Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 329
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 329 Start of open Preaching to Relatives After three years this commandment was revealed. ْ ُﻓَﺎﺻْﺪَع ْمبَِﺎﺗُﺆْﻣَﺮ ِوَاَﻋْﺮِض َْﻋَﻦ املُْﺸْﺮِﻛِني. (15:95) "So declare openly that with which thou art commanded and turn aside from those who ascribe partners to God. " Another erudite commandment was revealed advising the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa to begin preaching to his close relatives. It says: َ َ و ْ ا َْ ﻧ َ ﺬِرْﻋَﺸِري َْﺗَﻚ َْ اﻻ ﻗْﺮَﺑِني ْ. َوَاﺧْﻔِﺾ ِﺟَﻨَﺎﺣَﻚ َملَِﻦ َاﺗَّﺒَﻌَﻚ َْﻣِﻦ املُْﺆْﻣِﻨِني. (26:215, 216) "And warn thy nearest kinsmen, and lower thy wing of mercy to the believers who follow thee. " The commandment of kind treatment to the relatives and the people who believed, contains a deep wisdom and was an essential principle for establishing a pious community. In order to fulfill this commandment literally, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa thought of a unique plan to gather his relatives on mount S af a , and declare his claim from the top of mount S af a in the early morning. This was an Arab tradition that in the event of a sudden calamity people were asked for help in this manner. So the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa called out the names of tribes of Quraish,"O the progeny of Abdul Mu tt alib, O the progeny of ‘Abd-e-Mun a f, O the