al-Mawlid - The Good News that came after the Birth of Messenger of Allah

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The Good News that came after the Birth of Messenger of Allah
Praise be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds, we humbly ask Allah to raise the rank of our Master Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, his kind Al and Companions and protect his nation from that which he feared for them.

Sayf Bin Dhi Yazan regained his ruling in Yemen two years after the birth of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam. Groups of delegates from the Arabian Peninsula came to congratulate him. ^Abdul-Muttalib and a number of dignitaries and poets from Quraysh also came and asked for permission to see him. They were granted permission and were admitted to his palace.

^Abdul-Muttalib was nominated to be the speaker on behalf of the rest of them. He spoke so eloquently and impressed the king so much that he welcomed them in as guests for a month. At the end of the month he called for ^Abdul-Muttalib and said to him: “I will reveal to you a secret which I would never say to anybody else, therefore I ask of you to keep it to yourself and do not reveal it until Allah the Exalted wills. Our old books mention that a boy from Tuhamah with a sign between his shoulders will be born. Leadership (Imamah) will be rightfully his. And you (his followers) will be given prominence until the Day of Judgement.”

When ^Abdul-Muttalib asked him for more clarification, the king said: “The time of his birth is about to come or he may already be born. His name is Muhammad. His father and mother will die and his grandfather and uncle will raise him and take care of him. Allah will reveal him openly and some of our people will become his supporters. He will worship the Most Merciful (Ar-Rahman) and defeat the Devil. And you O ^Abdul-Muttalib, are his grandfather.”

^Abdul-Muttalib was speechless to the news he was hearing and when the king asked him: “Is Muhammad born yet?” he said: “Yes.” The king said:
“Protect your grandson from the Jews, for they oppose his call, and Allah the Exalted will protect him from their evil. Do not reveal what I told you to your companions, incase they harm him. If I were not expecting my death soon, I would have gone with you to protect him.”
He then ordered for precious gifts to be given to the delegates and doubled them for ^Abdul-Muttalib, who took greater care of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alyhi wa salam when he returned to Makkah. King Sayf Bin Dhi Yazan died in less than a year following that.

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Re: al-Mawlid - The Good News that came after the Birth of Messenger of Allah

Nice post, jazakALLAH.

It just bothers me sometimes that, lets say king in this case knew Mohammed s.a.w was going to be a Prophet s.a.w and people calim he himself didnt know he was Prophet for 40 yrs !
Wasalam
Aqeel

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Re: al-Mawlid - The Good News that came after the Birth of Messenger of Allah

^^ same i was thinking

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Re: al-Mawlid - The Good News that came after the Birth of Messenger of Allah

Ahmad G, Jazak Allah Khair for sharing. Could you please post the source of this story, book reference or something?


sorry, i'm bit confused. Are you trying to say that Prophet (SAW) knew that he (SAW) was a Prophet before Gibreel (AS) came to him?

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I think Aqeel is saying that, even Prophet(PBUH) never knew that he was a Prophet(PBUH). so how come that King knew that...?

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I am not sure Aqeel meant what Hanibal is suggesting. I believe there is a Hadith of the Prophet S.A.W saying that He was prophet even before Adam AS 's creation was completed. Once born as a Prophet is always a Prophet, it is a matter of the time to spread God's commandment to spread the deen. Surely we know that our beloved Prophet S.A.W used to spends weeks in caves outside the city to in God's remembrance. Surely it was Allah SWT that he was remembering. The arrival of Jibraeel AS was the beginning of the confirmation of His Prophet hood and bringing of the people in the faith.

Allah S.W.T. knows best.

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The coming of Prophet Muhammad was mentioned in the books of the jews. And when the Prophet was born, when some of the jews heard of the signs that occured, they knew that it was the final Prophet. SOme of the Jews embraced Islam and the most rejected and built enmity against the Prophet peace be upon him, But he stayed steadfast and courageous till we see today his traces and his merits are being used till our days.

May Allah enable us to follow the Prophet properly and keep us steafast on alsunna of the Prophet ameen.

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Alhamdulilah, thanks for the great post! :)

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There is difference between people, we believe that Prophet Mohammad(pbuh) was born muslim and he knew who is he.

He is noor which was born 14000 year before from Prophet ADAM (pbuh) creation.

read more about this fact.

When you read Quran you will find same fact where Allah Subhana Wa Talla, describes shows him a names on heavens,

Mohammad (pubh) name was top of them

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The Hadith of him being Nur is not literal, he is nur meaning as a guide to people. Prophet is not eternal! HE is a creation from body blood soul and bone.

Al-Qurtubiy confirmed that the Prophet is a nur that guides people to Islam by his clarification.

t is sahih that Jabir asked the Prophet “Mata kunta nabiyyan?” which means “When were you a Prophet?” and the Prophet replied “Wa Adamu bayna ruhi wa jasad,” which means “When the soul of Adam did not enter his body yet.” This is narrated by Al-Bayhaqiyy and others. It means that the Prophet was known among the angels to be the last of the prophets even before the soul of Adam enters his body. This meaning is clarified by other narrations of this same hadith.

