 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. So Doctor, now I'd like to go and basically would like to investigate the parents, learn more about the parents of the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Abdullah, alaihi wa sallam, and Amina. Insha'Allah if you can give me a bit of a brief, maybe, historical account of their existence. If we want to talk about the parents of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wa alihi who are Abdullah, Ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Ibn Hashim, and on the mother side is Ahmen Ibn Tawahab. When we talk about Abdullah, we need to talk about Abdul-Muttalib, we need to talk about Abu Talib, we need to talk about Hashim. There were very difficult times, during the times of, if you like, the three generations. Hashim was trying to help providing services, be helpful to the people of their piety. And they say, historians say that he was on a trip and he died, they say in Ghazr. Some scholars say his death is suspicious, he probably didn't die a natural death. Which would have made sense, because a lot of people claim that he just passed away. Any human being who is going to pose the same question, how can a young man just pass away? Well, I mean, sometimes people do die, but in this case, it was known that the enemies of Al-Bayt, those who were in the know, they knew that the final prophet is coming. If you like, there are reports in some worship, they had a program, an agenda to eliminate, to try to nip him in the bud. I tried to eliminate him beforehand. And apparently they could see a tell-tale sign in the face, in the individual. So that Noor was... If you like. Yes. It was Noor and someone that they... So according to some scholars they say it could be that he was assassinated and he didn't die a natural death, this Hashim. But of course, the important thing is that, okay, if he were assassinated, it came after this Noor has transferred to Abu Talib, sorry, to Abdul-Muttalib. And again, Abdul-Muttalib, he has his son... Of course, they were... As we mentioned earlier, Abdul-Muttalib was Hujja and his wasli or his successor, his appointed successor by Abdul-Muttalib was his brother Abu Talib, alayhim salam. And he had his son, Abdullah. And again, Abdullah was a target. There are various reports that he was both noticed. And he attracted the notice of, if you like, the enemy... The attention of the enemies, yeah. The attention of the enemies. And they tried on various occasions to try to eliminate him. On one of the occasions it says that Wahhab, so they were on a hunting expedition. And the enemies, if like, saw this was a good opportunity to have him assassinated, this Abdullah. And he noticed that these people were coming, going to sort of launch an attack. He went forward to help. He was at a distance. He went to help. He noticed it is said in the reports that men or angels came from the sky and sort of repelled them, those people who were planning to attack Abdullah. So there were these things as well. This was Abdullah who was the son of Abdul-Muttalib. It was at that stage, according to that report, when Wahhab saw that, he realized that there is something significant about Abdullah. And so he went to Abdul-Muttalib and he said, I want to marry my daughter to him, which was a great reason. And of course Wahhab had his own social standing and out of piety. Do we have any information regarding his livelihood, for example? What did Abdullah do for a living? Probably what they did for a living was like the others, either trade or being a shepherd for various cathals and so on, or going on a trip either to Sham or to Yemen during the summer and winter, during the winter, they went to Yemen during the summer, they went to Sham for business, either sell goods or buy goods and bring them to Mecca and so on. So this is the normal thing that they did, the usual thing that they did in there. As we know, again, he, Abdullah, he married Amin Abin Tuhaev and at the age of 25, he was, he died again. Again, some scholars say on the suspicious circumstances, but of course by that time he... To both Hashem and Abdullah? Yes. Died at a similar age? I can recall the age of Hashem at the moment, but Abdullah died at the age of 25 and his wife was pregnant with the Prophet, when he died, when Abdullah died. And of course, Abdul Muttalib was the, if you like, the next of kin, the one who cared for the Prophet when he was born. Abdul Muttalib took under his protection and guardianship, like Abu Talib did later on. Yes, so up to the age of six years old, when the Prophet was six years old, Abdul Muttalib was in charge when at that stage Abdul Muttalib died and of course he had, he paid, even though Abdul Muttalib had many sons, he paid particular attention to him and he used to say that this boy will be the Prophet of this nation. So he won the people? He did, yes, I mean, not as a public statement, but sort of within the family. So Abu Lahab did know that? No, no, he knew that, yes. So from back then you could say that he rejected his Prophethood? Well, we don't know back then what was his stance, but Abu Talib, sorry, Abdul Muttalib used to say, you know, this boy will be the Prophet of this nation. So at the age of, when the Prophet was six years old, Abdul Muttalib died. The wasi of Abdul Muttalib, Abu Talib, alayhim salam, he takes over, he would take care of the Prophet, alayhim salam, and if you like, the occasion when Abu Talib was going to a trip to Syria, to Sham, he wanted to leave Abu Talib, if you like, with the rest of the family, but he wanted to