 فشرف بالاشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا دا دا دا لا وياله من شراف عظيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا على سيد المرسلين وإمام المتقين ورحمة الله للعالمين نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين وعلى كل من صار على نهجه وقتفا أتاره إلى يوم الدين وبعد إن شاء الله تعالى today we're going to be starting with the permission of Allah سبحانه وتعالى the biography of the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and there is no biography greater to be spoken about than the biography of the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام my beloved brothers and sisters the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام his biography has a great importance to every muslim he is a role model in which we were commanded to follow عليه الصلاة والسلام and he's evidence for us a proof but as you all are aware of the biography of the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام is like history it's a portion of history and history is something that the people pass onto each other statements and speeches they tell each other and sometimes they add things to it that are not part of it so the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام's biography has endured some false accusations and lies people have added to the prophet's biography that which is not from it and that which the prophet didn't say nor did he come into contact with عليه الصلاة عليه الصلاة والسلام علماء محافظ العراقي and he said in his نظم السيرة فليعلم الطالب أن السيرة let the student of knowledge know that the biography of the prophet تجمعو ما صح وما قد انكرا it has gathered false information that have been added to it and things are true so إن شاء الله تعالى I as an individual would try my best everything I say about the prophet's biography it's something that's authentic and nothing that is false and that has no evidence إن شاء الله تعالى before we start the biography we will take a couple of points point number one the importance of the prophet's biography زين العابدين علي ابن الحسين ابن علي ابن أبي طالب رضي الله تعالى عنه this is Ali's grandson so he's Ali ابن الحسين ابن علي ابن أبي طالب he said كنا نعلم مغازية رسول الله عليه وسلم we were taught the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم biography we were taught it وصراياه and the process of the expeditions كما نعلم صورة من القرآن the way that we will be taught a sura from the Quran we would study the prophet's biography just like we would study a sura in the Quran and the companions are comparing the Quran to the prophet's biography because the Quran was something that you all know how you should be memorizing it and learning it that's how the prophet's biography was we would study it and we would learn it like a sura from the Quran اسمعيل ابن محمد ابن سعد ابن أبي وقاص it was the grandson of سعد ابن أبي وقاص he said كنا أبي يعلمنا my father محمد ابن سعد ابن أبي وقاص he used to teach us مغازية رسول الله about the prophet's biography ويقولوا and he would say to us when he tells us about the biography يا بني يا مايس children هذه مأثل أبائكم this is the footprints and the footsteps of your forefathers فلا تضيعوا ذكرها don't forsake the mentioning of it these are your role models these are the people you need to tread on their paths don't forsake it and don't dismiss it and today because youngsters and many Muslims are ignorant about the prophet's biography they've taken other people as their role model they've taken other people singers rappers artists and etc they've taken them as role models الإمام خطيب البغدادي and he said تتعلق بمغازية رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أحكام كثيرة فيجيبوا كتبها والحفظ لها الإمام الخطيب البغدادي and he said بأنه بيجيبه لديه الكثير من تلقائياته فقط بقصر بيجيبه كما سترى إمان إذا كنت ترون كالعادة ستعرف كيف تطلق كالعادة إذا كنت ترون كالدار ستعرف كيف ترون كالدار إذا كنت تريد أن أصبب كل مجال كل شيء تريد أن تكون صلى الله عليه وسلم يتعلق بك في راومو دورك بأنه بجيبه في كيف انتعلم في how he dealt with those who are around him عليه الصلاة والسلام how he dealt with his wives and how he treated them how he صلى الله عليه وسلم he dealt with the disbelievers and etc this will give you an understanding by studying the prophet's biography you will learn all of that and you will come to know all of that ألمام أبل الجوزي رحمه الله he said the fundamental foundation of knowledge is وأنفع العلوم and from one of the greatest knowledge to study أنظر في سير الرسولي looking at the prophet's biography وأصحابه and his companions قال الله تعالى الله سنة القرآن أولائك الذين these are the ones هدى الله الله guided them فبهداه مقتده follow them in their footsteps so you can all see how important it is انه يُنطلح لست فتر فضل before it was a Quran when it was a Quran before it was a Quran when it was a Quran when it was a Quran when it was a Quran when it was a Quran when it was a Quran when it was a Quran لذلك يمكنك أن ترى كيف مهمة it is to study the Messenger ﷺ's biography وعلى هذه العلماء لقد قمت بعملها كبيراً كبيراً كبيراً أنا سأمر إلى الأشياء الأساسية الأشياء الأساسية التي لدينا أشياء كبيراً على كل أشياء أخرى نبي الله محمد إِهِسْ بَيُغْفِيهِ sِيُنِيكْ there is no one like it نبي الله محمد his biography is unique and it's unique in the following it is the most authentic biography of any prophet that has ever been sent his biography is the most authentic it's been transmitted with the authentic chains of narrations الزواء الأولى لن يتم تحديث عن تحديث عن المتحدة. وذلك عندما يتخلص شيء عن مثل العيس بن مريم يخبرونكم ما يعتقدون. وما يخبرونهم اموه اموه اموه اموه اموه اموه اموه اموه اموه اموه اموه اموه اموه لا يتم تحديث عنه. Our Prophet ﷺه's biography is authentically transmitted to us. صلى الله عليه وسلمه عليه. Number two. The Prophet ﷺ's biography is the most clearest biography in regards to any prophet. Even those prophets, we don't have every stage of their lives. Our Messenger ﷺ's biography is clear in every stage. We know him ﷺ, the day he was born. Where he was born. The women who breastfed him. His parents' names, his mother's name and his father's name, we know it. We know him ﷺ his dad and his father's name and where his father was born. We know his mother and where she was born. We know about him ﷺ, his childhood and how he grew up. We know him ﷺ as a youth. As a Shab in Makkah and how he was. We know that. We even know how his income was and what his income was. What he made money from before Islam. We know it. Brothers, if you can sit here, insha'Allah. Brothers, you just came to sit here, insha'Allah. We know what he made money from before Islam. Before he got money, before he became a Prophet. How was his income and where was he making money from? We know it. We know what he traveled to when he left Makkah. عليه الصلاة والسلام. Until Allah ﷺ sent him as a Messenger and as a Prophet. My beloved brothers and sisters, we even know how he ate. What did Imam Muslim narrating in Sahih? That Ibn Ka'b ibn Marekin. From his father Ka'b ibn Marekin, what did he say? رأيت النبي. I saw the Prophet of Allah. يلعق أصابعه. I saw the Prophet. Suck his fingers after he ate. We know how he ate. We know he ate three fingers. عليه الصلاة والسلام. أبي جحيفه. He said, I saw the Prophet of Allah. صلى الله عليه وسلم وعليم. And the Prophet said to him, إني لا أكل متكئة. I never eat lying down. So we know how he ate. We even know about him. He how he stood and how he sat. When he sat عليه الصلاة والسلام. He would cross his feet. عليه الصلاة والسلام. And he would face towards the Qiblah. Generally when he spoke. We know about him. He's clothing and the clothes that he wore. We even know how he spoke. عيشة رضي الله تعالى عنها. She saw some people talking. And then she said, إن رسول الله. لم يكن يسرد الحديثك سردكم. The Prophet's speech was not like your speech. Where you just go on. He was إذا تكلم بكلمة. And if he spoke a speech. أعادها ثلاثا. And he would repeat himself three times. عليه الصلاة والسلام. حتى تفهم عنه. So the people can understand him. We know how he dealt with his family. And his wives. عيشة said. I went with the Prophet of Allah. صلى الله عليه وسلم. One day. In one of his traveling. وانا جارية. When I was very young in age. لم أحمل اللحمة. And I wasn't waited. Nor was I chubby of fat. So the Prophet's. الله عليه وسلم. He said to the people. تقدم. He said to the army go forward. Go move. All of you go forward. So the army left. And so the Prophet's left with his wife. عيشة. And then he said to her. عيشة. تعالي حتى أسابقك. Come let's race. Let's who's faster. Me or you. You have to imagine. He صلى الله عليه وسلم. Has a whole army of men. With their food in the middle of nowhere. And he tells all of them move. All of you go. Just to put happiness in our heart. He said عيشة let me race with you. So عيشة رضي الله تعالى. And she said. فَسَابَقْتُهُ I raised him. فَسَابَقْتُهُ I beat him. I won. He lost. عليه الصلاة والسلام. فَسَكَتَ عَنْيهُ He went quiet. He didn't say anything to me. He just went quiet. She was happy because she won. So the Prophet's. الله عليه وسلم. He looks