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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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Echoes from the Pulpit.

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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the Bedouin.

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A sermon by the honorable Sheikh,

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Khalid ibn ‘Abdullah al-Hammudi,

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May Allah preserve him.

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Praise be to Allah, the praise of the grateful.

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Praise be to Allah, the praise of the submissive.

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Praise be to Allah, the praise of those who seek forgiveness.

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Praise be to Allah, who increases those who give thanks,

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Remembers those who remember Him,

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And crushes those who disbelieve.

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Praise be to Allah, for whoever seeks victory through Him is never humiliated,

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Whoever seeks guidance through His path never strays,

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Whoever fears Him never slips,

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And whoever seeks His bounty is never in want.

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To Him belongs all majesty and power; exalted and glorified is He.

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Praise be to Allah, a blessed praise,

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A pure praise,

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A praise that our Lord loves and with which He is pleased.

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To You be praise, as befits the majesty of Your countenance and the greatness of Your dominion.

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To You be praise; we cannot enumerate Your praises.

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You are as You have praised Yourself, O Lord.

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O Allah, we bear witness before You,

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That no matter how many odes we write of Your loftiness,

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Inscribed with tears or the blood of our eyelids,

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You are greater than all praise,

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And more majestic than anything the mind can conceive.

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And I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, alone, with no partner.

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“All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth Allah; unto Him belongeth Sovereignty and unto Him belongeth praise, and He is Able to do all things.” (64:1)

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He is the All-Knowing, the Forbearing.

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He is the All-Knowing, whose knowledge encompasses everything

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In the universe, both secret and manifest.

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He is the All-Knowing of what His servant whispers to himself, without the movement of a tongue.

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In His knowledge, the near and the far are equal,

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As are the hidden and the manifest.

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He is the All-Knowing of what will be tomorrow and what

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Has already passed, and the Teacher of this very moment.

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And I bear witness to everything that was not, that if it were to be, how it would exist for those who behold it.

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And I bear witness that our master, our Prophet, and our beloved, Muhammad, is the servant of Allah and His Messenger,

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His chosen one and His intimate friend.

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The Prophet Muhammad.

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O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad.

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Muhammad—how beautiful the name, and how beautiful the one named!

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Muhammad, of exalted status,

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Of expanded breast,

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Of raised mention,

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Of righteous command,

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Steadfast in gratitude,

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Protected by victory,

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Free from sin,

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Blessed in every era,

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Known in every land,

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In the resolve of time,

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In the generosity of the sea,

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And the bounty of the rain.

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So, O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad.

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May the God send prayers upon the Prophet Muhammad,

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As long as the dove moans upon the branches.

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And upon all his daughters and his wives,

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And upon all the Companions and the brethren,

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And upon all his Companions and those who

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Followed them in righteousness thereafter.

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O Allah, send prayers, peace, and increase blessings

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Upon Your servant, Messenger, Prophet, and beloved, Muhammad,

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And upon his family and his Companions,

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And whoever is guided by his guidance,

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Follows his Sunnah, and treads in his footsteps,

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And grant them abundant peace until the Day of Judgment.

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Now then, servants of Allah,

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I advise you and myself to fear Allah.

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O you who have believed, fear Allah,

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And speak a word of truth.

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He will amend for you your deeds

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And forgive you your sins.

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And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger...

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“He will adjust your works for you and will forgive you your sins. Whosoever obeyeth Allah and His messenger, he verily hath gained a signal victory.” (33:71)

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O community of believers,

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Our topic today

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Is a hadith that the ears delight in,

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That hearts yearn for,

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And before which emotions bow.

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Our topic today

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Is about a Prophetic biography (Seerah) that all other biographies fall short of,

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And a quality among the qualities

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That no other description can match.

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It is a glimpse of the glimpses,

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And a breeze of the breezes,

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Fragrant with the qualities of the best of creation,

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May the prayers and peace of my Lord be upon him.

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It is the chosen Messenger,

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And the selected Prophet,

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May my father and mother be sacrificed for him, peace be upon him.

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These are fragments

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That increase love in love,

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And bring the heart closer,

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Renewing faith,

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And bearing the fruit of following him.

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Our topic today

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Is a situation from his situations,

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A vast horizon,

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A spacious sky,

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And a lush garden.

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The observer is bewildered

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As to what to pluck,

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And what to choose

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From the fragrance of his aromatic biography.

