foreign
so I want to welcome you all back to the
first after we had a two-week break for
arid obviously and the last person that
we spoke about is usually only spoken
about in the story of the man that we're
covering tonight
we had a chance to talk about to fade
in great detail uh two weeks ago and to
really treat his story for the blessing
that it is on its own and that gives us
the opportunity to go into the story of
understanding that background so if you
haven't watched it then please do
inshallah to go back and review your
notes because it really is enriching to
the story of
himself so the man that we're talking
about today is extremely difficult to
cover in one hour I cut a lot of notes
out tried my best to keep this to one
biography because we could honestly
spend five or six lectures with him
alone but inshallah maybe in the future
when this is written out some of those
extra details can be put in between and
we can actually understand the person
and his legacy in his history with the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and
the companions a bit more to gain a
greater appreciation for him
and his title when you go to the Great
Book of Sir
his title is a long title and the pages
of people that narrated from him are
longer than most chapters as a whole for
other people meaning if you took the
biography of someone else in the book of
sir and you just compared it to the
pages of Allah about who his students
were in the introduction of who he is
those pages are longer than most
biographies in the entire collection of
biographies
it's a beautiful title the Imam the
jurist The
Scholar the half of
the leader of all of those who were firm
in their memorization not just of the
Quran but of multiple other things as
well so this is the man who of course
narrated the most Hadith from the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
narrated more narrations from the
prophet saws than any other human being
in history and there is this great
discrepancy between the narrator and the
person what I mean by that is that
who narrates after
this great body of a Hadith from the
prophet saws we know about
as a person you know her biography our
mother may Allah be pleased with her but
when it comes
the average Muslim knows very little
about his life
yet when you read any book it is
that you hear from the prophet
sallallahu and so that's why I really
want to focus on the person
in this lecture in particular as for the
defense that's a genre in and of itself
why because anyone who wants to attack
the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam will go for the easiest
Target and he is the easiest Target if
you discredit then you can discredit the
entire Hadith tradition then you can
open up the Quran to whatever you want
to with your interpretation and then you
can turn Islam into something entirely
unrecognizable and so I say this without
any hesitation and I'm not the type as
you all know to refute this person and
refute that person or start naming
people but I don't say this lightly
because the companions of the Prophet
saws if you want to know someone who has
deviated from Islam that poses as a
scholar or a thinker look at whether or
not they attack it's the easiest filter
to say this is a person who is going to
take me away from the prophet saws
because it is a gateway to attacking the
prophet's license himself and then
questioning the entire process of
recording history in Islam
all of the companions of the Prophet
saws agreed upon the Integrity of this
man they narrated from him all of the
authors of the six books of Hadith
agreed upon the Integrity of this man
and recorded as a Hadith and considered
them the strongest chains and then
someone shows up in the 21st century and
says actually he's this this this and
that and it's not a problem with the
prophet saws but that means there's
really no such thing as the Integrity of
Hadith Sciences and that means how do
you know how to pray five times a day
how do you know how to do a bullet
properly how do you know how to fast and
the rules of fasting and so it's
important to familiarize yourself I
think with that side of things the
defense I know there is a wonderful
article that was written by Brother
Abdullah on Muslim matters just a few
months ago in defense of these are just
small English resources
has done incredible research in
defending the Integrity of
so if you want to see that genre it's
easily found inshallah but he is a
filter right if someone's attacking him
that means that the next step is
questioning everything that you know
about Islam from the basic foundations
that the average Muslim understands
about Islam is going to be uprooted in
some way so let's talk about the person
okay now just a slight recap from a
Tulsa
he was from the tribe of what
what's the name of the tribe
a dose a dose and this tribe was famous
for all the wrong reasons drinking
gambling partying everything wrong they
were famous for and who is famous for
all of the right reasons right but if
you remember subhanallah there's just a
few Reflections I wanted to share when
tulsane was coming to Mecca abula have
went out to him to try to make sure he
would not hear what the prophet saws had
to say
and look at how Allah would make history
it was the young man he would bring the
prophet's light he would bring to the
prophet saws that would cause more
people to hear what the prophet saws has
to say than any other human being in
history so look at how Allah foils their
plans they go to fail to say don't even
look at the prophet saws don't listen to
him he's a sorcerer he's a magician he's
going to possess you and mess you up
and it was the young man that he brought
with him that narrated more on behalf of
the Prophet saws than any other human
being in history it's also in that
slight interaction when to fail gave up
on his people and he's told the prophet
saws against them there is no good in
them I tried with them I tried calling
them to Islam No Good and dose and the
prophet saws instead said
what to be him
bring them to me
and no one brings us to the prophet saws
the young man who otherwise would have
been destroyed by the of the Prophet
saws against the tribe of dose and
subhanallah look at what we benefit from
today and if you remember when the
prophet saws
this young orphan boy who converted to
Islam along with the chief of the tribe
before the others did and the prophet
saws said where are you from he said
from dos the prophet saws
I thought there was no good in anyone in
dose but here you are this young orphan
boy coming to the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam to serve him and to
learn from him with everything that he
has so let's talk about him
now he said he is an orphan there's a
narration that his father was a man by
the name of um
which was the name of one of their Idols
of dose of course
narrates the name of his mother
his mother is going to be an important
figure in the story maimuna another
maimuna and can anyone remind me what
the word maimuna meant
please it'll make me feel better about
my teaching here
blessing mubaraka right so
comes with
in the story and we're going to learn
about her as well she has her own
special story with the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam so as for him
his name according to a narration from
him before Islam was
the slave of the son
narrates a bunch of possibilities about
what his name was he could have had
multiple names in jahili in the days of
