 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 merchant 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 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 did Did Allah S.P.A. want the holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam to go through This difficult experience of losing both parents I just want to understand if we are aware of the Hikmah the wisdom behind it Obviously for any Thing that Allah wills of course nothing happens except with the will of Allah of course no matter what Anything that happens It happens with the will of Allah Allah says in the Quran that Any leaf Any single leaf that falls off a tree It will be done by the permission of Allah And that is recorded and not only that any drop of rain or any wetness or dryness on earth Well, I wrote when will I have a sin illa fit that will be and any even dryness or wetness If there is a patch which is wet or dry, this is recorded in In the book if you like is it is known Allah knows about it. Allah has Decided that that should be in the way. So anything that happens is According to the will of Allah S.P.A. There is nothing that happens outside the will of Allah S.P.A. So basically Allah S.P.A. is constantly in control of everything everywhere Exactly every spit of the second. That's quite mind-blowing if you think about the power The infinite power of Allah S.P.A. I mean you need to read this verse of the Quran if I remember Which says that anything That happens and as I said any Anything any wetness even Even a leaf that falls of a tree It's known and can by the leave of Allah S.P.A. So Which you say one you need to read the Quran you need to do this particular verse and see and Reflect and contemplate about about it to see the significance and the power of Allah S.P.A. So there is nothing nothing We have that is coincidence or accident or so it's all pre-planned In the case of the Prophet S.P.A. losing both his parents. This is according to the will of Allah S.P.A. And Fa'awa Allah S.P.A. found you You were you had you were an orphan losing both your parents and Allah would took care of you. So this Goes according to the plan of Allah S.P.A. And you say what this was he had wound. Well in the In the probably time before Adam when the Prophet S.P.A. was created he Has probably had informed him of what would happen But yes, he basically the one who took charge of the Care of the Prophet S.P.A. was His beloved grandfather Sayyid Abdul-Muttalib And but unfortunately so he was taken under the custody of Abdul-Muttalib And now the holy prophet remains in Mecca And under the control of Abdul-Muttalib in the guardianship in custody basically, okay, and At which point does Abu Talib Alayhi Salam takes The custody from Abdul-Muttalib when he passes away. Yes, unfortunately two years later So it's only two years at the age of eight The Prophet S.P.A.A. loses his grandfather, okay, which again he grandfather He was someone that he from moment he opened his eyes He was familiar with his grandfather Obviously he never saw his father And this was another devastating blow if you like For the Prophet S.P.A.A. Having lost his mom Because Abdul-Muttalib was like the father if you like he he's lost his grandfather now so This must have been very Painful for him Very very sad Can I ask you something? Sorry, sorry to interrupt before we go on with regards to The parents of the Holy Prophet and like Abdul-Muttalib Would the Holy Prophet S.P.A.A.A. Have any sort of let's say special treatment for example Would he be able to be in touch with them? Even though they're not in in dunya Would if he wanted to speak to his mom for example, would the Holy pre Would Allah's point on if we know would he be able to Communicate with his mom throughout his life Yes, he could in fact We do have a report where that The Prophet S.P.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A. Was in Mecca And he addressed his parents even though his parents Were not buried in Mecca because his father was buried in In Ghazza and his mother is between Medina and Mecca. Yeah, it's near Medina Okay or in Medina. She died, she passed away when she was on her way to Mecca but just outside Medina. So it's said that he reported to them and they appeared before him while he was in Mecca. They appeared before him and he saluted them and they responded to him as part of a different occasion. They responded to him and they went back. So it's very interesting that you mentioned that whether he could, he actually, of course he could. There's not a bad, not a bad, but the fact that there is such a report that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi was addressed to his parents and they responded to him. They appeared to him before him. Yeah that's just, I was curious because insha'Allah at some point I'd like to go into, with regards to the abilities of the Holy Prophet. What Allah SWT, what powers and what abilities has he given to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam and what he could do. But insha'Allah that's something we can go later on and what he's given all the abilities but insha'Allah I can't wait to go through in detail insha'Allah. So right now we have Abdul Mutala passing away. What effect did that have to Bani Hashem? Because we are aware that at some point we have this change of power. Bani Hashem is no longer in charge of Mecca like before. So which other tribes or clans were trying to, you know, because there must be this battle of power control. Who wanted to get in