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Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Musa bin Rashid Al-Azmi | H (29) | Complaints of the Companions to the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him
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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.