The Art of Living: A Prophetic Guide | LIVE | With Shaykh Dr. Mustafa Khattab (2020-12-05) ​

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The Art of Living: A Prophetic Guide | LIVE | With Shaykh Dr. Mustafa Khattab

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provides a brief overview of the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and highlights some of his positive qualities. Shaykh Dr. Mustafa Khattab provides advice on how to become a good Muslim, emphasizing the importance of following the prophet Muhammad's example.

00:00:00 Discusses the life of Prophet Muhammad SAW, emphasizing his human nature. He goes on to explain that these revelations covered every aspect of Muhammad SAW's life, from his birth to his death.

• 00:05:00 Discusses the positive attitude of the prophet Saw towards life and how this can be applied to our own lives. The prophet Saw was always positive, even in the most difficult moments, and this quality is shared by us as Muslims.
• 00:10:00 The prophet Muhammad was a trusted and beloved figure in pre-Islamic Arabia, but some people had issues with him as a prophet. Even though they loved him as a human being, they disagreed with him on some issues. When Mecca was conquered and he became the leader, he issued a universal amnesty for the people who had wronged him.
• 00:15:00 The Prophet saws was known for his humility, service to his family, and willingness to forgive. He was also an example to his grandchildren, who loved playing with him. In one Hadith, the Prophet saws said that knights are as great as horsemen, and that his wife Safiya was a great wife.
• 00:20:00 provides a brief overview of the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), highlighting his exemplary qualities as a husband, father, and role model. It also recounts an incident in which a brother visiting Saudi Arabia was surprised to learn that the Prophet Muhammad never criticized the food he was given, and that he would only refuse to eat if he did not like the food.
• 00:25:00 Shaykh Dr. Mustafa Khattab discusses a hadith from Bukhari that speaks to the Prophet Saw's practice of being practical in life. The hadith teaches that when the Prophet Saw's beloved son Ibrahim died, the heaven was sad because of it and the Prophet Saw gave khutbah to reassure the people that Ibrahim's death was not caused by anything in the heavens. Khattab goes on to discuss how this practical mentality has helped him in his personal life and how it can help others as well.
• 00:30:00 The prophet saws showed great mercy and kindness to his companions, even when they were struggling financially. He also encouraged them to help others during a pandemic.
• 00:35:00 Shaykh Dr. Mustafa Khattab discusses the importance of being tolerant and accepting of others, regardless of their race or background. He reminds the audience that the Prophet Muhammad was just as forgiving, and that the Quran and Islamic teachings teach us to be tolerant and compassionate towards others.
• 00:40:00 The Prophet saws is a role model for all of humanity, and his life can be summarized by the following line of poetry: "This is just like saying that the prophet saw is a human being like you and i." Abu Mahadura, a youth who saw the Prophet saws wipe over his , accepted Islam after that.
• 00:45:00 Shaykh Dr. Mustafa Khattab provides a summary of the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and discusses the importance of learning about him from reliable sources. He recommends the Quran and Sunnah as the foremost sources of knowledge about the Prophet.
• 00:50:00 Shaykh Dr. Mustafa Khattab provides advice on how to become a good Muslim, emphasizing the importance of following the prophet Muhammad's example. He recommends reading biographies of the prophet, watching his seerah, and sharing his live stream online.

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0:00:03 brothers and sisters0:00:04 i hope everyone is well uh today we have0:00:07 a0:00:08 uh we're doing the third part of our0:00:11 prophet salallahu series0:00:13 and today we have sheikh mustafa joining0:00:15 us all the way from canada0:00:19 for having me for coming and today's0:00:22 presentation of yours0:00:23 is going to be take a slightly different0:00:25 turn where we're going to be looking at0:00:27 the prophet salallahu's life0:00:29 in particular from the perspective of as0:00:31 a role model0:00:33 and a guide for us in the 21st century0:00:35 so the first two0:00:36 episodes the first one we covered um you0:00:38 know proofs of prophethood the second0:00:40 one we looked at0:00:41 war peace and the role of prophethood by0:00:43 sheikha to sleep and today inshallah0:00:45 you're going to wrap things up for us0:00:46 and by highlighting to us how the0:00:48 prophet sallam is a0:00:49 you know the best role model for any0:00:51 human being to have inshallah0:00:52 so without further ado i'm going to hand0:00:55 over to you0:00:56 please do a presentation and then we'll0:00:57 pick up the q and a at the end inshallah0:00:59 inshallah alhamdulillah0:01:04 let me share my screen here inshallah0:01:20 here we go so i have prepared this0:01:23 presentation to go over the life of the0:01:26 prophet sallallahu as a role model0:01:28 and most importantly as a human being0:01:31 my colleagues also for dean jazal0:01:34 khairan0:01:34 and fat islam in the last couple of0:01:36 weeks they spoke about the prophet saws0:01:39 as a prophet and today inshallah i'm0:01:42 going to talk about him as a human being0:01:45 and how we0:01:45 as muslims and humanity at large can0:01:49 connect0:01:50 with him on a personal level so i'm0:01:52 going to begin with this0:01:54 quote from this book the 100th ranking0:01:57 of the most influential persons in0:01:59 history0:02:00 by michael hart so he wrote in his book0:02:03 so basically this book is a list of the0:02:07 100 most influential people0:02:09 in human history according to michael0:02:11 hart and he basically0:02:13 chose muhammad salla and peace be upon0:02:15 him as number one0:02:17 in the list so the prophet saws tops the0:02:19 list in his book0:02:21 he said my choice of muhammad to lead0:02:23 the list of the world's most influential0:02:25 persons0:02:26 may surprise some readers and may be0:02:29 questioned by others0:02:30 but he was the only human in history who0:02:33 was supremely successful on both0:02:35 the religious and secular levels so0:02:38 last time and the time before asafoetin0:02:41 and fat spoke about the prophet saws0:02:43 as a religious leader to today inshallah0:02:46 i'm going to talk about him0:02:48 as a human leader from a personal0:02:51 perspective0:02:52 as a human being we know that as muslims0:02:56 the prophet saws every single detail of0:02:59 his life0:03:00 is covered from the minute he was born0:03:04 till he died his life on earth 63 years0:03:08 is covered in my new details0:03:11 the sahaba the companions of the prophet0:03:13 saslam gave us0:03:15 details about his life what he said when0:03:18 he woke up0:03:19 what did he say before he went to bed0:03:22 how he0:03:22 purified himself in the washroom how0:03:25 many gray hairs that he had in his beard0:03:27 and his in his head0:03:29 every single detail if if you look for0:03:31 example at the life of jesus0:03:33 for example in the bible details about0:03:37 his life you cannot find0:03:38 details about his life in the first 270:03:41 years of his life0:03:42 not a single paragraph on his life0:03:46 but the life of muhammad