1 00:00:00,020 --> 00:00:03,740 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,740 --> 00:00:13,210 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 3 00:00:13,210 --> 00:00:17,769 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 4 00:00:17,769 --> 00:00:23,120 Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi. 5 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,120 May Allah preserve him. 6 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:33,880 The completion of the digging of the Trench. 7 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:39,409 The Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, finished digging the Trench. 8 00:00:39,409 --> 00:00:41,409 Before the arrival of the Confederates (al-Ahzab). 9 00:00:41,409 --> 00:00:44,570 Imam Ibn al-Qayyim said: 10 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:47,570 The digging of the Trench took place in front of Mount Sal'. 11 00:00:47,570 --> 00:00:50,570 Mount Sal' was behind the backs of the Muslims. 12 00:00:50,570 --> 00:00:54,700 The Trench was between them and the disbelievers. 13 00:00:54,700 --> 00:01:01,700 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, went out with three thousand Muslims. 14 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:03,700 He pitched his camp there. 15 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:06,700 He fortified himself with the mountain behind him. 16 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:08,700 And the Trench in front of him. 17 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:14,700 The Messenger of Allah ordered the women and children to be moved. 18 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:17,700 They were placed in the fortresses of Medina. 19 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:19,700 Meaning its elevated structures. 20 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:21,700 Like citadels. 21 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:24,700 The watchword of the Muslims on that day was: 22 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:27,700 "Ha-Mim, they shall not be helped." 23 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:33,730 Imam al-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud narrated with a sound (sahih) chain of transmission. 24 00:01:33,730 --> 00:01:35,730 The wording belongs to Abu Dawud. 25 00:01:35,730 --> 00:01:38,730 On the authority of al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah, who said: 26 00:01:38,730 --> 00:01:43,819 Someone who heard the Prophet, peace be upon him, say informed me: 27 00:01:43,819 --> 00:01:46,819 "If you are attacked by night, let your watchword be: 28 00:01:46,819 --> 00:01:50,819 'Ha-Mim, they shall not be helped.'" 29 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:52,859 Ibn Ishaq said: 30 00:01:52,859 --> 00:01:59,859 The watchword of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah on the day of the Trench and Banu Qurayza was: 31 00:01:59,859 --> 00:02:03,859 "Ha-Mim, they shall not be helped." 32 00:02:03,859 --> 00:02:12,419 The arrival of the Confederates and their astonishment at the Trench. 33 00:02:12,419 --> 00:02:16,419 The Confederates reached the outskirts of the Prophetic city. 34 00:02:16,419 --> 00:02:20,419 They were taken by surprise by the Trench. 35 00:02:20,419 --> 00:02:24,419 The Quraysh encamped at the confluence of the valleys of Rumah. 36 00:02:24,419 --> 00:02:26,419 Between al-Jurf and Zughabah. 37 00:02:26,419 --> 00:02:28,419 The Ghatafan arrived. 38 00:02:28,419 --> 00:02:33,419 Until they encamped at the base of Naqma, adjacent to Uhud. 39 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:34,419 Allah the Exalted said: 40 00:02:34,419 --> 00:02:42,419 “And when the true believers saw the clans, they said: This is that which Allah and His messenger promised us. Allah and His messenger are true. It did but confirm them in their faith and resignation.” (33:22) 41 00:02:42,419 --> 00:02:45,419 Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth. 42 00:02:45,419 --> 00:02:53,419 “And when the true believers saw the clans, they said: This is that which Allah and His messenger promised us. Allah and His messenger are true. It did but confirm them in their faith and resignation.” (33:22) 43 00:02:53,419 --> 00:02:55,539 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 44 00:02:55,539 --> 00:03:02,610 Meaning, this is what Allah and His Messenger promised us of trial, testing, and examination. 