The Sirah of the Prophet (pbuh): A Contemporary and Original Analysis

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a b Donner, Fred McGraw (1998). Narratives of Islamic origins: the beginnings of Islamic historical writing. Darwin Press. p.132. ISBN 978-0-87850-127-4 . Retrieved 28 March 2020. Al-ʿArab al-Bā’idah are extinct. They are the earliest civilisation of humanity in the Arabian Peninsula. They existed before the land was even referred to as Arabia. The Qur’an references them when relaying the stories of ʿĀd and Thamūd. 35 Modern archaeological evidence suggests that Thamūd flourished circa 3,000–5,000 BC. The historian Ibn Khaldūn stated that these peoples fled from the ancient city of Babylonia and settled in the area now known as Arabia.36

This astounding similarity between what occurred during Muhammad’s appointment and what was prophesied in the Old Testament cannot be anyone other than Muhammad. It is incredible how accurate this prophecy is. Why is it that Muslims, Jews, nor Christians have recognized this fact as a common heritage to all their respective religions? We seem to have an opportunity to construct a bridge for better understanding and closer ties among the Judeo-Christian-Islamic faiths. xiii A physical mark on his body that was given as a sign of his Prophethood. It is described as an outgrowth of hair of a different colour shaped like a small oval (akin to a pigeon’s egg).Muhammad exhibited a trait of kindness and compassion for all people. Regarding this, historians tell us a revealing story about Muhammad and his servant Zaid ibn Harithah, who was known as Muhammad’s son. The phrase sīrat rasūl allāh, or as-sīra al-nabawiyya, refers to the study of the life of Muhammad. The term sīra was first linked to the biography of Muhammad by Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (d. 124/741-2), and later popularized by the work of Ibn Hisham (d. 833). In the first two centuries of Islamic history, sīra was more commonly known as maghāzī (literally, stories of military expeditions), which is now considered to be only a subset of sīra [2]—one that concerns the military campaigns of Muhammad. [3] O King, we were in a state of ignorance and immorality, worshiping idols, eating carrion, and committing injustices; the strong amongst us exploited the weak. Then God sent us a Prophet, one of our people, whose lineage, truthfulness, loyalty, and purity are well known. He called us to worship God alone; he commanded us always to speak the truth, remain accurate to trust, and keep the promise to avoid fornication, perjury, and false witness.

Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf ibn Quṣayy ibn Kilāb ibn Murrah ibn Kaʿb ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghālib ibn Fihr vi ibn Mālik ibn al-Naḍr ibn Kinānah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyās ibn Muḍar ibn Nizār ibn Maʿd ibn ʿAdnān. Allah said to Mūsā , who was expelled from his hometown both as a child and adult, And I have chosen you for Myself. 67 Similarly, our Prophet was left in Allah’s care and nurture. Growing up in such a harsh environment develops one’s maturity, forbearance, patience, and humility. When the Prophet said, I, and the one who takes care of an orphan, will be like this (gesturing to his index and middle fingers being pressed together) in Paradise 68, he was speaking from a place of true empathy and understanding. This one-year module focuses primarily on the key incidents in the Prophet’s life and reflection his life in terms of his character, roles, and relationship in society and how his community perceived him both before and after prophethood. Antonie Wessels, A Modern Arabic Biography of Muḥammad: A Critical Study of Muḥammad Ḥusayn, pg. 1. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 1972. Shaykh Yasir Qadhi gives a detailed analysis of the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from the original sources.ibn al-Zubayr (d. 713). He wrote letters replying to inquiries of the Umayyad caliphs, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and al-Walid I, involving questions about certain events that happened in the time of the Prophet. Since Abd al-Malik did not appreciate the maghāzī literature, these letters were not written in story form. He is not known to have written any books on the subject. [6]