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

74 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @Gh3 (Vol-I)
mercy on me and on yourself and do not cast on me a burden that neither of us
can bear. Stop telling the people things that they dislike." Hearing this, it crossed
Rasulullaah k%%%'s mind that his uncle had changed his opinions, that he would
stop assisting him, that he would now hand him over to the people and that he
had lost courage in supporting him. Rasulullaah @@ said, "0 my uncle! Even if
the sun were placed in my right hand and the moon in my left hand, I would
not forsake this work (of propagation) until Allaah makes it (this Deen)
dominant or I am destroyed in the process. "After saying this, the eyes of
Rasulullaah @ filled with tears and he began weeping. (The complete Hadith
will now be mentioned.)
Hadhrat Jaabir bin Abdillaah k ? & narrates that the Quraysh once gathered
together and said, "~ook for a person who is most learned in magic,
fortune-telling and poetry so that ie may meet this man (Rasulullaah @)
who has split our community, divided us and insulted our religion. (When he
meets Rasulullaah w) He should speak to him and gauge the response."
Everyone agreed that the best person for the task was Utba bin Rabee'ah and they
said to him, "Go to him, 0 Abu Waleed!"
When Utba met Rasulullaah w, he asked, "0 Muhammad! Are you better than
Abdullaah (your father)?" Rasulullaah @ remained silent. Utba continued, "Are
you better than AbdulMuttalib(yourgrandfather)?" When Rasulullaah remained
silent for the second time, Utba proceeded to say, "If you think that all these
people are better than you, then remember that they worshipped the very idols
that you find fault with. However, if you think that you are better than them, then
say so, so that we may hear you. By Allaah! We have never seen a youngster
bringing more ill-fortune to his nation than yourself! You have split our
community, disunited us, insulted our gods and disgraced us among the Arabs
so much so that news has spread among them that the Quraysh have a
magician and the Quraysh have a fortune-teller. By Allaah! (We are so
disunited that) All we are waiting for is a shout of pain like that of a pregnant
woman before we begin opposing each other with swords and destroy each
other. 0 person! if you have any (financial) need, we shall pool our resources
for you until you become the richest man of the Quraysh. If need a woman,
you may choose any of the women of the Quraysh and let alone one, we shall
marry ten of them to you."
Rasulullaah
Rasulullaah
said, "Have you finished?" when Utba replied in the affirmative,
recited the following verses of the Qur'aan:
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