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0:00Praise be to God, and peace and
0:02blessings be upon the Messenger of God,
0:04peace be upon him. We will talk about
0:06the Seerah, and we will try to journey
0:08through the school of the Prophetic
0:10Seerah. The first thing we want to
0:12address is "why," just so we are on the
0:15right track. Because some people might
0:18have heard the Seerah before. They have
0:20heard talks about the life of the
0:20Prophet, peace. Be upon him. Or perhaps
0:21they have even read it from beginning
0:23to end. And heard the story of Islam.
0:24How it began. And how the companions.
0:26Carried this religion. And what
0:27happened to them, the migration, and so
0:29on. So they say: "I don't...I mean, I.
0:31I already know this stuff." So, here is
0:33a very important point: why do we study
0:35the Seerah? Is the goal just to know
0:37facts? It’s the same mistake made by.
0:40Someone who has read the Quran once.
0:42They have this idea of, "I’ve read
0:43the Quran, why read it again?" Well,
0:45everyone, this isn't just about knowing
0:47basic information. Even though that is
0:49a fundamental goal. That is it for you.
0:51There is a huge problem when I ask
0:53someone how many daughters the Prophet
0:55(peace be upon him) had, or about a
0:57companion from the ten promised
0:59Paradise, and they don't know. No, you
1:02have a problem with your Islam, or
1:04rather, you have a problem with the
1:06basics of your religion. You have
1:08superficial knowledge—I don't mean
1:10simple. I mean it’s just on the
1:12surface. You don't have it; this is a
1:14problem. This is a problem. Therefore.
1:17Knowing it is a goal, of course, but it
1:19isn't the only one. The main,
1:22fundamental goal—or let's say there
1:24are two. Major goals that we want to
1:26live with. The first goal is that you.
1:29I want to know, "Oh Lord. You want me
1:30to be a Muslim. What does 'Muslim' mean
1:32? Show it to me." Is it present in the
1:35revelation? Yes, but I want. To see it.
1:38And that is the Seerah. You know, when
1:40I say God wants submission from us. God
1:42wants worship from us—how? We sit and
1:44wonder, we have these perceptions. "
1:46What should my relationship with the
1:47world be?""What is my relationship with
1:48money?""Should I get married?""How
1:50should I get married?""How should I
1:52live?""How should I deal with people?""
1:54Oh Lord, how should my worship be?"
1:57Everything God wants from you as a
1:59Muslim is all in the Seerah. The Seerah
2:01shows you not just the Prophet (peace
2:03be upon him), but the companions as
2:04well—people who applied this Islam.
2:06You will learn from them what Islam is.
2:09It tells you that you must have good
2:10character, what your worship should
2:12look like, and its extent. "Should I
2:15sacrifice?""Should I work?""Should I
2:18travel?""Or should I?" The Seerah
2:20answers everything related to how to be
2:22a Muslim. Therefore, the Seerah comes
2:24to tell you to clear your mind and
2:26understand what Islam is, and what a
2:28Muslim is. So, the goal of the Seerah
2:31is not just to know it. The goal is for
2:33you to continue living with it, like
2:34the Quran. To keep circling and
2:36revolving around it. You keep circling
2:39back to the Quran for only one reason.
2:41What is it? To reach the stage where
2:44you say: "Ah, today God is telling me
2:46this.""Oh, this specific situation is
2:48what I'm facing in my life.""The Seerah
2:49is telling me that I should have done
2:51this in that situation.""Oh, the
2:52Prophet, peace be upon him, did this
2:53here." Right? So, I should have acted
2:55this way with that person regarding the
2:57problem between us. The Seerah teaches
2:59you how to live as a Muslim; it shows
3:01and helps you understand your daily
3:03events just like the Quran does. It is
3:06naive to think that all I want from the
3:08Seerah is just to know it, or to know
3:10the names of the Companions. No, I want
3:12to think this way while studying the
3:14Seerah, just as I do when reading a
3:15Surah from the Quran. This situation,
3:17this trial of mine, how was I supposed
3:19to be patient with it? How should I
3:21evaluate this matter? On what basis
3:22should I make this decision? Based on
3:24the Seerah, the revelation says. It
3:25tells you what Islam is. And the Seerah
3:27shows it to you. So that is a primary
3:30goal. The second goal—I told you I
3:32have two main goals. I mean, I want to
3:36change. I want to enter Paradise. I
3:40must have motivation, I must have faith
3:42. I want to generate faith. Talking
3:45about the Prophet, peace be upon him,
3:46about the Companions, and about the
3:48reality of this religion. And about the
3:50reality of the men who carried this
3:51religion. And about the truth of what
3:53happened in this religion. And about
3:55who my true, original ancestors are—
3:57not Iron Man, Captain America, Superman
4:00, or Batman—the real ones when I...
4:03when I. When I get to know them, I see
4:05myself; I gain an identity, I gain
4:08faith, and I gain motivation with them.
4:11Knowing the Prophet, peace be upon him,
4:12is one thing, but loving him is
4:13something else entirely. Loving him
4:14comes from talking about him. You find
4:16someone, for instance, a woman saying:
4:18"I want to take a step toward wearing
4:20the Hijab, I want to pray, I want to
4:21stop a certain sin." All of this needs
4:23a boost of faith. Sometimes talking
4:26about God does this to us. Sometimes
4:27talking about the Afterlife does this
4:29to us. And talking about the Prophet,
4:30peace be upon him, does this to us too.
4:32So, one of the main goals of staying
4:34connected with the Seerah is to keep
4:36having faith that helps me change. That
4:39is why it is not something done just
4:40once and finished. Like the Quran, I
4:42keep going back to read it, so it keeps
4:44motivating me, warning me, encouraging
4:46me, and reassuring me. The Seerah does
4:48that. Talking about the greatest of
4:51creation, the Prophet, peace be upon
4:52him, makes one want to take a step
4:54forward. To get excited, to get charged
4:57up for his sake. Believe me, as we
4:59study the Seerah and discuss events—
5:01what happened, what passed, and what
5:03came—you find yourself leaving with
5:04the feeling: "I want to be better."
