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God has spared us great strife

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By God, we were never tested in any situation with God's Messenger

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as we have been tested today.

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We had the tragedy of the Prophet's death

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and our fear that the bond between Muslims would be severed after his death.

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He was among us, protected from error by God who bestowed revelations on him.

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We accepted his guidance and obeyed him.

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Then, suddenly,

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we are left to our own devices on a very hard day and great test,

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with great consequences for the Muslim community,

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setting its affairs on the right footing.

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In His infinite wisdom,

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God has left it to the Muslims to determine through the process of consultation

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and as suits their conditions of time and place.

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What keep them from error are fearing God and having no personal goal

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other than serving the welfare of the Muslim community.

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Once the process of consultation has led to an acceptable view,

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they must all join the chosen course.

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If it later transpires that it is the right course,

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they are happy.

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If it happens to be the wrong choice,

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no one is accused of dictatorship.

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They go back to the community and start the process of consultation again.

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This is absolutely true, Umar.

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Your attitude today will be remembered by Muslims for the rest of time.

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It will be a lantern to guide them. It will be their yardstick.

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Now that revelations have ceased with the death of God's Messenger,

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Muslims must take their guidance from God's book, the Prophet's sunnah

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and agreement through consultation.

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In this way, no one will be able to claim

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that he alone has the right understanding of God's book,

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asserting that it opens up only to him

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and imposing his authority on people.

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But we heard that voices were loud in the meeting place.

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People disagreed and opinions were hotly debated.

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Selfishness appeared to get the better of some people,

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before they eventually agreed on Abu Bakr.

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What is consultation, then, Abdullah?

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It means that people will press their views

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according to their understanding and assessment of each situation.

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They will respond to one another until they all, or their majority, agree to one view.

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They all then accept it.

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As for differences of aims and desires among some people,

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well we leave this to God.

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We cannot open people's hearts and minds.

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We neither claim that we are better than others,

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nor judge people without clear evidence.

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God has not made any of us infallible.

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We may err despite having the best of intentions.

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Someone may say what is true although he harbours falsehood.

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We must not refuse what is right because we suspect its advocate.

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We have the better claim to what is right.

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"A believer always seeks wisdom; and he must claim it wherever he finds it."

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Learn this:

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people will be unfair to the Prophet's companions

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if they consider them infallible,

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or if they raise them above the rank of ordinary humans,

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no matter how pious and God-fearing they are.

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If they do and then find that someone has acted in a way which they do not approve,

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they will discard him and accuse him of insincerity in faith.

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After that, there will be people who do not love God and His Messenger.

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They will take that as a means to attack Islam itself.

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Absolutely. Were people to believe that the Prophet's companions are infallible,

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they will underestimate their own ability,

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on the basis that they have no such infallibility.

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This will be a pretext for disunity.

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On the other hand, if people think well of the Prophet's companions,

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recognizing that they are ordinary human beings who may make mistakes,

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they will continue to hope that God will bestow His grace on them if they err.

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They will follow the Prophet's companions when they are unanimous

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and acknowledge their status when they differ.

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O' people,

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you all know what I did and said yesterday

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when I heard the news of the Prophet's death.

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(Peace be upon him)

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(Peace be upon him)

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I said something that expressed my own feelings.

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I did not see this in God's book,

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nor was it something the Prophet had told me.

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What made me say what I said

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was the fact that I read the Qur'anic verse that said:

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"Thus We have made you the community (ummah) of the middle way,"

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"so that you may stand witness against the rest of mankind,"

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"and the Messenger shall be a witness against you."

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I felt that God's Messenger

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will remain among his community until he witnesses the last of its actions.

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This is the reason that made me say what I said.

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God has given you what contains the guidance shown to you by His Messenger.

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If you hold tight to it,

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it will give you the right guidance.

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God has enabled you to agree to choose as your leader the best man among you,

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God's Messenger's only companion

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who was with him when he was hiding in the cave.

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He is the best qualified to lead.

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Come and give him your pledges of loyalty.

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All praise be to God who has guided us to this.

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We would be bereft of guidance unless He has guides us.

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O' you people, I have been chosen to lead you,

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and I am not the best among you.

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If I do well, help me;

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and if I do wrong, correct me.

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Truth is a trust and lying is a breach of trust.

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The weak among you are strong in my sight

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until I have ensured that they have their rights.

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The strong among you are weak in my sight

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until I have ensured right and justice.

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Obey me as long as I obey God and His Messenger.

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If I disobey them, I forfeit all claim to your obedience.

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Now rise to offer your prayers. May God bestow mercy on you all.

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People of the Abd Manaf clan,

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how come that Abu Bakr is chosen

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and approved by all people when he is from the Taim clan,

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the smallest and most humble clan in Quraysh.

