1mission of Muhammad Pbuh and Our Lives

The Mission of
Muhammad pbuh
&
Our Lives
Dr. Abdulazeez Abdulraheem
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Outline
1. His Mission
2. His Rights on us (Our Obligations to
Him, pbuh)
3. Start NOW with Time, Money, Team
4. Following the Prophet pbuh
5. Workshops and Projects
1. His Mission
His Mission
It is He Who has sent amongst
the Unlettered a messenger َ ِّ‫ث فِي اأْل ُ ِّمي‬
‫ين َر ُسواًل‬ َ ‫هُ َو الَّ ِذي بَ َع‬
from among themselves ‫ِّم ْنهُ ْم‬
• who recites to them His
communications and ‫ يَ ْتلُو َعلَ ْي ِه ْم آيَاتِ ِه‬
• purifies them, and ‫َويُ َز ِّكي ِه ْم‬ 
• teaches them the Book and
• the Wisdom, ‫اب‬ َ َ‫َويُ َعلِّ ُمهُ ُم ْال ِكت‬ 
although they were before َ‫َو ْال ِح ْك َمة‬ 
certainly in clear error,
َ ‫َوإِن َكانُوا ِمن قَ ْب ُل لَفِي‬
ٍ ِ‫ضاَل ٍل ُّمب‬
‫ين‬
{2 ‫{الجمعة‬
{2 ‫{الجمعة‬
His Mission – to recite!
Same verses are recited today! Do we care to

understand them as they are recited?
Can we even recite the way he recited? (with

tajweed!). Or we can’t even read because
we just don’t read it. Don’t have time!
His Mission – to teach
He was Mu’allim (teacher). Then who should be

his students? Us!!! Are we not too busy!
In other words, we are saying: O Prophet

(pbuh), you may be Mu’allim but we don’t
have time to be your student (to learn
Qur’an)!
Or is his prophethood was limited to his times

only (i.e., we don’t need to be students)?
We have two things with us:
1. Al-Qur’an - Theory
2. Sunnah from the Saheb-e-Qur’an (The
man of Al-Qur’an) – Practical
Demonstration as to how to live
according to Al-Qur’an.
So our task is… Learn it &
Convey it to a Billion Muslims
ُ‫رآن َو َعلَّ َمه‬

َ ُ‫َخ ْي ُر ُك ْم َم ْنْن تَ َعلَّ َم الق‬
The Best of you is the one who learns the
Qur’an and teaches it (to others)
ُ ‫إِنَّ َما بُ ِع ْث‬

‫ت ُم َعلِّ ًما‬
I am sent as a teacher!
So our task is… Learn it &
Convey it to a Billion Muslims
We have to be a part of his mission!
The task is huuuuuuuuge. Almost a billion

Muslims (82% Muslims are non-Arabs) just
don’t understand the Arabic Qur’an.
Translations contain the message but they
are not Al-Qur’an.
All of us need get to be ready to do the job.

And the Next Task is…
Convey it To Non-Muslims… Almost 6

Billions!!!!
ً‫بلِّ ُغوا َعنِّي ولَ ْو آيَة‬

Convey from me even an Ayah of the Qur'an
.[Bukhari]
We don’t even understand it ourselves nor do we

interact with it daily! How can we convey it to
others?
His Mission – to do Tazkiah
Tazkiah: Purfication
Tazkiah is removal of wrong things and infusion

of right things … and that too step by step
(like a farmer)
He purified the lives of Sahabah in all aspects; in

their creed, thinking, morals, dealings,…
His Mission – to do Tazkiah
We need to know it first (through ahadeeth and

