The Seerah of Prophet Muhammad صلی الله علیه وآله وسلم Part 1

Page:01The
SEERAH
of
PART I
PROPHET MUHAMMAD
(S.A.W.)
Imam Ibn Kathir
Abridged by:
Muhammad Ali Al-Halabi Al-Athari
Page :02The Birth, the Nursing and the Upbringing of the Prophet
The Prophet was born on a Monday the 2nd, Rabi' Al- Awal, other reports claim he was born either on the 8th or the 10th or the 12th. Az-Zubair Ibn Bakkar said in an isolated account, transmitted by As-Suhaili in his "Raudah", that the Prophet was born in Ramadan.
The Prophet's birth was during the year of the elephant. Accounts differ on whether it was on day 50 or day 58 of the same year, some even said it was 10, 30 or 40 years afterwards. But the soundest account is that he was born in the year of the elephant, as it is transmitted unanimously by Ibrahim Ibn Al-Munzir Al-Huzami, the
1 A Hadith transmitted in the Sahih of Muslim (1162) and others, on the authority of Abu Qatadah that the prophet was asked about fasting on Mondays? He said: "On it (Monday) I was born and on it (Monday) I received the Revelation."
Transmitted by Attirmidhi (3619) of Kais Ibnu Makhrama, it includes Almuttalib Ibnu Abdullah's account, which is accepted in the Isnad's continuity as it is in the approximation. It was also transmitted by Al-Haakim in his Almustadrak (275/2), on the authority of Ibnu Al-'Abbas and in that of Abu Ishak Assabi'i which is unreliable, however, regardless of the latest, the Hadith can be qualified as Hasan, and Allah Only Knows Best.
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