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 | Titulli: Friday Khutbah (Sermons) : Defending the Honor of the Prophet Muhammad (salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)  Wed 19 Sep 2012 - 18:11 | |
| Friday Khutbah (Sermons) : Defending the Honor of the Prophet Muhammad (salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
[The
following is the video and transcript of Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda's
khutbah "Defending the Honor of the Prophet Muḥammad (salallahu 'alayhi
wa sallam)." The transcript is slightly modified for the sake of readability and clarity.]Transcript:One of these first believers was al-Arqam b. Abi al-Arqam  , who was hosting the Prophet  and
his companions within his own home so that they would have a place to
pray and a place to learn and a place to congregate. This is the famous
dar'l-Arqam (the house of Arqam).Abu Bakr Abu Bakr was
also a genealogist, a specialist of knowing people's lineages, the
tribes and families and family trees. He knew people and where they
came from. He was one of the first few people to accept Islam. He was
the first adult male to accept Islam. According to the majority of
scholars of sirah and hadith, the way they reconcile all of the
narrations is that Abu Bakr may have been the fourth person to accept Islam after Khadijah, 'Ali, and Zayd b. al-Harithah  . He was the first person to pray publicly by the side of the Prophet .On top of that, he was a man of very great honor and dignity and respect. That is why when the Prophet presented the message to Abu Bakr, the narrations say that Abu Bakr asked the Prophet ,
“I haven't seen you coming and sitting with the people for the last day
or so. What's going on? Is everything okay?” When you don't hear
from a close friend for a day, then it is cause for concern. You
immediately call them and drive over to their house and ask if
everything is okay. Abu Bakr didn't see the Prophet for a day / day and a half, and he grew concerned about his best friend, so he went to the Prophet and said, “What is going on? Is everything okay?” The Prophet of Allāh told Abu Bakr about the message.One time Abu Bakr and 'Umar –
and this happens amongst friends, colleagues, and coworkers – had a
dispute over a matter. When it was brought to the Prophet , because of the overwhelming love that he had for Abu Bakr ,
he tells all of the sahabah that “I came and called all of you to
Islam, and all of you initially said, 'You lie,' except for Abu Bakr. I
told him the message and he said, 'You speak the truth.'” This is why
the Prophet gave him the title of al-Siddiq.There
is a beautiful story that when the number of Muslims reached about 40
and when the house of Arqam was popping at the seams and completely full
of people, Abu Bakr told the Prophet of Allāh , “The time has come that we go and make a public appearance. It is time, O Messenger of Allāh.” The Prophet didn't prohibit him and didn't forbid it and didn't say “no,” otherwise it would have been a command. The Prophet of Allāh told Abu Bakr , “I think we should be a little bit more cautious.” Abu Bakr said, “No, O Messenger of Allāh. I feel confident.” He said, “Let's go.”They
scattered about and found some people of their tribe and family even if
they weren't believers to just be somewhat protected because these were
very overwhelming odds.The narrations tell us that the people attacked and jumped Abu Bakr viciously.
A few dozen other sahabah who were scattered around in the Haram came
under attack. Everybody was being beaten, but no one was beaten worse
than Abu Bakr .
One of the leaders of Quraysh, 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah, took off his shoes
and when Abu Bakr was knocked down, he sat on his chest and started to
pound him on the face with his shoes. The narration was specific and
said that he was targeting his nose. It broke his nose so badly and
severely that the whole face of Abu Bakr was
covered in blood. He was disfigured and people couldn't even recognize
him until finally the family of Abu Bakr realized what was going on.
They stepped in and dispersed the mob and carried him home. Everybody
was certain that he was going to die. The family of Abu Bakr, the
majority of which were non-believers, swore that if he dies, they would
kill 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah in retribution. The case was that severe and his
condition was so bad.Everyone gathered around, and the first words out of the mouth of Abu Bakr were, “What happened to the Prophet ?” The last thing he remembered was that he was speaking in front of people and the Prophet was sitting there and then a mob broke out and there was pandemonium. The last thing he saw was the Prophet sitting in the middle of a riot. He didn't know what happened to the Prophet . The first thing he asked was, “What happened to the Prophet ?”When the mother came back inside and tried to treat him, he said, “What happened to the Prophet ?”
