Seerah of Prophet Muhammad 5 - Genealogy & Year of the Elephant ~ Dr. Yasir Qadhi | 14th Jan 2015
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In this special episode Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi discusses the genealogy of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam), the incident of the discover of the well of Zam Zam and the Year of the Elephant.
Note: We have identified that very early on in the talks of the Seerah of our Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) an episode went missing and after much effort we were not able to locate this missing episode of the Seerah.
So in this special episode Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi decided to go back and redo this episode last week in order to complete the series. As a result all later episodes following on from Part 5 have been renumbered to accommodate this missing episode.
Join Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi as he goes back to before the birth of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and discusses the 'Genealogy of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and the Year of the Elephant' in the Seerah of our Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) Part 5.
Watch the entire series here: Seerah of Prophet Muhammed (S)
Study the biography of the single greatest human being that ever walked the surface of this earth, whom Allah sent as a Mercy to Mankind.
This lecture was recorded on 14th January 2015
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Arab Genealogy
Arabs can be divided into two categories:
1. Extinct/Ancient Arabs: Like Thamud, Aad and people of Midian
2. The remaining Arabs: There are two types, the Qahtani Arabs and the Adnani Arabs.
• Qahtani Arabs were founded by Qahtan, they existed in Southern Arabia. Qahtan was a descendant of Sam, who was the son of Nuh AS.
• Nuh AS’s son, Sam, is the ancestor of Ibrahim AS and Qahtan. Both stem from Sam but, are from different genealogy branches.
• Qahtan predates Adnan by a few hundred years.
• Adnan was alive around 30BC. Right before ISA AS.
• Adnani Arabs come from Adnan who is a descendant of Ismail AS.
• We don’t know the amount of generations between Adnan to Ismail AS and from Ismail AS to Nuh AS.
• Adnani Arabs came to Arabia after Ismail AS immigrated there from Iraq.
• Prophet SAW is the 20th descendant of Adnan and this makes the Prophet SAW an Adnani Arab.
Prophet Muhammad SAW’s Lineage
• The Prophet SAW, stated that his ummah should be led by the Quraysh and this was the case, during the Abbasid, Umayyad and Rashidun Caliphates.
• All of the Quraysh tribes go back to Fihar who was the 12th ancestor of our Prophet SAW. The descendants of Fihar are called Qurashi, which is a title. Quraysh began with him.
• The Quraysh is the big tribe which has many sub-tribes within it.
• But even the Quraysh is a sub tribe within a bigger tribe called Kinannah.
• The Prophet SAWs immediate ancestors and their achievements are as follows:
- Abdullah – He is Prophet SAWs Father: He was going to be sacrificed by Abdul Muttalib due to a promise he made with Allah SWT, but he was saved.
- Abdul Muttalib – He is Prophet SAWs Grandfather: His name comes from his uncle and he was raised in Medina, which later became Medina. He rediscovered Zamzam via a dream from Allah SWT, which told him where to find it. The Year of the elephant happened during his life.
- Hashim – He is Prophet SAWs Great Grandfather: He began the economic elevation of the Quraysh, by hooking Makkah up to the Silk road. It made him very rich. He died in Gaza and is buried there to this day.
- Abd Manaf- He is Prophet SAW’s Great, Great Grandfather: He was a handsome man and a great leader loved by his people.
- Qusai – Prophet SAWs’ Great, Great, Great Grandfather: he took Makkah back from the tribe of Khuza'ah. He ensured the Quraysh would rule Makkah when Prophet Muhammad SAW was born. Qusai, gave the Quraysh political power.
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Disclaimer for my Notes of Sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s Seerah of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Series:
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh, these are my notes on Sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s Seerah series.
Please note: I HIGHLY recommend that you all watch YQ’s Seerah series, as I DON’T cover every single detail the Sheikh mentions. I made these notes primarily for myself but, decided my fellow brothers and sisters may benefit from them too. I no doubt will have made mistakes in my notes. All the good in these notes is from Allah SWT and all the mistakes are from myself. But, I was very meticulous and tried my best to make sure everything is accurate as the Sheikh mentions it.
You also will see I have added “Fun Trivia facts” under each of my notes. These FTFs are information YQ said that was off topic or not necessary to include in my notes for the episode. But, they were still worth mentioning hence the inclusion as FTFs. FTFs aren’t always HAPPY pieces of information. Sometimes they are very sad trivia. I just want to say that FTF is the phrase I used for them all collectively when making the notes.
One thing I wanted to do but am too lazy to do is, maybe someone could take the FTFs from under each “Episode” and make an Islamic reminder/information IG/TikTok account and post them daily or something. Could be a great form of Sadaqah Jaariyah.
Please keep me in your Duas and ask Allah SWT to forgive all our sins during this blessed month and beyond! Ameen
Seerah of Prophet Muhammad 5 - Genealogy & Year of the Elephant ~ Dr. Yasir Qadhi | 14th Jan 2015
Yasir Qadhi
686,132 views
In this special episode Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi discusses the genealogy of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam), the incident of the discover of the well of Zam Zam and the Year of the Elephant.
Note: We have identified that very early on in the talks of the Seerah of our Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) an episode went missing and after much effort we were not able to locate this missing episode of the Seerah.
So in this special episode Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi decided to go back and redo this episode last week in order to complete the series. As a result all later episodes following on from Part 5 have been renumbered to accommodate this missing episode.
Join Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi as he goes back to before the birth of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and discusses the 'Genealogy of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and the Year of the Elephant' in the Seerah of our Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) Part 5.
Watch the entire series here: Seerah of Prophet Muhammed (S)
Study the biography of the single greatest human being that ever walked the surface of this earth, whom Allah sent as a Mercy to Mankind.
This lecture was recorded on 14th January 2015
Arabs can be divided into 2 broad categories 1. The extinct arabs ( عرب البائده ) which are one of the earliest civilizations known in the land of Arabia. Qur'an has mentioned some of them i-e عاد and ثمود. These civilizations flourished 5, 6k years ago. The second group of Arabs is called (عرب الباقية) also known as "the remaining Arabs". They are further divided into 2 categories 1. العرب العاربه (the pure Arabs) 2. العرب المستعربه, the Arabs who became Arabs by learning Arabic language.
Qahtaan is said to be the founder of عرب العاربه who are primarily found in southern part of Arabia i-e ancient Yemeni civilization and Adnan is said to be the founder of عرب المستعربه, his people adopted Arabic language when they started living in Arabian Peninsula. Adnan was a descendant of Ismail (a.s) and an ancestor of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w), which makes Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) an Adnani Arab. There is a unanimous consensus that our prophet (s.a.w) is the 20th grandchild of Adnan. According to Ibn Al Kalbi (who is one of the greatest ulama' of ansaab and one of the founders of writing history of genealogy) Ma'ad, the son of Adnan, lived contemporariously with Jesus Christ (a.s) which means Adnan was one generation before Jesus Christ.
With this background, the lineage of our prophet can be divided into 3 categories.
1. From Prophet s.a.w to adnan
2. From Adnan to ismail ( There is a difference in opinion over the number of generations between adnan and islmail a.s, some say there are 7-10 generations and others say there are 40-41 generations)
3. From ismail to Adam a.s
So let us now start with the immediate ancestors of our prophet (s.a.w) whom we know more about, beginning from Qusai'. Qusai' lived around 400 C.E, 170 years before the birth of our prophet (s.a.w). He wrestled back the power of the political city of Mecca into the descendant of the Quraysh from Khaza'ah who were also the descendants of Ismail but they were not Qurayshi. Fahr is said to be the founder of Quraysh tribe. Quraysh started their rise to power in the times of Qusai. Qusai was the one who built Dar un Nadwah, He also took custody of the Kabaa and created multiple responsibilities, i.e responsibility of water, responsibility of food, responsibility of hospitality etc. He initially fulfilled all responsibilities by himself and later on after his death the responsibilities were distributed among his sons. He had a son named Abdul Manaaf (Manaaf means something that is raised). His real name was Mugheerah. He was known for his handsomeness and his leadership skills. He was very beloved to his people even during the times of Qusai. He had a son called Hashim which means someone who grinds (he would grind barley for the pilgrims of Hajj), hashim was his title and his name was Amr. He was a very generous man and it is stated that he would never eat his food alone. The most important thing he did was to raise the economic level of the Quraysh. He had multiple wives and one of his wives was from the city of Yathrib and from her he had a son named Shaiba tul Hamd. After Hashim's death his wife took her son and went back to Yathrib.
Once his uncle named Muttalib was visiting Yathrib and saw Shaiba tul hamd. He immediately said, "It is my blood". Back in those days people had this gift of recognizing, he then found out that his mother was a woman whom his brother married. So he realized that Shaibah was his nephew and concocted a plan and abducted the child because his relatives would not let him go to Mecca with his uncle. In Mecaa when people saw a young man with Mut'talib, they assumed that he was his slave and started calling him Abdul Mut'talib. Abdul Mut'talib then later on inherited his father's share of grandfather's wealth and managed to carve out for himself an entire legacy. There are three main things happened in the life of Abdul Muttalib.
1. The rediscovery of zamzam well
2. His vow to sacrifice Abdullah
3. The incident of Abraha
To conclude, this story of prophet's lineage proves clearly that something momentary was about to happen. Every single person in his lineage established something of momentous value. Therefore, Allah chose Prophet's lineage in a manner that nobody in the world has a more noble and prestigious lineage than him.