Life of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W

Life of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.
W)
Topics to be Covered
1. Ignorance Period
2. Pre prophethood Period
3. Post Prophethood (Makki Life)
4. Post Prophethood (Madni Life)
5. Difference between Makki & Madni Life
Life of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
Pre Islamic History
 The Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyah)
 People were Unconscious of the higher
Destiny of Man
 No Organized Government
 Many Tribes were there
 Each Tribe was world by itself
 Disputes of Tribes arose over Cattle, Pastures,
Springs of water Horse Racing etc.
Social Status of the people of Arabia
 A bit Social Consciousness
 Addicted to Drinking and Gambling
 Usury and Unfair Trade practices
 Women were recognized as Chattels
 Women had NO Rights and Social Standings
 A man could Marry as many women
 On the death of father the son inherited his
step mothers and could marry them
Social and Moral Status of the people of Arabia
 The society was morally Corrupt
 The birth of female was regarded as a
Misfortune
 Most of female infants were Buried alive
 Master enjoyed the right of life and death of
his slaves
 Drinking
 Lewdness
 Promiscuity
 Gambling
 Moral Depravity
 Women were treated as chattels
 Poets sang of moral depravities with a sense of
Pride
 Usury was the order of the day
 Wide Gulf between the rich and poor
 The people know of NO Government
 Swords were drawn on the slightest pretext
 Tribal feuds were spread over generations
 People could Neither Read nor Write
Cultural of the people of Arabia
 Arabs were proud of their Eloquence
 Arabs excelled in the Outbursts of Poetry
 The poets acted as the Molders of public
opinion
 They sang in Glorification of their tribes
 There was much of Historical Contents in
their poems
Cultural of the people of Arabia
 The famous poets were
1. Muhalhil d 531 AD
2. Imra ul Qais d 540 AD
3. Amr b Kalthum d 600 AD
4. Antra bin Shaddad Absi d 615 AD
Religious Background
 Arabs were Pagans, Heathens, and
Polytheists
 They worship many Gods and Goddesses
 Kaabah was a great Idol house
 They also worshipped Sun, Moon and Stars
 They believed in Ghosts and Jinns
Economical Background
 Makkah was the center of Economic Life
 Important Station of the caravans routes
 Quraish was the Main Tribe of Makkah
 They were the Custodian of Kaabah
 They sponsored trade caravans to Yemen and Syria
 People of Makkah had a blind faith in the
Unlimited Productivity of Capital and the virtue of
Credit
Economical Background
 Sleeping Partnership was common
 The Capitalist Enjoyed a greater part of profit
in the business
Birth of The Holy Prophet (571 To 610 AD)
 Born in 571 AD in Makkah
 Makkah was known as the Mother of The
Cities (Ummul Qura)
 The year of the birth of the Holy Prophet
(S.A.W) is known as “The Year of The
Elephant” (Aam Al Feel)
 During this period the king of Yemen Abraha
invaded Makkah
Ancestry of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
(S.A.W)
 Belonged to the Noble family of Quraish who
were traced their descent from Hazrat Ismail
(A.S) the son of Hazrat Ebrahim (A.S)
 In the third century FIHR a descendant of
Hazrat Ismail became prominent a merchant
 In the fifth century QUSAI a descendant of
FIHR made himself the master of Makkah
Ancestry of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
 He renovated the Kaabah and set up the colony of
Qauraish in the immediate neighborhood of the
sacred place Kaabah
 QUSAI died in 480 AD and followed by Abd Manaf
who was succeeded by HASHIM
 HASHIM made a great name for himself for his
generosity and hospitality
 HASHIM died young and was succeeded by his
brother MUTTALIB
Ancestry of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
(S.A.W)
 AL MUTTALIB was succeeded by his nephew
ABDUL MUTTALIB bin HASHIM
 ABDUL MUTTALIB was the grandfather of
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
 ABDULLAH, The Youngest son of ABDUL
MUTTALIB was the father of Prophet
Muhammad (S.A.W)
Ancestry of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
Ebrahim AL
Hashim
(A.S) Muttalib
Ismail Abd Abdul

