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I'm going to take stories that we know
from the S but when you look at them in
a little bit more detail they start to
change we all know certain stories but
we look at them in a bit more detail you
ask questions ask about every word why
did the prophet do this every action
every person that he chose to do a task
to fulfill a task every time you see
something like that in the SE stop and
ask don't just take it as a story don't
just rush through it so I'm going to
take an incident that we're all
extremely familiar with and we're going
to look at it in a little bit more
detail and you're going to see it change
inshallah we all know the story of the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam in
the cave true I guarantee everyone in
this room knows that story the prophet
wasallam in the cave when Jam came to
him let's look at the story again in a
little bit more or maybe let's focusing
on a different angle here so first
thing she said in the
that so basically the
prophet indicates that Allah made him
love to be alone and to meditate so he
would go out in the cave and he would
sit there and meditate for a long long
time sometimes the prophet would stay an
entire month and many scholars believe
that it was on the 27th of Ramadan when
jiel actually came to the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam we all know
the story but let's look at some things
here some details first of
all the prophet wasam is for 27 days
staying in this cave and he's all alone
and you can imagine how quiet it is
unbelievably quiet and even back then
cities weren't noisy like our cities now
there were no factories electrical
equipments and vehicles so it was very
very quiet you can hear a pin drop while
you're sitting in the cave up there in
the hillock so it's extremely quiet he
doesn't hear anyone and coming up the
cave
because she would send servants the
servants with food to get bring food to
the prophet but look how intelligent she
was she would tell him to leave the food
at the mouth of the cave obviously I
mean he left town to be alone so if
you're going to go in and say look I
brought you this and chicken and K this
and Kar that and then you start telling
him the news and guess whose donkey gave
birth and you that's defeats the purpose
he left town to be alone so she look how
wise she was she would instruct them to
put the food at the mouth of the cave
and leave so the prophet wasallam is
sitting in this quiet place for 27 days
does not hear anyone coming up the
mountain he doesn't hear rocks falling
anyone clamoring up and suddenly from
inside from within the cave and it's
pitch dark suddenly he hears someone say
a man saying read or
recite we know this story right but
pause let's look at it differently how
would you react how would you react I
know what sisters would do they would
scream and run all the way to Mecca but
Brothers how do we react when we're
afraid or scared we get aggressive right
yeah we get aggressive so we clench our
fist up who are you what's going on how
long have you been there we want to get
violent all of a sudden how long have
you been sitting there listen to me
how'd you get in here I didn't hear you
come in we have a million and one
questions of our own correct the prophet
he's this man suddenly in the quiet of
the cave
say and he doesn't ask him any question
he just responds to the man's demand and
he says which has two different ways you
can understand it I don't know how to
read or what would you like me to
read what would you like me to read
that's unbelievable you're telling me
this man scared the prophet wasam
startled him in the middle of the
darkness of this cave and he's telling
he's responding to him like what would
you like me to read what does that tell
you it tells you the incredible shows
you the incredible of the Prophet Sall
wasallam his were so superb that they
were prevalent that they showed up even
in a place in a time when he should be
shocked or startled or scared but what
comes through first
his first thing that comes through his
you know and a lot of times you you get
to see people's true in different
situations in difficult situations you
know or for brothers when they play
sports you see the brother in the Masjid
he's about to faint from the IM in his
heart he like this then on the
basketball cour like what what yeah yeah
yeah so what are you the same guy that
was uh so you see incredible on the part
of the Prophet that it's the first
reaction good manners someone shocks him
like that and he says what would you
like me to read or I don't know how to
read so then
J Embraces the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam and
says so what does that mean because you
know sometimes and and W I love these
sweet and uh and sensitive speakers I
heard one speaker and he was saying you
know how Islam began you know how this
great religion began it began with a
hug when jiam came and he hugged the
prophet I love stuff like that I
swear he didn't hug him he
says and he almost killed him squeezed
him that hard and mind you and Al
wasallam was a strong man he had a good