5:06That is faith; a Muslim moves like that
5:09. Faith is generated like that: by
5:11talking about unseen things, or matters
5:13like the Prophet, peace be upon him, or
5:15knowing God, the Almighty. So you need
5:17to understand why we are studying the
5:19Seerah; it’s not......to sit there
5:20listening to chatter, stories, and
5:22entertainment. Beware of that. We had
5:23to start with this, really. Well,
5:25before we talk about the biography,
5:27before we talk about the details of the
5:29Prophet, peace be upon him, and his
5:30upbringing. And what happened when the
5:32revelation came down, we must
5:33understand how the reality of the world
5:35was back then. This is something they
5:36always start with. And that’s correct
5:37. Because when I tell you about the
5:40Romans, the Persians, and the wars,
5:42sometimes you don't have that
5:43background. They’ll say we’re going
5:46to fight the Romans, and you think,
5:47okay, one state fighting another, but
5:49you don't really grasp what the Romans
5:50were. We need to convey what it meant
5:52when we talk about the infidels, the
5:54Persians, and the idols; you can't
5:55fathom what the idols meant to them or
5:57what they represented. So, what was the
5:59world like? I need to understand this
6:01when we often talk about the character
6:04of the Arab man. The one to whom the
6:05revelation was sent. The one whom God
6:07chose. Why them? Well. What were they
6:09like? That’s what’s missing from
6:10our discussion. We hear it, let it pass
6:12, and don't understand it. Sometimes
6:14situations happen in the biography
6:15itself, and after watching them, you
6:17ask, how could they do that? It's
6:19because of who they were as people. If
6:21you understand that, you understand
6:22this. So it is very important that we
6:24take a step today, a quick and light
6:26lesson, just to cover the point of what
6:28the world was like before Islam. So
6:30let’s take it piece by piece. First,
6:33the world was divided on the map, right
6:37. There were the Romans, this Roman
6:39Empire—what they call the Byzantine
6:41—just so you know the terms if you
6:43hear them. Okay, so where were these
6:45Romans, folks? They were in that part,
6:47Europe, okay. For those who understand
6:49and see the world map with me, we have
6:51Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and
6:53Australia. Australia and the Americas
6:55hadn't even been discovered yet. So we
6:58don't have them; we have Asia, Africa,
7:01and Europe. So where were the Romans?
7:02The Romans, folks, were all of this
7:04part, Europe. But not just that; Europe
7:05and a very large part of Africa. I mean
7:08, those who ruled Egypt, Tunisia, Libya
7:10, and all those African lands. Along
7:13with all those European countries, like
7:15France and Switzerland; all of that was
7:17Roman. And the capital of the Romans
7:20was in Turkey, which is Istanbul, or
7:22Constantinople. That was the capital.
7:26So, the Romans were a huge, huge state,
7:28and as we see in the movies, they had
7:31an emperor who ruled them. Of course,
7:33we are talking about the time before
7:36the Prophet, peace be upon him. When he
7:39was sent, it was in the sixth century,
7:41so 600 and something. And all of the
7:44Roman state was a Christian state. But
7:45Christianity in its corrupted form.
7:47Like the idea of Jesus being the son of
7:49God. Or no, Jesus is God—God in human
7:52form. That’s the point regarding the
7:54Roman state. Its size, its capital, and
7:57its religion. And of course, the
7:59corrupted Christianity. Which is, what
8:02is the truth about Jesus, the Trinity,
8:04the son of God, or God Himself? And the
8:06Orthodox, the Catholics, the churches,
8:08and all that talk. And as we also see
8:11in the portrayals of them in movies,
8:13series, and documentaries and such.
8:15Injustice, oppression, taxes, and. And
8:19the church controlling the people and
8:21the kings. And the class of soldiers
8:23and clergy are the ones eating
8:25everything. And the people are crushed,
8:27and they rush to take their crops and
8:29burn their land and. So there is such a
8:32terrible amount of injustice. And such
8:34a huge gap between the classes. And
8:36then there's debauchery, luxury,
8:37staying up all night, dancing, and
8:39drinking, just like. Exactly as they
8:40portray them, they really were like
8:42that. They were at the height of that
8:44ignorance, the Roman Empire, and on its
8:46right was the Persian Empire. By the
8:49way, the Romans reached as far as the
8:50Levant. Meaning even in the Arab
8:52countries of today. The Romans
8:54controlled the entire Levant. Which is
8:56the Levant, meaning Palestine, Jordan,
8:58and Syria. I mean, you understand all
9:00of. That is the Romans, on the other
9:02side, all of that is the Persians. All
9:04of that is the Persians, Iraq and
9:06moving upwards, and all the Asian
9:08countries, the "-stan" ones,
9:09Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, those
9:11countries, all that is the Persians.
9:13And by the way, when you look at the
9:15map, it's even bigger than that. The
9:17Persian territories were larger in area
9:19. The Persians were different from the
9:21Romans in religion, because just as
9:23that one had Christianity. Over there,
9:25they tell you about the Magi. What does
9:26the Magi mean, guys? I mean, we don't
9:27say they worship fire, but it's not
9:29just fire. But their belief is that
9:31they worship nature or natural forces:
9:33the air, water, fire, and those stories
9:36, but fire was the greatest thing to
9:38them. Fire was the most important thing
9:41to them, and every day they had to
9:43light a fire and bow down to it. But
9:45they had this philosophy, that this is
9:47the god of evil, and this is the god of
9:50good. And this is fire, and this is
9:51water, and this is not. You know what?
9:52And this is that. So that is the
9:54Persian Empire. Which was a little
9:58different from the Romans. Because it
10:02was worse. It was more unjust. It was
10:04more oppressive. Why, though? Because
10:06for them, those kings came directly
10:08from the gods. So the matter went in
10:10the direction of what is this. We are
10:12gods ourselves anyway. So there was
10:14such an amount of enslavement and
10:16control over the people in a terrible
10:18way. So they were even harder than the
10:20Romans. And after that, what else do
10:22you have? What else is left in the
10:24world? Left to the right of the Romans,
10:26to the right of the Persians, there is
10:28India. The Indian state and China, so.
10:32So that is what was left in the world.
10:35These two states kept to themselves.
10:36Especially when we talk about India,
10:37there is a kind of detachment from the
10:39world. I mean, you understand, not like
10:41the Persians and Romans, interacting
10:42with the world. And they could go out
10:43and conquer, and they could go out.
10:44Wars, and they could go on journeys,
10:46and they could say the state,
10:47especially this Indian state, was in
10:49detachment, you know, closed off to
10:51itself, but it was a very strange state
10:53. Everything in that state was like
10:55what? A very strange state. First, of
10:57course, just like it is now. Pagan
10:59religions, idols, gods, and such. And
11:01anyone who has traveled. Asia, anything
11:03in Asia, whether Thailand, Indonesia,
11:07or even supposedly Muslim countries
11:10like Malaysia, or Vietnam, always has
11:13this concept of deities and temples.
11:16And the elephant statue with a man
11:18emerging from it, and so on. They have
11:20the concept of idols and gods very,
11:21very deeply rooted. And the idea that
11:23when you die, you return again in the
11:25form of something else. Truly strange
11:28pagan religions. But what was strange
11:31was the division of their social life.
