Chief of the Prophets — Page 61
Chapter Four 61 O Messenger of Allah, when we were idolaters, we were revered and none dared to challenge us. But ever since we accepted Islam, we are regularly subjected to persecution at the hands of disbelievers. O Messenger of Allah! Permit us to fight these disbelievers. Muḥammad sa responded: I have been commanded by Allah, the Exalted, to forgive, so I cannot permit you to fight. 1 Respond to abuse with prayers, respond to grief with comfort, Show humility in the face of arrogance. 2 Abyssinia Migration, Rajab, 5 th Nabawī When the persecution of the Muslims reached a fever pitch, Muḥammad sa allowed his companions to migrate to Abyssinia 3 and said: The king of Abyssinia is just and fair and no one is persecuted under his rule, so migrate to Abyssinia if you are able to do so. 4 The country of Abyssinia is towards the northeast of Africa. Aṣḥamah bin Abjar was its king and was known by the title of 1 Talkhīṣuṣ-Ṣiḥāḥ. 2 Durr-e-Thamīn, a collection of Urdu poems by Ḥa. rat Mirzā Ghulam Aḥmad as. [Publisher] 3 The Ethiopian Empire, which was historically known as Abyssinia, a nation that comprised the northern half of present-day Ethiopia [Publisher] 4 Ibni Hishām and Aṭ-Ṭabarī.