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Translated by: Ibtehal Ramadan

City: Gaza 

Country: Palestine

 

Text Box: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
  

 

 

Praises be to Allah, and peaces from Allah be upon our master Mohammed the truth and sincere.

O respectable brothers , this is the 2nd lesson of the prophet's curriculum; a great entrance to an Islamic science, in haste; I will talk to you – In Sha'a Allah- as a second introduction about the value of this issue I'm handling for the first time in the Islamic Mission history.

I talked about the holy prophet's-PBUH- virtues , in more than 30 lessons, and his holy companions curriculum in more than 50 lesson, and the wise Khulafa' in more than 30 lesson , and the prophet's folks; his wives, daughters, and believers' mothers, and I also  talked about the four Ae'mmah , but I never talked about the prophet's curriculum serially;  which I intend to do in this mosque – In Sha'a Allah. But firstly we should highlight the value of this curriculum we are obliged to take from the holy prophet-PBUH.

O respectable brothers each one thinks that the prophet-PBUH- is obliged to inform and pass on the mission , but as some scholars say: as he is obliged to inform and pass the deity revelation by his tongue ; he also passed and inform his mission by his deeds and he was an example to follow; which as I think the second mission – carrying the responsibility of Islamic mission by his deeds- and it's greater than telling or informing by tongue, and it's more serious because it's more effective, as any sharp memory person can carry on the responsibility of tongue informing( preaching) ; but to reach the level of applying what you preach and to be honest and sincere when you preach people of honesty and sincerity, to be trustful  when you preach for trust …is what will save us from our enemies' deception now. Regarding Islam as information, words, concept, lessons, books..;  We've reached the top of it ; but regarding Islam as a behavior, straightness , trust, honesty and virtue , we're in desperate need to this side of Islam , as the other part accuses us of being terrorists, assassinators  and ignorant people , they don't judge Islam from its references, they see Islam in the Muslim people they meet and encounter.

I nearly say that : the strongest Mission of Islam is the silent Mission : i.e. to consider your trust, honesty, virtue, just, humbleness …as a Mission , your whole behavior shall stands for your Islamic Mission , we're in desperate need of a walking Islamic behavior- which is presented in Muslims, Islam won't spread in any other way, as if thousand persons are preaching one is less useful than one true Muslim , whose behavior is identical to the true Islamic behavior he positively affects a thousand of persons. That's why some people said : you measure one of the holy prophet's – PBUH- companions as a thousand one.

Out master Khalid bin Al-Waleed appealed for help from the Khalifa – Abu –Baker Seddeq( he ment by help in the battle a 50 thousand soldier) ; then Abu –Baker Seddeq sent him only one man : Qa'qa'a Bin Amr , Khalid asked Qa'qa'a when he arrived  : where're the supporting soldiers ? he replied : It's only I, he said : yes I , with this message , he read him the Khalifa message: O Khalid;  I swear Allah that an army includes Qa'qa'a shall never be beaten.

 We want to attain the level of having a Muslim's talking behavior which raises a Muslim rank of effectiveness to equal an effect of a thousand.

When you truly apply Islam in your whole life, people shall embrace Islam in groups , but if you talk about being a Muslim; when your attitude is totally adverse to Islam , people will abandon Islam in groups.  

So , what we want here is to enhance Muslims to apply their religion , that's why I believe that the prophet's _PBUH- mission in deeds missionary is much more difficult that tongue preaching , this is the first truth , so we need to a walking Islamic behavior in a female sticks to the Islamic regulations , and to have this religion really applied by Muslims, that's the first point.

The second point is that the prophet's- PBUH-speeches and words are great , reported Abu-Hurairah: that the holy prophet-PBUH- said:

" I've been bestowed the eloquent words."

[Narrated Bukhari & Muslim  ]

 

At university; we were taught that the most eloquent words ever is the Holy Qura'n , then after that comes the holy prophet's words, then after that comes the words of Imam Ali-may Allah be pleased with him; who said once :" I swear Allah ( repeated it twice) , to dig two wells using two needles- which is impossible- and sweep Hejaz's land on a stormy day with two brushes- which is also impossible- and transport two great seas using two sieves - which is also impossible- and wash two black slaves till they turn into white ones - also impossible- is easier for me from asking a miser man any thing to help me in satisfying a debt."*

·        this speech has a great Arabic rhyme

thus, the superior words are those of Allah- the revealed holy Qur'an, then afterwards comes the holy prophet's-PBUH – words: but the words are vulnerable to explanation, and we'll illustrate how: if a man said : O there're men of Allah if they intended to do something , Allah would intend it.

