Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
5. Lessons of the Prophet’s Life
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Bakr. The Prophet realized that when news of his
departure reached the Quraysh, they would send
search parties in pursuit of him. So he and Abu
Bakr hid in a cave of Mount Thawr, four miles out
of Makkah. They planned to stay there a few days,
until the Quraysh called off their search, and the
two could continue their journey to Madinah.
The Quraysh horsemen started looking everywhere
for the Prophet. It was not long before one brigade
reached his hideout in Mount Thawr. There they
were, armed and standing at the mouth of the cave:
the Prophet and Abu Bakr could even see their feet.
Abu Bakr, sensing the critical danger they were in,
said to the Prophet: “The enemy are upon us.”
“Don’t worry,” the Prophet reassured him: “God is
with us. We are only two,” he continued calmly,
“but how do you rate two men who have God as a
third companion?”
ABSOLUTE TRUST IN GOD
Another such incident occurred during an
expedition made by the Prophet known as Dhat al-
Riqa’ (A.H. 4). Recorded in al-Bukhari, as well as in
biographies of the Prophet, it is related by Jabir.
