Treasures of biography | Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis | Episode (21)

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

0:03 Treasures of the Prophetic biography.

0:09 The Battle of Uhud.

0:11 The third year after the Hijrah.

0:16 Following these events,

0:18 and the conclusion of this year,

0:20 namely, the second year after the Hijrah,

0:23 the people of Makkah gathered,

0:25 and assembled three thousand fighters

0:28 from Quraysh, their allies, and the Ahabish.

0:32 They took their women with them,

0:34 and prepared this army for vengeance.

0:37 The command was given to Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb,

0:41 following the killing of Abu Jahl,

0:43 with the cavalry led by Khalid Ibn al-Walid

0:46 and 'Ikrimah Ibn Abi Jahl.

0:48 This Makkan army set out after this thorough preparation

0:53 toward Madinah,

0:54 seeking revenge for those they lost at Badr.

0:58 The news reached the Prophet, peace be upon him,

1:02 so he mobilized the people.

1:04 The people took up their weapons for fear of a surprise attack,

1:07 not laying them down,

1:09 even during their prayers,

1:11 fearing the people of Makkah might descend upon them.

1:15 The people of Madinah from the Ansar,

1:18 such as Sa'd Ibn Mu'adh,

1:19 Usayd Ibn Hudayr,

1:21 and Sa'd Ibn 'Ubadah,

1:23 stood guard over the Prophet, peace be upon him.

1:27 The Prophet, peace be upon him, gathered

1:30 his senior Companions,

1:32 and told them of a vision he had seen, peace be upon him.

1:36 He said:

1:38 "By Allah, I have seen something good.

1:40 I saw cows being slaughtered,

1:43 I saw a notch in the tip of my sword,

1:46 and I saw that I had inserted my hand into a sturdy coat of mail."

1:50 He interpreted the cows as a group of his Companions who would be killed,

1:54 the notch in his sword as a man from his household who would be struck,

1:59 and the coat of mail as Madinah.

2:02 Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

2:05 "I am of the opinion that we should fight them from within Madinah;

2:08 we shall fortify ourselves in Madinah and fight them there.

2:11 If they remain in their camp, they will be in the worst of positions,

2:16 and if they enter Madinah,

2:18 we shall fight them from the alleys and from atop the houses."

2:22 The senior Companions agreed with him on this,

2:25 and among those who agreed with them

2:28 was 'Abdullah Ibn Ubayy Ibn Salul.

2:31 A group of the young Companions,

2:34 who had missed the fighting at Badr, stood up

2:37 and said, "O Messenger of Allah,

2:39 we have been longing for this day,

2:42 and we have prayed to Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, to bring it to us.

2:47 We fear that it might be thought that we have turned away from you."

2:50 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

2:54 "There is no harm."

2:55 Then he entered his house

2:57 and donned his armor for battle, peace be upon him.

3:01 This was an act of taking the necessary means.

3:04 The people were waiting for him, peace be upon him,

3:08 for him to come out to them.

3:10 Sa'd Ibn Mu'adh said to them:

3:13 "You have pressured the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, to go out."

3:18 They returned the matter to him,

3:20 and they regretted what they had done.

3:22 They said to him:

3:24 "O Messenger of Allah,

3:25 it is not for us to oppose you;

3:28 do as you wish.

3:30 It was merely an opinion we held.

3:32 If you prefer to stay in Madinah, then do so."

3:37 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

3:40 "It is not fitting for a Prophet, once he has donned his armor, to take it off

3:45 until Allah judges between us."

3:47 So the Prophet, peace be upon him, went out to battle.

3:52 While they were on the way,

3:54 the hypocrite 'Abdullah Ibn Ubayy Ibn Salul returned with a third of the army,

3:59 saying, "I do not expect there to be any fighting."

4:03 Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, revealed [verses] regarding the hypocrites.

4:07 “And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they were nearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which is not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide.” (3:167)

4:16 “And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they were nearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which is not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide.” (3:167)

4:21 “And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they were nearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which is not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide.” (3:167)

4:27 “And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they were nearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which is not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide.” (3:167)

4:32 “And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they were nearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which is not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide.” (3:167)

4:36 This hypocrite succeeded in luring away three hundred men who were hypocrites or weak in faith,

4:42 though most of them were hypocrites.

4:46 Two groups of the believers from the Ansar were inclined to turn back,

4:50 namely the Banu Harithah of the Aws and the Banu Salamah of the Khazraj,

4:55 to return as well with 'Abdullah Ibn Ubayy Ibn Salul,

4:59 but Allah kept them steadfast, and Allah, Majestic and Exalted is He, revealed:

5:04 “When two parties of you almost fell away, and Allah was their Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust.” (3:122)

5:13 "And upon Allah let the believers rely."

