 The mysteries of Islam fascinate us time and time again. This is no different from the life story of the Prophet. Who was Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam? An illiterate dozen merchant who one day stumbled upon amazing Arabic rhetoric. Or was he the creation of Allah's greatest light? Sent down to earth to pull man out of ignorance and bring them to the purest of truths. I Ali Burji am on a journey to discover the real story behind the Prophet, the real story behind our religion, the roots, the beginning, the cradle of civilization. I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. The peace and blessings of the Prophets, and the beloved and Prophet of the Prophet, Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam. And upon his family, the righteous, the pure, the righteous, the righteous. And may Allah's curse on their enemies be with us today until the Day of Resurrection. What did the doctor say? We've reached where the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi is about to enter Medina with the middle of the believers, alaihi sallam. So with regards to them entering the whole Medina, any important incident occurred during the entrance, what do we know about that? In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful, the Gracious, the Gracious, the Merciful, the Merciful, the Gracious, the Merciful, the Gracious, the Merciful, the Gracious, the Merciful, and the Gracious, the Merciful. Yes, as we said in the previous episode, the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi waited for Muhammad until he arrived, and the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wanted to make sure that he arrived in the city of Medina along with Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa alihi, and Muhammad was alongside him, and he never separated from the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi. And of course, when the Muslim people of Medina, the Ansar especially, they were extremely pleased to see the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi, finally arriving in their city. He has honored them and blessed the city of Medina, and they all invited him to stay with them because obviously they knew that he didn't have any accommodation for himself, and just like they invited and accommodated the Muhajireen, those immigrants who left Mecca for Medina because they were persecuted by Quraish while they were Mecca, just as they invited them and they housed them and accommodated them in their own properties, they also invited the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi, but in order not to make at least a choice so that in case for instance if he accepted one person's invitation, others might be, for example, upset that he hadn't accepted their invitation, the Prophet said that they were pulling the camel of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi so that they could take them to their places, but the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi said, leave the camel alone in Naha Ma'umura that it is instructed, Allah will instruct it, it will stop and sit wherever it sits and I will stay with the people nearby, and the camel went until it stopped and sat on the ground near the house of the property of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, which of course Abu Ayyub was very pleased, and in this way no one was offended as well, which was very smart, and Abu Ayyub was telling his mother, who was blind, that the Prophet has arrived in Medina, not only that, he is staying with us, and she said, if only I could see his face, but unfortunately I can't, and it is said that the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi brought her near, he said she would come near to him, she came and he prayed for her, and this is one of the miracles of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi, that she could see, and it was a double blessing for her mother, not only she could see, but she could see the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi, so extremely honorable thing, it is said that they stayed with Abu Ayyub, and while they, people started, the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi instructed the people that they should start identifying place and for building the mosque, the central mosque if you like, which became known as the mosque of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi, Masjidun Nabi, which of course still exists, of course, it's been expanded beyond recognition compared to what it was before. What about the Muslims, when they were in Medina, so the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi is going to stay with Abu Ayyub, he's hosted by Abu Ayyub until they start building to basically arrange for the settlement, what happened to the Muslims, the rest, the companions, the people, the Muslims who migrated, what happened with them, what did they stay? Well, they had already found accommodation before the arrival of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi and it is stated in the Quran that despite the fact that they were in, if you like, material hardship, they didn't have much to offer but they, the Ansar, the supporters, the people of Medina, they offered all they could to the migrants and they shared whatever they had with them and this is stressing the Quran, of course, this is how it went. So if you like, all the people who had preceded the Prophet arriving