Table of Contents
Dedication 19
The Publisher’s preface 20
Introduction 21
(1) 21
(2) 21
(3) 21
(4) 22
(5) 22
(6) 22
(7) 23
(8) 23
(9) 23
(10) 24
(11) 24
(12) 24
(13) 25
(14) 25
(15) 26
(16) 26
(17) 26
(18) 27
(19) 27
Mecca the honored town 28
Other names of Mecca 28
1. Ummol Qura (mother of villages) 28
2. Al-Balad al-Ameen (the safe country) 28
3. Becca 28
4. The Inviolable House 28
Its locality 29
Mecca is the most beloved place to the Prophet 29
The Prophet glorifies the Kaaba 29
The Prophet puts the Rock in its place 30
The first who lived in Mecca 30
The cultural life 31
Dar an-Nadwa 31
Hilf al-Fudhool (alliance of virtues) 31
The religious life 31
Who denied the idols 32
1. Umru’ ul-Qayss 32
2. Ghawi bin Abdul Uzza 32
3. Zayd bin Umar 32
4. A nomad man 32
5. Khuza’a bin Abd 32
6. Abdurrahman 32
The belief of the Hashemites 33
The Prophet destroys the idols 33
The economic life 33
The social life 34
The Hashemites 34
The Umayyads 34
Great personalities and glories 36
Hashim 36
Abdul Muttalib 37
Abdul Muttalib’s faith 37
Entrusting the hospitality of the pilgrims to him 37
Restoring the well of Zamzam 38
Abdul Muttalib’s vision 38
Abdul Muttalib’s vow 39
His care for the Prophet 39
Towards the High Companion 40
Fatherhood, motherhood, and a shine 41
The father: Abdullah 41
To the heavens 41
The mother: Aaminah 41
Aaminah’s vision 42
The shining of light 42
His name 43
Signs and miracles 43
The Jews’ fear 43
His wet-nurses 43
With his foster-sisters 44
A rejected narration 44
His nursemaid 45
The death of Aaminah 45
A rejected narration 45
Abdul Muttalib’s death 46
Under Abu Talib’s care 46
The care of Abu Talib’s wife to Muhammad 46
With his uncle to Sham 47
With a priest 47
The battle of al-Fijar 48
Grazing of sheep 48
Disdaining from playing 49
Placing the Black Rock in its place 49
Trading with the capitals of Khadijah 49
His marriage to Khadijah 50
The Prophet adopts Ali 51
His characteristics 52
Willpower 52
High morality 52
A word by Imam Ali 53
Forbearance 54
Generosity 56
Modesty 57
Asceticism 58
Turning to Allah 59
His prayer 59
a. assigning the time of prayer 59
b. the caller (mu’azzin) 59
c. His care for congregational prayer 59
d. Regulating the rows of Muslims 60
e. His much praying 60
f. His weeping in his prayers 60
Coyness 60
Remembrance of Allah 61
His weeps when certain verses are recited before him 61
Compassion and mercifulness 61
Loyalty 62
Courage 63
The love to the poor 63
Disdaining of haughtiness 64
Patience 64
Justice 64
Cleanness 65
His fondness of perfumes 65
Sense of humor 65
Eloquence and rhetoric 66
Gravity 66
Prudent policy 66
In the cave of Hara’ 68
The revelation 68
With Khadijah 69
Khadijah and Ali’s faith 69
The Prophet’s prayer in the Kaaba 70
Circumambulating the Kaaba 70
Secret invitation 71
Publicity of the mission 72
Worry of Quraysh 72
Severe procedures 73
Mocking 73
Inciting the children to harm the Prophet 73
Accusing the Prophet of madness 73
1. Al-Waleed bin al-Mughirah 73
2. Al-Aas bin Wa’il 74
3. Al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth 74
4. Al-Harith 74
5. Al-Aswad bin al-Harith 74
1. Abu Jahl 74
2. Abu Lahab (the Prophet’s uncle) 75
3. Uqbah bin Abi Ma’eet 75
4. Al-Hakam bin Abil-Aas 75
5. Umayyah bin Khalaf 76
Accusing the Prophet of magic 76
Preventing praisers from coming to him 76
Preventing people from embracing Islam 76
Persecuting the believers 77
The Prophet asks Muslims to be steadfast 78
Abu Talib protects the Prophet 78
Quraysh ask Abu Talib to deliver them the Prophet 79
Abu Talib orders Ja’far to follow the Prophet 79
By Allah I won’t fail the Prophet 80
Abu Talib invites an-Najashi to Islam 80
Hamza becomes a Muslim 80
The first emigration to Abyssinia 81
The second emigration of Muslims 83
Umar turns a Muslim 83
Quraysh negotiates with the Prophet 84
As-Sahifah (document) 85
In the Shi’b (defile) of Abu Talib 86
The Prophet and the tribes 87
The Prophet’s supplication 88
The Night Journey and the Ascension 88
The Ascension 89
With the Exalted Creator 89
The goals of the Ascension 90
