(TN:
The year of sadness is something that has been coined together by some of the
historians)
This
year was extremely difficult for the Prophet. Firstly, Abu Taalib passed away
and then three days later his beloved wife Khadeeja passed away. So as his
uncle Abu Taalib passed away, the Prophet now no longer had any physical source
of protection so he went to Taif to seek an alliance there.
He
left for Taif with Zayd bin Haaritaha in order to call them to Islam and seek
their support of him. He called them to Tawheed but they rejected him and
harmed him severely. It is not been narrated that he had been physically harmed
and bled as much as on the day when he went to Taif. Zayd tried to protect the
Prophet from stones and rocks being hurled at him with his body and tried all
he could to stop harm reaching the Prophet.
[TN:
As he left Taif, he supplicated to Allaah, “Oh Allaah! To you I complain about
my weakness and lack of strength against the people. Oh You Who is the Most
Merciful of those who show mercy. You are the Lord of the weak and oppressed –
and you are my Lord. To whom will You place my affair under? To a stranger who
doesn’t know me or to an enemy who will be oppressive over me? As long as you
are not Angered with me then I do not mind (the punishment and rejection I get
from the people) but your Protection is far greater”]
They
returned to Makkah and he continued to call people to Islam. Tufayl bin ‘Amr
from Yemen accepted Islam but asked for the Prophet to give him a sign of prophet-hood
so that his tribe will believe him when he returns to them. So Allaah illuminated his face but feared
that his people would be startled by it. So the light was placed on his whip
(used for riding) and it remained illuminated until he returned home. Tufayl
became later known as Dhu an-Noor. Tufayl called his people to Islam and they
all accepted his invitation.
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