6. The Early Childhood of Prophet Muhammad SAW

Sending their children from Makkah to Madinah

a custom of the nobility of the Quraysh

-They wanted the child to be raised in a pure and healthy environment

-They wanted to build stamina in the child and make them adjust to a rough life

-Growing up in a desert away from the family will avoid the pampering that relatives do

-The tribes that raise the children are known for fluency in Arabic

Various reason of sending their Children

Halimah al-Sa'diyah

Foster Mother of the Prophet PBUH

Shayma

Older daughter of Halimah

Bani Sa'd ibn Bakr

Halimah came from the ________

(i) They had one old goat that stopped producing milk for a long time, but as soon as the Prophet PBUH came into the tent, it started producing milk again; and

(ii) they had an old mount, when they put the Prophet PBUH on it, it became the fastest animal of all.

Miracles that happened whn Halimah took the Prophet PBUH

Jibril forced him on the ground and opened his chest, he took his heart out, and he took out a black portion from the heart and threw it away, and said, 'That was shaytan's portion that he had in you.

What did Jibril do when the Prophet PBUH was only 4 years old?

14:22

"I did not have any authority over you. I only called you, and you responded to me. So do not blame me; blame yourselves"

Qareen

"Every child that is born, shaytan (Iblis/إبليس) assigns a …….. (قرين) to the person."

a golden cup of zamzam

Jilbril washed his heart SAW in _______

Major sins

The Prophets cannot commit ______

94:1

"Haven't we opened up your chest?"

39:22

"Can [the misguided be like] those whose hearts Allah has opened to Islam, so they are enlightened by their Lord?"

Yathrib

Aminah decided to take the Prophet PBUH, who was around 6 years old at the time, to _______

Ummi Ayman

servant of Aminah who became a Muslim

al-Abwa

a small settlement where Aminah became ill and she passed away right then and there, so Ummi Ayman had her buried by the people of the village.

8 years old

Age of the Prophet PBUH when he was initially got taken care of Abdul Muttalib and when Abdul Muttalib died

raised platform in front of, and connected to, the Ka'bah

Abdul Muttalib would sit there and discuss the affairs of the Quraysh every Asr time when the shadow of the Ka'bah shaded the _______

Orphans

He PBUH says, "I and the one who takes care of …….. will be 'like this' in Jannah" [as he gestures with his forefinger and middle finger, holding them close together].

speech

"I have been given (by Allah) the most succinct/precise/concise of all ______

Jawami' al-kalim (جوامع الكلم)

a small phrase that can be explained and understood in hundreds of hours, as it has many deep meanings and profundity in it.

Buhayra

The story is that when the Prophet PBUH was still young and had not yet reached puberty (11-12 years old), his uncle Abu Talib took him on a journey to Syria along with Abu Bakr and Bilal ibn Rabah (بلال بن رباح). And on the way there, they passed by a monastery where a monk called _______