The ten promised Paradise | Episode (3) | Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him (Part 3)

0:00 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

0:04 Mawaddah Association presents: The Ten Promised Paradise.

0:13 Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him.

0:17 Love for the Companions and the Prophet's kin is a established Sunnah,

0:22 By which I hope to meet my Lord when He resurrects me.

0:28 Love for the Companions and the Prophet's kin...

0:30 Here is the Saqifah of Banu Sa'idah,

0:33 Where the people gathered to deliberate over a momentous matter:

0:36 The matter of the Caliphate.

0:39 The Companions differed as to who should be the Caliph over them after the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

0:46 The Ansar said, "Let there be a leader from among us, and a leader from among you."

0:51 But Abu Bakr said, "No, rather we are the leaders and you are the viziers;

0:56 They [Quraysh] hold the most central dwelling among the Arabs and the noblest lineages.

1:01 So pledge allegiance either to 'Umar or to Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah."

1:05 'Umar replied, "Rather, we pledge allegiance to you!

1:09 For you are our master, the best of us, and the most beloved of us to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."

1:16 So 'Umar took his hand and pledged allegiance to him, and the people pledged allegiance to him.

1:20 Yes, as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, was given the pledge of Caliphate,

1:25 And who could be more deserving of it than him?

1:28 He was the strong and trustworthy, the primary vizier of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

1:35 And the object of his trust and choice.

1:38 Then Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, stood up

1:41 And delivered a sermon to the people, saying after praising and glorifying Allah:

1:46 "O people!

1:48 I have been appointed as your leader, though I am not the best among you.

1:51 If I do well, then assist me; and if I do wrong, then set me straight.

1:56 Truthfulness is a sacred trust, and lying is betrayal.

2:00 The weak among you is strong in my sight until I secure his right for him,

2:05 And the strong among you is weak in my sight until I take what is due from him.

2:11 No people ever abandon jihad in the cause of Allah

2:14 Except that Allah strikes them with humiliation;

2:17 Nor does immorality ever spread among a people

2:19 Except that Allah afflicts them all with tribulation.

2:22 Obey me so long as I obey Allah and His Messenger;

2:26 But if I disobey Allah and His Messenger, then you owe me no obedience."

2:31 Various factions of the Arabs apostatized and withheld the zakat after the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him,

2:39 Yet Allah kept firm the people of the two cities:

2:42 Mecca and Medina,

2:44 As well as the people of at-Ta'if,

2:46 Along with a few scattered individuals here and there.

2:48 Thus the extraordinary character of Abu Bakr shone forth—

2:51 The character of a courageous leader

2:54 Who was nurtured in the prophetic school of Muhammad

2:57 And was its most distinguished student.

3:00 For the very first command he issued

3:03 Was the dispatch of the army of Usamah, may Allah be pleased with him,

3:06 That very army which the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had ordered.

3:11 The people spoke to him regarding that,

3:14 Fearing that Medina would be left undefended

3:15 And become an easy target for its enemies.

3:18 But he declared, "By Allah, even if dogs were to drag the anklets of the women of Medina,

3:24 I would never turn back an army dispatched by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him!

3:30 Do you command me to be the first to untie a knot tied by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him?"

3:37 He also ordered the fighting against the apostates

3:40 And against anyone who differentiated between prayer and zakat.

3:42 Some of the Companions objected, saying,

3:45 "How can we fight them when they are Muslims?"

3:48 Abu Bakr responded,

3:50 "That I should fall from the sky to the earth and be snatched away by birds

3:54 Is dearer to me than agreeing with you on this view!"

3:58 And he said to them, "By Allah, even if all of you abandon me,

4:03 I will fight them alone until my neck is severed!

4:07 Even if they withhold from me a single hobbling cord [of zakat], I will wage jihad against them over it!

4:10 Or do you doubt that the promise of Allah is true?"

4:14 Thus, Allah preserved the integrity of Islam through this stance of as-Siddiq.

4:20 As-Siddiq ordered Usamah's army to march

4:23 Toward its objective that had been designated by the Prophet, peace be upon him, before his demise.

4:29 He ordered guards to be stationed around Medina,

4:32 And Abu Bakr set out walking alongside the army while Usamah was riding.

4:37 Usamah said to him,

4:38 "O successor of the Messenger of Allah, by Allah, you will either ride or I will dismount!"

4:44 He replied, "By Allah, you shall not dismount, and by Allah, I shall not ride!

4:50 What harm is there for me to get my feet dusty in the cause of Allah for an hour?"

4:54 The departure of the army at that moment proved to be of the utmost strategic benefit,

5:00 For they did not pass by any Arab clan

5:03 Except that the clan was awestruck by them and said,

5:05 "Had these people not possessed great strength,

5:08 The likes of these soldiers would never have departed from their midst!

5:11 Let us leave them alone until they engage the Byzantines:

5:14 If the Byzantines are victorious, they will have spared us the burden of fighting them;

5:18 And if Usamah is victorious, then Islam has firmly prevailed."

5:22 Indeed, Usamah's army was victorious,

5:26 And they returned safe and sound, and Islam stood firm.