 If a person thinks in this text he says: this is the source of polytheism; I say : he has a right to think in this way, whereas another man could understand this text in a different way and interpret it saying: there're some men with an acceptable Dua'a  (supplication), this explanation is the source of belief, so for one text there're two completely opposed interpretations, so:

" By Nafs( Adam or a person or a soul ) and Him Who perfected him in proportion; Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him."

[Ash-Shams : 7-8]

 

You may understand that Allah has put wrong thing ; which is impossible , but the accurate meaning is that Allah has created it and bestowed a nature in the soul that if it makes wrong thing you'll automatically know that it does; this is nature, so there's a severe difference to think that Allah has created wrong nature in Human , and to understand that Allah- the Al-Mighty created the soul in a superior way that when making any mistake it automatically indicates its mistake, which is called now grief or depression , depression is a soul self punishment , so if a human overcomes his nature's concepts; his soul punishes him by depression.

 

" But whosever turns away from My Reminder( i.e. neither believes in this Qura'n nor acts on its teachings.) verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection."

[Ta-Ha:124]

 

So, the text is interpreted , for instance: Allah- the All-Mighty when sent a prophet …….., you think carefully, is it possible that Devil could reach to the holy prophet-PBUH and ……? There's another meaning , this holy prophet if he wished to guide people , the Devil wished to misguide them, this interpretation is great, so a text is exposed to several interpretations, and as the holy prophet's saying is a text then it's possible to be understood in a totally remote way from the true meaning of it. Reported Mugherah Ibn Shu'abah that he proposed to a woman , then the holy prophet-PBUH – told him :
" Look at her , it's a greater reason to marry her."

[ Narrated Tarmathy]

 

Some jurisprudence claimers , deducted from the holy prophet's –PBUH- sayings that a proposed man has the right to look at his fiancée as Allah has created her, no way, not any father on this earth would accept this thing, so a text is exposed to explanation ; whereas the deeds has boundaries and can't be interpreted in more than one way.

If a person talks about his view about woman's veil , we enter in dialogues, discussions , evidences and fending off evidences, proving new evidences , weakening evidences, … but how his wife goes out , Is his true opinion , so the behavior is bounded. Thus the first thing in the prophet's doctrine is the practical application of the Qura'n , and when Allah – The All-Mighty said:

" And whatsoever the Messenger (Mohammad-PBUH)gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you , abstain ( from it)."

[Al-Hashr:7]

 

So, I believe that the holy prophet's behavior expresses his understanding to Allah's book ( Qur'an) better than his words do; as the words is vulnerable to interpretation ; whereas his behavior –PBUH- is bounded and can afford only one interpretation. And if you intend to be a Islamic missionary  read this holy verse :

 

" And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah
( believes in His Oneness )" and then stands firm ( acts upon His Order ), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says:" I am one of the Muslims."

[ Fussilat :33]

 

Thus, according to the holy Qura'n, there's not on the whole earth better than  " than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah
( believes in His Oneness )" and then stands firm ( acts upon His Order ), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says:" I am one of the Muslims."

 but I said once during a conference in Cairo: the only deed that fluctuates between two ranks;  either to be the greatest deed ever, or the most worthless deed ever is the missionary ; as it's the holiest deed if you make every effort , and afford your utmost ;and in turns to be the worst; worthless deed if you consider it as a means of living, thus, when Imam Shafe'ie – may Allah's Mercy be upon him- : " I swear Allah that earn my living by dancing is much more easier than earning it by religion ( missionary) ; so it may be the best and holiest deed and you rise to the holy prophet's deeds, or be the worst, most insignificant and worthless deed.

