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our forefathers used to worship." One of the youngest person there said, "0 my
people! Hurry to receive this man before you are beaten to it. By Allaah! The Ahlul
Kitaab have been saying that the time is close when a Nabi shall emerge from
the Haram." To this, a one-eyed man from the tribe stood up and said, "Be silent
and hear me out! His own people have driven h@-n out yet you want to shelter
him and thus bear fighting all the Arabs! You canpot do this! I repeat: You cannot
do this!" Rasulullaah w then left them feeling {ery grieved.
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When the tribe returned home and informed their people about the incident, a
Jew said to them, ''You people have missed a golden opportunity. Had you
received this man, you would have become the leaders of the Arabs. We have
the description of this man in our scriptures. As he described Rasulullaah @@
(from the scriptures), those people who had seen Rasulullaah &@!% confirmed
every description he gave. The Jew said further, "We have in our scriptures that
he shall appear in Makkah and then migrate to Yathrib (Madinah)." The people
then decided that they would meet Rasulullaah @@ the following Hajj season,
but none of them got to meet him because one of their leaders prevented them
from going for Hajj that season. When the Jew passed away, he was heard
accepting Rasulullaah (as Allaah's Nabi) and believing in him. (I)
Rasulullaah
Invites the Banu Ka'b Tribe to
Islaam
Abdur Rahmaan Al Aamiri narrates from the elders of his tribe that they were in
the marketplace of Ukaaz when Rasulullaah w approached them. When he
asked them which tribe they belonged to, they replied that they belonged to the
Banu Aamir bin Sa'sa'ah tribe. "Which family of the Banu Aamir?" asked
Rasulullaah @%%. "The descendants of Ka'b bin Rabee'ah," came the reply.
Rasulullaah &%& asked them, "How strong are you?" They replied, "None would
dare touch anything in our territory or even warm himself at our fireplace."
Rasulullaah @%% then said to them, "I am the Rasul of Allaah. If I come to you,
will you grant me protection so that I may propagate the message of my Rabb? I
shall not force any of you into anything."
The people asked, "To which family of the Quraysh do you belong?" "To the
family of Abdul Muttalib," ~asulullaah @%$ replied. They then asked, "How have
the family of Abd Manaaf treated you?" Rasulullaah @@ responded by saying,
"They were the first to reject me and discard me." The people said, "But we shall
not discard you nor shall we believe in you. However, we shall protect you so
that you may propagate the message of your Rabb." Rasulullaah @%% then joined
them (intending to return with them to their territory).
In the meantime, the tribe continued trading in the marketplace when Bujra bin
Qais Qushayri came to them and said, "Who is this with you? I do not recognise
him." "He is Muhammad bin Abdillaah from the Quraysh," they replied. "What
have you people got to do with him?" Bujra asked. They.said, "He claims that he
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(1) Abu Nu'aym In Dalaa?iun Nubuwwah (Pg. 103).