This
was the beginning of his mission as a Messenger as he was commanded by Allaah
to stand and call to Allaah and follow the religion of Allaah in obedience to
Him. He was called to invite all to Islaam irrespective of gender, race or age.
So he then gave Da’wah in open and in secret.
The
Prophet once went to the top of Mount Safaa and called the the Quraysh. As they
gathered he asked them rhetorically, “If I was to warn you of an army
approaching to attack us, would you believe me?” They all affirmed that they
would as he was al-Ameen. So the Prophet then said, “I am a warner to you
before a day of painful torment.” Abu Lahab then rebuked him saying, “Is this
why you gathered us? Damn you!” It was then that Surah Lahab was revealed.
(TN: the incident at Safaa isn’t in the book
by Ibn Katheer but mentioned in his Tafsir)
They
then went to the cousin of Khadeejah, Waraqah bin Nawfal, who was a blind man but a scholar from the People of
the Book. He informed the Prophet that the angel he saw was the same angel that
would bring revelation to Moosaa and had he been a young man, he would support
the Prophet in his cause. He died shortly after this visit.
Commentary
-He then gave Da’wah to the people and from
the first to believe in him were Abu Bakr, ‘Uthman, ‘Ali, Sa’d bin Abi Waqqaas
(who were both very young), Zayd bin Haaritha, Abu ‘Ubaydah, Abu Talha, Zubayr
bin Awwam, ‘Abdur-Rahmaan bin ‘Awf and Sa’eed bin Zayd. Most of these are from
the ten that the promised Jannah in a single Hadith.
-The fact that the Prophet made open Da’wah shows that we must want good
for others and that Islam isn’t limited to certain category of people.
-Also it shows that rushing to accept the truth and good deeds is better
than those who delay
-Waraqah bin Nawfal was considered as being someone who believed in the
Prophet and the Prophet commanded us not to say a single bad word about him
because he saw Waraqah in Jannah with white clothes and in the best of
conditions.
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