Seer

ahepi
sode12

byDrYasi
rQadhi

Intheear lydays,thedawahwasnota' secret'dawah.Thebet t

erwordt ousei sthati twasa
privatedawah.Pr ivat
emeansy oukepti ttoy ourselfbuti twasanopensecr et
.Whenhest arted
preachi ngIsl
am, r
umour sspr eadandt hepeopl ehear dabouti t-thi
sispr ov enfrom t hef actthat
Amarcameal lthewayf rom Yemen.Andofcour seweknowwhenhewentt oMecca, t
he
prophetPBUHsai d" i
tstooear ly-don'tacceptI slam now.Wheny ouhearIam v i
ct orioust hen
comebackt ome" .Thusint heearlystagest ehpr ophetPBUHonl ypr eachedpr ivately.Thus
therecanbenopubl i
coppi sit
on.Ther eforefort hreey ears,theprophetPBUHdi dnotpr eacht o
themasses.Hedi dn'
tpreacht othepi lgri
ms, ort hevisitorsofMecca, orev enhi sownr elativ
es.
Soi .e.AbuLahab, AbuJahal werenotappr oached.Sof ort hreeyearst hedawahi spr ivate.Of
cour seAbuLahab, AbuJahal etchear daboutt hisnewt heologythatisbei ngpr eachedbutt hey
couldn'tdoany thi
ngbecauset hepr ophetPBUHi snotdoi ngitinpublic.Hei sn'taf fecti
ngt he
tradeofMecca, norstandingandpr eachingal oud.Thi sint hese3y earst herewasnooppi siti
on.
So, whywast hi
sdawahpr ivate?Therewer esev eralreasonsandwi sdoms.

Thecent r
alreasonwast hatthi
spr i
v atedawahdi dnotr esulti
nanyconf li
ctsbetweenthe
muslimsandt heQur aysh.Nototure, r
idicul
eetc.I fsomeoner ev er
tstoIslam,it
snotapublic
announcement-j usthisownbusi ness.Sot hesef irstthreeyears,nopersecuti
onetc.I
nfact,
thi
siswhatpr eparedthem tofacet het otur
elateron.I talsoshows, insomeci r
cumstancesit
s
permissabletogi vedawahi npri
vate.I fthepoli
tical st
ancei soneoff ear,
y oudon'
thavetobe
publi
c.Manycasesi .e.whencommuni sm tookov er ,t
heywoul dkill
peoplewhosayt heywere
muslim.OurI slam doesnotdemandy oubepubl icifthereisafearofper secuti
on.

Alsonoti
ceever
ysingler
evertatt
hisearlyst
agebecomesal eaderandfi
gurehead.Not
ethe
bulkoft
hesahabawedon' tevenknowt hei
rname-ther
earecer t
ainl
yover100,000andweonly
knowaround5000.Andoft hesei
tsonlyahandfulwehavetheirful
lst
ori
es,andmostofthem
weretheear
lyconvert
sortheansar.Thisshowstheear
lyconv er
tsimanweresopower f
ulthey
wentontobecomegr eat
.

Mostoft
heconv
ert
satt
hisear
lyst
agewer
efr
om t
hel
owercl
ass-Amari
bnYasi
r,Bi
l
alRAet
c.
Thisisthegener alrul
e.I
tissomuchofar ul
et hatHeraculus,t
hef i
rstt
imetheprophetPBUH
wrotehi m aletter;
hequizzedAbuSuf fyan10quest i
ons-oneoft hosequesti
onswas" whoare
hisconv erts?therichortheweak? ".Hesaid"thepoor".Her acl
i
ust hensai
d" t
hisi
sthesignof
thetruef ait
h-itdosentappeal totherichorelitewhereast hepooracceptandunderstandthe
message" .Weev enseet hi
sf orthepeopl eofMusa-i nt hebeginningtheywerelowerclassbut
i
nt heendt heybecomev i
ctorious.IndeedtheBani Isr
eal,t
heyev entual
lybecametheleaders
event hought heywer epersecuted.

