30. THE PROPHET’S PASSING BY THE RUINS OF THAMOOD AT ALHIJR ON THE WAY TO TABOOK
On the authority of Jabir who narrated that when Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed by Al-Hijr, he said: “Do not request for a miracle, for the people of Saleh had asked for it. It (the she camel) would return through this pass and emerge from this pass but they became arrogant against the command of their Lord and they killed her; thus they were overtaken by As-Saihah (awful cry) and Allah caused all those who were under the surface of the sky to be killed except a man who was in the Haram (sacred precinct) of Allah.” Someone asked: “Who was he, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “He was Abu Rigal. When he left the Haram, he was overtaken by the punishment meted out to his people.”
On the authority of Humaid As-Sa‘idi who narrated: “We took part in the Battle of Tabook in the company of the Prophet and when we arrived at the Wadi Al-Qura, there was a woman in her garden. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked his Companions to estimate the amount of the fruits in the garden, and Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, estimated it at ten Awsuq (measures). The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to that lady,
‘Check what your garden will yield.’ When we reached Tabook, the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: ‘There will be a strong wind tonight and so no one should stand and whoever has a camel, should fasten it.’ So we fastened our camels. A strong wind blew at night and a man stood up and he was blown away to Mount Tayy.
Then the king of Ailah sent a white mule and cloth to the Prophet as gifts, and wrote to him that his people would stay in their place (and would pay the Jizyah taxation.) When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, reached Wadi Al-Qura, he asked that woman how much her garden had yielded. She said: ‘Ten Awsuq,’ and that was what Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had estimated. Then the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: ‘I want to reach
Madinah quickly, and whoever among you wants to accompany me, should hurry.’ The sub narrator added: When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw Madinah he said: ‘This is Taba.’ And when he saw the mountain of Uhud, he said: ‘This mountain loves us and we love it. Shall I tell you of the best amongst the Ansar?’ They replied in the affirmative. He said: ‘The family of Banu An-Najjar, and then the family of Banu Sa‘idah or Banu Al-Harith Ibn Al-Khazraj. The aforementioned are the best but there is goodness in all the families of Ansar’.”
On the authority of Abu Tufail ‘Amir Ibn Wathilah who related that Mu’adh Ibn Jabal informed him that when they accompanied the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in the year of Tabook, the Messenger of Allah joined Zuhr with ‘Asr and Maghrib with ‘Isha’. Mu’adhsaid: “One day he delayed the prayer, and then came out and prayed Zuhr and ‘Asr together. Then he said: ‘Tomorrow you will come, insha’Allah, to the spring of Tabook. But you will not reach it until the morning. Whoever arrives there should not touch any of its water until I reach there.’ We came to it and two men had gotten to it before us and the spring was dripping with a little water. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked them: ‘Have you touched any of its water?’ They replied: ‘Yes.’ The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, scolded them and said what Allah wished him to say.
Then they took water with their hands from the spring little by little until it had been collected in something. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, washed his face and hands in it. Then he put it back into the spring and the spring flowed with an abundance of water and the people drew water from it. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: ‘Mu’adh, if you live long enough you will see this place filled with gardens’.”
By: Ibn Katheer
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