in the city of Medina, they had at least somehow, they found some accommodation. Did the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi put this in place before? Was it something that they communicated with the Ansar prior to the migration that the people would have been taken care of and they would be allocated? That's right, they said that at that time, well, with Medina, with open arms, we received our Muslim brethren from Mecca and they did. And as I said, they are praised in the Quran. We have an eye on the Quran in this respect. So they, once they were, the Prophet was, as I said, was hosted by Awayyub and of course it is said that he also the Prophet stayed with other, Bani Amr ibn Awf and other tribes while this mosque was being built. And of course the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi himself was helping. They were making, if you like, the bricks and they were building the mosque. So and of course it is said, according to this narration, which is in the Kaffee that they built the mosque for and also some places of residence for the Prophet and Imam Ali, alaihim as-salam, sallallahu alaihi wa alihi as-salam. So this was going on until, if you like, the mosque and the accommodation for the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi was completed. So these were the first things that, if you like, took place when the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi arrived in Medina. Would the Holy Mosque, the mosque of the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi, would it be also a headquarters for the establishment of the Islamic government? If you like, it was a center at that time for every, or most activities, activities to do with running the affairs of the people of Medina and beyond, if there were any. So the entire population accepted the new system or did we have certain some tribes or some people who opposed it? Did they all follow? Were there any problems between the residents of Medina? Were they all Ansar? If you want to talk about whether they all followed no, we know that at least on the surface in Medina, we didn't have disbelievers or we didn't have Mushriqin, Policists, in Medina. But as it's mentioned in the Quran, which uses the term munafiqeen, we did have people who on the surface pretended to be Muslims, but in fact they weren't. And there are numerous occasions where these are cited in the Holy Quran. In fact, we have a whole surah, a chapter of the Quran called al-Munafiqeen, if you like the hypocrites, or people who had pretended to be Muslim, but in fact they weren't. Of course, alongside that we had also Jewish communities in Medina. Did they remain as they were? Of course, throughout the stay of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, there were many debates and discussions and dialogue between individual Jewish scholars and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi and many embrace Islam during the stay of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi in Medina during the ten years. And of course that continued. Jewish scholars used to come from far afield and they say we want to speak to the Khalifa of your Prophet and they used to say, here it is, Khalifa of the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and they used to ask questions and he couldn't answer. You know, they used to say obviously there's something wrong because we expected that the Khalifa of Muhammad would be able to answer our questions or should we not live on someone and people said to them, look, you need probably try someone else and they used to send them to Imam alayhi sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. And they used to ask their questions and they received the appropriate replies. Of course we'll come into that probably, I don't know. But then they used to say we really see that you are the Khalifa of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi because you are answering all the questions. And of course on many occasions they used to say the Shahadah, say the two testimonies and become Muslims. So the presence of the Jewish or Christian scholars was there always. Some kept their Jewish identities and they kept their religion and practice and so on and some did accept the religion of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi because they say that we find it in our books, you are the one we've been waiting for. So they didn't really have, it wasn't something odd, something strange out of the blue, they were expecting it. In fact the fact that we have many Jews or numerous Jewish communities in Medina and around Medina and Mecca as well, because they had arrived there waiting for the final Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. But the problem for them was the fact that the Holy Prophet was not amongst them, was not among one of them. For those who wanted to, this was the argument, you know, because they wanted to stick to status quo and what they had and if you like, go into what they found written in the books. But otherwise, those who embraced Islam knew that those Jewish scholars and Jewish individuals who embraced Islam they knew that he was the one that is being talked about in their books and it didn't make any difference whether it was from the line of Ismail or Isha, Isaac. But those who accepted became Muslims, same as the early Christians who believed in the message of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, became