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If you wish, I can raise a great force against him

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and take it by force.

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God forbid that we should create division among the Muslims.

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By God, you are only creating strife.

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We have no need for your advice.

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Wait a minute, Abu Al-Hasan.

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I only wish to support you,

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if you have been forced to accept this arrangement.

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By God, Abu Sufyan,

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your heart has not been freed of the traces of jahiliyyah.

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You continue to think prophethood a source of pride

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or a kingdom for which tribes may compete.

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God has abolished the allegiance to tribe

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and family ancestry that prevailed in the days of jahiliyyah.

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Did you not listen to God's Messenger

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when he reminded people of their single origin?

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He said: "All of you descend from Adam, and Adam was created out of clay".

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Now you come to say Taim and Abd Manaf?

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Isn't it time for you, Abu Sufyan,

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to understand that it is a message from God to all mankind?

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As for the leadership after the Prophet,

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had we thought that Abu Bakr is not suitable for it

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we would have said so.

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Ali is not a man to hesitate in stating the truth as he sees it,

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fearing no criticism by anyone.

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Don't you have a stronger claim to it,

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since you are the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law?

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God's Messenger was a prophet and a messenger, not a king.

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Would I create division and weaken the Muslims

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when we are most in need of our strength

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after such waves of Arab apostasy?

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Would I sit in my home in dissent

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while the Muslims march to fight the apostates and defend the land of Islam?

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Far be this from me; very far, Abu Sufyan!

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Abu Al-Hasan: what delayed your pledge of loyalty to Abu Bakr?

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People look up to you.

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You know, Umar, that I was busy with the Prophet's funeral arrangements.

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Then his daughter was very ill.

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I would have preferred that you delayed the choice

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so that we could put in our opinion.

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God knows that we had no interest in speeding it

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other than our fear that the Muslims might be disunited at this time

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when dangers threaten them from every quarter.

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- Ali. - Ali.

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Here comes Ali.

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You are the Prophet's successor.

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Your hand so that I give you my pledge of loyalty

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People of Islam!

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The Caliph has issued an order that the army under the command of Usamah Ibn Zaid

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is to be dispatched on its mission raised by God's Messenger before his death

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Every soldier of Usamah's army must join its assembly place at Al-Jurf.

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Everyone in Usamah's army must join.

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Make sure to be there today.

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The Caliph will meet you all at Al-Jurf.

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Apostasy has swayed the Arabs, as you are well aware.

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You want to dispatch Usamah's army

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which includes the bulk of the Muhajireen and the Ansar and the bravest people.

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We fear that they may launch a surprise attack in our absence,

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and that the Bedouin idolaters may besiege Madinah

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and attack you and the Muslims here.

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Madinah is the place of God's Messenger and his legacy.

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If you keep the army here,

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you will strengthen your defences against them.

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By God Almighty, if I am certain that wild beasts will be snatching me,

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I will still dispatch Usamah's army, as God's Messenger had ordered.

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I am not one to undo something God's Messenger has started.

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If I am the only one left here, I will still dispatch this army.

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Do you understand me, Umar?

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Go back to Usamah and his men

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Do not leave the army unless you receive my orders.

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Some leading and elder figures of the Ansar talked to me privately.

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They said: If you insist that we must go ahead,

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they would prefer that you give the command to someone older than Usamah.

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May your mother lose you, Umar.

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He was appointed by God's Messenger and you are asking me to replace him?

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Father!

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Father, save the people, for they are heading to the fire.

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We obeyed Muhammad when he was alive, after we embraced Islam.

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Now that he is dead, we owe obedience to no one.

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We will revert to what we were before it.

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Let not those who used to look up to you for leadership hold power now.

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What a foul advice!

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Move away. May God blacken your face and what you said.

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Move away.

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People of Makkah.

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Do not be the last to embrace Islam and the first to desert it.

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By God, this matter of Islam will come to its fullness,

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as God's Messenger (peace be upon him) mentioned.

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People of Makkah, how about your pledges to God?

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Isn't it enough that you missed what you missed before you accepted Islam?

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Muhammad was only a human messenger,

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fulfilled the trust he was given,

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gave good counsel to his people and left us on a clear way.

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He asked you to be its witnesses, and he was your witness,

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so that you will be the witnesses against mankind.

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How will religion be for all mankind,

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if it comes to an end when the Prophet (peace be upon him) dies?

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By God, it will reach the furthest points in the east and the west.

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Let not those who are immersed in hypocrisy turn you away from your faith.

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They imagine religion to be a favour to be competed for by different tribes.

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The closest of you to God's Messenger

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is the one who is most faithful to his trust

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and the one who fulfils his religion best, following the Prophet's sunnah.

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Take care of yourselves and do not run headlong into ruin.

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All praise be to God who let me live to see you in this position, father.

