[Lesson 1] Introduction: The Life of The Prophet in Years by Shaykh Abu Hakeem Bilal

30.08.2022 - [Lesson 1] The Introduction - The Years Prior To Prophethood
Below are the time stamps of important points:
[02:26] Study Of The Sīrah Of The Messenger Of Allāh
[07:10] He is Abū Al-Qāsim, Muḥammad Ibn ʿAbdillāh Ibn ʿAbdil Muṭṭalib, Ibn Hāshim, Ibn ʿAbdil Manāf.
[09:31] The birth of The Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم): He was born on the 12th of Rabīʿ Al-Awwal during ‘The Year Of The Elephant.’ (ʿĀm Al-Fīl).
[27:12] Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was given to Banī Saʿdah, (an Arab bedouin tribe) to be nurtured.
[28:24] Ḥalīmah was the wet nurse of the prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
[30:10] Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) remained with Ḥalīmah until he was 4 years old.
[31:53] 4 years old: The incident of the splitting of the chest of the prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) by Jibrīl (عليه السلام)
[33:47] Ḥalīmah returned Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) back to his mother Āminah after the incident of the splitting of the chest of the prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) at the age of 4.
[33:54] Thuwaybah (a slave) was another wet nurse for Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
[34:54] The prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) remained with his mother Āminah until she passed away.
[35:20] 6 years old: The Prophet’s (صلى الله عليه وسلم) mother passed away, and the custody of Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was given to his grandfather ʿAbdil Muṭṭalib.
[36:35] Umm Ayman (an Ethiopian slave woman) took the role of being his (صلى الله عليه وسلم) nanny.
[36:52] 8 years old: The grandfather of the prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) passed away and he was taken into the custody of his paternal uncle Abū Ṭālib.
[38:23] 12 years old: The signs of Prophethood were announced when he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) travelled with his uncle Abū Ṭālib to Shām and met a priest named Buḥayrā’.
[39:45] Buḥayrā’ observed the signs of Prophethood on him;
[39:52] Clouds shading the prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
[39:57] Trees bowing down to The prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
[40:11] The seal of Prophethood that was on the back of the prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) which resembled the small egg of a dove or pigeon.
[42:42] 15 years old: The prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) witnessed a battle called Ḥarb Al-Fijār which took place with the Pre-Islāmic ʿArabs between Quraysh and Hawāzin and lasted 4 years.
[45:18] 19 years old: , Ḥilf Al-Fuḍūl, a pact that took place between a number of tribes after years of oppression.
[48:15] 25 years old: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) married Khadījah (رضى الله عنها).
[51:17] 35 years old: the dispute concerning who should place the Black Stone into the Kaʿbah took place.
[52:02] Muḥammad Ibn ʿAbdillāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم), Al-Amīn -the trustworthy one, was chosen to place the Black Stone onto the Kaʿbah, at the age of 35.
[53:01] 38 years old: A number of confusing occurrences took place.
[54:05] 39 years old: Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) started to take seclusion in the cave of Ḥira’.
[55:51] The prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) started to see nothing but true dreams for 6 months. This happened 6 months before Jibrīl (عليه السلام).
[57:49] 40 years old: While Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was in the cave of Ḥira’, he was visited by the same angel (Jibrīl عليه السلام) that visited the previous prophets (عَلَيهم ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ).
[59:57] With these initial verses that were revealed in the cave of Ḥira’,
﴾ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ ﴿
Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was made the prophet of Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى).