{
 "id": "concept/al-amin",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "al-amin",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الأمين (لقب النبي قبل البعثة)",
  "en": "al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "اللقب الذي سمّت به قريش محمداً قبل النبوة لما جمع فيه من الخصال المرضية والأمانة؛ وبه هتفوا حين دخل عليهم حَكَماً في وضع الحجر الأسود عند بناء الكعبة.",
  "en": "The title by which Quraysh called Muhammad before prophethood for the trustworthiness and good qualities they saw in him; they cried it out when he entered as arbiter over the Black Stone during the rebuilding of the Kaaba."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas",
  "people"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "prophets"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "term",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الرحيق المختوم ص61–64 نقلاً عن ابن هشام 1/192–197 وفقه السيرة ص62–63 وصحيح البخاري 1/215، 1/540، 1/3 ومحاضرات الخضري 1/64–65",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code",
   "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
   "run": "raheeq-prose-batch-6c"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/mubarakpuri-raheeq",
   "source/ibn-hisham-sira",
   "source/sahih-al-bukhari"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-fable-5-1); al-Raheeq al-Makhtum pp. 62–64"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الأمين لقب سمّت به [[group/quraysh|قريش]] [[person/muhammad|محمداً]] قبل النبوة لما جمع فيه من الأحوال الصالحة والخصال المرضية، وكان آمنهم أمانة وأصدقهم حديثاً وأوفاهم عهداً {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.63} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.64}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "يوم الحجر الأسود",
     "markdown": "لما اختلفت قريش في وضع الحجر الأسود عند [[event/rebuilding-of-the-kaaba|بناء الكعبة]] وارتضوا تحكيم أول داخل من باب المسجد، فرأوه داخلاً هتفوا بأنه الأمين وأنهم رضوا به {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.62} {cite:ibn-hisham-sira 1/192-197}. فاللقب كان سابقاً لهذه الحادثة ومعروفاً فيهم."
    },
    {
     "heading": "أساسه في خُلُقه",
     "markdown": "يعدّد المؤلف خلاله قبل النبوة: أفضل قومه مروءة وأحسنهم خلقاً وأعزّهم جواراً وأعظمهم حلماً وأصدقهم حديثاً وألينهم عريكة وأعفّهم نفساً وأكرمهم خيراً وأبرّهم عملاً وأوفاهم عهداً وآمنهم أمانة، حتى سمّاه قومه الأمين {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.63} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.64}. ويذكر وصف [[person/khadija|خديجة]] له بأنه يحمل الكلّ ويكسب المعدوم ويقري الضيف ويعين على نوائب الحق {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.64} {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 1/3}. ويعود المؤلف إلى اللقب في فصل الشمائل حين يذكر أن محاوريه وأعداءه اعترفوا له بالأمانة؛ انظر قسم كمال النفس في بطاقة [[person/muhammad|محمد]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "ما لم يُذكر هنا",
     "markdown": "لا يذكر الكتاب أول من لقّبه به ولا متى؛ وما في كتب السير من ودائع أهل مكة عنده حتى الهجرة يُستكمل في موضعه."
    },
    {
     "heading": "للزوار الصغار",
     "markdown": "كان أهل مكة يسمّون محمداً «الأمين» قبل أن يصير نبياً، لأنه كان صادقاً لا يكذب، ويحفظ ما يُؤتمن عليه، ويفي بوعده."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/al-amin",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Al-Amin (\"the Trustworthy\") was a title that [[group/quraysh|Quraysh]] gave [[person/muhammad|Muhammad]] before prophethood, because of the good qualities and praiseworthy traits they found in him. He was the most trustworthy of them, the most truthful in speech, and the most faithful to his word. {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.63} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.64}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The day of the Black Stone",
     "markdown": "When Quraysh disagreed about who should place the Black Stone during the [[event/rebuilding-of-the-kaaba|rebuilding of the Ka'ba]], they agreed to let the first person entering through the mosque gate decide. When they saw him enter, they cried out that he was al-Amin, and that they accepted him. {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.62} {cite:ibn-hisham-sira 1/192-197} The title was therefore already in use among them before this event and was known to them."
    },
    {
     "heading": "His character",
     "markdown": "The author lists his qualities before prophethood: the most manly of his people, the finest in character, the most honoured as a neighbour, the greatest in forbearance, the most truthful in speech, the gentlest in disposition, the most chaste of soul, the most generous in goodness, the most dutiful in deeds, the most faithful to his word, and the most trustworthy in what was entrusted to him, until his people called him al-Amin. {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.63} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.64} He also cites the words of [[person/khadija|Khadija]] describing him as one who bears the burdens of others, earns for the destitute, honours the guest, and helps in the calamities of truth. {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.64} {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 1/3} The author returns to the title in the chapter on his qualities, where he notes that his interlocutors and his enemies acknowledged his trustworthiness; see the section on the perfection of the soul in the entry on [[person/muhammad|Muhammad]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "What is not recorded here",
     "markdown": "The book does not name the first person to give him this title or say when it was given. What the biographical books report of the deposits the people of Mecca left with him up to the Hijra is treated in its own place."
    },
    {
     "heading": "For young visitors",
     "markdown": "The people of Mecca called Muhammad \"al-Amin\" before he became a prophet, because he was truthful and never lied, kept safe what was entrusted to him, and kept his promises."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/al-amin",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
 },
 "degree": 6,
 "contemporaries": [],
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   "to": "person/muhammad",
   "type": "related_to",
   "inverse": false,
   "sources": [
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   ]
  },
  {
   "to": "event/rebuilding-of-the-kaaba",
   "type": "related_to",
   "inverse": false,
   "sources": [
    "source/mubarakpuri-raheeq"
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  },
  {
   "to": "concept/al-sidq-truthfulness",
   "type": "related_to",
   "inverse": false,
   "sources": [
    "source/mubarakpuri-raheeq"
   ]
  }
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  "person/muhammad",
  "place/mecca",
  "event/rebuilding-of-the-kaaba",
  "event/al-dawa-al-sirriyya",
  "event/death-of-the-prophet",
  "event/delegation-of-banu-hanifa",
  "event/fatrat-al-wahy",
  "event/first-revelation"
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 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}