Al-W¥^idÏ's Asb¥b al-Nuz‰l - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies ...
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Asbab <strong>al</strong>-Nuzul<br />
case since, <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, has forbidden eating the flesh of dead anim<strong>al</strong>s’ And so this verse was<br />
reve<strong>al</strong>ed: (<strong>The</strong>y ask thee (O Muhammad) what is made lawful for them. Say: (<strong>al</strong>l) good things are made<br />
lawful for you), meaning that which has been slaughtered (And those beasts and birds of prey), meaning<br />
the game hunted by trained predatory anim<strong>al</strong>s which are here hunting dogs and birds of prey”. 8<br />
(O ye who believe! Remember <strong>Al</strong>lah’s favour unto you, how a people were minded to stretch out<br />
their hands against you…) [5:11].<br />
Sa‘id ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja‘far <strong>al</strong>-Mu’adhdhin informed us> Abu ‘<strong>Al</strong>i <strong>al</strong>-Faqih> Abu Lubabah<br />
Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Mahdi <strong>al</strong>-Mihani> ‘Ammar ibn <strong>al</strong>-Hasan> S<strong>al</strong>amah ibn <strong>al</strong>-Fadl> Muhammad ibn<br />
Ishaq> ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd> <strong>al</strong>-Hasan <strong>al</strong>-Basri> Jabir ibn ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah <strong>al</strong>-Ansari who related that a man from<br />
Muharib by the name of Ghawrath ibn <strong>al</strong>-Harith said to his people of Banu Ghatafan and Muharib: “Sh<strong>al</strong>l<br />
I kill Muhammad for you” “Yes, but how are you going to do it” they asked him. He said: “I will assassinate<br />
him!” This man then proceeded to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, and<br />
found him sitting with his sword in his lap. He said: “O Muhammad, let me see this sword of yours”. He<br />
handed the sword over to him. <strong>The</strong> man took the sword out of its scabbard, moved it about but whenever<br />
he was on the point of striking the Prophet with it, <strong>Al</strong>lah, glorious and majestic is He, restrained him. <strong>The</strong><br />
man then said: “O Muhammad, are you not scared of me” “No!” answered the Prophet. <strong>The</strong> man said:<br />
“You are not scared of me even though the sword is in my hand” <strong>The</strong> Prophet said: “<strong>Al</strong>lah will protect<br />
me from you”. <strong>The</strong> man put the sword back in its scabbard and gave it back to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah,<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, upon which <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (Remember <strong>Al</strong>lah’s favour<br />
unto you, how a people were minded to stretch out their hands against you…). 9<br />
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim <strong>al</strong>-Tha‘labi informed us> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Hamid> Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-<br />
Hasan> Muhammad ibn Yahya> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Razzaq> Ma‘mar> <strong>al</strong>-Zuhri> Abu S<strong>al</strong>amah> Jabir who reported<br />
that the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, stopped by at a certain location and<br />
so people spread about to seek shade under the trees. <strong>The</strong> Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace,<br />
hang his weapon on a tree and sat down to rest. A Bedouin came <strong>al</strong>ong, got hold of the sword belonging<br />
to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, turned to him and said: “Who will save<br />
you from me now” <strong>The</strong> Prophet said: “<strong>Al</strong>lah!” <strong>The</strong> Bedouin repeated the same question two or three<br />
times, and the answer of the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, was <strong>al</strong>ways the same: “<strong>Al</strong>lah!”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bedouin then put the sword back in its scabbard. <strong>The</strong> Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace,<br />
c<strong>al</strong>led his Companions and informed them of what happened while the Bedouin, who went unpunished,<br />
was still sitting next to him. 10<br />
Mujahid, <strong>al</strong>-K<strong>al</strong>bi and ‘Ikrimah said: “One of the Companions of the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give<br />
him peace, killed two men from Banu S<strong>al</strong>im at a period when the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him<br />
peace, had a truce with Banu S<strong>al</strong>im. <strong>The</strong> next-of-kin of the two men went to the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless<br />
him and give him peace, to ask for blood money. <strong>The</strong> prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, took<br />
Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, ‘<strong>Al</strong>i, T<strong>al</strong>hah and ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman ibn ‘Awf and went to Ka‘b <strong>al</strong>-Ashraf, to seek<br />
help from Banu’l-Nadir to pay the blood money. <strong>The</strong>y said: ‘Indeed Abu’l-Qasim, it is high time for you<br />
to come and ask us to help you. Sit down so that we feed you and fulfil your request’. When the Prophet<br />
and his Companions sat down, they gathered close by and said to each other: ‘Muhammad will never be<br />
as close to you as he is now; who can climb up to the top of the house, throw a rock on him and rid us<br />
of him’ ‘Umar ibn Jihash ibn Ka‘b said: ‘I will do it!’ He got hold of a huge millstone intending to throw<br />
it on the Prophet, but <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, prevented him from doing so. When Gabriel informed the<br />
Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, of what happened, the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him<br />
and give him peace, left that house, and <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed this verse”. 11<br />
8<br />
Qurtubi, :65; Durr, :23.<br />
9<br />
Durr, :35-36.<br />
10<br />
Tabari, :146; Durr, :35; Qurtubi, :372.<br />
11<br />
Durr, :36; Tabari, :144-145.<br />
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