Hazrat Sayyedah Khadijah — Page 21
21 21 Samiyyah ra were tortured too. On one such occasion the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, happened to pass by. He was very sad to see them suffering and said, ‘Family of Yaasir! Bear up with patience, as your final resort is paradise. ’ Soon after Hazrat Yaasir ra died because of the wounds and sometime later Abu Jahl murdered his wife Hazrat Samiyyah ra with a spear. Zinnirah ra was a female slave. Abu Jahl beat her so cruelly that she lost her eyesight. Other slaves were mishandled in similar ways. The Holy Prophet saw , Hazrat Khadijah ra and other Muslims were naturally very sad to see their fellow Muslims tortured. The free citizens who accepted Islam were not less cruelly treated. Their elders and chiefs tormented them in different ways. Hazrat Khadijah’s ra nephew, Zubair ra bin ‘Awwaam, a brave young man, who later became a great Muslim General, was often wrapped up in a mat by his uncle. Smoke was then passed through the mat in order to torture him by suffocation. He endured the torture patiently and continued to affirm that, having recognised the truth, he would not denounce it. The Holy Prophet saw was not spared either. The Quraish incited the mischievous people among them to molest the Holy Prophet saw in every possible way. Sometimes when he went out in the street, his opponents used to hurl abuse at him and rubbish was thrown at him. His neighbours threw stones into his house, scattered thorns outside his door and put foul smelling substances inside the walls of his dwelling. In spite of all this Hazrat Khadijah ra and the Holy Prophet saw remained very patient.