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Usaid bin Hulid, Oli Allahu ta'ala'inuhu, was one of the chiefs in what was of course known at that time, Yathrib, before the Prophet S.A.N. came to it and became Medina.

And he was the chief of the tribe of al-Aus. Remember the Ansar were divided into al-Aus and al-Hazraj.

And when Musa Barul al-Au ta'ala'inuhu was sent to Medina to teach the people to call them to Islam from Hajj to Hajj, Usaid heard about Musa Barul al-Au ta'ala'inuhu and he came to him in a state of rage, wanting to stop him from corrupting his people.

But Musa Barul al-Au ta'ala'inuhu with his manners and with his beautiful preaching was able to convince him to just hear him out for a moment.

So, Usaid sat and he listened to Musa Barul al-Au ta'ala'inuhu read the Quran to him.

And when Musa Barul al-Au ta'ala'inuhu recited the Quran to Usaid, it fell in his heart and immediately, Subhanallah, not only did he fall in love with it, but he became instrumental in getting Medina as a whole to become Muslim.

He wanted everyone to hear this magnificent Quran that he had heard that caused him to embrace Islam and to call his entire people to Islam.

So, the chapter that we come to is actually a chapter in Sahih Al-Bukhari which is the chapter of the descent of the Holy Quran and the angels when the Quran is recited.

It's a Hadith where Usaid al-Au ta'ala'inuhu says that I was reciting Surat Al-Baqarah at night.

So, imagine him standing outside in his courtyard reciting it either in a state of prayer or just in a state of recitation.

But he's outside at night and his horse was tied beside him.

And as he recites Surat Al-Baqarah, the horse seems startled and it starts to tremble.

So, he said, I stopped reciting and I went out and I looked to see what the horse was seeing and the horse went quiet.

So, he said, I kept on reciting Surat Al-Baqarah. He said, again, the horse was startled and the horse started to tremble.

So, he said, I stopped reciting. I started to look around and I said, what's going on here? Why is the horse so shocked by this recitation or by what's happening?

So, he said, I started again and he said, SubhanAllah, the third time when he recited the Quran, the horse started to tremble and was startled to the extent that it almost trampled his son Yahya.

So, he said, my son was out there as well and the horse was so moved that I thought the horse was actually going to trample my son Yahya.

So, he said, the next morning, I went to the Prophet's Al-Isaam and I told the Prophet's Al-Isaam what happened.

And the Prophet's Al-Isaam said, Ibn Al-Halayr, Ibn Al-Halayr, Ibn Al-Halayr, and I said to Rasulullah's Al-Isaam, Ya Rasulullah, my son Yahya was there and I thought the horse was actually going to trample him.

And he said, when I looked at the sky, I saw a cloud containing what looked like Masabiyah, these lamps or these lanterns in the sky with these clouds.

So, when I stopped reciting, they left.

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