The Early Childhood of the Prophet Muhammed

1. SEERAH OF THE
PROPHET(SWS)
Slides based on Seerah Series done
by Yasir
Qadhi
SLIDE#: SL7.1
TOPIC: The Early Childhood of Prophet Muhammed

2. PART I
(00:00 – 12:05)

3. • Early childhood of the Prophet(sws)
• We have very little information about the
Prophet in his early years
• The first 40 years, there are limited number of
incidents recorded
• Anything we needed to know we believe that
Allah would have recorded that
• Amina gave him to be raised in the dessert
• This was the custom of the elite/nobility of the
Quraish
• It was a status symbol

4. • Why did they send their children to be raised in the
desert?
– 1. They wanted the child to be raised in a pure and
healthy environment. The infant mortality was extremely
high. They would take them away from civilizations.
– 2. They wanted to build stamina in the child and make
them adjusted to a rough life. This would help them get
accustomed to the hardships of Makkah. The hardships
of Makkah then seem like luxury.
– 3. Growing up in the dessert away from the parents and
family, the child is not pampered. To raise the child in a
disciplined environment.
– 4. The tribes that would take care of children they were
known for their fluency in Arabic.

5. • The Prophet was the dua of the Prophet
Ibrahim(a) that was made when Ibrahim(a) made
the Kaba for the first time
• He is the glad news that Isa(a) referred to his
people
• Halima  the foster mother of the
Prophet(sws)
• She said she and her husband said that they were
suffering from poverty
• Halima had a baby but she needed money so she
convinced her husband to go and get a baby to
foster

6. • The mother would chose who they wanted to
take care of their kid
• Halima had an older daughter as well, around 7
years old. Her name was Shaima

7. Questions
1. Why did the Quraish send their children to be
raised in the desert? (4 reasons)
2. Who was the foster mother of the Prophet?
3. Why did his foster mother want to take care of
him?
4. How many kids did Halima have and what was
her older daughter’s name?

8. PART II
(12:06 – 21:56)

9. • It was known that the Prophet was the orphan
child so this deterred many of the women from
going to the house of Amina because they felt
they wouldn’t get paid as much
• Halima also went but moved on to try to find
another baby
• By the end of the gathering, Halima was the
only one w/o a baby
• Her husband said “Why don’t you take the
orphan child. Maybe Allah will bless us through
him.”

10. • As soon as they took him in, the miracles started
right away
• The goats started giving milk that it wouldn’t give
before
• The foster care custom was to take care of the child
1-2 years
• They would come back only to show the mother
the child
• During these 2 years, Halima saw so many blessings
in her home that she didn’t want to get rid of him
to her
• Halima gave so many excuses to keep him that
Amina allowed to extend the contract

11. • The opening of the heart occurred while with
Halima
• Jibrael came to the Prophet as a child when he
was 4 years old
• Other kids ran away but him
• Jibrael overpowered him, forced him on the
ground, and opened up his chest and took his
heart out and took out a black slither from the
heart and threw it out. That was Shaitans
portion he had in him.
• Shaitan pricks every baby as soon as it comes
out of the womb.

12. • The Prophet said this is why babies cry out of
the womb.
• Some type of element is put into the baby by
Shaitan. Allah creates babies pure.
• Shaitan doesn’t control us.
• Nobody can blame Shaitan – he does not force
• He calls, but people chooses to respond or not
• Every child that is born, Iblis assigns a kareen to
that person that are w/ us all the time
• The job of the kareen is to whisper bad things

13. Questions
1. Why didn’t the women want to take the Prophet
into their foster care?
2. How did Halima end up with the Prophet(sws)?
3. Why didn’t Halima want to give him back to his
mother?
4. What did Jibrael do to the Prophet when he was 4
years old?
5. Why do babies cry out of the womb?
6. What is the job of a kareen?

14. The complete lecture can be found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R81PW40t-
dk&list=PLAEA99D24CA2F9A8F&index=7