In The Name Of Allah
Dated, February 14th , 2014
Sirrat
of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
Main Points:
1-The Mass Hijrah (immigration) to Yathrib,
its factors and causes:
a-The idolaters' stubborn way in dealing
with the message.
b-The difference between the two
towns(including the presence of the Jews in Yathrib).
c- The Treaty of .Aqabah
a-The idolaters' stubborn way in dealing
with the message.
The idolaters of Mekkah deprived
themselves of all benefits when they rejected to listen to the prophet (PBUH)
and threatened the believers using different ways of torturing either the
physical or the psychological one. Even though their propaganda succeeded in
preventing many tribes from adopting Islam, some other tribes returned back to
listen to the prophet's message and supported him and his followers.This change
came from Yathrib to Mekkah during the Pilgrimage season.
The Jews in Yathrib always said that ALLAH would send them a prophet
from them. On the other hand, the Arabs, who were threatened with his coming,
opened their hearts to him. When they went to Mekkah they listened to him and prepared
to the mass Hijrah. The talk of Islam spread in Yathrib. Scarcely three years
had passed since the new helpers heard of Islam then they became its refuge and
fortress.
c- The Treaty of .Aqabah
In Yathrib there were two main tribes, the Aws and the Khazraj.
Both were very powerful, they were always at war with one another, and both
worshipped idols. Also in Yathrib were many Jews who, unlike the Arab at that
time, knew that there was only One God, and worshipped Him. They had told the
Arabs many times that a Prophet would be coming to them. The time came for the
pilgrimage to the Ka.bah, and several people from Yathrib were going, among
them six men from the tribe of Khazraj. They had heard about the Prophet
Mohammed's preaching and thought that must be the Prophet the Jews had told
them about. So they decided to go speak to him during their stay in Mecca. They
met the Prophet (pbuh) at a spot known as .Aqabah, near
Mecca,
and invited them to sit with him. He explained to them what
Islam
meant recited to them from the Qur’an. When they heard the Qur’an recited touched
their hearts so deeply that they became Muslims and on leaving Mecca they
promised to return the following year. When they reached Yathrib carrying Islam
in their hearts, they told their relatives and friends what they had heard from
the Prophet (pbuh) and many more people became Muslims.
A year passed and the pilgrimage season
came around again. Twelve important men from Yathrib went to Mecca to meet the
Prophet (pbuh) and promised faithfully to serve him and Islam. In return, the
Prophet
(pbuh)
sent one of his friends, Mus.ab ibn ’Umayr, with them to teach the
Qur’an
and instruct them in their new religion. Another year passed and still more
Muslims came from Yathrib to Mecca for the pilgrimage. On this occasion a
secret meeting with the Prophet (pbuh) was arranged to be held at night.
Seventy-three men and one woman from Yathrib came, and the Prophet (pbuh)
arrived with his uncle, al-.Abbas. During this meeting the men from Yathrib
offered to protect and defend the Prophet (pbuh) and his followers if they
would come to live in Yathrib. This promise of protection came to be known as
the Treaty of .Aqabah.
The treaty was most fortunate for even
though Islam was growing in
Yathrib,
the Muslims in Mecca were still suffering. The Prophet (pbuh) therefore told
his friends and followers to go to Yathrib where they would be safe, and most
of them took this opportunity to leave. Despite all this suffering the Prophet
(pbuh) was not allowed to fight his enemies, for
Allah
had told him to forgive those who insulted him or would not listen to his
message. But the Quraysh had closed their minds so utterly to the word of
Allah, and grew so hard-hearted towards the Prophet (pbuh) and his followers,
that Allah gave permission to the Prophet (pbuh) to fight those who tried to
harm him or his companions.
Permission is given unto those who fight
because they have been wronged; And Allah is surely able to give them victory;
Those who have been driven from their homes unjustly only because they said: Our
Lord is Allah..(Qur’an 22.39-40)
Quraysh began to fear the Prophet (pbuh)
for they realised that he was now strong enough to fight them and had been
given leave to do so by Allah. They also knew that he now had the people of
Yathrib to help and protect him. Seeing that the Muslims were leaving the city,
they decided to kill the Prophet (pbuh), before he, too, left Mecca to join his
followers in Yathrib.In this way they hoped to put an end to Islam once and for
all.
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