CHAPTER 3: THOSE OF HIGH SOCIAL STATUS – PART 2
He, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, called At-Tufayl ibn `Amr, a chief among his people:
Muhammad ibn Is-Haaq (a scholar) said:
“At-Tufayl ibn `Amr Ad-Dawsi said that he entered Makkah when the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was there. He was approached by some men from the Quraysh – and he was a nobleman, as well as a poet, and very intelligent; they said to him: ‘O Tufayl, you have come to our city, and this man that lives among us has become severe for us. He has divided our unity and scattered our affairs. His statements are like magic that can separate a man and his father, a man and his brother, and a man and his wife.
We fear that what has befallen us may also befall you and your people. So do not speak with him, and do not listen to anything he says.
By Allah, they continued like that trying to scare me away from him, to the point that I decided that I would not listen to him or speak to him. I even put cotton in my ears, out of fear that I would inadvertently hear something he says. I went to the mosque and found the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, praying at the Ka`bah, so I approached him, and Allah forbade anything besides me listening to some of his speech. I heard very good words and said to myself, ‘May my mother lose me! By Allah I am an intelligent man and a poet, and I can decipher what is good speech and what is bad speech, what prevents me from listening to what this man says? If what he says is good, I will take it, and if it is bad, I will leave it.’
I remained, until he, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, finished praying, and went on his way to his home, and I followed him. When he, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, entered his home, I entered too and said: ‘O Muhammad, your people have said such-and-such to me, and continued to make me fearful from you, until I closed my ears with cotton, so that I would not hear you. By Allah, I have heard good words from you, so present what you are preaching to me.’
Then, the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, presented Islam to me and read the Quran to me. By Allah, I had never heard anything better than those words, and have never heard anything more just than that religion.
Then I tried to call my people to Islam, but they refused, so I went to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, in Makkah and said: ‘O Allah’s Prophet, fornication has defeated me in captivating the hearts of Daws, so supplicate to Allah against them. Instead, the Prophet of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘O Allah, guide Daws; go back to your people and call them, and be gentle when calling them.’
I was in the land of Daws calling them to Islam when the Prophet of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, migrated to Madinah, and then the Battles of Badr, Uhud, and Khandaq all passed. Then I went to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, with those among my people who had accepted Islam with me. At that time, the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was in Khaybar, and when I approached Madinah, I had seventy or eighty households from Daws with me, and all of them had accepted Islam.
We then caught up with the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, in Khaybar, and he, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, gave us a share as he gave the other Muslims a share (of the booty).
Further, I went back to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and stayed in Madinah, until Allah took the soul of His Messenger, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,” (Reported by Al-Bayhaqi (a scholar) in his book Dala’il An-Nubuwwah (5/460). Ibn Katheer (a scholar) said: “This is how Muhammad ibn Is-Haaq (a historian) mentioned the story of At-Tufayl ibn `Amr.” He said this in his book As-Seerah An-Nabawiyyah (2/76). Abu Hurayrah, said: “Tufayl ibn `Amr Ad-Dawsi and his companions approached the Prophet of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, the tribe of Daws has disobeyed and refused to accept Islam, so supplicate to Allah against them.’ At that moment, someone said: ‘Daws is destroyed,’ but instead, the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘O Allah, guide Daws and bring them (as Muslims).’” Reported by Al-Bukhari (2937) and Muslim (2524).)
The Prophet of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, called the kings to Islam:
Al-Mubaarakpoori (a scholar) said: “The reason (for calling the kings) is that if they accept Islam, then their people will follow them therein. During the ending of the sixth year (after migrating from Makkah to Madinah), when the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, returned from Hudaybiyyah, he wrote to the kings, inviting them to Islam.” (Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtoom (pg. 320).)
Ibn Hishaam (a scholar) said:
“The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, sent messengers from his Companions, and sent letters with them that had been written, calling them to Islam.
He, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, sent Dihyah ibn Khaleefah Al-Kalbi to Caesar, the Emperor of Byzantium; `Abdullaah ibn Huthaafah As-Sahmi was sent to Kisraa, the King of Persia; `Amr ibn Umayyah Adh-Dhamri was sent to An-Najashi, the King of Ethiopia; and Haatib ibn Abu Balta’ah was sent to Al-Muqawqas, the King of Alexandria.” (As-Seerah An-Nabawiyyah (2/607) by Ibn Hishaam.)
In the story of Abu Sufyaan with Heraclius, he said to Abu Sufyaan, “If what you say is true, then he is a Prophet. I knew that he would appear, but had no idea that he would be one of you. If I were able to reach him, I would love to meet him, and if I had been present with him, I would have washed his feet; also, know that his dominion will reach what is beneath my two feet.”
Then he called for the letter of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and read it, and it said:
“In the Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Ever Merciful; from Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Heraclius, the Emperor of Byzantium; peace be on those who follow the guidance.
To proceed:
I call you to accept Islam. Accept Islam and you will be safe; Allah will give you your reward twice, but if you turn away, then you have the burden of the sins of the peasants on your back.”(Reported by Al-Bukhari (7) and Muslim (1773) on the authority of Ibn `Abbas .)
By Muhammad Saalih Al-Munajjid
Comments
John Doe
23/3/2019Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
John Doe
23/3/2019Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
John Doe
23/3/2019Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.