Mission of Prophet Muhammad and Our Lives

The Mission of
Muhammad pbuh
&
Our Lives
Dr. Abdulazeez Abdulraheem

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Outline

1. His Mission
2. His Rights on us (Our Obligations
to Him, pbuh)
3. Start NOW with Time, Money,
Team
4. Following the Prophet pbuh
5. Workshops and Projects


His Mission
It is He Who has sent amongst
the Unlettered a messenger
from among themselves
‫هو الذ ي بعث ف ي ال ُمَنيَنين‬
َ ِّ‫ْ نيِّ ني‬ ِ‫ُ َ َّ يِ َ َ َ ي‬
• who recites to them His ْ ُ ْ ِّ‫ َ ُ اً ني‬
‫رسول منهم‬
communications and ِ‫ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ يِ َ يِ ي‬
‫يتلو علَنيهمْ آيتاته‬ 
• purifies them, and
• teaches them the Book ْ ِ‫ َ ُ َ نيِّ ي‬
‫ويزكَنيهم‬ 
and
َ ‫ويعلمهم الكتتاب‬
َ ِ‫ َ ُ َ نيِّ ُ ُ ُ ْ ي‬ 
• the Wisdom,
although they were before َ َ ْ ِ‫ َ ْ ي‬
‫والحكمة‬ 
certainly in clear error, ٍ ‫وإ ن كتانوا من ق َبل لف ي ض َللّم‬
َ ِ‫ْ ُ َ ي‬ ِ‫ َ يِ َ ُ ي‬

His Mission – to recite!

Same verses are recited today! Do we care to
understand them as they are recited?

Can we even recite the way he recited? (with
tajweed!). Or we can’t even read because
we just don’t read it. Don’t have time!


His Mission – to teach

He was Mu’allim (teacher). Then who should be
his students? Us!!! Are we not too busy!

In other words, we are saying: O Prophet
(pbuh), you may be Mu’allim but we don’t
have time to be your student (to learn
Qur’an)!

Or is his prophethood was limited to his times
only (i.e., we don’t need to be students)?


We have two things with us:

1. Al-Qur’an - Theory
2. Sunnah from the Saheb-e-Qur’an
(The man of Al-Qur’an) – Practical
Demonstration as to how to live
according to Al-Qur’an.


So our task is… Learn it &
Convey it to a Billion Muslims

َ ‫خ َني ر ك م م ن ت ع ل م ال قرآ ن‬
ُ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ُ ْ َ
ُ َ َّ َ َ
‫وعلمه‬
The Best of you is the one who learns the
(Qur’an and teaches it (to others

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‫إيِ ن متا ب ع ث ت م ع ل متا‬
ً‫َّ َ ُ يِ ْ ُ ُ َ نيِّ ا‬ 8

So our task is… Learn it &
Convey it to a Billion Muslims
We have to be a part of his mission!

The task is huuuuuuuuge. Almost a billion
Muslims (82% Muslims are non-Arabs) just
don’t understand the Arabic Qur’an.
Translations contain the message but they
are not Al-Qur’an.

All of us need get to be ready to do the job.

And the Next Task is…

Convey it To Non-Muslims… Almost 6
Billions!!!!

ً‫ َ ْ َ ا‬
‫ب ل غوا ع ن ي و ل و آ ي ة‬
ِّ‫ َ ني‬ ُ ِّ‫ني‬
Convey from me even an Ayah of the Qur'an
[. [Bukhari

We don’t even understand it ourselves nor do
we interact with it daily! How can we
convey it to others?

His Mission – to do Tazkiah

Tazkiah: Purfication

Tazkiah is removal of wrong things and infusion
of right things … and that too step by step
(like a farmer)

He purified the lives of Sahabah in all aspects; in
their creed, thinking, morals, dealings,…


His Mission – to do Tazkiah

We need to know it first (through ahadeeth and
Seerah)

And do it for ourselves and then on others too
whom we care (with wisdom … ).


Hikmah

Hikmah: Sunnah / Understanding of Shariah

Both of these are in Hadith and Seerah.

We need to know it and teach it as well to
others.


His Tasks…
 Dawah to everyone
 Tazkiah of those who accepted him as the
Prophet.
 Implementation (of Allah’s commandments) in
individual and collective life.

That should be our mission too, if we
believe in him, if we love him, if we
really follow him, …


2. His Rights on us
or
Our Obligations to Him,
pbuh

His Rights on us
Our Obligations to him (pbuh).

