1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,080 Among the beauties of the Prophetic biography. 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:13,240 A tearful apology. 3 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:23,269 It was a tearful apology and a sorrowful reproach between a teacher and his students, a mentor and those who loved him. 4 00:00:23,269 --> 00:00:27,269 They had harbored a thought that was misplaced. 5 00:00:27,269 --> 00:00:33,270 They believed that their teacher had ignored them or forgotten their role in Islam. 6 00:00:33,270 --> 00:00:36,270 Their perspective did not align with his. 7 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:40,270 He had sought to reconcile people’s hearts with those vast sums of wealth. 8 00:00:40,270 --> 00:00:44,270 And he had entrusted them to their own faith and integrity. 9 00:00:44,270 --> 00:00:47,340 Yet wealth is a trial. 10 00:00:47,340 --> 00:00:51,590 Therefore, the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, delivered. 11 00:00:51,590 --> 00:00:54,590 His historic sermon during the Battle of Hunayn. 12 00:00:54,590 --> 00:01:01,590 A sermon unmatched in its eloquence, sincerity, impact, and gentle reproach. 13 00:01:01,590 --> 00:01:06,170 Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 14 00:01:06,170 --> 00:01:10,170 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came to them. 15 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:15,170 He praised Allah and extolled Him as He deserves. 16 00:01:15,170 --> 00:01:17,170 Then he said: 17 00:01:17,170 --> 00:01:20,170 "O company of the Ansar!" 18 00:01:20,170 --> 00:01:23,170 "What is this talk that has reached me from you?" 19 00:01:23,170 --> 00:01:27,170 "And this feeling you have harbored within yourselves?" 20 00:01:27,170 --> 00:01:31,359 "Did I not find you astray, and Allah guided you?" 21 00:01:31,359 --> 00:01:34,359 "And in need, and Allah enriched you?" 22 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:38,359 "And enemies, and Allah brought your hearts together?" 23 00:01:38,359 --> 00:01:40,549 They replied: 24 00:01:40,549 --> 00:01:44,549 "Rather, Allah and His Messenger are more gracious and more generous." 25 00:01:44,549 --> 00:01:50,840 "Do you feel slighted, O company of the Ansar, over a trifle of this world?" 26 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,840 "With which I sought to reconcile the hearts of a people so they might embrace Islam." 27 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,840 "While I entrusted you to your own Islam." 28 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,099 "Are you not satisfied, O company of the Ansar," 29 00:02:00,099 --> 00:02:04,099 "That people should go away with sheep and camels," 30 00:02:04,099 --> 00:02:10,099 "While you return with the Messenger of Allah to your dwellings?" 31 00:02:10,099 --> 00:02:13,449 "For by Him in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad," 32 00:02:13,449 --> 00:02:17,449 "Had it not been for the Hijrah, I would have been one of the Ansar." 33 00:02:17,449 --> 00:02:19,539 In that account, 34 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:21,539 He said: 35 00:02:21,539 --> 00:02:24,539 "The people wept until they soaked their beards." 36 00:02:24,539 --> 00:02:26,539 And they said: 37 00:02:26,539 --> 00:02:30,539 "We are satisfied with the Messenger of Allah as our portion and our share." 38 00:02:30,539 --> 00:02:35,469 The Ansar, may Allah be pleased with them, understood thereafter, 39 00:02:35,469 --> 00:02:39,469 That the greatest bounty and the most noble gain, 40 00:02:39,469 --> 00:02:44,469 Was returning with the Messenger of Allah to their homes. 41 00:02:44,469 --> 00:02:48,469 And attaining the privilege of his company and his care. 42 00:02:48,469 --> 00:02:52,469 And witnessing the blessings that accompanied him. 43 00:02:52,469 --> 00:02:57,599 Here we learn of the humility of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 44 00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:00,599 And his acknowledgment of the merit of the Ansar. 45 00:03:00,599 --> 00:03:03,599 And his dialogue with his students. 46 00:03:03,599 --> 00:03:08,599 And that Allah’s favor upon them through guidance is better and greater. 47 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:11,699 And his apology to them for what had occurred. 48 00:03:11,699 --> 00:03:15,699 And that he was winning over those whose hearts were to be reconciled. 49 00:03:15,699 --> 00:03:18,759 And that the world is but a fleeting trifle. 50 00:03:18,759 --> 00:03:21,759 That will soon pass away. 51 00:03:21,759 --> 00:03:24,759 It should not deceive the believers. 52 00:03:24,759 --> 00:03:28,110 And Allah is the Grantor of success. 53 00:03:28,110 --> 00:03:33,110 Among the beauties of the Prophetic biography.