Biography-- Understanding the Prophet's Biography- (Lesson 27-47): Immigration2- Details of immigration

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of Creations, and Peace and blessings be upon our prophet , the faithful and the honest. Oh, Allah, w e know nothing but w hat You teach us. You are the All- Know er, the Wise. Oh Allah, teach us w hat is good for us, and benefit us from w hat You taught us, and increase our know ledge. Show us the righteous things as righteous and help us to do them, and show us the bad things as bad and help us to keep aw ay from them. O Allah our Lord, lead us out from the depths of darkness and illusion, unto the lights of erudition and know ledge, and from the muddy shallow s of lusts unto the heavens of Your Vicinity.

Dear brothers, w ith a new lesson from the lessons of jurisprudence Biography of the Prophet. We already reached the topic of migration last time w here the concept of migration w as discussed: Immigration is a movement, quitting w hat Allah prohibited us, and immigration exists betw een every tw o cities semi Makkah and Madinah. From Ma’qil Bin Yasar: Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said:

''Worship in turmoil is like immigration to me''

[Narrated by Muslim]

And the long talk w as about Allah’s saying:

''Verily! As for those w hom the angels take (in death) w hile they are w ronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration w as obligatory for them), “In w hat (condition) were you? They reply: ‘We w ere weak and oppressed on the earth.” They (angels) say: “Was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?” Such men w ill find their abode in Hell_ What an evil destination! ''

[An_Nisa’: 97]

Now to the details:

Choosing Yathrib as a place of immigration:

In the second lesson about immigration choosing Yathrib a place for immigration w as not only a need of the mission’s circumstances, but it w as a revelation/inspiration from Allah the Great and Almighty.

The comment:

Every event that took place in the era of prophet Mohammad (PBUH) w as meant for its ow n sake by the divine providence because the purified prophetic sunna is the prophet’s sayings, deeds, and approval. Some scholars say that his deeds are much more guiding for know ing Allah and understanding His w ords, w hy? Because speech can be interpreted in different w ays, but action is restrictive. So all his deeds w ere legislation. Only to the prophet alone w e refer to his w ords, actions, silence and qualities as legislation.

''And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad PBUH gives you, take it, and w hatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it). And fear Allah; verily, Allah is Severe in punishment.''

[Al_Hashr: 7]

''He who obeys the Messenger (Mohammad PBUH), has indeed obeyed Allah, ''

[An_Nisa’: 8]

Because Allah’s order is clearly evident, w ith definitive evidence that w e must obey the Messenger of Allah, in his statements and actions, and approvals, accordingly his actions should be immune from error because he is a legislator.

The Prophet's (PBUH) vision of Yathrib in this sleep:

Therefore, w e must take the Biography of the Prophet as events Almighty God w anted for a very serious lesson, to make the Prophet (PBUH) take a w hole stand w ith them, then this situation is considered a legislation. Allah Almighty is the one w ho chose Yathrib. It w as stated by (May Allah be Pleased w ith her) that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:

''I w as show n/inspired about your place of Immigration, A land of palm between tw o lavas, and these are the volcanic and stony areas''.

[Al-Bukhari from Aisha]

''I w as inspired''

And the vision of prophets is true; the vision of prophets is order.

''He said: O my son! I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering you (offering you in sacrifice to Allah). So look w hat you think!” He said: “O my father! Do that w hich you are commanded''

[As_Saffat: 102]

Visions of prophets are orders, and Allah Almighty is the one w ho chose Yathrib as a place for Migration. So it w as mentioned in some of the references by the Prophet PBUH that w hen he immigrated from , he said:

“Oh God! You brought me out from the country I love most please house me in the country You love the most”

[Narrated by the Governor from Abu Hurayrah]

Therefore it w as Madinah, so those w ho visit Mecca and Madinah say that the general atmosphere in Mecca is an atmosphere of reverence, w hile the general atmosphere in is an atmosphere of beauty. The spirituality of the Prophet dominates this prophetic city. Well then:

''I w as show n /inspired about your place of Immigration, A land of palm between tw o lavas, and these are the volcanic and stony areas''

[Al-Bukhari from Aisha]

In another :

“In my dream, I saw myself emigrating from Mecca to a land w ith palm trees, it crossed my mind that it w as Yamama, or Hajar, w hile the city w as Yathrib”.