for the right time. حتى إذا حملت اللحمة. Until she became chubby. وابدونت. And she was waited. ونسيت. And she forgot. So رضي الله تعالى عنها. She said خرجت معه. I came out with him. في بعض أسفاري. In one of his travels. Yeah. My beloved brothers and sisters. This is a man. Who is going through the hardest time in his life. He's going through the most serious matters. He's the one who has to run the Muslim affairs. He has to convey message of Islam. And everything. And he still doesn't remember a race. It says a lot. صلى الله عليه وسلم. So he said to Aisha. Come. Let me raise you after he told the army to move forward. And then. He said تعالى أسابقك. فسابقته فسابقني. This time he won. فجعل يضحك. The Prophet started to laugh at Aisha. And then he said to her. ها فيه بتلك. This is for the previous one. And he never raised with her again. Not to hurt her. To make it for her to feel is equal. صلى الله عليه وسلم. He didn't give her another challenge. And this shows you. What he was. And no Prophet. Has been brought to us. His life like this. We also even know. His عباد and his prayer. مغيره تبني شعبة نريتد. That the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. He prayed حتى تفخت قدمه until his legs swollen. He became very very swollen. Aisha then said to him. Oh Messenger of Allah. Are you going to burden yourself to this extent? That you're going to pray at night until your legs are swollen this much. And Allah has forgiven you for your past sins. And your coming sins. You're free. There's no mistakes and no sins on your scale. And the Prophet said. أفلا أكون عبد شكورا. I am an M.Y. Shin Aibi. A slave who shows gratitude to his Lord. الله سبحانه وتعالى. So we know his prayer. We even know how he dealt with his companions. رضي الله تعالى عنهم. And how he was towards them. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. He would mix with his companions. And he would sit. And the سبحانه وتعالى he said. إن كان النبي لا يخالطنا. The Prophet will sit with us on the floor. And he would mix with us. حتى يقول لأخي. لأخي لي صغير. That the Prophet said to one of my young brothers. يا أبا عمير ما فعلن غير. يا أبا عمير. What did your bird نغير do? He was laughing من باب المدعبة. And this hadith alone. One of the great imams. He extracted a hundred benefits from it. Just that statement of the Prophet. يا أبا عمير ما فعلن نغير. ولي ذلك the Prophet. He would joke with the companions. And even then when he would joke. He said about himself. إني لا أقول إلا حقا. When I'm joking I don't say except the truth. Everything I'm uttering is the truth. When he would even joke with his companions and his wife. My beloved brothers and sisters. We have reached the level of knowing the Prophet ﷺ. That we even know how many white hair was in his beard. And in his hair. And Imam أحمد narrated in his Musnad. ابن حباني للصحيح. On the authority of Anas and Malika. رضي الله تعالى عنهم. He said. ما عددت في رأس رسولي لي صلى الله عليه وسلم والحياتي. I counted the Prophet's hair. And his beard. The number of white hair that was in it. إلا أربعة عشرة شعرة بيضاء. He only had 14 white hair. صلى الله عليه وسلم. So our messenger of Allah. Our messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم. We know everything about him. We know everything. There is to know. About a Prophet. When he did a summary of what can be said about him. Is that he was born under the scope. He was born as though a camera was 24 hours watching him. The way his life was documented to document to us. And brought forward. The third unique thing that we have in the Prophet's biography. And the studying of the Prophet's biography is. The biography of the Prophet. It informs us. Of a individual who Allah honored him. Allah honored him. صلى الله عليه وسلم. This honoring that he has been given. It has not taken him out of being a human being. He's been honored with a message and a prophecy. But it hasn't taken him out from being a human being. He married. صلى الله عليه وسلم عليه. He even divorced. He got pleased and he got angry. He bought and he sold. He is a human being. ما في هذه الكلمة من معنى. What the word human being carries. He is a human being. Not like how the Christians make their. Prophet. إي سبن مريم. If he is an إله. How can he be a role model to you. And how can you follow him. But our Prophet. He is a human being. He would be happy. And he would be angry. He would buy. And he would sell. عليه الصلاة وسلم. He also. He also is a role model for us. And we were told to follow him. لقد كان لكم في رسول الله. أصوة حسنة. لمن كان يرجو الله. واليوم الآخرة. وذكر الله كثيرا. The fourth. Unique. Beauty in the Prophet's biography is. His biography. Is what allows us to understand. That he truly is a messenger sent from Allah. And a Prophet. By studying a Prophet's biography. عليه الصلاة وسلم. Looking at what he accomplished in 23 years. يا إخوة 23 years. What he accomplished. And what he gained. Could not have been attained. And he could not have been gained. Except. From a person who is directly been helped and aided. By Allah سبحانه وتعالى. 