The prophetic biography:  lesson 6- The Names Of The Prophet (pbuh), of his immense Dr Mohammed Rateb Al-Nabulsi

Translated By : Basel Hennawi

Damascus, Syria

All praise to Allah the lord of all worlds, blessing and peace be upon our master Muhammad the truthful in what he had promised and the trustworthy.  O Allah we have no knowledge apart from what you have taught us, for you are the all knower and the all wise, so teach us what is beneficial to us, and let us benefit from what you have taught us and increase our knowledge, and let us see truth as it is and make us comply with it, let us see falsehood as it is and make us avoid it, and let us be among those who listen to what had been said and follow the best of it, and let us be under your mercy with your righteous servant.  Take us out of the darkness of ignorance and illusion to the light of knowledge, and from the mud of lusts to the gardens of obedience.

Honorable brothers, we will start today with a new lesson of the prophetic biography, we shall move to his names (pbuh).

The prophet (pbuh) has many names that scholars found and explain the meanings of them and what they indicate.

It has been authenticated in the two references (of Al-bukhari & Muslim) that Mohammad Bin Jubair Bin Mat'am heard his father saying:

The Prophet (pbuh) said:

I have five names, I am:  Mohammad, Ahmad, the terminator by whom God terminates infidelity; am the one of whom people will be resurrected at his feet; I am the successor, i.e. no prophet shall come after me.

In another saying in the Authentic Muslim:

Abi Muosa Al Asha'ri said:  The prophet (pbuh) call him self with many names, he said:

I am Mohammad, Ahmad, Al-Muqafi, the Gatherer [of whom people shall gather around on the judgment day], the prophet of repentance and the prophet of mercy.

Honorable brothers, the names of the prophet (pbuh) are of two kinds: one that are restricted to him only, no other prophet had shared it with him; such as the five names mentioned in his authentic saying.

Another kind that he (pbuh) shared with the rest of the prophets:  The Witness, the herald and the prophet of mercy.  He is best known as Muhammad (pbuh).

This name [in Arabic] is derived from the word 'praise' which connotes praiseworthiness, to love him, to glorify and honor him (pbuh).

He is (pbuh) praiseworthy by God and by people and even by him self; a bright person could be praiseworthy by people but he could not praiseworthy by him self.

Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc…) will speak about his deed; though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).

Surat Al-Qiyamah  Verse: 14,15

A man could be praiseworthy by God for performing worships, and being disciplined according to the course of Allah; but also, he may not praiseworthy by people for not being merciful and not being characterized by the prophetic manners; he maybe praiseworthy by him self but not by people.

Heroism in the prophet (pbuh) is that he is praiseworthy by God, by people and by him self.

Therefore [in Arabic] the name Muhammad is the exaggerated form of praise which means the beloved, the glorified, and the esteemed; when such form is used [in Arabic language] this denotes the repetition of the verb on the object either for being worthy of it, or being the object.

The name Muhammad literally means the one of whom has been praised time after time, or the one who is worthy of being praised time after time, either the praise is done on his blessed self, or he is worthy of it because he come for the benefit of mankind.

By the way honorable brothers, I will give you a wonderful rule: 

If you want to know your standing according to God, then you should look in what He made you occupied with.

If you wanted to know if you are dignified by God then know for certain that the highest dignity one could get to is to know Him, and the greatest dignity according to God is to be straight according to His order.

Straightness is the heart of dignity, and knowing Allah is the greatest dignity for it does not need abnormalities.

And [He] taught you that which you knew not.  And Ever Great is the Grace of Allah unto you (O Muhammad pbuh).

Surat Al-Nisa  Verse:113

Honorable brothers, another comment that I would to give:

It is sad thing that a Muslim has a perfect name but he is not; for instance, some called Saeed [means happy] but he is not.

Heroism is that your name must match your personality.  There is a rule in Arabic language that says:  if you know a name [of someone] this because he is characterized by that name. 

