1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,399 --> 00:00:06,690 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah). 3 00:00:06,690 --> 00:00:10,220 The beginning of the call. 4 00:00:10,220 --> 00:00:14,980 Revelation was granted to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 5 00:00:14,980 --> 00:00:17,980 and he was given the glad tidings of prophethood. 6 00:00:17,980 --> 00:00:20,579 Then the revelation ceased for a period, 7 00:00:20,579 --> 00:00:25,179 after which it returned to him a second time following three years. 8 00:00:25,379 --> 00:00:27,379 This phase is known as 9 00:00:27,379 --> 00:00:29,379 the period of prophethood (Nubuwwah) 10 00:00:29,379 --> 00:00:31,379 prior to the full apostolic mission (Risalah). 11 00:00:31,379 --> 00:00:33,380 And the Prophet (peace be upon him) began 12 00:00:33,380 --> 00:00:35,380 inviting those closest to him 13 00:00:35,380 --> 00:00:37,380 to the religion of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted. 14 00:00:37,380 --> 00:00:39,380 The very first 15 00:00:39,380 --> 00:00:41,380 to embrace Islam with the Prophet (peace be upon him) 16 00:00:41,380 --> 00:00:43,380 among women 17 00:00:43,380 --> 00:00:44,380 was Khadijah; 18 00:00:44,380 --> 00:00:46,380 among freed slaves, 19 00:00:46,380 --> 00:00:48,380 Zayd Ibn Harithah; 20 00:00:48,380 --> 00:00:50,380 among young boys, 21 00:00:50,380 --> 00:00:52,380 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib; 22 00:00:52,380 --> 00:00:54,380 among free men, 23 00:00:54,380 --> 00:00:56,380 Abu Bakr al-Siddiq; 24 00:00:56,380 --> 00:00:58,380 and among slaves, 25 00:00:58,380 --> 00:01:00,409 Bilal Ibn Rabah. 26 00:01:00,409 --> 00:01:02,409 On the authority of Hammam Ibn al-Harith, 27 00:01:02,409 --> 00:01:04,409 from 'Ammar Ibn Yasir, 28 00:01:04,409 --> 00:01:06,409 who said: 29 00:01:06,409 --> 00:01:08,409 "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) 30 00:01:08,409 --> 00:01:10,409 when there was no one with him except five slaves, 31 00:01:10,409 --> 00:01:12,409 two women, 32 00:01:12,409 --> 00:01:14,409 and Abu Bakr." 33 00:01:14,409 --> 00:01:16,409 And there embraced Islam through Abu Bakr 34 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:18,409 al-Siddiq: 35 00:01:18,409 --> 00:01:20,409 al-Zubayr Ibn al-'Awwam, 36 00:01:20,409 --> 00:01:22,409 'Uthman Ibn 'Affan, 37 00:01:22,409 --> 00:01:24,409 Sa'd Ibn Abi 38 00:01:24,409 --> 00:01:26,409 Waqqas, 39 00:01:26,409 --> 00:01:28,409 and 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn 'Awf, 40 00:01:28,409 --> 00:01:30,569 may Allah be pleased with them. 41 00:01:30,569 --> 00:01:32,569 And on the authority of 'Amr Ibn 'Abasah al-Sulami 42 00:01:32,569 --> 00:01:34,569 (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 43 00:01:34,569 --> 00:01:36,569 "I came to the Messenger of Allah 44 00:01:36,569 --> 00:01:38,569 (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 45 00:01:38,569 --> 00:01:40,569 at the very beginning of his mission while he was in Mecca, 46 00:01:40,569 --> 00:01:42,569 and he was at that time 47 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:44,569 in hiding. So I said: 48 00:01:44,569 --> 00:01:46,599 'What are you?' 49 00:01:46,599 --> 00:01:48,599 He replied: 'I am a prophet.' 50 00:01:48,599 --> 00:01:50,629 I asked: 'And what is a prophet?' 51 00:01:50,629 --> 00:01:52,659 He said: 52 00:01:52,659 --> 00:01:54,659 'Allah has sent me.' 53 00:01:54,659 --> 00:01:56,659 I asked: 'Ah, 54 00:01:56,659 --> 00:01:58,659 Allah has sent you?' 55 00:01:58,659 --> 00:02:00,659 He said: 'Yes.' 56 00:02:00,659 --> 00:02:02,659 I asked: 'With what has He sent you?' 57 00:02:02,659 --> 00:02:04,659 He replied: 'That you worship Allah 58 00:02:04,659 --> 00:02:06,659 alone without any partner, 59 00:02:06,659 --> 00:02:08,659 destroy the idols, 60 00:02:08,659 --> 00:02:10,659 and uphold the ties of kinship.' 61 00:02:10,659 --> 00:02:12,659 He said: I said: 62 00:02:12,659 --> 00:02:14,659 'How excellent is that which He has sent you with! 63 00:02:14,659 --> 00:02:16,659 And who has followed you in this?' 64 00:02:16,659 --> 00:02:18,659 He replied: 65 00:02:18,659 --> 00:02:20,659 'A free man and a slave.'" 66 00:02:20,659 --> 00:02:22,659 He said: 67 00:02:22,659 --> 00:02:24,659 "Later, 'Amr used to say: 68 00:02:24,659 --> 00:02:26,659 'I certainly saw myself 69 00:02:26,659 --> 00:02:28,659 when I was one-fourth of Islam.'" 70 00:02:28,659 --> 00:02:30,659 He said: "So I embraced Islam, 71 00:02:30,659 --> 00:02:32,659 and said: 'Shall I follow you, 72 00:02:32,659 --> 00:02:34,659 O Messenger of Allah?' 