In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate and
the Merciful
THE SEERAH OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (pbuh) IT’S
BACKGROUND &
WHAT IT DEMANDS?
Introduction: Some Postulates:
1. Allah (SWT) created man [with 3 strong
urges and 1 Free will] by His own hands [Ref: V#75 of Surah Saad]
2. He created the universe and what it
contains and harnessed it all for man: [Ref: verses Al-Baqarah 29; Al-Jathia
-13, Luqman -20]
3. He gathered together all the Arwah [spirits]
of Adam in Jannah and asked them “Am I not your Lord” All said “Bala”
- definitely You are. It is ingrated in the human Genes.
[Ref: Verse 172 of Al-Airaf & Wa-Al-Shamsh] But man needs constant REMINDER
- Who will do it?
4. God appointed Adam and Eve as the first
specie of humans and sent them to earth as His vicegerent over what the world
contains with the clear directives as how to live, act and behave on earth and with
His firm commitment that He will go on sending HIS APPOINTED MESSNGERS with
Divine Guidance [as and when it is lost, mutilated or innovated due to human
interpolation] with the sole vision that he/she will be accountable when he/she
comes back to Him after death. His success and failure will depend on the
manner he/she lived on earth and used His bounties – as per His directives
or as per his own free will? He/she will have My
eternal pleasure of Jannah if lived with good deeds or My eternal displeasure
of Hellfire if lived with evil/bad deeds. That is the ultimate end of human
life.
* Man is a
TRUSTEE of this world and what it contains not MASTER. Hence, Accountable to
the Lord of this cosmos for the manner he/she uses it when living on earth.
5. Accordingly,
after Adam (AS) Messengers of God and Prophets were appointed to human abode to
direct the destiny of man, to keep him/her always obedient to Him, follow the
Divine Guidance that was coming to man incessantly in a chain through His
appointed Messengers and feel always accountable to Him consciously that he/she
has to meet his/her Creator and Sustainer one Day after death and will be answerable
to Him for all his/her actions and deeds on this earth. This is the essence
of human’s life on earth.
6. About
124,000 Prophets of God were appointed to this earth for the guidance of
mankind at different time and different places. The Most prominent of them were
Noah, Abraham, David, Solomon, Moses, Jesus and lastly Mohammad Ibne Abdullah
of Makkah [pbut]. They delivered the Guidance from the Creator and Sustainer
invited the human society to establish the authority of God and His Deen on
self, families and the societies in which they live. All tried their best in
their respective time to this effect. Only David, Solomon and Muhammad [pbut]
succeeded and established His authority and Allah’s Deen on earth in their
respective time.
7. Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) was the last Messenger of God and the message that he brought for
mankind in the from of the QUR’AN was and is the last,
the latest and the most updated Book of Guidance till Qayamah. His (S) mission
was to establish the authority of Allah in the human society [“
8.
Accordingly, the Mission of Rasulullah (S) was to establish the Islamic System
of life that Qur’an contains in the human society and present his (S) life as its
model [Ref: Al-Saf 61: 9, Al-Tawba- 33 & Al-Fatah 28] and thus deliver the
justice to human abode [Ref: Verse # 25 of Surah Al-Hadeed]
9. With the Revelation of the Qur’an - A very
important point of departure form the previous Scriptures took place: All
the previous Scriptures like, the Zabur to David, the Torah to
Moses and the Injil to Jesus were revealed at a time from God to
their respective Messengers but the Qur’an was revealed to Prophet
Muhammad (S) in piece meal – in bits by pieces, in different phases, at
different times as and the situation
warranted, some necessity arose, some questions were asked for, some explanation
needed or some divine commentary was required and it all completed within a
period of 23 years. The Qur’an was completed the same day the mission of Rasulullah
(S) was completed THROUGH the Dawah efforts of Rasulullah (S) and his
beloved companions.
10.
