the seerah of prophet sw. (5-part)

Dear brothers! We were talking about the person who walked on the earth whom the earth never seen before and not gonna be seen again. The mercy for the mankind the prophet Mohammed sw. last week we talked about his early life. Today we talked in our bangla khutbah about the early stage of his prophecy the period of maccan life.

After the first revelation prophet saw. was totally scared and worried about his mission when the waraqa ibn nofel noticed him about the truth, you are the person the earth are waiting for. The angel Gabriel came to you the way he used to come to the prophet muses.And then after a short break when the second revelation came to the prophet while he was covered up, scared and confused. He could not believe what had happened. On the way he heard a voice above him saying you are Muhammad (pbuh) the messenger of Allah and I am Jibrael. And then Allah swt. revelead on him 74: 1-7 O the Cloaked One! (Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) (1) Rise up and warn! Means tell to the people not to do anymore what they are doing (2) And proclaim the Purity of your Lord. Means tell them about the greatness of Allah and his oneness. There is none but Allah the almighty (3) And keep your clothes clean. Means stay away from all kind of impurity which come through inside or from outside of a person.(4) And stay away from idols. Means what paganism was going on that dark period 5. And do not favour others in order to receive more.(6) And for the sake of your Lord, patiently endure. In that last verse Allah swt. indicating, have patience while you will face extremely difficulties. The difficulties will come through from everywhere when you will declare the message of Allah swt.
After this reveletion prophet saw. Start to preach his mission and this was the stage of secret Da’wah and his wife khadijah ra. was the first women to embrace the message of Islam; to declared that There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his slave and messenger. And then prophet saw. began the da’wah to those who were close to him what Allah said wa ansir ashiratakal aqrabeen and then first person was a young boy Ali ra.
And then shortly the first man to accept Islam was abu bakar the closest friend of the prophet saw. and a well known figure of the Quraysh. Regarding the acceptance of Islam by Abu bakar, the prophet later said: I never invited anyone to the faith, who did not display some hesitation in embracing it, except Abu bakar. From the day Abu Bakar embraced Islam, he dedicated all his time and wealth on the way of Islam and later on he become the key helpers of Islam and very few could equal him in his determination and sacrifice.
At this stage finally prophet saw. had gathered 38 believers around him and one day Abu bakar urged to publicise the mission. He said o prophet shouldn’t we go out into the open and publicly preach the message of Islam? Prophet sw replied “No O Abu Bakar, we are too few” thus for three years the message of Islam was spread in a secret and organised manner. During this stage the opposition was very minimal as the Da’wah wasn’t done in public. The leader of the Quraysh didn’t care much for the prophet Mohammed and the message of Islam. It was thought that no movement would succeed in makkah in the presence of their Idols.After three years when Allah saw. revealed the verses 15: 94-98 “Therefore publicly announce what you are commanded, and turn away from the polytheists. (94) Indeed We suffice you against these mockers. (95)
After revealing these prophet sw. started to do Da’wah openly in to public. One day he gathered his own people the people of Quraysh. He gathered them at the mount of Safa. The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) went top of that mountain. This was a usual custom at the time when some major event or announcement was going to be made. The people gathered together and the prophet (pbuh) said:
‘O people of Quraysh, if I was to tell you that an army was advancing to attack you from the other side of this mount will you believe me?’
The people knew the character of Muhammad (pbuh), after all they had given him the title of Al-Amin (the truthful). They had seen this gentle child grow up in this world and had seen how well he dealt with people, his honest character and his trustworthiness. They had no reason to doubt him, so they replied:
‘Yes why not? We have always found you to be truthful’
And then the prophet (pbuh) started to give his first open D’wah he said “ O banu Abdul Muttalib, O banu Abd Manaf, O Banu Zuhra! I have come to you as a Warner and if you do not respond to my warning, punishment will fall upon you. I have been sent by Allah to warn you and I can’t protect you in this world, nor can I promise you anything in the next world, unless you acknowledge and submit to the worship of the one Allah”
There was silence but Abu Lahab, one of the more powerful individuals and the prophets uncle, responded “May you perish, did you call us to this?”

