The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 58
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 58 himself. The Holy Prophet sa reasoned with him and calmed him down saying, “Your very own kith and kin are with me, will you fight against your own loved ones?” It was in these days that Sa‘d bin Mu‘ādh ra , chieftain of the Aus, came to Makkah for the purpose of ‘Umrah. Upon seeing him, the eyes of Abū Jahl gorged with blood in rage and he furiously said, “You have (God-forbid) given protection to that renegade (Muḥammad sa ). Do you believe that you will be able to protect him. . . ?” 1 In this era, the Quraish were so preoccupied in uprooting Islām that when Walīd bin Mughīrah, a chief of Makkah was about to die, he began to weep helplessly. The people inquired of his suffering, to which he responded, “I fear, lest the religion of Muḥammad sa might spread after my death. ” The leaders of the Quraish responded by saying, “Do not worry, we guarantee that we shall not allow his religion to spread. ” 2 All of these instances are subsequent to the migration, when the Holy Prophet sa had left Makkah, distressed by the persecution of the Quraish, and it could be thought that the Quraish would leave the Muslims at their state. This was not all, rather, when the Quraish noticed that the Aus and Khazraj refused to give up their protection of the Holy Prophet sa , and it was apprehended that Islām may take root in Madīnah, they toured the other tribes of Arabia and began to incite them against the Muslims. Since the Quraish enjoyed a distinct influence upon the other tribes of Arabia, due to their guardianship of the Ka‘bah, for this reason, upon the instigation of the Quraish, many tribes had become deadly enemies of the Muslims. The state of Madīnah was as if it had become surrounded by a raging fire. As such, the following narration has already been mentioned: ُ لَمَّا قَدِم َ رَسُوْل ُ اللّٰه ِ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ وَاَصْحَابُه ٗ الْمَدِیْنَة َ وَاٰوَتْتُم ُ الْاَنْصَار ُ رَمَتْھُم الْعَرَب ُ عَن ْ قَوْس ٍ وَاحِدَة ٍ فَكَانُوْا لَا یَبِیْتُوْن َاِلَّا بِالسِّلَاح ِ وَلَا یُصْبِحُوْن َ اِلَّا فِیْه ِ وَقَالُوْا َ اَتَرَوْن َ اَنَّا نَعِیْش ُ حَتّٰی نَبِیْت ُ اٰمِنِیْن َ لَا نَخَاف ُ اِلَّا اللّٰه “Ubayy bin Ka‘b ra who was from among the distinguished Companions narrates, ‘When the Holy Prophet sa and his Companions migrated to Madīnah, and the Anṣār gave protection to them, in turn all of Arabia collectively stood up against the Muslims. In that era, the Muslims would not even put off their 1 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Manāqibi, Bābu ‘Alāmātun-Nubūwwati Fil-Islām, Ḥadīth No. 3632 2 Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 1, p. 353, Mautu Al-‘Āṣ bin Wā’il Min Mushrikī Makkata, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut