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The companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم didn’t support the religion with fist pumps, likes, and pats on the back. During the time of the Prophet ص a man could not just say he was down with the cause. He was tested immediately.

You down? Okay take shahaadah. You down? Okay, we finna pray. You down? Okay where’s the zakaat? You down? Okay, here’s my hand, make bay’at. You down? Okay, we finna fight the enemy, go home and get your sword and your sheild. You down? Okay, go with the amir and check them jokers over there. You down? Okay, post up over there, be ready. You down? Okay, go learn Hebrew so we understand what they saying. You down? Okay, we making hijrah, let’s go, take what you can carry and leave the rest. You down? Okay, go to Yemen and invite them all to Islam. You down? Okay, fo to Mecca and tell them mushriks that this the last year they gone be allowed to make tawaaf naked or worship idols at the Ka’ba.

You down? Okay, take this letter with my seal to the King of Persia and tell that joker to accept Islam and , he’ll be safe. The King of Persia thought the Prophet was playing with his fire worshipping behind , so when Umar ibn al-Khattaab became the Khalifa, it was, you down? Okay, take my army to Persia, croak that joker, and take all his gold, silver, money, rugs, horses, slaves, and every thing that joker owns, and bring it back to Madina. The companions of the Prophet ص were like; consider it done. We’re on our way.

That’s the sahaaba standard They followed a code. They lived by covenant. It was never like; you down? Okay, thanks for your lip service and moral support we really appreciate that. No, oni the contrary, back then, if you said you was down, your words constituted a contract and had to be linked to a past, present, or future action, and carried out accordingly. Otherwise it was considered counterfeit currency. No discussion.

Imam Luqman Ahmad

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