Life of Muhammad (Saw) Part 1/53 (Seerah)

Definition of seerah: A path a Person Takes in their Life ( Conduct, way of life, biography, etc ) it is the life of a person, in this case, we are studying the life of Muhammad (SAW)

Why is it Important to Learn Seerah: 1) The Life of Muhammad SAW is the History of Islam. Learning his way of life will help us to do better in every Life aspect. We Must Understand How Important it is to follow his ways because the way he did things is perfect with the greatest probability of success in everything. 

Muhammad IBn Saad bin Waqas (Saad Bin Waqas was One of the 10 promised Jannah) his son Muhammad used to say that Saad bin Waqas would teach him the battles of Rasool Allah (SAW) and say these are the traditions of your fathers so study them. 

They used to refer to seerah as maghazi, which means battles & Hussain ibn Ali used to say that we were taught seerah like we were taught the Quran. That’s how important Seerah was to them. 

The life of all the Ambiya was recorded in the Quran and the life of Rasool Allah was recorded in the Seerah.

2) To Develop the Love for Rasool Allah (saw) we must study seerah, because loving him is ibada, without knowing his life you can never truly love him. Rasool Allah (Saw) Said that none of you will attain true deen until you love me more than your parents, children, and the whole world. 

Umar Bin Khattab (RA) Came to Rasool Allah (saw) and said “Oh Rasool Allah, I love you more than anyone in this world, except myself. Rasool Allah (saw) replied until you love me more than yourself, you will attain complete faith. He thought about this and came back and said “Oh Rasool Allah now I love you more than even myself.” This means that one can not attain true Faith until he can Sacrifice even His/Her self for the sake of this deen.  Islam Requires Strictness and Steadfastness. The Idea of Islam Being Easy is Utter nonsense. 

Is it Easy to be Lazy or Easy to be Active,  Islam requires you to be active. Is it Easy to Lose Control every time an obstacle comes your way or is it easy to have patience & Sabr, Islam Requires patience. Is it easy to Ignore the current State of the ummah and live your life with comfort, or is it easy to stand up for the truth, and remove your comfort for the sake of your brothers and sisters who are suffering, Islam Requires you to stand for the truth & Justice. Then How can one say that Islam is easy?  Islam Promises rewards in return for difficulty. Is there anything good in life that comes easy?  The better something is the harder it is to obtain it. So do not be under the assumption that you can continue living a life of hypocrisy and attain faith and be rewarded jannah, Have you confused Islam with Christianity? Then Wake up.

How Can Our Faith be complete when we don’t even know who Muhammad (saw) is? & if you love him and do not follow him then you will be among the hypocrites. 

Amr bin al-as was on his deathbed weeping/crying. So his son reminded him that he had been given a lot of glad tidings from Rasool Allah (saw) for example he (saw)  said on one occasion that “Amr has attained faith” so why are you crying? Amr bin Al-as replied that he used to despise/hate Rasool Allah saw in the times of jahiliya and if i died that time, I would have been in hellfire. But then Allah put the love for Rasool Allah (saw)  in my heart and I went to him and told him to extend your hand so I can give baya/ announce my acceptance of Islam. When rasool allah extended his hand, Amr pulled his hand away saying I have a condition that you will not hold me accountable for everything I did against the Muslim before this, Rasool Allah (saw)  laughed and said” do you not know oh Amr, that 3 things wipe you clean from all sins. Hijrah for the sake of Allah cleans all your sins, hajj for the sake of Allah cleans all your sins, and accepting Islam for the sake of Allah cleans all your sins. And then I loved him so much that I could not even look at his face out of respect and love for him and if you asked me today how he looked I would not have been able to tell you. 

Suhail Bin Amr was an international negotiator. He was sent by Quraish to negotiate with Rasool Allah “saw” before sullah hudaybiyya. He saw how the sahaba treated Rasool Allah (saw). So he went back to Quraish and said I have gone to many empires and nations, however, I have never met a leader loved by his people like Rasool Allah was loved by the sahaba, He said I have seen nothing like it in the world. He said I saw amazing things, Rasool Allah would be making wudu and sahaba would be running to collect the water dripping from his body, he then said “do whatever you want, his people would never give him up. They will die before giving him up.”