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I have chosen, O servants of Allah,

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This event and this hadith,

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Because we have in the Messenger of Allah

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A beautiful example.

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So come, O servants of Allah,

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Let us depart from this mosque,

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O Ta-Ha, O Ya-Sin,

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To Tayyibah the Good (Medina),

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More than one thousand four hundred years ago,

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To contemplate this event,

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And this hadith,

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And this wondrous situation.

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So here it is for you, O servants of Allah,

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This event:

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He returned, peace be upon him,

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To his house.

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He returned, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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Until he drew near to his chambers.

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And we do not think

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But that he was exhausted,

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After a day like all his days,

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Spent in his call,

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And the delivery of his message.

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And that he returned weary,

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Weary in spirit,

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After having offered to the people

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His character, his grace, and his kindness.

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Then he returned to his house,

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In the greatest need

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Of his rest and his comfort,

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To soothe his body and his soul.

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He was, peace be upon him,

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Walking,

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And he was wearing

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A Najrani cloak,

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With a thick border.

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He had wrapped it around his neck,

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And let its excess fall over his shoulder.

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Until,

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When he reached his chamber,

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And was about to enter it,

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Suddenly,

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A Bedouin from the desert

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Rushed toward him.

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Until, when he caught up to him,

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He pulled the edge of his cloak

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From behind with a violent tug,

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Which startled the Prophet,

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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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And the effect of this violent,

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Sudden tug

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Was that the Prophet’s balance was disturbed,

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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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So he stumbled backward,

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Until he returned toward the Bedouin.

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And the effect of this tug

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On the Prophet,

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Was that the cloak tore

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From the force of the Bedouin’s pull.

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And another effect of it was

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That the border of the cloak

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Dug into the neck of the Prophet,

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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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Anas began

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To look at the neck of the Prophet,

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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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And his neck was white and luminous,

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As if it were a silver pitcher.

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And the border of the cloak

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Had left a mark on the surface of his neck,

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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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From the intensity of the Bedouin’s tug.

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It was expected

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That the Bedouin would apologize

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For what had happened,

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And express regret for what occurred,

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And be gentle toward the Prophet,

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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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Seeking his pardon.

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But this is not what happened.

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Rather, after all of this,

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He called out to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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Saying, "O Muhammad!"

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Glory be to Allah!

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It was a call of harshness,

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While Allah says:

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“Make not the calling of the messenger among you as your calling one of another. Allah knoweth those of you who steal away, hiding themselves. And let those who conspire to evade orders beware lest grief or painful punishment befall them.” (24:63)

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"Do not call the Messenger among yourselves as you call one another."

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Then the Bedouin demanded, saying,

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"Give me from the wealth of Allah that you have."

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It was harshness,

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Even in the way he asked.

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And look, O servants of Allah,

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Reflect upon the intense agitation

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that could be stirred up

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by such provocative,

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jarring actions—a violent pull

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that jerked the Prophet, peace be upon him,

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backward,

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tore his cloak,

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and left a mark upon his noble neck.

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Then, a harsh, abrasive call,

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and a demand made with such severity.

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Contemplate and imagine:

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what a fire of anger

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would be enough, even for one of these,

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to ignite in the heart?

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So how much more so when they are all combined?

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Yet our Prophet,

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our beloved,

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our role model,

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our exemplar,

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peace be upon him,

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his reaction was a marvel,

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a wonder that leaves one astonished.

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A character of such stature,

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transcending the bounds of mere self-control.

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A character and a bearing

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that ascended, rose, and soared

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to the horizon of Muhammadan greatness.

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He turned toward him,

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he did not turn away;

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he smiled,

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he did not lash out;

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he acted with kindness and did not punish.

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Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, says,

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as he witnessed this scene:

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, turned to him,

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peace be upon him,

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then smiled,

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and then ordered a gift for him.

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Glory be to Allah!

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The situation ended,

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the event concluded,

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and the hadith finished,

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but the lessons did not end,

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nor did the morals,

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nor the profound impact.

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We, O servants of Allah,

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are in dire and urgent need

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to revisit this hadith,

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to repeat it in silence,

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a contemplative silence,

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and with deep reflection,

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until every cell of our body and soul absorbs it.

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These were provocative actions—

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sudden,

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harsh,

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igniting the fires of anger in a person,

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and stirring up

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an angry reaction.

