The prophet (pbuh), on the Day of Arafah,
He said something amazing. Do you know what he says?
He said everything that was of the period of ignorance, I'm putting it under my feet.
It no longer is valid if we're believers here,
is the messenger (pbuh) on the Day of Arafah saying, watch out.
No racism. All the period of ignorance, kick it out.
Don't maltreat women, the period of ignorance, kick it out.
Don't think you're superior, the period of ignorance, kick it out.
Learn to respect people.
Racism is out. Tribalism is out. Nepotism is out.
All these Isms are out.
The day of Arafah, I remember speaking to a sister not long ago
and she told me, when I read what the prophet (pbuh) said about the day of Arafah,
I would have called it Women's Rights Day, Subhanallah.
Then he (pbuh) Spared a moment to talk about women,
what did he say? He said...
Prophet (pbuh) on the Day of Arafah, he said something amazing.
Do you know what he says?
He said everything that was of the period of ignorance.
I'm putting it under my feet, it no longer is valid.
What does that mean?
All the ignorance, the way they treated women, what they did,
all the cultural things that were so taboo and so silly, he says under my feet thrown.
Racism was part of jahiliyyah (ignorance), thrown.
All of this, thrown, it is finished. No more.
Let's ask ourselves racism, tribalism nepotism.
Wow, Nepotism.
Isn't that alive and healthy in some communities, in many communities?
Astaghfirullah,if we're believers, here is the messenger (pbuh), on the Day of Arafah,
saying, no racism or the period of ignorance, kick it out.
Don't maltreat women, the period of ignorance, kick it out.
Don't think you're superior, the period of ignorance kick it out.
Learn to respect people.
Imagine, they were revert Muslims on that day;
Who were the reverts?
Every single one of them were revert. Do you know that?
Nowadays, the strange thing is we won't even allow our daughters to marry a revert
or sons to marry a revert,
If we claim we come from the family of the Prophet (pbuh),
Well, here is the same Prophet (pbuh),
telling you racism is out, tribalism is out, nepotism is out.
All these isms are out.
Totally, completely kick them out.
It's jahiliyyah / the period of ignorance,
usurping the wealth of another, insulting, false accusation, all out.
Subhanallah. May Allah grant us goodness.
superstition, all of that is gone, out.
Don't engage in magic.
All that was part of jahiliyyah.
So it's right for us to mention it here today.
Kicked out.
Then he spared a moment to talk about women.
What did he say? He said, Fear Allah regarding your treatment of women.
When did he say this? The Day of Arafah.
I remember speaking to a sister not long ago
and she told me when I read what the Prophet said about the Day of Arafah,
I would have called it Women's Rights Day, subhanallah, because he made it clear,
saying fear Allah regarding your treatment of women.
Who are the women? Your daughters, Watch out, watch out.
Don't be unfair.
Your sisters, be careful.
The Prophet (pbuh) warns you about it.
Who else? Primarily your spouses.
They've given up their families to come to you.
How do you treat them? Subhanallah.
How do you talk to them?
How do you make them feel?
Fear Allah regarding the women.
And Allah clearly tells us this in the surah known as Surah An-Nisa' (The Women).
Allah tells us to fear Allah and to fear the womb that gave birth to,
subhanallah, the women in a nutshell.
So he says, he goes on, he gives a little bit more detail.
Do you know what he says?
He says you married the women using the name of Allah,
so fear Allah how you treat them.
Here he's speaking to the married men.
Watch out, those women. You used the name of Allah,
You used the name of Allah to take them, to marry them; treat them well.
And that's why the Prophet (pbuh) says,
the best from amongst you are those who are best to their wives.
This is the day where the women were empowered by Islam, subhanallah.
They felt so proud of what was being said,
and I'm sure they will be to this day extremely proud.
This is the day of Arafah,
the greatest day of the entire year, according to a lot of the scholars.
The greatest day, I told you the nights are different.
The day, subhanallah, some say the day of Nahr (10th day of Dhul-Hijjah),
The Day Of Arafah,
If you look at the freedom from hellfire, it's the day of Arafah.
So the Prophet (pbuh) telling us, watch out.
Be careful.
The best from amongst you goes best to their wives.
And then he says, you must make sure you take care of them, provide for them,
give them their clothing, give them their food, give them their shelter, and so on.
Remember how you treat them.
And this is why we say my brothers and sisters, whether it's your mother,
your grandmother, your aunt, your sister, your child, your spouse, your grandchild,
your niece, whoever it may be, or a strange woman, here is the messenger (pubh),
after the women were treated so unwell,
and after they were actually bought and sold and traded as a commodity,
he says, all of that is prohibited on this day, all of it.
You treat them well.
And the best from among you, those who are best in their wives,
my brothers, I don't think you really
expected this to come out of the Day of Arafah, did you?
But Subhanallah, it's a fact and it has come out.
One of the virtues of the Day of Arafah is that Allah tells us about the lecture,
the amazing using historic sermon of Arafat that was a part of the hajj,
that was delivered in the farewell pilgrimage by Rasulallah (pbuh).