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- Imagine being the man that Jibreel Alayhi Salaam
takes the form of when he comes to your people.
Imagine being married to the man
that Jibreel Alayhi Salaam takes the form of
when he comes to a people.
Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
is a very interesting companion
to the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
because he's practically only known for this.
Now, no one ever made the accusation that
Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu was
just playing the role of Jibreel Alayhi Salaam
Not even enemies of the prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
because when Jibreel Alayhi Salaam would come,
he would take a form that resembled
Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu deeply
but if you looked closely,
it wasn't exactly him.
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Imam Al-Zarkashi, Rahimahullah Ta'ala,
he explains this, he says that,
Jibreel Alayhi Salaam when he came,
he would take the most beautiful form,
and so when he came to the Arabs,
he took the form in human form
of the most beautiful amongst
the men of the Arabs.
And when Jibreel Alayhi Salaam
went to Mariam Alayhi Salaam
in the form of a human being first,
he went in the form of a very handsome man
from Bani Israel.
And any time he went to a prophet
or went to a people in the form of a human being,
he took the form of who was noted to be
the most handsome amongst them.
So this happens to be amongst the Arabs,
this man by the name of Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
And there are several encounters where, you know,
you looked at the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
talking to Jibreel Alayhi Salaam
and if you were blessed to be able to see
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
speaking with Jibreel Alayhi Salaam
When he came to the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
in human form,
you would have thought it was Dihyah,
and Umm Salama radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,
she actually narrates that one time,
you know, in her living room.
Suddenly she sees the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is sitting with
who she thinks is Dihyah radiAllahu Anhu
So, she looks and then she immediately
sort of walks away and
distances herself from the sitting
of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and who she thinks is Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
and then the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
goes to her and says, 'mann hatha?'
Who do you think this is?
And she said Dihyah.
So the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he doesn't say anything,
and Umm Salama radiAllahu Anha says,
By Allah I thought it was Dihyah
until the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
stood up on the minbar and he said 'atani Jibreel'
Jibreel Alayhi Salaam came to me,
and he said this this this and that.
Aishah radiAllahu Anha has a similar story.
She says that one time,
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
heard a man's voice outside
and he got up quickly
and he went outside to meet that man.
So she said,
I followed him out to see who he was talking to.
and I saw a man from the distance
and he was leaning against a very fine horse
and as far as I could see,
it looked like Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
wearing his turban
and the ends of the turban were behind his back.
So the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
came back to the home
and I said 'ya Rasulillah',
I saw you get up quickly with a sense of urgency
to respond to that voice
and go speak to that man,
but when I looked in the distance,
it looked like Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
so the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
O Aishah, did you see him?
So, she said yes I saw him
and the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
that was Jibreel Alayhi Salaam.
Now, Aishah radiAllahu Anha mentioned
that when she saw him,
he was wearing clothes that he'd never worn before.
So, he was wearing a white turban,
he had a white "burrd", a white scarf,
so white garment, he had white sandals,
and she said I've never seen
Dihyah radiAllahu Anhu dressed in that way.
So who is this man Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu?
And what's his story beyond Jibreel Alayhi Salaam
looking like him when he came down in human form?
First and foremost, they say about Dihyah,
'kanu yudrabu bihil mathal'
that people used to write poetry,
and he would be the example,
the standard of beauty amongst the Arabs.
So when they would talk about someone
and measure someone's handsomeness,
they would measure them against
Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
and Ibn Abbas radiAllahu Anhumma,
he says that Dihyah was from Madinah,
so Yathrib, prior to Madinah, obviously.
And when he used to return home,
or when Dihyah radiAllahu Anhu was out,
there wasn't a single woman
except that they would go out to see
what Dihyah was doing
and they would stare at him
as he was walking through the streets.
So it was hard to lower your gaze
from a person of that level of beauty,
that level of handsomeness.
So who is he?
Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
was from Madinah as we said,
and he would become Muslim some time after Badr,
and he would witness every battle with
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam after Badr
and the role that
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
chose for him is significant
and it shows you the wisdom of
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
chose Dihyah radiAllahu Anhu
to be ambassador to emperors around the world.
So the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
sends him to world leaders,
with handwritten letters
calling them to Islam
and so the very famous story of Caesar,
Heraclius in Rome receiving the message of
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
who was the one who went out to Al Sham,
to greater Syria,
and hand delivered the message of the
prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam to Heraclius
and this was the wisdom of the
prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
because when Dihyah showed up to a place,
it attracted attention
and Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
used that attention, once again,
to call people to Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
as he did,
as the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam commanded him.
However, he also was a warrior
and we find Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
was someone that fought in numerous battles
and fought in the famous Battle of Yarmouk
So he wasn't just someone that
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam kept there
just to go send here or there,
he was actually someone that was
taking part in a heavyweight
and some of the most notable battles in Islamic history.
Now, I said imagine being the woman
that's married to that man,
and this is probably my favorite part
of the story of Dihyah, by the way,
is who his wife was.
Now, before I say who his wife was,
a lot of times people I think fail to grasp
the significance of Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl
of all people becoming Muslim
and becoming a great warrior
and eventually becoming a Shaheed,
eventually becoming a martyr
and the way the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
treated Ikrima radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
and said you know,
don't abuse him in regards to his father
don't mention his father in a bad way
even though his father was the Firaun of this Umma,
don't hurt him with Abu Jahl
in his presence at least, right?
We know who Abu Jahl is,
but the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
took his feelings into consideration.
But even Ikrima became Muslim much, much, much later.
Now, who is the wife of Dihyah?
It's actually the daughter of Abu Lahab,
and she is from the first to embrace Islam.
Her name is Durrah bint Abi Lahab radiAllahu ta'ala Anh
I mean, imagine her reciting the Quran,
and she recites 'Tabbat yada abi lahabin wattaba'
She recites the punishments of
her father and her mother,
the only person who has a whole surrah
revealed about their punishment and fire.
She is the one reciting that,
she became Muslim early on
with the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and of course she's the first cousin
of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and she was married already to a man
by the name of Al-Harith ibn Nawfal
who not only was a disbeliever,
but who died fighting against the Muslims in Badr, okay?
So Durrah bint Abu Lahab radiAllahu ta'ala Anha
I mean you have to be a righteous woman
to overcome all of those psychological hurdles,
right, and spiritual hurdles.
She overcame those hurdles.
Her husband remained a disbeliever.
He fought against the Muslims in Badr.
She had children from him
and she made Hijrah
with the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
So, she actually was part of the extended family,
of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
that was protected,
but was in a very tricky situation.
Now, when Al-Harith died fighting against the Muslims,
that kind of seals all hope for her, right?
She has kids and she's the daughter of Abu Lahab
and yes, in Madinah, she had a hard time.
There is an incident that's documented
where some people mocked her for her father
and the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
became very upset.
Look what Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la gave to her ,
after the battle of Badr,
when her husband passed away fighting against the Muslims,
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la made it
so that Dihyah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
who would marry Durrah Bint Abi Lahab.
The great wisdom of this, by the way, as well,
you know, remember Umm Jamil,
the wife of Abu Lahab,
said to the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
that I think your devil has forsaken you,
which is prior to Surat Ad-Duhaa.
Instead, subhanAllah,
we find that her daughter became
one of the people of Iman
and was married to a man who was so handsome,
and of course righteous that
Jibreel Alayhi Salaam would take his form.
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