10 years he was in Makkah. Only 13 years he did what he did. That's when he actually became a leader. And he was in charge of somewhere. 13 years. 13 years عليه الصلاة وسلم. What he accomplished. And the things that he came forward with. How he صلى الله عليه وسلم. He sat his companions down. And that he they would listen to him attentively. They wouldn't disobey him. If he told them to stand up they would stand up. If he told them sit down they would sit down. Not because they feared him. Not because they were scared of him. Not because he had an army. Because they loved him عليه الصلاة وسلم. Because they admired him عليه الصلاة وسلم. His Da'wah reached the outskirts of Makkah. The outskirts of Medina. It went to the neighboring countries. عليه الصلاة وسلم. The patience which he endured عليه الصلاة وسلم. Shows that the issue was bigger for him than himself. It was bigger to him than Muhammad alone. But that this for him was prophesy and a message. That he had to convey عليه الصلاة وسلم. إنه والله نبي الله محمد is. A true prophet sent from Allah سبحانه وتعالى. And Allah aided him سبحانه وتعالى. Allah physically aided him. And Allah سبحانه وتعالى. He aided him with the Quran and the evidences that he gave him سبحانه وتعالى. Now إن شاء الله وتعالى. Let's talk about جزيرة العربية في العصر الجاهلي. Before the prophet came. How was the Arabian Peninsula? How was it like? And how did it look? The Arabs before Islam came to them. Their morality and their etiquettes was downhill. They were indulged into khamr, alcohol and gambling. And it reached a level of Qaswa and evilness. It reached to the extent that they buried their daughters alive. إلا وقدي البنات. Adultery and fornication was on the rise. People's safety was on the line. You would take a path and a road. And you were 90% your caravan. And whatever you're carrying would be taken. And it would be robbed from you. A highway robber would take it from you. This was the situation of the Arabs. Let's take an example for them. For example شوب الخمر. Drinking alcohol. It was spread to the extent that a person wouldn't sit on a table. Or a food would not be served on a table unless خمر was there. And alcohol was there. It was rooted in the community. They used to just come together just to have alcohol. If they ate, they would have the alcohol as the starters. And when they left the gathering, they would drink alcohol to leave the gathering. They even spoke about alcohol in their poetry. لبيد من الربيعة العامي. He's from the إحدى المعلقات السبعة. From one of the seven whose poetry was connected to the كعبة. How much they respected it. And it was written in ink of gold. They respected it. These are called المعلقات السبعة. The seven poets. He says قد بتسامرها وغاية تاجرين. وافيت إضرفعت وعزم دامها. He refers to the alcohol as trading. Like all of business. And money making is alcohol. If alcohol is not business, then what is business? That's how much alcohol was for them. قتادة بالدعمة السدوسي. He said كان الرجل في الجاهلية. Which is the second thing. قمار. Which is gambling. They used to gamble. They would gamble their cars. Sorry, they're riding beasts. Their horses and their camels. Their properties. Their children and their wives was part of the gambling. ولي ذلك قتادة said كان الرجل في الجاهلية. That a man before Islam يقامر على أهله ومالي. He would bring his children and his family and his wife forward. فيقعد حريبا سليبا. And if he lost the gambling, his wife and children. Everything would be taken from him and his wealth. ينظروا إلى مالي. He would see his whole wealth and everything he owned. He would take it away from him. فكانتوريث بينهم عداوة وبغضة. And this is what placed in their hearts. Hate and enmity towards one another. That's why they fought and they fought. Somebody just took your children and your wealth. This is where it reached. The reason I'm telling you all of this, my beloved brothers and sisters is. The argument that many used the Quran cannot relate to me. The