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Allah’s Messenger , ...However, Allah caused the enemies to be
terrified by the appearance of the Muslims at the battle of Tabouk,
and so they fled. Thus, the Muslims returned safely, while the
hypocrites were disappointed.
During the campaign of the battle of Tabouk, a man came
up and said, ‘We have not seen like these reciters of ours; anyone
with greater greedier appetite, more lying, more cowardly in battle
than those people.’ He meant Allah’s Messenger and his
companions, while in fact, these were the characteristics of the
hypocrites.
Awf ibn Malik stood up and said, ‘In fact, you are a liar, and a
hypocrite, and I will inform Allah’s Messenger about your words.’
So he went to Allah’s Messenger but by then he had already been
informed through revelation.
Meanwhile, the hypocrite also approached Allah’s
Messenger when he had started the journey and was riding his
camel. He pleaded, ‘O Messenger of Allah! we were only joking, and
trying to pass the time while traveling.’
Ibn Umar said, ‘As if I see him that he was clinging to the
saddle belt of the Prophet’s camel as it ran, and his legs were being
battered by the rough ground, and even then he continued to plead
(that we were joking).’ Allah’s Messenger said, ‘Was it at Allah and
His Ayaat and His Messenger that
you were mocking? Make no
excuse; you have disbelieved after
you had believed.’ [Soorah
Tawbah (9): 65] Neither he
looked towards him, nor spoke
anything further.’
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