Seerah)
And do it for ourselves and then on others too

whom we care (with wisdom … ).
Hikmah
Hikmah: Sunnah / Understanding of Shariah
Both of these are in Hadith and Seerah.
We need to know it and teach it as well to

others.
His Tasks…
 Dawah to everyone
 Tazkiah of those who accepted him as the
Prophet.
 Implementation (of Allah’s commandments) in
individual and collective life.
That should be our mission too, if we

believe in him, if we love him, if we
really follow him, …
2. His Rights on us
or
Our Obligations to Him,
pbuh
His Rights on us
Our Obligations to him (pbuh).
So (as for) those who َ ‫فَالَّ ِذ‬

‫ين‬
• believe in him and ْ ُ‫ آ َمن‬
‫وا بِ ِه‬
• honor him and
• help him, and ُ‫َو َع َّزرُوه‬ 
• follow the light which
has been sent down ُ ‫ه‬ ‫ُو‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ص‬
َ َ ‫ن‬ ‫و‬
َ 
with him, ُ‫ي أ‬ َّ ُّ ْ َّ
ُ ‫نز َل َم َعه‬ َ ‫ذ‬
ِ ‫ل‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ر‬
َ ‫و‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ال‬ ‫ُوا‬ ‫ع‬ َ ‫ب‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ا‬ ‫و‬ َ 
these it is that are the ِ
successful. )157 ‫ُون (أعراف‬ َ ‫ك هُ ُم ْال ُم ْفلِح‬ َ ِ‫أُ ْولَـئ‬
To be successful, we need to
do all the 4 !!!
1. Believe in him : (Accept everything that
he brought)
2. Honor him: (includes loving him)
3. Help him: (in his mission)
4. Follow the light (Al-Qur’an) which has
been sent down with him,
The 3rd one: Help him
- Wa-nasaroohu (plural…Teamwork!)
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

Helping the Prophet pbuh in his mission can not be
done by scattered individuals. It has to be a team
work.
Example: Construction a building! – not possible without
planning, coordination, execution, follow-up, …
Helping the Prophet pbuh is a huuuuge task again.
Can’t be done while each one of us sits in his
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3. Start now with
time, money, team
So Start with Time…
 To know the Prophet pbuh, give time, to

read, to listen…
 Example – To Love the Prophet pbuh
– Impossible to love someone without
knowing him ENOUGH.
Example – Loving the
Prophet pbuh
ِ ُ‫ين ِمنْ أَ ْنف‬

‫س ِه ْم‬ َ ِ‫النَّبِ ُّي أَ ْولَى بِا ْل ُم ْؤ ِمن‬
The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their
own selves [33:6].
‫ال يؤمن أحدكم حتى أكون أحب إليه من والده وولده‬

‫والناس أجمعين‬
“No one of you becomes a true believer until I
become more beloved to him than his father,
his children, and all the people”
Prophet pbuh
Allah knew the love of the Prophet pbuh on his
Ummah and that is why He asked us to love
him.
 The Prophet pbuh was more kind to us than we are
to ourselves
 Our selves (nafoos) call us toward fire, and he
pbuh called us towards Jannah. He showed us the
path to salvation
Prophet pbuh
The Prophet pbuh said:
“My example is like the example of a person who
kindled fire. When it lighted, moths and insects
around it started falling into the fire. The man tried
(his best) to prevent them, (from falling into the
fire) …”
Prophet pbuh
 When he was alive, he carried the burdens of this
Ummah while the Ummah enjoyed the life:
He said:
“if a true believer dies and leaves behind some
property, it will be for his inheritors (from the
father’s side), and if he leaves behind some debt to
be paid or needy offspring, then they should come
to me as I am the guardian of the deceased.”
Prophet pbuh
 His continuous sacrifice … has a direct link to me
being a Muslim.
 He reserved a special accepted prayer for the
Ummah, for us, on the day of judgment.
So if we know about him, we can do what he

wanted us to do.
Therefore start reading books on Seerah and

Ahadeeth!
Budget for..
 Books (BUILD THE LIBRARY …)

– Qur’an learning
– Hadith collections
– Seerah Collections (small, med, large)
 Do it:
– For self
– For others
 Dawah work
– Supporting Dawah teams/ workers, etc.)
In fact, budget for…
 Budget for Money (% of Salary!)

