87 results for “ali”
Clear filter... sealed and buried for centuries. By the time of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, the Prophet's grandfather, the well's exact lo...
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was the youngest and most beloved of Abd al-Muttalib's ten...
...a, stopping in the valley of Muhassir near Mina, Abd al-Muttalib — the Prophet's grandfather and Mecca's chief — met with A...
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, the Prophet's father ﷺ, died before his son was born — ma...
...to the master of this ummah. Name him Muhammad." Abd al-Muttalib carried the newborn to the Ka'bah, prayed, and announced t...
...in Mecca with thin animals and little milk. Among them was Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb al-Sa'diyyah, whose donkey could barely ...
... in his life: once during his childhood in the desert with Halimah al-Sa'diyyah, and again on the Night of Isra and Mi'raj....
...cca on her own, returning him to his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib. The depth of this loss cannot be overstated. The Prophet...
Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim died when the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was approximat...
... (Bilad al-Sham) — accompanying his uncle and guardian Abu Talib on a summer trade expedition. These seasonal caravans were...
... the leading men of Mecca from multiple clans — Hashim, Muttalib, Asad, Zuhrah, Taym — gathered at the house of Abdullah ib...
...rom multiple Qurayshi clans including Banu Hashim, Banu Muttalib, Banu Asad, Banu Zuhra, and Banu Taym. The immediate catal...
...young camels — provided with assistance from his uncle Abu Talib — and Abu Talib gave the traditional marriage speech at th...
...t as an expression of the natural monotheism (fitrah) still alive in him despite the pagan environment — a heart that sense...
...: "I fear for myself." Khadijah's response — immediate, unqualified, and grounded entirely in her knowledge of his characte...
...rogram of Islam: the identity of God, His attributes, the reality of the Final Day, the nature of the human relationship to...
...althy, well-connected woman of the highest social standing. Ali ibn Abi Talib — the Prophet's young cousin living in his ho...
...m. Umar ibn al-Khattab — who would later become the second caliph and one of the most transformative leaders in Islamic his...
...als to each clan of Quraysh — gathering the Banu Abd al-Muttalib, the Banu Makhzum, and others separately to present the me...
...ld not attack the Prophet ﷺ directly because his uncle Abu Talib's clan honor protected him, but the vulnerable were entire...
...gnize genuine excellence in language — moved him with its quality and power. He followed the Prophet ﷺ home, stated that he...
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was the most formidable warrior in Mecca — the Prophet's u...
...Rahman ibn Awf, al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, and Ja'far ibn Abi Talib. They found merchant ships at the Red Sea coast and crosse...
...d history confirmed it across his entire life: through his caliphate, the conquest of Persia and Byzantium, and his martyrd...
...gration included figures of the first rank: Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, the Prophet's eloquent cousin who would serve as the Musl...
...ear of prophethood (617 CE), the leading Qurayshi clans formalized a comprehensive boycott against Banu Hashim and Banu Mut...
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was the Prophet's ﷺ paternal uncle and...
... During the three-year boycott of Banu Hashim in Shi'b Abi Talib (617-619 CE), she spent the remainder of her accumulated w...
... the Prophet ﷺ named Aam al-Huzn — the Year of Sorrow. Abu Talib, his uncle and guardian since childhood, died first — the ...
...h year of prophethood (619 CE) following the deaths of Abu Talib and Khadijah, seeking an alternative base for the mission ...
...adership, or he could be attacked without consequence. Abu Talib was dead. The Prophet ﷺ approached three of Mecca's most p...
...seasons of the late Meccan period — after the death of Abu Talib and Khadijah had left the Prophet ﷺ more exposed — he made...
... this delegation for the Second Pledge of Aqabah, which formalized full political protection for the Prophet ﷺ and made the...
...s of al-Aqabah. The Prophet's uncle al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib came with him, not yet a Muslim but determined to assess w...
... Quraysh and be forced to accept blood money rather than retaliation. The Prophet ﷺ was informed through revelation and we...
.... The most recorded encounter on route was with Suraqa ibn Malik, a skilled tracker who pursued them and whose horse fell t...
...ay four days, Ibn Hisham suggests longer — waiting also for Ali, who had remained behind in Mecca to return property the Pr...
...llowing his departure from Quba, in the valley of the Banu Salim ibn Awf — approximately one hundred Muslims gathering in a...
...Quba and led the first Friday prayer in the valley of Banu Salim. He rode al-Qaswa and let the camel walk freely through th...
...f Medina). The pairings were made at the house of Anas ibn Malik, with approximately forty-five to ninety pairs (sources va...
...h is read.' He also said: 'Learn Surah al-Baqarah and Surah Ali Imran, for they are the zahrawain — the two brilliant ones ...
...rough revelation during a prayer at the mosque of the Banu Salima — Ibn Abbas narrates that the Prophet ﷺ had been turning ...
... year) triggers the obligation; the rate is 2.5% of total qualifying wealth annually. The Quran specifies eight categories ...
...p of all that exists in the heavens and earth, the conditionality of intercession upon His permission, comprehensive knowle...
