Before Islam, the Arabs were in the sea of
ignorance and darkness. There were absence of justice and
morality.
The people were indulge in adultery, gambling
drinking uncleanness and they spend the life of dishonesty,
brutality and sin. Anger and hatred was very common, taking
revenge &shedding blood was their main life force.
Women were not treated properly and they considered as a
mere commodities without a soul or feeling .At that time
when the daughter was born she was buried alive by her
father. A man had as many wives as he wished and as well as
mistresses. Then ALLAH send his beloved
prophet Mohammed
(PBUH) to stop the evils of the Arab.
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) was born either the 9th or 12th of
Rabilawwal 570. He belongs to the root of
Hazrath Ibrahim.
His father Abdullah passed before his son's
birth.
Prophet Mohammed
(PBUH) spends six years of his life with Halima Sadiya.
After six years he returned to his mother Amina. She died
when returning to Mecca from Madina after short
illness.
And unfortunately his
grandfather died when he was just 8yrs old. After his grand
father death, he was entrusted in the care of his uncle Abu
Talib. The Prophet traveled with his uncle for business. He
became famous because of his honesty and he came to be
known as AL AMIN i.e. The
Trustworthy.
Khatijatul Kubra
was one of the richest widow who was forty years old. When
she came to know about Prophet's honesty & trustworthiness
she called him and entrusted him with the management of
goods. She was impressed with Prophet & sent a marriage
proposal to him; Prophet accepted the proposal on the
advice of his uncle and got married. He spends 15 years in
search of the Truth, spending solitary hours in deep
meditation in the cave of Hira. At the age of forty Angel
Gabriel appeared to reveal divine message in the month of
Ramadan that Allah chosen him as a prophet to
Allah.
Prophet wife hazarath Khatijatul
Kubra supported him in his mission, she was the first to
embrace to Islam. Prophet had six children by hazrath
Khatijatul kubra, all the sons died during infancy but his
daughters was alive. He propagated the Islam but he faced
lots of difficulties and the leaders of different tribes in
Mecca became his enemies. He moved to Abyssinia in the 5th
year of Prophet Hood. The king of Abyssinia who was
Christian when heard the verses of surah Mary am from Holy
Quran he was impressed and he decided to help the
prophet.
Abu Talib passed away in
the 10yr of Prophet Hood after some days hazrath Khatijatul
kubra breathe her last. After her death he married several
times. Among several marriages Hazrath Aisha Siddiqah was a
beloved wife. She was the only wife who had not married
before .All other wives were either divorcee or a widowed.
He had four daughters; the youngest daughter was Sayyeda
Fatima. He loved her very much. She got married to Hazrath
Ali son of Talib. She gave birth to Hazrath Hasan, Hussain
as well as Sayyeda Kulsum &sayyeda Zainab.
But on a night before the hijrath the Prophet was awoken
from his sleep by Gabriel who told him that Allah invited
him. So he mounted the lighting Buraaq the winged horse and
visited the
Masjid-e-Aqsa. Then Gabriel took him to the
heavens where he met all the prophets. He was also shown
paradise and a glimpse of Hell.
Allah fixed the number
of prayers as fifty but back to his way Prophet met Hazrath
Musa. He advised him to reduce the prayer. After many
visits to Allah, finally Allah was ordered five times
prayers for the Muslims.
The visit to
Heaven by Prophet would not believed by anybody. But
Hazrath Abu Bakr supported Prophet, so he earned the title
SIDDIQ i.e. faithful witness of the
Truth.
Prophet received the
message from Allah that he would leave the Mecca as the
enmity of the Quraish increased. The leaders of the Quraish
planned to kill Prophet.
When the quraish tribe
surrounded the house of Prophet then he made hazrath Ali
sleep on his bed assuring that enemy would not harm him. He
left house while reciting Surah Yasin. He accompanied with
Hazrath Abubakar. He climbed the Sor Mountain and took
refuge in a cave called Ghaar-e-Sor and spends three nights
with Him. So he was entitled as Yar-e-Ghar.Then he started
journey to Madina; he reached a tiny locality called Quba.
There he stayed for few days and constructed a first Mosque
of Islam called Masjid-eQuba. Then he reached Madina he saw
the people of Madina had no limit of joy & exhilaration.
His she camel kept going around the lanes of Madina & she
finally sat down at one place later Prophet constructed a
mosque called Masjid-e-Nabvi. This mosque serves as shelter
for poor & homeless people. From this Mosque he imparted
the education of Islam.
Prophet was
very simple in his life, He prayed for long hours & while
praying he cried &prays for the people i.e. his Ummat. He
performed Hajj & he taught the way of performing Hajj.
The Prophet of Almighty
Allah remained ill for about eight days. He felt pain &
discomfort the day of demise.
The demise of Prophet
Mohammed (PBUH) plunged the people into a depth of
sorrow.