The First Revelation

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In the Cave of Hira

Surat Al-Alaq
1 Recite, in the name of your Lord who created. Created man from a
blood clot. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous. Who taught
by the pen taught man that which he knew not (96:1-5)
The Second Revelation

Surat Al-Qalam
1 Noon. By the pen and what they inscribe, you are not, [O
Muhammad], by the favor of our Lord, a madman. And indeed, for
you is a reward uninterrupted. And indeed, you are of a great moral
character (68:1-4)
The Third Revelation

Surat Al-Muzzammil
O you who wraps himself [in clothing], arise [to pray] the night, except for a
little half of it or subtract from it a little or add to it, and recite the Quran
with measured recitation. Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word. Indeed,
the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue]
and more suitable for words. Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation
(73:1-7)
The Fourth Revelation

Surat Al-Muddaththir
O you who covers himself [with a garment], arise and warn and your Lord
glorify. And your clothing purify and uncleanliness avoid. And do not confer favor
to acquire more. But for your Lord be patient (74:1-7)
Ibn Qayyim categorizes dawah into 5 different phases

An-Nabua
Muhammad receives Prophethood. He is allowed time to internalize it to become
one with it
The Prophet shares the divine message with people who are immediately around
him & close to him
This phase lasts 3 years, in Makkah
Muhammad warns close tribespeople Banu Hashem
He was now openly preaching to Banu Hashem & Quraysh at some level
The Prophet was told by Allah to not retaliate & to not respond with aggression if
he faces opposition from others
This phase continues for 10 years until year of hijra
The Prophet preaches to his people the ahlu Makkah & Quraysh
In this phase, the Prophet is permitted to respond with similar aggression to his
enemies
This phase lasted until the Treaty of Hudaybiya after migration

The Prophet preaches to the entire Arab region

During the mid-Makkan era, Arabs outside of Makkah were more stubborn than
the people of Quraysh. Most of the Quraysh were in opposition to the Prophet &
had accepted Islam much later, during the Conquest of Makkah
This phase lasts to the end of the Prophets life
The 5th phase was what the Ummah carried out after Prophets death
The first generation of the Sahaba were committed to spreading Islam to the four
corners of the world
One of the Sahabi traveled all throughout North Africa until he reached the
ocean. He walked his horse to the ocean until the water reached his chest, & he
said, O Allah, Ive come as far as I can. I cannot see anything beyond here. If
there was something beyond, then I would explore it and carry Your message to
them
Khadijah (ra) was the first person (after the Prophet) to accept Islam Mother
of the Believers
Ibn Ishaq described Khadijah quite eloquently: She testified to all the truth that
the Prophet came with from Allah. She was the Prophets aid & minister in his
teaching of the Message. She was the first one to believe in Allah & the Prophet.
Allah lightened the load that Prophethood had on Muhammad by the means of
Khadijah
1 Every single time the Prophet heard something that he didnt like,
every time his message was rejected, every time he was called a liar,
the Prophet would get distressed. Allah would remove that distress
from the heart of the Prophet by the means of Khadijah
2 When the Prophet would go back home to her after a long hard day
of preaching & dealing with all the hate thrown his way, Khadijah
would strengthen him. She would lighten the load from him & she
would remind him that he was speaking the truth
The Prophet said, Ive been commanded by Allah to congratulate Khadijah of a
home in Paradise that is a palace carved out a single pearl. There will be no noise,
or hardship there.
1 Qasab pearl, or any type of hollow stone thats carved out to be
used as jewelry
2 Shaykh Abdul: So we see that even Allah is telling the Prophet
(saw) to congratulate Khadijah of a little bling bling. Its good to
give it to your wives, alright? SUNNAH.
Think of what Khadijah was dealing with she was the wife of the Prophet. The
Prophet had so much worry, stress, pain to deal with for his life mission
1 Khadijah helped the Prophet to deal with all of the negatives of this
world
Jibril said to Muhammad: Allah sends His salaams to Khadijah
1 Imagine getting salaams from your Creator, from God Himself
Now that Khadijah accepted Islam, she helped the Prophet cope with all the
difficulty that came with his Prophethood & help him manage the situation
After receiving Nabua, the Prophet was told immediately to start praying to Allah

 The 5 daily prayers were established during the Night Journey (Al-Isra wa AlMiraj), but salah existed from the very beginning of Prophethood

