When the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) invited others towards the religion of Islam for the first time in public in the city of Ta'if, he expected that all of their inhabitants would accept Islam with ease. Little did our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) know that he would instead be ridiculed, made fun of, be physically abused by children, forced to leave the town, and made to bleed to the extent that his shoes filled up with blood.
The wretched behavior which the people of Ta'if had displayed towards the Prophet of Allah led to Allah dispatching angels under the command of Jibreel (may peace be upon him) to take the two mountains which Ta'if was between and crush the town if the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) wished to do so. But instead of taking a golden opportunity to avenge himself, what did the Prophet (peace be upon him) say?
"Perhaps from their offspring Allah will produce those who will worship Allah alone."
And to this day the whole town of Ta'if follows the religion of Islam.
A lesson which we can extract from this story is that the mistakes which we make or see others making should act as nothing more than learning experiences for us in our first time da'wah efforts. We should use these experiences to better ourselves for the future and not hold grudges against individuals or Islamic organizations/mosques which we may have volunteered in. Of course it is a hard thought to swallow if someone may have committed a wrong against us, but if we earnestly reflect on how the Prophet (peace be upon him) reacted when he was received harshly in his first time giving da'wah, we can see the effect which it had later had on the tribe. With the experience he gained at Ta'if, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was able to have all of Arabia and most of the world turn towards Islam.
It took the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) twenty-three years to bring all of the Arabian peninsula under one unified religion. Do not think you can do it in twenty-three days.
And Allah knows best.
It took the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) twenty-three years to bring all of the Arabian peninsula under one unified religion. Do not think you can do it in twenty-three days.
And Allah knows best.
1 comments:
Nice Masha'Allah. Something cool that Imam Safi once told us is that Muhammad Ibn Qasim came from the same lands of Ta'if and it was due to his efforts, 17 and at the head of an army, that the whole Indian subcontinent was opened to the Muslims and millions of people to this day have become Muslim. Through that Dua' of the Prophet, there were benefits that transcended that land and benefited millions upon millions of Mulsims.
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