The Biography of the Prophet

Risky Path of Islam The way leading to Allah and Islam was becoming ever more dangerous. Makkah had be- come so unsafe and vulne ...

Then he left and went to the mosque and called out at the top of his voice. He proceeded to say: “I bear witness that there is n ...

Beginning of Islam among the Ansar The Prophet (r) met some of the people from the town of Yathrib (Madinah) belonging to the tr ...

Diverse causes and circumstances, proceeding from the will of Almighty God, had opened the door for the acceptance of Islam by t ...

the heathens just as the people of ‘Ad and Iram were massacred. (Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Vol. I, p. 217) “And when there cometh unto ...

Importance of Madinah Apart from the great honor to be bestowed upon the people of Madinah and such other reasons accessible onl ...

They were related, on the material side, to the Banu ‘Adiy Ibn al-Najjar who had given one of their daughters, Salma bint ‘Amr, ...

The Prophet (r) talked to them, read some of the Qur’an and invited them to accept Is- lam. Then he said, “I invite your allegia ...

Rejection of Islam Any new movement or cause that emerges for the first time in a society will be considered strange and unfamil ...

what they studied.” Or lest you should say: “If only the book had been sent down to us, we would surely have been better guided ...

“And when they embark on a ship, they invoke Allah, making their faith pure for Him only: but when He brings them safely to land ...

steps.” (The warner) said: “Even if I bring you better guidance than that which you found your fathers following?” They said: “V ...

(Then Allah) revealed the verse: “For he who hates you (O Muhammed), he will be cut off (from posterity and every good thing in ...

However in spite of all that, he did not become leader of his tribe for many reasons re- lated to age and other circumstances on ...

to protect the status of their clan's. Those who were from a different tribe altogether re- jected the message of Islam hoping t ...

Emigration to Madinah THE EMIGRATION Thanks to the allegiance and support offered by the Ansaar, the Muslims found a new rock of ...

go away to take rest under a tree. In the evening, he used to saddle the camel and load it, and then withdrew asking me to ride; ...

But the Prophet (r) was warned of their wicked plan by the All-Knowing God and thus, had asked ‘Ali instead to lie on his bed an ...

A STRANGE INCONSISTENCY The unbelieving Quraysh of Makkah were bitterly set against the Prophet (r). Yet they were absolutely co ...

Prophet's Emigration The Prophet (r) came to Abu Bakr and told him that God had given him permission to emigrate from Makkah. Ab ...