For instance; Mr. so and so is Rashed [means rational], so if you say Rashed came this means that he came with his rational behavior, therefore it is the childrens' right that there parents call them with fine names, and the best names are Abed [servant of God] & Hamd [praise].

Honorable brothers, the prophet (pbuh) had been begotten by Abdullah Bin Abed Al-Muttaleb, he was married to Aminnah Bint Wahab the son of Abed Manaf, the son of Zuhra, the son of Kilab, the details of this marriage was not reported through correct methods, but what matters the most is that the prophet (pbuh) was the fruit of the marriage of Abdullah Bin Abed Al-Mutaleb and Amina Bint Wahab [Pre Islam, old Arabs were concerned about the lineage of their families].

Furthermore, one may wonder: why was the prophet (pbuh) an orphan, he knows his father but he had not seen him.  His father died when he was in Al-Madineh at his uncles' (the clan of Al-Najjar).

Al-Zuhri mentioned that Abed Al-Mutaleb sent his son Abdullah to buy dates from Yuthreb [Al-Madineh Al-Munawara] then he died there.  Aminah gave birth to the prophet (pbuh) under the care of Abed Al-Mutaleb.

The Holy Qura'an mentioned that the prophet (pbuh) was an orphan:

Did he not find you (O Muhammad [pbuh]) an orphan and gave you a refuge?

Surat Al-Duha  Verse:6

O brothers, I heard once something that touched me deeply, I heard someone saying to his friend:  if this child did not have a father then he must have the Lord, so those who lost their fathers they under the patronage of God:

And it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you.  Allah knows but you do not know.

Surat Al-Baqarah  Verse  216

He who loses his father may become a very distinguished person. 

A powerful rich father maybe an obstacle in his son's way to reach the highest rank [in a certain field], for every thing is at his disposal, as for those little orphans they have nothing, so they work really hard.

But what I would like to clarify to you is that a human being is free to choose in what he is assigned, he is ordered to pray so he is free to choose, he is ordered to fast, ordered to avoid looking at women, he is ordered to investigate whether his earnings are legal according to Islamic jurisprudence and to spend it according to Allah's order.

However human beings are not free to choose their gender, a male or a female, not free to choose the parents, not free to choose the city of birth and the date of it, not free to choose the look, characteristics and potentials.  I know for certain that what you are not given to choose is the most wonderful thing.

The great Imam Al-Ghazali has expressed that saying:

"It is not possible to make things more wonderful than what they are [the way and the look that God -exalted He is- had created them]"

What you have not been given to choose fits you the best, and then on the Day of Judgment, the secrets of fate [the unseen or unconceivable or deemed to be misfortune to one's mind] shall be revealed to know the reason why one was not given the privilege to choose, therefore the relation between God and His servants can be summarized on the judgment day with one phrase:

And the close of their request will be: ( Al-hamdu Lillah Rabb-ill-Alamin) praise is to the Lord of worlds

Surat Yunus  Verse:  10

You should be satisfied with what Allah has given you.  A man was circulating Al-Ka'aba saying:  O Lord, are you pleased with me?

Imam Al-Shafi'i [one of the leading knowledgeable scholar of Islam] was behind him, he asked the man:  Are you pleased with God so that He will be pleased with you?

The man said:  may God bless you but who are you?

The Imam said:  my name is Muhammad Bin Edrees.

The man said:  how am I going to be pleased with God if I am desperate for his pleasure?

The Imam said:  if your pleasure with the grace [that He bestowed upon you] is same when He deprives you of it, then you are pleased with The

Lord.

Therefore you should know for certain that when you have not been given to choose, being a female or male, or choose your father and mother, your city, the date and the place of your birth, your look and your capabilities in general are the best things for you, but according to what Allah has prepared for you to live an eternal happiness.

Dear brothers, the most authentic narrations that mentioned the birth of the prophet (pbuh) that he was born on the 12^th of Rabi'Al-Awal [it’s a name of a month in the Arabic calendar, which based the lunar system] known as the year of elephant.