frame he was physically very strong he
says he squeeze him that hard then again
he says then again he says I don't know
how to read or what would you like me to
read again you see good manners he
doesn't say look you already asked me
that now who are you never and then he
says the third time
so he took me and he squeezed me for the
third time and then he says again it
says I don't know how to read or what
would you like me to read and then he
left and it's so so amazing that until
Jam walked out of the Cave the prophet
never said by the way you didn't tell me
who are you how long have you been here
how what how'd you get up here without
me hearing you and none of those
questions is that amazing or
what yes I answered myself yes yes it is
fantastic I mean doesn't that change the
story of the cave
now yes yes doesn't it actually what's
going on
here okay look something that we all
know everyone in this room knows that
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
when he was teaching the da in secret or
in private he taught at the house
of so you just read you know I know he
was at the house of but you know what
you stop and pause look at it in a
little bit more detail and you begin to
appreciate the genius of a s Ali
wasallam why did he choose the house of
because you know whose house I would
have chosen
B's house hey he's the best after the
prophet so why would I go anywhere
else can we use your house fantastic
butam didn't choose the house of Abu
Bakr or or any of the Nobles he chose
the house
of why is that so the first thing is
that was a Muslim and people didn't know
that he was a Muslim but people knew Abu
Bakr was a Muslim they knew was a Muslim
but they didn't know that about this
young man which is the second thing he
was a young man he was about 16 years
old so You' expect that the lesson or
the classes would be held in the house
of one of the Nobles one of the
well-known people one of the elderly
people but who would expect it to be in
the house of a young man who is 16 years
old and someone that's not known to be
Muslim so now you begin to appreciate
the genius of this
location likewise his house was near the
area of a Safa and Al marwa and that's
very intelligent because there's a lot
of traffic there there's a lot of foot
traffic so nobody would notice a number
of people going in and out because
there's already hustle and bustle
there's already movement there versus if
the house of was in the middle of a
field imagine we're trying to have a
class in secret it's in the middle of
this field so you see a Muslim walking
down all the way gets into the house you
see another one leaving the house 10
minutes later there's another one
walking to the house wouldn't you detect
that very detectable right but being in
in in the area of there's already a lot
of traffic a lot of foot traffic so no
one would realize people are coming and
going out of this house the third thing
and a very brilliant thing is
that was from the tribe of Banu makum
banum they had known animosity and
competition with the tribe of the
Prophet Sall wasallam Banu Hashim so and
the evidence to that is uh during the
Battle of bad one of the
leaders he pulled Abu J to the side he
had wanted to ask him a question he
said do you think Muhammad sallu alaih
wasallam is a liar does he lie and so
said he said he never lied and we used
to call
him and then he says the reason so
what's your issue with this man s alh
wasallam he
says he said we competed over honor
with and ABD of the Prophet wasam we
competed over honor so they fed people
we fed people they helped people out we
helped people out and they they
uh they gave and we gave people as well
until we were on equal footing and we're
like two race horses neck and neck
suddenly they
said he says when we were like almost at
a tie like two race horses who were tied
competing with each other suddenly they
said look there's a prophet from amongst
us who gets Revelation from the heavens
so Abu J is saying so how can we compete
with that how can we ever reach that and
we can't say we have a prophet as well
so he's basically showing this animosity
and this competition that will lead him
to say what he said in the
end he says W we're not going to believe
in him at all and we're not going to
believe him either and we won't follow
him we won't believe in him so there was
known animosity between B makum and the
tribe of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam so now you see the genius of
picking the house
of so now the next time you're at a
lecture or and then the Sheik says of
course the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam taught in the house
of the guy next to you will be like yes
we know that but you'll be
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like and people will look at you like
you're crazy like what's so what
everybody knows that you be like yes but
I know some additional information that
you don't know so just
go play
something you know something it's
amazing the seed is amazing just look
look at every action and just stop and
ask why did the prophet do this you know
and maybe sometimes you get maybe too
