The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume I — Page 314
Seal of the Prophets - Volume I 314 of Yathrib did in fact have a pledge and agreement with the Holy Prophet sa. Upon this, a few men chased the people of Yathrib. The caravan had left, but for some reason, Sa‘d bin ‘Ubādah was left behind. These people brought him back and assaulted him on the stony streets of Makkah. They dragged him here and there by the hair on his head. Finally, when Jabīr bin Muṭ‘im and Ḥārith bin Ḥarb who knew Sa‘d, received news of this, they saved him from the cruel Quraish. 1 Migration to Yathrib The Holy Prophet sa was shown a vision that one day he would have to leave Makkah and migrate to another place, and along with this, he was also shown the place of his migration, which was a place of orchards and springs. The full interpretation of this vision had not yet revealed itself to the Holy Prophet sa , and prior to an explanation, a prophet can also be mistaken in his interpretation of a situation. It is due to this reason that the Holy Prophet sa said: َ ذَھَب َ وَھْلِی ْ اِلی ٰ اَنَّھَا الْیَمَامَة ُ اَو ْ حَجَر ُ فَاِذَا ھِی َ مَدِیْنَة ُ یَثْرَب Meaning, “My thought led me to believe that this place would be Yamāmah or Ḥajar (which are two verdant places), but it turned out to be Yathrib. ” 2 As such, when Islām began to find popularity in Yathrib, it was then that the Holy Prophet sa understood that his place of migration would be Yathrib, and not Yamāmah or Ḥajar. After the meeting with the A nṣār had taken place and they had returned after a Bai‘at was taken in a defensive treaty and pact, the Holy Prophet sa instructed the Muslims that, “All of those who are able, should migrate to Yathrib. ” Therefore, after a short time period, despite the many obstructions setup by the Quraish, a majority of the Muslims migrated, 1 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 1, p. 107, Dhikru ‘Aqabatil-Ākhirati wa Humus-Sab‘ūnalladhīna Bāya‘ū Rasūlallāhi sa , Dārul-Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī, By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Al-Jarīr Ṭabarī, Volume 2, p. 252, Bābu Dhikril- Khabri ‘ammā kāna min Amri Nabiyyillāhi sa ‘inda Ibtidā’illāhi Ta‘ālā. . . . . . , Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Malik bin Hishām, pp. 319-320, Asmā’un- Nuqabā’il-Ithna ‘Ashar. . . . . , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 2 Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Kitābu Manāqibil-Anṣār, Bābu Hijratin-Nabī sa