 Plan for Time
 Make a Team
Budget your Time!!!
 Without spending time, books won’t help!!!

 Prepare a time slot for:
– Family reading
– Organize and attend workshops
– Personal Reading (medium size & Big volumes)
 Big volumes in holidays, weekends
And Make a Team…
 Organize family sessions (at least 3 minutes

per day… if not, then an hour per week).
 Family sessions generally are not regular.
Therefore, have parallel programs of males,
females, and children.
 Join dawah teams / organizations and help
yourself by helping them!
And follow-up…
Evaluate Plan
Implement
4. Following the
Prophet pbuh
Following the Prophet pbuh
Following the Prophet is:

 Easy in Non-challenging situations (Relatively)
– The way he slept, he sat, he ate…

 Challenging in Tough Situations of our life:
– Remember 10 stories of Prophet pbuh for 10

such tough situations
– 2 Examples…
Example -1 : How he lived with those who

did not let him go according to his plan…
Battle of Uhud – His plan was to defend and not

go out. But a good number persisted to go out.
Example -1 : How he lived with those who did

not let him go according to his plan…
After so many casualties in Uhud, he never said

anything to them who wanted to go out.
Comments by Allah
ْ ُّ‫ب الَنفَض‬
‫وا ِم ْن‬ ِ ‫ظ ْالقَ ْل‬َ ‫نت فَظًّا َغلِي‬ َ ‫نت لَهُ ْم َولَ ْو ُك‬ َ ِ‫فَبِ َما َرحْ َم ٍة ِّم َن هّللا ِ ل‬
‫ت‬َ ‫اورْ هُ ْم فِي األَ ْم ِر فَإِ َذا َع َز ْم‬ ِ ‫ف َع ْنهُ ْم َوا ْستَ ْغفِرْ لَهُ ْم َو َش‬ ُ ‫ك فَا ْع‬ َ ِ‫َح ْول‬
{159{ ‫ين‬ َ ‫فَتَ َو َّكلْ َعلَى هّللا ِ إِ َّن هّللا َ ي ُِحبُّ ْال ُمتَ َو ِّك ِل‬ 34
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Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that you deal

with them gently, and had you been rough, hard
hearted, they would certainly have dispersed
from around you; pardon them therefore and
ask pardon for them, and take counsel with
them in the affair; so when you have decided,
then place your trust in Allah; surely Allah loves
those who trust. [3:159]
How many times do we follow this example!
Example -2 : How he lived with those who did not

let him go according to his plan…
The captives of Banu Qaynuqaa’ and Abdullah bin

Ubi’s role in releasing the captives.
When it comes to living with “hypocrites”, how do

we interact with them? Give them names?
Insult them? Ask Allah to kill them?
Similarly, do I remember an example from his life:

– When I am angry (how many times I did that last
week?)
– When confronted with false allegations…
– When faced with death or sickness…
–…
Evaluate these aspects in terms of how I did

in the past week!!! Not just keeping them
separate from my real life.
5. Workshops and
Projects
Hold Workshops on Seerah
 Just listening one speech after the other is not

enough!
 Have Learning sessions followed by quizes,
workbooks, activities…
 Prepare proper handouts, statistics, timelines, FAQ
about seerah, one-minute presentation practice on
FAQ, …
In brief, make sure that the audience learns…
Projects on Prophet pbuh
 Time Management model of the Prophet pbuh – in

modern terms. The Most influential person has to
be the best in time management. Why not follow &
promote this model?
 Similarly let us put forward his Human Resources

management model. His disciples ruled the world!
All these should be IN SIMPLEST STYLES (usable by

common man) – not just theories and reports
ppts, flash presentations, …
 Timeline of his life

