WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.939 Our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:00:10.939 --> 00:00:12.830 “O ‘Aishah, 00:00:12.830 --> 00:00:15.109 pray in the Hijr, 00:00:15.109 --> 00:00:20.620 for it is a part of the House [the Ka‘bah].” 00:00:20.620 --> 00:00:25.179 When we speak of the beauty of human interaction, 00:00:25.179 --> 00:00:32.060 we are unable to fully describe the beauty of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) treatment of his wives, 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:35.659 especially ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:00:35.859 --> 00:00:39.579 Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, describes 00:00:39.579 --> 00:00:42.859 the character of the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:00:42.859 --> 00:00:46.219 and his way of interacting with ‘Aishah, 00:00:46.219 --> 00:00:47.579 saying: 00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:52.659 “The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was an easygoing man; 00:00:52.659 --> 00:00:56.179 if his family desired something, he would follow their lead.” 00:00:56.179 --> 00:00:58.189 Narrated by Muslim. 00:00:58.189 --> 00:01:03.189 This is how a man should be with the women of his household— 00:01:03.189 --> 00:01:06.469 his wives, daughters, and sisters: 00:01:06.469 --> 00:01:09.709 easygoing, accommodating his family in their desires, 00:01:09.709 --> 00:01:11.750 provided it does not involve sin. 00:01:11.750 --> 00:01:15.379 This is part of good companionship with women. 00:01:15.379 --> 00:01:20.260 This character is required at all times when dealing with women, 00:01:20.260 --> 00:01:23.500 but it is even more necessary during travel, 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:28.939 so that the hardship of travel is not compounded by the harshness of the man. 00:01:28.980 --> 00:01:32.859 Among the examples of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) treatment 00:01:32.859 --> 00:01:35.659 of ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:01:35.659 --> 00:01:38.019 is what occurred for her while she was in Makkah 00:01:38.019 --> 00:01:41.060 with the Prophet (peace be upon him), 00:01:41.060 --> 00:01:44.620 regarding her desire to pray inside the Ka‘bah. 00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:47.900 How did the Prophet (peace be upon him) deal 00:01:47.900 --> 00:01:50.500 with this desire? 00:01:50.500 --> 00:01:53.519 ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:57.420 “I loved to enter the House and pray therein.” 00:01:57.420 --> 00:02:01.340 So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took me by the hand, 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:03.060 brought me into the Hijr, 00:02:03.459 --> 00:02:04.180 and said: 00:02:04.659 --> 00:02:05.780 “O ‘Aishah, 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:08.780 when your people built the Ka‘bah, 00:02:09.180 --> 00:02:10.139 they fell short of funds, 00:02:10.659 --> 00:02:12.419 so they left the Hijr out of the House. 00:02:13.229 --> 00:02:16.990 If you wish to pray in the House, pray in the Hijr, 00:02:17.590 --> 00:02:19.949 for it is a part of the House.” 00:02:20.750 --> 00:02:22.189 Narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah. 00:02:22.909 --> 00:02:26.189 ‘Aishah’s desire was to pray inside the Ka‘bah, 00:02:26.669 --> 00:02:30.949 as the Prophet (peace be upon him) and some of the Companions had done. 00:02:31.710 --> 00:02:35.750 She expressed this desire to the Prophet (peace be upon him), 00:02:36.389 --> 00:02:39.509 and he did not object to her wish nor forbid her; 00:02:40.030 --> 00:02:42.189 rather, he strove to fulfill it for her, 00:02:42.750 --> 00:02:45.789 even if not in the exact manner she had requested. 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:53.219 The Prophet (peace be upon him) explained to ‘Aishah why he would do what he did to fulfill her wish, 00:02:53.699 --> 00:02:57.180 so that she would understand why he did not provide the exact form she wanted. 