1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,359 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,359 --> 00:00:12,980 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 3 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:17,539 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 4 00:00:17,539 --> 00:00:22,660 Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi. 5 00:00:22,660 --> 00:00:24,780 May Allah preserve him. 6 00:00:24,780 --> 00:00:29,870 The gathering of the Quraysh at Dar al-Nadwa. 7 00:00:29,870 --> 00:00:33,090 Ibn Ishaq said: 8 00:00:33,570 --> 00:00:38,369 When the Quraysh saw that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 9 00:00:38,369 --> 00:00:43,570 had gained followers and companions from outside their own land, 10 00:00:43,570 --> 00:00:47,729 and they observed the migration of his Companions to them, 11 00:00:47,729 --> 00:00:50,689 they realized that they had settled in a secure territory, 12 00:00:50,689 --> 00:00:52,689 and had found protection among them. 13 00:00:52,689 --> 00:00:58,049 Thus, they feared the departure of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, to join them, 14 00:00:58,049 --> 00:01:01,570 and they knew that he had resolved to fight them. 15 00:01:01,729 --> 00:01:04,530 Consequently, they gathered at Dar al-Nadwa, 16 00:01:04,530 --> 00:01:12,049 consulting one another on what to do regarding the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, now that they feared him. 17 00:01:12,049 --> 00:01:15,090 They arrived early on the day they had appointed for this meeting, 18 00:01:15,090 --> 00:01:19,010 a day that came to be known as the "Day of the Throng." 19 00:01:19,010 --> 00:01:21,620 Some said to others: 20 00:01:21,620 --> 00:01:26,180 "You have seen what this man has done." 21 00:01:26,579 --> 00:01:33,379 "By Allah, we are no longer safe from him launching an attack upon us, given those who have followed him from outside our ranks." 22 00:01:33,379 --> 00:01:35,780 One of them said: 23 00:01:35,780 --> 00:01:37,780 "Imprison him in chains," 24 00:01:37,780 --> 00:01:40,260 "and lock the door upon him." 25 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:46,340 "Then wait for him to meet the same fate as those poets who preceded him," 26 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:51,219 "like Zuhayr and al-Nabigha, and those who died before him," 27 00:01:51,219 --> 00:01:54,340 "until he meets the same end as they did." 28 00:01:54,420 --> 00:01:56,900 They rejected this proposal. 29 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:59,379 Then another said: 30 00:01:59,379 --> 00:02:01,859 "Let us expel him from our midst," 31 00:02:01,859 --> 00:02:04,099 "and banish him from our land." 32 00:02:04,099 --> 00:02:10,099 "Once he is cast out, by Allah, we will not care where he goes or where he ends up," 33 00:02:10,099 --> 00:02:14,020 "and our affairs and unity will be restored as they were before." 34 00:02:14,020 --> 00:02:16,419 They rejected this proposal as well. 35 00:02:16,419 --> 00:02:19,650 Then Abu Jahl—may Allah disgrace him—said: 36 00:02:19,729 --> 00:02:25,009 "By Allah, I have a plan that none of you have yet considered." 37 00:02:25,009 --> 00:02:27,889 They asked, "What is it, O Abu al-Hakam?" 38 00:02:27,889 --> 00:02:29,330 He said: 39 00:02:29,330 --> 00:02:34,210 "I propose we take a strong, young man from every tribe," 40 00:02:34,210 --> 00:02:36,930 "someone of noble lineage and standing among us." 41 00:02:36,930 --> 00:02:40,930 "Then, we give each of them a sharp sword," 42 00:02:40,930 --> 00:02:42,849 "and they shall go to him," 43 00:02:42,849 --> 00:02:46,370 "and strike him as one man," 44 00:02:46,370 --> 00:02:49,330 "killing him so that we may be rid of him." 45 00:02:49,330 --> 00:02:51,729 "For if they do that," 46 00:02:51,729 --> 00:02:55,250 "his blood will be divided among all the tribes," 47 00:02:55,250 --> 00:02:59,969 "and the Banu Abd Manaf will not be able to fight all their people combined." 