ignorance or this was the the strongest
opinion that his name was the slave of
the Son and the prophet saws of course
changes that name to abdulrahman
but he's famously known as
now he had according to Ibrahim he had a
bad nickname in jahili as well so he
didn't just have a bad name but he had a
bad nickname as well
and the prophet saws changed both the
name and the nickname the name and the
nickname because as Allah says
do not mean people with nicknamese I
don't want to go into a tangent here but
it is a beautiful reflection that you
see some of the element mentioned the
Arabs had this habit with bad nicknames
all right
where they call you by something that
you didn't like but it was something
that they remember you by
okay so if a person has a physical trait
that they're not even happy about
everyone calls them by that physical
trait from there on and you like it or
you don't like it that's your nickname
from now on and the prophet saws did not
just change people's names to good names
he hated bad nicknames too sallallahu he
said give people names that they like
call people in ways that they like to be
called look at the Excellence of
character from The Prophet saws give
people nicknames they like and call them
by the names that they like to be called
by most
so what is the story of Abu hurairah's
nickname
he says about himself
I was a Shepherd for my people so this
is the first Insight you get into him
he's an orphan and he's a shepherd right
and the prophet saws mentioned that
there are special traits about these
Shepherds these unknown Shepherds that
tend to the sheep in nature they tend to
be introspective people simple people
kind of look down upon but these people
subhanallah I mean think about how much
they're interacting with the creation
and just looking out to the sky and to
themselves and he accepted Islam very
easily right so
orphan boy he says
I used to just tend to the Sheep of my
family
and I have a kitten I had is literally a
kitten
so he said I used to keep it in my
sleeve
so this little kitten he used to walk
around with in his sleep he loved this
cat and he kept it with him in his sleep
and I used to play with this kitten
while I was tending to the Sheep so he
loved cats and he had a particular
little kitten that he would walk around
with so he said that the prophet saws
in one narration the prophet saws or his
people started to call him right so it's
a nice nickname that he loves and uh you
know obviously that cat was going to
grow up right and so there's a there's a
Twist in the story with the prophet saws
as well but he keeps the nickname right
the father of the kitten
so if you don't like cats are you a bad
person
you're saying yes
I mean if it was like hell I'd say I
agree with you because who doesn't love
cats right but no it's obviously
something particular to this companion
but there is something good about
treating cats well inshallah and there
is uh you can use that story if you have
a cat in your house tell them to treat
the cat well and maybe inshallah you can
memorize some ahadis too and hopefully
be like uh
uh a true story we used to call my
mother
because she used to play with cats a lot
so maybe there's something about good
people and cats but I won't go too far
into that tangent and if you have
allergies there's nothing wrong with you
but this is definitely a companion who's
famous for his cat as well now the
prophet saws gave people nicknames that
also showed a sense of importance to
them so if the prophet saws called you
by nickname it became your favorite name
because it showed a level of affection
so it's interesting with
right when the prophet saws was calming
things down when he had an argument with
uh he went to sleep in the Masjid and
the prophet saws went and dusted him off
and he said stand up O Father of dirt
Ali loves that name because the prophet
saws was doing it in laughter right it's
a form of affection like I'm not mad at
you don't take this as a as a point of
anger I'm not insulting you but then
people later on in Islamic history who
don't understand anything try to use it
to insult him and it was his favorite
nickname because the prophet saws said
it to him in affection Right remember
story does anyone remember what he
called them
anyone remember it was only a few weeks
ago
sleepyhead
right and they for loved that nickname
because the prophet saws said it to him
from a place of affection is a name that
is beloved because the prophet saws and
there's a mutual relationship here where
Abu hurairah will frequently narrate
from the prophet saws name Asam calling
him by his kunya to reflect that he had
a special relationship with the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam so this is
his physical appearance was actually
also uh very pleasant he had a bronze
skin a a reddish beard and they said he
had a very unique appearance he was very
handsome
very humorous and very pleasant and this
is something that you'll love about his
story and again something about the guy
that takes care of cats right he was
very funny who used to play with
children used to make people laugh and
had a very pleasant demeanor about him
so when does he get to come and be with
the prophet saws now remember to fail
did not bring his people to Medina until
later on
okay they were part of nazran so he
brings them later on
now when he brought them to the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam
mentions the morning he got to Medina
so this is where you already start to
see the Brilliance of the man's memory
he says
he said that I came to Medina the day
the prophet saws and I prayed Fajr and I
prayed behind
and he said
he said that he read in the first
so he even remembered the first two
surahs he prayed in Medina with the
companion the day that the prophet saws
so this will give him four years with
the prophet salallahu
four years where he's going to really
attach himself to the messenger
he says that when I came to Medina he
said I had one servant with me and he he
fled from somewhere along the way and he
said so it was just me and my mother
and my mother is a blind woman old woman
and I was taking care of her and she
would go with me wherever I went so his
mom really doesn't know why they're
moving
all right his mother's name was what
maimuna so his mother does not know why
they're moving
initially sets up
is where the the station is now when you
go foreign
he sets up his mother over there
and he attaches himself to The
Messengers
and here you find one of the most
beautiful aspects and elements of the
life of
which is the story with his mother
when he comes to Medina with his mother
his mom is asking these questions why
are we here what are we doing here and
he loved his mother tremendously
so when he tells his mother that he
embraced Islam
um and that they have moved to Medina
and he's going to serve the prophet saws
she cursed the prophet saws she cursed
Islam she cursed
she was extremely upset
and she started to say all of these
horrible things
now listen to what
says and I'll take the narration in his
own words
I came to the prophet saws
so he's giving you his emotion
and I was walking to the prophet saw I
said I'm crying and I said Islam
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it's very specific he says I was calling
my mother to Islam o messenger of Allah
and she was refusing to embrace Islam
and today when I tried to give her dawah
she caused me to hear about you what I
hate to hear
so basically he's telling the prophet