The influence of the Ascension in Mecca 90
The Ascension: spiritual or bodily? 91
Arguments 91
Farid Wajdi’s opinion 92
The year of sorrow: Abu Talib’s death 93
Abu Talib’s will 93
To immortality 94
Khadijah’s death 95
The gifts of Allah on her 96
To the Paradise 96
The first homage of al-Aqabah 97
Sending Mus’ab a deputy to Medina 97
The second homage of al-Aqabah 98
The Prophet meets with the Ansar 98
Fear of Quraysh 100
Muslims’ emigration to Medina 100
The Muhajireen in the hospitality of the Ansar 101
The method of the mission in Mecca 101
1. wisdom and good preaching 101
2. good saying 101
3. leniency and mercy 101
4. repelling evil with what is best 101
5. patience 102
6. warning the unbelievers against Allah’s punishment 102
7. giving good tidings to the believers to be in the Paradise 102
The invitation to Allah 102
The existence of Allah 103
The oneness of Allah 104
The power of Allah 104
The knowledge of Allah 104
The legislation of wudu’ and prayer 105
The kiblah 105
The Prophet’s miracles in Mecca 105
1. The Holy Qur'an 105
2. The miracle of the Tree 106
3. The split of the moon 107
The Meccan Suras 107
The Prophet’s emigration to Yathrib 108
Worry of Quraysh 108
The Prophet leaves Mecca 109
Imam Ali sleeps in the Prophet’s bed 109
The Prophet with Suraqah 110
Yathrib receives the Prophet 111
“The dawn has come to us 111
The population of Yathrib 112
Friday Prayer 112
The building of the mosque 113
The Prophet’s achievements in Medina 114
Brotherhood among Muslims 114
Building the Islamic civilization 114
Liberation of woman 114
Equality 115
1. Social equality 115
2. Equality before the law 116
3. equality in taxes 117
4. equality in employment 118
Individual responsibility 118
Annulling the racial segregation 118
The Islamic brotherhood 118
1. Mercifulness and sympathy 119
2. The spread of greeting 119
3. Mutual visiting 119
4. Satisfying the needs of people 119
5. Helping a Muslim 120
Factors of separation 120
1. Mocking and insulting each other 120
2. Backbiting 120
3. Talebearing 121
4. Irrelation 121
5. Non-cooperation 121
6. Harming and insulting 122
7. Frightening and terrorizing 122
8. Revilement 122
9. Watching of others’ slips and defects 122
10. Degrading a Muslim 123
11. Priding on lineages 123
Lights from the Islamic civilization 123
Freedom 123
1. The freedom of religion 123
2. The freedom of thought 124
3. Civil freedom 125
Governors and officials 125
The task of governors 125
The Prophet’s covenant to governors 126
The Prophet’s covenant to Mu’ath 126
Deposing of governors 127
The salaries of officials 128
The Prophet’s deputies 128
1. To Khosrau 129
2. To Caesar 129
3. To al-Muqawqas 131
Al-Muqawqas with a delegation from Thaqif 132
4. To Negus 133
5. To the King of Ghassan 134
6. To the king of Yamama 134
7. To the kings of Oman 135
8. To the people of Hajar 135
9. To al-Munthir bin al-Harith 135
His letters to the notables 136
Aktham bin Sayfi 136
Ziyad bin Jumhoor 136
The delegations to the Prophet 137
Education 138
Education of women 139
The house of hospitality 139
The Islamic economy 140
1. The encouraging of agriculture 140
2. The encouraging of labor 140
3. The forbidding of usury 140
4. The prohibition of cheating 141
5. The prohibition of monopoly 141
6. The watch of the market 141
7. Taxes 141
8. The zakat of monies 141
9. The Khums 141
10. The government’s responsibility 142
The change of the qibla to the Kaaba 142
The Prophet consults with his companions 142
The Prophet’s scribes 142
The Prophet’s seal 143
The political document 143
Examples from the Prophet’s supplications 147
The importance of Du’a (supplication) 147
The benefits of Du’a 147
Those whose du’a is responded to 147
1. The wronged 147
2. The father’s supplication for his children 148
3. One’s prayer for his brother 148
4. The prayer of one who is far away for another who is far away 148
5. The prayer of an afflicted believer 148
6. The supplication at affection 148
7. The supplication of one who is done good to 148
8. The Muslim’s prayer for his Muslim brother 148
