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118 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD "And shortly thereafter Iyas h. Mu$dh died. "Mahmad h. Lahid said, 'Some of his tribesmen who were present told me that they heard h i constantly praising, glorifying and exalting God until he died. They did not doubt that he had died a Muslim. He had become conscious of Islam at that assembly when he had heard what the Messenger of God (SAAS) had to say."' My own comment is that this occurred on the day of the battle of Buqth, the name of a site at Medina. A major battle took place there which led to the death of a large numher of the leaders of the Aws and the Khazraj; few of their prominent men survived it. Al-Bukhzri related in his sahib collection, from Whayd h. Ismacil, from Aha Umma, from Hishm, from his father, from Ck'i'isha, who said, "The battle of Bu%th was one that God gave to His Messenger. The Messenger of God (SAAS) came to Medina when their leadership was divided, their elite having been killed." Chapter: The commencement of the acceptance ofIslam by the an$=, the "Helpers" of Medzna, God bless them. Ihn Ishzq stated, "When God wished to display His religion, exalt His Prophet and fulfil His promise to hi, the Messenger of God (SAAS) set out in that season of the pilgrimage in which he met a number of the aqdr. He presented himself to the Arab tribes as he had been doing in previous seasons. While he was at al-'Aqaha he met a group of the Khazraj tribe for whom God had good in store. '"K~im h. Wmar h. Qat%da related to me that some of the leaders of his people said, 'When the Messenger of God (SAAS) met them he asked them, "Who are you?" "We are men of al-Khazraj," they replied. "Are you allies of the Jews?" he asked. ""'Yes," they replied. ""'Would you sit down so that I may talk with you?" he invited them, and they agreed. "'So they did sit down and he called them to the path of God, explaining Islam to them. He also recited the Qur'a to them. "'One way in which God facilitated their (acceptance) of Islam was that the Jews were there with them in their country. These were followers of Scriptures and men of knowledge, though they themselves were polytheists and idol worshippers. They had previously attacked these Jews in their territories and whenever dispute had arisen, the latter had told them, "A prophet will now he sent. His day is coming. We will follow him and give you the same fate as that of the peoples of 'Ad and Iram." "'When the Messenger of God (SAAS) addressed these people, and invited them to God, they told one another, "This has to be the prophet the Jews foresaw; we should not let them get to hi first!"
IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA?L IBN KATHiR 119 "'They therefore responded to his call for them to believe in him and accepted Islam, saying, "We have left our own people, for they have such discord and dissension between them not found in any other. Perhaps God may unite them through you. We will go forth among them and invite them to join you, presenting to them this religion we have accepted from you. If God should unite them around you, then no one will be dearer to us than you." They then left, returning to their territory, believing in him and the faith."' Ibn Ishaq continued, "These men, so I have been told, were six in number. Of the Khazraj there was Aba Umma As'ad h. Zuraa h. Wds h. Wbayd b. Tha'laba b. Ghanm b. Malik b. d-Najja. According to Aba Nu'aym, he was the first of the an@r of the Khazraj to accept Islam. "From d-'Aws there was Aho al-Haytham b. d-Tayyihan. It is said, however, that the first of them to accept Islam were Rzfi' b. Malik and Mu$dh b. 'Afra'. But God knows best. "Also there were 'Awf b. d-Harith h. Rifa'a b. Sawad b. Mnlik b. Ghanm b. Malik b. d-Najja, he heing the son of 'Afra', both these last being Najjais; Rafic b. Maik b. al-'Ajlnn h. 'Amr b. Zurayq d-Zurqi; Qucba b. 'Amir b. Hadida b. 'Amr b. Ghanm b. Sawwnd b. Ghanm b. Ka'b b. Salama b. Sa'd b. 'Ali b. Asad b. Saida b. Yazid h. Jusham b. d-Khazraj dSulami. From the Bann Sawwad; Wqba b. 'Amir b. Nabi h. Zayd b. Harim h. Ka'b b. Salama, also of d-Sulam, and then from the Banii Ham; Jabu b. 'Abd All& b. Ri'ab b. al-Nu'mm b. Sin% b. 'Ubayd b. 'Adiyy b. Ghanm b. Ka'b h. Salama, also of al-Sulam, then from Banii Wbayd. God be pleased with all these men." It is similarly related from al-Sha'bi, d-Zuhri and others that those there that night were six men of the Khazraj. Miisa b. Wqba recounted, from d-Zuhri and Wrwa b. d-Zubayr, that at the first meeting between them and the Messenger of God (SAAS), they were eight in number and consisted of Mu5dh b. 'Afra', As'ad h. Znraa, bfiC b. Malik, Dhakwm, he heing Ibn 'Abd Qays, Wbada b. al-Swit, Abii 'Abd d-RahSn Yazid b. Tha'laba, Abo Haytham b. d-Tihm, and Wwaym b. Sa'ida. These all accepted Islam and made an appointment for the following year. They then returned to their people and called on them to accept Islam. They also sent Mn5dh h. 'Afm' and &fi' b. Mdik to the Messenger of God (SAAS), asking him to send to them someone who could give them religious instruction. He responded by sending Mns'ab b. Wmayr, who went and stayed with As'ad b. Zurara. This account goes on to conclude as Ibn Ishaq's and more fully than that of Masa b. Wqha. But God knows best. Ibn Ishaq stated, "And when these men arrived in Medina to their people they told them of the Messenger of God (SAAS), and invited them to Islam. Eventually news of him spread among them to such a degree that not a single home of the a@r was without knowledge of him.
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CONTENTS Foreword About this Series
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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