Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW
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Lecture 2.1 ,Life Of Prophet Muhammad PBUH Mufti Menk:
Darkness surrounding the Arabian Penisula& the globe just before the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW:
In India, we can see how the women used to be treated...
-If, a woman dies, there was no such of marrying again. Most of them will burn themselves to death. They were brainwashed to believe their system.
They believed in reincarnation(some of them believe it, up to day) ...
If a person dies, the person reappears in the form of a bird or snake etc, depending whether they had good / bad life.
Mufti's experience:
One of the sister from his community told him that they visited the death of their hindu relatives. And, when they were walking out, they saw a dove sitting on , one of the branches of a tree. When, they looked at the dove, they said "This must be the dead person".
-Mufti mentioned that if the dove was alive before the death of the person, but how can it be the dead person.
-Look , at how their mind is surrounded by darkness.
During the time of Prophet Muhammad SAW, if we look at Arabian Penisula...
-As, we have mentioned before, they used to worship idols. They did until they have made the idols out of stone. And, when they have found a better stone, they will throw away of what they used to worship for so many years.
-And, if they have a big problem , they will go to someone who had bigger stone and they will ask permission to borrow their stone( which they claim as god) to resolve their bigger issue.
- Imagine how they used to think...
Funny story:
-Omer Ibn Khattab( ra) says (as intelligent he was) , " We made God out of dates, so that we can shape it better than shaping stones. And, one day I was very hungry, I was asking for food from the God, but there was no food coming. Hence, I ate the God"
This was their mentality at that period of time.
To be continued, In Shaa Allah.
Lectuee 2.2- Life of Prophet Muhammad SAW|Mufti Menk
As,× we have discussed previously , they believed in superstition. For example: if somebody is having hiccup/ if you sneeze once, they will believe that someone is remembering them.
All, these superstitious comes from that time and it has seeped through the globe. Some of us are guilty in doing some of these superstitious things.
Look at one of their habits:
1) They will go to the fortune teller.They let him/her solve their matter. These fortune tellers were powerful in terms of studying the lives of people. And,they had contact with the spirits,Jinn. As, discussed earlier, having a contact with Jinns, spirits , it is not impossible. However, it is prohibited.
May Allah swt grant us the ability to recite the verses of Quran that are relevant . They are
1) Ayatul Qursi
2) Verses of Surah Baqarah, the more powerful of them.
3)The last two Surahs of Quran.
*All of these are more powerful , it should be read every morning & evening with the intention of dua & protection.*
And, we can find that in one of their habits, they do not believe in a life after death...
They will say " who is going to give life to this bones which is decomposed completely,and that have became like a dust."
And , Allah says "Say, he will give those bones life who gave them life in the first place"
-If Allah swt is able to give men life . It will be much more easier to resurrect them.
-If, you do not have BMW car and you have to make one, it will be far more genius than a person who is able to fix the BMW car.
-This is a simple logic. May Allah swt grant us the deeper understanding.
Lecture 2.3 , Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW, Mufti Menk
Allah swt mentions that they will call as " May the one who created me, help me in this..."
They will call the one who has created them, and it is when?
-when, they have difficulties
When, they were on ship, it rocks a little bit, they will call out to Allah alone. As soon they have came back from sea, what will happen?
-They would immediately start to engage in polytheism, worshipping other false deities.
As for politics,
At,that particular time, people were divided into 2 major groups.
1) People of desert , rural areas
2) The people of cities
Up till today, we may find people who live in smaller town, have greater hearts, & far better qualities than those are in cities who do not have even time to greet each other. They do not even have time to be hospitable.
However, they had something in common, they will divide themselves based on lineage, tribe. They literally stood up for one another. They would fight with other tribe because of a problem happened with one particular person.
Once a camel went missing, they doubt the other group or someone was caught from the group, and the war continued for 40 years. People died & the next generation did not even know why they were fighting, but they continued fighting.
They had tribalism within them. They stuck to their clans. Sometime, it is used for good things while sometime used for bad things.
So, Allah swt blessed them by sending the messenger.
But, if we take look at leadership of these clans, it will always be with certain person, family. Usually, it fell from father to child, brother. This is how it worked. When, the chief has passed away, his son/relative took over.
However, but there was something could raise a person from nothing. What is that?
They can come with some poetry which was so powerful linguistically, full of meaning. And, this will instantly raise the rank of individual to the point of leadership.
Why?
They were crazy about eloquence. They were the most powerful when it comes to speech. In fact, bulk of them were unlettered, almost 100% of them could not ready & write.
