1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,399 --> 00:00:12,970 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 3 00:00:12,970 --> 00:00:17,609 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 4 00:00:17,609 --> 00:00:27,460 The descent of revelation to clarify the prayer times. 5 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:29,780 Imam al-Qurtubi said: 6 00:00:29,780 --> 00:00:33,299 There is no disagreement that Jibril, peace be upon him, 7 00:00:33,299 --> 00:00:37,140 descended on the morning of the night of the Isra' at midday. 8 00:00:37,179 --> 00:00:40,020 He taught the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 9 00:00:40,020 --> 00:00:42,810 the prayer and its prescribed times. 10 00:00:42,810 --> 00:00:45,329 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 11 00:00:45,329 --> 00:00:47,850 When the night of the Isra' occurred, 12 00:00:47,850 --> 00:00:50,570 a year and a half before the Hijrah, 13 00:00:50,570 --> 00:00:54,009 Allah enjoined upon His Messenger, peace be upon him, 14 00:00:54,009 --> 00:00:55,850 the five daily prayers. 15 00:00:55,850 --> 00:00:58,210 He detailed their conditions and essential pillars, 16 00:00:58,210 --> 00:01:00,729 and everything related to them thereafter, 17 00:01:00,729 --> 00:01:02,649 gradually. 18 00:01:02,649 --> 00:01:04,730 And Allah knows best. 19 00:01:04,769 --> 00:01:07,569 The two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections, 20 00:01:07,569 --> 00:01:10,689 on the authority of Ibn Shihab, that ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz 21 00:01:10,689 --> 00:01:12,930 delayed the prayer one day. 22 00:01:12,930 --> 00:01:15,810 ‘Urwah Ibn al-Zubayr entered upon him, 23 00:01:15,810 --> 00:01:18,409 and informed him that al-Mughirah Ibn Shu‘bah 24 00:01:18,409 --> 00:01:21,879 had delayed the prayer one day while he was in Iraq. 25 00:01:21,879 --> 00:01:25,280 Abu Mas‘ud al-Ansari entered upon him, 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,879 and said, "What is this, O Mughirah? 27 00:01:28,879 --> 00:01:33,719 Do you not know that Jibril, may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, 28 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,680 descended and prayed, 29 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,640 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed; 30 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,239 then he prayed, 31 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:45,280 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed; 32 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:46,959 then he prayed, 33 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:51,040 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed; 34 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,640 then he prayed, 35 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,599 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed; 36 00:01:56,599 --> 00:01:58,239 then he prayed, 37 00:01:58,239 --> 00:02:01,359 and he, peace be upon him, prayed." 38 00:02:01,359 --> 00:02:02,799 Then he said, 39 00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:04,799 "I have been commanded to do this." 40 00:02:04,799 --> 00:02:07,799 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad, 41 00:02:07,799 --> 00:02:10,800 and al-Hakim in his Mustadrak with a sound chain of narration, 42 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:15,800 on the authority of Jabir Ibn ‘Abdullah al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 43 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:21,800 Jibril came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, when the sun had passed its zenith, 44 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,800 and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray Dhuhr." 45 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,800 So he rose and prayed Dhuhr when the sun had passed its zenith. 46 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,800 Then he waited until a man’s shadow was equal to his height for ‘Asr. 47 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,800 He came and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray ‘Asr." 48 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,900 So he rose and prayed ‘Asr. 49 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:44,900 Then he waited until the sun had set and said, 50 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:47,900 "Rise and pray Maghrib." 51 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:51,900 So he rose and prayed it exactly when the sun had set. 52 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:55,060 Then he waited until the twilight had vanished. 53 00:02:55,060 --> 00:02:59,060 He came to him and said, "Rise and pray ‘Isha'." 54 00:02:59,060 --> 00:03:02,120 So he rose and prayed it. 55 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,120 Then he came to him when the dawn broke for the morning prayer, 56 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,120 and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray." 57 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,150 So he rose and prayed the morning prayer. 58 00:03:12,150 --> 00:03:16,150 Then he came to him the next day when a man’s shadow was equal to his height, 59 00:03:16,150 --> 00:03:20,150 and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray Dhuhr." 60 00:03:20,150 --> 00:03:23,280 So he rose and prayed Dhuhr. 61 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,280 Then he came to him when a man’s shadow was twice his height, 62 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,280 and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray ‘Asr." 63 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,439 So he rose and prayed ‘Asr. 64 00:03:34,439 --> 00:03:37,439 Then he came to him for Maghrib when the sun had set, 65 00:03:37,439 --> 00:03:40,439 at the same time, not deviating from it, 66 00:03:40,439 --> 00:03:43,439 and said, "Rise and pray Maghrib." 67 00:03:43,439 --> 00:03:46,439 So he prayed Maghrib. 68 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:50,439 Then he came to him for ‘Isha' when the first third of the night had passed, 69 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:53,439 and said, "Rise and pray." 70 00:03:53,439 --> 00:03:55,599 So he prayed ‘Isha'. 71 00:03:55,599 --> 00:03:58,599 Then he came to him for the morning prayer when the dawn was very bright, 72 00:03:58,599 --> 00:04:01,599 and said, "Rise and pray the morning prayer." 73 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:06,599 Then he said, "Everything between these two times is a valid time." 74 00:04:06,599 --> 00:04:12,719 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 75 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:17,980 Authored by Shaykh Musa Ibn Rashid al-‘Azimi, 76 00:04:17,980 --> 00:04:24,230 and presented by the Mawaddah Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 77 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:30,490 If the longing of the worlds for one another grows long, 78 00:04:30,490 --> 00:04:37,519 the longing for you has no fathomable limit. 79 00:04:37,519 --> 00:04:44,100 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 80 00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:53,250 and lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.