Sotheearl
ystageofdawaht herewasnoper secuti
on,i
twasast aget oall
owimant obui
ld,
al
lowabrotherhoodaf or
m andthustherewasnoconf li
cts.Al
so,atthisst
agether
ewaspr ayer
andwudu(thought hiswasopti
onal)
.Ji
braeelAStaughtht epr
ophetPBUHhowt odowuduand
howtopraythoughatt hi
sstageitwasopti
onal -i
twasmadecompul saryonthenightj
ourney
whenthefi
vepr ayerswereset
.Alsointhi
searlystageal
ltheprayersweretworaka'at
.

Thest
agesofdawahar
efi
ve,
eachi
sal
egi
ti
mat
est
agef
oranymusl
i
m communi
ty:

1.Pr
ivat
edawah-l
ett
hepubl
i
cst
atusquor
emai
n.Thi
swast
hef
ir
st3y
ear
s.

2.Justpreachingwiththetoungueandnomi li
tar
yacti
on.Eveniftheyharmy ou,
thecommand
wasnott oretali
tat
e.Thiswas10y earsofdawahfortheprophetPBUH.Tot heextentof
multi
plekil
li
ngsandmul t
ipl
eassasinat
ionatt
empts.Evenift
heykilloneofus,wecannottouch
oneoftheirs.

3.Dawahwitht
hetounguealongwi t
hphysi
calfi
ghti
ng.Themusli
msthusfoughtonl
ythe
Quray
shofMecca-noot hertr
ibe.Thi
shappenedforthefi
rst6y
earsaf
tert
hehijr
ah.Soopen
dawahalongwi
thmili
tar
yconfrontati
on.

4.Opendawaht oal l
wi t
hhonour-y ouhavepoli
ti
calpowerbutyouonlyat
tackindef
enceifyou
needt o.Youdon'tutil
iseitformil
it
arypower.Thi
shappenedintheMadinahstageaft
ert
he
treatyofHudaibiyahaftertheconquestofMecca.Oneofthecondit
ionswasnof i
ght
ing-even
thoughhehadt hepowerandar my.Thiswasoneoft hebi
ggestvi
ctor
yofIsl
am asAll
ahsays
"Wehav egiveny outhebi ggestvi
ctor
y".Ofcour
seUmarRAdi dn'
tunderst
andbutlat
erhesaw
wi t
hhisowney es.
5.Opendawahal ongwi t
hphy sicalconfr
ont ationtoanyonewhoopposesI sl
am.Thi swasst age
theprophetPBUHpassedawayupon.Thathewassendi ngoutar miestoi.
e.theRomanset c.
Andthesahabacont i
nuedont hisstagewhi chi swhytheyt ookov ernearl
ythewhol eworld.
Theyconquer edPersi
a, mostoft heRomanempi r
e,Egypt,Nor t
hAf ri
ca.TheUmmay ads
conti
nuedandconquer edAf ghani st
an,Pakist anetcandt heywental lthewayt oChina.Unti
l
fi
nall
yinthemi dstageoft heAbbasempi re, t
heydecidedt ogobackt othefourthstage.Forthe
bulkoftheummahwhent herewasakhal ifah, wewereont hef our
thstage.Thusmi l
it
arypol i
cy
wasn'tapartofIsl
am -wej ustut i
li
sedinthebestwaypossi ble.Intheseti
mes, wejustpreach
thedawahusi ngthebestofspeech-nomi l
itaryorphysical acti
on.

Wemov eonnowt ot hesecondstagewhi chisopenpr eachingwi thnopublicconf l

i
ctfrom
musl i
m side.Soopenpr eachi
ngwi t
houtanycommandf orwar f
are.Thisopenpr eachi
ngt ook
pl
acet hreeyearsafterIqr
acamedown.Al lahrevelaedmanyv erseswhichcommandedt he
prophetPBUHt opr
eachopenl y.SurahHijrverse94" Donthide,gof or
thandpr oclai
m whatWe
havecommandedy ou,andturnawayf rom theignor antpeople".Thenav ersecamedownev en
mor eexplici
t:"
Andwar nyourcloserelati
ves(thust hisrefer
redt otheQuray shandal l
those
peopleofMeccawhower ehiskinshipthusthepr ophetPBUHr eali
sedheneededt ogopubl i
c)"

