By Debi Brand
“But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity,” Well, of course not –why would you; “ you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity,” stated Representative Ilhan Omar, in an interview she gave on the show ‘Belahdan’ on Twin Cities PBS,” as cited over at Jihad Watch.
She continued on, “You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” of course not, nothing impressive there… However, she continued. “… you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.”
Yes, indeed. Absolutely.
All bet also, and not just “them,” but when you, Ilhan Omar, how about when you say “Islam,” or when you say, “La ilaha illallah wa anna Muhammad-ar-Rasul-Allah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.)” (Al-Bukhari, Sahih, Vol. 1, Book of Belief, p. 66, # 25.)
All bet then, all-the-more-so, with each intonation therein, Mujahida Ilhan, your pride, your soul, thus so too your though-slight, stoutly square shoulders, with your voice in cadence rise.
We are so fortunate – to say little of how wise – to have you, Mujahida Ilhan, as one among our Lawmakers.
“Rasul Allah, salla’llahu ‘alayi wa sallam,” he would be so proud of you – as he was of Sayyidna Hudhaifah, when, during the Battle of Khandaq, courageously, he [Hudhaifah] went into the heart of the camp of the “mighty Quraysh”. ..
Those fools led by Abu Sufyan — thinking they could hold back the “light of Islam.” Thinking they could keep Islam from slipping into the Meccan seat of power, rip that authority from the enemies of Islam, bring Mecca into submission thus under the force of Islam.
Boy, did Hudhaifah fool them …
He was right there, inside their camp, sitting right beside the Quraysh, and yet they knew it not…
So, You go, Girl, Go! Mujihada, Ilhan! Subhanallah!
“The chill was bitter. The time was night. The noble Sahabah were, after the heavy grind of a long day, sitting all shattered because of the confrontation. Huddled together feeling the pinch of the bitter cold.” (Ma’ariful Qur’an, Vol. 7, Surah al-Ahzab.)
I’m sure, you know the story well, “Sister.”
It continues: then, “Allah’s Messenger” said, “ ‘Is there someone who would stand up and go into enemy lines and bring some news about them and may Allah Ta ‘ala admit him into Jannah?”
Of course, I’m sure you know, so harsh so adverse were the circumstances then, not a one of the Sahabah, radiya’llahu ‘anhum, could rise. So “the Holy Prophet got busy with Salah.”
Then again, he asked the same question: “‘Is there someone here who would bring me some news from the enemy lines and receive Jannah in return for it?’”
That time too, “silence prevailed.” Not a one could stand to his feet…
Again, ““the Holy Prophet got busy with Salah.”
Once more, “he made the same appeal, ‘Whoever does it shall be in Jannah with me.’”
All the same, his behest notwithstanding, “so broken down from fatigue, hunger and chill,” were they [Sahaba], “so utterly helpless,” still, not a “one could still bring himself to rise.”
So then, left with no other option, then, Hudhaifah relayed, “‘The Holy Prophet called me by name and said, “Hudhaifah, you go.”’”
Thus, I went, “all the way up to the enemy camp,” said Hudhaifah.
“The night was dark and the place was desolate. The danger of a snooping spy nearby who may overhear what they [Confederate forces—the enemies of Islam] were talking about was very much present.”
Therefore, keen to that concern, Abu Sufyan took measures. “Before starting to talk” of their plans, of the truth of their state, “he asked the whole gathering to recognize the person sitting next” to them; that way, anyone “ who is not one of them,” would easily be discovered.
That scared Hudhaifah. And he said, he thought, “what if the person sitting next to me” ask me, “Who are you?” What will I say, what will I do, “If … my cover” is blown?
Thereupon, he related, “It was with great presence of mind and courage that he himself took the initiative, and slapping the hand of the person sitting next to him, he himself asked: Who are you? The man said, ‘Strange that you do not know me. I am so and so the son of so and so.’”
Thereby making his identity know to Hudhaifah. Therein, “Sayyidna Hudhaifah was saved by Allah Ta’ala from being arrested on the spot.”
Thus, Abu Sufyan, assured then, “the gathering was that of his own people … no stranger present among them,” he then spoke freely of the state of their “disturbing conditions,” relayed, he was of the opinion, already, it was time they bag the offensive, pull up camp, retreat.
All ready then, as history testified to in due time, the Quraysh had come under the control of Islam—though they knew it not.
I relayed the event of Hudhaifah, Congresswoman Omar, because I see in you, hear in you, the “spirit,” if you will, of Hudhaifah.
And to you he would say, “Rise, Sister Ilhan, Rise.” To you, Mujahida Ilhan, calling you by name, al-Mustafa would say, “Ilhan, ‘you go.’”
As I mentioned above, Rasul Allah would be as proud of you as he was of Hudhaifah’s actions that bitter cold night.
And according to Hudhaifah, so “pleased with the happy news” was “the Holy Prophet,” he “started laughing.” Laughed so hard, so gleeful was he, “to the extent, in the darkness of the night, his blessed teeth were seen shining.’”
Of course, “the Confederate forces retreated,” and “the Holy Prophet said: ‘Now, they shall not attack us, instead, we will attack them and run over their territory’ – al-Bukhari as in Mazhari.”
Of course, that they did — run “‘over their territory’” and then some…still, as it were, are, in fact so “running.”
Thus, the revered writers of tafsir provide, for the Muslim, concerning the above example of Hudhaifah, “it is an example-setter of great class as well as a bearer of many elements of guidance ….”
Indeed it is.
They add, therefore, “those who ponder over it would themselves find these out [the “many elements of guidance” therein for the Muslim], therefore, any more details are not needed.”
(as narrative is relayed in Ma’ariful Qur’an, Vol. 7, Surah al-Ahzab 33: 9 – 27, P.P. 121 – 124.)
(Shafi, Maulana Mufti Muhammad, Ma’ariful Qur’an, Translated by, Muhammad Shamim, Revised by Maulana Muhammad Taqi ‘Usmani; Maktaba-e-Darul- ‘Uloom, Karachi, Third Authorised [sic] Edition 2007].)