sallam is0:03:48 covered in every detail they even know0:03:51 the name of his stick stuff the name of0:03:54 his camel0:03:55 the name of his horse the name of his0:03:58 shield0:03:58 every single thing subhanallah in every0:04:01 detail0:04:02 thousands of biographies have been0:04:04 written about the prophet saw0:04:05 and by ibnis0:04:09 thousands of biographies have been0:04:10 written on his life0:04:12 and of course the first uh details of0:04:14 his life come0:04:15 in the form of the quran the revelation0:04:18 that touched0:04:19 uh on some insights from his life and of0:04:21 course0:04:22 uh the seerah the biographies of the0:04:24 prophet sallam and his0:04:26 hadith and so on and so forth we are0:04:28 told clearly in the quran0:04:33 that prophet muhammad saw was no more0:04:37 than a human being0:04:38 but the only difference between you and0:04:41 i and him0:04:42 was that he received revelations from0:04:45 allah this is the only difference0:04:47 but he was a human being in0:04:50 every uh you know uh in every term0:04:54 of of this uh of this of the word0:04:57 so the prophet saws was a human being0:04:59 who received revelations from allah0:05:00 subhanahu wa ta'ala0:05:02 and the reason why this is stated very0:05:04 clearly in the quran is because0:05:06 his opponents the people of makkah the0:05:08 pagans of arabia at the time0:05:10 they requested one of among other things0:05:13 that they wanted an0:05:14 angel prophet they said we cannot accept0:05:18 a human being like us to to lead us0:05:21 so therefore they requested an angel0:05:24 prophet and they are told0:05:28 that if we sent an angel and this comes0:05:31 in in0:05:31 chapter 6 surah and of the quran that if0:05:34 we sent an0:05:35 angel you would not be able you're not0:05:37 equipped0:05:38 to see this angel so we have to send him0:05:41 this angel in the form of a human being0:05:44 and eventually you will be more confused0:05:47 and also the opponents of the prophet0:05:50 saw sallam if allah were to send a0:05:52 prophet0:05:53 as an angel or an angelic prophet they0:05:56 would have argued0:05:57 you know this prophet is who is an angel0:06:00 is fasting for 30 days in ramadan who0:06:03 prays five times a day0:06:05 who is going for hajj he is doing this0:06:07 because he is an angel0:06:09 but we are human beings who are miskin0:06:12 we're powerless0:06:13 we cannot do all the things that he does0:06:16 and and therefore allah0:06:19 a human being like them who was able to0:06:22 do all of these things these different0:06:23 acts of worship fasting praying0:06:25 going for hajj and pilgrimage and all0:06:27 these things now they cannot argue0:06:30 that he is an angel and we need an0:06:32 average person like0:06:34 us to do all these things so we can copy0:06:37 these examples so now0:06:38 they have no excuse if you look at the0:06:42 example of the prophet sasa0:06:44 as a human being again in the rest of my0:06:47 presentation i'll be talking about the0:06:48 prophet saws as a human being0:06:50 and how you and i can connect with him0:06:53 on a personal level0:06:55 so the prophet saws had a positive0:06:57 attitude towards life0:07:00 and from a very young age i used to go0:07:03 to al-azhar in the morning in egypt walk0:07:05 one hour one way come0:07:07 uh you know one hour the other way and0:07:10 in the evening0:07:10 after i had done some work in the farm i0:07:13 would sit and reflect0:07:15 and i would say from a young age that0:07:18 there were bees and flies0:07:20 among other things in the farm and they0:07:22 would fly0:07:23 up high and they see everything from the0:07:24 top like when they fly0:07:27 and eventually i realized from a very0:07:30 young age0:07:31 that bees eventually landed on flowers0:07:34 and flies would land on junk0:07:38 so human beings are the same way some0:07:40 people are very positive0:07:42 and they have a positive attitude on0:07:44 life and some people they are just0:07:47 negative they keep whining and0:07:48 complaining0:07:49 so the prophet saw assalam had this0:07:51 positive attitude on life0:07:54 he was always positive even in the most0:07:56 difficult times0:07:58 we know that when he was in the cave uh0:08:00 on the way to medina because0:08:02 fleeing persecution in makkah and abu0:08:06 bakr allah was panicking0:08:08 and he said in the cave if he looked at0:08:10 their feet0:08:11 they would see us and the prophet0:08:13 salallahu assured him and he said0:08:18 don't be sad allah is our third0:08:21 he is with us and he is taking care of0:08:23 us and so even in the most difficult0:08:26 moments of his life the prophet saws was0:08:28 very positive0:08:29 and he taught us positivity and this is0:08:32 something that0:08:33 amazing that we can learn as muslims and0:08:36 subhanallah this reminds me of a story0:08:38 that i always share with people0:08:40 that this there was this old man he was0:08:43 picked up from the road0:08:44 in a critical condition and basically he0:08:47 was rushed0:08:48 to the intensive care unit and he opened0:08:51 his eyes in the intensive care unit and0:08:53 he saw all the doctors and the nurses0:08:54 panicking and freaking out0:08:56 because they didn't know anything about0:08:58 this patient they didn't know his name0:08:59 his family doctor his blood type his0:09:02 medical history0:09:03 so they were panicking and freaking out0:09:06 so he lifted his oxygen mask0:09:08 to reassure them and he said be positive0:09:10 be positive0:09:12 he said it like 15 17 times and0:09:14 eventually he died0:09:16 and the doctors and the nurses they0:09:18 loved him because of his positive0:09:19 attitude0:09:20 and subhanallah only after his funeral0:09:22 janazah0:09:23 they realized that he was not trying to0:09:25 tell them to be positive0:09:27 he was just trying to tell them his0:09:28 blood type be positive0:09:30 but anyway i always take this story as0:09:33 as you know a good story for having a0:09:36 positive attitude0:09:38 so now when we look at the life of the0:09:40 prophet salem as a human being in makkah0:09:43 and in medina the mushriku and the0:09:46 pagans of arabia0:09:47 they loved the prophet saw as a human0:09:50 being0:09:51 but they had issues with him at a0:09:52 prophet they totally0:09:54 completely loved him as a human being0:09:57 they trust him with their valuables like0:10:00 people like abu jahl and abu lahab and0:10:02 abu sufyan before they became muslim0:10:05 they didn't trust anyone with their0:10:07 valuables0:10:09 more than the prophet saws yes they were0:10:11 hanging out together abu jahl and abu0:10:13 lahab and abu sufyan before he became0:10:15 muslim0:10:16 all the time they were hanging out0:10:18 together but they didn't trust each0:10:20 other with their valuables0:10:21 they trusted muhammad assalam because he0:10:23 was a perfect human being0:10:26 and the prophet saws after he migrated0:10:28 to madinah0:10:29 he made sure that alibi talib returned0:10:32 all these valuables and trusts he gave0:10:35 them back even to his enemies and0:10:37 opponents0:10:38 and this is why the people of arabia0:10:40 they loved him as a prophet0:10:41 but some of them they had issues with0:10:43 him as a prophet0:10:45 even though they loved him as a human0:10:47 being and they called him0:10:49 uh as al-amin the trustworthy assad i0:10:52 mean the0:10:53 the truthful man the the the trustworthy0:10:56 man0:10:58 and this is true for all for almost all0:11:00 prophets0:11:01 uh prophets like moses and jesus and0:11:04 