaning of this is, Allah is the source of all light. The similitude of his light that he owns. This is a different light than the first light, according to many, many commentators. This is a light that he created. And the dominant opinion here is that this second light mentioned here is the Prophet ﷺ. There's many ayat like this. There has come unto you from Allah a light. And they say, well, that's the Qur'an. What is the Qur'an? No, Kitab is the light. Kitab is the Qur'an. What is the Nur? And many exigents say that is the Prophet ﷺ. So this hadith could have been fabricated based on this pre-existing belief that the Prophet ﷺ is light and that he is the first creation. So somebody wrote this hadith. This is one opinion that it's Maudour. Sometimes you get difference of opinion, but this seems to be the dominant opinion called the priority of the Muhammadan light. Moving on then. Okay. Now, Allah swt says, So Qadi i'iyad now is quoting another ayah. This is 252 of Al-Baqarah. That we've preferred some of the messengers over others. Allah spoke directly to some of them and he raised some of them in rank. So that Allah swt, he has his prophets at different degrees, at different ranks. We don't give them their ranks. That's what Allah has given them. Some people like to quote the ayah because we say the Prophet ﷺ is He's the best of creation. And then sometimes we get the response. But Allah says, Don't make distinctions between prophets. Yes, that's true. I'm not making a distinction between any prophets. Allah swt says in the Qur'an, in another ayah, it's important that we read the entire Qur'an. Right? In another ayah, he says that he has his prophets at different darajat, different degrees. So this is an absolutely essential belief. This belief is essential. That the Prophet ﷺ is Sayyidu wal Adi Adam. He's the master of the children of Adam. This hadith is in Tirmidhi. It's a strong hadith that he's the beloved of God, hadibullah. It's also in Tirmidhi. There might be a slight weakness in this. But this belief is something that is found in many, many scholarly works of scholars of hadith and Qur'an. Imamat Tahawi, his creed, which is an early creed, which is considered to be an asari creed. In other words, he puts a lot of weight on sound transmissions, Qur'an and strong hadith. Also in the Ijmaa of Risalaf, it's a less speculative creed Aqidah. It's more ecumenical. It's safer, if you will. And this is how he describes the Prophet ﷺ. He says, He's chosen servant. He's elected prophet. His messenger in whom he is well pleased. The seal of the prophets. The leader of the righteous. The master of the messengers of God. And the beloved of the Lord of the worlds. So this is absolutely essential. To say, for example, that Musa, or Isa, have the same rank with the Prophet ﷺ. This is highly problematic. The Prophet ﷺ is the best of creation. These other prophets are obviously great. But the Prophet's maqam as the Shafir, the Shafir, the one who intercedes and the one whose intercession is accepted. He has maqam al-Mahmoud. He has the station of the Habib. This is without question. Here he called the Iyyat. He quotes, Related that Al-Kalibi said that the words of Allah. There's a verse in Surat Safat, verse 83, that says, and from his party, or from his shia, it can mean party or faction. But here it means something more like adherence or followers. And from his followers was Ibrahim. Now the question is, who does the pronoun he refer to? And from the followers of him was Ibrahim. Some of the commentators say, Nuh, alaihi salam. And from the followers of Nuh, alaihi salam, is Ibrahim. But others said, and this is mentioned by Imam al-Tabri, Imam al-Razi, that the pronoun refers to the Prophet ﷺ. That Ibrahim, alaihi salam, is a follower of the Prophet ﷺ. In the sense that the Prophet ﷺ has precedence over him, because the Prophet is Imam al-Mursaleen. It just so happens that Ibrahim, alaihi salam, was sent before him in temporality. But in reality, the Maqam of the Prophet ﷺ is the highest Maqam of all the prophets. Section 8 here, concerning Allah instructing his creation, to say the Prophet ﷺ is the highest Maqam of all the prophets. Section 8 here, is the creation, to say the prayer on the Prophet ﷺ. Salah al-Nibi, is protecting him and removing the punishment because of him. He quotes this ayah from Surat al-Anthal, ayah number 33. Where Allah ﷻ says, Allah ﷻ would never punish them while you are among them. وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُّ عَذِّبَهُمَ وَأَنْتَ فِيْهِمْ Allah ﷻ would never punish them while you are among them. And then he says here, meaning, as long as you are in Mecca, when the Prophet left Mecca and some of the believers were still there. So Imam Tabari and Qutb he mentioned that some of the Mu'minun, some of the Sahaba, they were convinced by their families not to make Hijrah with the Prophet ﷺ. So some of them remained in Mecca. It was difficult for them to leave