Undergraduate course of Islamic Studies

1. MUHAMMAD PBUH - Birth and Childhood
• At his birth, he was given to his foster
mother, Haleema Sadia
• He was orphaned at 6 years of age.
• He was taken care of by his
grandfather- Abdul Muttalib & uncle-
Abu Talib.
• Always spoke the truth
• Muhammad (PBUH) was born in Mecca on
Monday 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal, in 570 A.d in
the Clan of Quraysh- one of the Most
noble and influential Clans of the time.
• Bahira- A Christian monk, foretold
that adolescent MUHAMMAD of
His Prophet hood and Divine
inspirations to be revealed to Him.

2. MUHAMMAD – Youth and
Marriage
c) MUHAMMAD married Khadija, a
beautiful and honourable widow at
the age of 25 while She was 40 years
of age.
d) MUHAMMAD took other wives after
her for several reasons:
a) Although MUHAMMAD grew up in such a
foul society, both his friends and his
enemies regarded him as the best model
of honeasty and virtue.
i) To take care of the orphans and the
destitute
ii) To nullify caste systems and ignorant
beliefs.
iii) To set slaves free
iv) To form friendly relations

3. MUHAMMAD- Divine
Revelations
• By the age of 40, MUHAMMAD (PBUH )started to seek prayer
and peace of mind in the Mount Hira -
• One day Angel Gabriel appeared before MUHAMMAD
(PBUH )and said ‘‘ RECITE in the name of God’’(95:1-5).
• The Holy Quran was revealed to Muhammad as Divine
inspirations over a period of almost 23 years.

4. Life Before & After
Revelation
Before revelation:
• Muhammad (pbuh) was a merchant.
• He gained a reputation for reliability and
honesty. (Al-sadiq, Al-Amin)
After revelation:
• Spent in striving to spread the word of
Allah.
• Worshipping Allah.
• Helping and guiding all.

5. Life in Makkah
• As Muhammad (pbuh) grew up, to earn his
livelihood he pastured sheep and goats.
• Then he started doing trade work. In that he
showed great honesty and ethics.
• First revelation at the age of forty.
Makki Surahs were revealed.

6. The Start of His Prophetic Mission
a) Coming of Last Prophet was foretold by
previous prophets to their followers
b) At the age of 40, Muhammad (PBUH)
attained the exalted station of messenger
hood
c) It was time to guide the world towards the
message with the call of a person with
qualities and virtues of prophet
d) If he had not been prepared, in the
best possible way, there would
have been none other in he world
capable of conveying the Divine
Mission in all its dimensions

7. The Start of His Prophetic Mission
• The veil of ignorance and silence was
torn apart, the human beings’
energies were set to work
• It brought into operation new and clear
criteria which showed human beings the
goals for which they should strive to
advance and brought about creativity in
their lives
• The power of thoughts within
them was aroused, and their
spirits were borne aloft toward the
infinite submit of being

8. The Start of His Prophetic Mission
• Ali, (r), said: “One day the Holy
Prophet gathered his relatives
and addressed them as follows:
'Children I bring you something
more excellent than anything the
Arabs have ever brought you. I
bring you as a gift the means of
your salvation in this world and
the hereafter, a Divine Command
to which I invite your submission.
Which among you will help me, so
that he will be my brother, my
successor.
• Finally he proclaimed to the entire world
his mission as last of the prophets
• Ali Ibn Abi Talib (r), was the first man to
accept his religion

9. The Start of His Prophetic Mission
• All remained silent but I, who was
younger than all of them, said: 'O
Messenger of God, I will help you!'
Muhammad Sa
then said: “This is my
brother, my successor; listen to these
words and accept them.”

10. The Start of His Prophetic Mission
• Now he arose and swept aside all
those false privileges
• He established new values and
concepts with respect to labor, life
and social relations, in the
framework of a series of rules and
ordinances, and strove to
concentrate all the goals and
thoughts of the human being on a
program for liberating peoples
from slavery, and delivering the
oppressed from the tyranny of
• The Prophet had been born into an
environment where human beings
engaged in empty boasting out of their
short-sightedness and tribal mentality,
where privileges were based on unjust
social conditions and prejudices