Whatever the enemies of Allah say, Allah has honored his Rasool in this world and hereafter. 5 Times a day every masjid’s Imam Says his name, and Billions of Muslims send salutations to him, Most People in this world are named after him. The Name Muhammad Means The Praised One, and Allah has proved the meaning of his name ( Saw ). 

Allah (Sa) says in Surah Tawbah: Verse 24.

قُلْ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلٌ ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَـٰرَةٌۭ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَـٰكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَجِهَادٍۢ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

Say, [O Muḥammad], “If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allāh and His Messenger and jihād in His cause, then wait until Allāh executes His command. And Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.”

3) We Learn Seerah to Follow Rasool Allah (Saw) Because He was an example and mercy for mankind. 

4) To Understand the Quran Better.  Because most of the quran is talking about the events taking place in his lifetime so we will have the background of what quran is actually talking about. Understand that the Quran is not just stories of previous times, it is telling us to take examples and learn from them otherwise what good is it for us if we don’t benefit from it? 

5) Seerah teaches us the perfect way and steps that every Islamic movement should learn from. He started the movement of Islam with the help of Allah in every step. Is it not important for us to follow his steps and the way he started and ended things? He was extremely successful in what he started, our being Muslim is an example of it. He Started with a secret Dawah, Then went Public, Then later on Jihad, so it went through stages. These stages are important for every Islamic movement. 

This methodological progression of the prophet’s life is divinely directed, for Allah has guided his prophet in all of his steps, and it was not a reaction to emerging circumstances. They were planned by Allah so they will be the guidance for us in our attempts to establish Islam again and again.  How unfortunate that this important concept of seerah has been abandoned by muslim parents, Islamic countries, & Schools. 

Quran and sunnah are verbal teachings, but seerah shows you how to apply these teachings. Without Application, are there any benefits of your Quran and Sunnah Knowledge? Even Non-Muslims can read Quran Translation and sunnah. A believer applies these Teachings, that’s the only thing that sets you apart from every other human. 

6) Learning Seerah is ibada and we hope that this session is surrounded by angels right now. 

7) Muslim Identity without Seerah Can not be identified, because seerah is the base of our identity, our history our training, and our connection to Rasool Allah (saw). 

There is a global culture at play that is unforgiving, you either accept it or be ready to defend yourself against this culture. It is the culture of United States Designed Democracy, If you play by their rules then you are somewhat safe but if you do not then you are a threat to their culture. Thomas Freedman Said “The Hidden hand of the market can not survive without the hidden fist. McDonalds cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas (Maker of fighter jets). The hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley’s technologies to flourish is called the US Army, air force, navy, and Marine Corps “https://tareeq-al-ghuraba.com/the-most-organised-criminal/”

This Western Culture can not co-exist with anything else. The only way for this culture to flourish is to cut all other cultures by their roots. It is a very well-established fact accepted by the world “ To Destroy a people you Must Destroy Their Roots. We as Muslims do not want our roots to be cut. 

You Must open your eyes to understand that the biggest threat to their culture is Islam because if Islam was only a religion then it would be okay with them but Islam is a culture in itself, which repels their culture, and those Muslims who treat this Islam as a religion are accepting a culture other then Islam, woe to them. The Ummah is facing war from every direction, Physical, Psychological, and educational, our kids are being Destroyed by this culture, so our generations will accept their culture. But Allah has promised that there will always be his people who will stand up. Our Identity is Compromised. This Seerah Course will Repair Our Identity. 

Our Local Identity Must Always be Secondary to the Islamic Identity, Islam Repels the concept of nationalism because our nation is the ummah and our brothers and sisters are all around the world. We are at a stage where The problems that are not in our houses, do not concern us. What’s Happening in Falasteen should concern every British Muslim and what’s happening in Kashmir should concern every American Muslim. What happens in every corner of the Muslim world, should worry me as if it is happening to me. 

Reminders:

During this Lesson and every Lesson, the First time you hear the name Rasool Allah (saw) it is mandatory to send a salutation to him (sallalahu alaihi wasallam) and everytime after that during the same audio, it will be recommended but not mandatory. 

Jahiliyya means the ignorance before Islam or the time without the message. Even the time after the message and people ignoring the message is also called the time of jahiliyyah, for example, the times of today can very well be considered as jahiliyyah.