charge? What was the situation? Well if you like there wasn't a kind of change of power. As I mentioned earlier that Abu Talib alayhi sallam, he was the wasi of the Hujja of the time that is Abdul Mutalib alayhi sallam. So it was a smooth change of power. I wouldn't say also transfer to Abu Talib alayhi sallam. Abu Talib was the Hujja. He became the leader of Bani Hashem and he was highly respected. He was learned and highly respected both socially at the far field throughout Quraish and Mecca. He was responsible for being the custodian of the Kaaba if you like and also within Bani Hashem. So there was no problem as such at that time. Later on, there are reports that later on he gave it to al-Abbas, so his brother al-Abbas because he wanted to concentrate and he had spent all his wealth for the benefit of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala. So there was that stage is when because of various reasons he passed it on to al-Abbas. But anyway when the Abdul Mutalib passed away, he, Abu Talib alayhi sallam, Abu Talib became the leader if you like of Quraish and also he was the custodian of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala. So he was brought into the house of Abu Talib. Can I just remember something which I should have said in the previous episode and that was when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala was born and Fatima bint Asad, the wife of Abu Talib alayhi sallam, she was obviously helping with Sayyida Amina bint Wahab alayhi sallam when the Prophet was born. Afterwards she took the child, the new born to Abu Talib, she gave him the good news of the Prophet being born and he said yes that's very good news, I'm very pleased and I'm sure he was very pleased, Fatima bint Asad, the wife of Abu Talib alayhi sallam, she was very pleased and he said I give you the good news that you will give birth to his successor. Abu Talib gave her the good news, gave Fatima bint Asad his wife the good news that she will give birth to the successor of this child. Now Amir Mu'mineen alayhi sallam was born 30 years later when the Prophet was 30 years old Amir Mu'mineen was born. It goes to show the status and the knowledge and the position of Abu Talib alayhi sallam that he was truly the hujjah, he was the wasi of the hujjjah of course at that time and he became the hujjah. He knew if you like the ghaib, he knew that his wife will give birth to Amir Mu'mineen alayhi sallam and he will be the successor, he will be the wasi of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala. This is quite significant, I mean people need to sort of think about it. Yeah it's something unfortunately because from the school of thoughts of Ahlul Sunnah unfortunately there's these claims which obviously there's so many contradictions when it comes to the background of the Holy Prophet and that's something that ideally I'd like to go through with you as well discussing of why were these changes made, why were the depiction of these personalities belittled, for what reason, what was the purpose and who orchestrated this? Yes, it's basically not really a school of thought as you said they were individuals, they had their own agendas, basically they wanted to undermine the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala, his teaching, his mission, basically they were the enemies of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala and the enemy of Allah, the enemy of the religion of Islam and they started saying oh the parents of the Prophet were Mushriqin where they were non-believers. This of course started only after the death of the Holy Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala. This was of course after the death of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala. So they started accusing, stating this the parents of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala were in there because they were Mushriqin they are in hell, they are in fire. The parents of Imam alayhi sallam, also Mushriqin, also polytheists and therefore they are in hell, which of course is totally untrue. As I said the evidence there, if you see there's plenty of evidence. Basically the evidence is abundantly clear that they were monotheists, they were on the religion of Ibrahim. They knew about the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa ala coming in the future at least at the time that when even the Prophet wasn't born. So they were looking forward to it. Not only they did knew who were on the religion of Ibrahim, even the Jews and the Christians knew. The Jews of Mecca and the Jews of Medina knew about the Prophet coming soon, the Prophet of the end of the time. Even they say Warak ibn Naufal who was the cousin of Sayyid Khadija will come into that inshallah. He was if you like Christian, ala deen al-Masih. He knew that the Prophet is forthcoming. So despite that as I said the enemies of the Prophet they started fabricating these in order to undermine the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, undermine the Ahlul Bayt, undermine Amir al-Mu'mineen alayhi sallam and the position of him by fabricating these false stories and spreading them around. And unfortunately if you like there were people who were proactively spreading these stories and in order to undermine Imam Ali and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. At that time one of them was Muawiyah for example. He had sworn that he would do his utmost. He would not rest still until he buries the mention, the name