WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.359 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:12.980 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:17.539 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:00:17.539 --> 00:00:22.660 Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi. 00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:24.780 May Allah preserve him. 00:00:24.780 --> 00:00:29.870 The gathering of the Quraysh at Dar al-Nadwa. 00:00:29.870 --> 00:00:33.090 Ibn Ishaq said: 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, 00:00:38.369 --> 00:00:43.570 had gained followers and companions from outside their own land, 00:00:43.570 --> 00:00:47.729 and they observed the migration of his Companions to them, 00:00:47.729 --> 00:00:50.689 they realized that they had settled in a secure territory, 00:00:50.689 --> 00:00:52.689 and had found protection among them. 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, 00:00:58.049 --> 00:01:01.570 and they knew that he had resolved to fight them. 00:01:01.729 --> 00:01:04.530 Consequently, they gathered at Dar al-Nadwa, 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. 00:01:12.049 --> 00:01:15.090 They arrived early on the day they had appointed for this meeting, 00:01:15.090 --> 00:01:19.010 a day that came to be known as the "Day of the Throng." 00:01:19.010 --> 00:01:21.620 Some said to others: 00:01:21.620 --> 00:01:26.180 "You have seen what this man has done." 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." 00:01:33.379 --> 00:01:35.780 One of them said: 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:37.780 "Imprison him in chains," 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:40.260 "and lock the door upon him." 00:01:40.260 --> 00:01:46.340 "Then wait for him to meet the same fate as those poets who preceded him," 00:01:46.340 --> 00:01:51.219 "like Zuhayr and al-Nabigha, and those who died before him," 00:01:51.219 --> 00:01:54.340 "until he meets the same end as they did." 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:56.900 They rejected this proposal. 00:01:56.900 --> 00:01:59.379 Then another said: 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:01.859 "Let us expel him from our midst," 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:04.099 "and banish him from our land." 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," 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:14.020 "and our affairs and unity will be restored as they were before." 00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:16.419 They rejected this proposal as well. 00:02:16.419 --> 00:02:19.650 Then Abu Jahl—may Allah disgrace him—said: 00:02:19.729 --> 00:02:25.009 "By Allah, I have a plan that none of you have yet considered." 00:02:25.009 --> 00:02:27.889 They asked, "What is it, O Abu al-Hakam?" 00:02:27.889 --> 00:02:29.330 He said: 00:02:29.330 --> 00:02:34.210 "I propose we take a strong, young man from every tribe," 00:02:34.210 --> 00:02:36.930 "someone of noble lineage and standing among us." 00:02:36.930 --> 00:02:40.930 "Then, we give each of them a sharp sword," 00:02:40.930 --> 00:02:42.849 "and they shall go to him," 00:02:42.849 --> 00:02:46.370 "and strike him as one man," 00:02:46.370 --> 00:02:49.330 "killing him so that we may be rid of him." 00:02:49.330 --> 00:02:51.729 "For if they do that," 00:02:51.729 --> 00:02:55.250 "his blood will be divided among all the tribes," 00:02:55.250 --> 00:02:59.969 "and the Banu Abd Manaf will not be able to fight all their people combined." 00:02:59.969 --> 00:03:03.490 "They will then accept the blood money (diya) from us," 00:03:03.490 --> 00:03:05.650 "and we shall pay it to them." 00:03:05.650 --> 00:03:07.729 They agreed to this plan, 00:03:07.729 --> 00:03:14.319 and the people dispersed, fully resolved to carry it out. 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:19.120 Allah the Almighty informs His Messenger, peace be upon him, 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:22.780 of the plot of the disbelievers of Quraysh. 00:03:22.780 --> 00:03:27.740 Allah the Almighty informed His Messenger, peace be upon him, 00:03:27.740 --> 00:03:30.139 of the plot the polytheists had devised against him, 00:03:30.139 --> 00:03:33.020 and revealed to him the words of the Almighty: 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) 00:03:41.740 --> 00:03:45.340 And they plot, and Allah plots; 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:50.259 and Allah is the best of plotters. 00:03:50.259 --> 00:03:55.139 Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari said in his Tafsir of this verse: 00:03:55.139 --> 00:03:57.139 The interpretation of the statement is: 00:03:57.139 --> 00:04:00.180 "Remember, O Muhammad, My favor upon you," 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," 00:04:04.340 --> 00:04:06.580 "whether by imprisoning you, killing you," 00:04:06.580 --> 00:04:08.979 "or expelling you from your homeland," 00:04:08.979 --> 00:04:12.580 "until I rescued you from them and destroyed them." 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," 00:04:16.819 --> 00:04:21.699 "and turned away from responding to the upright religion with which I sent you." 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:24.899 "Do not let their great numbers intimidate you," 00:04:24.899 --> 00:04:29.939 "for your Lord is the best of plotters against those who disbelieve in Him, worship others," 00:04:29.939 --> 00:04:32.579 "and defy His commands and prohibitions." 00:04:32.579 --> 00:04:41.579 The duration of the Prophet's stay in Makkah before the migration (Hijrah). 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: 00:04:48.420 --> 00:04:53.459 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was commissioned at the age of forty." 00:04:53.459 --> 00:04:57.939 "He remained in Makkah for thirteen years receiving revelation," 00:04:57.939 --> 00:04:59.939 "then he was commanded to migrate," 00:04:59.939 --> 00:05:02.180 "so he migrated for ten years," 00:05:02.339 --> 00:05:05.379 "and he passed away at the age of sixty-three." 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:07.860 Imam al-Nawawi said: 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," 00:05:15.060 --> 00:05:18.660 "and in Makkah before his prophethood for forty years." 00:05:18.660 --> 00:05:23.779 "The disagreement is only regarding the length of his stay in Makkah after his prophethood." 00:05:23.779 --> 00:05:26.660 "The correct view is that it was thirteen years," 00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:29.779 "making his age sixty-three." 00:05:30.259 --> 00:05:35.379 "This which we have mentioned—that he was commissioned at the age of forty—" 00:05:35.379 --> 00:05:39.620 "is the correct and well-known view upon which the scholars have converged." 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:44.899 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:05:44.899 --> 00:05:51.699 If the longing of the worlds for some is great, 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:58.699 the longing for you, O Messenger of Allah, has no bounds. 00:05:58.779 --> 00:06:05.420 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 00:06:05.420 --> 00:06:13.740 and lips move in remembrance.