 Respected viewers, welcome to another episode as we discuss some of the key points mentioned in the book, Politics, the Very Heart of Islam, written by Sayyid Sadaq Shirazi. These topics were discussed and will be discussed with my dear guest, Dr. Zuhair, welcome back. Thank you very much. Now in the previous episodes we did talk about some of the policies established by Prophet Muhammad and how he ran his government, based on what? And we mentioned based on equality, based on courage, based on forgiveness, and various other aspects and policies. Now we got to the point where the message of Islam began to spread. Many places began to know what Islam is, who the Muslims were, what kind of message the Prophet came to preach. Was it the message of violence? No. They seen that was the message of forgiveness when they saw in his battles the ones that were running away of Muhammad let them run without anyone hurting them and so on and so forth. If the dear viewers want to check this out, you can view the previous episodes by logging into our YouTube channel. The book will be provided in the description below so you can follow up and read the book as well. Now we got to the hospitality part. What can you tell me about that? Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen. Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen. Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen. Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen, Al-Rahmeen. We got to the policy of the Prophet on hospitality, on receiving the delegations. But before that, as to why, what happened that people started coming. Yes. The Arabs, the nomads from around Arabia, and of course different religions. Even the polities, the idol worshippers, the Jews and Christians, they started visiting the Prophet. They heard something about the Prophet. This new Prophet, this man, which of course the Jews and Christians had heard of him or had read about him in their scriptures, in their books. So they started hearing about him. Before that, first of all, they started, the message of the teachings of the Prophet started spreading throughout the land with the morals that he had, the policy of forgiveness that he had towards others. So this made people wanting to see him, wanting to meet him, wanting to listen to him. That in itself, the fact that we have scores or dozens of delegations or probably hundreds of delegations over a stretch of time, started visiting the Prophet. It goes to show that he, they must have heard something. They must have had something significant that made them to take the trouble and the journey, sometimes very distant locations, to travel the long and difficult roads of Arabia at that time to come and see the Prophet. They had heard all the good things about the Prophet. As I said, his forgiveness and his attitude. You mentioned battle, for example, not to sort of chase those who flee. I'd like to touch on that slightly before I begin. And that was the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, never engaged in any pre-emptive battle. He never invaded. All his battles and all his fighting were nothing but defensive. Basically, the polities or the Quraysh and the confederates, they used to get together and they used to invade. They used to attack the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, and all his battles and every battle that the Prophet took part in were absolutely defensive. But despite that, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi used to instruct his people, his soldiers that when you approach, when you array in front of the other side, first of all don't begin, let them begin the fighting. And secondly, encourage them, advise them to think about it. Try to discourage them, discourage the other side from engaging in fighting. And in fact, on a number of occasions, the Muslims on instruction from the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, managed to convince and discourage the other side from fighting. He said, if you have any arguments, let's talk. So they endeavored very hard on the instructions of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi to never engage in fighting if possible. And if as a last resort, they had to fight, that's because they started to attack the Muslim side and of course they needed to defend themselves. So all the battles that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, in short, all the battles that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi was engaged in were defensive. And it was these things that people heard about, his teachings, his morals, his forgiveness, his magnanimity that attracted all these people from around Arabia and beyond to come and see the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. And the Prophet personally used to receive the people, the nomads, the Arabs from around the land. He used to receive them. He used to ask about their names and what they do and how they live their lives. And he used to encourage them. He used to advise them. And he used to promote and highlight the positive aspects of whatever they had. And he used to ignore or turn blind eyes on their negative aspects. It was through this that he managed to attract. He told them what Islam is about. And in almost all cases, of course he gave them gifts. He showed them enormous hospitality. He served them himself and with the help of others. And then he used to give them gifts when they wanted to leave. So he left a very positive impact on the individuals who'd come to visit him. And in this work, the author in brief, he mentions the case of 29 visits from 29 delegations who had come to visit