1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,439 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:13,029 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 3 00:00:13,029 --> 00:00:17,670 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 4 00:00:17,670 --> 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 --> 00:00:36,280 The polytheists set out in pursuit of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and his companion. 7 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:43,280 The polytheists remained at the door of the Messenger of Allah’s house, waiting for him to emerge. 8 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:48,310 Yet the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had already departed. 9 00:00:48,310 --> 00:00:51,310 Then a passerby came to them and said: 10 00:00:51,310 --> 00:00:53,310 "Why are you waiting here?" 11 00:00:53,310 --> 00:00:55,310 They replied, "For Muhammad." 12 00:00:55,310 --> 00:00:56,310 He said: 13 00:00:56,310 --> 00:00:58,310 "May Allah disappoint you! 14 00:00:58,310 --> 00:01:01,310 By Allah, Muhammad has already passed by you. 15 00:01:01,310 --> 00:01:07,310 He did not leave a single one of you without placing dust upon his head. 16 00:01:07,310 --> 00:01:09,310 He then went on his way." 17 00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:11,310 "Do you not see what has befallen you?" 18 00:01:11,310 --> 00:01:15,310 Each man among them placed his hand upon his head, 19 00:01:15,310 --> 00:01:17,310 and found dust upon it. 20 00:01:17,310 --> 00:01:20,310 Then they began to peer inside, 21 00:01:20,310 --> 00:01:23,310 and saw Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, on the bed, 22 00:01:23,310 --> 00:01:28,310 wrapped in the mantle of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 23 00:01:28,310 --> 00:01:30,310 They said: 24 00:01:30,310 --> 00:01:33,310 "By Allah, this is indeed Muhammad, sleeping, 25 00:01:33,310 --> 00:01:35,310 wearing his mantle." 26 00:01:35,310 --> 00:01:38,310 They did not budge from that spot until morning. 27 00:01:38,310 --> 00:01:42,310 Then Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, rose from the bed, 28 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:44,310 and they said: 29 00:01:44,310 --> 00:01:48,409 "By Allah, the one who spoke to us was telling the truth." 30 00:01:48,409 --> 00:01:56,409 The Quraysh exerted themselves in pursuit of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and his companion, the Truthful (al-Siddiq), may Allah be pleased with him. 31 00:01:56,409 --> 00:01:58,409 They took trackers with them, 32 00:01:58,409 --> 00:02:01,409 and set a great bounty for whoever brought him back: 33 00:02:01,409 --> 00:02:03,409 one hundred camels. 34 00:02:03,409 --> 00:02:06,409 So the people strove hard in the pursuit. 35 00:02:06,409 --> 00:02:09,409 “And he of Egypt who purchased him said unto his wife: Receive him honourably. Perchance he may prove useful to us or we may adopt him as a son. Thus we established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah was predominant in His career, but most of mankind know not.” (12:21) 36 00:02:09,409 --> 00:02:12,599 Imam al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih, 37 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:14,599 and Imam Ahmad in his Musnad, 38 00:02:14,599 --> 00:02:16,599 with the wording belonging to Ahmad, 39 00:02:16,599 --> 00:02:19,599 on the authority of Suraqah ibn Malik, who said: 40 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:22,599 "The messengers of the disbelieving Quraysh came to us, 41 00:02:22,599 --> 00:02:26,599 offering a bounty for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 42 00:02:26,599 --> 00:02:29,599 and Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, 43 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:32,599 the equivalent of the blood money for each of them, 44 00:02:32,599 --> 00:02:35,599 to whoever killed or captured them." 45 00:02:35,759 --> 00:02:39,759 In a narration by Ibn Ishaq in the Seerah with a sound chain, 46 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:42,759 on the authority of Suraqah ibn Malik, who said: 47 00:02:42,759 --> 00:02:46,759 "When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, left 48 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:49,759 Makkah, migrating to Madinah, 49 00:02:49,759 --> 00:02:54,759 the Quraysh set a bounty of one hundred camels for whoever returned him to them." 50 00:02:54,759 --> 00:02:59,580 “If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (9:40) 51 00:02:59,580 --> 00:03:03,099 The polytheists spread out everywhere, 52 00:03:03,099 --> 00:03:07,099 searching for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 53 00:03:07,099 --> 00:03:10,099 and his companion, the Truthful, may Allah be pleased with him. 54 00:03:10,099 --> 00:03:14,099 A group of them eventually reached Mount Thawr, 55 00:03:14,099 --> 00:03:17,099 and arrived at the mouth of the cave. 56 00:03:17,099 --> 00:03:23,099 There was nothing left between them and finding the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 57 00:03:23,099 --> 00:03:26,099 and his companion, the Truthful, may Allah be pleased with him, 58 00:03:26,099 --> 00:03:29,099 except for them to look inside the cave. 59 00:03:29,099 --> 00:03:33,259 The two Sheikhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahihs, with the wording belonging to Muslim, 60 00:03:33,259 --> 00:03:37,259 on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 61 00:03:37,259 --> 00:03:42,259 "Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, told me: 62 00:03:42,259 --> 00:03:47,259 'I looked at the feet of the polytheists above our heads while we were in the cave. 63 00:03:47,259 --> 00:03:50,259 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 64 00:03:50,259 --> 00:03:53,259 if one of them were to look down at his feet, 65 00:03:53,259 --> 00:03:55,259 he would see us beneath them."' 66 00:03:55,259 --> 00:03:59,259 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, replied: 67 00:03:59,259 --> 00:04:01,259 'O Abu Bakr, 68 00:04:01,259 --> 00:04:03,259 what do you think of two, 69 00:04:03,259 --> 00:04:05,259 of whom Allah is the third?'" 70 00:04:05,259 --> 00:04:08,259 In another wording in Sahih al-Bukhari, 71 00:04:08,259 --> 00:04:11,259 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 72 00:04:11,259 --> 00:04:15,259 "I was with the Prophet, peace be upon him, in the cave, 73 00:04:15,259 --> 00:04:17,259 and I raised my head, 74 00:04:17,259 --> 00:04:20,259 and suddenly I saw the feet of the people. 