The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 341
VIII - Blow of a Misfortune, Law of Inheritance, Prohibition of Alcohol, Treachery of the Disbelievers and Two Tragic Incidents 341 Upon reaching the mountain pass, with the assistance of Ḥaḍrat ‘Alī ra , the Holy Prophet sa cleaned his wounds. With great difficulty, Abū ‘Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrāḥ ra used his teeth to force out the two rings which had sunk deep into the cheek of the Holy Prophet sa ; in this effort two of his own teeth were broken as well. At the time, the wounds of the Holy Prophet sa were bleeding very heavily, and upon seeing this blood, with intense grief the Holy Prophet sa said: ْ كَیْف َ یُفْلِح ُ قوْم ٌ خَضَبُوْا وَجْه َ نَبِیِّھِم ْ بِالدَّم ِ وَھُو َ یَدْعُوْھُم ْ اِلی ٰ رَبِّھِم “How will such a people prosper who have tainted the countenance of their Prophet with his own blood, only in the crime that he calls them towards God. ” 1 After this, the Holy Prophet sa became silent for some time, and then he said: َ اَللّٰھُم َّ اغْفِر ْ لِقَوْمِی ْ فَاِنَّھُم ْ لَا یَعْلَمُوْن “O My Allāh! Forgive my people, for they have committed this mistake out of ignorance and they know not. ” 2 It is narrated that on this occasion, the following verse was revealed: “The matter of punishment and forgiveness is in the hand of Allāh. You have no concern of this. Allāh shall forgive whomsoever He pleases and punish whomsoever He pleases. ” 3 Fāṭimatuz-Zahrā ra , who had come out of Madīnah upon hearing terrible reports regarding the Holy Prophet sa , also reached Uḥud shortly 1 * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 69, Thumma Dakhalatis-Sanatuth-Thālithatu Minal-Hijrah / Ghazwatu Uḥud, Dārul- Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 537, Sha’nu ‘Āṣimibni Thābit, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 2 * Ṣaḥīḥu Muslim, Kitābul-Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābu Ghazwati Uḥud, Ḥadīth No. 4646 * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 429, Ghazwatu Uḥud, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 3 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Laisa Laka Minal-Amri Shai’un. . . . .