Part 2

Victory Comes Only From Allah 3% “The Day Of Criterion” Loyalty For The Sake Of Allah 3

The Miracles That Occurred Around The Time Of And During The Battle Of Badr

A Miracle Of Another Kind The Ruling Of Taking Help From Polytheists Hudhaifah Ibn Al-Yamaan # And Usaid Ibn Al-Hudair < The Media War The Most Important Events That Took Place Between The Battles Of Badr & Uhud

The Expeditions That The Prophet # Led And That Occurred After Badr And Before Uhud

The Battle Of Banu Qainuqaa’ Going After Incendiary Elements Some Social Occasions Of Interest The Battle Of Uhud The Events That Took Place Prior To The Actual Battle The Main Reasons Why The Battle Occurred The Army Of The Quraish Begins Its Journey To Al-Madeenah Consulting With His Companions & The Muslim Army Heads For Uhud. The Prophet's Strategy For The Impending Battle In The Heat Of The Battle The Early Stages Of The Battles - Things Go Well For The Muslims The Archers Disobey The Prophet’s Command

The Prophet's Strategy To Reunite And Reassemble His Army, And The Brave Men # Who Defended Him

Some Of The Martyrs Of Uhud Some Miracles And Proofs Of Prophethood

The Aftermath Of The Battle An Exchange Of Words Between Abu Sufyaan And The Muslims The Messenger Of Allah # Concerns Himself With The Martyrs Of That Day The Prophet's Supplication On The Day Of Uhud Finding Out What Direction The Polytheists Were Heading Towards The Battle Of Hamraa Al-Asad The Participation Of Muslim Women In The Battle Of Uhud Female Companions # ShowThe True Meaning Of Patience Umm Sa’d ibn Mu’aadh &

Some Lessons And Morals

Inviting The Believers To Increase Their Faith And Reminding Them About Universal Laws That Apply To All Nations

Comforting The Believers And Explaining The Wisdom Behind What Happened At Uhud

How To Correct Mistakes Giving the Example Of Previous Mujahideen Disobeying A Leader’s Command Results In Failure

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The Dangers Of Giving Precedence To This World Over The Hereafter Adhering To The Teachings Of Islam

How The Prophet #4 Dealt With The Archers Who Disobeyed Him And The Hypocrites Who Betrayed Him

Uhud Is A Mountain That Loves Us And That Is Loved By Us

The Angels At Uhud

The Laws Of Victory And Defeat, As Derived From The Chapters: AlL-Anfaal And Aal ‘Imraan

The Superiority Of Martyrs, And What Allah 3s Has Prepared For Them In Terms Of Bliss And Reward

The Lessons And Morals Of The “Great Lie” Incident And Of The Battle Of Banu Al-Mustaliq

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The Most Important Military Units That Were Sent Out During This Period 1800

Some Of The Miracles That Occurred During The Tabook Expedition 1845 The Return From Tabook To Al-Madeenah; And The Noble Qur’an Discusses 1854

Bedouin Hypocrites Who Lived In The Lands That Surrounded Al-Madeenah 1859 The Story Of The Three Who Stayed Behind From The Tabook Expedition 1871 The Mutual Consultation That Took Place During The Tabook Expedition 1891 The Most Important Consequences Of The Tabook Expedition 1894 The Most Important Events That Took Place Between The Battle Of Tabook And The Farewell Pilgrimage And The Delegation Of Thageef 1897 The Death Of The Hypocrites, ‘Abdullah Ibn Ubai Ibn Salool 1905 The Prophet # Gives His Wives An Important Choice To Make 1910 Abu Bakr # Leads The People In their Pilgrimage To Makkah 1917 The Messenger Of Allah #5 Sends out Delegations Of His Own, 1932 The Prophet’s Final Illness And His Subsequent Death 1967 The Final TlIness Of The Messenger Of Allah i 1974

Indeed, all praise is for Allah; we praise Him, repent to Him, and seek His forgiveness and help. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own selves and of our wicked deeds. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can lead astray; and whomsoever Allah leads astray, none can guide. And I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone, and He has no partner; and I bear witness that our Prophet Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. 4 5545 AY SH GS AM ast thas Galt ep