detailed in it but perhaps you can come
up with a possible wisdom I'm saying a
possible wisdom so for example something
interesting when the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam he wrote the B to the
animal that took him
to he tied the the animal and then went
inside now why did he tie it and it's an
animal that came from the heavens with
jiel jel spoke to it so it understood
language and it knew the greatness of
the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
so it wasn't like an animal that you
know just came from nowhere unruly it's
going to walk away so it came from the
heavens spoke language knew who the
prophet was so why tie it why the proph
let him tie it you know it's not going
to run away let me check out Earth see
how Earth is it's not going to do that
so why tie it to the post why tie it to
the post if you look at theith in Muslim
andam
says so he says I tied it to the place
or the post where all the prophets tied
their animals so now you you start to
see a possible wisdom here and I'm
saying a possible wisdom so all the
prophets tied their animals to this post
and even though they came all on worldly
animals that may Escape or May wander
off and I'm not on a worldly animal and
it's not going to wander off I'm still
going to do what all my brothers did
every one of them tie their animal here
I will tie my animal here even though
it's not going to run away so it's a
possible wisdom of this solidarity with
his brothers the other prophets of Allah
subhanahu wa
tala okay let's take something else that
we oh let me ask you a question then we
know that the the qur used a lot of
techniques against the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam
so he would begin reciting Quran and
they would pay girls to get up and start
singing and drown out his recitation of
the Quran and he wouldn't say anything
to them then they had a man he was a man
who was well traveled and he says
Muhammad wasallam is not better than me
he tells stories meaning the Quran and I
tell stories as well so he would follow
sallu alhi wasallam and whenever he
recited the Quran Andis would stand up
and he would begin to tell stories from
his travels from his journeys once upon
a time there was a king and people would
come and sit and listen to him and not
once does the prophet tell him listen
can you go tell your story somewhere
else why do you have to tell it exactly
where I tell it where I recite Quran
they called him a liar and he doesn't
say look you're calling me a liar but
you've your gold is with me in my house
so you know that I'm honest he never
argues the
point they called him a poet he never
argues I'm not a poet they call him a
mad man he doesn't go out and say look
you know I'm not mad
they warn people of him they warn people
from his religion don't listen to this
man and he doesn't say look stop doing
that they attack his character and he
doesn't go out and defend himself they
attack his
religion one narration during the time
of the delegations at Hajj a man says I
saw a young man meaning the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam followed by
an elderly man who was crosseyed and had
two braids in his hair and the young man
would go to talk to people people and
the old man behind him would will tell
them look we know him we're his people
he's a liar don't listen to him he says
later on I learned that was the prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam that
was his
uncle Abu lahab he says though that
never once did the young man turn around
and say look can you leave me alone he's
not amazing not once did the prophet say
look leave me alone look could you not
follow me could you allow me to talk to
people could you not call me a liar
don't sing while I'm reciting Quran
please could you sing Somewhere Else you
know I'm not a poet could you tell your
story somewhere else not once why is
that I'm not going to answer that
one I'll let ABD answer that one when uh
he does the so you can take the course
now it's that good great all right we
all know the first Hijra was to abua
look with the you have to stop and ask
why why why pick abisinia there's some
things that are not good about abisinia
right for one it's far so contact
between the prophet wasallam and the M
the immigrants would be difficult so
that's not a good thing about ABIA the
second thing it's a different language
you have to learn a language all over
again different culture that's also not
a good thing so why ABIA and one thing
we learn with the seed of the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam nothing is
random nothing is done for just no
reason or haphazardly like that
everything there's a wisdom behind it so
the advant of ABIA despite the the pros
let's look at the cons number one and
probably the most important one is that
there was a just leader there so even
described him
saying so there is a a king there where
no one is dealt with unjustly so that's
the first Advantage the second thing is
that the people were Christians in
abisinia and for the Muslims they had
some kind of Affinity to towards the
Christians you remember when there was
the battle between the the Christians