11:35We mentioned that social life in Persia
11:37and Rome involved extravagance, luxury,
11:40amusement, and so on. And there was the
11:43concept of slavery, oppression, heavy
11:46taxes, injustice, and that. We know all
11:50that existed, but the Indian state had
11:54very strange things based on religion;
11:57meaning, the people were divided into
12:00four classes. The people were divided.
12:03You are one of four. Either this, or
12:04this, or this, or this. Based on what?
12:06Based on the fact that. God created us
12:07this way, according to them. There is
12:10the first class, called the Brahmins.
12:13These are the priests. They are the men
12:14. That's who they are. They are the
12:16highest people among the public and.
12:18Then there is the warrior class. And
12:20the class of merchants and farmers. And
12:22the owners of industries, businesses,
12:25and businessmen. And then they call
12:28them the servants. Which they called
12:30the Shudras. They are the, uh, common
12:32people. The rest of the people. So what
12:33is the problem? The problem is that,
12:35according to them, this division is
12:37religious. He is born and told, "We..."
12:39"We, by God, are...""We are just
12:41servants.""We are like this.""We are
12:42among the servants.""We are among the
12:44Brahmins, the priests." What is the
12:46problem then? They say this first class
12:48owns everything, no one can talk to
12:51them, they own everything; if they kill
12:53someone, they aren't even tried—there
12:56is no such thing as them making a
12:58mistake. They are literally gods on
13:00earth. What a disaster. Who made you
13:03like that? Where is your proof? Who
13:05even did this? Imagine being born, and
13:07...in the servant class—who are you?
13:10I'm just a servant. What does that mean
13:12? You can't rule, you can't own, you
13:14are humiliated, and this was written
13:17for you. Truly a strange thing. One
13:19wakes up, finds themselves like this,
13:21and accepts it. India's problem was
13:23also its religious decadence. It wasn't
13:25just the problem of pagan belief, no.
13:28You find them, you know...Just like we
13:30have religions today. Of course,
13:32Buddhism is widespread. And cow worship
13:33, and animal worship—very strange
13:35things. Things that are very hard for a
13:37human to accept. And by the way, these
13:40remains exist, unfortunately. So we are
13:46talking here briefly about how the
13:49world was. You must understand from our
13:52talk, initially, that...Persia was
13:54something very big, very huge, and...
13:57Rome was something very big, very huge.
14:00And these were the ones ruling the
14:01world. They are two states holding the
14:02whole world from beginning to end. As
14:04for India, it's a closed-off world.
14:06China is also something very distant.
14:08Our contact with them, even in
14:09historical accounts, is very little.
14:10Because we didn't get to reach that far
14:12in our historical records. Well, where
14:15are we talking about—the Arabs, the
14:17biography, and the Quraish? No,
14:18that’s a very small part; we’ll get
14:21to that now. But the important thing is
14:24to see the world while it was distant
14:26and dark. After all, how long has it
14:29been since God raised Jesus? It’s
14:31been 650 years, a very long time for
14:34the world to be without revelation or
14:37messengers. So, the heart immediately
14:39falls into darkness. This is a point we
14:43must pause at: that humans, without God
14:46lighting the way and telling them how
14:48to live, live in filth, live in mire,
14:51live in loss. You must realize that
14:54Divine Law is a light. That Divine Law
14:57is a mercy. Without it, we will make
14:59the wrong choices. We will judge
15:01incorrectly. We will make a mess of
15:04things. And that is what is happening
15:06right now. I’m not just talking about
15:07the past. When you look at the society
15:09of the Persians and the Romans, that is
15:10what was happening. The King of Persia,
15:12what was his name? Chosroes (Kisra).
15:14Kisra isn't his name. Kisra is his
15:16title. Just as we say King or President
15:18, we say Kisra. And over there, what do
15:20they call the Roman ruler? Heraclius.
15:23Heraclius is not his name. His name
15:24might be, for instance, Hussein. But
15:26Heraclius is his title. So, you must
15:28understand that. The point is, what was
15:31happening to those people was a
15:32distortion of human nature to a
15:34terrible degree. To a degree of moral
15:36degradation. And religious degradation.
15:38And intellectual degradation. The
15:40strong eat the weak. Oppressing,
15:42trampling, killing, and plundering. The
15:45important thing is to satisfy our
15:47desires and instincts. Humans turn into
15:49this without Divine Law. And if you
15:52think that was just back then, that
15:54those were the people of the dark ages.
15:56And the Middle Ages, and whatever other
15:59eras. But nowadays, no. Nowadays,
16:00it’s going on. Just the same. But we
16:02have been deceived. When Satan put on
16:05some makeup and adorned falsehood. And
16:07said to you, "Look at the civilization,
16:10look at the progress." When one goes to
16:13the West nowadays—and I, thank God,
16:15have traveled several times—anyone
16:17who has traveled understands this.
16:19There is this decoration; the streets
16:22are clean, the buildings look nice, and
16:25services are fast. We move through the
16:28airport quickly, people are organized,
16:30and they look well-kept. Yes, I don’t
16:32have a problem with that. I don’t
16:34have a problem with that. But why did
16:36you overlook the dark side that
16:38humanity has reached? Because it has no
16:41light. And you see these people once
16:44you get into the details of their lives
16:45; they must be addicted, they must be
16:47drinking. Alcohol, drugs, even
16:49prescription meds—they're constantly
16:52popping pills for depression and
16:54suicidal thoughts. There's rampant
16:57harassment; it's strange how every so
16:59often you find an actor, a soccer
17:02player, or some company owner caught in
17:05harassment, deviance, and a total lack
17:08of family ties. What does "no family
17:10ties" mean? Fathers waiting for their
17:13son to turn eighteen—you see this in
17:16movies—saying, "How long will you
17:19stay in my house?" Even at sixteen, the
17:22kid is out committing adultery. There's
17:25no marriage, no real family bond, and
17:28the moment the parents hit fifty, they
17:30get sent to a nursing home. And they
17:34lock up the houses. The elderly people,
17:36because he can't deal. He can't stand
17:38them. And he has no intention of caring
17:39for them. They have such strange things
17:42. Strange things, and. And suddenly
17:45every other kid becomes a rapper. Why a
17:47rapper? Because my father abandoned me.