nu and subhanallah when you read their0:11:08 stories0:11:09 in sura surah number 70:11:12 surah surah 26 and other surahs of the0:11:15 quran0:11:16 people loved these prophets as human0:11:19 beings0:11:20 but they had issues with them as0:11:21 prophets prophet saleh is told in the0:11:24 quran0:11:29 we really had great expectations for you0:11:32 you were a great man now you are telling0:11:35 us that you're a prophet0:11:37 and you are telling that stealing from0:11:39 each other is wrong0:11:41 what's wrong with you they said the same0:11:43 thing to prophet tribe and0:11:45 others so basically people loved the0:11:48 reformed0:11:50 who prayed who fasted who gave charity0:11:53 they had no problem with him praying and0:11:54 fasting but0:11:56 they had a problem with him being0:11:58 reformers0:11:59 so now if you open your mouth as a0:12:02 prophet0:12:03 and you start to challenge social0:12:06 economic0:12:07 political problems in society saying0:12:10 that abusing people0:12:12 on the basis of their color on the basis0:12:14 of their faith0:12:15 on the basis of the gender is wrong0:12:19 so people will have issues with you so0:12:22 subhanallah when the prophet saw sallam0:12:23 stood up0:12:24 for af blacks and he stood up for slaves0:12:28 and he stood up for the rights of women0:12:30 and he stood up for the rights of the0:12:32 poor now0:12:34 the the the elite in society like0:12:37 had issues with him because now0:12:40 this is going to affect their social and0:12:43 political0:12:43 status in society so they have issues0:12:46 with him0:12:47 when the prophet saws said that women0:12:49 had rights they have a say in marriage0:12:52 they have a right to their belongings0:12:55 their property0:12:56 they had a right education to learn0:12:58 about the deen0:12:59 they had a right uh in you know a right0:13:03 to0:13:04 to to to to have their own property and0:13:07 so on and so forth some people had they0:13:08 had issues with that and0:13:10 and they went to war with the prophet0:13:12 saws because of0:13:14 promoting and advocating social equity0:13:17 and economic equity and so on and so0:13:19 forth0:13:21 and subhanallah muslims0:13:24 these days and islam you always see0:13:26 islam in the news because0:13:28 muslims stand up for what is right and0:13:30 this is something that we have in the0:13:32 quran allah subhana wa ta'ala says0:13:34 stand up for right as witnesses to god0:13:37 it's in surah 4 and it's in surah 5.0:13:41 now when you look at the prophet0:13:42 sallallahu as a human being0:13:45 he was willing to forgive his abusers0:13:48 people who abused him people who0:13:50 attacked him0:13:51 attacked his friends they made fun of0:13:53 him and subhanallah somewhat like his0:13:56 his daughter zain she lost her baby0:13:59 because of them0:14:00 she was trying to immigrate to medina0:14:03 and0:14:04 she was attacked her camel was attacked0:14:06 she fell off0:14:07 al-habbarab that's what this man he0:14:09 attacked her camel she fell off0:14:11 and she lost her baby because of them0:14:14 and the prophet saws lost his0:14:16 granddaughter or grandson because of0:14:18 them0:14:18 and eventually when mecca was opened and0:14:21 the prophet saw salam issued this0:14:23 universal amnesty0:14:24 forgiving all of them even though they0:14:27 tried to kill him0:14:28 on several occasions they abused him and0:14:31 his friends0:14:32 and they forced him uh when they0:14:35 besieged him and his wife khadijah and0:14:37 abu talib and others for three years0:14:39 until the prophet saw sallam and his0:14:41 companions and his wife0:14:44 they were forced to eat leaves and grass0:14:47 for three years0:14:49 and subhanallah after killing many of0:14:52 his friends and abusing him and0:14:53 persecuting them0:14:54 when the prophet saw assalam took over0:14:56 the city of mecca he was willing to0:14:58 forgive0:14:59 all of them subhanallah this is0:15:01 something else0:15:02 the prophet saw didn't have personal0:15:05 problems with him he wanted to stand up0:15:07 for what was right0:15:09 they had issues with that they attacked0:15:11 him but when they submitted to the truth0:15:13 at the end the prophet saw sallam was0:15:15 willing to forgive all of them0:15:17 and to start a new page with him you0:15:20 look at the prophet saws0:15:21 someone who was in control of all of0:15:24 arabia before his death and his raleigh0:15:27 his life didn't really change from his0:15:30 life in makkah under persecution to his0:15:32 life in medina when he became the figure0:15:35 the ruling figure in arabia he lived a0:15:38 very simple life he was very0:15:40 humble he lived a life of humility a0:15:42 life of service0:15:43 to his family and to his community we0:15:46 are told that the prophet saws0:15:49 which is an authentic hadith in bukhari0:15:52 the prophet saws was always in the0:15:54 service of the family he was0:15:56 one of them in his house he was0:15:59 cleaning in the house he was helping0:16:01 them around in the house with cooking0:16:03 and everything0:16:04 he was patching his clothes patching his0:16:06 shoes he was milking0:16:08 his goat and his cow he was leading by0:16:10 example0:16:11 and the prophet saws said the best among0:16:14 you0:16:14 are the best to their families to their0:16:17 wives who help them0:16:19 who are nice to them who took care of0:16:21 them and he didn't sit around and order0:16:24 his family to do this and do that no he0:16:26 was helping them0:16:28 and they say but when the time for0:16:29 prayer came0:16:31 he would leave the house as if he didn't0:16:33 know us and we didn't know him0:16:36 so that was the prophet saw every time0:16:39 they say that his daughter his daughter0:16:42 fatima0:16:43 came to him and he was in the gathering0:16:45 he was sitting0:16:46 somewhere he would stand up and he would0:16:49 welcome his0:16:50 daughter fatima and he would kiss her in0:16:52 the forehead0:16:53 and he would have had he would have her0:16:56 sit next to him0:16:57 as a way of honoring her and he said0:17:00 because0:17:01 the prophet zalem grew up in a society0:17:04 that0:17:04 looked down about upon females daughters0:17:07 they didn't like to have daughters0:17:08 because0:17:09 they preferred to have sons because they0:17:12 were going to support them financially0:17:13 their sons would support them they would0:17:15 work and support they would defend them0:17:18 if they were attacked by another tribe0:17:20 so the prophet saws0:17:22 wanted to lead by example and he0:17:24 abolished this0:17:26 horrendous practice that they had before0:17:28 islam that0:17:30 some tribes they would bury their0:17:32 daughters0:17:33 alive out of shame and out of poverty0:17:36 and so on and so forth so the prophet0:17:38 saws0:17:38 led by example and he honored his0:17:40 daughter fatima0:17:42 and he said if allah blessed you blessed0:17:45 you0:17:45 with daughters and you take care of them0:17:48 and you teach them0:17:50 they will be your bridge to jannah to0:17:52 paradise0:17:54 and so on and so forth so the prophet0:17:55 saw sallam honored women0:17:58 and the prophet sallam got married to0:18:01 his wife0:18:03 she was a businesswoman and he she hired0:18:06 him to work for her0:18:07 and eventually because of his honesty0:18:09 because of murua0:18:11 chivalry and because of his o'clock0:18:13 manners she proposed to him0:18:15 to marry him sallallahu the prophet saw0:18:19 sallam had his grandchildren al-hasan0:18:21 al-husayin0:18:22 and he would play with him