Seerah – Life of the Prophet: Intro Pt 1

Episode 1: Introduction Pt 1

Welcome to Seerah Pearls, which aims to highlight some tantalising learning points from each episode of the Seerah- Life of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam).

So what is ‘Seerah’? The word linguistically means ‘a path’, ‘to walk in a particular direction’. More figuratively, it refers to someone’s life biography. Specifically, Seerah refers to the Prophetic biography. It includes everything from the occurrences in the life the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), from his daily practices, attributes, physical characteristics, mannerisms, expeditions, to family life.

Why study Seerah? It goes hand-in-hand with the study of the Quran. The Quran itself states that there is not a better example than the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) himself:

There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often. (Quran 33:21)

This series hopes to be different from dry, factual studies, or ‘superhero-tales’, which we may feel we cannot ever aspire to: it aims to humanise the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and provide eternal practical lessons for every-day life, as well as engender love for the best of humankind. How can you possibly love someone you do not know?

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14 thoughts on “Seerah – Life of the Prophet: Intro Pt 1”

Umer
September 13, 2011 at 7:31 pm

Excellent
Deborah Elder
September 14, 2011 at 5:42 am

Alhamdulillah for this work of yours. As a revert who has had trials much like you related, I also say “Problem solved” after khutbahs that gave me glimpses into the “real life” of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wasallam, who I have much love and respect for now. I look forward to the help of Allah, azza wa jal, through the rest of this series.
Hafsa
September 17, 2011 at 1:57 pm

epic.
Hafsa
September 17, 2011 at 3:11 pm

asslamu alaikum. in the lecture, you mentioned a couple of texts of seerah…i was wondering if you could give me some of those titles? any books of seerah you can recommend would be very appreciated!

jazakAllah khair!
Ayesha
September 20, 2011 at 1:47 pm

Suggestion for some good books on this topic will be greatly appreciated. Also if you can recommend some books for children on this topic. Jazakallah
qalam
September 21, 2011 at 9:13 pm

Suggestions of Seerah books are mentioned in the second part of the intro: http://www.qalaminstitute.org/2011/09/seerah-life-of-the-prophet-intro-pt-2/
Emma
September 28, 2011 at 1:16 pm

Following book is a beautiful book on seerah.

Muhammad: Man and Prophet
Adil Salahi
Mahdi
October 21, 2011 at 5:29 pm

Masha Allah, that was great.
Fahad
August 2, 2013 at 3:51 pm

awesome lecture, i wish i knew about it earlier
Nasreen
April 12, 2014 at 6:15 pm

@Hafsa
The Life of the Noble Prophet or The Sealed Nectar would be good Seerah books to read.
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