seerat un-nabi

1. SEERAT-UN-NABI
PRESENTED BY:
OSAMA NASEEM

2. SEERAH
 Seerah means in Islamic Sciences the study of the life of the holy prophet
Muhammad ( ).
 It is the study of his life and all that is related to him.
 The Seerah of the Prophet ( )is no exception, it includes knowing
about his companions, the disbelievers, the hypocrites, and the
People of the Book that he interacted with.
 His birth, his parents, his lineage, his tribe, and people that lived
before him and the major events that took place around his ( )birth

3. Significance & Importance of Studying the Life of Prophet( )
Why Study Seerah?
‘He who obeys the Messenger ‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬has indeed obeyed Allah’
 It is an obligation.
 Increase our love for the Prophet ( ).
 Seerah helps us understand the Quran.
 A source of optimism.
 The Seerah itself is a miracle.
 A precise methodology for the revival of the Ummah.
 Source of knowledge about the companions.

4. An Obligation
 Allah has commanded us to know the Prophet Muhammad . This is an obligation
that Allah has put upon us. There are over 50 verses in the Qur’an that tells us to
take the Prophet as an example. For example,
Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad SAW) you have a
good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah
and the Last Day and remembers Allah much.
Qur’an [33:21]
 From the Seerah, we can gain religious knowledge, we can learn about manners
and morals. Also, from the Seerah, we get to know how he was as a leader. How
he was as a father and as a husband. No matter in which angle we look at, we will
find an example in him to follow.

5. Love of Prophet Muhammad
 Studying Seerah is the number one way to increase our love for the Prophet .
 There are no other ways as effective and as powerful to increase our love for the
Prophet than by studying his life and times. This is a sad fact that unfortunately
we have neglected this study.
 If you truly love him, you will study him. Because, a sign of loving someone is to
want to know more about that person.
 Studying the Seerah is a sign of love and through studying the Seerah we increase
our love.

6. Helps us understand the Qur’an
 Understanding the Seerah also helps us understand the Qur’an. The Qur’an is a
very profound book and it cannot be understood without context. Without context,
we cannot appreciate the Qur’an. For example, let us look at the following verse
from the Qur’an,
Your lord has not abandoned you nor has he shown you any harshness.
Qur’an [93:3]
 We will not understand this verse until we study the Seerah – when it was revealed
and why it was revealed.

7. A Source of Optimism
 The Seerah raises our hopes, lifts our spirits and blesses us with optimism. By
studying the Seerah we can understand that the people before us suffered even
more. In fact, in the Qur’an, Allah tells the Prophet ,
We are going to recite to you the stories of the previous prophets in order that your
heart attain affirmation.
Qur’an [11:120]
 So, our Prophet heard the stories of the earlier prophets and it gave him optimism,
increased his Iman.

8. A Miracle
 The Seerah itself is a miracle of the Prophet . His whole life is an indication that he
is the Prophet of Allah – coming from where he came, with the lack of education that
he had and yet coming forth with the message, the eloquent scripture. The
Prophet came from the midst of a barbaric nation and within twenty years or so
after the first revelation, he revolutionized the entire nation.
 The famous scholar Ibn Hazm says,
If the Prophet had not been given any miracle, other than his life and his times, it
would have been sufficient to prove that he is a prophet from Allah.
 His Seerah is the best indication that he is the prophet of Allah.

9. Greatest Success
‘And who so ever obeys Allah and His Messenger he has indeed
achieved a great success’
(i.e.- he will be saved from the fire of hell and he will be allowed to enter
into the paradise).

10. Un-ending Guidance
•Life of Holy Prophet ‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬is self-evident and for eternal and un-ending
guidance and deep effect upon our beliefs.
• All human beings of every age of era can seek guidance. Forever from teachings of
the Holy Prophet ‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬they can be benefited from.
A very famous tradition, attributed to his wife Aisha, states that: ‘His conduct was the
Quran’
"Indeed in the Messenger of Allah you have a good example to follow" al-Quran

11. METHODOLOGY OF THE PROPHET
FOR SELF-PURIFICATION

12. 1. Fearing Allah:
 Fearing Allah is a path that the Holy Prophet ‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬taught us to be
followed.
Allah in the Qur’an:
‘O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared’.
 The Holy Prophet ‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬said ‘Seven kinds of people will be sheltered under
the shade of Allah on the day of Judgement’. -among them there is one who when
invited to sin, declines saying: ‘I fear Allah’.

13. 2. Fear of Hereafter:
 This is the second method of self-purification
 World is just a temperory ground for us.
 Make preparations for the life HereAfter .
 The judging of your sins and pious deeds.

14. 3. Self-Control:
 Self-control is necessary for any spiritual progress.
 Mentally and Physically.
Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {But as for he who feared the position of his
Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination.}
[Quran 79:40]
 Achieved by preventing one’s self from committing acts of disobedience.
 abandoning excessive enjoyment of lawful desires in order to enjoy them more in the
Hereafter.

15. 4. Worships:
 Following the five pillar of Islams.
 Implementing your belief on the six articles of faith .
 true foundtions of a good life are soundness of belief and thinking.

16. 5. Repentance:
 Asking for Allah’s Mercy
 nobody in this universe is sinless except Prophet ‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬of Allah and His
favored ones.
The Noble Prophet ‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬said:
‘Nothing is more favorable to Allah than a male or female repentant believer.’

17. 6. Good and Virtuous Company:
 For self-purification, one should ought to be with the righteous people.
In Surah Tauba, Allah says: ‘
‘And be with those who are true (in words and deeds)’.
"O you who believe, fear Allah and be among the truthful ones" (9:119)
Abu Hurairah (ra) reported: I heard the Prophet (saw) saying, "Man follows his friend's
religion, you should be careful who you take for friends". [At-Tirmidhi and Abu
Dawud].

18. 7. Self Accountability
 We read in the sayings of the Messenger of Allah about self-accountability the
following:
The wise person is one who holds himself accountable
 he is well-aware if his deeds, thoughts and relations follow the straight or the
deviated path. And he knows whether he is from those whom Allah is angry from or
from those whom Allah has awarded - and works for what comes after death.
And the weak, impotent person is one whose self follows its vain desires and he
(simply) puts his hope in Allah – he wishes to be in Heaven without striving to earn
it.
 We usually hold others accountable because we always look at others and do not
look at ourselves, although man is not responsible for others; he is responsible only
for himself

19. 8. Remembrance of Allah.
 His Dhikr (remembrance) is incumbent on those who seek to be close to Him in order
to experience
‘But verily, remembrance of Allah (swt) is more important’ (29: 45)
‘O ye who believe! Remember Allah (swt) with much remembrance’ (37:75)
 The Prophet says: ‘The best declaration of remembrance is the one which I and all
the Prophets before me recite. It is the divine phrase’ La ilaha illa Llah’ which means
“there is no god but Allah.”
 The way to a free heart, to purify it, is to remember Allah (swt.) At the beginning, this
remembrance can only be done outwardly, by repeating His Divine Names,
pronouncing them aloud so that you as well as others can hear and remember. As
the memory of Him becomes constant, remembrance sinks to the heart and
becomes inward, silent.

20. 9. Moderation:
 Moderation is the center point between two extremes. Every one of our virtues sits
at the moderate center of two vices that stray from it.
 The Prophet ( ) said:“Ruined are those who insist on hardship in matters of the
Faith.” He repeated this three times. (Muslim)