WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:12.970 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:12.970 --> 00:00:17.609 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:00:17.609 --> 00:00:27.460 The descent of revelation to clarify the prayer times. 00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:29.780 Imam al-Qurtubi said: 00:00:29.780 --> 00:00:33.299 There is no disagreement that Jibril, peace be upon him, 00:00:33.299 --> 00:00:37.140 descended on the morning of the night of the Isra' at midday. 00:00:37.179 --> 00:00:40.020 He taught the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:00:40.020 --> 00:00:42.810 the prayer and its prescribed times. 00:00:42.810 --> 00:00:45.329 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 00:00:45.329 --> 00:00:47.850 When the night of the Isra' occurred, 00:00:47.850 --> 00:00:50.570 a year and a half before the Hijrah, 00:00:50.570 --> 00:00:54.009 Allah enjoined upon His Messenger, peace be upon him, 00:00:54.009 --> 00:00:55.850 the five daily prayers. 00:00:55.850 --> 00:00:58.210 He detailed their conditions and essential pillars, 00:00:58.210 --> 00:01:00.729 and everything related to them thereafter, 00:01:00.729 --> 00:01:02.649 gradually. 00:01:02.649 --> 00:01:04.730 And Allah knows best. 00:01:04.769 --> 00:01:07.569 The two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections, 00:01:07.569 --> 00:01:10.689 on the authority of Ibn Shihab, that ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz 00:01:10.689 --> 00:01:12.930 delayed the prayer one day. 00:01:12.930 --> 00:01:15.810 ‘Urwah Ibn al-Zubayr entered upon him, 00:01:15.810 --> 00:01:18.409 and informed him that al-Mughirah Ibn Shu‘bah 00:01:18.409 --> 00:01:21.879 had delayed the prayer one day while he was in Iraq. 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:25.280 Abu Mas‘ud al-Ansari entered upon him, 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:28.879 and said, "What is this, O Mughirah? 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:33.719 Do you not know that Jibril, may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:35.680 descended and prayed, 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:39.640 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed; 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:41.239 then he prayed, 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:45.280 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed; 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:46.959 then he prayed, 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:51.040 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed; 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:52.640 then he prayed, 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:56.599 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed; 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:58.239 then he prayed, 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:01.359 and he, peace be upon him, prayed." 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:02.799 Then he said, 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:04.799 "I have been commanded to do this." 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.799 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad, 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:10.800 and al-Hakim in his Mustadrak with a sound chain of narration, 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: 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:21.800 Jibril came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, when the sun had passed its zenith, 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:25.800 and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray Dhuhr." 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:29.800 So he rose and prayed Dhuhr when the sun had passed its zenith. 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:34.800 Then he waited until a man’s shadow was equal to his height for ‘Asr. 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:38.800 He came and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray ‘Asr." 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:41.900 So he rose and prayed ‘Asr. 00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:44.900 Then he waited until the sun had set and said, 00:02:44.900 --> 00:02:47.900 "Rise and pray Maghrib." 00:02:47.900 --> 00:02:51.900 So he rose and prayed it exactly when the sun had set. 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:55.060 Then he waited until the twilight had vanished. 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:59.060 He came to him and said, "Rise and pray ‘Isha'." 00:02:59.060 --> 00:03:02.120 So he rose and prayed it. 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:05.120 Then he came to him when the dawn broke for the morning prayer, 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:09.120 and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray." 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:12.150 So he rose and prayed the morning prayer. 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, 00:03:16.150 --> 00:03:20.150 and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray Dhuhr." 00:03:20.150 --> 00:03:23.280 So he rose and prayed Dhuhr. 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:27.280 Then he came to him when a man’s shadow was twice his height, 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:31.280 and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray ‘Asr." 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:34.439 So he rose and prayed ‘Asr. 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:37.439 Then he came to him for Maghrib when the sun had set, 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.439 at the same time, not deviating from it, 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:43.439 and said, "Rise and pray Maghrib." 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:46.439 So he prayed Maghrib. 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:50.439 Then he came to him for ‘Isha' when the first third of the night had passed, 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:53.439 and said, "Rise and pray." 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:55.599 So he prayed ‘Isha'. 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.599 Then he came to him for the morning prayer when the dawn was very bright, 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.599 and said, "Rise and pray the morning prayer." 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:06.599 Then he said, "Everything between these two times is a valid time." 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:12.719 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:17.980 Authored by Shaykh Musa Ibn Rashid al-‘Azimi, 00:04:17.980 --> 00:04:24.230 and presented by the Mawaddah Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 00:04:24.230 --> 00:04:30.490 If the longing of the worlds for one another grows long, 00:04:30.490 --> 00:04:37.519 the longing for you has no fathomable limit. 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:44.100 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 00:04:44.100 --> 00:04:53.250 and lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.