Mustafa Abu Rayyan – S 01 Ep 03 Seerah The Birth And Early Childhood Of The Prophet
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As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
I'm going to ask the brothers, like usual,
unless you're among the elderly, if you can
come closer, inshallah wa ta'ala.
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim.
Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen.
Wa bihi nasta'eenu ala umuri al-dunya
wa al-deen.
Wa ala aqibatil mutaqina wa la'udwana illa
ala al-dhalimeen.
Wa salallahumma wa salamu ala nabiyina Muhammadin wa
ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een.
As-salamu alaykum.
Khab BW24HXB.
One of the brothers, he's scratched it a
little bit, so he wants to speak to
you outside.
Marakallahu feekum.
Tayyib.
Inshallah wa ta'ala, today is our third
class on the seerah of our beloved Prophet
Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
And it's important to remind myself and all
of you the blessing of these type of
gatherings.
That the mala'ik and the angels, they
come to the gatherings where Allah and His
Messenger are being mentioned.
That we are in one of the house
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And it's important to take a moment and
reflect and out of the many things you
can be doing right now, you are sitting
in a masjid, you are listening to the
seerah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi
wa sallam.
And I want to request everyone to send
salawat upon the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
every opportunity that you get.
So alhamdulillah, it's truly something to be grateful
and thankful for that we are all gathered
here today.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive our
sins and shower us with His mercy.
Ameen.
I've made a request last week.
I said that if there is anyone who
has either memorized or knows a decent portion
of the lineage of our beloved Messenger Muhammad
salallahu alayhi wa sallam, then let him come
forward and recite it.
We have a chair here inshallah wa ta
'ala.
Is there anyone that is going to try
and volunteer?
Do we have anyone?
Ya ikhwan, don't be shy.
This is ilm.
Right?
Nobody?
Okay.
I understand that some of you may be
shy.
Raise your hand if you've tried to put
an effort in memorizing some of his name.
Ah, you guys are smart.
You guys are smart.
This guy, I think I caught you.
What's your name, Akhi?
Yes, what's your name?
What's your name, Akhi?
Junaid?
Junaid.
Up to how much did you memorize?
Okay, that's really good.
Do you want to have a go?
From there.
Once.
Twice.
Mashallah, mashallah.
Junaid, you did well, Akhi.
Jazakallah khair.
This is what you want.
Guys, if I advise you guys to learn
something, Wallahi, it's important.
You're not going to remember everything.
This is not just a story.
This is not just a regular story.
This is the most important story.
This is the story of our Prophet, Prophet
Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
So he deserves some level of commitment and
learning, inshallah.
But, khair.
So today, we are at the birth of
the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
What happened when he was born?
And there is a major, major incident that
happened the year that he was born, salallahu
alayhi wa sallam, that is also mentioned in
the Quran.
And that is the incident of Ashab al
-Feel, the people of the elephant.
And, inshallah ta'ala, tonight we will be
telling the story, what transpired, what happened at
this time, because it is about 40 days
or 50 days after this incident that the
Rasulullah, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, is born.
And this is why it's always said, and
this is agreed upon by the ulama, the
Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, was born in
Aam al-Feel.
The Prophet was born in Aam al-Feel,
the year of the elephants.
The Arabs did not have a calendar, a
proper calendar where they would mark every day,
and they wouldn't have like a 2024 or
this.
They would mark dates based on major events.
So they would say, such and such was
born, for example, Abu Bakr, radiallahu anhu, was
born two years after Aam al-Feel.
Or, this incident happened five years before Aam
al-Feel.
So Aam al-Feel was a major incident,
and it's that incident that marks before and
after.
In fact, throughout our serial class, you will
see as reference, for example, this happened five
years after the bi'atha.
Bi'atha means the coming of the Prophet.
So the moment the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa
sallam, becomes a Prophet in the cave of
Hira, that becomes almost like a mark.
This happened five years into him being a
messenger, two years before.
And then once the hijra happens, the hijra
becomes a reference point before the hijra, after
the hijra.
Does that all make sense?
So major events would mark, and then you
would know, okay, when did this happen relative
to that major event.
So this major event was the attack on
the Kaaba.
Now the attack on the Kaaba, there were
several benefits that came as a result of
this attack.
One of them was it really marked that
time, the time the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa
sallam, was born, with a major incident.
Number two, it really confirmed the special nature
of the Kaaba, not only for the Quraysh,
but everyone in the peninsula.
Understood now, the Kaaba is different.
And it gave importance to the first house
that was built for the worship of Allah,
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And it also increased something very important that
happened in Syria.
The Quraysh, at this time, when the attack
happens, are idol worshippers.
The Kaaba is filled to the brink with
idols.
They are not necessarily a people that are
connected to Allah.
Yet, when the attack is happening, there is
an understanding, oh, the idols cannot stop this.
Abraha and his army will not be stopped
by the idols, and they invoke Allah, subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
And Rasulullah, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, is born
in this year, and then as a child
he is growing up in Mecca, when the
incident of the elephant happened recently, and people
say the Kaaba was saved.
Not by Al-Lat or Al-Uzza, not
by the idols, but by who?
Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And it was something that really helped with
the message of the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa
sallam, later on.
Hence why Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, references
Surah Al-Furqan.
So there's a lot of benefits that came
as a result of this incident.
Now let's go back and give you an
understanding of what was happening in the world.
Mecca was an important town, but it wasn't
really a key place for the world.
The world had empires, the peninsula didn't have
an empire, and the Arabs didn't have a
kingdom, per se.
