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Hazrat
Muhammad ( P.B.U.H )
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 Name:
MOHAMMAD IBIN ABD'ALLAH (P.B.U.H)
Title: 1) SADIQ (2) AMEEN
THE SEAL OF ALL PROPHETS (P.B.U.H)
Known as: AL-MUSTAFA (pbuh&hf)
Kunyat: ABUL QASIM
Wife: LADY KHADIJAH (A.S)
Born: Friday, 17th of Rabea Al Awwal in Mecca
Father: ABDULLAH IBIN ABD-UL-MUTTALIB(A.S)
Mother: AMINAH BINT WAHAB(A.S)
Grandfather: ABD-UL-MUTTALIB(A.S) Clan Chief of Bani Hashim
Uncle: Abu Taleb(AS) The Clan Chief of Bani Hashim
The Prophet's (P.B.U.H) Foster Father
The Prophet's (P.B.U.H) Protector
Father of Imam Ali Ibin Abe Taleb(A.S)
Children: The Lady Fatimah Al-Zahra(A.S)
Date of death: Monday, 28th Safar 11 AH At the age of 63 years
old
Cause of death: Poisoned by an old Jewish woman
Buried in: Al-Medina, in his house adjoining the Great Mosque
Birth of The Prophet
Abdullah, the son of Abd Al-Muttalib, was not in Mecca at
the time ofthe miracle of the birds. He had gone for trade
to Palestine and Syria with one of the caravans; and on his
way home he had lodged with his grandmother's family in Yathrib,
and there he had fallen ill.
The caravan went on without him to Mecca and when it brought
the news of his illness. His father Abd Al-Muttalib quickly
sent Harith to accompany his brother home as soon as he should
be well enough to travel.
But when Harith arrived at the house of his Yathrib cousins
they answered his greetings with commiserations, and he knew
at once that his brother Abdullah was dead.
There was great grief in Mecca when Harith returned. Aminah's
onlyconsolation was the unborn child of her dead husband,
and her solace increased as the time of her delivery drew
near.
She was conscious of a strong light within her One day it
shone so intensely from her, that she could see the castles
of Bostra in Syria. And then she heard a voice say softly
to her, "Thou ,carriest in thy womb, the Lord of this people.
When he is born say: 'I place him beneath the protection of
the One, from the evil of every envier; Then name him Mohammad."
Some weeks later, Aminah gave birth to her child in the home
of her uncle.
Then Abd Al-Muttalib took the new born baby boy in his arms
and carried him into the Sanctuary of the Holy House, The
Kaba. Where he prayed a prayer of thanksgiving to God for
this gift. Then he brought him once more to his mother, but
on the way he showed him off to his own household. He himself
was shortly to have another son, by Aminah's cousin Halah.
At the moment his youngest son was the three year old Abbass
who now met him at the door of his house. "This is thy brother;
kiss him," he said, holding out to him the new-born babe,
and Abbass kissed his baby nephew Mohammad(pbuh&hf).
The Life of Prophet Mohammad (Sawa)
Until the advent of Islam, people all over the world were
in greatpoverty as to thought, opinions, individual and social
attitudes. The world was troubled and submerged with polytheism
and idolatry. The fire of corruption was flaming. Superstitions
and false views ruled the world in the name of religion. Many
worshipped idols, fire, cows and stars. Tribal fights and
disputes were very common. The Arabian peninsula was suffering
from social, economic, political and other crisis, up to a
point where Arabs were facing extinction because of their
ignorance and the power of their oppressive neighbours. Allah
(S) describes them in the Koran as “…They had
been in the abyss of ignorance and misguidance.” (62:2)
while in Nahjul-balagah, Imam Ali (AS) describes the social
condition of the Arabs in pre-Islam days in the following
way, “…society was in such a corrupt state that
no true form of religion was followed. Convictions and beliefs
about truth and justice were disrespected; basic principles
of life had become very divergent; commands of Allah were
set at naught; a way out of this vicious chaos seemed impossible
and the road to the realm of Allah appeared closed”.
