WEBVTT 00:00:00.020 --> 00:00:03.740 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.740 --> 00:00:13.250 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:13.250 --> 00:00:17.769 An Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah), 00:00:17.769 --> 00:00:23.149 Authored by Sheikh Musa ibn Rashid Al-'Azimi, 00:00:23.149 --> 00:00:25.149 May Allah preserve him. 00:00:25.149 --> 00:00:31.539 The Peace Settlement with the Jews of Fadak. 00:00:31.539 --> 00:00:35.020 Ibn Ishaq said: 00:00:35.020 --> 00:00:40.020 When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, concluded the affair of Khaybar, 00:00:40.020 --> 00:00:43.020 Allah struck terror into the hearts of the people of Fadak, 00:00:43.020 --> 00:00:48.020 When news reached them of what Allah Almighty had inflicted upon the people of Khaybar. 00:00:48.020 --> 00:00:55.179 So they sent word to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), offering to make peace in exchange for surrendering half of Fadak. 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:58.340 Their emissaries reached him either while he was still at Khaybar, 00:00:58.340 --> 00:01:00.340 Or at Al-Ta'if, 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:02.340 Or after he had arrived back in Madinah, 00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:04.340 And he accepted their proposal. 00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:10.340 Thus, Fadak belonged exclusively to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 00:01:10.340 --> 00:01:14.340 Because it had not been taken by force with horses or riding beasts. 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:18.750 Abu Dawud recorded in his Sunan with a good chain of transmission 00:01:18.750 --> 00:01:22.750 On the authority of Malik ibn Aws ibn Al-Hadathan, who said 00:01:22.750 --> 00:01:25.750 Among the arguments put forward by 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) 00:01:25.750 --> 00:01:27.750 Was that he said: 00:01:27.750 --> 00:01:32.750 "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) had three exclusive estates: 00:01:32.750 --> 00:01:36.750 Banu Al-Nadir, Khaybar, and Fadak. 00:01:36.750 --> 00:01:41.780 As for Banu Al-Nadir, its revenues were reserved for his emergent state expenses; 00:01:41.780 --> 00:01:46.780 As for Fadak, it was reserved for wayfarers; 00:01:46.780 --> 00:01:48.780 And as for Khaybar, 00:01:48.780 --> 00:01:53.780 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) divided it into three portions: 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:56.780 Two portions for the Muslims, 00:01:56.780 --> 00:01:58.780 And one portion as maintenance for his household. 00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:04.780 Whatever remained surplus from his household’s maintenance, he distributed among the poor Muhajirun." 00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:09.069 Abu Dawud also recorded in his Sunan with a good chain of transmission 00:02:09.069 --> 00:02:11.069 On the authority of Al-Mughirah, who said: 00:02:11.069 --> 00:02:16.069 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz gathered the Banu Marwan when he was appointed Caliph 00:02:16.069 --> 00:02:18.069 And said: 00:02:18.069 --> 00:02:23.069 "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) possessed Fadak, 00:02:23.069 --> 00:02:25.069 And he used to spend from it, 00:02:25.069 --> 00:02:28.069 Providing aid to the young of Banu Hashim, 00:02:28.069 --> 00:02:31.069 And paying to marry off their widows and unmarried women." 00:02:31.069 --> 00:02:36.469 The Siege of Wadi Al-Qura 00:02:36.469 --> 00:02:38.469 And the Story of Mid'am. 00:02:38.469 --> 00:02:45.270 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) departed from Khaybar toward Wadi Al-Qura, 00:02:45.270 --> 00:02:49.270 Where a community of Jews resided. 00:02:49.270 --> 00:02:53.270 When the Muslims halted there, the Jews met them with volleys of arrows, 00:02:53.270 --> 00:02:56.270 While the Muslims were unprepared for battle, 00:02:56.270 --> 00:02:59.270 Until the Muslims eventually conquered it by force. 00:02:59.270 --> 00:03:04.400 There was a servant boy with the Messenger of Allah named Mid'am, 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:08.400 Who stole a cloaked garment from the spoils of war and was subsequently killed. 