Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa

by Dr. Karimullah Zirvi

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Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 230

The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa. Sa sa sa sa had developed a strong hatred for the Holy Prophet" due to the emigration of the Holy Prophet to Medina. Despite that the Holy Prophet" was compassionate to him and made sure that the Muslims did not harm him. ra. When Hadrat 'Abbas", the uncle of the Holy Prophet", was captured in the Battle of Badr, none of the shirts available at that time fitted. Hadrat Abbas. He was quite a tall man and the shirts were of standard size. However, ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy bin Salūl's shirt fitted Hadrat 'Abbas' as he was also a tall man. 'Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul removed his shirt and gave it to Ḥaḍrat ‘Abbās". When 'Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salül died, the Holy Prophet returned the favor by giving his own shirt to use as a shroud for his burial and prayed for him. He also led his funeral Prayer despite strong opposition from Hadrat ‘Umar". sa sa sa ra sa sa sa. Hadrat 'Umar states that he said: "Messenger" of Allāh, will you pray over one of the enemies of Allāh?" The Holy Prophet" smiled and did not say anything. I kept on mentioning the evil acts ‘Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul had committed against the Holy Prophet and the Muslims. The. Holy Prophet said, "I was given a choice. I was told to plead forgiveness for the hypocrites or not. Even if I plead for them seventy times Allāh will not forgive them. If I knew that if I exceeded seventy times, He would forgive them, I would do so. " The Holy Prophet" was referring to the following verse of the Holy Qur'ān: sa اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِيْنَ مَرَّةً فَلَنْ b يُغْفِرَ اللهُ لَهُمْ ، ذلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُوْلِهِ ، وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الْفَسِقِيْنَ ل istaghfir lahum au la tastaghfir lahum in tastaghfir lahum sabʻına marratan falañyyaghfirallahu lahum dhalika bi annahum kafarū 230