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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Khadîjah bint Khuwaylid & Waraqah ibn Nawfal Az-Zubayr ibn Bakkâr said: “During the Pre-Islamic Days of Ignorance, Khadîjah was known as at-Tahirah (the pure one); her mother was Fâtimah bint Zâ’idah al-‘Amiriyah.” Khâdijah was married to the Messenger ﷺ by her uncle ‘Amr ibn Asad. She died three years before theContinue reading “Sîrah Series: The Earliest Companions To Embrace Islâm”

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn Ishâq said: “The Arab soothsayers, Jewish rabbis and Christian monks spoke about the emergence of the Messenger of Allâh صلى الله عليه وسلم a short time before his Prophetic mission. The Jewish rabbis and Christian monks took their news from what is mentioned in their Scriptures, and the covenants takenContinue reading “Sîrah Series : Signs of Muhammad’s Prophethood & The Jews and Christians Knowing of his coming”

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Narrated on the authority of ‘Âsim Ibn ‘Umar Ibn Qatâdah Al-Ansârî Ibn Mahmûd Ibn Labîd from ‘Abdullâh Ibn ‘Abbâs that Salmân Al-Fârisî told him: I was a Persian from Isfahân [present day Iran], from a village called Jayy. My father was the mayor of the village and I was dearer toContinue reading “Sîrah Series: Salmân Al-Fârisî Searches For The Truth”

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ سَمِعَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، بِقُدُومِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ فِي أَرْضٍ يَخْتَرِفُ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ ثَلاَثٍ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلاَّ نَبِيٌّ فَمَا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ وَمَا أَوَّلُ طَعَامِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا يَنْزِعُ الْوَلَدُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ أَوْ إِلَى أُمِّهِContinue reading “Sîrah Series: When Abdullâh Ibn Salâm – The Rabbi – Embraced Islâm”