It seems that people were in desperate need of the emergence
of a heavenly personality who would bear on his capable shoulders
the heavy burden of guiding mankind. Leading them away from
decay. It was under these circumstances that the promised
deliverer Mohammad (P.B.U.H) came into this world. He (P.B.U.H)
was born at dawn on Friday, the seventeenth day of Rabi’al-Awwal,
53 years before the migration (Hijra), in the city of Mecca.
He was born an orphan, his father having died a few months
before his birth. His mother died when he was about six years
old, and his grandfather, who was his loving and devoted guardian,
died when he was eight years old. He then passed into the
care of his uncle (brother of his father) Abu Talib. But Allah
was the true guardian as he says “Did he not find thee
an orphan and take thee under his protection?…”
(93:6). The birth of this most noble messenger was to generate
a new energy and inexhaustible vitality in mankind. He appeared
at a time much needed by society. At one period of his youth,
Mohammad (P.B.U.H) tended sheep and goats upon the neighbouring
hills and valleys of Mecca. On one occasion, he undertook
a journey to Syria for the purpose of trade with his Uncle
Abu Talib. He was twelve years old at the time. As Muhammad
(P.B.U.H) acquired fair knowledge and experience of business,
and was well spoken of by persons who happened to come in
touch with him, some traders engaged him as their representative
to conduct important business affairs on their behalf. Muhammad
(.B.U.H) so successfully executed these trusts that people
respected him and awarded him the title “Amin”
(trustworthy). Muhammad (P.B.U.H) went through his youth in
an environment polluted with sin, in a dirty society, but
this couldn’t affect him the least bit, he was far removed
from men and their corruption, he engaged in supplication
and armed himself with the weapon of faith. In the course
of time Allah (S) was preparing Muhammad (P.B.U.H) by developing
his spiritual personality in order to be able to accept the
divine message. Mohammad (P.B.U.H) would resort to a cave
where he would cultivate his thoughts and meditate, evaluating
the creation of universe and man. At the age of forty, Mohammad
(P) was prepared to undertake the task of prophethood. One
night, while in the cave worshipping, the heavenly message
descended upon him (P.B.U.H) ordering him to recite. This
was nothing other than revelation. The prophet of Islam had
the vision and belief of a world l eader, and he surely was
the one most qualified for the position at the time and for
times to come. Muhammad (P.B.U.H) called upon people to believe
in Allah (S), the one and only God. Ali Ibn Abi Taleb (AS)
was the first man to accept the new religion while Khadijah
(RA), the Prophet’s wife was the first woman.Mohammad
(P.B.U.H) showed extraordinary powers of leadership and political
sense and began to refashion the state of humanity. The course
of Muhammad’s life underwent many obstacles with varying
degrees of hardships. The nature of a human lacking completeness,
or the strive for completeness, tends to drive the individual
towards rejection of truth. This was evident in Mohammad’s
(P.B.U.H) time as individuals and tribes had attempted to
lure him to give up his spirituality and his God (SW). But
our Prophet was not going to give up the realm of Allah (SW),
and no one was going to stop him from achieving his goal.
They tried to bribe him with extensive amounts of wealth,
but he had replied on one occasion “…Even if you
put the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left, I would
never leave the matter I am pursuing”. And this tradition
reflects in a contrasting way and to a certain extent the
degree of faith in him, and also the value of the path he
was preaching for. We all know the significance of the sun
and the moon and their relations to life on earth, without
them life would be meaningless. Chiefs of the lands resorted
to threaten, torment and torture the prophet (P). Noting that
physical torture had resulted in martyrdom of a number of
the early faithful Muslims. The severe conditions imposed
on the prophet (P.B.U.H) had led him to seek exile to achieve
the divine goal. This necessitated his migration to a calm
environment after the first thirteen years of hardship and
torment. Many events and episodes were to follow with plots
to kill him (P.B.U.H). The fact was most of the unfaithful
were to remain that way, and persist on the material world.
