 The mysteries of Islam fascinate us time and time again This is no different from the life story of the Prophet Who was Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam? An illiterate doesn't mention who one day stumbled upon amazing Arabic rhetoric Or was he the creation of Allah's greatest light? Sent down to earth to pull man out of ignorance and bring them to the purest of truths I Ali Burji, I'm on a journey to discover the real story behind the Prophet The real story behind our religion, the roots, the beginning, the cradle of civilization Assalamu alaikum doctor Assalamu alaikum wa barakatuh Thank you very much for inviting me to your office Jazakumullah khair It's been about a week since we've met and I'm so excited to be honest with you I remember you invited me to your place, thank you so much for that And we started discussing regarding the existence, the creation of Allah swt We went through the beginning with covid, what's been provided for the reports What we know of the existence before the creation of Nabi Adam alaihi sallam And now we're going to go through the period of the birth of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam So insha'Allah I'm really looking forward to hear about the life of the Holy Prophet Peace and blessings be upon him and his holy progeny Insha'Allah if you can tell me regarding the period of the pregnancy of Amina bint Wahab alaihi sallam What she warned by Allah swt about the coming of his holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam He was known before his prophethood that he would be a prophet amongst those who were close to him And even before the birth of the Prophet before the consumption of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam They knew there was something special about Abdullah the father of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Abdullah ibn abdul-muttalib And I think we did mention last time that there were indications First of all we did mention that Abdullah ibn abdul-muttalib was Allah's authority on earth, the hujja And his successor, his wasi, was Abu Talib And they knew that the final prophet will be the son of Abdullah This was before the Prophet was born even sallallahu alaihi wa sallam And yes when Abdullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam married Amina bint Wahab And I think I did mention last time that there were always people who wanted to If you like terminate about this mission of the final prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam The prophet of the end of time they used to call it So they targeted if you like there are some scholars claim that The grandfather of Abdullah that is Hashim he was targeted because he died Under suspicious circumstances And Abdullah also was seen to be targeted by some people Who wanted to abort this mission try to terminate it We have in the report in for example in Bihar al Anwar That when they had gone on a hunting mission Abdullah He noticed that there are group of people who wanted to who are about to attack Abdullah And the person who saw it was Wahab the father of Amina And it is reported that he saw angels or individuals coming from this kind Protecting Abdullah from those attackers and repelling the attackers And according to that report Wahab decided that he wanted to marry his daughter to Abdullah There are such reports that he was there was divine intervention if you like To protect Abdullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam From harm which he was there which he which he was and the prophet And Abdullah eventually married Amina bint Wahab the daughter of Wahab And again on one of his trips as they say Ghazat-e-Sham He died He said that he died and some scholars say that he died in suspicious circumstances So they're putting a question mark on the fact that whether he died a natural death So Abdullah died passed away when Amina was pregnant with her son Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam And a prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was born After the death of his father and yes there were miracles if you like Sorry come back to your question Amina did knew that he would be a prophet he was someone special Did she have like a dream or She had dreams and in some instances they say she had Alham She had vision if you like revelation a kind of revelation about this boy And it is said that where the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was born she could see Light shining and as if she could see the palaces of Persia and Rome Shaking and basically that was during the pregnancy or no that when it was born It is as if she could see Basically the empire is the Persian empire and Roman empire Shaking because they were this was a sign that they Will come under the influence or at least of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam And so this she saw she was Protecting this child Because she know he was someone special Of course Herself she she was on the religion of ibrahim alaihi sallam just like her father was the tribes. Abdullah, of course as I said her father her husband Abdullah and the fathers of Abdullah that's Abdul mutli ben hasham they were on the religion of ibrahim alaihi sallam And another report says that when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was born And People in Mecca and other places They found Their idols had fallen had fallen to the ground on their faces And again, that was indicative of the fact that someone at least this this this new bone Would be the one who will eradicate So allah is