“O you who believe! Fear Allah (by doing all that He has ordered

and by abstaining from all that He has forbidden) as He should be

feared. (Obey Him, be thankful to Him, and remember Him

always), and die not except in the state of Islam (as Muslims)

(with complete submission to Allah).’’ (Qur'an 3: 102)

“O mankind be dutiful to your Lord, who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)], and from them both He created many men and women and fear Allah through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allah is Ever and All-Watcher over you .’” (Qur'an 4:1)

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deeds and will forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger (i) he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. he will be saved from the Hellfire and made to enter Paradise) .”’ (Qur'an 33: 70, 71)

Male or female, adult or child, scholar or commoner, businessman or laborer - all Muslims need to study the biography of the Messenger of Allah #%. In fact, the fulfillment of many of our Islamic duties hinges upon our knowledge of the Prophet's life. For example, every Muslim should love the Prophet #%; yet how can one love him without knowing him. We were not alive when the Prophet # was preaching the message of Islam to the Quraish, so the only way we have left to become intimately acquainted with the Prophet #, and consequently to love him, is to study his sayings and deeds, which give us partial glimpses of his life, or to study his biography, which fits the pieces of his life together, so that we can have an overall view of his ideal character. And how are we to follow the Prophet # if we do not know his sayings and deeds, or - which is more relevant to his biography - the context in which his sayings and deeds occurred. Thus we are all in dire need of acquainting ourselves with the life of the Prophet #8.

Through the study of the Seerah (the Prophet's biography), we are able to appreciate how the Prophet # was an ideal husband, ideal father, ideal leader, ideal ruler, ideal educator, ideal judge, and so ort. So regardless of our situation and who we are, we benefit from studying the Prophet's life. If one has dedicated at least some part of his life to inviting others to Islam (which makes him a Daa’ee - a word I will henceforward use - one who invites others to the teachings of Islam), then the Prophet’s biography is for him an indispensable guidebook. Through studying the Prophet's Seerah, the Daa’ee learns about the Prophet’s methodology for inviting others to Islam; furthermore, he learns about how the Prophet # dealt with those who refused to embrace Islam and how he #% was patient when he was made to suffer at their hands, not to mention the countless other lessons and morals he learns from the Seerah.

If one is an educator - of children at home or school, or of adults at a community level - one learns how the best educator mankind has ever known raised a generation of true Muslims, who went on to develop the most wonderful civilization that mankind has ever known. The early converts to Islam were educated in the world’s finest institution of higher learning - the House of Al-Argam (the house wherein Muslims secretly met in the early days of Islam) - where the Prophet #% taught them the Qur’an, Islamic beliefs, the manners of Islam, and so on. His students graduated with flying colours, becoming leaders and educators of the following generation of Muslims.

If one is a leader, one learns true qualities of leadership from the Prophet's Seerah, in terms of how the Prophet #% was just; how he united the Muslims; how he # dealt with subversive elements of society, namely the hypocrites, who were headed by ‘Abdullah ibn Ubai ibn Salool; and how he #x constantly strove for the betterment of the Muslim nation.

If one is a scholar, one relies on the Seerah to understand the Qur’an, for the Prophet's actions represent a practical application of the teachings of the Qur’an. Furthermore, the revelation of many Verses was prompted by actual events that took place during the Prophet's lifetime; a scholar can only understand such Verses if he understands the events for which they were revealed. And in fact (as we will In Sha Allah see throughout this book) knowledge of all Islamic sciences - such as ‘Ageedah (beliefs), jurisprudence, and Tafseer - hinges frequently upon knowledge of some aspect of the Prophet's Seerah.

If a Muslim inclines towards Zuhd (to abstain from worldly pleasures for the sake of Allah 3), he can learn, through the study of the Seerah, the difference between true Zuhd and extremism, for the correct way to live is the balanced life that the Prophet #4 and his Companions # led. If a Muslim is afflicted by calamity, he can find consolation in the Seerah, for no one was afflicted with as much hardship as was the Messenger of Allah #%; beyond consolation, the afflicted person becomes encouraged to follow