PROPHET’S BIRTHDAY AND LOOKING AFTER
PERIODE
Preface
The dark cloud of jahiliyah closed above
Jazirah Arab. Bad deeds, haram, war, and killing baby are activities of people
in arab on that time. Ethic and moral on decrease situation make life is everything,
they only emphasize their life on the world. At the moment rise a star, the
darkness shined by birth of last prophet, he is Prophet Muhammad saw. Many
amazing phenomenon when prophet Muhammad saw was born, such as fire that
Zoroastrian pray to it are extinguished and some of ministries have known all
of amazing phenomenon written in bible or another book. Also when prophet
Muhammad saw nurtured by Halimah as-Sa’diyah, there are many amazing phenomenon
that people don’t believe it, for example before rasulullah came to Halimah
as-Sa’diyah and her family, their goat can’t produce milk but after rasulullah
came to there, their goat can produce milk. In this paper only explain about prophet’s
birthday and looking after periodic.
Discussion
1. Prophet’s birthday
a. Place and Date of Prophet’s birthday
Almost
all historians agree that Rasulullah saw was born on Rabiul awal, although they
have different opinion about the date. ‘Ulama of Syiah said that Rasulullah saw
was born on Jum’at, 17 Rabi’ul Awal, meanwhile ‘Ulama of Sunni said that
Rasulullah saw was born on Monday, 12 Rabi’ul awal.(Ar-Risalah, 2002 : 100)
Prophet
Muhammad saw was born in Mecca, rabi’ul awal, earlier of elephant year and 40
years after in the domain of Kisra Aunsyirwan or coincides with 20 or 22 April
571 M, based on research by Muhammad Sulaiman Al-manshurfury and astronomy
scientist, Mahmud Basya.(Sirah Nabawiyah)
The
famous opinion is prophet Muhammad was born on Rabi’ul Awal, 12, 571 AD or
elephant year in Makkah.
b. Amazing Phenomenon
There
are some evidences that support apostolate of Prophet Muhammad when he was
born, such as fires that Zoroastrian pray to it are extinguished, ten balconies
of Kisra castle and some churches are fall out. This history told by Al-Baihaqy,
although Muhammad Al-Ghazaly disagrees about this statement. Al-Hamid
Al-Husaini writes on this book, sirath al-musthafa that there are many amazing
phenomena on the night of prophet’s birthday. Great earthquake that make sculptures
among ka’bah were fall down, some church and monastery are fall out, balconies
of Kisra castle on Persia also fall out and fires that Zoroastrian pray to it
are extinguished. They sad and worry, they think that all of the phenomena tell
there is great phenomenon on the world. The great phenomenon is the prophet’s
birthday.
2. Looking after periode
Aminah
only give breast-feed to Rasulullah saw during three days, after it Suwaibah
and Halimah as-sa’adiyah breast-feed to him.
a. Along with Suwaibah
She
who is Abu Lahab’s servant, breast-feeds to Rasulullah saw four month. When
Rasulullah saw married with Khadijah, he wants to buy her but refused by Abu
Lahab. He helps her in many aspects, at the moment Rasulullah saw came back
from Khaibar war he heard that Suwaibah was died. He looking for her son to
help him but he also died.
b. Along with Halimah as-Sa’diyah
People
in Arabic have a tradition, looking for women to breast-feed to their baby
because they want their baby have strong body, out of diseases, and teach the
baby to speak in Arabic fluently. Ladies from Sa’d tribe come to Mecca, looking
for babies and breast-feed to them. As Halimah as-Sa’diyah, she comes to Mecca
with her husband and some ladies. They arrive in Mecca and everyone of lady
choose a baby, but when they know that rasulullah saw didn’t have Father they
didn’t want received him because payment to handle the baby are from father’s
baby. Rasulullah saw is the last baby and Halimah as-sa’diyah didn’t want to go
home without baby, so she carries rasulullah saw. She carries rasulullah and breast-feeds
to him, before it her breast can’t produce milk but rasulullah saw can drink
until he fast asleep. Then her husband walks to his camel and drink milk although
it never produces milk before. They begin their journey came back to their
home, their old donkey walk quickly not as usual and can arrived before their
friends arrived. They see their fields are fertile and their lean goats are
fat, so they can drink milk from it. Halimah as-Sa’diyah love rasulullah saw
very much, after two years life with her in S’ad tribe Rasulullah saw come back
to his mother but Halimah want to nurture him again in several years and Rasulullah
saw mother agree about it. When Rasulullah saw was four or five years old and
he was playing with his friend, Gabriel come to him and cleave his chest then
take his heart and said “This is part of evil on yourself.” Then Gabriel wash
it on washbasin made from gold and water of zam-zam. Gabriel put rasulullah saw
heart into his chest again. His friends run away to their mother and said
“Muhammad killed!” Some people go to the location and see Muhammad still alive
and his face brighter than before.
c. Back to beloved Mother
After
the incident, Halimah afraid there is something happen to rasulullah safety.