17:49My mother is in jail, and. What is this
17:51? Are you? Why are you? Why do you
17:53forget that side? Are you? Why only
17:55look at the clean hospital just to? We
17:58must judge the whole picture. If you
18:00want to take it, you have to take it
18:02all. Take it all, and. The world has
18:05become atheist. Rejecting religion,
18:07with no religious identity left. Living
18:09only for their desires. Living just to
18:11eat, drink, sleep, and reproduce. Just
18:14like animals, really. What I described
18:16is the life of an animal in this world;
18:18why? Why did you forget? You were
18:21fooled by the glitter Satan created and
18:23all this glitz. I am not saying this
18:25glitter is bad. But you cannot judge
18:28the whole picture by a quarter or a
18:31third of it. I mean, praise be to God,
18:33what we have is. And I don't want to
18:35talk about this because I'm not
18:36comparing. Because we aren't exactly
18:38practicing Islam either. We are also
18:39living in darkness. Let's not kid
18:41ourselves. Just because I call my
18:43country Islamic doesn't mean I'm
18:46practicing it. Therefore, we have our
18:48own problems, of course. So I'm not
18:49comparing, because if I did, I would
18:50lose. I am telling you that we are all
18:52currently in darkness. And the
18:54fundamental solution is Divine
18:55Revelation on both the collective and
18:57individual levels. When a person
18:59follows Revelation, God fixes their.
19:01Their relationship with their parents
19:02is mended. Their relationship with
19:03their spouse is mended. Their
19:05relationship with their children is
19:05mended. And they are at peace. They see
19:07their work and are happy with it. They
19:09live a balanced, moderate, and upright
19:13life. Actually, we are out of tune when
19:15away from Revelation. Because our
19:17nature, folks, goes out of tune. It
19:19starts to stray. It starts to grow
19:22callous. Until someone comes along and
19:24says, "No, do it this way, avoid that."
19:27These morals, these transactions, a
19:29balanced life, a dignified life, a good
19:31life. It is very important to see the
19:34value of Revelation and its effect when
19:36it is removed from. The world now
19:39versus the world before; that was a key
19:41point we wanted to discuss. So, let's
19:43come back and see what the Prophet,
19:45peace be upon him, has to say. God
19:46looked upon the people of the earth and
19:49detested them, both Arab and non-Arab,
19:52save for a remnant of the People of the
19:55Book. Meaning, a time came upon the
19:57earth when God looked down upon it. The
19:59Prophet, peace be upon him, said as
20:00much—there was no one. No one was
20:02worshipping Him; everyone was sinning
20:04and transgressing. Look at God's
20:07forbearance; with a "Be, and it is,"
20:09the earth could have been swallowed up,
20:11and they all would have perished. "You
20:15will not reach the extent of my benefit
20:17to harm me, nor the extent of my
20:18benefit to benefit me." But what does
20:21God do? He decrees that a messenger be
20:24sent to help and save them. It’s
20:27truly amazing: "Oh Lord, You don’t
20:29need me, yet even as I continue to sin,
20:31You still spare me." God looked upon
20:34the people of the earth and detested
20:36them. And this detestation is the
20:37height of hatred—a terrible hatred.
20:40Their Arabs and non-Arabs were all in
20:41error, save for a remnant of the People
20:42of the Book. Save for a few people who
20:45were still upon the truth, you know. So
20:48let's move down to the very small area
20:50of the Arabian Peninsula, which we call
20:53the Gulf today. I want you to
20:55understand that this was just a tiny
20:56dot on the world map. When you look at
20:57the map we are discussing compared to
20:59the rest, it was something quite small.
21:01The Arabs were not a major power at
21:04that time. So let us first see how
21:06these Arabs began. What happened? We
21:08know, of course, when Prophet Abraham
21:10migrated with Prophet Ishmael. And he
21:12left him and his wife there. There was
21:14no cultivation, and there was no land.
21:15And she asked, "Has God commanded you
21:17this?" He replied, "Yes." She said, "
21:18Then He will not let us perish." This
21:19is where the Arabs began, right here.
21:21And when Prophet Ishmael kicked his
21:23heel into the ground. And the Angel
21:24Gabriel caused Zamzam to gush forth.
21:26And the ritual of Sa'i, and the story
21:27we all know. From here, it began to be
21:29a place. There was water and vegetation
21:31. And people migrated to it. From here,
21:35the Arabs began, and. That is why they
21:38divide the Arabs—they categorize them
21:40. There is a portion of these Arabs
21:42that vanished. Meaning, no lineage came
21:43through them. They are called the "
21:45Vanished Arabs." Like, for example, Aad
21:47and Thamud, and so on. The Arabs after
21:49that, when this tribe came, some of
21:51them...Just so these details are
21:53interesting for us to know. When
21:55Prophet Ishmael came, Prophet Ishmael
21:56is not originally Arab. That’s right,
21:58isn’t it? Those who came from the
22:00descendants of Prophet Ishmael, what do
22:01we call them? They call them the Banu
22:02Adnan, or the Adnanites. The Arabs who
22:04are the children of Ishmael. And there
22:06are the Arabs who are the original
22:07Arabs. Those tribes that gathered here.
22:09The Arabs who are 100%Arab. They call
22:11them the Qahtanites. Alright, just so
22:14you know these things. Sometimes you
22:16hear names now, people might say "
22:18Qahtan" and "Adnan." Now you understand
22:21. So, we know who the Prophet, peace be
22:23upon him, comes from? The Adnanites.
22:25Who are the children of Prophet Ishmael
22:27. The children of Prophet Ishmael, and.
22:29And that is what happened. In a Hadith,
22:30the Prophet, peace be upon him, says: "
22:32God chose Kinanah from the children of
22:33Ishmael.""And He chose Quraish from
22:35Kinanah.""And He chose Hashim from
22:37Quraish.""And He chose me from Banu
22:39Hashim." What does that mean? It's a
22:41lineage, you see, Prophet Ishmael. From
22:45his descendants came what we call—so
22:48we understand the term—a "batn," or a
22:50belly. You know, like a pregnant
22:52woman's belly. Every tribe or every
22:54branch was called a "batn," okay? So
22:56these are called "butun"(bellies). From
22:58Prophet Ishmael came a "batn" called
23:00Kinanah, and the Prophet, peace be upon
23:03him, says: "Allah chose Kinanah from
23:05Ishmael," and from Kinanah came many "
23:07butun." Anyway, Allah chose Quraysh
23:10from Kinanah. Quraysh, as we all know.
23:13And then, the Prophet's family, peace
23:14be upon him, is called Banu Hashim. He
23:16says: "He chose Banu Hashim from
23:17Quraysh.""And then He chose me from
23:19Banu Hashim." He chose me through this
23:22sequence. That I should be the
23:24messenger from these "butun." The
23:26Prophet, peace be upon him, was
23:28explaining this part. Let's go back to
23:32talking about how the Arabs were. First
23:35, you must understand, as I told you,
23:38the Arabs were in a tiny, tiny spot, in
23:40a harsh, mountainous desert region.