saws she's insulting you
keep in mind here historical context
this is Medina late in the theater of
the Prophet saws the prophet saws has
full control
right does the prophet saws say go back
home and do this to her does the prophet
saws say bring her to me and then
humiliate her and make an example out of
her what is the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam going to do about the
situation
she's saying this stuff about you and
it's bothering me and subhanallah he's
worried about what he's worried about
first and foremost her situation in the
my mother is an old woman I don't know
what's going to happen to her if she's
cursing the prophet sallallahu
so the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam raised his hands
and he said
oh Allah guide the mother of Allah guide
the mother of Abu hurairah Allah guide
the mother of
so I went back home and I had the Glad
Tidings of the of the Prophet saws he'd
already seen the miracle of the Prophet
saws
so he knows that there's something
special about the Dua of the Prophet
saws and subhanallah it pains him we
talk about the struggle of the converts
the struggle of the companions it pains
him
to know that he has dedicated his life
to the prophet saws and his mother might
die cursing the prophet sallallahu
you think about the fitna of the
Companions and the fitna of those people
who call people to Allah subhanallah one
of my my brothers in in Dao you know who
gives dawah as well and he told me about
how I talk about my own mother and he
said you know you can live your whole
life as a tribute to your mother you can
dedicate your doubt to her what about me
what about me this is a serious Fitness
for people may Allah guide the mothers
of all of those and all those people
those that convert to Islam and give
them the coolness of their eyes in that
guidance so it's it's painful to him
that he he can't he can't see his mother
die this way
so he says I went back home
and the door was shut
and I saw the water running I heard the
water running and and the water was
coming from under the door as well
so as I was about to open the door it
was closed and my mother shouted out and
said mechanic
stay in your place stay in your place
and then he said that she
finished taking a shower she got dressed
she wrapped her head and she opened the
door and the first thing she said
first thing she said to him subhanallah
before anything else was the shahada
imagine how happy he was
I'm crying but out of Joy the first time
I came to the prophet saws I'm crying
out of sadness now I came to the prophet
saws crying out of joy to give him the
good news
o messenger of Allah Glad Tidings Allah
Allah guided the mother of
the Prophet saws
and he he extolled him and the prophet
saws said that's good news
doesn't stop he knows the power of the
Dua of the Prophet saws I said o
messenger of Allah
and you have
um
very specific
to Allah ask Allah to make and his
mother beloved to the Believers
and to make the Believers beloved to
them
so make the Believers all the Menin love
and the mother of
and his mother love the Believers so the
prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam he
raised his hands
and he asked Allah
make Abu hurairah and his mother beloved
to all of the Believers and make the
Believers beloved to them
yes
he said so no believer was born except
that he saw me and he loved me he saw me
or heard me and loved me so I saw the
prophet saws you're going to see the
subhanallah even in the time of the
fitna where sides start to break out is
loved by all sides of the Allah except
for the because they're a different
story right those that are killing
everyone in the extremists they're a
different story but
the Believers
the Believers on both sides
no believer that I ever encountered
or a believer that heard of me heard of
me except that they love me so there's a
question here just like when we talk
about the prophet saws saying about
debates about the people of his
household oh Allah love those who love
them it's a part of Iman to love or when
the prophet saws oh Allah love those who
love the ansar or that that to love the
answer is a part of Faith than loving
is a part of Iman and so we ask Allah to
make us amongst those that love and his
mother and that are beloved to the one
who may them beloved to us
so this changes the situation for him
drastically
this orphan boy
now has his mother maimuna who's an old
blind woman and they're both Believers
the beauty doesn't stop there of this
relationship
every single day had this habit with his
mother so his mother was in one room
basically two separate doors to the
singular structure but it was
technically two houses or you know like
a duplex of sorts whatever you want to
call it right but the point is that he
has to go to her door from the outside
so every single day what would do
every time he would leave his house
he would go and he would stand at his
mother's door and he said
um
oh my dear Mother and the mercy of Allah
and His blessings and she would say
give back Salam and he would say
may Allah have mercy on you as he raised
me when I was young
and she would respond and she would say
and may Allah have mercy on you o my
dear son as you have shown me nothing
but righteousness in my old age
and when he would come back home he'd go
do the same thing
so he wouldn't leave his house or come
back home except that he'd stand in
front of his door and greet his mother
and make durat for her and she would
greet him and make Dua for him as well
deeply loved his mother
and subhanallah it's no coincidence that
he is the narrator of the famous Hadith
that the women love the man sometimes
feel a little slighted by it which is um
your mother then your mother then your
mother then your father
we have to accept it brothers and you
know it's it's an authentic Hadith but
it's no it's no coincidence that this is
narrated from
and subhanallah in one of the narrations
in fact the narrator says and this is
actually recorded in Muslims
um
it's narrated that Abu hurairah did not
even do
until his mother passed away because he
wanted to keep her company
and he did not get married until she
died had a special relationship with his
mother may Allah be pleased with him and
be pleased with her and this is your
first introduction to this orphan boy
that comes to Medina that is now caught
between what he's going to do in
shadowing the prophet saws while also
serving his mother being her only child
and not having anyone else in the uh in
the house so this is the first
introduction to this young man
now that's one life of which is the
service to his mother the other side of
his life in this Regard in these four
years with the prophet saws is of course
the one that he's more famous for which
is being the leader of
now Angela sofa is a term that's used to
refer to those people who are
technically homeless
they would come to Medina and they were
mohajidin they were people that were
migrants from outside and they would
sleep in the Masjid
and the sahaba the ansar would
particularly when they got their their
first batch of of crops they go to the
people of sufa the Prophet saws when he
would stand up in the Masjid he would
say every one of you take someone from
home and Allah will make it so that one
you know the food that amounts for one
person will amount for two and two for
three and so on so forth so the prophet
saws would encourage the sahaba
frequently go take someone from and care
for them in your homes usually it's a
