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So today, short, Khatira, I thought I would do something from this era.

If I ask you a quiz question, this is a difficult question.

Let's see who can answer this question.

Who is the first Muslim in the Prophet's times?

Obviously, who is the first Muslim to perform Umrah?

The first Muslim to perform Umrah?

Does anybody know this answer?

The quiz question you find in the Syrah books, the Syrah quizzes you have, you know?

The first Muslim to perform Umrah, who can tell me?

Umrah means he's not living in Makkah, so don't tell me any Makkah is a Habib.

Somebody's coming from outside, make the Haram and enter performing Umrah.

His name, that's going to be our story for today.

His name is Thumama Ibn Uthal, and he has a very interesting story from which we can extract many benefits from the Syrah.

So after the incident of Herdaibiyah, when the Prophet ﷺ tried to perform Umrah,

he was turned back and they wrote the treaty of Herdaibiyah, as you remember,

and they said that they're going to come back the next year.

So up until now, no Muslim has performed Umrah, right?

The Prophet ﷺ migrated to Medina, no Muslim has entered Makkah to perform the Umrah.

So this is right after the treaty of Herdaibiyah, and the next year, they're planning to go for Umrah.

During this time frame, the Prophet ﷺ sent eight letters to all of the rulers around Arabia.

He sent two Caesar of Rome.

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