23:43That’s why you might ask why the
23:45Romans or Persians didn't take them
23:47into their empires; it’s because of
23:50this point. Because the land, I mean,
23:53it’s a place that’s very hard to
23:56enter. Really tough. Mountains, heat,
23:58rocks, climbing and descending, it’s
24:01exhausting. And they were very small.
24:03And down there, just leave them alone.
24:04That was exactly the reality. The Arabs
24:07were, you know, just minding their own
24:09business. They didn't interact with the
24:10world. They didn't go here or there.
24:12They didn't migrate, and they didn't
24:13trade much. Just something off to the
24:15side, really. They were marginalized,
24:17so to speak. Even what we know about
24:19them is the winter and summer journey.
24:20So you can get the picture. Quraysh
24:22used to go on two trade journeys. Do
24:24you know what this winter and summer
24:25journey is? They would go to Yemen,
24:27okay, and the Levant. Do you understand
24:29the area they moved in? I mean, it's a
24:31tiny spot on the map. So they were just
24:33minding their own business, and it
24:35wasn't. On their minds. Of course, the
24:37Arabs, by nature of their land, didn't
24:40have much agriculture, and there was no
24:42industry at all. It was just some sheep
24:45herding, trade, maybe in items like
24:47fabrics, wool, furs, oils, and simple
24:49things like that. That was the Arabs '
24:52work. Their original religion was the
24:54faith of Prophet Abraham, that there is
24:57one God, but all of that had been
24:59corrupted. All of it was heavily
25:01corrupted. And it had been corrupted
25:03since the days of Prophet Noah.
25:04Remember Prophet Noah when? He was
25:06calling his people: "My Lord, I have
25:08called my people night and day, but my
25:10call only added to their flight." Then
25:13God—Prophet Noah was complaining to
25:15God. And he says to Him. He says what.
25:16"They said:' Do not abandon your gods.
25:19'""And do not abandon Wadd, nor Suwa'."
25:21"And Yaghuth, Ya'uq, and Nasr." Wadd,
25:22Suwa ', Yaghuth, Ya'uq, and Nasr. What
25:24are these? Who are they? They were good
25:27people who worshiped God. So when they
25:29died, they...They said: "We will just
25:31make statues of them." To remind us of
25:33them. So we remember to worship God.
25:35And they had to be good and so on.
25:37After a while, they would go to these
25:39statues and start praying to them, and
25:41they began to worship them. They
25:43started to become gods alongside God—
25:45not just regular people anymore.
25:47That’s how myths and legends of idols
25:49began. From the days of Prophet Noah,
25:51the belief in one God was distorted,
25:54and polytheism and paganism started.
25:56This spread very widely, and it became
25:58the religion of the Arabs. Every now
26:00and then, someone would say, "By the
26:02way, there's an idol, let's make an
26:04idol." And they knew about this idol,
26:06they knew about God. Just so you
26:08understand, this is what they said. "
26:09And if you ask them who created them,
26:10they will surely say,' Allah. '" They
26:11didn't have a problem with that. But
26:12for them, that was it. There was a
26:15strange distortion, a polytheism where
26:17they thought, "By the way, the angels
26:20are God’s daughters," or "The jinn
26:22are gods alongside God." They started
26:25to venerate the jinn, and whenever they
26:28walked through a valley, they would
26:30call upon the jinn in charge of that
26:33place to protect them and grant them
26:35safety. So there was a terrible
26:36distortion. "By the way, these idols
26:38are actually gods and...""We only
26:41worship them so they may bring us
26:43closer to Allah in position." So we
26:45worship the idols, and God likes it
26:47that way. They are partners with Him.
26:49That’s how it became. That became the
26:50religion. The religion was the worship
26:52of idols alongside. Alongside
26:53acknowledging that there is a God, who
26:55is Allah. Yes, but what? Well, these
26:57idols have their status, that's all. We
26:58are perfectly fine with that. We have
27:00the idols Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, Manat, Wadd,
27:04Suwa', Yaghuth, and...And so many other
27:07idols. Every tribe would say, "By the
27:08way, we have an idol called
27:09such-and-such.""And we have an idol
27:11called such-and-such.""And our idol is
27:12called such-and-such." It became like
27:13that. That’s why, folks, when we talk
27:16about the Quraysh, you’ll understand
27:19where their value came from. Focus with
27:21me on this point just for a moment. The
27:23Arabs lived like that. Living with the
27:27idea that there are idols. And these
27:31idols, well, it’s normal, like Al-Lat
27:34, Al-Uzza, Isaf, Na'ila, and idols like
27:37that. And Al-Uzza was considered. The
27:39greatest among them, just so you
27:41understand. That’s why Abu Sufyan,
27:43during the Battle of Uhud when he was
27:45still with the disbelievers and they
27:47won, said to the companions, "We have
27:49Al-Uzza, and you have no Al-Uzza;
27:51Al-Uzza is standing with us today."
27:53Subhan Allah, he later converted. The
27:55companions would say, "We used to
27:57worship stones and idols, and if we
27:59found a better-looking stone, we’d
28:01say, 'That’s it!'""We’ll make this
28:03our god." They did some strange things.
28:05"What if we can’t find any idols?""
28:07What do we do now?""How about some
28:09dates...or some mud?""And we’ll get
28:11some goat milk.""And shape some stone."
28:13"And put it up and circumambulate
28:14around it.""There, we have an idol
28:15until we find another one." I mean,
28:17they really did strange things. And our
28:18master. Umar himself once said. "I once
28:20made an idol out of dates.""And when I
28:21was hungry, I ate it." Meaning? Meaning
28:24I waited a while, then I ate my god. I
28:26mean, there was no problem with that.
28:27So, this was their religious state.
28:30What were their religious conditions?
28:31How were things? And we mentioned their
28:34economic or political conditions. There
28:36was no friction. There was no trade, no
28:38real trade. Just basic. The simple
28:40trips we talk about. And there were so
28:42many markets. You know the kind of
28:43market. People sit down, set up, and
28:44place things. They operated on this
28:47trade and market system. And usury was
28:50a fundamental part of dealing. There
28:52was basically no dealing without usury.
28:55Take this and pay it back later with a
28:56little extra. Take this, but you will
28:58pay it back. On such and such a day,
29:00they had a terrible, truly terrible
29:02concept of usury, and the idea of wine
29:04trading was terrible; if someone said "
29:06I am a merchant," it meant he was a
29:08wine merchant, unless he specified
29:10otherwise; it was a major issue for
29:12them regarding that part. And you must
29:15understand the Arabs from the following
29:16aspect. Because this aspect is very,
29:18very important. The Arab personality
29:22and Arab social life. The Arab idea was
29:26built on one single thing. What is it?