religion cannot relate to the problems that our community are facing. They are ignorant about the Arabs and the way they were. Exactly what they are going through is what we are going through today. Maybe because we have technology. But the reality is the same problems and the same Shaytan that was sending revelation on those ones is the same one that's sending revelation on these ones today. ريبا spread. The people of the Arabian Peninsula they used to trade in ريبا. And it was very well spread. That it was excessive and it was exaggerated. And Imam ابن جنير الطبري said كان ريبا في الجاهلية ريبا before Islam it was في تضعيف وفي السنيني. It was on multiplying it and doubling it. If a person was given debt it would be multiplied. If the time comes and you don't pay it was multiplied. And it was multiplied. And it was multiplied. The man who would come to you who gave you the money and he would say to you تقدي Are you going to give me back my money? أو تزيدني Are you going to increase it? And if he says okay I'll increase it. If he has it he'll give it. And if he doesn't he'll say next year I'll come to you إن شاء الله تعالى this time. If what he took from him was مثلا ابنة مخاذ. ابنة مخاذ is a goat that's two years. If it's two years he would come and he would want from him the next year ابنة لبونن. One that's three years. And then it would go on it would become a جذع then it would turn into a رباعين. It would just grow. It would be a camel now. And then it would go the camel would be four years and it would etc. It would just multiply. If it was gold that he gave you then that same gold would multiply. So it would become two. And then you didn't bring it it would become four. And then it becomes eight. And then it becomes sixty and it goes on. It would just multiply until you pay it. It was their trading and this was what their life was like. That a person years would go by and he has no way to pay. زينة سبرد. It was one of the most prominent things in the community. And rather it was غير مستنكرين. No one's out there to stop them from doing it. It was part of their nooms. Rather they used to have boyfriend and girlfriends. They had boyfriends and girlfriends. And the Quran mentions it which is الخليلات. The person has as Allah mentions in the Quran ولا متخيدات أخذان. ولا متخيدات أخذان. Girlfriends they had it. Not only that the women also had boyfriends. It was normal. It was common. And they would burden their slaves if they had slaves to go commit they will make them do prostitution. They will make them do prostitution and bring that money. So they tell their slave girl go open one of those prostitution house and go and commit zina bring money home for me. It's a pimp right? So he pimps the slave and he wants money from her. So she has to go and she has to bring money. And أمام البخارين are written in الصحيح on the authority of Aisha رضي الله تعالى عنهم. She said أن النكاحة في الجاهلية that the نكاحية means the intimacy not their marriage. But intimacy before Islam was four and she mentions one the last four with the last one which is the one that concerns us. She says يجتمع الناس الكثير فيتخلون على المرأة لا تمنع من جاءها. A woman would open a prostitution house and the men would gather there they would come in line to her to commit zina with her. And Aisha said وهم وهم and they are the bagaya these women were prostitutes. And no one would stop her. No one would say what you're doing is wrong. ولي ذلك الله سرين القرآن ولا تكره فتاياتكم على البغاء. Do not force your daughters and your women into prostitutions in Aradna if they wish and they want تحصنن if they want to be chast لتبتغو عرض الحياة الدنيا. Don't force them into it. ولي ذلك لما مالك narrated in his مواطع بسلاد صحيح in an authentic chain of narration that Uthman used to say لا تكلف الأمتة Don't force a woman غير ذات الصنعة الكتبة A woman don't force her in a profession that she doesn't know very well don't force her into doing it. فإنك متاك كلافتموها whenever you burden a woman in going out to look for money ذلك ككسمت بفرجها she might go and do prostitution. It might force her to do prostitution and make money from Zina. She might think okay this is the easiest way to make it. So don't burden the women. Don't burden ولي ذلك Islam doesn't request money from women. They're the ones who are funded while she's with her father her father pays for everything for her and then her husband and then if her children when they grow up they look after her. A woman is always like that. And