THE UNTAINTED

DOCUMENT
In the name of ALLAH, the Lord of Mercy, the
Giver of Mercy!

All praise is due to Allah, and may His peace and

blessings be upon the final Messenger
Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬and all those who follow His
way with righteousness until the end of time.
The Untainted Document is a brief look into the
incidents happened in the lifetime of the final
Messenger of Allah ‫( ﷺ‬THE SEERAH of The
Messenger of Allah ‫)ﷺ‬.
This book is a summary of the lecture series on
‘The Seerah of the Prophet ‫ ' ﷺ‬given by Sh. Dr
Yasir Qadi. May Allah preserve him.

Shabeen S
Chapter 1
Why study the Seerah

Seerah means ‘To Journey’ or ‘To

Travel’. The Seerah of the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬
means the journey of the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬. This
means that by studying the seerah, we should be
looking to follow the footsteps of the Prophet
‫ ﷺ‬in our life and to take our Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬as
an example as He ‫ ﷺ‬is the perfect example out
of everyone and to apply His ‫ ﷺ‬examples in
our daily lives. By doing so, we can build a
strong relationship with the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬and it is
the best way to gain the love for the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬
and ultimately get closer to the Almighty Allah.
We as muslims want to strive to know
more about the Messenger of Allh ‫ ﷺ‬. The
more we learn about the Messenger ‫ ﷺ‬the
more we will love Him ‫ ﷺ‬. It gives us the
optimism to do things that we would otherwise
do not do. Also, we will be able to understand the
Qur’an better.
The seerah itself is a miracle. It is a
methodology to revive the nation, to see the life
of the Sahaba (companions). The Seerah also
equip us to defend the honour of the Prophet
‫ﷺ‬.
The Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬is the leader
of the children of Adam (A). He ‫ ﷺ‬is the best
of the best in all aspects like the best human
being with the best companions and at the best
time. Allah made the time and place of the final
messenger the best for all the good reasons of
which some we can extract and the infinite
wisdom is only known to Allah.
Often times we hear the seerah in the
most romantisized manner which elimiates the
issues which are controversal in the eyes of
non-muslims and also for many muslims. It is not
the right approach to the seerah as it creates more
trouble in the future than good even among the
muslims as in todays world, informations cannot
be hidden forever and if it is heard from a source
which is not credible, then the after effects are
really tragic.
Chapter 2
Sources of The Seerah

The Qur’an is the number one source to

learn the seerah. We can see in Surah Al-Fil, the
story of the elephants which was an incident
happened before the birth of the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬.
Like that there are other incidents in the seerah
which we can extract from the Qur’an.
The Hadiths are the next source to learn
the seerah like The Kutub Al-Sittah which
includes Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan
An-Nasai, Abu Dawood, Jamiat Trimidhi and
Sunan Ibn Majah. There are other Hadith sources
also.
The Seerah books are the next source to
learn the seerah of the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬. The sons of
sahaba used to write the seerah. The famous one
is from Urwa Ibn Zubair. Then came Ibn Shihab
and more. But, these works are not in existance
today. The greatest scholar of the seerah is Ibn
Hishak’s ‘Seerat Ibn Hishak’. His real name is
Muhammad Ibn Hishak. He was a first century
scholar who lived in the year 85 to 150 CE. His
student, Abdul Malik Ibn Hisham also wrote the
seerah. Ibn Hisham summarized the ‘Seerat Ibn
Hishak’ to ‘Seerat Ibn Hisham’. Dr Hameedullah,
an Indian scholar who found many manuscripts
in Euroupe came to find a quarter of the
manuscript of Ibn Hishak’s seerah.
The Shamail are the next source to learn
the seerah. Shamail deals with the characteristics
of the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬.
The Dalail are the next source to learn the
seerah. Dalail are the collection of the miracles of
the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬.
The history of the sahabas are the next
source to learn the seerah.
The final source to learn the seerah is to
study the history of Mecca and Medina.
Chapter 3
The Specialities of The Prophet ‫ﷺ‬

