Yahya Bin Ibrahim Al-Yahya Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 18 | Size: 9 MB
Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) is the practical
image of Islam. There is no way that one can get to know Islam without
knowing Allah’s Messenger (PBUH); his guidance, work, instructions and
prohibitions.
Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) made peace and
war, settled and traveled, sold and bought, took and gave. He never
lived alone, neither did he travel alone.
Muslims had weakened only because they
failed to follow his pattern and guidance for the Almighty Allah said:
﴾Indeed in the Messenger of Allah you have a good example to follow for
him who hopes for (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day, and
remembers Allah much﴿ (Al-Ahzab:21).
Some Muslims went to the extent that they
only read his biography (PBUH) during celebrations and forums without
following his guidance. Some others read it either for obtaining
blessings or for getting familiar with its events; wars, days…..etc.
This happens due to one of two reasons:
First: their ignorance of the principal
of following his pattern & guidance (PBUH) and not knowing that this
is a necessity for achieving his love.
Second: their failure in perceiving the
positions of guidance in his biography due to a weakness in their sense
of conclusion or due to their lack of knowledge and readings. Here lies
the importance of deriving the lessons and benefits from his biography
(PBUH).
The biography of the Prophet (PBUH) is
not meant to be taught for the pleasure of reading nor for the knowledge
of a certain historic period and not for the love of studying the
biographies of the grand and heroes. Such kind of superficial study is
performed by non-Muslims. A Muslim should have various aims from
studying his biography, among which are;
First: Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) is the one to be followed for he is the example for all Muslims:
He is the legislator whom we are
instructed to follow, for Allah says: ﴾Indeed in the Messenger of Allah
you have a good example to follow for him who hopes for (the Meeting
with) Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah much﴿ (Al-Ahzab:21);
Allah (the Almighty) says ﴾If you obey him, you shall be on the right
guidance﴿ (Al-Noor:54); Allah also says ﴾He who obeys the Messenger, has
indeed obeyed Allah﴿ (Al-Nissa:80).
And Allah also says ﴾Say if you really
love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive your sins﴿
(Al-Imran:31). He is the practical image and incarnation of Islam
without whom we can not possibly know how to obey the Almighty Allah or
worship Him.
From his biography the scholars derive
the techniques of the Call and its phases. They also get to know the
tremendous effort exerted by Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) for the sake of
raising the word of Allah and how he reacted in facing the hardships and
obstacles that faced him.
# From his biography, teachers can derive the methods & techniques of education.
# From his biography, rulers can derive systems and methodology of leadership.
# From his biography, the ascetics can derive the meaning and essence beyond being an ascetic.
# From his biography, traders can derive the aims, systems and methods of trading.
# From it, those who are suffering can learn the highest degrees of
patience and persistence, thus their determination can grow stronger and
their trust in Allah increases knowing that the result will be finally
in their favor.
# From it, the scholars derive knowledge which enables them to better
understand the Book of Allah (Al-Quran) and the various sciences of
Islam, among which are the abrogating and abrogated verses, the reasons
behind the revelation of verses and many other knowledge.
# From it, the whole nation derives the morals, manners and merits.
Ibn Katheer said « a special care and
attention must be paid to such type of study (the biography of Allah’s
Messenger (PBUH)) as it was narrated by Omar Al-Wakedi that Abdullah ibn
Omar ibn Ali said that his father heard Ali ibn Al-Hussain saying: «we
used to know the conquests of Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) as we know the
verses of the holy Quran».
Al-wakedi said, I heard Mohamed ibn
Abdullah saying that he heard his uncle Al- Zuhri saying «in the science
of conquests, lies both the science of life and that of the hereafter.»
Ismail ibn Mohammed ibn Saad ibn abi
Wakkas said « my father used to teach us the conquests of Allah’s
Messenger (PBUH) and repeated them to us saying: «these are the glorious
deeds of your fathers so waste them not».
History had witnessed many kings,
leaders, poets and philosophers but none of them had left behind such a
biography and such pattern to be followed as it is with the Prophet’s.
History had wiped off all their credit and the only thing left is some
of their names.
Biographies of many grand people had
turned out to be mere jokes throughout history. Where is Namroud who
said to Ibrahim (PBUH) ﴾I give life and cause death.﴿ (Al-Baqara:258).
Where is Pharaoh who said: ﴾I am your lord, most high.﴿
(Al-nazia’at:24), and what was his destiny» he who also said: ﴾I know
not that you have an ilâh (a god) other than me.﴿ (AL-Qassas:38).
Those grand people of their ages are now
being mocked by everyone; the young and the old, the knowledgeable and
the ignorant, for if they had succeeded in deceiving their people at
their time, their deception has been revealed and they became a mockery
throughout time.
The biography of Allah’s Messenger (PBUH)
had provided the means for getting the people out of the darkness of
polytheism and the corruption of worship to the light of monotheism and
faith in Allah (the Almighty) who said: ﴾O Prophet ! Verily, We have
sent you as witness, and a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner And as
one who invites to Allah by His Leave, and as a lamp spreading light.﴿
(Al-Ahzab:45-46).
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Contents:
He is the Practical Image of Islam
1. Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) is the one to be followed for he is the example for all Muslims
2. we study Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) biography so that our belief in his honesty may increase
3. we study his biography in order to have his love deeply entrenched in our hearts
The Prophet; Your Best Ideal in Life
Characteristics & Properties of the Prophet’s Biography
First : It is well known and recorded and none of it is obscure or hidden
Second: It is characterized by truthfulness & honesty in its reporting.
Third : His eternal Call (PBUH) is for all creatures.
Forth : The Universality of the Call and its Pillar.
The Prophet’s Manners in his Biography
Fifth: Its clarity and comprehensiveness of all life aspects.
Sixth: In its essence and generality it didn’t go beyond human ability.
Muhammad the Man; Great in Everything
The Jurisprudence of the Prophet’s Biography
The Scientific Method in Representing the Prophet’s Biography
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