So (as for) those who َ ِ‫ َ َّ َني‬
‫فلالذنين‬
• believe in him and ِ‫ َ اوُ ْ َنيِ َني‬
‫آمناوا به‬ 
• honor him and
• help him, and ُ‫ َ َ َّ اوُ او‬
‫هوعزرهوه‬ 
• follow the light which
has been sent down ُ‫ َ َ َ اوُ او‬
‫هونصرهوه‬ 
with him,
ُ‫ َ َّ َ اوُ ْ ُّ َ َّ َنيِ َ اوُ َنيِ َ َ َ او‬
‫هواتبعاواالناور الذي أنزل معه‬ 
these it is that are the
successful. (157 ‫أ اوُهولئـئك هم المف ْلحاون )أعراف‬
َ ُ‫ ْ َ َنيِ َ اوُ اوُ ْ اوُ َنيِ او‬

To be successful, we need
to do all the 4 !!!
1. Believe in him : (Accept everything that
he brought)
2. Honor him: (includes loving him)
3. Help him: (in his mission)
4. Follow the light (Al-Qur’an) which has
been sent down with him,


The 3 rd one: Help him

- Wa-nasaroohu (plural…Teamwork!)

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Helping the Prophet pbuh in his mission can not be done
by scattered individuals. It has to be a team work.
Example: Construction a building! – not possible without
planning, coordination, execution, follow-up, …
Helping the Prophet pbuh is a huuuuge task again.
Can’t be done while each one of us sits in his
home.

3. Start now with
time, money, team

So Start with Time…

 To know the Prophet pbuh, give time, to
read, to listen…
 Example – To Love the Prophet pbuh
– Impossible to love someone without
knowing him ENOUGH.


Example – Loving the
Prophet pbuh

‫ال ن ب ي أ َ هو لى بلا ل م ؤ م ني ن م ن أ َ ن ف س ه م‬
ْ ِ‫َنيِ ْ اوُ ْ َنيِ َنيِ َ َنيِ ْ ْ اوُ َنيِ َني‬ َ ْ ُّ ِ‫َّ َني‬
The Prophet is closer to the Believers than
their own selves [33:6].

‫ل نيؤمن أحدكم حتى أكاون أحب إليه‬
‫من هوالده هوهولده هوالنلاس أجمعين‬
“ No one of you becomes a true believer until I
become more beloved to him than his
father, his children, and all the people”


Prophet pbuh
Allah knew the love of the Prophet pbuh on
his Ummah and that is why He asked us to
love him.
 The Prophet pbuh was more kind to us than we are
to ourselves
 Our selves (nafoos) call us toward fire, and he pbuh
called us towards Jannah. He showed us the path
to salvation


Prophet pbuh
The Prophet pbuh said:
“My example is like the example of a person who
kindled fire. When it lighted, moths and insects
around it started falling into the fire. The man tried
(his best) to prevent them, (from falling into the fire)
…”


Prophet pbuh
 When he was alive, he carried the burdens of this
Ummah while the Ummah enjoyed the life:

He said:
“if a true believer dies and leaves behind some
property, it will be for his inheritors (from the father’s
side), and if he leaves behind some debt to be paid
or needy offspring, then they should come to me as
I am the guardian of the deceased.”


Prophet pbuh
 His continuous sacrifice … has a direct link to me
being a Muslim.
 He reserved a special accepted prayer for the
Ummah, for us, on the day of judgment.

So if we know about him, we can do what he
wanted us to do.

Therefore start reading books on Seerah and
Ahadeeth!


Budget for..

 Books (BUILD THE LIBRARY …)
– Qur’an learning
– Hadith collections
– Seerah Collections (small, med, large)
 Do it:
– For self
– For others
 Dawah work
– Supporting Dawah teams/ workers, etc.)


In fact, budget for…

 Budget for Money (% of Salary!)
 Plan for Time
 Make a Team


Budget your Time!!!

 Without spending time, books won’t help!!!
 Prepare a time slot for:
– Family reading
– Organize and attend workshops
– Personal Reading (medium size & Big volumes)
 Big volumes in holidays, weekends


And Make a Team…

 Organize family sessions (at least 3 minutes
per day… if not, then an hour per week).
 Family sessions generally are not regular.
Therefore, have parallel programs of males,
females, and children.
 Join dawah teams / organizations and help
yourself by helping them!


And follow-up…

Evaluate Plan

Implement


4. Following the
Prophet pbuh

Following the Prophet pbuh

Following the Prophet is:
 Easy in Non-challenging situations (Relatively)

– The way he slept, he sat, he ate…
 Challenging in Tough Situations of our life:

– Remember 10 stories of Prophet pbuh for 10
such tough situations
– 2 Examples…



Example -1 : How he lived with those who
did not let him go according to his plan…

Battle of Uhud – His plan was to defend and not go
out. But a good number persisted to go out.


‫‪Following the Prophet pbuh‬‬

‫‪Example -1 : How he lived with those who‬‬
‫…‪did not let him go according to his plan‬‬

‫‪After so many casualties in Uhud, he never said‬‬
‫.‪anything to them who wanted to go out‬‬

‫‪Comments by Allah‬‬

‫فبمغ ا رحمة من الله لتنت لهم ولو كتنت فظغ ا غلظيظ القلِبْب‬
‫ْلَ ل ِ ْلَ ْلَ ِبْ ْلَ م ٍ ِّ ْلَ هّ ل ِ ل ِ ْلَ ْلَ نُ ِبْ ْلَ ْلَ ِبْ نُ ْلَ ْلَ اًّ ْلَ ل ِ ْلَ ِبْ ْلَ ل ِ‬
‫ال ْلََفنفضوا منِبْ حولك فغ اعف عتنهم واستغفر لهمِبْ‬
‫ْلَ ِبْ ل ِ ْلَ ْلَ ِبْ نُ ْلَ ِبْ نُ ِبْ ْلَ ِبْ ْلَ ِبْ ل ِ ِبْ ْلَ نُ‬ ‫ْلَ وُّ ِبْ ل ِ‬
‫وشغ اورهم ف ي ال ْلَمر فإذا عزمت فتوكل عل ى الله إ ل ِن‬
‫هّ ل ِ َّ‬ ‫ِبْ ل ِ ْلَ ل ِ ْلَ ْلَ ْلَ ِبْ ْلَ ْلَ ْلَ ْلَ َّ ِبْ ْلَ ْلَ‬ ‫ْلَ ْلَ ل ِ ِبْ نُ ِبْ ل ِ‬
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Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that you deal
with them gently, and had you been rough, hard
hearted, they would certainly have dispersed
from around you; pardon them therefore and ask
pardon for them, and take counsel with them in
the affair; so when you have decided, then place
your trust in Allah; surely Allah loves those who
trust. [3:159]

How many times do we follow this
example!


Example -2 : How he lived with those who did not
let him go according to his plan…

The captives of Banu Qaynuqaa’ and Abdullah bin
Ubi’s role in releasing the captives.

When it comes to living with “hypocrites”, how do
we interact with them? Give them names?
Insult them? Ask Allah to kill them?



Similarly, do I remember an example from his life:
– When I am angry (how many times I did that last
week?)
– When confronted with false allegations…
– When faced with death or sickness…
– …

Evaluate these aspects in terms of how I did
in the past week!!! Not just keeping them
separate from my real life.

Hold Workshops on Seerah

 Just listening one speech after the other is not
enough!
 Have Learning sessions followed by quizes,
workbooks, activities…
 Prepare proper handouts, statistics, timelines, FAQ
about seerah, one-minute presentation practice on
FAQ, …
In brief, make sure that the audience learns…


Projects on Prophet pbuh

 Time Management model of the Prophet pbuh – in
modern terms. The Most influential person has to
be the best in time management. Why not follow &
promote this model?

 Similarly let us put forward his Human Resources
management model. His disciples ruled the world!

All these should be IN SIMPLEST STYLES (usable by
common man) – not just theories and reports


ppts, flash presentations,
…
 Timeline of his life
 Selected Stories of the Prophet
 List of Books (elders and children) along with brief
reviews
 Models of Prophet’s house; Prophet’s mosque,…to
show everyone as to how he lived!
 Maps and atlases (showing the journeys, routes,
ghazawaat, sariyyah, expansion of the Islamic state in
his time, along with statistics…)


ppts, flash presentations,
…
Special Presentations on the Prophet pbuh as:
• A Preacher

• A teacher

• A worshipper

• A Zaakir

• A Husband

• A leader

• A Murabbi/Muzakki (Trainer)



In this era of information explosion, almost nothing…
is there on the internet in terms of ppts and flash
presentations on the Prophet pbuh.

Each one, take one!!! Do something on this side.

Sisters can also do a lot.



As an Ummah, we have
 Highly competent in profession, creative in their
plans, aggressive in their growth
 But Extremely ‘poor’, sloppy, sluggish, ‘innocent’,
‘simpletons’ when it comes to Islamic work. Why?
– Perhaps the true answer is ‘We just don’t care!’.
 PLEASE…… LET US DO SOMETHING!


We have seen…

1. His Mission
2. His Rights on us (Our Obligations to
Him, pbuh)
3. Start NOW with Time, Money, Team
4. Following the Prophet pbuh
5. Workshops and Projects


May Allah give us Tawfeeq to
fulfill all the rights of the Prophet
pbuh on us… including

“Helping him in his mission”

in our lives.

But Again! Start planning
now!
Yes, NOW!

(or that time may never come)!

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