29:28The tribe; this group, Arabs, as I told
29:30you, are divided into tribes. And all
29:33the people are sitting in places. In
29:34Bahrain, in Yemen, in the Peninsula,
29:36near Mecca, in Medina, everywhere there
29:39are little groups of Arabs gathered.
29:42They gather wherever there is food,
29:44agriculture, or water, so they stay
29:47there. The Arab person was born with a
29:51"built-in" sense that I am part of
29:53something. I am part of something,
29:56which is my tribe. And my tribe is me,
29:59and that's it. I live for it, I die for
30:02it, and my honor is its honor. It
30:06turned into something else, folks, not
30:08like how we see the country today,
30:09Egypt and "I am Egyptian." No, no, you
30:12don't understand how it was for them.
30:15I'm talking about religion; no, it was
30:17even higher than religion for them back
30:18then. For them, look, we are a tribe,
30:21and everything is the tribe. And there
30:24is one guy leading this tribe that we
30:26chose. He is the strongest, the best,
30:28the wisest among us; he is the one in
30:29charge. And it was as if his word was
30:31law. That man would wake up in the
30:33morning and say, for example, "We all
30:35go to fight now, let's go," or "We all
30:36migrate now, let's go." I am from my
30:38tribe. And then they would recite poems
30:41about themselves and write poems
30:44against other tribes. "I am from
30:46so-and-so, and where are you from?"
30:47Life for them was just: "I am from
30:49such-and-such tribe," and that's it. "
30:52We are the best tribe, and you are the
30:53worst tribe." And this led to terrible,
30:56terrible fanaticism. Who are you? What
30:59is your tribe? Oh, move along. Wait,
31:00shouldn't I get to know him as a human?
31:02No, of course not, what human? That's
31:03the tribe of so-and-so; they are the
31:04tribe of so-and-so. And this led to
31:06terrible violence. Because along with
31:09tribalism, Arabs had this concept of
31:11war, fighting, and killing; it was the
31:14easiest thing in the world, the
31:16simplest thing in the world. What does
31:19that mean? I mean, there were wars in
31:21the past; imagine, for example, I tell
31:23you that a war broke out between this
31:25country and that country for 20 years
31:27because of what? Oh, because someone
31:30killed someone else’s horse. What are
31:32you talking about? Well, the Arabs were
31:34like that. Because someone insulted
31:37someone else’s mother in a poem, a
31:39tribe would go to war, destroying the
31:41other tribe, shedding blood. For what,
31:43guys? What is this? If we were to talk
31:45about that today regarding those
31:46countries. For example, Russia is at
31:49war with Spain. Just because one beat
31:52the other in a race. You’d say, what
31:55nonsense is this? But that’s how the
31:57Arabs were. Their tribe and supporting
31:59it and their honor were everything, and
32:01they had no problem slaughtering and
32:03killing. And fighting and warring over
32:05the most trivial reasons. The Arabs
32:07really had this strange trait. Strange,
32:10and Islam came to address this in a
32:12powerful way. I mean, what are you
32:14talking about? No, we no longer fight
32:15for the tribe. How so? No, we only
32:17fight for the sake of Islam. What about
32:18the tribe? Forget about the tribe
32:19entirely. Islam arrived. It came to
32:21fight something deeply rooted within
32:23them. And among the things to
32:25understand about the Arab personality,
32:27their social life was difficult. I mean
32:29, there was luxury and there was
32:31indulgence. Not luxury, just to clarify
32:33, no. "Luxury" is the wrong word.
32:35Luxury means someone who has cars, food
32:38, clothes, and so on. No, the Arabs
32:40were the complete opposite. The Arabs
32:43were accustomed to a harsh life and.
32:45Scarcity of food, which didn't matter
32:47to them. Living a mountain life; you
32:49understand, a difficult life. They had
32:52no problem with that. The Arab was very
32:53, very, very tough. See, when you
32:55compare them to what we said about the
32:56Persians and the Romans, you understand
32:57why the Arab was so resilient. Because
32:59they were used to hardship, asceticism,
33:01and patience in the face of life's
33:03struggles, so it wasn't luxury. No,
33:05that's not what I meant. I meant the
33:06indulgence. Drinking, parties,
33:08intoxication, and adultery; adultery.
33:11It was widespread in a strange way. And
33:13the drinking, I mean, do you want to
33:14compare it to our Arab countries now?
33:16No, it’s a catastrophic issue.
33:17Adultery was happening 24 hours a day
33:18on the street. Whoever wanted to, there
33:20were houses and, yeah. And it was a
33:22very normal thing. And wine was
33:23something they had. Something you
33:24couldn't imagine. It wasn't like
33:26someone going out to drink in a hidden
33:28place. No, they would wake up in the
33:30morning, warm up the wine, and drink it
33:32on an empty stomach. So, like tea, yes,
33:35like tea for us. Like tea with milk;
33:37wine with milk, I suppose. The issue
33:39was one of immorality and. A very low
33:45level of social conduct, terribly so.
33:49And then, women were unfortunately very
33:53degraded among the Arabs. And this is
33:56one of the things. People nowadays talk
33:58about Islam as if it oppressed women.
34:01Yet it came to liberate them
34:02significantly from strange constraints.
34:05The Arabs always had a philosophy that
34:07women were something bad. That they
34:08were an inferior, lowly being. Why is
34:10it like that, my son? That's just how
34:11it is. Because she doesn't fight,
34:12doesn't work, and doesn't bring in
34:13money. So, yeah, that's how they were.
34:15Consequently, for instance, whoever had
34:17a daughter would get annoyed. And that
34:18is the burial of infant daughters.
34:20Where one kills a daughter, or hides
34:21from the people due to the evil of what
34:23he was told. And feels ashamed that he
34:25had a daughter. And, of course, she
34:26wouldn't inherit anything. She wasn't
34:28really considered anything; just a
34:29being that comes and goes as they
34:30please. Truly a strange thing. The
34:32treatment of the Arab human in social
34:35terms was very, very bad. But then the
34:39question arises: why did God choose the
34:42Arabs after all that we have said? No,
34:45because you need to look at the other
34:48traits the Arabs had that distinguished
34:51them so much; because when we talk
34:53about the Persians and Romans, the
34:55nature of the human there had no
34:58redeeming qualities at all. A human
35:01living in baseness and depravity. Weak,
35:06humiliated, and enslaved. Along with
35:10extravagance, amusement, injustice, and
35:12aggression. So what was left for the
35:14Arab? Not. Like that, but what? The
35:17Arab had that sense of partisanship,
35:19tribalism, savagery, and violence, yes,
35:22but the Arab had advantages that Islam
35:25needed greatly when it arrived, and the
35:28problems he had were easy for me to
35:30adjust. Like what? As we said in our
35:33stories, the Arab would die for his
35:35freedom and dignity. Look at the others
35:38in Persia and Rome; enslaved and
35:41humiliated, and in India, they were
35:43servants. That's it, that's our life.