Hence: the first point: the prophet's doctrine is his practical understanding for the holy Qura'n, the universe is a silent Qura'n ,the holy Qura'n is a talking universe, and the holy prophet- PBUH- is a walking Qura'n; and we are in a desperate need to a walking Muslim , a holy Hadeeth  of the prophet Mohammed-PBUH- was Narrated in Bukhari: " It's I who first holds the Heaven's rings; when a women is struggling me intends to enter the Heaven before I do – Is it possible?- so I said : O Jibreal ( Jabreal) who's this woman? : Jibreal replied : this is a woman whose husband died ( a widow woman) and left with her their children , so she refused to get married in order to bring them up."

This woman who raises her children struggles with the prophet to enter the Heaven before he does, so a human being is arose by his deed, and he is exalted by his straightness and good deeds, whereas words shall do nothing important as just words.

" And the righteous deeds exalt it (i.e the goodly words are not accepted by Allah unless and until they are followed by good deeds."

[ Fater:10]

 

"Similarly( to complete My Blessings on you) , We have sent among you a Messenger ( Mohammad-PBUH) of your own"

 [Al-Baqarah:151]

 

of your own Means  that, unless the holy prophet-PBUH-  was a human being , with all human beings features; he would never be the Master of the Human beings.

 

"Similarly( to complete My Blessings on you) , We have sent among you a Messenger ( Mohammad-PBUH) of your own, reciting to you Our Verses  ( the Qur'an) and purifying you , and teaching you the book( the Qura'n)and the Hikmah( i.e. Sunnah, Islamic laws and Fiqh jurisprudence) , and teaching you that which you used not to know."

 

[Al-Baqarah:151]

 

So take a insider look at this , the prophet's –PBUH-  first mission is : to reciting to you Our Verses  ( the Qur'an), you may ask : what is the meaning of the word"  Our Verses  " ? I answer your question : our cosmetic verses, should not any think that verses is the Holy Qura'n , then reciting to you Our Verses  ( the Qur'an) and purifying you , and teaching you the book( the Qura'n) the book differs from verses, so if you intend to acquire Allah then meditate in the creation of the heavens and earth, that's one, then " and purifying you "

" Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself(i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered , by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds). And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself ( disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of  Islamic Monotheism and  by following polytheism and by committing every kind of sin."

 

[ Ash-Shams:9-10]

 

The greatest success and the greatest win ,the greatest prosperity, the greatest intellect , and the greatest prudence is to …… your soul , why ? as Allah said:

" The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail, Except him who brings to Allah  a clean heart (clean from Shirk( polytheism ) and Nifaq(hypocrisy)."

[ Ash-Shua'ra: 88-89]

 

The meaning of a clean heart the most important verse in the holy Qura'n : " The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail"        for example : Bil Gits owns 93 Milliard $ , " The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail      who's 20 sons are doctors  " The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail, Except him who brings to Allah  a clean heart (clean from Shirk( polytheism ) and Nifaq(hypocrisy)." , they said : a clean heart   is the heart which doesn't have any desire opposes Allah's approval, and it's the heart which doesn't worship but Allah , and doesn't seek a decision from any source other than Allah's Sharia'a; there're many Muslim women living in the Western World-  who seek a decision of a Western court once they differ with their husbands in order to take half his properties, and she won't satisfy by the religious rule which gives her dower. Thus, the clean heart doesn't fancy a desire disapproves with Allah , neither does he seek decision from any other but Allah's religion, nor he worships other than Allah , and it doesn't believe any information contradicts Allah's revelation, so if you read any article in a magazine says that there's a medicine prolongs  life and you believe it , you then believed what contradicts the revelation of Allah :

"When their term comes , neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour ( or a moment)."

[Al-A'raf : 34]

 

So , the core of the holy prophet's –PBUH- missionary is meditation in heavens and earth let's talk about the astronomy and the orbits; the solar group utmost distance is 13 hours, and the least distance is  for the moon 1 second, the sun 8 minutes, now I want  the second  longest distance  , the closest burning star to the earth other than the solar system , a star's distance from the earth 4 light years, the calculation is very easy, light runs 300 thousand km/second, multiply by 60 – to get the time taken in a minute, then multiply by 60 to get the time taken in an hour , multiply by 24 to get the time taken in a day, multiply by 365, to get the time taken in a year , multiply by 4 to get the time taken in 4 years 37843200000000;

 If we imagine that this star has a paved way and I have a vehicle speed 100km/hr , if I divided this number by 100, the result is the number of hours my journey to this star would take, so I need 43200000 years, if I say 4 light years means 43200000 years , now when shall I reach the pole star  which is the second closest distance after the solar system ?