Soaf terreciev ingt hisrevelati

on, thef i
rstthingt hepr ophetPBUHdi dwaspr eacht ohi sown
subtribe,theBanuHashi m.Recal l t
hepeopl eofMeccawer eall Quraysh.Sot hepr ophetPBUH
i
nv it
edhi si mmedi atet r
ibe-hi simmedi ateuncl esandaunt s,andhei nv i
t edthem t ohi sown
houseandt oldAl ii
bnAbuTal i
bt opr eparef oodandsoupandi nvitedov er40oft headul ts,and
thenar ratorsay s"event hought hef oodwasi nonepl ate,all40at et other efullasi ftheyat e
from thepl at ethemsel ves.Andt heydr anksoupt ot hef ul
lasi ftheydr ankf rom t heonecup
alone".AndAbuLahabwasscar edt hepr ophetPBUHwoul dmakepubl icwhatwasnowpr i
vate.
Sobef oretheyf ini
shedeat i
ng, AbuLahabgav eanex cuseandsai dheneedst oleav e-ofcour se
hewasaseni or ,sowhenhel eft,itdestoryedt heaur at hatwasbei ngcr eatedandanumberof
othersal sol eftwi thhim.Thepr ophetPBUHunder stoodt hiswasat acticofAbuLahab.Andhe
didthisagai naf ewday sl aterwhent hepr ophetPBUHi nv i
tedhi m agai n.Ev ent uall
yt hepr ophet
PBUHgott heaudi enceandhesai d" Ohmyf ellowt ri
besman, Idonotknowofanyar abbef ore
mewhoi scomi ngt ohispeopl ewi t
hamessaget hati sbettert hanwhatIam comi ngt oy ou
wi t
h.Iam comi ngasamessengerf rom Allaht hati fyoul eavei dols,Allahwi l
l givey ouall the
goodoft hiswor l
dandt heJannahi nt henextet c".Thi swast hef i
rsttimehepr eachedal oud
publicall
y .Thiswast hef i
rsttimei treachedt hem -AbuLahabbecamei rratatedatt hi sandsai d
tothepeopl ear oundt hepr ophetPBUH" thisseemst obeanunwor thymessage, wehav eour
wayofourf or efathersandwhodoest hisy oungmant hinkhei st oopposeourway s".Abu
Lahabwast heonl yonet hatwashar sh,andAl i RAst oodupandsai d"Iwi l
lhelpy ou" .Andof
coursether
eisnosupr
isei
nAl
iRAbei
ngt
hisbr
ave.Att
hispoi
nt,
hisi
mmedi
ater
elat
ivesdi
d
notacceptorrej
ect
.

