( biographies of Muhammad (peace be upon him
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A Brief History of the Prophet"s Life
Lineage
The oldest and noblest tribe in the whole of Arabia was Banu Hashim. They were the descendants
of Ibrahim through his son Isma"il. The Arabs respected and loved them for their goodness,
knowledge and bravery.
"Abd Al-Muttalib
"Abd al-Muttalib was the chieftain of Banu Hashim and he was also the Guardian of the Ka"bah.
Among his ten sons, "Abdullah was the father of the Holy Prophet.
Muhammad
In Mecca, baby boy Muhammad was born on 17th Rabi" al-Awwal, 570 AD.His father "Abdullah,son of "Abd al-Muttalib, died before he was born and when he was six, he lost his loving motherAminah bint Wahab.His Grandfather, "Abd al-Muttalib, took the responsibility of bringing up the orphan. At the age of ten, he was berefted of his venerable grandfather.On his deathbed, he appointed his son Abu Talib as the guardian of Muhammad.Gentle, soft spoken, tall and handsome boy, Muhammad, accompanied the trading caravans of Abu Talib, across the deserts, giving him deep insight into nature and man.
Khadijah (A.S)
The wealthy noble widowed lady Khadijah, looking for a manager for her rich merchantile
caravans, selects Muhammad, the Trustee. Able and fair dealing,Muhammad is a tremendous
success. Khadijah already an admirer, made him an offer of marriage. Muhammad was twenty five and Khadijah forty. In spite of this disparity in age, the marriage proved to be a very happy one.
The Prophet
Lover of nature and quite worrried about human sufferings, Muhammad very often retired to
Mount Hira" for meditations. One night, Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Majesty) a voice addressing him, commanded "Recite in the name of thy Lord." Deeply excited by the strange phenomena of Divine Visitation,Muhammad hurried home to his wife, Khadijah, who listened to him attentively and said that "I bear witness that you are the Apostle of God." After an interval, the voice from heaven
spoke again "O thou shrouded in thy mantle, arise, and warn, and magnify thy Lord."
This was a signal for him to start preaching the gospel of truth of One God. In the beginning
Muhammad invited only those near him, to accept the new Faith. The first to embrace Islam among women was Khadijah and among men "Ali. Soon after, Zayd ibn al-Harithah became a convert to the new Faith.
For three long years, he laboured quietly to wean his people from the worship of idols and drew
only thirty followers. Muhammad then decided to appeal publicly to the Quraysh to give up idol worship and embrace Islam.The new Faith, is simple without complications, practical and useful for everyday life. It commands to believe and do good, keep up prayer and pay the poorrate, two orders giving four principles of a successful way of life.Almost ten years of hard work and preaching, in spite of all persecution,produced over a hundred followers, physical cruelties and social boycott made life unbearable in Mecca. The Holy Prophet of Islam advised his followers, to seek refuge in the to seek refuge in the neighbouring country of Ethiopia. Eighty eight men and eighteen women sailed to the hospitable shores of the Negus, under the leadership of Ja"far at-Tayyar (brother of "Ali) and the cousin of the Holy Prophet.
several times the chieftains came to Abu Talib saying, "We respect your age and rank, but wehave no further patience with your nephew. Stop him or we shall fight you." Abu Talib asked Muhammad for his decision.With tears in his eyes, the Apostle firmly replied, "O my uncle! If they place the sun on my right hand and the moon on my left, to force me to renounce my mission, I willnot desist until God manifests His cause or I perish in the attempt."
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