BIOGRAPHY OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (pbuh)

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Bismillah


Al-Salam 'Alaykom


As I can see that there are no questions from any of you, we will continue...


Q2: What was that year(the year the Prophet(PBUH) born) called? and why?



That year was called the year of the elephant, because the Negus of Abyssinia. Abrahah, the ruler of the Yemen, wanted to attack Makkah to demolish The Holy Kabbah, he used an elephant for that attack, the elephant's name was Mahmmud, Mahmud's keeper, Unays, had trained him to obey some orders like 'sit!', 'go forward!', and 'turn around!' He told him to advance, but Mahmud stood still even if he was beaten. Then Allah(SWT) sent flock of birds which flew over them and dropped stones of baked clay. These stones killed Abrahah and his army, and Allah(SWT) saved The Holy Ka'ba. What was so special about these rocks? Were they sent by Allah? Let's look in the Quran and find out:






Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem:






1. Have you (O Muhammad ()) not seen how your Lord dealt with the Owners of the Elephant? [The elephant army which came from Yemen under the command of Abrahah Al-Ashram intending to destroy the Ka'bah at Makkah].


2. Did He not make their plot go astray?


3. And sent against them birds, in flocks,


4. Striking them with stones of Sijjîl.


5. And made them like an empty field of stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle). 105, Surat Al-Feel


Allah(SWT) saved the Ka'ba from destruction because He knew that one day the Muslims would become strong again and use the Ka'ba in the right way. Sixty years later Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) destroyed the idols in the Ka'ba and, once again, it became a place for the worship of the One and only Creator Allah(SWT).





Salam