Bismillah
AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,
In light of current events, and the apparent ease with which the Children of Israel - the killers of the Prophets and the breakers of covenants - kill and maim even the infants sitting in their strollers, I invite you to ponder over the following incident:
'Uthman bin Shaybah - of the tribe of Bani 'Abd ad-Dar - was the custodian of the Ka'bah, and was the carrier of its keys. One day, he opened up the Ka'bah for the leaders and heads of Quraysh, to find the Messenger of Allah amongst those waiting to enter it. 'Uthman (then a mushrik) pushed the Prophet in the chest, saying to him: "You are not worthy of entering!" So, the Prophet said to him: "O 'Uthman, what would you think if, one day, you were to see these keys in my hands, with me doing with them as I please?" 'Uthman responded: "That would be the day that Quraysh will be destroyed and humiliated."
Not even ten years passed until the Messenger of Allah was holding onto the covering of the Ka'bah, looking at the massive number of people who had surrendered and submitted themselves to him and his army, saying to them: "O Quraysh! What do you think I should do with you?" He was saying this with the flashbacks and memories of thirteen years of pain and torture that he had suffered at the hands of those whose lives were now in his hands; memories that he could not bear to relive: of thorns being thrown in his path, of intestines being placed on his back while prostrating in that very location only years before, of the starvation, of the humiliation in front of his family and Companions - and now, he is asking them: "What do you think I should do with you?" He then walked over to 'Uthman bin Shaybah, and took the keys to the Ka'bah from his hand.
SubhanAllah.
WalaykumSalaam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,
In light of current events, and the apparent ease with which the Children of Israel - the killers of the Prophets and the breakers of covenants - kill and maim even the infants sitting in their strollers, I invite you to ponder over the following incident:
'Uthman bin Shaybah - of the tribe of Bani 'Abd ad-Dar - was the custodian of the Ka'bah, and was the carrier of its keys. One day, he opened up the Ka'bah for the leaders and heads of Quraysh, to find the Messenger of Allah amongst those waiting to enter it. 'Uthman (then a mushrik) pushed the Prophet in the chest, saying to him: "You are not worthy of entering!" So, the Prophet said to him: "O 'Uthman, what would you think if, one day, you were to see these keys in my hands, with me doing with them as I please?" 'Uthman responded: "That would be the day that Quraysh will be destroyed and humiliated."
Not even ten years passed until the Messenger of Allah was holding onto the covering of the Ka'bah, looking at the massive number of people who had surrendered and submitted themselves to him and his army, saying to them: "O Quraysh! What do you think I should do with you?" He was saying this with the flashbacks and memories of thirteen years of pain and torture that he had suffered at the hands of those whose lives were now in his hands; memories that he could not bear to relive: of thorns being thrown in his path, of intestines being placed on his back while prostrating in that very location only years before, of the starvation, of the humiliation in front of his family and Companions - and now, he is asking them: "What do you think I should do with you?" He then walked over to 'Uthman bin Shaybah, and took the keys to the Ka'bah from his hand.
SubhanAllah.
WalaykumSalaam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