What about the farthest star groups and Galaxies?

Allah's said :

"So, I swear by the setting of the stars, and verily that is indeed a great oath, if you but know."

[ Al-Waqi'ah: 75-76]

 

Thus,

"It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allah ."

[ Fatir:28]

 

So only divine scholars and no one else that fear Allah , so if you wanted to gain this worldly living then go for learning, and if you intend to gain the other living then go for learning , if you want them both then go for learning, and you must know that science and knowledge shall not give you some of it unless you gave all of you to learning , if you gave some of you to learning it won't give you anything, a person is still a scholar as long as he's learning , once he thinks he has learnt , then he has become an ignorant, so I like the humbleness in some divine scholars ; who describes himself as a student.

So, respectable brothers; the holy prophet's –PBUH- missionary is to recite Allah's verses:

" By the sun and its brightness. By the moon as it follows it ( the sun)"

 [ Ash-Shams : 1-2]

 

" By the dawn,; By the ten nights( i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijja). And by the night when it departs."

[Al-Fajr :1-3]

 

"When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown. And when the stars fall."

[At-Taqweer:2]

"What are they asking ( one another) about? About the great news , (i.e. Islamic Monotheism the Qur'an , which prophet Mohammed-PBUH brought and the Day of Resurrection."

 [An-Naba'a:1-2]

 

"reciting to you Our Verses  ( the Qur'an) and purifying you , and teaching you the book( the Qura'n)and the Hikmah " The book is the Holy Qura'n , and the  Hikmah is the Sunnah, where there's a meditation and a connection with Allah , and knowledge of the meaning of the Holy Qura'n ; as Sunnah is the explanation of the holy Qura'n.

"reciting to you Our Verses  ( the Qur'an) and purifying you , and teaching you the book( the Qura'n)and the Hikmah "

But to explain the last paragraph of the verse " and teaching you that which you used not to know.", let me mention this example :

 If a young child when was called by one of his relatives , told him : I have a great amount of money , as his uncle how much you evaluate the amount of money he has? Maybe a hundred or two hundred liras; whereas when a senior official in the pentagon says: we've gathered a great amount of money for Iraq, how much would be this amount 200 milliard $ , thus now take care of what I'm going to mention , the big surprise is that when Allah-The All-Mighty – said- and He is the King of kings , and the owner of kings:

"And taught you that which you knew not. And ever Great is the Grace of Allah unto you ( O Mohammed –PBUH)."

[An-Nisa': 113]

 

So the greatest bestow ever is to acquire Allah "And taught you that which you knew not. And ever Great is the Grace of Allah unto you ( O Mohammed –PBUH)."

, so the concept of the holy prophet-PBUH mission is to meditate in heavens and earth ,to connect to Allah and purity of sins.

By the way, there's a mentioned verse in the holy Qura'n is very likely to be a mathematical equation :

" And by the Mercy of Allah , you dealt with them gently."

 [ Al-Imran: 159]

 

The meaning is as a reason of a mercy settled deep in your heart (O Mohammad) you became flexible and tender with them, thus they gathered around you and loved you , and they redeem you by their selves, their souls ,and their properties.

" And had you been severe and harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you."

 [ Al-Imran: 159]

 

Unless you were connected to us ; your heart would be filled by cruelty , and when a heart if filled by cruelty , harshness also filled it, and when it's full of harshness people shall leave you out.

So the equation is : a connection + mercy + tenderness = gathering

Disconnection + cruelty +harshness =leaving out.

Do you like people gathering around you? If you were a father do you like to fell that when you come back to home , your entrance to be like a festival? Some fathers creates this feeling in their houses; whereas other fathers when they goes out , a festival occurs at home, if you are merciful your family  and kind to them they shall gather around you.

