GenealogyThe family tree of the Hazrat Dawood as per various Muslim writers, Genesis, Exodus, Numbers and Chronicles 1 of the Old Testament and Gospel of Matthew 1:1 to 10 is as under. ParentsHazrat Dawood’s fathers name was Jesse who lived in Bethlehem. Being a shepherd and a very God fearing individual he followed the stipulated…
BackgroundNo precise information is available as to how this young Abyssinian girl ended up for sale in Mecca. Neither do we have any substantial record regarding her antecedents. There were many like her, boys and girls, Arabs and non-Arabs, who were captured and brought to be sold in the slave market of the city. A…
Historical BackgroundThe Israelites while settling in the blessed land of Palestine ruled for a very long time and extended their kingdom to immeasurable boundaries. Allah, the Almighty had chosen many Prophets from among them and gave them a Holy Book, the Torah to follow. Hazrat Dawud and his son Hazrat Solomon were very famous and…
GenealogyThe family tree of Hazrat Musa as per various Muslim writers and Genesis, Exodus, Numbers and Chronicles 1 of the Old Testament is as under: Hazrat Yousaf/Joseph youngest son of Yaqub/Jacob and the brother of Levi, and his family settled in Egypt (Exodus 1:1 to 8 and 2:1 and 2). They were called the Israelites….
Name Aisha Title Siddiqa, known as Umm Al Mumineen. Since she had adopted her sister’s son Abdullah bin Zubair as such she was also known as Umm-e-Abdullah. In addition she was also given the title of Hamera (Fair) GenealogyThe family tree of Hazrat Aisha according to various authentic authors is as follows: FatherAbu Bakr –Abi…
Hazrat Ali may Allah be pleased with him, reported:I heard Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The best of the women of her time was Mary bint ‘Imran, and the best of the women of her time was Hazrat Khadijah bint Khuwailid Abu Musa may Allah be pleased with him, reported:Allah’s Messenger…
GenealogyHer ancestry was Hazrat Khadijah bint Khuwalid ibn Asad ibn Kilab. Her mother was Fatima bint Zayda who was a descendent of another clan of the Quraish. Genealogists say that the Prophet was one of her cousins, or more precisely one of her nephews through a mutual great Grandfather Qusay ibn Kilab. ParentsHer father Khuwalid…
IntroductionThe battle of the Trenches or AHZAB was a decisive battle of Islamic history. It was fought during the month of ZAKAT 5 HIJRA (February 623) between a formidable force of idolaters (10000 well armed) and an ill armed Muslim force of about 3000. The idolaters of MECCA with underhand intrigues had also established contact…
GenealogyShe was Zaynab bint Jashsh ibn Ribal Asadiya. Her mother was Umaima bint’Abd al-Muttalib. Her family tree was as under: FatherJashsh bin Rakab bin Yamar bin Sabera bin Merab bin Kashseer bin Sanam bin Zaodan bin Asad bin Khazima. MotherUmaima bint Abu Talib bin Abdul Mutlib bin Hashim bin Abdul Munaf. Early LifeShe was born…
The Holy Prophet once said, “The best women in all the world are four: the Virgin Mary, Asiya the wife of Pharaoh, Khadijah Mother of the Believers, and Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad (PBUH).” Hazrat Fatimah was the fifth child of The Holy Prophet and Hazrat Khadijah. She was born 5 years before the prophet-hood of…
