It teaches us about the History of Islam

The life of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the history of Islam. You are studying the concise history Islam. By studying the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). In his Seerah you would find situations and incidences that would help us in everything that we would need to know in our life of dawah.

So we are not just studying the biography of a person, we are studying the history of our religion.

Muhammad ibn Saad ibn Waqas (may Allah be pleased with him) is one of the ashra-e-mubasharah, he is one of the 10 persons who was given the glad tidings of Paradise. His son Muhammad would say that our father would teach us the battles of Rasool Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he would teach us the seerah of Rasool Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he would tell us that these are the traditions of your fathers, so study them.

They used to refer to Seerah as Maghazi – battles. The latter part of life of Rasool Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was spent in maghazi, hence they would use the word maghazi to refer to the whole life of Rasool Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Therefore, the 2nd reason that we as believers should study the Seerah tun Nabi (peace and blessings be upon him) is so that we can learn and understand our history, the history of Islam, thereby gaining a greater love and appreciation for our Islam and for Rasulullah (peace and blessings be upon him).

 

Adapted from Imam Anwar Al Awlaki