Umm Ma’bad (ra): The Most Beautiful Descripti...

He went out as a disbeliever hunting the Prophet ﷺ for 100 camels, then came back a believer with the bracelets of the ruler of Persia. A remarkable story about prophecy even in vulnerability.

When the Prophet ﷺ suddenly encounters a chief of a nomad tribe during the Hijra, more people embrace Islam in the desert in an instant than at any point in the years preceding of the Prophetic call.

One of the most detailed physical descriptions of the Prophet ﷺ was provided by an elderly Bedouin woman named Umm Ma'bad al-Khuzāʿīyyah.

In this episode of the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Ustadh Abdulrahman Hassan talks about how the Prophet ﷺ looked. He also delves ...

Sh. Omar Suleiman reflects on the story of a Bedouin who describes himself between two states: that of thanking Allah, and seeking forgiveness from Him, and how his simple praise of Allah was considered masterful. 

Soon after his birth, the Prophet Muhammad went to live with the bedouins and his wet nurse Halima.Lecture notes available here. Subscribe to watch the lectures live and participate in the Q&A at the end of each class.Video recording of this lecture + Q&A available here.