Hadith of the Seerah

أَوَّلُ مَا بُدِئَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ الْوَحْيِ الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ فِي النَّوْمِ... ثُمَّ حُبِّبَ إِلَيْهِ الْخَلَاءُ، وَكَانَ يَخْلُو بِغَارِ حِرَاءٍ، فَجَاءَهُ الْمَلَكُ فَقَالَ: اقْرَأْ، قَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِقَارِئٍ

The first of revelation that came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was true dreams in sleep… Then solitude was made dear to him, and he would withdraw to the cave of Hira. The angel came to him and said: "Read!" He said: "I am not one who reads."

فَتَرَ الْوَحْيُ فَتْرَةً، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، فَرَفَعْتُ بَصَرِي فَإِذَا الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي جَاءَنِي بِحِرَاءٍ... فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ

The revelation paused for a while. While I was walking I heard a voice from the sky, and there was the angel who had come to me at Hira… Then Allah revealed: "O you who are wrapped up! Arise and warn."

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ، صَعِدَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الصَّفَا فَجَعَلَ يُنَادِي: يَا بَنِي فِهْرٍ، يَا بَنِي عَدِيٍّ... أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ خَيْلًا بِالْوَادِي تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُغِيرَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَكُنْتُمْ مُصَدِّقِيَّ؟

When "And warn your nearest kinsfolk" was revealed, the Prophet ﷺ climbed as-Safa and called out: "O Banu Fihr! O Banu ʿAdiy!" … "If I told you that cavalry in the valley meant to attack you, would you believe me?" They said: "Yes, we have never known you to lie."

شَكَوْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُتَوَسِّدٌ بُرْدَةً لَهُ فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ... فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ لَيُتِمَّنَّ اللَّهُ هَذَا الأَمْرَ حَتَّى يَسِيرَ الرَّاكِبُ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ إِلَى حَضْرَمَوْتَ لَا يَخَافُ إِلَّا اللَّهَ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

We complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was reclining on his cloak in the shade of the Kaʿbah… He said: "By Allah, Allah will complete this matter until a rider travels from Sanʿaʾ to Hadramawt fearing none but Allah — but you are being hasty."

لَمْ أَعْقِلْ أَبَوَيَّ قَطُّ إِلَّا وَهُمَا يَدِينَانِ الدِّينَ، وَلَمْ يَمُرَّ عَلَيْنَا يَوْمٌ إِلَّا يَأْتِينَا فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ، بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيَّةً

I never remembered my parents believing in any religion other than the true religion (Islam), and not a day passed without the Messenger of Allah ﷺ visiting us at both ends of the day, morning and evening.

بَيْنَمَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي فِي حِجْرِ الْكَعْبَةِ، إِذْ جَاءَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ، فَوَضَعَ ثَوْبَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ فَخَنَقَهُ خَنْقًا شَدِيدًا، فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَتَّى دَفَعَهُ عَنْهُ

While the Prophet ﷺ was praying in the Hijr of the Kaʿbah, ʿUqba ibn Abi Muʿayt came and put his garment around the Prophet's ﷺ neck and throttled him violently, until Abu Bakr ؓ came and pushed him away.

مَا زِلْنَا أَعِزَّةً مُنْذُ أَسْلَمَ عُمَرُ

We have remained mighty (honoured and strong) ever since ʿUmar embraced Islam.

أَنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُرِيَهُمْ آيَةً، فَأَرَاهُمُ انْشِقَاقَ الْقَمَرِ

The people of Makkah asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to show them a sign, so he showed them the splitting of the moon (into two parts).

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ مَاتَ النَّجَاشِيُّ: مَاتَ الْيَوْمَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ، فَقُومُوا فَصَلُّوا عَلَى أَخِيكُمْ أَصْحَمَةَ

When the Najashi died, the Prophet ﷺ said: "A righteous man has died today; so stand up and pray for your brother Ashama."

أَتَى جِبْرِيلُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هَذِهِ خَدِيجَةُ قَدْ أَتَتْ... فَاقْرَأْ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامَ مِنْ رَبِّهَا وَمِنِّي، وَبَشِّرْهَا بِبَيْتٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ قَصَبٍ، لَا صَخَبَ فِيهِ وَلَا نَصَبَ

Jibril came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah, this is Khadijah who has come… Convey to her the greeting of peace from her Lord and from me, and give her the glad tidings of a house in Paradise of reeds, wherein there is no clamour and no toil."

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَبِي طَالِبٍ: يَا عَمِّ، قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ كَلِمَةً أُحَاجُّ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ... فَكَانَ آخِرَ مَا قَالَ: هُوَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ

The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu Talib: "O uncle, say: there is no god but Allah — a word by which I may plead for you before Allah." … But the last thing he said was: "He is upon the religion of ʿAbd al-Muttalib."

قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: هَلْ أَتَى عَلَيْكَ يَوْمٌ كَانَ أَشَدَّ مِنْ يَوْمِ أُحُدٍ؟ قَالَ: لَقَدْ لَقِيتُ مِنْ قَوْمِكِ... وَكَانَ أَشَدَّ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْعَقَبَةِ... فَنَادَانِي مَلَكُ الْجِبَالِ فَقَالَ: إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أُطْبِقَ عَلَيْهِمُ الأَخْشَبَيْنِ

ʿAisha asked: "Has a day come upon you harder than the day of Uhud?" He said: "I suffered much from your people… and the worst I suffered from them was the day of al-ʿAqaba [at at-Taʾif]… Then the Angel of the Mountains called me and said: If you wish, I will crush them between the two mountains."

بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ... وَأَنْ لَا نُنَازِعَ الأَمْرَ أَهْلَهُ، وَأَنْ نَقُولَ بِالْحَقِّ أَيْنَمَا كُنَّا، لَا نَخَافُ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ

We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to hear and obey… and not to dispute the authority of its people, and to speak the truth wherever we were, fearing no blame for the sake of Allah.

ثُمَّ فُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ الصَّلَاةُ خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً... فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَرْجِعُ بَيْنَ رَبِّي وَبَيْنَ مُوسَى حَتَّى قَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهُنَّ خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ، لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ عَشْرٌ، فَذَلِكَ خَمْسُونَ صَلَاةً

Then fifty prayers were enjoined upon me… I kept going back between my Lord and Musa until He said: "O Muhammad, they are five prayers each day and night, and for every prayer is ten, so that is fifty prayers."