73 00:02:34,659 --> 00:02:36,659 He said: 'No, 74 00:02:36,659 --> 00:02:38,659 rather return to your people, 75 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:40,659 and when you hear that I have 76 00:02:40,659 --> 00:02:42,659 openly triumphed, then come to me.'" 77 00:02:42,659 --> 00:02:44,659 And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud 78 00:02:44,659 --> 00:02:46,659 (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 79 00:02:46,659 --> 00:02:48,659 "I was a young lad, 80 00:02:48,659 --> 00:02:50,659 tending the sheep of 'Uqbah 81 00:02:50,659 --> 00:02:52,659 Ibn Abi Mu'ayt in Mecca, 82 00:02:52,659 --> 00:02:54,659 when the Messenger of Allah 83 00:02:54,659 --> 00:02:56,659 (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 84 00:02:56,659 --> 00:02:58,659 and Abu Bakr came upon me, 85 00:02:58,659 --> 00:03:00,659 having fled in secret from the polytheists. 86 00:03:00,659 --> 00:03:02,659 He said: 'O young boy, 87 00:03:02,659 --> 00:03:04,659 do you have any 88 00:03:04,659 --> 00:03:06,659 milk to give us a drink?' 89 00:03:06,659 --> 00:03:08,659 I said: 'I am entrusted with them, 90 00:03:08,659 --> 00:03:10,659 so I cannot give you any drink.' 91 00:03:10,659 --> 00:03:12,659 He said: 92 00:03:12,659 --> 00:03:14,659 'Do you have a young ewe 93 00:03:14,659 --> 00:03:16,659 that has not yet mated with a ram?' 94 00:03:16,659 --> 00:03:18,659 I said: 'Yes.' 95 00:03:18,659 --> 00:03:20,659 So I brought it to them both, 96 00:03:20,659 --> 00:03:22,659 and Abu Bakr held it fast, 97 00:03:22,659 --> 00:03:24,659 while the Messenger of Allah 98 00:03:24,659 --> 00:03:26,659 (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 99 00:03:26,659 --> 00:03:28,659 stroked the udder and supplicated. 100 00:03:28,659 --> 00:03:30,659 The udder filled with milk, 101 00:03:30,659 --> 00:03:32,659 and Abu Bakr brought him a hollowed-out 102 00:03:32,659 --> 00:03:34,659 rock in which he milked it. 103 00:03:34,659 --> 00:03:36,659 Then he drank, 104 00:03:36,659 --> 00:03:38,659 he and Abu Bakr, and then I drank. 105 00:03:38,659 --> 00:03:40,659 Then he said to the udder: 106 00:03:40,659 --> 00:03:42,659 'Shrink,' 107 00:03:42,659 --> 00:03:44,659 and it shrank back to how it was. 108 00:03:44,659 --> 00:03:46,659 Sometime later, 109 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:48,659 I came to the Messenger of Allah 110 00:03:48,659 --> 00:03:50,659 (peace be upon him) and said: 111 00:03:50,659 --> 00:03:52,659 'Teach me some of this 112 00:03:52,659 --> 00:03:54,659 speech!' So he said, 113 00:03:54,659 --> 00:03:56,659 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: 114 00:03:56,659 --> 00:03:58,659 'You are a boy destined to be taught.' 115 00:03:58,659 --> 00:04:00,659 And I learned directly from his mouth 116 00:04:00,659 --> 00:04:02,659 seventy surahs, 117 00:04:02,659 --> 00:04:04,659 in which no one 118 00:04:04,659 --> 00:04:06,659 can dispute with me." 119 00:04:06,659 --> 00:04:08,659 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah): 120 00:04:08,659 --> 00:04:12,169 The conversion to Islam of Abu— 121 00:04:12,169 --> 00:04:14,169 Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, 122 00:04:14,169 --> 00:04:17,480 may Allah be pleased with him. 123 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,480 Among those who embraced Islam at the very 124 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,480 beginning was Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, 125 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,480 and his story is as 126 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,480 follows: 127 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,480 Abu Dharr said: "We departed 128 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,480 from our tribe, Ghifar, 129 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,480 who used to treat the sacred month as permissible. 130 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,480 I set out along with my brother 131 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,480 Unays and our mother, 132 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,480 and we stayed with a maternal uncle of ours. 133 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,480 Our uncle treated us honorably 134 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,480 and was good to us, 135 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,480 but his people envied us and said to him: 136 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,480 'Whenever you leave your family, 137 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,480 Unays goes in to them behind your back'— 138 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,480 implying that he 139 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,480 was betraying him with his family. 