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· Lesson 19 of 34
Shots and pulses | Scenes from the biography by A. Ali bin Muhammad Al-Qarni | H (18) | Missed opportunities
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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Snapshots and pulses.
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Scenes from the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
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As read by Muhammad.
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Authored by Professor.
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Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ali al-Qarni.
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I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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The lost opportunity.
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When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came to.
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The tribe of Banu Amir Ibn Sa'sa'ah.
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He invited them to Allah and presented himself to them.
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A man among them, known as Bayharah Ibn Firas, said:
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"By Allah, if I were to take this young man from Quraysh,
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I would consume the Arabs with him."
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Then he said to him:
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"Do you see, if we follow you in your affair,
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and then Allah grants you victory over those who oppose you,
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will the authority be ours after you?"
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He replied: "The authority belongs to Allah;
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He places it wherever He wills."
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So he said to him:
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"Are we to expose our throats to the Arabs for your sake,
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and then, if you are victorious, the authority goes to others?
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We have no need for your affair."
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When the people departed,
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the Banu Amir returned to an elder of theirs,
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who had reached an advanced age,
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to the point that he could no longer attend the pilgrimage season with them.
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Whenever they returned to him,
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they would tell him what had transpired during that season.
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When they came to him that year,
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he asked them about what had happened at their gathering.
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They said:
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"A young man from Quraysh came to us,
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one of the sons of Abd al-Muttalib,
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claiming that he is a prophet,
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and he invites us to protect him, stand with him,
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and take him out with us to our lands."
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The elder placed his hand on his head and said:
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"O Banu Amir!
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Is there any way to recover this?
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Is there any hope for its tail end?"
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"By Him in whose hand is the soul of such-and-such,
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no descendant of Isma'il has ever said this,
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and it is indeed the truth.
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So where was your judgment regarding him?"
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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used to present himself to the people at the gathering place,
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saying:
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"Is there any man who will carry me to his people?
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For Quraysh have prevented me from conveying the words of my Lord, the Almighty and Majestic."
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A man from Hamdan came to him,
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and he said:
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"Who are you from?"
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The man replied:
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"From Hamdan."
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He asked:
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"Do your people have the capacity to protect?"
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He said: "Yes."
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Then the man feared that his people might belittle him,
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so he came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and said to him:
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"I will go to them and inform them,
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then I will come to you next year."
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He said: "Yes."
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So he departed.
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The delegation of the Ansar came in Rajab,
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and he invited the Banu Kalb,
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but they did not accept from him.
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An elder among them said:
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"How excellent is that which this young man invites to,
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were it not that his own people have distanced themselves from him.
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If he were to reconcile with his people,
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the Arabs would follow him."
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All of these shared in missing the opportunity.
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I suggest you seek more details regarding the stories of Banu Shayban and Abs,
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for the former is a distinct model of dialogue,
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and the latter,
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teaches you that a man is only as strong as his people.