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Who is Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

The life of our Prophet ﷺ has been told for generations and will continue to be told to future generations.
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Birth and Young Prophet Muhammad

570 CE | Prophet Muhammad was Born

Prophet Muhammad was born in Makkah. His father, Abdullah, passed away before his birth.


575 CE | Became an Orphan

Prophet Muhammad’s mother, Amina, passed away. He was raised under the care of his grandfather, Abdul Muttalib, and his uncle, Abu Talib.


582 CE | Travelled to Syria

Travelled to Syria with his uncle, Abu Talib, and met a Monk who found signs that young Prophet Muhammad ﷺ would be a great prophet one day.



The Marriage

595 CE | Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ Marriage

Khadijah, Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ employer, proposed marriage. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ married Khadijah when he was 25 years old and Khadijah was nearly 40 years old.



The First Revelation

610 CE | Received the First Revelation

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ received the first revelation of the Quran in Cave of Hira.



The Prophetic Journey

610-613 CE | Started to Preach

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ started to preach Islam privately for three years, then began to preach publicly in Makkah.


614 CE | Immigrated to Abyssinia

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ commanded Muslims to migrate to Abyssinia to escape persecution from pagans and idolatrous.


619 CE | Khadijah Passed Away

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ lost Khadijah and his uncle, Abu Talib.




The Migration

622 CE | Immigrated to Medina

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and hundreds of followers left Makkah and travelled to Medina. It’s marked as the beginning of the Islamic calendar (Hijri).


624-627 CE | Fought Three Major Battles

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ fought against the Meccans: Badr, Uhud, and Khandaq.


630 CE | The Conquest of Makkah

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ led Muslims on a march to Makkah and were joined by tribe after tribe along the way. They entered and conquered Makkah without bloodshed and the Meccans were pardoned by him.


632 CE | Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Passed Away

He performed a pilgrimage to Makkah one last time and then returned to Medina. Three months later, he passed away there after a brief illness. He is buried in the Nabawi mosque in Medina.



NOTE

What's the mean SAW (ﷺ) or PBUH?

When Muslims refer to the Prophet Muhammad, to show reverence, his name is often followed by the phrase “sallallahu alayhi wa sallam” meaning “May the prayers and peace of God be upon him.” In writing, this may be abbreviated as (sa), SAW or PBUH meaning “peace be upon him,” while in other cases the calligraphic Arabic form is written.

Prophet Muhammad (saw)

"O people! Be careful; All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over a white – except by piety and good action."

(Hadith Sharif)
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Prophet Muhammad (saw)

"Oh my God, I surrendered to you, I believed in you, I put my trust in you, I turned to you, I struggled for you. O Allah, I seek refuge in Your glory from leading me astray; There is no god but you. You are the one who does not die, who is always alive. Jinn and humans die."

[Prayers of the Prophet]

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Examples from the Daily Prayers of our Prophet Mohammad (saw)

Prayers of Prophet Muhammad’s (saw)