5:44 Then he raised his sword and said:

5:47 "Who will take this sword by its right?"

5:50 Several men stood up for it,

5:52 but the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to Abu Dujanah:

5:56 "Take it."

5:57 He asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is its right?"

6:01 He replied, "That you strike the faces of the enemy with it until it bends."

6:07 He said, "I will take it by its right, O Messenger of Allah."

6:12 So he gave it to him.

6:14 When he took the sword, he tied a red headband around his head,

6:18 meaning a piece of cloth,

6:19 and began to strut between the two lines.

6:22 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

6:26 "This is a gait that Allah dislikes,

6:29 except in a situation like this,"

6:31 because it enrages the enemies.

6:34 The two armies drew near,

6:36 the two groups approached,

6:38 and the fighting began.

6:40 The standard of the polytheists was with Talhah Ibn Abi Talhah al-'Abdari,

6:45 who was one of the knights of Quraysh.

6:48 People called him "the Ram of the Battalion" because of his courage.

6:52 He came out on a camel, calling for a duel.

6:56 Al-Zubayr Ibn al-'Awwam advanced toward him,

6:59 and leaped at him like a lion,

7:01 until he was with him on his camel.

7:04 Then he threw him to the ground,

7:06 stood over him, and slaughtered him, may Allah be pleased with him.

7:09 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, cried "Allahu Akbar,"

7:13 and the Muslims cried "Allahu Akbar."

7:15 Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to al-Zubayr:

7:19 "Every Prophet has a disciple,

7:22 and my disciple is al-Zubayr."

7:25 Treasures of the Prophetic biography.

7:30 The martyrdom of Hamzah Ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib,

7:34 may Allah be pleased with him.

7:38 The fighting intensified between the Muslims and the people of Makkah,

7:42 and they killed many of the people of Makkah.

7:45 In this battle, the uncle of the Messenger, peace be upon him, was martyred:

7:50 the Lion of Allah and the Lion of His Messenger,

7:53 Hamzah Ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, may Allah be pleased with him.

7:57 He was killed by a man called Wahshi Ibn Harb.

8:01 Wahshi Ibn Harb tells us about his killing of Hamzah.

8:05 He said:

8:06 "I was a slave to Jubayr Ibn Mut'im.

8:09 The uncle of Jubayr Ibn Mut'im,

8:11 who was Tu'aymah Ibn 'Adi,

8:13 had been killed at Badr.

8:16 When Quraysh marched to Uhud,

8:19 Jubayr said to me:

8:20 'If you kill Hamzah, the uncle of Muhammad, in retaliation for my uncle,

8:25 then you are a free man.'"

8:27 He said:

8:28 "So I went out with the people.

8:29 I was an Abyssinian man who threw a spear like the Abyssinians,

8:33 rarely missing my target.

8:36 When the people met,

8:38 I went out looking for Hamzah, following him with my eyes,

8:42 until I saw him in the midst of the people,

8:44 like a camel,

8:46 crushing the people; nothing could stand against him.

8:50 By Allah, I prepared myself for him, wanting him,

8:54 hiding behind a tree or a stone,

8:57 so that he might come closer to me.

8:58 Suddenly, Siba' Ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza approached him before me.

9:02 When Hamzah saw him, he said to him:

9:05 'Come here, O son of the circumciser of women!'

9:09 He struck him a blow that seemed to miss his head.

9:13 At that moment, I shook my spear,

9:15 and when I was satisfied with my aim,

9:17 I threw it at him.

9:19 It landed in his abdomen,

9:21 and came out between his legs.

9:24 He tried to come toward me,

9:26 but he was overcome.

9:27 So I left him and the spear until he died.

9:31 Then I came later and took my spear,

9:34 and returned to the camp and sat there.

9:37 I had no need for anyone else,

9:40 for I had only killed him to be set free.

9:43 When I arrived in Makkah, I was set free."

9:46 The amazing thing

9:47 is that Wahshi Ibn Harb later accepted Islam and repented.

9:51 Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, granted him success

9:54 in killing Musaylimah the Liar.

9:57 So he says:

9:59 "I killed the best of Allah's creation [Hamzah],

10:01 and I killed the enemy of Allah [Musaylimah]."

10:04 Treasures of the Prophetic biography.

10:09 From the events of the battle.

10:14 The fighting intensified in this great battle,

10:18 and Allah sent down His victory upon the Muslims,

10:22 and He, Glory be to Him and Exalted, fulfilled His promise to them.

10:25 The Muslims drove the disbelievers away from the camp,

10:29 and the defeat was upon the polytheists.

