The Mission of Muhammad pbuh

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The Mission of Muhammad pbuh Our Lives

• Dr. Abdulazeez Abdulraheem

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Outline

• His Mission
• His Rights on us (Our Obligations to Him, pbuh)
• Start NOW with Time, Money, Team
• Following the Prophet pbuh
• Workshops and Projects

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1. His Mission
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His Mission

• It is He Who has sent amongst the Unlettered a
  messenger from among themselves
• who recites to them His communications and
• purifies them, and
• teaches them the Book and
• the Wisdom,
• although they were before certainly in clear
  error,

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His Mission to recite!

• Same verses are recited today! Do we care to
  understand them as they are recited?
• Can we even recite the way he recited? (with
  tajweed!). Or we cant even read because we just
  dont read it. Dont have time!

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His Mission to teach

• He was Muallim (teacher). Then who should be
  his students? Us!!! Are we not too busy!
• In other words, we are saying O Prophet (pbuh),
  you may be Muallim but we dont have time to be
  your student (to learn Quran)!
• Or is his prophethood was limited to his times
  only (i.e., we dont need to be students)?

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His Mission to teach

• We have two things with us
• Al-Quran - Theory
• Sunnah from the Saheb-e-Quran (The man of
  Al-Quran) Practical Demonstration as to how to
  live according to Al-Quran.

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So our task is Learn it Convey it to a Billion
Muslims

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• The Best of you is the one who learns the Quran
  and teaches it (to others)
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• I am sent as a teacher!

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So our task is Learn it Convey it to a Billion
Muslims

• We have to be a part of his mission!
• The task is huuuuuuuuge. Almost a billion
  Muslims (82 Muslims are non-Arabs) just dont
  understand the Arabic Quran. Translations
  contain the message but they are not Al-Quran.
• All of us need get to be ready to do the job.

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And the Next Task is

• Convey it To Non-Muslims Almost 6 Billions!!!!
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• Convey from me even an Ayah of the Qur'an
  Bukhari.
• We dont even understand it ourselves nor do we
  interact with it daily! How can we convey it to
  others?

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His Mission to do Tazkiah

• Tazkiah Purfication
• Tazkiah is removal of wrong things and infusion
  of right things and that too step by step (like
  a farmer)
• He purified the lives of Sahabah in all aspects
  in their creed, thinking, morals, dealings,

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His Mission to do Tazkiah

• We need to know it first (through ahadeeth and
  Seerah)
• And do it for ourselves and then on others too
  whom we care (with wisdom ).

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His Mission to teach Hikmah

• Hikmah Sunnah / Understanding of Shariah
• Both of these are in Hadith and Seerah.
• We need to know it and teach it as well to others.

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His Tasks

• Dawah to everyone
• Tazkiah of those who accepted him as the Prophet.
• Implementation (of Allahs commandments) in
  individual and collective life.
• That should be our mission too, if we believe in
  him, if we love him, if we really follow him,

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His Rights on us orOur Obligations to Him, pbuh
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His Rights on usOur Obligations to him (pbuh).

• So (as for) those who
• believe in him and
• honor him and
• help him, and
• follow the light which has been sent down with
  him,
• these it is that are the successful.

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To be successful, we need to do all the 4 !!!

• Believe in him (Accept everything that he
  brought)
• Honor him (includes loving him)
• Help him (in his mission)
• Follow the light (Al-Quran) which has been sent
  down with him,

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The 3rd one Help him

• - Wa-nasaroohu (pluralTeamwork!)
• If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
• Helping the Prophet pbuh in his mission can not
  be done by scattered individuals. It has to be a
  team work.
• Example Construction a building! not possible
  without planning, coordination, execution,
  follow-up,
• Helping the Prophet pbuh is a huuuuge task again.
  Cant be done while each one of us sits in his
  home.

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3. Start now with time, money, team
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So Start with Time

• To know the Prophet pbuh, give time, to read, to
  listen
• Example To Love the Prophet pbuh
• Impossible to love someone without knowing him
  ENOUGH.

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Example Loving the Prophet pbuh

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• The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their
  own selves 336.
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• No one of you becomes a true believer until I
  become more beloved to him than his father, his
  children, and all the people

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Example Loving the Prophet pbuh

• Allah knew the love of the Prophet pbuh on his
  Ummah and that is why He asked us to love him.
• The Prophet pbuh was more kind to us than we are
  to ourselves
• Our selves (nafoos) call us toward fire, and he
  pbuh called us towards Jannah. He showed us the
  path to salvation

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Example Loving the Prophet pbuh

• The Prophet pbuh said
• My example is like the example of a person who
  kindled fire. When it lighted, moths and insects
  around it started falling into the fire. The man
  tried (his best) to prevent them, (from falling
  into the fire)

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Example Loving the Prophet pbuh

• When he was alive, he carried the burdens of this
  Ummah while the Ummah enjoyed the life
• He said
• if a true believer dies and leaves behind some
  property, it will be for his inheritors (from the
  fathers side), and if he leaves behind some debt
  to be paid or needy offspring, then they should
  come to me as I am the guardian of the deceased.
  