indicating he's giving signals to bani adam that The seal of the prophet has arrived and basically making an effect into the world if you're like, yes Basically, he's giving signal that someone is born that has been born that will Address these he will eradicate for us as the idols And his religion will will spread Um Not only in mecca and that arabian peninsula, but wider a field These were the indications if you like Or miracles or dreams that and there were many some others as well To indicate that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was born and these were the things that which happened during the At the time of the birth of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam so during the pregnancy the whole um I mean, alaihi sallam was um if you can Tell me about How it what did it happen? Yes, there are we have reports that I mean it says that this child Speaks to me She has she used to hold conversation with the child There are such reports and she Not only before that it was confirmed to her That the things that she had heard that there there's going to be a special child that she will deliver And he will be the the prophet of the end of time if you like And this confirmation was the fact that she could communicate. She could at least he this child was communicating holding conversation with with with the with his mother and This was during During pregnancy if you like while ibn min tuhab alaihi sallam was pregnant with prophet muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam now um When the holy prophet was born sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Was uh in mecca. Yes, um any any Anything we know uh regarding The event of his birth and the the early years of his uh Yes, what happened so we know His mother alaihi wa sallam she she as well passed away in a very young age and the holy prophet was five six years Six years. Okay. So what happened uh during that period up until The death of uh his mother. Yeah, um The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam obviously was taken care of by his mom in the early days And the early stages of his uh life in this world. So he stayed in mecca for a while before that's right. They stayed in mecca They were in mecca. It was under the guardianship of um If you like the master of qoraysh, uh a leading figure, uh, uh, saiyed abdul mutalib who was who has uh Special status if you like uh socially amongst the tribes of qoraysh uh the tribes of mecca and the clan especially the um He belonged to the the most important clan of qoraysh, which is bani hashim and he was the leader of bani hashim if you like so um The mother, um Amelie bint wahab alaihi sallam she used to take care of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and It was the the the guardianship of the pro of abdul mutalib was there. He was very vigilant. He was very Caring about the status of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and the well-being of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam And it's well known that it was a tradition that they used to give the child um for wet nursing And the child would live For a period of time with his wet nurse outside the city others outside the city of mecca and um For his health and for his well-being and Teaching him the obviously the language the arabic language um with the accent of the People desert people living outside mecca This was tradition and they followed the same tradition here and the prophet was taken care of by a halima sa'diyah a lady called halima from The tribe of sa'd halima sa'diyah and This was going on when she he was weaned off Uh breastfeeding she was returned. He was returned. Sorry halima sa'diyah returned him to To his mother In mecca and of course in the meantime they used to go and visit him every now and then So this was the if you like the very early years um When he came back again the the abdul mutalib was taking special care of him and um Um There are a lot of stories that he was always with him. He's sitting in his place where they were saying that for example abdul mutalib had a a special place sitting next El kaaba And none of his sons for example would dare come near you know sit in his place, but the prophet the young Muhammad used to go and sit in his place and Do whatever and he used to tell they they wanted to remove him so that abdul mutalib become a city He said oh no leave him Let me just do whatever he left so he he he loved the prophet In no Ordinary way he his love for the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi was extraordinary Of course, he knew who he will be and his care for his well-being and safety was also extraordinary and and of course You had abdul mutalib as well who was There at the background if you like the son of abdul mutalib The uncle of this young child, but he had His His providing his care if you like for the for the young child young Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi Most Allah now his his mom amina alaihi wa sallam. Did she remain single after Yes, um death of abdul la alaihi sallam. She never married. Um, uh, she never married She continued taking care of the uh prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi and Letting him play letting let him grow grow up and Was was you know, unfortunately certain school of thoughts Claimed that the the holy prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was illiteral Did not know how to read and write Do we have uh narrations proving that during his uh early years Was um being taught The language the arabic language