By the way, the 12^th of Rabi'Al-Awal comes on Monday every 365 days.  This year the 12^th of Rabi'Al-Awal marked on Monday, this is what we call in sera [the biography of the Prophet (pbuh)] an early sign.

The prophet (pbuh) was born in the elephant year, when Abraha Al-Ashram headed to Mekkeh to tear down Al-Ka'bah.

Because he wanted people to perform pilgrimage to a church that he built in Yaman [south of the Arabian Peninsula]

[He was on top of a great army with elephants so when he became near Mekkeh his solders stole a cattle which belongs to Abed Al-Mutaleb (the prophet's grandfather).

He went to Abraha who was lying down arrogantly in his tent, but he admired his solemnity.

Abraha said:  what can I do for you?

Abed Al-Mutaleb said:  I came here to claim my cattle of sheep.

Abraha was irritated by that request, he said:  how could man with such a stature ask for a worthless thing?  I thought you were going to ask me not to tear down Al-Ka'aba and Mekkeh!

Abed Al-Mutaleb said: am in charge of this cattle, Al-Kaa'beh (the holy house) has its own God to protect it, and then he left.

Have you (O Muhammad pbuh) not seen how your Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant? 

Did He not make their plot go astray?

And He sent against them birds, in flocks,

striking them with stones of Sijjil [baked clay].

And He made them like (an empty field of) stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle).

Surat Al-Fil  Verse:1,2,3,4,5.

The story is known to you, in comparison to this story I shall say:  do not worry about this religion, it is God's religion and alone shall undertake its protection.  In another word there is no power on earth-on earth no matter how overwhelming it is- can corrupt the guidance of Allah to His creatures.

They (the disbelievers, the Jews and the Christians) want to extinguish Allah's Light (with which Muhammad pbuh has been sent –Islamic monotheism) with their mouths, but Allah will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the Kafirin (disbelievers) hate (it).

Surat At-Taubah    Verse: 32

Tell me if someone faced the sun and blew in order to extinguish it, where do you think that person should be? 

In the mental hospital, right?

Those who are on the other side want to extinguish the light of god with their mouths; if you blow from your mouth to extinguish the sun does nothing, then how is the case with the light of God?

But Allah will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the disbelievers hate (it).

Surat At-Taubah  Verse: 32

Verily, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to hinder (men) from the Path Allah, and so will they continue to spend it; but in the end it will become an anguish for them.  Then they will be overcome.  And those who disbelieve will be gathered unto Hell.

Surat: Al-Anfal  Verse:  36

Say (O Muhammad pbuh) to those who disbelieve: "you shall be defeated"

Surat:  Al-Imran  Verse:  12

And the (blessed) end is for the Muttaqun (the pious)

Surat Al-Anfal  Verse:  128

You desire something and I desire something, but God does what ever He wants.  Do not be concerned about this religion; it is the religion of God.

But we should worry about our selves whether God has allowed us or not to be solders for this religion [through spreading virtue and helping the poor in their difficulties of life and supporting those who have been oppressed against the oppressors etc….] it is indeed, a great honor.

Another thing, it had been authenticated that Thawbiah –the servant of Abi-Lahab [the prophet's (pbuh) uncle who was totally against him and his religion and fought him fiercely] breast fed him (pbuh). 

It had been proved that his uncle Hamzah Bin Abed Al-Mutaleb [his other uncle who loved him dearly but did not convert to his religion at the beginning but then he became a Muslim and won martyrdom in Al-uhod war against the disbelievers] was his brother in breast feeding [in Arab culture and in Islamic tradition it is commonly known that if a baby was breast fed by a woman other than her/his mother, then all the sons and the daughter of this mother will be her/his sister/brother in breast feeding, so they can not marry each other and their mother will be her/his mother in breast feeding], and it has been authenticated that Halimah Al-Sa'adiah breast fed him (pbuh) and he lived with her in Al-Badiah [semi desert] where a miracle (slitting of the chest) took place.  It needs to be introduced.

