Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 376
CHAPTER 17 The Prophet sa as a Summoner to All a h 376 When this state finished he said, "The Angel Gabriel as came just now and conveyed the salutation which Khubaib ra offered, he has been martyred by the Quraish. " Quraish gathered together the sons of twenty four chiefs of the tribes who were killed at Badr and gave them spears so that each one of them could kill Khubaib ra and thus avenge the death of their father. So they all participated in the killing of Khubaib ra. 49 Another incident of martyrdom of preachers happened at Be’r-e-Ma‘ u nah in which seventy Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa were martyred. The details of this event reveal, that the chief of Ban i ‘ A mir tribe, ‘ A mir bin T ufail came to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. He himself did not accept Islam but said that he liked the message. He requested the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa to send some men to preach in his area and indicated that some people might accept Islam. H u du r sa replied that he was apprehensive of the people of Najad. Ab u ‘ A mir undertook the responsibility of their safety and informed the people of Najad that he had offered protection for these preachers. This group comprised of seventy men who had memorized the Holy Qur’ a n. They used to teach the Holy Qur’ a n and S al a t during the day and worshipped during the night. The chief of this group H ar a m ra bin Mil ha n conveyed the message of Islam to the