Shamail Muhammadiyah | Episode (35) | Chapter on what was mentioned about the living of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him

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

0:07 With pens of longing and the ink of love,

0:11 We record lines more precious than gold,

0:15 Describing the Master of Creation, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

0:22 The Prophetic Characteristics (Shama'il).

0:31 Chapter: What has been narrated regarding the lifestyle of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

0:36 Muhammad Ibn Sirin narrated:

0:40 We were with Abu Hurayrah,

0:42 And he was wearing two garments dyed with red clay, made of linen.

0:46 He blew his nose into one of them,

0:49 Then said, "Well, well!

0:52 Abu Hurayrah blows his nose into linen!

0:55 I remember when I would fall unconscious between the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

1:01 And the chamber of ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

1:03 Fainting from hunger.

1:05 A passerby would come,

1:07 And place his foot upon my neck,

1:10 Thinking I was possessed by madness,

1:12 Yet I had no madness;

1:14 It was nothing but hunger."

1:17 In this hadith,

1:20 Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, recalls his past condition,

1:24 And compares it to his present state.

1:27 He mentions that once,

1:29 Hunger became so severe for him,

1:31 That he could find no food to nourish his body,

1:34 Or satisfy his need,

1:36 To the point that he would writhe in the Mosque of the Prophet, peace be upon him, from hunger,

1:42 Until he would lose consciousness.

1:44 Those who saw him thought he was writhing due to madness,

1:50 While it was only the intensity of the hunger he was experiencing.

1:54 Yet today,

1:56 He wears two garments dyed with red clay, made of linen,

1:59 And uses them to blow his nose.

2:01 The meaning of "garments dyed with red clay" (mumashaqan),

2:03 Is that they were dyed with *mashaq*,

2:05 Which is red clay.

2:07 Linen is a well-known type of fabric;

2:11 Its garments are moderate in heat, cold, and dryness,

2:15 They do not cling to the body,

2:17 And it is considered a fine type of clothing.

2:20 The reason this hadith is mentioned in this chapter,

2:24 Is that it demonstrates the austerity of the life of the Prophet, peace be upon him.

2:28 For had he possessed anything,

2:31 He would not have left Abu Hurayrah hungry,

2:34 To the point that he would collapse from the intensity of his hunger.

2:39 Sa‘d Ibn Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated:

2:44 "I am the first man to have shed blood in the path of Allah, the Almighty.

2:50 And I am the first man to have shot an arrow in the path of Allah.

2:55 I remember fighting in a group,

2:58 Eating nothing but tree leaves and *hublah* (acacia fruit),

3:04 Until the corners of our mouths became ulcerated.

3:07 One of us would defecate just as a sheep or camel does,

3:12 Yet now, the Banu Asad rebuke me regarding my religion.

3:16 I would have failed and lost, and my deeds would have been in vain."

3:20 In this hadith, Sa‘d Ibn Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him, mentions,

3:27 His precedence in Islam and some of his deeds.

3:32 He said, "I am the first man to have shed blood in the path of Allah, the Almighty,"

3:39 Meaning that the first blood of the polytheists shed in the path of Allah was by his hand.

3:46 This occurred when he was praying in Makkah in secret during the early days of Islam;

3:52 Some polytheists saw him, rose against him, and he wrestled them,

3:57 Striking one of them with a camel's jawbone and drawing blood.

4:02 Thus, it was the first blood shed in the path of Allah.

4:07 His saying, "And I am the first man to have shot an arrow in the path of Allah,"

4:13 Occurred during the expedition of ‘Ubaydah Ibn al-Harith, may Allah be pleased with him.

4:18 That battle was the first conflict between the polytheists and the Muslims,

4:23 In the first year of the Hijrah,

4:26 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, sent a group of Muslims to Rabigh,

4:32 To intercept a caravan of Quraysh; they exchanged arrows, but there was no hand-to-hand combat.

4:39 So Sa‘d, may Allah be pleased with him, was the first to shoot an arrow in the path of Allah.

4:45 His saying, "I remember fighting in a group of the Companions of Muhammad, peace be upon him,

4:53 Eating nothing but tree leaves and *hublah*, until the corners of our mouths became ulcerated,"

4:59 Means he was fighting with a group of the Companions,

5:04 And they had no provisions except tree leaves and *hublah*.

5:08 *Hublah* is the fruit of the *samur* (acacia) tree.

5:11 His saying, "Until the corners of our mouths became ulcerated,"

5:15 Means we suffered sores on the sides of our mouths from the roughness and heat of the leaves we ate.