[Al-Bukhari from Abu Musa]

Some Of the causes of migration:

The causes of migration are w ell know n, w here infestations and persecution w ere the causes of the migration of Prophet’s companions (PBUH) by order of Allah to the city chosen by Him. The fact is that the primary function of Madinah w as to secure safe shelter for the mission. That is w hy you should leave any place that hinders you from w orshipping Allah, because the reason of your existence is w orshipping Allah, and if the prophet (PBUH) said:

''There is no migration after the conquest''

[Agreed on narrated by Ibn Abbas]

This means that the door of immigration betw een Mecca and Medina w as closed after the conquest, but the truth is that the door of migration is w ide open betw een any tw o cities similar to Mecca and Madinah. I mentioned in an earlier lesson that if man w as w eak by suppression from w orshipping Allah, then he should emigrate, and if he w eakens by dominance to w orship Allah, he should emigrate too, but if he w eakens in front of the forces of evil or desires, then the reason for immigration w ould be to provide a safe place for the mission, and w orship Allah the Almighty. The reason for migration is tyranny against the believers and the prophet’s companions in Mecca. Before the migration, the believers used to flee w ith his religion to Allah the Almighty. By the w ay, travel is permitted for a variety of reasons, the most important of w hich is the ‘jihad’ for the sake of Allah the Almighty. After the ‘jihad’ comes fleeing w ith religion, then the missionary w ork, then seeking livelihoods. These are the legitimate reasons for migration that this great religion states. But now there is tourism, travel for committing atrocities and doing the forbidden and sins. The travel that raises man to the highest of heights is that aimed at fleeing w ith one’s religion, seeking know ledge, seeking livelihood. Now adays people travel to flee aw ay from Allah, to commit sins and atrocities. Dear brothers, things are for their purposes, assessing things for their purposes. Any travel aimed at detachment from Allah’s w ay does not please Allah. In some countries w here some of their citizens plot w ith some of the rules of this religion, like the hijab, for instance, you see a strange scene at airports, the w oman w ho w as w earing a hijab a w hile ago, is no longer w earing it after entering the plane, and appeared at her best looks. Some observers commented on this unacceptable phenomenon that the religion embraced in a place and released in another place is a geographical religion. Believers used to flee w ith their religion to Allah the Almighty because Quraysh used to tyrannize those w ho follow ed the prophet (PBUH). There is a question w orth standing at and answ ering quietly.

What is the wisdom of the Prophet's weakness?

What is the w isdom of the Prophet’s w eakness? The evidence to that w hen the prophet (PBUH) could not rescue Ammar Bin Yaser from torture w hen he passed by him and saw him being tortured, all he said w as:

“Patience Yaser Family, you are promised w ith paradise”

[The prophet’s jurisprudence with saheeh attributes]

Why w as the prophet w eak? Or w hat is the w isdom of the prophet’s w eakness? “I do not possess from Allah neither harm nor benefit to you”

[Narrated by At_Tirmithi from Abu Hurayra]

But:

''Say (O Muhammad (PBUH): “I possess no power over benefit or hurt to myself,''

[Al_A’RAF: 188]

Why is that? Because if he w as strong and pow erful like the pow erful people of this time, and came w ith this message, millions w ould believe in him, not out of conviction, belief, or w orship, but out of fear. This belief is w orthless to Allah the Almighty, that is w hy the w isdom of Allah the Most Graceful w as to make the master of creation w eak, ow ns nothing that harms or benefits himself or them, in order to make belief in the prophet of Allah (PBUH) real. But a w hile later Allah the Great granted him w ith pow er.

Conditions of the believer in God:

By the w ay, each believer has three conditions w ith Allah, and this goes for every believer: • The first condition: the condition of discipline, if there are violations. • The second condition: the condition of affliction w hile he is straight. • The third condition: the condition of honoring. You are amongst the discipline, affliction, and honoring. These three conditions may be intertw ined or distinct. A stage of discipline, a stage of affliction and a stage of honoring. In one day, Maybe you receive a treatment from Allah based on discipline, another one based on affliction, and a third one based on honoring.