and the magans the Muslims were hoping
that the Christians would win so they
because they're they believe in the same
prophets and on the same note the Quran
shows us that also the Christians are
closer to the Believers they have less
hatred than than others towards the
Muslims okay so now it was far from
Mecca we said being far from Mecca was a
bad thing but it's also a good thing
because it's safe there so we know that
the the people who make Hijra there are
not going to be attacked or or brought
back or anything like that it's a far
distance the fourth thing is that it's
independent abis was independent it's
true that it was still under the Church
of Alexandria but not Caesar or anyone
else could come and dictate to them what
to do or influence them on what to do
another point is that the abans had a
good relationship with the qur so the
quray aren't going to consider attacking
them like they did to Medina and another
thing is that they were economically
strong so there would be no boycott as a
result of that they're not going to
boycott them or do something like that
they won't affect them so now we see ABA
has a very intelligent choice and not
just some random you know decision pick
on a spot on the map let's go there
everything was planned very very
carefully if ever the prophet wasam sent
someone to do something you know what if
you don't know that person just stop
that's sah go and read their why did the
prophet send this man in particular why
did he choose this individual in
particular for
example he was the one that was sent to
give da to people in Medina so why did
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
pick because you know who I would pick
right I would pick Abu Bakr he's the
best after the
prophet could you take care of Medina
I'll pick AB Bak for everything if I
need water I
ask he's the best you know abak but the
prophet
picks so he want to understand why go
and look at the of read his biography
then you start to see The Genius of the
Prophet sallallah wasam there actually
many of the known reasons why the
prophet chose but we're going to look at
one of the more Uncommon or or not
popular reasons and that is basically if
you look at his s he used to be a a very
like a very well-dressed very luxurious
young man in Mecca he was a Talk of the
Town he always had on the best oils the
most expensive oils the best clothing
he's a wealthy young man always looked
good and always smelled good so after he
became Muslim his mother she basically
she starved him and he was beaten and he
became so poor that in one narration he
one day walked in upon the companions of
the Prophet wasam as they were sitting
and talking when they saw him they all
put their heads down and they all wept
because of how he looked now all the
good smell is gone the good oils are
gone he's in tattered and torn clothing
and they cried because all this he lost
everything because he said Allah that
Allah is my Lord so in sending someone
like this to the the medians there's a
fantastic lesson here a man who used to
live in luxury and now he has nothing of
materialism because of this religion so
he's sending this m man besides the fact
that he's young and intelligent all the
other known facts but he's sending this
person in particular to the medians to
say look this is this is what will
happen this is what's expected because
now if you go back to when the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam would sit and
discuss with the different tribes to see
who will take him in you those
discussions some of them said yeah we'll
take you in we'll defend you we'll
protect you but we have we have one
condition that when you die we take over
you see so they wanted something of the
D but the ansar and the ANS are really
fantastic people when the ansar sat with
the prophet they said okay what do we
get if we defend you the same way we
defend our women and children we put our
lives on the line we give you from our
wealth what do we get in return andam
can't offer them anything what can he
offer them stock options money profits
there's nothing he says one word the
ansar are amazing people he says one
word and they
give him the pledge
immediately he
says and that's it that's all you get
you're going to spend all your money you
may not get reimbursed but you'll get Al
and they agreed so now he's he's sending
them a young man who lost all
materialism seeking that Jenna good
reminder for them so that's one of the
wisdoms behind sending M always you stop
and say why this person why that person
and you begin to appreciate apprciate
the depth of the of the Prophet wasallam
the intelligence ofi wasallam okay we
know that s wasallam went and gave da to
everybody knows the story of a but we
got to stop and ask okay why did he
choose a why did he choose a there were
many other places why and again it's not
just random there's always a plan
there's always thinking behind it first
of all it was like the number two city
after Mecca as far as population and as
far as trade and even the Arabs regarded
it as a great City because if you
remember in the Quran they
said they said if this Quran had been
