Masajid of Bo-Kaap

Ramadaan Sunday Lecture Series

Sunday 3 June 2018

Masjied Boorhaanol Islam

THE CARAVAN OF ABU SUFYAN

• In Jumadil Ula 2 H a huge caravan carrying large sums of stolen Muhajireen wealth was on its way to Syria.

• The prophet (s) along with 200 men set out to intercept this caravan.

• Muslims arrived too late but planned to capture it on its return journey.

• Quraish would send an army to prevent this

• The two forces would meet at Badr

ROAD TO WAR

• The Muslim army left Madinah marching westwards towards the plains of Badr

• Abu Sufyan RA anticipating danger took the coastal road to avoid the Muslims

• He sent a messenger to Makkah to inform the Quraish of the threat to the Caravan

THE MUSLIM ARMY

• 300-317 men

• 85 Muhaajireen and 230 from the Ansaar

• 70 camels

• 2 horses ( Al Zubair ibn Al Awaam and Al Miqdad ibn Aswad)

• Generals: Ali RA and Sa’d ibn Muaath RA

• Commander: Nabee Muhammad S

THE MECCAN ARMY

• The Quraish prepare an army to defend the Caravan

• 1300 plus men

• 100 horses

• 200 camels

• Chiefs of the Quraish like Abu Jahl, Utbah, Omayah

DECLARATION OF WAR

• The Caravan of Abu Sufyan escaped

• The Quraishi army wanted to retreat but Abu Jahl convinced the army to continue

• The Prophet (s) not planning for war convened and war council to ask the sahabah their opinions

ARRIVING AT BADR

• The Muslim army arrived first

• They occupied all the water wells

• They captured two Quraishi scouts and interrogated them and discovered many details of the Quraishi army

THE EVE OF THE BATTLE

Friday night

17th of Ramadan

THE EVE OF THE BATTLE

"(Remember) when He covered you with a slumber as a security from Him, and He caused rain to descend on you from the sky, to clean you thereby and to remove from you the Rijz (whispering, evil suggestions, etc.) of Satan, and to strengthen your hearts,

and make your feet firm thereby."

Surah Al Anfaal 8:11

ماء عاس أمنة منه وي ن زل عليكم من الس يكم الن إذ ي غشيطان ولي ربط على ركم به ويذهب عنكم رجز الش ماء ليطه

ق لوبكم وي ثبت به القدام

• The Prophet (s) spent the night in salah

• The Quraishi army arrived during the night

• War would begin at sunrise

THE EVE OF THE BATTLE

THE BATTLE FORMATION

“Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a [single] structure

joined firmly”

Surah As Saff 61:4

إن الله يحب الذين ي قاتلون في سبيله يان مرصوص صفا كأن هم ب ن

• The army organized in rows and straightened them like in salah

• The standard bearer of the Muhajireen - Ali (RA)

• Standard bearer of the Ansar - Saad ibn Muath (RA)

• The overall standard bearer Musab ibn Umair (RA)

• The commander in chief Muhammad (saw)

THE BATTLE FORMATION

THE DAWN MOMENTS BEFORE THE WAR

"O Allâh! The conceited and haughty Quraishites are already here defying You and belying Your Messenger. O Allâh! I am waiting for Your victory which You have promised me. I beseech You Allâh

to defeat them”

THE DETERMINATION OF THE MUSLIMS

“They are fewer and less armed but these are

people ready to fight to the death. We will

not be able to kill them without them dealing

us an equal or worse blow”

THE “WISE MAN” TRIES TO STOP THE WAR

• Utbah ibn Rabeeah

• Tries to prevent the war

• Offers to personally pay the blood money

• Uses Jahilyah family ties

• Abu Jahal taunts Utbah for being a coward and convinces him to fight

THE BLESSING OF THIS UMMAH

“I have been given five things that were not given to any of the Prophets before me:

1. I have been supported with fear (cast into the hearts of my enemies) for a distance of one month’s travel;

2. the earth has been made a place of prostration and a means of purification for me, so when the time of prayer comes for any man among my ummah, let him pray;

