 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 and Illiterate doesn't merchant who want they 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 22 I want to be lahmina shaytana regime. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim as-salat was salam Alaa Sayyidina wa Habibina bil Qasim Muhammad al-Mustafa sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam Wa ala alihi al-tayyibina al-taherina al-ghurra al-mayameen wa ala'natullah ala Ada'ihem ajma'in min al-an ila qiyam yawm al-din Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Doctor salam alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakat Insha Allah you've had a good week Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Rabb al-Alamin so Today would like to continue We're at the phase where Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam Has announced his prophethood and his mission publicly to the Quraish During that period the Quraish Putting a lot of amount of pressure on Benny Hashem to abandon the holy prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and his ways and the new message Rasulullah did not stop Not for one minute to propagate the message and try and seek Assistance from the tribes in Mecca the Quraish or neighboring Tribes as well neighboring areas villages or towns So inshallah during that era with regards to propagation. How would the holy prophet approach the people? Bismillah I'll do it. I've been a shaytan regime. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Alhamdulillah. He read by the alameen was salatu was salam ala sayyidina Muhammad and aliyah. It's I've been a tahrir in the I'm in Well, I'm told a lot of them as ma'in Amid al-Abedin Yeah, as you mentioned When the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi was ordered by Allah subhanata Allah to go public with his mission I would mention before that he invited Benny Hashem the chiefs of Benny Hashem Which included Abu Lahab his uncle who was a staunch opponent of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi and In at that stage He asked support from Benny Hashem from the chiefs And he said whoever supports me he will be in this matter and conveying the Islam he will be my Successor he would be my wazir my Helper in this and he will be my wasi And As you know none of them stood up and supported the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi on three occasions when he asked only Imam Ali stood up and declared his support his Total support for the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi and of course at the end of that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi mentioned stated declared to the people to the Benny Hashem that he is my Wasi Vice-girand he is my Successor my Khalifa and you should listen to him and obey him which of course Abu Lahab ridiculed Abu Talib and That was if you like the end of that meeting there but The the fact that the Prophet went public in this way at the instructions of Allah's Panathailah. He started talking to approaching All the tribes he could reach Asking them for support Would he limit himself to Mecca in the beginning or would he send? Messages outside Mecca. Well, no he was living to myself to make it to be to begin with so he used to Approach people especially when he used to hear heads of Quraish and so heads of tribes He used to approach them and and tell them about his his message and ask for their support It's said that the Arabs used to come for pilgrimage to Mecca on these two seasons they used to come For Omre in the month of Rajab and he's come for Hajj in the month of the Hajj And of course after that so you can see there is more and more people coming towards it in Mecca after that They used to after the Hajj They used to set up their market known as Aqad and Do their trading and deals and whatever so this was a good opportunity for the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alayhi to go and approach tribes different clans or individuals or chiefs and Tell them about his himself and the fact that he's a messenger of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala and this was his policy through a drive from year three and Throughout the time that he was in in Mecca and of course even when inshallah when we talk about What happened in Medina? After the hijra it was more or less the same policy Because of this Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala instructed that that the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alayhi approaches all the people And and the dignitaries if you like okay and he used to ask them that Because he started feeling the pressure for Quraish he used to say this is my message to you these are the the verses of the Quran and I want you to support me to give me protection so that I can freely convey the message of Allah to the people because Quraish are harassing me yes, and if you like Try to restrict me from My message. Yeah, so what was the response? The response obviously this was something new He People used to listen to him They say say for example, let's think those who are good. They say let's let's think about it The chiefs and so on they say Some people used to ignore him of course at the same time we used to have Quraish Who used to say anyone who comes into Medina? They used to say, you know, don't listen to this He's a magician. He's a sorcerer or sometimes if they were polite they would say he's a rebel he's one of us, but he's Rebelled against us and he's come up with this with with a new religion. So they were doing the opposite they were trying to This way the people and make sure people turn away from the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam So no crowd no tribes that received the message Well without accepting Islam respected the right of Rasulullah to propagate the message in the first place not none of the tribes came forward to tell the Quraish listen guys You may not believe in what he says, but he still has the right. Yeah as being a Member of a very important tribe of Quraish to just propagate his message whether you like it or not No one came for no no not not in that in that way So politically he had no support whatsoever to begin with. Yes, he had very little support. Yes There were one or two people's were sort of entering Islam embracing Islam It is said that in the course of the ten years There were some there are hundred or two hundred people embrace Islam, which is a small number given the fact that So there was a lot of propaganda big wage against the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam by Quraish It is said that they used to Stand at the rose leading to Mecca so that they can talk to people Who are coming to Mecca visiting Mecca for whatever reason whether it was for trade or pilgrimage and wound them about This man Okay, so it's like a propaganda it was certainly a Propaganda and at the same time the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi used to approach the people whether it's individuals or clans or chiefs of clans and He used to ask them that you give me refuge you give me protection so that I can convey the message of Allah Subhanahu ta'ala and I do not It says la akra ho a hadan min kum. I do not seek to force or cause anyone And this beautiful what you just mentioned now that this proves a lot that and the attitude of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, which we can see evidently today Through what's going on? Yeah, so right from the beginning Where the Prophet was at his if you like he didn't have all the support that he wanted when he used to approach the people He used to tell them I'm not going. I don't expect I'm not going to cause anyone. I tell you what my message is You either Listen to it and believe in it and adopt it or you leave it It's all up to you All I want is I want you the protection