So, speaking the truth and saying good words is part of the
Legacy. Not only of Muhammad peace be upon him and his
family, but the Legacy of all the Prophets and the Messengers
of Allah peace be upon them.
Look at Ibrahim peace be upon him. Did he not speak the
truth? Did he not leave a Legacy, for us, of speaking the truth?
He faced off Nimrod, Nimrūd. Did he not speak the truth and
show us that the Muslim is someone who fears Allah the
Exalted only and speaks the truth and fights, and strives, and
struggles against oppression, and fights goodly oppressed and
the weak and so on.
If you look at Jesus Peace Be Upon Him, Jesus Peace Be Upon
Him, did he not strive and speak the truth against the Romans,
did he not say the word of truth against the Romans and the
oppressors? And if we look at Moses, peace be upon him,
Moses the same against Fir’aun, Pharaoh, did he not save,
with the help of Allah the Exalted, the Israelites, the Children
of Israel, and say the truth and speak the truth in front of a
tyrant ruler, an oppressive ruler, the people of Pharaoh?
The Muslim is someone whose heart is filled with a coat of
Rahmah and mercy for creation. But at the same time it is a
heart that is filled with the fear of Allah the Glorified and the
Exalted and that was the first definition that Ali ibn Abi-Talib,
may God be pleased with him, gave of al-Taqwa: Fearing The
Sublime, Fearing Allah the Glorified and the Exalted.
And that's what Allah the Exalted says: "Be ye not afraid of
them, but fear Me, if ye have Faith".
Don't fear them, o Worshippers of Allah, but fear Me if you are
believers.
And that's what the Hadith, the famous Hadith in Sunan Abi
Dawud the messenger of Allah, Peace Be Upon Him, used a
statement, which today might be a frightening statement for us.
He used the word al-Jihad. He used the term al-Jihad. But, in
what context did the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
use this term of al-Jihad?
He said in this Hadith, in Abu Dawud: The best of Jihad, the
best form of Jihad a word of truth before an oppressor ruler.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said the greatest
form of Jihad is to speak the truth in front of a tyrant,
oppressive ruler. So we know Muhammad peace be upon him
came to the Quraish There is no god but Allah. A word of truth.
We know after then, after the time of Prophet Muhammad,
peace be upon him, we had the likes of Abdullah ibn Zubair,
Hussein ibn Ali speaking the truth in front of tyrant and
oppressive rulers. And then we had the likes of Imam Ahmad
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