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In his last hours, the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) said to his companions who gathered in his house: Bring me an inkwell and a shoulder-blade so that I will write for you a letter with which you will never go astray... Then owing to the heaviness of hi...

In his last hours, the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) s...

The Messenger (s.a.w.) returned to Madinah to continue the march of construction and change. He was building the state and society and change man to be pious, chaste and benevolent in accordance with the Divine Law. The utmost priority for the Prophe...

The Messenger (s.a.w.) returned to Madinah to cont...

Hajj came again in the 10th year of Hijra. The Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) called the people to perform the pilgrimage and informed them of his resolve to go himself to Mecca. The people hurried from all direction, far and near to perform hajj. Their n...

Hajj came again in the 10th year of Hijra. The Pro...

Having finished his hajj to Mecca, the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) returned to Madinah and the great multitude of Muslims went back with him. At Ghadir Khum (brook of Khum) somewhere on his way to Madinah, he received the order of Allah to appoint Imam...

Having finished his hajj to Mecca, the Prophet of ...

After Allah grated a great victory to His Prophet over the Quraish at Mecca that fell without a flight, and then He helped him in the battle of Hunain over the infidels of al-Ta'if, people began to enter the religion of Allah in multitudes with Arab ...

After Allah grated a great victory to His Prophet ...

The polytheists, who stuck to worshipping idols, persisted in their belief and in carrying on with their rituals. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) made up his mind to prevent them from performing their rituals around the sacred House of Allah. They ha...

The polytheists, who stuck to worshipping idols, p...

Allah bestowed victory on his servants who liberated Mecca. The tribe of Hawazin heard of the glorious, sweeping triumph of the Muslims and made its chief mobilize a tremendous army to face them. As soon as he heard of the Hawazin's readiness to figh...

Allah bestowed victory on his servants who liberat...

At this time, the Messenger (s.a.w.) was informed that the Romans were mobilizing troops to invade the northern parts of the Arabian peninsula which formed the northern territory of the Islamic state. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) decided to take the fie...

At this time, the Messenger (s.a.w.) was informed ...

As Relations between Muhammad the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) and the Quraish eased, the tribe of Bani Bar made an alliance with the Quraish whereas the tribe of Khuza'ah allied themselves with the Muslims. The Quraish, after a time of economic deterio...

As Relations between Muhammad the Prophet of Allah...

As we noted before, the Jews in Madinah were cooperating with the hypocrites and the polytheists against the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.), his companions and his Islamic da'wah (call). Indeed the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) had to fight them three tim...

As we noted before, the Jews in Madinah were coope...

If the Battle of Badr was an example of the offensive military policy of the Prophet (s.a.w.), the battle of Khandaq, was a defensive strategy waged in defense of the Divine Message and the nascent camp of Islam. It happened that in the fifth year of...

If the Battle of Badr was an example of the offens...

The battle against the allies at Khandiq, was virtually the last of the Quraish's attempts to confront Islam and the great Messenger (s.a.w.). Afterwards they began to fear the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.). The Jews of Bani Quraidah were actually got rid of...

The battle against the allies at Khandiq, was virt...

The battle of Uhud took place only one year after Badr, in the third year of Hijra, in the month of Shawwal. After the Battle of Badr, the Quraish felt humiliated and disdained among the Arabs. They recognized the fast growing power of Islam among th...

The battle of Uhud took place only one year after ...

Since the beginning of the blessed Islamic da'wah until the eighth year after Hijra, Mecca stood firmly in the face of Islam. The well-to-do and influential leaders of the city worked hard to keep the status quo, to serve their interests, syphoning o...

Since the beginning of the blessed Islamic da'wah ...

At Madinah, the Prophet (s.a.w.), settled in a society whose control was shared by the tribes, material interests and conflicting ideas. The chief forces at Madinah were the following: 1. Muslims They were Ansar (supporters) and Muhajirin (migrants)....

At Madinah, the Prophet (s.a.w.), settled in a soc...

The Islamic Message entered a new phase in its blessed movement after the migration to Madinah. It was a phase of implementing Islamic principles and reshaping the community in its entirety, including its prerequisites and institutions. Erecting the ...

The Islamic Message entered a new phase in its ble...

The house of Banu Jahash was emptied of all its habitants including Abdullah bin Jahash, his family and his brothers by Abu Sufyan who seized it by force. The silent house was a testimony to the afflictions of the oppressed people on earth, and was a...

The house of Banu Jahash was emptied of all its ha...

The new faith found new grounds to stand firmly an. Now the Prophet (s.a.w.) ordered his adherents to flee Mecca, for the purpose of preserving their faith, and to set out in the direction of Madinah. Secretly, the groups of the migrants began to arr...

The new faith found new grounds to stand firmly an...

Mus'ab stayed in Madinah one year, during which he called the Madinites to Islam, instructed them in its teachings and recited to them the Qur'an. During the next season of hajj, thirteen years after the Prophet's rise to prophethood, Mus'ab came at ...

Mus'ab stayed in Madinah one year, during which he...

During the season of hajj every year the Prophet was busy offering the new faith to the tribes. In the eleventh year after his rise to prophethood he met a group of the tribe of al-Khazraj. He asked them to allow him to have a talk with them. They ac...

During the season of hajj every year the Prophet w...

As the chiefs of the Quraish had failed in their attempt to get back the immigrants, they malevolently poured their ill-will on the Muslims in Mecca. They arrived at a decision which was that thc Quraish would boycott the clan of Bani Hashim if Abu-T...

As the chiefs of the Quraish had failed in their a...