 Selected Stories of the Prophet
 List of Books (elders and children) along with brief
reviews
 Models of Prophet’s house; Prophet’s mosque,…to show
everyone as to how he lived!
 Maps and atlases (showing the journeys, routes,
ghazawaat, sariyyah, expansion of the Islamic state in
his time, along with statistics…)
ppts, flash presentations, …
Special Presentations on the Prophet pbuh as:

• A Preacher
• A teacher
• A worshipper
• A Zaakir
• A Husband
• A leader
• A Murabbi/Muzakki (Trainer)
In this era of information explosion, almost nothing…

is there on the internet in terms of ppts and flash
presentations on the Prophet pbuh.
Each one, take one!!! Do something on this side.
Sisters can also do a lot.
As an Ummah, we have
 Highly competent in profession, creative in their
plans, aggressive in their growth
 But Extremely ‘poor’, sloppy, sluggish, ‘innocent’,
‘simpletons’ when it comes to Islamic work. Why?
– Perhaps the true answer is ‘We just don’t care!’.
 PLEASE…… LET US DO SOMETHING!
We have seen…
1. His Mission
2. His Rights on us (Our Obligations to
Him, pbuh)
3. Start NOW with Time, Money, Team
4. Following the Prophet pbuh
5. Workshops and Projects
May Allah give us Tawfeeq to fulfill
all the rights of the Prophet pbuh
on us… including
“Helping him in his mission”
in our lives.
But Again! Start planning now!
Yes, NOW!
(or that time may never come)!
‫خيرا‬
ً ‫وجزاكم هللا‬

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The Mission of

Same verses are recited today! Do we care to

Can we even recite the way he recited? (with

He was Mu’allim (teacher). Then who should be

In other words, we are saying: O Prophet

Or is his prophethood was limited to his times

We have two things with us:

ُ‫رآن َو َعلَّ َمه‬

ُ ‫إِنَّ َما بُ ِع ْث‬

The task is huuuuuuuuge. Almost a billion

All of us need get to be ready to do the job.

Convey it To Non-Muslims… Almost 6

ً‫بلِّ ُغوا َعنِّي ولَ ْو آيَة‬

We don’t even understand it ourselves nor do we

Tazkiah is removal of wrong things and infusion

He purified the lives of Sahabah in all aspects; in

We need to know it first (through ahadeeth and

And do it for ourselves and then on others too

Hikmah: Sunnah / Understanding of Shariah

Both of these are in Hadith and Seerah.

We need to know it and teach it as well to

That should be our mission too, if we

So (as for) those who َ ‫فَالَّ ِذ‬

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

 To know the Prophet pbuh, give time, to

ِ ُ‫ين ِمنْ أَ ْنف‬

‫ال يؤمن أحدكم حتى أكون أحب إليه من والده وولده‬

So if we know about him, we can do what he

Therefore start reading books on Seerah and

 Books (BUILD THE LIBRARY …)

 Budget for Money (% of Salary!)

 Without spending time, books won’t help!!!

 Organize family sessions (at least 3 minutes

Following the Prophet is:

– The way he slept, he sat, he ate…

– Remember 10 stories of Prophet pbuh for 10

Example -1 : How he lived with those who

Battle of Uhud – His plan was to defend and not

Example -1 : How he lived with those who did

After so many casualties in Uhud, he never said

Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that you deal

How many times do we follow this example!

Example -2 : How he lived with those who did not

The captives of Banu Qaynuqaa’ and Abdullah bin

When it comes to living with “hypocrites”, how do

Similarly, do I remember an example from his life:

Evaluate these aspects in terms of how I did

 Just listening one speech after the other is not

 Time Management model of the Prophet pbuh – in

 Similarly let us put forward his Human Resources

All these should be IN SIMPLEST STYLES (usable by

 Timeline of his life

Special Presentations on the Prophet pbuh as:

In this era of information explosion, almost nothing…

Each one, take one!!! Do something on this side.

Sisters can also do a lot.

“Helping him in his mission”

(or that time may never come)!

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