Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 374
CHAPTER 17 The Prophet sa as a Summoner to All a h 374 nearby hill. The enemy surrounded them and told them that if they surrendered, they would not be killed. The leader of the Muslim group, ‘ A sim ra said that he did not trust the promise of the non-believers and continued to rain arrows at the enemy and he was reciting this couplet. احلَْﻴَﺎ ٌ و ُ ﺣَﻖ اَملَْﻮْت ة ٗ ُ ﺑَﺎﻃِﻞ ◌ٗ ٰ ُ ﻧَﺎزِل ٰ اﻻْﻟ ُّ ﻣَﺎﻗËَ وَُﻞ "Death is inevitable and life is worthless, whatever God decides is just. " When ‘ A sim's arrows were finished, he fought with his spear and when the spear broke, he used his sword and died fighting. This prayer was on histongue before he passed away, "O All a h, I have defended Your faith till the last breath of my life, now You safeguard my dead body. " When the enemy tried to carry away his dead body to desecrate it, a swarm of wasps attacked them and protected his body. This continued until a flood carried away A sim's body. 48 This is known as the incident of Raj i ‘. In it the commander of the group, ‘ A sim ra bin Th a bit and six of his Companions were martyred. The other three Companions, Khubaib ra , Zaid ra and ‘Abdull a h ra bin Ta riq accepted the enemy's promise and surrendered. When they were being tied with ropes, ‘Abdull a h ra protested that it was the enemy's first deceit and would not accept it. He met his death while fighting with