#MONDAY_LECTURE #TOPIC:-GLIMPSES OF THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET[pbuh] All praise is due to Allah. He sent His Messenger Muhammad (pbuh) to Mankind as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner. All grace is due to Allah as is befitting to His glorious presence and His great sovereignty and virtues. I bear witness there is no deity except Allah. I also bear witness that Muhammad (pbuh) is the Messenger of Allah and His dearest servant. He endowed His apostle with the clear evidence and resolve and supported him with tangible miracles. I pray to Allah, The Most Gracious, to grant His blessings upon our Guide Muhammad (pbuh), his family, his companions and all those who will follow them in righteousness until the Day of Judgment. O Servants of Allah! I urge you and myself to be ever God-conscious and to construct your lives in the shadow of divine obedience. Allah, the Almighty, says, O you who have believed, fear Allah . And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allah . Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do . (Al Hashr:18). Dear Muslims, The Prophet (pbuh)s tradition is full of lessons, which should encourage us to ponder and set for us the role model in life. Muhammad (pbuh) grew up as an orphan after his father, Abdullah Abd Al Muttalib, died before his birth, while his mother Amina bint Wahb, died when he was only six years old. When his grandfather Abd Al Muttalib passed away, Muhammad (pbuh) was raised by his uncle Abi Talib. Growing up as an orphan however did not prevent him from having a good education by the grace of Allah, The Almighty. He received good care from his family and clan, and he enjoyed a prominent status amongst his people, who used to call him the Sadiq Al Amin (the trustworthy). As a young man, he was industrious and never disdained work as long as it was an honest livelihood. He worked as a shepherd for families in Mecca in return for a commission. In addition to being supportive to his family by sponsoring his uncle and children, he was also an assertive player within his community. He for example took part in Hilf Al Fudul (Alliance of the Virtuous), an agreement established by some clans of the Quraysh tribe to defend the oppressed and protect rights, of which Muhammad (pbuh) said, I witnessed a pact in Ibn Jadaans House, and if I were invited today to it I would agree to it . The pact can be seen as a paradigm for how Muslims should interact with any initiative that serves both their nation and community. Our Prophet (pbuh) also worked as a merchant trading with the money of Khadija (may Allah be pleased with her). So because of the number of productive roles he played within the community and due to his sincerity and honesty, Khadija wanted to marry him and preferred him over the other noble men amongst her people. O Servants of Allah, In his forties, Muhammad (pbuh) first received Allahs revelation. Yet the path to convey the divine message was not any smooth before him. He had to face many an obstacle. When he called on his own people to accept the message of Allah to believe in Him Alone, they denied him and harmed him. They made him choose between either prestige or the consequent reaction of him pursuing prophethood, a mission for which he was sent. Muhammad (pbuh) chose the second option. Accordingly, the unbelievers had besieged him along with his companions (may Allah be pleased with them) in the Valley of Abi Talib in Mecca for about three years. Meanwhile the Quraish tribe had boycotted them until they resorted to eating tree leaves for survival and because of the severity of hunger, Muhammad (pbuh) used to put a stone on his stomach. To make matters worse his own people tried to kill him which forced him to leave his homeland. He migrated for the sake of Allah, the All Victorious. On this matter, our Master Muhammad (pbuh) said, I have been made afraid regarding Allahs cause when no one was afraid, I have been made to endure harm in Allahs cause when no one was suffering harm, and thirty nights and days have come to me when Bilal and I had no food which creatures possessed of a liver eat, except something which was kept under Bilals armpit. Dear Muslims, However much hardship he endured and resistance to the Divine message he received, he remained steadfast. Moreover, he set out to invite people to Islam with wisdom and beautiful preaching until they had entered into the religion of Allah in multitudes. Allah, The Most Exalted, empowered him over his enemies, Mohammed (pbuh) did not kill them. Nor did he avenge himself in any manner. He rather showed leniency towards them and forgave them saying, O Quraish, what do you think of the treatment that I should accord you? And they said, Mercy, O Prophet of Allah. We expect nothing but good from you. Thereupon Muhammad declared: Go your way, for you are free. He thus inaugurated a new era characterised by a great hope for mutual cooperation in righteousness and piety. Verily his mission has been a beacon of light, guidance and mercy to mankind, for Allah, The Most High, says, And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds. (Al Anbiyaa:107). His advice to his companions when sending them out for a mission had been: facilitate things for people (concerning religious matters), and do not make it hard for them and give them good tidings and do not make them run away (from Islam). Besides being delicate and tactful in dealing with the people, he was profoundly interested in knowledge. He used to urge his companions to learn and educate themselves. Abu Rifaa reported: I came to the Holy Prophet (pbuh) when he was delivering the sermon, and I said: Messenger of Allah, here is a stranger and he wants to learn about this religion and he does not know what this religion is. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) looked at me and left his sermon till he came to him, and he was given a chair and I thought that Its legs were made of iron. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) sat on it and he began to teach him what Allah had taught him. He then came (to the pulpit) for his sermon and completed it to the end. Dear Believers, Our Master Muhammad (pbuh)s heart had been throbbing with love, compassion, kindness and goodness. He lived and died as a Guide, and among the last words he uttered on his deathbed were: prayer and that what your right hands possess. He also used to exhort his own people to treat women well. Our Prophet said, So treat women kindly. May Allah help us to follow the path of His Prophet (pbuh). We also supplicate to Allah, the Almighty, to help us obey Him and those He ordained us to obey, as the Almighty says: O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those charged with authority among you . (Annisa:59). May Allah bless you and me with the ability to implement the Holy Quran and the Sunna of His Messenger Muhammad (pbuh). I say this and pray to Allah, the Almighty, to grant us forgiveness. Supplicate to Allah for forgiveness for He is the Most Forgiving and the Most Merciful. [#Ameen]
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:23:37 +0000
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