WEBVTT 00:00:00.110 --> 00:00:03.609 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.609 --> 00:00:13.089 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:13.089 --> 00:00:17.589 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:00:17.589 --> 00:00:22.750 Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi. 00:00:22.750 --> 00:00:24.910 May Allah preserve him. 00:00:24.910 --> 00:00:34.270 The arrival of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, at the wells of Badr. 00:00:35.729 --> 00:00:41.229 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, marched with his army toward the wells of Badr. 00:00:41.229 --> 00:00:43.729 To reach them before the polytheists. 00:00:43.729 --> 00:00:47.229 And to prevent them from seizing control of them. 00:00:47.229 --> 00:00:54.729 So the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and his Companions encamped at the best of the wells of Badr. 00:00:54.729 --> 00:00:58.729 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with an authentic chain of narration. 00:00:58.729 --> 00:01:02.729 On the authority of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:01:02.729 --> 00:01:09.260 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, marched to Badr, and Badr was a well. 00:01:09.260 --> 00:01:14.180 We reached it before the polytheists. 00:01:14.180 --> 00:01:18.760 The rainfall upon both parties. 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.760 Allah, Glory be to Him, intervened between the Quraysh and the water. 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:25.260 By means of a great rain He sent down. 00:01:25.260 --> 00:01:27.760 It was a source of affliction for the disbelievers. 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:29.760 And a blessing for the Muslims. 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:32.760 It leveled the ground for them and firmed it. 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:34.760 Allah the Almighty said: 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:39.260 “When He made the slumber fall upon you as a reassurance from him and sent down water from the sky upon you, that thereby He might purify you, and remove from you the fear of Satan, and make strong your hearts and firm (your) feet thereby.” (8:11) 00:01:39.260 --> 00:01:50.760 “When He made the slumber fall upon you as a reassurance from him and sent down water from the sky upon you, that thereby He might purify you, and remove from you the fear of Satan, and make strong your hearts and firm (your) feet thereby.” (8:11) 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:56.819 To purify you thereby. 00:01:56.819 --> 00:02:00.819 “When He made the slumber fall upon you as a reassurance from him and sent down water from the sky upon you, that thereby He might purify you, and remove from you the fear of Satan, and make strong your hearts and firm (your) feet thereby.” (8:11) 00:02:00.819 --> 00:02:03.819 And to strengthen your hearts. 00:02:03.819 --> 00:02:07.819 And to plant your feet firmly therewith. 00:02:07.819 --> 00:02:09.819 Imam Ibn al-Qayyim said: 00:02:09.819 --> 00:02:14.819 Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, sent down a single rain that night. 00:02:14.819 --> 00:02:19.819 It was a heavy downpour upon the polytheists that prevented them from advancing. 00:02:19.819 --> 00:02:22.819 And it was a light drizzle upon the Muslims. 00:02:22.819 --> 00:02:26.819 He purified them with it and removed from them the impurity of Satan. 00:02:26.819 --> 00:02:29.819 He leveled the ground with it and hardened the sand. 00:02:29.819 --> 00:02:31.819 And made their feet firm. 00:02:31.819 --> 00:02:33.819 And prepared the campsite with it. 00:02:33.819 --> 00:02:36.819 And strengthened their hearts with it. 00:02:36.819 --> 00:02:41.819 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and the Muslims reached the water first. 00:02:41.819 --> 00:02:45.819 They encamped there in the middle of the night and constructed basins. 00:02:45.819 --> 00:02:48.819 Then they filled in all the other wells. 00:02:48.819 --> 00:02:54.819 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and his Companions settled by the basins. 00:02:54.819 --> 00:03:02.840 The construction of the shelter and the mobilization of the Muslim army. 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:12.439 A shelter was built for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, where he could stay on a hill overlooking the battlefield. 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:16.439 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stayed in it. 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:20.439 With his companion, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:24.439 On the night of Friday, the seventeenth of Ramadan. 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:26.439 Which was the night of the battle. 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:31.439 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, began to mobilize his army. 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:34.439 Then he began walking across the battlefield. 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:39.439 He began pointing with his hand, saying, "This is where so-and-so will fall tomorrow." 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:43.439 "And this is where so-and-so will fall tomorrow, if Allah wills." 