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The Prophet's (Sallallaho alaihe Wasallam) Journey to Taif
For nine years, since his selection by Allah for His mission, the
Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) had been delivering the message of Allah
in Mecca and making all efforts to guide and reform his community. Excepting a
few
persons who had either embraced Islam or who helped him though not accepting
his creed, all the rest in Mecca left no stone unturned in persecuting and
deriding him and his followers. His uncle Abu Talib was one of those
goodhearted people who helped him, in spife of his not entering into the fold
of Islam.
The following year, on the death of Abu Talib, the Qureysh got a
free hand and therefore accelerated their sinister pursuits without check and
hindrance. At Taif, the second biggest town of Hijaz, there lived Banu Thaqif,
a clan strong in number.. The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) left for Taif
with the hope of winning them over to Islam, thus giving quarter to Muslims
from the persecution of the Qureysh, and also establishing a base for the
future propagation of Islam. On reaching Taif he visited the three chieftains of
the clan separately, and placed before each of them the message of Allah, and
called upon them to stand by his Prophet's (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) side.
Instead of accepting his message, they refused even to listen to him and.
notwithstanding
the proverbial Arab hospitality. each of them treated him most contemptuously
and rudely. They plainly told him that they did not like his stay in their town.
The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) had expected a civil, even a cordial
treatment and due courtesy in speech from them, as they were the heads of the
clan. But one of them sneered:
"Hey, Allah has made you a Prophet!"
The other exclaimed with derision:
"Could Allah not lay His hand on anyone else, beside you to
make him His Prophet?"
The third one gibed at him:
"I do not want to talk to you, for if you are in fact a Prophet,
then to oppose you is to invite trouble, and if you only pretend to be one, why
should I talk with an impostor?"
The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam), who was a rock of
steadfastness and perseverance, did not lose heart over this check from the
chieftains, and tried to approach the common people; but nobody would listen to
him. Instead they asked him to clear off from their own town and go wherever
else he liked. When he realised that further efforts were in vain, he decided
to leave the town. But they would not let him depart in peace, and set the
street urchins after him to hiss, to hoot, to jeer at, and to stone him. He was
so much pelted at with stones that his whole body was covered with blood, and
his shoes were clogged to his feet. He left the town in this woeful plight.
When he was far out of the town, and safe from the rabble, he prayed to Allah
thus:
"0,my Allah! To Thee I complain of the feebleness of my
strength, of my lack of resources and my being unimportant in the eyes of
people. 0,Most Merciful of all those capable of showing mercy! Thou art the
Lord of the weak, and Thou art my own Lord. To whom art Thou to entrust me; to
an unsympathetic foe who would sullenly frown at me, or to an alien to whom Thou
hast given control over my affairs? Not in the least do I care for anything
except that I may have Thy protection for myself. I seek shelter in Your
light-the light which illuminates the Heavens and dispels all sorts of
darkness, and which controls all affairs in this world as well as in the
Hereafter. May it never be that I should incur Thy wrath, or that Thou should
be displeased with me. I must remove the cause of Thy displeasure till Thou art
pleased.. There is no strength nor power but through Thee."
The Heavens were moved by the prayer, and Jibrail (Alayhis salaam)
appeared before the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam), greeting him with
Assalamu Alaikum and said:
"Allah knows all that has passed between you and these people.
He has deputed an angel in charge of the mountains to be at your command."
Saying this, Jibrail (Alayhis salam) ushered the angel before the Prophet
(Sallallaho alaihe wasallam).
The angel greeted the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) and
said:
"0,Prophet of Allah! I am at your service. If you wish, I can
cause the mountains overlooking this town on both sides to collide with each
other, so that all the people therein would be crushed to death, or you may
suggest
any other punishment for them."
The merciful and noble
Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said:
"Even if these people do not accept Islam, I do hope from
Allah that there will be persons from among their progeny who would worship
Allah and serve His cause."
Behold the conduct of our noble Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe
wasallam], whom we profess to follow! We get so much irritated over a little
trouble or a mere abuse from somebody that we keep on torturing and taking our
revenge throughout our lives in every possible manner. Does it become people
who claim to follow the magnanimous Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)? Look,
even after so much suffering at the hands of the Taif mob, he neither curses
them nor does he work for any revenge, even when he has the full opportunity to
do so.
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