140 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,480 So our uncle came 141 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,480 and repeated to us what had been said to him, 142 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,480 meaning he disclosed and divulged what 143 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,480 was told to him. 144 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,480 So I said to him: 'As for your past 145 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,480 kindness, you have tarnished it, 146 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,480 and we shall never join together 147 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,480 with you after this.' 148 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,480 So we brought our small herd of camels close, 149 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,480 loaded our belongings onto them, 150 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,480 left our uncle, 151 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,480 and departed. 152 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,480 Our uncle covered his head with his garment 153 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,480 and began to weep. 154 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,480 We traveled until we reached 155 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,480 the vicinity of Mecca. 156 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,480 Then Unays competed in a poetic contest wagering our herd of camels 157 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,480 against an equal number. 158 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,480 They went to a soothsayer who judged in favor of Unays, 159 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,480 so Unays came back to us 160 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,480 with our herd and an equal number with it." 161 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,480 That is to say, Unays 162 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,480 was a poet 163 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,480 who arrived at a place near Mecca, 164 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,480 and rivaled people 165 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,480 in poetry with a wager of a she-camel 166 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,480 for a she-camel. 167 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,480 Then they sought judgment from the soothsayer, 168 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,480 who ruled that Unays 169 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,480 was the better poet, so he won both camels. 170 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,480 Abu Dharr said 171 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,480 to the narrator from him, 'Abdullah 172 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,480 Ibn al-Samit: "And I used to pray, 173 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,480 O nephew, before 174 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,480 I met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon 175 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,480 him) by three years." 176 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,480 I asked— 177 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,480 'Abdullah Ibn al-Samit—: 178 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,480 "For whom?" He said: "For Allah." 179 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,480 I asked: 180 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,509 "And which direction did you face?" 181 00:06:13,509 --> 00:06:15,509 He said: "I faced wherever 182 00:06:15,509 --> 00:06:17,509 my Lord directed me. 183 00:06:17,509 --> 00:06:19,509 I would pray in the evening 184 00:06:19,509 --> 00:06:21,509 until, toward the end of the night, 185 00:06:21,509 --> 00:06:23,509 I would collapse like a discarded garment 186 00:06:23,509 --> 00:06:25,509 until the sun rose high over me." 187 00:06:25,509 --> 00:06:27,509 Abu Dharr said: 188 00:06:27,509 --> 00:06:29,509 "Then my brother Unays 189 00:06:29,509 --> 00:06:31,509 said to us: 'I have some business 190 00:06:31,509 --> 00:06:33,509 in Mecca, so look after matters for me 191 00:06:33,509 --> 00:06:35,509 with my mother until I go 192 00:06:35,509 --> 00:06:37,509 and return.' 