SEERAH OF THE

PROPHET(SWS)

Slides based on Seerah Series done

by Yasir

Qadhi

SLIDE#: SL7.2

TOPIC: The Early Childhood of Prophet Muhammed

PART I (21:57– 30:49)

• Even the Prophet had a kareen but Allah helped him

• His kareen converted to Islam and started whispering good things to him

• Jibrael washed the heart in zamzam and sealed up the heart

• The first open heart surgery was conducted by Jibrael on the Prophet

• When the children ran away and said a man is killing him, Halima came running outside they saw the face of the Prophet was pale

• He was in fear but was not wailing or screaming

• There were traces left/ a scar was left there

• Allah left it there because He wanted to demonstrate that a physical thing did occur

• This incident of taking the heart out and washing it happened again in his lifetime Jibraeldid the same exact thing

• The one difference is that there was no black clot the second time

• This incident scared Halima and she gets worried and then quietly returns him to Amina

• The Prophet was prepared for a clean and pure

life

• All the Prophets had perfect characters, they

cannot commit major sins

• Shaima had the bite marks of when the Prophet

was young and rode her back

• When the Prophet saw Halima in years in the

future, the Prophet gave her his shawl for her to

sit in.

• Theres only one incident when the Prophet was

w/ his mother: Amina decided to take her son

to Yathrib

Questions

1. What happened to the kareen of the Prophet?

2. Whats the difference between the first open

heart surgery and the second?

3. Why was the physical scar left on the Prophet’s

chest?

4. What caused Halima to give back the Prophet?

5. Where did Amina decide to take her son?

PART II (30:50– 42:22)

• Arabs would keep the ties of kinships

• You were protected by your relatives. They would protect you where ever you would go.

• Umme Ayman was the slave that was gifted to Amina and Abdullah when they got married

• Very little was known from her

• Amina traveled to Yathrib(Madina) with the Prophet and Umme Ayman

• They stayed a few months

• On traveling back at Abwa, Amina fell ill and she was buried by Umme Ayman there

• In early Islam, you could not visit graves unless

bringing in a dead body

• He asked Allah permission to visit his mothers

grave and He allowed him so he allowed the

Sahabas and Muslims to visit graves

• This permissibility is from the Prophets want to

visit Amina

• It reminds us of death

• He cried in a way that no one has ever seen him

cry when he visited his mothers grave

• He is then entrusted to Abd-al-Muttalib, the

chieftain of Quraish

• Abd-al-Muttalb died a blind man, he lived a very

long life

Questions

1. Why were relatives super important to the

Arabs?

2. Who is Umme Ayman?

3. Since when was visiting the graves permissible?

The complete lecture can be found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R81PW40t-

dk&list=PLAEA99D24CA2F9A8F&index=7