The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 42
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 42 ُ فَلَمَّا اُجْلِیَت ْ بَنُو النَّضِیْر ِ كَان َ فِیْھُم ْ مِن ْ اَبْنَاء ِ الْاَنْصَار ِ فَقَالُوْا لَا نَدَع ُ اَبْنَاءَنَا فَاَنْزَل َ اللّٰە ِّ تَعَالی ٰ لَا اِکْرَاہ َ فِی الدِّیْن ِ قَد ْ تَبَیَّن َ الرُّشْد ُ مِن َ الْغَی “When the Banū Naḍīr were exiled from Madīnah, the children of the Anṣār were also among them. 1 The Anṣār desired to keep them, but the Holy Prophet sa forbade them from doing so due to the Qur’ānic verse: There should be no compulsion in religion. ” 2 Then, there is a narration related by Dathīq, the Roman, from the Khilāfat of Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra : ُ كُنْت ُ مَمْلُوْكًا لِعُمَر َ فَكَان َ یَقُوْل ُ اَسْلِم ْ. . . . . قَال َ فَاَبَیْت ُ فَقَال َ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْە ُ الْوَفَاة َ أعْتَقَنِی فَقَال َ اِذْھَب ْ حَیْث ُ شِٴْت ا “Dathīq, the Roman narrates that, in the Khilāfat of Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra , I was his slave. He would often persuade me to become a Muslim, but I would refuse and Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra would say: Meaning: “There is no compulsion in religion. ” Then, he would remain silent. Thereafter, when the time of his demise drew near, Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra freed me and said: “Now you may go wherever you desire. ” 3 Then, God the Exalted states: 1 In the era of the Jāhiliyyah whenever an idolater from the Aus or Khazraj was unable to attain male offspring, he would vow that if a son was born to him, he would make him a Jew. In this manner, many children from the Aus and Khazraj had become Jewish. 2 Sunanu Abī Dāwūd, Kitābul-Jihād, Bābu Fil-Asīri Yukrahu ‘Alal-Islām, Ḥadīth No. 2682 3 Izālatul-Khifā’i ‘An Khilāfatil-Khulafā’i, By Shāh Wali’ullāh Muḥaddath Dehlvī (Translated by Muḥammad ‘Abdush-Shukūr Fārūqī), Volume 1, p. 30, Mas’alah Dar Bayān Āńcheh Bar Khalīfah Wājib Ast…. . Maṣālih-e-Muslimīn, Qadīmī Kutub Khānah, Ārām Bāgh, Karachi