The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 454
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 454 عَلَی الْجِھَاد ِ مَا بَقِیْنَا اَبَدَا نَحْن ُ الَّذِیْن َبَایَعُوْا مُحَمَّدَا “We are those who have taken oath on the hand of Muḥammad sa , that we shall continue to strive in Jihād until the breath of life remains within us. ” 1 At times, the Holy Prophet sa and his Companions would recite the following verses of ‘ Abdullāh bin Rawāḥah: وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّیْنَا اَللّٰھُم َّ لَو ْ لَا اَنْت َ مَا اھْتَدَیْنَا وَثَبِّت ِالْاَقْدَام َاِن ْ لَاقَیْنَا ًعَلَیْنَا ْسَكِیْنَة فَاَنْزِلَن ًاَبَیْنَا فِتْنَة اَرَادُوْا اِذَا اِن َّالْاُلی ٰقَد ْبَغَوْا عَلَیْنَا “O Our Lord! Had it not been for Your Grace, we would not have been guided, nor would we have been able to give charity and alms, and worship You. O God! When You have brought us this far, grant our hearts tranquility in this time of adversity. If we face the enemy, make our steps firm. You are aware that these people have stood up against us in a manner of tyranny and oppression, and their purpose is to turn us away from our faith. But O Our God! By Your Grace, our state is such that when they devise a plan to turn us away from our faith, we repel their design from afar, and refuse to fall victim to their disorder. ” 2 When the Holy Prophet sa would reach the final couplet, he would raise his voice loudly. It is narrated by a Companion that he saw the Holy Prophet sa reciting these verses in such a state that his blessed body was completely covered with dirt, due to his transporting soil. 3 This was a time of hunger and starvation; and what to talk of the Companions, even the Chief of the Universe (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) would starve on many occasions. In order to cope with this pain, the Holy Prophet sa would move about with a stone 1 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Ghazwatil-Khandaqi Wa Hiyal-Aḥzābu, Ḥadīth No. 4099 2 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Ghazwatil-Khandaqi Wa Hiyal-Aḥzābu, Ḥadīth No. 4104 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Ghazwatil-Khandaqi Wa Hiyal-Aḥzābu, Ḥadīth No. 4106 3 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Ghazwatil-Khandaqi Wa Hiyal-Aḥzābu, Ḥadīth No. 4106 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābu Ḥafril-Khandaqi, Ḥadīth No. 2837