WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:09.419 Mawaddah Association presents: 00:00:09.419 --> 00:00:12.419 Events in Ramadan. 00:00:12.419 --> 00:00:15.699 To recount the mercy of the All-Merciful, the grace of the Master. 00:00:15.699 --> 00:00:19.699 The conversion of the Banu Thaqif to Islam. 00:00:19.699 --> 00:00:23.629 In Ramadan of the ninth year after the Hijrah. 00:00:23.629 --> 00:00:28.629 The eyes of the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were gladdened by the conversion of Thaqif. 00:00:28.629 --> 00:00:30.629 After stubborn refusal, 00:00:30.629 --> 00:00:34.630 And a wild aversion that lasted for twenty years. 00:00:34.630 --> 00:00:36.759 The history of the Islamic call 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:41.759 Tells the story of Thaqif and their conversion, a story with a dark beginning, 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:43.759 And a radiant ending. 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:46.759 This story begins back in the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah), 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.759 When Thaqif inhabited Ta'if. 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.759 Ta'if was one of the suburbs of Makkah, 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:55.759 With impregnable fortifications and towering heights, 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:58.759 Sheltered by formidable mountains. 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:01.759 Its protection could not be breached, nor its heights attained. 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:03.920 Furthermore, it was 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.920 A garden of lush, verdant landscapes, 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:08.920 With cool breezes, 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:10.920 Abundant in fruit, 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:13.920 With pleasant harvests and low-hanging clusters. 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:18.049 Most of the dwellings in Ta'if belonged to the Banu Thaqif. 00:01:18.049 --> 00:01:21.049 They held sovereignty and prestige there, 00:01:21.049 --> 00:01:24.049 For they were a proud and haughty people, 00:01:24.049 --> 00:01:27.049 Fair-faced and of noble lineage. 00:01:27.049 --> 00:01:31.209 Moreover, they were masters of the deep ignorance of the Jahiliyyah, 00:01:31.209 --> 00:01:33.209 And worshippers of idols. 00:01:33.209 --> 00:01:37.209 They had built a great Ka'bah for Allah so they could perform pilgrimage to it, 00:01:37.209 --> 00:01:41.209 Circumambulate it, and offer sacrifices to it. 00:01:41.209 --> 00:01:45.340 When Allah sent His Messenger with the religion of guidance and truth, 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:49.340 And commanded him to warn his closest kinsmen, 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:52.340 He proclaimed the command and declared the truth openly. 00:01:52.340 --> 00:01:56.459 The Quraysh confronted him with harm and persecution, 00:01:56.459 --> 00:02:00.459 Yet his resolve did not weaken, nor did his determination falter. 00:02:00.459 --> 00:02:04.459 Instead, he began to present himself to the tribes, 00:02:04.459 --> 00:02:07.459 Seeking their protection so that he might convey the messages of his Lord. 00:02:07.459 --> 00:02:10.460 Three years before the Hijrah, 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:14.460 Allah took the soul of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, 00:02:14.460 --> 00:02:18.500 And after her, the Messenger’s uncle, Abu Talib, passed away. 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:23.500 The Quraysh then intensified their persecution of the Messenger, peace be upon him, 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:27.500 And their fools acted against him with extreme aggression. 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:32.500 At that point, the Messenger, peace be upon him, turned 00:02:32.500 --> 00:02:34.500 His face toward Ta'if, 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:36.500 Seeking support from Thaqif, 00:02:36.500 --> 00:02:39.500 Hoping to find protection with them against his own people, 00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:42.500 And hoping they would accept his call, 00:02:42.500 --> 00:02:46.500 So that he might be strengthened by Islam, and Islam strengthened by them. 00:02:46.500 --> 00:02:50.560 No sooner had the Messenger, peace be upon him, reached Ta'if 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:54.560 Than he went to three of its leaders: 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:59.560 'Abd Yalil ibn 'Amr and his two brothers, Habib and Mas'ud. 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:03.560 He presented himself to them and called them to Allah, 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:07.560 Enticing them with His reward and warning them of His punishment. 