193 00:06:37,509 --> 00:06:39,509 So Unays set off until he reached Mecca, 194 00:06:39,509 --> 00:06:41,509 but he was delayed in returning— 195 00:06:41,509 --> 00:06:43,509 meaning he took a long time. 196 00:06:43,509 --> 00:06:45,509 Then he returned, so I said: 'What did you do?' 197 00:06:45,509 --> 00:06:47,509 He said: 198 00:06:47,509 --> 00:06:49,509 'I met a man in Mecca who follows your religion, 199 00:06:49,509 --> 00:06:51,509 "claiming that Allah 200 00:06:51,509 --> 00:06:53,509 has sent him." 201 00:06:53,509 --> 00:06:55,509 Abu Dharr said: "I asked, 202 00:06:55,509 --> 00:06:57,509 'So what do the people say?' 203 00:06:57,509 --> 00:06:59,509 He replied: 'They say 204 00:06:59,509 --> 00:07:01,509 he is a poet, a soothsayer, 205 00:07:01,509 --> 00:07:03,509 and a sorcerer.' 206 00:07:03,509 --> 00:07:05,509 But I have heard the words of the soothsayers, 207 00:07:05,509 --> 00:07:07,509 and his speech is nothing like theirs; 208 00:07:07,509 --> 00:07:09,509 and I compared his words 209 00:07:09,509 --> 00:07:11,509 to the meters of poetry, 210 00:07:11,509 --> 00:07:13,509 and no one's tongue can rightly claim 211 00:07:13,509 --> 00:07:15,509 that it is poetry. 212 00:07:15,509 --> 00:07:17,509 By Allah, he is truly truthful, 213 00:07:17,509 --> 00:07:19,509 and they are indeed liars!" 214 00:07:19,509 --> 00:07:21,509 Abu Dharr said: 215 00:07:21,509 --> 00:07:23,509 "I said to Unays, 216 00:07:23,509 --> 00:07:25,509 'Look after my affairs here until I go 217 00:07:25,509 --> 00:07:27,509 and see for myself.' 218 00:07:27,509 --> 00:07:29,509 So I came to Mecca and approached a man who seemed vulnerable among them— 219 00:07:29,509 --> 00:07:31,509 meaning, I went to a man 220 00:07:31,509 --> 00:07:33,509 whom I deemed weak among them— 221 00:07:33,509 --> 00:07:35,509 and I asked, 222 00:07:35,509 --> 00:07:37,509 'Where is this man whom you call 223 00:07:37,509 --> 00:07:39,509 the Sabian?' 224 00:07:39,509 --> 00:07:41,509 He pointed at me and shouted, 225 00:07:41,509 --> 00:07:43,509 'Here is the Sabian!' 226 00:07:43,509 --> 00:07:45,509 Thereupon, the people of the valley fell upon me 227 00:07:45,509 --> 00:07:47,509 with clods of earth and bones, 228 00:07:47,509 --> 00:07:49,509 until I collapsed unconscious 229 00:07:49,509 --> 00:07:51,509 from the severe beating. 230 00:07:51,509 --> 00:07:53,509 When I finally stood up, 231 00:07:53,509 --> 00:07:55,509 I was covered in blood, like a red sacrificial stone altar. 232 00:07:55,509 --> 00:07:57,509 So I went to the Well of Zamzam, 233 00:07:57,509 --> 00:07:59,509 washed the blood off myself, 234 00:07:59,509 --> 00:08:01,509 and drank of its water. 235 00:08:01,509 --> 00:08:03,509 I stayed there, O nephew, for thirty 236 00:08:03,509 --> 00:08:05,509 days and nights. 237 00:08:05,509 --> 00:08:07,509 I had no food 238 00:08:07,509 --> 00:08:09,509 except Zamzam water, 239 00:08:09,509 --> 00:08:11,509 yet I grew fat until the folds of my belly 240 00:08:11,509 --> 00:08:13,509 creased, 241 00:08:13,509 --> 00:08:15,509 and I never felt 242 00:08:15,509 --> 00:08:17,540 any pangs of hunger in my stomach. 243 00:08:17,540 --> 00:08:19,540 Then, one bright, moonlit night 244 00:08:19,540 --> 00:08:21,540 while the people of Mecca were asleep, 245 00:08:21,540 --> 00:08:23,540 deep slumber overcame them, 246 00:08:23,540 --> 00:08:25,540 meaning their ears were sealed in sleep, 247 00:08:25,540 --> 00:08:27,540 so no one was circumambulating the House 248 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:29,540 except two women supplicating 249 00:08:29,540 --> 00:08:31,540 the idols Isaf and Na'ilah. 250 00:08:31,540 --> 00:08:33,539 As they passed by me 251 00:08:33,539 --> 00:08:35,539 during their circumambulation, 252 00:08:35,539 --> 00:08:37,539 I said, 253 00:08:37,539 --> 00:08:39,539 'Marry one to the other!' 254 00:08:39,539 --> 00:08:41,539 But they did not desist 255 00:08:41,539 --> 00:08:43,539 from their invocations. 256 00:08:43,539 --> 00:08:45,539 He said: When they came by me again, 257 00:08:45,539 --> 00:08:47,539 I said something explicitly vulgar about the idols, 258 00:08:47,539 --> 00:08:49,539 comparing them to mere wood, 259 00:08:49,539 --> 00:08:51,539 without using any euphemism. 