 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام علي سيدنا وحبيبنا وشفيعنا وقائدنا وقرة عيوننا سيدنا ونبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم يا ربنا لك الحمد كما ينبغي لجلال وجهك وعظيم سلطانك اللهم افتح علينا فتح العارفين اللهم علمنا ما ينفعنا ونفعنا بما علمتنا يا أرحم الرحمن إن شاء الله today we will talk about a female companion of the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى السيدة سيدتنا فاطمة بن تؤسد and the male companion سيدنا أسام بن زيد رضي الله عنه فاطمة بن تؤسد was born into a household that was the center of spirituality where grandfather Hashim بن عبد مناف was the leader of Quraish and the keeper of Kaaba he was a capable and generous man he married a girl from his own family who gave birth to his son Asad who was the father of Fatima رضي الله عنه so the members of the Hashim family were well known in the tribe of Quraish for their moral virtues high humanistic characteristics such as novelty, generosity, courage so all Arabs knew them for these characteristics فاطمة بن تؤسد was a remarkable Hashimi lady who believed in Allah سبحانه وتعالى she was so kind, so loving, so caring she had four sons طالب, عقيل, جعفر and علي those are very well known names جعفر بن أبي طالب علي بن أبي طالب عقيل بن أبي طالب طالب بن أبي طالب and two daughters أم هاني and جمانة and above all سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم was her adopted son we know that Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم lost his father when he was still in the womb of his mother and he lost his mother early in life when he was six years old so his grandfather حبد المطالب brought him to his home and took very good care of him he is Allah عليه وسلم lived with his grandfather two years however when he was eight years old his grandfather died so that was a very sad day for سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم it was the sad day that no one felt how sad it is as سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم felt it it was so hard on him to lose his grandfather who cared for him and who raised him and his ناني أم ايمن رضي الله عنها says رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يومئني يبكي خلف سريره عبد المطالب I saw the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم standing by the bed of his grandfather عبد المطالب looking at him seeing him crying that he lost his grandfather سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم was moved then to live with his uncle a bitalib because his grandfather عبد المطالب asked his son أبو طالب to take care of him to take care of محمد after his death so he chose عبد المطالب in particular because he was the same mother and father of the father of محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم though he was very poor but he knew how good hearted his son is so he wanted him to take care of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and of course أبو طالب proved to his father that he is worthy of this trust that he has معه of course his wife فاتمة فاتمة is the wife of أبو طالب the uncle of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم so soon after he lost his grandfather he found a second mother in فاتمة he did not miss the love and affection that a mother alone can give to her children فاتمة رضي الله عنها looked after the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in his boyhood and his youth and he lived with them for years and years she made him her son she always made sure that محمد has the best of everything if her husband فاتمة protected محمد from his enemies outside فاتمة provided him love comfort and security at home so فاتمة رضي الله عنها showed how a true mom would treat her children showed how a mom should treat an orphan if he is interested to her we have so many cases that a mother dies and the father remarries so his children need special care in fact they need more care than the children of the new mom themselves because they lost their mom and we have a lot of rewards for taking care of the orphans and looking after them I say the محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم says the one who cares for an orphan and myself will be together in paradise like this and he is these two fingers together to illustrate how close they are how close this person who takes care of an orphan is to say محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم in the day of judgment also the house where an orphan is raised will be described as the best house the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said the best house among the Muslims is the house in which orphans are well treated and the worst house among the Muslims is the house in which orphans are ill treated also those who take good care of the orphans will be among the righteous people الله صبحانه و تعالى says ولكن البر من آمن بالله واليوم الآخب والملايكة والكتاب والنبيين على حبيه ذوي القربة واليتامة والمساكين so the righteousness is in the one who believes in Allah سبحانه و تعالى the last day, the day of judgment the angels, the books, the prophets and he gives wealth, he takes care of in spite of love for the wealth so he would be needing this wealth, this money but he gives it to relatives to orphans to the needy and it's not only the wealth of money, it's not this area how we take care of the orphans but spiritually psychologically we take care of him we give them all the love and care they need all the love and care they missed from their mom and this is our example فادي مبينتو I said she was a mother to say Yidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم so this is an important lesson that we have all to keep in mind be good to the orphans if you are interested with an orphan to take care of do your best and know that الله سبحانه وتعالى has prepared a lot of countless words for those who are good to the orphans صورة الإنسان in آية الله سبحانه وتعالى says سيد منكم جزان ولا شكورة and they give food in spite of love of it to the needy the orphan and the captives and we feed you only for the countlessness of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we wish