Afewday s/ weeksl ater,soonaf tert his,t

hiswaswhent hepr ophetPBUHwentpubl ict ot he
wholeci tyofMecca.Repor tedi nBukhar i
:thepr ophetPBUHcl i
mbedt hemount ainofSaf fat
whichwast hecl osestmount aint ot heka'bah.Andi twasmucht all
ert hani tisnow.Sof ora
personi nMeccat ocl imbt ot het opofSaf fatthiswast heequi valentof" Ihav ean
announcementt omake" .Sot hepr ophetPBUHcl i
mbedal l t
hewayt ot het opofSaf f
atandhe
begancal l
ingt hepeopl e.WEhav et or eal
iseMeccaonl yhadar oui nd1000peopl e-t her ewer e
smal lsmal l housesandv il
lages.Sowhent hepr ophetPBUHwascal l
ingal lthet ri
bes, ev eryone
came.Peopl est oppeddoi ngwhatt heywer edoi ngandt heycameandl i
stened.Thepr ophet
PBUHwai tedf orev eryonet oassembl eandt henhesai d" IfIwer et oinf ormy ouabout
somet hing, doy out rustme? "Andt heysaid" weknownot hingofgoodofy ou, younev erl i
eetc".
Andt hepr ophetPBUHsai d" IfIwer et otelly
out herewasanar mycomi ngt oat tack, woul dy ou
beli
evemewi thoutanychecki ngj ustwi thmywor d?"Andt heysai d"Yes, wenev erhear dy ou
eversayal i
e" .Soher eiswhent hepr ophetPBUHsai d"Knowt heref oreIam awar enersentby
All
ah, topr ocl aimt hecomi ngofasev er
epuni shmentont hedayofJudgementexcepti fturnto
All
ahandl eav ey ouri dols.Oht r
ibeofKa' ab,sav ey ourselff r
om t hef i
reofhel letc.
"Hebegan
withthef ur thestt ri
bet hatwer er elatedt ohim, andgotcl oserandcl osert ohi st ri
be" OhBanu
Hashim"andt henhebeganment ioni nghisuncl esbyname." OhHumzai bnAdbul Mut tali
b"etc.
Andheconcl udedwi tht heper sont hemost" youneedt osav ey our selves, Icannotbenef i
tyou
orsav ey ouf rom dayofJudgement ".Andwi thFat imahheadded" exceptt hati nthiswor ldIwill
givewhaty ouwant , butint heher eafterIcannotsav ey ou" .Sowhent hepr ophetPBUHf i
nished
thi
sv eryemot ional message, t
hisi swhenAbuLahabst oodup, pickedupsomesandand
thr
oughi tint hedi r
ect i
onoft hepr ophetPBUH.Thi sisat r
aditiont oshowv ulgarit
yandsay
"whati sthis-i t'
snotev enwor tht hissandIam t hr owing".I t
sasi gnofgr eatar roganceandhe
andsai d" mayy oubecur sedOMuhammad-i st hi
swhyy oucal ledusher e?".Andt hisi swhen
All
ahr eveal edi nQur ansur ah110.AbuLahabwast hefirstper sont opubl icallyopposeand
ri
diculethemessage, t
hati nt hehouseoft hepr ophetPBUHhewasn' tt hatr ude.Butnowi n
publi
c, becauseofhi sar roganceandr udenesshepubl i
callyopposedt hepr ophetPBUHi na
vul
garmanner .Andt husAl lahr ev ealedsur ah110.Thi si sofcour set hesunnahoft hepr ophets
-neverhasamessengerbeensentexcepthehast ofacemanyst r
uggl esandhar shipst hatthei
r
ownpeopl er ejectthem.

Ofthebenefit
swegai nherei
sthateverysinglepersonneedst oberesponsi
bleforhis
i
mmedi atefamil
y,andthenmankindatlarge.Indeed,i
nit
ial
l
yt heprophetPBUHi stol
dpreachto
yourrel
ati
ves.Somuchsowhenay emeni comest ohi
m her efuseshi
m.Sot heresponsibi
l
ityof
ada'eeismuchmor eforhisi
mmedi atefamilythananyoneel se.I
ndeedtheprophetPBUHt old
hiscl
osestrel
ati
ves,t
henBanuHashi m,thent hepeopleofMeccaet c.Aft
erthi
sev ent
,the
prophetPBUHst ar
t edpr
eachi
ngeverywhere.I
npubli
cvenues,i
nfrontoft
heka'
bah,when
visi
tor
scamet oMecca-theprophetPBUHwoul dbewaiti
ngforthem.Hespoketopeopl
ein
themar ketpl
aceetc.Howdidthepeopleopposethi
smessage?Inmanyway s.Not
ethesear
en'
t
necesseril
ycronol
ogical
.

