WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:04.799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:11.720 The life of the salaf between word and deed. 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:13.720 The women of the salaf. 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:18.710 On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:00:18.710 --> 00:00:23.710 A son of Abu Talha passed away, born to Umm Sulaym, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:00:23.710 --> 00:00:27.710 He said: The child died in the inner room. 00:00:27.710 --> 00:00:29.210 She covered him. 00:00:29.210 --> 00:00:32.710 Then she stood up and prepared breakfast for Abu Talha. 00:00:33.210 --> 00:00:36.210 Just as she would prepare it for him every night. 00:00:36.210 --> 00:00:39.299 Abu Talha entered and said to her: 00:00:39.299 --> 00:00:41.299 How is the boy? 00:00:41.299 --> 00:00:42.299 She replied: 00:00:42.299 --> 00:00:44.299 He is in the best of states. 00:00:44.299 --> 00:00:46.340 He praised Allah. 00:00:46.340 --> 00:00:50.340 Then she stood up and brought breakfast to Abu Talha. 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:54.340 Then she attended to what women attend to. 00:00:54.340 --> 00:00:57.399 Abu Talha fulfilled his needs with his wife. 00:00:57.399 --> 00:00:59.399 When the time of the pre-dawn (sahar) arrived, 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:00.399 She said: 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:02.399 O Abu Talha, 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:04.400 Have you not seen the family of so-and-so? 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:07.900 They borrowed something and enjoyed it. 00:01:07.900 --> 00:01:09.900 Then when it was requested back from them, 00:01:09.900 --> 00:01:11.900 It was difficult for them. 00:01:11.900 --> 00:01:12.900 He said: 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:14.900 They were not fair. 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:15.900 She said: 00:01:15.900 --> 00:01:19.900 Indeed, your son was a loan from Allah, the Almighty and Majestic. 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:23.400 And Allah, the Exalted, has taken him back. 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:26.459 He praised Allah and said: "To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return." 00:01:26.459 --> 00:01:30.959 Then he went in the morning to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:34.959 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to him: 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:36.959 O Abu Talha, 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:41.120 May Allah bless you both in your night. 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:44.120 She then became pregnant with Abdullah Ibn Abi Talha. 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:50.700 On the authority of Isma'il Ibn Muhammad Ibn Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas, may Allah have mercy on him, who said: 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:56.760 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, passed by a woman from the Banu Dinar, 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:04.760 Whose husband, brother, and father had been killed alongside the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, at Uhud. 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.760 When they brought her the news of their deaths, she said: 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:09.759 What did the Messenger of Allah do? 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:10.759 They said: 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:13.759 Well, O mother of so-and-so. 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:16.759 He is, by the praise of Allah, as you would wish. 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:17.759 She said: 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:20.759 Show him to me so that I may look at him. 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:22.759 He was pointed out to her. 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:25.759 When she saw him, she said: 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:28.759 Every calamity after you is trivial. 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:32.340 On the authority of 'Ata' Ibn Abi Rabah, who said: 00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:35.340 Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said to me: 00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:39.340 Shall I show you a woman from the people of Paradise? 00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:41.340 I said: Yes. 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:42.340 He said: 00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:44.340 This black woman. 