1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,469 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,469 --> 00:00:07,469 A summary of the book: 3 00:00:07,469 --> 00:00:11,470 Ramadan: Events and Lessons. 4 00:00:11,470 --> 00:00:15,259 The Conquest of Makkah. 5 00:00:15,259 --> 00:00:20,260 The time was the tenth day of Ramadan, 6 00:00:20,260 --> 00:00:23,260 in the eighth year of the Hijrah. 7 00:00:23,260 --> 00:00:29,399 Achieving one’s hopes and the triumph of truth over falsehood 8 00:00:29,399 --> 00:00:32,399 are not matters attained through mere dreams, 9 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:35,399 nor are they reached in a short span of time, 10 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:38,399 or by following a path of ease and comfort. 11 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:41,399 Rather, such a noble objective 12 00:00:41,399 --> 00:00:44,399 requires sincere efforts, 13 00:00:44,399 --> 00:00:47,399 sound and continuous actions, 14 00:00:47,399 --> 00:00:50,399 an extended period of time, 15 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:53,399 and a generous expenditure of effort accompanied by 16 00:00:53,399 --> 00:00:56,399 hardship and a lack of indulgence. 17 00:00:56,399 --> 00:00:59,399 That is the true ascension 18 00:00:59,399 --> 00:01:02,399 by which the climber reaches the horizons of happy hope. 19 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:05,560 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was driven out, 20 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,560 along with his emigrant Companions, from Makkah, 21 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,560 which was the most beloved of Allah’s lands to their hearts. 22 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,560 They endured the agony of separation, 23 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,560 and thereafter encountered various kinds of hardships, 24 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,560 from fighting the disbelievers, 25 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,560 both the polytheists and the People of the Scripture among them. 26 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,590 The rest of the Arabs attacked them in unison, 27 00:01:28,590 --> 00:01:31,590 and they were prevented from visiting 28 00:01:31,590 --> 00:01:33,590 the Sacred House. 29 00:01:33,590 --> 00:01:37,590 Throughout this, they were not safe from the arrogance of Quraysh 30 00:01:37,590 --> 00:01:39,659 and its pride, 31 00:01:39,659 --> 00:01:42,659 until the day of Hudaybiyyah arrived. 32 00:01:42,659 --> 00:01:44,659 A peace treaty was concluded based on terms, 33 00:01:44,659 --> 00:01:48,689 some of which the Muslims disliked, 34 00:01:48,689 --> 00:01:51,689 yet Allah the Exalted made that very matter 35 00:01:51,689 --> 00:01:55,689 which they disliked a path to what they loved. 36 00:01:55,689 --> 00:01:58,689 In this was a great educational lesson: 37 00:01:59,689 --> 00:02:02,689 that disliked things may lead to beloved outcomes 38 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:05,819 for those who are patient and seek reward from Allah. 39 00:02:05,819 --> 00:02:07,819 The Muslims remained patient in accepting 40 00:02:07,819 --> 00:02:09,819 all those terms, 41 00:02:09,819 --> 00:02:11,819 in obedience to Allah the Exalted 42 00:02:11,819 --> 00:02:14,819 and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 43 00:02:14,819 --> 00:02:17,939 They did not know that some of those terms 44 00:02:17,939 --> 00:02:20,939 would be a gateway to a great affair, 45 00:02:20,939 --> 00:02:22,939 bringing them security 46 00:02:22,939 --> 00:02:25,939 beyond what they had hoped for. 47 00:02:25,939 --> 00:02:34,199 “Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.” (2:216) 48 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:42,199 “Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.” (2:216) 49 00:02:42,199 --> 00:02:48,199 Allah knows, while you do not know. 50 00:02:48,199 --> 00:02:51,800 The Dawn of the Conquest. 51 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,280 Among the terms of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was 52 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:01,280 that whoever wished to enter into a covenant with the Muslims could do so, 53 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,280 and whoever wished to enter into a covenant with Quraysh could do so. 54 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:10,280 The one who entered was considered part of that faction, 55 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:15,280 and any aggression against them was considered aggression against that faction. 