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Treasures of biography | Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis | Episode (34) | The Umrah of the judiciary
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Treasures of the Prophetic Biography.
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"Magnanimous when buying..."
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During this military expedition,
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Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) narrated another story to us.
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He said:
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"I went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
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to the Expedition of Dhat al-Riqa' in Nakhl,
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riding a weak camel of mine.
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When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) turned back
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from this expedition,
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the riding parties began passing ahead,
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while I kept lagging behind,
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until the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) caught up with me
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and asked,
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'What is the matter with you, O Jabir?'
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I said, 'O Messenger of Allah,
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this camel of mine has slowed me down.'
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He said, 'Make it kneel.'
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So I made it kneel,
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and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) also made his mount kneel.
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Then he said,
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'Hand me this stick in your hand,'
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or 'Cut a stick from a tree.'
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He said: So I did.
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took it
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and poked the camel with it a few times.
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Then he said,
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'Mount it.'
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He said: So I mounted it,
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and—by the One Who sent him with the truth!—it set off
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keeping pace alongside his own she-camel.
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He said:
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I began conversing with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
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and he said,
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'Will you sell me this camel of yours, O Jabir?'
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He said:
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'Rather, I give it to you as a gift.'
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He said, 'No,
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but sell it to me.'
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He said:
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I said, 'Then name a price for me.'
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said,
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'I take it for one dirham.'
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Jabir said:
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'No,
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for you would be underpaying me, O Messenger of Allah!'
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He said, 'Then for two dirhams.'
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He said:
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I said, 'No.'
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) kept raising the offer for me
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until it reached an *uqiyyah* (forty dirhams).
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I said, 'I am satisfied;
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it is yours, O Messenger of Allah.'
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He (peace be upon him) said,
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'I have bought it.'
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Jabir said:
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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) asked,
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'O Jabir,
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have you gotten married?'
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He said:
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I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.'
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He asked,
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'A previously married woman or a virgin?'
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He said:
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I said, 'Rather, a previously married woman.'
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He said,
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'Why not a young virgin, whom you could play with and who could play with you?'"
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This shows us that it is preferable to marry a virgin
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if that is feasible for a person.
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He said:
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"I said, 'O Messenger of Allah,
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my father was martyred on the day of Uhud,
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leaving behind seven daughters for me.
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So I married a mature woman
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who could gather them, look after them, and manage their affairs.'
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This demonstrates altruism,
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as he preferred his sisters' well-being over his own desires (may Allah be pleased with him).
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to him,
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'You have made the right choice, Allah willing.
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When we reach Sirar,
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we shall order a slaughter-camel to be sacrificed,
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spend the rest of our day there,
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and your wife will hear of our arrival and prepare the cushions.'
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He said:
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I said, 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah,
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we have no cushions!'
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He said,
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'You will soon have them;
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so when you arrive, act wisely.'
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When evening came, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
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entered Medina, and we entered as well.
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I told my wife the news
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and what the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) had said to me.
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She said,
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'Comply then!
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We hear and obey.'
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When morning came,
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I took the camel by its halter
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and led it until I made it kneel at the door of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).
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Then I sat in the mosque nearby.
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came out
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and saw the camel.
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He asked, 'What is this?'
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They said, 'O Messenger of Allah,
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this is the camel brought by Jabir.'
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He said,
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'Where is Jabir?'
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So I was called for him,
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and he said to me,
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'O nephew,
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take the halter of your camel, for it belongs to you.'
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Then he called Bilal and said,
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'Go with Jabir
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and give him an *uqiyyah*.'
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He said:
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So I went with him, and he gave me an *uqiyyah*
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and added a little extra.
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He said:
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By Allah, it continuously brought blessing and increase to my wealth,
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and its distinct place remained visible among our possessions,
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until it was lost yesterday among what we lost—
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meaning on the Day of al-Harrah,
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in the year 63 AH."
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In another narration,
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Jabir stipulated a condition with the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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that he be allowed to ride it back to Medina.
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This hadith contains many points of benefit,
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including:
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First:
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That the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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purchased the camel from Jabir,
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bargaining with him until he satisfied him with the price.
