Moments with the Messenger | Episode 1

<p><strong>Episode 1: The Hijra: The Moment That Stopped and Started Time</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Why do Muslims measure time from the Hijra, not the Prophet&#39;s birth, not the first revelation, but the night he left everything familiar to step into the unknown? In this episode, Dalia Mogahed takes an unconventional approach to the Seerah: she begins in the middle, with the migration itself, and the treacherous gathering of Quraysh leaders plotting to end the life of a man known never to lie, steal, or cheat.</p><p><br></p><p>What follows is the story of that escape, Ali (r) sleeping in the Prophet&#39;s bed beneath the green shawl, the trusts returned to the very men planning the assassination, the stillness in the cave of Thawr, the hundred-camel bounty that drew an entire peninsula, and the encounters along the road: Suraqa and the bangles of Kisra, the milk that flowed from a barren goat, Buraydah&#39;s cavalry, and two highway bandits the Prophet ‎ﷺ refused to write off.</p><p><br></p><p>Along the way, Dalia draws out the lessons that still speak to us today, that our tormentors are not our teachers, that a true leader is the last to drink, and that no one is ever too far gone to be lifted up.</p>