48 00:02:59,969 --> 00:03:03,490 "They will then accept the blood money (diya) from us," 49 00:03:03,490 --> 00:03:05,650 "and we shall pay it to them." 50 00:03:05,650 --> 00:03:07,729 They agreed to this plan, 51 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:14,319 and the people dispersed, fully resolved to carry it out. 52 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:19,120 Allah the Almighty informs His Messenger, peace be upon him, 53 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,780 of the plot of the disbelievers of Quraysh. 54 00:03:22,780 --> 00:03:27,740 Allah the Almighty informed His Messenger, peace be upon him, 55 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:30,139 of the plot the polytheists had devised against him, 56 00:03:30,139 --> 00:03:33,020 and revealed to him the words of the Almighty: 57 00:03:33,020 --> 00:03:41,740 “And when those who disbelieve plot against thee (O Muhammad) to wound thee fatally, or to kill thee or to drive thee forth; they plot, but Allah (also) plotteth; and Allah is the best of plotters.” (8:30) 58 00:03:41,740 --> 00:03:45,340 And they plot, and Allah plots; 59 00:03:45,340 --> 00:03:50,259 and Allah is the best of plotters. 60 00:03:50,259 --> 00:03:55,139 Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari said in his Tafsir of this verse: 61 00:03:55,139 --> 00:03:57,139 The interpretation of the statement is: 62 00:03:57,139 --> 00:04:00,180 "Remember, O Muhammad, My favor upon you," 63 00:04:00,180 --> 00:04:04,340 "by My plotting against those who sought to plot against you from among the polytheists of your people," 64 00:04:04,340 --> 00:04:06,580 "whether by imprisoning you, killing you," 65 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:08,979 "or expelling you from your homeland," 66 00:04:08,979 --> 00:04:12,580 "until I rescued you from them and destroyed them." 67 00:04:12,580 --> 00:04:16,819 "So, I shall carry out My decree in the war against those of the polytheists who fought you," 68 00:04:16,819 --> 00:04:21,699 "and turned away from responding to the upright religion with which I sent you." 69 00:04:21,699 --> 00:04:24,899 "Do not let their great numbers intimidate you," 70 00:04:24,899 --> 00:04:29,939 "for your Lord is the best of plotters against those who disbelieve in Him, worship others," 71 00:04:29,939 --> 00:04:32,579 "and defy His commands and prohibitions." 72 00:04:32,579 --> 00:04:41,579 The duration of the Prophet's stay in Makkah before the migration (Hijrah). 73 00:04:41,579 --> 00:04:48,420 Imam al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that he said: 74 00:04:48,420 --> 00:04:53,459 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was commissioned at the age of forty." 75 00:04:53,459 --> 00:04:57,939 "He remained in Makkah for thirteen years receiving revelation," 76 00:04:57,939 --> 00:04:59,939 "then he was commanded to migrate," 77 00:04:59,939 --> 00:05:02,180 "so he migrated for ten years," 78 00:05:02,339 --> 00:05:05,379 "and he passed away at the age of sixty-three." 79 00:05:05,379 --> 00:05:07,860 Imam al-Nawawi said: 80 00:05:07,860 --> 00:05:15,060 "They are in agreement that he, peace be upon him, stayed in Madinah after the migration for ten years," 81 00:05:15,060 --> 00:05:18,660 "and in Makkah before his prophethood for forty years." 82 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:23,779 "The disagreement is only regarding the length of his stay in Makkah after his prophethood." 83 00:05:23,779 --> 00:05:26,660 "The correct view is that it was thirteen years," 84 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:29,779 "making his age sixty-three." 85 00:05:30,259 --> 00:05:35,379 "This which we have mentioned—that he was commissioned at the age of forty—" 86 00:05:35,379 --> 00:05:39,620 "is the correct and well-known view upon which the scholars have converged." 87 00:05:39,620 --> 00:05:44,899 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 88 00:05:44,899 --> 00:05:51,699 If the longing of the worlds for some is great, 89 00:05:51,699 --> 00:05:58,699 the longing for you, O Messenger of Allah, has no bounds. 90 00:05:58,779 --> 00:06:05,420 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 91 00:06:05,420 --> 00:06:13,740 and lips move in remembrance.