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Imam Ibn Taymiyyah Rahimahullah,
he said that, "Even your shadow leaves you in the dark."
And we feel that, at times when we're most in need,
that the people that we thought we could count on
are not there.
And that drives you to Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la,
that drives you to call upon Allah.
And hopefully it causes you to reflect
in a way that you don't abandon people
the way that you felt abandoned in your time of need.
That you will rise to the occasion
to be there for people.
And one thing about
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is the way he made you feel
and the attention that he gave you
and the way that he looked at you
and the way that he joked with you;
all of that was there,
but what was also there
was that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would not leave you in your time of need,
even if his need was greater than yours.
(meditative music) (singers humming)
You find this as a trait of
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
in Mecca, even under persecution, right?
Where this man from afar
comes to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
to complain to him about a debt that was owed to him
from the same people that were oppressing
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
takes this man who he doesn't even know,
to the door of Abu Jahl, who he knew very well,
who used to torture
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and murder his companions
and demand that Abu Jahl pay the man back.
So how was it then for people
that knew the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
when you had established a relationship with him?
First and foremost, Jabir radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
says the the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was never asked for anything to which he responded no.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would always do something.
He would always say something,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Now, he had to apportion the attention
that he gave to certain things,
but the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
never fully dismissed the person.
And that starts off, by the way, with his charity.
And even if a person took something
from the the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
in a harsh manner,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
did not respond in like manner.
Anas radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu says,
I was walking with
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam one time.
And he was wearing a mantle of najran.
with a thick border.
So he had this garment with a very thick border
and this bedouin man came to
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he started to pull at that mantle so violently
that he left marks on the neck
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And he was saying a'tuni mim a'taqAllah,
give me from what Allah gave to you.
And he said that
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he turned to him, he smiled at him.
And then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
simply took off that burdh,
that mantle, and he gave it to the man,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
And on top of that,
Anas radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said,
he ordered for him a portion of
the sadaqah,
a portion of the charity.
So if someone asked
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
as sa'il
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would give, and that was not always monetary.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would intervene on behalf of anyone that asked
for his intercession.
We already mentioned that, especially with the orphans,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would intervene on their behalf for anything,
because they were the most susceptible to exploitation.
The smallest disputes,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would be brought in and he would intervene,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
If there was a territory dispute between neighbors
about where a garden starts or finishes,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would intervene,
and he'd try to make peace between the neighbors.
If you had a debt that you needed to be paid,
if the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
could not pay the debt on your behalf,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would go to the one that you owed the debt to,
and he would encourage him to be lenient towards you.
If you needed to get married,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would look for a spouse for you.
If you had a marriage dispute,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would try to help you
in your marriage dispute.
And these are, again,
with people that were not considered
from the nobility of Medina,
or people that are famous
in the seerah.
These are just people that
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
saw as his brothers and sisters in need,
and he always responded to the call,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
and he taught and lived this as a form of worship.
Wala'in amshi ama akhil nifi haja ahabul ilaya min in a'
taqifa fi hadhil masjidi shahra
for me to go out there and to walk
with my brother in his hour of need is more beloved to me
than doing i'tikaf,
than secluding myself in this masjid,
meaning the masjid of
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
for an entire month.
Think about that.
And one of the beautiful descriptions
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
in that regard is the way that he would do so.
Abdullah ibn Awf radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, he says
wala ya' nafu an yamshi amal amralati wal miskeen
fa yaq diya lahul haaja
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was not too proud to be seen walking
with the widow, and walking with the orphan,
walking with the poor person all the way
until he fulfilled their need.
So you could see the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
as a common sight in Medina
carrying someone's load.
You could see the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
assisting the elderly woman to her home
to carry her groceries from the marketplace.
You could see the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
doing all of these tasks that were considered low
for the lowest person in Medina.
But the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was honored to do them.
And one of the most beautiful narrations in this regard,
and subhanAllah,
we often hear this narration paraphrased,
but really the context of this and the response
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is just so beautiful
and tells you so much about him,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Anas radiAllahu Anhu says,
there was this woman, kaana fi aqbiha shay,
she had a mental illness
and that's significant, right?
That she came to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
and she had a mental illness,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
could have easily dismissed her, right?
And she comes to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and she says, ya Rasullilah, inna li ilayka haaja
I need you, ya Rasullilah,
I need something from you.
You know how the the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
responds to this woman?
He responds with such love and such attention.
He says, yaa umm fulan, khudi ay turuqu shi'di
faqumu fihi hata uqu ma'aqi
he said, oh, mother of so-and-so, pick any place in Medina,
choose any path that you want me to be in,
and I will go exactly where you call me to.
Call me to any place, call me to any task,
and I will go there with you,
fatan tariqu bihi hay tu sha'at
she would take
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
wherever she wanted in Medina.
subhanAllah,
how beautiful is that?
The most important man in society,
and this woman could come
to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and she could say to
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, I wanna go here,
I wanna go here,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would go with her all over Medina to do whatever she needed,
and not once did the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
remove that comforting smile from his face,
or make her feel like she was insignificant,
or she was a burden upon him.
(singing in foreign language)