O brothers, this text or this incident has its special connotation, so we accept it with it, but we do not when it is understood with another one.

For instance; if someone said:  God has men of whom if they will to so something, He wills. 

If you interpret this sentence that those men have an independent will than the Lord's then it is the heart of association with God [which is considered in Islam as the greatest unforgiven sin unless repentance was not asked from Him-exalted He is.

However; if I interpreted the text in its right context that they are men of an answered prayer, then nothing wrong with that.

Now if we imagined that the slitting of the chest [when the prophet (pbuh) was a little child, two angles took him away to slit his blessed chest in order to take out a black leech from his heart] meant that Allah had taken from the heart of the prophet (pbuh) through two angles was the misfortune of the devil then [Muhammad] become a prophet- then there is a problem.

Someone may say that if this black leech represents evil then how come hasn't it been taken from the heart of all human beings so that they would all enter paradise?  How come it is placed there the first place?

However, if we understand that the slitting of the chest is nothing more than a miracle then it's an early sign that has a meaning.

This incident in such explanation is a one of the miracles of prophet hood.

That man who was born by the veracious lady Mary and he talked to her:

And peace be on him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he will be raided up to life (again).

Surat Maryam  Verse:  15

Do we call this a miracle?  Do we call it a sign? 

When he [Jesus pbuh] grows up then Allah makes him a prophet, it is an early sign of his prophecy [when he talked to his mother while he was in his cradle]

And the slitting of the chest of the prophet (pbuh) is an early sign of his prophecy as well.

This indicates that there is something in prophecy; Allah had chosen them according to His knowledge of them.

There is another endowment in prophecy, slitting of the chest is an endowment, but the compassion of the prophet (pbuh) and his dedication to God and his devotion to serve people are qualifications.  So prophecy has qualifications and endowments, and each has evidence:

Allah chose Adam, Nuh (Noah), the family of Ibrahim (Abraham)and the family of Imran above the Alamin (mankind and jinn) (of their time).

Surat Al-Imran  Verse: 33

It is an evidence of qualifications; Allah had chosen them according to His knowledge.  [The prophet pbuh said] God had chosen me and my companions; all the mentioned texts [of the Holy Qura'an & the prophetic sayings] confirm the qualities that the prophet (pbuh) had, but as for the slitting of the chest, miracles, revelation, and the memory that would not fade, these are all endowments which are means to introduce and to deliver the [divine] message.

The text in which the slitting of the chest had been informed:

Anas Bin Malek took the authentic narration from Muslim that at the age of 14 Gabriel took the prophet (pbuh) as he was playing with kids, he knocked him down, and then he silted his chest to pull the leech out of his heart.

He said:  [by taking out this leech] Satan has nothing to do with you anymore; he washed him with Zamzam [holy water from Zamzam well] in a golden basin then he retuned him to where he (pbuh) was.

The lads took him to his mother [in breast deeding] Halimeh Al-Sa'adiah saying:  Muhammad was killed.   

He had a pale face when they received him.

Anas said:  I could see the mark of stitches on the chest of the prophet (pbuh); the other slit of the chest was on the night of the ascension.

O brothers, he was born after he could see his father and his mother died at al-Abwa'a [a place] between Mekkeh and Al-Madineh at the age of 6.

Being an orphan had affected him deeply, for he was born without a father, he lost his mother in his childhood, after that his grandfather sponsored him, but he died shortly after that so he asked his Abu Taleb to take care of him at the age of 8.

He (pbuh) was born not knowing his father, at the age of 6 his mother died then at the age of 8 his grand father died as well.

Most narrations showed the sympathy of his uncle (Abu Taleb) and how much he was attached to him (pbuh).

Abu Taleb loved him dearly so he accompanied him in his trip to Al-Sham.

