Treasures of biography | Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis | Episode (28)

0:00 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

0:03 Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).

0:06 A stance of profound faith:

0:14 it remains for us to know that some believers,

0:17 such as Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), acted with pure conviction.

0:20 His wife said to him,

0:22 "O Abu Ayyub,

0:24 have you heard what the people are saying about 'A'ishah?"

0:28 He turned to her and said,

0:30 "O Umm Ayyub,

0:32 would you ever do such a thing?"

0:35 She replied, "No, by Allah, I would never do it."

0:37 He said,

0:39 "By Allah, 'A'ishah is far better than you."

0:42 Concerning both of them, Allah Almighty revealed:

0:45 "Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men

0:48 and believing women think good of one another?"

0:52 For she is the Mother of the Believers

0:54 and the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him),

0:57 about whom Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said

1:00 in His Book regarding him and her:

1:02 "Good women are for good men,

1:05 and good men are for good women."

1:07 Allah chose her for the Messenger (peace be upon him).

1:11 Could she ever commit such an act?

1:13 No, by Allah, she would never do so!

1:28 After all of this,

1:30 anyone who speaks ill of 'A'ishah today,

1:33 after Allah, Blessed and Exalted, has declared her innocent,

1:36 and accuses her of adultery,

1:38 is undoubtedly a disbeliever,

1:40 outside the fold of Islam,

1:43 because he is directly denying the word of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic.

1:47 Indeed, according to the correct view among the scholars,

1:50 whoever accuses any wife

1:52 among the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him)

1:55 of adultery

1:56 is a disbeliever,

1:58 because he is rejecting the word of Allah, Blessed and Exalted.

2:03 “Vile women are for vile men, and vile men for vile women. Good women are for good men, and good men for good women; such are innocent of that which people say: For them is pardon and a bountiful provision.” (24:26)

2:21 The Messenger (peace be upon him) was shown a vision

2:24 in a dream while he was in Medina,

2:27 in which he and his Companions entered the Sacred Mosque,

2:30 performed the circumambulation (Tawaf) and the 'Umrah,

2:33 and some shaved their heads while others shortened their hair.

2:36 The Prophet (peace be upon him) then informed

2:39 his Companions of this,

2:41 and they rejoiced with immense joy,

2:43 owing to their deep longing for the House of Allah, Blessed and Exalted.

2:48 He ordered the Companions to make preparations,

2:50 and they readied themselves to set out with the Prophet (peace be upon him).

2:55 He (peace be upon him) also called upon

2:58 the Bedouin Arabs and the desert dwellers surrounding them

3:00 to march out with him,

3:02 but many of the Bedouins lagged behind.

3:05 He appointed Ibn Umm Maktum in charge of Medina,

3:08 and set forth from it, as is well known,

3:11 on a Monday

3:12 at the beginning of Dhu al-Qi'dah

3:14 in the sixth year of the Hijrah.

3:17 Among his wives, he took along

3:19 on that journey Umm Salamah.

3:22 He (peace be upon him) did not carry any weapons

3:25 except the standard weapons of a traveler,

3:28 since his departure was not for fighting;

3:32 rather, he set out solely to perform 'Umrah.

3:34 He (peace be upon him) arrived at al-Hudaybiyyah.

3:38 Al-Hudaybiyyah is located west of Mecca,

3:41 twenty-two kilometers away on the road to Jeddah.

3:46 Today its name has changed

3:48 to the al-Shumaysi area.

3:50 The scholars differed as to

3:52 whether it belongs to the non-sacred area (al-Hill) or the sacred precinct (al-Haram);

3:54 some held that it spans both the non-sacred area and the sacred precinct,

3:59 and this is the view of Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him).

4:02 Imam al-Bukhari recorded in his Sahih

4:05 from 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr,

4:07 on the authority of al-Miswar ibn Makhramah and Marwan,

4:10 each confirming the account of the other,

4:14 that they said:

4:15 "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) set out

4:18 at the time of al-Hudaybiyyah.

4:20 When they were partway through the journey,

4:23 the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,

4:26 'Khalid ibn al-Walid is at al-Ghamim

4:29 with a vanguard of Quraysh cavalry,

4:32 so take the route to the right.'