''Do people think that they w ill be left alone because they say w e believe, “and w ill not be tested.''

[Al_ Ankaboot: 2]

Do you think that man can say: I am a believer w ithout being examined? Allah the Great and Almighty said:

''For sure We are ever putting (men) to the test.''

[Al_Mu’minoon: 30]

Allah the Almighty is capable of giving every person his size, or restoring his natural size, Say w hatever you w ant, but Allah brings to this person conditions that reveal the truth w isely, so nothing is hidden from Allah the Almighty.

''Allah knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal''

[Ghafir: 19]

He knew w hat w as, w hat is being, and w hat w ill be, and knew w hat did not be if it is how it w ill be. Believers before migration w ere of tw o kinds; those w ho are infatuated w ith Allah, w ho fled w ith their religion to Allah fearing being seduced, and those w ho w ere being tortured by their hands, those fleeing to other countries, so they w ere either tortured, infatuated, running, oppressed and fleeing w ith his religion.

''Allah’s goods is precious/expensive, Allah’s goods is paradise, Allah’s goods is paradise''

[Narrated by Tirmidhi and Hakim Al- Mustadrak from Abu Hurayrah] Why were Muslims ordered to keep patient and not fight?

A paradise as w ide as the heavens and the earth does not come w ith tw o bow s and tw o liras, it needs great effort. Those w ho seek paradise w ithout w ork, their demand is misdeed. Scholar of the w orld Abdullah bin Abbas says: the polytheists of Mecca used to hurt the companions of the prophet (PBUH) and he w ould say:

“Be patient, for I w as not ordered to fight”

[Appeared in the reference]

There is divine guidance that is in fact a legislation that is Allah the Almighty does not accept w hat is called in the contemporary expression a civil w ar.

''Have you not seen those who were told to hold back their hands (from fighting) and perform As-Salat''?

[An_ Nisa’:77]

This verse in Mecca, there might be a believer and a polytheist in one house living under the same roof. If fighting had been permitted in Mecca, it w ould have been a civil w ar, it w ould have burnt the green and the dry, Allah the Almighty said:

''Say: “ He has pow er to send torment on you from above or from under your feet, or to cover you w ith confusion in party strife, and make you to taste the violence of one another ''

[Al_An’am: 65]

Yet the third is the most difficult aspect in the w orldly life. Another thing, the mission does not grow except w ith peace. When the honorable companions moved to Madinah w here there is peace and quiet/tranquility, their abilities grew and their activities increased, they approached Allah. This is the w ay of man. I confirm this meaning to you once again: that w hen Allah the Almighty said:

''Verily, We have given you (O Muhammad PBUH) a manifest victory.''

[Al_Fath: 1]

When w as this conquest? It w as in Al_Hudaybiyah reconciliation. The reason for this reconciliation w as peace, security and stability. That is w hat Muslims are missing today. They neglected and failed earlier, and did not prepare themselves for their enemies, so their enemies used various w ays to frighten them and threaten them and pressure them, Allah the Almighty said:

'' And make ready against them all you can of pow er, including steeds of war (tanks, planes, missiles, artillery) to threaten the enemy of Allah and your enemy''

[Al_ Anfal: 60]

Therefore w hen you prepare yourself, you achieve a target that is not reached w ithout it. You terrorize your enemies. How many pow erful countries have strong w eapons they do not need to use, but w eapons cast terror in the enemies’ hearts. And w hat is going on these days from profanation to the holy Qur’an, and defilement to the dignity of the prophet (PBUH) is because of the Muslims’ w eakness, that is indisputable. That is w hy the strong believer is better and more lovable to Allah than the w eak one, the prophet (PBUH) says:

''Be patient, for I w as not ordered to fight''

[Appeared in the reference]

When the prophet (PBUH) immigrated to Madinah, and Muslims w ere stable, w ith entity; leadership and follow ers, then Allah the Almighty’s saying w as revealed /descended from heaven:

''Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) w ho are fought against, because they have been wronged; and surely, Allah is able to give them (believers) victory)''

[Al_Haj: 39]

The first men and women who migrated:

