The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 31
I - Early Establishment of Madīnah and Foundation of the Islāmic Government 31 until we live. We shall be responsible for this. ” 1 Nights of Fear in Madīnah All of these things shed light upon the bloody intentions of the Quraish of Makkah, which they harboured against Islām, after the migration. The Muslims were not unaware of these intentions. Rather, they knew full well that this change in the conduct of the Makkans, would soon bring about its results. Although they firmly believed in the promises of Allāh, but naturally, they were very fearful and apprehensive as well, as to the trials they would be compelled to bear. In the beginning, this fear was so prevalent that the Companions found it difficult to sleep at night in Madīnah, apprehensive of an impending attack. Of course, these dangers were far greater for the Holy Prophet sa as compared to other Muslims. Moreover, since the Holy Prophet sa was most concerned for the security of the Muslims, for this reason, he would remain more alert than others. As such it is narrated in Nasa’ī 2 : ِ كَان َ رَسُوْل ُ اللّٰه ِ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ اَوَّل َ مَا قَدِم َ الْمَدِیْنَة َ یَسْھَر ُ مِن َ اللَّیْل “In the beginning, when the Holy Prophet sa arrived to Madīnah, he would often remain awake at night. ” A similar narration is also recorded in Bukhārī 3 and Muslim 4 : ْ اَرِق َ النَّبِی ُّ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ ذَات َ لَیْلَة ٍ ثُم َّ قَال َ لَیْت َ رَجُلا ً صَالِحًا مِن ْ اَصْحَابِی یَحْرُسُنِی اللَّیْلَة َ اِذ َ سَمِعْنَا صَوْت َ السِّلَاح ِ فَقَال َ رَسُوْل ُ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ مَن ْ ھٰذَا َ قَال َ سَعْد ُ بْن ُ اَبِی ْ وَقَّاص ٍ یَا رَسُوْل َ اللّٰه ِ جِئْت ُ اَحْرَسَك َ فَنَام َ النَّبِی ُّ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَلَّم 1 Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 1, p. 353, Mautul-‘Āsibini Wā’il Min Mushrikī Makkah, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut 2 Fatḥul-Bārī Sharḥu Saḥīḥil-Bukhārī, By Aḥmad bin ‘Alī bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 6, Kitābul- Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābul-Ḥirāsati Fil-Ghazwi, p. 102, Ḥadīth No. 2887, Qadīmī Kutub Khānah, Ārām Bāgh, Karachi 3 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābut-Tamannī, Bābu Qaulihī sa Laita Kadhā Wa Kadhā, Ḥadīth No. 7231 4 Ṣaḥīḥu Muslim, Kitābu Faḍā’iliṣ-Ṣaḥābah, Bābu Faḍli Sa‘dibini Abī Waqqāṣ, Ḥadīth No 6230-6231