Reference: al-Majmoo’ fee Tarjamatil-Muhaddith Hammaad ibn Muhammad al-Ansaaree wa Seeratuhu wa Aqwaalauhu v2, Quote No.135 p495
Shaykh ‘Abdul-Awwal narrates that he heard his father – Shaykh Hammaad ibn Muhammad al-Ansaaree رحمه الله, say:
Indeed, the definition of the term “jaahiliyyah” is to say: It is the period which was before the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ.
