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- [Omar Suleiman] So now you've seen
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
in the congregation in Jumu'ah and you have prayed behind
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and now, you're wanting to sit in
a gathering with him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and observe him in the midst of that gathering.
The youth in particular used to love
the mornings that they would have with
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
would of course lead the Sahaba in Salat al Fajr,
he'd lead them in the Fajr prayer
and then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
used to sit in the masjid and remember
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala after the fajr prayer
all the way up until salat al-duha until the sunrise
and sometimes that would be immediately after the sunrise,
and sometimes it would be a little bit longer
after the sunrise and even then subhanallah,
after his worship throughout the night
after all of his worship in the morning
and remembrance of Allah,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
did not always just pray 2 rakats at the time of sunrise,
he would pray 2, 4, 6 or even more
at the time of sunrise, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And if he missed any of his usual rakat,
any of his usual prayers in the night
then he would make them up sometime between the sunrise
and the dhuhr prayer SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
So what would happen is that the Sahaba,
would also sit in the Masjid and they'd remember
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and they would
wait until the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
finished his salat al-duha,
and the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
who subhanallah, was so close to the youth
in the masjid, that he would go and he would sit
with whatever gathering he saw
in the masjid alayhi salatu wa salaam.
So Ali ibn Abu Talib radiallahu ta'ala anhu
describes the scene, the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
gets up from his salah and he's coming to join your group
and Ali radiallahu ta'ala anhu says that
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would sit wherever the group ended.
He would not go to the front but
he would sit wherever the group ended
and he encouraged everyone to do the same
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
when he would sit with the people
he would give every single person in the Majlis
in that gathering their due, so that each person felt
like no one was more important to him than them.
So he would look at each one of them,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, he would make sure
to interact with everyone that was
sitting in the group, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And Anas ibn Malik radiallahu anhu of course was a young man
He says, no one was more beloved to us than
Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
However, if we saw him, we wouldn't stand
up for him because we knew how much he disliked that.
So subhanallah, he's so humble alayhi salatu wa salaam,
that he'll come and if anyone wants to stand,
he'll signal to them to sit down
and he'll sit wherever the spot is open
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, rather than going
and assuming a place in the front,
and this is something that used to shock people.
Adi ibn Hatim al-Tai he says that
when I came to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
to ask him about Islam and the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam invited me to sit down.
He asked for a pillow and he put the pillow
between us and he put his arm on it
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and he told me
to put my elbow on it aswell.
And I knew at that point that this is not a king,
that this man is very different from the usual kings
and the heads of state that existed around the world
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Ali radiallahu ta'ala anhu also says,
realizing that not all of those that
were sitting there were used to sitting with
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
He said, if someone asked the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam for something that he needed,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would never send that person away empty handed
and at the very least the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would give him some words of comfort.
Jabir ibn Samurah radiallahu ta'ala anhu,
he was asked, did you use to sit with
the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he said yes. He said, when
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would pray Fajr, he would sit in that place
and he would stay there remembering Allah
and then he would join his companions,
and guess what Jabir radiallahu ta'ala anhu says,
he says that his companions would talk
and they would remember things from the time
of the days of ignorance from the times of jahiliyyah
and they would recite poetry and they would laugh,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would smile with us, alayhi salatu wa salaam,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
used to just sit there in silence and in dhikr.
Of course we know that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would recite in any gathering,
istighfar at least 70 times, alayhi salatu wa salaam.
Sitting there, smiling, looking on at the people;
not taking over the conversation, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
There was once a man who recited up to a hundred lines
from the poetry of Umayya ibn Abi al-Salt
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
let him do so and this is something
that might be surprising to us when we read about
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and the companions the way that we do.
Ibn Seerin rahimullah ta'ala, he was once asked
did the companions actually used to have fun?
Did they ever have moments of laughter
and moments of joking and human moments?
And what did he respond? He said
maakanu ila kan naas
He said they were not but people,
he said even ibn Umar radiallahu ta'ala anhu.
