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Muhammad the mercy to
mankind |
And we have sent you making you only a mercy for the
worlds"
(Holy Quran-21;107)
Our
holy prophet Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa S.A.W , the
last apostle and messenger of Allah was sent to
mankind as a mercy for this world and the Hereafter.
Superior to all 123.999 prophets and that is why He
is titled as Fakhre Ambiya. If we begin from the
beginning we’ll be aware of His prophethood and we
can also give an answer to they who say that Hazrat
Muhammad Mustafa became a prophet at the age of 40.
“And
Muhammad is merely a Messenger” (Holy Quran-3;144)
Hazrat
Muhammad Mustufa s.a.w was and will always be the
final prophet of Allah. He was a prophet when nobody
but Allah existed and he was a prophet when he was
born , in His childhood , youth , old age and is
still today and forever. We call out every day in
Azaan...:
“ I
testify that Muhammad IS Allah’s Messenger”
not was but IS !!!
Those
who read the history of Islam properly knows well.
The light (Noor) of our holy prophet s.a.w and the
14 masomeen A.S became a mercy to us all living
creatures because it was for them the sun , the
stars , the moon , the heavens , the planets , this
world etc. was shaped. Nothing would have existed if
these personalities would not had been created.
Their creation is a blessing to us all.
The
hadith of our holy prophet says : “ I was an apostle
of Allah when Hazrat Adam a.s was between clay and
water.” So to say that He became a prophet of God at
the age of 40 is only a lack in knowledge. Some
messengers were sent to only one village or a town ,
or a certain tribe . But the prophethood of our
final prophet reigns over all worlds till the Day of
Judgement. And that is why His Divine miracle i.e
the Holy Quran is an eternal miracle. This holy Book
will guide the mankind in all eras. But to only hold
fast to the holy book is an impossible task. Because
we don’t have the full knowledge that takes to
understand the quraan. That was why Allah created
the Ahlul-Bayt who would continue to safeguard the
mission of the holy prophet , His book and save His
followers from drowning or being led astray. Hazrat
Ameer-ul-momeneen a.s has said:
“The
Prophet came with (a Book containing) testification
to what (books) were already there and also with a
light to be followed. It is the Qur'an. If you ask
it to speak it won't do so; but I will tell you
about it. Know that it contains knowledge of what is
to come about, stories of the past, cure for your
ills and regulation for whatever faces
you.”(n.b-158)
Our
holy Imam explains that the holy Book is
Quraan-e-Saamit (the silent Quraan) and the
Ahlul-Bayt a.s are Quraan-e-Natiq (the speaking
Quraan). How can the mankind be guided towards the
right path with no one there to interpretate the
words of the Holy Quran. The holy prophets were not
sent in vain but they were perfect examples who
paved the straight path to their followers. We are
all aware of the sermon our holy prophet delivered
at ghadeer-e-khum and the famous hadith-e-thaqalayn.
"I am
leaving behind among you the thaqalayn(two valuable
things),the Book of Allah(Qur'an)and my progeny(my
Ahlul-Bayt). Hold fast to them and you will never go
astray,for these two will not part with each even
when they return to me at the pool(Kawthar)"
If we
are true followers of this final messenger we will
obey His command and then we will indeed be saved
otherwise we will face a very dark fate. It was
during the Age of ignorance the mercy of all worlds
came into being on the 17th of Rabi-ul-Awwal , 1rst
of Amul-feel. And the filthy condition of Arabia in
those days is explained by Imam Ali a.s in the
nahjul-balagha as follows:
“
Allah sent Muhammad (p.b.u.h.a.h.p.) as a warner
(against vice) for all the worlds and a trustee of
His revelation, while you people of Arabia were
following the worst religion and you resided among
rough stones and venomous serpents. You drank dirty
water and ate filthy food. You shed blood of each
other and cared not for relationship. Idols are
fixed among you and sins are clinging to
you.”(n.b-nr.26)
The
holy parents of our holy Messenger s.a.w
Our
holy prophet s.a.w was born in Mecca in the family
of Bani Hashim which was the most grand , wealthy
and exalted tribe in the whole Arabia. His holy
father’s name was Hazrat Abdullah Ibne
Abdul-Muttalib and mother’s name was Amena binte
Wahab. All shia scholars of Islam agree on that the
birth date of our holy prophet is the 17th of
Rabi-ul-Awwal but according to the scholars of
Ahle-sunnah they beleive it is the 12th of
Rabi-ul-Awwal. The birth place of our holy prophet
s.a.w was in a house of Sh’ebe-Abi-Talib.
The
demise of Hazrat Abdullah & Janabe Amena
It is
mostly well-known that Hazrat Abdullah died in
Madina before the birth of his holy son and was
buried in “Daar-un-Naabegha”. But another narration
says that our holy prophet s.a.w was born and Hazrat
Abdullah left this world 2 months after the birth.
The event of the demise took place when Hazrat
Abdullah with a caravan of Quraish went to Syria for
trading. When the caravan returned from Shaam ,
suddenly Hazrat Abdullah became sick and stopped to
take his breath and rest in a house of
“Bani-Udi-bin-Najjar”. But a recovery was impossible
and after a month his holy soul left this world.