4:34 The narrator said:

4:36 'By Allah, Khalid did not notice them

4:39 until he saw the dust raised by the army.'

4:42 The people of Mecca were startled by the dust they saw from afar,

4:46 and whoever could fled racing as a warner to Quraysh.

4:50 The Prophet (peace be upon him) proceeded

4:54 until, when he reached the mountain pass from which he would descend upon them,

4:58 his riding camel knelt down.

5:01 The people said,

5:03 'Hal, hal!'—

5:04 which is a word spoken to a camel to urge it to move—

5:09 but she refused to budge.

5:11 So they said,

5:12 'Al-Qaswa' has become stubborn!'

5:14 Al-Qaswa' was the name of the Prophet's camel,

5:18 and it was his habit to give names to his mounts,

5:22 which is a Sunnah largely forgotten by many people in our time,

5:26 namely for a person to name their mount and some of their personal possessions.

5:31 The Prophet (peace be upon him) said,

5:34 'Al-Qaswa' has not become stubborn,

5:36 nor is that in her nature;

5:39 rather, she has been halted by the One Who halted the elephant.'

5:42 And the One Who halted the elephant refers to

5:43 when Abrahah intended to demolish the Ka'bah

5:47 and brought elephants with him,

5:50 headed by a huge elephant named Mahmud.

5:55 Whenever they directed it toward Mecca,

5:58 it refused and knelt down,

6:01 but whenever they turned it in any other direction,

6:04 it stood up and moved swiftly.

6:06 So the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

6:09 'Nay, al-Qaswa' has been halted by the One Who halted the elephant.'

6:12 And this was out of the mercy of Allah, Blessed and Exalted, upon this House

6:16 and the people of this sanctuary.

6:18 He said,

6:19 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul,

6:21 they will not ask me for any plan

6:23 in which they honor the sanctities of Allah

6:26 except that I will grant it to them.'

6:29 Then he nudged her, and she sprang up, so he diverted them

6:32 until he halted at the farthest end of al-Hudaybiyyah,

6:35 at a small waterhole containing very little water,

6:37 which the people were drawing from sparingly drop by drop.

6:40 Before long, the people drained it completely,

6:44 and they complained of thirst to the Prophet (peace be upon him).

6:48 He pulled an arrow from his quiver

6:50 and ordered them to place it in the well.

6:53 By Allah, it did not cease bubbling forth with copious water for them

6:56 until all of them had quenched their thirst and departed satisfied.

6:58 This was a miraculous sign testifying to the truthfulness of the Prophet (peace be upon him)

7:03 and confirming that he was sent by the Lord of Glory, Blessed and Exalted.

7:08 While they were in that state,

7:11 Budayl ibn Warqa' al-Khuza'i arrived

7:14 with a group of his people from the tribe of Khuza'ah,

7:17 and they were the trusted confidants and sincere advisers of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

7:21 among the people of Tihamah.

7:23 Budayl ibn Warqa' said,

7:25 'I have left Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy

7:28 and 'Amir ibn Lu'ayy

7:30 camped at the abundant waters of al-Hudaybiyyah,

7:32 accompanied by milch camels with their young;

7:35 they are determined to fight you and prevent you from reaching the House.'

7:39 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) replied,

7:43 'We have not come to fight anyone;

7:46 rather, we have come only to perform 'Umrah.

7:49 War has already exhausted Quraysh and brought them great harm.

7:53 If they wish, I will grant them a truce for a period,

7:56 provided they leave me and the rest of the people alone.

7:59 If I prevail,

8:01 they may enter into what the people have entered if they wish;

8:05 otherwise, they will have spared their blood.

8:09 But if they refuse,

8:11 then by the One in Whose Hand is my soul,

8:13 I will fight them for this cause of mine

8:16 until my neck is severed,

8:18 and Allah will surely accomplish His decree.'

8:22 Budayl said,

8:24 'I shall convey to them what you say.'

8:26 So he departed until he came to Quraysh

8:29 and said, 'We have just come to you from this man,

8:33 and we heard him say something;

8:35 if you wish us to present it to you, we will do so.'

8:39 The foolish among them said,

8:41 'We have no need for you to inform us anything about him.'

