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“
Please allow me to serve you, O
Muhammad, in any way you may
wish
.”
Nabi
Muhammad [s] then
asked Suraqah only not to tell the
Quraysh where he was. He did not
want anyone, not even his enemies,
to be punished by Allah for trying to
harm him.
Nabi
Muhammad [s] was
the kindest and most forgiving man.
No sooner did the Prophet [s] utter
these words but Suraqah hurried
back to Makkah. “
Muhammad is
nowhere to be found. It would be
better if you tried serching
elswhere,
” he said to them. The bit-
ter enemy of Islam was now a loyal
friend.
Prophet Muhammad [s] and Abu
Bakr [r] slowly made their way to
Yathrib, and after seven days they
reached the blessed city. The peo-
ple were overjoyed and the children
