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Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (114) The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, consulted his companions
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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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An Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah),
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authored by Sheikh Musa ibn Rashid al-Azimi,
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may Allah preserve him.
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The letter of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him)
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to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
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Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him)
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was closely watching Quraysh's movements and military preparations.
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When this army set out,
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al-Abbas sent an urgent letter to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
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including in it all the details of the army.
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Al-Hafiz Ibn Abd al-Barr said:
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"Al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)
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used to write news of the polytheists to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
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and the Muslims in Mecca drew strength through him."
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Imam al-Dhahabi said:
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"Al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) remained deeply compassionate toward the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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full of love for him,
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patiently enduring harm,
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even before he had embraced Islam;
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so much so that on the night of al-Aqabah,
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he stood faithfully by his nephew during the night
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and secured firm pledges for him from the seventy.
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He then went out to Badr with his people under compulsion,
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and was taken captive,
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whereupon he made known to them that he had embraced Islam.
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He then returned to Mecca,
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and I do not know why he continued to stay there.
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Furthermore, there is no mention of him on the day of Uhud or the day of the Trench;
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he did not march out with Abu Sufyan,
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nor did Quraysh say anything to him regarding that, as far as I know.
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Then he came to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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as an emigrant shortly before the Conquest of Mecca,
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so the exact date of his arrival has not been fully verified for us."
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) consulting his Companions.
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After the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) verified the news about Quraysh,
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he gathered his Companions and consulted them
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on whether he should march out to face them or remain in Medina.
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The view of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was
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that they should not leave Medina,
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but rather fortify themselves within it,
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so that if the polytheists entered it,
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the Muslims would fight them at the openings of the alleyways,
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while the women would pelt them from above the rooftops.
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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) informed them
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of a vision he had seen in his dream.
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Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a good chain of transmission
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on the authority of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said:
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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took as spoil
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his sword, Dhu al-Faqar, on the day of Badr,
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and it was concerning it that he saw the vision on the day of Uhud,
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saying:
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'I saw a notch in my sword, Dhu al-Faqar,'
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meaning a breach in it,
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'and I interpreted it to mean a breach that will occur among you.
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And I saw that I was riding behind a ram,
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and I interpreted it to be the commander of the enemy battalion.
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And I saw that I was in a fortified coat of armor,
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and I interpreted it to be Medina.
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And I saw cows being slaughtered,
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and the cows, by Allah, are good;
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the cows, by Allah, are good.'"
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Imam al-Nasa'i narrated in al-Sunan al-Kubra with an authentic chain of transmission
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on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdillah (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said:
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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) consulted
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the people on the day of Uhud,
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and said:
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'I saw in a dream as a sleeper sees,
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as though I were in a fortified coat of armor,
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and as though cows were being slaughtered and followed;
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so I interpreted the coat of armor to be Medina,
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and the cows to be a group of people, and Allah’s decree is good.
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If only you would fight them in the alleyways,
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while the women pelt them from above the walls!'"
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In the narration of Imam Ahmad with an authentic chain of transmission
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on the authority of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), he said:
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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
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'If only we would remain in Medina,
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then if they come upon us inside it, we would fight them.'"
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The opinion of those who did not attend Badr.
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A group among the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) hastened—
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specifically those who had missed going out on the day of Badr—
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to suggest going out to face the enemy,
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and they persistently urged the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) to do so.
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They said, "O Messenger of Allah,
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by Allah, they never dared enter upon us inside it during the pre-Islamic days of ignorance,
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so how could they enter upon us inside it under Islam?"
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
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"Have it your way, then."
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In the narration of al-Nasa'i in al-Sunan al-Kubra with an authentic chain of transmission:
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"They said: 'Shall they enter Medina upon us?
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It was never entered upon us before;
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rather, let us march out to face them!'
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So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
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'Have it your way, then.'"
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Al-Hakim narrated in al-Mustadrak with a good chain of transmission
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on the authority of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said:
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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took as spoil
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his sword, Dhu al-Faqar, on the day of Badr,
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and it was concerning it that he saw the vision on the day of Uhud.
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That was because when the polytheists
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advanced toward the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) on the day of Uhud,
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the opinion of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was
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to remain in Medina and fight them there.
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But people who had not been present at Badr said to him:
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'Let the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) march out with us to them,
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and we will fight them at Uhud,'
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hoping to attain the same virtue that the people of Badr had attained."
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Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said:
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"Many of the people insisted upon nothing less than marching out to the enemy,
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and did not defer to the counsel and judgment of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).
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Had they been content with what he instructed them, that would have been best,
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but the divine decree prevailed.
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Most of those who advised him to go out
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were men who had not witnessed Badr,
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and they knew the superior virtue that the participants of Badr had previously attained."
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An Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah).
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Though long may be the longing people bear for one another,
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the longing felt for you transcends all bounds.
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May Allah bestow blessings upon you whenever the call to prayer is raised,
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and whenever lips move in the enduring remembrance of Allah.