and one time0:18:25 someone came in the mosque0:18:27 and he saw the prophet saw sallam0:18:29 walking on on or0:18:31 on forehand you know on his hands and0:18:33 his feet on all four0:18:35 and he said yeah rasulallah0:18:40 what an amazing horse are you ya0:18:42 rasulullah for your grandchildren0:18:44 and the prophet saw sallam said no0:18:49 how amazing knights are they horsemen0:18:52 are they he's talking about his0:18:54 grandchildren0:18:55 the prophet saws would be giving in a0:18:57 speech and this is in bukhari0:18:59 and the prophet saws in the middle of0:19:01 the speech the sermon on friday0:19:03 and he saw his grandchildren coming from0:19:05 the back of the masjid very young like0:19:07 two three years old0:19:08 and they were stumbling because they had0:19:10 this dress and the prophet saw0:19:12 him would pause the he would pause his0:19:14 stock and he would walk all the way to0:19:16 the back0:19:17 and he would carry his own children0:19:19 grandchildren and bring them to the0:19:21 front0:19:21 we're told that the prophet saw salam0:19:23 would carry his granddaughter umami in0:19:26 salah0:19:27 he would carry her like he would babysit0:19:29 his grandchildren0:19:31 he would babysit his granddaughter umami0:19:34 and carry her in salah0:19:36 subhanallah we're told in an authentic0:19:39 hadith inside muslim0:19:41 that and this is beautiful i love this0:19:42 particular hadith the prophet saws0:19:45 to show you how he treated his wife and0:19:47 how he treated in his family0:19:49 so the prophet saws in one occasion he0:19:52 was coming back he was in a travel he0:19:54 was coming back0:19:55 to medina and he had his wife safiya0:19:58 this is many years after0:20:00 the passing of his first wife khadijah0:20:02 he had a wife by the name of safiya0:20:04 and we know that from hadith she was not0:20:06 tall0:20:07 so basically the her camera was on the0:20:09 floor she tried to get on top of the0:20:12 camel and she couldn't0:20:13 so the narrator of the hadith inside0:20:16 muslim0:20:17 he said either have been nabi suddenly i0:20:20 saw the prophet saw sallam coming0:20:22 forward0:20:23 rushing to help his wife and he went0:20:25 down on his knees0:20:27 he went down in his knees in the sand or0:20:29 the mud so his wife can get on top of0:20:32 her0:20:32 of his knees with her shoes and he0:20:35 helped her0:20:35 to get on top of the camel or the horse0:20:38 so0:20:38 now some will say oh what is the big0:20:42 deal0:20:42 to put it in today's perspective let's0:20:44 say that justin trudeau0:20:46 our prime minister is going somewhere0:20:49 with his wife0:20:50 and because it's snowing subhanallah it0:20:53 started to snow this year on december0:20:55 1st and we just had a0:20:56 another snowfall a few days ago and it0:20:59 was snowing earlier today0:21:00 welcome to canada so they were going0:21:03 somewhere she couldn't get out of the0:21:04 car or in the car because of its0:21:06 it's snowing or it was muddy and he got0:21:09 down rushing on his knees0:21:11 and she got on top of his knees with her0:21:13 shoes inside the car0:21:15 and subhanallah cbc or bbc is there and0:21:18 they're taking video and mashallah0:21:20 believe me he will win majority0:21:22 government the same day0:21:24 because people say oh mashallah he's so0:21:26 romantic he's an amazing man he's a good0:21:28 husband and0:21:29 but the prophet saws was not doing it0:21:31 for the bbc0:21:32 he was not doing it for the news he was0:21:35 doing it because of who he was0:21:37 a perfect husband a good man and we're0:21:40 told in the quran that the prophet saw0:21:42 is the best role model for all people to0:21:45 follow0:21:46 if you want to be a good husband the0:21:48 prophet saws the best husband follow his0:21:50 example0:21:51 if you want to be a good father look up0:21:53 to the example of the prophet saw sallam0:21:55 if you want to be a friend0:21:56 if you want to be a businessman if you0:21:59 want to be a teacher the prophet saw0:22:00 asylum is always the role model0:22:02 for you to follow this reminds me of a0:22:05 true story that happened with0:22:08 a brother it's a true story that0:22:10 happened in the 1980s0:22:12 to a brother and his wife he was in0:22:14 jeddah in saudi arabia0:22:16 he was a teacher she was a nurse so0:22:18 every morning he would drive his wife0:22:21 to the hospital at 8 o'clock without0:22:24 failure0:22:25 every day he would pull over in front of0:22:27 the hospital0:22:28 he would get out of the car and he would0:22:30 go to the back and he would open the0:22:31 door for his wife0:22:32 fatherly and masha allah the nurses and0:22:35 the doctors they started to talk about0:22:36 this mashallah amazing egyptian man he's0:22:40 so romantic he's so nice with his wife0:22:42 he would pull over get out of the car go0:22:43 to the back and open the door for his0:22:45 wife man this is fantastic0:22:48 and after a month the saudi manager told0:22:50 the0:22:51 egyptian husband and he said dude we0:22:53 need to go and talk to0:22:54 you we need to talk man let's go to the0:22:57 office we need to talk0:22:58 like so they went to the office and the0:23:03 the manager said to the egyptian husband0:23:05 dude you make us look bad and the0:23:07 egyptian husband said why0:23:09 and he said because every morning you0:23:11 pull over get out of the car you go to0:23:12 the back and open the door for your wife0:23:14 and we don't do this around here0:23:16 you make us look bad and the husband0:23:18 said subhanallah0:23:19 dude you don't understand the lock is0:23:22 broken0:23:24 every morning i have to get me um yeah0:23:26 and we have to go to um0:23:28 i have to get out and and go in the cold0:23:30 and open the door and0:23:32 if you give me 300 yells or maybe 200:23:35 pounds0:23:36 i'm gonna go and fix it no problem0:23:38 you're not0:23:39 no more mr nice guy khala's finished but0:23:41 again the prophet saws was doing it for0:23:43 the right reasons0:23:45 because he was leading by example as a0:23:47 role model0:23:48 for the community and for his ummah for0:23:51 his nation0:23:54 one more thing that we learned from the0:23:55 prophet saws based on authentic0:23:57 hadith and these things there's so much0:24:00 to cover but i just chose certain points0:24:03 to cover about the life of the prophet0:24:04 saws as a human being0:24:06 the prophet saws0:24:11 he never criticized food0:24:15 he never criticized food they say in0:24:17 authentic narrations a hadith0:24:19 if he liked food he would eat it so0:24:22 let's say if you give him a certain food0:24:25 if he was hungry if he liked the food he0:24:28 would eat it he would eat it0:24:30 but if he didn't like it and he would0:24:31 say thank you i wouldn't feel like0:24:34 eating now0:24:35 he wouldn't say like0:24:38 what's wrong with you what is this junk0:24:42 talk no he didn't do that the prophet0:24:45 saws0:24:46 never criticized food and the prophet0:24:49 saws0:24:53 the prophet saws never ever hit0:24:57 a woman or a servant and the prophet0:24:59 saws0:25:00 never ever it is never reported in any0:25:03 narration0:25:04 it is never reported that the prophet0:25:06 saw sallam would ever raise his voice to0:25:08 his wife0:25:09 never happened not once0:25:13 particular hadith that i love about the0:25:15 prophet saws0:25:17 the prophet saws0:25:21 this beautiful hadith really touched me0:25:24 that the prophet saw asylum was0:25:26 never ever seen idol not doing anything0:25:29 he was always seen doing something0:25:32 