 Save 10% with my code Bobby10 on raw, organic, grass-fed and grass-finished, freeze-dried organ meats from grassland nutrition. Link in the description box. All right guys, welcome back to the channel. If you're new, my name is Bobby Guys. Finally, it is time to react to Light Upon Light, the story of Prophet Muhammad. May peace be upon him by Mufti Mank. Guys, as I said previously, I gave myself a time limit to not further postpone my declaration of faith. It would be this in January. I already believe in one God. However, now I want to dedicate my time being to understand who Prophet Muhammad truly was. If you enjoy this journey, make sure to like the videos and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already guys. With no further ado, let's have a look. Once again, My brothers and sisters, I will be speaking about some aspects of the life of the greatest of all messengers, Muhammad. Why do we say he's the greatest of all messengers? Well, yes, before he explains it now, I really wonder every single time why people say that he is the greatest of all messengers because the Quran says that you shouldn't distinguish between messengers. So I'm really curious to find out why he would be the greatest now. Well, that is what Allah told us. And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has not only chosen him as the greatest of all messengers, but the most loved unto Allah, the best of creation, like we always say, the most noble of all prophets of Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Allah has chosen five of his messengers above others. Allah says in the Quran in Surah Al-Baqarah, The messengers we have raised some in level above others. So not all of them were of the same rank. You know, these messengers, these prophets, they were not of the same rank. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions five of them and he mentions some of them in the Quran, some he doesn't mention in the Quran. Allah says From among these messengers, there are some whom we have related their stories to you and some whom we have not related their stories to you. So you wouldn't know them. Amazing. And this is why Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions five names in one verse. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala speaks about those who are known as Ulul Azmi min al-Rusul, those who were the most determined from among these messengers. They had the highest rank. They went through challenge upon challenge, great challenges. And these challenges raised them in rank. If you look at the Prophet Ibrahim, Allah mentions him. Allah mentions him. All of this based upon the Quran, of course, explains that they have certain ranks. That is true. But the Quran states as well, we make no distinction between any of his messengers. So yet again, guys, I am not a scholar. I am just learning. But I personally find it problematic once we start looking at certain prophets favorable over others. Because ultimately indirectly, this can lead to worship. Even if we say we do not worship a certain man or certain things in this life, indirectly we can start worshiping them. Nevertheless, look at the people that say, I believe in science. I don't believe in God, even though they do not believe in the concept of worship, they still do worship science, of course, indirectly. And if we look at the Quran that says that there is no distinction between prophets, we should focus on God. I believe this is what we should do. Noah, Nooh, alaihi salam. Ibrahim, alaihi salam. Isa, alaihi salam. Muhammad, alaihi salam. And Musa, alaihi salam. So Isa, Musa, Nooh, alaihi salatu wa salam. The Prophet Muhammad, alaihi salam. And Ibrahim. They already make the distinction as well by attributing the certain blessing to Muhammad. They went through difficulty hardship, and I want to say something. The Prophet Muhammad, alaihi salam, went through the greatest hardship, the greatest difficulty, upon challenge. I always say, when we're talking about Nabi Muhammad, alaihi salam, we need to realize Allah loved him the most. If Allah wanted, Allah could have actually facilitated his living on earth with the greatest of luxuries. But Allah wants us to know that when he loves you, it does not mean that he's going to shower upon you the luxuries of this world because those whom he loved more than you, he did not shower upon them the luxuries of this world, but he gave them contentment. No, of course, now those material goods can become the major distraction that in the end brings you away from God. Therefore, it's no blessing. Glory be to Allah, whom if he had willed he could have made for you, or Muhammad, alaihi salam, much better than everything they've had. He would have made for you gardens beneath which rivers were flowing and palaces he would have given you. But Allah says, you know, they have belied the hour. They don't even believe in the hour. So if we take a look at technology and the advancement we have, this technology, if Allah wanted, he could have let it be at the time of Muhammad, alaihi salam, of course, but all this advancement and all this luxury and all this technology and everything, Allah kept it for later on. Imagine, we believe firmly in every aspect of the life of Nabi Muhammad, alaihi salam, but we haven't seen him with our eyes. The conviction in our hearts is even stronger than if we had seen him with our eyes, meaning we were not chosen to be from among the companions of Muhammad, alaihi salam, yet we're totally convinced more than if we had seen something with our own eyes. I might belie my eyes if I were to see something, but I will never belie that messenger, alaihi salam, and his message. So what is the uniqueness? Revelation revealed to Muhammad, alaihi salam, his message, so to speak. It's the direct message of God, no? I'm really curious. I don't want to play word games here, but I believe that those chosen words are important, of course. It's not the message of Prophet Muhammad. It is the message of God. No contamination in it. Allah says we will take care of the Qur'an. We will protect it. We will ensure