Who is the Bravest of People?

عن علي أنه قال: أخبروني من أشجع الناس؟ فقالوا أنت قال: أما إني ما بارزت أحدا إلا انتصفت منه ولكن أخبروني بأشجع الناس قالوا لا نعلم فمن قال أبو بكر إنه لما كان يوم بدر فجعلتم لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عريشا فقلنا من يكون مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لئلا يهوي إليه أحد من المشركين فوالله ما دنا منا أحد إلا أبو بكر شاهرا بالسيف على رأس رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يهوي إليه أحد إلا هوى إليه فهو أشجع الناس قال علي رضي الله عنه ولقد رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأخذته قريش فهذا يجبأه وهذا يتلتله وهم يقولون: أنت الذي جعلت الآلهة إلها واحدا قال: فوالله ما دنا منا أحد إلا أبو بكر يضرب هذا ويجبأ هذا ويتلتل هذا وهو يقول ويلكم أتقتلون رجلا أن يقول ربي الله ثم رفع على بردة كانت عليه فبكى حتى اخضلت لحيته ثم قال أنشدكم الله أمؤمن آل فرعون خير أم أبو بكر فسكت القوم فقال ألا تجيبونني فوالله لساعة من أبي بكر خير من ألف ساعة من مثل مؤمن آل فرعون ذاك رجل يكتم إيمانه وهذا رجل أعلن إيمانه. أخرجه البزار في مسنده

This might not be a full article and I do not intend writing soon, but upon reading this narration from Musnad al-Bazzār, my heart yearned to share it with others. I intended writing that may Allāh accept the personality described here, but then thought, who am I to think that my supplication of acceptance is needed for one so already accepted? So in following the way of the pious and learned, I can at least say, “May Allāh be pleased with him.”

ʿAlī رضي الله عنه asked, “Tell me, who is the bravest of people?”
“You!” they replied.
He said, “As for me, I never fought anyone except that I exacted justice from him. Tell me, who is the bravest of people?”
They replied, “Then we do not know who.”
He said, “It is ʾAbū Bakr. At the Battle of Badr, you built a hut for Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم . We then said, ‘Who will be with Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم so that no Mushrik may attack him?’ By Allāh! Not one of us stepped forward except ʾAbū Bakr with his sword drawn by the head of Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم . None came to attack except that he attacked him. So he is the bravest of people.”
ʾAlī رضي الله عنه continued, “Indeed I saw the Quraysh grabbing Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم . One held him while another violently shook him. They were saying, ‘You are the one who made the gods one!’ By Allāh! None of us dared go near except Abū Bakr. He struck at one of them, pulled back another and shook another, whilst saying, ‘Woe unto you! Do you kill a man for saying my Lord is Allāh?’”
ʿAlī رضي الله عنه then raised the shawl which was upon him and wept until his beard became wet. He then said, “I implore you in Allāh’s name, tell me, is the believer of the people of Pharaoh better or is Abū Bakr?”
The people kept silent, so he said, “Will you not answer me? By Allāh! A single moment of Abū Bakr is superior to a thousand of the likes of the believer of the people of Pharaoh. That was a man who hid his faith and this is a man who publicly announced his faith.”

سليمان الكندي

Twitter: @sulayman_Kindi

Who is the Bravest of People?

عن علي أنه قال: أخبروني من أشجع الناس؟ فقالوا أنت قال: أما إني ما بارزت أحدا إلا انتصفت منه ولكن أخبروني بأشجع الناس قالوا لا نعلم فمن قال أبو بكر إنه لما كان يوم بدر فجعلتم لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عريشا فقلنا من يكون مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لئلا يهوي إليه أحد من المشركين فوالله ما دنا منا أحد إلا أبو بكر شاهرا بالسيف على رأس رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يهوي إليه أحد إلا هوى إليه فهو أشجع الناس قال علي رضي الله عنه ولقد رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأخذته قريش فهذا يجبأه وهذا يتلتله وهم يقولون: أنت الذي جعلت الآلهة إلها واحدا قال: فوالله ما دنا منا أحد إلا أبو بكر يضرب هذا ويجبأ هذا ويتلتل هذا وهو يقول ويلكم أتقتلون رجلا أن يقول ربي الله ثم رفع على بردة كانت عليه فبكى حتى اخضلت لحيته ثم قال أنشدكم الله أمؤمن آل فرعون خير أم أبو بكر فسكت القوم فقال ألا تجيبونني فوالله لساعة من أبي بكر خير من ألف ساعة من مثل مؤمن آل فرعون ذاك رجل يكتم إيمانه وهذا رجل أعلن إيمانه. أخرجه البزار في مسنده

This might not be a full article and I do not intend writing soon, but upon reading this narration from Musnad al-Bazzār, my heart yearned to share it with others. I intended writing that may Allāh accept the personality described here, but then thought, who am I to think that my supplication of acceptance is needed for one so already accepted? So in following the way of the pious and learned, I can at least say, “May Allāh be pleased with him.”

