The Last Sermon Of Muhammad, Mercy to The Mankind ( Peace Be Upon Him)

The whole world is celebrating the Birthday of The Holy Prophet (Peace Be upon Him),

I just tried to go through the last sermon of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be upon Him) which he gave at the gathering of Hajj.

Some Extracts of the Last Sermon

He Proclaimed:“I bear witness that there is no God but Allah, the One, having no partner with Him. His is the sovereignty and to Him is due all praise.”

He broke the shackles of slavery, mankind was delivered from thousands of gods and their tyranny.

He Said: “Allah created you from one male and one female and made you into tribes and nations, so as to be known to one another.”

He broke the chains of race and colour and set the humans free from these prejudices.

He said: “In the sight of Allah, the most honoured amongst you is the one who is most God-fearing.”

He changed the merit of greatness from wealth and belongings to piety

He said: “Your blood, your property and your honour are sacred and inviolable until you appear before your Lord.Verily you will soon meet your Lord and you will be held answerable for your actions.”

He made the lives and property of everyone honourable and precious for everyone else.

When people were burying their girls alive he talked about Women Rights

He declared: • “You have got certain rights over your

women and your women have certain rights over you.

• It is not permissible for a woman to give anything from the wealth of her husband to anyone but with his consent.

• Fear Allah concerning women”

“O’ people! Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, has ordained to everyone his due share (of inheritance). Hence there is no need (of special) testament for an heir.”

He Gave The Concept Of Fair Inheritance

He decreed;“All debts must be repaid, all borrowed property must be returned, gifts should be reciprocated and a surety must make good the loss to the assured.”

Debts , Borrowing And Gifts

“Beware! No one committing a crime is responsible for it but himself. Neither the child is responsible for the crime of his father, nor the father is responsible for the crime of his child.”

Ones Responsibility For Own Deeds

“O’ People! Every Muslim is the brother of every other Muslim, and all the Muslims form one brotherhood. And your slaves; see that you feed them with such food as you eat yourselves, and clothe them with the clothes that you yourselves wear.”

Universal Brotherhood

“O’ people! No Prophet would be raised after me and no new Ummah (would be formed) after you.”

The Last Prophet

He affirmed: “Verily I have left amongst you that which will never lead you astray, the Book of Allah, which if you hold fast you shall never go astray.”

Rules Will Remain The Same And Nobody Will Be Able To Exploit The Religion

Behold! Worship your Lord; offer prayers five times a day; observe fast in the month of Ramadhaan; pay readily the Zakat (poor due) on your property; and perform pilgrimage to the House of God and obey your rulers and you will be admitted to the Paradise of your Lord.

Transport your self to that age when ignorance was at its peak

A society which was full of violence, greed, vengeance and hatred

And then see the Greatness of Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)

A True Revolutionary He raised the slogan of humanity, He raised his voice for the rights of the

oppressed groups of the society including women, children and elderly.

When the life of human beings carried no value he taught mankind to consider the rights of the animals.

A True Revolutionary Just consider the courage and conviction that

would be required to raise these issues at a time when the society was divided on the lines of tribes and families,

Where the matter of pride was the wealth and belongings which one had and

Where the people of one race considered it appropriate to kill others without any remorse and hesitation.

A True Revolutionary He told the mankind that the lives of others,

property and blood are sacred.Even today when media is so independent

and knowledge is so wide spread and it is so easy to reach out to the information; still raising your voice against the prejudices based on race, colour and creed is so difficult.

He raised his voice against the Status quo…

Mercy to the MankindSurely the Holy Prophet (Peace Be upon Him)

was the mercy to the mankind and will be so forever.

He was the one who raised his voice for the truth in the darkest hour of history and he stood by his words and beliefs with the courage that is unparalleled in the history of mankind.

Today in the name of openness of mind, people find it befitting to try to smear his personality by raising objections and creating misconception about his message and his life.

So I just took few extracts from the last sermon of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be upon Him) to show case it to the world what the Holy Prophet (Peace Be upon Him) stood for.

To see that he was a revolutionary and a challenger of Status quo…..