To illustrate this fact : an old man once was sick , that when the doctor examined him and told his sons it was just a nonessential case, they said: How , we wish it to be a fatal sickness, this is the accurate balance, do you notice that when you're back to your house that your children gather around you or they just enter their rooms, so a connection to Allah , mercy and  tenderness result in gathering; on the other hand disconnection to Allah, cruelty and harshness  result in leaving out.

"Similarly( to complete My Blessings on you) , We have sent among you a Messenger ( Mohammad-PBUH) of your own, reciting to you Our Verses  ( the Qur'an) and purifying you , and teaching you the book( the Qura'n)and the Hikmah( i.e. Sunnah, Islamic laws and Fiqh jurisprudence) , and teaching you that which you used not to know."

Another thing , could you ever positively response to me if I ordered you to love a certain person to love him? Is love a willful deed? It's involuntary, so Why did the holy prophet –PBUH- said :" a Muslim is not a true believer till I became more lovable to him than his children, his parents and every other human."

[ Narrated : Bukhari & Muslim]

 

This Hadeeth assures that you should love the holy prophet, and as we know that love is involuntary thing, so what shall we do ? some scholars said: when you read the holy prophet's – PBUH- curriculum not just his sayings, when you read about his humbleness and how he – the army leader, and the master of prophets and messengers; the nation's leader  put himself equal to the junior soldier in the battle:

Reported Abullah Bin Masu'ood : " We were on the Bader battle each three rotating a camel; Abu Lubabah and Ali bin Abi Talib were the colleagues of the holy prophet –PBUH, and it was the turn of the holy prophet to go down the camel when they said: O we want to walk instead of you , he replied : neither you are stronger than I , nor I'm opulent of reward than you."

[ Narrated : Ahmed]

 

He rode the she-camel, and when it's his turn to get down of it and walk , his companions begged him to stay up the she-camel riding it so he replied: neither you are stronger than I- he-PBUH was strong  , nor I'm opulent of reward than you.'

Don't you like this humbleness; the master of the creatures walks while his companions ride the she-camel? He was on a travel with his companions , when they wanted to slaughter a sheep , so one of them said: it's I who will slaughter it, another one said: I will take off its skin, the third one said: I'll cook it, then the holy prophet –PBUH- said : and I will gather firewood- is it possible?- they said : O Allah's messenger , we shall do this part for you; he replied : I know that , but Allah hates to see one of his slaves districts himself from his mates.

A Bedouin came to ask the prophet-PBUH- about some thing so he entered the mosque asking : Who among you is Mohammed? Which means there's no a certain chair or sofa the holy prophet used to set on , other narration the companions replied : that man with the shining face . so don't you like this humbleness?

Reported Ibn Masoud : " A man came to speak to the holy prophet –PBUH , and while he was speaking to the prophet he was trembling; the prophet noticed that and told him: easy man, I'm not a king, verily my mother was used to eating dried meat."

[ Narrated : Ibn Majah]

 

A Bedouin told him- in a rude way : O Mohammed judge with fair; reported Abi –sa'eed Al-Khuy –may Allah be pleased with him- : " We were sitting by Allah's Messenger –PBUH- as he was dividing a division when Tho-Al-Khuwaiserah- a man from Bano Tameem- came and said : O Mohammed judge with fair, the holy prophet replied : Woe unto you , who shall judge with fair  if I don't judge with fair?, you would have been lost if I was not judging with fair…"

[ Narrated : Bukhari & Muslim]

 

" Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger ( Mohammed –PBUH) from amongst yourselves( i.e. whom you know well). It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty. He ( Mohammed –PBUH) is anxious over you ( to be rightly guided, to repent to Allah, and beg Him to pardon and forgive your sins in order that you may enter Paradise and be saved from the punishment of the Hell-fire); for the believers( he –PBUH –is )full of pity, kind and merciful."

[At-Taubah:128]

 

Now, How to love the prophet-PBUH-? You must read him curriculum, but the disaster is that youth take a football player, an actor or actress as their example, whereas the truth believer's heart is full by the prophet's-PBUH- humbleness, courage, truth, honesty, … so if you're asked and ordered to love him , and you're ordered to make him more lovable than yourself, your money(estate) , your children and any other human ; you must read his curriculum.