leave, sorry, the Prophet, alayhim salam, but the Prophet was so attached to Abu Talib that he said, how can you leave me alone? And he felt sorry, so he took the Prophet with him at that stage. The Prophet was 12 years old, according to reports. So this briefly, this is the, if you like, about the parents of the Prophet. So the Prophet, alayhim salam, he was often, his father died when he was in the woman's mother. What about Amina? He lost his mother at the age of eight, when he was sorry. Eight years old. How old? Eight, you said. Six years old. Six. And two years later, he loses, Abdul Muttalib dies, his grandfather. So his uncle takes over. And basically his uncle, being the wasi, he knew what the Prophet, what this young Muhammad will be. Being the wasi of the Abdul Muttalib as well, which he had received all the, if you like, knowledge and the inheritance from Abdul Muttalib. And he passed on to the Prophet, alayhim salam. So he, as I said, he was the wasi of the Abdul Muttalib and therefore they were on the religion of Ibrahim, alayhim salam. And very much believer in the mission and the religion of the Prophet, alayhim salam. Even though the enemies still insist until today that he was a non-believer or disbeliever, he was kafir, which of course, far from it. He was a devout, faithful, a believer in the Prophet, alayhim salam and in his mission. And very much one of the strongest supporters and protectors of the Prophet and his mission. About the mother of the Holy Prophet, alayhim salam, Amina bint Wahab, can you give me some information regarding her tribe, where she originated from, if she related to Bani Hashem in any way? Higher up in the ancestry, they are, they come across in their ancestry, Abd Minnaf, who is the father of Hashem. So if you like, they are the descendants of Abd Minnaf and if you like, they are the cousins of Hashem, higher up in the ancestry. And they are the same, if you like, Quraish. So in that way, there are some sort of relationship, distant cousins like. But again, Wahab had an important social standing in the society, mainly stands on his piety and of course, the fact that he was on the religion of Ibrahim, he was monotheistic and not idol worshiper. So specifically, we have that the mother and father of the Prophet, the Prophet says, we are Muslim, we are Muslim, we specifically have such hadith. And he used to pray for them and there is a narration where he prays for them, even though the mother and father, they are not buried in Mecca, but he was in Mecca when he prayed for them. It's a long story and Allah instructed him how to pray for them and to call them. And they, if you like, they called back and said, Anyway, so yes, they had on both sides of the family, of the parents, both the mother and father were Muslim and their ancestors were Muslim believers and practicing the religion and teaching the Sharia of Ibrahim. So from my understanding, it's crystal clear to you that obviously the parents of the Holy Prophet, we're both following monotheistic religion because a lot of people claim that the parents of the Holy Prophet were... Yeah, disbelievers. Now, the question that pops up in my mind is what is the importance of having the parents of a prophet or in this case, the seal of the prophets, having them being believers in a monotheistic religion. Does it matter? Would it make a difference? For example, a prophet was born from a non-believing family. What is the importance and what is the significance of having a family pure, meaning that the believers in the oneness of God, they recognize Allah's Panathala. And from the idea, the concept of having prophets being born into a family of non-believers. What is the difference and how is it not possible to work? No one's saying it's not possible. We're just here expressing the facts or the statements made by the Prophet. The Prophet, peace be upon him, says that my ancestors up to Adam, they were all Muslims, they were all Tahr. As far as we are concerned, we need to make sure that we know the facts and we teach our friends and family and so on what the facts are. Given the fact that there is a lot of untruth or distorted information being spread by the likes of Bani Umayyah and Muawiyah and so on, Muawiyah was his job to pay people money to fabricate hadiths. And these fabrications have reached us today to the extent that his uncle Abu Talib becomes kafir. The parents of the Prophet, peace be upon him, become kafir and so on. So they try to distort the hadith, they try to distort the historical facts. And we just, the least thing we need to do is to put them right. The least thing we need to do is to disseminate the factual truths and the hadith which can reach us from the Prophet, about various aspects, various issues, one of them being the faith of his parents and the faith of his uncle Abu Talib, peace be upon him, is mine. This is our job. What we need to do is to make sure, at least to push back the disinformation, push back the untruths which has been fabricated and has reached us unfortunately until today, push them back and present the truth as we have received them from Ahlul Bayt. There were Jewish people and Jewish scholars in Medina because it is said that they came here because they were awaiting for the final prophet, for the prophet of the end of the time. So they knew that there was going to be a prophet. The Jewish people in Medina were being harassed by the disbelievers, the unbelievers, the idol worshippers, 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 do the idolators, you will not be able to harass us and persecute them.