Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
16. The Companions of the Prophet
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going to tell you to go and fight along with your
Lord, while we stay sitting here, as the Jews did
before us.
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Rather we say unto you: go and fight
along with your Lord; we too will fight alongside
you. We will not desert you as long as at least one
of us has life in his body.”
Yet despite such assurances from the Muhajirs, the
Prophet kept on sounding people as to what he
should do. Sa’d ibn Mu’adh, one of the Ansar,
arose. “Perhaps we figure in your thoughts,” he
said to the Prophet. The Prophet said that they did.
Then Sa’ d ibn Mu’adh, on behalf of his fellow
Ansars, reassured the Prophet with these words:
“We have believed in you, and acknowledged you
as God’s prophet. We have testified to the truth of
your teachings. We have solemnly promised to
listen to you and obey whatever you say. So do
whatever you deem fit, Prophet of God. We will
stand by you. We swear by the one who has sent
you with the truth, even if you take us to the shores
of the sea and plunge us into its waters, we too will
follow you. Not one of us will stay behind. We have
no qualms about joining you to do battle with the
enemy tomorrow. We are resolute on the field of
