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- So the story of getting to know the Prophet
- SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in person,
- starts from Jumu'ah, starts from the Friday prayer.
- And I want you to imagine the day of Friday,
- going to the Masjid and anticipating
- that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- is about to come out to give the khutbah.
- What state is your heart in?
- How excited are you to listen to him,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam?
- And how are you going to be looking at him
- Alayhi Salatu Wasallam when he's giving the khutbah?
(gentle music)
- The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam taught us
- to treat Jummah, to treat Friday like a special occasion.
- He said inna hadtha yauma idhin ja Allahulahul muslimin
- that this is a day of a Eid
- that Allah has given to the Muslims, treat it special.
- He said, make sure that you do ghusul (full ablution)
- that you take a shower
- that you perfume yourselves, that you use the
siwak (teeth cleaning)
- And the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would take that advice himself.
- So when he would come to Salatul jummah
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- he would come fresh from his Ghusul
- and he used to wear his best perfume on that day.
- And he would make sure that
- he lets it touch every part of his body.
- And he had a fresh siwak, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
a fresh tooth brush
- that he would brush his teeth with on the day of Friday .
- And he used to wear his best clothes. On two occasions.
- One of them was when receiving a delegation.
The second one was for giving khutbat-ul jummah
- And that's why Umar ibn Khatab radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
- One time he saw he saw a silk robe for sale
- and he thought this would look great on the prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- for jummah and left for Friday prayer ,
- and for receiving the delegation.
- So he bought it and he takes it to
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- and the prophet the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
responds to him,thanking him with saying
this is prohibited for the muslims.
- So Umar radiAllahu Anhu says,
- I took that silk robe and I give it to one of my brothers,
- Who was not yet a Muslim.
- The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
if the only thing you can afford.
- In terms of your clothes, other than you day clothes ,
- Is another outfit for jummah,
than buy it for jummah if you are able to find the ability
- To do so .
- So he comes out SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he comes to the mimber [pulpit]
- and he sits and he gives his Salaam.
- And he's carrying a staff SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- and Bilal radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
- stands up to give the adhan. [Call To Prayer]
- As you are sitting in that masjid
of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- at that time People are not taking the walls first.
- You know, I know that people like to go to the wall first
- at the time of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
- You don't want to do that.
- The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- said attend the khutbah, And he said,
wadnu minal imam sit as close as you can to the imam
- for a man keeps himself away until
- he will be left behind at the time
- of entering Jannah ,even though he enters into it.
- the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is sitting on the mimber,and people are crowded around him
- SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
- but you don't come in and start jumping over people,
- or else the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- will tell you to sit in your place.
- There was a man that once walked in ,
- when the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam has started
- his khutbah and he started to climb over the people
- So that he could be as close as possible
- and the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- said, ajlaz faqad alaita wa anaita sit down where you are
- because you've harmed the people and you've come late.
- Now as the messenger of Allah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- stands up to begin his khutbah ,
- One of the things that's
- remarkable about sitting in the kutbah,
- of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam is that he's
maintaining the sight of every single person in the Masjid .
- He's not losing any sense of control over the room
- nor of those that are entering into the room.
- Abu Qays radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said,
- I came to the masjid and the prophet
- SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was giving a kutbah,
- So I stood listening to him, standing
- in the sun and the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- motioned to me to go sit in a particular shaded area.
You have the story of Suleik al Ghatafani
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
- who the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- told to stand up and pray two raka'ts
- And some of the narrations suggest that the prophet
- SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam wanted people to see how
- poor he was, so that they could give to him
- without him having to ask after the Jummah.
- So the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam has this
- Commands of the room as he is standing.
- He is situating everyone in a particular way.
- And there is a scene as well of it as well
- of Hassan wal Hussein,
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
- coming towards the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- when he's giving the Jumuah .
- a very beautiful narration that al Hassan wal Hussain
- coming to the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- as he is standing on the mimber
- And they're both little cute kids
- and they're wearing these red garments
- and they're tripping over the garments.
- As they're running towards the prophet SallAllahu
- Alaihi Wasallam And as you know, if a child is running
- towards the imam you can imagine the way that everyone
- in the masjid is looking at those children.
- Rasululah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam He stops in the
- middle of his khutbah, He gets down, he picks up
al Hassan wal Hussain , he says,
inna ma alwalakum wa awladukum fitnah, He says
- your wealth and your children are a fitnah
- I couldn't resist myself.
- And he would even praise them
- and he would make dua for them.
- And then he would sit down on the mimber
- and he would put al Hassan wal Hussain.
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
- on his lap SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- now what was the khutbah of the prophet
- SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam like? So you sitting there,
- he's in complete command of the room.
- You're in complete owe of him
- as he's wearing his best clothes
- and has his best appearance, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would give these
- Reminders about life and death Alayhi Salatu Wasallam
- And there is a particular narration from Umi shaam.
- The daughter of al Harith ibnu nu'man
- She said, I memorize surah khaaf
- from the mouth of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- just from attending his salatul Jummah
because he used to talk about khaaf surah khaaf
- every single Jummah
- And we know that surah is about life and death.
- So just from attending the jummah
- she memorized that surah from mouth of the prophet
- SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam on the mimber.
- and the Sahabah were around the prophet SallAllahu
- Alaihi Wasallam with their hearts ready
- to receive the reminders, about life and death-
- as if they had birds on top of their heads
- meaning they were sitting still listening
- to the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
- talking about life and death.
And he used his hands SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam alot,
- to describe what he was talking about.
- So his words were crisp and articulate.
- He used to repeat things,
- up to three times SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- You could see in his eyes
- and hear in his tone, what matches what he says.
- So if he's speaking about something that induces happiness
- you see it in his eyes and you hear it in his voice.
- If he speaking about something that induces anger
- or sadness, it's in his eyes and it's in his voice
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- And the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- uses his hands to really deliver the point.
- So when he describes the believers like a building
- the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam he puts his hands
- together like this. When he warns about the tongues
- SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam he points to his mouth.
- When the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- speaks about opening the door of Jannah,
- the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
_ makes the hand motion for opening the door
- of al Jannah
- He would point to the heavens often SallAllahu Alaihi
- Wasallam And he used to use many parables
Alayhi Salatu Wasallam
- Anthaal, Analogy, so that you could get the point that
- the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was seeking to
deliver.
- He was described as being as eloquent and as deep
- as the depth of the ocean SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- And you, you really have to take
- in this moment as you're listening to him
- as an orator SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- This is the most recorded man in history
- and he never had a prepared speech.
- How many thousands and thousands and thousands
- of sayings of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
do we have?
- And the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
did not have queues,
- the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
did not have prepared speeches.
- He just came out and he would remind people
- from the hearts, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- And they knew him. Alayhi Salatu Wasallam
- which made it so much more effective.
- So as you're sitting there in the masjid
- and you're listening to him
- speak about the reality of life
- and death and about the hereafter you know, nowadays the
- the sound system goes out and it means something
the sound system at the time of the prophet
- SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam went out for another reason,
Asmaa radiAllahu ta'ala Anha
- said that one time we the women could not
- hear the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- khutbah anymore because of the amount
- of crying from the Sahabah from the male companions
in front of us, as the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- was speaking. And we were so interested in hearing
- what the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was talking
- about, that we started to stop the men after the khutbah
- on their way out. And we asked,
- what was it that the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
- talked about that led you to this way?
- And the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was talking
about the trials of the grave SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.