Table of Contents THE MILLENNIUM BIOGRAPHY OF MUHAMMADTHE PROPHET OF ALLAH...........1 TABLE OF CONTENTS..........................................................................................1 PREFACE...............................................................................................................5 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................8 CHAPTER 1 PROPHET ABRAHAM AND THE FIRST HOUSE OF ALLAH ON EARTH...................................................................................................................9 CHAPTER 2 THE NEW GOVERNORS OF MECCA............................................20 CHAPTER 3 HASHIM...........................................................................................25 CHAPTER 4 ABD AL MUTALIB............................................................................28 CHAPTER 5 THE VOW........................................................................................30 CHAPTER 6 THE MARRIAGE OF ABDULLAH TO AMINA.................................33 CHAPTER 7 THE MEMORABLE YEAR OF THE ELEPHANT.............................35 CHAPTER 8 THE BIRTH OF THE LAST PROPHET OF ALLAH, THE SEALING OF THE PROPHETHOOD..................................................................37 CHAPTER 9 LIFE IN THE DESERT.....................................................................41 CHAPTER 10 A NEW LIFE IN MECCA................................................................43 CHAPTER 11 THE EARLY YEARS......................................................................46 CHAPTER 12 MARRIAGE....................................................................................51 CHAPTER 13 ZAYD..............................................................................................53 CHAPTER 14 KA'BA.............................................................................................54 CHAPTER 15 ALI, SON OF ABU TALIB...............................................................56 CHAPTER 16 THE PROPHETHOOD...................................................................57 CHAPTER 17 THE REVELATION, RANK OF THE PROPHETS, MESSENGERS AND THE ARCH ANGEL GABRIEL..........................................59 CHAPTER 18 THE MIRACULOUS KORAN.........................................................61 CHAPTER 19 THE EARLY REVELATIONS.........................................................62 CHAPTER 20 THE FIRST TO BELIEVE...............................................................62 CHAPTER 21 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARLY MUSLIMS.................66 CHAPTER 22 THE HIERARCHY OF THE KORAYSH.........................................67 CHAPTER 23 THE COMMAND TO PREACH......................................................67 CHAPTER 24 THE KORAYSH AND ABU TALIB.................................................70 CHAPTER 25 TUFAYL FROM THE TRIBE OF DAWS........................................71 CHAPTER 26 PRE−ISLAMIC CONDITIONS IN YATHRIB..................................72 CHAPTER 27 UNREST IN MECCA......................................................................74 CHAPTER 28 AN ATTEMPT TO BRIBE...............................................................76 CHAPTER 29 NADAR, THE SON OF AL HARTIH...............................................81 Table of Contents THE MILLENNIUM BIOGRAPHY OF MUHAMMADTHE PROPHET OF ALLAH CHAPTER 30 PERSECUTION.............................................................................87 CHAPTER 31 THE EAVESDROPPERS...............................................................89 CHAPTER 32 WALEED, CHIEF OF THE MAKHZUM..........................................91 CHAPTER 33 THE SPLITTING OF THE MOON..................................................91 CHAPTER 34 IDOLATORY THROUGH LACK OF DIVINE GUIDANCE − THE CONVERSION OF OMAR, SON OF KHATTAB..................................................92 CHAPTER 35 THE BOYCOTT..............................................................................96 CHAPTER 36 THE COMPANIONS MIGRATE TO ABYSINNIA.........................102 CHAPTER 37 THE DELEGATION FROM ABYSINNIA......................................106 CHAPTER 38 THE CESSATION OF THE