However, linguistically, they were powerful & they hardly used slang. And, PBUH when he grew up, he never used slang.
* It was reported that PBUH never ever made any linguistic errors in his life. *
And, this was the gift given by Allah swt. And, this is why we can see how they look, listened & mesmerised by what PBUH said. They were completely astonished till that Arabic language began took it rules , correct itself through the Quran.
Up to today, the kuffar , the Christian Arabs ,& the non-Muslims among Arabs, uses Quran when it comes to linguistics in order to correct their language, & to explain what is right & wrong.
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If you take look at their wealth, economically, they had nothing much to offer. It hardly rained, even if it is, it is no use as it is a desert.
However, at certain places, they had date palms, and few other things. Many of their trading is based on livestock that they had , they had alot of camels,donkeys, goats & sheeps. We wiill not be able to count donkeys as livestock because it is not edible. However, they had alot goats & sheeps.
There was a difference between those who had camels & goats,sheeps.
Up to today, the ones who are having camels, they have noses high up in the air. They consider it as being wealthy if they had camels. It is like someone who driving latest motor vehicle. The red camels had more value than the BMW cars, today.
*Clarification*
*If, you have wealth , you can buy the most sophisticated, expensive vehicle, as long that it doesn't make you arrogant. *
The ones who had camels, they had wrong pride while the ones who had goats,sheeps were much more humble. And, Subhan'Allah, Allah swt has kept in such as that every nabi, they started from early age looking after goats, sheeps. And, it was never mentioned that they look after camels, it was always goats, sheeps.
-Prophet Muhammad SAW said "There was no Prophet except that he started off by looking after sheep"
Hence, Allah swt gave them a gift by sending Prophet Muhammad SAW to remove them from darkness of arrogance & to spend in a good cause.
Another, aspect of their economic life, they had alot of caravans towards the north( during summer), & south ( during winter). The winter was too cold for them to handle , hence they will go down to South( Yemen). That is why Quran speaks about this journeys.
Quraish : 1
لِإِيلٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ
For the accustomed security of the Quraysh -
Quraish : 2
إِۦلٰفِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَآءِ وَالصَّيْفِ
Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer -
Allah is speaking about their gift that was given to them during the winter & summer. There were hijackers who came to the Highlands in order to rob goods from them. And, people used to have weapons with them in order to defend themselves. And, most of their economic is based on how powerful they were as there were wars taking place. If, there were weak tribes, they will join with stronger tribe by signing treaty, so that they could look after weaker tribes. The reason is that the stronger tribe will keep on having goods if they do not have this system
We can see this even today, the stronger one will eat the money of the weaker ones. And, the weak ones are not able to do anything unless if you know someone (who is better than you).
Lesson:
-May Allah protect us from thinking that we are powerful. We should know that no matter , how powerful we are, Allah is more powerful than us
Lecture 2.5, Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW, Mufti MENK
So, Allah swt says, that Quraysh were given a gift, they used to travel North & South, very calm without anyone harming them.
-This is an ayat to indicate that Quraysh is a chosen clan.
Allah swt indicates that they are able to travel in peace, nobody touched their caraven.
Allah swt gave them the gift to be in peace.
1) Dealing with interest:
However, they mixed with Jews, dealing with Jewish people who taught them how to do dealings with interest. This is why , people of Quraysh started to charge interest. And, many Arabs started to do that.
Why is it wrong?
-It is considered right for them at that point of time.
-However, when Islam emerged, it banned the interest so that it can protect the poor.
-The reason is that interests make rich,richer & poor, poorer . This is what happens if you borrow money.
2)Haram Festivals & Hajj
They also had festivals. They celebrated it after the month of Shawwal & other months. They used to gather around Arafah for any festivals.
And, they used to fulfill Hajj. However, what kind of Hajj was that?
-Hajj came down from Ibrahim(as). However, the Quraish mixed it till they started to worship the idols. They worshipped the idols on morning & evening.
-They would remember Allah .However,they only do it in the times of need.
*We do this as well. We sin everyday . When, we have a big problem, we will raise our hand to make dua as though we are the most deserving of mercy from Allah.
But, where were you when Allah swt favoured you? When, you are in goodness, you turned away from Allah swt. And, when you are in difficulty, you want to turn to Allah swt. However, Allah swt still gives us.
*But, the winner is the one as mentioned in Hadith:
"If you are close to Allah swt in times of ease, Allah swt will be close to when you are at the times of difficulty. "
So, this people used to have Hajj, festivals at specific times.
3) Social Life
When, you take a look at their social life, it was prevalent during the time of Quraish & around the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW that they were used to be very proud of their lineage. They were proud of their lineage based on their father.
