Pledge of Allegiance: Holding onto the Prophet
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

That year Afra of the Hazrec tribe was traveling to Mecca with 12 members of her own tribe. In the quarrelsome city of Yathrib which they left behind, it was thought that they had set out for a pilgrimage. However, there was another power attracting Afra to Mecca.

The Earth Is My Masjid
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

Salim. Abu Huzayfa's former freed slave.
Three kilometers Medina in a field used for drying dates, he is leading the prayer with the congregation praying in rows behind him in a haphazardly enclosed structure...

From A Bedouin Tent to the Byzantine Throne
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

At a time when Arabia was sitting content with an obscure fate, before the advent of Islam, at a time when the isolated and barren deserts were buried in centuries of isolation, immediately above this region a struggle was taking place that was to...

Conquest: An Invitation to Hearts
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

The date is still the first year of Umar's caliphate. Arabia, a place that had known no ruler, has become unified by Islam; the hearts and minds are open to the reality of Islam. Arabia now turns to the world geography to...

Greeting Him on Eternal Mornings
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

The Prophet of mercy to the worlds who surrendered his soul to his Lord in Madina renews his existence on earth with every commemoration of the “Noble Birth.” He is remembered with great fervor in an expansive geography stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Rule of Those Who Were Promised Heaven
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The Righteous Caliphs period. Rule of those who were promised heaven.

Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali were personally designated by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as "caliphs who were on the straight path, held tightly to truth and justice...

Politics is Moving From Medina to Kufah
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Medina is tired. Medina is sad. Its good fortune began with hosting the master of mankind. Consequently, having presented comprehensive and universal messages to humanity, this lofty city does not want to go down in history...

Ali: A Caliph beset by Crises
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

Hassan's pain was obvious in his eyes which had not seen sleep for days, and like all the people of Medina, he was breathing sadness. If the prayers of "if only" which were falling the mouth of Medina during those days had been accepted on the plane of...

The Jamal Event: A Battle without an Enemy
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

The vacuum left by the departure of her soul mate grew with the passing years; the dynamism of youth, the ambition and fire gave way to maturity over the years, passing through the sieve of this absence, leaving behind the sediment of an anger that gathered slowly. The fuel, which was to be turned into a great fire by circumstances, was loaded upon Aisha.

Medina Surrenders to Sedition
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Rebellious crowds numbering between 600-1000 men Egypt, Kufa and Basra. Supposedly they had set out for the pilgrimage, but these caravans were in league with one another.

Uthman: Rule of Benignity
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

One day the Prophet of Allah (pbuh) was resting at home with his dear wife Aisha. Prophet Muhammad was trying to cool himself Mecca's unbearable heat by slightly lifting his long gown leaving his legs bare.

An Election in Medina
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

The masjid of the Prophet experiences a hectic day and hosts guests who have come distant lands. Nobody wants to leave the town without hearing the result. All the Muslims have awoken in Medina to a critical day...

Umar: Grace within the Caliphate – II
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Here we will examine Caliph Umar's rule of grace, which became the peak of Islamic history and civilization. We seek the traces of his transition a heart that did not shake while burying his daughter alive into a heart that sought a cure for the wounds of...

Umar: Grace within the Caliphate
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

The sacred city of two religions with holy-scriptures, Jerusalem is under siege. Giving direction to world history up to that time, the Jews, Romans and Byzantines, respectively, governed this city as ancient as the history it glorified.

A Few Long Moments in the Prophet’s Mosque
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

It was not yet dawn in Medina, the capital for the last ten years of land stretching Tripoli in the west to Kirman in the east. While Muslims removed the sleep their eyes with ablution, the muadhen was calling people to salvation with the morning adhan (call to prayer).

Being the Breath of the Prophet
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

The Arabian Peninsula was choking in a suffocating smoke. The fire had become enflamed in three or four blind corners of this desert geography which had found life with the Prophet's breath; the dense smoke spread over every oasis, valley and...

Fire in the Arabian Peninsula
Lastprophet.Info / The Prophet Muhammad (Saw) / Nihal Şahin Utku

Experiencing a serious uncertainty and panic with the loss of the Prophet, like "sheep caught during the night in a downpour of rain," the Muslims gathered together before long under the guidance of Abu Bakr "whom Allah had freed hell."