Muslims. Yes. Alhamdulillah. So at this point, I wanted to discuss also about the pledge of brotherhood between the Ansar and the Muhajirin. What led to that? What was the wisdom behind it? What led to that? And also what I wanted to touch is with regards to who was the brother for Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Yes. Alhamdulillah. Just to conclude from the previous topic that you said that whether there were people opposing and so on, yes there were and people used to oppose or say contrary to what the Prophet is saying even concerning battles and so on, people fleeing from battlefields. So we've got all these things. There were all the problems that you would think there were there right from the word go. And apart from the fact that you had other communities as Jewish or Christian communities there, but there were those who were sent to be Muslim and the ones that are referred to by the Qur'an as the monotheistic. So they were causing problems all along, which in fact again is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an that to the extent that they wanted to assassinate the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. So it was as far as that. And they tried to assassinate him on numerous occasions. But we'll come into that. I asked you a question of a pledge of brotherhood. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi did this muakhat that they pledged to be brothers of one another between individuals on one occasion in Mecca and another occasion in Medina. And for example, he pronounced this muakhat of this pledge of brotherhood between Salman and Abu Dhar. I just mentioned some of the names which are well known. Also he did muakhat or pledge of brotherhood between Abu Bakr and Omar. So Abu Bakr didn't take one of the Ansar. He put Abu Bakr and Omar. We need to touch a bit that because everything the Holy Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi does, it's also as you've mentioned an instruction from Allah s.a. And there's something beautiful here. With regards to the personality, when you tell me things like this, I always try to analyze them and try to extract any messages or evidence or clues. So the fact that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi what would this tell me that he found no one better than themselves to put together? If I think about it, if you can help me as well to extract, understand the wisdom of this decision because it's quite deep. I just wanted to try and get as much out of it as possible. Well, the wisdom only Allah and His messenger know. We can probably guess as to what was the reason for doing that. Obviously he would put the same people together of the same kind of caliber like Salman and Abu Zar. Again, that's what I was going to mention that he didn't put Abu Zar. But Salman was never from Mecca. So we can argue there that Salman came from... Yeah, it's nothing to do with Mecca and Medina, it's nothing to do with Ansar and Mohajireen. Because that's what a lot of people will assume because on some Mohajireen, so it's basically the Meccans mixing up with the people of Yathrib, Medina. It wasn't on the basis of dancing. Obviously that was his choice. He did between Salman and Abu Zar because they were really of, if you like, it reflects their devotion and loyalty. And of course it happens that amongst... It's well known that the Prophet SAW said that Salman is one of the Ahlul Bayt. Which is a huge statement. A status for Salman. It reflects on his status. The Prophet SAW wanted to reveal the status of Salman and he put it in this statement that Salman is one of us Ahlul Bayt. He hasn't said that for anyone else. And he said it for Abu Zar. Abu Zar. And he put them together. So he had them in the same rank. And he did, on the other hand, he did Mu'akhad between Abu Bakr and Umar. Because they, if you like, go hand in hand in terms of their belief and conduct. It was them who, if you like, later on will see that it was Umar who said when the Prophet was Ahl, SAW, Umar said when the Prophet asked for pen and paper so that he could write something for them so that they would never go astray, he said the man is talking, is hallucinating. And Abu Bakr approved of that. So these are the sort of people together, so he put them together. And as to your question, and of course later on after the death of the Prophet SAW, they go on these two, Abu Bakr and Umar, they go on to assault and invade the house of Fatimid Zahra, SAW. But we won't go into that at this stage. As to your question, who was the brother of the Prophet himself, SAW? It was none other than Imam Ali, SAW. He always used to say Ahi. So once again the Holy Prophet, by this, he also makes again another statement that Amirul Mu'mineen is my brother and no other, no better than him to be my brother again. He is of the caliber of the Prophet SAW. The way you put it there is beautiful as well. Of the status of the Prophet SAW. And of course in the Quran, Allah refers to Imam Ali as the nefs of Rasulullah in the Ayat al-Mubahal. Let's, when he says that, we will, you call your sons, we call our sons, which is Imam Hassan, Imam Hussein, as far as the Prophet is concerned. And Nisa Anam and Nisa Akum, you call your women, we call our women, and the Prophet SAW brought Fatimid Zahra, wa-anfusana wa-anfusakum. You bring your own souls, or your own souls. And the Prophet brought Imam Ali, SAW. So the