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Every Muslim man and woman should know what has come to us from the Sunnah of our noble Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the news of his noble companions and followers.
We must also bear the concerns of our Islamic nation and not spend our lives like the scum of the sea without knowledge and work that will save the nation from the loss and humiliation it is in now. O God, use us and do not replace us.
AFor the first story:
One of the most beautiful stories and lessons ever, what is the reason behind the dismissal of the Commander of the Faithful, our master “Omar ibn al-Khattab”, may God be pleased with him and satisfy him, and our master “Khalid ibn al-Walid”…
At that time, our master “Khalid bin Al-Walid”, may God be pleased with him and satisfy him, was at the height of his victories, and suddenly he found the Commander of the Faithful “Omar bin Al-Khattab” dismissing him from his position and making him return to being an ordinary fighter in the Muslim armies!
Can you imagine that a brigadier general in the greatest armies would then have his leadership and leadership stripped away from him, and he would return to being an ordinary soldier like any other soldier?!
Our master “Khalid bin Al-Walid” came to the Commander of the Faithful, our master “Omar bin Al-Khattab” and asked him, saying: “O Commander of the Faithful, why did you dismiss me?!”
The Commander of the Faithful replied, “By God, I love you!”
Then our master Khalid bin Al-Walid asked him the same question: “Why did you dismiss me?!”
Our master Omar bin Al-Khattab replied: “By God, I love you!”
Our master Khalid bin Al-Walid asked him: “Why did you dismiss me?!”
Our master Omar bin Al-Khattab replied to him: “By God, O son of Al-Walid, I only dismissed you out of fear that people would be tempted by you because of the great effort you have made in the way of God.”
We know the reason behind the Commander of the Faithful, Omar bin Al-Khattab, dismissing our master, Khalid bin Al-Walid. He feared that people would be tempted in their religion by thinking that victory was due to Khalid bin Al-Walid, and victory is only from the Lord of the Worlds. So he dismissed our master, Khalid bin Al-Walid, and victory continued.
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The second story:
In light of the ongoing events of massacres and genocide of our beloved brothers and sisters in Gaza in particular and Palestine in general, the events of late 2023 and early 2024 are heavy on the hearts of all Muslims in a way that we can no longer bear. We ask God to grant us steadfastness and certainty and to grant victory to our brothers. We wanted to remind ourselves and you of the most difficult ordeals that our noble Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and the believers were exposed to, namely the siege of the people of Abu Talib.
When the Quraysh besieged the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and his companions in the valley of Abu Talib, and the siege became so intense and prolonged that they ate hides, and the children spent the night begging from severe hunger, a man from the infidels rose up, but he was honorable and resolved to tear up the siege document.
This man gathered the leaders and nobles of Quraish and put pressure on them in Mecca until he forced Abu Jahl to tear up the document and lift the siege. As for our current time, which is difficult for every Muslim who truly believes in God and the Last Day, our brothers in Gaza have become besieged… hungry… thirsty like the siege of the Prophet and the noble companions in the valley of Abu Talib.
There is no honorable man in a nation of more than a billion who seeks to lift this cursed, oppressive siege and gather people around him to reach an immediate solution to stop the genocide that is taking place against our brothers.
What will we say to God, Lord of the Worlds?! The evidence against us is clear. What have we done for Islam today?!
I find no answer to cool the fire in my heart. O God, honor Islam and Muslims, and use us and do not replace us with Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful. If You do, then by God we are losers.
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The third story:
One of the most beautiful stories and lessons ever, a story that shows the extent of steadfastness on the truth…
(From the book “Biographies of the Noble Figures” by Al-Dhahabi)…
One morning, Caliph Al-Mu'tasim went to the prison where Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal was during the Great Tribulation, the creation of the Holy Qur’an.
Caliph Al-Mu'tasim: “How did you reveal it, Ahmed?!”
The Imam replied: “Fine, sir, and praise be to God, but I saw a vision that disturbed me and continues to disturb me.”
Al-Mu'tasim asked him about the dream that disturbed him, and Imam (Ahmad bin Hanbal) said: “I saw the Qur’an lying dead, so I washed it, shrouded it, and prayed over it!”
Al-Mu'tasim said angrily: “Woe to you, Ahmed! Is the Holy Quran dying, or are you mocking me?!”
Imam Ahmad replied to him, saying: “It is your saying that the Holy Qur’an is created, and every created thing dies.”
Immediately, Caliph Al-Mu'tasim looked at Ibn Abi Dawud, who was one of the leaders of the sedition and a scholar of the sultans. Ibn Abi Dawud said to the Imam: “Oh Ahmad, do not kill yourself and answer me with the creation of the Qur’an.”
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal said: “Bring me something from the Book of God or the Sunnah of His Messenger that says what you say.”
Al-Mu'tasim looked at the executioner and said: “May God cut off your hand,” meaning that I should hurt him (i.e. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal).
And when the executioner strikes the first lash, the imam says: “In the name of God.” The executioner strikes the second lash, and the imam says: “There is no power or strength except with God.” And when he strikes the third lash, the imam says: “The Qur’an is the word of God and is not created.”
And he struck the one following it, and Imam Ahmad said: “Say: Nothing will happen to us except what God has decreed for us.”
Ibn Abi Dawud approached Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and said to him: “Oh Ahmad, whisper in my ear a word that will save you from the punishment of the Caliph.”
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal said: “Rather, come closer and whisper in my ear a word that will save you from the punishment of God.”
Ibn Abi Dawud nodded to the executioner to beat him severely and hurt him. The executioner began to beat him severely until he fainted from the severity.
This ordeal ended during the reign of Al-Mutawakkil, and an innumerable number of scholars fell into it, and none remained steadfast in the truth except Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. God Almighty preserved His religion with one man, and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal was the Imam of the Sunnis, may God be pleased with him and satisfy him.
What if the only one left to carry the banner of Islam is you?!
What would you do then?!
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