-However, now we can see that father works so hard, & the son can be the laziest person in the world. And, some of them will say "I am alright, my daddy has a shop". If, your father has a shop, Alhamdullilah. He sweated daily to build it.
And, you with few actions , you can bring it to the ground just because you have haram habits.
-What does it mean?
-To be continued, In Shaa Allah.
Lecture 2.6, Life Of Prophet Muhammad PBUH -Mufti Menk.
When, the person is involved in haram habits, gambling, drinking & any other bad habits, the sustenance crashes.
-A man is blocked from sustenance due to his sins.
-You can never achieve sustenance by the displeasure of the owner of sustenance.
They were very eloquent. If, a man comes with a poetry that is full of meaning, they will listen to it and be excited. Furthermore, they will raise his ranks & make him wealthy.
The treatment of women:
Women were treated like commodities.
-Nikkah or marriage was very absurd at that time.
-One category of people used to marry correctly. They will go to the guardian of the bride, ask for permission. And, this custom remains till now(after Islam).
However, some of them will marry in a strange way. A man would have owe money from someone & in return , he will pass his own wife & child to a stranger. He will allow his wife to become pregnant with a stranger. And, he will name the child to the stranger's name. Audhubillah, what kind of ignorance.
-It is even happening now with ignorant Muslims. They will swap their wives. And, this is exactly happening now & in pre-Islamic period.
-They are conning the women saying that this custom is interesting etc.
Another way of marriage
-A woman who needs wealth, she will place a flag at her house. It was like a prostitution. If, she becomes pregnant, she will point someone as the father for her child, and nobody can say no to this. She will choose the most honoured man so that the child will be brought up in a guardianship of some strange man.
*Mentioning about these things is not relevant. However, some of us are returning back to the same Jahilliyah with different names. And, we should understand that this Jahilliyah is darkest era . May Allah swt take us out from this darkness.*
Divorce:
-A man will just divorce a woman and then ,he will just take her again.
-Nobody was there to defend this women, as there were afraid even to bear female children.
-Whenever, a female child is born, their face will be blackened. And, they will become angry, they will want to hide behind the wall due to the bad news that they have received.
-A Sahabah , he said that during his period of ignorance , he buried his own beautiful child. She was so beautiful that she asked her father "Daddy, what are you doing". The sand hit his face as she waa struggling & kicking the sand off. He then covered her completely with sand & let her die.
-And, then Prophet Muhammad SAW said to him " Didn't you feel in your heart a little bit of mercy".
-The heart would have felt mercy but it is due people pressure.
-Some of us will even feel embrassed when our children shouts in public, and we want to stop them by beating them in public. Why? We want to show the public that we are disciplining our child but that is not the time to admonish children
Lecture 2.7| Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW
Admonishing a child in public:
-As, discussed earlier, it is wrong to admonish your child in public. It is like how you do not want to be admonished in public. The children will feel embarrassed and it will make them lose their confidence.
They used to divorce their wives & take them back at any time.
-Hence, Allah swt revealed the ayat
"You can only divorce thrice"-The moment you have said talaq, the third time,you are not allowed to take back until
"She marries again".
Why is it like this?
-Most of us don't know why the divorce system works this way and we think by shouting 3 times, we can just walk away.
- We should never ever do/think like this. It is worse than hooligan and it is more like an animal.
-It is simple to shout.
-But , we need to be calm & relaxed.
-Some people will say, "I have divorced my wife in anger"-May Allah swt never make us foolish. Whenever, we are angry,we should watch our tongue, calm ourselves.
-If, you really want to divorce, you can just say it one time which is more than enough . Hence, from there if you want to get back, you can get back and you do not need to marry someone else.
Why is it the third time , that wife can't back to husband? -Wisdom behind it.
-Three whole times, you tried so hard, & he/she couldn't appreciate their spouse, which means that she could never live with the husband.
-Unless, she goes & live with someone else, & has opportunity to compare her husband with someone else & then she is not able to Iive with that person.
-So, she divorces the person, and get back to her husband. Then, she will realise to appreciate & there is a chance for the marriage to work again.
Mufti's encounter with a man....
"I used to know a man from Britain who used to do halala. Do you know what is halala? It is actually haram. Allah swt is cursed the one who has been done with halala & the one who is doing it. They will marry their wives & the will divorce them. They will then ask their friend to marry for one night & to divorce the next day so that when she finished the iddah, she can come to them again. And , the British man said that he used to do this. Until, he saw one day such a princess & then he refused to divorce her. He, then said to me that she is my wife and I have so many children with her"
Subhan'Allah. May Allah protect us from this Jahilliyah. And, Allah curses those who do that. Why can't we control our tongues? Why do we have to be so foolish & then later on run to Ulamah for help?. Why do, we have to use our own tongue to destroy ourselves?.
