The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 432
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 432 However, ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy was so incensed against his father that when the Muslim army set back for Madīnah, ‘Abdullāh ra stood before his father and blocked his passage, saying, “By God! I shall not permit you to return, until you confess with your own tongue that the Holy Prophet sa is most honoured and you are the most disgraced. ” ‘Abdullāh pressed his father to such an extent that finally he was compelled to say these words, upon which ‘Abdullāh left him free to proceed. 1 When the return journey began, the remainder of that day, the entire night, and the start of the following day, were all spent by the Muslim army in continuous march. When camp was finally setup, the people were so terribly exhausted that they all fell into a deep sleep. 2 Hence, in this manner, through the wisdom of the Holy Prophet sa the people’s attention was diverted away from this unpleasant incident and redirected to something else for quite an extended period of time. Thus, through His Grace, Allāh the Exalted safeguarded the Muslims from the mischief of the hypocrites. In actuality, it had always been the effort of the hypocrites to spur a state of civil war and internal division amongst the Muslims, and if it was possible to lower the position of the Holy Prophet sa in their eyes. However, Islām and the magnetic personality of the Holy Prophet sa had created such a bond of unity amongst the Muslims, that no conspiracy could fracture it. Such feelings of respect and veneration, loyalty and faithfulness, and love and affection had taken root in the hearts of the Muslims for the Holy Prophet sa , that it was not in the power of man to shake these emotions. As such, just contemplate this occurrence alone. ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy, chief of the hypocrites attempted to capitalise on a temporary conflict between two common Muslims, and somehow sow the seed of dissension and discord between the Muslims, and injure the love and awe of the Holy Prophet sa. However, he was met with absolute failure, and was made to drink from the goblet of humiliation at the hands of his own son in such a manner that he perhaps never forgot it until his last breathe. 1 * Sunanut-Tirmidhī, Kitābu Tafsīril-Qur’ān, Bābu Wa Min Sūratil-Munāfiqīn, Ḥadīth No. 3315 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 282, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Al-Muraisī‘, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 671, Sairur-Rasūli Bin- Nāsi Li-Yushghilahum ‘Anil-Fitnah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001)