not from you any reward or gratitude don't ever do anything and expect a thank you or a praise for what you did if it is said it's good if it's not said then remember that you already did whatever you did purely for the sake of Allah who's going to give you all the reward in the day after so don't have any expectations from people you know why if you wait for them to say or to do something they did not do in return then your heart will be broken you want to have a clean heart a clear heart towards everyone you don't want on the day of judgment to hear وقت قيل someone gives so that people would say he is a good giver وقت قيل and it is said so no reward on the day after no we want to go back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى with قلبن سليم يوم لا ينفع مالن ولا بنون إلا من أت الله بقلبن سليم the day when wealth or children will not benefit they will not benefit anyone the winner is the one who comes back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى with a sound heart I don't want to have a sound heart by the way it's not easy to have a sound heart but we know some ways that will make your heart sound and I will give you one example between when you are praying Fajr you are praying the sunnah before Fajr so when you pray the two rakahs of sunnah before praying the Fajr sit have a very I think it will be 3 minutes ذكر and say the just a few words يا حي يا قيوم لا إله إلا أنت يا حي يا قيوم لا إله إلا أنت this insha Allah this word say it 40 times as I said just 3-4 minutes with this word you will have a heart in the day after so in the dunya you will not have anything you will not hold anything against anybody in this dunya you will feel it's not worth it you will feel that I want to go back الله سبحانه وتعالى and only him only Allah سبحانه وتعالى is in my heart so this is what we all care for and this is what فاطمة بن تؤسد has she had a good heart she had a sound heart so years passed by when she was living with with فاطمة بن تؤسد and her family at the house of his uncle until he got married to so he moved to live in a separate house but he was so loving and caring for فاطمة and he would never forget her he would always appreciate and speak well of what she did to him later on there was a drought a big drought in Makkah and Abu Talib was very very poor so سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم offered to take one of his children at his home so he chose علي بن أبي صلى الله عليه وسلم he chose his cousin علي to live with him and فاطمة رضي الله عنها his mom was very very assured that he will get the best raise up at the house of محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and when سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم when he was four years old الله سبحانه وتعالى sent him as a messenger to people and Fatima and her children were of the very first people to believe in سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and of course قرش was very harsh on the Muslims and until they all migrated and Fatima was with people who migrated to Medina and in Medina سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم chose علي رضي الله عنها عنهم to be the husband of his daughter Fatima رضي الله عنها so she was علي's mother Fatima بن أسد was very happy with this marriage and she she treated Fatima very nicely out of her love to her to people and of course to سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم so all that time سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم was very good to her he would visit her he would visit her house in Medina he would sleep at her house she was known to be a very righteous woman so that was her life until one day سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم got the news of her death and Anas ibn Malik صلى الله عليه وسلم says when the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم got the news of the death of Fatima he immediately went to her house he sat by her and prayed for her he even gave them his shirt to be used as part of her shroud and when the grave was prepared the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم entered the grave and he lay there for a while then he came out and there were tears coming from his eyes the tears fell onto the grave and this attitude of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم represented his closeness to her she was very close to him it was only it was also a compliment for her for the grave that the prophet's body thought would be a blessed grave and the companions asked the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم about his attitude towards Fatima رضي الله عنها and he said oh they asked him oh messenger of Allah we haven't seen you taking care of anybody anybody else like this he slept he went into her grave and you gave her your shirt and saying the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said كانت أمي بعد أمي she was my mother after my mother she fed me before her own children she fed me and she herself was kept hungry she combed my hair and put rose oil on me first though her own children were dirty and dusty when they wanted to eat Fatima said and her husband and noticed that if the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم would start the food then there will be baraka and the food will be enough for everybody but if any of her children started first the food will not be enough she felt that and she appreciated the presence of the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم in her house he said she was my mother I have not met anybody who took care of me more than her after my uncle after her husband I put my own garment on her so that she will be closed in garments of paradise I lay down in her grave for a while so that life in grave will be easy for her this was the lady with the big heart who loved sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and he in turn loved her and respected her so much this was sayyidna fatima bintu asad رضي الله عنا we move on now to our next companion sayyidna usama bin zaid about whom sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said