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So, before we get
to the general amazing incident of Badr
where you have malaa'ika everywhere, angels everywhere,
I want to talk about some of the wisdoms
of the people that were specifically honored.
All of the veterans of Badr are honored.
And that will just be a chance for us to marvel
at the amount of angels that showed up on the day of Badr,
and the way that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
honored the Muslims on the day of Badr
with all those angels,
but people that Allah chose to honor specifically.
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And it starts off with Abu Bakr and Ali
radiAllahu ta'ala anhuma
Abu Bakr radiAllahu Anhu
was the first man to embrace Islam.
Ali radiAllahu Anhu
was the first boy to embrace Islam.
And of course, two of the greatest companions
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam looks at them
on the day of Badr,
and he says ma ahadikuma Jibreel
One of you has with you right now Jibreel.
wa mal akhar Mika'eel
and the other one has Mika'eel.
And Israfeel, malakun adheem
Israfeel is a great angel.
yashadhur kital aw yashadusaaf
He is present in the lines amongst the muslims right now.
So before we even start the battle,
I want you to know
that one of you has Jibreel Alaihis Salaam,
the other one has Mika'eel Alaihis Salaam
and Israfeel Alaihis Salaam is standing amongst the Muslims.
So even these three angels are not missing
in any way the battle of Badr.
They are the best of the angels
and the best of the angels as a whole
are the angels that participate on the day of Badr.
Now, Abu Bakr and Ali
radiAllahu ta'ala anhuma
having Jibreel and Mika'eel is significant.
And we know about Jibreel Alaihis Salaam
but what is the role of Mika'eel Alaihis Salaam
other than his virtue.
And the ulamah say that
the narrations as a whole suggest
that Mika'eel Alaihis Salaam is the angel
through whom Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la brings rain
and wind and so vegetation.
Al matar, ar reeh and things of that sort.
The rain, the wind
and some of the mercy that comes as a result of that.
And you'll notice in the battle of Badr,
before the battle started,
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la destroyed the army
or rather he made it very difficult
on the other side with what?
Al-matar. With rain.
It was too wet for them.
And so they struggled to actually make it
to the battlefield of Badr.
The Muslims were already settled there
before the army on the other side even made it.
And then in Al-Ahzab,
in the battle of Khandaq, Al-Ahzab,
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la send upon them ar-reeh,
a strong wind.
And so you have Jibreel Alaihis Salaam
who is of course, the chief of the malaa'ika,
the imam of the angels and the strongest of the angels.
And you have Mika'eel Alaihis Salaam
and the apparent presence of both of them is showing
and the way that these battles are playing out.
So it is the fadhl the virtue,
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was narrated to have said that,
"My two ministers,"
my two wazirs
from ah lus sama'a
from the heavens,
the inhabitants of the heavens are Jibreel and Mika'eel.
wa min ah lil ardh
And from the inhabitants of the earth, Abu Bakr and Umar
radiAllahu ta'ala anhuma
and the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam one time said
about Abu Bakr and Umar,
may Allah pleased with them,
he said, "These two are like as sam'u wal basr"
"These two to me are like my hearing and my seeing."
So that was the way
that the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam praised them
and compared them in that sense
to Jibreel Alaihis Salaam and Mika'eel Alaihis Salaam.
However, I wanna go now to the eulogy of Al-Hassan Ibn Ali
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
one Ali radiAllahu Anhu who passed away.
Al-Hassan,
the grandson of the prophet sallallahu alayhi salaam,
the son of Ali and Fatimah,
may Allah pleased with them.
Someone very beloved
and close to the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is speaking after the martyrdom of
Sayyidina Ali radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
And listen to what he says.
He said la qad faraqaqum rajrun bil amss lam yas biqul
awaluna bi 'ilmin wala yudriqul akharun
The people that have passed
were not able to match him in his knowledge,
nor were those who came after able to catch up to him.
So he has surpassed those that have come before him
and he surpasses those that come after him.
And he says,
kaana Rasulullahi SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
yabhathahu birrayah
The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam used to send Ali
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu with a the banner.
Jibreel wa an yaminihi wa Mikaeel wa an shimaalihi
Jibreel was on his right,
Mika'eel was on his left.
So the imagery here is very powerful,
that Ali radiAllahu anhu
would be the one to go forward with a banner
and Jibreel Alaihis Salaam would be on his right
and Mika'eel Alaihis Salaam on his left.
And some of the ulemah said, "This is khaibar,
where when the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
gave the banner to Ali in khaibar,
he said that I'm going to give the banner
to a man who loves Allah and his messenger
and who is beloved by Allah
and his messenger SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Everyone wanted to be that man.
And it was Ali radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
So as Ali went forth,
imagine Ali radiAllahu Anhu moving forward,
and he has on his right Jibreel Alaihis Salaam,
and he has Mika'eel Alaihis Salaam on his left
and Al-Hassan radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu says
laa yansarifu hatta yuftah halahu
And he would not come back
when the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would send my father out with a banner,
Jibreel on his right and Mika'eel on his left,
my father would not return back
until Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la give him victory.
He was absolutely relentless.
And part of that was the aid
that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la gave to him
with Jibreel Alaihis Salaam,
the chief of the angels,
one of the two ministers
of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and the inhabitants of the heavens on his right side
and Mika'eel Alaihis Salaam on his left side,
the other of the two ministers
of the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
from the inhabitants of the heavens.
And this was from the righteousness of Ali radiAllahu Anhu
and his virtues
and also the virtue of his action
and seeking victory not for any personal glory,
but only for the sake of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
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