In The Name Of Allah
Main Points:
1-Hijrah
(mass immigration) of prophet Muhammed (PBUH).
The success of Islam in
founding a homeland of its own in the middle of a desert surging with disbelief
and ignorance was its greatest gain since it began to be propagated. The
Muslims called to one another from every corner: Come to Yathrib! The Hijrah
was not only an escape from persecution and ridicule, it was in fact a movement
to establish a new society in a safe country. It became the duty of all able
Muslims to assist in building of this new homeland and to put their utmost
efforts into fortifying it and raising its status among other nations. Leaving
Madinah after migration to it became a shirking of responsibility and a
betrayal of Allah and His Messenger (PBUH) for life. In it was part of faith,
since the establishment of the faith depended upon the development of Madina
The Breaking of All Connections with One’s
Home, for the Sake of Allah Alone.
After his companions had left for Yathrib, the Prophet (pbuh) stayed in Mecca, waiting for permission from Allah to leave the
city. Abu Bakr and Ali
stayed with him. There were also some Muslims whom Quraysh had not allowed to leave. Abu Bakr kept asking the
Prophet (pbuh) to
allow him to go to Yathrib, but the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) kept saying, ’Do not be in a hurry; it might be that Allah will
give you a travelling
companion.’ The leaders of Quraysh assembled in the house of their ancestor, Qusayy, as was customary when they had an
important decision to
make. They had to find a way of getting rid of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), before he was able to join his friends in
Yathrib. As they were busy
arguing, the Devil appeared at the door in the form of a noble and handsome old man. When they saw this elderly gentleman standing there, they asked him who he was. He said he was a
Shaikh from the
mountains who had heard what they meant to do and thought he might be able to help or advise them. They thought he looked
like a wise man, so they
invited him in. Each
leader then started to put forward ideas about what should be done, but none of them could agree about which was best, until
AbuJahl told them
his plan. This was that each clan should provide a strong, young warrior, each of whom would be given a sword. All the
young warriors
would then wait outside the Prophet’s house and together attack him as he came out. In this way they would be rid of him but as
the blame for killing
him would fall on all the clans, the Prophet’s family would not be able to seek revenge.
Before the night
fell, on which Muhammad (pbuh) was to be killed, the Archangel Gabriel came to
him and said, ’Do not sleep tonight in your own bed.’ The Prophet (pbuh)
understood what was going to happen, so he told .Ali to lie in his bed and wrap
himself in the blanket that the
Prophet (pbuh)
normally used, promising that no harm would befall him. With the coming of
darkness the young men of Quraysh had gathered outside the Prophet’s house,
waiting for him to come out. After he had made sure that ’Ali was safe, the
Prophet (pbuh) left the house. At that very moment Allah took away the sight of
the warriors so that they could not see the Prophet (pbuh), who took a handful
of dust, sprinkled it on their heads and recited these verses:
In
the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
.Ya Sin By the
Wise Qur’an, Thou art truly among those sent On the straight path; A Revelation
of the All-mighty, the All-wise, That thou may warn a people whose fathers were
never warned, so they are heedless. The Word has already proved true of most of
them, yet they do not believe. Lo! We have put on their necks collars of iron
up to the chin, so that they are made stiff-necked. and We have put before them
a barrier; and We have covered them so they do not see..(Qur’an 36.1-9)
The young men
waited the whole night and were furious when, in the morning, they saw .Ali
instead of the Prophet (pbuh) coming out of the house. I they realized that
their plan had failed completely. In the meantime, the Prophet (pbuh) went to
Abu Bakr’s house and told him,
’Allah has told
me that now is the time for us to leave Mecca.’ ’Together?’ asked Abu Bakr.
’Together’, the Prophet (pbuh) replied. Abu Bakr wept for joy, because now he
knew that the travelling companion he had been promised was the Prophet (pbuh)
himself.
Then he said,’O
Messenger of Allah, these are the two camels which I have kept ready for this.’
And so, the two of them left for a cave in Thawr, a mountain to the south of
Mecca where they intended to hide.
When they were
out of the city the Prophet (pbuh) looked back and said, ’Of all Allah’s earth,
you are the dearest place to Allah and to me and if my people had not driven me
out I would never have left you.’
When Quraysh
found out that the Prophet (pbuh) and his companion had gone, they set out
after them, searching in every direction. Three days later they finally reached
the cave where the Prophet (pbuh) and Abu Bakr were hiding, but a strange and
wonderful thing had happened. A spider had woven its web right across the
entrance to the cave and a dove was nesting with her mate nearby. As the
Meccans stood in front of the cave, with only the spider’s web separating them
from the fugitives, Abu
Bakr began to
fear for their safety. He whispered to the Prophet (pbuh), they are very close.
If one of them turns we will be seen.’ But he was comforted by the Prophet’s
reply: .What do you think of two who have with them Allah as their third?
’Grieve not, for verily Allah is with us..
(Qur’an 9.40) .
After a few
moments the search parry decided that no one could have entered the cave recently,
or the spider’s web would not have been complete and the dove would not have
nested there, and so they left without searching inside. Three days later the
Prophet (pbuh) and Abu
Bakr thought it
safe to leave the cave. Abu Bakr’s son, ’Amir, had arranged for three camels
and a guide to help them continue their journey to Yathrib. ’Amir would ride
behind his father. The leaders of Quraysh, meanwhile, returned to Mecca and
offered a reward of one hundred camels to whoever captured the Prophet (pbuh).
Among those who went in search of him was a famous warrior. He was, in fact,
the only one to catch up with him, but whenever he came close, his horse would
suddenly sink up to its knees in the sand. When this had happened three times,
he understood that the Prophet (pbuh) was protected by a power stronger than
anything he had known, and so he went back to Mecca. On arriving there he
warned everyone against continuing the search, relating what had happened to
him.
If you do not
help him, still Allah has helped him already, When the unbelievers drove him
forth, (he second of two, When the two were in the
Cave, when he
said to his companion, "Grieve not; surely Allah is with us." Then
Allah caused His peace and Reassurance to descend upon him,
And helped him
with hosts you cannot see, And He made the word of the unbelievers the lowest;
While Allah’s word is the uppermost; Allah is Almighty, All-wise.. (Qur’an
9.40)
The Prophet’s
journey from Mecca is called the hijrah, or migration. It was really the first
step towards the spread of Islam throughout the entire world, and Muslims begin
their calendar from the year of the hijrah
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