BOYCOTT........................................108 CHAPTER 39 THE YEAR OF SORROW............................................................110 CHAPTER 40 THE VISION.................................................................................113 CHAPTER 41 ABU BAKR AND TALHA..............................................................114 CHAPTER 42 THE JOURNEY TO TA’IF............................................................115 CHAPTER 43 THE MESSAGE AND THE TRIBES............................................117 CHAPTER 44 THE NIGHT JOURNEY AND THE ASCENT...............................119 CHAPTER 45 THE SIX MEN FROM THE TRIBE OF KHAZRAJ.......................124 CHAPTER 46 MADINAT AL NABI (sa) − THE CITY OF THE PROPHET (sa)...126 CHAPTER 47 THE VISITOR FROM NAJD.........................................................130 CHAPTER 48 THE MIGRATION.........................................................................131 CHAPTER 49 A TIME FOR READJUSTMENT..................................................142 CHAPTER 50 THE JEWS OF MEDINA..............................................................144 CHAPTER 51 LIFE IN MEDINA..........................................................................149 CHAPTER 52 A THREAT FROM MECCA..........................................................151 CHAPTER 53 THE SECOND YEAR AFTER THE MIGRATION........................156 CHAPTER 54 PRELUDE TO THE ENCOUNTER OF BADR.............................158 CHAPTER 55 THE ENCOUNTER OF BADR.....................................................166 CHAPTER 56 THE REVENGE OF BILAL AND THE PERSECUTED................172 CHAPTER 57 THE SPOILS OF WAR.................................................................174 CHAPTER 58 THE DEATH OF LADY RUKAYYAH............................................176 CHAPTER 59 THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRISONERS.........................................177 CHAPTER 60 THE RETURN OF THE KORAYSH.............................................178 CHAPTER 61 THREE RESOLUTIONS..............................................................179 CHAPTER 62 THE MARRIAGE OF LADY FATIMA...........................................184 CHAPTER 63 “WHEN YOU ARE TOUCHED WITH GOOD FORTUNE, Table of Contents THE MILLENNIUM BIOGRAPHY OF MUHAMMADTHE PROPHET OF ALLAH THEY GRIEVE”..................................................................................................186 CHAPTER 64 THE MARKET PLACE OF THE TRIBE OF KAYNUKA...............187 .C..H...A..P...T..E..R... .6..5.. .T..H...E.. .O...A..T..H... .O...F.. .A..B...U.. .S...U..F...Y..A..N............................................................................................................119900 CHAPTER 66 LADY HAFSAH............................................................................193 CHAPTER 67 THE REQUEST OF LADY FATIMA.............................................194 CHAPTER 68 THE CARAVAN TO IRAQ............................................................196 CHAPTER 69 PRELUDE TO THE ENCOUNTER AT UHUD.............................196 CHAPTER 70 THE BIRTHS OF AL HASAN & AL HUSSAIN.............................197 CHAPTER 71 THE ENCOUNTER AT UHUD.....................................................205 CHAPTER 72 THE RETURN TO MEDINA.........................................................219 CHAPTER 73 THE DAY AFTER UHUD.............................................................220 CHAPTER 74 REVELATIONS CONCERNING UHUD.......................................224 CHAPTER 75 AFTER UHUD..............................................................................226 CHAPTER 76 LADY ZAYNAB, DAUGHTER OF KHUZAYMAH.........................229 CHAPTER 77 A PLOT TO MURDER THE PROPHET (sa)................................232 CHAPTER 78 THE TRIBE OF NADIR DECLARE WAR.....................................233 CHAPTER 79 THE FOURTH YEAR...................................................................235 CHAPTER 80 THE SECOND MEETING AT BADR............................................237 CHAPTER 81 THE FIFTH YEAR........................................................................239 CHAPTER 82 SALMAN OF PERSIA..................................................................241 