Early salah was twice a day, once in the morning, & once in the evening. Scholars
disagree whether these prayers were fard (obligatory); Allahu alim
The Prophet also prayed consistently during the night (in 2 rakat)
Jibril (as) took the Prophet behind Mount Safaa & as a miracle, Jibril caused
(by the command of Allah) for a spring of Zamzam water to come up
This way it gave the Prophet some privacy & away from the eyes & harm of the
public when hes making wudu. Right now, the preaching was not public
Jibril showed Prophet how to make wudu from the water of Zamzam ritual
purification
Shaykh Abdul: Whats the English word for wudu?
Someone answers, Ablution.
Shaykh Abdul: Yeah, when have you ever used that word in common
conversation? Exactly. So ritual purification is what were gonna call it, okay?
Not ablution. Im abluting right now. [laughs] I dont even know how to use it as
a verb. Anyway, I saw something funny the other day. Someone posted on
Twitter, Words that you learn in the English language only because of Islamic
studies. Ablution is one of them.
Then Jibril showed the Prophet how to pray 4 rakat & 2 rakat
Allah had now given the Prophet something he absolutely loved salah. Allah
had given his beloved Messenger peace & tranquility in the form of salah
The Prophet returned home, & took his beloved Khadijah by the hand & brought
her to the same spring
The Prophet then again made wudu the way Jibril had taught him, and then the
Prophet taught her to make wudu. The couple then prayed 2 rakaat
From that day on, husband & wife used to pray together in the peace & privacy of
their home
Some narrations say Abu Bakr was first to accept Islam. Others say it was Ali,
others say it was Khadijah
The first one to accept Islam from the women was Khadijah
The first one to accept Islam from the children was Ali (the Prophets cousin)
The first one to accept Islam from the slaves (which was an entire & considerably
huge demographic at the time) was Zayd bin Harithah
The first one to accept Islam from the men was Abu Bakr
Generally speaking, Abu Bakr is most likely the 4th person to accept Islam
There are 2 explanations as to why Abu Bakr is sometimes referred to as the 1st
person to convert to Islam

Its because Abu Bakr the first one outside of the Prophets home to accept Islam
the first three was Khadijah, Zayd, & Ali
Another reason is that Abu Bakr is a man, thus has a higher status over women &

children, who were not seen as real contributing members of society

Therefore, many historical narrations refer to Abu Bakr as the 1st one to accept
Islam
Ali bin Abu Talib is the 2nd person to accept Islam

Ali & the Prophet are paternal cousins, but because of at least a 30-year-age
difference between them, the relationship was more like that of an uncle &
nephew
Sometime before Muhammad receives Prophethood, there were some harsh &
economic times going on in Makkah
Abu Talib, the uncle who raised Muhammad, was a simple man by nature. He
lived simply, & even though he was a leader of his tribe, he had limited means.
Even when he passed away, he left absolutely nothing
When the Prophet moved out of his uncles home, established his living as a
businessman, & built his home with Khadijah, he was still cognizant his uncles
situation
Muhammad went to another uncle of his, Abbas (ra), & suggested that they help
out Abu Talib since he (Abu Talib) has very young children
Abbas agrees, & they both then go to Abu Talib & offer their help
Abu Talibs son, Jaafar (ra), who would later become a great shahid of Islam, is
taken under the care of Abbas
Ali is taken under the care of Prophet, who raised him
In classical books of Seerah, Ali was 10 years old during First Revelation, other
narrations say he was 7
How Ali was introduced to Islam
One day at home, the Prophet was praying salah with Khadijah. Ali, a child, sees
them praying, & says to Prophet, Dear Muhammad, bhai jaan, whats this? What
are you doing?
The Prophet replies, This is the religion of Allah that Allah has chosen for
Himself. HE sends His messengers with this deen. So I call you to Allah alone.
Son, there are no partners to Allah. I call you to only worship Allah. The idols that
you see being worshiped, this religion calls for you to denounce these idols.
Ali sticks to family values & says, I cant really decide right now. I have to talk to
my dad about it.
The Prophet didnt advocate hiding things from your parents, but taking the
entire situation into consideration, told Ali, The time is not right to talk about
Islam to every one about it. Allah hasnt given me the time yet. Ya Ali, even if you
dont believe, keep it to yourself, please.
Ali slept on it overnight. Allah planted Islam into his heart, & he came to Prophet
in the morning, & asked, What would you instruct me to do?
Prophet said, Testify that theres no god but Allah, and do not worship the idols
Al-Lat or Wuza, and do not associate partners with Allah.
Ali was then afraid of letting his father know. He didnt know how Abu Talib
would react. He kept it private for some time

Ali later joined Khadijah & the Prophet in prayer. Now you have a family praying
together husband, wife, & child doing salat