260 00:08:51,539 --> 00:08:53,539 So the two women hurried away wailing 261 00:08:53,539 --> 00:08:55,539 and crying out, 262 00:08:55,539 --> 00:08:57,539 'If only there were someone here 263 00:08:57,539 --> 00:08:59,539 from our men!' 264 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:01,539 Then the Messenger of Allah, 265 00:09:01,539 --> 00:09:03,539 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 266 00:09:03,539 --> 00:09:05,539 and Abu Bakr met them as they were descending. 267 00:09:05,539 --> 00:09:07,539 He asked: 'What is the matter with you two?' 268 00:09:07,539 --> 00:09:09,539 They replied, 269 00:09:09,539 --> 00:09:11,539 'The Sabian is between the Ka'bah 270 00:09:11,539 --> 00:09:13,539 and its drapes!' 271 00:09:13,539 --> 00:09:15,539 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, asked, 272 00:09:15,539 --> 00:09:17,539 'What did he say to you?' 273 00:09:17,539 --> 00:09:19,539 They said, 274 00:09:19,539 --> 00:09:21,539 'He spoke words that filled our mouths with shame!' 275 00:09:21,539 --> 00:09:23,539 Then the Messenger of Allah, 276 00:09:23,539 --> 00:09:25,639 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, approached 277 00:09:25,639 --> 00:09:27,639 until he touched the Black Stone, 278 00:09:27,639 --> 00:09:29,639 and circumambulated the House 279 00:09:29,639 --> 00:09:31,639 along with his companion, 280 00:09:31,639 --> 00:09:33,639 and then offered prayer. 281 00:09:33,639 --> 00:09:35,639 When he finished his prayer, 282 00:09:35,639 --> 00:09:37,639 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 283 00:09:37,639 --> 00:09:39,639 I was the very first person 284 00:09:39,639 --> 00:09:41,639 to greet him with the greeting of Islam. 285 00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:43,639 I said to him, 286 00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:45,639 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah!' 287 00:09:45,639 --> 00:09:47,639 He replied, 288 00:09:47,639 --> 00:09:49,639 'And upon you, and the mercy of Allah.' 289 00:09:49,639 --> 00:09:51,639 Then he asked, 290 00:09:51,639 --> 00:09:53,639 'Who are you?' 291 00:09:53,639 --> 00:09:55,639 I replied, 'From the tribe of Ghifar.' 292 00:09:55,639 --> 00:09:57,639 He said: He lowered his hand 293 00:09:57,639 --> 00:09:59,639 and placed his fingers upon his forehead. 294 00:09:59,639 --> 00:10:01,639 I thought to myself, 295 00:10:01,639 --> 00:10:03,639 'He disliked that I belong 296 00:10:03,639 --> 00:10:05,639 to Ghifar.' 297 00:10:05,639 --> 00:10:07,639 So I moved to take his hand from his forehead, 298 00:10:07,639 --> 00:10:09,639 but his companion restrained me— 299 00:10:09,639 --> 00:10:11,639 and he knew him better 300 00:10:11,639 --> 00:10:13,639 than I did. Then the Prophet raised 301 00:10:13,639 --> 00:10:15,639 his head and asked, 302 00:10:15,639 --> 00:10:17,639 'How long have you been here?' 303 00:10:17,639 --> 00:10:19,639 I replied, 'I have been here 304 00:10:19,639 --> 00:10:21,639 for thirty 305 00:10:21,639 --> 00:10:23,639 days and nights.' 306 00:10:23,639 --> 00:10:25,639 He asked, 'And who has been feeding you?' 307 00:10:25,639 --> 00:10:27,639 I said, 308 00:10:27,639 --> 00:10:29,639 'I had no food 309 00:10:29,639 --> 00:10:31,639 except Zamzam water, 310 00:10:31,639 --> 00:10:33,639 yet I grew fat until the folds of my belly 311 00:10:33,639 --> 00:10:35,639 creased, and I do not 312 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:37,639 feel any pangs of hunger in my stomach.' 313 00:10:37,639 --> 00:10:39,639 Thereupon the Prophet, 314 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:41,639 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, 315 00:10:41,639 --> 00:10:43,639 'Indeed, it is blessed; 316 00:10:43,639 --> 00:10:45,639 it is truly a nourishing food.' 317 00:10:45,639 --> 00:10:47,639 Then Abu Bakr said, 318 00:10:47,639 --> 00:10:49,639 'O Messenger of Allah, 319 00:10:49,639 --> 00:10:51,639 grant me permission to host him tonight.' 320 00:10:51,639 --> 00:10:53,639 So the Messenger of Allah, 321 00:10:53,639 --> 00:10:55,639 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 322 00:10:55,639 --> 00:10:57,639 and Abu Bakr set off, 323 00:10:57,639 --> 00:10:59,639 and I went along with them. 324 00:10:59,639 --> 00:11:01,639 Abu Bakr unlocked a door 325 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:03,639 and began taking handfuls of raisins from 326 00:11:03,639 --> 00:11:05,639 al-Ta'if for us, 327 00:11:05,639 --> 00:11:07,639 and that was the very first food 328 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:09,639 I ate there. 