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This proves the permissibility of bargaining over price.
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Second:
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That the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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was the most compassionate and gentle of people with his Companions;
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this is evident in his staying behind until he caught up with Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah.
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Third:
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It highlights the Companions' profound love for the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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as demonstrated when the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to Jabir,
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"Sell it to me,"
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and Jabir replied,
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"Rather, I give it to you as a gift."
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Fourth:
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The recommendation to marry a virgin,
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as the Prophet (peace be upon him) advised Jabir to do.
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Fifth:
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It also proves the permissibility of marrying a previously married woman.
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Sixth:
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A demonstration of the generosity of the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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in that after purchasing the camel,
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he returned it to Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) as a gift.
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Seventh:
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That Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah
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stipulated a condition to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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when he sold him the camel:
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that he be permitted to ride it until he reached Medina.
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Scholars have cited this as evidence for the validity of adding a condition to a sale—
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namely, a sale coupled with a stipulation.
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And Allah knows best.
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Treasures of the Prophetic Biography:
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Lessons and Insights.
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) posted
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two men as night scouts to guard the Muslims:
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'Abbad ibn Bishr
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and 'Ammar ibn Yasir.
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'Ammar went to sleep while 'Abbad stood up to pray.
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A man from the idolaters approached
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and shot an arrow at 'Abbad while he was praying.
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He pulled it out and continued his prayer.
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The attacker struck him with a second arrow;
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he pulled it out and continued his prayer.
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Then he shot him with a third;
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yet he did not break his prayer until he completed the salutation (may Allah be pleased with him).
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He then woke his companion.
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When 'Ammar saw his blood, he said,
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"SubhanAllah!
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Why did you not alert me at the first arrow?"
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He replied,
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"I was reciting a surah
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and hated to interrupt it."
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In that same year,
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the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) appointed
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a man from the Ansar
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over a military detachment he dispatched,
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commanding the men to listen to him and obey.
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During the journey, they angered their commander,
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so he said to them,
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"Gather firewood for me."
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They gathered it for him.
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He then said,
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"Kindle a fire!"
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So they lit it.
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Then he said,
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"Did not the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) command you
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to listen to me and obey?"
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They replied, "Yes, indeed."
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He said:
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"Enter it."
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This is a truly astonishing matter,
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because he understood that as long as
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the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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commanded them to hear and obey him,
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then they must obey him in everything,
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even if it involved disobedience to Allah,
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Blessed and Exalted is He.
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They looked at one another
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and said,
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"We only fled to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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to escape the Fire,
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not to fall into it."
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He said:
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His anger then subsided.
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When they came to the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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they mentioned this to him,
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and he said,
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"Had they entered it, they would never have emerged from it;
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obedience is only in what is righteous."
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Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah)
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The 'Umrat al-Qada' (The Compensatory Umrah) in the seventh year of the Hijrah.
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We have previously discussed how the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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and his Companions were barred from the Sacred Mosque,
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until the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was concluded.
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Abu 'Abdullah al-Hakim said:
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Reports have reached the level of tawatur that he, peace be upon him,
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when the month of Dhu al-Qa'dah arrived,
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commanded his Companions to perform the Umrah to compensate for their previous one,
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and that no one who had witnessed Hudaybiyyah should remain behind.
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They all set out, except for those who had been martyred.
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Others also went out with him to perform the Umrah,
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so their number reached two thousand,
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excluding the women and children.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, drove sixty sacrificial camels with him.
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He entered the state of ihram from Dhu al-Hulayfah,
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and set out prepared with weapons and combat gear,
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fearing that the Quraysh might commit treachery.
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When he reached Ya'jaj,
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he deposited all the equipment, shields, and armor,
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along with the arrows and spears,
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and left them under the guard of Aws Ibn Khawlah al-Ansari with two hundred men.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, entered carrying only the weapons of a traveler,
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with swords in their scabbards.
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The Quraysh had sent Mikraz Ibn Hafs with a group of their people,
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and he said to him, "O Muhammad,
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we have never known you, young or old, to be treacherous;
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yet you enter the Sacred Precinct with weapons against your own people,
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even though you had agreed not to enter except with the weapons of a traveler."
