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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

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A Summary

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of the Prophetic biography.

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The Companions’ complaint to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

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When the suffering of the Muslims became prolonged,

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Khabbab Ibn al-Aratt, may Allah be pleased with him, went to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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asking him to supplicate for the removal of their affliction.

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Imam al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih

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on the authority of Khabbab Ibn al-Aratt, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

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"We complained to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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while he was reclining on a cloak of his in the shade of the Ka'bah.

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We said to him, 'Will you not seek victory for us?'

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'Will you not supplicate to Allah for us?'

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, replied:

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'Among those before you, a man would have a pit dug for him in the earth,

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and he would be placed inside it.

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Then a saw would be brought,

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placed upon his head, and he would be sawn in two,

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yet that would not turn him away from his religion.

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Others would be combed with iron combs, tearing away the flesh from the bone or sinew,

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yet that would not turn them away from their religion.

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By Allah, this matter will surely be perfected,

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until a traveler journeys from San'a to Hadramaut,

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fearing none but Allah,

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or the wolf for his sheep.

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But you are impatient.'"

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Al-Hafiz said in al-Fath:

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"Khabbab’s request for the Prophet, peace be upon him, to supplicate against the disbelievers

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indicates that they had been subjected to unjust and aggressive harm."

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Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali said:

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"The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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did not gather his Companions for the sake of immediate or future spoils.

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Rather, he removed the veil from their eyes,

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so they perceived the truth from which they had been barred for ages.

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He wiped the rust from their hearts,

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so they recognized the certainty for which they were naturally created,

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and of which the Age of Ignorance had deprived them.

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He connected humanity to their Lord,

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binding them to their noble lineage

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and their firm bond.

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Before that, they had been bewildered and exhausted.

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He balanced for the people the choice between eternity and transience,

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so they preferred the Hereafter over this fleeting world.

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He gave them the choice between contemptible idols and a Great God,

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so they despised the carved idols,

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and turned toward the One who originated the heavens and the earth.

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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instilled elements of confidence in the hearts of his men,

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and poured upon them what Allah had poured into his own heart

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of vast hope for the victory of Islam,

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the spread of its principles,

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and the collapse of the tyrants' authority before its triumphant vanguard

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in the East and the West."

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A Summary of the Prophetic biography,

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authored by Shaykh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi,

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and presented by the Mawaddah Association

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in the Kingdom of Bahrain.