Rasulullah (S) laid down the process of presenting Dawah Ilallah from the first
stage to the last – *Dawah, *Organization, *Tarbiyah, *Peaceful Resistance, *Hijrah
and *Qital - in the order the Movement developed till the Deen of Allah was
established in the body politic of the land. His life pattern represents these
stages of Dawah Ilallah in a very concise form one after the other. This
Process of Islamic Revolution and its obligation have been spelled out in the
Qur’an at various places: Verse # 195 of Surah Al-Imran, Verse # 108 of
Surah Yusuf; Verses# 125 to 128 of Surah Al-Nahal; Verse # 78 of Surah Al-Hajj;
Verse # 45 & 46 of Surah Al-Ehzab; Verse # 30 to 36 of Surah Al-Fussalat
Verse # 13, 15 of Surah Al-Shurah and at many more places through out the
Qur’an.
11. *The
Qur’an guided Rasulullah (S) all through in his march towards the fulfillment
of his mission. You can see its importance from Verse # 21 of Surah Al-Baqarah
when Allah addressed the entire humanity to His “Abudiyah”- total obedience to
Allah. The entire life pattern of Rasulullah (S) is the living embodiment of
Dawah Ilallah till he (S) passed away from this world – the most perfect model of
a Da’ee till Qayamah.
12.The Qur’an was guiding the Movement launched by Muhammad
(S) to establish Allah’s Deen on this earth, starting from the
13. The beloved companions of Rasulullah (S), subsequently,
carried out his (S) mission ofsia, Africa and partly
to
14. When
Muslims stopped the process of Dawah Ilallah, they succumbed to their
negligence and suffered and are suffering to decay and ignominy for centuries
together.
15. In
consequence, however, they have Allah’s Deen intact with them in the from of
the Qur’an, they have the life pattern of Prophet Muhammad (S) intact in all
respects but are suffering decay and decadence though there are 57 Muslim
countries today on earth but Islam is no where traceable as a political
entity. What a great tragedy it is! We have to do the same things that
Rasulullah (S) did at the very outset towards building this Ummah through Dawah
process and got the Deen of Allah and His authority established on earth within
a period of 23 years in the Arabian Peninsula and in the known world of the time
within the next 80 years. The Islamic System continued to dominate the world
till May 1923 when Mustafa Kamal Pasha of
16. As a
matter of fact, the Islamic Movements are struggling in Asia and
17. The
time has further changed. NOW it
needs a Global Islamic Movement and all-round efforts of the Muslim
Ummah to augment it through the process of Dawah Ilallah on the pattern
Rasulullah (S) did. Muslims must have a clear vision and devote their time, talents,
energies, efforts and resources to be the Da’ee Ilallah at every place where
they are, be the truthful model of a devoted and committed Muslim and
Muslimah and be actively involved in the Dawah process as the true followers of
Prophet Muhammad (S). Only then, Islam will emerge as the effective Savior of
mankind, reviving the fate of both Muslims and that of the mankind in near
future. This is our destiny and we all have to work hard to attain this goal
through constant Dawah efforts both at individual and collective levels.
18. Dawah
Ilallah in the context of
19. Unfortunately,
the problem lies with us. We are taking Islam as a “religion” and not as
Deen and are contented with the so-called “Salah, Sawm, Hajj and Zakah with
some rituals, name and nomenclature” on the pattern our Jews and Christians
brothers/sisters are satisfied with some rituals, dogmas and myths. That is
all.
20. Whereas
Islam is a Deen, a Movement and invites each of us to accept and practice
it as Al-Deen Al-Islam and present to the world as Al-Deen and invite the
humanity to its fold incessantly day and night with all our might, wisdom and
concern for human society to live in peace with Justice – Al-Adl wa Al-Qist to
all and malice to none.
May Allah
pave our path with success and Barakah all through! Ameen! O Allah! Make each
of us truthful “Da’ee Ilallah” in American perspective and give us Tawfeeq to
be the pioneers of the Global Islamic Movement – the only CURE to deliver
justice, peace and security to mankind globally. Ameen!
Shamim A Siddiqi
February 5,
2012