When
the caravan arrived in Mecca , Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib
asked why his son wasn’t with them. Someone said
that he became sick on the way and stopped to rest
in Madina. Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib sent his eldest son
Janabe Harith to inform of his condition. But
unfortunately when Janabe Harith arrived in Madina
he received the news of his death. When our holy
prophet was 6 years old His holy mother left this
mortal world. And it happened when Janabe Amena went
to Madina along with her holy son and her
servant-maid Janabe Umme Ayman to pay ziarat to the
grave of Hazrat Abdullah. She stayed in Madina for a
month and on her return back home at a place called
Abwa she died and was buried there. Janabe Umme
Ayman brought our holy prophet back home safe and
sound. This wound wasn’t healed properly when two
years later Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib the grandfather of
our holy prophet died .
The
nursing of our holy prophet s.a.w
Islamic history writers have written that Janabe
Amena nursed her holy child for 7 days after the
birth . On the 7th day the Aqeeqa of our holy
prophet was conducted. Thereby by the will of hazrat
Abdul-Muttalib the nursing was handed over to a
maid-servant named “Saubiyah”. A few months later
the complete nursing was taken over by “Halima
S’adiyah”. Many people are still puzzled by why our
holy prophet s.a.w was nursed by Halima . By delving
in the books of Islamic history we find 2 reasons
for that.
1.The
first reason can be that Janabe Amena wasn’t able to
breast-feed her child because her milk had dried out
. In the book of Kafi and Ibne Shahr-A’shaub it is
narrated by our holy Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq a.s that
when the holy prophet was born He wasn’t nursed. But
then Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib brought Halima to
breast-feed this holy child. This can be accepted on
the thought that when Janabe Amena received the news
of the death of her young husband she was so deeply
affected by this sadness that her milk was dried.
2.It
is said that it was the custom of the arabs that on
the 7th day the child was handed over to a
nursemaid. That was why Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib was
also persuaded to do the same.
But
Maulana Syed Najm-ul-Hasan Kararwi author of the
book “Chauhadah Sitare” writes his opinion at page
48 that: “Even if all writers have written that
Saubiya and Halima was brought to breast-feed our
holy prophet s.a.w and for a long period , I still
can not accept that because no one but the
biological mother nursed every prophet. This is
obvious from the lifehistory of Hazrat Nuh a.s –
Hazrat Eesa a.s .
When
Allah couldn’t accept that no one other than the
prophet’s own mother should breastfeed how can this
be possible that He who is the Leader of all
Prophets would be nursed by anyone but Janabe Amena.
In the history of all prophets it is found that if
due to any circumstances the prophet at his birth
were separated from his mother , Allah united him or
by miracle satisfied the newborn prophet by
commanding him to suck his thumb in which the spring
of milk was opened. “
The
Last & Final Apostle of Allah
It is
impossible for an ordinary human being to try to pen
the life-history of the Leader of all Prophets and
the most exalted creation of Allah. The prophethood
of our Last Apostle reachs the Day of Judgement. His
messages were preached and meant for the whole world
to follow and understand. And the mankind indeed
took the advantage of this holy message. Our holy
Messenger taught the holy angels how to praise Allah
and the hadith tells us : “ We praised and so did
the angels too.” Then how can we write the merits of
the holy prophet , this is a personality of Light
(Noor) and nobody but Allah and Hazrat Ali a.s knows
Him as the hadith says:
"Nobody knows Allah except I and Ali
Nobody knows Ali except Allah and I
Nobody knows me except Allah and Ali"
To
believe that Hazrat Muhammad Mustufa s.a.w is the
prophet of only the muslims is wrong because He was
created to convey His holy message for all people.
“And
O’ Messenger! We have made you only a giver of good
tidings and a warner for all people.”
(the holy Quran-34;28)
The
Ummah of our Holy prophet is divided in two parts.
1.Ummat-e-Da’wat (means the whole mankind as the
holy message of our holy prophet was conveyed to all
people in this world.) 2.Ummat-e-Istijaabat ( means
they who accepted and embraced the message of their
prophet i.e Ummat-e-Muslemah) Our last Messenger was
created to be a prophet for all and came as a mercy
for all but that is true that all people did not
accept His message and refused to follow the path of
Truth yet others were saved by stepping out from the
darkness to the Light.
Our
holy prophet was born when the Arabia was covered
with nothing but darkness. And this wickedness and
corruption was saved by our last apostle. It was He
who managed to defeat the enemies and drive away the
sins , taught the Kalma and saved the people from
drowning. It is now the obligation of all people ,
those who are not aware of this exalted personality
to know Him and His message. The soul of Light left
this mortal world on the 28th of Safar in 11 a.h but
our faith says that He and His message is still
alive because this world is alive. The sharia still
rules and will prevail till the Day of Judgement
because His last successor is alive waiting for the
signal of appearance. And the Holy Prophet has said:
"
Awwalona Muhammad - The First one of us is Muhammad
Ausatona Muhammad - The Middle one of us is Muhammad
Aakhirona Muhammad - The Last one of us is Muhammad
Kullona Muhammad - Every one of us is Muhammad."
Because Allah says that He has never left an Ummah
without a guider and His Final Hujjat is alive
because the world would not exist otherwise.
"
Today there is neither a prophet nor Messenger among
us but His descendant is alive and present and He is
in occultation and His companions continue his work.
"
(eng.translation of The Holy Quran p.874)
"O
Lord! Accept our effort as You are the best Hearer
and Knower."
(The Holy Quran ;2-127)
Written by Sughra Khatoon daughter of Maulana
Maqbool Ahmed Saheb.
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