ʿAlī رضي الله عنه  asked, “Tell me, who is the bravest of people?”

 “You!” they replied. 

He said, “As for me, I never fought anyone except that I exacted justice from him. Tell me, who is the bravest of people?” 

They replied, “Then we do not know who.” 

 He said, “It is ʾAbū Bakr. At the Battle of Badr, you built a hut for Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم  . We then said, ‘Who will be with Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم  so that no Mushrik may attack him?’ By Allāh! Not one of us stepped forward except ʾAbū Bakr with his sword drawn by the head of Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم . None came to attack except that he attacked him. So he is the bravest of people.”

ʾAlī رضي الله عنه  continued, “Indeed I saw the Quraysh grabbing Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم . One held him while another violently shook him. They were saying, ‘You are the one who made the gods one!’ By Allāh! None of us dared go near except Abū Bakr. He struck at one of them, pulled back another and shook another, whilst saying, ‘Woe unto you! Do you kill a man for saying my Lord is Allāh?’”

ʿAlī رضي الله عنه  then raised the shawl which was upon him and wept until his beard became wet. He then said, “I implore you in Allāh’s name, tell me, is the believer of the people of Pharaoh better or is Abū Bakr?”

The people kept silent, so he said, “Will you not answer me? By Allāh! A single moment of Abū Bakr is superior to a thousand of the likes of the believer of the people of Pharaoh. That was a man who hid his faith and this is a man who publicly announced his faith.” 

سليمان الكندي 

Twitter: @sulayman_Kindi

Expel not just the Jews but the Saudis from Arabia

 

 

عن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم : لأخرجنَّ اليهود والنصارى من جزيرة العرب حتى لا أدع إلا مسلماً  أخرجه مسلم

‘Umar bin al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنهnarrates that Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  said, “Indeed I shall expel the Jews and the Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, to the extent that I shall leave none but a Muslim [therein].” [Muslim]

From the narration of al-Imām Aḥmad we know that that was the final wish and instruction of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  unto this Ummah. For centuries the Ummah observed this instruction, which was uttered during the final illness its Nabī صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم . The Rawāfiḍ [Shī‘ah] may have betrayed Islām many a time, for example, they aligned with the Crusaders against the Muslims, however, we should be honest and pay credit where it is due. This much we should credit them with, that they never had the audacity to spit on the final command of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  the way the Satanic Saudi regime does. The Rawāfiḍ never invited the Christian and Jewish armies to trample Arabian soil.

Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  set the Arabian Peninsula aside as the pure home of Islām and the Oneness of Allāh. It was on Arabia’s sacred soil that Jibrīl descended and revealed the Qurān. Allāh sent his best angels to the soil of Badr in Arabia. As if hosting the Ka‘bah and Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  were not sufficient honour to the land of Arabia, Arabia should surely praise Allāh for every footstep of the Companions  of Muḥammad صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  which Allāh allowed to be set on her soil.

Today, instead of armies of angels, the Dajjāl armies of America trample sacred Arabian soil. Those who declare Allāh to be one, languish in prisons in the holy land, whilst those who deny Him are feted with honour. Do they not know that all honour belongs to Allāh? Weep O Muslims, if you can, for through your complacency prostitutes now walk in the land where once the wives of the Nabī صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  travelled. Does it bother you at all that the flag of disbelief arrogantly flutters in the land where once the Ṣāḥābah died defending the banner of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم ?

Those who dare claim to be the servants and custodians of the Ḥaramayn have spat at the command of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم . The heart of every Muslim should bleed at the thought that we are the first generation to witness those who claim to be Muslims violating the final command of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم , a command which he uttered in a state of great weakness and pain. Let us honestly ask ourselves which insult causes Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم greater grief, the accursed idolater, ‘Uqbah bin Abī Mueet physically spitting on Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم , or his supposed followers spitting on his final command?  Is it only a command which has been spat at, or is it, in our apathy to the final illness and pain of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم , as if we have joined ‘Uqbah and spat at Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  himself?

Those who sell their religion for a paltry material gain, defend the Saudi Satanic regime and offer excuses which they in their hearts know to be worthless lies. In regards the above Ḥadīth, for example, they say:

1.       The command is directed at terminating the political power of the Jews and Christians in Arabia, not expelling them.

2.        The command is directed at Muslim governors and commanders for implementation, not the public at large.

It does not require much brain capacity to perceive the fallacy and contradictions of the above.

1.       Is the Ḥadīth specifically against the Jews and Christians having power in Arabia? Well the House of Saud brings them into Arabia with full military might, and creates autonomous American camps where Sharī‘ah is but a mocked word. How exactly is this terminating their power in Arabia?

2.       If the Ḥadīth does not intend the expulsion of the Jews, why use the word لأخرجنَّ  “I shall certainly expel” or أخرجوا  “expel” – command form?

3.       If the purpose is solely termination of political power, why the addition of, “…, to the extent that I shall leave none but a Muslim [therein].”

4.       The House of Saud demands that ordinary Muslims abstain from this Ḥadīth, as it only concerns commanders and governors. We can agree to that, but we should also ask, why then are those in command and government of Arabia defying the Ḥadīth?

The point has long been reached where the crimes of the Saudi regime against Allāh and His Rasūl صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  cannot be deemed as singular incidents to be discussed in isolation. The crimes of the regime are a systematic policy against Islām, and necessitate the regime’s removal. May Allāh grant that we witness that day just as we have witnessed the humiliation of our religion.

Expel not just the Jews but the Saudis from Arabia

عن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم : لأخرجنَّ اليهود والنصارى من جزيرة العرب حتى لا أدع إلا مسلماً  أخرجه مسلم

‘Umar bin al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه narrates that Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  said, “Indeed I shall expel the Jews and the Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, to the extent that I shall leave none but a Muslim [therein].” [Muslim]

From the narration of al-Imām Aḥmad we know that that was the final wish and instruction of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  unto this Ummah. For centuries the Ummah observed this instruction, which was uttered during the final illness its Nabī صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم . The Rawāfiḍ [Shī‘ah] may have betrayed Islām many a time, for example, they aligned with the Crusaders against the Muslims, however, we should be honest and pay credit where it is due. This much we should credit them with, that they never had the audacity to spit on the final command of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  the way the Satanic Saudi regime does. The Rawāfiḍ never invited the Christian and Jewish armies to trample Arabian soil. 

Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  set the Arabian Peninsula aside as the pure home of Islām and the Oneness of Allāh. It was on Arabia’s sacred soil that Jibrīl descended and revealed the Qurān. Allāh sent his best angels to the soil of Badr in Arabia. As if hosting the Ka‘bah and Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  were not sufficient honour to the land of Arabia, Arabia should surely praise Allāh for every footstep of the Companions  of Muḥammad صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  which Allāh allowed to be set on her soil.

Today, instead of armies of angels, the Dajjāl armies of America trample sacred Arabian soil. Those who declare Allāh to be one, languish in prisons in the holy land, whilst those who deny Him are feted with honour. Do they not know that all honour belongs to Allāh? Weep O Muslims, if you can, for through your complacency prostitutes now walk in the land where once the wives of the Nabī صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  travelled. Does it bother you at all that the flag of disbelief arrogantly flutters in the land where once the Ṣāḥābah died defending the banner of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم ?

Those who dare claim to be the servants and custodians of the Ḥaramayn have spat at the command of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم . The heart of every Muslim should bleed at the thought that we are the first generation to witness those who claim to be Muslims violating the final command of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم , a command which he uttered in a state of great weakness and pain. Let us honestly ask ourselves which insult causes Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم greater grief, the accursed idolater, ‘Uqbah bin Abī Mueet physically spitting on Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم , or his supposed followers spitting on his final command?  Is it only a command which has been spat at, or is it, in our apathy to the final illness and pain of Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم ,  as if we have joined ‘Uqbah and spat at Rasūlullāh صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  himself? 

Those who sell their religion for a paltry material gain, defend the Saudi Satanic regime and offer excuses which they in their hearts know to be worthless lies. In regards the above Ḥadīth, for example, they say:

1.       The command is directed at terminating the political power of the Jews and Christians in Arabia, not expelling them.

2.        The command is directed at Muslim governors and commanders for implementation, not the public at large.

It does not require much brain capacity to perceive the fallacy and contradictions of the above. 

1.       Is the Ḥadīth specifically against the Jews and Christians having power in Arabia? Well the House of Saud brings them into Arabia with full military might, and creates autonomous American camps where Sharī‘ah is but a mocked word. How exactly is this terminating their power in Arabia?

2.       If the Ḥadīth does not intend the expulsion of the Jews, why use the word لأخرجنَّ  “I shall certainly expel” or أخرجوا  “expel” – command form?

3.       If the purpose is solely termination of political power, why the addition of, “…, to the extent that I shall leave none but a Muslim [therein].”

4.       The House of Saud demands that ordinary Muslims abstain from this Ḥadīth, as it only concerns commanders and governors. We can agree to that, but we should also ask, why then are those in command and government of Arabia defying the Ḥadīth?

The point has long been reached where the crimes of the Saudi regime against Allāh and His Rasūl صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم  cannot be deemed as singular incidents to be discussed in isolation. The crimes of the regime are a systematic policy against Islām, and necessitate the regime’s removal. May Allāh grant that we witness that day just as we have witnessed the humiliation of our religion.

سليمان الكندي