Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 156
CHAPTER 8 The secrets of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Acceptance of Prayers 156 tribe began to accept Islam. At the battle of Khyber Hadrat T ufail ra brought these Muslims to Mad i nah and within a short time seventy to eighty families from this tribe settled in Mad i nah. This, no doubt, was the result of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's prayer. 35 5. Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra and his mother who belonged to this tribe were the fruits of this prayer. One day Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra asked his mother to accept Islam. She uttered rude words about the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra returned to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa in anguish and told him the incident. H u du r sa prayed from the depths of his heart, "O All a h, guide Ab u Hurairah's mother". This prayer was accepted miraculously. A great revolution had taken place in his mother's beliefs and she was proclaiming her faith in Islam by pronouncing the Kalimah: ْ ٰاَﺷْﻬَﺪُاَن َّٰ ﻻَّاِﻟ َُّ اِﻻَّاﻟﻠ ُوَاَﺷْﻬَﺪُاَن ّٰحمَُﻤَّﺪًارَﺳُﻮْل ِ اﻟﻠ. Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra was overjoyed and with tears of happiness in his eyes, came back to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and related the whole incident. With this firm faith in the power of prayer, he requested: "O Prophet of God, instil love of my mother and me in the hearts of the believers". The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa offered this prayer for him. 36 6. Once a Jew was sitting with the Holy