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98 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD from Muhammad b. Ishaq, from someone else who told him, from Wrwa b. al-Zubayr, from 'Abd All& b. Ja'far, who said, 'When Abn Tdib died, a foolish fellow of Quraysh stood in the way of the Messenger of God (SAAS), and threw dirt at him. He, the Messenger of God (SAAS), then returned home and one of his daughters came and wiped the dirt from his face, weeping. He told her, "Don't cry, daughter; God will protect your father.""' He is supposed to have said during this conversation that Quraysh did not engage in any reprehensible actions against him until the death of Abii Tdib, at which point they began (to harass him). Ziy%d al-Baka'i related this from Muhammad b. Ishaq, from Hishzm b. Wrwa, from his father, with an incomplete chain of authorities. But God knows best. Al-Bayhaqi also related, from alLH2kim and others, from al-Asamm, from Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Jabbzr, from Yanus b. Bukayr, from Hisham b. Wrwa, from his father, that the Messenger of God (SAAS) said, "Quraysh remained cowards until Aba Tdib died." He then related this from d-Hakim, from al-Asamm, from 'Abbas al-Diiri, from Yahya b. Ma'in, who said, "We were related by Wqba al-Majdar, from Hisham b. Wrwa, from his father, from 'A'isha, that the Prophet (SAAS) said, 'Quraysh remained cowards until Abii Tdib died."' The ha& Abii al-Faraj b. d-Jawzi related with a chain of authorities from Tha'laba b. Suqayr and Hiakim b. Hizam who both said, "When Abn Tzlib and Kbadija died, five days apart, he suffered two tragedies together. He kept to his house and rarely went out. @raysh treated hi worse than they would have ever intended before. "News of this reached Abii Lahab, who came to him and said, '0 Muhammad, pass on freely as you want. Do whatever you did when Abii Tdib was alive. No, by al-Lat, I swear no harm will befall you before I die.' "Ibn al-Ghaymla insulted the Messenger of God (SAAS), and so Abii Lahab went to him and punished him and he went off yelling, '0 tribe of Quraysh, Aba 'Utba has become a Sabian!' Quraysh men then came and stood before Aba Lahab. He told them, 'I have not left the faith of 'Abd al-Muttalib. But I will prevent my nephew from being harmed and ensure his own freedom of action.' "They commented, 'You have done well and right, and maintained your family ties.' "The Messenger of God (SAAS) thereafter spent a period of some days coming and going without interference from Quraysh who respected Aba Lahab. But eventually Wqba b. Abii Mu'ayt and Abii Jahl went to Ahu Lahab and asked him, 'Has your nephew told you where your father has been sent?' "Aba Lahab then asked him, 'Muhammad, where has 'Abd al-Mutyalib been sent?' "He replied, 'With his people.' So Abci Lahab went out to 'Uqba and Aba Jahl and told them, 'I did ask him. And he replied, "With his people."'
IMAM ABU AL-FID& ISMX'TL IBN KATH~R 99 "The two men commented, 'Well, he's claiming that he is in hell-fire then!' "Aha Lahab then asked him, 'Muhammad, is 'Ahd al-Mut~lib in the fire?' "The Messenger of God (SAAS) replied, 'Whoever dies in the state 'Ahd al-Muttalib was in does go into hell-lire.' "Abii Lahab - God curse him - then announced, 'By God, I shall always he your enemy for your claiming that 'Abd al-Mutwlih is in the fire!' "At that Aba Lahab and the rest of Quraysh intensified their attacks upon him." Ibn Ishaq stated, "The group of men who used to harm the Messenger of God (SAAS) in his house were Aha Lahab, al-Hakam b. Aha alLcAs b. Umayya, Wqba b. Aha Mu'ayy, 'Adi b. al-Hamra', and Ibn al-A$d%' al-Hudhali. "These were neighbours of his; the only one of them to ever accept Islam was al-Hakam b. Aha alLcA$. "It is said that one of them would throw a sheep's uterus over him while he was praying, or toss it into his cooking pot if set up for him. Eventually the Messenger of God (SAAS) would take a position near a wall when praying and when they threw some such thing at him he would carry it outside on a stick, stand at his door and say, '0 Banii 'Abd Manaf, what kind of neighbourliness is this?' Then he would toss it out into the street." My own view is that most of the matter being related here occurred after the death of Aba Talib. Though God knows best. It is certainly very appropriate to mention them here. These incidents included the throwing of a camel's placenta over his shoulders while he prayed, as Ihn Mascad related, and of Fatima's having come and removed it from him and having gone off and reviled them; when he had finished praying, he said prayers against seven of them. A similar incident was the account of 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr b. alLcA$ of their having severely throttled him until Abii Bakr intervened, saying, "Would you murder a man merely for saying God is my Lord?" And there is the case of the intent of Abii Jahl, God damn him, to tread on his neck while he prayed, and of this being prevented. Section: On his departure to the people of Trs'ifto call them to Almighty God, and to come to the aid of His faith; how they refused him this and he retuned to Mecca. Ihn Ishaq stated, "When Aha Tdib died, Quraysh treated the Messenger of God (SAAS) worse than had ever been the case during the life of his uncle Ahn Talib. "And so the Messenger of God (SAAS) left for Ta'if seeking help from Thaqif and their protection from his people. He hoped they would accept the message he brought them from God Almighty. "He went to them alone. "Yazid b. Aha Ziyad related to me, from Muhammad b. Ka'b al-Kurazi, who said, 'When the Messenger of God (SAAS) arrived in Ta'if, he made for a group of Thaqif, their leaders and nobles, who were three brothers. They were 'Abd
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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