It does not befit a Prophet…
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
الحمد الله
The defeat at
Badr was an ignominy which the
Quraysh pride could not leave unavenged. Revenge was, therefore, the catchword all over
Makkah. The
mushrikeen even forbade lamenting over their murdered people, or ransoming their captives at
Badr Battle lest the Muslims should realize the grave degree of sadness and feeling of tragedy they were experiencing. Due to this amongst many other reasons, the
mushrikeen decided to attack the Muslims once again.
When the news reached
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم in
Madinah, he immediately went to his
Sahabah رضي الله عنهمfor
shura.
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلمadvised them that they should defend within
Madinah but some of the
Sahabah رضي الله عنهم, who had missed
Al-Jihad in
Badr, suggested that the
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم should go out of
Madinah and urged him to accept their point of view. One of them said: “O,
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم, for long time we have been looking forward to this day; and we have implored Allah to make such a day draw near. Thanks to Allah it is time to fight. So let us go out and fight our enemies lest they should think that we have lost heart and do not dare to fight them.”
Hamzah bin ‘Abdil Mu
ttalib رضي الله عنه the paternal uncle of
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم, who had already covered the ornaments of his sword with idolaters’ blood in
Badr Battle, was ahead of those enthusiastics who urged him to go out and meet the disbelievers. He said to
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم: “By Allah, Who has sent the Book down unto you, I will not taste food till I fight them with my sword outside
Madinah.” After weighing careful the pros and cons of the issue, it was decided that the enemy should be resisted outside the city at
Uhud.
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم led the afternoon prayer with crowds of people. Then he entered his house accompanied by his two friends Abu Bakr and ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما. They helped him dress and wear his head cloth. He صلى الله عليه و سلم armed himself and wore two armours one over the other. He صلى الله عليه و سلمthen wore his sword and went out to meet people. People were waiting for him impatiently. Sa‘d bin Mu‘adh and Usayd bin Hudair رضي الله عنهماblamed people for pressing on
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم. They said: “You have forced
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم to fight the enemy outside
Madinah.” Therefore they were determined to leave the whole matter to
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم, and blamed themselves for what they had already done. When
Rasul Allah صلى الله عليه و سلمcame out, they said, "..." read more
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