9. Answered supplications 148
10. Supplications that are not rejected 149
Supplications that are not responded to 149
The best of du’as 149
1. Abundance of livelihood at old-age 149
2. The fear of Allah 149
3. Gratefulness and patience 149
4. Doing good 149
5. Bliss in this life 149
6. Good end 149
7. Protection 149
8. Resurrection with the poor 150
9. Reconciliation 150
10. Sound faith and life 150
11. Help at dying 150
12. Forgiveness 150
13. Best qualities 150
14. Fear of Allah 150
15. Seeking soundness 150
16. More knowledge 151
17. Good qualities 151
18. Faith 151
19. Blessing of morning 151
20. The fear of Allah 151
21. Good deeds 151
22. The increase in good 151
23. Self-control 151
24. Guardians of Muslims 151
25. Seeking goodness 151
26. Soundness against diseases 151
27. Safety from bad qualities 152
29. A cunning friend 152
30. Knowledge and labor 152
31. Debt 152
32. Enticement 152
33. Abomination 152
34. Bad day 152
35. At travel 152
Supplications the Prophet taught to Ali 152
Fourth supplication 155
Supplications the Prophet taught to Fatima 157
First supplication 157
Educational recommendations 160
The Prophet’s recommendations to Imam Ali 160
The Prophet’s recommendation to Fatima 162
The Prophet’s recommendation to Qays 163
The Prophet’s recommendation to Ibn Mas’ud 163
The Prophet’s recommendation to Abu Tharr 173
Another recommendation to Abu Tharr 183
The Prophet’s recommendation to Mu’ath bin Jabal 183
His recommendation to Salman al-Farisi 184
His recommendation to al-Fadhl bin al-Abbas 184
A recommendation to Khalid bin Zayd 184
His recommendation to Harmalah 184
His recommendation to Abu Umayyah 185
His recommendation to some man 185
His recommendation to another man 185
His recommendations to some other men 186
Preachments and advices 188
1. Warning against the love of this life 188
2. Good deed 188
3. Noble attributes 188
4. Fancy and wishes 189
5. The most afflicted people 189
6. The deeds that take to the Paradise and to the Fire 189
7. After this life is either the Paradise or the Fire 189
8. Devotedness to Allah 189
9. Remembering death 190
10. With death 190
11. Hastening to goodness 190
12. This life is of crookedness 190
13. The love of this life 191
14. Consolement and preachment 191
15. Desertion of the life 191
16. With the angel of death 192
From the Prophet’s sermons 193
1. His speech in Mecca 193
2. His speech in Medina 193
3. The Friday Sermon in Medina 193
4. His speech in al-Khayf 194
5. His speech on warning against this life 195
6. His speech in the Farwell Hajj 195
7. His speech in the Ghadeer of Khum 196
8. His speech on receiving the month of Ramadan 197
9. His speech in his last illness 199
Wonderful maxims and teachings 200
Good morals 200
Gaiety 200
Reason 200
Foolishness 201
Knowledge 201
The reward of scholars 202
The punishment of scholars who quit their knowledge 202
The nation’s rightness is by its scholars and leaders 202
Jurisprudents are trustees of the messengers 202
Learning knowledge 202
The death of a scholar 203
Knowledge is a treasure 203
The fatwa with no knowledge 203
Knowledge for pride 203
Teaching kindly 203
Dispraising of ignorance 203
Thinking deeply on affairs 204
Kinship and pardon 204
Praising of benevolence 204
Virtues 204
Generosity 205
Doing good 205
Charity 205
Bad and prohibited features 205
Hypocrisy 205
Treason 205
Betrayal of trust 205
False testimony 206
Oppression 206
Rejoicing at others’ distress 206
Haughtiness 206
Talebearing 206
Envy 206
Evil plotting 207
Lying 207
Stinginess 207
Pride 207
Injustice 207
Impudence 207
Double-faced 208
Uncertainty 208
Supporting of falsehood 208
Praising the disobedient 208
Terrifying a Muslim 208
Praiseworthy attributes 208
Five qualities 208
Four qualities 208
Satisfaction 208
Economics 209
Obedience of Allah 209
Seeking forgiveness 209
The inviolability of a believer 209
Pardoning 209
Hating the sinners 209
The most beloved people to the Prophet 209
Wisdom 210
Reciting the Qur'an 210
Leniency 210
The advantage of fasting 210
Prayer 210
Comfort in food 210