So you had three major kingdoms in the
world.
You had the Roman Empire, you had the
Persian Empire, and then you had the Abyssinian
Empire, or the Aksumites.
So the Najashi of Habesha, you had the
king of Persia and the Roman Emperor.
These were the main people that existed.
So Yemen was invaded not too long before
this incident by the Habeshis.
So now the king Najashi, not the king
Najashi that will be dealing with Rasulallah, salallahu
alayhi wa sallam, the one before him, he
had control over most of Yemen.
And the person that became in charge of
Yemen on his behalf, his governor, was a
man called Abraha.
And Abraha, now he is closer to the
Arabs, and he sees that the Arabs generally
have a reverence for this house in the
middle of the desert, the Kaaba.
And he did not like that.
And of course there were staunch Christians as
well.
So he decided to build a cathedral, a
huge church, and the intention behind it was
to have the Arabs make pilgrimage towards it.
To make this area now a central place
of religious worship and reverence.
So as he built it, he made it
lavish, he made it beautiful, he made it
amazing.
Important some of the stuff that was going
to make this great building.
But he did not understand that what made
the Kaaba special was not the fact that
it was not what it was made of.
The Kaaba was special because Allah made it
special.
The Kaaba was the first place built for
the worship of Allah on this earth.
The Kaaba was the first place built for
the worship of Allah on this earth.
It was built by who?
Who can tell me?
Prophet Ibrahim Alayhi Salam.
But I referenced last week, or the week
before I think, that although Ibrahim built the
Kaaba, he wasn't the first one that built
it.
In fact, he rebuilt the Kaaba.
Allah says in the Quran, وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ
الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَعِينُ وَرَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا When
Ibrahim and his son Ismail raised the foundations.
The foundations were already there.
The foundations of the Kaaba.
The Kaaba was a place of worship before
Prophet Ibrahim.
Adam Alayhi Salam built it according to some
of the ulama.
Some say even before that the angels built
it.
This area is special.
On this earth, the place of worship, the
first place of worship for Allah was the
Kaaba.
So there is no place on this earth
that has more barakah, that is greater than
the Kaaba.
When it comes to American places.
Abraha doesn't understand that.
So he built this place and now he
wants people to...
So there was a man from Kinana, a
man from the tribe Kinana.
Kinana is in the lineage of the Prophet.
Do you know this?
In any case, he heard that this man
is not only building this huge church, but
he is taking away from the honor of
the Kaaba.
So he said, I'll show him.
And according to the scholars, the Muslim historians,
he went into the cathedral at night and
he started to defecate and urinate in it
and he vandalized it.
And when he did this, this is what
made Abraha very angry and said, is this
how they treat my church and my building?
I will show them.
I will show them.
And he planned to march towards the Kaaba
and to destroy it brick by brick and
take it apart.
This was what he wanted to do.
So he makes his way.
And the journey was long and in between
the Kaaba and where he was traveling from,
there were many Arab tribes.
And every Arab tribe that he comes across,
some would try and defend because they knew
what he was going for and they would
stand and defend and he would defeat them.
And when he would defeat them, of course,
important here that he had with him, of
course, elephants.
Not the whole army was elephants, but he
had a number of elephants with him, something
that the Arabs did not know how to
handle.
The biggest animal they knew was the camel.
So he would defeat any army.
And one of them was a tribe that
he came across was the tribe of Khath
'am.
And a man called Nufayl ibn Habib al
-Khath'ami, he confronted him.
He was defeated and captured.
And then he said, instead of killing me,
instead of killing me, I can be your
guide.
I can help you because it's very difficult
to navigate the Arabian Peninsula and find Mecca,
actually, if you don't know where you're going.
And on and on he would go, come
across tribes, kill them, capture them, and he
would go and nobody could stop him.
Nobody could stop him.
When he came to Ta'if, it is
mentioned that they did not really care for
the Kaaba because they had a statue and
a house built for a lot.
It says, well, as long as you're not
coming for hours, feel free.
And in fact, we'll send someone with you
to ensure you get there properly.
And they sent with him a man called
Abu Righal al-Thaqafi.
Abu Righal al-Thaqafi.
So the difference between Nufayl and Abu Righal
is Nufayl is almost forced.
He has no choice.
He tried to at least fend him off,
but now he's captured.
Whereas this one was almost like a volunteer.
Hence, when he dies, the Arabs, this Abu
Righal person, the Arabs, his grave was a
place that they would stone and they would
call him Abu Righal al-Mal'un, the
cursed one, because he's the one that willingly
volunteered to guide the man who was hoping
to destroy the Kaaba.
In any case, he comes near the Haram.
At this time, let's go back to Mecca.
Who is the chief and the elder of
Mecca at this time?
It is the Prophet's grandfather, Abdul Muttalib.
And we all know about who Abdul Muttalib
is by now.
If you don't mind me asking, what was
his name, actual name?
Shayba, very good.
Were you guys going to say that?
His name was Shayba al-Hamd, Abdul Muttalib.
And what was a key event in his
life, something that he rediscovered?
What was that?
The Zamzam water.
So now, he is the elder.
He is the chief of Quraysh.
And the army of Abraha approaches.
And they stopped at a place near Muzdarifah.
Those of you that went to Hajj and
Umrah will know where this is.
And when they stopped there, he sent some
of the men that were with him to
go and capture the livestock of Quraysh.
And among the things that were captured was
200 camels that belonged to Abdul Muttalib.
So you also see that Abdul Muttalib was
a wealthy man.