(A.S) Manaf Muttalib Bin
Hashim
Fehr Qusai
Abdullah
Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W)
Reaction of the Holy Prophet to all frivolities in
the age of Ignorance
 Struck a Different line of Action
 The Soul of Honesty
 Strict in Fulfilling his promise
 He was Considerate
 Sweet of Disposition, Forbearing
 Broad Minded
 Noble Hearted
 Man of Principles
 Known as Sadiq
 Known as Amin
 Provided help for Needy
 Supportive for poor and weak
He led a serious life and did not take part in the

frivolities that characterized the Makkan
society of the day
Makki Life of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
1. Spiritual Development
2. Early Converts
3. Declaration of Mount Safa
4. Invitation to the Banu Hashim
5. Persecutions of the Quraish
6. Inducements to the Holy Prophet (S.A.W)
7. Migration of the Muslims to Abyssinia
8. Conversion of Hazrat Hamza & Hazrat Umar
9. Migration to Madina (Yathrib)
Madni Life of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
1. Life of Madina
2. Muslim Polity
3. Battle of Badr
4. Battle of Uhud
5. Charter to Christians
6. Hudaibiya Pact
7. Embassies to Foreign Powers
8. Conquest of Makkah / Pilgrimage to Makkah
Makki Life (610 To 622 AD)
Spiritual Development:
 From 610 To 622 AD (Early Years of 7th
Century)
 Passed through Various stages of Spiritual
Development
 Prophet Known with Noble Bearings, Kindly
disposition, Lofty Ideas, Stainless Character
and all qualities which needs for the greatness
of Man
Makki Life
Spiritual Development:
 Heard the Inanimate things around hm calling
him by his name Muhammad
 Often retired to a cave in Mt. Hira outside
Makkah
 Seeking Enlightenment from God
 In the cave the angle Gabriel confronted
Muhammad and Commissioned him to recite
in the name of God
Makki Life
Early Converts:
 The experience in the cave was Novel
Extraordinary and most Exciting
 Came home Shivering with Excitement
 Reported first to his wife Khadija (R.T.A)
 The experience of cave can not be shared in the
words
 Hazrat Khadija consulted to her cousin Waraqa
b. Naufal
Makki Life
Early Converts:
 Waraqa Confirmed that he is the last messenger for which we are waiting
 Those who accepted him as the messenger:
1. Waraqa b. Naufal
2. Hazrat Khadija (R.T.A)
3. Hazrat Ali (R.T.A)
4. Zaid b Harith (Freed slave of the Holy Prophet)
5. Daughters of the Holy Prophet
6. Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.T.A)
7. Othman b Affan (R.T.A)
8. Abdul Rahman b Auf (R.T.A)
9. Talha b Ubaidullah (R.T.A)
10. Saad b Abi Waqas (R.T.A)
11. Zubair b Awwam (R.T.A)
12. Ubaida b Jarah (R.T.A)
Makki Life
Early Converts:
Notable Things about the early Converts
 They were Fully aware of the high character