00:02:57.819 --> 00:02:58.780 He said to her: 00:02:59.419 --> 00:03:00.419 “O ‘Aishah, 00:03:01.060 --> 00:03:03.219 when your people built the Ka‘bah, 00:03:03.620 --> 00:03:04.580 they fell short of funds, 00:03:05.060 --> 00:03:06.780 so they left the Hijr out of the House.” 00:03:07.539 --> 00:03:11.939 This justification and clarification is very important in dealing with one’s wife, 00:03:12.460 --> 00:03:16.219 so that she does not interpret the husband’s actions in the worst possible light, 00:03:16.860 --> 00:03:20.860 and so that it does not open a door for the devil to whisper evil to her. 00:03:21.860 --> 00:03:27.699 Then, the Prophet (peace be upon him) guided her on how to pray inside the Ka‘bah, 00:03:28.379 --> 00:03:29.379 saying to her: 00:03:30.219 --> 00:03:32.500 “If you wish to pray in the House, 00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:34.300 pray in the Hijr, 00:03:34.860 --> 00:03:37.139 for it is a part of the House.” 00:03:38.219 --> 00:03:42.740 In this, there is a great opening for the Ummah, which is deprived of entering the Ka‘bah, 00:03:43.379 --> 00:03:47.379 to pray inside it by way of praying in the Hijr, 00:03:47.900 --> 00:03:49.620 at any time they wish. 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:53.099 The Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:03:53.580 --> 00:03:56.500 did not prevent ‘Aishah from fulfilling her desire 00:03:56.979 --> 00:03:59.500 by excusing himself that the House was closed, 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:04.979 or that she could not enter it, especially at the time she requested. 00:04:05.740 --> 00:04:10.699 Instead, he sought to find a legitimate solution that would fulfill her desire. 00:04:11.569 --> 00:04:12.610 This event 00:04:13.169 --> 00:04:19.050 was utilized by ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, to engage the Prophet (peace be upon him) in dialogue 00:04:19.649 --> 00:04:24.009 to learn more details about the story of the building of the Sacred House. 00:04:24.569 --> 00:04:25.329 She said: 00:04:25.889 --> 00:04:29.569 “I asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) about the wall [the Hijr]: 00:04:29.930 --> 00:04:31.290 Is it part of the House?” 00:04:31.769 --> 00:04:32.649 He said, “Yes.” 00:04:33.329 --> 00:04:33.810 I said, 00:04:34.250 --> 00:04:36.569 “Why then did they not include it in the House?” 00:04:37.250 --> 00:04:37.810 He said, 00:04:38.290 --> 00:04:41.009 “Your people ran short of funds.” 00:04:41.730 --> 00:04:42.250 I said, 00:04:42.769 --> 00:04:45.089 “And what is the matter with its door being raised?” 00:04:45.769 --> 00:04:46.329 He said, 00:04:46.970 --> 00:04:51.730 “Your people did that so they could let in whom they wished and keep out whom they wished. 00:04:52.370 --> 00:04:55.889 Were it not that your people are newly removed from the Age of Ignorance, 00:04:56.490 --> 00:05:00.370 I would have feared that their hearts might reject my including the wall in the House, 00:05:01.009 --> 00:05:03.170 and my lowering its door to the ground.” 00:05:03.930 --> 00:05:05.329 Narrated by al-Bukhari. 00:05:06.379 --> 00:05:10.420 This style of dialogue used by ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:05:10.980 --> 00:05:14.860 is what enabled her to acquire knowledge and excel in it. 00:05:15.579 --> 00:05:21.899 The Prophet (peace be upon him) told her about the details of the building of the House during the days of Quraysh, 00:05:22.420 --> 00:05:25.019 and the reason they built it in that manner. 00:05:25.819 --> 00:05:31.060 He explained, first, that the House was not built entirely upon the foundations of Ibrahim, 00:05:31.779 --> 00:05:34.379 but that it was shortened on the side of the Hijr. 00:05:35.209 --> 00:05:36.569 The reason for this reduction 00:05:37.170 --> 00:05:41.250 was that Quraysh at that time did not possess enough lawful wealth— 00:05:41.689 --> 00:05:44.449 wealth not mixed with usury or gambling— 00:05:44.930 --> 00:05:48.610 to build the House upon the foundations of Ibrahim. 00:05:49.370 --> 00:05:52.329 This means that, despite their associating partners with Allah, 00:05:52.810 --> 00:05:57.290 they held the Sacred House in such high regard that they would not serve it with unlawful wealth 00:05:57.810 --> 00:06:00.050 gained from usury or otherwise. 