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For no sooner did Abdullah ibn Lahsh read the contents of the Prophet's letter, which detailed the dangerous nature of the mission, than he said to his men "Whosever among you wants and desires martyrdom, then let him proceed forward. And whosoever hates for that to occur, then let him return. As for me. I’m proceeding forward as per the command of the Messenger of Allah". Ofcourse, all of his men followed his lead.

“Hearts have changed and Islam has erased past covenants”

~Muhammad Ibn Maslamah

“…O Allah, make us love faith and make it adorn our hearts! Make disbelief, rebellion and disobedience detestable to us. Let us be among those who are rightly guided. O Allah, make us live as Muslims and cause us to die as Muslims; and make us join with the righteous but not with the disgraced and misled.…”

كأنك تعنينا يا رسول الله

If it is feared that any given place will be attacked by the enemy, the Imam (leader) or the inhabitants of the place must protect it. If they are not able to withstand the enemy, it becomes incumbent among those who are closest to them to help them until there are sufficient numbers (or sufficient weaponry) to resist the enemy.

Bilaal ibn Rabaah became one of the callers of prayer in Al-Madeenah;
the other caller was Abdullah ibn Umm Maktoom.

In the call for morning prayer, *Bilaal* added the words,
"The Prayer is better than sleep,"
which he would say twice after saying, "Come to success."
And the Messenger of Allah approved of this practice.

About 285 pages left of this volume, Idky I took so long to get into this volume and then managed to binge read a lot in one go...

“During the Prophet's lifetime, He ﷺ informed only Hudhaifah about the names of the hypocrites, so not even the Companions could be sure about the identities of all of the hypocrites. When a person died, Umar would wait and see whether or not Hudhaifah attended the funeral prayer. If he did not attend, Umar would have a strong indication that the deceased was a hypocrite & so he abstained from praying over him”

“They went out together, and Ibn Mas’ood showed the Prophet ﷺ Abu Jahl’s corpse. When he ﷺ stood over Abu Jahl, the Prophet ﷺ said, “This is the Fir’aun of this nation”

“O you who believe! If you help (in the cause of) Allah, He will help you, and make your foothold firm.” [Qur’an 47:7]

Sayyid Qutb said: “the condition of achieving success and strength is helping Allah but how can a believer actually go about helping Allah?

As Muslims we should not shy away from discussing and appreciating such miracles as long as the miracle is established in the authentic sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ we should believe in it, mention it in circles of knowledge, and point out to the people that is from the signs of Prophethood