that it remains intact right up to the end. And that's exactly what happened. And if you look at the Qur'an today across the globe, there is one Mus'haf, one Qur'an. And SubhanAllah, there might be a few dialects of reading it. It doesn't change the meaning, SubhanAllah. And amazingly, even if I don't speak your language, you can actually correct me when I'm reciting the Qur'an just by the fact that you're a Muslim who prays five daily prayers, SubhanAllah. You would know some of these suras off by heart. But let's get into the difficulties and hardship faced by the most loved unto Allah. And I've chosen this aspect of his life because we're going through a very, very difficult period, a unique time where coronavirus has come in and changed a lot of the norms that we had before it came in. And it seems to be a semi-long-term change. Perhaps who knows? May Allah protect us all and grant us return to life that is even better than what it was before. But more importantly, may Allah grant us a better relationship with Him than ever before. Because even if life did not return to normal, but you have a better relationship with Allah, you have succeeded. And if life returns... Yeah, so here you can see that this video is a bit older. Of course, thank God it went back to somewhat normal. Yet again, I believe that this hardship, however, brought many people closer to God because they could clearly see what this material world offers. It offers nothing, corrupt people that will lead you astray. To better than normal, and you don't have a good relationship with Allah, then you have not succeeded. My brothers, my sisters, Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam, bear in mind, best of creation, most noble of all prophets. Where does it say that Prophet Muhammad is the best of all creations? Please let me know in the comment section. His father passed away before he was born. Subhanallah. Allah chose for him to be born in a city and at a time when there was no advancement in terms of electricity, running water, the internet, mobile phones, motor vehicles, aircraft, space jets, whatever else there might have been. But Allah favored him above everyone. He was born when he was born. His father had already preceded or the death of his father had preceded his birth. So he was born an orphan. This is a consolation for all orphans. It is not because Allah is upset with you that you're an orphan. It is not because Allah does not love you. And that's why he took your father away. No, perhaps he loves you more. Perhaps he loves you more. And that's why he took your father away. Subhanallah, made you an orphan. And as Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam grew a little bit older, he faced a hardship in Badiya to Bani Sa'ad when he was sent to Halima al-Sa'adiyah, when he was sent to Halima, the wet nurse. And what happened is at a certain time Jibril alaihi salam came to him and there was the incident of the washing of the heart at that particular juncture when he was very young of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And Subhanallah, he faced a difficulty, a hardship where he had to come back to his mother. And when he came back to his mother, a little while later his mother passed away. He was only six years old according to some of the narrations. So he stayed with his mother for about a year. According to the narrations, if he had come back at the age of five, most of the time he did not spend with his mother. And when he did, the mother then passed away when he was six years old, still very young. So no father, no mother. That is the most loved unto Allah. That difficulty and hardship did not mean that Allah didn't love him. Same applies to any one of us. If you faced hardship, difficulty, something happened to you. Remember something. Of course not man. Nowadays people believe that if they are pampered and everything goes smoothly, then life is alright. Everything has to be aligned. I'm living my highest excitement. People are so used to their comforts, not understanding that it is the very comfort that is making them weak. Living a hard life forms character. If we look at people that anybody looks up to, all of those people had a hard life. It does not mean Allah does not love you. Perhaps he loves you more than others. Take it in your stride and get close. Of course man. Thank Allah for whatever you do have. The hardships and challenges were faced by everyone. Subhanallah. More so those who were loved by Allah more. When Allah loves a slave, he tests him more and more and more. You gain closeness to Allah and you realize the best thing you ever have is your relationship with your maker. That will never let you down. The more the hardship, we will not entertain Sheytan. We will never let him make us lose hope. You might have lost your job. You might have lost so many things. You might have lost family members. Like I said, your parents. Let's look at what happened next. The Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, his grandfather, takes custody of him, looks after him. And two years later his grandfather passes away as well. Imagine the age of eight. You've already lost three of the people who were taking care of you. One before you were born. The other one when you were six years old. And now a third one when you're eight years old. May Allah make it easy for all of us. I think many of us would think that perhaps Allah doesn't love you. Allah doesn't care for you. It's the opposite. Allah cares for you. Allah alone will take care of you. You might go through a few difficult years but trust me. It reminds me of when Allah says to the angels, I know something that you don't. Ultimately, there is a lesson in everything that we simply do not know about. I gave this example before. My kid is suffering. My son is suffering because he wants to eat chocolate and watch cartoons. I turn off the TV. I take away the chocolate from him. Oh, what despair. If you look into his eyes, you will truly see sadness. It looks like the world is ending. But of course, I know something that he doesn't know. Chocolate is