the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم الحديث which Imam Ahmad narrated is Muslim and the Hadith is على شرط الشيخين that the Prophet prohibited three types of income. The first one is كسب الحجام the money that is made by the person who does hijama. The second one is وكسب البغي and the money that's made from a prostitute. The third one is وطمان تلبي the money that's made from dogs selling and buying dogs. So it's prohibited. So these were things that were very common. Also ودولباناتي that girls will be buried alive. That was common. That the Arabs would do that. They would bury their daughters alive. And the women were the lowest looked at as Allah said in the Quran وإذا بشر أحدهم بالأولسة if one of them his wife she gives birth to a girl the minute the news is given to him ظل وجهو مسودا وهو كظيم his face will become darkened. The first thing that he thinks about is where am I going to bury her? How am I going to face the community? What am I going to say to the people? That my wife after nine months of pregnancy she gave birth to a girl? ظل وجهو مسودا وهو كظيم يتوارى من القوم من سوء ما بشر به أن يمسكوا على هون أم يدسوا في الطراب ألا سأما يحكمون. That's what he's thinking about. Not the name that he's going to give his daughter and her clothing is worrying about how he's going to get rid of her and destroy her. So this was very common. They would kill their daughters and they would bury them alive. Some of them would take their daughters while their daddy they would bury them alive and put them in their graves. أبو ساد brings it in his طبقات many stories because they're not authentic we're not going to mention it but the reality is that they did do that. They also killed their children out of poverty if they had no money they would kill their children and if they were able to sell them they will also sell them and sometimes they would even make a promise to Allah if their children become 10 they would slaughter one of them and that's what was done to the Prophet's father عبد الله عبد الله we're going to see that later إن شاء الله و تعالى the Prophet's father عبد المطالب what did he want to do? عبد المطالب 102 he wanted he had 10 boys and he promised Allah if you give me 10 I will slaughter one for you and so he took the and then he placed a قرع he threw a lot and he kept coming out from the Prophet's father he didn't like that but it happened to the Prophet's father because the Prophet's father was most beloved to him عبد المطالب are you there? و لذلك العلمة they say and the Prophet's parcel came from the two individuals who were going to be slotted اسمعيل his lineage is from and that's the they were very very very excessive in their killing Why was the Prophet ﷺ sent in the Arabian Peninsula? Why was he sent amongst the Arabs? A people like this that you mentioned. Why them? Why out of all people was it them? Number one. The Arabs, they were upon the fitrah though. They were upon the fitrah. Meaning the basic instinct. They were not a people who the philosophy of the philosophers entered them. All of this which they were doing was out of ignorance. And if anything came to them, they were willing to accept it. Whereas the other civilizations, they were full of themselves and they believed knowledge has come to them. So which one is easier? To empty a cup and then pour something into it. Or to just get an empty cup and pour something in there. So the Arabs were like that. And the evidence for that is when Sahel Ibn Amrin pay attention to this. Who was Sahel Ibn Amr? In Hudaybiyah, the treaty of Hudaybiyah. We're going to take that in details insha'Allah. Sahel Ibn Amrin was the man who signed the treaty with the Prophet when the Prophet was stopped from entering Makkah. And don't worry, we're going to come to that incident very well insha'Allah. Sahel Ibn Amrin, when the Prophet wrote بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم من محمد رسول الله. He said to him. Don't write that. The Prophet wrote, هذا ما قضى به محمد رسول الله. So he said to him. Sahel Ibn Amrin said to him. والله بي الله. لو كنا نعلم أنك رسول الله if we believed you were a messenger from Allah ما صددناك عن البيت ولا قاتلناك. We will not have stopped you from entering Makkah. No one we have fought against you all this time. We don't believe you are a prophet some from Allah. This is Sahel Ibn Amrin, right? When Sahel Ibn Amrin took Islam. Just to show you the fitrah. When Sahel Ibn Amrin took Islam. The one who said to the Prophet فأول أمان وخاصيم وكبي. The first person I'm going to judge