Abu Taleb was poor so the prophet (pbuh) worked to help him, so he grazed his sheep and the mekkeh peoples' for nickels. 

Now the characteristics of prophets in the Qura'an are:

And We never sent before you (O Muhammad pbuh) any of the Messengers but verily, they ate food and walked in the markets.  And We have made some of you as a trail for others: will you have patience?  And your Lord is Ever All-Seer (of everthing)

Surat Sl-Furqan   Verse:  20

Consuming food is decisive evidence that their [prophets] existence is not self generated.  Human beings take the energy of mobility from food and water, so they are creatures that lack food and water.

The prophet (pbuh) lacks in his continuity of his existence to food and water, so he is not God, in addition he lacks to provide the price for food and water: they ate food and walked in the markets.

Allah-exalted He is- has made needs in ourselves, such as the need of food and drink to preserve our existence; and He has made a need in men & women in order to avoid extinction, and He has made in us a need to prove our selves in a certain field, these are essential needs that push us to work;

Hadn't been for these needs, nothing would have existed on earth.

You would not have seen a mosque or a building or a bridge or agriculture or an industry or any invention or a machine nothing at all.

Allah has obliged us to work through these needs.

Now you work for making money to consume food in order to be tested; you maybe honest or a liar, fair or unfair, chaste or unchaste, faithful or unfaithful.  You are being tested through work, but the profession of mankind maybe the finest kind of worship but scholars said that this profession must be by legal [in the eye of Islamic laws] mean in the first place, and your intention must be to suffice you family and your self and the ones whom you support and to serve Muslims, and it does not occupy you from performing any religious obligation or duty, then your work shall turn into a kind of worship.

It has been said: that the habits of believers are warships and the habits of hypocrites are sins, because they dissemble through them, but the habits of believers are to earn money through his profession.

I'll say it again:

profession must be by legal [in the eye of Islamic laws] mean in the first place, and your intention must be to suffice you family and your self and the ones whom you support and to serve Muslims, and it does not occupy you from performing any religious obligation or duty or seeking knowledge, then your work shall turn into a kind of worship.

However, dear brothers, the most attached things in one's life are his wife and profession.

Thus the prophet (pbuh) said:

The Holy Spirit had told me that one's life will not be taken until the completion of its provision [from God], so be pious [in your relation] with Allah and generalize in supplication.

Documented by Bin Abi Al-Dunia in Al-Kana'a and Al-Hakem from Bin Masoud.

"Make your professions to serve people"

I would like to congratulate the one whose profession goes by the order of the Lord; woe betide the one whose profession is based on the harm of people or to make them panic or to take with prohibited commodities or any behavior that contains disobedience.

If you want to know your standing [according to God] you aught to look in what you are occupied with.

I advise young men to choose a wife and a profession that please Allah to be happy in their life.

O brothers, the prophet (pbuh) lived under the care of his uncle Abi Taleb, but he was poor so the prophet (pbuh) used to help him pasturing sheep.

The prophet (pbuh) said:

All the prophets who were before me were shepherds. 

One companion said: what about you? 

The prophet said:  Yes, I used to pasture on carats that belong to the people of Mekkeh.

Narrated by Bukhari from Abi Huraira.

Working is an honor, and to light a candle is far better than spreading darkness.  The prophet (pbuh) had taught us a lot of things:

A man form Al-Ansar [People of Al-Madineh known as the supporters] asked him for money.

The prophet said:  Do you have anything?

He said:  I have a pot and a piece of cloth nothing more.

The prophet said:  bring them.

He told his companions:  who would like to buy these?

One said:  I will buy them with one dirham.

The prophet (pbuh):  Who pays more?

Another one said:  I will buy them with two dirham.

The prophet sold the stuff and told the owner:  Take the two dirham buy food for your family and buy a sharp blade with the other dirham then bring to me; the prophet (pbuh) tide the blade with his own blessed hand to a stick [to be used as an axe] he told him:  now go to log and come back after 15 days.

