Why Did Jibril Dress That Way?

Alhamdulillah.

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Continuing in the chapter of vigilance and awareness, hyper awareness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's observation. this is the fifth chapter in authored by of Abu Zakaria. He mentions the first narration which many of us are familiar with. What is Omar's Omar's huh now that's his that's his what year did he pass away? Did he was he martyed? Oh, how different the world would be if it were 23 now. Close. Only 10 years off. Which 10 years off? 13. 13. we have Abu Bakr had two and some years. Then took the mantle and for 10 very strong years he expanded the Muslim empire in a way that was exponential and permanent. Narrates that the prophet sallallah.aii alaihi wasallam had an interaction with a man who was a very strange man. He says,.

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Wasam.

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Islam. Omar says, "As we were once sitting in with the messenger of Allah sallaiam meaning in the masid, a man entered and came upon us. He was very he had on very white clothing and it contrasted sharply with his jet black hair.

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Yet he did not have the appearance of a traveler. So this is extremely strange. First of all, having a white on that is that clean in the desert is almost impossible, right? the desert is a very harsh environment. It bakes clothing and the sand and dirt and so on and so forth. It's very hard to keep anything very white and clean in that way. And his hair was very black that contrasted very sharply with his very white clothing. And none of us recognized him yet. He didn't have the traces of travel on him, the hallmarks of a traveler. Now, as we'll find out later, and as I think we all know, this was But the question is, why did he come in this form? Why this form? Huh? Well, yes, he came for that purpose, but why this form? Son of Huh?

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If we saw someone walk in right now, I want you to imagine yourself sitting there. You're sitting with the messenger of Allah Muhammad sallall.aii wasallam. It's going to take a lot to get your attention away from him. You watch this man speak to trees and rocks. You've seen him split the moon. He recites the words of Allah. If you're sitting in front of that man, is it going to be, you know, looking all around, very easy to distract you, or are you going to be hyperfocused on him? of course hyperfocused. It takes a lot to get them to draw away their attention from him right now. Imagine if we were sitting in such a gathering and someone walked in that none of us recognized and had the most black hair you've ever seen with the most white billowing clothing. And it contrasted so sharply that it almost scares you, right? What what would be our reaction? All eyes would be on that person. It is to draw all attention to him and to not just well this is run-of-the-mill. People always come and ask the prophet stuff. Sallallah.aii wasallam. And usually the desert men, the bedins, they don't have the most sophisticated questions. Okay? They're asking very simple stuff. Seasoned companions like, of course, they'll listen, but they know the answers to a lot of these things. But when someone this walks in now, everybody is staring at this person and everything he says we're going to memorize as well. Because half of this narration is what Gibl says. It's not just what the prophet sallall.aii wasallam said because what is knowledge? Knowledge is two halves. The first half is a question. The second half is the correct answer. That's what knowledge is. And so gi comes in this form in order to draw everyone's attention to be not only hyperfocused on the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam but also hyperfocused on everything that he says because they don't know this is gi this is just a very bizarre person that just walked in the masid, right? and he speaks weird and he looks weird and so they are not just listening to hear what the prophet says they are listening to hear what this guy is saying too and that's important because what Gibrel says is half of the information so he says he continued to walk forward until he sat to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam sat to him so close that he was able to position his knees to the knees of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Imagine how here or how he's sitting right if I were sitting that way and he came very close and our knees were touching right in that posture as if you're in that is the posture they were in not necessarily this is here this is called this this sitting position the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam sometimes sat that after salah. He sat but usually he would also sit in this kind of jel right and so he came very close and he sat very close to him. Now everything Gibl is doing is part of the is part of our religion. Okay. So the way that he is seeking the knowledge from the prophet sallall.aii Wasallam is part of the religion. Jirel is not only teaching us what is Islam and what is iman and what isan. He's also teaching us how do we ask these questions and where do we sit and how do we position ourselves. Imagine if someone came in and you know instead of sitting in front of the person of knowledge to study they sit off at the wall say hey I got a question all the way over there it seems what it's inappropriate how do we seek knowledge and this is something that is almost a lost sunnah what is a lost sunnah the way that people sit in Juma because of the lines in the carpet, right? Most of the masid is looking at the wall. That's not how they used to sit around the prophet sallallah.aii wasallam. Everyone would face the meim. They would not sit in lines in front of him. Sallallam. They would come in and muster together and everyone is facing towards the member around the prophet sallall.aii. Wasam then when the time of salah came they would stand up and then make their rose. But people are most usually drawn to sitting in a very awkward way when they sit to seek knowledge because in part because of the lines. Right? So if you notice this row here most people are facing this way. The proper way of seeking knowledge is that a person faces the scholar or faces here the prophet sallallah.aii wasallam and comes close comes close. He was so close that his knees were to his knees. This is part of what this is part of the religion because seeking knowledge has a key. Seeking knowledge has a key. What is the key of seeking knowledge? Who can tell us? I want you to imagine knowledge is in the chests of men. Men who have it. People of knowledge, men of knowledge. Knowledge is locked up in their chest. You have to get it out of them. What's the key to get accessing that knowledge? Huh? Question. No.

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El good and high levels of etiquette. If you see a person who's very knowledgeable, you are looking at a person who has a mastered alab because the only way you can access that knowledge from the chest of men is if they give it to you and the only way they will give it to you is if you have the proper adep one of his greatest teachers is whollah Correct. Went to meet Imik when he was 14. 14 years old. Do not imagine the 14 year olds that are running around today. 14 back then was age of marriage, age of going to battle, people who had started living as an adult by all intents and purposes. But I he did not go to meet Alik even though he was in Mecca since he was an infant. He could have gone a lot earlier but he didn't go until he had memorized al because he's going to meet Malik and Malik authored a book already called Mu. How bad how poor mannered would he be if he showed up saying I want knowledge but you haven't you haven't even studied what I've already put out what you already had access to so he committed to memory then he came to meet Malik said that when he would sit in the gathering of Malik in the presence of Malik he would very quietly turned the page in his book because it was bad manners to make a sound with the page in front of Malik. Can you imagine that? That this is bad manners. Now you're turning turning the book. What are you in a hurry? Right. You're disturbing me with with the pages. No, she was so hypervigilant of his with that he would take care not to make a sound when he turned the page in the book is the key to knowledge. What's the evidence? Allah says that if it is said to you stand. This this was revealed regarding the way that they would muster and sit around the prophet sallall.aii wasallam. They were reluctant to let someone into their gathering. They were locked up around him. And if someone came in, they were reluctant to let him in because they don't want to lose their spot. Right? And so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, "If it is said to you, make room in the majice, make room. And if it's said to you, stand up, stand up. Allah will raise those amongst you who believe and those who were given knowledge a peg higher than the average believer. So this is what this is. It was said.

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It was said that knowledge used to be in the hearts of men, the earlier scholars, the ancient scholars, the first century, second century after Hijra, no one can reach that level. It is almost impossible. Maybe once in a hundred years someone could reach the level of that kind of knowledge. However, over time knowledge transitioned from the hearts of men into the depths of books and the keys remained in the hearts of men. In order to access it, you have to have fine high levels of etiquette because yes, a scholar could give you an answer to your question. Is this halal? Yes, that's it. That's all you're getting. You're getting the bare minimum unless you find a way to get him to bring out the extras, bring out the dressings, bring out the additions, bring out the extra that is only accessed with any human being by getting on their good side. Right? And so part of our religion that Gibl is teaching us in this narration is how we adorn ourselves with the etiquette before we even ask the question and Subhanahu subalamu.