Prophet Muhammad (SAW) | Part 4

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The disbelievers continued to torture the Prophet and His followers wherever he
and He gained more and more followers
The most notable event that happened during
that time was the conversion of Umar(ra)
He was one of the most rabid enemies of Islam, and of the Prophet.
He was a tormentor of the Muslims, and everyone feared him
It is said that one day, in sheer anger,
Umar(ra) resolved to kill the Prophet,
and he left his home with this intention.
As he approached the house of the Prophet,
he was stopped by a man.
When the man learnt what Umar(ra) was upto, he told Him
“Your sister and her husband has embraced Islam too!
Why don’t you go back to your house and set it straight?”
Umar(ra) was furious to hear that his sister
and her husband had become Muslims.
He immediately changed his direction and set out to his sister’s house.
As he approached the house, he could hear the sound of Qur’an being recited.
Umar(ra) walked toward the house, and knocked at the door.
When the sister and her husband heard the knock at their door,
they hurried to hide the books.
Umar(ra) entered the house, and demanded to know what was the humming sound he heard.
Umar(ra)’s sister replied that it was the sound of them talking to each other
But Umar(ra) knew well the sound of Qur’an.
So he asked them angrily
“Have you become Muslims?”
“Yes, we have”
answered the sister's husband.
Umar(ra) was so angry that he struck him!
And when his sister tried to defend her husband,
he hit her face too!
Blood started drooling from her face by now.
Umar’s sister stood up and faced her angry brother saying
“You enemy of God!
You have hit me just because I believe in God.
Whether you like it or not,
I testify that there no God but Allah(swt)
and that Muhammad(saw) is His slave and Messenger.
Do whatever you will!”
Umar saw the blood running down his sisters face.
Her words echoed in his ears.
He demanded that the words of Qur’an
he had heard as he approached the house,
be recited to Him
His sister asked him to wash clean himself up,
before she recited those words
Umar(ra) agreed, he cleaned himself and came back
When his sister recited the words from Qur’an,
His eyes were filled with hot tears!
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“Is this what we are up against?” he cried
“The one who has spoken these words needs to be worshipped”
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Umar(ra) left his sister’s house, and rushed to the Prophet
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Those with the Prophet were afraid of Umar,
so they tried to stop him
The Prophet asked him “
Why did you come here son of Khattab?”
Umar(ra) faced the Prophet with humility and joy and said
“O Messenger of God,
I have come for no reason,
except to say I believe in God and His messenger!”
The Prophet was overcome with Joy,
and cried out that God was great!!
Umar’s conversion had a miraculous effect
on the people of Makkah.
More and more people now followed the Prophet.
The disbelievers then made the life
of Prophet even more difficult.
They imposed a total ban on contact with the Prophet’s family.
The Prophet was forced to leave Makkah on account of the ban.
During this period,
the Prophet and His disciples mostly stayed indoors,
and Islam made no progress outside.
During the sacred months,
when people were not violent,
the Prophet came out to preach.
The ban on Prophet’s family was lifted after three years,
and He returned to Makkah.
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In the following year,
His uncle Abu Talib and His wife Khadija(ra) died!
The Prophet had lost His guardian who protected him from enemies.
And Khadija(ra) was His most encouraging companion.
After the death of his wife,
Prophet married a widowed woman,Sawda
She and her husband had emigrated to
Abyssinia in the early years of persecution.
After her husband died,
she came back to Makkah and sought Prophet’s shelter.
The Prophet recognizing her sacrifices for Islam,
extended His shelter by marrying her.
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One calm night in Makkah,
one year before the migration to Medeena
Prophet was sleeping when angel Gibreel appeared before him.
He opened Prophet’s chest,
removed his heart, and washed it with ZamZam water.
He then brought a vessel made of gold containing wisdom and faith.
He emptied the vessel into the noble chest of the Prophet, and then closed it up.
The Angel woke the Prophet
There the Prophet saw a white animal,
smaller than a horse, but larger than a donkey,
with wings on each side of its hind legs.
The Prophet mounted the animal and took off to Bayt Al-Maqdis in Jerusalem.
This part of the journey is called Al-Isra
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After dismounting the animal,
the Prophet entered Al-Aqsa Mosque and prayed.
He then saw His predecessors- Musa (as), Isa (as)
and Ibrahim (as) standing before Him!
The prophet then went on to lead them in prayers.
The Prophet then mounted the animal again,
and set out shooting into the heavens.
This ascension is known as Al-Miraj.
The Angel led the Prophet to the Lote tree.
At this point of journey,
Allah spoke to Him directly,
and revealed to him the last verses of Al-Baqarah
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It is during this miraculous journey,
that Allah(swt) made the daily prayers compulsory,
initially fifty daily prayers for the prophet and his followers
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After the Prophet received these
instructions from Allah(swt),
He came down until He met Musa (as).
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The old Prophet asked about the acts of
worship Allah had prescribed for Him
When the Prophet informed him about the fifty prayers
the Old prophet said
" Your people will not be able to perform fifty prayers each day"
I tried the people before you-
I had to deal with the children of Israel-
and it was very difficult for me.
Go back to your Lord, and ask Him to
reduce the burden on your people”
The Prophet did as he was told, and went back to God.
Allah reduced it by ten.
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But when He came by the Musa (as) again,
He suggested that He return to Lord,
and ask for further reduction for the same reason.
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The Prophet continued to go back and forth
between His lord and Musa (as),
until Allah said
“There will be five prayers every day,
each being rewarded as ten,
thus making it equivalent to fifty daily prayers.
The Prophet then met Musa (as) once again,
and informed Him of the five daily prayers.
Musa (as) repeated that he should go back again.
However the Prophet said
“I have asked my Lord till I am too shy to face Him.
