Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 215
sa. The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa. At the time of the expedition of Tabük, there was a group of people who did not want to take part in the battle. In fact, they were hypocrites. . Privately, they ridiculed the call to arms for the battle, and the timing and the strategy of the battle. They consulted one another to find ways to stay out of the battle and offered lame excuses to the Holy Prophet for not taking part in the battle. God Almighty revealed at that time: sa فَرِحَ الْمُخَلَّفُوْنَ بِمَقْعَدِهِمْ خِلْفَ رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ وَكَرِهُوا أَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ فِي سَبِيْلِ اللَّهِ وَقَالُوْا لَا تَنْفِرُوا فِي الْحَرِّ قُلْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ أَشَدُّ حَرَّاءَ لَوْ كَانُوْا يَفْقَهُوْنَ ) farihal mukhallafuna bi maqʻadihim khilafa rasūlillahi wa karihū añyyujahidū bi amwalihim wa anfusihim fi sabilillahi wa qālū ſa tanfirü fil harri qul nāru jahannama ashaddu harran lau kānū yafqahūn. Those who contrived to be left behind rejoiced at their staying back in contradiction to the Messenger of Allāh, and were averse to striving with their property and their persons in the cause of Allah. And they said, 'Go not forth in the heat. ' Say, 'The fire of Hell is more intense in heat. ' Could they but understand! (9:81). The Case of the Three Companions™ of the. Holy Prophets Who Remained Behind in the Expidition of Tabūk ra. Hadrat Abdullah bin Ka'b™ relates that he had heard from his father, Ka'b bin Malik a full account of the incident of his remaining behind the Holy Prophet" when he proceeded on the sa 215