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- There is a very famous incident
with the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
And Abu Bakr Siddiq RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu
where Abu Bakr RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu responds
to an insult and the prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
leaves, and then
he informs Abu Bakr RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu that
before you responded
there was an angel that was responding on our behalf,
and then once you started to respond, the angel left
and a Shaytaan came instead, and the
Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam said
I didn't want to be seated in the presence of the Shaytaan.
Now that's when overcoming someone else.
What about when you're overcoming your own nafs?
And so, this is where I wanna segue into Umar ibn Al-Khattab
RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu
there's a general rule that you can extract that
anywhere the shaytaan are not, there is an extra amount
of angels and where the angels are present, the
Shayateen are not, and so they cannot both be in
the same place, and it's ultimately going to be our actions
that determine who's where, how many angels are
around us or how many Shayateen are around us.
So when we act like the angels then we are
surrounded by the angels.
When we act like Shayateen or we give into their whispering
then we're surrounded by Shayateen.
So why is this significant to Umar ibn Al-Khattab
RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu?
- particularly when it comes to the mala'ikah.
Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu is a man who was known for
Karamat al-awliya. He had so many miracles,
things that happened to him that were seemingly
supernatural, and it actually has to start
from this point where the
Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam says to him
maa laqiyaka-shaytaanu qattu saleekan fajjan
illa salaka fajjan ghaira fajjak
- that Shaytaan does not see
you take a pathway, O Umar, except that Shaytaan flees
you and takes another pathway. Shaytaan is so distant
from you. He's so afraid of you.
You have such power over yourself to where he can't
penetrate, that Shaytaan will not even be seen on the same
street as you O Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu,
and so that's where
you know, with that authentic narration,
you have other narrations that show up in the books
of virtues that are narrated
that the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
had said inna-shaytaana la y'al qa Umar mundu
aslama illa kharrali wajhihi
- That Shaytaan does not find
Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu or has not come across Umar
from the day that Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu became Muslim
except that he was humiliated, or another narration
that maa fis sama'i malakun illa
wahu wayaqqiru Umar
- that there is not an angel
in the heavens, except that that angel supports
Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu and loves Umar RadiAllahu Anhu
wama fil ardhi shaytaan illa wahu yafiru min Umar
And there is not a devil on the earth
except that they flee from Umar.
If "The" devil flees from Umar, then what does that mean
in terms of the angels being in his presence?
And so that's where you see a man who was
so dedicated,
so committed that these miracles were natural
in the way that they would come to him
RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu
because if the Shayateen are never around him
then that means that Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu is always
under the influence of who? he's always under the influence
of the Mala'ikah, under the influence of the angels.
And so from the moment that he becomes Muslim
the angels celebrated his Islam
the angels being taught to love him in the heavens
the angels surrounding him on earth, because he
doesn't do anything that would warrant the presence
of the Shaytaan.
And so that's where you find that hadith
of the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam.
Where the Prophet SallAllahu 'Alaihi Wasallam
says that there were people in the Umam
in the nations that came before you that were Muhaddathun,
they were spoken to,
and when you say they are spoken to,
that means that they're naturally inspired towards good.
They're naturally inspired by the angels.
There's something divine about their ilham
about their inspiration.
And if there's anyone in my Ummah like that
it's Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu
and one of the explanations of
that - tha thakallamal mala'ikatu ala lisanihi
- it's as if the angels are speaking on
his tongue. So how I imagine a human being that is so
in tune with righteousness, with the good part
of their souls, with the obedience to
Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala
that when they speak, they are so divinely pushed
towards good naturally because of what they are seeking.
That it's as if the angels are speaking on their tongue.
And that is why with Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu he was so
divinely inspired because of the amount of angels he
invited around him that it was as if angels were speaking
on his tongue and indeed there would come times where
Jibril 'alaihis Salam brings the revelation
from the heavens in the form of Quran.
And the wahi agrees with the ilham of Umar.
The revelation agrees with the inspiration of
Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu because the One who sends
Jibril 'alaihis Salam surrounds Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu
with angels and Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu is inspired
towards righteousness and Umar RadiAllahu Anhu was
committed towards righteousness, and that gives him
perception and gives him an environment where when
you're interacting with this human being of
Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu,
you're interacting with a man that
is surrounded by and has within him angels, right.
That are inspiring him towards good.
And that's why when you read the narration of
Umar RadiAllahu Anhu calling out to Sariyah,
you know, miles and miles away, thousands of miles away,
hearing something, seeing something, miles away,
that a miracle like that is given to
Umar RadiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu
because as some of the ulama mentioned,
the angels caused his voice to be heard
in those places that were so far away.
And that is not something that was randomly given
to Umar RadiAllahu Anhu and who just like none
of these sahabah randomly achieved these things
but that is something due to his sincere pursuit of truth.
When you sincerely pursue truth
then you are surrounded by the soldiers of truth
and they are the angels of Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala.
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