Waraqa Bin Nawfal: The First to Confirm the Prophethood
He was amongst those who stayed on the religion on Ibrahim
Waraqa begins the Seerah tun Nabi
Waraqa and Zaid go to Sham to study Christianity
Zaid dies and Waraqa is left in Makkah
Waraqa is the first cousin of Khadija but more than an Uncle
Waraqa bin Nawfal bin Asad
Nawfal and Khuwaylid are Brothers
Nawfal is the oldest son of Asad
Khuwaild is the youngest son of Asad
Waraqa is 15 years older than Khadija
from amongst the most noble of families in Makkah
Waraqa is the noble of the noble
His family is from direct decendants
His character is very high
Waraqa was expected to marry Khadija
Waraqa rejected this world and became a priest or monk
He was an ascetic
He did not go to the marketplace and he ate once a day
Waraqa did not care for wealth
Waraqa did not worship idols
He is the dream interpreter of the Arabs
Waraqa was very knowledgeable and noble
Khadija had a dream that the sun decendended in her home
Waraqa says you will marry a noble man or a Prophet
Prophet goes to Sham twice
Once as a young man with Abu Talib and second time as a broker for Khadija
Waraqa performed the marriage of the Prophet and Khadija
Ayesha says Waraqa became Christian in days of ignorance
Waraqa would write from gospels in Hebrew in the land of Shaam
Waraqa became an old man and lost his sight
When Prophet went to Waraqa he was already blind
Khadija takes the Prophet to Waraqa
Khadija said to Waraqa O son of my uncle listen to the son of your brother
Waraqa says to the Prophet O son of my brother what do you see
the prophet tells him everything that he saw
Waraqa said this is the same angel that Allah sent to Musa
Prophet and Musa have similarity
Waraqa called Jibril the bearer of secrets
Waraqa said you are the Prophet of this people
Waraqa immediately says I wish I was young
He said I wish I were alive when the people will run you out
Prophet said how will they run me out
Waraqa said yes no man has ever come with what you came except their people considered him an enemy
Prophet has never had a compliment against him
Prophet is a man who stood for justice
Khadija says Allah will never disgrace you
Waraqa says the people will disgrace you
Waraqa knows how it went down for all the Prophets
The Message that the Prophet brings will threaten the people
Waraqa says to him if I life to see that day I will support you with everything I have
Waraqa died a few days after that
Waraqa was sincere when he said it to the Prophet
Waraqa knows the signs of Prophethood and the virtue of being a companion
Waraqa asked Allah for the strength to bear it to get the full reward
Allah chose Waraqa to live and see the Prophet attain Prophethood
Waraqa is the first man to believe in the Prophet and he was a sahabi
Waraqa caught the Prophethood but not the message of Islam
Waraqa died as someone who confirmed truth of Prophethood
Waraqa is in the middle of Jannah wearing silk cloth at peace
Prophet said do not say anything bad about Waraqa
Waraqa and Zaid has 2 Jannahs
Waraqa believed twice and when no one else believed
The last mention of Isa in Quran is in Surah Saff
In Surah Saff Isa mentions the coming of Prophet
the last follower of Isa was the first to confirm Prophethood