200 camels that belonged to Abdul Muttalib.
And a few things to understand about the
army of Abraha.
Of course, the number is disputed.
Some ulama say it was a very large
number.
Others make it smaller.
And Allah knows best.
His main elephant, the biggest one, had a
name.
It was called Mahmud.
It was called Mahmud.
Is there any Mahmud in here?
Mahmud is a good name.
Mahmud means praised one.
In any case, Mahmud and the...
Once they capture the livestock of the Arabs,
their goats and their sheep and whatever they
had and their camels.
And Abraha is watching and how will Quraysh
react?
What will they do?
Will they fight as well?
Because every other tribe so far, what did
they try to do?
They tried to fight.
But Quraysh didn't try to fight.
They actually kind of fled into the mountainous
areas in Mecca.
They fled the city.
They didn't want to be part of this.
And they didn't want their blood to be
shed.
Then Abdul Muttalib approaches Abraha.
In fact, he requested a one-to-one
with Abraha.
And Abraha obliged.
After a while, he obliged and he said,
I'll meet you.
And then Abraha was sitting on a makeshift
throne.
And Abdul Muttalib walks in.
And Abdul Muttalib was a very tall man.
Very handsome and tall man, imposing.
He had aura.
The moment he comes in, the Prophet's grandfather
ﷺ, Abraha realizes, okay, this is not someone
that you mess with.
And he comes down and he sits with
him on the ground.
And then Abdul Muttalib, there's a translator between
them that says, what do you want?
Abdul Muttalib says, I'm here for my camels.
I'm here for my camels.
And then Abraha is surprised by this.
He's surprised by this.
And he said, I overestimated, or he said
that he overestimated his intelligence and his wisdom.
Here you are, asking me about camels and
animals.
When I am here to destroy the house
of worship of your fathers and your forefathers.
And you are asking me about animals, camels.
And then Abdul Muttalib said a powerful statement.
He said, I am the owner of the
camels.
I am responsible for them.
As for the house, it has a lord
protecting it.
That's not up to me.
You feel free to do what you need
to do.
Subhanallah.
There's a few things here that we have
to pause and reflect over.
This concept of Allah's protection.
My brothers and my sisters, our reliance upon
Allah has a direct impact on how much
Allah helps us.
The more you rely upon Allah, the more
Allah protects you.
Your level of reliance has to be higher.
If your trust in Allah's help is very
low.
When you make dua, you make dua, but
in your heart, you're like, this is probably
not going to be accepted.
That has an impact on the effectiveness of
your dua.
This is very important.
We have to build our trust in Allah.
Understand that the one you're calling upon is
close.
Understand that the one you're calling upon is
all-powerful.
Understand that the one you're calling upon is
merciful.
And all of that belief, that iman, that
he is merciful, that he is near, that
he can hear you, that he can help
you, that he is with you.
That iman, the more it increases, the more
potency and power your dua has.
This is really important to understand.
Look at the confidence of Abdul Mutalib.
To the point where he's not even saying
to Abraha, please don't.
Please leave our bayt alone.
No, no, no.
And he's saying this, and the Prophet was
not even sent, and Islam is not even
born.
Another thing that you learn from there is
that there was a reverence and an understanding
of an importance of the Kaaba by the
Arabs before Islam.
And that is even with all those idols
inside the Kaaba.
Another thing to appreciate is that the Arabs,
especially the Quraysh, they had an understanding that
Allah is the all-powerful.
They did not believe that their idols were
all-powerful.
They did not believe that their idols were
the ones that bring forth rain and cause
true harm.
And they did not believe, they understood there
is Allah.
But they took these idols as intermediaries.
They would worship them, and they would slaughter
for them, and they would bow down to
them.
Which is all, of course, shirk.
Hence why they were mushrikoon, and the Prophet
was sent to remove that.
But they had an understanding that the all
-powerful one was Allah.
Which is why Allah mentions in the Qur
'an that when things get really dangerous, they
would call upon Allah sincerely.
So here you have Abdul Muttalib saying, And
the Kaaba is special.
Allah protects the Kaaba.
Then, one of the things that happened which
is quite fascinating, and it is reported by
the ulama of Sirah, like Ibn Ishaq and
others, is that Nufayl, you guys remember Nufayl?
He was captured and brought along the journey.
And he spoke in the ear of Mahmood.
Who was Mahmood again?
The elephant.
And he said to Mahmood, He said, oh
Mahmood, speak to the elephant.
Sit down and don't get up.
You are in the sacred sanctuary.
You are in the haram.
Either go back or don't get up.
And guess what happened?
It refused to move.
The elephant refused to move and get up.
And then they would whip it to make
it stand up.
And when they grabbed its leash, if it's
facing the other side, it would get up
and walk.
The moment they tried to make it face
the Kaaba, it would sit down.
And then they would lash it again.
And then if they make it face back
towards Jaman, it would walk happily.
Every time it faces the Kaaba, it would
sit.
It wouldn't move.
What's interesting is, exactly something similar happened to
the Prophet ﷺ with his camel, Quswa.
I want you to imagine right now, this
is the year the Prophet is being born.
He hasn't even been born yet.
Something similar like this, while this is happening
and the elephant isn't moving, the Prophet ﷺ
hasn't been born yet.
But he is in his mother's womb.
Almost 50 something years later, the Prophet ﷺ
will be back in a similar spot with
his camel, on his way to Mecca.
And his camel will sit down and refuse
to move.
And the Sahaba will say it got tired.