temporary State you're not permanently
from but these are young people or or
people that are single men that are
dedicated to the prophet saws whose
situation is still not settled in Medina
and it in and of itself is a beautiful
state that the prophet saws puts them in
the Masjid
in the Masjid and this kind of shows you
the discrepancy between how the prophet
saws and how we think of a Masjid
right that this is
and he wanted to make sure that the
poorest of the community were visible
that they were not invisible to the rest
of the community and he would make Dua
for those that would care for them and
the prophet saws would always take them
and he would care for them and if
someone invited the prophet saws
with him
is in this situation as well
okay for some time he is part of the
people of asufa and I actually want to
show you all an image because you can
actually see where are today
if it comes up there it is so right
between a right after you enter from
and this is typically where the women's
section is now you'll see this elevated
structure
literally refers to an elevated
structure so they were on an elevated
structure in the measures of the Prophet
saws and that structure is still marked
by this here so this is where
and that group of people what state
the hunger the poverty
and some of the scholars the writers
mentioned that look you know it's
already hard enough as a Shepherd that's
barely living off of a few coins amongst
your own people now you have to come
situate yourself amongst the people
and those types of jobs are already
taken right those are the first that's
the first set of jobs that are taken and
so
does not have a way to earn for himself
yet
and he is dedicated to the prophet saws
to learn from the prophet saws
and this is something unique only to the
life of the Prophet saws why because
it's condemnable for a person to inflict
poverty on themselves after the prophet
saws so that they can you know be in the
Masjid for example right that's a
condemnable state you'll find narrations
from in that regard to voluntarily
inflict poverty on yourself but how many
years do you have with the prophet saws
right while he's on this Earth
and wants to dedicate himself to the
prophet saws
so he's new to the community
and he doesn't have tribesmen and he
would suffer from extreme hunger so he
says and there are a few narrations
people used to say that narrates too
much
he has too many a Hadith
and he explains
he said that I used to accompany the
prophet saws with every single moment of
my life even to the point that I
wouldn't have enough to put food in my
stomach
now the prophet saws would go days
without food but he's different
doesn't want to miss a moment with the
prophet saws so he would say I'd be with
him and basically at the expense of my
stomach
so he said that I wouldn't you know I'd
go days without having a loaf of bread
or having any you know date or anything
like that and he didn't want to ask he's
too dignified to ask anyone for food he
doesn't want to tell anyone that he's
hungry so he's hoping that someone will
notice
he said so I used to tie stones to my
stomach
out of hunger and this was something
that we see even from the prophet saws
tying a stone to your stomach as a means
of dealing with your hunger he says
he said so I would say salaam to someone
and I would have an eye of the Quran
that I already know but I'd ask him
about an Ayah from the book of Allah
hoping that they would notice me and
they would feed me and he says
was the most generous of people
would take us and he would feed us the
people suffer with whatever was in his
house
he says until it would come to a point
that we would just have the container
that the butter was left on and I would
lick whatever I could get off of it
because that was the most that we could
have and jaffaraldi would give
everything in his house
until you know the only thing that you
could get from him that shows you the
extreme situation of poverty that they
lived in the only thing that you get you
could get from him was licking the can
or the surface where butter had once
touched so this is the Hadith
and he mentions in another narration you
know this is later on in his life when
he wasn't in such poverty he says that I
remember those days that I would pass
out
right outside of the house
meaning he stayed with the prophet saws
until the prophet saws got to the house
and he said that I passed out and he'd
point to the pillar I remember passing
out a few times out of hunger and I just
sit there and hold my stomach and he
said that a person would come
he'd sit next to me and he would think
that I'm a crazy person so I'd say to
him
look I'm not sick it's just I'm not a
crazy person or anything like that it's
jewer it's hunger that's causing me to
be in the situation I'm just hungry
right so he's describing this situation
that he had all the Allah so the most
famous
Hadith in this regard
and it's a beautiful Hadith
and I'm going to just say it in English
because it's very long he said that I
swear by Allah that I used to lay on the
ground and I used to press my stomach to
the ground out of hunger at times and I
used to bind a stone over my stomach and
he said that one day I sat
at the place that the prophet saws would
pass by and the prophet saws
and his companions would come out from
this area so he said
passed by
from the book of Allah and he said I
already knew the answer so I asked him a
question about tafsir what does this
Ayah mean what does this Ayah mean and I
was hoping that would take notice and
he'd invite me to eat he said so I told
him you know can you explain this verse
to me in Abu Bakr who explained the Ayah
and then he walked away then he said um
just asked him about a verse from the
book of Allah hoping he'd notice
and moved on as well he said so finally
the prophet saws comes out
and he said he knew
what was on my face and what was in my
heart subhanallah the prophet saws
recognized hunger because he was the
hungriest of the people he used to go
days without food so he said the prophet
saws looked at me
and before I said anything to him he
said
O Father of the grown cat
all right father of the grown cat
so the prophet saws was joking with him
and obviously horira had become a big
cat by now I mean it's been years right
Prophet saws was joking with him and
this was a means of lightening the mood
so he said yeah
Here I Come O messenger of Allah what is
it so the prophet saws said follow me
so I followed him
got it and this is all going to go well
so the prophet saws he enters into his
home
and he asked for permission from me and
I answer with him as well
and the prophet saws
a pitcher of milk
so he says where is this milk from and
they say that someone gifted it to you
ya rasulullah so this is one of his
wives
so the prophet saws looks at me he's got
this milk in his hands this is going
great so far the prophet saws
and he says Prophet saws said go call
all of Allah
says
I went out to the Masjid and he gives
this context he said when the prophet
saws used to get any gift subhanallah
the first thing the prophet saws would
do is he'd call for Adam so he said this
was the habit of the Prophet saws let me
find something in his house but he was
hoping something to be a little bit
different right now like clearly I'm
extremely hungry right now I need this
myself and this is only going to delay
it and he said that when the prophet
saws said that I got upset so he's
actually saying like on the inside I was
