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Daily Life of the Messenger of Allah
(pbuh)
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Outline
•Timeline•He is the role model for
people•His daily life
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TimelineBIRTH571 CE
6: Mother dies
8:Grandfather dies
25:Marriage w/Khadijah
40:First revelation
50:Year of sorrow-Boycott
53:Migration to Madinah
Conq. of Mecca
Farewell address
577
579
610
620
596
622
AGE: 63
630
632
Death 632 CE
23 years
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His Example for People
•33.21. Assuredly you have in God’s Messenger an excellent example to follow for whoever looks forward to God and the Last Day, and remembers and mentions God much.
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A Day in the Life of Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh)
•With the Holy Qur’an•With supplication •With prayer•With his family•With his companions and
social life
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Prophet’s (pbuh) Worship Life
• About 1/3 of every day spent in individual or congregational prayers.– Supplication– Recitation– Reflection– Meditation– Ritual prayer– Remembrance– Prayers on occasions
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Prophet Muhammad’s Daily Qur’an
From the time the Qur’an was revealed to the Messenger of Allah, they were inseparable
He has many sayings that encourage reading the Qur’an.
Just as he liked to read The Qur’an he also liked to listen to it.
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Prophet Muhammad’s Daily Supplications
•As the Quran also says his life was full of supplications
• Examples:• When he wakes up in the
morning• When he is dressing• When he is eating• When entering the mosque• After the call to prayer• When entering & leaving the
house• When entering the restroom• When traveling• After prayer/remembrance• When it is evening time• Before sleeping• Night & dawn time• ………
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His Daily Prayer (pbuh)
What was his point of view on prayer?
The prayer is worship that is constantly recited by all beings through their tongues of disposition.
The prayer is the pillar of religion.The prayer is the ascension of a
believer.Every human has a passion, mine is
prayer.To pray five times every day is to get rid
of your sins.
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Some Examples of His Prayer
• Hadith narrated from Aisha (r.a.)
• And from Abdullah Bin Mes’ud
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His Day with His Family
• Prophet Muhammed was a perfect human being. Because he was a human being, he got married and had a family and had relatives as well.
• The Messenger of God Almighty, never forgot his family in his daily life.
• He would try to feed his family with all his money.
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With His Companions and Social Life
• He (pbuh) set aside about seven hours each day being with his companions and doing his daily work.
• Such as:Trading. Giving gifts and charity.Listening to the problems of his peoples and
being a judge for them.Attending weddings, funerals etc…Hosting foreign guests, talking to them and
answering their questions.….
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Categorization of Prophet’s (pbuh) activities
Activity Category Time
Ablution & Morning prayer Worship 1
Supplication and remembrance Worship 1
Conversation with companions
Community Affairs 1
Late morning prayer Worship 0.5
Family time (breakfast?) Family time 2
Nap Rest 0.5
Noon prayer Worship 0.75
Visits to companions, daily activities, official tasks, transcription of the revelation, hosting guests
Community Affairs 3
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Activity Category Time
Afternoon prayer Worship 0.5
Brief rest Rest 0.5
Family time Family time 1
Evening prayer Worship 0.75
Conversation with female family members, female companions Family time 2
Night prayer Worship 1
[Community/state affairs]Community
Affairs 1
Resting Rest 3.5
Early morning prayer Worship 3
Chores such as mending shoes, dress, milking sheep, feeding cattle/scheep, cleaning Personal 1
TOTAL 24
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Quiz!
• Which one do you think is mostly done in Prophet Muhammad’s daily life?
a -Warb -Worshipc -Socializingd -Traveling
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Answer!
• Let us find out the answer later in our presentation.
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A Typical Day in Prophet’s (pbuh) Life
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Hours
Daily life
CommunityAffairs
Family time
Personal
Rest
Worship
Breakdown of time spent in various Activities in a typical day of Prophet Muhammed (Peace and blessings be upon him)
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Thank YouQuestions and comments
are welcome Resources: Daily life of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) [Prof.
Dr. A. Hakim Yuce] www.fgulen.org The Messenger of God [M. Fethullah Gulen]
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BIRTH
571
CE
6: Mother d
ies
8:Gra
ndfather
dies 25:Marri
age w/K
hadijah
40:Firs
t reve
lation
50:Year o
f sorro
w-Boyc
ott
53:Migra
tion to
Madinah
Conq. of M
ecca
Farewell a
ddress
577 579 610 620596 622
AGE: 63
630632
Timeline
23 years