CHAPTER 83 THE MARAUDERS OF DUMAT AL JANDAL..............................244 CHAPTER 84 A PATTERN OF LIFE EMERGES...............................................244 CHAPTER 85......................................................................................................253 CHAPTER 86 THE REVENGE OF THE TRIBE OF NADIR...............................255 CHAPTER 87 THE KORAYSH PREPARE FOR THE ATTACK.........................256 CHAPTER 88 THE ENCOUNTER AT THE TRENCH........................................259 CHAPTER 89 THE AFTERMATH.......................................................................269 .C..H...A..P...T..E..R... .9..0.. .T..H...E.. .D...E..A..T...H.. .O...F.. .S...A..’.A..D...,. .M...U..’.A...D..H...S.. .S...O..N..........................................................................227733 CHAPTER 91 THE KORAYSH CARAVAN.........................................................274 CHAPTER 92 THE TRIBE OF MUTALIK............................................................275 CHAPTER 93 THE NECKLACE OF LADY AYESHA..........................................278 CHAPTER 94 THE VICIOUS LIE........................................................................281 CHAPTER 95 THE DEATH OF UBAYD ALLAH, SON OF JAHSH....................284 CHAPTER 96 THE PRELUDE TO THE OPENING OF MECCA........................284 CHAPTER 97 THE TREATY OF HUDAYBIYAH................................................291 Table of Contents THE MILLENNIUM BIOGRAPHY OF MUHAMMADTHE PROPHET OF ALLAH CHAPTER 98 THE ESCAPEES FROM MECCA................................................295 CHAPTER 99 THE WAIVING OF THE CLAUSE................................................296 CHAPTER 100 THE BLOWERS UPON KNOTS................................................297 CHAPTER 101 A TIME FOR SADNESS, A TIME FOR REJOICING.................298 CHAPTER 102 THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND LADY UMM HABIBAH..................................................................................................299 CHAPTER 103 THE JEWS OF KHYBAR...........................................................299 CHAPTER 104 THE MARCH TO KHYBAR........................................................300 CHAPTER 105 THE EVENTS OF KHYBAR.......................................................302 CHAPTER 106 LADY SAFIYAH, DAUGHTER OF HUYAY................................308 CHAPTER 107 THE VICTORIOUS ARRIVAL....................................................309 CHAPTER 108 THE TRIBES OF HAWAZIN AND GHATAFAN.........................310 CHAPTER 109 THE TRIAL OF WEALTH...........................................................312 CHAPTER 110 GIFTS FROM THE MUQAWQAS, PRIMATE OF THE CHRISTIAN, COPTIC CHURCH IN EGYPT......................................................313 CHAPTER 111 UMRAH − THE LESSER PILGRIMAGE....................................314 CHAPTER 112 THE DISPUTE...........................................................................316 CHAPTER 113 THE TURNER OF HEARTS......................................................317 CHAPTER 114 THE EIGHTH YEAR...................................................................320 CHAPTER 115 THE INTERCEPTED LETTER...................................................321 CHAPTER 116 THE TRIBES OF BAKR AND KHUZAH.....................................327 CHAPTER 117 THE ROAD TO MECCA.............................................................329 CHAPTER 118 THE OPENING OF MECCA......................................................333 CHAPTER 119 THE ENCOUNTER AT HUNAIN................................................341 CHAPTER 120 THE SPOILS OF WAR...............................................................346 CHAPTER 121 THE RETURN JOURNEY TO MEDINA.....................................351 CHAPTER 122 A SON IS BORN........................................................................352 CHAPTER 123 SMALLER EXPEDITIONS.........................................................352 CHAPTER 124 TABUK.......................................................................................356 CHAPTER 125 THE RETURN FROM TABUK...................................................361 