like come on like I'm hungry clearly and
he said I felt like I was more entitled
to that milk than anyone else but the
prophet Slice on them gave me a command
so I wanted to respond to the command of
the Prophet saws
and I wondered what would remain from
the milk if it was given to the sofa but
at the same time I obey Allah and I obey
the messenger so I went to sofa I called
on them they all came
and the prophet saws
sit over here the prophet saws said take
it and give it to them
so he's taking it and he's serving the
milk
to all of them
so he said that I would give it to
someone and I was hoping the prophet
saws would say to me now your turn but
the prophet saws now that person now
that person now called the next batch in
so he said I'm thinking to myself well
there's not gonna be anything left for
me
right so one by one the prophet saws
says admit the next batch admit the next
batch and they're all drinking from the
same picture of milk
and then after all of it was done and
was wondering how is there still milk in
this thing
the prophet saws
Prophet saws it's just you and me
he literally says that to him look it's
just you and me now right
so
Allah you've told the truth o messenger
of Allah so the prophet saws said go
ahead and drink
nowhere didn't want to drink before the
prophet saws now it's awkward right like
it's just me and the prophet saws and
clearly the prophet saws needs to drink
from it as well
and so you first he said no you drink
you drink until I drink
and he said that I drink in subhanallah
I found it to be still full of milk
and I drank and I drank and the prophet
saws drink more so he said I drink and I
drank and the prophet saws and I drank
more he said until I got so full of the
milk that I couldn't drink anymore so I
told the prophet salallahu alaihi
wasallam I don't have any more space for
it
so the prophet saws in that case hand it
over to me and the prophet saws took
from it and he praised Allah he praised
Allah and he said Bismillah and the
prophet saw some drink from the milk
himself
drinking from this milk the amount of
lessons from this it's in
bukhari and many other chapters you
could literally spend an entire just
with the lessons of the adab of the
mannerisms by which you treat the poor
from this Hadith but I think the point
suffices that this is the life of Abu
hurairah with the prophet saws there's
another it's not the one that that's
famously quoted he said
he said I I saw Omar sometime after that
and I told him what happened I was like
you know I saw you outside the Masjid
and I was hoping you'd notice I was
hungry but she didn't notice so the
prophet saws came and he said that Allah
willed that someone who had more right
than you would take notice of me and
would uh would know better than you in
that situation and um was so upset with
himself because
he said that I swear
that if I would have noticed and given
you something to eat that day it would
have been better to me than a valley of
red camels which was the most prized
blessing that they had at the time from
this world so it's like I wish I noticed
and I wish I could have had the edger
the reward of feeding you that day but
only the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam knew it in that day
now I want to go through some of the
stories from the time the prophet saws
that are extremely unique one of them
who says that the prophet saws once in
charge me or charged me with uh
well says
just to be very precise in Ramadan okay
so so
as we know it so the prophet saws
responsibilities and discharging to the
poor and in and of in and of that self
uh you know some of my teachers they
mentioned that that is from the hikmah
of the Prophet saws in and of itself
that the prophet saws took a poor person
and put him in charge of delivering to
the poor as well because he will know
that he'll know the situation of the
people so Abu hurairah is in charge of
he can recognize things he can properly
take that you know that responsibility
and do what he has to do
who said that when I went to
obviously they're not delivering cash
right they're delivering grain they're
delivering you know raw stuff he said I
saw a robber a thief that was taking
from it so he said so I caught him and I
said well I'm going to take you to the
prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam and
the man said to him and this is in the
darkness of the night he said look I'm a
poor man and I have a large family and I
have great need so let me go just let me
off this time I'll put it back and I
won't come back
so the man put the stuff back in
the morning I went to the prophet saws
what did your prisoner do last night
he said how did you know I had a
prisoner
right
so he was surprised that the prophet
saws knew what happens
so he said yeah the men complained about
being needy and having a large family so
I felt sorry for him and I let him go
so the prophet saws said he lied to you
and he's going to do it again
I knew he was going to come back because
the prophet saws said that so I stayed
up at night and I watched and waited for
the man to come back he said the man
came back and he once again started to
steal so I caught him again and I said
this time I'm definitely taking you to
the prophet saws you fooled me once but
I won't let it happen again and the man
started to beg me and he said look I
won't come back and he started to cry
and he said I've got a large family let
me go and so he said I felt sorry for
him again I let him go so the prophet
saws saw me in the morning what did your
prisoner do
he complained and he looked like he was
in a lot of pain he was in great need I
mean who has more empathy than the
prophet saws right
so this is what I was thinking this is
just the situation of empathy so he said
I let him go ya rasulullah
Prophet saws said he's lying to you and
he's going to come back again
a third night I waited I watched and the
man once again came to steal
so he said
you know I caught him and I said I'm
taking you to the prophet saws and this
time I don't want to hear anything about
your family I don't want to hear
anything about how poor you are I'm
taking you to rasulullah the man said to
him forgive me I won't come back he said
I'll teach you some words that Allah
will benefit you by and that will
protect you
so I said what are they
so he said when you go to sleep recite
Allah
until the end of the verse
and if you do so if you recite Allah
will appoint a guard for you that will
stay with you and no shaitaan will come
to you until the morning
was kind of spooked by this incident
like this is a strange incident that
happens
so he said I let him go again
and the prophet saws said to him
in the morning what did your prisoner do
so I said Allah I caught him
and then he said to me look I'll never
come back if you recite these words
so the prophet saws said what were the
words
so I recited Ayatul Kursi and the
prophet saws said the famous words
he told the truth but he's still a liar
do you know who that was
he said no who was it
a shape on
okay a shaytan
it's an authentic Hadith it's one of the
great lessons that you can learn
something from anybody at some point
the scholars mentioned subhanallah even
the shaitaan could tell the truth
sometimes when I say a broken clock is
right twice a day
even the shaytan was capable at that
moment of telling the truth but he is a
liar and this is one of those unique
incidents that happened with
now the question becomes and I kind of
have to go through this a little bit