He came back with 8 dirham, the prophet (pbuh) said: this is a lot better for you than asking people whether they give or not.

Honorable brothers, it is a very subtle fact:

Verily, God shall make a person poor if he asks [people for money]

Documented by Termithi from Abi Kabsha Al-Anmari, Muslim and Abi Dawood from Abi Huraira.

The prophet (pbuh) is the master of all creations the God's beloved one, he used to pasture sheep.

I don't think that there is a profession that is less than this one, in terms of income, simplicity and standing.

Have you ever seen a shepherd who has his business card with his address, phone number and web site in it?

Imagine! The lowest job on earth is to be shepherd that is a medal of honor for the prophet (pbuh). 

Do not be ashamed of what you do as long as it is an honorable profession, do not be ashamed of what you do as long as you intend to please the Lord, do not be ashamed of job that you make your livelihood form.

But be ashamed of disobedience [of God], be ashamed of degradation [out of asking others for money] be ashamed when your hand is taking form people.

Therefore, the prophet (pbuh) saw a young man at working time reading the Qura'an.

The prophet asked him:  who supports you?

He said: my brother does.

The prophet said:  your brother is a better worshiper than you are.

In another occasion the prophet held the hand of Abdullah Bin Masuod –it was a rough one out of his work- he said:  God and his messenger love this kind of hand.

Omar (may God be pleased with him) used to say: 

"I do not respect a man who does not have a profession"

Therefore, a believer must work gracefully with distinction.

Take these words form me and keep in your mind for many reasons:  if your were not distinct in your life your religion would not be respected, because it is the logic of powerful people [which is pretty much the situation nowadays]

However one may have a great standing according to the Lord, the evidence is:

  One maybe unkempt and dust-covered in shabby clothe of whom doors are closed in the face, but verily, Allah will answer his prayers if he asks Him.

Documented by Muslim from Abi Huraira

But If you want to be of support of this religion you have to be distinct in your in the field that you are specialized in and in you profession.

If you are a student be the first, if you were a manufacturer then seek perfection in your job, if you were a trader be as the prophet (pbuh) describe traders, for they shall be resurrected with the prophets and pious people.

The best earnings are the one of traders who would not lie when they talk, and would break a promise or betray when entrusted, and would not devaluate [something in order to get a price reduction] when they buy, and would not speak highly of their commodity] when they sell, and they would not procrastinate if a payment is due to be paid, and would not be strict when a payment is due to be collected for them.

Narrated by Al-Hakeem from Mu'ath.

Honorable brothers, one may see pasturage as a pure, quiet and contemplating profession.  If someone is at his work in a quiet place, away from the noise of the city where half naked women are- speaking of which  the streets of Damascus have all kind of sins and disobediences-it is far away but it has peace of mind, so chose a job as the prophet (pbuh) said:

The best earning of a Muslim is about to be the one he makes by taking cattle of sheep to the feet of mountains and where rain falls running away with religion to avoid enticement [of women and anything that displeases the Lord and cause a major problems to people]

Narrated by Al-Bukhari from Abi Sa'id Al-khidri.

There are professions are involved with half naked women, such jobs are considered of corruption and deviation, other jobs might be rough but it is more purifying to one's soul and to be more favored by the Lord.

Therefore dear brothers, your wife and your profession are of great deal importance, because they are the most attached things to you.

The prophet (pbuh) witnessed in his young age -when he turned twenty- the establishment of Al-Fuduol Alliance, which all leaders of Quraish call upon each other to hold and to pledge that they will defend every oppressed man they find, and to return any stolen thing to its rightful owners- they are infidels, idolaters, but they wanted the enforcement of the fair law.  The prophet (pbuh) said:

The best of you, in the pre-Islamic age, are the best of during the Islamic age provided that they become knowledgeable [of Islamic laws] 

Narrated by Al-Bukhari from Abi Huraira

And when one of the companions converted to Islam, the prophet (pbuh) told him:

You converted to Islam with best characteristics that you had before.

