Significance of Monday

Different narrations give different dates some say he was born on the 2nd or
8th or 12th or 17th day
1 Most narrations agree on the 12th day of al-Rabil-awwal
2 He was born 50-55 days after the Invasion of the Elephants
3 In the Gregorian calendar, the Prophets birth occurred on April 25,
in the year 571
Miraculous events surrounding the Prophets birth

From the day she became pregnant with Muhammad to the day she gave birth,
Aminah never felt any pain or discomfort during her pregnancy & labor
Aminahs dreams
In one dream, Noor was coming out of Aminahs womb & it was lighting up
palaces in as-Sham (Syria)
In other dreams, she was being addressed by angels (most likely Jibril): You are
carrying the leader of this Ummah. When he arrives to this earth, say, I put him
in the protection of Allah, may Allah protect him from the jealous, may he be put
in the company of good people, may he be put in the confidence of leaders of the
devout, may he arrive to this earth without any adversity, until he witnesses that
which he is to witness. The sign of his birth will be, when he arrives on this earth,
along with him a light will come a light that will fill the palaces of as-Sham.
When he is born, name him Muhammad, because his name in the Tawrut was
Ahmed. The people of the heavens and the people of the earth praise him. His
name in the Injeel was Ahmed. His name in the Quran will be Muhammad.
There were 2 women, As-Shifa & mother of Uthman bin Abi al-Aas, were
assisting Aminah in childbirth
1 When Aminah gave birth, mother of Athman was blinded by
Noor. She looked up and could see the stars coming closer to
witness the birth of the Messenger. The stars were so close
that the As-Shifa was afraid that the stars might fall on her.
2 When the Prophet was born, at the moment someone said,
May Allah have mercy on you.
Before giving birth, Aminah called her father-in-law (Abdul Mutallib) to tell
him about her dreams. Abdul Mutallib says, just stay calm & steadfast

Prophet (saw) was asked by an Arabi (Bedouin), What do you advise about
fasting on Mondays? Prophet replied, That is the day on which I was born, and
that is the day on which divine revelation was revealed to me.
The Prophet was born on a Monday
He was given Prophethood on a Monday
During Hijrah, he left Makkah on a Monday
He arrived in Medina on Monday
He passed away on Monday
Prophet was born during the month of Al Rabial-awwal in the Year of the
Elephant

After Prophet was born, Abdul Mutallib was called for, since hes the male
guardian of the child. He was informed about the Noor. He wanted to take the
newborn Muhammad to Kabah & make dua.
Aminah tells her father-in-law that the child needs to be named Muhammad
Abdul Mutallib takes his new grandson to the Baytullah & makes dua:
I praise Allah for giving me this beautiful child, who is blessed and noble.
Already in the lap of his mother, he is already become a leader of other children. I
put him in the protection of Allah who is strong and owns the foundations, so
that he can grow up to become a strong young man. I put him in the protection of
Allah from anyone who will have hatred for him. If anyone tries to approach him
(with malicious intentions), may Allah take his eyes. May Allah take away his
ability to speak.
Abdul Mutallib points to the child & says, You are the one who has been
mentioned in the sacred texts of God. Your name Ahmed has been mentioned
throughout generations and throughout time.
Abdul Mutallib threw a great feast on the 7th day of the Prophets birth (Aqiqah)
This practice was one of the true practices inherited from Ibrahim (as)
The name Muhammad was very rare at the time
Some scholars say that the Prophet was the first person ever to named
Muhammad, but thats incorrect. Some people were named Muhammad before
the Prophets birth, but they were rare
The name comes from the root hamd, which means the one who is repeatedly
praised
Ahmad Very abundantly praised
Muhammad amazing things are constantly praised
He was praised even before Prophethood, because he used to be known as As
Sadiq Al Amin around Makkah (The Trustworthy One)
Theres a Hadith in which the Prophet says, I have many names. I am
Muhammad and I am Ahmed. I am al-Mahi (the one who removes/eradicates);
Allah eradicated kuffar through me. I am al-Hashir (the one who gathers); people
have gathered at my feet to take their deen. I am al-Akib (one who comes last).

