The Sealed Nectar | Biography of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

656 Pages·2011·71.88 MB·English

by  Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Darussalam

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THE SEALED
NECTAR
iography of the Noble Prophet H
Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri
Islamic University Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah
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Mubarak Puri, Safiur-Rahman
The Seald Nectar Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum./
Safiur-Rahman Mubarak Puri - 3 ..Riyadh , 2011
656 p : 17cm X 24 cm
ISBN:978-603-500-110-6
1-Muhammad, Prophet life I.Title
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L.D. no. 1432/4490
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The Seald Nectar
Publisher's Note..............................................................24
Author's Autobiography...............................................27
Location & Nature of Arab Tribes............................31
Location of the Arabs.....................................................32
Arab Tribes.........................................................................36
Rule & Government among the Arabs...................45
Rule in Yemen...................................................................46
Rulership in Heerah.......................................................49
Rulership in Geographical Syria................................51
Rulership in Hijaz............................................................52
The Reasons for This War Have Been..........................
Illustrated in Three Versions........................................54
Rulership in Pan-Arabia................................................57
The Political Situation....................................................59
Religions of the Arabs..................................................60
The Religious Situation..................................................70
Aspects of Pre-Islamic Arabian Society...............................................71
The Economic Situation..............................................................................76
Ethics................................................................................................................78
The Lineage and Family of Muhammad.............................................81
The Prophetic Family...................................................................................83
His Birth...........................................................................................................92
Back to His Passionate Mother.................................................................98
To His Compassionate Grandfather........................................................98
Bahirah, the Monk......................................................................................100
The "Sacrilegious' Wars.............................................................................102
Al-Fudoul Confederacy............................................................................103
Muhammad's Early Occupation............................................................104
His Marriage to Khadijah ...................................................................104
Rebuilding Al-Ka'bah and the Arbitration Issue..............................105
A Summary of Muhammad's Biography
Before Commissioning of the Prophethood........................................107
The Makkan Period...................................................................................109
Life in Makkah In the Shade of the Message and Prophethood... 110
In the Cave of Hira'....................................................................................110
Jibreel Brings Down the Revelation...................................................112
Interruption of Revelation........................................................................115
Once more, Jibreel Brings Allah's Revelation.................................116
Some Details Pertinent to the Successive Stages of Revelation.... 118
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CONTENTS
The first stage......................................................................120
Strife in the way of the call...............................................120
The Early Converts.............................................................121
As-Salat (the Prayer)...........................................................123
The Quraishites..................................................................124
Learn About the Call.........................................................124
The Second Stage................................................................125
Open Preaching,
First Revelation Regarding the Preachinging 125
Calling the Closest Kinspeople.......................................126
On Mount As-Safa..............................................................127
Declaring the Truth and the Polytheists' Reaction ...128
An Advisory Council to
Hinder Pilgrims From Muhammad's Call..................129
Attempts Made to Check
the Onward March of Islam............................................131
Persecution...........................................................................134
The Quraish Approach Abu Talib.................................137
The Quraish Pressure Abu Talib......................................................................138
The Quraish Confront Abu Talib a Second Time.......................................138
Atrocities Against Allah's Messenger M........................................................139
The House of Al-Arqam......................................................................................144
The First Migration to Abyssinia (Ethiopia)................................................144
The Second Migration to Abyssinia (Ethiopia)...........................................148
Quraish Machinations Against the Emigrants............................................148
The Tyrants' Decision to Kill the Prophet M................................................151
The Conversion of Hamzah bin 'Abdul-Muttalib.....................................154
The Conversion of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab ...............................................155
Quraish's Representative Negotiates With Allah's Messenger M..........160
The Heads of the Quraish .
Challenge the Messenger §| and Abu Jahl Passes Judgment on Him ..162
The Quraish Attempt to Negotiate..................................................................164
The Quraish's Bewilderment and Their Consultation With the Jews.. 165
Abu Talib Assembles His Family....................................................................166
General Social Boycott,A Pact of Injustice and Aggression.....................167
Dissolution of the Pact........................................................................................169
The Final Phase of the Diplomacy of Negotiation.....................................171
The Year of Grief.................................................................................................174
Abu Talib's Death................................................................................................174
Khadijah Passes Away to the Mercy of Allah Si....................................176
The Accumulation of Grief................................................................................176
His Marriage to Sawdah in Shawwal,.................................................................
the Tenth Year of Prophethood........................................................................177
Factors Inspiring Patience and Perseverance..............................................178