1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,520 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:12,980 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 3 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:17,660 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 4 00:00:17,660 --> 00:00:22,859 Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi. 5 00:00:22,859 --> 00:00:24,859 May Allah preserve him. 6 00:00:24,859 --> 00:00:31,250 The Construction of the Prophet’s Mosque. 7 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:37,109 The first task undertaken by the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 8 00:00:37,109 --> 00:00:40,109 after settling in the Prophetic city of Medina, 9 00:00:40,109 --> 00:00:43,270 was the construction of the Prophet’s Mosque. 10 00:00:43,270 --> 00:00:49,270 The two Sheikhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 11 00:00:49,270 --> 00:00:52,270 He then commanded that the mosque be built. 12 00:00:52,270 --> 00:00:55,270 He sent for the leaders of the Banu al-Najjar. 13 00:00:55,270 --> 00:00:56,270 They came, 14 00:00:56,270 --> 00:01:00,270 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 15 00:01:00,270 --> 00:01:02,270 "O Banu al-Najjar, 16 00:01:02,270 --> 00:01:05,269 name your price for this garden of yours." 17 00:01:05,269 --> 00:01:07,269 They replied, "No, by Allah, 18 00:01:07,269 --> 00:01:11,269 we seek no price for it except from Allah the Almighty." 19 00:01:11,269 --> 00:01:15,340 In another narration in Sahih al-Bukhari, 20 00:01:15,340 --> 00:01:17,340 Urwah Ibn al-Zubayr said: 21 00:01:17,340 --> 00:01:22,340 "It (the she-camel) knelt down at the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in Medina." 22 00:01:22,340 --> 00:01:26,340 Meaning, the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, knelt down. 23 00:01:26,340 --> 00:01:31,340 At that time, some of the Muslims were praying there. 24 00:01:31,340 --> 00:01:35,340 It was a drying yard for dates belonging to Sahl and Suhayl, 25 00:01:35,340 --> 00:01:40,340 two orphan boys under the guardianship of As'ad Ibn Zurarah, may Allah be pleased with him. 26 00:01:40,340 --> 00:01:46,340 When his mount knelt down, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 27 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:49,340 "This, if Allah wills, is the place." 28 00:01:49,340 --> 00:01:54,340 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, called the two boys 29 00:01:54,340 --> 00:01:58,340 and bargained with them for the drying yard to take it as a mosque. 30 00:01:59,340 --> 00:02:01,340 They said, "No, 31 00:02:01,340 --> 00:02:06,340 rather, we give it to you as a gift, O Messenger of Allah." 32 00:02:06,340 --> 00:02:12,340 But the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, refused to accept it from them as a gift, 33 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:15,340 until he purchased it from them. 34 00:02:15,340 --> 00:02:17,340 Then he built it into a mosque. 35 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:23,340 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, began 36 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:26,430 the construction of the Prophet’s Mosque. 37 00:02:26,430 --> 00:02:30,430 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a sound (sahih) chain of narration 38 00:02:30,430 --> 00:02:34,430 from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 39 00:02:34,430 --> 00:02:39,430 "The site of the Prophet’s mosque, peace be upon him, belonged to the Banu al-Najjar. 40 00:02:39,430 --> 00:02:44,430 It contained palm trees, cultivated land, and graves from the pre-Islamic era." 41 00:02:44,430 --> 00:02:50,430 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, ordered the palm trees to be cut down, 42 00:02:50,430 --> 00:02:52,430 the cultivated land to be cleared, 43 00:02:52,430 --> 00:02:54,430 and the graves to be exhumed. 44 00:02:54,430 --> 00:02:57,430 In Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim, 45 00:02:57,430 --> 00:03:01,430 it is narrated from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: 46 00:03:01,430 --> 00:03:07,430 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, ordered the graves of the polytheists to be exhumed, 47 00:03:07,430 --> 00:03:09,430 the ruins to be leveled, 48 00:03:09,430 --> 00:03:11,430 and the palm trees to be cut down." 49 00:03:11,430 --> 00:03:14,430 They arranged the palm trunks to form the qibla of the mosque, 50 00:03:14,430 --> 00:03:17,430 and they made its doorposts out of stone. 