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God's Messenger told the truth; he certainly did.

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This is what the Prophet foretold.

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Do you remember what he said to Umar

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when Umar asked him permission to pull out your front teeth

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so that you would never be able to give a speech against him?

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Do you remember him saying to Umar:

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"Leave him alone. He may make a stand which you cannot criticize".

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It is by God your stand today.

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Yes, indeed.

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What God's Messenger said has come true.

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All praise be to God.

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What do you think now, Umar?

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I think that I am rough and hard.

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God's Messenger was superior and most benevolent and compassionate.

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I am just a servant of God,

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but the Prophet knew better and took a more accurate measure of things.

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Had your father been here now,

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I would have kissed his forehead in appreciation.

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By his stand, God has averted a great crisis.

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His talent as a speaker, which was in the past used against Islam,

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is now defending Islam.

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No blame attaches to you, Abu Hafs.

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When my father was an idolater, I had towards him similar feelings to yours,

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except that as a son, I cared and feared for my father.

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You used your hardness in defending Islam.

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If you take it to extreme now,

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you will find the Caliph moderating it with his gentler attitude.

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Thus the two of you balance each other

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so as to prevent power going too far

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and prevent gentleness becoming weakness.

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Abu Bakr!

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When we chose him to be the Caliph,

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he said to me that I was stronger than him.

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I told him: "My strength is at your service".

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We used to see him unable to resist his tears when he read the Qur'an aloud in prayer.

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We feared that people might try to take advantage of his gentleness.

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Then God guided us to choose him as Caliph to succeed the Prophet,

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and he has shown us such strength of determination in sticking to the truth.

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Umar's strength is much inferior by comparison.

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The Prophet states the truth:

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"The person of real strength is not the one who overpowers others physically."

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Look who is coming.

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Yes, indeed. It is Wahshi.

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What brings you from Makkah?

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I want to atone for what I did with this spear,

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and what it did to me.

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It may be that God will release me from its old evil.

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I hope to use it from now on to serve God's cause.

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You are joining your family and people, Wahshi.

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Abu Bakr, this delegation represents Ghatafan, Asad, Abs, Dhubyan and Bakr.

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We have come enjoying the support of our peoples

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to put to you a decision we have made.

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We hope you will listen to our view and accept it.

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We will then go back and everything will be good for you and us.

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We have not deserted Islam as did others.

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But we feel that we are entitled to do with our money what we want.

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We paid zakat and charity to the Prophet when he was alive.

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Now we do not want to pay this to you or to anyone else.

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We wish to inform you of this so that our position is made clear.

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Withdraw your zakat officers

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because we do not wish to see them in our quarters.

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We hope you will think about this.

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Do you want to withhold what you used to pay to God's Messenger?

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On what basis?

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How will I be God's Messenger's successor

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if I do not succeed him in administering people's zakat,

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which is God's share in people's money?

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Can anything in Islam, God's religion, be changed as a result of the Prophet's death,

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when God is eternal and never dies?

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Were we to accept your proposal to draw a distinction between prayer and zakat,

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that will mean that we believe in some portions of God's book and deny others.

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Islamic principles constitute a single line.

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If you undo one of them today,

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the whole line will soon be shattered.

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Besides, today Islam has its state, government, community and nation.

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What you are doing is a rebellion and an act of disobedience.

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If we condone it, Islam will have neither a system nor a community.

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No, by Him who sent Muhammad with the message of the truth,

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you shall pay your zakat

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and send it over as you used to do during the Prophet's lifetime.

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Nothing of it will be left out. Do you understand?

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You may go back.

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Won't you review your decision before these people reach their tribes?

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Yes, Abu Bakr.

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The land is shaking under our feet and it is so difficult to stabilize.

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Trouble has started in Yemen and Hadramout.

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The people of Tameem and others in Bahrain and elsewhere are in rebellion.

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Those have deserted Islam altogether and they live far from us.

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This delegation represents people who have not deserted Islam

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although they are withholding their zakat.

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Taking a more lenient stance may be more preferable

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so that we can repel the bigger threat by the smaller one.

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We do not wish that people combine against us at the same time.

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What are you saying?

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Is this your attitude after you heard what I said to them?

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We have heard you. Now you listen to us.

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These people's quarters are not very far from Madinah.

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We know that they have already set out with their army.

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We are now few in number,

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after Usamah and his army have gone.

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Perhaps it is wiser to appease these people for the present

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so that we will be free to face those others who are worse apostates and further away.

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Then when Usamah comes back, our strength will be greater.

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What is the matter with you, Umar?

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Are you to be the strong man in jahiliyyah, and the weak one in Islam?

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Divine revelations have ceased and the faith is complete.

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Is it to be diminished in my life?

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How can we fight these people when they have not deserted Islam?