45 00:03:02,610 --> 00:03:05,610 Which is followed by imminent victory. 46 00:03:05,610 --> 00:03:12,819 That is why He said, "Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth." 47 00:03:12,819 --> 00:03:15,819 The betrayal of the covenant by Banu Qurayza. 48 00:03:15,819 --> 00:03:19,810 The fortresses of Banu Qurayza were located there. 49 00:03:19,810 --> 00:03:23,810 They were a group of Jews in the east of Medina. 50 00:03:23,810 --> 00:03:29,939 They had a covenant and a pledge of protection from the Messenger of Allah. 51 00:03:29,939 --> 00:03:32,939 They numbered nearly four hundred fighters. 52 00:03:32,939 --> 00:03:34,939 And it is said seven hundred. 53 00:03:34,939 --> 00:03:40,319 The enemy of Allah, Huyayy ibn Akhtab al-Nadiri, went to them. 54 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:44,319 Huyayy ibn Akhtab arrived at the dwellings of Banu Qurayza. 55 00:03:44,319 --> 00:03:48,319 He knocked on the door of Ka'b ibn Asad, the leader of Banu Qurayza. 56 00:03:48,319 --> 00:03:50,319 He knocked on his door. 57 00:03:50,319 --> 00:03:54,319 But he did not grant him permission and refused to meet him. 58 00:03:54,319 --> 00:03:56,319 So Huyayy called out to him: 59 00:03:56,319 --> 00:03:59,419 "Woe to you, O Ka'b, open for me!" 60 00:03:59,419 --> 00:04:01,419 He replied: 61 00:04:01,419 --> 00:04:03,419 "Woe to you, O Huyayy! 62 00:04:03,419 --> 00:04:05,419 You are a man of ill omen. 63 00:04:05,419 --> 00:04:08,419 I have made a covenant with Muhammad. 64 00:04:08,419 --> 00:04:11,419 I will not break what is between him and me. 65 00:04:11,419 --> 00:04:15,419 I have seen nothing from him but fulfillment and truthfulness." 66 00:04:15,419 --> 00:04:18,509 Huyayy continued to speak to him. 67 00:04:18,509 --> 00:04:21,509 Until Ka'b opened his door for him. 68 00:04:21,509 --> 00:04:23,509 Huyayy said: 69 00:04:23,509 --> 00:04:25,509 "I have come to you with the glory of the age. 70 00:04:25,509 --> 00:04:27,509 And a surging sea. 71 00:04:27,509 --> 00:04:31,509 I have come to you with Quraysh, with their leaders and masters. 72 00:04:31,509 --> 00:04:35,509 I have encamped them at the confluence of the valleys of Rumah. 73 00:04:35,509 --> 00:04:39,509 And the Ghatafan, with their leaders and masters. 74 00:04:39,509 --> 00:04:43,509 I have encamped them at the base of Naqma near Uhud. 75 00:04:43,509 --> 00:04:47,509 They have pledged to me and made a pact with me not to depart. 76 00:04:47,509 --> 00:04:51,509 Until we eradicate Muhammad and those with him." 77 00:04:51,509 --> 00:04:53,509 Ka'b said to him: 78 00:04:53,509 --> 00:04:56,509 "By Allah, you have brought me the disgrace of the age. 79 00:04:56,509 --> 00:04:59,509 And a rainless cloud that has poured out its water. 80 00:04:59,509 --> 00:05:01,509 It thunders and lightens. 81 00:05:01,509 --> 00:05:03,509 But there is nothing in it." 82 00:05:03,509 --> 00:05:07,509 The "jaham" is a cloud that has emptied its water. 83 00:05:07,509 --> 00:05:09,509 "Woe to you, O Huyayy! 84 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:11,509 Leave me to what I am upon. 85 00:05:11,509 --> 00:05:16,509 For I have seen nothing from Muhammad but truthfulness and fulfillment." 86 00:05:16,509 --> 00:05:19,509 But Huyayy did not cease pressing Ka'b. 87 00:05:19,509 --> 00:05:22,509 Persistently coaxing and manipulating him. 88 00:05:22,509 --> 00:05:24,509 The "gharib" is the tip of the spearhead. 89 00:05:24,509 --> 00:05:27,509 It is the spear, and the "dhirwa" is the top. 90 00:05:27,509 --> 00:05:31,509 He meant that he kept deceiving him and being gentle with him. 91 00:05:31,509 --> 00:05:33,509 Until he answered him. 92 00:05:33,509 --> 00:05:35,540 Until he relented to him. 93 00:05:35,540 --> 00:05:39,540 On the condition that he gave him a covenant and a pledge from Allah. 94 00:05:39,540 --> 00:05:41,540 "If Quraysh and the Ghatafan return. 95 00:05:41,540 --> 00:05:43,540 And do not defeat Muhammad. 