And the Prophet ﷺ said, It did not
get tired.
And that's not its character.
But the one who stopped the elephant is
stopping the camel.
And this was during the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.
Before the treaty.
We'll get there in the Seerah.
But what I'm trying to say to you
is this concept of Allah protecting the Kaaba
whenever He wants, stopping people from entering it,
this is what Allah is doing of course.
So the animal was refusing to get up.
And what then happened was that Abdul Muttalib
goes back to the Kaaba and he orders
everyone, Listen, we're not going to fight Abraha.
Everyone, flee to the mountains.
Flee to wherever you can.
And that's what they did.
Then Abdul Muttalib goes to the Kaaba and
he grabs the Kaaba and he makes a
dua.
A powerful dua.
He said, O Allah, Your slave has protected
his camels.
O Allah, protect your house.
Do not let the cross and their power
overpower you and they will not.
O Allah, overcome and defeat the people of
the cross and its worshippers.
And aid the Al of Makkah, meaning the
people of Makkah.
And then he said, O Allah, if you're
going to leave them and let them do
what they want, Then, O Allah, that is
up to you.
And for you is the decision.
He left to Allah SWT.
Allah SWT decided to protect this Kaaba.
Allah SWT decided to teach humanity a lesson.
Allah SWT showed a lesson that lasted.
And it's mentioned in Surah Al-Feel about
what happened.
Like Allah said in the Quran, Allah
SWT sent birds carrying hardened clay in their
mouths.
And they showered them over the army until
they became destroyed and decimated like eaten clay.
How dare they try and destroy the place
built for the worship of Allah SWT.
Even at a time when that place of
worship has been corrupted by idols, It is
still a protected house.
It is still an honored house.
And one of the good things about Quraysh
was, Although they were corrupted beyond belief, Corrupted
in their idolatry, in their tribalism, In many
of the sins they were committing, They understood
the honor of the bait.
They understood.
And you'll see examples of that next week
as I talk about how they treated the
Kaaba and what they did.
Of course, shirk aside, which is a very
big thing to put aside, But they understood
the honor of the bait.
Allah SWT destroyed the army of the elephants.
An army that decimated many Arab tribes, Allah
sent birds.
One of his smallest creations.
And that is when it comes to the
junood of Allah are many.
The junood of Allah are many, Meaning Allah
SWT's armies are many and they come in
different shapes and sizes.
Allah says in Surah Al-Fil, Have you
not seen how your Lord has dealt with
the people of the elephants?
The Surah is being revealed on him in
early Makkah.
The Surah Al-Fil is revealed in early
Makkah.
We'll get there inshallah.
And the circumstances of the Prophet wasn't the
best.
When the Quraysh was going against him and
against him, And he's feeling the pressure from
Quraysh, Allah is reminding him, Have you not
seen how your Lord dealt with the people
of the elephants?
The same Lord that destroyed that army is
able to protect you, Muhammad.
Did Allah not protect the Prophet over and
over again?
Yes he did.
Their plot and plan, was it not ruined?
It was.
Abraha's plan was ruined.
And similarly later on, Quraysh's plan was ruined
over and over and over again.
Because Allah protects those he loves.
And Allah protects the places he loves.
And Allah loves the Kaaba.
Just like Allah loves the masajid, There's a
hadith where the Prophet said that the most
beloved places to Allah are the masajid.
The most beloved places to Allah are the
masajid.
And who can tell me what are the
most hated places to Allah?
The souks, the marketplaces.
Because that is all about dunya.
Whereas the masajid is all about what?
About akhira and ibadah.
A question.
What religion was Abraha?
Yes?
Christian.
What religion were Quraysh?
They were pagans.
From an Islamic perspective, which of those two
is somewhat closer to Islam?
Christianity.
So why is it that Abraha is the
villain here?
When he is closer to, he's at least
from the people of the book.
Isn't that a fair question?
The answer, my brothers and sisters, is that
it wasn't about the idolatry of Quraysh or
the Christianity of Abraha.
It was about the sanctity of the Kaaba.
It was about the sanctity of the Kaaba.
And the benefits of this were many.
Including ensuring the honor and the legacy of
Ibrahim and the importance of Mecca was established
even more after this incident.
After this incident.
So Allah destroyed the elephants.
And they were carrying in their mouths, these
birds were carrying small pebbles.
One in their beak and two on their
claws.
And they would throw them on the elephants.
And when it touched them, they would be
destroyed.
Allah calls them, This
is the same type of stone that the
people of Lod were destroyed by.
And Allah says, The people of Lod were
destroyed by the same type of hardened clay
as the people of the elephants.
And just like Abraha and his army tried
to defile the sanctity of the Kaaba, the
people of Lod defiled many, many sanctities.
And they transgressed upon many things.
So that's how Allah dealt with the people
of the elephants.
And Allah says, He turned them into eaten
hay.
Especially livestock.
When you give them their hay, farmers would
know this and they eat it.
And they literally don't leave anything behind.
They don't leave anything behind.
And that's what happened to the army of
Abraha.
Uraish never attributed the protection of the house
to the idols.
Rasulullah ﷺ is born, he hears the story,
he grows up hearing the story.
The Prophet ﷺ was born about 50 or
40 days, somewhere in between that, after this
incident.
Some of the Sahaba referenced the incident of
Fil.
One of them was a companion called Qabith.
He was asked once, Who's older, you or
the Prophet?
So he said, Who is older, you or
the Prophet?
And he didn't like the way that was
phrased.
