Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
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the Hearing, the Knowing. Should they seek
to deceive you, God is all-sufficient for you.
He has made you strong with His help and
rallied the faithfuls around
you.
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One of those sentenced to death and then
subsequently forgiven was ‘Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl.
Along with his father, he had been an active
opponent of Islam, and had subjected the Prophet
and his companions to all forms of persecution. Yet,
when news came that ‘Ikrimah was coming to
accept Islam, the Prophet told his companions not
to insult ‘Ikrimah’s father, “for abuse of the dead
hurts the living.”
It was magnanimity such as this, after the conquest
of Makkah, that turned Islam’s most implacable
foes into staunch custodians of faith.
NOTES
1.
Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihay’ah.
2. HadIth,
Zad al Ma ‘ad,
lbn Qayyim.
3. Hadith by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
