WEBVTT 00:00:00.050 --> 00:00:03.770 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:03.770 --> 00:00:13.080 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:17.800 An Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah), 00:00:17.800 --> 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 --> 00:00:33.219 The letter of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) 00:00:33.219 --> 00:00:38.740 to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 00:00:38.740 --> 00:00:42.740 Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) 00:00:42.740 --> 00:00:46.740 was closely watching Quraysh's movements and military preparations. 00:00:46.740 --> 00:00:49.770 When this army set out, 00:00:49.770 --> 00:00:57.770 al-Abbas sent an urgent letter to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 00:00:57.770 --> 00:01:00.770 including in it all the details of the army. 00:01:00.770 --> 00:01:02.899 Al-Hafiz Ibn Abd al-Barr said: 00:01:02.899 --> 00:01:05.930 "Al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) 00:01:05.930 --> 00:01:11.930 used to write news of the polytheists to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 00:01:11.930 --> 00:01:15.930 and the Muslims in Mecca drew strength through him." 00:01:15.930 --> 00:01:17.959 Imam al-Dhahabi said: 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:24.959 "Al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) remained deeply compassionate toward the Prophet (peace be upon him), 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:25.959 full of love for him, 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:27.959 patiently enduring harm, 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:29.959 even before he had embraced Islam; 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:32.959 so much so that on the night of al-Aqabah, 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:35.959 he stood faithfully by his nephew during the night 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:38.959 and secured firm pledges for him from the seventy. 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.959 He then went out to Badr with his people under compulsion, 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:43.959 and was taken captive, 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:46.959 whereupon he made known to them that he had embraced Islam. 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:48.959 He then returned to Mecca, 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:51.959 and I do not know why he continued to stay there. 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:56.959 Furthermore, there is no mention of him on the day of Uhud or the day of the Trench; 00:01:56.959 --> 00:01:58.959 he did not march out with Abu Sufyan, 00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:03.959 nor did Quraysh say anything to him regarding that, as far as I know. 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:07.959 Then he came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.960 as an emigrant shortly before the Conquest of Mecca, 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:13.960 so the exact date of his arrival has not been fully verified for us." 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:22.360 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) consulting his Companions. 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:28.969 After the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) verified the news about Quraysh, 00:02:28.969 --> 00:02:31.969 he gathered his Companions and consulted them 00:02:31.969 --> 00:02:35.969 on whether he should march out to face them or remain in Medina. 00:02:35.969 --> 00:02:39.969 The view of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was 00:02:39.969 --> 00:02:42.969 that they should not leave Medina, 00:02:42.969 --> 00:02:44.969 but rather fortify themselves within it, 00:02:44.969 --> 00:02:48.000 so that if the polytheists entered it, 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000 the Muslims would fight them at the openings of the alleyways, 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.000 while the women would pelt them from above the rooftops. 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:58.000 Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) informed them 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:01.000 of a vision he had seen in his dream. 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:05.099 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a good chain of transmission 00:03:05.099 --> 00:03:09.099 on the authority of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said: 00:03:09.099 --> 00:03:13.099 "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took as spoil 00:03:13.099 --> 00:03:16.099 his sword, Dhu al-Faqar, on the day of Badr, 00:03:16.099 --> 00:03:20.099 and it was concerning it that he saw the vision on the day of Uhud, 00:03:20.099 --> 00:03:21.099 saying: 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:25.099 'I saw a notch in my sword, Dhu al-Faqar,' 00:03:25.099 --> 00:03:27.099 meaning a breach in it, 00:03:27.099 --> 00:03:30.099 'and I interpreted it to mean a breach that will occur among you. 00:03:30.099 --> 00:03:33.099 And I saw that I was riding behind a ram, 00:03:33.099 --> 00:03:36.099 and I interpreted it to be the commander of the enemy battalion. 00:03:36.099 --> 00:03:40.099 And I saw that I was in a fortified coat of armor, 00:03:40.099 --> 00:03:42.099 and I interpreted it to be Medina. 