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Example Loving the Prophet pbuh

• His continuous sacrifice has a direct link to
  me being a Muslim.
• He reserved a special accepted prayer for the
  Ummah, for us, on the day of judgment.
• So if we know about him, we can do what he wanted
  us to do.
• Therefore start reading books on Seerah and
  Ahadeeth!

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Budget for..

• Books (BUILD THE LIBRARY )
• Quran learning
• Hadith collections
• Seerah Collections (small, med, large)
• Do it
• For self
• For others
• Dawah work
• Supporting Dawah teams/ workers, etc.)

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In fact, budget for

• Budget for Money ( of Salary!)
• Plan for Time
• Make a Team

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Budget your Time!!!

• Without spending time, books wont help!!!
• Prepare a time slot for
• Family reading
• Organize and attend workshops
• Personal Reading (medium size Big volumes)
• Big volumes in holidays, weekends

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And Make a Team

• Organize family sessions (at least 3 minutes per
  day if not, then an hour per week).
• Family sessions generally are not regular.
  Therefore, have parallel programs of males,
  females, and children.
• Join dawah teams / organizations and help
  yourself by helping them!

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And follow-up
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4. Following the Prophet pbuh
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Following the Prophet pbuh

• Following the Prophet is
• Easy in Non-challenging situations (Relatively)
• The way he slept, he sat, he ate
• Challenging in Tough Situations of our life
• Remember 10 stories of Prophet pbuh for 10 such
  tough situations
• 2 Examples

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Following the Prophet pbuh

• Example -1 How he lived with those who did not
  let him go according to his plan
• Battle of Uhud His plan was to defend and not
  go out. But a good number persisted to go out.

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Following the Prophet pbuh

• Example -1 How he lived with those who did not
  let him go according to his plan
• After so many casualties in Uhud, he never said
  anything to them who wanted to go out.
• Comments by Allah
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Following the Prophet pbuh

• Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that you deal
  with them gently, and had you been rough, hard
  hearted, they would certainly have dispersed from
  around you pardon them therefore and ask pardon
  for them, and take counsel with them in the
  affair so when you have decided, then place your
  trust in Allah surely Allah loves those who
  trust. 3159
• How many times do we follow this example!

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Following the Prophet pbuh

• Example -2 How he lived with those who did not
  let him go according to his plan
• The captives of Banu Qaynuqaa and Abdullah bin
  Ubis role in releasing the captives.
• When it comes to living with hypocrites, how do
  we interact with them? Give them names? Insult
  them? Ask Allah to kill them?

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Following the Prophet pbuh

• Similarly, do I remember an example from his
  life
• When I am angry (how many times I did that last
  week?)
• When confronted with false allegations
• When faced with death or sickness
• Evaluate these aspects in terms of how I did in
  the past week!!! Not just keeping them separate
  from my real life.

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5. Workshops and Projects
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Hold Workshops on Seerah

• Just listening one speech after the other is not
  enough!
• Have Learning sessions followed by quizes,
  workbooks, activities
• Prepare proper handouts, statistics, timelines,
  FAQ about seerah, one-minute presentation
  practice on FAQ,
• In brief, make sure that the audience learns

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Projects on Prophet pbuh

• Time Management model of the Prophet pbuh in
  modern terms. The Most influential person has to
  be the best in time management. Why not follow
  promote this model?
• Similarly let us put forward his Human Resources
  management model. His disciples ruled the world!
• All these should be IN SIMPLEST STYLES (usable by
  common man) not just theories and reports

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ppts, flash presentations,

• Timeline of his life
• Selected Stories of the Prophet
• List of Books (elders and children) along with
  brief reviews
• Models of Prophets house Prophets mosque,to
  show everyone as to how he lived!
• Maps and atlases (showing the journeys, routes,
  ghazawaat, sariyyah, expansion of the Islamic
  state in his time, along with statistics)

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ppts, flash presentations,

• Special Presentations on the Prophet pbuh as
• A Preacher
• A teacher
• A worshipper
• A Zaakir
• A Husband
• A leader
• A Murabbi/Muzakki (Trainer)

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Projects on Prophet pbuh

• In this era of information explosion, almost
  nothing is there on the internet in terms of
  ppts and flash presentations on the Prophet pbuh.
  
• Each one, take one!!! Do something on this side.
• Sisters can also do a lot.

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Projects on Prophet pbuh

• As an Ummah, we have
• Highly competent in profession, creative in their
  plans, aggressive in their growth
• But Extremely poor, sloppy, sluggish,
  innocent, simpletons when it comes to Islamic
  work. Why?
• Perhaps the true answer is We just dont care!.
• PLEASE LET US DO SOMETHING!

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We have seen

• His Mission
• His Rights on us (Our Obligations to Him, pbuh)
• Start NOW with Time, Money, Team
• Following the Prophet pbuh
• Workshops and Projects

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May Allah give us Tawfeeq to fulfill all the
rights of the Prophet pbuh on us including
Helping him in his missionin our lives.
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But Again! Start planning now! Yes, NOW! (or
that time may never come)! ?????? ???? ?????