I accept this and submit to Him”
On this journey the Prophet was taken to paradise,
where he saw dwelling made of pearls
and their soils made of musk.
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He was also taken to Hell,
where Allah revealed to him the scenes from future.
He saw people receiving terrible punishments for different sins.
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The Prophet then returned home,
and He found his bed still warm
Islam started spreading rapidly in the region after this.
The disbelievers were very angry with this.
One day, leaders decided to kill the prophet.
They developed a plan in which,
one man was chosen from each of their tribes,
and they all planned to attack the Prophet simultaneously.
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An angel informed the Prophet about their plans,
and asked Him to leave Makkah immediately.
The Prophet left with Abu Bakar(ra),
on the same night He was to be assassinated.
They went south of Makkah, to a mountain cave of Thawr.
After staying there for three nights, they travelled North to Medinah.
When the disbelievers heard about their escape,
they put up a reward of 100 camels to whoever caught the prophet.
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But in spite of their best search parties
the Prophet arrived safely in Medinah.
This event is known as the Hijra,
and the Islamic calendar begins with this event.
The people of Medinah gave a warm welcome to the Prophet.
One by one, the people of Makkah left for Medinah,
leaving behind their properties and homes.
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When the Prophet and His people settled in Medinah,
it was ruled by many different tribes.
These tribes were constantly quarreling with each other.
It was only when the Prophet arrived, they had peace with each other.
The tribesmen forgot their old feuds and were united in the bond of Islam.
The Prophet in order to unite everyone in closer bonds,
established between themselves a brotherhood.
The first step the Prophet took, after settling in Medina,
was to build a Mosque for the worship of Allah.
Then the Prophet made a charter to make all the
different people live together in an orderly fashion,
clearly defining their rights and obligations.
This charter represented the framework of the
first commonwealth organized by the prophet.
After His emigration to Medinah,
the enemies of Islam increased their assault from all sides.
The Battle of Badr, Uhud were fought near Medinah
The fame of the Prophet had by now spread far and wide.
Many delegations from all parts of Arabia came to visit the Prophet
When they learned the teachings of the Prophet,
they were impressed and became followers of the prophet.
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The Prophet also sent many of His companions,
who knew Qur’an by heart, to new lands.
They were sent to preach Islam to the people living there
He also wrote letters to several Kings and rulers, inviting them to Islam
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Neguas, the King of Abyssinia was among the first rulers to who accepted Islam.
This was followed by many other kings and rulers
About two years later, at the end of 629CE
the disbelievers violated the terms and attacked the followers of the Prophet
The men who managed to escape took shelter in Makkah,
and sought the help of the Prophet to save their lives.
The Prophet received their message, and He confirmed all the reports of attack.
The Prophet then marched toward the Makkah, with three thousand men!.
By the time He arrived outside Makkah,
His followers from neighboring lands had joined Him,
and there were more than ten thousand people now!
Before entering the city,
He sent word to the citizens of Makkah tha t anyone who remained in His home,
or Abu Sufyan’s home,
or in the Kab’ah would be safe.
The army entered Makkah without fighting
and the Prophet went directly to the Kab’ah
He magnified Allah for the triumphant entry in the Holy city.
He then pointed at each idol with a stick he had in his hand and said
“Truth has come and Falsehood will neither start nor will it reappear”
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And one by one, the idols fell down.
The Kab’ah was then cleansed by the removal of all three hundred sixty idols,
and it was restored to its pristine status.
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The prophet then stood by the Kab’ah and said
“O disbelievers, what do you think I am about to do with you?”
“You are a noble man, son of a noble brother”
The Prophet forgave all of them saying
“I will treat you as Prophet Yusuf treated his brothers.
There is no reproach against you.
Go to your homes, and you are all free”
The people of Makkah the accepted Islam including
the staunch enemies of the Prophet.
Few of His enemies had fled the city when the Prophet made his entry.
However, when they received Prophet’s assurance of no retaliation
and no compulsion in religion,
they came back gradually to Makkah.
Within a year, 630 CE,
almost all Arabia had accepted Islam.
The Prophet performed His last pilgrimage in 632 CE.
About One hundred and thirty thousand men and women
performed pilgrimage that year with Him.
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Two months later,
the Prophet fell ill
and after several days died on Monday,
12 Rabbi al-Awwal, the eleventh year after Hijra in Medinah.
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) lived a most simple, austere and modest life.
He and His family used to go without cooked meal for days,
relying only of dates, dried bread and water.
During the day, he was the busiest man,
as he performed his duties in many roles at once as head of state,
chief justice, commander in chief, arbitrator and many many others.
He was the most devoted man at night as well.
He used to spend one to two-thirds of every night in prayer and meditation.
The Prophets possession consisted of mats, blankets,
jugs and other simple things even when He was the virtual ruler of Arabia.
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Mashallah!
That was such a wonderful story!
Aren’t you going to ask the questions today Baba?
Of course I am.
Are you ready?
Yes, I am!
Alright.. Now tell me where did the Prophet go after leaving from Makkah?
Hmmm.. The Prophet went to Medina!
That’s the right answer!
Next question-
What was the first stop for the Angel and the Prophet?
Hmm.. they first stopped at Bayt Al-Maqdis in Jerusalem.
And do you know what this part of the journey is called?
This part of the journey is called Al-Isra
Mashallah, that’s correct.
Now tell me the name of any one ruler who accepted Islam
Hmmm.. King Negus!
And can you tell me when did the Prophet die?
The Prophet died on 8th June, 632 CE
Mashallah!
You gave me all the right answers my son!
Baba, aren’t there any other stories about the Prophet?
There are many many interesting stories of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
I will tell you all of them in the next days.
Its getting late now
I will see you tomorrow.
Good night my son!
Good night Baba!