He said, The Prophet is older than me
and I am older than him.
The Prophet is greater than me.
Because the word akbar means greater, it can
also mean older.
He said, The Prophet is greater than I,
but I am what?
Older than him.
And then he mentioned the reason why he
said he's older than him.
Again, remember the Arabs, they didn't know the
date they were born.
No one memorized the date they were born.
But they would have a reference point.
Look at the reference point of this companion.
He said, I remember my mother showing me
the dung of the elephants.
I remember as a kid, my mother showing
me the dung of the elephants that came
and attacked the Kaaba.
So when the Kaaba is being attacked by
Abraha, the Prophet is not born yet.
Yet this companion is saying what?
I was old enough to be taken by
my mother and showing me the dung of
the elephants.
So he was a little bit older.
So again, it shows you that again, the
tusks and some remainders of these.
These are all things that the Prophet, as
he grows up, he sees that.
One of the things that Aisha mentioned was,
and this is quite fascinating.
Our mother Aisha mentioned that she used to
see a beggar.
An old beggar in Mecca that was among
the men of the army of Abraha that
survived.
Or the men that were the guides.
And he was a blind beggar, really old,
that would just run around the city.
Because if you think about it, he would
be maybe in his 80s or 90s.
And he's in Mecca.
So this was something that the Meccanists, it
was very fresh in their memory.
It's not like a distant memory.
So that inshallah covers the story of Abraha
and some of the wisdoms and the lessons
behind it.
As well as understanding the importance of the
Kaaba that we face every Salah.
Let's talk about the birth of the Prophet.
The Prophet's birth is considered among the greatest
blessings for this Ummah.
Of course.
What do we know for sure about his
birth?
We 100% know that he was born
on a Monday.
The Prophet was born on a Monday.
There's no Khilaf in this.
He himself said this.
One time he was asked why he fasts.
And he mentions several reasons.
One of the reasons why he fasts on
Monday that he mentioned was that it was
the day I was born.
It was the day I was born.
He mentioned it was the day that I
was sent as well.
And he also mentioned that it was the
day...
He also mentioned that Mondays are generally the
day in the week where our deeds are
taken to Allah.
During the week, Monday and Thursday, our deeds
are taken to Allah.
And angels come in cycles.
Mondays and Thursdays.
And the Prophet used to say, I love
for my deeds to be taken to Allah
while I'm fasting.
I love my deeds to be taken to
Allah while I'm fasting.
That's why it's Sunnah to fast on Mondays
and Thursdays.
So he himself said he was born on
a Monday.
What month?
The scholars agreed that it was Rabi'ul
Awwal.
The month that we are in right now.
Rabi'ul Awwal.
So he was born Monday, Rabi'ul Awwal.
What year?
The year of the elephants.
Which coincides with the year 571 in the
Gregorian calendar.
571.
So we know the year.
The year Abraham attacked the Kaaba.
We know the day.
It was on a Monday.
And we know the month, which is the
month of Rabi'ul Awwal.
Which coincides, interestingly enough, it was on April.
It was on April.
If you want to look at the Gregorian
calendar.
Sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, the exact date that
he was born.
Rabi'ul Awwal, what number is the one
that you hear about the most?
Rabi'ul Awwal, what?
The first, the second, third, fourth, tenth.
What do you hear usually?
The twelfth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
Very good.
The most common, repeated.
The most common and repeated date of birth
of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
That you'll find in the majority of surah
books.
Is that he was born on the twelfth
of Rabi'ul Awwal.
The fact that that is the one that
is more common.
Does not mean it is the most authentic.
In fact, if you scrutinize the evidence.
There is not a lot of evidence to
suggest it was the twelfth of Rabi'ul
Awwal.
The earliest mention that we have of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam being born on the
twelfth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
Is by Ibn Ishaq.
But Ibn Ishaq does not mention it in
the chain of narration.
So we have to take his word for
it.
In other words, the earliest mention that we
have.
Ibn Ishaq is 150 years after the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
And he's telling us the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wasallam was born on the twelfth of Rabi
'ul Awwal.
And there were other reports similar to it
that had chains of narration.
Even if they're weak, at least there is
a chain because this one there is no
chain.
There was a report that he was born
on the eighth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
Ninth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
Sorry, the ninth one is actually a later
one.
The eighth of Rabi'ul Awwal, the twelfth,
you have the tenth.
And it's actually quite unclear.
It's not that important, by the way.
But it is quite fascinating to understand.
Why is it that the majority of people
think it's the twelfth?
Well, that's very simple.
It's due to the Mawlid celebrations.
So the Fatimids, which were a Shia, hardcore,
Ismaili, Twelver, even worse actually, empire.
They decided to create a festival, a huge
festival, where there would be a lot of
eating, a lot of drinking, a very lavish
festival, celebrating the birthday of the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wasallam.
And they just picked the twelfth.
And after that, that's kind of what stuck
with people.
When they write Shia books, they'll just say
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam was born on
the twelfth of Rabi'ul Awwal.
Now, is that possible?
Yes, it's possible.
It was possible it was the twelfth of
Rabi'ul Awwal.
But it could have been a few days
before, it could have been a few days
after.
We don't know for sure, and that's okay.
Are you guys with me?
So if you come across a book that
says the Prophet was born on the twelfth
of Rabi'ul Awwal, can we say that
they're wrong?
No.
Can we also say the Wahhabis are right?
No, we can't either.
And Allah knows best.
But so, let me get this.
What do we know for sure?
He was born on what day?
What year?