bad for you. The TV is bad for you. Therefore, God knows something that we don't. Taking away our loved ones. There is a lesson in it that we simply cannot understand now. You might go through a few difficult years, but trust me, the victory is coming. Then the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was looked after by his uncle, Abu Talib. Abu Talib looked after the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and that's the father of Ali. But Ali, radiallahu anh, who was not yet born, he was born much later. And subhanallah, as he grew a fine young lad, he was known as the trustworthy. He was known as the truthful, the trustworthy. And it was amazing. He had a status in community and society from a very young age, where they called on him at times in order to help them judge in disputes. On one occasion, there was a dispute regarding the stone, the black stone, when they were rebuilding the Ka'bah and who exactly should carry it. Which tribe is more deserving of it? They called Nabi Muhammad ﷺ, he wasn't even a prophet yet. But prior to that, when he was much younger, and they decided we're going to ask him. And whatever he says, we will do. And he solved the matter in such a beautiful way. He asked the leader of every one of the tribes to hold a piece of the cloth and the stone was placed in the middle and all of them carried it to the Ka'bah. And then he took it with his hands and placed it in its place. So that is something unique. They trusted him with this. And it was the gift of Allah for him ﷺ. May Allah ﷻ grant ease to everyone and grant us a lesson. You might be known as a trustworthy and honest person. But one day when you say something that people don't agree with or they don't like, everything will change. And take it in your stride. That must not make you give up the truth or your honesty. But it is a lesson in the life of Muhammad ﷺ for you and I to continue in the obedience of Allah. But before I get to that... That is absolutely correct. As long as you are following your path, you will see people that will praise you. Other people will hate you. Later on then, those people that loved you will start hating you. And the people that hated you will start loving you. Maybe they will all leave you. Maybe you will be left alone. Ultimately, it doesn't matter as long as you follow the truth. There was a time when he went into business. Prior to that, he was a shepherd. Part-time shepherd. He looked after flocks of livestock and amazing. He then did a bit of business. When he did business, who did he work for? He worked for his wife. Known as Khadija. Binti Khwailid, radiallahu anha. Khadija Binti Khwailid, radiallahu anha was a business woman. Makka tul mukarrama, well known. And she had been previously married. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ made a trip to Abyssinia or to Asham, not to Abyssinia, to Asham, to the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, to what we know today as Syria, Lebanon and that part of the world. So as he went there with the caravan, he came back and he presented every scent. That accountability was unique. How many of us are accountable? How many of us jot down or make a note of every single thing? Obviously, he was a person who didn't write and read for purposes that Allah had intended that doesn't mean he was uneducated. He was the most highly educated from all because he brought to us everything we actually have. But to be unlettered is very different from being uneducated. So no one would dare say that he was uneducated because that is wrong. He was the most highly educated. But Allah didn't want him to read and write. So the term unlettered is used. Some people think it's a bad term. It's not a derogatory term. Allah wanted something. Allah says, Allah says, prior to prophethood, you didn't read a book and you didn't read or write. You didn't write with your right hand because then those who wanted to find fault in revelation would have doubted and said that you copied it from elsewhere. So Allah protected you from that, but you were the most highly educated. So let's get these two in order and let's understand. The derogatory term would be to say uneducated. But if you were to say that he didn't read or write, that is in the Quran, undeniable. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless every one of us. So when he made a note of whatever happened in the business trip and he came back with lots of prophets and so on, and this lady who was much older than him interacted with him, she decided, you know what? This would be a good man to marry. And the message got across to him and Masha Allah, they ended up getting married. I learned so many things from this life of the Prophet Muhammad, this story of his where he was proposed to directly or indirectly. But the idea came to him at the peak of his youth, 25 years old, Masha Allah someone much older than him who was previously married, who had children. And Subhanallah, he was faced with should I or shouldn't I. Immediately he accepted the proposal because she was fit to be the mother of his children. She was an honest upright person dedicated. And that's it. Obviously when the Dean came, she supported him completely. She was first from among the women to accept Islam. In fact, it is said she was the first person completely to accept Islam. So the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam married a much older woman. And this was at the peak of his life. People say in na'udu billah astaghfirullah, may Allah protect us and forgive us. People say that he was a womanizer. How can he have been a womanizer when at the age of 25 he married someone much older than him who was previously married. And he never married anyone in that particular time when he was married to her. Yeah, to play devil's advocate here. People say that he became a womanizer later on in his life. And he always says she was my strength and my pillar of support. And he always maintained a good relationship with her friends later on as well and their families. So it goes to show that later on when he was much older