The life of the Holy Prophet of Islam — Page 23
Prophet said, “This Bedouin took out my sword while I was sleeping and when I woke up, I found the unsheathed sword in his hand and he challenged me saying, “Who will save you from me?” I said thrice, “Allah!” The Prophet did not punish him but sat down. ” (Sahih Bukhari) What a boldness? During the battle of Hunain, the Muslims passed through a very critical situation. There was a time during that battle that there were only fifteen companions left in the battlefield with the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and there were over five thousand soldiers of the enemies surrounding him. In that dangerous situation, Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) challenged his opponents and defeated them. History is unable to produce such a single incident in the human life. Abu Ishaq narrates the boldness of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) during the battle of Hunain, in the following words: A man asked Al-Bara, “O Abu Umara! Did you all flee on the day of the battle of Hunain?” He replied, “No, by Allah! Allah’s Apostle did not flee, but his young unarmed companions ran away. It happened because the archers of the tribe of Hawazin and Bani Nasr, whose arrows hardly missed a target, attacked so rapidly and unexpectedly, that the Muslims could not resist that. But later when they were called by the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), they all returned to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while he was riding his white mule. The Prophet dismounted and invoked Allah for victory; then he said, ‘I am the Prophet, without a lie; I am the son of Abdul-Muttalib,’ and then he arranged his companions in rows. (Sahih Bukhari) Shield for the believers Regarding his bravery, Ali ibn Abi Talib, one of the bravest young men in the Islamic nation said: In the heat of battle, when the passions burned strongest, we would seek shelter behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), for there was none closer to the enemy than him, and you had seen me on the day of the battle of Uhud, taking shelter behind the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and he was the closest among us to the enemy. (Abu Dawud) Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, the Messiah and the Mahdi (peace be upon him) of the age has praised the Holly Prophet in the following words: That Prophet is superior to all other Prophets who is the great instructor of the world, that is to say, he at whose hands the great corruption of the world was reformed and who re-established on the earth the Unity of God which had been lost and had disappeared. He overcame all false religions by proof and argument and removed the doubts of every misguided one. He provided the true means of salvation by teaching the right principles for which it was not necessary to crucify an innocent person, or to remove God from His true and eternal station and to put Him in the womb of a woman. Thus, his beneficence and his grace exceed those of everyone else and his rank is higher than all. History points out, and the heavenly Book is a witness, and those who have eyes are able to observe, that the Prophet who is thus established as superior to all other Prophets is Muhammad, the chosen one (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). (Braheen-i- Ahmadiyya, Vol. 1, p. 97, footnote 6) Then again The Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) says: