A son of a great Prophet
Prophet Ismail(PBUH)
- They were so happy, they knew that if this man says something... there has to be some reason behind it
- And so did Ismail AS, he did not just follow his father for no reason
- He knew that this is my father, he is a saint, he is a Prophet and if a Prophet instructs me... there is nothing I can do
- So Ibrahim AS went away and time continued
- This man was married again to another woman from the same tribe and he lived, after some time Ibrahim AS came back
- Exactly the same thing, he knocked the door, the door was opened
- He asked this woman after greeting her
- How is your condition? What is happening here? And so on
- And she said: ALHAMDULILLLAH
- She didn't talk excessive talking with him, ALHAMDULILLLAH, we praise Allah on all conditions
- So Ibrahim AS looked at this woman and he tells her: Give him my regards, pass him my Salaam
- And tell him, he should maintain the threshold, he should maintain the doorstep, ALLAHU AKBAR
- So when Ismail AS came back, he felt that his father was there
- He asked: Did anyone visit? She said: Yes... she described the man
- But this time, when he asked: What did he say?
- She said: Well.. he said, I should give you Salaam and you should maintain your threshold, meaning the doorstep.. keep it
- So he said: That was my father, telling me to keep you as a wife
- You're a good woman ALHAMDULILLLAH
- And then civilization and settlements start to take place in the valley of Makkah
- And Ismail AS, his father is Ibrahim, Ibrahim is not an Arab
- And this is where the Arabs come in, the original Arabs come from Yemen
- Now when the Yemeni tribe Jurhum mixed with Ismail and Ismail mixed with them
- Ismail grew among the tribe of Jurhum and he spoke the tongue that Jurhum speaks and that's the Arabic language
- And not only did Ismail learn the Arabic language from them
- But he became so eloquent in the Arabic language
- He became a scholar in the Arabic language, he became one of the best among them in the Arabic language
- And Ismail AS got married from the tribe of Jurhum and then descendants and offspring came and took place
- In the valley of Makkah from Ismail AS and from the offspring Quraish comes,
- And from Quraish.. Hashim comes, and from Hashim Abdul Mutallib
- And Abdul Mutallib is the grandfather of Muhammad SAW
- So the Prophet SAW descendants where does it go back to?
- It goes back to Ismail, and who is Ismail?
- He is the son of Ibrahim and he is the grandfather of all the Prophets and Messengers
- Going back to the point how Ismail originally is non-Arab, but married to Arabs amd lived among them and he had offsprings there
- And that's why the Yemenis, the Arabs before Ismail, they call them "The Original Arabs"
- The Arabs that came after Ismail... they call them "imitation Arab"
- The imitation Arabs are those who are not originally Arabs but they came in and fitted in to be Arab
- And from among them is Muhammad SAW and most of the Arabs these days
- So they're all imitation Arabs. And this gives you a brief history where the Arabs come from
- Among the most important characteristic of Ismail is what Allah talks about him in the Quran
- We should emulate what I am about to recite, because we are all probably lacking in this particular characteristic
- Allah says in the Quran:
- "And mention in the book, Ismail. Indeed he was true to his promise, and he was a Messenger and a Prophet. And he used to enjoin his people prayer and Zakah and was to his Lord pleasing" SURAT MARYAM 19:54
- He was always truthful to his promises
- He was always truthful when he made a promise, he would fulfil his promises if he promised someone
- What else?.. He used to command, not just advice, but command his family (his wife and his children)..
- To pray their prayers and to pay their Zakat. And on top of that he was pleasing to his Lord
- It is narrated that Ismail AS once promised a particular person to meet him at 'Asr time at a particular place
- It says; He went there and he waited for the man
- And he would not leave his spot, and the man forgot that he had an appointment with Ismail AS
- He told him: Have an appointment with me. And Ismail AS waited from 'Asr until Maghrib
- So about three hours or more four hours.. He waited for him, because he used to fulfil his promise
- The man then came in the end and he apologised
- In Makkah he lived all his life there and he passed away in Makkah and he was buried in Makkah
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