Just before his death; he-PBUH- stepped on the platform and said : " Who ever I whipped his back , then this is my back and he is to take his right back ( i.e. to whip me) , and whoever I took a property or an estate( any money ) of him , then this is my money and he is to take from it, and whoever I insulted his honor , then this is my honor; and he shall not be afraid of enmity; it's none of my business neither is of my nature."

[ History of Tabari, reported Fadl Bin Abbass]

Don't you feel as you dissolve in this holy prophet's love? You feel his love when you study his life, his humbleness, trust, honesty.. this curriculum is the key of his love; which is an obligation upon every Muslim, and we'll not survive unless we love him , as in each of us living three personality ; one is what we wish to be; which expresses your trend another is what we hate to be, the third one is our personality( reality),

if you were a worldly person you like the worldly celebrities, if you were a man related to money you extremely like wealthy people, if you were indulged in desires; you like cheap desires; if you were a man of position, you like senior positions , and if you were a believer ; you love the holy prophet-PBUH and you wish to follow him and take him as your example.

O brothers , there're two happy miens , the first one : Allah says:

" And Allah would not punish them while you ( Mohammed –PBUH) are amongst them, "

[Al-Anfal:33]

 

There seems to be a problem in this verse , the meaning is very obvious while the holy prophet-PBUH-  is living amongst his companions; but what happens when his soul transfers to her Creator ( Allah) – i.e. when he died- the scholars said :  " And Allah would not punish them while you ( Mohammed –PBUH) are amongst them, "means that when your Sunnah ( O Mohammed) id applied in their lives, at their houses, regarding their women's veil , in their earning , money spending, in their happy times and sad times, in their accommodations and travels , during their time of peace and war , when their living is easy and during their hard times.

" And Allah would not punish them while you ( Mohammed –PBUH) are amongst them, nor will He punish them while they seek ( Allah's) Forgiveness."

[Al-Anfal:33]

 

You have two affluences , one is to apply the Sunnah, the other is to repent to Allah, but if you neither apply nor repent then you're at danger. So; by learning the prophet's –PBUH- curriculum you like him , and I'm telling you : tell me whom you love; I tell you who you are.

Thus , scholars said : there is a love in the Cause of Allah – it's the origin of monotheism and there's a love with Allah – it's the origin of polytheism- ; to illustrate; the first one : the love in the Cause of Allah; its origin is to love Allah; its first branch to love his prophet-PBUH- the second branch is to love all of his companions without any exclusion – the third branch is to love his companions' followers , to love the believers, to love Allah's obedience, His mosques, His book, to love any deed would connect you to Allah; this is the love in the Cause of Allah, whereas the love with Allah is to love a party; whose love is not useful to you, rather it takes you away from Allah , and this love is the origin of polytheism, so  : tell me whom you love; I tell you who you are. And tell me is your love I the Cause of Allah or with Allah.

There's another thing ; we're still introducing for the prophet's - PBUH- doctrine the other thing is always a mocking path, the dreaming idealism , something which is inapplicable , some Greek philosophies drew the Utopia; a non existence thing and we have the abhorrent reality, an unbearable reality, you may feel depressed when read a novel for a recent author, he makes you feel the human degeneration, inferiority, hypocrisy, cruelty and deviation.

By the way, meetings are scented when righteous people are mentioned, whereas meetings are disturbed when miser people are mentioned ; without even realizing this, if you were sitting in your home with your friends , and the conversation goes about miser people , deviated hypocrites , after a while you feel uncomfortable, this profligate person you were talking about caused you depression; but when you narrate about a companion of the prophet-PBUH- or a companion's follower , or a humble scholar, you feel a zest and a soul extension, that's the great thing in the prophet's curriculum – is that it's a total reality , not only a reality, it's idealist reality, a supreme applied example  , or the applicant ( the holy prophet) is a supreme example ; that's what people need nowadays , people now reject the dreaming idealism, and they also reject the abhorrent reality ; they even detest the abhorrent reality, and mock on  the dreaming idealism; that's why Allah has said :

 

" Indeed in their stories, there is a lesson for men of understanding."