329 00:11:09,639 --> 00:11:11,639 Then I remained for as long as I remained, 330 00:11:11,639 --> 00:11:13,639 after which I came to the Messenger of Allah, 331 00:11:13,639 --> 00:11:15,639 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 332 00:11:15,639 --> 00:11:17,639 and he said, 333 00:11:17,639 --> 00:11:19,639 'I have been shown the land of palm trees to which I shall emigrate; 334 00:11:19,639 --> 00:11:21,639 I see it 335 00:11:21,639 --> 00:11:23,639 to be none other than Yathrib. 336 00:11:23,639 --> 00:11:25,639 Will you convey the message 337 00:11:25,639 --> 00:11:27,639 from me to your people? 338 00:11:27,639 --> 00:11:29,639 Perhaps Allah will benefit them through you 339 00:11:29,639 --> 00:11:31,639 and reward you for them.' 340 00:11:31,639 --> 00:11:33,639 So I went back to Unays, 341 00:11:33,639 --> 00:11:35,639 and he asked me, 'What have you done?' 342 00:11:35,639 --> 00:11:37,639 I said, 'I have 343 00:11:37,639 --> 00:11:39,639 embraced Islam and believed.' 344 00:11:39,639 --> 00:11:41,639 He said, 345 00:11:41,639 --> 00:11:43,639 'I have no aversion to your religion; 346 00:11:43,639 --> 00:11:45,639 I too have embraced Islam and believed.' 347 00:11:45,639 --> 00:11:47,639 Then we went to our mother, 348 00:11:47,639 --> 00:11:49,639 and she said, 349 00:11:49,639 --> 00:11:51,639 'I have no aversion to your religion; 350 00:11:51,639 --> 00:11:53,639 I too have embraced Islam and believed.' 351 00:11:53,639 --> 00:11:55,639 So we packed our belongings 352 00:11:55,639 --> 00:11:57,639 and came to our people, 353 00:11:57,639 --> 00:11:59,639 the tribe of Ghifar, 354 00:11:59,639 --> 00:12:01,639 and half of them embraced Islam. 355 00:12:01,639 --> 00:12:03,639 They were led in prayer by Imah ibn Rahadah 356 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:05,639 al-Ghifari, 357 00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:07,639 who was their chieftain. 358 00:12:07,639 --> 00:12:09,639 And the other half said, 359 00:12:09,639 --> 00:12:11,639 'When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, arrives in 360 00:12:11,639 --> 00:12:13,639 Medina, we will embrace Islam.' 361 00:12:13,639 --> 00:12:15,639 When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, arrived in 362 00:12:15,639 --> 00:12:17,639 Medina, 363 00:12:17,639 --> 00:12:19,639 the remaining half 364 00:12:19,639 --> 00:12:21,639 embraced Islam. 365 00:12:21,639 --> 00:12:23,639 Then the tribe of Aslam came 366 00:12:23,639 --> 00:12:25,639 and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, 367 00:12:25,639 --> 00:12:27,639 our brethren have embraced Islam, so we embrace Islam 368 00:12:27,639 --> 00:12:29,639 upon the same terms as they did.' 369 00:12:29,639 --> 00:12:31,639 And so they embraced Islam. 370 00:12:31,639 --> 00:12:33,639 Thereupon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, 371 00:12:33,639 --> 00:12:35,639 'Ghifar—may Allah forgive 372 00:12:35,639 --> 00:12:37,639 them; 373 00:12:37,639 --> 00:12:39,639 and Aslam—may Allah grant them peace.' 374 00:12:39,639 --> 00:12:41,639 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah): 375 00:12:41,639 --> 00:12:44,919 The conversion to Islam of al-Tufayl 376 00:12:44,919 --> 00:12:46,919 ibn 'Amr al-Dawsi, 377 00:12:46,919 --> 00:12:48,980 may Allah be pleased with him. 378 00:12:48,980 --> 00:12:52,460 Al-Tufayl was 379 00:12:52,460 --> 00:12:54,460 an obeyed chieftain and a nobleman 380 00:12:54,460 --> 00:12:56,460 among the tribe of Daws, and Daws 381 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:58,460 was in Yemen. He had 382 00:12:58,460 --> 00:13:00,460 arrived in Mecca, where the nobles of Quraysh 383 00:13:00,460 --> 00:13:02,460 gathered around him 384 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:04,460 and warned him against the Messenger of Allah, 385 00:13:04,460 --> 00:13:06,460 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 386 00:13:06,460 --> 00:13:08,460 They forbade him from meeting with him 387 00:13:08,460 --> 00:13:10,460 or listening to his words. 388 00:13:10,460 --> 00:13:12,460 Al-Tufayl ibn 'Amr said: 389 00:13:12,460 --> 00:13:14,460 'By Allah, they continued pressing 390 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:16,460 me until I resolved 391 00:13:16,460 --> 00:13:18,460 not to hear anything 392 00:13:18,460 --> 00:13:20,460 from him nor speak to him, 393 00:13:20,460 --> 00:13:22,460 to the point that when I went to the Sacred Mosque, 394 00:13:22,460 --> 00:13:24,460 I stuffed my ears with cotton 395 00:13:24,460 --> 00:13:26,460 out of fear.' 396 00:13:26,460 --> 00:13:28,460 'So I went early in the morning to the Mosque, 397 00:13:28,460 --> 00:13:30,460 "And there was the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 398 00:13:30,460 --> 00:13:32,460 standing 399 00:13:32,460 --> 00:13:34,460 praying near the Ka'bah. 400 00:13:34,460 --> 00:13:36,460 So I stood close to him, 401 00:13:36,460 --> 00:13:38,460 but Allah willed that He should cause me to hear 402 00:13:38,460 --> 00:13:40,460 some of his words, 403 00:13:40,460 --> 00:13:42,460 and I heard beautiful speech. 