So, she accompanies rasulullah saw come back to his mother. When rasulullah saw
was six years old, he and his mother with her assistant, Ummu aiman go to
Yatsrib to visit his father graveyard. After one month in Yatsrib they come
back to Mecca but Aminah got sick and died in Abwa’.
d. Along with Abdul-Muthalib
Abdul-Muthalib
love Rasulullah saw very much, he thinks that his grandchild have many
obstacles, Rasulullah saw didn’t have father since he haven’t born yet and
didn’t have mother when he was six years old. Abdul-Muthalib have high position
between people in Mecca, some of them usually sit down among wood chair near
Ka’bah and no one be permitted sit on this chair, only Abdul-Muthalib his self.
But when rasulullah saw sit on this chair, Abdul-Muthalib also sit on this
chair and always happy whatever he did. Rasulullah saw was eight years old, two
month and ten days when his grandfather was died. Before Abdul-Muthalib was
died he said to his son, Abu Thalib to nurture Rasulullah saw.
e. Along with Abu Thalib
Abu
Thalib do what his father said well, he keep Rasulullah saw more than whatever
he did to his son. Until Rasulullah saw was more tha fourthy years old, he keep
Rasulullah saw from people who dislike Rasulullah saw.
3. Genealogy
There are three
parts of Rasulullah saw genealogy:
a. Rasulullah saw to Adnan
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specialists compromised to validity of the genealogy. The arrangement of
Rasulullah saw genealogy are : Muhammad, bin Abdullah bin Abdul-Muthalib
(Syaibah), bin Hasyim (Amru), bin Abdu Manaf (Al-Mughirah), bin Qushay (Zaid),
bin killab bin Murrah, bin Ka’b, bin Lu’ay, bin Ghalib bin Fihr (called Quraisy
and become a name of tribe), bin Malik, bin An-Nadr (Qais), bin Kinanah, bin
Khuzaimah bin Mudrikah (Amir), bin Ilyas, bin Mudhar, bin Nizar, bin Ma’ad, bin
Adnan.
b. Adnan to prophet Ibrahim AS
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specialist have difference opinion between genealogy that should be discussed
and genealogy that have not known certainly. The arrangement are : Adnan bin
Ud, bin Hamaisa’, bin Salaman, bin Aush, bin Bauz, bin Qimwal, bin Ubay, bin
Awwam, bin Nasyid, bin Haza, bin Baldas, bin Yadlaf, bin Thabikh, bin Jahim,
bin Nahisy, bin Makhy, bin Aidh, bin Abqar, bin Ubaid, bin Ad-Da’a, bin Hamdan,
bin Sinbar, bin Yatsriby, bin Yahzan, bin Yalhan, bin Ar’awy, bin Aidh, bin
Daisyan, bin Aishar, bin Afnad, bin Aiham, bin Muqshir, bin Nahits, bin Zarih,
bin Sumay, bin Muzay, bin Iwadhah, bin Aram, bin Qaidar, bin Isma’il AS, bin
Ibrahim AS.
c. Ibrahim AS to Adam AS
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specialist sure that there are something wrong on the genealogy. The
arrangement is : Ibrahim AS bin Tarih (Azar), bin Nahur, bin Saru’ or Sarugh,
bin Ra’u, bin Falakh, bin Aibar, bin Syalakh, bin Arfakhsyad, bin Sam, bin Nuh
AS, bin Yard, bin Lamk, bin Matausyalakh, bin Akhnukh or Idris AS, bin Yard,
bin Mahla’il, bin Qainan, bin Yanisya, bin Syaits, bin Adam AS.
Conclusion
·
Many
opinion about prophet’s birthday but the famous opinion is prophet Muhammad was
born on Rabi’ul Awal, 12, 571 AD or
elephant year in Makkah.
·
Great
earthquake that make sculptures among ka’bah were fall down, some church and
monastery are fall out, balconies of Kisra castle on Persia also fall out and
fires that Zoroastrian pray to it are extinguished are amazing phenomena on the
night of prophet’s birthday.
·
Aminah
only give breast-feed to Rasulullah saw during three days, after it Suwaibah
and Halimah as-sa’adiyah breast-feed to him.
·
Aminah
nurture rasulullah saw when he was fourth years old until six years old, then
Abdul-Muthalib nurture him until eight years and and the last is his uncle,
Abdul Muthalib.
·
There
are three parts of Rasulullah saw genealogy, Rasulullah saw to Adnan, Adnan to
prophet Ibrahim AS and Ibrahim
AS to Adam AS
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