the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. The author mentions the name of the delegation, that is the name of the tribe who'd come to see the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. And the conversation that went on between members of those delegations, individual delegations and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. And what he said to them, what he encouraged them to do, and of course he encouraged them. If they hadn't become Muslim, they encouraged them to become Muslim, embrace Islam, given the beautiful teachings of Islam. And majority of cases, the overwhelming cases, they used to embrace Islam there and then. And they used to go back, invite their tribes to Islam. On few cases, they said they'll think about it. And then when they left the Prophet, they sort of, by letters or by invoice, said to him, informed him that they had converted to Islam. The author mentions the name of the tribes, the delegations that visit him from those tribes and also the conversation that went on between them, the gifts that he gave, the Prophet gave to them and how he treated them individually. And the fact that the majority embraced Islam and all of them, they went back to invite their tribe to Islam. And of course, by doing that, this was another policy in the sense that he tried to attract them through his manners and through his teachings. And also, as I said, by highlighting their positive points and turning blind on their negative, encouraging them to do good more and more. Islam really spread throughout the land because, as I said, probably hundreds of delegations came to visit the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa alayhi. They went back and they encouraged others to embrace Islam and adhere to the teachings of Islam. And these people who were, if you like, they were called the jahiliyyah, the era of jahiliyyah, the era of ignorance, as referred to in the Qur'an. For example, if you want the rule and the teachings of the ignorance and the teachings of the era of jahiliyyah, these people were turned into a good nation, after Islam. And this was, again, another one of the winning policies of the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa alayhi. By winning the hearts and minds of the tribes, of the people, as I said, not only tribes, the people, Jews and Christians as well, by winning the heart and mind and teaching them and encouraging them, Islam spread throughout, not only throughout the land, but also they became a role model, if you like, from a time when they were a jahiliyyah, the era of ignorance, they turned into khayru'umma, as the author highlights this issue in this work. So we do get an understanding of why the author made that subtitle, the winning policy. I mean, now we do get the full picture of how Prophet Muhammad was able to grasp the hearts of those who visited him, and some visited him not only on friendly occasions, like not only on friendly terms, but they wanted to struggle, but yet the emotion of Prophet Muhammad and his manners, his way of forgiveness won over the hearts of such individuals, but we'll continue the discussion after a break, inshallah, to respect the viewers. Stay tuned for after this break, we'll be back shortly. He received his specialist education of Islamic sciences, at the hands of eminent scholars of the hausa, until he acquired a distinguished degree of hdhad, through his relentless endeavors he developed himself, the quality of continually seeking knowledge along with unremitting observance of paiti, tirelessly promoting the teachings of the inhumbait peace and blessings be upon them, disseminating their culture and defending their sacred laws and sharia. He has written numerous works in various fields, on different levels, ranging from politics, economics, history, and ethics, to specialist works of hausa students on such topics as fiqh and usul, which is also known as jurisprudence, that total more than 80, Sayyid Sadaq Ashurazi has been teaching at the hausa for more than 40 years, he is distinguished for being accessible to the people, directly dealing and meeting with various sectors of members of society, listening to diverse views from different spectrum of the community, equidding, he is distinguished for his humility, respecting the young and old, and also for his tolerance in regarding to insult or evil with kindness and courteousness, he is renowned for his independence and for his policy of boycotting despotic governments, he over observes hundreds of organizations and institutions, throughout the globe, for example, those that address social issues, such as marriage services and social reforms, those that address humanitarian matters, such as clinics or villages, financial organizations giving interest free loans, intellectual institutions, such as centers for research and studies, seminaries, houses, libraries, as well as religious centers, such as mosques and Houthiniyes. Respect to the viewers, brothers and sisters in Islam, once again, asalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Welcome back to the second part of today's episode. Before the break, we talked about some of the delegations and some of the acts performed by Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that grasped and wound the hearts of those who either had enmity towards him or the ones who came just to visit him out of pleasure of seeing him. This was discussed with my dear esteemed guest, Dr. Zuhair. Welcome back, Dr. Zuhair. Thank you very much. Now, we touched upon some of these delegations and for the dear viewers, you can also, by watching the video on YouTube at Imam Hussain 3 TV, you can go to the description box below