Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 212
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa 15. The Expedition of Tabūk. Abū ‘Āmir Madani who belonged to the Khazraj tribe had developed the habit of silent meditation and of repeating the names of. God. Because of this habit, he was generally known as Abū ‘Āmir, the. Hermit. When the Holy Prophet" migrated to Medina, Abū ‘Āmir moved from Medina to Mecca. After the conquest of Mecca, he started different sorts of intrigues against Islām. He changed his name, came back from. Mecca and settled down in Qubā', a village near Medina. As he had been away for a long time the people of Medina did not recognize him. He contacted the hypocrites of Medina and with their help made a plan to go to Syria and excite and provoke the Christian rulers and Christian Arabs into attacking Medina. At the same time, he had planned to spread discord in Medina and rumors that Medina was going to be attacked by Roman forces. He hoped that as a result of this strategy Muslims and Syrian. Christians would go to war or at least the Muslims would themselves be provoked into attacking Syria. After completing his plans, he went to. Syria. While he was away the hypocrites at Medina according to the plan began to spread rumors that caravans had been sighted which were coming to attack Medina. When no caravan appeared, they issued some kind of explanation. så. These rumors became so persistent, that the Holy Prophet" thought it necessary to lead in person a Muslim army against Syria. These were difficult times. Arabia was in the grip of a famine. It was late September or early October when the Holy Prophet" set out on this mission. The hypocrites knew that the rumors were their own inventions. Their goal was to create a conflict between the great Roman Empire and the Muslims so that the Romans could destroy the Muslims. While the hypocrites were 212