Mecca. So Allah ﷻ says, Allah ﷻ would never punish them while you are among them. So the Prophet leaves. There are still some believers in Mecca. So then the very next statement Allah ﷻ says وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُمْ وَعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِيرُونَ Allah ﷻ will not punish them as long as they are asking for forgiveness. Such is the station of إستغفار. That إستغفار is the sort of deputy of the Prophet ﷺ if you will when he steps away. If the Prophet isn't amongst you then you better make a lot of toba. And then the punishment the عذاب will not come. This is how to interpret the ayah according to these great وَفَسَّرِينَ of the Qur'an. So while you have this statement here Allah ﷻ will not punish them while you are among them. And then Allah ﷻ will not punish them Tuba to bam waj examples يوم القيامة is دقفاراً كثيراً And the Prophet says as he said بناء鍾ر Glad tidings to the one who finds it Like his scroll on the يوم القيامة Allah is دقفار And the Prophet ﷺ said I ask my Lord seventy times a day and seventy is a sort of figure of speech their해서مدote language Yet means are a lot not just seventy You know some people count the same that's fine, but it means a lot now Why is the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who is maasum making istighfar again? He can't deliberately disobey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala He would make his istighfar after the prayer so One of the reasons the reason why he's making istighfar is because That he failed to praise Allah as Allah praises himself and he was overheard saying this in sajda by aisha Subhanaka La'utni alaik Anta kama athani ta'ala nafsik That Gory be to you. How can I praise you as you've praised yourself? This is why he's making istighfar Why do we make istighfar For different reasons for that reason also, but many many other different reasons So this is the reason why he's also to teach us the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as a muallim So he's teaching us how what is proper adab what is good or buddhiyya? Or buddhiyya means like like slavehood, but it really has to do with like character adab with Allah good adab with Allah so he says and Then he quotes this verse. He moves around here. He goes to surah 48 al fat verse 25 and this verse needs some Context but he quotes it here Had they been clearly distinguished Then we would have punished the unbelievers among them with a painful punishment He says in the same ayah if it had if it had not been for certain men and women believers whom you did not know So the context of this verse verse 25 of surah fat verse 48 according to Qurtubi and Tabari and al wahidi is That when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was at Huda Ibiya with the Sahaba 30 of the mushri keen attempted to surprise attack them and Kill them and they were caught by the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but he released them So this was obviously reason enough for the Muslims to attack the city militarily apparently some of the Muslims Wanted to attack. I mean they tried to massacre the Muslims But Allah says here if the Muslims from Medina had retaliated Then they would have accidentally killed some of the believers in Mecca people. They didn't even know were believers Because I never met them that Dawa continues in Mecca While the Prophet is in Medina for years people are still making shahada in Mecca because they're still Sahaba living in Mecca And many of them were hiding their faith because it was dangerous To come out and say I'm Muslim in public. You could be tortured and killed and yeah, you know cut off from your family and these types of things So it was a bit dangerous When the believers immigrated It was revealed Wa ma lahum ala yu'adhibuhumullahu But what can you but what do you have now that Allah should not punish you? So called the Iyati says here these ayat Present one of the clearest demonstrations of the Prophet's exalted position The punishment was averted from the people of Mecca firstly because of his presence and Then because of the presence of Sahaba after him making istighfar When none of the Sahaba were left in Mecca, eventually they all made hijrah Allah punished the Meccans by giving the believers power and victory over them He made their swords rule over them and the Muslims inherited their land their homes and their property So this is a reference now to the bloodless Conquest of Mecca and ate hijri And he says here Allah punished them but the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam and it's true as a form of punishment But the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam really honored the Meccans even while taking their city He's well within his rights To just take everyone out all the men and that's an accepted war practice No one would have faulted him for that When he was coming into the city a companion named Saad ibn al-Ubadah who had a