1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,439 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:13,039 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:19,969 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 4 00:00:19,969 --> 00:00:26,510 The pause in the revelation and its subsequent return. 5 00:00:26,510 --> 00:00:30,910 The revelation paused for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 6 00:00:30,910 --> 00:00:34,750 after the first time the angel Jibril, peace be upon him, descended 7 00:00:34,829 --> 00:00:38,670 upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 8 00:00:38,670 --> 00:00:40,670 The wisdom behind this 9 00:00:40,670 --> 00:00:46,670 was to make the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, yearn for it once more. 10 00:00:46,670 --> 00:00:50,670 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a hasan (sound) chain of narration 11 00:00:50,670 --> 00:00:54,670 from Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: 12 00:00:54,670 --> 00:01:00,429 "The revelation was withheld from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, at the beginning of his mission, 13 00:01:00,429 --> 00:01:02,750 and seclusion was made beloved to him. 14 00:01:02,750 --> 00:01:05,230 So, he began to seclude himself in [the cave of] Hira'. 15 00:01:05,230 --> 00:01:08,189 While he was returning from Hira', 16 00:01:08,189 --> 00:01:11,069 I heard a sound from above me. 17 00:01:11,069 --> 00:01:12,829 I raised my head, 18 00:01:12,829 --> 00:01:15,390 and behold, the one who had come to me at Hira' 19 00:01:15,390 --> 00:01:18,030 was sitting on a throne between the heaven and the earth. 20 00:01:18,030 --> 00:01:21,409 When I saw him, I fell to the ground in terror. 21 00:01:21,409 --> 00:01:22,930 When I recovered, 22 00:01:22,930 --> 00:01:25,890 I went to my family in haste and said, 23 00:01:25,890 --> 00:01:28,530 'Wrap me up! Wrap me up!' 24 00:01:28,530 --> 00:01:31,170 Then Jibril came to me and said, 25 00:01:31,170 --> 00:01:35,489 'O you who are wrapped in garments, arise and warn, 26 00:01:35,489 --> 00:01:37,569 and your Lord magnify, 27 00:01:37,569 --> 00:01:39,890 and your garments purify, 28 00:01:39,890 --> 00:01:42,129 and the idols avoid.'" 29 00:01:42,129 --> 00:01:44,930 The two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections, 30 00:01:44,930 --> 00:01:49,010 as did Imam Ahmad in his Musnad—the wording being that of Ahmad— 31 00:01:49,010 --> 00:01:52,370 from Abu Salamah Ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, who said: 32 00:01:52,370 --> 00:01:56,530 "Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, informed me 33 00:01:56,609 --> 00:02:01,569 that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, saying: 34 00:02:01,569 --> 00:02:04,530 'Then the revelation paused for me for a period. 35 00:02:04,530 --> 00:02:06,609 While I was walking, 36 00:02:06,609 --> 00:02:09,169 I heard a voice from the sky. 37 00:02:09,169 --> 00:02:12,050 I raised my gaze toward the sky, 38 00:02:12,050 --> 00:02:15,009 and behold, the angel who had come to me at Hira' 39 00:02:15,009 --> 00:02:19,009 was sitting on a throne between the heaven and the earth. 40 00:02:19,009 --> 00:02:22,770 I was struck with such terror that I fell to the ground. 41 00:02:22,770 --> 00:02:25,090 I went to my family and said, 42 00:02:25,090 --> 00:02:28,689 'Cover me! Cover me! Cover me!' 43 00:02:28,689 --> 00:02:30,289 So they covered me. 44 00:02:30,289 --> 00:02:32,689 Then Allah the Exalted revealed: 45 00:02:32,689 --> 00:02:35,250 'O you who are wrapped in garments, 46 00:02:35,250 --> 00:02:37,090 arise and warn, 47 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:39,169 and your Lord magnify, 48 00:02:39,169 --> 00:02:41,490 and your garments purify, 49 00:02:41,490 --> 00:02:43,729 and the idols avoid.' 50 00:02:43,729 --> 00:02:47,169 Then the revelation intensified and followed in succession. 51 00:02:47,169 --> 00:02:49,490 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 52 00:02:49,490 --> 00:02:54,770 "Allah then commanded His Messenger, peace be upon him, in this verse 53 00:02:54,770 --> 00:02:58,129 to warn his people and call them to Allah." 54 00:02:58,129 --> 00:03:02,449 So he, peace be upon him, girded himself for the task of the mission, 55 00:03:02,449 --> 00:03:06,689 and stood in the obedience of Allah, the Glorified, in the most perfect manner, 56 00:03:06,689 --> 00:03:10,449 calling to Allah, the Glorified, both the old and the young, 57 00:03:10,449 --> 00:03:12,129 the free and the slave, 58 00:03:12,129 --> 00:03:14,129 the men and the women, 59 00:03:14,129 --> 00:03:16,370 the black and the red. 60 00:03:16,370 --> 00:03:21,169 This was due to the universality of his message, peace be upon him, 61 00:03:21,169 --> 00:03:22,930 as the Exalted said: 62 00:03:22,930 --> 00:03:34,939 “And We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) save as a bringer of good tidings and a warner unto all mankind; but most of mankind know not.” (34:28) 63 00:03:34,939 --> 00:03:37,819 "As a bringer of glad tidings and a warner, 64 00:03:37,819 --> 00:03:43,020 but most of mankind do not know." 65 00:03:43,020 --> 00:03:44,620 And as He said: 66 00:03:44,620 --> 00:03:50,379 “We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.” (21:107) 67 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:57,099 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah), 68 00:03:57,099 --> 00:04:01,969 authored by Shaykh Musa bin Rashid al-'Azimi, 69 00:04:01,969 --> 00:04:08,909 and presented by the Mawaddah Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 70 00:04:08,909 --> 00:04:15,780 If the longing of the worlds for one another is long, 71 00:04:15,939 --> 00:04:22,939 the longing for you is beyond measure. 72 00:04:22,939 --> 00:04:29,519 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 73 00:04:29,519 --> 00:04:37,379 and lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.