-Ignorance before Jahilliyah, they divorced their wives & took them back anytime.
-Hence, the woman was lost & she did not know what to do.
-And, Allah swt blessed & protected women folks by sending Prophet Muhammad SAW.
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★Good Qualities of what Quraish had★
-They were very intelligent & their memories were very powerful. They were able to tell the lineage of their camels.
-Nowdays, we don't even know the lineage of our own families.
-To fulfill your duties to your relatives is not possible unless we know how we are related. Most of us, don't know how we are related.
◇They were honoring towards their guests
-They were very generous, and used to clear debt of ppl.
-One man used to be very poor and then because of Allah's help, he was able to become rich. He used this wealth to clear people's debts & help people financially.
If there were any guests coming to their house,
-They will slaughter their animals.
-They will even cut their riding camel if they don't have food for their guests.
While, nowdays,
-When, we call someone to be their guest, they don't even answer the phone.
◇They used to be very courageous.
-They would fight for the cause of their own tribes.
-If, their fathers, relatives died in a battle, they would be very proud because of their relatives died in protecting their tribe.
-May Allah swt give us some courage .
-We don't even have courage, to kill a fly.
-And, sometime, we tend to be silent, & ×watch the oppression . But remember, if we don't say anything to oppression for the first time, it will repeat itself.
Hadith Of Prophet Muhammad SAW:
-We should stop oppression when we see it. If, we don't, we will start to make dua and Allah swt will not respond to our dua. Why? The reason is that we did not help the oppressing people.
◇They love to fulfill their promise:
-In most cases, they will fulfill it. If, they don't, the whole community will team up against them.
◇They were content.
-They were happy with the little things that they had.
-They were happy even with the small amounts of food that they had.
-They were always excited and content but they worshipped idols
◇They were strong:
-They had strong bodies, & used to be muscular. They used to compete with one another. They used to protect one another as well.
-They only fight with other clans. Within, their own clans, they tried their best, not to allow disunity to take over them.
Lecture 2.9|Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW
It is important to talk about 2 important incidents
occured just before the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW
The story of zam-zam:
The grandfather of Prophet Muhammad SAW, his name is Abdul Muttalib. Abdullah Mutallib is one of the leaders of Quraysh and he is one of the top key personnel during that time. He was strong, beautiful man , people look up to him & listen to him as well because he was eloquent in his sppech. His place was right in the middle of shade of Kabbah. They had a special place for him to sit. And, nobody dares to sit on that mat. He will sit and tell people of any instructions. SubhanAllah, he also had 11 children, son.
Among, his sons, Abdullah , the father of Prophet Muhammad SAW.
One day,he says I waa sleeping in the Al-Hijr...
What is Hijr?
-It is a part of Kabbah. Nowdays, we can find crescent sort of structure. It used to be within Kabbah itself & when they did not halal funds to build in the same shape. , they left it like a cube. And, that part used to be in Kabbah and now it is not, there. If you reading Salah there , it is like you are reading Salah in Kabbah.
So,the man was resting there, and he saw a dream, in his dream , he was to told to dig.
And, he ask, "what am I supposed to dig". But, the dream ended.
The next day, he was in the same place & he had the same dream and he was told to dig Barra. And, he ask again "what is Barrah?". And, the dream ended.
On, third day, he saw another dream. Historians says/always mentioned this, he was told to dig madhuluna.
And, he ask again "what is madhuluna" . And, the dream ended .
On, fourth day, he saw a dream and he was told to dig, Zam-Zam. He inquired what is it. He was told that it is a well that will never deplete & everyone can drink from it. He was told where it is situates and its history.
So, he got up in the morning and with one of his children. One of the narration says, the child that he brought along is Al-Harith. And, two of them began to dig. And, the Quraish was watching this.
All the Quraysh were related to one another, somehow. They just had different clans like how we related with different brothers.
And, then he shouted Allahu Akhbar
-They used to worship other false deities, but they still worshipped Allah during their difficult/need times.
-And, they used all these terminologies.
-It also happens in our times where we worship Allah& sometime we might be worshipping the graves, sticks etc.
-But, do remember, the purpose of Prophet Muhammad SAW risala is to remove people from worshipping the creations of Allah to the creator, Allah. . So, we should not lose focus on that.
Then, all of them saw the water. And, they started to debate on whom it belongs to....