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But the Prophet, peace be upon him,

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did not deal with these stimuli

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according to the laws of physics:

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for every action,

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an equal reaction

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in force and opposite in direction.

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No, never.

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Rather, he dealt with them

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according to another law.

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It is the law—

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it is the law

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of moral greatness.

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He acted

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according to the purification of the Lord of the Worlds:

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"And indeed, you are of

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a great moral character."

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This great Prophetic lesson

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extinguishes the fires of anger

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in our hearts,

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pours tranquility into our souls,

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and places the reins of our actions

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in our own hands,

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instead of our actions being

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held captive by our impulses.

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The one who said

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to the man who asked him, "Advise me,"

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said, "Do not get angry,"

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repeating it time and again,

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saying, "Do not get angry."

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And the one who said, "The strong man is only

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he who controls himself when angry,"

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is he, peace be upon him,

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who, when provoked in such a manner,

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does not get angry,

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and controls himself as no one else could

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when faced with the triggers of anger,

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as seen in the Bedouin’s action.

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We ask ourselves:

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What drove this Bedouin

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to demand what he demanded

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with such confidence?

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Indeed,

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he even went further,

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to the point of harshness,

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severity, and sharpness.

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Did he not fear punishment?

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Did he not fear retribution

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or chastisement?

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The Bedouin

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had no diplomatic immunity,

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nor a clever lawyer

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to turn truth into falsehood

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and falsehood into truth.

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But the answer—

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the answer is clear:

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he was living

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under the protection of the character of

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Muhammad, peace be upon him,

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which

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gave him the security to confidently

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express what was in his heart

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and demand

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what he thought was his right.

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He is the Messenger of Allah, and that is enough.

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He is the Messenger of Allah, and that is enough.

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The chosen Prophet,

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and the selected Messenger.

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And through him,

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let us follow his example,

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“Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.” (33:21)

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an excellent example.

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I praise the one whom—

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do you know whom I revere?

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Do you not know

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to whom I have dedicated my words?

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Brighter than the full moon

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at its zenith,

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and more generous than the sea,

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firmer than the mountains,

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purer than the sun

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in speech and admonition,

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sharper than the sword

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in judgment and wisdom.

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A radiant light shines from his eyes,

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an epic of illumination

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to clear away darkness

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and injustice.

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And better than all that:

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"And We have not sent you,

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except as a mercy to the worlds."

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O Allah, gather us

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in his company.

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O Allah, gather us in his company,

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and make us among the people of his nation

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and his Sunnah,

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and unite us with him in the Gardens of Bliss.

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O Allah, amen.

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May Allah bless me and you

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in the Great Qur'an,

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and benefit me and you with what is in it.

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“This (which) We recite unto thee is a revelation and a wise reminder.” (3:58)

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I say what you hear,

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and I seek the forgiveness of Allah for me and for you.

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Praise be to Allah,

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praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,

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and the final outcome is for the righteous.

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I bear witness that there is no god

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but Allah alone, with no partner,

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the Judge of the Day of Judgment.

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And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant

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and His truthful, trustworthy Messenger.

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O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad,

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O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad,

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O Allah, send prayers upon him,

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and upon his family and all his Companions.

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And now, O servants of Allah,

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it is incumbent upon every Muslim

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to follow and emulate

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the Messenger of Allah,

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peace be upon him.

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For following him

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is the foundation of guidance.

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We have heard the verse

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that we mentioned in the first sermon:

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“Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.” (33:21)

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"an excellent example

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for anyone who hopes in Allah

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and the Last Day

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and remembers Allah often."

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Ibn Kathir said,

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may Allah have mercy on him:

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This verse

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is a great principle

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in emulating

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the Messenger of Allah,

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peace be upon him,

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in his words, his actions,

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and his states.

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Allah has placed, O servants of Allah,

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in the personality of the Messenger of Allah,

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may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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the perfect image

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of the methodology,

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Let this methodology be translated into action,

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and let it be the best

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example in this world

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for all of humanity.

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O honorable people,

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all of us

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may encounter a situation

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that provokes our anger,

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or irritates us, or causes us to lose

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our composure.

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What is the reaction of such an angry person?

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Compare

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our reactions

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with the action of the Prophet, peace be upon him, toward

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the Bedouin.

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Let us adorn,

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O servants of Allah,

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let us adorn our lives with patience.

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Practice beautiful patience.