quickly because of time
how does he know so much from the
prophet saws how
gaining now
the prophet saws and I want you to
actually think of yourself if you walked
into Medina 20 years after the death of
the Prophet saws and he walked into
Masjid nabawi the largest of the Prophet
saws
by consensus there were more people in
his than anyone else this is in the time
of the Companions and the tabirin as
we'll see he lived long after the
prophet saws the largest of the Prophet
saws so what was that process like and
the first people to question the
Integrity of Abu hurairah were the
people of fitna that killed is the
beginnings of the khawaj the extremists
of Islam
why because sided with the companions
against them obviously so they wanted to
throw insults and make claims about him
and they were the first people to
question his Integrity how does he
memorize so many Hadith how does he get
so much from the prophet saws in four
years where there were companions that
stayed with the prophet saws for much
longer and they didn't narrate as much
as him so first and foremost the way he
shadowed the prophet saws
which shadowed the prophet saws when
none of us would and he said and he
would ask him everything
and no one else would ask the prophet
saws
so he would ask the prophet saws some
questions and he shadowed him all the
way and in one narration
he said to the prophet saws
o messenger of Allah who will be the
happiest person with your intercession
may Allah grant us the intercession of
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
and he responded the prophet saws
no one was going to ask me about this
before you or or other than you in this
regardless
because of what I've seen of you of your
enthusiasm
to learn from the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam and the prophet saws
the prophet saws said the happiest
person on the day of judgment is the
person who said sincerely from their
heart that person is going to be so
happy with my intercession on that day
may Allah grant us the intercession of
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
and the prophet saws in one narration
which has some slight weakness to him
but he said
of knowledge an authentic narration
and at that point I had reached 30 years
so I was about 30 years old
and I stayed with him until he passed
away
I would go with him even to the homes of
his wife
and I would serve him
and I would and I would fight alongside
him and I go out with him
and I go pray with the prophet saws
and so I was the most knowledgeable of
people in regards to this Hadith for
that reason because of his shadowing the
prophet Saws and that's why you find
that those who narrate from him in this
regard he said even um
foreign
because we would come to the prophet
saws at the beginning of the day and at
the end of the day but never left his
side
he was he was a shadow to the prophet
was
he describes that moment when Abu
hurairah first entered into the Masjid
and he started to attend the halachat of
the Prophet saws and stay close to him
and he he's telling the Tiberian he says
listen to Abu hurairah he said because
once three of us were in the Masjid of
the Prophet saws waiting for the prophet
saws
I mean this is such a beautiful scene
three companions young Companions and we
were making Durant we were remembering
Allah together and they're waiting next
to the door of the Prophet saws
so they were ready to stop making Dura
and the prophet saws they were in the
zone so the prophet saws said
go ahead and continue keep making Dua
so now you're making Dura and the
prophet saws
right so they all started to make Dua
and first Zaid went and then his friend
went and waited till the end and look at
the the intelligence
I said oh Allah and grant grant me
everything that my companions asked for
and
knowledge that would not be forgotten
and the prophet saws
so he said I took their eyes as well and
I took the dirat for knowledge that
would never be forgotten and so then
they said we said to rasulullah make the
same for us the prophet saws
that the young Dosey man beat you to it
you know some do your eyes have a window
so this was a window
and this is where you find that Beyond
just staying close to the prophet saws a
miracle that happened with Allah
I hear so much from you and sometimes I
forget
so he's complaining to the prophet saws
about sometimes forgetting things so the
prophet saws give me your cloak
and the prophet saws spread it out and
the prophet saws and it was as if he was
pouring something in it and then the
prophet saws told them to put it back on
and he held it close to his chest and
listen to it
I never forgot anything after that not
even not even a letter from what the
prophet saws said
so this is from the Miracles of the
Prophet saws
would remember everything he heard from
the prophet saws with precision and he
would narrate it and he wouldn't make a
mistake one of the one of the the first
tests of Hadith because this was a thing
like how does he know so much from the
prophet saws
was about four decades later wanted to
test he was the governor of Medina
you know he had people sit behind behind
a curtain and write down everything he
said he said narrate everything that you
know from the prophet saws narrated
everything for the entire day from day
to night he just kept on saying I heard
the prophet saws say I heard the prophet
saws say I heard the prophet saws say I
heard the prophet saws say and he had
them write it down and then he brought
him back a year later
and he said married everything that you
heard he said Allah he narrated
everything without anything even being
out of order
so as a miracle and that's why Imam
says
in one narration he said until the day
of judgment that he is the person who
has the greatest memory from the um
in his time I said even until the day of
judgment and so what was this like he
would pray Fajr
foreign
I mean that's so beautiful every day
then listen to in the message of the
Prophet saws tell you everything you
heard from the prophet saws
and so people would gather around to
hear from the prophet saws
some of the narrations have stories to
them as well
and you can hear them you can hear the
affection so for example he said
that my beloved one gave me three
advices he told me to never leave them
he said
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it's a fast three days of the month
and for me to pray with her before I
sleep so these three things he said the
prophet saws gave them to me as personal
advice so this is Allah for the ummah of
Muhammad as well it's a fast three days
of the month and to pray to and to pray
with it before you sleep listen to this
Hadith I love this Hadith so much
subhanallah that the prophet saws was
some of the companions
and the prophet saws
who will take these words of advice from
me and act in accordance with them or
teach those who will act in accordance
with them you understand the concept
who's going to take these these words
from me and act upon them or teach
people who will act upon them may Allah
make us amongst them Allah
immediately said I'll do it on messenger
of Allah
so the prophet saws
an so the prophet saws taught him five
things and he with each thing he said to
him he took one finger and he put it
down
look at this teacher
so he said he took my hand and he gave
me five advices
he said
leave off the Haram leave off the
prohibited things you'll be the greatest
of worshipers you think worship is
praying so much no no leave off what
Allah has prohibited