Agreed upon

Thus, if you go to a western country that has an order, health security system and useful service to human beings, then you have to adapt it, do not be narrow minded.

The prophet (pbuh) witnessed Al-Fuduol Alliance, which has a story:

It says:  A man from Zubaid sold a commodity to Al-A'ss Bin Weal Al-Sahmi but he procrastinated the payment, so the man from Zubaid complained about that to clan's leaders of Quriash and its allies but they paid him no attention; so he stood before Al-Ka'bah and chanted with the top of his lungs saying:

O Al-Fihr [title of a clan] an oppressed, coming out of no where, who had an unpaid commodity in the heart of Mekkeh.

A weary man who has not performed pilgrimage yet, where are the men of this town [to support him]

The protection must be to the one of whose dignity had been wasted, but not to the perfidious, the obscene and the treacherous one.

The poem touched Zubir's Bin Abed Al Mutaleb feelings when he was with prophet (pbuh), so he called- out of his gallantry- upon the leaders of Quraish; affectively, the clan of Hashem, the clan of Abed Al- Mutaleb, the clan of Assad, the clan of Zuhrra and the clan of Tamim gathered in the house of Abdulla Bin Jada'an, then alliance was established which was attended by prophet Muhammad (pbuh) prior to his mission [when he was  first received revelation through Gabriel].  The prophets (pbuh) celebrated it after he was sent revelation, and from that point some scholars said:

Pay attention "This world can be reformed- this world but not the hereafter- with infidelity and justice, but it could not be reformed with faith and injustice", form that point the same scholar said:

God grants victory to a just disbelieving nation against an unjust Muslim nation; thus the path of triumph is through:

Verily, you are triumphant and provided [with, food, money and water] through your weak ones [by means of supporting the poor and the one whose earnings does not cover their basic needs]

Narrated by Abu Dawood from Abi Al-Darda'a

The weak ones must be fed when she/he hungry, must be provided with clothing when she/he does not have any, must be taught when she/he is ignorant, must be treated when she/he is sick, must be sheltered when she/he is homeless and  must be supported  when she/he is oppressed, in order to deserve the victory of God exalted he is.

There is point when the prophet (pbuh) attended Al-Fudoul Alliance and praised it after his mission.

Thus we ought to take the good thing from the other side. Be open minded when you meet some form the other side, there are many [good] characteristics in the western word.

Some scholars said:

"The culture of any nation is the property of all mankind, for it is more like honey that has been taken out from flowers from different kind of people along many generations.

So it does not make any sense that we boycott honey which has been taken from our flowers if we got bitten by a bunch of bees.

Some scholars asked:

What should we adapt and deny from the civilization of the west?

We should take what's in the heads and leave what leave what in their selves, we have our feelings and they have their own, and knowledge is a mutual value for all people.

When you see a positive thing in the western world then you must take it and adapt it.

There is another alliance which is called Al-Mutaiebin  Alliance, it had been proven that the prophet (pbuh) mentioned that he witnessed and praised it saying:

I had witnessed Al-Mutaiebin Alliance with my uncles when I was a little boy; I would not prefer to have the most extravagant grace to infringe it.

Narrated by Bisher Bin al-Mufedul-Abed Al-Rahmman Bin Awof.

 The prophet (pbuh) witnessed two alliances (Al-Fudoul, Al-Mutiebin) before his mission, and praised them after the mission.

Human beings are human beings [no matter what grace, color, country that they belong to] therefore the prophet (pbuh) said:

I was brought to complete the best of manners-noble quality of traits.

Narrated by Ahmad from Abi Huraira

We should take and strengthen our selves with any good thing form others, when we intend to boycott a hostile country, we do that to their consumption commodities, but not to their programs and scientific accomplishments, such things strengthen Muslims.

I wish that Allah –exalted He is- will allow us to continue the lesson nest week.

                                                Praise to Allah The Lord of The worlds