The Messenger ‫ ﷺ‬is mentioned by two

names in the Qur’an, by the name Muhammad
‫ ﷺ‬and Ahmad ‫ ﷺ‬. Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬is
mentioned in four instances and Ahmad ‫ ﷺ‬is
mentioned once. Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬means to be
praised continuously or a perpetual praise.
Ahmad ‫ ﷺ‬means the highest quality of praise
give to anyone. There are many names in which
the Messenger ‫ ﷺ‬was called in his life like
Muhamamd, Ahmad, Maahi, Al-Hashir,
Al-Aakib, Nabi Ar-Rahma, Nabi At-Thawba,
Al-Muqafah, Malahin ‫ ﷺ‬.
Musa (A) said about the coming of
Muhamamd ‫ ﷺ‬to his nation. Isa (A) also said
to his people about the coming of the last Prophet
by the name Ahmad ‫ ﷺ‬.
 Some of the specialities of the final
Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬are that He ‫ ﷺ‬is the only Prophet
sent for all of humanity, even for the Jinns. He
‫ ﷺ‬is given the largest Ummah that any other
Prophets. Also, it is mentioned that the Ummah
of Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬will be the half of the people
of Jannah. He ‫ ﷺ‬is given the most powerful
miracle, and that is the Qur’an. He ‫ ﷺ‬is given
the Isra when Allah made Him ‫ ﷺ‬to travel
from Mecca to Jerusalem in one night and then
from there the Mi’raj to the Heavens until He
‫ ﷺ‬meet the ultimate light, ALLAH. He ‫ ﷺ‬is
made the leader of the humanity. He ‫ ﷺ‬will be
given the largest Hawl in Jannah from which all
the rivers will originate. Also, He ‫ ﷺ‬will be
first to knock on the gates of Jannah and to entre
the Jannah, then it will be opened for the rest of
the humanity. Along with Him ‫ ﷺ‬the ummah
of Rasooluhha ‫ ﷺ‬will entre into Jannah.
Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬is given the highest evel of
Jannah under the Throne of Allah. That position
is called Al-Faleelah and is given to only one
slave of Allah.
Chapter 4
The Apperence of the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬

Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬is the most hadsome

human beign who lived in this world. Some of
the physical appearance of the Messenger ‫ ﷺ‬is
beign reported to us by the companions like the
phrases that when He ‫ ﷺ‬smiles, it is like a full
moon and He ‫ ﷺ‬is like a rising sun. Once He
‫ ﷺ‬was wearig a red dress and He ‫ ﷺ‬was
standing on the noght of a full moon and the
companion who saw Him ‫ ﷺ‬was so amazed by
the beauty of the Messenger ‫ ﷺ‬. He ‫ ﷺ‬was
neither too tall nor too short. He ‫ ﷺ‬was of the
normal height. He ‫ ﷺ‬was not extremely white
nor dark in complexion. He ‫ ﷺ‬had a white
what the Arabs call white as his complexion. He
‫ ﷺ‬had a normal hair which reched till His
‫ ﷺ‬ear and it was not too curly nor too straight.
He ‫ ﷺ‬had only a very few white hairs when he
became old. He ‫ ﷺ‬had a very soft hand. He
‫ ﷺ‬had a natural odour which was more
fragrant than the musk. He ‫ ﷺ‬had a slightly
ovalish face which was not too fleshy and His
‫ ﷺ‬eyes was large with very dark puples. His
joints and upper back was broad and He ‫ﷺ‬
was not hairy all over. He ‫ ﷺ‬had a full beard.
He ‫ ﷺ‬walks fast and when He ‫ ﷺ‬turns, he
turns with his full body to face the people. He
‫ ﷺ‬had a seal (Kthatim) between his two
shoulders which is called the seal of the prophets
and it is like a small growth of hair with different
colour hairs. When anyone saw Him ‫ﷺ‬
unexpectly, they will stand amazed by the look of
the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬. He ‫ ﷺ‬was blessed with
modesty.
He ‫ ﷺ‬never ate rice in his life and also
whenever He ‫ ﷺ‬ate, he didn’t ate to his full.
He ‫ ﷺ‬was soo humble like in the example of
Anas Ibn Malik (A) that He ‫ ﷺ‬didn’t once
revoked Anas for a mistake that he made whren
he was with ‫ ﷺ‬in His ‫ ﷺ‬service. He ‫ﷺ‬
was so peaceful and also powerful and He ‫ﷺ‬
will never refuse to any requests. He ‫ ﷺ‬had a
great sense of humour as He ‫ ﷺ‬tells pure and
true jokes.
Chapter 5
The Pre Islamic Arabs