She said, “I don't know, son.” He said, “Go to Umm'l-Jameel (who was
the sister of 'Umar b. al-Khattab and a believer who was hiding her
Islam) and ask her.” It is a very lengthy narration, but she goes there
and she asks Umm'l-Jameel, who has to maintain her secrecy, and says,
“I don't know what you are talking about.” She says, “Can you at least
come see my son? He is dying.”When Abu Bakr walks through the door, the Prophet of Allāh sees Abu Bakr . What you would normally expect the story to say is Abu Bakr hugged the Prophet and kissed him and cried on his shoulder. The Prophet ran
to the door and hugged Abu Bakr and held him and carried him and kissed
him on his head. The narration said that the Prophet cried on Abu Bakr's shoulder. Abu Bakr told the Prophet ,
“I would give up my father and my mother for you, O Messenger
of Allāh. I don't care what they have done to my face as long as you
are okay.”In Light of Current EventsThe Messenger of Allāh is
a pillar of our faith. We believe in him. This is something very
profound! He means a whole lot to us and is very important to us, and
his disrespect and him being slandered and disrespected and when people
speak about him inappropriately, it is something very hurtful to us. If
it was not and if we could sit there and watch a video being violent
and disrespectful towards the Messenger of God and
it wouldn't churn our stomach and wouldn't make us upset and we
wouldn't have to stop it, then we have a problem in our īmān.I'm going to present three basic things to you.Character and Behavior of the Prophet I will first talk about the outlook of the Prophet when
he looked at the world, which included his lovers and haters. It
included his fans, believers, and followers, but it also included the
people who despised him, hated him, and worked against him. How did he
view the world? What was the lens of the Prophet ?I
want you to sense the desperation in this example and analogy. This
isn't something that someone comes up with very casually. This is an
expression of what somebody feels in his heart. This is pain and
anguish. This is torture to live life in this way. That is why it is
no surprise that the Prophet of Allāh goes
to lay down in his bed after serving humanity and preaching to humanity
and saving humanity all day long and he is barely able to lay down and
close his eyes for a moment and then says, “I have to go.” He stands up
and spreads his hands before Allāh and cries all night for humanity's
sake.There
is another narration mentioned by a few different books of hadith. It
is narrated in the Mustadrak of Hakim and the Sahih of Ibn Hibban and by
al-Tabarani in his collection of hadith. It is a very lengthy story.
The Prophet had gone to Zayd b. Su'na, who was a Jewish businessman, to buy something from him. The Prophet did not have the payment ready at that time, so he fixed a payment date with him. The man came back before the payment due date. The narration says the Prophet is
sitting with his companions. He literally tears through the
congregation. Imagine somebody who is walking straight through and
shoving people aside angrily. He walks right up to the Prophet , and the narration says he literally grabs his clothes. If somebody did that to us, what would we do? We would tackle him.The Prophet of Allāh says, “Sheath your sword, ya 'Umar.” He turns his attention to 'Umar b. al-Khattab and
says, “'Umar, me and him didn't need someone to jump into the situation
ready to spill blood. That's not what we need. We needed something
else. You should have told me that I should pay this man back
properly. And you should have told him to properly ask for his money
[like scheduling an appointment and saying, “Brother can you please pay
me because I have some bills to take care of and I would really
appreciate it.”] You should have advised me to pay properly and you
should have advised him to ask properly and not jump in the middle and
say you are going to finish him.” Then the Prophet said
to 'Umar, “And give him his right back and then on top of that, from
yourself, I want you to give him an extra gift because you threatened
him and treated him badly. How dare you speak to somebody like that! I
want you to make it up to him and do something nice for him. You don't
treat people that way!”Both sentiments are human reactions, but both sentiments need to turn back and look at the life of the Prophet . Allāh said, “Take what the Messenger gave you and leave what he told you to leave.” We need to look at the Prophet for guidance. We want to defend him, so defend him by means of his guidance and his teachings.The
second thing is that there will always be ignorant people on the face
of this earth. This is a reality of life. Stupid is as stupid does.
There were ignorant people at the time of the Prophet who
would say, “Yes, this is the truth, but I still want to oppose it.”
There is no reasoning with that man. That is why the Qur'an and the
precedent of the Messenger ofAllāh even
give us recourse in that matter. You will be addressed by ignorant
people and just say, “I am not going to stoop to your level, sir!” It
is not showing respect to that person but is respecting yourself. “I
will go about my business, but I will not engage in this nonsense and
this ignorance. I don't have time for this nonsense.”This
will be my concluding point. How do we fix this issue and how do we
solve this problem? There has to be a more tangible solution. We need
to go out there and tell people about who the Prophet is.
We need to have written material, online material, public forums,
symposiums, campaigns. We need to inform humanity about whoMuḥammad was and what he means to us. We need to give them the truth about the Prophet .I
need to ask myself and go look in the mirror, and it isn't going to be
fun. A self-assessment never is, but it is important. If the answer
comes back as it does to me, “no, I don't,” then it is about time I got a
little serious about this. It is about time that I stop jumping and
screaming when an incident occurred and actually dedicate my life to
following the example and knowing who the Prophet is.It
is very important that we take this step to educate ourselves and our
families and our communities until we become an educated community.
Then, we most definitely have to make noise. But then we make the right
type of noise. We don't just go out there and yell and scream for the
sake of yelling and screaming. Everywhere you turn, you see a Muslim
talking about who the Prophet is. Everywhere you look, you see a Muslim exemplifying the character of the Prophet .
Everywhere you look, you see a Muslim starting a project that brings to
fruition and materializes one of the visions or instructions or
guidance of the Prophet . We better humanity, society, and the world we live in by means of the Prophet. This is a practical plan and course of action. | |
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