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Daily Life of the Messenger
of Allah (pbuh)
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Outline
• Timeline
• He is the role model for people
• His daily life
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Timeline
571 CE
577
579
596
610
23 years
BIRTH
6: Mother dies
8:Grandfather dies
25:Marriage w/Khadijah
40:First revelation
620
50:Year of sorrow-Boycott
622
53:Migration to Madinah
630
Conq. of Mecca
632
AGE: 63
Farewell address
Death 632 CE
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His Example for People
• 33.21. Assuredly you have in God’s
Messenger an excellent example to
follow for whoever looks forward to
God and the Last Day, and
remembers and mentions God much.
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A Day in the Life of Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh)
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With the Holy Qur’an
With supplication
With prayer
With his family
With his companions and social life
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Prophet’s (pbuh) Worship Life
• About 1/3 of every day spent in
individual or congregational prayers.
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Supplication
Recitation
Reflection
Meditation
Ritual prayer
Remembrance
Prayers on occasions
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Prophet Muhammad’s Daily
Qur’an
 From the time the
Qur’an was revealed to
the Messenger of Allah,
they were inseparable
 He has many sayings
that encourage reading
the Qur’an.
 Just as he liked to read
The Qur’an he also liked
to listen to it.
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Prophet Muhammad’s Daily
Supplications
• As the
Quran also
says his life
was full of
supplications
• Examples:
• When he wakes up in the
morning
• When he is dressing
• When he is eating
• When entering the mosque
• After the call to prayer
• When entering & leaving the
house
• When entering the restroom
• When traveling
• After prayer/remembrance
• When it is evening time
• Before sleeping
• Night & dawn time
• ………
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His Daily Prayer (pbuh)
What was his point of view on prayer?
The prayer is worship that is constantly
recited by all beings through their tongues of
disposition.
The prayer is the pillar of religion.
The prayer is the ascension of a believer.
Every human has a passion, mine is prayer.
To pray five times every day is to get rid of
your sins.
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Some Examples of His Prayer
• Hadith narrated
from Aisha (r.a.)
• And from Abdullah
Bin Mes’ud
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His Day with His Family
• Prophet Muhammed was a perfect
human being. Because he was a human
being, he got married and had a family
and had relatives as well.
• The Messenger of God Almighty, never
forgot his family in his daily life.
• He would try to feed his family with all
his money.
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With His Companions and
Social Life
• He (pbuh) set aside about seven hours each day being
with his companions and doing his daily work.
• Such as:
 Trading.
 Giving gifts and charity.
 Listening to the problems of his peoples and being a judge
for them.
 Attending weddings, funerals etc…
 Hosting foreign guests, talking to them and answering
their questions.
 ….
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Categorization of Prophet’s (pbuh) activities
Activity
Category
Ablution & Morning prayer
Worship
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Supplication and remembrance
Worship
1
Conversation with companions
Community
Affairs
1
Late morning prayer
Worship
Family time (breakfast?)
Family time
Nap
Rest
Noon prayer
Worship
Visits to companions, daily
activities, official tasks,
transcription of the revelation, Community
hosting guests
Affairs
Time
0.5
2
0.5
0.75
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Activity
Category
Time
Afternoon prayer
Worship
0.5
Brief rest
Rest
0.5
Family time
Family time
Evening prayer
Worship
Conversation with female family
members, female companions
Family time
2
Night prayer
Worship
1
[Community/state affairs]
Community Affairs
1
Resting
Rest
Early morning prayer
Worship
3
Chores such as mending shoes, dress,
milking sheep, feeding
cattle/scheep, cleaning
Personal
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TOTAL
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3.5
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Quiz!
• Which one do you think is mostly done in
Prophet Muhammad’s daily life?
a -War
b -Worship
c -Socializing
d -Traveling
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Answer!
• Let us find out the answer later in our
presentation.
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A Typical Day in Prophet’s (pbuh) Life
Breakdown of time spent in various Activities in a typical day of Prophet
Muhammed (Peace and blessings be upon him)
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Community
Affairs
Family time
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Hours 12
8
4
8.50
6.00
4.00
4.50
Personal
Rest
1.00
Worship
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Daily life
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Thank You
Questions and comments are welcome
Resources:
 Daily life of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) [Prof. Dr. A.
Hakim Yuce]
 www.fgulen.org
 The Messenger of God [M. Fethullah Gulen]
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Timeline
571
CE
632
577 579
596
610
620 622
630
23 years
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