Tag Archives: Seerah

February, 2018

  • 28 February

    The Forefathers of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) – Part One

    ‘Adnaan He was from the progeny of Qaydar bin Ismaa‘eel. Ma‘ad Ma‘ad was an extraordinarily strong and gallant warrior. He spent his entire life fighting against the Banu Israa’eel and was triumphant in all his battles. His appellation was Abu Nazar. (“Appellation” refers to a name by which the father …

  • 28 February

    Untainted Family Lineage

    Allah Ta’ala has mentioned in the Qur’aan Kareem: لَقَد جاءَكُم رَسولٌ مِن أَنفَسِكُم “Verily a messenger has come to you from the best amongst yourselves….” Hazrat Anas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) recited the above verse with a Fat-hah on the فاء of the word أنفسكم. In other words, verily …

January, 2012

  • 28 January

    The Collapse of the Fourteen Towers of Kisra’s Palace

    On the eve of the birth of Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), an earthquake shook the palace of Kisra, the Persian King, causing fourteen towers of the palace to collapse. The fire in the temple of Persia, which had been burning continuously for a thousand years was suddenly extinguished and Lake …

December, 2011

  • 29 December

    The auspicious birth

    At the break of dawn on Monday the 8th of Rabi Ul-Awwal, corresponding to April 570 A.D., in the Holy city of Makkah Mukarramah, in the house of Abu Taalib, the greatest of mankind, the leader of the progeny of Aadam, Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) entered this world. It …

November, 2011

  • 21 November

    Incident of the People of the Elephants

    The incident of the people of the elephants occurred approximately fifty five days prior to the birth of Rasulullah (Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam). An entire Surah of the Qur’aan Shareef has been dedicated to this incident, the details of which have been recorded in the books of Tafseer, Hadith and Seerat. …

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