35:45No. The Arab would not accept that. The
35:47Arab would die for his dignity. The
35:50Arab would die for freedom. The Arab
35:53rejects humiliation and slavery forever
35:54. So when Islam comes and tells someone
35:56, "You are a slave to God.""Rise and
35:58die for God." He rises, "Rise and die
36:01for Islam." He dies for it. For Islam,
36:03do you understand, everyone? The Arab
36:05was distinguished by freedom and
36:06tremendous courage. The Arab was
36:08distinguished by dignity, freedom, and
36:10tremendous courage. Another important
36:13point is the Arab's mindset and creed;
36:15yes, we worshipped idols. But we were
36:18very close to the idea of monotheism.
36:20Very close to it. While the Persians
36:23were actually worshipping fire. Do you
36:26understand what I mean? And the Indians
36:27were into. Buddhism and idols. There is
36:30no creed at all. And, of course, the
36:32Christians were in manifest error. So
36:34the Arab’s mind was capable of
36:37grasping the message very, very well.
36:39One of the very useful things the Arab
36:41had, while we are talking, was a strong
36:42physique. The man fights every day.
36:44There is no such thing as someone who
36:45didn't fight. There is no such thing as
36:47an Arab who doesn't strike, fight, or
36:48kill. So he had the strength. Let's go
36:50and strive (Jihad). We have a problem.
36:51We have this situation. The Arab was
36:53ready. Even the Prophet, peace be upon
36:55him, said that when he was young, there
36:57was a war going on, the Harb al-Fijar,
36:59and he was sitting collecting arrows
37:01for his uncles—meaning he was
37:03gathering rocks like any Arab. He
37:05strove, fought, and was involved in the
37:07matter. And, of course, we just said
37:10that the Arab was. The man was enduring
37:13, and lived a life of asceticism and
37:16austerity. So when you tell someone to
37:18stand up and sacrifice for God, stand
37:20up. Stand up, stand up, stand up, leave
37:21...Leave the food because of the fast,
37:24leave it. The Arab was capable of doing
37:26that. While the Persians and the Romans
37:28and their likes were living in luxury
37:30and amusement. And the habit that isn't
37:32easily abandoned. So the Arab was ready
37:35, folks. The Arab had very, very strong
37:38and important virtues. Generosity,
37:40courage, and morals. They had that
37:42nobility, you know. I mean, glory to
37:44God, one of the amazing stories is when
37:46a female companion came to migrate. And
37:48why migrate, right? Do we know why they
37:50were migrating? They were migrating
37:52because they were being harmed, and the
37:54same people harming them—so a woman
37:56came to migrate, and one of the
37:58polytheists found her and asked, "Where
38:00are you going?""I’m going to migrate.
38:01""No, of course not. No woman walks
38:03alone at night. How can you migrate
38:05like that?" So he ends up escorting her
38:06to Medina during the migration days and
38:08then goes back, normally, to keep
38:09tormenting them. Yes, it's
38:11contradictory, but there are certain
38:12values they held. These things weren't
38:14present in anyone else. These things
38:15were very, very closely related to
38:17Islam when it descended. Then, among
38:19the very important things is the
38:20location, as we mentioned. The Arabian
38:23Peninsula: mountains, rocks, and desert
38:25. When a prophet appears and the
38:28Persian and Roman empires are around,
38:30they aren't able to reach him. Unlike
38:32if someone appeared from within them,
38:33where it would be easy to catch him.
38:34And easy to finish him off. So the
38:36Arabs were in a remote place that no
38:38one could reach. It was very suitable.
38:40So understand why God chose this land.
38:43And why God chose the people with these
38:45traits to bring forth...What did the
38:48Prophet, peace be upon him, say? "
38:51Indeed, God chose Kinana from the
38:53children of Ishmael, and chose Quraish
38:56from Kinana, and chose Banu Hashim from
38:58Quraish, and chose me from Banu Hashim.
39:01" Okay, let's talk about the last thing
39:03. After covering the Arabs, let's go
39:05inside the Arabs. Mecca and Quraish.
39:07Quraish is a tribe, a clan as we said,
39:09and it didn't live in Mecca at first;
39:11it lived somewhere else. Then the head
39:13of the tribe told them, "Let's go to
39:15Mecca." There were people there, so he
39:18drove them out and they settled in
39:20Mecca. And "Quraish" isn't his real
39:22name, his name is Fihr, and this is an
39:24important point. They always liked to
39:26give themselves titles and nicknames
39:28and such. His name is actually Fihr,
39:31and this is something you will see
39:32often. I mean, Abu Jahl, the Prophet,
39:34peace be upon him, called him Abu Jahl.
39:36While his name was Abu al-Hakam. And
39:37his actual name is Amr, okay? They are
39:40always like that. He has a name, a
39:42nickname, a title, and a kunya. Even
39:45the Prophet, peace be upon him, was
39:47nicknamed Abu al-Qasim after his son.
39:49And it's not a condition that he must
39:50have a son for it to be used. I mean,
39:51Abu Jahl didn't have a son named Jahl,
39:53and he wasn't called that in Quraish;
39:55he was called Abu al-Hakam. He didn't
39:57have anyone, that's just how the title
39:58goes. So understand this too, as we
40:00talk about people's names. So you
40:01understand the subject well. Fihr, the
40:03leader of the Quraish, went to Mecca,
40:05which was already crowded. The tribe
40:07had many families, and little by little
40:09. They settled in Mecca, dividing
40:12responsibilities: money, the army,
40:15weapons, the council house, and the
40:18pilgrims, and so on. The Prophet’s
40:22family, Banu Hashim, was part of that
40:25big tribe, Quraish, living in Mecca.
40:29What made Mecca special and made
40:32Quraish so significant to the Arabs?
40:35The Kaaba, as we said. We said before
40:39that the Arabs still held remnants of
40:43monotheism. And this is God’s house.
40:45They knew it was God’s house. But
40:47everyone had an idol, as we mentioned.