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God's Messenger said: "I have been bid to fight people"

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"until they declare their belief that there is no deity other than God."

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"Whoever says it protects his property and life except as is right."

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"He is, however, accountable to God for his deeds."

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Except as is right.

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Yes, and zakat is the right pertaining to money.

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By God, I shall fight anyone who draws a distinction between prayer and zakat.

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Were they to stop even a small portion they gave to God's Messenger,

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I will fight them over it.

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I am fighting them to ensure obedience and the unity of the Muslim community.

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I am fighting them in order to prevent a strife that will weaken Islam in its early days

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and plunge the Muslim community in disorder.

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If I am to appease these, others will have their ambitions.

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If we subdue them, many others will be deterred.

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God has made you state the truth, Abu Bakr.

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You may go ahead and we all are in support.

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You have said it.

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I saw treachery in the faces of these people.

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It won't be long before they come against you.

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Their delegation must have seen that we are short of numbers.

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You do not know

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whether they will attack during the night or during the day.

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Therefore, we must be ready.

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All to arms. All to arms.

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The enemies of God have arrived.

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God is Supreme.

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Get ready!

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Warning! Warning!

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- God is Supreme. - God is Supreme.

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- God is Supreme. - God is Supreme.

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- A warner! - No, a bearer of good news.

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As well?

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Peace be to the Prophet's successor and those with him.

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Peace be to you.

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Welcome to a generous man who is the son of a most generous man,

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Adiy Ibn Hatim Al-Ta'ie.

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What brings you?

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I've brought you the zakat of those of my people who've held tight to their faith.

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All praise be to God; God is supreme.

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We have been receiving much good today. All praise be to God.

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Before you we received Safwan Ibn Safwan Al-Tameemi

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bringing the zakat of his people, the Amr clan.

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Then we received Al-Zibriqan Ibn Badr with the zakat of his people, the Awf clan.

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When each of them appeared at a distance, we would say, "here is a warner",

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but the Caliph says that the comer is a bearer of good news.

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It turns out to be as he says, by the grace of God.

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The news of your victory over the people of Dhul-Qassah travelled far and wide,

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as well as the miserable defeat suffered by the tribes of Abs and Dhubyan.

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So all would-be rebels lost heart.

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Many went back to where they were, and they brought their zakat.

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Those of them who remained apostate

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joined either Tulaihah Al-Asadi or Musailamah, swelling their forces.

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We will be ready for them soon.

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The zakat we have received is the herald of victory, God willing.

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I will sacrifice myself for your sake.

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Without you, we would have come to ruin.

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All praise be to God who has enabled you to return safe and sound.

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You are well aware that Satan has led astray the tribes of Abs, Dhubyan and Bakr.

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They gloried in their arrogance

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and killed those of their people who remained true to their faith.

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They have again raised a large force

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and are now encamped at Al-Rabadhah in Al-Abraq.

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By God, I am going to fight them

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in a way the like of which the Arabs have never experienced.

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I am deputizing you, Usamah, to look after Madinah.

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You, your soldiers and mounts will thus be able to rest.

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You mean that you yourself will lead the army?

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We appeal to you, Caliph,

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by God to return to Madinah and let us march without you.

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If you were to fall, the situation will be in chaos.

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Indeed. Your stay in Madinah gives the enemy a greater problem.

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Appoint someone else to lead the army.

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If he is killed, you can appoint another.

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I will say to you what God's Messenger said to you on the day of the Battle of Uhud:

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"Put your sword in its sheath and spare us the tragedy of losing you."

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By God, I shall not do. I will be with you.

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Al-Rabadhah

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God is supreme.

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God is supreme.

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God is supreme.

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God is supreme.

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God is supreme. God is supreme.

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God is supreme.

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Where is the Caliph?

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Where is the Caliph?

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As for those of us who went into different areas,

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or joined Tulaihah Al-Asadi or Musailamah, we have nothing to do with them.

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They are not subject to our authority.

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We are here on behalf of the rest of us

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to declare that we repent of what we did and pledge full allegiance.

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We will pay whatever we used to pay to God's Messenger.

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Be benevolent to us, Caliph.

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The truth is now clear and we know that God will give you support.

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Houses of Bani Taghlib

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They have been trying to break in this horse to make it suitable for riding,

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but no one has been successful.

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They have offered a prize to whoever can break it in.

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- What is the prize? - The horse itself

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and they will place that person in charge of their horses.

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This is not a horse. It is a devil.

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It is you who failed to break it in.

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Really! Let us see if you can do any better.

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What do you think now?

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It is as you said.

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It is possessed by a devil who is jealous of people.

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Let him go in the wild.

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We do not want a Satan among us.

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Then we will have to break in the devil.

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- Sajah of Tameem. - Sajah?

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And who can break in the devil?

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