Quran, Allah swt, refers to Imam Ali as the nefs or the self of the Prophet, SAW. And the Prophet himself has declared that he is my brother and he did this pledge of brotherhood between himself and Imam Ali, SAW. Which goes to reflect the status of Imam Ali, SAW. At this stage, with regards to the planning, what did the Holy Prophet SAW plan with regards to setting up the Islamic government? What were the first steps? So he's in Medina now, they're building the mosque with regards to the foundation of Islam, the culture of Islam itself. Having your Masjid people always attending the mosque for I presume the Holy Prophet SAW would give lectures. So it would be as well the mosque would be a school, seminars for the people, educating them, explaining the ayahs. Now with regards to other tribes, like for example you mentioned there were Christian and Jewish scholars, was there any problem with their establishments? Were they all freely to coexist in the same city? Was something beautiful as well that we can learn from how nowadays 21st century look what's going on. 1400 years ago, Muslims, Jews and Christians coexisted in the same city. Was everything okay? Did they have any problems? What was the health of the society? As far as the Prophet SAW was concerned, there are two, more than one angle that we'll cover. You say health of the society, the Prophet SAW, the Jewish communities or Christian communities and so on. The Prophet SAW had no problem with coexistence with the Jews and Christians and so on. He always held discussions and talks with them. He dealt with them, traded with them to the extent that he also, obviously the relation was such that he would borrow money from them on numerous occasions. So they formed a relationship through diplomatic treaties, alliances? Well that comes later on. The alliances have an impact. I will mention that, just let me finish this. So the relation was such that they had enough trust that a Jewish man would lend money to the Prophet. The Prophet asked money, asked for money and he would lend it. And of course in one instance that a Jewish man comes along and says, you know, time is up, you need to give, you know, you promised that you will give me back the money by such and such date which is today. And of course the Prophet didn't have money to be back to. And so you can see that they were freely, in fact that person, he said to him, I won't leave you until you give me the money. So he said, okay. And he stayed with him in the mosque, in that Jewish man. And when people were acquiring, he said, it's his right. He wants his money and I haven't got the money to pay him back yet. I'll pay him later on. But so as far as coexistence is concerned, that was there. Not only if like in terms of dialogue and so on, but in terms of social coexistence. But you mentioned about facts and treaties and so on. Yes, when the Prophet, peace be upon him, settled a little bit, he, that needs more discussion. I don't know how much time we have, but the Prophet, peace be upon him, he started, if you like, coming into facts and treaties with different tribes and different communities in and outside Medina. And his aim was basically he would invite, if you like, the Arab tribe. He used to tell Quraish, right from when he was Mecca, all I want is you leave me alone. If you don't accept Islam, fine. But just leave me alone with the Arabs. Meaning the Arab tribes. So that he goes individually, he goes to the Arab tribe individually or send messages individually so that he could invite them to Islam. Or if they didn't accept Islam, they would sign, if you like, peace treaties, non-aggression pact with the tribes and the people and the groups who would not accept Islam. So this is the thing which he did throughout. When, presumably when they settled down in Medina and they built a mosque and teaching the people about the Ahkam Quran, Tafseer and whatever. So they could learn the essence of the various ayahs, the various verses of the Quran and various duties, religious duties. He would send missionaries to different tribes and invite them to Islam. If they become Muslim, that's fine. If they didn't, they would sign peace treaties or treaties of friendship, non-aggression pact so that you don't, if you like, show any animosity towards me and I don't show any animosity towards you. There's no aggression against one another. But we'll come, I don't know how much time we have. We'll come into that, inshallah, in the following episode. We talk about this, which was something essential and among the first thing that the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, started to do. And this is the thing which, of course, Quraish weren't happy about because they could see that this Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, spreading his religion and it's becoming more and more people are embracing or at least he's coming, he's signing peace treaties and non-aggression treaties with those who didn't. But we'll come into that later on, inshallah. Thank you very much, doctor. Wa alhamdulillahi rabbil ala alamin. Jibrail, alayhi salam, descended upon the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi and he said that, O Muhammad, Allah Almighty says to you, if I hadn't created Ali, there would have been no equal to Fatima. On the face of this planet, from Adam down. So even Adam would not be co-equal to Fatima al-Zarra, alayhi salam according to this hadith.