be pleased with what Allah has given to
you and you'll be the richest of people
that's two so he's teaching him this way
remember these five things I'm telling
you Allah and act upon them and teach
people that will act upon them
be good to your neighbor and you'll be a
True Believer
you want to be a believer how do you
treat your neighbor
this is a very important lesson for us
today so he put the third one down and
then he said Muslim
this is an authentic Hadith by the way
love for people what you love for
yourself you'll be a true Muslim
love for people what you love for
yourself you'll be a true Muslim to
and don't be excessive with your
laughter because too much laughter kills
the heart
it's good to be humorous it's good to be
funny it's good to show Joy but when you
laugh as if there's no concern in the
world and you're never able to be
serious you kill your heart
so the prophet saws told them this with
five things put his five fingers down
memorize these things and teach people
that will act in accordance with them
may Allah make us amongst those that act
upon it one of the stories as well
the famous Hadith where the Prophet saws
was with the companions one day and he
took them to jump down a mountain in
Mecca that's all by itself and the
prophet saws
that the loners have gone ahead
the loners have gone ahead the loners
have gone ahead so they went with the
prophet saws and they asked the prophet
saws who are these people
and he said
those who remember Allah frequently from
the men and from the women so this
Hadith is narrated by Abu hurairah and
what's narrated from him after that is
that he would do test be 12 000 times a
day so his word
was to say subhanallah or do some form
of
twelve thousand times a day now this was
my delhija series but I found an
interesting little tidbit as well why
the number 12 000. so some of the
scholars say that the DIA
you know if you accidentally killed
someone you know the compensation or if
you accidentally hurt someone the blood
money at the time was about twelve
thousand
was considering this like a ransom of
himself from the fire
and he said
in accordance with how many sins I need
to expirate for the day subhanallah this
is a companion of the Prophet saws and
look at the fifth look at the
understanding that he has in his mind
and in his heart
he didn't just memorize a Hadith from
the prophet saws he also was a half of
the Quran which not all of the
companions were and he was one of the
musties of the Companions and so his fik
was also a great School of fifth that
people would go to him for
and what was his household like uh
so he got married when his mom passed
away
and I don't have too much time so I'm
just going to ask you to go watch a
previous episode he married a Woman by
the name of
was the sister of a famous companion so
you can go back and watch the episode we
have on Earth
I know a great companion one of the
first Muslims and a great conqueror from
the companions of the Prophet saws
many ways it mirrors somewhat the story
of the Prophet saws
he said I used to tend to her sheep I
was her Shepherd she was a wealthy woman
and I was a shepherd and then when my
mom passed away and I was ready to get
married the proposal came for me to
marry her
So I Married her and would be heard
saying after Salah sometimes he'd leave
the salon he'd say alhamdulillah Allah
blessed me who took Abu hurairah and
blessed him with a spouse like my spouse
and then changed my situation from this
to that basically he went from being in
poverty to automatically being in a good
situation because his wife was a wealthy
woman
so this was his wife now the story
continues and it's a beautiful one what
was that household like so they had one
daughter
they had one daughter
who was a tabiri he says that I followed
that I went to stay in his home for
seven days
and he said that he was the most noble
of hosts that I'd ever seen the most
noble of hosts from the companions of
the Prophet saws
and he said that he had a system in his
house
where he his wife and one narration his
daughter and one narration is servant
but they would divide tiam they divide
the Knight by three
and basically every one of them would
pray one third of the night and then
wake up the other and then and go to
sleep
so he said it was the most interesting
subhanallah thing system he'd seen of
priyam in a house so pray one third of
the night and then he'll wake up his
wife she'll pray the second third and
then she'll wake up her daughter or
she'll wake up the servant they'll pray
the last third of the night and they'll
switch it up for some nights but imagine
a household where someone is praying
Cleon the entire night
how beloved is that household to Allah
so he said they did this for all seven
nights may Allah be pleased with them
all and he said he used to or this is
another narration from May Moon
he says
would wake up
every day the first thing he would say
is
subhanallah the night is gone
the day has come and the people of
firaoun have been exposed to the fire
well
I don't know
the same thing it's very interesting and
he said so no one hears about the fire
except that they seek refuge in Allah
from the punishment so he said so I seek
refuge in Allah from the punishment and
of course this is referring to the
barzak the current state of the people
of their own that they are exposed to
the fire day and night now of his
virtues
who praised him he said that he's better
than me
he's more knowledgeable about that which
he says from the prophet saws
was close to him is the one who led the
jannahs of the wives of the Prophet saws
after they passed away and this was a
sign of his status
may Allah be pleased with them also this
was a sign of his status so the Allah
that he was the chosen Iman for the
jannahs of the wives of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam and we
mentioned his uh his great memory he was
someone who was a great mujahid used to
fight in battle he fought in the Battle
of yamama he fought in the Battle of
yarmukh he was someone who was appointed
as a governor and I'll just share two
more stories in shelter then we'll go
ahead and close out
was tough on his governors
for integrity purposes right and Omar
had a particular love for because he
knew he knew so much from the prophet
saws so when Umar would start the Salah
he would send abu Herrera to go check on
the straightness of the lines
all right
and Omar appointed him as a governor of
Bahrain now what was Omar's favorite
or not favorite what was he famous for
when it came to the governors he'd pop
up in your city and then he asked the
people about you and he'd see what's in
your house see how much money you had
and then try to measure every
discrepancy this was the Justice you
never wanted to get caught
you know messing up by him right so once
um
surprised
right he asked the people the people
said great things that he's dealt with
us with Safety and Security and goodness
and justice
everything was traced but had a little
extra money
famous statement where'd you get that
from
explained he said listen I was homeless
for years
I used to barely eat anything so he said
it's just the Frugal lifestyle that I
have that I end up saving money
so he said this a little bit of extra
money is because I really don't do much
with that money when I get it right so I
don't eat the way that normal people eat
I don't have the same clothes that
normal people have so um
but you may have gotten this money
because the people you know saw you in a