51 00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:21,430 As they carried the stones, they chanted in rhythm, 52 00:03:21,430 --> 00:03:26,430 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was with them, saying: 53 00:03:26,430 --> 00:03:30,430 "O Allah, there is no good except the good of the Hereafter, 54 00:03:30,430 --> 00:03:33,430 so grant victory to the Ansar and the Muhajirun." 55 00:03:33,430 --> 00:03:37,430 The Prophet’s Mosque was built in the simplest form. 56 00:03:37,430 --> 00:03:42,430 Imam al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih from Nafi', 57 00:03:42,430 --> 00:03:46,430 that Abdullah Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, reported 58 00:03:47,430 --> 00:03:52,430 that the mosque, during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 59 00:03:52,430 --> 00:03:54,430 was built of mud bricks, 60 00:03:54,430 --> 00:03:56,430 its roof was made of palm branches, 61 00:03:56,430 --> 00:03:58,430 and its pillars were of palm wood. 62 00:03:58,430 --> 00:04:06,509 The Construction of the Chambers for the Wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 63 00:04:06,509 --> 00:04:13,860 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, built a chamber around his noble mosque 64 00:04:13,860 --> 00:04:16,860 to serve as dwellings for him and his family. 65 00:04:16,860 --> 00:04:18,860 They were in the simplest form. 66 00:04:18,860 --> 00:04:23,860 Sawda Bint Zam'a, may Allah be pleased with her, had a house, 67 00:04:23,860 --> 00:04:26,860 and another belonged to Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, 68 00:04:26,860 --> 00:04:33,860 because the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had not married anyone else at that time. 69 00:04:33,860 --> 00:04:38,860 Imam al-Bukhari narrated in Al-Adab al-Mufrad with a sound chain of narration 70 00:04:38,860 --> 00:04:41,860 from Dawud Ibn Qays, who said: 71 00:04:41,860 --> 00:04:44,860 "I saw the chambers made of palm branches, 72 00:04:44,860 --> 00:04:47,860 covered on the outside with haircloth," 73 00:04:47,860 --> 00:04:49,860 meaning, a garment of hair. 74 00:04:49,860 --> 00:04:54,860 "I estimate the width of the house from the door of the chamber to the door of the house 75 00:04:54,860 --> 00:04:57,860 to be about six or seven cubits. 76 00:04:57,860 --> 00:05:00,860 And I estimate the interior of the house to be ten cubits. 77 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:05,860 I think its height was between seven and eight cubits, or thereabouts. 78 00:05:05,860 --> 00:05:07,860 I stood at the door of Aisha, 79 00:05:07,860 --> 00:05:10,860 and it faced the west." 80 00:05:10,860 --> 00:05:15,860 Imam al-Bukhari also narrated in Al-Adab al-Mufrad with a sound chain of narration 81 00:05:15,860 --> 00:05:17,860 from Muhammad Ibn Hilal, 82 00:05:17,860 --> 00:05:22,860 that he saw the chambers of the wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 83 00:05:22,860 --> 00:05:25,860 made of palm branches covered with haircloth. 84 00:05:25,860 --> 00:05:28,860 I asked him about the house of Aisha, 85 00:05:28,860 --> 00:05:29,860 and he said: 86 00:05:29,860 --> 00:05:32,860 "Its door was facing the direction of the Levant (al-Sham)." 87 00:05:32,860 --> 00:05:33,860 I asked: 88 00:05:33,860 --> 00:05:36,860 "Was it a single-leaf door or a double-leaf door?" 89 00:05:36,860 --> 00:05:37,860 He said: 90 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:39,860 "It was a single door." 91 00:05:39,860 --> 00:05:40,860 I asked: 92 00:05:40,860 --> 00:05:42,860 "What was it made of?" 93 00:05:42,860 --> 00:05:43,860 He said: 94 00:05:43,860 --> 00:05:46,860 "Of juniper or teak wood." 95 00:05:46,860 --> 00:05:53,720 The Brotherhood between the Muhajirun and the Ansar. 96 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,329 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, established brotherhood 97 00:05:58,329 --> 00:06:02,329 between the Muhajirun and the Ansar, may Allah be pleased with them. 98 00:06:02,329 --> 00:06:07,329 This brotherhood was contracted in the house of Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him. 99 00:06:07,329 --> 00:06:11,360 The two Sheikhs narrated in their Sahih collections, 100 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,360 as did Imam Ahmad in his Musnad, 101 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,360 with the wording belonging to Ahmad, 102 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:19,360 from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 103 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,360 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, established a pact of brotherhood 104 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,360 between the Muhajirun and the Ansar in our house." 