Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 220
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa 220 sa said: 'Messenger of Allāh, Hilal bin Umayyah is old and is not able to look after himself, nor has he a servant. Would it displease you if I were to serve him?' He said: 'No. But he should not associate with you. ' She said: 'He has no desire for me; since this incident he is occupied only with weeping. ' Some of my people said to me: 'You should also seek the permission of the Holy. Prophet that your wife should look after you as the wife of Hilal bin Umayyah looks after him. ' I told them: 'I shall not ask the Holy. Prophet for permission for I do not know what he might say. . Besides, I am young. ' sa sa. Ten more days passed like this and on the fifty-first morning, after communication with us had been outlawed, when, after the dawn Prayer at home, I was sitting in a melancholy state and the wide world, as Allah the Exalted, has described it, seemed to close in on me, I suddenly heard someone shout at the top of his lungs from the crest of Mount Sal': 'O Ka'b bin Mālik, good news!'. I immediately fell into prostration and realized that relief had come. . It seems that the Holy Prophet" had informed the people at the time of the dawn Prayer that Allāh the Most Honored and Glorious, had turned to us in mercy, and several people had set out to convey the good news to us. Some went to my two companions. One spurred his horse in the direction of my home. A man belonging to the tribe of Aslam ran up to the mount and his voice reached me before the arrival of the cavalier. When the one whose voice I had heard arrived to greet me, I took off my garments and made him wear them. I had no other garments for my own wearing and borrowed a pair to put on and set out to present myself before the. Holy Prophet. On the way I encountered crowds of people who congratulated me, saying: 'Blessed be the acceptance by Allāh of thy repentance. ' When I entered the mosque I found the Holy. Prophet seated surrounded by people. Of them, Talḥa bin ‘Ubaidullāh got up and sprang towards me and, shaking my hand, congratulated me. He was the only one out of the Emigrants who got up and Ka'b never forgot Talha for this. sa sa