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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