I am al-Khatim (the seal of Prophethood). I am the Prophet of Mercy. I am the

Prophet who will establish & defend the deen.
Allah addresses Muhammad by many names & titles in the Quran (X)

Hasan bin Thabit, the personal poet of the Prophet, said, Muhammads name
was split from the name of Allah, so that he would be honored. Allah is the one
who is praised. Allah is Mahmud, and he (the Prophet) is Muhammad.
Miracles that occurred during the birth of the Prophet

The night of the birth, the whole Palace of Qisra (of the Persian Empire) literally
shook
14 balconies of the Palace of Qisra broke & fell off
People of Persia were Zoroastrian. They worshipped a sacred fire that had been

burning continuously for a thousand years, never gone out

That fire was extinguished that night without any explanation
Water levels from the River of Tigris became extremely low so that the irrigation
didnt reach the farms
All across the region, there was a bright light shining in the night sky
Mubidaan, a waazir (minister), an influential person on the court of Persian
Empire had a dream
In his dream, a large older camel was outrunning a fast young horse. Mubidaan
also sees in his dream that the Tigris River stopped flowing altogether.
1 Mubidaan worried.
The Persian Emperor gathered all of his counsel. Do you know why I gathered
altogether? The central fire that we worship was extinguished last night. The
balconies of my palace broke & fell.

Mubidaan steps up to recount his dream

Emperor of Persia asks Mubidaan (one of his roles was to interpret dreams) what
his dream meant
Mubidaan: Something interesting is happening in the direction of Arabs.
Emperor sends a man to direction of Arabia to see whats going on. That
person finds someone on the way (reported name: Abdul Masih of tribe of Al
Ghasan, bordered the Arabs in As-Sham)

Abdul Masih tells the Persian emperors messenger that for the last few
days/weeks, almost every leader of every tribe in Syria came to him asking the
very same question, Whats going on in Al-Hejaz? Some people are hearing
things, some are dreaming.
1 In another narration, Abdul Masih calls on Satih, who was
knowledgeable on Tawrut & Injeel & knows a lot about Prophets of
the Past. Satih tells Abdul Masih that the Prophet of the Last Times
is born. Satih goes on to say that according to the prophecies, the
reign of the Qisra will see 14 more emperors before it comes to an
end.
Abdul Masih follows the Persian messenger back to Persian Empire to tell the
emperor about the 14 kingdoms
1 In 4 years, we will go through 10 emperors. Thats exactly what
happened.
The last emperor of the Qisra dynasty was Yazjajdird, who fought the Muslim
armies later on. His palace was completely destroyed.
1 The dynasty of Qisra ruled for 3,164 years. It ended during the
Khilafa of Uthman (ra).
2 The very first emperor of Persia from the Qisra dynasty was
Khaiyummart, bin Umain bin Lawad bin Saam bin Nuh (as)
3 The first emperor of Persia was the great-great grandson of Nuh
(as)
Some monks & rabbis talked about the coming of the Prophet of the Last
Times

2 or 3 generations before the birth of the Prophet, some leaders from as-Sham
came to Makkah to interview different leaders of Quryash, trying to figure out
from whose family the Prophet will come from
Two Quryash leaders that were interviewed were Abd-Shams & Abd-Munaf, who
are from the children of Qusay. Abd-Munaf is one of the great-great grandfathers
of Prophet.
One of the priests from as-Sham tells Abd-Munaf, Allah has given me the
understanding of certain things, so listen to me carefully. Oh Arabs, you are in
time period of a break, where youre on pause. Nothing important is happening
right now, but it will happen. Right now you have no knowledge. Youre ignorant,
desert-dwelling, camel-riding simple people. We outsiders dont look at you with
respect. However, people of great understanding are going to come from your
generations. They will go out & seek great types of knowledge. The idols that you
worship your progeny will come & break the idols with their hands. They will
fight the great empires that exist today (the Persian and Roman empires). They
will defeat them & inherit their wealth.
The priest also recites some poetry:
Understand that there is a life here after that remains for eternity. That is where
you should hope for. The person who lives here, from this place, will leave his
home (talking about Hijrah). He will be a Prophet that will be guided by God. He
will guide people to that which is true. He will reject the idols that you worship.
He will have nothing to do with the worship of idols. He will worship one Lord,
one God. Then Allah will give him death in the best of places (Madina). Right
now, the virtue of that place is lost on people. This is being witnessed by the sky.
Our books tell us that this man will have the quality of trustworthiness.
He will inherit the rule from this prophet (Abu Bakr). When he will make a
decision, he will speak the truth. He will return the rights to the people. He will
not do anything that is unintelligent, nor will he be a pushover.
After him, a man will inherit the rule who will be very focused (Umar bin alKhattab). He will be a man of great experience & great honor. He will be a man of
great hospitality.
The priest also talked about Uthman (ra) & his qualities, & the fact that he will be
assassinated. He also spoke of the other kings that will come from the Umayyad
dynasty & the fitnas that will come upon the ummah.
Shuaib narrates from his father, who narrates from his father (all are Sahaba).
The grandfather was passing by a place named Dhahran.
He met a rahib, a Christian monk named Ayisa, from the people of Syria. Ayisa
was very well known for his teachings & knowledge of the teachings and lives of
the past Prophets. He was also well known in Makkah for his humility and
generosity.
Ayisa had confined himself to a church most of the time for worship.
Once a year, hed leave the monastery to go to Makkah to buy the supplies & visit
people in Makkah. Whenever he visited Makkah, hed say same thing to leaders
there:
People of Makkah, listen. Youre very close to a child being born amongst you.
The Arabs will follow his deen. He will rule over the non-Arabs. This is his time

and his era. Whoever finds him follows him and believes in him will find himself
in a strong position. Whoever finds him, gets to interact with him, but
confronts/argues with him, will be in the wrong. I didnt leave the land of peace &
tranquility & comfort & luxury (As Sham, a very prosperous place, which was
ruled by a kings of Gassam) and come to the land of hunger, starvation, civil
unrest, and economic uncertainty except to find that Prophet. I read about him &
studied about him & know hes going to be here. Thats why I keep coming back
to Makkah.
Every single time a child is born in Makkah, Ayisa would go there to find out
more if thats the Prophet
Hed ask for the infants description. He wouldnt disclose what he was looking
for.
One time, he shares the markers of what hes looking for in the Prophet because
he was getting older & wasnt sure that hed live to witness the birth of the
Prophet, so he wanted to pass on that knowledge.
A Makkan man who was given the markers by Ayisa goes to Ayisas monastery to
tell him of a child that was born recently. The child will be born on Monday, given
prophethood on Monday, and die on Monday.
Ayisa asks what his name is. Muhammad. Ayisa asks what family he was born
into. He was born into family of Banu Hashim; Ayisa himself wished that the
Prophet would be born to Hashim.
Ayisa said 3 things are coming together
I saw the star in the sky the same star that shines every time a prophet is
born.
He was born in a Monday.
His name is Muhammad.
Ayisa asks to be taken to the child. Once Ayisa reaches there, he says another sign
that this is the Prophet is that the child will suffer for 3 days. He will have
discomfort drinking milk for 3 days.
An evil jinni knew that this was the Messenger, so he stuck his finger in the
mouth of the Muhammad so that he would have trouble nursing.
Malaika came and protected Prophet.
Another sign simple fact that many monks & rabbis showed up to Makkah.
They saw the same star that shined in the sky when Musa was born.
Some Jewish rabbis came to some Arab leaders of the tribes of Oas & Khajra in
Yathrib and said, Kad-dahabat. Kad-dahabat. It has left. It has left. Nubua has
left Banu Israel. We saw a light emanating from Makkah. We saw a star shining
in the direction of Makkah. It tells us that the Prophet of the Last time has come
amongst the Arabs. Prophethood has left our lineage. Kad-dahabat.
Some rabbis said that this child carries several signs of Prophethood
Muhammad is yateen, an orphan. His father is dead.
On his back, between his shoulder blades, theres a birthmark thats like a cluster
of moles. This is the seal of Prophethood.
1 One of these Jewish rabbis goes to Makkah asking about this
child born on this night. He goes around asking which family
recently gave birth. He goes to the home of Aminah. Did you

give birth recently?

2 He sees that Muhammad has the noor of Nabua. He also
sees the birthmark on the infant, & confirms that this child
indeed will be a Prophet.
3 The rabbi says that he hopes to live to see the day
Muhammad receives Prophethood so rabbi can come and
believe in his message.
Many of the monks & rabbis predicted according to the text that the child will be
called Ahmed. Narration tells that Aminah preferred to call her son Ahmed.
No one in history will be envied as much as the child will be. No one in history
will be as attacked as he will be. This child will not live to see the age of 70. He
will die at the age of 60 some odd years. This will be the average age of his
ummah.