[Yusuf: 111]  

 

There're many art in the literature, poets, story, and now; plays, articles, the c.v. and many other things, the majority of authors think that the story is the closest literature art to a soul, an evidence of this; is when you take your son with you to Friday preach , and the preach lasted for an hour and it contained deep thoughts, and accurate presentation, analysis, evidences, holy verses from the Qura'n and Hadeeth and also a story was told, if you asked your son about what the preacher said, he will only remember the story, a story's heroes are people and it has events, series, and a plot, a starting, a knot and an ending, but alas, the modern story agitates people's   low desires and instincts, it also agitates the materialistic and the instinctual part of human being ,it can easily cause a whole community degeneration , but when you read a story ; which impact is a lift in your superior feeling  and  your high intellect ; then it's a piece of truly great art; thus I urge and advice parents and teachers to provide their children and pupils with the holy companions' stories; these stories must be written in a clear literature style; so the best thing to affect a human being is a great concept as well as a decorated style ; thus a story is the easiest way of missionary.

By the way, we teach in our schools, language, grammar, dictation, rhetoric and prosody; each of which is very boring, there's a strange way to teach a language based on a story, we teach the pupil its vocabulary ; hence we covered the linguistic part, we teach them letters' forms, and the position of each word to determine the grammar , we also teach them words structure; adjectives, noun, verb…, then we teach them the forms of rhetoric… so when the story core is interesting ; we're then able to teach every thing via this story, thus the easiest, most interesting and shortest way to teach this religion is to : narrate the holy prophet's curriculum; from which we're taught the legitimate rules, prophet's behavior , heroism situations, and what we should be, thus the story has the first rank. So I suggest – just as some countries do- to put the prophet's –PBUH- curriculum and the curriculum of his companions a complete session at school studying ; and you can entirely learn the Islam from the prophet's curriculum. Besides , it can be the key of loving the holy prophet , and it also can be the practical example for each believer's searching for the truth.

I told you before : Allah-The All-Mighty; when said :

" And all that We relate to you (O Mohammad -PBUH) of the news of the Messengers is in order that we may make strong and firm your heart thereby.

[Hud:120]

 

" O you who believe ! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger (Mohammad -PBUH), and those of you ( Muslims) who are in authority."

[An-Nisa':59]

 

"and obey the Messenger (Mohammad -PBUH), and those of you ( Muslims) who are in authority"  , means that you should never obey a creature in an offense of the Creator, the obedience of those whop are in authority is related to being harmonics with the prophet's obedience-PBUH, but He didn't say obey Allah and His Messenger, He rather said :

Obey Allah and obey the Messenger (Mohammad -PBUH); which means that the Messenger-PBUH is himself legislator , and Islamic legitimate has two sources; the holy book of Allah( Qura'n) and His Messenger's Sunnah; thus the prophet's saying is a legislation; that's why Allah has said:

"Nor does he speak of (his own ) desire. It is only a Revelation Revealed."

[An-Najm:3-4]

 

So, when you read a prophet's –PBUH-saying, you should know that it's truth revealed by Allah , the evidence is this saying : A prophet's-PBUH companion said : " There are three situations at which I'm a distinct  man…" Man means here a hero according to the Holy Qura'n and the Sunnah, as it was mentioned in the Holy Qura'n:

 

" Men whom neither trade nor sale (business) diverts from the remembrance of Allah ( with heart and tongues)"

[An-Nur:37]

 

" Men who have been true to their covenant with Allah."

[Al-Ahzab:23]

 

Now , back to the companion's saying : " There are three situations at which I'm a distinct  man, and in other situations I'm a man among people" what is the sign of the heroism of our master ( Sa'ad)?  : "I didn't hear any saying of the holy prophet-PBUH but I know it's truth revealed by Allah, and I didn't perform any prayer( Muslim's Salat) and made myself busy by any other thing till I finish it, and I didn't follow a funeral and had a self-talk else than what they say( during it) till I leave it."

So, when you hear the Authentic prophet's Hadeeth , you must believe that it's truth revealed by Allah, and that the holy prophet-PBUH- does not speak of (his own ) desire , It is only a Revelation Revealed.