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:09.689 Some of them acted arrogantly, 00:03:09.689 --> 00:03:12.689 And some mocked him. 00:03:12.689 --> 00:03:16.780 One of them said to the Messenger, peace be upon him: 00:03:17.780 --> 00:03:21.819 "May the coverings of the Ka'bah be torn if Allah has truly sent you!" 00:03:21.819 --> 00:03:26.819 The second said: "Could Allah not find anyone to send other than you?" 00:03:26.819 --> 00:03:29.909 And the third said mockingly: 00:03:29.909 --> 00:03:32.909 "By Allah, I will never speak to you! 00:03:32.909 --> 00:03:35.909 If you are a Messenger from Allah as you claim, 00:03:35.909 --> 00:03:39.909 Then you are too significant for me to reply to you. 00:03:39.909 --> 00:03:42.909 And if you are lying about Allah, 00:03:42.909 --> 00:03:45.909 Then it is not fitting for me to speak to you." 00:03:45.909 --> 00:03:54.069 At that, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stood up, deeply distressed and heavy-hearted. 00:03:54.069 --> 00:03:59.069 He disliked that his people should hear of this, lest they increase in their persecution. 00:03:59.069 --> 00:04:02.069 He asked them to keep his visit a secret, 00:04:02.069 --> 00:04:04.069 But they did not. 00:04:04.069 --> 00:04:07.069 They incited their fools against him, 00:04:07.069 --> 00:04:13.069 And stationed two rows of their wicked men along his path, with stones in their hands. 00:04:13.069 --> 00:04:18.100 When the Messenger, peace be upon him, passed between them, 00:04:18.100 --> 00:04:23.100 Every time he lifted a foot, they pelted it with stones, 00:04:23.100 --> 00:04:27.100 And every time he placed a foot, they pelted it with stones, 00:04:27.100 --> 00:04:31.100 While they insulted him, reviled him, and shouted at him. 00:04:31.100 --> 00:04:35.100 His feet were torn and his heels bled. 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:39.170 They did not stop until they had gathered the people against him, 00:04:39.170 --> 00:04:44.170 And forced him into an orchard belonging to 'Utbah ibn Rabi'ah and his brother Shaybah, 00:04:44.170 --> 00:04:48.170 Who were from Quraysh, and then they left him. 00:04:48.170 --> 00:04:53.490 The noble Messenger, peace be upon him, sat in the shade of a tree, 00:04:53.490 --> 00:04:56.490 Having reached the limit of his exhaustion. 00:04:56.490 --> 00:04:59.490 He raised his gaze to the heavens and said: 00:04:59.490 --> 00:05:03.490 "O Allah, to You I complain of the weakness of my strength, 00:05:03.490 --> 00:05:06.490 The scarcity of my resources, 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:10.490 And my insignificance before the people, O Most Merciful of the merciful. 00:05:10.490 --> 00:05:14.490 You are the Lord of the oppressed, and You are my Lord. 00:05:14.490 --> 00:05:16.490 To whom will You entrust me? 00:05:16.490 --> 00:05:19.490 To a distant person who treats me harshly, 00:05:19.490 --> 00:05:22.490 Or to an enemy to whom You have given control over my affair? 00:05:22.490 --> 00:05:27.620 If You are not angry with me, then I do not care, 00:05:27.620 --> 00:05:30.620 But Your protection is more encompassing for me. 00:05:30.620 --> 00:05:35.709 I seek refuge in the light of Your Face, which illuminates the darkness, 00:05:35.709 --> 00:05:38.709 And by which the affairs of this world and the Hereafter are set right, 00:05:38.709 --> 00:05:41.709 From Your anger descending upon me, 00:05:41.709 --> 00:05:43.709 Or Your wrath befalling me. 00:05:43.709 --> 00:05:46.709 To You is the plea until You are pleased, 00:05:46.709 --> 00:05:51.100 And there is no power nor strength except by You." 00:05:51.100 --> 00:05:55.100 When the two sons of Rabi'ah saw him in this state, 00:05:55.100 --> 00:05:57.100 Their compassion was stirred, 00:05:57.100 --> 00:05:59.100 For they were from Quraysh. 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:02.100 They called a servant of theirs named 'Addas, 00:06:02.100 --> 00:06:04.100 Who was a Christian, 00:06:04.100 --> 00:06:06.100 And said to him: 00:06:06.100 --> 00:06:08.100 "Take a cluster of these grapes, 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:10.100 Place it on this tray, 00:06:10.100 --> 00:06:13.100 Then go to that man, 00:06:13.100 --> 00:06:15.100 And tell him to eat from it." 00:06:15.100 --> 00:06:19.129 'Addas approached the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:06:19.129 --> 00:06:22.129 And placed the tray before him. 00:06:22.129 --> 00:06:25.129 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:06:25.129 --> 00:06:28.129 Reached out his hand to take from it, he said: 00:06:28.129 --> 00:06:31.129 "In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful." 00:06:31.129 --> 00:06:33.350 'Addas looked into his face, 00:06:33.350 --> 00:06:35.350 Then said: 00:06:35.350 --> 00:06:39.350 "By Allah, these are words that the people of this land do not say." 00:06:39.350 --> 00:06:43.350 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to him: 00:06:43.350 --> 00:06:46.350 "And from the people of which land are you, 'Addas? 00:06:46.350 --> 00:06:48.350 And what is your religion?" 00:06:48.350 --> 00:06:51.350 He said: "I am a Christian from the people of Nineveh." 00:06:51.350 --> 00:06:55.350 The Messenger, peace be upon him, said to him: 00:06:55.350 --> 00:06:59.350 "From the village of the righteous man, Yunus ibn Matta." 