History & Seerah

The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another. – Ibn Khaldun

History Class 101

Lost Islamic History

Lesson Plan and Breakdown

We are not makers of history. We are made by history. – Martin Luther King, Jr
History never really says goodbye. History says, ‘See you later.’ – Eduardo Galeano
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. – Karl Marx

Highlights

  1. Introduction to History. Why history? Importance of history. Current outlook on history.
  2. Purpose of history. Lessons of History. Islamic View on history.
  3. Introduction to the start of the science of history in Islam. It’s various facets.
  4. Prominent Muslim Historians and Sources. Various Approaches to History.
  5. Development of Historiography. Importance of Ibn Khaldun.
  6. Contemporary Muslim Historians. Introduction to Lost Islamic History.

Seerah/Biography of the Prophet Muhammad

Makkah Period

  • The world before the Prophet.
  • A short history of Makkah.
  • Life at Makkah.
  • Tribal System.
  • The lineage of the Prophet.
  • Birth.
  • Upbringing.
  • Guardians.
  • Marriage to Khadeejah.
  • First Revelation.
  • Early Believers.
  • Public Preaching.
  • Migration to Abyssinia.
  • The boycott of Banu Hashim.
  • Year of Sorrow.
  • Visit to Taif.
  • Isra wal Mi’raj.
  • Dynamics of the Makkan Period.

Transitioning- A New Beginning

Islam and Migration

  • Life in Yathrib/A short history of Yathrib.
  • Preparation to Migrate.
  • Migration to Yathrib.
  • Anticipation and the arrival of the Prophet.
  • Yathrib becomes Medinah At Taiba.

Medinan Period

  • Life in Medinah Part 1.
  • Brotherhood among Muslims (Muwakhaat).
  • Construction of the Prophet’s Mosque.
  • Ashab as Suffah-The First Residential School System.
  • Establishment Bait ul Maal.
  • The pact between Muslims and Jews.
  • Reconnaissance and Expeditions.
    • Ghawazaat.
    • Sariya.

Life in Medinah Part 2

  • Social.
  • Political.
  • Economic.
  • Religion.
  • Military.
  • Significant events in the Medinan Period.
  • Dynamics of the Medinan Period.
    • Battlefields of the Holy Prophet
      • Badr.
      • Uhud.
        • First Phase.
        • Second Phase.
        • Third Phase.
    • Khandaq.
      • Umrah and Hudaibiyah.
    • Khyber.
    • Conquest of Makkah.
    • Hunain.
      • Hajj in 9th Hijri lead by Abu Bakar.
    • Tabuk.
  • Hajj of the Prophet.
    • Last Sermon.
  • Later part of the Prophet’s life.
  • Last days of the Prophet.
    • Fever.
    • Conditions of the Sahabah.
    • Conditions of the Muslims.
  • Death of the Prophet.
  • Funeral and Burial.
  • The reaction of the Muslims.
  • State of the Companions.
    • Umar.
    • Uthman.
    • Abu Bakar.
    • Ali.