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SEERAH NABAWIYYAH PROPHET’S
BIOGRAPHY (180 Hours)
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| I. OBJECTIVES |
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- Knowledge of the Prophet’s personality with regard
to his guidance, wisdom, his method of da’wah, and
his kind treatment of all people.
- Knowing him through his gentleness, humility, patience
and forgivingness in his struggles as the prime example.
- Correctly understanding this religion by planting love
for him and to follow him in the hearts of the believers.
- Exposure to the evidences of his prophethood in order
to strengthen and increase the faith of the students.
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| II. CLASS CONTENT |
| First
Year |
| A. Social
and religious condition among the Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula
prior to Islaam |
| B. From
the Prophet’s birth until the beginning of his prophethood. |
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1. His ancestry
2. Events at the time of his birth
3. His orphaning and adoption by his grandfather and uncle
4. His wet-nursing and the opening of his chest
5. Allaah’s protection of him from idolatry
6. His travels
7. The Fudool pact and early signs of his impending prophethood
8. His seclusion in Hiraa Cave
9. The coming of revelation, secret Da’wah, open Da’wah,
methods of the pagans in opposition to the da’wah, and
his sufferings |
C. The first two
Hijrahs to Ethiopia
D. His presenting Islaam to the tribes
E. His night journey to Jerusalem and his ascension
into the heavens
F. The first pledge of allegiance at al-‘Aqabah
G. The second pledge of al-‘Aqabah and
its consequences
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| Second
Year |
| A. The Hijrah
of the Prophet () from Makkah to Madeenah |
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1. Reasons and goals
of the Hijrah
2. The ruling regarding Hijrah and the virtues of Hijrah
3. Lessons derived |
| B. The Madeenah Period:
Foundations of the New Community |
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1. Building the Mosque
2. The brotherhood of faith between emigrants and Muslims of
Madeenah
3. Writing the Constitution
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| C. The Battles: Their causes,
date, results, effects, and lessons to be learned |
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The Battle of Badr
The Battle of Uhud
The Battle of the Nadeer Clan
The Battle of Thaat ar-Ruqaa‘
The Battle of the Clans (Trench) |
| Third
Year |
| The causes,
dates, results, effects, and lessons to be learned for all |
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1. The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
2. The Battle of Khaybar
3. Letters to kings and rulers
4. The Battle of Hunayn
5. The Battle of Taa’if
6. The Battle of Tabook
7. Year of the Delegations
8. Aboo Bakr’s Hajj with the masses
9. The Farewell Pilgrimage
10. Illness and death of the Prophet ()
11. Aboo Bakr’s appointment as the Caliph
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| Point of Note |
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When teaching this course, care should be taken
to firmly establish the facts from the Qur’aan and authentic
Sunnah and the more correct position on issues in which Seerah
scholars differed while focusing on the lessons to be learned
from the facts and events of the Seerah. |
| III. TEXTBOOKS |
| A. Required Text: |
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Mahdi Rizqullah Ahmad, A Biography
of the Prophet of Islam: In the Light of the Original Sources
Muhammad Ghazali, Fiqh us-Seerah
Zakaria Bashir, The Meccan Crucible, The Hijrah, Sunshine in
Madinah,
Safiur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar
Mustafa as-Sibaa’ie, The Life of Prophet Muhammad; Highlights
and Lessons
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| B. Supplementary
Texts: |
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Imaam Soyootee, The
Caliphs Who Took the Right Way
Masud-ul-Hasan, History of Islam
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