3. war booty has been permitted for me;

4. a Prophet would be sent only to his own people, but I have been sent to all of mankind; and

5. I have been given the power of intercession.”

Narrated by al-Bukhaari (427) and Muslim (421)

THE MUBARAZAH

• Utbah, his brother Shaybah and Utbah’s son Waleed step forward

• Three Ansari’s step forward

• Utbah says: we want to fight our own people

• The Prophet saw selects: Ubayda ibn Harith ibn Mutalib, Hamza and Ali (RA)

• Ubaydah vs Utbah

• Hamza vs Shaybah

• Ali vs Waleed

THE MUBARAZAH

"These two opponents (believers and disbelievers) dispute with each other about

their Lord."

Surah Al Hajj 22:19

THE MUBARAZAH

فالذين كفروا ه ذان خصمان اختصموا في ربهم قطعت لهم ثياب من نار يصب من ف وق رءوسهم

الحميم

THE PROPHET CONTINUES TO MAKE DUAH

"O Allâh! Should this group (of Muslims) be defeated today, You will no longer be worshipped.”

Prophet’s hands are in the air and his shirt fell off

Abu Bakr came, picked up the cloak, and put it back on his shoulders and said:

"O Prophet of Allâh, you have cried out enough to your Lord. He will surely fulfill

what He has promised you."

THE PROPHET CONTINUES TO MAKE DUAH

ALLAH GIVES THE GLAD TIDDINGS

"Verily, I am with you, so keep firm those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who

have disbelieved."

Surah Al Anfaal 8:12

إذ يوحي ربك إلى الملئكة أني معكم ف ثبتوا الذين سألقي في ق لوب الذين كفروا الرعب فاضربوا آمنوا

هم كل ب نان ف وق العناق واضربوا من

ALLAH GIVES THE GLAD TIDDINGS

"I will help you with a thousand of the angels each behind the other (following one another) in

succession."

Surah Al Anfaal 8:9

إذ تستغيثون ربكم فاستجاب لكم أني ممدكم بألف من الملئكة مردفين

"Their multitude will be put to flight, and they will show their backs."

Surah Al Qamar 54:45

ب ر سي هزم الجمع وي ولون الد

THE WAR CRY

THE WAR CRY

"And be quick for forgiveness from your Lord, and for Paradise as wide as are the heavens and the

earth."

Surah Al Imran 3:133

وسارعوا إلى مغفرة من ربكم وجنة عرضها ت للمتقين ماوات والرض أعد الس

Events of the Battle

EVENTS OF THE BATTLE

‘Umair ibn Humam, a lad of sixteen, who flung away some dates he was eating crying out:

"These (the dates) are holding me back from Paradise." So saying he plunged into the thick of the battle and died fighting bravely as the first

shaheed

The Prophet [pbuh] took a handful of gravel, cast it at the enemy and said:

"Confusion seize their faces!"

As he flung the dust, a violent sandstorm blew like furnace blast into the eyes of the

enemies.

EVENTS OF THE BATTLE

With respect to this,

EVENTS OF THE BATTLE

"And you (i.e. Muhammad [pbuh]) threw not when you did throw but Allâh threw."

Surah Al Anfaal 8:17

وما رميت ف لم ت قت لوهم ولكن الله ق ت لهم إذ رميت ولكن الله رمى

Ali (RA):

The prophet was the bravest one on the battle field on the day of Badr.

He would be the closest to the enemy and when things got tough we looked to him for

protection.

EVENTS OF THE BATTLE

And [remember] when Satan made their deeds pleasing to them and said, "No one can overcome you today from among the people, and indeed, I am your protector." But when the two armies sighted each other, he turned on his heels and said,

"Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I see what you do not see; indeed I fear Allah. And Allah is severe in penalty.”

