The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 150
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 150 found out that the Holy Prophet sa had forbidden his killing. 1 After this, the Holy Prophet sa retired to his tent, and became engaged in supplications once again. Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra also accompanied him, and a party of the Anṣār under the command of Sa‘d bin Mu‘ādh ra were stationed around the tent to stand guard. After a short time, there was an uproar in the field of battle, which indicated that the Quraish had launched a full attack. At that time, the Holy Prophet sa was weeping profusely and supplicating before God with his hands extended. He would say with extreme anguish: اَللّٰھُم َّ اِنِّی ْ اَنْشُدُك َ عَھْدَك َ وَوَعْدَك َ اَللّٰھُم َّ اِن ْ تُھْلِك َ ھٰذِه ِ الْعِصَابَة َ مِن ْ اَھْل ِ الْاِسْلَام ِ لَا ِ تُعْبَد َ فِی الْاَرْض “O My God! Fulfill Your promises. O My Master! If today, this party of Muslims is destroyed in the field of battle, there shall remain none who would worship You on the face of this earth. ” 2 At this time, the Holy Prophet sa was in a state of such agony, that sometimes he would fall into prostration, and at times he would stand up to call upon God. The mantle of the Holy Prophet sa would repeatedly fall from his back, and Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra would pick it up and place it on the Holy Prophet sa again and again. 3 Ḥaḍrat ‘Alī ra relates that during the course of battle, whenever the Holy Prophet sa would come to mind, he would run towards his tent, but whenever he went there, he found the Holy Prophet sa weeping in prostration. He also heard that the Holy Prophet sa would constantly repeat the words: 1 * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, pp. 34-35, Thumma Dakhalatis-Sanatuth-Thāniyatu Minal-Hijrah / Dhikru Waq‘ati Badril-Kubrā, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Al-Mustadraku ‘Alaṣ-Ṣaḥīḥaini, By Ḥafiẓ Muḥammad bin ‘Abdillāh, Volume 3, p. 433, Kitābu Ma‘rifatiṣ-Ṣaḥābati sa Dhikru Manāqibi Abī Ḥudhaifah, Ḥadīth 5057, Dārul-Fikr Beirut (2002) [Publishers] 2 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābu Mā Qīla Fī Dir‘in-Nabiyyi sa Wal-Qamīṣi Fil-Ḥarb, Ḥadīth No. 2915 * Ṣaḥīḥu Muslim, Kitābul-Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābul-Imdādi Bil-Malā’ikati Fī Ghazwati Badr. . . . . , Ḥadīth No. 4588 3 * Ṣaḥīḥu Muslim, Kitābul-Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābul-Imdādi Bil-Malā’ikati Fī Ghazwati Badr. . . . . , Ḥadīth No. 4588 * Sunanut-Tirmidhī, Kitābu Tafsīril-Qur’ān, Bābu Wa Min Sūratil-Anfāl, Ḥadīth No. 3081