105 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,360 Sufyan said: 106 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,360 "It is as if he meant he established brotherhood." 107 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,360 Al-Hafiz said in Al-Fath: 108 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:39,360 "The beginning of the brotherhood was in the early days of the arrival of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in Medina, 109 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,360 and he continued to renew it for those who entered Islam 110 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,360 or arrived in Medina." 111 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,360 Imam Ibn al-Qayyim said: 112 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,360 "He established brotherhood among them based on mutual support, 113 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,360 and they would inherit from one another after death, to the exclusion of their blood relatives, 114 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,360 until the time of the Battle of Badr." 115 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,389 Then Allah the Almighty revealed: 116 00:07:00,389 --> 00:07:05,389 ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance in the decree of Allah.﴿ 117 00:07:06,389 --> 00:07:10,389 This returned the right of inheritance to blood relatives, rather than the bond of brotherhood. 118 00:07:10,389 --> 00:07:14,389 Al-Hakim narrated in Al-Mustadrak with a hasan (good) chain of narration 119 00:07:14,389 --> 00:07:18,389 from al-Zubayr Ibn al-Awwam, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 120 00:07:18,389 --> 00:07:20,389 "Regarding us, this verse was revealed: 121 00:07:20,389 --> 00:07:24,389 ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance...﴿" 122 00:07:24,389 --> 00:07:25,389 He said: 123 00:07:25,389 --> 00:07:28,389 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 124 00:07:28,389 --> 00:07:33,389 had established brotherhood between a man from the Muhajirun and a man from the Ansar. 125 00:07:33,389 --> 00:07:37,389 I did not doubt that we would inherit from one another if Ka'b died," 126 00:07:37,389 --> 00:07:40,389 meaning Ka'b Ibn Malik al-Ansari, 127 00:07:40,389 --> 00:07:42,389 "and he had no one else to inherit from him. 128 00:07:42,389 --> 00:07:44,389 So I thought that I would inherit from him, 129 00:07:44,389 --> 00:07:47,389 and if I died, he would likewise inherit from me, 130 00:07:47,389 --> 00:07:50,389 until this verse was revealed: 131 00:07:50,389 --> 00:07:54,490 ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance...﴿" 132 00:07:54,490 --> 00:07:57,490 Al-Hakim narrated in Al-Mustadrak with a sound chain of narration 133 00:07:57,490 --> 00:08:01,490 from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: 134 00:08:01,490 --> 00:08:06,490 "The Muhajirun used to inherit from one another to the exclusion of the desert Arabs, 135 00:08:06,490 --> 00:08:11,579 then ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance﴿ was revealed." 136 00:08:11,579 --> 00:08:18,579 In another wording in Sunan Abi Dawud with a hasan chain of narration from him, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: 137 00:08:18,579 --> 00:08:20,579 "A man would form a pact of brotherhood with another man, 138 00:08:20,579 --> 00:08:22,579 even if there was no kinship between them, 139 00:08:22,579 --> 00:08:25,579 and one would inherit from the other. 140 00:08:25,579 --> 00:08:27,579 Then this was abrogated by Surah al-Anfal, 141 00:08:27,579 --> 00:08:29,579 for Allah the Almighty said: 142 00:08:29,579 --> 00:08:33,580 ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance...﴿" 143 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:39,159 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 144 00:08:39,159 --> 00:08:45,159 If the longing of the worlds for some of them is long, 145 00:08:45,159 --> 00:08:52,769 then the longing for you, O Messenger of Allah, has no bounds. 146 00:08:52,769 --> 00:08:58,769 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 147 00:08:58,769 --> 00:09:07,700 and as long as lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.