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- We mentioned how big the heart of Ibrahim (as) was.
And that was also the case of the Prophet (SAW),
Rahmatan lil-'alamin
a mercy to the worlds.
If you imagine the Prophet (saw) in Uhud
as he's about to die, right?
I mean, his teeth are knocked out (saw),
his helmet is knocked in.
The Prophet (saw) is really wounded at this point,
and there's a possibility of him dying.
And the concern of the Prophet (saw) is what?
Allahumma ighfir li qaumi fa innahum la ya'lamoon
Oh Allah, forgive my people.
They don't know any better.
He's still worried about the same people
that are drilling his helmet into his head (saw),
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
that are trying to kill him.
He's worried about their success and their salvation.
With Ibrahim (as), one of the du'as that he makes is
Rabbana la tajAAalnafitnatan lillatheena kafaroo [60:5]
Oh Allah, do not let us be a trial for the disbelievers.
So, in the last episode, you know,
we established the relationship
that the believers have with him,
but there's something really profound about this,
la tajAAalnafitnatan lillatheena kafaroo
Don't make us a trial for the disbelievers.
What does that mean?
Firstly, what it means is the primary meaning is that
if they are victorious over us,
then they might take that as a sign
that they are upon the truth
and that we are upon falsehood.
And so, it's not the ego that,
Oh, they might think that they won and we lost
and we'd feel like we lost.
No, they might take that as a sign
of them being upon something true.
And so, what's the concern of the Prophet (saw) in Uhud
when he's with Abu Bakr and Omar (ra),
and they've pulled back
and Abu Sufyaan is calling out to them
and saying that, you know, may hubal be elevated
and he's praising the idols.
What's the Prophet (saw) telling Abu Bakr and Omar (ra),
Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu
particularly Omar to shout back.
It's not, you know, praise
or it's not some sort of battle cry.
It is "Allahu Maulana Wala Maula Lakum"
it's praising Allah (swt), right?
That to Allah belongs all glory and all might,
that Allah is our protector and you have no protector
because the Prophet (saw) does not want them
to take their temporary victory
as a sign that they are upon truth
and that the Prophet (saw) and his companions
are not upon truth.
And so, the concerns, SubhanAllah, even embedded,
don't let them be victorious over us
so that they may think that they are victorious
because they're on some sort of truth
when they are really upon falsehood.
The second meaning of this that the scholars derive
is don't make us a fitnah in that
let not our behavior cause people
to be driven away from faith.
And by the way, this is true
for disbelievers and for believers.
How many times are people repelled from faith
because they saw those who were supposed to embody it
act in a way that repelled them and disgusted them.
And that's you know, SubhanAllah,
that's something we should really think about as Muslims.
Our dawah is, first and foremost,
going to be exemplified in our actions.
The dawah that we do
with husnul khuluq, with good character.
And we should consider that when we wear our Islam anywhere
that we are representatives of Islam,
even if we see ourselves as that or not, right?
People are going to see us as Muslims.
We have an opportunity
to let people see the beauty of Islam.
And we should even think that way
with those that come into contact with faith through us,
even within the faith, right?
How many Muslims are turned away from masaajid
not because Allah turned them away from his house,
but because they were turned off by an action
that they saw within the house of Allah.
Now, there is no excuse for them.
Allah will hold everyone accountable individually.
So, you can't make the excuse that I don't go to the musjid
because the people stink in the musjid.
I don't do charity work
because everyone that works in charity work is filthy.
Those Muslims, those believers.
I don't do this. I don't do that.
No. Every one of us is going to be asked as an individual.
You don't get to say,
I didn't do this because of someone else.
This is a relationship between you and Allah.
But when you are a carrier of faith,
when you are a representative of faith,
intentionally or unintentionally,
you have to really deeply think about your actions.
The Prophet (saw) thought about it with the disbelievers.
He didn't want to give ammo to the Islamophobes.
Even when he had the right, for example,
to kill Abdullah bin Ubayy ibn Salool,
the chief hypocrite, this man committed high treason.
He did all of these horrible things.
And they said to the Prophet (saw),
why don't you kill him?
And the Prophets (saw) said, "la yaqulana"
I don't want them to say that "Muhammad Kan Yaqtaloo Ashab"
that Mohammed (saw) used to kill his companions.
I don't want them to be able to say that.
So, even though it would have been justified,
I don't want to give them that excuse, right?
So, the Prophet (saw) was concerned
about the perception of others,
not in a way that the Prophet (saw)
would withhold an obligation
or stay away from something noble,
but no, the Prophet (saw) was considering that,
and within the community as well.
You know, you think about the mosqued then the unmosqued.
Now, there are two situations.
One hadeeth with Mu'ath (ra), another with Abu Masood.
I'll do the one with Mu'ath (ra)
where a person complains that Mu'ath reads too long
in his salaah in the musjid.
So, Mu'ath used to pray Isha with the Prophet (saw).
Then he'd go to his people and lead them.
Okay.
And there was a complaint that Mu'ath (ra)
would read too long.
So, the unmosqued here,
or the person that doesn't want to come
to the musjid anymore, doesn't want to come to salaah,
it's not because Mu'ath (ra) did something wrong.
It's not because, you know,
there was someone that was rude in the musjid.
It's because the salaah was too long.
His qiraah was too long.
Now, Mu'ath (ra) interpreted this
and said the man's a hypocrite.
Why would you complain about my reading Quran?
You should love the Quran, right?
What did the Prophet (saw) say to Mu'ath?
He said, "'Aftanl 'ant ya Mu'ath
Are you a fitnah, oh Mu'ath?
Are you a fitnah to that man, oh Mu'ath?
SubhanAllah, you are a fitnah by reading too much Quran.
He's not ready for that and so,
he might not come to the musjid anymore.
A person might abstain from the salaah
because the recitation is too long.
So, that shows us that we should have a high sensitivity,
not in a way that makes us dishonest
or insincere to our faith,
but in a way that we are always paying attention
to how we're reflecting the faith
to everyone around us, including our own.