My Beloved Prophet Flashcards
What is the name of the Prophet SAW’s Grandfather?
Adbul Mutallib
How many son’s did Abdul Mutallib have and which was the noblest?
10 sons
Abdullah was the noblest
What was the name of SAW’s parents
Abdullah and Aminah
How old was SAW when his parents and grandfather passed away?
Abdul Mutallib = 8 yrs old
Aminah = 6 yrs old
Abdullah = When Aminah was a new months pregnant with SAW
Who cared for SAW after his grandfather passed away?
Abu Talib
What did Aminah see when giving birth to SAW
She saw a light of where the palaces of Busra illuminated
When was SAW born?
9th of Rabi’ul Awwal (other sources say 12th)
I9t translates to April 22, 571 CE in the Gregorian calendar
In infancy, who were the people who breastfed SAW
- Aminah
- Thuwaybah RA = the slave girl of Abu Lahab
- Halimah Sa’diyah RA
Why was it a custom of Arabs to send their young to a rural Bedouin village?
So the children grew up in a pure environment, learning the purest form of Arabic
What are some of the miracles Halimah RA experienced when caring for SAW?
- The weak donkey they travelled to collect him on quickly advanced the caravan it could not initially keep up with
- Her breasts overflowed with milk which fed SAW and his foster brother
- His foster brother who would previously cry through the night, slept peacefully
- The household was untouched by drought
- Family goats would have their stomachs full and their udders were full of milk - whilst others goats did not produce a single drop
What was the incident that frightened Halima RA that made her return SAW back to Aminah?
Jibril AS came to the messenger when he was a child playing withbhis friends
He held him and laid him on the ground, tore open his chest, took out his heart and removed a blood clot from it. Jibril said “that was the portion of Shaytan inside you”
He washed his heart with zamam from a golden vessel, he joined it together and restored it in his chest.
The young friends told their mother “Muhammed has been killed!”
When everyone rushed to Nabi SAW, they found him alive and his colour had changed.
Anas said “I myself saw the marks of the needle on his chest” (Muslim)
How did Aminah pass away?
When they were returning from a trip from Madinah back to Makkah, Aminah fell in on the road in a place called Abwa and sadly passed away
Drought and Rain in Makkah
When there was a drought, all the uncle’s of SAW gathered around the Ka’bah and prayed for rain however when SAW raised his noble finger to the heavens, huge clouds gathered and there was a heavy rain
Bahira the monk
A monk that immediately recognised that SAW was a prophet when he was 12 as he recognised that the trees and stones prostrated to him and the clouds would follow him wherever he went. Bahira warned Abu Taleb that if they went any further on their trip that the jews and romans would harm him, so they returned home to Makkah.
What was the battle of fijar known as?
Fijar (sin and immorality) as the battle took place in a sacred month where battle was forbidden.
Nabi SAW (a teenager) was responsible for collecting enemies swords and handing them to his uncle
