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So you've been seeing,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam from afar.
You've seen him in Jummah,
you've prayed behind him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
You've seen him in the battles.
You've seen him in the difficult times.
You've seen him in the celebrations,
feasts and their Eid.
And you've been in some small gatherings with him
but now you want to invite
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam to your house.
So what should you know,
if you're going to walk up
to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and say, "Ya Rasulullah, will you come to my house?"
(Inspirational music)
First and foremost,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that,
"I will accept the invitation of anyone,
even if all they have to serve me is the arm
or the foot of a sheep."
So you don't have to worry
about not having enough to serve
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
or that being a factor.
If you're going to invite
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
no matter what you're serving him
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he will come.
Another thing,
is that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
would not only accept the invitations
of a certain class of people.
Anas radiallahu ta'ala anhu,
he says that Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
used to visit the sick, he used to attend the Janazah,
he used to attend the funerals,
he used to ride on donkey, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he used to accept the invitations of everyone
even those who were enslaved.
So Subhnallah imagine, someone who is a slave in a society
and he invites the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
will accept the invitation.
So Anas radiallahu anhu was saying,
"This was the nature
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam."
And the way the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was,
and so just like when it came to visiting the sick,
he did not care if this was a powerful person or not
and he attended all of the Janazah,
all of the funerals
and he rode, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
even on the most humble of animals,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
accepted an invitation,
no matter how humble the invitation was.
So, you come home and you say,
"Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is coming to dinner."
What do we serve this man, 'alayhi salatu wa salam?
We know that he does not eat extravagantly
but we want to give him something that he likes,
'alayhi salatu wa salam.
So for one, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
liked cold sweet drinks, 'alayhi salatu wa salam.
So he loved al laban,
he loved yogurt drinks, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he loved cold water that he would sweetened with honey,
'alayhi salatu wa salam.
So as that hot desert climate.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam's preferences
in that regard reflect that, 'alayhi salatu wa salam.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was very simple in that, he liked to have a bread of sorts,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he liked to rub it with something.
He liked to put something on that bread
and whatever it was
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
could dip that bread in,
he was pleased with it, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
So if you had honey,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam loved honey.
If you had date paste, that was one of the favorite foods
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, al hays
If you had only oil,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam loved that.
And Subhanallah even vinegar, you know,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"What a good paste vinegar is."
If all you had was vinegar and he took some bread,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam to rub
and to put vinegar on it,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would eat it,
'alayhi salatu wa salam.
When it came to the lamb,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
loved the shoulder of the lamb
and that's why you have the famous Hadith
of 'Aisha radiallahu ta'ala anha
where she donated everything from the lamb
except for the shoulder.
She said, "Ya Rasulullah, I saved this for you."
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Rather you gave away the shoulder,
in that you did not take the Ajar,
the reward of the shoulder and Sadaqah and charity."
Because the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
love to give what he loved most, 'alayhi salatu wa salam.
Now, when you serve
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam food,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would never criticize food nor would he overpraise it.
Right? And that's from his Adab, his Akhlaq,
from his mannerisms, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And some of the Ulama,
they say that one of the wisdoms of that,
is that if the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would overpraise some food
then if you did not get the overpraise for food,
then you would think that something was wrong with it.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was always grateful.
He never dismissed food.
He never criticized foods, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
There's not one single narration of him criticizing food.
And at the same time,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
with simply thank you for the food
so that he doesn't set a standard, 'alayhi salatu wa salam.
Where you expect lots of praise for the food.
But if the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
liked your food then it was obvious, right?
And there's a particular Persian neighbor
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam had.
And he used to make a really good broth, really good soup.
And he used to give it
to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam sometimes,
and Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam loved it.
So, because he knew,
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
like this very particular broth,
he goes to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he says,
"Ya Rasulullah, come to my house and eat some of my soup."
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he has 'Aisha radiallahu anha.
He says, "Wahadi? Can she come to?"
He said, "No."
So Subhanallah, the next day,
he comes to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
and he invites the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
again for soup.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Can my wife come?"
He says, "No."
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that
"I'm okay. I don't want to come."
So the third time,
he invites the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
over to his house.
And after he invites
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says,
"Wahadi? Can I bring my wife?"
And he says, "Okay."
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says,
"Okay, we're coming."
And remember, we know Rahimahullah,
he comments on this.
He said that,
"The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
disliked attending a special meal
without 'Aisha radiallahu ta'ala anha."
So if you're inviting
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
you invite his wife as well.
And this was again, a very unique way
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
showing the consideration that he had for his family,
'alayhi salatu wa salam
and the society that really was not used to that.
You also could expect,
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would bring along with him Ahl al-Suffa,
the poor people that lived in the Masjid
or the orphans or the hungry.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would always bring his posse
and his posse SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was the forgotten.
And there's this beautiful narration as well,
because you know,
if you had him in your house SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
wouldn't you want him to make Du'a for you?
Right? I mean, at the end of the day, you've served him
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, he's eaten your food.
He said, "Jazakumullahu khaira."
You've established probably a new level
of your relationship with him
because you've had him in your house
and he's eaten with you SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
but you'd want his Du'a, right?
And you'd want him to pray in your house.
Like how special is it to say
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
prayed in my house.
And that's something so beautiful
about him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam that,
he knew that.
And so the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would pray in people's homes
so that they could feel that connection,
they would take that place as a musallah of course,
and they love that place.
Anas radiallahu ta'ala anhu says,
salatu ana wa yatin wan fi baytina khalfa nabi
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam wa um sulaym khalfana
Anas radiallahu anhu describes this.
He says,
"I remember one time,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was a guest
in our home and I prayed
behind the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
next to me was an orphan
and behind us was Umm Sulaym radiallahu ta'ala anha."
Of course, was the mother of Anas radiallahu ta'ala anhu.
And he even says,
"One time, my grandmother, Mulayka."
was the name of his grandmother radiallahu ta'ala anhu.
"One time, she invited
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam over
and she wanted the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
eat from her food."
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam obliged.
And after the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam came,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Let's pray together."
"So I brought out this hasee of this one rug that we had
and it was old and beat up and we prayed two Rak'ats on it,
and then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam left."
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would not just come to your house as a guest
and develop a connection with you
but he would make sure that he blessed your house
that you always felt that connection
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
whether he was physically present in your home or not.
(nostalgic music