8:45 But the people of sound judgment among them said,

8:47 'Tell us what you heard him say.'

8:50 He said,

8:51 'I heard him say such-and-such,'

8:54 and he related to them what the Prophet (peace be upon him) had said.

8:58 Thereupon, 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud stood up and said,

9:01 'O my people!

9:03 Are you not as a father to me?'

9:05 They said, 'Yes.'

9:06 He said,

9:07 'And am I not as a son to you?'

9:09 They said, 'Yes.'

9:10 He said,

9:11 'Do you suspect me of anything?'

9:13 They said, 'No.'

9:15 He said,

9:16 'Do you not know that I called upon the people of 'Ukaz,

9:20 and when they refused to support me—

9:22 that is, they held back from aiding me—

9:24 I came to you with my family, my children, and whoever obeyed me?'

9:27 They said, 'Yes.'

9:29 He said,

9:30 'This man has offered you a sound and sensible proposal,

9:34 so accept it and let me go to him.'

9:36 They said, 'Go to him.'

9:38 So he went to him and began speaking to the Prophet (peace be upon him),

9:43 and the Prophet (peace be upon him) told him the like of what he had told Budayl.

9:48 Thereupon, 'Urwah said,

9:50 "O Muhammad,

9:52 have you considered what will happen if you utterly destroy your own people?

9:55 Have you ever heard of any Arab who eradicated his own family before you?

9:59 But if the outcome turns against you,

10:01 then by Allah, I do not see faces of nobility here;

10:04 rather, I see a mixed rabble of people

10:07 who are apt to flee and abandon you."

10:10 Abu Bakr then said to him,

10:12 "Go suck the clitoris of al-Lat!

10:14 Would we flee and abandon him?"

10:17 Abu Bakr thus insulted 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud.

10:20 So 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud asked the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

10:25 "Who is this?"

10:27 The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied,

10:30 "This is Abu Bakr."

10:32 'Urwah said,

10:33 "By Him in Whose hand is my soul,

10:35 were it not for a favor you did me for which I have not yet repaid you, I would have answered you!"

10:40 This was because 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud owed a blood money debt before the advent of the Prophet, peace be upon him,

10:47 and Abu Bakr had helped him pay that debt.

10:51 In some narrations, 'Urwah said to him,

10:54 "This balances out that favor."

10:56 The narrator said:

10:58 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud continued speaking to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

11:03 and whenever he spoke, he would touch his beard.

11:07 Meanwhile, al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah was standing at the head of the Prophet, peace be upon him,

11:12 holding a sword and wearing a helmet.

11:15 Whenever 'Urwah reached out his hand toward the beard of the Prophet, peace be upon him,

11:21 al-Mughirah struck 'Urwah's hand with the scabbard of his sword

11:25 and said to him,

11:26 "Keep your hand away from the beard of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him!"

11:31 Now 'Urwah was a highly venerated man among his people.

11:34 When the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet, peace be upon him,

11:39 they had said,

11:40 “And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns?” (43:31)

11:45 referring by that to 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud.

11:48 So 'Urwah raised his head and asked,

11:51 "Who is this?"

11:52 They said to him,

11:54 "Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah."

11:56 'Urwah said to him,

11:58 "O treacherous one!

11:59 Am I not still striving to clean up your treachery?"

12:02 For al-Mughirah had accompanied a group of people during the pre-Islamic era of ignorance,

12:05 betrayed them, killed them, and seized their wealth,

12:09 then came and accepted Islam.

12:11 The Prophet, peace be upon him, had said to him,

12:14 "As for your Islam, I accept it;

12:17 as for the wealth, I will have nothing to do with it."

12:20 Thus it is mentioned that 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud paid the money on behalf of al-Mughirah

12:25 and settled the blood money debts for him,

12:27 because 'Urwah was from Thaqif,

12:29 and al-Mughirah was also from Thaqif.

12:31 Then 'Urwah began closely observing the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him.

12:37 He said:

12:38 "By Allah, whenever the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, spat out mucus,

12:43 it fell into the palm of one of them,

12:46 and he would rub it over his face and skin.

12:49 When he commanded them, they rushed to fulfill his command.