of Muhammad (S.A.W)
 Most of them were Young
 The New Message of Islam had a particular
appeal for them
Makki Life
Declaration of Mount Safa:
 The Holy prophet preached his message privately in the
first three years
 Muslims offered their prayers secretly
 In 613 he extended the invitation to the public at large
 He wanted them to abandon idolatry, to worship God,
to believe in the Unity of God, to believe in the Day of
Judgment, to believe in his mission, to believe in the
equality of man, to do good and avoid evil, to be
righteous, to fulfill their trusts, to help those in distress
and to avoid frivolities.
Makki Life
Invitation to Banu Hashim:
 He invited Banu Hashim the men of his tribe towards the
new faith
 Like the Quraish the Banu Hashim disregarded the call of
the Holy Prophet
 They pitied him for having lost his sense in asking them to
abandon the worship of their Idols
 Ali, a boy of about thirteen was the solitary person among
the Banu Hashim who accepted the new faith.
 Abu Lahab, an uncle of the Holy prophet adopted a hostile
attitude and threatened the Holy Prophet
Makki Life
Persecutions of the Quraish:
 The Quraish commissioned the poets to produce
abusive poems and lampoons satirizing and
ridiculing the Holy Prophet and Islam
 Such hysterical efforts failed to arrest the growth of
Islam
 The Quraish launched a propaganda campaign
dubbing the Holy Prophet as an impostor, a mad
man, a soothsayer, a Kahin, a magic worker and so
on
Makki Life
Persecutions of the Quraish:
 When the propaganda policy failed the Quraish decided
to resort to violence and persecute the Muslims and the
owner of some slaves subjected them to severe tortures
 The Quraish launched a campaign of physical
persecution
 When ever the Holy Prophet passed through the streets
of Makkah he was ridiculed and jeered at by the
Quraish
 Dirt and filth was thrown on him
Makki Life
Inducements to the Holy Prophet:
The people of Quraish offered him
1. More than sufficient amount of Money
2. A lot of Women in Makkah
3. Kingship of Makkah
4. Leadership of Makkah
The Holy Prophet spurned all such offers
Makki Life
First Migration of the Muslims to Abyssinia:
• It happened in 615 AD
• The Holy Prophet advised to some of his followers to
migrate Abyssinia
• The ruler (Najashi) of Abyssinia was Christian but
known for his justice and tolerance
• Muslims migrated to Abyssinia in two batches
• The first batch consisted of about a Dozen persons
• The second batch comprised of about Eighty persons
Makki Life
Conversion of Hamza & Umar:
 It happened in 616 Ad
 Both were very strong and powerful
 These conversions had a great psychological
effect
 After the conversion of Hamza & Umar the
Muslims became strong enough to pray
publicly in the Kaabah which was a great
challenge for the Quraish
Makki Life
Second Migration of Muslims to Madina:
 In 620 AD 6 men from Yathrib visited Makkah
 5 out of these 6 accepted Islam
 In 621 AD some more persons came from Yathrib to meet
the Holy Prophet and they accepted Islam
 They expressed the desire that some scholar should be
deputed to go with them to Yathrib who should preach
the new faith to the people of Yathrib
 In Yathrib the mission of Musab b Umayr proved
successful and many people in Yathrib were converted to
Islam
Makki Life
 In 622 AD a larger delegation came from
Yathrib to perform the annual pilgrimage
 It comprised of seventy three men and two
women
 They undertook to protect him and resort to
war against his enemies
 The Holy Prophet asked his followers to
migrate to Yathrib in batches
Makki Life
 After about the migration of Muslims the
people of Quraish held a council of war and
decided to murder the Holy Prophet
 The plan was that the young men representing
all the tribes of the Quraish should besiege the
house of the Holy Prophet at night and
assassinate him in the early hours of the
morning when he came out of his house
Makki Life
 After three days with the slackening of the vigilance
of the Quraish, the Holy prophet and Abu Bakr
escaped from the cave and took the way to Yathrib
 They travelled by unfrequented path, and suffered
considerable hardship on account of scarcity of
water and severity of heat
 After six days journey the Holy Prophet and his
companion reached Quba on 23rd of September 622
AD
Madni Life (622 To 632 AD)
Life of Madina:
 At Madina Muslims were given a Royal
Welcome
 The world of Madina was quite different from
the world of Makkah
 At Makkah they were Persecuted people
while in Madina they were the Master of
their Destiny
Life of Madina:
 The days of Trials, Tribulations and Torture were over
 The year of migration became the first year of the
new Muslim Calendar
 After the migration Muslims built a new Common
Wealth and a new Ideal Society
 The first thing that the Holy Prophet called upon the
Muslims to do at Madina was to build a Mosque to be
the Prayer House and the State Headquarter as well
Life of Madina:
 The Muslims including the Holy Prophet
participated in the building of the mosque
 It was square in form each side Measuring
Fifty Yards
 It was a Monument of Simplicity
 The walls were made of Mud Bricks and the
roofs were supported by Trunks of Palm Trees
Life of Madina:
 Adjoining the mosque Apartments were
constructed for the household of the Holy Prophet
and some of the companions
 To Rehabilitate the migrants from Makkah the Holy
Prophet established a Brotherhood between the
Muslims of Makkah (Muhajreen) and the Muslims
of Madina (Ansars)
 Each migrant was paired with an Ansar of the
corresponding status
Muslim Polity:
 At Madina the Holy Prophet founded the
Islamic Polity of the Principles of the
Sovereignty of God
 A charter of Rights and Duties was proclaimed
 It was the First Written Constitution in the
world history
 All Blood Fends were abolished
Muslim Polity:
 All people in Madina including non-Muslims were to form
One Community
 The Jews and the other non-Muslims were to enjoy Equal
Rights with the Muslims
 The Jews and the other non-Muslims were bound to help
of Muslims in the case of any Aggression against Madina
 All sections were to live in Peace
 All disputes were to be Referred to the Holy Prophet and
his decision was to be Final
Battle of Badr:
 Fought in 2nd AH in accordance with 624 AD
 Total Number of Muslims was 313
 Total Number of Disbelievers was 1000
 The Muslims won the Battle
 It became one of the most Momentous wars
of the world which changed the course of
history
Battle of Badr:
As a Consequence of the Battle, the pride of the