The Prophet (saw) was born on a Monday, received Divine Revelation on a

Monday
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Some narrations say that by Tuesday, Ali was a Muslim & praying with the
Prophet
Ali was 10 years old at the time, a child
Ali was afraid of how his father Abu Talib would respond about his acceptance
to Islam, so he stayed a few weeks at Prophets house instead of going regularly to
visit his parents
Since Islam was very new at the time, the Prophet was commanded by Allah to
keep Islam within the home
Ali respected the Prophets wishes to not talk about Islam openly just yet, so Ali
did not tell his father about the divine revelations & prayers
Normally, Ali would go home & visit his parents. He lived with the Prophet,
who provided the cost of living & raising a child, but Ali still visited his parents
almost everyday
Because Ali was afraid of his fathers reaction, he actually didnt visit his parents
for at least 3 weeks. He was very nervous about telling his father
Some narrations say that Ali accepted Islam a year after Revelation began, but
these narrations are rejected, because we have other narrations saying that Ali
accepted Islam the very next day of Revelation
We reconcile these 2 narrations by acknowledging that as a child, Ali kept his
Islam very quiet. As a child, he did not have a lot of interaction with other adults.
It was only a year later that other people start to realize that Ali had joined the
ranks of the Believers
Ufaif, a powerful leader of Arabia at the time, once came to do business at
Makkah
Abbas (the Prophets uncle) was there to do some trading with Ufaaif. While they
were sitting there, a man came up to their tent & faced the Kabah & started to
pray. A woman came & stood behind the man & prayed along with him. Then a
boy came out and stood to the right of the Prophet and prayed with him
Ufaif questions whats going on & of what religion is this ritual
Abbas tells Ufaif, This is Muhammad, and that the treasures of the emperors of
Rome & Persia will be opened for his followers. This is his wife Khadijah who has
believed in him. This boy that you see next to him is Ali, his cousin, who has also
believed in Muhammad
Ufaaif recalls years later that he wishes he had believed in that day, I couldve
been one of the early companions
Another narration says that the Prophet faced Qibla and prayed with Ali &

Khadijah

We often assume that salah was established only after Al-Isra wa Al-Miraj, but
salah was from the very beginning, something that was part of the previous
Prophets lives
Maryam, Banu Israel, & Ismail (as) were all told to perform salah
The man went into ruku, followed by the woman & child. Then the man stood up,
followed by the woman & child. Then the man fell into sujood, & along with the
woman &child
Ufaif looks to Abbas and questions whats going on
Abbas says, Do you know who they are?
Ufaif replies, No, I dont know
Abbas says, This is my nephew, Muhammad, the son of Abdullah. The boy is my
nephew as well. The woman is Khadijah, the wife of my nephew. Your Lord is the
one who has commanded him to do what youre seeing. Wallahi, I dont know
anyone but these three who follows this religion today.
Its important to understand how the Prophet dealt with people who accepted
Islam
The Prophet and Khadijah prayed together; salah was a quality activity they
engaged in together. Ali, a child, also prayed with the Prophet & Khadijah
1 Its from the sunnah of the Prophet to pray together as a family.
Teach your children to pray & how to pray
The very first activity that the Prophet would engage a new convert in Islam in
was prayer
1 In order to engage them in prayer, you have to teach them to pray
We, as a community, whats the first thing to we engage a new convert in? Whats
the very first thing we tell/ask them?
1 It ranges from asking them to whether s/hes married, to whether
their spouse has accepted Islam. No? Then we leave them
2 That happens unfortunately. We cant expect that within 5 minutes
of saying the shahadah, the convert will change their name (which
isnt even a requirement), start wearing hijab, grow a beard, start
wearing a thobe, get circumsized, etc.
3 Theres a process to all of this. People new to Islam need to build a
relationship with Allah first, to establish salah & build a foundation
of their deen
Zayd bin Harithah
When he was a little boy, he had wandered off one day to play. A caravan passes
by, sees a boy on his own, & snatches him up. The caravan brings the boy to
Makkah to be sold as a slave
One of Khadijahs cousins, named Hakim, bought him, and gave Zayd to
Khadijah as a marriage gift
Khadijah later gives Zayd to Muhammad, who treated Zayd as a son
Muhammad would take Zayd to run errands
Shortly after Revelation, Zayd was also exposed to the 3 people praying. Prophet

explains Islam to Zayd, & Zayd becomes a Believer

Zayds father Harithah was desperately looking for his son

Harithah would recite poetry about the loss of his son, about longing for his son.
His poetry was so powerful that it eventually became viral and famous around
Arabia about the emotionally tormented father about his lost son Zayd
This story of the fathers search for his son eventually reaches Makkah, & people
think that theres some familiarity between Harithas story & the slave boy Zayd
who lives in their city
Some people ask Zayd if he remembered his fathers name. Zayd replied that his
fathers name is Harithah, & hes from such-and-such tribe
News reaches back to Harithah, that his son is found & lives in Makkah.
Harithah then rushes to Makkah with his brother

Harithah finds that Zayd is under care of a man named Muhammad ibnu
Abdullah
Harithah & his brother recognize Muhammad as the grandson of the great Abdul
Mutallib. They have heard only great things about Muhammad, knowing him as
Al-Sadiq, Al-Ameen
They tell Muhammad, Please return our son to us. We realize that hes a slave
who was given to you. Well pay you whatever you want. Just let him come
home.
Muhammad was moved by the fathers emotions. At the same time,
Muhammad understood the relationship that he & Zayd had built, so he says, Ill
do one better. Ill call Zayd & let him make the decision.

