The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Mecca Period 569 -The birth of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) (June 17, Monday). Another possible date is April 20, 571. -He was given to Halima to be suckled and weaned. 574 -Halima brought him back…

In a hadith narrated by Abu Hurayra, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مِينَاءَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه…

The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ "If I did not hesitate that I would give my fellow Muslims difficulties, I would order…

In a hadith narrated by Abu Hurayrah, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) stated as follows: إِنَّ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلاَّ السَّامَ “There is healing in black…

“The things that I fear most for my people are being overweight, sleeping too much, laziness and a lack of deep faith.” The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Effective time management occurs only when we force…

Sleep is a blessing from God. Humans spend around one third of their lives sleeping. Sleep is essential for the performance of important daily acts such as speech, memory, and original or flexible thinking. At the end of a busy day our…

When some of the earliest Muslims faced a devastating boycott, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) turned not to violence, but to faith and brotherhood. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and early Muslims responded to the…

The Search for Alternatives I once asked an Austrian friend of mine who had just qualified as a doctor where he went when he was sick. The surprising answer was that he and most of his colleagues went to a homeopath. He reminded me of…

The awaited Last Messenger would appear in the place where Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him, had come to place what had been entrusted to him by Allah. However, quite a lot of time had to pass for this to happen. After the Prophet…

Abdul Muttalib was worried. The Yemen governor of the Abyssinian king Najashi had gathered his army to come and destroy Mecca. Najashi was jealous of the fact that people would go to Mecca to pray at the Ka’ba and he had made a great temple…