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in the Qur'an that require a serious compromise on our parts, especially when it comes to a relationship,

when it comes to the issue of forgiveness, when it comes to the issue of dealing with harm that has been done towards us,

we quickly exceptionalize ourselves because we say, well the Qur'an is speaking to a different situation.

And I actually want to walk back for a moment and think about this for a bit.

Oftentimes it becomes very difficult to address some of the basic fundamentals of the deen when it comes to relationships,

when it comes to, for example, where Allah SWT mentions the obedience to the parents,

and Allah SWT talks to us about the importance of forgiving people and not have someone say,

but what about my situation, what about my situation, what about my situation, my situation is exceptional,

my situation is exceedingly difficult.

And sometimes it is indeed exceptional, the Sharia treats cases in accordance with their unique circumstances.

But I want us to appreciate for a moment that the most difficult generation,

or rather the generation that had the most difficult circumstances in relation to some of these verses that demand from us,

these types of compromises, was the generation of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ.

Think about what it meant for them to read through the constant verses where Allah SWT mentions the treatment of the parents,

where many of them saw their parents on the opposite side on the battlefield, in the Battle of Bedir.

Think about how difficult it was for them to read the verses about forgiveness of your brothers that have harmed you,

when they now have at the helm Khaled Ibn Al-Walid, who orchestrated the massacre of multiple companions of the Prophet ﷺ in the Battle of Uhud,

and now the children of some of those people, their siblings have to stand behind Khaled,

in battle field and fight on one side.

Think about how hard it was for them to hear these verses about forgiveness and of moving forward.

Think about the difficulty of A'ish al-Ali Allahu ta'ala an-ha, the prime victim of the slander that took place of Hadith that would ifk,

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