Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 773
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 773 After his initiation into Islam, ‘Abdull a h out of shame for his crimes, would not come before the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. This kind, compassionate and magnanimous Prophet sa sent him the message that 'Accepting Islam, pardons all the previous sins. ' 16 Forgiveness of Apostates The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's forgiveness extended to everyone. Hadrat Ibne ‘Abb a s ra relates; "One An sa r i of Mad i nah became an apostate and joined the non- believers. He then felt ashamed and sent a message to his people to ask the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa if his repentance can be accepted? His people enquired from H u du r sa that such a person was regretting his action and was seeking repentance. At that time these verses were revealed, ُ ٰٓ ا ُ وْﻟ ُ ـﺌِک َ ﺟَﺰَآؤ ْ ﻫ َ ﻢ َّ ا ْ ن َﻠَﻴ ِ َ ﻬ َ ﻢ ْ ﻟَﻌْﻨ ِّٰﺔ ٰٓاH َ وَاملَْﻠ ِ ﺌِک ِﺔ َ وَاﻟﻨَّﺎس َ ا ْمجَْﻌِنيَْ. ﺧَﺎﻟِﺪِﻳْﻦ َ ﻓِﻴ َ ﻬ ْ ﺎﻻ ُ ﻋَﻨ ُ خيَُﻔَّﻒ َ ﻬ ُ وَﻻ ُ اﻟْﻌَﺬَاب ُ ﻢ ْ ﻫ ْ ﻢ ْ ﻳُﻨ ﻈَﺮُو ِ نَ. َّ ا َ ﻻ ْاﻟَّﺬِﻳْﻦ ﺗَﺎﺑُﻮ ْا ٰﻣِﻦ َ ﺑَﻌْﺪِ ذ َ ﻟِک َ و ْ ا َ ﺻْﻠَﺤُﻮ ِ ا ﻓ ﺎ َّٰ Hا َّ ن ﻏَﻔُﻮر ٌ رَّﺣِﻴْﻢٌ. (3:88 to 90) In these verses the reference is to apostasy, repentance and reformation. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa sent a message of forgiveness to this person and he accepted Islam. 17 Among those liable for the death sentence there was a person called Habb a r bin Aswad. He had made a fatal attack on the Holy Prophet