Surah Al Anfaal 8:48

يطان أعمالهم وقال ل غالب لكم الي وم من وإذ زين لهم الشا ت راءت الفئتان نكص على عقب يه الناس وإني جار لكم ف لم

وقال إني بريء منكم إني أرى ما ل ت رون إني أخاف الله والله شديد العقاب

Ibn ‘Abbas said:

"While on that day a Muslim was chasing a disbeliever and he heard over him the swashing of a

whip and the voice of the rider saying: ‘Go ahead Haizum’. He glanced at the polytheist who had

(now) fallen down on his back. The Helper came to the Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] and related that

event to him. The Prophet [pbuh] replied: ‘You have told the truth. This was the help from the third

heaven.“ [Sahih Muslim 2/93]

EVENTS OF THE BATTLE

Al Abbas RA:

“I was captured by a man who was bald and had the most handsome face, and who was riding a piebald horse, I cannot see him here among the

people.”

“Allâh the All- Mighty strengthened you with the help of a noble angel."

EVENTS OF THE BATTLE

NOTE

Angels were just there to assist but the fight was for the muslim

“For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah. Indeed, Allah will not

change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves”

‘Ukashah bin Mihsan Al-Asdi’s sword

EVENTS OF THE BATTLE

FIGHTING YOUR MOST BELOVED

"You will not find a people believing in God and the Last Day having affection with those who oppose God and His

messenger even if these were their fathers, their sons, their brothers or their clan. God has placed faith in their hearts

and strengthened them with a spirit from Him.

Surah Al Mujadalah 58:22

ل تجد ق وما ي ؤمنون بالله والي وم الخر ي وادون من حاد الله ورسوله ولو كانوا آباءهم أو أب ناءهم أو إخوان هم أو عشيرت هم

يمان وأيدهم بروح منه أولئك كتب في ق لوبهم ال

FIGHTING YOUR MOST BELOVED

“He will cause them to enter gardens beneath which streams flow that they may dwell therein. God is well

pleased with them and they well pleased with Him. They are the party of God. Is not the party of God the successful

ones?"

Surah Al Mujadalah 58:22

جنات تجري من تحتها الن هار خالدين فيها لويدخلهم هم ورضوا عنه أل إن أولئك حزب الله رضي الله عن

حزب الله هم المفلحون

The end of Umayah ibn Khalaf

Allah will bring justice to the oppressed

THE END OF ABU JAHIL Volume 5, Book 59, Number 324

Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf

While I was fighting in the front file on the day (of the battle) of Badr, suddenly I looked behind and saw on

my right and left two young boys and did not feel safe by standing between them. Then one of them asked me secretly so that his companion may not hear, "O Uncle! Show me Abu Jahl." I said, "O nephew! What will you do to him?" He said, "I have promised Allah

that if I see him (i.e. Abu Jahl), I will either kill him or be killed before I kill him."

THE END OF ABU JAHIL Volume 5, Book 59, Number 324

Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf

Then the other said the same to me secretly so that his companion should not hear. I would not have been pleased to be in between two other men instead of

them. Then I pointed him (i.e. Abu Jahl) out to them. Both of them attacked him like two hawks till they

knocked him down. Those two boys were the sons of 'Afra' (i.e. an Ansari woman).

Allah's Apostle said on the day of Badr, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn Mas'ud went and saw him struck by the two sons of 'Afra and

was on the point of death .

Ibn Mas'ud said, "Are you Abu Jahl?" Abu Jahl replied, "Can there be a man more superior to the one whom you have killed (or as Sulaiman said, or his own folk

have killed.)?"

Abu Jahl added, "Would that I had been killed by other than a mere farmer. "

THE END OF ABU JAHIL

"This is the Pharaoh of this nation.”

THE END OF ABU JAHIL

"Allâh is Great, praise is to Allâh, Who has fulfilled His Promise,

assisted His servant and defeated the confederates alone."

