WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.439 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:13.000 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:22.629 A summary of the Prophetic biography. 00:00:22.629 --> 00:00:27.750 The departure of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, to Ta'if. 00:00:27.750 --> 00:00:37.000 When the affliction upon the Messenger of Allah and his Companions intensified following the death of Abu Talib, 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:41.920 The Messenger of Allah set out for Ta'if, 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:47.320 Hoping that they would shelter him, support him against his people, and protect him from them. 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:51.840 The Messenger of Allah headed toward Ta'if, 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:57.920 Either because it was the second center of power and influence in the Hijaz after Makkah, 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:05.579 Or because his maternal relatives through Halimah al-Sa'diyah were from the tribe of Thaqif. 00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:12.500 The Messenger of Allah decided to set out for Ta'if on foot. 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:16.739 Accompanied by his freedman, Zayd ibn Harithah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:01:16.739 --> 00:01:26.620 He sought support and protection from Thaqif against his own people. 00:01:26.620 --> 00:01:33.099 The arrival of the Messenger of Allah in Ta'if. 00:01:33.099 --> 00:01:37.980 When the Messenger of Allah reached Ta'if, 00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:40.540 He went to three brothers, 00:01:40.579 --> 00:01:44.459 Who were at that time the leaders and notables of Thaqif. 00:01:44.459 --> 00:01:48.140 They were 'Abd Ya Layl, Mas'ud, and Habib, 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:50.799 The sons of 'Amr ibn 'Umayr. 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:55.280 The Messenger of Allah sat with them, 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:59.280 And invited them to Allah and to support Islam. 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:01.159 One of them said, 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:05.790 "He would tear the coverings of the Ka'bah if Allah had truly sent you." 00:02:05.790 --> 00:02:07.590 Another said, 00:02:07.629 --> 00:02:11.469 "Could Allah not find anyone to send other than you?" 00:02:11.469 --> 00:02:13.189 The third said, 00:02:13.189 --> 00:02:16.310 "By Allah, I will never speak to you. 00:02:16.310 --> 00:02:19.789 If you are a Messenger from Allah as you claim, 00:02:19.789 --> 00:02:24.270 You are too significant for me to speak back to you. 00:02:24.270 --> 00:02:26.830 And if you are lying about Allah, 00:02:26.830 --> 00:02:29.830 It is not fitting for me to speak to you." 00:02:29.830 --> 00:02:34.349 The Messenger of Allah rose from their presence, 00:02:34.349 --> 00:02:37.150 Having despaired of receiving support from Thaqif. 00:02:37.189 --> 00:02:38.750 He said to them, 00:02:38.750 --> 00:02:41.110 "Since you have acted as you have, 00:02:41.110 --> 00:02:42.870 Then keep my visit a secret." 00:02:42.870 --> 00:02:44.469 But they did not do so. 00:02:44.469 --> 00:02:50.069 The Messenger of Allah stayed among them for ten days, 00:02:50.069 --> 00:02:53.069 During which they incited their foolish ones and their slaves against him, 00:02:53.069 --> 00:02:55.789 Who would insult him and shout at him. 00:02:55.789 --> 00:02:59.030 They harmed him with the most severe of harms, 00:02:59.030 --> 00:03:02.229 And inflicted upon him and his companion what his own people had not. 00:03:02.229 --> 00:03:05.949 They told him, "Leave our land." 00:03:05.949 --> 00:03:08.509 Their foolish ones stood in two rows, 00:03:08.509 --> 00:03:11.150 And began pelting him with stones, 00:03:11.150 --> 00:03:15.830 Until the feet of the Messenger of Allah bled. 00:03:15.830 --> 00:03:20.030 Zayd ibn Harithah, may Allah be pleased with him, shielded him with his own body, 00:03:20.030 --> 00:03:23.710 Until he sustained head wounds. 00:03:23.710 --> 00:03:27.150 The Messenger of Allah departed, 00:03:27.150 --> 00:03:30.919 From Ta'if back to Makkah, heavy-hearted. 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:34.840 During that return journey, 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:38.360 He called upon his Lord with the well-known supplication: 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:43.560 "O Allah, to You I complain of the weakness of my strength and the scarcity of my resources, 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.199 And my insignificance in the eyes of the people. 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:48.639 O Most Merciful of the merciful, 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.360 You are the Lord of the oppressed, 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:53.319 And You are my Lord. 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:55.400 To whom will You entrust me? 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:58.039 To a distant person who treats me harshly, 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:01.240 Or to an enemy to whom You have given control over my affairs? 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:06.080 If You are not angry with me, then I do not care, 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:10.300 But Your protection is more encompassing for me. 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:15.060 I seek refuge in the light of Your Face, by which the darkness is illuminated, 00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:19.019 And by which the affairs of this world and the Hereafter are set right, 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:21.579 From Your anger descending upon me, 00:04:21.579 --> 00:04:24.600 Or Your wrath befalling me. 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:27.800 To You I submit until You are pleased, 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:31.199 And there is no power and no strength except through You." 00:04:49.790 --> 00:04:56.660 If the longing of the worlds for one another is long, 00:04:56.660 --> 00:05:03.629 Then the longing toward You has no limit. 00:05:03.629 --> 00:05:10.240 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:18.339 And lips move with the remainder of the truth.