Thus, every house must contain tapes, or books about the Curriculum of the holy prophet-PBUH, and his Hadeeth; the Holy Qura'n explanation , don't make graves of your houses .

One thing remained; the holy prophet's-PBUH curriculum is a part of the Islamic history, so when you read his curriculum you read the history , and I'll narrate you a paragraph of his curriculum shows that most of the problems his companions used to suffer are the same problems we suffer nowadays!:

When Uday Bin Hatem met the Holy prophet- PBUH; the holy prophet asked him : Who are you, he replied : Uday Bin Hatem- the prophet was very polite and Uday was a king; Uday said to him self: I thought I would meet a king ; but when I met Allah's Messenger he accompanied me to his home; there in the road a woman stopped the holy prophet so he stopped and talked to him about her need for a long time ; another time Uday said to him self: that's not how kings behave, when we reached his home he presented me a leather cushion stuffed by fiber saying: set on this, now Uday said to him self: I knew he ( the prophet ) was a prophet and a messenger; so he knows what other people don't know, the prophet –PBUH said: O Uday Bin Hatem tell me , weren't you a Rekousy? – a religion between Judaism and Christianity- he replied : O yes, the prophet asked him again : didn't you deal with your people in a way that you take one fourth of their income? he replied : O yes, the prophet said : this was not permitted in your religion, Uday said to him self: I know then he was a prophet and a messenger; so he knows what other people don't know, the holy prophet-PBUH then added : O Uday maybe what you see of Muslims poverty prevents you from embracing Islam- and the Islamic world now suffers from poverty , on the contrary the Western world is nearly about to explode from money ; is it possible that a small drawing is sold for 50 million $ , which seems to equal a 100 Lira according to us, they robbed nations' wealth, and control the whole world , they take every rue material in replacement for the US $, they keep printing this banknote and buy every thing using it, they're terribly in great debt – back to Uday story : O Uday maybe what you see of Muslims poverty prevents you from embracing Islam, I swear Allah that money will be extremely abundance ; till there's no one to take it, and O Uday maybe what you see of Muslims situation that rulers and kings are not among Muslims prevents you from embracing Islam ; -Allah –The All-Mighty – has affairs with his creatures; sometimes the infidel is very powerful and strong; does what he wants; kills, bombs, destructs houses , controls the media and  the wealth, and the rest of the world support him , and Muslims are too weak. Back now to Uday's story : and O Uday maybe what you see of Muslims situation that rulers and kings are not among Muslims prevents you from embracing Islam; I swear Allah that you'll hear their victory against Babel's Palaces , and O Uday maybe what you see of Muslims having lots of enemies prevents you from embracing Islam – now the whole world is fighting Islam - I swear Allah that you'll soon hear that the Babelian woman goes to perform pilgrimage  - Hajj- riding her camel without fear, and Uday Bin Hatem lived till he sees all what he was informed by the holy prophet-PBUH.

The greatest fear of mine is to be self defeated, or to be frustrated:

"So do not become weak (against your enemy), nor be sad, and you will be superior (in victory) if you are indeed (true) believers."

[Al-Imran: 139]

 

This hard times ; we –Muslims-face I call it the intense care , as there's still a rest of good thing in us, which caused us put in the intense care , for example the patient diagnosed by a malicious tumor spread in his whole body; when asking the doctor what to eat : he'll reply : eat whatever you want; whereas if a person is diagnosed with stomach ulcer ; and his cure is guaranteed but he needs first a very strict diet, he's given a 1000 instruction as there's still a hope in his cure. Hence, "Allah has revealed to this worldly life : O be severe and harsh and tough against Auliya of Mine( those who believe in the Oneness of Allah and fear Allah Much) till they looking forward to meeting Me and love my meeting, I swear by My Grace and Mighty- I don't sent My believer slave to death – when I like to reveal My Mercy upon him till I sent him terrible , sickness to his body, hard living, a disaster in his properties, children or folks;  as a dual to each sin he's committed ; then if there're still some committed sins I made his death to hard ( taking off his soul) till he meets Me without sins ( just as the day of his birth)."

So, I'll continue these lessons In Sha'a Allah, and we shall conclude lessons and examples, and a vision in order to help us solve our problems from every single situation of the holy prophet-PBUH.

 

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