Zayd at this point was a teenager. He was called & asked if the two men were his
father & uncle. He replies, Yes, I recognize them. They embrace, have a reunion.
The Prophet tells Zayd that theres a matter to settle. Theyre here to take you
back home. Youre a young man now; Ill let you do whatever you want.
Zayd said, I would like to stay here with Muhammad.
1 Harithah was surprised. Son, youre a slave. Youll choose slavery
over your family?
Zayd said, Father, I found something here that I wont find anywhere else
[Islam]. Im grateful to see that youre all fine, but I dont want to leave the
company of Muhammad.
1 Harithah couldnt understand this. He was distraught
The Prophet was moved by both the fathers emotions & Zayds devotion. The
Prophet says, Harithah, dont worry. I adopt Zayd as my own. Hes no longer a
slave. Hes my son.
1 From that day on, Zayd became known as Zayd bin Muhammad
Harithah stayed for a few days & left content knowing that his son was with his
family
Call [your adopted children] by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in
the sight of Allah (Surat Al-Ahzab; 33:5)

Zayd was the son of Harithah, not Muhammad, so he should be called Zayd bin

Harithah, not Zayd bin Muhammad

About 150 years ago, the seerah, books of fiqh, & books of tafseer were being
translated from Arabic to English
A lot of these translations were done by Orientalists, who were not well-versed
with Islam & Islamic law from a classical perspective. A good part of the
translations were also done by professors of the English language who were
found in places like Egypt & India & other parts of the Muslim world
As a consequence, in some early books of tafseer or fiqh, youll find a huge &
gross mistranslation
As a result of these mistranslations, youll have come to hear that Adoption is
haraam
This is absolutely incorrect. Adoption is permissible within Islam
In regards to a yetim (orphan), its recommended to care for them
These mistranslations occurred due to the lack of familiarity & grasp of Arabic
terminology
At-tabanni means to make someone your son. It comes from ibn, so attabanni means to claim someone as your biological son
People translated tabanni as adoption, & ended up saying that it was
impermissible, but this is wrong
Tabanni means to claim someone as your biological son this is what is
impermissible in Islam
However, taking care of an orphan is a great rewardable act, but be sure to not
deny them their lineage
When you call refer to someone as your adopted son, then youre clearly
acknowledging the fact that he is not your biological son
Some Orientalists who were not familiar with Arabic mistranslated tabanni, &
others who translated were not familiar with English, so you ended up with a big
mess of mistranslation
When the actual definition of tabanni was revealed as a verse, Muhammad told
people not to call his adopted son as Zayd bin Muhammad, but to call him Zayd
bin Harithah

Zayd was saddened by his name not being affiliated by the Prophet anymore, but
of course, this is command of Allah; he therefore became known as Zayd maula
Muhammad.
Maula term used if you had a close family-like relationship with someone
1 In classical Arabic, if someone freed a slave, the relationship
between the two is each others maula
2 Zayd maula Muhammad Zayd the close associate of
Muhammad
First free man to accept Islam was Abu Bakr. First man to be public about his
Islam was Abu Bakr

Because he was the first free man & public figure (outside of the home), Abu Bakr
is mentioned as the first convert to Islam.
1 In fact, the first three converts were Khadijah, Ali, & Zayd; all three

people of the Prophets home

Abu Bakr was a respected leader of his people. He was a leader amongst Quraysh.
He was also very wealthy person & a motivated caller of Islam
1 Abu Bakr would later go on to freely spend all of his resources in the
obedience of Allah
A day or two after the Prophets whole divine revelation process started, Abu
Bakr met with the Prophet & asked him, Is it true Muhammad that youre
leaving these idols? That youre rejecting the religion of our forefathers?

The Prophet replied, Of course.

Another narration says that Abu Bakr asked the Prophet, Why is it, O
Muhammad, that I see you leaving the gatherings of our people? I havent seen
you coming to the council meetings. Youve been distant for a few days. Whats
going on?

Muhammad replied, I am a Messenger of God & His Prophet, & he has sent me
to spread & deliver His message. I call you to Allah with the truth, because I
swear by God that is the Truth. I call you, O Abu Bakr, to Allah alone. There are
no partners for Him, & do not worship anyone other than Him. Relations will be
established based on the obedience of Allah.
Then the Prophet recited the Quran to Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr did not hesitate; he accepted Islam. He attested to the Truth.
Years later, the Prophet would tell the Muslims when they were greater in
number, Never ever did I call anyone to Islam except that the person hesitated.
They would sleep on it, take their time to process it. Except for Abu Bakr. He did
not back away from it when I mentioned it to him. Nor did he have any doubts.

