Intellectual Seerah | Part 20 - Battle of Hunayn

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[@billynaboulsi3915]

May Allah bless brother Muhammad hijab and the sapience institute for there efforts with this amazing series

[@Bilal-BS]

we (Muslims) cannot achieve victory unless we achieve two conditions each one of them is needed but not enough on its own. First, we can achieve victory when we are monotheists; when we announce our weaknesses to Allah the Exalted. When we place our trust in Allah the Exalted, as Muslims did in Badrs’s battle, as stated by Allah the Exalted: [Allah had helped you at Badr, when you were of a contemptible little force] [Al 'Imran 123] Second, we can achieve victory after making adequate preparations, as stated by Allah the Exalted: [Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your ability] [Al-Anfal 60 ] In this verse, there is a gentle gesture. That is, Allah the Exalted does not ask us to prepare power that is equivalent to our enemies’. This may be beyond Muslims’ ability, in particular in these days because our enemies are much more developed than us in terms of electronic war, satellites, missiles, hit accuracy, chemical, deadly and moral weapons, media and the like. So, if Allah the Exalted orders us to make preparations that are equivalent to our enemies’, this will be beyond our recent ability. However, Allah the Exalted had mercy upon us, and thus ordered us just to prepare the power available to us. Allah the Exalted says: [Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your ability] [Al-Anfal 60 ] Allah the Exalted also ordered us to truly believe in Him and announce our weakness to Him. Only then, we can achieve victory since Allah the Exalted says: [And that our forces, they surely must conquer] [As-Saffat 173] [O you who believe! If you will aid (the cause of) Allah, He will aid you, and plant your feet firmly] [Muhammad 7] [and it was due from us to aid those who believed] [Ar-Rum 47] [We will, without doubt, help our apostles and those who believe, (both) in this world's life] [Ghafir 51] These facts are taken for granted. When do Muslims get defeated then? The answer is: They do when they do not make adequate preparations that are available to them against their enemies or when they feel proud of themselves forgetting Allah‘s grace upon them. This would make them undergo a kind of hidden but serious unbelief in Allah. Thus, we (Muslims) undergo defeat either due to our weak belief in Allah or our weak preparations. If we have sufficient belief in Allah and are well-prepared, we will certainly achieve victory. For instance, even Prophet Muhammad’s (Peace Be Upon Him) companions whom Allah the Exalted has acknowledged their superior status in Islam and was pleased with them, as stated in the Quran where Allah the Exalted says: [Allah’s Good Pleasure was on the Believers when they made promise to you under the Tree] [Al-Fath 18] Despite all of that they lost the battle because they were afflicted with a hidden kind of unbelief in Allah, in particular when they were proud of their number (about 10 thousand fighters) and of the fact that they had control over the whole Arab peninsula since they were the biggest power in the peninsula at that time. As stated by Allah the Exalted: “On the day of (the battle of) Hunayn: look! Your large numbers made you very happy, but they did not help you a little bit: The land, being that is wide blocked you, and you turned back to withdraw” [At-Tawba 25] What can we learn from this lesson in our daily life? For instance, if a merchant buys a kind of goods without thinking about it, without knowing what goods are required for the market, without knowing its financial feasibility or without considering the prices in the market, i.e., he buys the goods randomly, then it can be said that this merchant did not make sufficient preparations. And if he says ‘I will buy it’, and did not ask Allah’s help, he has a kind of weakness in his belief in Allah the Exalted. In this case, he can never sell it. In consequence, he will win nothing.

[@riche1601]

Amazing work brothers

[@OTEE27]

و عليكم السلام و رحمة الله و بركاته

[@mahmoudhamed4296]

ربنا يكرمك أسنمر

[@DwayneSMG]

14:52 Before our fellow disciples discuss this; the difference between complacency and contentment: If I may share a perspective based on some experiences in my life. Complacency القناعة -pertaining to an idea or a principle or an issue A. Has to be incomprehensible at first or refuted, or simply impossible to imagine as true B. It requires appealing to reason, a unique way to communicate to one’s inner logic, and most importantly ‘time’ C. Once it’s achieved, it is shielded from doubt but it is not impossible to defy it in argumentation or temptation As for Contentment الرضا -pertaining to a life event(s) A. It is within a believer’s innate sense to instantly be coveted by contentment B. It takes so much strength and energy to keep it alive within or in other words, it keeps one’s heart beating with contentment C. It is beautiful, rare and gives serenity to that person D. It can be snatched from one’s heart if anger or grief keeps infiltrating in many instances And when it’s gone; you lose your sense of confidence and lose a glimpse of your character Contentment ought to be practiced… especially when different life events fuel negative emotions that prey on one’s heart. (I hope I got it some of it right)

[@DwayneSMG]

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[@saamady]

​@@DwayneSMG🤔 you can delete it yourself if you really want to, can't you?

[@DwayneSMG]

@@saamady don’t wanna. We like making prints all over

[@Yusoof-truth]

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[@MohammadQasim]

Jazak Allahu khair

[@issaaabella1225]

Wolf of Wall Street 😂😂😂

[@abdullahassaffah]

Hunain is the second time muslim got temporary defeat after uhud once again for valuable lessons

[@adamsnow4979]

Hunayn was a victory

[@abdullahassaffah]

​@@adamsnow4979 like uhud which started as victory then defeat then stalemate to ultimately victory in hamra al asad hunain was defeat to victory

[@adamsnow4979]

@@abdullahassaffah the Muslims never withdraw so how was it a defeat even in the beginning. A rout in the midst of a battle is something normal even happened in yarmouk

[@abdullahassaffah]

​@@adamsnow4979the Muslim army minus a few same as kafir did in uhud fled from the battle before returning and fighting back hence it is a temporary defear not defeat temporary defeat in uhud however the kuffar themselves failed to get a victory as Muslim when they were temporarily defeated they managed to still get the high ground and end the battle in stalemate and later got the victory in hamra Al asad here the Muslim returned to battle and went onto win

[@abdullahassaffah]

​@@adamsnow4979 the overall majority army fled the battlefield and like uhud at that moment were in a full defeated position same as uhud in the second phase but the Muslim then regrouped and won hence it Is temporary defeat not defeat same as how Muslim started off with temporary victory in uhud where the kuffar fled but returned after archers made the mistake and got a temporary defeat but then Muslim got the highground in uhud and battle was a stalemate and with hamra Al asad a victory

[@Vali45777]

I really love your lectures bro hijab, but explaining everything in "logic" is wrong. The problem is that Allah emphisizes that "HE is the one who helps" not because "you THOUGHT your numbers will help you and you were not concentrated to victory therefore you lost" maybe im missing something but its everything explained in logic like "if your vision is not pure enough you will lose" for me this is an argument from an atheistic point of view. Maybe im missing something. Allahu a'lam.

[@hayrettin39]

Wa alaykum Salaam wa Rahmetullahi wa Barakatuh