Why Did They Become Muslims

in Medina. She was haunted by a jinnî who had fallen in love with
her. One day, after the Messenger’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ migration to
Medina, the jinnî was sitting under the wall in front of the woman’s
house, when the woman saw him and asked, “Why aren’t you
visiting me any more?” “The Prophet of Allâhu ta’âlâ ‘sall-Allâhu
ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ has forbidden fornication and other acts of
harâm,” was the jinnî’s reply.
77– In the battle called Bi’r-i-Ma’ûna, the unbelievers reneged
on their promise and martyred seventy of the Sahâba. Among
them was Âmir bin Fuheyra ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’, one of the
earliest Believers and a former slave manumitted by Abû Bakr
‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’. When this blessed Muslim was
bayonetted to death, angels raised him up to heaven before the
unbelievers’ eyes. When they reported this event to Rasûlullah
‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’, the blessed Messenger
explained, “He was interred by the angels of Paradise, and his soul
was raised up to Paradise.”
78– Hubeyb bin Adî ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’, one of the Sahâba,
was caught by the unbelievers, who took him to Mekka and
executed him there. They did not take him down from the gallows
so that the other unbelievers would enjoy watching him. He
remained on the gallows for forty days. Yet his body did not rot or
putrify, but it continuously bled flesh blood. When the Messenger
of Allah received intelligence about the event, he sent Zubeyr bin
Awwâm and Mikdâd bin Aswad ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhumâ’ to take
the corpse back home. These heroes took the corpse down from
the gallows and galloped their horses back towards Medina. They
were quite near Medina when seventy horsemen from the
unbelievers’ encampment caught up with them. The two Muslims
put Hubeyb’s body on the ground to defend themselves. The earth
split and Hubeyb disappeared into the crevice. When the
unbelievers saw this miracle they turned back and galloped away.
79– Sa’d bin Mu’âdh ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ was wounded in
the Holy War of Uhud and attained martyrdom before long.
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ informed that
seventy thousand angels attended the salât of janâza [1] performed
for him. As his grave was being dug, a smell of musk suffused the
entire place.
[1] See the seventy-third miracle.
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