leading salah reading quran teaching0:25:35 people helping his family defending his0:25:38 community0:25:39 receiving delegations he was never seen0:25:42 kassidan idol cut he was always doing0:25:46 something0:25:46 even in his free time he would remember0:25:49 allah and so on and so forth0:25:51 subhanallah this is something that0:25:53 benefited me on a personal level0:25:55 in my practical life that i'm i try to0:25:58 do something good0:25:59 every day so this is why alhamdulillah0:26:02 in the last few years0:26:04 if you just think about this year alone0:26:06 20200:26:07 i released the clear quran for kids0:26:11 i released shukran as an illustrated0:26:13 story for children to teach them how to0:26:15 appreciate their parents0:26:17 in uh by the end of this month inshallah0:26:19 i'm going to be sending0:26:20 a dictionary of the quran to the0:26:22 printers the clear quran dictionary0:26:25 and this took me thousands of hours and0:26:27 if you want to know more details about0:26:29 the clear quran for tao and everything0:26:31 go to our website the clear quran dot0:26:32 org0:26:33 the clear quran.org now the commercial0:26:35 is over but again this is something0:26:38 that i learned from the prophet sallam i0:26:39 have to do good things all the time0:26:42 and we are taught that if you don't busy0:26:44 yourself with good0:26:46 then your enough yourself with will busy0:26:48 you with evil0:26:49 so you might as well busy yourself with0:26:51 doing good things0:26:53 subhanallah so this is something that i0:26:55 learned from the prophet saw0:26:56 so every day i'm working i'm giving0:26:59 talks0:27:00 i'm teaching i'm working on a book maybe0:27:02 i'm playing with my children i'm cooking0:27:04 for my family0:27:06 because you know my wife she was a0:27:08 doctor in egypt but they made it0:27:10 difficult for her even though she passed0:27:11 all the tests0:27:12 so i told her don't give up be positive0:27:16 think out of the box this is something0:27:17 we learned from the prophet0:27:19 go and learn naturopathic medicine so0:27:22 alhamdulillah she enrolled a couple of0:27:23 years ago0:27:24 now she is practicing under supervision0:27:27 and maybe in a few months0:27:29 by april may inshallah she is going to0:27:31 practice as a full-time0:27:33 as as a professional naturopathic doctor0:27:37 which required me as a good muslim0:27:39 husband to do a lot of kick0:27:41 cooking a lot of driving a lot of0:27:43 babysitting and again0:27:45 this is something i learned from the0:27:46 prophet saws to help my wife and take0:27:48 good care of her0:27:50 so inshallah when she works uh to0:27:53 serve the community as an apache a0:27:55 naturopathic doctor0:27:56 so people can look up to her and say she0:27:59 is a practicing muslim0:28:01 and she is a successful muslim woman and0:28:03 this by itself is a form of dawah0:28:06 and of course she will be helping women0:28:08 in the community0:28:09 and and examining them and so on and so0:28:11 forth0:28:13 and subhanallah when i'm working on0:28:15 these books and0:28:16 working hard day and night translating0:28:18 the quran the quran dictionary0:28:21 this book and that book and and i see0:28:23 people subhanallah on facebook they are0:28:25 sending me invitations to play0:28:27 all candy crush and respond to this in0:28:30 video dude i don't have time0:28:32 zindagi life is short man0:28:35 i need to be working i need to be0:28:37 contributing and giving back to the0:28:39 community and this is something i0:28:40 learned from the prophet's assassin0:28:41 the prophet saw i saw him as a human0:28:43 being was very0:28:45 practical we learned from the hadith in0:28:47 bukhari that when his beloved son0:28:49 ibrahim died0:28:51 belo before the age of two under the age0:28:53 of two0:28:55 of course the it coincided with an0:28:58 eclipse on that day0:28:59 and rumors spread that the heaven0:29:02 is sad for the passing of the son of the0:29:05 prophet0:29:06 and the prophet sallam came out and he0:29:08 gave a khutbah he gave a talk and he0:29:10 said0:29:10 listen everyone the sun and the moon0:29:13 are two natural signs of allah they0:29:16 don't eclipse0:29:17 they do not eclipse for anybody's death0:29:20 or birth so when you see a solar eclipse0:29:23 like this0:29:24 go and make salah go and pray0:29:26 subhanallah0:29:29 we learned that the prophet saw sallam0:29:30 said there are hadith about him the0:29:33 prophet saw sallam we know for a fact0:29:35 that the prophet saw assalam had seven0:29:38 children0:29:39 and he lost six of them in his lifetime0:29:42 can you imagine as a parent you know0:29:44 many of us subhanallah0:29:46 me and my wife we had two miscarriages0:29:48 before0:29:49 and that was a very difficult time for0:29:51 us but now i imagine you are a parent0:29:54 and you have children in your hand0:29:57 and subhanallah some something happened0:30:00 to them they died and you would go and0:30:02 bury them0:30:03 so as a parent this would be devastating0:30:05 for you and the family0:30:06 so the prophet saws had to do this six0:30:10 times in his life six hours of his seven0:30:13 children0:30:13 died in his lifetime and on top of that0:30:15 put his life khadija0:30:16 his wife khadijah put his uncle abu0:30:19 talib0:30:20 put his wife sign up into josiah and the0:30:22 pagans weren't trying to kill him and so0:30:24 on and so forth0:30:25 still we're told in authentic hadith the0:30:28 companions of the prophet saws0:30:33 we never saw anyone who smiled0:30:36 more than the prophet saws so paul this0:30:39 is amazing man0:30:40 we never saw anyone who smiled more than0:30:44 the prophet saws0:30:44 despite of all these challenges and all0:30:46 these difficulties0:30:49 you look at subhanallah you can write0:30:51 volumes0:30:52 on the treatment of the prophet sallam0:30:55 to his companions each one of them you0:30:58 can write volumes0:30:59 on how he treated abu bakr how he0:31:01 treated omar how he treated the uthman0:31:04 how he treated ali how he treated bilal0:31:06 how he0:31:07 treated his wife you can write volumes0:31:10 and subhanallah one of them is jabber0:31:12 this is one of my favorite stories0:31:15 uh of the prophet saws in the books of0:31:17 seerah it shows you0:31:19 the prophet saw i saw him how amazing he0:31:22 was0:31:22 as a friend so he was traveling0:31:26 with jabba ibn abdullah he was going0:31:29 back to medina0:31:30 and that was after the passing of the0:31:32 father of jabber0:31:34 so his father passed away so the prophet0:31:36 saws was chatting with him0:31:38 and he said how is the family and0:31:39 everything and he said ya rasulullah0:31:41 my father you know as you know he passed0:31:43 away he left a lot of debts0:31:45 and he he left 11 10 daughters he0:31:48 left 10 daughters i'm taking care of0:31:51 them0:31:52 so the prophet saws so while they were0:31:55 traveling the prophet saw0:31:56 him would be at the back of the caravan0:31:58 not in the front because he wanted to0:32:00 to make sure that everyone was doing0:32:02 well at the back0:32:03 so basically he came across jabber and0:32:06 jabber his camel was very tired very0:32:08 exhausted0:32:09 and he said yeah rasulallah what is hap0:32:11 the prophet saws0:32:12 and said jabba what is happening and he0:32:13 said my camel is very exhausted0:32:15 it's worn out so the prophet saws0:32:18 blessed the camel and made dua prayed0:32:21 for the camel0:32:22 so in in a few minutes the camel was0:32:25 rushing to the front0:32:27 and people were