The Seerah
Timeline, chapters, themes, places, people and lessons from the life of the Prophet ﷺ.
Every event points to the Qur'an and the Sahih narrations it comes from. Where dates or details are uncertain we say so — history is never filled in with invented detail.
Purpose of life
Shukr (gratitude)
Neighbours & community
- Carrying stones for the Ka'bah
- The call from Mount Safa
- The Pledge of al-'Aqabah
- Building the Prophet's Mosque
- Brotherhood between Muhajirun and Ansar
- The Trench (al-Khandaq)
- The Bedouin who urinated in the mosque
- Thumama ibn Uthal is set free
- The guest, the hungry children and the lamp
- Abu Huraira's hunger and the cup of milk
- "Show me the market"
- "Your family has a right over you"
- Asma' and her non-Muslim mother
- He wept at Sa'd ibn 'Ubada's sickbed
- Visiting the sick Jewish boy who served him
- Mu'adh is sent to Yemen
- 'Umar in fear after accepting Islam
- "Our master freed our master"
- Bilal calls the first adhan
Youth
Fear
Anxiety
Marriage
Tawakkul (trust in Allah)
Leadership & responsibility
- "Arise and warn" — revelation resumes
- The call from Mount Safa
- Uhud
- The Trench (al-Khandaq)
- The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
- Khaybar — the flag given to 'Ali
- The Bedouin who urinated in the mosque
- Ten years without a harsh word
- Thumama ibn Uthal is set free
- He shortened the prayer when a baby cried
- "Even if Fatima…" — no favouritism in justice
- Abu Dharr asks for a public office
- Mu'adh is sent to Yemen
- The Throne shook for Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
- Abu Jandal in chains, and a hard patience
- "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer"
Family conflict
- The call from Mount Safa
- Insulted while in prostration
- The death of Abu Talib
- The slander against Aisha (al-Ifk)
- Fatima asks for a servant
- Sa'd wants to give away all his wealth
- At home: in the service of his family
- "Your family has a right over you"
- Jabir's choice after his father's death
- Kissing his grandson al-Hasan
- "Your mother… your mother… your mother"
- Asma' and her non-Muslim mother
- Fatima's tears, then her smile
The Hereafter
Sabr (patience)
- Insulted while in prostration
- His hardest day — and his mercy
- Uhud
- The Trench (al-Khandaq)
- The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
- Hunayn
- His passing
- When his son Ibrahim died
- The woman weeping at a grave
- Umm Sulaym's patience when her son died
- The slander against Aisha (al-Ifk)
- Abu Huraira's hunger and the cup of milk
- "Whoever seeks self-sufficiency…"
- Fatima asks for a servant
- Abu Dharr searches for the truth
- Anas ibn an-Nadr at Uhud
- Abu Jandal in chains, and a hard patience
- "This is mercy which Allah has placed in hearts"
Anger
Sadness
Justice
Grief & loss
- The death of Abu Talib
- Uhud
- His passing
- When his son Ibrahim died
- The woman weeping at a grave
- Umm Sulaym's patience when her son died
- Umm Salama's dua after losing her husband
- Jabir's choice after his father's death
- He wept at Sa'd ibn 'Ubada's sickbed
- He never forgot Khadijah
- Wahshi comes to the Prophet ﷺ
- "This is mercy which Allah has placed in hearts"
- Fatima's tears, then her smile
Remembering death
Forgiveness
Hopelessness
Salah
- The Night Journey and Ascension
- Building the Prophet's Mosque
- The poor who felt left behind
- At home: in the service of his family
- Three men who wanted to out-worship him
- He shortened the prayer when a baby cried
- "Should I not be a grateful servant?"
- Bilal calls the first adhan
- The Qiblah turns to the Ka'bah
- Bilal's footsteps in Paradise
- "Enough" — and his eyes were full of tears
- "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer"
Honesty & fraud
Career & work
Charity
Rizq (provision)
- Brotherhood between Muhajirun and Ansar
- The Trench (al-Khandaq)
- The guest, the hungry children and the lamp
- Abu Huraira's hunger and the cup of milk
- "Show me the market"
- Hakim ibn Hizam asks three times
- "Whoever seeks self-sufficiency…"
- The poor who felt left behind
- Fatima asks for a servant
- His armour, mortgaged for barley
- Sa'd wants to give away all his wealth
Business
Loneliness
Dua
Greed & wealth obsession
Pride & arrogance
Tawbah (returning)
Istighfar
Time
Interest (riba)
Parenting
Backbiting
Social media & scrolling
Halal income
Debt
Comparison
Envy
Luxury & materialism
Illness
Bribery
Seerah lecture series
Official playlists from the teachers' own YouTube channels. Videos play from YouTube; the rights stay with their publishers.