and he married other women, there was a divine reason for that. Subhanallah. And people find fault in things and they just want to look for something to speak about in order to discredit. They will only be discrediting themselves, no one else. Even the kufar of Quraish, meaning the disbelievers of Quraish did not pick on those things. They didn't because they knew that this man was noble. He was honest. He was honorable. So he married her and Alhamdulillah they had their children and later on one day the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. decided to meditate. And he used to meditate often in the cave of Hira and he got into the cave. I have a question here. As he just said, the Prophet Muhammad may peace be upon him meditated in the cave. So this is obviously a meditated practice that we like that cannot find in mainstream Islam nowadays. Nowadays, people will say that there are many bidas, many innovations and all you have to do as a Muslim is follow the Quran and Sunnah, pray five times a day, fast, go to pilgrimage and that's pretty much it. So when I started exploring Sufism and certain Sufi meditation practices, for me it made sense because even Prophet Muhammad according to Mufti Mank was meditating. What do you think about this? Please let me know in the comment section. Do you believe that meditation has a place in Islam or moreover is even Sunnah? Let me know. Did he used to think about? He used to ponder over the evil that the people used to do and ways of correcting them, you know, concern about his community, his people, they had some really bad ways. Those ways were known as the ignorant, the ignorance, you know, the jahala, the period of ignorance and the actions and deeds were also ignorant, worshipping deities besides Allah, worshipping whatever else, you know, idols and sticks and stones and so many other things. So he used to ponder how on earth can this be corrected and he used to seclude himself in this cave and Jibril alayhi salam came to him one day with revelation. Iqra, read. Naturally ma'ana biqare. Iqra, read. Ma'ana biqare. I'm not a reader. Read. Ma'ana biqare. Read in the name of Allah. In the name of Allah you can do anything. I want to stop there again. Brothers and sisters another lesson. Nothing is impossible. Nothing is impossible in the name of Allah. If you were to start things in the name of Allah, nothing is impossible. If you are to actually seek the help of Allah, everything becomes possible. What you thought was impossible for Allah is very possible. He will do it for you. So in other words, nothing is impossible for Allah. Imagine Iqra, bismi rabbik. Read in the name of Allah. Read in the name of your Lord who created you. Khalaq. Khalaq al-insan. He created mankind from a clot of blood. These were the opening verses to do with read and to do with using the name of Allah when you think something is impossible and Allah will make it possible and Allah will grant you even more than you ever expected because you did it in His name with His help and you continued seeking that help of His. That's Allah. So then revelation came to Him. He came down from that cave and He embraced His wife and she reassured Him that you're a good man, you're a truthful person and Allah will not let you down and she took Him to her cousin Waraqa ibn Naufal and Waraqa had a little bit of knowledge of revelation and so Waraqa ibn Naufal said if this is the case then this man is going to be sent to the people as a prophet. Now one might say but wasn't that the beginning of prophet? That was the beginning of revelation. That was the beginning yes of prophethood but at the same time Allah did not instruct Him at that moment yet to go out and warn the people. That came later on. When revelation came, O you who's enveloped get up and warn the people then he was sent to the people and he was given instruction. So Waraqa he said if I am alive when this man is given instruction and sent to his people I will believe in him according to one of the narration. So basically the people immediately divided into two. Those who accepted and those who rejected. Those who accepted from among them Ali ibn Abi Talib who was living with Muhammad SAW and the reason why he was living with Muhammad SAW was as follows. His father Abu Talib was looking after Muhammad SAW when Muhammad SAW was young the age of eight it started and he took care of him for many years and later on Abu Talib struggled with finances and so his children were divided among some of the relatives and taken care of by some of the relatives because of financial struggles and so the Prophet Muhammad SAW volunteered to take care of Ali and Ali was quite young ibn Abi Talib so he took care of Ali grew up in his home Muhammad SAW and at the time of the Prophethood Ali ibn Abi Talib was considered a boy he was considered a young boy that's why they say from among the boys the first was Ali to accept Islam from among the men the first was Abu Bakr and from among the women the first was Khadija may Allah bless them all so Abu Bakr then spoke to some of his friends and a lot of them came forth this is why if you take a look at the 10 who have been given glad tidings of paradise known as the Ashara al-Mubasharina Biljannah many of them they were brought into Islam by Abu Bakr they were the friends of Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu Abu Bakr was the friend of Muhammad SAW it was their circle this goes to show another point something we learn from this story you will be influenced by your friends definitely unless you influence them so you have a circle of friends you start doing what they do whether you know or you don't know when you have a circle of friends sure there is the saying show me your friends and i will tell you who you are or show me four millionaires and you will be the fourth one if you join them think about it logically man if you have only friends that play basketball chances are that at some point you will play basketball as well even though you don't like it so yes this is absolutely correct we are influencing each other they start doing