Uh, yes. Can you very quickly if it's
possible? You said killed them where you
Oh my god. You want to know about that
one? I've never heard that. So, uh, so
cool.
So cool. I'll tell you what it's talking
about. I will tell you what it's talking
about. So, um, anybody ever seen Red
John? Yes. The old one or the new one?
The old. The old and the new. The old
one was better. It was. The old one was
better.
I had the craziest experience watching
Red Dot.
I'm watching this film. You guys want to
talk about or no? How many people don't
know? Oh my god. Seek forgiveness.
Anyway,
watching this film, it's a matter of
perspective, right?
North Koreans are invading the United
States and parachutes are landing and
they're taking over the half the country
and crazy. And these poor high school
kids are running up into the woods and
they're t dad taught them to use a
shotgun or something and they're now
considered guess what? Terrorists.
They're terrorists.
And they're considered insurgents.
Although I'm like, what a matter of
perspective. I'm watching that like, no,
they didn't just make that movie.
I mean, it's just a matter of who's
wearing what flag.
You know, you see what I'm saying?
Perspective changes everything. Now the
the thing of it is in the uh
in the Islamic tradition.
In the Islamic tradition, the prophet
sallallaihi wasallam peace be upon him
peacefully started a call to Islam in a
city called Mecca at the age of 40.
Invited people to this religion started
reciting the revelation that was coming
to him. Some people accepted it, most
people didn't. People got more and more
offended as he continued to recite it.
So there were attempts on his life. Then
there were attempts on the lives of
people who followed his faith. It got to
the point where they couldn't live there
anymore. So they had to actually
secretly escape to another city, leaving
behind their businesses, their homes,
their families. Some in some cases some
people were killed, tortured to death
while not fighting back. They make it to
another city where they were welcomed.
Most people did accept the faith there.
a sort of conglomerate government was
formed with the with the uh the
cooperation of Christian and Jewish
communities. Median society was formed
and then they started preparing for
battle with the city they ran away from.
Now from a political science perspective
they have every right to fight the city
that expelled them because who what's
there? Their homes. They were kicked out
of their home for no reason. They were
the they were the ones that gressed
against for no crime that they committed
of their own except for believing.
Nobody should be oppressed for what they
believe, no matter what it is. Now, this
is universal thing. It's not just an
Islam thing. So, they're in every right.
If the United Nations was back then,
they would be okay with it.
They would be okay with it. Now, this
war starts and it's going on and it
happens. There's several battles that
take place and eventually the Muslims
win. And how do they win? They actually
peacefully march into the city of Mecca
with 100,000.
They're overwhelmed by the numbers and
they walk in and they don't kill it.
actually pray and everybody just drops
their arms like there's too many of
these guys. And then the prophet gathers
all of the enemies, all the chief
enemies that were in battle just years a
year before, two years before they were
out for blood. He gathers all of them
and says, "I will say to you what Joseph
Joseph said to his brothers. There's no
harm coming on you today." Then
revelation comes. This is not the
prophet talking. It's revelation
talking. Revelation comes and says,
"These criminals that fought you all
this time, give them four months. Give
them four months to think about the
faith. Take them to a place that's safe
so they don't feel intimidated. If they
decide that they want to be Muslims,
fine. If not, they better not come back.
And if they do, kill them wherever you
find them.
But they have how much? Four months.
Four months. And in those four months,
if you want to leave, go ahead, pack
your bags and get out of here. If you
want to accept Islam, if you come to
that decision yourself, you know what?
You're an equal citizen. And if not,
you're not you're not we don't take
prisoners. We're not taking prison. But
until those four months, you are free to
do what you want. This is the specific
context of that declaration. It is not a
universal Muslim foreign policy. It has
actually nothing to do with what will
happen after the prophetic tradition
because we believe that the punishments
of God, you know, like the flood of
Noah,
the flood of Noah or you know,
earthquake or fire from the sky or the
town sinking into the ground, those
kinds of punishments come from from God.
You know, when they come when a
messenger is in the flesh with the
people and he's rejected, then God's
wrath comes. When a messenger is not
there, those kinds of unique punishments
don't come on a people where they're
annihilated. It's only at the at the
final rejection of a messenger. And by
the way, let me add something else. When
the flood watch water reaches up to
here, up to here in the case of Noah,
right? The only thing above water is the
nose. Now, does God hit the pause button
and say, "You learned your lesson." Now,
I'm going to take the water back down.
You watch it this time. Does that
happen? There's a fire rain from the sky
and right before it hits the guy on the
top of the head, it stops.
You joke about you joke about God's
wrath. Now you think it's funny now.
Does it ever happen? Once it starts
you can't stop. This is a this is God's
tradition in previous nations. This is
true of Islamic tradition and the same
stories that are mentioned in the Bible.
This is what we believe. Now in the
prophet's case, the punishment was not
coming from the sky or a rain or flood
or a typhoon. It was the Muslim army
that took over the city of Mecca. And
the God's tradition fulfilled, all
criminals who fought against the
messenger should be what? Killed.
Killed. But the pause button is pressed
until 4 months.
The pause button was never pressed
before. It's 4 months. Think about it.
If you want to leave, move to Rome. Go
ahead. Move somewhere else. Go ahead.
Otherwise, you will face God's wrath
which has been coming from previous
prophets too. And this is the messenger
and God does not forgive those who
violate his messengers causes those who
have been ardent criminals. It's up to
you. Then a guy came up to the prophet
and said, "I don't know where you've
been. I I was in my house when you were
preaching. I never came outside. I never
even knew who you were until you just
took over Makkah."
What about me? I mean, he must have had
an Xbox at home or something. You stay
out the entire time. You didn't come
out, you know. Yeah. You mentioned in
the first session that there were two
perspectives on how to interact. Gods
and ours. Yeah. So anyway, he says,
"What about me? I didn't do anything. I
didn't fight you guys,
you know." And Allah says, "What about
them?" A specific verse came about the
exceptional case. Listen, I was talking
about battle com, you know, waring
combatants and I gave them those four
months. If one of the other comes, what
do you do?
If one of the one of the idol
worshippers comes to you saying,
"Listen, I have no idea. I don't know
what this stuff is." Then
leave him be and keep him safe. Means
two things. Leave him be and keep him
safe.
Until he gets to hear God's word.
Then after he hears God's word, take him
to a safe place.
That's because they were a people that
didn't know.
That's because there are people that
didn't know. People that didn't know,
you are responsible to protect them. Let
them know what this is cuz they didn't
know. But you're also responsible to
protect them.
Context.
Without context, you can pull anything
out.
without context. I'm running around
after my child playing with her and I'm
going say I'm going to get you.
I'm a lion. I'm going to eat you. I say
it all the time. Maybe you record told
his children that he's going to eat
that.
We have a direct recording. I'm going to
eat you. Did you say that, sir? Yes, I
did. I actually did say that. Then they
asked my child, "Were you scared?" I was
really scared.
Context, guys. context.
You know, it's so easy to manipulate a
text. And the beauty of it is when I see
people manipulating the Quran, his text,
I find fulfillment of God's word in that
cuz he says
he guides with this word many. And he
mis lets other people be misguided with
this word many of them. And the only one
who go into misguidance by using the
word are people who are inherently
corrupt. People that have corrupt
intention will use infamous guidance.
And when they do that, I say, "Oh, you
told us. Thanks. Thanks for the heads
up."
So, I'm not shocked by it like we were