Thef ir
stt hingi sthatt heyt riedt oappeal tot hehi ghestaut hor i
tywhi chwasAbuTal ib.Recal l
thereisnooner uleri nMecca.Theywer et ooar rogantt oappoi ntoner uler-whatt heydidhav e
wasadar un- naj
wa.Agr oupofseni orpeopl enoneofwhom wasi nchar gebuthadabi gsayi n
themat tersoft hecommuni ty.Whower ethesepeopl e?Theywer et her epr esent ativ
esofeach
ofthesubt ribesofMecca.TheBanuHashi m hasar uler,theBanuMakhzum, BanuAbdManaf
etc.Theaf fairsoft hatonet ribewi l
lbei naccor dancewi thwhateachchi eftainsaid.Thel eader
ofBanuHashi m wasofcour seAbuTal ib.Itst hewayoft hear abst hel eaderofeacht ri
bei s
neveropposed, disobey edet c.Hei sgi vent heut mostr espectandf ur t
herwhenhedi es,oneof
hissonst ookov er( justl i
kewhenAbdul Mut tali
bdi ed, AbuTal i
bt ookov er).Sowhent he
prophetPBUHst ar tedpr eachi ngt heywentt oAbuTal i
b, gently, andsai d" OhAbuTal i
bt hisis
yournephewcur singouri dol s, pr eachi nganewmessage, surelyy oucannotl etthishappen? ".
AbuTal ibdidnotwantconf ront ation,hegav et hem somegent lewor dsandl etthem got heir
away .Hesi mpl ysi det rackedhopi ngt hemat t
erwoul dgoaway .Buti tdi dn't.Asmor eandmor e
peopleconv erttoI slam, asmor eandmor ev isitor sgoawayknowi ngaboutt hepr ophetPBUH,
theyincr easet hepr essur eonAbuTal ib.Theyt ryt ot hreatanandbr ibehi m" wecannott aket his
anymor e-y ournephewi si nsul tingourf oref ather s".Thi sisr i
dicul ous-t hepr ophetPBUHnev er
cursedt heirf orefat hers.Hei spr eachi ngt awheed, butt heymakeat ruest atementand
exempl ifyitt wentyt i
mes.Thepr ophetPBUHnev ercur sedt heiri dol s,Al l
ahsay s"donotcur se
theirfalseidol s"andy ett heaccusedhi m ofdoi ngt his.Sot heygobackt oAbuTal i
bandt old
him" yournephewi sdoi ngt hisandt hatet c...wecannotbeart hisany mor e-y oust ophi mf rom
preachingory ouhandhi m ov ert ous" .AndAbuTal i
bhadnev erbeenconf ront edbyhi speopl e
i
nt hismanner .Real ise, ev eryl eaderi sout war delypower fulbuti nsi deweak-becauseev ery
l
eaderhast oappeasehi speopl e.Ev eni fy ouar eat yranty ouhav et ohav eacor egroupof
peoplet haty ougiv et hem any thingt heywantandov er l
ookanysmal lmi shaps.I t
'sonlyAl lah
whoi st rulyt heKing.Ev eryot herki ngi sdependantonpeopl ear oundt hem.Sowheny ourown
peopleopposesy ou, AbuTal ibnev erexper iancedt his.Onceagai n, theycoul dnothar m ont heir
ownt ribesmenunl esst hechi efal l
owsi t-thisi st hel awoft hear abs; i
ft heydi dnotobeyi t,they
woul dfaceshameandr idicul e.Soasl ongasAbuTal i
bdi dnothandov ert hepr ophetPBUH
theycoul dnotdoany thing.Sot heygot oAbuTal ibanddemandoneoft hoset wot hings.

Thi
siswhenhewentt otheprophetPBUHandsaidtohim" Ohmynephew, mypeoplehave
cometomeandsai dsuchandsuch, sobemerci
fulf
oryourselfandalsome,donotpl
aceme
onasit
uati
onIcannotbear"
.Thisisemoti
onal
blackmailatit
sbest-thiswasonthemost
di
ff
icul
tencount
ersfort
heprophetPBUH.AbuTaliblov
edt heprophetPBUHsomuch, mor
e
thanhi sownchi l
dren,andr ememberAbuTal ibist hepr ophetPBUH' srealblooduncl e-andt he
prophetPBUHhadt hesamet ypeofl oveforAbuTal ib, l
i
keaf ather.AndhearAbuTal ibis
beggi ngandpleadingwi t
hthepr ophetPBUH-t hat" hav esomemer cyonme, Iam anol dman,
howmuchcanIbear ?"Her ei
swhent hepr ophetPBUHsai d"Ohmyuncl e,byAl l
ahev enifthey
megi vethesuninmyr ighthand, andthemooni nmyl efthand, Icannotgi veupt hismessage
unt i
lIsucceedwhatIam doi ngordi einthispat h".Inanot herv ersionhesai dtohi suncle"do
youseet hesun?ByAl lahIcannotst oppr eachingt hismessagenomor et hany oucanl i
ghtyour
stickwi t
hthesun".Her et heprophetPBUHi ssay ingt helightofI slam i
sgr eaterthant hesun
andmoon.Fur therthepr ophetPBUHi ssay i
ngev eni ftheywer etogi vemesomet hingbeyond
thiswor l
d,IcannotstopwhatIam doi ng.WhenAbuTal ibsawt hispersistanceandsawt he
sincerit
y,hesaid"ByAl lahIwillnotcomebackher eandst opy ou-cont inuepr eachi
ngt hi
s
message" .