Abu Bakr & Muhammad were very good friends from the age of 10. They were
childhood best friends
The first 40 years of Muhammads life were a testament to the truth of his
message. Abu Bakr knew the Prophet for at least 30 of those years he knew the
Prophet when he was an adolescent, a young man, when he got married, when he
went into business etc.

The second Abu Bakr hears of the Prophets call to Islam, is the second he
believes in it, because it makes total sense given Muhammads character. The
Prophet never lied & always had great character, so Abu Bakr didnt doubt him
for a second
Abu Bakr once had a dispute with Umar ibn al-Khattab. They brought the
matter up with the Prophet.

The Prophet said, Allah sent me as a Messenger to yall [Shaykh Abdul is Texan,
so just roll with the yalls]. And what did yall say to me? Yall responded to me by
saying, You lie. But Abu Bakr said, He speaks the truth. I was sent by Allah as a
Messenger and a Prophet to all of yall, and all of yall said that I am a liar. But
Abu Bakr said that I was speaking the truth. He supported me. He aided me with

his life & his money. So now will you treat him badly? Will you treat my best
friend badly now? You give the respect he deserves. You can have disagreements
with him, fine, but respect him.
From that day on, no one ever misbehaved with Abu Bakr, because they
understood what he meant to the Prophet
Abu Bakr is not only the first man outside of the Prophets home to accept
Islam, but he was also the first person to go public with his Islam
Hasan bin Thabit (ra), a Sahabi who was a poet, says of Abu Bakr: If you want
to remember sacrifice, & you want to recall belief & bravery, then remember my
brother Abu Bakr. He was the best of people. He was the most trustworthy & just
of people after the Prophet. He was the first one to carry what the Prophet had
brought. He was the first one to line up behind the Prophet, the second of the two
in the cave, one who was praised by Allah & His Messenger, & the one who stood
by the side of the Prophet throughout Prophethood. He was the first one from
amongst the people to attest to Muhammad being a Messenger. He lived a life
that was very praiseworthy, & he followed the command of Allah, & he followed
the command of his companion the Prophet after he was gone. He departed from
this world by living the command of Allah. These are the virtues & this is the
praise of Abu Bakr.
Some of the early people who accepted Islam were a different mix of
individuals. The first people to make their Islam publically known were 7
individuals:

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Muhammad (saw)
Abu Bakr
Ammar ibn Yasir
Sumayyah bint Khabbab, Amars mom (first martyr of Islam)
Suhayb ar-Rumi (the Roman)
Bilal
Al Miqdad
Allah protected the Prophet by the means of his uncle, Abu Talib. Allah
protected Abu Bakr by means of his people, Banu Taym

As for the rest of the believers, they were at the mercy of the mushrikoon. The
other Muslims would be grabbed, dressed in armor made of iron, & sent to roast
in the heat of the desert sun, which would be up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit
All of them were able to eventually find some sort of reprieve from this torture,
except Bilal because he was a slave. Even the children of Makkah would tie him
up & drag him through the streets of Makkah he could do nothing but proclaim
Ahad, al-Ahad, calling upon Allah
Abu Bakr was the one who took the Prophets message, even in the first couple
of days of his own Islam, to preach to prominent people who accepted Islam &
later became the frontline of the Ummah

Some of the most remarkable people of the first Ummah were Muslim due to Abu
Bakrs dawah
Abu Bakr delivered the Prophets message to the following people within the first
2 days of becoming Muslim
Zubayr
Uthman ibn Affan
Talhah ibn Ubaydullah
Saad bin Abi Waqqas
Abdul Rahman bin Awf
He told them about Islam & personally took them to the Prophet. The Prophet
would recite Quran to them & told them about the truth of the religion of Islam.
They believed & took their Shahadah
Abu Bakr was leader of his people. He was a businessman, which was the most
prestigious occupation back then. He was well off financially.
Hes known by his people to never engage in any prominent & acceptable social
evils. He was never seen intoxicated or attend nightclub-type of scenes that were
prominent then. He abstained from those
Abu Bakr had a specific talent he was a genealogist. He was an expert on family
lineages. He knew the family lineages of every family in Makkah
He was the ultimate icebreaker. If he didnt know your name, but he knew your
relations, then that became his conversation starter
1 This gave him advantage in knowing which people would
accept Islam
The Prophet said, Someone who guides or directs toward something good,
then it is as if he has done it himself.
E.g. if Im going to do salah, & I tell someone, Hey, its time for salah, & that
person performs salah, then that person gets their reward of praying & I get a
duplicate reward of praying my salah + that persons salah
Abu Bakr was the primary example of this. Because of his dawah to the first 8
people, everything they did for the rest of their lives in the service of Islam, Abu
Bakr received their reward as well
Those first few people were the means of Abu Bakr to get a lot of reward, & then
these people became the means for other people & so on, so the scholars say that
its not difficult to imagine that the Book of Deeds of Abu Bakr are open & still
recording deeds til today
The Sahaba were sincerity personified. The biggest legacy they could leave
behind was if nobody would ever remembered their name this is a favor of
Allah, not so much upon them, but upon us, so that we have someone to look up
to as role models
The Sahabas biggest legacy is that their Books of Deeds are still open today for
1400+ years, their Books have continued to record as the Ummah continues to
grow
Talhah ibn Ubaydullah (ra) went to the Suq of Busra. There was a person in his
temple worshipping. The person was inquiring if anyone was from the Ahlul

Haram (Makkah)

Talhah presents himself, & says, Yes, Im from Makkah.