00:06:59.350 --> 00:07:01.420 'Addas said: 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:02.420 "O 'Addas, 00:07:02.420 --> 00:07:05.420 What makes you know who Yunus ibn Matta is?" 00:07:05.420 --> 00:07:08.420 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:07:08.420 --> 00:07:10.420 "He is my brother; 00:07:10.420 --> 00:07:13.420 He was a prophet, and I am a prophet." 00:07:13.420 --> 00:07:15.420 At that, 00:07:15.420 --> 00:07:19.420 'Addas threw himself upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:22.420 Kissing his head, his hands, and his feet. 00:07:22.420 --> 00:07:25.420 When his two masters saw this, they said: 00:07:25.420 --> 00:07:27.420 "Woe to you, 'Addas! 00:07:27.420 --> 00:07:31.420 Why are you kissing the head, hands, and feet of this man?" 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:34.420 He said: "O my masters, 00:07:34.420 --> 00:07:37.420 There is nothing on earth better than this." 00:07:37.420 --> 00:07:40.420 They said: "Woe to you, 'Addas! 00:07:40.420 --> 00:07:42.420 Do not let him turn you away from your religion, 00:07:42.420 --> 00:07:45.420 For your religion is better than his." 00:07:45.420 --> 00:07:50.800 The Messenger, peace be upon him, departed from Ta'if, 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:53.800 Having despaired of any good from Thaqif, 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.800 And headed toward Makkah, sorrowful and heavy-hearted, 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:00.800 After having experienced a day the likes of which he had never known. 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:04.800 It was narrated from 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.800 That she said to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him: 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:12.800 "Has there come upon you a day harder than the day of Uhud?" 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:14.800 He, peace be upon him, said: 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:17.800 "I have encountered from my people what was harder, 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:21.800 And the hardest I encountered from them was the day of Thaqif, 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:24.800 When I presented myself to 'Abd Yalil, 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.800 And he did not respond to what I wanted. 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:29.829 So I departed, overwhelmed with grief, 00:08:29.829 --> 00:08:33.830 And did not recover until I was at Qarn al-Tha'alib. 00:08:33.830 --> 00:08:35.830 I raised my head, 00:08:35.830 --> 00:08:38.830 And suddenly I was under a cloud that shaded me. 00:08:38.830 --> 00:08:41.830 I looked, and there was Jibril, 00:08:41.830 --> 00:08:43.830 And he called to me and said: 00:08:43.830 --> 00:08:48.830 'Allah has heard what your people said to you and how they responded. 00:08:48.830 --> 00:08:51.830 He has sent to you the Angel of the Mountains, 00:08:51.830 --> 00:08:53.830 So that you may command him to do with them as you wish.' 00:08:53.830 --> 00:08:56.860 The Angel of the Mountains called to me, 00:08:56.860 --> 00:08:58.860 Greeted me, and said: 00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:00.860 'O Muhammad, 00:09:00.860 --> 00:09:02.860 I am the Angel of the Mountains, 00:09:02.860 --> 00:09:06.860 And my Lord has sent me to you so that you may command me as you wish. 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:10.860 If you wish, I will crush them between the two mountains.'" 00:09:10.860 --> 00:09:14.860 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:17.860 "Rather, I hope that Allah will bring forth from their loins 00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:21.860 Those who will worship Allah alone and associate nothing with Him." 00:09:21.860 --> 00:09:25.179 Thaqif remained clinging to their disbelief, 00:09:25.179 --> 00:09:29.179 Holding fast to their fortifications for a long time. 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:34.179 The Messenger, peace be upon him, migrated to Yathrib, 00:09:34.179 --> 00:09:38.179 And found there support such as he had not found in Ta'if. 00:09:38.179 --> 00:09:40.179 He defeated polytheism at Badr, 00:09:40.179 --> 00:09:44.179 And Allah granted him the clear victory on the day of Makkah. 00:09:44.179 --> 00:09:48.179 Many of the Arab tribes embraced Islam, 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:51.179 Yet Thaqif did not convert. 00:09:51.179 --> 00:09:54.179 Instead, they remained devoted to their idol, al-Lat, 00:09:54.179 --> 00:09:56.179 Worshipping it instead of Allah. 00:09:56.179 --> 00:09:58.409 On the day of Hunayn, 00:09:58.409 --> 00:10:02.409 Thaqif had a notable force within the army of polytheism, 00:10:02.409 --> 00:10:05.409 And they fought against the Messenger, peace be upon him, 00:10:05.409 --> 00:10:09.409 And his Companions in a fierce and bloody battle. 00:10:09.409 --> 00:10:13.409 The killing was intense among the Banu Malik of Thaqif, 00:10:13.409 --> 00:10:16.409 Until seventy of their men were killed. 