struggling to catch up0:32:29 with him so the prophet saw sallam0:32:31 smiled and he said ya0:32:32 jabber this hadith is a bukharian muslim0:32:35 it's an authentic narration he said yeah0:32:39 i would love to buy this camel from you0:32:42 so0:32:42 jabber it's a gift to you0:32:45 so the prophet sallam said no i'm going0:32:48 to pay you0:32:48 when we reach madina i'm going to pay0:32:50 you okay so when they arrived in madina0:32:53 jabber came to the mosque to deliver the0:32:55 camel to the prophet saws0:32:57 so the prophet saw sallam told his0:32:59 assistant bilal0:33:00 he told him pay him double so the camera0:33:04 was worth0:33:04 five golden coins so the prophet saws0:33:06 and paid him nine or ten that is0:33:08 twice the value and when jabber was0:33:11 about to leave the mosque the prophet0:33:13 sallam said0:33:14 jabber by the way take the camel0:33:18 it's a gift from me to you allah so it0:33:21 turned out0:33:22 that the prophet saws wanted to help0:33:25 jabber with his financial difficulty0:33:27 without scratching his dignity look at0:33:30 this subhanallah this is amazing0:33:32 and i always cite this story in ramadan0:33:34 when people ask me can i give zakah to0:33:36 my brother or sister0:33:37 my biological brother or sister or my0:33:39 uncle and aunt0:33:40 and i tell them of course yes and you'll0:33:42 get two rewards as the prophet sallam0:33:44 said0:33:45 there are three types of people you0:33:46 cannot give zakat to your parents0:33:49 your wife and your children you have to0:33:51 provide for them regardless0:33:53 but your brother sister uncle aunt you0:33:56 still can give them from zakah0:33:58 and allah will give you two rewards and0:34:00 if people say can i tell them that this0:34:02 is from zakah0:34:03 i tell them you don't have to tell them0:34:05 anything just like the prophet saws0:34:08 supported jabba without scratching his0:34:10 dignity0:34:10 you don't have to tell them this is0:34:12 zakah because people would be hurt0:34:14 if they ask you tell them this is hadiya0:34:16 ikram this is a gift you don't have to0:34:18 tell them0:34:18 this is zakay too0:34:21 we learn0:34:24 from the prophet saws and how to be in0:34:27 the time of pandemics0:34:28 and this is relevant now when we talk0:34:30 about coronavirus0:34:32 the prophet saws everyone knows he was0:34:35 keen on hide keeping0:34:36 hygiene like washing at least five times0:34:39 every day for0:34:40 wudu to prepare himself for the prayers0:34:42 and he said on authentic hadith0:34:46 if you know that there is a pandemic0:34:48 somewhere don't mix with the people0:34:50 don't go to that place0:34:52 and if it breaks out in your locality in0:34:54 your area0:34:55 don't leave that area and go somewhere0:34:57 else and mix with with0:34:58 with other people he heard that there is0:35:02 the the there's someone who was coming0:35:04 to pledge allegiance to him0:35:06 and this person had the contagious0:35:08 illness and he was coming towards the0:35:10 masjid so the prophet saws0:35:12 sent someone to meet that person halfway0:35:15 and to tell him we have already given0:35:18 you0:35:19 a virtual allegiance0:35:23 so return and go back you already0:35:25 achieved your purpose0:35:28 accomplished you don't have to come to0:35:30 the mosque with this contagious illness0:35:32 i have already given you allegiance0:35:34 khalas go back allah will bless you i0:35:36 reward you so subhanallah very practical0:35:40 so in the last five minutes of the life0:35:42 of this talk let me talk a little bit0:35:44 about something amazing0:35:46 because our communities these days0:35:47 subhanallah0:35:49 are plagued with racism racism0:35:52 subhanallah0:35:53 and this is why you find groups like0:35:56 black lives matter and so on and so0:35:57 forth0:35:58 so subhanallah because they are calling0:36:01 for equality we are in the 21st century0:36:05 people should be treated equally because0:36:08 all of us0:36:08 are the creation of allah whether you0:36:11 are a man0:36:12 or a woman0:36:17 we should not be having this discussion0:36:19 we are equal before allah all of us0:36:21 should be respected0:36:23 we should all be treated with dignity0:36:25 and honor because we are all the0:36:26 creation of allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala0:36:29 we're created by allah we come from the0:36:32 same father and the same mother0:36:35 we are from the same father and the same0:36:38 mother so we're0:36:39 all brothers and sisters in humanity0:36:43 subhanallah so 1500 he chose0:36:47 an african man who used to be a slave0:36:49 bilal0:36:50 to go on top of the kaaba and call the0:36:52 event0:36:53 and to invite the believers to pray0:36:56 subhanallah this something will blow you0:36:58 away0:37:00 a man and this is muslim a man came to0:37:03 the prophet saw i saw him to accept0:37:05 islam so he said0:37:06 i acknowledge that you are the prophet0:37:08 of allah i believe the islam is the0:37:10 truth0:37:12 and i accept you as the prophet and the0:37:14 quran is from allah but i have one0:37:16 condition0:37:17 it's an authentic hadith and the prophet0:37:19 saws said what is your condition0:37:21 and he said i'm going to pray only twice0:37:24 a day not0:37:24 five so the problem0:37:29 said no problem then after the man left0:37:32 the prophet saw him said when his eman0:37:35 goes up0:37:36 [Music]0:37:39 he's going0:37:44 pray not only five times a day he's0:37:48 who accepted islam on condition that0:37:52 that he was going to only pray twice a0:37:54 day that he pray he started to pray five0:37:56 times and he was praying option of salah0:37:58 and he was praying0:37:59 at night now subhanallah that was0:38:02 condition that was fulfilled by the0:38:04 prophet saws0:38:05 there was another request another0:38:07 condition0:38:08 that was turned down the pagans0:38:11 of mecca the elite0:38:15 like abu jahl abu lahab0:38:19 they came to abu talib in mecca when the0:38:21 prophet saws was desperate0:38:23 when he was under persecution and he was0:38:26 desperate for0:38:27 new converts and believers so these0:38:30 people came0:38:31 and they said to abu talib we are0:38:33 willing to accept islam but we have one0:38:35 condition0:38:36 okay what is it0:38:45 what is it and abu talib was very0:38:47 excited and he was muhammad salla0:38:49 is willing to kick out people like bilal0:38:51 the slave this black man if if he is0:38:53 willing to kick him out0:38:55 if he's willing to kick out ahmadinear0:38:58 these poor and slaves and0:39:00 these people the lonely people in0:39:02 society if he's willing to kick them out0:39:04 so they shouldn't sit with us we would0:39:06 be willing to accept islam0:39:08 and the prophet saw sallam told his0:39:09 uncle abu talib0:39:11 sorry we don't need them we don't need0:39:14 racists0:39:15 if they want to accept islam0:39:16 alhamdulillah but if they want to be0:39:18 racist0:39:19 if they want me to kick out the0:39:20 believers the0:39:22 africans the blacks the slaves if they0:39:24 want me to kick them out0:39:26 sorry we don't need that don't need0:39:28 racists0:39:29 in our ranks but he he was willing to0:39:33 accept someone0:39:34 who wanted to pray only twice a day0:39:36 somehow this is very deep0:39:37 think about it the prophet saws forgave0:39:40 the people who gave him a hard time0:39:42 and the people who persecuted him as i0:39:44 mentioned at the beginning he issued0:39:46 public amnesty when he took over0:39:47 makkah and subhanallah he forgave0:39:50 