lot of zeal He's holding the standard of the Muslims And he was shouting at the Meccans Al-Yawma Yawm al-Malhama Al-Dallallahu Quraishan today is the day of slaughter The debasement of the Quraish And he was shouting this over and over again Abu Sufyan had already converted But this was his people. He was a leader of the Meccans. So he was he was afraid what's going to happen here Here comes his you know these Muslims coming into the city So the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam heard that this is what Saad was saying Somebody told him relayed the message to him and he said go tell him not to say that and take the standard from him So everyone knows that I don't agree with the statement So they go to Saad and they say give us a standard. Why does the Prophet is saying he's I don't believe you What do you give up the standard? So they went back to the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam. He said he's not giving it up And the Prophet took his blessed Imaama off He said present this to Saad and take the standard from him, but give the standard to his son Qais This is for the wisdom of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam because he knew it would be hurtful Right to be disciplined in a sense by the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam But by giving the standard to his Saad son, he's still honoring Saad. It's still his son So then the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam he passes by Abu Sufyan and he says al yawma yawm al marhamma You is zullahu Quraishan Today is a day just slightly altered the statement of Saad Today is a day of mercy the exaltation of the Quraish The exaltation of the Quraish Mandakhala beta abhi Sufyan faqad amen And he said his name. He said whoever enters into the house or under the protection of Abu Sufyan that person is safe This was their recognized leader Right notice he didn't say whoever enters into my house or the house of Omar or Abu Bakr someone know your leader is Abu Sufyan If he gives you protection, you're you're fine This is how you know, he says here that Allah punished the meccans It is a form of punishment because the Prophet says I'm now taking the city, but in reality Right, it's a sign of of Izzah for the Quraish Any questions on that some of these are Christian polemicists. They write things like that They say that they insult the Prophet says them or they critique him and say that because the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam engaged in military Actions he can't be a true Prophet Which is completely ridiculous Because according to their own book An exodus 33 when according to their book when Musa alaihi sallam descended to the mountain and he saw people worshiping the calf He ordered the the Levites to slaughter 3,000 men in one day He actually says go kill your neighbor your brother your family member If you look at all of the ghazawat of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam all of his military expeditions There were 1,018 deaths according to Abu Hassan and Nathui in 23 years 700 Mushriqin and about 400 Sahaba and these are all on the battlefield These are all warriors on the battlefield. There are no innocent civilians being targeted here right 1,018 in 23 years and most of the time when the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam would go out for a Military expedition the enemy would see him and run away Because Allah will put terror into their hearts Right Ru'ab See a clue be him But 1,018 3,000 men are killed by musa alaihi sallam in the Torah according to the Torah 3,000 men fell in one day, but he's a true Prophet the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam is not is not a prophet because He engaged in military is total hypocrisy. It's a double standard Or you say he had a polygamous Relationships he had more than one wife Bani Israel, who is Israel? Yaqub He has 12 sons from four different women two of them were concubines are those legitimate children? Isa alaihi sallam is a descendant of one of these women Is he legitimate? They're God isa alaihi sallam Total double standard is quite ridiculous. Yes one person. No No, obey bin khalaf We'll be bin khalaf when the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam was in Mecca He passed by obey bin khalaf and he was like brushing his horse And so he looked at the Prophet and he said you know why I'm doing this for my horse Why and he said I'm going to use this horse one day and kill you while I'm riding it And the Prophet said perhaps I'll kill you This was your so at the buzzword oh hood the Prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam was struck on the side of his face By a man named Abdullah ibn Qami'a a mushrik He struck him on the side of the face and and some of the chainmail that penetrated into the cheek Right, so he pulled it out and it was blood flowing down his face And then he noticed that obey bin khalaf is charging