The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 300
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 300 with sentiments of revenge and enmity. 1 Then, when their emotions had become immensely sparked as a result of his incitement, Ka‘b took them to the courtyard of the Ka‘bah, and handing them the drapes of the Ka‘bah, had them swear that they would not rest until Islām and the Founder of Islām had been wiped out from the face of the earth. 2 After creating this fiery atmosphere in Makkah, this evil person turned to the other tribes of Arabia, and travelling from tribe to tribe, he incited people against the Muslims. 3 Then, he returned to Madīnah and whilst composing Tashbīb , he alluded to the Muslim women in a very filthy and obscene manner in his provocative couplets. 4 In doing so, he did not even spare the women from the household of the Holy Prophet sa in his amorous couplets, 5 and had these couplets widely publicized throughout the country. Finally, he hatched a conspiracy to assassinate the Holy Prophet sa. Under the ploy of a feast, he invited the Holy Prophet sa to his residence, and with a few Jewish young men he schemed to have the Holy Prophet sa assassinated. However, by the Grace of God, information was received in advance and this plan of his was unsuccessful. 6 In light of the treaty which had been settled between the inhabitants of Madīnah upon his arrival, the Holy Prophet sa was the chief executive 1 * Sunanu Abī Dāwūd, Kitābul-Khirāji Wal-Imārati Wal-Fai’i, Bābu Kaifa Kāna Ikhrājul-Yahūdi Minal- Madīnah, Ḥadīth No. 3000 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 516, Maqtalu Ka‘bibnil- Ashraf, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 265, Sariyyatu Qatli Ka‘b bin Al-Ashraf, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 Fatḥul-Bārī Sharḥu Ṣaḥīḥil-Bukhārī, By Al-Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 7, p 428, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Qatli Ka‘b bin Al-Ashraf, Ḥadīth No. 4037, Qadīmī Kutub Khānah, Ārām Bāgh, Karachi 3 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 369, Qatlu Ka‘b bin Al-Ashraf. . . . . , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 4 As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 518, Maqtalu Ka‘bibnil- Ashraf, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 5 * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 55, Thumma Dakhalatis-Sanatuth-Thālithatu Minal-Hijrah / Khabaru Ka‘b bin Al- Ashraf, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Ar-Rauḍul-Unufi Fī Tafsīris-Sīratin-Nabawiyyati libni Hishām, By Abul-Qāsim ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin ‘Abdillah bin Aḥmad, Volume 3, p. 230, Maqtalu Ka‘bibnil-Ashraf, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition 6 * Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 1, p. 413, Sariyyatu Muḥammad bin Maslamah Li-Qatli Ka‘b bin Al-Ashraf, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 371, Qatlu Ka‘b bin Al-Ashraf. . . . . , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)