Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

288 THE UVES OF THE SAHABAH @,w> (Vol-1)
them, "Although you have done (to me) what you did, at least do me the favour of
not mentioning any of this to my people." Rasulullaah w did not want his
people to know about what had happened to him because it would embolden
them against him. However, they would not do this and the ruffians and slaves
amongst them attacked Rasulullaah @@. They swore and shouted at him until a
large mob gathered against Rasulullaah @@ and forced him to seek shelter in
an orchard belonging to Utba bin Rabee'ah and Shayba bin Rabee'ah, who
happened to be there. The ruffians who were chasing him then returned and
Rasulullaah rn took shade under some grape vines where he sat as Utba and
Shayba looked on. They had already witnessed the treatment he had received
from the Taa'if hooligans. The narrator says that among the reports he received
was that Rasulullaah @@ met a woman from the Banu Jamh tribe and said to
her, 'Your in-laws certainly gave me great difficulty!"
The Du'aa Rasulullaah made after Leaving
Taa'if
Once Rasulullaah @% felt that he was safe from the Taa'if mob, he made the
following du'aa:
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TRANSLATION: "O Allaah! Only to you do I communicate my weakness,
my lack of ingenuity and lack of importance among people. 0 the most
Merciful of those who show mercy, You are certainly the Rabb of the
weak and You are my Rabb. To whom shall you hand me over? To an
enemy who will treat me harshly or to a near one to whom You shall
give control over me? If You are not angry with me, I care for nothing.
All I require is that Your protection should be vast enough for me. In
the light of Your Countenance by which multitudes of darkness are
turned to light and by which the affairs of this world and the Aakhirah
are remedied, I seek protection from being afflicted by Your wrath and
displ'easure. The causes of Your displeasure should be removed until
You are pleased. There is no power and no might but with Allaah."
Addaas who was a Christian Accepts Islaam and
Testifies that Rasulullaah @$% is Certainly the
Rasul of Allaah
When Utba and Shayba, the two sons of Rabee'ah saw what had happened to