What month?
Rabi'ul Awwal.
BarakAllahu feekum.
What happened and how, when he was born?
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, he was born
in the morning, before sunrise.
His birth coincided with the sun coming up.
And that's very telling, subhanAllah.
His birth coincided with the sun rising.
As if his birth is shining upon the
dunya.
Having the greatest of Allah's creation join it.
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, his mother, she mentioned
that it originated from her that she really
did not feel difficulty carrying him.
There was no difficulty carrying him.
She did not feel any difficulty that you
would feel in a pregnancy otherwise.
His father, of course, was not present.
Because the Prophet's father, Abdullah, travelled.
And I mentioned this last week, he travelled
for business, for trade.
And he became sick in Yathrib, which will
be where Medina becomes.
And he became sick and he died there.
So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam will be
born a true orphan.
Meaning, someone that has never had the chance
to meet their dad.
And as you'll see next week, the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam's early childhood was not easy.
He would lose a lot of family members.
He would lose a lot of family members.
And that shows you again, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
wasallam, the childhood that he had was not
like most childhoods, but again he was being
prepared for something great.
And of course, even though he lost his
mother, he lost his father, he lost his
grandfather, he, sallallahu alayhi wasallam, gained so much.
He gained so much.
When he was born, the midwife of his
was a woman called Shifa bint Amr.
And some say her name was Shifa bint
Auf.
And she was the Shifa bint Auf.
And some say she was the mother of
Abdur Rahman, Abdur Rahman bin Auf.
So she gave, she was there when the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam was being born.
And it is said that a light came
out of Amr bint Wahab as she was
giving birth.
But there's actually a narration from the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam himself in Musnad Ahmad, where
he mentioned about his birth.
Because they asked him, كيف كان بدو أمرك
يا رسول الله?
O Messenger of Allah, how was your beginning?
And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said that
I, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, I
am the da'wah, the dua of Ibrahim.
I am the dua of Ibrahim, and I
am the glad tidings of Isa ibn Maryam.
And I am also, he said, and he
said, and when my mother, as she was
giving birth to me, she saw in a
vision or in a dream a light that
came out of her that shone light and
illuminated all of Sham and the high buildings
and the palaces of Sham.
So what does that all mean?
Let's start with the beginning.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, I am
the dua of Ibrahim.
We know Ibrahim was his great, great grandfather.
Not literally, but you know, all the way
back to his lineage.
And Prophet Ibrahim, his son and Hajar, when
they were left in Mecca, when they were
left in Mecca, Prophet Ibrahim made a dua.
When he was building the Kaaba, the Prophet
Ibrahim made a dua.
As he saw the village of Mecca being
born, and as he saw the Kaaba and
its importance, and he was building it, he
said, Oh Allah, وَبَعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِنْهُمْ يَطْلُوَ
عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِكَ وَيُزَكِيهِمْ وَيَعَلِّمْهُمْ الْكِتَابُ وَالْحِكْمَةُ Oh
Allah, send among these people a messenger who
will read upon them your ayat and who
will do tazkih upon them and who will
teach them.
He made that dua.
This dua that he made thousands of years
ago, where did it realize itself?
The Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
Who was that Prophet that he said, Oh
Allah, send among them and from the people
of Mecca a Prophet that will teach them?
Who is that Prophet?
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
So the Prophet said, I am the dua
of Ibrahim.
I am also the bushra of Isa.
I am the glad tidings of Isa.
Meaning, Prophet Isa, the second to last Prophet,
He gave a glad tidings to the people
saying, He gave glad tidings of a messenger
that will come after him whose name will
be Ahmed.
This is referring to who?
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
So the Prophet said, I am the bushra
of Isa and I am the dua of
Ibrahim.
And he said, my mother saw a vision
that a light came out of her that
illuminated the Qusur of Sham.
Why Sham?
And what makes Sham so special?
And why is the light of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam establishing itself and reaching Sham?
Sham is Syria and Palestine and this area,
right?
May Allah make everything easy on her.
That's because this area, my brothers, was an
area that really established itself as a stronghold
for disbelief and kufr.
A stronghold for disbelief and kufr.
And Islam's light went there really quickly.
Really quickly.
A few years after the Prophet's death, Sham
was being conquered.
And Islam was being established.
And since then, it will always be Muslim.
To the point where Prophet Isa, when he
returns, he will return in Sham.
And Masih al-Dajjal will be killed in
Sham.
So that's why the ulema say that light
is referring to the strong presence of Islam
in Sham.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned those three
things.
So Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam is born.
Then what happened?
News reached his grandfather, Abdul Mutalib.
Abdul Mutalib.
Why not his father?
His father passed away by this time.
So Abdul Mutalib became very happy with his
grandson.
He grabbed his grandson.
He went to the Kaaba.
He took him to the Kaaba.
He prayed for him.
He made dua for him.
He told everyone his name will be Muhammad.
So who named Prophet Muhammad, Muhammad?
Abdul Mutalib.
Muhammad was not a name known by the
Arabs.
And the Quraysh actually, they pushed back.
They said, why are you naming him Muhammad?
Name him the names that we know.
This is not a name that we usually
use as Quraysh.
But he stuck with it.
He said, I'm going to call him Muhammad.
And what does Muhammad mean?
The one deserving of much praise.
The one who is praised so much is
called Muhammad.
And then he said, I want, I want,
I want, I want, I want, I want,
I want, I want, I want, I want,
I want, I
want, When he wakes up, Alhamdulillah.