Economic in food 210
Honoring old people 210
Trust of meetings 211
Consultation 211
Unity 211
The jihad for the sake of Allah 211
Short maxims 212
The battle of Badr 233
The trade of Abu Sufyan 233
The march of Muslims 233
The battle 236
The results of battle 237
1. The prevalence of Islam 237
2. The fear of Quraysh 237
3. The sorrow of Quraysh 237
4. The delight of Muslims 238
The battle of Uhud 239
The leadership of Abu Sufyan 239
The Prophet consults with his companions 239
The war 240
The Prophet and his companions 241
The murder of Hamza 241
The Prophet’s sorrow 241
The martyrdom of Mus’ab 242
The rout of the polytheists 242
The defeat of Muslims 242
The struggle of Umm Imarah 243
Villains try to kill the Prophet 244
Danger surrounds the Prophet 244
1. Anas bin an-Nadhr 245
2. Thabit bin ad-Dahdaha 245
3. Abu Dujanah 245
4. Ziyad bin Imarah 246
5. Abu Talha 246
6. Amr bin al-Jamuh 246
8. Aasim bin Umar bin Qatadah 246
9. Al-Usayrim 247
10. Mukhayreeq 247
The end of the war 247
The Prophet marches with his army to fight Abu Sufyan 248
The results of the battle of Uhud 248
1. The joy of Quraysh 248
2. The delight of the polytheists and the Jews 249
3. Deeming Muslims weak 249
The event of al-Khandaq (trench) 250
The role of the Jews 250
Digging the trench 250
The Prophet with Nu’aym 251
The crossing of the trench 252
Bani Quraydhah and the conquest of Khaybar 254
The march of the Muslim army 254
The delegation of Abu Lubabah 255
The arbitration of Sa’d 255
The conquest of Khaybar 255
A poisoned ewe 257
The faith of al-Hajjaj bin Ilat 257
Expeditions 259
The expeditions 259
1. The expedition against the Banu Sulaym 259
2. The expedition of as-Suwayq 259
4. The expedition of Buwat 259
5. The expedition of al-Asheera (the tribe) 260
6. The expedition of the Bani Qaynuqa’ 260
7. The expedition of Qarqarat al-Kudr 261
8. The expedition of Thee Amarr 261
10. The expedition of Dawmat al-Jandal 262
11. The expedition of the Bani al-Mustaliq 262
12. The expedition of Mu’tah 263
13. The expedition of Wadi al-Qura (the valley of villages) 264
14. The conquest of Mecca 264
The truce of al-Hudaybiyyah 264
The Prophet determines to conquer Mecca 265
The Prophet’s favor to Abu Sufyan 267
The Prophet enters Mecca 268
The Prophet’s sermon 269
Men and women’s homage to the Prophet 270
15. The expedition of Hunayn 271
The defeat of the polytheists 271
16. The expedition of at-Ta’if 273
17. The expedition of Tabuk 273
Imam Ali and the Sura of Bara’ah 275
Imam Ali and the conquest of Yemen 276
The battles and the expeditions of the Prophet 276
The battalions 277
1. The battalion of Zayd bin Haritha 277
2. The battalion of Khalid 277
3. The battalion of Abdullah bin Rawaha 278
4. The battalion of Basheer bin Sa’d 278
5. The battalion of Abu Hadrad 278
6. The battalion of Amr bin al-Aas 278
7. The battalion of Zayd bin Harithah 279
The signs of the departure 280
The farewell Hajj 281
The conference of Ghadeer Khum 282
The homage to Imam Ali 283
The Prophet and the caliphate 284
The Prophet chooses Ali for the caliphate 284
The immortal disaster 288
The army of Usamah 288
The calamity of Thursday 289
Fatima’s distress 291
The Prophet recommends of his family 292
The Prophet’s recommendation about his two grandsons 292
To the High Paradise 292
Preparing the holy corpse for burial 293
The prayer over the holy corpse 294
The burial 294
Endnotes 296
Introduction 296
Mecca the honored town 296
Great personalities and glories 296
Fatherhood, motherhood, and a shine 297
His characteristics 298
In the cave of Hara’ 300
Publicity of the mission 300
The Prophet’s emigration to Yathrib 303
Examples from the Prophet’s supplications 306
Educational recommendations 308
Preachments and advices 310
From the Prophet’s sermons 310
Wonderful maxims and teachings 311
Short maxims 313
The battle of Badr 313
The battle of Uhud 313
The event of al-Khandaq (trench) 314
Bani Quraydhah and the conquest of Khaybar 314
Expeditions 315
The battalions 316
The signs of the departure 316
The immortal disaster 316
Author: Ali Quli Qara'i