revealed to a great man from one of the
two cities what are the two cities
they're talking about Mecca and so they
saw as a great City so that's so he he
chose the number two City in the area
that's number one number two it has the
tribe of thif the tribe of thif is a
very strong tribe because the prophet
needs a strong tribe that would stand up
to the qur so this is a strong tribe
that's a good reason to go to aif and
you know this because even after the
Conquering of Mecca the Muslims tried to
conquer thif and they weren't successful
they besieged them for one month and
they couldn't break them down and they
left and later on a came into Islam by
themselves so that's another reason you
see excellent planning here not just
Randomness the third thing is that there
was also religious competition between
the two because the meccans they had the
Kaa and they had their their Idol Hub
but
had that was their big
one so it's not a bad idea to go
approach a with this new religion
because they might want to say well you
know what we can pull the rug out from
under the qur if we have the true
prophet of Allah
so there was religious competition
already and the prophet was using that
to his Advantage the other thing is that
is not really far from Mecca it's about
it's about 100 kilometers or so give and
take and it could be a little less a
little more than that it's about 100
kilm from Mecca so it's not very very
far so it could still be in contact and
close enough to
Mecca the other thing is that also the
wealthy amongst the qures and the Nobles
amongst them they had property in a so
bani Hashim had property in the B ABD
and B all of them had money and property
that they owned in a so it would be a
financial blow to them if came under the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam so
now the next time you hear the prophet
went to you know that there were reasons
and wisdoms behind going to it wasn't
just chosen like that well it's close
enough let's go there but wait a minute
we said it's 100 kilm away and the
prophet
walked to it why he's not strange but
you all know he walked to it but stop
and ask why why did he walked to and
there were many riding animals there
were camels and horses and mules and
donkeys he could have taken but he
walked why walk and he only took with
him ZB just Z that's also strange you
know who I would
take I need you to come with me on
something you know what we're going to a
I might take abak and ham I would take a
bunch of people with me because we need
that support right but it's strange that
he only takes
Z so why take just Zade and why walk for
100 kilm when you can
ride because look when does he go toh
wasallam he goes after the death of Abu
Talib after they came out of The Ravines
when they were boycotted for 3 years in
The
Ravines passed away abuali passed away
andam now has no protectors to the point
where even the Riff rafts now come and
they put sand on his head s alh wasallam
so now he needs to find protection
somewhere and the mechans if they see
him with a traveling animal with
provision with camels and so on going
out somewhere they'll know it they'll
know what's going on immediately they're
going to know okay he's trying to leave
to find support somewhere else and
they're going to stop him so he had to
leave in a way that was very incons ious
that didn't look fishy or suspicious
that basically he's walking and when you
walk you're going somewhere near by
otherwise he would have taken a riding
animal so it looks very uh what's the
word very innocent that he's just
walking somewhere and he didn't take AB
Bakr and and all that he just took ZB
har who used to be known as ZB Muhammad
who used to be the adopted son of the
Prophet Sall wasallam so to the qur what
does it look like a man and his son
going somewhere nearby that's what it
looks like that's why he walked but You'
only recognize all these benefits and
all these wisdoms if you stop and say
why did he walk why did he just take Z
with him and so on and so
forth okay um we we know a number of
things that on the way back
from when the prophet reached a place
called which is about 35 something say
30 km away a walk away
from so he left a he's walking for about
30 or 35 kilm he gets to a place called
now the human beings walk at the speed
of about 6 km per hour so we're looking
at 5 hours of walking and then suddenly
the prophet he's so vexed he's so
overtaken that he's not even aware of
what's going on until he recognizes that
he is under some shade and he looks up
and there's a cloud andam is on it and
with him is an angel the angel of the
mountains as we all know now I'm going
to leave this for you to investigate
further because I'm going to give you
the argument that the angel of the
mountains when he came down he offered
to crush the people of the city between
the two mountains which city was
that who says a put your hands up who
says meca put your hands
up fantastic okay so I'm going to argue
that he actually offered to crush the
people of Mecca between the two
mountains not the people of why because
he says he says
basically are the two mountains and what
