Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 92
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa ra ra ra met him. He asked, 'Abū Bakr"! Where are you going?' Hadrat Abū Bakr responded, 'My people have expelled me. So, I wish to travel around the world and worship Allāh. ' Ibn Daghinah said: 'O Abu Bakr! A person like you should neither leave the city nor be expelled by others. You try to reestablish lost virtues, strengthen the ties of kinship, help the poor and the weak; you are hospitable to guests, and you are always ready to help the people in need. I give you my protection. Go back to your home and worship Allah. Hadrat Abu Bakr", therefore, returned home in the company of Ibn Daghinah. In the evening, Ibn Daghinah, roamed around the town and met elders and the revered people of the 'Quraish'. He told them: 'Such a valuable person like Abu Bakr should not leave town. You are expelling a person who reestablishes lost virtues, strengthens the ties of kinship, helps the poor and the weak; he is hospitable to guests and is always ready to help people in need. ' The Quraish did not belie what Ibn. . Daghinah had said about Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr and accepted his guarantee of protection given to Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr". However, they asked him to tell. Hadrat Abu Bakr" that he should worship, offer Prayers and recite whatever he likes in his home. He should not hurt their feelings with it, and should not do it in public. We fear that he may influence their women and children. ra ra га га га. Accordingly, Ibn Daghinah told Hadrat Abu Bakr" what the. Quraish had said to him. Ḥadrat Abū Bakr worshipped Allāh at home and did not offer his Prayers in public and he did not recite the Holy Qur'ān outside his home. After sometime, Hadrat Abu Bakr reflected over the situation. He built a mosque in his home and started to offer Prayers and recite the Holy Qur'an in his mosque. Soon women and children of the polytheists started to gather around him in large numbers. They were amazed to see him. As Hadrat Abu Bakr had no control over his emotions while reciting the Holy Qur'an, he wept profusely. Seeing this, the leaders of the Quraish became nervous, and they talked with Ibn Daghinah about it. They told him: 'We had accepted your guarantee of protection to Ḥadrat. Abu Bakr on the condition that he would worship, and offer Prayers and 92 га ra