and click on the link to view the enormous amount of delegations that came to see Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Now, we touched upon the winning policy and how through his actions and his welcoming and giving gifts to those who came to him, he wound the hearts. And that's how Grand Ayatollah Shirazi puts it as the winning policy to the government of Prophet Muhammad. Now, one of the main objectives moving on to the next one. One of the main objectives of a government is keeping promises and the Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, took it to the next level by making it and placing it as one of the main policies of his ideal government. Nowadays, we see many politicians of various countries, if not the majority of the countries, who promise the nation or promise their citizens many things, yet none of them or some of them do not get accomplished or do not fulfill the promise that they give to their citizens. What is the importance of this policy? What was its importance in Prophet Muhammad s government? And what is the importance of this policy in modern-day government? The importance significance of this policy goes without saying. It's so evident in again, in attracting the people and bringing about goodness in the individuals, other than winning the heart and mind of the people. The policy of keeping promises or being loyal to individuals reflects massively in the conduct and the teachings as well, in the conduct as well as teaching of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, whatever he taught, he practiced. And one of them is this policy of keeping the promises he makes and being loyal to individuals. And the author of this book, Grand Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he mentions a few of those incidents to reflect on the attitude of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in this respect. For example, while he was in Mecca and it was before the start of his mission, the mission of Islam, when it was revealed to him that he should convey the mission of Islam to the masses, he promised that they made an appointment so that the Prophet would meet an individual at a certain location. And it seems that the other person forgot about this appointment. And the Prophet turned up at the location which was specified and he waited for the individual to turn up and of course he didn't, it seems that he's forgotten. And it says that he waited there for three days. And after three days, the person must have remembered and he came and he saw the Prophet was still waiting for him and he said, why? He said, well, I promise you that I'll wait for you, so I waited for you. This is one of the examples of the Prophet keeping his promises to others. In another instance, when it is stated, it's reported that Sayyida Khadija, the first wife of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the Prophet loved very much. And she supported the Prophet throughout, whatever means she could and throughout her life. Sayyida Khadija sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, she had a friend and when there was a boycott of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his family, boycott of himself and his family while they were in Makkah, this boycott was imposed so that it started from economic boycott and then gradually spread to social boycott as well in the sense that no one was allowed to visit the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and no one was allowed to trade with the family of the Prophet. Still, Sayyida Khadija sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had a friend who was loyal to her. She used to come secretly and visit her and keep her company. And while throughout this embargo, and of course as is known Sayyida Khadija sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, she died while they were in Sha'ab Abu Talib, in the quarters of Abu Talib, alayhi wa sallam, in embargo, so she died at that period of time. After the death of Sayyida Khadija sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to send gifts to that lady, the friend out of his loyalty to her. And he used to say that she used to come and visit us and visit Khadija at the time of the embargo. And it is good to keep loyal for being loyal is part of faith. So this was another conduct that he used to keep, he used to be loyal to the friend of Sayyida Khadija sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, because of her loyalty towards her. So he didn't ignore or forget about that loyalty and he kept that loyalty towards that lady. And these things this not only, as I said earlier, not only it wins the heart and mind of the individual, but it brings that goodness in the individual that they will practice that attitude as well. It's reported that there was a delegation who came from a Najashi or the Negases who was the king in Africa. And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to serve them, not only he received them and showed them hospitality, but he used to serve them with whatever they needed himself personally. The companions used to say, please allow us to do it. You shouldn't be doing this. And he said, I'm doing this out of my loyalty towards them. They honored our friends and our companions when they were with them. So I'd like to return that honor in turn myself. So that was something which was very crucial and that was a policy of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, keeping promises and being loyal to individuals. Another one which is very important is with respect to the Ansar or the supporters. As you know, the Muslims were categorized into two divisions, the Muhajireen and the Ansar. Muhajireen of the migrants who migrated with the Prophet before or after, immediately before and after from Mecca to Medina. And the Ansar who are the supporters, the people of Medina who supported the Prophet and the migrants. So after the liberation of Mecca, when the Muslims liberated Mecca without any fighting, without a shed of blood, because of the policy of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And he didn't choose, this was his hometown, Mecca was where he was born. And people expected that he would stay there. This is his hometown, his place where he was born. But what the Prophet did was to the surprise of the Ansar, he said, no, because you are loyal to me, I will stay loyal to you. And my life and my death will be with you. And he appointed someone to be the governor of Mecca. And he didn't even stay one night in Mecca. And he left for Medina to stay with the Ansar and of course with the Muhajireen, which is something which of course surprised the Ansar because they expected something different. These are the teachings which the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam recommended to others and practiced himself. Now, we do understand that the examples that have been brought forth, they are on a personal level, if you will. But on a political level, I mean for us, yes, we get an understanding of showing our loyalty or keeping our promises to one another. But if we are talking in a governmental status or a governmental level, and how did the Prophet keep the promises in his government? Yes, we mentioned how he kept loyal to his the supporters and the migrants of not going back or putting a general. But our governor, how was the Prophet, or how did he keep his promises after entering Medina? Or how did he run that policy? Keeping his promises and being loyal even on governmental level continued. It goes without saying that the Prophet would do the same thing. A quick example of this, if you like, on not personal level, but on governmental level, is the case of the peace treaty of Hodebiya. So basically he was a government, which this was a year before the liberation of Mecca. If you like, he was the head of state in Medina. So the Quraysh, if you like, who were the rulers of Mecca, they entered into peace treaty at the location of Hodebiya. So it's referred to as the peace treaty of Hodebiya. And as part of that peace treaty, they said that those Muslims who decide to convert back to their previous religion they should be allowed to do so. And they should be allowed to go back to Mecca. But those who flee Mecca, flee Quraysh, and for instance either Muslim or become Muslim, they shouldn't be allowed in Medina. Where do they go? And the Prophet agreed to that. And people used to come to the Prophet and they say, you know, we were in Mecca and we decided to embrace Islam. And he says, sorry, I can't accept you. Okay, embrace Islam, but I can't let you in Medina. This is part of the peace treaty of Hodebiya. So people who, Muslims who were in Medina, change their mind, they can go back to Mecca. But those who are in Mecca, if they become Muslims and flee Quraysh, they can't go to Medina. So what's the fate of these Muslims? What happens to them? Well, he said, I can't accept you. The point is, I'll answer your question, but the point is that he kept their promise. Yes, he kept their promise towards them. He kept their promise towards them on governmental level, not on personal level. It was the peace treaty. Of course, at the time, a lot of the so-called Sahaba, they objected to this peace treaty. This is one way, it's not fair, it's on one side, but the Prophet agreed to it. And so people used to come, Muslims used to come and say, we want to join you, the Prophet used to say, no, you have to go and sort yourself out. So they used to stay in the desert. And this number grew, and they were hungry, they didn't have anything. So the caravan of Abu Sufyan used to come from Sham, pass from the side of Medina, go to Mecca. As you know, Sham is like in the north, then Medina is north of Mecca, and it's to come down. So what they did, they started attacking those caravans to get what they needed, because they had no food, no nothing, whether it was cold they needed something to keep them warm. The situation got to the state where the leaders of Quraish, Abu Sufyan himself, came to the Prophet, they said, please, can we change it? Can we make some modification to this peace treaty? Those who decide to become Muslim, allow them in. So that because they've become a headache for us and for our caravan. So this was the answer to your question. The point is he kept their promise, his promise to the infidels. And that's one of the most amazing traits of Prophet Muhammad and of his governments. Now in conclusion, we can come to say that in the past few episodes and tonight, the government of Prophet Muhammad is based on purity, if you will. And of course without purity, any government, how successful it may get. The individuals who want to establish a government, they will not succeed like this individual. I mean what, like 20 years, two decades, less than two decades, just the individual began with 120,000 and now 1.2 billion of Muslims across the world. So we do see the establishment of Prophet Muhammad advancing in the most proper way. But through his actions, he was able to accomplish such achievements. But I would like to thank you very much for joining us tonight with Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. Give you the ability to continue serving in the Baits. Respect the viewers. Thank you very much for tuning in. 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