Part 'B' 596-611 AD..(15yrs.) After marriage and before Risalat (age 25 to 40 yrs.)
When he attained the age of 25 years, he traveled once more to Syria for the business of a noble and rich Quraishi twice widowed issue less lady named Hz. Khadijah RA; who proposed to marry him under the influence of his abilityto protect her commercial interests.Some time around 596 C.E., the Holy Prophet married, the forty years old Khadija and shifted to her house which was not much distant from the house of Abu Talib and the two families often visited each other.
1. Marriage with an elderly lady
When he attained the age of 25 years, he traveled once more to Syria for the business of a noble and rich Quraishi twice widowed issue less lady named Hz. Khadijah RA; who proposed to marry him under the influence of his abilityto protect her commercial interests.Some time around 596 C.E., the Holy Prophet married, the forty years old Khadija and shifted to her house which was not much distant from the house of Abu Talib and the two families often visited each other.
2. Family life
His uncle, Abu Talib, had fallen into distress through his endeavors to maintain the old position of his family. Hz. Muhammad SAS, and Hz. Khadijah,RA., undertook the bringing up and education of his son Ali. A year later he adopted Akil, another of his uncle's sons. Hz.Khadijah RA. bore Hz. Muhammad SAS. two sons and four daughters. All the males died in childhood, but in loving Ali he found much consolation.
3. Zaid bin Haritha
About this time Hz.Muhammad SAS. set a good example of kindness, which created a salutary effect upon his people. His wife Hz.Khadijah RA. had made him a present of a young slave named Zaid Ibn Haritha, who had been brought as a captive to Mecca and sold to Hz. Khadijah RA. When Haritha heard that Hz. Muhammad SAS. possessed Zaid, he came to Mecca and offered a large sum for his ransom. Whereupon Hz. Muhammad SAS. said: "Let Zaid come here, and if he chooses to go with you, take him without ransom; but if it be his choice to stay with me, why should I not keep him?" Zaid, being brought into Hz.Muhammad SAS's presence, declared that he would stay with his master, who treated him as if he were his only son. Hz.Muhammad SAS. no sooner heard this than he took Zaid by the hand and led him to the black stone of Kaba, where he publicly adopted him as his son, to which the father acquiesced and returned home well satisfied.
4. 610 AD Feeling pity and sorrow
From youth to manhood he led an almost solitary life. In his tender heart, the scenes of social misery and religious degradation of the Quraish, the lawlessness rife among the Meccans, the sudden outbursts of causeless and bloody quarrels among the tribes frequenting the Fair of Okadh (the Arabian Olympia), and the immorality and skepticism caused feelings of pity and sorrow.
5. At the age of 40
Hz. Muhammad صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم was now approaching his fortieth year, and his mind was ever engaged in profound contemplation and reflection. Before him lay his country, bleeding and torn by fratricidal wars and intolerable dissensions; his people, sunk in barbarism, addicted to the observation of rites and superstitions, were, with all their desert virtues, lawless and cruel rival creeds and sects tearing each other to pieces, carrying their hatred to the valleys and deserts of Hijaz, and rending the townships of Arabia with their quarrels and bitterness.
6. The signs of being chosen as a Prophet
Of late Muhammad (Peace be upon him) used to have some indications of the things to come before hand. He had frequent dreams, in some of which he either saw himself flying to the heavens in the great void of space, or the stars bow to him, or that he heard the trees, the rocks and the other inanimate objects calling to him. In some dreams he saw himself standing at the summit of a mountain, and calling to the people assembled below in the valley. These dreams foretelling of some great things to come motivated Muhammad (Peace be upon him) to contemplate and meditate
7. In the cave Hira
Hz. Muhammad صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم had been accustomed for years, to secluding himself in a cave in Mount Hira, a few miles from Mecca where he used to spend long hours, absorbed in thoughts. To this cave he used to go for prayer. There, he often spent three days and whole nights in deep thought and profound communion with the Unseen yet All-Knowing Allah of the Universe. He would, whenever he wished, return to his family at Mecca and then go back again, taking with him the necessities of life. Thus he continued to return to Hz. Khadijah from time to time.رضي الله عنها Ali used to bring food for him when this stay extended to a long time. Ali also kept watch on the cave and patrolled the neighborhood.
8. 610 AD First Revelation
It was during one of the solitary retirements in the cave Hira in the still hours of the night, on 16th of August, 610 AD. on 17th Ramadan at the age of 40 yrs. six months and eight days, when no human sympathy was near, that an angel came to him to tell him that he was the Messenger of Allah sent to reclaim a fallen people to the knowledge and service of their Lord. The Angel conveyed him the tidings that Allah had chosen him as His Messenger, and he was to convey to the people the message of Islam.
9. Hz.Gebriel عليه السلام tought
The Angel Gabriel (Jibrael)عليه السلام appeared to him and said: "Read!" But he said to the angel: "I am not a reader." The angel took hold of him and squeezed him as much as he could bear, and then said again: "Read!" The Prophet said: "I am not a reader." The Angel again seized the Prophet and squeezed him and said: "Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), has created man from something that clings. Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, Who has taught (the writing) by the pen, has taught man that which he knew not. Surah 96: 1-5. Then the Prophet repeated the words with a trembling heart.