404 00:13:42,460 --> 00:13:44,460 So I said to myself, 405 00:13:44,460 --> 00:13:46,460 'May my mother be bereaved of me! 406 00:13:46,460 --> 00:13:48,460 By Allah, I am a man 407 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:50,460 who is intelligent and a poet; 408 00:13:50,460 --> 00:13:52,460 what is good is not hidden from me, nor what is bad. 409 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:54,460 So what prevents me 410 00:13:54,460 --> 00:13:56,460 from listening to what this man says? 411 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:58,460 For if that 412 00:13:58,460 --> 00:14:00,460 which he brings is good, I will accept it, 413 00:14:00,460 --> 00:14:02,460 and if it is bad, 414 00:14:02,460 --> 00:14:04,460 I will leave it.' 415 00:14:04,460 --> 00:14:06,460 Then I waited until the Messenger of Allah, 416 00:14:06,460 --> 00:14:08,460 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, turned away 417 00:14:08,460 --> 00:14:10,460 to his house, 418 00:14:10,460 --> 00:14:12,460 and I entered upon him 419 00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:14,460 and said, 'O Muhammad, 420 00:14:14,460 --> 00:14:16,460 indeed your people told me such and such, 421 00:14:16,460 --> 00:14:18,460 and such, 422 00:14:18,460 --> 00:14:20,460 and by Allah, they kept making me fear 423 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:22,460 your affair until I stuffed 424 00:14:22,460 --> 00:14:24,460 my ears with cotton so that I would not 425 00:14:24,460 --> 00:14:26,460 hear your words. 426 00:14:26,460 --> 00:14:28,460 Then Allah willed that He should cause me to hear 427 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:30,460 your words, and I heard beautiful 428 00:14:30,460 --> 00:14:32,460 speech.' So he presented— 429 00:14:32,460 --> 00:14:34,580 so the Messenger of Allah, 430 00:14:34,580 --> 00:14:36,580 peace be upon him, presented 431 00:14:36,580 --> 00:14:38,580 Islam to me 432 00:14:38,580 --> 00:14:40,580 and recited the Qur'an to me. 433 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:42,580 And by Allah, I had never heard 434 00:14:42,580 --> 00:14:44,580 speech better than it, 435 00:14:44,580 --> 00:14:46,580 nor a matter more just than it. 436 00:14:46,580 --> 00:14:48,580 So I embraced Islam and bore 437 00:14:48,580 --> 00:14:50,679 the testimony of truth. 438 00:14:50,679 --> 00:14:52,679 And I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, 439 00:14:52,679 --> 00:14:54,679 indeed I am an obeyed man among my people, 440 00:14:54,679 --> 00:14:56,679 and I am returning 441 00:14:56,679 --> 00:14:58,679 to them to call them 442 00:14:58,679 --> 00:15:00,679 to Islam, 443 00:15:00,679 --> 00:15:02,679 so pray to Allah to make a sign for me 444 00:15:02,679 --> 00:15:04,679 that will be a help to me against them 445 00:15:04,679 --> 00:15:06,679 in that to which I call them.' 446 00:15:06,679 --> 00:15:08,679 So he said, 447 00:15:08,679 --> 00:15:10,679 'O Allah, grant him a sign.' 448 00:15:10,679 --> 00:15:12,679 He said: 'So I went out 449 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:14,679 to my people until, 450 00:15:14,679 --> 00:15:16,679 when I was at the mountain pass 451 00:15:16,679 --> 00:15:18,679 that overlooks the settlement, 452 00:15:18,679 --> 00:15:20,679 a light fell between my eyes 453 00:15:20,679 --> 00:15:22,679 like a lamp. 454 00:15:22,679 --> 00:15:24,679 So I said, "O Allah, place it somewhere other than 455 00:15:24,679 --> 00:15:26,679 my face, for I fear 456 00:15:26,679 --> 00:15:28,679 they might think it is a disfigurement." 457 00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:30,679 So it moved and fell upon the tip of my whip, 458 00:15:30,679 --> 00:15:32,679 and the people of the settlement began 459 00:15:32,679 --> 00:15:34,679 looking at that light 460 00:15:34,679 --> 00:15:36,679 from the tip of my whip 461 00:15:36,679 --> 00:15:38,679 shining like a lantern 462 00:15:38,679 --> 00:15:40,679 as I was descending upon them 463 00:15:40,679 --> 00:15:42,679 from the mountain pass, 464 00:15:42,679 --> 00:15:44,679 until I reached them and was among them in the morning. 