Those w ere the first verses of fighting, now to the first immigrants. Mus’ab Bin Umair and Abdullah Bin Maktoom w ere the first to immigrate to Madinah. They used to read the Qur’an to people as w as mentioned in the reference of the prophetic biography. Whereas other narrations mention that the first immigrants w ere Abu Salama Bin Abdul Asad, and that w as w hen Quraish tortured him after coming back from his migration to Al_Habasha, so he w ent to Yathrib one year before the homage of Aqaba. The tw o narratives can be combined that this companion Abu Salama arrived Madinah, not as an immigrant, but fleeing w ith his religion and that w as before the homage. As if that w ho mentioned Mus’ab Bin Umair to be the first immigrant meant that noble man, because he immigrated according to the prophet’s order after the first homage and the second one. The events of the prophet’s biography and the other resources show ed w ays of Quraish to hinder the Muslims migration to Yathrib and cause trouble in the faces of immigrants, like terrorism, restraining the w ives and children, stealing money, or deception to send back those w ho already immigrated. Because if those Muslims did not immigrate, they w ould be under their domination and control, if they immigrated, they w ould escape their grip and control. That w as w hy Quraish prohibited migration, either by stealing money, restraining w ives, threat or menace. But the companions w ere w illing to sacrifice all their belongings for their survival. Um Salama has a strange story that is mentioned in the companions’ biography, and how she w as w ith her first husband,, and how Quraish took her and her child aw ay from her husband, and how the journey of torture lasted about a year before she got the chance to get her son back and follow her husband w ho had already immigrated and they took her w hile she w as w ith him, prevented her from migration and took her son as a hostage. A year passed by before she w as able to reach Madinah, or get her son back. The truth is that Um Salama’s story has some amazing details, as the prophet (PBUH) said:

''The best of you in the pre- Islamic time are the best in the Islamic time on condition they apprehend''

[Narrated by Bukhari from Abu Hurayrah]

Uthman Bin Talha w as not a Muslim yet. He sympathized w ith her, a w oman w hose husband w as in Madinah and w as captured in Mecca. She w as a believer w hereas her people w ere not. Therefore he took her w ith her child for tw o w eeks from Meacca to Madinah each on a camel; he never looked at her that w as before he entered . If he w anted to comfort her, he used to make her camel kneel dow n, and keep a distance, and then w hen he w anted to proceed his travel, he w ould aw aken the camel, call her to ride it, and turn his face the other w ay, and then go w ith the camel. He w as a polytheist before he entered Islam that w as w hy w hen the prophet (PBUH) used to say w hen he saw someone entering Islam, so and so:

'' You entered Islam on whatever goodness you had'' [Narrated by Ahmad in his attribute from Hakim Bin Huzam, agreed upon]

And the prophet (PBUH) used to say:

''The best of you in pre- Islam are the best of you in Islam if they understand''

Commenting on this fact: that Allah the Almighty takes care of the righteous ones, any good person, even if he did not know Allah the Almighty w ill be taken care of and led to faith by Allah the Almighty. Suhayb Al-Rumi w as prevented to immigrate by the leaders of Quraish pretext that he had come to Mecca Poor, so they said to him: your money increased amongst us, and you reached this level, and you w ant to leave now , w e made you, you came poor and became rich, w e w on’t let you. So Suhayb offered to give them all his money in exchange for releasing him, then they agreed. When the prophet (PBUH) heard, he said:

(Suhayb has w on, Suhayb has w on, Suhayb has w on)