10. The prophet صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم astonished
That was a novel sensation. The Prophet صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم returned to Khadijah from Mount Hira and said: "Wrap me up! Wrap me up! "Khadija comforted him. She wrapped him in a garment until his fear was dispelled. He told Khadijah what had occurred and that he was becoming either a soothsayer or one smitten with madness. She replied: "Allah forbid! He will surely not let such a thing happen, for you speak the truth, you are faithful in trust, you bear the afflictions of the people, you spend in good works what you gain in trade, you are hospitable and you assist your fellow men. Have you seen anything terrible?" “Yes," he replied and told her what he had seen. Whereupon, Khadijah said: "Rejoice, 0 dear husband and be cheerful. He in Whose hands stands Khadijah's life bears witness to the truth of this fact, that you will be the prophet to this people."
11. Warqa bin Nufal clarifies
Hz. Khadija went to her cousin Waraqa Ibn Naufal, who was old and blind and who knew the Scriptures of the Jews and the Christians, and is stated to have translated them into Arabic. When she told him of what she had heard, he cried out: "Holy! Holy! Verily, this is the Namus (The Holy Spirit) who came to Moses. He will be the prophet of his people. Tell him this and bid him brave of heart."
12. The Prophet was worried
When Khadija told Muhammad صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم (Peace be upon him) what Waraqa had said, Muhammad (Peace be upon him) observed that the burden of prophet hood would be too heavy for him to bear, and he did not know who would accept conversion to the new faith at his hand. Khadija consoled him and said that the Almighty who had chosen him as His Messenger would Himself guide him in fulfilling His mission.
13. First to adopt new faith
Hz.Khadija رضي الله عنها offered herself as the first person to owe allegiance to the Prophet صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم as the prophet of God. When Ali كرم الله وجه came to know of the conversion of Khadijaرضي الله عنها he hastened to offer his allegiance to the Holy Prophet. Ali was the first among the youth to be converted to Islam. Indeed he had been longing for the day when the call from the Almighty would come and when the call came he was so much overwhelmed with joy. After Hz. Ali كرم الله وجه KAW, Hz. Zaid,رضى الله عنه the servant and so called son, became a convert to the new faith.
14. Delay in further revelation
The first vision was followed by a considerable period, during which The Prophet suffered much mental depression. The angel spoke to the grieved heart of hope and trust and of the bright future when he would see the people of the earth crowding into the one true faith. His destiny was unfolded to him when, wrapped in profound meditation, melancholy and sad, he felt himself called by a voice from heaven to arise and preach.
15. Preaching of Islam begins
He arose and engaged himself in the work to which he was called. At the beginning of his mission, the Prophet confided only to those who were attached to him and tried to free them from the gross practices of their forefathers. The Prophet used often to go into the desert around Mecca with his wife and young cousin that they might together offer their heart-felt thanks to the Lord of all nations for His manifold blessings.
16. The revelation (Wahi)
A person who is not clear in his mind about the meaning of revelation may confuse, a thought of mind or a dream with this. Had it been like it, there were so many person who were bent upon to make the fellow idolaters disbelieve the holy Prophet صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم. Those who were witness of the revelation in their presence new that when the Prophet Jibrael عليه السلام came to reveal the massage of Allah and as soon as he conveyed it to the holy Prophet صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم the body of the holy Prophet became so heavy that its weight became very difficult to bear even by the camel on which he rode or by a person on whose leap he might be lying. When he repeated the words for a companion to write, the voice was so heavy and different of his normal sweet voice that it was very difficult to understand. The holy Prophet صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم initially used to utter the words repeatedly and tried to memorize them. But later Allah sent a Wahi asking the holy Prophet صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم not to strain himself as his Rab has taken it on Himself to let you remember and compile the Quran.
17. 605 AD Rebulding of Kaaba
When Hz.Muhammad صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم reached thirty-five years, he settled by his judgment a grave dispute which threatened to plunge the whole of Arabia into a fresh series of her oft-recurring wars. In rebuilding the Sacred House of the Ka'ba in A.D. 605, the question arose as to who should have the honor of raising the black stone, the most holy relic of that House, into its proper place. Each tribe claimed that honor.
18. Proposed solution
The senior citizen advised the disputants to accept for their arbitrator the first man to enter from a certain gate. The proposal was agreed upon, and the first man who entered the gate was Hz. Muhammad "Al-Ameen." صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم
19. Decesion of Al ameen
He decided that the Holy Stone should be placed in a mantle, and this mantle should be upheld by a representative of each section of the Quraish. His advice satisfied all the contending parties. The stone was carried in this way to the place where it was to be fixed in the wall. There the Holy Prophet lifted the stone from the mantle and fixed it at the appropriate place in the wall. The stone was thus deposited in its place, and the rebuilding of the House was completed without further interruption.
20. 570 AD Attempt to convert Hijaz into Romen territory
About this time, a certain Uthman, Ibn Huwairith, supported by Byzantine gold, made an attempt to convert the territory of Hijaz into a Roman dependency, but the attempt failed, chiefly through the instrumentality of Hz.Muhammad صل الله عليه و على الهى و سلم . He was ever helpful to the needy and the helpless.