the sort of protection in that from you so that I can convey my message To the people Okay In for example in various instances they used to say what's your message the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam used to tell them Basically by reading reciting the Quran verses from the Quran and of course Given the beauty and the eloquence of the Quran People really listened Even if they were Influenced by all the propaganda of if you like by Qureish against the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, but they did listen and The first thing that one of the first eyes verses of the Quran that the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam used to recite To the people who Asked what is your message? What do you have to say? What do you expect us to do? The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam you said recite for example amongst other eyes this eye, which is Chapter Surah number six I-151 Qul ta'ala wa atlu ma harama rabbukum aleykum. I Won't read all the ayah in Arabic if you like I'll read the translation. It says Say come I will recite what your Lord has forbidden you To that you do not associate anything with him Yeah, that you show kindness to your parents What a lot to shrikubi he say I will buy the name ihsana and do not slay your children for fear of poverty We provide for you and for them and Do not come close to in decency in decent acts acts those of which Those of them which are apparent and those of which which are concealed lot Wala taqrib al-fawwahi shea illa ma ma zahara min hawa ma batan and do not kill the soul Which Allah has forbidden except for the requirements of justice. Wala taqtul al-nafsalati haram allahu illa bil haq That'll come a socket be he'll I'll come to a cologne and this which Allah has Enjoying you with that you may that you may understand people listen to that and They you straightforward basic they you say this is Ethics makarum al-akhlaq. This is your teaching us good conduct and good behavior towards one another and The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam for example Isis recited this ayah in Allah ayyamurub al-adli wal ihsan Wa itaidu al-qorba wa yinha an al-fahshai wal munkar wa al-baghi Ya'idu kum la allakum ta'kur Allah commands justice the doing of good to others And the giving of the giving to to the next of kin to the kindred He forbids indecency and evil and Rebellion and he admonish admonish you that you may be mindful These verses in Allah ya'umurub al-adli wal ihsan wa itaidu al-qorba They had a profound impact on the listener In some instances they used to say let us think about it They they didn't or In most cases probably in all cases they never dismissed what the Prophet said sallallahu alaihi wa sallam because it was so beautiful Not only the content not only the style and the eloquence by the content of what the Prophet was Conveying to them the content of the ayah the content of the verse on top of the beauty and Elegance of the verse they used to think about it and They used to say it really makes sense He is not calling us to do anything evil. He's calling us to refrain from evil to do justice to do good to be kind To our parents to one another and of course the first and foremost and let us could be billahi shay'a So they say let's let's think about it And the Prophet continued with this throughout his the ten years if you like from the time that he Went public which is what which was in year three of after His map as after he first received revelation from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to year 13 when And of where he left he migrated to Medina Whoever he used to say he said he used to say them. Yeah, Ben you fall on all tribe of so-and-so In the Rasool Allah I like I am Allah's messenger to you Allah has sent me as messenger to you to convey the teachings of Allah to you Yeah, Murukum and ta'abudu will add to Shabisha He commands you that you you you worship him and you do not associate anyone with him and And then he used to say is there anyone who would support me? Because courage They Prevent me from doing this from conveying the message of Allah to others to mankind and they intend to kill me and Again, this even though it was a different circumstances. I don't know how to do anything. I do not coerce anyone to do anything Marradi aladhi adhuhu fa ila ila adhuhu ilayh fathalik whoever agrees to what I say then he Embraces Islam and he whoever doesn't like it. He doesn't accept it That so be it that would be his choice All I want you to do Tribe or clan so-and-so is to give me protection so that Quraid doesn't kill me and I can continue with my message Okay, this was the general The general policy. Yes of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alayhi throughout which was very straightforward Embracing good forbidding evil. Yeah treat one another with respect equally. Yeah, the policy was he He never even never miss an opportunity out like he tried not to miss an opportunity to meet people Of course visit mecca and to convey his message. Okay. What about him leaving mecca? What about him leaving mecca and going to the neighboring towns? In short good question. He went to tithe. Okay, so tithe is one of the town just for people who may not know It's Look, it's near mecca. Yeah, this was after the death of his uncle Abu Talib alaihi salam and the death of his wife Khadija alaihi salam in mecca he went and Again, that was an opportunity that he wanted to speak to people to the people. But unfortunately, they didn't Give me some of them. They didn't give him the support that he wanted. He had to come back But before this was if you like after the death He as I said he His policy was to try to meet people and try to convince them He kept doing this. Of course, it's very easy for us to say and just Go to the next stage But if you imagine this was really sheer hard work, definitely his life was in danger and he used to He wanted to somehow at at all costs. He wanted to reach the people to reach the visitors of mecca Yes, of course in the in the latter years, they were surrounded because of the boycott. They were surrounded They were threatening Benny Hashim that you must give up Muhammad otherwise to kill him. Otherwise, we can't can't deal with you So they can only come out if you like out of the valley and in in the mosque city center mecca center and And the mosque in the Kaaba during the Hajj season and during when people and of course there were two seasons as I said Rajab and The Hajj when the Arabs used to come for pilgrimage and it was then they used to these two he used to talk to them So it must have been extremely difficult for the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi Very few people listened to him Only few people embrace Islam and of course his love was in constant danger At about five years before hijra People from Medina some people from Medina came to Mecca What happened as Medina was people there were two two main tribes in Mecca in Medina house and Khazraj And they were in fighting between them or they actually there was war between them and they used to come and Seek help from Quraish in Mecca Against one another so the tribe of us used to come to make it to make alliance so that they could fight against Khazraj Or the tribe of Khazraj used to come to make it to make alliance and fight against Ours, what's the problem story? Can we just to get an understanding inshallah. Shall we leave it for the next session? the quan said To the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi We've been hearing about you from the Jewish scholars in Medina We have a lot of Jews in Medina who have and they have been telling us That a Prophet will come Who will be in Medina who? Will appear in Mecca, but he will migrate to Medina. We would like you to make your home To make our city your home