The Biography of the Prophet

Makkah had also men rolling in riches whose well-furnished drawing rooms were the rendezvous of the elite of the Quraysh who rej ...

on the traditional methods handed down to them from their forefathers, consisted of branding, phlebotomy, removal of diseased li ...

A moral ideal was what the Makkans lacked most of all, or one can say, except for the binding force of some stale customs and tr ...

ostrich over it. Being a popular deity, its replicas were sold by vendors to the villagers and pilgrims visiting Makkah. The Ara ...

In Makkah Early Life ABDULLAH AND AMINA ‘Abdul Muttalib, chieftain of the Quraysh, had ten sons who were all worthy and outstand ...

God (r) was offered, agreed to take the child because none expected a goodly return for nurturing or nursing an infant whose fat ...

When Muhammed was eight years of age, ‘Abdul Muttalib also passed away. Muhammed (r) was now left behind, alone and abandoned. H ...

noble and virtuous task and preferred to earn his livelihood by toiling hard for it even if it meant living a simple life to the ...

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE KA’BA In his thirty-fifth year, Muhammed (r) made a difficult decision about a matter that pro- voked the ...

chieftains in the person of Al-As Ibn Wayel purchased the whole of it but paid nothing in return. Because of this, Zabid approac ...

The Advent of Prophecy UNREST Muhammed (r) was approaching his fortieth year. He felt a mystifying internal unrest, yet he did n ...

It was the 17th Ramadan/ 6th August, 610 AD of the year following the fortieth year of the Prophet (r). Muhammed (r) was wide-aw ...

Khadijah had tried to comfort and encourage her husband on account of what she thought was correct or on the basis of her own kn ...

The First Muslims KHADIJAH Khadijah, the Prophet's wife, was the first believer in the new faith. She had the opportu- nity of b ...

People now began to accept Islam in large numbers; they came in throngs from different tribes and families until the news spread ...

ON MOUNT SAFA Three years had elapsed from the time the Prophet (r) had received the first revelation but he had remained a sile ...

employed for the purpose. This was certainly the easiest as well as the best method to convey an accurate impact and significanc ...

The Beginning of Persecution The Prophet of God (r) preached Islam openly in the streets of Makkah, yet the Quraysh remained coo ...

PERSECUTION BEGINS The Prophet (r) continued to preach the message of God as vigorously as before. The Makkans were now desperat ...

‘Uthman Ibn Mazun who was under the protection of Walid Ibn Al-Mughira, but as he felt ashamed of being shielded by anyone other ...