Month: July 2022

Brief Biography of The Prophet Mohammed ﷺ

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Lineage:
He is – Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib Ibn Hāshim, and Hāshim is from Quraysh, and Quraysh is from the Arabs, and the Arabs are from the descendants of Ismā’īl Ibn Ibrāhīm Al-Khalīl (the beloved), upon him and our Prophet the best of praise and peace.

Birth:
He was born in the Year of the Elephant in Makkah in Rabi’ al-Awwal. He lived 63 years. From them, 40 years prior to becoming a prophet, and 23 years a prophet and a messenger.

A Prophet ﷺ was sent to all mankind and jinn:
He was sent to the whole of mankind and Jinn. Whoever hears of his message and does not accept it, is a disbeliever.

His Message:
He invited to worship Allāh alone, good manners, and good deeds. He warned from worshiping other than Allāh, bad manners, and evil deeds.

He is the last Messenger:
Allāh has completed the religion with him. He has conveyed the clear message, has completed his mission, has advised the people, and has struggled in the path of Allāh in every possible way. It is not possible for anyone to introduce in this religion any act of worship.

Main Battles:
They are seven: Badr, Uhud, Al-Khandaq, Khaybar, the Conquest of Makkah, Tabūk, and Hunain.

Seven Children:
Al-Qāsim, Ibrāhīm, Abdullah and he is also known as Tayyib Tāhir, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthūm Fātimah; all of whom passed away during his life time except Fātimah who passed away six months after his death– may Allāh be pleased with all of them -.

His Wives:
Khadījah, ‘A’ishah, Sawdah, Hafsah, Zaynab Al Hilālīyyah, Umm Salamah, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Juwayriyah bint Al-Hārith, Safīyyah bint Huyay, Umm Habibah, Rayhānah bint Zayd, and Maimunah bint Al-Hārith – may Allāh be pleased with all of them- .

The first who believed in him:
From the men Abū Bakr As-Siddīq. From the women the mother of the believers Khadījah bint Khuwaylid From the children Alī ibn Abī Tālib.

His Hajj and ‘Umrah:
He made ‘Umrah 4 times; all of them in Dhul Qa’dah. He made only 1 Hajj, which is called the farewell Hajj, in the 10th year of Hijrah.

The passing of the Prophet ﷺ:
He died on 12th Rabī’ al-Awwal in the 11th year after the migration at the age of 63 years old.

THIS IS MY WAY, I INVITE TO ALLAH ( SWT)

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Calling people to Allaah is one of the best and noblest of deeds before Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted. How could it be otherwise, when this is the role of the Prophets and Messengers whom Allaah chose from among His creation, and of those who inherited their role, namely the scholars and daa’iyahs? Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): This is my way; I invite unto Allaah (i.e. to the Oneness of Allaah — Islamic Monotheism) with sure knowledge, I and whosoever follows me (also must invite others to Allaah, i.e. to the Oneness of Allaah — Islamic Monotheism with sure knowledge). And Glorified and Exalted be Allaah (above all that they associate as partners with Him). And I am not of the Mushrikoon (polytheists, pagans, idolaters and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allaah; those who worship others along with Allaah or set up rivals or partners to Allaah)”
[Yoosuf 12:108]

Allaah, may He be glorified, praises those who follow that path, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And who is better in speech than he who [says: ‘My Lord is Allaah (believes in His Oneness),’ and then stands firm (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allaah’s (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: ‘I am one of the Muslims’”
[Fussilat 41:33]

It is essential that the one who wants to call people to Islam should have some understanding of that to which he is calling them, but he does not have to know the entire religion, because of the report narrated by al-Bukhaari (3461)

from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr (may Allaah be pleased with him), according to which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said “Convey from me, even if it is one verse.”

Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Fath al-Baari:

He said in the hadeeth, “even if it is one verse” so that everyone who heard him would hasten to convey whatever he heard of the verses, even if it was very little, so that in this manner everything that he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) brought would be conveyed. End quote.

THE PRAYER IS A PROOF

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Anyone who examines the texts of the Qur’aan and Sunnah will see that they indicate that the one who neglects the prayer is guilty of Kufr Akbar (major kufr) which puts him beyond the pale of Islam.

“But if they repent [by rejecting Shirk (polytheism) and accept Islamic Monotheism], perform As-Salaat (Iqaamat-as-Salaat) and give Zakaat, then they are your brethren in religion.” [al-Tawbah 9:11]

The evidence derived from this aayah is that Allaah defined three things that the Mushrikeen have to do in order to eliminate the differences between them us: they should repent from shirk, they should perform prayer, and they should pay zakaah.

If they repent from shirk but they do not perform the prayer or pay zakaah, then they are not our brethren in faith;

if they perform the prayer but do not pay zakaah, then they are not our brethren in faith.

Brotherhood in religion cannot be effaced except when a person goes out of the religion completely; it cannot be effaced by fisq (immoral conduct) or lesser types of kufr.

And from the Sunnah,

It was narrated that Buraydah ibn al-Husayb (may Allaah be pleased with him) said:

“I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: ‘The covenant that distinguishes between us and them is the prayer, and whoever neglects it has disbelieved (become a kaafir).’

So it is clear that the person who neglects the prayer with no excuse is a kaafir who is beyond the pale of Islam, on the basis of this evidence.

This is the correct view according to Imaam Ahmad, and it is one of the two opinions narrated from al-Shaafa’i, as was mentioned by Ibn Katheer in his tafseer of the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):

“Then, there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up As-Salaat (the prayers) [i.e. made their Salaat (prayers) to be lost, either by not offering them or by not offering them perfectly or by not offering them in their proper fixed times] and have followed lusts” [Maryam 19:59]

So my dear brother and sister, do not leave off the PRAYER!