00:02:44.340 --> 00:02:49.340 She came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and said: 00:02:49.340 --> 00:02:52.340 I suffer from seizures and I become uncovered, 00:02:52.340 --> 00:02:54.340 So pray to Allah for me. 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:55.340 He said: 00:02:55.340 --> 00:02:58.340 If you wish, be patient and you shall have Paradise, 00:02:58.340 --> 00:03:01.340 And if you wish, I will pray that He heals you. 00:03:01.340 --> 00:03:02.370 She said: 00:03:02.370 --> 00:03:03.370 I will be patient, 00:03:03.370 --> 00:03:07.370 But pray to Allah that I do not become uncovered. 00:03:07.370 --> 00:03:09.370 So he prayed for her. 00:03:09.370 --> 00:03:12.979 On the authority of Ibrahim Ibn 'Uqbah, who said: 00:03:12.979 --> 00:03:14.979 I heard Amat Khalid, 00:03:14.979 --> 00:03:18.979 The daughter of Khalid Ibn Sa'id Ibn al-'As, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:03:18.979 --> 00:03:21.979 Saying to her women at night: 00:03:21.979 --> 00:03:24.979 We have untied the knots of Shaytan; 00:03:24.979 --> 00:03:28.330 This is not a time for sleep. 00:03:28.330 --> 00:03:30.330 On the authority of Thabit al-Bunani: 00:03:30.330 --> 00:03:34.330 That Silah Ibn Ashyam was in a battle, 00:03:34.330 --> 00:03:36.330 And with him was a son of his. 00:03:36.330 --> 00:03:37.330 He said: 00:03:37.330 --> 00:03:38.330 O my son, 00:03:38.330 --> 00:03:42.330 Go forward and fight until I count you among the martyrs. 00:03:42.330 --> 00:03:46.330 He went forward and fought until he was killed, may Allah have mercy on him. 00:03:46.330 --> 00:03:49.360 Then he went forward and was killed. 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:52.360 The women gathered at the home of his wife, 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:55.360 Mu'adhah al-'Adawiyyah, may Allah have mercy on her. 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:57.360 She said: Welcome. 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.360 If you have come to congratulate me, 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:02.360 Then welcome to you. 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.360 But if you have come for anything else, 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:07.780 Then go back. 00:04:07.780 --> 00:04:11.780 On the authority of Juwayriyah Bint Asma', may Allah have mercy on her, who said: 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:17.779 Three brothers from the Banu Qati'ah were present at the day of Tustar, 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:19.810 And they were martyred. 00:04:19.810 --> 00:04:23.810 Their mother went out one day to the market for some business, 00:04:23.810 --> 00:04:27.810 And she met a man who had been present at the battle of Tustar. 00:04:27.810 --> 00:04:28.810 She recognized him, 00:04:28.810 --> 00:04:31.810 And asked him about her sons. 00:04:31.810 --> 00:04:32.810 He said: 00:04:32.810 --> 00:04:34.810 They were martyred. 00:04:34.810 --> 00:04:35.810 She said: 00:04:35.810 --> 00:04:38.810 Were they advancing or retreating? 00:04:38.810 --> 00:04:39.810 He said: 00:04:39.810 --> 00:04:41.810 Advancing. 00:04:41.810 --> 00:04:42.810 She said: 00:04:42.810 --> 00:04:44.810 Praise be to Allah. 00:04:44.810 --> 00:04:47.810 They have attained victory and protected the honor, 00:04:47.810 --> 00:04:50.810 By my own soul, my father, and my mother. 00:04:50.810 --> 00:04:55.129 On the authority of al-Sari Ibn Bukayr, may Allah have mercy on him, who said: 00:04:55.129 --> 00:05:01.629 I witnessed the young women of the neighborhood standing in prayer at night. 00:05:01.629 --> 00:05:03.629 The children of the salaf. 00:05:03.629 --> 00:05:08.879 On the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:13.879 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to bring me in with the elders of Badr. 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:15.879 Some of them said: 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.879 Why do you bring this youth in with us, 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:20.879 When we have sons like him? 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:21.879 He said: 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:24.879 He is of whom you know. 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:25.879 He said: 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:29.879 One day he called them and called me with them, 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:32.879 And I did not see him call me on that day 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:34.879 Except to show them my status. 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:35.879 He said: 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:37.879 What do you say 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:41.879 “When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh” (110:1) 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:43.910 Until he finished the Surah. 