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THE PROPHET AND HIS T E N C 0 IHPH 0 NS WHO WERE PROMISED PARADISE rG ; By al-Hafiz ‘Abdul-Ghani al-Maqdisi (600 a h ) Commentary by Shaykh Muhammad bin 'Abdul-Wahhab al-'Aqll © Authentic Statements Publishing, USA All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any language, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether electronic, mechanic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without express permission of the copyright owner. ISBN: 978-1-4951-9436-8 Second Edition: Jumada al-Awwal 1437 AH / March 2016 CE Cover Design: Usui Design Email: [email protected] Translator: Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee Editing & Formatting: Danielle Lebenson al-Amrikiyyah www.amrikiyyahdesign.com Publisher’s Information: Authentic Statements Publishing P.O. 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Sallallabu ‘alayhi wa sallam (May Allah's praise & salutations be upon him) vtiiSi ‘Alayhis-saldm (Peace be upon him) ? 0 Alayhim as-salam (Peace be upon them) RadiyaUahu ‘anhu (May Allah be pleased with him) RadiyaUahu 'anha (May Allah be pleased with her) RadiyaUahu 'auburn (May Allah be pleased with them) iiAfc Rahimahullal) (May Allah have mercy on him) CONTENTS Introduction by S buy kb Mu hum mad al-Aqil .............................................. 6 Author's Introduction ..................................................................................... 9 The Prophet's Lineage ............................................................................. 12 His Mother .................................................................................................. 19 His Birth ....................................................................................................... 20 His Father's Death ..................................................................................... 25 His Mother's Death .................................................................................... 27 His Grandfather's Death .......................................................................... 29 His Wet Nurses ........................................................................................... 31 His Names .................................................................................................... 36 His Upbringing in Makkah ...................................................................... 47 His Travel to Sham with His Uncle ...................................................... 50 His Marriage to Khadljah ........................................................................ 55 The Beginning of Revelation ................................................................. 58 His Migration to Madlnah ....................................................................... 62 His Death ..................................................................................................... 68 His Sons ....................................................................................................... 73 His Daughters ............................................................................................. 76 His Hajj and ‘Umrah .................................................................................. 80 His Batdes .................................................................................................... 83 His Scribes and Heralds ........................................................................... 85 His Paternal Uncles and Aunts ............................................................... 91 His Wives ....................................................................................................... 99 His Servants ..................................................................................................111 His Freed Slaves ...........................................................................................114 His Animals ...................................................................................................116 His Weapons ................................................................................................120 His Physical Characteristics ...................................................................... 123 His Manners ...................................................................................................134 His Miracles .................................................................................................145 His Ten Companions Promised Paradise .............................................159 Abu Bakr as-Siddlq ........................................................................................................... 161 ‘Umar bin al-Khattab ........................................................................................................ 164 ‘Uthm an b in ‘Affan ........................................................................................................... 167 ‘Ali bin Abl Talib ................................................................................................................ 171 Talhah bin ‘Ubaydillah ..................................................................................................... 176 Az-Zubayr bin al-‘Awwam ............................................................................................. 178 Sa’d bin Abl Waqqas ........................................................................................................ 180 Sa‘Td bin Zayd bin ‘Amr ................................................................................................... 182 ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf ................................................................................................ 183 Abu ‘Ubavdah bin al-Jarrah ............................................................................................ 186 ♦ (: J/ a y/ f ■ sMtf/utftt//Hit/ « / - • J r fy t/ ' ♦ In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful; all praise belongs to Allah. May Allah grant our Prophet Muhammad the highest mention and bestow peace upon him. Given that the nobility7 of knowledge is connected to the nobility7 of the science being studied, the study of the Prophet’s biography IIS is from the noblest and most important fields of study7. This is because studying the strah of the Prophet lit is connected to the study of the noblest of creation — our Prophet Muhammad m - The Muslim who takes our Prophet Muhammad 0 as his imam, exemplar, and model is in dire need of studying his biography. Your ‘aqidah will not be correct unless your ‘aqidah is like the ‘aqidah of the Prophet tgl. Your prayer, \-akdh, fasting, Hajj, and all other acts of worship will not be correct unless they are in agreement with what the Prophet 0 was upon. The details of these matters are known from the details of the life of the Prophet Studying his life brings about belief in him, because knowing about his affairs is part of believing in him. There are some matters that are obligatory to know about him, and if you are deficient in knowing these matters, your faith will be deficient. However, the more you learn about him, the more your faith in him will increase, and then your overall imdn will increase. The biography of the Prophet 0 is not similar to the biography of 1 This explanation is extracted from a lecture delivered by Shaykh Muhammad al-‘Aq!l, mav Allah preserve him. 6 Introduction by Shaykh Muhammad al-'Aqil any other person. As for the biographies of other than him, then only a small portion of their biographies have been preserved. In contrast, the Prophet’s biography Hf has been narrated to us by his Lord, and He has taken the responsibility of preserving it. (j^jaSlaJ 4J Ijlj j^lll Uijj dP-j ^ Verily, it is We Who have sent down the reminder (i.e., the Qur'an) and surely, We are its guardian (from corruption). [Surah al-Hijr 15:9] How many verses are there that mention the names of the Prophet H, how he was sent, his worship, his supplication, the reality of his da’wah, what he encountered, and his human nature? There are many verses, and these are one of the sources of his biography; and Allah has entrusted Himself with the preservation of this in His Book. Likewise, his biography is preserved by what has been narrated from his Companions 0 , from those ahadlth with sound chains of narration. Consequently, his biography is true, and he is the trustworthy one who is believed. His sirah is not [made of] ancient tales or fabricated stories, nor is it a game for the people to add to it or take away from it what they like. Rather, his biography has been preserved for us just as his Sunnah has been preserved for us. Those who give care and concern to his Sunnah, his statements and actions, also give care and concern to his biography. For this reason, the scholars of the ummah have undertaken the task of authenticating what has been transmitted from the Prophet's biography fit, affirming what is authentic and what is weak. The innovator may come with a book of sirah saying that the Prophet Hf did this or that. We say, first we need to authenti cate