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to Abu Talib and they had said to Abu Talib that if you tell the Prophet

of Allah who alaihi wa sallam to eliminate from his gathering the people of the lower

social class and they mentioned by name Bilal and they mentioned Ibn Masrud and they

mentioned others they said these are people we don't want them if you tell him to eliminate

these people we might be more open to attending and perhaps even accepting there was a social

hierarchy racism so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed Surat Al-Anham and the first verse

that we're going to mention today begins with this concept right before this I didn't recite

this this is a little a few verses before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forbids the Prophet

of Allah sallam from expelling the righteous from his gathering

those who are invoking Allah morning and evening if you expel them from your gatherings

fatakuna min al valimine you shall be amongst the valimine in other words no compromise we're

not going to change our principle that all believers are equal there is no racism there is no social

hierarchy everybody comes and attends with the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam then the

verses go on and then Allah azawajal says what I just recited in the first rakaah

when the people who believe in our verses come to you you should greet them welcome them by

saying salamu alaykum this is an explicit command that we're supposed to say salamu alaykum

rather than expelling them from your gathering welcome them say to them Allah's peace is upon you

say to them you shall be in peace I wish for you peace and Allah sallam will be upon you

then give them glad tidings cheer them up katabar abbokum ala nafsihir rahma

inform them that your lord has decreed for himself that he shall be merciful katabar abbokum ala nafsihir

your lord has decreed that he shall be merciful this verse shows us many things of the things

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