But for those that welcomed the message, even though they
were few and weak, they had persisted and helped in the shaping
of the new society and the spread of the divine message. Opposition
to the prophet continued and he lead the increasingly growing
Muslims into battles against the evil ones. Mohammad (P.B.U.H)
showed that he is a master strategist in war affairs. The
prophet had so much of an effect as a leader ( and this was
due to his strong faith and closeness to Allah (SW) ) that
a new era of eradication of evil was born. Jihad in the name
of Allah and martyrdom became, to the faithful a door to paradise
and eternal bliss. This was the energy in their hearts and
the enthusiasm to meet their creator - the pleasure that would
reach infinity, that was the driving force behind the success
of Islam. As time progressed, the last Prophet of Allah’s
(SW) mission approached its fulfillment. Until one day he
said to the people who were at that stage of time, a hundred
thousand, “this day I perfected your religion for you
and completed my favours unto you and have chosen Islam as
your faith” (5:4). This being a revelation, indicated
that his mission had been ful filled. Soon after that, the
prophet fell ill and passed away ending a life that has stood
unmatched in every respect in human history. A recent study
by an Islamic professor on the personality of Muhammad (P.B.U.H)
states the following “The personality of Muhammad, it
is most difficult to get into the whole truth of it. Only
a glimpse of it I can catch. What a dramatic succession of
picturesque scenes ? There is Muhammad, the prophet. There
is Muhammad, the general; Muhammad, the king; Muhammad, the
warrior; Muhammad, the businessman; Muhammad, the preacher;
Muhammad, the philosopher; Muhammad, the statesman; Muhammad,
the orator; Muhammad, the reformer; Muhammad, therefuge of
orphans; Muhammad, the protector of slaves; Muhammad, the
emancipator of women; Muhammad, the judge; Muhammad, the saint.
And in all these magnificent roles, in all these departments
of human activities, he is like a hero”. Indeed humanity
owes very much of its civilisation nowadays to the leadership
of the Prophet (P), as his super character had left an enduring
impact upon a large mass of mankind. “Allah sends down
his blessings on the prophet, and his angels constantly invoke
blessings on him, do, you O believers, also invoke Allah’s
blessings on him and offer him the salutation of peace”
(33:57).
THE LAST WILL
In his last hours, the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) said to his
companions who gathered in his house: "Bring me an inkwell
and a shoulder-blade so that I will write for you a letter
with which you will never go astray..." Then owing to the
heaviness of his sickness, he fainted. One of those who were
sitting by his bed noticed that and said: "The man speaks
deliriously". "Shall we bring you an inkwell and a shoulder-blade?,"
they asked him shortly after he came around. The Prophet (s.a.w.)
turned down their offer saying: "After what you have said?
But I would like you to behave kindly to my family..." When
he felt he would presently depart he confided to Imam Ali
(a.s.) all his personal affairs and those related to closed
his eyes and died, with his head was in the lap of Imam Ali
(a.s.).(l08) Imam Ali (a.s.) and his family made all the arrangement
for his ritual bathing. Then they prayed on him. Imam Ali
(a.s.) ordered the Muslims to go in and pray on their great
Messenger (s.a.w.) and pay tribute over him. Prayers having
been offered, the Commander of the Faithful Ali (a.s.) and
the family of the Prophet (s.a.w.), in the presence of a number
of his companions, laid the Prophet (s.a.w.) to rest in the
very room he had passed away. Thus, humankind lost the greatest
among the guides, and the most glorious mentor ever to walk
on the earth. May Allah send His blessings to him on the day
be was born, on the day he became the means of guiding people
and on the day he departed yearning to meet his Lord. And
all praise is due to Allah. |
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