of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. So yes it's not a school of thought. It's basically a lot of false fabrications which have unfortunately been disseminated. But they're accepted as facts whether they will like it or not. Unfortunately a lot of untruths are accepted as facts. Of course, yeah. Unfortunately. So back to the Holy Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. I wanted to stress that Abu Talib alayhi sallam when his wife Fatima bin Asad alayhi sallam, she gave him the good news about the birth of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. He said I give you the good news that you will give birth to this boy's wasli, this boy's successor. Fatima bin Asad must have been very very happy to hear that. I'm sure she was very happy and she was there. Would she have been known that or Abu Talib alayhi sallam would have informed her? Would she have some al-mal-ghaibah with her? We don't know. Well we don't know that. At least Abu Talib was there who knew the al-mal-ghaibah and he would pass on this knowledge to her. And of course it is said that after the, during the time and after the passing way of her, of his mother, Amina bin Tawhab, Fatima bin Asad was practically involved in caring for the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. So how was his life like during those years in Mecca now moved to Abu Talib's house? Yes. How was it? Yes he obviously at the early stage when he was eight or nine he was still being taken care of by, within the family. But as he became in his teenage years he got older. He got involved with shepherding. He was a shepherd for a while. That's a tradition for prophets isn't it? A lot of prophets. For some reason there's a lot of wisdom. There's a lot of, because a lot of prophets used to be shepherds. Yes. So yes along the same line if you like the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi was involved. Probably at that time there were very few trades or businesses that he could get involved in. One of them, one of the easiest one is to be involved in being a shepherd if you like. Because that's something that people depend on for their livelihoods. They need to have sheep and camels and so on and someone needs to take care of them. And of course afterwards Abu Talib alayhi sallam started encouraging him to, of course he was very attached to Abu Talib and it is said that when Abu Talib wanted his trips he wanted to go to Sham for his trade trip. He wanted to leave the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi at home if you like in his hometown in Mecca. And the Prophet was rather sad that he's leaving him. He was very attached to Abu Talib alayhi sallam. So you wanted to go with him everywhere. He wanted to go with him. He was very attached to both Abu Talib and his wife. He used to call father but I said mom. So he was very attached to this family. And when he wanted to leave he was very sad and he could see the sadness. Abu Talib alayhi sallam could see the sadness on the face of the Prophet to this young artist. He wasn't even teenager yet. He said that he was about 12 and he decided to take him, take the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi along with him. And he went along again. People in the Levant, in the Sham, there were again scholars who met the Prophet. In this time there was a Christian scholar. He met him and he could see signs. He said this young man is not an ordinary young man. He's going to be a Prophet. And again, of course, they didn't spend much time. They were busy. They wanted to go and do the deals and go back quickly. Do we have any information regarding his interaction with people? Would he show, for example, one of the signs? Would it be, let's say, the eloquence of his speech? Because we are aware that the Prophets and the Imams, Ahlul Bayt alayhum sallam, due to the excessive knowledge, that deep knowledge, their eloquence in their speech as well was distinguished because it was different than the normal people. Was that something we could witness in the Holy Prophet from a young age or is this something that later on? From what is available, at least we could come across, it came later on. Later on in the sense that the first time, at least I've come across it, is that when he started doing trading on his own, independently of his uncle Abu Talib alayhi sallam, the Prophet, when he got into a deal with Sayyida Khadija, that he wanted to take some of her money so that he could do a trade. He went to the Levant, to the Sham and came back. Sayyida Khadija, she sent one of her workers along with him and she instructed him to obey the Prophet, to obey Muhammad at least and do as he said and report back to her his performance. There it comes about his eloquence, also about his manners and his dealing with the people and his intellect. All of these were reflected in these trips, in these business trips that he from Mecca to Sham to the Levant and we can see from the description that this worker who reported back to Sayyida Khadija alayhi sallam about the performance and the deeds and the conduct of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, we can see that at that time it became apparent in his interaction with the people and the trades that he did with the people in Sham and the Levant. She was known as the Tahrirah, the pure one amongst Quraish. This is before she even married the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi and she was also referred to as Sayyida Quraish, if you like the Queen of Quraish.