If you pay all your money, and you are able to believe and survive, then you are the first w inner, from here it w as said: It is impossible thousands of times to obey Him and lose, and it is impossible thousands of times to disobey Him and w in. bin El_ Khatab, may Allah be pleased w ith him, narrates the new s of his immigration, w here he agreed w ith Ayyash bin Abe Rabi’a, Hisham bin Al- ‘Aas Assahmi to meet in a place far from Mecca, and how Hisham bin Al-‘Aas w as locked aw ay from them, and how he w as seduced. Then he talked about the new s of their arrival to the city and staying at Bani Omar Bin Aw f’s, and how Abu Jahl and his brother Al_Harith w ent to Ayyash Bin Abe Rabee’a and persuaded him of the importance of going back to Mecca to be faithful to his mother’s oath w ho sw ore not to let any comb touch her hair until she sees him, and how Omar w arned him from the tw o of them, saying: “Ayyash, “ I sw ear to Allah that w hat these people w ant is to infatuate you from your religion, bew are of them”. Well then, a Muslim’s money w as taken all, another’s w ife and child w ere kept as hostages, the third w as prevented to immigrate by force, and tied some of the w ay, and w as taken to Mecca, and got seduced. Omar says: “We used to say: Allah w ill never accept a solution, nor justice nor repentance from those w ho had been infatuated, people w ho knew Allah, then returned to polytheism, after an ordeal. When prophet Mohammad (PBUH) came, Allah the Almighty revealed these verses about them:

''Say: “O ‘Ibadi (My slaves) w ho have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: verily, Allah forgives all sins. Truly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.(53), and turn in repentance and in obedience w ith true Faith (Islamic Monotheism) to your Lord and submit to Him (in Islam) before the torment comes upon you, (and) then you w ill not be helped, (54) And follow the best of that w hich is sent dow n to you from your Lord ( i. e this Qur'an, do w hat it orders you to do and keep aw ay from w hat it forbids), before the torment comes on you suddenly w hile you perceive not(55).''

[Az-Zumar: 53-55]

Brothers, troubles that the messenger’s companions endured are too much to imagine until religion reached us, and w as served to us on a gold platter. What is recommended from the faithful these days? They are requested to maintain their religion, perform their w orship, and do good things. Whereas the honored companions w ere infatuated, some of them w ere killed, and imprisoned, their money w as taken, and their w ives restrained. They w ere heroes really, even the prophet’s friends w ere selected, and he (PBUH) used to say:

“Allah chose me and chose friends for me''

[The small collection, by Anas with weak reference]

The first immigrants from man and women: It is the greatest blessing and honoring by Allah the Almighty that you are surrounded by people of your kind, you appreciate them and they appreciate you, you love them and they love you, you help them and they help you.

“O you w ho believe! Be afraid of Allah, and be with those who are true (in w ords and deeds)”

[At_Taubah: 119]

That means you cannot be good believers unless you are w ith believers, w ith honest and truthful people. Avoiding the polytheists and disbelievers is crucial, but getting aw ay from the righteous and piety ones is a big mistake.

''And keep yourself (O Muhammad PBUH) patiently w ith those w ho call on their Lord ( i.e. your companions who remember their Lord with glorification, praising in prayers, and other righteous deeds) morning and afternoon, seeking His Face; and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the w orld; and obey not him w hose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, and w ho follow s his ow n lusts, and w hose affair (deeds) has been lost.''

[Al_Kahf: 28]

"Being together is mercy and being seperated is torture"

[Narrated by Ahmed from Nu’man bin Bashir with Hassan reference]

Allah is w ith the group and Allah’s hand is w ith the group. From Ibn Omar that the prophet (PBUH) said:

''Allah does not group my people on misdeed, Allah’s hand is w ith the group, and w hoever deviates w ill be deviated to hell''

[Narrated by Attirmithi]

''Whoever wants the affluence of paradise must stick to the group, Satan is w ith the one, and he is further from the tw o"

[Ahamd]

From Mu’ath Bin Jabal from the messenger of Allah (PBUH):

''Satan is man’s w olf as the sheep’s w olf, he takes the distant sheep, beware of the isolated areas, and stick to the group and the public''

Dear Brothers, Quraish conspired on the prophet’s life (PBUH) after they knew about w hat happened betw een the Prophet (PBUH) and the “Ansar’ in the second Aqaba, and they saw Muslims emigrating to Yathrib in groups and individually, and the Zahri has kept the history of this, he said: After Hajj, the prophet (PBUH) stayed the rest of the month “thil Hijjah, Muharram, Safar’, and then the polytheists agreed to kill him. The new s spread that the prophet (PBUH) left Mecca on Monday entered Madinah on Monday too. More details about the conspiracy of Quraysh to kill the prophet are discussed in the next lesson if Allah w ills.

Translation : Hanan Mansi Auditing :