Ep23 – Sacrifice: Paying the Price for Principle

Описание: In this episode Dr Abou El Fadl demonstrates examples of early converts being drawn to Islam by the Prophetic embodiment of virtue despite the intense personal sacrifice it demanded.

0:00 – Intro
1:40 – Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas: mercy & compassion
15:54 – Torture of ‘Uthman and al-Zubayr
17:00 – Freeing slaves as a policy
19:30 – ‘Umar ibn ‘Abasa: trusting early converts with responsibility to help Islam spread
21:40 – ‘Afif al-Kindi: familial prayer of humble concentration
25:11 – Khalid ibn al-Sa’id: disowned by family
29:18 – Prophet offered converts nothing in terms of prestige or wealth; only a life of meaning
31:40 – Medieval narratives & dreams: principle is the point
36:50 – Variety of backgrounds of early converts
41:00 – Warn your closest relatives & tribe…da’wat dhu l-‘ashira
47:02 – Correction: Umm Jamil wife of Abu Lahab, Hind wife of Abu Sufyan
47:45 – Khadija was a very dignified woman which irritated the women of the elite
48:40 – Q: Hadith of the ten promised heaven; what should be emulated of the character of Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas and Zubayr?
59:50 – Q: Amongst contemporary historians who exhibits “temporal empathy?”

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