Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 193
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa sa 12. Battle of Mu'tah sa. Upon his return from the Ka'bah, the Holy Prophet began to receive reports that Christian tribes on the Syrian border, instigated by. Jews and pagans, were preparing for an attack upon Medina. He, therefore, dispatched a party of fifteen to find out the truth. They saw an army amassing on the Syrian border. Instead of returning at once they started to give the message of Islām to the enemy. Instead of listening to the exposition, the enemy started raining arrows on this party of fifteen. . However, they stood firm, fifteen against thousands, and fell fighting. sa sa. The Holy Prophet planned an expedition to punish the Syrians for this wanton cruelty, but in the meantime he had reports that the forces which had been concentrating on the border had dispersed. He, therefore, postponed his plans. The Holy Prophet, however, wrote a letter to the. Emperor of Rome (or to the Chief of the Ghassan tribe who ruled Busra in the name of Rome). The letter was carried by Hadrat al-Härth bin ‘Umair al-Azdi. He stopped en route at Mu'tah where he met Shuraḥbil, a. Ghassan chief acting as a Roman official. He asked Hadrat al-Hārth", "Are you a messenger of Muḥammad?" On being told "Yes", he arrested Hadrat al-Harth", tied him up and belaboured him to death. Perhaps he was afraid that he may have to answer to the Byzantine Emperor about what had happened to the party of fifteen Muslims killed earlier. The Holy Prophet came to know of the murder of Hadrat Al-Harth". To avenge this and the earlier murders, he raised a force of three thousand and dispatched it to. Syria under the command of Hadrat Zaid bin Häritha", the freed slave of ra ra. Sa 193