PPPPPPrrrrrroooooopppppphhhhhheeeeeetttttt MMMMMMoooooohhhhhhaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmaaaaaadddddd (((((( SS AA WW )))))) TTHHEE MMAANN AANNDD TTHHEE MMEESSSSAAGGEE IINN 22000000 ABU TARIQ HIJAZI FROM ONE TO OVER ONE BILLION SOULS Almighty Allah awarded Last prophet-hood to Mohammed bin Abdullah. He stood worthy of the designation. He declared the message in Makkah Mukarrama “O, The People say, There is no god save Allah and win”. There was another man Abu Lahab calling behind him, Don’t believe him he is a magician” Time passed, days rolled into years and decades into centuries. But still that call is echoing on the horizons. Thousands nay millions people entered the folds of Islam and now they are preaching the same message of “La ilaha illallah Mohammadur rasoolullah” from mosques, schools, academies, and from every platform of human life by sermons, publications, and through radio, and TV channels. One man alone in 610 AD, by the Grace of Almighty Allah, leads the life of more than 1600,000,000 souls on this planet in 2000 AD. But Abu-Lahab also grew in number in his counterfeit campaign. Many people are crying on roads, streets and media channel “Don’t believe them, don’t listen to them.” But who cares, people are entering the folds of Islam in thousands. The message of truth touched the pulsating hearts of pious men and women promising them equally, a peaceful life in this world and pleasant life in the Hereafter. Holy Qur’an declares: For men and women who are Muslims For men and women who believe For men and women who are devoted For men and women who are truthful For men and women who are patient and constant For men and women who humble themselves For men and women who give in charity For men and women who observe fasting For men and women who guard their chastity and For men and women who engage much in Allah’s praise for them has Allah prepared Forgiveness and Great Reward (33:35) Almighty Allah granted His pleasure to this nation of Prophet Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ and Mohammed (peace be upon them all) and declared: Verily this Ummah is your one Ummah And I am your Lord and Cherisher, So serve Me (and no other) (21:92) The entire code of Islamic life is summed up in two words. The One-ness of Allah and Prophet-hood of Mohammed (s.a.w.). The Seerah of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) is the exegesis of both. Holy Qur’an reads: “Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah an excellent example for him who hopes in Allah and the Final Day and who remembers Allah much.” (33:21). And that is the sole purpose of this compilation. May my Lord Allah accept this humble endeavor from me and grant His pleasure and forgiveness to the persons (brothers and sisters) who adopt this message in their practical life and resolve to communicate it to others. Ameen Abu Tariq Hijazi Friday, Riyadul Jannah, Harem Sharief The 14th Rabi al Awwal 1421H Madina Munawwarah. 16th June 2000 AD Please visit FREE e-libraries: 1 www.al-islamforall.org www.prophetmuhammadforall.org www.quranforall.org C O N T E N T S 1. WHY WE READ SEERAH 2. HOW I WROTE THIS BOOK 3. THE PRELUDE 4. THE JEWS & CHRISTIANS IDENTIFY PROPHET MOHAMMED (s.a.w.) 5. THE DIVINE DECLARATION 6. AN UNKNOWN ORPHAN REACHES FORTY 7. THE DIVINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES HIRA 8. THE DECLARATION OF FAITH - HOME TO THE WHOLE WORLD 9. TEN YEARS OF TURMOIL 10. ME’RAJ - THE HEIGHT OF HUMAN ACCESS 11. HIJRAH THE TURN OF HUMAN HISTORY 12. MADINA WELCOMES HOLY PROPHET (s.a.w.) 13. BADR THE BATTLE OF ULTIMATE SUCCESS 14. OHUD--A WARNING 15. ALLIED ATTACK AND THE DIVINE SUPPORT 16. HUDIBIAYH TREATY: A BOON IN DISGUISE 17. INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONS: THE NEW HORIZONS 18. CONQUEST OF MAKKAH: A GREAT EXAMPLE 19. HUNAIN: A MATTER OF ISLAMIC DISCIPLINE 20. THALEBA: A CASE OF DISGRACE 21. TABOUK CAMPAIGN: THE FEW TEARS 22. HOLY QURAN: THE MIRACLE OF MIRACLES 23. HAJJAT AL VIDA: THE PERFECTION OF FAITH 24. THE LAST GLIMPSES (B’ ABI VA UMMI) 25. THE NOBLE HOUSE OF HOLY PROPHET (s.a.w.) 26. MOHAMMAD (s.a.w.) THE MAN 27. THE ROSES OF REVERENCE 28. THE UMMAH OF HOLY PROPHET (s.a.w.) 29. HOLY PROPHET (s.a.w.) PREDICTS ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD Please visit FREE e-libraries: 2 www.al-islamforall.org www.prophetmuhammadforall.org www.quranforall.org CONTENTS OF VOLUME IIIIII (TO APPEAR SHORTLY) 1. THE CHRONOLOGY 2. THE ANTHOLOGY OF WISDOM 3. PRAYERS OF PROPHET MOHAMMED (s.a.w.) 4. HOLY PROPHET (s.a.w.) IN HOLY QURAN 5. HOLY PROPHET (s.a.w.) IN HADITH 6. THE LOVE OF HOLY PROPHET (s.a.w.) 7. AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA ON ONE MAN 8. AN APOLOGY TO APOLOGISTS 9. SHAHADAT , THE WELL SOUGHT PERSUIT OF MUSLIMS 10. A THOUSAND BOOKS ON HOLY PROPHET (s.a.w.) 11. ISLAMIC GIFT TO WOMEN FOLK 12. THE 1400 YEARS, AN APPRAISAL 13. THE FUTURE OF PROPHET’S MESSAGE Please visit FREE e-libraries: 3 www.al-islamforall.org www.prophetmuhammadforall.org www.quranforall.org In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful 1. WHY WE READ SEERAH The Seerah is not an ordinary book to be read for pleasure or pass time. It contains really an ideal, showing how a Muslim (man and woman) should be. It is a measure to gauge your life. How much you are in and how much you are out, and then to calibrate your life pattern according to it. Holy Quran clearly states: Ye have indeed In the apostle of Allah A beautiful pattern of (conduct) For any one whose hope is In Allah and the final day and Who engages much in the praise of Allah, (33:21) Thus if you have any hope in Allah and you believe in the great havoc and the reckoning of deeds and the mercy of Allah then there is a pleasing, comfortable and rewarding example in the glorious ideal of holy prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) for every Muslim and Muslima to follow it adopt it and popularize it. If you read it with this intention you will get plentiful reward on every word of it. You are the winner This compilation is not a book This is a prescription for all human ailments and problems of today, tomorrow and the days after. If you are : • An orphan boy • Or a destitute person • Or a trading partner • Or a charming youth • Or a faithful husband • Or you are engaged in the noble mission • Or you are opposed and ridiculed • Or you are oppressed and stoned • Or you are threatened to life • Or you are forced to leave your hearth and home • Or you are attacked and wounded • Or you are a reformer of society • Or you have a problem with your wife • Or you gain power over your bitter enemies • Or you stand at the height of human success • Or your people follow you in thousands • Or you are at the head of a large state • Or a son is born to you • Or you bury your son with your hands • Whether you are at the pinnacle of human glory • Or you are at the depth of human depression, On all such occasions you will find a soothing solution in it. Diagnose your disease correctly and apply the right remedy, you will get peace, perfect peace in this life and eternal peace in the life hereafter. And if you did so, you are the winner. Don’t forget your shareshare:::: Almighty Allah provided all amenities for human life on the earth. Simultaneously he sent prophets and apostles for the guidance of mankind. Sometime He inspired His message to the prophets and sometime He revealed His message in selected languages which are called the holy scriptures. As per record there were five Scriptures as follows: Please visit FREE e-libraries: 4 www.al-islamforall.org www.prophetmuhammadforall.org www.quranforall.org • The Scripture of Prophet Abraham • The Taurah or the Old Testament of Prophet Moses • The Zabur or The Psalms of Prophet David • The Injeel or The New Testament of Prophet Jesus Christ (p.b.u.them) • Al Quran or The Last Testament of Prophet Mohammed. (s.a.w) The holy scriptures were the text or the Divine commandments and the prophets were the persons to explain them, define them and to embody them into human life. It was not possible to separate the two, the message and the messenger. If the scripture and the prophet are set apart, on one hand there would be none as a prophet to decipher the text and on the other hand there would be no text to define the right and real position of the prophet. Every former scripture was superceded by the later one. The Injeel supeceded The Taurah and Holy Quran superceded all the four Scriptures. The other nations either lost the real scriptures in the original language and made many alterations in their translations or lost the true life history of their prophets and raised their status from a human to divine being. Islam alone stands today true on the two Divine sources, the message and messenger. Holy Quran is the most authentic scripture on the face of earth. It is preserved in the original words with the minute details of a single dot and dash. Similarly the life of Prophet Mohammed (s.a.w.) is preserved crystal clear even with the minute details of his public and private life.