Kaana yamza hauwuyun shi dhu shir
Ibn Umar radiallahu ta'ala anhu used to make jokes
and he used to compose lines of poetry,
so it wasn't just halaqat of
remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
though the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
never sat in a halaqah or in a gathering
without any remembrance of Allah
and if there is anything that was sinful,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, he would not approve
or be there, alayhi salatu wa salaam.
Then you see some of these young companions narrate
and they used to love for the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam to participate.
Zayd ibn Thabit radiallahu ta'ala anhu says,
kun na'ma Rasullulahi
we were with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
idha dha'kar na dunya dha'kara ha ma'na
when we spoke about worldly things the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam spoke about worldly things
wa idha dha'kar na akhira
and when we spoke about the hereafter,
dha'kara ha ma'ana
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
spoke about the hereafter as well,
wa idha dha'karna ta'am
and when we talked about food,
dha'kara hu ma'na
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
talked about food as well
but what would he do alayhi salatu wa salaam?
He would say beneficial things about worldly things.
He would talk about food SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
not in the way of, you know what's
the best restaurant that's out there,
where do you want to go and get your next goat from.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would talk about beneficial things in regards to eating
beneficial regimens that people should have
and some things that they should try,
and some of his favorite foods SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
So he brought a beneficial element, even when he talked
about dunya or when he talked about matters regarding food,
and one of the most famous ahadith we have
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam with the youth
came in one of these gatherings
when ibn Masud radiallahu ta'ala anhu says that
some of us young men were sitting in the masjid
and we were talking about how we wanted to get married.
Yes! Young sahaba talking about marriage, not just Akhira,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
yaa ma' sha rash shabaab ma nis ta ta'a min kumul baa ata
fal ya at zauwuj
Oh young men whoever amongst you
can afford to get married, then do so.
And whoever can not then let them fast
and that will be a shield for them.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
also used to ask the Sahaba in these gatherings,
he used to say did anyone have a dream
that they had last night, that they can share with us,
a good dream because the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said when you have your bad dreams,
don't share them just seek refuge in
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and it won't harm you.
So you want to have a dream to share with
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
because you wanted to have that conversation with
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in the gathering
and Abdullah ibn Umar radiallahu ta'ala anhu,
He said, I even made dua to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
Oh Allah, if you know of any good in me,
then let me see a good dream that I can share
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
so that I can have that conversation with him
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and of course,
instead, ibn Umar radiallahu ta'ala anhuma
had a dream that scared him a bit
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
still interpreted it via his sister
Hafsa radiallahu ta'ala anha.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was someone that sits in the gathering and you want
to talk to him and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
remains approachable, he sits on the ground
like everyone else; he sits in a particular position;
he doesn't ruin the conversation.
Everyone is constantly mindful of his presence
and they want to hear him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
but the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
makes it a point to include everyone in those
small after fajr gathering, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And the scene was, by the way, that you could see
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
laying down in the Masjid with one leg over the other.
You could see him reclining on a cushion
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, you saw him
in his most human form, alayhi salatu wa salaam.
Yet always bringing a blessed presence.
So guess who felt left out? The women felt left out.
So Abu Sa'id radiallahu anhu says
they came to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and they said, ya Rasulullah you know,
you hang out with the male companions
but we don't get a chance to benefit from you,
so the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says.
shti mi'na fi yaumi khadha wa khadha
fi ma kaani khadha wa khadha
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
well gather in such and such place
at such and such time and I will come to you.
So he went to them, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he appointed a day of the week when
he would sit with them alayhi salatu wa salaam
and he would give them advice
and he would give them knowledge
and subhanallah, the very first halaqah
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam had
with the women is, when he told them
alayhi salatu wa salaam,
that whoever amongst you loses three children
they will be a shield for them on the day of judgment
and they said, ya Rasulullah what about 2?
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said even 2, and that is to say that
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
as he's sitting with these different groups of people
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is telling them what they can benefit from
what they can learn from and every time
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
sits with a group of people in his ummah
then he leaves them with greater perspective
and pursuing a greater reward.