Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 363
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 363 tolerate talking to you. If you are truthful in your claim, rejecting you is not free from danger and if you are forging lies against God, it is not proper for me to talk to you. "Later on this third brother accepted Islam but there is no proof that he attained the honour of being a Companion of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. 36 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa intended to convey his message to other people of Ta ’if but the chiefs of Thaq i f objected to it because they feared that their young men would go astray. So they ordered the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa to get out of Ta ’if. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, "If you do not accept my message, I would leave quietly and you do not announce my departure. " But these wretched chiefs ordered slaves, street urchins and mischievous delinquents to follow the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. They were taunting and calling names. A large gathering of people stood on both sides of the road and started to pelt him with stones. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa would sit down under this hail of stones which was beyond his endurance. These cruel people would hold his arms and made him stand up to be hit by more stones. Hadrat Zaid ra bin Ha rithah tried his best to shield the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa but he was out numbered and could not save H u du r sa from this large crowd. This continued for quite a few miles. The calves of the Holy Prophet