Madinah receives the News of Victory

MADINAH RECEIVES THE NEWS OF VICTORY

Zaid bin Harithah was dispatched to Madinah, to convey the glad tidings of victory to the

Muslims there

• The Muslims were over joyed

• Islam now became a force to be reckoned with

• Justice for the oppressed like Bilal

• Wealth returned to the mahjireen

• A miracle from Allah

MADINAH RECEIVES THE NEWS OF VICTORY

Jews and hypocrites spread news to the effect that the Prophet [pbuh] had been killed, and tried to

impress their false assumption on the fact that Zaid bin Harithah was riding Al-Qaswâ’, the Prophet

[pbuh]’s she-camel.

MADINAH RECEIVES THE NEWS OF VICTORY

Alif, Lam, Meem (1)

MADINAH RECEIVES THE NEWS OF VICTORY

Surah Ar Rum 30:1-2

The Byzantines have been defeated (2)

غلبت الروم

الم

In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome

MADINAH RECEIVES THE NEWS OF VICTORY

Surah Ar Rum 30:3

في أدنى الرض وهم من ب عد غلبهم سي غلبون

MADINAH RECEIVES THE NEWS OF VICTORY

Surah Ar Rum 30:4

Within three to nine years. To Allah belongs the command before and after. And that day the believers

will rejoice

لله المر من ق بل ومن في بضع سنين وي ومئذ ي فرح المؤمنون ب عد

In the victory of Allah. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the

Merciful

MADINAH RECEIVES THE NEWS OF VICTORY

Surah Ar Rum 30:5

وهو العزيز الرحيم ينصر من يشاء بنصر الله

[It is] the promise of Allah. Allah does not fail in His promise, but most of the people do not know

MADINAH RECEIVES THE NEWS OF VICTORY

Surah Ar Rum 30:6

ل يخلف الله وعده ول كن أكث ر وعد الله الناس ل ي علمون

Death of Prophet (s)’s daughter

DEATH OF PROPHET (S ) DAUGHTER

Usamah bin Zaid related that they received the news of the manifest victory shortly after Ruqaiyah,

the Prophet [pbuh]’s daughter, and the wife of ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan had been committed to earth.

She had been terminally ill and the Prophet [pbuh] had asked ‘Uthman to stay in Madinah and look

after her.

THE NEWS IN MAKKAH

Shocked disbelief

THE NEWS IN MAKKAH

Abu Sufyan explains to Abu Lahab how the Quraish lost

"The facts are the Quraysh met our enemy and turned their backs. They [the Muslims] put us to flight, taking prisoners as they pleased. I cannot

blame our tribesmen because they faced not only them but men wearing white robes riding piebald

horses, who were between heaven and earth. They spared nothing, and no one had a chance”

Abu Lahab one of the last of the shayaateen to survive

Abu Lahab

Abu Rafi' and Abbas's wife Lubaba sat sharpening heard the news of the men in white riding between

heaven and earth, they could no longer contain their happiness, and Abu Rafi exclaimed: "They

were angels!"

Abu Lahab was so furious that he forced the frail Abu Rafi' to the ground and beat him up. Lubaba

grabbed a nearby tent pole and hit her brother-in-law over the head, crying: "Do you think that you

can abuse him just because Abbas is away?"

ABU LAHAB

Lubaba wounded Abu Lahab so severely that his head was split open, laying bare part of his skull.

The wound turned septic, and his entire body erupted into open pustules.

He died a week later

ABU LAHAB

PROMISE FROM ALLAH

"And remember when you were few and were reckoned weak in the land, and were afraid that men

might kidnap you, but He provided a safe place for you, strengthened you with His help, and provided

you with good things so that you might be grateful."

Surah Al Anfaal 8:26

واذكروا إذ أنتم قليل مستضعفون في الرض تخافون أن ي تخطفكم الناس فآواكم وأيدكم بنصره ورزقكم من الطيبات

لعلكم تشكرون

PROMISE FOR ALL TIMES

In today’s battles we keep this in mind

Surah Al Anfaal 8:26

A wonderful and striking coincidence was the establishment of Shawwal ‘Eid (the festival of the

Fast-Breaking) directly after the manifest victory of Badr.

It was actually the finest spectacle ever witnessed of Muslims.

PROMISE FROM ALLAH

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