10:32 Al-Zubayr Ibn al-'Awwam said:

10:35 "By Allah, I saw myself

10:37 looking at the servants of Hind Bint 'Utbah

10:39 and her companions, with their garments tucked up,

10:42 with nothing to stop them from fleeing.

10:45 In the hadith of al-Bara', may Allah be pleased with him:

10:48 'When we met them, they fled,

10:51 until I saw the women running toward the mountain,

10:54 lifting their garments,

10:56 revealing their anklets.'"

10:59 The Muslims followed the polytheists,

11:02 striking them with their weapons,

11:04 and seizing the spoils.

11:06 From this, the victory of Allah for the Muslims is evident

11:09 in the beginning of this battle.

11:12 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

11:15 had commanded the archers never to abandon their positions.

11:19 However, when they saw the defeat,

11:22 and saw the women fleeing,

11:24 and the men fleeing,

11:26 they assumed the battle had ended,

11:29 so they descended from their posts.

11:31 Abdullah Ibn Jubayr al-Ansari,

11:34 the commander of the archers,

11:36 was ordering them not to move,

11:39 and to remain in their positions,

11:40 just as the Prophet, peace be upon him, had commanded.

11:44 They replied to him that the fighting had ended,

11:47 and they descended from their posts.

11:50 Khalid Ibn al-Walid,

11:52 and Ikrimah Ibn Abi Jahl,

11:54 were the commanders of the cavalry.

11:56 They had not participated in this battle [initially],

11:59 because there was no role for them,

12:02 as the Muslims had occupied the correct positions.

12:06 So when Khalid Ibn al-Walid saw the archers,

12:09 had abandoned their position,

12:11 he circled behind the mountain,

12:13 and shouted to the disbelievers of Quraysh, calling them.

12:16 The disbelievers of Makkah returned,

12:19 and the Muslims found themselves in the middle,

12:21 caught in a pincer movement.

12:23 Slaughter befell them,

12:25 and those who fled among the Muslims fled,

12:28 following this chaos that they witnessed,

12:31 and the fact that the disbelievers began killing them in a terrible slaughter,

12:35 leaving no one alive whom they could kill,

12:38 whether by their hands or by their arrows.

12:42 Anas Ibn al-Nadr, may Allah be pleased with him, passed by the Muslims,

12:46 and said, "What are you waiting for?"

12:49 They said, "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has been killed."

12:54 This was because it had been rumored that the Prophet, peace be upon him, [had died].

12:59 Anas said to them,

13:01 "What will you do with life after him?

13:04 Rise and die for that which the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, died for."

13:10 Then he said,

13:12 "O Allah, I apologize to You for what these people have done,"

13:16 meaning the Muslims,

13:18 "and I disavow before You what these people have done,"

13:21 meaning the polytheists.

13:23 Then he advanced,

13:24 and Sa'd Ibn Mu'adh met him,

13:27 and said,

13:28 "Where are you going, O Abu 'Amr?"

13:30 Anas said,

13:32 "Oh, the scent of Paradise, O Sa'd!

13:35 I find it right before Uhud."

13:38 Then he went forward and fought the people until he was killed.

13:42 No one recognized him except his sister, by his fingertips.

13:46 This was because he was found to have over eighty wounds from spears or sword strikes.

13:52 Anas Ibn Malik said,

13:55 "The Messenger, peace be upon him, was left alone on the day of Uhud,

13:59 with seven of the Ansar and two men from Quraysh.

14:03 When they overwhelmed him, he said,

14:06 'Whoever repels them from us shall have Paradise,'

14:09 or 'He will be my companion in Paradise.'

14:11 A man from the Ansar stepped forward and fought until he was killed.

14:16 Then the second stood up,

14:18 and fought until he was killed,

14:20 until the seven were killed before the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."

14:24 It is established in the two Sahih collections

14:26 that the Prophet, peace be upon him,

14:29 had his incisor tooth broken and his head wounded.

14:32 He began wiping away the blood, peace be upon him,

14:35 and saying, "How can a people prosper who have wounded the face of their Prophet?"

14:41 And Allah, the Almighty, revealed [the verse].

14:43 “It is no concern at all of thee (Muhammad) whether He relent toward them or punish them; for they are evil-doers.” (3:128)

14:48 “It is no concern at all of thee (Muhammad) whether He relent toward them or punish them; for they are evil-doers.” (3:128)

14:52 In one narration,

14:54 the Prophet, peace be upon him, said,

14:57 "O Allah, forgive my people, for they do not know."

15:02 Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).

Treasures of biography | Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis | Episode (21) | The Battle of Uhud

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