  • “Oh God, give us beauty in this world and give us beauty in the afterlife. And protect us from the torment of fire.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the trial of the fire, from the torment of the fire, from the trial of the grave, from the torment of the grave, from the evil of the fitnah of wealth, and from the evil of the fitnah of poverty. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of the corruption of the Messiah Antichrist. Oh God, wash my heart with snow water and hail; Just as you cleanse a pure white dress from dirt, cleanse my heart from mistakes. Distance me from my mistakes as you distance me from the east and the west. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, (all kinds of) sins and the burden of debt.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from weakness, laziness, cowardice, old age (to the point of senility), and stinginess. I seek refuge in you from the torment of the grave and the trials of life and death.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from intolerable calamities, from being dragged into misfortune, from bad fate and from being the laughing stock of the enemy.”
  • “O Allah, correct my religion, which is the basis and protector of (every) of my deeds. Correct my world, which is my life and livelihood. Improve my afterlife, which is my destination. Make life the reason for all goodness to increase for me. Make death a salvation for me from all evil.”
  • “O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and not being dependent on anyone.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from weakness, laziness, cowardice, stinginess, old age (to the point of senility), and the torment of the grave. O Allah, grant my soul piety and purify it; You are the best of those who purify my soul, you are its friend and owner. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that does not fear, from a soul that is insatiable, and from a prayer that is not answered.”
  • “O Allah, guide me and correct me. O Allah, I ask You for guidance and truth.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the end of your blessing, from the reversal of the well-being you have given, from the sudden arrival of punishment, from all your wrath.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I know and the evil of what I do not know.”
  • “O Allah, increase my wealth and my children. Bless the things you have given me. Prolong my life according to your obedience. Make my deeds beautiful. Forgive me."
  • “There is no god but Allah, the Almighty and the infinitely tolerant. There is no god but Allah, the owner of the Majestic Throne. There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the heavens, the Lord of the earth, and the Lord of the precious Throne.”
  • “Oh God, I hope for your mercy; Don't leave me alone even for the blink of an eye. Correct all my affairs. "There is no god but you."
  • “There is no god but you. I exalt you from all kinds of shortcomings. "I became one of the oppressors."
  • “O Allah, I am your servant. I am the son of your servant. I am the son of your slave woman. My forelock is in your hand. Your judgment is fully valid for me. (Everything) that you decree for me is just. I ask you with all the names that belong to you, that you have named yourself, or that you have revealed in your book, or that you have revealed to any of your servants, or that you have hidden in the knowledge of the unseen in your presence: make the Quran the spring of my heart, the light of my heart, the reliever of my sadness and the end of my sorrow.
  • "Oh my God, who has control over the hearts, return our hearts to your obedience (right)."
  • “O you who turn hearts around, make my heart firm on your religion.”
  • “O Allah, I ask You for certainty (faith) and well-being in this world and the hereafter.”
  • “O Allah, make our outcome beautiful in all matters. Protect us from the disgrace of this world and the torment of the hereafter.”
  • “O Allah, help me, do not help me (my enemies). Make me victorious, do not give victory to me (my enemies). Set a trap for me, do not set a trap against me (for my enemies). Guide me, make the guidance easy for me. Help me against those who wrong me. Make me a servant who is very grateful to You, who remembers You a lot, who fears You very much, who obeys You very much, and who turns to You with sighs and submits to You. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sins and purify (me), answer my prayer, strengthen my evidence, guide my heart to the truth, correct my tongue, cleanse my heart from its diseases.”
  • “O Allah, we ask for every good thing that your prophet Muhammad -peace be upon him- asked from you. We also take refuge in you from every evil that your Prophet Muhammad - peace be upon him - took refuge in you. The only authority to ask for help is you. It is your job to deliver (my wish). "There is no power or power other than Allah."
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my ears, the evil of my eyes, the evil of my tongue, the evil of my heart, and the evil of my semen.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in you from skin diseases, madness, leprosy, and (all kinds of) bad diseases.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in you from bad morals, bad deeds and bad desires.”
  • “O Allah, you are forgiving, generous, you love to forgive; “Forgive me too.”
  • “O Allah, I ask you to do good deeds, to abandon evil deeds, to love the poor, to forgive me, to treat me with your mercy; If you wish discord on the people (in which I live), I would like you to take me out of that discord safely and make me die. (O Allah), I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the love of deeds that will bring me closer to Your love.”
  • “O Allah, I ask you for all goodness: the rush and the things that come later; both what I know and what I don't know. I seek refuge in You from all evil: From haste and from those who will come later; both from what I know and from what I don't know. O Allah, I ask you for all the good things that your servant and messenger ask for; I seek refuge in you from all the evils that he seeks refuge in you. My God, I ask you for heaven and all the words or actions that will bring me closer to heaven. I seek refuge in You from the fire and from all words or actions that will bring me closer to the fire. I ask you to make all the decisions you make for me beneficial for me.”
  • “O Allah, keep me in Islam while standing, sitting and lying down. Don't make the enemies and the envious people laugh at me. O God, I ask You for all the good things whose treasures are in Your hands; I seek refuge in you from all the evil whose treasures are in your hands.”