56 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,280 Thus, the Khuza'ah tribe entered into the covenant of the Muslims, 57 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,280 and the Banu Bakr entered into the covenant of the polytheists. 58 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,280 There were old blood feuds between the two tribes. 59 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:30,280 One day, some of the Banu Bakr raided 60 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,280 the Khuza'ah with the assistance of Quraysh, 61 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,280 killing a number of them. 62 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:42,280 'Amr ibn Salim al-Khuza'i hurried to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 63 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,379 crying out for help. 64 00:03:44,379 --> 00:03:48,379 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) answered him, 65 00:03:48,379 --> 00:03:50,469 and responded to his call. 66 00:03:50,469 --> 00:03:54,469 When Quraysh realized the consequences of their actions, 67 00:03:54,469 --> 00:03:59,469 they sent Abu Sufyan to Madinah to apologize and renew the treaty, 68 00:03:59,469 --> 00:04:04,469 but he did not succeed in that political visit. 69 00:04:04,469 --> 00:04:10,469 The matter had surpassed the acceptance of political apologies and diplomatic efforts, 70 00:04:10,469 --> 00:04:13,469 so a military solution was necessary 71 00:04:13,469 --> 00:04:16,569 to uproot the problem from its foundations. 72 00:04:16,569 --> 00:04:21,569 Thus, it is known that the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was the gateway to the conquests, 73 00:04:21,569 --> 00:04:24,569 the conquest of Khaybar and the conquest of Makkah. 74 00:04:24,569 --> 00:04:26,629 Allah the Exalted said: 75 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,920 "And a near victory" — the most correct opinion is that this refers to the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. 76 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,920 According to the hadith of Sahl ibn Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 77 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,920 "We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) on the day of Hudaybiyyah, 78 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,920 and had we seen fighting, we would have fought." 79 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:05,019 Then 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said: 80 00:05:05,019 --> 00:05:10,019 "O Messenger of Allah, are we not on the truth and they on falsehood?" 81 00:05:10,019 --> 00:05:12,019 He replied, "Yes." 82 00:05:12,019 --> 00:05:17,019 He asked, "Are our dead not in Paradise and theirs in the Fire?" 83 00:05:17,019 --> 00:05:19,019 He replied, "Yes." 84 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:23,019 He said, "Then why should we accept humiliation in our religion? 85 00:05:23,019 --> 00:05:28,019 Shall we return before Allah has judged between us and them?" 86 00:05:28,019 --> 00:05:31,019 He replied, "O son of al-Khattab, 87 00:05:31,019 --> 00:05:36,019 I am the Messenger of Allah, and He will never let me down." 88 00:05:36,019 --> 00:05:39,079 'Umar went to Abu Bakr 89 00:05:39,079 --> 00:05:43,079 and said to him what he had said to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 90 00:05:43,079 --> 00:05:45,079 He replied: 91 00:05:45,079 --> 00:05:50,079 "He is the Messenger of Allah, and Allah will never let him down." 92 00:05:50,079 --> 00:05:53,079 Then Surah al-Fath was revealed, 93 00:05:53,079 --> 00:05:59,079 and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited it to 'Umar until the end. 94 00:05:59,079 --> 00:06:00,079 'Umar then asked: 95 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:04,079 "O Messenger of Allah, is it a conquest?" 96 00:06:04,079 --> 00:06:07,040 He replied, "Yes." 97 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,040 The Road to Makkah. 98 00:06:09,389 --> 00:06:11,389 On Wednesday, 99 00:06:11,389 --> 00:06:14,389 the tenth day of Ramadan, 100 00:06:14,389 --> 00:06:16,389 in the eighth year of the Hijrah, 101 00:06:16,389 --> 00:06:21,389 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) left Madinah 102 00:06:21,389 --> 00:06:25,389 with an army of ten thousand fighters. 103 00:06:25,389 --> 00:06:30,389 Here, the hopes of the Muslims began to appear on the horizon, 104 00:06:30,389 --> 00:06:33,389 and the hearts of the Emigrants, in particular, began 105 00:06:33,389 --> 00:06:36,389 to cast off their heavy sorrow 106 00:06:36,389 --> 00:06:41,389 which Quraysh had sown in them throughout the past years. 