Quraish was Humbled, and the other Tribes
around Makkah and Madina came to realize
that a new power had risen in the country and
more over the Battle set the Muslims on the
path to their destiny.
Battle of Uhud:
 Fought in 3rd AH in accordance with 625 AD
 Total Number of Muslims was 1000
 Total Number of Disbelievers was 3000
 In the End the Battle was Indecisive
 In the beginning the battle went well in favor of
the Muslims and the enemy met a reverse in
spite of its superiority and strength but in the
end Muslims got a lot of damage.
Charter to The Christians:
 The Holy Prophet gave them a charter
 The charter was a monument of
Enlightenment and Tolerance
 The charter provided that the Christians were
not to be unfairly Taxed
 No Bishop was to be Expelled from the
Monasteries
Charter to The Christians:
 No Christian was to be Restrained from the
performance of Pilgrimage
 No Christian churches were to be pulled
down
 If Christian woman was married to a Muslim
she could retain her religion even after
marriage
Hudaibiya Pact:
 It was signed in 6th AH in accordance with 628
AD
 Muslims were strong enough to deal with the
people of Quraish on equal terms
 In this year Muslims wanted to pilgrimage
Makkah
 In this year the Holy Prophet led a selected
band of his followers about 1400 in numbers
Hudaibiya Pact:
 Quraish tried to prevent the entry of the Muslims in
Makkah
 The Holy Prophet sent Othman (R.T.A) as an envoy to
the Quraish for negotiations
 The main purpose of Muslims was to pilgrimage
Makkah and return to Medina
 Muslims carried no arm
 A rumor spread that Othman hab been killed by the
Quraish
Hudaibiya Pact:
 That rumor created a crises
 The Holy prophet sat under a tree and all the
Muslims in the camp took the oath that they
would fight to death to avenge the murder of
Othman
 The rumor proved to be untrue and Othman
returned to the camp along with the
representatives of the Quraish to negotiate terms
Hudaibiya Pact:
 A Pact was drawn up between the Quraish and
the Muslims
 This Pact is known as Hudaibya Pact in the
histrory
 A ten years truce was agreed to between the
 Quraish and the Muslims
 The Muslims were to return to Madina without
performing the Hajj that year
Hudaibiya Pact:
 It was agreed that the Muslims will come in
the next year and the Quraish will vacate the
city and Muslims could stay in Makkah for
three days
 According to the other terms of the pact each
side was free to make alliance with the other
tribes
Embassies to Foreign powers:
 The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) wrote
48 Letters to kings of the different state
inviting them towards the new faith of Islam
 The response to the invitation to Islam was
not very favourable
 The world knew that the new power had risen
in Arabia which had the potential of becoming
an International power
Pilgrimage to Makkah:
 It happened in 8 AH in accordance with 629 AD
 The Holy Prophet with two thousand trusted
followers proceeded to Makkha to perform the
Hajj
 The Quraish vacated the city for three days
 After performing Hajj Muslims returned to
Madina
 The Muslims were now very strong enough
Pilgrimage to Makkah:
 The way in which the Muslims behaved made
a great pressure on some of the Quraish and
they accepted Islam
 These included the great warriors Khalid b
Walid and Amr b Al Aas
Difference between Makki & Madni Life:
• In Madina Muslims were strong
and Powerful
• In Madina Muslims were
 In Makkah Muslims were weak and
Offensive
Power less
• In Makkah Muslims were defensive
• In Madina Muslims were more in
• In Makkah Muslims were Less in Number
Number • Most of the instructions and
• Neither Instructions nor Orders Orders revealed in Madina
were revealed in Makkah • In Madina Muslims were more
• In Makkah Muslims were more focus on the execution of the
focus on the strategies strategies
• In Makkah There was no Islamic • In Madina there was first Ilife
State for Muslims
slamic State for Muslims
• In Makkah Muslims were not
involved in politics at any level
• In Madina Muslims were actively
involved in the politics and many
charters were signed between
Muslims, Jews and Christian
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) As Role Model:
Pre Prophethood(Time of Ignorance)

Different line of
Fulfilling Promises Sweet of Disposition
Broad Minded Nobel Hearted
Ethical Valules Action Sadiq Man of Principle Empathy
Very Considerate Forbearing
The Soul of Honsty Ameen Supportive
Post Prophethood (Makki Life) Invitation to

Inducements
Migration of
Conversion of
Migration to
Spiritual Declaration of Persecutions to the Holy Hazrat Hamza
Defensive Development
Early Converts
Mount Safa
the Banu
of the Quraish Prophet
the Muslims
& Hazrat
Madina
Hashim to Abyssinia (Yathrib)
(S.A.W) Umar
Post Prophethood (Madni Life)

Conquest of
Charter to Embassies to Makkah /
Offensive Life of Madina Muslim Polity Battle of Badr Battle of Uhud
Christians
Hudaibiya Pact
Foreign Powers Pilgrimage to
Makkah

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Life of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.

Ismail Abd Abdul

He led a serious life and did not take part in the

 They were Fully aware of the high character

As a Consequence of the Battle, the pride of the

Pre Prophethood(Time of Ignorance)

Post Prophethood (Makki Life) Invitation to

Post Prophethood (Madni Life)

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