  • “O Allah, give us a share of your fear that will come between us and disobedience to you. Reserve for us a share of your obedience that will take us to your paradise. And give us such a share of faith that all the troubles of the world will be easy for us. Oh God, as long as you keep us alive, benefit us with our ears, eyes and strength; Leave a legacy of this to those after us. Direct all our anger and grudge against those who oppress us; Help us against those who are hostile to us. Don't let our disasters hit our religion. Making the world our greatest concern and the ultimate point of our knowledge. "Do not let those who will not have mercy on us trouble us."
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from stinginess. I seek refuge in you from cowardice. I seek refuge in You from being kept alive until the worst ages of my life (from becoming debilitatingly old and senile). I seek refuge in you from the fitnah of this world and the torment of the grave.”
  • “O Allah, forgive my mistakes and ignorance, my transgressions in my work, and all my (sins) that you know better than me. My God, forgive me for what I said casually, what I said seriously, what I did by mistake, what I did on purpose, in short, whatever (flaws) I have in me.”
  • “Oh my God, I have wronged my soul so much. No one can forgive sins except you. Forgive me with forgiveness from Yourself. Have mercy on me, for you are infinitely forgiving, infinitely merciful.”
  • “Oh my God, I surrendered to you, I believed in you, I put my trust in you, I turned to you, I struggled for you. O Allah, I seek refuge in Your glory from leading me astray; There is no god but you. You are the one who does not die, who is always alive. Jinn and humans die.”
  • “O Allah, we ask you for things that will require your mercy and make us deserve your forgiveness, to find salvation from all sins, to gain spoils from all good deeds, to gain access to heaven and to be free from the fire.”
  • “O Allah, forgive all believers, men and women.”
  • “O Allah, forgive my sins, give me space (and comfort) in my home, and bless me with the sustenance you have given me.”
  • “O Allah, I ask for your kindness and mercy, because no one can have these except you.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from building collapse, falling from a high place, drowning, fire and advanced old age. I seek refuge in you from Satan leading me astray during death. I seek refuge in You from dying as a person who has run away from Your path or from being poisoned.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in you from hunger. What a bad sleeping companion he is. I seek refuge in you from betrayal. "What a bad friend he is."
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from helplessness, laziness, cowardice, stinginess, extreme old age, hardness of heart, heedlessness, writhing in need, humiliation, and poverty. I seek refuge in You from poverty, blasphemy, polytheism, losing the right path by sinning (fisk), opposing the truth, hypocrisy, acting for people to hear, and hypocrisy. I seek refuge in you from deafness, speechlessness, insanity, leprosy, skin diseases and (all kinds of) bad diseases.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in you from poverty, famine and humiliation. I seek refuge in You from being oppressed and oppressed.”
  • “O Allah, I ask you for heaven, and I seek refuge in you from the fire.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowingly associating anything with You. "I ask your forgiveness for the things I don't know."
  • “Oh God, help me benefit from what you have taught me. Teach me things that will benefit me. Increase my knowledge.”
  • “O Allah, I ask You for useful knowledge, pure sustenance and acceptable deeds.”
  • “My Lord, forgive me and accept my repentance. Surely, you are the one who accepts repentance abundantly and is infinitely forgiving.”
  • “O Lord of Gabriel and Michael, O Lord of Israfil, I seek refuge in you from the heat of the fire and the torment of the grave.”
  • “O Allah, inspire me to come of age and protect me from the evil of my soul.”
  • “Oh God, warm our hearts to each other. Make things right between us. Guide us to the paths of peace. Bring us out of darkness into light. Save us from all visible and invisible prostitution. Grant blessings to our ears, our eyes, our hearts, our spouses, our generations. Please accept our repentance. Because you are the one who accepts repentance abundantly and has infinite mercy. Make us among those who are grateful for your blessings, praise your blessings, accept your blessings and evaluate them well; “Complete your blessing on us.”
  • “O Allah, make me happy with what You have provided for me. Make the sustenance you provide fruitful for me. Replace everything that is lost from me in a way that will be beneficial for me.”
  • “Oh my God, hold me to account easily.”
  • “O Allah, help us to remember you, to thank you and to serve you well.”
  • “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from being burdened with debt, from being overpowered by enemies, and from being made a laughing stock in the face of the enemy.”
  • “O Allah, all praise belongs to you. Oh my God, there is no one who can relieve what you bore, and there is no one who can bore what you comfort. There is no one to guide those whom he leads astray, and there is no one to mislead those whom he guides. There is no one who can give what he hinders, and there is no one who can prevent what he gives. There is no one who can bring closer what you have pushed away, and there is no one who can push away what you have brought closer. Oh God, expand and spread your blessings, mercy, blessings and sustenance upon us. My God, I ask you for permanent blessings that will not change or disappear. O Allah, I ask for blessings in the day of need and security in the day of fear. Oh my God, I seek refuge in you from the evil of everything you have given us and everything you have not given us. Oh God, make us love faith and adorn it in our hearts. Show us disbelief, deviation and rebellion as bad. Make us one of the upright servants who have reached adulthood. O Allah, take our lives as Muslims and make us live as Muslims. Include us among the righteous without being disgraced or falling into discord.”
  • “O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, grant me well-being, provide for me, tidy up my mess, exalt me.”
  • “O Allah, increase (your blessings) for us and do not decrease them. Be generous to us, do not reduce (your blessings) to us. Grant us, do not deprive us. Choose and favor us, do not choose anyone else over us. Please us and be pleased with us too.”
  • “Oh God, you made my creation beautiful, make my morals beautiful too.”
Prophet Muhammad (saw)