Who are the Arabs? The Arabs are

classified into two categories. Arab Al-Bayda
(The Extinct Arabs) and Arab Al-Baqi (The
Remaining Arabs). The Arab Al-Bayda are the
Arabs from the time of A’d and Thamud. The
Thamud are the most earliest Arabs. The Arab
Al-Baqi are further split into two, Qahtan and
Adnan. Qahtan is the father of Ya’rub from which
came the term Arab. Qahtan’s lineage goes back
to Sam who is the son of Noah (A). The
descendants of Sam are called Samites. Qahtan
lived in the southern arabia. The kingdom of
Saba are callled the Qahtanees and the Qahtanees
are the original Arabs. Adnan is the father of
arabs in the northern arabia. Adnan’s lineage
goes back to Isma’il (A). Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬is the
descendant of Adnan. Isma’il (A) is an Iraqi. Sara
(A) is also an Iraqian and Haajar (A) is an
Egyptian. Isma’il married a Qahtani. There is a
period of ten years between Isma’il and Adnan.
The Quraish is from the Adnani tribe.
Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬is the 20th grandson of Adnan.
Chapter 6
Religious Status before Islam

As far as the status inside Arabia is

concerned, the Arabs had a prophet who is
Ibrahim (A). The Arabs had Mecca as their holy
place where they worshiped idols and others from
around the world comes to Mecca for pilgrimage.
Haram is the safest place as during the
pilgrimage season, even the enemies will me
making Tawaf together. The pagans got the acts
of Tawaf and sacrifice from the practice of
Ibrahim (A). This will bring the question that, if
Ibrahim (A) was there, then where did paganism
began?
Amr ibn Luhai Al Kusai is the one who
introduced paganism into the Arabs who where
following the religion of Ibrahim (A). As a result,
Amr ibn Luhai will be wandering around Hell.
He took the idea of paganism from the the
Amalekites. Amr ibn Luhai brought hubal as the
first idol of the Arabs and then it became the
main idol of the Quraish. Also, Kusaha invented
paganism and Quraish followed Kusaha. If we
look even before Ibrahim (A), the people of Nuh
(A) was the first people who invented ideolatory.
They began worshipping five idols . The bricks
of Ka’ba was also taken and used for ideolatory
by the pagans. Around 360 ideols where there
when Rasoolullah ‫ ﷺ‬finally concqred Mecca.
The Quraish believed that God had daughters (the
Angels).
Even though paganism was prominent in
Mecca, there were some people called the Haneef
(Hunafa) who turned away from ideolatory.
Among them were Varaka Ibn Noufal Ibn Asad,
Ubaidullah Ibn Jahish, Utman Ibn Al Huwairid
and Zaid Ibn Nufail. Varaka was the cousin of
our mother Khadija (r). Once the Quraish
conducted a big feast and after the feast the
Hunafas came together and decided to travel to
find the true religion. Varaka choose christanity.
Varaks will go on to become the first male
convert to Islam and also he became the first
muslim to die in Mecca. Ubaidullah also chose
christanity and later accepted Islam. He then
marries our mother Umm Salama (r) and then
migrated to Abyssinia. Unfortunatelly, he became
a murtad and reverted back to christanity. As a
result, Umm Salama (r) left him. Ubaidullah died
as a christian. Utman Ibn Huwairid also chose
christanity. He also dide as a christian. Zaid Ibn
Amr unfortunately did not accept any religion but
he was a good human beign. He opposed the
pagans practices and went on adopting the
daughters and raised them who otherwise will be
killed by the pagans. Zaid died nearly five years
before the coming of Islam. Rasoolullah ‫ﷺ‬
told that Zaid will be raised as a one man ummah.
Zaid’s son Saeed Ibn Zaid is one of the Ashara
Mubashara (the ten promised paradise).