75 00:04:20,259 --> 00:04:22,259 I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, 76 00:04:22,259 --> 00:04:26,259 if one of them were to look down, he would see us.' 77 00:04:26,259 --> 00:04:30,259 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 78 00:04:30,259 --> 00:04:32,259 'Be silent, O Abu Bakr; 79 00:04:32,259 --> 00:04:36,259 we are two, and Allah is the third of us.'" 80 00:04:36,259 --> 00:04:38,379 Al-Hafiz (Ibn Hajar) said in al-Fath: 81 00:04:38,379 --> 00:04:42,379 "The meaning of his statement, peace be upon him, 82 00:04:42,379 --> 00:04:44,379 'Allah is the third of them,' 83 00:04:44,379 --> 00:04:47,379 is that He is their helper and supporter. 84 00:04:48,379 --> 00:04:51,379 Otherwise, He is with every two people by His knowledge, 85 00:04:51,379 --> 00:04:53,379 as He says: 86 00:04:53,379 --> 00:04:55,379 “Hast thou not seen that Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth? There is no secret conference of three but He is their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than that or more but He is with them wheresoever they may be; and afterward, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they did. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things.” (58:7) 87 00:04:55,379 --> 00:04:57,379 '...nor is there any... but He is the fourth of them.'" 88 00:04:57,379 --> 00:05:01,379 “Hast thou not seen that Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth? There is no secret conference of three but He is their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than that or more but He is with them wheresoever they may be; and afterward, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they did. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things.” (58:7) 89 00:05:01,379 --> 00:05:03,379 Regarding this momentous situation, 90 00:05:03,379 --> 00:05:05,379 Allah the Exalted says: 91 00:05:05,379 --> 00:05:10,379 "If you do not help him, Allah has already helped him." 92 00:05:10,379 --> 00:05:14,379 “If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (9:40) 93 00:05:14,379 --> 00:05:18,379 “If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (9:40) 94 00:05:18,379 --> 00:05:23,379 “If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (9:40) 95 00:05:23,379 --> 00:05:27,379 “If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (9:40) 96 00:05:27,379 --> 00:05:30,379 "Indeed, Allah is with us." 97 00:05:30,379 --> 00:05:33,379 Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari said: 98 00:05:33,379 --> 00:05:35,379 "This is an announcement from Allah 99 00:05:35,379 --> 00:05:39,379 to the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 100 00:05:39,379 --> 00:05:41,379 that He is the One who guarantees the victory of His Messenger, 101 00:05:41,379 --> 00:05:43,379 peace be upon him, 102 00:05:43,379 --> 00:05:45,379 over the enemies of His religion, 103 00:05:45,379 --> 00:05:48,379 and will manifest him over them, regardless of them, 104 00:05:48,379 --> 00:05:50,379 whether they helped him or did not help him. 105 00:05:50,379 --> 00:05:53,379 It is a reminder to them that He did that for him 106 00:05:53,379 --> 00:05:56,379 while he was few in number, 107 00:05:56,379 --> 00:05:58,379 and the enemy was great in number. 108 00:05:58,379 --> 00:06:01,379 So how much more so when he is many in number, 109 00:06:01,379 --> 00:06:04,480 and the enemy is few?" 110 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:05,480 I say: 111 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,480 Allah, glory be to Him and Exalted is He, diverted 112 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,480 the hearts and eyes of the polytheists 113 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,480 from looking inside the cave. 114 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:16,480 Thus, Allah, glory be to Him, protected His Messenger, peace be upon him, 115 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,480 from the polytheists. 116 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:24,660 The departure of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 117 00:06:24,660 --> 00:06:27,660 and his companion from the cave. 118 00:06:27,660 --> 00:06:31,680 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 119 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,680 and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, remained 120 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,680 in the cave for three nights, 121 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,680 until the heat of the pursuit cooled down for them, 122 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,680 and the people calmed down regarding them. 123 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,680 Abdullah ibn Urayqit came to them 124 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:46,680 with the two mounts. 125 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,680 They set off, 126 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,680 and Amir ibn Fuhayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, went with them. 127 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,680 Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 128 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,680 "Amir ibn Fuhayrah and the guide went with them, 129 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,680 and he took them along the coastal route." 130 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,709 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 131 00:07:05,709 --> 00:07:10,709 "It appears that between his departure, peace and blessings be upon him, from Makkah 132 00:07:10,709 --> 00:07:12,709 and his entry into Madinah 133 00:07:12,709 --> 00:07:14,709 was fifteen days, 134 00:07:14,709 --> 00:07:18,709 because he stayed in the cave of Thawr for three days, 135 00:07:18,709 --> 00:07:21,709 then he took the coastal route, 136 00:07:21,709 --> 00:07:25,579 which is further than the main road." 137 00:07:25,579 --> 00:07:29,579 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 138 00:07:29,579 --> 00:07:36,769 If the longing of the worlds for some of them is long, 139 00:07:36,769 --> 00:07:42,769 the longing for you cannot be encompassed in its extent. 140 00:07:42,769 --> 00:07:49,339 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 141 00:07:49,339 --> 00:07:57,529 and lips move with the remainder.