Seerah

When the disbelievers observed that day-by-day, more and more people were entering into the fold of Islam, and Islam and the Muslims were getting stronger, they unanimously resolved to increase their persecution of the Muslims. They began to torture the Muslims and mercilessly beat them. They also imprisoned them and …

When the Quraish saw that Islam was progressing day by day, they assembled before Waleed bin Mugheerah, who was one of their seniors and elders. Waleed addressed them and said, “The Haj season has almost arrived, in which people will soon come to you from different lands. They have heard …

When the Quraish lost hope in Abu Taalib supporting them, they began to show open opposition and enmity for the Muslims. They started inflicting different punishments on the weak and vulnerable Muslims of the various tribes. Abu Taalib then called on the Banu Haashim and Banu Muttalib to support and …

When the Quraish noticed that Abu Taalib was determined to assist and protect Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), they consulted each other for a third time. They then came to Abu Taalib and said, “Umaarah bin Waleed is an extremely handsome, intelligent and understanding youngster of the Quraish. Take him and …

  In the beginning of Islam, when Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) began inviting people to Islam individually, the Quraish did not interfere with him nor oppose him. However, when he began to invite to Islam openly, began to speak ill of idol worship and began to prevent people from engaging …

When Allah Ta‘ala commanded Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) to openly invite the people to Islam, Allah Ta‘ala also commanded him to invite his own family to Islam. For this purpose, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) prepared a meal and invited his family to his home with the intention of inviting them …

In the beginning of Islam, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) would not invite people openly to Islam, as he feared the harm and persecution of the kuffaar. He would invite in secret those people in whom he anticipated that they would accept his invitation and embrace Islam. At that time, the …

Hazrat Khaalid bin Sa’eed bin Aas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was among the first people to embrace Islam. Below is the incident of how Hazrat Khaalid bin Sa’eed (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) embraced Islam: Before embracing Islam, Hazrat Khaalid (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) dreamt that he was standing at the edge of a pit filled with …

Hazrat Hamzah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), the paternal uncle of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), was among the first forty Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) to embrace Islam. Below is the incident of how he embraced Islam: One day, Abu Jahl happened to pass by Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) at Mt Safaa. On seeing Rasulullah …

Hazrat Amr bin Abasah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) had brought imaan in the early days of Islam. He had come to Makkah Mukarramah to embrace Islam at the hands of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) at the time when the kuffaar of the Quraish were persecuting the Muslims. Some narrations mention that he …