When he has to eat, Alhamdulillah.
He would praise Allah through his actions.
He would praise Allah every chance he could
get.
And also he was praised by the people.
He was praised by Quraysh.
They called him Sadiq Al-Amin before he
became a prophet.
He was praised by his companions.
He was praised by the angels.
He is Muhammad.
Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
The one who is often praised and is
deserving of praise.
Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
After that, Abdul Mutalib, he took our prophet,
Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, as a baby.
And after seven days, he circumcised him.
So circumcision was also known by the Arabs.
And he did the aqiqa for him as
well, which was also known by the Arabs.
So they did an aqiqa for him.
And he what?
And he circumcised him.
There are some narrations that mention that the
prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, was born circumcised.
There's generally three views on this.
There's some narrations that mention that the prophet,
Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when he was born,
he was born circumcised and happy, smiling.
Circumcised and happy, smiling.
But that narration is extremely weak.
It is so weak, in fact, that it's
considered a fabricated narration.
Ibn al-Jawzi added this book.
Ibn al-Jawzi, a great scholar, he has
three volume books where he collated all of
the narrations that are fabricated.
When we say fabricated, it means 100%
the prophet did not say this.
There were so many that the ulama, they
had to compile books.
If you read everything in it, you know
it's false.
So when you come across that, you know
it's false.
So that hadith is not true.
Then you have in some narrations that are
maybe a little bit stronger that say that
the prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the khitan
was done on him the same time as
when, and we'll mention this next week, the
same time as Angel Gabriel opened up his
heart and washed his heart with zamzam, which
happened, which we'll discuss next week, inshallah ta
'ala, a famous incident that happened to the
prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when he was
about five years old.
But the strongest view that the scholars of
Shira mention is that it was his grandfather,
and this makes the most common sense.
It was his grandfather that did the khitan
on him when he was seven years old.
Rasulullah, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, then grows up,
and who is around him as a wet
nurse at that time?
Of course, you had his mother, and very
soon after his birth, Halima to Sa'diyah will
take him, and we'll discuss that next week,
and also you had, of course, Ummu Ayman.
Ummu Ayman is a very key figure in
the prophet's life.
Ummu Ayman, and some of the riwayat actually
mention that Ummu Ayman was there when he
was being born.
She was there in the room when he
was being born.
Ummu Ayman was a freed slave of Abdullah,
the father of the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam.
She was a woman from Abyssinia that was
freed.
She was a slave, and she was freed
by who?
By Abdullah, the father of the Prophet, Sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam.
Then she stuck around with the family.
She stuck around the family, and then she
helped raise the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
and she was always by his side, and
after, even when he goes to the Bani
Sa'd and stays with them in the countryside
in the desert for many years, when he
comes back to his mother, Ummu Ayman is
there.
When the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, goes
with his mother to Yathrib, to Medina, and
then his mother passes away, Amina is there
with him.
She's the one that brings him back to
his grandfather, Abdul Muthalib.
And when Abdul Muthalib passes away, Amina, not
Amina, Ummu Ayman is still there.
And then throughout his life, as the Prophet
grew up, Ummu Ayman is there.
And when the Prophet becomes a prophet, she
is there, and she accepts Islam.
And she makes hijrah with the Prophet, Sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam.
And she used to live near the Prophet,
Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and he used to
visit her all the time.
And the Prophet and her had a very
motherly relationship.
And there were incidents where she would advise
the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and he
would visit her all the time.
And he used to see her as her
mother.
Her name was Baraka.
Her name was Baraka, and she was known
as Ummu Ayman.
And she, the Prophet, dies before her.
She lives all that time.
She was there when he was born, and
she was there, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when
he died.
And after his death, Abu Bakr bin Umar
one day said, let's go visit her, just
like the Prophet used to visit her.
So they go and they visit Ummu Ayman.
And they reminisce the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, and then Ummu Ayman cries.
And then Abu Bakr bin Umar cries as
well.
Ummu Ayman is a key figure in the
Prophet's life, and it's sad that Allah would
not know her.
She's a very important figure in the Prophet's
life because she is there from the beginning
until the end.
And she's considered among the muhajirat because she
made hijrah to Medina as well.
Insha'Allah ta'ala, I'm going to conclude
the lesson here and take some questions and
also insha'Allah ta'ala ask some questions.
So far we covered the importance of the
Kaaba and why it's important because it is
a central place of ibadah and worship.
The evil intent of Abraha and what happened
to him and how he died and how
Allah destroyed him.
How Allah promised to protect the Kaaba and
that protection happened.
The connection Quraysh had with Allah even though
they were idol worshippers.
The importance of relying and trusting Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
The major incident that marked the Prophet's birth
as well as some details of the Prophet's
birth.
Next week what we will cover insha'Allah
ta'ala is the days that the Prophet
had as a childhood, early childhood until he
becomes a young man and will continue going
throughout his life to have major incidents until
the most major incident which is the day
he meets Jibreel and becomes a Prophet salallahu
alayhi wa sallam.
Let's see if there are any questions.
How can we learn?
How can we implement some of the things
learned in our life pertaining to Syria?
How can we relate back to the points?
So let's take today as an example.
Today we see the grandfather of the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wa sallam sincerely make dua at
that time and show true reliance on Allah.
That's something we can implement today in our
lives.
There are going to be moments in your
life where you need to rely you always
need to rely on Allah not moments you
always need to rely upon Allah.
But there are moments in your life where
you will be in a time of difficulty.
Let your first instinct be I have Allah.
I have Allah.