The worshipper asks, Has Ahmad appeared?
Talhah replies, Who is this Ahmad you speak of? What Ahmad?
Worshipper answers, Hes the son of Abdullah the son of Abdul Mutallib. This is
the month in which hes supposed to be appearing to the people. Hes the finality
of all the prophets. He will appear at the Haram. He will migrate to a place that
has plenty of date palms [goes further to describe the landscape of Yathrib]. You
need to go find him.
Talhah recalled that what the worshipper said made a lot of sense to him

He quickly departed for Makkah. When he got there, he asked around, Did
anything major happen while I was gone?
The other Makkans tell him, Yes, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, al-Ameen, pretends
to be a prophet. Abu Bakr has followed him.
Look at the contradiction here they call Muhammad al-Ameen (the
Trustworthy), but accuses him of pretending to be a prophet
Talhah goes to Abu Bakr & asks if he follows Muhammad

Abu Bakr replied, Yes I have. You should go meet him & follow him too because
he calls to the truth.
Talhah says, Wait til you hear my story.
Then he tells Abu Bakr about the worshiper in Busra. Abu Bakr takes Talha to
Prophet & accepts Islam
When Nawfal bin Khuwailid bin al Adawiya (aka the Lion of Quraysh) found
out that both Abu Bakr & Talhah were Muslim, he kidnapped them. He took one
rope & tied them both together
Banu Taim, Abu Bakrs family, were not able to come the prisoners rescue
immediately, so Abu Bakr & Talhah were left tied for some time
1 From that day on til their death, the two were known as AlKarenayn (Best Buddies)
After finding out what Nawfal did, the Prophet made dua, & thus Abu Bakr &
Talha were able to escape
Abu Bakr was the direct cause of many people accepting Islam early on
Aisha (ra) narrates that Abu Bakr, literally the day after divine revelation first
came down, goes up to the Prophet & told him, Ya Abal Qasim, you were missing
from the gatherings of your people today. They are saying that you are talking
badly of our forefathers. The Prophet replied to Abu Bakr, I am the Messenger
of Allah & I call you to Allah. As soon as the Prophet finished presenting Islam to
Abu Bakr, the latter accepted Islam
No one was more pleased with the Islam of Abu Bakr than the Prophet. Abu Bakr
goes out & finds Uthman bin Affan, Talhah bin Ubaydullah, Zubayr, & Saad bin
Abi Waqqas & preaches Islam to them. They also accept Islam

The very next day, Abu Bakr gives dawah to Uthman bin Madhun, Abu Ubaidah
bin al-Jarrah (whom the Prophet dubbed the Most Trustworthy Man of this
Ummah), Ab ar-Rahman bin Awf, Abu Salama bin Abd al-Asad (his widowed
wife later became the wife of the Prophet), & Al-Arqam bin abil-Arqam (founder
of the first place of worship for Muslims, Dar-ul Arqam)
Some narrations say that there were 38 & others say there were 40 believers in
the very early days of Islam.

This is the complete list of Sahaba

This is a list of non-Arab Sahaba
In the early days of Islam, there were 38-40 Sahaba. Aside from the ones
mentioned above, the rest of the early Sahaba were:

Abu Salama
Abdullah bin Abdel Asad
Arqam bin abil-Arqam
Uthman bin Madhun, & his two brothers Udama & Abdullah
Ubaida ibn Hadith
Asma & Aisha, the two daughters of Abu Bakr
Khabab bin al-Arat, a slave
Umar bin Abi Waqas, the brother of Saad bin Abi Waq
Saad & his brother Abdullah bin Masud
Salid bin Amr
Ayash bin Rabia & his wife Asma bint Salima
Khulais bin Hudafa
Amir bin Abi Rabia
Abdullah & Abu Ahmad, brothers
Jaafar bin Abu Talib & his wife Asma bint Umays
Hateeb bin Hadith, & his two brothers Khatar & Muammar & their wives
As-said bin Uthman
Mutallib bin Azhar & his wife Ramlah aka Ummu Habiba, who later became a
wife of Prophet. She was the daughter of Abu Sufyan, who was one of the
Prophets haters
Nayim bin Abdallah
Amir ibn Fuhaira, a servant of Abu Bakr
Khalid bin Sayid & his wife Aminah bint Khalaf
Hatib bin Amar
Abu Hudaifa
Mahsham bin Uthba
Waqeed ibn Abdullah
Khalid bin al-Bakeer & his 3 brothers, Amir, Aqeel, & Eias
Ammar bin Yasir
Suhaib bin Sinaan
They were among the first 40 believers, & formed the core of the Sahaba. In the
early days of Islam, the Sahaba would congregate in Darul Arqam to worship

Abu Bakr insisted to the Prophet, We should all go public as an Ummah.