Or do we have any narrations that claim that he didn't even need to be taught that he knew it already was Well, we'll come into this uh subject If like and um I'll cover this inshallah in more detail. Uh, but yes, he um on the issue of um Going if you like to school or being taught Uh by some individuals know he he was never taught Uh, it's not known that he was ever taught um There is a discussion as to when we have in the ayah in the quran and nabi al-ummi What does that mean? Um, I don't know how much time we have whether to sort of talk about it Now or we hold we probably need a special It's up to you. You tell me your schedule. Yeah, I'm free. Yeah, um in terms in terms of being schooled or being given To be taught by individuals We have that he was never ever taught by anyone And we have it in the quran that he Didn't have this he never sort of received any teaching from anyone Um, this is something which is established. Um some People say that ummi means he couldn't read and write which of course, it's not true. And as I said When we have more time we can talk about that in details and I can give you the Verses from the quran and the hadith from ahlul-wayt al-hum salam to that effect Uh, but inshallah we'll get to that uh a bit later Um, um, I wanted to You know talk about his early days and Also the fact that about his mom when She passed away if you like we can please raise that please. So what happened? We said um that um She passed away five to six years after the birth of the holy prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. What happened? How yes, she'd um, she'd gone to medina to see her to see her uncles and and There were people there or some scholars if you like And in fact there were um, they say ahbar Jewish scholars when they saw the child It's it's narrated that he asked One of them asked what's your name? He said ahmad and he asked his mom And he said can I see He asked talk to him a little bit and he said can I see his back? He saw back. There was a mark on his back and he said to His mother to amina alayhi salam that this child will be a prophet And she said how do you know he said we have it in our books We have it in our records that the child The the prophet of the end of time will have these kind of attributes and he have a mark on his shoulder on on the back and um talking to him And finding out his name and given the fact that he showed me the mark which is on his back This will be the prophet uh Of the end of time How did the priests um Um Ask these questions. How did they reach to amina? Was it something that they they why she was in medina? um, at least they said why she wasn't this was a probably uh, uh, a coincidence Uh, uh, and an encounter where they came across him, uh he and and there there are or they were uh Jewish people and Jewish scholars in medina because uh, it is said that they they came here because they were awaiting Uh for the final prophet for the prophet of the end of time So they knew that there was going to be a prophet and we have in the quran Which says that they they used to um When the jewish people in medina were being harassed by the uh disbelievers The unbelievers the idol worshipers They used to say the jewish people used to say to these idol worshipers that They used to harass them and persecute them to persecute the jews um The jews in medina and they used to say that when the final prophet comes he will protect us And we will seek refuge with him and you will not be able to view the idolators would not be able to uh harass us and persecute This is mentioned in the quran surat al-baqarah I think ayah number 86 87 kind of them if i'm not mistaken um So yes, they were there. They were there. In fact, they had come they're waiting for the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa ala And uh, so one of the scholars who were obviously it was their job to He was a scholar. He was reading and knew What he was looking for and he saw the prophet and uh, it is said that um amina Because she realized that this is not her hometown and she realized that she he became known Okay, she was concerned And she decided to leave mecca to go back home to uh Sorry leave medina to go back home to mecca and On her way Out of medina, it's this is the sort of report that we have that she passed away. She got ill and passed away. That's quite strange though um And obviously she must have been with other people that they After whatever the burial The burial in medina someone they went back with the young Child young mohammed sallallahu alaihi wa ala they went back to Mecca and reported it to his grandfather abdul muttallib aleyhi salam of what happened and Obviously delivered the child must have been very difficult for the holy prophet Of course, i mean i mean because he witnessed that he was there. He lost his mother. So it must have been very painful And it's another thing anyone any child of that age he was six that uh, at least somebody for say six somebody for say eight, but Of that age if they lose their mom any child if they lose their mom they would be devastated devastated abul talib aleyhi salam When his wife satan went and said aleyhi salam she gave him the good news about the birth of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa ala He said i give you the good news that you will give birth to this boy's What's the this boy's successor the time and after that Passing way of her of his mother i'm in a bit for her fatima as it was practically involved in interning for the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa ala