5:22 His saying, "One of us would defecate just as a sheep or camel does,"

5:28 Means that when one of us relieved himself, the waste resembled that of a sheep or camel,

5:35 Because he ate what they ate.

5:38 Sa‘d, may Allah be pleased with him, mentioning these matters has a backstory;

5:43 The people of Kufa complained about Sa‘d to ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him,

5:48 While Sa‘d was their governor,

5:51 Claiming that he did not pray properly.

5:54 So ‘Umar sent for him,

5:56 And said, "O Abu Ishaq,

5:59 These people claim you do not pray properly."

6:04 Sa‘d, may Allah be pleased with him, replied,

6:06 "As for me, by Allah,

6:08 I would lead them in the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

6:14 Without omitting anything.

6:16 I would perform the ‘Isha’ prayer,

6:18 Lengthening the first two rak‘ahs,

6:20 And shortening the last two."

6:23 ‘Umar said,

6:25 "That is what I expected of you, O Abu Ishaq."

6:28 In this hadith, Sa‘d says,

6:31 "Yet now, the Banu Asad rebuke me regarding my religion."

6:35 In a narration by al-Bukhari,

6:37 "They rebuke me regarding Islam,"

6:39 Meaning they discipline me and teach me how to pray,

6:43 Or accuse me of not knowing how to do it well.

6:46 The point is that Sa‘d, may Allah be pleased with him,

6:50 Denied the right of the Banu Asad to teach him the rulings,

6:54 Given his precedence, his long-standing companionship,

6:57 And his sacrifices for Islam.

7:00 His saying,

7:01 "I would have failed and lost,"

7:04 Means if I did not know how to pray,

7:06 And needed their instruction,

7:08 I would be a failure and a loser,

7:11 "And my deeds would have been in vain,"

7:13 Meaning all my past prayers.

7:16 Sa‘d, may Allah be pleased with him, was compelled,

7:18 To praise himself,

7:20 And while it is the way of the believer to avoid such things,

7:23 When the ignorant accused him,

7:25 Of not knowing how to pray,

7:28 He was forced to mention his virtues,

7:30 His precedence in Islam, and his deeds.

7:33 A person praising himself,

7:35 When free from arrogance and haughtiness,

7:38 And when the speaker's intention is to manifest the truth,

7:41 Is not considered blameworthy in his case.

7:44 ‘Utbah Ibn Ghazwan, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated:

7:50 "I remember being one of seven,

7:54 With the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

7:57 Having no food except tree leaves,

8:01 Until the corners of our mouths became ulcerated.

8:04 I found a cloak,

8:06 And divided it between myself and Sa‘d.

8:09 Now, there is not one of those seven,

8:12 Who is not a governor of a city among the cities."

8:16 "And you will test the governors after us."

8:20 This hadith has a story,

8:24 Which is that ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him,

8:27 Sent ‘Utbah Ibn Ghazwan with a group of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them,

8:33 To be stationed at the frontiers of the lands of Islam,

8:37 And he designated a region for them to occupy.

8:41 When they arrived at the location,

8:44 ‘Utbah, may Allah be pleased with him, delivered a sermon to his companions,

8:47 A long sermon which Muslim recorded in his Sahih.

8:51 The part relevant to this chapter,

8:54 Is the statement of ‘Utbah, may Allah be pleased with him,

8:57 "I remember being one of seven,

9:00 With the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

9:03 Having no food except tree leaves,

9:07 Until the corners of our mouths became ulcerated."

9:10 This indicates the austerity of life and the hardship,

9:13 That they were in at the beginning.

9:16 His saying, "I found a cloak,

9:19 And divided it between myself and Sa‘d,"

9:22 Means he found a cloak lying,

9:25 On the ground, worn out,

9:28 So he picked it up and divided it between himself and,

9:31 Sa‘d Ibn Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him,

9:34 Due to the extreme need they were in.

9:38 Then he says, "There is not one,

9:41 Of those seven, except,

9:44 That he is a governor of a city among the cities."

9:47 ‘Utbah, may Allah be pleased with him, mentions,

9:50 The blessing that their affairs had reached,

9:53 After that state of hardship and scarcity of life,

9:56 As they became governors over the cities.

9:59 His saying, "And you will test the governors,

10:02 After us," means that,

10:05 The governors who come after them will not be like,

10:08 The Companions in justice, piety,

10:11 And turning away from the worldly life.