are the two mountains one of them known
as Abu and the other these are the two
mountains around Mecca and there are no
two mountains around the so he says I
will basically flatten them between the
two mountains right so the two mountains
are in Mecca so he's saying if you if
you would like I will squish the mechans
between the two mountains why the
mechans it's the people in the T who
threw rocks at him and made him bleed so
why the mechans because the mechans now
know he was on th for a number of days
by the way so in in his absence they
figured out they knew people met him in
a and they knew that oh he's trying to
get help outside of Mecca he's going to
be in trouble when he gets back so the
prophet wasam was worried about the
reaction of the mechans when he goes
back into the city how dare you try to
go out and find support behind our back
that's why he stopped and got the J
which is the protection
from he goes to this man and he gets
protection from him before he enters
meca because he was worried about the
mechans and that's why the angel offered
to crush the mechans between the two
mountains and you all know the the end
of the story and S Ali wasallam how
merciful and how sweet he was Sall alhi
wasallam he said no because I hope that
from their loins from their ancestors
will be people who worship Allah subhana
tala and that's phenomenal especially
after the condition that he's in all
right and he the angel comes like 5
hours later he gets this offer so he was
already worried enough he's been that
worried all this time you know you know
what I would do right I would have
agreed be like you know what yes please
hook him up do that thing between the
two mountains if you could do what you
did to the people of loot you know where
you pick them up and you bring them down
and stuff let's get some hail on that
thing let's
get can I ask for a a number of things
number of good punishments like look
I'll get my family out of the city then
I'll give you the signal when I go like
this let it rip I'll watch from I'll
watch from a distance you know but of
course this was theah of s alaih
wasallam okay I've got 8 minutes left
let's see if we can finish this last one
in 8 minutes it's interesting how when
the prophet
and Abu Bakr were on their way making
the Hijra they left the house of ab Bakr
and now this is the Hijra Journey
starting Abu Bakr was really worried so
sometimes he'd be riding for a while in
front of the Prophet wasallam then for a
while he's behind the prophet then for a
while he's to his right then for another
while he's to to the left of the Prophet
so he's just going around him like this
and the prophet is just making of Allah
very very calm then he noticed Abu Bakr
moving all over the place he said abak
what is it he
says I'll be riding next to you then
I'll fear what if there's an ambush up
ahead so I start walking or riding ahead
of you so if they catch me you can make
it then I said what if they catch up
with us from behind so I start going
behind you for a while then I said what
if they come from the right so I go to
the right what if they come from the
left and all the time he's just moving
around like this is just making of Allah
then fast forward to the Battle of
Badr the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam is making Dua and he's raising
his hands until his cloak falls off his
shoulders and Abu Bakr puts them on and
now AB Bakr is saying it's enough of you
calling on your lord Allah will give you
what he promised you so why this great
drastic difference here one time the
prophet is is calm and ab Bakr is the
one panicking the next time the prophet
keeps making Dua nonstop and ab Bakr is
saying you've called upon Allah enough
so why the difference here the scholars
say and again you would notice this if
you stop look at the details of the so
the scholars say the difference is that
for bad and wasallam he thought that he
was taking an army of 300 plus to
intercept a caravan Caravan guarded by
70 60 men so that's no big deal it's not
much of a battle then he discovers
they're meeting an army three times
bigger and they weren't very well
prepared for that so because they
haven't made all human prep preparations
he intensified the Dua but when it came
to the Hijra and s wasallam made every
possible or humanly possible preparation
there was nothing to do but be Cal and
and rely upon Allah that's it he did
everything else he could possibly do so
just let's quickly in the last few
minutes look at look through all the
different preparations for the Hijra of
the Prophet Sall wasallam because the
Hijra of other people by the way and
everything was so organized it's strange
that this um started out so extremely
organized people think that you know
whenever you ready make hij go to Medina
so just gather your food and your bags
put it on the donkey and go no everyone
came and sought permission from the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
everyone checked with him first it was
very very organized very organized so
now this is the hij of theam
himself and the first thing is that the
prophet is going to announce it to Abu
Bakr that he's given permission to leave