Regarding the insult by Abu lahab, Allah swt revealed the following verses to console the prophet...111 May both the hands of Abu Lahab be destroyed – and they are destroyed! (1)
This was one of many incidents which Abu Lahab used his influence to ridicule and mock Islam. He became an open enemy of the prophet (pbuh) and Islam. He continued to be a strong opposition to the prophet during his sacred mission.
After starting open Dawah the Arabs initial reactions was negative. The most common reaction was ignorance. The elite of the maccan society didn’t want to accept Islam as it would affect them. They realised that worshiping Idols, killing girls, drinking, gambling, cheating and oppressing the poor would be outlawed if Islam was established in the society.
However, when the Quraysh realised that prophet Mohammed was gaining followers and support day by day, they felt threatened and decided to combat the spread of Islam.
At the time all the tribes stand against him and trying to block him by making some tactics with following types.
1. Ridicule and making false propaganda: when they saw they are not able to stop prophet to spread the message of Islam. They started to make things up, spread rumours and lies so that people stay away from Muhammad (pbuh) and don’t listen to his message. Someone suggested that they accuse Muhammad (pbuh) of being a sorcerer, using magic to trick and influence people. Another said say that Muhammad (pbuh) is just a madman and is preaching nonsense.15:6 And they said, “O you upon whom the Qur’an has been sent, you are indeed insane.”  

Another suggested that they say that Muhammad (pbuh) was just a poet. Some said he is not a prophet 25:7 “And they said, “What is the matter with this (Noble) Messenger, that he eats food and walks in the markets? Why was not an angel sent down along with him, to give warning along with him?”

2. Persecution of the believers:

When they realised that the first tactics had failed. They started to torture severely on the new convert Muslims. Amongst the Muslim Bilal was one of the victim they tried their hardest to force Bilal to leave Islam but they were unsuccessful.
 3. Attempts to compromise and negotiations: Violence against some of the Muslims was possible, but due to the support given by Abu Talib to Prophet Mohammed it was impossible to use violence against Mohammed. This is why they tried to negotiate with Abu Talib and compromise to prophet saw. they told prophet if you want to become our leader we will make you our chief, and they proposed some others thing like most beautiful women of the Arab, kingship, money but, he refused everything and said I want you from one word which is  there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is the messenger of Allah.
4. Social and economical boycott which is known shiabe abu Talib: Every possible attempt had been made to crush the growth of the movement of Islam and all the attempts had failed; yet the Quraysh were determined to continue their struggles. At a meeting the leadership of Quraysh decided to boycott Mohammed and his uncle, his companions and that boycott lasted three years.
Amazingly if we see in our time in everywhere the way the kuffar and munafiq means so-called Muslims trying to crush the Islamic movement and making false propaganda, mocking on our prophet and killing the Muslims the same type of actions the makkan people did on Muslims and Prophet Mohammed swt.
Despite all of these, Muslim and prophet saw. didn’t stop to give Dawah but, day by day the situation was going to worsen.
In meanwhile two most dominant figure Omar ibnul khattab and hamza the uncle of prophet saw converted to Islam. this time the Quraysh increased the tortures on Muslims into multiple and the situation was out of control. Prophet had to order Muslims to migrate to abisiniya.
And after the boycott prophet saw. lost his uncle Abu Talib and wife khadijah those who were the biggest support for his mission.
And finally, when the makkan people decide to kill prophet Mohammed saw. Allah swt gave ordered prophet saw. to migrate to Madinah. And in one night prophet saw left his own city makkah with his one of the most beloved person Abu Bakar.
Dear brothers! This is the brief of makki life of prophet saw. So, what we should take lesson from today’s lecture which prophet saw. gave in his first open khutbah at the mount of Safa. He said O people of makkah! O banu Abdul Muttalib, O banu Abd Manaf! Even he said to his aunt sufiyah “I have come to you as a Warner and if you do not respond to my warning, punishment will fall upon you. I can’t protect you in this world, nor can I promise you anything in the next world, unless you acknowledge and submit to the worship of the one Allah”
So, Dear brothers! you and myself let’s study his life, messages and save ourselves from the eternal hellfire by practicing his guidance.