WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.359 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:12.890 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:12.890 --> 00:00:17.449 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:00:17.449 --> 00:00:25.769 The Quraysh send a delegation to Abu Talib. 00:00:25.769 --> 00:00:30.730 When the Quraysh saw that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:00:30.730 --> 00:00:36.609 would not desist from any of the things they disapproved of regarding his separation from their ways and his criticism of their gods, 00:00:36.770 --> 00:00:41.929 and they saw that his uncle, Abu Talib, was protective of him and stood in his defense, 00:00:41.929 --> 00:00:43.890 refusing to hand him over to them, 00:00:43.890 --> 00:00:48.210 a group of the noblemen of the Quraysh went to Abu Talib. 00:00:48.210 --> 00:00:51.049 Among them were ‘Utbah and Shaybah, the sons of Rabi‘ah, 00:00:51.049 --> 00:00:53.289 Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb, 00:00:53.289 --> 00:00:56.530 Abu al-Bakhtari al-‘As Ibn Hisham, 00:00:56.530 --> 00:00:58.770 al-Aswad Ibn al-Muttalib, 00:00:58.770 --> 00:01:02.049 Abu Jahl ‘Umar Ibn Hisham, 00:01:02.049 --> 00:01:04.250 al-Walid Ibn al-Mughirah, 00:01:04.290 --> 00:01:06.170 Nabih and Munabbih, 00:01:06.170 --> 00:01:07.810 the sons of al-Hajjaj, 00:01:07.810 --> 00:01:10.049 and al-‘As Ibn Wa’il. 00:01:10.049 --> 00:01:12.650 They said, "O Abu Talib, 00:01:12.650 --> 00:01:17.090 your nephew has insulted our gods and criticized our religion, 00:01:17.090 --> 00:01:21.049 mocked our intellects, and declared our forefathers to be misguided. 00:01:21.049 --> 00:01:23.569 Either you restrain him from us, 00:01:23.569 --> 00:01:26.930 or you step aside and let us deal with him, 00:01:26.930 --> 00:01:30.689 for you are in the same position as we are regarding our opposition to him, 00:01:30.689 --> 00:01:32.469 and we will suffice you against him." 00:01:32.510 --> 00:01:36.069 Abu Talib spoke to them in a gentle manner, 00:01:36.069 --> 00:01:38.590 and gave them a courteous reply, 00:01:38.590 --> 00:01:42.109 so they departed from him. 00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:52.290 Al-Hakim narrated in his Mustadrak and authenticated it, 00:01:52.290 --> 00:01:55.209 as did al-Bayhaqi in Dala’il al-Nubuwwah, 00:01:55.209 --> 00:01:58.890 on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: 00:01:58.890 --> 00:02:04.489 "Al-Walid Ibn al-Mughirah came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:02:04.530 --> 00:02:06.890 and he recited the Qur’an to him, 00:02:06.890 --> 00:02:09.210 and it was as if his heart softened toward it. 00:02:09.210 --> 00:02:11.650 This reached Abu Jahl, 00:02:11.650 --> 00:02:13.530 so he went to him and said, 00:02:13.530 --> 00:02:14.889 'O uncle, 00:02:14.889 --> 00:02:18.930 your people want to collect wealth for you.' 00:02:18.930 --> 00:02:20.449 He asked, 'Why?' 00:02:20.449 --> 00:02:22.889 He replied, 'To give it to you, 00:02:22.889 --> 00:02:27.050 because you went to Muhammad to seek what he has.' 00:02:27.050 --> 00:02:31.930 He said, 'The Quraysh know that I am one of the wealthiest among them.' 00:02:31.930 --> 00:02:32.930 He said, 00:02:32.930 --> 00:02:37.409 'Then say something about him that will inform your people that you reject him, 00:02:37.409 --> 00:02:39.849 or that you dislike him.' 00:02:39.849 --> 00:02:40.729 He said, 00:02:40.729 --> 00:02:42.650 'And what should I say? 00:02:42.650 --> 00:02:46.969 By Allah, there is no man among you who knows poetry better than I, 00:02:46.969 --> 00:02:51.009 nor is anyone more knowledgeable of its rajaz or its qasida forms than I, 00:02:51.009 --> 00:02:53.370 nor even the poetry of the jinn. 00:02:53.370 --> 00:02:57.729 By Allah, what he says does not resemble any of this. 00:02:57.729 --> 00:03:01.969 By Allah, the words he speaks have a sweetness, 00:03:01.969 --> 00:03:04.409 and they possess a luster. 00:03:04.409 --> 00:03:08.810 It is fruitful at its peak and overflowing at its base. 00:03:08.810 --> 00:03:11.729 It is supreme and cannot be surpassed. 00:03:11.729 --> 00:03:14.860 It shatters everything beneath it.' 00:03:14.860 --> 00:03:15.900 He said, 00:03:15.900 --> 00:03:19.939 'Your people will not be satisfied with you until you speak against him.' 00:03:19.939 --> 00:03:21.020 He said, 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:23.740 'Then leave me to think.' 00:03:23.740 --> 00:03:26.060 When he had thought, he said, 00:03:26.060 --> 00:03:28.259 'This is but sorcery being transmitted, 00:03:28.259 --> 00:03:30.539 which he has learned from others.' 00:03:30.539 --> 00:03:31.939 Then it was revealed: 00:03:31.979 --> 00:03:34.939 ﴾Leave Me with the one whom I created alone.﴿ 00:03:34.939 --> 00:03:38.479 A Summary 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:41.740 of the Prophetic biography (Seerah), 00:03:41.740 --> 00:03:43.740 authored by the Sheikh 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:46.800 Musa Ibn Rashid al-‘Azimi, 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:49.800 with an introduction by the Mawaddah Association 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:53.060 in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 00:03:53.060 --> 00:04:00.060 If the longing of the worlds for one another grows long, 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:07.280 the longing for you is boundless. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:13.699 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the dew rises, 00:04:13.699 --> 00:04:20.430 and as long as the lips 00:04:20.430 --> 00:04:22.430 move in remembrance.