In TheName of ALLAH, The Most Gracious The Most Merciful
Prophet Muhammad in the
Spot Light
The book is an award winning piece in the Muslim World League Worldwide Competition on the Biography of the Prophet Muhammad (saws) held at Makkah Al-Mukarramah in 1399/1979. The book features a comprehensive presentation of the life of the Prophet (saws) from the day He was born till He breaths His last in accordance to the authentic collection of hadiths from different authorized references.
It started with describing the setting, its geographical location, and a brief description of the Arab community and how they lived before the Prophet (saws) was born to. It puts up the reader into a natural time machine that will travel back in time during the age of the pagan Arabs in Saudi Arabia. Then it builds up the lineage of the Prophet''s Noble family and His 40 memorable years prior to Prophet Hood. The Prophet (saws) was, in His youth, as described by the author a prototype of a combination of the best social attributes. He is praised with the beautiful description as an exemplary man of weighty mind and faultless insight.
The life of the Prophet (saws) is divided in to two periods, the Makkan period and the Madinian Period. Makkan Period constitutes His thirteen (13) years approximately and approximately ten (10) years. Each period is made up of two different and very distinct levels.
●The Makkan Level is divided into three levels: these are
٭ The Phase of Secret Invitation
T ٭ he Phase of Public Invitation
٭The Phase of Invitation outside Makkah
●The Madinian Level however have three challenging stages,
٭Thee first stage was characterized by too much trouble an conflict with too many obstacles from within accompanied by a hostile wave of the external and it ended with the Al-Hudaibiyah Peace Treaty.
٭The second stage features the truce with the pagan leadership and ended in the conquest of Makkah in Ramadan 8 A.H. and here we will witness the Prophet(saws) inviting kings beyond Arabia to enter the fold of Islam.
٭The third stage, we will be witnessing the growth of Islam in its natural pace. People are embracing Islam in Hosts. Tribes and other folks arrived in Madinah to pay homage of the Prophet (saws) and it ended with the death of the Prophet Muhammad (saws) in Rabi’ul-Awwal 11 A.H.
Related Refferences: Sahih Al-Bukhari Bulughul-Maram min ‘Adillatil-Ahkam Tafsir Ibn Kathir Sharh Sahih Muslim Al-Jihad fil-Islam Sifrut-Takween Sahih Muslim