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If You Claimed He Hurt You | Meeting Muhammad ﷺ Episode 17
We’ve seen the Prophet ﷺ when he was upset. But what would happen if you were to be upset with him? Rest assured: he would ensure that your complaints were heard and that justice was enacted, even if it was upon himself.
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This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. If you're a merciful person in general, when someone comes to you and tells you that you hurt their feelings, then you're going to listen to them. You're going to pay attention to them. How would it then be with the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, even though the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did not wrong anyone, how would it be if you told the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam that you were hurt by him? The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam's Emotional Intelligence Now, as we've gone through many times and will probably still continue to go through, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam had such high emotional intelligence that he could sense things, A'ishah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. He knew if you were upset with him. He once told A'ishah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, in fact, he said, I can tell when you're mad at me, even when you don't tell me you're mad at me. She said, how? The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, because when you are pleased with me, you swear by the Lord of Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And when you're upset with me, you swear by Rabbi Ibrahim, by the Lord of Ibrahim Alaihi Wasallam. So I can tell that there is something going on. So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam could sense if you were not feeling good around him Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, or if you felt hurt by him Alaihi Salatu Wasallam. And out of his rahma, out of his mercy and out of his empathy Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he would ask you what was wrong. And even in tense high stakes situations, we see that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was still held to a higher standard. And he used to hold himself to a higher standard. One of the most famous stories that is written in the Quran is the story of Abdullah ibn Umm Ktum, Abasa wa Tawalla. It's not a surah that is in one of the longer ajza, one of the longer chapters of the Quran. It's in Juz Amma, our children will memorize surah Abasa, that he frowned Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And we know the story of Abdullah ibn Umm Ktum radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, coming to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and he was a blind man, coming to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam quickly, quickly, quickly. And when the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam sees him, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he frowned at a blind man. And he did that Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam because he was talking to some of the elites of Quraysh who did not used to give him any attention Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And he felt like he finally had a chance to talk to them. And he finally had their ears. And now Abdullah ibn Umm Ktum radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, not knowing who represented the poor, the downtrodden comes and he's shouting, Ya Rasulullah, teach me from what Allah taught you. And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, Abasa, he simply frowned Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and he continued to speak to the elites of Quraysh. Now, when Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la revealed the surah, right? Admonishing the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and holding the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam to a higher standard. How would the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam treat Abdullah ibn Umm Ktum after that? The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam used to greet him and say, Marhaban biman aatabani feehi rabbi. Marhaban biman aatabani feehi rabbi. Welcome to he on behalf whom Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la admonished me. So it was a special type of greeting. And we see that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam then will go out of his way to make sure that Abdullah ibn Umm Ktum radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu has a special place in the community. He is going to give adhan at times. He is someone that though he cannot participate in the battle like everyone else, he's still going to be a flag bearer radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam make sure to include him in all of these different spaces. And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam make sure that the effect of that moment where he frowned at him Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has led to complete blessing for him for the rest of his existence on this earth. And of course, when he meets Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. Now there was another incident that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam walks by a group of people and there are these young men and it's in a time of battle as well. So it's again a high stake situation. And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is lining up the troops and Usaid ibn Hudayr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu he says there was this young man from the Ansar that was constantly talking to the
people and making them laugh. So they're getting ready for battle and you have this young man that doesn't stop and he's getting out of line literally right and making the others laugh. And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he pokes him under the ribs with his stick Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. Now again it's understood he is a military general in this sense Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. He's getting them ready for battle. But this young man says to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Asbirni. He says let me take my retaliation. I deserve to have retaliation. Now the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he could have told him are you serious right he could have admonished him Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam further. He could have explained to him why he poked him Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. It was understood to him and to everyone else that this was for him to calm down and to stay in line and to not continue further disrupting the situation. But instead when he says to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Asbirni give me my revenge give me my retaliation. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he goes to him and he says take your retaliation. SubhanAllah look at his humility Alaihi Salatu Wasalam. He doesn't say anything else. He doesn't explain his actions. He does not belittle the man. He doesn't say to him who do you think you are go home we'll talk later. He says go ahead and poke me back take your retaliation. This young man then says to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Ya Rasulullah Inna alayka qameesan wa laysa alayya qamees He said oh messenger of Allah you're wearing a shirt and I'm not wearing a shirt. So when you when you poked me it hurt me more it left a mark because I'm not wearing a shirt and you on the other hand don't have to worry about a mark. What does the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam do? Again he could have said to him Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam like calm down just go ahead and poke me and get it over with. Instead the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he raises his shirt Alaihi Salatu Wasallam. I mean SubhanAllah if you're witnessing this right what are you thinking about the humility of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam? And this was all genuine. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was not doing this with any type of hesitation. It was his natural disposition Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam raises his shirt. After that the young man he hugs the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and he kisses the ribs of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam instead and he says Inna ma arattu hadha Ya Rasulullah. That's all I really wanted from you oh messenger of Allah. So SubhanAllah you see in this one exchange that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was humble enough to ensure that if you felt hurt by him that you felt like you had your place of recourse. But the more he did that Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam the more he made you love him and the more that he was further honored in the sight of the people and in the sight of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
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