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied,
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"I am not bringing weapons against them."
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Mikraz said,
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"This is what you are known for:
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righteousness and loyalty."
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This is a testimony from one of the Prophet's enemies regarding him,
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and such testimonies are successive and numerous.
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They bore witness to his truthfulness, trustworthiness, righteousness, and loyalty.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, entered riding his she-camel, al-Qaswa'.
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He used to name all his horses, camels, donkeys, and mules.
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Among the horses of the Prophet, peace be upon him, are those collected in a line of poetry:
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"Sakb, Lahif, Subhah, Darb,
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Lazaz, Murtajiz, and Ward—they have secrets."
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As for the mules,
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the Prophet, peace be upon him, had a mule he named Duldul.
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He had a donkey named 'Ufayr.
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And among his camels were al-Qaswa' and al-'Adba'.
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This she-camel has a famous story,
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which is that she was so fast she was never outrun.
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Then a Bedouin came and raced her with his camel, and he outran her.
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This distressed the Muslims,
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so the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,
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"It is a right upon Allah that He does not raise anything in this world without eventually lowering it."
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, entered riding his she-camel, al-Qaswa',
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while the Muslims were girded with their swords,
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surrounding the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, reciting the talbiyah.
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The polytheists went out from Makkah to a mountain north of the city
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called Qu'ayqi'an.
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They said to one another,
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"A delegation is coming to you whom the fever of Yathrib has weakened."
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, seemed to have heard this or sensed it,
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so he commanded his Companions to perform the ramal (brisk walking) during the first three circuits,
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and to walk normally between the two corners.
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This was because the people of Makkah could see them when they circled from the Hijr to the Yemeni Corner,
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but between the Yemeni Corner and the Hijr, they could not see them.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, liked to show strength to the Quraysh.
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The ramal then became a Sunnah thereafter,
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not only for the Compensatory Umrah,
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but a permanent Sunnah.
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For it is established from the Prophet, peace be upon him, that when he performed Hajj, he performed the ramal,
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though it was throughout the entire House.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, entered Makkah,
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with 'Abdullah Ibn Rawahah in front of him.
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He was a poet,
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and the poets of the Prophet, peace be upon him, were three:
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Hassan Ibn Thabit,
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Ka'b Ibn Malik,
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and 'Abdullah Ibn Rawahah.
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'Abdullah Ibn Rawahah was girded with his sword, saying:
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"Clear the way, O sons of the disbelievers, from his path;
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clear the way, for all goodness is in His Messenger.
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The Most Merciful has sent down in His revelation,
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in scrolls recited upon His Messenger:
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O Lord, I believe in what he says,
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I have seen the truth in accepting it,
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that the best of killing is in His path.
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Today we strike you over its revelation,
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a strike that removes heads from their resting places,
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and makes the intimate friend forget his friend."
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'Umar came and said,
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"O Ibn Rawahah,
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in front of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and in the Sacred Sanctuary of Allah, you recite poetry?"
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to him,
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"Leave him be, O 'Umar,
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for it is more piercing to them than the flight of arrows."
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Meaning, this poetry is more intense for them than arrows.
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When the Prophet, peace be upon him, performed the ramal
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for the first three circuits with those who were with him,
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and the polytheists saw them,
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they said, "Are these the ones you claimed
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that the fever had weakened?
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These are more robust than so-and-so and so-and-so."
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When he finished the sa'i,
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he had placed the sacrificial animals he had brought
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at al-Marwah.
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He said, "This is the place of slaughter,
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and all the mountain passes of Makkah are places of slaughter."
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So he, peace be upon him, slaughtered
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at al-Marwah and shaved his head there.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stayed
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in Makkah for three days.
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When the morning of the fourth day came,
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they came to 'Ali and said,
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"Tell your companion to depart from us,
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for the time limit has expired."
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This was because they had agreed with the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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that he would perform the Umrah for three days.
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So the Prophet, peace be upon him, departed
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and camped at Sarif,
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where he stayed.
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