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:13.500 The two Sheikhs [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] recorded in their Sahihs, as did Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak— 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:15.500 And the wording is that of Al-Hakim— 00:03:15.500 --> 00:03:18.500 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 00:03:18.500 --> 00:03:25.500 "We set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) from Khaybar to Wadi Al-Qura, 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:27.500 And with him was a servant boy of his 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:31.500 Whom Rifa'ah ibn Zayd Al-Judhami had gifted to him. 00:03:31.500 --> 00:03:36.500 While he was unloading the saddle of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) 00:03:36.500 --> 00:03:38.500 At sunset, 00:03:38.500 --> 00:03:41.500 A stray arrow struck him and killed him— 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:45.500 That is, an arrow from an unknown archer. 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:49.500 So we said to him, 'Congratulations to him on entering Paradise!' 00:03:49.500 --> 00:03:53.500 But the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 00:03:53.500 --> 00:03:57.500 'No, by the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad! 00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:01.500 The cloak he took is right now blazing with fire upon him in Hell, 00:04:01.500 --> 00:04:05.500 For having purloined it from the Muslims' spoils on the day of Khaybar.' 00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:11.590 Thereupon, a man from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came in terror 00:04:11.590 --> 00:04:16.589 Upon hearing the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say this, 00:04:16.589 --> 00:04:19.589 And said, 'O Messenger of Allah, 00:04:19.589 --> 00:04:22.589 I took two shoelaces for a pair of sandals of mine.' 00:04:22.589 --> 00:04:26.589 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 00:04:26.589 --> 00:04:30.589 'Two straps of fire like them would be cut out for you!'" 00:04:30.589 --> 00:04:39.959 The Victorious Return of the Prophet (peace be upon him) to Madinah. 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:48.920 Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) returned to the Prophet's City of Madinah, victorious over the Jews of Khaybar, 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:52.920 Allah, Mighty and Majestic, having granted him dominion over it. 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:58.920 On their return journey, several events occurred, including: 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:04.269 The Virtue of "There is no might nor power except with Allah." 00:05:04.269 --> 00:05:08.589 The two Sheikhs recorded in their Sahihs—and the wording is Al-Bukhari’s— 00:05:08.589 --> 00:05:12.589 On the authority of Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 00:05:12.589 --> 00:05:17.660 "When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) went on the expedition to Khaybar"— 00:05:17.660 --> 00:05:23.660 Or he said, "When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) set out"— 00:05:23.660 --> 00:05:28.660 "The people came upon a valley and raised their voices proclaiming the takbir: 00:05:28.660 --> 00:05:34.660 'Allah is the greatest! Allah is the greatest! There is no god worthy of worship except Allah!' 00:05:34.660 --> 00:05:38.660 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:45.660 'Be gentle with yourselves, for you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent; 00:05:45.660 --> 00:05:50.660 You are calling upon One Who is All-Hearing, Ever-Near, and He is with you.' 00:05:50.660 --> 00:05:55.720 I was riding behind the mount of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 00:05:55.720 --> 00:06:01.720 And he heard me saying, 'There is no might nor power except with Allah.' 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:05.720 So he said to me, 'O 'Abdullah ibn Qays!' 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.720 I replied, 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah!' 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:14.720 He said, 'Shall I not direct you to a word that is from the treasures of Paradise?' 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:19.720 I said, 'Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be ransomed for you!' 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:24.720 He said, 'Say: There is no might nor power except with Allah.'" 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:29.009 Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in Fath al-Bari: "This narrative context 00:06:29.009 --> 00:06:33.009 Gives the impression that this happened while they were marching to Khaybar, 00:06:34.009 --> 00:06:39.009 But that is not the case; rather, it occurred on their return journey, 00:06:39.009 --> 00:06:46.009 Because Abu Musa only arrived after the conquest of Khaybar along with Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him). 