he loved the loved and the son of the beloved his father was loved by sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم so before islam his nickname was sayyidna Muhammad he adopted him he lived with him he loved him so much and this is his son sayyidna usama so imagine the love the beloved of the beloved whom sayyidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم loved so this is why usama was called like this this is why usama was nicknamed by his mother was the nanny of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and all of them lived at the house the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم so imagine how his character would be imagine how his manners would be he was raised in the house of the best of the creation sayidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and he loved sayidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and sayidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم loved him so much sayidna Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم treated him the same way والحسين. لذلك، كل هذا الأحيان كانت مضيحة في المنزل كانت مضيحة في المنزل سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وسامة رضي الله وعنه. كانت مضيحة مع الأحيان. لكن عندما كانت أحيان الله أن الأحيان كانت مضيحة. وهذا ما حدث with the story of the Maghzumi woman, the woman from Bani Maghzum. حائشة رضي الله وعنه narrates to us that قريش were anxious about a woman from Bani Maghzum who had committed a theft and so the Qorashis, the leaders of Qorash were very worried about how would this rich lady, high ranked lady, how would how punishment can be given to this lady. She committed a theft and she is to be punished. But they did not want to punish her because she was rich, she was of high rank people. So they asked themselves who will speak to Muhammad about her? They did not want her to be punished. And then they said no one will be will be bold enough to do so except for Osama bin Zaid because Osama was known among everyone as the dearly loved by Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. So they talked to Osama and Osama spoke to the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم. When he finished what he said Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was so angry and he responded Are you interceding regarding one of the punishments prescribed by Allah? This is what you are doing Osama? You are discussing something that Allah has said it will happen? So Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم got up and addressed everyone and he said very very important message he said to everyone indeed what destroyed the people before you was just that when a person of high rank among them committed a theft they spared him they would not punish him but if the same crime was committed by a poor person they inflicted the prescribed punishment on him I swear by Allah that if Fatima the daughter of Muhammad should steal I would have her hand cut off and thereafter the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم gave orders to have that woman's hand cut off and when Osama grew up he was a brave courageous a very good fighter and he loved to fight for the sake of Allah once the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم dispatched a group of Muslims to a tribe of the non-believers and the two sites met at one place and among the non-believers there was a man who was so dashing that whenever he intended to kill a man from the Muslims he would kill him so Osama Osama رضي الله عنه saw him so he rushed to him and when he raised his sword to kill him the non-believers said but Osama bin Zaid killed him so in the good news of victory which Zaid the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم he asked he asked about the events he asked about the battle that happened and Osama told him everything he informed him about the man who and how he killed him he told him the whole story the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم asked him did you kill him? why did you kill him? and Osama said all messenger of Allah he was killing the Muslims and he named some of the Muslims that died because of him so I attacked him and when he saw the sword in my hand he got scared and he said لا إله إلا الله and the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم looked at him and he said but what would you do with لا إله إلا الله on the day of judgment? what would you do with لا إله إلا الله when it comes before you on the day of judgment? you know Osama رضي الله عنه said he said it because he was scared that he is dying this is why he said it and سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said هل شاقطة عن صدره? did you open his heart? and did you see what was written in his heart? and he asked سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم oh messenger of Allah I beg you beg me beg forgiveness for me so this is also another important message that we have to pay attention to when you hear something take it as is don't say oh this person says so then he means so no take things as is and leave the heart to Allah سبحانه وتعالى do not treat people as pair what you think you understood from them or what you think you think they meant no if they say something just take it as is Allah is the one who knows what's in the hearts Allah knew all hypocrites and he he got the worst punishment for them he prepared the worst punishment for them so don't do anything that is not assigned to you this is Allah's job to look into the hearts do not say I think they meant so and so ask ask them talk to them we want our heart to be a sound heart we don't want to engage our hearts with things that would veil it with blackness we want always to erase anything from our heart to keep it clean to keep it sound to keep it ready to meet Allah سبحانه وتعالى so أسام رضي الله عن took the the did not take the outer words when he heard لا إله إلا الله but سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم was the guide so he told him what to do so this is the lesson we have to take things as is and leave other things to Allah سبحانه وتعالى