107 00:06:41,389 --> 00:06:45,389 They were to experience joy in the atmosphere of the glory of faith, 108 00:06:45,389 --> 00:06:50,389 after having lived for a time under the yoke of oppression and sadness. 109 00:06:50,389 --> 00:06:52,709 The believers set out, 110 00:06:52,709 --> 00:06:57,709 driven by a great longing to enter the Sacred City 111 00:06:57,709 --> 00:07:00,709 and to raise the banner of Tawhid (monotheism) over it, 112 00:07:00,709 --> 00:07:05,970 after the banners of polytheism had been raised there for a long time. 113 00:07:05,970 --> 00:07:11,970 They marched, burning with rage against those who had driven the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 114 00:07:11,970 --> 00:07:15,000 out of his secure city, 115 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,000 harmed him, and attacked the Muslims during the Makkan period, 116 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:24,129 and obstructed the path of Allah for nearly twenty years. 117 00:07:24,129 --> 00:07:29,129 They set out toward it with a force the likes of which the Muslims had never gathered before, 118 00:07:29,129 --> 00:07:34,350 nor could Quraysh withstand, no matter how many they gathered. 119 00:07:34,350 --> 00:07:37,350 Indeed, the Muslims this time 120 00:07:37,350 --> 00:07:40,350 did not doubt the conquest and the entry into Makkah, 121 00:07:40,350 --> 00:07:43,350 and the erasing of the idols of paganism therein. 122 00:07:43,350 --> 00:07:50,350 They proceeded with certainty in the help of Allah the Exalted to realize that beautiful dream 123 00:07:50,350 --> 00:07:54,639 which had haunted them for many years. 124 00:07:54,639 --> 00:08:00,639 It was necessary to send a psychological message to Makkah before entering it, 125 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:03,639 so that it might desist from its transgression this time, 126 00:08:03,639 --> 00:08:08,639 and surrender the leadership of Makkah to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 127 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:13,639 to spread the light of guidance through it to the east and the west. 128 00:08:13,639 --> 00:08:17,639 Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) conducted 129 00:08:17,639 --> 00:08:21,639 military displays of the Islamic army, 130 00:08:21,639 --> 00:08:24,639 with Abu Sufyan present, witnessing it. 131 00:08:24,639 --> 00:08:28,639 He had already announced his Islam at that time, 132 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:32,639 and he was awestruck by what he saw of the Islamic power. 133 00:08:32,639 --> 00:08:37,639 He returned to Makkah to warn them against opposing the Messenger of Allah and those with him. 134 00:08:37,639 --> 00:08:42,639 His words were received with belief by the wise among them, 135 00:08:42,639 --> 00:08:47,639 although there was a faction of Quraysh overcome by recklessness, 136 00:08:47,639 --> 00:08:50,639 so they stood on some of the roads of Makkah 137 00:08:50,639 --> 00:08:53,639 and skirmished with the Islamic army briefly, 138 00:08:53,639 --> 00:08:58,639 where some were killed and the rest fled, 139 00:08:58,639 --> 00:09:04,639 allowing Makkah to open its heart to mercy for the entry of the sacred march, 140 00:09:04,639 --> 00:09:09,639 which would cleanse Makkah from the filth of polytheism and the authority of its people. 141 00:09:09,639 --> 00:09:13,149 The Entry into Makkah. 142 00:09:13,149 --> 00:09:18,500 On the twentieth day of Ramadan in the eighth year of the Hijrah, 143 00:09:18,500 --> 00:09:23,500 the vanguards of the army of faith entered Makkah from various directions, 144 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:27,500 and it continued to flow in groups, 145 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:32,500 until Makkah embraced that entire pure army. 146 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:37,500 How great and beautiful those moments were in the souls of the believers, 147 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:40,500 and how difficult they were in the souls of the polytheists, 148 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:45,500 the day they saw Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah entering the Sacred Mosque, 149 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:48,500 with the Emigrants and the Ansar around him. 150 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:50,500 He touched the Black Stone, 151 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:52,500 performed the circumambulation of the House, 152 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:57,500 and struck the standing idols with his bow until they fell. 153 00:09:57,500 --> 00:10:00,500 For with this conquest, the truth had come, 154 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:02,500 and falsehood had vanished. 