96 00:05:43,540 --> 00:05:45,540 That I will enter your fortress with you. 97 00:05:45,540 --> 00:05:48,540 Until whatever befalls you befalls me." 98 00:05:48,540 --> 00:05:51,639 So Ka'b ibn Asad broke the covenant. 99 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:55,639 And dissociated himself from what was between him and the Messenger of Allah. 100 00:05:55,639 --> 00:05:58,639 Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 101 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:03,939 The Prophet sent. 102 00:06:03,939 --> 00:06:06,939 Al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him. 103 00:06:06,939 --> 00:06:10,620 To Banu Qurayza. 104 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:13,620 The Messenger of Allah was not. 105 00:06:13,620 --> 00:06:16,620 Unaware of the movements of Banu Qurayza. 106 00:06:16,620 --> 00:06:20,620 So he sent al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, may Allah be pleased with him. 107 00:06:20,620 --> 00:06:23,620 To verify the news of Banu Qurayza. 108 00:06:23,620 --> 00:06:26,709 The two Sheikhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections. 109 00:06:26,709 --> 00:06:30,709 On the authority of Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with them both. 110 00:06:30,709 --> 00:06:33,709 He said: "I was on the day of the Confederates. 111 00:06:33,709 --> 00:06:36,709 I was placed with Umar ibn Abi Salama. 112 00:06:36,709 --> 00:06:39,709 Among the women, and I looked. 113 00:06:39,709 --> 00:06:42,709 And there I saw al-Zubayr on his horse. 114 00:06:42,709 --> 00:06:45,709 Going back and forth to Banu Qurayza two or three times. 115 00:06:45,709 --> 00:06:48,709 When I returned, I said: 116 00:06:48,709 --> 00:06:51,709 'O my father, I saw you going back and forth.' 117 00:06:51,709 --> 00:06:54,709 He said: 'Did you see me, my son?' 118 00:06:54,709 --> 00:06:56,709 I said: 'Yes.' 119 00:06:56,709 --> 00:07:00,709 He said: 'The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 120 00:07:00,709 --> 00:07:03,709 said: "Who will bring me news of Banu Qurayza?" 121 00:07:03,709 --> 00:07:06,709 And bring me their report. 122 00:07:06,709 --> 00:07:09,709 So I set out, and when I returned, 123 00:07:09,709 --> 00:07:12,709 The Messenger of Allah gathered for me. 124 00:07:12,709 --> 00:07:15,709 His parents, and said: 125 00:07:15,709 --> 00:07:18,740 "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you."'" 126 00:07:18,740 --> 00:07:21,740 And in another wording in the two Sahihs. 127 00:07:22,740 --> 00:07:25,740 Jabir ibn Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both. 128 00:07:25,740 --> 00:07:28,740 Said the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 129 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:31,740 On the day of the Confederates: 130 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:34,740 "Who will bring us news of the people?" 131 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:37,740 Al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "I will." 132 00:07:37,740 --> 00:07:40,740 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 133 00:07:40,740 --> 00:07:43,740 "Who will bring us news of the people?" 134 00:07:43,740 --> 00:07:46,740 Al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 135 00:07:46,740 --> 00:07:49,810 "I will." 136 00:07:49,810 --> 00:07:58,089 Peace be upon him, "Who will bring us news of the people?" and al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "I will." 137 00:07:58,089 --> 00:08:06,610 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Every prophet has a disciple (hawari), and 138 00:08:06,610 --> 00:08:14,220 my disciple is al-Zubayr." The "hawari" is the closest of his companions. Al-Hafiz said in... 139 00:08:14,420 --> 00:08:21,779 The story of al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him, was to uncover the news of Banu Qurayza: had they broken 140 00:08:21,779 --> 00:08:27,740 the covenant between them and the Muslims and agreed with Quraysh to fight the Muslims? 141 00:08:27,740 --> 00:08:33,370 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 142 00:08:45,049 --> 00:09:01,840 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised and lips move with the remainder.