1 00:00:00,210 --> 00:00:03,710 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,710 --> 00:00:13,220 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 3 00:00:13,220 --> 00:00:18,219 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 4 00:00:18,219 --> 00:00:27,050 The birth of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his contentment. 5 00:00:27,050 --> 00:00:31,550 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was born on a Monday. 6 00:00:31,550 --> 00:00:35,049 In the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, in the Year of the Elephant. 7 00:00:35,049 --> 00:00:38,049 Imam Muslim narrated in his Sahih: 8 00:00:38,049 --> 00:00:43,049 On the authority of Abu Qatadah al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 9 00:00:43,049 --> 00:00:48,049 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was asked about fasting on Mondays. 10 00:00:48,049 --> 00:00:52,049 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, replied: 11 00:00:52,049 --> 00:00:56,049 "It is the day I was born, and the day revelation descended upon me." 12 00:00:56,049 --> 00:01:00,049 There is a difference of opinion regarding the specific Monday of Rabi' al-Awwal 13 00:01:00,549 --> 00:01:05,049 on which the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was born. 14 00:01:05,049 --> 00:01:10,549 The majority hold that it was the twelfth of Rabi' al-Awwal. 15 00:01:10,549 --> 00:01:14,049 Ibn Ishaq confined himself to this date in his Prophetic biography (Seerah). 16 00:01:14,049 --> 00:01:18,049 Imam Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi narrated with a hasan (sound) chain: 17 00:01:18,049 --> 00:01:21,549 On the authority of Qays Ibn Makhramah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 18 00:01:21,549 --> 00:01:27,049 "I and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, were born in the Year of the Elephant." 19 00:01:27,049 --> 00:01:34,049 Al-Hakim narrated in al-Mustadrak with a hasan chain on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 20 00:01:34,049 --> 00:01:39,049 The Prophet, peace be upon him, was born in the Year of the Elephant. 21 00:01:39,049 --> 00:01:46,049 Aminah bint Wahb nursed her son, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for a few days. 22 00:01:46,049 --> 00:01:49,049 She had little milk. 23 00:01:49,049 --> 00:01:53,049 Then, Thuwaybah, the freed slave of Abu Lahab, nursed him. 24 00:01:53,049 --> 00:01:57,049 This was before Halimah al-Sa'diyyah arrived. 25 00:01:57,049 --> 00:02:00,079 The two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections: 26 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:04,579 On the authority of Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan, may Allah be pleased with her: 27 00:02:04,579 --> 00:02:08,580 She said to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him: 28 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:13,580 "We have heard that you intend to marry the daughter of Abu Salamah." 29 00:02:13,580 --> 00:02:16,580 He, peace be upon him, asked: 30 00:02:16,580 --> 00:02:18,580 "The daughter of Umm Salamah?" 31 00:02:18,580 --> 00:02:20,580 I said, "Yes." 32 00:02:20,580 --> 00:02:24,580 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 33 00:02:24,580 --> 00:02:29,580 "Even if she were not my stepdaughter under my guardianship, she would not be lawful for me." 34 00:02:29,580 --> 00:02:32,580 "She is the daughter of my brother through nursing." 35 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:36,580 "Thuwaybah nursed both me and Abu Salamah." 36 00:02:36,580 --> 00:02:41,580 "So do not offer me your daughters or your sisters." 37 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:47,159 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 38 00:02:47,879 --> 00:02:52,379 Authored by Shaykh Musa Barashid al-'Azim. 39 00:02:52,379 --> 00:02:56,449 Presented by the Mawaddah Association. 40 00:02:56,449 --> 00:02:59,830 In the Kingdom of Bahrain. 41 00:02:59,830 --> 00:03:06,830 If the longing of the worlds for one another grows long, 42 00:03:06,830 --> 00:03:12,830 The longing for you, O Messenger of Allah, has no limit. 43 00:03:12,830 --> 00:03:19,439 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 44 00:03:19,439 --> 00:03:28,590 And as long as lips move in remembrance of the Eternal.