towards him So the the seerah says the Prophet grabbed a spear a spear and like shook off like ten men off of him So he shook them off like they were flies and Then he barely tapped him on the neck right here He's like a like a tap because the point isn't to the intention is important He just tapped him on the neck and then and then ube bin khalaf he went back to the The the mushrik and he said he's killed me. He's killed me. He's killed me And they said what's wrong? He said look and he said this is just a scratch He said no, he's he told me he was going to kill me and then There's a report that says that he got he went insane and his horse jumped off the cliff another report that says it festered and You know got infected and he died from that But this was the only man ube bin khalaf Like it was a big shaytan He's from the musta haziyoon. Remember we talked about the Musta haziyoon These are the worst type of kufar who mock and ridicule the Prophet says them don't just disbelieve in him They mock and ridicule him. Yeah, so they'll say something. Oh this he killed the man. Therefore he can't this is in a battlefield There's a prophet in the Old Testament. I mentioned this a lot. His name is elisha This is a prophet that christians believe is a prophet elisha. Is he mentioned in the quran? Probably not Allahu alam, maybe aliyah, but I don't I don't know But elisha is a prophet in the Old Testament. This is what he did he's walking down the street and Some some kids begin following him Small boys it says And they start making fun of his bald spot This is a story in the bible They start making fun of his bald spot Uh, and then this prophet gets so offended That he prays to the lord And these two bears come out of the wilderness And they rip apart 42 young boys This person is a prophet according to the christians and jews But the prophet says selam on the field of battle Tapping a man on the neck And that man dying on the field of battle defending his city Oh, he's not a prophet because he killed the one on the battlefield double standard prophets have to defend their cities anyway These are things that they don't teach you in sunday school Even in seminary. They don't teach you these things. I mean I attended basically a christian seminary I have a masters in biblical studies. So I took all these classes in the bible. They don't teach these things You'll get some other stuff These are things you have to get by personal study Anyway, let's see what we're doing There was a question from last week inshallah. I'll uh, I have to look at the source of it It's about the rou'iyah and a statement of our mother aisha. I'll give the answer next week inshallah The aya, he says you're calling it yet continuing Uh is interpreted by abu musa I'm I'm guessing abu musa la sh'ari That the messenger of allah sallallahu alaihi salam Said, allah sent down on me two sureties for my umma sureties like a guarantee Two guarantees. What's the first guarantee? Allah would not punish The umma of the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam while he is among them The second guarantee Allah would not punish them as long as they're asking for forgiveness And he says this harks back to the words of allah. We're ma'ar sallallahu alaihi salam Where's this again? Where's this verse? Al-anbiya verse 107 21 107 21 107 Burn it into your brain 21 107 The prophet sallallahu alaihi salam said I am a surety for my companions. This is a hadith in muslim Some say that this means against innovations like bid'ah Other say it means against like disagreement and disorder One of the men of knowledge say this is what qadi agaida saying One of the men of knowledge say The messenger was the greatest surety while he was alive and he's present as long as his sunnah is present When his sunnah dies out then expect musibah and fitnah Affliction and disorder What is the sunnah? The authenticated Normative ethos and practice of the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam The agreed upon prophetic precedent sunnah does not mean hadith sunnah is drawn from hadith But there's different grades of hadith The sunnah is the authenticated ethos of the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam So this is according to qadi iyad This is seems to be his the final thing he says on this ayah That when it says You Fee him Allah will not punish them as long as you are among them or in them meaning the sunnah is within us As long as the sunnah is within us. It is as if the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam is among us Inna dina badaqa ghariban fa sayudu kama badaqa. We know this hadith That's the first part of the hadith that we hear quoted all the time There really this religion began as something strange And it's going to become strange again fatub alil ghorabah glad tidings to the strangers And then he describes the strangers Who are the strangers those who set a right or correct what humanity corrupted after me from my sunnah