with you on the treaty of Hudaybiyah is my son Abujan. They'll give him to me. And he signed a hard contract with the Prophet. When he took Islam. What did he become? كان كثير الصلاة. His Salah was excessive. He used to fast Mondays and Thursdays. والصدقة. He would give charity excessively. وكان كثير البكاء. He used to cry excessively. Whenever he would hear the Quran. And he used to say. والله بي الله. والله. There's never going to come a position where the Muslims need me to stand harsh against the disbelievers. Except I will stand shoulder to shoulder with my brothers from the Muslims against the disbelievers. I promise you. ولان فقط. And I've never ever given charity before Islam. In support of the disbelievers. I'm going to give the same for Islam and the Muslims now. Why? لعل أمري أن يتلوا بعضه بعضا. Just hope insha'Allah تعالى that the wrong that I've done this would overcome it. And this would insha'Allah تعالى allow me to get a high place in Jannah. So this is what they were their hearts. And that's why the Prophet came from these people. The second thing is their hearts were pure. The Arabs. They had a very pure heart. These. They were upon the fitrah. A slight difference. Which is their problem was shahawat. Desires is what they had. They weren't a people who suffered from shubu hat. Doubts. In the sense where they knew nothing. ولي دالكة. No one from the civilizations of that time ever wanted to invade the Arab world. They were barbaric. They weren't seen as anything. They had no form of تقدم. They were just nothing. There was nothing to be said about them. And that's why a lot of these countries of that time the Persian and the Romans they couldn't accept these Bedouins. Like we were there. How did this happen? And these civilizations are talking about Christianity time. And how that works. So this is how they were. جهل was جهل which is بصيد. The arguments were very simple. The arguments were very very simple. And it was very easy. The third one was that the Arabs were very direct people. They want people to be behind bushes. And they will never deceive. If they loved you, they loved you. And if they didn't, they didn't love you. That was their characteristics. And you will all know the position the مهاجرين took. Sorry. The Ansar took when they gave the Prophet the Bay'a. And they أوسن خزرج were the two biggest tribes from Ansar, right? They met the Prophet عسلمين عقبة. And they gave the Prophet bay'a. العباس ابن عبادة ابن النظلة الخزرج. Look what he said to them before the bay'a. He said, يا معشرة الخزرج. All people of Khazraj. هل تدرون علىها يعون هذر رجل. Do you guys know what Muhammad is asking for as a bay'a? He loves the Prophet. But he really wants them to know what they're getting themselves into. So they don't get co-feeted later. And they get worried and scared. He said, are you guys fully aware of the pledge of allegiance that you're taking with the Prophet? What it entails? What is it going to lead to? Do you know? قالون عم. They said yes. He said, إنكم تبايعونه محمد سبيع that you're giving him this pledge of allegiance. إذا على حرب الأحمر والأسود بل الناس that you're going to fight every nation out there that's going to fight you guys. The minute you proclaim the message he's calling to, the world is your enemy. And you're going to be fighting with those people. Then they responded. قالوا فما لنا بذلك يا رسول الله إن نحن وافينا. And he said, يا رسول الله إذا كانت ذلك المتحدة نحن تفعيلها ونحن تبايعها ونحن تبايعها معك. What do we receive? The Prophet said, أل جنة. الله will give you guys جنة. And then they said to the Prophet أبصط يدك يدك يدك فبصط يده يدك يدك يدك يدك فبايعوه they gave him a pledge of allegiance. One after the other. One man comes and he moves on. And guess what? When the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم the battle of bedar and we're going to talk about that in details. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم who did he consult? The battle of bedar didn't happen in a planned way. It wasn't organized. It wasn't prepared. But the Prophet knew that the greatest casualty are going to be who? Ansar. Ansar are the people of Medina. And if the bloodshed takes place, who are going to have the most casualties are the Ansar. So the Prophet kept asking what do you guys think we should do here in this situation? And then the Muhajirin were talking and then the Prophet kept looking at the Ansar like can you guys talk? It's you guys. And so then Sa'ad Mu'bad stood up I think it was him. He stood up. He said, يا رسول الله. We're not going to say to you what Musa people said to him. إنها هونا قاعدون. You and your people fight and we wait here for the results. We won't say that to you. You know what we're going to say to you? إنها هونا قاعدون. You and your Lord go and fight. فإنها معكم ما مقاتلون. We're going to fight shoulder to shoulder with you. Like today Muhammad were with you. Wherever you want to go and whatever you want to do. We're with you. And they fulfilled that covenant and that promise that they made with him. عليه الصلاة و السلام. ساعد من العبادة و المعاذ. ربي الله تعالى عنه. He said. I swear by the Lord. This is his speech. He's still carrying on. لو استعرضت بنا البحر. If you tell us. Walk in that ocean. All of you guys. Walk. Just walk inside the ocean. لا خدنا معك. We're going to cut it with you. لا تخلف مننا رجل و رجل و رجل واحد. Not one man from amongst us is going to hold back. We promise you that. And was it just a speech or did they really do that? They really really did that. And that is a distinct characteristic that the Arabs were known for. They were a people. They gave you their words. You never have to come back to them on that again. That's it. The other reason why they were chosen was because the Arabs were a people who grew up in hard life. They were not. They weren't like the Persians and the Romans who were born in castles and palaces. They were people who were born under trees. Livestock and camels was their life. They were strong type of people. They didn't grow up on chicken and chips. Yeah? They were strong people. They were courageous. The professor Asalib's armor. Do you know how much one armor weighed? He had two armors put together. You know that, right? How much was one? Yeah, it was 50 kg. 50. His armor weighed عليه الصلاة والسلام. Are you with me brothers? We sword. حديث و الحرج. Something else. So the issue is also the Arabs were truthful people. They were truthful and they were people who could be trusted and they were very courageous, brave people. نفاق and hypocrisy was not in their list. If they were going to kill a tribe, they would tell that tribe. We're going to kill you. We're coming for you. We broke the covenant. We're coming for you. Deception wasn't part of the deal. They used to have, before Islam, they had a characteristic which was within the year there was a period of time in which there was no fight that was meant to happen. And Islam adopted that from them. And he took it on. أشهر الحرم is taken from them. They just used to play around with it. They used to sometimes push it forward and backwards. But those months were there. If it entered and it happened that the month entered and they all knew it was the time, guess what they would do? You would walk in front of the man whose father you killed and he won't touch you. You just killed his father. And the أشهر الحرم just came in. You walk in front of him and he cannot say a thing to you. He won't touch you. He will wait for the time to come back. For what? That's how they were. أهل سطق و أمانة. They had these characteristics. They were very brave. Disception was not part of their characteristics. The sixth thing that they were very well known is they were people who knew how to fight. They knew what? They knew very, very well how to fight. Fighting was their characteristics, their norms. And that's what they talk about. Riding horses for instance. Archery. And all of this was their norms. The other characteristics that the Arabs had was that they were a people who did not like to be subjugated. An oppression, a vulm. They accepted that. They were people who love to live free. And Islam is compatible with people like that. People who want to live freedom because Islam brings you out of the shackles of slavery for people. They ran away from what was created for them. So tell them to run away from what was created for them. Islam came to take you out of the shackles of slavery for the human beings. To become a slave of who? Allah سبحانه وتعالى. إن شاء الله وتعالى It's nine o'clock now. Five past nine. We will conclude there إن شاء الله وتعالى. And we'll carry on next Saturday بإبن الله الكريم. The time is going to be moved إن شاء الله وتعالى at 7.30 so it's going to move forward so we can start the class straight away after it. Anything which I have said that was wrong or incorrect is from me and Shaytan and Allah and his messenger are free from it. سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشد بالله إله إلا الله استغفروا قاتوب إليه.