5:30 During the absence of Usamah's army—

5:32 During the absence of Usamah's army from Medina,

5:36 When most of the Companions were with him—

5:39 Delegations came to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, in Medina,

5:44 Asking him to exempt them from zakat.

5:48 But he refused their demand,

5:50 So they returned harboring ill intentions.

5:53 Then the rightly-guided Caliph,

5:55 Having read treachery in the faces of those people,

5:58 Perceived their baseness,

5:59 And discerned their malicious intent,

6:02 Said to his companions:

6:04 "The land around you is in disbelief,

6:06 And their delegation has seen how few you are.

6:09 You do not know

6:11 Whether you will be attacked by night or by day,

6:14 And their nearest forces are merely a postal stage away from you.

6:17 These people had hoped that we would accept their terms and make a truce with them,

6:22 But we have rejected their demands

6:24 And repudiated their treaty.

6:27 So be prepared and get ready!"

6:29 As-Siddiq devised a tightly coordinated defensive plan:

6:34 He instructed the people of Medina to spend the night in the Mosque

6:38 So they would be in complete readiness to defend,

6:42 And he organized guards stationed at the mountain passes of Medina,

6:47 Keeping watch around it through the night

6:49 To repel any incoming raid.

6:52 The intuition of as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, proved true:

6:55 Three days after the return of the apostate delegations,

7:00 Having made sure that Usamah's army was far from Medina,

7:05 Some tribes raided Medina by night,

7:08 Leaving part of their force behind at Dhu Husa,

7:11 A place near Medina,

7:14 To serve as rear support and reinforcements.

7:17 The guards at the mountain passes noticed them

7:20 And sent word to as-Siddiq.

7:22 He sent word back to them: "Hold your positions,"

7:26 Which they did.

7:28 Then he marched out toward the enemy with the people from the Mosque,

7:31 Causing the enemy to scatter.

7:33 The Muslims pursued them on their camels

7:36 Until they reached Dhu Husa,

7:38 Where the enemy reinforcements ambushed them

7:40 And rolled inflated skin bags before the camels' faces—

7:43 These were inflated butter-skins,

7:46 Which are the most terrifying things to camels.

7:49 The Muslims' camels bolted while the men were upon them,

7:52 And they lost control of their reins

7:55 Until the camels carried them back into Medina.

7:58 Yet not a single Muslim was thrown or harmed.

8:01 The enemy presumed the Muslims were weakened,

8:04 So they sent the news to their fellow apostates,

8:08 Who rushed to join them,

8:10 Unaware of the decree Allah had willed against them.

8:16 Abu Bakr spent that night preparing;

8:19 He mobilized the people,

8:20 Then set out on foot that very night,

8:23 With an-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin commanding the right flank,

8:26 'Abdullah ibn Muqarrin commanding the left flank,

8:30 Suwayd ibn Muqarrin commanding the rearguard,

8:33 Accompanied by the camel-riders.

8:35 Dawn did not break

8:37 Before they and the enemy stood on the same battlefield.

8:40 The treacherous enemy was caught completely by surprise

8:43 As the swords of the Muslims struck through their ranks.

8:47 By the mid-morning of that day,

8:50 The enemy had turned and fled,

8:53 And the Muslims pursued them until they reached Dhu al-Qassah.

8:57 There, Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, left an-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin

9:02 Along with a detachment of Muslims,

9:05 And returned with the rest of the people to Medina.

9:08 Then as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, resolved fearlessly to fight the apostates:

9:14 He tied eleven battle standards under the command of Khalid and the sincere heroes,

9:21 Ordering them to eliminate the apostates

9:24 Across all regions of the Arabian Peninsula.

9:27 Among the instructions as-Siddiq gave to these armies, he said:

9:32 "O people!

9:34 Halt, for I give you ten admonitions,

9:36 So memorize them from me:

9:38 Do not betray, do not embezzle spoils of war,

9:40 Do not act treacherously, do not mutilate the dead,

9:43 Do not kill a young child, an old man, or a woman,

9:48 Do not uproot palm trees nor burn them,

9:51 Do not cut down a fruit-bearing tree,

9:54 And do not slaughter a sheep, a cow, or a camel except for food.

10:00 You will surely pass by people who have devoted themselves to monasteries;

10:05 Leave them to that which they have devoted themselves."

10:08 The army dispatched by Abu Bakr marched under the command of Khalid ibn al-Walid

10:15 To fight Musaylimah the Liar.

10:18 The two opposing forces clashed

10:20 And fought fiercely at al-Yamamah,

10:24 Until Allah extinguished the sedition of Musaylimah

10:27 By the sword of Khalid and those with him.

10:30 During that battle, many of the Companions who were memorizers of the Qur'an were martyred—

10:35 Said to be seven hundred, or even more.

10:39 Thus began the consideration to compile the Qur'an before the remaining memorizers were killed,

10:45 Which will be the opening topic of our next session, Allah willing.

11:06 [Chant:] They are the distinguished men:

11:09 They are Talhah,

11:11 Ibn 'Awf,

11:14 Az-Zubayr,

11:17 Abu 'Ubaydah,

11:19 The two Sa'ds, and the Caliphs.

The ten promised Paradise | Episode (3) | Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him (Part 3)

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