Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 76
58. The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa hoping that Allāh will make out of their progeny such people as would worship Allāh, the One, not associating aught with Him. " sa (Sahih Muslim, Kitābul Jihad, Bāb mã laqannabiyya min idhil mushrikina wal munafiqin) sa sa. The Holy Prophet had now a difficult problem to resolve. He had left Mecca and he had been rejected by the people of Ta'if. Under Meccan custom, he could not go back to Mecca unless his re-entry was sponsored by some leading Meccan. There was nowhere else to go. The Holy. Prophet prayed earnestly for light, guidance, and help from Allāh, and then set out with Zaid on the return journey to Mecca. He stopped on the way at a place called Nakhla for a few days and sent word to Mut'im bin 'Adi, a leading Meccan, asking whether he could be permitted to return to. Mecca. Mut'im replied that he was prepared to sponsor his re-entry into. Mecca, and when the Holy Prophet" approached Mecca, Mut'im and his sons met him in the outskirts of Mecca and escorted him back into the town. sa 76 (The Excellent Exemplar, Muḥammad: Muḥammad Zafrulſa Khān)