what you do at times if you are the dominant person and this is very important keep good friends so that goodness comes out of that friendship and not bad a lot of the people who denied the message they they were of a certain clique they were of a certain circle they denied the message and those who harmed the prophet SAW they were also a certain clique so if you look at these little friendship circles each one of them reacted differently the friends of Muhammad SAW they were the ones who accepted him they knew him the most you take a careful look at who accepted the message wallahi it was those who knew him the most and this is why we are taught that if you want to know more about a person look at his family members his wife to begin with or the husband in the case of a woman the children you know ask them the friends the closest friends look at whom they be friend and ask them you know an acquaintance a business partner and a friend those are three different things not every business partner is your friend not every acquaintance is your friend not every acquaintance is a business partner and so on so we're only talking about friends those who are really close to you and you know you you you're with them nearly every other day if not every day now with us we're taught to build good circles you attend the masjid every day you have a good circle of people who don't harass you they have good character and conduct or they're taking from your character and your conduct so my brothers and sisters that is a very important factor nabi Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's friends helped each other they accepted Islam but there were there was a group and there were other people who rejected immediately they called him a liar a false person they accused accused him of wanting power wanting money wanting you know womenizing or whatever else it was a lot of accusations being a sorcerer a magician all those words remember them because if people have accused you of being a magician doing black magic on someone wanting money running after power wanting fame wanting this one they have accused the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam of the same thing so it's nothing new in fact it's a sign of the love of Allah for you if those accusations are not true then thank Allah I mean a lot of us would get it when you're starting to spread the Dean people will refute you unjustified which means if it was justified it's okay but no matter what it is man any truth that you try to spread you will get backlash here on social media in my small circle when I started talking about how bad veganism is and how it will destroy your health I got so much backlash it was unbelievable once I started talking about politics it was even worse of course I was declared the public enemy number one in Macedonia just because I kept digging for the truth the truth will always be hated by the people because they love living a lie without any justification they will hate on you they don't even know you they've never met you don't worry thank Allah that must make you smile allhamdulillah Allah loves you Allah if it happened to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam so now look at you may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless every one of us and so don't worry about these accusations but don't be from among those who accuses others with the same accusations because then you've just joined the wrong circle interesting that's a very powerful point now let me move on because I don't have much time unfortunately the timing is very limited but let me explain one more thing the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam at a certain point in his life lost all of his children one after the other besides one Fatima radiya allahu anha outlived him the rest of them he lost them either in infancy or adulthood and to be honest with you that's tough man any one of us who goes through the hardship remember it's not the sign of rejection of Allah Allah doesn't hate you perhaps it's the sign of the love of Allah because it happened to the one whom he loved the most the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam people went to war with him people you know refused food and water to go to him accused him falsely try to hit him try to kill him Allah protected him all those are not signs that Allah dislikes you there are signs that Allah loves you so with this virus with the loss of jobs with the loss of lives with the change of lives it's not a sign that Allah dislikes you or hates you perhaps it's because Allah loves you it's all in the heart it's all about the condition of the heart are you pleased with Allah Allah is pleased with you are you okay are you content it's a contentment that Allah has promised you yes well if that's the lesson we've learned from the life of the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam then that is a powerful lesson so for this particular lecture i will suffice at this and inshallah i pray that we've all learned a beautiful lesson from the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's life like i said stories from the prophets may peace be upon them these were some of the lessons i thought perhaps might be relevant for us today with this virus and may Allah bless every one of us i'll say this and all right guys and this is it for today's video absolutely beautiful lesson in this video however my critique is that i wanted personally to find out more about prophet Muhammad and therefore sure we found out about the lesson of his life however not so many historical facts about his life so if you have any videos that explain his life any further in more detail please let me know in the comment section and god willing i will react to them this video is long enough however so i'm going to cut it off here if you liked it leave the thumbs up if you haven't subscribed already guys please do so and if you want to support this channel all the links are in the description box below thank you so much for your ongoing support guys as always may god bless you all much love and peace