Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (100) | Building the Prophet’s Mosque

0:00 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

0:03 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

0:12 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).

0:17 Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi.

0:22 May Allah preserve him.

0:24 The Construction of the Prophet’s Mosque.

0:31 The first task undertaken by the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

0:37 after settling in the Prophetic city of Medina,

0:40 was the construction of the Prophet’s Mosque.

0:43 The two Sheikhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

0:49 He then commanded that the mosque be built.

0:52 He sent for the leaders of the Banu al-Najjar.

0:55 They came,

0:56 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

1:00 "O Banu al-Najjar,

1:02 name your price for this garden of yours."

1:05 They replied, "No, by Allah,

1:07 we seek no price for it except from Allah the Almighty."

1:11 In another narration in Sahih al-Bukhari,

1:15 Urwah Ibn al-Zubayr said:

1:17 "It (the she-camel) knelt down at the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in Medina."

1:22 Meaning, the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, knelt down.

1:26 At that time, some of the Muslims were praying there.

1:31 It was a drying yard for dates belonging to Sahl and Suhayl,

1:35 two orphan boys under the guardianship of As'ad Ibn Zurarah, may Allah be pleased with him.

1:40 When his mount knelt down, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

1:46 "This, if Allah wills, is the place."

1:49 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, called the two boys

1:54 and bargained with them for the drying yard to take it as a mosque.

1:59 They said, "No,

2:01 rather, we give it to you as a gift, O Messenger of Allah."

2:06 But the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, refused to accept it from them as a gift,

2:12 until he purchased it from them.

2:15 Then he built it into a mosque.

2:17 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, began

2:23 the construction of the Prophet’s Mosque.

2:26 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a sound (sahih) chain of narration

2:30 from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

2:34 "The site of the Prophet’s mosque, peace be upon him, belonged to the Banu al-Najjar.

2:39 It contained palm trees, cultivated land, and graves from the pre-Islamic era."

2:44 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, ordered the palm trees to be cut down,

2:50 the cultivated land to be cleared,

2:52 and the graves to be exhumed.

2:54 In Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim,

2:57 it is narrated from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said:

3:01 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, ordered the graves of the polytheists to be exhumed,

3:07 the ruins to be leveled,

3:09 and the palm trees to be cut down."

3:11 They arranged the palm trunks to form the qibla of the mosque,

3:14 and they made its doorposts out of stone.

3:17 As they carried the stones, they chanted in rhythm,

3:21 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was with them, saying:

3:26 "O Allah, there is no good except the good of the Hereafter,

3:30 so grant victory to the Ansar and the Muhajirun."

3:33 The Prophet’s Mosque was built in the simplest form.

3:37 Imam al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih from Nafi',

3:42 that Abdullah Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, reported

3:47 that the mosque, during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

3:52 was built of mud bricks,

3:54 its roof was made of palm branches,

3:56 and its pillars were of palm wood.

3:58 The Construction of the Chambers for the Wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him.

4:06 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, built a chamber around his noble mosque

4:13 to serve as dwellings for him and his family.

4:16 They were in the simplest form.

4:18 Sawda Bint Zam'a, may Allah be pleased with her, had a house,

4:23 and another belonged to Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her,

4:26 because the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had not married anyone else at that time.

4:33 Imam al-Bukhari narrated in Al-Adab al-Mufrad with a sound chain of narration

4:38 from Dawud Ibn Qays, who said:

4:41 "I saw the chambers made of palm branches,

4:44 covered on the outside with haircloth,"

4:47 meaning, a garment of hair.

4:49 "I estimate the width of the house from the door of the chamber to the door of the house

4:54 to be about six or seven cubits.

4:57 And I estimate the interior of the house to be ten cubits.

5:00 I think its height was between seven and eight cubits, or thereabouts.

5:05 I stood at the door of Aisha,

5:07 and it faced the west."

5:10 Imam al-Bukhari also narrated in Al-Adab al-Mufrad with a sound chain of narration

5:15 from Muhammad Ibn Hilal,

5:17 that he saw the chambers of the wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him,

5:22 made of palm branches covered with haircloth.

5:25 I asked him about the house of Aisha,

5:28 and he said:

5:29 "Its door was facing the direction of the Levant (al-Sham)."

5:32 I asked:

5:33 "Was it a single-leaf door or a double-leaf door?"

5:36 He said:

5:37 "It was a single door."

5:39 I asked:

5:40 "What was it made of?"

5:42 He said:

5:43 "Of juniper or teak wood."

5:46 The Brotherhood between the Muhajirun and the Ansar.

5:53 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, established brotherhood

5:58 between the Muhajirun and the Ansar, may Allah be pleased with them.

6:02 This brotherhood was contracted in the house of Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him.

6:07 The two Sheikhs narrated in their Sahih collections,

6:11 as did Imam Ahmad in his Musnad,

6:13 with the wording belonging to Ahmad,

6:15 from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

6:19 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, established a pact of brotherhood

6:22 between the Muhajirun and the Ansar in our house."

6:26 Sufyan said:

6:27 "It is as if he meant he established brotherhood."

6:30 Al-Hafiz said in Al-Fath:

6:32 "The beginning of the brotherhood was in the early days of the arrival of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in Medina,

6:39 and he continued to renew it for those who entered Islam

6:43 or arrived in Medina."

6:46 Imam Ibn al-Qayyim said:

6:48 "He established brotherhood among them based on mutual support,

6:51 and they would inherit from one another after death, to the exclusion of their blood relatives,

6:55 until the time of the Battle of Badr."

6:57 Then Allah the Almighty revealed:

7:00 ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance in the decree of Allah.﴿

7:06 This returned the right of inheritance to blood relatives, rather than the bond of brotherhood.

7:10 Al-Hakim narrated in Al-Mustadrak with a hasan (good) chain of narration

7:14 from al-Zubayr Ibn al-Awwam, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

7:18 "Regarding us, this verse was revealed:

7:20 ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance...﴿"

7:24 He said:

7:25 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

7:28 had established brotherhood between a man from the Muhajirun and a man from the Ansar.

7:33 I did not doubt that we would inherit from one another if Ka'b died,"

7:37 meaning Ka'b Ibn Malik al-Ansari,

7:40 "and he had no one else to inherit from him.

7:42 So I thought that I would inherit from him,

7:44 and if I died, he would likewise inherit from me,

7:47 until this verse was revealed:

7:50 ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance...﴿"

7:54 Al-Hakim narrated in Al-Mustadrak with a sound chain of narration

7:57 from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said:

8:01 "The Muhajirun used to inherit from one another to the exclusion of the desert Arabs,

8:06 then ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance﴿ was revealed."

8:11 In another wording in Sunan Abi Dawud with a hasan chain of narration from him, may Allah be pleased with him, he said:

8:18 "A man would form a pact of brotherhood with another man,

8:20 even if there was no kinship between them,

8:22 and one would inherit from the other.

8:25 Then this was abrogated by Surah al-Anfal,

8:27 for Allah the Almighty said:

8:29 ﴾But blood relatives are more entitled to inheritance...﴿"

8:33 A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).

8:39 If the longing of the worlds for some of them is long,

8:45 then the longing for you, O Messenger of Allah, has no bounds.

8:52 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised,

8:58 and as long as lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.

Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (100) | Building the Prophet’s Mosque

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