Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
10. The Prophet in Makkah
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miraculous content, have been given a fanciful
miraculous interpretation. Take the case of Suhayb
ibn Sanan’s migration from Makkah to Madinah.
When some Quraysh youths blocked his path,
Suhayb pleaded with them: “If I let you have all my
property, will you let me go?” They said that they
would. Suhayb had a few ounces of silver with him.
He gave it all to them and carried on to Madinah.
According to a tradition in Bayhaqi, Suhayb said that
when the Prophet saw him in Madinah he told
Suhayb that his trading, that is, his handing over of
his property to the Quraysh, had been very profitable.
Suhayb, according to the tradition, was astounded,
for no one had arrived in Madinah before him who
could have brought the news. “It must have been
Gabriel who told you,” he said to the Prophet.
But the same event has been related by Ibn
Marduyah and Ibn Sa’d. According to them, Suhayb
told his own story in these words:
I carried on until I reached Madinah. When
the Prophet heard about my handing over my
property to the Quraysh he said: “Suhayb has
profited! Suhayb has profited!”
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