1. Seerah
Presentation # 7

2. UMAR bin Al-KHATTAB (RA) (6th year of Prophet hood)
The Conversion of
UMAR bin Al-KHATTAB (RA)
(6th year of Prophet hood)

3. Conversion of Umar (RA)
Man of courage and determination.
Feared and respected in Makkah.
Bitter opponent of Islam.
Secretly he admired the stamina of the Muslims and their persistent dedication to their faith.
Prophet made dua for him

4. Conversion of Umar (RA)
One day he set out with a sword in his hand with the intention to kill the Prophet, but somebody told him that his own sister had accepted Islam.
He went straight to his sister, Fatima’s house and heard Khabbab bin Aratt (ra) reciting surah TA’ HA.
They hid the mushaf when they heard Umar approaching.

5. After beating his brother-in-law and sister fiercely, he asked them to show what they were reading.
Once he read the Quran, he went straight to Prophet and embraced Islam.

6. Conversion of Umar (ra) was a real triumph for the cause of Islam.
Muslims started worshipping openly in and around the Ka’abah.

7. Bargaining or negotiating with Prophet and his uncle
Mockery
Insulting and harming the Messenger (saw)
Accusations or character assassinations
Deforming or defaming the message
Bargaining or negotiating with Prophet and his uncle
Temptations
Setting challenges
Putting him under pressure
Showing disgust and hatred
Persecution
Assassination attempts

8. Quraish’s negotiations with the messenger
Utbah bin rabiah approached the Prophet and offered a bargain to him that if he stopped proclaiming his new faith, they would give him:
As much money and riches as he wanted
Kingship of Quraish
Best physician to cure, if he was under any spell

9. Another kind of negotiation
They were willing to give up some of their faith, requesting him to leave some of his.
Allah revealed:
قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ2. لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ3. وَلَا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ4. وَلَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَا عَبَدْتُمْ5. وَلَا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ6. لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ

10. Abu Talib assembles his family
Abu Talib exhorted Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib to protect the Prophet.
All of them whether believers or non believers, responded positively and took oath to protect the Prophet, except Abu Lahab who sided with the idolaters.

11. General Social Boycott
From the 7th year of Prophet hood till the 10th year

12. A pact of Injustice and Aggression
Quraish formed an evil confederation.
They took an oath to boycott Banu Hashim and Banu Al-Muttalib until the Prophet was given up to them to be killed.
They made a written covenant and put that on a wall, inside Ka’abah.

13. Three years of great hardship
Abu Talib took Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib and confined them within a narrow pass (shi’b of Abu Talib).
The supply of food was almost stopped.
They had to eat tree leaves and animal skins.

14. Three years of great hardship
Cries of little children, suffering from hunger, could be heard clearly.
Prophet did not stop preaching even in such harsh conditions.

15. Dissolution of the pact
Hisham bin Amr initiated and gathered a small group of five people, who were also grieving at the sad situation of Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib, near Kaabah to abolish the pact.
They demanded Quraish to tear the pact.
Abu Jahl argued with them and said that it would not be torn until the Prophet was handed over to be killed.

16. Dissolution of the pact
Mean while Abu Talib came and said that a revelation had been sent to his nephew that the ants had already eaten the pact.
Later they all discovered that to be true and so the pact was dissolved and people were permitted to leave Shi’b Abi talib and go home.

17. The tenth year of the Prophet hood
The Year of Grief
The tenth year of the Prophet hood

18. Six months after leaving the confinement of Shi’b abi talib, Prophet’s dearest uncle fell ill and died.
Only two or three months after the death of his uncle, his beloved wife Khadija (ra) passed away as well.

19. Factors inspiring Patience and Perseverance

20. Unshakable Belief in Allâh.
Wholeheartedly-loved leadership
The sense of responsibility.
Unwavering Belief in the truth of the Hereafter.
The Qur’ân.
Glad tidings of success.