individuals who made mistakes because0:39:53 they didn't know any better we know the0:39:55 hadith in0:39:55 muslim when this man urinated in the0:39:58 mosque it was a bedouin0:40:00 he urinated in the mosque and when the0:40:03 sahaba they wanted to jump over this man0:40:05 who0:40:05 who urinated in the mosque and the0:40:07 prophet saws0:40:08 called out and he said let us remove let0:40:11 him finish0:40:12 and after the man finished the prophet0:40:14 saw him told someone to bring a bucket0:40:15 of woven and put it pour it on the0:40:18 urine and and he called the men and he0:40:20 said brother0:40:21 this mosque is for prayer is for namaz0:40:23 for salah0:40:24 it is not for urination and he was very0:40:27 nice to him and the man was so moved he0:40:29 was so0:40:29 touched by the prophet saws in another0:40:32 narration0:40:33 this man he was moved and he said ya0:40:35 allah bless0:40:36 me and give me jannah and muhammad but0:40:39 don't give janna to any one of these0:40:41 people right here0:40:42 so the prophet saws smiled and he said0:40:45 you are trying to limit the mercy of0:40:47 allah all of us are going to jannah0:40:48 inshallah0:40:50 there's also this story of abu mahadura0:40:53 20 seconds0:40:54 uh this story is in muslim in annas0:40:59 this is an amazing hadith subhanallah0:41:02 he has another name awesome was not0:41:06 muslim0:41:07 he was a youth at the age of 15 or 16 he0:41:10 was observing the muslim camp0:41:12 and he made fun of adhan and the prophet0:41:14 saws called out to abu mahdura0:41:16 non-muslim0:41:17 with his muslim friends youth who who0:41:20 are making fun of adam0:41:22 and the prophet saws call them out and0:41:24 he said one of you0:41:26 has an amazing voice and it turned out0:41:28 that abu mahadura0:41:30 be a had this amazing voice and the0:41:33 prophet saw sallam0:41:34 wiped over the head of abu mahara a0:41:37 youth0:41:38 16 years old and he said ya allah0:41:41 guide him to islam and bless him and he0:41:44 wiped over the head of abu mahadura he0:41:46 took off his turban and he wiped over0:41:48 his head0:41:49 and on the spot abu mahadura accepted0:41:52 islam0:41:52 and the prophet saw assalam said is0:41:56 now go you are the official of the haram0:41:59 and he said ya rasoolallah there is one0:42:01 small problem0:42:02 i know how to make fun make fun of the0:42:04 event but i don't know how to make0:42:06 professional event and the prophet0:42:07 sallam told him and then0:42:09 and he taught him ikama the hanafi way0:42:12 when you guys you know our hanover0:42:14 brothers from india pakistan and turkey0:42:16 afghanistan0:42:17 they call the ecommerce everything twice0:42:20 we learn it from0:42:21 muslim from this hadith by abu mahadura0:42:23 and this man abu mahadura he said0:42:26 i loved the prophet saws because i made0:42:29 a mistake0:42:30 i was making fun of evan but the prophet0:42:32 saw assalam is the best teacher0:42:34 he called me and he was very nice to me0:42:37 he made dua for me and this is why i was0:42:40 moved0:42:40 and i accepted islam and subhanallah0:42:44 listen to this he said0:42:47 i loved the prophet saws so much wallahi0:42:51 i will never0:42:52 shave the hair that has been touched and0:42:55 wiped over0:42:56 by the hand of the prophet sallam so0:42:58 they say that his hair grew0:43:00 all the way to his knees and he used to0:43:03 wrap it around his turban0:43:04 out of love for the prophet sasalam0:43:06 again there's so much that we can say0:43:09 about the prophet sallam as a human0:43:10 being0:43:11 as a role model so we you and i0:43:14 can connect with him on a personal level0:43:17 but our time is up i'm going to open the0:43:19 floor0:43:20 inshaallah for questions and answers i'm0:43:21 going to conclude0:43:23 with this line of poetry about the0:43:25 prophet saws so many poems have been0:43:27 written on him the buddha and others0:43:29 but this line of poetry i love it i love0:43:31 it so much0:43:32 so this line of poetry sums up the life0:43:35 of the prophet0:43:36 as a role model as a human being0:43:40 it says0:43:41 [Music]0:43:47 it says if you count the prophet sallam0:43:51 as a human being like you and i this is0:43:54 just like counting0:43:56 precious stones a precious stone0:43:59 as another stone so when you say that0:44:03 this precious stone0:44:04 this ruby or this gold is just a stone0:44:08 this is just like saying that the0:44:10 prophet saw is a human being like you0:44:12 and i0:44:12 so the prophet saw assalam was like a0:44:15 precious0:44:15 stone to the rest of the stones he is0:44:17 the best of us0:44:19 he is the finest human being that has0:44:21 ever walked the face of this earth0:44:23 and this is why we look up to him and we0:44:26 revere him and we respect him0:44:27 so we ask allah subhanahu wa ta'ala just0:44:29 like we believed in the prophet saw0:44:31 sallam without seeing him in this life0:44:34 that he will gather us together in his0:44:36 mercy and rahman akhra0:44:37 and i'm going to leave you with this0:44:39 basharat 20 seconds that the prophet0:44:41 saws saw him in an authentic hadith0:44:43 in a sitting with the sahaba and he said0:44:48 that i miss my brothers and sisters and0:44:51 the sahabah said ya rasulullah the0:44:53 companion said0:44:54 we are your brothers aren't we your0:44:55 brothers and he said no you're my0:44:57 companions0:44:58 my brothers and sisters are people who0:45:00 will come after me0:45:02 and they will believe in me without0:45:04 seeing me0:45:05 so the sahaba the companion said ya0:45:07 rasulallah how would you recognize them0:45:09 on judgement day0:45:10 he said in nahumi0:45:16 they will come on judgement day with0:45:19 light0:45:20 noor on their faces from the trace of0:45:22 the wudu when they make will do0:45:24 ablutions0:45:25 and they wash themselves before prayers0:45:27 when they come on judgment day their0:45:29 faces will be0:45:30 shining they will be bright and i'll be0:45:32 able to recognize them because of the0:45:34 noor0:45:35 on their faces so this is an amazing0:45:37 bashara or good news for you and i0:45:39 so i ask allah subhanahu with allah to0:45:41 give us his shafa0:45:42 and together is together with him and0:45:44 janet and for those0:45:47 and jazakallah for listening so now i'm0:45:49 going to0:45:50 open the floor for questions and answers0:45:58 inshallah0:46:02 any questions0:46:19 any questions0:46:30 so i hope inshallah if there are0:46:31 questions that i'm going to receive them0:46:33 insha allah0:46:49 and you shared some beautiful examples0:46:51 and brothers0:46:53 is going to i think wrap things up for0:46:54 us he's joined us oh he's not joining us0:46:56 i thought he's going to join us but0:46:57 um some the questions come through i0:47:01 have a question for you and i'm sure0:47:02 many people will probably ask this once0:47:04 they watch the recording0:47:05 uh on the internet later on on youtube0:47:08 and that is0:47:09 you know may allah bless you jazakallah0:47:11 for sharing you know these beautiful0:47:12 gems from the life of the prophet0:47:13 sallam that we can you know uh you know0:47:16 aspects of his life that we can aspire0:47:18 you know towards uh copying and0:47:21 embodying0:47:22 but how could we learn what what would0:47:24 you recommend as far as where can people0:47:26 learn more about the prophet sallallahu0:47:28 what sources would you recommend to them0:47:30 you know books0:47:31 lectures what would you recommend please0:47:33 give us a reading list or some