CHAPTER 126 THE DELEGATION FROM TA'IF...............................................364 CHAPTER 127 THE YEAR OF DEPUTATIONS.................................................366 CHAPTER 128 THE FIRST PILGRIMAGE AFTER THE OPENING OF MECCA..............................................................................................................368 CHAPTER 129 LIFE IN MEDINA........................................................................369 Table of Contents THE MILLENNIUM BIOGRAPHY OF MUHAMMADTHE PROPHET OF ALLAH CHAPTER 130 A TIME OF GREAT SORROW..................................................372 CHAPTER 131 A TIME TO LEARN....................................................................373 CHAPTER 132 THE FAREWELL PILGRIMAGE................................................392 CHAPTER 133 THE RETURN FROM YEMEN...................................................396 CHAPTER 134 THE 11TH YEAR.......................................................................398 PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S (sa) GENEALOGY..................................................407 AN INSIGHT INTO HIS NOBLE CHARACTER, NATURE AND PHYSICAL FEATURES........................................................................................................407 THE DEATH OF THE PROPHET (SA)...............................................................418 PROPHETIC DATA.............................................................................................422 CONCLUDING SUPPLICATION.........................................................................425 CONCLUDING PRAYER....................................................................................426 THE MILLENNIUM BIOGRAPHY OF MUHAMMAD THE PROPHET OF ALLAH by Grand Shaykh, Professor Hasan Qaribullah Dean of Umm Durman Islamic University and Sammania Grand Shaykh Grand Muhaddith Master Abdullah Ben Sadek Shaykha Anne Khadijah Darwish Shaykh Ahmad Darwish Shaykh Qaribulla USA Personal Secretary The Founder of the Mosque of the Internet Reviewed in part by Former manager of Muhammad Ali Please email it to friends and family Available in palm, word and web formats Converted to PDF format by Bill McLean www.mclean.faithweb.com [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Prophet Abraham and the First House of Allah on Earth Chapter 2 The New Governors of Mecca Chapter 3 Hashim Chapter 4 Abd Al Mutalib Chapter 5 The Vow Chapter 6 The Marriage of Abdullah to Amina Chapter 7 The Memorable Year of the Elephant Chapter 8 The Birth of the Last Prophet of Allah, the Sealing of the Prophethood Chapter 9 Life in the Desert Chapter 10 A New Life in Mecca Chapter 11 The Early Years Chapter 12 Marriage Chapter 13 Sayd Chapter 14 Ka’ba Chapter 15 Ali, son of Abu Talib Chapter 16 The Prophethood Chapter 17 The Revelation, Rank of the Prophets, Messengers and the Arch Angel Gabriel Chapter 18 The Miraculous Koran Chapter 19 The Early Revelations Chapter 20 The First to Believe Chapter 21 The Characteristics of the Early Muslims Chapter 22 The Hierarchy of the Koraysh Chapter 23 The Command to Preach Chapter 24 The Koraysh and Abu Talib Chapter 25 Tufayl from the Tribe of Daws Chapter 26 Pre−Islamic Conditions in Yathrib Chapter 27 Unrest in Mecca Chapter 28 An Attempt to Bribe Chapter 29 Nadar, the son of Al Harith Chapter 30 Persecution Chapter 31 The Eavesdroppers Chapter 32 Waleed, Chief of the Makhzum Chapter 33 The Splitting of the Moon Chapter 34 Idolatry Through Lack of Divine Guidance − the Conversion of Omar, son of Khattab Chapter 35 The Boycott Chapter 36 The Companions Migrate to Abyssinia Chapter 37 The Delegation from Abyssinia Chapter 38 The Cessation of the Boycott Chapter 39 The Year of Sorrow Chapter 40 The Vision Chapter 41 Abu Bakr and Talha Chapter 42 The Journey to Ta’if Chapter 43 The Message and the Tribes Chapter 44 The Night Journey and the Ascent Chapter 45 The Six Men from the Tribe of Khazraj Chapter 46 Madinat Al Nabi − the City of the Prophet Chapter 47 The Visitor from Najd Chapter 48 The Migration Chapter 49 A Time for Readjustment Chapter 50 The Jews of Medina Chapter 51 The Second Year after the Migration Chapter 52 A