particular way you know basically was
was grilling him on the discrepancy so
he told them you should donate at least
half of it for the sake of Allah donated
all of it to Bates and not and then he
made
because he didn't want the trouble
rotating Governors why because he didn't
want someone to stay as governor for too
long in a place and then the power the
grip of power would be too much so you
take people from different places and
put them in different places right So
eventually his term ended
as a governor again and said no way I
don't want to be your Governor again why
he said I I don't want that position he
said someone who is better than you took
that position Yusuf Ali his salaam he
said Yusuf was a prophet and the son of
a prophet I don't want to be your
Governor so um
why are you leaving this affair just to
me why are you putting this just on my
back he said listen he said being your
governor and tells the these three
things he said
and yes he said I'm afraid that they're
going to dishonor me
or they'll take my money and he said or
I'll get flogged so he said people talk
about you when you're in power so I'm
either going to get Dishonored or my
money is going to get taken somehow or
I'm going to end up if someone puts out
an accusation and holds I'm going to end
up being flawed and he said
and I'm afraid to speak without
knowledge or to judge without gentleness
so leave me alone I want to leave me out
of this
let him go and he did not serve as
governor under ummah again he served as
a governor of Medina or in charge of
Medina later on and we find that in the
time of the Allah he was one of those
who defended
he also was known and this is importance
subhanallah for his humor with the
people
was a funny man and he was a humble man
and those two things went hand in hand
humor and humility with him all the
Allah because he would joke with
everyone including the kids so he used
to play with the children of Medina and
he basically would play hide and seek
with them
all right so he touched them hi and when
they would catch him they when they
would touch him he would act like he was
dead
all right and then how do you wake him
up you read Quran on him
and then he wakes up and says
then he falls back down if he gets
caught and they have to read Quran on
him to wake him up and then he says so
he was teaching the kids to read Quran
to wake him up even in the game that he
was playing with the children and he
said that he was the Amir of Medina
because he always wanted to work with
his own hands and not take any privilege
he would carry the wood on his back
and sometimes just to mess with people
he'd carry longer pieces of wood and
then he'd walk through the marketplace
and said
make way for the for the governor and
people would laugh and they'd go all the
way all the way to the size and kind of
poke you to the side uh right and left
so he had a very pleasant demeanor with
the people this was from his Christian
from his good character and from his
humility
as I mentioned he's one of those who
defended
was being killed he's one of those who
withdrew from the fitna after the
assassination of his man of the alarm so
he defended
and he defended his own credibility with
Hadith
but when uthman was killed and things
became confusing and you had sahaba on
both sides was one of those who said I
want nothing to do with this
and subhanallah as we said from the Dua
of the Prophet saws everyone loved him
but he didn't take science
he withdrew himself from the fitna all
together and this is one of and this is
so pertinent to our times one of the uh
the recorded context of the story where
he came to the marketplace
and he started to say to the people
everyone to the Masjid the inheritance
of the Prophet saws being distributed
the inheritance of the Prophet saws
being distributed everyone to the Masjid
so people left the marketplace and they
went to the Masjid and they found these
Circles of these Circles of Quran these
Circles of Hadith
and they told are you messing with us
and he said no he said that's the
inheritance of the prophets and
subhanallah the scholars mentioned that
when fitna grows the circles of
knowledge shrink and that's exactly what
was happening the circles of knowledge
started to shrink less people were
taking interest in Dean more people were
taking interest in drama
was trying to remind them and calibrate
them come back to the masters of the
Prophet saws and sit and learn where he
would sit there and he would recite the
Hadith of the Prophet saws all the way
from Fajr until the he would pass away
about 60 years after the prophet saws
and subhanallah as I said it was kind of
like these youth from the people of the
Poke at him they'd say you narrate so
much from the prophet saws trying to
implicate him and saying that he lies on
behalf of the Prophet saws
and he said
that if I told you all that I knew you
would throw me into a ditch and kill me
if I told you all I heard from the
prophet saws and what he meant by that
are the Hadith about the characteristics
of the people of fitna
right which he would narrate
when he would pass away
when he was sick
when the people were still visiting him
and they were asking him multiple
questions and they were asking him
questions about the Fittin about the
trials and tribulations
would answer
and then after some time he looks up
and he smiles and he says
oh Allah I would love to meet you so
love to meet me
oh Allah I would love to meet you so
love to meet me
and he said
he said look don't make a ceremony when
I pass away don't put stuff on My Grave
don't follow me with fire don't like
these torches and don't don't make a
whole scene
when I pass away
he said if I'm a righteous person when
you're carrying me to my grave then be
quick because if you're being quick with
me you are hastening my meeting with my
Lord
he said I heard the prophet saws say
that when the righteous person passes
away and they're being carried on the
shoulders that they say hurry up with me
hurry up with me they're excited to meet
Allah I want a wicked person is has
passed away then he says woe to you woe
to you where are you taking me to and he
passed away
like I said close to 60 years after
after the death of the Prophet Saws and
so many people praised them subhanallah
but he was the one that used to preserve
the Hadith of the Prophet saws for this
ummah until today
all of the ahadith that you hear from he
gets a share of the reward one last
tidbit
as I said the students are too many
they're companions it's literally about
40 pages
longer than most people's biographies
how many people narrated from him one of
the greatest if not the greatest of them
was said
remember that daughter of he married her
and he he was a great student of and he
by marrying her he got an extra level of
access
of the strongest chains of Hadith and
one that is present in subhanallah
almost all of what you or much of what
you will read is
great Scholars of the tabrine and others
so subhanallah it's a family affair even
that this Taber he marries this
righteous daughter of may Allah be
pleased with them all and then narrates
to us about the prophets of Allah may
Allah be pleased with him may Allah be
pleased with all of the great companions
may Allah be pleased with the family of
the Prophet saws raise us with them and
forgive us for our shortcomings as I
told you all this is a longer topic but
I did my best insha Allah will continue
next week
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