Stories from Early Islam — Page 84
84 protection. So he called out to them and told them of his evil intention and of his change of heart. As he was returning, the Prophet saw said to him, ‘Suraaqah, how will you feel with the gold bangles of the king of Iran on your wrists?’ Suraaqah was amazed to hear this prophecy. Later he accepted Islam and lived in Madinah. It so happened that during the Khilafat of Umar, Iran and its treasures fell to Muslims, including the gold bangles which the king used to wear on state functions. Umar sent for Suraaqah and asked him to wear the gold bangles. ‘How can I wear them?’ said Suraaqah, ‘The wearing of gold is forbidden in Islam for men’. Umar said, ‘I know, but you should wear them in order to fulfil the prophecy of the Holy Prophet’. Suraaqah put on the gold bangles and thus the prophecy made by the Holy Prophet saw, years earlier, was fulfilled to the letter.