There is a fabricated hadith which means “The first creation is your Prophet, O Jabir. Allah created your Prophet from His Light before creating the other things.” This is fabricated. Some people claim that ^Abdur-Razzaq narrated this in his book Al-Musanna but this is not true. More than one scholar of hadith said that this hadith is not sahih. Among them is Al-Hafizh As-Suyutiyy and Al-Hafizh Al-Ghummariyy.

Some quoted:
"Qadi `Iyad said: "He [the Prophet] was named a Light because of the clarity of his case and the fact that his Prophecy was made manifest, and also because of the illumination of the hearts of the believers and the knowers of Allah with what he brought.""

Again the translation of Qadi ^Iad Rahimahullah here that the Prophet is Nur (not light) and his nur (guidance) gave nur (illuminated) the hearts of the believers (guided them) with what he brought". This quote itself is a refutation to those who claim that the Prophet is physical light!! Did the Prophet really put light in our hearts literally? or did he put guidance??

Imam al-Qurtubiy the great Mufassir said about this Ayah
"قد جاءكم من الله نور"

He said:
أي ضياء قيل: الإسلام. وقيل: محمد عليه السلام عن الزجاج. "وكتاب مبين" أي القرآن فإنه يبين الأحكام، وقد تقدم. "يهدي به الله من اتبع رضوانه" أي ما رضيه الله. "سبل السلام" طرق السلامة الموصلة إلى دار السلام المنزهة عن كل آفة، والمؤمِّنة من كل مخافة وهي الجنة. وقال الحسن والسدي: "السلام" الله عز وجل فالمعنى دين الله - وهو الإسلام - كما قال: "إن الدين عند الله الإسلام" آل عمران: 19]. "ويخرجهم من الظلمات إلى النور" أي من ظلمات الكفر والجهالات إلى نور الإسلام والهدايات. "بإذنه" أي بتوفيقه وإرادته.

Qurtubiy said:
"Nur which means illumination of guidance. And it was said it means Islam". and he said quoted the Ayah:
"ويخرجهم من الظلمات إلى النور"

and he said: "Meaning he brings them out of the darknesses of kufur and ignorance to the nur (light) of Islam and guidance".

He also said:
وسمى نبيه نورا فقال: "قد جاءكم من الله نور وكتاب مبين" المائدة: 15]. وهذا لأن الكتاب يهدي ويبين، وكذلك الرسول.

Which means: "And he named his Prophet Nur and said: "قد جاءكم من الله نور وكتاب مبين" and this is because the book guides and clarifies, and likewise the Prophet".

And he said:
"والله متم نوره" أي بإظهاره في الآفاق.

Which means: "Allah will keep and show his nur wide spread in the horizons"

And he said about the Ayaha: الله نور السماوات والأرض in the Ayah:
الله نور السماوات والأرض مثل نوره كمشكاة فيها مصباح المصباح في زجاجة الزجاجة كأنها كوكب دري يوقد من شجرة مباركة زيتونة لا شرقية ولا غربية يكاد زيتها يضيء ولو لم تمسسه نار نور على نور يهدي الله لنوره من يشاء ويضرب الله الأمثال للناس والله بكل شيء عليم}.

He said:
قوله تعالى: "الله نور السماوات والأرض" الآية. النور في كلام العرب: الأضواء المدركة بالبصر. واستعمل مجازا فيما صح من المعاني ولاح فيقال منه: كلام له نور. ومنه: الكتاب المنير..

Which means: "the saying of {Allah is the nur (one who guides) of the skies and earth} al-Ayah, an-Nur in the Arabic language the lights that are seen by eyes. ANd it was used metaphorically (Majaz) in which is accepted based on the meanings and based on that (metaphorical expression) you say "a speech that has a nur" and "the illuminated (munir) book".

Then he said:
فيجوز أن يقال: لله تعالى نور من جهة المدح لأنه أوجد الأشياء،
وهو سبحانه ليس من الأضواء المدركة جل وتعالى عما يقول الظالمون علوا كبيرا. وقد قال هشام الجوالقي وطائفة من المجسمة: هو نور لا كالأنوار، وجسم لا كالأجسام. وهذا كله محال على الله تعالى عقلا ونقلا على ما يعرف في موضعه من علم الكلام.

Which means: "And it's permissible to say that Allah has nur with the meaning of praise, because he created all the creations" and he said: "and He the almighty is not like the lights that the eyes see, Allah is clear and exalted from what the unjust (disbelievers) attribute to him. And Hisham al-Jawaqiliy and a group from the Mujassimah (who attribute the bodily parts to Allah) said: He is a light not like other lights and a body not like other bodies. But this is impossible to attributed to Allah mentally and from the Qur'an and Hadith as it's known from its context of ^ilumulkalam..