00:06:46.009 --> 00:06:50.009 Accordingly, there is an ellipsis in the text understood as: 00:06:50.009 --> 00:06:55.009 'When the Prophet (peace be upon him) marched to Khaybar, 00:06:55.009 --> 00:07:00.009 Besieged it, conquered it, finished, and then returned, 00:07:00.009 --> 00:07:03.389 The people came upon a valley...' to the end of the hadith." 00:07:09.970 --> 00:07:13.970 The two Sheikhs recorded in their Sahihs—and the wording is Al-Bukhari’s— 00:07:13.970 --> 00:07:17.970 On the authority of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 00:07:17.970 --> 00:07:24.060 "I set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) to Khaybar to serve him, 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:28.060 And when the Prophet (peace be upon him) was on his way back 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:31.060 And Mount Uhud came into view, he said: 00:07:31.060 --> 00:07:35.060 'This is a mountain that loves us and we love it.' 00:07:35.060 --> 00:07:39.060 Then he gestured with his hand toward Madinah and said: 00:07:39.060 --> 00:07:43.060 'O Allah, I declare sacred what lies between its two lava plains, 00:07:43.060 --> 00:07:46.129 Just as Ibrahim declared Makkah sacred. 00:07:46.129 --> 00:07:50.129 O Allah, bless us in our sa' and our mudd [measures of grain].'" 00:07:50.129 --> 00:07:52.379 Imam Al-Nawawi said: 00:07:52.379 --> 00:07:55.379 "His saying, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: 00:07:55.379 --> 00:07:58.379 'This is a mountain that loves us and we love it,' 00:07:58.379 --> 00:08:00.379 The correct and chosen view 00:08:00.379 --> 00:08:04.379 Is that it means Uhud truly loves us in reality; 00:08:04.379 --> 00:08:08.379 Allah Almighty created in it a perception by which it loves, 00:08:08.379 --> 00:08:11.379 Just as He, Glorified and Exalted, said: 00:08:11.379 --> 00:08:15.379 “Then, even after that, your hearts were hardened and became as rocks, or worse than rocks, for hardness. For indeed there are rocks from out which rivers gush, and indeed there are rocks which split asunder so that water floweth from them. And indeed there are rocks which fall down for the fear of Allah. Allah is not unaware of what ye do.” (2:74) 00:08:15.379 --> 00:08:18.379 And just as the dry palm trunk wept with yearning, 00:08:18.379 --> 00:08:20.379 And as the pebbles glorified Allah, 00:08:20.379 --> 00:08:24.379 And as the boulder fled carrying the garment of Musa, peace be upon him, 00:08:24.379 --> 00:08:28.379 And as our Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 00:08:28.379 --> 00:08:31.379 'Indeed, I recognize a stone in Makkah 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:33.379 That used to greet me with peace,' 00:08:33.379 --> 00:08:36.379 And as he summoned the two separate trees 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:38.379 And they came together, 00:08:38.379 --> 00:08:40.379 And as Mount Hira' trembled 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:41.379 And he said: 00:08:41.379 --> 00:08:43.379 'Be still, Hira'! 00:08:43.379 --> 00:08:46.379 For none is upon you except a Prophet or a Siddiq,' 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:49.379 And as the poisoned roasted foreleg of the sheep spoke to him, 00:08:49.379 --> 00:08:52.379 And just as He, Glorified and Exalted, said: 00:08:53.379 --> 00:08:57.379 “The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein praise Him, and there is not a thing but hymneth His praise; but ye understand not their praise. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving.” (17:44) 00:08:57.379 --> 00:09:00.379 “The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein praise Him, and there is not a thing but hymneth His praise; but ye understand not their praise. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving.” (17:44) 00:09:00.379 --> 00:09:03.379 The correct view regarding the meaning of this verse 00:09:03.379 --> 00:09:08.379 Is that everything glorifies Allah in reality, in accordance with its state, 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:10.379 Though we do not comprehend it. 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:14.509 This and similar textual proofs corroborate the view we have chosen, 00:09:14.509 --> 00:09:17.509 Which is the position adopted by the exacting scholars regarding the meaning of the hadith: 00:09:17.509 --> 00:09:20.509 That Mount Uhud loves us in a real, literal sense." 00:09:20.509 --> 00:09:26.179 An Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah). 00:09:26.179 --> 00:09:32.179 Though the longing of mortals for one another may last long, 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:39.220 The longing felt for you knows no fathomable bounds. 00:09:39.220 --> 00:09:45.789 May Allah send blessings upon you whenever the call to prayer is raised, 00:09:45.789 --> 00:09:54.690 And whenever lips move in remembrance of the Ever-Living.