The Prophet didnt issue commands. If he issued commands, then Abu Bakr
wouldnt question the Messenger. Instead, the Prophet shares prophetic wisdom.
Sometimes we have to learn through experience, not just instruction
1 The Prophet didnt say, No, were not going. Instead, he said, But
we are very few.
But Abu Bakr insisted. So all the Believers all went to the Haram & spread out.
Each Sahabi sat next to some people from their tribe/family, because that was a
natural way of making a stronger showing

If you wanted to bash somebody in the head, & all of a sudden you see him sitting
some of his tribespeople, there was enough tribal pride to where the tribespeople
would say, Wait a second. We think hes (the Sahabi) is crazy too. But hes our
crazy. Well do what needs to be done. You dont touch him. So the Sahabi would
have a bit of protection from their family members
After all the Believers had spread out, Abu Bakr stood up & addressed everyone
while Prophet was sitting by Banu Hashim
1 This is the first time someone stood as a khateeb calling to Allah &
His Messenger
The people basically mobbed Abu Bakr. On that day, a lot of those Muslims got
beat up in the different corners of the Haram

Abu Bakr got the worst of it. He was beaten very severely
Utbah bin Rabiah, a hateful enemy of Islam, took his hard-soled shoes off
1 Hard-soled shoes were distinct at the time, because typically shoes
in desert were made of soft & flexible leather. Abu Bakr was thrown
on the ground as he was being beaten
Utbah sat on the chest of Abu Bakr while Abu Bakr was getting beaten. Then
Utbah started to pound Abu Bakrs face (specifically his nose) with his hard-soled
shoes
Abu Bakrs nose was severely broken & his face was covered with blood. He was
basically beaten into a coma
When Banu Taim (Abu Bakrs family) saw what was going on, a riot, they
pushed everyone off Abu Bakr & rushed him off to his mothers home

Tafaul: to hope for something good by saying good words. Its not good luck,
but its like good encouragement by giving something a good name or saying
something good
E.g. if a boy is going to Quran class & hes still on his alif-baa-thas, then you say,
MashAllah, hafidh of the Quran! Obviously the boy is not yet a hafidh, but
youre predicting & encouraging a good future for him. This is tafaul
Abu Bakrs mother was called Ummu Khair (the Mother of Good). The people
of Banu Taim take Abu Bakr to the house of Ummu Khair & leave him there. They
take an oath that if he dies, they will publically murder Utbah bin Rabiah as
retribution

Some of Abu Bakrs family members are there in the house, trying to talk to him
& get him to regain consciousness. Abu Bakr didnt wake up for almost a day. He

was beaten to unconsciousness

After waking up the next day, the first thing Abu Bakr says is, What happened to
the Prophet?
1 Last thing he sees is his people getting beat up before he blacks out
All the leaders of his family were sitting around Abu Bakr & start cursing him,
This guys hopeless. Hes a fanatic. Hes crazy. Hes lost it. He almost dies
serving Muhammad & he now asks about him. They leave him after giving his
mother some health-related advice, what to give him (food/medicine).
Ummu Khair takes some food to her son. Abu Bakr asks, What happened to
Muhammad?
Ummu Khair replies, Wallahi, I dont know what happened to your friend. Im
just an old woman worried about her son. Let me take care of you.
Abu Bakr said, Go to Ummu Jamil, shell know.
Ummu Jamil is the sister of Umar bin Al-Khattab (ra). She & her husband were
early converts to Islam
Ummu Khair realizes that Abu Bakr is not going to let her take care of him
until he finds out about Muhammad. So Ummu Khair goes to Ummu Jamil &
asks about Muhammad
Ummu Khair asks, What can you tell me about the Prophet? My son Abu Bakr
sent me to ask you about Muhammad
Ummu Jamil replies, I dont know Abu Bakr & I dont know Muhammad.
1 She lies initially to protect her faith
Ummu Khair understands whats going on here, so she asks Ummu Jamil to
visit her son as hes recovering
Ummu Jamil goes to Abu Bakr. When she sees him in his bloodied state, Ummu
Jamil screams, Who are the people who did this to you? I hope that Allah takes
revenge on your behalf of those people.
Abu Bakr responds, What happened to the Prophet?
Ummu Jamil says, Your mothers listening.
Abu Bakr: You dont have to worry about her.
Ummu Jamil: The Prophet is fine. Hes safe.
Abu Bakr: Where is he?
Ummu Jamil: Hes in the house of Arqam.
Abu Bakr then says to the chagrin of his mother, I swear to Allah that I will not
taste anything or drink a sip of water until I see the Prophet myself.
Ummu Jamil & Ummu Khair wait until the evening before they leave for where
the Prophet was staying. Abu Bakr leans on them both as they walk to Arqams
house
When Prophet sees Abu Bakr walk through the door, the Prophet went &
embraced his right-hand man. The Prophet kissed Abu Bakrs forehead, with
tears in his eyes. The Prophet teared up & became very emotional upon seeing the
condition of Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr said, Oh Messenger of Allah may my father & mother be sacrificed for