"I leave behind me two things, the Qur’an and my Sunnah and if you follow these you will never go astray."

(Hadith Sharif)
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This sermon was delivered on the Ninth Day of Dhul-Hijjah 10 A.H. in the ‘Uranah valley of Mount Arafat’ in Mecca.

Prophet Muhammad’s (saw) Last Sermon

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
(In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful)

After praising and thanking Allah the Prophet (saws) said:

"O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I know not whether after this year I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I am saying very carefully and take these words to those who could not be present here today.

O People, just as you regard this month, this day, this city as Sacred, so regard the life and property of every Muslim as a sacred trust. Return the goods entrusted to you to their rightful owners. Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you. Remember that you will indeed meet your Lord, and that he will indeed reckon your deeds.

Allah has forbidden you to take usury (interest), therefore all interest obligations shall henceforth be waived. Your capital is yours to keep. You will neither inflict nor suffer any inequity. Allah has judged that there shall be no interest and that all the interest due to Abbas ibn ‘Abd’al Muttalib [the Prophet’s uncle] be waived.

Every right arising out of homicide in pre-islamic days is henceforth waived and the first such right that i waive is that arising from the murder of Rabiah ibn al Harithibn.

O People, the unbelievers indulge in tampering with the calender in order to make permissible that which Allah forbade, and to forbid that which Allah has made permissible.

With Allah the months are twelve in number. Four of them are holy, three of these are successive and one occurs singly between the months of Jumada and Shaban.

Beware of Satan, for the safety of your religion. He has lost all hope of that he will be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things.

O People, it is true that you have certain rights with regard to your women but they also have rights over you. Remember that you have taken them as your wives only under Allah’s trust and with His permission. If they abide by your right, then to them belongs the right to be fed and clothed in kindness. Do treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your partners and committed helpers. And it is your right that they do not make friends with anyone of whom you do not approve, as well as never to be unchaste.

O People, listen to me in earnest, worship Allah, say your five daily prayers, fast during the month of Ramadhan, and give your wealth in Zakat. Perform Hajj if you can afford to.

All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over a white – except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belogs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly.

Do not therefore do injustice to yourselves. Remember one day you will meet Allah and answer your deeds. So beware: do not stray from the path of righteousness after I am gone.

O People, no prophet or apostle will come after me, and no new faith will be born.

Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand my words which I convey to you.

I leave behind me two things, the Qur’an and my Sunnah and if you follow these you will never go astray.

All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly.

Be my witness, O Allah, that I have conveyed Your message to Your people."

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