Whent hepeopl ehear dt hathet ri

edandf ailed,theywentbackt oAbuTal ib,butt hist i
mewi th
thewhol edel egat ionoft heQur ay sh.Sonotj ustBanuHashi m butal lthet ri
bes.Thi si st he
steppi ngst one-t henextst epofcour seist heboy cot t.Sof ornowt heysayt ohi m" wehav ea
propi sit
ion-wehav echosent hemostnobl ey oungman, thesonofAl Wal eedi bnMughi ra, and
onesonf oroneson.We' llhav eov erAl Umar atoy ou, andhewi l
l becomey ourson, andi nr et ur
n
youhandov ery ournephewt ous" .AtthisAbuTal i
bbecamev eryangr yandsai d" Whataev il
,
treahor ousbar gai n-whatki ndoff ool
ishbar gai
ni st his?It akecar eofy our sandy ouki l
l mi ne?"
Att hisMut '
imi bn' Adi stoodupandsai d"OhAbuTal ibIt hinky ourpeopl ehasdoneasmuchas
theyhumanl ycan.Youmustacceptoneoft heirof fers".Thi sist heseni ormostper sonwhoi s
themostr eser v edspeaki ngnow-hewast heoner ecal lthatpr ev entedt hebl oodshedi nt he
ka'bahbysuggest ingt hesol utiont othebl ackst one( i.
e.whoev erwal ksi nf i
rst).Thisi st hat
seni ormostper son, theleasthost ileandt hemostsense.Sof orhi mt ot akesi des,thi swasa
bigdeal .Nowi t'sl i
terall
yt hewhol eofMeccaagai nstAbuTal i
b.Hesai d" whatmor edoy ou
expecthi mt odo? "Thepr ophetPBUHl at
eronsai daboutMut '
im oneoft hehi ghestpr ai
sest oa
paganaf tert hebat t
leofBadr : "
IfMut '
imi bn' Adi wer eal i
ver ightnow, andhesai dt obeone
wor daboutt hese72pr i
soner s, Iwouldhav ef r
eedt hem al lforhi ssake" .Not iceMut 'imi bn' Adi
didal otf orI slam ev ent houghhewasn' tmusl i
m.Ev ent houghhei stakingsi desnow, thisi s
probabl yt hewor stthinghedi d-ov erthenext10y earswe' l
l seehedi dal otofposi ti
v esf ort he
musl i
ms.Andbecauseoft hi
st hepr ophetPBUHpr aisedhi m.Thi sshowsust herear esome
kaaf ir
st hatev erygoodwi thal otofgoodhear t
.Soy oudon' tt r
eatal lnonmusl imst hesame-
therear emanynonmusl imswhost andforhumanr i
ght set c.Weshoul dhel pandpr aiset hem
l
iket hepr ophetPBUHdi daboutMut '
i
mi bn' Adi.

