Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (SA)

Name:- Muhammed
Title:- Al-Mustafa
Agnomen:- Abu-l-Qasim.
Father's name:- Abdullah-ibn-abdul Mutalib.
Mother's Name:- Aminah bint-e- Wahab.
Date of Birth:- Friday 17 Rabi-ul-awal in Elephant's
year.
Date of death:-Monday 28 safar 11th hajri.
Buried:- Buried in his hujrah(room) adjoining the
Mosque,in Medina.
His father died six month before his birth,and his Grand
father(Abdul Mutalib)took responsiblity of bringing him
up,at the age of six year he lost her mother too and at
the age of 10 once again he face the tragedy of the
death of his grand father,
abdul Mutalib(Grand father of prophet) before his death
he appoint his son Abu Talib as the guardian of Muhammed
(peace be upon him).
The prophet is lover of nature and quite, worried about
human sufferings, Muhammed very often retired to mount
Hira for meditations. One night (layla-tul-qadar) a
voice addressing him,commanded"recite in the name of
God"", Deeply excited by the strang phenomena of divine
visition, he hurried home to his wife Khatijah who
listen him attentively and said i bear the witness that
you are"Apostle of God"". After the interval of few days
the voice spoke again " O thou shrouded in thy
mantle,arise and warm and magnify thy lord" This was the
signal for him to start preaching the gospel of truth of
one God. In the begining Muhammed invited only those
near him,to accept the new faith. The first to embarce
islam in women is Katijah and amoung men ALI.
FEAST OF ZULASHERA
For three long years he laboured quietly and then he
decided to appeal publicly.and for that he invited forty
kinsmen to a feast , At the gathering he asked people
how do they find him ,did they ever listen lie from his
toung or did someone find him to give worries to
others.They all reply no we found you AMIN and SADIQUE.
Then Muhammed asked them will you belive anything i will
say now?. Again they all reply yes we will,The prophet
addressed them:"I know no man in Arabia , who can offer
his kinderds, a more execllent thing than i now do.I
offer you happiness both in this life and that which is
to come.God Almighty has commanded me to call unto
him.Who ,therefore, amoung you will assist me herein
shall become my brother and my caliph."All of them
hesitatingly declined the matter.Ali stood up and
declared that he would assist the prophet and vehemently
threaten those who would oppose him.
Muhammed with great demonstration of affection.embraced
Ali and declared to all to hear and obey Ali as his
deputy and caliph. The gathering broke out into
laughter, taunting abu talib that now he will have to
obey his son too.
Inspite of all harrassment and difficulties Prophet
Muhammed with Ali as his deputy keeps on thepreaching of
Islam.
This new faith is simple and without complication
parctical and useful for everyday life.It commands to
belive and do good,keep up prayer and pay poor rate.Two
orders giving four principle of successful way of life.
The harrassment and tortures,which the prophet and his
smallband of faithful followers suffered at the hands of
quraysh were excruciating in the extreme. some of the
belivers were dragged over burning sand,imprisoned,
flogged and starved,but they firmly held to their faith
till death.
Almost ten years of hard work and preaching ,inspite of
all persecution, produced over a hundred
followers.Physical cruelties and social buycott made
life unbearable in Mecca. The holy prophet of islam
advise his followers to seek refuge in the neighbouring
country of Eithopia.
88 men and 18 women sailed to the hospitable shores of
Negus, under the leadership of Jafar-e-tayyar(brother of
ALI) and cousin of Prophet.
But prophet himself remain in Mecca,but when Abu Talib
passed away and the Meccans planned to assassinate the
Prophet.Under the devine guidance, he asked Ali to sleep
in his bed and Muhammed put his green garment on Ali .
While murderers mistook Ali for Muhammed, the holy
prophet of islam escaped to Medina.
The muslim era of Hijrat(migration) is named after this
incident and dated from 17th rabi-ul-awal 633A.D
In Medina ,he laid the foundation of the muslim
commonwealth and drew up a chater which has been
acknowldged as the work of higest statemanship,a
master-mind not only of his age but all ages.
Unlike the Arabs,the prophet had never wielded a weapon,
but now he was forced to defend Islam by force of
arms.Commencing from the battle of Badr,a series of
eighty battles had to be fought , which the infant
community defended successfully.
DETAIL OF BATTLES WILL BE GIVEN SOON
Though a Prophet and King,Muhammed was the man of common
man.He sat and ate with them.Shared their joys and
sorrows,helped the weak,widows and orphans and
sympathized with the distressed.
He did not live long after conquering Mecca.He perform
his last haj in 11 hijree. and given two sermons one at
Arfat and secon when he was returning from haj at
Ghadir(thier detail will be given soon)on his return to
medina ,he got busy settling the oranization of the
provinces and tribes which had adopted Islam. His
strength rapidly failed and the poison (adminstered at
Khaybar by Jewess) took its deadly tool.So ended the
life dedicated to the service of God and humanity from
first to last,on 28th safar,11 hijree.
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