Chief of the Prophets

Chief of the Prophets — Page 152

Chapter Seven 152 people of Banū Muṣṭaliq sternly refused and prepared for war. 1 When the two armies confronted each other, after a little while, disbelievers began to waver, and they put down their weapons. After the encounter, Muḥammad sa stayed at Al-Muraisī‘ for few days. During this time, an unpleasant incident took place which almost caused internal civil war among the weaker Muslims. Jahjāh, a servant of ‘Umar bin al-Khaṭṭāb ra , and Sinān, from the confederates of Anṣār , went to get water from a local well at Al-Muraisī‘. These two ignorant people started an altercation with each other and called their allies for help. It almost reached the point that some of the ignorant youth of the Anṣār and Muhājirūn were about to attack each other, but the sensible and sincere Muhājirūn and Anṣār sorted out the matter. When Muḥammad sa heard about it, he called it a display of ignorance and expressed his dismay at it. However, this incident provided an opportunity for the chief of the hypocrites, ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy bin Salūl to greatly incite the Anṣār against the Muhājirūn. He said to them that they would not have seen that day if they had not given refuge to the Muslims. This unfortunate person even went far enough to say: When we return to Madīnah, the most honoured man shall surely expel the meaner person (from the city). 2 ‘Umar ra wanted to behead him, but Muḥammad sa stopped him. When Ḥabbāb, the son of ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy bin Salūl found out about it, he went to Muḥammad sa and said: 1 Az-Zarqānī, Ghazwah of Al-Muraisī‘. 2 Bukhārī, Kitābul-Manāqibil-Anṣār (Virtues of the Companions of Muḥammad sa ), Tirmidhī and Kitābut-Tafsīr.