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​ Seerat un Nabi ﷺ In reality, the Mushrikeen of Makkah and Arabia did not consider these idols to be the true God. They believed that Allah alone is the only true deity. They considered these idols as intercessors in the court of Allah, and they venerated and worshipped these idols with the belief that they would bring them closer to Allah. Secondly, they believed that these idols possessed some of the divine attributes, powers and strengths, but nevertheless, they still considered Allah as the true Provider and Owner. In fact, a Mushrik is one who believes in Allah and then associates partners with Him in His Being, Attributes, or Worship. As a result of these polytheistic beliefs, the Mushrikeen of Makkah became badly afflicted with superstition. They would take good and bad omens from everything, and to avoid bad omens, they would seek the services of soothsayers (Kahins). In this way, the business of soothsayers with their charms, spells, and amulets was flourishing. The soothsaye...

​ Seerat-un-Nabi ﷺ:  Episode 7 - Al-Ma'rifat  The Idols Worshipped by Arabs at the Time of the Blessed Birth ﷺ At the time of the blessed birth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, the Arabs and especially the polytheists of Makkah considered the following idols as very important: 1. Hubal Hubal was one of the most important idols of the Mushrikeen of Makkah. In reality, it was the deity "Ba'al" of the people of Syria, which means "Powerful", and which the Arabs distorted and named Hubal. This idol was found by the Quraish of Makkah in the form of a human statue carved from red agate. Its right hand was broken, which the Quraish of Makkah replaced with one made of gold. Hubal was installed on the roof of the Kaaba. The Mushrikeen of Makkah used to raise war cries in the name of this Hubal. On the occasion of the Conquest of Makkah, Hazrat Ali (R.A) shattered it into pieces. 2. Uzza A few miles from Makkah, in the valley of Nakhlah, under an acacia tree was the sanctua...

​ When Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) built the Kaaba together with Hazrat Ismail (AS), through his preaching, the tribes of Jurhum and Qatura accepted the Deen-e-Ibrahimi and accepted Allah as the One God. After Hazrat Ibrahim (AS), due to the influence of Hazrat Ismail (AS), those who later settled in Makkah also continued to accept Deen-e-Hanif, i.e., the religion of Hazrat Ibrahim (AS). At that time, all the tribes of Makkah, including Aal-e-Ismail, believed in the worship of only One God, and the sanctity of the Kaaba was fully maintained. But after the death of Hazrat Ismail (AS), when no Prophet was sent to guide the people of Makkah, gradually shirk and misguidance started spreading among them. When the tribes of Ayad and Banu Khuza'ah attacked Makkah one after another, many tribes of Banu Ismail had to leave Makkah. At that time, they also took a stone from the Kaaba with them for the sake of blessing. Because of its association with the Kaaba, they started respecting it a lot. The e...

Seerat-un-Nabi ﷺ (Episode 5) *Al-Ma'rifat Manzil* The Quraysh did not have the power to fight such a huge army and save the Kaaba. So Hazrat Abdul Muttalib told them to take their children and cattle and move into the mountains, so that a massacre could be avoided. Then, along with some chiefs of the Quraysh, he went to the Holy Kaaba and expressed his helplessness before Allah and prayed to Him to protect His own House Himself. The historians have quoted the prayer verses of Hazrat Abdul Muttalib as follows: "O Allah! A servant protects his house, so You protect Your House too,"_ "Let not tomorrow their cross and their planning overcome Your planning,"_ "Today, help Your own people against the people of the cross," “O my Lord! Besides You, I have no hope against them," "O my Lord! Protect Your Haram from them," After making these supplications, Hazrat Abdul Muttalib also went with the chiefs of Quraysh to the mountains where the rest of...

Seerat-un-Nabi ﷺ  Episode No. 4 --- Seerat-un-Nabi ﷺ  > Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant? Did He not make their plot go astray? Allah sent upon them flocks of birds (Ababeel) which threw pebbles at them. Thus Allah made them like eaten straw. Surah Al-Feel (1-5) The incident of Ashab-ul-Feel happened in 571 AD - the year of the blessed birth of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. The Abyssinian Christian ruler of Yemen, Abraha bin Ashram, marched towards Makkah with 60,000 soldiers and 13 elephants to demolish the Kaaba. *Who was Abraha?* He was a commander sent by the King of Abyssinia to avenge the oppression of Christians by the Jewish ruler Yusuf Zu Nuwas. He later became the independent King of Yemen. His plan was: 1. To spread Christianity in Arabia 2. To take control of Arab trade For this, he built a grand church in Sana'a called *"Al-Qullais" (Ecclesia)* and announced: _"I will not stop until I divert the Hajj of Arabs from Kaaba to E...

  *Seerat-un-Nabi (Peace Be Upon Him)* *(Part No. 3)* Hazrat Hashim had established trade and diplomatic relations with the Caesar of Rome. So, during a journey to Syria in this connection, he married a noble woman of Banu Najjar, Salma, but unfortunately during that same journey Hazrat Hashim passed away. After his death, a son was born to him who was named "Shaiba" but since Shaiba was raised and brought up by his uncle Muttalib bin Abd Manaf, Shaiba came to be called Abdul-Muttalib (the slave of Muttalib) and then history always remembered him by that same name. Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib was extremely handsome, beautiful, dignified and possessed a magnificent personality. Allah blessed him with immense honor and he became the most important chief of the Quraish of Makkah. For a long time, he had only one son among his children, whose name was Haris. Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib had a great desire to have many children, so he made a vow that if Allah granted him ten sons and they all ...