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This lecture explores the principles outlined in the Quran regarding trust and alliances among Muslims, particularly in the context of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. It emphasizes the importance of understanding who our allies and enemies are, especially during times of political tension and conflict. The speaker highlights lessons from Surah Al-Mumtahanah that guide Muslims in establishing trustworthy relationships and the significance of the concept of wilaya in Arab culture. The discussion also r
This lecture explores the principles outlined in the Quran regarding trust and alliances among Muslims, particularly in the context of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. It emphasizes the importance of understanding who our allies and enemies are, especially during times of political tension and conflict. The speaker highlights lessons from Surah Al-Mumtahanah that guide Muslims in establishing trustworthy relationships and the significance of the concept of wilaya in Arab culture. The discussion also r
Topics#trust#alliances#Surah Al-Mumtahanah#political ethics#Islamic principles#wilaya#community#Quranic guidance#Hudaybiyyah
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0:02 We have to develop a sense of what the Quran wants from us. The principles
0:04 Allah wants us to live by. And when I I
0:07 personally believe from what I've been
0:09 able able to understand of Allah's book,
0:11 when we implement this kind of principle
0:13 living in our families, then the ummah
0:16 at large transforms.
0:19 We transform economically, socially,
0:21 politically,
0:23 you know, strategically. We transform
0:25 because we built the right kind of
0:27 wilaya from the ground up. When the
0:29 brick is weak, how's the building going
0:31 to be strong?
0:33 How is that even possible?
0:50 Waj'al al-nuri min al-zulum. Wa mukhrij al-sabri min al-alam fa mulqi
1:01 al-tawbati ala al-nadam.
1:09 Wa nusalli ala rasulihi al-akram dhi al-sharafi al-ashammi wa al-nuri
1:13 al-atamm.
1:14 Wa al-kitabi al-muhkam.
1:17 Wa kamali al-nabiyyin wa al-khatam
1:19 sayyidi waladi Adam.
1:31 Fa sallallahu alayhi wa sallam wa ala atba'ihi khayri al-umam.
1:41 Fa alhamdulillah alladhi lam yattakhidh waladan wa lam yakun lahu sharikun fi
1:45 al-mulk wa lam yakun lahu waliyun min
1:46 al-dhulli wa kabbirhu takbira.
1:50 Wa alhamdulillah alladhi anzala ala
1:52 abdihi al-kitaba wa lam yaj'al lahu
1:54 iwaja.
1:56 Wa alhamdulillah alladhi nahmaduhu wa
1:58 nasta'inuhu wa nastaghfiruhu.
2:01 Wa nu'minu bihi wa natawakkalu alayhi wa
2:03 na'udhu billahi min shururi anfusina wa
2:05 min sayyi'ati a'malina.
2:08 Man yahdihi Allahu fala mudilla lah wa
2:10 man yudlil fala hadiya lah.
2:13 Wa nashhadu an la ilaha illallah wahdahu
2:16 la sharika lah.
2:18 Wa nashhadu anna Muhammadan abdullahi wa
2:20 rasuluhu arsalahu Allahu ta'ala bi
2:22 al-huda wa dini al-haqq li yuzhirahu ala
2:24 al-dini kullihi wa kafa billahi shahida.
2:29 Fa sallallahu alayhi wa sallam tasliman
2:31 kathiran kathira. Amma ba'd.
2:34 Fa inna asdaqa al-hadithi kitabu Allah
2:36 wa khayru al-hadi hadi Muhammadin
2:38 sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
2:41 Wa inna sharra al-umuri muhdathatuha wa
2:43 inna kulla muhdathatin bid'a wa kulla
2:45 bid'atin dalala.
2:47 Wa kulla dalalatin fi al-nar.
2:50 Yaqulu Allahu azza wa jalla fi kitabihi
2:52 al-karim ba'da an aqula a'udhu billahi
2:54 min al-shaytani al-rajim.
2:56 Ya ayyuha al-nabi.
2:59 Idha ja'aka al-mu'minatu yubayi'naka ala
3:01 an la yushrikna billahi shay'a. Wa la
3:04 yasriqna wa la yaznina. Wa la yaqtulna
3:07 awladahunna wa la ya'tina bi buhtanin
3:10 yaftarina bayna aydihinna wa
3:12 arjulihinna.
3:14 Wa la ya'sina ka fi ma'ruf.
3:16 Fa bayi'hunna wa astaghfir lahunna
3:18 Allah. Inna Allahu ghafurun rahim.
3:21 Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu la tatawallaw
3:24 qawman ghadiba Allahu alayhim. Qad
3:26 ya'isu min al-akhirah kama ya'isa
3:29 al-kuffaru min al-as habi al-qubur.
3:31 Rabbi ishrah li sadri wa yassir li amri
3:33 wa ahlul uqdatan min lisani yafqahu
3:35 qawli.
3:36 Wa Allahumma thabbitna inda al-mawti bi
3:38 la ilaha illa Allah. Wa Allahumma
3:40 aj'alna min alladhina amanu wa amilu
3:42 al-salihat wa tawassaw bi al-haqq. Wa
3:44 tawassaw bi al-sabr. Amin ya rabbal
3:46 alamin.
3:48 Today's brief khutbah is about a single
3:52 ayah mostly
3:54 that belongs to surat al-mumtahinah,
3:56 also called al-mumtahanah.
3:58 This surah is unique. It's a small
4:01 surah.
4:02 And the situation in which the surah was
4:04 given to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
4:06 wa sallam is also very different.
4:09 The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, many of you
4:11 may be familiar with it, was already
4:13 signed.
4:14 So the treaty has been signed. So
4:15 Muslims are no longer in a state of war.
4:19 There's already been a declaration, a
4:20 peace agreement. And even though Muslims
4:23 have engaged in conflict three times
4:25 already directly and many smaller times
4:27 before this,
4:29 the most important one being the Battle
4:30 of al-Ahzab, the most recent one, now
4:33 there's a ceasefire.
4:34 And there's no more conflict.
4:37 That does not mean that the Quraysh or
4:39 the people in Mecca and the Muslims are
4:41 at peace. It's still war, but it's a
4:44 cold war. It's an intelligence war. It's
4:48 a an economic war, but it's no longer a
4:50 military war. The military aspect of it
4:53 has been closed.
4:55 And in this kind of a situation, both
4:58 sides, they try to undermine or destroy
5:01 the other side
5:03 by non-military means.
5:05 Espionage, intelligence, spying, this
5:08 sort of thing.
5:10 And so what the Quran does, what Allah
5:11 tells us in this time, is a very
5:14 important There's a very important set
5:15 of lessons that came right after Ahzab
5:17 leading up to Hudaybiyyah and even after
5:19 Hudaybiyyah, how are Muslims going to
5:22 build develop relationships that they
5:23 can trust?
5:25 Because somebody might shake your hand
5:26 and trust you and you trust them and you
5:29 share things with them and they might be
5:30 delivering your information to the
5:32 enemy.
5:33 And they might be giving them a
5:34 strategic advantage. So this is a time
5:36 where trust exercises needs to need to
5:39 be developed and we need to know who is
5:41 our enemy and who's not our enemy.
5:43 And so even though this happens, like I
5:46 said, in surat al-Ahzab among other
5:47 places, the one of the most important
5:49 places where we learn who is our ally
5:52 and who is our enemy is surat
5:54 al-mumtahinah.
5:55 Who is the enemy and who's the Who do
5:57 you trust? Who do you not trust? Who are
5:59 you alliance ally allied with? Who are
6:01 you not allied with? You see, before
6:04 Islam, the Arabs had a very
6:07 large concept of alliance. Who is your
6:10 ally? Who do you trust? This concept of
6:12 wilaya was a powerful concept in Arab
6:14 culture for thousands of years.
6:17 So of course, if you are from the same
6:19 tribe, automatically you are allies to
6:21 each other. That is the strongest kind
6:22 of citizenship. That was one kind of
6:24 alliance.
6:25 But then sometimes there were smaller
6:27 tribes and sometimes there were
6:28 middle-sized tribes and sometimes there
6:30 were big tribes.
6:31 And the small tribe can be easily
6:33 attacked by the big one.
6:35 And the middle one can also be attacked
6:37 by the big one. So the this the medium
6:39 one, the medium-size and the small-size
6:41 would make alliances so together they
6:44 can protect themselves against the big
6:46 one, right? This was a kind of alliance.
6:48 And then what did that alliance mean?
6:49 You can use our well, you can we can
6:52 drink the milk from your goats, we can
6:54 marry among each other, we can borrow
6:56 from each other, we can use each other's
6:57 land, you know, your animals can graze
6:59 from our farm, that kind of thing. So
7:01 this was alliance. And if we're
7:03 attacked, we'll both defend together.
7:05 If there's a problem, if there's a fine
7:07 to pay, both of us will pay the fine
7:09 together. This was wilaya. This was the
7:11 alliance.
7:12 But after this Treaty of Hudaybiyyah,
7:16 the Quraysh were trying to see if they
7:19 can still hold on to influence because
7:21 every other tribe respected Quraysh.
7:24 But now so many tribes were also coming
7:27 and making treaties with the Muslims.
7:29 You know, they were coming and they were
7:31 giving bay'ah and they were accepting
7:32 Islam and Islam is spreading quickly all
7:34 over the region. But these are not You
7:36 can you can't necessarily call them
7:38 trusted partners.
7:40 They have not been tested. They were not
7:42 in war with you. They were not together
7:44 with you. They were just They are
7:45 newcomers. And they come and they shake
7:47 your hand. You don't have any background
7:49 information. You don't know if you can
7:50 trust them.
7:52 So Allah in this surah, from the very
7:54 opening, ya ayyuha alladhina amanu la
7:56 tattakhidhu aduwwi wa aduwwakum awliya.
7:59 Believers, do not take my enemy and your
8:01 enemy as partners and allies.