The Call of the Quran
2. The Call to God and Unity
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(8 A.H.) the Romans had slain his father and he was
now burning with the fire of vengeance. Osama set
out on the mission assigned to him by the Prophet,
making a halt at Juruf, a suburb of Madina and the
location of the present Islamic University.
While Osama was camping with his army in
Madina, he was informed of the Prophet’s demise.
He thereupon returned with his contingent to
Madina to attend the last rites of the Prophet.
Abu Bakr Siddiq was appointed the first caliph with
the unanimous approval of the Prophet’s
companions. Following this appointment, the
Muslims had a consensus to hold back Osama’s
army at Madina itself. Due to the sad demise of the
Prophet and the rising sedition of hypocrites,
uncertain conditions prevailed all around. People
were in favour of first consolidating the new Islamic
state in Madina and only then launching any
outside campaign.
In spite of general opposition, the first caliph did
not approve of even a short delay in the despatch of
Osama’s army, saying that on no consideration
would he untie the knot tied by the Prophet of God,