SoMut'
i
mi bn'
Adit
oldAbuTali
b"t
akeoneoft heseopti
onsandcomeon, mov eon-whatel
se
doyouwantust
odo?"Thiswasagai
nlit
eral
l
yAbuTal ibvsthewholeofMecca.Thenextstage
i
soneoftwothi
ngs-theywoul
dhavetol
dAbuTal ibyouarenolongerourleader;
whichi
sthe
fi
rstt i
meat ribal l
eaderhadev erbeenr eplacedi nt hehistory .Thi si sunhear dofi nt hear abs
becauset hisisy ourseni ormostbl oodr elative.SoAbuTal i
bt akesonabr av eryt hati s
unbel i
evable.Hesay stoMut 'i
mi bn' Adi directly"OhMut '
imt hisi sapl otthaty ouhav ehat ched,
tost andupatt hi stimeandpubl i
cal yt akesi des, y ouhadt hispl annedf r
om bef ore" .Thenhe
says" doasy oupl ease, Iwi ll
notbudgef rom myposi t
ion".Thi swasgenui nebr av ery.Hehadno
suppor twhat soev er-i t
sl it
erallyhi shonourandpr esti
gueagai nstt hewhol eofMecca.Heal so
wrot esomepoet ry;not eAbuTal i
bwasoneoft hegr eatestpoet soft heQur ay sh.Andhi spoet ry
i
sabsol utelyphenomenal .Inf act, IbnHaj i
randmanyot her ssayhi spoet r
ywasmor epr ofound
andev enbet terthant he7' hangi ngpoems' intheka' bah.Andsohecomposedaser i
esof
poemschast isinghi sownr elatives.Andaccusi ngt hem ofbei ngt raiterst ot heirownwayof
l
ives.AndAl lahwi ll
edt hatt heQur ayshbackeddownev ent houghAbuTal ibhadl it
er allyno
poweronhi sside.Buti twast hesenseofdi gni t
yandsi ncer i
tyandt hest rengt hofconv iction
thatal l
owedhi mt owi n.I nthisonei nci dent ,weopenupt hewi ndowt oseet hewi sdom ofAbu
Talib.Indeed, thepr ophetPBUHdi dnotl ov eany onemor et hanAbuTal i
b.Andy ethedi dnot
conv erttoIslam.Whent hepr ophetPBUHbeggedandpl eadedwi thhi m...ev enonhi sdeat hbed
whent hepr ophetPBUHwas53y earsol d.Thepr ophetPBUHbegswi thhi m" Ibegy ousayone
khalimaandIwi l
l beabl etoar guei nf rontofAl laht osav ey ou" .AndAbuTal i
bwasaboutt osay
i
tbecausei nhishear theknewt hiswast rue.Hehadseent oomanysi gnsandmi racl es, andhe
knewt hepr ophetPBUHt oowel lthathecoul dn'tt el
lal i
e.Butt her ewasonet hingmor e
precioust hanhi snephew, andt hatwashi sf ather .Thelineageandpr est i
gue" youar et hesonof
Abdul Muttali
b" .Thisl ineagewhi chwasev erythingf orthear abs-hehappenedt obet hesonof
themostf amousar absoft hegener at i
on, thisgi antofaf i
gur e.AndAbuTal ibwasj ustaboutt o
sayt hekhal imawhenAbuJahal sai d" arey ougoi ngt oleav et her eligionofy ourf ather ?".That s
whent heangel ofDeat hcameandt ookhi ssoul away-butt hepr ophetPBUHwasso
emot i
onallymov ed, hesai d"Iwi llaskAl l
aht ofor giveyouev eni fIdon' tper mi ssi on" .Real i
sef or
apr ophet, youcannotdoany t
hingwi thoutper mi ssionofAl l
ah-t hat sev erything, andsot he
prophetPBUHwoul dnotdoany thingunl essAl laht oldhim.Buther ehi semot ionswer esohi gh,
thepr ophetPBUHcont inuedt oaskf orgivenesswi t
houtper mi ssi onf orhi suncl eunt i
l Allah
revealedmut lit
plev er sesi ntheQur an.Onesuchi s" I
t'
snotbef itt
ingf orapr ophetandhi s
beli
ev erstoaskf orgivenessf orapaganev eni ftheyar ecl oser elatives".And" Youar enotabl e
togui dethosewhom y oul ove, butAl lahgui dest hosewhom Hepl eases" .