A lot of people today that are doing things and saying I found this in hadith. This is quran. This is sunnah. This is that sunnah So aleikum be sunnati. This is a This is a way of really in arabic really emphasizing aleikum be sunnati I exhort you to follow my sunnah What sunnah to the hulafa ar-rashi din al-mahdiyeen And the rightly guided caliphs the sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs And then so who are the rightly guided caliphs? They're actually five of them Imam Suyuti says five of them So Abu Bakr Siddiq Sayyidina Omar Uthman Ali and imam Hassan was a caliph for six months Which makes 30 years according to the hadith before he abdicated to Muawiyah To follow the sunnah my sunnah and the sunnah the rightly guided caliphs And then he says Very sort of dramatic like hold on to it with every ounce of your being and bite into it with your molar teeth That's how hard you should hold on to the to the sunnah There's a hadith in Tirmidhi. Let me let me not find one of you reclining on his couch When a command I ordered or a prohibition from me comes to him And he says la adidi. I don't know ma wajadna fi kitabillahi ittaba'anahu ittaba'anahu I don't know whatever we whatever we find in the book of god. That's what we follow I don't know about the sunnah. I don't know. I don't know He said let me not find one of you say that Jesus, what is this sunnah? Who knows who wrote the sunnah? Who knows in the Quran Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Guarantees that the sunnah Is going to be preserved if we believe in the Quran Because Allah says follow the messenger la qad kana lakoon fi rasoolillahi usbatun hasana. Why would Allah say that? Follow the messenger is a beautiful example. If we can't get to the real sunnah How do you know what sunnah? This is my my uncle says this my cousin says that Well, you have to sit with erlamah and discover the true sunnah Because it's something real a lot of people claim to know sunnah To have the sunnah, but it's important for us to be with the majority right yadullahi fawqah uh Yadullahi ma'al jama'a is the hadith that the in here The ulema make a tat wheel and they say That yad yadullahi means the protection of god Is with the majority Right stick with the majority So then he quotes this ayah this famous ayah Which you should also know 33 56 Inna allaha wa malaiqatuhu yasalluna ala nabi Yaihu aladhi namunu salu alaihi wa salimu tassimah Allah and his angels Uh, he says pray blessing on the prophet Oh believers pray pray blessing on him and pray for peace on him So claudia yad he says here the prayer of the angels and humanity Is supplication is a dua for the prophet We're supplicating for the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Ultimately the supplication is for our own benefit Our dua does not benefit the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam It's for our own benefit ultimately And he says this explicitly in a hadith Man sallah alaih wa ahida Sallallahu alaihi wa ashara Whoever sends benedictions of peace upon me As-salah ala nabi one time Allah sends blessings of peace upon that person 10 times But what does it mean? Inna allaha Yusalli ala nabi what does it mean that Allah prays upon the prophet or eulogizes the prophet Or sends blessings of peace upon the prophet It means that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is giving him additional mercy So when we do it it's supplication that really benefits us when Allah does it It's additional mercy to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, which again benefits us Because that that affects the umma the state of the umma One of the commentators said that the interpretation of the letters This is the first ayah of surah Maryam This is from those These disjointed letters that nobody really knows what they mean But alas many of the urlama have their opinions So qadi iyati mentions One of them said kaf refers to Allah being enough kifaya for the prophet Then he quotes the ayah alas allahu Bikaf and abdah is not Allah enough for his slave The ha refers to his guidance. He daya as in the words Yah deekah Yah deekah allah. Yah deekah silata mustaqima Yah deekah. Yeah, it's Surah fat verse number two he will guide you to a straight path The yah refers to Support The yah here's a He's sort of prominent letter He will support you with help their aim refers to their isma Allah will protect you from people And the sawd refers to salah. Inna Allah wa malaikatu you saluna ala nabi It's a kafaya Allahu a'lam Allah says if you support one Another against him. Allah is his maula in jibreel and the right acting believers Maula here means protector the right acting believers saw the hall muminin are said to be the prophets It's also said that it should be taken literally as meaning all the believers Any questions about that's the end of section eight section nine Adi iyad he quotes the first ten verses Of surah tul fat This is surah 48 So i'll just