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Aboobacker Sidheek
The first profession for Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihi wassalam was shepherding. In Sahih Bukhari, Rasoolullah (SAW) says, “Allah has not sent a prophet who is not a shepherd”. His companions then asked “and you?” “Yes I used to herd sheep for compensation from the people of Mekka”.
Its striking that Allah subhanahu wa thaala trained all of His prophets as shepherds especially that of sheep. There are some lessons to be learned from the Anbiya being shepherds specifically that of sheep (or goats). Continue reading
During the early times of Rasoolullah (SAW), there was a pact called “hilf ul fudhool”. The story behind this is – a man from Zabeel in Yemen came to do business in Mekka. His merchandise was taken away by al-Aas bin Waal who promised to pay him back. Al-Aas bin Waal refused to pay him back after a while. He took advantage of the fact that the man is a foreigner and expected him to walk away. But the man didn’t and stood up for his rights. He went to a public place in Mekka and started calling the people of Quraish. He was telling, “I am oppressed in your land. Are you people who are going to stand up for my rights? Will you allow this oppression to happen in your land?” He said some emotional words that some clans of Quraish decided to meet together to bring about an agreement on protecting the rights of the weak in Mekka. Among the families of Quraish was the family of Rasoolullah (SAW) – his uncles. Continue reading
Rasoolullah (SAW) was initially nursed by his mother and Umm Ayman whose name is Baraka. Umm Ayman is an Abysinian woman who lived in Mecca and later became Muslim. Zaid bu Harisa, the emancipated slave of Rasoolullah (SAW), married her.
There was a tradition among the urban Arabs to send their children to grow up in the desert. They used to believe that the desert is more pure, is a cleaner environment and is healthier to grow in. They realized that city is not a good environment to bring up their children, especially with Mecca because it received lot of visitors from all over Arabia. They could bring with them different diseases and germs into town. The desert is pure, hot and dry which makes it unsuitable environment for the growth of bacteria. They also believe that it would strengthen their character due to harshness of the desert.
Rasoolullah (SAW) was also sent to the desert. Haleema Saad (r) narrates the story. She says that she came to Mecca with her friends so that they could take with them children to nurse or adopt. For them, this was something they were paid for. That particular year was the year of famine and people were very poor. Continue reading
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