Threat from Mecca Chapter 53 The Second Year after the Migration Chapter 54 Prelude to the Encounter of Badr Chapter 55 The Encounter of Badr Chapter 56 The Revenge of Bilal and the Persecuted Chapter 57 The Spoils of War Chapter 58 The Death of Lady Rukayyah Chapter 59 The Arrival of the Prisoners Chapter 60 The Return of the Koraysh Chapter 61 Three Resolutions Chapter 62 The Marriage of Lady Fatima Chapter 63 “When you are touched with good fortune, they grieve” Chapter 64 The Market Place of the Tribe of Kaynuka Chapter 65 The Oath of Abu Sufyan Chapter 66 Lady Hafsah Chapter 67 The Request of Lady Fatima Chapter 68 The Caravan to Iraq Chapter 69 Prelude to the Encounter at Uhud Chapter 70 The Births of Al Hassan and Al Hussain Chapter 71 The Encounter at Uhud Chapter 72 The Return to Medina Chapter 73 The Day after Uhud Chapter 74 Revelations Concerning Uhud Chapter 75 After Uhud Chapter 76 Lady Zaynab, Daughter of Khuzaymah Chapter 77 A Plot to Murder the Prophet (sa) Chapter 78 The Tribe of Nadir Declare War Chapter 79 The Fourth Year Chapter 80 The Second Meeting at Badr Chapter 81 The Fifth Year Chapter 82 Salman of Persia Chapter 83 The Marauders of Dumat Al Jandal Chapter 84 A Pattern of Life Emerges Chapter 85 Lady Zaynab, Daughter of Jahsh Chapter 86 The Revenge of the Tribe of Nadir Chapter 87 The Koraysh Prepare for the Attack Chapter 88 The Encounter at the Trench Chapter 89 The Aftermath Chapter 90 The Death of Sa’ad, Mu’adhs son Chapter 91 The Koraysh Caravan Chapter 92 The Tribe of Mutalik Chapter 93 The Necklace of Lady Ayesha Chapter 94 The Vicious Lie Chapter 95 The Death of Ubayd Allah, son of Jahsh Chapter 96 The Prelude to the Opening of Mecca Chapter 97 The Treat of Hudaybiyah Chapter 98 The Escapees from Mecca Chapter 99 The Waiving of the Clause Chapter 100 The Blowers upon Knots Chapter 101 A Time of Sadness, a Time for Rejoicing Chapter 102 The Marriage between the Prophet (sa) and Lady Umm Habibah Chapter 103 The Jews of Khybar Chapter 104 The March to Khybar Chapter 105 The Events of Khybar Chapter 106 Lady Safiyah, Daughter of Huyay Chapter 107 The Victorious Arrival Chapter 108 The Tribes of Hawazin and Ghatafan Chapter 109 The Trial of Wealth Chapter 110 Gifts from the Muqawqas, Primate of the Christian, Coptic Church in Egypt Chapter 111 Umrah − the Lesser Pilgrimage Chapter 112 The Dispute Chapter 113 The Turner of Hearts Chapter 114 The Eighth Year Chapter 115 The Intercepted Letter Chapter 116 The Tribes of Bakr and Khuzah Chapter 117 The Road to Mecca Chapter 118 The Opening of Mecca Chapter 119 The Encounter at Hunain Chapter 120 The Spoils of War Chapter 121 The Return Journey to Medina Chapter 122 A Son is Born Chapter 123 Smaller Expeditions Chapter 124 Tabuk Chapter 125 The Return from Tabuk Chapter 126 The Delegation from Ta’if Chapter 127 The Year of Deputations Chapter 128 The First Pilgrimage after the Opening of Mecca Chapter 129 Life in Medina Chapter 130 A Time of Great Sorrow Chapter 131 A Time to Learn Chapter 132 The Farewell Pilgrimage Chapter 133 The Return from Yemen Chapter 134 The 11th Year Prophetic Homestead − His Genealogy and Description PREFACE YOU, THE READER AND HERACLIUS, EMPEROR OF ROME HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON The authors were unable to find a more eloquent preface to this millennium biography than a letter sent by the Prophet to his contemporary the Emperor Heraclius. In reply, Heraclius commenced an imperial investigative effort to cross examine the current Prophethood. In the year 610 CE, Heraclius, succeeded Phocas as Emperor of Rome. His empire flourished and extended as far west as the Danube in Europe, and included all the countries on the Mediterranean coast. It also included the Balkans of which Turkey with its famed city Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine was a jewel in the crown of the Roman empire, and many of the Arab countries surrounding Arabia. As part of his prophetic duty Prophet Muhammad (sa) invited Heraclius to Islam and in response Heraclius decided to examine Prophet Muhammad. By exploring this book you are, by default, examining Prophet Muhammad (sa) and this what is meant by