resources0:47:35 in china0:47:37 it's an amazing question so the two0:47:40 major sources0:47:41 are the quran because the quran talks0:47:43 about the life of the prophet0:47:45 and details of his life and of course in0:47:48 the seerah the biographies of the0:47:50 prophet sallam that were written about0:47:52 him by ibn's and many others so0:47:55 literally there are thousands of0:47:57 biographies0:47:58 that have been written on the life of0:48:00 the prophet sallam in great details0:48:03 of course collections of hadith serve0:48:06 also0:48:06 as resources on the life of the prophet0:48:09 sallam bukhari and0:48:11 muslim tirmidhi nasa abidawood0:48:14 ibn khiban tabari and many others so0:48:17 basically0:48:18 you cannot love someone without knowing0:48:21 about them0:48:22 in arabi as a matter of fact we say that0:48:25 insane0:48:27 the human being is the enemy of the0:48:29 unknown0:48:30 so how can you love the prophet sallam0:48:33 and how can you0:48:34 follow his example and embody his sunnah0:48:37 without knowing about him so basically0:48:40 we need to learn about the prophet0:48:42 from these reliable resources so you can0:48:45 love him and0:48:46 to follow his example uh i'm going to0:48:49 conclude inshallah the answer with0:48:51 with this point that some people would0:48:53 say there's so much to learn about islam0:48:55 there is islamic history there is0:48:57 philosophy there is calligraphy0:49:00 there is so much to learn about islam0:49:02 the ulama say0:49:04 there is one knowledge that you as a0:49:08 muslim regardless of0:49:09 your level of education whether you0:49:11 don't know how to read or write0:49:13 or whether you have a phd from oxford0:49:16 there is0:49:16 a far an obligatory knowledge that you0:49:18 should have0:49:19 and this knowledge is related to the0:49:22 three questions we get in the grave0:49:24 who is your lord who is your prophet0:49:26 what's your faith0:49:27 every single one of us will receive0:49:29 these three questions0:49:31 so the knowledge the far knowledge the0:49:33 obligatory knowledge that you and i0:49:34 should have in this world0:49:36 is related to these three questions and0:49:39 namely0:49:41 who is your lord so you need to learn0:49:42 about your lord allah subhanahu with0:49:44 allah his beautiful names and attributes0:49:46 and how to worship and serve him0:49:48 number two who is your prophet you need0:49:50 to learn about the prophet saw sallam0:49:52 his manners his acts of worship0:49:55 his luck and so on and so forth his life0:50:00 and and how he led by example and0:50:02 manners and so on and so forth0:50:03 number three what's your faith and this0:50:06 is basically summed up0:50:07 in the knowledge of halal and what is0:50:10 permissible and what is for0:50:11 forbidden in islam so basically it's0:50:14 part of your faith0:50:15 to learn about allah subhanahu wa to0:50:17 learn about the prophet0:50:18 and following his example in his manners0:50:21 and i hope this answers0:50:25 one inshallah thing i wanted to ask you0:50:27 um before we wrap up inshallah0:50:29 is say there are some non-muslims that0:50:31 have been following this series and0:50:32 watched the past couple of videos0:50:33 including0:50:34 your stream now and say they want to now0:50:37 you know find out a bit more about the0:50:39 prophet sallam that you've given us some0:50:41 amazing resources for muslims to go and0:50:43 and study0:50:44 but anything very basic that you0:50:45 recommend for non-muslims just0:50:47 starting out you know to get a grip on0:50:50 who the prophet was and to learn about0:50:51 his life0:50:53 so for non-muslims as i said0:50:57 there is a lot of misinformation in the0:51:00 in in the news and so on and so forth so0:51:03 we need to find0:51:04 uh reliable resources to to learn about0:51:07 this great man well0:51:09 you deserve to learn about this man and0:51:11 connect0:51:12 with him on a personal level so for0:51:14 example as i mentioned we have0:51:16 biographies written on him0:51:18 of course the famous one the sealed0:51:20 nectar0:51:21 there are other biographies written on0:51:23 him by0:51:25 muslims and non-muslims so from the0:51:27 non-muslim0:51:28 side for example there is one by karen0:51:31 armastrong0:51:32 she has written an amazing seerah on the0:51:33 life of the prophet saws and0:51:36 so if you like movies for example i0:51:39 recommend0:51:40 the message by anthony quinn because0:51:41 some people are visual they like to0:51:43 see things and so basically there are0:51:46 many resources out there0:51:48 we have the booklet on onereason.org0:51:51 on the life of the prophet saw assalam0:51:54 uh so basically there are many0:51:55 uh resources out there but make sure0:51:57 that they are reliable0:51:59 and believe me if you study the life of0:52:01 the prophet saws0:52:02 you can learn so much from him on a0:52:05 personal level0:52:06 as a human being in good times in0:52:09 difficult times0:52:10 as a husband as a father as a teacher as0:52:13 a human being0:52:14 and we learn from the prophet saws you0:52:16 cannot0:52:17 be a good muslim until you become a good0:52:20 human being0:52:22 subhanallah this is very deep and very0:52:24 profound0:52:25 so the prophet saws in an authentic0:52:28 narration0:52:29 in namab i have been sent0:52:33 to perfect good manners so good manners0:52:36 exist0:52:37 many non-muslims they have they have0:52:39 good manners0:52:40 but the prophet saws and islam came to0:52:43 perfect0:52:44 these good manners so it doesn't matter0:52:47 of what your job is what your social0:52:50 status is0:52:51 what your educational level is all of us0:52:53 can learn from the prophet saw0:52:55 this man who lived in the desert 15000:52:58 years ago with no academic training0:53:01 all people in the world including0:53:03 muslims and non-muslims0:53:05 who have phds who have the highest0:53:07 degrees in every level0:53:09 scientists business people all of them0:53:12 they have something to learn from this0:53:13 great personality0:53:15 so i highly encourage and recommend you0:53:17 to find0:53:18 reliable sources like the sealed nectar0:53:21 like0:53:22 other resources on the life of the0:53:23 prophet saw salem and of course0:53:25 there is the seerah by sheikh if you'd0:53:27 like to watch or listen to0:53:29 his audio it's probably like 1200:53:32 episodes0:53:33 that cover his life in great details so0:53:36 there there are some0:53:38 you know reliable uh sources out there0:53:40 that you can that you can't find and the0:53:42 seerah by0:53:42 shaykh sarkari is in the english0:53:44 language so those of you who are english0:53:46 speaking0:53:47 they will be able to appreciate these0:53:49 resources inshallah0:53:53 i think let me just quickly go through0:53:55 just to see if there's anything else0:53:56 here0:53:57 okay0:54:01 for your time uh okay um0:54:06 just mentioned something quickly man and0:54:13 there is a that is actually a brilliant0:54:15 document a document or documentary a0:54:17 biography of the process so definitely0:54:20 check that out too0:54:21 so brother said please make sure to0:54:24 share this live stream now once we go0:54:25 offline0:54:26 and get this out to as many people as0:54:27 possible especially non-muslims0:54:29 uh so we can educate people about the0:54:31 prophet sallam so they can actually get0:54:33 to know0:54:33 you know who this man was the greatest0:54:35 man to ever walk the face of this earth0:54:37 and0:54:38 uh once again bless you0:54:41 now inshallah