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:47.439 He placed his hand on the ground here and there. 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.509 Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:03:50.509 --> 00:03:57.509 By Allah, not one of them moved from the spot where the hand of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had touched. 00:03:57.509 --> 00:04:00.509 Meaning, they did not shift or deviate. 00:04:00.509 --> 00:04:03.509 In another narration in Sahih Muslim. 00:04:03.509 --> 00:04:06.509 On the authority of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:04:06.509 --> 00:04:09.509 By the One who sent him with the truth. 00:04:09.509 --> 00:04:17.430 They did not miss the boundaries that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had marked. 00:04:17.430 --> 00:04:24.430 The descent of slumber and the prayer of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:04:24.430 --> 00:04:29.160 Slumber overcame the Muslims on the night of Friday. 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:31.160 As a security from Allah. 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:36.160 Allah the Almighty said: "When He covered you with slumber as a security from Him." 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.160 So they all slept. 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:40.160 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:44.160 Allah reminds them of the favor He bestowed upon them. 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:47.160 By casting slumber upon them. 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:53.360 As a security from the fear they felt due to the multitude of their enemy and their own small numbers. 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:57.360 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with an authentic chain of narration. 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:01.360 On the authority of Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:05.360 Abu Talhah al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:10.360 Slumber overcame us while we were in our ranks on the day of Badr. 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:12.360 Abu Talhah said: 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:15.360 I was among those who were overcome by slumber that day. 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.360 My sword kept falling from my hand, and I would pick it up. 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.420 It would fall, and I would pick it up. 00:05:21.420 --> 00:05:25.420 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, spent that night. 00:05:25.420 --> 00:05:29.420 The night of the Criterion, praying under a tree. 00:05:29.420 --> 00:05:33.449 Supplicating to Allah, Glory be to Him and Exalted. 00:05:33.449 --> 00:05:37.449 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with an authentic chain of narration. 00:05:37.449 --> 00:05:41.449 On the authority of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:05:41.449 --> 00:05:46.449 There was no horseman among us on the day of Badr except al-Miqdad. 00:05:46.449 --> 00:05:50.449 I saw us, and there was no one among us who was not asleep. 00:05:50.449 --> 00:05:57.449 Except the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, who was under a tree, praying and weeping until morning. 00:05:57.449 --> 00:06:01.519 Ibn Hibban narrated in his Sahih with a sound chain of narration. 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:05.519 On the authority of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:11.519 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, reached the morning at Badr the next day. 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.519 He had spent that entire night in worship. 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:21.850 The arrival of the polytheist army in the valley of Badr. 00:06:21.850 --> 00:06:25.850 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, reached the morning. 00:06:25.850 --> 00:06:30.850 That was Friday, the seventeenth of Ramadan. 00:06:30.850 --> 00:06:34.850 Of the second year of the Hijrah, and it was the Day of the Criterion. 00:06:34.850 --> 00:06:39.850 He arranged his Companions, straightened their ranks, and said to them: 00:06:39.850 --> 00:06:45.850 "Do not let anyone of you advance toward anything until I give the command." 00:06:45.850 --> 00:06:48.850 The Quraysh approached in their battalions. 00:06:48.850 --> 00:06:52.850 And began to take their positions on the battlefield. 00:06:52.850 --> 00:06:57.850 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, saw them, he said: 00:06:57.850 --> 00:07:00.850 "O Allah, this is Quraysh." 00:07:00.850 --> 00:07:03.850 "They have come with their arrogance and pride." 00:07:03.850 --> 00:07:06.850 "To oppose You and call Your Messenger a liar." 00:07:06.850 --> 00:07:10.850 "O Allah, grant me the victory You promised me." 00:07:10.850 --> 00:07:15.240 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:21.240 The longing of the worlds for one another has grown. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:28.329 For the longing toward you has no fathomable end. 00:07:28.329 --> 00:07:34.910 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised. 00:07:34.910 --> 00:07:43.569 And as long as lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.