ThisisthephenomenanofAbuTal ib.Why?ThisistheprophetPBUH-t heonewhoAbuTal ib

l
ov esmor ethanany oneelse.Somuchso, whenthemusl i
msconquer edMeccawhenAbuBukr
comest othepr ophetPBUHwi t
hhisownf atherbeingcarr
iedbyt hepeopl e,andhi
sfatherAbu
Qahafaisapaganandenemyt oIsl
am, f
inall
yasanol dmanof80y earsoldheacceptsIsl
am.
AndAbuQahaf aput shishandont heprophetPBUH' sandreci
t esthekhal ma.Butevensti
llAbu
Bukrsay s"ByAllahwhatIwoul dgiveevenmyf athershandifIcouldseet hehandofAbuTal i
b
i
ny ourhandt oacceptIslam"-hei swil
li
ngt ogi
veuphi sownf athershand.Heknewhowmuch
theprophetPBUHl ovesAbuTal i
b.Sowhy ?Whydi dntAll
ahallowi t
? !Weseet hewisdom
becausetheoneper sonwhocoul dhav epr
otectedhim HADt or emainapagan.I Fheconv ert
ed
i
mmedi atelyhewoul dhav el
oset heleader
ship,st
atusandpr otecti
onheof f
ered.SoAllah
knowsbest .Thepr ophetPBUHneededAbuTal i
b-andhi sonecl ai
mt opowerandf amewas
thathewast hesonofAbdul Muttali
b.Itwasonlyafterthedeat hofAbuTal ibwhenAbuLahab
tookcharget hattheprophetPBUHl eftMecca.Andal sothewi sdom hereisthatnobodycan
dict
atetoAl l
ahnotev entheprophetPBUH.Thi sisclearindi
cat i
onthatthepr ophetPBUHi sj
ust
ahuman-hedoesnotcont r
oltheli
vesofany one,i
ncludinghisownuncl e.Allahsays"You
cannotguidesomeonej ustbecausey ouwant,Wegui dewhoWechoose" .Eveni nhi
sfirst
khutbahthepr ophetPBUHt oldhisowndaught erhewon' tbeabl et
opr otecthere.

Not
iceaswel
lweseethefouruncl
esoftheprophetPBUH-al
loft
hem chi
ldr
enofAbdul
Mut
tali
b.Andnot
icehoweachofthem occupi
essuchadif
fer
entl
evel
.All
ofthem di
rectuncl
es:

1.Thehi
ghestoft
hem i
sHumza-t
hel
eaderoft
heShuhada.

2.Abbas,
thef
atherofAbdul
l
ahibnAbbas-agr
eatmusl
i
m whoconv
rtedl
ateronbuthecannot
becomparedt
oHumzai nthesl
i
ghtest
.

3.AbuTal i
b-t hehi
ghestper sonev eramongstt
henonmusl ims.Nononmusl i
m occupi
esa
rankhigherthanhim.AndAl Abbasaskedt heprophetPBUH" Ohmessenger ,
youuncle
benefi
tedyousomuchwer en'tyouabl et
obenefithim back?
"AndtheprophetPBUHsaid"yes,
becauseofmyduaf orhim, AbuTal ibhasbeenremov edtooneoftheoutl
yingperi
metersofthe
hell
".I
nanotherv er
sionwer eadAbuTal i
bhasthel eastpuni
shmenti
nHell,buthedidnotgetto
Jannahbecausehei sani dol worshipper
.

4.AbuLahab-forwhom Al
l
ahreveal
edasur ahjustf
orhi
m.Theonepersonwhoi
scursedby
name.NoothernameofenemiesofIsl
am atthatti
me.Theone,
dir
ectr
efer
encei
stheuncl
eof
thepr
ophetPBUH,AbuLahab.

Fourpeopl
e,al
lsonsofthesamefather,
andalluncl
esofthegr
eat
esttol
ive.Allofthi
stoshow
yourf
ather
sandunclesandsonswi l
lnothelpy
ou.Thisi
sthebasi
cmessaget heprophetPBUH
sai
d"nobodycanhelpyouagai
nstthepunishmentofAll
ah-youmustsav
ey ourself
".
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