00:06:00.730 --> 00:06:05.370 And because Quraysh was in control of the Sacred House at that time, 00:06:06.089 --> 00:06:09.850 they changed the structure of the Ka‘bah and reduced its size. 00:06:10.449 --> 00:06:15.449 The Arabs as a whole could not object to Quraysh at that time. 00:06:16.230 --> 00:06:20.389 Then, when ‘Aishah asked about the secret of the House being raised above the ground, 00:06:21.170 --> 00:06:24.649 the Prophet (peace be upon him) explained the reason to her: 00:06:25.370 --> 00:06:29.529 it was that Quraysh wanted to control who entered the House, 00:06:30.209 --> 00:06:33.930 so that people could not enter it except with their permission. 00:06:34.569 --> 00:06:41.810 This control was not intended to protect the House from tyrants and the arrogant, 00:06:42.529 --> 00:06:47.610 but rather it was intended merely for control and oppression of the general public. 00:06:48.370 --> 00:06:52.730 They would open it for whom they wished, even if they were the most wicked of people, 00:06:53.329 --> 00:06:57.490 and they would bar whom they wished, even if they were the most pious of people. 00:06:58.129 --> 00:07:00.009 They continued this practice 00:07:00.490 --> 00:07:03.730 until it became established among the people that this was the right way, 00:07:04.290 --> 00:07:06.490 and that anything else was wrong. 00:07:07.310 --> 00:07:14.430 Therefore, the Prophet (peace be upon him) refrained from rebuilding the House on the foundations of Ibrahim, 00:07:14.949 --> 00:07:17.230 from lowering the door of the House to the ground, 00:07:17.750 --> 00:07:19.910 and from giving the House two doors— 00:07:20.389 --> 00:07:23.389 an eastern door and a western door— 00:07:23.990 --> 00:07:27.870 so that people could enter through one and exit through the other, 00:07:28.589 --> 00:07:32.149 because the people’s hearts were imbued with the incorrect image 00:07:32.589 --> 00:07:38.310 that Quraysh had created by their distortion of the structure of the Sacred House. 00:07:39.110 --> 00:07:42.990 Allah made the Sacred House a standing place for all people, 00:07:43.269 --> 00:07:44.550 not for Quraysh, 00:07:45.069 --> 00:07:48.069 but Quraysh was dominant over the Arabs, 00:07:48.629 --> 00:07:52.310 imposing upon them whatever legislation they desired according to their whims, 00:07:52.790 --> 00:07:56.269 in order to allow them to visit the Sacred Mosque. 00:07:57.029 --> 00:08:01.709 This wish that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had 00:08:02.189 --> 00:08:09.470 we would not have known about had Allah not inspired ‘Aishah to dialogue with the Prophet (peace be upon him), 00:08:09.910 --> 00:08:11.189 causing him to express it, 00:08:11.670 --> 00:08:14.149 upon which many rulings are built, 00:08:14.670 --> 00:08:19.389 which you will find mentioned extensively in the scholars’ commentaries on the hadith. 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.920 May Allah be pleased with our mother ‘Aishah, 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:27.040 who, through her desire to pray inside the House, 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:30.720 caused a door to be opened for Muslims throughout the ages, 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:34.639 through which they are able to pray inside the Ka‘bah, 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:38.960 even if the laws of Quraysh had remained until the Day of Resurrection. 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:43.840 This is part of the blessing of ‘Aishah and the family of Abu Bakr upon the Ummah. 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:48.600 We ask Allah to grant us love for her and love for the family of Abu Bakr, 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:53.919 and to grant us a visit to the Sacred House, safe and secure. 00:08:54.860 --> 00:08:57.940 We shall continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills. 00:08:57.940 --> 00:09:01.100 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.