40:49I told you this point would matter a
40:50lot. This is what will make us realize
40:52why Quraish was so important. Quraish
40:53did something very clever. Everyone
40:55comes to perform the pilgrimage. But
40:56they started coming not just for the
40:58Kaaba and God. No, they started coming
40:59for the idols too. So, we will place
41:01these idols around the Kaaba. And
41:02people are coming to visit these idols.
41:05And there will be a pilgrimage season.
41:07People knew about the pilgrimage since
41:08the time of Prophet Ibrahim. But now
41:10the matter was public and declared. And
41:12based on that, Quraish became the
41:15center for all Arabs. They had
41:16relationships with all the Arab tribes.
41:18They had communication and policies
41:21with everyone. They became highly
41:23esteemed in the eyes of all Arabs.
41:25Because they were the ones dwelling by
41:26God's house. So, we must hold them in
41:28high regard. Suddenly, they gained
41:30immunity and gained. A status and they
41:32gained. That is why Allah says, "For
41:34the accustomed security of the Quraish
41:37—their security in the winter and
41:39summer caravan." Don't you understand
41:41how God honored you? And how He gave
41:43you such a status? And all the Arabs
41:45love you. And all the Arabs revere you.
41:47And all the Arabs have ties with you.
41:49Quraish was making money hand over fist
41:51because of the pilgrimage seasons and
41:53the trade routes. Quraish was, simply
41:56put, conducting the winter and summer
41:59caravans. So why did God tell them to
42:01remember this favor? Because the norm
42:03among the Arabs, as we said, was that
42:04if someone. Went out with a caravan,
42:06others would rob them. That was
42:08completely normal. Tribes, problems,
42:10and such. But Quraish was left alone.
42:12Left alone to trade. Because these are
42:14the Quraish, folks. They are the ones
42:15of the House. So they could trade
42:16freely. They could make money freely.
42:18They could build their economy freely.
42:20And this. Is what made them reject
42:22Islam. It’s not that the Quran isn't
42:25true, or that there is no God, or you
42:28aren't a messenger; we said they knew
42:30the truth. What is the problem? The
42:33problem is worldly interests. The
42:36matter is worldly. It's not about
42:37debating. Or having doubts. Or
42:39something in the Quran I don't
42:40understand. It’s about worldly status
42:41. The issue is that you are coming to
42:43tell them. While they have relations
42:45with everyone. And idols everywhere.
42:47And they have established. It was like
42:48that between them and everyone else,
42:50regarding idols and polytheism, so that
42:51their relations and status would remain
42:52intact. You come to tell them, "We'll
42:54announce there is only one God, all
42:56these idols are wrong, and we will
42:58break them." All these idols, and we'll
43:01stop dealing in usury. What about our
43:03money? What about our economy? What
43:05about our relationships? What about our
43:06status? What if people become our
43:08enemies? No, man, I don't want to play
43:10this game. This is reality, you need to
43:12understand it as we discuss the Seerah
43:13later on. Now you've understood a point
43:15that will help you grasp that they
43:17weren't stupid or failing to understand
43:19the Quran; they knew, "Guys, there is
43:22one God, we know everything, and we
43:24even know he is a Prophet," but the
43:26issue was one of interests, a big
43:27worldly matter. We can't afford to lose
43:30that. No, no, no, let's keep things as
43:31they are. This is a fundamental point
43:34to understand for our future
43:36discussions. So, you have understood
43:39that the Quraysh had status. They had
43:42prestige. People loved them. They had
43:44connections. They controlled the Kaaba.
43:46They moved freely among the Arabs.
43:49Every family in Quraysh was a prominent
43:50one. That's why the Prophet's family,
43:52peace be upon him, was a prominent
43:52family. The Prophet's family, Banu
43:54Hashim in particular, were the ones in
43:56charge of the water. And the ones in
43:58charge of caring for the pilgrims.
43:59Because the Prophet's grandfather,
44:01peace be upon him, from the Banu Hashim
44:03family, was the one who rediscovered
44:04Zamzam. After Zamzam had been forgotten
44:07and buried. No one could find it. It
44:09was Abdul-Muttalib, the Prophet’s
44:11grandfather, who found it again. So it
44:12became associated with his family. And
44:14that family became the ones in charge.
44:15They became an honored and prominent
44:16family. This is the final point you
44:18should know about the Arabs. For you to
44:19have status and prestige among the
44:21Arabs...It is not necessary. To be rich
44:23, it’s not necessary to have a lot of
44:25money. The Prophet’s family, peace be
44:27upon him, didn't have much money, and
44:28that wasn't the problem. The idea is to
44:31be noble. The idea is to have dignity,
44:34character, and a pedigree. The Prophet,
44:36peace be upon him, was distinguished
44:37most by this. So you don't get confused
44:39later when we say his uncle didn't have
44:41money, or he himself didn't. How can
44:43you keep saying it was a prominent
44:44family? Because it’s not just about
44:46money; the matter is about much more
44:47than that. So that was Quraysh. The
44:52Prophet, peace be upon him, was born in
44:53the Year of the Elephant. I think we
44:54all know the story of Abrahah, who
44:56brought the elephants and wanted to
44:58destroy the Kaaba. So today we will
45:00pause at the Year of the Elephant. The
45:02Prophet, peace be upon him, was born
45:04after this Elephant incident, when God
45:06sent birds in flocks, striking them
45:07with stones of baked clay, leaving them
45:09like eaten straw. This situation shook
45:12the Arabs, reminding them again that
45:14there is a God and there is monotheism.
45:17It was like something reminding them
45:18before the Prophet, peace be upon him,
45:19was born and received revelation. And
45:20before he was born. That we are coming
45:23to talk about this matter again. The
45:26Prophet, peace be upon him, was born 50
45:28to 55 days after this event. So we will
45:32stop here today after understanding
45:35what the world was like. How it was
45:37divided. Who was ruling it. Who the
45:39major powers were in it. What their
45:41religion was. What their social life
45:43was like. The darkness that was present
45:45. And what kind of place the Arabs
45:47emerged from, heedless of anyone else.
45:49And where Quraish came from. And how
45:51they settled in Mecca. And why they
45:53were held in such high regard among the
45:54Arabs. And what the Arab personality
45:55was like. These are the basic things we
45:59discussed, and from. From next time, we
46:01will talk about the Prophet, peace be
46:02upon him, when he was born. And who his
46:04mother and father were. What happened
46:06when he was young, as a child playing.
46:08And then, when he grew up and became a
46:10young man of thirteen, what he did and.
46:13Very beautiful stories, God willing, we
46:14will continue with them. So we stop
46:17here today. Glory be to You, O God, and
46:18praise be to You. I bear witness that
46:19there is no god but You; I seek Your
46:20forgiveness and repent to You. Peace.

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