00:00Why was the Prophet s.a.w. given a name that almost no one in Arabia had ever heard before?
00:06The answer begins with a grandfather and ends with a blessing that changed history.
00:10Before the Prophet s.a.w. was born, the name Muhammad was almost unheard of in Arabia.
00:15When his grandfather, Abdul Muttalib, chose this name, people were surprised.
00:18They asked, why choose such an unusual name?
00:20The name Muhammad means the one who is praised again and again.
00:24Soon after his birth, according to the Arab custom of the time,
00:27the baby was to be raised for a period in the desert,
00:30to grow up speaking pure Arabic and in a healthy environment.
00:33Many wet nurses came to Makkah looking for children,
00:35but when they learned the baby was an orphan, most of them turned away.
00:38Only Halima al-Sadia, radiallahu anha, chose to take him,
00:42hoping Allah would place blessings in that decision.
00:44She had very little, yet from the day she welcomed the Prophet s.a.w. into her home,
00:49her family's provisions, animals, and livelihood were blessed in remarkable ways.
00:53Sometimes the greatest blessings come in places the world chooses to overlook.
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