00:10:16.409 --> 00:10:18.409 Among the dead 00:10:18.409 --> 00:10:21.409 Were two great leaders of the people. 00:10:21.409 --> 00:10:24.409 Then Thaqif retreated to Ta'if, 00:10:24.409 --> 00:10:26.409 And fortified themselves within it. 00:10:26.409 --> 00:10:30.600 The Messenger, peace be upon him, turned his face 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.600 After Hunayn toward Ta'if, 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:34.600 With an army of his Companions, 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:37.600 And besieged it with a severe siege, 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:39.600 And bombarded it with a catapult. 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:45.629 He, peace be upon him, was the first to use a catapult in Islam. 00:10:45.629 --> 00:10:50.629 However, the fortified city held out against the attacks of the Muslim army. 00:10:50.629 --> 00:10:53.629 On one of the days of the siege, 00:10:53.629 --> 00:10:58.629 A group of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:10:58.629 --> 00:11:03.629 Crawled toward one of the walls of Ta'if under a protective cover to breach it, 00:11:03.629 --> 00:11:08.629 The Thaqif tribe then launched red-hot iron hooks at them. 00:11:08.629 --> 00:11:10.629 They emerged from beneath them. 00:11:10.629 --> 00:11:12.629 The archers then showered them with arrows. 00:11:12.629 --> 00:11:14.629 They killed several men among them. 00:11:14.629 --> 00:11:20.889 The siege laid by the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, on Ta'if lasted for about twenty days. 00:11:20.889 --> 00:11:26.889 He then departed from it after a group of his Companions had been martyred beneath its walls. 00:11:26.889 --> 00:11:29.889 Among them was 'Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr al-Siddiq. 00:11:29.889 --> 00:11:31.889 He was struck by an arrow. 00:11:31.889 --> 00:11:35.889 He remained ill from it until he passed away. 00:11:35.889 --> 00:11:40.950 While the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was returning from Ta'if, 00:11:40.950 --> 00:11:46.950 he was joined by one of the leaders of Thaqif, 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi. 00:11:46.950 --> 00:11:48.950 He announced his conversion to Islam. 00:11:48.950 --> 00:11:55.950 He asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, for permission to return to his people to call them to Allah. 00:11:55.950 --> 00:11:58.950 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to him, 00:11:58.950 --> 00:12:02.950 "They will kill you if you return to them," 00:12:02.950 --> 00:12:05.950 knowing their pride and intensity. 00:12:05.950 --> 00:12:06.950 He replied, 00:12:06.950 --> 00:12:08.950 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:12:08.950 --> 00:12:11.950 I am dearer to them than their own eyes." 00:12:11.950 --> 00:12:16.950 The Thaqafi leader, 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud, was confident in his standing among his people. 00:12:16.950 --> 00:12:20.950 He returned to them and announced his Islam before them. 00:12:20.950 --> 00:12:22.950 He said to them, 00:12:22.950 --> 00:12:25.950 "By Allah, O my people, I have come to Chosroes in his kingdom, 00:12:25.950 --> 00:12:28.950 and Caesar in his majesty. 00:12:28.950 --> 00:12:33.950 Yet I have never seen a king among his people like Muhammad is among his Companions. 00:12:33.950 --> 00:12:38.950 I have seen a people who would never abandon him for anything. 00:12:38.950 --> 00:12:43.950 Consider what your opinion is, for he has offered you guidance. 00:12:43.950 --> 00:12:47.950 Accept what he has offered you, for I am a sincere advisor to you." 00:12:47.950 --> 00:12:54.980 However, the Thaqif did not honor their leader nor did they respond to him; instead, they killed him. 00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:59.179 While 'Urwah was breathing his last pure breaths, 00:12:59.179 --> 00:13:02.179 he requested that he not be buried with his people, 00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:11.179 but rather that his grave be placed with the martyrs who had fallen at the walls of Ta'if from the Muhajirun and the Ansar. 00:13:11.179 --> 00:13:14.179 And excellent are they as companions. 00:13:14.179 --> 00:13:17.179 Thus, he is buried outside of Ta'if. 00:13:17.179 --> 00:13:23.179 Thereafter, the Thaqif began to return to their senses and reflect upon their situation. 00:13:23.179 --> 00:13:26.179 They saw the Muslims in their sincerity of faith, 00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:29.179 the purity of their intentions, and the precision of their order. 00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:35.179 They held them in high regard, and it became difficult for them to persist in their war and hostility against them. 00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:40.179 They saw that the word of Islam was spreading and its banner was rising, 00:13:40.179 --> 00:13:43.179 and that they had no power to resist it. 00:13:43.179 --> 00:13:46.179 So Allah expanded their chests to Islam, 00:13:46.179 --> 00:13:50.179 and directed their hearts toward faith.