now he can make the hij when does he
leave which is a time when people are
taking that the the noon nap it's a hot
time it's no one around everyone's
taking a nap really really hot in Arabia
so the prop chooses this time when no
one's out and it's a time when he used
to not visit Abu Bakr ever during that
time so he goes at a time a different
time that's the first thing that was
showing you how the proph is concealing
this you find that AB who still doesn't
know that they're going to go out for
hij he didn't know he wasn't told like
in 3 days we'll go just now he's finding
out so the prophet walks in and he
says take out whoever is in the house so
then abak says they're my family and
it's okay to talk in front of them so
until this point Abu Bakr doesn't know
that they're going to make hij and then
the prophet tells him so Abu Bakr became
so pleased and happy he
said I'm going to be your companion in
this trip may my father be ransomed for
you Allah and then he cried out of
Happiness was a young girl she said I
didn't know that people could cry out of
Happiness until I saw Abu Bakr cry out
of Happiness okay wait a minute why on
Earth is he crying out of Happiness
there's going to be a you know a bounty
put on their head they're going to be
people trying to kill them there's a
chance of dying like nobody's so happy
that they cry out of happiness because
look my friend you're going to come with
me on this journey there are going to be
bad guys shooting at us trying to kill
us we're going to be wanted fugitives
from this point on what do you say the
GU like this is beautiful this is great
it's an unlikely reaction what does it
show you the love that abak had for the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam he
then he had two camels he was he thought
that he might be the companion of theam
so he had two camels no one stressed
them out they always had water available
to them always wellfed these were ready
to go it's the equivalent of having two
cars gas all the way full and just ready
to go
then the prophet his plan was not to
spend the night at his home look at the
planning would sleep in his bed and he
would also return the Amat the trust the
things the people have been trusted with
the Ali wasallam the prophet would stay
at the house of Abu Bakr until the night
starts to calm down there's less traffic
then they left from the back of the
house I mean everything they could have
possibly done they have done they left
from the back of the house there was a
known path to Medina and there was
another path that was very difficult and
longer and towards the coast of the Red
Sea and that's the path path that they
took then they brought someone to show
them the way and that was abdah that was
planned as well then they left in the
direction of Yemen which is not what you
would expect if you're going to Medina
so where are they going in the direction
of Yemen to th the cave of Thor where
they stayed for 3 days I know what we
think they stay there for a few minutes
kufar came left saw a pigeon saw you
know spider web and walked away but no
they stayed there for 3 Days okay 3 days
just hanging out just waiting why 3 days
so that the they they don't you know
they intensify the search in the
beginning then they start to everyone
goes back to their business and they
can't maybe lose hope and it calms down
the search is not as intense so they're
waiting for things to calm down that's
number one then they had the animals go
back the animals they rode to the cave
cuz it's 8 km away the animals go back
with abdah and he's going to bring them
back on the third day then they need
news what's going on in Mecca so they
had ABD rman the son of Abu Bakr and he
was a precocious young man he was a
small boy but he was way ahead of his
age so people would speak freely in
front of him because he doesn't look
like he knows what's going on but he
knew what was going on then he would
come and give him the news then his
tracks and the tracks of the animals
would be covered by the freed servant
ofak he would come and with the goats
walk over the tracks of Abu bakr's son
and of the initial approach of Abu Bakr
and the prophet wasallam so everything
was so planned who's going to bring the
food as the daughter of
abak now why her and what is so great
about choosing Asma to bring the food
number one it's a woman and no one would
expect her to be involved in this number
two she was pregnant no one would expect
a pregnant woman to be involved with
this because this is an 8 km distance
she going to make this walk every day
for 3
days and uh it was also towards the end
of her uh pregnancy and there was a
climb up to the cave as well who would
expect something like that so all these
details you can only appreciate when you
stop and ask and you stop at every place
in the S because you can look at it as a
story and just laugh where it's funny
and cry where it's sad or you can look
at it in a little bit more detail and
appreciate the genius of the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam I'd like to
thank you for being a attentive audience
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