12:52 When he performed ablution, they almost fought over the remaining water.

12:56 And when he spoke, they lowered their voices in his presence,

12:59 never gazing directly at him out of reverence for him."

13:03 It is reported from 'Amr ibn al-'As, may Allah be pleased with him,

13:06 that he said:

13:08 "Before I accepted Islam,

13:09 Muhammad was the most hated of all Allah's creation to me.

13:13 But when I embraced Islam,

13:14 by Allah, he became the most beloved of all Allah's creation to me.

13:18 By Allah, I could never look my fill at him,

13:21 out of awe for him, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

13:24 to the extent that if I were asked to describe him, I could not."

13:27 Al-Miswar said:

13:29 'Urwah then returned to his companions

13:32 and said, "O my people!

13:34 By Allah, I have visited kings;

13:37 I have visited Caesar, Chosroes, and the Negus.

13:41 By Allah, I have never seen a king whose companions revere him

13:45 the way the Companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, revere Muhammad.

13:50 By Allah, if he spits out mucus,

13:53 it falls into the palm of one of them,

13:56 and he rubs it over his face and skin.

13:59 When he commands them, they rush to fulfill his command.

14:02 When he performs ablution, they almost fight over the remaining water.

14:06 When they speak in his presence, they lower their voices,

14:10 and they do not gaze directly at him out of reverence for him.

14:15 These actions that 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud witnessed

14:18 from the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—

14:21 they only did so for a specific reason.

14:24 Namely, when 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud first arrived, he had claimed,

14:28 'These are a mixed rabble of people who will abandon you;

14:32 they are not true warriors and will leave you to be killed.'

14:36 So the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, demonstrated to him

14:40 a fraction of their profound love for the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

14:44 It was not their regular habit that whenever he spat,

14:47 they would take his mucus;

14:49 this was never reported in Medina,

14:52 except on this particular occasion.

14:54 The same applies to their fighting over his ablution water.

14:57 As for the other matters,

14:59 such as lowering the voice and refraining from gazing directly

15:02 at the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

15:04 and rushing to fulfill his command—

15:06 these were observed in every place and time.

15:09 'Urwah said to his people,

15:11 "He has presented to you a reasonable proposal, so accept it."

15:15 Then a man from the tribe of Banu Kinanah,

15:18 named al-Hulays,

15:20 who was from the Ahabish confederacy,

15:22 said, "Let me go to him."

15:25 They said, "Go to him."

15:26 When he approached the Prophet, peace be upon him, and his Companions,

15:31 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said,

15:34 "This is so-and-so,

15:36 and he is from a people who revere the sacrificial animals,

15:39 so drive them out for him to see."

15:41 So they were driven out before him,

15:42 and the people met him reciting the *talbiyah*.

15:45 When he saw that, he said,

15:47 "Glory be to Allah!

15:49 It is not fitting that these people be turned away from the Sacred House."

15:53 So when he returned to his companions, he said,

15:56 "I saw the sacrificial animals garlanded and marked;

15:59 I do not believe they should be turned away from the Sacred House."

16:02 This demonstrates to us that every occasion demands its appropriate response,

16:07 and that sacrificial guidance animals (*hady*) are not exclusive to the Hajj pilgrimage,

16:10 but rather even the 'Umrah pilgrimage includes a *hady*.

16:13 Garlanding (*taqlid*) refers to placing an identifying mark on the camels,

16:16 by which anyone who sees them recognizes that they are sacrificial animals

16:19 designated for Allah, Mighty and Majestic is He.

16:22 As for marking (*ish'ar*),

16:24 it consists of making a small incision in the hump so that blood emerges

16:27 and trickles down the body of the camel.

16:30 Although this might outwardly appear to cause harm to the animal,

16:34 it contains numerous benefits:

16:37 among them is that when an onlooker sees it from afar,

16:41 he recognizes that it has been designated as a sacrifice for Allah, Mighty and Majestic is He,

16:45 so no one dares to steal it;

16:48 and if it goes missing and someone finds it, he knows it is a sacrificial animal,

16:52 along with other wisdoms.

16:54 Treasures of the Prophetic biography.

Treasures of biography | Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis | Episode (28) | Umrah Al-Hudaybiyyah

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