155 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:05,500 “And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.” (17:81) 156 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:09,629 The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ascended into the Ka'bah, 157 00:10:09,629 --> 00:10:11,629 prayed there, 158 00:10:11,629 --> 00:10:15,629 and remembered Allah, declared His oneness, and magnified Him, 159 00:10:15,629 --> 00:10:20,629 announcing the end of the authority of paganism in this blessed spot, 160 00:10:20,629 --> 00:10:24,629 and the beginning of raising the banner of Tawhid therein. 161 00:10:24,629 --> 00:10:29,659 While the Muslims were surrounded by happiness from every side, 162 00:10:29,659 --> 00:10:34,659 the polytheists were awaiting the judgment of the Messenger of Allah regarding them. 163 00:10:34,659 --> 00:10:38,659 What would he do with those who had obstructed His path, 164 00:10:38,659 --> 00:10:42,659 tortured his Companions, killed those they killed, 165 00:10:42,659 --> 00:10:47,659 and committed against them various acts of warfare and harm? 166 00:10:47,659 --> 00:10:52,860 There is no doubt they were living in a terrifying psychological state, 167 00:10:52,860 --> 00:10:55,860 under his authority and in his presence. 168 00:10:55,860 --> 00:10:59,860 Then the noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) appeared, 169 00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:03,860 holding the doorframe of the Ka'bah, 170 00:11:03,860 --> 00:11:06,860 and declared the testimony of Tawhid. 171 00:11:06,860 --> 00:11:12,860 He trampled the vestiges of the Age of Ignorance and its misguided customs under his feet, 172 00:11:12,860 --> 00:11:16,860 and explained that the arrogance of the Age of Ignorance had vanished, 173 00:11:16,860 --> 00:11:19,860 and that the only scale is the scale of piety. 174 00:11:19,860 --> 00:11:23,919 Then he announced his final judgment regarding Quraysh, 175 00:11:23,919 --> 00:11:27,919 which was the moment everyone was waiting for. 176 00:11:27,919 --> 00:11:32,919 He sent forth, through his truthful voice, words of pardon and forgiveness. 177 00:11:32,919 --> 00:11:36,919 The clouds of fear cleared from Quraysh, 178 00:11:36,919 --> 00:11:41,919 and they acknowledged once again the nobility of Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah, 179 00:11:41,919 --> 00:11:43,919 and the greatness of his character. 180 00:11:43,919 --> 00:11:49,019 They returned to blaming themselves for opposing him. 181 00:11:49,019 --> 00:11:51,019 It was only moments later 182 00:11:51,019 --> 00:11:56,019 that Bilal ibn Rabah raised the call to prayer loudly, 183 00:11:56,019 --> 00:12:02,019 announcing the beginning of a new era in the House of Allah. 184 00:12:02,019 --> 00:12:07,019 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) descended to pray, 185 00:12:07,019 --> 00:12:10,909 and the people prayed with him. 186 00:12:10,909 --> 00:12:13,909 In this event are lessons: 187 00:12:13,909 --> 00:12:17,909 First, that Allah’s choice for His believing servant 188 00:12:17,909 --> 00:12:20,909 is better than the believer’s choice for himself, 189 00:12:20,909 --> 00:12:24,909 so let him submit the matter to Him in what he loves and what he dislikes. 190 00:12:24,909 --> 00:12:31,980 Second, there is no prohibition against establishing truces with warring disbelievers 191 00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:35,980 if it does not involve compromising the fundamentals of the religion. 192 00:12:35,980 --> 00:12:40,139 Third, forgiveness when one has the power to punish, 193 00:12:40,139 --> 00:12:46,139 if it leads to benefits that return with good for Islam and the Muslims, 194 00:12:46,139 --> 00:12:50,330 is better than exercising the hand of vengeance. 195 00:12:50,330 --> 00:12:55,330 Fourth, people submit to the rule of power, 196 00:12:55,330 --> 00:13:01,679 but how beautiful the matter is if that power is just. 197 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:09,679 Fifth, the call of truth needs power to support it and defend it against its enemies, 198 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:16,919 and through this, it spreads and its people remain steadfast upon it. 199 00:13:16,919 --> 00:13:20,919 Ramadan: Events and Lessons.