00:03:42.099 --> 00:03:45.099 And I saw cows being slaughtered, 00:03:45.099 --> 00:03:48.099 and the cows, by Allah, are good; 00:03:48.099 --> 00:03:51.099 the cows, by Allah, are good.'" 00:03:51.099 --> 00:03:56.099 Imam al-Nasa'i narrated in al-Sunan al-Kubra with an authentic chain of transmission 00:03:56.099 --> 00:04:00.099 on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdillah (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said: 00:04:00.099 --> 00:04:04.099 "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) consulted 00:04:04.099 --> 00:04:06.099 the people on the day of Uhud, 00:04:06.099 --> 00:04:08.099 and said: 00:04:08.099 --> 00:04:11.099 'I saw in a dream as a sleeper sees, 00:04:11.099 --> 00:04:14.099 as though I were in a fortified coat of armor, 00:04:14.099 --> 00:04:17.100 and as though cows were being slaughtered and followed; 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:20.100 so I interpreted the coat of armor to be Medina, 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:23.100 and the cows to be a group of people, and Allah’s decree is good. 00:04:23.100 --> 00:04:26.100 If only you would fight them in the alleyways, 00:04:26.100 --> 00:04:30.100 while the women pelt them from above the walls!'" 00:04:30.100 --> 00:04:34.290 In the narration of Imam Ahmad with an authentic chain of transmission 00:04:34.290 --> 00:04:37.290 on the authority of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: 00:04:37.290 --> 00:04:41.290 "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 00:04:41.290 --> 00:04:44.290 'If only we would remain in Medina, 00:04:44.290 --> 00:04:48.290 then if they come upon us inside it, we would fight them.'" 00:04:48.290 --> 00:04:54.850 The opinion of those who did not attend Badr. 00:04:54.850 --> 00:04:59.850 A group among the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) hastened— 00:04:59.850 --> 00:05:02.850 specifically those who had missed going out on the day of Badr— 00:05:02.850 --> 00:05:05.850 to suggest going out to face the enemy, 00:05:05.850 --> 00:05:10.850 and they persistently urged the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) to do so. 00:05:10.850 --> 00:05:13.850 They said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:05:13.850 --> 00:05:17.850 by Allah, they never dared enter upon us inside it during the pre-Islamic days of ignorance, 00:05:17.850 --> 00:05:21.879 so how could they enter upon us inside it under Islam?" 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:25.879 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:27.879 "Have it your way, then." 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:32.879 In the narration of al-Nasa'i in al-Sunan al-Kubra with an authentic chain of transmission: 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:36.879 "They said: 'Shall they enter Medina upon us? 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:38.879 It was never entered upon us before; 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:42.009 rather, let us march out to face them!' 00:05:42.009 --> 00:05:46.009 So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 00:05:46.009 --> 00:05:48.009 'Have it your way, then.'" 00:05:48.009 --> 00:05:51.259 Al-Hakim narrated in al-Mustadrak with a good chain of transmission 00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:55.259 on the authority of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said: 00:05:55.259 --> 00:05:59.259 "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took as spoil 00:05:59.259 --> 00:06:01.259 his sword, Dhu al-Faqar, on the day of Badr, 00:06:01.259 --> 00:06:05.259 and it was concerning it that he saw the vision on the day of Uhud. 00:06:05.259 --> 00:06:09.259 That was because when the polytheists 00:06:09.259 --> 00:06:13.259 advanced toward the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) on the day of Uhud, 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:17.259 the opinion of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was 00:06:17.259 --> 00:06:21.259 to remain in Medina and fight them there. 00:06:21.259 --> 00:06:25.259 But people who had not been present at Badr said to him: 00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:30.259 'Let the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) march out with us to them, 00:06:30.259 --> 00:06:32.259 and we will fight them at Uhud,' 00:06:32.259 --> 00:06:37.259 hoping to attain the same virtue that the people of Badr had attained." 00:06:37.259 --> 00:06:40.259 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:44.259 "Many of the people insisted upon nothing less than marching out to the enemy, 00:06:44.259 --> 00:06:50.259 and did not defer to the counsel and judgment of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). 00:06:50.259 --> 00:06:54.259 Had they been content with what he instructed them, that would have been best, 00:06:54.259 --> 00:06:57.259 but the divine decree prevailed. 00:06:57.259 --> 00:07:00.259 Most of those who advised him to go out 00:07:00.259 --> 00:07:03.259 were men who had not witnessed Badr, 00:07:03.259 --> 00:07:07.259 and they knew the superior virtue that the participants of Badr had previously attained." 00:07:07.259 --> 00:07:12.740 An Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah). 00:07:12.740 --> 00:07:18.740 Though long may be the longing people bear for one another, 00:07:18.740 --> 00:07:25.839 the longing felt for you transcends all bounds. 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:32.449 May Allah bestow blessings upon you whenever the call to prayer is raised, 00:07:32.449 --> 00:07:41.730 and whenever lips move in the enduring remembrance of Allah.