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Asalaamu alaikum guys and welcome to another episode of Smile to Jannah.
As we know, the extremist hindus are running amok in India
and here, is one of the clips that I would like to react today.
It was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life.
Who is Muhammad-peace be upon him?
Well let me educate you, let me inform you, let me elucidate and enlighten you.
You know what, I'm going to start off not with my words,
I'm going to give you the words of Alphonse de La Martine, from the 1800s.
He was a prolific French writer and a statesman- might I add.
And seen as what's going on in France at the moment, I think it's only fitting.
He said: "If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results,
were the three measures of human genius. Then who can dare to compare any man
of modern history, to Muhammad (peace be upon him).
He was a philosopher, an orator, an apostle, a legislator,
a warrior, a conqueror of ideas and restorer of rational dogma.
Now I present three, independent, seventh century, non-Muslim writers,
who verify the existence and presence of Muhammad- peace be upon him
in Arabia. I start off number one, with the Nestorian chronicle.
Number two: The Doctrina Jacobi Nuper Baptizati.
And number three: Bishop Sebeos of the House of Bagratunis.
Might I add, having writings that can be dated back to the time of the individual
is not something that we can do of Moses, of Jesus and the likes of Socrates.
But we can for Muhammad peace be upon him.
And Imam Suyuti in his Al-Khasa'is al-Kubra:
enumerates 1200 miracles of this individual, that you're asking 'who is he?'
In fact there are forty to sixty thousand
distinct sayings of the prophet that have been compiled in at least 50 different collections,
detailing intricate information like the amount of grey hairs he had on his beard,
it was 14 in case you're curious,
to his mannerisms; like the direction in which he combed his hair.
In fact there's an entire field that has been dedicated to
verifying and preserving his sayings, which are called Hadith.
That cannot be said for any other individual.
In fact there are approximately
20,000 men and women who are narrators in these 'chains of transmission' (as we call them),
and their reliability is scrutinized from: where they lived, where they travelled, who they met,
who their teachers were, if they lied and had a good memory or not.
In fact masters of hadith like Al-Daraqutni
said 'if all 20,000 of these narrators stood in front of me, I could tell you their name,
their father's name, their tribe and if they were reliable or not."
His name at this moment in time, is the number one choice for baby boys that are born.
And you've got non-Muslims like Michael H.Hart
who call him the number one most influential people of history.
And if that's not stuff you're willing to accept,
let me give you a quote from somebody you're familiar with, yes:
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi- or like some people call him, Gandhi.
And he says in his book Jail Experiences- volume 9:
"it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life.
It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the prophet,
the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and
followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness his absolute trust in God and in his own mission.
You ask me who Muhammad is, I have answered your question.
And I ask you find me another individual like him in human history,
and I put my life on it that you will not be able to.
And I end by saying 'peace and blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad,
yes, the final messenger of God, to mankind.
I invite you to read the Qur'an and the life of the prophet peace be upon him.
Until next time Asalaamu Alaikum.