no, Osama was a teenager and he was brave he was a fighter he was a very good person and this is another example for us this is another lesson for us teenagers when you when you hear a mom of teenagers speaking about her children she says oh I'm so exhausted I have teenagers teenagers they have energy but we have to guide this energy we want to direct this energy but do not wait until they are teenagers and try to start working with them once a mom came to me and she says oh my son is 20 years old but he does not pray where were you when he was young you should have started when he was young do not wait until they are teenagers and try to start to work with them it won't work you as a parent have to be present since they are babies the most important thing to start on since their early childhood is to instill the love of Allah and the love of his messenger in their heart and their mind you have to instill in their hearts the idea that Allah is with us Allah is over watching us we have to worship Allah that as if we are seeing Him we don't do mistakes while we are alone because Allah is with us teach them instill in them the love of Allah the love of his messenger teach them Quran teach them about the life of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم teach them about the importance of praying fasting giving zaka'a and giving sadaqa we want them to be we want them to be of the شاب النشأ في طاعة الله a teenager who is raised worshipping Allah سبحانك وتعالى teach them how to make other people feel happy teach them how to have good manners and always remember that you as a parent is the first model children follow so be that good model when you want to teach them something they should see you doing that thing if you want them to pray they should see you pray if you want them to be givers for the sake of Allah giving charity they should see you give they should see the happiness of the people who take from you so teach them how to be a good person and this was Usama he learned from the best teacher he learned from the best advisor until he was 17 years old and say that Muhammad ﷺ appointed him as the Amir of the army to fight the Romans 17 years old you have to tell them that you are a teenager now your deeds are now being counted to you this is the time when you know that if you do something good you will be rewarded if you do something bad then you will be punished so what happened now Usama is the Amir of an army that is going to fight the Romans the army that has the best of the companions who were older than him he was 17 years old when he led an army that army was supposed to set off but the death of the messenger of Allah ﷺ stopped them however it was the first thing that Sayyidina Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه who did when he became the Khalifa so سبحان الله sayyidina Abu Bakr now was told are you going to send this army under the leadership of Usama سيدنا Abu Bakr said ما كنت لأحول راية عقدها رسول الله ﷺ سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم decided on sending this army I'm not going to say no I'm going to send it so he said أن في ذو بحث أسامة he was repeating these words that سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said before his death and that was as I mentioned the first thing that سيدنا Abu Bakr did so he ordered for the call for a fight that all the soldiers are going to go with this army so وسام رضي الله عنه went with 3,000 soldiers to fight to fight the Romans so Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه went with the army until until they reached a certain point so he was walking a little bit and then he was writing a little bit so وسام رضي الله عنه started the war and he killed a lot of the non-believers and in that fight not one of the Muslims' work was killed and it is said that was the only army that was safe after that after the any battle that all Muslims fight so he came back سيدنا وسامة came back to المدينة after he had a very great victory he defeated the Romans and the bride was shaken so it was the blessed battle that was led by وسامة and this battle was the beginning the beginning of all the Islamic conquering now وسامة came back with the army safe victorious but where is سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم we used to stand and greet the army and be happy with them سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم was not there as usual so وسامة came into the medina and he went to the masjid and he prayed two rak'as in the rowdo and he cried and cried and cried and he was telling سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم what happened he was telling him how he met the non-believers he was telling him how the battle went and he was giving him the glad tidings of the victory so the Romans were very surprised of what happened they said ماباله أولى ماباله أولى إبمونتي صاحبهم those people did not care about the death of their of their companion so they prayed on us and they defeated us they knew that the strength of the عقيدة is way much better much higher in the hearts than anything else الله سبحانه و تعالى says in surah to Ali-amran وما محمد إلا رسول قد خلت من قبله الرسول أفئما تأو قتلا قلبتم على أعقابكم وما ينقلب على عقبيه فلا يضر الله شيئا وسيجز الله الشاكرين محمد is now but a messenger messengers have passed on before him so if he was to die or be killed would you turn back on your heels this was a proof that Usama was steady fast and the Muslims were steady fast on on the route on the passage on the on the path that the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has chosen for them and they followed with very since they followed very sincerely so that was Usama the beloved of the beloved he showed how he was a great Muslim a great companion and he passed away in the year 54 of hijrah and we all ask Allah سبحانه و تعالى to give us the strength to give us the ability to give us the means to give us the guidance to raise our children like Usama رضي الله عنه و صلى الله عليه وسيدينا محمد وعلى آله و صحبي و سلم و السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته