Men Around the Prophet Season 1

Men Around the Prophet Season 1

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Men Around the Prophet Season 1
  • Episode 1: Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib

    After their defeat in the battle of Badr the leaders of the Quraysh plot an attack on the Prophet PBUH. They decide to target Hamzah Ibn Abdul-Mutalib who had joined the ranks of the Prophet PBUH and who was responsible for the death of many of their people. The battle went on and Hamzah was mart...

  • Episode 2: Al-Tufayl ibn Amr al-Dawsi

    Abu Sufian continues his plan to bring down the Prophet PBUH by restricting his preaching during the pilgrimage of Mecca. They planned to not allow the Prophet PBUH to meet with Tufayl, a popular poet. Tufayl eventually hears the words of the Prophet PBUH, and accepts Islam and brings the people ...

  • Episode 3: Zayd ibn Harithah

    Zayd ibn Harithah is brought to the aunt of Hakim ibn Hizam, where they discover he was not always a slave, but became one once his village was raided was sold into slavery. He is to work for the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. While there he runs into his neighbor and finds out his family had not given u...

  • Episode 4: Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

    People rush to the Prophet PBUH after he called upon them from the top of Mount Safa. The Quaraysh leaders find out and decide to exchange Omara for the Prophet PBUH so that they could kill him since he was causing a stir in their system. Abu Talib rejects this deal that the Quraysh leaders propo...

  • Episode 5: Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

    The Prophet PBUH comforts his companions who have been tortured due to their acceptance of Islam. As their persecution increases he bands the companions together to be steadfast and patient throughout the trying times and gives them permission to migrate to Abyssinia to evade any further harm fro...

  • Episode 6: Abu Dhar al-Ghifari

    Abu Dahr hears of the arrival of the Prophet PBUH, and due to this lack of belief in the gods of his people and his belief that there is one God, he went to see the Prophet PBUH. He meets Ali, and after some reservation, tells Ali about his desire to meet the Prophet PBUH. After meeting the Proph...

  • Episode 7: Ammar ibn Yasir

    Ammar bin Yasser meets Suhayb Ibn Sinan after hearing what the Prophet PBUH had to say they both experience a spiritual awakening. They both want to go back to their people to spread the word however they are warned not to leave till the evening to avoid being attacked by the Quraysh folks.

  • Episode 8: Bilal ibn Rabah Part 1

    Bilal was the slave of one of the masters of the Quraysh. He meets Alfadl, and from him finds out about the Prophet PBUH and his message. Bilal decides to leave behind the gods of his master and goes to the house of Abu Bakr and pledges allegiance and converts to Islam. After his master finds out...

  • Episode 9: Bilal ibn Rabah Part 2

    Alfadl comes at the request of Abu Bakr and gives Umayyah gold to free Bilal ibn Rabbah from his slavery and Bilal becomes the Muezzin of the Prophet PBUH. On the day Mecca was taken by the Muslims, Bilal stood atop of the mosque, singing the praise of Allah and the Prophet PBUH to the world.

  • Episode 10: Suhayb ibn Sinan

    Suhayb meets along with other men in the residence of a young man who owns a home near the Ka’aba chosen by the Prophet PBUH due to its discreet location and wouldn’t be targeted by the Quraysh. Despite their secrecy, the Quraysh attack, empowered by their faith, they remain steadfast and defiant...

  • Episode 11: Al-Miqdad ibn Amr

    Al Miqdad lives among his people secretly, as a Muslim as he fears for himself. He agrees to go with Aswad’s men to battle with the Quraysh, and after discussions with Utbah, they agree that it is the easiest way to leave Mecca to join their brothers in faith and find protection from the Quraysh.

  • Episode 12: Muadh ibn Jabal

    Muadh meets with Muadh Ben Amr Ben Al-Jamouh as they hide his father’s idols they discuss how their sadness for how his father is lost in his ways. They are able to convince Muadh‘s father of how idol worship is not the correct path and show him the way of Islam. After much convincing, he accepts...

  • Episode 13: Abd Allah ibn Rawahah Part 1

    Ibn Rawahah was a poet of the Prophet PBUH who was delicate in his words, but fierce in battle. Ibn Rawahah was devoted to the Prophet PBUH. The blessings of Allah were evident in his life and he spread the word of Islam through his poetry. After the death of one of the Prophet's PBUH companions ...

  • Episode 14: Abd Allah ibn Rawahah Part 2

    The Prophet PBUH was displeased with ibn Rawahah for not being present. Ibn Rawahah decided the only way to make up for his mistake was to fight and become a martyr. After considering their options that they would fight despite the odds against them; the battle began. He fought and become a marty...

  • Episode 15: Amr ibn al-Jamuh

    Muaaz ibn Amr had converted to Islam, despite his parents being polytheists. He meets up with Muaaz ibn Jabal and takes his father’s idol away from him and hides it away, and after the father realizes the idol is merely an object that cannot act for itself, Muaaz convinces his father to convert t...

  • Episode 16: Abu Ayyub al-Ansari

    Abu Ayyub opened the doors of his home to the Prophet PBUH. The Prophet PBUH chose to live on the lowest floor of the home. The humility of the Prophet PBUH further impressed Abu Ayyub. After many pleas to the Prophet PBUH, Abu Ayyub convinced him to move to the upper floor. He lived with Abu Ayy...

  • Episode 17: Hakim ibn Hizam

    Hakim made many sacrifices in the way of God. He was intelligent, rich and extremely generous giving away much of his wealth and so the people made him their leader. Hakim was good friends with the Prophet PBUH before his Prophethood and Hakim became Muslim on the day of the conquest of Mecca. He...

  • Episode 18: Khabbab ibn al-Aratt

    Khabab was a slave who was taken in by Umm Ammar. He tells her of how he reached Mecca and became a slave at the hands of a tribe that attacked his village. Umm Ammar has him trained in sword-making and arranges for Khabab to open a forge for him to run. Khabab became frustrated with the corrupte...

  • Episode 19: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq

    The Quraysh plotted to kill the Prophet PBUH and to put an end to his message. They come to Abu Bakr’s home searching for him but find no one. The Prophet PBUH had been previously informed of the plot by God and instead asked Ali to take his place knowing that he would not be harmed. The Prophet ...

  • Episode 20: Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf

    Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf left Mecca, a rich merchant, and came to Medina as a poor man with nothing to his name. The Prophet PBUH made him brother to Sa’ad ibn ar-Rabi, Sa’ad offered him a place to stay and arranged his marriage. He turned his attention to trade in the marketplace and he became weal...

  • Episode 21: Ali

    The Quraysh failed to assassinate the Prophet PBUH because of Ali aiding his escape. They decide to focus on keeping Ali in Mecca as they feared him and the role he played in the message of the Prophet PBUH. The Prophet PBUH told Ali to not fear harm as it would not befall him and entrusted his d...

  • Episode 22: Abu Hurairah

    Abu Huraira’s was a poor man, who endured frequent hunger and preferred the company of the Prophet PBUH above all other things. Whilst explaining the message of the Prophet PBUH to people he hoped to be offered a meal to eat. The Prophet called upon him to give water to the poor migrants, so they...

  • Episode 23: Salman al-Farsi Part 1

    Salman al-Farsi began his life as Ouzba from Persia and was sent to a village to check on things for his father. On his way there he passed a church and liked the prayers he heard and decides to go to Damascus to seek out another faith better than his current one. Before his death, his teacher to...

  • Episode 24: Salman al-Farsi Part 2

    At a point in his life Salman was sold into slavery, finding himself in Medina. When he heard people speak of a Prophet PBUH, he remembered his teacher; a Christian had predicted the arrival of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. He went to the Prophet PBUH and converted to Islam becoming close to the Pr...