SEERAH OF THE PROPHET(SWS)

Slides based on Seerah Series done

by Yasir Qadhi SLIDE#: SL4.4TOPIC: Religious Status of the World Before Islam

PART I (1:00:51 – 1:07:47)

• Salman was given three signs that he is the Prophet(sws):– 1. He will be in the land of dates– 2. There will be physical seal on his

back, between the shoulder blades– 3. He will accept gifts but not charity

– Salman is told Khaibar is where there is lots of dates.

–When he tried to get there, the people he asked to take him, they tricked him and took him as a slave

• Salman was then sold to some Jews who lived in Yathrib, later known as Madina

• For decades, he lived there as a slave • Rumors began to spread that a man

claimed to be a Prophet and he was coming to Medina

• The Yahud were scared because they thought the king of the Arabs was coming

• Salman overheard his master and brother talking about the Prophet coming

• He was excited and asked his master

• The master smacked him • One day, after his chores are over, Salman

goes to the Prophet and offers him some charity

• The Prophet gives it to others but does not take it himself

• The second day, the man brings dates and says this is a gift. The Prophet shared it and also ate some himself.

• Salman got excited. • For the last sign, he tried going behind the

Prophet to see and followed him around

• When the Prophet realized what was going on, he lowered his shirt so that Salman could see the seal

• Salman started crying and told the Prophet the whole story

• The Prophet said he would help to free him from slavery

• When Salman's owners found out that the Prophet wanted him, they asked for a ridiculously big price

• They asked for many date trees• The Prophet helped grow those trees

and then free Salman• Salmans story shows that there were

only a few Christians left• Another story that shows this is the

emperor Hiracleus (an educated politician)

• When the Prophet sent letters to different leaders, Hiracleus was one of them

Questions1. What three signs were Salman told would

signify the Prophet(sws)?2. What happened to Salman when he

thought he found people to take him to Khaibar?

3. What did the Yahud think of the Prophet(sws)?

4. How did Salman go about proving that the Prophet(sws) is in fact the man who he was looking for?

PART II (1:07:48 – 1:17:37)

• Hiracleus was visiting Jerusalem when the Prophet sent a letter to him

• The letter said that it is from the Rasullullah • Said you have to accept Islam, what is Islam • Hiracleus said are there any Arabs in town• There was a trading caravan then and he

commanded his people to summon them to come to him

• So the Roman guards bring the Quraish caravan

• It was Abu Sufiyan

• Hiracleus quizzes him • And after quizzing him, he realized the

Prophet is the one who is in the scriptures

• He was surprised because he felt that the Prophet would come from one of the Jews and not from the Arabs

• Hiracleus had access to scriptures that no one else did, since he was the emperor of Rome

• The New Scriptures has no predictions

• Hiracleus asked bishops to verify and they did verify that the Prophet (sws) is the one that the scriptures were referring to

• However he did not convert to Islam because if he did, then he could not stay as the emperor, the most powerful man on Earth

• So he died upon his faith • The Prophet(Sws) looked at the world

during the time he came, and most of the world was idoltry and sinfulness with very few exceptions

• For this reason, that time period was called Jahiliyah

• Points of benefit – 1. Guidance comes only from Allah(swt)– 2. Most of mankind are like sheep, the

follow other people – 3. Sincere people no matter what time

or place can be guided

Questions1. How did Hiracleus get more

information about the Prophet(sws)?2. What understanding can we get about

the scriptures from the story of Hiracleus?

3. Why didn’t Hiracleus convert? 4. Why was the time of the Prophet(sws)

known as Jahiliyah?5. What are the 3 points about benefit?

The complete lecture can be found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey7UAi_Emgs