10:14 And it was indeed so,

10:17 Which is one of the miracles regarding the foretelling of,

10:20 Unseen matters. He pointed to the difference,

10:23 That they saw from him, peace be upon him,

10:26 What served as a means for their discipline,

10:29 Their striving, and their austerity,

10:32 In their lifestyle,

10:35 So they continued after him upon that path,

10:38 While others who came after them,

10:41 Were not like that.

10:45 Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated:

10:48 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

10:51 "No one has been feared,

10:54 As I have been feared in the path of Allah.

10:57 And no one has been harmed,

11:00 As I have been harmed.

11:03 Thirty nights and days have passed for me,

11:06 When Bilal and I had no food that a living creature could eat,

11:09 Except for what Bilal could hide under his armpit."

11:13 In this hadith,

11:16 The Prophet, peace be upon him, informs us,

11:20 Saying,

11:23 "I have been threatened in the path of Allah, as no one else has been threatened,"

11:26 Meaning I was threatened,

11:29 With torture and death,

11:32 Because of my manifesting the religion of Allah, the Almighty.

11:35 And no one else was being threatened at that time.

11:38 His saying, "And I have been harmed,

11:41 In the path of Allah, as no one else has been harmed,"

11:44 Meaning that he was actually harmed for the sake of

11:47 Allah, and for the sake of His cause.

11:50 And no one among the people was harmed

11:53 during that time

11:56 as he was, for he said: "Thirty days and nights have passed for me,

11:59 between day and night,

12:02 and neither Bilal nor I had any food that a living creature could eat,

12:05 except for what Bilal could conceal under his arm."

12:08 This means that Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him,

12:11 was my companion at that time.

12:14 Thirty days and nights passed over us,

12:17 in their entirety and completeness,

12:20 and we had no food that any living being could eat,

12:23 except for a very small amount,

12:26 only as much as Bilal could carry under his arm.

12:29 We did not even have a vessel in which to store food.

12:32 All of this was a result of the persecution

12:36 by his people against him, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

12:39 to force him to stop his call to the faith.

12:42 Yet he, peace be upon him,

12:45 continued with patience and struggle,

12:48 until Allah caused the religion to prevail through him.

12:51 On the authority of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him,

12:55 it is reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

12:58 never had both lunch and dinner gathered before him,

13:01 consisting of bread and meat, except when there were many hands sharing it.

13:04 'Abdullah said:

13:07 "Some say it means the abundance of hands."

13:10 In this hadith, Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, informs us

13:14 that the Prophet, peace be upon him,

13:17 never had both lunch and dinner

13:20 on the same day, consisting of bread and meat,

13:23 except when there were many hands sharing it.

13:26 'Abdullah, who is the teacher of Al-Tirmidhi, said:

13:29 "Some say 'dafaf'

13:32 means the abundance of hands."

13:35 Malik Ibn Dinar, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

13:38 "I asked a man from the desert, 'What is dafaf?' He replied, 'It is to eat with many people.'"

13:47 The abundance of hands over food is part of its blessing. Imam Ahmad said: "If food possesses four qualities, it is complete:

13:57 if the name of Allah is mentioned at its beginning, Allah is praised at its end, many hands share it, and it is obtained from a lawful source."

14:07 On the authority of Nawfal Ibn Iyas Al-Hudhali, he said: "‘Abd Al-Rahman Ibn ‘Awf, may Allah be pleased with him, used to sit with us,

14:17 and he was an excellent companion. One day, he returned with us until we entered his house, where he went in, bathed, and then came out.

14:28 We were brought a platter containing bread and meat. When it was placed before ‘Abd Al-Rahman, he began to weep. I said, 'O Abu Muhammad, what makes you weep?'

14:41 He replied, 'The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away without having ever had his fill of barley bread, he and his household.

14:50 I fear that we have been granted our share of good things in this worldly life.' This hadith is weak, but a similar account is found in Sahih Al-Bukhari:

15:03 ‘Abd Al-Rahman Ibn ‘Awf, may Allah be pleased with him, was brought his food one day, and he said, 'Mus'ab Ibn ‘Umayr was killed, and he was better than me,

15:13 yet he had nothing to be shrouded in except a mantle. And Hamzah, or another man, was killed, and he was better than me, yet he had nothing to be shrouded in except a mantle.

15:27 I fear that our good things have been hastened for us in our worldly life.' Then he began to weep."

15:37 The hadith has a continuation, if Allah wills. And Allah knows best. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon all his family and companions.

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