465 00:15:44,679 --> 00:15:46,710 So when I arrived, 466 00:15:46,710 --> 00:15:48,710 my father came to me— 467 00:15:48,710 --> 00:15:50,710 and he was an elderly man— 468 00:15:50,710 --> 00:15:52,710 and I said, "Keep away from me, 469 00:15:52,710 --> 00:15:54,710 my father, 470 00:15:54,710 --> 00:15:56,710 for I am not of you, nor are you of me." 471 00:15:56,710 --> 00:15:58,710 He said, "Why, my son?" 472 00:15:58,710 --> 00:16:00,710 I said, 473 00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:02,710 "I have embraced Islam and followed the religion of Muhammad, 474 00:16:02,710 --> 00:16:04,710 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 475 00:16:04,710 --> 00:16:06,710 He said, 476 00:16:06,710 --> 00:16:08,710 "O my son, your religion is my religion." 477 00:16:08,710 --> 00:16:10,710 I said, 478 00:16:10,710 --> 00:16:12,710 "Then go and wash, and purify 479 00:16:12,710 --> 00:16:14,710 your clothes, then come to me 480 00:16:14,710 --> 00:16:16,710 so that I may teach you of what I have been taught." 481 00:16:16,710 --> 00:16:18,710 So he went, 482 00:16:18,710 --> 00:16:20,710 washed, and purified his clothes, 483 00:16:20,710 --> 00:16:22,710 then he came, and I presented 484 00:16:22,710 --> 00:16:24,710 Islam to him, and he embraced Islam. 485 00:16:24,710 --> 00:16:26,710 Then my wife came to me, 486 00:16:26,710 --> 00:16:28,710 and I said, "Keep away from me, 487 00:16:28,710 --> 00:16:30,710 for I am not of you, nor are you of me." 488 00:16:30,710 --> 00:16:32,710 She said, 489 00:16:32,710 --> 00:16:34,710 "Why, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you?" 490 00:16:34,710 --> 00:16:36,710 I said, 491 00:16:36,710 --> 00:16:38,710 "Islam has separated me and you, 492 00:16:38,710 --> 00:16:40,710 and I have followed the religion of Muhammad, 493 00:16:40,710 --> 00:16:42,710 peace be upon him." 494 00:16:42,710 --> 00:16:44,710 She said, 495 00:16:44,710 --> 00:16:46,710 "Then my religion is your religion." 496 00:16:46,710 --> 00:16:48,710 So I said, "Then go 497 00:16:48,710 --> 00:16:50,710 to the sanctuary of Dhu Ash-Shara and purify yourself 498 00:16:50,710 --> 00:16:52,710 from it." 499 00:16:52,710 --> 00:16:54,710 She said, "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, 500 00:16:54,710 --> 00:16:56,710 do you fear anything for the children from Dhu Ash-Shara— 501 00:16:56,710 --> 00:16:58,710 any harm?" 502 00:16:58,710 --> 00:17:00,710 I said, "No, 503 00:17:00,710 --> 00:17:02,710 I guarantee that." 504 00:17:02,710 --> 00:17:04,710 She said, "So she went and washed, 505 00:17:04,710 --> 00:17:06,710 then she came, 506 00:17:06,710 --> 00:17:08,710 and I presented Islam to her, 507 00:17:08,710 --> 00:17:10,710 and she embraced Islam." 508 00:17:10,710 --> 00:17:12,710 Then I called Daws to Islam, 509 00:17:12,710 --> 00:17:14,710 but they were slow to respond to me. 510 00:17:14,710 --> 00:17:16,710 Then I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 511 00:17:16,710 --> 00:17:18,710 in Mecca 512 00:17:18,710 --> 00:17:20,710 and said, "O Messenger of Allah, 513 00:17:20,710 --> 00:17:22,710 they were slow to respond to me, 514 00:17:22,710 --> 00:17:24,710 so supplicate against them." 515 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:26,710 But the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 516 00:17:26,710 --> 00:17:28,710 "O Allah, 517 00:17:28,710 --> 00:17:30,710 guide Daws. 518 00:17:30,710 --> 00:17:32,710 Return to your people, call them, 519 00:17:32,710 --> 00:17:34,710 and be gentle with them." 520 00:17:34,710 --> 00:17:36,710 He said: "So I continued in the land of Daws, 521 00:17:36,710 --> 00:17:38,710 calling them to Islam, 522 00:17:38,710 --> 00:17:40,710 until he migrated— 523 00:17:40,710 --> 00:17:42,710 the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him— 524 00:17:42,710 --> 00:17:44,710 to Medina, 525 00:17:44,710 --> 00:17:46,710 and Badr, Uhud, 526 00:17:46,710 --> 00:17:48,710 and Al-Khandaq passed. 527 00:17:48,710 --> 00:17:50,710 Then I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 528 00:17:50,710 --> 00:17:52,710 with those who had embraced Islam with me 529 00:17:52,710 --> 00:17:54,710 from my people, 530 00:17:54,710 --> 00:17:56,710 while the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 531 00:17:56,710 --> 00:17:58,710 was at Khaybar, 532 00:17:58,710 --> 00:18:00,710 and he assigned us a share alongside the Muslims. 533 00:18:00,710 --> 00:18:02,710 [Treasures of the Prophetic Biography]