you. I dont care what some wretched man does to my face, as long as I see you &
youre okay. [Abu Bakr establishes his imaan & love for the Prophet first. He got
what he wanted, to see that the Prophet was safe. Now look at the 2nd thing on
his mind].Oh Messenger of Allah, this is my mother. Shes a good mother. She
took care of her son. She doesnt understand why her son believes this & why he
makes these sacrifices & why hes desperate to see you. But she took care of her
son & did right by her son. She has a clean heart. You are blessed, o Rasulillah.
Please call her to Allah, & make dua on her behalf to Allah to put Islam in her
heart. I hope that she will be saved from the Fire by means of you, O Messenger
of Allah.
So the Prophet makes dua for her guidance & called her to Islam. Ummu Khair,
the mother of Abu Bakr, accepted Islam
No sacrifice goes unrewarded. Abu Bakr went out to preach to the people, &
got beat up for it. Whether the people listened or not, what could be more
pleasing to someone than their own mother accepting Islam?

Abu Bakr & Ummu Khair stayed for a whole month in the house of Arqam. There
were 39 people in the house at the time
Amr ibn Abasah (ra) met with the Prophet in the early days of his
Prophethood. In those days, the Prophet was still keeping quiet about Islam

Amr asked the Prophet, Who are you?

The Prophet replied, I am a Prophet.
Amr: What is a Prophet?
The Prophet: I am a Messenger of God.
Amr: Did Allah send you?
The Prophet: Yes.
Amr: What did Allah send you with?
The Prophet: That you worship Allah alone & you dont associate any partners
with Him, & that you break your idols. That you keep good relations with your
family members.
Amr: This is very beautiful what God has sent you with. Who is with you in this
message?
The Prophet: The free & the slave.
When Amr was having this conversation with the Prophet, standing on either side
of the Prophet was Abu Bakr & Bilal
Amr accepted Islam. He was one of the early converts
Abdullah bin Masud (ra)

The Sahaba would say that Abdullah bin Masud was from Prophets family
When the ayah Seek permission before you enter home of Prophet was
revealed, & the Prophet shares this ayah with his Sahaba, the Prophet looked at
Abdullah & tells him, The way you seek permission to enter my home is that you
lift up the curtain & walk right in
The Prophet told Abdullah, When one of your legs is weighed on the Day of
Judgment, it will be heavier than the 7 heavens and the 7 earths
All of the knowledge of the Sahaba used to end in Abdullah bin Masud

The Prophet said, Anything you hear from Abdullah, know it came from me.
Abdullah bin Masuds story of accepting Islam

He was a young boy who was hired by Okba bin Abi Muid to watch over his
camels that would graze outside Makkah
One day the Prophet & Abu Bakr came & saw Abdullah & asked, Young man, do
you have some milk to share with us?
Abdullah replied, Im in a position of trust. I have these camels, but these dont
belong to me. Therefore I cant serve you anything.
The Prophet asked, Are there any camels here that arent a part of the herd?
Abdullah said, Yeah, there are some camels that dont belong to the herd Im
watching over.
The Prophet found a young she-camel who had not been joined with a male camel
yet, meaning she hadnt been used for breeding, so she didnt have milk. The
Prophet touched the she-camel & Abdullah recalls, Wallahi, the udders of the
camel became full before my eyes.
Abu Bakr found a curved stone, cleaned it out, & milked the camel into the stone.
Once he milked the camel, the Prophet placed a hand on the she-camel and says
Iqlis recede, recede back
The udders then literally went back in in front of Abdullahs eyes
The Prophet calls Abdullah, all 3 drank milk out of that rock. Before they drank,
the Prophet said Bismillah, and when they were done, he said Alhamdulillah
Abdullah said, Teach me these beautiful words.
The Prophet said, You are a very knowledgeable young man. This was
foretelling before even Abdullah accepted Islam
Abdullah accepted Islam & he was one of the original Hufadh; he had his own
handwritten manuscript of the Quran
At the time he was narrating this story, Abdullah had directly received 70 surahs
from the Prophet before anyone else, and also memorized those 70 surahs. He
was the first hafidh of the 70 surahs