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Be patient, O servant of Allah,

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with your wife.

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Be patient with your children.

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Be patient with your neighbors.

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Be patient with your relatives.

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Be patient with your kin.

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Be patient with your friends

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and your loved ones.

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Practice beautiful patience,

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and fear nothing,

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for He who provided for you will provide for them,

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and He who provided for them will provide for you.

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A life without patience

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is like a body without a head.

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I want the

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incident of the Prophet with

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the Bedouin

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to be a lesson for us in our dealings

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with others.

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Since Allah has commanded us

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to speak kindly

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to all people,

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whether Muslim or disbeliever,

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whether righteous or wicked.

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He, the Almighty, said—

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He did not say "to the Muslims,"

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He said "to the people."

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And by our patience

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with people

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and our speaking kindly to them,

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we follow the example of the Messenger of Allah,

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peace be upon him,

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and thus faith increases,

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faith increases,

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and reverence increases,

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and veneration,

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and love increases.

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All of this is required by the Sharia.

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So, shall we follow the Prophet,

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peace be upon him?

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And always remember

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the story of the Prophet

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and the Bedouin woman.

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And remember also

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His saying, the Almighty:

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"There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah

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an excellent pattern."

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O Allah, guide us to the best of character,

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for none guides to its best except You,

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and turn away from us its evil,

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for none turns away its evil

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except You.

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O Allah, forgive our sins,

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accept our repentance,

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and seal our deeds with righteousness.

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O Allah, You who have no partner,

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and no one with You

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is sought.

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O You whose kindness and provision for the disobedient

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is extended.

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O You who are the refuge of every distressed

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and cast-out person.

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O You to whom all creation submits in prostration,

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we ask for Your pardon for what has passed,

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and for Your excellent management

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of what is to come.

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O Allah, rectify our state,

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O Comforter of the soul,

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O Great, O Exalted.

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O Allah, bring us glad tidings of what pleases us,

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and spare us what harms us.

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O Allah, grant us

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the best of what You grant those who ask,

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and unite for us

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the goodness of this world and the Hereafter.

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O Allah, forgive us,

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“And those who came (into the faith) after them say: Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who were before us in the faith, and place not in our hearts any rancour toward those who believe. Our Lord! Thou art Full of Pity, Merciful.” (59:10)

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“And those who came (into the faith) after them say: Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who were before us in the faith, and place not in our hearts any rancour toward those who believe. Our Lord! Thou art Full of Pity, Merciful.” (59:10)

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[and grant us] grace,

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for those who believe.

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Our Lord, You are Kind and Merciful.

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O Allah, grant us security in our homelands,

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rectify our leaders,

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and those in authority over us.

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Support our leader with the truth,

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and his Crown Prince,

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and provide them with righteous advisors

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who guide them to good

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and assist them in it.

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O Allah, grant success to all the leaders of the Muslims

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in ruling by Your Book

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and applying the Sunnah of Your Prophet,

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peace be upon him.

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O Allah, rectify the affairs of the Muslims,

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O Allah, rectify the affairs of the Muslims,

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and grant victory to our soldiers on the borders,

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be for them a supporter and a helper,

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and a helper and a protector.

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And grant victory to our oppressed brothers

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everywhere.

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And forgive the one who built this mosque,

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and his parents and his offspring.

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O Allah, just as You have gathered us upon these carpets,

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00:20:09,460 --> 00:20:11,460
gather us under Your Throne,

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as loving brothers,

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sitting on thrones, facing one another.

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O Allah, forgive our fathers

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00:20:17,460 --> 00:20:19,460
and our mothers,

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and our brothers and our sisters,

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and the Muslims.

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O Allah, whoever among them is alive,

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00:20:25,460 --> 00:20:27,460
grant them health and wellness

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00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:29,460
in obedience to You,

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and whoever among them is dead,

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O Allah, reward their good deeds

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with grace, and their bad deeds

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with pardon and forgiveness.

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O Allah, rectify our intentions and our offspring,

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“And who say: Our Lord! Vouchsafe us comfort of our wives and of our offspring, and make us patterns for (all) those who ward off (evil).” (25:74)

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and make our offspring a comfort to our eyes,

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and make us for the righteous

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an example.

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O Allah, we love You,

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and we hope for Your grace despite our sins.

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O Allah, send peace and blessings upon our master Muhammad,

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and upon all his family and companions.

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And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.