Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets — Page 119
MUHAMMAD : SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 119 Within a short time, S’ad also embraced Islam. Thereupon, S’ad and Usyad went together to their tribe and S’ad asked them, ‘Bani Abdul Ashhal, how do you esteem me?’ They affirmed unanimously, ‘You are our chief and the son of a chief and we have complete trust in you. ’ Upon this, S’ad said to them, ‘I shall have no connection with you till you believe in Allah and His Messenger. ’ He then proceeded to expound to them the doctrine and teachings of Islam, and before sunset, the entire tribe embraced Islam; an d S’ad and Usyad broke up the idols of the tribe with their own hands. Both of them attained to a distinguished position among the Companions of the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, and S’ad acquired a standing among Ansar which Abu Bakr had acquired among t he immigrants from Mecca. He was a most sincere and devoted Muslim and a great lover of the Holy Prophet. He was very intelligent and began to be counted among the topmost Companions. He died young and the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, truly observed, S’a d’s death has moved even the throne of Rahman. ’ Thus, Islam spread so rapidly among Aus and Khazraj that the Jews of Yathrab began to be apprehensive how the situation might develop. While the prospect in Yathrab for Islam and the Muslims appeared hopeful, in Mecca the Holy Prophet and the Muslims were passing their days in extreme discomfort and distress. Quraish, on learning of the progress of Islam in Yathrab, were roused to fierce enmity against the Muslims and made their lives miserable for them. On the occasion of the pilgrimage in the thirteenth year of prophethood, several hundred of Aus and Khazraj came to