 This is a big deal that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala instead chose to send us a prophet Who looked and acted like the average human being Right, and that's why people were struggling with this notion There was a lot of tension as to how the prophet of Allah would just be another human being who goes out in the marketplace Who works do you know what the prophet's hobby was by the way not hobby I mean, you know for lack of a better word the thing he did quite often at home when he wasn't dealing with official business if you like or Spreading the message of Allah. Do you know what he did? He would sew his own clothes. He would fix his own shoes. That's what he did I mean, what's more human than that? That you have clothes that have been torn or worn and so you sit down with your family and you sew them you fix them so It's it's a big deal. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala decides to send someone that we can relate to Someone that we could see someone that we could communicate with someone that we don't feel is superior to us He's not superior to us He's another human being who was able to achieve the status And that's why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says Rasulan Meen An Fusiko He's one of you right and what's amazing is that even though he's one of us even though he's a human being and Yet subhan Allah. He could have at least acted like he was superior to us at the end of the day, we all have a tendency to See ourselves as being higher than others if there is something we have that they lack, right? If I had a PhD, I'd make sure I'd flaunt it everywhere. I go Right if I was taller or stronger or more muscular than everybody else I'd make sure you know instead of wearing this I'd wear something so as to Give some hints as to my physical abilities We all have a tendency to try and make ourselves noticed given all the things that we have While others lack those things Whereas look at the messenger of Allah Let me share a few a hadith with you This one you're probably familiar with People would come into the mosque and they would see the messenger of Allah sit Well, they'd see a bunch of Muslims seated around one another and they and they'd be speaking But the prophet was such that they couldn't tell him apart. They couldn't make him out. Who is the prophet? Who's the messenger? They had no idea which is why in one hadith Abu Dhar says that this became a problem We would have Bedouins. We would have people who came from outside Mecca. We would have you know, maybe Delegates of other religions of Foreign governments. We'd have Christian monks and we'd have people who don't recognize the prophet They would come into the mosque and they couldn't recognize him so they'd have to ask around and it became a problem So we came up to the prophet and we said to him, ya Rasulullah We need to do something about this, right? If it's the turban Nowadays turbans are exclusive exclusive to people who you know, preach the faith or study this religion Back in the day, everybody wore turbans right in different colors and So Abu Dhar says we told the messenger that this is a problem. We need to make you distinct So that people know who to ask So that they don't just walk up to any random Tom Dick and Harry then ask them about the religion and so he's he then says Abu Dhar says that we built a little bench Right duck on or deck. He says for Benina. Do conan or the conan a little bench from mud Not even a chair a bench and the prophet would sit on that bench And we would sit alongside of him and he would deliver his sermons Isn't that amazing the holy messenger of Allah was a human being and yet Did he have emotions? Absolutely As I said people found that difficult to To grapple with How could the messenger of God who speaks to celestial beings whose friend is the archangel Gabriel? How could someone like that be a human being like me? So they expected the prophet to act in a different manner, which is why when his son Ibrahim Passed away and died at the young age of a year and a half The prophet was seen crying So one of the companions comes up to the prophet and he says to him Why are you crying and why are you crying so profusely and here's another point? I'd like you to remember The prophet of Allah was perfect in every way and so his emotions were also perfect Which means that when there was room for an emotional outpour There would be an emotional outpour that is Basically tantamount or or or something that you would attribute to someone as perfect as the prophet of Allah So he cried and this is the prophet who's not just crying over his dead son He's crying over someone like Ibrahim someone who would have been who would have been someone Who is if not an Imam then someone on equal footing as an Imam someone who's infallible So he says to him, why would you cry so much and the prophet responds by saying that the eyes Tear up the tears Flow out of the eyes and the heart breaks, but we'd never say anything that would displease Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala So it's only natural. It's only human once again He's warned the garb of humanity even though essentially He's different. He is superior, but at least outwardly the prophet acts like every other human being in fact He acted like the lowest caste in society Now I want you to think long and hard about this because this has never been done in human history You don't have and I challenge anyone to prove me wrong You don't have any head of state any premier any president any king any emperor who at the time of his kingdom and At the peak of his power would act in the same fashion as Rasulullah How does he act the hadith says kana yajlusu jalisa ta'al abid Wa yakulu Aklal abid Wa ya'lam annahu abd He would sit like any slave. I mean think about slaves and their position in society at those times a Slave wasn't just the scum of the earth a slave wasn't just someone treated like worse than dirt or Animals a slave was the lowest caste. That's that's all we can say really and the prophet acted like a slave How do you act like a slave? You sit There was a woman The prophet was sitting down Eating with a bunch of other slaves on dirt on the sand So this woman walks past him Call it. Yeah, Rasulullah. I tell you so I love how they do what I call it. I'll be You're sitting on dirt and you're eating the food of slaves. Do you know why? One hadith says If a slave came up to him and invited him to come and eat he would accept the invitation Now a slave has nothing of himself a slave is owned by someone else How much food how extravagant do you think the banquet would be where the prophet is being served food? Right and yet he would accept any invitation, especially if it came from slaves So the woman says to the prophet you're sitting on dirt and you're eating slave food Fana thought I lay harasulullah Waqala way Haki whoa on to you Wahal Ahadun I abad a mini is there anyone more of a slave than I am So the woman then said to him I'll tell me look what I'm in time. Give me a bite of that food that you're eating She immediately was filled with awe of the messenger of Allah and so it's a weird transition Really to be saying why are you sitting like a slave and then saying give me some of that food? Because she just attacked that food and saying that is slave food, right? But she was immediately Filled with awe to the messenger of Allah, so she says give me one bite So the prophet grabbed a bite and handed it to her. She said la wallah. I'll let you fee famic No, I want the one in your mouth So I heard a Rasulullah a look what a lady fee fama He took that bite from his mouth his blessed mouth and he handed it over to the woman Imam al-Baqir aleyhi salatu was-salam says That woman never felt any pain or disease in her body until the day she died