00:05:43.910 --> 00:05:45.910 Some of them said: 00:05:45.910 --> 00:05:48.910 We are commanded to praise Allah and seek His forgiveness 00:05:48.910 --> 00:05:52.910 When the victory of Allah comes and He grants us conquest. 00:05:52.910 --> 00:05:54.910 Some of them said: 00:05:54.910 --> 00:05:55.910 We do not know. 00:05:55.910 --> 00:05:58.910 And some of them said nothing. 00:05:58.910 --> 00:05:59.910 Then he said to me: 00:05:59.910 --> 00:06:02.910 O Ibn 'Abbas, do you say the same? 00:06:02.910 --> 00:06:04.910 I said: No. 00:06:04.910 --> 00:06:05.910 He said: 00:06:05.910 --> 00:06:07.910 Then what do you say? 00:06:07.910 --> 00:06:08.910 I said: 00:06:08.910 --> 00:06:12.910 It is the end of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:06:12.910 --> 00:06:14.910 Which Allah made known to him. 00:06:14.910 --> 00:06:17.910 "When the victory of Allah has come and the conquest," 00:06:17.910 --> 00:06:18.910 The conquest of Makkah, 00:06:18.910 --> 00:06:21.910 That is the sign of your end. 00:06:21.910 --> 00:06:24.910 “Then hymn the praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo! He is ever ready to show mercy.” (110:3) 00:06:24.910 --> 00:06:27.939 Indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance. 00:06:27.939 --> 00:06:28.939 'Umar said: 00:06:28.939 --> 00:06:33.389 I know nothing of it other than what you know. 00:06:33.389 --> 00:06:35.389 Aslam said: 00:06:35.389 --> 00:06:39.389 While I was with 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:06:39.389 --> 00:06:41.389 And he was patrolling Madinah, 00:06:41.389 --> 00:06:42.389 He became tired, 00:06:42.389 --> 00:06:46.389 So he leaned against a wall in the middle of the night. 00:06:46.389 --> 00:06:49.389 Suddenly, a woman was saying to her daughter: 00:06:49.389 --> 00:06:53.389 O my daughter, get up to that milk 00:06:53.389 --> 00:06:55.389 And mix it with water. 00:06:55.389 --> 00:06:57.389 She said to her: 00:06:57.389 --> 00:06:58.389 O mother, 00:06:58.389 --> 00:07:03.389 Do you not know what the decree of the Commander of the Faithful was today? 00:07:03.389 --> 00:07:04.389 She said: 00:07:04.389 --> 00:07:07.389 And what was his decree, O my daughter? 00:07:07.389 --> 00:07:09.449 She said: 00:07:09.449 --> 00:07:12.449 He ordered his announcer to proclaim: 00:07:12.449 --> 00:07:15.519 Milk shall not be mixed with water. 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:17.519 She said to her: 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:18.519 O my daughter, 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:22.519 Get up to that milk and mix it with water, 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:27.579 For you are in a place where neither 'Umar nor 'Umar's announcer can see you. 00:07:27.579 --> 00:07:30.579 The young girl said to her mother: 00:07:30.579 --> 00:07:32.579 O mother, 00:07:32.579 --> 00:07:35.579 By Allah, I would not obey him in public 00:07:35.579 --> 00:07:38.189 And disobey him in private. 00:07:38.189 --> 00:07:42.189 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, passed by some boys, 00:07:42.189 --> 00:07:46.189 Among them was Abdullah Ibn al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:07:46.189 --> 00:07:48.189 They fled, but he stood still. 00:07:48.189 --> 00:07:50.189 'Umar said to him: 00:07:50.189 --> 00:07:53.189 Why did you not flee with your companions? 00:07:53.189 --> 00:07:54.189 He said: 00:07:54.189 --> 00:07:56.189 O Commander of the Faithful, 00:07:56.189 --> 00:07:59.189 I have committed no crime to fear you, 00:07:59.189 --> 00:08:03.670 And the road was not narrow for me to make space for you. 00:08:03.670 --> 00:08:08.759 A delegation came to 'Umar Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, from Iraq. 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:13.759 He looked at a young man among them who was preparing to speak. 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:14.759 'Umar said: 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:15.759 Let the elders speak. 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:17.759 The youth said: 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:19.759 O Commander of the Faithful, 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:22.759 Matters are not determined by age. 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.759 If it were so, 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:27.759 There would be among the Muslims those who are older than you. 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:28.759 He said: 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:29.759 You have spoken the truth. 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:32.820 So speak. 00:08:32.820 --> 00:08:35.269 The life of the salaf 00:08:35.269 --> 00:08:37.269 Between word and deed.