...gan with single combat: Qurayshi champions killed by Hamza, Ali, and Ubaydah ibn al-Harith. Then the armies met. The Prophe...
...vealed the fragility of the covenant and the tribe's actual alignment with the Qurayshi opposition. The precipitating inci...
The marriage of Fatimah al-Zahra to Ali ibn Abi Talib in 2 AH was arranged by the Prophet ﷺ himself...
Al-Hasan ibn Ali was born in Ramadan 3 AH — the first son of Ali ibn Abi Tal...
... — left their positions to join the collection of spoils. Khalid ibn al-Walid, commanding the Qurayshi cavalry, saw the exp...
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib — the Prophet's ﷺ uncle and milk brother, the Lion of Alla...
...aith that grew rather than shrank under pressure — as the quality being commended. 'Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is t...
Al-Husayn ibn Ali was born in Sha'ban 4 AH in Medina — the second son of Ali ...
...ith a stone to kill him. The Prophet ﷺ departed without revealing what he had learned and sent a message giving the tribe t...
... broken, cups emptied, stored supplies destroyed. Anas ibn Malik narrated that he broke the jar he was serving from the mom...
...y sustained outside of a formal battle. Abu Bara' Amir ibn Malik, a prominent chief of the Banu Amir, visited Medina and as...
The expedition against Banu al-Mustaliq in Sha'ban 5 AH began as a pre-emptive strike — the Prophe...
...e of the Prophet ﷺ, following the expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq in 5 AH. Aishah had been separated from the army when it b...
... in the context of dress. The four major madhabs (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali) agree on the obligation of covering th...
...st dangerous military challenge of the Medinan period — a coalition of approximately 10,000 fighters assembled from the Qur...
...u al-Nadir leader who had helped organize the confederate coalition — to align with the attackers. The breach threatened to...
...hting to defend Medina from the 10,000-strong confederate coalition. He had prayed that Allah would preserve his life long ...
...e Prophet's ﷺ wives to die after him, in 20 AH, during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab.
...t triggering Qurayshi opposition could now engage freely. Khalid ibn al-Walid and Amr ibn al-As, two of the Quraysh's great...
...rely hoped for or inferred. Umar ibn al-Khattab during his caliphate would ask, when news came of a companion's death: 'Was...
...ents and spent the years since organizing the confederate coalition against Medina. The Prophet ﷺ led approximately 1,400 f...
...AH, coinciding with the Conquest of Khaybar. Jafar ibn Abi Talib, who had led the community in Abyssinia and delivered the ...
...ith, arranged through the mediation of Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. The Prophet ﷺ invited the Quraysh to a wedding feast; the...
...the seerah more dramatic in its implications than that of Khalid ibn al-Walid. At the Battle of Uhud, it was Khalid's tacti...
...ry confrontation between the Muslim community and Byzantine-aligned forces. It was triggered by the execution of a Muslim e...
...e security of each party's allied tribes. Banu Khuza'ah had aligned with the Prophet ﷺ; Banu Bakr aligned with the Quraysh....
... departed — indeed, falsehood is ever departing.' (17:81) Khalid's column encountered a pocket of resistance in one quarter...
...Thaqif tribes gathered approximately 20,000 fighters under Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri, who controversially brought women, child...
...d the destroyed idol, the full arc of patience and da'wah realized.
...etween the tribe and the Prophet ﷺ — he had been nursed by Halimah al-Sa'diyya of the Hawazin — requesting the return of th...
...ing of Tabuk came with three sincere companions — Ka'b ibn Malik, Murarah ibn al-Rabi, and Hilal ibn Umayyah — who had stay...
... extraordinary case of three sincere companions — Ka'b ibn Malik, Murarah ibn al-Rabi, and Hilal ibn Umayyah — who stayed b...
...Hawazin-Thaqif confederacy had been broken. The political reality of the peninsula had shifted, and the delegations came to...
...blic proclamation at the Hajj gathering. The Prophet ﷺ sent Ali ibn Abi Talib after the departing party with the proclamati...
...n the seerah from the first emigration. When Jafar ibn Abi Talib spoke before his court and recited Surah Maryam, the Negus...
...ophet ﷺ named him Ibrahim, after the patriarch Ibrahim al-Khalil, and performed the 'aqiqah, shaved his head, and gave the ...
...urney to Mina, then to Arafat for the standing, then to Muzdalifah for the night, then back to Mina for the stoning, the sa...
...er equity in the entire seerah. He declared the absolute equality of all people regardless of race or ethnicity: 'An Arab h...
...died before the expedition departed. When Abu Bakr became caliph and the peninsula was in crisis from apostasy movements, ...
...er, his hand in hers, her softening his siwak with her own saliva so he could use it in his final moments. During the illn...
... last time — supported on each side by Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Ali ibn Abi Talib, feet dragging, head wrapped against...
... Muhammad has died. And whoever worshipped Allah — Allah is alive and does not die.' He recited Surah Al Imran 3:144: 'Muha...
...he succession crisis and the process of preparing his body. Ali ibn Abi Talib, al-Fadl ibn Abbas, his uncle Abbas, and Usam...