quote some of it here Allah says we have given you a clear victory fatah mubina The allama may forgive you Your former and latter wrong actions And complete his blessing upon you and guide you to the straight path And Allah might help you with a mighty victory It is he who sent down The sequina into the hearts of the believers that they might add belief to their belief To Allah belong the legions of the heavens and the earth Allah is knowing and wise That he might admit the believing men and women into gardens underneath which rivers flow remaining there forever And acquit them of their evil deeds That is a mighty victory with Allah And that he might punish the men and women hypocrites The men and women idolaters and those who think badly of Allah an evil turn of fortune against them Allah is angry with them and has cursed them and prepared jahannam for them an evil return To Allah belong the legions of the heavens and the earth Allah is mighty wise indeed We have sent you as a witness a bearer of glad news and a warner It's that you the people will believe in Allah And his messenger and help him and respect him and glorify his praise morning and evening those who pledge allegiance to you Actually pledge allegiance to Allah Yadullahi fawqa adihim Allah's hand is over their hands So he has a long commentary here commentary here But he says here when Allah says While you timma ni'matuhu aleyka and complete his blessing upon you It is said that this is by abasing those who show arrogance towards the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam And it is said that he means the conquest of mecca and ta'if It is said that he means by elevating your renown in this world helping you and forgiving you Allah is telling him that the completion of his blessing upon him lies in the abasement of his haughty enemies Opening up the most important and best beloved of towns Elevating his renown and guiding him to the straight path which leads to the garden And then he says in arsanna kashahi dan Wa mubashiran muna diran. So these are again ism nakira. These are all indefinite nouns I talked about these sort of rhetorical import of that First week Indeed we have sent you as a witness A bearer of glad of good news and as a warner He says Allah enumerates some of the prophet's good qualities and special characteristics And then he says help him and respect him wa tu azziruhu wa tu waqiruhu It is said that they it is said that they will go to great lengths to esteem him The most common and clear statement about this is that it refers to the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam They help and respect the prophet and then right after that it says Wa yusabbihuhu buqratan wa asila And they glorify his praise morning and evening referring to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Ibn atah he said this surah contains various blessings for the prophet The clear victory which is a sign of being answered forgiveness which is a sign of love Completed blessing which is a sign of election and guidance which is a sign of wilaya friendship Forgiveness consistent being freed from faults The completed blessing is to attain to the degree of perfection guidance is a summons to witnessing Ja'far ibn muhammad said part of his completed blessing to him is that he made him his beloved So there's a verse in the quran ayatul imtikhan Say if you really love Allah Follow me then Allah will love you and forgive you your sins So the ulama say by following if by following the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam anyone can become beloved of Allah Then how much does Allah love the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallallahu alayhi sallam if anyone can be beloved By just following the prophet how much does Allah love the prophet Then he says swore by his life Abrogated other sharia by him Raised into the highest place protected him in the ma'raj so that his eye did not swerve nor sweep aside Sent him to all mankind Made a war booty lawful for his community He also made him an accepted intercessor and master of the sentence of adam He coupled this He coupled his name with his name and his pleasure with his pleasure. He made him one of the two pillars of tawheed This is all the commentary of ja'far ibn muhammad ja'far sallallahu alayhi sallam Allah then says those who pledge allegiance to you those who make ba'a to you Actually pledge allegiance to Allah The tafsir says this is a reference to what's known as the ba'a to ar-ridwan at hudabiyah They pledge allegiance to Allah when they pledge allegiance to you So at hudabiyah the prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam. He sent sainat urthman To negotiate with the meccans. Then he received a false report That urthman had been killed So he sat under a tree and took pledges of allegiance from the companions Even kithir and khordubi say the pledge was that they would fight with the prophet until death We'll end here in charlam