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To begin by praising Allah's

and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him

and we bear witness that Muhammad Salalah, who a Rariqa is his final messenger and we ask

Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him, the prophets and messengers that came

before him, his family and companions that served alongside him, and those that follow in his blessed

path until the day of judgment, and we ask Allah to make us amongst them.

Allah mamam.

Do your brothers and sisters, imagine being in Mecca in the early days of Islam

without any place of strength,

any place where we could collectively come to worship, but the only open collection of Muslims

that exist is a particular location on the outskirts of Mecca where your weakest and most vulnerable are gathered together on a regular basis

where there is a display of torture taking place.

One of the moments that I wanted to take us back to in the syra of the Prophet Salahahiliu alahilii was as we've been talking about Bedir and Uhud and Khandak and so many of the

lessons that took place after or that we learn after Medina was a very specific episode in the seat of the

Prophet sla is

which might be one of the most painful and obviously you read about painful

episodes in the life of the prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon

him and they all have their set of lessons.

But this one stuck with me for a reason. The Prophet Salalah who Ali Sala was subjected to all sorts of harm. He was

physically harmed. He was emotionally betrayed.

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