Let that be your first instinct.
Think of Musa alayhi salam at the edge
of the sea being chased by the Firaun
and the Bani Israel say We are going
to be caught.
They are going to catch us.
And he says No.
I have with me my Lord.
He will guide me.
Reliance upon Allah.
Think of the Prophet in the cave of
Thawr.
When Abu Bakr says to him if one
of them looks down they will see us
O Messenger of Allah.
We will get to that by the way
when they are hiding in the cave.
And the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said
Oh Abu Bakr what do you think of
two?
Allah is the third.
Trust.
Reliance.
Next time you are in a situation remember
Allah is with you.
You are not alone.
You are not alone.
So that is something that we can start
building.
And the best type of reliance isn't relying
upon Allah during disasters.
The best type of reliance is not relying
upon Allah during moments of difficulty.
It is relying upon Allah as it relates
to your worship.
It is relying upon Allah as it relates
to your worship.
Oh Allah do not make me dependent upon
myself even a moment because Ya Allah I
always need you.
And you have that reliance upon Allah Ya
Allah I rely upon you for my Ibadah
for my well-being for everything.
The more you truly rely upon Allah the
more that manifests itself in life.
So that is one.
So what we do is we look at
every time we look at every time we
look at the seerah and see moments.
Now to be honest right now we haven't
even dealt with the actual seerah.
This is all by the way the last
3 weeks everything this is all a prelude.
When does the real seerah begin who can
tell me?
When does the real seerah begin at what
point?
Huh?
No no no before that the hijrah is
too that's too far too far in.
Yes Akhi Sorry?
We can say from the birth but the
seerah of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
starts when the Qur'an comes down.
onwards that's when we see the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam with divine guidance.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam with what?
With divine guidance.
So when we get there and we see
the way he is calling people to Islam
we learn from that how we treat others
and call them to Islam.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam we learn from
that and we apply it.
So inshallah there are many ways as you
come to these lessons you'll see the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and and we'll inshallah take
many lessons from his life maybe be among
those that benefit from it Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
Someone is asking people say Prophet Muhammad celebrated
his birthday by fasting on Mondays so it's
okay to celebrate one's birthday.
The problem with this is the dalil itself.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did not celebrate
his birthday.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam fasted on Monday
and he fasted for many reasons.
Among those reasons was that he was what?
Born on Monday that he mentioned.
But wasn't the only reason that he mentioned
like we said the a'mal are taken and
for us it is sunnah to fast on
Mondays because the Prophet did so.
So the person that is doing this is
grasping at straws and this is really important
to appreciate.
Our brothers may Allah guide them that are
really staunch defenders of the Mawlid celebrations they'll
grasp anything and you can tell from the
note of how they are using the evidence
that this is come on what are you
doing here?
I mean this is one of them.
The Prophet the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said
I was born on a Monday and he
fasted.
Therefore not on Mondays by the way but
on the 12th of Rabi'ul Awal every
year not every week we're going to not
fast eat and have a celebration.
This is so far removed from the description
that you're making that it doesn't make any
sense.
Like make it make sense.
If I tell you some of the other
evidences and this was part of the lesson
today but I want to summarize it.
One of the people that was present and
heard of the Prophet's birth was Abu Lahab.
Abdul Uzza Abu Lahab.
Abu Lahab is the uncle of the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
He was actually happy that the Prophet was
born because it was his nephew.
He's happy now but in 40 years he'll
hate him for Islam.
We don't care that you're happy now.
What cares is that you're Abu Lahab.
Horrible human being.
Horrible human being.
But he freed a slave apparently the day
the Prophet was born.
So Abu Lahab was happy the day the
Prophet was born and he freed a slave.
So therefore we can celebrate the birth of
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Does that make sense?
Like that connection?
We're using not even Abu Lahab someone saw
in a dream that Abu Lahab's punishment is
less than it should be because he gave
a freed a slave the day the Prophet
was born.
So we're lying on a dream of Abu
Lahab the worst person ever one of the
worst people ever he harmed the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam that he freed someone the day
the Prophet was born nothing and look you
can tell from the way people are struggling
to find evidence for something that you shouldn't
do it.
If someone is really struggling to find evidence
for something it's usually an evidence that you
shouldn't be doing it and they do our
brothers when they are talking about the mawlid
they struggle to bring evidences.
Like we're dealing with now dreams Abu Lahab
what are we doing man?
What are we doing?
So now the Monday is not a strong
evidence for this at all.
And a lot of it is reverse engineering.
A lot of it what do you mean
by reverse engineering?
Sometimes what happens is there's a practice that
becomes widespread.
There's a practice that becomes widespread.
And some of the ulama sometimes out of
the kindness of their heart but it shouldn't
be done they'll say okay there is no
evidence for this but let me try.
Let me try.
So then they'll see maybe we can use
this thing over here that kind of looks
like that as an evidence for this if
you have to try that hard then don't
do it.
Is that clear?
The deen is easy.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive our
sins.
Barakallahu feekum.
The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam did not
have any siblings and his parents died very
young.
The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam did not
have any siblings any biological siblings.
He had siblings through breastfeeding.
He had many siblings through breastfeeding but he
didn't have any siblings biologically.
And his brother and father both died really
young so as we are aware of.
Barakallahu feekum everyone.
We'll conclude here inshallah wa ta'ala.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us
among those that follow the Prophet salallahu alayhi
wa sallam and send many salat upon him.
And this is the last Dawah.
Alhamdulillah Ya Rabb al-'Alamin.